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Vr- Cobden and the Wobkin* Classes.—Mr, ...
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! DISTRESS W THE scOTCH ISLANDS. " Islan...
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THE LATE FATAL SEWER ACCIDENT. The adjou...
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The County Rates Expenditure, &c—At a ve...
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Serious Accident to Mb . Daxuh . O'Consel . Jcx-Killarnet , Deo lS .- _ n acciden ^ f _ serious nature occurred to Mr . Daniel O'Connell youngest sonot the "Liberator , " while out shX ing at RockfMd . After discharging one of the barrels qfhisRouble fowling-piece , fei « ahoJt £ loaumg it , when the other undischarged barrel exploded , shattenngthelefthandfrightfully . Medical aid was instantly procured , and after the hand was pressed and bandaged Mr . O'Connell proceeded on Toot though suffering intensely , to the house of his Uncle , Mr . James O'Connell , lakeview . _ t a later date our correspondent writes : — « Serious apprehension is entertained that lockjaw will be the result of the injury which Mr . D . O ' Connell sustained . The part injured was the ri ght hand ; the palm , and the two forefingers , and tho thumb were torn to atoms . — Cork Examiner .
Ulster Pbotestanx Association . —Lord Massareene and Ferrard has addressed a letter to the secretaries of the Ulster Protestant Association declining an invitation to attend their approaching meeting in Belfast . His lordship says : — «« The recent assault of the Pope on the supremacy of our Sovereign ( who , undoubtedly , is tbe head and supreme governor of that church or body who follow tha form of worship established by law in these realms ) has been justly treated by the loyal English people as an unwarranted insult , and 1 have no fear of the religious liberties of this empire being impaired
bythe recent ill-advised measure of the Pontiff . But injury to that great cause may accrue by a revival of a senseless ' 3 fo Popery * cry , particularly in * his part of the empire , where the vast majority of our fellow citizens profess the Romish faith , and where the unhallowed spirit of party is so rife . Are we to deny Roman Catholics equal privileges " because , had they the power , they would deny them tons ? The Bible teaches us to try to overcome evil with good—to follow other things which make for peace . I beg most respectfully to decline attending yonr meeting , where I cannot but fear that
some sentiments at variance with those of civil and religious liberty will be uttered , and some feelings Contrary to those of perfect charity evoked . " Patal Accident . —A fatal and melancholy accident occurred on the 17 th inst ., at Clonakilty , in this county . Sab-inspector Peely , his son and daughter , a girl in her fifteenth year * having finished breakfast , the two former reared , leaving Miss Feely in the room . Shortly after she seated herself near the window , and opened her workbox , when a
a- boy , whom Mr . Peely had recently taken into his service , came in to put slack on the fire , after which _ e took a gun belonging to young Mr . Feely , which had been unfortunately left in the room loaded , and having raised the cock a little , it slipped back on the pillar , and horrible to relate , the entire charge lodged in the poor girl ' s temple and the side of her head . Having continued to breathe for some time , she calmly and tranquilly resigned her soul to her Maker . —Cork Examiner .
Ckowx Solicitorshtp op Tippebabt . —The vacancy created in the above office by the lamented death of John Cahill , E * q ., has been supplied , we understand , by the appointment of Patrick Kirwan , Esq ., of Thurles . —Limerick Reporter . Exccmbered Estates Court . — Baron Richards announced at the sitting of the Court on Saturday last , that Mr . Woulfe Flanagan had been appointed a " Master , " in order further to facilitate the despatch of business . The routine of his duties was stated by the learned Baron , and were analogous to those performed by the Masters in Chancery .
Allocation op Monet is the Encumbered CorRT . —Between this and the 7 th of January there wiU be no sales ; hut the Commissioners will have ample occupation in the apportionment of purchase money which has accumulated in court , amounting to £ 200 , 000 , amongst creditors and others having claims on the estates sold . Heretofore no serious difficulty has occurred in the working of this importantbranch of the Commission , although at the outset it was pretty generally anticipated that the contests between rival claimants , deriving under mortgages , would become a most fruitful source of litigation .
Agriccxtcbe rx the W _ st . — The Ballwosloe Agricultural Society , of which the Earl of Clanearrr is president , have just issued their tenth annual report , which , notwithstanding the many causes of depression , presents upon the whole a favourable prospect of the future . Spade husbandry has been encouraged to an immense extent , by which means a vast deal of employment has been given to the peasantry . Preparations are being made for a more extended cultivation of the flax crop , and the opening of the railway from Galway to Dublin in the course of the next twelve months cannot fail to be of great advantage to the farmer , and must encourage the investment of capital in the improvement of the adjacent lands .
The Romas Catholic Clergy asd the Ribbon Sxstem . —A correspondent of the Ltitrim Journal , in alluding to two murders recently committed in that county , says : — " On Sunday last , our exemplarv parish priest of Ballinamore , Rev . P . Curian , after mass addressed his hearers in very strong terms on the recent murders . He then said , ' I have , at the desire ef my bishop , to perform an act which I never , in all the course of my priesthood , had to perform . ' He then pronounced a curse against every individual who will persist m joining P „ bbon societies from the 1 st of Jau . next , tor five ¦ years . , , , _ . _« . FlaxTh le of the south
Cultivation op . —e peop are bestirring themselves , and everywhere in that province there is increasing evidence of zeal . or tbe extension of the flax crop . "In one case , says the Cork Examiner : — "We have just heard of the intention of a gentleman to plant fifty acres of the crop , and other instances might he mentioned of preparations to lay down an equal or evena greater extent From aU appearances it is probable that an immense quantity will be produced in the next ? ear Together with the sowing , arrangements Ire becommg general for the process of scratching ; and we bear of several parties who are . about to * . rpct the necessarv machinery , both for their own Science and tut of the public Mr . Dargan ' s enterprise , » establishing his mill , has given a creat impulse to the movement , many persons w mlormation iue aumcui
fivnne before sufficient on , Sf g too cautious to run the rish of expending their money for that purpose . Alleged P _ av _ Bsios .-There is good autnqnty for stating that a Limerick paper has been mismlormed with regard to the allegation that Lady Anna Maria Monsellha 3 become a convert to the 2 ^^ Sl ' y ^^ o . -Arn ^ ngof thecleri of the archdiocese of Armagh , very nu-_^_^^ EtfffiW £ S --5 __ s _ j _*_ CT _ ra _& __ d earnestness of the clergy of the Irish * Sn 5 « f Se Church in the same cause . The ad-S __ ± l 2 __ 2 that as the Queen ' s prerogative
^ he - same * — ^ £ 8 ^ = sures may be ^^ a % oTe 7 oug ht to be extended usurpation of a fo «^ Sf ° lS the members of the SSSSsShpSS feeTBriUanT Until the address has beenpre-JS ^ dTrep ly received , it was agreed that it should not be made public .
