The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-15 00:00:00

RAILWAY AFFAIRS.

It is rumoured that Captain Plunkett has resigned the
chair of the Caledonian Railway. It is also stated, that
several of the gentlemen elected as directors refuse to
accept seats at the board. •
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The
traffic for the last week has exceeded that for the corre-
sponding period of 1849 by no less a sum than eight thou-
sand one hundred and eight pounds. The increase in the
pasrenger traffic has been £3143, and in the goods traffic
£4837. The increase for the 14 weeks since the com-
mencement of the present year has been £50,410, that is,
at the rate of £3600 per week, or £187,200 per annum.

SINGULAR ACCIDENTS AT TETE BRITANNIA BRIDGE.—
A fortunate escape occurred a few days ago to a boy who
was engaged in painting one of the tubes on the Anglesea
side of the Britannia Bridge. He had placed a ladder
against the side of the tube, and, having ascended it,
commenced his labours ; scarcely, however, had he done
so when the ladder slipped from its position, and the boy
was left holding on by his hands to the top of the tube,
without any other support whatever. He maintained
himself in this perilous position for some time, but before
assistance could be rendered he was obliged to loose his
hold, when he fell on to the platform far beneath. He
immediately got up, and, strange to' say, escaped with
the fright and some contusions only. A sailor in the
employ of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company
fell from the staging and dislocated the ancle bone of his
right foot. Dr. Florence, the surgeon to the works, at-
tempted to set the dislocation, but, finding that the
strength of several men was net equal to the task, had
the man conveyed to the rope house and bound to a plank,
when a rope and pulley. were conveyed from the machi-
nery to the man's foot, and, being gradually tightened,
eventually accomplished th e reduction of the dislocation.
This singular mode of trecctment was quite successful.
The immense hydraulic mac'llineB, after their removal
from the towers, were conveyer.; along the tubes on the
Carnarvon side, and precipitated O'er to the gronn,cl be,

neath, a depth of 100 feet. Fortunately no accident oc-
curred in their removal. These ponderous presses will
remain in their present position until the great sale of all
the materials used in the building .of the bridge ; the dis-
posal of this large amount of property is announced for
the ensuing month.

COURT AND FASHION.

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The Court remained at Balmoral until Thursday morn-
ing at eight o'clock, when her Majesty drove to Stone-
haven station, and thence travelled by railway to Edin-
burgh, Thursday night being passed at Holyrood Palace.
On Friday morning the Queen set out for Buckingham
Palace, at eight o'clock. At York her Majesty and the
august party stopped to luncheon. Sir George Grey,
who had attended the Quoen from Edinburgh, took leave
of her Majesty at York. After luncheon the Queen tra-
velled from York to the Euston-square terminus, where
she arrived, we are happy to say, without the slightest
accident, between seven and eight o'clock in the evening.
On Saturday morning her Majesty and the other mem-
bers of the royal family left for Osborne.
Lieut. F. E. Forbes has brought home an African
princess, who had been given him as a present. She is
between seven and eight years of age, sings prettily, and
has a good voice. The Queen has been communicated
with, and her Majesty has signified her intention to accept
the princess.
HER MAJESTY DEER STALKING.—On Saturday week,
the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Prince of Wales, ac-
companied by Lady Jocelyn, passed through Castletown
on their way to a great deer-hunting in Glenquoich, to
which they had been invited by the Duke of Leeds. After
alighting from their open phaeton at Mar Lodge, and
staying some little time, the royal visitors mounted their
ponies, which had been sent forward before them, and
proceeded to the Glen, which they ascended for a consi-
derable distance, until they had reached a point on which
it had been arranged they were to take their stand. Here,
after waiting a few minutes, a herd of 300 deer passed at
full speed within a short distance from them. Had the
Queen arrived about an hour earlier it is believed she
would have seen one of the largest herds of red deer ever
witnessed even in the " Forest of Mar," as about that
time no fewer than 3.000 of them were together in the
glen. But, unfortunately, the wind changed, and the
efforts of five-and-twenty of the duke's highlanders were
unable to keep them together ; the immense herd broke
up into parties, dispersing in every direction, 800 of them
getting through one pass. When they were fairly at full
flight the gentlemen at the various passes plied their rifles
and succeeded in killing some fine stags.

