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DREADFUL HTJRB 1 CAXE . LIVERPOOL . ( From , ihe Liverpool AMotu ) The observers of file barometer -svere astonished , on Priday morDinz , on inspecting their instruments , to fiu 3 that an extraordinary faU of the mercury in the tribe had taken place daring the night Tse fall was from 28 92 to 23 05 . This unusual phenomenon -was the general t ;^ ie of conversation during the d .-. y . The barometer in the pnbSc rooms "were ever under constant inspection , and theminutest movement of tb * merairy "was vrstefced and noted from morning till night . Some said th » t the phenomenon denoted an earthquake , for that tbe great tarthqnske at Lisb&nliad been preceded
by an -extraordrnary fnTl -of the mercury . Others maintained that it V 33 the preearsor of a storm , either from tha eastward or Trestrsrard , though , as tha msd was blowing smartly fiom the -westward , that wsa the pro"bible dirtcncn from -which the hurricane vrcnld sweep All agreed that saise awfsl visitation was impending , intTshether a canvnlsion * f Ojb eax& or merely of the atmosphere ncbody could telL As the day advanced , however , tha -wind increased , showing- fiat the predictors of the storm TfBra the true prophets . To ^ rarcs fiTening it had changed frem a pale to s storm , and from six o ' clock on Friday night tSii four on Saturday morning it blew « tsiriSc hurricane , causing serious damage and Joss &i sea aa ¦ srell as on land .
The borEeane vss at its height between two aafl thrte o ' clock . It was , -with short paxisea , terrific People T * ho ¦ were exposed to its fury had not the E ! i = btestd r'Sbt ttatit -was as "violent as the memorable storm on ths night of the 6 th cf Janua-y , 1539 . The river , even at low -water , abcat three o " cii > c £ in tha morrin ^ , -was one sheet of foam , the waves nn : rini as high as if it had been a full tide in calm TFeathei . Hundreds of families . especially those who reside in sitndtiot-s exposed to the sweep of -westerly winds , iLtj- »* r veatorfed to bed during the night They sat np in the lower apartments of the houses . With one p xe =-j > tioa , however , the damage done to the buildings by the tempest has not been serious . - The storms of late years , and particularly the disastrous storm on the xiiijtof the 6 ih o ; Jaanary , 1839 , have made people
moie attentive to thettaie of tee roofs and ct mwys of houses , "which are now in fall repair , and capable of eastern !? . vjUicii : much u-jury , the preKUi ? of the mest Tiolti-t -win'is and teraptitE . SdU , the hurricane of Friday nigs . * , oitrthrtw many cbimneja and cairnney pots , 3 ud blew eff nmnbertss sistes from roofs . In Fielorstrte-t . Ev&rion , several chimneys -were blown down . In Rokeby-street a chimney penetrated the xoof o ? a honse , but , we are happy to say . no other damage occurred . Tne houses in Shatr-sireet , Silisbuijrsfereet , ana Sobo-strees also snftere ^ l more or less ; ose honse in Salisbnrj-street was psxtiaSy unroofed . Part of a garden wall and railing' in Brownlow-streei -was tarried away ; a stable belonging to Mr . Crosby . "West Derby , was unroofed ; and tee sbefi ol tLe building at the back ci the Fish ii ' aiiet was blown xwsy .
u _ e cf the severest cssnalti&s which has occurred took place in Zpworth-street , London-road . About half-past ens o ' cioek a sla « J : of three cfcimnejs fell upon the roof cf the honse sf J-hn Pace , an ujdustriorts jonmeyman crcaa pips makcT ., and carried ft through two flacrs into the Cellar below . On the first floor the ocenpant of the heu-M , his wifa , and a child were in b ^ d ; siid two cbiloTc ^ , who bad been brc-n ^ ht from an upper apirtmeat , on aecoxnit cf Uie Tossing of , the wind , wtrfe in the same rocm . All thtse "wertf carried below with tha f-jliEg rains , as > l bmie ^ nnfisr the rubbish . Tbe ert ^ rior cf the honse , with the exception of the roof Bad chinmeys , remained intact , bo that no ptrson looking at is « roi 3 baTe rapposed that so horrible a catas trophe fcac cccmred . About f-jur o * c . H > ck , as Inspector
Kority , t » f the police , wss going his rounds , he heard , "when in the vicinity , a moaning , and set himself to "wcri to ssecrfaia C-s cans * . Sa Boon < 2 i 3 carered it , raiseil the alarm , and , -srith the assistance of Mr . C . B . Qit-atiFcx , snrgecn , std other persons who were sttracitrd t « the rpot . ai ; d rerdered the most active and B « rf « j 1 f <> rr-c ? . bio ^ cp- ~ n the door . Tha awfnl misfortooa that bad befallen the inmates of the house wastfc < -a tjxuvj ^ a co -new . it iemg « vident ihat scms pe » £ > Bs wo * alJTa under ihs rubbish , the party immediattiy procetced to rcajove it ; and by hall-p ^ t s ; x o ' elock tha who ' -e family -were taisn ost alive , and fc-utsd to have sus ^ aistd only triflaig irjnries . The foists and bt-usis had fBllai over thtm in snch a manner aa to prolvct Vfeem f ; &m the euperiricnHibeiit mass j and
a hiJe haa bten Itfs which admitted sufficient air to S 3 ?< j tb « in £ » oin 5 ^ ff >> catioa . One of the chiMrcu was tiida to the Infirmary , but none of rfa boots were broterj , and its Irjuiies consisted only of bmises . The mother was near her confinement , bnt , we believa , haa not t _ x : arienced mnch inconvenience from the fright It > r& 3 ber raoanirg which first drew the attention of tha police inspector , and led to the discovery cf the acd ^ -snj Tha hnsisad states that he was , at first , renfitrrrd Lssensible by the fail , and was aroused by tb * inoa . ics oi his wife . We understand that he is a steady , fc-s ~ d-working man- ; and , having lost the whole of his fniniiare susi fcis tools by tbe acsiccnt . a snl > Bcription , which we hepe -will be adequate to the purposti , ja raisiag for hisidiel .
In If-tbfciSdd-rca ^ , ETertoa , -which , from its elevatea and txposed sitnatian , felt tbe full f * rce of tbe siena , £ 67 crsl tiea were blown down . The hoEses on tbe bill anstaiG&d , however , comp > rativc 3 y trivial T ^ . i n l ^ lln T \^ tsth-parb . -where the houses , like those on Evertaa . etc ? xpos = d to the westerly gale 3 , damage ¦ vas als « susUdnnL The steaple ol one of tfce new tb-arcbts in ti _ 3 iocalii . y was , it is Baid , somewhat Eb ^ kcE . JJfo strions injury was , however , Eosiained ij tbs ^ uS '' : nijf 3 at the scnth end .
