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Times : —" The 92 nd Highlanders have lately formed the garrison of Edinburg h Castle . On Friday , the 22 nd ult , the regiment embarked at Granton for Fort George The wife of one of the privates had been confined on the previous -Wednesday , and , when the regiment marched from the Castle , this poor creature , scarcely two days confined , was lifted into a hackney cab , driven , screaming w ith pain , through the crowded streets of the Scotch capital , and placed on board sbip to undertake a two days * vojage to the destination of the regiment . Whether or not this outrage took place with the woman ' s consent , I am unaware ; but the scandal of the whole proceeding points it out as a fit subject for illustration . " Shipw * kck of the Westebn Bbide . —The Western
Bride , on its way from the Chincha Islands to Queen ' stown , Ireland , has leen completely wrecked . On the 26 th of February , in latitude forty degrees south , longitude seventy-eight degrees west , the ship , from the influence of very strong winds and heavy seas , became leaky . On the 27 th , the foreyard wa 3 carried away . On the 2 nd of March the vessel entered the Straits of Magellan ; but the gale was so violent that it was found impossible to cast anchor . The ship then continued its voyage until the 8 th , when she struck oh a reef of snnken rocks , about two miles from Barranca Point . She continued to strike very heavily for two hours and a half , when she . floated again ; but the injuries she had received were so great , that , although the
pumps were vigorously manned , the water fast gained on the crew , who had barely time to save themselves in two boats . The vessel sank immediately they were clear of h « r . The crew suffered great agony on Baraxa Point , wlere they landed ; for they had only a few soaked biscuits and no water . The weather was bitterly cold , but they feared to light a fire , lest the natives , who are cannibals , might come down upon them . They remained five days on this point , when , the sea having abated , they took to their boats , Towed across the straits , and ,, after several days' agony from hunger and thirst , reached -a small Chilian settlement in Patagonia , the governor of which , a Dane , received them kindly . On the 15 th of May they were taken off by the United StateB war "brig Bainbridge .
Pat-Ser » eaot WouAJi James , of the 10 th company of Sappers and Miners , has absconded with a considerable sum of tie- public money . He lias hitherto borne a good character , and has but recently returned from the Crimea . TheTdppbraryMiutia was disembodied on Monday . At eleven o ' clock the men were drawn up in line , as were also the depotB of the 9 th , 39 th , and 17 th Regiments . After going through , some evolutions , they formed into square , the General and staff stood in the centre , and Sir Jauxes Chatterton addressed them , observing : — "I attend here with the Tipperary Militia on their disembodiment , and I fondly hoped I should be able to give you that meed of praise which I was able to give to all the other militia regiments in rny district . I cannot do that ; you have committed acts of such a character as
leave it impossible for me to give you approbation . I had fondly hoped you . would leave the militia with honour j but in this I was disappointed . You listened to the advice of evil-disposed persona—you forgot the respect < lue to your officers and to yourselves , and you now se& the melancholy consequences upon some of your comrades of hearkening to bad advice . " After some further remarks , the General said , " Officers of the Tipperary llilitia , you have my fullest approbation for the way in which you have acted on this trying occasion . " At the close of hi 3 address , a memorandum from the General commanding in Ireland was read , administering a Btill farther reproof to the men for the part they had taken in . the late Nenagh outrages , and defending the regulations which are alleged to have pTovokcd them . Theso , it ia stated , were in accordance with the usual
rules . Supposed Loss op a Screw Collieb and aix Hands . —The Whitley Park iron screw collier left the Tyne seventeen days ago , deeply laden -with coals for Havite . Ho more lias been heard of her ; but the crow of a vessel saw a largo iron ship go down ia the Channel daring : the late gales , and there is every reason to think that slie was the Whitloy Park . Above a dozen hands were o > a board the collier , which was quito a new vessel .
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M ISCELLANEOU S . The CounT . —The Queen and the royal family" left Holyrood Palaco at a quarter before nine o ' clock ln at Saturday morning , nnd , escorted by a party of the fitu Dragoon Guards , proceeded to St . Margaret ' s s tation . Th « y then went * by rail to Banchory , where tlioy lunched ; and from that spot the journey was performed jn the royal carriages , which wore in -waiting at tnc place . The party arrived at Balmoral Castlo at a quarter
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* Accidentally Drowned , an opinion that the boat to ¦ which the accident occurred was unfit for the work it liad to perform , it being but eighteen feet in length , and the only one belonging to the Trafalgar . The jury suggested that boats of at least twenty-five feet " in length should be supplied to the whole of the vessels of ¦ war lying in ordinary in the Medway , the boats now in use being , in the opinion of the jury , unsafe for -the ¦ work required of them , more especially in the winter months . Mr . Askey , the second in command at the coast-guard station at Swanage , has been drowned in Studland Bay , laving been thrown out of his boat by the violence of ihe winds and waves .
