The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-16 00:00:00

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overcoat, velvet collar, black under ant, black silk tie,
black and white stripe, cloth trousers, white linen shirt
opal studs, thigh boots, on person 3s. 6d. silver, ed.
copper, 3 keys, meerschaum pipe and use, and letter
addressed, " Mr. Luckman, January 11, Oddly-street,
City, 8.C."

A man aged abort 32, height 5 feet 8 inches, fair, light
whiskers and moustache, pilot jacket, lined with quilted
silk, mixed cloth vest and trousers, fine linen shirt, flannel
ditto, skates on side spring boots ; on person, 1 sovereign,
75. in silver, 11 jd. in copper, bunch of keys on split ring,
two knives, ivory rule, silver watch and Albert chain, seal,
and key, pair of " dividers " (compasses), eye glass, some
papers ; name on envelope, Mr. Smith, Margaret-street,
Cavendish-square.
These are the whole of the bodies lying at St. Mary-
lebono workhouse.

Rumour stated that a large number of persons had
been conveyed to St. Mary's, the Middlesex, and other
hospitals, but on inquiry it was ascertained that but
three had been conveyed to St. Mary's: one, • 'gentle-
man living in Elgin-crescent, Bayswater, who was re-
covered and enabled to be conveyed home ; the other two
were dead on their arrival and have since been identified.
The first by Dr. Ilardwicke, the Deputy-coroner, as his
missing pupil, W. Davis, who resided with him at 70, Mor-
nington•read. The second, John Broadbridge, about 10
years of age, of 15, Little Exeter•street, Lisson-grove.
The state of the lee prevented the attempt being watt-
tmed to dreg for more bodies after 8 o'clock, but dragging
will be resumed the first thing this morning. The greatest
excitement prevails, and great fears are entertained
that the number of victims will at least reach from 30
i to 40.

Another correspondent sends us the following :

Of the supposed thirty-five persons drowned only eight
bodies have, been recovered, and of these seven have
been identified, namely :—Mr. Luckman, of 2, Mount
Pleasant, Barnsbury ; Mr. Woodhouse, of Bedford-house,
Tavistock-square ; Mr. Hawes, jun., of 38, Springfield-
place, Leeds; James Crawley, of 28, fiharborne-plans,
Blandford-square ; Mr. William Smith, engineer, of 6,
M►rgaret-street, Cavendish-square ; and Mr. M'lntyre, of
8, Highbury-crescent, and 38, Gutter-lane, City, ware-
houseman.

The names of those that have been rescued, and who
are now doing well in the infirmary of the Marylehone
Workhouse, are as follows :—Elkin Clarke, of ?7, Devon-
shire-street, Queen-square ; Thomas Maiming 8, Ernest-
street, Regent's-park ; George Sleby, 7, Pleasant-row,
Camden-town ; John Sherwin (of the Humane Society) ;
Frank Kohler, 9, Maldonatreet, St. Pancras ; John Kane,
5, Maldon-street, Camden-town ; Alfred Stanford, 7,
Hercules-road, Holloway ; John Smith (of the 'loyal
Humane Society) ; Willem Corder, 28, Loagfield-street,
Regent's-park ; Edward Sharp, 3, Thornhill-road, Barns-
bury ; Mr. S. C. Campion. 4, Stanley-mews, Paddington-
green; F. Raker, 1, 1. oaton-terram, Barnsbury ; Mr. A.
White, Demford-terrace, Maldon-road, Kentish-town.
Two other bodies now lie in the dead-house of St.
K's Hospital. The eighth body at the blerylebone
dead-house is identified as being the sou of Mrs. Born,
landlady of the Lord Pahuerston tavern, Hampstead-rmuL

Mr. Whitefoord, a student at University College Hos-
pital, who was on the ice, attributes the accident to the
breaking of the ice round the island by the park origoyes.
The ice than weakened cracked in pieces of oblong and sex-
agonal shape of about three feet in diameter, and at ono
point a water communication became established between
an island and the land. It was north of this channel and
the island that the ice gave way. He says "it is only right
to bear testimony to the activity of the police, especially to
that of one who wan pushed off in the first boat. There is
also great praise due to a fine old fellow (apparent! y •
navvy) who canted an insensible man (one of the last
rescued) across the island and the ice on his back. After
this lamentable occurrence, surely it will not be considered
necessary to break the ice round the lake to such an extent,
but, if requisite for the water-fowl, only at one end."
Some of the eye-witnesses rushed at a large tree, and,
clinging to an enormous bough, by their united efforts
broke it off. It felt on some of them, and hurt more than
one severely. As many as could then laid hold of each
end, and after swinging it several times flung it into the
water, and it was seised upon by those who were not far
from the shore.
Among the incidents reported are the following :—A
gentleman who broke through near the south-western shore
. fell so that his head and cheat rested on a large block of
ice, whilst his feet were in the water ; there he lay smok-
ing his pipe for a long time whilst the boats were farther
out picking up an fast as possible those in a worse position.
He began, however, to realise his situation, and re-
moving his pipe front his mouth he called out, " Fifty
pounds to auy one who will fetch me out." Several
abortive attempts were made to reach him with ropes,
poles, and ladders. A man with the aid of a ladder
reached • small piece of sound ice and endeavoured to
throw a rope to the gentleman, but it fell short. He
then managed to push the ladder on to a piece of
ice further out, and standing on the former he again
threw the rope, but in doing so fell, and in
clinging to the ladaer hurt himself, and was drawn
ashore. A gentleman then got into an escape, fitted
up with barrels at the end. When pushed out as far
as possible he got into the water, and endeavoured toush
the escape along, but he did not succeed. Eventually •
man stripped to his shirt and trousers. and • rope having
been fixed to his waist, he desperately fought his way
through the ice, and seizing the gentleman round the body,
they were both dragged to land amidst most tremendous
cheers.