On UiT Cheshire side Gf the JUIerKy , , m Birkenhead ard it 3 Tidinty , the only loss which has yet come to per izHjwiedge is thai sustained by the falling in of lie gabld <» f a new honse in Wellington-terrace , £ s "WcH as fee osstniiticn of an incomplete cottage in a HKisli street mar Grairge-laae , besides occasional ireachr-s aade in tbe roofs of houses here and thtre . to wHch mast be added the demolition of numerous pssr-a cf alas ; thjeaghoutthe town . Thsr attamsrs whidi ply to the different ferries on tbe Ciishir * siCe were coispeJled , " ear ) y in the tVczuBg . to keei > on liis otbti side . As the tide rose , the surf
Elocg tne Bsa-wall becaaie tremendous . It would . jpcU- ^ d . li £ Vf- Se * n StsimcSon to sny T ees &L even c i 4 eamer , to approach the quays . With the exception uiiL ; vioo- - * - AAt bt-3 is , the ofiier ateainprs ceased to ply after agbt ^ civck . The "Woodslde boats continued to bra ^ e the Etorm tSl half-past nine , at whicb honr the KaSs h * a so -nni = h increased that the Clevelsriu steamer was obiijsd "to return to Woodside witht-ni briEi ; ablB lo iacfl all i . sr passengers on thia side , a few of the jcBEger o . es only having reached the pier by jaiaprns from the boat ; the remainder prnriei > t ] y retsriied to Cneshirs , where they remained a ; l iti ^ ht
Ejti 7 ie the BVtaiEg the landisg-stage at tbe George's Pi = j -a as dssnagtd by the violence of the sea and driven alongside ~ walL Tii * smaJi crafi in the basins have sustained damage , but from * he palpable indicstumB of the approach of a svarm . which i ^ deced the bos . tmea to secure them , Ipss than from-ordinary Storms which come onsnddefily . At the Ge » rfe ' = Siip masv of the boats were drawn op so as v- be osx of das ger . Tif- vesssls in the river rode cut the ftorm , bnt . in many ea ^ s , witt txtrtme a ; ffijulry . The tide tvsb , tfarrfliih . th ^ fart * c-f the wind , many feet above the catectstfed- r ^ e , and cacsefl , at high water , a terrific Eea , ~ 2 rcL fxrqusaiiy brake over the numerous craft at afit ^ . or in tiie fif ^ T . A sehocner , at anchor in the qnarsiithie-rTOTmd , - ^ as overwhtlmed by the sea and sank- The craw . : t is tared , were drowctd . SsveraJ fists were also ssnk .
Tne polics ncder xbe personal scperintendence of Mi- Winttj-, were oa the alert all along the seawall , rendering s ^ istsBce -s-heDtJver it tt 2 « m cssssry . They wtre 3 ScTJ 2- ' ! y us * ? ul daring the night Tl _ c ijs ? sis ! ' 3 at sea . and on the contiguous banks , hrTi- iri-= n stn -oE . £ E-i have been accompanied by a melancholy loss of life . Lieutenant Saarsfield , B N ., w u ^ r- ^ i :-psckex Prircesa , who arrived on Satorday n -reins , 2 b- _ xit el-ves o ' clock , from T ^ blin , states that h = rievsr ejvconnterfd a severer night . As hs was c .-miu £ through the Formbj Channel he aaw a schooler Esrik off Cr « it > y-point . The gallant officer immeaiateiy
took isea . 'mr ^ s to save any of the crew ¦ who might survive . The KiiDOBei Was the Hale , from Cre&town , en the soath cc ^ st uf Scotland . The crew had « onsist «; cf five persons ; f-xn nl these had been swept effane < irowi . rd . Tfce isasitsr was the only survivor , and had saved isVs ^ sif up to fee moment of his rescue by clingtcg to -he Vtjsssl ' a rigging . He was taken en board ihir ?? i ^ si £ r , and the means there used rask-reri him to a c ; -: aj , = > TaUve senEibHity . Tw ' e other v&sseii is s . « -- } V 4 s ^ ite . -wfcich hsd Ecffered in tb- temp st were ^ -j .: s-d t *> rcac n p . -rt safely , thrcngh Litutenant S > 2 sn = ^ c - s p ^ ot- ^ e and ifiot rn ^ aentaJiry . tJrican
Tn- A- rbi ? Ss . PctersbuTgh , from New Orlwa . i . hnecjpi-ns to run in , got on sh- ^ e on Jor-T ' f ' " - - ^^ CTfa ^ dwittai ^ iu Cptiin Tra » k ordtrr , tsc ^ ssts to be cut away , which wts -DrcmD ^ y pc ^ ed- This dH £ aTB blow enabled the hip Vo hold tDgsasrce rag the night naffl . ^ ccacr arrived in tht Bior-iar . A 3 HD « n as h * r perilous sitnation was p = rcoved froa thfe ? bore , the iiftbeat and one of the stpamtags went aJcngsida and took eff the crew , twenly-scs in suE , b » r , who were bronsht to town by tba latter , ^ miy if tne pour fe ! 3 ow 3 were in au exhausted * statp ; fcnt -they all . soon recoverijd . on btini brtU iht on shore .
The Arcencan sbsp John Cmnminps , Gacrain Thayer , from the SiVjianah , which was at anchor in Bootle-bay * tras Id in-rainEUt danger cf becoming a total wreck . The sea made repeated and complete breaches over her . The violence of the storm aca the sea erased boa her anchors to drag , until sh « tailed on the Boofle aaads , where , it the fall o ? the tide , she lay high and dry . The boUom being K > ft sand , the vessel haa not sustained xaneh damage . She will be got ' off at the next spring tides . Tie Ternon , "which Bailed for Glasgow en Friday xaoralng , was driven back by the force cf tbe itorHi , and got on Borbo Biiik , where the became a complete irrecfc The captava , Qje mste , and the -cook were drowrieS ; the remainder , of the crew were saved by the lifeboat- . -,
31 ie " AiBEr-caE ship Adlron ^ ai , Captsaj ) Hackatst ? , froia 5 t . w York , arrived tm&tnrday morr-ing ; « iiled on the 22 nd nit from Smdy Hook , and on tho iOdi
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from New York- Ciptain HackEtaff had two men ] blown off theforeyard , and two men maimed by being blown on deck , during the sight . He describes the tempest as having been as severe as any he ever en--countered . Wh&n the ship lurched it seemed as if the waves actually washed over tbe mizsn-topniMt-head . The packet-ship Hottingner . Captain Borsley , which sailed on Wednesday for New York , pat back on Saturday morning . Captain Burak-y saw the packetship North America , Captain I / Owber , on Fr iday , about one mile to leeward , iff Ramsay , Isle of Man . Tha bodies of two men , who , no doubt , belonged to one of the two schooners wrecked on tbe backs , were found floating , and brought to town on Saturday night The weather -was quite calm throughout the whole of the ni ? ht 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 tbe writer expresses it , " a whole gale . " The Aqueona , Altridge , from this port to Cork , pat back with foretopsail split The St . George , Lever , from Dsiaerara to thia port , had j-nt in with loss of fpretopgallant-mast . The Catherine , of Glasgow , had also put in , with loss of 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 . Daring the night of the 12 th and the morning of Friday , the 13 th instant , the town of PJyineuth and its vicinity was visited by a tremondons gale from the west , wtst-sonth-west , and south-west , accompanied by heavy showers of ram . The casualties on the land have been principally confined to the piostratfon of cbimniea and partial unroofing of houses , without any personal injury . Afloat great damage has been done , but it is believed that there also , providentially , no live * have been lost Tae schooser Belie , of Plymouth , Cnrtis mMter , is beached at Deadman ' s Bay . The three brigs Sea Witch , Baker ; Southampton , SymonB ; and General Brock , all of London , are stranded in Batten Bay . The
bark Brrgilla , of Falmoulh , is a total wreck at Bovisand Bay . A brig&ntine from Marseilles for Liverpool has come iu with loss of sails . The brig Mayflower , ¦ which stranded on tbe south side of . the breakwater on the Sd instant , has been carried by the forc « of tbe waves clear over it , acd bow lies nearly perpendicular on the nortk or inner side . Tbe trawler Loyalty is ashore at the back of the eastern pier- The following vessels are said to be safe : —P / irifield , Whitesid 6 for Port Philip ; Alicia , Scott , for Port Philip ; Kosanna , KsHb , for Rio Janeiro ; Alexander Robertson , Norie , for M f . ntserrat ; Euphratrs , Wilson , for Calcutta ; Pacific , Michie . for Oporto ; Francis I . \ American ) , Ainsv orth , for 3 ft > w York ; Christian ( Dane ) , Korme , for Si . Croix .
