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( From ihe South African Commercial Advertiser . J CAP £ -IOW . \ AUGUST 31 . On the forenoon ef Sunday last two huge Tassels , tbe Abercromby Robinson and the Waterloo , went on shore on the south-eastern beach at the bottom of Table JSsy . Both vessels ¦ were engaged as transports by the British Government The Abercromby Robinson had on board , besides fcer crew and several passengers ; 501 soldiers , with their officers . See was a large ship , of nearly 1 . 500 tons btrrden . After groan-. iirg near the shore she stood upright , and no lives have been lost . Siie -will probably , or rather certainly , be a total wreck .
The Waterloo , a Bhip of 41-4 tons , bound to Tan Dierean ' s Land , had on board , betides her crew , 219 male convicts , Dr . Helsell , in charge . Lientenant Hext , Eosi ^ n Le igh , 30 men of her Maj-. sty ' s 99 th Regiment , 5 women , and 13 children . She took , the ground between eleven and twelve o ' clock in the forenoon , and in fifteen or twenty minutes became a wass of rubbish . And now ensued a most piteous massacre . In about two hours and a half , amidst the crumbling heaps of their perfidious prison —of men , women , and children , 194 were crashed , disabled , and drowned .
There was no preparation for saving life male on beard or on shore . No life-buoys , no coils of ropes lashed to caste , nor any apparatus for establishing a communication with the shore from the ahip . On the Bbore there was no lifeboat , no apparatus for throwing ropes over stranded vessels , nor any thing , in short , to show thit the Government or people here had ever beard of such a thing as a shipwreck . We stood amongst thousands on the beach within 150 yards or the dissolving fabric , lookisg on the agonized laces of cur ieVlow-creatares , as they sank in dtzeEB , battered and bruised and suffocated , — useless as children , or idiots , or wild Caffres .
This ship , it appears , was built twenty-seven years ago at Bristol . Jfo longer fit to carry logs , she is patched up like otker whited sepulchres , stuffed with a living cargo by a contractor , and despatched to the en-is of the earth—a voyage of mere than 20 , 000 miles No doubt , a "mrvey of professional men" will "flad " that there was no { suit anywhere ; that the Waterloo was a sound ship , thoroughly repaired , and perfectly Be&wortby ; and that she had on board all the equipxnents requisite for such a voyage and such a consignment ; that the officers of the ahip did all that human strength , directed by sfcin and animated by humanity , could do ; and tfcat the accident must be ascribed entirely to a hurricane , a mountainous sea , and a remarkably hard beach *
Now , aa to the hurrieme and the mountainous sea , it is enough to observe , that there were twenty other vessels at anchor in the Bit , besides the Waterloo at d the Abercromby Robinson , and none of them parted from their anchors , or dragged them to any perceptible extent . The wind was blowing a gale , but by no
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'i .- ^ ns a vio ' ent one , ar-d it tra 3 partly off shore . Th s-a v , us n"t runnirg unusually high . Without ropes in th . ir hs-. ila or anj precau / . on , men v ; aikc-d up to their ^•• ulcers to draj ; ont the bodit-3 >; f the il ea'l and dying , vitbout the shqhtast risk . This could nt > t have been done hart the surf been such as a gale causes on an open beach . These are facts to which thousands can bear witness . With respect to the bottom or ground where the sb : p struck , some ssy it is rock , others that it is sand , like the rest of the beach . As soon as the weather is fine it will be examined , and the most convenient spaces marted for this method of disembarking Her Majesty ' s troops or convicts . For some years back such " accidents" hr . ve been ascribed to the insufficiency of tbo
liehtbouss at the entrance of the bay . Teat fault has }~* i been fully remedied . The old Iighthous 9 is now properly attended to , end tee new one is so well placed , end bo brilliant , that no roan dare pretend to miss it . or to mistake it for anything else . These , £ 2 ii some further improvements in tL . ia (! epartment , still in pregrees , were forced on Government by the remonstrances of the publie , ami particularly of the mercantile body . Whta the H ^ len was lost at the tmrarce f f the bay , four or five months ago , tbo comu . crcial committee very properly inquired into the cause , aii fonnd , on the testimony of numsrons wftntss's , thifc the lights on that particular night -were fif-f « .-cvive , aud had thus misled the master of the vessel . Tb : s they repre-ser . 'td to Go 7 crument , and a remedy was instantly found .
\ S e recommend the same ccarss in the p ' . ejcnt case . The committee cannot compel witnesses tn attcad or give tvidetee , but the } can invite tht-m ; and . if interested parr . es disregard such iimtaiiuus , that fact will n- _> i be -without meaning . These tw ; i wrecks wiii be much talked of at home . We thick we can iiunre ti : e : r being mentioned in Parliament . In the mids : of unhesitating condemnation on some points , and charges of guilt on otbtr . q , we hive to mention that two unofficial spectators , Mr . Molteno tind Mr . Still , procured the assistance of a common boat belonging t a Malaj , which reached the Waterloo after i-he was falling to piece 3 , and brought off two men , aud "n a second trip fastened a rope to the wreck . After this a lirjer boat belonging to Messrs . Sinclair was I rousht from the Abercromby Robinson , and , moving backwards and forwards slum ; the rope , saved a good imny lives . This shows wiut misht have been done by
a lifdooat used m time . We purposely avoid going further into details at present , fcatisned with thus optuiy cbirginit all the parties concerned , before the world , with theiffcuce of culpable nt ^ li ^ Hiice or criminal intention . The world , lt-t tb-. mbs Will assured , expects aa r . ns-wer , cud will treat , iaem according ts the ci =. e tL ^ y may make out ID ceftrce . is it not strange , by the way , that "we f-houlcl hear such Iam--ntatu .-Es from wLr . t is er . iled the shipping in-* -re > t . as if no emplr > yr . itnt r .-n ' m \> u hart fur their newt . uit , nae-moulded , c ^? i > .:-fjs ; c :. ed A 1 vtiarLj , v . hik ' , sor the most important of all 6 trvid . s , the transport , naujc-iy , of troops and of v .-n-. tus u : ider judicial ten-¦ . taces , such vessels aa t : — W-. t x \ oo find re : idy ac-« . ¦ : stance in the 27 th ytar uf lhcir fragi ; i : } " ana rotterncssa ? September 3 .
la speaking of the wreck of the Walciioo transport , in Wedrtsday ' s paper , it vas mentioned , that she was built for t ' ue timbertraje . This , we have been told , is rot ascertained , and is probably incorrect . We hav ? n : thing else to correct in the statement now Ltfore the public . The conimittee of the coniHiercial body have insiituted an irquiry into the circu ; nstanc = a attending this i . orT ble event , as well as to tht ) 2 . ss of ih « Abtreroiuby on the s : > me occasion . The attention of the Government and of the Admiral has also been fixed on these two accidents ; the public nv . i . the parties concerned icny , therefore , expect that all the facts will be prolTi . periy ascertained and made known . The loss of life by the ruin of the Waterloo is , we learn , as follows : —
Convicts 143 Soldiers ... ... 15 Sailors 14 Women ... ... 4 Children 14 Total 190 So great a loss of life has not happened in Table Bay since the year 1799 . On the 5 th of November of that year , his Majesty ' s ship Sceptre . CaptBin Edwards , was driven on Bhore . and , like the Waterloo , immediately went to pieces , beiDg an accmrsed old hulk on her way home to be broken up . A few hours after she struck not a vestige of her was to be seen , bnt the fragmenta of the wreck scattered on the strand , in myriads of pieces , not a single plank remaining whoie , nor two attached together . CapUin Edwards , his son , 10 o *; her ifficers , and near 300 seamen and marinea ptrished .
