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      DREADFUL- HJJKR 1 CA 2 JE . LITERPOOL . fFroa the Liverpool Albion . J Ths ob&rtEa of the laarometer -were asioniBhed , on Friday morning , on inspecting their instruments , to find Qiatsn extraordinary fall of ths mereaij in the tuba had taken place during the night The fall was from 28 92 to 28 05 . This unusual phenomenon was tiiB general topic of conversation daring the day . The barometer in the public rooms "were eve * under constant inspection , and tis minniest movement of the mercury was -watched and nefced from morning till iugbt Some said that the phenomenon denoted an earthquake , for that the great earthquake at Lisbsn had been preceded

      by an extraordinary fall cf the mercury . Others maintained thatit Tfas the precursor cf a storm , either from the eastward or -westward , though , as the -wind was blowing smartly from the ¦ westward , that -sras the probable direction from -which the hurricane -would sweep All « freed that some a-srfnl -visitation -was impendisg , but-whether a cenTuMon ef th 3 earth or merely of the atmosphere nobody could tell . As the day adTasced , lio-srever , tlra -wind increased , fcboTrasg that the predictors of the storm were the true prophets . Towards evezicg it had * hsE £ ed fram a gale to a storm , and from six o ' clock oa Friaaj night till four on Saturday morning it blew a terrific imrric 3 ne , causing serious damage and loss at sea as -well as on land .

      Tbe Jmrricane -was at its height between two and three o ' clock . It -wxs , -with short pauses , terrific People trhs ¦ were exposed to its fury had not the slijkhtsst doubt feat it "was as "violent as the memorable storm on the night cf the 6 th of J&nusry , 1 S 39 . The river , eyen at low -water , stout three o'clock in the morning , -was one sheet \ i foam , the -wares rucsist : as high as if it had been a full tide in calm treathex . Hundreds of famines , especially those -who reside in sitoatiois exposed to the sweep of -westerly grinds , never featured to bsd during the night They sat up in the lower apartments of the honses . With one esjsrpSon . hovetti , the damage done-ic the buildings by the tempest has not been seritms . The storms of late years , and parJicularly the disastrous storm on the nijiiis of the 6 rh o ; January , 1539 , hafe msde people

      more attentive to the stale of the roofs and cliiniceTs of houses , yrblcb are now in fnll repair , and capable of Enstsinrng . "vnticut much kyary , the pressuie of the most violent -winds and teffipissts . S * ill , the hnrr -cane of Friday right , ovtjrthrew many chimneys and chimney pots , and blew off numberless slate 3 from roofa . In Field-strcet , Evertcn , several chimneys -were blown dovm . In Bokeby-street a chimney penetrated the root of a huuse , but , -we are happy to say . no other damage occurred . The houses in Sba-vr-steeet , Salisbury-street , and Soho-streeS afco suffered more or less ; one house in Salisbury-street was partially nnrooled . Part of a gardes wall and NShug in Bro"wnlow-strees was earned away ; a stable belonging to Mr . Crosby , West Derby , wes unroofed ; and tte shed of the buOoing at the back of the Fish Slarkefc was blown away .

      Oas of the Esverest cssnalues -which has occurred took place in Epworiis-street , London-road . About half-pxst one o ' clock a stack of three chimneys fell upon tht roof of the house ef John Pace , an industries journeyman organ pipe maker , sod carried it through two floors into the eeliar below . On the first floor the occupant of the house , his wife , asd s child were in bed ; and two children , who hzd been brought from an upper apartment , on account of the roaring of the wind , were in the same room . Ail these were carried below with the fulling ruins , and burie - tinder the rubbish . Tbe exterior cf the house , with the exception of the roof and chimneys , remained intact , so that so person looking at it could have supposed that so horrible a catastrophe had occurred . About four o ' clock , as Inspector

      Morley , of the police , -was going his rounds , be heard , ¦ when in tbe vicinity , a moaning , and set himself to "Wcik to ascertain the cause . Bs soon discovered it , raised the zlarm , and , ¦ aith tie assistance of Mr . C . BGrtatreux , snr&ecn , acd other persons "sho were attracted te tbe spot , ssd rendered the most active and ¦ CFpfal KTvice , br ^ ke open tie door . The awful misfortune thai had befallen the inmates of the house wasthta txpostd to view . It bfciug evident that some persons irtre alive under tbe rubbish , the party immediately proceeded to remove it ; and by haJf-pasj sis : o'clock the whole family were taken out alive , and found to have mstsined only trifling injuries . The joists aad beams had fallen over them in such a manner as to protect ihem fiom the superincumbent mass ; acd

      a hole hsd been lelt which admitted sufHcient air to save Sam from suffocation . One of tbe children was taken to the Infirmary , but none cf its bones were hrokao , and its injuries consisted only of bruises : The mother was near her confinement , but , -we believe , has not cSpsriecead much inconvenience from ths fright It was her inoaisiEg which first drew the attention of the poTics inspector , and led to the discovery of the accifiaat The husband itates that he was , at first , rendered insensible by tbe fall , and was aronsed by the moaning of bis -wife . We understand that he is a steady , hard-working man ; sad , having lost the whole of his Jurniinre and his tools by the accident , a subscrip&n , which we hepe will be adtQ . na . te to the purpose , 5 s raising for his relief .

      inJTs-beifiiJd-rcad , Everton , which , from its elevated and exposed situation , felt the full ftrce of tbe storm , several tre = a were iSown down . The houses- on the bill rustaiiied , however , comparatively trivial damage . In Textttb-paii , where the houses , like those on JSvertoa , are exposed to the westerly gales , damage wag also sustained . The steeple of one of the new churches in tea locality -was , it is said , somewhat shsVfr-n . 2 * o seri&O 3 injury was , however , sustained by tie bnjMings fit the south end .

