The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-29 00:00:00

HORRIBLE DEATH OF EMIGRANTS.

From Quebec, March 12, we learn tie follpAing
distressing facts:—Cap'. Marshall, of the barque Nicaragua,
from Gloucestn, arrived this morning, brought up part ef
the crow and some of the passengers of the brig Hannah,
Shaw, of Marypnrt, sailed from Newry the 3rd of April
for Quebec, and which came in collision with the ice at four
o'clock on the morning of the 29th of April, when the pas-
sengers w. re in bed, foundering in about 40 minutes atter.
The uptuin, lot and 2nd mates, and a few others left the
ship in the life-boat immediately on finding that their ship
was going down.
Capt. Marshall reports:—April 20th, paw d through afield
of ice 50 miles S.E. of St. Paul e; from the above date was de-
tained by the ice until the 2nd May, when Cape Rs y bore
S E. by E. d,stance 27 miles.—April 29, strong gale 15.‘E
and thick of sleet, ship laying to windward of the lee ;
at 6 30 p.m., the snow cleared awe:, when I discovered a
flag of distress on the ice, made sail and prepared to take the
ke, by putting the keit nders down ; at seven put the ship in
the ice, and succeeded in getting about fifty two people on
board, leaving a large number still on the ice. Cleared up
ill sails and got a rope tint to a pan of ice, and suoueded in
taking thirty more in the ship's long boat, which they found
on the ice, asking in all 129 passengers and six seamen.
No pen can describe the pitiable situation and destitution of
these passenger—pants with lose of children, children with
loss of payouts and they themselves all but naked, and the
greatest port Of them frost bitten. lam informed that 5.5
Perished with the cold. On the 30th April, spoke the barque
Broom, of Glasgow, who received on board 27 of the passen-
gers; also the Lord Byron, of Glasgow' who received 17 ;
and *sheens, Aldebaran, of Newcestie,22.
On the tad May, spoke the barque Port Glasgow, of Poole,
who received twenty more. Names of pus ngers still on
board : William Anderson, wife and form children; William
Tedford, wife and one child ; Alexander Thompson, wife
and four children ; John Murphy, wife and four children
David Gurwin and wife; Patrick McGill, Joe. Murphy and
wife, Dr. Wm. Graham, Peter Mantilla*, orphan. Names
of the seamen John OMn, John Smith, John Parker,
Richard Marvin, Alex. Harris, and David Jordan. The
Margaret Pollock arrived this morning, picked up by the
muter and part of the crew of the brig Hannah ; also saw
on the same day, another brig go down; crew saved by the
brig Reward, of Sunderland.

TREMENDOUS COBFLABRATIOM.—AIt =lenitive 00n-
filtration broke out this morning, shortly before two o'clock,
in Willow-walk, Bermondsey, by whisk a vast amount of
property has been
Ledestro_ yed. The flaw ensameneed on the
?:belonging to Mr. Clapham, a tanner sad leather-
. The moment the discovery was made an alarm was
given; but before assistance e Add arrive, the greater
portion of the works were enveloped in flames.
The engines of the London, West of England, and parish
were quickly on the spot, as well as the fire escapes. The
flames were then rotting to high as to illuminate the whole
of the metropolis. As soon as water could be procured the
whole of the amines were Pet to work, but in spite
of the endeavours of the firemen the flames crossed
the caniage road and fired almost simultaneously the
extensive works of Mr. Hagman in the same line of
business. These latter Inuld.ngs were equally capacious as
the former. Mr. Inspector Frond, with a strong muster of
police, were en the spot, and were reading the property
removed as wallas keeping • spaol clear for the firemen to
work. At three o'clock the dire wee still raging furiously,
and it was extremely doubtful at that hour whether the fire•
man would be able to confine it to the premises then on fire.
A BEGGAR IN MASQUERADE.—A native of Wales
writes to the Liverpool Mercury that he, a few days age,
dietavered that a pretended Hinders, who entered a tavern
our Clayton square, was a fellow countryman, who had
eideored his fros and droned himself in chintz, the better to
Mak alms.
BARBAROUS MURDER AT SKIBBEREEN.—An cld
woman was found murdered on Thursday evening, about the
War et five o'clock, within half • mile of Bkibberean and
shoot alongside the Rev. Mr. Webb's gate. The deceased
wee eon about half an hour before that in company with a
girl, by Miss Webb ; and on her fatten she met the same girl
abut half a mile trout the place where the old woman was
found murdered. She was removed to the workhouse hos-
Mtal, where Doctor Demean was immediately la attendance,
but life had departed. The skull me found Molten is to an
extent sufficient to mom Mme death; sad en amnia.
iag the spot whom the lady use hand, the pollee &Mini
a stone about twelves lathes bag, whisk lad bees teen eat
oy the wall shove*. ghee where doomed lay, and which
was covered with esa end hair. Three women answering
somewhat the damigftea given by Kies Webb were sp re-
bonded a short time afterwards and remain in custody. The
deceased was apparently a miserable, destitute creature.; and
the only probable conjectureof the murderer's motive is,
that the deceased must have had nor meal In ber_possesston,
for, on the body being found, the mou'h was stuffed with it,
as if she had been eating it at the time she was murdered.—
Cork Examiner.