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NAVAL AND MILITARY. Ski pping Disasters....
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T?Ighteen Hundred And Fifty '-Eight Open...
Prance have both lowered their discount . ; that the over-issue of notes at the Bank of England has been repaid ; that persons of a precise turn of mind pronounce the crisis to be * at an end . ' The decrease is shown under every head of the revenue . In Customs and Excise it anunmt » tor 1 , 755 ^ 0002 ! . ;; and although a large portion of tike decrease- niuatffc be ascribed to a reduction of taxes ^ it is also due to > a reduction of consumption and off tirade . But while we see this decline , vm > see aisa > the quotatitniH > of Consols steadily rising . They have never—throughout the greatest crisis that our trade has sustained —been so low as they have been in previous crises . The trade of our manufacturing districts is stagnant .
Although Erauee- should- rejoice in great commercial activity ai tlie Beginning of tlie year , all' is dulness even there ; and from America , in lieu of remittances , they send us brilliant promises of reviving trade . In fact , the whole aspect of commerce is like a gigantic antithesis—interesting to look at , painful to endure . The . determination of the Chapter to open Westminster Abbey for service on Sunday evenings is to be acted upon on Sunday next . This resolution lias been adopted in consequence of the demands which have been addressed from without to 1 he
authorities of the Abbey , ' to make it more available for- fche great Christian ordinance of preaching God ' s "Word to the people . ' A letter from Dean JFren-ck explains the reasons why there had been some appearance of hesitation on the part of the Chapter to comply with the wishes expressed by tllose who suggested the experiment—for experiment the Dean confesses he looks upon it as being . He argues that there are- already seven churches op'en for evening service in Westminster every Sunday , and that it would be a real subject of regret if the mere attraction of novelty , or of a variety in ther preachers , should draw large congregations to the' A'bbey services at the expense of tlie others . Nevertheless , the greatest exertions are being made to try the experiment fairly , by making tlie building as warm and comfortable as it can be made . We shall watch the results with interest .
Tlie heroic story of tlie partial burning of the Sarah Sands will be told in another column of our paper .. It is a story of sea-peril in which all the incidents are so striking , all the feelings involved are so fine , that nothing but the most perfect artlessness of narrative seems worthy of it . Tlie danger is not that one would say too little , but too much , in re-telling it . Enough to say that it is as grand , a * story of its kind as any that is written in that grand , collection of naval adventures of which we aro , and may well be , nationally proud . But the triumphant rescue of this ship from her horrible
peril points a moral that should be daily insisted upon : it is that the correct principles of iron shipbuilding should bo developed with all practicable speed , as oilfering the only possible chance of securing life against the accident of fire at sea . One good instance is as useful as five thousand . It is impossible not to admit that , under the circumstances , had tho Sarah Sands been built of wood , she'must have been destroyed entirely . r J ? he principle laidi down by the advocate of Madame x > s , Jjgufossb ,, mjd which tho jury at Evroux accepted aa . her justification for causing tho
wretohccl blackleg Guillot . to bo fired upon , has been painfully misapplied by tho Mairo of a little town called ; Ail , near- Metis , in tho north of ITmuGOt Mis daughter , a handsome girl of ninotocn , had favoured the attentions of a young mau named Bassist , who , with her conuivauoo , was used , to climb up to the grutingi of her chamber window . The father discovered tho nocturnal visitations of his daughter ' s lover , and took tho dosporate resolution of shooting him . Ho instructed his son to . lie ia wait ton him in his sister '
roonvwhioh the son did , and upon tho lovetfa ap ~ $ oarin ( pircilQ ^ ntto ^ a dbublo-barrollcd gun at him . Tho poor follow fell to the ground dead , and tho next day was discovered by tho gendarmes' lying where ho had fallen' —tho fathor and son having gone to bod after the deed was dono without taking any further heed of tho victim . Tho two wore at onoo apprehended , and will very likely bo astonished if tho jury who try thorn- make aiich a just distinction between thorn ease and that of the Jsuvossias as will send tliew Wttt . toitho aoaflbldiOii to tho galleys .
ACCLEEHENTS AHT » SUDDEN DEATHS . An old woman ; , living sfeliseard , on tbe Cheshire side of the Mersey , lfeft her bed during the night , wandered while asleep ' tb ) the river , and was drowned . Some of the villagers saw a . figure dressed in white walking in the direction ! oil ' the ferry , but hadl taken no notices off It , out of feairtfiat ie . was a ghostt . But for- their-superstitious folly amS cowardice the hobt woman ' s life migbitHave been sawed . Ones of the passengers By the express train ova the
night off the- aollision ore tlie Q 6 eft > rd , \\ orcesfcer ; . and Wolverllainijton Railway ; , near- ( Hhirlbury , om Ule 18 th ult ., died suddenly four days after the accident at Warwick . The deceased is Mr . James Hunt , the Poor Law auditor of the Oxfordshire and "Warwickshire district , lie was on his way to Warwick to attend a trial there connected with some embezzlement by an officer of the Poor Law when the accident happened . The cause of death was the bursting of an- aneirrismal sac , and the consequent flow of blood into the abdomen . An inquest has been opened , but is adjourned to next Wednesday .
