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      DREADFUL HURRICANE . LIVERPOOL . ( From ihe Liverpool Albion . ) The observers of the barometer ¦ were astonished , on Priday morning , ob inspecting their jnstmments , to find thai an extraordinary fall " of the mercury in the tube had taken-place daring the night The fall -was from 28 92 to 2 g ? 3 f 6 . TblB unuroal phenomenon tfss the general topie or conversation daring the day . The ¦ barometer in the public looms "were ever under constant inspection , and the minutest movement of the mercury -was watched and noted from morning till night' Some said that the phenomenon , denoted an earthquake , for that the great earthquake at llsben had been preceded

      by an extraordinary fail of the mercury . Others maintained Qratifc was the precursor of a atorm , either from the eastward or westward , though , as the -wind was blc-KiEg smartly from the "westward , that "was the probible direction from "which the hurricane would sweep . AH agreed that some awfnl visitation was impending , but ¦ whether a csnvuMon » f the earth or merely of the atmosphere nobody could telL Ab tha day advanced , however , tha wind Increased , showing that the predictors of fee storm were the true prophets . Towards evening it had changed from a gale to a stem , and from six o'clock on Prifiay night tin four on Saturday morning it blew & terrific hurricane , causing serious damage and loss at sea as well as on land .

      The hurricane was at its height between two and three o'clock . It was , with short pauses , terrific PtoplB -srlio were exposed to its fury had not the slightest donbt tkat it "was as violent as the memorable storm on the night of the 6 th of January , 1 S 3 S . The river , even at low water , about three o"clock in the morning , was one sheet of foam , the waves Tanning as high as if it had been a full tide in calm ¦ weather . Hundreds of families , especially those who reside in sitnatioss exposed to the sweep of westerly "winds , never ventured to bee during the night They sat up in the lower apartments of the houses . With one exception , however , the damage done to the baildin . gs by the tempest ha 3 not been serious . The storms of late years , and particularly the disastrous-storm on the

      nigta of the 6 th c ; January , 1 S 33 , have made people more attentive to tha state -of the roofs and chimneys of houses , which are now in full repair , and capable of sustaining , without much injury , the pressure of the most violent winds tnd tempests . Still , the hurricane cf Friday night , overthrew many chimneys and chimney pots , and blew vff numbcrltss slates from roofs . In Yield-street , Everton , several chimneys were blown down . In Boteby-street a chimney penetrated the roof of a hvinse , bat , we are happy to say , no other damage occurred . The houses in Shaw-street , Salisbury-street , and Soho-streel also suffered mure or less ; one house in Salisbury-street was partially unroofed . Part of a garden -wall and railing is Brownlow-sireefc was carried away ; a stable belonging to 2 Ar . Crosby , "West . Derby , wss unroofed ; and tie shed of the building at the back of the Pish ilariet was blown

      » way . One of the severest casnalties which has occurred took place in Epworth-Etrset , London-road . AUrat half-past one o ' clock a stack of three chimneys ftU upon the roof of the house af John Pace , an industrious journeyman organ pips -maker , and carried it through two floors into the cellar below . O i the first floor the occupant of the house , iis wife , and a child were in bt-d ; and two children , who fcsd been brought from an upper apartment , on account of the roaring cf tb . B wind , vrere in the same room . All these were carried below with tb . B falling ruins , and bnrie ^ under the rubbish . The exterior of the house , with the exception of the reof and chimneys , remained intact , so that no person looking at it could have supposed that so horrible ' a

      catastrophe had occurred . About four oVocfc , as Inspector Morley , of the police , was going his rounds , he heard , ¦ when in the vicinity , a moaning , and Bet himself to work to ascertain the cans ? . He soon discovered it , raised the alarm , and , with the assistance of Mr . C . B . fireatrenx , Enrgeon , and ether persons who -were attracted to the spot , and rendered the most setive and nsrfnl service , brokp open the doer . The awful misfortune that had befallen the inmates of the house wasthen expc « c * i to view , it being evident that some persons were alive under the rubbish , the party immediately proceeded to remove it j and by half-past six o ' clock tha whole family were taken out . alive , and found to have sustzintd only trifling injuries . The Joists and beams had fallen over them in such a manner

      SB to protect ihem f-om lie superiECusaberit mass ; and a hole had bten 3 eft which scmittfcd sufficient air to save them from suffocation . One of the children was taken to the Infirmary , fcnt none of its bones were i broken , and its injuries consisted only of bruises . The j mother vra 3 near her conBnement , but , we believe , has not erperieEC&d much inconvenience from the fright It was her moaning which Scit drew the attention of j the police inspector , and led to the discovery of the ; accident The husband states that he was , at first , ' rendered insensible by the fall , and was aroused by the moaiiing of his wife . TFe understand that he is a steady , hard-working man ; and , having lost the whole of his furniture and his tools by the accident , a subscription , which we hope win ba adequate to the purpose , is raising for Ms relief , j

      In XctbeiSfcld-rcad , E ? srton , which , from its eie-Vited and exposed sitmiien , felt the foil ferce of the Etonn , several trees were blown down . The houses on ; the hill sustained , however , comparatively trivial damage . In Texteth-park , where the houses , like those on , Everton , Ere exposed to the westerly gales , damage ( ¦ wsx also sustained . The steeple of one of the new j churches in the locality was , it is said , somewhat ' rkakrit . I ? o serious injury -was , however , sustained ! by the brnKings at the south end .

      Oa the Ghtshire side of the ilersey , in Birkenhead and its vicinity , the only loss which ><*» yet come to ' , our knowledge is that sustained by the falling in of the gable of s new house in WtJiington-tsrrace , as j ¦ well as the destruction of an incemplfcte cottage in a ) small street near Grange-lane , besides occasional i b . reach £ 3 mads in the roots of feonses here and there , i to which must be added the demolition of numerous i psnes * f glass throughout the town . i The steamers -which ply to the different ferries on the : Cheshire side , were compelled , early in the evening , 1 to keep on the other side . As the tide rose , the surf j

      along the sea-Trail became tremendous . It would , I indeed , have been destruction to any vessel , even a ' Steamer , to approach the quays . With the exception , of the "Woodane boats , this other steamers ceased to ply ' after tight o ' clock . The Woodside boats continued to ! brave the storm till half-past nine , at whieh hour ' . the gal * had so nsneb increased that the Cievelanri . ' steams was obliged to return to Woodside without j bang able to land all hei passengers on this side , a few of lie younger ones only having reached the pier by jumping from the boat ^ the re mainder prudently re- ! turned to Gheabirs , where they remained all night '

      Early in the evening the landing-stage at the George ' s , Pier was damaged by the violence of the sea , and driven alongside the walL ! The small craft in the basins have sustained damage , ' . bat , from the palpable indications of the approach of 3 ' sionn . which indoced the boatmen to secure them , less I than from ordinary storms -which come on snddenly . At : the George ' s Slip many of the boats -were drawn np j so as to be out of danger . ! The vessels in the river rode ont the storm , but , in many eases , wi £ k extreme d : mculiy . The- fide roEe , through the force of tha wind , many feet above the calculated rise , and caused , at high water , a terrific sea , which frequently broke over the numerous craft at anchor in the river . A schooner , at anchor in the qnarantine-gwnnd , was overwhelmed by fee sea and Bunk . The crew , it is feared , were drowned . Several flats were also sunk .

