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      DBEADTBL HTJRRICASE . L 1 YEBP 00 L ( From ihe Liverpool Albion ) The observers of the barometer vere astonished , on Friday morning , on inspecting their instruments , to find ifcst aa extraordinary , fafl of the mercury in the tube hs » 3 tsken plsce daring the night Tfce fail was fros > 2 £ 92 to 23 05 . This unusual phenomenon was the g * aaa ] tD » ic of conTSTEataon during the day . The laroni ^ rsr in the pabiic rooms trere tver under constant inspection , and the minutest movement of ths mercury •» m sratcbed and seted from morning till night . Some said that the phenomenon dencted an earthquake , foj that the great earthquake at Lisboa bad been preceded

      by * b < xt » ordii > ary iall of the mercury . Others maintoined that it "Wis the precursor of a storm , either Irom the east wjrf or -westward , thongh , as the -wind was tlc-wrs smartly from the ^ westward , that vox tho ppobsbJe direction from which the hurricane would sweep All tgr »» d that seme awfol visitation ra impending , but wLsther a convulsion st the earifc or merely of the stai-jtpbcrre nobody conld telL As the day advanced , how- -r , tha wind increased , showing that the predictors ii ihB storm were the trna prophets . Towards ¦ OTeni .-5 > it had cbanzed iram a . gale to a stenn , and from i-x o ' clock on Friday night t 31 four on Sitnrday morning it blew s teniSe hurricane , causing serious damase and loss at sea as well as on land .

      T& = Lmrricane was at its height between two and three o dock- It was , wjth abort psusss , terrific . P » ople vrho -were exposed to its fury had not the Bluntest dVmbi ih&iit wasasTiolent as the memorable storui on the -night of th- 6 * -h of Jannaiy , 183 * . The rfrer . even at low watti , about three o ' clutk in the morcin ^ , was one - sheet of foam , the waves rnnnirjr ag high as if it had been a fail tide in calm ¦ ¦ weather . B-ia-reds of families , especially those who reside in BitniUir . 3 exposed to the s- » eep of westerly winds , ne-rer -se-tured to tei during the night . They rat up in th = r lower apartments of the houses . With one exc ^ r- - "u . however , the d « znage dune tc the buildings by the ttmpest has not been serious . The storms of late

      years , and particularly the disastrous storm on the mgLl rf the 6 : h ui Jinnary , 1 ? 33 , have made people more attentiTe to the state of lie roofs and chimneys of ± vt >~ $ , - ^ iu ch are ed ** **? ia full repair , and cs . pabJt > of susi ^; - ^ ^ . without much injury , the prcssnre of the mosi Viorcnt B-intis and tempests . S'iJl , the hurricane ofFr- ; y right , ovtnhrew many ehiHiseyE and chutney t . 'ts , and blew eff nnniberlrss sb . tes from Toofs . In F : ti > -sbvet . Everton , seveial chimneys were blown dowk . In Rokeby-strcet a rhimi » ey penetrated the roof of a h ^ nse , bet , wearehsppy to ssy , no other darni ^ e occurred . The houses in Shsw-sireet , Salisbury-street , aad S ^ bo-street also suffered more or less ; ODe Lousa in Salisbury- street was psruaSly -unroofed . Part "f a % xrdeu wail and railing in Brownlow-street

      was iirribd away ; a stable belonging to Mr . Crosby . West Derby , -was unroofed ; and the Bhed of the builfin ^ st the back of the Fish Jlariet was blown sway . O ^ = ct the EFrerest casualties -which has occurred took place in Epwortb-s&eet , Landen-road . About half-past one o ' clock a st&sk of tire * chimneys fell upon the tool of the house &f J-jbn Pace , an industrious journeyman organ pipe msitr , and carried it through two flwra Into the cellar below . 0 o the first floor the occupant of the house , his wife , snd a child were in bed ; and two children , who had been brought from an uppei apartiaeni , on account of the roaring of the wind , were In the same tooth . All these were earned below with the foHing ruins , and buried -under the rnbbish . The

      exterw of tie house , with the exception of the roof and chimneys , remained intact , so that so person looking &t it conld have supposed that bo horrible a catastrophe had occurred . About four o ' c l ock , as Inspector JiorJey , u £ iits po ? ics , was going his rounds , he heard , ¦ wh en fa rha T ? d £ ity , a mcaxing , and set himself to "Worfe to ascertain the -eansp . . Ha soon discovered it , raiB&i tfee alarm , sisd , with the BS ^ istanee of ilr . C- B . Grtsrr = BX , tnrgeon , and ether pfersons who were attrscrcd to thp rpot , and rendered the most active and nzeful &i rrice . br < = ka open the do <> j . The awful mkfoztnne t ^* t Ijad befallen the iffT"M : fi |> of the house wastiitu « j : u .-rsr < i » fit : * . Ji being fcTident that some perauss wne aliTd under the rubbish , the tarty immediat « i > processed to remoTe it ; and -by haJf-past six o'dock the whole family were taken out alive , and found to have * sssined only tr . fltng Iejuries . The

      joists icd beams hsd falltn CTer th ^ m in such a manner as to i > 2 i- ^ rct iheni from the superiBcumbent mass ; and a hoi ? tsd >> een Isft which admitted sufficient air to saTe them from iESTccation . One of the chUdren was taken io the inSnnary , but none of its bones were hrakr-n . and its injuries consisted only of bruises . The motbci ^ vs n £ ar her confinement , but , we belieTe , ha » not fcX-- - rierced much inconyenieEce from the fright . It WS . -S b&r isoanisg which first drew the attention of thej ? ei : e « iiispectorj and led to the discovery of the accidr =: The husband states that he ' was , at first , Tender- -d insensible by the fail , and was aroused by the mcar-iug of his wife . "We understand that he is a iteady , L \ r < 5-working man ; and , haying lost the whole of his ' undvare and his tools by tbe accident , a sub scrip-son , which we hope will he adequate to the purpose , is raising for his relief .

      In N- ^ N'rfipld-rcad . E ? erton , which * from ita ele-Tatec a ^ -i rxposird sltxrsti- ?!! , felt the full ferce of the « tonc . E £ Tfeisl fcess Wtre blown down . The houses on the Mil sustained , however , coinp « 3 tiTfcIy triyial daBis . > -a-In loxteth-park , where the bouses , like those on ' Evctton . are txpssed to the westerly gales , damage ¦ was Elso ccstain ^ d . The steeple < A one of the new churches in tho Ic-cality was , it is said , somewhat sbikMi , No seripns iujnry was , however , sustained by thf tnj 23 inHS at " the south end .

