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      ~\ &rjaxs&p ? Liverpool . —Ahouttwo o ' clock on Sun * j jv mcrming last , two police-officers , named 3 ? airclonrS * Tpi , a » d Price ( SS ) , -were on duty in Toxteth park aiyl ¦ sr ent into a brothel for tlie ^ purpose of SUppi « siE £ a disturbance among the inmates . After j ^ t lad succeeded ib their object * and when they were vpiii ^ oiiig ° duly o thelrrespeetive beats , a fellow , J ^ elWmiam Jones , followed them froni the brothel jrjto WhitSeW-sti ^ et , where iemade a fiercel attack mon ho ' Ji with a large poker which he brought firom lie hoi «* . TairclougS dosed with h \ vr \ and attempted to -BTeDch the poker- from his grasp , but in the atjeupt ibe ruffian struck him a blow with that deadly jnsiraBiec t , which fractured Ms scull , caused the

      braiis to protrude through the opening , and laid him jennies ? at his feet . Price , in endeayournig to render assistance to his companion , also-received a hlo * - of lite joker , which knocked off a part of the koi . c imiacdiatelT aboTe his right eye-brow ; hut he X 3 S enabled to call for assistance , and to point oat to ibe officers , who speedily arrrred , the brothel to which J < c » ha < i returned after inflicting the blows . The £ ji < . of tie place was instantly broken open , and the gSowvas arrested and taken off to bridewell . Fairoouch « 2 S conveyed to the Southern Hospital , where ie died yesterday- Tha prisoner has been brought before Sii . Knshton , and will be committed for trial io-inv , « ji a charge of wilful murder . —Hvtrpool jBiiw , I >» -

      16-I > $ n > - * rpwf Wilktxsox , the Stokeh , Saturday , Pee- liiL . r—This day Mr . Payne held an inquest at 'Gbv "» ilvsplial . on tho body of Aaron "Wilkinson , is 10 . Sresaan to tie engine Forest-er ^ Xo . 63 ) , ibii taav > i tic doubly fataTaetident on the above iinf- * n « - the Bricklayers' Arms terminus , on the cn . mliij . ' of "Wednesday week . A number of gentlemen fCEKCc . -- " wiih the railway were in attendance during die imo » tisatii > n , and many scientific persons lisio * il attentively loxhe evidence . Tie first witness oiled was 31 r . Tickel , house-surgeon , who stated jaai ihi" deceased was admitted into the hospital ilwat out : o ' clock on Wednesday morning , lie was sup eramlly scalded over thelegs , hands , and morepaili-Ajbr . v i--if-r the face . He had a cut over the left eve

      jeminiuy' -ating with a fracture of theskull where there vs . - sliirbi depression o £ tlie bone . There "wereno-svmptoia * vi cvncu * sion of the brain . Deceased could not iaj » tr questions distinctly ; he merely moaned , and CBBiiuuctiL of pain in the belly . He never made any fssminuoation as to the cause of the accident . Wit-Efsf could joot ascertain the precise cause of death , 2 C 4 liaviu ^ made a port Ttwnem examination , as he b * not > een any of the deceased ' s relatives since his es » ili to authorise him to open the body . The jtft . nt-r Inquired if any of the relatives of " the deffav-o ¦ nrerc in attendance , and the sunimouine slow « aid he expected Wilkinson ' s brother in a h * minutes . . None had up to that time arrived

      Mr . } i « naiain Cubiti examined : He had the super-EWfc'inirv of drivers and firemen , and it was his ja : . u * fsanmur the engines The engine in question ra > firou ^ lii to the lerminus on the 2 Sth ult ., and nrst vigkvl i > u the 30 th . It was put together at the rail-» it }>> i man sent by the manufacturers at Liverpool , I tL-d lie remained wfti her untD witness was satisfied ts - » - « . » i- ~ rrect . When put together , her steam was jk up jV . r the purpose of trying her , and she took a jnlu (> f < -aal "jragjrons , heavier than the luggage train i * ivdk wi the night of the accident , to Croyaon and Eeisaie- She took a similar train trip to Dover , the x § uu . Trr that came with her from Liverpeol always ac-H 2 ij « £ iAin ? her on those trips . "Witness alsowent rib Lvt . and ascertained her ntness to work publicly . She was a mggage engine , not used at all for the 2 iaspon of passengers . The boDers oi luggage enpnc » are larger than those of passenger trains , but Sy . sei oibarwise differ in construction . The Coroner :

      STbai results from tnis large sae of the bouer ? > Ir . jjftbin : The generating of more steam , and longer Bra-oke ? of the cylinders ; nothing more . W * work Sara ^ i from fifty to sixty pounds weight per l ^ Bare k : ch , and I __ fhould think this engine §§»!> ui « i imz ? a pressure of iOO pounds the square inch , jjlie ttrine was made of gmiiiar jnaterials to those Hsed in the construition of engines for passenger Ibabs . The inside of the fire-box was copper , the SstsHe iron , and the boiler tubes brass . ( The witla ?? here produced part of the fire-box , and Hi CJiT 5-In £ of the damaged engine for lie inflf-Mlo ? . of the jury . ) The Coroner : "What was Id ? cbi ^ f mischief caused to this engine / iir . iiabiit : The side « f the fire-box " was blown iliV ) lit bouom . By the jury ; Engines may be tried m ~ a pre »? urtf of water . This engine was not so tried t-nrh xrial h dangerous * as it may cause invisible ifcTn- ^ - ""rhiri - » ronld shew itself afterwards when

      B » sdcf-i by * t « un on the public line . By the Coroner : HEiA pressure from some unknown cause produced fc ? aivjJent . If the safety valves had been properly Jfc < : tii- accident would not have occurred . When S : did & > --iir the prepare must liavebeen greater than jlsiii . i' 1-obably nigher tban 200 lb « . per square inch . W& indicator would have told deceased the height jjftie j-ivssure , and he might have known the precise & £ > : < -i the safety Tarres . By a juror ; I cannot IIt wbfther there was or was not neglect on tti j . art of the driver with respect to the safetvai ;'™ . llotr ^ Ter , a higier rate of steam-prrssure ftii ;> i . > or 60 lbs . per inch was not required for the j Ea < je the ni"ht in question . Mr . Gooch , engi-« t « - of ike South Western Railway , corroborated ilr . Bw *> i : t ' & testimony . The Coroner : I suppose , if the " ¦ fcrliie had been the best that could have been «~ rMvmannficnired . andthe safetv-valves had been

      mpz ~ the high pressure ofxoe ^ team caused JLrxjiludon . Air . Gooeh : 1 ha % e no doubt of it . ffc = r Coniuer said there did not appear to be anyy ^ ; in ihe ease more than what would resnlt from & : a-.-c-ident . The jury had heard that it was the ¦ cid ' . 'E of the witnesses that the explosion could not tfcvc taken place if the safety-TaTres had been open . ¦ fit i > anies who had been in controul of the -engine » 2 * aow dead , and there was no one left to tell the Ke of the safely-valves . 2 so blame -could be at-& £ ifc 3 to any body ; and it was proved that the ma Bs 2 rtnre of the -euEine trss ssSe and proj > er . It "was ffcllife jury to say if iliey required any turther evi-¦ » ii * The forenian said they were satisfied , and g ^ nsiied a verdict , that the deceased died through

      e £ accident caused by excessive pressure of steam . H rv-, rLiH SncaxT—Worcester , Wednesday Even-# s . —The particulars of a singular case of suicide * are jn < t transpired before a coroner ' s jury , sum-S 2 ? -31 © inquire into the cause of the death of Mr . ^ Ilaubury , glover , of this city , second son of Mr . I lisnbury , one of the ser ? eants-at-mace of the JWcesM-r t-orporatioa . who , in the course of 3 Ion-L ^ ni ^ iii , or earlj j-esterday morning , lianged him-}~ ' ~ vr > a must angular manner , aod was found dead 7 * ^ i > mother . The unhappy suicide iad effected t ^ |^ in » ose in the followin g manner : —H e had pn > - 3 ? d a met * -of SHiall rope fa "Dortion of a clothes