iDDITIOSja PARTICULARS . Satnrday , Ja » . 14 , 12 o'clock . Up to this time , notwithstanding the continuance of the gale , providentially eo lives have oeen lost by sea or lard . The Bslle bss fcesn -warped off from Deadman ' s Bay without much damage . The Sea witch is still ashore at JenayjsQliff ; no water in ber yet Her cargo will probafcljpsifiittaved , and there is a bare possibility of her being f ^ Sffi ? She has a mail-bag for the coast of Africa , ¦ whkli " iia » been landed . So great "was the force of the wind that lead weighing nesr : y a ton was peeled off one of the sheila in Her Majesty ' s Dockyard , where other effects of its strength have been manifested . The chimney of the Manoroffice , Davenport , fell on the coach-honse , and crushed
a carriage and gig . In the Plymouth citadel , the slates were blown from tbe roof of the barracks to the ramparts , and the lead en the chapel there haa baen turned up uke so Binch paper . . Many chimnies have been blown down in Plymouth , Davonport , Stonehouse and Stoke , and in some cases the inmates had been compelled to escape through the ¦ wiudowa . The roof of Ssltnun-honse , the seat of the Right Hon . E-iri Morley has sustained considerable damage . A gentleman , who was i f&ci&lly engaged to record the movements of the wtatter-glass at this place , fi . r a period of Beven years , iW . eB that in all that time it was never so low as on Friday morning , during the worst of the weather , i » was BUli lower , so low , indeed , that there was no means left of indicating the force of the storm .
PORTSMOUTH . ( From ihe Hampshire Telegraph ) Yesterday morning early a terrific gale of wind commenced in this vicinity , and , with veiy littie intermiisSiDD , has continued til ] the hour of our going to press ; the csKUftiitfca that have occurred from it which we have , as yet , heard of are the following • — The eloop William IV , Alew , master , frcm Cowes for London , with a general cargo , principally ma > t , drove on abors in Stokes Bay yesterday morning , between four and five o ' clock . She still lies at bighwaler-xaark , and most be lightened before she will-come off . The bri * iloore , Ball master , from Su-ithampton to Sunderland , in ballast , parWd in Stokes Bay yesterday morning , and is is still on the beach at high water-mark . She dots not appear to have received any damage , and as soon as the weather moderates she will be tot off .
A fongautioe , name unknown , was la * t night on shore on the Woolseners . The crew , jnst before dark , were observed leaving her , and , we hope , landed safe on Hayling Inland . Thsbrig Wanderer , Hams master , of Bideford . for Ipswich , in ballast , from Llanelly , parted from two anchors and chains , windlass broken , this morning near the Weelseners , and ran for Langstene-haibour , where ehe rides B&fe . An anchor has been sent to her . The two Brothers , Fielder master , from Weymouth forLangBtone , with a cargo of barley , in coming for the harbour , about noon yesterday , got on shore on Southsea-beach . She was got iff early thia morning by the txsrdons of her own crew ; the Yarfcorough steamer , howuVfr , eet on shore last night'in attempting to get her < iS , 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 Camtiteriand-fort , this mornin ? , at daylight ; they both sank shortly afterward * , and it ia feared all hands have perished . The mast-heads of the two-maBted vessel are visible . Several bonses at Soutbsea are much damaged in rcofa , chimneys , and windows . The dockyard buildingB are , some of them , also slightly damaged ; and we regret ro find that Lord Aihbnrton ' s new marine villa , in Stokts-bsy , is seriously injured .
BRISTOL . The late storm , which appears to have affected akno 3 t every portion of the kingdom , in its progress visited Bristol smd the neighbourhood and raged on Thursday and Friday -with the utmost fury . During Ui 8 sight the wind blew -with most fearful violence , producing the ntnal effects of chimnies blown down , ¦ windows broken , and houses partly unroofed . Among other accidents tte Gothic window of St . Nicholas Church , in tbe clock tower , was tern completely out of its framework and dashed in . The vane of St Philips Church also was torn * ff . From St . Werberg ' s Church several copingstones of large s 29 were blown down . At the West of the England Stay Factory the entire stock of chimnies was blown down , and , falling
on the reof , dashed it in , and the whole mass forced its way throngh the ceiling of a Tootn in which up-wards of fifty girls were at work , causing , of conrse , the ntmost consternation . Many of the females went into hysterics , bnt providentially none of them wers severely injured , most of them having escaped with a few bruises . A stack of chinsrJes was sIbo blown down at Mr . Ames ' s seat near Westbury , atDiment&r . d Grimer " s York-atreet . and at tbe corner of Philadelphia-street In Queen-square a very large elm tree was torn np by the roots , es were also several trees in the neighbourhood- At Trowbridge the cbitnnies of a large factory wtre blown down , and , as we hear , upwards of £ 600 of daiaage done . At tbe time of the hurricane Sbveral vessels vrtre lying at Anchor in King-road , and mnch
apprehension was felt for their safety ; it was found that most of them hsd started their anchors and were driven ashore at the month << f the river , bnt without suffering mnch damage . The Pomona , bound for the West Indies , started her anchors , and was driven down Channel quite out of sight ; but so variable was the wind , that shortly afterwards she was driven back again by the fory of the tempest , and went ashore in the mouth of the river , Amone those which went sshora were the Reform from Glasgow , the Garoline ioi TJiago , the Majibwer for Bonny , the Active for Bridgewater , a Prussian brig , and one cr two others . The sloop Anne of Berkeley , from Black Reck , foundered near the mouth of the river , fortunately . hoseeTer , without loss of life , the crew be-ng saved Tbe Mermaid steamer , from Cork , Captain Home , beioaging to the Bristol General Steam Navigation Compsny , arrived , yesterday , : uter hsvirg experienced the
fail fury of the gale , by which she was mncb damaged , her bulwarks being stove in . and her starboard paddlejkx broken in fragments . She states that she first encourterfd the hurricane when abont midway across the Irish Channel on Thursday night She weathered the gale until she came abreast of Lusdy Island on Fridaj afternoon , where her bulwarks w ^ re stove in , and up wards cf fifty pigs washed overboard . Daring the remainder of the voyage the sea continued to a ^ eep over her with fearful violence and pcur into her hold , by -jrhieh means , upon her arrival , it w&a found that upwards of 20 » pigs were washed overboard or suffocated . Nothing but the superiority of her machinery saved her , in the opinion of the craw . The Irish packets did not sail yesterday , but one or two of them sailfcd thii morning . Some apprehension , also , is felt io * afisty of the Da ° tfa ana Waterford packets , ¦ which were due here yesterday , but they may not have sailed . Nothing certain , however , is known .