      On * h « - Cheshire sid « of the Mersey , in Birkenhead and its TicinHy , the only loss which has yet come to our knowledge is that sustained by the falling in of the gable of a isew house in ¦ Wellington-terrace , as well as tha < Les £ rnc'ao : n of an inccmpltrte cottage in a small str&et nss ? Grange-lants , besides occasional breaches made In Its roofs of houses here and there . to wfcieh must be atffied the demolition of numerous pan ? s c . l glass throughout the town . Thf- ^ tesmers which ply to tb e different ferries 5 n ths Cheshire side were compelled , early in the tvening . to k « T ) oe Ihe other side . As the tide rose , the surf

      along" the sea--arall became tremendons . It would , iB ^ c ^ d , Irave V > eei 5 destruction to ar > y "vessel , even a rte&mer , to approach the quays . With the exception oitDc Vv ' : jCK-t .. utt bo ^^ s , liis . otbtr sleamr-rs ceased to ply after tight o " cl < Kk . The "Woofislde bolts coiitiime < l to braTe ths storm tni half-past cine , at which hour thB gale hid so nraeh increased that the Cleveland steamer was obliged to return to Wbodside without l > einx sMb to ! && £ all htr pa « rt )^ f-rs on this ride , a few of tbfc > ' -iniSfcT o . es only hating reached ihs pier by jnmpin ? ir » -m * h& boat ; the remainder prndently return&d to Gheshira , where they remained ail night . at

      Early in theeverung the laEding-sta ^ e the Geo rge ' s Pier T ^ as damagedTjy the violence of tbe sea , and driven alongside the wall . Tiis sinsn eraf-. in the basins have sustained damage , "but , from the palpable indicatioirs of the approach of a storm , which icd-cc&d the boatmen to secura them , leas than from ordinary etxrnns wb * ch come . oa suddenly . At the George ' s S ; ip many of the boats-were drawn up «> as to ba nut of dargcr . The vessds In tbe river rode out the storm , but . in many * 2 * es , -wiih estreme ii : fncuity . The tide rose , throuEh the forte cf tbe wind , many feet above the calculated rbe , acd caused , at high water , a terrific Bea , whieb . frequently broke over tise numerous craft at anchor in the riv ^ r . A echoocer , at anchor in the ^ narasSre-EToEDd , iras ovar ^ rhela : ed by tbe sea and sunk The crew , si is fsared , were drowned . Several fiats were a ! so sunk .

      The po > 33 e , under the personal superintendence of Ml Whitty- -were on the alert all slong the seawall , rendering assistance whenever it - ^ as nccsisary . They Were extrcin&iy -useful during the sight . The flssKtcra at sea . and on the contiguous banks , have be-n sprit-us , snd have been accompanied by a melancholy less cf life . Lieutenant Saarsfield , R . N ., of tfce TE ^ ii-paekel Princess , vho arrived on Saturday momii ? , abvut el-vea o ' clock , from Dablin , states that he never eacounter-d a sev . rer night . As he was coiainjf thrcu ; h the Farmb / Ghannel he saw a schooner sunk eff Crosby-poist . The ssUsnt effioer immediately

      toot mpastire * to ssvs any of tha crew who might sur-Tive . The srhoose ? was the H-. le , from Creetown , en fbB soaxh cosst of Scotland . The crew had consisted of five pertocs ; four of the 3 e had been swept offaui droWE&d . The ussier was the only survivor , and frgr ) saved himself up to the moment of his rescue by clinging to the vessel ' s rigging . Hs was taken on board the sizsjner , and the aeanH there UBed restsred Mm to a con . psrative sensibility . Tw » other vessels in a crlprf-4 state , ^ hich hid Buffered in the teffiDest , wgre eti .-lea to r « ch port - « afily , thronch Lieatesaax 8 aarsc ;!< i- s pUcts ^? snd instrii- ^ eDtaiiiy . "

      Jhe Asprican s-bi ? S ^ P ^ ersburgh , from New 9 S ^ t \« e * ° ?*> a t to ruti in , got on d >« e oz Jotdan-2 -ts . j ^ ; e ^ T ^ a o ' clock ^ night . Captain Trask craafei tr- «^ st 3 to be rat away , <<* & ( & - ^ prQn , pt ] y exscuten . TIdh dtcunve blow-enabled tte ship tohold tpgettacmngaaiJghtiBffl mcccur « 5 rS ^ ttt mom&i £ . As so . m as h-r perilous situation was perceived from tee riiprs , the lifeboat and oi * of the ste ^ tugs went ainngside and tock r . ff the crew , twenty !^ Jn nnmbsr . -wjio were brought to town by tha latter Many of the pocr fellows -yere in an exhausttd state ; but tbeyall s ? on recovered on being brought on Eh ore .

      The American ship John Cummings . Captain Thayer from the Savannah , whicb -was at . anchor in Bootle-bsy ' ¦ Was Jn inrmsent danger of becoming a total wreck . Tbe sea made repeated audxomplete breache » oyer ha . The riblencs of tbe Etorm and the sea caused both her an--ehors to drag , -until ihe aailtd on the Bootle Mads where , at the fall of the tide , she lay high and dry . The bottom being soft Band , the vessel has not -gustaiced . ranch izmzge . She will be got off at the BfiXt spring tides . TheTtmon , which sailed for Glasgow on Friday morning , was driven back by tbe force of the atom , naiigolon' Biiibo'B . zk , where the became a complete "Wreck . The captsia , the mats , and the cook were drowned ; tfeeieasiiiidfcr cf the crew "were saved by the lifeboat ; Tie American ship Acira = / ia * k , Captain Hackstaff , hom-Sew Y&zk , sjri--. i on Sararday morning ; sailed on Hie 222 d Elt frem Sizslj Hook , sad on the SOth

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      f rom >' ftw York . Captain Hackstaff had two men blown off theforeyard , and two men maimed by being blown on deck daring the sight . He describes the tempest as having been as severe as any he ever encountered . When the ship lurched it seemed as if tee wavea actually wuhed'bvsr the m'zsn-topmast-head . The packet-ship Hottinguer , Captain Bursley , which saDed on Wednesday for N « w York , put back on Saturday morning . Captain Buraley Baw the packetship Korth America , Captain Lowber , on Friday , about one mile to leeward , eff Bamsay , Isle of Man . The bodies of two men , -who , no doubt , belonged to cue of the two schooners wrecked on the banks , wtre found floating , and brought to town on Saturday night The weather was quite calm throughout the whole of the nifht 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 during the day , and at half-past four o ' clock in the afternoon it blew , as tbe writer expresses it , " a whole gale . " Tbe Aqueona , Altridge , " from this port to Cork , put back with foretopsail Bplit The St Goorge , Lever , from D-merara to this port , had put in with loss of foretopgallant-m ? . st . The Catherine , cf Glasgow , had also put in , with loss of main boom , main gaff and loss of bulwarks . The letter added , that several other vessels bad taken refuge at Holyhead from the effects of the tempest