      ' ¦ ' - ¦? - ¦ . one end of which he had secured to the brass y ij-ilv uf a dt > or communicating with the parlour and f i- ^ fben , and ih-.- other end beias ihrown over tbe top I - tbe - ^ oor In * hsi tied round liis p ^ ck . He must r " -- ~ j hsr , k iai < Te TiYO nmnins loops in his silk-ncrkc . ^ iiff . in whieh he tied his wrists , and two flatt : ^ - used ior inming linen ) were secured to % J ^ mep neekeivhiefT thus adding additional ly ^ kl to lii < body . By these means he succeeded in - Jy- . ^ Iins hini ? t-if . and when found was quite dead yAr . Ail ' raiise was assiirned for the act beyond ' ' } i fact of ihe deceased being of a melancholy teiu-: - ^ tj ^ jjj Xhe iary , after some consideration , fbiind '¦ - ' : \ h > - deeeased rfestroved himself while la ^ wiuing

      r ; -- -mporary -saniiy . -v ^¦• csr > G >\ im . < j . ox i . ILulwat . —On Sunday t ia wiffiaan , gained Elizabeth Forth , who ^ vas of fl £ e mind , and Lad wat'lered from Audiey , in ' % ¦^ - .- 'i-hire ^ < -onin 3 itted . « uieide by placing herself f J ' "** ihe rails of the Birmiiigbam and Manchester , f ; -il-a ^ v . near tlie WCiiislow station ; where she was ^ -i ...-.- * by a train , und literally torn to pieces ! ' ¦¦ - -Liza xi j . t . '< J 2 J XE-Horsz . — On Thur ^ lay an iiiz ' ^ : was held at the Elephant raid Castle , Kent-= 5 ii before W . Carter , Esq .. coroner for Surrey , on £ - i ** l ? of JoJm Mayne , aged " 30 , who died on Tues r ' ~ e . ihn suddenly " , at the Baltic Coffee-hwise , 4 , k ' ^ ninrusi The jury rcturneil a -rerilict -of—E- i " . rraJ TiL-arV .

      f ^ H . XKTfii DiiiH racy BiEMso . — On Thui-sday t ^ ia = Mr . Higes held at in . ^ ut = t at ihe Plough , 'l _ ^ -street , linroln ' s-inc-neltis , on the body oj L 2 s . )^ ih Wasford , aged 3 > J . of Ho . - > 5 , Eagle-Street , ; "i LioE-sqnare . William Carrow , residing in the cse hu ^ se . s ; iid he knew tlie deeeiised , whose name ir ^ Vt asonl . ihe wife of a res ]> ecxab ] e juan . On I- s-irday uiijliV last lie heard creams , and on going t -i , * i > e ? passage 5 aw ihe deceased coming towards him I - " ^^ nped in flames . With assistance he got her into I -Qs . ck parlour , and succeeded in putting out tbe fire . p > > ife of iliis witness stated that the deceased was $ isra 3 j- a sober % vomaia , but on the night of the acci-| - ^ slse had Taken two "lasses of rum on an empty % Sath , wbicli completelv ovei-powered her . Whilst

      ig--S 2 r in front of the fire , nursing her -baby , her fe-Thes taushi fire . She bail the presence of miiivl to | " ta * : infant on tLe floor . s ? A caUed upon another of p * children to a ~ &rt her in getting out the flames . M * . poor little feDow got the bellows Jiid began S = ^ ing -jrith Tl » emr and , instead of subduing the M >* Cfanne <] tlrem into a greater flame . A verdict $ 5 r- *«* idemal ! T Burned was returned . fi ^ Eirii <> T - rss Ecce . tp 4 c "Buit Bablow . "p 'i niox T \ "SPTT . TTTrTB > —On Thursday iir . S ^ vrheld an inquesr at the Queen ' s Eead , FasbioDS ^ i , SpitalntMs , on view of the body af Benjamin - ... MpesBt , ati-J * ' -Billy Barlow , " aged 30 , the well-«> kc street rv'preseiitathe of the American " Jim ¦¦ »? - « , "' wLi , dietiina nn > erable attieat 2 So . 53 , Hower

      . &i i l ^ eaa-jstrtrfi . in ihetaine j . arisb , Tistler the Follo ^ r : " ^ 6 areuni 5 ti : ijce « . of destitution : —It appeared from B ^ ide xw ih ; a for some years past the deceased had . W '"~ naming a .-prrtanoiis " liTcHhood byTepresenting - B- ' tiujauu-rof Jim trow in the streets , for which B f tfwae is .- u =-ed to b 3 airkejj his face . He was KJ'iririf ^ i ha rmless miujners ; but while playing «? 1-ari of " Jump Jim Crow" he was frequently Wr- * td bv tie boys in that neig hbourhood . Hig ken " il ! for some time past , but nothing f-K wciirred till :-iiiiirday night last , -svben . m & return home , be eomplained of severe fei- ^ fshii . t > n Monday , as these got worse , a M " -ol gentleman was stnt for , upon application at Ir ^« rkhou > e . who , upon seeing tire deceased , found v 3 ^<

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      him in so weak a state as not to be fit to be removed to the -workboose . He was ordered wine and nourish ing diet , but the deceased was unable to take them , and he died the following day . The deceased ' s landiord stated that he often came home with his iace coTered with mud and blood , from the stones thrown at hun by the boys . The room he lived in was occupied by some other persons , men and women . Mr . AttreU said that there were many rooms in the same streetwhich fiadin them six double beds for a m ^ and his wife with their children , and that as many as twenty-four were huddled together in a room . Tie stench on going into these houses was dreadful . There was scarcely a house in the street which was not a lodging-house . This change had taken place since the removal of Essex-street , and the other streets for the new street at that part of town . Verdict—Natural Death , accelerated bv exposure to the cold .

      The Laxe Fvtvi . Accn > £ > -r rs Thkeadjteedlbstrktt . —On Thursday evening Mr . William Payne , city coroner , held an inquest in St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , on the body of Robert Dean , aged 47 years , the unfortunate individual who lost his life by the overturning of a carrier ' s cart , in Threadneedle street , on the evening of Tuesday last . The jury after consulting , returned a verdict of Accidental Death , with a recommendation that the Commissioners of Sewers will be pleased to grant a pension to the widow and two children of the deceased . Mtszeiugi-s Death . —Thursday evening Mr . Payne held an inquest at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital ^ on the hodv of Walter StieL of Nassau-street , Middlesex

      Hospital . It appeared that the deceased went into an eating-house in Newgate-street , on Wednesday afternoon , and having been served with some roast beef and potatoes , he commenced eating the same , when he was seized with violent retching . He , however , brought nothing off his stomach , lie was removed to the above hospital , but he died on the road thither . Ajx > st mortim examination showed that the internal portions of the stomach were extensively inflamed , apparently the effect of some corrosive poison . A witness stated that as far as three weeks since , the deceased told him that he had taken four pennyworth of arsenic . Verdict—Death from inflammation ; but how , or by what means produced there was not sufficient evidence to prove .

