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      Melancholy Shipwreck.-Two Hundred Liy^S ...

      MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK .-TWO HUNDRED LIY _^ S Li _toT . Th ? _foVowrg _ar-. ' _extr-ws o * a _ktv-r which was rece _veu _r-n _Sstur-iay , by bar _Mvj- _^ ry ' s ship _Ilva Bint ** _-., via _Sirnvn ' s-bay , dated ihi ; _29 : h of _August 18 i 2 : — ** l-. pa Town . —1 have now to relate one of the moil awful event--which ever occurred in the memory of th- ; _eldest _inhabitant- of _lliis town . On Saturday nith :. ihe " 27 th _iast _., it _bitw a very heavy gale in Table-bay , which increased in force until Sunday mor .: iii £ ; and about four o ' clock , during the intervals o ' l clap' of thunder , tho inhabitants of Cave Town were aroused by hearing minute jmns of

      _cistres- i"tn a _vessel in the Day . I immediately dressed ai . d _r _n-ct-eded to the beach , and by the blue _lii-ht ? soon * . - rtavned that two or ihree vessels were , ashore at t ; u- head ofthe b _* y , _clree npr > n both sides . . It was rain * Si - ¦ ¦ a torrents . r h ' e forked lightning was _bhiiGine , tbe i : _vi-j er wis smarting . It was as dark as pitch . The . _ivtatice of Salt Rivcr from Cape Town is betwe-- i t «» o and three miles , and upon my arrival day was -. !¦;• breaking . Although so early , 1 found num b * _rs o * p _? op e assembled , and at ub ° 'ut irix o ' clock it was a-- _^ nained that the rime ot the unfortunate _vessel wj 3 the _Abtrerosbie Robinson , 1 . 415 tons _, from L _-ndon . with 500 _rauk and file of Htr Majesty ' s 91 st Ri'gimeni . to rdieve the 75 _* h

      Regiment _, _ot-itied _home . _Sh- * had also on board a band Bient _. _oTvitied _nome . Sh ? had also on board a band for tht .- Cape Corns . Tr . e _Abernvmbie Robinson _airi . c . i in Table-bay oa Thursday last , and after Ian ¦ ; _i some of the _officers , wa- to _procoe-i to _Al 2 _^ _abay _t-j land the 91 st . She was a _s-plendid vessel . _fivicM : -j expr °£ _-iy as a tran - port-M'ip . Ab _« ut seven _oVu-k his £ _x- - _* _eivury Sir G . _ISsra-r arrived , find th" '• _..., h so"v . presented a , very animated * _ppcira- ce . _-- . ry _flr-cr not on dvry being present , besides tho- * - ¦ - • _tr-e 9 l 5 . who bad _obtained leave to go on shui-.. _lhr-vc-ssel Laving been duven on shore at _biiir . -. ; - r , we soon _wov . able to communicate with ber , ii .,: _ahhon- _^ h this fine ship wili _become a tota l W _; v .:-:. u _« t a li . ' e was lost , and every soldier was laac -v aaring the day .

      " .- > _boiit 300 yards from ? b . e _AbercroTobe _RobiisoB , W _35 ; i _.- * convif * t-shi ? _Wutvr ' _oo , which had _arrived _dnri * _< : he wc ~ k . -or the _p- _'vpose of _r-rovisiouing her on _lur way to Sydney , with . ibout 240 male convicts , _agua _.:-: of thirty _sohier- _* , five women , and for : _ythrse-:-: _i ; ldren , with the crew abou- 33 _< " > souls . She lay : ' - ; ? . very _prs- ' _-ariou ? s _i tuation . She _was _ viuhin a few yards of tho breakers , but it was _th ought she m : gh * held on until the weather moderated , when she mi / it be turned off . Under this impression the vast _iDuliiiade which had _assembled on th _^ spot _"b- _Su i tu separate . About ten o ' clock , _however , " the Warrr _:--o _save a . _^ uje ' en lurch , and parted from all bor _h _* _ic : _ors , and came broad .-ide among the breakers . The -: ne which now * ook place I « hah _remember to

      tbe > l- _-. of death . Af . er two or three heavy rolls her th . ee _maats went over the _sic _* e wi'h a dreadful , era . - ; -. The _hatchrs were now _optoed , and the convicts r -bed en desk . The s _^ a was making a clean br _:. ¦ , " .-Tcrher . _Immediau-iy on the convict * _arriving -jr . deck , about 2 _f-y _jumped ovtrboard ; about fitter i , ir _tweniy gained th-.- shore ; the remainder W-T .- -J _, ; _waeJ . The cries oi the poor wretches on d _% * ca . - -renow _heaM-br- _'ikii-g . Each sea , as-it made br- - ? -v ; r the _uaronuiiate vessel , carried a dozen or < - in the water , who , _c-f course , were drowned . Tjou-a :: ds of people were on the beach , but could _rcnGtr _~; _-t the least assisiar . ee . Oh ' u was a drradfnl = ii , h :. There , within a stone-throw , lay 200 or _3-.-0 o onr fellow-creatures being drowned before our eves .

      " ? _-u : now come ? tne mo-t awful part of my tale . Abcuit . " . even o ' clock , within half in hour alter she _Etruf-E ., the Water _l oo parted in * wo . They who had never _though * of tbeir God , who , if they had , it was only tu take His name in _va-. u and break His laws , we- ' now seen with their hands clasped , and heard _loudiy calling _ul-od Him to -are tbem . Soldiers ' wiv ,- _: _? -were seen clasping their little . oue 3 to their bosom 3 in agonies . One woman I shall never forget ; she was _holding on with one hand to a piece of _pi _' ank , with the other she held , pressed to he ? _r-. >» _om , a litsie infant ; her cries were piteous .

      At b-t a , sea came and washed the woman and little ] one ' . •* £ - They Were seen no more . The water was j now mil of the struggling and the dead . A boat was ] _emp'oyd to pick up all it could . It could not ap- ] preach the wreck on account of the heavy sea . I ! have _neither time nor heart to write further particulars . I saw one n * in _embrace his wife a id little one ; then j ' .: mp into the boiling ? urf . He soon rose again . I eonld repeat hundreds of similar occurrences ; suf- ' fi > e i : to _siy , that within one hour and a-haif of the ; Waterloo sinking , not a particle was tobGseen . She had ' :: !• rally _gono to pieces ; and , horrible to relate , ' ont o . '' _$ Q souls , " 250 have met a watery grave . "

      Th _^ military es-crt was composed of a detachment of the _99 : h Regiment , under the command of Lieutenant Hext , of the 4 th , and Ensign C . Leigh , of the 99 h , _Regiment ? , snd ara"unted . incindmg the officers . ' -I- 51 individual * ; _oftherf 32 were lost , and 19 _savf-n . The crew consisted of 33 ofieers and raer _* , ci * _whc-r * i 1-i were lost , and 19 saved : and there if ere 219 - i _-r-fcts on board , of whom 143 were drowned _, and 7 _*^ -a ~ ed . The persons w . ' _io w- re drowned belonj _* -:. i' 13 tbe escort _wf-re— _Sergeant Smith , his wife , and _tr-r _.-w- _i _children ; _Corp & rai Mnlvany , and child ; Cor . _-v .- _**] Madden ; private 2 s " cctor , his wife ; and one < -r-i'd ; private _Gret-nie-s , bis wife , and three childr- r - . _priva * . e Ab _= * rn , Mu r , Askey , Barnacle , _Bvriic xJiaumo _^ t , Keynolcs , Vincent , Warbunon