On the same day several other veS 3-ls went on shore , among the rest a Danish man-of-war ef 64 guns . But their crews were all saved , as in the case of the Abercromby Robinson on the present occasion Taking advantage of the excitement caused by this melancholy event , fnnds have been raised , and nie ^ sures are taken for constructing life-boats , and for having a rocket apparatus always in readiness in this bay , foi rendering assistance to vessels in distress , or for saying life . But semethin ? more is required . A coroner ' s court must be established , through which a competent
magistrate , with a jury , may at once ascertain the manner in which any man came by his death whose d-.-ad body has been washed ashore from a wreck . The propr i ety of adding such a court to our judicial establishment has been suggested to Government , and we frel confident that the suggestion will be attended to witfcout unnecessary delay . In the absence of such a court we / eel constraiced , by a regard to truth and plain dealing , to send home along with the account « f these two shipwrecks our protest on behalf of Table Bsy . The weather , the water , and the bottom , are blameless .
Of the Waterloo it is impossible to speak with moderation . Deadly blame rests somewhere , and justice will , we have no doubt , find out the parties who deserve it . And now it would be proper to ask a few questions respecting the precautions taken on ' board of all transports into which involuntary passengers , such as feoldiers and convicts , are thrust by Government : — 1 . Is it a rule to take the lowest tender , without rei-pect to the class of the vessel ? 2 . Or does Government , as it ought , limit tenJers to the first 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 salaries , and large families , " and that a friendly help of fifteen or twenty guineas is sometimes added to the regular charge by the benevolent ship owner ? 5 . When 400 , 500 , and 700 souls are put on board a transport , is care taken te have at the same time the means of making siirnals iu dark and in foggy weather , in case of danger ; or is it all left to the chance of somebody seeing the flash of small arms , when the report of the same cannot b « heard ? 6 . Is extra apparatus carefully placed on board , for saving life in case of wreck , such as life-buoy , instruments for throwing : liDes , and the other well known means of communicating with a lee shore '
These are some of the questions that will be put , and that must be answered at home by the authorities , wheever they may be , to 'Whose departments this branch of the service belongs , We have not leisure to pursue the subject further to-day . Eyery reader can do it for himself .
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JM-UU . ^ , _ l i | , | | | J ^^^ , ] | ^^ i-li-uw ^ LOSS OF THE RELIANCE EAST INDIAMAN . The shipwreck of the Reliance , from China to London , at Etapks , Dear Boulogne , on Satnrday has created con-Eiderabie sensation in the city . The loss of 110 persons out of the 116 on board hss cast a jfleom of the most meaianchols description among the merchants connected with the East India trade . Her last place of resort was SV Helena , and the parties interested in her fate were therefore in expectation every dsy of hearing of her safe arrival . It appears that of the crew and passengers , numbering the amount of persons already stated , the saved are one European , 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 carpo o ! tea of considerable vaine , besides the freightage incidental to a voyage she was in the habit of performing . The quantity of tea she brought was
1 , 884 , 7481 b ., of which there were 1 , 277 . 5661 b . of congou , and 406 , 5651 b . of twankay , with smaller proportions of other descriptions . Most fortunately for the insurance-offices and underwriters in this country , their riska upon this vessel do not include more than from £ 14 , 000 to £ 15 , 000 , of the £ 195 , 000 for which , it is said , she is insured , the Indian tffices , that is to say , the insurance-offices of Calcutta and Bombay being responsible for at least £ 150 , 080 to £ 180 , 600 of the entire amount This mishap , with those reported from the Cape of Good Hope on Saturday , and othera which have occurred on the coast during the late severe weather , have , in a material degree , depressed the feelings of parties cannected with our shipping interest The London insurance-offices , and ateo the underwriters , have suffered by the loss of the Abercrembie Robinson and the Waterloo , but , we are assured , not to any serious extent
The following letters have been received at Lloyd ' s from their agents : —
" To Wm . Dobson , Esq ., Secretary at Lloyd-a . " Boulogne-anj > M « r , Nov . 12 . " Sir , —It i « our painfnl duty to app » 3 Z 9 yen of the total loss of the Reliance , 1 , 500 tons burthen , Thomas Green , commander , which vessel came on the coast of Merlimont last sight , and went to pieces this morning . She left Canton on the 7 th of May , with a cargo of teas . We regret to add that only afeout eight or ten , ont ef 122 persons composing the crew and passengers , have been saved . The last express we received from the coast does not give much information respecting the survivors ; We
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only know that the bhip ' s carpenter is saved , and it is from him th-it the ship ' s name was a .-CL-i"taine < 1 . The other BurvivMs are nu n of colon ? . The F . ngiish consul has just proceedt-d to their . is * istauee . There were on board , 75 EagliBhmen , 27 Chinese , and 20 Dutchmentotal , 122 . "
" Boulogne-Bur-Mer , Nov . 13 . " Sir—By advices just received from the coast , we are informtd that the niiaes of the survivors are Robert Dixon ( the carpenter ) , W . O Neiil , of Kingstown , Ire-1 md ; Johan An . lerson , of Luurvig , Norway ; Charles Batts , of Danizio ; atv . 1 three Malays . The body of Captain Green h ^ s been identified by the carpenter ; also that of the funrib , mato iGrinin ) , and a seaman . Their remains v » iil be conveyed here , where tt ^ y 'will receive the right of Christian burial . Captain Tucker , late commander of her Majesty ' s ship Iris , is among the drowr . ed ; everything is being done for the benefit of the owners of the vessel . "Theservices received from the horse soldiers is in every way efficient . " We are , < fca , ( Signed ) "A . Adams and Cx " LATEST PARTICULARS .
By the General Steam Navigation Company's ship Mainet , TTbich left Boulogne on Monday morning , and &mved at Lowlon-bridge Wharf , at eight o ' clock on Wednesday night , some additional particulars have teen brought relative to thu melancholy loss of the above vessel off M-rlimont , ab'mt thirty miles from Boulogre . on Saturday morning last , when , out of a crew rnmberina : 120 persons , six only were saved . It appeaia that the liDliance left Canton on the 7 th of May ¦ with a csreo of 27 , 000 chests of tea , having , as th 6 Boulogne Gazette of Monday :. tates . 35 Lascars and 85 ¦ white persona on board . It is stated that at tha t'lKO
the . Reliance , struck tiw wind was fair , and it is ii . feireil from this that those iu command could not liave seen the land , the vessel gohie on Bhore about two o'clock , am . Anion R those saved are—Robert Dxon , carpenter ; W . O'Naill , cf K ni ^ town , Ireland ; Johan Anderson , of Laurvi '? , Norway ; Chartes Batts mot Mutts , as slated in the evening jjapcrsi . of Djntz ; C , anrt three Malays . Amongsc the pav-seiwera dro ^ i \ - v \ imx in numbcri , the bortv of Captain Tr . cker , late of her Majcaty'B bhip Iris , ; . nd v ? ho went on board at St . Heiciia . has been TK-. ished on shore and identified , as also that of Mr . Gritiio , tho iourth mate .
