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      and two of their number ( passengers ) died during this terrible interval . On Sunday , their eyes were gladdened by -the sight of a ' friendly sail , which proved to be the Bremen barque Elise , Captain Nordenbolott , on board of which vessel they were immediately taken and made as comfortaWe as possible . Their limbs were frozen , and altogether they were in a terrible condition . " On the next day , in lat , 40 deg . 51 min . N ., long . 65 deg . 40 tnin ., the Elise spoke the Hamburg barque Elise * Captain-Keilson , T > ound for New York . The Bremen barque was short of water , and Captain Neilson . immediately consented to give those saved from this boat s passage to New York . They all availed themselves of the offer except two of the passengers , Mr . Scheler and -wife , who remained on boari the Bremen barque , intending to go to Bremen . The Hamburg barque arrived last evening , having on board fourteen of the ship ' s company of the Lyonnais . "

      sent to the hospital . Of the other part of-the crew , tbre « seamen died in the boat , and their bodies were thrown overboard . A . Dublin steamer named the Sylph , on her passage from London to Falmouth and Dublin , ran . into a Dutch , galliot off the Foreland on Thursday week . The night was very dark , and it is reported that the galliot had no lights , but that the steamer had . The galliot was partly cut down , aadin ten minutes after the occurrence she sank . The crow consisted of six men and a boy , and out of these only four men were saved . TLe steamer is said to have sustained but little damage .

      Twelve seamen were landed at Dover on Sunday from the "barque Dantsic , of Dantsic , part of the crew of the Neva steamer , of Hull , from Croustadt and Guttenliurg for Hull . On the 25 th ult ., in a gale of wind , the Neva sprang a leak , and struck with a heavy sea , putting the fires out . She went down about one hundred miles from the coast of Jutland . All the crew arid passengers took to the boats , and were picked up about an hour after they left the steamer by the schooner Belfoid , of Dundee , bound for London , on the '' 24 th , Part of the crew ( twelve ) weie put on board the Prussian barque Dantsic On the twelve men landing at Dover they were immediately taken to the Sailors'Home , where they were abundantly provided with everything , and seat free by the South-Ea 3 tern Railway to London . Preparations wero made at the Dover Sailors ' Home for the remainder of the crew and passengers at any hour of the night . All hands were saved .

      la the various statements published in the New York papers there is some confusion of dates ; Tmt the correct days of the several occurrences appear to be as above mentioned . Two separate narratives by M . Laguiere , moreover , contain certain discrepancies with reference to the facts of the case— -contradictions which are in no way remarkable when we consider the fearful whirl of events through which the officer had passed . Later intelligence / will no doubt arrive to throw farther light on ths calamity . The officers on hoard the Adriatic state that they saw the lights of the Lyonnais twenty minutes before the accident The captain of the former ve&sel , who was on deck at the time , supposed that the Lyonnais stood on her course ; and he says he was not aware of the jnj ury floxe to iter .-.:- ''

      Another wreck is that of the Hercus Monte , a Prussian brig of 226 tons , commanded by Captain F . W . Kickells , which sailed from the Mersey on the 6 th of last March , for Piilaa and Konigsberg . Ske was manned with a , crew of ten men . Her non-arrival at Pillau led to the belief that she had foundered at sea , and her fate would never have been correctly known had not the Saudford , Captain Hughes , bound from London to New Zealand , fallen in with a portion of the wreck , and taken therefrom one of the crew , who was thus rescued , almost at the last moment , from a lingering death . From the statement of this man , Michael Krattiafc , it would seem that the circumstances were very similar to those attending the loss of the Lyonnais . The wreck of the Hercus Monte was caused by a collision in the English Channel . The name of the vessel which ran foul of her

      was not ascertained , and , like the Adriatic , she offered no help , but went on her way . " Krattiat says that he heard English spoken on board of her . The collision took place on the night of the 10 th of March . After being rescued and recovered , Krattiat consented to work on board the Sandford ; and he proceeded in her to New Zealand , whence these details have been transmitted . The steamer Superior has been wreclced on Lake Superior , North America , and some fifty lives have been lost . A tempest was raging , and the vessel was driven by the sea upon the rocks . In the accounts transmitted from America , we read that , after the catastrophe occurred , Captain Jones went to the officers of the vessel ,

      and said , " Bots , I want you to stkk to the boat as long as there is anything left of her ; this is the fourth boat I have lost , hut I shall not probably lose another . If any of you get ashore , I want you to go and tell my mother that I did all I could to save the boat . " He was one of those drowned . The next morning ( continues the narrative ) nothing was visible but the wheels , which , being strongl y made and anchored fast by the engine and heavy machinery , had not been swept away . Upon these were seen clinging the bodies of seven men , among them the two clerks and the first saloonkeeper . As they weie but three or four rods from shore , their cries could be "heard distinctly calling to tliose on shore to come with the boats and save them . But this was

      impossible , as the aurf beating on the tocks would have swampel a good boat almost instantly , and those that were washed ashore were almost like the steamer , a wreck . One by one they dropped oiF into the water until all were gone . The scene is said to have leen painful beyond description , as the survivors were within speaking distance , yet without the power to render assistance . The saved suffered extremely from cold and hunger , and all of them -were more or less bruised . Three days they wcro weather-bound , and not

      only this , hut xock-bound too , aa the bluff at this point rises nearly three hundred feet , and almost perpendicular , presenting an impassable barrier . At this time , the uea subsided sufficiently for thorn to reach Grand Island . They patched up the boats and started , going part of the way on land and part on water . Two boys died oa the way from exposure . The saved were obliged to subsist during this time upon bucIi articles as chaa . ee , threw on shore—raw vegetables , raisins , and