      On tha Cheshire side cf the ilersey , in Birkenhead aud its vidnity , tbe only loss which has yet come to gui knowledge is thai sustained by the failing in of the gable of a new house in Weilington-tszraoe , as wsJl as tbe Cfistrnctien of an incomplete cottage in a snail street near Grange-lane , besides occasional breaches made in tfce roofs of houses here and ^ there . to which mast be added ihe demolition of numerous panes of glass threughout the town . Ths steamers -which ply to the d' -fferent ferries on the Cheshire side were conipeBed , early in the evening , to keep en the other side . As tbe tide rose , the surf

      along , the sea-wall became tremendous . It -would , indeed , have been destruction to apy vessel , even a steamer , to approach tbe grays . With the exception of the WoovHiae boats , "the ether steamers ceased to ply after eight o ' clock . Tha Woodside boats ccntinaed to brave the storm till half-past nine , at which hour Jhe gals had so much increased that the Cifcvslsad steamer was obliged to return to Woodside -withent being able to land all her passengers on this side , a few of the younger or . es only having reached tbe pier by jumping from the best ; th& remainder prudently returned to Gbeshiis , where they remained ail night

      Early in lie bVtmng tbe landing-stage at the Charge ' s Pier was damaged by tfc-e violence of the sea , and driven alongside tbe wall . The small craft in the basins have sustained damage , but , from the palpable indications of tbe approach of a siorm ,-which inonced tbe boatmen to secure them , less than from ordinary storms which come on suddenly . At the George ' s Slip many of the boats were drawn jip so as to be out of darger . The vessels in the river rode out the storm , but , in many eases , with extreme diffisnlty . The tide rose , through the farce ef the wind , many feet above the calculated rise , and caused , at high water , a terrific sea , -which frequently broke over the numerous craft st snehor in the river . A schooner , at anchor in the guaranfine-jreund , was overwhelmed by tbe sea and sunk . The crew , it is feared , -sere drowned . Several flats were also sunk .

      The police , under the personal superintendence of Mi . Whitty , -were on the alert all along the seawall , rendering assistance whenever it -vzs neceEsary . They fere extremely -useful ( luring the night The disasters at sea , and on the contiguous banks , have been serious , au « i have been accompanied by a melancholy loss of life . Identenant Saarsfleld , R N ., ot themsil-p&ciet Princess , who arrived on Saturday morning , about eleven o ' clock , from Dublin , states that he never encountered s sertrer sight . As he was coinins throush tbe Tormbj Channel he saw a schooner

      sunk off Crosby-point . The gallant effiser immediately took measures to save any of the crew who might survive . The schooner was the Hale , from Creetown ^ en the soua coast of Scotland . The crew had consisted of five persons ; feur of these had been swept off ana drowned . The master was Ihe only survivor , and had saved himself up to tbe moment of his rescue bv dinging to the v = ssfei ' s rigging . He -was taken en board Qje steamer , and the means there used restoed tun to a comparative semdbnity . Twe other vessels in » cnppM state , which had suffered in tbe tempest werejsafciea _ to reach port safely , through Lieutenant Saarsfieliispilofcige and instrume ntality . ¦

      The liDffloa * iip St Petersburgb , from Hew Orleans m ^ mpting to rtm in , Sot on shS on Jordan-fctsa ^ ut eleven o ' clock afcnight . fept ^ t ^ " ^ L **!^ * " ?* ' 9 ' ^^^ »» pmmrtjy executed . This deceive blow enable the ship to bold toge&er dnring the night usS succour arrived h , the mozniur- As soon -as hprperilouB situation wasierceived from the shore , the lifeboat and one of the steamtugs-went alongside and toot off the crew , twenty-Trl in number , who were brought to town by the latter Many of the poor feDow 3 were In an exhausted " state ; but they all soon recovered on being brought on shore .

      The American ship John Cummings , Coptem Thayer from ihe Savannah ., - » hich -was at anchor in Bootle-bay ] tpss in imminent danger of becoming a total wreck . The sea made repeated and complete breaches over ho . The * oleaceol the storm vad . the sea caused both her mchars to drag , xtntil she sailed on the Bootle Bands ¦ wksre , afc . tlie Isll of the tide , ahe lay high and dry . The bottom being soft sand , the vessel has not sustained much damage . She wil ] be got off at the jiext spring tides . f The Yernon , -which saflfid for Glasgow oa Friday morning , was driven back by the force of tbe storm aad got on Burbo Bank , -where she heeame a complete Wreck . Tbe captain , the mate , and the cook were drowned 5 the remainder of the crew were saved by tbe

      lifeboat The American ship Adirondack , Captain "Htf k «^ ff . from Ifew York , arrived on Saturday morning ; sailed on the 22 ud ult » from Sandy Hook , and on the 20 th

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      from New York . Captain Hackstaff had two men blown off tbeforeyard , and two men maimed by being blown on deck during the night He describes the tempest as having been as severe as any he ever enconntered . When tbe ship lurched it seemed as if tbe waves actually washed over the mizan-topmast-faead . The packet-ship Hottingner , Captain Bnrsley , which sailed on Wednesday for New York , put back on Saturday morning . Captain BuiBley saw the packetship North America , Captain Lowber , on Friday , about one mile to leeward , < ff BamBay , Isle of Man . The bodies of two men , who , no donbt , belonged to one of tbe two schooners wrecked on the banks , were found floating , and brought to town on Saturday night Tbe -weather was quite calm throughout the whole of the night of Saturday . ¦

      The Hclyhead letter received on Saturday morning , which was posted on Friday night at seven o ' clock , states that tbe barometer continned to fall dnring the day , and at half-past four o'clock in the afternoon it blew , as tbe writer expresses it , " a whole gale . " The Aqneona . Altridge , from this port to Cork , put back with foretopsail split . The St . Gsorge , Lever , from D ¦ inerara to this port , had put in with loss of foretopgallantrmast . The Catherine , of GlaBgow , had also put in , with loss of main boom , main gaff and loss of bulwarks . Tbe letter added , that several other vessels had taken refuge at Holjhead from the effects of the tempest

      PLYMOUTH . During the night of the 12 th and the morning of Friday , the 13 th instant , the town of Plyinantb and ita vieinity was visited by a tremendons gale from the west , wtst-south-west , and south-west , accompanied by heavy showers of rain . Ths casualties on the ; land have been principally confined to tbe prostration of chimnies and partial unroofing of honses , without any personal injury . Afloat great damage has been done , but it is belie vert that there also , providentially , no lives have been lost The schooner Belle , cf PSymouth , Curtis master , is beached at Deadman ' s Bay . The three brigs Sea Witch , Baker ; Southampton , Symons ; and General Breck . all of London , are stranded in Batten Bay . The

      bark BHgilla , of Falmonih , is a total wreck at Bovisarid Bay . A brigantine from Marseilles for Liverpool has come xu with loss of sails . The brig Mayflower , which stranded on tbe south side of the breakwater on the 3 d instant , has been carried by the fores of the waves clear over it , aud now lies nearly perpendicular on the nortfe or inner side . The trawler Loyalty is ashore at the back of tbe eastern pier . The following vessels are said to be safe : —Parkfldd , Whiteside for Port Philip ; Alicia , Scott , for Port Philip : Bosanna , Keith , for BAo Janeiro ; Alexander Robertson , Korie , for Montserrat ; Enphrates , Wilson , for Calcutta ; Pacific , MJchie , for Oporto ; Francis I . ( American ) , Ainsworth , ior New York ; Christian ( Dane ) , Korme , for St Croix .

