Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-04-06
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From the Boston Mercantile Journal,

pefs bV this arrival until nearly O'CLOCK.
Ths Caledonia left Liverpool on the after
noon Of the fourth of March, and conse'
quentIy has been fifteen days and half
on her passage. She brought TO the city
2S passengers from Liverpool, and %
from Halifsx--and left l3 at Halifax, who
left Liverpool in the packet.
There had been no arrival from lndin,
overland and consequently nothing
further had been heard from China =
The cotton Market was dnll-and but 1T
tic prospect of any improvement.
The general aspect of things in Europe
was pacific but some rumors prevailed !
of dissensiOn in the Cabinet; and Of rep
reservations made by the Four Powers
against the continued wsrlike Preparations
OfFraAce. I'll 'sv t
The Royal Princes was christened on
the 10th with the state and solemnity be-
fitting the importance Of the occasion!
=. There was an extensive failure at Liv-
erpoOl on the lst inst The liabilities of
the house, which was engaged in the dry
saltery and tuTpentine distilling business
are variously estimated at E50,O00 and
100000. Upwares Of f4O,OOO are
owing TO different houses in Liverpool.
DREADFUL SHlPWRECK.
One hundred and twenty two Persons
Drowned!
One Of the most appalling disasters at
sea ever recorded, occurred in the Irish
channel, on the night Of the 10Th Of Feb.
ruary. The New York ship Governor
Fenner sailed from Liverpool at noon on
that day, with one hundred and twenty
four persons on board--and when off Ho-
lyhesd, at two hours past midnight, she
came in collision with the DuhliH steamer
Nottingham, which was on its way from
Dublin to Liverpool, and the Governor
Fenner sunk Immediately, the master
and the mate escaping. The Liverpool
Albion gives the following relation Of the
ciVcumsrance, as they vera trken down
from the mouth Of Mr. Andrews, the mas =
ter Of the emigrant ship.
"We sailed from Liverpool on Friday
last at noon, with the wind at s. s. w.
The crew consisted Of seventeen, and tn q
passengers in the Steerage amounted to
one hundred and six We had full ear.
90 Of manufactured goods. On Saturday
morning at two o'clock, the wind blowing
fresh from s. s. w and when the ship was
under double resfed lopSail, ,the jib, span
ker aud mlinsaiE in, saw steamer to wind
ward on the larbOard bow. Tho ships
helm was Immediately put hard apOrt.-
The steamer crossed our bow, and we
struck right midshipS. From the force Of
the collision, it was evident that either
the ship or the steamer would sink, or
prehaps both. Instantly / felt that the
ship, the bows Of whidh were stove in,
was sinking. | cried out to the crew(all
atKs passengers were belOw,) to endeRvor
to save their lives They instead Of run.
ming forward, through fear, ran aft.
My first object was to eAdeaVor to save
the crew and passengers; but so rapid
was the sinking Of the ship, ! found it i'm
possible to do any thing 10 accomplish
that object. and the mate ran forwarC
and finding the ship fast sinking, trieC
TO Jump on the steamer. Failing in m
fFst attempt thTOughR mOmentary faint
ness, l made second, and, just as tn,
ship was at the waters edge, succeede,
in grasping rope which was hanging
over the steamers side The mate sav
ed his life by jumping from the fore yarD
arm to the steamers deck. In one min
ute the ship sunkrwilh l6 Of the ere,
and ell the passengers, amounting tOgeth
or 70 ono hundred and twenty-five souls
The steamers boat was instantly lower
ed for the purpose Of making an attemp
to save such Of the crew and passenger
as might be floating, but 1t unfOrtunatel
swamped along side.
The Albion adds some further particu
lars:
"Ths Nottingham, which now lies !
the ,CiaFeRce dock, was visited by thou,
ands Of curious spect ators. Her stal
beard side was complete wreck. Dea
animals,cOws aad sheep, covered the dec
aud presented q shocking sight, most O
them having been disembOwelled by th
conclusion. The passengers on boar
the smigrant ship we're all below in thei
beTths when tho collision took place.
No doubt they would make rush toward
the deck; the interval however, betwee
the eshock and the sinking was so shor
scarcely five minutes, that very few,if an
conld have succeeded in reaching it,.
The mate had been married only fe,
days before the ships sailing; the captai
had given bis wife berth with her hus
baUd in the cabin. When the fate of Tn
ship became inevitable, he attempted e
rescue her; but time failed him--the in
Stiact Of selfprsservation became stron,
--he sprung up the shrOuds, and reached
ihs steamer BY jumping from the ward
arms
Another account says that the emiqran,
we're mostly Irish farmers and their fam
lies and labOEels, with few English ,
the same classes. The Governor Fem,
ID said TO have been bnilt in Massach