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boat . altbo-ughit wice / w-Mketf froa * lit ; tv * w others sank to rise do more . Much risk was incurred- in the rescue of the two men , lnasmacfr as ffiey could only he approachetf after the-sea "broke , and then quickly- snatehed from their dangerous situation .. The-loss , of life among the Shetland , fishermen , this year has been unusually great . The late Mb . Feancis BlaikTe . —The Border Advertiser notices the death of Francis Blaikic , of St . Helen ' s , a man of note in , the annals of agriculture . In connexion -with' Coke , of Norfolk , ' he was the means , of introducing the turnip drill husbandry , and other iubprovements in agriculture . He retired to the banks of the Tweed some twenty-five years ago , and spent the evening of his life at St . Helen ' s .
Viscotrsrr Hinton ,: second and . eldest surviving son of the Earl and Countess Poulett , died , last Saturday ; He was in his thirty-sixth year , and was in tlie army for a short time . . I > eath of ViscOinrr BAtGONrE . —Lord Balgonie , eldest son of the Earl and Countess of Lever * and Melville , died last Saturday ,, after a protracted illness-, incurred while .- doing service witli his regiment in the Crimea . He went last autumn to Egypt , where he passed the winter and spring ; bat the' climate had no beneficial effect on his -weakened' constitution , and a ; few ¦ weeks since he returned to this country in the same unsatisfactory state . He was in his twenty-seventh , year . —Morning Post .
A . Ba » Tesan * EiBCEHOt—Indhje- etigftgpmeirt-w'ludni took place between , the French and the Arabs at the-Gol < Le la Mbuzaia , in Algeria , seventeen years ago , Commandant Unrich , oftheStht-battaliotr < jf Faot Chasseurs ; waa struck by a > ball ; ia the eyef , which penetrated the lead 1 , and' remauaed . there- , in- spite oP all efforts- to * extract uv Since theu .. M » Uhrich , who' has risen " to the grade of colcnef ,, has suffered greatly from the presence of the T ) alf , particularly when obliged to ride- on horsebacfi . "A few months back , the inconvenienTO hawing ! greatly increased , he was
seat by his medical advisers ; to . - Alievard r a watering place in the Isere . About ten days ago , he had a slight attack of apoplexy , which shook him greatly , and a fe w nights afterwards He-was awakened from his sleep by a sense ; of suiffbcatlon . Jumping up ,, he found that the ; tall had by degrees worked its way down ,, and had at . last fallen from the upper part of the mouth into his throat ! By violent efforts he succeeded in dislodging it , and he is now doing well . The balT , though diminished by corrosion , was fonad to weigh , twenty-ilve grammes ( about four-fifths of an ounce ) i—Galigna / ni .
Fat ? Royalties . —If the reader will go upon his knees and peep into a hut in one of the Zulu monarch ' s kraal ' s , he will see low natural it is for people of rank to grow fat . Crawling through the small entrance , we see a large lardy—one of many queens—reclining on . a mat , and supporting her head with her hand . A pot , containing porridge of white millet , stands near' her ; a vessel of biuised corn and curds keeps it company ; ivhile a third—no small one—holds a supply of native beer . Of these she partakes during the . intervals of sleep , a female being iix attendance to hand her now the one and now the other , as her Majesty may feel inclined . Before the day is over , a supply of beef will , probably , be brought In . —Fom Shooter ' s Kaffirs and Zulus .
Oldham Election . —A public meeting of the liberal party has been called , to decide aa to who should be brought forward to represent Oldham in Parliament , in place of the late : Mr . James Platt . It is very generally believed that Mr . W . < X . Fox , who -was thrown out at the last election , will be returned without opposition . MAiioMarEDAN Gallantry . —On the 14 th r we went to an evening party at Lord Ashley ' s . His lordship and his beautiful lady leeeived us with great courtesy-Here we had the pleasure of being introduced : to Tiscount Joeelyn and his wife , the loveliest of English beauties . After a little while I had the honour of playiug at chess with this nymph of Paradise . I played two games with her , and allowed myself to be beaten both times to please \\ er . —Autobiography of Lvtfullah .
A Locomotive Attacked by a . Bull . —A :. 'bull ( says a local paper ) belonging to n farmer near Pontadulais , Carmarthenshire , which had for . some time previous shown a strong disposition to try his strength with the locomotives , went on the line on "Wednesday , just as a coal train was passing , and attacked the last truck most vigorously : but , the speed being too great for him , he gave in , an < l avenged himself for his disappointment "by attempting to remove one of the telegraph posts , but again failed . At this time , a passenger train made its appearance , and he ran to meet it at all Ms speed , with his tail coiled on his back ; but his gallop was cut short , as he was struck by the buffer and sent spinning through the fence into the iield ,. where he lay prostrate for some time , bellowing pitcously , but was soon after able to retraces his steps , and has not since made his appearance .
