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"" r ^^ B ^^^ sS 4-An . v » gjvrj . in ^ tl ^ ioae (>^ this , ship , winch *** t > i 5 ce some months / ago 9 $ 4 he , poastrof =, W «* ta »* Wft ~« wtoc * occasion , though , % sbipi , w , as destroyed , aUthe passengersand the ci ^ w were saved , has : be « n instituted Sy thp Bodied , x * f JEtad ^ , The -investigation was conducted before . the , benqh . of magistrates ; at Stsanraer . These gentlemen ^ J&y ^ g ^ T 61 * ^ : < ^ ? 1 ' ^ P ^ iwbich is . to the eifectthat tlie cause of the accident was adense ; # (> g , wJbich obscured tb £ beacon on tie Scaar-LagganyRock , so that thV vessel ran on the rock , ; , that there was a divergence from the . course intended to be steered , and that this probajrty ajpose from a deviation qf the compasses ' : that the master is therefore acquitted of blame ;
thai he exhibited . promptitude , and judgment * coo / uess and decision , in his conduct after the ship struck ; that the compasses seem not to have been satisfactorily adjusted ; and that , in , / the opinion of the magistrates , the master of the vessel should be allowed the expenses incurred by him in hfa defence . The court add that they *'< jarinot but regret " the practice which exists among passenger steamers of running at great speed ia time of fog , although satisfied that in this case the . speed was not in any respect the cause of the accident ; " and they submit to the B . oa \ rd < x $ Trader worthy of consideration , whether means ought hot' to be taken to place ^ n operation of such extreme delicacy > nd importance as the adjustment ; of compasses ( especially in . iron ships ) under some authorized control or inspection . .. ¦ <
Accident to Lord . Habdin ^ b . — -A singular casualty befel the Coinman 4 er-in-Chief on Monday at Aldershpt-His ' lordship was at ' the queen ' s pavilion , seated on a sofa , and resting one arm on a . table ,. which moved on castors , when , on rising , and helping himself up by pressing rather heavily onjthe table ,, it slipped from , beneath him , 80 jthathe fell , and severely injured . one of his feet . The ankle was so swollen , and . inflamed that it was . found difficult to say whe . ther the joint , was . sprained or . fractured . The sufferer was removed in an easy carriage to Farnborough , and thence by special train to town .
Collision on the Mersey . —A lamentable catastrophe has happened ' on the Mersey . The Liverpool papers report that the new iron steamer Excelsior , Captitfn Kerr , just built on the Clyde , was proceeding onber first voyage to Bedfast , having left Liverpool soon after midnight . When off the lighthouse , she came in direct collision with the Dublin Screw Company ' s iron screw sieatner Mail , Captain Bailey | the . stein of the Excelsior knocking off the' ifigure-head of the / lVtail , entering heir port bow near tie ^ bbwsprit , ' and 'fearing its way through the spai ' -deck as far aB the foremast . In the fore part of the Mail , under tfie ' spar-deck , ' jay . a number of deckp , 4 ssengers , Irish labtiiirers w * hb were coming , iq tne harvest in England . ' . T ^ hey lay asleep , With their heads close up
to ' the'bbws of the ship . . ' Five -were killed as they layi And nine others were'dreadfully mangled , one . of them dytng sdon after fae ' Collision . . ^ Tortunlaitely , . the bulky heads remained ' ftrhs , and'ftie' Mall , though ' thus cut down to the water ' s edge , kept ' ^ anbat , "" with the . stem of the Ekcelsfor ^ soifrtiryImb ^ ddfetf ift the , ^ fe ck th ^ at . it topk . upwards of an hour , to get . her'ij ' ee , and then nb ] t , uijtii th ? Eibelsior left h& ' afcchorl ifoarly ail her chain cable w 4 ^ i " entangled atnoiig' the broken , timbW of ^ he Moij The Mail showddfc blue fights and seiifc up rockets . ' Two ; trigs proceeded t 6 hef assistance , ' and she was' towed ihjt ^'
