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KT IS ! SSSSSr- 'SSS fes ^ SSSSrSS E ? V / LSnsto Ws coble , accompanied by his two Ss jTh ? SlobU The father was put onboard a Swedih vessel , near to the stone buoy , leaving ' the sons in rteToWe ! Shortly afterwards , the coble was observed fwnn the shore to capsize , and a signal was given to some other cobles at a distance , which set sail , and were soon near to the seat of the accident ; but both men had disappeared . _ __ , . , . _*_ _ .. _ x returned
A verdict of manslaughter has been against Thomas Baxter , the driver of a passenger train which ran into a goods train while the latter was being shunted across the line at the Albion Station on the Stour Valley Railway , in consequence of which an old man , named Thomas Wilbraham , received such injuries that he died in the course of a' few days . The danger signal was up at the time the goods train was being shunted ; but Baxter either did not observe or disregarded it . —A child , about three years old , was being fed by its grandmother with mashed potato . Suddenly , about half a potato was missed ; the child made a noise as if choking ; its face turned black , and its tongue protruded . Surgical aid -was sent for , but it was too late . There was no doubt that the child had seized the half-potato while the grandmother ' s back was turned , and had endeavoured to swallow it without mastication .
A sixty-horse-power steam boiler burst early on Wednesday morning , at Hampson Mills , near Bury , the property of Messrs . Warburton and Holker , bleachers and dyers , completely destroying the engine-house , dyehouse , and a warehouse , and carrying a large iron flue , eighteen feet long , to a distance of eighty yards . Nine lives , according to one account , have been sacrificed , in addition to many more placed in jeopardy . The number of those severely scalded and injured exceeds that of the killed , and one of the number was scarcely expected to survive the night . Another report states the loss of life at only six , with four bodies missing . The cause ef the accident is not yet known .
A child has been drowned m a tub , in which the mother was washing some things . Dnring her absence , the child ( a little girl , four years old ) must have climbed up the tub and tumbled over . She was found with her face downwards in four inches of water , and , on being removed , she was quite dead . —A dreadful accid ;^ I occurred on Wednesday evening to Mr . Badger , a commercial traveller . He" was " in the act of passing in a gig acro §§ i Iig ^ o ' the Moreton and Stratford Branch Rail-¦ ' " ' wayV when the passenger-train was seen coming along the line at a rapid rate . The guard of the train , perceiving the danger , hallooed at the top of his voice , and applied the breaks ; but all was of no avail , for the next moment the gentleman was hurled into the air , and , in falling to the ground , came in contact with the metals . Little hope is entertained of his recovery . The gig was completely smashed , but the horse escaped unhurt .
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . Siege Operations at Chatham . —Some siege operations , ona scale of great magnitude and splendour , were conducted at Chatham on Tuesday in the presence of the new Commander-in-Chief . Tho evolutions were of an exceedingly elaborate kind , and appear to have been executed with the utmost precision and brilliancy . The crossing of the pontoon bridge exhibited the vast improvement which has recently been effected in this species of extempore communication from shore to shore . " Another operation of tho Sappers , " says the Times reporter , " which attracted much attention was that of subaqueous explosion . A charge of 501 b . of gunpowder was attached to a case filled with balks of timber and
sunk in the middle of St . Mary ' s Creek . At a given signal it was fired by a voltaic battery , under tho direction of Captain Cumberland , and instantaneously there rose from the surface of tho river a vast pillar of water resembling a waterspout . Tho siego operations having been brought to a olose , the Duke of Cambridgo , who expressed his cordialiapproval of tho manner in which they were conducted , visited tho hospitals and inspected tho Crimean invalids of the Royal Engineer corps . " As usual , an accident occurred during tho operations . A mine exploded ; a quantity of clay was thrown into the air , and a portion of it descended on somo of tho men of the Provisional Battalion , breaking tho leg of one , and bruising others ; bnt no lives were lost . Tho men are progrefling favourably .
