The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-10-27 00:00:00

NEW QUAY HARBOUR.

• from the Carmerthen Journal. I (
We beg to call the attention of the shipping interest, a" 1),,
the wealthy merchants, whose valuable cargoes are frequeet„'
exposed to,the dangerous navigation of the St. George's Ch-
eel to the projected improvement in Cardigan Bay ,
, by the f°'-•
mation of a pier or breakwater, at New Quay, which is about "'
be immediately commenced. One of our best informed and
pert seamen, Captain Whidbey, has described this navigat4'l
in the following words :—"The dangers in navigating betwo'
Uolybead and Stl.Dayitl's are not so generally known as thelt,
ought to be, on account of the strong indraught of title ,k
"-e
always sets into the bays of Carnsrvon and Cardigan, both 9"/
the Hood and ebb tides, which is the cause of much Iniseh';l
being done to shipping; for when once a ship gels erabeY.
here, it is impossible she can work out against a •tron ff 1.14
t, right
and ebb tide, and consequently she must go on shore. ,
cause ofthese .tides is evident—St. George's Channel beinc:h.
much contracted between St. David's Head, or the Webs. and Camsore Point on tha Irish, with many shoals-
tween them, a great rush of tide on the food at that oarre`
part ensues, and fills the deep bays of Cardigan and Carnarly
the tide must therefore run into them. L have known the I'ies
in the narrow part of the channel run at the rate of sever:llD.; or
per hour. The same cause again exists on the returning ltue•,ft
ebb—the Irish sea being full of water, and the channel be!,'cie
narrowed between Holyhead and the Wicklow Shoals, the tt
consequently, runs very strung there; Und as the Chee_t,,
widens, the title must run into these bays on the Welsh co;tt
and produce the danger abovementioned, therefore there ele.te
to be harbours on both the abovernentioned bays for vesse'*,,,„l.
run into when embayed in them." On the coast frout
e
David's Head to Bardsey Island, there is no place so favours
situated for sheltering vessels driven into Cardigan o'lo
westerly gales and the indraught tides as New 0
-"y, situate
it is equi-distant from St. David's Head and Bardsey Islanc;
and the want of a pier or breakwater, to aid the natural ad
`Piro
tapes of the place, has been frequently the cause of very eer,r„,!•
losses both of life and property.- The anchorage in New `"enil
bay is very good, and the pier at present proposed will eaten,{
into eight feet water, at low water, ordinary spring tides; no'
will afford protection to vessels of considerable burcien. lithe
the greatsecurity that a harbour at New Quay would add Level!
trade in St. George's Channel, and from the comparat!, 1.
trifling assistance from the numerous merchants interesteel,:st
which would be sufficient in addition to the capital of the pre es.
spirited company who are about to undertake the work, 1_04,04
able them to extend thotr breakwater so as to form an e 57", to
harbour for the largest Class of shippine, having an open
both heads of the bay. We confidently trust so great a Pao,'
good will be no longer overlooked or neglected by the' -'3lible
wealthy merchants and shipowners whose extremely velure so
and Lome-bound shipping, with the lives of the crews. 101
often in jeopardy in this dangerous part of St. George's Cita°

