The Express. — London, England, 1853-12-30 00:00:00

:bt court. WINDSOR. Dzc.29. Her Nlajesty held a I'rivy Council at three o'clock tiwarnn e e n. l're 'sot . Praise Albert, Earl Granville, I Lord Privident ; Lone ("cannonli, Lord Chancellor; the ti e ‘ ,l AN Wren, Field bird of the Treasury ; Lord J o b ' , the the Bight Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Chseicedor of E se hrquer ; Sir J.,snes Graham, First Lord of the Aders,te ; the night lion. Sidney Ifeebert, Secretary-:a ttar. so d Lied Ernest Youce , vies Chamberlain (officiat- e -1111 t o t the Lord Chamberlain). At th. Par,iatoent WS% orderedto be further ", aa gaid Irons the 3ril of .1 y until Tues4ey, the 31st Jeciviry, lb - st, and a proclamation was issued summoning Politest to meet os that day, far the despatch al public of 'nut neon of Committee of the Lords of the Privy c ous ed on the petition from the States cf the Island of Jerzy SW submitted ti and approved of by her Molt:sty in per rd. The li e n. W. Bathurst was the Clerk of th? Council is Waiting. Q u en gave audience, to the Earl of Aberdeen, Earl arroviliee, mist 'he Lord Ch ireellor. The Earl of Li.enee: and Mr. It. Ormsby G Jrst were the Lent and Groom in Waiting. 'the 1 Vowing h the honor of diming with her Majes o t atelddy —Lol4lo ad l.l Lady John Rowell and Mt. 01.A.S. ty The head of the let Life Guards attended iu the Castle a sn ez Otani r, sad ytepd the follow Caiteee Saxe. arawy,an Meteii by the awed' over. twer;err,te histlites Washer les WWI .* o genoetoth der PeirhiseT Linke of tee Chbourg. nets del it. atm. nos" s "Istinnetii" hlamore.ele Corricen Brothers" Punta. tea. ronviesat ^ Hvr )(suety's private hand afterwards attended, and sired the batwing composi , lows osa eti.re, selection Mares seeds" .... Asher. g 4,00 ths .ett%Ttio. sad Motels) Methirren. Irrinee Albert, with the Prince of Wales sad Prinee A:tred, *Virile.' by the Gentlemen in Waiting, that, rt on the me en the Huse Perk this morning. fitver.il officers of the regiments gartered et Windsor had the honour of *aloe royal !eighteen. .n i , i area, seemepen.el by Lord sod Lely John Ras sea, waited down to t h e we, and remained • considerable bac Lord Hagler has been invited and is expected to-day. 'the E en' of Aberdeen, the Lord Cranceelor, Sir James Graham, the Chaorellir of the Exchequer, Earl Gran ville., the Hight Iloa. Sidney Herbert, Lord Ernest Brace, sad the lion. W. Betharst, travelled from London to attend the Privy Council by a special %rale, on the Great Western Railway, and arrived at the. Castle soon after two o'clock. luticheun was served to the noblemen and gentlemen soon atter their arrival. M half-put tour o'clock the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Ernes! Bruce, Sir J. Graham, the Right Boa Sidney Herbert, the Ch mettle)! of the Exchequer, and the Hon. W. llithuret, took their departure, and returned to town by a special train on the Great Western Railway. A deputation from thr Lertner Trade had an interview yesterday with the Right. Has. E. Cardwell, at the Board of Trade. The deputation wingienid of Mr. hoses Poadt. Mr I . ..matcher. Mr. T. Lavpi Mr. T. Hepburn, Mr. W. H. tux, Mr. James BoylesMy midi Mr. T. Powell. sm7ll sTAITOnDsIIIRE ELECTION. S Lord I'aget, the candidate for South Staffordshire, in the course of hi, canvass, which he is punning with great va.tour, visited Birmingham yesterday. Has visit was not of • public nature, but merely to the electors resident in that town, by whom be was most eourteous'y received. Bo lordship was met by Mr. B•slton, of Wolverhampton, and Mr. W. J. Beale, of Birmingham, solicitors, and by Hr. H. Serle, of Stourbridge. His reception was extremely gratifying, and little doubt is entertained by his friends but that his return for South Staffordshire will be most nines inapt. The great strength a Lord Paget lies in the in crease of the constituency since the last contest for South Staffordshire. Lord Ingestre, his opponent, has nut yet arrived from North America, but is daily expecta.d. Both parties are providing the sinews of war (for it is under stood that neither candidate will be subjected to the pay ment of expenses), and a sharp if not a close contest may be expected. The Hon. Arthur Wrottesley and William Mathews, Bee., are already fixed upon as the proposer and secooder of Lard Paget, who met his preliminary central committee last week, and afforded generil satisfaction by his frank and mealy conduct. The canvass, as far as it has at present proceeded, is distinguished by very favourable results, and the supporters of the noble lord, who are takiug time by the forel9ck. anticipate the reward of their exertions by the seems of his lordship's candidature. Contemporary prints published in the district and advocating the interest of Lord Ingestre, have attached much and undue importance to the alleged support of the great body of ironmasiers. The following list of some of the large iron sad vial wirers who are heartily co•operating with Lord Paget, will show that the all. gation is open to contradiction : W. C. Foster, Esq., Stiurtou Castle; British Iron Company, Messrs. Barker and P. Foster. W. Mathews, Gesch, M.P., and Cochrane, Blackwell, Messrs. Chante, Dimmack Thompson, Messrs. J. Jones, Messrs. Even sod Co., B. Gibbons, Shut Red; B. Gibbons, jun., ; Geach, Walker, Wednes bory ; Spittle, West Bromwich; Joseph Klieg, Joseph Purser; Sully, Tipton; Hunt, Brides; Messrs. Lee Bro then, Kismet Works; Holl, Holeruft, and Co. ; Ward and Co., Gorge Attwood, Mes►rs. Fin:atone, Geo. Bennett sad Co . Messrs. T. and B. Williams, Whittington Iron Works; George Bat! and Son, William Mills, Rowley; Lloyd, Wertnesbury ; Harrison, Brownhills. Besides the oboe, Lied Paget can count upon the firiendly influence sad cordiil support of the iollowiag amongst others of the nobility and landed proprietors of the district • Duke of Sutherland, the Marquis of Anglesey, Earl Grenville, Lord Hatherton, Lord Wrottesley, Lord Calthorpe, Sir S. Glynn', Bart., Earl of Lichfield, Lord Ward, J. H. 11. Foley, Esq., M.P., Sir F. Scott, Bart., Sir R. Peel, Bart. Robert Scott, Esq., Rev. Barnes Floyer, Rev. W. B. Collis, &C.... Wormier Chronicle. THE PRESTON STRIKE. _.-- MEETING OF PRESTON MANUFACTURERS. PRESTON, THU/LSD/OC. The adjourned meeting of the associated employers of Preston and the neighbourhood was held at the Bull Hotel, in this time, at eleven o'clock this morning. After about an ►our's deliberation, the result was made known by placard, of which the following is a copy. "At a meeting of the associated masters, held at the Bell Hotel, Preston, on Thursday, the f!Oth of December, 1811, Thomas Miller, Beg., in the chair, it wax unanimously resolved that inasmuch as no disposition has been as yet shown by the operatives generally to resume work, this meeting do adjourn to Thursday, the 2C•th of January, 'Mt Should it, however, in the meantime be ascertained that many of the operatives are desirous of returning to their work, immediate steps will be taken by the associated lusters to open their mills. By order of the Masten' Ass/eclat ion, JOHN Hustszu, Secretary pro tem." lhe main street, in which the Bull Hotel is situated, was thronged with operatives during the time occupied by t►e meeting, considerable interest being evinced as to the result. Lest evening the weekly meeting of delegates from the London trade ancieties, in connexion with the Preston strike, wee held at the Bell Inn, Old Bailey; Mr. F. Galas in the chair. The atteadance was not so large as on previous occasions. The CHAIRMAN said the information to be laid before the meeting that evening would be interesting and Bomar what satisfactory. Ile saw by the balance•sheet that the . . subscriptions had increased each week, and although they had on:, bee. in existence about a month, a sum of 8261. had been the result of their visit in London. (Cheers.) It must be remembered, too, that there were a large number of subscription books out, and that many of the trade so cieties which had