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( From the So ^ Oi Jfrioan Commercial Advertiser . ) CAP £ -TOWX , AtGUSI 31 . On the forencon ef Sunday la ? t two laree Tessels . the Abercrcmby Robinson and the Waterloo , went on . shore on the south-eastern t-esxh at the bottom of Table Bjj . Both Vessels were engaged » b trans-ports by the Briush GoTemijieDt . Tne Abercrociby R jbinaon had on beard , bf sid&s her crew ana " several passengers , 501 soldiers , with their tffi .-sra . She wes a large ; aip , of neariy 1 50 ii toc-s burden . After grounding near the shore she stood upright . a-A no lives have been lost She -will probably , or rather certainly , be a total wr-tck .
The Waterloo , a bfc p of 414 tons , bound to Van Dieiuac ' s Land , h . « i on beard , betLies her cr . 'W , 219 male convicts , Dr . HfUeil , in charg-.-. Lieir . rE- » at Htxt , Enffign Leigh , 30 cien cf her ileji-sty ' s 69 : h Regiment 5 women , and 13 cbiidres . She took tie rruund between tkvtn and t ^ tlve o ' clock in the forenoon , hm , in £ : teen or twenty mrnct-s bicirr ;? . r . ma's of rubbish . And now ensued a moit piteous massacre . 1 a abc ut two hours std a half , aaiiost tfee crumbling hc-cps of their ptrfldic . Di prison . —of men , -women , and children , 194 wsre crushed , disabled . an-1 drow td .
There " » as no preparation for Baying life male on beard or on shore . Ko life-buoys , eo oils of ropes lashed to casks , nor acy apparatus fer establishing a commnnicatiop with the shc-re from the ship . On the tbore there was no lifeboat , ro apparatus for throwing ropes OTer stranded Teasels , nor any thine , in short , to show thit the Government or people bera had ever heard of such a thing as a shipwreck . We stood amongst thousands on the beach within 150 yards of ths dissolving fabric , looking on the agonizsd faces of our felloe-creatures , _ they . sank in dozens , battered and braised and suffocated , useless as children , or idiota , or wild Caff .-es .
This ship , it appears , was built twenty-seven year * ago at Bristol . No longer fit to carry logs , the is patched up like other waited sepulchres , staffed - wlib a living cargo bj a contactor , and despatched to the ends of the earth—a -voyage of more than 20 ^ 0 miiee . No doubt , a ' surrey of professional men" will fi _" that there was no fault anywhere ; that the Waterloo ¦ wa » a sound ship , thoroughly repaired , and perfectly seaworthy ; and that she bad on board all the equipment * re ^ aisite for such a xoyage and such a consignttent ; that the officers of the ship did all that human strength , directed by skill and animated by humanity , amid do ; and titat the accident must be ascribed entirely to a hurncace , a mountainous sea , and a remarkably hard beach .
« ow , »¦ to the hurricane and the mountainous sea , it i » enough to obttrre , that there were twenty -oth ^ r TM « to » tancfcCTJa tba Bay , besides th « Waterloo ud »• AftMerpmbyBobkaon , and none of them-parted ZZEJP ^^ f ^ J * dn f 5 them to **? Perceptible «*•* . To * wind wa > ttowipg a gale , but by no
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rscMS j v j « -:. ! i-:: c . z :: C \ l ^ - r ~ ^ 7 til . : ; re . T . s ^ a * us i ^ oi ruiu-. i .. g uxhsUlLj' h ^ h . ¦ Without ropes in their bands or any precaution , men walked up to their shoulders to ami ; out the bodies of the dea : i and dyin < , without the slightest risk . This could u « t Lave been dona bad the surf been such as a gale causes on an open beach . Taese are facts to which thousands can bear " vdtress . With rispect to the bottom or ground where the ship struck , some tay it is rock , othexs that it is sand , like the rest of the beach- As soon as the ¦ wea ' . her is fine it ¦ will be examined , and the most convenient spaces jerked for tLis method of uisembarking Htr Majesty ' s troops or convicts . For some years beck such ** accidents" have been ascribed to the insufficiency of the
lijih'iouse at the entrance of tha bay . That fault has just been fully remedied . The old lighthouse is now prcptrly attended to , and the new one is so well placed , and to brilliant , that no m : in dare pretend to miss it , or to mistake it fur anything else . These , and Eume further improvements in tLis department , still in progrees , were forced on Government by the remonstrances of the puhlie , and particularly of the mercantile body . When the Helen was lost at the entrance tf the bay , four or five montlis ago , the commercial committee Tery properly inquired into the cause , and found , en ; he tw-tini « ny of numerous witnesses , tbas tLe lights on that p-irueular night were uefedive , and n . id thus misled the master of the vessel . This tht-y rt-preae : ned to GoTerame-nt , aad a rtmedy was inits : it " y found .
v \ e itconimenn the same course in the present case . The comn . ittee cannot compel vitntysis te attend cr « ive evidence , but they can invite them ; and , if interested parties disugird such invitations , that fict wiii nut be without meanicr . Thrse two vrrecks -wiil bj much talked of at home . We think We can injure their buUig mcutioutd in Parliament . In the midst of unhesitating condemnation oa some points , and charges r > f guilt on utters , -we havi to mention tn . it two unt . facial spectators , Mr . Molttno ann > ir . Still , procnied the a «> isticoa of a comv . urn boat Kslcnging t a Mal .: j , \? hic ' u r «' . ciitd the Watrtl . ' ) hfttr i-he was falling to pkc ^ s , and brought t'ff t « u men , and on a Etrcmutr-p f : r : t ? _ iji a ropa to the wri-ck . Ait-J \ this a larger boit belonging to . lie&srs . Siucluir v . js . broiubt from the Ab-jrcroraby Robinson , aim , moving . backwards tnd forwards alon ^ the r- pe , saved a goo-. i many lives . This shoves what might Cave bctn done by a lifeboat used in time . ; We purposely avoid goin ? further into details at pres-ct suiisticU -nitb thus opemy cha ;< in ? all tht > t'STtits con ? ., rued , before the world , w : t : i tlitr i ff = m . e cf ctlpa ^ Ic iit-gli ^ rncj or criairiial iiittntion- Tne world , Kt tiiimbe Wfll ai ^ ureJ , expects an snswer , and w : ll t ; eat , thera according t * the c-se they n . ay Diuke out in deforce . Is ii not strance , by the way , that we phcuM hear eucb lain- nations frcm y / Lidt is c ^ l u-d the t-h : ; \ -i < z inttrctt , as if no tmmoymenl c-uhi bs hud for their new" bailt . iic =-iuou " . ded . C"j ; i .. i-fis , ; Ki . wl A 1 ve&ar ' . a , while , ; V-ribe iE" » t irupojtmt of ali servicis , tbd t :.-ipsp <> rt , caa-. ely , cf tr » op 3 and of p-Tooiis u : ider ja ic :: i ! ten-U . uct > , such vesseia as tha Wutarloo find ready a =-ci-ptuuce in fae 27 th year of thsir fragility and retttiar . .-sss ? SEPTEJIBEH 3-la speaking of th 2 wreck of the Wat- , rloo tmv . spoTt . in ' -. " ed . rsday ' s pap ^ r , it was mentioned , th :. t she Was . > i " uii : for tfcd timii-jrtra . e . This , v »« have bbtn told , is not ascertiiaed , and is probuhiy iiicorrt-ct We hav < nr . thirg else to correct in the siat . n » er . t now before the i-colic Ti : e conmiittee of the commercial body have ins'i-¦ tnted an irquiry itlo the circuins ' . ihces atteadifli ? thia horrible evtnt , ud well as t > j tho l-.: ss of the Abtrcroiuby on the sarae occasion . The attention of itu Q , ivc : nm ^ n * and of the Aamiral h& 3 aiso been £ xi-d on these ito scci'ients ; the public a :-- ? , the parties concerned iiir . y , tierefore , f-xptct that all the facts will be proprcpc-Tly ascert ! iinf ! l and made knowD , - it . e ivss of life l > y the ruin of U : e Waterloo Is , we ' 2 e-rn , as foilowa : —
Convic ' s 143 i > D ] c '; e-3 Jj Sailors 14 Wi-m-n 4 Ciiiiurcn ... ... 14 Total 1 < JO So preat a loss of : ife has not baupened in Table B . y s ' u : co the year 17 y 9 . On the oth of Noveiabtr of that jear , his Majesty ' s ship Sceptre , Captain Eiwjjiis , ¦ wai tiriven on shore , ana , like the Waterloo , immediat--. ] y went to pitces . beiiig aa accursed old iiu-fc ou her v . ;} - home to be broken np . A f = w hourj afctr she t-suik net a Vestige uf her was to be sten , liut tha fragtuei . ts of the wn .-ck ECotterrd on the strand , in myriads of piscea , nt ^ t a iingle / pl ^ sk re mtining v . hole , nor tvro att . xbed lugetber . Captiin Eiwaiis , his son , 10 other iSjeii , &Lid ne-ir 3 i . O seamen and marines ptrish-v .. . Oii the same csy several other vcss-ls went oa shorf * , arLcng the r « st a D-uiUh ir » ai .-of-war of 64 suns . . But their cre . vs Wcic aii saved , as ia the caiti of the Alc-:-crcmt- 'v Hobinfcon on the vresvnt occasion
Taking advaataze of the excitement caused by this melancholy event ; fuDds have been rai .-ed , and measures are tak ^ u for ctmstrnclni ! lifri-boata . and for having a rocict apparatus always in rca-lintss in this bay , for lenJerin ^ asaista . cfc to vessels in distress , or for b&ving life . But 6 tJiKtthing more is require ) . A coroner ' s c ^ -art mast be established , through which a cor . ipcte : t magistrate , with a jury , u . ay at once ascertain the . manner in which any man came by his d 3 at'a whose di-ad body has been washed asbore from a wreck . The propriety of aOi . iiig such a court to our judicial e ? lablis-hruent ha-s been susetst&a to Government , and we Ual confident that the * uggeetton will be attended to without unnectSEary delay . In thu abtenco of such a court "we feel constrained , by a regard to truth aud clain dealing , to send home along with tho account <* f tkese two Ehipwrecks our protect on behalf of Table Bar . The vrezihcT , tiis tratcr , and the bottom , are blameless .
