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MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK . —TWO' HUNDRED L 1 YE 6 LUaT . Th 3 fol ; o""i g are extraors o' a letter which was received en S ^ mr . iay , by her M- ' jc ? y's ship Hyacinth , via Simnn ' s-bay , daied the 29 : li of August 1842 : — " Cape Town . —T have now to relate ore of the most a ' wfal events which eTer occurred in the raemory of the oldest inhabitant of ihis town . On Saturday nitht , the 27 ; t inst ., it biew a very heavy gale in Table-bay , which increa = ed in force until Sunday moriiiiijj ; and about four o ' ciock , during the intervals of claps of thunder , the inhabitants of Cape Town were aroused by hearing minute guns of distress from a -vessel in the bay . 1 immediately dressed
and proceeded to the b ?? rr , and by the blue iithts soon a .- cc-rta'ned thr t •• • .. or three vessels wt re ashore at the head of the = ., close upt > n both sid- . < It was lainicg in torrents . ; : > e forked lightning w .-. : ! iDdiug , the thunder was stunning . It . wa ? as c ^ rka * pi'ch The distance of Sait River from Cape Town is between two aud three mile ? , and upon my arrival day ¦ wa-s fast breaking . Although ^ -oeariy , 1 found numbers of people assembled , aud at abont six o'clock it was ascertained that ihe name of the unfortunate ¦ vessel was the Abercrooib : e Robinson , 1 415 ton ? , from London , frith 500 rank and file of Hor Majesty's 91 st Regiment , to relieve , the 75 th Regiment , ordered home . She had also on board a band
for the Cape Corps . The Abercrombie Robinson arrived in Tabie-bay on Thursday last , and af : er landing some of the officer ? , wa ? io proceed to Alzoabay to land the 91 su She vras a splendid vessel , fined up expressly as a transport-ship . About seven O ' clock his Excellency Sir G . Napier arrivtd , and the beach soon presented a . very animated appearance , every officer not on duty being present , besides those of the Sis : who had obtained-leave to £ 0 oa Ehore . The vessel having been driven on shore at high water , we soon were able to communicate with her , acd ahhonsh this fine sh > p will become a tot 3 ' wreck , not a li ;' e was lost , and every soldier was lauded daring the dav .
About SuO yards from the Abercrombe Robinson , was the convict-ship Waterloo , which had arrived during the we-. k , for the purpose of Drovisioaiut ; lur on her way to Sydney , wk : i ^ bou : 240 mal o ecu vie : ? , & guard of thiny solaiers . fire wi'icen , and for ? ythrce children , w : th the crew aboa : 330 souls . Sue lay in a very precarious situation . Sha was within a tew yards of the breakers , but it was thought she might hold en un : il the weather moderated , when she mi ^ ht bo turned off . Under this impression the Tast multitude which had assembled on tho snot
bfgan to separate . About ten o clock , hovrevf r , : he TVaic ? rloo gave a sudden lurch , and paned ( t-.-zd rJi her anchors , ande ^ m * ' broadside atnoii ^ thebrt-uti-rs . The scene whicli now tooK pJace I -hai ; rcu » -niber to the Gay of ded h . Afnr tvro or three heavy rohs her three m :-: s went over the sie ' e with a dreait ' ul , crash . Th .-hatchts were now opened " , aud ' tn-. ccn-Ticts ru-hed on deck . The sea was making a clem breach over her . Immediately on the convicrs arriving on deck , abou : £ f ; y jumped overboard ; iboir fifteen or twenty gained the shore ; the ren > a :: irfvr
were arewnco . me cne * oi ti ^ e poor wretencs on deck were now hcart-brcskirg . Each sea . as it mad ? breach over the unforiunsie vessel , carried a d > z n or so in tu * water , who , of course , were dr--. wn-. d . Thousir . cs of p ^ op . c vr . re on ilic bench , but could render not the lea ;; assi .- ; : ancc . Oh ' . it was a drt-adful night . There , within a srone-throw , ] ay 20 j or 300 of cur fellow-creatures b ^ ing drowned before our eves . " But now comes the mo-t awful part of my tale . About eleven o ' clock , wi ; hin half in hour after she Etruck , the Waterloo parted in two . They w _ ho had never thought of their God , who , if tli-y had , it was only to take His name in va ^ n and break Kis laws , were now seen wnh their hands clasped , and heard loudly calling upon Him to save them . Soldiers ' wives were seen clasping their little ones to
their bosoms in agonies . One woman I shall never forget ; she was holding on with oue Laiid to a piece of p " ank , with tha other she held , pnssed to her bosom , a little infant ; her cries were piteons . At last a ? ra came and washed the woman and V . vle one off . They were seen do mere . The water was now full of the strangling and the dead . A beat was employd to pick up ah it could . It could not approach the wreck on account of the heavy sea . I have neither time nor heart to write further particulars . I saw one man embrace his wife aid little oce ; then jump into the boiling surf . He scon ro > e again . I could repea : hundreds c ; similar occurrences ; tuffice it to say , that within one hour and a half of the Waterloo striking , not a particle was toba seen . She had literally gene to pieces ; and , horriule to re-ate , out of 330 souls , 250 have met a ¦ watery grave . "
The military escor : was composed of a detachment ofthe 99 : h RegimeDt , under the command or Lieuienant Hext , of the 4 th , and Ensign C . Ltufh , of the 99 . h , Regiments , and amonntpd . including the officers , to 51 individuals ; of these 32 were ! os \ and 19 saved . The crew consisted of 33 officers and men , of "whom 14 were lost , and 39 saved ; and there i ? ere 219 convicts on board , of whom 143 were drowned , and 76 saved . The persons who were drowned belonging to the escort were—Ssrgeant Smith , his wife , and three children ; Corporal Mulvany , and child ; Corporal Madden ; private Necior , his wife ; and one child ; private Grcenless , his wife , and three children ; private Abern , Muir , Askey , Barnacle , Byrne , Beaumont , Reynolds , Vincent , Warburton
"Whitmore ; and Mrs Armstrong and five children . The boatswain , saiimafcer , and carpcau-f , « i , a 11 Seamen , of the Waterloo were lost ; Captain A gar , the master , Mr , Jackson , chief mate , Mr . Gunner , second mate , Mr . Gill , third maie , and 15 of the crew , were saved . The following were the convicts -who perished on the occasion : —TheiwaH , Serrat . Mills , Taylor , Jackson , Hernman , Goddard , Howard ^ North , Marsh , Stone , Newton , Rigden . Mepsted , Thorn , Adcock , Proctor , Clark , Williams , Alexander , Aldridge , Scatcherd , Woodward , Wightwick , Atwood , Saint , Davis , Cunningham , Lloyd , Wells , Barness , Taisielton , Kash , Hill , Stamps , Lew , Garner , Bradbury , Johnson , Green , Dawes , Edmonds , Jones , Esson . Eiiiot , Fairfax , Hewitt , Taylor , * Flint , W . Jones , Holyland , Short
Harris , Brown , Bulmore , Parker . Jacks , Hamlet , Moore , Brooks , Armitage , Blytb , Hancock , Cryer , Stnart , Hick 3 , Balaam , Robinson , Birch , Bamber , "Wilks , Carson , Workman , Parsons , Curry , Cow ] ey , Craig , Winstanley , Goulding , Harriot , Peacock , Felix , Carry , Hetherington , Wyles , Gregory , Wil-Bon , J . Jones , Barnes , M'Kinnon , Ledingham , SmedJy , Reynolds , Hawkins , Birch , Ellis , Duncan , Barker , Pearson , Benand , Edmonds , Barnsley , Clark , Hill , Wilding , Greeuh&m , Campbell , Knott Isewron , Jeblin , Thompson , Broomfield , Voss , Parkinson , Smailey , Giles , Pownall , Morgan , Wright , Lovatt , Bjggs , Bi / sweli . K : rwan , Murphy , JS ' owJan , Gyoory , Jenkins , Waltham , J . Hewitt , King , G . "Williams , Brookes , Purser , White , J . Rosier , G . Hosser , James -R ; S ? tr , Thomas Hewitt , Martin , Osburn . Barlow , Jones , Packer , and Crane .