voted sums to be sent in three or four payments, had also eel reseed their willingness to grant fur ther sums in case the strike should continue. A communi cation had been received by telegraph that afternoon from rftitno, stating that the masters had come to a determina tion to adjourn their meeting for another month, unless the parties in the meantime were disposed to resume their work on the masters' terms. This called for further me- Jim. and be hoped they would do all in their power to afford further assistance. Most of thou: present knew that the Preston men had sent a memorial to Lord Palmer 'ton, to which his lordship had at length replied. It was As some respects exceedingly clever. Ile did not think it was penned ny his lordship, hut it must have come from some one closely connected with the n Manchester School." The men had sent a memorial stating that they were locked out by the masters, while all his lordship's observations were direeted to men on strike. (Cheers.) This answer was like giving them a stone when they asked for a loaf, and would divert the attention of the people from the right point. He called upon the meeting, in conclusion, for tenewed exertions on behalf of the Lancashire operatives. Ibe SaesIITART read a financial statement, which showed that the income for tbe week was 147/.. and there had been sent from London to Preston 19.)1. be. id. fur the week ending December 25. Reports were given by the delegates who had been deputed to visit various trades, announcing that several sums had been voted on behalf of the movement. The amount paid in during the evening was 801. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the procee eine TIIE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1853 THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS. ___ ._ The low and apparently settled state of the tem perature yesterday morning had the effect of drawing a vast crowd of persons to the ornamental waters of St James's-park, the Serpentine, and the Lung and Round Waters of Kensington Gardens. Werli.esday night was one of the must severe and intense that has occurred for several years, the thermometer as shown by the indicator at the receiving -house of the Royal Humane Society being, during the night, as low as 161 degrees, with a sharp wind from N.:•.W. At baltpast seven in the morning the mercury stood at 171 degrees. As the day advanced the glass rase, but it did not pass freezing point. Tits Sinen•Vltart.—There were here about 3,000 ; persons at once on the ice at various points within the 'unit s : which had been marked out as far as could be dune by the icemen under the direction of Mr. Williams and his deputy superintendent, Mr. Murphy. The snow having covered the dangerous boles, as well as the firm ice, this was often a (hangmen's task. At the east tar some dis tance the ice was corded off, an order having been sent by the Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests fur its appropriation fur the ice wells of her Majesty at Buckingham Palace, and a number of men and carts were employed carting it away, some of the blocks being as much as three soil four inches in thickness. On the upper or long water above the bridge the skatine was very general. The ice basing been swept by numerous persons, was the best that has been fur some years, and there wets a very lull attendance of the nobility and gentry of the 11 yet Skating Club. Amongst the principal skaters yesterday were Viscount Bury, Sheppard, Esq., Sir Charles Ringing, Tustin, Keq , &c. The total namber present during the day was about 7.000. The only accident was one that (V -eined toe young gentleman named George, residing at 68, Upper Berkeley-street, Ld4ware- road, who from a fall on the ice received a severe ce :mission of the brain. A pm. tine of the ice opposite the R. ceiving-house is kept :woken for the convenience of bothers, several of whom have availed themselves of the opportunity of indulging in a ball at 11 degrees below freezing point. THE Lino WATEIL AND ROUND PONII.—The ice here was also in eseellent condition, being in thickness about 3j inches, and there were present shout 7,1,00 skaters and !thanes. Fortunately, there were no accidenes. On the banks of the Long Water was erected the elegant marquee of the Skating Club; the members of whom present were Viscount Bury, Sir Coutta Lindsey, Mr. B. Babington, and Mr. Frank Elam. These gentlemen bad been h 'Hotted for and elected within the past few days. In addition Cher: were also preseut--Cautain Trotter, Mr. T. G. &ureter, Mr. E. E. Justin, Mr. W. Shcppherd, Mr. C. Knapp, Mr. Newton, Mr. 'Napkins, and Mr. L. K. Kaislake. REOENT . S.PASIL.—The attendance of skaters and sliders at this point amount d to upwards of 12,000 ; while, from the brightness of the day, the banks of the ornamental lake were thronged with countless thousands of spectators. There were no accidents from immersion, but there were several cuts and contusions :rent falls, which were promptly attended to by Dr. Norton, medical officer of the Royal Humane Society. Sr. Jantro•nutx.—The ice generally is not in a very safe elite in many parts, and the icemen have the greatest possible difficulty in keeping the numerous sliders and skaters within the marked precincts—the words stuck up, " Dangerous," having of themselves little effect. In consequence of the inconvenience the icemen esperienced from the officious but well-meant desire of persons to assist them in cases of danger, the society caused notices he be stuck up through the parks, cautioning individuals in all such Cans to witndraw from the spot. During the day there were no fewer than 6,000 skaters and sliders; and the only accident from immersion took place about three o'clock at the west end near the Fountain, where Mr I Hook s . Hooke, of No. 93, Felton-lane, and two female relative broke in, but were speedily rescued. They were attended by Dr. M'eann. VICTOkt• PARlL.—Yesterlay and on each day since Saturday, between 4,000 and 5,000 persons have partaken of the amusement of skating and sliding: On Monday there were some immersions, but there was no serious acci dent. EXTENSIVE FIRES. • - Yesterday morning another serious fire broke out in the City, making the third that has happened since Monday laat. It originated from some unexplained cause, on the premises of Mr. Burgin, upholsterer end cabinet maker, No. 2G, Great Winchester-street, London-wall, a relic of house architecture long before the great fire of 1663 No one slept on the premises, and when Mr. Burgin closed them on the previous night, they appeared to be quite safe. The disaster was discovered at about two u'clock, sad the engines, with a full corps of firemen, a ere quickly on the spot. In the meantime, however, the fire had gained prodigious strength, and had communicated to the houses on the opposite side of the street, Noe. 11, 12, and t 3. The firemen directed the whole of their preserving these latter. 