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September 27, 1851. ^ THE NORTHERN STAR ...
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The Loss of ihe Pacha, and ' the new shi...
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VQSDER OF A POLICEMAN FIVE YEARS AGO .-Saturday last bavin * been appointed for the further examination of William- ' Crease / , who stands charged , npon the testimony of Mary Ann Davis , the discarded paramour of the accused , with having , on the nig ht of Feb . 20 , 18 * 6 , murdered policeunstable James Hastie . of the R division , in a -place called Tinder-box-alley , " New King-street , Greenwich , tbe court was densely thronged , and considerable excitement was manifested in the town . —Mary Ann Davis , who was examined on a former day , deposed that she became acquainted with tbe prisoner about six years ago , having first she alk
aet him in Hyde-park as was taking a ' w . Tfaey had cohabited before they lived together . He tad then a wife living , but told witness that he had been a widower for sometime . Witness left her mistress , and went to live with the prisoner at Giffia-E treet , -Beptrord , about a week before the murder . When prisoner came into the room to witness on the night of the murder , his right hand was covered with blood , and his- waistcoat too . He told her that he had murdered-a policeman , ' and that he would- not be hune for one , but for two , and upon which" he took a Bible from the shelf , and presenting a knife at witness ; said that if she did pot swear to keep it secret ; he would then and there run her through the body . She loved him 1 and then
dearer than her life , and shedid swear , trashed the blood from lus clothes . " -The woman with whom they-were lodging was a Mrs . Ward , ghe left Greenwich about three weeks after the murder , and after visiting Walthamstow they went to Jersey , - where they remained for about eight months or-betten- While there the prisoner cut ber bead open with a blow from a bellows , aud he told her to say to the doctor that she bad fallen down , and she did so . Could not' tell tbe date of the murder , as she was no scholar , but knew it was about five years ago . - AH tbat she stated on the last day , and at the present moment , was the troth , and she loved the prisoner now , but then she must tell the truth . —The Magistrate : It ia very
strange you cannot give us the dates . Where did you live in London , after coming from Jersey , and before you returned to Greenwich ?—Witness ; In Tooley-street first ; but we left there without paying the rent , and then went to another house not far away from there , and prisoner left without paying the rent , and took the key ofthe door away . —Superintendent Hilton , who is engaged in getting up the case , deposed tbat what the last witness stated as to her having first met the prisoner was accurate . He could not , however , find the woman Ward , with whom she said they had lodged at the time ofthe murder , she having left Green wich some years . Tbe - woman- Driscoll ; with whom they lodged after coming from Jersey ,-was in the court , and corroborated the statement ofthe woman Davis coming with the prisoner to her place about the beg inning of 1818 ; but before that period , owing to the absence of Mrs . Ward , he ' conld get no one to
identify the parties with the town . —Sergeant Carpenter , of the detective force , said that the prisoner bore a very bad character at Walthamstow , his native place , where he had been tbe terror of tbe neighbourhood , and where , about fourteen years ago , be bad been charged with murdering his first mfe . Dpnn that charge na ~ was tried at the Chelmsford Assizes , and' acquitted . His second wife , who is now living , had to leave him , after her life had been several time ' s-endangered by his violence , "Witness vraa endeavouring to find' Mrs . Ward , and would require further time to complete the case . —The Prisoner : I can explain a great deal . —Mr . Traill : I should advise you to make no further statement for the present . On the last day you said you hadnever beenin the town of Greenwich till about two years after the murder , and tbat all stated by the woman D . ivis was the result of spite for your having ¦ left her . -1 shall remand you to this day week .
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ExTKAOBDijfAHr CosFEssios . —About a month since the Aew Fori : Express stated that lately , at Halifax , a private of the 1 st Itoyal Regiment , then in garrison , about to return to England , appeared at the police-office , and voluntarily confessed to having murdered a young woman , about eight years ago , at Norwich , in England . The man gave his same as Thompson a native of Dumfriesshire , Scotland . His victim was a young woman with whom he had been on terms of intimacy , and the crime was perpetrated by drowning her in what be termed a canal . The crime had so preyed on the offender ' s mind that he at length determined to give himself ap to justice , and allow the law to take its course . Subsequent occurrences have
confirmed . the truth ofthe principal circumstances narrated . Thompson has arrived in' England , and is now in Winchester gaolj and one of the superintendents of that district , Mr . Hnbbersty , late of the Norfolk constabulary , has been over to this city instituting inquiries . ' Thompson gives the name of lis victim as Hannah Barber , and both' he and tbe girl were well known to many people still living in Norwich , the crime having been perpetrated so recently as 1816 . Thompson himself states that it was in the month of August of that year , and Mr . Hubbarsty has learned from several sources tbat Thompson was at that time a private of the regiment of Carbineers then lying at- Ipswich , having just left Norwich , and that a girl named Hannah
Barber bad shortly before been rejected by one of the band of the same regiment , in consequence of lier intimacy with Thompson and other men ; tbat Thompson got a day ' s leave of absence , and came down to Jforwich ; saw the girl there again , and walked out with her in the evening . It appears , also , that a Mr . J . Taylor , of Pockthorpe , " well remembers that between twelve and one o ' clock one sight in the same month , while bobbing for eels in the river , near St . Gebrge ' s-bridge , he heard tome blows struck , and immediately afterwards a splash in tbe water . He also distinctly heard the footsteps of a person-running away . He -unmoored his boat as quickly as possible , and hastened to the spot , and succeeded in rescuing a young woman
from a watery grave . After she recovered herself a little , he placed her on the steps leading to the house of Mr . Brooks , builder . Mr , Taylor , togetbe ' r-with Mr . Rix , a brewer , who came up at the tune , attempted to learn from her her name , but she positively refused to tell , or to reveal any of the circumstances connected with the event which lad just occurred . She shortly afterwards left the spot , no one knowing who she was , or whither she went . Two or three persons now state that they have seen Hannah Barber in Norwich within the last twelve months , but have ho knowledge as to where she is to be found . She is said to be a country girl , and ber visits to Norwich were only occasional . It is very desirable that' she should be found , in
order that it may be ascertained whether she is really the girl whom Mr . Taylor rescued . Under any circumstances , however , it appears probable that Thompson's victim escaped the death to which lie has till now thought that he bad hurried ber . Shortly after August Thompson left the Carbineers , and joined the 1 st Boyals , who were lying in Canada , whither he was sent to join them ; and he has , doubtless , been living since that time under great mental suffering . —Lynn Advertiser . ' Iscexmarism is Fhakce " . —A strange event has just taken place at Bouloi ( Tarn-et-Garonne ) . A barn belonging to a small farmer , named Aradel ,
was discovered to be on fire . A crowd of persons immediately collected to afford assistance , and buckets of water bad been brought to the spot , ¦ when the report of a musket was heard , and a young man fell to the ground wounded in the body . Almost immediately after a second report was heard , and another man in tbe crowd was struck witfTa bullet . The greatest consternation prevailed , aa no one could say whence proceeded these dreadful missiles . Some persons ran away , while others were looking at each other with alarm and horror , when a third shot was heard , and a third man fell wounded . Tho crowd then fell back to a
safe distance from the burning building , a man armed with a gun bavin ? been perceived standing at the window of the loft , just under tbe roof . Some gendarmes soon after arrived , and they at once , on hearing tbat some one was in tbe loft , determined to ascend and make him prisoner . Just as they had procured a ladder to get into tbe loft , a fourth report was beard above . The gendarmes hurried up , and there found a young man bathed in Wood , having the moment before attempted to blow out his brains with a pistol . He had shattered his lower jaw , and wounded himself severely in the
neck , but he was not dead . It appeared that the young man was BartbBSemy Aradel , son of the owner of the barn . Having ruined himself by gambling , be had determined to commit suicide , but first resolved to aet fire to the barn , and then perish in the ruins . For that purpose he had procured three muskets , with balls and powder , topre-Tent any one extinguishing the fire . He had also provided a pistol to kill himself . The chief actor in this strange drama died soon after , but the three men who were wounded by him are likely to recover . The barn was burnt to the ground , the loss being about 2 , 000 f . —GalignanCs Messenger .