A man has been killed , while in a state of drunkenness , by falling into a vat of boiling water , on the premises of Mr . Wrigley , sizing manufacturer , Spring " Wood , near Halifax . The vat , at the time , had about lalf a load of bones in it 5 and the man was helping to throw in some more , when , being ; intoxicated , he became dizzy , and fell over the edge . His companion pulled him partly out , but he fell back , and , when got out again , he implored that he might be thrown in once more , to put him out of Lis agony . He declared lie had swallowed three mouthfuls of the water .
A remarkable accident and escape ( says a local payer ) lately took place at Harrington . A boy , about five years old , fell into the stream ; the waters were swollen by the heavy rains to the bulk of a river , and the child was borne along until he was washed over a sluice -with a fall of twenty feet . Some people tried to rescue him before he approached the culvert , or tunnel , through which the stream passes for some two hundred or tliree hundred yards , under the houses , road , and railwaybridge , but they could not succeed . He was given up for lost ; but he emerged on the further side of the bridge , and , when on the point of being carried out to sea , was caught by some labourers on the spot , and rescued , very little the worse .
A man , named " William Connor , has been killed , and five others seriously injured , by a casualty which occurred on Wednesday morning at the new block of buildings , " Wellington Barracks , Birdcage-walk . The accident was caused by the giving way of a portion of the cornice of tlie front part of the building facing Jamesstreet . It is , alleged that the workmen neglected sufficiently to counterbalance the projection of the cornice by the parajet , and that this led to the casualty . The scaffold was brought to the ground with twelve or fourteen woTknaen upon it . The persons injured were taken to Westminster Hospital .
An inquest was held at Bxton , on Tuesday , upon the body of Edward Cunnington , coachman to Mr . Baker , of Cottesmore , agent to the Earl of Gainsborough . Mr . Baker had "been dining with the Earl of Gainsborough , and had ordered his dogcart to be at the door at halfpast ten o ' clock to take him home . At about a quarter to eleven o ' clock , the Rev . WilliamGibson left the house , and noticed the horse and cart standing at the door . Mr . Baker left the house a few minutes later , but the dogcart could not then be seen . Lights were procured , a search was made , and after some time a hat , and the seat and cushion of a dogcart , were found floating- in a piece of water in the pleasure-grounds , about a hundred yards from the house , and about thirty yards from the road leading to Cottesmore . The cart , and the dead bodies of the horse and coachman , were afterwards discovered . The coachman appears to have been slightly int . oxip . nt . p . fl wlip . ri lift lfift tlip . house . ^
A telegraphic messago lias been received by the Society of St . Peter ' s College , Cambridge , to the effect that the Rev . William Nind , M . A ., Senior Fellow of the College , lias met with an accident which resulted in his < leath . Mr . Nind -was staying at the Hotel du Monde , Paris , where he was spending a part of the Long Vacation . Late on Monday night , a fire having , from some unknown cause , broken out in the hotel , an alarm was givjen , and Mr . Nind , fearing that he could not escape by the passage and stairs , rashly jumped from his bedroom window into the street below . His fall was observed by the passers-by ; but , before medical assistancecould bo procured , life was extinct .
ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . Thb sen of a Mr . Reid , a brewer at Newcastle has been drown « d while bathing at Whitley , near Tynemouth . Like several other bathers on the coasts this season , ho was carried away by the tides , and perished : before tho oyeo oE his brother , who vainly endeavoured to savo him ' . The last words of tho drowning man were to dissuade hSa brother from coming to tho rescue . "Go b 3 ° ^_ 8 o back ! " he exclaimed ; "I will swim out to tfcelfrencu boats . " But he sank almost immediately aftoryarde . , J Tho inquest on the bodies of John Griffiths , an able ? lr !^ WM ? i * JT nMne ( 1 Maycock , who were £ ES 1 ?\ * Medway bv tho capsizing ' of tho boat bolonging to her MojestyV ship Trafalgar , during a , galo of wind , has resulted in tho jury—nine of whom were wUrr ant-officers- appondkuj to tC vcrdSTf
John Jeaves , a carman , has been killed at St . ICathcrine ' s Docks by the falling on his head of some bags of sugar Hhich were being lowered from the upper story of a building , when tho rope suddenly slipped . Tho poor mnn , wh « n extricated , raised his right hand , said " Good-by ! " to tho boy -who was -with him , and immediately expired . Mr . James Barry , of Eockfiold , a magistrate , and one of the largest land agents in the south of Ireland , has been drowned . Russcll ' s-quay , Limerick , projects a considerable distance out into the river beyond tho other quays . It is supposed that Mr . Barry was walking along this quay , and that , not perceiving itB termination , as his vision was very defective , ho fell in .