Of the Waterloo it is impos ? . ib ' . o to speak witb moderation . Di-idly blame rests somewhere , and justice will , we have no doubt , find out the paitks who deserve it . And now it would be proper to ask a few questions respecting the precautions taken on board of all trans ports into which involuntary passengers , such as soldiers and convicts , are thrust by Government : — 1 . Is it a rule to take the lowest tender , without retpEct to the class of the vessel ? 2 . Or coes GuTernment , as it ought , limit teniers to the first cLaFS vessels ? 3 . Who are the surveyors ? How are they paid ? Bj they receive money in any Ehape , and hiw much , from the owners of the ships they survey for this set-V ! C * ?
4 . Is it true that tney ara " h ? r 4 worked men , with swail Kilaries , and large families , " and that a frknuly Lc . p of fifteen or twenty guineas is sometimes a < dtri to the regular charge by the benevolent thip o ^ ntr ? 5 When 400 , 500 , n : ; d 700 sculs are prxt on to ^ rd a tr 2-. s- ? ort , is care taken ts have at the tainp t ine the inta- ' . s of making sitnals in dark and in f ' - 'giij weather , in case cf danger ; or is it all Uf : to the chscce of suuicb-.-dy seeing the fl « sh of small arms , when the report of the same causot be hfe&rc ? 6 . 1 b extra apparatus carefuliy placed on board , for Saf ' n ; g life in casa of r ,: tck , such as life-iuoy , instruments fi . r throwins ; Iidis , and the other Weil inown uicaiis of CJ-mjiunicatirg -with a lee shore ? of the
Th ^ se are seme questions that will be put . axd that must be answered at home by the authorities whoever they may It ., to vLose dtpartotntb this branch of the servico belongs , Wo have nut leisure to penuj the subject further fco-iiy . Every reader can do it for hiinstlf .
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LO 33 OF THE KELIA ^ CE EAST IXDIAMA . N . Tie Ehip ^ TCck ( f the Rtl : ane , \ from China to London , at Etaplc s , near Boulogne , m Saturday has created con-Fiderabie Stn ? aticn in the city . The loss cf 110 persons out ef the 116 on board has c ^ st a g ' . vom of the most thtrilar-choly description among tho merchants connected ¦ sritb the E . si India trade . Her last place of resort wa 3 St Helena , ami the pities interested in her fate vrere thtrefoie in txp elation ev = ry (> . y of hearing of her s .-. fe arrival . It Ej . prars that of tbe crew and pissengers , numbering t : u amount of > : « -rsons aln-ady sUted , the saved are on ¦ ¦ Ejtoj e .-. a . described to be the ship ' s cirptr . tir , and five Lascars , who reiicbtd tbe shore in one cf ths Ijoata of the vts ? -, .. The Reliance v . a ^ an ol , ! sLip on this trading ittty . n . and bad on txr : rd a cirfo 6 f tea of cansiderable v . T : ue , besides the frii . htai ; e incidtntil to a voyage fhe vas in the habit of x « -rf"im ; ng . Tie quantity of trs sb * br .. nsht Wis
l , SS 4 , 74 S ' . b ., of which thero wcre 1 277 5 Gdb . of congou , and 406 fa 65 lb . of twnukay , with su aller proportions of other descriptions . Most fortunately for the insnracce-cinctsandunder'irrittrs in tLU-country , their risks upon this vessel do not incindo mor ^ thsn from £ 14 , 000 to £ 15 000 , of the £ 105 00 U for which , icis Eiid , she is insured , the Indian rfiices , til at 18 to 25 y , the icsurascc-omces of- C leutta and Bombay , being rtiponsible for at least £ 150 , 060 to £ 180 000 of the entire amount . This mishap , with thcae 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 the feelings of parties cennected with our shipping interest . The London ineurance-officeJi , and also tbe underwriters , have suffered by the loss of the A bcrcr * mbie Robinson and the Waterloo , but , we are assured , not to any serious ex lent .
The following letters hare been received at Lloyd ' s from their agents : —
" To Wm . l > ob » on , Esq ., Secretary at Lloyd ' s" Boulogne-snr-Mer , Nov . 12 . " Sir , —It ia onr painful duty to apprize yeu of the total loss of the Reliance , 1 . 500 tons burthen , Thomas Graen , commander , which veBstl came on the coast of Merlimont last night , and went to pieces this morning . She left Canton on the 7 th of May , -with a cargo cf tea » . We regret to add that only about e ; ght or ttn , cut ef 122 persons composing the crew and passengers , bare been Baved . The last express we received from the CMBfc doe » not giye much information respecting the BurriYcrs : -we
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A Man n . v Fire . —Some time apo a . married man , p ot far l ' rum i ' riiff , waa attacked with rheumatism i ; j his breast and back , when he was advised by a female docior in the neighbourhood to rub his body over with turpentine before going to bed , and in tho monrna he would find himself perfectly cured . Accordingly , he ordered his wife one night to rub the upper p ^ rts of his body a )] ovor wii / i turpentine , and whi : e in the ac uf doin ? so she accidentally a 5 bwedib . fi candle which sho had in her hand to come in contact with the . turpentine ; the c » nseqiier . ee was , that , bis body got ail in ablaze . Tao y . ' . jman siiru-ked , when one of the houfohoid rushed into ihe room aud wrapped a bed cover ov <_ r thd man ' s body , and extinguished thyflimen . He w <^ co .-ifined f « r sr . ma timo afterwards , but is now doing well . —Perth Courier .
The Brazu . s . —The Swift picket from Biuzms his arrived i . t Fa mouth , bringing adviosa from Kio J an eiro to the 1 G h Sepfember . Thos-i from Rio fuiiy cotitii'in tho previous accounts as to the tx-inction of the disorders in Minas Geraes . The rcbals , as a last ^ ffjrt , iiad collrctfd all their forces in the ntfi ^ hhourhood of Sa > ta Lnzia , where they wer * attacked and tompietely defeated on the 20 ih of Aug . by tho im ;) er ; ai troop-: under Baron Caxias , leaving a ^ rear nuinWr of killed and wounded od the fie d , and 310 pri ? OLir ? . amongst whom was Senhor O >
tond . 1 he otlicr ? fi / d before the action coniKir-:. ced . A movement bad tck- ^ u plac . * ia the provinces of Clara and Pcrnnnbucn , which was immediately put down . So that by the prompt and energ-. aic tni ? a-Fiirea of the Government , followed by tho z : al a : id ability of tho Coinmtnder-iu-Ciiief and liis c ;! - loa ^ ues , win the firmness and courage of the G > v , nsimtnt trut-fs , Jranq'iillity and order were compk-u .-ly res ' ored . The elections in the hitherto disturbed provinces had been fixed for the lGih of October .
