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      ri INDIA AND CHINA . EXPBESS ¥ ROM MARSEILLES . ( from the Lenden Times . ) Oar ordinary monthly express from Marseilles , in anticipation of the Indian mail , has arrived , and we have received the Indian journals and letters to the 2 d of January . Tie intelligence which th ^ -y briDg thongh not of ine exciting interest of-some mails of last year , is satisfactory , ss proving that the peace and tranquility so much desired in our Eastern possessions have been thorongbly established . . . —

      The different corps of the army under the command of General Pollock had crossed the Sutledge , and after their fatigues and their sufferings , their campaigns and their battles , the soldiers -were about to enjoy their triumphs and their rewards . The Governor-General , with the Commander-in-Chief , and a portion of tne army of reserve , was preseut at Ferrzepore on their arrival in the British territory , to w&Icome them . The batta promised , and the medals , wtre about to be distributed wiih a liberal hand , and general rqoietng appeared to be the order of the day .

      Amoiy ; the events -which engrossed the attention I of the Indian Journals during the month of Decem- , her , the proclamation by Lord Elienborouj ; h , addressed ** i © ail the prince 1 , and chiefs , and i-eople of India , " £ td already bo notorious here , had given rise to the most extraordinary ^ ommenis . It appears to have met with no favour in any quarter . On a future day we shall * ndcavour to find room for some extracts on this subject , which will be interesting as an evidence of the feeling such a document would creave among the population for who » e perusal it was , especially intended . j The Eavigation of the Indus and its tribatiry rivers had attracted much of the attention of the GuTersmeut . '

      A demand had been made npon the Ameers of S ^ iide for iheir assen : to a treaty , by which Kurrachet and Tatia , and a strip of land extending along tht > banks of the Indus , wiih the luwns and forts of SukJcur , Bntknr , and Roree , and a- far as their ter-X-iory reached , shouid be ms . de ovi-r : oth < r Company . The Ambers appeared at first eager to make a net- rmiaed resistance , bat ih $ presence of the British aTaiy anJer the command of Sir Charles Napier had diminished that eagerness . Majur Outram . "who was removed in November from the political agt iicj at Hyderabad , had early in December received oriera from the Governor-General to resume those functions , as his knowledge of tie inhabitants and their ruler » is likely to prove advasiageons . He started from Bsmbsy on board & stumer on the 16-h of December , 10 proceed to jom Sir Charles Napier , arid to conclude the arrangesents which is was expected would be syeediry tffecttdio the satisfaction of the parties . in

      Tuere were diS ^ rent reports circulation respecting the disturbed sta ^ e of Cabnl , where the young son of Sehah Soojih , Schah Poore . s-r ilL maintained himsdi " . as dia his brother , Sufter Jnns , at Candahar Tne aJherents of Akhbar Khan asserted that he would soon be at the- flead of a isrge force * and would take the government from the feeble Soverpijja of Cabni . Da-t Mahommed had an interview wita Lord Eilenborough a ; Loodianah in the beain-Ei'Jg of Daccmt . r , and vras to proct-ed with aa escort to rcshawcr , woure he was to reside for some time , under the proiee-ion of : he Sikh Government . Tae intention of the Governor-General to observe neutrality oa the subject of the Cab J Government was avowed expucitiv .

      The victories m Aff ^ hanisian and CSina had prodnet-d the eff ^ c ; of quieting even the most disturbt-d parts of the Bundlekund district . I * was asserted that some du ? umen * s had been discovered which tended to implicate the depos d Sovereign of Hiadostan , or as he is called , the descendant of the Great Mosul , in thoss disturbances . The vigilance of the Governor has , however , neutralized ail attempts on his part , ai > d on * hai of Ms abettors , to cruue confh-ion in India . The ruiaour of Titsrawaddie ' s death ha ? been contradicted , tin appears now to be thorough . y c-uavineed of the inutiiity , on his part , of tryiiig any Birnx ^ ie with the British po >? er in the East . The Hia-2 o ^^ ii st-eamtr arrived at Madras on ihe I 9 ih of Deceaiber , nud sxaried en the following day for Caleaita ,

      CHINA . __ The n * ws fram China come ? down to the I 9 . h of November from Macao ; to the loth from Hung i . 2 ^ g ; and to iheecd of October from Chusan . ' Ta = -as . division of the fleet , having left the Yang- ' Ti-Zviang river , had , on the 17 th of October , Tf-jrhiU Cinsan , where a portion of the troops was t- j be stationed for a rime . Other portions were staticaed a . imoy andHt-ng Kong . This latter colony ' is govern- i ty Lord SaLoun . It was thririnjj , ana s proposal hid b- ^ tn made for erecting a theatre > there , Csp'sni Babour , of the Madras Artillery , who had sained a considerable knowledge of the

      Ccinese laaguaee and characier , was named Brixisb Coniui-G ^ t « rai , io reside at ohangaae . There were Tari&us L ? creis published by the Emperor , in wiuch tiie Bi- 'onal di »;^ & of ihe Tartars % o ail foreigner .- ' ¦ was in some measure o-jncealed , aaia a wish to maintain die " ereilasting peace" exhibited , ilagiish mercharts atd ^ herr " families" are u > be pvnuiaed , accoraing v > tho = e decrees , to reside at C ^ uiou , ai Pow caowfoo , at Amoy , Ningpoo , and SLai-gLae ; and their ships are io have places for repairs . ' Hong-Kong is ceded ia perpettdiy as a ecloi y to ' Great Briialn , and the " Hong , ' or monopoly merchants , are w ia abolished .

      Sir Henry Pouicger Tras expected to arrive at Hcng Kong towards , the end of November or beginning of Xtecemt'er , in order to carry on the negotiatioaa respeciing the commercial tariff- The Com- ' xnaader-in-Chiei , Sir Hugh Gongh , intended , it was ¦ staud , to sail for Calcutta in the beginning of , December . - ' Several of the regiments appear to have suffered severely from sickness . The Chinese were repairing all their fordcatioas . Tae following extract from a private circular an- ; Bounces the Ism reductions effected in the duties at j Canton , and the opening of the tea trade : — ] " Macaq , Nov . 14 , 1842 . j

      We avail of the earliest opportunity to aavise yeu that the Has" merehantE have made the followin ? redactions in the duties exacted at Canton during the T ? ar on the nndennentioned aricles , viz .: — *• " 2 Taels per pcenl en tea . *• . 5 Dollars do . on NanMnmik . " 1 Tael do . on Canton do . 14 3 Mace do . on cotton . " li Dollar do . on cotton yarn . B 25 Cents per piese on cotton clorh , second sort .

      w 10 Ditto do . on do ., coarse . i " 30 Ditro do . on woollen . M 25 Ditio do . on long ells . I * Tois has led to the opening of the tei market at E 3 taels for the Congous , wnich are nearl j aii bought up . Aa stated in our circulars of the 5 : h instant , the season * supply of tea is not likely to exceed an average one , ima the amount of property at Canton , for Trhicb returns must be made chit fly in teas , being Tery considerable , we think prices more likely to ad-Tainse lhan to fall . * -

      " It is hoped that the opening of the tea trade , and the reduction of duties on other articles , will cause an improved demand for imports generally . ** TransjjorLs and vessels of war are arriving daily from the Norih . Her Majesty ' s Plenipotentiary is expected to arrive at Hong Kong early in December , but several months mast elap ? e before ai y sew regtuatious regarding trade can come inw > operation . ** The Monlmein was lost in Octotsr in the Palawaji pa ^ age . "

      MONEY MABKET . Calcutta . Dec . 17 , 1842 . Since our last issue , under date 11 th ultimo , this marktt has experienced vicissituies ; the favourable disposuion tisen manifer-ted is uo iotger apparent ; on the contrary , muca tightness ; s experienced in monetary tntaaaution- ; thrrc i .- co positive seareily of money , for too receipts oi buiiioa and specie ha-se been cons 3 df-ra . bli-, ana the re-open » ng " of the Governmsnt Treasury for acvanaes on shipments testifies to the flour : ste =. g condition of th ^ public resources ; jet Vntje is diincaitv in particular transactions .