      "W'h _* . " :. - -jr _3 ; and Mrs . Armstrong and five . children . Th ? - _-oa : swa D . _sai _; maker , and _carpenter , ard 11 seamen , _t-i the Waterloo w--ro _ic-st ; _Cspt 3 in Agar , the tu _2 ~ Eer , Mr , Jackson , chief mate . -Mr . Gunner , _geco-vi mite , Mr . Gill , third mate , and 15 of the Crew , w _.-re saved . The _fellowiug were the convicts who _perished on the _oecasion : _—Tneiwall , Serrat , Mills , Taylor , Jackson , Hernman , 6 oddard , Howard , _Kc-rth , 31 arsh , Stone , _Newton , _Risfden . Mepsted , _Thoia , Adcoek , Proctor , Clark , Williams , Alexander , A'drivJge , Scitcherd , Woodward , Wigh'wick , Atwooo , _Siint , Davis , Cunningham , Lloyd , Wells , _Barr-iss , _Thisselt-oa , Is ash , Hill , Stamps , Lew , _Garner , Bradbury , J ohm on Green , Dawes , Ban ; onds , Jones , Esson . Elliot , Fairfax ,

      Hewitt , Taylor , Flint , W . Jones , _Holy ' and , Snort Barri-, Brown , Bulmore , Parker . Jacks , Hamlet , _lloore . Brooks , Armita gp , Blyth , Hancock , Cryer , Stuart , Hicks , Balaam , Robinson , Birch , Bam ber , "Wiik-, Carson . Workman , _Parens , Curry , Cowley , Cra * _£ . _Winttanley , _GoiiIcLdu , Marriot , Peacock , _Feiix : Carry , Hetherington , Wyles , Gregory , Wilson J . Jone 3 , Barnes , _M'Kinnon , Ledin _^ ham , Smeclv , Reynolds , Hawkins , Birch , " Ellis , Duncan , _Barser . Peaxson , _Bertand , _Ecimonds , Barasley , _ClarK . Hill , Wilding , Greenham , Campbell , Knott , K-tr _:- ' _.::, Jcblin , Thompson , BroomSeld , Voss . _Parkinsot } , _Smadey , Giles , Pownall , Morgan , Wright ,

      Lo- - - - * : . _Bi-j- _^ s , Bos'well , Ivirwan , Murphy , i \ awian , _Gjvnrr , Jenkins , Waitham , J . Hewitt . King , G . W -. j ; si-, Brookes , Purser , White , J . Rosser , G . R . _v-. i , James R _. _s-tr , Thomas Hewitt , Martin , Osc- _¦¦? " * . . Barlow , Jones , Packer , and Crane . - T :.= 7 o eonvicts who were saved were in the Cape Town _prison . Lj it : ' _^ s tbe heavy eal e on the 9 : h of Septemb r , _sevti _- . 1 ships lying in Table-bay , were _ririven on -. < . Tc .- The American bark Fairfield , the _siip-i " nn _Bagshaw , the ships R > icrm arid Henry Eo :- * , tbe schooner Gbika . and the cutter _Albatross . were ¦ - he vessels which were stranded , but no lives _wer-. lost .

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      ( Fr . 'Vti ihe South African Commercial Advertiser . ) CAPE-TOWN , _AUGfST SI . 0 * v tbe forenoon ef _Snnii-iy last two lai--e vessels , the _Abercrt-niby Bobinson and the Waterloo , went on shore on tne soutb .-e * u * _tern beach at tue _b-jUorn of Table _Bsy . B _? th _ve- _' _-eia were engaged as transport _* by the BritKo _G-overument . Tne _Abcrcroniby Rabinson had on _b-jard , bc _^ : _ces ber crew and _iAVtrai _pasbecgers , 501 _soldiers , with their _cfSsera SLe W 3 s 3 large ship , of nearij 1 500 tons bur ;! en . After groan . ;' r ; _g near the shore = he stood _upriebt , and uo _live 3 have been lost .

      SLe wi : l probably , or rather cert ' . inly , be a total wreck . _Ti-r Waterloo , a ship of 414 tons , bound to Tan _Difc-. _i-Vs Land , b-d on bo _« d , _bs . _siut 3 bar crew , 219 milt ' _.-. _invicts , Dr . Heist !! , in cha .-gt _.-. L : _euti = riant Hext , E _ug- _nn Leigh , 30 men other _Maj-stj ' _s 99 th Regiment , 5 Wv . ! iicn , and 13 children . S ' _-ie took the ground betw .-n eleven and twelve o clock in the forenoon , and in _fiftt-n cr twenty minrtea became a _masa of rubbish . And c > w ensued a moit piteous massacre . In about two b _^ urs and a naif , amidst the crumbling heaps ol tbeir ptrifidicu 3 _priKin . —of men . women , and _childrenj 194 v --e crushed , dir _^ _-ied . t ail dro-w _^ _ed .

      In e waa no preparation for saving life male on besTii ; T on Ehore . _> _To life-buoys , no coils . of rop _^ s _lasLfc . to caskB , nor any apparatua for _eatabli * _= bing a _ccmnuiuication witb t _^ e shore from the ship . On the short . cere was no lifeboat , no apparatus for throwing ropes _i-ver stranded _vessels , nor any thing , in short , to show . Hit the _Government or people here bad ever heard of such a thin . ; as a shipwreck . We stood amonis - ; thousands on the beach within 150 yards of the _cissolviag fabric , looking on the _agonizsd faces ef our fellow-creatures , as tbey sank in _dozens , battered and bruised and suffocated , — _-ueless as children , or idiots , or wild Caffres .

      This ship , it appears , was built twenty-seven years ago at Bristol . No longer fit to carry logs _,--8 he is patched up like other wbited sepulchres , stuffed witb a living cargo by a _contractor , and despatched to the ends ofthe earth—a voyage of more than 39 , 00 ft miles . Wo doubt , a _"aarvey of professional men" will " find " that there was no fault anywhere ; that the Waterloo was a sound ship , thoroughly repaired , and perfectly waworthy ; and tbat she bad on board all the equipments requisite for such a voyage and such a consignment ; that the officers of the ship did all that human strength , directed by skill and animated by humanity , could do ; and tbat the _acridc-nt must be ascribed entirely to a hurricane , a mountainous sea , and a remarkably hard beach .

      Now , as to the hurricane and the mour . tainous tea , it is enough to observe , tbat there * fre twenty other vessels at anchor in tbe Bay , besides the Waterloo and the Abercromby Bobinson , and none of them parted from their anchors , or _dragged tbem to any perceptible extent Th * wind was blowing a gale , but by no

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      means a violent one , and it was partly off shore . The _Hea was not running unusually hieh . Without ropes in tb-ir h _^ n . is or any precaution , men wa'ked up to their _eh- _'aldera to drag eut the bodies of tbo dead . and cy . _m . withont tbe Eliahtest ritk . This could net bave bten done Lad the surf bt-en such as a gale causes on an open beach . _Tcese are facts to which _thousjndB can bear witness . With respect to tbe bottom cr ground where the ship struck , soma t > _ay it ia rock , otbtis that it is sand , like tbe rest of the beach . Ab soon aa the weather is fine it will be examined , and the most convenient spaces murkeil for tbis method of disembarking Her Majesty ' s troops or convicta . For some years back such " accidents ' Live been ascribed to the insufficiency of the

      liiiLtbc-use at the entrance of the bay . Trr - . it fault has j _; _m been fully remedied . Tbe old lighthouse is now pr . _periy attended to , and the new one ia so well piactd . acd so _bril ! iant _, tbat no man dare pretend to miss it , or to mistake it for anything else . These , and arms further improvements iu this department , still in _progrees , were forced on Government by the remonstrances of the publie _, and particularly of the mercantile body . When the Helen was lost at the entrai . ee < _. f the bay , four or five months ago , tbe _comn-eici-il committee very properly inquired into the cause , end li . unJ , on tbe testimony of _numerous witnesses , that tbe liahta on tbat particular _nii-ht Were defective , aud bad thus misled the master of tbe vessel . This they _represented to _G-iTeruiBent , and a remedy waa _irjttantjy foup . d .

