The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-15 00:00:00

officers' baggage, and the baggage

at all dav, with the excep-
t-he 30th,

h the surf boats and
survey on board. 31st, wea

was moderate and fine;
Her Majesty's stores. Lieut. Black was s
with two naval officers from the admiral,
Majesty. Lieut. Black still flies his penant
tention as•soon as Her Majesty's stores are
offer the ship for sale, as she now lies, for
fit, at least I have suggested this; and
shall make the best of my way to London.
parted also, and came on shore within two mu
us, and was an awful sight, near 200 drowned.
-onclude at present, remaining your most ok
'i-obliged servant,

1 in attendance,

, on the part of Her

It is my in-

all on shore to

Len all is done

et-shots of
I now beg

ient and

" JOHN YOUNG,
" Master of ship Abercrombie Robinson.
" We have on the same beach the Waterloo, the John
Bagsbaw, the Gbika, the Fairfield, the Henry Hoyle, the
Reform, and a cutter."

LONDON LORD MAYOR'S DAY: . The following was the
general bill of fare at the dinner :. -250
oyster tureens of real turtle;
containing 5 pints each ; 200 bottles of sheret ; 16 dishes offish,
30 entrees -, 14 boiled turkeys and 60 roast pullets ;
4:1 tonguebse;efl.2 quarters
64) dishes of fowls; 46 ditro of capons ; s_;
50 French pies ; 60
pigeon pies ; 53 barns ornamented ;
beet
stewed
of house lamb ; 2 barons of beef ; 3 rounds of beef b
6 dishes
rounds of beef ; 13 sirloins, rumps, and ribs
.144 ditto
t '‘Captain
of asparagus ; 60 ditto of mashed and other potato
of shell-fish : 4 ditto of prawns ; 4 ditto of+Selirne':
roast
White's) true India curries; 140 jellies; 50 blancmanges;
30 ditto of oranae .1
40 dishes of tarts, creamed ; an.. other
tourtes; 43 ditto of almond pastry ; 20 Chantilly baskets ;
60 ditto of mince pies ; 56 salids. The removes.—so
turkeys; 6 leverets ; 80 pheasants ; 24 geese ; 40 dishes of
partridges; 15 dishes of wild fowl ; 2 pea fowls. Dessert.
100 pine apples, from 21b to 31b each ; 200 dishes of hot-house
grapes ; 250 ice creams • 50 dishes of apples ; 100 ditto of
pears ; 60 ornamented Savoy cakes ; 75 plates of walnuts ;
80 ditto of dried fruit and preserves; 50 ditto of preserved
ginger; 60 ditto of rout cakes and chips; 46 ditto of brandy
cherries.
PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—On Saturday the 22d of Oct(
ber, whilst the men were engaged in one of the pits of tl
Oak Farm Colliery, near Stourbridge, symptoms of fire-dam
were observed, upon which the men hastened out, and con
menced covering the top of the pit. While so engaged th
heard a noise at the bottom, and,
one of the men was discovered to

Dn mugtering th

nave uncovered the pit would have been usetea,
would have poured out, and' the poor fellow was given up y
lost. The pit continued covered up ; but on the followir
Tuesday some men going down an adjoining stone pit
their astonishment discovered the supposed lost collie—
was immediately hauled up. and medical assistance nay'',
been obtained, he was quite recovered. It appears that o
the alarm being given of the signs of damp, be made toward
the shaft, but found that all the men were gone. After wait
ing some time in anxious expectation, he left that spot, takinl
with him about 61b; of candles, and, well knowing the work
logs of the pit, be made his way into the stone pit where hi
was discovered. He says he never went to sleep for fear hi
candle should go out. The preservation of his existence i
attributed to his having placed himself near a small strean
of water, which afforded him air and refreshment.—Worces
ter Chronicle.