HER MAJESTY IN THE HIGHLANDS.—During the past
week the Queen has visited a great number of the poor
people who live within a mile or two of the castle, and
besides a liberal supply of good and warm clothing, has
left them a number of other necessaries to gladden the
dreary days of winter, such as tea, sugar, &c., &c. On
one occasion she went into a poor woman's cottage, and
found the old lady sitting contentedly at the fireside
taking a " smoke;" as soon as she saw the Queen, how-
ever, she got up and hastened to get a stool placed for her
at the fireside, and began telling her that she " was just
spinnin' a tate o' woo', and thought that she would be
the better o' a bit rest an' a smoke." Her Majesty asked
what she had got in the pipe, and on being told it was
tobacco, sent her a supply, along with a number of other
more necessary articles. She staid a considerable time
in the cottage, conversing with the old woman, and as
she arose to go away, got particular directions to " tak
ten to' the peel (anglice pool) at the door, or she would
gang ower the queets (ankles) intil't." On another occa-
sion she entered the house of a farmer, and after being
seated at the fireside, began to speak very freely to the
" guidwife." and the children, and partook with great
good humour of the homely cheer—cakes and milk—that
was set before her. The farmer also insisted that she
would " taste a drap out o' his bottle ;" and, with a
hearty laugh, her Majesty, wishing them " very good
health," frankly put her lips to the glass—the Highlander
archly affirming that she had nae better than that at
hame." It is such scenes as the above, suiting herself to
the habits and circumstances of the meanest in stntion of
her subjects, that endear her Majesty to her people, and
have made her what in reality she is, the " Queen o'
bonnie Scotland."—Perth Courier.
The Earl and Countess of Wilton and Lady Elizabeth
Grey Egerton arrived at Heaton Park on Friday from
Knowsley, where they have been visiting the Earl of
Derby.

and other places, where be thought it questionable if
Corporation notes would be taken by the shopkeepers,
and others, as payment for land or contracts. The shop-
keepers, when they come to understand the principle of
issue, will, I venture to assert, receive the notes as cash,
for they can procure their supplies from Liverpool for
Corporation notes, at exactly the same rate as they could
for cash ; and I am not writing this fact without full
authority for doing so from some of the first wholesale
houses in Liverpool.
Whether the notes will be taken for land or contracts,
is to be tried. lam of opinion they will. Do we not see
that hundreds of thousands of pounds, of the too-highly-
prized gold, are ready to be advanced to the Corporation
at 4 per cent., on comparatively useless bonds, at five
years after date ? Such being the case, is it probable that
easy terms cannot be agreed upon, for the purchase of
land or payment of contracts, upon the same security,
with obligations that have only twelve months to run,
and those obligations so shaped as to be immediately as
available to the receiver as gold ?
I assert that, if any difference ought to be made in
payment with Corporation notes or Corporation bonds,
it should be in favour of the notes ; because for notes the
Corporation is not called upon to pay interest, and con-
sequently its security must be greater. This statement
is, I flatter myself, self evident to any one who will take
the trouble to reflect a moment upon it.
The money aow borrowed at 4 per cent. should be ap-
plied in paying off bonds that are bearing a higher inte-
rest. In fact, I understand from a gentleman who has
the chief management in the fiscal department, that such
is about being done.

I am perfectly aware that opposition to the Corporation
issue will be made by the bullionist, the worshipper and
possessor of gold ; but surely the public have been
scourged with the " yellow fever" sufficiently long to
take measures to remove the evil. If different Corpora-
tions avail themselves of providing for their own necessi-
ties out of their own resources, very soon will the legs of
the " golden image" be converted into clay, unable to
support the idol, that has caused more desolation and
human misery than all the heathen worship in the world.
I am, Sir, yours most respectfully,
WM. BANCKS.
Seacombe, 7th October, 1850.

MARINE

DISASTERS

The Providence, Captain Robert Moyse, which sailed
from this port for Africa, on Sunday, encountered the
full force of the gale on Sunday night and Monday, and
was driven back among the banks, where she was observed
from the Bidston telegraph station about noon on Monday.
Intelligence was immediately conveyed to Liverpool, and
means were taken to relieve the unfortunate sufferers
from their perilous situation. We regret, however, to
have to state that, out of a crew of 36 (including the
pilot), 23 have perished.
On seeing the dangerous position of the vessel, the
Magazine Life Boat, commanded by Mr. Thomas Evans,
put off to her to render assistance, being towed thither
by the steam-tug Albert. The noble fellows dared the
threatening elements, although the gale was raging at its
height. Their praiseworthy conduct resulted in the res-
cue of thirteen of the persons on board, who, but for the
manly conduct of their preservers, would have met a
watery grave.

The following is a list of the persons saved :—Robert
Moyse, master; Mr. Samuel Davis, trader; Wm. Boyle,
chief mate; John Morris, boatswain; Wm. Parry, pilot,
of No. 4 ; D. Smethurst, cook ; John C. Berry, seaman ;
Hugh Vinseny, seaman; Geo. Smith, cooper; George
Dale, carpenter's mate ; Archibald Cowan, carpenter ;
John Austin ' • John Thompson.
The official account posted at Lloyds' Rooms on
Tuesday morning gave the following particulars :
The vessel that was off the West Hoyle yesterday, dis-
masted, was the Providence, hence to Africa. She was
towed by No. 4 pilot-boat to Newcombe Knoll, where
she came to anchor. Her chains subsequently parted,
and she was driven on shore on Burbo Bank. Captain,
pilot, and eleven hands saved ; twenty-three drowned.
" A Survivor" has written a very interesting letter, de-
tailing all the particulars of the wreck. It appears that
the ship had got, in the first instance, as far as Point
Lynas, before the

