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same steam vessel, the Victoria, which
took off thirty-threc passengers and about
seventeen of the crew. Forty or iny per.
sons were believed to have persisted on
board the Lockwoods.
The packet ship Pennsylvania went on
the same North Bank, about quarter Of a
mile eastward Of the Lockwoods, where
her hull was nearly covered BY the sea
The captain, crew and passengers were
seen in the rigging on Tuesday, the 9Th.
On that evening the Victoria steamer put
oft their assistance, and was within sight
Of them the next morning but could render
them no aid. The sufferers were seen 10
the rigging, and their cries could be heard
One Of the passengers, Mr. Thompson
Of New York. had been seen by Captain
Nye, Of the Independence, at Leasowe.
He reported that himself and three other
passengers and senmcn left the ship in
one Of the boats, which was svamped, and
the other eight were drowned. Mr..
Thompson Inscribed his own safety 10 a life
preserver which he had on
II was reported on the 10th that 26 per.
sons had been rescued from The Pennsylva
MIA Al from the Lockwoods- 90 from
the ST. Andrew.
The accounts from the interior are quite
AS lrlgh'ful as those from the sea coast
At Manchester the violence of the storm
was terrific. In the surrounding country
The destruction of trees was immense. IN
one park alone $50 were Frustrated, and
40 more very much injured by the loss of
large limbs and branches. At Blackburn
no less than eleven factories had their
chimnies eve'Ied, doing great damage IN
their fail.
The storm extended to Ireland. commit
ting great ravages in Dublin and other
places.
The Rev. Mr.. Stephens, who has made
himself so notorious Of late by his violent
and inhnmmatory barangues at the totch-
light meetings, had been arrested; but u
successor, more violent even than he, had
sprung up in the person Of Mr.. George
Julien Harvey, who seems particularly
anxious to gain the crown Of political mar
'yrdom. At meeting Of the radicals at
Carlisle, he made speech ovcrflowing
with sound and fury, and in'erarded with
such flowers Of rhetoric as these. "There
shall be universal suffrage or universal
misery'--"The working class shall be
happy or there shall be war to the knife.
&c. &c
He also alluded to the arrest Of Stephens,
adding -"When he is tried, he will be
acquitted by his own conscience, By you,
and by the rest of his countrymcn who are
not leaaned against him; bu, if he be
found guilty by jury of shopocrats, and
if one hair of his head is injured, tell the
shopocracy of Carlisle, and Of England
that England shall blaze from end to end. !"
Enthusiastic cheering, and cries of "That's
right-that's the way to settle 'em.")
The official Gazette announces the ap-
poin'ment Of James Stuart Esq. chief jus.
tce of Lower Canada-Mlchael O'SuIllvan
Esq chief justice of Montreal--and An
drew S'uar Esq. attorney general Of l.
Canada. These are combinations Of ap'
poinrmens made by Lord Durham.
The repor; of Mrs Maclean's death, on
the coast Of Africa, is, we regret to say,
confirmed.
The Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce
has resolved, by vote Of Is TO 3, to petl
lion for the repeal Of the corn laws.
A portion of the Londoners were thrown
into a state of considerable alarm, Jan 9Th.
by the escape Of royal Tiger from be
menagerie at Lmehouse. He was seen
lcsuFey marching down the Commercial
road. IN the dusk of the evening, the
pedestrians of course giving HIM plenty OF
room for bis parade, until he net large
dog, upon which he LAID vlolen, paws,
~ hont FtnnIlu
gate open, he walked into the yard, with
the body of The dog, which he proceeded
to devour. and while so engaged was secu
red. with no little difficulty.
Lord Durham was invited to public
dinner by the Town Council Of Hull, and
requested to name the day. In his answer
To the Hon. George Crookman mayor of
Hull published IN the Hull Rockingham.
he declares bis inability to do so before the
meeting of Parliament. for the reason that
he was closely engaged in preparing
report on the state of the North American
colonies, including full representation Of
the causes. past and present, Of their On.
happy condition, and the suggestion Of
plan for their future government.
The Earl Of Norbury was nssassnated
at his residence. Dnrrow Abbey, comfy of
TIpperary. on the 4'I of January. He was
walking about his grounds, very early IN
the morning, with his steward. pointing
out some trees which he meant 10 have cut
down, when a shot was fired at him from
the other side of hedge, which caused his
death in few hours, Six slugs were
found to have pierced his side and breast,
the largest passing through 'hls lungs.
The steward saw the murderer run away.
Various causes are suggested for the
preparation of This atrocious crime. One
account says that The assassin was probably
inst'gated BY jealousy, on account of an
intrigue in winch Lord Norbury had, been
engaged with his wife; others affirm tina,
the motive was revenge, some refractory
tenants of his lordship having been elected,