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vunot , u the last , trailaterdl , but gate power to toth ( aittes . Mr . Chkisiopheb opposed the bill because it was still a oue-sided measure , and * a s calculated to injure the rights of property . If this subject should be legislated for at all , it ought to be taken up by the government . He moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months . The amendment was seconded by Mr .
Heathcoat . . Mr . S . Adue suggested that the bill might be read pro forma , aud referred to a select committee . ' Sir G . Grey said , there seemed to be a general op inion in favour of a compulsory enfranchisement , and being arrived at an agreement upon its principle the better course was to read the bill a second time ( not pro forma ) , and refer it to a select committee . Mr . Muluxgs opposed the bill , as well as Sir G . Strickland , who pronounced it a delusion . It was not for the enfranchisement of copyholds , for it retained the tenure , but simply to commute rents un « 1 er that tenure to a reut-ctiarge . After some remarks by Colunel Sibthokp and Mr . Heslkt , the second reading was affirmed on a division by 103 against 84 .
Accidents os Railways Bitt . —Mr . . Newdkgate moved the second reading of this bill , the object of which was to make it incum' -ent upon railway companies in cases of accident to sendfor medical assistance , without incurring a liability to expense unless the accident arose from the negligence of therailway officers . If the party was unable to pay the expense the company might recover it from the parish . . . ¦ Mr . Ems protested against the injustice of confining this obligation to railway companies , and moved to defer the Becond reading of the bill for six months . . " Mr . Addbhley supported the bill , which cast no liability upon railway companies except in cases of their own negligence . ¦
Colonel SreiHOHP also supported the bill , and regretted that it did not go further , and compel railway companies to irake ample compensation to parties who suffered through their neglect . Mr . Laboucheek could not recommend the house to aaree to the bill , which was extremely objectionable inpriuciple . Its effects was to alter the general law of principle and agent ; to compel railway companies in all cases to call iu medical assistance , they being responsible in the first instance for the expense . At present the companies were ultimately liable for medical assistance iu accidents arising from the fault of their servants , and there were no special circumstances which ¦ would justify the application to them of a particular rule . . . '
- Mr , Sfooneb contended that there were special circums-fruices , and denied that the object of the bill , was to alter the general liability of railway companies ; it merely provided that there should be no . delay in the first instance in sending for medical assistance . -The Attorset-Gekeral said his objection was that the bill did alter tho law , and iu one case only , and nothing was so bad as exceptional legislation . .. - ¦ ' . :- .. Mr . RicABDO likewise opposed the bill , which on a division was rejected by 103 against 5 S . -Mr . Kbosh obtained leave to bring-in a bill to give further facilities for the improvement of towns m Ireland . . At six o ' clock the house adjourned . ( From our Second Edition of lad week . ) THURSDAY , Jbhe 20 .
-HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Vote o * Cosmoses is Govehhmkst . —Mr . Roebuck , thinking that our double chambers ought to act in concert , each pnrtioa with the other , or that the public should clearly , understand the reasons of difference , and feeling that' uxder existing circumstances the government was crippled , and the honour of England could not be sustained , gave notice that he should , on Monday , bring forward a resolution of conSdence in the foreign policy of Lord Palmerston . . The second reading of the Mercantile Marine ( So . 2 ) Bill was moved by Mr . Labouchrbe , and committed pro forma . . The Metropolitan Interments Bill was read a third time on the motion of Sir G . Grky , and passed . - . . Tub Factories Bill . —Sir G . Grbt moved that this Bill be read a third time .
-Mr . O'Conjjob said that , as so much sympathy Lad iust been expressed for the dead , he trusted that tte house would exhibit a similar feeling for the living . He was aware of the folly of an independent member , belonging to no party , undertaking to advocate any cause in that house . He , however , at all risk and hazard , would oppose the third read ing of that atrocious Bill . Machinery came upon iHemwitha hop , step , and jump , and SO rapidly did its owners acquire power that the government were afraid to legislate honestly for the sufferers . Let him call their attention to the different feeling which those millowners had for their own children , and those little children upon whose sweat and marrow , and blood , they fattened and became rich .
Ifiqne of those millowners had a child to be educated , he would take care that th « school was in a Isaltby situation , and that playhours were sufficient for recreation . And then , how could the go-Ternment attempt to base its power upon the ignorance of a people , whose time , that should be de-Toted to instruction , was devoted to slavish and exhausting-toil . Ministers stated " that they proposed this bill Jest , after the recent decision of the judges the mill-owners should return to the old system , but he would ask the house and the government how the dignity nf that assembly could be maintained , if a legal quibble was capable of nullifying an Act of Parliament . By such a course they would stultify themselves in the eyes of the nation : and thnow
ey based -their policy upon the support of men who sat behind and around them , who bad jumped out of their dogs into Spanish leather boots , and out of aung carts into carriages . ( " Ob , oh ; " and laughter . ) They may laugh , he would not rebuke them for that , was it not that thev cared nothing for the health or strength of those women and little children , so long as they could live and . ' muriate upon their very marrow and blood . Although he was not a-mill-owner , yet , perhaps , he had visited more manufacturingtownsthan any manufacturer in that house ; and as he passed through the slums and back lanes of those towns in the depth of winter , it made his blood run cold to see little girls , seven years of age , with a baby tied upon her back ,
hobbling through the mud , while the mother of that baby was obliged to obey the summons of that dread curfew , to'drag her sucking babe from her breast , and throw it to a stranger ; and having established such a system themselves , which compelled a child of ninety-six months old to work six hours a : aay , ' and ' of thirteen : years of age to work ten hours and a half a day , they would now base then * power upon the presumed ignorance of those when they grow up . Did it not destroy all domestic feeling . Bid it not sever all connection and union between man and wife , parent and child ? It had been urged that there were no petitions in favour of the Ten Hours Bill , he , however , asserted that there were many ,
and if there had -been none , he could assign substantial reasons . Firstly , the people felt that petitioning that house was useless , and secondly , the masters who held the tyrant power over their slaves , would perhaps discbarge them , if they dared to make their grievances known to that house . But , notwithstanding this ' allegation , ' nearly all , if not all , the masters of . Preston'arid other towns , did petition in favour of the Ten Hours Bill , but their voice was silenced in this house by the cupidity of the government supporters belonging to the same class . In the good old timesr when men worked at their own loom , ' and In their own cottagej when the sterling stamp of labour / as well as the brand of capital appeared upon the fabric , then the employed And theemployer were co-partners ; and If the master wa 3 driven to complete an order , b >
vent to his labourer and told him that if he completed it before the prescribed time , be should have a gratuity , butnow so powerful have they become , and so great is the competition for labour , that they had reduced wages to the mere existence point . Let not that house'or the governmen t however imagine that public feeling was asleep ; they , the government were slumbering < m a volcano , which sometime or other would burst abou t their ea-s . He wag soitj to see the hon . memoer for Manchester not in bis place , as in the last discussion upon that bill , that gentleman had bad the audacity and impertinence to call his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) speech—( " Order , order . " ) The Speaker Intimated that the honourable member had committed a breach of order in calling the language of any other honourable member " audacious and impertinent . "
Mr . O'Cosxob recalled the expression and resumed . ' He ' would tell'her Majesty ' s ministers that if they succeeded in passing this bill , he would do his utmost to raise a feeling against it out of the house ; and he wished them to understand that although as an independent member his speech and . his voice had no power in that house ; yet , he could and would exercise a power . out of doors which would bring that house to its senses . He held in his haad an extract from the report of an Inspector who had visited Mr . Bright's factory , and . which he would read to the House . ' Mr . O'Connor thea read the following document : :
.: ... - . Gldham , MavG 1850 . Sns , —I nis at Mr . Bright ' s mill on Satnrday last , and * eewed fte .-following information from the hands . The Irate . ptazri bare been turned out ever since January last agamsl a reduction in their wages , tliis being the third dufUKthe hut three jeare ; the reduction offered was onetkird their wages ; Theberthandsweregetting nearly eight shilKnga per week prerions to the strike in five per week . Ihe weaver on two looms , bret quality of work , will get about nine shillings pe , week _ tiI ^ ^ the best workmen . At Lane-side Mill ( Messrs . Lord and Brothers ) , Backdate , for the same kind of work , thev will' get from twelre to . tliirteen shillings per weefciafire days . ¦' - ¦ ? Sonfeof JJr .-Pright ' filiands , fotne-nrea vingbraiwn , are
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only earning about four shillings and nintpence per week on two looms ; this is owing to the work being so very bad —and good workmen , too . This is aserious reduction ; indirectly he makes no recompense . .-,..,. - ¦ , ; ,.- ..,. ; j "" This statement is from the Overlooker pf . pow ^ r looms / ,. . The Spinne . rs ' . statemeht :-- .:..:-.:. n ,. They were reduced threepence per thbusilaia : hanks in January last Ihe winders were reducedion'tha 19 th of January last to the amount of twopence per . thousand hanks ; they are now earning about thirteen shillings in aix days per week : while at Mr . James Kins * . *? .- e same town , winders are getting 19 s . ljd in the same tome . ; This statement isfroro the winders themselves . ^ inhabitants of
Both the workmen of Mr . Brig ht and-the Rochdale genewllv My thai tie ( Mr . BnghO has alwajB been me first to reduce wages ; infiqVUiereisno end of his reducing wages , both directly and indirectly . From an Overlooker ' s sta tement :-He . says , that he worked for Mr . Bright nearly twenty years , and the last four hasToiJrVceiv / d on the average ten shdhnge per week . Two of die mills are totally stopped , and have been some time and an other pnrtiaUyso ; this causes great distress among the hands , which you know as well as myself . Do tou rememb er them two young women begging at Uoyton , when we were there J-they were two of Bright ' s hands . Sir G . Gret asked to be allowed to look at the letter , and after glancing at it remarked that it had no signature attached to it . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O ' Connor said that no name was attached to the letter , because if a person was known to bare given such information he . would be dismissed from his employment .
