The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-07 00:00:00

every part

The chair was filled by P. Lalor, Esq., of Tinnekill
ex-M.P. for the Queen's County.

THE TRIBUTE.
Before the arrival of the Liberator,
Mr. CLEMENTS, in an eloquent speech, moved the fol-
lowing resolution on the subject of the O'Connell Com-
pensation Fund :
Resolved—That the Loyal National Repeal Association
hold it a paramounrduty, at this moment, to apply all its
weight and influence to the suceessful furtherance of the
National Collection for the O'Connell Compensation
Fund, fixed for Sunday, the 19th instant : on that occa-
sion the Members and Associates of this National Body
are especially expected to co-operate personally and ener-
r, our I getically with the respected and patriotic Clergy of their
%tract several parishes, in securing results for this imperative
to the measure worthy of the crisis and the cause.
Dr. GRAY seconded the resolution, which, after a few
words from Mr. Steele, was carried amidst the loudest
acclamation.

.ely en

A very lengthy address to the people of Ireland, signed
" Daniel O'Connell," was agreed to. It exhorts the
people to judge calmly of the position in which Ireland is
at present placed, and represents the giorious results that
are to flow from a repeal of the union. It deprecates the
idea of any intention on the part of the repeaters to esta-
blish Catholic ascendancy, in such language as the follow-

A Catholic religious ascendancy is, if possible, more
easily demonstrated to be futile. In the first place, the
very principle of the repeal of the union would allocate
to purposes of charity and education the ecclesiastical
state revenues as each of the present vested interests
should terminate. The value of a state church ascendancy
is to get at the state revenues, and, as those revenues
would, as they fell in, go to the state for ascertained pur-
poses of education and charity, there would be nothing to
make the Catholic hierarchy desire an ascendancy for
their religion over any other. The money being disposed
of, the ingredient of ascendancy would be blotted out for
ever.

FATAL EXPLOSION.—On Friday week a terrific explo-
sion took place at the manufactory of Mr. J. Merr ix, at
"In the second place Catholic ascendancy would be ut- Birmingham, an occasional maker of fireworks.. No cause
terly impossible—for this reason, ten Irish Legislature an be assigned for it, but Mr. Merrix, his wife and assist-
would be, two parts out of three, essentially Protestant. ants, were engaged in making those articles at the time.
It is true that a majority in the House of Commons might Nine persons were conveyed to the hospital, and three of
be Catholic; but there necessarily would be a very great these, including a son of Mr. Merrix are already dead,
number of Protestants in that house. The Corporations and the lives oeothers despaired of.
of Ireland, having Catholic majorities, have returned
almost all the liberal Protestants who sought to be elected. On Wednesday, being the commencement of the regu-
Besides, the Protestant portions of Ireland would return lar hunting season of her Majesty's staghounds, there was
Protestants. On the whole, therefore, no measure inju- a brilliant meeting at Salthill. Upwards of two hundred
rious to Protestants could possibly pass the House of horsemen were present, among whom were the Noble
Commons unless the Catholics in that house were false— i Master of the Buckhounds, Viscount Seaham, and many
basely and shamefully false—to the principles they have of the officers of the Life and Foot Guards, General
ever avowed; and even then no such measure could pass Wemyss, and a number of gentlemen from town, who
that house without a vivid resistance from all the Pro- came with their horses, by the Great Western Railway.
testant members, and from all the Catholic members, who THE PEGASUS.—An application for a rule calling upon
were liberal and conscientious. In short we are deeply the coroner of Berwick-upon-Tweed to return into court
convinced that any Catholic ascendancy measure would be, the inquisition which had been held before him on the
of necessity, rejected by a majority of the Irish House of body of a person named William Milne, one of those
Commons." drowned in the late wreck of the Pegasus on Holy Island,
The amount of rent was upwards of thirteen hundred was made at the Bail Court, London, on Tuesday. The
pounds. A deputation of the Law Clerk of Dublin i object was, that the inquisition might be quashed, upon
waited upon Mr. O'Connell to-day, and presented an several grounds which were stated. The application was
address to Mr. O'Connell, accompanied with £lOO, to granted.
help to defray tha expenses of the approaching prosecu- FORGERY.—Mr. Thomas Walker, an attorney residing
Lions ; the deputation, who were received most cordially, at Dewsbury, near Wakefield, has been committed for
intimated to the learned gentleman, that they intended trial at the York assizes, charged with having twice forged
contributing a further sum for the same purpose. ! the signature of Mr. M. B. Bere, one of the commission-
ers of the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy, to a pro-
tecting order given to an insolvent who bad employed the
prisoner to get him through the Leeds District Court of
Bankruptcy, and for which the latter had given the pri-
soner a sum of money in advance.—London paper.
REVERSE OF FORTUNE.—The brother of the late King
of Hayti appeared before the Lord Mayor, last week, to
ask his influence with the press and the public to procure
him charitable relief. His brother had left him funds in
the Bank of England, which his brother's Queen and
widow had carried off to Turin. He had married a rich
lady in Hayti, whose property was destroyed by the late
earthquake, as his own influence was by the insurrection
which followed, and he had no resource but an appeal to
charity.
DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A YOUNG LADY.—On
Tuesday evening a young lady, named Clarina Graham,
twenty-two years of age, committed suicide by cutting her
throat, at her residence, 94, Beresford-street, Walworth•
road. The deceased was living with two sisters and two
nephews. Her mother had recently died, and her father
was abroad. The loss of one parent, and the absence of
the other, together with a reduced station in life, are sup-
posed to have led to the commission of the melancholy
act.