Oje of Lloyd ' s agents staws tae number on bonr ^ i to have been as fol ' ow 3 : —75 E : i ^ ashaiun , 27 CniutEe , and 20 Dutchmen . The sctna of huiror and coufusion which reigned on board , until diyiit » ht , is described by the survivors aa of the most awful character , thoush little bayoud tho manner in which the crew nnd passengers lost tht-ir lives has at present tra-ispirtrt . The effusion aud tf-rrnr con ^ Quent \ i ^ -n the suddenness with which the Vc £ ;; l struck "xm j-iich , that no orders on tuo part of the i-hip ' a > filers vt ^ tq nUern- ' eil to . ;; nd some time einps ' jrt before sit , nr » la of distrcts couid he iln .- < i . Tiii > a = ic ^ s ' . s c ; i : "inueil V > ha mario until d ; iyli ;; ht , bit vrith-< nt nny iff-ct , po tsoats havins put off to the vnsu-. 'l . The Boulo-nc Gazette s iv * : — " Tir-ro w , is no ine . iiw of
o 8-, Tilins ; 'be it-s . t asR-staneo ; '' bnt v . httber thw uvo .-e from the state r > f tht : ti'le , the naU : re of the > shuid on which ? he ttruck , or the absence of life-boats , or otiinr ordinary moties iii . vt > -i \ on such occasions , is not fawn . As S' -on as the ( iay !> r < . ke mill the coast was d ^ etuiieii , it vns determined to hoist out the boaifl . lliis wiw qnicfeiy nccomplisbed , but the longboat wr . s irn : uei ! iately swampe < l i-y tho breakers , and tna others , from ' > eiiisj overloaded , went dowu within a short distaucj of the vessil . The Captain remained on board to the l ;; si * moment , and ¦ wt'it down whi > fc n . arthe carpenter , who reached the shore in safety . Many bodits had Lutn washed on tbo beach , some of them shewini ; symptoms of life ; but a' . though every meOical attention was promptly resirien .-d , none of them wtre restored .
The scene on the btach vrusof the most extta rmnary description freni the rurubtr of cbesto of tt . i . < vi . i - . ch came as-hore when the ship broke up . It was cb ^ -tu ^ a when the vessel struck ; but before daylight thu fi-.-i was flowing fast , and nt ten o ' clock she was a perfect vr .. ck . Out of 27 , 000 chests on board , only 1 . 386 have yet bmn saved , and these are all much dumuged by the sea water . The Reliance was owned by Messrs . Mann and Tomlyn , of St . Michaels-alley , Cornhill ; the latter of tvhom " eft London for Merlimont by the Boulogne steamer on Monday ni ^ ht Another vessel , jadeu with wine , was wrecked on Satnrday night in the Baie d'Authie , and four of the crew drowned . " *
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A Man on Fibe—Some time ago a married man , not far from Crieff , was attacked with rheumatism in bis breast and back , when he was advised by a female doctor in the neighbourhood to rub his body over with turpentine before going to bed , and in the morning he would find himself perfectly cured . Accordingly , he ordered his wife oue night to rub the upper parts of his body all over with turpentine , and while in the act of doing so she accidentally allowed the candle which she had iu her hand to come in contact with tho turpentine ; the c&nsequence was , that hi 3 body got ail in a blaze . Tne woman shrieked , when ono of the household rushed into the room and wrapped a bi > d cover over tho man ' s body , and extinguished the flames . He was confined for some time afterwards , but is now doing well . —Perth Courier .
The Brazils . —The Swift packet from Brazils has arrived atFaimouth , bringing advices from Kio Janeiro to the 16 th September . Those from Rio fully confirm the previous accounts as to the extinction of the disorders in Minas Gcraes . The rebels , aa a last effort , had collected all their forces in the neighbourhood of Santa Luzia , where they were attacked and completely defeated on tho 20 th of Aug . by the Imperial troops under Baron Caxias , leaving a great number of killed and wounded ou the field , and 3 U 0 prisoners , amongst whom was Scnhor
Ottond . The others fled before the action commenced . A movement had taken place in the provinces of Clara and Pernambuoo , which was immediately put down . So that by the prompt and energetic mea-Eurea of the Government ., followed by tho z : al and ability of the Coinmander-in-Chief and his colleagues , with the firmuess and courage of tho Government troops , tranquillity and order were completely restored . The elections in the hitherto disturbed provinces had been fixed for the 16 th of October .
Escape from the Kendal House ok Correction . —At the last Westmoreland Quarter Sessions , held a few weeks since , a female of the name ol Mary Kirkpatrick was sentenced to be transported for seven years , for a robbery committed upon the person of J . Robinson . After her sentence she was sent back to the Kendal House of Correction , to await the period when her sentence should be fully carried into txecution . Up to Thursday last her behaviour bad been good ; but on that evening , about eight o ' clock , she succeeded in gettiDg to the top of the prison wall ( which is of great height ) , by means which aro at present a mystery ; thence she had 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 had broken , and the prisoner was precipitated to the ground with a heavy crash , Her right leg was most seriously shattered , and a portion of the bone below the ancle was Bevered , ana found in the road near to where the fall took place . Notwithstanding this , however , she contrived to crawl to tbe house of a Mrs . Stephenson , in Union-buildings ( a distance of about 500 yards ) , at which place , at about eleven , o ' clock at night , she was retaken by police-sergeant HutchlnBon , who immediately conveyed b . er back to prison , and procured surgical assistance . Mr . iawcett , the governor of the r , ri-On . was from home with transports .
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Wholesale infanticide . —Tb < . > rdj ^ iinv . n ! vquiry into th . « mydti .-noua and . '¦' liornblc cases of whok-saie child murder at Ruardeaivin vhe Forest of D ; aii ^ tho particulars of which we published last v . xek , was rtJ 5 Uinv 4 on Wednesday last , before M r .- 'Johu . Cooke , coroner , and in the presence of several of the magistrates of the district . The eyiduictt adduced was similar to that to which we adverted last week , and no new fact of a material nature transpired . The jury expressed au opinion that if further timo were allowed , additional evidence might probably be obtained , and the inquest , way consequently adjourned till Wednesday next , the lGih inst . In the meau time , Thomas Yapp coutinuea in custody , and a ' . policeman " also remains in tho house where the tragedy was committed , in order to take charge of the woman ( Frances Beaaett ) , who . continues in the eamo siato of ill-health which we reported last week . — Gloster Journal .
Melancholy Occurrence . —On Tuesday . 25 tb tilt ., an occurrence of a most painful nature took place betW ' - ^ u Ki f horn and Applrcrosa . A young man , passing on a visit to his patents from tho former to the latter place , v / a * . unable ,. owing to the fall of enow that had taken place during the ni-ht . to proceed by the way that ¦ cresses over the lop . of'tab hill . Taking a . by way which leads from tho end of Loch Kit-horn to iho farm of Arighriseaeh , froin whence , he thou / , ' : t , he would soon reach his .. fat . bei- ' s , as he
was passing . 'he went to a house at Russel to warm himsdf ; being completely benumbed with cold . Tho hospitable occupaats of the h < m * e outdated of him to roiTiuin a . few dajs tiii the iou . il would be passable , hut no solicit . ati . ons would prevail upon' him lo wait . TIki weaihtT ,- instead of clearing up , bocam ^ . mo ' ro and more boisterous , nnd the young . man , uiiablu to ri : » . cli slicltur , wj . s not hefrd of again till th- ; S . itnrd .- . y following , when ; , bis body was found by some i-h '^ phertlrf iit &oaie distaiice from any path . Caledonwn Mcrcuiy .