91r. Burgin's premises being past saving. After considerable difficulty they accomplished their task, They then conveyed their hose into the Is tuses Nos. 2. and 27, occupied by Mr. Skee, general merchant, and Mr. Bowling, boarding-house keeper. Thu roofs of these buildings had taken fire, and the flames were descend ing rapidly into the interior, but the men soon succeeded in checking their progress. The fire in Mr. Burgin't pre mises continued for upwards of an hour, and when subdued all that remained was the bare walls. So intense was the frost that the firemen were coated with ice, and icicles hung from their helmets, an o•currence that has not been experienced since the Royal Exchange was burnt down in Jan., 1933. Mr. Burgin was insured. Yesterday morning, shortly before two, a fire was disco vered in the St. John's Infant Schools, Back-street, Horse lydown. Considerable damage was done to the class room and kitchen. The origin of the accident is t.nknown. A fire, attended with considerable damage and danger to the inmates, happened about three hours later at the pre mises of Mr. John Baker, a pastrycook, No. 8, Great Chapel-street, Broadway, Westminster. The inmates, who were awakened by the smoke which filled their rooms, im mediately gave an alarm, and the police immediately sent for the Royal Society's escape, which promptly attended, and by the help of which they made their escape. The flames could not be extinguished until the back part of the premises was entirely consumed, and the front all but de stroyed. Fortunately Mr. Baker was insured in the Fire-offic. The premises of Mr. E. L. Merchant, a neighbour, were also damaged to a serious extent by the hasty removal of his stock and by the water. Mr. Davis's premises was likewise much burnt on the roof and in the third floor. Neither he nor Mr. Marchant was insured. The origin of his fire is not precisely known, but it is sup posed to have been occasioned from the beat of the oven. Another fire took place in the straw bonnet warehouse belonging to Mr. J. Morrell, No. 110, Church-street, - Betbnal-green-road. It was caused by the gu light coming in contact with the gods in one of the windows. The damage will fall on the Phmnis Fire-office. About an hour previously a fifth fire had broken out at 221, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, in the occupa- Sias of Mr. John Tiffin, a cabinet-maker. It was caused by a spark falling aniong4t some straw in a vault, and although the damage done was inconsiderable, it was likely to have been attended with the los of four lives. It appears that the moment the straw became ignited the smoke filled the house, and so frightened the inmates that they were about to precipitate themselves from the upper windows. The conductor of the Royal Society's escape quickly attended, and took thrte children from the first- Boor window, sad then passed their mother down stairs in safety. Mr. Tiffin was not insured. NIONEY-ORDER OFFICES.—A notice has been issued from the G 1 Post office stating that on the Ist of January next, the following minor money-order offices will be raised to major money-order offices: Abergele, Denbigh. shire ; Bingley, Yorkshire ; Crook, Durham ; llawkhurst, Kent ; Heywood. Lancashire ; Newcastle-F.1114n, Carmar thensbire ; Northfteet, Kent; Patrington, Yorkshire; Ramsey, Isle of Man ; Howtenstall, Lancashire ; Sandgate, Kest; Southend, Essex; Sowerby-bridge, Yorkshire; Walton-en Thames, Surrey; and York Town, Surrey. Minor money-order offices will also be opened at the follow big places on the respective dates named . nachdem, Hunt ingdonshire, on the 3rd January; Holme-upon-Spalding- Moor, Yorkshire, on the 10th January; Newmills, Derbyshire. on the 13th January ; and Schull, County Cork, on the Ist January. NEW CEMETERY FOR ISLINGTON.—Last night an adjourned ve-try meeting of the parish of St. Mary, Isling ton, was held in the parish church on the su'aject of autho rising the Burial Board to borrow the sum of 20,0001. for the purchase and other expenses of the new cemetery at Fincbley. The Rev. D. Wilson, the vicar, presided. Mr. Waller's resolution wu that the sum above-mentioned be authorised to be borrowed, repayable in twenty annual in stalment', and the amendment moved by Mr. Lewis, that arrangements may be made with existing Cemetery Compa nies for the burial of piupers, and that other persons he left to make their own arrangements, and that the subject be re ferred back to the Burial Board. A lung discussion took place. ant on a show of hinds being taken the numbers were de , dared to be fur the amendment, 63; against the amend ment, 11 ; majority for the amendment, 22. A poll of the parish was then demanded, and arranged to take plate on Monday and Tuesday next. SHOCELVG RAIL 11 i 1 Y COLL', WON NEAR MANCHESTER. A shocking occurrence took place yesterday morn- I : ing, a little after 10 o'clock, on the Lancashire and York shire Railway, by which one person was killed, and ti,ffit I ti twelve uthers were more or less seriously injured. A train leaves Manchester every morning f. it Rochdale, Leeds, and various parts of Yorkshire, at 9.40, stopping at Miles I Platting Station (2 miles) and Newton heath Station (4 miles); and a second train leaves at 9.45 for Oldham, which runs paid both these stations without stopping. These trains left Manchester yes•erday morning about the usual time, or probably the second train a little behind its usual time. The morning was frosty, with snow on the ground which had fallen on the preeiousday, and adebee leg hanging iu the atmosphere, which obscured objects at 15 to 20 yards i distance. The first, or Yorkshire train, had reached the Newton Heath station, and having neither passengers to put down or take up, was about moving forward, when the second (Oldham train) ran into it behind at the rate ut about fifteen miles per hour, des'ene it forward about fifty yards before it, when the engine of the latter, being thrown partly off the liae, was fortunately brought to a stand. The last carriage of the Yorkshire train, a second class, and used alto as a brake•weggon, was broken to atoms and driven elf the rails, its passengers being stet ern about on the line and on its margin. The first of the in jured passengers taken up, so soon as the etatim-keeper and uninjured passceyers and retreats in the train could get to their assistance, was M ae J tee Sykes, a young lady from Lindley, near Huddersfield, who ou Leiog carr:ed ieto the sta tion house subbed two or thtee times, and almost imure• diately expired. Her grandmother, Mrs. Ellen Lord, aged GO, wife of Mr. Richard Lord, tailor and draper, Preston, was next carried lots the station, and appeared to be on the point of death, from severe contusions about tho head anti stomach, hut she afterwards revived a little, and was taken to the Manchester Infirmary, where she HUM lies ha a very dangerous elate. A lady from Rochdale had a steels: cut on the forehead, and other injuries, but weut !orwaril by the nest train ; and a gentleman travelling for a Manchester house in the cora trade was much stuuneil niiil injured, 'but proceeded to Manchester subsequently by omnibus. The follow ing gentlemen, who had cuts and contusions, were forwarded to Manchester, and had their wounds dressed by surgeons :—Mr. Was. Byrum, of 76, Ed• ward•etre et, Cherlton-upon-Medleek ; Mr. John Parker, 76, Lawrence-street, Ardwick ; Mr. Morton, 91, Foundry -street, Rochdale-road, Manchester; Mr. John Rowland, Richmond-grove, Longsight ; lelr.Josepti Turner, 2, Upton-street. Everton-road ; Mr. Maurice Mithaele, jeweller, 4, Halliwell-meet, Manchester. The following are tile names of other puttee more slightly hurt:—Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Liddell, travellers in the tea-ttale, hurt about the hands and legs; and Mr. Ward and Mr. Ed wards, ales travelle,e in the tea-trade, who are bruised. These parties were mostly in the Yorkshire train, but these in the Oldham train were also a goo I deal shaken and bruised. The guard of the Yorkshire train, Henry Tidy, was thrown out of his van, and so stunned that some momenta elapsed after he had been carrii d into the station ere he was able to move. lie was afterwards attended by Mr. Oco. I'egge and Mr Gornall, surgeons et Newton-heath, and removed to his house at Miles Platting in care of the lat ter, where he now lies in a dangerous state from the effects of concussion on the brain. The exact cause of the accident it wed probably be difficult to clear up. The statiun keeper. Wm. Whittaker, says he turned on the danger signal diately he saw the first train. The driver of the second train say. it was not turned on when he parsed the signal post. It is possible that both may be right. The signals are 400 yards from the station, nearer Manchester, and are worked by a lever and wire at the station. The morning being thick, the station master would not see the first train until it was within 15 or 20 yards of the station, and was nearly at a stand-still; and supposing the second train to hays gained more than ordinarily in speed, its engine might