The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-09-25 00:00:00

IRISH ELECTIONS.

DUNGARI/014.—We did not entertain any expectation of
suecess.at•Unngarvon. Whether the character of the consti-
tuency or the influence which controuls it be regarded; there is
no place in the kingdom where resistance to the.united powers
of democracy and popery appeared to be more hopeless. Mr.
Galwey has well deserved of-the country. by his .public spirited
conduct in venturing on a contest 'under such discouraging-cu.-
cumstances. Mr. Attorney-General O'Loghlen was pro Posed
by the Very Rev. Priest Foran. nit was a clear announce-
ment of the-part to be taken by their popish reverences, and, as
we aro informed, their-conduct daring the polling exceeded any
thing which previous imagination could conceive. Both in tlie
booths and outside they practised intimidation to an extent
which distanced all their former efforts; their success was such
as might have been anticipated. The close of the second day's
poll left Mr. Gaiwey in a minority of Rtl. A petition is to be
presented against the return ; if this be prosecuted, it will give
popery a shake from which it will not readily recover. The so-
pot t -of aU impartial committee must show to the House of Com-
mons the necessity of restraining by direct legislative enact-
ment the frighifal vnd unconstitutional interference of the
popish priesthood at elections. While it continues, freedom of
election in Ireland is but a name.—Cork Constitution.
COUNT 7 or WATERPnEtt).—On Monday last, Wm. Villiers
Stuart, Eeq. was, on the nomination of Nicholas Power, Esq.,
brother ofthe late member for that county, returned to parlia-
ment without opposition.

The General Steam Navigatio❑ Company's packet the City
of liarnnurgh, from llamhurgh, arrived off the Custom Home,
Loudon, at eleven o'clock on Tuesday morning, after having
experienced very rough weather both on Sunday and Monday.

NAVAL REMLNISCENCES.

(From the American Manthly Magazine.)

Tip cry at sea of " a man overboard," is alWays one. of. the
most startling and heart-appalling iotzruris'that.strikes upon the
seaman's ear. Biien'the alarm of " rocks," or " breakers,"
which threatens all with equal ainget, Seems, to excite lesi
anxiety than when one from among. them, ia. suddenly *hurled
into the midst of the broad ocean there to. struggle. with the
angry wave, which but too often proVei his winding-sheet- .
The moment the 'alarm is given, the cry is repeated through
all parts of the ship, and is instantly folloWed by the rush of the
officers and crew to the upperdeck, where, unless the officer in
command is perfectly cool and self-possessed, a scene: of: con-
fusion is apt to prevail, which not unfrequeutly defeats the mew,
sures which are so necessary to rescue the unfortunate man frrim
his perilous situation. I have myielf known valuable lives to
be lost from a want of promptitude anti presence of mind in the
officer of the deck, and also instances.of a want of perseverance
in the person sent in the boat. Of the latter, I remember
case so remarkable, that the relation of it may point out to some
of my young nattat friends the impropriety of. retuening unsat-
cessfuliy to the ship, until all hope of saving the life of a fellow
being is entirely ut an end. •
In the early. part of our late war with
.Great Britain—l believe.
in August, ISI2—I was on board the kssex,.then on her return
home from her first cruise. The weather had been mild and'
pleasant fur several. days, but with the change of the moon it
became unsettled and squally.. and bole every appearance of an
August storm. We were in.. no haste, however, and therefore
reefed our topsails every night, ar,d made.such sail in themorn-
ing as the weather would permit. Whirr, cruising along in this
guarded and easy manner, keeping a blight look out for the
enemy,,and,retuly to make sail in chase at any moment that we
tpight hear the cheering sound of "sail ho," we were, one dark
and glOomy morning, suddenly aroused by the cry of -",a mats
overboard." The • ship. was instantly hove to, and orders
promptly given to cut. away the life-buoy, and to lower,the. lee-
(Loaner boat. In another moment there were more than 4fty
beads above the hammock-cloths and tuffrail, looking anxiously
astern, and on both-quarters, to discover the man in the via'er ;
hut no- ettieet was to be seen,; now had any, one heard; the: sound
of a voice calling out for assistauce.
" Who give the alarm of a man overboard ?" inquired the
officer of the deck.