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Vr- Cobden And The Wobkin* Classes.—Mr, ...
Vr- Cobden and the Wobkin * Classes . —Mr , r ^ l . w , lately attended several meetings of tSS , 3 Mechanics' Institutes . At the last 5 t _ 2 occasions ( at Leeds ) his allusions to dis-* J . Lvnnmical questions called forth an expres-Sl ^ f dS frSn Mr . Edward Baines ; aid in S ££ SH ^ assertions thehon . gentleman mad tne course wi ^ . « jfc is not a satisfactory the foUomng «^ constantly indanEer of _ * 7 °$ - to S £ 3 S _ that we are dealing with the deluding o »» JH ™ Sle we are iu ffct dealing _ £ ? A ?_ S S portionof the jpopulation ' S
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*?? T % _ 2 __^^ ' Then , gentlemen , I say the n « ofttoSte iB as yet an undeveloped stra-^ whioh STUe ye t to penetrate ana uork ^ PlSTitP Saw -They say there is a " saw mill , a £ „ PSSTwmS »* . «> « sy . ttat whi , e a yon - do ^ Tsittin ? oa a log while the saw was running | SSb 21- i « halves , and did notdis-S $ _ Xl the oTCrteer told him to roll off .
! Distress W The Scotch Islands. " Islan...
! DISTRESS W THE scOTCH ISLANDS . " Island fSSJS ^ PMt the habitants of Long commenced leavS ^ S 5 ?» ^^ by hunger hare tba poo ' m ^ it ^^^^^^^ wnere the first batch of em grants set out « th « S w eaYth COl fh ^ wh £ h a ** i he tales of m , 8 ery and of distress Th ^ pe ? S le ? arrate aretruly heart-rendinc Thwhave evidently ran off from the island , not only because famine prevailed , but also because of F ! r fi t nf ,. ° ^ UCt ° f ? 01 ' Gordon ' s iindSK w i ° L * 11 the ere e J ected from tbeirhouses in fT , «^ T and * he , r Predecessors resided under tne M jfeils of Barra for time immemorial ; and . atter that they were most unwarrantably and unceremoniously dragged out of the temnoraw t * t * DISTRESS INTH ^ 9 on ^ ^ . ^
ana « wigwams , " they erected for shelter on the sea shore , and in the clefts of the rock . Children were brought down in creels from the eaves in the rocks , where they and their parents < took shelter irom the inclemency of the weather . Females were pulled out by the legs from the tents , by Col Gordon 8 officers and by the constables . The heads of families were threatened with imprisonment if they should show resistance ; and they wereall informed that , if they dared to show any opposition to t-luny * orders , the military would soon come and cut them , down like cabbages , or drive them over the rocks .
These unfortunate people , when they reached Glasgow and Edinburgh , excited much commiseration , and meetings were held in order that measures might be ^ promoted for their relief . An application was made to Col . Gordon to assist in the work of charity . The following is the colonel ' s answer : — „ . _ , "CJuny Castle , Dec . 18 oir , —Your letter of the 14 th being addressed to Edinburgh , missed me , and was forwarded here . Of the appearance in Glasgow , of a number of my tenants and cottars , from the parish of Barra , I had no intimation previous to the receipt of your communication , and in answer to your inquiry , ' "What I propose doing with the people V I say nothing—I am , sir . with due consideration , John Gordon , C . " The hardness of this letter is not atoned for by the following : —
' Mr . Baird , the secretary of the Highland Relief Committee , having written to Colonel Gordon regarding the parties who , it is stated , had been ejected from Barra , has received an answer , in which Colonel Gordon writes : — ' The only notice I think it worth my while to take of what is said of me m the newspapers is to disabuse the public from the false assumption that the Barra people now in Glasgow ' were mercilessl y turned out of their dwellings by me , or by my orders , at this inclement season of the year . So far from that being the case , I had no intimation of man , woman , or child having left Barra at this time . Uor do the letters which I had from TJist , dated the 6 th inst ., make any allusion to such an occurrence . They must have left
Barra of their own free will , and I am sorry they did so ; for it may be expected that thev will tell their story as favourably as they can ' for themselves , which must lead to investigation , and then , I hope , the trnth will appear . It should be borne ia mind that the majority of the present inhabitants were not originally natives of Barra , but brought there by the late proprietor from the surrounding islands , without regard to the characters they brought with them , the disadvantages of which I have dearly experienced—for they have uniformly thwarted all my efforts to put them in the way of maintaining themselves and their families by their own industry , and have rendered that property of no value , but rather a heavy incumbrance . ' Col . Gordon thus alludes to his ineffectual applications to government , and states that his agent has gone to London , if possible * to get something done to save the West Highland proprietors from utter
destruction / and after calling attention to a statement which he sends , showing the receipts from Barra for the three rears endin " Martinmas last . to be £ 1 , 273 16 s 5 d ., and the expenditure for that period £ 3 , 117 2 s . 8 d . —the excess of expenditure over receipts being £ 1 , 853 6 s . 3 . —he mentions that he lately sent a cargo of Indian cornmeal for behoof of the poor people , and that as his 'feelings for them are rather compassionate than otherwise , ' he will forward a sum ot mosey if Mr . Baird recommends it . ' At the same time he adds * he will do no more than the law may compel him ; and should the Barra people unfortunately suffer , and casualties occur , he will be sorry for it ; while he has the consolation of knowing that , if his efforts to reclaim and better the people had been met as was expected they would now have been beyond dependence on the ountr of others . '"
In reference to the Barra Islanders , the following paragraph from the Edinburgh Courant is interesting . The Rev . Henry Wright delivered a most appropriate and impressive discourse in St . George ' s Church , in behalf of the Ifight Asylum Charity , after which the collection was made , amounting to £ 14 lis . Old ., which will afford seasonable relief to this excellent institution , at present sheltering the destitute and houseless Highlanders . We understand that further donations will be thankfully received by the treasurer , Mr . White , 12 , Frederick-street , or any of the other office-bearers . Distress in the Isle of Skte . —The Presbytery ofSkye , at a meeting held last week , resolved to appeal to government on tbe subject of the destitution which threatens to be so serious in the spring . The farmers and gentlemen of the district agreed to hold a meeting , which the sheriff convened , on a requisition to that effect .
