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MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK .-TWO HUNDRED LIY ^ S H ) uT . Th ? foVowi g art' extrac * 3 c a ittVT which was rece veu r-nSatur-ay , by h \ r Xl . yry ' s ship Eva cinti . via S -nv n ' s-bay , da'ed ihi ; 29 : h oi" August 1812 : — ** l " -. pa Town . —T have now to relate one of themost awful event ? winch ever cceurred in tbe nic . Ecory Of the jldest inkibimnt- of this town . On Satnriiay niibi . ihe 27 it iusi ., it bitw a very heavy gale in Tabie-b .-. y , which increased in force nntii Sunday mor .: iug ; and about four o'clock , during the intervals o ' ~ clap' of thunder , the inhabitants oi Caoe Tow a were aroused by hearing minute jruns of cistres- ¦ " n a vessel in ihe bay , 1 imtucdistelv dressed
ai . d rncteded to tne beacn , and by the blue lights Boon ¦ . rtamed inat two or ihrte ve > icls wfr « ashore at th- iifad of the bsy , close up < m ooih side 3 . . It wa 3 xain-Si : - -atorrents , 'he forked " lightning was bhusi ng , the t : ur ; -jer was stunning . Is was as dark as pitch The ; ¦ tance of Salt Rivcr from Cape Town is betvret- 'i t «» o and three miles , anl upon my arrival day was i . !~ : breaking . Although so ^ arly , 1 found numbers or t >? ope assembled , and at ub ^ us tix o'clock it was a- ^ nained that ihe r . jme ot the unfortunate rosso wj 3 the Abtrerosbie Robinson , 1 , 415 tons , fron ^ L -udoD . with 500 rauk a ; id file of Her Majesty ' s 91 st R ; 'i ; iinem . to relieve the lb- ' a Regimen :, oratied home . 6 h ? had al = a on board a band
for iht- Cape Q-owe . Tr . e AbercTvinbie Kobinson a : rived in Tabie-bay on Thursday la > t , and sfier Ian ¦ : ^ sorae or : ht officers , wa- to ]> roct ? e . i to Alz- ^ abay t- j laud the 9 lsi . She > vas a bplendid ves = d . fi'ieu :-j expr ^ -iy - ^ s a tran . - port-ship . Abuut sevca o'er- i his £ x .-eivury Sir G . ISsra .-r arrived , Rnd th" i > ., b . so- ' : presented a fery aairnattd appcara- ce . - . ry nv-cr nut on dtry bein ^ present , besides tho * •' ¦ ¦ ir-e 91 > : T ^ no had obtained ' leave to go on sh-ji-.. i h ? vessel Lavinjj been duven on shore at biji :. . " r , we soon wcr ^ abie to communicate with her , it .-. ; akhonsji this cue ship will become a lotal w : v . : :. hut a li ' e wa 3 lost , and every soldier was lane -i --Hiring the day . 300 ? h ?
" ^ h ^< lt yards Abercmmbe RobiisoB , Tns ! . ^ convict-shi ? "Wi t- floo , which had arrived dfiri *¦ : < : he we ^ k , -or the purpose of Trovisiouing her oe iur ' . ray to Sydney , wiui abon-. 240 inale cenvict > , a yja : : of thiny sr >]" : er . , five women , and for : vthr ; e culdren , w ; th the crew abou- 2 Z ?> souls . Shs lay b . ? . very pr& ' -sriou ? s i tuation . She was viuhin a fe ? - yards of th-o breakers , but it was t ~ buaht she B 3 ; gh- h ^ ld on nntil the weather Eoderated , when she ; nijhi be turned off . Under ihis impression the Tast niuliitnde which had assembred on th ^ spot b * 2 & i iu separate . About un o'clock , howuvtr , ihe War"r : -j *; ave a Midden lurch , and parted from all hsr hZii iots , ai : d came broadride among the breakers .
The -:: ne which now ' . ook place I =-hah reacmber to the > i- -. of death . Af . er iwo or three heavy rolls her ihice maais went orer th" si- ^ e wi'h a dreadful , crasr-. The hstchrs vreTe now optned , and the con-Tict ? r -bed en desk . The s a wa 3 making a qlean br . " ¦ Tcr her . Icair > ediau-iy on ihe convicts arri-T ' nL- or . deck , abou : Sf-y juuped overboard ; a-bou : fi :: cti , r \ t iwtBiy gained thv snore ; the remainder Y ?~ Tr- -j , 'waeJ . The cries oi the poor wre : chts on di ^ i ~ - re now heau-br-aki ; - *; . Each ? ea , as-it made br- " . " iv ; r the ua . * orLUua : e vessel , carried a dczt-n or i- la the water , who , of course , were drowned . Tjou .-i :: ds of people were on the beach , but c ' osld rcncrr r 'i ths le&st assistar . ce . Oh . ' n was a dreadful = ! i , h :. There , within a stone-throw , lay 200 or 3-0 o our fellovr-creatures being drowned before our
eyes . . _ " Bu : now comes the mo-t awful part of my tale . ; Ab ? ut _" . eTen o ' clock , within half in hour after she Ernies , the Wakroo parted in wo . They who had i never thougnt of xlieir God , who , if they had , it was ' on : y vj take His name in v&-. u and break His laws , ' wer- now seen with their hinds clasped , and heani lonely calling ut «? n Him to save ti . om . Saldiero' ! wiv .-s wtre seen clasping their littla . oue 3 to their bosom 3 in agonies . One woman I shall BeTpr forget ; she was hoLiing on with one hand to a pk « of piaak , with the o : her she held , pressed to her r .-sow , a litsie infsnt ; her cries were piteons . At b-: a , sea came and washed the woman and little j one if- They wcre seen nu more . The water was j now mil of the strosraliEg and the deadA boat was