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QUEEN'S BENCH, DUBLIN,

The court was crowded to excess all day, it being un-
derstood that Mr. Barrett's counsel would move for a
mandamus to compel the magistrates of College-street
Police Office to take the informations tendered against
Mr. Hughes, the government reporter.
Mr. M`Donagh, Q.C. made the application, and argued
at great length in support of his motion.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the motion, be-
cause he believed it was not made Gom' fide, but to pre-
judice the administration of justice. He did not wish to
oppose an investigation, but to prevent the present ac-
cused parties being sent before the grand jury as witnesses
before they had either ignored or found the present bills;
when they had done either one or the other he had
no objection to a bill being sent up against Hughes,
and that his original information might then be sent up,
but he earnestly entreated the public not to allow their
minds to be poisoned beforehand. (The learned gentle-
man was much excited in tone and manner.)
The Court finally ordered bills to be sent up against
Hughes when the present bills against the traversers were
cliaposca of. The grand jury adjourned shortly before
five o'clock.

Only one witness was examined, Mr. Vernon, and it is
not likely that he will be up again.
Not a single member has been absent on any day from
its sitting to its rising. It is impossible that a finding
can be had before Wednesday.

1 THE ROBBERY OF A CHAPEL BURIAL GROUND.--
I On Wednesday, at the Central Criminal Court, London,
Isaac Bridgman and John White Bridgman, his son, were
indicted for stealing a body from the burial-ground at-
tached to St. John's Chapel, in West-street, Walworth.
The elder prisoner was the Minister of the chapel, and
the younger one, his son, who was 17 years of age, and
was studying for the medical profession. The elder pri-
soner was acquitted, and the younger one was sentenced
to twelve months imprisonment.
WILL OF ALDERMAN WOOD.—The will and codicil of
Alderman Sir Matthew Wood, late M.P. for the City of
London, have just been proved in Doctors' Commons, by
B. Wood, Esq. (the brother), and W. P. Wood, Esq. (the
son), the executors. The deceased gives to his wife,
Dame Maria Wood, the furniture, plate, pictures, china.
carriages, wines, spirits, and £5OO per annum for life,
He directs £20,000 to be invested in the funds, and the
interest to be paid to the Rev. J. P. Wood. The pro-
perty is sworn under £70,000.
DEATH OF LORD RODNEY.—We have to announce the
death of Lord Rodney. The noble lord expired at Ber-
rington-hall, his seat in Herefordshire, on Monday last.
The deceased was second son of George, second Lord
Rodney, and brother of the late peer, whom he succeeded
in 1841. He was born on the 12th of April, 1794, and
was unmarried. The title now devolves upon his nephew,
Robert Dennett Rodney, son of the Hon. Captain Robert
Rodney, Lieutenant in the Scots Fusileer Guards, born
in May, 1820.

FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday evening week, a most
melancholy accident happened to three men in the employ
of Mr. Butt, of Pertwood Farm, Wilts, attended with the
loss of two lives and a third person much injured. On
descending a hill with a waggon, about three miles from
Mere, the driver, walking by the side of his horses, stum-
bled and fell. The other two immediately leaped out of
the waggon to his rescue, and were knocked down and
killed on the spot. The driver saved his life, but with
broken limbs.

SALISBURY, Nov. 3.—A public meeting was held here
yesterday, to further the project of a railway communica-
tion between Salisbury and London, by means of a branch
line, to join the South-Western Railway, at Bishopstoke.
The statements submitted to the meeting were of a satis-
factory character, and an estimate prepared by Mr. Locke
fixed the cot of the line at less than £250,000, whereas a
former estimate when a similar project was in contempla-
tion, was put at £400,000. The meeting was unanimous
in support of the measure.

MURDER.—A murder was committed in this town on
Thursday afternoon. Between 2 and 3 o'clock, a report
got abroad that Mr. Wilson, wife of Thomas Wilson,
spirit-dealer, Springkell-street, had died very suddenly
under suspicious circumstances. The report unhappily
proves correct, as it is rumoured that her throat presents
marks of strangulation; and her husband, on whom the
suspicion rests, and who, we beleive, made no attempt to
escape, was immediately committed to prison. The un-
happy woman -was seen at the shop-door a few minutes
before she met her untimely fate.—Greenock Advertiser.
Loss OF THE FRANCIS, OF LONDON.-01:1 the 29th
ult., the brig Francis, of London, Joseph Parker, master,
of 135 tons register, and six men, at four p.m., was found
to be in a sinking state about thirty-five miles off Tyne-
mouth, the greater part of her ballast washed away, and
pumps choked. At nine a.m. the brig Esk, of Newcastle,
hove in s gbt. At ten a.m. she hoisted a signal of dis-
tress ; got the long-boat out, and the whole of the crew,
at great risk of life, went on board the Esk. The Francis
shortly after went down in about 50 fathoms water, every
effort to save her having failed.
ROYAL PATRONAGE OF THE PRESS.—On Saturday
last, while the engine was being attached to the train at
Paddington, the following incident occurred :—Her Ma-
jesty, on seating herself in the royal saloon, perceived at
, some distance a person who is privileged to attend the
terminus with newspapers, and directed that he might be
called, for the purpose of procuring one. Much amuse-
ment was created by the reluctance of the man to approach
royalty ; he was literally forced along, to within ten yards
of the saloon door, where he stood stock still. Some of
the papers were then pulled from a large stock he had
under his arm, and presented to the Queen, from which
her Majesty selected a sporting paper and another.-ob-
server.

THE SELF-PRIMING GUN.—Messrs. Needham. the
gun makers, of 26, Piccadilly, London, have recently ob_
tained a patent for an improvement in percussion locks,
by which the caps are, by the motion of the lock, placed
at once, and without the trouble of putting them on the
nipple, as in common percussion locks, with the fingers,
n a small cavity beneath where the nipple generally is,
and there held fast till exploded on pulling the trigger.
The contrivance further provides, that directly one cap is
exploded it is forced from its cavity, and another cap in.
stantly takes its place. The caps are contained In a
hollow groove along the side of the stock,. which grove is
covered with a small plate of brass, which does not in.
crease the bulk nor render the stock unsightly. The
groove holds sixty caps. which lie in it in such a Way
that it is an impossibility for them to stick in or block up
the passage to the lock, and there is a small and simple
instrument to feed or replenish the groove or reservoir
when empty.