Mr . Elus asked whether the writer was a Government "inspector ? " ¦ . .:. Mr . O'Connor : No : there was no chance of getting just information from a Government inspector . ( Cries of "Oh ! " ) The letter he had just read was from a person who had been sent to inspect the condition of Mr . Bright ' s mill . . . Reynolds asked whether the hon . member had given Mr . Bright notice that it was his intention to read an anonymous communication . against him . ' ,. .: Mr . O'Cohsob had intimated that it was not from a government inspector . ( Renewed cries of " Oh , oh . " ) Was not the house aware that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was not likely to be in communication with a government inspector , and was not every man in
the house aware that the brand of poverty would be stamped upon the writer of that document ; but as he never fabricated reports , ho would hand the original document to the right hon . baronet Sir George Grey , and he , ( Mr . O'Connor ) . upon an-important subject of this kind , had a right to complain of those frequent and indecent interruptions . Let him remind the government , and honourable millowners , who complained of the rents of the landlords of this fact , that if a master , employing a thousand bands , reduced the wages of those hands by 2 s .- a week , he made , without reference to the price . of the raw material and the manufactured article , . this made a profit of £ 5 , 200 a year , and , if he reduced wages by 2 s . a week , and employed 2 , 000 hands , -he made a profit of £ 10 , 400 a year , and his tyranny
and power increased according , to his profit . . Then , if they really entertained that feeling of kindness for the poor , which was so often expressed in that house ; let him remind them , that while the average of life in Dorsetshire > as fifty-three years , the average" of life in the manufacturing districts was twenty-seven years ; and therefore , according to the principle of justice and humanity , the man who bad exhausted his life at the age of twentyseven , should have realised sufficient to have lived upon for the remainder of his life . A factory operative represented the racehorse , who had lived an unnatural life , and had run his sweating race , the racehorse was as old at five as the agricultural horse . was at , twenty , and the artificial labourer was as old at twenty-seven , as the naturally employed labourer was at fifty-three . But if the house required a stronger proof of the value which the slave employers attach to this
increased slavery of two hours a-week , it would be developed by the profit , that they calculated , to make upon these two extra hours labour . ' In fact he could not furnish them with a more , convincing proof , that they coined every sweat and blood into gold from that fact . The evils which shortened human life would be perpetuated by this measure , and he wished it to be known that he gave it his most strenuous opposition * . It was said that the struggle was only , for two hours a-week . but did not that prove how valuable to the roasters was the labour of factory children ! He would not trouble the house further than by informing them that if thev did not give justice to ' the people , the latter would find a means of obtaining it for themselves . Mr . Reynolds then made some impertinent remarks relative to Sni g ' s End , and as to whether the letter relative to Mr . Bright ' s factory , was signed .
Mr . O ' Cosnoh would remind the Lord Mayor of Dublin , that he stated that the letter was signed , and since be concluded his speech he had handed the letter to Sir George Grey—who , however , returned it . "With regard to the remainder of- the hon ' . gentleman ' s speech he would not condescend to notice it , as the censure of slaves was adulation . ( Order , order . ) The galleries were then cleared , but there not being a single member to second Mr . O'Connor ' s amendment , it was negatived without a division , and the Bill was read a third time . . . ' ..-. On the motion that the Bill for the abolition of the Equity Jurisdiction of the Court of Exchequer ( Ire and ) be read a second time , . ' ....-, Mr . Xu > ieb spoke against the bill , but reserved his hostile amendment for a future stage . He was answered by The Solicitor-Gen-eral for Ireland , and the bill was then read a second time .
The house went into committee on the Charitable Trusts Bill , the discussion of which occupied the greater part of the remainder of the Bi ght . On the third reading of the County Courts Extension Bill , Major Blackall moved the addition of a clause enabling Irish barristers of seven years' standing to be appointed judges of the English county courts . The clause w .-w , on division , negatived by 111 to 58 ; majority , 63 . .... The bill passed . The other orders were then taken .
( From our Hard Edition of leut week . ) : FRIDAY , Jrai 5 21 . , HOUSE OF LORDS .-TheDuke . of Richmosd gave notice of his intention to move , in committee on the Factories Bill , a clause similar to . that unsuccessfully proposed by Lord John Manners in the House of . Commons . ¦ . . . -. ; ,. .- . : HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Amendment on Mb . Roebuck ' s Monox . Mr . Hume said : I beg , sir , to giveuotiee , that-1 shall move an amendment on ' Mr . Roebuck ' s motion , to . leave out all the words after the word " that , " with the view of substituting the following : — . « Taking into consideration the general policy of her Majesty ' s Government under circuni 8 taiice 8 of difficulty ) this house is of opinion that , on the whole , it is calculated to promote' tne best interests of the country , and , thereforedeems
, it expedient to continue its confidence . in ¦ her Majesty ' s Ministers . " ( Loudlaughter . ) . .: On the motion for-the house resolving itself into a committee of supply , : ; :.-. r- ; , Mr . G . A . Uamiltun ; in a lonjfspeech i moved as an amendment , that an humblei address be presented to her : Majesty ^ praying , that ; she . will be graciously pleased to direct that : such a modification of the system ot national education in Ireland maybe made as may remove the conscientious objections which a large proportion'of the clergy and laity of the Established Church entertain to that system , as at present carried into- operation , <> r that means , may be otherwise taken to enable those of the clergy and laity of the-Established Church who entertain such conscientious objections to extend the blessings of Scriptural education in Ireland . -. -: . . ¦ -.-.
