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Naval And Military News. Fatal Accidknt ...
however , gfadaaJfcrdied awayj ^ and the poor creatures ,, si ? in all perxslied . Theit n' ^ m Ss were— -Alfred feather and George Eleather , brothers of the master ; William Belton , who ; has left a widow- .: and large family- ; Benjamin Wheeler ; a youpg man named Ball , and an apprentice The smack was then ascertained to be the Qcean Queen , » f Worthing . At the time of the occurence the men were in the act ? f taking in their nets ; ld ; OOO fish were already oh board , and VdSZS wete fire nets remaining to be got in . To add to the loss , there was some cash on board the lugger . , The-suryivorf received every Tdndnes * on board the steamer , and were taken on to Dordt , where they made a statement" of the catastrophe to the authorities . None of the bodies have yet been recovered .
Fbksh Disturbance ax the Lewes Wab Pbison . —On Monday , between one and two o ' clock in the afternoon ( says the Sussex Advertiser ') considerable excite-1 ment prevailed in consequence of a large body of the Tins in the War Prison having again displayed signs « f a disorderly and riotous disposition . Two of their , companions , it would seem , were about being discharged under orders from the Admiralty , and rumours concerning the reason of their discharge were afloat among the other prisoners , of a character which excited a very bitter rancour in their breasts . Having , as they imagined , learned the period when the two in question were abou to leave thepreciucts of the prison , they rushed out of the hall with , shouts and threats of vengeance , not only
against their former companions but also against the Governor .. Lieutenant Mann happened to be in his office , which is detached from the main building , and one approach to which is by a small gate in a low paling . Hearing the yells and noise of the advancing rioters one of the warders called out to the Governor , " The people are coming ! ' Lieutenant Mann rushed out and met them as they were advancing to the office . " With great promptitude and courage , he threw himself upon them , and with the assistance of the warders checked the advance of the foremost , and ultimately bore them back
beyond the gate . He had previously called out for the guard of pensioners , and while they were assembling he succeeded in keeping the yelling and execrating rioters at bay . Notwithstanding the cares which , at this critical juncture , must have been , pressing on the Governor , he had the' presence of mind to issue directions for the disposal of the visitors in sundry places of safety . In a very short space of time after receiving orders , the pensioners arrived on the scene of action in a body , with their musl < ets and fixed bayonets ; and their appearance damped the courage of the disorderly Fins .
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MISCELLANEOUS . A Gax . la . nt Deed . —On Monday , the 5 th inst ., a party of undergraduates from Cambridge went down the liver to Ely , and , there being a flood and strong current , it was late when they reached the looks on their return , eight miles from Cambridge . A young man named Clarke ( being short-sighted , and it being dusk ) stepped into the lock , and , being unable to swim , sank several times before any one was able to assist him . At length an undergraduate of Sidney College , named Ellis , cam e up , and hearing from the cries , & c , what had occurred , though unable to see from the darkness , he plunged at once into the lock , though encumbered with his clothes and two heavy coats . Being an expert swimmer , after a severe struggle , and when neatly exhausted , he succeeded in dragging his almost lifeless companion to shore . Mr Ellis is a native of Merionethshire , and is said to be us distinguished for high scholastic attainments and good conduct us for courage and intrepidity .
RUMOURISD iNOKEASE IN THE ISSUE OF BANK Notes . —The fact of the Governors of the Bank of England having had an interview on Wednesday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downhig-streer , has buen followed by a rumour t . hut the Government have intimated an intention to authorise the Bank to increase the notes they are allowed to issue on securities beyond the present total of 13 , 000 , 000 / . Tho impression is , that the interview was for tho purposo of conferring on the financial requirements of tho Government during' iho nekt few mouths , and that , if anything passed regarding the general amount of the circulation , it was confined to an intimation that the Government , whenever it may bo thouylit desirable , will bo ready to take tho subject into consideration . At tho same time , it is not improbable
that the deuirablenesa of making up tho deficiency in tho country circulation which hus taken place owing to tho failure or retirement of individual banks , has at l « ngth been entertained . The total of that deficiency is about 700 , 000 / ., and by the fifth clause of the act of 1844 the Government are empowered , on application being made to them by the Bank of England , to order the issue of additional notes to the extent of two-thirds of tho amount , the profits of which issue are to , go to tho State . The inoronso which could bo made wonld , therefore , be 470 , 000 / Timei " City Artiole , ' * Thursday . ' ' Efennrr . —Said Pacha is waging war with tho Bedouins of * the desert , to whom ho luis behaved with great treachery , a large number of them whom he had Induced to give themselves up having been put to doatli . Mr . Paequale , the projector of tlie 13 ank of Egypt , with TBHigllBh' Bhar ^ holders , has failed to obtain from tho Viceroy any exclusive privileges , An agent of iho