have passed or be pass ing the signal post when the larger signal was turned on. Miss Sykes appears to have been killed by a blow on the lower part of the spine, and the only mark outwardly was a disculouration of the flesh. This young lady had left Preston in the morning with Mrs. Lord, her grandmother, to go to Huddersfield, and neither of them ought to have been in this train. They should have left the Lancashire and Yorkshire main line at Bolton, sod gone on with the first part of the train, through Bury, Hey wood, and Blue Pits, to Rochdale. The fatality is therefore the result of a double misfortune. The body was removed to the Duke of York inn, Newton Heath, where it awaiti the inquest, to be held on Saturday. The following are the accounts given by two of the iassengen : Mr. Jacob Taylor, tel merchant, of Shudehill, Man chester, states—l left the Victoria station this (Thursday) morning by the 9.40 train for Heywood and Yorkshire. The train consisted of one first class, two or three second class, and one third class carriages. I saw no brake waggon. The last carriage in the train was a second class, then. emitter second class, and I was in the third carriage from the ends also a second class. Oa reaching a small new station at Newton-heath, about three miles from Manchester, while our train was slackening speed for stopping at the station, we experienced a tremendous shock, caused by the 9.45 ex press train from Manchester to Oldham running into the rear end of our train. All those who were with me were thrown against each other or the sides of the carriage, and were mostly muck hurt, shaken, and bruised. I was quite doubled up by the concussion, and my hat was eompletly smashed. As aeon as I could get out I did, and then found that the damage was mainly to the two last carriages. The last was smashed to atoms, and its fragments scattered about—only the wheels and a part of the flooring of the carriage remaining elms the line. The next carriage to it bad been smashed in at the rear end, and was otherwise much damaged. One effect of the concussion was to pro pel our eogine forward with so much force as to cause it to break its couplings and start away forwards; and in the jerk it must have given before becoming detached, the first carriage was thrown across the line and much damaged. Under the wreck c.f the last carriage were several persons. I saw the fragments of timber, &c., removed, and a lady (Mrs. Lord) and her grand-daughter taken out. Some heavy pieces of timber were lying upon Mrs. Lord, and her hands were quite black. Both la dies were conveyed into the station-house, and I ran nff to the village of Newton Heath, and fetched Mr. Pegge, surgeon, but before he arrived the young lady had mired. He made a brief examination of Mrs. Lord, and she was subgequently conveyed to the Manches. ter Royal Infirmary. I am a good deal shaken, and I thought it best not to proceed on my journey, but to re turn to Manchester. Mr. O. V. Ryder, of the Royal In surance Office, King-street, was very active in rendering Resistance to the ladies and other sufferers. Amongst those who were more or less hurt were Mr. Thomas Rhodes, tra yeller for Messrs. Sidney and Horsmati, tea merchants, Market•street, but be was able to walk to Newton Heath ; Mr. Liddell, traveller for Messrs. Uriah Whittingliam and Co., tea and coffee merchants, seemed much hurt about his hands and legs ; Mr. Ward, traveller for Mr. Robert Jack son, tea dealer, Shudehill, was much bruised, and lost his hat. A cab being pet cured at Newton Heath, he and Mr. Liddell were conveyed to Manchester ; Mr. Edwards, traveller for Messrs. John Hunter and Co., Cannon street, tea merchants, was a good deal bruised. So was another tea traveller, named Oaskell. Mr. Michaels, a jeweller in Hanover-street, appeared to be very much hurt. He was in the same carriage with my self. lam a good deal bruised in the side, and feel as if my ribs were injured. 1 have felt very sick ever since the shock, and I am going at once to see my medical attendant. Mr. Thomas Rhodes, traveller fur Messrs. Sidney and Rottman, tea merchant', Market street, states was in the Yorkshire train, in the second-dais carriage, which was the last but one in the train. I was going to Rochdale. There were three compartments in that carriage,with half divisions. I was in the hinder one, with Mr. Liddell, traveller for Mr. Whittinghans, tea merchant; and there were also in the same compartment three ladies. One of them got in at Manehestir ; the other two at Miles Platting station, where we bad stopped a few minutes before. The two last (Mrs. Lord and her granddaughter), according to the account of the elder one, hod arrived in the neighbourhood from the direction of Yorkshire, intending to go on to Bolton ; to do which they should have changed ges at Blue Pits ; but, owing either to the neglect of the guard or porters, or to some inattention on their own part, they were carried on to the Miles Platting Station before the mistake was discovered, and they got into our train to return to Blue Pits. At the time of the concussion I was talking to Mr. Liddell, who eat opposite to me. The shock pitched us forcibly against each other, breast to breast, and we main tained that position a few seconds,• the train moving nn a short distance; but then came a second shock, which omehow threw Mr. Liddell and myself out of the carriage and down the embankment, which forte nately is neither steep nor high on this side the station ; on the other side it is both. As soon as we could recover cumin', we rushed away, fearing that the carriages would be descending upon us. We then made oar way up the embankment to the line, and I saw the lady who had got iuto the carriage at Manchester, who seemed a good deal bruised and shaken, but so far PS I could judge, not very seriously hurt. I did not see eitbcr of the other ladies after the accident. I was very much bruited and contused all down the lett side, ar..l about the head and the left hand and writ. I have been to Dr. Ihrriaen, who hu ezamined my hand and thinks no bone is brokers, but that it is very badly sprained, and the skin much lacerated. He dre,scd it, and I em going home to get a warm bath. Mr. Liddell was very touch shak. n, and complains of being stiff, but ch.es not appear to hare received soy esterreil is.- jury. Ile has been directed to get a warm bath, .m 1 to go ' home. I lest my bat, which wee knocked to piecei, and a gentleman gave me a cap which he hod with him. Some tea samples which I had with me, and a nee of cigars in my pocket, were all destroyed. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT'S. BRISTOL, Dan. 28.—About 9 o'clock last night, a fatal accident occur, ed on the Bravol and Giouct seer line, near t•.e Fishponds Station, about three milts tram this city. It appears that, owing to the heavy fall of snow last evening, the trains were much impeded in their course, the line being to blocked up that it was neetsiary in many eases to clear the rails before the train COU:ki proceed. Owing to this cans,, and Ik lug delayed at Birmingham fur the train from Derby, the train which should have arrived in this city at 0.24 p.m. did not reach hero till 9 15. The deceased, who was a switchman at the Fishponds Station, went on duty about half.past eight, and was told by his c =rade, whom ho had relieved, that the down train had not arrived. Me replied, "All right," and was left at his post; but about nine o'clock, whilst signal ling the up train, the down train approached, and M fore the deceased was aware of its caning, lie was struck in the hick by tae buffer of the engine end killed on the spot. Na blame con be attached to any one but the deceased himself, who, nutwithstending the caution he re ceived as to t' e train bring after time, must have stood on the dowel rails to signal the up train, and it is supposed the thick layer of snow prevented his hearing the approach of the down train bet ind him, till too late to g't out of the way. When found the body was lying midway between the down rails, and not in the hest mutilated. The de ceased, whose name was William Lee, was it sternly, 'wilier man, and find been in the company's 'mice upwards of nine year•; he has left a wife and family to mourn his un timely death. The trains on the Great Western and Brie. tol and Exeter lines were also detained ►ast evening from the heavy fall of snow. The Tar Vale Railway has a branch from Merthyr to Dowlais. More than a mile of this is an inclined plane, rising 400 fret in that distance. This is worked by a Ina. timility engine. 