The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-12 00:00:00

SHIPWRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE.

(From Ike Dublin Evening Mail.)
The late storm has been extremely disastrous on the
Irish coast, chiefly between Dublin and Drogheda. The
brig Shannon, of Whitehaven, struck on a reef of sharp.
pointed rocks, about two miles north of Balbriggan. Four
of the men took to the boat, and though it was swamped
the men were drifted ashore alive. Five men remained on
board the vessel, which was at length capsized by the vio-
lence of the waves, and the men for a few minutes were
seen clinging to the keel—the next wave swept three of
them away, and they were drowned ; a fourth caught hold
of a spar, and was saved. The fifth held on to the keel,
but when reached the vital spark had fled.
A large brig, name unknown, laden with wheat, sup-
posed to be from Wexford, and bound to Liverpool, was
totally wrecked, at Clogherabont, and all hands supposed
to be lost, as there was no account of any of them.
Another wreck took place at Annagasson, near the same
place. Name of the vessel unknown. She was dashed
into pieces. A large vessel, about 700 tons burthen,
named the Rose, of Belfast, Montgomery, master, was
driven violently on shore at Skerries, but most fortunately
the crew, consisting of fourteen men and one woman, a
passenger, were all got off safely from the wreck. She
was timber laden, and left Quebec this day five weeks.
She was bound for Belfast. A large quantity of timber,
and other things belonging to ships, were picked up be-
tween Balbriggan and Drogheda ; the figure head of a
ship and a piece of board with the name " Fairy Queen"
was found at Balbriggan. Several small craft were more
or less injured at Baldoyle, Malahide, and along the
coast. A large vessel, supposed to be an Indiaman—but
all inquiry proved unsuccessful to ascertain anything
about her—was seen in a wrecked condition off Ireland's
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completely settled down, her masts standing above water.
At the entrance of the inner harbour lay the Kingston, of
Liverpool, bound to Africa, which had put in for shelter
at the commencement of the storm; she was secured by
a hawser to the far side of the harbour, and by a cable to
the quay, and had every appearance of riding out the
storm in safety, when a cry was heard that another vessel
was dragging her anchors ; this proved to be the Capri-
corn, of Liverpool, a West Indian vessel, from San Do-
mingo, with a valuable cargo of rum and sugars on board.
She had been anchored at a distance of about 400 yards
ahead of the Kingston ; it was about ten minutes to three
o'clock when she began to drag her anchor ; it was fully
half-past three before she reached the devoted Kingston.
As soon as it was perceived that the collision was inevita-
ble, directions were given to cut away the cable of this
latter vessel, and to get her round, so that there might be
less resistance ; before this manoeuvre eould be accom-
plished the stern of the Capricorn had dashed against the
bows of the Kingston, the head of which went crashing
and grinding right through the bulwarks of the former ;
at every gust of wind this scene of drstruction was re-
peated, the enormous bowsprit of the Kingston spring-
ing and starting from its seat, as though it were a
lath. It was now evident that were the vessels to con-