Tbe AnsiHiAu Despot . — A number of our eontemporaries , says the Daily News , "Englishand French , affect to be greatly shocked at tbe Emperor of Austria ' s declaring publicly that . he . and his Ministers govern of his absolute and imperial authority , and bv virtue of no constitution . All through 1848 , . 1819 , . 1850 , and the better half of 1651 , these writters we ' re the abettors , the panegyrists , the poet laureates of Austria ; aud not only of Austria , but of the King of Naples , of the Pope , and of tbe French geueralswhosetupthe Pope . Nothing seemed too harsh , too rough , too royal , too cruel , or tyrannical for them , so long as there was anything left for tyranny and its bayonets to crush . Bat now , when tyranny is completely established and strengthened , and past disturbing , oh , then , forsooth , these writers turn liberal , and protest . " Tbz fishermen of the Madras East India Fishing Company are stated to have taken a sword-fish measurbg twenty-eight lectin length . <
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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . -On Monday morning the sessions for the county of Middlesex , for September , were held by adjournment at the Guildhall , Westminster . The calendar contains a list of sixty-one prisoners for trial , of whom fifty-six are charged with the commission of felony . Robberv at " the Cbtstal Palace . —Thomas Mack , a German , aged 18 , was indicted fc * having stolen eight ounces weight of chocolate , the property of " Francis Germain Leopold Gerain . —The prisoner pleaded Guilty . —The ' evidence in the case was briefl y this : —The prisoner was in the Exhibition on the 18 ttt' inst ., and was observed by an officer in plain clothes to take up a packet of chocolate from one of the stalls and to put it into his pocket . He was walking ' away , but the officer
stopped Jp \ m ( The prisoner besought the officer to let him go , but his supplications were ' made in vain . On being searched about 26 s . in value was found upon him , but at his lodgings , at No . 4 , Polandstreet , there were discovered a quantity of chocolate of the same character as . that in the act of taking which he had been caught , a dozen of pencils , a cake of soap , some wax-tapers , two memo- " ranuum-books , several leathern purses of the present fashion , containing English and foreign money tothe arabuht ' of £ 20 . 'All the articles found ' at the prisoner ' s lodgings had been " stolen from the ' Exhibition , and so many of them were there tbat the officer stated he could have preferred no fewer than seven indictments against the prisoner . —The learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to imprisonment for six months with hard labour . * -
Frederick Otto Hartman , aged 21 ; pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with having . stolen a . gold watch and other articles of the value of fclUO , the property of James' Keeiie Hawkins ( the barrister ) , in His dwelling-bouse ; The sentence- upon him was imprisonment and hard labour lor twelve months in the House of Correction . Charles Sturtan , aged 24 , was convicted of having stolen a silver soap basin , ofthe value of 13 s ., the property of Lewis Verrey , the restaurateur , of the Opera Colonnade . —The learned Judge sentenced him to imprisonment and hard labour for four months .
TJngratbfui Treatment of ' a Soldier . — -Harriet Mouseley , an artless looking girl , was indicted for having stolen a bonnet , a pair of stays , a gown , and other articles , the property of William Austin . —The prosecutor was a private in the 3 rd battalion of Grenadier Guards , and in tbe month of June or July last , whilst he was on sentry at Spring-gardens , St . James ' s-park , \ he observed the prisoner wandering about apparently in a starving and destitute condition . He spoke to her , and she told him . she was in great distress and waiite'dfopd , when he desired , her to go fo ' . ' n ' is lodgings , No . 13 , Lower . Crown-slreefc , Westminster , where ' ' she would find his wife , who would g ive her something to eat if she told her that she had beeri ' sent by him . The prisoner accordingly went as . directed , and the
prosecutor ' s wife gave . her coffee and bread and butter , and allowed her to wash herself . The prosecutor , on returning home from / duty " found ber there , and notliking to send her into the streets he told her she might sleep there if she liked ,, and she expressing thanks . for such ah offer , he told his wife to make up a bed for her on the floor of their own bedroom-which she did , and the prisoner slept there that , night . She told him that she was a stranger in London , and had' run away from her fath ers ai Chichester , and ' fie offered to put himself in communication with ^ her father with a v . iew of bringing about a reconciliation , and of her
returning home . * On the following morning the prosecutor and his wife went out for a short time , leaving the prisoner in the room , ; and "during their , absence she made a quantity of Mrs . Austin ' s clothing into " a bundle and , went away , nothing more was , heard or seen of , her until the 3 rd of September , when , the prosecutor mist her . in . the streetand gave ber into custody . She then bad on Mrs . Austin ' s bonnet and " shawl . ^ The . prisoner made no defence , " and the jury , found her Guilty . — The prisoner , who was known tothe officers of the prisons , was sentenced to six months' hard labour . . ' . '" . ' .. " . . "'
BaniAii Assauxt . —Jamea Eeilly , 28 , was indicted for unlawfully " and . violently ' assaulting Emily . Marriot . The prosecutrix lived at 5 , Union-court , Orchard-street , "Westminster , and on the evening of the 17 th inst . the prisoner went into a ' room on the first floor of that house , occupied by a * young woman ... He met the . prosecutrix there . They had some gin , and afterwards be followed her up to her own room with her mother .. The mother soon left the room , and , according to the statement of tbe prosecutrix , the prisoner got enraged because . neither she nor the young woman
of the first floor would fetch his cap , which be bad left behind ; but the evidence of the young woman was that the cause , of the quarrel was the refusal of the prosecutrix to sleep with tbe prisoner . After some words had passed , he pulled her . from her chair , and taking her by the hair of the head , dragged her along the room to the door , and having beaten her with his fist , as . long as he could , he kicked heron the head , and then sneaked away .-r The police-constable described the wound caused by the kick as about an inch long and very deep , and stated that a considerable quantity of blood flowed from it . A certificate from the bouse
