The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-06 00:00:00

£12,654 17 9
... 12,246 13 3

£4OB 4 6

Increase in 1852
London Terminus, Jan. 5, 1852.
GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic for
,he week ending January 3, 1852 .
Passengers (34,300), goods and
parcels, horses and carriages.. £4,538 14 1
Corresponding week in last year 4,561 13 0
Glasgow, January 5.

LOSS OF THE TOWN OF WEXFORD
STEAMER.

Intelligence was received yesterday at Lloyd's of the
loss of the Town of Wexford steam ship, off the Sker-
ries, near Holyhead, during the violent north-westerly
gale on Sunday morning. It appears that she left Wex-
ford for Liverpool in the course of Saturday, with several
passengers and a general live and dead cargo. Daring
the night she laboured severely in consequence of the
tempestuous state of the weather, and on the following
morning she was observed off the Skerries, under can-
vass, her machinery apparently having broken down, or
in some way becomes disabled. After beating off for
about two hours, she dropped her anchor and brought
to, in the hope of the weather moderating and being able
to clear the lee shore. However, the gale continued with
but little intermission, and about two o'clock in the at-
ternoun she parted from her anchor, and was driven
ashore near Trefadog, some three or four miles to the
eastward of the bay. Her perilous position having been
.
beforepasLr
gs nfortieed, the life-boats put oil to the rescue of tho
andcrew, and, with the aid
of their own
boats, every one of them were p Little, reservtd.
how-
ever, was saved of the cargo, as many dead cattle and
pigs were seen floating about the bay.
be bilged,The last ac-
counts
eventfrom o
ft the
the
wreck annoutice her to
weather
continuing
little doubt of her proving violent, there is
a total loss.

DEATH OF BARON KEMENY.-It is with regret
we have to announce that Baron Kemeney, 63 years of age,
who was appointed by Kossuth, as chief to the Hungarian
Committee in this country, died suddenly yesterday morn-
ing, at eleven o'clock, at his residence in Foley-place, while
the secretary to the Hungarian Committee, S. Wekey, was
reading to him the letter of Mr. Toulmin Smith, of yester-
day, concerning the Hungarian refugees. The lamented
baron displayed great courage in the late Hungarian struggle,
and distinguished himself by the decisive battle of Paky,
under General Bem, being also chief commander of a corps
in Transylvania.

THE GALE ON SATURDAY.—On Saturday even-
ing, about seven o'clock, a strong gale set in from the IsT.N.W.,
and continued to blow violently throughout the night. On
Sunday morning the wind had abated, but a stiff breeze con-
tinued throughout the day. Some disasters have occurred
amongst the shipping. The barque Helen, from Demerara,
ran on shore on the Brazil Bank; and the steamer Town of
Wexford, from Wexford, stranded three mils to the east-
ward of the Skerries. t'ortunately, no lives ware lost._
Liverpool .Albion.
HILARY TERM.—Yesterday the lists of the arrears
of the common law courts for the ensuing Hilary Term, com-
mencing on Monday next, were exhibited. The three courts
number only (with the exception of Crown cases) 118, which
principally consist of matters arising from new trials moved
in Michaelmas Term on cases heard on circuit. Henceforth,
rules obtained in one term will be heard in the following
term, and not, as was formerly the case in the Court of
Queen's Bench, where matters stood over from 18 months to
two years. In the Queen's Bench there are two special cases
and demurrers, one for arrangement and 13 for argument.
There are seven enlarged rules, two rules in the new trial,
and 27 for argument, making the whole number 52. In the
Common Pleas the number is only 21, of which four are de-
murrers, two enlarged rules, 13 for new trial, and one laa4er,
standing for judgment. In the Peremptory paper, I ;„spe:
cases for argument, 4 ; and demurrers for argument, v• For
0 The
judgment three matters, and 28 rules for now tri--t
_,..
e that
lists present a very satisfactory appearance,aa
liaftreCoolidabauth-
ferent character to the lists of the Court of Chaucer's'.
FALL OF TWO HOUSES.—Yesterday afternoon mu.
siderable alarm prevailed in the neighbourhoedl
square, Clerkenwell, in consequence of the falatotfh wt? houses
in Bath-row, adjoining, as it was kngfxrn Terre m
i.
e.sy
int builder,height
several men in the employment of
ee-:stor.
consequence of
Whiskin-street, were engaged in their demolition. It
ants hadnc°
ap-
peared that the houses, which
ofh r
had been condemned by the proprietor
their dilapidated state, and thetV' left. Scaffolding
was erected, and the men had taken down the front of each,
the tiles and
with the roof of one of them, . a portion of the
bricks having been
fiveslced on the roof of the other house.
Between four and o'clockt len the afternoon there were
six men, with Woodlard h
,a foreman, at work under the
ground floor of one,dw en bricklayer in the other building
thought he observe symptoms of the party wall collapsing.
d ard who immediately He informed Woo w , . i directed the men
to make their escape. This was promptly done, and they
scarcely clear of the scaffolding when both shells of the
were
houses fell. But for the warning given by the bricklayer,
1 the men would have been buried in the ruins. The accident
is alleged to have been caused in consequence of the weight
of a stack with metal chimneys, in the party wall, between
the two houses. The whole mass fortunately fell perpendi-
cularly, and but little injury was done to the houses on the
opposite side of the way, the damage they sustained having
been caused by the scaffold poles being projected against
them. No personal injury was received by any one.
RETIRED FULL PAY LIST.—We understand a new
warrant is about to be issued with reference to the fall pay
retirement. The number of brevet officers and captains to
be 110 instead of 115. The number of full pay captains at
11a. 7d. to be reduced from 70 to 36, and that of brevet field
officers at 13s. 7d., to be increased from 45 to 74. Of the
latter there is at present but one vacant.

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