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T vster ordered his own boat to be pulled back , and In * A to Mr . Blight , the boatswain in command of the anchored boat , to « slip the cable f he replied , « It is a Sin cable , clinched to the bottom , and we can't unshackle it . " Just as Captain Xyster jumped on feoard the boat to see what could be done , Lieutenant Corbett staggered up from the stern , saying , "I have done it and am alive . " He had been standing in the cable with cold chiseland
water cutting tlie chain a , m doing ' so received five wounds . Such cool devotion deserves to be recorded . Captains Jones and Lyster speak in high terms of all their officers , and we are c-lad to observe that they make honourable mention of the warrant and petty officers who distinguished themselves . Mr . William J . Stivey , carpenter of the Sampson , is characterized as " a man always where he is wanted . " During the attack on one of the stockades ,
he was " neck deep in water , axe mhand , hewing away at the stakes to make a passage for the boats . " In consequence of the paucity of officers of higher rank , Charles Bloneld , a boatswain ' s mate , had charge of a pinnace mounting a twelve-pound howitzer , during two days of the fighting , and performed this important duty with great credit . The list of killed and wounded is now said to amount to 90 , —15 killed and 75 wounded . Many promotions have been made by the Admiralty among all ranks of the force engaged , since the receipt of Commodore Bruce ' s despatches .
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SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION . CAPTAIN FITZJAMES ' S JOTJBNAIi concluded . H . M . 8 . Erebue , [ Whale-fish Islands . July 3 rd , 1845 . —This morning , instead of going into Whale-fish Islands , by some mistake , Read fancied we were wrong , and away we went up to the end of the bay , thirty miles , to the mouth of the Waiguht Channel , looking for them- —the bay full of the most glorious icebergs , packed close along the shore * At noon we found out our mistake , and had our sail for nothing , which would be good fun but for the delay . I went on board the Terror in the evening , and found Captain Crozier knew tie mistake , but fancied we had given up the idea of going there . Fortunatel y * the wind favoured us right round the bay , and we had a delightful sail . We are now running into these Whale-fish
Islands . 4 th , evening . — -You will bear in mind that all this time the sun is up . Finding ourselves at last off these rocky islands , we sent Levescomte in the gig to reconnoitre , as Captain Crozier , who had been here some years ago , did not recognise the place—a certain flagstaff on a hill having been carried away . Very soon out paddled five "Huskimays , " in the smallest possible canoes , all in a row , and two going a-head kept near the ship , and piloted her into a safe place among the rocks , where we are now moored in a channel just four times the ship ' s length in breadth , and perfectly landlocked . I was ashjore all day on Boat Island , observing , with " Fox , " and got very wet and cold ; but plunging into cold water , when I got on board , made me quite
warm . Sunday , 6 th . —A fino sunshiny night , and we had a delightful sunshiny day , quite warm , the air clear , ice glistening in all directions . The fine bold land of Disko , black , and topped with snow—clear—the sea covered with bits of ice , which are rushing through the channel as they break from the iceborgs , which fall with a noise like thunder . Every man nearly on shoro , running about for a sort of holiday , gotting OKlOr ClllfMfft' f * crr * a Xrr \ nni «« Aiia iY \ Aaana ar \ fl v \ lanf-a oulor ducks' &ccurious mosses and plants
eggs , ; boing collected , as also shells . Levcscomto and I on the island since six this morning , surveying . It is very satisfactory to mo that ho takes to surveying , as I said he would . Sir John is much plowed with him . All yesterday I was on the island with Fairholmo , with the dipping-needle . Wo have a little- squaro wooden houso to cover ouraolvqs . Very Iwgo mosquitoes biting us . I shall sond you one . J no transport will probably bo cloarod to-morrow ovonmg ¦ or Tuesday , and shall got off on Wednesday evening or Ihursduy ; that is , the 9 fch or 10 th—and hard work ' <><> . A man just coino over from Liovcly , n Dane , who 1 40 — -- — — - •« ^« v ^ s # h ^ & ^* jijiA , A < 4 ji w f *^ » T ( I ft . A ^ % mH a ^/ B fv I *^ -r
|» 'W married an Esquimaux , says that they boliovo it to , ono of tu « mildest seasons and earliest summers over Known , and that tbo ico is clear away from this to idineiwtop Sound . Koop this to yourself , for Sir John s naturall y very anxious that people in England should ins , ho too Bungijino about tho s « winon . Bosidos , tho papoTO would have all sorts of stories , not true . I do oiievo wo have a good clmnco of getting through this your , it it is to bo done at all ; bu £ I hopo wo shall not , I want to have n winter for magnotic observations . an 0 li hnB ftmil 8 « d you , but I fear not ; for wnut can thoro bo in an old tub liko this , with a parcol 1 Bca Xmxe » > to amuso n " lndy fair . " This , however ,
is a f ' agon de porter , for I think , in reality , that you will have been amused in some parts and interested in others , but I : shall not read back for fear of not liking it , and tearing it up .