surgeon of "Westminster Hospital was put in . It was to the effect that the prosecutrix bad sustained a severe injury on the bead , such as might be occasioned by a kick , besides which she had bruises on the necR and face . The prisoner was convicted , and the court sentenced bim to eight months' imprisonment , with hard labour Robbehi nr a Workman . —Charles Hancock , 25 , was indicted for stealing a carpet aud other articles , value £ B , the property of Newby Hutchinson . —It appeared that tbe prisoner had been , in the service of the prosecutor , who is an upholsterer in Oxford , street , but not since June last , he having been discharged in the course of that month . —The principal witness in the case was a young woman , who stated her name to be Eliza ' May the wife of John
May , of No . 6 , Queen-street , Golden-square , and who had . been living adulterously with the prisoner for about two years . Her evidence was , tbat during the time the prisoner was in Mr . Hutchinson ' s service he brought home a variety of articles , amongst them those which formed the subject of the prosecution , and she , at his request , pawned a table-cover , which was Mr . Hutchinson ' s property , at Chapman ' s , in London-street , Tottenham-courtroad . They quarrelled , and , in consequence , she discontinued living with him ; but when she wished to have her clothes aud other property which belonged to her , he refused to give them up , and it was with great difficulty that at length she succeeded in getting possession . of them . On
examining her clothes , she found a number of duplicates relating to property the prisoner bad taken from his employers , and she deposed to bis having sent other parties to pledge things for bim , particularly a carpet , which was no w produced , and identified as Mr . Hutchinson ' s . When the officer went to take him into custody , some window-curtains were pointed out to him by tbe woman , who said to the prisoner , "Tou stole them from Mr . Hutchinson ;" in reply to which the prisoner remarked that if they were stolen she was as bad as he was for receiving them . —The jury found , tbe . prisoner Guilty . —The prosecutor ' s shopman said that a great deal of property had been missed , but it was never suspected for a moment that the prisoner was the thief . —The Court sentenced him to six months' hard labour .
Tkial op " Brother F ^ akcis" foe Cbueltt to a Chilo . —William Weale , otherwise "Brother Francis , " a Soman Catholic schoolmaster , was charged on an indictment containing two counts , with having cruelly , and inhumanly , and maliciously beaten John Farrell , a child six years of a ^ e , with the intent of doing him some grievous bodily harm . The second count charge bim with a common assault . From the notoriety this case has obtained the court was crowded with Roman Catholic priests and others . —James Hinchley slated that he was a cab proprietor , residing in Duncan-place , Islington . He knew Duncan-place Chapel , adjacent to his premises . There was a school in connexion with it . His premises were near to it On Monday afternoon , tbe 21 st of
Julv , at about four o ' clock , he was in his stable , when be heard shrieks of a child coming from the direction of the school . Himself and some others went to the place and called to tbe persons in the building to desist . The . stable is about twelve yards from the school . "When he arrived at the door be saw a child who was outside of the school in a crouching position . Saw the child ' s legs were much scarified from the ancle to the thighs . His back was like raw beef . The child appeared exhausted , and had been so severel y punished that be could not stand . There were marks on-him as " thick as Lis ( witness ' s ) finger .- Upon seeing tbem be kicked at the school-room door . The wounds were blue and black on tbe legs . When be had kicked at the . door the defendant came out dressed ; in his robes , with beads and a large cross upon him . Witness inquired how he bad come to use a poor child like that , and he inquired in reply what
business that was of his . The Rev . Mr . Ley ton , who was at his elbow , called him to account for bis conduct and the cruelty to the child , and told bim that if he heard any more of it be should call the attention of the magistrates to it , but w ' ltneBS Bald that he would-do so now , and immediately sent for a policeman . Defendant said he had chastised the child for not coming to catechism , and then said it was lying and ibr stealing a paint-brush . Tho policeman coming up , the defendant asked permission to go and change his robes , but contrived to make his escape at the back ofthe school . He was eventually taken in Charitonterrace , and conveyed before Mr . Combe , tbe mai gistrate , who heard the charge , and the defendant was bound over in recognisances . ( The child was ordered to be brought into court , a mere infant , in petticoats . )—Charles Davis , who was at work at Mr Hiaebley ' s premises on th e day in question ,
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corroborated the evidence of the former witness . He said he examined the person of the child , and found severe marks of violence on various parts of his body . He had no doubt that they were inflicted by the gutta-percha whi p now produced . He saw blood on the right thi gh . The whip was taken by the defendant himself to tbe police-court . Mr . Combe inquired what the punishment was inflicted with , and the defendant produced it at tho second examination . —The Rev . W . F . W . Leyton was next e am med r He 8 tated that ha w * s » clergyman of the Established Church . , The school in question is near to his house . On the 2 lat of July he heard screams of children . He , had heard cries . before , but there was something soshoeking in these that he proceeded to the school to make inquiries as to the cause .. He remonstrated with Mr . Weale for oemg out of temper , and he denied that he was so . saw the bruises .. on , the . child . —Mr . Huddlestone
f £ nl ! L wa 5 ? ge 0 I > . He examined the child on the 29 th of July . He lifted bis petticoats and saw that sthe posterior partofhis person was black to a considerable extent . His , thigh , on the right side was , fnii . of cuts , long and deep , . arid . iii some instances , they were half , an inch , wide , side by side , and interlacing each . other . ' In seven instances the sKin was destroyed .. There , were ! several stripes across the loins .. . He believed . th » V they were producedby . such a whip ; as that . produced ,. and tbat the blood had . been drawn , by the . skin -coming against the ferrule . The marks ' he had seen indi , cated great violence . —The Jury then considered j- i > « v ' andin a few minutes returned-a verdict of Guilty of a common assault ' under very aggravated circumstances . The sentence : was that the . defendant be imprisoned in the House- of . Correction fer three . calendar , months . The defendant was then , removed to thecell in custody .