      \ S e _lefi ' .-mmend the same cenrse In the _present case . Tne _c-jniniittee cannot compel witnesses te _attend or _iiive evidence , but tbey can invite _tluni ; and , if i :. terested parties _disregard such invitations , tbat fact wiil nut be without ltieanim .-. Tbrrie two wrecks will _bi _uracil talked of at home . We think -we can _injure _the-. r being mentioned in P _^ rliamenr . In thi midst of unhesitating conJeranation oh some points and charges of guilt on others , we have to mention _thit two unofficial spect . it . rs , Mr . Mo _' . teno and Mr . Still , procured the a _& _sutance of a comwun boat nelomjirg t a Malay , which reached the Waterloo after she _Tvas falling to pieces , and brought off two men , and on a second _tr-p fatteaed a rep * to the wreck . Aiter tbis a lar- ; r . r boat belonging to Messrs . Sinclair wns _btoc-jht from tbe Abercromby R _ibinson , and , moving backwards and forwards slung the r .. _pe , saved a good many iives . This shows what _mij-ht Dave been done by a _iifeboat used in time .

      Wo purposely avoid going further into details at present _, _satisfied with thus openiy chanjir . c all the parties concerned , before the world , with the offence of culpable Eeglij > _--:: _c-.- or crimrnal intention . Tiie world , let _thumbs w « ll assured , expects an answer , aud will tieat , tbem according _ts the case _tiiay may mate out in defence . Is it not _strause , by tbe way , that we should bear such laiuentationB from what is called the _shipping _interc-. « t , a _= if no employment could ba had for their newbuilt _, _iirnt-mouided . copper-fastened A 1 _vtsaels , while , for tbe most important of all services , tha transport , namely , cf troops and of persons under judicial sentences , such vessels as the W :. tfcrlno find ready acceptance in the 27 th year of their fragility and _rotttnnesss ? September 3 .

      Ia sp . aSing cf the wreck of tbo _Wauiioo _truusport , in _Wttinrsdat _' s paper , it was mentioned , tbat she was built for the timbertraie . This , we have been told , is not ascertained , and is probably incorrect . We _hav-a _Eothic _^ else to correct in the statement now before the public The _committee of the commercial body have instituted an irquiry into the circumstances _attendinz tbis horrible cvtnt _, as well as to the less of the Abercromby on tbe _s-me occasion . Tbe attention of the _Government and of the Aamiral has also been fixed on these two accidents ; the publio ar . J the parties concerned may , therefore , expect tha *; all the facts will be proproperly ascertained and made known . Trie less of life by the ruin of the Waterloo Is , we learn , aa follows * . — Convicts ... .. Hi Soldiers ... ... 15

      Sailors ... ... 14 W omen 4 Children 14 Total 190 So great a loss of life has not happened in Table _Bsy since the year 1799 . On the 5 th of November of that year , bis Majesty ' s Bhip Sceptre . Captain E lwards . was driven on shore , ana , like the Waterloo , immediately went to pieces , being an accursed old bulk ou her way home to ba broken up A few hours after she struck not a vestige of her was to be seen , but the fragments of the wreck _scsttercd on the strand , in myriads of pieces , not a single plank remaining whole , nor two att . - _. ched together . Captain Edwards , bis son , 10 other officers , and near 3 u $ seamen and marines perished . On the same day several other vf 83 Is went on shore , among the rest a Danish man-of-war ef 64 guns . But thtir crews were all saved , aa in the case of the Abercromby Robinson ou the present occasion

      _Taking advantage of tbe _excitement censed by tbis _melanciicly event , funds have been _raised , and _measures are taken for constructing life-boats , and for having a rocket apparatus always in readiness in this bay , for rendering assistance to vessels in distress , or for saving life . But senaething more is required . A coroner ' s court mast be established , through which a compete . t magistrate , with & jury , may at once ascertain the manner in wbich any man came by hia death whose dead body haa been washed ashore from a wreck . The proprcty of addin g such a court to our judicial establishment haa been _suggested to Government , and we f _. c ! confident that the suggestion will be attended to without unnecessary delay . In tbe absence of snch a court we feel constrained , by a regard to truth and plaia dealing , to send home along with tbe account ef these two shipwrecks our protest on bebalf of Table Bay . The weather , the water , and the bottom , are blameless .

      Of ths Waterloo It Is impossible to speak with moderation . _Deadly blame rests somewhere , and justice will , we have no doubt , find out the parties who deserve it . And now it would be proper to ask a few questions respecting the precsutiens taien on board of all transports into wbich involuntary passengers , such as soldiers and convicts , are thrust by Government : — 1 . Is it a rule to take tbe lowest tender , without _respact to the class of the vessel ? 2 . Or does Government , as it ought , limit tenders to the first class vessels ? 3 Who are tbe surveyors 1 How are they paid ? Do they _receive money in any shape , and hew much , from the owners of tbe ships tbey survey for this _servic *?

      4 . Is it true that they are " hard worked men , with small salaries , and large families . " and that a friendly heip of fifteen or twenty guineas is sometimes acded to the regular charge by the benevolent ship owner ? 5 Wben 400 , 500 , and 700 s-uls are put on board a transport , is care taken te have at the same time the means of making _signals in dark and in f"ggy weather , in case of danger ; or is it all left to tbe chance of somebody seeing tbe flisb of small arms , when the report of the same cannot be heard ? C . Is extra apparatus carefully placed on board , for Baving life in case of wreck , such as life-buoy _, instruments for throwinc lines , and the other well known means of commnrjicatirg with a lee shore '

      These are some of the _questions tbat will be put and that must be answered at home by the authorities whoever they may be , to whose departments tbis branch ofthe service _btlones , We have not leisure to pcrsu _? the Eubject further tc-day . Evtry reader can do it for himself .

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      LOSS OF THE RELIANCE EAST INDIAMAN The shipwreck of the Reliance , from China to London , at _EtapUs , near Boulogne , on Saturday has created considerable sensation in the city . T _^ e loss of 110 persons out of tbe 116 on board has cast a _glwom of tke most meaianchoiy description among the _merchants connected with the _E-ist India trade . Htr last plaoe of resort was St Helena , and the parties interested in her fate were therefore in expectation every day of hearing of her safe arrival . It appears that of ths crew and passengers , numbering the amount of persons already stated , the saved are one European , described to be the ship ' s Cirpcnt-r , and five Lascars , who reached the shore in one cf the boats of the vessel . The Reliance was au old ship on this trading station , aad had on board a car ? o o ; tea of considerable value , besides the _freightage incidental to a voyage she was in the habit of perform ! _ni { . The quantity of tea she _brousht was

      1 , 8 & 4 . 74 S : K , of -which there were 1 , 277 . 5 G 6 ib . of congou , and 4 U 6 , b 65 ib . of twankay , with smaller proportions of other descriptions . Most fortunately for the insurance-offices and _underwriters in this country , their _ritk 3 upon this vessel do not include more than from £ 14 , 000 to £ 15 , 000 , of the £ 195 . 000 for which , it iB said , she is insured , tbe Indian effioes _, that is to say , the insurance-offices of Calcutta and Bombay , being responsible for at least £ 150 , 060 to £ 180 . # 00 of tbe entire amount This mishap , witb those reported from the Cape of Good Hope on Saturday , and others wbich have occurred on tbe coast during tbe late severe weather , have , in a material degree , depressed the feelings of parties connected with our shipping interest The London insurance-offices , and also tbe underwriters , have suffered by tbe loss of tbe _Abercrsmbie Robinson and the Waterloo , but , we are assured , not to any serious extent

      The following letters have been received at Lloyd ' s from their agents : —

      " To Wm . Dobeon , Esq , Secretary at Lloyd's . * 'Boulogne-sur-Mer , Nov . 12 . . " Sir , —It Ifl our painful duty to appri » yeu of the total loss of the Reliance , 1 . 500 tons burthen , Thomas Green , commander , wbich vessel came on the coast of Merlimont last night , and went to pieces tbis morning . She left Canton on the Tth of May , with a cargo of teas . We regret to add that only about eight or ten , out et 122 persons composing tha crew and passengers , have been saved . The last express we received from the coast does not give much information respecting the turvivtrs ; we '