The 7 ' j convicts who were saved were in the Cape Town prison . During the heavy gale on the 9-h of Septemb r , several ships lying in Table-bay , -were driven on shore . The American bark . Faiifield , the ship John Bacshaw , the ships Reform and Henry Hoyle , the schooner Gh . ika , aiid the cutter Albatross , ¦ were the vessel which were stranded , but no lives ¦ wer e lost .
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means a v ' . o ' . trt ore , and it 'was partly off shore . The sea was rot mnuirsg uuusuiUy high . Without ropes in their hands or any precaution , men waited up to their Bboulders to drag out th « bodies of the dead and dying , without the sligliteat rhk . Tata could net have been done had the surf been such , as a gale-causes on an open beach . These are facts to which thousands can bear
. With respect to the bottom -or ground where the » h 5 p struck , some say it is rock , others that it is sand , like I the rest , of the beach . As booe as the weather is fine it I will be examined , and the most convenient spaces marked for tLis method of diseiirbirking Her Majesty ' s troops or convicts . For Borne years back such " accidents" ha-ve been ascribed to the insufficiency of the lighthouse at the entrance of the bay . That fault haa jnst been fully remedied . The old lighthouse is now properly attended to , and the new one is bo well plactd . and so brilliant , that no man dare pretend to
mus it , or to mistake it for anything else . These , and some further improvemects in this department , still in progTees , were forced on Government by the remonstrances of the public , and particularly of the mercantile body . When the Helen was lost at the entrance cf the bay , four or five months ago , the commercial committee very properly inquired into the cause , and fonnd , on the testimony of i . uuitrous -witnesses , that the lights en that piiticular night Were defective , and hod thus willed the mu * ltr of the vessel . This they represented to GuTeriiiiient , aad a rtmedy was instantly found .
We recommend the same course in the present case . The committee cannot conipil witnesses te attend or give evidence , but they can invite th * m ; and , if intertilled partits disregard Euch invitations , that fact will not be without meaning . Theso two wrecks wiii ba much talked of at home . We think we can insure their being mentioned in Parliament . In the midst of unhesitating condemnation on some points , and charges of » failt on others , we have to mention th : » t two unofficial spectators . Air . Molteno and Mr . Still , procured the assistance of a comaion boat belonging t a Miiuj , -which reaebsd the Waterloo iifter she was falling to pieces , aud brought off two men , and on a s-. coudtrip fajt ^ -o i a rope to the wrtck . After this a lat-cr boit bdonglEij to r . iessrs . Sinclair -Wda brought from the Abtrarcmby R-jbinson , and , moving backwards and forwards aluvig the r pe , saved a i ; ood m ^ r . y liv ^ s . This shows waa t might nave been done by a lifeboat used in time .
SYe purpose ' iy avuid going fnrthsr into details at present , £ if . 2 &t . d witii thus openiy ch : > rgi > i « all the panits conc ^ rccHi , before the world , with t ' . e i-ffcuce of culj . mV >!» ne ^ liger . ca or criuirnal intention . TLe world , 1 ft th-mh 3 wilj assured , expects an answer , aud will treat , tat ii accordiug ts tho c ^ se they may make out in c ' sfeECe . Is it not strange , by the way , that we th ^ uV : h ^ ar seen laminations from wLat is called the shii i-i"g interc .-t , as if no empl ^ yuient could be ha « l f jr tbe'r e ? yt . built , finc-mou ' . dtd , cuppii-fasWr . fcu A 1 vessels , vrinle , for : he nu >!? t important of all eervicrs , tte trai-. j ort , n : 7 n' .- ! y , of troops an < l of persons u :: der juiiiciu . 1 . •¦ fcnttrcti , such vesstls as the Waterloo find ready acccb . i . aca ia the 27 th ytar uf th = ir fiaj ; ility aai rottennc ^ ss ? September 3 .
la . p < aking of the wreck of the "Wau-ilc-o transport , in \ Vtd : tsuaj ' s pnper , it « as mentioned , thut she was built for the timbcrrra ^ e . This , we havo been told , ia co ; s » cerUiinfcd , and is probably iuc ;> mct . We have r . wthirg else to correct in the statement now before the public The committee of the commercial body have ins-ituted an ir quiry into the circumstances attending this hcrrible eveni , as wtll as to the l ^ ss of the Abcrtromby on the snnie occasion . The attention of the Cruvernment and of the Aaniiral has a ! . < o been fixud on these two accidents ; the public aui tha parties concerned may , therefore , exptct that all the facts will be proproperly ascertained and made known . The loss of life by the ruin of the Waterloo Is , we learn ., as foilows : —
Convicts H 3 Soldiers 15 Sailors 1-i Women 4 Chikirtn 14 ToUl I ' JO So great a loss of life has not happened in Table Bay siiioe the year 1709 . On the 5 th of November of that year , his Majesty s ship Sceptre . Captain E J wards , was driven on shore , ana , like the Waterloo , immediately went to pieces , beiug an accursed old hulk on her way cyme to ba broken up . A fow hours after she strtuk not a vestige of her was to be seen , but the fragments of the wreck scattered on the strand , in myriads of pieces , net a single plask remaining whole , nor two attached together . Captain Edwards , his son , 10 other tffi . ' ers , aud near 3 vO seamen and marines perisbt-d .
Oa the same day several other ves 3 . Is went on shore , ameng the rest a Djuiih man-of-war ef 64 guns . Bu : their crevrs were all saved , as in the case of the Atercromby Robinson on the present occisi-r . n . Taking advantage of the excitement caused by this melancholy event , funds have been raised , and measures are taken [ or onstrnciin !* lite-boats , and for having a rocket apparatus always in readiness in this bay , for rendering assistance to vessels in distress , or for saving life . But something more is required . A coroner ' s court must be established , through which a compete .. t
magistrate , with a jury , may at once ascertain the iranner in which any man came by his death whose dead body has been washed ashore from a wreck . Tte propriety of atir . ipg onah a court to out judicial establishment has bun suggested to Government , and we f * el confident that the suggestion will be attended to without unnecessary delay . In the absence of such a court we feel constrained , by a regard to truth and slain dealing , to send home nlong with the account t-f these two shipwrecks our protest on behalf of Table Bay . The weather , the water , and the bottom , are blameless .