      The police , under the personal superintendence of Mr . Whitty , were on the alert all along the seawall , Tendering assistance whenever it tras ntcessary . They were extremely useful during the night The disasters at sea , and on the contiguous banks , have been serious , and have been accompanied by a melancholy loss of life . Lieutenant Saarsfielcr ; R . J * . ol tae nofiil-pstkfit Princess , whe arrived on Saturdsy morning , about eleven o ' clock , from Dublin , states that he never enconntered a severer night . Ab he -was coming throngfa the Pormb / Channel he saw a schooner sunk off Crosby-point The e&liant < , fncer immediately

      took measures to jsave any of the crew -who might survive , The schooner was the Hale , from CTeetown , « n the south coast of Scotland . The crew had consisted of £ Te pers 3 ns ; four of these had been swept off and drowned . The master was the only survivor , and had Eaved himscif up to the moment of his rescne by clinging to the vessel ' s rigeing . He was taken on board the steamer , and the means there used reslared nun to a comparative sensibility . Twe other vessels in a crippled s ^ sie , -srbieh nad suffered in the tempest If T ^ JV *** *«* * **** . through Lieutenant Saarsfie . d 3 pTlotage ana instnj-nentauty . The

      Axnencan ship S : Pctersburgh , from New Orleans . a = atewnptag to run in , got on shore on Jor-^? "Sf ;* *^ t eltVEno ' cleckatnigbt Captain Trask ordered the inasts to be cut away , -which ^ pro 3 nr ) tiy executed . This decide blow enabled the shipThold together dunsg the night nniS succour arriv ^ in tbi morning . As soon as hf > r perilous situation -was perceived from the shore , the lifeboat and one of the steamtugswent alongside and took eff the crew , twenty-six in numbs , who were broorht to town by the latter Many of the poor feDows -were in an exhausted " states but they all Boon recovered on being brought on shore .

      The American ship John Cnmmings , Captain Thayer irom the Savannah , which was at anchor in Bootle-bay ' ¦ Bras in irnTnrnftnt danger of becoming a total wreck . The sea made repeated andeomplete breachea orei htr . The ¦ riblenwof the storm and the' sea caused boa her &ndion to drag , until she ailed on Q » Bootla sands , ¦ where , at tte . flD of the tide , she lay high , and dry . The bottom , ieing soft sand , the vessel has not rastained much damage . She win be got off at the next spring tide * . ~ The Tetnon , which sailed for Glasgow on Friday morning , was driven back by the force of the storm asd got onBarbo Bank , where aha became a eonplete ¦ wreck . The captain , the mate , and the cook were drowned ; the remainder of ihe crew-were saved by the lifeboat .

      The American ship Adirondack , Captain Hickstaff , from 2 Tew York , arrived on Saturday morning ; sailed on tfee 22 ad ult from Sand / SooX , and 022 the 20 th

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      from New York . Captain Hackstaff had two men blown off the foreyard , and two men maimed by being blown on deck during the night . He describes the tempest as having been as severe as any he ever encountered . When the ship , lurched it seemed as if the waves actually washed over the mizsn-topmast-head . The packet-ship Hottingner , Captain Bursley , which sailed on Wednesday for New York , pnt baA on Saturday morning . Captain Buraley saw the packetship North America , Captain Lowber , on Friday , about one mile to leeward , off Ramsay , Isle of Man . The bodies of two men , who , no doubt , belonged to one of tha two schooners wrecked on the ^ banks-, were found floating , and brought to town on Saturday night The weather was quite calm throughout the whole of the night of Saturday .

      The Holyhead letter received on Saturday morning , which was posted on Friday night at seven o ' clock , states that the barometer continued to fall daring the day , and at half-past four o ' clock in the afternoon it blew , as the writer expresses it , " a whole gale . " The Aqueona , Altridge , from this port to Cork , put back with foretopsail split The St George , Lever , from D ^ merara to this port , had pnt in with loss of foretopgallant-mast . The Catherine , of Glasgow , had also put in , with Iosb o ? main boom , main gaff and loss of bulwarks . The letter added , that several other vessels had taken refuge at Holyhead from the effects of the tempest ? PLYMOUTH .

      During the night of the 12 th and the morning of Friday , the 13 th instant , the town of Plyinsntli and its vicinity was visited by a tremendous galefrom the west , west south-west , and south-west , accompanied by heavy showers of rain . The casualties on the land have been principally confined to the prostration of chinanies and partial unroofing of houses , without any personal injury . Afloat great damage has been done , but it is believed that there also , providentially , no lives have been lost The Bchocner Belle , of Plymouth , Curtis master , is beached at Deadman ' s Bay . ' The three brigs Sea Witch , Baker ; Southampton , Symons ; and General Brock , all of London , are stranded in Batten Bay . The bark Br ^ gilla , of Falmonth , is a total wreck at

      Bovisaad Bay . A brigantine from Marseilles for Liverpool has come in with loss of sails- The brig ilajflower , which stranded on the south side of the breakwater on the 3 d instant , has been carried by the force of the waves clear over it , and now lies nearly perpendicular on the north or inner Bide . She trawler Loyalty is ashore at the back of the eastern pier . The following vessels are said to be safe : —Porkneld , Whiteaide for Port Philip ; Alicia , Scott , for Port Philip ; Bosanna , Keith , for Bio Janeiro ; Alexander Robertson , Norie , for Montserrat ; Euphrates , Wilson , for Calcutta ; Pacific , Michie , for Oporto ; Francis I . ( American ) , Ainsworth , for New York ; Christian ( Dane ) , K ^ rme , for St Croix .

      ADDITIONAL PABTICCXAES . Saturday , Ja » . 14 , 12 o'Clock . Up to this time , notwithsfapding tbo continuance of the gale , providentially do lives have been lost by sea or land . The Belie has tean warped off from Deauman ' a Bay without much damage . The Seawitch is still ashore at Jenny Cuff ; no water in her yet . Her cargo will probably be saved , and there is a bare possibility of her being got oE - She has a mail-bag for the coast of Africa , which has been landed . So treat was the force of the wimi that lead weighing nearly a ton was peeled off one of the sheds in Her Majesty ' s Dockyard , where other effects of its strength have been manifested . The chimney of the Manoroffice , Davenport , fell on the coach-house , and crushed

      a carriage and gig . In the Piymoath citadel , the slates were blown from the roof of the barracks to the ramparts , and the lead en the chapel there has been turned up lite so sauch paper . Many chimnies have been blown down in Plymonth , Devonport , Stonehonse and Stoke , and in some cases the inmates had been compelled to escape through the windows- The roof ol Saltram-honse , the seat of the Right Hon . Eari Morley , has sustained considerable damage . A gentleman , who was officially engaged to record the movements of the weatntj-glass at this place , for a period of seven years , etatcs that in all that time it was ntver so low aa on Friday morning , during the worst of the weather , it was still lower , so low , indeed , that there was no means left of indicating the force of the storm .