LiCAPE FRCM T ! I ^ KE . NDAL HOUSE OF CoRRECtio . n-. —At the Ust Wtstmoreiand Q , larter Sessions , held a few weeks eince , a female of the name of Mary Kirkpatritk was sentenced to be transported for F « ven years , for a robbery committed upon the person of J . Robinson . Aftf-r her Eentence she was soul back to the Kendai House of Correction , to await the period when her sentence should be fully ciiried into ixecu'ion . Up to Thursday last her behaviour had been good ; but on that evening , about eight o ' clock , Bho succeeded in getting to ' the tcp of the prison wall ( which is of great height ) , by means which are at present a mystery ; thence she bad endeavoured to descend by tying together her apron and some pieces of blanket ; but these
articles had either slipped from the place to which they were attached , or bad 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 . Sf ephenson , in Union-buildings ( a distance cf about 500 yards ) , at which place , at about eleven o ' clock at night , she was retaken by police-sergeant Hutchinson , who immediately conveyed her back to prison , and procured surgical aasistarce . Mr . Fawceit , the governor of the prison , was from home with transports .
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V / jiOLi sale JjNKantjcjde . —The ' adjouiTod inquiry into the mvsuurioua and hornblu ' oasus of wholesale child murder av ' . Rnardeau , in / the Forest of Dean , tho particulars of which we published last week , was resumed on Wednesday last , before Mr . Johu Cooko , coroner , ami in tho presence of several of the magistrates of thedistrict . The evidence adducsdwassimilar to that to which we adverted last week , and no new fact of a material nature transpirod . The jury expressed an opinion that if further time were allowed , additional evidence might probably be obtained , and the inquest , was consequently adjourned till Wednesday noxt , the 16 th ins . t . In the moan ' time , Thomas Yapp coiuioue 9 in custody , and a p > iiceman also remains in the ho'ise where the tragedy was-com ,-, milted , in order to take charge of the woman ( Frances Bennett ) , ' who continues in the same s-ate of ill-health which we reported last week . — Gloster Journal .
Melancholy Occurrence . — On Tuesday . 26 tb ult ., an occurrence of a most painful nature took place between Kishorn and Appkcross . A young man , passing on a visit to his parents from the former to the latter place , was unable , owing to the fall ; of anow thai , had taken place during the night , to procf d by the , way that ' cresses over the top of the hill . Taking a byway which leads from the / end of Loch Kishorn to the farm of Arighriseaoh , from whence , he thought , ho would soon reach his father ' s , as he
was passing he went to a house at Russel to warm hirns ( If , being completely benumbed with cold . Tho hospitable occupants ' . of the house entreat . ed of him . to reaiain a few days till tho road would bo passable , but no solioi stions would prevail upon him to wait . Th » weather , instead' of clearing up , became more and mure boisterous , and the young man , unable to rvach slieltt-r , wa . 3 not heprd of again till th *> Sitsirduy following , when Ms body war- found by soine thepherds at soaie distance from any pa ; h . Caledonian Mercuiy .
Mysterious Circumstance—Plymouth , Nov . 14 . —On Friday '¦ evening , between six and seven o ' clock , John Bart , a , deaf aud dumb lad .-went to the Lambhay Poiut ' to .-observe thu s » ate . of the weather , it bemg the intention of hm master , tho skipper of a trawler , to go to sea the next morning , should the weather be favourable . After rema'ning there a shori time , he returned in a very agitatei state , and by his ges'ures and entreaties induced a boatman to go back with him to tho Point , explaining by the v / aj , in a manner -iiitclligible to those who ktiow him , th ^ . t some person had jumped overboard . The boa 1 men , however , could perceive no indications ot such an event , and thi 3 caused still more disiress to the poor boy . Ho afterwards informed his father
an honest fi-hcrraan , that while fctauding on the point ho observed a strange young man , about twenty years ot ag <\ in a retired part ,, apparently-watching uiiiil the p !« co blibuJd bo deserted . T / 20 strangor ilun 10 ' vk iiiri watch from hid ' . wawtcoiit pockot , obseiv « d the . time , replaced it , and , first gazing inttutiy on the moon , thrust his hands firmly in his side pockeiis , ran down tho slope , j < wsipe < l on a low wall , and fill face downwards on the steep rocks , upon the eiigj of ¦ which the wall is built . The boy Burt iinuiediatcly leapt upon the wall , and clambering down the reeks w « nt 1 alf into the water , ami . was just : in time to seize the other by the
cuJlar of the coat . 'Hie iuieide , whose forehead and ohteks were bleeding profusely , gnashed his teeth ac his intended preserver , aud . with a menaehig aspect con > pe ! led him to desist , irom his humane endeavours lest his own life should be . forfeited in the contest . The buanger- sunk ' uoar the rocks , rose again out of reach , sank oucu more , aud then disappeared . He was dressed in a peaked * 'cap-with a leather strap benea'h the chin , a pilot coat , and bluck frousers , and wore a silver guard to his-watch . Boutffieu have b .: en sinco employed creeping for the bo ' iy . but niilicnp wiihi'Ut tucce ^ s , and from tho inequality of-the ground it is not likely to ba recovered until the tides fall off .
Northlfacii Prison . —The inquiry comnnnced at Norihlf-acn on Monday last ; -th ^ commis-JOncrs ar . ) Mr . Rogers , tin Q / i ' een's counsel ; a medical man of eminen ' cu ; and two inspectors of- prisons : they are asuisted by Mr . Gurney . Twenty nine of the prisoners at present in confinement" were examined on Monday . ; all tho wrncpsi-a exajainnd before tbe lato iuq'iest on B ; ale were re-examined on Tuesdr . y and Wednesday ; and after tho cmo was finished , other witiic-, s '( B were examined as to the alleged insufficiency of d'et , and other privation ! 1 . Af er finishing at Nurthleach , the commissioners proceed lo the other prisons of the county . At the usual meeting of the Cnoltenhani Board of Guardians on Thursday last , the clerk read two communications from the oonimisMoiK r * , requesting assistance ia the iavestigatiou . —Cheltenham Journal .
Flackwood and the Course of Safety . —If we picture 111 our miiKls the instruments at the bock and call of tho " Pany in power , " we mugt confess them to form a rather imputing array . ¦ Liurssind Lawyers , aro plenty in the ranks . In the baokground we nave an imiihuue quautity of those " veiieu . prophe's" of dastruction who aim at earning secret servico money . Foremost , however , aupear tho men —tof talent , but not ot . honesty—attached by iuteiest to the corps ;—theso are the mouth-pieces of the mi ^ hiy whole—those havo the execrablo taf * k assigned them of making the wor .-e appear tho better cai : se . T ;) c * -e wield the pen in carving out fallacies and probabilities into ihe "little stars" to deck the Tory hcaveu withal . These are the keen debaters in
tho House and out of it , iu whom hophisiry supplies the place of common Bcnse . Were an indifferent spectator to behold tho congregated mass labouring in their vineyard he might applaud such industry . Let him lite up the veil , and then indeed be may wonder at the activity of demons , lie would know that the infernal regions caiiKot produco such busy emissaries of evil , aa ihe Tories might do on earth . When a Tory clique assumed primary influence , we were prepared to nee them take their stuutl , hurling defiance at just principles and tho people ' s liborties . Wo knew they would bring to this foul work , all tho insolence of power—all the effrontery induced by a long courscof infamy . Tory tactics we were at no loss to know how to characters even before they
were developed . We knew what bitter fruit would spring from such a tree . Holding tho consciences and hearts of the creatures composing this clique at a most cheap rate—considering both equa . iy callous and degraded—we cannot feel surprise at all that has been done . Wo wore confident that the sunshine of ( -ffij ' e would exert us influence on Tory spawn , and that corrupt and unseemly things must arise and defile ( he political horizon . This we felt to be a natural consequence—and a " necessary evil" in the progress ot' a great people to a fitter " state of things . " Yet wo must confess that even we were unprepared to hear what an obscure writer in a Tory Magazino should be fir .-t to utter in advising the party what yet they should di . We Lave now to speak particularly of one only of the " foromo .-t men in this
huge world of our ? .. ' 'fh-it one wo hive already alluded to as a writer in the Tory organ , known as Black fvnod ' a Mit . T , z ne . Had this senbo sought an immortality oj'infamy there need but have been appended his numc to his production . For when we say that ho has ushered forth an effuoion matchless as a specimen of ^ Tory malignity—that he trumpets forth openly , U ' . di ^ guisedly To »' y policy— we know that cur readers correctly cstiniut ' . ; the aiithorand his labours—that , the one is shameless , and that both are infamous . In an article iu the October number of Blackwood are tht ; . se words . — "Tho course of safety i-i as piam as tho course of danger . Democracy-must , nor . be tampered-with ; it must not be trampled on . It mubt be an open , unhesitating , uncompromising rp . Ri ! -, t : iiip . ft . The man in Parliament whoavowA him-.
