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to a plantation at the roadside , and the regimentel medical officer was fetched ; bat an hour elapsed before he arrived , and in the meanwhile the soldier expired . He wan ftSnd to be wrapped up in a great deal of unnecessary clothing . A private named Coin , who was himself ST later in the march , stated that the farriermajor swore at the deceased and pushed his horse up Srinst him ; and that , when Lockhart fell down for the . firt time , he ( Coin ) offered to stay behind and take care of him , but that Gray would not permit him to do so . An inquest has been held , and the jury brought in a verdict , " That the said Robert Lockhart died from suffocation , brought on by over fatigue , being compelled by his superior officers to march a very long distance under a burning sun . " He was twenty-four years of
Sudden Death of a Crimean Soldier . —Sergeant Wallis , of the Rifle Brigade , a Yorkshireraan , aged thirty-eight , has expired suddenly at Aldershott , after exclaiming , " Thank God , I have arrived safely in Old England again ; I'll now have a good rest . " He had just come from the Crimea , where he had gone through the whole campaign , but escaped being wounded , though he suffered greatly from trench work , insufficient food , and exposure to weather . The Catastrophe at the Goodwood Races . —An edifying picture of our much-prized " national sport , " horse-racing , is presented by BelVs Life , in giving an account of the catastrophe at Goodwood on Wednesday week , already briefly noticed in these columns . "
Whether owing to the heat , or to over-excitement , the horses seem to have become half wild , and extremely vicious . Eight of the animals fell while racing for the Goodwood Stakes , and rolled together in one mass , in the midst of which were the riders . All the horses , with one exception , speedily jumped up , and galloped off ; the poor creature which remained behind , however , received so dreadful an injury of one of the fore legs , which was quite smashed , that , after she had sat piteously moaning for some time , it was found necessary to shoot her . Of the jockeys who received severe fractures and contusions , some were sent t © the nearest infirmary , while others , being less injured , went on with their work . A few further particulars we derive from our learned contemporary : — " Baron Rothschild ' s two horses , we believe , ran loose after the others in the race ; but Enchanter , Speed the Plough , Jolly Marine , and
Vandal , jumped the post and rails at the side of the course , and the three latter commenced fighting in the wood close by . Speed the Plough and Vandal got Jolly Marine down , and attacked him most furiously , until a gipsy boy with great courage and presence of mind seized the former , by the bridle and separated them , whereupon the old horse galloped off to a pond , and indulged in a cold bath , in the enjoyment of which he was captured . Vandal had a large piece of flesh torn off his shoulder , and the Jolly Marine , in addition to his br idle being bent and torn , received a similar injury , besides a deep wound in the hip , which had the appearance of being inflicted with a knife or some sharp instrument . Enchanter , who is a very savage brute , fortunately did not join in the melee , but tried his hand at steeple-chasing , and was eventually secured at a small village nearly three miles off . "
The late Fire near Covent-garden . —Mr . Bennett died on Sunday morning in Charing-cross Hospital . His widow , who stUl remains in the same hospital , continues in a very precarious condition ; but the children , ¦ who were also severely burnt , are much better .
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A fearful catastrophe has recently occurred at the -works of Messrs . Hutton and Son , silver-platers , Sheffield , to Emma Memmott , a young woman employed as a silver polisher . The young women engaged in this occupation stand each at a workboard , underneath which , at about eighteen inchew from , the floor , runs the shaft from the steam-engine by which the polishing spindles are propelled . . An iron bar is fixed on a level -with the'frdnt of each workbench , to protect the clothes of the young women from the shaft . This precautionary measure , however , proved ineffectual in the case , of Memmott ; for , while she was at work , her clothes became entangled with the coupling-box of tuo shaft . feeling the drag at her garments , she screamed out for assistance , and a man named Birks , under whom she -worked , ran to her aid , and , seizing her under the arms , endeavoured to drag hor from the spot , both he
and she screaming all the while to the persons in care of the engine in a lower room to stop it . The engine was not stopped , and the machinery gradually wound up the young woman ' s clothes , dragging her down at every moment , despite the efforts of Birks , who , finding it umilem further to contend against the force of the machinery , himself ran into the lower room and instantly stopped the engine . But it was too late ; sho was quite dead , and frightfully crushed . It is supposed that an iron bar connected with the shaft was loose , and caused the accident ; for , bo great -was the force of the machinery , that the bar , though of considerable thickness , was found wrapped round the shaft as if it had been a piece of cord . Curing the inquest , it camu out that the abaft was not sufficiently protected , and that an accident / though not a fatal one ) occurred about a year ago . nevertheless , the women object to the shaft being fenced •^ ft _ af It Imposes some extra labour on them ; and it ' Mtans that there la a want of ihmUr protection in all tho
