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ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A fatal accident occurred on the night of Fridayweek , on the London and North-Western Railway , about nine o'clock , to a publican of High Holborn , who was coming from Harpenden races . When the train arrived at Euston-square , he attempted to get out while the train was in motion , but missed his footing , and fell in between the train and the platform , where his liead was literally cut in two . Two labouring men , last Saturday , got upon a stage at the St . Katherhie ' s Docks winch was being wound up by hydraulic ruachiuery , and . which , contained some heavy chests of sugar . A link of the raising chain suddenly snapped , and the stage with the men on it fell to u great depth . The poor fellows were taken up dreadfully injured , and they shortly afterwards died in the London Hospital .
An alarming explosion toolc place at the AVingerworth ironstone pits , near Chesterfield , on Monday . Four alien were suftbeated , including the manager of the ¦ works . All have left families- ¦ -.-. . The gas exploded on Tuesday morning at the mansion JSo . 6 , Charleot-terrace , Regent ' s Park , owing to the chandelier hi . the drawing-room not having heen turned off the previous night . The windows -were blown out , the furniture destroyed , and three of the servants severely burnt . Three young men belonging ; to Shields were drowned on Sunday evening off the coast of Durham , nearMarsden liock . They had been out in a large foy boat , which was navigated by a niaii named Coatsworth Ywho
does not appear to have been a good sauor ) and a boy called Wheatley . The weather became rough as they were returning , and a very heavy sea , overlapping the boat , capsized it . The occupants of the boat swam about for some time , diving whenever the waves swept down , upon them ; but at length all were drowned but one , notwithstanding , that a dog belonging to M'Doiutld , one of the .. young men , swain out -towards his master with a plank in his mouth . Cookson , the one who was saved , at last succeeded in reaching the bottom with his feet , when a young woman ran into the water and . assisted him out . The young woman was one of the daughters of Mrs . Allan , who keeps tlie hotel on the rock ,-and it is stated that she was engaged to M'Donald . As soon as Cookson was got on shore , she asked how many there -were in the boat , and observed that , if
M'Donald had been there , none of them would have been lost . Cookson replied , " M'Donald was one of us , " and the poor girl ran screaming to the house . A medical man was sent for as soon as Cookson was taken to tlie hotel , where he speedily recovered . —Another accident occurred on the Tyne on Sunday afternoon , by which the lives of two lads were sacrificed .-. One of them fell overthe J arrow ( iuay ; the other tried to save him , and both ¦ were drowned . The inquest on tlie bodies of the persons killed on the Trent Valley Ilailway last week , was concluded on Thursday , after several adjournments on previous davs . A verdict was returned in . accordance "vvith the facts , jind the jury recommended that the railway company should put up posts and rails to make fences in small enclosures more secure .
One of tho guards on tlie London and South-Western Railway fell from his break-van on Thursday morning , jiikI the wheels passed over his neck , severing his head from his bod } . The Southport express-train on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Ilailway wont oft" the line and down an embankment on Wednesday afternoon at Apploy Bridge , near Wigan . Strange to say , however , no ono -was injured , though the train was going at great speed at the time . Three persons have been drowned by being upset in a bout on' Cralen . Head , near Dumnore , Ireland .
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NAVAL AND MILITARY . Promotion ok Sin Coi . m Cami-buli ,. —A notification has been issued from the War-ofliec-, to the ' effect that ( Sir Colin Campbell is to be prolnoUsd to tlie rank of General in full , in consideration of lris ' recunt service in India . Injury to a Flagship . —The Cumberland , 70 , Captain Uickson , ling of Vice-Admiral Wallis , struck u | ton a rock on the 15 th of March , in the Uiycr Plate , when going down for n short cruise . Luckily the water was . smooth , and aho got oif again without mntoriiil thinnw , but sustained enougli to necessitate herroiurn to England to be docked and repaired . She may bo expected to arriveabout the end of Juno .
I me hoiiooi , at Chatham Dockyakd . —Tho Kev . . 7 . AVoolley LL . D ., Admiralty Inspector of Schools , has co . npleU .-d hi » hnlr-ycwly inspection of the school for " PprentKTs at Chath , m , dockyard , and be expressed his entire Bntiainelion with tho state of the school and tho improvement made by tho pupils . KNUABiiMra-r at Chatham .-Tho encampment for I io troops belonging to the 1 st but ( ulion of infantry at , " Ulm " K ' -irriHon , under (| , command of Colonel II jw vw , wu * completed last Saturday , and the whole of Am h ? ? f" , ° ° " Llll > si ( 0 Kele « t ^ l »« Liu , roar of i ' ort lot . ! : . ' ' " (! S | lllT lintlcr y- Tlu ! < lui «> ta . ^• i « - - "ic « i lio in ' VlT t 0 ll . t 3 lll " Utll ° < lllifi 0 M * > " «» < tl >« t > llh ** otimUit , tho ouuera ami men of tho 8 fith ( llovul (
Sussex ) Regiment , and the officers and men of the 53 rd Regiment , ample accommodation , having been provided for the men . attached to those corps . Reinforcements for India .- —It is understood to be the intention of the authorities , -with the sanction of the Duke of Cambridge , to send no more reinforcements for her Majesty ' s regiments serving in India from this country until the end of the next month or the beginning of Jul y * unless additional troops should be required in India before that period , by which time it is calculated that about 10 , 000 cavalry and infantry will be ready to embark- for the purpose of reinforcing the Queen ' s regiments now serving in Bengal , Bombav , and Madras .