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unable to move. The greater part of the crew of the
Kingston leaped on board, and commenced c.utting away
one man, who, with great
.foolhardiness, remained on
board. As soon as the rigging was cut away,. the masts
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snapped across and tumbled over on the Kingston ; to all
shore,W
appearance one fell right on the man who remained on
board, but he with much presence of mind contrived to
give a leap away, and his arm only was caught. We be-
lieve it was only bruised, not broken.
At eleven o'clock on Saturday night an alarm of fire
was given on board the Kingston. An opinion generally
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prevailed that there was a great quantity of gunpowder on
board, and this naturally had the effect of preventing the
necessary exertions to extinguish the fire. The conse-
quence
lay near, had the side next the fire burned during the entire night, and on Sunday the vessel
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Kingston fell across her deck, set fire to everything with
which it came in contact, and were it not for the timely
assistance afforded, she would, no doubt, have shared the
fate of the other. Opinion is contradictory as regards the
origin of the fire ; however, the prevailing supposition is,
,
that some persons contrived to get on board with dishonest
intentions, and that having made rather too free with
rum, of which there was a large quantity in the vessel
the fire took place by accident. This idea is strengthenelt
by the fact that a boy, in a deep state of inebriation, was
found concealed between the rocks were the brig lay. The
Kingston was the property of Charles Horsfall and Sono,
of Liverpool, but we have not been able to ascertain if the
vessel or cargo were insured.
In addition to the above, we have ascertained that
"The Success," from Demerara to Dublin, with sugar"
experienced a heavy sea and violent gale on Saturday
evening, at five o'clock. She had her main top-sail l!tia!
she was thrown on her , and was ng
reef fore-sail blown away, and the consequence was,
with water
when assistance was afforded ; she was broughtfilli into 1010
bour without sustaining any additional injury. A large
portion of the cargo is much damaged, and part of bet
ground tier of sugar was wholly washed away.
At Bally brack, midway between Killiney and Bray, a
seaman's hat was picked up, in the lining of which there
In the river some vessels were injured by
was written—" John Trant, Liverpool, September the
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1813, three."
against each other or the quay walls. Amongst those wal
the Autumn, of Harrington, which had her bowsprit 30(1
jibboom carried away, and her bulk-head damaged.
other coal-vessel had her bulwarks stove in, and her "„`P
sails torn to pieces. Several flats—more commonly ko,°"„f
as the Ballast Board boats—were sunk at either Sioe
re
the river and opposite Ringsend, and a great many
broken against the walls. A number of row boats, t,
longing to private persons, met with the like accideph
mort
and some that were moored off the island at the '
Bull were carried away altogether.
dashing either_

COST OF MAINTAINING THE ROYAL FAMILY

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We have frequently (says the Birmingham Advera
felt it our duty to correct a misunderstanding, which -I
1, very
",
generally prevails, especially among the working ,`,es,;
as to the expense of the maintenance of the Royal Faullniki
and every time we have done it, have received the tha
of some or other of our subscribers for recalling atte
tion to that which, though we had mentioned it before, !s
too readily lost sight of. Indeed, among the motives
disloyalty, which demagogues and the mis-leaders of tti*
Family." deem this, therefore, a fitting awt 01
people urge, few, if any, have a more telling e--
those which bear upon " the vast sums of money
the people have to pay for the maintenance of the Royal
pro-
when the Queen of England is brought with unusual
minenee before her subjects, AGAIN to correct a mistake
into which so many fall, especially as we have heard
the remark being made at the time Of her 51 • Ws •n-
-confinement—" there is another young one for us to Mal
tain."
The hereditary revenues of the royal house, arisill:
from the crown lands. were, as we have more than une
intimated, given up by George the Third to the country,
on condition of a suitable provision being always model,
the country for the Members of the Royal Faaal
George the Third, it is well known, had not a very amade
family, and it might be consequently thought had 013,,/
a good bargain ; but how stand the facts and figures 11
the case? opportunity,

The averyge annual amount received by Govern-
ment from the Crown Lands, and are applied
to public purposes for seventy years, from
1760 to 1830, was £1,3051
The average of the annual payments to the Sove-
reign and Royal Family 940,335
,971 Leaving a balance annually of .
So that, in point of fact, leaving the INTEREST of thi;,
savings out of the question, the country saves neBrhe
£400,000 a-year, by " KEEPING," as it is called, t
Royal Family.
Let us, however, see what this matter comes to, Rhea
interest is taken into account ; for we cannot bor:: s
money off other parties without interest ; and this 1
light in which we have never clearly viewed it before- be,
When last year Sir R. Inglis brought this subiectthat
fore the House of Commons, it was shown that up t°,.",,ra
time the government had received £17,000,000 more 'fio
the crown lands than it had paid to the royal family.
interest upon .E 47,000,000 at three per cent. would c?ber
annually to about £1,410,000. Let us then draw ono‘
table to illustrate this matter.

Annual interest upon the balance due to the 00°
crown in 1843
0.10333
£1,410, ,
Average annual payment to the royal family.. -
Annual balance £469,665
The interest then alone of the money received by aft
country and applied to public purposes, beyond the arao%
paid to the royal family from the time that George triLiv.
Third gave up his hereditary revenues to 1843, not °
pays all the expenses of the royal family, but leaves .
annual balance of £469,665 ! Let us then illustrate the
matter by yet another table. The country receives an-
nually, on an average,
£1,333,306
From the crown lands
From the interest of the sum already saved, after ,65
making all znnual payments to the royal family 469,u
£1,804,911
Making an annual balance of