The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-28 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, DEC. 27.
The Queen, with the Princesses Helena and Louisa,
drove out in an open carriage this morning.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by
the Prince 'of Leiningen, and attended by Colonel the
Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel Bouverie, and Lieutenant-
Colonel Biddulph, went out shooting this afternoon.
The Earl of Derby had an audience of the, Queen yes-
terday, to take leave 'on resigning the office of First Lord
of the Treasury.
Her Majesty will hold a Court and Privy Council this
(Tuesday) afternoon, at Windsor Castle.
THE COURT.—It is understood in Court circles that
the recent Garters, bestowed with the concurrence of the
Queen, by Lord Derby on the Duke of Northumberland
and Lord Londonderry, will, be ratified by Lord Aber-
deen, and the installation of the above noblemen will
take place in due course. The Queen and the Royal
family are expected to remain at the Castle until
February, when the Court is expected to come to Buck-
ingham Palace for a few weeks. The Queen's annual
new year's gifts to the indigent of Windsor will take
place on Saturday next.

His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen arrived
in town yesterday afternoon, and visited her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester
House, Piccadilly. His Serene Highness afterwards
returned to Windsor Castle.
Mr. Justice Wightman had an interview with Mr.
Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Home-office.
Mr. Sergeant Merewether had an interview yesterday
with Sir John Pakington at the Colonial-office.

THE HURRICANE OF YESTERDA Y.