Sheffield silver works . Messrs . Hutton signified their intention to box off all the shafts , and the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death . —A labourer at Stockport has been killed by a sunstroke while haymaking . He was seen to stagger and fall , and he was dead in a few minutes . —Two men have been drowned in the Serpentine , the north bank of which is so dangerous that orders have been issued not to allow persons any longer to bathe at that side . A farmer living at Stittenham , sixty-seven years of age , has met with a singular death . He was at work hoeing , and , noticing a thistle , he got over the hedge for the purpose of cutting it . While doing so , he leant upon the handle of the hoe ( the top of which had
previously been splintered ) , and , having lost his hold upon the instrument , the handle entered the lower portion of his person , on the right side of the rectum , causing a frightful wound , some six or seven inches in length . Blood flowed copiously , and , after lingering a few days , the injured man expired . —A fatal accident occurred at Blanchland , Northumberland , last Saturday , to a man named John Beck , of Shildon . He was mowing for his father , and was in the act of whetting his scythe , when he was observed to fall in a fainting fit , and the scj'the fell between his neck and left shoulder , causing a mortal wound . His brother and another person were present , and assistance was speedily procured ; but from the great extent of the wound , it was of no avail , and he died almost instantaneously . —An explosion has taken place in a chemist ' s shop in High-street , Dorking , by which two persons have been seriously injured , and a
considerable quantity of property destroyed . Mr . Knight , the master of the shop , was engaged in making up a prescription when the explosion occurred . It is supposed that the catastrophe must have been caused by an escape of gas . Mr . Knight himself escaped with comparatively slight injury , but a boy , employed as his assistant , and a servant girl , who were with him at the time , were both hurt to an alarming degree ; the former was blown through the window by the force of the explosion , and coming in contact with the iron railings outside the house , received a violent contusion on his head , which stunned him . The girl was found among the broken panes of the window , and was also severely wounded . Both of them are still in a precarious condition . Besides the great amount of damage done to Mr . Knight ' s premises by the accident , several of the neighbouring houses have been much injured by the force of the shock .
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STATE OF TRADE . The trade reports from the provincial towns for the week ending last Satm-day , show the effects of the fine harvest weather in imparting general confidence . At Manchester , the markets have been firm , owing chiefly to the prospects of the home demand . At Nottingham , this is usually a quiet period , but there is good employment . In the woollen districts , a tendency to improvement has been manifested ; and the Irish linen markets are active . —Times . A resume on the 30 th of June showed the total capital nominally required for tho new schemes introduced during the half-year to 23 , 490 , 000 ? . Of this , about 11 , 000 , 000 ? . was the amount estimated as having been
promised to foreign countries , while of the remainder only a small proportion was pledged to undertakings of a description to withdraw serious sums from the ordinary channels of employment . The prospect , although not calculated to awaken anxiety , was such as to stimulate caution . Nevertheless , although the public are disposed probably to infer that this fact , and the dulness of tho money-market during tho subsequent period , have led to an abatement of tho ardour of projectors , such has not been the case . The subscriptions invited from January to June averaged 3 , 900 , 000 ? . per month , and in July they have reached 5 , 370 , 000 / . An additionally unfavourable feature is , that tho foreign proportion pre-Seuta relatively u large augmentation . Of the total of
5 , 370 , 000 ? ., 3 , 125 , 000 / ., or considerably more than half , is destined to be drained from us to quarters whence a reflux will bo very distant . 2 , 000 , 000 ? . is intended for India , although the requirements for that country have for several years past produced a chronic pressure on the money-market , which most injuriously affected our resources during tho war , and the amount remaining to bo sent thither Avas still inconveniently large . 470 , 000 ? . is raised for Canada and "Western America , npnrt from n further large sum understood to have been privately negotiated on the bonds of a railway in tho repudiating State of Michigan ; 180 , 000 / . is for Chili ; 190 , 000 / . for mines in Italy and Germany ; 85 , 000 / . for a land project in Hungary , and 200 , 000 ? . for a telegraphic communication with the East . —Idem .
According to the Customs' bill of entry tho total value of foreign goods imported into Liverpool during tho post half-year was 24 , 806 , 185 / . 15 s ., of which goods to the vnluo of 14 , 858 , 819 ? . 16 a . were imported during tho past three months . Tho value of tho exports of British goods for the first nix months was 25 , 941 , 700 ? ., exceeding tho imports by' 1 , 186 , 520 / . 5 o . Disorder still prevails in tho vicinity of Messrs . Yormg , Son , and Magnay ' s shipbuilding yanl , where tho mon continue to hold out . James Wray , a shipwright , appeared before Mr . Yardloy last Saturday , on a charge of assaulting Mr . Charles Cousens , a draughtsman atachod to tho establishment . Mr . Cousans had been to a public-house in tho neighbourhood in search of two
shipwrights who had engaged to work at the yard , but who were afraid of going , on account of the threats of the Union men . As he was leaving the house in company with them , Wray ( who is not one of the men on strike nor a Union man ) threw some beer he was drinking in ' Mr . Cousens ' s face . He was given into custod y ; o n which the mob attempted to rescue him , but he discouraged them , and offered no resistance to the police . The defence was that Mr . Cousens pushed against Wray in going out , and spilt some of the beer , and that Wray then threw the rest over his shoulder . A fine of thirty shillings was imposed , together with costs . The money was immediately paid .