      Fbeighis- —Tae rates of homeward tonnage have con-sidrrablv aava ^ ced since our last issue , produed both by defir . eucj of arrival Ithote of the last mon ^ h being y . lto ' o toa ^ less than the arrivals in the same period ijls « ye ^ r ) an o fro m remand arising from the passing of iue ac ; ailowiiig the emigration of native labourers ; the r ^ ies of the day reported below show advances oi 2 (» s to 25 i . per ion on the quotations givet m car iirf report , wiih gusceptibibty of further iiaprovtm ^ st , at least for the next two months , as mosi oi the txptcted vessels axe in ; the transports from China cry not arrive before the end of February , and iheru aj e orders for the provision of about 23 . UU 0 _ laDouw-r , '« r the Maumius , for whose accommodauon , according xo Government orders , 50 , 0 l 0 ton 3 are sec « = sarv , bnt whose conveyance nuiv employ at leas : 80 . 000 tons ^ f shipping .

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      and the latter for No . 30 ; S 41 bales of Glooester ( Calcutta ) ditto , No 24 , to 32 , average 27 ^ , 4 annas 3 ^ pice per morah ; Turkey red , 160 factory bales , of which the German dye , No . 30 to 60 , haa Bold at 1 rupee 10 annas te 1 rupee II annas 6 pioe ; and the English , No . 20 to 60 , at 1 rupee to 1 rupee 8 annas 9 pice per pound ; and 12 bales of Orange , No 40 to 60 , at 10 annas per pound , at the usual credit and discount . ' — ——

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      The inferior portion of the stomach bad been removed in the section of the trunk . The remaining portion , namely its cordial extremity , appeared healthy . The intestines were so extensively injured by cutting and burning that It was impossible to trace their coarse , or to decide upon their condition . Ne part of the body appeared to hs « B undergone the process of anatomical dissection . From this examination , which we have made , we are of opinion , 1 st—That the deceased was a female , of mature age , most probably from twenty to thirty years , and of short or middle stature .

      2 ndly . —That although the mutilated portion of th « trunk does net afford sufficient evidence to enable us tt > speak with absolute certainty as to the cause of death ; we consider that the empty condition of the heart and Jarge blood vessels , the complete absence of any traces of coagula in them , and the bloodless condition of the viscera , are strong grounds fsr coming to the conclusion that death had resulted from hemorrhage , and « e cannot reasonably account for death in any other ¦ way . 3 rdly . —That the fractures of the ribB were perpetrated subsequently to death . 4 thly . —That the burning was effected subsequently to the removal of the head and tower extremities , and the breaking of the ribs . 5 thly . —That the upper extremities were aeparated subs * quently to the burning ,

      ffthly . —From the soft , pale , unctuous , bnt not putrid condition of the muscles , we suppose that the body has been submerged in water a few weeks , not less than two or three weeks , possibly double that period . In addition to the above statement , the Coroner submitted the following questions , which we give , with the answers of the medical 'gentlemen : — To have produced hemorrhage to the extent supposed in this case , what probable means have been re-6 orttd to , and what probable portion of the body perforated or cut ? Toe division of any large blood vessel might have produced the hemorrhage . It did Dot proceed from a wound of the heart nar of the larger vessels within the chest . The large vessels m the neck are the moat probable source of the hemorrhage . la it hkely that the party bad committed snicide , as was suggested by Daniel Good , in the late murder near London ?

      No . Is not the empty state of the vessels the strongest evidence po&siblo that death baa resulted from hemorrhage , arising from violence of some sort?—Set ' the case of R . iuus in Btth ' a Medical Journal—page 546 Yes . If blood be dropped into water I presume it will dissolve ; but if blood had been in the veins and artt > ries in tbis subject before immersion , is it probable that the blood which must have been coagulated , would have entirely dissolved , as is the case here ? It is not probable that blood which had been coagulated' in the heart and large vessels should become entirely dissolved and removed as in this case . Has the division of the body from the head been donL by one clear cut , or by two or three attempts ?

      The division has bten effected by a sharp cutting instrument—but it is impossible to bay whether at one or more attempts . Tlie line of incision appeared tolerably uniform . Csn you say from the breasts whether this woman had borne children ? It is impossible to give an opinion on this subject , as the skin ef the breasts was destroyed . The statement afterwards received the signatures of both the medical gentlemen , and the following additional evidence was then adduced : — Jonathan Dean—I am a digger , and reside in a cottage near where the body was found . I am in the employ or MeaBra . Ftnton and Co . I was told by a boy , yesterday week , that eoow'thing had been found , aud I went to

      the place . I then saw what I considered to be the trunk of a human body . 1 said I thought it should not lay there , and that the best thing would be to bury it I wtni for a spade for that purpose , but on further consideration , 1 told the men who were present tkat they had better tell a policeman as soon as they could . It was Dot in consequence of what any body said , that , I determined to have nothing to do with it I did not then think that it was a body that bad been murdered ; I thought it had been taken out of some churchyard . I generally rake the engine fire every night , and leave it . I do not think asy person could come abont the premises without beine heard ; I have not kn « wn any

      person about the premises for some months now . There : s a cabin adjoining , with a large fire place in it , but the Ere'there 1 b very seldom k < -pt in—never txcepfc for the accommodation of our own men . The door is kept fastened . I do not know of any woman belonging any of the families to be missing . 1 think the fire in the cabin has been raked within the last month . The cabin is used to keep to »! a in , and there arc a great variety of things in it 1 do not know that anything has occurred t » txcite suspicion in my mind of anything being wrong . I do not know that any person has been seen in the cabin . It is a very lonely place ; but daring the night , there are numerous persons passing backward and forward .

      By a Jnror . —I have never observed any stains ol blood either inside the cabin or out By the Coroner . —1 believe the m » m employed by Mwsre . Feriton and Co . are all married . I once found a woman in the cabin , about a year and a half sgo . By a . Juror . —I have never smelt any unpleasant smell about the premises , nor have I ever found the fire in in the morning . By the Coroner . —1 . have known women bo on board vessels with the sailors , Who have not belonged to the vessel . I do not know of any vessel having stopped at our Btaith within the last five or six weeks . I do not think it is possible to ascertain . It might be done at the locks . Bv a Jnror . —1 have not known any vessel from Halifax stop here . The vessels which load there are generally from Skipton .