The most fearful storm of wind that has swept over
the metropolis for very many years raged for several
hours yesterday, scattering terror, danger, and even
death in its path. The neighbourhood of Smithfield,
which as usual on Monday was active at an early hour,
was alarmed by the fall of a house in Red Lion-Yard.
On the Newington Causeway, at Mr. Tarn's extensive
drapery establishment, a serious accident occurred to a
young man named Juryman. At half-past 3 a lofty
stack of chimneys was blown down at a house near the
Three Colts Tavern, Cambridge-road, Mile-end. The
ruins fell through the roof upon two poor women who
were found to be so much injured, that instant re-
moval to the hospital war necessary. About half-past
twelve a man named Quinlan was passing along Carey-
street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, and when nearly opposite the
gateway leading into the square of the inn, a large tile
which was unfastened and blown by the violence of the
wind off the roof of a house on the Dispensary side of the
way, fell on his head, cut through his hat, and broke in
pieces, after wounding him severely in two places on the
skull. He was immediately removed to King's College
Hospital. The light-looking iron roof of the Eastern
Counties Railway station in Bishopsgate-street, which
every traveller by that line must have noticed, has been
completely destroyed.
PLYMOUTH.--We learn from Plymouth that during
the whole of the day yesterday there was a fearful gale
from south-south-west. Towards evening it increased.
The Princina, Spanish steamer, lying alongside Milbay
pier, adrift—her ropes not being good—ran foul of the
pontoon bridge, and carried away bowsprit ; damaged
her stern. She was removed to Catwater for repairs.
The Camilla, Irish steamer was at the pier, but sustained
no damage. The Brothers, of Brixham, schooner, broke
adrift in Millbay, and the latter, with coals, is a perfect
wreck. The momentary rise of the tide was quite four-
teen feet in Millbay. At 5 a.m. a portion of the wall on
Millbay Pier was washed down, and some bags of rice,
butter, and empty barrels were swept off, all of which,
except a few bags of rice, have been returned. The
Sultan, Captain Reed, from London, with wheat, broke
adrift on the back of Mount Catten ; the crew and part
of the cargo saved. The Ocean Queen, of London,
bound to West Indies with cargo, wrecked in Wembury
Bay Sound ; only her stern boards shown ; on which all
souls perished. Small yacht sunk, and other do..nage
done. The weather now moderate. The Forerunner,
African mail steamer, still in Sound. Adelaide, Austra-
lian mail steamer, not likely to sail before Thursday.
BRIGHTON.—A correspondent informs us that in the
midst of the terrific gale of wind which raged along
the south coast on Sunday night and yesterday, a Portu-
guese vessel, named the Bonne Femme, bound from
Hamburgh to Lisbon, became unmanageable, and, in
spite of the efforts of her master and crew, went ashore
on the beach about half way between Hove and Shore-
ham, at half-past eight o'clock, a.m. Fortunately she
was but lightly laden,. having a cargo of only twelve
pianos, besides ballast, and consequently she was washed
by the breakers high up on the shingle, and the entire
crew, consisting of nine hands in all, beside the master
and his wife, all Portuguese, were able to reach the shore
in safety. The woman escaped nearly in a state of nu-
dity. The whole of the poor fellows were taken to a
public-house at Hove, where they soon recovered the
effects of their disaster.
LIVERPOOL.—During the past three days this town
and neighbourhood have been visited by one of the most
violent storms which it has been our duty for some time
past to record. The scene on the pier-heads and land-
ing stages baffles pall description. The water, at the
time we write, is flowing over the Prince's and George's
pier-heads in torrents. The tide, which is set down at
16ft. lin. in the tables, rose from seven to eight feet
above the prescribed height.
MARGATE.—The ship E. U., of Liverpool, parted
both anchors and chains on Sunday morning in a heavy
gale, struck the Break Sand, making much water, and
ultimately she was abandoned by the captain (Kitchener)
and crew in the North Sea, with ten feet water in her
hold. They landed by the Ruby hovehng boat at Mar-
gate, together with the crew of the Broadstairs life-
boat, who boarded her when on the Break Sand. The
ship was afterwards towed in by a steam-tug, and she is
now on the ground at the back of the Pier. The following
vessels have been supplied with anchors and chains :
The Cybell, Millard, master, from London, for Berbice,
two anchors and chains ; Dutch ship, Anna Marie ;
Vanguard, Garwood, master ; Emerald, from London,
for Bristol. The accounts from other parts of the coast
are of an equally unfavourable character.
CowEs.—A gale more violent than any ever before
remembered raged here last night, doing a good deal of
damage on shore, but fortunately very little afloat. The
fleet in our roadstead weathered through the night with-
out any one of them receiving any damage. The collier
brig Concord broke from her moorings above Point, and
drove through the harbour without damaging any of the
ships or vessels, and brought up on Shrape Mud, as did
a large timber barge. It was indeed a dreadful night,
and few got any sleep even on shore. Just after day-
light a sloop of between *4O and 50 tons was driven
through the road; without any person on board. Soon
afterwards a foreign schooner was driven past under
bare poles ; both vessels had pilots sent off to them, who
proceeded on, by which it is supposed they were short of
anchors and cables.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON CORNHlLL.—Yesterday morning
a man, named Thomas Jenkins, aged 53 years, expired in
the accident ward of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, from the
effects of injuries received under the following circum-
stances :—The deceased, on Wednesday night last, was in
the act of crossing the carriage way of Cornhill, when he
suddenly slipped down, and before he could recover him-
self the wheels of an omnibus passed over his body.
SHOCKING OCCURRENCE TO A POLICEMAN.— Yesterday
morning, as police constable William Barrow, 293 A, re-
siding in Great Chapel-street, Westminster, was proceed-
ing down the Strand, he accidentally stepped on a piece of
Orange-peel, and fell on the back of his head; he was picked
up in an insensible state from the concussion, and conveyed
to Charing-cross Hospital, where he now remains under
the care of Mr. Adkins, the house-surgeon.
FATAL ACCIDENT IN WATERLOO-PLACE.—Yesterday,
Mr. Bedford held an inquest, at St. James's Workhouse,
Poland-street, to inquire into the death of Mr. Thomas
Hall Plummer, barrister-at-law, who was knocked down
while crossing Waterloo-place, on Friday last, by a car-
rier's cart. William Russell, of 3, Gardiner's-lane, West-
minster, deposed that while standing at the corner of
Charles-street, St. James's; on Friday afternoon, just be-
fore five o'clock, he saw a horse and cart approaching at a
fearful rate down the incline from Regent-street. There
was no one in the cart. At the same moment a gentleman,
who was crossing from the Bishop of Armagh's towards St.
James's-square, was knocked down by the horse's head,
and the cart passed over his body. The gentleman,
who appeared to be dead, was taken to Dr. Jackson's,
in Charles-street, and from thence removed on a stretcher
to the workhouse. John Highsted, of 20, Ann-
street, boiler-maker, when passing the Regent-circus,
on Friday, at a little before five o'clock, saw a
carrier's horse and cart backed near the pavement in the
charge of a boy. An omnibus passed, and a portion of the
vehicle appeared to catch the horse's collar, when he
started off at a fearful pace, the boy holding the reins for
some time. The hOrse was eventually stopped by running
against a heavy cart near the corner of Pall-mall.
Claude Constable Clifton, of the Admiralty, and other
witnesses, gave similar evidence. George Rust, the boy
who was in charge of the horse, stated the circumstances
as related by the witness Highsted. He had been in the
employ of Mr. Sharpe, Woolwich carrier, for 18 months
the horse was generally quiet. Mr. T. R. Jackson, sur-
geon, of 28, Charles-street, St. James's, saw deceased at
five o'clock on Friday afternoon ; he was quite dead when
taken to him. He had not made a post mortem exami-
nation of the body, but had no doubt that deth was
caused by a severe blow, which had produced concussion
of the brain. The jury returned an open verdict to the
effect, that " The deceased died from concussion of the
brain, produced by bein thrown down by a cart the
horse attached to which had been started by an omnibus
coming in contact with it