Mr . Walpou { supported the motion , to whioh he did not think ; any valid opposition could be offered ¦ . - . ' .-I ' . -ij . ¦•¦ ¦ . ¦ j ,.., . •' . :. ; Sir W . SoMEBVittE opposed the iabtion , and called upon the House to refuse its assent to a proposition which would-. tend to destroy the present system of national education in Ireland . >; He bore a tribute to the manifold advantages whioh Ireland was deriving from the aystera originated by Lord Stanley , and which , he considered , was one of the greatest boons which had ever been bestowed upon a nation . He conceived that the opposition to . the present course was either founded in misapprehension or in bigotry . . ¦¦¦ : . -. ,. ; . " : Alongdiscussion ensued , when the house divided , and the motion -was negatived by 225 to 142 - tna- ^ jority , 83 . ' ¦ .: = . : ¦ ..., ... ,.- .. i . .,,: . . ; ,. :: The house then went into Committee of Supply , and after some objections from Colonel Sihtliorp and Mr . Cobden , votes were taken for law , police , Sin's !? 11 " 1 ex ^ aseB > * amount of about *« Ov , U 00 . 1 , : ' . "• ¦ . . . The house then adjourned . : :
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COURT OF EXCHEQUER , -Thubsdat . O'CONNOR , M . P ., „ . BRADSnAW .-JTATIOSlT . Ll « n
i ,. „ -. . ,. .. Company . . " . „ ; ""• • taSriJiS ?? * 1 tUe Mtiin ff of t ^' court , applied to their lordship * to rescind the decision to which they had com * latel y On the application of Mr . Serjeant Wilk , H , Mto defer the arguments in th a cjise till the next Term . This wasfelt to be a hardsh . p and an injustice by his client , Vnd he might say that it wasciilculited torprejudUfe many pf . or people whose interests were deeply ; connected witli this cause and the ; Company . ; He wa 8 ready to make any personal sacrifice in oraerthat this ciise might be disposed of at piiieVarid ; he'hoped that ' the court would reconsider its determination ! in thfs matter . . : j ! ' , " '' , - •"' ' .. '" ' 'fC ' ¦ Mr . Baron Parke said if the Chief Barpt ^ cduld attend Iseenbrbason why it should not bVtake . ri after Mr . Gorham ' scase . ' . '•' . " . . ' ; , .- , ' • . ' - ' ' ' ¦ Mr . Roebuck havjng in , the meantime obtoined the Chief'Baron ' s consenl , , ; • ' , ' ;| f >; Mr . Barpu . ' Aldefsqtfiald , ' then we wilrtake ; it afSerta * Bishop of Exeter ' s case , - if-we survive ^ ifc-
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' NON . DEL 1 TE ^ JOF MSPAPERS ON ; ; ¦ ' ' . ' . SUNDAYi . , , ; ...,,., ' .,. ; :., . A meeting of newspaper ' propnetor 8 . arid'tlieir re presentatives was . " held at Peele ' s Coffeehouse , on f uesday . ' for the purpose , of taking' measuresxi prevent the stoppage of the delivery of . newspapers , through the instrumentality of the poat-offico on Sunday . - " .. ' . ]"" .. < " . " ... ¦' . " ... ' . .., ' .. ¦" . ¦ 1 Mn Inouau having taken , the chair , ,. . Mr . . Skrus read a petition to the . House of Commons , which had been prepared by ; the . committee appointed at the meeting held on Thursday last . He did not' think tho press , as a body ,, were yet
awake to the insult offered , them by . the Sabbatarians , in the first place , and afterwards by the government acting on the resolution of a small minority of ihe hou 8 e . But it was necessary for those who felt the injury to endeavour to remed y , it at once , or the onportunity , might be lost . . He concluded by moving the first resolution : — '' That the petition just read be adopted , and sent round to all the newspaper offices for signature ! and that it be presented to tue House of Commons ! b y Mr . Roebuck , or some other influential member , " Mr . Chapman seconded the resolution .
Mr . Thomas observed , that though the inconvenience of the measure was as yet hardly felt ; he was aware of a case where losses to some extent had already been suffered . . . ' . ' . . ¦ The resolution was carried unanimousl y . ' ! , Mr . . WooDmoveil , and Mr . Thomas seconded , the next resolution : —V That a deputation be appointed to wait on the First Lord of the Treafmry ,. ahd the Postmaster-General , to urge upon themthe necessity that exists of rescinding the recent post-office regulation , and that the committee be empowered to avail theraselvesof the services in this respect of such members of parliament as shall be favourable to the abrogation of the said order . " . Mr , Ledger moved the third resolution ,, empowering the committee to call a public meeting on the subject on an early day . . .: ' :
Mr . Buchakan seconded this resolution , observing that it was of great importance that the question should be placed on as . broad a ground as possible , and that the intended meeting should be in reality a public one , and not composed solely of parties connected with the trade , i . . ¦ ¦ .: ' : ... Mr . Seblb was unwilling that a public meeting should be summoned , exceptas a last resort , and he hoped the committee would exhaust every meiths to obtain redress by their own endeavours before taking this step . " ' ,. .: . ' . .
Mr .. Cox said that / London would , hot . suffer much inconvenience from the . measure , ; and . there ? / ore few might be willing ' tb ' exert themselves ; to get it veauinded . He feared that the same motives which influenced some of . the \ , 'City merchants .. to . take a part in the , Sabbatarian agitation against Mr . Rowland Hill ' s , ' alteration in the Sunday , service at the Post-Qffice—motives which were , byn 6 meanscreditabletothemselves—would lead them to oppose the ^ escindjng ' . of the , late obnoxious re gulatjon . He sugies ' ted that all the weeklyipblideal journals should print a short form , of petition , and a \ 1 fst number of such petitions would be signed all ovb £ the kingdom by parties ,. who , had been injured by this measure . , ; ' ' . [' . This and the foregoing resolution ihaving been unanimously , adopted , a vote , of thanks to the chairman was passed , and the meeting broke up . >
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Lord Paimebstos aboto 1820 . — " Lord Palmerston came to townj gent for by Percival ; He was so-good as to confide to me that three things ' Were ; offered to-him—the ! Chancellorshi p of th * fexchequer , Secretaryship : at War ,-orasea ' t all-the ' Treasury , by way of . introduction to the Seals , if he was afraid of entering upon them at Oricei" These' offers were , however , in tb « alternative of their being one of ' them declined'by , Milnes ( Member ifm - Pohte : fraot ) , to whom they ) were made in the first instance . Lord P . consulted ^ Very frankly , upon them , and asked if IlthoughthtfwduldbeequaPto the seals'either in thtf OabinePor 'parliament , i particularly the latter , whe Vf , Ke had barely made his debut . I told him-i-artd < was most sincere—that in
common with all hisfriend ^ whymlhad ever heard speak on the subject ^ I : thought hlmiquite equal to them in pointof capaqlty ^ but as to ifierves ; te Paruament ( of which he seemed most to d 6 ubb ) i nobody could judge but himself . He 8 aid , < ; Petty , |( whbm I had mentioned ) had , come- forward after ! havitfg felt his way and got possession iof : himselfviri . the house , and that if he had-done : the ; same , ; he , ' peiv haps would not hesitate , n As itwas'he : inclinetT to the second place , but had written to Lord Malmegbury . We walked up to Hyde Park ¦ discussing the aui'ject . i . Amoqg other , topics which I urgedi' ono seemed-to : impress him . muchi ; Y . wbM tvaB , the great difference there would be irhiSBituation and pretensions upon a return to office , in . the ! event of our going out , if he retired as-. a Cabinet i Minister ,
msteadofasubordinate oapaoity . Ho / allowed it much flattered his ambition , but , feared the . preju . dice it would occasionsto his own reputation and the mterest of his friends if be failed , i I left himVinclining ; to the Secretary , at War . ;; and admired his prudence , as I have ; l pngdone the talents and exo ellent understanding , , as i well :-as theimanyirotber : good qualities as ¦ well : as : accomplishments ; . ¦ ofn ithis very fine , young atan . "—Memoirl of "RarPlummev . 'Wyrd .- ,. . . | . ; v ;> f : ; :. ! i ; . ! ii ¦ . ¦ .-. mT .-u' i ^ hr ^ ii i j A . TM 08 PHEai (! . Uaymakino . —Ail whirlwind .. visited ft hay-field on Ibefarmiof Ld rd ; Bfaybro 6 ko * . neid ' Saffrpn'Walden , . onrTuesday , and rathebaatdnished the troop . of haymakers by jhunying , off part of the materiel upon TThich tli&y ; weref labouring , carrying , . ^ t . m ¦ fan tMtie ^ shapeSif ! over the top-ofiithe'tafi SraSf B ^ S -fmo-of ; it ^ ltaMlslQfl , ^
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the ' pa 88 « Jigers , ,, when ' 1 iaw , the ;' 6 te ' anii tfoming ' up ihe ' companiph . ' andl ' ' heard , ' it ; raakiiig a horrible hissing , bubbling ; noise . . Then I thought that all was lost i and , that we . should have a precious blow tip , so ' conimittirig my self iritb thelhanils of' God ' I plunged . dvdrboafd . ' , Thero ' ' were „ about' iix '' otfieV men .. who jumped in with me , and they , struck out' bo hard that . I they . got me ; under . water' Jdr about a . minute ' ; hoWe ver , I soon got up and ' sWamboldly for niy life . ' ^ Wjien I . had swam about forty , yavtib . 1 caiiie to ! a . cliest , ' on which . a . man was supporting himself . [ I ' niado'for it , ' and reached W , but . the' seaman , ' was in ) 8 uoh . an agbnjf' or . ter : ror tha t , he , kne ^ not what , he did ,., " , and , in foolishly . ' endenv ^ ui-ing , to get to the tdp 4 of the cheBt , he turned . it round like a treadmill ., I