A'lYSTKRIOUS CinCUSIS ' TANCE—Pl . YMOU ' rH , NOV . 14 . — On Kndrty i < v < nii g , between six and . 'ewn o ' clock , Jo ! m Burt , a deaf aud dumb lad , went , to . tho Lambhay Point to observe the slato of the weather , it being the intention of his master , the skipper of a trawler , to fro to fiea tho nexr . raorninj ? , should the weather - bo . favourable ; ¦ Afior remaining there a 8 ' . ort time , he returned id a very agitato ¦ ' ¦ ¦ state , and byhis te 3 » ureH arid entreatiis mdu « .:. d a boatman to go back 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 boanneii , however , ' could-perouive no inciicatioiiR of such an « wpnt , an < i this cauHud still more distress to the poor boy . He ¦ aftevwanln mfos-ftied his i ' atlier ,
aa honest lisherman , that while atanding on tho point he observed a strange young man , about twenty year * ofu ^ t ) , ' iii a retirod p ^ rt , apparently . watciiiug umil ' thft place should bo dnsertud . 'liio ' stranger i / imi took Ins-watch" from his waistcoat ' -poc-ket ,. ob-. wxved the time , . replaced- it , aud , first- gazing iijifiuly on the rnoon , tiirnnt his -hands firmly in his side pec'kois , ran down tho slv . po , jnropori on u > Idw wall , and till face-downwards ' -on tho' s ^' wjp rocks , upon the eog , i of wnich tho wall is buiH . Tho boy Bnrt immediately loapt upon the wail , and ckmbering down the rocks went } iall * into the water , and was iust in time to scizo tho otheV by the
collar of the coat . Tho suicido , whose' forehead and cheeks were bleeding prot ' usoly , gnashed his teoth a , c his intended preserver , and with a menacing aspect compelled him to desist , trom his humane endeavours lest his own life should be forfeited in the contest . The stranger sank near the' rocks , rose again out of reach , sank once m . uo , and then disappeared . He , was dressed in . a ' peaked rap vrith a leather strap benea ' h tho chin , a . pilot coat , and . black trouHurs , and wore a silver miard to his watch . Boatmen have been since employed creeping for the body , but hitherto without success , and from tho inequality of tho ground it is not likely to ba recovered until the tidoa fall off . .
Northlkach Prison . —The inquiry commenced at North leach on Monday last ; tho oommibsouer ^ are Mr . Rogers , the Queen's counsel ; a medical man of eminence ; and two inspectors of prisons : they are assisted by . Mr .-Gurney . Twenty nine of the prisoners at present in confinement were examined on Monday ; all the wunes-fics examined before the late inquest on Bealo were re-examiuc : d . on Tuesday aud VVeduesday ; and after tho case way finished , other witnesses were examined as to the alleged insufficiency of diet , and other privations . Afier finishing at Nimhleach , the commissioners proceed to tho other prisons of the county . At tho usual meeting of the Cneltenham Board of GuardianB on Thursday last , the clerk read two communications from the commissiouertf , requesting assistance in the iavestigatiou . —Cheltenham Journal .
BliACKWOOD AND THE COURSE OP SAFETY . —If Wfi picture in our Dands the instruments at the beck and call of the ' * Party in power , " we must confess them to form a rather imposing array . Liars ami Lawyers , are plenty iu the ranks . In the background wo have an indefinite quautity of those" veiled prophets" of destruction who aim at earn ' ug secret servioo money . Foremost , howeve . *" , appear tho men —of talent , but not of honesty—attached by interest to the corps ;—these are the mouth-pieces of tho mighty whole—these have the execrable task assigned them of making the wor .-: e appear the better cause . These wield the pen in carviug out fallacies and probabilities into the "little stars" to dock tlto Tory heaven witnal . These are the keen debaters in
the House and out of it , iu whom sophistry supplies tho place of common sense . Were au indifferent spectator to behold the congregated mass labouring in their vineyard he might applaud such industry Let him lift up ths veil , and then indeed be may wonder at the activity of demons . He would kaow that the ' infernal- regions cannot produce such omy 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-principles' and the people ' s'liberties . Wo knew tjiey would briug ' to this foul work , all the insolence of power—all the efirontory induced by a long course of infamy . Tory tactics we were at no loss to know how to characterize even before they
were developed . We knew what bittor fruit would spring from such a tree . Holding the consciences and hfarts of the oreatures composing this clique at a most cheap rate—considering both equaily callous and degraded—We cannot feel surprise at all that has been done . Wo were confident that the sunshine of office would exert its influence on Tory spawn , and that corrupt and unseemly things must arise and defile the political horizon . This we felt to be a natural oonsequenoe—and a " uecessary evil" in tho 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 should be first to utter in advising the party what yet they should da . Wo have how to speak
particularly of one only of the " foremost men in this huge world of ours . " That one wo have already alluded to as a writer in the Tory organ , known as Black wood ' s Mrmazine . Had'this scribe sought an immortality of infamy there need but have been appended his name to his production . For when we say that he has ushered forth' an effusion matchless a 3 a specimen of Tory malignity—that he trumpets forth openly , undisgu'isedly Tory policy—we know that our readers correotly estimate the author and his labours—that the one is shameless , and that both aro infamous . In an article in ' -the- ' . October , number of Biaokwood are these words -. — ¦ The oourse of safety is as plain as the course of danger . Democracy must not beitampered with ; it must not be trampled on .
It must be an open , unhesitating , uncompromising resistance . The man in Parliament who avows himself a Democrat ought to be instantly driven out by impeachment . : The man who in print dares to insult the ears of England with the doctrine , ought to be instantly sent to take his trial at the Old Bailey The doctrine should be declared to be treason , and the teacher punished as a traitor . The man who attempts to poison the rabbla with this most deadly of nostrums , oua ; ht to be instantly sent to work out his guilty life in chains at the Antipodes ! " Let us examine this— " the course of safety 1 " For whom For the revellers in iniquity—the drunken with power—would be , as this luminous scribe expresses it , to " trample on Democracy ! " What men dare in
exercising and insulting the-patience of fellow men we know that Tories dare . And even they cannot " tramplo" utterly " on democracy . " It scorns their utmostiefforts backed by a myriad of such things as this wretched magazine scribbler . But let us examine the question ' . The " course of safety" to all would be to yield with decency justice to the millions to whom justice 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 merge all the iniquitous considerations of party in one earnest desire to do justice to the people who too long have been trampled on and
abused . The only" course of safety" to the party iiow'in power is to reject the counselling of all who so far outrage hamanityaa to rave forth such bloodthirstiness , and so eager to dabble in bloodguiltiness as this detestable "BlackwoodV politician . T « meet the " principles of Democracy with an open , unhesitating , and uncompromising resistance , would now be to involve this country m one quick ruin—would bo to blot it forth trom among the nations . This all partizane , not utterly blinded by "thick-coming fancies" of blood-shedding , know and feel ; they tremble at tbe brink of that gulph which a paltry , despicable , and dishonest scribbler in a To * y Magazine would urge them to kap into , dragging with them a nation that yet should be , —for within her bosom are the elementBTio make
her" Great , glorious , and free I " We have much more to say upon the subjeot , but will leave the extract we have madefor the contemplation of our readers a brief space . With us they will agree , that this Tory malignant may have his equal in a Lord Chief Baron Abinger , though it would be hard to match him any other upon tho earth . — English Chartist Circular .