      PORTSMOUTH . ( F'vm the Hampshire Telegraph ) Yesterday morning early a terrific gale of wind commenced in this vicinity , and . with veiy little intermission , has continued till the hour of our going to press ; the c&sualites that have occurred frcra it which ¦ we have , as yet , heard of are tie following — The sloop William IY , Mew , master , from Cowes for London , with a general cargo , principally malt , drove on shore in Stokes Bay yesterday morning , between four and five o ' clock . She still lies at higbwater-mark , and must be lightened before she will come off The brig Moore , Ball master , horn Southampton to Sunderiand , in ballast , parted in Stokes Bay yesterday morning , and iB is stiil on the beach at higbwater-mark . She does not appear to have received any damage , and aa soon as the Veather moderates she will be tot off .

      A brigantine , name unknown , was last night on shore on the Woolseners . The crew , josl before dark , were observed leaving her , and , we hope , landed safe on Hayling Island . Tha brig Wanderer , Hams master , of Bideford , for Ipswith , in ballast , from Llanelly , parted from two anchors and chains , windlass broken , this morning near the Weelseners , and ran for Langstone-harboar , where she rides safe . An anchor has been sent to her . The two Brothers , Fielder master , from Weymouth for Langstone , with a cargo of barley , in coming for the harbour , about noon yesterday , got on shortj on Southsea-beach . She was got off early this morning by the exertions of her own crew ; the Yartorongh steamer , however , get on shore last night in attempting to get her off , and lay there withont damage all night

      A sloop and a two-masted vessel were observed at anchor , riding heavily , about five miles S . S . W . of Cumberland-fort , this morning , at daylight ; * bey both sank shortly afterwards , and it is feared all handB have perished . The mast-heads of the two-masted vessel are visible . Several houses at Sonthsea are much damaged in roofs , chimneys , - and windows . The dockyard buildings are , some of them , also slightly damaged ; au « l we regret to find that Lord Asbburton ' s new marine villa , in Stokes-bay , is seriously injured .

      BRISTOL . The late storm , which appears to have affected almost every portion of the kingdom , in its progress visited Bristol and the neighbourhood and raged on Thursday and Friday with the utmost fury . During the night the wind blew with most fearful violence , prodndng the usual effects of chimnies blown down , windows broken , and houses partly unroofed . Among other accidents the Gothic window of St Nicholas Church , in the clock tower , was tens completely out of its framework and dashed in . The vane of St Philip ' s Chorcb also was torn tiff . From St Werberg ' s Church several copingstones of large size were blown down . At the West of the England Stay Factory the entire stock of chimnias was blown down , and , falling

      on the reof , dashed it in , and the whole mass forced its way through the ceiling of a room in which upwards of fifty girls were at work , causing , of course , the utmost consternation . Many of the females went into hysterics , but providentially none of them were severely injured , most of them having escaped with a few bruises . A stack of chimnies was nlso ' . blown down at Mr . Ames ' s seat near Westbury , atDimentand Grimer ' s York-street , and at the corner of Philadelphia-street in ^ Qneen-sqnare a very large elm tree was torn np by the roots , as were also several trees in the neighbourhood . At Trowbridge the chimnies of a large factory were blown down , and , as we hear , upwards of £ 600 of damage done . At the time of the hurricane several vessels were lying at Anchor in King-road , and much

      apprehension was felt for their safety ; it was found that most of them had started their anchors and were driven ashore at the month of the river , but without suffering much damage . The Pomona , bound for the West Indies , started her anchors , and was driven down Channel quite ont of sight ; but so variable was the wind , that shortly afterwards she was driven back again by the fury of the tempest , and went ashore in the month of the river , Among those which went ashore were the Reform from Glasgow , the Caroline for Tobago , the Maj flower for Bonny , the Active for Bridgewater , a Prussian brig , and one or two others . The sloop Anne of Berkeley , from Black Rock foundered near the mouth of the river , fortunately , however , withont loss of life , the crew being saved . The Mermaid steamer , from Cork , Capt-iin Horne , belonging to the Bristol General Steam Navigation Company , arrived , yesterday , after having exysrienced the

      full fury of the gale , by which she was much damaged , her bulwarks being stove in , and her starboard paddlebox broken in fragments . She states that she first enconntered the hurricane when abont raid way across the Irish Channel on Thursday night She weathered the gale until she came abreast of Lundy Island on Friday afternoon , where her bulwarks were stove in , and upwards of fifty pigs washed overboard . Daring the remainder of the voyage the sea continued to Biteep over her with fearful violence and pour into her hold , by whieh means , upon her arrival , it was found that upwards of 201 pigs were washed overboard or suffocated . Nothing but the superiority of her machinery saved her , in the opinion of the crew . The Irish packets did not sail yesterday , bat one or two of them sailed this morning . Some apprehension , also , is felt for the safety of the Dublin and Walerfbrd packets , which were dne here yesterday , but they may not have sailed . Nothing certain , however , is known .

      TTNEMOUTH CASTLE , FbidaT . Last night the wind blew a terrific hurricane from the Boutti-wert , accompanied by a severe frort and thunder and lightning , which up to the time of this being despatched by post bUII eontinues with apparent increased fnry . At about a quarter to one o ' clock & light-vessel was observed offttie entrance of the harbour , apparently in distress and endeavouring to take shelter by running over this "bar . To those as ? embled on the beach It was evident that she ¦ would not make it on account of the surf , and efforts were made by the coast-guard , as weH as about one hundred and fifty Tyne pilots , to dissuade those on board from making the atteapt Blue lights were fixed for that purpose , bat whether their meaning was understood it isimpos-

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      sible tos » y , for the vessel continued its course , and soon afterwards met-with a dreadful fate . Just as she reached within a short distance of the bar a heavy wave struck her amidships , tirowing her 6 b her beamrends , and she immediately drove on to the rooks . Iu an Instant a / number of gallant young men pushed off with the lifeboat , and made towards the unforonate vessel , which proved to be the John and Isabella , belonging to Sunderiand in ballast Another brig then made its appearance at the mouth of the harbour , and was driven by the violence of the hurricane , in the coarse of a short time , upon the same mass of rocks . After considerable exertion the lifeboat succeeded in reaching the John

      and Isabella , andher crew , consisting of eight persons , with the master , were taken off the wreck and safely brought back to the shore . Those , however , on feoard of the other wreck were less fortunate , as three of the crew and the captain perished in an attempt to gain the shore . The wreck beiog beyond the reach of the life-boat , the ctast-soard lost no fci « i » in attempting a communication by means of Captain Manby ' a life apparatus , and after two or three rockets had been fired from the mortar , one happily with the line attached was thrown through the rigging , by which a rope was passed from the vessel to the beach . Foar © f the crew were saved ; the rest , with the master , were lost while

      making for the shore . By twelve o'clock the John and Isabella and the Percy had broken np , and had become a total wreck . Their loss is estimated at £ 3 , 060 . None of die bodies of the sufferers have yet been discovered .