TTNEMOUTH CASTLE , FlinUT . Last night ihe wind blew a terrific hurricane from the aonth-wett , accompanied by a severe frost and thunder and lightning , which up to the time of this being diapatohed by post rtin continues with apparent increased fury . At about a quarter to one o'clock a light-vessel-was obaerved off the entrance of theharbo * r , apparently in distress and endeavouring to take shelter by running over this bar . To those assembled on Ifcebeach it was evident that she vrcnld not make it on account of the surf , and efforts Trere made by the eotst-guard , as -weH as about one hundred and fifty Tyne pilots , to dissoade those on board from making the attempt . Bi * e lights were fired for thntpsrpose , but wheUiw their meaning was understood it is impos
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sible tos&y , for the vessel continued its course , sad soon afterwards met with a dreadful fate . Just as she reached within a short distance of Mie bar a heavy wave strack her omidshipB , throwing her on her beam-ends , and she immediately drove oh to the rocks . In an instant a number ef gallant young men pushed off with the lifeboat , and made towards the unforunate vessel , which proved to be the John and Isabella , belonging to Sunderland in ballast . Another brig then made its appearance at the month of the harbour , and . was driven by the violence of the hurricane , in tbe course 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 of eight persona , with the master , were taken off the wreck and safely brought back to the shore . Those , however , on board 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 beiDg beyond tbe reach of the life-boat , the ccast-gaard lost no t ? ro « in attempting a communication by ineaas of Captain Manby ' a life apparatus , and after two or three rockets had been fired from the mortal , one happily with the lice attached was thrown through the riggingj by which a rope was passed froHi the vessel to the beach ; Four of the crew were saved ; the rest , with tbe master , were lost while making for the
shore-By twelve o ' clock tbe John ana Isabella and the Percy had . broken up , and had become a total wreck . Their loss is estimated at £ 3 , 090 . None of the bodies of the eufferers have yet been discovered .
: YARMOUTH , Jan . 13 . During last night and thia morning it has blown a heavy gale from the south and south-west . In the early part of the storm tie York ( a brig ) Captain Smith , bulonging to Lcndon , while on her passage to Goole , succeeded in effecting an entrance into the harbour , though roach damaged , having lost her bowsprit and boats . The schooner PIcbiix . 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 by the boats . Two ether vessels , one ths John SimeB , from Aberdsen , and the other Celia , Captain LongtafF , of and from London to Sonderland , were also both driven ashore off the town . Should tbe weather moderate there was a chance of getting them eff During the mornipg npwards of 200 vessels lost their anchors and cables by
the extraordinary violence of the wind . Bttween two and three o ' clock the John and William , belonging to Newhavan . 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 , wece unfortunately drowned . Since then the beach has b .-en strewn with the remains of the vessel . Among Qther vessels that have sustained injury are tbe followint ,: —A large brig , supposed to be a Newcastle trader ( at present riding in the roaus ) lost ber rudder , anchor , and . chain , in consequence of coming into collision with another vessel . The schooner Ann , f . vm 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 Biu ogne , within a short distance of the spot where tbe Reliance East Jrsdtaman was Lit a short time since . The Albion , Captain Thompson , iu making through the Downs for the Thames , was driven on shore , where sha became a wreck . The crew , it is feared , all perished . At Ilfracembe the' schooner Ringdove , from Prince Edward ' s Island , was totally lost during the storm within a fe * miles of the harbour , and has since gone to piccea . The crew were saved by a boat belonging to tbe Coast Guard Service , which took them off the vessel jost before she struck . Anather vessel , called tbe Diligence , Edwards master , of Aberdovey , went down in deep water off tbe Grassholm . The crew took to the boat , and landed at St . David's about four , o ' clock on Friday afternoon . The vessels uro valued at £ 1 , 200 .
At Sbeerness 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 Gv > od Hope , laden with grain , bound for Cardiff . Several fishing-smocks have gone out to their assistance At daybreak a email 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 fiist serious apprehensions were entertained for the fate of tbo htdw , bnt it was subsfqaently 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 tbe fury of the . storm , and they escaped
by jumping into the stern boat , which they ma aged to cut away , otherwise the-y innst have perished . The Norwegian schooner proved to be the Norden , horn Messina , and was under quarantine at the time the nnfartunate crew came in sight She also was afterwards nearly lost in making for Ra / nsgute 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 , caps ' zed in the Channel and immediately weut down . The crew were sayed . At about ten e'olock in the morning ( Friday ) a large American ship called the Samarang , from New York to Bull . "having a valuable cargo on board , was seen by the Deal pilots drifting away to sea from the Downs , wholly unmanageable ; both masts hr » d been cut away , and the crew had abandoned the vessel . Her fate is at present unknown . Her crew have since reached Broadstain in
aafety . Salcombb . —A fearful stcrm has been raging hero for the last twenty-four hours , ucroofiBg the honses in the town , and tearing up trets by their roots . In tbe river several vessels have driven from their mooringB , and two ships , the D-jvo and the Commerce , are on shore outside the harbour , in a most dangerous situation . At Hnll tbe gale was also severely felt A vessel called the John and Sosan from Shoreham to Stockton , was wrecked at about four o ' clock in the morning , near Lower Ccates ; fortunately the crew were savt-d . Among other wrecks reported to have occurred in the hurricane are the brig Resolution at Orion . ness , crew saved ; a Scotch schooner near the same spot ; the William the Fourth , and the Moore , upon the sanrta in Stokes-bay ; the Despatch , on shore , at Mistky ; the T wo Brothers en shorn at Sonthsea beach ; the Henry Brougham 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 faU of snow during the previous night and morning , was succeeded by an intense frost , the thermometer falling during the evening as low as 20 deg . being 12 dep . below freezing point ; and by eitht o ' clock , ice hud already formed of ihe thickness of a cruwn-piece , at which time the sky was perfectly clear , anri t * ie moonlight bright . Bbtween twelve and one o ' clock , howfeveT , the fiky became obscured by a thick send , which passed swiftly from south to north , and rapidly increased in density , the mercury at the same time rapii'iy rising . About three o'clock on Friday moreing , a shaip wind sprung np from the south s ^ uth-west ; and , shortly before four o ' clock , a heavy tain began , which continued ,
accompanied by violent gusts of wind , until flay break . About nine o ' clock , there was a heavy fall of bail , and as the forenoon advanced , the wind increased in violence , until , betweea twelve and one o ' clock , it blew a perfect hurricace from the south-west , which lasted for nearly an hour . The wind continued very violent throughout the afternoon ; evening , and night . The damage clone daring the hurricine has been very extensive , and some of the streets of the metropolis are strewed with fragments of broken chjmney-pota , tiles , slates , &c- ; while , out of town , trees , palings , &s ., have been blown down in all directions .. About two in tbe afternoon , Mr . Feltbam , cow-keeper and dairyman , of Chalton-fetreet , Somera Town , was walking alon £ Portland-place , when , oa
arriving opposite the house No . 24 . in the occupation of Sir George Hill , part of tho stack of chimneys were blown down on the oopiag-stone , which broke away , and falling , alighted on the head of the unfortunate man , entering his ikuli , and fracturing it in a shocking mauner . Horsford , a mendicity officer , and others who witnessed the occurrence , immediately hastened to bis assistance , and vithout loss of time conveyed him to Middlesex Hospital , where ; although every attention was paid to him , the iujur . es he sustained were of so dreadful a natnra that ne died in less than two hours afterwards . In Dufe ^ - street , Manchester Square , a miraculous escape occurred . A poor woman named Burrows , with ac infant child in her arms , was passing along , when a
stack of chimneys was blown down from the house cf Mr . Christie , jeweller , one of which just grcz ' og her elbow , she in her fright dropped her clrld on to the flag-stones ; but it was subsequently found that neither it nor herself was seriously hurt . In St . James's and Hyde Parks , Kensington Gardens , the Palace Green , and atBrampton Row , Falham Rood , a number of tre » a bava been torn up by the roots . At Notting Hill , Shepherd ' s Bush , and « thei elevated and open parts , nearly every house suffered , mote ei 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 taig had the principal part of her bulwarks torn away , by the fluke of a collier ' s ( tbe 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 Ch « l > sea , Falham , Putney , Wandsworth , Hammersmith , Richmond , fcc ., several barges , ( Borne heavily Iad « n ) , with boats of every description , have been drifted from their moorings by the force of the wind ; and , althemgh tbe major part of them - were driven on shore , several are said to have been sunk . Along the shore on each side , the walls and palings have been blown down in alt directions , and considerable damage haa bees done to many cf the market gardens by the influx of the tide . —A letter , dated Windsor , Friday evening , says : The boisterous weather daring the greater part of the nifeht acd the whole of to-day has d * n « 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 tbe southwest , has blown a complete hurricane ever since . Several treep hare been uprooted in the park . In addition to this above , we regret to announce a list of accidents at sea , occasioned by the : violence of the storm ; and great $ ia the amount of loss , both as regards property sod life , we fear much that the list will have to be considerably increased , when the returns , have been made from the wbele of tbe ports . —London paper .
