Glasgow Courier. — 1854-07-04 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THE LOSS OF THE HELEN THOSISON.  .!kOld  ALLEGED CORRUPTION OF IRISH MEMBERS The report of the Committee of this House of Corn.. moos, appointed to inquire into the charges of corruption preferred against the Irish Members, has at last been made public. It is somewhat lengthened, and - a sketch of the different branches of its 11 Commencing with the two 11 selling made by Or. Gray . will be recollected, caused committee—they state, aa by Mr. Kelly, to_the effect P. for  _ Public salmi ult.. the qt. of which w staplen Inc dent many there wan •  co_nside;;;ble  We have been shown a letter from Mr. Edward Robson, late of Ayr, who was one of 6? passengerson board the Helen 'llsomsou when struck by the ice. After relating the facts of the unfortunate accident, which quite coincide with our late account of it, •n.I describing the consternation that seised the passengers, ha says :—.Tlse flag of distress was hoisted, when a vessel was e'en at • distanceapproaching us. I thought all would be well; but as soon as the vessel saw th• state we were io •he put on full omit, end left us to our miserable fate. Bat God In his mercy had otherwise determined. A large barque was seen a great dietetics off, bearing down upon as with all salt. She instantiv lowered her boat, and our own boats were lowered, and in • short time every soul on hoard was lauded on her deck. She proved to be the Sarah (torn Liverpool, laden with salt for Richebucto. • • • • • She had neither food nor accommodation for us. They opreAd sails for tie on the salt, and others lay upon coils °tropes. Thus 100 human beings were huddled for five days and nights, living upon two hiutiits and • drink of water a-day. If we had remained much longer, disease would soon have made sad havoc among no, The vessel we were in could not get aerosolise bar of the river for ten days; but as soon as the people of the town heard of our misfortune they would not rest till they got us on shore, which they did on the 23d. They put as In • small vessel, and got a stearn-tug to get us op the river; but here another accident occurred; the steamer ran aground, and we were sent adrift. We were next placed on been! of • schooner, in which we reaehed the quay late at night, and here • most welcome reeeption awaited an. A gentleman, who Is very wealthy, cussed every house to be opened at his expense, and we were treated In the moat liberal manner—he himself running about from one to another attending upon us. Indeed, there was • strife who would do most for as. There was little or nothing saved from the wreck, every one toeing everything. I managed to save my best suit of clothea—everytbing eloe went to the bottom. Solna who had come out with the Intention of buying land last all thefluggsney anj.are now compelled to work as labourers.  Dirrzastrasii SUICIDE —On Friday morning the Thames police office issued notice that • respectable female had committed self-destruction by throwing herself off Waterloo Bridge. Although every means were used to save her, she sank before the boats reached her. The Humber dock officers of Customs have seized a Russian barque called the Odessa. She was provided with papers to make her appear a Tuscan vessel, but the officers found papers concealed on board leaving no doubt that she is bona fide Russian property. Arrzwevati Sulcinz.—On Thursday morning, at ten o'clock, a respectable female, who refused to give her name, attempted self-destruction by drowning herself in the Thames, at Blackfriars. Just as she was in the act of sinking, a waterman passing jumped out of his boat into the river, and saved her life. In the time of Oliver Cromwell, the magistrates in the north of England punished drunkards by making them carry what is called 'the drunkard's cloak.' This was a large barrel, with one head out, and a hole through the other, through which the offender was made to put his head, while his hands were drawn through two small boles, one on each side. ARCHLOLOOICAL Iserrrore.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert has signified his intention of being present at the annual meeting of the Arcliesological Institute. The society will assemble on Wednesday next at Cambridge, when it is expected that the members and their friends will muster in large numbers to welcome the Prince Consort.  Tue Mennen NEAR Letcorrea.—On Friday afternoon George Frederick Ashton, the phrenologist and galvanizer, charged with the murder of Mr. S. Adcock, farmer, underwent • long examination, which ended in the prisoner proving an alibi by Mn. and Miss Wells, two respectable witnesses front Nottingham. Ashton W 93 ordered to be given into the custody of the Leicester burgh magistrates, who will proceed against him for fortune-telling.  BLOCRADZ OF TO; Willi& S&L—Orders have been sent to the commanders of the allied squadron in the White Sea to establish, from the lot of August next, an effective blockade of the Russian ports in those waters. This blockade has been deferred till that period, in order to give time to the commercial interest to finish the operations uhich it might have commenced in good faith before the declaration of war.—Paris ifoniteur.  amino ar lisciitszar.—There are about a dozen establishments in Liverpool employing machinery, with an aggregate of steam power amounting to about 100 horses, and capable of produoing from 400 to 430 tons of ship biscuits weekly. The system of baking by machinery was originated in that port by & T. Vicars, engineers, who have successfully &pried it, and have effected numerous improvements, for several of which they have obtained letters patent ; and their establishment, employing between 30 and 40 hands, is almost exclusively devoted to the manufacture of the various machines used in the ship and fancy biscuit trades. THE ASWOME OF THE DEKE or PARMA --The Arnie* della Fundy.lia of Parma publishes a letter, written from New-York, by a man named Carra, a groom, formerly in the service of the deceased duke, in which he begs the Parma Government not to make any farther investigations into the murder of the duke, as he is the man who committed the act, in revenge for having been on one occasion caned by order of his master, and on another struck by himself in the face in the public street. The details given ' by the writer leaving no doubt as to the truth of his statement, the government has set at liberty the three persons who were in prison on suspicion of being the authors of the crime.