      YARMOUTH , Jam . 13 . During last night and tblB morning it baa blown a heavy gale from the south and south-west . In the eaTly part of the storm the York ( a brig ) Captain Smith , belonging to London , while on her passage to Goole , succeeded in effecting an entrance into the harbour , though much damaged , having lost her bowsprit and boats . - The schooner Ptogaix . of London , was driven ashore at about one o ' clock this morning , between seven and eight miles up the coast to the northward of the town , and it is feared will go to pieces . The crew saved themselves hy the boats . Two other vessels , one tha John Simes , from Aberdeen , and the other Celia , Captain Longtaff , of and from London to Sunderiand , were also both driven ashore off the town . Should the weather moderate there was a chance of getting them off . Daring the morning upwardB of 200 vessels lefat their anchors and cables * by

      the extraordinary violence of the wind . Between two and three o'clock the John and William , belonging , to Nawhaven , Master George Smith , from this port , was totally lost on the beach at Bsarside , about two miles to the west of Newhaven Harbour . The master , two seamen , and a Newbaven pilot succeeded in reaching the shore in safety ; but the rest , consisting of a young man , a seaman named Jones , and the cabinboy . were unfortunately drowned . Since then the beach has been strewn with the remains of the vessel . Among other vessels that have sustained injury are the following-- —A large brig , supposed to be a Newcastle trader ( at present riding in the roads ; lost her rudder , anchor , and chain , in consequence of coming into collision with another vessel . The schooner Ann , from London to Goole , lost bowsprit , and the Sheffield , from London , with bulwarks stove in and loss of chain and cable .

      A dreadful shipwreck happened near Bou ' ogne , within a short distance of the spot where tba R-liance East Indiaman was !• st a short time since . The Albion , Captain Thompson , in making through the Downs for the Thames , was driven on shore , where she became a wreck . The crew , it is feared , all perished At Ilfracambe the schooner Ringdove , from Piincs Edward's Island , was totally lost during the storm within a few miles of the harbonr , and baa since gone to pieces . The crew were saved by a boat belonging to the Coast Guard Service , which took them off the vessel just before she struck . Another vessel , called the Diligence , Edwards master , of Abtrdovey , went down in deep water off the Grassholm . The crew took to the boat , and landed at St David ' s about four o ' clock on Friday afternoon . The vessels arc valued at £ 1 , 200 .

      At Sheerness the hurricane was severely felt ; in fact , it was impossible to stand against it in any exposed situation . The oldest inhabitant has no recollection of so awful a gale . During the night no less than four ships drove on shore on the Maplin sand , where it is expected they will shortly become wrecks . One is the G « od Hope , ladeD with grain , bound for Cardiff . Several fishing-smacks have gone out to their assistance . At daybreak a small round stern of a vessel , apparently abont 25 tons burden , aaid to be the Friends ' Goodwill , of Colchester , was thrown by the waves npon the beach near Dover ; at flist serious apprehensions were entertained for the fata of the crew , but it was subsequently allayed by the arrival of a Norwegian schooner at Ramsgate , that vessel having picked them up at sea . From their account it appears their vessel capsized from the fury of the storm , and they escaped by jumpiDg into the stern boat , which they ma ; aged to

      cut away , otherwise they must have perished . The Norwegian schooner proved to be the Norden , from Messina , and was under quarantine at ihe time the urfortunate crew came in sight She also was afterwards nearly lost in making for Ramsgate harbour ; as it was , she did not escape without injury . Both anchors and cables slipped and were lost About the same hour , another schooner called the Ann and Avis , from London , capsized in the Channel and immediately went down . The crew were saved . At about ten e ' clock in the morning ( Friday ) a large American ship called the Samarang , from New York , to Hull , having a valuable cargo on board , was seen by the Deal pilots drifting away to sea from the Downs , wholly unmanageable ; both masts had been cut away , and the crew had abandoned the vessel . Her fate is at present unknown . Her crew have since reached Broadstairs io safety .

      Salcombe . —A fearful storm has been raging here for the last twenty-four hours , unroofing the bouses in the town , and tearing up trees by their roots . In the river several-vessels have driveii from their moorings , and two ships , the Dove aad the Commerce , are on shore outside the harbour , in a moat dangerous situation . At Hull the gale was also severely felt A vessel called the John and Susan from Shoreham to Stockton , waB wrecked at about four o ' clock in the morniug , near Lower Coates ; fortunately the crew were saved . Among other wrecks reported to have occurred in the hurricane are the brig Resolution at Orfordntsa , crew Ea '« ' 5 ; a Scotch schooner near the same spot ; the William the Fourth , and the Moore , upon the sands in Stokes-bay ; the Despatch , on shore , at Mistlty ; the Two Brothers en shore at Southsea beach ; the Henry Brongham on shore at Pakefleld , and two others .

      It is feared that two or three vessels foundered in the course of Friday morning off Dungeness , and that all on board perished .

      LONDON AND ITS VICINITY . On Thursday afternoon , about three o ' clock , the fall of snow during the previous night and morning , was succeeded by an intense frost , the thermometer falling during the evening as low as SO deg . being 12 deg . below freezing point ; and by eight o ' clock , ice bad already formed of the thickness of a crown-piece , at which time the sky was perfectly clear , and the moonlight bright Between twelve and one o ' clock , however , the sky became obscured by a thick scud , which passed swiftly from south to north , and rapidly increased in density , the mercury at the same time rapidly rising . About three o ' clock on Friday morning , a sharp wind sprung up from the south-south-west ; and , shortly before four o ' clock , a heavy rain began , which continued ,

      accompanied . by violent gusts of wind , until daybreak . About nine o ' clock , there was a heavy fall of hail , and as the forenoon advanced , the wind increased in violence , until , between twelve and one o'clock , it blew a perfect hurricane from the south-west , which lasted for nearly an hour . The wind continued very violent throughout the afternoon , evening , and night The damBge done during the hurricane has been very extensive , and some of the streets of th ^ metropolis are strewed with fragments of broken cbimney-pota , tiles , slates , &c . ; while , out of town , trees , ' palings , &c , have been blown down in all directions . About two in the afternoon , Mr . Feltbam , cow-keeper and dairyman , of Chalton-street , Somers Town , was walking along Portland-place , when , on

      arriving opposite the house No . 24 , in the occupation of Sir George Hill , part of the stack of chimneys were blown down on the coping-stone , which broke away ^ and falling , alighted on the head of the unfortunate man , entering his skull , and fracturing it in a shocking manner . Horsford , a mendicity officer , and others who witnessed the occurrence , immediately hastened to his assistance , and withont loss of time conveyed him to Middlesex Hospital , where , although every attention was paid to him , the injuries be sustained were of so dreadful a nature that he died in less than two bonrs afterwards . In Dukestreet , Manchester Square , a miraculous escape occurred . A poor woman named Barrows , with an infant child in her arms , was passing along , when a

      stack of chimneys was blown down from the house of Mr . Christie ,, jeweller , one of which just grazing her elbow , she in her fright dropped her child on to the flag-stones ; but it was subsequently found that neither it nor heTself was seriously hurt . In St . James ' s and Hyde Parks , Kensington Gardens , the Palace Green , and at Brampton Row , Fnlbam Road , a number of trees have been torn up by the roots . At Notting Hill , Shepherd ' s Bush , and ether elevated and open parts , nearly every house suffend , more er less . A very great deal of damage was done on the river by vessels coming in collision ; the schooner Waterlily had her bowsprit carried away ; and a brig had the principal part of her bulwarks torn away , by the fluke of a collier ' s ( tie William ) anchor . We have not as yet beard of any

      loss of life , although serious apprehensions are felt for three barges , which sailed for the Medway heavily laden , on Thursday evening . Up the river , about Chelsea , Fulham , Putney , Wandsworth , Hammersmith , Richmond , * c , several barges , ( some heavily laden ) , with boat * of every description , have been drifted from their moorings by the force of the wind ; and , although the major part of them were driven onshore , several are said to have been sunk . Along the shore on each aide , the walls and palings have been blown down in all directions , &M considbrabie damage has been done to many of the market gardens by the influx Of the tide . —A letter , dated Windsor , Friday evening , says : The baisterouB weather daring the greater part of the night and the whole of to-day has done consider-