Of the Waterloo it ia impossible to speak with moderation . Deadly blame resta somewhere , acd justice will , we have no doubt , find out the parties who deserve it . And now it would be proper to ask a few questions respecting the precautians taken on board of all transports into which involuntary passengers , such as ioldiers and convicts , are thru&t by Government : — 1 Is it a rule to take the lowest tender , without rejpict to the class of the vessel ? 2 . Or does Government , as it ought , limit tenders to the firsi class vessels ? 3 Who are the surveyors ? How are they paid ? Do they receive money in any shape , and hew much , from the owners of the ships they survey for this service ?
4 . Is it true that they are " hard worked men , with small Balaries , and large families , " and that a frierully he ^ p of fifteen or twenty guineas is sometimes added to the regular charge by the benevolent nhip owner ? 5 When 400 , 500 , and 700 souls are pat on board a transport , is care taken te have at the same time the means of making Bienals in dark and in feggy weather , in case of danger ; or is it all left to the chance of somebody seeing the flish of small arms , when the report of the same canDot be heard ? 6 . Is extra apparatus carefully placed on board , for saving life in case of wreck , such as life-buoy , instruments for throwing lines , and the other well known meacs of c-rr . njcnicatirjg with a lee Bbore '
These are seme of the questions that will be put , and that must le answered at hone by the authorities , whsevcr they raay be , to whose departments this brinch cf the service belongs , We have not It isnre to pnr £ U 3 the subject further to-day . Every reader can do it for himself .
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XOS 5 OF THE RELIANCE EAST INDIAMAN . The shipwreck of the Reliance , from China to London , at Etaplee , near Boulogne , on Saturday has created considerable sensation in the city . The loss of 110 persons oat of the 116 on board has cast a gleom of the most meaiancholy description amocg the merchants connected with the EjEt India trade . Her last place of resort was St . Helena , and the parties interested in her fate were therefore in expectation every day of hearing of ber safe arrival . It appears that of the crew and pissengers , numbering Vr .-r u . iv .:, uni of persona already stated , the saved are one Earoj-ean , described to be the ship ' s carpenter , and five Lascars , who reached the shore in one of the boats of the vessel . The Reliance was an old ship on this trading station , and had on board a cargo of tea of considerable value , besides the freightage incidental to a voyage hhe was in the habit of performing . The quantity of tea she brouxbt was
1 , 884 , 7481 V « ., of which there were 1 . . 277 , 5 G 61 b . of enngoa , and 4 CP , 5651 b . cf twankay , with Bmaller proportions of other descriptions . Most fortunately for the insurance-offices aud underwriters in this country , their risks upon thin vessel do not include more than from . £ 14 , 000 to £ 15 . , of the £ 195 , 000 for -which , it is said , she is insured , the Indian « fikts , that ia to say , the insuracce-cfficeg of Calcutta and Bombay , being responsible for at least £ 150 , 060 to £ 180 , 600 of the entire amount . This mishap , with those reported from the Cape of Good Hope on Saturday , aud others which have occurred on the coast during the late severe weather , have , in a material degree , depressed the reelings of parties connected with our shipping interest . The London irjrarance-officea , and also the underwr iters , have suffered by the Ios « of the Abercrembie Robinson and the Waterloo , but , we are assured , not to any serious extent
The following letters hsye been reeeired at Lloyd ' s from their scents : —
" To Win . Dobaon , Esq , Secretary at Lloyd ' s" Boulogne-snr-Mer , Nov . 12 . " Sir , —It is our painful duty to apprize yea of the fcot&l loss of the Reliance , 1 , 500 tonj burthen , Thomas Green , commander , which vessel came on the coast of Merlimont last night , sad vrent to pieces this morning . She left Canton on the 7 th of May , with a cargo of tea ? . We regret to add that only about eight or ten , out « f 122 persons composing the crew and passengers , have been saved . The last express we received from the coart does not give much information respecting the survivors ; we
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only know that the .-hip ' s carpenter is saved , tnd ic ia from him that the ship ' s nsine was ascertained . The other survivors are men of colour . The English consul has just proceeded to their assistance . There were on board , 75 Englishmen , 27 Chinese , and 20 Datchmentotal , 122 . "
" Boulogne-snr-Mer , Nov . 13 . " Sir—By adviees just received from the coast , we are informed that the names of the survivors are Robert Dixon ( the carpenter ) , W . O'Neill , of Kingstown , Ireland ; Johan Anderson , of Laurvig , Norway ; Charles Bijtts , of Dantz ' . c ; and three Malays . The body of Captain Greeu has been identified by the carpenter ; also that of the fourth mate > Griffin ) , and a seaman Their remains will be conveyed here , where they wiil receive the right of Christian burial . Captain Tucker , late commander of her Majesty ' s ship Iris , is among the drowned ; everything is being done for the benedt of the owners of the vessel . ' Theservices received from the horse soldiers is in every way efficient . " We are , &c , ( Signed ) A . Adams and Co . " LATEST PARTICULARS .
By the General Stsam Navigation Company's ship Magnet , which left Boulogne on Monday morning , anil arrived at Londonrbridge Wharf , at eight o ' clock on Wednesday night , some additional particulars have been brought relative to the inrlancholy loss of the above vessel off Merlimont , about thirty miles from Boulogne , on Saturday morning last , when , out of a crew numbering 120 persons , six only were saved . It appears that the Reliance left Canton on the 7 th of May with a carsro of 27 , 000 chests of tea . having , as the Boulogne Gazette of Monday states , 35 Liscars and 85 white persons on board . It is 9 tated that at the time
the Behacce struck the wind was fair , and it is inferred from this that those in command could not have seen the land , the vessel going on Bhoro about two o ' clock , a m . Among those save ;! are—Robert Dixon , carpenter ; W . O'Neill , cf Kingstown , Ireland ; Johan Anderson , of Laurvig , Norway ; Charles Butts ( not Butts , as slated in the evening papers ) , of Dantz c , and three Malays . Amongst the papsenieri drowned ( six in number ) , the body of Captain Tucker , late of her Majesty ' s Bhip Iris , ari : \ who went on board at St . Helena , has betn washed on shore and identified , as also that of Mr . Griftio , tht > fourth mate . '
One of Lloyd ' s a ? ent 3 states the number on hoard to have been as follows : —75 Engl shinen , 27 Chinese , and 20 Dutchmen . The Bcen of horror and confusion which riigned on board , until daylight , is described by th ^ Giirv ; vora as of the raoEt awful character , thouah little beyond the roanntr in which the crew and paFsengi-rs lost their lives has at present transpired . The confusion and terror consequent upon the . siuidenru-a-s with which the vessel s ' . ruck was such , that no orders on tho part of the ship's tffiuers were it-. teutied to , : ; nd some time t-iapbtd befora s'tnali of diftruts could be firud . These signals continued to be made until daylight , bnt without any fillet , no boats having put off to the vessel . The Bou ' . O ' jne Guzclle savs : — " Th'ira w . is no means of
nff .-riling tha least assistance ; " but whether this arose from the state of the title , the nature of the shore on which she struck , or the absence of life-bouts , or other ordinary modes adapted on suchocciaioas , is n < t given . ' As sggii as the day br ^ ke : uid tho coast was discerned , it was determined to hoist out the boats . This waa quickly accomplished , but the Icnaboat was inimeiliatuly swamped by the breakers , and the others , fmni ' . ein ;? overloaded , went down within a short distance uf the vessel . The Captain remained en board to the last moment , and went down whiie nfat thu carpenter , who reached tho shore in safety . Many bodies had been washed on the beach , some of them showing symptoms of life ; but although every meaicai attention waa promptly rendered , none of them were restored .