cbuld . not shift my hauds as quickly as he pulled it over , ' and so 1 ^ was pushed right under the Water fqrV about two ; minutes . \ At that awful tithe 11 felt the ' .. water ^ coming in , my ears . . and . hose , ' . and ' thought pn home and my parents , and . folt' thajt I should neyer see them more , ' and . was giving . upj bu ( i , just theni'I felt new vigour in niy . Hmbs and . deteriiiinecl not . to relinquish life without , a Btruggle ., ; Idived'downtill . tgptfreeof ' the nian arid cnest and swam to . some things which were floating near , and ^ ot something like a desk iipder one arm apd a kind of wooden grating urijjer ,. tiie other ; , with ,. these . I kept . up a Ions ; while , but looking round . 'I isawtKe largo ; chest . with , the , man , who had ' stopped pulling it over ; , I swam to it
therefore , and told lnm not to pull it , as our safety depen ^ odon . it . ; he remained quiet , hut by . way of precaution I still kept the , wooden , grating . under niy . p ' jbh ' er arm . SiDon another ' m ! iri joined us . on . the chest , , h ^ . gpjb ' on the end , and told us both , to strike out for the . land , ' which , we all did , . and were getting on very welL . w . hen we saw to . our inexpressililo joy a largo ' boat come round the point . out of Portpatriok : we all set up . a . shout . " Oh boat , for tbe . loveo ^ G ' ad ! " , " ' ¦ ' , Oh ,, save . us . !" ' , 'Oh ,. we are ] ! di ; oWnihg , ?' . and , all that kind of thing ., Presently . they . heard . us and ,, approached , arid : you cannot tell tho feelings whichjarose in my breast . . Then the man in the ! bow laid hold of me to pull , me in , Jrbeingvtop ' w . eHkI | t" 6 , ' 86 ramblo , in ..., As : s , oon as
hehadlaid me down . on the . iorpcAstle I . fell right over into the . bodyoif the boat ,, but then I ' was . so cold , I . began to jump and cut away into the . stern 8 heet 8 ,. and I sat dowri shivering ,, like half adozen drowned rats . V The other two men were pulled in mpre . dead than alive ; they , lay . in : the ,. bottom , oi the boat quite exhausted . We went on , and picked up a poor wprnan off a piece . of . the . wreck where she . . had ,, b . e ' en floating . Then . we , went " to the wreck , which , had , gone down I ajippose when ! was under the chew ; tbe / waterj t ' neh : being low tido . was : not up , to her , crosg ' trees ; . and , ' there ^ * , ere a great many clinging to the shrouds , Ac .. ' ., ' . , We took a w ' oifian and , her . baby and about eight men off the wreck , and then' made ! 'for land ! 1 all
the time was jumping to keep iriyself warm , haying nothing on . but my shirt . When we , got . into the harbour Iran up the . landing . stairs . At the ' top there wasan old woman ' . with a . ' shawl in her hand , which she ; Cast , about me , apd took ' me tp , her mas ^ ter ' shouse , whpHe name was " Captain Hawes , R . N . They gave me ' some warni ' brandy , and wjiter ; and put me . into . a warm bed , ; wtlerelsopn fell asleep .. ' , . While I am having a comfortable napat Captain Hawes ' , house , 1 will tell you j what befel . Mr . P . Afterhe . left me he went to ' the . companion , and , whenth ' e . Orion , heeled , over , he cut up the shrouds , where . jhe . remained till the . last , ! boat ' : he , was the laa . Uo quit the unfortunate ^ veHgel . Whenvlwoke ii uy
yifi ^ uiiuBiiiimg my ^ ueusiqe au ngnt . -,.,,- . ; . ; 'Abput " . six , o ' clock ;; they mgnalleijl the'Eleetwopd boat to . cpme in as ., she \ was .. phasing ' jit , , the time . ; shedid bo , but . Ihad np ' clothes ; but they : bono wed for me'iu thejjvillage ^ - ' trpus ers that came down to my knees ,, a , waistcoat that .. wbiild not . button , a grey coat . ali ; ,, tprnV and . a : paii ' of , U 6 bt 8 a ' " Qiile . , tbp "gV . iWl a Scptph . hohnet , ; , sq with these , elegant vestments you maj \ imagine ' what , afig ' ure I was . I went on board the Penell ' a , and there , found a large , number . of my feUdw . aijfferers s ^ oine'hadno boots , . somei . no-coat ,, and vire . were . " altogether like a g angiW .. gyp 8 ies , ; ., ThBre fere . ' about six dead bod ! e ; ofl ; . tnf shore . . Wheii I . left , ; and a boat came along 8 ide , the Fenella withalady arid two men Quite
dead- ^ the ^ dy . hidsome ; seaweed . on her . face . The Fenplla s captain charged . us nothing , and at Troon we got into , the , tram to-P ~ , ; tejlmg the , news as we went , ; , at P - ~ we ' gota train ' ; to G- — , I got into the . omnibus , at j G ~ . just missing Papa , who ¦ was . at ' . thei pp 8 t-pfflce ,. and . create , ^ a great sensation m .- the . - abpve mentiori . e ( i it yehicle , ; one . " popr . ' . wpman . y so . tpuqhed \ htft she slipjped . afourpenny piece into my hhhd , arid was with great difficulty " persuaded to take it back . When I" got' home i' told tnamma that the Orion was " aT-grbund ; nait ~ to alarm "er ,, and : sbo : was'ad gladao . 8 ee . me that ' 8 h ' e never noticed my ; dress , but when sho went into thW dining room she told . them , laughiug , that I looked like a shipwrecked . mariner . Papasooncame : h' 6 me and told her , and she wos most awfull y frightened when she heard the . dangers : I had escaped .- Captain M'Neil . of : Collonsay , was drowned with his wife and two daughters ¦;¦ his twoisons were saved . - ¦ - ' " I My name , was in the paper . as «• Mr ; D . ; arid tutor , " so you will know when you Bee it . ; . ; It all happened . through th « i carelessnessiof the captainrunning too near shore , r : ¦ . > bi . v ' : Ihopeallarewen--butl am so tired of writing I can add no ; further particulars , ' so believe me your affectionate cousin , . ¦¦¦ . ; D . ; June 15 . ¦¦¦ ,. ' .- > ,. : . ,
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" } ' } I ; r ^; ¦ - ¦ ; ' ¦'¦ '¦ corn . . ' ¦ ' / 1 jUbk : xane , Monday , ' June 2 i .-There was Tery Httl » English wheat at market this morning ; and the stanfa were cleared at the same prices as on Monday last zl foreign there was not much doing , but the Sales offected j ve ,-e | at former prices , Flour , unless quite , fresh , difficult tosell . Barley ^ firm , and fine , samples the ( urn dearer Beans and peas scarce , and worth ' rather mure money TIip supply ofuatswas moderate , and n large part ofthearri with difficult ; but good fresh corn is wanted , ami 6 d deurerthan on this , day : week linseed cakes readier sale ., The weather has been very . hot . forthe :. last few days , and , the crops are , upon the whoUvprogressing
fa-WEDNESDATi June . ' 26 . ^ There is to this ' dayV market a fair supply of Forei gn wheat , principally- fronY the JJaltic and near ports , butiof : English grain and Foreign ' Spring cora the ; quamityfresh , upis trifling . In wheatdnS ^ h . av n ° , ^? uon to note ; but Spring corn , lronMhe oon ^ n !? e . dry . weather , is more inquiredfor , and holders are demanding enhanced rates , ; . ' . .. » "uu juerB Arrivals this week : _ Wheat -English , 570 quarti-ii foregn (! 8 , 340 ' quarters . - Barley - English , 40 Ser , foreign ,, 690 : quarters .- ; OatsiEnglish ; 49 i ) quartm ! S 33 B . i £ r ^ - -. «* - ?** : ^ ¦ - * Richmond ( YoabHttE , } ' June 22 .-We had a fair sut . plsr of wheat this morning and all was sold off : — Wht at loli f « T i B 9 d w fi 8 Gd : oata > 2 s ' 4 d w 3 k oa ! "harfey . & oa to 3 s 6 d ; beans / 8 s 6 d to 3 s 9 d per bushel , ' '•' . ' , ; ' : ' BREAD . ; fl , Pfi i St ? f eaten br « a « in the metropo « s are from 6 Jd . to 7 d .- , of ^ household . ditto ; 4 id . to 6 d . peMfiis . loar
. - ; - .. . ¦ : : ¦ ,. ' .,- .. ^ CATTLE . ; ,, ; : ¦ -::, [ •; ,. ,. : SiiiTHteD , Monday , June 24 .-Our market'to-day was seasonably well supplied with , foreign- 'beasto , Bheep , and lambs , but the number of calves , was limited . ; Fronvour own grazing districts , thearrivafe : of beasts freah up this moi-ning were considerably oh the increase ; ana of excellent quality . Notwithstanding thait the attendance " of both town and country buyers was numerous , the beef trade ruled heavy , at a decline in ; the prices of . Monday ) last of 3 ? . P « ? - ; The top figure for . beef was 3 s ( id per 8 Ibs . With sheep , we were very extensively , supplied owing to which ; the mutton' trade ruled heavy in the ex treme , and the quotations gave way quite 2 d per 81 bs * The number of-Idmb 3 was large , an breeds moved off heavily , but we have no further decline to notice in their value . Scarcely any business was doing in pigs , at late r&tGS > . * ¦
, Price per atone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offal . )—Beef 2 s 4 d to 38 6 d ; mnttdn' 2 « -6 d to 38 " 8 d ;/ veal , 2 s 6 il to 3 s 4 d pork 3 s 2 d to 4 s Od ; lambs 3 » lOd to 6 s ! - * V - ' He » d ; ofCattieat SMrrBPiELD .-i . Fridav . — Beasw fl 4 fisheep 36 . 2 U 0 ; calves 350 ; pigs 300 . Mondav ~ BeaBti 3 ( b 32 ; sheep , 30 , 900 , ; calves 803 ; pif 8 320 . ' ; ^ BWO * ti !; .. A [ II )" liEADENHAU ,, Monday , Juno 24— IntPrinr , ^ > o ^ " ^^ ** && «« p 28 6 dT 2 s 8 d p £ ' ! & ? ^ . o s 4 d -i ' inftrio » muttoni 2 » 6 d t » 2 s 101 SS ^ . M ^^ -Hl ' . prime diU « > 3 s « 1 t « 3 sod Teal , > , M : tjii 3 s , 2 d ; small pork , 3 s M to , 4 s Od lambs , 3 s 8 d to 4 s lOd ; per 81 bs . by the carcase , ¦ - -i ^ o ' l ^ Piiovisioxs . :, ; ,. ; , - .-.:-.