TJNDERCLTFFE , ISLE WIGHT . WRECK OF THE "GEORGE , ' * OB SUNDERLAND , MaS
TBjt and ; mate drowned . In the height of the terrific gale on Friday a large brig was driven on the coast , at 10 a , JI . at the top of high water . She came on shore at Atherfleld ; all her sails were split , the sea making a clean breach over her . At this time , it is said , the captain and mate met a watery grave . During tbe afternoon many attempts were made 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 tbe seamen was dragged on shore , bat 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 t ' runk , the men in a state ef mutiny . They bad a cargo of ceals bound to Grenada , and had experienced very bad weather . The deck had been swept ; the boom , boats , and bulwarks carried away . She was boarded by a Poole hoy on Wednesday , when all was in confusion . They aftcrwardB took a pilot , and run for the Needles , but tbe wind unfortunately coming roandvto the N . E . tbe captain discharged him and stood for Plymouth . —Sun .
SDNDERLAND . At Suaderland , two ships were wrecked in the course of Thursday night On Friday forenoon , two briga were driven on shore at Tyneinouth . One was the Percy , Hair , from Sunderlacd , which soon broke in pieces . Her crew ( all townsmen , tho moat of whose families were amongst the assembled spectators on the beach ) were exposed to the most fearful danger . A rope was thrown to the deck , and tbe apparatus put into operation . Captain Hair , the cook and his son , were put into the slings , but , from the lurching of the vessel , to which tho rope was attached , they were , it is sapposed , thrown out . and all three drowned . The fite
of Mr . Hair ( who struggled for nearly twenty minutes amidst the raging surf , catching at oue time tha rope with his heels , and then approaching almost to tho rock , as if determined not to die ) was past describing ; but alas ( he , as well ns 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 batman at Tyneniouth Haven , who stripped off bis clothes , put off in a boat , and succeeded in rescuing the remainder of the crew , four in number . The life-boat approached fo near as to bnziTd in great peril tbe lives of tbe 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 havo seen ; and the storm of the following night is full proof of tbe accuracy of this wonderful weather prophet . COfE , Jan . 13 . —At s 6 ven 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 , p m . veered round to th » W ., with thunder and lightning . The vt-. s ^ U here have held on well , with the exception ef tho Royal Saxon , from China , having run foul of the Syren , and carried away her bowsprit ; and tbe Governor Dauglaa having drifted foul of the Spence , anil carried away the bowsprit of the latter ; the Chawplain drove from White-point to the barrack , acd is now holding on well .
O 0 RK . ~ Tho year 18 i 3 set in with one of the flntst ; days ever remeiubejeil in that season ; but since then there has been n complete chance , heavy rains and high winds having been the prevailing character ef tbe 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 . Oa Thursday night , about eleven o ' clock , the wind , rather suddenly , beyan to blow strong from tbe west , accompanied with heavy raiu and flashes of lightning . With oceasional lulls the gale rose to a ptjfdct hurricane , but its force w ? . s greatest at nbont five o ' clock iu the mornin < r , when the roofs and chimnies freely yielded tribute
to its fury , by disengaging states and bricks in all directions , while there was atao a prospect hn \<\ out that glnzierB as well as tilere would soon k . e In vequiei'ion to rtpair the damage done in all directions . There was no mitigation of tbe storm until an advanced hour yesterday , and very many of the shops having bren kept closed , gave a very sombre cast to tbe town . Towards evening , however , t tit re -wai some subsidence , and at night a complete lull , followed this morning by a heavy fall of snow , which continued for two or three honra , and then changed to a heavy fall of rain and sleet * which continued up to eleven o ' clock to day ; and now , when we write , at one , all is calm and auusnine . — Reporter .
Wexfobd—Since Sunday last we have experienced various changes of weather . On that day we had partial snow showers j on Monday rain , and on Tuesday frost , none of which , in this immediate locality , were of any great extent . On Thureday night tho wind was 8 , with r » in ; but about two o ' clock on Friday morning it suddenly vr « Te < l to S SW . aud W ., ¦ with beivy thunder and liuhtniug , and tremendous . ^ quails , accompanied with torrents of rain fur about two hoarj , wben it a ' ated . During the fctorm a lari ? e baik got on shore on Ballytt ! ,: ue burrow . We nave not yet learned her
d . iiup , but umlerstand she is from tiie West Indies , aud that four of the crew perishoii . Mr . F . Harper , a ^ ent to tbe underwriters at Lloyd's , Liverpool , and Glasgow , proceeded thia morning ; to the wreck . During the v .-boie of yesterday , it blew a tierce gale , with fitful squalls ; but , from the position of our port , the shippiug here have suffered no dan \ oge . We bava juet learned tbat the wrecked vessel is tbe Santon , of Liverpool , Captain Huxtell , from Calcutta to Liverpool , u . si < i laden with sugar , rice , and saKpette . We regret to find that the captain ia among the drowned . The vessel will be a complete wreck . —Conservative .
