The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-10 00:00:00

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hour afterwards no less than six persons became immersed
by the ice breaking in two places. The first accident took
place off the island, near the Humane Society's marquee,
where Mr. Bower, of No. 1, Powis- place, Queen-square,
Bloomsbury ; Mr. Morrell, No. 14, Charles-street, Portman-
square; and John and Henry Davis, of No. 1, Great Barlow-
street, Marylebone, broke through into eight feet water, but
were extricated by icemen Southern, Winnott, and Griffiths.
The second accident took place on the Broad-water, where
Mr. Warren, of No. 37, Gloucester-place, New-road ; and
Mr. Townsend, of High-street, Camden-town, broke through
into seven feet water, but were rescued by icemen George
Clapson and John Winnott. All the above persons were
admitted into the marquee, and received assistance from the
Society's servants. Two of them (the Devises) were so ex-
hausted that it was fonnd necessary to put them into warm
baths, &c.
The ice in St. James's Park is also very slight, not being
more than an inch and a quarter thick, and it will today
(Monday) be highly dangerous for persons to venture on.
The number of skaters during the day was about 5,000 and
about :40 accidents happened. Amongst the persons who
broke through were the following :—Samuel Sebley, No 14,
Arnold-place, Walworth ; George Legg, No. 2, Rochester-
row, Westminster. ; George Barker, "No. 27, Berwick street,
Pimlico ; James Gardener, No. 9, Broad-street, St. Giles's ;
George Ladwick, silversmith, 106, Vauxhall-walk ; James
Purser, 11, Cross-street, Hatton-garden ; James Pawlev, Bedford-court, New North-street, Red Lion-square ; John
Farrance, 1, Heron-place, Vauxhall-bridge ; William Ed-
ward Rangford, 346, Strand, John France, Primrose-street,
Bishopsgate ; Daniel Lardner, No. 4, Ranelagh-walk,
Thames- bank ; John Feakins, No. 4, Peel-terrace, Deptford;
Joseph Duke, 26, Lambeth-terrace; John Leaden, Star-court,
Chancery-lane ; Charles Hodset, 3, Gardener's-cottages, West-
'muster ; Joseph Caldwell, Post-office, Southwark ;
James
Beckworth, 27, Wootton-street, Cornwall-road, Lambeth ;
Anthony Reading, .Highbury-barn ; Richard De Leon,
artist, 145, Goswell-street ; Thomas Newland, 4, Douglas-
street, Vauxhall-road : Thomas Baxter, Charles court.
Hungerford-market ; Frederick Moody, 10, Pall-mall East
and Joseph Male, 24, Buckingham-street, Strand, &c. ' The
whole of the above persons were, when rescued, taken to the
Humane Society's marquee, and placed in warm baths, and
received every attention until able to return home.
icemen and other officers of the Royal Humane So-
ciety deserve the highest praise for their exertions in all the
parks, to which may be attributed the preservation of so
many persons from a watery grave.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

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PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 9.—The Commander-in-Chief, Sir C.
Rowley, Bart., returned from leave yesterday and re-assumed
the port duties.
The Rodney, 92, Captain Collier, C. 8., is alongside the
jetty preparing fur sea. Rendezvous are opened for the entry
of men. A rumour is in circulation that Vice-Admiral Sir
William Parker, Bart., will hoist his flag in her to command
in the Mediterranean.
The Sparrow, 2, Commander Otter, left to complete her
refit alongside her hulk on Friday.
The Medway, royal mail steamer, was towed into this
harbour on Friday, at high water, to be docked, having
tailed the ground in the Southampton water, and scraped
her copper, and lost ber rudder. A steamer was secured on
either side of her at the bow, and another steamer was
towed astern to act as a rudder. She was taken into dock
yesterday.
The Rattler, 8, screw-propelled steam sloop, Commander
Smith, is in the harbour, painting and preparing for sea. She
is short-handed.
Squadron in the Pacific—The Dublin, 50, Captain
Tucker, slag of Rear-Admiral Thomas, was at Callao, on the
sth of November, waiting the arrival of the Collingwood, 80,
Rear-Admiral Seymour, to take the command. The America,
50, Captain the lion. John Gordon, was at Callao on the
above date; she arrived on the Ist from the Cape. The Cor-
morant steam-sloop, Commander Gordon, was at Callao on
the 3d of November. The Fisgard, 42, Captain Duntze, and
the Salamander steamer, Commander Hammond, were at
Islay on the 3d of November.
The following notice to pilots has been issued by the
Lords of the Admiralty :—" Notice is hereby given, that on
such occasions as it is found necessary to employ a steam-
vessel to tow any of her Majesty'sships or vessels, only one
pilot will be paid for such service (except in extraordinary
cases), and that such payment will be made for which ever
vessel draws most water."
The Cygnet, 6, Commander Layton, was cruising off the
Bight of Benin on the 25th of November. She bad captured
a slaver on the 15th.
The Winchester, 50, Captain Eden, flag of Rear-Admiral
the Hon. J. Percy, was at Symond's Bay on the 20th of De-
cember.
The Wasp, 16, Captain Usher, and the Star, 6, Comman-
der Dunlop, were cruising off the Bights on the 2d of De-
cember, at which date the Ringdove, 16, Commander Sir
William Daniel, and Albatross, 16, Commander Yorke, were
at Benguela; the Growler, steam-sloop, Commander Buckle,
Sealark, 10, Commander Gooch, and Ardent, steam-sloop,
Commander Russell, were at the Gallinas ; the Alert, 6,
Commander Bosanquet, and Alert, 3, steam-sloop, Lieute-
nant-Commander Cumberland, were at Sierra Leone, ex-
pecting the arrival of the Commodore in the Penelope, 22;
the Eclair, steam-sloop, Commander Estcourt, the Hydra,
4, steam-sloop, Commander Young, and the Tortoise, guard-
ship, were at Ascension. The Albatross had made two prizes
DEVONPORT.—The Espiegle, 12, Commander Has, and
Flyish Fish, 12, Commander Thompson, "made their num-
bers" on Wednesday, and put to sea again. A private letter
from the former states, that since their departure froth the
Sound, on the 31st ult., they bad encountered very rough
weather, which, during the first three or four days, was really
awful. During a heavy squall, the Espiegle carried away
her jib-boom and narrowly escaped being dismasted. They
had encountered also a severe snow storm. The Espiegle
proves herself a most weatherly vessel, and far superior to
her competitor, the Flying Fish, as a sea boat; but the latter
had some advantage over the Espiegle on a wind. They
showed themselves off the port again on Friday, and stood
down Channel.