TLe scene on the beach was of the most txtracrdinary description from the number of chests of tea which came ashore when the ship broke up . It was ebb-tide when the vessel struck ; but before daylight tho sea was flowing fast , and at ten o'clock she waa a perfect wreck . Out of 27 , 008 chests on board , only 1 386 have yet been saved , and these are all much damaged by the sea wattr . The Reliance was owned by Messrs . Mann and Tuiniyn , of St . Michael's-alley , Cornhiil ; the latter of whom ! eft London for Merlimont by the Boulogno steamtr on Monday night Another ve .-sel , laden with wine , was wrecked on Saturday night in the Baio d'Authie , and four of the crew drownad .
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A Man on Fihe . —Some time ago a married man , not far from Crii ff , was attacked with rheumatism in his breast and back , when ho was advised by a female doctor in the neighbourhood to rub his body orer with turpentine before going to bed , and in the morn i ng he would find himself perfectly cured . Accordingly , he ordered hi 3 wife one night to rub tho upper parts of his body all over with turpentine , and while in thoao : of doing so she accidentally allowed the candle which she had in her hand to come in contact with tho turpentine ; the consequence was , that his body got ail in a blaze . Tiie woman shrieked , when one of the household rushed into the room and wrapped a bed cover over the man ' s body , and extinguished the flames . He was confined for some time afterwards , but is now doing well . —Perth Courier .
The Brazils . —Tho Swift packet from Brazils has arrived at Fa ! mouih , bringing advicca from Rio Janeiro to the . IG . h S 3 ptember . Those from Rio fully confirm the previous accounts as to the extinction of the di .-orders in Minas Geraes . The rebel . " , as a last effort , had collected all their forces in the neighbourhood of Santa Luzia , wbere they were attacked and completely defeated on the 20 th of Aug . by the Imperial troops under Baron Caxias , leaving a great number of killed and wounded on the field , and 300 prisouu ^ , ciaoagst whom was Senhor
Ottond . The others iied before tho action commenced . A movement had tak ' . n place in the provinces of Clara and Pernambuco , which was immediately put down . So that by the prompt and energetic measures of the Government , followed by the zjal and ability of the Comminder-in-Chief and his colleagues , with the firmness and courage of the Government troop * , tranquillity and order were completely restored . The elections in the hitherto disturbed provinces had been fixed for the 16 th of Uetobrr .
Escapk prom tiif . Kendal Hodse op Correction . —At the last Westmoreland Quartev Sessions , held a few weeks since , a teinale of the name Of Mary lurkpatrick was sentenced to be transported for sftven years , for a robbery committed upon the person of J . Robinson . Afi er her sentence she was sent back to the Kendal House of Correction , to await the period when her sentence should be luJly Cirned into txecuiion . Up to Tnursday last her behaviour had been good ; but on that evening , about eight o'clock , she succeeded in getting to the top of the prison wall ( which is of great height ) , by means which are at present a mystery ; thence she had endeavoured tft descend by tying together tier apron and Borne pieces of blanket ; but these articles had either slipped from the place to which they were attached , or had brokenfand the prisoner was precipitated to the ground with
aneavy crash . Her right leg was most seriouslv shattered , » nd a portion of the bone below the anole was severed , and found in the road near to whero the fall took place . Notwithstanding this , however , she contrived to crawl to the house of a Mrs ! Stephensou , m Union-buildings ( a distance of about 500 yards ) , at which place , at about eleven o ' clock at night , she was retaken by police-sergeant Hutchlnson , who immediately conveyed her back to prison , and procured surgical assistance . Mr . Fawcett , the governor of the prison , wa « from home with transports .
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Wholesale Infanticide . —The adjourned inquiry into the mysterious and horrible casts of wholesale child murder at Ruardean , in t-ho Forest of Dean , the particulars of which wo published last week , was resumed on Wednesday last , before Mr . John Cooke , coroner , and in the presence of several of the magistrates of the district . The evidence adduced was similar to that to which we adverted last \ veek , andnonew fact of a material nature transpired . The jury expressed an opinion that if further time wore allowed , additional evidence might probably bo obtained , and the inquest , was consequently adjourned till Wednesday next , the lGih inst . In the mean time , Thomas Yapp continues in custody , and a policeman also remains in the house where the tragedy was committed , in order to take charge of the woman ( Prances BeBnett ) , who cominues in the same ¦ slato of ill-health which we reported last week . —Gloster Journal .
Melancholy Occurrence —On Tuesday , 2 Gr ; b 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 « now that had taken place during the ni . ^ ht . to proceudby ' the way that classesover the " i op of the hill . Taking a byway' which learis from the end of Loch Kishornto the farm of Arighriseach , from whence , he thought , he would soon reach his father ' s , as he
was passing he went to a houwo at Riiswl to warm himself , being completely benumbed with cold . The hospitable occupants of the house entreaied of him to remain a few days till the road wruld be passable , but no solicitations would prevail upon him to wait . Thu weather , instead of clearing up , became more aad more boisterous , and the young man , unable to reach shelter , w&s not herrd of . ' -again till the Saturday following , when his body was found by some shepherds at some distance from any path . Caledonian Mercujy .
MrsT ^ nious Circumstance—Plymouth , Nov . 14 . —On Friday evening , between six and seven o'clock , John T 3 urt , a deaf and dumb lad , went tu the Lambhay . Poiiit to observe the state of the weather , it being ihe . intontion of his master , the skipper of a trawler , to go to sea the next morning , should the weather be favourable- After remaining there . a short time , he returned in a very agitateo state , and by his gestures ? and entreatif-s induced a boatman to go bank with him to the Point , explaining by the way , in a manner intelligible to those who knew him , that some person had jumped overboard . The boatmen , howv . vvr , could perct-ive no indications of such an event , and this caused still more distress to the poor boy . He aHerwivrds informed his father
an honest n > herman , that while standing on the point he observed a ¦ strange young man , ahout twenty years of ago , in a retired part , apparently watching until tho plan : ' , hhouid be deserted . Th . j stranger then lock his watch from hi ? waistcoat pocket , observed the time , replaced itj and , first gazing intently on the inoon , thrust his hands 'firmly in hia side pockets , raa down tho slope , jumped on a low wall , and ftll face downwards on tho steep rocks , upon the ebgo of wl'ich the wall is built . The boy Bnrt immediately leapt upon the wall , and clambering down the rocks went- talf into tho water , and was just in lime to seize the other by the
cellar of the coat . The suicide , whose forehead and cheeks wore bleeding profusely , gnashed his teeth at his intended preserver , and with a menacing aspect cofftpelled him to desist from his humane eudeavours lest his own life should be forfeited in the con est . The stranger sank near the rocks , rose again out of reach , sank once more , and then disappeared . He was dressed in a peakeu cap with a leather strap -benea t h the chin , a pilot coat , and bJack trousers , and wore a silver guard to jus watch . Boatmen have been since employed creeping for the body , but hitherto withf-ut success , and from the inequality of the ground it is not likely to be recovered until the tides fall off .