" Dunbrum , Jan 15 , 3 o ' clock P M —Friday morning was so very fine tuat almost all the boats from Newcastle to At'atong Went out to their fishing \ v > the bay , where th « y had qutte an uncon ' oion take of fish . About noon it come on to blow with snow . Up to thia houi there are , I twHeve , seven boats from Newcastle , and four from Anulonjr , missing , These were skiffs , manned with about s : " x bands each . Some of theta were seen to g > down by tho crews of tbo boats which g \> t \ n . One made Kitlough , and sold 25 s . or 26 * , worth of flsh 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 i loss of 48 . sot-is at Newcastle , and about 30 at Analong , ' or 80 altogether ; but 1 do cot pretend to give you an ir ffloial or authentic account of the numbers , only what appears to be the best and least txaggerated . You can eavily picture tbe state of the unfortunate widows and children J'lons ; the coast . It is the moat f fflctiug event that has ever occurred in thia quarter . "
DREADFUL LOSS OF AN INDIAMAN , WITH HER PASSENGERS AND CREW . The lato 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 realizjd . A list of disMt ^ ra , perhaps unparalleled , has been already received , and there ia reason to fear that tha catalogue will be greatly augmented by subsequent arrivals . Only six weeks have elapsed since the attention of the country was painfully excited by the loss of the ship Roiiance off Boulogne , when nearly all tbe passengers and crew were lost Another East Indiaman haa now to be added to the melancholy list of wrecks on that ill-fated coast , Tbe Gocqaeror , a fine vessel of 600 tons , belonging to Mr .
R ' cbard Gn-en , of the firm of Wkram and Green ; bound from Calcutta to London , and coromandtd by Caf ? ain Duafgan , after beating about in the Channel dtuing the heavy gale on Friday night , was driven on shore , off Lort .-l , a small town on the French coast , only six miles distant from MiWemont ( where the Reliance struck ) , at abouk half-past con o ' clock , p . m . and immedlaU ly went to pieces , every soul on board being lost , with the exception of a hoy name A Henry Abchurch , one of the cuddy servants . The crew con-( listed of about 45 seamen , exclusive of officers , and the vessel had no less than 18 pnjjsengers on board , including Mrs . Thompson ( the wife of an E » st Iu . iia
Captain ) , and Mrs . Jenkins , both of whom were accompanied by a family of four children , and three < 'fi . cers of tbe United Services . The ship was . freighted with a v .-ilaable cargo of siik and general merchandise ; and it ia supposed that she muat have auffisujd severely frora'the late hurricanes , and become unmanageable its she neared the Channel . No authentic statement ef the circumstances has yet been received from tne poor boy , who is tha only one saved . He is nndei the care of Mr . Hamilton , ber Britannic Majesty ' s Consul at Bonlosne , and will remain for the melancholy purpose cf identifying any bodies that may come ashore .
A letter announcing tbe wreck was received yesterday morning by Mr . W . Dobson , secretary to Lloyd's , from Mr . A . Adas * , tbe agent at Boulogne . Of tbe entire cargo only a few puncheons of rum have as yet been . recovered . The wreck is entirely gene to piec < s . Mr . Green , the owner , despatched bia agent last evening to Lorel , for the putposs of protecting his property , and Csptain Thompson , tho brother-in-law ot Mr , t . Thompson , and othsv connexions of tbe deceased passesgcrB , accompanied bun . Us . Hamilton has been unceasingly engaged on tie spot .
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The Conqueror was built at Newcastle , and purchased only last year by Mr . 'Green . Captain Duggan was an experienced officer , formerly in the Company ' a service , and had made several voyages to India . Tbe first officer ' s name is Mr . Harvey . The following is a correct list of the passengers : —Mrs . Thompson and four children ,. Mrs . J . Jenkins and four children , Mrs . Major Johnstone , Miss Turton , Major Jdbnstone , Mr . Maisnall , Lieutenant MarshallJCaptain Milner , Master Blake , and Master Reeves . \ A private letter dated Boulogne , Jan . 14 , gives tbe following [ particulars : —
" I beg to inform you , tbat an East Indiaman , of 608 tons , camo ashore , near Etaplea , tbis morning . It is reported that eighty persona were aboard , of whom some were soldiers , their wives aad children ; only one person has been saved ; but he is in such a deplorable state as not to be able to afford any information . A Norwegian , laden with salt and oranges , from St . Ubea , became a total wreck within four miles of this port ; tbe crew is loBt . When this vessel came asboie at low water assistance was offered from the shore , but the crew would not abandon tbe vessel ; -when it was impossible to receive any , as the tide was coming up , 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 bands 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 Kte ; of the packet-ship Independence , which arrived at Liverpool on Christmas-day , in sixteen dajs , fronj New York » states , that tSou ^ h tie has crossed the Atlantic above a hundred umes , the lastwaaiho cnly voyage he did not see a solitary aail the whole ^ distance from , Now York to Livar * pool .
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Stephen Law , Great Portland-stieet , upholsterer Jan . 20 , at one o ' clock , Feb . 24 V at eleven , at tie Bankrupts' Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Rimond and Gooday , Gray ' s-inn ; official assignee , Mr . Green , Aldermanbury . ¦ ¦ - ? John Wardle , GrifEa-streefc , Shadwell , msrcoaot Jan . 26 , at half-past two o ' clock , Feb . 23 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Simpson aud Cobb , Austinfriars ; official assignee , Mr . Groom , A ! church-lane . * JohaCasson , Liverpool , corn-merchant , Jan . 27 , » J twelve o ' clock , Feb . 17 . at eleven , at tbe Bankrupt * District Caurfc , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Stiarpe , Field , and Jackson , Bedford-row ; aad Messrs . Lowodet Robinson , and B iteson , Liverpool ; iffieial assignee Mr . Follett , Liverpool .
John Dickenson , Newport , Monmouthshire , hutcher i Jan . 24 , Feb . 21 , a % one o ' clock , at the Bankrupt District Court , Bristol . Solicitors , Messrs . Protheroe and Towgood , Newport ; official assignee , Mr . Miller Bristol .
DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY . John Frost , sen ., High-atrtet , Wapping , licensed victualler . Eran Clark , Melton-street , Euston-square , ware house-elerk . Mary Fowweatber . Sheffield , shopkeeper . John Wickhsim , B ; ith , cheese factor . William Taylor , Hurfderafield , cloth manufacture ! . Thomas Stanley , Nottingham , out of business . William Coulson , St Oswald , Durham , publican , Samuel Whitwaru , jun ., HuddersSeid , clothier . William Buckley , Knkbuiton , Yorkshire , clothier . Timothy Smart , Rertruth , Cornwall , cabinetmaker . ' Henry PottB , Monbwearmouth , Durham , publican . Joseph "Morris , H ^ ilsbam , Sasscx , farm-bailiffi
James Culshaw Parr , Poole , clerk . John Dudley , Bristol , superintendent cf works . Nathaniel Barker , Dartmouth-street , Westminster plumber . William Worsey , Castlechurch , Staffordshire , < wj of business . Obed Golds , Brighton , tr ader . Toomas Brewer , Glocester , appraiser . Charles Douglas Hope , Soathampton-row , Russell , sqaar e . William Winser , Gravesend , pensioner as a retired captain . John Francks , Upper East Smithfield , Iingnist . George Fawkner Weston , Fore-street , Cripplegite ,
commission agent . Hi chard Procter , Walton-on-the-Hill , Lancashire , bookkeeper . John Scbofielda , Pendleton , Lancashire , farmer . WiiHam Stokoe , YoTk , joiner . Richard Tidmarsb , London-wall , manufacturer of aromatic fumigating Turkey pastilea . William Payn , Preston , Kent , farmer . John Squire , Dun&table , Bedfordshire , dealer h horses . George . Thomas Good , Paddington-street , Maryle * bone , tailor . Charles Broadby , Stoke-upon-Trent , commission ' aei / nt .