. ; LosDos , Monday . —We have little or nothing now'to- report . of , our market . . There ; was a moderate amount of business uon ^ in Irish bu tter last week , and Bcarcely any change > n prices . Poreignin &jr request ; the best Friesland sold at 66 s to 68 s per cwt . ' Bacon : Iriab , - fresh and of mild cure , in gooddemand , and the turn'dearer . Amcridan ' attracted : rathermore : attention . 'Prices steadv . HamsleanertoselL Lard without alteration . : ¦ • ¦ * Enoush Bbtteb ,, June 2 f . — Our trade . continues very dull , and none but best quality is . saleable . The supply ojf fre 8 h ., butter is abbhdaht ' and exceeding , the demand Dorset fine weekly 74 sto 78 s per cwt ; j . ditto middling 5 fis to . 60 s ; Devon 60 s to 6 Gs ; Fresh 6 s to 10 s per dozen lD 9 i ¦ ¦ ' i . ¦ 1 , i . ¦' :.., - " ' ¦ " : ; : ; ' l-i ' .:. POTATOES . - . * •¦ ¦> ' ' -I . ' SonrHWAM : WiTEBsiDE , June 24 . i-There have been several fresh cargoes arrived since our last report in g » bd . condition ; - but the weather is so hot . they are selling v . ry ' . slowly . The Mowing are this day ' s quotations : - ^ York . shire Regents 60 s . to 80 s per ton ; Scotch Cups 60 s to 70 s ; Ditto Whites -sto—s ; Rhenish 60 s to 70 s : Belgian 60 s to 70 s . , . ' ¦ - ' "
.. ¦¦¦ " ¦ : WOOL . ! CtTr . Monaay , June 24 . —The imports of wool into Londen last week were 6 , 305 bales ; Including 1 , 797 frbmSydney , 1 ,- » 16 from Port Phillip , 891 from the Cape of Good Hope , 654 from Bombay , 442 from Germany , 1 , 072 from Van Oiemen ' s Land , and 33 , from . Buenos Ayres . The public sales are stilV in progress , and the buyers appear to take off freely all ' that la put up . ' Liverpool , 'June 22 . '—From all parts of the country we hear of an extensive business doing in combing wool , and the quantity f-at has already changed hands is much larger than usual for the period of the jear , and buyers seem ; 8 till desirous to secure a quantity ,-nf > twithstanding the advanced prices douiaiided . The accounts fromlrelana -represent -
.. . TALLOW , HIDES , AND OILS , MoNDAT , June > 24 . i-Since our \ mt report the demand forall k \ ndR of talllow has ruled heafy , butwe ^ have no material change to notice in prices . ' To-uay P . Y . O . on the spotis . selling at 36 s 6 d to 87 s , and for delivery during the last three months 38 s to 38 s 3 d per cwt . Town' ullow , 35 s 6 c ( per cwt . net cash : rough f : it . ' 2 s per 81 bs . ' . '¦ Leadenhall . —Market 'hides 561 b . tbt > 4 tb lid to lid per 1 b . ; : ditto 641 b . to' 721 b lfd tolfd j ditto 72 tb . to 808 ) . 2 &ta 2 Jdj ditto 801 b ; to . 881 b . 2 Jd to 2 jii ; ditto ' 881 b to 9 « lb . 3 d to 3 Jd ; ditto 961 b . to 1041 b . 3 | dto 3 } d ; ditto lOiTb . to 112 : »; . _ d to 4 d ; calf-skins each 2 s 9 d to 3 s 6 d : Horse hides 6 s 63 ; ' ' : • ' ; Linseed per " cwt 29 s 6 d tb-29 s 9 d ; rapeseed iEpglisli refined 37 s Ud to ^ s ; brown 35 s Od ; Gallipoli per ton . 42 ( . Spanish 411 . ; Sperm 851 . ' to —J . bagged 831 . ;• ' South « ea 34 t . Us to -rl . ; Seal pale 361 . 10 s to -i-l . : do ., coloured , 331 . ; Cod 351 . to —{ . ; Cocoa Nut per ton 381 . to 40 ? . Palm 331 . • ¦
. , COLONIAL , PRODUCE . i Tuesda y EvEHiNG . —Suo . AB .-This article has beeivsteady . to-day j last week ' s prices have been pai . 1 ; but no advance can be quoted . ' 630 hhd § . West " ; India sold ; Bnrbitdoes 34 s 6 d to 42 s 6 di" HauritiUf-T 6 , 500 ' bags sold steadily in publicsule : brown . '" s tid to-37 s ; ' yello > v 35 s to 39 s ; extra tine 4 ls to 42 s . Bengal : 1 , 000 bags offered in public sale . and bought in'athigh pricea .. Madi-aa ; . 1 . 800 b ^ s offered and withdiwnfwr want of buytrs at preTioua rates , but subsequentljf . splduy private contract ; the qualities were . ^ r ^ fl" ^ , nia * ket . steady ; low brown lumps 48 sOd ; fair to fine | 9 s to 50 * . ' ¦ 100 ¦ puncheons' of Barbadoes mo-. lasses'wereoflfewdandwithdrawn . ^ a ' t 17 sto 17 s 6 d . : i ' w * -7-The market wears a . steady appeai anc » , ' but the mmgunt of ^ businesg . donehas been vorylimited . Good oi-dinanr native Cejlon quoted . firm at . 43 s * , , ,: , - ; . . ! ; v ( ' r SM'rr ? 1 . '""' ' % ' Beng ' ttl sold in public sale at irregular prices , but they aDdu >' a » ei aged tliose-of last ' week . i , 300 bags Madias sold at previous rates 8 s to Ss . : SAtTPET ^ E—ilOU bags » f good quality , refraction 5 i sold ULpublie salei \ t 27 s . •¦¦' - ¦ ' ' !• ' • '
: ftMENTo . —A small p » rgel sold in publio sale . 'fid to CJd : ; "Cofros . 'Lihfe market has been very ' brisk j ' l , « 90 bales soldon ' . 'Ohanfida'iKlittdeaboyajirciridus rates . ¦ : IndigoIsteady ' ' ' 9 . 2 U 0 chests'deplftre ' d -for the quarterljf sale .-i ••)!; ¦ : ¦ . .. » ¦ ¦•¦¦ : ' ¦ ¦; ¦ - ¦ ' ¦ .-= ¦ - '* -f : j : . . : •¦ .. ! ¦ . . , i- • I 'Tea . —This article wears . an upwards appearance ; tho amount of business done to-day ha ' s-not been large , ' as pUblicsales take place to-morrow . 'CWodnesday . ) . 1 CocdiNEAt—too bags soM " steadily . ' at last week ' s carreney ' . HdriduVasslWerasStlio is'lcT . ' '• •'' : ! SuSDaus . —Jamacia ginger Rold £ 3 ' -14 s to- 11 1 " ' . Jamacia arrow-rootsold 4 J . —Common brown sneo twiig ht in at Us . Sheljao'bought inl 40 gto'V 48 s ''' Pei-slali burr ies S §! lh ^ ^ Blue aiK ^ quBlitin 949 to 959 . ^ bought In 70 s . ' Ktd-Saunaer ^ woTiii . b . iugiit in C 6 12 s ( id to to Mjl 5 . S ;\ pan wiod-s ' ol ( ri 8 Si to £ 10189 . Gambiev partly sold ir 8 ed iol 2 i : DeiT libra ' s "' sold ' 54 s U to 53 s . Buffalo horns sold 40 s to 41 s 6 d , ' : : t " ¦ ' - '¦ ' ¦ j I ft . otheriutiplesnoma ^ riiUalteration ; A
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! ., ! ; . \ . ; . u . ; ; . . , . .: P ? ATH .- , . ;! jV !* i BABfjeiBY . —OnSatuidByriiightiiJune 22 nd , between teu and , eleven ' o ' clock , died Ar ( hurCfilJUuj ; , pne of the oldest reft ) rmer 8 of thfs town . ' . He \ v ' as tub friend of Ilenrj lluut , William . CqlFMtt , Fergus 'O'Connur' tod Jr .-B . Q'lkieii , and'the f adroftate ofJtho polltica ' l'iin ' d socialr ' rlSits " of . tlie weftlng nuUions ; He was burled oh ' Myndiy / June 2 Jil ) , audwuK . follovfedto ;( he : grave lly all , the ' old : ahd you « K M ? i 2 S ? S ^ -Wi * - " ^ ¦ d ^»' ict .- > vho deeply « grott « a the loss sustained b y the death of their , old friend .