. emp'oyd to pick up all ii could . It could not ap- i proach the wr < rck on account of the heavy sea . I ) have neither rime uor heart to wri ; e further particulars . I saw one n-an embrace bis wife a id little one ; then j ' -iinp info the boiling ? arf . He soon ro = e again . I cou'd repe-at hundreds of similar occurrences ; suffiVe i : to say , that within one hour and a-haif of the : "R ' atcrioo striking , not a particle was tobGseen . She had hi-rally gor ^ to pieces ; and , horrible to relate , " out o * " . ' 30 souls , 250 hare met a watery grave . " ; Th ^ milita ry es-crt was composed of a detachment of the 99 : h Regiment , nudtr the command of Lieutenant Hext , of the 4 th , aud Easign C . Leigh , of the 99 h , Regiment ? , and aia"unted . incinding the officers , ' ,. 5 J indiTiduali ; or these 32 were lost , and 19
gavri . The crew consi .-ted of 33 officers and men , cf "whe rr , M- were lost , and 19 saved : and there vere 219 - ' ¦ nets on board , of whom 143 were drowned , and 7 ~ -a ~ ed . The persons wi > o w- re drowned beloag-:. i ; to the escort w ? re—Sergeant Smith , his wjfe , and tnr- ^ e children ; Corporai Mulvany , and child ; Cor-v .- ^ l Midden ; private Is cctor , hia -wife ; and one ' - ' -i'd ; private Grc ^ nie = ? , his wife , and three chilflr- r ; priTa ' . e Ab ^ rn , Jiu r , Askey , Barnacle , Byinc xijaumoiit , Kcynolcs , Vincent , Warburion "Wh" . " : r-or 3 ; and iirs . Armstrong and five . children . Th ? ^ 'oaiswa'D . saiiEsaker , and carpenter , ard 11 seamen , t-i the Waterloo w ^ -ro lest ; Captain Agar , the laa- ^ Kr , Mr , Jackson , chief Esate . Mr . Gunoer , secoi : i mate . ^ Ir . GiH , third mate , and 15 of the
Crew . vs , ' .-re Sated . The fcllowiug were the convicts who j .- ? rished on the occasion : —TneiwaH , Serrst , Mil ]? , Taylor , Jackson , Hernman , Goddard , Howard , Kc-rh , 3 larsh , Stone , Ne ^ on , Rigden . Mepsted , Tho : c , Adcork , Proctor , Clark , Williams , Alexander , A'drivJge , Scit-cherd , Woodward , Wigh'wick , AtwooJ , S 3 int , DatIs , Cnnningham , Lloyd , Wells , Bar ^ css , Thisseh-eu , Kasn , Hill , SiampB , Lew , Garner , Bradbury , Johmon , Green , Dawes , Edmonds , Jones , Esson . Elliot , Fairfax , Hewitt , Taylor , Flint , W . Jones , HolyJand , Short Earri-, Brown , Biilmoro , Parker , Jacks , Hamlet , lloore . Brooks , Armita ^ e , Blyth , Hancock , Cryer , Stusrt , Hicks , Balaam , Robinson , Birch , Baic ' , Wiik » , Carson . Workman , Par ^ n 3 , Curry , Cowley , Cra-g . WiDttanley , Goulding , Marriot , Peacock , Felis .: Carry , Hetherington , Wyles , Gregory , Wilson , J . Jone 3 , Barnes , M'Kinnon , Ledin ^ ham
Smeo ' . v , Reynolds , Hawkins , Birch , " Ellis , Duncan , Barser . Pearson , Benar . d , Ecmonds , Barasley , Cla . rz : Hi ! 2 , Wilding , Greeuham , Campfcell , Knott ^ K- « r :. r :, Jcblin , Thompson , BroomSeld , Vosa . Parkib ? od , Smatley , Giles , Pownall , Morgan , Wright , Lova ; : . Bigg ? , Bcswell , Kirwan , Murphy , " Nawlan , G > vr : rr , Jtnk-ns , Waitham , J . Hewitt . King , G . "W-. j ; si-, Brookes , Purser , White , J . Rosser , G . R . v-. i , James R . s-tr , Thomas Hewitt , Munin , O 5 C-- ; r ~ . Barlow , Jones , Packer , and Crane . - T :. r 76 convict who wtre saved were in the Cape Tvv .: i r ri 3 on . Lj . T-g the heavy eale on the 9 : h of Septemb r , sevti - -1 ships lying in Table-bay , were driven on -. < . Te . ~ The American bark Fairfield , the si : p ¦ ' : ha Eai-ihaw , the oh : ps R > fcrm and Henry Eoj- , the schooner Ghika , and the cutter Albatros ? Wfr-, he vessels which Were siranded , but no lives wti- - losi .
( Ff . 'T n : hs South African Commercial Jdvertiser . J CAPE-TOWS , AUGVST SI . O . : be forenoon ef Sunday la * t t ^ o Ur ^ e vessels , the Abercrcmby Robinson and the Waterloo , went on short on tr . t south-eastern beach at tuc buttom of Table Bay . 3 j ^ q Te ^ eis were engaged aB transports by the TBriiKn Q-DVcrument . Tne Abcrcromby Rjbinson had on b-. nrd , bc ^ ces her cew and trTtral pasb = cgtrs , 501 soldi ^ -M , with their tifisers . SLe W 3 S 3 large ship , of neariy 1 500 tons faurnen . After grcun . ; r ;^ near the shore = he stood upright , and uo Iive 3 have beta lost
SLe i * : l probably , or rather cert ' . inly , be a t-otal wreck-Tir "Waterloo , a sb ; p of 414 tons , i > uund to Tan Difew . iTi ' a Land , b-d on bo ? Jd , b ^ 5 iut 3 her crew , 219 milt ' _ -. invi <} t £ , Dr . Helseli , in charge . Lieutenant Hext , Eua ^ nn Leigh , 30 men of htr Maj'sty ' s 99 th Resiiuent , 5 ¦ w . , ! ucn , and 13 children . S ' ie took , the ground betw .-n eleven and twelve o clock in the forenoon , aud in fi ' t «~ n cr twenty micrtea became a buiss of rubbish . And c > t » en « ced a moei piteous massacre . In abc-nt tvo h ^ urs and a naif , amidst tie crumbling heaps of their pt ; jfldion 3 prison . —of men . women , and children 184 v ? re crushed , di ^ aWled , ftTi 1 dro ^» i ; 6 < i .
In a "waB no preparation for saying life male on b 3 sr-. i ; i oa Ehore . > To life-bnoys , eo coils . of toj ^ s lasLfc . to castB , nor any apparatus for establishing a communication witk t ^ -e shore from the ship . On the store . cere was no lifeboat , no apparatus for throwing ropes i ver stranded vessels , cor any thing , in short , to show ,- ^ it the Government or people here had ever heard of such a thing &s a shipwreck . We stood amonist thousands on the beach within 150 yards of the cissolviug fabric , lookisg on the agoiLzsd faces uf our fellow-creatures , as they sask in doB ^ as , battered and bruised and suffocated , — ueless as children , or idiots , or wild Caffres .
