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THE WRECK OF THE ROTHSAY CASTLE.

ornamented by the sculptor, and supposed to have been originally the receptacle of the remains of the above princess, was found after the dissolution of this religious house in the reign of Henry VIII.; but, notwithstanding the claims of such a relic to respect, it was for a long period used as a watering-trough for cattle at the "Friary," which had become the property, by purchase, of successive private persons. The coffin has, however, within these few years, been removed to a recess expressly prepared for it, on the grounds of Sir Richard Bulkeley, Baron Hill.-Camden, in his "Britannia," after describing Beaumaris, and speaking highly of the "civility" shewn to him by "Sir Richard Bulkley, Knt.," governor of the castle, proceeds to say"To this adjoins Llanvays, anciently a noted house of Friars Minors, to whom the Kings of England shewed themselves very munificent patrons, both on account of the sanctity of the Friars dwelling there, and because, to use the language of the records, there were buried a daughter of the King of Denmark, as also the bodies of Lord Clifford, and other lords, knights, and squires slain in the wars of Wales, in the time of the most noble Kings of England.'"

D. MARPLES AND CO., PRINTERS, LIVERPOOL.

"Mr. Adshead has carefully collected all the evidence which has been furnished on the subject, by which means he has produced a work in the highest degree creditable to his judgment, his benevolence, and his piety. As a literary production we admire it; but much more as an example of Christian philantropy. We have never met with any publication, the statements of which, though evidently given with intense feeling, were more scrupulously weighed and examined, and in which the details though necessarily minute, and often as necessarily technical were expressed in language more lucid and intelligible to general readers."-Baptist Magazine.

"The volume before us is a perfect manual of nautical ethics. It contains a most interesting and affecting account of the vessel striking on the sand-bank; of the various escapes of some, and of the disastrous fate of the rest; together with the personal narration of the survivors-all interspersed with moral and religious reflections suggested by the different occurrences recorded. We earnestly recommend to the notice of the public this entertaining, and most instructive volume."-The Pilot.

"We think no one will rise from the perusal of this volume, without acknowledging that praise is due to the author, for the labour by which so much information has been collected, and the talent by which it has been made to assume a form of regularity and beauty. We must observe that the work is highly creditable to the industry, the abilities, and the piety of the author."— Methodist New Connexion Magazine.

"The style of the narrative is chaste, perspicuous, and in every respect worthy of the solemnity of the subject. The sentiments are such as breathe the most lively spirit of high-wrought Christian feeling. We know of few books that inculcate so powerfully the necessity and effects of a religious instruction, as the narrative of the wreck of the Rothsay Castle. The volume is entitled to more than ordinary attention."-The Freeman's Journal.

"The narrative, we need scarcely say, is calculated to excite painful feelings in the mind of every person who reads its heartrending details of the awful scene of suffering and death, which Mr. Adshead so feelingly and so graphically describes. We can safely recommend this volume, which will interest all who wish to become minutely acquainted with the particulars of the wreck of the Rothsay Castle."-Liverpool Albion.`

"A most interesting narrative of the wreck of the Rothsay

Castle has just been published. The talented author, Mr. Adshead, has collected a great body of information with considerable industry, and has compiled his work with laudable care and judgment. The melancholy details of that distressing event are given with unaffected eloquence and pathos, accompanied with those moral and religious reflections which are well calculated to awaken the best feelings of our nature. We can conscientiously recommend the work to the favourable notice of our friends.". Nottingham Journal.

"Mr. Joseph Adshead, of Manchester, has applied himself with unwearied industry to collect the details of the melancholy event which he records: and, we believe, not a single interesting incident has escaped his notice. The personal narratives of a number of the survivors are published for the first time. The narrative is well written, and is embellished with numerous well-executed engravings. Those who desire to possess a durable and faithful account of one of the most melancholy catastrophes of modern times, will find this narrative deserving of a place in their libraries."-Manchester Courier.

"A Circumstantial Narrative of the Wreck of the Rothsay Castle Steam Packet, has just issued from the press. Mr. Adshead has certainly entered upon his task with far other motives than those of pecuniary advantage or personal distinction. With him it has truly been a labour of love and humanity. Indeed every thing has been done, and no expense spared, to make the volume -what it really is-a complete record of the Wreck of the Rothsay. As a literary production merely, the volume is highly creditable to Mr. Adshead's talents: but it is still more so to his honesty as an impartial narrator, and to his feelings as a Christian and a Philanthropist."-Manchester and Salford Advertiser.

"All who have read Sir Walter Scott's delightful novel of "Old Mortality," will recollect the generous enthusiast who spent many years of his life in renewing the inscriptions upon the tombs of the Scottish Covenanters. The author of the "Circumstantial Narrative of the Wreck of the Rothsay Castle," actuated by a congenial impulse, has snatched from oblivion the names of the sufferers by that fearful catastrophe, and commemorated every incident which could either elucidate the event or deepen the gloom of horror in which all its details are enveloped. Besides some interesting nautical details, the narrative embodies different versions of the affair supplied by the survivors. It is scarcely possible to peruse the book without feelings of the deepest melancholy.”—Manchester Chronicle.