In answer to a letter of Colonel Gordons , in respect of these unfortunate people , a Scotch gentleman thus sensibly writes to the Saily Mail : —'' In the Mail of Saturday last I observed excerpts from a letter from Colonel Gordon to a gentleman in Glasgow , wherein the colonel excuses himself by stating that he " had no intimation of any man , woman , or child having left Barra at this time , " and he concludes that they must have left Barra of their own accord . Whether they left Barra of their own accord or not is not the question ; but were they"deprived of , and driven away from their crofts , of their own accord ? The people who have been
deprived of their land to make room for sheep have not left Barra of their own accord , and in a few days they will satisfy the gallant colonel of this fact , and of what is done in Barra in his name . They are to start for Aberdeenon next week , and will present themselves before him at Cluny Castle , with all their poverty and rags . The colonel will know them at once , for no other proprietor in Great Britain can boast of cottars so well furnished with rags , and with every other symbol of misery and want , the result of the mistaken policy of their landlord . —Yours respectfully , Donald Ross . Glasgow , Dec . 21 st , 1850 . "
Escape Of A Kun From The Convent At Banb...
Escape of a Kun from the Convent at Banbury . —There was an escape of a " Sun " from the Roman Catholic establishment in this town , the other day , says the Banbury Guardian . It appears that the voung lady who took an opportunity of withdrawing from the convent was one of the Sisters of Charity , and was chiefly employed in the school where a number of children are daily taught . She was known in the establishment as Sister Antonia , and there is some uncertainty as to what her worldly name is . She is by some said to be highly connected . The convent at Banbury is not the first at which she has been ; we believe she has been in a similar establishment in France and at Nottingham . Her dissatisfaction with a conventual life was first made known , out of the house , by letters , which she contrived to have conveyed by children in the school , to persons of the protestant
faith in Banbury . An English New Testament , which by some chance came into her possession , disturbed the opinions in which she had been educated ; she determined on getting away from St . John's , and resolved to do so early on Monday morning , and again on Tuesday morning , but at the moment of the contemplated escape her heart failed her . Shortly after nine o ' clock , the school hour , on Tuesday , while the other inmates were engaged , she took an opportunity of getting away unobserved ; and , for some reason , instead of going to the narties in Banbury with whom she had been in
communication , and who had offered ^ her shelter , She set off on the road for Oxford . At Adderbury , three miles from Banbury , she became tired , and lnouired for a Protestant minister ; she was taken to ?? e house of the Rev . Mr . Cricket * , an Independent minister , where she was kindly received , both bv Mr 7 and Mrs . Crickett , and with whom she is re-_ i _ an _ 7 She has been supplied with clothing ; aTS g arments peculiar to the sisterhood in whichi she went away , have been returned to the W TS fc „ o _* - Catholic Church » Great Bbifor 1851 contains the following in jto gaUsti ^ t & XS ^ jffiJ & S iffaa ^ ssta's' ! ColIeirea _ T : n < rinnrf . 10 : Scotland , 1 . . « - « " » aitto
Housls of Men in England , 17 ; Convents m , 53 . Priests in England and Wales , 820 ; m Scotland , 118 . Total priests in Great Britain , including bishops , 972 . Total increase of priests , as compared with last vear , 43 . The Directory also gives the namesof 45 Roman Catholic bishops and vicarsapostolic in the British colonies and possessions . To Save One ' s Bacon . —May I venture to suggest that this phrase has reference to the custom at Dunmow , in Essex , of giving a flitch of bacon to any married couple residing in the parish , who live iu harmony for a year and a day . A man and his wifn who itoDoed short when on the verge of a
quarrel might be said to have "just saved their bacon ; " and in course of time the phrase would be applied to any one who barely escaped any loss or danger .- "iV & fc * arK * Queriet .
The Late Fatal Sewer Accident. The Adjou...
THE LATE FATAL SEWER ACCIDENT . The adjourned inquest upon the bodies of the two unfortunate men , William Gardner and Edward ? ? , * who P e J rislied t in the new sewer in Scotlandyard , by the sudden influx of tbe tide , took place on Monday afternoon , before Mr . Bedford , in the Board Room of St . Martin ' s Workhouse . Mr . Frank Forster produced plans of the sewer , showing the state of the works previously to the accident . He also produced his renort thereon to the Commissioners , and placed it in the hands of the coroner , but it was not read . In reply to questions from the coroner , Mr . Forster stated that he had inspected the work several timesbefore the
, sewer was driven up to the blind dock near Scotland-yard , in order to satisfy himself that the dam was sufficient , lhe portion of the sewer between the blind dock and ^ bament-square being blocked out from Percy i ? j was 'k ^ 00 ' 1 0 T two amaU steam engines and a hand pump ; and , in order to hasten the opening of Parliament-street to the public , the old sewer in that street was destroyed , and the house drainage admitted into the new sewer , thus increasing the flow of water in the portion of sewer between the dock and Parliament square . In the beginning of the week previous to the 16 th inst ., one of the engines , being worked outfailed
. , and the flow of water overpowered the other . The work was consequently retarded on that side . One of the contractors had informed him that , anxious to forward the work , he had agreed with their foreman to drive a small V heading" between the two blocked-up ends of the sewer , separated by the bottom of the dock for the purpose of connecting the water-logged part of the sewer between the dock and Parliament-square , with the engine at Percy Wharf ; and accordingly , on ithe evening of Saturday , the 14 th , the " heading " was commenced by Perrott , the foreman , and a man named Gorman , brother to one of the deceased . The work
went on without interruption from six or seven o'clock on the Saturday night , to six or seven o ' clock on Sunday night—the same men being engaged upon it all the lime . He ought to state that this operation was carried on without his knowledge , or the knowledge of any other officer of the commissioners . At the time of high water on Monday morning the water broke through the face of the "heading , " and the unfortunate deceased perished . It was clear to him that the earth between the " heading " and the bottom of the dock , had broken in with the weight of the tidal waters . The earth ( some of which was produced ) was a mixture of tough clay and sand , about four feet thick , which was not calculated to bear the weight of ten feet of water upon it . He should not
have ventured to drive a drift through such earth , with such a weight of water over it ; but he believed the drift was closely timbered , and that great precautions had been taken to ensure safety . The earth was of a sort which might fall without the weight of water above ; and he should not have ventured upon such a work with three feet of water over it . Had there been some great object to be accomplished by it , he might have been inclined to risk the making of a tunnel in it with a small quantity of water over it , but he should not like to say what quantity . Properly speaking , the operation was no part of the contract—it was an expedient to join tbe two ends of the
sewer , in order to pet rid of the water . He did not consider it indispensable to make the drift , but it certainly was calculated to expedite the completion of the work . He arrived at the opision that such a tunnel would be unsafe from the nature of the earth , and from general knowledge of the effect of the weight of water . Ten feet of water above the crust of earth over . the drift would be 51 b . per square inch , or Y 24 lbs . per . square foot . If he had seen the earth , he should have paused before drivina a drift through it with ten feet of water above . He should not have driven a drift under the dock , except he had found the earth had been exceedingly strong marl , or some tther such strong earth .