This ship , it appears , was built twenty-seven ye&ri ago at Bristol . Ifo longer fit to carry logs ,-she is patched up like other wbited sepulchres , stuffed with & living cargo by a contractor , and despatched to the ends of the earti—a voyage of more than 21 , 006 miles Ho doubt , a " * nrvey of professional men" ¦ will • fiad " that there ma no fault anywhere ; that the Waterloo w a sound ship , thoroughly repaired , and perfectly mworth ?; and that she bad on beard all the equipment * requisite for such a voyage and such a consignment ; tbat the officers of the ship did all that human strength , directed by skill and animated by humanity eould do ; and that the accidont must be ascribed ea-UmIt to a hurricane , a momntainous sea , and a remarkably hard besch .
Now , as to the hurricane and the mountainous sea , it ii eaoogo , to observe , tb&t there vtre twenty other vessels at anchor in the Bay , besides the Waterloo a ; : d the Abereromby Bobinton , aud none of thtm parted from their anchors , or dragged them to any perceptible 6 xt *» t . The wind was blowing a gale , but by no
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means a violent one , and it was partly off shore . TJir Hea was ! iot running unusually hieh . Without ropes in th-ir h ^ n . is or any precaution , men wa'ked up to their ehv'aldera to drRg cut the bodies of tho dead and dyica . witbont the Eliahtest ritk . This could net have bten doue Lad the surf bt-en such as a gale cau ? 6 s on an open beach . Tcese are facts to which thousjnds can Dear witness . With respect to the bottom cr ground where the ship struck , scum bay it is rock , othtis that it is sand , like the rest of the beach . Ab soon as the -weather is fine it will he examined , and the most convenient spaces markeil for th ; s method of disembarking Her Majesty ' s trcops or convicts . For some years back such "
accidents ' Live been ascribed to the insufficiency of the i ' j ijLtbi-use at the entrance of the bay . Tn-. t fault has jns : been fully remedied . Tbe old ligb \ house is now pr . ptrly attended to , and tbe new one is so well plactd . 3 Ed so brilriant , that no nsan dare pretend to nr . ss it , or to mistake it for ar . ythiug else . These , and sr-ms further improvements in tbis (! epnrtment , Mill in prrgrees , were forced on Government by the remonstrances of the publie , and particularly of the niercintile body . When the Ht-len was lost at the entrance if the bay , four or five months ago , tbe comrueiciylcoiDibitteevery properly inquired into the cause , sad :,. anJ , on the testimony of nura ^ roua witness's , that the lichts on that particular niijht Were defcC . Ive , Kud had thus misled the tnr . ster of the va = sel . This
they r .-p'vssntfcd to Gjverijmcnt , aHd a remedy was icttantiy found . We iec ' . < n : niend the same cenrse in the present csse . Tne c-jniniittee cannot corupel witnessts te attciid or yive fcvioeL'ce , but they can invite tluni ; and , if v . tt-re&teil parties rtiErepard such invitations , that fact wiil nut be witbout nieaniDL ' . Tbr . 'ie two wrecks will b . ? laiicii talked of at home . We think we can injure Uie : r being mentioned in P ^ Xlinmcnt . In thi midst of unhesitating condemnation oh some
points and charges of jjuilt on others , we have to mention th : it two unofficial Bpectat-.-rs , Mr . Mo ' . teno -and Mr . St ;! l , procured the aisistince of a comiuun boat neloD ^ its ; t a Malaj , which reached the WaUrlon after she rras falling to pieces , and brought off two men , and on a stcnudtT'p faitsae 1 a repj to the vrtick . Aiter this a lar- ; r . r boat belonging to . Messrs . Sinclair wsa bron-jht from the Abercroniby R > biHson , and , moving bsckwaTds and forwards Mung the r .. pe , saved a good many iives . This shows wiwt mf ^ ht Duve been done by a iife ' . » oat used in time .
Wo purposely avoid goin ? further into details at present , satisfied witiithua openly chargir . c all the partita concerned , before tbe world , with tbe offence of culpable Eegli ^ :: cv or crimrnal intention . Tho worl d , let tiunibs well assured , expects an answer , aud will tieat , tbem according ts the case ttiay may mate out in defence . la it not strange , by the way , that we should bear such lanu-nlationB from wbat is c&Uwl tbo shipping inter ^ t , a = if no eraployrnent could ba bad for their newbuilt . nti «* -niouided . copiH-r-fasieped A 1 vtssds , while , for the most important of all servicts , the transport , nainrlj , cf troops and of persona under judicial sentences , such vessels as the W :. t & rlno find ready acceptance in the 27 th ytar of their fragility and rott * nncsss ? September a .
In Rasing cf the wreck of tho Waui ; -jo truosport , in V \ ttii : rsiiar ' s paper , it was raentioned , thut she was built f ^ r the timbertrane . This , we have been told , is not ascertained , and is probably incorrtct . We hav-i ndbiEg tJsa to correct in the statement now btfore the roi . ljc The committee of the commercial body have instituted an irquiry into the circumstances attendinz tbis horrible eVtn ; , as well as to the less of the Abercroniby on the s-. rae occasion . The attention of the Government and of the Aamiral has also been fixed on these two accidents ; tbe publio ar . J tbe parties concerned may , therefore , expect thai all the facts will be prop-rnperly ascertained and made known . Tbe less of life hy tbe ruin of tbe Waterloo is , we learn , as follows : —
Convicts HJ Soldiers 15 Sailors ... ... 14 Women 4 Children 14 Total 190 So great a loss of life has not happened in Table Bsjr since tie year 1799- On the 5 th of November of that jear , his Majesty ' s Bhip Sceptre . Captain E lvrards . was driven on Bhore , ana , like tho Waterloo , immediately went to piece * , being an accursed old bulk on her way home to ba broken up . A few hours after she strnck not a vestige ot her was to he 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 , his son , 10 oilier 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 of 64 guns . Bu : their crews were all saved , as in the cass o ! the Abercroruby Robinson on the present occasion
Tatiug advantage of the excitement roused by this raelancLcly event , funds have been raii-ed , and measures are taken for constructing life-boats , and for having a rccket apparatus always in readiness in this bay , for rendering assistance to vessels in distress , or for saving life . But seraething more is required . A coroner ' s court must be established , throagn . which a compete , t magistrate , with & jury , may at once ascertain the manner in which any man came by his death whose di . iid body has been washed ashore from a wTeck . The proprcty of adriiBg such a court to out judicial establishment has been suggested to Government , and -we f . ci confi < iei ; t that the suggestion "will be attended to without unnecessary delay . In the absence of snch a coari we feel constrained , by a regard to truth and plain dealing , to send home along with the account ef tbese two shipwrecks our protest on behalf of Table Bav . The weather , the water , and the bottom , are biame'ieas .