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TO WlIiMAM CONINGHAM , ESQ . . JPhdle-fish Islands , Uth July , 1845 . . DeaU Conin-Gham , —E——' s bundle of yarns will show you that I am well and happy , and have not forgotten you yet . I have not much time , ? as the transport sails to-morrow evening , and we shall be all day at ¦ work . It was a heavy job , clearing the transport , and took us longer than we imagined it would have done , though we worked from four till six . We are now fullvery—having three years' provisions and coals , besides the engine . The deck is covered with coals and casks , leaving a small passage fore and aft , and we are very
deep in the water . We sail , if possible , to-morrow night , and hope to get to Lancaster Sound by the 1 st of August , which , however , is a lottery . It is now eleven o ' clock , and the sun shines brightly above the snowy peaks of Disko . From the top of on * of the islands , the other day , I counted 280 icebergs ; and beautiful objects they are . Should you hear nothing till next June , send a letter , vict , Petersburg , to Petro Paulowski , in Kamskatka , where Osmar was in the Blossom , and had letters from England in three months . And now God bless you , and everything belonging to you . Always your affectionate James Fitzjames .
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MISCELLANEOUS . The Order of Knighthood has been conferred on Dr . Charles Nicholson , Speaker of the Legislative Council of New South Wales . Mr . Cheyne Brady , nephew to the late Lord Chancellor of Ireland , and Secretary of Bankrupts , has been appointed Clerk to the Grown for the county of Fermanagh , in the room of Mr . Daly , removed to Donegal . Mr . Morrison , of the firm of Morrison and Dillon , in Fore-street , is in treaty for Appuldurcombe , an estate in the Isle of Wight belonging to the Earl of Yarborough . Mr . Morrison once wore a porter ' s knot on his broad shoulders . _ Lord Broughton de Gyfford , the late President of the Board of Control , has been made a Knight Grand Cross , and Lord Howderi , the Envoy to Spain , a Knight Commander , of the Order of the Bath . Major-General Sir John Owen , of the Royal Marines , has also been made a Knight Commander . It is said that the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier will arrive in England in the beginning of March . The Queen of Spain has been driving out in the Casa del Campo , accompanied by the King and the Princess Royal . . .
Lord Howden has received an autograph letter from Queen Victoria , congratulating Queen Isabella on her escape from the poniard of the regicide . Our Queen wrote without waiting the arrival of the official dispatches . The Spanish Government have received similar communications from the President of tho French Republic and the King of the Belgians . " Prince" Louis Napoleon ha 3 presented a " magnificent gold box" to Mr . J . Laurie , of Hyde Park Place , " as a remembrance of the very gracious gifts , which belonged to the Emperor Napoleon , " received by said " Prince " Louis Napoleon .
The Queen of Madagascar , called , very ungallantly , " a troublesome female , " by the Morning Chronicle , died in November last , after " the flower of her army" had been cut off by a rebel chief . i A new Opera , by M . Alari , entitled , Sardanapahcs , was played at St . Pctcrsburgh on tho 7 th inst . for Mario ' s benefit . It was completely successful , and will bo brought out at Covcnt Garden during tho ensuing season . Mr . Shelley , tho candidate for Westminster , recommended , as Mr . Prout informs us , by Lord Dudley Stuart and Sir Benjamin Hall , addressed tho electors on Thursday at the Piazza Hotel , Covent Garden . He is in favour of vote by ballot , triennial parliaments , " extension" of tho suffrage , and—tho abolition of the system of centralization .
At tho levco held on Thursday , an address from the " Men of Marylobono" was presented to tho Queen , praying her Majesty to call to her councils Parliamentary Reformers , and stating that " any attempt to ro-imposo a tax upon food will meet with universal discontent , and place tho country in inoxtricnblo confusion . " ( Tho New Administration has been jocosely described as " Benjamin ' s mess—tho greatest of them all . "
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Tho remains of Richard Lalor Shiol reached Dublin last week , und were deposited in tho church of tho Jesuits thoro ; und over these relics of a " man of genius" high Mass was to bo said by Archbishop Murray , and other pricats , on Monday . Shiol ' s remains will havo " strictly private" burial . Sir Herbert Jonnor Fust died on Friday last , in tho 75 th year of his ngo . By his death , some valuublo patronage falls to the disposal of the Crown imd tho Archbishop
of Canterbury . Sir Herbert held the appointments of Dean of the Arches , Judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury , and Master of Trinity College , Cambridge . In 1800 , he was called to the bar ; in 1803 , he obtained his doctor ' s degree ; and in 1828 , he became King ' s advocate , upon which occasion he received the honour of knighthood . In 1834 , he became a privy councillor . He was the second " son of Robert' Jenner , Esq ., of Doctors - Commons , and assumed the name of Fust in 1842 , on succeeding to the estates of the late Sir John Fust . Sir John Dodson , Queen ' s Advocate , succeeds Sir Herbert in his appointment . The venerable Dr . Murray , Roman-catholic Archbishop of Dublin , after a short illness , died at a quarter to six o ' clock on Wednesday morning , at his residence in Mountjoy-square , Dublin .