Henry Ruuib ^ ll , Spencer-terrace , Ialington , grocer
PAR 1 NEBSHIPS DISSOLVED . ' T . G . ; Bennett and Son , Bolton-le * Moors , eottan « - spinners . J . Franks and E . Thompson , Ecelesflflld ^? paper-makers . R . S . and G . Thompson , Kingston * upon-Hull , corn-factors . W . and R . Gardner , Livers * pool , painters . A . and R . Orton , Liverpool , hosier * , ' Schnles and Co ., Manchester , bankers ; as far asMgirds the executors of Q . Scholes . C . and R . B . Ciena , Manchester , timber merchants . T . Peet acd B . - ¦ P . Hobaon , Manchester , public accountants . Piciles , L-twton , and Co ., Hudderofidd , fancy-cloth raamifsfr- ' - - tur ^ rs ; as far as regards J . and T . Pickles . Ha&iu ¦ Foumiry Company , Lancashire s aa far as regardsJB . . R . Katbbone . Wilson and MK ^ and , Liverpool , merchants . F . and C . Hand , Liverpool , ironmongas . '" Hewitt , Bolin , and Co ., Kingston-upon-Hull , mer » --. chants . F . and A . Hard wick , Nottingham andMa * - * Chester , manufacturers of hosiery . Buchanan and Co ,, Glasgow , R . M'Adam and Co ., Liverpool , and Buchanans , M'Adam , and Co ., Kingston , Jamaica .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , January 17 . bankrupts . WTiiavn Mayhew , wine merchant , De Crespigny * place , Camberwell , to surrender , Jan . 25 , at half-past ten o ' clock , and March 3 . at one , at tke Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Alsager , official awigoee » Birchin-lane ; solicitor , Bird , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields . John Lattimer , corn fac . or , HanBlope , Buckinghamshire . Jan . 26 , at two , and March 7 , at twelva , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Whitmore , official assignee , Basingball-street ; solicitor , Robinsffl and Drnry , Tokenhouse-yarJ . Thomas Edward Clarke , apothecary , Acle , Norfolk Fob . 2 , at one , anrt March 2 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-atrt ^ t . Green , effisial assignee Aldermanbury ; solicitor , Clirke , Medcaif , and Graf , Lincoln s-Inn , London ; Beckwith , Dye , and Kitton , Norwich .
James May , china dealer , Clapham-rise , Saney Jan . 27 , and Feb . 24 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Baainghall-stveet . Lackingioa , official assignee Coleman-street-balldinga ; solicitors , Watsoi ) , J uki Trafalgar-square , or Cole , Tokenhouse-yard . William Inman We ' . ab , attorney , Great Queen * stratt , Lincoln's Inn-fields , Jan . 27 , at two , andEek 22 , ai twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bisiagasfl ' street . Johnson , official assignee , Basinghall-street solicitors , Richards and Walker , Lincoln ' s Inn-fleldB , Joseph Horatio Ritchie , shipwright , Rythernitn « > Jan . 28 , at one , and Feb . 22 , at twulv *} , at th 8 Court of Baukruptcy , Bifcinghali-3 treet . Edwards , cffielal assignee , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry ; solicitors S Aain , Stevens , Maples , Pearce , Hunt , and Stevens * Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry .
Wiiiiam Humphrey , dealer in furniture , Old Dorsetplace , Claphasn-rosd , Surrey , Jan . 31 and Feb 12 , it t-velve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BasinghaU-fitreeti Graham , official assignee , Baalnghall-street ; solicitor , Asharst , Cheapside . Thomas Hughes , lodging-house-keeper , Great Coraflstreet , Brunswicfe-sqaare Jan . 31 , and Feb . 27 , * eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-atreet Tnrqaand , ofiirfal assignee , Cop : hall-baildings ,- eoliW * tor , Pinnlger , Gray ' s-im ; : 3 qaare . J ; . > hn Jardine , merchant , Liverpool , Feb . 6 , B *> d Marck 1 , at one , at tho Bisnrict Court of Bankrupted Liverpo- 'l ; Cczmove , official assignee ; solicitors floiden and Cla : fc , Liverpool ; Walmsiey and Co ., Chancerfiane , London . John' Linskill , schoolmaster , Bridlingfon , Yorkshire Jan . 28 and Fab . 18 , at eleven , at the Lee . ia D ^ km * Cuurt ut Bankruptcy . Friarne , official ussigfuw , Lsed * > solicitors , Jennings an ^ Conyers , G «> at Dr . ffi . j'd .
John Norfolk and KtJwsrd Barker , jun ., dytra . WoodhousB Carr , Yorkshire , Jan . 30 , at two . end Feb . 17 » At eleven , at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy Young , official assignee , Leeds ; solicitors , Fidde / Paper-buildings , Temple ; Barr , Lc > ftu 3 , and Nelson * Leeds . Richard Dann and Richard Dicre Daan , com fs £ * tora , Wakefleld , Feb . 2 and 23 , at eleven , at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Hope , official assignee ; solieitora , Wilson , Soutnampton-Btreet , Bioomsburft London ; Payne , Eddison , and Ford , Leeds . John Coleman , victualler , Birmingham , Jan . 29 , ana Feb . 21 , at twelve , . at the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy . Valpy , official assignee , Birmingham ; solicitor , Benson ,-Birmingham . John Hoyle Qrmerod , wine merchant , Manchester ! Jau . 27 , and Feb . 1 ? , at twelve , at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy . Hobaon , official »> agnee , Manchester ; solicitor , Heath , Manchester .
Wiiiiam Thompson , lime-burner , Exeter , Jan . 25 at three , and Feb . 21 , at one , at Vho . Exeter District Court of Bankruptcy . Hernaman , official assignee j solicitors , Parrs , Pool ; Hoima and Co ., New I" » London . Martha Groves , joiner , Yoik , Jan . 31 , end Feb . l *» at the Leeds District Couru cf B iuknip ? cjr . FetfJ "* official assignee , Leeds ; solicitor , Wood , 1 'orfc ,
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MUTINY ] ON BOARD THE U . S . BRIG SOMERSHANGING AT THE YARD ARM . This vessel arrived here on Wednesday , after her cruise on the coast of Africa , and tbe city is rife with rumours relative to an occurrence of a very painful nature which has taken place oa board of her . Nothing official can of course transpire until we get authentic information f torn Washington . We leatn , however , that the crew 0 "f the Somer 9 mutinied , \ being led on by 01 m of ihe midshipmen . The plot of the mutiny was communicated to the cotnm ander , tho dttails of which appear too horrid to be believed . ! We « ive them as we have heard them .
The Biutine ( . rs were to have a scuffle on tho forecastle in the night , while the Captain and first lieutenant were asleep . Oh tbe appearance of the latter to quell the disturbance , he was to be serz < sd and thrown overboard They were then to murdtr tbe commander and Ibe ward-room | officers , with the exception of the surgeon , who was to be kept for their own use , and take possession ofjth © vessel . After tbis they were to capture packets and other ships , and murder all the passengers , so that no soul should be left to tell the tale' of their horrible villaiDv . For this purpose they were to rendevoub 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 nofsar of Bhedvling blood ? " !
