The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-19 00:00:00

THE GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AT THE I LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening.
REGENT'S-PARS.

LATEST PARTICULARS—This EVENING.

The silent and dreary task of dragging the

Ornamental Water was resumed this morning, but

in place of the seven boats engaged in the work,

three were in operation. The thermometer at 1
a.m. this morning gave five degrees of frost, and

consequently the surface of the lake had become
again covered with ice, which, ai on former occa

sions, had to be broken up before the
cbuple or so of drags could be put in opera-
lion. It cloys seem remarkably strange that no
action is taken by the public authorities in the
llere, oa a she2t of water covering some
acres in extent, from 50 to GO persons most likely
have perished, out of which, up to last night, 42
bodies have been recovered. That melancholy

matter.

duty has devo:ved upon a few of the Ihrnano
Society's men, some eight or ten park-keepers,
and about as many police-constables. Of
course, the lapse of a number of days matters
little to the poor people whose bodies are yet

supposed to be under the ice, but the agony of the
surviving relations ought to have been taken
a little into consideration and more efficient

steps taken to clear the water of ice to
allow the search to be made as rapidly

as possible. A few hours after the acci-
dent we pointed out oue means that might
have been adopted, as the great impediment
to all attempts at recovering the bodies, has been
the thick, hard surface of ice which day by day has
had to be broken up by very primitive and insig-
ni acant means. Thousands of men, unfortunately now
out of work, would have been glad of employment
had it been offered them, and thus instead of 30

men, 300 could have been put to work, and by this
means the whole of the water could have been searched

certainly within a couple of days. The aid of five
or six of the Royal Engineers at Woolwich could,
had it been so ordered, have been, obtained, and we
have confidence enough in the skill of that talented

corps to imagine that, they would soon have de-
stroyed a surface of ice, which, with their practical
knowledge, would be looked upon as insignificant.
One or two of the celebrated torpedoes judiciously
placed would have soon scattered it into a million
pieces, and then, this having been done, the com-
paratively easy task of removing it from the surface
could have speedily been performed. However
such has not been the course taken. A party
of Thames fishermen this morning at-
tended with their nets, and expressed
their utmost willingness to endeavour to
recover some of the missing bodies by that means,
but they were not afforded any facility, or allowed
to put their generous offer into operation. Mr.
Heincke, the eminent submarine engineer, attended
this morning with one of his divers and apparatus,
with a view, if possible, of ascertaining whether
any bodies were lying in particular spots.
This offer was the only one accepted, and
steps were then taken to put it into ope-
ration. The air pump was put on board one
of the punts, and Mr. Heincke's brave assis-
tant descended—for brave he must have been to
undertake the task of going to the bottom of the
lake, the surface of which was covered with ice,
with a thermometer standing at 29, and with the
expectation of seeing 10 or 12 of the poor people
whom it is expected have been lying there
since Tuesday night. At a few minutes to
12 the preparations were completed, and when
the diver made his appearance in the
waterproof suit the greatest excitement became
apparent on the banks on both sides of the water.
A slight cheer broke forth when the silvery-
looking helmet, which glistened like a mirror
in the bright sunshine, was placed over
his head, and then in a minute or so
he disappeared beneath the water at a spot in the
broadest part, where a number of persons had
been struggling when the ice brAe, and where it
was impossible to render them any assistance. After
remaining beneath the water for about 10 minutes,
the diver came to the surface, and. reported that
none of the bodies of the missng persons were
lying at the particular spot he had visited ;
the mud, however, was very thick, and this impedi-
ment, it was thought, would prove a great obstruc-
tion to the search. The diver again descended, but,
after an absence of ten minutes he came above
with the same intelligence that nothing was to
be seen lying on the thick and clammy bot-
tom of the water. It is proposed to con-
tinue the search at other portions of the water,
the result of which we shall publish in our late