"The- man at the mast head," answered, one• of the fbratop,
men.

" Did you say there was a man overboard?" said the officer
of the deck, hailing the mast head through his speaking-trumpet.
"` Yes sir," replied the look-ouL.-
."las what direction is .
"On the larboard bow, sir."
"On the lartMard bo..v ! " muttered the n;ficei of the deck to
himself, "how can that be, when the ship was going at the rate
ef-seven-knots,before she tVB.4 hove to, ariless.we have fallen in
with a mermaid or a mertilau ?" But his inusina: was soon cut
shott, and all doubts of the look-out's report removed by hear-
ing a voice, calling from a distance on the larboard bow, "Ship
ahoy!—send a boat—seuti a boat." The boat being all ready,
was soon sent off, and in a few minuteftwe. luta the satisfaction
oC seeing the poor fellow taken out of the water and brought on
board the ship. He was so weak with exertion, and benumbed
by the cold, as not to be able to stand, until his limbs had been
biithed in brandy, a little administered internally, and his whole
person kept wrapt for some time in blankets. The kind atten-
tion of our surgeon soon revived his strength and spirits,, and in
answer to our inquiries he gave the following account of him-
self :

" My name is Thomas Robinson—l am one of the seamen
belonging to a Richmond schooner, last from the Wekt
bound to the Capes of Virginia. At seven belts of the midwatch
We were struck by a heavy squall, Which Carried away the fore-
topmast in the cap, and as I was the first- man aloft to furl the
earl, as soon as it might be clewed ,'own, I rtsached there just in
time to go overboard with the broken spar, In my fall I struck
against the fore-channels, which bruised my heaciandeye very
much, as ye see," pointing to his right eye, Which was very
much swollen and surrounded by extravasated blood " and
also became entangled among the loOse rigging, to which 1 en-
deavoured to hold on; but the craft seemed in such a hurry to
get away from the squall, that she jerked-everything louse from-
my grasp, and soon left me astern at the mercy of the winds and
waves. As she passed me, I sung out at the top of my voice,
'a man overboard,' and immediately heard the captain give the
order to clear away the boat. The Squall was too heavy to per-
mit theM to heave the schooner suddenly to, and thus she ran
some distance before the helm was put a-lee; but at last 1 saw
alight separate from her and slowly approach me. This I knew
to be a light. in the boat, and my heart hounded within me at
the prospect of soon being on board again. But my joy was of
short duration. The light, which had gradually grown brighter
to My eye, seemed to have become stationary. Could- it be pos-
sible that they intended to give up the search so soon, or did my
too anxious eyes deceive 2—l hailed- the boat with the whole
strength of toy voice, but was, too distant to he heard: After
pulling about in-several directions, she at last steered towards
the schooner again; and when I saw the light fairly receding
from me, nay heart became a weight which seemed as though it
would sink me at once. I determine!, however, not td give
way in despair, but to use all my exertions to keep afloat until
daylight, in hopes that some other vessel might be near enough
to see me, and come to my relief. This I knew was a slender
chance, and scarcely sufficient to cherish hope ; but drowning
men will not only catch at straws, but hope even against hope.
As the warning dawned I could see the schooner at a distance,
gradually- receding from my view, and eagerly did I search
every part of the horizon for some other object, bat in vain.
Sometimes, as a heavier swell would lift me above the tops of
the waves around me, I could fancy that I saw a sail'in the dis-
tance, hut the next moment would destroy the delusion and
leave me as hopeless and as cheerless as before. At length, as
the sun rose, aiici the clouds which veiled the horizon_ began to
disperse, words cannot describe nay joy on discovering this ship.
to the eastward, standing close hauled, so as to head almost dr-
reedy fur me. Once more nay drooping spirits revived, and
gave use additional streugth to sustain myself in the waters'hut
a moment's reflection warned me against being too sanguine, as
so many circumstances might occur to change the ship's course,
and lead her several miles distant from me. Two or three
times the wind headed her off so far that I was afraid she would
not come near toe, but a favourable ebange would again nriug
her up so as to head towards me: thus at one moment driving
the almost to the-depths of despair, and at another, raising me
to the highest pitch of hope. At length the wind became steady
at south-west, and headed the ship off so far that I judged she
would pass within a mile of me. She was at this time -six or
seven miles off, bat being .a good swimmer, I-did not despair of
being able-to swim one mile to leeward before she could pass
me: I therefore struck out with a good will, and had reached
within a cable's length when 1 heard the lookout at the mast-
head call out `a man overboard.' This, though a soul sicken-
ing cry on most occasions, was now the most cheering sound I
ever heard. I saw the extended hand of the look-out pointing
towards me; the ship immediately hove to, and in a 144 ma.
mente after, I was taken out of the water by the boat's crew."