Crimea Land ) Transport Corps ha 3 beea engaging natives for work at the seat of war ; but it is feared that they will disappear . Lady Einmeline Wortley is ill at Beyrout , where she has broken her leg . Severarca 3 es of cholera have occurred among the shipping in the harbour of Alexandria . We read in the Times : —" Some workmen who are boring for M « de Le 8 sep 3 on the line which he proposes to take for his Suez Canal scheme have come upon hard rook , which quite nullifies the estimates put forth by him by his pamphlet on the subject , in which , he assumes that the canal will bo dug entirely out of sand or light soil . Ancient history informs us that in the year 610 before Christ a canal to connect the Mediterranean and Red Seas was commenced and abandoned in twelve months , after a I 03 S of 120 , 000 men . "
India . —A religious war of a very serious nature , between the Mahometans and the Hindoos , seems to be imminent , and has , indeed , already , in some degree , commenced . The defeat of the Mahometans in their attack on the Hindoo temple , which they supposed to have been erected on the site of a Moslem mosque , has excited the religious rage of Ameen Ali , the Moulavie , or high priest of a small . town not far from Lucknow . This man proclaimed a crusade against the infidel ; and a considerable number of fanatics repaired to his standard . The King of Oude , however , placed him and his followers under surveillance ; but this appears to have been a ruse , for Ameen Ali soon escaped from Lucknow , where he bad been confined , and carried with him
a large number of men , and a considerable , sum of money . The king then made a pretence of issuing orders , to bring back Ameen , whether alive or dead , and a body of troops were despatched . Coming up with Ameen , they parleyed with him ; but he ordered two of their officers into custody . Finally , the following conditions were come to : —The troops were to return to Lucknow unmolested and unmolesting . For one month , the Moulavie was to remain quiet . If within that month , dating from the 4 th of ^ September , the Durbar , in the name of the king , should order the demolition of the temple and the erection of a musjid on its site—an order which the General pledged himself to obtain—Ameen Ali would still remain quiet . But if the Durbar should fail in its duty to Allah and to his
Prophet , then the Moulavie was to be at liberty to carry his followers to Fyzabad , and act as should seem to him advisable and advantageous to the faith . —The Santal rebellion still continues . The insurgents have penetrated as far asr Afuglpore , and more troops are loudly demanded . Thirty Santal villages have been burnt by our men , and preparations on a large scale are being made for an effective blow . Intelligence has been received from Arrucan , that troops have been sent to check the depredations of the Hill Dacoits . Brigadier Mackenzie , who was recently wounded by mutinous troopers , is progressing favourably . A scarcity of water is feared at Bombay . A cotton-spinning factory , on the Manchester model , has been opened in Western India . At Bombay , trade is dull ; and the Calcutta money market is excessively tight .
Pktty Pilfkuinq on Railways , —A correspondent of the Daily News writes to call attention to an ingenious means of thuft on railways . " An occult operation which 1 wish to bring to light is the forcibly piercing a hamper with an iron rod , which breaks a bottle or two , and the contents are caught in a wooden bowl , or other receiver , provided for the purpose , wit' -out a cork being drawn or a bottle abstracted . By this ingenious device , the breaknge i 3 deplored as a mere accident , nobody is suspected , and the offender ascapes wit ' . i impunity . " The writer suggests the use of deal packing-cases instead of hampers .
The Late Railway Accident near Mitcham . — The adjourned inquest on the body of John Bingbam , the engine-driver who wus lulled on the Croydon , Mitcham , and Wimbledon Railway on the 24 th ult ., by the running of the train oil' the line , hus been concluded . Lieutenunt-Coloncl Yolland , one of tho railway inspectors of the Board of Trade , attended at the request of the coroner , and guve evidence with respect to the state of the line , from which it appeared that the truin was going too fast , considering that the line was but recently formed , and , therefore , not consolidated . The impression of Colonel Yollund was that the train had oscillated , and that a weak part of the rail had been burst by the pressure of this oscillation . It wub stated
by one of the witnesses that the deceased , who wus a very steady man , had been instructed to run with caution , and not to work in accordance with tho timetable that was given him , as the line was new ; but , ufter that caution , the precise speed was left to Bingham ' s judgment , and it appeared probable that , at the time of tho accident , the truin was going at the rate of upwards of twenty-seven miles an hour . The jury , after nearly an hour ' consu l tation , returned a verdiot of " Accidental deiuh , " but accompanied it with uspeciul recommendation that in future the maximum rate of speed , until the lino had become more consolidated , should not be greater than twenty miles au hour , iri accordance with the suggestion of Lioutenaut-Colond Yolland .