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      only know that ths ship ' s carpenter is saved , and It is . from him that the ship ' s name was _ascertained . The oth _^ . r survivors are men of colour . The English . consul has just _proceeded to tbeir assistance . There wero on boarJ , 75 Ent _, li 8 hmen , 27 Chinese , and 20 Dutchmentotal , 122 .- ' " Boulogne-sur-Mer , Nov . 13 . " Sir—By advices just received from the coast , we are informed tbat tha names of the survivors are Robert Dxon ( the carpenter ) , W . O'Neill , of Kingstown , Ireland ; Johan Anderson , of Laurvig , Norway ; Charles Batts , of Dantz . c ; aud threo Malays . The body of Captain Green has been identified by the carpenter ; also that of the fourth mate _> Griffin ) , and a seaman . Their remains wiil be conveyed here , where they will receive tbe right of Christian burial . Captain Tucker , late commander of her Majesty ' s ship Iris , is among the drowned ; everything is being done for the benefit of the owners of the vessel .

      " Tho services received from the horse soldiers Ifl in every way efficient *• We are , < feo ., ( Signed ) " A . Adams and Co . " LATEST PARTICULAKS . By the General Steam Navigation Company ' s ship Mairnet , which left Boulogne on Monday morning , and arrived at London-bridge Wharf , at eight o ' clock on _Wednesday night , some additional particulars have been brought relative to tbe mplBncholy loss of the above vessel off Merlimnut _, about thirty miles from Boulogne , on Saturday morning last , when , out of a crew numbering 120 persona , six only were saved . It appears that tho Reliance left Canton on the 7 th of May

      with a cargo of 27 , 000 chests of tea , having , as the Boulogr _. e Gazelle of Monday states , 35 Lascars and 85 while persona on board . It is stated that at th _^ _s time the R-. liance struck the wind was fair , and it is inferred from this tbat those in command could not have seen tt . e land , the vessel going on shore about two o ' clock , a . m . Among those saved are—Robert Dixon , carpenter ; W . O'Neill , of _Kbgatovrn , Ireland ; Johan Anderson , of Laurvig , Norway ; Charles _Bivtts ( not Butts , aa _atated in the evening papers ) , of Dintzic , and three Malays . Amongst the pa « sen _? era drowned ( six in number ) , the body of Captain Tucker , late of her Majesty ' s ship Iris , and who went on hoard at St _Helena , _ba- < been washed ou shore and identified , as also that of Mr . Giifliu , the fourth mate .

      _Oue of _Lloyd ' s agents states the number on board to have been as follows : —75 _Englishmen , 27 Chinese , and 20 Dutchmen . The scene of horror and confusion which reigned on board , uutil daylight , is described by tbe survivors aa of the most awful character , though little buyond the manner in wbich the crew and passengers lost their lives bas at present transpired . The confusion and ttrror _consequent _upou the suddenness with which the vessel struck waB such , that no orders on tbo part of tbe ship ' s _i _fficer 3 were _attended to , and some time elapsed before signals of _distress could bo fired . These signals ccutinued to be made until daylight , but without any < ff-ot , no boats having put off to the vessel . The Bou l ogne Gazette says : — " There was no means of

      aff > r'Hii _£ tho least assistance ; " but _whether this arose from thu state of the tide , the nature of tho shore on which she struck , or the abs'T . ce of life-boats , or other ordinary modes _adapted on such occasions , is not given . As soon as the day broke and the coast was discerned , it was determined to hoist out the boats . This was quickly _iiccomplished , but the longboat was immediat < ly swamped by tbe breakers , and the others , from being overloaded , went down within a short distance of tbe vessel . The Captain remained on board to the last moment , and went down whi ' e near tbe carpenter , who reached the shore In safety . Many bodies had been washed on tbe beaeb , some of tbem _Bhowinj" symptoms of life ; but although every medical attention was promptly rendered , none of them were restored .

      Tbe scene on the beach was of the most _extraordinary description from the r . umher of cheBts of tea which came ashore when the ship broke up . It was ebb-tide when the vessel struck ; but before daylight tbe sea wa- fliwing fast , and at ten o ' clock she was a perfect wreck . Out of 27 800 chests on board , only 1 . 386 have yet been saved , and these are all much damaged by the sea wat * r . The Reliance was owned by Messrs . Mann and T' . mlyn , of 8 t . _MichaePs-alley , Cornhlll _; the latter of whom left London for _Mrrlimont by the Boulogne steamer ou Monday nigbt Another vessel , laden with wine , was wrecked on S itnrday night in the Bale d'Autbie , and four of the crew drowned .

      Shipwreck.—On Wednesday Morning, Between...

      Shipwreck . —On Wednesday morning , between three and four o ' clock , the ship William , Capt . Houston , while on her passace from Gloucester to tbis port , was totally wrecked _atKilcbattan Bay , Isle of Bute , while In the act of wearing , during a heavy storm . When the vessel struck , her owner , Mr . T . Hamlin , a gentleman of extensive nautical experience , told the alarmed c . ewtokeep calm and collected , in which case there was a fair prospect of their lives being saved , whereas , should their terrors lead to confusion , their dangers weuld be greatly increased . Tho advice was attended to by the major part of the crew , but two of them , in spite of every _reinonstrauce , lowered themselves overboard ou wbat seemed from the ship to be dry rocks ; but by this step they only met the fate tbey sought to

      _sbuu , tbe boisterii . g surge into which they dropped having Trashed tbem hick , and carried them under tbe ship ' s bottom , where no _assistance could be rendered tbem by those on the wreck . Thu rest of tbe crew , after remaining on board with great difficulty till the morr / ing broke , the sea during the night washing over them , and tbe _i-hlp rapidly going to pieces , were enabled to land on the receding of the tide . By the time they bad left her she waa a complete wreck , little remaining bnt the deck . The master was a good deal bruised , and the mate had hi 3 hand seriously injured Mr . Hamlin and the crew were much exhausted by the severity of the weather , but were , with one exception ,

      uninjured . One old man was saved with much difficulty , as from tbe cold be had become quite benumbed . Mr . Hamlin speaks In the highest terms of the kind attention be , bis officers , aud crew experienced from Mr . _M'Dougall , farmer in the vicinity of where the wreck took place , and of the ready aid he afforded them , which was tbe means especially of Baving tbe life of the old mm above alluded to . He also sent his carts to save any property of value whioh might come ashore . The severity of the gale which proved fatal to the William may be judged of by tbe fact that she was blown from Piadda to Cumbrae , a distance of twenty-one miles , under bare poles , in somewhat lesa than two hours . —Greenock Advertiser ,

      Loss of the Ship Middlesex . —To the many losses of valuable ships lately reported , has now to ba added the Middlesex , bound from Sydney for London . Sne was driven on shore near _Moccio , to the southward of Pernambuco , and soon became almost a total wreck . The crew and passengers were saved , and are now on tbeir passage to London on board tho Columbus , which sailed from Pernambuco ou the 6 th ultimo .

      A Man On Fire —Some Time Ago A Married M...

      A Man on Fire —Some time ago a married man , not far from Crieff , was attacked with rheumatism in his breast and back , when be was advised by a female doctor in the neighbourhood to rub his body over with turpentine before going to bed , and in the monrng he would find himself perfectly cured . Accordingly , he ordered his wife one night to rub the upper parts of his body all over with turpentine , and while in the ac of doing so she accidentally allowed the candle which she had in her hand to come in contact with the turpentine ; the consequence was , that his body got all in a blaze . The woman shrieked , when one of the household rushed into the room and wrapped a bed cover over the man s body , aud _extinguished the flames . He was confined for some time afterwards , but is now domg well . —Perth Courier .