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The following is the petition that was agreed to . by the . meeting : — . ' .. . ; ..: >> .,.- .,,. . ' , " . To the Honourable the ( Commons ¦ of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , in Parliament assembled . . The petition of the undersigned proprietors : and editors of London rii » wspaper 8 , and contributors thereto , and lOttier persons employed thereon , = ; ... ; . ' .. ' ; -. , .., ; Humbly sheweth , — " That ; on an address . ' supr ported by ninety-five members , of your honourable Ii 6 u 8 e , and . which , by the rules of . that house , could not be again considered before it , was presented , her Mijeaty . by the advice of her mbistersj has prohibited , the delivery of newspapers on Sundays by post throughout the United Kingdom . . . ' . ' :, ' ..:.,
¦ . • 1 hat your , petitioners thereb y have been sud : denly and without notice greviously injured in their property and occupation . ... , ,., ...,, i " That the liberty , of . the , press has been . heretofore considered the first bulwark of British freedom , and that its ' . uses-have beenhitherto considered of paramquht value and ' importance , ; and that , therefore , any unnecessary interference with its operations is the most unbearable of oppressions . and the most galling of insults that can be offered to ; the people or to their habitual informants , instructors , , and defenders , ; .. ' ; . ; ... .,,, ' . '<]" -.. ' V That her . . Majesty ' s government ,, in . suddenly acting upon the resolve of an accidental majority , Vby stopping the . delivery of the post on Sundays without
taking measures to consult the . real aenae of your honourable house , has abandoned ; its duty . ind despotically trifled with the property and interests of your . petitioners . , . . . ' . ' .,.- ' , ' . ' .. ' . ' " ,- '' ,. " Th » t the . annual amount of Sunday labour which will be occasioned by the efforts of the newspaper proprietors . to protect their ; property will be threefold that saved by the new regulations . , : : " That the stamp ; tax upon newspapers has been vindicated as giving the privileoe of transmission by post , and that to . make this privilege valuable to one class and deny it to another is . an aot of the grossest fiscal injustice . ' -. ¦ -.. . : ; " That the circulation of newspnpers on a Sunday is a civilising act , ' meritorious to the highest degree
in a free nation , where every individual is supposed to take the part of a freeman in public affairs ,. and where this dayis the only , one that affordstomanyof . tha industrious , classes . ihe opportunity , by-the perusal of the . public prints , to inform themselves of their duty as citizens . ,. : -. ¦¦ .. ¦¦ ¦¦ .. " . ; " That the . business to be transacted by a great number of individuals in the course of the ensuing wegk ia . necesgarily regulated b y theinfomation , as to markets and otherwise , communicated by the weekly paperson ; the Sunday ..... . -., .... , . "That the Post-ofBceis a close monopoly of the most essential means of communication which necessarily can only be justified by ; its rendering the most complete and equal service at all times to all ¦
parties who require its agency . ; • .. : . . , "That to make this great public institution subf seryient to the sectarian opinions of any body of individuals , ^ ah usurpation of the rights of government , and a perversion of its duties ; . -.. . I , " ; "That your ipetitioners ,, who are as anxious as ^ any . other persons ,-whatever may be theirreligioua pre * tensions , to give the , full Mse and enjoyment , ; andi repose ftf Otteday iothe . week to the . entire people , feel that ttysjcan-only . be ; done by > a ; moderate sacrifice of-the convenience , ibr some hours , of the few to the ; many , and that if this truth be not admitted , no one ^ as a ; right'to claim tany serviqeof
any kiudupouthe seventh day , , and that this principle should ; be strictly applied to all ranks of men , by stringent legislation . . . ; ; ..:..., . ..,. "That your , petitionsbelieve the new . regulation of the-Post-office to-be : a violent inroad on , the liberty of . conscience , a mere pretence , i as to the effect it professes to . produce , the precusor-of a series of- absurd [ and \ oppressive measures against the civil and religions liberty of the people , an act unwarranted by the practice . arid faith of civilised Europe , -a deprivation infiioted , b y a higher class upon an humble one , and i a measure , so totally unworthy of the government , and legislature of . this country that it could only have . been oarried by the surprise of a single vole . ¦ . > . -. . ..,. .. ..
; ., " Your petitioners therefore humbl y pray of your honourable house to rescind , the resolution which led to the late address , and to empower the government to resort to the . former usage in this behalf . —And . your petitioner * . < fco . >? -..