edition.
Up to the time of going to press no addition, be-
yond that published by us last night, had been made
to the list of bodies recovered, but to the list of
missing we have to add the following, whose de-
scriptions have been given to Mr. Douglas, at
Marylebone Workhouse:—
A labouring man, lodging with Mr. Whetwell,
14, Castle-street East..
Theophilus Paget, 22, of 14, York-road, King's-
cross. This person left his lodgings with the ex-
press intention of going on the ice.
Mr. John Summons, 26, of 43, Great Portland-
street, went from home with the intention, of
skating.
Mr. John Dyer, 20, lieutenant Royal Marine
Artillery.
Frederick Peake, 20, of 48, Charlton-street,
Somers-town.
Charles Pitt, 30, medical student, of Bradford,
Yorkshire.
Amongst the list of missing was the name of
Benjamin Isaacs, of 24, Francis-street, Tottenham-
court, but his relatives this morning sent a brief
note to Mr. Douglas, stating that he had 4.‘ turned
up all right," without any further information.
The deaths resulting from the aocident have un-
fortunately not been confined to those who perished
by drowning. A gentleman residing in Sussex-
terrace, Regent's Park, facing the water, who saw
the accident, expired this morning, his death having
been produced by the shock his nervous system re-
ceived that fatal evening.
Of course no person has been allowed to venture
on the ice to-day.

The following appeared In oar Third Edition of yester-
day 4iyening ;---
It is our painful duty to have to,record a further
addition to the list of fatalities from this terrible ac-
cident. Since the account in our first edition was
written three other bodies have been recovered and
identified, as follows :
Samuel Holley, 20, wood turner, 98, Balsover-
street, Portland-place.
William Robertson, 40, of 34, Stanhope-street,
Hampstead-road.
Harrold Giles, 16, of 76, St. Paul's-road, Canon-

bury.
Making up to six o'clock this evening no less than
41 bodies recovered.
A poor woman, the wife of Edward Crook, 49,
Caledonian-road, called on Mr. Douglas, at the
Marylebone Workhouse, and told him that the dead
body of her husband was lying at the Middlesex
Hospital. lie was taken there alive, but died soon
after the same evening.
To the list of missing published in ourro Brooke-street,
edition, we have now to add the names of
John IVatts, 21, labourer, 18, B
Hampstead-road.
Henry Bizet, 15, Gilbert-street, Berkeley-square.
_ _

A lady named Egerton called at the workhouse
and stated she saw her two brothers go down
when the ice broke, neither of whom have been
recovered.

SHOCKING AFFAIR IN A BALL-ROOM --A shock-
ing scene occurred at a ball at Thnrmaston, near Leciester,
on Wednesday night. It seems that the ball hadnot long
begun when the dress of one of the ladies ()aught fire
through being brought into too close contact with the fire
grate. Becoming ter, ified by her situation, she rushed about
the room and ignited the dresses of three other ladies,
which, being of such slight material, were speedily in a
blaze. Mr. Jacques, house su"geon of tko Leicester Infir-
mary, who happened to be one of the party, aided by others,
extinguished the flames as quickly as possible, but not be-
fore the ladies bad been considerably burnt, two of them
seriously so. Their injuries were at once attended to, but
they ere 19t yet pronounced out of danger.

OSBORNE, JAN. 5.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Christian has boon
pleased to appoint Mrs. George Gordon to be honorary
bedchamber woman to her Royal Highness.
WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JAN. 18.
2d Life Guards—Assistant-Surgeon George Frederick
Spry, M.D., from the 9th Lancers, to be Assistant-Sur-
geon, vice Maximilian Grant, M.D., who exchanges.
9th Lancers—Assistant-Surgeon Maximilian Grant, M.D.,
from the 2d Lifo Guards, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
George Frederick Spry, M.D., who exchanges.
Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Arthur
Lambtou to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur-
chase, vice the Hon. William George Boyle, who retires;
Ensign and Lieutenant Richard Siiencer Hall to bi
Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Lambton ;
Henry James Wigram, Gant., to bt3 Ensign and Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Hall.
2d Foot—Edward Wtttson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Charles Seymour, win> retires.
10th Foot —Lieutenant Abraham Richard Montfort to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Keogh, transferred to the
Ilth Foot; Ensign Richard: George Southey to be Dail-
tenant, by purchase, vice Montfort; Ribert Gardner
Warton, Gent., to to Ensign, by purchase, vice