The colliers of Barnsley and the inhabitants of the vicinity have held an open air meeting , to consider the dispute now existing between the men of the Oaks Colliery and their employers . Resolutions in favour of the struggle maintained by the men were unanimousl y passed . —The secretary to the society of the colliers has written to the Times , to deny the assertion of the masters that they had taken every precaution to insureAhe safety of the pit . The writer maintains that the pit is not safe , and says that the men have merely taken reasonable precautions for the protection of their lives .
The whole of the operative stonemasons employed in the various public and private buildings in N " ewcastleon-Tyne left their work last Saturday , and have not since returned . The dispute has originated in the determination of the men to enjoy a weekly half-holiday at the expense of their employers .
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . An Alliance Banquet . — The inhabitants of Portsmouth and the surrounding districts , including the county and the Isle of Wight , are collecting subscriptions with the object of giving a grand English banquet in Portsmouth to as many of the united forces ( officers and men ) actually engaged in the late war as their funds will permit . All the naval and military authorities , the Duke of Richmond , Lord George Lennox ( chairman of the committee for carrying out the idea ) , the chief firms , many of the county and borough magistracy , the members for Portsmouth , and the townspeople , are warmly enlisted in this hospitable / eVe , which will take place in about a month , under distinguished auspices .
Burning of a Liverpool Screw Steamer . —The Italian , screw steamer , Captain Hamilton , from Liverpool to Genoa , wa 3 discovered to be on fire in the forehold -while off Cape Finisterre , when the hatches were battened down and she made for Lisbon . She arrived on the 28 th ult ., still on fire , and was run aground . The engines played upon her all night , and she has fifteen feet of water in her ; but the fire was still burning at the date of the telegraphic despatch communicating tlie news , viz ., the 29 th . Sblf-Mutilatton of a Soldikr . —A district courtmartial , presided over by Colonel A . Anderson , Royal Marines , assembled on Tuesday at Chatham barracks for the trial of William Dowell , a private in the 32 nd Regiment , on the extraordinary charge of having deliberately blown off his right hand with his musket , with the view of being discharged from the service . The
prisoner , who , since he has been in the regiment , bore a good character , was tried some time ngo oh a charge ( if desertion—having been absent from his regiment , only two hours—and sentenced to a term of imprisonment . Tho appnrent hardship of his punishment preyed very much on his mind , and on the morning of the 5 th of May last , while at Chatham barracks , he rose between three and four o ' clock , and , without disturbing any of his comrades asleep in the barrack-room , provided himself with ten rounds of ammunition and ball , after which he loaded his musket with two balls . - He then placed his right hand over tho muzzle and discharged tho piece , ¦ whon his hand was so frightfully shattered that , on being taken to the hospital , it was found necessary to amputate his hand ubove the wrist . On recovering , ho was ordered to bo brought before a court-martini for trial . Thn sonteiioo oF the court will not be known
until it has been confirmed at the Horse Uuarda ; lnit it is believed that ho will not be discharged from the army . Experiment * with Steam . —The steam Htorc . « li > i > Deo , Master Commander Pullcn , returned to Woolwich dockyard on Thursday evening from an experimental voyage to Pembroke , to test the new principle of mixing ordinary and superheated atoam . The experiments wciv made under tho official Huperintondenco of Mr . Partridge , the acting chief engineer of tho factory at W <«» l » vicli dockyard . The Hon . J . Wcthcrcd , of Aineiien , the . cliscovoror of this new method of using ntcam , whs with the vessel during tho experiments . The result was highly satisfactory ; the clour economy of fuel being ovurtliiri . v per cent ., and tho effective- power obtained by a ]><» mid <>' coal much greater than can be obtained by tli « <>!« « ii " >" of lining steam .
- An interesting ceremony v « 8 performed on the pnnido ground of tho Marino liarrncktj on Thursday , who" » '"' -whole of the ' officers and men of the corps ivoro drawn up in column , for the purpose of -witnessing tho prononlation of a silver medal , together with a gratuity of IT )/ ., which had boon awarded by tho Lords of tho Admirally >¦ " Colour Sergeant James Ilowin , of tho Ituy / il Marine , for distinguished conduct and long and inerilorioiw sorvico .
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748 THE LEADER . [ No . 333 , Saturday ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 9, 1856, page 748, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2153/page/4/
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