      The witness was then about to withddraw , when one of the Jury asked him if he had not a daughter by his first wife ?—Witness— I never had a daughter at all . ) at least , so we understood his answer . ) He was told to sit Uown again , and in answer to further questions By the Coroner , said I had never seen anything of this kind before ; I thought it was a human being when first 1 saw it I thought so from the place where the arms and neck had been . I saw the body turned over ; it was a dark colour , and looked like a piece of bacon . I am of opinion that the body has been floated into the cut from above ; the wind was blowing from

      the opposite side , and would blow it into the cut rather than over the dam stones . I bad not heard of any person having seen the body before my wife saw it on the Saturday . There were other parties who stood by who were of opinion it was a human body as well as myself . I am not sure whether I first said so , but I think I did . I cannot speak to a certainty whether any person has remained in the cabin all night within the last six weeks . There was another man in the house with me when I was Erst told of ibis . I think I made use of the word " trunk . ' I have hoird that name applied before . I am a Lancashire man .

      By a Juror—The captains or men belonging to the coal coats do not make u&e of the cabin , I do nut know that they have done so . By the Coroner—1 believe I have told you all I fenow on tho suV . j _ -ct . I should deserve punishment if 1 knew any tiling and did not tell yon . 1 have no suspicion of any one . I do not know « f any quarrel taking place between any man and woman on the river . I am sure I called it a " trunk' * when I first saw it on the bank . Elizabeth Dean . —I saw tUe body first on Saturday

      week , about half-past three in the afternoon . I hail been to market It was about a hundred yards from our house . The wind was blowing very strong , and 1 thought it was a piece of bacon vt spoilt meat ; I got a stick and moved it ; I thought it could not be a dog . I then saw the necR end , and thought it was a shoulder piece of bacon . It was about twenty yards lower down the cut , on Sunday , than when I saw it on Saturday . I lent the police-man a sheet to put tho body in . I do not think there has been any unpleasant smell from tho cabin lately .

      By a Juror . —I do not know of any person having slept in the cabin lately . The instrument by which it is fastened is always kept in our house ; it is a piece of iron , and the door is difficult to he opened . Wm . Dale . —I was with Austin yesterday we ~ k , when thiB body was found . Austin saw it first , and took it out of the water . We then send a boy to the crane-house , and three men came out . Jonathan Dtau was one of them ; he said it would be best to have it buried ; it was a " body . " I believe that was the expression he made use of . I do not think he said it was a " trunk . " I have never heard the expression before ; but I have seen it in the newspapers this week Aa far as I heard , he did not make use of the word . Dean then went for the spade , but came back without one , and said we had better tell a policeman . It was near eleven o ' clcck in the forenoon .

      By a Juror—At first when I saw It I thought it was a piece of meat Austin was determined to have it out , and then I saw it looked like a human body . When the men came up , one of them said it was a body ; but I do nut know which of them it was . By the Coroner—I do not know that any partiuular observations were made by the three men ; it did not strike me : that Dean seemed in any way confused : there was nothing in his conduct which seemed to be at all suspicious . The body was left by Austin and myself on the , bank side while we went to fetch a policeman . There was nobody to have prevented either Dean or any one else from making away with it if they had bad a mind . I did not hear Dean remark that the body had been burnt

      Wm . Austin recalled—When the body wa » first taken oat of the water by me it was laid with the back upwards . I am certain that Dean made use of the word " trunk" on Snnday . I have a perfect recollection that he said so . I have heard the word before at different time * . 1 have no doubt at ail that he made use of that word . I did not notice that any of the three men expressed surprise when the body was fonud ; there was nothing that struck me as being suspicions . Several remarks Were made , and one said " it was a curious thing that it should be found there . " I was not surprised to hear Dean make use of the word " trunk . " I have heard it used frtquently ; 1 heard it

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      I think , during the time of Daniel Good ' s affair . I am sure I am not mistaken . There being no farther evidence , The Coroner then said , he thought there was suffiioient evidence before them to enable them to come to a conclusion as to the . cause of death ; he snggested , however , that the best course would be to further adjourn the enquiry , as by that step the subject would be kept more before the public , and it might be the means or eliciting some further evidence . He thought also it was due to the pablic that the cue should be as fully investigated as possible . Some of the Jurors expressed themselves as agreeing cordially in the propriety of a further adjournment .

      Th « Coroner said he might intimate that since last Monday everything that possibly could be dune had been done , in order , if possible , to lead to a discovery , or to any means which might lead to an identity of the body . IVlr . Markland , one of the Borough magistrates , had attended the iwquest , and as well as the magistrates generally , bad been indtfatigable in causing every inquiry to be made . He would suggest that the adjournment should should be for a fortnight , and if anything transpired , they could be called together at an earlier day . This suggestion was adopted , and the inquiry adjourned accordingly until Monday , the 20 th instant , at aix o ' clock iu the evening .

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      None of their bodies have yet been picked up . About two hoars after the abave melancholy occurrence , another brig , coal laden , was driven by the fury of the hurricane on the rooks , within a mile and a half | to the east of Saltburn , where . she has since , it is stated , gone to pieces . The crew , eleven in number , were taken off the wreck by a fishing smack , which landed them in about four hours after , in perfect safety . Three Vessels Lost , with All Hand 3 . —During the storm on the 13 ch of last month , two vessels were seen to go down in deep water off the coast of Norfolk , a few miles southward of Yarmouth . They

      have since been ascertained to be the Nancy and the Petrel . The former belonged to Dover , and htr erew consisted of fire persons , William Newton , master , Tremier Lawrence , Charles West , William Chickwin , George Partridge , and another . The whole of them perished . Most of them have friends residing at Dover to deplore their untimely end . The other vessel was from Ramsgate , and her crew amounted to five seamen . They also perished . Another vessel , called the Jane , bound to Glasgow , has been missing since the morning of the l&h ult ., and no doubt is entertained but that she went down withia a few miles of Miliord Haven . Her crew perished with her .

      Information had been received of the brig Mary and Isabella , from Wick to Leith , having been totally lost Ion the rocks ashore of Findon , seven miles south ! of Aberdeen . The occurrence took place between ei ^ ht and nine o ' clock on Friday night last , and a portion of the crew and two fgmaje passengers were drowned . At Blyth , on the same night , tho Rochester Castle , a sohooner , amidst the gale , broke from jaer moorings , and drifted out of the harbour , when she subsequently capsized , and went

      down in deep water . She is a totol wreck . At Staithes the ! hurricane on Friday was severely felt . About ten o ' clock on the following morning alight bri * :, namedlthe Thomas , or" North Shield .-, drove on shore within : a few miles of the town . Through the great exertions of hundreds who had assembled on shore , the crew were all saved by means of a rope from the ship . Tho vessel is a total wreck . Tne Elizabeth , of Harwich , a schooner of about . 200 tons burden , was | tota'ly lost on the North S > a on Thursday last . All the crew , except one , was saved .