Ovkrcrowding op Troops . —In consequence of the overcrowding of the troops at Chester barracks , caused by the arrival of a large number of the volunteers for the Eoyal Canadian Rifles , with their wives and families , several cases of scarlet fever and measles have made their appearance among the soldiers there . Directly the disease was observed , detachments were sent to Salford , Bury , and Liverpool . The 32 n » Light Infantry—Her Majesty , in consideration of the enduring fortitude and persevering
gallantry displayed in the defence of the Residency of Lucknow , has been pleased to command that the 32 nd be clothed , equipped , and trained as a Light Infantry Regiment , from the 2 Gth of last February . Her Majesty has also been pleased to command-. tha t * the word " Lucknow , " shall be borne on the regimental colours of the 32 nd Light Infantry , in commemoration of the enduring fortitude and persevering gallantry displayed in the defence of the Residency of Lucknow for eightyseven clavs .
Promotion of Sin "William Maxsfuxd . — The Gazette ^ f-Tuesday night contains a General Order from the Horse Guards ( dated the same day )> which states : —; " Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to command that Colonel "William R . Mansiield , K . C . 13 ., be promoted to the rank of 5 Iajor-6 cneral-i . il the Army , in recognition of his valuable services as Chief of the Staff in the East Indies .- —By order of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief . — ( Signed ) G . A . W : etherall , Adjutant-General . " Superheated Steam . —The apparatus for obtaining
superheated steam recently introduced by Mr . D . Pat ' ridgo , inspector of machinery in Woolwich dockyard , having been specially ordered by the Lords of the Admiralty to be fitted on board her Majesty's troopship Dee , employed on particular service , has been tested under the superintendence of Mr . Taplin , assistant to the chief engineer of the yard . The economy in fuel alone is ascertained to amount to from twenty-live to thirty per cent . ; and , together with the additional power obtained by * the lesser quantity of coals , realizes an advantage of upwards of thirty-eight per cent , in favour of the use of superheated steam .
Lord Lyons s Squadhon . — lhe squadron under Lord Lyons , which left the oiling of Malta on the 1 st of Ma } -, reached on the morning of the 5 th the North Channel of Corfu , where it anchored for the night . On weighing next morning to run up , a telegram from the Admiralty reached the gallant Admiral , ¦ via Malta , ordering him back to that island , with an intimation that his successor in tlie command , Vice-Admiral Fanshawe , would relieve him earlier than previously contemplated , whereupon , after merely communicating with tlie authorities , the squadron worked down the Southern Channel , and at daylight on the 8 th was overtaken by the Vigilant steamer , the bearer of another telegram ordering the Princess lloyal to Malta under steam , for tho purpose of conveying to Alexandria , on the way to India r /« Suez , the 57 th Regiment .
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MERCANTILE MARINE . Fatai , Shipwrkcic on thk Iiusii Coast . —During the heavy gale which recently visited the Irish coast , tlie barque Mary titoddart drugged both her anchors in Dundalk 15 ny . She went ashore on tho South Kail , whore she lay broadside on to the sea , wliicli made a complete broach over her . The crew clung to the rigging , and a strong gailc blow . upon them from tho south-east . Under these eircumstuncert , two bouts , manned by gallant and hardy fellows , pulled through the heavy breakers for nearly three miles , but , when near the vessel , were sorrowfully obliged to put back , owing to tho vast height of the wave * and the exhaustion of tho crews , who could scarcely keep their boats from filling . Captain . Joseph Kelly , of the Pride of Erin , also maimed and commanded another yawl , lint was also obliacd to
return to tlie . shore . A meeting of the inhabitants of Diiiidnlk Iben took place , and throe of tho most experienced muster mariners volunteered to take , command of three more chips' life-bouts . Captain Kelly went in oiio ( if thcKC bo .-iN . Two of them miccoeded in gulting nearly alongside of the vessel , when Captain lvelly ' a bunt was overwhelmed , at . < l went down atom foremost . Seeing this , Cuptniii IIvikTh bout pulled off from the wreck , ami rescued the cixjm' of the sunken boat , with tho exception i » f the nohlu captain himself , who mink , exclaiming , " Lord have ,, mercy on me ! Farewell , hoys ! Tako euro of yourselves . " Three of hia crew soon died in the . bunt from cold and exhaustion . The other bouts \ v
through heavy seas , and rescued the crew , who , however , were more dead than alive , having been -without food for three days . Seven had already perished . In all , ten boats had put off to rescue the crew before that object could be effected . Fire on Board a Chhpek . —A fire has been raging for four or five days among the rags on board the Bed Jacket Australian clip-rier . She Is at anchor in the Mersey , and her gold has been got out . The fire is thought to be now suppressed . ' . Galeos the North-West Coast of iKtoANO . — A fearful gale raged ok Tuesday off the coast of Ennishowen . Several boats have been capsized , and it is feared that some five-and-forty men have lost their lives . A Schooner Run Down in the Channel . '—The schooner Fleece , from London to Exeter , with a general cargo , was run into by a foreign brigantine at one p . m . on Thursday . She immediately sank in deep -water off Hythe . The captain and crew were saved , but with the entire loss of their property .