( Miutauy Swxnolbhs . —Tho practice has become so prevalent of late , amongst several of tho young oflicora ** * h « Southampton garrison , of giving fictitious bills to their tradesmen in , payment , that tho commandant ( Col . Jeffenea ) Hhuvfbund it necessary to caution tho public neTertotake any-of them in exchange for goods or cash witbout ?»<• «» wtuinu » g from their bankers or army agents whethM , 4 hoto . is any balance in hand to meet them Ilampahtre IndoptncUnt . iJi " « Z , KBtt \ ™ **« , wrecked « t the Lizard Point , £ 2 ^ i ^ flvo ^ on tho . Wth inBt ., about tho « ttrw « rd epgine-rooin , owing to tho » trong eaBt wind and iwyy . gronndBwoll -which had Bet ln . and to which sho ivaa completely exposed . Had tho weather continued
: moderate , there waa great expectation of saving her , all machinery and necessary appliances being on the spot for use after the blowing up of the rocks under the starboard bilge had been accomplished . The Basin at Sheerness . —In consequence of the constant filling up of the middle discharging basin and camber at Sheerness , which now prevents vessels of moderate draught of water entering to be discharged , the Lords of the Admiralty have entered into a contract with Mr . Thomas Stutely , merchant , of Sheerness , for the removal of not less than thirteen thousand tons of mud from the basin and camber . A powerful mudengine has been set to work , by which three hundred and sixty tons of mud per hour can be put into barges . The work will be completed in ten weeks , and when done , ships drawing from fifteen to sixteen feet of water will be able to be taken in for the discharge of their
cargoes . The Mediterranean Submarine Telegraph . — Mr . Brett has arrived at the Isle of Galita , on the Algerian coast , -with the cable and communication in excellent condition , after having successfully passed depths of two thousand metres . A despatch has been sent to London to order a cable of sufiicient length to reach to Bona . Army Regulations . —A circular , of which the following paragraphs are the most important parts , has been addressed from the Horse Guards to officers commanding certain regiments : —" The establishment of the regiment under your command will probably be shortly reduced to fifty-seven sergeants , twenty-one drummers , and one thousand rank and file . As the regiment is now considerably above that establishment ,
I am desired by his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief to request that you will select from the whole present strength of the corps the specified number of men , being careful to retain none but such as are in every respect able-bodied and effective soldiers and not under the prescribed standard of five feet six inches , if so many are available . Should there bo any very eligible young men , well-limbed and broad-chested , of five feet five inches , you may use your discretion in retaining them . Having completed your battalion , you will cause a strict medical inspection to be made of the remainder , and send to this department the U 6 ual discharge documents of all such . />•?_»«! deemed unfit for the service , accoinpani . ?; i ; t > y a nominal list , according to the form enfi ' c ^ trj-and report how many are left , in order to their being permitted to volunteer for other regiments , which will be hereafter notified to you . "
The Bath Waters and the Crimean Soldiers . — The medical authorities of the army have advised that a large number of invalid Crimean soldiers should be sent to Bath for the benefit of the mineral waters of that city . Accommodation is required for one hundred and fifty men , and on Friday week a gentleman sent down by the Government , accompanied by Mr . Bush , the Mayor of Bath , inspected various buildings with a view to the selection of one adapted to the required purpose . Banquet to the Ho . v . Barrington Pellew . —The Hon . Captain Pellew , of the second battalion of Rifles ,
having returned from tho Crimea to the residence of his mother , the Dowager Lady Exmouth , at Canouheign , Devonshire , the inhabitants gave him a hearty welcome , and invited him to a banquet . Mr . Laurence V . Palk , M . P ., presided , and , in proposing tho health of the Captain ( which waa drunk with enthusiasm ) , ho alluded to the achievements of his grandfather , Lord Exmouth , " who , when told to attack stone walls , thought not of his ships , and who , when he waa ordered to attack one of the greatest arsenals of tho world , placed his wooden ships against stone walls , and there nailed his colours to tho maat . His name was Pellow , and not Napier . "
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MISCELLANEOUS . Tins Court . —Her Majesty , on Friday week , proceeded by special train to Salisbury , whore she was received by tho Mayor and corporation . Having visited tho cathedral , they proceeded on to Gosport by tho Southwestern Railway , and from thonco to Osborne . —Tho Duchess of Cambridge , and tho Princess Mary of Cambridge , started ou Saturday evening from Dover for Cologne . Thk West Indies . —Most of tho West India inlands arc suflering from tho ravuges of yellow fever ; but a slight decrease in this disease lms takoa place iu St . Thonius's . At Demorara , tho Court of Policy met on tho 11 th ult . Several bills were under consideration , among which was one to authorize tho payment , of
bounties to Indian immigrants who might prefer to rcindonturo themselves instead of returning to India . Kills for improving tho crimiual law have also boon introducod . Tho Hon . Peter Kosc was elected a moinbor of tho Court of Policy in tho placo of tho Hon . Robert Smith , whoae term of service had expired . Th « Governor has aont instructions to tho agent of tho colony at Madeira not to send any more Portuguese immigrants until they were ordered . The Portuguese immigrants on tho east and weal coasts of Domorara have buttered greatly from sickness . Fcvor and dysontry have been prevalent at Georgetown ; but the public health at liurbndocs is excellent , and tho general aspect of affairs satisfactory . At Trinidad , tho Council of Government hud a meeting on tho 14 th ult . It way stated that an increase of 11 , 000 / . had taken nlaco in tho Customs
revenue over the same period of last year , and 9500 / over the half-year of 1854 . A very favourable turn had also taken place with regard to local taxation , the number of defaulters having diminished from nine hundred in 1855 to four hundred for the present year . Australia . — -The opening of the Colonial Parliament at Sydney under the new constitution , establishing the system of responsible government , passed off favourabl y and suitable replies to the address of the Governor-General were voted unanimously in the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly , the Ministerial programme being generally approved . In the Assembly , Mr . Daniel Cooper had been chosen Speaker by a vote of 24 against 23 for his opponent , Mr . Parker . Mr . Cooper ia a wealthy native of the colony . It was he who headed the New South Wales subscription for the Patriotic Fund with a donation of 1000 / .