      PLYMOUTH . During the night of the 12 tb and the morning of Friday , the 13 th instant , the town of Plymouth and its vicinity was visited by a tremendous gale from the west , west-Bonth-west , and south-west , accompanied by heavy showers of rain . The casualties on the land have been principally confined to the prostration of chitnnies and partial nnroofing 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 schooser Bslle , of Plymouth , Curtis master , is beached at Deadman ' s Bay . The three brigs Sea Witch , Baker ; Southampton , Symons ; and General Brock , ail of London , are stranded in Batten Bay . The

      bark Br ? gilla , of Falmouth , is a total wreck at Bovi-8 and Bay . A brigaatine from Marseilles for Liverpool has come iu with loss of BailB . The brig ilajflower , which stranded on the south side of the breakwater on the 3 d instant , has been carried by the forca of the waves clear over it , atd now lies nearly perpendicular on the north or inner side . The trawler Loyalty is ashore at the back of tbe eastern pier . The following vessels are said to be s&fe : —Parkfleld , Wbiteaide for Port Philip ; Alicia , Scott , for Port Philip ; Bosanna , Keith , for Rio Juneiro ; Alexander Robertson , Norie , for Moutserrat ; Euphrates , Wilson , for Calcutta ; Pacific , Michie , for Oporto ; Francis 1 . 1 American ) , Ainsworth , for New York ; Ciirittian ( Dane } , Kurme , for St Croix .

      ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS . Satnrday , Ja » . 14 , 12 o'clock . Up to this time , notwithstanding ths continuance of the gale , providentially ro lives have been lest by sea or land . The Belle bss tesn warped off from Dea ^ m = n * s Bay without much damage . The Seawitch is still ashore at Jenny Chff ; no water in her yet Her cargo will probably be saved , and there is a hare possibility of her being got off She has a mail-bag for tbe coast of Africa , which ha » been landed . So great was the force of the wind that lead weighing nearly a ton was peeled off one of the sheds in Her Majesty ' s Dockyard , where other iffects of its strength have been manifested . The chimney of the Manoroffiee , Devenport , fell on the coach-house , and crushed

      a carriage and g ig . In the Plymouth citadel , the slates were blown from the roof of the barracks to the ramparts , and the lead en the chapel there has bees turned up like so much paper . Many chimnies have been blown down in Plymouth , Devonport , Stonehou&e and Stoke , and in some cases the inmates had been compelled to escape through the windows . The roof of Saltram-house , tbe seat of tha Right Hon . Earl Morley , has sustained considerable damage . A gentleman , who was Lfficially engaged to record the movements of the weatber-glass at this place , for a period of seven years , states that in all that time it was never bo low as on Friday morning , during the worst of the weather , it was still lower , so low , Indeed , that there was no means left of indicating tbe force of the storm .

      PORTSMOUTH . ( From Ihe Hampshire Telegraph ) Yesterday morning early a terrific gale of wind commenced in this viciiuty , and , with veiy little intermission , has continued till the hour of our going to press ; the casualites that have occtured from it which as have , as yet , heard of are the following — The sloop William IT , Mew , master , from Cowes for London , with a general cargo , principally malt , drove on shore in Stokes Bay yesterday morning , between fonr and five o ' clock . She still lies at high water-mark , and must be lightened before she will come off . The bri * Moore , Ball master , from Southampton to Sunderland , in ballast , parted in Stokes Bay yesterday morning , and is is still on the beach at bighwatcr-mark . She does not appear to have received any damage , and as soon as the weather moderates she will be tot off .

      A brigautine , name unknown , was last night on shore on the Woolseners . The crew , just before dark , were observed leaving her , and , we hope , landed safe on Hayltag Island . Tha brig Wanderer , Hams master , of Bideford , for Ipswich , in ballast , from Llanelly , parted from two anchors and chains , windlass broken , this morning near the Woelss ners , and ran for Luigstone-harbour , 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 tbe harbour , abuut noon yesterday , got onshore on Southsea-beach . Shs was got eff early this morning by tbe exertions of hex own crew ; the Yarsorough steamer , however , gat on shore last night in attempting to get her off , and lay there without damage all night .

      A sloop and a two-masted vessel were observed at anchor , riding heavily , about five miles S . S . W . of Cunibferiand-fort , this morning , at daylight ; they both sank shortly afterwards , and it is feared all bands have perished . The mast-heads of the two-masted vessel are visible . Several houses at Southsea are much damaged in roofs , chimneys , and windows . The dockyard buildings are , some of them , also slightly damaged ; and we regret : » find that Lord Athburton ' 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 must fearful violence , producing the nsual 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 tern completely out of its framework and dashed in . The vane of St PhDip " s Church also was torn bS . From St Werberg ' s Church Beveral copingBtones of large size were blown down . At the West of tbe England Stay Factory the entire stock of chimnies was blown down , and , falling

      on the r&of , dashed it in , and the whole mass forced its way through the ceiling of a room in which npwards of fifty girls were at work , causing , of course , the utmost consternaSon . 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 also blown downat Mr . Ames ' s seat near Westbury , atDimentand Grimer ' s York-street , and at the corner of Philadelphia-street la . QneeE-square 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 , sb we hearr -upwards of £ 600 tit 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 out of sight ; but bo 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 EEhors were the Reform from' Glasgow , the Caroline for Tubago , the Mayflower for Bonny , the Active fcr Bridgewatei , a Prussian brig , and one or two others . The sloop Anne of Berkeley , from Black Rock , foundered near the month of the river , fortunately , however , without loss of life , the crew being saved . Tbe Mermaid steamer , from Cork , Captain Home , belonging to the Bristol General Steam Navigation Comp&uy , arrived , yesterday , after haying experienced 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 encountered the hurricane when about midway 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 up wards cf fifty pigs washed overboard . Daring the remainder of the voyage the sea continued to sweep over her -with feaiful violence and pour into her hold , by which means , upon her arrival , it was found that npwards of 5201 pigs were washed overboard or suffocated . Nothing but the superiority of her machinery saved her , in the opinion of tbe crew . The Irish packets did not Kill yesterday , but one or two of them sailed this morning . Some apprehension , also , is fell for the safety of the Dublin and Waterford packets , which were due here yesterday , but they may not have sailed . Nothing certain , however , is known .

