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CHRISTMAS lIOLIDAYS.

ROYAL POL Y TECHN 10 INS'.VITuTioN,
Lectures for this period of the year, by Dr. Ryan and
Professor Bachoffher in CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILO-
SOPHY will be illustrated by interesting and brilliant experiments.
A Lecture on the PREVALENT DISEASE in POTATOES will be
delivered by Dr. Ryan, and also on the ATMOSPHERIC RAIL-
WAY, by Professor Bachoffner, a Working Model of whicla, car-
rying several persons, is exhibited daily. The additions to the
OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING VIEWS, and CHROMA-
TROPE are very eflective. The PHYSIOSCOPE. Submarine • Ex-
periments by means of the DIVER and DIVING BELL. Among
the various additions to the Working Models is Ooleman's NEW
AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, for as:ending and de-
scending Inclined Planes. A magnificent Collection of TROPICAL
FRUITS. Mr. Downe, the celebrated Flute Player, will take part
in the Music, conducted by Dr. Wallis. Open from Eleven to Half-
past Five, and from Seven to Half-past Ten in the Evening.
Admission, One Shilling. Schools, Half-price.

NATIONAL MERC
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CON, Esq., Chairman.
Friends of this Society will DINE
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1845, at Five o'Clock precisely;
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rARDS.
'Messrs. Midlane, H.
Milledge, R. 0.
Newbon, J. B. •
Reed, T,
Ridley, A.
Ridley, R.
Roberts, T.
Rumsey, W. S.
Satchell, T. H.
smith, W. H.
Starr, F.
Stockdale, G.
Stokes, J.
Sutton, T. P.
Tilt, W.
Toleman, J.
Walsh, J.
Williams, W.
Wilson, C.
Wood, F. G.

RAILWAY MUTUAL. PROTECTION
SOCIETY.
The Committee sit daily from Twelve till Three, at the Mikes of
the Solicitors, Messrs. Amory, Sewell, and Dioorcs, 25, Throgmorton-
street, London,
whete the rules, &c. of the Society may be obtained.
MARCUS TRAVERS, Sec. pro tem..