. , Thb Abominations , of ; Homwbu ^ Sibekt . —Case of . DuG » AiB . --Wlliam Dugdale , 52 , . was indicted for unlawfull y procuring and having in his possession for the purpose of selling and disseminating divers obscene prints , books * and representations . —Mr . Clarkson shortly opened the case to the jury , and having characterised the prosecution as "" j- * con 8 jderaDl e public importance , striking as it did at the root of . an evil of a polluting and most abominable influence , the learned gentleman shortly stated the facts , which afterwards were given in evidence ,, and which may be thus generally given : —On the 2 nd of September , from information they had received , Inspector Lewis , of the Thames police , and an officer of Customs , and Sergeant Chadwick , of the F division of metropolitan police ,
went to . Holy wellTstreet , Strand , for the purpose of making a search at a , shop kept ay . the prisoner in . that . street . The , prisoner , in fact , kept two shops . there , numbered respectively-16 and 37 , and it was to the latter . that theattention ofthe officers was directed ,. As they ,, were proceeding along , the street , they , were observed by a person of the name of Sharp ,, who . was standing at the door . of 37 . ' . He , the moment he . recognised . tbem , rushed into the shop ,, and immediately came'out again , when the shop door was at once shut : from the . inside . On reaching .. tbe . shop the officers :, found ,.. the door fastened ; and , after . waiting about ten minutes , they were informed by ; the prisoner , who emerged from a side , door leading from tho shop into Passing-alleyi that they , could : then come
in . They then passed into the . shop ,. and on going to a fire-place at the back of . tbe shop , they found evidence of Sharp having given . . to the prisoner the " office , " . , as it was termed } that ie , having warned him of the approach of tbe officers . I . Close by . the fire-place they found , a mass of burnt prints , and books , some of which were only , partially , consumed . .-.- A search was made , and . the result was that the officers took possession , from various parts ofthe premises , including the shop window , a large " quantityof French lithographic prints , somo lithographic . stones , ready .. for . press , copper plates , books , coloured engravings , & c ., the whole of which were of a most , disgusting and , abominable description . Ultimately they took away from the premises 8 S 2 books . 387 prints , 110 catalogues , 9 lithographic
stones , several copper , plates , . and 16 cwt . fllb . of letter-press unsewn—altogether two ,. heavy , cartloads . A number of , them were produced in court , and submitted , to the Jury . —At . the . close of tho prosecution , objections were made to some of the counts in the indictment . —The Jury found / the prisoner Guilty . —Mr . Sergeant , Jones then moved in arrest of judgment on the points -he had already submitted , and after some . discussion , the Learned Judge said he should not respite tbe sentence , but leave the prisoner to his . writ of error ; and he would consider the matters urged by , the . prisoner ' s : counsel , and state before Michaelmas term whether he would grant a case for the Court of Criminal Appeal . Mr . Clarkson urged , in aggravation , that . the prisoner had been convicted of this offence three , times
previously . He had been engaged iu the disgusting traffic since 1825 , and there was no doubt that he was the prime circulator of publications of . this character , and that it was he who supplied , the abomination to the retail dealers in the metropolis . —The learned Judge said tbe prisoner had been convicted on the clearest evidence of a very , serious offence and he was very , very old in this species of crime . As to Holy well-street , he would say nothing on that occasion further than this ought to have been a parish prosecution , and the parish authorities ought not to have suffered this great abomination to exist so long as it had done . He beard that the parish authorities had held a meeting at which he was censured for what he said from that seat , with .
regard to Newcastle Court ; -. but let the authorities of this grossly-misconducted parish . look to themselves . ; If report were true , Newcastle -Court had been cleared in consequence of what he said , and he hoped the same would be the result with regard to Holywell-street , by tbe abominations . of which tbe morality of the whole population ofthe metropolis was affected . He then sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned in the House of Correction two years on each count of tbe indictment , each commencing and terminating at the same time , and to find afterwards sureties , himself in £ 50 , and two others in £ 25 each , to be of good behaviour for one year further .-- A great number of persons from Holywellstreet were present .
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What the . Peoplb ot the TJsmn States save soke . —The Times one day last week presented the public with a very ably written review of the commercial condition of tne "U nited States . In an interval of little more than half a century it appears tbat this extraordinary people have increased 600 per cent , in numbers ; tbeir national revenue has augmented nearly 700 per cent ., while their public expenditure has increased little more than 400 per cent . The prodigious extension of their commerce is indicated by an increase of nearly 500 per cent , in their imports and exports , and 600 per cent , in their sbipping . The increased activity of tbeir internal communications is expounded by the number of their post offices , which has been increased more
than a hundredfold , the extent of their ' post roads , which has been increased thirty-six fold , and the cost of their post office , which has been augmented in a seventy-two-fold ratio . The augmentation of their machinery of public instruction is indicated by the extent of their public libraries , which have increased in a thirty-two-fold ratio , and by the creation of school libraries , amounting to 2 , 000 , 000 volumes . They have completed a system of canal navigation , which , placed in a contiguous line , would extend from London to Calcutta , and a system of railways which , continuously extended , would stretch from London to Tan Diemen ' s Land , and have provided locomotive machinery by which that distance would be travelled over in three weeks , at the cost of lid . per mile . They have created a system of inland navigation , the aggregate tonnage of which is
probably not inferior in amount to the collective inland tonnage of all the other countries in the world ; and they possess many hundreds of river steamers , which impart to the roads of water the marvellous celerity of roads of iron . They have , in fine , constructed lines of electric telegraph which , laid continuously , would extend over a space longer by 3 , 000 miles than the distance from tbe north to the south'pole , and have provided apparatus of transmission by which a message of 300 words despatched under such circumstances from the north pole mig ht be delivered in writing at the south pole in one minute , and by which , consequently , an answer of equal length might be sent back to the north polo in an equal interval . " These , " says the Times , " are social and commercial phenomena ' for which it would be in vain to seek a parallel in the past historv of the human race . "
The Fbench 3 Akbosaut , M . Pethii ,, invented a balloon , which he proposed to navigate by means of a steam apparatus . On terminating his preparation for an ascent from the Champs de Mars , a commission was appointed to examine the apparatus . They reported tbat an ascent from t hat locality would be attended with danger to the public . M . Petin , ih consequence intends to dispense with the steam engine , which will reduce the weioht of his machine to 5 . 000 kilogrammes . It is
said that he has expended a considerable ^ fortune in tbe construction of his balloon . It was in connexion with this insane and perilous topic of ballooning , that the aeronaut Tardini met his death wnue making his ascent on Sunday , the 14 th , from Copenhagen , accompanied by a lady and a child . M'Conaicx ' a Reaping Machine . — The i ^ M York Evening Post states that M'Cormiefc » reaping machines have been in use upon the Western priaries for nearly ten years . The faet illustrates one ofthe many uses of the Exhibition .
Another Phoof Or The Efficacy Of Houowaj...