Of the Waterloo it is impossible to speak with moderation . Deadly blame rests Bnmcwhere , 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 taken on board of all transports into which Involuntary passengers , such as soldiers and convicts , are thrtut by Government : — 1 . Is it a rule to take the lowest tender , without re fpect to the class of the vessel ? 2 . Or does Government , as it ought , limit tenders to tbe first class vessels ? 3 Who are tbe surveyors ? Hrw are they paid ? Do they raceive money in any shape , antl hew much , from the owners of the ships they survey for this service ?
4 . Is it true that they are " hard worked men , with sma . ll salaries , and large families . " and that a friendly heip of fifteen or twenty guineas is sometimes scded to the regular charge by the benevolent ship owner ? 5 When 400 , 500 , and 700 s-uls are put on bosrd a transport , is care taken te have at the same time tbe means of making signals in dark and in f"ggy weather , in case of danger ; or is it all left ta the chance of somebody seeiDg the flash of small arms , when the report of the same cannot be heard ? 6 . Is extra apparatus carefully placed on board , for Baving life in case of wreck , such as life-buoy , instruments for tbrowinc lines , and the other well known means of communicatirtr with a lee ebore '
These are some of tbe questions tbst will be put and that mtust be answered at home by the authorities whoever they may be , to wLgeo departments this branch of the service bvlones , We have not leisure to pursue tbe subject further tc-day . Every 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 Bensation in tbe city . T ^ e lo&a of 110 persons out of the 116 on board has cast a glwom of tbe most meaianch'jiy description amoni ? the merchants connected with the E-ist India trade . Her lasa place of resort was St Helena , and the parties intert-sted in her fate were therefore in txptcvation every day of hearing of her safe arrival . It appears that of the craw and passengers , numbering tbe amount of persons already stated , the saved are one European , described to be the ship's carpent-r , and five Lascars , who reached the shore in one cf the boats of the vessel . The Reliance was an old ship on this trading station , and had on board a carpo o ; tea of considerable value , besides the freightage incidental to a voyage she was in the habit of perform ! n « . The quantity of tea bhe broucbt was
1 . SS 4 . 74 SjK , ot -which there were 1 , 277 . 5 G 6 ib . of coagoa , -. ind 4 U 6 , b 65 ib . of twankay , with smaller proportions of other descriptions . Most fortunately for the irjurance-offices and underwriters in this country , their risk 3 upon thin vessel do not include more than from £ 14 , 000 to £ 15 . , of the £ 195 . 000 for which , it iB said , she is insured , the Indian tffioes , 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 Tbis mishap , with those reported from the Cape of Good Hope on Saturday , and others which have occurred on the coast during the late severe weather , have , in a material degree , depressed tbe feelings of parties connected with oar shipping interest The London insurance-offices , and also the underwriters , have suffered by the loss of the Abercxembie Robinson and tbe Waterloo , but , we are assured , not to any serious extent
The following letters have been received at Lloyd ' s from their agents ;—" To Wn . Dobeon , Esq , Secretary at Lloyd's . " BouIogne-sor-Mer , Nov . 12 . . " Sir , —It ia our painful duty to appri » y » u of the total loss of tbe Reliance , 1 . 500 tons burthen , Thomas Green , commander , which vessel came on the coast of Merliniont last sight , 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 ef 122 persons composing tha crew and passengers , have been saved . The last express we received from the coast does not give much information resptcfciEg the * urvivcrs ; we
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only know tint the ship's carpenter is saved , and it is from him that the ship ' s name -was ascertained . The otb ^ r Eiirvivors are men of colour . The English consul has just proceeded to tbeir assistance . There were on board , 75 Englishmen , 27 Chinese , and 20 Dutchmentotal , 122 . ' " Boulogne-snr-Mer , Nov . 13 . " Sir—By advices just received from the coast , we are informed that the names of the survivors are Robert D ^ xon ( the carpanter ) , W . O'Naill , of Kingstown , Ireland ; Johan Anderson , of Laurvig , Norway ; Charles
Batts , of Dantz . c ; and three Malays . The body of Captain Green has been identified by the carpenter ; also that of the fourth mate > Griffin ) , and a Beamtin-Their remains wiil be conveyed here , where they will receive the right of Christian burial . Captain Tucker , late commander of her Mnjeaty ' a ship Iris , is among the drownbd ; everything is being done for the benefit of the owners of the vessel . " Tho services received from the horse soldiers is in every vay 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 , anil arrived at London-bridge Wharf , at eight o ' clock on WedEe * flay night , some additional particulars have bec-n brought relative to the mplBncfcoly loss of the above vessel off Merlimnnt , about ttrirly miles from Boulogne , on Saturday morning last , when , out of » crew numbering 120 persons , six only were saved . It appears that tho Reliance left Canton on the 7 th of May with a C 3 reo of 27 , 000 chests of tea , having , as the Bouloffr . e Gazette of Monday states , 35 Lascars and 85
white persona on board . It is stated that at tlw time the R . liance strnck the wind was fair , and it is inferred froai this that those in command could not have seen tt . o land , the vtsael going on Bhore about tvro o ' clock . am . Among those suved art—Robert Dixon , carpenter ; W . O'Neill , of K-ngstoTrn , Ireland ; Joban Anderson , of Laurvig , Norway ; Charles B : itts ( not Butts , aB aUted in tbe evening papers ) , of Dantzic , and three Malays . Amongst the pa » sen ? era drowned ( six in number ) , the body of Captain Tucker , late of her Majesty ' s ship Iris , ; ind wbo went on board nt St . Helena , ha * been w . isbed on Bhore and identified , aa also that of Mr . Giifh ' u . the fourth matn .
Ow of Lloyd's agents states tlie number on fcoard to h ^ ve been as follows : —75 EngUshoifcn , 27 Chinese , anrt 20 Dutchmen . The scent ; of horror and confusion which reigned on board , mXW daylight , is described by tbe survivors as of the most awful character , though little buyond the manner in which the crevr and passengers lost their lives bas at present transpired . The confusion and ttrror consequent upoa the suddenness with which the vessel struck waB such , that no orders on tho part of the ship's i fficer 3 were attended to , . ind some time elapsed before signals of distretn could bo fired . These signals cciuinued to he made until daylight , but without sny i ff-ot , no boats ha ^ injr put off to the vessel . The Bou O'ine Gazette says : — " There w > is no means of le
aff- 'rt ' . iii ^ w > assistance ; " but ¦ whsther this arose from thb state of the tide , the nature of tho Bhore on which she struck , or tbe abs"r . ce of life-boats , or other ordinary modus ad . pteil on such occasions , is not ffiven . A * soon as the day broke and the coast was discerned , it was determined to hoist out the boats . Tuis was quickly accomplished , but the longboat was immediat < ly sw . imped by the breakers , and the othurs , from being overloaded , went do « n within a short distance of tbe VMsel . The Captain remained on board to tbe last moment , and went down whl ' e near the carpenter , who reached the shore in safety . Many bodiea had been washed on tbe beach , some of them Bhowint ; symptoms of life ; but although every medical attention was promptly rendered , none of them were restored .