Hull, Jan. 21—W. Bickerton, timber merchant, King-
ston-epos-Hull, Jan. 22—J. and D. Woodhead, dyers,
Nethertong, Yorkshire, Jan. 26-11. Blunt, licensed vic-
tuaaler, Lancashire, Jan. 16—R. Warr, auctioneer, Bea-
minstere Dorsetshire, Jan. 20—T. Arnold, veterinary
surgeon, Shrewsbury, Jan. 17—J. 0. Harvey, grocer,
Newark, , Nottinghamshire, Jan. 17-4. Rawsthorne,
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general agent, Manchester, Jan. 21—A. Featherston-
butcher, Great Bolton, Lancashire, Jan. 19—J.
Islis'erwOO,d, innkeeper, Bolton, Lancashire—H. and W.
Mather, wine merchants, Water-lane, City, Jan. 16—R.
Reynolds, cabinet maker, Manchester, Jan. 16—J. Bur-
rell,nnd T. Hall, ironmongers, Thetford, Norfolk, Jan. 16
—lL.Mallinson, manufacturer of cotton goods, Almond-
bury, Yorkshire, Jan. 16.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
H. Banks and W. 'Crosby, stockbrokers, Warrington
—C. Harris and J. Hogan, soda-water manufacturers,
Northampton—J. L. Hine and E. Healey, law stationers,
Manchester—M. Dain and C. Dain, York-terrace, Kent-
road—T, D'Almaine and T. G. Mackinlay, musicsellers,
Sohe-square—T. Warner and W. Warner, upholsterers,
I Long Sutton, Linconshire—D. Grant, A. Grant,- and J.
Grant, stockbrokers, Leeds—D. Little, and P. Littlejohn,
commission agents, Liverpool,-J. Henderson and C. C.
Stephenson, stockbrokerz, Leeds—S. Tellet, J. Tellet, G.
Tellet, and E. Tellet, builders, Kirkdale, Lancashire—
C. M'Callum, B. Worley, and W. Muskett, ship brokers,
Mark-lane, City—H. Smith and S. W. Cooper, toy
dealers, Chiswell-street—R. Davies and S. F. Turner,
fender makers, Dudley, Worcestershire.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
William Allan, oil merchant, Glasgow, Jan. 2 and
Jan. 23, at two, at the counting-room of IT. Gourlay,
Glasgow.
Stephen Davidson, builder, Bairdston, Lanarkshire,
Dec. 29 and Jan. 24, at twelve, at the office of Mr.
Kippen, Glasgow.
Duncan g:Gilvray, tailor, Edinburgh, Dec. 29 and
Jan. 24, at twelve, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house,
Edinburgh.
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r IHE MAMMOTH HORSE.-MR. CARTER,
the Lion King, respectfully informs the nobility, gentry, and
the public, that his Mammoth Horse is now entirely recovered from
the effects of the late accident, and that he will be Exhibited fora
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FRIDAY NIGHTS GAZETTE.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, Dzc. 26, 1845.
It is hereby notified,•that the Right Honourable the
Earl of Aberdeen, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affaires, has received dispatches from
Mr. Turner, her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Monte
Video, dated the 24th of September last, and from Mr.
Ouseley, her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary accre
dited to the Argentine Republic, dated the 31st of October,
last, announcing that a blockade of the ports and coast of
the province of Buenos Ayres was established, on the
24th of the said month of September, by the vessels of
the British and French squadrons; that the term of
fifteen days had been granted for the departure of neutral
vessels from the port. of Buenos Ayres ; and that the
commanders of the blockading forces had been authorised
farther to extend that term to the 31st of the said month
of October.
BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION..
Victoria R.
Whereas our Parliament stands prorogued to Tun-
day, the thirtieth day of December instant ; we, with
the advice of our Privy Council, do hereby publish and
declare, that the said Parliament shall 193 further pro-
rogued, on the said Tuesday, the thirtieth day of De-
cember instant, to Thursday, the twenty• second day of
January next ; and we have given order to our Chan-
cellor of that part of our United Kingdom called Great
Britain, to prepare a Commission for proroguing the
same accordingly; and we do hereby further, with the
advice aforesaid, declare our royal will and pleasure, that
the said Parliament shall,on the said Thursday, the twenty-
second day of January next, assemble and be holden
for the dispatch of divers urgent and important affairs;
and the Lords Spiritual and TemForal, and the Knights,
Citizens, and- Burgesses, and the Commissioners for
shires and burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby
required and commanded to give their attendance ac-
cordingly at Westminster, on the said Thursday, the
twenty-second day.ef January next.
Given at our Court, at Windsor, this twenty-third
day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty-five, and in the ninth year of
our reign.—God save the Queen.
At the Court at Windsor, the 23d day of December,
1845, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council. Whereas in pursuance of an Act, passed in
the session of Parliament holden in the eighth and ninth
years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An
Act for granting duties of ' Customs,' a certain Order in
Council was made and published, on the eighth
day of August, 1845, declaring what are the
foreign powers with which such treaties as in
the said recited Act are mentioned, are exist-
ing and whereas a treaty is now existing between
her Majesty and the republic of Peru, but the
said republic was omitted in the enumeration of
the foreign powers contained in the said Order, of
the eighth day of August. And whereas it is expedient
that such omission should now be supplied, -now,
therefore, her Majesty, .by and with the advice of her
Privy Council, and in pursuance and exercise of the
powers vested in her by the said recited Act of the eighth
and ninth years of her Majesty's reign, doth hereby
declare, that -a treaty is now subsisting: between her
Majesty and the said republic of Peru. And the Right
Hon. the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Trea-
sury are to give the necessary directions herein accord-
ingly.
C. C. GREVILLE.
At the Court at Windsor, the 23d day of December,
1845, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint
the Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone to be one of
her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, he was this
day, by her Majesty's command, sworn one of her Ma-
jesty's principal Secretaries of State accordingly.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 26.
Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants.
• Royal Regiment of Artillery—W. E. M. Reilly,
vice Robinson, promoted ' • W. 13. Saunders, vice Bid-
dulpb, promoted ; C. H. Smith, vice Vernon, promoted ;
Fitzhugh, vice Barnes, promoted ; W. H. Moody,
vice Milman, promoted ; W. N. Hardy, vice Ken-
nedy, promoted ; J. -L. Bolton, vice Lock, promoted;
J. H. Lugg, vice Gilbert, deceased ; G. 11. J. A.
Fraser, vice Baddeley, promoted ; T. Lambert, vice
Norie, promoted, Dec. 15.
Corps of Royal Engineers—C. B. P. N. H. Nugent,
vice Ward, promoted ; E. Belfield, vice Jesse, promoted ;
Honourable G. Wrottesley, vice Bourchier, pro-
moted ; St. Andrew St. John, vice Grain, promoted ;
E. C. A. Gordon, vice Grant, promoted ; W. Porter,.
vice Browne, promoted ; J. J. Wilson, vice Somerset,
promoted ; G. F. Dawson vice Montagu, promoted ;
G. St. J. Crofton, vice Mairis, promoted ; H. Phillpotts,
vice King, promoted, Dec. 18.