      TTNEMOTTTH CASTLE , Fbidat . thf *** ^** ttle " Wind MeTr •• ¦ tenm ° bnmcane from the south-west , accompanied by & severe frort and tbusder » d lightning , which up to the Um » Vl S tocreasrf farv . At about a qnarte , to one oS hght , ves » lirMobserTed oJT the entrance of SJ bow apparently in distress and endeavouring to Uke ^ % !* & ? T On ' *** ***¦ To thosei ^ embled on the beach it was evident that she wonld not make't on account of the surf , and efforts were made by the coast-guard , m weH as about one hundred and fifty Tyne pilots , to dissuade these on board f ,-om makin . the attempt Blue Hghts were fired for that purpose but whether their meaning was understood it Is impost

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      sible to say , for the vessel continued its course , aad soon afterwards met with a dreadful fate . Just as she reached within a short distance of the bar a heavy wave struck bet amidships , throwing heroa her beam-snds , and she immediately drove on to the rocks . In an instant a number of gallant young men pushed off with file lifeboat , and made towards She nnfornn » te vessel , Wch proved to be the John and Isabella , belonging to Sunderland 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 , and her crew , consisting ot eight persons , with the master , were taken off th « wreck and safely brought back to the shore . Those , however , On board of the other wreck wctb less fortunate , as three of the crew aai the captain perished in an attempt to , gain tbe shore . The wreck beiDg beyond the reach of the life-boat , the coast-gaard lost no t . imn in attempting a communication by means of Captain Man by ' s life apparatus , and after two or three rockets had been fired from the mortar , one happily with tbe line attached was thrown through the rigging , by which a rope was paused from the vessel to the beach . Four of tbe craw weresaved ; the rest , with the master , were lost white making fcr the

      shore-By twelve o ' clock tbe John and Isabella and the Percy had broken np , and had become a total wreck . Their loss is estimated at £ 3 , 000 . None of the bodies of the sufferers have yet been discovered .

      YARMOUTH , Jan . 13 . During last night and this morning it has blown a heavy gale from tbe south and south-west . In tbe early 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 PI csnix . of London , was driven »* bore at abont one o ' clock this morning , between seven and eight miles up the coast to the northward of the town , and it is feared wiU go to pieces . The crew saved themselves by the boats . Two other vessels , one the John Simes , from Aberdeen , and the other Celia , Captain Longtaff , of and from London to Sunderland , were also both driven ashore tff the town . Should the weather moderate there was a chance of getting them off During the morning upwards of 200 vessels lest their anchors and cables by

      tbe extraordinary violence of the wind . Between two and three o ' clock the John and William ,, belonging to Nowhaven , Master Gtorge Smith , from this port ; was totally lost on the beach at Bearside , abont two miles to the west of Newbaven Barbour . 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 followiDR : —A large brig , supposed to be a Newcastle trader ( at present riding in tbe roads ) lost her rudder , anchor , and chain , in consequence of coming into collision with another vessel . The schooner Ann . ttvm London to Goole , lost bowsprit , and the ShtflHd , from London , with bulwarks stove in and loss of chain and cable .

      A dreadful shipwreck happened near Bou ' ogue , within a short distance of the spot where the Reliance Eist Indiaman was 1- st a short time since . Tbe 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 periBhed . : At Ilfracotnbe the schooner Ringdove , from Prince Edward ' s Island , was totally lost dnring the storm within a few miles of the harbour , and has since gone to pieces . The crew were saved by a boat belonging to the Oast Guard Service , which took them off tbe vessel just before she struck . Another vessel , called the Diligence , Edwards master , of Aberdovey , went down in deep water o % the Grassbolm . The crew took to the boat , and landed at St . David's about four o ' clock on Friday afternoon . The vessels are 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 tbe night bo less than four ships drove on shore on tbe Maplin sand , where it is expected they will shortly become -wrecks . One is tbe Good Hope , laden wUh grain , bound for Cardiff . Several fishing-smacks have gone out to their assistance . At daybreak a small round stern of a vessel , apparently about 25 tons burden , said to be the Friends ' Goodwill , of Colchester , was thrown by tbe waves upon the beach near Dover ; at fitfct serious apprehensions were entertained for the fate of tbe crew , but it was subsequently allayed by tbe arrival of a Norwegian schooner at Ramagate , that vessel having picked them up at sea . From their account it appears their vessel capsized from tbe fury of the storm , and tb 6 y escaped by jumping into the stem boat , which they ma-aged to

      cut awsy , otherwise they must have perished . The Norwegian schooner proved to be the Norden , from Messina , and was under quarantine at tbe time the unfortunate crew came in Bight She also was afterwards nearly lost in making for Ramsgate harbour j 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 weut down . Tbe crew were saved . At about ten o ' clock in tbe morning ( Friday ) a large American ship colled the Samaraug , from New Yurk to Hull , having n valuable cargo onboard , was teen by the Dual piiuta dr ifting away to sea from the Downs , whully unmanageable ; both masts bad been cut away , and the crew had abandoned tbe vessel . Her fate is at present unknown . Her crew have since reached Broadstairs in safety .

      Salcombe . —A fearful storm has been raging heru for the last twenty-four hours , nuroofing tbe houses in the town , and ter . ring up trees by their roots- Iu the river several vessels have driven from their moorings , and two ships , the Dove and the Commerce , are on shore outside the harbour , in a most dangerous situation . At Hull tbe gale was & 1 bo severely felt A vessel called the John and Susan from Sborebam to Stockton , was wrecked at about four o ' clock in the morning , neat Lower Coates ; fortunately the crew were saved . Among other wrecks reported to have occurred in tbe hurricane are the brig Resolution at Offor'vntrgs , crew saved ; a Scotch schooner near the name spot ; the William the Fourth , and tbe Moore , upon the sanle in Stokes-bay ; the Despatch , on shore , at Mistley ; the T ^ o Brothers en shore at Southsea beach ; tbe Henry Brougham on shore at Pokefleld , and two others .

      It is feared that two or three vessels foundered in the course of Friday morning off Duogeuess , 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 failing during the evening as low as 20 deg . being 12 deg . below freezing point ; and by tight o'clock , ' ice hud already formed of ihe thickness of a cr wn-p 5 ece , at which time the sky was perfectly clear , and fie moonlight bright Between twelve and one o ' clock ^ however , the sky became obscured hy a thick scud , which passed swiftly from south to north , and rapidly increased in density , the mercury at the same time rapidly Thing . About three o ' clock on Friday morrjing , a sharp v . iri' 1 apniisg up from the soutb south-weBt ; and , shortly before four o ' cKck , a heavy rain began , which continued ,

      accompanied by violent gusts of wind , until daybreak . About nine o ' clock , there was a heavy fail of hail , and as the forenoon advanced , the wind increased in ' violence , until , between twelve and one o ' elotk , it blew a perfect bnrricai ; ei-i ' from tbe south- "west > which lasted for nearly an hour . ' ' The ¦ wind continued very violent throughout the afternoon , evening , and night The damage done during the hurricane has been very extensive , and some of the streets of the metropolis are strewed with fragments of broken chimney-pots , tiles , slates , Ac . ; while , out of town , trees , palings , &c , have been blown down in all directions . About two in the afternoon , Mr . Feltbam ,

      cow-ieeper and dairyman , of Cbalton-etreet , 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 fctaci of chimneys were blown down on the coping-stone , - which broke away , and falling , alighted on the head of the unfortunate man , entering his tkull , and fracturing it in a shocking manner . Horsford , a mendicity officer , and others who witnessed tho occurrence , immediately hastened to his aa&istance , and -without loss of time conveyed him to Middlesex Hospital , where , although every attention was paid to him , the injuries he sustained were of so dreadful a nature that be died in less than two hours afterwards . In