nelfa Democrat ought to bo instantly drivtn ou , by impeachmont . Tne man who in print dares to insult ihe ears of England with the doctrine , ought to be instantly sent to tako-his trial a ; the Oij Bailey The doctrine should be declared to be treason , and tho teacher punished as a traitor . The mau who . st ' . empts to poison the rabble with this most deadly of nostrums , ou ^ ht to be-instantly , sent to workout his guilty life in chains at the Antipodes 1 " Let us « 'Xamii : o this—" the course of safety I" For whom "i For tho lovelkrs in iniquity—the drunken with power—would bo , as tliis iuciiuous scribe expresses if , to " trample on Dt-niocracy ! " -What men dare in ( X"voisiiig and insulting the patience of fellow men \ vu know thavTorirs-dare .- And even they canuot
" trarupio" utterly ' " on democracy . " It scorns their utmost' efforts backed by a myriad of such things as this wrfctchod ' magazine seribjler . But let us exn .-miuo the qin stioii . Tho " course of safety" to all would be to yield wi'h decency justice to the millions to wiiorn j'isricf . ' has been deiii . d . The " course of safety" would be to invest a . great people wic . h the rights whihh they have never forfeited , although so long witheld from them . The " course of safety" for any party Tuiing the destinies of Eutland would be to give Democracy its just weight in the political balance—to merge all tun iniquitous' considerations of party in one earnest desire to do justico 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 reject the counsolliugs of all who so far outrage humanity as to rave forth tuch bloodthirstiness , and EoVager to dabble in bloodguiltiness as thiB detestable "Blackwood V politician . To meet the ' * principla 9 of Democracy with an open , unhesitatiDg and uncompromising resistance , " would now b& to involve this country in one quick ruin—would be to blot it forth from among tho uations . This all partisans , not utterly blinded by " thick-coming fancies" of blood-shedding , know and feel ; they tremble at the brink of that gulph whioh a paltry , despicable , and dishonest scribbler in a Toiy Magazine would urge them--to leap into , dragging with them a nation that yet should be , —for within her bosom arc the elements tomake
heru Groat , glorious , and free !' ¦ ' ¦' We have much more to say upon the subject , but will leave the extract we have made for the contemplation of our readers a brief space . With us they will agree , that this Tory malignant may have his equal in a Lord Chief Birou Abinger , though it would be hard to match him any other upon the earth . — English CharM Circular .
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Mexico ast > TrXiS . — rFrem the New Yo ~ k Herald . J—Trie bark E'lgenia , Briscoo , arrived on Saturday night from Vera Cvwi , having sailed from 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 also his brother , accompanied by a suite of aides and officers . A large amonnt of Bpeoie belonging to Mexican ? , part probably to thegovernment , has also come , consigned to the commercial house of ' 1 argons and Co . By this ve 3 sel 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 . hare now certain and positive iuformaiion on which we can rely that the ;
Mexican government , or ra , ther Santa Anna , will soon iuvado Tuxass if she is not already invaded , by a large army and navy , both by sea and land—the army to be led by British officers—and the navy the same . The Mexican fleet already numbers three iron steamers ^ two gun brigs , and three schooners . This expedition was organised in London , under the patronage of tho Mexican merchants and landholders in that quarter . The force already in motion will be Bufficieatto overwhelm Texas , and to driva every Texan out of that Emiling land . The Texan navy , at the last accounts , was laid up and useless for want cf-funds . The Mexican > . avy is in full force—with three iron steamers , and plenty of men and ammunition to co-operate with their army . Wo expect that a deci&ivo blow will soon be levelled at the independence of Texas . Tfte arrival of Colonel Almonte , as Mexican minister in this . country ,- is
probably intended to preserve the peace of the United States of the north and Mexico . Almonte is amaa of superior talents , great addrnss ; perfectly acquainted vy : th our language aud institutions . The Briti .-h ascendency in Mexico is -now complete . Unless the French and American governments interfere , the existence of Texas as a nation is gone for ever . Nothing can Fave the new republic but such an intervention . Will ifc be extended to the Anglo-Saxon race in Texas 1 We'll see . On tho wholo , we begin to see sorna mighty results growing out of this new / invasion of Texas . Will it not lead to a union between France and the United States to prevent England and Mexico from destroying an independent republic on this continent ? May not the attempt to annihilate Texas lead the great maritime powers into a war on the ocean ? Are va not in the beginning of a new crisis in human &ffairs ?
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QUARTERLY BALANCE SHEET OF THE METROPOLITAN- DELEGATE MEETING , COMMENCING AUG . 1 st , ENDING OCT . 31 st , 1842 . receipts . £ s d Sfc . Pancras ... ... . 0 2 6 Carpenter ' s Arms , Brick-lane ... ... 0 5 0 Buck ' s Head ... ... 0 0 0 Globe Fields ... — - 0 7 0 Firisbury ... . 0 0 0 City of London ... ... 0 10 0-Brompton and Knightsbridge ... . ... ¦ 0 8 4 i Albion , Shoreditch 0 6 6 Shormaker'a , Foley-place 0 8 4
Lirnchouse ... 0 0 0 S-mcr ' s Town 0 7 6 Hatters , Brown Bear ... 0 7 0 Westminster . ' . ••• •••¦ 0 19 West End Teetotallers ... 0 2 6 ShoomakPM , Golden- lane 0 17 4 Tailors ,-Three Doves 0 4 0 Shoemakers , Clock House 0 9 6 Ross and Crown , Camberwell ... ... 0 7 6 Chelsea- ... ... ... — ••« 0 0 0 Hammersmith 0 0 0 Lambeth , China Walk Oil 6
Teetotallers , Britannia , 0 5 0 Bermondsey , Ship Inn ... .... - 0 5 0 Carpenters , RccklocaHty ... ... 0 1 KM BJoomsbury , Horn of-Plenty ... ... 0 2 6 Britannia , St . George ' s East ... ... 0 3 8 Marylebone ... 0 7 0 Islington ( new locality ) 0 0 0 Ne \ vir » gto ' n , ditto ... 0 0 0 Walworih , ditto ... ... 0 0 0 Horns , Bermondsey , ditto ... ... 0 0 0 Lambeth , Yiinths , ditto 0 0 0 Receipts , Collection Books ... ... 0 9 4 Douation , Messrs . Caughlon aud Wilson ,
of Stratford ... ... 0 5 0 Collected at public meeting on Aug . 16 th 0 8 6 Ditto at 1 ^ e Clock House ... ... 0 8 li Ditto at , Walworth ... 0 20 Ditto at St . Paucras ... ... ... 0 3 0 By t ^ osalo of tracts - 0 10 5 £ 8 18 33 EXPENDITURE . £ B . d . Rent of Hall 55 , Old Bailey for the quarter ... 1 6 0 „ Two c-xtra nights ... 0 6 " 0 „ Salary of Secretary ... 0 19 6 „ Postage , stationery , &o .... 0 10 5 August . 14 Public riieetings at Stepney to 22 . and Ishntrfon Green ... 2 13 6 „ Pa'ddington ,. &'Kensington Mcrting , cab-hire , &c ... 0 4 6 „ Pin Factory meeting ... 0 6 0 „ Printing addresses , paper , &c . in-connection with the abovn meetings ... 0 16 0 September Van at tho Watford meeting 0 5 0 Oct . 30 . 200 Fubscripiion books ... 14 0 „ Seal for delegate meeting ,.. 0 5 0 „ Sealing wax , parchment , &c 0 3 6 Total expenditure ... £ 3 19 5 Oct . 31 . Total receipt ... ... 8 18 3 ^ „ Balance against delegate meeting ... ... £ 0 1 1 . ^ DEBTS DUE TO THE DELEGATE MEETING . Sixty-seven subscription books ... 0 11 2 Seventy-five books iu hand ... 0 12 6 £ 13 8 Debt due by delegate meeting ... ... 0 1 U Balance in favour of ditto ... ... £ 1 2 6 A Audited and found correct . 1 ' . Jamks Knight . J . George Dron .