The scene on tho beach was of the most extracrdlnary description from the r . umher of chests of tea which came ashore when the ship broke up . It was ebb-tide when tbe vessel strnc . k ; but before daylight the sea way fliwirn ; fast , and at ten o ' clock she was a perfect wnck . Out of 27 900 cheats on board , only 1 386 bavu yet be . en 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 . Michael ' s-alley , Cornbill ; the latter of whom left London for Mrrlimont by the Boulogne stenmer on Monday night . Another vessel , laden with wine , was wrecked on S iturday night in the Biie d'Authie , and four of the crew drowned .
Shipwreck . —On Wednesday mornincf , between three and four o ' clock , tbe ship William , Capt . Houston , while on her passuce from Gloucester to this port , was totally wrecked atKilchatian Bay , lale 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 Ciewtokeep 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 , lewered themselves overbo . ir . l on what seemed from tbe ship to be dry rocks ; but by this step they only inet the fate they sought to
fchuu , the bolstering « ur ^ u which they dropped having Trashed them b . tck , and carried them under tho bhip ' s bottom , where no assistance could be rendered them by those on the wreck . Thu rest of the crew , after remaining on board with great difficulty till the morning broke , tbe sea during the night washing over them , and tbe ship rapidly going to pieces , were enabled to land on the receding of the tide . By tbe time they had left her she waa a complete wreck , little remaining but the deck . The muster was a good deal bruised , aud tfie mate had hia hand seriously injured Mr . Hamlin and the crew were much exhausted by the Beverity 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 he , his officers , aud crew experienced from Mr . M'Dougall , farmer in the vicinity of where th » wreck took place , and of the ready aid he afforded them , which was tbe means especially of Baving ths life of the old mm above alluded to . He also sent his carts to save any property of value which might come ashore . Tbe 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 repotted , has now to be added the Middlesex , bound from Sydney for London . Sue was driven on shore near Macoio , to the southward of Pernambuco , and soon became almost a total wreck . Tbe crew and passengers were saved , and are now on their passage to London on board tbo Columbus , which sailed from Pernambuco on the 6 th ultimo .
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A Man on Fire —Some time ago a married man , not far from Crieff , was attacked with rheumatism in his breast and back , when he was advised by a female doctor in the neighbourhood to rub his body orer with turpentine before going to bed , and in the morn ; ng 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 censequonce was , that his body got all ia a blaze . The woman shritked , 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 doing ¦ well . —Perth Courier .
The Brazils . —The Swift packet from Brazils has arrived atFalmouth , bringing advices from Kio Janeiro to the 16 : h September . Those from Rio fully confirm the previous accounts as to the extinction of the disorders in Minas Geraes . The rebels , as a last efibrt , had collected all their forces in the neighbourhood of Santa Luzia , where they were attacked and completely defeated on the 20 th of Aug . by the Imperial troops under Baron Caxias , leaving a sreat number of killed and wounded on the field , aud blO prisoner ? , amongst whom was Senhor
Ottond . The 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 16 th of October .
Escape from the Kendal House op 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 carried into execution . Up to Thursday last her behavionr had been good ; but on that evening , about eight o ' clock , she succeeded in gettinr to tho top of the prison wall ( whioh iB of great height ) , by mean 8 which aro at present a mystery ; thence she
had endeavoured to descend by tying together her apron and some pieces of blanket ; but these artHsles had either 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 , » nd a portion of the 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-bnildings ( a distance of about 500 yards ) , at which place , at about eleven o ' clock at night , she was retaken by police-sergeant
Hntfthmson , who immediately conveyed her back to prison , and procured su-gical assistance . Mr . Fawcett , the governor of the prison , was from home with transports .
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Wnot >; . sAi . E Tn . f . » nticidb . —Thft adjourned inquiry into shci mysterious and horrible cases of wholesale child murder at Ruardean , in the Forest ol " Di > an , the particulars of which we published last w > ek , 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 wcek , an < l no new faotiofa material nature transpired . The jury expressed an opinion that if further time were allowed , additional eyidehco might probably bo obtained , and the inqu ' est , ' was consequently adjourned till Wednesday next j the 16 ; h in&t . In tha mean time , Thomas Yapp continues in custody , and a policeman also remain ? in tho hoiiso where the . tragedy via ? committed , in order to take charge of the woman ( Frances Beanett ) , who continues in the game siate of ill-health which we reported last week . —Glosler Journal .
Melancholy OccuRnENCE—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 thenis ; ht . to proceed by tho way that cresses over the top of the hill . Taking a byway which leads from the end of Loch Kishorn to the farm ef Arighriseaoh , from whenoe , lie thought , he would soon reach his father ' s , as he
was passing ho rvent to a house at Russel to warm hieise' ? f being completely benumbed with cold . Tho hospitable occupants of the honse entreated of him to remain a few days till the road would be passable , hut nosoliciiatiors would prevail upon him to wait , Th *! 'weathf ' jv instead of clearing up , became more and more boisterous , and tho young man , nrsftbl © to reach shelter , wan not heprd of again till tlv- Saturday following , when his body was found by-some shepherds at somo distance from any path . CaledonianMercury .
Mystkiuous Circumstance . —Plymouth , Nov . 14 . —On Friday evening , between six and s-even o ' clock , John Btirt , a deaf and dumb lad , wont to the Lanibhay Point to observe the state of the weaiher , it being the intention of his master , the skipper of a trawler , to go to sea the next morning , should . the weather bo favourable . At ' tor remaning there a short time , he returned in a very agitate * stato , and by his gestures and entreati > -a 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 porsen had jumped overboard . The boatmen , however , cimld perceive no indications oi such an event , and thi 3 caused still more dkiriiss to tho poor bay . Ho afterwards informed his father
an honest fisherman , that while stauding on the point he observed a strange young man , about twenty years ' . of-ago , in a retired part , apparently watching until the place should be deserted . The stranger then took his watch from hid waistcoat pocket , observed tho time , replaced it , and , first gazing intently on the moon , thrust his hands nrmly in hia sido pockets , ran down tho slope , jumpod on a low wall , and foil lace downwards on the H eep rocks , upon the edge of which tho wall ia built . The boy * Burt immediately leapt upon the wall , aud clambering down the rocks went lalf into the water , aud was just in time to feize the other by the
collar of the coat . Tho 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 tha oon -est . * . ' - ' -The' stranger sank near the rocks , rose again cut of reach , sank once more , and then disappeared . He was dressed in a peaked cap with a leather strap beneath tho chin , a pilot coat , aud black trousers , aud wore a silver guard to his watch . Boatmen have been since employed creeping fur the body , but hitherto withoub success , and from the inequality of the ground it is not likely to be recovered until the tides fall off .