Turn Hyr > B Park Mrrtino . —In consequence of tho recent Sunday disturbances in Hyde Park , a police notice was issued during lust week intimating that stringent
measures would be taken to prevent their recurrence , and requesting that all well-disposed persons would abstain from visiting the park on the / ensuing Sunday . Sereral of the respectable orders , however , congregated within the gates about two o ' clock ; and , some time later , the " roughs " made their appearance . Nothing could exceed the disappointment of these latter gentry wheathey feund drawn up for their reception a large polica force consisting of horse and foot , and amounting to nearly eight hundred , with a reserve of about a thousand , who were stationed at convenient places in the neighbourhood . The whole force was under the commard of Cap . tain Labahnondiere ; and the mounted ^ police , moving into the very midst of the crowd , formed themselves into
a square , together with several of the foot constables . The crowd in time became very dense ; several little skirmishes took place between its less respectable members ; and an unusually tall gentleman got hooted and annoyed . But no serious disturbance arose ; and a movement executed by Captain Labalmondiere had an excellent effect in cowing the ill-disposed . He kept moving his cavalry and his foot patrols in two bodies incessantly amongst the crowd , which was thus unable to form . The gathering was therefore a failure . A stump orator at one time attempted to address the mob ; but he was not heeded , ' and towards nightfall the park was cleared . —A few of the most ill-disposed were arrrested , and sentenced on Monday to various terms of
imprison-. Suicide caused by a Dream . —A case singularly illustrating the suggestions put forward by Dr . Forbes Winslow , in endeavouring to find a probable cause of suicide of Dr . Franck and of the violent deatli of his son , has occurred within the last few days- From the accounts in the daily papers we learn that , on the night of Wednesday week , Mr . Charles Moseley , a gentleman about forty years of age , who had been for many years a clerk in the Bank of England , had a most distressing dream , to the effect that officers were in pursuit of him for forgeries upon the Bank , and , although he subsequently attended to his usual business in that establishment , his dream ( for which , it may be stated , there is no suspicion whatever of any foundation in fact ) had a most distressing effect upon his mind , and he frequently conversed about it . His wife endeavoured to reason
with him cheerfully in order to banish the impression , but on the night of Thursday week his rest \ ras again disturbed by the recurrence of a similar dream , and about four o ' clock on Friday morning he left Ms bed and hurried downstairs . Mrs . Moseley followed as soon as she missed him from the room , but he had already entered the kitchen , and with a carving knife had ripped open his abdomen , and actually cue off a portion of the bowel which protruded through the wound . In his frenzy , he would probably have inflicted a still further mutilation , had he not been prevented by a policeman , who was called in . He was attended as soon as possible by surgeons in the neighbourhood , and afterwards by Dr . Lake , of Broad-street , city , the family physician , and although suffering terribly , retained a perfect consciousness , and spoke rational ]/ , till nearly the last moment of his existence . He lived about three hours after having committed the act .
Lord John Russell presided on Monday at the anniversary dinner of the Warehousemen and Clerks ' Schools , In speaking on the subject of the schools , hi » Lordship remarked : —" It was somewhat of a misnomer to attach to a particular class of the community—a deserving class he must admit—the name of the working classes . In this country of Great Britain , with exceptions far from numerous , we all belonged to the working classes . From the Queen upon the throne , who had her anxieties and cares , and who gave some hours every day to concerns affecting the public welfare of the kingdom , down to the humblest labourer earning from 4 s . to 5 s . per week , including ministers , statesmen , merchants , the landed gentry , who really did their duty to their tenantry and labourers , all were entitled to the appellation of belonging to the working classes . Shame
indeed , to those who did not belong to the working classes . " Dr . Archer having proposed the health of Lord John Russell , whose services in the cause of civil and religious liberty he eulogized , while he claimed the right to diilVr from him in some passages of his career , Lord John replied that he should be the last to complain if any person present , or if the whole country , should differ from him . There was no use in our free institutions if men were not to form their own opinions . He would only say that in nil the opinions he had expressed his chief object and reward had been the welfare of the country . Totally mistaken , no doubt , ho had been on many occasions , but he had always suid on those occasions , " If I am wrong , let tho opinion of the country set me right and direct me . " Meunwhile , all l » o could do was to follow his best judgment , and to thank them for the kind acceptance of his name .
Suicides from Nervous Disorders . —^¦ yl 0 \ inquests huve recently beon held by iho deputy coroner of JLancnshire on persons who had committed suicide under nervous despondency cuuscd by sedentary habits * It will be recollected that we have entered the month when , according to tho Fren ch , wo hang and drow n ur selves .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 17, 1855, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17111855/page/10/
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