      Duke-Btreet , Manchester Square , a miraculous escape occurred . A poor woman named Burrows , with a , n infant child in her arms , waa passing alomg , when n stack ' of chimneys was blown down from the houae of Mr . Christie , jeweller , ono of which just grsz ' ng her elbow , she in her fright dropped her ch'ld on to the Sag-stones ; but it was substquently found that neither it nor herself was seriously hurt . In St . James ' s ana Hyde Parks , Kensington Gardens , the Palace Green , and at Brampton Row , Fulham Road , a number of treea have been torn up by the roots . At Notting Hill , Shepherd ' s Bush , acd other elevated and open parts , neariy every house suffered , more er less . A very great deal of damage was done on the river fey vessels coming in collision ; the schooner Waterlily had her bowsprit carried away , and a l » rig had the principal part of her

      bulwarks torn away , by the fluke of a collier ' s ( the William ) anchor . We have not as yet heard 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 , Wand&worth , Hammersmith , Richmond , fcc , several barges , ( some heavily lad » n ) , with boats of every description , have been drifted from their moorings by the force of the wind ; and , although tbe major part of them were driven on shore , several are said to have been sunk . A' ong the shore on each side , the walla and palings have been blown down in ail directions , and considerable damage has been done to many of tbe market gardens bf the influx of the tide . —A ktter . dated Winduor , Friday evening , says : The boisterous weather during tha 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 pirk . In addition to the above , we regret to announce a list of accidents at sea , occasioned by tb . e violence of tho storm ; and great as is the amount of loss , both as regards property and life , we fear much that the list wi : i have to be considerably increased , when the returna have been made from the wbele of tbe ports . — -London paper . TTNDERCL 1 FFE , ISLE WIGHT . WRECK OP THE " GEOKGE , '' OF SUNDERLAND ,

      HaS-TEB AND MATE DROWNED . In the height of tbe terrific gale on Friday a large brig was driven on the coast , at 10 a . M . at the top of high water . Shocame on shore at Atherfleld ; all her sails were split , the sea making a clean breach over her . At this time , it is said , tbe captain aDd mate met a watery grave . During the afternoon many attempts were mode by means of Dennett's rockets to throw a line over her , but the galo raged so that but one succeeded . By this , at daybreak on Saturday , one ef the seamen was dragged on shore , but was nearly lifeless when taken up . Ten more men atlil 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 ef matiny . They had a-cargo of coals bound to Grenada , and had experienced very bad weather . Tbe < l ' .-ek bad been swept ; the boom , boats , and bulwarks carried away . She was boarded by a Poole hoy on Wednesday , when all was in contusion . They afterwards took a pilot , and run foe the Needles , but the wind unfortunately coming roundto the N . E . tbe captain discharged him aud stood for Plymouth . —Sun .

      SUNDERLAND . At Sunderland , two Bhips were wiveked in the course of Thursday night On Friday forenoon , two brigs were driven on shore at Tynemouth . One was the Percy , Hair , from Sandedncd . which soon broke iu pieces . Her crew ( all townsmen , the most of whose families w re amongst the assembled spectators on tbe beach ) were exposed to the most fearful danger . A rope was thrown to the deck , and the apparatus put into operation . Captain Hair , the cook and his son , were put into the slinga , but , from the lurching of the vessel , to which the rope was attached , they were , it ia supposed , thrown out , aud all three drowned . The fate

      of Mr . Hair ( who struggled fur nearly twenty minutes amidst tho raging surf , catching at one time the rope with bis heelfl , and then approaching almost to the rock , as if determined not to die ) was past de-Bcribiig ; but alas ! be , as well as bis comrades , perished under the eye of friends , family , and acquaintance * His body has since been found . The remainder of the crew were saved by the heroism and bravery of a b > atman at Tyncmouth 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 to near as to hozard 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 bas been blowing a hurricane , accompanied by heavy showers of sleet and raia , and we fear considerable damage both by sea and land will ha the result . The barometer , on Thursday morning , was lower than W 9 ever remember to have seen ; and tbe storm of the following night is full proof of the accuracy of this wonderful weather prophet . Cove , Jan . 13 . —At seven Lifitevenine the barometer

      fell from 29 to considerably below the index ; shortly afterwards it began to blow from tbe SSW ., and increased to a perfect storm ; at thirty minutes past ten o ' clock , p m . veered round to tba W ., wHh thunder and lightning . The vessels here have held on well , with the exception ef the Royal Saxon , from China , having run f » ul of the Syren , and carried away her bowsprit ; and the Governor Djuglas having drifted foul of tbe Spence , and carried away the bowsprit of the latter ; the Champlain drove from White-point to tbe barrack , and is now holding on well .

      Cork . —The year 1813 Set 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 tbe consequence . On Thursday uitjht ,. about eleven o ' clock , the wind , rather suddenly , bpgan to blow strong from the west , accompanied with heavy rain and flashes of lightning . With occasional lulls the gale rose to a perfect hurricane , but its force was greatest at about five o ' clock iu the morniag , when the roofs and chiraniea freely yielded tribute

      to its fury , by disengaging slateB and bricks in all directions , while there was also a prospect held out that glnziers as well as tilers would soon fee in requisition to repair the damage done in all directions . There was no mitigation of the storm until au advanced hour yestertUy , and very many of the Bhnpa having been kept closed , gave a very sombre cast to the town . Towards evonin ? , however , there waa some subsidence , and at night n eomplete 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 tleven o ' clock to day ; aud now , when we write , at one , all is calm and bunshine . — Reporter .

      Wexford . —Since Sunday last we have 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 On Thursday night the wind was S , with rain ; bnt about two o'clock on Frfrtay morning it suddenly veered to S S W . and W .. with heavy thunde- and lightning , and tremendous :-fjua ! l 9 , accompanied with torrents of rain for about two hours , when it alated . During the storm a large bavk got on Bhore on Ballytoigue burrow . We have not yet learned her

      name , but understand ehe is from the West Indies , and that four of the crew perished . Mr . F , Harpor , arent to tbe 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 the position of our port , the shipping here haveauffred no damage . Wo bave ju » t learned that the wrecked vessel is the San ton , 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 . Tiie vessel will be a complete wreck . —Conseivative .

      "Dundrum , Jan 15 , 3 o ' clock p M—Friday morning was bo very flue that almost all the boats from Newcastle to Aualong went out to their fishing in tbe bay , where they had quite an uncommon take of fish . About noon it come on to blow with snow . Up to tbia hour there are , I believe , seven boats from Newcastle , and four from Annlong , missing , These were skiffs , manned with about she hands each . Some of them were seen to go down by the crews of the boats which got in . One made Killough , and sold 2 b

      DREADFUL LOSS OF AN INDIAMAN , WITH HER PASSENGERS AND CREW . The late succession of fearful gales had iu some degree prepared tbe public mind for the intelligence of wracks from all quarters . The most gloomy apprehensions have been more than realized . A list of disasters , perh . ips unparalleled , has been already received , und there is reason to fear that the catalogue will be greatly augmented by subsequent arrivals . Only six weeks bava elapsed since tbe attention of the country was paiDfuily excited by the Ios 3 of the ship Reliance off Boulogne when nearly all the pas 3 engers and crew were lost . Another East Indiaman baa now to be added to tbe melancholy list of wrecks on that ili-fatsd coast , The Conqueror , a fine vessel « f 600 tons , belonging to Mr .