      ADDJT 10 KAL PARTICULARS . Saturday , Job . 14 , 12 o'clock . TJp to this time , notwithstanding the continuance of the gale , providentially ro lives have been lost by sea or land . The Belle has tesn warped off from Deadman ' s Bay without mncb daniaga The Saawitch is still ashore at Jenny Ci . ff ; no water in her yet Her cargo will probably be saved , and there is a bare possibility of her being got off She has a mail-bag for the coast of Africa , which has bt * n landed . So great was the force of the winrt that lead weighing new ; y a ton was peeled off one of the sheds in Her Majesty ' s Dockyard , where olher t-ffects of its strength have been manifested . The chimney of the Manoroffice , Davenport , fell on tbe coach-house , and crushed

      a carriage and gig . In the Plymouth citadel , the slates ¦ weTe blown from the roof of the barracks to the ramparts , and the lead on the chapel there has been turned tip like so much paper . Many chimnies have been blown down in Plymouth , Devonport , Stonehonse and Stoke , and in some cases ths inmates had been compelled to escape through the windows . Tbe roof of Sal tram-house , the seat of the Right Hon . Earl Morley , has sustained considerable damage . A gentleman , who was cfiiEally engaged to record the movements of tbe wtatner-glass at this place , for a period of seven years , states that in all that time it was nevor bo low as on Friday morning , dnring the worst of tbe weather , it was still lower , so low , indeed , that there was no means left of indicating the force of the storm .

      PORTSMOUTH . ( From the Hampshire Telegraph ) Yesterday morning early a terrific gale of wind commenced in this vicinity , and . with veiy little inter-EiiEsioa , has continued till the hour of our going to press ; the caEualites that have occurred from it which we have , as yet , heard of are the following .- — The sloop William IT , Mew , master , from Cowes for London , with a general cargo , principally malt , drove on shore in Stokes Bay yesterday morning , between four and five o'clock . She still lies at highwater-mark , and must be lightened before she will come rf £ The brig Moore , Ball master , from Southampton to Suaderland , in ballast , parttd in Stokes Bay ye&terday morning , and is is still on tbe beach at highwater-mark-She does not appear to have received iiny damage , and as soon as tbe weather moderates she will be tot off .

      A brigantine , name unknown , was last night on shore on the Woolseners . The ertw , just before dark , were observed leaving her , and , we hope , landed safe on Hayling Island . Tha brig Wanderer , Hams master , of Bideford , for Ipswich , in ballast , from Llanelly , parted from two anchors and chains , windlass broken , this morning near the Woelseners , and ran for Lungstene-harbour , where she rides safe . An anchor has been stnt to her . Tbe tsro Brothers , Fielder master , from Weymouth for LangBtone , with a cargo of barley , in coming for tbe birbour , abont noon yesterday , got on shore on Soutbsea-beach . She was got off early this morning by the fxertions of her own crew ; the Yarfeorough steamer , however , get on shore last night in attempting to get htr off , and lay there without damage all night .

      A sloop and a two-masted vessel were observed at anchor , riding heavily , abont five miles S-S . W . of Cumberland-fort , this morning , at daylisht ; they both sack shortly afierwarda , and it is feared all hands have perisbed . The mast-heads of the two-t&as , te& vessel are visible . Several houses at Sontbsea are much damaged in roofs , chimneys , and windows . The dockyard buildings are , some of them , also slightly damaged ; and we regret to fiad that Lord Asbburton ' s new marine villa , in Stokes-bay , is seriously injured .

      BRISTOL . The late storm , which appears to have affected almost every portion of the kingdom , in its progress visited Bristol and tbe neighbourhood and raged on Thursday and Friday with the utmoBt fey . During the night the wind blew with most fearfnl violence , producing the usual effects of cbimnits blown doWD , windows broken , and houses partly unroofed . Among other accidents the Gothic window of St . Nicholas Church , in the dock tower , was tern completely out of its framework and dashed in . The vane of St Philips Church also was torn eff . From St Werberg ' s Church several copingslones of large sizs were blown down . At the West of the England Stay Factory tbe entire stock of chimnies was blown down , and , falling

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

      apprehension was felt for their safety ; it was found that most of them had started their anchors and were driven ashore at the mouth of the river , but without ruffering much damage . The Pomona , bound for the West Indies , started her anchors , and was driven down Channel quite out of sight ; but so variable was tbe ¦ wind , that shortly afterwards she was driven back again by the fury of the tempest , and went ashore in the mouth of tbe river , Among those which went ashore were the Reform from Glasgow , the Caroline for Tubago , tbe Mayflower for Bonny , the Active for Bridgewater , a Prussian brig , and one or two others . The sloop Anne of Berkeley , from Black Rock , foundered near the mouth of the river , fortunately , however , without loss of life , the crew being saved . The Mermaid steamer , from Cork , Captain Home , belonging to the Bristol General Steam Navigation Comp&ny , arrivedj yesterday , after having experienced tbe

      fnll fury of the gale , by which ehe was much damaged , her bnlwarks being stove in . and he ? starboard paddle box broken in fragments . She states that she first encountered the hurricane when about midway across tbe Irish Channel on Thursday night She weathered the gale until she came abreast of Lnndy Island on Friday afternoon , where her bulwarks were stove in , and upwards of fifty pigs washed overboard . During the remainder of tbe voyage the sea continued to sweep over her with fearful violence and pour into her hold , by which means , upon her arrival , it was found that upwards of 20 » pigs were washed overboard or suffocated . Nothing but the superiority of her machinery saved hex , in the opinion of the crew . The Irish packets did sot saQ yesterday , but one or two of them sailed this morning . Some apprehension , also , is felt ° ^ ^ B 8 afety ^ the frtM * and Waterford packets , which were due here yesterday , but they may not have Bailed . Nothing certain , however , is known ,