Northleacii PitisoN . —The inquiry commenced at Korthleach on Monday last ; tha commissoners are Mr . Rogers , the Q'leen ' s counsel ; a medical man of eminence ; and two ibspectors of prisons : they are assisted by Mr . Gurney . Twenty-nine of the 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 oaso . ' wa ? - ' finished , other witnesses were examined as to the alleged insufficiency of diet , and other privations . Afier finishing at Nurthleach , the commissioners proceed to tho other prisoiiB of tho county . At tho 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 brck and call of the " Par < y 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 die mU'hty whole—these have the execrable tank assigned them of . making the worse appear the better cause . Theise wield the pen in carving out fallacies and probabilities into tho " 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 plsce of common sense . Were an indifferent spectator to behold the congregated mass labouring in their vineyard he might applaud aich industry . Let him lift up the veil , and then indeed be may wonder at the activity of demons . He would know thai the infernal 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—all the effrontery 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 bwh equally callous and degraded—we cannot feel surprise at all that has been dont . Wo were confident that the sunshine of effiue would exert its influence on 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 thiuns . " Yet wo must confess that even we were unprepared to hear what an 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 of the" foremost men in this huge world of ours . " That one 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 his name to his production . For when we say that he has ushered forth an ' effusion-matchless a / a specimen of Tory malignity—that he trumpets forth openly , undisguisedly Tory policy—we kuow that our readers correctly estimate the authorand his labours—that the one is shameless , and that both are infamous . In an article in the October number of Blaokwood are these words ¦ ;— " Tha course of safety ij an 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 himsolf a Democrat ought to be instantly driven out by impeachment . The man who in prim dares to insult the ears of England with the doctrine , ought to be instantly sent to take his trial at , the Oid Bailey The dootrine should be declared to be treason , and the teacher punished as a traitor . The man who attempts to poison the rabble with this most deadly of nostrums , ou ^ ht to be instantly sent to work out his guilty life in chains at the Antipodes 1 " Let ua examine this— " the course of satety I" For whom i For the revellers in iniquity—cho drunken with power—would be , as this luminous scribe expresses it , to " trample on Democracy ! " What men dare in
exercising and insulting the 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 ri « hta 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 long have been trampled on and
abused ; The only " course of safety" to the party now in power is to rf jeot the eounsollings of all who so far outrage humanity as to rave forth euch bloodthirstiness , and bo eager to dabble in blpodguiltiness as this detestable "BlackwoodV 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 Toty Magazine would urge them to kap into , dragging with them a nation that yet should 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 , bat will leave the extract we have made for the contemplation of our readers a brief space . With us 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 .
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MExrco and TFX \ s . — CFr&m the New Yo' k Herald . )— Ttie bark Eugenia , Briscoe , arrived on Saturday night from Vsra Cruz , having sailed t'ro ; a that port on the 16 th ult . In this vessel have arrived , as passengers , the celebrated Col . Almonte , who was in the battle of San Jaointo—and al p 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 have now certain and positive information on which we oan rely that the will
Mexican government , or rather Santa Anna , soon invade . Texas ; if she is not already invaded , by a large army and navy , both by aea and land—the army to be led by British officers—and the nary tho sam& . 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 aud landholders in that quarter . The force already in motion will be sufficient to overwhelm Texas , aud to drive every Texauoutof that emiiing land . The Texan navy , at the last accounts , wis laid up and usde&s for want of funds . The Mexican Eavy is in full force—with three iron steamers , and plenty of meji and ammunition to co-operate with their army . We expect that a deoi&ive blow will soon be levelled at the independence of Texas . The arrival of Colonel Almonte , as Mexican minister in this Cuumry , is
probably intended to preserve the peace ol" the United States of the north and Mexico . Almonte is a man of superior talenta , great address , perfectly acquainted with our language and 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 eave the new republic but such an intervention . Will it be extended to ta > : Anglo-Saxon race in Texas \ We'll see . On the whole , we begin to see some mighty results growing out of this new invasion of Texas . Will it not J . ; ad to a union between Franoe and tha United States to prevent England and Mexico from destroying aa independent republic on this continent ? May not the attempt to annihilate Taxas lead the great niari timo powers into a war on the ocean ? At « we not in the beginaing of a new crisis in human nffurs ?
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QUARTERLY BALANCE SHEET OF THE METROPOLITAN DELEGATE MEETING . COMMENCING AUG . 1 st , ENDING OCT . 31 st , 1842 .
RECEIPTS .. ¦ ¦ £ 8- d St . Pancras ... ... 0 2 6 Carpenter's Arms , Brick-lane ... ... 0 5 0 Back ' s Heid ... 0 0 0 Globe Fields ... ... ... ... 0 7 0 Finsbury ... 0 0 0 City of London ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 Brorapton and Knightsbridge 0 8 4 j Albion , Shoreditch ... 0 6 6 Shoemaker ' s , Foley-placo ... ... 0 8 4 Limehouso ... . . .... 0 0 , 0 SomerVTown ... ... 0 7 G Hatters , Brown Bear 0 7 0 Westminster .. ... . ; . ... 0 1 9 West End Teetotallers 0 2 6 ShoemakeTf , Golden-lane ... ... 0 17 4 Tailors , Three Doves ... 0 4 . 0
Shoemakers , Clock House ... ... <> & 6 Ro . sg and Crown , Camberwcll 0 7 6 Chelsea ... ... ... ' ••¦ ••• 0 0 0 Hammersmith 0 0 0 Lambeth , China Walk ... ' ... ... 0 11 6 Teetotallers , Britannia 0 5 0 Bermondsey , Ship Inn ... . . .. ... 0 5 0 Carpenters , Rock -locality .. 0 1 . 10 J Bloomsbury , Horn of Plenty 0 2 G Britannia , St . George ' B East ... . ... 0 3 8 Marylebone ... ... 0 7 -0 Islington ( new locality ) ... ... ... 0 0 0 Newington , ditto ... ... ... 0 0 0 Walworth , ditto ... ... 0 0 0 Horns , Bennondscy , ditto ... ... 0 0 0 Lambeth , Youths , 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 ^ Ditto at Walworth ... 0 2 0 Ditto at St . Pancras ... ... ... 0 3 . 0 By tie sale of tracts ... ... ...- 0 1 0
£ 8 18 32 EXPENDITURE . £ s . d . Rent of Hall 55 , Old Bailey for the quarter ... 16 0 „ Two extra nights ... 0 6 0 „ Salary of Secretary ... 019 . 6 ^ „ Postage , stationery , &c .... 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 Factory 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 . 3 . 0 . 200 subscription books ... 14 0 „ 1 Seal for delegate meeting ... 0 5 . 0 ,, Sealing wax , parchment , &c . 0 3 , 6 Total expenditure ... £ Q 19 5 Oct . 31 . Total receipt 8 18 ' 3 J „ Balance against delegate ——' — meeting ... ... £ 0 1 1 ^ DEBTS DUE TO THE DELEGATE MEETING . Sixty-seven subscription books ... 0 II 2 Seventy-five books in hand ... 0 12 6 £ 1 3 8 Debt due by delegate meeting ... ... 0 1 Ii Balance in favour of ditto ... .... £ 1 2 6 ^ Audited and found correct . James Knight . J . Geohge Dbon .
