The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-29 00:00:00

BITWEIR WIT AND Illwrr Pll2BOlllll DROWNID.

The hopes of the most sanguine ns to the safety
of the steamer Lifeguard mu now attady extinguidted by
the insienekely intelligence which we have to oommanicate.
The imnitaMe conclusion to which ei must now arrive is,
that the WLted semi iW SUOCOMIbIa to the bray of the
huniennoxf Saturday owning, sad that all ea beard have
met whirs watery paw in the elemental war of that dark
..44onsy night. Whatever may have been the MUM et
her Cotrodering, whether it happened in the almoner sug-
gested is our it:premise of yesterday or by say other way,
the itremodous sea sunning at the time would preclude
any attempt being said. to save the lime of those on board
*Luning recourse to the boats. No boat could have Bur-
Moeda -moment in such a fateful see. The final calm-
ilerphisoin all probability, mate too suddenly upon her to
pinatas for the adoption of MOMS holding out the elm-
densehpromeet clewing life, and she would go down witl .
matlarving a living lanais of the dreadful catastrophe.
When she did notarise at London about the usual time, it
emetteped that the delay had been caused by her having
bees l:riots& off the had, and that she would shortly either
arrive at her porter be spoken by some passing vessel; then
ea time passed by without bringing intelligence of her
whereabouts, it was supposed that she might have, in ad-
dition to being blown off, been disabled seriously, aid
madrif ting about in a helpless state In the North Sea ;
then as nothing was heard of her, it was suggested that
she might have made some continental port ; but as days
passed by without any tidiap of her, the conclusion was
reluctantly come to that she had gone down on the night
of the storm. A strong confirmation of her melancholy
end was found on Monday, a Bridlington smack having
picked up a box which wee known to have beau on board
the Lifeguard when she left the Tyne ; and since then a
quantity of wreck has been washed up mar Flaroborough
Meath It is true that the box migh► have been washed
from the deck (where, from its contests, it was not likely
to be), but taking the finding of it in comexion with the
length of time which has elapsed since she was last heard
of, no ooe ma entertain the faintest hope of her safety.
This melancholy loss will throw a deep gloom over =ay
a household. Many of the crew were martini men, with
families : one of them has left a wife and eleven children.

The Skippiap Gazette of Thursday cattalos the following
report relating to the foundered vessel :—" On Monday a
box was picked up by the smack Ida, and taken into Bur-
lingham. It was found to contain some poultry and Christ-
mas presents. together with some letters written by parties
in Newcastle. Mr. Anthony, the owner of the Idra, sent
'the letters to Newcastle, and this (Thursday) morning in-
quiries were made at the Irongate Wharf, London, by the
parties to whom the box was addressed. They bad been
advised of its coming by the Lifeguard, but bad beard that
the letters which were in it had since been received by the
parties in Newcastle. The box is not in the Lifeguard's
manifest, but it is quite certain it was on board, possibly in
one of the cabins. There were about 36 passengers in the
ship ; the crew numbered twenty-two hands." The same
paper also states, under date of "Bridlington, Dec. 24, a
quantity of wreckage has been washed on shore at Flam.
borough Head.' It does not state what the nature of it was,
bat it many possibly be the remains of the woodwork and
cargo of the ill•fated vessel.

The following is s list of the crew and passengers on board
at the time she mailed, but it is necessarily incomplete as the
list of crew and puseagess as baud at the time she
west dews :

CIEW OP LITZGUARD.—John Barry, master ; Frederick
Clark, mate; Gill Wilson, second mate; Benjamin Welling.
boatswain ; William Mitchell. maniac ; William Stevenaon,
seaman ; James Mitch, seaman ; J. Sinclair, asaraan ;John
Oaciksoo, 110011:001 ; John Strachan, seaman ; DUD* unknown,
ship's cook ; George Samuels, let engineer ; Mackie, 2nd
4likskser ; William Grierson, 3rd engineer; John Baylor,
fireman; George Leslie, fireman ; William Evans, fireman ;
Charles Thompson, fireman ; Robert Wilke, steward ; name
unknown, assistant steward ; Christina Wyness, stewardess ;
Richard Rolf, tore-cabin steward.

Rums Passructua.—Miss Stephens, governess; Mr. P.
C. Chaldicott, late of Newcastle ; Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Moore,
draughtsmen with R. Stephenson sad Co. ; Mr. James
Long, schoolmaster, 41st Regiment
Foal-C►DWS PASSENGERS. —.T. Hollingsworth, George
Bromley or Liddiard, Halliday, William Cron and his son,
William Watts, Mr. and Mrs. Russell, Ellen Bracken, 17
years of age. Mary Ann Bracken, 24 years of age ; 16 or 17
others IMMO unknown.