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. M y dear S ., "—Iwroto 10 apologise to you for not delivering your long letter , to C , but I trust , you will excuse me ' aslhad no time to save anything but my life in'the dreadful occurrence which lam about-to relate . ,. 'T ' . . ' ""¦ : ' ' •; I Mr .-P . and 1 set sail from Liverpool on- the 17 th , at half-paBt three in ' ttie ' afternoon ; ' and tlioro were about ? 00 passengers on board . ' Wo bad a beautiful Bjnoath pas 8 agei ; all 'the * ladies remaining on deck till late .- At hat ^ nast eleven , as we passed tho Isle of Manj we both wbnt down to ; bed . ' At about halfpast ono in , the morning I was woko by hoaring the b ^ her gentlemen getting up arid' talking , , ' and from them l heard ; that : we had run aground . I woke Mr . - 'P . ^ an'd hy dossed . quiokly and ran upstairs ¦ I 1 ? U $° ffie ! , ^ P 4 «? sed very quietly , thinking , WK-JW :. n ^ ' ^ SW ! ^ " : th e , ' 8 ea was , so calm and •^^ . W ^^ -Vi' ^ J ^ d just got my trousersj bo ' dts and ' shiH ' on ' j ¦ whon down came !' -Mr ; P ., saVinir w . " had frnnft nslinrh off t . hn TrinWlnnnbi /^ l- ;« v . -rflf ^ .-vj . (¦ ttiiiuu
, { -. o ; -.- ™—rrr- ' — --. «»» vvuou I X IiUUUkIIl rhther . cunoiisVarid that I hadttettercoine on denk . Qne of the dead lights in our cabin happened' to be openi and jusWhen ; the vessel' sinking'lower , tlie , waterpoured into the ' cabin in a torronti We both rushed on ^ deok , accompanied . by : several ladies in ^ leirnightclothes , screaming . piteousl y . i \ Vhen we g ; ot on deoklsaw thatthe Bternwas highabovetho water , pd the bow perfectl y immersed . We'were o ^ il y about 300 yards from the shore when Vwe struck . ^ The . land -was ' quite visible , . ¦ and ; the light , of 'Poi-tpatrlok . i W , e ; both went ^ tb . tlio ' « tft » , > - Mid-aMw 'R- . -loft mo- thereqand .: went ahiidshipBjiand Lo . ung . to the binnacle . ' Thescreams
ottheiioor ladies ^ the , prayers of , the l nieny saoh as Lord help uft ! 'A . «? Qodsave us < l ^ nd : " the roaring tliejsteam ' -were-ifrightful ; ' Presently- the ' vessel heoled right ;; over ^ till -the - deok ' was almost per-Mndicular :.-. Then : came the , mo 8 t frightful part of ^ lersoene . ; tho ^ poor women ' . Bliddo ' wri under ' the 'lee-bulwarks and ; were ^^ swept out- by . the next wnveT-their aoreanis wereheart-rendih g ^ Just then . the . passengers launched theiifo-boat , ^ Imt ? t S swamped instantaneousl y , and all drowned : I !! t ^ r . the . Beainen ; wero'too much . teiSf ti ri | ; slili ^ fl Bm ^ s ^
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j EOSS ^ pi ^ Hu oJHoi ^ , ¦ . ; / m n ' «^ list ; of sufferers is that of a widow laay , jelotig ingito . Montreal—Mrs ; Smith .: She wfli Vjand ! by ,. the divers lying at the fqot . of theiconipanion laddor .. . ; T : he , arduous ; labours of , the divers lnve jV . eeni : rowarded v by ., the ; recoveryj , from , ihe , captain ' s cabin , of several hundred pounds sterling , : and the greater part . of the chip ' s silver plate . .. The diversdeapair of recovering : any / bodies the berths may contain , from the , present state of the . cabin ,, which ! i 8 , alrnost , ientirefy blocked up withbroken furniture and ; , baggago of th , e , ' passengers , The anxiously-looked for passenger , list : . which IMthe ; steward -. » was . supposed to , possesa , . was nowhere to be found ,., although : the . ship , in ,, every accessible
part , was searched fromstem to sterp .,, ; . : . ,. , ,. ; . It may be mentioned . = that ; ithe wild rock- bound coast of which Portpatrick forms part , is . jsubject to dense fog banks . On the afternoon , # f . the catastrophe , one of those {' . ' . banks " . descended right over the wreck enshrouding it , and a wide space around . A few . mitiut . es . and all . was againjclear .,.. ; . ; ., ¦¦„ . : Thei following | statement , supplied ! . by . Mr . . ; T Kidston—a gentleman who was ; the . first toireach the land—will be found interesting : —! ' , Mr . Kidston was awakened bv the shock , ; of tho ; collision , and imagined the vessel to have . run . aground , on a sand bank .. ¦ ¦ Not anticipating any : danger in consequence , unlike others , ; ho dressed . himselubofore , proceeding up to the ; deok ;< :: When ; . ho got there , and : looked
over the starboard : quarter , the . first thing ! that caught his eye was a boat upset , and the crew 'that had crowded itjfloating hero and , there in the . water . On running ; to the other . side he found another boat lowered ' there , and full of passengers . They , however , wanted the oars , and : wero shoutingfor . them , lie then put them ; down : over the sido to those in ; the boat , and tbey rowed ofiv . During , the time ; the captain : was on . the-, bridge , betwixt the , paddleboxes , Mr .-Kidson . wept up to him , and having still f he notion / that . no , danger was to beappre ? hendtid , said-r-f The confusion on deck is very , great , should you not endeavour to feet the , minds of the people at rest ? call : out that though the ship ,. be aground : sho cannot sink . l Ho replied that he had
told . them so before ; ho had mentioned that though she was fast aground' it was , impossible for her to sink . ^ i Mr . M . Kidston then looked about ,, and saw distinctly the rocks and the lighthouse quite close at hand . ; There was then no fo ^ . 'Almost immediately : after , he was undeceived in tho opinion he had been led .. to : entertain , by : observing the water rushing into . the . ship , with great rapidity ,: and that she was sinking at what he considered to be at the rate of ' a foot per minute , . lie then descended to the outside of the paddle-box , on the starboard side , aid helped to pull out another boat . While doing so the vesseligave a lurchy andihe : wasiprecipitated into , tho . water . .. 'iFinding himself immersed : he forthwith struck out astern land swam ashore .
passmgithe boat : which . 'had been , pushed . off previously , and teaching the land before any one else , and before any , boats hadbeen put off from the quay . - During , the > brief , but fearful . and eventful period between the ship going down and , the deliverance of the survivors many , acts : of heroism and gallantry were : performed ... i Onaiof ; thesewasi the . case of a child who came up to Glasgow in . its mother ' s arms by : the . Tartar , '; wlio . was found by a passing swinv mer floating on the . water , just as a ; boat loaded . to the gunwale with the saved was crossing . his track . He seized . the : infant ^ . and jerked : it among . the people on : board . ,: Theichild . was . consequently saved , as wei sincerely . trust > waa also , the gallant swimmer . There was another still more astonishing
feat of heroic gallantry and , noblest self-denial ., It was that ; of a gentleman . who was observed struggling . ind swimming , freighted with ; a lady under eaoh . arm and his bwnehild held inhia mouth , supporting himself on a board , which he hold under his ohin . Some less scrupulous swimmer , came across him and drew away the plank ; whichienabled him to support his head , andihe was . forced to let go , holdof his unfortunato child ,, whioh , . in consequence , met a watery grave ; the ladies , however , he ; safely brought to land . .. We have-not learned ,. this , noble person ' s . name , but it isworthy of being . recorded . Another was . thatofa gentleman , who ,, havinggot possession of a small piece of floating wood , wjien a young lady was passing , the .-extended his hand to and
ner ^ saying , f ? This may save usbothi' ; was . enr abled to keep himself and her . up till they were picked up byapassing boat . . ; . ¦ .: i , ; ; .. i ; , r ; i On Saturday Ia 9 t ; the body > of Mr . . M'Murrich was picked up by means of fish-hooks .- He . had : a gold watchand some sovereigns in , a . steel bead purse . His name does not appear , in any of the . lists hitherto published . The impossibility of arriving , at an accurate knowledge of the . names and number of those on board has / been'explained ; and ttis oiroumstance < shows , that in- the- ; absence . of such a Knowledge , Implicit reliance : cannot be placed , on any :. estimate of tha . number , lost * . 'Who can Bay howimany may . have * been ; in ihe ^ esael in the Bame circumatnnEes aa Mr . iM'Murrioh 1 ; No computation can . be positively verified till the inquiries of friends
determine . the : number of passengers ; while at the same time the number promulgated certainly cannot be far . wrong . ..-, ; ¦ .. ... . ¦ „•; , ; . , ¦ ; t . , ¦ ; . „ ' J On the listof those who distinguished themselves by . their heroishiVthe . name of Captain ^ . M ' -Neil , so far as we > have seen , hasnot yet found a place ., It may serve to assuage the bitter grief of hi 3 : friends to know that in saving other lives he lost his own . He wasiseenjby , several of the survivors clinging to a floating spar , ;; guiding to . safety , by his voice and exertions , ; the shrieking throng : who struggled with the waters around him ; .-. His strength . failing . him , he was heard to cry— " For God ' s sake save yourselves , I have done all I can ;" . and before the boats which put' oft from shore had reached the , wreck the hero-hearted captain was beyond the reach of succour . , . ' , •[;; . „• : > ¦• .... : . -:. \ ,.. .. .... ¦ ..., - . . :.