THREE THOUSAND POUNDS STOLEN.—One of the
most daring and extensive robberies whieh has occurred
in Yorkshire for many years was on Thursday last com-
mitted in the piece-room in Bradford, belonging to Messrs.
Birchall and Sons, merchants, of Leeds. It appears that
Messrs. Birchall brought with them on Thursday's market
upwards of £3OOO, wrapped up in a parcel, which one of
the partners locked up in a drawer until he went to Lis
dinner, leaving a young man in the room. The man im-
mediately after went to his own dinner, leaving the key
in the door, in the expectation of the cart arriving in the
meantime with some pieces. Mr. Birchall himself re-
turned in a short time, and found that the lock of the
drawer had been picked, and the money taken away. The
warehouseman was taken into custody on suspicion, but
no case was made out against him, and he was discharged
on bail. He is the son of a poor, but honest labourer at
Wibsey. It is a matter of surprise that so large a sum of
money should have been left by Mr. Birchall, under such
circumstances.

SALE OF Two ISLANDS.—On Tuesday two islands,
named Rasey and Bona, situated in the Hebrides, were
sold by auction at the Auction Mart. They were for many
years the property of the M`Leods, of Rasay, and com-
prise about 18,000 acres. The net value of the estate, in-
cluding the mines and the timber, was about £73,000.
There were 52 farms, the rent arising from which was
about £1,200. They were capable of rapid improvement,
in consequence of the facilities of communication from
them to the metropolis, the journey now being completed
in less than 36 hours. The estate was put up at 20,000
guineas, and eventually knocked down at 35,000 guineas.
MURDER IN THE ISLE OF MAN.—On Saturday
week, a man by the name of Thomas Cowley, of Baldwin,
who has for twelve months betrayed symptoms of aberra-
tion of mind, murdered his wife in the following man-
ner :—lt appeared that on that day he was about leaving
home as usual, when his wife followed and endeavoured
to prevail on him to return, and on his approach to her
he took up a large stone and threw it with such violence
at her head as to cause an extensive fracture of the skull, ALARMING FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE.—On the even-
of which the unfortunate woman died on Tuesday morn- ing of Monday last, about six o'clock, two boys were sent
ing last. On Wednesday an inquest sat upon the body, to draw a flagon of naptha from a cask on the ground
when the jury brought in a verdict of Wilful murder floor of the weaving shop adjoining the Union Mills,
against Thomas Cowley."—Manx Sun. near Douglas, Isle of Man. By some mischance the spi-
HER MAJESTY'S SHIP RATTLER.—A trial trip has rit caught fire, and the boys having given the alarm, the
been made in the Thames of this vessel, which has been three partners, Mr. William Dalrymple, Mr. Thomas
fitted with Smith's Screw Propellor, when some of The Maltby, and Mr. James Kelly, hastened to the spot, and
Lords of the Admiralty and Captains of the Navy, as well every attempt, without effect, was made to extinguish the
as scientific men accompanied her. The result was highly flames. Ultimately the cask exploded, at the same time
satisfactory as to the powers of the screw as a propellor; forcibly closing the door, and confining the whole of the
and the advantages of its application to war-steamers were parties engaged in the attempt to extinguish the flames
admitted as allowing a whole broadside of guns, in addi- within the room. Fortunately the door was forced open,
tion to two long ones generally now placed on steamers' and all the parties, with two exceptions, escaped. Mr.
decks, to be carried. This is the first ship of war to Dalrymple and Mr. Kelly were severely, though not dan-
which the screw has been applied. The arrangement of geroney injured. We regret, however, to state that two
the machinery, size of screw' &c., have been made under of the parties, Mr. Thomas Maltby, and Thomas Quayle,
the directions of Mr. Brunel. the foreman, perished in the flames. Their bodies were
SINGULAR DISCOVERY. We understand that the not found till next morning, and then they could only be
workmen employed in pulling down an old dwelling-house identified by part of a watch being found beside the re-
at Gotham, in this county, to their great surprise, found mains of Mr. Maltby, and part of a wooden-soled clog be-
the probate copy of the will of a man named Burrows, side those of Mr. Quayle. The whole of the weaving shop
who had resided there many years ago, he having owned
was burnt to the ground.
the property. It was found stuck between two walls in
A SCENE IN HIGH LIFE.—Lord Melbourne, who is
the staircase. This same property has been long held by spending the autumn in comparative privacy at Melbourne
Earl Howe, in consequence of the inability of the parties Hall, Derb shire, y given a ball hire, bas latterl on to make any title to the same; but it is now conceived yings each week, for the entertainments of his servants several even-
, that his lordship will, upon a pedigree being produced,
and such of their acquaintance as they thought proper to
and the title of the heir-at-law established (who, we hear, invite. On a recent occasion of the kind, some of the
resides in Nottingham), readily relinquish the possession. principal servants, conceiving that it was inconsistent
—Nottingham Journal.
with the gnity conrred the elevated si-
CURIOUS REMEDY.—A few days ago, a carrier's horse cations di
which they held tpoon mixthem with the coachmen,
having got disabled and become useless, from a sprain or housemaids, and other inferior dependants of the esta-
luxation, its owner resolved on finishing its career, and blishment, resolved to " divide the house," and thus pre-
accordingly it was taken to the jetty at the pier, and corn- serve their dignity and " caste." For carrying this reso-
mited to the " vasty deep." In place of submitting to lotion into effect, they laid claim to the musicians engaged
be carried to sea, the animal speedily get to land, and was for the occasion, and consequently left the others without
subjected to a second plunge from the jetty, from which a piper to dance to. This circumstance led to a regular
it again came to land, but completely restored in its dis- fracas, in which the relative positions of the parties were
ordered limb. The horse was then taken to its old guars changed in double quick time, the "upper" servants be-
tent, and has since wrought as well as ever. It is probe- coming the " lower," and vice versa. At this moment
ble that the efforts which the horse made in swimming the affair assumed a very serious aspect, and but for the
reduced the dislocation, but as to the real cure, we must timely appearance of the steward of the household, who
refer it to the learned in such matters.—Rosshiee Adver- drove the whole party out of the room, it is impossible to
tiser.
conceive what might have been the consequences.—Not-
The village of Cotherstone, which is situated in a pic- tingharn Review.
turesque and romantic part of Teesdale, a little below the
junction of the Baulder with the Tees, and so long famed TRANSPORTATION.—It will be recollected that about
for its very rich cheeses, and for the custom which is said a year ago the Rev. Stephen Aldhouse, M.A., lecturer of
to have prevailed there of " christening calves ;" and lat. St. Allhallows, Lombard-street, London, was convicted of
C terly for having supplied the name of Mr. Bowes's famed bigamy, at the Central Criminal
ourt, and sentenced to
race-horse ;is now rapidly rising into notice as a colony seven years' transportation. after his removal from
Newgate he was placed on board a transport moored off
of the Society of Friends. A number of Quakers have
Sheerness, and was there employed as tutor to the chil-
been long settled there, who chiefly follow the simple and
dren of one of the officers. He had not filled his post
rural occupation of agriculture ; now it is becoming the
long before an order arrived from the Home-office for the-
abode of numbers of wealthy members of that religious
of seven or the l lony of
body on retiring from business. At present a very elegant
sh
Vanipment Dieman's Lanyd,ear convict
and Mr.s f
Aldhousepena wasco drafted
mansion in the Gothic style of architecture is erecting on
them" a
the banks of the Baulder, for Francis Gibson, banker of among
in
the past week
Saffron Walden, Essex, letter from him, n which he depicts the friend received a
miseries of trans-
portation in forcible language, the convicts being dread-
AGRICULTURAL FIRES IN SURREY.—There were three fully coerced, irrespective of their previous station in
instances of incediarism raging at one time on Thursday life, or thero,
offence of which they were convicted• He
night the 2d. The first was at Park Farm, occupied by states that he is set to break stones, and is to continue at
Mr. Harwood. Very soon after another farm-yard, very that em
near the former and in the same occupation, burst out in
will be applied for his own use. He expresses a hopeploy for two years before any portion of his earnings
a blaze, and one of the engines was sent in that direction,
that his communication will have the effect of convincing
but so rapid was the combustion that the whole was soon
in flames, and several horses and bogs his co
untrymen that transportation is not the light punish-
same evening a large barn close to the public-house at ment which many of them imagine it to be.
East Clandon was on fire, and application made at Guild-
ford for the engines, which could not be complied with,
as all of them were away at the two first mentioned fires.
There can be no doubt as to the character of these fires,
there was one last week about half a mile from the two
first-mentioned, and an attempt the week befora.

