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      of them was a woman , whom the captain was the means of saving by fastening her to a piece of timber . While the afterpart of the vessel , with poop , drifted ashore , it was forced on its beam ends j thus all the unfortunate passengers in it , with the exception of two or three , perished , and were found when the tide receded , so as to enable it to be examined . All was now over , and the melancholy duty only remained of collecting the bodies of these poor sufferers . " As we have already stated , the vessel contained 216 persons , including the crew , and of these 90 have perished .

      On the same night another ship , laden with emigrants bound for New Orleans , was totally lost on the Blackwater Bank , along with three other vessels , laden with cargoes of the value of £ 35 , 000 . The emigrant ship was an American , named the Adeline , last from Liverpool , with , it is said , 500 passengers . She struck on the south end of the shoal . Her signals of distress were quickly perceived by the coast-guard , who , with the inhabitants , immediately put off in their boats to the wreck , and , by extraordinary exertions , succeeded in saving every soul . The ship , however , went to pieces .

      The later accounts from the west-coast of England speak of additional wrecks by the * prevalence of the gales . It was on the west-coast of Ireland , however , that the greatest destruction of life took place . Every port seems to have had its fatal casualty . On a point of the coast , near Seafield , Clare , a vessel , supposed to be named the Successor , was driven on the rocks , and every creature on board of her perished . Near Tralee a Neapolitan vessel , named the Errichetta , was entirely lost ; and at Ballina and Dingle similar unfortunate wrecks occurred . The last advices from these ports allude to the continuance of the gale , and the fact that several vessels were missing . Two were seen t « founder whilst weathering Cape Clear , and the fate of the unhappy creatures on board is almost certain .

      Late on Wednesday night a fine vessel , called the Queen , from Cardiff , wss driven on the Phillack beach , near Hayle . The cries of the ill-fated crew were heard from the shore , but the tempestuous state of the surf entirely prevented the lifeboat being put off to their aid . Before one o ' clock the ship had disappeared amongst the breakers , and the whole of her crew , in all about eight or ten , perished . At Doon , near Ballybunnion , on the coast of Kerry , a foreign vessel ( as it is supposed ) has been dashed to pieces on the rocks , and all on board , whose number is yet unknown , have perished . On Wednesday two bodies , whose appearance indicated that the unfortunate men were foreigners , were washed on shore . Large pieces of wreck have been flung on shore at the Maharees and at Derrymore . _ _

      overboard and drowned . Many disastrous casualties occurred off the Welch coast also , and from the quantity of wreck that has been seen in different parts of the channel , it is feared that the whole extent of the havoc resulting from the storm is not known . The French mail brings tidings of the fearful character of the storm on that side of the channel . In the vicinity of Boulogne it blew almost a perfect hurricane . A fine vessel named the Brilliant , last from Quebec , and bound for Rye , was driven ashore near Etaples , and became a total wreck . Fortunately , with the exception of the carpenter , the crew were saved .

      A merchant vessel from Liverpool , laden with oats , was driven ashore by the violence of the storm , on Tuesday , at Clohaneinchy , a place nearly opposite to Mutton Island . As there was no person on board when she was driven in , and as she had lost her mast , and was altogether a complete wreck , from being dashed against the numerous rocks with which part of the coast abounds , it is believed that the whole of the crew must have perished , especially as one man was found dead on the strand , and the person who first found him , being devoid of every feeling of respect for the unfortunate dead , stripped him of every article of clothes he had on , even

      his shirt , and left him naked on the strand ! As soon as the country people discovered the wreck the work of plunder commenced , and they were to be seen running in all directions with boxes , trunks , and meat , and every article that was to be found in the ship . The coast guard and police visited the scene , but went away again , stating that the property would not pay the expense of protecting it . At length the farmer on whose strand it lay asserted his right to the relict , and would allow no person to come near while he and his men were tearing up and removing what then remained of the wreck .

      During the high wind on Monday a vessel , containing 350 quarters of malt , in endeavouring to pass under London-bridge , struck one of the pier-heads , and the crew had great difficulty in effecting a safe retreat from the vessel ; the whole of the valuable cargo , however , sank to the bottom of the Thames—but , during next day , a great number of sacks filled with grain were recovered from the river , which , of course , were greatly damaged by the water . A large ship ( supposed to be from New South Wales , with the Sydney mail bags ) foundered , with every soul on board , during the storm on Sunday night , about thirty miles off the mouth of the Thames .

      . . . . . Throughout Saturday night and the whole of Sunday very heavy gales were experienced in the Bristol Channel , and intelligence has been recived of the loss of a vessel called the Harriett , laden with coals ; the crew were fortunately picked up by the Osprey steamer . A rumour also prevailed in the Bristol Commercial-rooms , that an East Xndiaman had sunk ( with all hands drowned ) off Bideford bar , and that a schooner had foundered on the Naas Sands . A barge , anchored in Kingroad , was driven on shore on the Dungbali bank ; and the Welsh mail boat was detained three hours crossing Aust Passage .