-Napolkox and Sleep . —It has been said that he slept little , an assertion for which there is no foundation . Ou the contrary , he slept much , and even stood in great need of sleep , as is the case with all nervous persons , whoso minds arc very active . I have often known him spend ten or eleven hours in bed . But if wakefulness Tvas necessary , he . could support it , and indemnify himself at a later period , or even take repose iu advance , iu order to support the fatigues which ho anticipated ; finally , ho liml the valuable gift of sleeping at will . — Ufarmont ' s Jtfe . mrrim .
Swimming . —A premium having been offered by Mr . Montague Gore for the purpose of encouraging tho manly art of swimming , to be competed for by inhabitants of Dover , or the soldiers of tho garrison , the matches came off on Tuesday afternoon , when there was some admirable- swimming . There wore four matches of swimming and two of diving .
Sepoy Symbols of Mutiny . —The conspiracy which broke out in British India , by the mutinies of Sepoys in the month , of June , 1857 , was first shown by the circulation of symbols in the forms of cales and lotus-flowers Herodotus described the lotus under the name of the lily of the Nile , and Theoplirastus portrayed it as tlie Egyptian bean . The first historian and the first botanist have both described it with extreme precision ^ and it is mentioned by the first geographer , Strabo . The Arabs call it the . bride of tlie Nile . Herodotus says the lotus groivs in the country when it is flooded . Its flowers are white , and ihave petals like those of the lily . The lotus-plants grow in great numbers , and crowded together . Their flowers close at sunset , and hide then : fruit , and th « y open again when the sum reappears , and rise up above the surface of the -water . They continue to do this until the fruit Is entirely formed , and tlie flower has fallen . Tie fruit is aa large ns that of a large poppy , and contains a great number of seeds , like millet seed .
Jtne JiigypiKHis pne lieaps , and allow the bark to rot , and they then separate the seed , wash it in the Nile , and after drying it , convert it into bread . The root of the lotus , which as called corsion , Is round , and about the size of a quince ; and its lark is black , like that of the chesnut : the root is , moreover , white inside , and it is eaten either raw or cooked , j Theophrastus says this bean grows in the marshes and ponds ; its stalk is about four arms long , and is of the thickness of a finger . It resembles a rush which is not knotted . The fruit it bears Is of the shape of a wasp ' s nest , and contains as . many as thirty beans , each in a separate cell . The flower is once or twice larger than that of the poppy , and is pink . The fruit grows above the surface of the water ; the leaves
are borne upon stalks like those of the fruit ; they aro large , and they resemble a Thessalian hat . The root is thicker than tho root of a stout rush , and is partitioned like the stalk . It serves as nourishment to those who live near the marshes . This plant grows spontaneously and abundantly , and can , moreover , be sown in mud , with a bed of straw to prevent its rotting . After giving tho accoxints of the father of history and the father of botany , it would not be well to omit what is said by ^ tho father of geography . Strabo says the ancient Egyptians used to sail in bark& over the lakes Tfhich -were covered with the boans , and shade themselves with the leaves ; aa their descendants , in the present clay , shade themselves with the leaves of the sedges and date-trees . —DicTcens's IlouseJiold Words .
A Voltjkteek fou India . —TIio Deutsche Allgcmeine Zeitung publishes a letter from Damascus ^ dated August Gib , in which it is stated that the son of an English merchant there , named AVhyte , vrhose fortuno is estimated at 2 , 000 , 000 / ., had at his own expense raised and equipped a corps of thirty Europeans , with whom he had the day before set ofif to- join the British forces in the East livdios ,. aa a volunteer , together with his ' following ;' The courso they had taken was . in the first instance to Eeyrout , to embark there for Egypt , and to proceed thence to the East Indies . Tho uniform in which those volunteers have- been clothed is very similar to that of our Rifles . They have , however , been armed with tho
iowhng-picoes they were accustomed to at homo , and also carry yatagans . Mr . AY" byte ' s Adjutant and Quartermaster is a Mr . Finn , a relation of the English consul of that naino at Jcrusalom . lie is described ns naving formerly served , twelve years as a Company ' s oi&ceriu Bengal , and as a . man of middle ago and of atnlotio stature . Attached to . thia little expedition i . s a fcwiHs surgeon of tho name of Buclnnann , who lately served ng assistant-surgeon with our army in the Crimea . " . "" tllQ exception of tho above , the force him been snuaed exclusively from tha working clumos , and con-EWts of twouty-one Kngjisli , six ituliiuiH , two Frenchwon , and two Greeks ; and these , modern Paladins trust to reach tlio seat of action early tliis month .