FLOOD IN THE IRWELL.—On Saturday evening week,
in consequence of the heavy rain, the water in the river
Irwell rose to a considerable height above its ordinary
level, and came down with such force as to wash away a
stage erected by Messrs. Pauling and Henfrey, contrac-
tors, at Hunt's-bank, Manchester. The balks forming
the stage floated down the river in one raft, with great
velocity and force, and came in contact with one of the
uprights supporting the temporary foot-bridge at the end
of Bridge-street, communicating with Salford. The re.
stilt of the concussion was, that the upright or supporter
was broken in two near the middle, leaving the bridge
unsupported for about sixty feet ; but, in consequence of
the precautions taken, no person was suffered to pass over
the bridge. Another wooden temporary bridge is to be
immediately erected, and the loss to the contractors will
be about £2OO.

WESLEYAN COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION.-The Special
Committee appointed by Conference to consider the subject
of day schools, was summoned to meet in London on
Tuesday last. We perceive from the fifth report of the
Wesleyan Committee on Education, presented to the last
Conference by the able secretary, the Rev. Robert New-
ton, that the day schools of the Wesleyans, as well as
their Sunday schools, are yearly on the increase. The
following is the return :—Boys' Day Schools, 14] ; Girls'
Day Schools, 121 ; Infant Schools, 28 ; making a total of
290 Day Schools, with 20,804 Scholars ; and 3797 Sunday
Schools, with 401,383 Scholars; making a grand total of
4037 Schools, with 422,187 Scholars. The whole present-
ing the following summary, viz. :
Increase of Day Schools
Increase of Sunday Schools 242

Total Increase of Schools

Increase of Day Scholars....
Increase of Sunday Scholars

2,271
23,383

Total Increase of Scholars

25,654

Loss OF FOUR LIVES.—We regret we have this wee/
to record another serious accident on the Humber. On
Monday night last, the ship Andromache, Hunter, of this
port, having arrived in the Humber from Quebec, with a
cargo of timber and deals, during the heavy squall swung
across the current—capsized, and, falling on her larboard
beam ends, engulphed the mate, steward, and seven of the
crew in their berths under the hatches. A foreigner,
named Henry Horsens, went over with the ship, and was
not seen again ; a similar fate attended the steward, who
is supposed to have been washed out of the cabin window,
as he got out of his berth. Some men afterwards boarded
the wreck, proceeded to cut through the starboard side of
the forecastle deck, almost the only part then above wa-
ter ; and, by this means, seven men were extricated from
their perilous situation in the forecastle • but the eighth,
a youth of sixteen, named George Revell, was unhappily
drowned in his berth before the assistance from the Bee
arrived. The wreck, being timber laden, retained the
same position until about nine o'clock the next morning,
when, having been in some degree moved by a river boat,
it righted ; and, being taken in tow by the Eagle, steam-
tug, was brought safely into port with comparatively less
damage than could have been expected. It was then
found that the mate, Charles Ross, aged 35, and the
youth, George Revell, 16 years, had been drowned in their
berths.—Hull Rockingham.