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IMPORTANT MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM . ELECTION OF DELEGATES ¦ TO THE COMPLETE SUFFRAGE CONFERENCE . ' According to public announcement , a public meeting was 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 . SaUNDebs , an active member of the National Charter Association , moved that Mr . John Follows , of Moniuouth-Btreet , should take the chair , and made an excellent speech on tbe occasion , pointing out the duty of the working classes on the present important occasion . Mr . John Baueatt , of WhitUH-street , seconded the motion . The Rev . Swan moved , as an amendment , that Mr . Joseph Stur « e take the chair .
The Rev . Hugh Hltton seconded the amendment , and made a speech , in which he stated they had not assembled on that occasion to discuss the Charter , as stated by a previous speaker—( criea of " We know that" ) He delivered a long tirade in favour of free trade principles , which created an ill feeling , in tlie midst of which he was oblised to retire . Mr . George White , who had only been released from Warwick on the preceding Thursday , now stepped fgrwavd , and was received with loud cheers by the working men . He said , he hoped that 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 the right of voting . He trusted tbeir proceedings would be characterised by frairneaa 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 Sturge . ( Pat them White ! Pat them White !) Mr . White then proceeded to take the sense of the meeting , and declared Mr . Sturge to be elected as chairman .
Mr . Joskph 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 they had been refused tbe use of the Town Ball . He hoped thoy would give him credit for honesty until they found him to be otherwise ; and concluded by calling upon the Secretary , to read 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 . Perry seconded it , which wat carried unanimously . Mr . A . O'Neil moved a resolution , containing tbe form of election . He said be hoped each party , as well the National Charter Association as the Complete Suffrage Union , would be equally represented .
The motion was seoonded by Mr . JO 3 IA 3 PCMPHRET , and carried unanimously . Mr . Sauhdbbs then addressed the meeting . He said he had an individual to propose whom be knew would object to the free-trade nostrums they had heard read by the Secretary In the addresses of the Complete Suffrage Association . After some pithy remarks , ke concluded by moving Mr . George White as a fit and proper person to represent the working men in the proposed Conference . Mr . J . Babkatt seconded the proposition , which was received with loud cheers .
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Mr . Jons Collins mov « id > and Mr . Mosgan 8 eondtci Mr . Francis Parkea . Mr . W . Parkes -said , he bad an individual to > ro « pose , who ha- 'l always mude a determined stand against tyranny , one who had sitcrifiiwd more in the cause tfaan any other man , one whom they had often seen and well knew , and he had only to mention his name to en . 3 ure their general approbation . He had the honour of proposing FeargusO"Connor , Erq . —( tremendouscheers , lODjt continued ) . Mr . George Richardson , a veteran Chartist , seconded it . The R > iV . 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 . » Perry moved Mr . Winfield , a member of the Town Council .
Mr . E TatloR , printer , Steslhouse-Iane , moved , and Mr Chipman , secnmled , Mr . Walter Thorn . Mv . Allbright moved , and Mr . Trueman , Christian Ciiartist © rinter . seaonrled , Mr . O Ndl . Mr . A . FUSSELL of the Natiuiial Charter AHsociation , moved , and -Vir . Joseph Oxford seconded Mr . Smith Ii ' ndeu . Mr . Cooper , Secretary of the Complete SufFc-ge Union , moved , and Mr Goderich seconded Mr . Field , Town Councillor , for Deritcnd Ward . Mr . HaWkes . Town Cotincillor for the sama ward , ¦ was also pr-iDosed . Mr . Nisbett , of the National Chaiter Association , moved , and Mr . Allbricht , " of the Complete Suffrage Union , seconded Mr . Horaley , cabinet maker ,
Steelhouse-lane . . - . ; The votes were then taken , when the following persons were declared by the chairman to be duly elected : — FeaRgus O'Connor , E-q ,, National Charter Association . Q-iorze White . National Charter Association ^ J > hn llorsley . National Charter Asaociatjon . John Follows National Charter Association . Francis P . irkea . Chvi .-tiun Chartist . Arthur O'Noil , Christian Chartist . A vote of thanks was moved to the chairman for his upright condwet .
Mr . Gkorue White suppo : tedthe motion . He said he felt bound in justice to bis own feelings to return his thanks to " the meeting for the confidence they had placed in him . He felt pleasure in seeing the good feeling which prevailed that day , and in witnessing the noble and determined conduct of the working men . The party with whom he aettsl had been denounced an physical force men , firebrands , and incendiaries , but tht-y had now given proof that they were upright and honorable men , and as actions spoke louder than words he trnsted the public would ju <* ge them by their acts , aud not by the garbled statements of those who were interested in libelling thuu . From the treatment ho hail endured fo the last eleven weeks he felt too weak to make anything like a speech , and he could honestly assure them that as lon « aa lif ? remained they wouid find him battline in their ranks .
The Chairman returned thanks and the meeting dispersed . All parties declared that it was one of the best conducted meetings ever witnessed in Birmingham , and will prove to the Chartists of England the sterling honesty and determination of their brethren in this town .