Mr . Perrott , clerk of the works to the contractors , was here re-called , at the request of Mr . Parry , and he stated that in making the drift great care was taken to plank up the sides as they went on , at a distance of two feet six inches . He examined the drift three or four times on Saturday evening , and five or six times on Sunday at high water , to see if any came through , but could detect none . The jury , after forty minutes' consideration , returned a verdict of "Accidental death by drowning " but they added , " the jury cannot separate without expressing their opinion that great negligence is attributable to Messrs . Humphreys and Thirst , and their foremen , Messrs . Wheeler and Perrott , in not consulting the engineers connected with the works of Victoria sewer . "
The County Rates Expenditure, &C—At A Ve...
The County Rates Expenditure , & c—At a very fully attended meeting of the vestry of St . Marylebone , on Saturday last , F . H . Bridgman , Esq ., churchwarden , in the chair , Mr . Mcholay rose to bring forward a motion , of which he had previously given notice , for the appointment of a committee to prepare a petition to parliament to co-operate with the other parishes to obtain a representative and responsible board in reference to county rates expenditure , upon the principle that taxation without representation was an injustice . He complained of the irresponsible character of the magistracy with regard to the expenditure of county rates . They were elected for life , and the ratepayers had only to find the money for these gentlemen
to spend without any control . He knew that these magistrates , like many other irresponsible boards , always pretended to be looking to the rights of the ratepayers . So said the commissioners of sewers —so said the Poor Law Commissioners and others ; but the people would be much more satisfied to look after their own rights and their own interests themselves . What they wanted was to have some representatives at a financial county board , to control the expenditure , that those representatives should be elected annually , and then , if they did not do their duty , the ratepayers could turn them out . He ( Mr . Sicholay ) was certainly somewhat astonished when the gentlemen forming a deputation on this subject came before the vestry , to hear Mr . Laurie take up the matter in the short way he did , in telling them that the vestry had got no money , and could not entertain it . Those
gentlemen did not come there to ask for money alone , although they had incurred considerable expense in agitating this question in Lancashire , where , bad as the grievance was in the metropolis , it was much worse . St . Pancras had taken the lead in this matter , and had adopted a vestry petition , and appointed a committee to co-operate , and he ( Mr . Sicholay ) was desirous that Marylebone should do the same . The position of the ratepayers , with respect to the magistracy , was like it used to be in that parish before the introduction of Hobhouse ' s Vestries' Act ; and all they wanted was to apply the principles of that Act with regard to the magistracy , or , at least , with regard to the appointment of a representative financial board to control the county expenditure . With these remarks he would move his resolution . ( Hear . )—Mr . Soden seconded the resolution , and it was carried unanimously .
Intended Harbour at Brighton . —A print of the new harbour on " the recoil principle , " which it is intended to form at Brighton , has just been published by Mr . Grant , from the design of Mr . W . H . Smith , C . E . The proposed harbour' is to beofdepih of water sufficient for a three-decker . This will be found in less than two miles from the shore . The breakwater alone might bo adopted . From £ 2 . 000 to £ 3 . 000 would be sufficient to protect the fisheries of the bay , and would have prevented the late loss of life at Worthing . It is well known that our fisheries are at this moment languishing for the want of such protection . Within the last eighteen months , 500 human lives and £ 400 , 000 worth of property have been sacrificed for want of accessible harbours between the Isle of Wight and the Goodwin Sands . The promenade , which terminates upon the Slopes , runs around the
entire harbour , is supported by piles at intervals , and also by the sections , which , having friction rollers , may yield , and recoil beneath . The section , in the act of lowering , represents an entrance which may be used occasionally , according to the direction of the wind . The keel-piece of each section is let into the end frames , an a is thus raised from and open at the bottom , to allow a free passage for the shingle beneath . The braces and screwpiles , with the mode of bedding them , are shown on the shore at low water . It is well known that these plans have the peculiarity , borrowed from a natural principle , of not receiving a blow , as the section goes down to the bed of the sea . and is there jointed . Unlike all preceding floating breakwaters , the strength of tho sustaining braces may be increased to an unlimited or t he required extent , without the possibility of the sections sinking .
JS . Civil List . —Pensions on the Civil List of £ 100 a year each have been granted to George Petrie , Esq ., LL . D .. and J . Kitto . Esq ., M . D . Mr . Petrie is a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts and Vico-President of the Royal Irish Academy of Sciences . He isauthor of the well known treatise on the " Round towers of Ireland , " and of many other antiquarian works . Dr . Kitto has been deaf and dumb from an accident when a boy , in spite of which difficulties he travelled through many lands in connection with tho Missionary Societey , With his physical failings he has done much for the cause of biblical literature , and is the author of many works , such as ihe «« Pictorial Bible , ' "History of Palestine , " " Cyclopffldia of Biblical Literat" & c— Observer . ¦ i
ure , ,, _ .., . * Umbrella . —It was introduced to Bristol about 1780 A lady , now eighty-three years of age , remembers its first appearance , which occasioned a great sensation . Itscolourwasred , and it probably came from Leghorn , with which place Bristol at that time maintained a great trade . Leghorn has beer , called Bristol on a visit to Italy .-Afcw and *_ S _ iBffl of Tortoises .-Tho vessj Ada , ™ whhas arrived in the docks from Mogarior , has teoutbt thTvery large number of 5 , 000 torto » es as a portion of ner cargo .
The .„ Late Fatal Colliery A00idm1 At Mi...
THE LATE FATAL COLLIERY A 00 IDM 1 AT MIDDLE DUFFRYNABERDARE .