Korthlfach Prison . —The inquiry commenced at Northlcaeh on Monday last ; the commissoiiers are Mr . Rogers , the Queen ' s counsel ; a medical man of eminonce ; and two lhspectors of prisoua : they are assisted'by-Mr . Gurney . Twenty-nine of the prisoners at present in confinement were examined on Monday ; all the witnesses examinod before the late inquest on Bealo were re-examined on Tuesday and Wednesday ; and after the case was finished , other witnessfs wero examined as to the alleged insufficiency of diet , and ' other , privation ' s . After finishing at Northleaoh , the commissioners proceed to the other prisons of tho county . At the usual meeting of the Cheltenham Board of Guardians on Thursday last , the clerk read two communications from the commissioner ^ requesting assistance in the iavestigation . —Cheltenham Journal .
BLACKW 00 D AND THE COURSE OF SAFETY . —If We picture m our minds the instruments at the beck uiid call of the Party ' -jn power , " we must confess them to form a -rather imposing array . Liars and Lawyers , arc plenty in the ranks . In the background wo have an indefinue quautityof those " veiled prophets" of destruction who aim at earning secret service money . Foremost , however , appear the men —of talent , but not of honesty—attached by interest to tho corps ;—these are tho mouth-pieces cf the mifcluy wkole—these have the execrable task assigned them of making the wor ^ e appear tho better cause . Thei-o wield tlie pen in carving out fallacies and probabilities into tho " lit . tlo stars" to deok the Tory heave j withal . These are the keen debaters in
the House and out of it , m wlioin sophistry supplies the place of common sense . Were an indifferent spectator to behold the congregated mass labouring in their vineyard he might applaud such industry Let him lift up the veil , and then indeed be may wonder at the activity of demons . He would know that the infernal regions canaot produce such busy emissaries of evil , as the Tories might do on earth . When a Tory clique assumed primary influence , we were prepared to see them take their stand , hurling defiance at just principled and the people's liberties . We knew they would bring to this foul work , all the insolence of power—all the effrontery induced by a long course of infamy . Tory tactics we were at no loss to know how to characterizo even before they
were developed . We knew what bitter fruit would spring from such a tree . Holding the consciences and hearts of the creatures composing this clique at a most cheap rate—considering both equally callous and degraded—we cannot feel surprise at all that has been done . We were confident that the sunshine of office would exert its influence ou Tory spawn , and that corrupt and unseemly things must arise and defile the political horizon . This we felt to be a natural consequence—and a " necessary evil '' in the progress of a great people to a better " state of things . " Yet we must confess that even we were unprepared to hear what an obscure writer in a Tory Magazine Bhould be first to utter in advising the party what yet they should do . We have now to speak
particularly of one only of the " foremost men m ' thia huge world of ours . " That one we have already alluded to as a writer in the Tory organ , known as Black wood ' s Magazine . Had this soribe sought an immortality of infamy there need but have been appended his name to nis production . For when wo say that he has ushered forth an effusion matchless aa a specimen of Tory malignity—that he trumpets forth oucrily , U ! : dis «! iis <; dly Tory policy—we know that our readers correctly estimate the authorand his labours—that the one is shameless , and that both are infamous . In an article in the October number of Blackwood are these words ;— " Th « course of safety is aa plain as the course of danger . Democracy must not be tampered with : it must not be trampled on .
It must bo an open , unhesitating , uncompromising resistance . The man in Parliament who avows himself a Democrat ought to be instantly driven out by impeachment . The man who in print dares to insult the . ears of England with the doctrine , ought to be instantly sent to take hia trial at the Old Bailey The doctrine should be declared to be treason , and the teacher puuished as a traitor . The man who attempts to poisou the rabble with this most deadly of nostrums , . ought to be instantly sent to workout his guilty life in chains at the Antipodes 1 " Let us examine this— " the course of safety I" For whom ? i \ tr tho revellora in iniquity—the drunken with power—would be , as this luminous scribe expresses it ,-to * ' trcmplo on Democracy ! " What men dare in
cxeieiping and insulting the patience of fellow men we know that Tories dare . And even they cannot " trample" utterly " on democracy . " It scorns their utmost efforts backed by a myriad of such things as this wretched magazine scribbler . But let us examino the question . The " course of safety" to all would be to yield with decency justice to tho millions to whom jij 9 iic . o has been denied . The " course of safety" would be to invest a great people with the rights which they have never forfeited , although so long witheld from them . The " course of safety" for any party ruling the destinies of England would be to give Democracy its just weight in the political balance—to m ^ rge all tho iniquitous considerations of party in one earnest desire to do justioe to the people who too long have been trampled on and
abused . The only " course of safety" to the party now iu power is to reject the counsellings of all who ko far outrage humanity as to rave forth such bloodthirBtiness , and so eager to dabble in bloodguiltiness as this detestable "Blaekwood ' s" politician . To meet the " principles of Democracy with an open , unhesitating , and uncompromising resistance , " would now be to involve this country in one quick ruin—would be to blot it forth lrom among the nations . This all partizans , not utterly blinded by "thick-coming fancies" of blood-shedding , know and feel ; they tremble at the brink of that gnlph which a paltry , despicable , and dishonest scribbler in a Toiy Magazine would urge them to kap into , dragging with them a nation that yet should be , —for within her bosom are the elements to make
her" Great , glorious , and free !" We have much more to eay 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 thin Tory malignant may have Lis equal in a Lord Chief Baron AbiDger , though it would be hard to match him any other upon the earth . — English Charlht Circular .
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Mexico and Texas . — ( Frem the New Yo ' Jc Herald . J—Tho bark Eugenia , Briscoe , arrived on Saturday night from Vera Cruz , 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 Jacinto—and also his brother , accompanied b * a suite of aides and officers . A large amount of specie belonging to Mexicans , part probably to the government , has also come , consigned to the-commercial-hou 3 e of / Jargons and Co . By this vessel we have private j intelWhence , and private correspondence from Vera Cruz and Mexico , of the highest importance to Texas , and the future destiny of that country . We have now certain and positive information on which we can rely that the Mexican government , or rather Santa Anna , will soon invade Texas , if she is not already invaded , by
a largo army and navy , both by sea and land—the army to be led by British officers—and the nary 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 the Mexican merchants and landholders in that quarter . The force already in motion will be sufficient to overwhelm Texas , and to drive every Texan out of that smiling land . The Texan navy , at the last accounts , was laid up and useless for want of funds . The Mexican navy is in full force—with three iron steamers , and plenty of men and ammunition to co-operate with their army . We expect that a decisive blow will soon be levelled at the independence of Texas . The 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
ih a man of superior talents , great address , perfectly acquainted with our language and institutions . The British ascendency in Mexico is now complete . Unless the French and American governments interfere , the existence of . Texas as a na-ioh is gone for ever . Nothing can fare the new republic but such an intervention . Will it be extended , to the Anglo-Saxon race in Texas ? We'll see . On tho whole , we begin to see some , mighty results growing out of this new invasion of Texas . Will it not lead to a union between Frauco and tho United States to prevent England and Mexico . from destroying an independent republic on this continent 1 May not the attempt to annihilate Texas lead the gr-at . maritime powers into a war on the ocean 1 Are we not iu the beginning of a . now crisis in human « ff jtirs \
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QUARTERLY BALANCE SHEET OF THE METROPOLITAN DELEGATE MEETING . COMMENCING AUG . 1 st , ENDING OCT . 31 st , 1842 . .