the Prince ' s Basin . The bodies presented a frightful appearance , being' dreadfully crashed and maimed . An inquest has' been' opened , * ' and a lArge atoburit ' of testimbhjr' received . One of the Irishmen said that' the stem ofrthe 'Exc ' eliior came through the / bow of the Mail "Ekd ablaze of lightning : •* ¦/¦ ' ' ; v . ''Air EiraiJBft C attain Drowued .: —An accident tookpla * e on Fridj&r wbefc at Havre . " Captain Walsh , of tn . e English brig Cdrnjiill , felt bv ^ bqard inty the . Euro dock , and notwithstanding iJh ^ f ^ iie / 'Wfts ajniost ^ rnmediately tafc * n out of the water , all efforts id restord life proved inttfflsctqfcl . ' ''¦• " ' ' - ¦ ' " ¦ "• ' '' ' •'
" ^ IiWsir ' iN -rtts I 6 k . —TWo ve 38 ei 4 bound to Archangel hW'betm histlh ^ heice . " " ' - '" "•• ¦ ¦ ¦ ' - [ ¦ 'T ^ 'KjsvttfVf : ' M AtbEttsrtort—The Queen was to have TeVie * eu < tfce-tir 6 b p Ji at'AteVifsnott on . Mo nday ; bu >( heavy rain prevented the show . Tuesday Was also rainy and cold , but the review" look pfticc . The Crimean regiment * having '' formed VoiirkTthe royal " cHuipage , the Qtketi 8 jVdlte ' as tolldwi'to the '' officers ' WW&ft ? £ ii&'tn i " ^ Wr ^»^? hd naVo t ^ n ^ ntfor ' nft ; Utfdfher with' fouV'iiien of each "feoroptfii ^ ' arid frobji ; wl ^ 'liavaiifcca at 'k given signal : — " Officera , Non-coAmfBriioncd Officers , and Soldiers , —I wisV'peWbnallyto ' coirvey : thYough you , to tho , regtmeiAfefl < assethDJeti her * ' tliiS ^ daV / my hearty ' welcdrno
oulthtfu ' return to Eriglahd'th' lieaith" and full efficiency . Say fe'them tfhai )' r Have ' Wkiihod' atiljtiously oVer tl » o dHBrtJties ahd < h'drdaiiiWa wll ( cli th 6 y have so nobl y bttfnei that T h « Vo moitwied'with deep sorrow for the biKlvtf ' men who ho ^ o fallen in their country * a causb , and tbkt Ih&ve feltJ ^ roud "bf that valour which , with' their ffHllant allleb , tfioV / 'haVe displayed Qti ovory field . I thank God thttt ' yftonf"dangers are over , tviiile the glory of > your deeds if < ttt \ akik ) but "I Tfabw tl » at , should your aetWces' be agairt required , ' you ^ 111 b 6 animated with tHdiiame devotion tvblch iu tho Crimea has ' rendored you iflvlhctble ' . " A simultanoouii dry' of ""'God save "itiA Qti « 6 n ! " sprang ii ^ d tha ' Wlr nrftcr * tnla " address ; boarjkiaji and shakos wero cast up in joy , or brandished on
l ^ tpp ^' oX ^ ayjjn ^ to ; a of . che ^ riqgwaf , carried & £ && & § & } %% - '¦¦' , V . ' - ^ ¦" / SrJ ' . ^ f : > w-U ^ 2 V '' ANExyBKi ^ iENXAju » i ? i ^ Mobxab Ju ^ i ^ efl . j ^ ajfcejy c # t m W > biyic 1 » % s )?{ jal ,, and i s aboujt ) tp be , j ) xp . vi 4 ed with ' its b ^ aj >? tiich £ s ! p ^ i al ^ i coropletie . ; The . nigrtar t 3 shdrtly to be forwarded ; to ^ b j Oeburyn ^ ss , to uqdergp a series of severe . tests ^ . Kbe piec , ^ . haying be , eiicast for experiment bplyj ati < £ i ? ! comnpsed of p ^ ire gun metal . The ; CTpwnis pecuUarl y sfiapea » n , a senncircular fashion , and ttie two sides » re sn ^ p ' orted with strong iron side t sirap ^ wTuijh it is expected wilt prevent the gun from shiftiiigifi ' pm ' the' basi p -under the force of any amount of concussion during the experiments which it is inrtended to put the piece , through . The bore is a 10-inch , and Mill be fired during the first trials with a charge of 30 pounds of powder , one wad , and a solid shot weighing upwards of 2 cw ' t .