      Loss op a Vessel with all Hands . —We are deeply concerned to announce the loss ol the Ellen ajiii Ann , schooner , the property of the Messrs . Harley , of this city , which was wrecked near Ardmore la-ail , on Friday last , and all bands perished . The vi ^ sel was commanded by Mr . T . Morgan , who was a Welshman ; she was about 15 «> tons burthen , —Cork lUjxjrter of Tuesday . C © b £ . —The mainmast of a schooner of about 150 tons was drifted into Ringabella Bay on Sunday evening . It had apparently been but a short time in the water , and was broken off tinder the rigging . Part of a shii . " * boat , painted lead-colour inside , was driven into Kockv Bav on Fridav evenin ? .

      Tougual , l > £ c . 14 . —About six on Friday evenin ? , a schooner rame ashore on Clay Castle beach : the crew remained by her , and were all saved at the ebbing of the tide . The captain ' s wife was on board , and was got ashore in a great state of exhaustion . The ship proved to be the Joseph and Fanny , of Newport , Capt . Lobbat , bound for Xewport from Ci > rk , with a general cargo of provisions . They left Cove last Tuesdav , carried away some of their sails that night , and had been since then lying-to , and . unable to partake of any food or refreshment . Saturday morning at daybreak , the hull of a vessel was descried from the shore riding at anchor outside the bar , a complete wreck , without a mast standing , and a signal of distress flying from a jnry-mast . The sea on the bar was so tremendousl y heavy , it was feared no attempt could be made to reach

      her . Two fishing-boats were , however , manned , and .-with considerable risk succeeded in clearing the harbour , but were unable to reach her after several attempts , till at last the master of one of the boats , Richard M'Daniel , in the most gallant and heroic manner , and at the imminent risk of his life , sprang c * . t * of h « own boat , and succeeded in getting on board ; a cable was then attached , her anchors slipped , and the vessel was towed into the harbour with great difficulty in safety . She proves to be a Jersey schooner , the Swan , bound from Seville to Dublin with fruit ; a large ship ran into her on Thurs day night in the Channel , carried away all her headsaiL « , part of her bulvarks , and stove her boat . While in the act of clearing the wreck , a sea Struck her and swept the captain , Clement Renouf , overboard ; the rest of the crew were brought in in safetv .

      XAiAL Accidext on ME Riter . —Chi Friday afternoon one of the coal porters in the employ-of Mr . Stephen levies , of Somerset-wharf , Bankside , i-lipped off the barge Mary Anne , and was drowned . Mr . lmies ' has very handsomely expressed his detenuiuation of providing for the bereaved widow and children . FlBE AT A LrciTEB-MiTCH MaSCJACTOBT . Between nine and ten o ' clock on Friday night , a fire was discovered in the drying room of the luciferniatrh manufactory belonging to Mr . Thomas Hall , Cottage-place , Kennington-lane , immediately behind the Horns Tavern . Before it could be " extinguished about 150 gross of manufactured matches

      were destr oyed , and the racks upon which they Jay wen- burned . By the timely aid of the police ani workpeople upon the premises the lire was subdued . Moke MranEBs is Ikelaxd . —Dcbus , Dec . 18 . — Private letters have been received in town this afternoon , stating that Mr . John Carden , of Barnane , near Templeinore , in the county of Tipperary , was yesterday shot dead near his residence . A letter from Athboy states that an attempt at assassination was made in that neighbourhood . An extensive grazier , whose -name I have not learned , went out yesterday evening , accompanied by his brother , to Iook at some cattle , when they-were feed upon . The brother , it is staled , was wounded .

      Fatal Cab Accidem . —On Wednesday evening , between four and five o ' clock , a fine little boy , named Thomas "A ppleby , the son of highly respectable parents , residing in Crescent-place , New-road , was run over by . a cab at tlie end of Judd-street , and killed on the spot .

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      - , upon the beach . The body was found ; and when the tide ebbed sufficient to enable us to go on board the vessel , we found oae of the crew dead in the rigging . The vessel is a complete wreck— -gone all to pieces , and the cargo distributed in all directions ; but I ainhappy to ' say that part ofit , together with the materials of the vessel , have been saved by the crew of this cutter , and delivered over to the proper offieers -at this port . I am moreover ; proud to state that the conduct of my crew on this occasion was most praiseworthy ; they were with me upon the beach for twenty hours , saving life and property , without rest or refreshment . ( Signed ) Isaac Saxbt , Commander of Scout R . C .

      Awrcx axd Fatal Collision ox the Thames . Dreadful Steam-boat Collision . —On Tuesday afternoon , about half-past two o ' clock , as the Sylph , belonging to the Old Woolwich Steam-packet Company , was proceeding on her down-passage to Woolwich , having just left t ; , e Greenwich stone pier , and when offtheeastendof the Royal Hospital , she was run down by the Orwell Upswich steamer ) , proceeding to London-bridge wharf . A dense fog prevailed at the time , and the shrieks of the passengers on board both vessels were heart-rending in the extreme . In an instant nearly thirty watermen put off in their boats from Garden-stairs , Ship-dock , and East Greenwichstairs , and arrived just in time to save Beveral persons from the ill-fated Sylph , before she sank in ueeD

      water , it appears that the Onvell struck the Sylph on her starboard-bow , and cut her nearly in two . Immediately on the Onvell receding from the Sylph three of the cabin-passengers wei-e carried to tlie ' surface bv the rush of water . thus created . They were picked up , and taken ashore by the boat * in attendance , as well as the crew of the Sylph , and numerous deck-passengers , who had been washed overboard . One of the officers- of the Orwell rushed on board the sinking vessel , with an axe in his hand , and rescued two persons who were wedged in between the broken timbers and the vessel ' s side . These were also token on shore . Some children were picked up , and taken on board the : Onvell . One person , whose name it is supposed is Shepherd ( from a pawnbroker ' s duplicate fouud in his pocket , and dated and

      issued from the Borough ) , was taken to the Union public-house , East Greenwich , with his skull frightfully fractured , one eye knocked out , and a leg and an arm broken . He is since dead . Another man and three young women were taken on board the Dreadnought Seanien ' s Hospital Ship , with wounds and severe contusions . The man has since died , but the women , having had their wounds dressed , were put on shore , and sent home to their relatives . Several other women and children more or less hurt , as well as being immersed in the river , were taken to different public-houses ; and one person lies seriously , though not dangerously , injured at the Chest Tavern , Ship-dock . The Orwell remained with the Sylph till the last , when the Witch steani-boat , belonging also

      to the Uld Woolwich Company , arrived and towed , or rather dragged , the Sylph towards the south shore , where she now lies , with only her funnel above water . It appears , tliat as the Onvell was coming at a rapid rate towards London , the Sylph had just left the pier at Greenwich for her destination at Woolwich . At that time the fo ^ was verv thick upon that portion of the Thames , and before tlie necessary alarm could be given , or fully understood , the cutwater of the Orwell caught the smaller vessel and stove her in , literally cutting her to pieces . At the moment this happened there were on board the usual crew , consisting of captain , steersman , engine-driver , stoker and

      assistants , a few persons on deck , and about twenty passengers in the cabin . Their shrieks were most appalling , being heard all along the shore as far as Greenwich Pier . The vessel which was struck was seen to reel most frightfully , and it was instantly discovered bv the watermen lying off the quay that she was filling fast . Numerous boats were at once unmoored and pushed off , and by the time they came alongside several persons-were struggling in the water . Fortunately , by the praiseworthy exertions of the watermen , the crew were saved , as were also five or six other persons , including four women and an infant child . In the case of the mother and her

      infant , not seven months old , the most piteous scene presented itself—the mother battling with the waves , and stretching out her arras , aa in piteous supplication , towards her child , which had escaped from her arms in the struggle between life and death . By an extraordinary effort on the part of two men , named William Brown and Joseph Face-y , belonging to Ship-stairs , in their boats , both were happily saved . In a few moments tile bodv of a man , frightfully mutilated , but to appearance still ah " ve , rose to the surface . This being hauled into one of the boats , was immediatelv conveyed to the Dreadnought Hospitalship , but the poor fellow ceased to breathe in a few minutes after he was received there . Next appeared another man , dreadfully crushed , and apparentlv

      quite dead . He was brought ashore , and taken into the Union public-house , opposite the part of the river where the accident occurred . Three women , who were taken out of the watei , were conveyed to the Crown and Anchor public-house ; and Mr . Appleton , surgeon , being sent for , their contusions were attended to , and warm baths and beds provided without delay by the humane landlord and landlady . From the statement of one of the sufferers , who was sitting by the lire-place in the cabin at the time of the collision , it appears that there were about twenty below at the time of the occurrence , and that several ran up stairs the instant afterwards , the water rushing violently through the aperture made by the force ol * the concussion .