The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, in accordance
with the desire which he has so repeatedly manifested
to encourage Irish undertakings, and to aid in upholding
the prestige of the country, has placed a valuable prize at
the disposal of the committee formed for the purpose of
getting up an Irish " Eight^ to compete with the Eng-
lish and Scotch teams at the National Rifle meeting at
Wimbledon in July next. The prize is to be competed
for at a trial match to be held in Dublin in June next.
Other valuable prizes will he shot for at the same time,
and the meeting promises to be the moat interesting of
the kind that has yet been held in Ireland.
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. —At C general
meeting of the fellows of the society held yesterday, Mr.
Geo. F. Wilson, F.H.8., in the chair, the following were
elected fellows of the society :—Dowager Lady Abinger,
Dr. Charles Gainer, F.L.S., Major John Gietgud, Samuel
Laing, M.P., Colonel Bryan Milman' I/13,1 eleven others ;
and the St. Ann's Amateur Floral and Horticultural
Society (Nottingham) was admitted a society in union.
THE DIfiTRY.SS AT THE EAST END. —Last night
a public meeting, chiefly composed of the working classes,
was held at the Sussex Hotel, Bouverie-street, Fleet-
street, to adopt measures in aid of the movement for the
relief of the many thousands of shipbuilding and other
operatives residing at Poplar, Millwall, Limehouse,
Who are now out of emplyment, and reduced to • state of
extreme destitution. The chair was occupied by Mr. G.
Potter, and it was resolved that a deputation from the
Working Men's Association wait upon the Berl of Derby,
as the head of the government, to urge the adoption of
some practical measures of relief by the relaxation of the
poor laws, or other means ; and upon Sir John Pakington,
as the First Lord of the Admiralty, to request relief by
way of employment ; also upon the Lord Mayor, with •
request that his lordship would adopt means to palliate
the terrible destitution, and that the association appeal to
coneregations of Christians of all denominations to make
collections in aid of the relief fund.
WRECK ON THE IRISH COAST. —WEXPORD, JAN.
14.—Intelligence having been received on the morning of
the 9th inst., that the Blackwater light-vessel had been
seen to exhibit signals of distress during the night (says
Coghlan, hay., the collector of customs), the Civil
Service lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution at
once proceeded out to her in tow of the steam-
tug Ruby. On arriving alongside it was found '
that there were two shipwrecked seamen on
board the light ship. They had belonged to the smack
Noah, of Cardigan , bound from that port to Milford with
slates, which vessel had foundered clue to the Bleckwater
Bank during a very strong gale of wind. The poor fe
lows were then taken into the lifeboat and safely brought
ashore.
ANOTHER DUEL THREATENED. —The Bulletin de
Paris says :—" Another duel, which seems likely to be •
very serious one, appears to be imminent. An article, ,
signed by M. Paul de Cansagnac, has deeply wounded cer.
tam susceptibilities across the Alps. The Turin Ga:rtte,
in its number of the 9th, publishes • challenge to the
above-mentioned writer from Baron de Saint-Andrea,
, ex-colonel of the army of (Southern Italy. The
same journal comments in terms we abstain
' from reproducing on the intemperate defiance of
i Baron de Saint-Andrea, end adds that three Italian
) officers have started for Paris with the determine-
tion to demand satisfaction from the writer in the Pays."
The article which has caused so much offence appeared in
the Pays on the 9th of December, apropos of the promo- I
tion of Admiral Persona, and after Lunt an the Italians
with their defeats at Novara, Customs, and Lissa, argued
that they should not be so sensitive about the result of a
single battle, end ironically added :—" Why should not
King Victor Emmanuel be brought to trial for his blun-
dering at Curious !" In last night's Pays M. Paul de
Camagnec explains that all he meant to say was that the
prosecution of Admiral Perrino was both ungenerous and
unjust, and that his remarks were not intended to give ;
offence or wound the feelings of the Italian army.

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