It were needless to attempt a description of this poor fellow's
feelings on finding himself once more safe on board ship, after
having been in the water more than four hours expose,d to mo-
mentary danger of destruction, not only limn the elements
above and around him, but from those horrid monsters of the
deep, the sharks beneath. What a contrast he must have ex-
prieneed a few hours before, when he saw the boat in search of
him lie on her oars, change her course, and then return to the
schooner, leaving him in the midst of the broad ocean without
a life-buoy, plank, or spar on which to support himself in the
water.

Here is a positive evidence of the truth of my former remark
that boats sent after men who- have fallen overboard do not
persevere sufficiently in the object of their search. In the
haste and confusion of heaving to and lowering the boat; time
passes rapidly, and the ship runs >al greater distarke than is
imagined; therefore it is a good plan to pull twice as tee tis
your judgment tells you-the ship has run, and, if nothing is still
seen of the man,'theti to return by a devious course, which will
give greater chance of recovering him than by tetracine the
same steps back. I have known instances of men having been
saved by this plan, and, therefore,.cannot too earnestly recom-
mend-a consideration of it to those whose changer it may be
hereafter to perform such duty.
After a few hours' rest our new corner became quite emu-
posed, and, dressed in his new man-of-war uniform, walked
about the deck ehafting socially with our seamen as they were
engaged at thisit different occupations; but whenever he spoke
of the schooner, he seemed sad at the idea of being separated
from his shipniatei and friends on board, who were no doubt at
that moment litnenting his melancholy fate,
Robinson was a man much abOve.the ordinary class of sea-
men. He had received a good English• education, hut, not
liking the dull life of. a landSmen, served an apprenticeship
aboard a- pilot-boat, and became a branch pilot .for the James
River. The irregular and laborious life of a pilot soon led him
to dissipation, and he fivally determined on a voyage to the
West Indies, in the course of which he became perfectly steady
in his habits again, and was cotton:Fred by all the most active
seamau on bard the schooner, and, from his happy and cheerful
disposition, the life, of the.erew.

The weather had now become settled and mild, a moderate
breeze blew from the south,.% e,t, and all sail was made in chase
of a vessel discovered ahead. We overhauled Ler rapidly, and;
es we approached, saw, by the loss of her foretopmast, that it
was the schooner to which Robinson helonfged; 'Our cora-
uaander, with a readiness which always eharacterited his getter-
otts spirit, immediately ordered one of the topgallant masts to
be got out from the booms to. be fitted as a topmast for the
schooner; and several of our best seamen 'Were directed to be
ready to go on board to assist in rigging:the mast. As soon as
we:were within hail, the maiutopsail was backed and- the boat
lowered, and Robinson, with a heart so full that he t (Arid hardly
sptak, took leave of us, and.returned to his own vessel. As the
boat touched the schooner's side,•he was the first to spring on
hoard, but his shipmates, norrecognising hint in his new dress,
only looked at him for a moment with the same idle curiosity
that they did at the rest of the boat's crew. He called them by
name, but still they only stared at him with a look of mingled
astonishment and incredulity, without advancing a single step
to meet him.