      Richard Green , of the firm of Wigtam and Green ; bound from Calcutta to London , and commanded by Captsin Dupgau , after beating about ia the Channel during the heavy gale on Friday night , was driven on ah i to , off Lorel , a small town on the French coast , only six miles distant fi-om Mirleruont ( where the Reliance struck ^ , at about half-past ten o ' clock p . m . and immadiattly went to pieces , evevy soul on board being lost , with the exception of a boy uanie 4 Henry Abchiirch , one of tho 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 oScsrs of the United Services . The ship -waB fralgbted with a valuable cargo of silk and general merchandise ; and it is supposed th . it she must have suffered severely from the late hurricanes , and become unmanageable as she neared the Channel . No authentic statement ef the circumstanoes has yet been received from the poor boy , who is tha only one Baved . He ia under the care of Mr . Hamilton , her Britannic Majesty ' s Consul at Boulogne , and will remain for the melancholy purpose cf identifying any bodies that may come ashore .

      A letter announcing tha wreck was received yesterday morning by Mr . W . Dobson , secretary to Lloyd's , from Mr . A . A 4 w » , the agent at Boulogne . Of the entire cargo only a few puncheons of rum have as yt-. t been recovered . The wreck is entirely gone to piece a . 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 lira . Thompson , and other conntxions of the deceased passengers , accompanied him . Mr . Hamilton has been unceasingly engaged on tfce spot .

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      The Conqueror was built at Newcastle , and purchased only last year by Mr . Green . Cap tain Duggan was an experienced ofiicer , formerly in the Company's service , and had made several voyages to India . The first offioer s name is Mr . Harvey . The following is a correct list of the passengars : —Mrs . \ Thompson and four children , Mrs . J , Jenkins anil four children , Mrs . Major Johnstone , Mias Tartonj Sfsjor Jobnstoae , 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 yon , that an East Indiaman , of 600 tons , came ashore , near Etaples , this morning . It is reported that eighty persons were aboard , of whom some were soldiers , their wives and children ; only one person has been caved ; but he is in auch a deplorab . ' e state as not to be able to afford any information . A Norwegian , la

      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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      Captain Fye , of the packet-ship Independence , which an ived at Liverpool on Christmas-day , m sixteen days , tfrom New York , states , that tbough be has crossed : the Atlantic above a hundred times , the last was the ealy voyage he did not see a s-jlitary sail the whole . distance from Kew York ia Liverpool .

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      Atbociotss Mtibder . —A most dreadfnJ n , ' * ' has lately been committed in the parish hf n ^ in this conatyj it ig supposed by one lu *^* Hughes , and her daughter , Elizabeth HnXP ** the bodies of two male infant children , of » S , ? former was delivered about . the . beginning ™ lt ! v ? present month . We have not been ableH * £ ir ^ the whole of tbe particulars of this most min * hrf murder , but it appears that Margaret HugheaTwV ^ husband was transported , being one of tbe ^ Wv cattle , at the time of the Merthyr riots wmvT livered of twins on or abont the l 9 t inst ., WmWv ^ conjectured , she and her daughter threw ihlo ^»* S ^ ^ L ^/ lA ^ tl « M ^^^ ** & wjju uub vi uci inai

      er uvs ^ uuuurs sae u&d drean 3 r * s that one of their children had fallen into the nit ^^ said it would be better to hate it filled up Te&fcp an accident might occur . It seems the daughter ^ tended employing a person to fill it up , which »**! rise to a suspicion that something waSiwroDg 4 nk 3 which E Tnomas , cott 6 table , andother 3 wereinanS to examine the pit . where , to their harrof tW found the bodies of two fine new y-bora' im ? infaat children . Evidence as to the criminsjjhi of the two prisoners was taken before Mr . W Chambers , sea ., when both were committed to t&L their trial at the ensuing assizes , —Carma ^ Z Journal . ^

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , Jan , 13 BANKRUPTS . James Henson , Bury-court , St . Mary-axe , tt pboMei « f to surrender Jan . 20 , at ten o ' clock , March 3 , at W past ten , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitors , Mesa . Lofty and Potter , KL-. g-street , Cheapside ; offisial al signee , Mr . Wbitmore , Basinghall-streefc Wiiliam Smith and Jofen Stickah , Qaeen ' s-buildW Knight&bridge , cheesemongers , Jan . 24 . at one o ' clo * Feb . 24 , at eleven , at the Binkrupts Court . SolicS Mr . Sutcliffe , Bridge-street , Blackftiars ; official ^ sfgnee , Mr . Alsager , Birchin-lane . G-Jorge Frederick Cobham and William Bart WrljW P « -ckhaniandGrav < S 2 ud , builders , Jan . 24 , atelein o'clock , Feb . 24 , at twelve , at the Bankrupts' Com , Solicitors , Messrs . Frankbam and Dixon , BaswgbaH street ; official assignee Mr . Gibson , Basing ^ street

      Stephen Law , Great Portland-street , npholste » Jan . 20 , at oae o ' clock , Feb . 24 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Rmond jm Gooday , Gray ' s-inu ; official assignee , Mr . Gisa , AWeimanbury . , John Wardle , Griffin-street , Shadwell , mercont Jan . 26 , at half-past two o ' clock , Feb . 23 , atelera at the BTvakiupts' Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Simpj ^ and Cobb , Austinfriars ; official assignee , Mr . Ofrooa , A ' ccburch-lane . John Casson , Liverpool , corn-merchant , Jan . 27 , $ twelve o ' cl&ck , Feb . 17 . at eleven , at tbe Bankrupt * D ' strict Court , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Sharp * , Field , and Jackson , Bedford-row ; and Messrs . Lownda , R > binson , and B-iteson , Liverpool ; official asaigiw Mr . FoHet ' c , Liverpool .

      John Dicfcenson , Newport , Monmouthshire , butcher Jan . 24 , Feb . 21 , at one o ' clock , at the Bankrupt District Court , Bristol . Solicitors , Messrs . Prothene and Towgood , Newport ; official assignee , Mr . Milk Bristol .

      DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY . John Frost , sen ., High-strtet , Wapping , licensed victualler . Evan Clark , Melton-street , E us ton-square , vnn housa-elerk . J > 5 ary Fowweatber , Sheffield , shopkeeper . John Wickhim , Bath , cheese factor . William Taylor , Huddersfield , cloth manufacturer ; Thomas Stanley , Nottingham , out of business . William CouLson , St Oswald , Durham , publican .