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Mexico and Ti . XAS .-fFrom Ihe New Yo k Iln-ald / - —Tuo bark E igenia , Briscoc , arriv .-d o- \ Saturday ui ^ hs frmni V-.-ra Cruz , having saiUd from f . hat port on the 16 th ult . In this vessel have arrived , as passengers , tho celebrated Col ; Almonte , who was in the bauie of San Jaointo—and a ! s ^) his brother , accompanied by a suite of aides and officers A largo amount of specie belonging to Mexicans , part probably to the government , has also come , consigned to the commercial housa of 'iargons and Co . By this vessel we have private intelligence , and private correspondence from Vera Cruz and Mexico , of the highest importance to Texas , and the future destiny of that country . We have now certain and positive information ou which we can rely that the wnl
Mexican government , or rather Santa Anna , soon invade Texas , if sho is not already invaded , by a large army and navy , both by sea and land—the army to be led by British offioers—and the uavy the same . The Mexican ' fleet already numbers three iron steamers , two trun brigs , and three schooners . This expedition was organised in London , under the patronage of tho Mexican merchants and landholders iu that quarter . The force already in motion will be siifficieut to overwhelm Texas , arid 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 . Tho Mexican navy is in full force—witii three iron steamers , ami plenty of mm aud aaaBjunition to co-operate with their army . Wo
expect that a deci&ivtj blow will scon be levelled ax ; the independence ot Texas . The arrival of Colonel ] Aimonte , as Muxictw minister in this ci un ry , is ! pi-obably intended to preserve the peace of the . United States of the nortii and Mexico . 'Almonte is a man of superior talents , gre . it address , p ^ rj'ent'ly '_• acquainted with-eur lacguage and institutions . Tiio j British ' asociidt-ncy ' i . u ' Mexico is low compl :-t 3 . 1 Unless the French and American governnierits in- j tcrfero , the existence of Texas as a ikuiou is gone for ever . . Nothing cau fare the new republic buV ; such an intervention . Will it be extended to th . i ' Anglo-S . ; xon race in Texr . s ? We'll scr . On ii-cl v , } iole , we'begin to see somo mighty r ' . its growing"j out of this new invasion of Texas . 'Will . it not lead j to a nnion between Franca and iho United States ' ,
to prevunt England aud Mexico from destroying an independent republic' ou this continent ? May not the attompt to annihilate Texas lead tha gr-:-at maritime powers into a war ou the oceau ? Are we not iu the beginning of a new crisis in hamau s » ffiirs ?
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IMPORTANT MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM . ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO THE COMPLETE SUFFRAGE CONFERENCE . According to public announcement , a public meeting was held at th « Saloon of the Mechanics' Institute , Great Charles-street , on . Monday , at one o clock . At the time for commencing business , Messrs . Sturge , Collins , O'Neill , and the Revs . Levan , and H . Hutton , made their appearance on the platform . Mr . SaUNDebs , an active member of the National Charter Association ; moved that Mr . John Follows , of Monnioutb-street , shoultl take the chair , and made an excellent speech on the occasion , pointing out the duty of tbe working classes on tbe . present important
oc-. Mr . John Barbatt , of WhitUU-street , seconded the motion . ... ' .. - The Rev . Swan moved , as an amendment , that Mr . Joseph Sturge take the chair . The Rev . Hugh Hutton seconded the amendment , and made a speech , in which he stated they had not assembled oh that occasion to discuss the Charter , as stated by a previous speaker —( cries of " We knovv that . " ) He delivered a long tirade in favour of 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 parfect good spirit There was no need for clamour or uproar , as every person , present had the Tight of voting . He trusted their proceedings would be characterised by frailness and impartiality ,., and that they would elect men iu whom they could place implicit confidence . A simple proposition was before the meeting , whether they would elect Mr . John Follows or Mr . Joseph Sturge . ( Pat them White J Put them White !> Mr . White then proceeded to take the sense of the meeting , and declared Mr . Sturge to be elected us 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 until they found him to be otherwise ; and concluded by calling upon the Secretary , to read the addresses issued by the Conrplete 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 . PERRT seconded it , which 'waa carried unanimously . Mr . A . ONeil moved a resolution , containing the form of election . He said he hoped each patty , as well the National Charter Association as the Complete Suffrage Union , would be equally represented . .
The motion waa seconded by Mr . Jo&ias PUMPSREY , and carried unanimously . Mr . Saunders then addressed the meeting . Be said he had an individual to propose 'whom he knew would object to the ff ^ e-trade noBtrums they Dad heard read by tbe Secretary in the addresses of the Complete Suffrage Association . After s © me pithy lematks ,. be concluded by mc , ving Mr . George White as a fti and proper person to represtnt the working men m the proposed Conference . Mr . J . BaBratt seconded the propositottt xjbish nas received with load eheais .
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Jlr . " Jons Coi . ti-vs moved , and Mr .-. Morgan srconu . d Mr . Francis Park&s . Mr . W . Pa hKjES aaid , he had an iudiviilnal to } --ropoao . who hart always mide a determined stand ng'i . last tyranny , one * ho had sacrificed more in the cause . than any other man , one whom they had often seen and well knew , and he had only to mention his name to ensure their general approbation . He had the honour of proposing Feargua O'Connor , Esq . —( tremendous cheers , lobg continued ) . . Mr . George Richaiid 3 ON , a veteran' Chartiat , seconded it . ¦ •' . ¦ ¦ ' . ' ' ¦ ¦ The Rev . Hugh Hutton moved the name of Mr . Joseph Corbeti . , Mr . Charles Steward , of the National Charter Association , moved , and Mr . S . Linden seconded Mr . John Follows , hairdresser , Moniuonth-street . Mr . J . C . JPebrt moved Mr . Winfleld , a member of the Town Council .
Mr . E Taylob , printer , Steelhouse-lane , moved , ond Mr . Ch . ipman , seconded , Mr . WaUsr Thorn . Mr . Allbright moved , and Mr . Trueman , Chris- - tia ' n-Chartist pr . nteii seaonfied , Mr . O"Nuil . Mr A FUSSELL of the National Charter Association , moved , and Air . JuSEVH Oxford socondtd Mr . Smith * Mr Cooper Sscretary of tbe -Complete Suffrage Uiiio : ' r moved , ' and-Mr . Goderich seconded Mr . Field , Town Conr . cillor , for Deritend Ward . Mr HaWKES , Town C ouncillor for the same ward , ¦ was also propoHed . . ' , , . . Mr Nisuftt of tho National Charter Association , moved' ami ' . Mr . Alibi " - -ht , cf . the Complete Suffra ? e Union , ' sdoondda Mr . Ho . wley , cabinet maker , Steelhouaa-lane . ¦ ,. ... . Tho votes wero then takon , when the followuig persons wera tlea ' a red by the chairman to ba duly
ejectert : —• ; Fbakgus O'COiVNOB , Ecq ,, National Charter A&socia' » ion . ... George White . National Charter Association . ) J- ' iin Horsey , National Charter AssDciation . John Fallows . Nation « l Chavter Association . Fianois Parkcs , Christian . Cbartist . A-tiiur O'Ncil , Christian Chartist . A vote of tamks was moved to the chairman for hi 3 UT > "ight courtt' . nt . . . - . ¦ '' ¦ - •¦ ¦ Mr . Gtorue White supported the motion . Ho said he fel ' t . -boc-. irt in justice to his own feeliuga to return his
thanks to themeetiug for the confidence they had placed in him . Ha felt pleasure in seeing the good feeling wMcii prevailed th at day , and in witnessing the noble arid determined conduct of the working men . Tbe party with -whom he ! icte < t had been denounced as physical force men , fl ^ Hr ^ nls , and incendinries , but they had now . tfiven ' provf that thoy were uprig ht and honorable m-ii . an- ' asr . ctions spofec louder than words he ttnsted tha piril-c wr . ul ' rl jn « ige them by their acta , and not by tho garbled s ^ . tetaeura-of those who were interested in rtjellns ; th : a . F : 'om tho treatment heha'l endured fo . the ! aat eleven w « cks-he felt too weak to make anyti-ng like ' a speech , and he could honestly assure them ! Mt ns Ion aa life remainecl they would find him
battHog in their vanKS . the Chaikman . fefcurned thanks and the meeting di ^ pfrseii . Ail psities declared that it was one of the b-t-t . conducted meecincsever witnessed in Birmingham , an . l will prove to the Ciiartists of England the sterling honesty and determination of their brethren in this town
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From the London Gazette of Friday , Nov . 11 . . BANKRUPTS . Chailes Yandle and George Field , Beaumont-street , Marylebone , coachmakeTS . to surrender Nov . 21 ,-at 12 o ' clock , and Dec . 23 , at 11 , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitor , Mr . Wells , Percy-street , Bedford-square ; official assiflrnee . Mr . Alsager , Birch 5 n-laue . Robert Steuart . Santa Fe de Bogoto , New Granada , manufacturer of artificial granite , Nov . 29 , at twelve o ' clock , andD 3 C . 23 , at 11 , at the Bankrupt ' s Court : solicitor , Mr . Lane , Argyle-street ; official assignee , Mr . Green , A Idermanbury . Henry Bundey . Portland-town , bnllder , Nov . 22 , at twelve o ' clock , Dec 23 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts ' Court : solicitors , Messrs . Gray and Berry , Groveplace , Lisson-grove ; official assignee , Mr . Johnson , Bisinghall-street .