What !" said Robinson, " are )ou sorry to see me back
among you again ? If so, I will return to the frigate with these
good fel.lows. who picked me out of the water this morning more
dead than alive."
He had scarcely finished speaking, when the truth of his
identity seemed suddenly to flash upon them, and they all ga-
thered around him at once with the most clamorous expression
of unfeigned joy at again beholding their friend and favourite,
whom they verily believed at the bottom of the ocean. One old
weather-beaten and rough-featured forecastle-man came up to
him•with one of his iron hands eAtended, while with the other he
dashed a tear from his eye, and seizing his shipmate by the
hand with the delicate pressure of a vice, he attempted to speak,
but his feelings for the moment denied him utterance. At last
be faultered out in broken sentences—

" Tom, I am glad to see you safe on board Once more, for we
thought that the bloody sharks had piped to dinner on your car-
cass long before this. Brit come, let us go heti-mend have a drop
of grog, for we have all been as dull as the drone of a bagpipe
ever since you took your uneerecnottious•leave of us thia morn-
ing.in the squall."
They accordingly retired to the forecastle, drank their grog,
and taiied aver,tbe. adventure, ,while..the rest! of the clew, as-
sisted by.our seamen, rigged the. new mast, which hap to
be of proper dimensionsiand fitted as well,as though it had been
made far. her. ,As so.an as our boaLretarned,,both vessels made
sail on .their:different'eourses; and we afterwards heard that the
schooner arrived safety aisEggHarbour, having been prevented
from entering the Capes of Virginia by the presence of a Bri•
tish squadron,. H.

In errovEstwr IN DR urds.—We are informed by Mr. Cornelius
Ward, that by an invention of his, applied to the kettle-drum,
and recently tried with success in the philharmonic orchestra,
the performer on that instrument is enabled to change his, key
instantly, and tune without stopping to the greatest accuracy.
Instead of keeping the band waiting, he has n 0.., to pause for
their tnning, having only to touch a short lever, which lies un-
der his hand, and is at once so simple and powerful, that by mov.
ing it one half circle, the pitch is changed five halftones without
exertion, and the tone produced is far superior toany yet drawn
from that instrument, owing is the whole of the circumference
beinz, by this
process, simultaneously strained; a force of be-
tween two and; three tones is in sonic cases required. His inven-
tion too, adds several notes to the- scale, end niust be considered
as one of great use to orchestras.

PRICES Ole SHAES, LIVERPOOL, SI,PI. 24, 1835.

Per

Liverpool Coal Gas £3oo 0 0
Liverpool Pew Gas anti Coke Company, £IOO

- -
New Shares,prenaiurn
Liverpool and Harrington Water Works
Bootle (Into
Exchange Buildings
Liverpool and Manchester Railway £lOO paid,l97 0 0
❑itto Old .Qtaarters . 25 49 0 0
Ditto New.Qoarters - 48 10 0
Bolton and Leigh ditto
Ditto 25 20 0 0
Warrington and Newton ditto. - 140 0 0

Kenyon and Leigh ditto lOO - 110 0
.0
Wigan Branch ditto .•
• " 100 - 101 0
Preston and Wigan Nartir Union Line ter; - 31 5 0
St. Helens and Runcorn Gap ditto 2OO ---- 35 0 0
Leicester and Scrannington ditto - 49. 0
.0
Stockton and Darlington ditto lOO - 298 0 0
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Railway and.Caval 48 - 31 10 0
Leeds and Solby Railway .... lOO - 100 0 0
• Grand Junction ditto 4O -- 81 0 0
London and Birmin'gham ditto 3.5 --- 76 0 0
Bank of Liverpool
Sank of Manchester - 32 15 0
Manchester and Liverpool District Bank l5 -- 21 12 6,
Commercial Bank of Liverpool - 14 12 6,
Liverpool Marine Assurance Conipany 25 21 0 0
Oldham Gas Lightand Waterworks lO --- 18 0 0
Manchester Fire and Life Assurance Co . 10 10 10 0
Ocean Assurance Company - 10 0 0
Northern and Central Bank- of England lO. -- 11 12 6
RICHARD DAWSON, Moire Broker.

linportO•

A •Pgia.4.