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      able damage in the neighbourhood . The wind , which suddenly shifted between two and three o'clock this morning , from the northwest to the southwest , has blown a complete hurricane ever since . Several trees have been uprooted in the park . In addition to the above * we regret to announce a list of accidents at sea , occasioned by the violence of the atorra ; and great as is the amount of loss , both as regards property and life , we fear much that the list will have to be considerably increased , when the returns have been made from the wbele of the ports . —London paper .

      t TTNDERCLIFFE , ISLE WIGHT . W 2 RECK OF THE " GEOKGE , ' * OF SUNPERJLAND , MaS

      TEE AND . MATE DROWNED . In the height of the terrific gale on Friday a large brig was driven on the coast , at 10 a . m . at the top of high water . She came on shoreat Atbeiflald ; all her sails were split , the sea making a clean breach over her . At ibis time , it is said , the captain and mate met a water ; grave . Daring the afternoon many attempts were made by means of Dennett ' s rockets to throw a line over her , bat the galo raged so that but one succeeded . By this , at daybreak on Saturday , one of the seamen was dragged on shore , but was nearly lifeless when taken up . Ten more men still remained on board ,

      and about mid-day two boats reached the ship from the shore , each returning with five men . There are' many reports in circulation as to the brig ' s having been boarded at different times in the Channel , the captain and crew being drunk , the men in a state of mutiny . They had a cargo of coals bound to Grenada , and had experienced very bad weather . The deck had been swept ; the boom , boats , and bulwarks curried away . She was boarded by a Pools hoy on Wednesday , when all was in confusion . They afterwards took a pilot , and run for the Needles , but the wind unfortunately coming raund to the N . E . the captain discharged him and stood for Plymouth . —Smb . .

      SUNDERLAND . At Sunderiand , twoships were wrecked in the course of Thursday night Oil Friday forenoon , two brigs were driven on Bhore at Tynemouth . One was the Percy , Hair , from Sunderiand , which soon broke in pieces . Her crew ( all townsmen , the most of whose families were amongst the assembled spectators on the beach ) were txposed to the moat fearful danger . A rope was thrown to the deck , and , the apparatus put into operation . Captain Hair , the cook and hia son , were put into phe slings , but , from the lurchiBg of the vessel , to which the rope was attached , they were , it is supposed , thrown out , and all three drowned . The fate

      of Mr . Htiii ( who struggled for nearly twenty minutes amidst the raging surf ; catching at one time the rope with his heels , and then approaching almost to the rock , as if determined not to die ) was past describing ; but alas ! he , as well as his comrades , perished under the eye of friends , family , and acquaintance . Hfs body has since been found . The remainder of the crew were saved by the heroism and bravery of a boatman at Tynemouth Haven , who stripped off his clothes , put off in a boat , and succeeded in rescuing the remainder of the crew , four in number . The life-boat approached so near as to hazard in great peril the lives of the men in her , but did not succeed in reaching the vessel .

      THE HURRICANE IN IRELAND . Belfast . —Since ten o ' clock on Friday night it has been blowing a hurricane , accompanied by heavy showers of sleet and rain , and we fear considerable damage both by sea and land will he the result . The barometer , on . Thursday morning , was lower than we ever remember to have seen ; and the storm of the following night is full proof of the accuracy of this wonderful weather prophet . Cote , Jan . 13 . —At seven last evening the barometer

      fell from 29 to considerably below the index ; shortly afterwards it began to blow from the SSW ., and increased to a perfect storm ; at thirty minutes past ten o ' clock , pm . veered roiiud to the W ., with thunder and lightning . The vessels here bave held on well , with the exception ef the Royal Saxon , from China , haying run f «> ul of the Syren , and carried away her bowsprit ; and the Governor Douglas having drifted foul of the S pence , and carried away the bowsprit of the latter ; the Champlain drove from White-point to the barrack , and is now ttolding on well .

      G . OBK . —The year 1843 Bet in with one of the finest days ever remembered in that season ; but since then there has been a complete change , heavy rains and high winds having been the prevailing character of the weather . But the last two days have been more severe and stormy than any which preceded them , though we are glad to state we have no calamity , and very little serious injury , to relate as the consequence . Oa Thursday night , about eleven o ' clock , the wind , rather suddenly , becan to blow strong from the west , accompanied with heavy rain and flashes of lightning . With occasional lulls the gale rose to a ptifect hurricane , but its force was greatest at about five o ' clock iu the morning , . when the roofs and chimnies freely yielded tribute

      to its fury , by disengaging slates and bricks in all directions , while there was also a prospect held out that glaziers as well as tilers would soon he in requisition to repair the damage done in all directions . Tbere was no mitigation of the storm until an advanced hour yesterday , and very many of the shops having been kept closed , gave a very sombre cast totLe town . Towards evening , however , there was some subsidence , and at night a eoniplete lull , followed this morning by a heavy fall of snow , which continued for two or three hours , and then changed to a heavy fall of rain and sleet , which continued up to elevbu o'clock to day ; and now , when we write , at one , all is calm and sunshina—Reporter .

      Wf . xford . —Since Sunday last we bave experienced various changes of weather . On that day we had partial snow showers ; on Monday rain , and on Tuesday frost , none of which , in this immediate locality , were of any great extent . Oa Thursday ni ^ lit the wind was S ., With rain ; but about two o ' clock on Friday morning it suddenly veered to S . S . W . and W ., with heavy thunder and lightning , and tremendous squalls , accompanied with torrents of rain for about two bouri , when it al-ated . During the storm a large bark got on shore on Ballyteieue burrow . We have not yet learned her

      name , but understand she is from the West Indies , and that four of the crew perished . Mr . F . Harper , agent to the underwriters at Lloyd ' s , Liverpool , and Glasgow , proceeded this morning to the wreck . During the whole of yesterday , it blew a fierce gale , with fitful squalls ; but , from tha position of our port , the shipping here have suffered no damage . We have just teamed that the wrecked vessel is the Santon , of Liverpool , Captain Huxtell , from Calcutta to Liverpool , and laden with sugar , rice , and saltpetre . We regret to find that the captain is among the drowned . The vessel will be a complete wreck . —Conservative .

