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however , gradually die d away , and the poor creatures , six in all , perished . Their names were—Alfred Heather and George Heather , brothers of the master ; William Belton , who has left a widow and large family ; Benjamin Wheeler ; a young man named Ball , and an . apprentice . The smack was then ascertained to be the Ocean Queen , of Worthing . At the time of the occurence the men were in the act of taking in their nets ; 10 , 000 fish were already on board , and there were five nets remaining to be got in . To add to the loss , there was some cash on board the lugger . The survivors received every kindness oh 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 at the Lewes Wae Prison . —On Monday , between one and two o ' clock in the afternoon ( says the Sussex Advertiser ) considerable excite-t ment prevailed in consequence of a large body of the Fins in the War Prison having again displayed signs of a disorderly and riotous disposition . Two of their companions , it would wem , 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 the preciucts 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 muskets and fixed bayonets ; and their appearance damped the courage of the disorderly Fins .
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MISCELLANEOUS . A Gallant Deed . —On Monday , the 5 th inst ., a party of undergraduates from Cambridge went down the river 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 aWe to assist him . At length an undergraduate of Sidney College , named Ellis , came up , and hearing from the crie 3 , &c , what had occurred , though unable to see from the darkness , he plunged at pnee into the lock , though encumbered with his clothes and two heavy coats . Being an expert swimmer , after a severe struggle , and when nearly exhausted , he succeeded in dragging his almost lifeless companion to shore . Mr Ellis is a native of Merionethshire , and is said to be as distinguished for high scholastic attainments and good conduct as tor courage and intrepidity . Rumoured Inojutcase in the Issue op Bank
Notes . —The fact of ( he Governors of the Bank of England having had , an interview on Wednesday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing-street , has been followed by a rumour that the Government have intimated an intention to authorise the Bank to increase the notes they arc allowed to issue on securities beyond the present total of 13 , Q 0 u , O 00 / . The impression is , that the interview waa for the purpoao of conferring on the financial requirements of the Government during 2 he next few months , and that , if anything passed regarding the general amount of tho circulation , it was confined to an intimation that tho Government , whenever it may bo
thought deairable v will bo ready to take tho subject into consideration . At the same time , it is not improbable that the deuirablenepa of making up the deficiency in tho country circulation which has taken place owing to tho failure or loiireiuont of individual banks , has at length boon onU-rtuined . The total of that deficiency ia about 700 , 000 / ., and by the fifth clause of the act of 1844 tho Government aro empowered , on application being mado to them by tho Bank of England , to order tho issue of additional notes to tho extent of two-thirds of tho amount , the profits of which issuo are to go to the State . Tho iiicroaeu which could bo made wonld , therefore , be 470 , 000 / . — Times « ' City Article , " Thunday .
Crimea Land ] Transport Corp 3 ha 3 been engaging natives for work at the seat of war ; but it is feared that tbey will disappear . Lady Emmeline Wortley is ill at Beyrout , where she has broken her leg . Several cases 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 Lessep 3 on the line which he proposes to take for hi 3 Suez Canal scheme have come upon hard rock , which quite nullifies the estimates put forth , by him by his pamphlet on the subject , in which he assumes that the canal will be dug entirely out of sand or light soil . Aacieat history inforra 3 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 loss 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 AH , 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 had been confined , and carried with him a lar « e 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 ; Hut he ordered two of their officers into custody . Finally , the following condiiions 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 montli , 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 bis 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 as Afuglpore , and more troops are loudly demanded . Thirty Santal villages buve been burnt by our men , and preparations on a large scale are being made for an effective blow . IntelligeHce has been received from Arracan , 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 . Petty Pilfering on Railways . —A correspond ent of the Daily News writes to call attention to an ingenious means of theft on railways . " An occult operation -which I wish to bring to light is the forcibly piercing a hamper with an iron rod , which breaks a bottle or tv , o , and the contents aro caught in a wooden bowl , or other receiver , provided for the purpose , witl-out a cork being drawn or a bottle abstracted . By this ingenious device , the breakage ia deplored as a mere accident , nobody ia suspected , and the offender O 3 capes with impunity . " The writer suggests tho use of deal packing-cases instead of hampers . The Late ILailway Accident near Mitcham . — The adjourned inquest on the body of John Bingham , the engine-driver who was killed on the Croydon , Mitcham , and Wimbledon Railway on the 24 th ult ., by the running of tho train off the line , has been concluded . Lieutenant-Colonel Yolland , one of the railway inspectors of the Board of Trade , attended at the request of the coroner , and gave evidence with respect to the state of the line , from which it appeared that the train was going too fust , considering that the line was but recen tly formed , and , therefore , not consolidated . The impression of Colonel Yolland was that the train had oscillated , and that a weak part of the rail had been burst by the pressure of this oscillation . It was stated by one of the witnesses that the deceased , who was a very steady man , hud been instructed to run vviih caution , and not to work in accordance with the timetable that was given him , us the line was new ; but , » fter thut caution , the precise speed was left to Biugham e judgment , and it appeared probably that , at tho time of the accident , the train was going at the rate of upwards of twenty-seven miles an hour . The jury , after neurlyan hour ' s consultation , returned a verdict of * ' Accidental uemh , " but accompanied it with a special recommendation that in future tho maximum rate of speed , until tho lino had become more consolidated , should not be greater than twenty miles an hour , in aceordunce with the suggestion of Lieutenant-Colonel Yollund . Tkk Hyde Pamc Mhictino . —In consequence of the recent Sunday disturbances In , llydo . Park , a police notice was issued during last week intimating that stringent
measures would be taken to prevent their recurrence , and requesting that all well-dispo 3 ed persons would abstain from visiting the park on the ensuing Sunday . Several 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 when they found drawn up for their reception a large police 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 Captain Labalmondiere ; and the mounted ^ police , movi ng 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 . Tne 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 imprisonment . 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 death 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 was again disturbed by the recurrence of a similar dream , and about four o ' clock on Friday morning he left his bed and hurried downstairs . Mrs . Moseley followed as aoon 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 cut 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 rationally till nearly the last moment of his existence . He tired 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 sneaking on the subject of the schools , his 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 anl-cting the public welfare of the kingdom , down to the humblest labourer earning from 4 p . 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 tlie 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 differ from him in some passages of his career , Lord John replied that hosliould 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 ull the opinions he had expressed bis chief object and reward had been the welfare of the country . Totally mistaken , no doubt , he had been on many occasions , but he had always said on those occasions , " If I am wrong , let the opinion bf the country set me right and direct me . " Meanwhile , nil he could do was to follow Jnis best judgment , and to thank them for the kind acceptance of his name . Suicides rnowr Nervous Disordmhs . —Two inquests have rocent / y been held by tho deputy coroner of Lancashire on persona who hud committed suicide untlor nervous despondency caused by sedentary habits . It will be recollected that we have entered tho month when , nccordjng to tho French , we hang and drown ourselves .
Egypt . —Said Puchu is waging war with tuo Bedouins of the desert , to whom ho haa behaved with great treaohory , a largo number of them whom ho hud induced to give themselves up bavins been put to deuth . Mr . JPaHquale , the projector of tlio liank of Egypt , " with JBnglibh ahureholdurfl , lias failed to obtain from the Viceroy any oxolusivo privileges , An agent of the
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 17, 1855, page 1102, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2115/page/10/
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