RECEIPTS . £ a d St . Pancras 0 2 6 Carponter ' p Arms , Brick-lane 0 5 0 Buck ' s Head ... 0 0 0 Globe Fields ... ... 0 7 0 Fiusbury 0 0 ' 0 City , of "London ... ... ... ... 0 10 : 0 Bromptoh and Knightsbridge ... ... 0 . 8 4 j Albion , Shoreditch 0 6 6 Shoemaker's , Foley-place .. .. .... 0 . 8 4 Limfht . ius 0 ... ... •• ' 0 0 ( I Sbmei- ' u Town '••• — ' 0-7 6 Hatters , Brown Bear , 0 7 0 Westminster «•• •¦• 0 1 9 West End Teetotallers ... ... ... 0 2 6 Shoemakers , Golden-lane ... 0 17 4 Tailors Three Doves - 0 4-0 ¦
Shoemakers , Clock House ... » ' 9 6 Rosa and Crown , Camberwell 0 7 6 Chelsea ... ... ... ... ' 0 0 0 Hammersmith ... .. 000 Lambeth , China Walk ... 0 11 6 Teetotallers , Britannia ..- — 0 5 , 0 Bermondsey , Ship Inn ... 0 5 0 . Carpenters , Rock locality ... ... 0 . I ' . lOi Bloomsbury , Horn of Plenty ... " ... 0 2 6 Britannia , St . George ' s East ... ... 0 3 8 Marylebone ... ... ¦ 0 7 0 Islington ( new locality ) 0 0 0 Newingion , ditto ... 0 0 0 Walwor-. h , ditto ... 0 f ) 0 Horns , Bermondsey , ditto ... ... 0 0 0 Lambeth , Youths , ditto 0 0 0 Receipts , Collection Books ... ... 0 9 4 Donation , Messrs . Caughlon aud Wilson ,
of Stratford ... ... 0 , 5 0 Collected at public meeting on Aug . 16 th 0 8 6 Ditto at the Clock House ... ... 0 8 1 £ Ditto at VValworth 0 2 0 Ditto at St . Pancrag ... 0 30 By the sale of tract 3 ... ... ... 0 10
£ 8 18 - 3 J EXPENDITURE . £ S . d . Rent of Hall 55 , Old Bailey for the quarter ... 1 6 0 „ Two extra nights ... 0 6 0 „ Salary of Secretary ... 0 19 . 6 „ Postago , stationery , &o .... 0 10 5 August 14 Public meetings at Stepney to 22 . and Islington Green ... 2 13 6 „ Paddington , & Kensington Meeting , cab-hire , &c ... 0 4 6 „ Pin Factory meeting ... 0 6 0 „ Printing addresses , paper , &c . in connection with tho above tnootingo ... O J 6 0 September Van at the Watford meeting 0 5 0 Oct . 30 . 200 subscription books ... 1 4 0 „ Seal for delegate meeting ... 0 5 0 „ Sealing wax , parchment , &c 0 3 0 Total expenditure ... £ 8 19 5 Oct . 31 . Total receipt .... . . .... 8-18 . 3 i „ Balance against delegate — -. —r— - meeting ... ... £ 0 1 li DEBTS DUE TO THE DELEGATE MEETING . . Sixty-seven subscription books ... 0 \ l 1 Seventy-five books in hand ... 0 12 6
£ 13 8 Debt due by delegate meeting ... ... 0 1 1 ^ Balance in favour of ditto ... ... £ 1 2 ; 6 j Audited and found correct . ; James Knight . J . George Dron .
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Mr . John Collins moved , and Mr . MoaGAj seconded Mr . Francis Parkes . Mr . W . PaRKES said , he had an individual to pro . pose , who bad always made a determined stand ayai ^ tyranny , one who had sacrificed more in the cause tfcsj any other man , one whom they had often seen am well knew , and he bad only to mention his name to eg . sure their general approbation . He had the honour oj proposing FeargusO'Connor , Etq—( tremendouscheen , long continued ) . Mr . George Richardson , a veteran Chartist , * , conded it . „ ¦ , \ . The Rev . Hugh Hutton moved the name of Ify Joseph Corbett " . Mr . Charles Steward , of the National Chj * ter Association , moved , and Mr . S . Linden seconded Mr . John Follows * -hairdresser , Monmouth-street Mr . J . CJPebby moved Mr . Winfisld , a member o ( the Town Council . _ ., ' . __
Mr . E Taylor , printer , Steelhouse-lane , moved , Bnd Mr . Chapman , seconded , Mr . Walter Thorn . Mr . ALLBRIGHT moved , and Mr . Trueman , Chrij . tian Chartist printer , seconded , Mr . 0 'Neil . Mr . A . Fussell of the National Charter Association , moved , and Mr . Joseph Oxford seconded Mr . Smith l COOPER , Secretary of the Complete Suffb gs Union moved , and Mr . Goderich ( seconded Mr . Field , Town Councillor , for Deritend Ward . . Mr . Hawkes , Town Councillor for the same ward , was also proposed . Mr NlSBETT , of the National Charter Association , moved , and Mr . AUbright , of the Complete Suffrage Union , seconded Mr . Horaley , cabinet maker , Steel house-lane . , . . The Votes were then taken , -when the following pei . sons were declared by the chairman to be dul ; elected : —
Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., National Charter Ass * elation . , , ' Qiorge White , National Charter Association . ) John Horaley , National Charter Association . John Follows , National Charter Association . Fiancis Parkes , Christian Cfcartfst . Arthur O'Nsil , Christian Chartist A vote of thanks was moved to the chairman for hif upright conduct . Mr . George White supported the motion . He sail he felt bound in justice to his own feelings to return hu thanks to the meeting for the confidence they had placed in him . He felt pleasure in seeicg the good feeling
which prevailed that day , and in witnessing the nobla and determined conduct of theworkin ? men . The partj with whom he acted had been denounced aa physical force men , firebrands , and incendiaries , but thfy had rsow Riven proof that they were upright and honorable men , an ' I as actions spoke louder tbau words ha trusted the public would judge them by their acts , and not Aj the garbled statements-of those "who- ' were interested u libelling thf-m . From the treatment he had endured fo the last eleven weeks he felt too weafe to mnke anj . thing like a speech , and he could honestly assure then that as Anna : aa lifr » remained they would rind him bat tlin ? in their ranks .
The Chairman returned thanks and the meetin { dispersed . AH parties declared that it was one of thj bc-st conducted meetints ever witnessed in Birmingham , aud will prove to the Chartists of England tha sterling honesty and tifcterminatfon of theii brethren in this town .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , Kov . 11 . BANKRUPTS . Chavles Yandlo and George Field , Beaumont-street , Marylebone , coachmakers , to surrender Nov . 21 , & 12 o ' clock , and Djjc . 23 , at 11 , at the Bankrupts' Court Solicitor , Mr . Wells . Percy-street , Bedford-square ; official assisnee , Mr . Alsage ' r , Birchin-lane . Robert Steuart , Santa Fe de Bogoto , New Granadi , manufacturer of artificial granite , Nov . 29 , at twelie o'clock , and Dae . 23 , at 11 , at the Bankrupt ' s Court : solicitor . Mr . Lane , Argyle-street ; official assignee , Mr . Green , A ' fiermanbuTy . Henry Bundey , Portland-town , builder , Nov . 22 , ti twelve o'clock , Dec . 23 , at eleven , at the Bankrupt ! Court : solicitors , Messrs . Gray and Berry . Grotj . place , Lisson-grove ; official assignee , Mr . Johnson , Basinchall-street .