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IMPORTANT MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM . ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO THE COMPLETE SUFFRAGE CONFERENCE . According to public announcement , a public meeting ¦ was hf-ld at the Saloon of the Mechanic' Institute , Great Charles-street , on Monday , at one o ' clock . At the time for commencing busiueiis , Messrs . Sturge , Collins , ONctill , ami the Rsva . Lerin , and H . Hutton , made their appearance on the platform . Mr . SaUNDERS , an active member of the National Charter Association , moved that Mr . John Follows , of Monmouth-Btreet , should take the chair , aud made ! . a excellent speech on the occasion , pointing out the duty of the working classes on tlie present important occasion . Mr . JOHN BaR . R . att , of WhittAll-street , seconded the motion .
The Rev . SwaN moved , as an amendment , that Mr . Joseph Sturge take tbe chair . The Rev . Hugh Hutton seconded the amendment , and made a speech , in which he stated they had not assembled on that occasion to discuss the Charter , aa Btated by a previons speaker—\ cries of "We know that . " ) He delivered a long tirade in favour of fren trade principles , which created an ill feeling , in the midst of which be v » as obliged to retire . Mr . George White , who had only been released from Warwick on the preceding Thursday , now stepped fur ward , and was received with loud cheers by tht : working men . He said , he hoped tUat on that occasion
their proceedings would be conducted wita the mos-t perfect good spirit . There was no uetid for ola . uour or uproar , aa every person present had the ri-. r-. t of voting . He trusted their proceedings would bs ciiiracttriKud by frairness and imp irtiality , and . that they would elect men in whom they could place implicit contidence . A simple proposition was before the rust-ting whether they would elect Mr . John Folio -a or Mr . Joseph Sturae . ( Put them White ! Put them White !) Mr . White then proceeded to take the sense of the meeting , and declared Mr . Sturge to be elected as chaiinian .
Mr . Joseph Sturge then took the chair , amidst loud cheers . After reading tha advertisement calling the meeting , he said , the reason they were obliged to meet there was , that they bad been refused the use of the Town Hall . He hoped they would give him c : e < Ut 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 which the Conference was colled . Mr . AiXBaiGHT moved that six delegates ba now elected to sit on the National Conference to meet on the 27 th of December . Mr J . C . Perry seconded it , which was carried unanimously .
Mr . A . ONeil moved a resolution , containing the form of election . He said be hoped each party , aa well the National Charter Association as the Complete Suffrage Union , would be equally represented . The motion was seconded by Mr . JOSIASPUMPHREY , and carried unanimously . Mr . Saunders then addressed the meeting . He said be 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 SufFruee ' Association .. After some pithy remarks , he concluded by moving Mr- George White as a fit and proper person to represent the working xatn in the proposed Conference . ' .:..--.. ' . ¦ ¦¦ Mr . J . Baruatt seconded the proposition , which vt&a received with loud cheers .
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Mr . Jons C 0 LL 1 S 3 moved , and Mr . Morgan StCoaded Mr . Francis-Parkes . Mr . W . Park . es said , he bad an individual to propose , who had always made a determined stand against tyranny , on 9 who bad sacrificed more in the canse than any other man , one whom they bad often seen and well knew , and he had only to mention his name to ensure their general approbation . Ha had tbe honour of proposing Feargus O'Connor , Esq . —( tremendous cheen , lonit coatinuod ) . ; . .. M > . George Richardson , a veteran Chartist , seconded it . The Rev . Hugh Hutxon mored the name of Mr . Joseph Corbett Mr . Charles Steward , of the National Charter Association , moved , and Mr . S . Linden seconded Mr . John Follows , hairdresser , Moamouth-street ¦ Mr . J . C-jPerrt moved Mr . Winfield , a member of the Town Council . . - ., . .. _
Mr . E TaYLOr , printer , Steelhouse-lane , moved , and Mr . Chapman , seconded , Mr . Walter Thorn . MK Allbright moved , and Mr . Tbueman , Christian Chartist printer , seconded , Mr . O Neil . Mr . A . FUSSELL of the National Charter Association , moved , and Mr . Joseph Oxford seconded Mr . Smith Linden . Mr . Coopeb , Secretary of the Complete Suffrage Union , moved , and Mr . Godericb . seconded Mr . Field , Town Councillor , for Deritend Ward . ¦ Mr . Hawkes , Town Councillor for the same ward , was also proposed . ' . ¦ Mr . Nisbett , of the National Charter Association , moved , and Mr . Allbright , of the Complete Suffrage Union , seconded Mr . Horsley , cabinet maker , Steelbouse-lane . The votes were then taken , when the following persons were declared by the chairman to be dnly elected : —
Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., National Charter Association : Gsorge Whits . National Charter Association . ! John Horsley , Natior , al Charter Association . John Follows . National Charter Association . F . iancis P . jrkes , Christian Cbartist . AithurONeil , Christian Chartist . A voto of thanks was moved to the chairmin for his upright conduct t Mr . George White supported the motion . He said he felt-bound in justice to'hfs own feeiings to return his thank ' s'to-the meeting for the confidence they had placed
in him . He felt pleasure in seeing the cood feeling which prevailed that day , and in witnessing the noble and determined conduct of the working mtn . Tha party with whom he acte I had been denounced as physical force men , firebrands , and incendiiries , but they had new given proof that they were upright and honorable men , ani as actions RpoSc louder than words h , < - trnsted tlw public would judge them by their acts , and n » t by the garbled statements of thoca who were interested in Ubelling th- ' in . From the treatment he ha-i ensured fo . the last eleven weeks he ft : lt too weak to make anything like a speech , and he could honestly as-ur » them that as lonsraa ' . Ufa remained they would find him
battliiinj in thi-ir ranks . . The Chairman returnrd thanks and tha meeting dispersed . AU parties declared that it was one of the bust conducted meetints ever witnessed in Birniin ^ ham , aa-. f will prove to ' the Chartists ' of'England the sterling bones' ? and determination of their brethren in this town .
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From the London Gazelle of Friday , Nov . 11 . BANKRUPTS . Chailes Yandle and George Field , Beaumont-street , Marylebone , co&chmakera , to surrender Nov . 21 , at 12 o'clock , and Dec . 23 , at 11 . at tha Baukiupts' Court . Solicitor , Mr . Weils . Pcrcy-streot , Badford-square ; official a 3 sienoa , Mr . Alsaeer , Birchin-lane . Kobert Steuarfc , Santa Fo de Bogoto , New Granada , manufacturer of artificwl granite , Nov . 29 , at twelve o ' clock , and Djc 23 , at 11 , at tbe Bankrupt ' s Court : solicitor . Mr . Lve , Argjle-street ; onicial assignee , Mr . Green . AliieTmanbnry .
. Honry Bundey , Portland-town , builder , Nov . 22 , afc twelve o ' clock , Dec . 23 . at eleven , at the Bankrupts ' Courts solicitors , Messrs . Gray and Beiry . Groveplace , Lisaon-groye ; official assignee , Mr . Johnson , BasinghaH street . ' -.- ' . George J : un"s Marshall and William Charles Hail , Wood-street , Caeapside , woollen warehousemen , Nov . 22 . at tweive o ' clock , and Dec . 23 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Conrt : solicitors , Messrs . Tin Ssndau and Cummin ! . ' , Kirig-street , Cheaps-ue ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Fredericks place , Old Jawry . Stuart Ray , Dake-strect , St . James ' s , bookbinder , Nov . 22 at one o ' clock , and Dec . 23 , at twelve , at the Bankrupts Court : solicitors , Messrs . Wright and . Co .,. Gofden-square ; official assignee , Mr . Groom , Abchurch-lane .
Richard James Webb , Piccadilly , tailor , Not . 24 , at half-past ten o ' clock , and Deo . 23 , at t « relvo , at the Bankrupts' Couit : solicitor , Mr . Bodnian , Queenstreet , Cheapside ; official assignee , Mr . Ponnell . ¦ Hun-niih-Chavl ' toii . Roger . t-strfcet , millinw , Not . 19 , at h : ilf-p : st ten o ' clock , and D . ! C 23 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitor , Mr . Parker , St . Paul ' s Churchyard ; offiyial assignee , Mr . Graham , Basinghallttreet . Gsorge Talbot Knowles , Stockport and Manchester , cotton spinner , D- > , e . 7 a ; d 23 , at two o ' clock , at the Cominissio' -. ers' Rooms , Manchester : solicitors . Messrs . Baxter , Lincoln ' s-inn ; and Messrs . Sale acd Worthingtoh . Manchester .