      On Saturday night last , as the fine screw steamer Albatross was proceeding on her voyage from Dublin to Liverpool , she was struck off Holyhead by a heavy sea , which washed overboard four passengers and killed a large number of cattle . The weather experienced during the last week by the Channel steamers has been very severe . That part of the Sussex coast between Shoreham and Worthing was the scene of a very distressing event . At daybreak on Monday , a heavily-laden barque , since ascertained to have been the Lalla Rookh , bound to London from the Brazils , was observed riding at anchor , and labouring severely . It being evident that she was in

      difficulties , having lost her mainmast , a boat with eleven men put off from Worthing to her aid , and , notwithstanding the tremendous surf that was running , the brave fellows made a desperate effort to reach the barque . They had got within a short distance of the vessel , and were about to get the weather side , when a terrific sea caught the boat and immediately capsized her . The fate of the unfortunate fellows who were in it is briefly told . For a moment or so they were seen struggling in the water , the violent lashing of the surf , however , soon overpowered them , and every one perished . They all lived at Worthing , most of them have left large families , and their deplorable fate has created much pain . Later in the

      day another boat ' s crew succeeded in gaining the barque , and in the course of the afternoon she got up a sail , and proceeded up the channel towards the river . Towards the Cornish coast the gale apparently was more destructive . The accounts speak of its being one of the severest south-westers that has been experienced for some time . An almost incalculable amount of mischief luva been done to shipping in the foreign and coasting trade , some huviug lost musts , spurs , sails , &c ., while others parted from tlieir anchors , and lost them with considerable length of cubic . During the storm on Sunday

      morning about six o'clock , a vessel laden with raisins , lcmoiiH , and other fruit , was driven ashore to the westward of Penzanoe , on a dangerous part of the beach , known us Gunwulloc Cove , between that part and the Lizard . Every soul on board perished . The furious nea that lashed over her entirely prevented their escape , and very speedily the ship was broken into fragments , the coast biitiK strewn with portions of her cargo and wreck which hud boon washed up . Her name has not been ascertained , but a burgee ll ;\ t » hus been picked up with the mime Zilli in ark id on it iu black Idlers . It is

      conjectured that she was from Malaga . Many of the disabled vessels that ran into Plymouth mil other western ports , had soruc of their crews washed

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      EXHIBITION OF 1851 . Dresden" . —Among other articles intended to be sent to the Exhibition from Dresden , is a beautiful model of the town in porcelain , upon a scale large enough to admit of accurate models of the principal buildings and churches of the town . Arrangements have been made with the police authorities of France , and even other countries , to concentrate a few foreign police in this country next year , to watch the movements of any foreign pickpockets who may be tempted hither in the spring .

      The Visits of the Working Classes . —The importance of providing suitable—that is to say , cheap and convenient—accommodation for the visitors ( of the artisan class ) to the exhibition has been fully recognized by the authorities , and they have nominated a district committee to superintend the arrangements necessary to effect this object . It is stated that the existing lodging accommodation for artisans in the metropolis will be insufficient for the expected number of club visitors ; and it is thought , in official quarters , that a new class of accommodation

      must be provided . Arrangements for lodgings will be carried into effect either by persons who will provide accommodation on their own responsibility , or by parties who will undertake to manage the accommodation of a certain number of houses within a given district . The local committees in the country will communicate with these managers , so that the visitors , on their arrival , will find their lodgings provided and ready for them . A scheme is in course of formation for providing an extensive establishment for artisans .

      The Fiiench Exhibitors . —The Havre Journal states that the Descartes steam frigate , now at Cherbourg , has been ordered to proceed to Havre to take on board the articles of French manufacture intended for the grand Exhibition in London . The Mayor of Leicester has taken a suite of four rooms over a grocer's shop in King ' s * road , Chelsea , at the rent of £ 100 , for the month of May ( in which the Exhibition opens ) . A large importation , of Chinese goods has just taken place , per the Lancastrian , from Canton . There were four hundred packages of toys of various kinds , and

      among 8 tthem one case of artificial spiders , so beautifully made as to render it difficult at a little distance , to distinguish them from the natural insect . It was rumoured throughout London in the course of Monday , that the storm of Sunday had done serious damage to the works in Hyde-park , and the damage was estimated at sums varying from £ 1000 to £ 400 . The fact is , however , that , with the exception of a few unfastened planks which were blown down from a scaffold , and the destruction of about ten square feet of glass ( which , from not having been properly secured on Saturday night , was in anything but a fit state to meet so violent a storm ) , the works have in no respect suffered .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Court Circular contains nothing about the Roval Family except the mere fact of theirtaking daily exercise . Lord John ltussoll , the Earl and Countess Grey , and Ludy Alice Lambton , arrived at Windsor Castle , on Thursday , on a visit to the Queen and Prince Albert . The royal dinner party at the Castle , on Thursday even * ing , included the Duchess of Kent , Lord John Russell , the JSarl and Countess Grey and Juady Alice Lambton ,

      the Bight Honourable Henry Labouchere , his Excellency Lieutenant-General Radowitz , Lady Fanny Howard , and Baroness de Speth .

