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Mr . Russell ' s admirable and graphic letters in the l Screw Steam Gun-boat . —The Cheerful , 2 screw steam gun-boat , Lieutenant William Hector Bason , commander , arrived afc Sheerness on Saturday , from Woolwich , having had her compasses adjusted at Greenhithe . She proceeded on a trial of speed and steering qualities . Afc present she draws under five feet water , and is the first of the new class gun-boats built to be available , with her armament , to consist of two long 32-pounder guns and two 12-lb . howitzers . With a pressure of 601 b . on the square inch , she made 216 revolutions per minute , obtaining a speed of 7 97 knots per hour . Her steering qualities are admirable : she turns perfectly round within her own length , and is capable of carrying her full armament and stores at a very light draught of water .
Four more Gun-boats . —Orders have been received at Pembroke Dockyard , from the Admiralty , for the immediate construction of four more gun-boats . They are to be built with all possible despatch , and as many men as can well be employed upon them will at once be Bet to work . The 1 st of March has been fixed for their completion ; and , in order to finish them within the three months , the mechanics have commenced working the long hours . - These boats are to be 100 feet in length , 22 feet in width , 6 £ feet in depth , and about 200 tons burden ; and their draught will be very Blight .
Soldeebs' Remittances to THEiR Families . ^—Major Powys writes to the Times to complain that , though most of the married soldiers in the Crimea " remit money to their wives , there are some who positively refuse to do so , knowing , as they do , that they cannot be compelled to support their wives and families . " The Major says that the difficulty in remitting money haa lately been slightly decreased ; but that nothing will fully meet the case , except compelling the soldier to do his duty to those who depend on him . He encloses , however , a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Warre , of the 57 th , stating that in that regiment the conduct of the men has been admirable .
This Army Works Corps . —Five hundred artisans , handicraftsmen , and navvies , very carefully selected for the duties which they will have to discharge , embarked on Wednesday , with their officers on board the Jura steam transport , and proceed at an earlyhour to-day direct to the . Crimea . They form a portion of Sir Joseph Paxton ' s Army Works Corps .
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M 1 S C Hi L , U A £ t « ~ L > S , Lost in a Coal-pit . —Two coal-miners , named John Log ' ue and John Anderson , went down the shaft into Croft Pit , on the morning of Tuesday , of the 4 th of December , for the purpose of commencing their labour . The two men left their homes about three o ' clock in the morning , descended into the pit , and were not heard of again during that day . The hour had long gone past when the men should have returned home , but no tidings of them could be heard . Several miners volunteered to explore the pit , but still the men could not be found . At length the circumstance was made known to Lord Lonsdale ' s
chief colliery agent , who placed himself at the head of a numerous staff and descended into the mine . The miners , acting on his advice , divided themselves into parties and proceeded in different directions . After searching every part ojf the pit , the men were discovered sitting in utter darkness almost at the utmost extremity of the mine , their lights having gone out soon after they had entered the pit , and they hud wandered about , vainly attempting to find out the shaft by which they descended . They were restored to their homes about nine o ' clock on Wednesday morning , after having been upwards of thirty hours in the mine . —Carlisle Patriot .
Mrs . Buller , wife of Mr . J . W . Buller , chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bristol and Exeter . Railway Company , has died from the effects of a serious accident . Stepping out of her carriage , she fell and ruptured a blood-vessel , in consequence of -which she expired after lingering for a few days . Royal Agricultural Society oe England . —The annual general meeting of the members of this society took place on Saturday , when the report for the year was read , and a financial statement was brought forward , showing a balance of ^ 2 , 688 in favour of the society . After a short discussion , leading to no praotical result , on the subject of advances for land drainage , & c , the meeting separated .
Railway Accidents . ™ Henry Smith , while joining a line for the electric telegraph , on the London and Blackwall Railway , was caught by the atop of one of the carriages of an advancing train , and thrown against a wall , from , which ho rebounded , turned round , and fell on his book . Something then caught him , which knocked him several yards forward , and the wheel i of the carriage passed over his legs . He Vnm struck on tho head , and the engine turned him over and over , and then dropped him , and wont on . He . -was picked up quite dead . A inan who was ¦ working with him had a very narrow escape . —A man homed Beattle , switchman on the North Kent lino , " M h «« n committed for trial , on a charge of causing
an accident on the 7 th inst . A train was crossing the points leading to the Bricklayers' Arms station , when , before it had entirely passed , Beattie discovered that it was going on to the wrong line . He therefore inconsiderately reversed the points ; the latter part of the train took a contrary direction to the first part ; the coupling chains were broken ; and some of the carriages were driven against a wall , injuring several passengers . The Hackney Chubch-Rate . —The poll with respect to this contemplated rate closed last Saturday afternoon by a majority of 417 against it ; the numbers being : — -For the rate , 882 ; against , 1 , 299 . The majority of persons was still more decisive , being 503 for ; 1 , 001 against .