      The Brazils . —The Swift packet from Brazils has arrived at Falmouth , bringing advices from Kio Janeiro to the I 6 ; h September . Those from Rio fully confirm the previous accounts as to the extinction of the die-orders in Minas Geraes . The rebels , as a last effort , had collected all their _forces in the neighbourhood of Santa Luzia , where they wero attacked and completely defeated on the 20 th of Aug . by the Imperial troops under Baron Caxias , leaving a great number of killed and wounded on the field , and blO prisoner ? , amongst whom was Senhor

      Ottond . Tne others ; fled before the action commenced . A movement had taken place in the provinces of Ciara and Pernambuco , which was immediately put down . So that by the prompt and energetic measures of the Government , followed by the z : al and ability of the Commander-in-Chief and his colleagues , with the firmness and courage of the Government troops , tranquillity and order were completely restored . The elections in the hitherto disturbed provinces had been fixed for the ICth of October .

      Escape from the Kendal House of Correction . —At the last Westmoreland Quarter Sessions , held a few weeks since , a female of the name of Mary Kirkpatrick was sentenced to be transported for seven year ? , for a robbery committed upon the person of J . Robinson . After her sentence she was sent back to the Kendal House of Correction , to await the period when her sentence should be fully _owrried into execution . Up to Thursday last her behaviour had been good j but on tbat evening , about eight o ' clock , she succeeded in getting to the top of the prison wall ( which is of great height ) , by means which aro at present a myste thence she

      ry ; had endeavoured to descend by tying together her apron and some pieces of blanket ; but these " _*" i , had eitner slipped from the place to which they were attached , or had broken , and the prisoner was precipitated to the ground with a heavy crash . Her right leg was most serionslv shattered , and a portion ofthe bone below the ancle was severed , and found in the road near to where the fall took place . Notwithstanding this , however , she contrived to crawl to the house of a Mrs . Stephenson , in Union-buildings ( a distance of about 500 yards ) , at which place , at about eleven o ' clock at night , she was retaken by _police-sereeant _Hutnli .

      inson , who immediatel y conveyed her back to prison , and procured _su-gical assistance . Mr . Fawcett , the governor of the prison , was from home with transport ? .

      A Man On Fire —Some Time Ago A Married M...

      _Wholesale Infanticide .- — Tha _adjourned inquiry into the- mysterious and horrible cases of wholesale child murder at Ruardean , in the Forest of'Dean , the particulars of which we published last ' week , was resumed on-Wednesday last , before Mr . John Cooke , coroner , and in the presence of several of the magistrates of the district . The evidence adduced was similar to that to which wo adverted last woek , and no new f ' aotibf a material nature transpired . The jury expressed an opinion that if further time were allowed , additional eyidehco might probably bo _obtained , and the inquest ; was consequently adjourned till Wednesday next j the I 6 _* , h inst . In tha mean time , Thomas Yapp continues in custod y , and a policeman also remains in tho bouse where tho tragedy wa ? committed , in order to take charge ofthe woman ( Frances Bennett ) , who continues in the same siate of ill-health which we reported last week . —Gloster Journal .

      Melancholy Occurrence . —On Tuesday , 26 tb ult ., an _occurrence of a most painful nature took place between Kishorn and Applccroas . A young man , passing on a visit to his parents from tho former to the latter place , was unable , owing to the fall of anew that had taken place during the - ' night , to proceed by tho way that crosses over the 'op of the hill . Taking a byway which leads from the end of Loch Kishorn to the farm of _Arighriseaoh , from whence , lie thought , he would soon reach his father ' s , as he

      was passing ho went to a house at _Russel to warm himself , being completely benumbed v / itii cold . Tho hospitable occupants of the house entreated of him to remain a few days till the road would be passable , hut nosoliciiatiors would prevail upon htm to wait . The _Weather * , instead of clearing up , became more and moro boisterous , and tho young _msn , unable to reach " _Bholtp ' r , _w-- ; ' not heprd of again till th / - Saturday following , when id ' s body was found by-some _shepherds at some distance from any path . Caledonian Mercury .

      _Mystkiuous Circumstance- _—Plymouth , Nov . 14 . —Ou . Friday evening , between six and seven o ' clock , John Burt , a deaf and dumb lad , wont , to the Lambhay Point . to observe the state of the weather , it being the intention of his master , the skipper of a trawler to go to fiea the next morning , should the weather bo favourable . After remaning there a short time , he returned in a very agitated state , and by his gestures and entreati' _-d induced a boatman to go back with him to the Point , explaining by tho way , in a manner intelligible to those who knew him , that some person had jumped overboard . The boatmen , however , could perceive no indications of such an event , and thia caused still more dkirusg to tho poor boy . He afterwards informed his father ,

      an honest fisherman , that while _staudmg on tho point he observed a _strange young man , about twenty years of age , in a retired part , _apparency watching until the place should be deserted . The stranger then took his watch from his waistcoat pocket , observed tho time , replaced it , and , first gazing intently on the moon , thrust his hands firmly in his _sido pockets , ran down the slope , jumpod on a low wall , and fell lace downwards on the _s * eep rocks , upon the edge of whieh the wall is built . The boy _» Burt immediately leapt upon tho wall , aud _clambering down the rocks went half into the water , and was just in time to seize the other by the

      collar of the coat , i ho suicide , whose forehead 1 and cheeks were bleeding profusely , gnashed his teeth at his intended preserver , and with a menacing aspect compelled him to desist from his humane endeavours lest his own life should be forfeited in the con _' est . The stranger sank near the rocks , rose again out of reach , sank once more , and then disappeared . He was dressed in a peaked cap with a leather strap boueath tho chin , a pilot coat , aud black trousers , and wore a silver guard to his watch . Boatmen have been since employed creeping for the body , but hitherto without success , and from the inequality of the ground it is not likely to be recovered until the tides fall off .

      _Forth leach Prison . —The inquiry commenced at Northleach on Monday last ; the commissoners are Mr . Rogers , the _Q'leen ' s counsel ; a medical man of eminence ; and two inspectors of prisons : they are assisted by Mr . Gurney . Twenty-nine of tho prisoners at present in confinement were examined on Monday ; all the witnesses examined before the late inquest on Beale were re-examined on Tuesday and Wednesday ; and after the case was finished , other witnesses were examined as to the alleged insufficiency of diet , and other privations . Afier finishing at Northleach , the commissioners proceed to tho other prisons of tho county . At the usual meeting of the Cheltenham Board of Guardians on Thursday last , the " clerk read two communications from the commissioners , _requesting assistance in the investigation . — Cheltenham Journal .

      Blackwood and the Course of Safety . —If . we picture in our minds the instruments at the beck and call of the" Pany in power , " we muBt confess them to form a rather imposing array . Liars and Lawyers , aro plenty in the ranks . In the _background we have an indefinite quantity of those " veiled prophets" of destruction who aim at earning secret service money . Foremost , however , appear the men —of talent , but not of honesty—attached by interest to the corps ;—these are the mouth-pieces of the _mitrhty whole—these have the execrable ta _« k assigned them of making the worse appear the better cause . These wield the pen in carving out fallacies and probabilities into the "little stars" to deck the Tory heaven withal . These are the keen debaters in

      the House and out of it , in whom sophistry supplies the place ' of common sense . Were an indifferent spectator to behold the congregated mass labouring in their vineyard he might applaud nuch industry . Let him lift up the veil , and then indeed be may wonder at the . activity of demons .. He would know that the i nf ernal regions cannot produce such busy emissaries of evil , as tho Tories might do on earth , When a Tory clique assumed primary influence , we were prepared to see them take their stand , hurling defiance at just principles and the people ' s liberties . We knew they would bring to this foul work , all the insolence of power-rail the effiontery induced by a long course of infamy . Tory tactics we were at no loss to know how to characterize even before they