PRESENT STATE OF THE IRON TRADE.—The furnaces
stated in the following paper have been blown in since the
25th of September, and if about six more are added to
this number, it will include all that are likely to be put in
operation in Staffordshire until some further and consid-
erable improvement takes place in the price of iron. It
will be no slight temptation that will induce parties to
incur the expense of opening the mines which, the recent
pressure on the trade has bad the effect of shutting up.
The make of iron in Sou►h Staffordshire is not likely to be,
therefore, materially increased. The late advance is well
supported, and the demand appears sound and free from
any speculative character ; indeed, some of the stocks
which have been recently purchased with this object are
being re-sold for consumption :

FURNACES IN SOUTH STAFFORDSIRE HLOWN IN SINCE

MICHAELMAS

THIRTY_CHILDREN NEARLY POISONED IN EDIN-

Name of Work.
Shut end ...
Shut end ...
Brettell-lane
Woodside ..
Withymoor .
Crookhay ..
Wednesbury
Darlaston ..

Firm.
James Foster
B. Gibbons
W. and J. Wheeley . .
Bramah and Cochrane,
Best and Barrs .
T. Davis..
Lloyds and Foster....
E. Addenbrook. ....

Totals

Weekly
make.

—Birmingham Advertiser

PORTER'S PATENT Axel-mos.—The great loss of pro-
perty and life by the late gales on the coast has directed
attention to the consideration of the various means and
appliances which may be rendered more efficient than
they have hitherto been to prevent or mitigate such cala-
mities. Amongst other matters, it has been observed,
many of the wrecks that have occurred on the coast arose
from the efficiency of the ground tackle upon a lee shore,
which naturally leads to the inquiry how it happens that
so large a proportion of our mercantile navy still continue
to be defectively found by their owners in this rerpect,
when the means of improvement is now well understood,
and can be applied with scarcely any increase of expense.
On reverting to the accounts of the disasters which have
been reported since the gale of last Wednesday week, it
will be seen that, in the great majority of instances where
vessels were driven ashore, the catastrophe might have been
prevented if they had been properly found with anchors and
cables on the most improved plan in proportion to tonnage.
In order that some idea may be formed of the relative
strength of the new and old anchors, we shall give the re-
sult of some of the testing experiments made at the dock-
yard at Woolwich, from March, 1841, to February of the
present year :—Patent anchor. 5 cwt., Admiralty proof
8+ tons, sustained 214 tons ; 91 cwt., Admiralty proof 11
tons, sustained 42 tons; 28 cwt., Admiralty proof 274
tons, sustained 604 tons. The test was applied by Bra-
mah's hydraulic press, and in every case was performed
in the presence of a number of naval officers and engi-
neers, whose characters placed them above all suspicion
of having any undue bias. These experimente, however,
furnish only the idea of a small part of the advantages
possessed by the new anchor.

BURGIT.—On Monday forenoon, a number of children in
the neighbourhood of Jamaica-etreet, Edinburgh, made a
very narrow escape from being poisoned, by an occurrence
which arose from a very simple inadvertency. A shop-
keeper had ordered a large quantity of a species of foreign
nut (not unlike the gall-nut of the Scottish oak, which is
used for making ink,) to be thrown out on the street.
having no use for them. The nuts unfortunately tempted
the children playing about the street, and &general scram-
ble took place for the poisonous substance. They had
all partaken more or less of them : some of them, indeed,
stating since that they had eaten as many as twenty. The
injurious consequences were soon manifested, one child
after another being seized with fits of vomiting and retch-
ing, palpitation at the heart, coldness at the extremities,
and other symptoms of having swallowed poison. Luckily,
medical assistance was speedily on the spot, else the con-
sequences must have been frightful. In one building nine
children were ill, and in some families two, and even three,
had to be attended' to. It is understood that about thirty
in all had partaken of the nuts ; but it is gratifying to
state, that however violent the symptoms were at an earlier
period of the day, they were all in the evening in the way
of recovery. The nut is described as of a very bitter taste,
which makes it the more wonderful that the children
should have been induced to partake of it.