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      The Earl of Shaftesbury , it is understood , intends resigning the Chairmanship of the House of Lords next session . Lord Redesdale has intimated his consent to succeed the noble earl . The Bulletin de Paris says . — " It seems to be decided , as we announced some days ago , that Lord Normanby is to quit the embassy in France , and that he is to be replaced in Paris by a charge d ' affaires . Lord Normanby , it is said , is to be appointed Governor-General of India . " The Honourable David Plunkett , son of Lord Plunkett , ex-Chancellor for Ireland , has resigned the office of Master of the Court of Common Pleas , in consequence of serious ill health . The salary of this office is £ 1000 per

      annum . The retiring allowance of the honourable gentleman is to be fixed by the Treasury . The Morning Chronicle says , " It is very generally rumoured that Lord Beaumont is to be speedily appointed Governor of Malta . Perhaps this may account in some measure for the tone and spirit of his letter to Lord Zetland , in which a Papist figures as adopting the extraordinary course of approving and encouraging a No-Popery cry . " Lord Nugent died on Tuesday evening at his seat , Lillies , near Aylesbury , after a short but severe illness . The deceased peer was born in 1789 , and married in 1813 , the second daughter of the late Honourable General Vere

      Poulett , grandaughter of the third Earl Poulett . That lady died in 1848 without issue . Lord Nugent was second son of the first Marquis of Buckingham , by the only daughter and heiress of Robert Earl Nugent , which lady was , at her husband ' s death , created a baroness in her own tight . Lord Nugent succeeded his mother in the Irish barony in 1812 , and during the same year was elected M . P . for Aylesbury , which he continued to represent to 1832 , when he retired . He was left in a minority on the poll in 1837 and in 1839 , but he regained his seat in 1847 . In politics , Lord Nugent was a Liberal . From 1832 to 1835 , the deceased was Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Isles .

      The Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamer Ripon arrived at Southampton on Sunday afternoon with the heavy portion of the Indian mail . Among the passengers by the Ripon was Lord Torrington , late governor of Ceylon . Mr . Disraeli is writing the life of Lord George Bentinck . He has undertaken this literary task at the request of the Duke of Portland . A correspondent of the Freeman ' s Journal at Rome , writes that Lord Shrewsbury is at present in that city , busily engaged in setting all matters to rights about the Queen ' s Irish Colleges , to the establishment of which he is quite favourable .

      Randal Edward Plunkett , Baron Dunsany , has been chosen by a majority of votes to be the Irish representative peer to sit in the House of Lords in the room of the late Wyndham , Earl of Dunraven . Lord Rancliffe ' s will is to be contested . Caveats have been entered by the co-heirs in both dioceses of York and Canterbury , and the solicitor has warned the tenants to withhold payment of rents ; in fact all necessary preliminary measures have been taken for opposing the will .

      We mentioned in last Friday ' s Globe , in connection with the Right Hon . Richard L . Sheil ' s visit to Ireland , and the arrangements for his immediate departure for Tuscany , that the sinecure of the Mastership of the Mint would cease with him . Sir John Herschel ' s announced succession does not affect the substantial accuracy of our statement , the office to which Sir John succeeds being made one of active and responsible Mint duty , and the salary reduced to £ 1500 a-year . The new Master , or more properly speaking , manager , will no longer be necessarily a member of Parliament . —Globe .

      The newly appointed Master in Chancery , Mr . Humphrey , Q . C ., is not , as has been erroneously supposed , Mr . Humphrey , Q . C ., the eminent common law barrister , but Mr . Humphrey of the Chancery bar . Both being Queen ' s counsel , and spelling their names in the same way , the common law barrister has been mistaken . The workmen of Southampton , having learnt that Mr . Hume , M . P ., intends visiting that town on the 2 nd of December , to take leave of his son , who is going out in the West India packet to Trinidad , have made arrangements to invite the honourable gentleman to dine with them in the Southampton Ancient Assembly * rooms on that day . Professor Shaw , of the Queen ' s College , Cork , has resigned his professorship , he being also a Fellow of Trinity College , and feeling the incompatibly of the two

      situations . The Nottingham Mercury says , ' It is stated on authority that the very learned , talented , and eloquent Dr . Newman , one of the most distinguished converts from the Anglican Establishment to the Roman Catholic Church , will , at no very distant period , be consecrated Bishop of the newly-created see of Nottingham . " The London correspondent of the Tablet states that in consequence of the very indecent attacks upon the Roman Catholic religion that have lately disfigured the pages of Punch , Mr . Richard Doyle , the talented author of the ' Manners and Customs of the English , " " Brown ,

      Jones , and Robinson , " &c , has considered it to be his duty to give up all connection with the periodical . He protested , some time ago , against an attack on his religion which found its way into its columns , and then received a solemn promise from the editor that the offence should not be repeated . However , the engagement has been broken , and Mr . Dovle at once resigned his engagement , and a salary of £ 600 a-year . —Guardian . Messrs . Little and Brown , New York , publishers , announce that Mr . Bancroft , having collected materials of great value , during his residence in England as Minister o the Court of St . James's , from the public archives /*

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 30, 1850, page 846, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1861/page/6/