Another Phoof or the efficacy of Houowaj ' s Ointment And Pius foe the Cube op Bad Legs . — Mrs . MandervUle , of Stretton , suffered for nearly three years with fearful sores on both legs . Notwithstanding the various medicines and treatment of which trial was made , tne ulcerations grew worse and worse , and for some months she was unable to stand ; at length it was decided that Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills should be used , and these excellent medicines soon worked wonders , for in a few weeks all the wounds were healed , and the use of her legs so perfectly restored , that she is now able to walk several miles in a day with ease ,
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Adelphi Theatre. The Clever And' Accompl...
ADELPHI THEATRE . The clever and' accomplished directress of this popular house of entertainment , Madame Celeste , oaae on Monday night , her adieus to an audience «» , ; . ! * M ntertainment 8 he ha 8 so Jong <™ d so satiBlactonl y catered . The pieces selected for this a . ™ i . ?» ? ra the hl ' st <>« c » l drama ofthe " Queen ' s -T ? w \ . th . comic drama of " Flying Colours , " W -, - . if- £ f d act 0 { tne "Green Bushes , " a J » W which the inimitable acting of Madame Cei ?' . - . tendered a stereotyped representation on the boards of the Adelphi , for we know not how many years . It ia needless to say that the house was crowded to overflowing , every place being occupiedlong before the risimr of the curtain . V .
dame Celeste performed in all three pieces with her " ™ ° me spirit , versatility , and talent , and Was greeted with even an excess of the usual cordiality and sympathy which she invariably experiences irom the aiidience . At the close of the performances the Mr beneficiare was led before the curtain , m ber graceful and becoming Indian huntress costume , by the lessee ( Mr . Webster ) , and dehvered a farewell address in nearly the following Tlfowl ' L i ldies and gentlemen-my good , kind , h h j Patrons , —It is with feelings of gratitude oeyond my powers of expression , that I appear before you , to bid you , for a time , adieu . ' To this country— bo generous in its sympathies for the stranger , wherever born—I ' owe my present proud
position ; for you gave a value by your golden opimons to-that little talent my warm-hearted AmerU can friends discovered and encouraged . My direction of this theatre , through the liberality ofthe manager ; -and the affectionate zeal of a talented company has been a labour of love ; and if you approve , as the crowded houses nightly evidence—? . » am repaid beyond my deserts . No occasion ° ngbtI- to omit , especially such a one » s this , with their nattering eulogiums nftwVy locked in my memory , to thank the press collectively and individually ; without them the actors' calling would
cease to De an art . Nothing , ladies and gentlemen , would take me from you but a duty of gratitude I hold sacred to those in the New World , who first took me by the hand , and I should not think that I had done tbat duty if I did not visit them again , and take a long and lasting leave . Ladies and gentlemen , my heart is too full to say more than , with all my heart I thank you—with all my henrt I bid you adieu—et dieu vous benisse . " Madame Celeste , who faltered a little in tbe course of her address ; was loudly and repeatedly cheered , and made her farewell curtsey amidst a shower of bouquets .
• SURREY THEATRE . Decided success attended the production of an Englis . h version of " Linda of Chamouni " at this theatre ' on Monday night . The principal characters were represented , the " Marquis of Boisfleury , " by Mr . H . Corri ; Carlo , by Mr . Travers ; the Cure , by Herr Kuchler ; Antonio , by Mr . Borrani ; Pierotto , by Miss , Poole ; and Linda , by Miss Ronier . The whole of the music was listened to with great attention , and evidentl y with great der light , by a very full house ; some of the airs were warmly applauded , and the duet in the second act
between Carlo and Linda received an encore . New scenery , dresses , and appointments increased the success of the opera , but the chief praise is due to the performers , more particularly to Miss Poole , Miss Romer , Mr . Travers , and Mr . Borrani . The orchestra was efficient and the chorus respectable . At the close of the performance the principal persons engaged in it appeared before the curtain in obedience to a unanimous call , and received the applause of the audience . The opera has been adapted expressly for this theatre by Mr . George Lihley .
QUEEN'S THEATRE . The Pirate , of the Gulf , or the Greek Brothers , a powerful and effective drama ia two acts , by Mr . Dibdin Pitt , was produced on Monday night . Murad Bensalleb , Admiral of the Pirate Fleet , has taken prisoners Constantino and Alexius , the Greek brothers , and their mother Zaphira , a Greek lady of rank . Zaphira has long mourned the death of her husband , who , lured by his enemies , is supposed to have fallen in a conflict with the Turks . He is , however , taken prisoner , and in order to obtain comparative liberty , embraces the Moslem f aith , and becomes an officer : to the admiral .,, He . recognises Zaphira as his wife , iustas
she is destined for her conqueror ' s harem , and by the help of his intripid sons , the good offices of Abbas Khan , and . the arrival of the British fleet , he succeeds , after a variety of hair breadth escapes , and recaptures , in destroying the tyrant ,, and regaining their liberty . The piece , which is full of incident and adventure , was received with great approbation , and we must , in justice , add , tbat the company did their best to ensure its . success . Tbe spirited acting of the Misses Rogers and C . Gibson as tbe Greek brothers , the excellent and hearty humour of Mr . H .
Chester as Abbas Khan , the comic powers of Mr . Dean , and tbe pathos and genuine feeling pourtrayed by Mr . E . Green and Mrs . J . Parry as Ismael and Zaphira , justly earned and obtained the applause of a crowded house . Mr . E . Green has announced bis benefit to take place on Wednesday next , October 1 st , and has provided an excellent : " bill of , fare " for the occasion . In his capacity as actor and stage manager be has become an especial favourite with the frequenters of'this theatre , and we trust his patrons will award him a " house " commensurate to his talent and exertion for their instruction and amusement .
The Loss Of Ihe Pacha, And ' The New Shi...
The Loss of ihe Pacha , and ' the new ship for China . —Happily the Peninsula and Oriental Company have just equipped another new iron screw steamer , for the China service . She is called tbe Shanghia , ' built by Miller , Ravenhill , and Salkeld , of Blackwall , and is ready to sail for Southampton , and almost immediately for the China Seas . She is reported to be one of the fastest screw-vessels yet built . An investigation into the circumstances of tbe catastrophe has been commenced by the authorities of Singapore . Captain Barker , of ber Majesty ' s ship Amazon , and the master-attendant have assisted at the inquiry , which bad not closed at the period of the mail being dispatched . The wreck lies in twenty-five fathoms of water , and by the next mail we may probably hear of an attempt
being made to get up some of the valuable cargo . As may be known , the divers on the Malacca cost are very expert , and we doubt not they will succeed in recovering some of the valuable treasure which formed part of her freight . It consisted , from China to Calcutta , of forty-two boxes of gold , forty-five boxes of dollars , six boxes of sycee , one case of diamond rings , one case of silver ware , twenty-one pieces of silk goods , 126 chests of green tea , ninety-two boxes of vermillion , thirteen boxes of Prussian blue , one case of velvets , forty-six packages of sundry merchandise ; for Penang from China , one box of dollars and a package of tea . Some of the cargo was insured ; but the vessel was not—the company maintaining a reserve fund , and not insuring their fleet . The value of the cargo alone is estimated at nearly 600 , 000 dollars .