      TYNEMOTTTH CASTLE , Fbidat .-Last night the wind blew a terrific hurricane from the south-west , accompanied by a severe frost and thunder and lightning , which np to the time of this being despatched by post still continues with apparent increased fory . At abont a quarter to one o ' clock a light-vessel was obsenred off the entrance < rf the harbour , apparently in distress and endeavouring to take shelter by running over tiis bar . To those assembled on the beach it was evident that she would not make it on account of the surf , and efforts were made by the cosst-gnard , as well as abont one hundred and fifty Tyne pilots , to dissuade those on board from making the attempt Blue lights were fired for that purpose , but whether their meaning was understood it is impos-

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      sible tossy , for tbe vessel continued its course , and so o n afterwards met with a dreadful fate . Just as she reached within a abort distance of tbe bar a heavy wave struck her amidships , throwing her on her beam-ends , and she immediately drove on to the rocks . In an instant a number of gallant young men pushed off with the lifeboat , and made towards the unforonate vessel , which proved to be the John and Isabella , bel o ng ing to Sunderland in ballast Another , brig then made its appearance at the month of the harbour , and was driven by the violence of the hurricane , in the coarse of a short time , upon the same mass of rocks . After considerable exertion the lifeboat succeeded in reaching the John

      and Isabella , and her crew , consisting of eight persons , with the master , were taken off tbe wreck an ! safely brought back to tbe shore . Those , however , on board of the other wreck were less fortunate , as three of the crew and tbe captain perished in an attempt to gain the shore . The wreck being beyond the reach of the life-boat , the cuast-caard lost no tim » in attempting a communication by means of Captain Man by'a Ufa apparatus , and after two or three rockets had been fired from the mortar , one happily with the line attached was thrown through the rigging , by which a rope was passed from the vessel to the beach . Four ef tbe crew were saved ; tbe rest , with the master , were lost while Tnnfeing for the shore .

      By twelve o ' clock the John and Isabella and the Percy had broken up , and had become a total wreck . Their loss is estimated at £ 3 , 080 . None of the bodies of the Bufferers have yet been discovered .

      YARMOUTH , Jan . 13 . During last night and this morning it bas blown a heavy gale from tbe south and sonth-west . In the early part of the storm the Yoik ( a brig ) Captain Smith , belonging to London , while on her passage to Goole , succeeded in effecting an entrance into the harbour , though much damaged , having lost her bowsprit and boats . The schooner Ptcenix . of London , was driven * shore at about one o ' clock this morning , between seven and eight miles up the coast to tbe nortbwaT' 4 of the town , and it ib feared will go to pieces . The crew saved themselves by the boats . Two other vessels , one the John Simes , from Aberdeen , and the other Celia , Captain LoDgtafij of and from London to Sundtrland , were abo both driven ashore off tbe town . Should the weather moderate there was a chance of getting them off . During the morning npwards of 200 vessels lost their anchors and cables by

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

      A dreadful shipwreck happened near Bon ogne , within a short distance of the spot where tbe R'liance East Indiaman was It st a short time since . Tbe Albion , Captain Thompson , in making through the Downs for the Thames , was driven on shore , where she became a wreck . The crew , it is feared , all perished . At Ilfracembe the Bchooner Ringdove , frem Prince Edward's Island , was totally lost during tbe storm within a fe < r miles of the harbour , and has since gone to pieces . The crew were saved by a boat belonging to the Coast Guard Service , which took them off the vessel just before she struck . Another vessel , called the Diligence , Edwards master , of Aberdovey , went down in deep water off the Grassboliu . The crew took to the boat , and landed at St . David's about four o'clock on Friday afteruoon . Tho vessels are valued at £ 1 , 200 .

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

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

      Salcombe . —A fearful stcrm has been raging here for the last twenty-four hours , unroofing the bouses in the town , and tearing up trees by their roots . In tte river several vesselB have driven from their moorings , and two ships , tbe Dove aud the Commerce , are on shore outside the harbour , in a most dangerous situation . At Hull tbe gale was also severely felt A vessel called the John and Susan from Sboreham to Stockton , was wrecked at about four o ' clock in the morning , near Lower Coates ; : fortunately the crew were saved . Among other wreckB reported to have occurred in the hurricane are the brig Resolution at Orforauegs , crew saved ; a Scotch schooner near the same spot ; the William the Fourth , and the Moore , upon tbe sanJs in Stokes-bay ; the Despatch , on shore , at Miatley ; the T wo Brothers en shore at Southsea beach ; tbe Henry Brougham on shore at Pakefleld , and two others .

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

      LONDON AND ITS VICINITY . Oa Thursday afternoon , about three o ' clock , the fnll of snow during the previous night and morning , was succeeded by an intense frost , the thermometer falling during the evening as low as 20 deg . being 12 deg . below freezing point ; and by eight o ' clock , ice hud already formed of the thickness of a crown-piece , at which time the sky was perfectly clear , and the moonlight bright Between twelve and one o ' clock , however , tbe sky became obscured by a tbick scud , which passed swiftly from south to north , and rapidly increased in density , the mercury at the same time rapidly riaiug . About three o ' clock on Friday morning , a sharp wind sprung np from the south-south-west ; and , shortly before four o ' clock , a heavy rain began , which continued ,

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

      arriving opposite the bouse No . 24 . in the occupation of Sir George Hill , part of the stack of chimneys weTe blown down on the coping-stone , which broke away , and falling , alighted on tbe head of the unfortunate man , entering hiB skull , and fracturing it in a shocking manner . Botsford , a mendicity officer , and others who witnessed the occurrence , immediately hastened to bis assistance , and without Josb of time conveyed him to Middlesex Hospital , where , although every attention was paid to him , the injuries he sustained were of so dreadful a nature that be died in less than two hours afterwards . In Dukestreet , Manchester Square , a miraculous escape occurred . A poor woman named Burrows , with an infant child in her arms , was passing along , when a

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

      loss of life , although serious apprehensions axe felt for three ba rge s , which sailed for the Medway heavily laden , on Thursday evening . Up the river , abont Chelsea , Fulham , Putney , Wandswortb , Hammersmith , Richmond , fcc ., seve r a l bar g es , { some heavily laden ) , with boats of every description , have been drifted from their moorings by the force of the wind ; and , although the major part of ihem were driven on shore , several axe aaid to have been sunk . Along the shore on each side , the walls and palings have been blown down in all directions , and considerable damage has been done to many of the market gardens by the influx of the tide . —A letter , dated Windsor , Friday evening , says : The boisterous weather during the greater part of the night and the whole of to-day bas done consider-