An inquest was held on the 14 th inst ., and resumed on the 17 th , at Aberdare , when a number of witnesses were examined . Henbv . Jenkins , collier , who said—I was fireman m -iii Middle Duffryn colliery . The top of the middle stall in the first cross heading was bad and likely to fall ; and Buck , George Ready , and several more , were engaged in trying to prop it up while 1 was engaged in opening a fresh wind way . When we were so engaged a part of the roof fell ; anil a mower came out against my candle , and an explosion took place . I had been in the stall about five minutes before , and there was no gas there then . I am qmte certain that it was from my candle that
• ! r £ as fire ' lhadmy , amPwithme ' > Dutas it did not give sufficient light to enable me to remove the plates , I had a lighted candle . I had been engaged about an hour before taking up the plates . rhe roof of the stall had shown symptoms of falling ,- and that was the reason I had taken up the plates . I hung my lamp in the stall to show if ™ ere was any gas in the stall , and am quite positive that there was no gas there until the part of the roof fell , whon some gas came against my candle . The stall in question formed part of the windway , and that was the reason I was so anxious to keep it open . I fell down directly I saw the explosion , and as soon as it was over I got up and ran to the bottom of the nit . I was Quite sensible the
whole of tho time . The top of the stall was very unusual , and several men were collected near the spot , looking at the precautions I was takinsr , and 1 * wa 3 tne rcason tlley were injured . If they had been at work in their places they would not , I think , have been injured . There weru about fourteen , I think , near me . Thomas Meredith was assisting me . I was down at the bottom of the pit about seven hours before I was carried up . The resident manager and fireman were on the spot when the explosion originated . The following is a list of the persons who suffered fatally from the accident : —Edmund Beard , ageil 22 , hitcher , married , but leaves no children—he was killed on the 12 th instant ; William Davis , aged
17 . haulier , son of David Davies , collier—he w . s killed on tbe 12 th instant ; William Saunders , a < ier ! 12 , doorkeeper , son of Daniel Saunders , collier—he was killed on the 12 th instant ; William Jones , sawyer , aged 17 , son of John Jones—he was killed at the ton of the pit ; David Thomas , aged 23 , collier , a single man—he died on the 14 th , from the effects of the fire ; James Morgan , aged 20 , collier , a single man—he died on the 14 th , from the effects of the fire ; James Burgam aged 24 , collier , a married man ; he leaves a wife and three children—he dicl on the 16 th , from the effects of the fire ; Matthew Tingle , aged 35 , collier , a married man ; h has left a wife and six children—ho died on the 19 th ,. from the effects of the fire . The following persons
, it will be seen , did not suffer fatally : —Henry Jenkins , fireman—married , and has five children . He is severely burnt . William Meredith—under-ground agent , is a married man . He is severely burnt . Thomas Meredith , collier—son of Wm . Meredith . He is much burnt . Richard Wiggle , collier—a married man , and has five children , two of whom and himself are severely burnt .. George Meredith , collier—a married man and has four children . He and one of his sons are much burnt . Peter Price , collier—a single man , much burnt . John Ruck , collier—a married man , with four children . He is slightly burnt . James Williams , collier—a married man , and has one child . He is much burnt . The inquiry was resumed on Thursda v .
John Jones said : The deceased William Jones was my son . He was seventeen years of age , and worked with me as a pit-man in the saw pit , within eighty or a hundred yards of the Middle Duffryn coal pit where the explosion took place . Last Thursday , between three and four o ' clock in the afternoon , I wanted an axe . I employ a wedgeboy , and I sent him for one to the carpenter ' s shop . The carpenter was not within , and the boy . camo back without it . My son ( William Jones ) on seeing him return without the axe ran every step of the way with the intention of fetching it himself , and the path which he had to take passed close by the mouth of the pit . The last sight I had of him was when he was over the bridge that leads to the carpenter ' s shop . " The coal pit is between the bridge and the shop , and my son was running as fast as he could . At that moment I saw the top of the pit
flying up in the air , before I heard the sound of the explosion , and in an instant the wedge boy told me— " There is William in for it . " I ran there and saw John Lewis picking him up . He . was quite insensible . If he had been a moment sooner or a moment later he would have escaped . There arc gates at the mouth of the pit to prevent anything falling into it ; and I consider that my son was killed by being ; . struck by these gates , which were blown violently against him . His thigh was fractured in two places , and he was dreadfully injured in his chest and head . There were apprehensions of a second explosion , and the men ran away from the place ; but I stayed with my son , and saw his lips move . He was carried into a house . He did not speak at all , but groaned . He lingered till about nine the following morning , when he died , having been unconscious since the accident . Thomas Williams examined : I am the chief
under-ground manager of the whole of Mr . Powell s collieries , and live at Gellygaer . It is my duty to direct all the under-ground workings , and to see that the ventilation of the collieries is in a safe and effective state . I go occasionally to them all . I am the chief , viewer in-all his collieries , the plan of all the workings being arranged by me subject to Mr . Powell's supervision . He has other surveyors besides me . —Mr . Oakley : But you are the principal one , and others are under you . —Thomas Williams : It it about three weeks since I was under
ground at the New Duffryn Colliery—that is , about a foitnight before the accident . There aro two shaftsat the colliery , one shaft for pumping exclusively , and one for winding , the pumping shaft being the upcast and the winding shaft the downcast . The sectional area of the pumping shaft is 9 feet by 13 feet , and about 16 S yards in depth . The area of the winding shaft is about 13 feet 6 inches by 19 feet , and 165 yards deep . The pumping shaft is partially occupied by pit work and scaffolds . I do not know " what sectional area we have independent of the scaffolds which are there to carry the different stages of ladders . The pumps are in three lengths , and form one all the way . They are forcing pumps ; that isthere are two forcers ; the
, bottom one is a drawing lift . Previous to the accident , tho winding shaft was divided for about 100 yards from the bottom by a 9-inch brick wall , or partition , which separated it into two parts . The side on which the winding carriage worked is 11 feet 9 inches in diameter , by 13 feet . ; the other side , which is intended , when-completed , to be made the upcast for the colliery , is 13 feet 6 inches by 6 feet 6 inches ; the pumping shaft and the other part of the winding shaft to be the downcasts . At the time of the explosion the means which I employed for keeping up a circulation ^ of air in the colliery was—placing a lamp at the bottom of the pumping shaft . A " lamp " is a large iron basket , about 18 inches in diameter , and is kept continually
full of burning coal . I do not know whose duty it was to keep that lamp fed , and I expect it was kept full of fire by night and day ; that was left to Meredith . The area of the downcast would be upwards of 200 square feet , and the upcast nearly 100 square feet , as they existed at the time of the explosion . The area of some of the air passages m the pit itself is not more than 25 square feet ; and the whole of the air circulating in tho pit would be confined to one of those passages . We intended to make other arrangements for it . The whole of the single air current circulating through the pit has to pass by the waggon road to the face of each stall , along the face of that stall , and then to return by the side of the goaf or gob by a single
air thirling to the next stall ; so that if any casualty happens in any of the waggon roads , in any of the stalls , or at the face of the stalls ,. or to the airway between the gob and the ; deep pillar , the whole of the ventilation of the colliery is liable to be intercepted ; but I have not known it to be , the case . There has not beenany time since the colliery has been opened to make two airways , but it was our intention to make them . I have not yet taken the quantity of air circulating in the works , but I have judged it to be . from 6 , 000 to 7 , 000 cubic feet per minute . I am afraid that the seam of coal we are working at the Duffryn colliery is a fiery seam . I consider it subject to give out blowers at the commencement of the working .