George James Marshall and William Charles Hall , Wood-street , Chcapside , woollen warehousemen , Not . 22 , at twelve o'clock * and Dec . 23 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts- Court : selieitors , Messrs . Van Sandau and Camming , King-street , Cheapside ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick ' splace , Old Jewry . Stuart Ray , Duke-street , St James ' s , book binder , Nov . 22 . at one o ' clock , and Dse . 23 , at twelve , at th ( Bankrupts' Court : Bolicitors , Messrs . Wright and Co ., Golden-square ; official assignee , Mr . Groom , At church-lane . Richard James Webb , Piccadilly , tailor , Nov . 24 , st half-past ten o ' clock , and Dec . 23 , at twelve , atthi Bankrupts' Court : solicitor , Mr . Bodman , Quee& street , Chsapside ; official assignee , Mr . Pennell .
Hannah Cbarlton , Regent-street , milliner , Nov . 19 , at half-past , ten o ' clock , and Doc . 23 . at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitor , Mr . Parker , St . Paul ' i Churchyard ; official assignee , Mr . Graham , Basinghall . street . George Talbot Knowles , Stockport and Manchester , cotton spinner , Dec . 7 aid 23 , at two o'clock , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Mancbf >» ter t solicitors . Mewn Baxter , iitncoin ' s-inn ; and Messrs . Sale and Worthington , Manchester . Thomas Birthblomew Fehr , Dudley , wine-merchant , Nov . 29 , and Dec . 23 , at two o ' clock , at the Waterloo Rooms , Birmingham : solicitors , Messrs . Holme , Loftoa , and Young , New Inn ; Messrs . Bourne and Wainwright , Dudley ; and Mr . Bartleet , Birmingham .
Richard Lir . don , Marlborough , D&vonshire , corn factor , Nov . 24 , and Dec . 23 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Royal Hotel , Plymouth : solicitors , Messrs . W « j « mouth and Green , Cateaton-street ; and Mr . HnrreU , KiDgsbridge . Edward Brlggs Robinson , Nottingham , printer , Dec 9 and 23 , at twelve o ' clock , at the George IV . Inn , Nottingham : solicitors , Messrs . Johnson , Son , and Weatherall , Temple ; and Mr . Bowley , Nottingham .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Arnold and Son , Liverpool , booksellers . Hodge and Thompson , Thirsk , Yorkshire , curriers . A . and M . Robertson , Darwin and Manchester , scourers . R . and T . Sutcliffe , Halifax and Manchester , cotton-spinnen .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Nov . 17 . BANKRUPTS . WiJHain Cipon , batter , New Bond-street , Mid ' dieses , to surrender Nov . 24 , at twelve , and Dec . 27 , ti eleven , at the Court of Binkruptoy , Biaingball-street Whitmore , official assignee , Basinghall-street ; solicitor , Smith , Bedford-row , Holborn , London . Joseph Vanderlyn , tailor , Houndsdltch , Novl 22 , at twelve , and Dae 13 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Gibson , official assignee , Baaingball-street ; solicitor , Hoson , Old Jewry , London , James Norris Chapman , licenced victualler , Upper Holloway , Middlesex , Nov . 24 , at eleven , and Dec . IG , at ten , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basingb&Ilstreet . Gibson , official assignee , Baainghall-street ; solicitor , SchU , St . Mildred's-court , London .
James Crambrook , draper , Deal , Nov . 18 , and Dec 20 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basingballstrefet . Edward , official assignee , Frederick ' s-plaWi OJd Jewry , ; solicitor , Soles , Aldermanbory , and Turner , King-Btreet , Cheaptdde , London . Thomas Jacomb Lancaster , merohant , Barge-yari , Bucklersbury , Nov . 21 , at one , and Dae . 13 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basingball-street-Gorden , official assignee , Aldennanbury ; solicitor 9 ! Wilde , Reea , Humphreys , and Co ., College fliUi London . Duncan Smith , merchant , Bucklersbury , Nov . 23 , at twelve , and Dec . 27 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Laokingtoa , official assignee , Coleman street-buildings ; solicitor , Turner and Hensman , Bating-lane . Bread-street . London .
John Ash worth , worsted manufacturer , Rochdate Lancashire , Nov . 25 , and Dec . 27 , at eleven , at the Com * mis 3 , onera -room 8 , Manchester . Solicitera , Clarke and xMedcjlfe , Linceln ' a-inn-flelda , London ; WhitehetJi Rochdale . Thomas Brennand , linen draper , Blackburn , Dot f and 27 , at eleven , at the Town-hall , Preston . Solicitor ! * B ^ ntley , Brick-court , Temple , London ; Robinson , Blackburn . George Souter , japanner , Birmingham , Nov . 25 txA Deo . 27 , at twelve , at the Waterloo-rooms , Birmingham . Solicitors , Vincent and Sherwood , K ; ng' » Bench-walk , Inner Temple , London ; Hodgson , Birmingham . John Hepworth , woollen-draper , NewMalton , Yorkshire , Nov . 30 and Dec 27 , at twelve , ai the Guildhall , York . Solicitors , Smithson and Mitton , Sootiiampton-buildings , Chancery-lane , London ; SmitnsoO j Malton .
John Grant , baker , Bristol , Nov . 25 . and Dec . 27 , »* twelve , at the Bristol District Caurt of BankruptcJSolicitors , White and Wbitemore , Bedford-row , Loodon ; Bevans , Bristol . Joseph Suffolk , bridle cutter , Birmingham , KoT-24 and Dec , 20 , at twelve , at the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy ; Christie , official aa-• ignee , Birmingham ; solicitor , Harrison , Birmingbaffl ' William Collinga , baker , Devonport , Nov . 29 , ana Dec 87 , at the Royal Hotel , Plymouth , Solicitors , GJ * worthyandNicholls , Cook ' s . court , Lincoln ' s Inn , K " ' don ; Chapman , Devonport . Thomas Frith , shoe manufacturer , Stafford , " < " ¦ 25 , and Dec . 27 . at eleven , at the Swan Inn , * £° T Solicitors , GladBtane , New-inn , Stnnd , Lond on ; » ecK " erson and BellStafford '
, . . Joseph Lindon , merchant , Plymouth , Nov . ? i - a T Dec . 20 , at the Court of Bankruptcy for ttie Exet ^ District , at eleven . Solicitors , Surr , Lombard-str 88 ' » London ; Edmonds , or Elworthy , Plymouth . ' . . William Street , groeer , Rickinghall Superior , »»' folk , Dec 16 and 27 , at de ^ en , at the Globe luu , Bury St . Edmunds . Soliciters , Gudgeon , Stowma « Walter and Pemberton , Symond's-ina , Cbancery 1 * ' London .