A portion of a train of waggons suddenly parted from the rest on Monday evening as they were going up the incline at Helmshore , between Kamsbottom and Accrington , on the East Lancashire Railway . The part thus disjoined , consisting of eight waggons , ran down the incline with great velocity ; seeing which , the guard , ¦ who was on the last waggon of the eight , jumped off , hoping to be able to catch hold of the points , and turn the runaways into a siding . But he fell ; the waggons rolled on , and shortly afterwards a collision ensued with an advancing passenger train from Manchester . The consequence was that the engine and the first carriage were nearly destroyed , and both the lines were blocked up . The passengers were severely shaken , but not seriously injured , with the exception of one gentleman , who jumped out in his alarm , and received a severe contusion of the left thigh . The guard of tlie passenger train was also disabled by a blow on the legs . It does not appear that blame is attributable to any one .
A steam-engine boiler , connected with a colliery at the outskirts of Leeds , exploded on Tuesday morning , causing the death of one of the proprietors of the colliery ( Mr . Joseph Garside ) , and seriously injuring the engineman and a boy . The boiler was old , and apparently made of very inferior metal . Tlie boj' has since died . Two engines came into collision , on Sunday evening , at the Gorton station of the Manchester and Sheffield Railway . One was a ballast engine , the driver of ¦ which was crossing from one line to another in front of the second engine , when the crash- took place . This he had no right to do , unless authorized by the signal ; and the signal was off at the time , the signalman being at a public-house . The driver of the ballast engine was killed ; and two other men were injured , one seriously . The signalman has been taken into custody .
An inquest has been held on the body of Mr . Henry Adams , aged thirty-one , a gunmaker in Gray ' s Inn-lane . Ho had lately taken to excessive drinking . On Thursday week , he drank an enormous quantity , and , in the evening , just after swallowing some raw gin , he fell down in a fit , and expired . The immediate cause of death was extravasation of blood on the brain ; and a verdict in accordance was returned . A girl , about sixteen years of age , fell a few days ago down the opening of a shaft at ono of tho coal pits near Harlford , Scotland . It was night , and she did not see the orifice . She fell about three hundred ' feet , and , on ono of the colliers going down after lier , she was found quite dead with her face downwards on tho bar of tho cage , over which she was literally doubled up and almost broken in two . An unusually large number ot oases of sudden death have been reported during the present week .
Liverpool has been tho scene of an alarming accident . A large pile of buildings in course of erection on tho north side of the Sailors' Homo full while four workmen w , ore engaged , on it . Tho man were thrown into , tho vaults below , a distance of thirty fpot , and , when got out , wore found to bo suffering from concussion of tho brain . It is doubtful whether ono of thorn will not die . Tho coroner ' s inquest on tho seven parsons killod by tho fall of a chimney at tho Ouso Chemical Works , near Howden , was resumed on Wednesday morning . After tho coroner had read tho evidence , tho jury deliberated about half an hour * andi than returned ai verdict ol Accidental . Doafch .
A man , aged about sixty , lutoly an inmate of St . Pancras workhouse , has diod from tho ou ' octs of eating an enormous- quantity ofl aold , plum-pudding . lie was in tho act of swallowing a . largo piaco when , ho fell insanniblo to tho ground . Apoplexy had como on ,, n portion SlJJi ^ PJ ^^ iJIIS ^ JiSiilllg boon iinbodded in tho breathing
organs .- " ~ A boy , eight years old , haB diodi at Bothorhitho from having put a pcia in his oar , which ho suid ho would bring out at hin mouth , for tho annwomont of some ol his young friends . On tho poa getting boyomllliH power of' rooul , ho cried- out for help , and inocHoul anwibtunco was sought } but ail was in vain . A child has boon soaldod to death at Lamboth in a way which not unfroqueiHly happens in huniblo life . Ho placed tho spout of a kettle which was on tho flro to his mouth ) and drank some of thoi scalding water , lio lingered for rather more , than a , day , andithon diod ..
TJhe ^ aoroner ' s jury , in the case of the deaths resulting fnom the- explosion last week of a steam thrushingmachine , HaB returned the following verdict : — " We find tttott Hie deceased were accidentally killed by the explosion ofl' tiho ? boiler of a steam thrashing-machine , caused , by undue , pressure resulting from the incom' petericy and' mismanagement of Thomas Johnson , deceased . And the jury suggest to the coroner that he should , represent to the Secretary of State and other authorities the necessity of Government or other inspectors being , appointed to instibute periodical inspections of agricultural steam thrashing-machines and the competency of their attendants . "
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Naval And Military. Ski Pping Disasters....