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

      UNDERCL 1 FFE , ISLE WIGHT . WRECK . OF THE " GEORGE , ' * OF SUNDERLANP , MaS

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

      and about mid-day two boats reached the ship from the shore , each returning with five men . There are many reports in circulation as to the brig ' s having been boarded at different times in the Channel , the captain and crew being tfruok , the men in a state of mutiny . They htvd a cargo of coals bound to Grenada , ami had experienced very bad weather . The deck bad been swept ; the boom , boats , and bulwarks carried away . She . was boarded by a Poole hoy on Wednesday , when all was in confusion . They afterwards took a pilot , and ' run for the Needles , but the wind unfortunately coming round | to the N . E . the captain discharged him and stood for Plyinouth .-T-iS ' WH .

      SUNDERLAND . At Sunderland , two ships were wrecked in tbe course of Tiiurs'iay night On Friday forenoon , two brigs were driven on shore at Tynemoutn . One was the Percy , Hair , from Sunderland , which soon broke in pieces . Her crew ( all townsmen , tbe most of whose families were amongst the assembled spectators on the beach ) were exposed to the most fearful danger . A rope waa thrown to tbe decfc , and tbe apparatus put into operation . Captain Hair , the cook and his son , were put into the slings , bat , from the lurching of the vessel , to which the rope was attached , tbey were , it is supposed , thrown out , and all tbree drowned . Tbe fate

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

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

      fell from 29 to considerably below the index ; shortly afterwards it began to blow from the S 8 W ., and increased to a perfect , storm ; at thirty minutes past ten o ' clock , p m . veered round to the W ., with thunder and lightning . Tbe vessels here have held on well , with the exception ef tbe Royal Saxon , from China , having run foul of the Syren , and carried away her bowsprit ; and tbe Governor Douglas having drifted foul of the Spence , and carried away the bowsprit of the latter ; the Chaniplain drove from White-point to the barrack , and is now holding on well .

      Cork . —The year 1843 set in with one of the finest days ever remembered in that season ; but since tbea there has been a complete change , heavy rains and . high winds having been tbe prevailing character of tbe weather . But the last two days have been more severe and stormy than any which .: preceded them , though we are glad to state we have no calamity , and very little serious injury , to relate as the consequence . On Thursday night , about eleveD o ' clock , the wind , rather auddenty , begun to blow strong from tbe west , accompanied with hetivy rain and flashes of lightning . With oceasional lulls the gale rose to a peifect burricane , but itu force was greatest at about five o ' clock iu the morning , when tbe roofs and cbininies freoly yteluVd tribute

      to its fury , by disengaging slates undbriebs in all dir « ctiona , while there was also a prospect held out that glaziers as well as tilers would soon ke in reqnleition to repair the damage done in all directions . Thore was no mitigation of tbe storm until an advanced hour yesterday , and very many of the shops having b . en kept closed , gave a very sombre cast to tbe town . Towards evening , however , there was some subsidence , and at night a eomplete lull , followed ths morning by a heavy fail of snow , which continued for two or three hours , and then changed to a heavy fall of rain and sleet , wbieb continued up to eleven o'clock to day ; and now , when we write , at one , all is calm and sunshine . — Reporter .

      Wexkord . —Since Sunday last we have experienced vari jua changes of weather . On that day we hud partial snow showers ; on Monday r « n , and on Tuesday frost , none of which , in this immediate locality , were of any great extent . On Thursday night tho wind was S , with r * in ; but about two o'clock on Friday morning it suddenly veered to S S . W . and W ., with heavy thunder and lightning , and tremendous squalls , accompanied with torrents of rain for about two hours , when it abated . During tbe storm a large bark got on shore on Ballyteizue burrow . We have not yet learned her

      ntinie , bat understand aba is from tbe West Indies , and that four of the crew perishes ! . Mr . F . Harper , agent to the underwriters at Lloyd ' s , Liverpool , and Glasgow , proceeded this morning to the wreck . During the whole of yesterday , it blew a fierce gale , with fitful cqimlls ; but , from tbe position of our port , the shipping here have suffdred no damage . We have just learned that tbe wrecked vessel is the Sauton , of Liverpool , Captain Huxtell , from Calcutta to Liverpool , and laden with sugar , rice , and saltpetre . We regret to find that the captain is amone the drowned . The vessel will be a complete wreck . —Conservative .

      " Di'NDBi'M , Jan . 15 , 3 o ' clock i > M —Friday morning was so very flue that almost all tbe boats from Newcastle to Atiulong went out to their fishing in the bay , where tbey had quite nn uncommon take of fish . About noon it come on to blow with snow . Up to this hour there are , I believe , Beven boats from Newcastle , and four from Aoulong , missing , These were skiffr , manned with about six hands each . Some of them were seen to go down by the crews of the boats which gut in . One made KilJough , and sold 25 s . or 26 s , worth of fish there ; in fact , I believe they were all heavy laden . One boat drifted in with two dead men in it I fchiDk they reckon on i loss of 48 kouIa at Newcastle , and about 30 at Analong , or 80 altogethwr ; but 1 do not pretend to give you an official or authentic account of the numbers , only what appears to be the best aud least exaggerated . You can easily picture tbo state of the unfortunate wiiiows and children along the coast . It is the most hfflxUng event that bas ever occurred in this quarter . "

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

      Richard Green , of the firm of vvigram and Green ; bound from Calcutta to London , and commauded by Captain Duggan , after beating about in the Channel during the heavy gale on Friday night , Was driven on shore , off Lorel , a small town on' the French coast , only six miles distant from Mirlemont ( where the Reliance struck ) , at about half-past tea o ' clock p . m . and immediately went to pieces , every soul oa board being lost , with tha exception of a boy name * Henry Abchurch , one of the cuddy servants . The crew consisted of about 45 seamen , exclusive of officers , aud ( the vessel bad co less than 18 passengers on board , including lira . Thompson ( the wif ? of an East India

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

      A letter announcing the wreck was received yesterday morning by Mr . W . Dobson , secretary to Lloyd ' s , from Mr . A . Adam , the agent at Boulogne . Of the entire cargo only a few puncheons of rum have as yet been recovered . The wreck is entirely gone to pieces . Mr . Green , the owner , despatched his ag « nt last evening to Lorel , for the . purpose of protecting his property , and Captain Thompson , the brother-in-law of Mrs . Thompson , and other connexions of the deceased passengers , accompanied him . Mr . Hamilton has been unceasingly engaged on tfce spot .