DARING BURGLARY.—About two o'clock on Saturday
morning the residence of the Rev. Robert Meek, rector
of St. Michael's, Sutton Bonnington, was burglariously
entered by five men clad in smock frocks, whose faces
were masked with black crape or cloth, and who stole
therefrom two dozen large silver forks, four sauce ladles,
four silver butter knives, a gold watch, a silver one, and a
very large quantity of other plate, together with £6 in
money. The burglars effected an entrance by breaking
open the front door by a crow bar. Mr. Meek was
awakened by the noise, and having discovered that the
thieves had effected an entrance he slipped down a flight
of back stairs to obtain assistance from the village, which
is near the rectory, but he had only proceeded about 120
yards when he was attacked by two men, who inflicted
several dangerous wounds upon him, and then dragged
him back to the house. The thieves broke open the
drawers, and ransacked every place in search of money,
but only found the sum we have mentioned, though in
the course of the previous day Mr. Meek had received
from his tenants nearly £l2O, which was placed in a desk
which stood upon the drawers the thieves ransacked in the
bedroom, but fortunately a large Bible was placed in front
of the desk, which concealed it from sight, and the money
escaped discovery. The gang remained in the house above
an hour and then went off together. Three of them have
been apprehended, but remanded until Mr. Meek is able
to attend their examination.—Nottingham Review.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Sunday weeksa vessel
laden with flour and potash, from Canada, got aground
near Blackpool. The wind blowing heavily at the time,
one of the small boats was got out, when the mate jumped
in, and was followed by Major Sparke. of the sth regiment
of infantry, who had distinguished himself in China, for
which (as appeared by his papers) he had been promoted ;
a young lady, named Leach, who had been paying a visit
to her brother, a clergyman, in Canada, next got in, and
was followed by a sailor, but they had not proceeded far
when the boat was upset. The Major clung to an oar,
which sustained him for some time, but was afterwards
washed off, and sank to rise no more. The lady clung to
the leg of the mate, who swam a short distance with her,
but, becoming exhausted, was obliged to extricate himself
from her grasp, when she also sank, within a short dis-
tance of the shore. The highest praise is due to the mate,
who, before the lady clung to his leg, had supported her,
with his arm round her neck, until his strength failed him.
When the poor fellow was picked up, he was so exhausted
that doubts were entertained of his recovery. The sailor
got upon the boat, which was floating bottom upwards,
and was washed ashore,. The captain and. the rest of the
crew (about eight in number) remained on the vessel, and
landed safely when the tide was out. The name of the
vessel is the Aristocrat. Every endeavour was made by
the persons on shore to render them assistance, but the
sea raged so furiously that all their efforts were in vain.
The Major was on his way to his friends, at Woolwich,
and the lady to hers, at Berwick. The body of the Major
was picked up the following night.

SHOCKING SuiclDE.—The village of Calver, in Derby-
shire, was on Saturday night, about nine o'clock, thrown
into a state of the greatest alarm by the report that a
young female, about 20 to 21 years of age, had committed
suicide, by cutting her throat with a razor, in the most
determined manner. The parents of the wretched girl
are in respectable circumstances, occupying a farm under
the Earl of Newburgh, and they also carry on the grocery
business in a small way. The subject of this melancholy
oceurrence was named Anne Gregory. About 16 months
since she had an illegitimate child, which died, by a young
man living in the same village. He gained her affections
—effected her ruin—then deserted her. The same unfor-
tunate female was, on Tuesday evening week, delivered
of another illegitimate child. A woman was sent for to
act as midwife, who, when she came, refused to do her
the office until made acquainted with the name of the
father of the child ; upon which she said a younger bro-
ther of her former swain was the father. The parents
were naturally much distressed and angry at their daugh-
ter's misconduct. On Saturday morning the child was
found dead in bed by its mother, who, it appears, was
unconscious of its fate. During the absence of Mr. and
Mrs. Gregory at Chesterfield market, the constable of
Calver went to their house, and ordered that the child
should not be interred without a coroner's inquest being
held on the body. The unfortunate girl was much affected
on this being made known to her. She said the world
would cast reflections on her concerning its death, and
her mind was wrought up to the desperate consolation of
committing suicide. About half-past eight she was down
stairs, and making herself gruel. She then went up stairs,
telling a sister to fetch the candle when she knocked at
the floor. Her parents soon afterwards heard her scream.
and immediately proceeded to her room, and discoyered
that she had cut her throat. She had thrown a sheet over
her, and the sad act was found out by the blood streaming
from the bed on the floor. She lived three hours after the
perpetration of the horrid deed, and died while the surgeon
was in the act of sewing up the wound. A letter was found
under her pillow, which was given to her medical atten-
dant (Mr. Fenton) to read, who was much affected with
the distressing recital. An inquest wss held on Monday,
and verdicts returned to the effect that the child died from
natural causes, and that its mother destroyed herself du-
ring a fit of temporary insanity. The coroner severely
censured Richard Wilde, the person who the wretched
girl stated was the father of her last child, for his heart-
less conduct.—Derbyshire Covrier.

MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECKS•

• t sal
Never within the memory of the oldest inbaletaa,Ai.
most experienced and weather-beaten sailors, did, tgewie.
gan bar present a more awful, distressing, one, beet
rending scene than on Saturday week. It 10' but
on Saturday morning it became a complete
blowing a hard gale almost,the whole of Friday night,
hurricane
etowa
from the W.N.W., and early in the morning the
rot,
and neighbourhood was thrown into a state of the lrteport
est excitement and alarm, in consequence of 3 of
the side of the bar. It soon transpired
being generally circulated that a:sloop had run do weasel
that Bbl ...I,d
was the "Packet," a constant trader between B.listelbot,
Cardigan. The crew consisted of three men an Short.
w
We-.
and there can be little doubt they all perished.
videj to
after the news arrived in the town thousands cro b oil
a few feet of the topmast was in sight, Yet
the beach and there saw another vessel, and &lig. ore
seen three men clinging, havin, as it afterWarf k
'clec-
peared, lashed themselves fast tort. About four. htia,
it is impossible to describe the thrill of horror whic_cfel
to that_ or
waded the assembled hundreds, when one poor felloasoak
seen to drop off from exhaustion, and immeiateli,„ hii
to rise no more. The other poor fellow was left ',void
fate, with the gale nothing abated—the tide flori& last
the night with all its horrors coming on—to hire toles/
for ever. On Sunday morning he was taken off a '
corpse by a fishing boat.
day, for several vessels were strewed in the effiag' Ito
, 0 fate. .
But these are not the only disasters of this evenotfuld
making right for that shore which had prove(' s 000
their fellow-creatures; the first, however, that tt?, gar.
the bar, at a considerable ebb, was the schooner _toe
garet and Ann," of Cardigan, Thomas Griffiths,. P'rpool.
laden with iron, and bound from Cardiff to Livessbote
She struck violently several times, and is nonicularlf
near the Perch, in rather a perilous situation, Part rgiag•
if another gale should come on. The cargo iscliselis jon,
The next to make the attempt was the brig Ononcar•
of Wicklow James Rowland, master, with a gene attack
ly
go, bound from Liverpool to Marseilles. Shes the
several times most violent , and keeping
too Ler
sreast
Pembrokeshire side, struck lower down than the Lenover
and Ann ; she is open to the same danger as the 5
l".sed•
should it come to blow. The cargo is now being dlsca
and which is estimated at about £30,000• „it esalei
The schooner Mary Hughes, of New Quay, 11","arga e
bound from Bridgewater to Lancaster, With a -k se/e.
wiNthexthte
claornsseofth
flour, wheat, oatmeal, and coals. She also strue_eoele
The schooner Superb, of LlanPlly,
ral times, but drawing less water the preceding '
she got over. „mister,
and main boom, got safe/ Vol'
cwiaaytteon,::::r.
rfor., •th
bowspritthe schooner Lynx, of
Brown, master, bound from Liverpool to Limerithe bar,
a valuable cargo of general goods, in attempting ,rostit
she struck several times, and got at last quite ° ere%
the
the sea breaking her' in
over an awful manner; _ nolo%
took to the rigging, but were soon relieved hl-'l.cir.
boat. The vessel has since become a complete wt`fste of
Painful as our task is, we must yet record Athtebe Ford
two other vessels—the one a small smack, ealleujersel t°
of the Isles, George Imey, master, bound fro' , onse"
probahlrlcks oa
Whitehaven, with a cargo of apples.
quainted with the coast, and seeing so marl 'v.., bet ra,r;
the beach, the captain did not attempt the ba'n.,' or, tnv
his little bark ashore on the sands under Oa"; iroale
Pembrokeshire side of the ba The crew, takleoontieir
diately to the boat, were all saved ; but the gale coat'
ing mostly the whole of the night, she became a.h. V
wreck, and the apples scattered the whole beilt ne, tbe
close this scene of disasters and loss, a btigay sight;
Lavinia, of Pool, T. W. D ' hove In ergo
omtny, master, oil ~
she was bound from Charleston to Liverpool,'" 001
of china, clay, and stone, and, through the Ile COI
of the gales, was driven on the rocks under Poi ._
it tets
tle, and sunk ; it is supposed she will beeom. ,we a
wreck. The crew were all saved ; but bad she
perk
little nearer Kemes Head, every soul must have r