SoutiLey. •
16th Foot--Ensign Gra•ivill:' Vernon to be Lieutenant,
without nurchas_!, vii;a C. M. R. Thyue, deceased ; Gen-
tleman Cadet Geo. R. Maclean, from the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign, without purch ise, vies Walter F.
Riddell, deceased; Gentleman Cadet Charles F. 13augh,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Vernon.
18th Foot—Edward M. Le Breton, Gant., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice C. L. Hamilton,transferred to the 72d
Foot.
35th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant William Palmer Lobe
Ensign, without purchase, vice Henry Mackenzie Mac-
donald Wood, a Probationer for the Staff Corps in

India.
52d Foot—Lieutenant Henry Atkinson Adair to bo Cap-
tain by purchase, vico William Neal, who retires;- En-
sign William Augustus Frederick Blakeney to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Adair; Richard Maximilian
Pulteney, Gent., io be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Blakeney; Lieutenant Henry Coker Adams to be
Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Henry Atkinson Adair, pro-
moted.

72d Foot—Ensign Charles Lockhart Hamilton, from the
18th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Thomas Winslow, who
retires.

75th Foot—Lieutenant Denzil Hammill to be Captain by
purchase, vice F. Carr S. Dyer, who retires ; Ensign
John Edward Boyes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice

Hatmnill.
82d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Giles Andrew Daubeny, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice William Oliver Thomson, a Probationer for
the Staff Corps in India.
93d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Harri St. George Ord, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Alfred Gaselee, a Probationer for the Staff
Corps in India.
108th Foot—Lieutenant John Hay Shaw to be Captain,
vice A.. Astloy George Dashwood, who retires upon
half-pay; Ensign Frederick East Apthorp to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Shaw.
109th Foot —Ensign William Holden Webb to be Lieuten-
ant, vice Frederick Charles Hudson, who resigns ;
Gentleman Cadet Aleviuder John Forsyth Reid, front
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Alfred
Hercules Mayhew, a Probationer for the Staff Corps in
India.
Ist West India Regiment—Lieut. John M'Auley to be
Captain, without purchase, :co John Richard O'Meara
Lawlor, deceased ; Ensign Henry Francis Somerset
Bolton to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
M'Auley.
3d West India Regiment—Lieut. Arthur Ruck Keene to
be Captain, by purchase, vice James John Plumridge,
who retires ; Ensign Win. Hugh Oldham to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Keene.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Staff-Surgeon William Thomas
Black, having completed twenty years' service on full
pay, to bo Staff Surgeon-Major; Staff Assistant-Sur-
geon Charles Benjamin Mosso to be Staff-Surgeon, in
consideration of his valuable services during the epi-
demic of yellow fever at the Gambia.
PURVEYOR'S DEPARTNIENT.—The Commission of Deputy-
Purveyor Walter Thomas Cowley Wilson to be ante-
dated from the 23d April, 1861, to Feb. 22, 1861, such
antedate not to carry back pay.
HALT-PAY.—Lieutenant David Miller, from the Royal
Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Captain, without pur -
chase. _ _

ADMIRALTY, JAN. 16.
Corps of Royal Marines—Major-General Joseph Oates
Travers, C. 8., to be Inspector-General of Royal Marines,
vice Lieutenant-General Anthony Blaxland Stransham,
whose period of service on the Staff has expired.
JAN. 16.

Sub-Lieutenant Thomas Edward Sulivan to be Lieu-
tenant in her liajesty's Fleet, confirming a Commission
given by Vice-Admiral Sir James Rope, G.C.8., Com-
mander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels on the
North American and West India Station, vice Lieutenant
Jenkins, deceased, with seniority from ith December,
1866.

JAN. 17.
Mr. Peter Murray has this day baen promoted to the
rank of Acting Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with se-
niority of loth July, 1366.

BREVET.

Lieutenant-Cclonol Pearson Scott Thompson, 14th
Hussars, having completed the qualifying service in the
rank of Lioutonaut-Colonel, to be Colonel, under the pro-
visions of the Royal Warrant of 33 February, 1866.
Captain Thomas Quin Meade., upon half-pay, Royal
Marino Artillery, having completed seven years' service
as Barrack Master on the 3Lst October, 18,36, to have the
honorary rank of Major, in accordance with the provi-
sions of her Majesty's Order in Council of the 16th April,
1661.

COURSE OF -EXCIIAAUE.—Lait Evening.