      Another Accouxt . — The statement of Captain S . Wrackham , the commander of the Orwell , as con- ' nected with this melancholy event is to the following effect : —The Orwell was due at five o ' clock on Monday evening , but on coming up the river , and when on " the other side of Gravesend , the fog was so heavy that it was found nece&saryto cast anchor . About nine o ' clock on Tuesday morning she heaved her anchor , but in consequence of the continuance of the foy she came up the river at a xeiy slow rate . Between one and two o ' clock she was off Woolwich , and was two hours making the distance from that point to Greenwich . When off the latter place the Syl p h ¦ was making for the pier , andj it being high tide , she was tinder the necessity of going at her full speed .

      In crossing from the north to the south shore the Orwell came in sight of the Sylph , when the pilot , whose name is Wiggens , being at the wheel oi the Onvell , seeing the danger which the smaller boat was in , called out , " Stop her—ease her ; " and the Onvell was backed three turns astern . Unfortunately , the Sylph was not able to clear herself ; for , although the backing took place , she was struck in the fore-sponson , or in front of the paddle-box on the larboard side , and instantly tilled , the figure-head of the Orwell coming across the deck of the Sylph . The cries and shrieks of the unfortunate passengers were truly alarming : but before any

      aid could be rendered the Sylph pitched head downwards . The crew and passengers of the Orwell rendered every assistance , and dragged several of the illfated passengers through the aperture which had been made ; but tor this , the loss of human life must have been much greater . At the time of writing the account the actual number of persons lost could not be ascertained , but there is no doubt that the number stated—viz ., 17 , is , unfortunately , within the mark , for before Captain Wrackham left , nine bodies had been recovered , consisting of men , women , and chil dren , most or all of whom are supposed to belong to Greenwich , Woolwich , and its vicinity . None vi' the 1-xviies at the time thev were found were identified .

      Captain Wrackham states , that had he come up at full speed , he must have run completely over the S y lph and sunk her ; had this occurred , not a single life would have escaped to tell the particulars of this deplorable accident . Fubihee Pabticvlabs— -THmspAY . —It now anprars that the reported loss of life , as given in the above account , is greatly exaggerated It is supposed that two only have lost their lives . The one who appears to have been killed instantaneously is named Shepherd , a native of Woolwich , where he followed the occupation of a walking carrier , or porter . At the period of the accident he was on his return from town , wher e he had been to convey a basket of linen for a laundress residing in Woolwich . This

      circumstance led to his identity , a receipted bill in the name of the laundress being found in a small memorandum book contained in one of Ids side coat pockets . The name of the other unfortunateman had not transpired , although the body had been recognized , lie was a seller of oranges on board the Greenwich and Woolwich steam-boats . When taken from the wreck the poor fellow was alive , and although the greatest des patch was used in conveying him to the Dreadnought hospital-ship , he died before reaching it . The damage done to the Sylph is very great . She is nearly cut in two -ju « t Ijefore the paddle-box , the fore part being only held on by the keel . She is a complete -wreck , and it will cost ft great sum to put her again afloat . Her machinery has received no further iniurvthan what would arise from immersion .

      The Isqi-est ox tie Bodies . —On Thursday Mr . J . Carttar , coronerfor West Kent , and a jury of fourteen inhabitants of the parish of St . Mary Alphage , Greenwich , assembled at the Eight Bells Tavern , near the church , to investigate the circumstances attending the deaths of Jeremiah Sullivan , aged fifty years , arid James Shepherd , aged forty-five years , who were killed by the collision between the Onvell , Ipswich steamer , and the SyJpb , Woolwich boat , on the afternoon of Tuesday last . Several persons on board the Sylph , nnd also ' the Or Sell , were examined , but wjthont eliciting anv new fact of importance . The

      examination lasted nearly six horn's ; at the tonclusion of which the coroner said he ' thought , in the case of Sullivan , at any rate , it was desirable that the exact cause of death should be ascertained , and therefore a jjon mortem , examination would be necessary . The inquiry , moreover ( continued Mr . Carttar ) , was a most important one , inasmuch as the public safety was concerned ; and it would-be absolutely necessary , before dosing tie inquiry , that thi-y should have before them the person in command of the Onvell when the accident occurred , as w . 11 as some of the crew of that vessel . The inquiry was then adjourned to Monday next , at one o ' clock .

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      Stkam-doat Collision orr Ostenp . —Information has reached us that the Princess Mary and the Princess Alice came in collision on Tuesday as the former , in a dense fog , was leaving Ostend with the mail , and the latter entering . No lives have been lost , but much damage has been done to the vessels , the Princess Mary suffering the moat ; a week or two will , however , put her right . Melancholy Shipwreck . —By letters received in the city on Saturday afternoon from the Cape of Good Hope , dated September 28 , we were informed of the total loss of an East Indian trader , called the St . Mungo , a fine barque , 355 tons , commanded by Captain Lamond , and , what was worse , ten of her crew met with a watery grave . It appears the

      melancholy event occurred on the nightof the 20 th of that month ( September ) , on the point of Cape L'Agullas , during a severe gale of wind from the westward . She was on her homeward passage from Calcutta to Newcastle-upon-Tyne , to which place she belonged , and had a very large cargo on board , consisting of merchandize of every descriptiou . For several days the weather , it seems , was exceedingly stormy , when on the night in question the wind blew terrifically , in the height of which the ship , to the consternation of the crew , struck on some rocks , which subsequently proved to be those on the extreme point of Cape L'Agullas . In a few seconds afterwards the vessel pitched on' her broadside , the mainmast giving way and falling overboard . Whether any of the poor creatures took to the boats or not we"

      unable to say , but at daybreak ten of the crew were found to be missing , and in the course of the morning it was ascertained beyond a doubt that they had perished . Tho remainder of the crew were saved . The names of those who were drowned are as follows : —Mr . Thomas Sheppard , first mate ; T .. W . Milne , second ditto ; J . Webster , ship ' s carpenter ; Joseph Harrison , sailmak ' er . ; John Thomson , steward ; — Williams , cook ; Thomas Rose , seaman ; Thomas Ramerro , seaman ; Robert M'Arther , apprentice ; William Hunter , apprentice . The names of those saved are—Captain Lamond , master ; Wm . Miller , John Truman , James Jackson , James Fisher , John Frolick , and Thomas Shank . All the sugar has been washed out of the bags . The ship was built at Glasgow in the year 183 $ , and , with the cargo , was valued at £ 60 , 000 . The loss , it is stated , will amount to £ 25 , 000 .