'the efficials on Wednesday neglected to attach the rope to the mid-day pt.ssisnger train before start• ing it. It consequently dashed down the incline with prodigiously lamming vi locity as it 'seared the but• tout. The guard leapt cd the break aon after the earriagei commenced their descent, and was uninjured. Non., of tee passengers were, however. enabled thus to eseat.e, as thee were all locked in the compartments, and their shrieks while passing along the bridges over the road, mar the town wire most appalling. The branch jaius on to the main line at the bottom of the incline by a sharp curve. The train abandoned the rails at this spot, leapt clear up into the air a great height, the curlew e separating into shreds, the passengers being thrown out, and, with the di'bris of the train, Edhng like a shower into the Taff river and en the adjoieing cinder tip.. Notwith standing this extraoidimay violence, sunie of thi passengers were rnab ed to walk away comparatively unhurt ; others are much injured, and two women are dying—one having her back broken, and the other a fracture of the skull, be sides which rhi y are frightfully lacerated and torn almost to pieces. Ilan the train been worked with a proper break, it could have been brought to a stand, or, at all estate, its sewed :lows the incline would have been so reduced as to avoid the fearful results of t►e catastruphe. REFORMATORY SCHOOLS. A few private persons resident in the county of Oleucester, magistrates and country gentlemen, establisLed upon a small scale, some eight. en months ago, an industrial school for the re formation of juvenile delinquents, ;..nd the first annual report of their proceedings was drawn up us St. Thomas's day. The report enters fully inm details of the progress and results of the experiment, as far as those resul's can in this short spore of time be ascertaiaed. The school was established at liardwicke, about four miles from Gloucester, on the estate of Mr. T. B. 11. Biker, a magis trate of the county, awl one of the chief promoters of the plan. The promoters commenced in the spring of 1852 with three weakly boys an I one acre of land. Last winter they took six acres, and have now taken ten acres in hand. The buildings now consist of a cottage for the tailiff and his family, two rooms for the schoolmaster, and schoolroom and bedroom far twenty boys, a carpenter's shop, pigsties fur sixteen pigs, stills for three cows, and they are now commencing more pigsties and a barn. Ibe dwellings of the bailiff, the schoolmaster, and the boys are all of the plainest and cheapest sale of labourers' cottager; the carpenter's shop, pigsties, and cowbouses, and the future barn, are built by the bailiff and the boys of re fuse slabs from the Gloucester Sawmills, patchel together. The promoters of the asylum eschew ornamental, or even comfortable buildings, remarking: e' We feel must strongly that though it is of great importance that children who have erred should have an opportunity cf recovering themselves, yet that it would be a fatal injustice that those children who have un happily fallen into sin should be placed in a position which those who have teen honest cannot attain to, and we think ourselves fortunate in haying found • bailiff who appears to agree with us—that converting unfortunate boys into good labourers is of more importance than exciting the ad miration of a casual visitor. As to the cost of this experi ment, the whole 01 the buildings cast shout 2501., and they are of such • constructioa that, should the schools he given up, they would at any time be convertible into labourers' cottages, which would bring as good interest as labourers' cottages usually command. The other expenses, including furniture, masters' salaries, maintenance, clothing, and in fact every cost for 18 months, amounts to about 400!. ; the value of the stock in hand is about 1711, thus reducing the cost to 230/. for the 18 months, or little more than 111. per head total expense fur the 2 months. The promoters anticipate that for the future their expenses will be mate rially diminished. Twenty-three boys have been received In all. Of these they consider four are failures, two are provided for abroad, one has been fur some months in ser vice in the country, and his conduct hitherto las been highly satisfactory. The other 16 are still in the school. Of these few could be safely recommended to service ; but these 16 have not been in the school lung enough to show a material improvement. The first intention was to send all the boys to the colonies; but two years ago the labour market was crowded, and masters of course se lected only those of the highest character. Now, however, farmers have • difficulty in finding eligible servants; and the report, after alluding to the evils of hiring labourers at the statute fairs, recommends a system of taking boys as apprentices to labour for three or four years, and it is pro posed to put out the boys from tho Reformatory School at Itardwieke under such an arrangemeat.—Cofton Chronicle. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. A man, named Samuel Skeates, who had long been well known to the police of Bristol, has just been arrested and committed to take his trial for a highway rob bevy, of considerable magnitude, committed on two highly respectable farmers of the county of Somerset, named Withers, the robbery having been accompanied by circum stances of great hi utality. It seems that the prisoner has been known to have been concerned in many notorious rob beries recently committed in the West of England, but his proceedings had been so artfully managed that he had hitherto contrived to escape conviction. The two farmers, Messrs. Withers, father and son, had been attending the cattle-market held at liristol, sod after transectiag their business they returned home together to their residence near the Mendip Hills, in a gig. It was, in all probability, Known that they had a large sum of money in their posses sion, and, on their arriving at a part of the road where they had to ascend a hill, five powerful fellows rushed out on them from the kedge. One seized the horse's head, • second dealt the younger Mr. Withers a very heavy blow, and a third, with many imprecations, took hold of the old gentleman, and threw him out of the gig. They both begged the villains to spare their lives, but they nevertheless beat them about the head in • most brutal manner. They also succeeded in taking from them more than 100/. in cash, and then decamped. On the informa tion of this outrage being conveyed to the Bristol police, Sergeant Summers, a very active and intelligent officer of the detective force, at once suspected that it had been com mitted by the gang of which Skeates was known to be the captain, and a peculiar oath which was made use of to old Mr. Wither, convinced Lim that Skeates himself was with them at the time. Skeates was traced from the outskirts of Bristol to West Harptree Hill, and thence to the imme diate scene of this diving robbery. He was at once arrested, taken before the Bristol magistrates, and by them sent bef•ere the magistrates of the county of Somerset, under whose jurisdiction the offence was committed. The pri soner was at once identified by Mr. Withers, sea., as the man who attacked him, and caused him to be thrown out of the gig, and he was fully committed to take his trial for highway robbery with violence at the approaching Sumer• setshire Assizes. Twu other men have since been arrested by the Bristol police officers, and it is hoped that the gang, which has long been a terror to the neighbourhood, wall be effectually broken op.