Earl. Grey. Topping, fm Africa, with 488 cks palm oil, 350 t bar-
elepb2ots^ tpeth, 2. bria.bees' NMI, .40 bris Malagetta pepper
J J Hamilton and co—Q llk _

Barbara, Murray, frriSierra Leom-with. 238 ps timiter;. 29 t earn-
wood,. I, Langley-7i cks couries; 53 bls jutt,-63 bgs saltpetre. abt 7 t
dyewood, alit 10 t horns, Order;--B Dk

EAST INDIES. CAPE OF GOUP HOPE, &e.
Amelia Thompson, Pi..7ott, fin Bombay, with 79 bales cotton, Da-
niel and Dickinson-1-115 do, fUO.ce castor oil!' 21 cs gum Arabic, 274
bags pepper, 3 t.lO c. buffalo horns,, Order-3'bdls mats, Iloilinshead
and Tt•tle-1 bx coots unkn, W Money-40 Cs gum animi, 2 bxs tea,
439 bIsIQIZ, bls cotton, pl bts wool, 600 No! pfpper.lQo bgs seams, 40
ps cs ivory, 1 cse tortoise shell, 15 es gum Arabic, Dirom, Richmond
and co—P Dk

Load Aithqrpe, Sproule, fin Calcutta.. with 12 t sapan wood, 277 be
horn tips, 408 figs.sii4irr, 700 by saltpetre, 1000 bgs rice, VS pockets
ginger 131 bats shellac,.l47 bls cotton, SO Ids cow hides, 119 bxs castor
oil packed with linseed anti turmeric, : 'Crikts turnicric, 123 bskts terra
japonica. Order-58 chts indigo„Cropperandigo-1 bx seeds, A, Hodg-
son-1 hle.raw silk, Fisher, Bros and co—i pkgs sundries, Directed-
1-trx CS Middletnta—G Dk •

Mona, Oen, fin Bombay, with 1820 bales 9G hf 1)216 cotton, 98f,
bps pepper, Sir J Tobin-2 bxs tea, A Smith jun-1 do, W
and co-1 do, Order-4 pkgs conts unkn, Dirom—P Dk

it' ST INDIES AND MADEIRA

prnith, fin Tortola and St Thoinas, with (fm Tortola) 76
has i bris sugar, 5 bales cotton, It kegs tamarinds, 2 boxes saccades,
Burrow and Nottage--8 hds sugar, 1 keg tamariuds, 1 box saccades, 1
keg arrowroot, Order-16 t rustic, 1 bale cotton, Burrow and co—l pn
ruin, T Ball and co—(fm St Thomas) 3 logs mahogany, 7 tour lignurn
vitro, Ackers and co-1 ton liguum vibe, 50 tons fustic, Burrow end co
—5 es conts unkn, Buchanan and co-3 pkgs do, N'l'Dougall and co—
cS 00, Poole And co-14 do; Ewart and co-8 es retd goods, J Poole
and co-1 ese, l.,eak coots unkil, Ibx retd goodi, hf csk arrowroot, 1
jar tainarindt, 1 peel conts unkn; 1 ese retd goods 1 lig coffee, Order
K Dk