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THE DUCHY OF HOLSTEIK . In the sitting of the Holstein Chamber , on the 3 * d inst ,, the Commission reported that it considered thte situation of the country critical , and declared itself unable to discuss the new Constitution before having secured the ftidepeudence : and equality due to Holsteinj in the Danish monarchy .
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ITALY . The French Government has instructed its representatives ia foreign countries to disavow the Miurati 3 t proclamations which liave been distributed . Tlie Stctffetta of Turin , states that the captains of the Eerraxa and Minutolo have been dismissed from the service of the Neapolitan Government , as being responsible , for the treasonable correspondence and arms they had . onboard . A few political arrests were made at Turin , on the 31 st ult .
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THE EAST . Xord Stratford de Redcliffe and M . de Pr . okesch have notified to the Porte the agreement of the Allied Powers on the Moldavian question . The Divan imaiediately forwarded to Moldavia , bytelegraph , an order to recommence the elections . Disturbances and assassinations are increasing in Palestine . Personal encounters even have taken place among the women of the new Pacha , At Jerusalem * the Latin patriarch , has been , threatened , and was obliged-. to give in his resignation . Throughout the whole of Syria ^ nothing is heard of but robberies , extortions of money , and threats aguinst the Christians . The English . Government has prorogued tho Parliament of Corfu for two years , and great irritation haa been tlie . consequence .
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LicADion Oi ' -Fioic , Saturday , September 5 . PRANCE . The | Empcror has issued tho following order of the day to tho cump at Cluilons : — " Soldiers—I havu assembled you hero under my own command , because it i . s useful that the army should , by living together iu cam ]) , acquire a common . spirit , mid receive the Biune discipline and instruction . Tho Guard , as a corjhi el'elite , ough t more especially to muko unremitting offortft to maiutuin tho rank which it holds from old tradition an well aa by ita recent services on this Held of battle . " Montesquieu says that the Romans considered ponce
as a preparation fe * wW ~ . an * tKe mWi 8 > -m ? tha sue - desBea obtamed-by ybufcg arrfrier are -iff gtfferift' But- tfie ** && > OP aSSMuotte eSer < fis % durratf A& t dH' rfdfe dottfltftflat titftti' erasers' atid . fcfofcS- Sff jealously < £ * operaie with me in the- coirrsts which- I probose ttt Hutsaei Tcv officers ' I reeorntnetid 1 a' p atfcmar severfty ^ - tb-sBlctiers nefeesssry" obeJdieric-e—to ^ botu" a \ rHiini . 'niuiif and strict atfeiitItfff ; tcr ^ Scltlin 67 tfor ' discrplGia tTrfespecC tb your uniform , and th < j uniform is the emSlem of that * floble profession of abnegation and self-devotion of which ? you are justly proud . Let us never forget that every , characteristic sign of the army , beginning by the flag , represents a moral idea which , it is your duty to honour . "This camp will not then baa vain , spectacle offered to public curiosity , but a serious school , -which we shall turn to profi * by persevering' labour ; and the results of our studies , will be evident if-ever our country shall want
you . .. . . ( A true copy . ) "Napoi / eon . " General Regnault de Saint Jean d'Angelt , acting as itajor-GeneraL " Tb * Court of Assizes has condemned , ptxr eoniumace , Ledru Rollin . . Mazzini , Massarenti , and ; Carnpanella , to deportation .
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SPAI 1 T . Senor Hidalgo , Mexican charge d ' affaires at Madrid 1 , has , in consequence of the rupture of diplomatic relations between Spain and Mexico , left , in obedience to orders from his Government ; and negotiations on the Mexican affair will henceforth be carried on between the Ambassadors of France and England and tho Minister of Foreign Affairs .
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RUSSIA . Many persons still deny that tho Russian Government ia concentrating a . aorjis < Varmfe in the south-west of the kingclo-m of Poland , but it is a positive fact that largo 4 ) odies of cavalry have recently marched from . Lublin and liadom . towards the Austrian frontiers . On the . 20 th . of last month , powerful detachments of Rus . sian artillery also entered Czenstochan and Itielcc , which last place ts close to Cracow . It ia not , however , probnblo limit Russia meditates any breach of tho peace . Her object ; i » to keop Austria in check , and to prevent her interfering too much in , thoafluirs of tlie Danubian Principalities . — Times Correspondent .
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0 ' itisAT Finic—" For several hours on Thursday night mid yostcrday morning , a very oxtensiro tiro raged in ( Jen-street , Brkk-lnno , St . Luke ' s . Eleven liouaca have hecn moro or lew * injured . ( Jicyhtal Pala . C admissions , including seimon tickets , fur six duy . 'i finding Fridny , September 1 ' tli , 5 C . 400 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 5, 1857, page 851, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2208/page/11/
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