      PoRtHUsii , Feb . 4 . —Ye-ierday and during the ni ^ ht it blew a most terrific hurricane from tho NN . E , with a u ' eavy fall ot snow . Early in the morning the coast on ! each side of Porlrush was strewed with fragments of someuwtortunate vessel supposed to have been wrecked ou the fearful rocks of the Skerries Isles , and no doubt the crew must have instantly perished . Several casks of porter , marked " Elliot aud Co ., London , " have been picked up , also several casks have been found , which the coastguard have taken possession of . The only part ot the wreck which can give any clue to the name of this ill fated vessel is the bust of a lady , paiuted white , part of the carved work on her stern , and a capstan , bar , bianiled with ' Brilliant , of Aberdeen . "

      LIVERPOOL . The weather has since Monday laet been extremely tempt stuous . On that day there was a severe j ^ ale from the westward , which , agitating ; the river , made the vcMols ricio uneasily . On Wednesday night the gale increased to a storm , which continued without , intermission the whole of Thursday . During the night , or early in the morning , a , schooner was wrecked oa blayney ' s-bani ; , so called from ha ^ in ^ been the spot where th- ; Lord Blayney steamer was lost , with all hauds , som-i years ago . This bank is near the Welsh shore , off ithyl , whereas the Telegraph announced the situation of the wreck as iul lows : — " Then ; is a schooner sunk on West Ho ) le , tho crew in the rigging . The Point of Ayr

      lifoboat is going towards the vessel at 8 h . 30 m . p tn . " The wreck was , it appears , observed iiom Khjl , to which the Point of Ayr life-boat was taken by Jaiui She was thence launched and fully manned . Being io tho windward of the wreck , she soon reached the edge oi the bank ; but so tremendous was the sea , it would liavtf been destruction to have attempted , to go over tho bank to liho schooner . For three hours the men remained aa near the spot a * they deemed prudent , in tl ) e hope that the sen would iuoder ^ te , spas make itsafofor them to venture towards the wreck .. But despairing , in the then raging state of the surf , of succeeding in their humane object , they most reluctantly quitted the edge of tho bank , in the hope that the weather would moderate during tho nudit ,

      and enable them , if the vepstl should hold toge ' . her and the men survive , to make a more successful tffort , in the morning . While the Point of Ayr lifeboat was attempting to reach tho wreck from , the We sh coast , a similar abortive attempt was made to save the men from the Lancashire shore . As soon as the signal of distress was observed flying at ttidstone Lighthouse , and the Telegraph announced that tho vessel in distress was sunk on West Hoyl ** , the Steaming Company ' s vessel , the Victoria , was ordered to p . nt to sea b . itantly , accompanied by the company ' - -lif eboat , fully manned . The proceedings of the Victoria will be scon by the following statement , with which we have been furnished : — " At ten minutes past ni : io , a . m ., on the 2 d inst ., a

      signal of dihtr < ss was ob > oryt-d at Bidstone . Our lifeboat ' s crew immediately mustered , and a . pignal was made for the steamer Victoria , it bting her look-out . The lifeboat was got out and the steamer alongside the G < orge ' s Pier-head by half-past nip , a . m . By thi § time the sub-manager , Mr . Barber , hau arrived at the pier-head , when one of our clerks went up to the Telegraph office and obtained the enclosed information ; t > n presenting which to the sub manager ihe was ordered by him to go again to the Telegraph-office , to obtain , if possible , information of the position on West Hoyle where the schooner wasf sunk- But they couid net give him any further information on the subject , than that the Point of Ayr ; lifeboat was then two m . l < 8 to . the southward of [ her . T . io steamer then ieftr with the lifeboat ia tow , it being ten minutes to ten , a . m ., and proceeded down , through the Rock Ch ' -inn « l ,

      to about six ; miles to the westward of the N . W . Lightship , in about four 1 at horns and a half , on tho northern edge of West Hoyle . There was a man kept at tho masthead of tho steamer the whale way down , and the master and sub-manager repeatedly went up there themselves - , but could not see anything of the schooner . At two , p . m . they bore up for Liverpool , under the full conviction that \ tho schooner had gone to pieces . " The fact of the wreck having been on Blaynej- ' s Bank , and not on West Hoyle , the two banks being miles asunder , explains the reason of the Victoria not seeing the I wreck . At nightfalUwo poorfellows wore still in the rigging , the sea washing over them . How they managed to cling to the rigging all day , amidst the continued wishing of the waves and the piercing cold , ! it is difficult to guess . What their feelings must have been , if they saw the attempts of the life-boat and the steam-boat to rescue them from

      their per lous | situation , and the failure of one attempt after another to reach them , cannot be expressed , but may be imagined . The storm continued through tho nignt . Next morning not a single vestige of the unfortunate steamer could be seen from the Bidstone s'atipn . The unhappy crew had perished . They originally consisted of four , but two had been drowned early ; in the morning . On Friday night . rather on Saturday morning , the wind blew a complete hurricane from the northward , there having been very little west in it . One small vessel was wrecked on the banks , and all hands were lost . Neither her name nor the port whence she came could be discovered , ai y more than the name and port of ; the schooner wrecked on Wednesday night . A flat was also wrecked near Mockbeggar . but the crew were happily saved .

      The British and North American royal mail steamer the Acadia was at her moorings in the Sloyne , ready to s * art on her voyage to Halifax and Boston . So v'olcnt , however , was tho s ' . oTin , and so agitated the river , that several of the ferry steamers could not , early in the forenoon , ply . Nor dare any steamer make the attempt to carry tne passengers and the mails alongside , lost it should b . > seriously damaged , if not actually isunk , hy the heavy sea ,. But , even it the passengers ; and the mails had been on board , it would not have been prudent for a vessel drawing so much water to have attempted to cross the bar , " on which there was a tremendous sea , after the tnrn ot the tide . All these considerations induced the agents to delay the steamer ' s sailing until Sunday , wnen , the storm having abated , she proceeded to sea . — Albion .

      An Investigation is on foot relative to the purloining of a valuable portion of Earl Filzwilliam ' s jowels from Milton House . Suspicion attaches , it appears , to some of hi& lordship's domestics . Newbiggin-on-Sea , near Morpeth . —The brig Blucher , of aiid from London , in . ballast for Warkworth , was , on Saturday morning , totally wrecked on some rocks j near this place . The captain , Mr . John Johnson ,: with two others , were saved ; but three , including the son of the captain , were lost . Exportation of Specie . —Specie to a very large amount is now exportiug from Liverpool to the United StatesJ The British and North American royal mail steamer Caledonia , which sailed on the 4 th ult ., for Halifax and Boston , carried out above 100 , 000 sovereigns ; and , yesterday , the Acadia , for the same port , had on freight not less than 300 , 000 .

      The ordinary rate of insurance for specie in these steamers is 12 J 3 . 6 d . per cent ., but in consequence of the large quantity going by the Acadia , and the extremely boisterous-state of the weather during the last week , the ipretaium . rose as high as to 30 a .. At this rate , even , } it was difficult to get insurance done on specie , the underwriters being quite full of risks . The packet ship Independence , which sailed yesterday for New York , carried out 60 , 000 sovereigns on freight ; and the packet ship New York , which will sail to-morrorw S for the same port , will have a large quantity on freight . The Great V ' estern , too ^ which will leave Bristol on Saturday next for Madeira and New York , will carry out a large amount . of specie . The sovereigns thus expertedare , n is supposed , chit fly intended for operations in bills of exchange . —Liyeiipool A Ibion ,

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      ¦ ^ - ^ A Reduction is about to take place in the BritiA forces in Canada , to the extent of three reeim ^ t which are to return immediately to this coiuW The King ' s Dragoon Guards will be one , the oth two will be selected from those regiments » h « length of colonial duty will give them theprefereV . ^ Other reductions are decided on ,, or in progress accordance with the intimation convey ed i&tjT Royal Speech . — United Service Gazettee

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , Feb . 3 BANKRUPTS . Frederick Catbush , of KeBnington , Kent , seedmui February 10 , at half-past one , and March 17 , & t half ' past eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . M W . Waitmore , official assignee , 2 , BaainghaU . strerf'i and Messrs . Francis and Son , solicitors , Monum entyaM * William Marshall , of Worthing , SosBer , bntclr February 11 , at eleven , and March 24 , at one , at it *' Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . T . M . AW official assignee , 12 , Blrchin-lane , London ; and Mea *!' Palmer and Co ., solicitors , Bedford-row . ^^ Alexander Norton , of Edward ' a-street , Porhnte . square , upholsterer , February 11 , at one , and March 24 at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . M ' W . Whitinore , official assignee , 2 , BisinghalUtree !> and Mr . Klnsey , solicitor , Bloomsbury-square .