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      The Frost . —Throughout Sunday week the cold was most intense . Tlie Serpentine was entirely fro zen over . It was , however , extremely thin , not being in any part more than an inch and a half thick , and was therefore most dangerous . During the day full 5 , 000 persons ventured , at the risk of their lives , upon the ice . Shortly after four o ' clock an' accident occurred which had nigh proved fatal to no less than ten persons . The first that became immersed , a young man named Charles Fane , residing at JNo . 3 (^ arris ' s ) , Oxford-street , broke in about the centre , Between the receiving-house and the bridge . Sparks and Highmore , two of the icemen , instantly-hastened to his assistance , but , on approaching the edge of the breakagethe ice gave way under their feet . ' and they

      , , also became immersed , tlie sinking man clinging to them , and dragging them under the ice . At that juncture , others of the icemen , with other persons , came to their assistance , when a third breakage took place , through which seven other persons were immersed . At that instant a sailor , who happened to be present , most courageously jumped into the hole , and got out three men , while the others were got out by the icemen , and then , jumping out himself , walked off wetted to the skin , withont » his name being ascertained . On the P > . ound Pond in Kensington-gardens , the ice around the edgi-s was very thin and insecure , although in the centre it was verv firm . About 1 , 500 persons were on it during the Jay , without any accident of a

      serious character occurring . Ibe Ornamental Water of the Regent ' s Park , from as early-as eight o ' clock in the morning till dusk , was literally thronged with skaiters and sliders . Several members . of the Skaiting Club were present . The ice was in excellent condition , and in thickness about two inches . No less than 10 , 000 persons ventured upon the ice throughout the day . On the Lake in St . James ' s Park there were also from an earlyhour in the morning crowds of persons continually thronging to the ice till nearly dark in the afternoon . The numbers on the ice throughout the day were upwards of 10 , 000 , but , unfortunately , the day did not close without several serious , and , it is feared , some fatal accidents . The first which took place was at about half-past twelve o ' clock , when Mr . Samuel Pendall ; of No . 5 , Parliament-street ,

      broke in up to his middle , but he fortunately yot out without help . The most serious casualties took place between three and four o ' clock . The ice generally was in a very dangerous state , and about the time in question , there were upwards of 6 , 000 persons engaged in skaiting and sliding . A portion of the ice gave way on the north side of the island at the eastend , and seven or eight persons immediately became immersed in fourteen feet of water , leeiuah Joseph Glapstone repaired to tlreir assistance , with breakers , ladder ? , < fcc , but these , from the rottenness of tlie ice , giving Way , he . fearlessly sprang into the water , and with the aid oi' Fairer , one of the park-keepers , and some of the bystanders , succeeded in extricating 5 persons ; buttheothei' 2 or 3 , it ia feared , ; have met with a watery grave . Drags were used for their recovery

      up to a late hour . Poor Clapstone , the iceman , nearly lost his life , three of the persons struggling in the water having clung to him and carried nim several times beneath the surface , so that lie became completely exhausted ; he was then assisted by iceman , James Wood , and on reaching the surface the last time brought up a gentleman , who was thus saved and was able to proceed home immediately , Scarcely had this been affected when a similar accident took place at the west-end of the hike , near Buckingham Palace , where the ice broke completel y across from the northern to tlie southern shore , ant ! about fifteen persons were suddenly thrown into ten feet of water , icemen , James and Richard Wood , ami Joseph Knight , instantly lvpaired to the spot with ropes , sledge , breaker , ladders , < fcc ,, but the sledge got under the ice and was stove in . While extricating it

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      ^ ^ ^^ —^^¦—————m I the ladders broke in , and became luseless , and the ropes which were thrown across broke several times before the many immersed persona could be got out with the aid of the poles . On Monday the cold was not so intense as on Sunday , the thermometer during the day bfeing , at the Receiving-house , Hyde-park , at 29 degrees . In St . James ' s-park the number of skaiters- was very limited , owing to the dangerous state of the ice . The atmosphere on Thursday was ! again pervaded with a gloomy haze , though of a less dismal character than tho preceding day . The attendance of skaiters and sliders , as well as spectators in all the Metropolitan Royal Parks , was mor 4 numerous than on any preceding day this season . { In

      Kensingtongardens , on the Long Water , there were about 4 , 000 , and on the Round Pond 2 , 000 skaters ^ and sliders . The Sepentine was attended during the day by about 5 , 000 skaters and sliders , as well as numerous spectators on shore . The ice , though very strong , excepting at the sides . the east and bridge-end , was not in very good skating condition , in consequence of the eddies of dust blown thereon from the carriage-drife on the north bank . About one o ' clock a lad named Bhilip Bury , aged 14 , of 6 , Christopher-place , St . Martin ' s-le-Grand , on leaving the ice , broke through near the south shore , by the bridge , and became immersed in five feet water . He fell head downwards , and ^ in risin g again , his feet came upwards , which were seized by his friend , another lad of the same agfj , named Robert Masou , of 76 , London-wall , who thus Courageously extricated the foi-nser , who was instantly convejed to

      the Receiving-house , shivering and suffering both from cold and alarm . After remaining till four o ' clock , his clothes having been dried in the interim , he departed homewards , quite recovered . The lake in St . James ' s-Park numbered during the day about 7 , 000 skaiters and gliders . In dragging the waterjin the course of the morning , a walking-stick with ajbent handle was found , and also a hat with crape-band , and a black kid glove . In the Regent ' s Park the number of skaitters and sliders waa about 10 , 000 , in addition to innumerable ladies and gentlemen who wferc promenading on the ice as well as shores . On Saturday the wind changed to the north-west , and there ! was a slight fall of snow . This however did not stay long , but with the frost melted away , leaving the streets in the evening in tho peculiar greasy state so well known of in London . :

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      CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . Dec . 19 . — Shoplifting—Leah Mary { lloper , who was accused of stealing' 40 yards of satinette , value £ G 6 s ., from a shop in Holborn , the particulars t > f which have already been lnid before our readers , was found guilty , and sentenced to one year ' s imprisonment with hard labour

      The Case of Burgess . — -Forgery on the Bank op England . —William Burgess , aged 23 , | clerk , was then placed at the bar charged with feloniously forging and uttering a certain paper , for the purpose of effecting the transfer of a certain Oovernment stock and security , standing in the books of the Bank of England in the name of ' William Oxenford , of the value of £ 8 , 200 , with intent to defraud the said William Oxenfordjthereof . In another count the prisoner was chai ged ) with feloniously aiding and abettiiig a person of the name of Joseph Elder to personate the owner of the f aforesaid stock . In another count Elder was described as a person unknown . In other counts the persons to be defrauded were laid as the Governor and Company of the Bank of England . In others as George S .

      Story , John Petty Muspratt , v \ m . Cotton , and Matthew Whiting , and in others the charges were otherwise varied . There were altogether six indictments ; laid against the prisoner on the transaction . The prisoner , who is a tall , red-haired , remarkably vulgar-looking young man , hobbled to the bar , assisted by the principal turnkey , who asked permission of the court to allow j : ne prisoner the accommodation of a chair , as he was Very lame . The request was complied with , and the prisoner remained seated during his trial , holding n handkerchief to his face , which however , when occasionally raised to look at a witness or around the court , showed no symptom of requiring such an application , otherwise thaiv'j as a plensanter substance of contract than the bare hand . The Hon . James Stuart Wuvtley stated the case , in a remarkably

      clear and simple manner , observing the order of time and circumstances , precisely as they were subsequently detailed in the evidence , and with no addition to the history of the affair , already so generally known jto the public . — Mr . William Pmce , who proved that lie was the chief accountant of the Bank of England , produced an attested copy of the account ( from the books of the company ) of the monies standing in the name of Mr . William Oxenford . From that acconnt when read it appeared , that oil the 3 rd of September last there stood a balance in favour of that gentleman of £ 9 , 800 , but on that day two sums of , € < J , 305 3 s . 5 d . and of £ 1 , 894 16 s . 7 d . had been transferred , the former sum to Messrs . G . S . Storey , J . P . Muspratt , William . Cottou , and Matthew Whitehead . Directors of the Pelican Assurance Company ; and the