—Clifton Chronicle. THE PARKS.—H.R.H. the Hanger of Hyde Park j has recently caused fri sh notices to be affixed to toe various gates of the park, in lieu of the former ones, on the subject of the use to which the carriage drives and rides are to be appropriated. The admission of hackney carriages of all kinds is prohibited, and no laden carts or other vehicles of the kind are to be allowed to pus through the park. No horses ridden by stablemen and others, tor the purpose of exercise only, are to be admitted for that purpose. FATAL. ACCIDENT.—Two men, named John Hui table and Samuel Mitchel, were engaged in bloating rocks at a place uear the works of the North Devon Railway, at Barnstaple, on Saturday, when an explosion took place un eapretedly, and the men were blown to a height of 40 feet, and killed. The mea had bored a hole in the rock, and imprudently drove in the powder with a steel bar, which, striking against the flint of a rock, produced a spark, and ignited the powder. ASSOCIATED CDURCII SCHOOLMASTE,BS. Yesterday the first annual meeting of the General Associated Duly of Church Sehoolmasten in England mid Wales, commenced at Sheftesbury Hail, Aldersgate street. In the morning the members attended disine service at St. Paul's Cathedral. At half-east 2in the afternoon, they restembled at Shaftesbury 11411. Of tool local associatiohs which have joined the institution, there were present de putations from 17 ; in ail there were nearly one hundred persons present. The rules agreed to at the meeting held at Rugby in October, were considered and confirmed ; and Mr. B hadinaii of Liverpool was elected presalent ; Mr. Simpson, treasurer, and Mr. }'arohaue, secretary ; after whims the meetiog adjourned. In the evecing the members reaseemblea at the same place to hear and discuss papers involving the interests and bearing ou the work of teachers. Mr. BOARDMAN, of Liverpool, read a paper, the subject of which was " The Teacher." lle commenced with some remarks on the responsibilities of teachers and the powerful influence of their instruction and example me the future cha rac:er of their pupils. Teachers were ton apt to claim fur themselves a respect which was due only to their office; and hence it was especially desirable that they should cultivate self-knowledge. 11:e:elation of the teacher to the apprent ce or pupil teacher wee of the highest im portance. Adserting to secular education, he •bserved that a general system of education might, in his opinion, be deveeu, which, if it would not please till, would at all events satisfy the majority of those who were possessed of moderation wad commove sense. Purely secular education he cons tiered to be fraught with many evils. Scriptural education was by many erroneously supposed to ne purely dogmatic ; whereas in fact many parts of the Bible were presented in it which while they effierded a sufficient ear ta Mee for the mind, embodied truths of universal appiication, distinct Iron dogmatic teaching. He then made au ac knowledgment of the liberality disalayed by the committee of the Privy Council, which elicited a loud cheer of re sponse from the meeting. Any sympathy shewu by the committee for the teacher SV3s, he remarked, capital put out at usurious interest. With regard to the examius tions, he thought it was desirable that they should be limited to as few subjects as possible, instead of being extended as they were at present, to an immense variety. In connexion with this point he ad vocated the establishme sit of lectureships at the different training cultist s. The only question was, who eliuuhl bold such appuberhents. Some 'bought they should be confined to the clergy; but he was of opinian that the elementary teacher, tike members of the I, gal profession, should gra duate from the lowest to the highest offic,s in tie prosell sion. A thorough revision of the system pursued in training colleges would be most useful to the cause of educatien., especially us regarded the middle classes. tinder the pie • sent system the teacher could mat expect to naive front the position in which be was ph cad under twenty seers, and he then moved in the downward ihreetien. (Laughter.) On the question of salaries he observed that it was vain to ex pect that educated and intelligent persons weals" remain schoolmasters on GO?. a year when the artisans whose children they instructed were receiving ha or WI. (Mar, hear.) Se long as money woe considered a criterion of respectability, it was useless to urge that teachers should he actuated by higher motives. If the money lost through the neglect of education were ap. plied to good teaching, then• would be no lark of asthma, education. A ceps:misfit) rate wits inilispeusablo to an efficient system of general education. Nor was that enough ; there must be compulsory attendance. (Cheers.) In con clusion, he remarked that mere repining at their position as teachers would never help them; they must study it, place the necessities of the case plainly before the public, and endeavour to raise themselves intellectually to a level with the members of other professions. (Cheers.) Mr. 11. Hype complained II) it at present a schoolmeetet could not compete for a higher certificate without running the risk of losing that which he had obtained. (Rear, hear.) The power which the Committee of Cauncil poe. se.sed in that respect was extremely arbitrary, and partook e f the nature of cruelty and oppresaon. Mr. Faiteneat, the secretary, said they all agreed that education should b., religious, and he believed that no obstruction to the imparting of such education would be offered by the generality of parent.. As regard d the posi tics of schoolmasters, he observed that at present it was altogether anomalous, and it must remain so until they were more adequately paid. 1 0/. a year was the maximum et a schoolmaster's expect: Lions. The humblest boy in an attorney's effiee might rise to the woolsack ; a curate, "passing rich with 40/. a year," might become Arclibiehep of Canterbury ; and they should newer rest satisfied until all the offices connected with the department of education were accessible to the schoolmaster. (Hear, hear.) The men wino were meet valuable as teachers were lust because there were no opportunities of promotion. Education in this country would never be what it ought to be until parents were compelled to send their children to school. (Cheets ) Even of the children who attended ache )1, the bulk left before they were 12 yearn of age ; and both at tendance and the period of attendance must be enforced by law. If a parent starved his child, he was punished by law ; and why should he be allowed to deprive his offspring of the blessing of education ? Mr. MASON paid a tribute to the parochial clergy fur the zeal which they had lorg displayed in the cause of edu cation. The CHAIRMAN joined in this ceknowledgment ; and in alluding to the remarks mace on compulsory education, said he consider, d the idea ra:her suited to despotic coun tries than to a free one lake our own. (" Hear, hear," and " No, Co.") Mr. SUTCLIFFE, of the Training College, Cheltenham. then read a paper on moral education. This was, he said, the moat da l , ult and important part of the teacher's charge, and it was also the most neglect, el. If education was to be a blessing to the country, teachers must labour in this de partment with all their energies. The object of moral training was to fit a child for all the duties which lay before him in life ; first, the duties which re lated to the child himself; secondly, domestic and relative duties; thirdly, social duties • fourthly, political and civil duties ; fifthly, his duties to ad. The trainer of a child should make his moral nature a peculiar study, in order that he might be enabled to cultivate what was good, and to control what was bad. If the study