NELSON-STREET ASSEMBLY-ROOMS.--14-eautnbe 10;
nthat
this
ithisdistrict,
t l)e betters n m known perhapsoxvv4n,6oo. ec
naan- rlisdd-befE:
Pot
from
mATIOIN2
tooFxlCsAaTTbLened.—.
sold lma
of Science," is about to be purchased by the ‘.l
cattle'
beenfrom tCboerrfiunnensat,yweterreecleainvdeeddfrinninLisvperapino.ol las Said to 11"
are
0;04f
A poor fellow was drowned at Parkgate c.eg it Vivito.
night last, by the swamping of his boat dee asiaos
gale. A gallant struggle was made by his caul
tre
save him but unhappily without effect. this the'le
WHITBY THEATRE.—We understand that "gills; but
is now let for the ensuing season to Mr. W•ft'srpoel'pe-
manager of the Liver and Amphitheatre in 01.vois of
now of Sheffield, who will open about the Est
ma Jackson Baker was scalded to death
cember with an excellent corps dramatique• ca kr5113.
CHILD SCALDED TO DEATH. OD SatßldaY "oveertg:;
C ll
SI II end . —wVme. r dsi eTt A
Na ci c
Ei dye, ns t a
Fox-HOUNDS
„a by her'
ing of a coffee-pot, which was being ren'ev" on
was gallant oe'
mother from the fire. The deceased
father's knee at the time the unfortunate seei ~,,
announcedb a Stanley'sr baronet
etassembled
a s
hounds,th e fiaar
tss
strong
monnenget
nti
nn,g
mustera on
l otnhfg
amongst
friendse.
fao
1 iroal
vi ffcla
epat:' ;11.0. bWiabsoe'
re e °11:
Anloety or ..,,, n
ek,,,,,di e
many Liverpool gentlemen, including Liar n I`leLat•
Cockerell, Dawson, Ham, Hetherington, -„ '0(41-
Dyson, and Brancker, Esqrs. The foxes 'so.'
otbil
ful, and the sport very indifferent. It oed,
ANTI. MONOPOLY ASSOCIATION.—The lane on 00
meeting of this indefatigable society takes Pier-oast k q.f
nesday evening the eighth instant, at 11, at.',,lelts.",fsart
o'clock, when the president—Thomas TLin„Tisal .I.'"cap:
M.P.—will officially take the chair, and w"„..,1t We: iliS
Esq., M.P. will address the meeting. Altbe"s'scistil its
not agree with the principles on which the seta wbiAesirl-
based, we cannot but admire the energy Widaabttiase'
council conduct its operations. It gives ne,,,tter"-,EI,
dence of their sincerity, which is worthy of a "' bleseeL/t
on Wednesday. THE GREAT WESTERN STEAMER.--"ThiSAllt tbiularsor
which left New York on the 19th ult., arriLe; teeLlos.r,
from New York. She brings papers from die, bs..;yersi
Y. at noon, in twelve days s''',"bae ci",,, thei
days later than those brought by the Ace, the ''..ser
contain very little news. The elections lelt get." of
States were still going in favor of the O
vvhigs• „her OLI
sation had been created at Kingston and O' over"-
Canada, by the announcement that the seatof g k
$
was to be removed to Montreal. viee 'of
.01 ele
n Fri , ne 1136
FATAL ACCIDENT AT RUNCORN•-0
person residing in Runcorn, known by the Or'. 0 ,
" Charles the Baker," met with his deat„spl thlie'
evening in question the deceased was in ce,,misaa I.' 0, '
man named Job Wilson, at the Lord) -`eii,g arteister
house, and, in consequence of a dispute hall „agog d la e
most dreadful manner. He lingered
scuffle took place, during which a kettle of h,,,,ease ostr
was knocked off the fire, which scalded the2Zesdsf,, re-
most Tie bOs'osfi
when he died from the effects of the inierYestedeet,!'
ceived. An inquest was held on the boat °eta' dest of
and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidellh re area se
HUBARD GALLERY, BOLD-STR3ET.-4.7„eble bat it°
who would not wish to have a faithful and W."' Whear to'
of themselves or friends at a moderate cosisistel;h6 tele
more pleasing for a brother to present to: awe ("bytsre
deed any relative to another, than thePlc-orest:oll6.l
one) of those they love and esteem ? 1 f el S ile'
in the way of gratifying those pleasurable ether, bttf oltb
part of one member of a family towards se° oes ° oriee;
This difficulty no longer exists,' as,
the difficulty of procuring accurate resernh'emierste item'
human face divine," at any thing like a re" bat we cads
0' is ve
from ay he -.sit
seen of Mr. Norman's talents, we shouktne-Pral °I
ble of giving every satisfaction to those isli" JO
: the ;be
establishment for the above purpose.
,mv belll,vslo% Sc.
FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLLM.—Thurs—'nf OP-tbefiso
appointed, for the interesting cerernoeY ", for ne„
buildings recently erected in Myrtle-stree" sle I.' lie'
Fee casC 0'
commodation of the childran of the Slue 05the
Asylum, a procession was formed at the ioable lof 1,
pital, headed by the children of that inTenhject!selesa,
After proceeding to the Exchange, tbeYl, arra toolehi
tion, and followed by the interestine. little
_oabiaL,,,sol„..,
day's proceedings and the old Church Pal seco,7loo7i,
the Mayor, several members of the Coeecsiadgeacheci
ber of- the principal local and other clergYas Free fly
to St. Peter's church, where a sermon loeese'door, of
to receive contributions were held
the Right. Rev. the Lord Bishop of the _ *vest 40' 0,
the Countess of Sefton and Mrs. Jeffreys, 0002ary.alatle
the ladies' committee, attended by the Rev, 1'
Pspil
and one of the vice-presidents. At the,: 'O-. 1v44;/ler. dd.
were held by Lady Stanley, and the Oh 14,011-per
Wilbraham, attended by the Rev• 11,,°,„g of tbet 1
Mr. Joshua Edwards. The handsome e'-se ~vievotral s. Jo"
was collected after the sermon. AftV, -0 rs.--ort.cre-
cession again formed, and left the 01°here 5 'pies
th presssiklote.
frey, as president, and Mrs. Thomas
o'clock. It proceeded to the asyNte' oci‘e.'end ity
%%hoe
iotieet tbe
tary, were in waiting to receive the rticjipel Malr,,,fslie;
patronesses. The Bishop, with the Pr' Oa 14 ~e' on
eluding the Earl and Countess of Seftlall,".0*""000
Revs. H. Hampton, F. Ould, Dr. Tatters pe.fssg.toool
J. Jones, J. Aikin, Esq., W. Brondis!ords,,c, the_,, sea'
Banner, Esq, Dr. Jeffreys, Joshua 0, 414 h`e prr o,'"
others of the clergy and gentlemen he'aben °the ;Pal°,
took their places in the ',e, hool-roorm vo„ 11 .ttee,, os,
ings were opened by prayer, offered 1',./,031:01 or so,
the absence of Mr. James Aspinall'
North. Mr.J. Ed wards, in the name of thee'''cbsiroristter
committee, presented, in, a feeling ae,,ely-fr IS 440
th a. appros1;01;01)
dress, Mrs. James Aikin with a haridsksylue:e'semops,'
colour drawing of the elevation of the are rePS ace°,
the children, in their clistinct;ve
approaching the institution. The Piero; Al•cilerc'eloo PI
vied by the following :—" To Mrs. ija the ilicreer,s,4"Pect.
dres:4,ture vfka.o, in 1 rt,'
moray of her beneficence in project-et s co* is , cre
male Orphan Asylum, and her zeal 6 Iding tbe .100,
fully presented, on the day of its V sr. ia,,,spl
render it successful, this view of the beunlieg, bioelslo.- 'e,
mittee. James Aspinall, President. ~ ~ the ene tol'
paid to her, was so overcome that neJas fulliighet;ft,
in acknowledging on behalf of Mrs- I..klic..mwas nee-u'vose tbel
ceed. He said that when the hear fet ; setubeitllilfee4l
cult to give utterance to what was
approached those pure and
under circumstances which ought t° t,rterl I,'said!..oe,
ing, the spring being touched, tears Idwa!fin the;so!
and he could only thank them. gra bra Yates saeOle I;
a rare circumstance to find a mati,eemein arts
enegs beehp
position. He forgot to say that lkir: Aikin was bola t 6
a Sailors' Home, whilst Mrs. '''
hat. After Diebratlie'r aiti'd
tender Pa_rrtesat:fg.wet6;;;.
founding such an institution as t d by the od, ti.-9, v-
suitably and admirably athiressde selogY ' a Bieb°olsl:
children sung a hymn and the , by the .d be ~ e,
benediction had been pronouce., by
be prop
ptire.• r) by et or
principal part of the companY. r-. robe the
treys, president of the la dies coin
_...ci spnler ,stip
vided for the children (filtY-s" inmiltutee• ill of 100e'
Mrs. Aikin entertained the Bishoe and ~t be v
lour friends of the institution et dill"' .