      latter to Mr . Mortimer , a stockbroker , jin answer to farther questions put by Mr . Adolphus , the witness stated , that in Seytembev last , and fov about four years previous , the prisoner had been a clerk in tlie Consul ' s-office , and had access to all the books of the company , and by thsoe means became acquainted with all the particulars of the stock standing iin the names of the proprietors . Ou the 31 st of August /! or the 2 d of Sep ^ tember , the prisoner applied to the witness for leave of absence , which was granted for three Idays , expiring on the 5 th of September . He never again returned to his duty . — -Mv . WUliam Oxenford , examined l > y Mr . Adolphus : In September last I had a sum of £ 9 , 800 standing in my name in the Consols at the Bank of England . That stock 1 never transferred , or consented or gave authority to any

      individual to transfer . ( The transfer-book was here produced to the witness . ) The signature ^ " Willia m Qrenford , " to the two transfers now before ine is not my handwriting , and I can pronounce it without tlie aid of my spectacles to be a forgery . I never in ray life saw the prisoner until he was in custody at the Mansion-house , and I never knew any person of the name of Elder . —Mr . Richard Board , examined by Mr . Clarkson : Iain one of the clerks in the Consols-office at the Bank of England , and on the 3 d of September last I received frpm a fellow clerk of the name of Sutton , the two ; transfer tickets now pvodueod . At . the time they were ( handed to make the transfer I observed the prisoner at the bar in the Transfer-office . lie inquired of me whose duty it was to enter the tickets in the rianie of Oxenford . I replied that

      it was my duty . He then asked me if Ihvould oblige him by entering them directly , as Mr . Oxenford was in waiting . I then proceeded to enter them directlyj in the transfer book , and while doing so I asked the prisoner if he knew Mr . Oxeiiford , as I had known the name for very many years . The prisoner replied that he did , and Mr . Oxenford was a very old friend of his . I remarked that he must now be getting a very old man . j The prisoner responded that he was . Having completed the entry , 1 inquired where Mr . Oxenford was . The prisoner said he was outside minding the horse ; that he ( the prisoner ) had just got " . in early oil" ( an expression indicative of a permission to be early oft" from duty for the day ) , and that they were going down to Gravesend together . ! He then went out to fetch Mr . Oxeuford , and in a short time returned witha

      gentleman and asked for the transfer-book . He inquired what geutleman would " see it , " i . e . witness the transfer and thu identification of the party making it . The prisoner , ou being informed that this duty would bo performed by a clerk of the name of Iugull , jtook the transferbook to that gentleman , saying to the person who was his companion , " Come along , Willie , it is Jail right . " I did not see the transfer made . On the 18 th of September I accompanied John Forrester , tlie city officer , to America , and found at a house , 51 , Federal-street , Boston , a person of the name of Elder , but who was passing under the name of Ellis . This Elder was the same individual who came into the ]? ank on the 3 rd of September with the prisoner , after the latter went out , saying he would fetch Mr . Oxen turd . On meeting thia ttevsan , Forrester took

      him li . . . he collar of his coat , and said , " Your name is Joseph Elder , and you are lately from Iaondon . " Hesaid that was the case . Elder was afterwards committed by the Americans to prison , where he destroyed himself . The witnesses Ingall , Tukelj , Smith , Laurence , apd Hickinan were examined , but their evidence differed in nothing material from that already made public at the Mansion House . Among the witnesses subsequently examined , was Benjamin Gaunt , the celebrated pugilist , who pro \ ed fliat he kept the Coach and Horses publichouse , in yt . Martin ' s-lane , and had known the prisoner from his having frequented liis house for some time previous to the robbery . The witness did iiot know the man Joseph Elder . The prisoner used to come to his house dn-ssfctl like a horse-deali-r with lonsr boots to the knee .

      and spurs , and wearing a grey coat . ] He told witness that lie was a horse-dealer in Oxford-streed ; but that he had a large farm in the country , with five or six good hay-rick * , but that ; he meant to sell and make the most of them , and go to America , where he intended to buy another farm . On ! another occasion lie as ' - . eil if li « - could be accommodated with a . private room for a w otk or so , as he would pay well for it . He added that he hud between £ 8000 aud £ 9000 , yyhich he waa going to deposit in the bank at Nencastle-upbiiTyne , and that he should lmvi fix soldiers to guard it . j After this , which transpired "before the Srd of September , a portmanteau and three bags were brought by a man in company with the prisoner to the house of the witness ; and the prisoner asked tlie witness for the ] loan of half-asovereign to pay the deposit ou them required by the dealer , Solomon . Witness refused to ! lend the money , but said he would bo responsible for ithc portmanteau , 4 c ., and return them in case the prisoner did not pay for

      them ; they were carried up to a bedroom and locked up . Ilobert Caunt , the brother and barman ? to the last witness , stated that about four o ' clock in the afternoon of Tuesday , the 3 rd of September , the prisoner drove up in an open four-wliecled phaeton . The prisoner was accompanied by a soldier ; they had a carpet bag with thtivi , which appeared to be very heavy , for jtlrey carried it between them into the house . The prisoner asked to be shown into a private room , and the witness offered him the use of the bar parlour , into which ] they entered with the carpet bag . In a few minutes after , the man named Jostph Elder eame . in and joined them , '; and soon after the witness lu-ard a " jingling" gold , j The witness , on this , looked through the curtains of the bar-parlour , and saw the carpet-bag" opin , with gold loose in it , and two canvas bags , one of which appeared to have burst . The prisoner suited lie was going to take ] the gold to a bank in Edinburgh , and that he was to have two soldiers to .-guard him . The witness tried to lift the enrpet bag

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      and its contents , but failed in the attempt in consequence of the weight . The prisoner then asked for the portmanteau , but was told it was locked up , and that the landlord and his wife had the key and were absent . Elder remarked that if money would get it they must have it , and he » eut for ek . locksmith who opened the bed-room door , and the portmanteau was brought down . The portmanteau taken in Boston by Forrester , in Elder ' s lodgings , was here produced and identified by the witness , who added that the prisoner paid him £ 110 s . oh the delivery of the portmanteau , and that after this the contents of the carpet-bag were put into it . The prisoner . Elder , and the soldier , had refreshments of steaks and four bottles of wine , and at seven o ' clock Elder went out for a cab , in which they drove away . The , soldii > r alluded to in the above evidence corroborated these

      facts , and Capt . Hewitt , of the Brittania steamer , identified the prisoner as being a passenger with Elder to Boston . — John Forrester , examined : I am chief officer stationed at tlie Mansion-house , and there received a warrant for the apprehension of Burgess and Elder , and ,, in consequence of the instructions I received with that warrant , aecompauied by the witness , Mr . Board , I proceeded to America .. We arrived at Halifax , whence 1 traced the prisoner and Elder from spot to spot , until I found a person answering the description of Eider living in Boston under the name of " Ellis . " When I reached his house , about one o ' clock on the 31 st of October , he was out , but I and Mr . Board vraitcd his return . On his arrival Mr . Board at once recognized him , and 1 told him . I had a warrant against him , and took him into custody . I said to him " Vour nn-ine is Joseph Elder , and vou are latelv from London / ' After I had

      put him in a place of security , I searched his lodgings , and found the portmanteau produced , in which were 400 sovereigns , some clothes , some linen marked ' J . E ., " a card-plate and cards with the name of Ellis , home letter * addressed to Joseph Elder , and a discharge in that name under the Insolvent Act . Afttr this I went with Mr . Broad and an officer of American police to a peninsula about fourteen milts from Boston , called Nahant , in search of the prisoner . There is an hotel there , where I found the prisoner was staying , but did not see him . The American officer had shown himself , and the prisoner escaped . I staid that night and part of the next day at the place , and then returned to Boston ; and on Saturday , the 2 nd of November , I proceeded thence to a plac « called Brewster ' s Island , eleven miles from Boston , up the