; The cook of the Orion , a man of colour , and an excellent : swimmer , was among the first to reach the shore , and left it in the first boat which -made for the wreck . In his own manly and generous words , he could not keep the . boat whenhis feHowcreatures were drowning , before his eyes , so he'lept into the sea , , and by pushing spars and boxes to those who were battling with the waters , he bucceededi in saving several lives . .: . :: ,. ¦ . ¦ : ¦ CaptaimDenham , R . H ;; . arrived at Port Patrick 'on Sunday night , from London , and is now pursuing ; his . inquiries respecting the loss of this vessel . ¦ A female and child were got- out of her . on Sunday ,-supposed ; -tp ' -i boi Mrs . Scott , ; of Montreal , ; and her ichudj fciHer huSband . was one of those who
unfortu-¦ na tely-JperisheUjv-he . was alive-when brought on j shbre jibut diedwafew minutea . ' Her sister , , ' Mrs . ; Smith , a . widowladyj was also drowned ; , she left ¦ ten . ohildren behind : her at Montreal . Both families were on their , way , to Glasgow ; their native town , to make arratlgemenfcs for settling there . j . OnMonday three bodies ; werb , got ; out by the divers : ; one of them isknownto be a Glasgow merchant , but the other i two-have ; not been identified none i was a lad about fifteen years old . Captain M'Neil ( Collinsay ) whose body has not-yet been found , had ; his . life in ' sured for £ 20 . 000 . On Sunday evening instructions were received from the Lord Advocate tp apprehend Mr . Hender 8 on , . the commander of the Orion . The warrants were put into the handsof the police here . iWe understand thathe ; will be admitted to bail . ¦
: •"••'• TO . TnEiniTOR OPTHBTlMES . . . . : Sir , —I inclose & ¦ letter which I believe , will interest your readers ; It is written to a cousin in London : by . a sohoolboy of fourteen , who with his tutor was on his way * home for the holydays . . ¦ ,. ; . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , London ; June 25 ; S . ,
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A View of " Sharp ' s Alley . —It is a large knacker ' s yard , furnished with all the usual apparatus for slaughtering diseased' or , worn -out'horses ' and plentifully ' bestrewn with the reeking members and frightful refuse of the morning ' s " work . " Bub even before the eje—usually trie first and quickest organ in action—has . time ^ t ' oglanceroun ^' the aeriee ' of ' smell is riot only . assailed , but " taken by storrii , with a most horrible ; , warm moistr effluvium ' ; so offensive , and at the same time so peculiar and potent , that it requires no small resolution ihany one , not abcuBtomed toit , to remain ' ai minute within its preoinbts . ' . Three " of the " , corners ' are oompletelv filledup with a heap of dead horses lvlnir nnon tninV
backsj with their hoofs stickine b-It upright ; while two other angles in the yard are filled , with a mass of bodies and fragments , whose projecting ^ legs ' and other membersserve , as stretchers rorraw skins , — flayed from the'ir . companions . ' or from tliemselyes , lying all diBColoured , yet in' all ' opfbursif beneath . By tliiaineans thb ajkins are ' stretclieii ' OUtto dry . A few Hveanimals are in the ' yard ; There , is ono horse—waiting for his turn—as the ox party come in- ; his knees are , bent ; his head is bowed towards the slushy . ground ; his dripping main falling over his faoe , andalmbst reaching , with its lank end to the dark muddled gore in which his fore hoofs are planted . A strange , ghastly , rattling sound , apparently frbnvthe ' adjoining premises ; is kept ; up *
without intermission ; a sort of inconceivable . rapid devil ' s-tatoo , by way of accompaniment to the hideous scene . Two dead horses are' being skinned ; but all the other animals ' —of the four-footed class we mean—are bullocks , in different . stages of disease , and they ; are seven in nuniber . ' These latter have not been condemned by the ins ' peotor , but have been brought here to undergo a last effort for ihe purpose of being madeaaleable—washed and scrtib-« ed ; so as to-Sayeth ^ ohance offiriding a purchaser by torchlight &i some very . low price . ; and failing mi ' this , to bo killed beforo thoy ^ ie , or cut ' up as soon after they die as possible . ' They . were , all distinguished bV Bliirig terms accor ' diiig to the nature and stages of their diseases . The two best of these
had bUHookB are designated , as " choppers ;" , the three next ;; whose hides are torn in seyerar place s , are called " rough-uhB ' ; " while thos ' eWho arein a drooping And reeking condition , ' with literally a death 8 weat ' all over them , are playfully called ' ? wet-uns ;' 'Tothis latter class belongs ' oiir p oor os ; whiilgnow brought in , and formall y iritroducec ) by the ihspe ' etor as diseased , ; and condemned ^ . The , others he does noi ; Bee- ^ or , at least , dbes hot notice -j-his bu 8 ines 8 being . with the ox , who was the last . comer . Having thus performed his . duty ! , the in-, 8 peotor retireB ! But what is this ceaseless rattling tattoo that is'kept up in tho adjoining premises ? the ' walls vibrate with it , ? : Machinery or some kiiidj Yes—it is a chopping machine ; : and here ' von hp- 7
hold the " , chonpers , , both horBes and diseased bullocks , who will shortl y ; 'be iint ' a" fit state for pro ' motion , and will / then be taken piece-meal next door £ /» & \ "ft '_ » I ? , ? - e' a d , dreadful ' seriousness ' . Here in 'this , Sharp s-alley , ' you behold' th ' e ' largest horse sJaughter-hou ^ e'in the oitj ' ' add here n ^ i door , y « m ^ UJn iidlKe ; larges ^ aiSleSuE tory m boMon .+ mckens' « Household WordP < . The Pojice ^ orce w Dm ^ . ToSt . ^ StockporfMenun Bays :- ^ "At the m ^ tini 7 fVw ' E&sm &
SSS 4 im S' * , have ono policeniah to uStfS £ ^ ^ V whll 3 t Macclesneld , which ^ ffi ,, ^!?' ^ ^ , ? one policeman to . every $ K u 2 1 " > "t . lnhal ) Hanis to each policeinah t £ ' fv - . " ' > m morothan Oldham , 1 , 995 5 t ? ^ s ^ f niore ' tlian ; p "' » n . '!! l 55 S t , ^ ff ' ' ? 3 more ' . than Halifax , 2659 more than Huddorsfield , and ho less than 3 , 110 more t | iun Bradjoid ; 'How does tliis : Happen ? Th ' o ' places enumerated have , ih many re spects / similarpursuits , tastes , and habits , and ' yet ' tlfere is ' a ' very great''dijflerenco in the atiiotirit . of ' protection ' required ' for eaoh ; Thor . e must ' bo sui 3 ljr something ii } it ' . requiring " expliiriation ; an d heiico ^ suoh ! inquiries as tpab instituted nt the ManohosterTown Counoil , if it soi'yea no other objeot niny at least be tho nieana
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of bringing , befpre ^ pubiid ' muoh curiouTfT useful information . " ¦ ¦<¦ •¦ . " ^ * and ; -p / Miiou Attack o ^\ n | 'Esbmsh Vbssrt ; . Ddtch Fishino Boats .-A o ^ h j ' atSk 5 L 7 on the Carrier schooner ; Mr- Koth masteJT number , df , Dutch fishermen , sbortl y after that L * sel ' sdeparture from % tterdarii "» j ) Shields"' Thp « , ? r joined is ' a cop y ' of Mr . 'Booth ' s ! report ' of tW currehce , ' 8 e ' n ^ to' the Secretarv Kt'tloyd ' s v ~ ti Carrier sailed put ^ of the Brie » a bWthe inorniho ! ff the 117 th inst ; jibout twph 6 ur 8 afterw ' a ' rds ' shec ? up witli two" I ) utch'fishing b 6 ' at 8 apparentlv hoS for Scotland . One of the boata camealoncgidc th schooner , 'and : the : T fi 8 herinen , fifteen in num > i instantly commenced with'large pieces « f »„« , !* ' cut down the bulwarks / , while others a ^ S , with ; kniyes to disable the rigging . In c ons eq ' lflnn ' however ; of there being a strong swell on a " u time , they . did not succeed hTcomi ) letin » Ii" ?
design . As soon as the , schporier gbt . clear , tfc hsberrnen , after a few minutes delay , giive J ? after the yessel ; Mr . Booth , fearing tliey wS overtake her , hoisted his ensi gn half-mast high hn ? there was no yessel in sight to .. communicate iiH . The boats contihuea the chase for three-quarters If an hour , using every possible effort to get alon ? Si , ip Several times Mr . Booth . hailed them to know Jw they wanted , and the reason of their chasine him ' but al ) , that co ^ ld be gathered from them w ! 3 £ . ' they inte . nde . dviolence to , his ; crew-jn ' fact de ' tK to them , all . . The . Carrier , gained diBtSe S them ; and th e Dutchmen , ^ nding ' j t a Lfe chase bore / away to , the - westward ., Mr S two , hours jif terwards , fell inVwith ' . some En Kl 8 Q fishing boats , . . to whom he reported tlie cirlum stances of the attack , and , they callantlv ofFP lit
go m search of the Dutch boats if the Carrierwouui accompany them , Mr . Booth , however declined pursuing them . . There were no rilimber ' s on ! fi Mr . Booth can offer , by . winch they might be tracsd outis that . they left Helyoet ; about five o ' clockX aame morning the Carrier sailed . " ' Pohis of . DbvBB ASDFoi . KBSTbNE .-The commissioners pi HerMMJesty ' B Customs have issued the . baggage of passengers arriving at any hour of the night from the continent . .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 29, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1580/page/8/
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