      Samuel Whitwam , jun ., Huddersfield , clothier . William Buckley . Kirkburton . Yorkshire , clothlei Timothy Smart , Rsdruth , Cornwall , cabinetraaket Henry Potts , Monkweaniioutb , Durham , publican . Joseph Morris , Hailshatn , Sussex , farm-baiUfE James Calshaw Parr , Poole , clerk . J > hn Dadley , Bristol , superintendent cf works . Nathaniel Barker , Dartmouth-street , Westminster plumber . William Worsey , Castlechurch , Staffordshire , < s } of business .

      Obed Golds , Brighton , trader . Taotuas Brewer , Glocester , appraiser . Charles Douglas Hope , Southampton-row , Ros % |

      square . . William Winser , Gravesend , pensioner as a retired captain . John Fraucks , Upper E iet Smithfield , linguist Gaorge Fawkner Weston , Fore-street , Cripple |\ te , commission agent Kicbard Procter , Walton-on-the-Hill , Lancashire , bookkeeper . John Schoflelds , Pendleton , Lancashire , farmer . William Stokoe , York , joiner . Richard Tidmarah , London-Wall , manufacturer of aromatic fnmigatins ; Turkey pastiles . William Payn , Preston , Kent , farmer . John Squire , Dunstsble , Bedfordshire , dealer ia horses . George Thomas Guod , Paddington-strset , Marjle bone , tailor . Charles Broad by , Stoke-upon-Trent , commission agent . Hanry Ruiiball . Spencer-terrace , I slington , grocer ,

      partnerships dissolved . T . G Bennett and Son , Bolton-le-Moors , cotton spinners . J . ' Franks and E . Thompson , Ecclesflsld , paper-makers . R . 8 . and G . Thompson , Kingston upor .-Hull , corn-factors . W . and B . Gardner , Linr « pool , painters . A . and R . Orton , Liverpool , hoaiea Scholes and Co ., Manchester , bankers ; as far as 1 * gf . rda the executors of G- Scholes . C . and R . & Ciec « , Manchester , timber merchants . T . Peet and B . P . Hobson , Manchester , public accountants . Tickles , Lfwton , and Co ., HuddersBeld , fancy-cloth murafao tureis ; as far as regards J . and T . Pickles . lfe $ i Foundry Company , Lancashire j as far as regard * B . R . Ratbbone . Wilson and MKeand , Liverpool , ©* chants . F . and C . Hand , Liverpool , ironmonger ! Hewitt , Bolin , and Co ., Kingston-upon-Hull , merchants . F . and A . Hardwick , Nottingham and Mai Chester , manufacturers of hosiery . Buchanan and Ca , Glasgow , R . M'ASam and Co ., Liverpool , » d Buchanans , M'Adam , aud Co ., Kingston , Jamaica .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , January !?• bankrupts . Williiwn Mayhew , wine merchant , Da CrespigBT place , Cainberwell , to surrender , Jan . 25 , at half-pak ten o ' clock , and March 3 . at one , at the Court of Bads * ruptcy , Basinghall-atreet . AUager , official assignee , Birchin-lace ; solicitor , Bird , Lincoln ' s Inn-fieldu . John Lattimer , corn £ iccor , Hanstope , BuckingftfiH " ehire , Jan . 26 , at two , and Mareh 7 , at twelve , atths Coart of Bankruptcy , Basinfhall-streefc . Wnitoanv official assignee , Basinghall-atreet ; solicitor , Robiawn and Drury , Tokenbonse-yard . Thomas Edward Clarke , apothecary , Acle , Norffft * Feb . 2 , at one , and March 2 , at eleven , at the Gourjtol Bankruptcy , Baslnghall-streei Green , official assignee , Alderman bury ; solicitor , Clarke , Medcalf , and Q' * J > Lincoln s-iun , London ; Beckwith , Dye , and Klttoa , Norwich .

      James May , china dealer , Glapham-rise , StuKj Jan . 27 , and Feb . 24 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Lackington , official asaigBMi Coleroan-stieet-buildinga ; solicitors , Watson , jmu Trafalgar-square , or Cole , Tokenhouse-yard . WilJiara Inman We . ' sh , attorney , Great Qn # B ' street . Linaoln ' a Inn-fleMs , Jan . 27 , at two , and Feb . 22 , at tw ? lye , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BasiogBSll ' street . Johnson , official assignee , Basinjfhall-straetj solicitors , Richards and Walker , Lincoln ' s Inn-fielda . Joseph Horatio Ritchie , shipwright , Rothernicbe . Jan . 28 , at one , and Feb : 22 , at twelve , at the Coart of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Edwards , c&M assignee , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry ; soMwa $ S ^ vain , Stevens , Maples , Pearce , Hunt , aud Sieveo * . Ffederick ' s-place , Old Jewry .

      William Humphrey , dealer in furniture , Old Don *** place , Clapham-road , Surrey , Jan . 31 and Feb 12 , " twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-stwet-Graham , offiaial assignee , Basinghall-street ; solicit Ashurst , Cbeapside . Thomas Haghcs , lodgiog-house-keeper , Great Corsffl * street , Brnnswick-square . Jan . 31 , and Feb . 27 , 8 ' eleven , at ihe Court of Bankruptcy , Ba 8 insbaH-stt * . Turquand . offiaial assignee , Copthall-baiidings ; solid * tor , Pinn ^ er , Gray ' s-inr .: squaie . Juhn Jardine , merchant , Liverpool , Feb . 6 , a * Marck 1 , at one , at the District Court of BankfCP ^ Liverpool ; Coz move , official assignee ; solicitors BoldM and Ciark , Liverpool ; Waira&ley and Co ., Chanc ^ T * lane . London .

      John Linskill , sehoclrnaster , Bridiington , Yorksbiff * Jan . 2 $ ami Feb . IS , at eleven , at the Lseds DaW * Court * f Bankruptcy . Fearue , official assignee , Lsed *» solicitors * . Jennings an £ Conyers , Great Dnffi .-U . . Joha Norfolk and Eawcrd Barker , Jan ., dyers . W «* p house Carr , Yorkshire , Jan . 30 , at two , ami Feb . 1 "» at eleven , at the L ? ed 8 District Court of BauiwpWy * Young , official assignee , Leeds ; solicitors , Fid < i « J > Paper-buildings , Temple ; Barr , Loftus , and Neto * Leeds . Richard Dunn and Richard DacreBunn , cornfM * tors , Wakefield , Feb . 2 and 23 , at eleven , at the- Ue U District Court of Bankruptcy . Hope , official assignee ? solisitors , Wilson , Southampton-street , Bloomsbo ** * London ; Payne , Eddison , and Ford , Leeds . , JohttCoJeman , victualler , Birmingham , Jan . 29 , «™ Feb . 21 , at twelve , at the Birmingham District Conn of Bankruptcy . Valpy , official assignee , Binning !" * solicitorBensonBirmingham .