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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 . , at 11 , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitor , Mr . -Wells ,- Percy-street , Bedford-square ; official assicnee , Mr . Alsager , Birchin-lane . Robert Steuart , Santa Fe de Bogoto , New Granada , manufacturer of artificial granite , Nov . 29 , at twelve o ' clock , and Dae . 23 , at 11 , at the Bankrupt ' s Court : solicitor , Mr . Lane , Argyle-street ; official assignee , Mr . Green , AldermanbuTy . 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-RTOve ; official assignee , Mr . Johnsen , Basinghall-street .
Gaorge James Marshall and William Charles Hall , Wood-street , Cheapside , woollen warehousemen , Nov . 22 , at twelve o ' clock , and Dec . 23 , at eleven , at the Binkrupts * Court : salicitors , Messrs . Tan Sandau and Gum ininfr , King-street , Cheapside ; cflicial assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick ' splace , Old Jowry . Stuart Bay , Duke-street , St . James ' s , bookbinder , Nov . 22 . at one o ' clock , and Dec . 23 , at twelve , at the Bankrunts' Court : solicitors , Messrs . Wright aHd Co ., Golden-square ; official assignee , Mr . Groom , Abchurch-lane . Richard James Webb , Piccadilly , tailor , Nov . 24 , at half-past tenvo ' clock , and Dec 23 , at twelve , atthe Bankrupts' Court : solicitor , Mr . Bod man , Queenstreet , Cheapside ; official assignee , Mr . PenneJl .
Hannah Charlton , Regent-street , milliner , Nov . 19 , at h ; ilf-past ten o ' clock , and Doa 23 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court : solfcitor , Mr . Parker , St . Paul ' s Churchyard ; official assignee , Mr . Graham , Basingh ^ ll street . " ¦ -. "¦ " Gaorge Talhofc Knowles , Stockport and Mancaester , cotton spinner , Dec 7 a :: d 23 , at two o ' clock , at the Commi 33 ! o : ier 8 ' Rooms , Manchester : solicitors , Messrs . Baxter , Lincoln ' s-inn ; and Messrs . Sale and Worthington . Manchester . Thomas Bartholomew Tehr , Dudley , wine-merchant , Nov . 29 , and D < jc . 23 , at two o ' clock , at the Waterlo * Rooms , Birmingham : solicitors , Messrs . Holme , Loftus , and Young , New Inn ; Messrs . Bourne and Wainwright , Dudley j 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 . Weymouih and Green , Cateaton-street ; aud Mr . Hortell , 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 . ArnoM and Son , Liverpool , booksellers . Hodge and Thompson , Thirsk , Yorkshire , curriers . A . and M . Robertson , Darwin and Manchester , scourers . R . and T . Sutcliffo , Halifax and Manchester , cotton-spinners .
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From the Gazette of Twsday , Nov . 17 . BANKRUPTS , William C . ipon , hatter , New Bond-street , Middlesex , to surrender Nov . 24 , at twelve , and Dec . 27 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Whitmore , official assigitee , Basinghall-street j solicitor , Sniith i Bedford-row , Holbom , London . Joseph Vanderlyn , tailor , Houndsdttch , Not . 22 , at twelve , and Dae . 13 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Basingball-strect . Gibson , official assignee , Basinghall-street ; solicitor , Huson , Old Jewry , London . James Norris Chapman , licenced victualler , Upper Holloway , Middlesex , Nov . 24 , at eleven , and Dec 16 , at ten , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Baslnghalls ' . reet . Gibson , official assignee , BaBinghall-street ; solicitor , Scstt , St . Mildred's-court , London .
James Crambrook , draper , Deal , Nov . 18 , and Dae 20 , . it eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basingballstr ' L-t . E ' . lward , official assignee , . Frederick's-place , Old Jewry , ; solicitor . Soles , Alderm&nbury , and Turner , King-street , Cheapside , London . Thomas J ; icorab Lancaster , merchant , Barge-yard , Bucklersbury , Nov . 24 , at one , and Dee . 13 , at elewn , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-stretit . Gorden , official assignee , Aldermanbury ; solicitors , Wiidv Raes , Humpareys , and Co ., College Hill , London . Duncan Smith , merchant , Bucklersbury , Nov . 23 , at twelve , and Dec . 27 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-Gtreet . Lackington , official assignee , Coleman-street-buildings ; solicitor , Turner and Hensman , Bating-lane , Bread-street , London .
John Ashworth , worsted mariutacturer , Rochdale , La !! C : ishire , Nov . 25 , and Dec . 27 , at eleven , at the Commissioners ' -rooms , Manchester . Soliciten , Clarke and Medcilfe , Lincd ! n ' s-inn-fleld » , London ; Whitehead , Rochdale . Thomas Brennand , linen draper , Blackburn , Dec 7 an ^ 27 , at eleven , at the Town-hall , Preston . Solicitors , Bentley , Brick-court , Temple , London ; Robinson , Blackburn . Gaorge Souter , japanner , Birmingham , Nov . 25 and Dec . 27 , at twelve , at the Waterloo-rooms , Birmingham . 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 , Soutnsmpton-buildings , Chancery-lane , London ; Smithson , Malton .
John Grant , baker , Bristol , Not . 25 , and Dae 27 , at twelve , atthe Bristol District Court of Bankruptcy . Solicitors , White and Whitemore , Bedford-row , London ; Bevans . Bristol . Joseph Suffolk , bridle cotter , Birmingham , Nor . 24 , and Dee . 20 , at twelve , at the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy ; Christie , official assignee , Birmingham ; solicitor , Harrison , Birmingham-William Collingi , baker , Devonport , Not . 29 , and Deo . 97 , at the Royal Hotel , Plymouth . Solicitors , Galaworthy and Nlcholls , Cook ' s-eoort , Lincoln ' s Inn , London ; Chapman , Devonport . Thomas Frith , shoe manufacturer , Stafford , Nor * 25 , and Dec . 27 , at eleven , at the Swan Inn , Stafford . Solicitors , Gladstone , New-inn , Strand , London ; Seek * erson and Bell , Stafford .
Joseph Lindon , merchant , Plymouth , Not . 19 , and Dae . 20 , at the Court of Bankruptcy for the Exet * District , at eleven . Solicitors , Surr , Lombard-strt ^ London ; Edmonds , or El worthy , Plymouth . William Street , groeer , Bickingball Superior , S uffolk , Dec 16 rod 27 , at eleven , at the Globe Inn , BuiJ St . Edmunds . Soliciten , ; Gudgeon , Stownmket ; Walter and Pemberton , Symoud ' s-faB , Cbancery-lan «» London .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 19, 1842, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1187/page/6/
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