How the Bushuen Obtain Ostriches . —A favourable method adopted by the wild bushman for approaching the ostrich and other varieties of game is to cloth himself in the skin of one of these birds , in which , taking care of the wind , he stalks about the plain , cunningly imitating the ' gait and motions of the ostrich until within range , when , with a well-directed poisoned arrow from his tiny bow , he can generally seal the fate of any ofthe ordinary varieties of game . These insignificant looking arrows are about two feet six inches in length ; they consist of a slender reed , with a sharp bone head , thoroughly poisoned with a
composition , of which the principal ingredients are obtained Sometimes ' from a succulent herb , having thick leaves , yielding a poisonous milky juice , and sometimes from the jaws of snakes . The bow rarely exceeds three feet in length ; its string is of twisted sinews , When a bushman finds an ostrich ' s nest he ensconces himself in it , and there awaits tho return of the old birds , by which means he generally secures the pair . It is by means of these little arrows that the majority of the fine plumes are obtained which grace the heads of tbe fair throughout the civilised world . —A Ifunter ' s life in South Africa .
DiscovEBiEs and Impbo ' vemesjs Endless . —The arts are like plants ! pdliferious ; and like . them , too , can only be improved by culture . The transformations wrought by horticulturists and ppraologists are all but incredible . Peaches were originally poisonous almonds ) and used to impregnate arrows with deadl y venom . Cherries are derived from a berry of which a single one only grew on a stein ; nectarines ami . apricots are hybrids , of the plum and peach ; the chief of esculents , with its relatives , broccoli and cauliflower , come from a marine plant , from the common sea-kale , which
shoots up on some sandy shores . From wild sour crabs , scarcely larger than boys' marbles , have proceeded all yarieties . of apples . The largest and richest of plums are descendants of the blackthorn ' s bitter sloe .. Such are mere specimens . of Vegetable metamorphoses brought about by transplanting , acclimating , crossings , and culture . Tub Baroness Von Beck . —The maiden name of the lady was , I believe , Koberwein . She was of a respectable , though not noble family , and nor husband was M . de ,, and not Baron , Beck . —Times Vienna Correspondent .
Requisition for souther Search boh Franklin , —a requisition promoted by Lady Franklin , calling upon the Admiralty to give Captain Penny the means of proceeding this year to pursue tbetraces of Franklin up Wellington Channel , was , numerousl y signed on Tuesday . Captain . Penny ' s second ship , the Sophia , has arrived at VYoolwicb , and will be paid off at that port .
The Loss Of Ihe Pacha, And ' The New Shi...
THE « DAILY NEWS' AWD THENATTONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES .
The following letter has been sent to the ' Daily News in reply to the attack upon the Committee of the National Association , but , with the characteristic injustice of the Free Trade Press to the Working Classes , has been refused insertion : — TO TUB EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS . Sir , —My attention has been drawn to a leading article in your journal of Wednesday , the 3 rd inst ., which I much regret not having seen sooner , with the view of correcting some of its singular and extraordinary mistatements , and offering a general refutation to the charges which you have laboured so zealously in that , and some of your previous editorial strictures upon this subject , to fix upon the association with which I have the honour to be
connected , and upon the eight alleged conspirators recently convicted by a Staffordshire special jury , and not yet sentenced by Mr . Justice Erie . In the article now before me you set out with a singular mistake . You say ;— " We are induced to return to tbe case of the Wolverhampton Tin Plate Workmen , in consequence of a statement that an appeal will be made to the Court of Criminal Review , on the law as ruled by Mr , Justice Erie at Stafford ; and of a letter published by Mr . William Pee ) , Secretary to the National Association of United Trades in this journal , to the efiect that he had instructed his solicitor to commence an action for libel against Mr . Edward Perry for imputations
against him of , as he deemed , a slanderous and hurtful description , contained in the lengthened communication from Mr . Perry , to which we gave insertion . " 1 beg , Sir , to observe , that I never wrote any such letter as you allude to , nor ( to my knowled ge ) was any such letter with my name or authority published in your , or any other journal . With respect to the alleged instructions to my solicitor to enter an action for libel against Mr . E . Perry , I may also observe that the redress I shall seek for that person ' s gross misrepresentations , will be of afar more prompt and decisive character than I could possibly obtain by any form of civil action .
1 have hitherto abstained from troubling you with any remarks upon tho various articles which have appeared'in your widely extended columns upon the late trials at Stafford , and your strictures upon the National Association of United Trades—an Association which appears to have drawn upon itself a very flattering amount of hostility from the Daily News , and its more powerful contemporarythe Times—the very best proof , which , in my humble judgment , could be given of its excellence and utility to the working classes . For it is , Sir , an unfortunate fact , patent to the whole , world , that any institution , which has for its object the protection of the interests of labour from the undue and unfair encroachments of capital , is not
to be tolerated in this boasted land of individual liberty . That thia antagonism is unnatural and injurious , is unquestionable ; but , Sir , the efforts of yourself and most of your contemporaries , appear directed to render it perpetual . Of all the forms pud phases which Trades' Unions have assumed within my experience , there has been none so entirely unobjectionable in its principles , objects , and mode of operation , as the Association of which I have tbe honour to bo Secretary . So far , as has been falsely alleged against it from seeking to promote strikes , and to foment discord between employers and tbeir workmen , its strength consists in the extraordinary success which has attended its efforts
during the last ? years , in preventing those injurious outbreaks , strikes , and reconciling the differences between their members and their employers , by the more rational and congenial appliances of mediatorial argument and reason . It was not our fault that Mr . Edward Perry was obstinate and uncondilatory . } Ar . Justice Erie , with us , regretted it , but said , "That ha had a legal right to be so if he pleased . " That the requirements of the men were moderate and reasonable , we also have in admission from the judge , and 1 think also from Mr . Perry ' s own evidence , although lam aware , and shall shortly prove , that very little dependence Ought to be placed upon bis statements .
lie , however , said , that the adoption ofthe book of prices , proposed by the men , would have made no greater ' difference to him than one-half per cent ,, or ten shillings in a hundred pounds . But that is not quite true , or , you may rely on it , the strike and its consequence would not have occurred " . ' About one-half of tbe Tin-plate Workers of Wolverhampton were willing to accept , and have acccepted , a reduction in their prices of an equal amount to the advance they claimed from Mr . Perry , and his con-conforming friends for the Other half , with , as I think , neither an unjust nor unreasonable view of placing the employers , as regards the article labour , upon an equitable and satisfactory basis towards each other .