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      The Conquwor was built at Newcastle , and purchased only last year by Mr . Green . Captain Duggan was an experienced officer , formerly in the Company ' s service , ond had made several voyages to India . The first officer ' s name is Mr . Harvey . The following is a correct list of the passengers : -r-Mrs . Thompson * nd four children , Mm . J . J « ntins and ( our children , Mrs . Major Johnstone , Miss Turton , Major Jbhnstone , Mr . Marsnall , Lieutenant Marshall , Captain ] Milner , Master Blake , and Master Beeves . j A private letter j dated Boulogne , Jan . 14 , gives the following particulars : —

      " I beg to inform you , that an East Indiaman , of 600 tons , came ashore , near Etaples , this morning . It is reported that eighty persons were aboard , of whom some were aoldiere , their wives and children ; only one " person has been saved ; but he is in such a deplorable state as not to be able to afford any information . A Norwegian , laden jwitb salt and oranges , from St . Ubea , became a total wreck within four miles of this port ; the crew is lost . ^ VVhtn this vessel came ashore at low water assistance was offered from the shore , but the crew would not abandon the vessel j wben it was impossible to receive any , astha tide was coming up , they requested assistance ; it was then too late to render them any . A ( collier is also a total wreck in this neighbourhood . " !

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

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

      The mutineers were to have a Bcuffle ou the forecastle in the night , while the Captain and first lieutenant were asleep . On tbe appearance of the latter to qu&'l tbe disturbance , he was to be seized and thrown overboard Tbey were then jto murder the commander and the ward-room officers , with tbe exception of tbe surgeon , who was to be kept for their own use , ami take possession of the vesjsel . After this they were to capture packets and other ships , and murder all the passengers , so that no sonl should be left to tell tho tale of their horrible villainy . JFor this purpose they were to ren . devous off New York . The whole plan was in writing and copiously interlarded with Greek characters to prevent discovery , and tbe test oath of the mutineers was— " Do you swear that you have no fear of shedding blood ? " I

      Fortunately , their plan was discovered through the instrumentality of [ one of the crow . The subject was laid before the officers , who immediately convened a drum-head court-martial , when it was decided that the safety of the vessel and tbe lives of all on board required immediate and exemplary punishment , The court decided that tbe midshipman and two of the ringleaders should jbe forthwith executed . Toey Were accordingly bung at the yard-arm to strike terror t » the hearts of the crew , j This strong and 'decided measure restored the command of the ship to the officers , and the obedience of the men . Philip Spencer was the name of tbe midshipman alluded to . who was hung , and tbe ' otber two men , potty o fficers , a boatswain ' s mate and a quarter-master . ¦ Spencer entered the service Voy . 20 . 1841 . \

      Tlie affair occurred in the Atlantic , six or eight days ' sail from St . Thomas , where the , brig had touched for ¦ water an *! provisions on her return from tbe coast of Afriea . It was arranged to take her there so that { lie mutineers would be fully provided with stores for their piratical cruise . Too mncb praise ! cannot be awarded to Commander M'Ksnzie aud his officers , for so promptly nipping in the bud an enterprise that would have brought misery and destruction upon hundreds of our fellow-citizens . This is the first occurrence of the kind on the record of our naval service !

      This is the only authentic account tbat can be given of the affair to-day . Commander M'Ketz ' e bas gone to Washington to lay all tbe facts before tbe Government From ten tfo twenty of the sailors , the ring- * leaderB in the mutiny , are now in irons on board the North Carolina , to lawait their trial . The Somers is at the navy yard . She sailed hence a short time since , ; and was manned by forty or fifty apprentice boys and , thirty or forty seamen . The S"iners is a ntw vessel , this being her first cruise , and has proved V * be one of the fastest satlers-i in the service . Her construction , her s ^ , aud her speed are well adopted for a pirate . —New York Hera'd . ¦

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      Captain Nye , of the packet-ship Independence , which arrived at Liverpool on Christmas-day , in sixt een da y s , from New ] York , states , tha t though he has crossed the Atlantic above a hundred times , the last was tho only voyage he did not see & solitary sail the whole distance from New York to Liverpool .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , Jan . 13 . BANKRUPTS . James Henson , Bury-court , St . Mary-axe , npholsterer , to surrender Jan . 20 , at ten o ' clock , March 3 , at half . past ten , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Lofty and Potter , King-street , Cheapside ; official a * , signee . Mr . Whitmore , Basinghall-street William Smith and John Stickals , Qaeen ' s-baildings , Knigbtsbridge , cheesemongers , Jan , 24 , at one o ' clock , Feb . 24 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts * Court . Solicitor , Mr . Sutcliffe , Bridge-street , Blackfriara ; ofiicial assignee , Mr . Alsager , Birchin-lane . George Frederick Cobbam and William Burt Wright , Peckham and Gravesand , builders , Jan . 24 , at eleven o'clock , Feb . 24 , at twelve , at the Bankrupts' Court Solicitors , Messrs . Frankbam and Dix ^ n , Basinghallstreet ; ofiicial' assignee , Mr . Gibson , Basinghall . street .

      Stephen Law , Great Portland-street , npholswrer , Jan . 20 , at one o ' clock , Feb . 24 , at eleven-, at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Ramoud an ! Gooday , Gray ' s-inn ; official assignee , Mr . Green , Aldermanbury . John Wardle , Griffin-street , Shadwell , merchant , Jan . 26 , at half-past two o ' clock , Feb . 23 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Simpson and Cobb , Austinfxiaxs ; ofiicial assignee , Mr . Groom , Abchurch-Iane . John Casson , Liverpool , corn-merchant , Jan . 27 , at twelve o ' clack , Feb . 17 , at eleven , at the Bankrupt * District Court , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs .. Sharps , Fiuld , and Jackson , Bedford-row ; and Messrs . Lowndes , Robinson , and Buteson , Liverpool ; official assignee , Mr . Folletfc , Liverpool ,

      John Dickenson , Newport , Monmouthshire , butcher , Jan . 24 , Feb . 21 , at one o ' clock , at the Bankrupt *' District Court , Bristol . Solicitors , Messrs . Protberog and Towgood , Newport ; ofiicial assignee , Mr . Miller , Bristol .

      DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY . John Frost , sen ., High-strtet , Wapping , licensed victualler . Evan Clark , Melton-street , Euston-square , ware house-clerk . Mary Fowweather , Sheffield , shopkeeper . John Wickham , Batb , cheese factor . William Taylor , Huddersfield , cloth manufacturer . Thomas Stanley , Nottingham , out of business . William Coulson , St . Oswald , Durham , publican . Samuel Whitwam , jun ., Huddersfleld , clothier . William Buckley , Kirkburton , Yorkshire , clothier . Timothy Smart , Redrutb , Cornwall , cabinetmaker . Henry Potta , Monkwearmouth , Durham , publican . Joseph Morris , Hailsham , Sussex , farm-bailiff .

      James Culshaw Parr , Poole , clerk . John Dadley , Bristol , superintendent of works . Nathaniel Barker , Dartmouth-street , Westminster , plumber . William Worsey , Castlechurch , Staffordshire , out of business . Obed Golds , Brighton , trader . Taotuas Brewer , Glocester , appraiser . Charles Douglas Hope , Southampton-row , Russellsquare . William Winser , Gravesend , pensioner as a retired captain . John Fraucks , Upper East Smitbfield , linguist George Fawkner Weston , Fore-street , Cripplegite ,

      commission agent . Hi chard Procter , Walton-on-the-Hill , Lancashire i bookkeeper . John Schofield 8 , Pendleton , Lancashire , farmer . William Stokoe , York , joiner . Richard Tidmarsb , London-wall , manufacturer of aromatic fumigating Turkey pastiles . William Payn , Preston , Kent , farmer . John Squire , Dunstable , B « dfordshire , dealer ia horses . Gaorge Thomas Good , Paddington-street , Marylebone , tailor . Charles Broadby , Stoke-upon-Trent , commissionagent . Henry Ruiiball , Spenceaterrace , Islington , grocer .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . T . G . jBennett and Son , Bolton-le-Moors , cottonspinners . J . Franks and E . Thompson , Ecdle&field , paper-makers . R . S . and G . Thompson , Kingstonupon-Hull , corn-factors . W . and K . Gardner , Liverpool , painters . A . and R- Orton , Liverpool , hosiers . Scboles and Co ., Manchester , bankers ; as far as re * garda tha executors of G . Scboles . C . and K . B . ClegK , Manchester , timber merchants . T . PeetandB . P . Hobson , Manchester , public accountants . PickJe ^ L-iwton , and Co ., Hudderafleld , fancy-cloth manofao tutdrs ; as far aa regards J . and T . Pickles . Haitfc Foundry Company , Lancashire ; as far as regardsB . R . Kathbona Wilson and MKeand , Liverpool , merchants . F . and C . Hand , Liverpool , ironmongers . Hewitt , Bolin , and Co ., Kingston-upon-Hull , merchants . F . and A . Hard wick , Nottingham and Manchester , manufacturers of hosiery . Buchanan and Co ., Glasgow , R . M'A ^ am and Co ., Liverpool , and Buchanans , M'Adam , and Co ., Kingston , Jamaica .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , January 17 . BANKRUPTS . Willi ; iHi Mayhew , wine merchant , Da Crespigny " place , Camberwell , to . surrender , Jan , 25 . at half-past ten o ' clock , and March 3 , atone , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Alsager , official assignee , Birchin-lane ; solicitor , Bird , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields . John Lattinier , corn factor , Hanslope , Buckinghamshire , Jan . 26 , at two , and March 7 , at twelve , attoe Court of Bankruptcy , Baainghall-Btreet WhitmoW , official assignee , Basinghall-street ; solicitor , Kobiason aud Drury , Tokenbouse-yard . Thomas Edward Clarke , apothecary , Acle , Norfolk , Feb . 2 , at one , and March 2 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Green , ofiicial assignee , Aklermanbury ; solicitor , Clirke , Medcalf , and Gray , Lincoln s-Inn , London ; Beckwitn , Dye , aud Kitton , Norwich .

      James May , china dealer , Clapham-rise , Sutrej Jan . 27 , and Feb . 24 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankmptcy , Basingball-street . Lackington , ofiicial assignee , Colenian-stieet-buildings ; solicitors , Watson , juo , » Trafalgar-squase , or Cole , Tokenhouse-yard . Wil Ham Inman Welsh , attorney , Great Qoeenstreat , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , Jan . 27 , at two , and Feb . 22 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basiughaflstreet . Johnson , ofiicial assignee , Baaingfcall-street ; solicitors , Richards and Walker , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields . Joseph Horatio Ritchie , shipwright , Rothernitbe , Jan . 28 , at one , and Feb . 22 , at twelve , at the Ooarfc of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Edwards , official assignee , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry ; solicitoffi Swain , Stevens , Maples , Pearce , Hunt , and Steven * Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry .

      William Humphrey , dealer in furniture , Old Dorset " place , Claphaai-road , Surrey , Jan . 31 and Feb 12 , fit twelve , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Graham , official assignee , Basinghall-street ; solicitor , Asburst , Cheapside . Thomas Hughes , lodging-house-keeper , Great Coraiflstreet , Brunswick-square . Jan . 31 , and Feb . 27 , 8 ' eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Turquand , ofiicial assignee , Coptball-buildings ; solicitor , Pinniger , Gray ' fi-inntsquare . John Jardine , merchant , Liverpool , Feb . 6 , an * Marei l . at one , at the District Court of Bankruptcy Liverpool ; Cazmove , official-assignee ; solicitors . Ho'den and Clark , Liverpool ; Walmsley and Co ., Chancerylane , London . John Linskill , schoolmaster , Bridlington , Yorkshire , Jan . 28 and Feb . 18 , at elaven , at tbe Leeds Diawirt Court * f Bankruptcy . Feame , official assignee , Leeds ; Bolicitors , Jennings and Conyera , Great Drim « ld .