I believe that there arc from 1 , 400 to 1 , 500 men and boys working underground in all Mr . Powell s collieries ; but the number of men employed does not varv much when trade is very brisk . I have considered it my duty to obtain all the information I could on the use of the safety lamp . The brick partition is all blown down , with the exception of from eight to ten yards ; but there are about thirty-five yards at the top which are not affected at all . The mortar in the part that was blown down had not had time to set : the work was quite green .-By Mr . R . Lewis Reece : The colliery is quite in its infancy . -Thomas Williams : Before other air
the accident , we contemplated making courses . Onlv about-2 , 600 tons have been worked thero altogether . There were thirty-two men employed under ground . We intended having a seam jet there , for which the castings were all ready . Mr . Powell has anxiously expressed his extreme desire to employ the very best means for ventilation regardless of oxpenso .-Mr . Blackweu believed it was Mr . Powell ' s desire , to have his collieries well ventilated-Thomas Williams , said that he would much rather have another pit for ventilating purposes than to divide a pit . mr . Po well intended to sink another pit . , The inquest was then further adjournea .
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A man shows as scant a stock oi ; ideas as of gallantry who compliments one woman rt the expense of another .
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THREATENED STRIKE ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY . The following statement , respecting certain alleged grievances of the firemen and enginemen employed on the northern division of tho London and North-Western Railway , has been drawn up by Mr . Hardman Earle , chairman of the Locomotive Committee . We are sorry to learn that some apprehension is entertained lest the enginemen should suddenly leave their work in a body , a step which cannot fail to cause great inconvenience to the public : —
" The enginemen and firemen of the northern diviainn having made a formal complaint to the superintendent of sundry alleged grievances , ' the directors of " the JJocomotive Committee , on Tuesday , the 17 th of December , met a deputation from the enginemen on the subject . "At this meeting the following enginemen attended to explain the sentiments of the general body : —J . Murphy , T . Stockdale , John Treshingham , J . Waterworth , J . Allen , S . Butterworth , G . Eaton , James Turner , P . Coleshill ,- J . Bowman , and E . Williams . ' * To this deputation the chairman of the Locomotive Committee read the following copy of resolutions , which , with other documents ' , had been transmitted to the directors , viz . : — "A Copy of Resolutions agreed to by the Enginemen and Firemen on the London and
Northwestern Railway , Northern Division . " •! . —That the three months' system be abolished altogether . "' That all those men that have signed the three months' notice their signatures shall be erased , nnd they be placed in the station they were in before signing the three months' notice . '" 3 . —That no engineman shall be enforced te take any but his own fireman , except in case of emergency , this being continually enforced , to tho ini-onvenience of the engineman .
"' 4 . —That those men who have been reduced for objecting to sign the three months' notice be reinstated in their former positions . ' " The committee then inquired whether these resolutions correctly set forth the views and sentiments of the enginemen , and the reply was in the affirmative , after which a long discussion took place with the deputation of enginemen , at tho close of which the committee stated , that in order to avoid any error or unintentional misapprehension , they' would , after due consideration , send a written answer to the demands of the enginemen , as declared in the resolutions above recorded . The following is their answer : —
"In regard to the first resolution , ' that the three months' notice be abolished altogether , ' the directors will repeat now what they stated distinctly to tho deputation of enginemen—that the system recently introduced of requiring from all new enginemen and new firemen three months' notice before quitting the company ' s service was not adopted , as supposed by the deputation , in order to bring about a reduction " of wages , but simply with a view to obviate the acknowledged evil of a sudden stoppage of the line , occasioned , perhaps , by some misunderstanding between tho enginemen and the locomotive superintendent . It must be evident that without the protection of such notico the whole commercial and postal communication between England and Scotland and Ireland might be
suddenly suspended , or , if partially kept open , it would only be by means of new and inexperienced hands ; the public being thereby put to the risk of delays and accidents , which it is the duty of the directors by all practical means to prevent . But , while thus endeavouring to insure the good order and safety of the line , the terms of the notice ( now objected to ) provide that for any engineman who desires to make a bona fide engagement with another company , or who shall propose to go abroad , or , in fact , shall wish to quit the company's service for any valid rcason altogether unconnected with a general strike , tho usual fortnight's notice will be deemed sufficient . It must be remembered , also , that the old enginemen are not required to subscribe to the notice .
" The directors repeat that they have no intention by this measure to reduce the wages of old and tried hands , nor to obtain tho services of those who are disposed to sign for a lower rate of wages or remuneration than what similar duties are performed for at present ; nor do they grudge the present high wages of 7 s . per day as the reward of long and faithful service , but they expect , in return , a zealous and cheerful obedience to rules and regulations framed in a liberal spirit , and calculated generally to establish a system which will ultimately secure the regularity of the line , the safety of tbe public , and the well-being of the whole concern . " The second resolution must be considered as answered in the reply to No . 1 .