The Executive Committee , are , I assure you , not in the habit of volunteering their interference between tbeir members and their employers ; but when invited to interpose , their efforts are always directed to heal and compromise differences , and to avoid a strike as one of the greatest calamities which could happen . But , Sir , tbe laws oi this country give to the working classes no protection against the aggressions of an oppressive and unjust employer , except through the medium of combination , and by the agency of strikes . They are undoubted evils ; but they never will or can be entirely discontinued , until the Legislature provides some sort of machinery for arbitrating authoritatively and fairly in the disputes which sometimes inevitably arise between the conflicting interests—Capital and labour .
With reference to the part taken by the Committee of the National Association in these unhappy disputes , you appear , Sir , to entirely overlook the facts proved on the trial . You will , therefore , I hope , permit me , as an act of justice , very briefly to recapitulate exactly what that Committee advised and participated in . Theiradviceand interference was first called for by the men as early as October , 1849 . They found that a difference existed in the prices paid for the very same articles by the six principal employers , ranging from twenty , to—in some cases —more than fifty per . cent . Such a state of things was the natural source of bickering and ill-feeling . The low-paying masters had undoubtedly an unfair advantage in the market . However convenient
this state of affairs was to > Mr . Perry and his f riends , it was manifestly unjust to Messrs . Walton and Shoolbred . Tbe Committee refused its sanction to a strike , hut advised the men to attempt to obtain an equalisation of prices upon some fair and equitable basis . A book of prices was accordingly drawn up , aud the Committee—at tbe request of the men—used their best exertions , by a temperate and conciliatory , interposition , to bring the masters and men to a good understanding . To this end , they solicited Mr . Perry to convene a meeting of the employers to consult upon tbe matter . He did . so , but endeavoured to convert tbat meeting into an engine of oppression against the workmen . He there proposed that a list of
obnoxious men should be made out , who were to be discharged by tho masters , and driven out for ever from the town of Wolverhampton . His proposal was rejected , and the meeting dissolved . A Conference of masters and men was then convened by Mr . Perry , at the solicitation of Messrs . Peel and Green , and an attempt made to frame a book ,- This most rational proceeding also failed , because Mr , Perry , on his own admission , was predetermined it should not succeed . The Committee Still refused its sanction to a strike . They counselled that a modified book should be drawn up , on the basis of the average of the prices then paying by the four leading houses . This equitable offer was contemptuously rejected by Mr . E . Perry .
A strike , therefore , became an inevitable necessity . Nine months had been thus expended in au ineffectual attempt to obtain what Mr . Justice Erie designated " a very moderate demand . " The Messrs . Perry had several men engaged under written contracts , which bare since been altered in some of their provisions , at tho instigation of the magistrates , on account of their inequitable character . Their legality was strongly doubted ,-two counsels opinion were taken upon them , w . hbh appeared iu favour of their legality . Tbe committee , therefore , advised that no inducement should be held out to such men to violate their engagements ; and when it carne to their knowledge that some of them were leaving their employment , they issued a public
protest and disclaimer oi any participation in these proceedings , and appealed to tbe mayor to support their , protest . by . his advice and influence . This bill bears date , I believe , the 16 th October—about two days . after the absconding of the first man , and not as Mr . Perry falsely states , after the men bad all left .. There is not , Sir , in the whole trial , a shred .: of- evidence , to prove any connivance by the Committee of the National Association in this or any other act which can bo justly charged as illegal . It Was proved , by the evidence of the French witnesses , that they wore enticed over by false promises and gross misrepresentations , and when arrived in Wolverhampton , some six of them were entrapped to sign agreements , written in a
language they were entirely ignorant ol , and exposing them to legal penalties they bad no conception of . They . left Mr , Perry of their , own accord ; and the pecuniary assistance afforded tbem to return to their homes , was a mere act of kindness and charity which the Committee feel no cause to be ashamed of . Not a single act of violence , or tbe slightesfbreaoh of tho peace , was committed during the whole of these protracted proceedings , except by Mr . George Henry Perry , who was fined £ 5 for a brutal and unprovoked assault upon one of the men . The whole town of Wolverhampton can bear testimony to the quiet and peaceful demeanour of the men ; and . the whole of these facts you will find proved by unexceptional evidence on the trial—
The Loss Of Ihe Pacha, And ' The New Shi...
a report of which , from the short-band writer ' * notes ( especially retained ) is ^ uQW in course of pub * lication . This unvarnished narrative of irrefutable facta will , I hope , induce you and the public to suspend your judgment until the further proceedings , which will undoubtedly bo taken under the advice of oo * eminent Counsel , shall have tested the value of tha jury ' s verdict , and bis Lord & hip ' s view of the law of tho case . Apologising for the encroachment upon youp columns , but hoping you will , as an act of jusuoe , give inser tion to this letter , I remain , Sir , your obedient servant , William Puui , Secretary to tbe National Association of Umwd Trades . 259 , Tottenham-court-road , September 10 th .
Loss Of Ti1e"Pac11a." The Following Grap...