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UNIVERSAL GAS-LIGHT COMPANY.
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
Capital 100,0001., in 5,000 Shares of 201. per Share.
Deposit 10s. per 1001. Shares, in accordance with the Aet.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Under the Management of a Provisional Committee.
CONSULTING CHEMIST —Profe=.sor Ryan, M.D., LL.D., Royal Col-
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ENGINEER—IIcury Francis, Esq., Patentee, 40, Elizabeth-street,
Eaton-square. •
BANKERS—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co.
SOLICITOR—F. S. W. Fesenmeyer, Esq., 23, Bedford-TOW.
SECRETARY-31r. William Nicholson. -
Offices of the Company and Working Factories, 159, Drury-lane. •
The Company is formed for the purpose of carrying out, more ef-
fectually working, and bringing ixto general use, an invention se-
mad by letters patent far an improved manufacture of gas.
Time apparatus is so portable it can Le fitted up on any descrip-
tion of building, even at a kitchen range,. without affecting the do-
mestic arrangements, and the fire used in ordinary in generating the
gas will be ample to produce steam for warming the most extensive
premises.

PUBLICATIONS.

THE BUILDER, all Illustrated Periodical,
devoted to the Arts of Construction and Decoration, No. 151,
for December 27, price 3d., contains :—Address to our Readers on
Close of the Year—Gothic Ornaments from York Cathedral, with
Five Rngrav!ngs—The Egg-form Sewer, with a Diagram—Awards
of Official Referees respecting Fees, Roof Coverings, Shop Fronts,
Width of Streets, &c.—Westminster Court of Sewers: Reply to Mr.
Leslie's pamphlet —City Antiquities : Mr. Tite v. Mr. Roach Smith—
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*.* The First Number of a new volume (the fourth) will appear
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MURRAY'S 110 ME AND COLONIAL LIBRARY.
On January Ist, in Two Pails; post Bvo., 2s. 6d. each, --
PRE GYPSIES of SPAIN; their MANNERS,
CUSTOMS, and CEREMONIES. By GEORGE BORROW,
Esq Author of " The Bible in Spain."
John Murray, Albemarle-street.

The most eminent engineers and chemists unite in opinion that
the invention is not only practicable and free from smell or annoy-
ance, but by this valuable patent is secured the manufacture of a
pure and superior gas, not only on new, but sound, scientific, chemical,
and mechanical principles, which have been hitherto overlooked in
the common modes of manufacture ' • besides, this gas possesses more
of the illuminating power, and will burn longer, than that now in use,
in the proportion of 40 per cent. in favour of the invention.
The patent method is applicable to lighting generally, but more
especially small towns, villages, lighthouses, colleges, churches, dock-
yards, theatres, public offices, prisons, barracks, railway stations,
manufactories, printing-offices, madhouses, hospitals, and schools,
&c., and warming the buildings, without extra expense.
The benefits which would accrue to lighthouses, dockyards, and
numerous localities, where the ordinary gas cannot be conveyed
without the formation of many new Acts and Companies, or at im-
mense expense, would be sufficient to obtain for this Company the
most prominent and prosperous position.
The great saving to the consumer, the small portion of room requi-
site for the erection of the apparatus, the simplicity of its working,
and the brilliancy of the gas, will insure the adoption of the invention
throughout the kingdom ; and although the public can be supplied at
a price which will, defy competition, the Company can confidently
hold out to the shareholders a return upon their capital of not less
than fifty per cent.
The Company being far advanced, will be in a situation, when fully
registered, to take contracts immediately.
Applications for shares, in the usual form, to be made to, and
farther particulars obtained of, the Solicitor, and also the Secretary,
at the Company's offices, where may be seen the apparatus at work,
and the brilliancy of the gas exemplified.

NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " ORION."
On Monday, in small Bvo., crimson cloth, gilt edges,
BALLAD ROMANCES.
By It. 11. HORNE, Esq.
1. The Noble Heart, a Bohemian Chronicle.
2. The Monk of Swineshead Abbey, a Ballad Chronicle of the
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The Count of Monte Christo.
The Guerilla's Daughter.
Tom Walker's Story. By Jackson Lee.
The Miseries of a Prize. By George Raymond.
Life and Writings of Nimrod. By the Author of "Handley
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Jan. 2, at one, and Jan. 30, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Belcher,
official ansey, Moor-
gate-street.
Joseph Lankshear, surgeon, Seymour-row, Little
Chelsea, Jan. 7, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 4, at half-
past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official
assignee, Basinghall-street ; Thompson, Bucklersbury.
George Augustus Absalom, victualler, Portsea, Jan.
6, at one, and Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place,
Old Jewry; Corner, Dean-street, Tooley-street, South-
wark.
Curtis Williamson, wine-merchant, Great Portland.
street, Jan. 6, at two, and Feb. 3, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frede-
rick's-place, Old Jewry; Bristow and Tarrant, Bond-
court, Walbrook.
Edward Streeter, railroad contractor, Bristol, Jan. 9,
at one, and Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Aeraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Hopkins,
Bristol.
William Wailes, grocer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Jan. 13, at half-past one, and Feb. 10, at two, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official
assignee, Newea,stle-upon- Tyne ; Chater, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne ; Scaife, Newcastle; Bennett, Bolding, and
Pope, Seotes.yard Cannon-street, City.
Philip Phillips, steel pen-maker, Birmingham, Jan.
13, and Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Jabett,
Birmingham.
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W. FI. Hayward and R. Collier, cotton spinners, Man-
chester—first and final div. of 12s. in the pound, any
Tuesday, at the office or Mr. Pott, Manchester.
W. H. Hayward, cotton spinner, Manchester—first
and final div. of 20$. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the
office of Mr. Pott, Manchester.
W. Brown and T. Preston, jun., cotton spinners,
Manchester—first div. of 4s. 7111. in the pound, Jan. 13, !
or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pott,
Manchester.
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div. of 9s. in the pound, Jan. 13, or any subsequent
Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester.
J. Austin, brick-maker, Manchester—for interest due,
any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester.
S. Jevons, shoemaker, Lincoln—first div. of 2s. Id. in
the pound, Dec. 27, and three following Saturdays, at
the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch:lane.
J. E. Smirk, licensed victualler
• Broad-court, Bow-
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three following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom,
Abch urch- lane.
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6d. in the pound, Dec. 27, and three following Saturdays,
at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-laue.
J. W. Robson and J. Barron, patent-pump manufac-
turers, St. Ann's-place, Limehouse—first div. of ss. in
the pound, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street.
G. H. and G. C. Green, wholesale stationers, Buck-
lersbury—first div. of Is. 9d. in the pound, any Satur-
day, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place,
Old Jewry. • •
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div. of 3s. 21d. in the pound, at the office of Mr. Wakley,
Newcastle-upon- Tyne.
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Jan. 23, at eleven—W. F. Mills, merchant, High Hol-
born, at half-past one.
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Jan. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court
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No. 16,651. LONDON, SAT U RDAY
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DECEMBER 7) 1845.