urricabe burst in all its force. The
masts were cut away and everything done to ease the ves-
sel (the sails had been previously split into ribbons by the
gale), but she was drifted back. We now give the narra-
tive of the writer :—" To our great joy, a life-boat and a
steamer were seen coming to our assistance, when, a short
time after, to our great mortification, the life-boat ran
for the shore. The steamer was within a quarter of a
mile of us, when, to our dismay, she followed the exam-
ple of the life-boat, and abandoned us to our fate, which
was evidently fast approaching. We then began to pre-
pare the boats ; put the gear into the pinnace and long-
boat, as a last resource; no gear to hoist them out, the
mast being gone; sea still breaking over us. The pumps
were still at work. About seven o'clock in the evening
of Monday the port bower chain parted, which was shortly
followed by the starboard chain. The ship began to
tnump. After endeavouring to cut the chain, and to slip
it by unshackling it, to let this fasten on the bank, the
work of destruction now commenced. The carpenter
was chucked away from the shackle, and his mate also ;
the coopers and others, about fourteen, got into the long
boat ; the men were washed from the pumps. I, indivi-
dually, determined to lash my body to the mizenmast, to
await the awful event. About half-past ten the scene
was terrific. Being on the poop, I saw one of the most
heart-rending scenes imaginable. The sea was now
breaking in tremendous fury over us, carrying away ti e
fore-house, and smashing in the bulkheads of the cabin
state-rooms; the pinnace was stoved and waterlogged,
the gig washed away. The long boat with the nun now
lilted from her berth nearly full of water, thrown to star-
board with a tremendous crash, pitched on the watercock,
some of the crew thrown out of her, and jammed to
pieces. The dreadful death-cries reached my ears above
the howling of the storm. Another sea with redoubled
fury broke over the bows to an immense height ; the long
boat was once more drove over to the port side, reeled on
the centre of her keel, for a moment suspended on the
rail, plunged over, and I saw no more. The men fell
headlong out of her, and the death-cries were silenced in
that part of the ship. By this time I was joined by the
carpenter's mate, carpenter. and boatswain, who shared
my lashing with another, being five in number, at the
stump of the mizenmast. We then addressed ourselves
to the Almighty to receive our souls : as for asking to
escape I never thought of it ; I envied those that went
first, and thought it folly for me to prolong my life for
half an hour longer. Daylight began to dawn; I cast
myself off, after a long struggle, and my shipmates too,
and began to inquire who had survived. I called down
the poop skylight that had been, and heard, to my satis-
faction, a voice, which proved to be Mr. Davis, our super-
cargo, who, during the whole disastrous event, showed
the most becoming presence of mind. I then made in-
quiry for others, and I heard the voice of Captain Moyse,
and discovered the pilot safe ; but we were in a sad plight,
scarcely able to move from exhaustion and cold. About
six a.m. we discovered a steamer at the back of the sands,
with a boat, which proved to be the life-boat."

The Arcturus, Lidstrom, from Ibrail, was driven on
shore on Crosby Point on Monday, when she became a
total wreck. Pilot and first mate drowned.

The Aurora, from Cardiff to Liverpool, was totally lost
on Monday morning, near Rhoscolyn, (Holyhead,) during
a heavy gale. All hands saved.
Alert, Clare, from Cronstadt, at Penzance, with fore-
mast sprung.

TOBERMORY, Oct. 3.—The Samuels, Berwick, from
Liverpool to Cronstadt, foundered 20th Sept. about 12
miles off the Isle of Gloss light. Crew saved.
The storm had a most extensive range. Besides the
disasters elsewhere recorded, we may mention that the
gale was felt severely in London from W.S.W., and it
had such an influence on the tide in the Thames that the
vessels in the pool were left aground. In Nottingham it
blew a hurricane. On Monday morning a chimney was
blown down in the Marketplace on a crowd of persons
who were looking at Wombwell's menagerie. A boy was
killed on the spot, and several others were severely in-
jured. The Boulogne packet for Folkstone was blown
round to Margate. Great damage was done to the works
of the Harbour of Refuge, at Dover. The Dutch galliot
Juffrow Jantje, from Cardiff, was lost near Dungeness,
and the captain and two of the crew were drowned.

At Southport, about half of the beautiful marine pro-
menade has been washed away. Several vessels were
driven ashore, among them the Dutch galliot Helene,
from this port, and became a total wreck, and all her
crew, with the exception of one man, were drowned. At
Blackpool, Lytham, &c., the fury of the tempest was wit-
nessed. The Lion, of Ardrossan, from this port, for
Ireland, with corn, was driven ashore, and it is feared all
her crew perished.