Testimonial to Me . W . Downing Bruce . —A meeting was held at Anderton ' s Hotel , on Saturday evening , to forward a subscription that has been entered into for presenting a testimonial to Mr . W . Downing Bruce , the originator of the Civil Service Gazette , a gentleman with great claims on the gratitude of civil servants , in having discovered that the five per cent , withheld by the Government from their salaries , to form what was called a superannuation fund , was not so applied , no such fund being in existence . The money already subscribed for this object had been mismanaged , and some even , it was thought , had been misappropriated . Certain arrangements having been made with respect to future subscriptions , the meeting separated .
Attempted Suicide in a Railway Carriage . — A farmer , named Gascott , residing in the neighbourhood of Exeter , was recently arrested on a charge of stealing sheep . "While in gaol , he attempted to cut his throat ; and , on being conveyed by rail to Exeter for examination , endeavoured to leap out of the carr iage window , but was prevented . The Diplomacy op the Gbeen-room . —The following anecdote is narrated by the musical critic of Galignani ' s Messenger : — "It appears that Madame Penco , being somewhat indisposed , and , moreover ,
fatigued by tho daily rehearsals of Fiorina , acquainted the director that she was unable to sing in II Trovatore on Tuesday night . M . Calzado , naturally desiring not to interrupt the run of his most attractive opera , proposed to Madame Frezzolini to supply her place . She consented . There was an excellent house , and all went merrily until the hour of eight , when the director received a message that Madame Frezzolini desired to see him . He hastened to the lady ' s dressing-room , and found her attired fr >* llZ" "" ^ . Yt ZH ~ lo ° kin £ r charmingly . In a few w < wia hVio -krci / i hi ™ + > mf . 1 . 01 .
professional rank did not allow her to become the doublure of any other artiste , and that she would only go on the stage for the part on condition that she should retain it throughout the season . M . Calzado , considerably taken aback at this bold and quite unexpected move , proposed some negotiations on the subject , but the fair Leonora , drawing a written document from her pocket declaring her the sole representative of the character during the period she had stated , politely required his signature , the alternative being that she would immediately undress and quit the theatre . What was M . Calzado to do ? The public waiting and the orchestra ready to begin , he signed the document , and the gentle diplomatist remains in possession of the part , no doubt to the great mortification of Madame Penco and the displeasure of the director . "
The West Coabt op Africa . —Intelligence from the west const of Africa , dating from eai'ly in November to the close of that month , has just arrived . Fernando Po and Liberia were healthy . Business was slowly improving at Mellicourie River . The disturbance at the Sherbo River was not settled . Several native villages had been destroyed , and the spirit of disaffection was spreading over the whole country . Lamma Toule , king of the Nalons , in the Rio Nunez , is reported to have died lately . This event is expected to lead to further tumult there .
Fire at Bristol . —A very extensive firo broke out at Bristol in the eai'ly part of the present week . The premises of a silversmith and jeweller in St . Augustine's Parade wore entirely destroyed , and several of the adjoining houses were greatly injured . A woman and two policemen were seriously hurt , and Captain Fisher , the superintendent of the police force , had a very narrow escape from the fall of a burning floor . This Siege of Kahs . —Mr . James Wyld has published a plan Bhowing tho positions at the late siege of Rare , and the repulse of tho Russians on tho 29 th September by General Williams . The name of Mr . Wyld is a guarantee for excellence and carefulness of execution : we therefore need only call attention to the publication of this plan , for the benefit of those who v , iflh to study the recently concluded operations in Asia .