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Sovereign Lady Victoria , goes for an autumnal holiday to Scotland : flunkeyism goes with her , and dogs her steps to the most solitary retreats . The sham Queen of Ouda comes to England to get back a kingdom for her son i flunkeyism lacqueys her from Southampton to London . Let the reader judge fop himself Thus discourses Mr . Jenkins , of the Morning Post on the genuine Queen in Edinburgh : —" This" ( the 29 th ult . ) " has been a , great day for ' Avid Reekie ' Long years have passed since the ancient Palace of Holyrood has boasted the presence of a reigning
sovereign within its walls for any period beyond the few short tours needful for the repose of the Court in its autumnal progress to the Highlands . Her Majesty ' s gracious intention to honour her Scottish capital with even one day ' sejour has , therefore , been received with unusual satisfaction , and not without substantial cans ? for it is universally admitted the city has rarely been 80 full of visitors— -the great majority doubtless attracted by the presence of the Court . The sun , obscured for many < tays , broke through the clouds this morning , it in honour of the Queen ' s presence . "
Now for the Queen , who is only a Queen in name . We read in the Times : —¦ " Tlieex-Queen of Oude and the heir apparent , together with their . entire suite , suddenly left Southampton last night ( Aug . 30 th ) for London by special train . It was net until the middle of yesterday it became known that tlie departure of this illustrious family was so near , as the time of their intended removal was carefully concealed to prevent , if possible , any confusion arising from unwarrantable curiosity . " The pcnny-a-liner , be it observed , is prirleged to be as curious and as unwarrantable as he likes . On arriving at the station , " the ladies closely veiled , " continues the Times , " made their appearance , and were ushered into their carriage , the blinds of which were immediately
drawn , the exterior from that moment being carefully guarded . The ladies of the harem , witb . their-head ' s also entirely covered , next arrived , and weie treated in a similar manner . These , however , were less careful of their jirivacy , for , upon being seated , the curtains which had previously totally excluded them from , the gaze of the spectators were slightly opened , their curiosity to witness the excitement which prevailed evidently overcoming a proper compliance with the customs of their face . The King ' s brother and the heir-appaTent , accompanied by an equerry , occupied a compartment to themselves * , and when all had arrived , an intimation was made that the Queen was near at hand . Her Majesty , with the greatest caution , and perfectly secluded from view , had been placed in a carriage at the York Hotel , the
large gates of which assisted materially ia preventing the obtrusive gaze of the bystanders . At the station , however , matters were different , and Mr . Brandon requested that the platform should be entirely cleared of every person beyond himself and the native' attendants . This arrangement Mr . Watkins , the superintendent , very properly declined , and several suggestions were made as to the best way by which her Majesty could be placed in the « arriage unprofaned by a single male eye . The removal of the lamp from the roof of the carriage was the first step taken . The curtains of the windows were then carefully examined , and the vehicle containing this curious specimen of Eastern royalty was drawn up at theouter door . The anxiety of the eunuchs and attendants now became intense , and , although one or two attempt were made to force the spectators to retire , the British right of freedom predominated , and the Orientalists were
compelled to submit to the customs of the English pcopl « . A passage having been made from the entrance door to the carriage , over which a white covering was laid , long strips of calico were brought into requisition , and a row of native servants , having ranged themselves inside the line of spectators , held the drapery at arm ' s length above their heads , which effectively prevented the people assembled from gaining tho most remote glimpse of her Majesty . However , with all this caution , her Majesty did not enter the compartment entirely unperceived , for one or two persons , availing themselves of the opportunity afforded , owing to the attention of the officials being directed to the importance of tho proceeding , climbed to the , roof of the ro 3 'al carriage , and by that means witnessed the Queen ' s progress between tlie two lines of drapery placed to secure privacy . However , the gratification could not have been very grent , a 3 her Majesty was closely veiled . "
WHICH IS WHICH ?—QUEEN VICTORIA AND THE EX-QUEEN OB" OUDE . WjiEREVicn there is the presence of Royalty , either possessing or not possessing a kingdom—there will ecstatic ilunkoyism bo rampant—there will penny-alining glow like scarlet plush . The veritable Queen , our
Tho Queen , the Princes , and their attendants , in all amounting to one hundred and ten persons , have taken Haxlcy House , in the New-road , as their town residonce . It Is a detached dwelling , with a small lawn in front , and some trees , and is surrounded with a wall . Formerly , it was tenanted by the Duke of Brunswick .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 6, 1856, page 848, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2157/page/8/
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