" No . 3 . —* That no engineman shall be forced to take any but his own fireman , & c . ' " The committee will engage that every engineman shall be provided with a competent and efficient fireman ; and , as a general rule , as is the custom now , they do not object to their remaining together . But they regret that they cannot be bound , under all circumstances , to comply with this demand of the cnginr-men , as it would be surrendering their undoubted right to the control over their own servants , as well as yielding to a dictation which would be subversive of all discipline in the establishment . " No . 4 . — ' That those men who have been reduced for objecting to sign the three months' notice be reinstated in their former positions . '
" The committee deny that any registered engineman or fireman has been reduced , or is intended to be reduced , for refusing to sign the throe months ' notice . They avow that they will give a preference to all those who are candidates for promotion who are willing to conform to this reasonable regulation ; and they are determined to keep faith with any who have signed , or who may hereafter sign , under such expectation , provided they are deemed to be equally well qualified to undertake the higher duties as others who decline to sign . "Hardman Earle , " Chairman of the Locomotive Committee of tho Northern Division . " " Liverpool , Dec . 21 . "
Upon this reply being received , a number of the Liverpool men took the opinion of a professional gentleman , as to the effect of the 10 th rule in the book of regulations issued for their guidance , which says , — " No servant is to quit the company ' s service without giving fourteen days' previous notice , and in case he leave without such notice all pay then due will ho forfeited ; " and were advised that if they wero willing to submit to the forfeiture , they need not give any notice before quitting the company ' s service .
Acting under the legal opinion we have above referred to , the men of the northern , division of the line had a meeting at' Liverpool on Saturday last , at which it appears it was resolved to leave the company ' s service on the following Monday evening ; but prior to carrying that resolution into effect , it was deemed advisable to take the opinion of the men on the southern division of the line , to whom the regulation does not at present apply , on the Subject . Accordingly , a numerously attended meeting of the men employed on that portion of the line between London and Birmingham took placo on Sunday night , at the Railway Tavern , Hampstead-road , when a deputation from the men ernuloved on the northern division having stated their
case , a long discussion took place , which resulted in tho following resolution being passed : —¦'_ ' That we , the engine-drivers on the southern division of the London and North Western Bailway Company , have heard with regret that a . difference has arisen between our fellow-servants on the northern division of the line and their locomotive superintendents , ' owing to a recent regulation having been issued that the engine-drivers and firemen , prior to leaving the service of the company , shall give three months' notice , instead of a fortnight as hitherto ; and that , owing to the superintendent having , refused to withdraw that regulation , a portion of the enginemen and firemen on the northern division of the line have expressed an opinion that they ought
immediately to resign their situations . We , tho engine-drivers and firemen of tho southern division of the line , having taken into consideration all the circumstances of the case , do hereby express- our opinion—while deprecating the proposed alterations in the rules under which we act , the more especially as , owing to the stringency of the final clause in the agreement attached to those rules , wo are bound , while we continue in the service of the company , to conform to all regulations « t hat maybe from time to time issued for the better regulation of the company '— however tyrannical those regulations may be—that the engineers and firemen of the northern division of the line ought not to resign their situations until a memorial ; stating the grievances under which they labour has been presented to ,, and an answer obtained from , the whole board of directors , having the fullest confidence in their justice , and in their desire to redress any which their servants
proved grievances under may suffer . But while expressing this opinion ,, we do further most respectfully protest against the adoption of tho new regulation on the northern division of the line—believing that , if once carried out upon one portion of tho line , it will bo applied to every enr gineman and fireman in the service of the company ^ and that , however emphatically such an intention may be denied , its object is , and must ¦ ultimately be , reduction of wages , and our body being destroyed piecemeal by a gradual introduction of new hands , while we are bound to the company for the lengthened period of three months—a conviction in which we are confirmed by the expression in the circular of the locomotive committee , 'that they do ' not grudgo the present high 'wages m * 7 s . per dav , ' wages which , looking at the length of time we have to serve as firemen and engine-drivers before we can expect to obtain them , we can only regard as fair and reasonable for us to receive and our employers to pay . " . i It will be therefore seen , that the men employed
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° n the southern division of the line , who bad a contest with their employers about two ys » ya since , deprecate any strike taking place until the opinion t » * ., ? , Sectors , on the order of Mr , irevethick has been officially obtained .
On Monday evening , at a late hour , a meeting of [ engine-drivers and firemen of the southern divif io » of the line took place at the Railway Tavern , in tho Hampstead-road , which was attended by a deputation from the engine-drivers and firemen of the Eastern Counties Railway . The chair was taken by an old engine-driver of the line , and he stated that at the last meeting on Sunday evening , it bad been resolved to send a deputation to Mr . Gl ' yn , the chairman of the North-Western Company , to ' explain the views and the fears of the engine-drivers : on the recent proceedings of their fellow-workmen in the north . Some of tho deputation were present , and they would state what had passed on the subject . The statement of the spokesman of the deputation was to the following effect : —The deputation was appointed to wait upon Mr . Glyn , bufc ho was out of town . However , they saw Mr .
M'Connell , chief of the locomotive department . He stated that it never was his intention to establish such a system as had obtained on tho northern division . As long as he remained where he was tho system proposed by Mr . Trevethick should riot come into operation . He had also promised that afair representation of their case should be made to the directors . An engine-driver , ' one of the deputation from the Eastern Counties , stated that they had received intimation from Liverpool that the men there had been told that if they would not accede to the proposals of the superintendent , thero wore plenty of men from the Eastern Counties who would . He begged to ask where they would find tho men ? He knew that they were " standing out" for their rights , and he was convinced , under the circumstances , shey would not lend their aid to an oppressive company . The proceedings did not terminate till near niidn ' ght .
On Tuesday morning Messrs . Finch , " - Walker , Beavor , and Nolan , a deputation from the enginemen and firemen upon the southern division of tho North-Western Railway , waited by appointment upon Mr . Glyn , the chairman of the company , at the Euston station . —Mr . Glyn received them with courtesy , and listened with attention to their statement , which amounted to a request that he would act as a mediator between the men upon the northern division of the line and the directors . They viewed the course which had been taken there as very prejudicial to the interests of the men , and they feared , as the lines were amalgamated , that in May next there would be one general locomotive superintendence , and that the custom there adopted would extend to the men in tho southern division . Mr . Glyn then addressed the deputation to tho following effect : — " That with respect to the
long notico he must say , so far as he was aware , no intention existed to make . any change whatever in the southern division . ' Speaking his own individual views only , he was bound to tell the men that whatever might be the views of the directors , the proceedings which tho drivers were now pursuing would , if persevered in , inevitably force the government to bring about , by legislative enactment , that which but for such proceedings might never have been mooted as respected the southern division . He then cautioned them very earnestly not to come to any rash conclusion , and not to continue the present excitement , as their perseverance in such a course must of necessity compel the directors to make other provisions for the conduct of the business of the company . He , as a director , had on a former occasion been the means of bringing about an arrangement by which the old hands who had sent in their notices were restored to their
former positions ; but he was compelled now to say—not as a threat , but giving ib as the advice of a friend—that if the men should choose on this occasion , without personal complaint , to quit their duty in furtherance of tbe objects of another and distinct body of men , he could give them no hope of their being , either by his interference or otherwise , reinstated in the company ' s service . It was for them , therefore , to consider , not merely what was due to him and to the compaay ,- ^ but especially what was due to themselves and their families , who must suffer from any rash proceedings . " In the course of the day posters , of which the subjoined is a copy , were printed and distributed : — " London and Nortk-Western Railway .