      Thomas Herridge , of 1 , Upper Wharton-atreet , Clerk enwell , builder , February 15 and March 8 , atone . atth Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . George Lacki ' iuto official assignee , 3 , CoJenian-street-buildingg ; andM ' Wfclls , solicitor , Wilmin «; ton « 6 quare , Cleikenwell William Mays , of Britjstocfc , Northam ptonshire ieUmonger , Ftb . 17 , at two , and March 10 at twelve ' at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr P . Johnson * official assignee , 20 , Basinghall-atreet ; Jlesaa . Coot and Saundera , solicitors , New-inn . Ling Robinson , of Ballingdon , Essex , millwright Febtuiry 17 , at twelve , and March 15 , at eltven , aUhl Ciurt of Bankruptcy , London . M / . Johnson , official assignee , 20 , BasinghaH-street ; and Messrs . RimomH and Guoday . solicitors , 14 South-square- GrayVim .

      Samuel Presland and Heary John Ostaldistun , $ f Castle court , Luureiice-lane , warehousemen , Febiaan 10 and March 14 , at eleven , at the Court of BankrDptcy London . Mr . Greorge Gibson , oflkiat assignee , ^' Basin ^ ball-street ; Messrs . Bower and Back , solicitofiL Cbaucejy-lane , London ; -and Messrs . Barlow and Aaoo solicitors , Manchester ,,-., ' Isabella Nowell , now or late of Huddersfield , York shire , currier , February 14 , at one , and March 17 , a eleven , at the Couitof Bankruptcy , LteJs . Mr Charles Fearne , official assignee , Leeds ; and Mr . Laytoci solicitor , Hmideratiold . ' Edward Cragg , of Kendal , Westmoreland , innkeeper February 14 , at two , and March 20 , at one at the Court cf Bankruptcy , Newcaste-upon-Tyue . Mr . Th * maa Bitker , olhi ; iiil assignee , Newca . ttle-upon-TvDS ; Hi Bhcppard , solicitor , Gr ^ svenor-strtet , London ; and lit Fearnside , solicitor . Burton .

      Hcrvey Lane , of Derby , innkeeper , February 10 and . March 17 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy Birmingham . Mr . James Christie , official as&igaee ' Birmingham ; and Mr . John Blacknrn , solicitor , Leedi Richard Whiaton , of Clun , Shropshire , shoemaker Febmary 13 and March 9 , at half-past twelve , at the Court ofBunkvuplcy , Birmingham . Mr . Frederick Whitmore , official assignee , Birmingham ; and'ife Evan William , solicitor , Knighton . Thorn . s Kiiowles , Daniel Lewis , and Edward Dodd of Dudley , Worcestershire , foundrymen , Februartjl ' at half past twelve and March 9 , at twelve , at the Coot of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Mr . Thomas Bittleston official assignee , Birmingham ; and Mr . Shaw , solicitor ' DaiUty . '

      George Thompson and Edward Creswell , of Manchej . ter . solicitors , February 21 , at eleven and March 7 , at twtlvc , at tho Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester . Mr . John Holt , Stan way , official assignte , Manchester } and Messrs . Emmtttt and Allen , solicitors , Bloumsbatj . square . London . William Moss , of Kingston-upon-Hull , woollen draper , February 10 and March 17 , at eleven , attha Court cf Bmkruptcy , Leeds . Mr . George William Frromau , official assignee , Leeds ; and Messrs . England and Shackles , solicitors , Hull . Thomas Moss , of Newport Grange , Yorkshire , brickmaker , February 10 and March 17 , at eleven , at taa Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Gsor ^ e Young official assignee , Leeds ; and Messrs . England aad Shackles , solicitors , Hull .

      Charles Pickslay , of Sheffield , Merchant . FebruaryU and March 14 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Henry Pnilip Hope , official assignee , Lends ; Mr . Thomas William Ko-Sgers , solicitor , Sneffisld ; and Mr . William Sjkes , solicitor , Leeds . Hugh Parker , Offlsy Shore , John Brewin , and John Rudders , of Sheffield , bankers , February 15 and 17 and March 1 , 8 . and 15 at eleven , at the Court of Bankriiptcy , Leeds . Mr . G . orge William Freeman , efficial usaiguee , Leeds ; and Mr . Albert Smith , solicitor , Sheffield . George Thomas Caswell , of Birmingham , glass dealer , and of Wolverhampton , Staffordshire , puinp maker , Fobiiuiry 13 at oue and March 11 , at half-past eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Mr Thoiuw Bittleston , official assignee ; Messrs . A . anrfT . S . Roland , solicitors , Birmingham ; and Mr . Hackling solicitor , Birmingham .

      Edward Ollfcrnshaw , of Manchester , hat manufacturer , February 14 and March 7 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Manchester . Mr . John Fraser , official assignee , Manchester ; Messrs . Bashaw and Stevenson , solicitors , Manchester ; and Messrs . Johnson and Co ., solicitors , Kiag ' s-bench-wilk , Temple , London . Robert Thompson Cartwright , of Lontb , Lincolnshire , woollen draper , February 15 and March 17 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . ilt . Qeotga Young , official assignee , Leeds ; Messrs Peter Wells , jun ., and Robert Wells , solicitors , Kingston-upon-Hnll ; u . ad Wtsars . Horsfall and Harrison , solicitors , Leads *

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . William Gibson and Benjamin Gibson , of Huddew ^ field , joiners . Thomas Birley , Thomas Langton Birley , Charles Birley , and Francis Brad kirk Birley , of Kirkham . Lancashire , flix spinners ( so far as regards Francis Bradkirk Birley ) . Anthony Nichol and William Robinson , of Liverpool , general commission agents . Edward Nettlbshtp and Thomas Lee , of Thorne , Yorkshire , grocers . P . J . de Zulueta and Anthony de Zalaeta , of London , Liverpool , and Gibraltar , merchants ( so firss regards Anthony de Zulueta . Thomas Cutler and William Head , of Cleckheaton , Yorkshire , iron and brass founders . Nathaniel Glenton and T . Q . Wbidborne . of Liverpool .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , February 7 . BANKRUPTS . John Overington , plumbar and glazier , Arnndel , Sussex , to surrender February 14 at three , and March 17 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basiugbaflstreet . Mr . Belcher , official assignee ; Mr . Braith waite , solicitor , Sergeunt ' s-inn , Fleet-street Joseph Rands , shoe dealer , Southampton , February 15 . at eleven and ^ March 21 , at twelve at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-stieefc . Mr . Green , official assigned , Aldermandisury ; Mr . Wilson , solicitor , AWermanbury . Thomas Berry , brewer , Lawes . February 14 . at tw » and March 17 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankrupt ^ B isingh . ' . l-street . Mr . Penn ? 11 , official assignee ; Wears . D . mmock and BurdysolicitorsSise-lane .