George James Marshall and William Charles Hall , Wood-street , Cb ? apside , woollen warehousemen , Not . 22 , at twelve o ' clock , and Dec . 23 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitors , Messrs . Van S » ndau and Cuinming , King-street , Cbeapside ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick ' splace , Old Jewry . Stuart Ray , Duke-street , St James's , bookbinder , Nov . 22 . at one o'clock ,, and Deo . 23 , at twelve , at the Bankrupts Court : solicitors , Messrs . Wright and Co ., Golden-square ; official assignee , Mr . Groom , Abcburcb-lane . Richard James Webb , Piccadilly , tailor , Nov . 24 , at half-past ten o ' clock , and Dec . 23 , at twelve , at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitor , Mr ; Bodman , Queenstreet , Cheapside ; official assignee , Mr . Pennell .
. H . tnnah Charlton , Regent-street , milliner , Nov . 19 , at half-paBt ten o ' clock , and Dec 23 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court ; solicitor , Mr . Parker , St . Paul ' s Churchyard ; official assignee , Mr . Graham , Basinghflllstreet . . ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ ' ' ' ' . George Talbot Knowles , Stockport and Manchester , cotton spinner , Dec . 7 and 23 , at two o ' clock , at the Commissioners ' Rooms , Manchester : solicitors , Messrs . Baxter , Lincoln ' s-inn ; and Messrs . Sale and Worthington . Manchester . Thomas Bartholomew Fehr , Dudley , wine-merchant , Nor . 29 , and Dec , 23 , at two o'clock , at the Waterloo Rooms , Birmingham : solicitors , Messrs . Holme , Loftua , and Young , New Inn ; Messrs . Bourne and Wainwright . Dudley ; and Mr . Bartleet , Birmingham .
Richard Lindon , Mar iborough , Devonshire , corn factor , Nov . 24 , and Dec . 23 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Royal Hotel , Plymouth : solicitors , Messrs . Weymouth and Green , Cateaton-Btreet ; and Mr . Hurrell , Kingsbridge . Edward Briggs Robinson , Nottingham , printer , J > ec 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 . aud T . Sutcliffe , Halifax and Manchester , cotton-spinners .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Nov . 17 . BANKRUPTS . William Capon , hatter , New Bond-street , Middlesex , to surrender Nov . 24 , at twelve , and Dec . 27 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Whitmore , official assignee , Basinghall-street ; solicitor , Smith , Bedford-row , Holborn ., London-Joseph Vanderlyn , tailor , Hountlsditch , Nov . 22 , at twelve , and Dae . 13 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bxsinghall-streot Gibbon , official assignee , Basinghall-street ; solicitor , Huson , Old Jewry , London , James Norris Chapman , licenced victualler , Upper Holloway , Middlesex , Nov . 24 , at eleven , and Dec . 16 , at ten , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghallnireet . Gibson , official assignee , Basinghall-etrest , - solicitor , Scstt , St . Mildred ' s-court , London .
James Crambrook , draper , Deal , Nov . 1 & , and Dae 20 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall . stroft . Edward , official assignee , Fredeiick's-place , Old Jewry , ; solicitor , Soles , Aldermanbury , and Turner King-street , Chtapside , London . Thomas Jaconib Lancaster , merphant ; Barge-yard , Bucklersbury , Nov . 24 , at one , and Dec . 13 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Gorden , official assignee , Aldermanbury ; solicitors , Wilde , Re&s , Humpareys , and Co ., College Hill , London . Duncan Smith , merchant , Bucklersbury , Nov . 23 , at twelve , and Dec . 27 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basingb&H-street . Lackington , official assignee , Coleman-street-buildings ; solicitor , Turner aud Hensman , Bating-lane , Bread-street , London .
John Ash worth , worsted manufacturer , Rochdale , Lancashire , Nov . 25 , and Deo . 27 , at eleven , at the Commissioners ' -rooms , Manchester . Soliciters , Clarke and Medcilfe , Lincoln ' s-inn-flelds , London ; Whitehead , Rochdale . Thomas Brennand , linen draper , Blackburn , ' Dao . 7 and 27 , at eleven , at the Town-hall , Preston . Solicitors , Bentley , Brick-court , Temple , London ; Robinson ,. Blackburn . George Sonter , japanner , Birmingham , Nov . 25 and Dso . 27 , at twelve , at the Waterloo-rooms , Birmingham . Solicitoro , Vincent and St « wood , King ' s Bench-walk , inner Temple , London ; Hodgson , Birmingham . : . - .- ' ¦ ' . John Hepworth , ¦ woollen-draper , HewMalton , Yorkshire , Nov . 30 and Dec . 27 , at twelve , at the Guildhall , York . Solicitors , Smithson and Mitton , Southampton-buildings , Chancery-lane , London ; Smithson Malton .
John Grant , baker , Bristol , Nov . 25 , and Dae 27 , at twelve , at the Bristol District Court of Bankruptcy Soiicitors , White and Wfeitemcae , Bedford-sow , Londou ; Bevans , Bristol . Joseph Suffolk , bridle cutter , Birmingham , Nov 24 , and Dec . 20 , at twelve , at the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy . ; Christie , official assignee , Birmingham ¦; aoUcitw , Harrison , Birmingham William Colling * , baker , Devonport , Nov . 29 , and Deo . n , at the Koy al Hotel , Plymouth . Solicitors , ; Galsworthy and Nichc . iis , Cook ' s-court , Lineohi ' s Inn , I > ondoa ; Chapman , De-vonport . Thomas Frith , shoe mannfaoturer , Stafford , Not . 25 , and Deo . 27 , at eleven , at the Swan Inn , SleSom-Solicitors , GlF . drtane , New-inn , Stsand , London ; SecK * ewon and B ^ jiiStafford : j rfv at
, . «^*>« A *¦••» - jij , UWUiV **** - - - . ' . V Joseph lindon , merchant , Plymouth , Not . 19 . •"" Dec 20 , at the Court of Bankruptcy for the E »^ District , at eleven . Solicitors , Sun , Lombard-stie&w Londo- ^ j Edmonda , or Elwotthy , Plymouth . f w iiHam Street , groeer , Rickinghall Superior , Sof-M ' i , Dec 16 and 27 , at eleven , at the Globe Inn , Bury ?' , ; . Edmunds . Soliciters , Gudgeon , Sfcowmarket ; Walter and Pemberton , Symoud'a-inn , Chancerjf-lase * London .