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MISCELLANEOUS . The Court . — The Queen , last Saturday , held a Drawing-room , at St . James ' s Palace , in celebration of her thity-ninth birthday . The Archbishop of Canterbury delivered an address to her Majesty on the occasion ; various presentations took place ; and the various members of the Government gave dinner parties . Several houses , in the chief thoroughfares of the metropopolis , were illuminated . —The Queen and Prince Albert , accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen , went to the Adelphi Theatre on the evening of Monday . —The Royal family removed to Ostorne on Thursday .
Lok » Dalhousie arrived from . Malta on Thursday in the Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamship Indus , Captain R . W .. Evans . The Strand Building Company . — The model lodging-house for families erected in Eagle-court , Strand ( opposite Somerset House ) , under the Labourers' Dwelling Act , 1855 , was formally opened by the Duke of Marlborough on Friday week . Amongst those present were Viscount Ingestr ' e , M . P . ( the chairman of the Strand Building Company , by whom the premises were built ) , Yiscount R . melagh , Major-General Tremenheere , the Kev . Dr . Wo . r . thisigton , the Rev . A . J . Eduart , Mr . E . X . Fowler , &c . JMr . George Morgan , the architect of the building , and . honorary secretary , read a report
congratulating the Company upon the completion of the building , from which great good to the parties for whom it is intended might be anticipated . Viscount Ingcstrc , tlie Duke of Marlborough , the Kev . Dr . Worthington , Major-Geueral Tremenheere , Mr . Fowler , and others , addressed the meeting upon the advantages and the necessity of improving tho dwellings of the labouring classes ; various votes of thanks Avere passed to those who had taken an interest in the undertaking , and the proceedings terminated . The building will accommodate about forty families ; the rooms are lighted with gas ; the ventilation and supply of water are of the most admirable kind ; and the rent averages 2 s . 6 d . per room per week .
Conviction for Working on a Suni » ay . —Two men employed by Messrs . ( Jarrat , Marshall , and Co ., engineers , at Leeds , have been convicted by the borough magistrates of pursuing their ordinary calling on Sunday , and have been sentenced to a penalty of five shillings each and ten shillings costs each , or , in default of payment , to three hours in the stocks . The defence ' was that the work was a work of necessity . The boiler at the Pottcrdnle cloth mill required repair , and , unless the repairs had been innde on a . Sunday , it nuist have ceased working during the whole of Monday , thereby throwing sixty meu out of employ . This defence doos not seem to have been disproved ; but it was not allowed . The Sabbatarians must rejoice over this decision ; but its cruelty and folly will bo obvious to ull clearer intellects .
Tiik Westmlnsxku Aiutmv Services . —The Bishop of Oxford preached at "Westminster Abbey lust Sunday evening , when ther
Tuu Lady TjtAvia . i . icn . — We learn from the Mauritius that ISIadanie Ida Pfoilier is on her way to England . She . sailed on tho 11 th of AInrch , and inuy be . expected in London about tho aecond week in . luiic . She lias fully recovered i ' roin her Wutlngnscnr fever , and is preparing her account of Dint wonderful inland , together with a description of tho Mauritius . —Athenwum . DlCPCITATION TY > Mlt . W-AH'OIJO . A deputation of modicfil prnetitioiu-rrt waited , last . Saturday , on Mr . Walpole , for tin ; [ iur [ nis « of Hivuriiig his support , and that ol tho Government , general ! v , to tho JWuiJicttl Bill of Mr . Covqicr , late President o ' f tlie Uen nil Hoard of llewltU
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ffp . 42 ^ May 22 , 1858 . J THE LEADER . 4 m .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 22, 1858, page 491, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2243/page/11/
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