AM•11•11••••••••11
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THE ENGLISH SHIBISOLETH.—When Jack Cade lad
cbc
Flemish merchants in the city under contribution, several, s,,e,
had lived long enough in the country to acquire the langt!';',l.
denied their foreign origin. The tests used by the requtoribe
ists on this occasion was the full and free pronunciation o'
words " bread and cheese."
EXTRAORDINARY AND FATAL CASR OF SOWAJAMo.'t ov-
About five o'clock on the morning of Tuesday last, the burly or
man was found lying in the Roxhurgh-street, Kelso, "ears
posite the Butcher Market, with one or two severe wutiabloaa
the back part of the head, from which a large quantity 0' of
had flowed. It appeared that the deceased, whose naive co,
John Gilhome, residing in Wooler, was a waggoner in thee
vc-
ployment of Messrs. Howey & Cu., and had the preceding At
ping arrived in Kelso in charge of his employers' wartni
bfn ,
innkeeper, ' Ors
an early be retired to bed in his usual quarters, tbo
Gow's, and next morning ou an examination t
apartment in which Gilhome had slept, Mr. Gow found that
had put on all his clothes, with the exception of his 0055 cot
gaiters, which wore left lying in the bed. From this aparte:tbe,
he bad proceeded to a front sitting-roam, and piled togetitsell
different articles of furniture in it, probably conceiving b' sr
engaged in loading his waggon. This task completed, a' ott
pears to have supposed himself setting out on his jouraeY;olll°
thrown open the window from which he was precipitated' ai, pea,
street. The height from which the unfortunate man had fallen'
and the fact of his having alighted on his head, must ha'brell
passengers .ed
sed instantaneous death. Some of the witnesses who bad, boa
acquainted with the deceased, stated on the inquest that Deeotli.
been in the habit of walking in his sleep, a statement subsecln
confirmed by members of his own family. From the evident the
a woman who, with her family, had come as
waggon, and alept in an apartment adjoining that occuPliurio%
Gilhome, it appeared that she had been much disturbed a .f
the early part of the night by the noise which be made, a_sl
speaking to his horses. At length this noise ceased, "
•slept undiiturbcd for the remainder of the night. Gilhorre,o.s,
was fifty-five years of age, had fora period of about thirty 1?0,0".
travelled upon the road, and was a remarkably sober and
man. He has left a widow, and a family of five children, •
whom are grown up.--Neu!cattle Journal.

TUE .TOWV.IIi. MIN &GER
The spirit of- political °canon)), has at last found its
•n-aY idto
ilia Tower of London. The reformers have determined.to sup-
press the royal establishment so long provided for, the king of
beasts. All the mighty lions and• ferocious monsters irhich so
long constituted one of the grand exhibitions of the metropolis
have been tried and cot:Lc:mined to suffer secondary punishnieut
or transportation, The dens and the-apparatus for muziling
the bears "and taming tEe genus fells are to be sold ferthWith to
the best bidder; iu short the tower Menagerie is abOliihed. The
Myers of zoology and many of our country gentlemen -lament
That Leo senius confeetus and his amiable family have been eject-
ed from their ancient domains, and they think the menagerie
.might have been retained as a cage fur certain dangerous ani-
mals now roving at large 'over his Majesty's 'dominions. We
hay describe one of :he class in the words of Otway—.
" One who has rais'd his fortunes by the jars
And discords of the country; like a fly
O'er flesh, he hoozes about itching ears,
Till he has vented his infectious there, •
To fester into rancour and sedition-
- l'hat talking knave
Oonsmnes his time in speeches to the rabble,
And sows sedition up and down the city,
Picking up discontented fools, belying -
• = The Senators and,'Government—destroying
Faith among behest men, and praising knaves."

ASTRONOMY.. ".
AN MONDAY next, . the 2d, .TUFr the 3d, and
N./ WEDNESDAY, .the 4th Nov.ex Ir. HOLDEN
will deliver a Course of ASTRONOMIC. LECTURES, in
the LIVER THEATRE, Liverpool; nd repeat- them on
THURSDAY, the sth, FRIDAY, la, and SATURDAY,.
the 7th; illustrated with beautif 'ransParcnt Orrery, 24
feel in diameter ; also, a great quantity. of splendid Bceuery,
Telescopic .Viewp of the Sun, Moon, 'Planets. Comets, Stars,
Nebulae,-&e., shining as in nature, enlightening all the-place:—
F-0r particulars, order, &c., see the Syllabus.
- Tickets may be had at the - Courier and Mercury Offices; of
Mr..Cannell, Bookseller, Castle street; Mr.. Widmer Church-
street; Mr. Bywater, and Mr. .Walker, Opticians, • Yool-lane ;
Mr. Penn, Corporation Baths; and of the Lecturer, Mr. Kilt
1er7.8 42, Russell-street.
-Tee Lecture begins at Seven o'clock each Evening..