Thomas Birtholomew Fehr , Dadley .. wine-merchant , Nov . 29 , and D ^ c . 23 , at two o ' clock , at the Waterloo Rooms , Birmingham : solicitors , Messrs . Holme , Loftus , and Young , New Iun ; Messrs . Bourne and Wainwright , Dudley ; and Mr . Burtieet , Birmingham . . Richard Iii » don , ' ' Marlborough , Devonshire , corn factor , Nov . 24 , nnd Dec . 23 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Royal Hotel , Piyaiouth : solicitors , Messrs . Weymomh and Green , Cateaton-street ; and Mr . HurrelJ , Kin abrid « e . . . Eiward Brings Robinson , Nottingham , printer , Dec 9 and 23 , at twelve o ' clock , at the George IV . Inn , Nottii ! Rham : solicitors , Messrs . Johnson , Son , and Weatherall , Temple -, and Mr . Bowley , Nottingham .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Arnold and Son , Liverpool , booksellers . Hodge and Thompson , Thirsk , Yorkshire , curriers . A . and M . Rubet-tsbu , Darwiu and Manchester , scourers . R . and T . Sutcliffe , Halifax aud Manchester , cotton-spinners .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Nov . 17 . BANKRUPTS . William Cipon , hatter , New Bond-street , Middlesex , to surrender Nov . 24 , at twelve , and Dec . 27 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy ,. Bisingball-straot .-Whitiuore , official p ^ signee , Bisinghall-street ; solicitor , Smith , Bedfordroiv , Holborn , London . Joseph Van : lerlyn , tailor , Honndsditch , Nov . 22 , at twelve , and Dsc . 13 , at eleven , at the Court of Bmkruptcy , Basinghall-street . Gibson , cfficiiil assignee , BrisinR ' iia ' il-street ; solicitor , Huson , Old Jewry , London . Janvia Norris Chapman , licenced victualler , Upper HoUoway , Middlesex , Nov . 24 , at eleven , and Dec 1 G , at tan , at the Court-of Bankruptcy , BasinghalltVreet . Gibson , official assignee , Bisingball-street ; solicitor , Sc- * tt , ' St . Miidred ' s-court , London .
James Crambrook , diaper , Deal , Nov . 18 , and Dec . 20 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankiuptcy , Basinijhall-&tr < -et . Etlward , official assignee / Frederick"s-p ! ace , Old Jewry , ; solicitor , Solrs , Aldermanbury , and Turner , Kiiig-street , Cheapside , London . ';' . Thomas J .-icomb Lancaster , merchant , Barge-yard , Buckltrftbury , Nov . 2 i , at one , and Dec . 13 , at eleven , afc the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Gorden , c fiicial assignee , Aldermanbury ; snlicitors , Wiide . Htjaa , ' Humphreys , and Co ., College Hill , London . ' Duncan Smith , merchant , Bucklersbury , Nov . 23 , at ' - 'twelve , and Dec . 27 , at eleven ,. at the Cowt of B . inkr < . iptcy » Basin £ ha ! l-etreet . Lackington , official assignee . Colem in street-buildings ; solicitor , Turne ' r and Hei : B ! iian , Biting-lane , Bread-street , London .
John A-sliwoith . worsl . s-1 manufacturer , RochJale , Lagcishiiv , Nov . 25 , and Die 27 , at eleven , at the Comjuiss-ouers ' -rooms , Manchester . Soliciters , Clarke and M ' etlcilfo , Lincein ' s-inn-iields , London ; Wniteh 6 a $ , R-ichdal . e . Tiiomas Brennaud , linen draper , Blackburn , Dec . 7 anl 27 , at eleven , at the Town-hall , Preston . Solicitors , B ^' . rii : y . Brick-court , Tu ; np 3 s , London ; Robinson , Black burn . . G ^ cr ^ e Son ' ier . japanner , B ' rmingham , Not . 25 and Dec .-27 ., . nt twelve , at tho Waterloo-rooms , Birmingham . ' Sjiicitors , Vincout and Sherwood , King ' s Bench-walk , Inner Temple , London ; Hodgson , Birmingham . . . Jqbn H * pworth , woollen-draper , New Malton , Yorkshire , N > v . 30 and D-c . 27 . at twelve , at the Guildhall , York . Solicitors , Smithson and Mitton , Southampton-buildings , Chaucery-lane , London ; SmiJihBon , Maltun .
John Grant , baker , Bristol , Nov . 25 , and Dec . 27 , at twtl ' ve , at tbe Bristol DWrict Ceurt of Bankruptcy Solicitors . White and Wfeitemore , Bedford-row , London ; Bevans , Bristol . Joseph Suffolk , bridle cutter , Birmingham . Not 24 , and Dec . 20 , af , twelve , at the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy ; Christie , cfiLial assignee , Birmingham ; solicitor , Harrison , Birmingham . . William Collings , baker , D ^ vonport , Not . £ 9 , arid Deo . -97 , at the Royal Hotel . Plymouth ! Solicitors , Galsworthy and Nicholls , Cook's-court , Lincoln ' s Inn , London ; Chapman , Devonport . * Thomas Frith , shoe manufacturer , Stafford , Not . 25 , and Dec . 27 , at eleven , at the Swan Inn , S : afford . Solicitors , Gladstone , New-iau , Strand , London ; Secketson and Bell . Stafford .
Joseph Lindon , merchant , Piymnuth , Not . 19 , ana Dec . 20 , at the Court of Bankruptcy for the Exeter District , at eleven . Solicitors , Surr , Lombard-atreat , London ; Edmonds , or Elwortby , PJymnuth . William Street , groeer , Rickingunli Superior , Suffolk , Dec . 16 and 27 ,-at eleTen , at the Globe Inn , Bury St . Edmunds . Soiiciters , Gudgeon , Stowmarttt ; WalU-r and Pemberton , S ; mona"s-inn , Cbancery-lane , London .
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fi ;> j- ' 3 : r > - > w 1 h . 1 i hi- > Ny ' s cr / v .-c ' . er is sa ?» -Ll , ani it is fi'iiii h ' . ; u th . at tLo ship ' s n > niu was aiCoitained . The oth / r survivcr 8 are men of colour . The English consul has just proceeded to their asa ' stance . There were on board , 75 Englishmen , 27 Chinese , and 20 Dutchmentotal , 122 . " " Bonlogne-sur-Mer , Nov . 13 . Sir—By advices just received from the coast , we are informed that the nsmeB of the survivors are Robert D ' . son ( the carpenter ) , W . O'Neill , of Kingstown , Iraland ; Johan Anderson , of Laurvig , Norway ; Charles BittB , of Dair . zic ; and three Malays . The body of Ciptain Green has been identified by the carpenter ; a ' so that of the fourth mate ( Griffin ) , aud a seaman . Their remains will be conveyed here , where they will receive the right of Christian burial . Captain Tucker , late commander of her Majesty ' s ship Iris , is amoDg the crowned ; everything is being done for the benefit of the owners cf the vessel .
" Tbe g ' . rricea recsived from the horse soldiera ia in every way efficient . " We are , &a , ( Signed ) " A . Adams and Co . "
LATEST PARTICULARS . By tha General Steam Navigation Company ' s ship MaiDtt , which left Boulogne on Monday morniDir , and mrived &t Londcn-bridge Wbaif , at eight o ' clock on Wednesday night , some additional particulars have feeeu brought relative to tha melancholy loss cf the above vessel off Merlimont , about thirty miles from Boulogne , on Satnrdny morning last , when , out of a crew numbering 120 perrons , six only were saved . It appears tint tho R .-Hsuce left Canton on the 7 th of May wi ; h a can ? o of 27 , 000 chests of tea , having , as the Boulogne Gazelle of Monday states . Lascars and 85
¦ white pert' -us on board . It is stp . ted that at tho tiuto th « R- liauce struck the - ^ . indwas fair , and it is inferred from this that those in command , could not have seen tbt land , tbe vessel going on shore about two o'clock , a M . Ainone those s .-ved art—R > beit Dixon , carpenier ; W . O'Nvill , of K . ngs ' . o-wn , Ireland ; Johan Anderson , of Laurvig , N- ^ rwuy ; Charles Batts ( not butts , as Glr . ted in tie ivcning papara ) . of Dimz ' c , and thrt-a Malays . Amonsjst , the passencerj drowned ( aix in nun-. bi . ri , the bo >' y cf Captain Tucker , late of her Maj'S ' . j ' s bhip Iris , : md who went on . board at St . Hc-1 ; 11 a , ha- * bw'tn writhed on shore and identified , as ulso tha : of Mr . Griffin , ihe fourth mate .