      rr . er . On that island there is only one- wooden hut , or cottage , in which I found the prisoner sitting by the fire . The prisoner , who then wore no whiskers , and * who knew me from my attending the Bank on dividend days , sain , on seeing me , " How are you , John ? " I replied that I was very well ; but very sorry to see him in such a situation . The prisoner replied , '' So am I ; but it caunot be helped now , old fellow . " We came away from the isJa / id , and in the boat the prisoner said , " Where it Elder V 1 told him that Elder had made away with himself , which was the fact : upon which the prisoner gaid , " I think he is a fool for that . He might as well have seen it out . " I searched , but found nothing on the prisoner . On ai-riving at Boston I took him before a magistrate , by whom , under the Convention Act , I was entrusted to bring him to England . At . N ' abaut 1 recovered the carpet-bag now produced , as well as 120 sovereigns . I obtained also from a Mr . Blatchford , the prisoner ' s agent at Boston , £ G , 305 , which the prisoner had rfven

      him to transfer , to the Merchants' Bank at Boston , and which I have since handed over to the Bank of England , The prisoner admitted that lie had that sum in the Bank , and said he would be glad to assign it over to the Bank of England . The money I thus obtained I brought to England with me , and paid over to the Bank at England . —The jury , after ten minutes' deliberation , found the prisoner Guilty . — Mr . Baron Rolfe then addressed the prisoner , concluding by passing upon him the sentence of transportation beyond the seas for the term of his natural life . The prisoner , who had became deadly pale during the latter portion of the trial , was then assisted by the turnkeys to retire ; his lameness being apparently so severe as to render it difficult for him even "to stand . He appeared in no degree affected during the whole course of the proceedings until the bast hour or two , when the utter hopelessness of escape from the clear and perfect chain of testimony which had been linked around him appeared to have overwhelmed him with terror .

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      Ucli . SHOKMAKJERs .- ^ -The Shoemakera of Hull held a largo meeting on Wednesday night last , when a resolution was unanimously adopted , pledging : the trade to support the men of Bradford in their present strike .

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      Lonuo-x . —City Chartist : Hall , 1 , Turkag . us Lank . —The public discussion will be resumed on Sundaymorning next , at b . alf-past ten o ' clock precisely . — The Metropolitan District Council will meet . in the same place , and on the same day , at three precisely , when the project for a procession , in . iwmour ol Labour ' s parliamentary representative , will be brought forward . —In the evening , at seven , Mr . Ryall will deliver a public lecture . Subject— "The League of the Government against the governed . " Westminster . —On Boxing night , Dec . 26 th , a friendly social Voncert and Bali will be held in the long Toom of the . Sun and Thirteen Cantons Tavern ( Clock House ) , Castle-street , facing Bear-street , Leicester-square , the proceeds to be devoted to the ei-ection of the WesUuinster Temple of Liberty . Mr . JohnSewell will deliver a public lecture at the Cloek House , Castle-street , Leicester-square , on Sunday evening next .

      St . Panc ' bas . — An Harmonic Meeting will be held at the Feathers Tavern , Warren-street , Tottenhanicourt-road , on Monday evening next , the proceeds to be applied to the relief of a Cnartist victim . Cameerwell and Walwohth . —A meeting will be held at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock . IIammersmith . —A . meeting will be held at the Dun Cow , Brook Green-lane , on Tuesday evening , at eight recisely . City Hall , Turxagain-lanb . — The member of . s locality are desired to meet at the above hall , on Tuesday next , when important , information will be laid before them respecting the Duncombe Demonstration . City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagai . v-Laxe . — The shareholders are requested to meet hi the Coffee Room on Sunday morning next , December tlie 22 nd , at half past ten in the forenoon .

      All persons Boipne tickets or mo . vky connected with the late Soiree , held at John- « treet , are respectfully informed that they must settle the same on or before Sunday afternoon next , December 22 nd . — John Arsott , Secretary . Tower Hami . ets . — Public lectures and discussions are held every Sunday evening , in the Assembly Room of the Whittington and Cut , Church-row , Bethnal-green . Somers Town . —Mr . Linder will lecture at the Bricklayers' Amis , Tonbridge-street , Cronier-street , on Saturday evening next , at seven o ' clock precisely . Little Town . —On Thursday evening a tea-party , and soiree , will take place in the Chartist Association Room , when several friends from Bradford will address the meeting .

      Mr . Doyle ' s Rocte for the Ensuing Week . — Sunday , the 22 nd instant , llebden-bridge ; Monday , 23 d , Todm . orden ; Tuesday , 24 th , " Oldham ; Thursday , 26 th , Failsworth ; and Friday , 27 th , Radclifie . South Lancashire Delegate Meeting . —The next meeting of the South Lancashire Delegates will bo held at ten o ' clock on Sunday , December 22 nd , 1844 . in tlie Chartist-room , Greaves-street , Oldham ; when it is requested that each locality will have their representatives present , by whom they are to send their quota for the Executive , which will be transmitted 1 > y the secretary to that body . Manchester . —A special meeting of members will be held in the Carpenter ' s Hail , on Sunday morning next . Chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock precisely .

      Oldiiam . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , the South Lancashire Delegate meeting will be held in the Chartist Room , Greaves-street , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon : also a lecture will be delivered ia the above room at six o ' clock in the evening . Clithehok . —The North I ^ ncashire Delegate meeting will be heldatMr . JBeesley ' s , Accrington , on Wednesday , December 2 oth , 1844 . The chair is to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the ibrenoou . Mr . Christopher Doyle ' s first fortnight ' s Tour through North Lancashire : —Bacup , December 30 th ; Haslingden , 31 st ; Blackburn , January 1 st ; Oswaldwistle , 2 nd ; Wheatley-lane , 3 rd ;¦ ClitUeroe , < £ tk ; Sawley , 5 th ; Sabdeu , 6 th ; Bamoldswick , 7 th Barrowford , 8 th ; Colne , < Jth ; Mai-sder ., 10 th ; Hagr ate , 11 tli ; Burnley , li'tli .

      BANKRUPTS . { From Fyiilay ' 3 GasetU . J Humphcy Charles Balne , grocer , Poole . —Samuel King , warehouseman , Kewgate-strcet , City . — James Moutrie , music-seller , Bristol . — . Tames Oldharn , silk warehouseman , ¦\ YoOd-stree . t , City . —John Peart Berl . , plumber , Bronipton-row , Brompton . —Hugh Daniel Watkins and James Innes , lead merchants , Manchester . —Thomas Hodgson , calico printer ,-Manchester . —George Sheraton , corn merchant , Hartlcpool , Inn-ham . —Henry Hugh Footheadj wholesale milliner , Fore-street , Cripplegatr , London .

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      DREADFUL SHLFvfttECKS . Dcblis , Dec . 16 . — Wbxck or the Demeraba Packet . —About eight o ' clock on Monday evening the Demerara Packet , Cousins master , from Liverpool to Demerara , ran on shore opposite Salt-hill , in the bay of Dublin . The master states that le bore up for " Kingstown harbour , tbe vessel being on fire off liolyhfeiid , supposed to have originated from spontadi-ous combustion , —lime , coals , and hay forming part of ihe rargo , which was a genera ] one . Being a stranrrer , the master mistook the entrance to the harbear , "and passed to leeward , where the vessel took the ground and became a total wreck . The shore from Black-rock to Salt-hill is strewed with barrels and boxes from the wreck . The crew were saved- There are reports that another vessel Tvas wrecked near the light ship on Sunday night . The weather continues exeeedinglv severe .