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miscellaneous : The CbuKT . ^ -The King of the Belgians , accompanied by the Count of Flanders and . the Princess Charlotte , left the Bricklayer ' 8-arms Station in a special train for Dover on Wednesday . They were accompanied to the state carriage by Prince Albert . — The Prince and Princess of Prussia , the Princess Louise , and a numerous suite , arrived at Pover on Thursday , on a visit to the Queen . ... . , ¦ . ¦¦ -, . - •¦;» .. . The ' JJALP-HoLiDAy Movement . —A deputefon of City gentlemen waited on Monday on the . JLfQTQyRkypr , with a view to obtain , " through the instrumentality , of his Lptdship , the closing of the Guildhall on Saturday . at two o ' clock , which , it was thought , might . be done except when any unusual pressure of business arose .
The lord > f ayor . was favourable to _ the general , principle of eaply . closing , but conceived that it . would be impossible ^ o lay dow , n . any arbilxary rule in this particular case . He was aware that great good had been acconiplished by the closiog of wholesale houses and factories at twfl « c , iock ; hut . ] It would be very difficult . to bring about an entixe . cessation of business at that hour . Probably , a , sbmewhat later hour—four or five o ' clock —might be adppted . in the retail branches of trade . The bankers ( added his Lordship ) are at present subject to & great pressure of business on Saturdays , and , though the establishments are closed at four o ' clock , the clerks often remain considerably later . "With respect to Guildhall ,, probably three o ' clook might prove to be a more
convenient hour . Assattlt on Board , an American Shdp . ^ —The chief mate of the American ship , Assyrian , -cwfaile that vessel was a short distance from Liverpool , on her homeward voyage to New York , murderously assaulted a sailor ; and . knocked hipa overboard , X p effort was made on board the ship to save him ; but he was picjeed up by a boat which happened to , be near , and was taken to thg hbspifal Not many mpntii 3 ag . o , this ship was tJie . scene of a tragedy while iii the Merae ' y . The Manchester , ISxhibwon of 1857 . —A letter fi ^ hj ' Frmce ' Al . tert to Lbr 4 Ellesmere lias l > een publisbe ^ , inwhich his ^ oyal , Highness / suggest ^ ttit greaj ; go ' od' mi gV' result ' jFroJn making / the Manchester Kx ; hibition of 1857 " iin > str » te ^ the historj- of art by / " a chr ^
nological and systematic ar ' rajtigement . ' , ; ... , .. , .. ;|^ TJLi : ' Accxi > eNT ojj [ , the . Tvne , —A .. melanchply accident occurred on . Sunday evening on the . rivei- T ^ ne-It appears that astOaiiiDoat was proceeding ' up tlie nver , when , it passed a gmall sailing-boat , very heavily lad e ^ . Fburteen . person ? were in the boat' (^ inen , women , and children ) , and the gunwale , was within a very short distance of ttie water . The swell caused by the action of the paddles ' of the steamboat broke over , the bows'of the Bailing-boat to such ' an extent tha ^ t the Wornen of the party became ' alarm , edj and , risipg quickly , unset the vessel . All were instantly submerged- One of the number sW-am nshore , , and' six , otiiers were picked up b y William Cowper , an old scullerniin who plies between Kedbeugh ' arid klswtck-quay , arid '\ yho wftne ^ sea tho acciffeht fi ; bm the shore ; but seven were borne avray and