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On Sunday last , at St . Paul ' s , Bermondsey , —of which the Rev . Dr . Armstrong is the incumbent , —no Ies 3 than twenty-seven persons renounced the Roman Catholic faith , and joined the Established Church . The Reverend Charles L . Fisher , who some time since filled the post of chaplain to the Pope , announced his inr tention , on the 18 th inst ., to abjure the Roman Catholic faith , and on the ensuing Sabbath to attend the parish church at Lyme Regis , where he has been officiating in the Roman Catholic chapel . On the 24 th a number of refugees celebrated the anniversary of the revolution of 1848 , at the National Hall , Holborn .
It is said that Lady Harris , niece of Colonel Outram , the distinguished Indian official , and widow of Sir "William Harris , of the Bombay Engineers , and Envoy to Abyssinia , has recently become a Roman Catholic , in Edinburgh , and that she has made over all her property , and the beautiful estate of Sea Cliff , in Haddingtonshire , to the Jesuits . It is understood that this lady , after performing a novitiate at an austere convent in Grenoble , France , is to found a similar institution in Leeds .
Lords Campden and Feilding have been making themselves very conspicuous of late , at Rome , in the observance of Roman Catholic ceremonies . On the occasion of a young Roman lady ' s taking the veil , of the noble family of Giustiniani , Lady Campden had accepted the office of godmother to the newly-made nun , and had previously conducted her to the Vatican , and presented her to the Pope , in order to receive his apostolic blessing ; but being too unwell to take part in the actual ceremony , Lady
Campden deputed Lady Feilding ~ to represent her in the solemn function , which was performed by Cardinal Barberini . Lords Feilding and Campden sat within the altar rails , dressed in deputy-lieutenants' uniforms ; whilst Lady Feilding , in velvet and diamonds , led her god-daughter up the church , and crowned her with a silver diadem Crowds of English attended the ceremony , and subsequently repaired to stare at the nun at the door of the parlatoria , where they were regaled by the abbess with sweetmeats and ices .
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Tho Belgian Government has authorized an English company to lay down an electric telegraph between Ostend and London . A treaty between Great Britain and the Republic of New Granada , for the suppression of the slave trade , was signed at Bogota on the 2 nd of April , 1851 . The entire cargo of tho Apprentice , from Bussorah , which arrived a few days since , consisted entirely of antiquities from Nineveh , which have been safely deposited in the British Museum , and of ancient marbles from the same quarter for Sir John Guest , who already possesses a valuable collection of Assyrian remains .
A series of lectures , intended especially for the workingclasses , has been lately commenced , at the Museum of Economic Geology , Jermyn-strcet . On Monday , Mr . Robert Hunt delivered a lecture on photography , to an audience almost entirely composed of artisans . The table was covered with a profusion of beautiful sun pictures , and Mr . Hunt concluded by offering his best aid to any of tho audience who might desire to acquire further information on this very beautiful and useful subject . The lecture was very fully attended , and wns listened to -with great attention throughout .
Tho first tube for the railway bridge over tho Wyo at Chepstow , has been fully teBted by the immense weight of eleven hundred tons being attached to it ; and tho works are now so far advanced that it is expected ' that by the first week in April one of tho lines of rail will be opened for traffic . The bridge combines the principles of tho Britnunia tubular and Mcimi suspension bridgcB , and the combination renders it doubly secure . Mr . Stcphenson , tlio eminent engineer , has inspected tho works , and , fully concurs in Mr . Brunei ' s plan . Tho paragraph in our last number on tho Guild of Literature and Art contained errors for which wo can only make gossip rumour responsible . Tlio facts stand corrected thus : —
Tho Guild of Literature and Art netted us largo ft sum as 1100 / . by their two performances at ManchcHtcr and Liverpool . At Liverpool , whero they filled tho Pliilhnrmonio Hall two nights following , ( ft font that ovon Jenny land failed to accomplish , ) Mr . Charles Dickons and las associates wcro entertained by tho Mi ^ or and Corporation .
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FfiB . 28 , 1852 . ]
THE LEADER .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 28, 1852, page 199, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1924/page/11/
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