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DREADFUL CALAMITY.
(From the L'reyoo/Wercury of Frida3.)
It is seldom we have been called on to detail the cir-
cumstances of a more disastrous and melancholy evert
than that we are new about to place on record, as it has
hem attended by not only a great sacrifice of heman life,
but a vast amount of property. What renders it still
inure appalling is the fact, that the unfortunate parties
who constitute the sufferers are individuals moving in
the humble ranks of society ; and even those whose lives
have been miraculously preserved have been deprived,
not only of a place of shelter, but of all they possessed
in the shape of furniture or clothing.
The premises where the fatal occurrence originated
are known as the Liverpool and Harrington Water-
works, and run from Sussex-street, down Water-street,
to Rock-street. The works are very extensive, com-
prising various buildings necessary for carrying on the
operations of the company, and on the west side was a
large iron tank, capable of holding about 250,000 gallons
of water. It was 25 yards in length, of proportionate
breadth, and 19 feet in depth, and adjoined some small
houses on oneeside of Rock-street, occupied principally
by working people. It appears the tank was constructed
foe the Waterworks Company, by the proprietors of the
Hawarden Foundry, in Wales, and had only been
finished a few days ago.
Yesterday morning several of the men connected with
the works attended for the purpose of tilling the tank,
and the engine was set to work for the purpose. The
process of filling was continued up to half-past one
o'clock, at which time it was about two-thirds full, when
the event took place which we are about to describe.
From a statement we obtained from one of the suf-
ferers, mimed Simpson, it appears that he was sitting
down to dinni r with his wife man upper room, when he
heard a loud noise, which he could only compare to the
roar of artille y, and immediately aft-rwards, before he
had time to recover himself, the house seemed rent
asunder, as if by some convulsive shock : the front and
back walls of the building fell with a tremendous crash,
carrying chaTs, beds, and other articles of furniture
along with them into the street, and himself and wife
were prostrated on the floor. They succeeded, hoWever,
by the assistance of parties below, in reaching the ground
in safety. By this time it was ascertained that the tank
belonging to the works had burst, and the houses and
other buildings adjacent were rapidly filling with water.
Even in the streets some persons were up to the middle,
and pieces of timber, articles of furniture, &c., were
! being carried rapidly away by the force of the stream.
Such was its impetuosity, that several large pieces of
wood were seen floating down Hill-street, as though
driven by the current of a rapid river. The house next
to the one we have been speaking of was occupied by a
family named Deveney, and here the work of destruc-
tion was carried to a fearful extent, nearly the whole of
the family being buried in the ruins of their habitation.
Deveney, with his son and daughter-in-law, were got out
with great difficulty, as were also several others who
lodged with them. The parties were immediately con-
veyed to the Northern Hospital, several with legs and
arms broken, but all more or less injured.
A woman named Catherine Gibson, who lived as ser-
vant at Mr. Porter's public-house, Rock-street, went
into the cellar to draw some beer, when a torrent of
water rushed in, and filling the cellar overwhelmed her.
She was taken out shortly afterwards quite dead. No
sooner had the accident been made known than a body
of the police force, together with some other men under
the direction of Mr. Dowling, were set to work at the
ruins, with a view of clearing away the rubbish, and, if
possible, extricating several unfortunate individuals who
were said to be missing ; and we need scarcely add, that
they performed the task nobly, one or two sufferers
being taken out of the rains, who, but for the praise-
worthy efforts of these men, would undoubtedly have lost
their lives. Amongst others were two or three children,
who were injured, although not seriously.
After a considerable portion of the loose timber and
materials had been cleared away, a strict search was
made in a cellar under Deveney's house, and near the
fire-place was found the body of a child, but owing to
the features being so much disfigured by bruises, it could
not at that time be recognised. The body was conveyed
to a public-house in the neighbourhood. Near the same
spot the body of a woman was shortly afterwards disco-
vered. Several persons having stated that they observed
signs of life, she was conveyed to the Southern Hospital;
it was, however, ascertained on her arrival there that
she was quite dead.
The whole of the houses in Rock-street were more or
less injured by the water forcing itself into the founda-
tions, which was not astonishing, when the weight of