      , , John Van , gold lace manufacturer , Milton , Kaat , February 23 , at half-past twelve and March 21 , « twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basing ball-streec . Mr . Edwards , official assignee , Frcderick ' s-place , w Jewry ; Messrs . Brown , Marten , and Thomas , lw" > mercittl Sale-rooms , Mincing-lane . , ,. Thomas Reynocis , j'io ., merchant , Great-sireew Helen's , Bishopsgate-street , February 23 and Ma « n * h at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Bs sittghall-streefc Mr . Edwards , official assignee , Frederick ' s piace , u «» Jewry ; Mess-s . Barker aud Rose , solicitors , Mark-lane , F ^ achurcli-fitreet .

      ... John Walker , line ; : draper , Hayfield , D 8 r ^ . ^!; February 21 and March 17 , at the Manchester Distnra Caurt of Bmkruptcy . Mr . Stanway , official as ^ S "? Mr . Turner , solicitor , Stoekport , Cheshire ; Mes 3 ™" Pocock and Wiikina , solicitors , Birtb olomeff ^ lOoB ,

      London . ,-James Gordon , merchant , Liverpool , February " and Mirch 17 , at twe ve , at the Liverpool " iitn ^ Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Turner , official ass' ? o ° » Liverpool ; . \ Us .-, rs . Lowndes , Robinson , and B ff-J solicitors , L-v-. Tpool ; Ml-ssm . Siarpe , Field , and J . K ' son , solicitors , Bedford-row , London . . . William Denver an . t William Nixey , wo 0 "* " * drapers Liverpool , February 17 and March 17 , at 0 , at the District Court of Bankruptcy , Liverpeo 1 . * Follett , official assignee , Liverpool ; Messrs . > i « croft and Boa solicitors , Liverpool ; Messrs . uw and Touimin , solicitors . Staple-inn , London . . ham

      John Wood , miller . Beau Vale , Nottmg ^™> February 21 , at twelve and March IS , at eleven , as District Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Mr . Hope , on * assignee , Leeds . Messra . Johnson , Sob , and We » tD « w , solicitors , Temple , London ; Mr . Bowiey , eoliaw Nottingham . „ . nn A Robert Elliot , merchant , Sheffield , February 24 « w March 22 , at eleven , at the Leeds DUitict Court 01 Bankruptcy . Mr . Freeman , official assignee , & <*»> ' Mr . Brinson , solicitor , Sheffield ; Mr . Fiddey , solicitor , Temple , London . _ . .-a JoL Elliot , merchant , Sheffield , February Mjnj March 23 , at eleven , at the Leeds Bistnct Court <* Bankruptcy . Mr . Youmj , cf « W * & ** * 2 taS Branson , solicitor , Sheffield : Mr . Fiddey . soliciMB , ** $ & £%£ « . brewer . Leeds . February ^ March 17 , at twelve , at the Leeds District Conni oi Bankruptcy . Mr . Young , official assignee , Leeaa ; -ur .

      Sa ^ lSm 1 o ^ s . S builder , Cardiff ; Gla ^ anshire , February 28 and Mareh 21 , at twrfve at ^ Bristol District Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Hat-oii , official assignee , Bristol ; Mes «* Clarke *™ * - * solicitors , Lincoln ' s Ian-fields , London j Mtssrs .-av ^ i Cbrke , and Co , solicit-ts , Bris ' . cl .

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      THE MUTILATION CAaE AT LEEDS . FCSTHEB PAKTICCIABS OF THE " GRKEXaCEb " MUHDKB . On Monday evening the adjourned irqnest , on the body of a female unknown , -was held at the Court House , -feefore John Blackbnm , E-. q . The Coroner , in opening the case , observed that tie was sorry that np to the present time nothin ? definite had transpired to lead to the identity of the mutilated body of the female ; therefore at present they would be able only to complete the evidence of the medical men , Mr . Price and Mr . T . P . Teale , -who had jointly , since the adjournment of the inquest , enttrcd into a minute examination of the remains , and who had come to exictly the Fame conclusion . There would , however , also be one ot two -witnesses called as to the finding of the trunk : and af er they had beard this they ¦ wctdH then have to consider whether they would come to a conclusion on the subject , or whfther the more prudent conrse would be to have a further adjournment , in order to give the fnllest opportunity for procuring such additional evidence as conld be obtained .

      The Coroner then read the following statement , which bad been drawn up jointly by Mr . Price and Mr . T . P . Teale : — The portion of the body submitted to onr inspection included the fifth cervical verivbra , and the fourth lnmbar , with the intermediate parts , measuring in length eighteen inches aud a naif , or from the epinous process of the fifth cervical to that of the fouth lumbar vertebise seventeen inches , and around the chest immediately below the armpits , thiriy inches . The head had bfecn detached between the fourth and fifth cervical vertibue , and the lower extremities with the pelvis , between the f ^ uuh aud fifth lumbar vertebi sb . Tikr right aim had been removed by cutting throngh the shoulder-joint ; the left arm by sawing through a poxiioa of tbe scapula , or blade bone . The in one tn which the ltft aim had been separated showed that it had been done by a person ignorant of anatomy . fbe

      ¦ -whole of the front surface of the bo . y was black , and presented a burnt or charred appearance— the skin ot this part being entirely destroyed . Eich of the breasts measured three inches and a half in length ., two inches and a ha ; f in breauth , and oee and z quarter in thickness . They were Oeprived of their skin by burning . Their snbstanefc appeared to be much condensed by the sctionof fire ; constquentiy they -were smaller than in their natural state . Ineir glandular structure was distinct

      Three openings were observed in the front part of the chfcb ' ., -which had . been prodnced by great violence . At tfct-ss cptuinga the ribs were broken into sc-veral fragments . The fractures implicated ihe fourth , fitth , and feixta ribs on the right , aud the second , third , and f . ur : h , &nd the sixth , seventh , and eighth , on the lelt side . No extravasatsd blood nor tcagulum could be detected in the tsxtures surrounding the broken bones , nor was there any coagulum lodged in the pleural cavities . The Jungs at the parts corresponding to these openings -were charred to a small extent .

      Tae anterior edge of the liver was burnt , and the intestines were extensively charred and mutilated . The pectoral and the abdominal muscles were burnt to a cinder . The broken ends of the ribs and the sternum -were brown from the agency of fire . The divided mmcles of the neck , the trachea , and the thyroid gland were blaek and hardened by fire . The divided border of the abomiual muscles was burnt to a cinder ; but the muscles divided in the separation of the arms did net appear to have nndergoae tee agency of fire . The akin of the back -was firm and leathery in appearance , and a little browner than natural , and only at the aides did it appear blackened by fire . On removing the akin the muscles of the back were seen distinct in structure , pale-coloured , 80 ft , unctuous to the touch , bnt not putrid .