—Reduction of Trains . —The public are informed that in consequence of a threatened . strike ' of the engine-drivers , it is probable a very considerable reduction of passengers trains may be temporarily made on the lino , and their attention is directed to the time-bills which will beissued in afow day ? . By order , Mark IIuish . General Mauager's-offlce , Euston Station , December 24 . ¦ On Tuesday night the men had a meeting at the Railway Tavern , Camden Town , when the circumstances of the reception of the deputation were detailed ; Several speeches were delivered , and the men expressed themselves with coolness , but great
firmness . They were determined to assert what they conceived to be their just rights ; the interest of one they regarded asthe interest of all , and although they had nothing to complain of on the southern division , they would not stand by to see the rightsof their fellows encroached upon . It was stated that an intimation had been given upon the Great Northern Railway that hencelorth a month's notice would be required from the men upon that line . Up to this time few or none of the men bad agreed to this proposal , and it is anticipated that if persisted in it may lead to a " turn-out " there .
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. Phillips ' s Patent Pire-Annihilator . —An interesting experiment was tried on Monday ; with Phillips ' s patent fire annihilator at Poplar , near Messrs . Somea ' s yard . The object was to test the usefulness of this apparatus in extinguishing fires in ships ; for this purpose a vessel , the Wear , about 150 tons burden , was prepared , lying high and dry on the shore . The main hold was partly filled with old hogsheads , barrels , and bags , smeared over with tar and turpentine , and rilled with shavings , dry wood , and other combustible . materials . About half-past twelve o ' clock on a . signal from Mr . Phillips , the patentee , who conducted the experiment , the hatches wore closed , and this inflammable cargo fired . A dense smoke was . ' soon to'be seed oozing from every crevice , affording a . very sufficient
proof that the fire was increasing under the deck . In about five minutes the hatches were opened , arid , to the disappointment of some ) . a . thick ; column of smoke ascended , but as yet no flame . ' 'Those better acquainted with the theory' of flame knew that the presence of atmospheric air was necessary " to produce that phenomenon . It soon came , however , and a much greater blaze than one would like to witness at sea rose frpm tho lower deck . Now came the time to put it-out ; - "On a signal from Mr . Phillips ,- tho machines were .-, brought : forward , looking something like large iron watering , pots , and the gaseous contents liberally poured down upon the flames . The effects weresoon visible . The fire was gradually reduceu , and in less than ten minutes extinguished . A man went down almost
immediately , and passed through the hold—showing that the atmosphere was pure and uninjured . Although the wood of tho barrels , & c , was charred , and showed the action of tho fire , yet hardly anything was actually consumed . The apparatus is very simple in its construction ; each machine is made of sheet iron , of a cylindrical form , and about two feet in diameter and three feet in height . They have an inside casing perforated with holes at the sides , but only part of the way down . The mixture , made , of simple chemical compounds , is placed insidei and a small bottle , containing -another mixture , with it . A small quantity of water is con-r tained at the bottom of the machine , between the two casings , and , as the gas is formed by ! the union of tho two mixtures , rises through the perforated
holes and mixes with them . ' The water , is only introduced to increase the expansive force of the vapour . The machine being closed , a screw ; ia turned , which , pressing on ' thejbqttle ,.. breaks [ it , the compounds mix , and the gaa issues opt through a tube with considerable force . - " . Each , machine , will give : 1 , 200 cubic feet of gas . ' ^ 1 ^ of- them ; were ? used for this day's experiment . ] . It . -y ill , bf ; remembered that , some time , ago , a fire . in' a mine : wa 3 extinguished by the introduction ; of jc arbonie .. acid ; gas , thus saving the enormous expense cqn sequent on using water , which has ' to , bo alLpuipped . oufc . again . The spectators remairie " d , op , ti } 0 . fleck of the vessel during the . whole of : the , experimen , t , ajid experienced no inconvenience frem , i |) eig . as . us ' ed .., It certainly was surprising to see in How short . a tjme >
the lower deck was clear . In a ,, few , , minuses : ther . e was hone of that dense suffocating smoke . jWflich ^ all must , have experienced who have w / thesse ^ d th ' ejextihctibn of a fire by ' water . ' ^ he . Bpectajt ^ s . w . ere not numerous , owing , probably ,, to , f ^ ho ^ pramifing foggy weather . Altogether the ( e ^ eriniei ? li was well worthseeing . , ; . Y ¦' , v !^ Y \ .:..,.. ; .,. " : '• Jeksey , Deo . 17 . —Tho 8 ohooner . ^ itepi , d >! Jean , which arrived on Sunday , has" experie > £ J . thelhiosd severe weather . She was from ' . ' 0 a « R ^ §& ri * - Vecchia . On the 30 th ult ., off . the Weisternr . Islands . she was compelled to throw part . of . heij . oargo overboard , and lost Philip Tautier , <* % ffl »^ t ^ W . tw 3 seamen , by a sea which washed : oveT ( her , decks , and eainciuaea
welted everything , provlsions . ana ) fliotn . ; Her charts and books were destroyed . The master was very nearly carried away . bjt / Wld on by the gaff , nearly insensible , for a , tube : ahd-recoyerM himself . Two of the hands we « i laid up ill , , and there remained but Mr . 'Jean and 4 ^ 7 > ' ]^ SgQ . the vessel . With admirable skill Shd t » er £ Overance the master managed to bring the Vessel into ,. Jersey . He was greatly exhausted , riot havmg- changed , his clothes for fifteen days , and being without food , except what he and his juvenile fellow-sufferer could pick out of the damaged provisions . —Shipping and Memiitilt (?««««• , , Everywhere endeavour to be useful , and everywhere you are at home .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 28, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28121850/page/7/
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