Jaisaaiea, Simpson. fin Kingston, Jamai4„.with 52 lads 9 tcs.72 brim
sngar, 11l pns rum, 157 tcs 117 brls I hi brl 4 cks abf 17.1 t
wood, 1i C Nicaragua:wood, 121 2.c lignuin vital„ 2v logS mahogany,.
39 tl4 c fu,stic, 11 es succade.s.Hpli, and Tory-9, pus 4 lad rum, .1 Ho-
sier-18 has. sugar, Ttcs coffee, Murray, Sote and ce-18 hds 1 tee 8
hrls sugar, 8 pns rum, 1 esk coffee; 1 cseftints,' It Addison-9: rut 6
cks rum, T Coulston and co-10 I'd& 18 brls sugar, 42 pns rum,-C.Law-
rence and- Son—lB hrlk stear, I pit rum, Fisher, Rubinson and co-
-2 rum, Hargreaves &.Godson-43 tea 11,614 cks•coffee, J "loves
—34' tcs, 4.bris do, J Mall and co-3 tcs do, T and Mnrray-18 hrls
Fairttellt'Shallerosa and' co-3 brls 1 csk do, -Fond' G Campbell and co-
-20 tes 10 brls do, 27 cnstrs arrowroot, J Mulholland-8 brls coffee.. 9
kr tamarinds, 1 bx preserves, C Nosworthy-7 tes coffee, 49 c and o
Yergustni, Mailer and co-364 c and a bides; D Murphy—,so
cnstrs arrowroot. Hosack and Boyd-2 cs 1 prcl retd goods, R Allison
—3 his punek, Waddington, Holt'and.co-4 de; J- Levy-4 hrls sugar,
6 kg.'s tamarinds, Ibx hware B-retd, B Simpson—l bx a chess board,,
Abilholhod'and co-2 bxs succades, .I.Boitch-1 cse tobacco cigars, .T.
Levy—P Dk
Abeona, Scott, fm Jamaica, with 201 }As 1 tee sugar, 70 pns rum,
981. bgs.pimento..2 t 18 c fustic, C klor.sfalL Son, Fa mll,-4 bgi pimento,
4 cks 7 brim coffee, S M da Silva-10 cks coll'ee, A C,Liff & Son-12 pns
rum, H Horoby and co--2.4 hds t tine Gladstone and co—.
hßkge ri'cloek, I bx turtle-shell, I pkge Cocoa nut. candles, 1 pkge.
brass pm cocks retd, Order—K Dk • '
Diamond, Connell,, fm Jainaica, with 210 dry. hides, 87 hds sugar,
51 pus rum, A Cliff and Son-1 cak ruin, Tarty and Wilson-2 boxes
nresents, Orcler,l67 hdart tcs.sugar, -IL pro rum, t logwood, For
Whitehaven—.W Dk

fin Demerara, with 221• hds 41: tas 13 bris su-
gar,,lCl7 pns 29 hds 5 brls rum. J Gladstone* co— 60 hds sugar, Cbfein-
crand Ling-15 to, C W'& P'Shancl-1 cse palutings,Order—G Dk
SOUTH AMER ICA.
Governor, Cubber. fm. Savanilia, with, 100 tons Nicaragua wood,
100 tens natio, urs dry o and' c hidel, 606 balet cotton, Grdet-501ils
00tt0n,,./ Hosier--122 do, Kers, Imrie and:co—K Dk
Rlfid. Robertson, fm Buenos Ayres, with 1174 salted hides, 6 bls
nutria skins, 1 ble horse hair, Waddington. 'Holt and.vo--87 bls 7 cc
conts unkn, IL Miller—l cse chinchilla skins. C 8 Middleton-10 liLs
wool, G P Dickson and co-13 do, Cl.. and 7 Shaw—ll:bides iredise
coats unkn. J Markin and co-6 do, .1 Gree.o and co-10 hales nutria.
skins, .1 C Lyons=-980 dry and 562'salted hides. 1 ese,24 bales m'illse
eonts unkn„3 t horns, 6 his cheeps' wool, 1 ble horse hides. 5 bis nu—
tria skins, 1 prel chinchilla skins, 2 bxs cigars. Order—S Dk
.Beveridgis, fm . Pernambuco, with 505 bags cotton, Hey
worth and co-320 do, 102 cs 71 brls sugar, Order--G Dk