Fortunately , their plan was discovered through the instrumentality of one of the crow . The subject was laiii beforejthe officers , who immediately convened a drum-head ' court-martial , when it was decided tbat tLe safety of the vessel and the lives of all on board required immediate and exemplary punishment , The court decided that the midshipman and two of the ringleadersj should b « forthwith executed . They were accordingly ! bnng at the yard-arm to strike terror t « the hearts of tlie crew . This strong and decided measure restored the command of th | e ship to the officers , and the obedience of tbe meni Philip Spencer was the name cf ¦ the midshipman alluded to . who was hung , and ths other two men , patty officers , a boatswain ' s mate anil a qairtsr-niastsr . Spencer entered the aeryice Nov . 20 , 1841 . !
Tha affair occurred in the Atlantic , bix or eight days ' sail from St . Thomas , where the brig had touched for water and ( provisions on her return from tbe coast of Afriea . It iwus arranged to take her there so-that the mutineers would be fully provided with stores for tbt-ir piratical cruise . Too much praise cannot be awarded to "Commander M'Kf-nzio ajnd his officers , for so promptly nipping in the bud an enterprise tbat would have brought misery aud destruction upon hundreds of our fellow-citizens . This is the first occurrence of the kind on tbe record of our naval service .
This is the only authentic account tbat can be given of tbe affair to-tiay . Commander M'Ket 2 e has gone to Washington to lay all tbe facts before the Government From ten to twenty of the eaiiora , the ringleaders in the mutiny , are now in ironR on board tbe North Carolina , to await taeir trial . The Soiners is at the navy yard . She sailed hence a short time since , and was manned by forty or fifty apprentice boys and thirty or for | ty eeamen . Tbe ScmeTs is a ntw vessel , this being her first cruise , and h ' as proved t * he one of tbe fastest sailers in the service . H 6 r construction , her s z ° . and her speed are well adopted for a pirate . —New York Herald .
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WANDSWORTH POLICE . Dreadful Case . —Yesterday , Daniel Williamson , th « keeper of a boarding-school at Kingston Nswtown , waa placed at the dock , before Mr . PayntcT , charged with coinmittiug a capital effence , 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 . shnrt time since tho p isoner was u ^ her in a boardingschool where there were a great number of scholars . He there won the good opinion of many heads of familios , and '; having saved some money he opened a boardiDg-Bohpol at Kingston , aud amongst his patrons and well-wish' rs l ^ ere the parent ** of the
childron towards whom he has so misconducted himself . Mr . KL , a highly r > .-pecfcablo tradesman m London , is the father ot ' one-ot the bo < s who has been nearly two years in the school , and Mr . E ., who is also an extensive tradesman , ia the parent of two others . Tho ! circumstance which lead to the discovery was this : —TLie day before tbe one appointed for the return of Mr . 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 , and said hs would rather go out as an errand boy than return to that school . This extraordinary exclamation led to an immediate inquiry into tho cause , and tbe boy ultimately confessed that the prisoner had , ( through his uuwilling instrumentality , been gu > lty oftheraost heinons tSonce punidhabJe by tho lawa of this country . The father , stung almost
to madness b y the confession of his elder son , questioned the yoiinger , a child only nine years of asce , and towards him ho ascertained that the prisoner had acted most abominably . Mr . E . immediately commuuicated with Mr . K ., who , dreading that the contamination had extended to his own family , question d hi ? son , a lad of fourteen years of age , who ultimately confessed to such a series of abominable rfL'nces as to reduce his father to a state bordering upon ma < lne « s . It shouM be stated that the latter boy had returned to school a week since , and these facts were drawn f : om him at tho school , to which the father had proceeded with a' . medical gentiftraan . I The first witness , Frederick K ,., having given his evidence , which clearly proved the prisoner to have been repeatedly guilty of a misdemeanour .
Mr . Paynter asked the prisoner if be wished to put any questions to the witness 2 The Prisoner replied—The young gentlemen under my charge have always had tne privilege of writing to thtir parents at any time without control . The witness saya , ho slept with me erory night after his returu from his holydays . I admit that he did so , but it was I because having moved into a newlybuilfc house I was afraid of placing him in a ro ; m that was not ^ thoroughly aired ; he might have had a sooarate bed ; if he had wisht d . Mr . Paynte ? indignantly said , no circum 3 tanco 3 whatever could justify a matter sleeping with his scholars .
Tho elder boy of Mr . E having been called and examined , ; and given strong evidence of a capital offence having been committed , Mr . James I Fernandez Clarke , a surgeon , was called . He stated , that he had examined the last witness , but tho result of the examination was vtry unsatisfactory . ; With Tnuard to the other boys b , c couid state nothing positive . Mr . Paynfcor ask-d tho prisoner if he chose to ask Mr . E ' a younger sou any questions ? The Prisoner , —I deny that I have slept with him for the last half-yoar , or on any occasion whatever , and on some iuturo lime I will produce a witness to prove that fact ! Mr . E ' s ( younger son , a child only nine years of age , waa next examined as to the proceedings of the prisoner jtowards him , individuaLy .
Mr . Payuterlsaid it wonld bo impossible to take the evidence fully thac day , as the time of the Court was nearly up , ! therefore no should remand the pritoner on the charge of feiony . Ho should advue the prisoner to ma , ke no statement until the wholu of the evidence bail boon taken down and read ov ^ r . ^ Thu Prisoner . —This gentleman ( pointing to Mr . E ) was with me a week in December he ate and he drapk at my expence , ho slept in the same room with his chi dren , aud be was my most intimate friend , until a friend of hia robbed me of £ 5 , which of oourse I made a noise about , and . tben be turns round upon me , ) and in conjunction witk the « ther gentleman , oonspirea to ruin me , What this charge may come to , or whatever punishment I may ultimately have to ] j suffer , I declare , upon my uolemu oath , 1 am innocent of the crimes laid to my charge . The prisoner was remanded .
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Atrocious Mcudkr .- —A most drearlfni * . 3 has lately been committted in the parish of n def in this coun £ y , it is supposed by one M * J "' » Hurt * , and her daughter , EK 2 ieffi Hnlgf ^ the bodies of two male infant children af * fes *? it ? former was delivwed about the beginninV $ { g present month . We have not been able to pa « - the wholeof theparticalars of this most nSS murder , but it appears that Margaret HoeheB ^ wV ^ husband was transported , being one ofm ' to ? cattle , at the time of the Merthyr riots-W ^ S * livered of twins on or about the 1 st instH wni ^ uT conjectured , she and her daughter threw into aW * ) j coalpit close by . A few days afterwards the danS , ter teld one of her neighbours that she had dri » Ki . that one of their children bad fallen into the ^ &T 2 ^^
said it would pe better to have it filled up i& * hT an accident might occur . Itseema the'daughters ? tended employing a person to fill it up , whfch eavt rise to a' suspicion that something was wron * m ** which E-Tnomas , eonBtable , andothers were indueat to examine the pit . where , to their terror tto » found the bodies of two fine new ' y-bbm' nJI infant children . Evidence as to the criminaiitr of the two prisoners was taken before Mr . w Chambers , sen ., when both were committed totaka their trial at the ensuing assizss . —Carmarthen . Journal . ' ¦
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 21, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct919/page/6/
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