      were developed . We knew what bitter fruit would spring from such a tree . Holding the consciences and hearts of the creatures composing this clique at a most cheap rate—considering bo * h equally callous and degraded—we cannot feel surprise at all that has been dons . Wo were confident that the sunshine of office would exert its influence ou Tory spawn , and that corrupt and unseemly things must arise and defile the political horizon . This we'felt to be a natural consequence—and a "necessary evil" in the progress of a great people to a _better " state of _things . " Yet wo must oonfess that even we were unprepared to hear what ail obscure writer in a Tory Magazine should be first to utter in advising the party what yet they should do . We have now to speak

      particularly of one only ofthe "foreraott men in this * huge world of ours . " That ono we have already alluded to as a writer in the Tory organ , known as Black ( rood ' s Magazine . Had this scribe sought an immortality of infamy "' there need but have been appended hiswnme to his production . For when we say that he has ushered forth an effusion matchless _as a specimen of Tory malignity—that he trumpets forth openly , undisguisedly Tory policy—we know that our readers correctly estimate the authorand his labours—that the one is shameless , and that both are infamous . In an article iu the October number of Blackwood are these words _;— " Tho course of safety is as plain as the course of danger . Democracy must not be tampered with ; it must not be trampled on .

      It must be an open , unhesitating , uncompromising resistance . The man in Parliament who avows himself a Democrat ought to be instantly driven out , by impeachment . The man who in print dares to insult the ears of England with the doctrine , ought to bo instantly sent to take his trial at tho Old Bailey The dootrine should be declared to be treason , and the teacher punished as a traitor . The mau who attempts to poison the rabble with this most deadly of nostrums , _outiht to be instantly Bent to work out his guilty . life in chains at the Antipodes ! " Let . us examiue this— " the course of _satety I" For whom 1 For the revellers iu iniquity—the drunken with power—would be , as this luminous scribe expresses it , to " trample on Democracy ! " What men dare in

      exercising and insulting tho patience of fellow men we know that Tories dare . And even they cannot " trample" utterly " ondemocracy . " It scorns their utmost efforts backed by a myriad of such things as this wretched magazine scribbler . But let us examine _' the question . The " course of _safety" to all would be to yield with decency justice to tho millions to whom justice has been denied . The " course of safety" would be to invest a great people with the _rights which they have nover forfeited , although so long witheld from them . The " course of safety" for any party ruling the destinies of . England would be to give-Democracy its just weight in the political balance _^—to merge all tne iniquitous considerations of party in one earnest desire to do justice to the people who too loBg have been trampled on and

      abused ; The only " course of safety" to the party now inpower is to rrjeot the _eounsollings of all wbo so far outrage humanity as to rave forth such bloodthirstiness , and bo eager to dabble in _bloodguiltiness as this detestable "Blackwood ' s" politician . To meet the " principles of Democracy with an open , unhesitating , and uncompromising resistance , " would now be to involve this country in one quick ruin—would be to blot it forth from among the nations . This all partisans , not utterly blinded by "thick-coming fancies" of blood-shedding , know and feel ; they tremble at the brink of that gulph which a paltry , despicable , and dishonest scribbler in a _Toiy Magazine would urge them to kap into , dragging with them a nation thatyet ahould be ,--for within her bosom are the elements to make

      her—•' Great , glorious , and free 1 " We have much more to say upon the subject , but will leave the extract we have made for the contemplation of our readers a brief space . _Withns they will agree , that this Tory malignant may have his equal in a Lord Chief Baron Abinger , though it would be hard to match him any other upon the earth . — English Chartist Circular .

      A Man On Fire —Some Time Ago A Married M...

      Mexico and _Tkxas . — ( From the New Yok Herald )—Tne bark Eugenia , Briscoe , _arrived on Saturday night froru V era Cruz , ha , vmg sailed _fro-a that port on the lGtb ult . In this vessel have arrived , as passengers _, the celebrated Col . Almonte , who was in the battle of San Jacinto—and also his brother , accompanied by a suite of aides and officers . A large amount of specie belonging to ¦ Mexicans , part probably to the government , has also come , consigned to the commercial house of --4 argons and Co . By this vessel we have private intelligence , and private correspondence from Vera-Cruz and Mexico , of the highest importance to Texas , and the future destiny of that country . We bave now certain and positive information on which we can rely that the

      Mexican government , or rather Santa Anna , wiil soon invade TexaSj if she is not already invaded , by a large army and navy , both by sea and land—the army to be led by British officers—and the navy tho samo . The Mexican fleet already numbers three iron steamers , two gun brigs , and three schooners . This expedition was organised in London , under the patronage of tho Mexican _merchants and landholders in that quarter . The force already in motion will be sufficient to overwhelm Texas , aud to drive every Texan out ' of that smiiing land . The Texan navy , at tho last accounts , wis laid up and useless for want of funds . Tho Mexican Eavy is in full

      force _^—with three iron steamers , and plenty of men and ammunition to co-operate with their army . We expect that a _deoisive blow will soon be levelled at the independence of Texas . Tbe arrival of Colonel Almonte , as Mexican minister in this cuunrry , is probably intended to preserve the peace of ' the United States of the north and Mexico . Almonte is a man of superior tilents , great address , perfectly acquainted with our language aad institutions . The British ascendency in Mexico is now complete . Unless the French and American governments interfere , the existence of Texas as a nation is gone for over . Nothing can save the new republic but such an intervention . Will it be extended to the

      Anglo-Saxon race in Texas 1 We 11 see . On the whole , we begin to see some mighty results growing out of this new invasion of Texas . Will it not h * ad to a union between Franoe and the United States to prevent England and Mexico from destroying an independent republic on this continent 1 May not the attempt to anuihilate _T-sxas . lead the great maritime powers into a war on the ocean ? Are we not iu the begiuaing of a new crisis in human nffiirs ?

      Quarterly Balance Sheet Of The Metropoli...

      QUARTERLY BALANCE SHEET OF THE METROPOLITAN DELEGATE MEETING . COMMENCING AUG . 1 st , ENDING OCT . 31 st , 1842 . receipts .. £ _s . d St . Pancras ... 0 2 6 Carpenter ' s Arms , Brick-lane ... ... 0 5 0 Buck's Head ... 0 0 , 0 Globe Fields ... ... — — 0 7 0 Finsbury ... •• 0 0 0 City of London ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 Brompton and Knightsbridge 0 8 4 i Albion , Shoreditch 0 6 6 Shoemaker ' s , Foley-placo ... ... 0 8 4 Limehouso ... ••• 0 0 , 0 Somer ' s Town ... 0 7 6

      Hatters , Brown Bear ... ... 0 7 0 Westminster .. ... ... 0 1 9 West End Teetotallers 0 2 6 Shoemakers , Golden-lane 0 17 4 Tailors , Three Doves ... 0 4 . 0 Shoemakers , Clock House ... ... 0 9 6 Ros _** and Crown , Camberwcll 0 7 6 Chelsea # ... ... _<•• ••¦ 0 0 0 Hammersmith .. 000 Lambeth , China Walk ... — ... 0 11 6 Teetotallers , Britannia 0 5 0 Bermondsey , Ship Inn ... . ... .... 0 5 0 Carpenters , Rock localHy 0 1 . 10 A _Bloomsbury , Horn of Plenty 0 2 6 Britannia , St . George ' s East ... ... 0 3 8 Marylebone ... ... 0 7 -0 Islington ( new locality ) ... ... ... 0 0 0 Newington , ditto ... ... 0 00 .