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MELANCHOLY S"iI"P" ^ .-RT : rir .-T ^* O HCXDRED L 1 VIS L-. == " " . The -V ' jTi i ; ar-j extrac-s o ^ a ' . ¦ .: r Tvhbh -tva ? - Te ^ eiveo en Satar-ay , by her JM-j -.- (? _' s ship Hyacinth , via Sim a s-bay , da ' . ed tnc 29 . h of Ah ^ u * 184-2 : — '' Cape Town . — I liare now to relate die of tho nio-t awfal evrnt-- Tv-uch ever oc ^ nrred in tir memory of lie oldest inhabitant of this town . On SaturdEy Di ^ ht , the 27 tb iuss ., it bitw a Tcry heavy « ale in Table-bay , which increased iu forre until Sunday morning ; a "" about fonr o ' clock , durict ; ihe intervals of claps of thunder , the inhabitants of Cape TwTFn vrere aroused by bearrns minute gune of oi > - tits-- from a . vessel in the bay . I immedi .-. tf Jy dresbtu
and proceeded to the beach , 2 nd by : -he blue iichta Boon a-certa ^ ced that two or three vessel ? ¦ wcrt ashore at the head of tbe bay , dose upon both sides . It was ra'ninj ; in torrent ? , the forked lightning wa ? biiuouiz , the thnnuer Wits stunning . It . to ? as ciark a * pitch The distance of Salt River from Cape Tovrn is betwten two inQ three miles , auu upon my arrival day was fast breaking . Altuough so early , 1 fuUDd numbers of geop ! e assembkd . aad at abL-ut * i x y ' ciosk it ¦ was aiceriaiutd that ihe iiime of the unfonurfase vessel was the Abercrombic Rob nsoii , 1 . 415 ton ? . from London , -wiih 500 r ^ uk and file of H « .-r Majesty ' s 91 * : Regimen :, to rr . 'ier-.- tn * loth Regiment , ordered home . She bad al ~ o on board a band
for the Cape Ctds . The Abfrcroribie Robinson arrived in Table-bay on Thursday ia > t , and af-tr landicg some of the oSctr ? , wa- io proceed to Aiz-jabsy to land the Slit . S ' ae was a ? plen J : d ves >' i , fined up expressly as a transport-ship . About sevi-n o ' ' ock his Ex- ^ iiency Sir G . Napier arrived , % ua thf b ^ a ^ h so ' ii presfsnted a very suimated appesxar ; ee , every officer net on cu ; y bfinij present , besides tlK ' se- of the Slst \ vho hed ab ; ainea leave to goon shore . The Vc-ssrl haviug been anvcn on shore at hiah water , we soon were able to communicate with ier , aud although this £ 50 sh ; p will b-coice a : o : ai Wj eck , noi a iue was iost , and evtry soldier "w ^ s lauuec during the day .
" About & *>> ysrds from : he Abercrombe Rohinsor . was the con ~ icr-ship \ V u-crioo , wbich'had arriTtfd durirg The "week , i ' or the purpose cf ' irovis : oning her od her way t-o Sydaej . with abons 240 male convicr * , a iiuard of thi-iy sol iier-, Sto wompn . arid for . vti » re * children , with the crew abou : 3 ? 'J = 011 ] =. She lay in a very precarious sitmtiou . S . ne r . as tvithin a te ^ yards of the breakers , but it was thonuht she ininht hold on until the weather moderated , when she misbt be tamed off . Under ibis impression the vsst multitude which had assenjbJed on the spot b' z zn to separate . About t ^ n o ' clock , however , rhe "Waterloo ^ SVC a sudaOB ilirch , and parted i ' rom all teT ar : C " aors , a-id e ^ me broad .-iue smoiit ; the breakers Ine « re ^ e wiuch nosv - ^^ z ^ cce I .-ha ; : remember to
the Q 3 y of death . Ai : er " - ^ o or three heavy rolls her : hre ? reacts west o \ er ih . sife wl . h a dreaifcl . er-xrh , Tiichatcir . s were now up . 'ueu , and the conv : ¦* = rii- ^ ed oii decK . The s-a tr ^ s niakfi : ^ a clea n bi--. at " -i over her . lmtnedis . - .:. y on the ccav ; cts arriv : UiT ou d-. ck , abou : lif . y jcirpt-d CY-rb ^ rd ; about fii' - ' - r- l . or twenty gained t ' r- _ - saor .- : tn ^ tt-cairder vr- »¦ ¦ -c-. wLei . Ins cries ci" the poor wretc&es on de *? s . \> -ere n-jw b .-: a ?; -breaking . Each ses , as it made b ' -. r-f '; . over the uufor'uiiaie vessel , carried a dc z ^ u or so ia ths water , who , of course , w ^ re arowned . Thoassuds of people wre on the bc-a ? h , but conid render not the Isirt as ? istance . Oh ! it was-a dr ? adfei sight . There , ¦ nithin a stone-throw , lay 200 or 3 ¦ •!> 0 : out felio « r-creatiires beiag drowned before our eves .
" Bet now com-:- ? the most awful part of my tale . Abant eleven o ' c ' ock , wirhin half in hour after she Struck , the Watrr ' oq parted in cwo . They who had ne * -er thon ^ ht cf their God , who , if they had , it was only to take His r . ame in Tain and break His law « , were now setn xvith their hands clasped , and hearti loudly calling upon Him to s ^ ve ihem . Soldiers ' w ; - cs were seen clasping their little osts to thtir bosoms in sgonies . One woman I ' shall never forget ; she was holding on with one hand to a piece of p ! ank , with the oiher she heid . pressed to h > r besom , a lit' . ' e infant ; her cries were piieous .
Ai iast a sea came and crashed the woman and Jittle ore : £ . They were seen no more , Tha watej wa » s now full of the s ^ rnggiins and the dead . A boat was emp ' oyd ' 0 pick up all i : cocld . Is could not approach the w ^ eck on account of the heavy sea . I na *« e Lci ' . licr time nor heart to write further particulars . I saw one man epbrachia wife aud little one ; then jump into the boiling surf . He soon rose again . I c :-uM reoeat hendreds of similar occurrences ; suffice it to say , that within one hour and . a half of the " Waterloo striking , not a particle was to be seen . She had literally fivne to pieces ; and , horrible to relate , out of 530 souis , 250 have met a water ? graTe . "
ihe niilkary escon was composed of & detachment of the 95 th Regiment , under the command of Lieut .-mant Hext , of rhe 4 th , and Ensign C . Leigh , of the S 9 : h , Regiment ? , and amonated , inclnding the oficers . to 01 indiridnals ; of these 32 were lost , and 19 sav * Kl . The crew consisted of S 3 officers and men , of "whom 14 were lost , and 19 saved : and there rrere 219 convicts en board , of whom 143 were drowned . asd 76 saved . The persons who were drowned belonging to the escort were—Sergeant Smith , his wife , acd thr ^ e children j Corporal Mulvany , and child ; Corporal Madden ; private Nector , his wife ; and one ch : M ; private Greenle ? 3 , his wife , and three children ; prrn ? e Abtrn , Mutr . Askey , Barnacle , Bjrne . Beaumont , ReTnolds , Vincent , Warburton
Waitmore ; and Mrs Armstrong and five children . The boatswain , saiimager , and carpenter , and ] 1 Etamen , of the Waterloo were iost ; Captain Agar , the master , Mr , Jackson , chief mate . Mr . Gunner , second m&te , Mr . Gill , third mate , and 15 of the crew , were saved . The- following were the convict ; who perished on ine occasion : —Thelwall , Serrat . Wills , Taylor , Jackson , Hernman , Goddard , Howard ^ f <" oT : h , Marsh , stone , Jie . Wion , Ridden . Mepsted , Thorn , Adcock , Proctor , Clark , Williams , Alexander , Ailridge , Scatcherd , Woodward . Wightwick , Atwood , Saint , Davis , Cunningham , Lloyd , Wells , Barnessj Thisseiton , Nash , Hill , Stamps , Lew , Garner , Bradbury , Johnson , Green , Daw ^ s , Edmonds , Jones , Esson . Elliot , Fairfax , Hewi : t , Taylor , Plint , W . Jones , Hohiand . Short
H ^ ris , Browa , Bulmore , Parker . Jacks , Hamlet , Moore , Brooks , Armnage , Blyth , Hancock , Cryer , Stuart , Hicki , Balaam , Robinson , Birch , Bamoer , "Wilks , Carson , Workman , Parsons , Curry , Cowiey , Craig , Winstanley , Goulding , Marriot , Peacock , Felix , Carry , Hetherington , Wyles , Gregory , Wilson , J . Jones , Barnes , M'Kmnon , Ledingham , Smediy , Reynolds , Hawkin 3 , Birch , EIUb , Duncan , Barker , Pearson , Bertand , Edmonds , Barn ?! ey , Clark , Hid , Wilding , Greennam , Cimpbell , Knott , Kew ; on , Jebiin , Ttiompson , Broomfield , Voss , Parkinson , Smalley , Giles , Pownall , Morgan , Wright , Lovatt , Big ^ s , Bcswell . Kirwan , Murphy , Nowlan , Gycury , Jenkins , W<ham , J . Hewitt , King , G . " vV : ili _ ni 3 , Brookes , Purser , White , J . Rosser , G . Rosser , James RjSier , Thomas Hewitt , Martin , U .- ' tarn , Barlow , Jones , Packer , a- 1 Crane .