PAseteonus.—lt cannot be positively &seer.
tained how many passengers embarked on board the unfor-
tunate vessel at Shields. One a/ the bridgemen at the
Shields Steam Ferry, with his wife and two children—be

having got • fortnight's holiday—were supposed to have
been put aboard of her, but that cannot be determined yet.
Two sailor lads in the employ of Mr. Strong also got holi-
day to spend their Christmas with their friends In Loudon.
and it is not known whether they went up in the Lifeguard
or the General Steam Navigation Company's boat until a
reply is received from London. The lifeguard was deeply
laden when she crossed the bar to go to sea, sad appeared
to be toe much by the stern ; and sailors who saw her go
out state that she did not rise with the seas, but plunged
through them. Some anxiety I. felt with regard to a new
East lodiumn which left the Tyne in the same tide with
the Lifeguard ; she has not been reported at the Downs.
She ought to have celled there to have left her North Sea
pilot.-IVarcasfle Chronicle.

TEM COAL TRADE IN BOtrilt WALE:S.—Hitherto the
West India Royal Nail Cnmpsny have been sopplied with
steam coal from the Boma Colliery, sod the amount of trade
which their 000trest lutanist to Newport, where the oral
has been shipped, her been very considerable—in fact, the
company have taken the whole of what bas been raised at
the Black Vein Pit. The metres; last entered into expires
this month, and tenders have neon advertised for a twelve-
month's simply dories the year 1863. The tender of klessra
Powell and fk,o has been accepted for the consumption at
houtherriptou ; that of Messrs. Davis, Blaeogvreur Colliery,
for 38.000 tons ; and that of the Letby Bbenkin Collies
Company for the like quantity. Them artasereeste in-
volve a change in the port of erpmerit front Newport to
Cardiff, arrelthe loss will be severely felt by the former pert.
The Rica o.lliery has rateivhafted bands. It was brought
under the hammer on last by Yells. Fuller sad
Homey, and..fter some languid bidding was knocked down
at the sum Of 38,000/. to Mr. Maiden, one of the wipers,'
The emapserfe property was aorteseed for 12.0001..
10,0001., aml,2,ooof.=total, 29,000&—Bata Indepaident.
Importing tea without colour oa the leaf pre-
vent. Sas Clawspaaing oft I:Atelier Wawa hams as la CM
usual kinds. 'a is Is uneallearat threader,
geed .let. hriehr gaskets Irg 1.50 agsseso4aitvertin:ent.ivsr

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INSTITUTION. • •

The half-yearly general court was held on Sas.
rr. at the London Tavern, Bishopagate-etreet,
ORZILLI in the chair. The Secretary read the rrgsat
of the board of management, which, after some prallnurnry
matter, showed that the total amount of receiptss far. the
past half-year amounted to 818/. 13s. (including a Wanes
brought from last amount of VAL 15s. al.). Total pay-
ments, 5601. la. ; leaving a balsam of 2681. 12s. The Wei
receipts for the year were 1,21131. 41., whereas than of last
year amounted to but 9541. lbt. 6d. The increase • ,sea owing
to the liberal meaner is which some of the drat firms
in the City had responded to the appeal of the. 4epuCation
who waited upon them, and to the annual fe /rival at the
Crystal Pants. under the presidency of Sir j•••• Duke,
Bart., M.P. Oboe the amount we. mad. .1 up the pro-
prietors of the Globe newspaper. bad mad • donation of
25/, which, with former doeationg, made an amount of
3001. The board expressed in warn ter is• skew regret at
the death of Mr. J. L. Ridgway, late one, et tke proprietors
of the Globe newspaper. The report eoaeluded with en
earnest appeal to the commercial Wm 'maws as a body to
contribute mere generously to the f• mods. The Chairman
moved the adoption of the report wh'eY had been read, and
mid he bad no doubt that with a 11 the more support than
they now had this institution would beams one of the beat
in the metropolis. The report wan adopted unanimously.
The board of management, to wb' wow% J. Bleakalm,
Thonsge Binatead, Stephen Week se. and J. D. Walker were
admitted, to make up the four vamoose, and to complete
the requirwl....umber of 36, war then elected on the motion
of
Mr. w • Whitfield, ass meted by Mr. John Rouse.
The treasures, Yr. W. B. Gummi, and the
solicitor Mr. J. L. Evan, a, were generally rlb-sTera
Means. John Angell, J. Sao' A, and William Harvey having
been nominated scrutineers. , a vote of shooks to the flair.
01101 proposed by Mr. Jour sand secooded by Mr. Mamma,
was carried with erelamsti ow