      " DUNDiunt , Jan . 15 , 3 o ' clock v m —Friday morning was so very fine that almost all the boats from Newcastle to An along went out to their fishing in the bay , where they had quite an uncommon take of fish . About noon it come on to blow with snow . Up to this hour there are , I believe , seven boats from Newcastle , and four from Analong , missing , These were skiffa , manned with about six hands each . Some of them were seen to go down by the crews of the boats which got in . One made Killough , and sold 25 a . or 2 Gs , worth of fish there ; in fact , I believe they were all heavy laden . One boat drifted in with two dead men in it . I think they reckon on % loss of 48 fleula at Newcastle , and about 30 at Analong , or 80 altogether ; but I do not pretend to give you an offlaial or authentic account of tbe numbers , only what appears to be the best and least exaggerated . You can easily picture the state of the unfortunate widows and children along the coast . It is the moat afflicting event that has ever occurred in this quarter . "

      DREADFUL LOSS OF AN INDIAMAN , WITH HER PASSENGERS AND CREW . The late succession of fearful gales had in some degree prepared the public mind for the intelligence of wrecks from all quarters . The most gloomy apprehensions have been more than realized . A list of disasters , perhaps unparalleled , has been already received , and there is reason to fear that tbe catalogue will be greatly augmented by subsequent arrivals . Only six weeks have elapsed sinue the attention of the country was painfully excited by the loss of the ship Reliance off Boulogne , when nearly all the passengers and crew were lost . Another East Indiaman has flow to be added to the melancholy list of wrecks ou that ill-fated coast , The Conqueror , a fine vessel ef 600 tons , belonging to Mr .

      Richard Green , of the firm of Wigram and Green ; bound from Calcutta to London , and commanded by Captain Dussgan , after beating about in tbe Channel during the heavy gale on Friday night , was driven on shore , off Lorel , a small town on the French coast , only six mtlea distant from Mirlemont ( where the Reliance struck ) , at about half-past ten o ' clock p . m . and immediately went to pieces , every soul on board being lost , with the exception of a boy named Henry Abchurcb , one of the cuddy servants . The crew consisted of about 45 seamen , exclusive of officers , and the vessel had no less than 18 passengers on board , including Mrs . Thompson ( the wife of an East India

      Captain ) , and Mrs . Jenkins , both of whom were accompanied by a family of four children , and three oUcers of the United Services . The ship was freighted with' a valuable cargo of silk and general merchandise ; and it is supposed that she must have suffered severely from the late hurricanes , and become unmanageable as Bhe neared tbe Channel . No aatbenUo state * merit of the circumstances has yet been received from the poor boy , who is tbe only one saved . He la under the care of Mr . Hamilton , her Britannic Majesty ' s Consul at Boulogne , and will remain for the melancholy purpose of identifying any bodies that may come ashore .

      A letter announcing the wreck was received yesterday morning by Mr . W . Dobson , secretary to Lloyd ' s , from Mr . A . Adam , the agent at ^ Rmlogne . Of the entire cargo only » few J > un <* eons Wfnm have as yet been recovered . The wreck is entirely gone to pieces . Mr . Green , the owner , despatched his agent last evening to . Lorel , for the purpose of protecting his property , and Captain Thompson , the brother-in-law of Mrs . Thompson , and other connexions of the deceased passengers , accompanied him . Mr . Hamilton bas been unceasingly engaged , on the spot .

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      The Conqu ; ror was built at Newcastle , and purchased only last year by Mr . Green . Captain Duggan was an experienced officer , formerly in the Company ' s service , and had made several voyages to India . The first officer ' s name is Mr . Harvey . Tbe following is a correct list of the passengers : —Ma . Thompson and four children , Mrs . J . J . enfcins and four children , Mrs . Major Johnstone , Miss Turton , Major Jphnstoae , Mr . Marsnall , Lieutenant Marshall , Captain Milner , Master Blake , and Master Reeves . \ A private letter ; dated Boulogne , Jan . 14 , gives the following particulars : —

      " I beg to inform you , that an East Indiaman ' , of 600 tons , came ashore , near Etaples , this morning . It is reported that eighty persona were aboard , of whom some were soldiers , their wives and children ; only one person bas been saved ; but he is in such a deplorable state as not to ibe able to afford any information . A Norwegian , ladenjwith saltand oranges , from St . Ubes , became a total wreck within four miles of this port ; the crew is lost . jWhen this vessel came ashore at low water assistance -was offered from tbe shore , but the crew would not abandon the vessel ; when it was impossible to receive any , as the tide was coming np , they requested assistance ; it was then too late to render them any . A collier is also a total wreck in this neighbourhood . " |

      About the same-period a Swedish vessel was wrecked near the spot , and all hands perished ; and also an English fruit vessel with the whole of her crew . Three other vessels were also wrecked , and the crew of one of them drowned .

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      Atrocious Mubdeb . —A most dreadful murder has lately been committted in the parish of Llanoa , in this county , it is supposed by one Margaret Hughes , and her daughter , EHz&betb Hughes , an the bodies of two male infant children , of which the former was delivered about the beginning of the present month . We have not been able to collect the whole of the particulars of this most unnatural murder , but it appears that Margaret Hughes , whose husband was transported , being one of the Scotch cattle , at the time of the Merthyr riots , was delivered of twins on or about the 1 st inBt ., which , it is conjectured , she and her daughter threw into an old coalpit close by . A few days afterwards the

      daughter teld one of her neighbours that she had dreamed that one of their children had fallen into the pit , and said it would be better to have it filled tip , fearing an accident might occur . It seems the daughter intended employing a person to fill it up , which gave rise to a suspicion that something was wrong ; upon which £ . Thoma 8 , constable , and others were induced to examine the pit . where , to their horror , they found the bodies of two fine newly-born male infant children . Evidence as to the criminality of the two prisoners was taken before Mr . W . Chambers , sen ., when both were committed to take their trial at the ensuing assizes . —Carmarthen Journal .

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      From ihe London Gazette of Friday , Jan , 13 . BANKROPTS . James Henson , Bury-court , St . Mary-axe , upholsterer , to surrender Jan . 20 , at ten o ' clock , March 3 , at halfpast ten , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Lofty and Potter , Kirg-Btreet , Cheapside ; official assignee , Mr . Whitmore , Basingball-street . William Smith and John Stickals , Queen ' s-baildingg , Koightabridge , cheesemongers , Jan . 24 , at one o ' clock , Feb . 24 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitor , Mr . Sutcliffe , Bridge-street , Blackfriars ; official assignee , Mr . Alsager , Birchin-lane . George Frederick Cobham and William Burt Wright , Peck ham and Giavi send , builders , Jan . 24 , at eleven o'clock , Feb . 24 , at twelve , at the Bankrupts' Court Solicitors , Messrs . Frankham and Dixon , BasiDghaUstreet ; official assignee , Mr . Gibson , Basinghallstreet .

      Stephen Law , Great Portland-street , upholsterer , Jan . 20 , at one o ' clock , Feb . 24 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court Solicitors , Messrs . Ramond and Gooday , Gray ' s-inn ; official assignee , Mr . Green , AMermanbury . John Wardle , Griffin-street , Shadwell , merchant , Jan . 26 , at half-past two o'clock , Feb . 23 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Simpson and Cobb , Austinfriars ; official assignee , Mr . Groom , Abcburch-lane . John Casson , Liverpool , corn-merchant , Jan . 2 i , at twelve o ' clock , Feb . 17 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts * District Ceurt , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Sharps , Field , and Jackson , Bedford-row ; and Messrs . Lowndes , R > binson , and Bateson , Liverpool ; official assignee , Mr . Follett , Liverpool .

      John Dickenson , Newport , Monmouthshire , butcher , Jan . 24 , Fab . 21 , a . % one o'clock , at the Bankrupts * District Court , Bristol . Solicitors , Messrs . Protheroa and Towgood , Newport ; official assignee , Mr . Miller , Biistol .

      DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY . John Froat , sen ., High-street , Wapping , licensed victualler . Evan Clark , Melton-stieet , EuBton-square , warehouse-clerk . Mary Fowweather , Sheffield , shopkeeper . John Wicfcham , Bath , cheese factor . William Taylor , Huddersfield , cloth manufacturer . Thomas Stanley , Nottingham , out ' Of business . William Coulaon , St . Oswald , Durham , publican . Samuel Wbitwam . jun ., HuddersSeld , clothier . William Buckley , ' ^ KirkbuTton , Yorkshire , clothier . Timothy Smart , Bedruth , Cornwall , cabinetmaker . Henry Poits , Monkweariuouth , Durham , publican . Joseph Morris , Hailsham , Sussex , farm-bailiff .

      James Culshaw Parr , Foole , clerk . John Dadley , Bristol , superintendent cf works . Nathaniel Barker , Dartmouth-street , Westminster , plumber . William Worsey , Castlechuicb , Staffordshire , out of business . Obed Golds , Brighton , trader . Thomas Brewer , Glocester , appraiser . Charles Douglas Hope , Southampton-row , Ruasellsqu ' are . William Winser , Graveseud , pensioner as a retired captain . John Franoks , Tipper East Smithfield , linguist George Fawkner Weston , Fore-street , Cripplegite ,

      commission agent Kichard Procter , Walton-on-the-HHl , Lancashire , bookkeeper . John Schofiel ( l 8 , Pendleton , Lancashire , farmer . Wiliiam Stokoe , York , joiner . Richard Tidmarsh , London-wall , manufacturer of aroniatic fumigating Tnrkey paatiles . William Payn , Preston . Kent , farmer . John Squire , Dnnstable , Bedfordshire , dealer in horses . George Thomas Good , Paddington-street , Marylebone , ta'lor . Charles Broadby , Stoke-upon-Trent , commissionagcut . Henry Ru < nb . \ ll , Spancer-terraco , Islington , grocer .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . T . G . . Bennett and Son , Bolton-le-Moors , cottonspinners . J . Franks and E . Thompson , Ecclesfield , paper-makers . R . S . and G . Thompson , Kingstonupon-Hull , com-factors . W . and B . Gardner , Liverpool , painters . A . and R . Orton , Liverpool , hosiers . Scholes and Co ., Manchester , bankers ; as far as regards the executors of G- Scholes . C . and R . B . Clecg , Manchester , timber merchants . T . Peet and R . P . Hobson , Manchester , public accountants . Pickles , Lawton , and Co ., Huddersfield , fancy-cloth manufacturers ; as far as regards J . and T . Pickles . Haigh Foundry Company , Lancashire ; as far as regards R . R . Ratbbone . Wilson and M'Kaaud , Liverpool , merchants . F . and C . Hand , Liverpool , ironmongers . Hewitt , Bjlin , and Co ., Kingston-upon-Hull , merchants . F . and A . Hard wick , Nottingham and Manchester , manufacturers of hosiery . Buchanan and Co ., Glasgow , R . M'AAam and Co ., Liverpool , and Buchanans , M'Adam , and Co ., Kingston , Jamaica .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , January 17 . BANKRUPTS . Wiliiajn Maybew , wine merchant , Da Crespigny place , Camberwell , to surrender , Jan . 25 , at half-past ten o'clock , and March 3 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Alsager , official assignee , Bircbin-laue ; solicitor , Bird , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields . John Lattimer , corn factor , Hanslope , Buckinghamshire , Jan . 26 , at two , and March 7 , at twelve , a £ the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Whitmore , official assignee , Basinghall-street ; solicitor , Robinson and Drury , Tokenhoase-yard . Thomas Edward Clarke , apothecary , Acle , Norfolk , Feb . 2 , at one , and March 2 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Green , official assignee , Aldermanbury ; solicitor , CKrke , Medcalf , and Gray , Lincoln ' s-Inn , London ; Beckwith , Dye , and Kilton , Norwich .

      James May , china dealer , Clapham-rise , Surrey Jan . 27 , and Fab . 24 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Ba 3 ingball-street . Lackingtou , official assignee , Colenian-stieet-buildinga ; solicitors , Watson , jun ,, Trafalgar-square , or Cole , Tokenhouse-yard . William fnmon Welsh , attorney , Great Qaeen-^ sfcreet , Lincoln's Inn-fields , Jan . 27 , at two , and Feb . 22 , at twelve , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Basingfeallstreet . Johnson , official assignee , Basinghall-street ; solicitors , Richards and Walker , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields . Joseph Horatio Ritchie , shipwright , Rotherhithe , Jan . 28 , at one , and Feb . 22 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Edwards , official assignee , Frederick's-place , Old Jewry ; solicitors , Smin , Stevens , Maples , Pearee , Hunt , and Stevens , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry .

      William Humphrey , dealer in furniture , Old Dorsetplace , Claphatn-road , Surrey , Jan . 31 and Fob 12 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basingball-street Graham , official assignee , Basinghall-street ; solicitor , Ashurst , Cheapside . Thomas Hughes , lodging-house-keeper , Great Coramatreet , Brunswick-square , Jan , 31 , and Feb . 27 , at eleven , at the Court of Bmkruptcy , Basinghall-street Turquand , official assignee , Copthall-building ' s ; solicitor , Pinniger , Gray ' s-inn : aquare . John Jarctine , merchant , Liverpool , Feb . 6 , and Maick 1 , at one , at tbe District Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpool ; C 3 Z * nove , official assignee ; solicitors , Hoiden and Clark , Liverpool ; Walmsley aud Co ., Chancerylane , London . John Linskill , schoolmaster , BridHngton , Yorkshire , Jan . 28 and Fub . 18 , at eleven , at the Leeds District Court « f Bankruptcy . Fearne , ofiiclal assignee , Lseda ; solicitors , Jennings and Conyets , Great Driflisld .

      John Norfolk and Edward Barker , jun ., dyers . Woodhousa Carr , Yorkshire , Jan . 30 , at two , and Feb . 17 , at eleven , at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Young , official assignee , Leeds ; solicitors , Fiddey Puper-bnildings , Temple ; Barr , Loftua , and Nelson , Leeds . Richard Dnnn and Richard DacreDunn , corn factors , Wake&eld , Feb . 2 and 23 , at eleven , at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Hope , official assignee ; solicitors , Wilson , Southampton-street , Bloomsbury , London ; Payne , Eddlson , and Ford , Leeds . John Coleman , victualler , Birmingham , Jan . 29 , and Feb . 21 , at twelve , at the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy . Valpy , ofiiclal assignee , Birmingham solicitor , Benson , Birmingham . John Hoyle Ormerod , wine merchant , Manchester Jan . 27 , and Feb . 17 , at twelve- at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy . Hobson , official asa guee , Manchester ; solicitor , Heata , Manchester .