      The lungs , - with the exception of a alight adhesion of the pleura on the right ride , appeared perfectly healthy They exhibited the natural degree of crepitation on handling , but no blood escaped on dividing them with the knife . The heart -was small and flaccid . Its muscular structure pale and soft like ibe muscles of the back . On opening its cavities , not the smallest quantity of blood nor of eoagnlnm was fonnd . Tie large vtsstls wer& empty . Their structure was per f ectly distinct . The liver tras rather large , htalthy in structure , bnt pale and Woodless .

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      LEEDS . —Lnfobmatioh aoxiusi a Publican . — On Wednesday last , a complaint was heard at the Conrt House , before Griffith Wright and James Holdforth , Esqrs ., against Thomas Hodgson , the landlord of the Waterloo Inn , at the Bank , for suffering fighting in his house , the assembly of disorderly characters at untimely hours , and for tlrunkriiness on his own part . Testimony in support of the complaint vras given , hut the defendant p ] uinply denied everything laid to his charge , and s ^ id ihe witnesses would swear anything . Mr . Read , however , told the Bench that he had frequently had occasion io warn the defendant , whose house was well known to be conducted in a very disorderly manner , The Magistrates fined him £ 4 and costs .

      Pick-Pockets— Oa Wednesday last , three lads named John M'Donald , Charles Kilroy , and Wm . Mitchell , were sent to Wakefield for two months , for attempting to pick pockets in George-street Chapel , on Monday evening . They ara all wellknown thieves . Holbecr . —During the night of Monday last , the shop of Mr . Wm . Brown , blacksmith , at Rolbecklane-End , was broken into , and a pair of large scales and beam , a new iron backhand , four new shovels , and a garden rake , were stolen . —On the same sight a > hcp adjoining , and which is also the property of Brown , bat is ocenpied by Thomas Vickers , was likewise broken into , and two rush-bottomed chairs , two iron weights , and a ~ mall basket , were stolen . A yoHns man is strongly suspected , hut no trace has been , discovered of the stoieu property .

      Attempt m Pick Pockets —On Tuesday last , William Ma > field , a jopuj : lad , who spends a great deal of time in prison , was sent to Wakefield House of Correction for a month , having been seen attemptiDE to pick a gentleman ' s pocket at the Circus , a few evenings previous . Hobse Stolen . —At at early honr on Monday morning , a br- > wn horse was srolen from the stable of Mr . Wm . Oddy , of Headin ^ ley . Sc . vdat Eyexisb RobbkIiS fja-GHT . . —On Sunday evening , the bouseof Mr . Abraham Craven , in Esustlirove-.-treet . Burmantofts , was entered by thieves , by means of skeleton keys , just af'er Mr . and Mrs Crav « = n had goiie to church . A neighbour , however , Mt . Weare r dyer , happening to so into bis back

      yard , saw two suspicious men enter Craven ' s house , and , from the circumstance of two or three similar robberies having taken place in the neighbourhood , he determined upon seeing that ali was right . . Bavicg ascertained from a female ihat Mr . and Mrs . Craven had gone out , he went to the door , which he found fast , and ii quired if they were in , to which he received an affirmative reply . Hi- said he thought they were not , and two men then ran down stairs , and before he could prevent them forced their way into the street . Mr- Weare seiz-d one of them and after a desperate struggle , during which a miltmau named Parker came up , ho was secured and taken in custody to the police office , having previously thrown from his person a

      couple of silver watches , a gold ring , and a small key , which he had taken from Mr . Craven ' s house . Besides tho two mm ihat were in the hou ^ e , a third was outside waichiag at the corner of the street , in ordtn to gi » e timely notice to his companions if they were likely to be d : stu ; b ? d , bnt be did not see ^ lr . Weare , until after his companion had been > aken , when he made an aiteirpt ai rescue , which fortunateiy was uusucccssfu ! . . \ ir . Weare received several severe blows , and great praise is due to him for his intrepid conduct . The man then taken gave his name Joseph leweil

      Po ^ p ; he is well known to the police , and they soon after apprehended two others , one ol whom , Samuel Jordan , is identif ed by Mr . Weare as the man who rushed past him and escaped at the time be stized Popplewell . The other man in castociy , Samael Titley , wa-i not spoken to when before the Magistrates tn Monday , and the case was adjourned rill Wednesday , on which day the three prisoners were again brought up , and the depositions against them having been reduced to writing , there being no evidence against Titley , he was discharged , bKi the others , Poppl&well and Jordan , were commiaeu to York Castle for trial at the a .- ; ji 2 s .

      Befh Hocsk Coxvictios . —On Monday , Mr . John Lm ? ooi , the keeper of the Prince Albert beerhouse , in Hunstei-lane , was fined in the mitigated penalty often shillings and co > ts , for having had company in his house on Saturday nightIa 3 t ^ sfier eleven o ' clock , aad until three on Sunday morning . Isquest . —Oa Saturday evening last , an inquest was held before John Blackburn , Esq ., at the Conrt Hon 3 e , on view of the hpdy of John Wileock , twenty-one years of age , who expired at the

      Infirmary on Saturday morcinj ; . The deceased was a deputy overlooker , at Cliffe Mill , Little 31 cor , Pud ? ey , and about a fortnight previous , he went to the top of thfi mill to repair the bell rope , when , irom the slippery state of the roof , ho fell to the ground , by which he sustained a Compound fracture of the left thigh , a simple fracture of the right thigh , and other injuries . He W 9 s perfectly sensible , and was ai once removed to the Infirmary , where he expired a 3 above stated . Vafdict "Accidental Death . "

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      HUDDEKSFIEIiD — Petty thefts and nightly depredations are most alarmingly on the increase iu this town and neighbourhood ; and it is strongly reported that our Poor Law Union will bo broken up almost immediately , for want of means , many of the parish officers declaring it to be impossible to collect the rates from the inhabitants . MID-LOTHIAN-The farmers of Mid-Lothiau have lately held two meetings , for the purpose of considering the propriety of universally reducing their servants' and ' labourers' wages ! They came to the determination to reduce their servants ( men ) £ 2 per year , and to pay no more than one shilling

      per day to men . and sixpence per day to women labourers . One of these meetings was hold at Dalkcith , the other in Edinburgh . At the latter , a Mr . Hunkr , farmor , was iu the chair , and it ia rumoured that he was attacked on his way home from the meeting , knocked off his hor&e , kicked , and otherwise maltreated , so that he has not been out of his bid since . Tnis worthy only paid one penny per rood ( of six yarJi ?) for cutting drains of twenty inches deep , this lust summer 1 At this rate of wages , a labourer , working twelve houra per day , could not earn five shillings per wiek ! Truly these are are glorious tirade , ior the working men to live iu \~ Correspondent .