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Ditto 3 Months. 11 18*
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Antwerp
Brussels

Hamburg
Paris

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25 371

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11. 19
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25 42}
13 8i
25 20
25 40
25 40
119
13 5
13 55

13 81
Short 25 10

Ditto
Marseilles 3 Mouths.2s 32}
35

Frankfort on the Maine
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Messina

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13 45
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26 90
26 90
26 90
26 90
26 90
26 90

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27 0
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27 0
27 0
27 0
27 0

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Jan. 18.--From the offers in the shipping
yarn market, it is believed that a considerable amount cf
business might have been done to-day, but spinners hay
been asking lather higher rates. This has checked busi-
ness, and. the market has been rather quiet. There had
been some little improvement in the tone of this portion of
the market on Wednesday and yesterday, but it appears to
have been hardly maintained to-day. There is no new
feature in the cloth-market since Tuesday; if anything, it
was influenced rather for the worse by the early telegrams

this morning from the Liverpool cotton-market. There has
been some inquiry, and a little business, but the offers
generally have been at the lowest rates, and at a most
ruinous scale for manufacturers ; but even at these terms
buyers do not seem disposed to operate except for small
quantities. Indeed, the business for cloths to-day has been
entirely of a retail character. A telegram from Liverpool
announces that the Cotton Brokers' Association have passed
theirresolutions with respect to payments for cotton. It
will b 3 recollected that the cotton brokers put forth a cor-
respondence on this subject. The proposal, with some modi-
fications, was agreed to by the Manchester Cotton Spinners'
Association, and by the trade. The recommendation, as
"Payments in cash within
the brokers, burto. ke is,
discount,
and that interest at the
1 days,passed to-days
sl p per
rate of 5 per cent. per annum be charged or allowed when
the payment is made before or after the due date of invoice."
There are several exceptional and other features of the mar-
ket worthy of note at the present moment. One of thorn is
the insufficiency of coal, owing to the long-continued frost,
to keep all
the industiisl establishments at work. Not only
have cotton factories -and machine shops had to stand for
want of coal, but it has been doubtful if some of the trains
on one of our principal railways would not have to be dis-
continued. This, of course, is partly duo to the freezing of
canals and to the strikes of colliers. Coals are always a
heavy item of expense to millowners, and the fact that
some of them are now obliged to pay greatly enhanced
prices for fuel and oil is one to which serious consideration
is due in estimating the difficulties to which manufacturers
and spinners are subjected at the present date, when many
of them, owing to the high price of cotton and the languid
demand for cotton goods, aro losing from lid to 24d per lb
on every pound of cloth they sell. The loss at present is
those who
mostly on the splnning, and hence
their yarns and manufacture cloth aro I • osing less than
those who are spinners only. There nothi is •ng like a gene-
ral attempt to reduce the wages of
Making a 71b T cloth, including cotton and everything, is
19d or
20d per lb. The cost in wages will be about 2 par
lb ; and hence the relief to the manufacturers to be gained
by a reduction in this item of 2kd by
5 per cont. is too in-
considerable to demand much attention. The oscillations
in the price of cotton, amounting not unfrequently to 2d
or 3d per lb. in a few weeks, aro much more serious and
perplexing affairs. Another now foatu-e of the trade is the

import of Belgian cloth into the market. There are some
notinconsiderable lots of cloth made in Belgium in the
warehouses of Manchester merchants at the present moment.
They are of the class of goods called heavy domestics, and
which enter into the home consumption of the country.
Whether they can be made at a price (the quality is good
enough) to enter into permanent competition with our own
manufacturers remains to be seen.
BARNSLEY, 18th.—At present there is no improvement
to note in the iron trade of South Yorkshire, but a more
hopeful feeling prevails, and it is expected that in a short
time a revival will take place and that orders that have
been held in abeyance will bo given out. The reduction
in the rate of wages at the Parkgate Works was to have
been as high as 25 per cent. in some branches, but the pro-
prietors have engaged to make a general reduction of 10
per cent. throughout the trade, and on this understanding
the men have resolved to resume work. As the other men
employed at the Northfield, Midland, and Milton works
resolved to abide by the decision of the Parkgate work-
men, whatever that decision might be, it is probable that in
a few days the works will resume theirwonted appearance.
At the Wombwell Main Colliery the men are on strike for
a cwt. taken off the ton, irhieb, if done, will bring the
weight, to tbe ion of 20 cwt.