di s owned . ... ' ,, [ Thk Cai'K of Good Hope . —The Cope Assembly , in H comrnittee of . U » o whole House , have approved eleven resolutions , the ' obw 4 of whfch is to facilitate tlie bringing into' the colony of emigrAhts , by granting auma of Gpyornnient nioney for that purpose . - ¦¦ . , : TK ^ ANi (? . ' SyMPTo ' M ' a . Caused >» y ' AipiMONir . —Dr . EJllptBdn comiriunicatpa to the" Medical Times of ^ aturday two 6 a 8 cs which have occurred within Ins practice Of tetanic , syniRtonis Arising fr , pm antimony . ThepaticntiAvoro infants , tlio one fourteen , tho other eight mbfitlis old . Alluding to tho Rtigeloy ci > so , I ) r . 151 h 6 tson remarks : — " l * aliner s course appears to have been 6
simplo cnbugh- ^ -to ajtllcmnt ( murder' Coolte hy aiitimbriy , as ho probably liad murdered his other victims , and , ndt succeeding so soon as he anxiously desired , to resort ' ' . tho last inonient to strychnine , with wlii « h alao ho failed , till on tho Tuesday night ho gave it ngain . Tho writer says that antimony was tho least likely Of any poison to excHo suspicion . Tiik CA 1 . NB 1 < : i . bction . —Tho Earl of Shelburno having retired from the representation of Calne , in conaenuence of tho ' Government offering him tho oflico of UHdor-SccrotBry for' l ^ prof ^ n Affuirs , haa uildroased a letter to his cbnatltucnts , Informing piom of the fact , and thflfnklng th « m for their past confldonoe . Sir > V )!^
liana Fenwick Williams . of Kara has been returned in hi « place , witKout bpposiltion . " - 5 ' ' ¦ ' ' ' ' - ' - ' ' The " Boy Jones . " — -The H boy Jones , " of Buckingham Palace notoriety , is now undergoing punishment in th « , ; : Eevonport v Gaol , for stealing from the house of ' 5 taj . cp--Generai -Eden , the conamander-in-chief of the w ^ eatieirn ' -diatrict . . ' . ¦ - .. ¦ ¦ - : ¦ , ¦ :.- '¦ ' - ¦¦' :. ¦ : ; . ¦ . . ' : Coubamxi , Hiev , the . French engineer officer wbo ' served with mnch distinction with the Turkish army'in : the campaign on the Danube , and took part in the gallant deffence of Silisfria > is . still alive , and : has just . returned in good health from the Crimea . His supposed ? death prevented his . being included among the French officers honoured with the Decoration of the Bath . The . omission will , o £ course , be repaired . . ¦¦ .-,. _ > i - > .. - ; . . ;;¦ - . ;
A Casjekor Execdxok&—Yice-CbancellorKinderalejr has . given judgment in a case which is interesting to executors . A lady named "Wilks , as administratrix with the will annexed of the . testator in the cause ,- ; having , sold a portion of the estate to the amount of 1 , 400 ^ ., received that sum , and , there being no order to deal with the moneyj either by paying it into court ota otherwise , she paid it into the bank of Messrs . Strahan , Paul , and Co ., and the money had been virtually lost , " an extremely small dividend having as yet only been ? declared . The question was , whether she was liable fi > r such loss . His Honour was of opinion that Mrs . Wilks ' was not liable , as it did not appear that there was any order , on the part of the . legatees , to pay the money into court . : ¦ : ' - :
Hjealth OF London .- —In the week that , ended last Saturday , the deaths of 1027 persons . were registered in London , In the corresponding weeks of the ten years 1846-55 , the average . number was 974 , which , ibr . com- parison with last week's deaths , should be raised by a tenth part for increase of population , in which case it becomes 1071 . There is a difference of 44 in favour of last , week . A man , aged thirty-two years , died at 27 * Drayton-grove , Brompton , on the 1 st of July , of "English cholera , " after seventy-two hours' illness . Diarrhoeashows a slight increase on previous weeks . The deaths from it were 29 . —Last week , the births of 774 boys and 780 girls , in , all 1554 children , -were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 , the average number was 1400 . —From the Registrar-Generates Weekly Return . .