were new to him, he must resort to works on the subject for assist ance. He need not trouble himself with the different systems of morals which philosophers had propounded; but he must acquire skill in discerning character, and this he could only do by practice, sell-examination being the great medium of improvement. Ile must also obtain a knowledge of the circumstances of the child without which his lessons could not be adapted to the varyirg positions of the pupils. The moral trainer must love children himself, and must, moreover, seek to make them love him. lie belie:eel that man to be a 'Minn who hotel to see children play. (Cheers.) He liked to ace the teacher join in the children's play, and if with vinegar aspect he stood aloof, he, as a father, would send his child elsewhere. He then gave an outline of the principal poirta of moral training, giving prominence in it to scripture lessons and special lessons en fables, proverbs, and narra tives. The inculcation of moral truths, if not accompanied by practice, actually did mischief, as was proved by Butler in his " Analogy.' The reader of sentimental novels found little time to help his sick neighbours. As a teacher, he had generally found that the worst buys were those who could talk the best ; the host those who said the least. Truthfulness lay at the foundation of all moral training. The teacher should be a model of impartial justice. His example as respected dress, deportment, benevolence in all the affairs of life, exercised a most important influence over his pupils. No one was so elite to inconsistency as a child. Among the elements of moral training might be reckoned systematic visits to the children's homes, where the teacher would learn much that would be useful in the performance of his duties. The schoolmaster must, too, remember the difference between teaching and training, and study what might be termed the philosophy of habits. (Cheers.) After a short discussion on some of the points introduced in this paper, the meet.ag adjourned till this morning. A I GUN° IMPOSTOR. A circumstance occurred in Gloucester a few days ago, showing the manner in which the humane are some times imposed upon. One day. about a fortnight ago (says the Clifton Chronicle), ore of the lime-burners at Page's kilns observed a respectable•looking boy, about 10 or 12 years of age, loitering about the kilos, and seeing that he appeared to be in great diatrese, he took him home and pro vided him with some laud. The boy then told his pitiful tale. Ills father, be said, had been as innkeeper at Bir mingham, but died about six weeks previously of typhus or brain fever. The death of his father so preyed upon the mind of his mother, that a fortnight after the i.eath of ' the former the excitement brought on a tit, of which she died. Thus rendered an orphan, the boy said his grandmo ther came in and took possession of the a ffects and turned him out of doors, and being reduced to beggary he had walked from Birmingham to Stroud in search of work, one night taking shelter in a hedge, and another sleeping in a hole at the old fort of Rodborough. The lime burner and his wife heard this tale of woe with sympathising hearts; the wife though!, if her own family wore about to be deprived of her presence, how great would be the comfort of knowing that there was some trustworthy friend to whose care she could confile them; and with this feeling she resolved to give shelter to the youth until some employment could be found for him. Ile remained with her about a week, and won her esteem by his conduit, but being unable to get a situa tion for him, she resolved, on Monday week last, to make the magistrates acquainted with the taets, and solicit their sympathy for her adopted chile:. Accordingly the attended at the petty 110111.)113, told her tale, and expressed her will ingness to wash and mend the boy's clothes, and indeed to be " more than a mother" to him. The magistrates, having been made acquainted with the story, contributed from their purees towardo the outlay which the generous and kind-hearted woman had incurred, and she and the lad left the court, but they hail scarcely reached the Tulsey, when the real mother of the artful young rascal put in an appearance. It seemed that his lather is an innkeeper and omnibus proprietor at Birmingham, and the boy having been placed at Cairn-cross, near Stroud, had run away, and been playing the truant for some days, to the great concern of his parents, who, we hope, have since given him such a chastisement as his trauduleutcouduct merits. IItONMASTERS' PRELIMINARY NEETING.—At El pre lin in meeting of the iroomasnrs of South Staffordshire, held at Birmingham, yesterday, it was resolved to abide by the existing prices of iron, and not declare an advance, as advised by some of the maven!. It will he recollected that a few weeks ago an advance of 20s. per ton upon manufac tured iron took place. This is confirmed, but nothing more. The demand for manufactured continues to be great, and pigs more particularly are is great request. IRELAND. --• Dentist, DLc. 29. The subjoined particulars of an appalling ease of shipwreck. which took plaw yesterday morning in the Irish Channel, and which is still involved in much mystery, are given in the Fretman of this morning. It is to be feared, too, that there is some truth in rumours thot hove reached us of other disas ters off this coast. The Freeman says: 14 accounts which here leeched Kingstown and Dublin in the course of p sterday, we learn that a Martel sierra raged iu the Irish Channel yesterday, continuirg to blow with great violence until a late hour yesterday afternoon. Rumours prevailed iv the city dutieg Tuesday of the total loss of a large steamer off the Kish Dank, and we rectal to have to state that the information we have t Mauled from various sources tends rather to cenlirm these painful tidings. It is at least certain that a large vessel, supoteem from her peculiar rig to be a lirst-class screw steatite r, founders d at sea yesterday morning between the hours of nine and ten o'clock, and that all on board have perished, love some few of the 'rata who were pi. Iced up from amongst the fl toting spars of the wreck by • Dublin fishing bout (Trawler A. No. 2). The Times screw steamer arrived last afternoon, baying had to put back, and bear up fur Dublin, whilst •on her passage from this port to Liverpool. Tile Times i had progressed on her voyage over so tar as to be within ' about eight milts cif Ilulylieud, and enc,.. h re r i ng h e avy weather and a high sea, when a wave muck her, causing serious damage to her machinery, tee erns of one of the wheels of her engines betng broken. Fortunately the etssel had yet • good offing, and the gale blew from a point suffi ciently to the eastward to enable her to ile her course under 661111116 alone fee Dublin Bay. Whilst this vessel was re turning to Dublin the crew and passengers could obseree, when about id miles to seaward of the Kish Light, the wreck of 0 large vessel, apparently barque rigged, at • con siderable astanee, and driving under fort topsail and jib. She wos soon alter lost eight ef, and the crew conside r that she must have foundered. the Prince steamer, erupt Livetpool, left that port at hall-past 12 a.m. ' on yesterday olorniag, bound for Dublin; she encounter e d the full fury of the gale, but beicg a noble Pete boat, and having great item power, managed to make safe weather of tt, and reached Kingstown ut half-poet two hod afternoon, basing lost nearly four hours in endeavouring to afford assistance to a sinking ship, which we suppose to hi the seine as that seen by the crew ut the Times. The accounts which have reached ua of the gallant, though unsuccessful, a Warts of Captain Pearl, the commander of the Prince, and of his mates and crew, to allurd assistance to the sink ing vessel are litglily to their credit. the etatemied given by Captain Dearl 16 to the following t ffect At nine o'clock, a.m., Weencedity meriting, we seemed it large vessel, atiparentiy