water is considered. It appears that the tank burst, as
it were, simultaneously, two of the sides separating
asunder, portions of which were found in the Company's
yard. Two men belonging to the works, Davies, en-
gineer, and Owen, a fireman, and also a boy, were se-
verely injured by some building materials which struck
them while on duty at the works.
Mr. James Lawrence, Chairman of the Watch Com-
mittee, was in attendance shortly after the accident, and
rendered essential service; and too much praise cannot
be awarded to Mr. Dowling, Superintendents Quick,
Leverett, and Inspector Thompson, for their efforts in
trying to extricate the unfortunate sufferers who were
buried beneath the ruins.
An old lady who lived in the house occupied by Simp-
son (or Smith) is said to be missing ; but up to ten
o'clock last evening, although the workmen continued
their operations in clearing away the rubbish, no traces
of her had been discovered.
Since writing the above, we have again visited the
scene of desolation, ',and a more heartrending,one it has
seldom been our lot to witness. Crowds are thronging
to the spot, and this dreadful calamity seems to have
spread a gloom over the whole town—to have damped
the joyousness and hilarity of this usually festive season.
The first shock, which is described as resembling a
clap of thunder, seems to have been heard about a quar-
ter before two o'clock, and was immediately followed by
a lesser one, more resembling the noise of heavy waggons.
The first, there is no doubt, was the bursting of the im-
mense tank, and the second the falling of the ruins. We
can easily imagine the degree of consternation by which
all the inhabitants of the neighbourhood were suddenly
overwhelmed The loud roaring, as of thunder, fol-
lowed by the deluge of water and tumbling frag-
ments of the houses in which they lived, whilst they
themselves were thrown prostrate to the ground, must
have brought to the minds of the victims more forcibly
than ever the idea of the final consummation of all
things. In fact, to a late hour last evening, the people
had scarcely recovered the full possession of their con-
sciousness at the dreadful scene they had witnessed,
and their miraculous preservation, whilst some of their
neighbours had been less fortunate, seemed to have an
overpowering effect upon their minds.
The houses which have suffered most are those occu-
pied by Deveneys and Smith. In fact, they have been
completely riddled. The back wall has been swept
clean through the apartments, on the first and second
stories of each house, carrying with it the whole of the
furniture and front wall into Rock-street. The tank
was at the back of these two houses, and, being raised
upon brick-work to the height of about twelve feet,
was on a level with the second stories of the
houses. The foundation of the public-house of Mr.
Porter, which stands at the corner of Rock-street,
has with the immense flood sunk considerably. Arr.
Berry's house has also sunk, and both have been so
much shattered by being undermined by the water, that
it is expected they will have to be pulled down. Mr.
Porter had a very narrow escape. As soon as he heard
the crash, and found the water gushing into his house,
he seized his children and ran to the door, but the street
was so flooded that he dared not leave the house. His
cellar was immediately filled with water, and Catherine
Gibson; the aged woman who lost her life, was attend-
ing, it appears, to the cooking of the dinner.
The yard of the Water-works presents a ruined as-
pect. The strong massive iron of which the tank was
made seems to have been shivered, if we may so speak,
to atoms. Pieces of it were forced through the houses
into Rock-street on the one side, and nearly into Sussex-
street on the other, whilst the bricks were strewn about
in all directions. One ponderous piece of the tank had
fallen into the yard, at a considerable distance from where
it was originally placed ; but, in general, it was spread
about, comparatively speaking, in small portions. Even
the gate was torn from its hinges by the severity of the
shock. The house of Mr. French, so far as we could
learn, has suffered less than the others. The property
belongs to Mr. Jones, of the firm of Jones and Jump,
contractors ; and it is but justice to Mr. Jones to say
that he did all he could to mitigate the sufferings of the
poor people, by offering them the use of one of his
empty houses in the neighbourhood, where, at least,
their property would be protected.
Persons who saw the torrent of waters rushing down
the streets, describe it as like a river, when it came down
Water-street into Chester-street, and thence down Hill-
street. The streets were so thoroughly swamped that
the stones were scoured out of them.
The parties in the Southern and Toxteth Hospital are
the following :
John Deveney, sawyer, Rock-street, aged 60, con-
tused head and face, in addition to wounds on other
parts of the body.
George Deveney, aged 15, concussion of the brain,
and various severe contusions.