      , , John Hoyle Ormerod , wine merchant , Mancbeatw j Jan . 27 , and Feb . 17 , at twelve , at the M aacbes 5 « District Co « t of Bankruptcy . Hobson , official f ¦• gnee , Manchester ; solicitor , Heath , Manchester . William Thompson , lime-burner , Exeter , J a ° -J ° i at three , and Feb . 21 , at one , at the Exeter DuWj " Court of Bankruptcy . Hernaman , official assigned ' solicitors , Parrs , P » x > l ; Howie and Co ., New v ^ London . , Martha Groves , joiner , York , Jan . 31 , and F > jD- *"» at tha Lteds District Guurc of Bankruptcy . Feun-i official assignee , Leeds : solicitor , Wood , York .

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      MUTINY ON BOARD THE U . S . BRIG SOMERS—! HANG ING AT THE YARD ARM . This ! yessel arrived here on Wednesday , after her cruise on the coast of Africa , and the city is rife with rumours relative to an occurrence of a -very painful nature I which bas 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 the Somers mutinied , being led on by one of the midshipmen . The plot of tbe mutiny was communicated to the corura ander , tbe details of which appear too horrid to be believed . We tive tbemas we have heard them .

      The mutineers w ^ ra to have a scuffle on the forecastle in the eight , while the Captain and first lieutenant were asleep . \ Oa the appearance of the latter to quell tbe disturbance , he was to bs seized and thrown overboard They were then to murder tbe commander and tfce ward-room officers , witb the exception of the surgeon , who was to b 8 kept for their own use , aDd tako possession 1 of the vessel . After this they were to capture packets' and other ships , and murder all the passengers , so thatjno soul should be left to tell tbe tale of their horrible villainy . For this purpose they were to rendevous o ££ New York . The whole plan was in -writing and copiously interlarded with Greek characters to prevent discovery , and the test oath of tbe mutineers was— "Do you swear that you have nofiar of sbedUing blood ?•'

      Fortunately , their plan was discovered through the instrumentality of ono of the crew . 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 and the lives of all on board required imsuediate and ext-niplary punishment , Tbe court decided that the midshipman and two of the ringleaders should bs forthwith executed . They were accordingly hung at ihe yard-arm to strike terror t » tbe hearts of the crew . This strong and decided measure restored the com-Hiand of the ship to the officers , and tbe obedience of the men . Philip Spencer was the name of the midshipman alluded f > . who was hung , and tho other two mep , petty officers , a boatswain ' s mate and a qunrfjer-iuaiiter . Spencer entered tbe service Nov . 20 , 1841 .

      The affair occurred in the Atlantic , six or eight days * sail from St . Thomas , where the brig had touched for water and provi .-dens on her return from the coast of Africa . ! It was arranged to take her there so that tlie ip . u'ineera would be fully provided with stares for their piratical cruise . Too much praise cannot be awarded to Commander M'Kenzie and his officers , for so promptly nipping in tbe bud an enterprise that would have brought misery and destruction upon hundreds of our fellow-citizens . This is the first occurrence of the kind oa the record of our naval service .

      This is the only authentic account that can be given of the affair to-day . Commander M'Kecz e has gone to Washington to lay all tbe facts bsfore tbe Government From ten to twenty of the sailors , the ringleaders in the mutiny , are nov in irons on board the North Carolina , to await thoir trial . The Somers is at tbe navy yard . She sailed hence a short time since , and wsw ; manned by forty or fifty apprentice boya and thirty or- forty seamen . The Somers is a ntw yessel , this befog her first cruise , and has proved to ba one of the fasust sailers in the service . Her construction , her siz ^ , and her speed are well adopted for a pirate . —New York Herald , i

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      WANDSWORTH POLICE . DnPADFUL Case . —Yesterday , Daniel Williamson , the keeper of a boarding-school at Kingston N ^ vvtown , was placed at the dock , before Mr . PaynWr , charged with committiug a capital offence , 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 on the examination , that a short time since the p * issuer 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 ac Kingston , and amongst his patrons and well-wishers were the parents of the

      children towards whom he has so misconducted himself . Mj % K . .. a highJy r «* pectable tradesman in London , is the father of one ofth&lioys . 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 wag this : —The day before tho one appointed for the return of Mr . E ' s boys to Bchool . the elder son thrcvy himself at his mother ' s feet , and implored her not io send him again to Mr . Williamson ' s school , and said ho 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 boy ultimately confessed that the prisoner had , through his unwilling instrumentality , be « n guilty ot the most heinous offonce punishable by tho laws of this country . The father , stuns almost

      to madness by the confession of his elder son , questioned the younger , a child only nine years of a ^ e , and towards him he ascertaine *! that the prisoner bad acted most abominably . Mr . E . immediately cominuuicated with Mr . K , who , dreading that the contamination had extended to his own family , questioned his son , a lad of fourteen years of age , who ultimately confessed to such a series of abominable effidnqes as to reduce his father to a state bordering upon -madness . It should be stated that the latter boy . had returned to s-cbool a week since , and these frets were drawn f ; om him at the school , to which the ; father had proceeded with a medical gentleman . , The first witne q ^ j F ^ derick K ., having given his evidence , ^ hich clearly proved the prisoner to have been repeatedly guilty of a misdemeanour ;

      Mr . Painter asked the prisoner if he wished io put any questions to the witness \ The Prisoner replied—The young gentlejnen under my charge have always had the privilege of writing to ^ their parents at any time without control . The witness says , he slept with mo every night after his return from his holydays . I admit that he did 90 , Dut it ivas 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 seDarate jbed if he had wished . Mr . Paynter indignantly said , no cirenmstanaes whatever coald justify a master sleeping with his scholars . ; The elder boy of Mr . E having been called and examined , and given strong « videace of a capital offence hating been committed ,

      Mr . James Fernandez Clarke , a surgeon , was called . He stated , that he had examined the last witness , but the retult of the examination was very unsatisfactory . With rogard to the other boys he could state ] nothing positive . Mr . Paynter askid the prisoner if he chose to ask Mr . E 4 ' s younger son any questions 1 The Prisoner . —I deny that I have slept with him for the last-half-year , or on any occasion whatever , and on some future time I wiii produce a witness to prcve that fact . Mr . E—i—' b younger son , a child only nine years of age , wa ? next examined as to the " proceedings of the prisoner towards him individually .

      Mr . Paynter said it wonld be impossible to take the evidence fuily that day , as the time of the Court was nearfyjup , therefore he should remand the prisoner on tho charge of felony . He should advice the prisoner to make no statement until the whole of the evidence had been taken down and read ov ^ r . The Prisoner . —This gentleman ( pointing to Mr . E ) was with me a week in December ; he ate and he drank at my cxpence , he slept in the same room with his chi . dren , a-id 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 cob junction with the other gentleman , ^ onspires to ruin me . What this charge may come to , or whatever punishment I may ultimately have to suffer , I declare , upon my solemn oath , 1 am innocent of the crimes laid to my charge . The prisoner was remanded . .

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  • 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-ncseproduct787/page/6/