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      Disasters at Sea . —Margate , Feb . 5 . —Another vessel is added to the list of homeward-bound , which at the very close of their voyage , have suffered shipwreck in the channel . The Larkins , a fine ship , belonging to Messrs . Heaviside and Co ., of Cornhill , which arrived in the Downs on Thursday last , from China , after breaking from h « r moorings on Saturday night ; , came ashore on the Waipole Rock , about one mile to the ensfc of Margate , at half-past four o'clock on Sunday morning . The circumstances of the present lo ^ s differ 'materially from the recent calamities on the French coast , inasmuch as the Larkins had reached the Downs in safety , and was riding at her anchorage when the heavy gale sprang up on Friday night . Two steam-tugs had been despatched from the river to bring her into the docks , but on their arrival within si ^ ht of the ship , the

      woatner was so ooiateroud that it was found impossible to make head aaainot it , and they were both compelled to take shelter in Margate-road * ; one of them having lost an anchor and chain . The Lurkins rode out the gale vvell during Sa'urday morning , having 120 fathoms of chain out ; but about midnight it was discovered that she was driving near shore , and Captain Hibbort considered it advisable to cut both the main and miz -n masts away , in order to save tho ship from striking . In ihis , unfortunately , h « -waa not bucces-ful , as she came ou shoro with the floodrtide , about four a . m . on Sunday morning . The ship sits Well , and great hopes are entertained that the cargo will be got . out without much damage , though the s"a was too high up to Sunaay night to allow any steamer to approach her , and Iut position precludes the possibility of communication from the land .

      Whitby , Sunday Morning . —One of the mo . « t distrcHbing shipwrecks that has occurred on this part of the coast for wveral years took place yesterday at the entrance of Robin Houd ' a-bay , s-ituatc a few miles to the south of this harbour and to the north ot the ruins of Scarborough Ca .-tle , whereby , we regret to state , a party of the Coast Guard Service , belonging to the station at that placo , under the command of the chief r . ffioer , Lieutenant Lingard , R . N ., with the crew of the distressed vestel , consisting of six persons , met with a watery grave . The particulars are as follows ? : —During Friday n ght and yesterday morning the wind blew a hurricane from N E . Early in the morning a brig was observed endeavouring to run into the bay for shelter , but a

      tremmdoug s a threw the vessel upon her broadside , and drove her ashoro , wit . hiii a short distance from the entrance o ' the bay . Tne crew made every exertion to got her off , but finding it impossible , and that her destruction would speedily follow , tliey took to the riKKi'iK for safety . Upon their situation bringobstrved by the officer on duty near the spot , he hastened to jdva the alarm to the station . Lieutenant Lingard directly ordired the life-boat to be launched , into which he got , followed by five o ' his men , and they pushed off in gallant style to the distressed vessel , which proved a collier belonging to London , named the William and Ann . The sea being excessively high , and as it snowed heavily , it was a length of time before they could reach the vessel . Upon

      coming alongside , the crew were taken off , and the boat ' s head was put about for the shore . Lieutenant Lingard taking charge of the helm . She had not reached any considerable distance from the wreck beforo a heavy wave struck the boat and turned her bottom up , throwing the whole of her Jiving freight into the boiling surf . L'eutcnant Lingard and several others immediately rose and ciung to the boat , while others attempted to gain the shore by swimming . Their cries could bo plainly heard from the beach , but it was beyond all human power to render them assistance . Every soul perished . An attempt was made by the commander of the brig Ayton , which happt'iied to be within a short distance of the

      spot , and four seamen , to go to their assistance , but their boat was upset , and they narrowly escaped meeting with a similar fate . The namps of the coastguard-men who perished with Lieutenant Lin gard are reported to be , Christopher Tnjrman , Wm Pond , Robert Avery , Edward JelHnga , and another . The names of the crew of the vessel are not yet known . Most of the sufferers have families residing iu the town , and are highly respected , particularly Lieutenant Lingard , whose Inss is greatly deplored . Up to the present hour , eight o ' clock Sunday raorni » sr , only one body has boon washed ashore ; it is that of a seaman , and is supposed to be one of the crew belonging to the wreck . The vessel lies high npon tho uhore , and is expected hourly to go to

      ptecep . On Saturday , during a violent squall of wind , fifteen coal-shipn drove from their anchors and wont ashore in Woolwich-reach . They all sustained damage , and were not got off without great , difficulty . Eight barges , aJl laden , were sunk in tho reaoh , and about ono o ' clock , when the wind was blowing a tremendous hurricane from tho northwest , forty watermen ' s boats were sunk at Greenwich , and the loss to the poor owners will be at least £ 300 . The eurge washed over the Government vessels lying off the dock-yard , and it was n < _ eessary to ba : ten down all the hatches on deck . The mischief done in tho lowtr part of the river whilo the storm lasted has been immense , and several

      steamers also suffered . On the same morning the tide rose to an unusual height , owing to the northerly winds keeping the water up the English Channel , and the streets n ? ai ; the rirer at Gravesend , Woolwich , and Greenwich , were ovei flowed , and the ground-floors , cellars , and kitchens of the houses were filled with the flood , and much property destroyed . In High-street , Wapping , Mr . Johnson , of the Ship , at Execution-dock ; Mr . Waemuth , of the Watermen's Arms ; and Mr . Willard , of the White Swan , have sustained losses by the inundation to the amount of £ 200 . In Rotherhithe the tide washed over the wharfs into the streets , and has proved very disastrous to many inhabitants here . The marshes at Dagenham and other places were inundated , and are now under water .

      Redcar , Sunday Morning . —During Friday night and yesterday we have been visited by the most awful storm of wind , snow , and rain , that lias been experienced since the memorable gale in the year 1839 ; with this difference : the present storm blew N . N . E . dead on shore , and the other from nearly the opposite point . Among tho numerous casualties , I regret to record the total loss of the brig Liberty , a vessel about 200 tons burden , belonging to Sunderland , while on her passage from Lynn , commanded by Mr . Liddell , master , whi « h occurred at one o ' clock yesterday morning , at a place called Saltburn 4 situate within a short distance of this place . The revenue officers , 911 observing the perilous condition of the vessel , got the Redcar life-boat in readiness , and , upon her striking , which happened

      about the hour above-mentioned , it was shored off to the rescue of the unfortunate persons on board . After the brig reached the shore , the crew got the longboat overboard , and attempted to gain the beach , bat almost at the same moment it was cap sized by an immense wave , and the whole of them were precipitated into the sea . The life boat was then within a quarter of a mile of the vessel , and although every nerve was strained by thise who manned the oars to save the poor fellows , it was found impossible , consequently all of them ( esceptiDg a youth of the naine of William Phillips ) mes with a watery grave . He was miraculously saved by cLnging to the seats of the boat , after being capsized , and was not yerceive' 1 iii . iil after he had been washed ashore . Th ^ number who perished was five , being thu master ( Mr . Liddell j aud four , seamen .

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      COMMERCIAL REMARKS . Imposts . —In < mr lastwe noticed the improvement whicn had taken place in this branch of our trade since then pressure on the money-market has occa- ' BOnediretrogession in its position , . and although sales continue extensive , obtainable prices , from the absence of speculative demand , are generally unf » - vourable , novrnhBUnding the fall in the rates of iomewardremittance , Cottoh Piece Goods . —Sales haTe been considerable , hat ihe prices which have been obtained are generally unsatisfactory : Jaconets , boofo , long clotis , and . Madspolams , are still most in demand ; for coloured goods there is at present but a limited inquiry . "

      _ _ . . Cotios Twist . —Sales continue extensive , bnt "with very little variation in obtainable prices from former raies . Vf the tah-s since our last i » ae , the Teponea trausa-dons axe 1085 bales of British white jnuJe , at 2 rupr 83 6 annas to 4 rupees 9 anna ^ p * -r jBorfih ; tae * orr _ -eT for J « o . 70 to ISO , average 9 b

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 11, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1199/page/6/