in distress, bevies her ensign flying, the Bailey Light-house bum west by nor;h, distance al ut 20 mites. Un seeing the ship I gave orders to bear down to her, and we steered in her direction, steaming at full speed. We thus proceeded, fur about live minutes, when we saw the ship fouuder before our eye,. In ten minutes more we ftache-1 the spot where the vessel had guile down. Our hosts had been all got ready fur lowering. The first boat for Ineering was the waist boat on the larboard vide, she a a life boat; hut, unfortunately, owing to the high sea running, our lite beat struck the sponsor in lowering her, and the plank clefs carted, from her stern post, whett she filled, but still fleeted. Two teen out of the three that were in her got on board again by the tackling—the third went adrift. The starboard quarter bloat was then attempted to be lowered, but, from the heavy sea, she itroke 'up in Meets alongside. A fishing•trawler (A No. 2) had borne down to the allot where some of toe survivors were clinging to the floating spars of the ills f ded vessel, and the crew of tics smack contrived to pick up Some sin men. With deep regret that our efforts were un successful, we lay to in the no ighbourheod of the ft 'sting spars lest any survivor might still remain, and, at length, after a strict search, we made tot Kingstown harbour, which we reached at hole-past two o'clock, etre." Captain Dead states that from the great length of the sinking vessel, and the distance of her masts from each other, be was led to emaider her a large screw steamer, but he could see no chimney. She had Peek before he could get sufficiently near to examine her. The prevailing supposition was that the foundered vessel was a screw steamer of large tonnage, bound foreign, from one of the Scotch ports—that she was struck by a heavy sea, and filled immediately. The men saw. d from the wreck by the fishing smack have been con veyed onshore ; three out of the six arc said to have died since from the effects of cold and exhaustion. Letters have been received in Dublin from Wil liam Smith O'Brien, dated from New Norfolk, on the 18th September, that is, three days later than the date assigned for his escape, from which we may conclude that that unfortunate gentleman's reported escape was destitute of foundation. The snow fell at intervals during yesterday, and last night there was a severe frost. Several of the country mails were late this morning, owing to the depth of snow on the reads, or the slippery state of the rails. The Be fast News Letter says: During the night of Monday and morning sf yesterday a very weighty and unexpected full of snow took place in the northern part of the county. On Monday evening there was no indication whatever of a change of weather up to about eight o'clock, when a slight shower of snow took place, which, however, seemed to be of little conse quence, and passed over in a abort Lime. In the morning it had (alien to a deptli;iii some places, of live inches, and rendered the roads so obstructive to conveyances that the Derry mail was delayed considerably beyond its time, and :1w Coleraine and Ballymena morning coach was more than an hour and a half late in its arrival at the latter place. The letter of sympathy addressed by Archbishop M'Hale to the Archbishop of Friburg appears in Latin and English in the Freeman's Journal. The following is a specimen of the English version : Nor is it a matter of surprise that we especially, born in Ireland, and familiarised to trials trim cur cradles, should look with a tort of kindred affection upon those intrepid champions, who, lighting the good fight in the preservation of theit faith, are neither conquered nor fatigued. Fur our church in Ireland, after it bad acquired strength and vigour, seems to share the lot, which the holy founder of the so ciety of Jesus appears to have desired for his children, when he expressed his fears of prosperity rather than pets: cutioa. Hence, perhaps, the singular and unwearied zeal of the one and the other to preserve the ancient faith sincere and una dulterated. Hence on our threshing floor the good grain is generally kept apart through those gusts of persecution by which the challis bluwn away. Hence, too, those diseases are unknown, or battle ed under the severe discipline of per secution, which are found to beset those who lanauisti in case and indolence. And heirce, in fine, that amidst all its calamities ou: troubled church is an utter stranger to that must bitter bitterness of which the prophet assures us peace is so often productive. Although the persecution has re lazed, it is still telt is, a variety of forms, but particularly against the old catholic inhabitants, who often, from a ha tred of their religion, are forced into banishment from the land of their fathers. The trials by which their faith is proved are truly afflicting. But our consolation is derived from a deep-seated confidence that Oud is faithful, who will not suffer them to be tempted beyond their strength, but will give them courage to surmount all those calamities. VICEREGAL COURT.—Their Excellencies enter tained the fallowing at dinner at the Viceregal Lodge, on Monday, the 26.6 :—The Countess (Dowager) ot Donough more, and Lady Katherine Hutchinson, the Earl and Countt sa of Beefier, Mr. and Lady Fenny Lambert, Mr. and Lady Virginia Sanders, Miss Julia Ponsonby, Mr. Granville Vernon, M.P., Lord Eliot,',Dlejor Ponsonby, Mr. Burton. Captain the Hon. Granville Eliot, Aide-de-Camp in Waiting. NAVAL. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 29.—The Bomerang propeller was tried (finally, it is supposed,) today, on board the Fairy. We were not fortunate enough to obtain from Cap tain Crispin the permission (usually wanted as a matter of courtesy) to witness the trial; but the following account, for which we are indebted to a &WILLMAN, may be relied on. The average of six runs at Stokes' Bay gave : first run, 12.287 knots; second run, 10.843 knots; third run, 12.950 knots; fourth run, 10.345 knots ; fifth run, 12.950 knots; sixth run, 10.345 knots. The revolutions were 45. This eives &speed less by three quarters of a knot than that already attained by Griffiths' screw on board the Fairy. The trial is considered the fairest that can be given, the pitch being the same with which Griffiths' propeller re alized 12.463 knots Sir Thomas ?ilitchell was on board : he leaves far Australia neat week in a ves.el propelled by a Bomerang. The Diamond, 20, Captain W. Peel, is to sail for the Pacific on Friday next, calling at Plymouth. The Geyser, 6, paddle sloop, was placed in the fitting basin (No. 3 dock) today, for repair. The Frolic, 10. Commander Nolluth, was paid advance wages at Spithead on Saturday. The Princess Royal, 90, Captain Lord Clarence Paget, came out of the fitting basin to-day and took up the moorings of the Victorious. SPORTINg. TATTERSALL'S.-THURSDAY. The room was re-opened pursuant to notice, but owing to the very scanty attendance of subscribers, the business that was transacted was confined to the following bets. CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Ilossard's Catspaw (t) DERBY. 1800 to 200 agst Baron Rothacbild's King Tom (t) 600 to '23 Mr. Merry's Wild Huntsman (t) 1000 to 45 Mr. J. Adkins's Ruby (t) 2'o to 10 Lord Derby's Acrobat (t) 1000 to 30 Mr. Morris's Knight of St. Getrge (t) 1000 to 25 Mr. St. George's bro to (312'1144i:5r (t) 1000 to 25 Mr. Howard's Scythian (t) PROCLAMATION OF OUTLAWRY.-At the Sheriffs' Court, Red Lion-square, yesterday, the following persons were called upon to surrender to the custody of the Sheriff of MitMises, according t. the exigencies if the several prnesses against them, under penalty of outlawry : Wm, Charles Earl, Edward CIB, Charles Matthias tionnell, John Robins, 0. P. Panariculss, Sir Augustus Williams Hillary, Bart., John Gifford, James Moon, Sir Sandford Graham, Edward William Coleman, George Swaby, Sir Wyndham Carmichael Austrnther, Bart. The neat pro claniation will take place on the 20th of January.