1 Carnarvon, Carnarvon—Colonel, J. E. Nanney; Ad.
' jutant, Captain Chapman.
Cheshire, Chester—Colonel, H. Cholmondely; Adju.
tant, Captain J. Errington.
Duke of Cornwall's Rangers, Torpoint—Colonel, Earl
of Mount Edgecumbe; Adjutant, Captain Fitzgerald.
Cornwall and Devon Miners, Trure—Colonel, vacant;
Adjutant, Captain Jenkins.
Royal Cumberland, Whitehaven—Colonel, Hon. H.
Lowther; Adjutant, Captain Pennington.
Royal Denbigh, Wrexham—Colonel, R. M. Biddulph;
Adjutant, Captain E. Jones.
Derby, Derby—Colonel, Lord Waterpark; Adjutant,
Captain F. Dineen.
East Devon, Exeter—Colonel, Earl of Fortescue ;
Adjutant, Captain Holman.
North Devon, Barnstaple—Colonel, Lord Poltimore;
Adjutant, Captain Ridgway.
South Devon, Plymouth—Colonel, Earl of Morley;
Adjutant, Captain Fisk.
Dorset, Dorchester—Colonel, Earl l/gby; Adjutant,
Captain Hyatt.
Durham, Barnard Castle—Duke of Cleveland; Adju-
tant, vacant.
East Essex, Colchester—Colonel, H. J. Cony-ors; Ad-
jutant, Captain Jones.
West Essex, Chelmsford—Colonel, Sir J. Tyrell; Ad-
jutant, Captain Russell.
Royal Flint, Mold—Colonel, P. L. Fletcher; Adjutant,
Captain J. Roberts.
Royal Glamorgan, Cardiff—Colonel, Marquis of Bute;
Adjutant, vacant.
Royal (South) Gloucester, Gloucester—Colonel, Earl
Fitzhardinge ; Adjutant, Captain Worthington.
Royal (North) Gloucester, Cirencester—Colonel, T.
Kingscote ; Adjutant, Captain Bradstoek.
North Hants, Winchester—Colonel, Earl of Wiltshire;
Adjutant, Captain L. B. Parkins.
South Hants, Southampton—Colonel, Sir W. Pollen ;
Adjutant, vacant.
Isle of Wight, Newport—Colonel, P. W. Scott ; Ad-
jutant, vacant.
Hereford, Hereford—Colonel, Earl Somers ; Adju-
tant, Captain Jones.
Hertford, Hertford—Colonel, Marquis of Salisbury ;
Adjutant, Captain Goodes.
Huntingdon, Huntingdon—Colonel, T. W. Vaughan ;
Adjutant, Captain Green.
East Kent, Canterbury—Colonel, Sawbridge ; Adju-
tant, vacant.
West Kent, Maidstone—Colonel, Sir J. Shaw ; Adju-
tant, Captain Eley.
Ist Lancashire, Lancaster—Colonel, Tempest ; Adju-
tant, Captain Wilkinson.
2d Lancashire, Liverpool—Colonel, Earl of Derby ;
Adjutant, vacant.
31 Lancashire, Preston—Colonel, J. W. Patton ; Ad-
jutant vacant.
Leicester, Leicester—Colonel, Duke of Rutland ; Ad-
jutant, Captain H. Hamber.
North Lincoln, Lincoln—Colonel, Viscount Alford ;
Adjutant, Captain F. Kennedy.
South Lincoln, Sleaford—Colonel, Earl Brownlow ;
Adjutant, vacant.
Royal London—Colonel, Alderman Sir C. Hunter ;
Adjutant, Captain T. Tatham.
Royal Merioneth, Dolgelly—Colonel, G. H. Vaughan;
Adjutant, Captain Anwyl.
Royal East Middlesex, Hampstead—Colonel. T.Wood;
Adjutant, vacant.
Royal West Middlesex, Uxbridge—Colonel, Right
Hon. G. S. Byng ; Adjutant, vacant.
Royal Westminster, Middlesex, Brentford—Colonel
Viscount Chelsea ; Adjutant, Captain J. Blagg.
Royal Monmouth, Monmouth—Colonel, T. Lewis ;
Adjutant, Captain J. J. Kane.
Montgomery, Welchpool—Colonel, vacant ; Adjutant,
Captain, Gilder.
West Norfolk, Norwich—Colonel, Earl of Orford ;
Adjutant, James Powley.
Northampton, Northampton—Colonel, vacant ; Ad-
jutant, vacant.
Northumberland, Alnwick—Colonel, Earl of Beverley;
Adjutant, vacant.
Nottingham, Newark—Colonel, L. Rolloton ; Adju-
tant, J. Barton,
Oxford, Oxford—Colonel, W. G. Langton ; Adjutant,
Captain S. Dudley.
Pembroke, Haverfordvvest—Colonel, Owea Owen ;
Adjutant, Captain Owens.
Royal Radnor, Presteigne—Colonel, J. Barnes ; Ad-
jutant, vacant.
Rutland, Oakhatn —Colonel, Hon. W. M. Noel ; ad-
jutant, vacant.
Shropshire, Shrewsbury--Colonel, E. Gatacre ; Ad-
jutant, vacant.
Ist Somerset, Taunton—Colonel, Earl Powlett ; Ad-
jutant, vacant.
2:1 Somerset, Bath—Colonel, Sir T. Lethbridge ;
Adjutant, Captain R. Bussell, '
Stafford, Stafford—Colonel, Earl of Dartmouth ;
Adjutant, vacant.
\Vest Suffolk, Bury—Colonel, Earl of Euston ; Adju-
tant, vacant.
East Suffolk, Ipswich—Colonel, H. B. Bence ; Adju-
tant, Captain Reckham.
Ist Royal Surrey, Richmond—Colonel, J. B. Delass ;
Adjutant, vacant.
2d Royal Surrey, Guildford—Colonel, T. C. Onslow ;
Adjutant, Captain T. Pyner.
Sussex, Chichester—Colonel, the Duke of Richmond ;
Adjutant, Captain Smith.
King's Own, Stoke Newington—Colonel, Earl of Dal-
housie ; Adjutant, Captain R. Berford.
Queen's Own, Bethnal-green—Colonel, Earl of Wilton;
Adjutant, vacant.
Warwick, Warwick—Colonel, Earl of Warwick ; Ad-
jutant, Captain Fitzgerald.
Westmoreland, Appleby—Colonel, Earl of Lonsdale ;
Adjutant, Captain Bennett.
Royal Wilts, Marlborough—Colonel, Sir J. C. Hob-
house ; Adjutant, Captain Price.
Worcester, Worcester—Colonel, T. 11. Burd ; Ad-
jutant, Captain Smith.
Ist West Yorkshire, Leed,—Colonel, R. F. Wilson ;
Adjutant, Captain M. Richardson.
2d West Yorkshire, York—Colonel, W. Markham ;
Adjutant, Captain A. Graves.
3(1 West Yorkshire, Doncaster—Colonel, G. Cholmley ;
Adjutant, Captain Rawson.
York North Riding, Richmond—Colonel, Cradock ;
Adjutant, Captaia J. Carter.
York (East)—Colonel, Colonel E. Grimstone ; Ad-
jutant, Captain .T.
In Scotland there are 15 Regiments, and in Ireland 38.