Egypt . —Said Pacha , the Viceroy , has just resolved upon running steamers , carrying the Egyptian flag , all round the Red Sea , from Suez to Cosseir , Massawah , Aden , Mocha , Jedda , Yambo , and to extend occasionall y to Bussorah and Bagdad . The Pacha has requested a number of Europeans to act as directors of the
steamers . New Zealand . —A war between two hostile tribes has broken out in New Zealand . Several of the natives have been killed . A City Missionary . —There lives at the east end of London a City missionary ( Mr . P . L . Jackson ) , belonging to we know not what sect , but assuredly a Christian , who for many years has devoted his life in the most practical way to the rescue of young people of either sex who have become thieves , vagrants , and profligates . With . no more than the very slender income that a City missionary gets , he has habitually and for many years brought miserable creatures to his house , has filled his home with people of bad character , upon whose hearts
he has been working , and -who have said that they are willing to be honest . With his own hands he has cleaned and cured of skin diseases miserable youths whom even their companions loathed to touch . To the utmost of his power he has kept such people out of harm ' s way , until , by immense efforts , he has found for them admission to some charity , or means of emigrating-, or of earning in this country an honest living-. Also . when he has touched the heart of some castaway boys or girls , ho has not seldom discovered their first homes , and , by urgent letters and persuasion , reconciled tliem to offended parents . The contributions by which he is nowaided do not amount to more than about fifty pounds a year . That is the whole endowment of his little hospital . —Inquirer .
The Earl of Shrewsbury died at Lisbon on . Monday week , in his twenty-fourth year . He succeeded hii cousin John , the sixteenth earl , in 1852 , and was premier earl in tho English and Irish peerages , and Hereditary Lord Steward of Ireland , in which office , as well as the Earldom of Shrewsbury , he is succeeded by hid kinsman , Earl Talbot , of Ingestrie Hall , Stafford ; but it is supposed that the large family possessions do not descend with the title . His death will be greatly lamented by the Roman Catholic Church , of which he was u member .
Railway Detention in the North . —Our table is literally covered with complaints from all quarters as to the loss of time and inconvenience experienced from the irregularity of tho railway trains . Not a single day passes without the trains being hours bohincl their time , and on Saturday night it waa no less than four hour !} late . We have heard it reported that Lord Pannmrc was kept two hours sitting iu a wheelbarrow at Guthrio , last week , waiting for the train . —Afontrose Standard . Dartmoor Convict Prison . — -The oighth report of Colonel Jebb , surveyor of convict prisons , just issued , gives some interesting information relative to Dartmoor prison . The establishment having boon formed as a . prison for invalids capable of light labour , it is of importance to know how far it has answered tho purpose as regards health . Phthisis uppears to be the cause of tho greatest mortality , but during tho your 185 . > there was a considerable reduction in sickness and mortality .
The deaths only amounted to 24 , and this decrease , as compared with previous years , was the more remarkable" , from thi ) increuso that had taken placo in the invalid class . Out of 545 prisoners received during tho year 1855 not more thr . n about 20 wero able-bodied men . Tho convicts aro chiefly employed in agricultural work—in reclaiming tho waste moorland , by trenching , draining , and enclosing with stono walls . In reference to tlio tickot-of-lcttvo system tho governor of Dartmoor prison says , — " Another year ' s trial of tho license system aflbnl . s an opportunity of referring to its results . . Since the ; passing of tho act for tho discharge of prisoners on licenso iu this country , 962 have- boon liberated , of whom 2 o liavo had their licoiiHos revoked , and I huvo only heard of five who have imdorgono a new trial and aro again tho ininatos of a prison . " On tho whole , tho prison at Dartmoor is said to bo " going on in all rospuots an satisfactorily as can be expectedconsidering the difficult k ; b
, inseparable from tho enforcement of discipline on such < i class . " Nmw Invention to Prjcvicnt Sticam Hoilich Es . vi . ohioNH . —An experiment has boon made at Manchester , iu tho presence of a number of scientific gentlemen , to tout . an invention to prevent steuin boiler exp losions . . 5 triul took pluoo at tho works of tho patentee , Mr . WHliuiu
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T H E Ii B A D JS R . [ No . 335 , Saturday , 802 — — ¦ — ' ' —
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 23, 1856, page 802, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2155/page/10/
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