      John Norfolk and Edwwrd Barker , jun ., dyers . Woodhouse Carr , Yorkshire , Jan . 30 , at two , and Feb . V , at eleven , at tbe Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy Young , official assignee , ' Leeds ; solicitors , Fiddey . Paper-buildings , Temple ; Barr , Loftus , and Nelaoo Leeds . Richard Dunn and Richard DacreDann , corn factors , WakeSeld , Feb . 2 and 23 , at eleven , at tbe Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Hope , ofiicial assignee ; solieltora , Wilson , Southampton-street , Bloomsburyi London ; Payne , Eddison , and Ford , Leeds . John Coleman , victualler , Birmingham , Jan . 29 , ana Feb . 21 , at twelve , at the Birmingham District Court of Bankiuptcy . Valpy , official assignee , Birmingham ; solicitor , Benson , Birmingham . John Hoyle Ormerod , wine merchant , Manchester ! Jan . 27 , and Feb . 17 , at twelve , at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy . Hobson , ofBoial as-B ' gneeManchester ; solicitorHeathManchester .

      , , , William Thompson , lime-burner , Exeter , Jan . -o , at three , and Feb . 21 , at one , at tbo Exeter District Court of Bankruptcy . Hernaman , official assignee ; so li citors , Pans , Pool ; Holme and Co ., New im- 'i . London . - Martha Groves , joiner , York , Jan . 31 , and Feb . IN fttthe Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Fearari official aeii gneo , Leeds ; aoiicitor , Wood , York ,

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      WAKDSWORTH POLICE . Ducadful Case . —Yesterday , Daniel Williamson , thfl keeper of a boarding school at Kingston New- ! town , was placed at the dock , before Mr . Payntcr , \ charged with committing a capital off- 'iice , aud " with ' general unnatural cbnduct towards his pupils . j The prisoner is a man about thirty years of age , and possesses a heavy dogged-looking countenance . It was stated ou the examination , that a short ' time since the p isoner was usher in a boarding- ' school where there vyere a great number of scholars . ! He there won the good opinion of many heads of ' , f a mili e s , and having paved some money ho opened a ' boarding-school at j Kingston , and amongst his patrons and well-wish * rs were the parents of the

      children towards whom he has so misconducted himself . Mr . K ., a highly respectable tradesman in London , is the father ) of one of the bojs who has been nearly two years in j the school , and Mr . E .. who is also an extensive tradesman , is the parent of two others . The circumstance which lead to the discovery was this : —The day before the one appointed for the return of Mr . E ' s boys to school , the elder son threw himself at ! his mother ' s feet , and implored her not to send hifti again to Mr . William s on 's scho o l , and saiJ he would rather go out as an errand boy than return to that school . This extraordinary exclamation led to an immediate inquiry into ihe

      cause , and the boy ( ultimately confessed that the prisoner had , through his unwilling instrumentality , been guiky of the most heinous offence punishable by the laws of this country . The father , stung almost to madness by the coiifession of his elder son , questioned the younger , a child only nine years of a « je , and towards him he | ascertained that the prisoner had acted most abominably . Mr . E . immediately communicated with Mr . K ., who , dreading that the contamination had extended to his own family , questioned his son , a lad of fourteen years of age , who ultimately confessed to such a series of abominable effences as to reduce his father to a state

      bordering upon madness . It should be stated that the latter boy had returned to school a weak since , and these facts were drawn from him at the school , to which the father had proceeded with a medical gentleman . The fir s t witness , Frederick K ., having given his evidence , which cleariy proved the prisoner to have been repeatedly guilty of a misdemeanour . Mr . Paynter asked the prisoner if he wished to put any questions to the witness ? The Prisoner replied—The young gentlemen under my charge have ! always had the privilege of writing to their parents at any time without control . The witness says , he slept with mo every night after his return from his h ' olydays . I admit that he did so , Out it was because having moved into a newlybuilt house 1 was afraid of placing him in a room that was not thoroughly aired ; he might have had a separate bed if he bad wished .

      Mr . Paynter indignantly said , no circumstances whatever could justify a master sleeping with his scholars . ) The elder boy of Mr . E having been called and examined , and given strong evidence of a capital offence having been committed , Mr . James Fernandtz Clarke , a surgeon , was call e d . H e st ated , that he had examined the last witness , but the result ; of the examination was very unsatisfactory . With ; regard to the other boys he could state nothing positive . Mr . Paynter asked the prisoner if he chose to ask Mr . E ' a younger son any questions ! The Prisoner . —I deny that I have slept with him for the last half-year , jor on any occasion whatever , and on some future time I will produce a witness to prove that fact . '

      Mr . E ' b younger son , a child o nl y nine years of age , was next examined as to the proceedings of the prisoner towards him individually . Mr . Paynter said itjwonld be impossible to take the evidence fuiiy that day , as the time of the Court was nearly up , therefore he should remand the prisoner on the charge of felony . He should advise the prisoner to make no statement until the whole of the evidence had been taken down and read over . The Prisoner . —This gentleman ( pointing to Mr .

      E ) was with me a week in December ; he ate and he drank at my expence , he sle p t in t he same room with his children ; aud he was my most intimate friend , until a friend oif his robbed me of £ 5 , which of coarse I made a noise abou t , and then he turns round u p on m e , and in conjunction with the » ther g en t leman , conspires to ruin me . What this charge may come to , or whatever punishment I may ultimately have to suffer , f I declare , upon my solemn oath , 1 am innocent of the crimes laid to sty charge . The prisoner was remanded .

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      Atrocioos Mubdeb . —A most dreadful mnrdtT has la t el y been committted in the parish of Llanoa in this county , it i s su p pos e d b y one Margaret ' Hug hes , and her daughter , Elizabeth Hnghes , oa the bodies of two male infant children , of which tha former was delivered about the beginning of the present month . W » have not been able to collect the whole of the particulars of this most unnatural murder , but it appears that Matrgaret Hughes , whose husband was transported , being one of the Scotch cat t le , at the time of the Merthyr riots , was delivered of twins on or about the 1 st inst ., which , it ia conjectured , she and her daughter threw into an old

      coalpit close by . A few days afterwards the daughter told one of her neighbours that she had dreamed that one of their children had fallen into the pit , and said it would be better to have it filled up , fearing an accident might occur . It seems the daughter intended employing a person to fill it- « p , which gave rise to a suspicion that something was wrong ; upon which E . Thomas , constable , and others were induced to examine the pit . where , t o t heir horror , they found the bodies of two fine newly-born male infant children . Evidence as to the criminality of the two prisoners was taken before Mr . \\ f . C h a mbers , sea ., when both were committed to take their tvial at the ensuing assizes . —Carmarthen Journal .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 21, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct465/page/7/