      William Thompson , lime-burner , Exeter , Jan . 26 , at three , and Feb . 21 , at one , at the Exeter District Court of Bankruptcy . Hernaman , official assignee ; solicitor ! , Parrs , Pool ; Hobne and Co ., New Inv , London . Martha Groves , joiner , York , Jan . 31 , and Feb . l ^ i at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Fearce , official astknee , Leed «; . solicitor . Wood , York ,

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      MUTINY ON BOARD THE U . S . BRIG SOMEBSHANGING AT THE YARD ARM . This vessel arrived here on Wednesday , after her cruise on tbe const of Africa , and the city is rife wit £ rumours relative | to an occurrence of a very painful nature wh ' ch has taken place _ ou board of her . Nothing official can of course transpire until we get authentic information from Washington . We learn , however , that the crew of tbe Somers mutinied , being I led on by one of the midshipmen . The plot of the mutiny was communicated to the comm ander , tbe details of which appear too horrid to be believed . We give tbem aa we have heard them .

      The mutineers w « re to have a scuffle on the forecastle in the night , wbi ( , e tbe Captain and first lieutenant were asleep . On the appearance of tbe latter to quell the disturbance , be Was to be seized and thrown overboard They were then J to murder the commaBdw , and the ward-room officers , with the exception of the surgeon , who wan to be kept for their own use , and take possession of the vessel . After this they were to capture packets and other ships , and murder all tbe passengers , so that no soul should be left to tell tbe tale of their horrible villainy , j For this purpose they were to rendevous off New York . The whole plan was in writing and copiously interlarded with Greek characters to prevent discovery , and the test oath of the mutineers was— " Do you swear that you have no fear of shedding blood ? " !

      Fortunately , their plan w > is discovered through the instrumentality of one of the crow . The subject was laid before the officers , who immediately convened a drum-head court-martial , when it was decided that the safety of the vessel aud the lives of all on board required immediate and exemplary punishment , The court decided that the midshipman and two of the ringleaders should be forthwith executed . They were accordingly bung at the yard-arm to strike terror t # the hearts of the crew This strong and decM < d measure restored tbe command of tbe ship to tbe officers , and the obedience of the men . Philip Spencer was the name cf the midshipman alluded to . who was bung , and ths other two men , p ^ tty lofficers , a boatswain ' s mate and a qaarter-mabter . ' Spencer entered the service Nov . 20 . 1841 .

      Tbe affair occurred in the Atlantic , six or eight days ' sail from St . Thomas , wbere the brig had touched for water and provisions on her return from the coast of Africa . It was arranged to take her there so that tbe mutineers would ' be fully provided with stores for their piratical cruise . Too much praise cannot be awarded to Commander M'Kenzie and his officers , for so promptly nipping in the bud an enterprise that would hr . ve brought misery and destruction upon hundreds of our fellow-citizens .

      This is tbe first occurrence of tbe kind on the record of our naval service . -. This is the only authentic account that can be given of the affair to-d £ y . Commander M'K ^ cz ' e has gone to Washington to { lay all tbe facts before the Government From ten j to twenty of the Bailors , the ringleaders in the mutiny , are now in irons on board the North Carolina , to await their trial . The Somers is at tbe navy yard , j She sailed hence a sh ^ rt time since ' , and was manned by forty or fifty apprentice boys and thirty or forty seamen .

      The Somers isi a ntw vessel , this being her first cruise , and bas proved t < 4 be one of the fastest saiiers in the service . Her construction , her siza , and her speed are well adopted for a pirate . —Aew York Herald .

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      WANDSWORTH POLICE . Drfadful Case . —Yesterday , Daniel Williamson , thn keeper of a bearding-school at Kingston Newtown , was placedj at the dock , before Mr . Paynter , charged with committing a capital ofEVnce , and with general unnatural : conduct towards his pupils . The prisoner is a man about thirty years of-age , and possesses a heavy dogged-looking countenance . It was stated bn the examination , that a short time since the piisaner was usher in a boardingschool where there were a great number of scholars . He there won the good opinion of many heads of families , and having saved some money he opened a boarding-school at Kingston , and amongst his patrons and well-wi&htrs wero the parents of the

      children towards whom he has so misconducted himself . Mr . K ., a ( highly respectable tradesman in London , is the father of one of the bojs who has been nearly two years in the school , and Mr . E ., who is also an extensive ! tradesman , is the parent of two others . The circumstance which lead to the discovery was this :-f'fhe day before the oue appointed for the return of Mn E ' s boys to school , the elder son threw himself ( at his mother ' s feet , and implored her not to send him again to Mr . Williamson ' s school , aud said he would rather go out as an errand boy than return to that school . This extraordinary exclamation led to an immediate inquiry into the cause , and the b < iy ultimately confessed that the prisoner had , through his unwilling instrumentality , been guilty of the daost heinous offence punishable by the laws of this country . The father , stung almost

      to madness by thejeonfession of his elder son , questioned the younger , a child only nine years of age , and towards him he ascertained that the prisoner had acted most abominably . Mr . E . immediately commuuicated with Mr . K ., who , dreading that the contamination bad extended to his own family , questioned his eon , a kd of fourteen years of age , who ultimately confessed to such a series of abominable effeuces as to reduce hia father to a state bordering upon madness . It should be stated that the latter boy had returned to school a week since , and these facts were drawn f 1 om him at the school , to which the father ; had proceeded with a medical gentleman . | The first witness , Frederick K ., having given his evidence , which clearly proved the prisoner to have been repeatedly guilty of a misdemeanour .

      Mr . Paynter a ? ked the prisoner if he wished to put any questions to the witness ? The Prisoner replied—The young gentlemen under my charge have always had the privilege of writing to their parents at auy time without control . The witness says , he slept with me every night after his return from his holydays . I admit that he did so , dut it was because having moved into a newlybuilt house I was afraid of placing him in a room that was not thoroughly aired ; he might have had a separate bod if he had wished . Mr . Paynter indignantly said , no circumstanoes whatever could justify a master sleeping with his " scholars . \ The elder boy of Mr . E having been called and examined , and given strong evidence of a capital offence having been committed ,

      Mr . James Ferpandez Clarke , a surgeon , was calied . | le stated , that he had examined the last witness , but the result of the examination was very unsatisfactory . V ^ ith regard to the other boys he could state nothing positive . Mr . Paynter asked the prisoner if he chose to ask Mr . E ' s ydunger son any questions 1 The Prisoner . —II deny that I have slept with him for the last half-year , or on any occasion whatever , and on some future time I will produce a witness to prove that fact . i Mr . E ' s younger son , a child only nine years of age , was next examined as to the proceedings of the prisoner towards him individually .

      Mr . Payntf r said it would be impossible to take the evidence fully that day , as the time of the Court was nearly up , therefore he should remand the prisoner on the charge of felony . He should advise the prisoner to make ( no statement until the whole of the evidence had been taken down and read over . Tha Prisoner . —This gentleman ( pointing to Mr . E- ) was with me a week in December ; he ate and he drank at my expence , he slept in the same room with his children , and he was my most intimate friend , until a friend of his robbed me of £ 5 , which of course I made a } noise about , and then he turns round upon me , and in conjunction with the ether gentleman , conspires to ruin me . What this charge may come to , or whatever punishment I may ultimately have to suffer , I declare , npon my solemn oath , I am innocent ! of the crimes laid to my charge . The prisoner was : remanded .

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      Captain Nte , of the packet-ship Independence , which arrived at Liverpool on Christmas-day , in six * teen days , from New York , states , that though he has crossed the Atlantic above a hundred times , the last was the only voyage he did not see a solitary sail the whole distance from New York to Liverpool .

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      6 THE NO RTHIRN STAR . _

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 21, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct634/page/6/