      Walworth , ditto ••• ••• 0 0 0 Horns , Bermondsey , ditto ... ... 0 0 0 Lambeth , Ycuth _? , ditto ... ... 0 0 0 Receipts , Collection Books ... ... 0 9 4 . Donation , Messrs . Caughlon aud Wilson , of Stratford ... ¦ " ¦ ... ' ... — 0 5 0 Collected at public meeting on Aug . 16 th 0 8 6 Ditto at the Clock House ... ... 0 8 1 _J Ditto at Walworth ... 0 2 0 Ditto at St . Pancras ... ... ... 0 3 0 By tie sale of tracts ... ... — - 0 1 0

      £ 8 18 3 _£ expenditure . £ s . d . Rent of _Hali 55 , Old Bailey for the quarter ... 16 0 „ Two extra nights ... 0 6 0 „ Salary of Secretary ... 019 . 6 * „ Postage , stationery , & o .... 0 10 5 August 14 Public meetings at Stepney to 22 . and Islington . Green ... 2 13 . 6 . „ Paddington , & Kensington MeetiBg , cab-hire , & c ... 0 4 6

      „ Pin lactory meeting ... 0 6 . 0 . „ Printing addresses , paper , < feo . in connection with the above meetings ... 0 16 0 September jVan at , the Watford meeting 0 5 , 0 Oct . 30 . 200 _subscription books ... 14 0 „ TSeal for delegate meeting ... 0 5 . 0 , , Sealing wax , parchment , & c . 0 3 , 6 Total expenditure ... £ 8 19 5 Oct . 31 . Total receipt ... ... 8 18 ' 3 i „ Balance against delegate —— — - meeting ... ... £ Q 1 J . j DEBTS DUE TO THE DELEGATE MEETING . Sixty-seven subscription books ... 0 11 2 Seventy-fire books in hand ... 0 12 6

      £ 1 3 8 Debt due by delegate meeting ... ... 0 1 _li Balance in favour of ditto ... ... . ' £ 1 2 6 _j Audited and found correct . James Knight . J . Geobge Dbon .

      Important Meeting At Birmingham Election...

      IMPORTANT MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO THE COMPLETE SUFFRAGE CONFERENCE . ' According to public announcement , a public meeting waa held at the Saloon of the Mechanics' Institute , Great Charles-street , on Monday , at one o ' clock . At the time for commencing business , Messrs . Sturge . Collins , O'Neill , and the Revs . —— Levan , and H . Hutton , made their appearance on the platform . Mr . Saunders , an active member of the National Charter Ausociation , moved that Mr . John Follows ,, of Monmouth-street , should take the chair , and made an excellent speech on the occasion , pointing ont the duty of the working classes on the present important occasion . Mr . John Baubatt , of _Whitt-ill-Btreet , seconded tbe mot-on . The Rev . Swan moved , aa an amendment , that Mr . Joseph Sturge take the chair .

      The Rev . HUGH _KiJtton seconded th « _amendment , and made a speech , in which be stated they bad . not assembled on that occasion to discuss the Charter , as stated by a previous speaker—( cries of " We know that" ) He delivered a long tirade in favour of free trade principleSi which created an ill feeling , in . the midst of which he was oblised to retire . Mr . Geokgk White , who bad only been released from Warwick on the preceding Thursday , now stepped forward , and was received with loud cheers by tbe working men . He said , he hoped tbat on that occasion

      their proceedings would be conducted with the most perfect good spirit There was no need for clamour or uproar , as every person present bad tbe right of voting . He _tri-Bted their proceedings would ba characterised by _frairness and impartiality , and that they would elect men in whom they could place implicit confidence . A simple proposition was before the meeting , whether they would elect Mr . John Follows or Mr . Joseph StHrge . ( Pat them White ! Put them White !) Mr . White tben proceeded to take the sense of the meeting , and declared Mr . Sturge to be elected as chairman .

      Mr . Joseph _Stuuge then took the chair , amidst loud cheers . After reading the advertisement calling the meeting , he said , the reason they were obliged to meet there was , that tbey bad been refused the use of the Town Hall . He hoped thoy would give him credit for honesty until they found him to be otherwise ; and concluded by calling upon the Secretary , to Tead the addresses issued by the Complete Suffrage Association , explaining the objects for whioh the Conference was called . Mr . Allbright moved that six delegates be now elected to sit on the National Conference to meet on the 27 th of December . Mr . J . C . Pebbt _seconded it , which was carried unanimously . Mr . A . O'Neil moved a resolution , containing tbe form of election . He mid fee hoped each party , aa well the National Charter Association as the Complete Suffrage Union , would be equally represented .

      The motion was seconded by Mr . Josia 3 Pumphbet , and carried unanimously . Mr . Saundebs then addressed the meeting . He said he had an individual to propose whom he knew would object to tbe free-trade nostrums they had heard read by the Secretary In the addressee of the Complete Suffrage Association . After some pithy remarks , he _concluded by moving Mr . George White aa a fit and proper person to represent the working men in the proposed Conference . Mr . J . Babbatt seconded tbe proposition , which * - » _as received with loud cheers .

      Important Meeting At Birmingham Election...

      Mr . John Collins moved , and Mr . _M 02 GAN _seondtd Mr . Frauds Parkes . Mr . W . Parkes said , he bad an individual to propose , who hal always mude a determined stand _aj _-ainst tyranny , one who had sacrificed more in the cause than any other man , one whom they had often seen and well knew , and he bad only to mention his name to ensure their general approbation . He had the honour of proposing Feargus O'Connor , Erq " . —( tremendous cheers , long continued J . Mr . George _Richabdson , a veteran Chartist , _aeconded it . The _Riv . Hugh Huiton moved the name of Mr . Joseph Corbett Mr . Charles Steward , of the National Charter Association , moved , and Mr . S . Linden seconded Mr . John Follows , hairdresser , Monmouth-street . Mr . J . C . _'PerbY moved Mr . Winfleld , a member of the Town Council .

      Mr . E Tati . oR , printer , _Steelhouse-lane , moved , snd Mr Chir > man , seconded , Mr . Walter Thorn . Mv . Allbright moved , aud Mr . Tau em an Christian Chartist _© rinter . seconded , Mr . O Neil . Mr . A . FUSSELL of the _National Charter Association , moved , and Mr . JoSErH OXFORD seconded Mr . Smith Ii'nden . Mr Cooper , Secretary of the Complete _Suffc-ge Union , moved , and Mr Goderich seconded Mr . Field , Town Councillor , for Deritcnd Ward . Mr . HaWKES . Town Councillor for the same ward , was also pr _iDosed . ' _.- ' , >„ ¦ ¦ . ¦' . '¦ . Mr . NisbEtt , ofthe mtion 3 l Chatter Association , moved , and Mr . _AUbris-ht , of tbe Complete Suffrage Union . ' seconded Mr . Horsley , cabinet maker , Steelhouse-lane . . . The votes were tben taken , when the followin g persons were declared by the chairman to be dulj

      elected . 'Feargus O'Connor , E _? _q . „ National Charter Association . . . _George White . National Charter Association . ; _J-5-bn . _ilor-iley . _National Charter Association . John Follows National Charter Association . Francis P . _trkes . _Chrbtiun Chartist Arthur O'Nciil , Christian Chartist . A vote of thanks was moved to the chairman for his upright condHct # ; Mr . GrOROE White supported the motion . He said he felt bound in justice to his own _feelings to return his thanks tothe ' _meeting for the confidence they had placed

      in him . He felt pleasure in seeing the good feeling which prevailed tbat day , and in witnessing the noble and determiaed conduct of the working men . The party with whom he actttl had been denounced an physical force men , _firebrands , and incendiaries ' , but thty had now _j-i' -en proof that they were upright and honorable men , ami as actions spoke louder than words he twisted the public would ju _

      The Chairman returned thanks and the meeting dispersed . AU patties declared that it was one of the best conducted _meetings ever witnessed in Birmingham , aad will prove to the ChartiBts of England the sterling honesty and determination of their brethren in this town .

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      33 anuvum _£ _> _xc

      From The London Gazette Of Friday, Nov. ...