THE CREW OF THE CAROLINE.

On Tuesday last the return to the writs of habeas
corpus, obtained by Sir George Stephen, was made by
Hassan Ben Usoph, the captain of the vessel, as fol-
lows :

" In obedience to the within writ, to me directed, I
hereby humbly certify and return to the within-named
Judge, that the within-named Lybo, Sympth, Camoonah,
and Farrow, never were taken by me, except as herein..
after mentioned ; and that at the time of the coming of
the within writ to me, the within-named Lybo, Sympth,
Camoonah, and Farrow were not, nor were any of them,
nor are any of them now, nor have they or any of them
ever been, detained in my custody ; but that they and
each of them are now within my power, and under my
command as captain of the slop Caroline, belonging to
his Highness the Imaum of Muscat, bound on a voyage
from the coast of Zanzibar, on the eastern coast of
Africa, to the port of London, and back to Zanzibar
aforesaid, as part of the crew of the said ship, engaged
for the said voyage ; and that they and each of them
came within my power, and under my command as part
of the crew of the said ship, engaged for the said voy-
age ; and that they and each of them came within my
power and under my command, as part of the crew of
the said ship Caroline, engaged fur the said voyage at
the port of Zanzibar aforesaid, on or about the month
of March last ; and that the said ship Caroline is now
in the port of London, on the prosecution of the said
voyage ; and that I hare their bodies ready as within
I am commanded.

" The answer of the within-named Hassan Ben
Usoph."

Ti) this return the Learned Judge (Mr. Justice
Coleridge) has appended the following certificate :
" The within-named partie.,, supposed to be detained
as slaves, appeared before me, and having been exa-
mined, stated themselves to be free men engaged for
the voyage as mariners at wages, and have no detention
to complain of. I therefore discharge them as such.
" J. T. COLERIDGE."
It is the intentiontof Mr. Clarkson to make applica-
tion to the Learned Judge for the costs of the prose-
cution.

George Simpson, aged 7, fractured log and contusions.
Ann Deveney, aged 49, fractured arm, and contusions
on the chest and head.

Thomas Simpson, aged 46, contusion of the head, legs,
and other parts of the body.
Elizabeth Simpson, aged 8, fractured thigh, and severe
contusions.

THE TUDOR MEDALET.—Mr. Roach Smith, in a
letter to the editor of the Builder, gives the following
account of a Tudor medalet found on the site of the new
Royal Exchange. It was met with during some partial
excavation, before the general works commenced. So
little consequence did I attach to it, that it re-
mained for months upon my table before I was induced
to examine and clean it, when I deciphered an inscrip-
tion and the Tudor arms. It was previously a lump of
worthless lead, but I regenerated its defaced impress,
and thus made it an object of interest, but surely
not an object to be envied the possession of. I
exhibited it to the Numismatic Society, and to
the Society of Antiquaries ; I freely permitted
a wood-cut of it to be made for one of the pic-
torial weekly newspapers; and I adapted the inscription
to the obverse of a medal of Prince Albert, designed by
me, and engraved by Mr. Stothard to commemorate the
Prince's advent to lay the first stone of the New Royol
Exchange, the Joint Gresham Committee having
omitted to order a medal to be engraved to record this
interesting event.

I THE MEIKLE FERRY.—We understand that a pro-
ject is now in embryo for throwing a bridge over the
Aleikle Ferry. Although on first thought the scheme
may appear somewhat utopian, we are assured, on the
very best authority, that it may be accomplished with
i ease and cheapness. Should this turn out to be the
; case,have and we no reason to doubt it, the northern
.
counties will be incalculably benefited. We believe that
' the sulject will be laid before the public in an authorita-
tive for,n, the spot having been already surveyed .by a
gentleman of experience and skill, and well known in the
north of Scotland.—Jolut 0' Great Jaunted,

Ann Deveney, aged 24, severe contusions, brought to
the hospital in a state of collapse.
Joseph Deveney, aged:27, severe contusions all over the
body, brought to the hospital in a state of collapse, and
remained, together with the last person, in a state of
insensibility for some time.

ktiday evening Mr. Bedford, the Coroner, held an
inquiry, which occupied several hours, at the Feathers,
Dean-street, Westminster, to inquire into the death of
Bridget Haslet, aged 76 years. It appeared in evidence
that deceased was very feeble and infirm. Deceased
lived at 34, Gardener's-lane, and on Wednesday last,
between twelve and one o'clock, she was ettacked by a
lit, when one of the lodgers went into her room to her
aid. About six the same evening thQ landlord's atten-
tion was attracted by a cry of " Fire !" He imme-
diately rushed into deceased's room, and found her en-
veloped in flames. As soon as the flames were extin-
guished she was removed into the Westminster Hospital,
where it was ascertained that her injuries were of so ex-
tensive a nature as to leave no hopes of her recovery, and
she never rallied, and died about three the next morning
(Christmas-clay). The supposition was that she had
been leaning over the mantel-shelf (a strong propensity
to which she always bad), and thus suddenly ignited her
clothing, by vrhieh she became fearfully burnt. The
jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."
AUCIIINTOUL ESTATE.—The trustees of Lord Fife
have purchaFed this estate for 70,0001. This, with the
other extensive possessions of that family in Banffshire,
will give them a large influence in the county.—lnverness
Courier.

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