Sir Colin Campbell has declined an invitation to be nominated for Glasgow , in tho event of a dinsolution of Parliament . The General states , that his lifelong devotion to hia profession has loft him ignorant of many commercial mattors which tho representative of Buch a town as Glasgow should understand . A New Variable ) Star on Small Planet . —Mr . J . R . Hind writes as follows from Mr . Bishop ' s
observatory , Regent ' s park , under date the 18 th inst .: —About nine o ' clock on Saturday evening , I remarked , near 84 Geminorum , an object shining ' as a star of the ninth magnitude , which I have not seen before during the five years that my attention haa been directed to this part of the heavens . At five o ' clock' on th ' e following morning , it appeared to be in the same place , whence I conclude it must be a variable star of long period recently come into view It is , however , just possible that a small planet
hereabouts might have been stationary ; and , the weather having continued cloudy since my last observation , I am induced to notify the circumstance , that the nature of this object may be ascertained as early as possible . Its mean place for January 1 , 1856 , is in right ascension 7 h . 46 m . 33 ' 65 s ., and north Polar distance 67 deg . 37 min . 17 'lsee . It exhibits the pale blue light which characterises many of the telescopic planets , and nothing of the fiery appearance often presented by variable stars . Still , I incline to place it in the latter class . "
Guano . —A guano island , very rich in that valuable manure , has been discovered by an American seacaptain in the Pacific Ocean ; and a company has been formed to work it . The island is quite desert . Fatal Furnace Explosion . —An explosion , resulting in the death of four men , has taken place at the furnaces of Messrs . G . H . and A . Hiekman , Bilston . The whole of the contents of the furnace , at red heat , were projected from the furnace , and covered over a large space of ground in front of the entrance to the crucible . The iron was in a red molten state , and within its range there were , unfortunately , at the time five persons , of whom four have since died . The accident is supposed to have arisen from the sudden contact of water with the melted iron . More than five tons of molten iron and burning cinder were ejected with a force so great that portions of it , after displacing articles of great weight by which its progress was impeded , fell at a distance of about thirty yards . The survivor is seriously scalded .
Disasters on the Welsh Coast . — Some very heavy weather has been experienced on the west coast of Wales , accompanied with thick fogs at intervals , and , from numerous pieces of wreck washed ashore , it is feared that several vessels have been lost . The loss of five lives is supposed to have occurred by the collision , during a fog , of the Cameleon and the Echo . They were on opposite courses , and did not perceive their vicinity until too late to avoid the collision , when the Echo was struck with such power cL « c iier dows were staved in , and she rapidly niieci and sank . The mate , *~~ . - , « . u « ia « i of the crew , saved their lives by jumping on board the Cameleon ; but it is thought that the master and four of the crew went down in the sinking vessel . The headboard of the Echo has since been washed
ashore at Fishguard . In Milford Haven , two men have lost their lives while returning from Pater to Dale ; the boat has been found near the Stack Rock , but of the men no trace has been discovered . Miss Nightingale . —The Queen has presented a jewelled ornament to Miss Nightingale , accompanied by an autograph letter . Representation or Lincoln . — The seat vacated by the death of Colonel Sibthorp will be contested bj his son and heir , Major Gervase T . W . Sibthorp , and Mr . Charles Seeley , a wealthy merchant of Lincoln and a Radical . The Major professes to be " essentially Conservative , " but in favour of " progressing with the spirit of the age , " of " social advancement , " national education , " and " civil and religious liberty ; " being " desirous that every religious deno * mination should exercise its rights free and unfettered , as guaranteed by the prudence of the legia- ' lature . " What will the old Colonel ' s ghost say to this Radical- " Conservatism ? " Both gentlemen are
in favour of the war . Baron Martin and the Slow-poisoning Case . — We understand , on good authority , that tho observations which have been suggested by the remark alleged to have proceeded from Baron Martin , in the case of the Queen v . Woolex-, have originated in a , total misconception of what was said by the learned Judge . Baron Martin , at the close of his able and clear summing-up of a very difficult trial , said , we we assured , that there was no evidence to conviot tne prisoner or any other person of tho crimo for wnicJi Mr . Wooler was indicted , and that had ho allowed his imagination to play over the case , his suspicions would rather have rested anywhere than on him . Morning Post . __ The Post-office and the AnMY in the Ji-ast .
The Duke of Argyll haa decided to send out immediate instructions to tho officers oi tho Army *¦ onoffice in the East to open mouey-ordor offices , ior tho transmission of money to tho United Kingdom , at Constantinople , Scutari , Hoad-quartors ol tn ° Army , and Btilaklava , Excommunication at Coblentz . —Laat sunnnw , M . Sountag , a merchant at Coblentz , was com Jwnnaeu by tho olorgy to soparate from his wife , to whom n had boon married by tho civil law only , »»« / " " obeying their decree , ho has been excommunicate * . Doan Kramcutz , after preaching a sermon against we
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 22, 1855, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22121855/page/8/
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