      From the London Gazette of Friday , Nov . 11 . bankrupts . Chailes Yand ' le and George Field , Beaumont-street , Marylebone , _conchmakers _, to surrender Nov . 21 , at 12 o'clock , and Dec . 23 , at 11 , at the Bankrupts' Court Solicitor , Mr . Wells , Percy-street , Bedford-square ; official assignee . Mr . _Alsager , Bircbin-Iane . Robert Steuart , Santa Fe de Bogoto , New Granada , manufacturer of artificial _granite , Nov . 29 , at twelve o ' clock , and _Dsc 23 , at 11 , at the _Bankrupt ' s Court : solicitor , Mr . Lane , Argyle-street ; official assignee , Mr . Green , AblermanbuTy . Henry Bundey , Portland-town , builder , Nov . 22 . at twelve o ' clock , Dec . 23 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts ' Court : solicitors , Messrs . Gray and Berry , Groveplace , _Lisson-grove ; official assignee , Mr . _Johnsan , _Basinehall-Btreet .

      George James Marshall and William Charles Hall , Wood-street , Cheapside , woollen warehousemen , Nov . 22 , at twelve o ' clock , and Dec . 23 , at eleven , at the Binkrnpts' Court : _salicitors , Messrs . Tan _Ssndau and Cummlnf ? , King-street , Cheapside ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick _' splace , Old _Jowry . Stuart Ray , Duke-street , St James ' s , bookbinder , Nov . 22 . at one o ' clock , and Dec . 23 , at twelve , atthe Bankrupts' Court : solicitors , Messrs . Wri « ht aud Co ., Golden-square ; official assignee , Mr . Groom , Abchurch-lane . Richard James Webb , Piccadilly , tailor , Nov . 24 , at half-past ' tenv-o'clock _, and Dec . 23 , at twelve , atthe Bankrupts' Court : solicitor , Mr . Bod man , Queen * street , Cheapside ; official assignee , Mr . Pennell .

      Hannah Charlton , Regent-street , milliner , Nov . 19 , at h ; ilf-past ten o ' clock , and Doc . 23 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitor , Mr . Parker , St Paul ' s Churchyard ; official assignee , Mr . Graham , BasiDghallstreet . ¦ ¦ _-. " . " Gaorge Talbot Knowles , Stockport and Manchester , cotton spinner , Dec 7 and-23 , at two o ' clock , at the _Commisaloriers"Rooms , Manchester : solicitors , Messrs . Baxter , Lincoln ' _s-lnn ; and Messrs . Sale and Worthington . Manchester . Thomas Bartholomew Fehr , Dudley , wine-merchant , Nov . 29 , and Dec . 23 , at two o ' clock , at the Waterloe Rooms , Birmingham : solicitors , Messrs . Holme , Loftus , and Young , New Inn ; Messrs . Bourne and _Wainwrigbt , Dudley : and Mr . Bartleet , Birmingham .

      Richard Lindon , Marlborough , Devonshire , corn factor , Nov . 24 , and Dec . 23 , at eleven o clock , at the Royal Hotel , Plymouth : solicitors , Messrs . Weymouth and Green , Cateaton-street ; and Mr . Hurrell , King 8 bridge . Edward Briggs Robinson , Nottingham , printer , Dec 9 and 23 , at twelve o ' clock , at the George IV . Inn , Nottingham : solicitors , Messrs . Johnson , Son , and Weatherall , Temple ; and Mr . Bowley , Nottingham .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Arnold and Sou , Liverpool , booksellers . Hodge and Thompson , _Thirsk , Yorkshire , curriers . A . and M . Robertson , Darwin and Manchester , scourers . R . and T . _Sutcliffe , Halifax and Manchester , cotton-spinners .

      From The Gazette Of Tuesday, Nov. 17. Ba...

      From the Gazette of Tuesday , Nov . 17 . BANKRUPTS . William _Cipon , hatter , New Bond-street , Middlesex , to surrender Nov . 24 , at twelve , and Dec . 27 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Binkruptcy , Basinghali-street Whitmore , official assignee , Basinghali-street ; solicitor , Sniithi Bedford-row , Holborn , London . Joseph _Vanderlyn , tailor , Houndsditch , Nov . 22 , at twelve , and Dae . 13 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghali-street . Gibson , official assignee , Basinghali-street ; solicitor , Huson , Old Jewry , London . James Norris Chapman , licenced victualler , Upper HoUoway _, Middlesex , Nov . 24 , at eleven , and Dec 16 , at ten , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghalistreet . Gibson , official assignee , Basinghali-street ; solicitor , _Scatt , St . Mildred ' s-court , London .

      James Crambrook , draper , Deal , Nov . 18 , and Dae . 20 , at eleven , atthe Court of Bankruptcy , _Baslnghallstr-tt . Edward , official assignee , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry , ; solicitor . Soles , Aldermanbury , and Turner , King-street , Cheapside , London . Thomas J ; icomb Lancaster , merchant , Barge-yard , Bucklersbury , Nov , 24 , at one , and Deo , 13 , at _elewn , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghali-street Gorden , official assignee , Aldermanbury ; solicitors , Wilde , Raes , Humphreys , and Co ., College Hill , London . Duncan Smith , merchant , Bucklersbury , Nov . 23 , at twelve , and Dec . 27 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , _Basioi-hall-Btreet . Lackington , official assignee , Coleman-street-buildings ; solicitor , Turner and Hensman , Batlng-lane , Bread-street , London .

      John Ashworth , worsted manufacturer , Rochdale , Lav . & wbire , Nov . 25 , and Dec . 27 , at eleven , at the _Commissioners ' _-rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Ciarkeand _Merlcilfe , _Linealn ' _s-inn-fields , London ; Whitehead , Rochdale . Thomas Brennand , linen draper , Blackburn , Dec . 7 and 27 , at eleven , at the Town-hall , Preston . Solicitors , Bentley , Brick-court , Temple , London ; Robinson , Blackburn . George Souter , japanner , Birmingham , Nov . 25 and Dec . 27 , at twelve , at the Waterloo-rooms , _Birmingh-un . . Solicitors , Vincent and Sherwood , King ' s Bench-walk , Inner Temple , London ; Hodgson , Birmingham . John Hepworth , _woollen-draper , NewMalton , York _« shire , Nov . 30 and Dec . 27 , at twelve , at the Guildhall , York . Solicitors , Smithson and Mitton , _Southampton-bulldlDgs , Chancery-lane , London ; Smithson , Malton .

      John Grant , baker , Bristol , Nov . 25 , and Dec 27 , at twelve , atthe Bristol District Conrt of Bankruptcy . Solicitors , White and Whltemore , Bedford-row , London ; Bevans . Bristol . Joseph Suffolk , bridle cutter , Birmingham , Nov . 24 , and Dec . 20 , at twelve , at the _Binrnngharn District Court of Bankruptcy ; Christie , official assignee , Birmingham ; solicitor , Harrison , Birmingham . William Collingf , baker , Devonport , Nov . 29 , and Deo . 37 , at theKoyal Hotel , Plymouth . Solicitors , Galsworthy and Nicholls , _Cook' s-court , Lincoln ' s Inn , London ; Chapman , Devonport Thomas Frith , shoe manufacturer , Stafford , Nov . 25 , and Dec . 27 , at eleven , at the Swan Inn , Staff ord . Solicitors , _Gladstane , New-inn , Strand , London ; Seekerson and Bell , Stafford .

      Joseph Lindon , merchant , Plymouth , Nov . 19 , » _n--Dae . 20 , at the Court of Bankruptcy for the _Errf- * _District , at eleven . Solicitors , Surr , Lombard-strt _**' London ; Edmonds , or Elwortby , Plymouth-William Street , grocer , Rlckingball iuperior , S _»" folk , Dec 16 and 27 , at eleven , at the Globe Inn , Bury St . Edmunds . Solicitors , Gudgeon , Stownrarket ; Walter and Pemberton , Symond ' _s-inn , _Cbancery-laxi _0 » London .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 19, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns5_19111842/page/6/