NAVAL AND MILITARY . Ski pping Disasters . —Several vessels were cither partially or totally wrecked along the eastern coast last week . Mutiny it * the Mtbrsrtf . —A mutiny of a formidable kind broke out on the night of Thursday week on board the American' ship J .. JY Boy-d , lying , in the river , ready to sail for New York . When the anchor was about to be weighed , the crew refused to touch a rope , armed themselves with belaying pins and knives , and assaulted the mate . Eighteen were taken before the county magistrates , at Liverpool , last Saturday . The captain , being anxious to proceed to sea that evening withdrew the charge of mutiny ; but two of the crew were fined 5 ? . each and costs for the assault . The other prisoners were discharged . BuKNixa of a Screw Transport Steamer . —The Sarah Sands , a transport steamer , has been partially burnt about four hundred miles off Mauritius , while on its passage from Portsmouth to India ¦ with the headquarters and a large portion of the men of the-. 54 th Regiment . The fire was of a most appalling kind ; but the crew and soldiers behaved' with the most admirable coolness and courage , and the women and children were for a time sent off in the boats , while the men used every exertion to check the flames . The greater part of the gunpowder was thrown overboard , though in getting it out of the magazine several persons nearly lost their
lives , being overpowered by the smoke . A few barrels , however , could not be got at , and a fearful explosion ensued , shattering the port quarter . The flames now seemed to gain a mastery over all parts of tlie vessel ; but the courage and energy 6 T the officers and- men continued unabated , and at length the fire was subdued . The women and children were then brought back ; but the danger was not entirely over , for , the ship being a complete wreck , and the -weather being rough and tempestuous , constant baling and working 1 at the pumps were necessary to keep her afloat . At length , however , all got safely to Mauritius . The ship was insured at Lloyd's .
A Batch of Military Riots- —The Royal Dublin Militia , stationed at Bradford , got drunk on the night of Christmas-day , and commenced a riot which at one time looked alarming . Ultimately , seven of them were taken into custody , but given up shortly afterwards to a party from tho barracks . —A disturbance broke out on Monday evening amongst the soldiers quartered in St . Mary's Barracks , Chatham . A great deal of lighting ensued ; and , as the men used their side-arms , some severe stabs wore received . Several of the belligerents were taken , prisoners , and sent to tlie guard-house .: —A . disgraceful disturbance has been created at Edinburgh by a party of drunken soldiers belonging to the Staffordshire Militia , now stationed in the Scotch capitul . They attacked the populace with their bolts , and treated them vory roughly .
Lieutenant Milligan , of tlie City police , having presontuil himself in the midst of the fray , some of the militiamen , drawing their bayonets , stabbed him in tho head ia several placos . Tho wounds , howovor , were not serious , and tho lieutenant is now . recovering . Sevoral . of tho men are now in custody . —Some soldiers of tJuo Coldstrcam Guards made a ferocious attack , on Thursday evening , on several policemen in tho Broadway , Westminster . Ono of the soldiers was being apprehended , at a publiu-Iiouho on a charge of felony , and , whilst ho was beingconvoyed to tho station-house , soino of his comrades succeeded in rescuing him . A dosperatc affray ensued , and soino of tho polico wore so seriously injured that thoy wore taken to tho hospital . Tho w-holo neighbourhood continued for soino time in a vory disturbed state , and tho riotous soldiers got clear off .
Govostt & k Inouh op tiik Lucknow Residency . — Tho pension for distingnishod sorvioo , rendered vacant by tho apnointmont of Sir Honry Havolook to tho uolonolcy of tho flrd Buffo , has been conferred by the General Commanding in Chief on Colonel Inglia , of Iho 32 nd , Kogimont , who so successfully prolongod tho dufonco of the Residency of Luukuow . A MiMTAifK Institute iron Woolwich . —A maoliiiu ' of- ' offlcors-haa-fboen-l » old--nt-Woolwioh ,-. prosidud-o , v . crJLiX Mojor-Gonornl' Williams , tho object of which was to discuss , tho propriety ofl the military institute ) now it > progress in that locality , for tho boiioflt and recreation of privatu Holdlors . A largo majority declared in favour ol tho institution .
Tun Stath Yacht . —Her Majesty ' s State yacht Victoria and Albeit , Captain tho Hon . Joseph Donman , is boing repainted and uinbelliahod externally and Internally for tho ppcolal sorvloo of convoying tho Princess Royal and tho Prince of Prussia to Antwerp en route to P . ruoaife of ton tuolu nuptials .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 2, 1858, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02011858/page/2/
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