One of Lloy-i ' a a ^ - th'i number on hoard to have been as ful ' ij ^ a : —75 Er . gliahraen , 27 Chiuese , anri 20 Dutchmf n . The fc ^ nA o horror and confusion vbich reigned on boar' ! , urjtU d-o ' Ught . is d ^ uribeil by tht survivors au of ihe ir : r » i , t a ^ fui tharac ' -T , tbou ^ fi little beyond the nuiiii . r iu -which the crew owl paESiengers lost thtir lives L . ia ht pitsent lr .-. =: ; iit-d . The c-T . nision ami t « rrcir cvn' - ' -quent U | . ' ' . a the suddenness with which the v ^ L-s . t ? struck was tuch , tt > . at no orders en tho part of the ^ Lipa iffi ^ crs w-. m ; rteu- ' fcd to , und Bouio time eiai ' iset ? before si ^ r . ils of di : tn . ss could he firtd . Thtsu fa . > r- ? . is couulu A to le nia . lo ir .. til d-. \ y light , biit withcut ' . ny c-ff .-ct . !; O bcat 3 hoviutr put eff to the vessel . Thv- Bou ' . o rue Gazelle says : — Thero ' was no mcnis of
fcff-irfiing the leatt as-istanco ; " but whether this ar-. « se fr . ni thn stat-3 of the tiis , tha nature cf the shore on wbK-h sho s ' rucl ; , or the absence of life-lt . > ats , or otbur ordinary mo . les ad--pte-l ou such occasions , i : s not « ivtn . A . t s . on aa the day broke and tbe coast was discerned , it was dttermijic-l to hoist out tbe boats . This was quickly accomplished , but the loa ^ hoat was luiine'lfat < . ly swnruped ly tin ; breakers , and ths others , from btin ^ overloaded , -went down within a short diitauco of tbe vc-st-1 . Tiie Captain remained on b . >; ird to the last iiicint-nt , and went down while near the carpenter , who reached - the shore in safety . Many bodies had be--n wnihed on the beach , some of them thowing symptoms of life ; but although every meoi ^ al attention - « ns promptly rendered , none of them were restored .
The Btdne on tLe bfich was of the most t-xtracrdinary d--criptii n from ihe cumber of chests of tea wi .: ch came ashore wben Ibe abip broku up . It was ebb-tulo vri . tn tLe vessel struck ; t ut btforo d ; iy ! i «! it the sta W : i 3 fljwini ; fast , and at ten o ' clock sho was a perfect wreck . Out of 27 006 cheats on board , only 1 386 Lav . ? yet bc-en taved , and theoo are all much damaged by the sea K ^ tir . The Reliap . ee w ; is owned by Messrs . Mann and TVniJvn , of St . IvIichael's-aJlej * , Cornfcill ; tLe h ' ts&r of ¦ nhiaa -i ft London f ¦ r Metliaioat by thy B'ju 1 u uu Ete . nner on Moni ' ay night . Another vessel , la-. ic-u with wine , was wrecked on S vturday nigUt in the linio d ' Authie , and f \ , ur of the ctl-w drownad .
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ilELA ^ CHvLY SIIIPw -I lECK . —IU * O IiC ^ - DililD LIVES LUST . The fol ' oTi g are extracts o a letter which was Tece-. Tei en Sjtur ^ ay , bv hr-r Mije ? ty's ship Hyacinth , via Sfdon's-bay , da'ed the ' 29 ih of August 18421—u Cape Town . —1 have now to relate one of the most awful eventswLieb ever occurred in the memory of the oldest-inhabitant oi ' ihis town . OnSiturday nithJ , the 27 ; k inst ., it- bietr 3 very bcivy ealt- iu Table-bay , v » h ; ch incr .-are-i iu fores uniii Sur . duy moving " ; and abou : fonr o ' clock , during ihe intery&Is o : ' clap- of thunder , the inhabitants of Cape Town were aroused by hearing niiuute sur . s of distress from a vessel in the Vny . 1 immediately dressed and proceeded to tbe H-- ^ c- ' n , and by the blue lights booii a ccrta'r . ed ' - : - vo vr three ve ? .-els were ashore at ihe fcead of t - -y , rk-se -jpnn both s ; - --=. It was lainici : in torreut . % the forked lightnin ;; •_• _ - blindine ,
tha thunder wj 3 .- " anning . lz u-as a ^ tiark as pucn . The distance of Salt River from Caps Town is between two and three m . les , a > id upon my arrival csy was fast breaking . Ahhe-u ^ h so eariy , 1 focad numbers of people assembled , aud at about six o ' clock it sras ascertained that tho . name of ths nr . formnate Tessel was the Aberfro ^ nbic Rebicson , 1 . 415 ton =, from London , with 500 rank and file ot H ^ r Nlajesty ' s 91 st R--gimenr . to relieve the 75 -h Regiment , ordered home . Sha bad al-o on board a baud for the Cape Corps . Tne Abercronibie Robinson arrived in Tabic-bay on Thursday la * t , a-ad at : er landing some of iht ( fi ^ . r- vra * 10 proceed to Alzoabay to land the 91 < t . 5 h- " ^ as a splecdid vessel , fitted up exprosily as a trar .-pon-sh ; p . Abeut seven o ' clock his * Es * el '? ncy Sir G . Nap «; r arrived , uiid the beach sofa prr .-= en ; -d a verj- aiiioiiivd sppeirance , every < -Sccnsot on du * y bsuig preset :, beside ? those of the &ls : who had obVi'lTiea leave 10 go o-i shore . The Vessel Laving been cnven on shore at
high waier , we soon w- ; ab 1 ^ cuniiiiTinieate wi : n her , a ^ d aUhansh this fine > hip will btcome a loril wreck , not a life tva . 3 lost , and ev ^ -ry soldier was landed during the day . " About 300 yards ficm the Abtrcrorr . ' o- Rcbinson , was tbe convict-iliip Waterloo , wbicii had a-rriroi during the we . k , "or tho nurpoHe of proTitionini ; htr on her wsy : o Sydney , wi- ; - abcu 240 iaal-j con .-icr ? , a ^ uard of ttiiny solikrs , flva wonjen , and l ' or ? y-
tbrce eLildren , with tne citw abon- 330 souls . She lay in a very precarious situation . Sne was within a few- yards or' the breakers , buc it wa > thought O-q
might hold en uu . ii : he wea - . her r . uderated , v » -h-. n she nilsbt be turned off . Under > his iniyrcs > ioa ihe vast multlinde which I ad as = er , b : ed on th ^ spot bfcan to separate . About ua o'clock , LovreTcr , rlie Waterloo t-Ta a fadden lurch , a : * j parted fi . m sll her auchc-rs , a-r-d cjuj = brjad ? i-Je arconu i \ : c brc-Kt-s . The scene which now iook place I .-huii re .-:--mb , r to tbe cay of cea-. h . Af-er -. % vo or three L-. jvy roi : & her xhrei LaasLs iveuv over ihe s ' n ' e vrl . h a uri-ad : " ul .