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Shipwreck .. — On Wtdnesday morning , between three and four o ' clock , the ship William , Capt . Houston , while on her passaee from Gloucester to this port , wns totally wrecked at Kilchattan Bay , Isle of Bute , while in the act of wearing , during a heavy storm . When the vessel struck , her owner , Mr . T . Hamlin , a gentleman of extensive nautical ^ perience , told the alarmed crew to keep calm and collected , in which case there w ; is a fair prospect of their lives being saved , whereas , should their terrors lead to confusion , their dangers wenM be greatly increased . The advice was ottenried to by the major part of the crew , bnt two of tbtni , in spite of every remonatrauce , lawered themselves ovtrboard on what seamed from the ship to be dry rocks ; bat by this step they only met the fate they sought to
hh-un , the bolstering surge into which they dropped having washed them back , and carried them unuer the ship ' s bottom , where no assistance could be rendtred them by those on the wreck . The rrst of the cre-r , after remaining on board with great difficulty till the ruoraing broke , th «; sea during the night washing over them , and the ship rapidly going to pieces , werp enaWeit to land on the reic-. Hui ; or ino . tide . By the time they ha-. l left h * r ? h « was a complete wreck , little remaining bnt Use deck . The master was a good deal bruised , and t / ie mate had his hand seriously injured Mr . Hamlin and the crew were much exhausted by the severity of the weather , but were , with one exception ,
uninjured . One old man wiis saved with much difficulty , as from the cold he had become quite benumbed . Mri Knmlin speaks in the highest terms of the kind attention he , his officers , and crow experienced fiom Mr . M 'Dougall , farmer in the vicinity of whero the wreck took place , and of the ready aid he afforded them , which was the mean ? especially of saving tho life of the old mt > n above alluded to . He also sent his carts to save tiv . j property of value which might come ashore . The severity of the gale which proved fatal to the William may be jndgrd of by the fact that she was blown from Piadda to Cumbrae , a distance of twenty-one mile 9 , under bare poles , in somewhat less than two hours . —Greenock Advertiser .
Loss of the Ship Middlesex . —To the many losses of valuable ships lately repo : ted , has now to be added the Middlesex , bound from Sydney for London . She was driven on shore near Maccio , to the southward of Pernambuco , and soon became almost a total wrtck . The crew and passengers were saved , and are now on their passage to London on board the Columbus , which sailed from Pernambuco on the 6 th ultimo .
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( From fhe South African Commercial Advertiser . J CiP £ -TO"K \\ , JirGL'ST 31 . On the forenoon ef Sunday last two larse vessels , ibe Abercromby Robinson and the Waterloo , went on shore on the south-eastern beach at the bottom of Table Bay . Both vessels were engaged ss transports by the British Government . Tne Abercromby Robicson baS on board , besides her crew and several passengers . 501 soldiers , wiUi their officers . She web a . large ship , of nearly 1500 tons burden . After grounding near the shore she stood upright , and no lives have been lost She mil probably , or rather certainly , be a total wreck .
The YS&terloo , a ship of 414 tens , bound to Van Dieman's Land , hid on board , ba » ide 3 her crew , 219 male convict * , Dr . Helb > U , in choree . LieuteEnnt Best . Ensign Leigh , 30 men of her iiajtsty ' s 98 : h Regiment . 6 women , and 13 children . She took the p \ . ucd between eleven and twelve o ' clock in the forenoon , and in fifteen or twenty minct * 3 btcarae a mais of rubbish . And now ensued & most piteous massacre . In about two hours and a half , BEiidst the crumbling heaps of their perfidious prison , —of men , women , and children , 194 wtre crashed , disabled , and drowued .
There was no preparation for saving life male on beard or on shore . No life-buoys , no coils of ropeB lashed to casks , nor any apparatus for establishing a communication ¦ with the shore from the ship . On the shore there was no lifeboat , no apparatus for throwing ropes over stranded vessels , nor any thing , in short , to show that the Government or people here had ever beard of such a thing aa a shipwreck . We Blood amongit thousands on the be&eh within iso yards of thfi dissolving fabric looking on the agon / zsd faces of oar fellow-creatures , as they sank in dozans , battered and bruised and suffocated , — useless as children , or idiots , or wild Caffres .
This ship , it appears , w&a built twenty-seven year B £ O at Bristol . No longer fit to carry logs , she u patched np like other wbited sepulchres , staffed with a Jiving cargo by a contractor , and despatched to the ends of the earth—a voyage of more than 20 , 000 miiee . Ko doubt , a ' survey of professional men" will " fisd " that there was no fault anywhere ; that the Waterloo Vis a sound ship , thoroughly repaired , and perfectly eaworthy ; and that she had on board all the equip ments requisite for such a voyage and inch a consign-Best ; that the officers of the ship did all that human strsagth , directed by skill and animated- by humanity , could do ; and that the accident most be ascribed entirely to a hurricane , a mountainous sea , and a remarkably hard beach .
Kov , as to the hurricane and the mountainous sea , it Is enough to observe , that there were twenty other vessels at anchor in the Bay , besides the Waterloo asd the Aitercromby Robinson , and none of them parted from their anchors , or dragged them to any perceptible extant Tbe triad m blowing a gale , but by so
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IMPORTANT MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM . ELECTION" OF DELEGATES TO THE COMPLETE SUFFRAGE CONFERENCE . According to public announcement , a public meeting waa held at the Saloon of the Mechanics' Institute , Great Charles-street , on Monday , at one o ' clock . At the time for commencing business , Messrs . Sturge , Collins , O'Neill , and the Revs . Levan , and H . Hutton , made their appearance on the platform . Mr . SaTJNDEHS , an active member of the National Charter Association , moved that Mr . John Follows , of Monniouth-street , should take the chair , and made an excellent speech on the occasion , pointing out the duty of the working classes on the present important occasion . Mr . John Barratt , of Whittill-atreefc , seconded the motion .
The Rev . —— Sv ? an moved , as an amendment , that Mr . Joseph Sturge take the chair . The Rev . Hugu Hutton seconded tho amendment , and made a speech , in which he stated they had not assembled on that ocaaslon to discuss the Charter , as stated by a previous speaker—( cries of "We know that" ) He delivered a long tirade in favour ot free trade principles , which created an ill feeling , in the midst of which he was obliged to retire . Mr . George White , who had only been released from Warwick on the preceding Thursday , now stepped forward , and was received with loud cheers by the
working men . He said , he hoped that on that occasion their proceedings would be conducted with the most perfect good spirit There was no need for clamour or uproar , as every person present had the right of voting . He trusted their proceedings would be characterised by frairness and -impartiality , and that they would elect men in whom they could place implicit confidence . A simple proposition was before the meeting , whether they would elect Mr . John Follows or Mr . Joseph Sturge . ( 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 chairman . ¦ .
Mr . Joseph Sturge then took the chair , amidst loud cheers . After reading the advertisement calling the meeting , he said , the reason they were obliged-to meet there was , that they had been refused the use of the Town Hall . He hoped they would give him credit for honesty nntil 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 called . Mr . Allbright moved that six delegates be now elected to sit on the National Conference to meet on the 27 th of December . Mr . J . C . Perry seconded it , which was carried unanimously . Mr . A . O'Neil moved a resolution , cpritaining ' -the form of election . He said he hoped each party , as Veil the National Charter Association as the Complete Suffrage Union , -would be equally represented .
The motion was seconded by Mr . JosiasPumphr ' et , and carried unanimonsly . . Mr . Saunders then addressed the meeting . " He said he had an individual to propose whom he know would object to tbe free-trade nostrums they had heard read by the Secretary in the addresses of the Complete Suffrage Association . After some pithy remarks , he concluded by moving Mr . George White as a fit and proper person to represent the working nun in the proposed Conference . ' , Mr . J . Babeatt seconded the proposition , which was received with loud cheers .
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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-ncseproduct625/page/6/
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