Ihe / 6 convicts vrno were saved were m tne Cape Town prison . Daring the heavy gale on the 9 : h of Septemb-r , several ehips lying in Table-bay , were driven on shore . The American bark Fairfield . the skip John Bagshaw , the ships Reform and Hecry Boyle , tbe schooner Ghika , andthe cutter Albatross , were the vessels which were stranded , but no lives ¦ weTe lost .
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Shipwreck . —On Wednesday morning , between three and four o ' clock , tbeehip William , Capt . Houston , ¦ while on her passage from Gloucester to this port , was totally wrecked at Kilcbattan Bay , Isle of Bute , while in the act of wearing , during a heavy storm . When the vessel struck , her owner , Mr . T . Hamlin , a gentleman of extensive nautical experience , told the alarmed crew to keep calm and collected , in which caso there waa a fair prospect of their lives being saved , whereas , should their terrors lead to CJnfusion , their dangers would be greatly increased . The advice was attended to by the major part of the crew , but two of them , in spite of every remonstrauce , lewered themseUes overboard on what sepmed from tbe ship to be dry rock *; but by th ' . s step they only met the late they s ; u ^ lit to
hhun , the bolstering surge into which they dropped haviD ? washed them bick , and carried them under the ship ' s bottom , where no resistance could be rendered them by those on the wrack . Tlia rest of the crew , after remaining on board with treat difficulty till the morning broke , the sea during the night washing over thorn , and the riiip rapidly # oing to pieces , were enabled to land on thu receding of the tide . By tbe time they had left her she was a complete wreck , little remaining but the deck . The master waa a good deal bruised , and the mate had bio band seriously injured Mr . Hamlin and the crow were much exhausted by tho severity of tbe weather , but were , with one exception ,
uninjured . One old man was saved with much difficulty , as from the cold he had become quite benumbed . Mr . Hamlin speaks in the highest terms of the kind attention he , bis officers , and crew experienced from Mr . M'Dongall , farmer in the vicinity of where the wreck took placo , and of tbereaily aid he afforded them , which was the means especially of saving the life of the old man above aliuded to . He also sent bis carts to save any property of value which might come aebore . The severity of tbe gale which proved fatal to the William may be judged of by the fact that she was blown from Platida to Combrae , a distance of twenty-one miles , under bare poles , in somewhat less than two hours . —Greenock Advertiser ,
Loss of the Ship Middlesex . —To the many losses of valuable ships lately reported , has now to be added the Middlesex , bound from Sydney for London . She waa driven on shore near Maccio , to the southward of P 6 rnatnbuco , and soon btcame almost a total wreck . The crew and passengers were saved , nnd are now on their passage to London on board the Columbus , which sailed from Pernambuco on the 6 tb ultimo .
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QUARTERLY BALANCE SHEET OF TIIEj ¦ ME TROPOLITAN DELEGATE MEETING , j COMMENCING AUG . 1 st , ENDING . OCT . j ' , 31 st , 1842 . ' j RECEIPTS . £ S - d j St . Pancras ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 ! Carpenter ' a Arms , ¦ Brick-lane- 0 5 0 j Bock ' s Head ... ... 0 0 0 I Globe / Fields ... ... — •?• 0 7 0 ! Finsbury ... ... ¦ ... ... - ¦• 0 0 0 City of London ... 0 10 0 j Brompton and KnitftuabriuKQ ... 0 U 4 } Albion , ShoreiUtch ... ... ... 0 6 ! fi ' Shotminker ' s , Folcy-plaoe ¦ ... 0 8 4 Limehouse ... ... ... ... 0 0 O
Somer's Town ... ... ... ••• 0 7 6 i Hatters , Brown Bear ... ... ... 0 7 l > t Westminster .. ... ... ... 0 15 : West End Teetotaller 0 2 6 1 Shoemakers , Gwldeii-Jauo ... 0 17 4 j Tailors , Three Doves ... 0 4 . l > Shoemakers , Clock House 0 9 6 I R 093 and Crown , Camb-rvvell ... ... 0 7 6 Chelsea . ... ... ... ... ... 0 0 0 ¦ j Hammersmith ... ... 0 0 0 I Lambeth , China Walk 0 11 6 ' : Teetotallers , Britannia ... ... 0 5 0 ! Bcrmondsey , Ship Inn ... ... ¦¦• 0 5 0 1 Carpenters , Rook locality ... ... 0 1 ljM :
BloomHbury , Horn ot Plenty 0 2 6 > Britannia , Si . George ' e East ... ... 0 8 8 , Marylebone 0 7 ; 0 Islinjuton ( now locality ) .... ... ... 0 0 0 Nowington , ditto ... ... 0 0 0 1 Walworth , ditto — 0 0 ; 0 Horns , Bermondsey , ditto ... ... 0 0 0 j Lambeth , Youths , ditto ... ... 0 0 0
Receipts , Collection Books ... ... 0 9 4 Donation , Messrs . Caughlon aud Wilson , of Stratford ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 Collected at publio meeting on Aug . 16 th 0 8 6 Ditto at the Clock House ... ... 0 8 IJ . Ditto at Walworth ' 0 2 0 j Ditto at St . Paucras 0 3 0 By tfce sale of tracts ... ... ... 0 1 0
£ 8 18 3 J tXPENDITURE . £ a . 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 . „ Postase » stationery , &o .... 0 10 5 August 14 Public meetings at Stepney to 22 . aud Islington Green ... 2 13 6
„ Paddiugton , & Kensington Meetiiig , cab-hire , &c ... 0 4 6 : „ Pin Factory meeting ... 0 6 0 „ Printing addresses , paper , &q . iu connection with ihe above meetings ... 0 16 0 September Van aUho Watford meeting 0 5 0 Oct . 30 . 200 subscription books ... 14 0 „ Seal for < iele ^ ate meeting ... 0 5 0 „ Sealing Wax , parchment , & . c 0 3 -6 Total expenditure ... £ 8 19 5 ' Oct . 31 . Total receipt ... ... 8 18 3 ^ „ Balance againBt delegate ———meeting ... ... £ Q 1 Ik
DEBTS DUE TO THE DELEGATE MEETING . Sixty-seven subscription books ... 0 11 2 Seventy-lire books iu haud ... 0 12 6
£ 13 8 Debt due by delegate meeting ... ... 0 11 ^ Balance in favour of ditto ... ... £ 12 6 ^ Audited aud found correct . James Knight . J . George Deon .
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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-ncseproduct780/page/6/
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