crash . Tn > - caicnts v ^ ere now op ? nea , and t £ c csn-Ticis roshed oa deck , ihe sta wus makiutc a c ea . n breach over her . Immediateiy on ihe convicts airi-Tin ^ oa c-ck , aboa ; Hf ' ry j' -iiav ^ d overboard ; ab .-ui £ f : ein or tvrsmv ediiicd iLe shore : the ren . aind-r £ f : etn or tvrsmy g 4 intd iLe shore ; the ren . aind-.-r
were drowE ? d . The cries ofibepoor wretches on deck were now h ^ art-br > ^ k ' . iig . Each sea . as u nmde breach over me uni ' or-tiijaie vessel , carried a d- z- a or so in ihe waur , w ' r . o , cf course , were drevr :: cd . Thoara . i-d 5 of people vr . re on ihe beach , but c-juid render not the loost as > iiiance . O-i ! it was a dr- adfal sight . There , ^ iihiu a stone-throw , lay " 20 U or-3 . 0 0 : our feil ^ w-creituresb = iux drowned biiore uur eyes . " Eat now comes the ir . on awful part of my tale . About eleven o ' clock , v-. i : hia half in hour ak ' er ^ e struck , the Wat--rloo par :-. d in two . They who had never thought of ihtir God , who . if th / -y hud , it was only to ; ake His name in Ta : u ano break His laws , were now jeeu vrith their ha ^ ds cl" ? pcd , ai' . d h ^ artl loudly caliir . g -upon Him to ? ave them . Saidurs '
wires were seen claspiD ^ their linle ones to their bofozna in p . jjon ! -r « . One w .-aiDn I shall never forget ; she was hcid ps oi . w .: h oi-e ra !; d to a piece of p ' ank , with the oiher she held , pr-. ssed to her bosom , a linle infant ; her cries were piteous . At h ? t a . va czzne anc cashed the woman aud : itu " e one cS " . They w ^ re sten 21 more . The water wa ? now fall o : " the sircije ] :::-- and ih- dead . A boat wa- _ - employd to piek np a :, i : cou :-j . It could rot approach , the wreck on accoast of : heh-avy tea . 1 have neither time nor h -art to write further particulars . I saw oie mac embrace his vrife a : d iiule one ; then jump Into ihe bo ;" . ; :: ;; .-urf . Hs soon ro-e a ^ . iin . I could repeat hcii-fr " .- ' . ? 0 : similar cccurrenccs ; iuf-£ ce it to ssy , that wiihln one hour aud a half cr" ti-j "Waterloo i > ir : ] i : rg , nor a p 3 t ; c ; e wa- io bo seen . She had i ;? r-ral ; y ^ oi ; - -1 1 ^ piece ? ; si ; d , b rric ' . e to re ' ate , cat of 330 i-ou ' s . 250 have as : a writ cry = iravc . ' " ' of
The military escort w ?^ composed a d ^ taobment ofthe 9 Dh R-jricent , ar . der the comm- ; : ci 0 : ' Lieutenant H ? xt , of : he 4 'b , and Eu-ign C . L- i * , h ,-of » h = t 9 ; h , Segments , and sm"c : ; t < . d . inclvi-IiU ^ me officers , to 51 individuals ; o "' th-. ' -rf 32 - " " ire lo ?; . and 19 saved . The crew rons . rt ? d ot 33 ofacers and men vo £ whom 14 were l-. ^ i , and 19 saved : anu there irere 21 ? convicts ok bouxd , of whte 143 w- ^ r ^ drowned , and 76 sa ^ ed . Tba persons w--o were crowued belonging ii tbe escort trera—Ser ^ can . Siaiih , his wife , and three children ; Corporal iiulvany , aud child ; Corporal Madden ; prixate Xtci .-r , hi ; wife ; and one child ; private Grecaless , his wir \ -, aud three chUdren ; private Ahers , iluir . Askey , Barnacle , Byrne , Bii ' -iniOLi , E . jnolds , Yiuc-ent , Wurbunon
"Whitmore ; an : i Mrs Armstrong and £ ve children . The boatswain , saiSmaser , and carpenter , and 11 seamen , of the- Wat-erloo were lost ; Captain A ^ ar , the master , Mr , Jscks ^ u . chief mate . 31 r . GnnL-: r , second mate , Mr . Giii , third mate , and 13 of ihe crew , were saTed . Tne following were the convicr .-who perished on the occasion : —Tneiwall , Serrar , Mills , Taylor , Jackson , Heniman , Goddaxd , Howard , Jvorui , ilarsh , Sione , New . on , Riiiden . Mspsted , Thorn , Accock , Proctor , Clark , William ? , Alexander , Aldricge , £ > ca ; caerd , Woodward , Wightwick , Atwood , Saint , Davos , Cunniiigham , Lloyd , Wells , Baraessj Thisselton , Nafb , Hill , Stamps , Lew , Gamer , Bradbury , Juhnson , Green , Dawes , Edmonds , Jones , " Esson . Elliot , Fairfax , Hewitt , Taylor , Flint , W . Jones , Holyiand . Short
Harris , Browa , Balmore , Parker . Jacks , Hamlet , Moore , Brooks , Armuace , BJyth , Hancock , Cryer , Stuart , Hicfa , Balaam , Robinson , Birch , Bainber , Wilks , Carbon , Workman , Pardons , Curry . Ccwley , Craig , Wi ^ stanlTy , Gouldine . Harriot , Peacock , Felix , Carry , He ; heriagion , Wvles , Gregory ,. Wilson , J . Jones , Barnes , M'Kir . non , Lecin ^ ham , Smedly , Reynolds , Hawkins , Birch , Ellis , Duncan , Barker , Pesr .-on , Bertand , Edmonds , Barnsley , Clark , H . 1 , Wildint . -, Greeuham , Campbell , Ku-nt , 2 sew : on , Jcb . in , Thompion , Broomfield , Yuss , Parkinson , Sma'ley . Gile ? , Pownall , Morgan , Wright , Loratt , B : i ; gs , 3 j = - > v--ii . Kirwj . ii , ilurphy , Now ' a ; i , Gyonry , J ' -nk n .-, Wiitnam , J . Hewnt . K in ^ , G . Williams , Brooke ? , Purser , White , J . R :-per , G . B , o ; ser , Ji 3 es R . s- > r , Thomas Hewitt , ii ^ rtin , O ^ burr-. Barlow , J > . nes . Packer , and Crane .
Tne 7-3 convicts who were Eaved were in the Cape Town prison . DariBg the heavy £ ale on the 9 ; h of Septecb r . Eeveral ships lying in Ta . ble-bs \ , w ^ re dri 7 tn on shori .-. * TLe Americm bark Faiifield , the ship John Bashaw , the th ps R-Jorm and Henrj Hoyie , the schyjrier Ghika , ai : dtr . e cuttrr A " . bitro .-s . were ihe vessels which w ^ re siranded , but no lives were lost .
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SiiirwRECK . —On Wednesday morning between l'ar-j ,-ifid f .-iur o'clock , thephip VViliiinj , C 3 pt . Hdustcn , whliu on Let p- ' -saze from Gloucester to this port , was totn'Iy —reck ^ - 'i at Kiichnttun Bay , Isle of Bute , while in the act of ~ i aring . during a heavy storm . When theve ^ el ttruik , bur ownsr , Mr . T . Hjnilin , a genfeman of extt-nbive nauticil t-xperience , told the alarni 6 d crew to keep calm and collected , in which caao there ¦ was a fair prc .= pect of their lives being saved , -wht-rr&ij s . houM their terrors lead to coDfusion , thtir Oan ^ cra Vv , nl ! rx- greatly increased- The ivlvice wr . s : ittt : nded to by the niijor p : irt of tho ctp— -. but two of them , in spite of every remonstrance , lowered thsmselvea ovi rbourd on v . hat rsi-mea from tho ship to be dry rocks ; but by t ' nU « tt'p they only met the fi ' . te they toDL-ht to
btun , tLu leister ::. g lurn ; icto whicli they dropped having wuslioii t ;; em b .-. ck , a :: d cirri ^ d them uih-Sit tbtj ship's bittern , wh ^ ro no a sistar . co could be rsr . dtie i ti :-. m by those on the wreck . Tho rost of the cn-r , after n-iii . iiHing on board with grvat difficulty till the luoiiiini ; t-rolce , tho sea during the night washing over t ^ ' . ' :. ; , an ; l t ) e > hip rapidly / joing to pieces , w ^ re enabled to la . ud o ; tho recuiiing of tht < tide . j { y the tiuia thty ha 1 lefi L .-r . « be was a complete wreck , little remiiwf . 'ig but tte deck . The master vns a good < 1 t-al bruised , a : id vha n . ate had hie hand seriousiy ir . jurud Mr . Hamlin and the crow were much exhausted by the severity of tbe weather , but were , with ore exception ,
uninjured . One old imu was saved -with much difficulty , as from the cold be had become quite benumbed . Mr . Hamlin speaks in the highest terms of tbe kind attention he , h 5 a itScers , and crew experienced from Mr . M'Dougall , farmer m the vicinity of-where the wreck took pines , and of the reaiy aid he afforded them , which was the mesns especially of saving the life of the old mm abovs alluded to . He also sent his carts to save any property of v . ; lue which might come ashore . The severity of the gale which proved fatal to the William may be judged of by the fact that she was blown fr <> m Piadria to Gurabrae , a distance of twenty-one mile ? , under bare polos , in soiisewhat less than two hours . — Gree / iock Advertiser ,
Loss of tiie Ship Middlesex—To the many losses of valuable shipB Intely repotted , has now to be addtdthe Middlesex , bound fr ^ ui Sidney for London . SI" . e was driven on shore near Maccio , to tho southward of Pcruambuco , and s . > ou became almost a total wreck . The crew and puciitngers were saved , and are now on their passa ^ o to L indo n on board the Coluuibus , which sailed from Pernambuco on the 6 ' . h ultimo .
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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-ncseproduct457/page/6/
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