Sis William Wjuxiams . —A dinner to the hero of Kars was giveaby the Lord Mayor on Wednesday at the Mansion House . Ironmasters' Quarterly Meetistq . —The principal meeting of the Iranmasters of South Staffordshire And East Worcestershire was-held ia the Town Hall of . Birmingham oa . Thursday , Prices were steadily main .-: tained . : . ... ¦• . •¦•• • Jii DlSAGEEKMENT BETWEEN MUSSULMANS AND CHRISTIANS . —A Turkish mosque has been blown up by means of a mine sunk secretly , under , it . The ; Turks accuse ji ^ he , phrpstians of having excited the Albanian mountaineers to commit , the act , in , order , ; to « avenge toe destruction , of , the church of . St . George , and , in . consequence , all thft . heads of ; . the Qreek commune of Podgo- _ rit ^ a J ? ave been .. arrested ^ nd seat , p > , Scutari .. . :: ' -f ;
Thb , P . oe . ice JPongn , " —Pcom i » , return published ; j oo Monday , it . appears , that £ h , e total number of ; the ; policy force iempi ( ky 8 d ; in tho . . various divisions of the metropolis at the present tim . e amounts to j > 817 , that the average , number on clay duty is : 22 J 72 ,. and the average number on . night duty 3545 . A reaerv / B force ,, of 54 men , avajlabJe , fbr . any emergency ,, is attached to each of the divisions A B ' , C . D G and . M ., The ^ o men are employed patrolling indUTejreqt divisions , if not required to fill casualties by ; sickness or other causes . It further . appears that , in the quinquennial . ^ period between 1850 and 1856 , 127 , 6 policenien were dismissed from the . force , and 4407 resigned office . During the . sanie period , 264 poUcemen were ohai % «( l witji various offonces at the metropolitan , police courts ; and of these 68 vrero convicted and 18 C , diachargecj . This return was moved fox by , General Sir £ > e , I ^ a . cy Kvans , M . P . ,, . , . .,-: t of
: Evacuation op . KKnxcH .-rrAn interesting occpup , thOjOvacufttion ^ Kcrtch by thoEnglish troops is given in a ; morcuntye Wttor from ., that city . The Russian trob pft marcbod , in , ; oaa tho 2 ^ wl » relieved tho English [ sbniries , and most , cordially , fx ^ erjiiaed w ith them , wqpt through jtfwft cor ^ mony of . qrv » fli « ff colourfl , shook hands , and ftyinqcd , a , hcar | y . igoodwUL . towards th « ur late )« ne , niiea ,, ) TI ) is goperous expression of fccliqg wasoqeoropiinied with Crimean champagne . The Russian bam * , i fallowed the English troops to tho point of embarkation . : Fatal Accidknx at , A SiidbViN < l- « ALLWBX--rRichard qur ^ eyi tl > e keeper' of a beer-shop in Uuto-street , Cajdjff ^ Jind ' been nccid ' ontally a , hok by Serjeant M . ehan , of ,, thQ qiariibrgan Militia , in abhootiMfif-gallery . T ^ liowoundea man'died in tl » o course of a fovy hours ,. pay ing behind him nwJfe and young familyl Ho was on tlie most friendly terma with tlifc sergeant , and | io seated , shortly before his death , tliat tho pistol went Off by tho purest accident . . ' ..., - ^ The RiaiiT IIon GBOKawi IUnicks , M . P . for Dorsetshiro , expired at his reBi ^ orice in Old Palaco Yard at ope o ' clock on Sunday afternoon . He had filled , various legal poatfl , \\ ip . *** % h «» ng that of Judgo-Advopate-qenernl und ^ er tlie governjniicut of Lord Derby . Ho W 0 . 8 high , Conporyauve . ., . _ . .,, ; v % W ' noulah ^ uicxdk . —An old man , soventy- » ix yeai «
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Leader (1850-1860), July 12, 1856, page 657, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2149/page/9/
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