      " vVheck o ? a S ^ zuish Ship—The Swedish brig Swt-a , J . ^" eiton , master , from 2 S " ew York to Amstcrdam , with the following valuable cargo : —255 square bales of cotton , 100 barrels turpentine , 235 barrels poi and pearl ash , 1 D 0 bundles whalebone , 250 barrels rosin , 2 , fi 00 rougli pipe sxones , was driven on shore at Spiddle , in this bay , on Wednesday last nt one o ' clock , a . ii ., with loss of canvass , but crew all safe ; siie has become a total wreck . — 'Jahcav TutJicatoJ' . "Wbecs or mi Hebo . —The subjoined is a copy of a letter from tbe commander of the Scout revenue cutter , giving the particulars of the loss of the 11 ero , near "Harwich : — " Scout revenue-cruiser , Harwich , December 11 , IBM . Sir—I beg leave to inform

      vou -of the melancholy loss of the schooner Hero oi London , trith a general carso , from London for Amsterdam , under the following vircunirtances , viz .: — On Sunday t-vening last , being at anchor off Landsuard Fort for shelter , blowing a gale of wind from tht eastward , and being dark , with squalLs of sleet and snow , st about forty minutes past seven we saw some firing in the E . ? . i . ; we immediately answered the same , not doubling but that some vessel was in distress . I immediately landed the crew of the above cutter to render any a-ssistance that might be required ; and in proceeding to the spot we discovered a vessel on shore outside oi Landguard Fort Beach . "We immediately used every possible means in empower to save the lives of the crew , wio we found

      were still alive by their repeated hallooing for assistanct- ; . we , therefore , burnt hlue lights and port-£ res , to lei them know assistance was at hand ; but owing to the tremendous sea and darkness of the nighf ii via * iinoossible to send a boat to them . Xo boat could have lived in that sea , she being so close in to the breakrrs . "We , therefore , succeeded in firing rockctswithlincsattacuedtothem , overthe vessel ; but owing to the darkness of the night and the continual breaking of the sea , they c .-uld not , 1 suppose , ind the lines , and in a heavy squall she capsized , whilst a tremendous sea at the same time striking her , washed three of the crew overboard , who were drowned , one man and a boy still remaining alive on her jibboom . " "We used every means in our power vmagiiiablp to * ave them , but the poor boy was washed

      overboard and drowned . "We then made fast two of our men with ropes fast to them , one with blue lights hi Ms Land and xhe other with a line , and , watching the drawback of tbe sea , they ran into tie sea as far as they were able , and succeeded in throwing a line over tke ' jibboom—lit was a most dangerous attempt , but mx brave crew were anxious , if possible , to save the life of a fellow-creature)—w here the man vras , and be succeeded in catching hold of it , and made himself fasi and jumped overboard , and we hauled him on shore throuuh the breakers , but he nearly pevislied in cousequence of the continual breaking of the sea over him . I immediatelv sent Mm on board the cutttr , and srave him every possible attendance . The captain had " previously jumped overboard with a life preserver , to endeavour to reach the beach , but perished b : the attempt , owing to the heavy sea and drawback

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      GREAT FROSTS IN ENGLAND . The first great frost of which- * mention is made in history , occurred a . d . 220 , in the reign of Asclepiadotus , Duke of Cornwall , who was chosen King of Britain . It continued , with great severity , five months . In 250 , three years before the seventh persecution of the Christians by the Roman Kmperor Trajan , another frost set in , when the Thames was frozen for nine weeks ; vessels were precluded from entering tlie river , and universal wretchedness and destitution prevailed among the poorer classes .

      In 695 , in the reign of tlie S . axon Ethelred , tlie Thames was rendered unnavigable for six weeks ; and in 760 , in the reign of the blind , lame , and deaf Otta , a frost of excessive violence hinted from October to February . In 908 , in the rpi jjn of the Anglo-Saxon Edward the elder , a great trost occurred , during which most of the rivers of England were completely frozen for two months : and in 925 , the year in which Edward died , a frost , of thirteen weeks' duration , froze the Thames . ' In the reign of Athelstan , a . d . 937 , a severe _ frost lasted one hundred and twenty days ; and again in the time of Ethelred II ., a . d . » 87 , a frost occurred of five months' duration ; and another in 998 , which froze the Thames for five weeks . In the Danish Canute's reign , a frost visited England on Midsummer-day , of such severity as to destroy the corn and fruit .

      10 C 2 . Edward the Confessor . —A frost of fourteen weeks , which completely froze the Thames . 1076 . William the Norman . —A great earthquake was succeeded by an intense frost , which continued from November to April . Henry I . —The plague desolated England in 1112 , and in 1114 a violent frost ensued , which broke down most of the bridges , froze the tributary streams , and left the bed of the T 2 « imes dry for three days . 1205 . John . —A frost from January 14 to March 22 ; and another in 1207 , which continued fifteen weeks . 1434 . Henry yi . —A frost of intense severity , ten weeks in duration .

      1516 . Henry VIII . —A great frost occurred in this reign . Carts passed over the Thames : and again in the winter of 1525 , so intense waa the cold , after violent tempests , that many of the houseless poor lost the use of their limbs and perished . 1084 . Charles II . —About the beginning of December began a hard frost , which continued without intermission jto the 5 th of February . Coaches ran upon the -Thames from the Temple to Westminster , in Hilary Term . Am ox was roasted whole , bulls were baited , and multitudes of people assembled on the ice . 1709 . Anne . —A remarkably deep snow was succeeded by three months of dreadfully inclement weather . Booths were erected on the Thames , and all manner of diversions were carried on upon tlie ice for many weeks . 1715 . George I . —The Thames frozen , and booths erected on the ire .

      1740 . George II . —As intense a frost as was almost ever known in England occurred this winter , which began on Christmas-day , and continued nearly eight weeks . The Thames was frozen , booths were erected , and a vast concourse of people assembled daily upon the ice . 1788 . George 111 . —^ A severe frost . The Thames frozen below London Bridge , and a fair held on the ice . 1796 . A ' season of even greater inclemency than the memorable one of 1740 . Many persons were frozen to death . The -thermometer ranged from 34 deg . to 35 deg . below freezing .

      Other great frosts have TsubsequentJy occurred , which are still remembered by many : that , for instance , of 1819 , when the City of London fii-st opened receptacles for . the poor , whom they supplied with shelter and provisions ; and that again in 1838 , when in one disastrous and unprecedented night , the mercury in Fahrenheit ' s thermometer sank several degrees below zero , ; ind brandy froze into a solid mass . R . II . Allnatt , M . D ., F . S . A . Parliament-street , Whitehall , Dec . 14 .

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      CORNWALL . Chartist Soiree av Cambokne . —On Monday a democratic Soiree was held at Camborne , which was attended by Chartist friends from Truro , Penaance , and other places . Mr . W . J . Griscott presided , and the assembly waa addressed by Mr . O'Brien of Penzanee , Mr . Skewes , and others . The usual patriotic toasts wore given , enlivened by songs and recitations . The whole concluded with dancing , which continued to a late hour . All were delighted with the evening ' s entertainment . " A Soiree will be held at Mr . O'Brien ' s large room , Penzance , on Monday , the 30 th inst . Dr . M'Douaii . lectured in Glasgow on Monday and Tuesday evenings last , on the subject of " Land , Labour , and Capital . " [ The notice of these lectures only reaehed us on Friday morning—far too late . [ Ed . N . S . ]

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      Pecembeb 31 , 1844 . THE NORTHERN STAR . |

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1844, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1294/page/5/