LOSS OF TI 1 E"PAC 11 A . " The following graphic account of the catastrophe is from the pen of a party who was ou board tne ? Pacha : — «« We left Singapore at noon on tho 21 st of J . ly on our passage to Penang and Calcutta , and a . td got on very well until twelve o ' clock at nigut , when we met the Erin , and by some means or another , at about seven minutes past tv » el \ e sua ran foul of us , and in four minutes the poor Pacha sank from under us . Wo have lost from on lioard of us sixteen souls , and how the forty-one tbat wyra saved were so God only knows ; the thing waa so sudden that there was not a chance to do auy «
thing to save the people . The Erin cut right into the middle of the Pacha . Burn and myself were asleep at the time . I heard the captain , Miller , sing out 'Starboard , hard a starboard , ' and I knew there was something wrong directly . ; I jumped up , put on my trowaers , and ran on oeck ; but before I could get up the companion—the Eria —was right into the starboard side , and the Pacha ' 8 foremost went directly . Well , I ran forward , and was coming aft again , wheu the first engineer told me the forebold was full of water ana the ship gradually settling down , which she was . We ran aft to the quarter boats , and the people were lowering them down . I went to the companion for-a tomahawk to out them away . The peoi In were crowding into them , so I got one of the Ufobucja
and put it on , and just then the racba gave a plunge , and went down head foremost . 1 had only time to jump and clear the rail and boats' devics . The Pacha in going down sucked me under a considerable distance . It was certainly an awful moment to bear aud see the waters gurgling aud darkening over bead ; but thank God in a short time I rose and found myself among a heap of spars and I cannot tell what of the wreck . The scene around was a fearful one . The Erin was a short distance off , with the forepart of her nearly gone ; and to hear the poor fellows around me crying out for somebody to come aud save them was heart * rending . The Erin immediately lowered down ber
boats and p icked up fifteen of us that were floating about—the remainder were got up the bows of the Erin . It is certainly miraculous how so many were saved , as it was only four minutes from the time oi the Pacha ' s sinking , and the Erin nearly as bad . When we got on board she was going fast dowu by the head ; however , they got a sail round the bows of the vessel , and after being there for three hourfi , we went on to Singapore , where we arrived on the 22 nd , at 2 . 30 p . m ., and next morning there wa g aeveu feet of water in the engine-room , alt the opium in the forebold ruined , and a great deal in tho after one . There is not one ol us that has saved a rag of clothes . I bad nothing ,, on but ft shirt and trowsers . "
The following is a portion of a letter also from a party on board the Pacha : — " It was a beautiful night and calm , or we all should have been drowned . It was a most melancholy sight ; we all had a hard struggle for life , and to see tbem as they got on board the Erin , on the forecastle , and round the capstan—all bands went down on their knees to prayers , and a clergyman on board returned thanks for those whose lives were spared , We were all in bed when it happened except tho-e on watch . There was not a single thing saved belonging to any one . I am bappy to say there were no females on board at the time . " THB ENGINEER ' S BEPORX OF IUB " ERIN . " After g iving a detailed account of tho accident similar in effect to the preceding , the engineer proceeds as follows : —
"We steamed oa to Singapore , ; being then at ; a distance of ninety miles . We ran ; the ship ashore as far as we could get her on the beach ; we found at low-water two large holes , one in the port bovr ( the third plate From the keel ) four feet long , and one on the starboard bow twelve inches square . Commenced at tide-times to put patches upon them , so as to get the ship off the beach before the neaptides . 1 am happy to say that the two bottom plates are completed , and the ship is hauled off ths beach ; we are now progressing favourably with the upper patches , and expect to sail for lieng Kong in eight days "—Hants Advertiser ,
Wreck Of The Randolph And Loss Of Life. ...
WRECK OF THE RANDOLPH AND LOSS OF LIFE . The Randolph , East India trader , Mr , "Dale , master ( owners , D . Dunbar and Co ., of Limehouse , ) has been cast ashore on a reef of rocks ofi the north-east part of the . Mauritius . The disaster took place on the night of the 25 th oi July , a day or so after she bad taken her departure from Port Louis for Calcutta . She had received on board at that port 250 steerage passengers , natives , consisting of men , women and children , for Calcutta ; also Lieut . Holland and Ensign Scott , of tbe 48 th Regiment , who occupied the chief cabin . All went well , however , until half-past eleven o ' clock at night , when a cry was raised forward of "Breakers ahead , " and Mr . Dale learned , for the first time , that be was close to a dangerous reef of rocks , which ran out to sea some two miles off the north
end of the island . The night was excessively dark , and there were other circumstances unfavourable to the ship ' s progress . The helm was now put hard-a-port , and strenuous exertions made to keep the vessel off the land , but she drifted in , and struck on tbe reef with great force . The crew were directed to cut away tbe masts , which tbey did without any mishap . This kept the ship upright for a short time , but the heavy surging waves soon bilged her , and she fell over on her beam-ends . As the vessel careened over the scramble for life amongst the crew became desperate . Men , women , and children were seen hanging to and crawling up the sides of the wreck . Some fell into the surf , and by clinging to floating
spars preserved themselves , while others were swept away , and met with a watery grave , Ensign Scott being among those who perished . After a night of deep suspense and suffering , daylight disclosed their actual position . Land was observed two miles distant , the space between the wreck and the beach being studded with small , steep , dangerous patches of rock . The captain now consulted with his officers as to the best means to be adopted in preserving the unfortunate creatures , nearly 300 in number , who were on tbe wreck . The boats happily remained whole and safe . They were lowered , and Mr . Scott , the first officer , and Mr . Sliand , the second , with some of the seamen , set out to examine the position of tbe rocks , and ascertain whether
there was any safe passage between them by which they could land those on board . One partly . praeticable was traced to a certain distance , where tha shore could be reached by spars and planks , thrown across the rocks . Returning to the wreck , a difficulty presented itself as to how the poor creatures could he lowered from their peculiar and dangerous position , as they had clung to all parts of the ill-fated ship , to the boats . At length two of the sailors took their stand upon the bowsprit , and so let them down ; one by one by ropeo —a tedious and hazardous task , for the vessel was fast breaking up , and tbe heavy surf which was rolling was several times nearly dashing the boate to splinters against the wreck . After much
suffering , Mr . Dale succeeded in seeing all . safely landed , and the chief officer , Mr . Scott , was sent to Port Louis , about thirty miles distant , with intelligence of tbe calamity . In the meanwhile , Mr . Dale proceeded to ascertain tbe number missing of the passengers , as also of the crew , nnd found tbat of the former between twenty and thirty bai perished , and that two of his crew bad been lost . Among the bodies picked up that day was that of Ensign Charles 11 . Scott , of tbe 48 th Regiment . He was in his twenty-first year , and was the only son of Mr . Charles Scott , surgeon in the Bombay . The moment the news of the catastrophe reached Port Louis , the go ernor , . with every dispatch , forwarded a steamer to the spot , and on its arrival it was found that she could render little service , the ship was fast breaking up , and the cargo scattered
in all directions . Lloyd s agent at Port Louis , who had made an investigation into tbe circumstances « f the loss , thus writes : — " There can be no doubt that the great loss of property is caused by the neglect of our government in not putting up a lighthouse ou that part of the island . Wo , as Lloyd ' s agents , took advantage of the feeling at the moment and waited on the government to request them to have a lighthouse forthw ith erected , without waiting to refer to the home authorities . We are happy to say that the governor consented to take upon himself the responsibility , and a lighthouse is now in course of erection , although it may be twelve months before it is lighted . " The Iobb of the Randolph and ber cargo is reported to be very heavy . Whether she is insured or otherwise is not known .
The Austrian Loan.—We Learn>Om Vienna Th...
The Austrian Loan . —We learn > om Vienna that the united houses of Messrs . . Rothschild have subscribed thirty millions of florins to ^ be new Austrian loan . The houses of . " Sina . and , Scndes have taken ten millions , and two Duich homes to a similar amount .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 27, 1851, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_27091851/page/7/
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