      Accounts have been received at Lloyd ' s of the Iobs of ™™ P Su ^ Lond o « i which took place on the Hirtsfcall Shoal , in the North Sea , on the 10 th of November . rh « crow wero driven about at sea during three days in a small boat , living on a little biacuit and neawator , and of the four Unded at Kingldobinfi , one Bewnaa woa suffering from gangrene in tho feet , and was

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      NAVAL . AND MILITARY . The European . and Austraxiajt Ro \ talMait ., Steam-SHit * Comfanx " . —The European and Australian Royal Mail Steamship Company , who 'have contracted for carrying the mails from England to Australia via Alexandria , Suez , and Point de Galle , have made arrangements with the Cunard ( Transatlantic Mail ) Company , under which the latter undertake to convey the mails , passengers , and specie of this route , between England and Alexandria , and M : ilta and Marseilles . . It is also stated that the European and Australian Iloyal Mail Company intend to combine ' with-their : ' Australian ' scrS'ice at Point de Galle a communication with India and China . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦" . ' "' . ' ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ' ¦ '¦ " ¦ . " ¦ ; ; ' ' ' ¦ ' . ' ¦ ¦ . ' - .

      crew . completeness and at tention to detail has this work been performed , that not only has everything found onboard been preserved even to the books in tue captain's library , the pictures ia his cabin , and a musical-box and organ belonging to othsr officers , but new British flags have ¦ been' manufactured in the navy-yard to take the place of those which had rotted during the longtime she was without a livinc soul on board . From stem to stern she has been repainted ; her sails and much of her rigging are entirely new , the muskets , swords , telescopes , nautical

      instrato abandon her " With such drifted about 1200 miles from tlie spot where she w ~ ?» ^ f , Nor wiU il be fore « tten that the ami 3 40 , 000 dollars was appropriated by our own Government for the purpose of purchasing her from the fortun » t « whalers of New London—theEnglish Government having waived all claim to her ; nor that she has been renal ** and fitted with the utmost care at the expense of m Government , with , the design of restoring her to tlm Queen in at least as good a condition as sIk ) , vas in a ? the time tlie ^ exigencies of their situation compelled her

      ments , &e ., which she contained , have been cleaned and put in perfect order . Nothing has been overlooked or neglected that was necessary to her most complete and thorough renovation . —New York Times . Escape ov De ^ ehteus . —Four men Lelonging to the Fusilier Guards , avIio were under arrest , two for deserting , and the other two for being absent without leave have escaped from St . George's Barracks . They ' scaled the outer wall of the building , and contrived to elude a policeman who saw them , and also to escape the guard . One has been retaken .

      The Missixg Steamer ; - Rosi-ik . —A . . telegraphic iressage has been received at Leith from Elsinoro ,-wliich may . be said to extinguish any remaining hope as to the safety of the Roslin . That steamer , which belonged- to the Hull , Hamburg , ciikI Leith Company , sailed from Stettin oil the 8 th .. of November , ' passed- the Sound on the 10 th , immediately before the furious gale wliich lately visited tlie northern seas , and was not afterwards seen . The Gertrude , wliich went out from Leith on the 21 st , had orders to make every inquiry and searcli for her ; and the master of that vessel now ' -reports from tlie Sound that pieces of a vessel and a boat with the words " Roslin , Leith , Laurence-Smith , " , painted inside , had been , washed ashore at the Seaw .

      The Icecent Loss ' of tiib Steamship Tay .- —The marine clerk of the Board of Trade has addressed the following communication to Captain William Strutt , who commanded , the Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company ' s steamship Tay on the occasion of her wreck near Cape Ross , in the Gulf of Mexico , on the 30 th of last August :: —" Office of Committee of Privy . Council for Trade , Marine Department , Whitehall . —Sir , I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council of Trade to inform you that they have received the

      report of Mr . Traill and Commander Robertson , R . N ., on the investigation into the loss of the Uoyal Mail Steam-Packet Company ' s steamship Tay , on the 30 th of August last , in the Gulf of Mexico , of which ship you were at the time master , and , as tho court have not attributed the loss of the ship to your wrongful act or default , I am to return to you your master ' s certificate of competency . In so doing , however , my Lords desire me to express their strong opinion of tho slovenly and unoflicer-like manner in which the ship was navigated by you . —I am , &c , T . H \ Farrkr . "

      SMtisa of the British Discovery ' Tassel Rksolutk for England . —The British discovery barque Resolute sailed on the 13 th . ult ., at noon , from tho Brooklyn navy yard , under tho command of Captain II . J . Hartstein , one of the officers of tlie late Arctic expedition , for Portsmouth , England , where she will be delivered into the hands of her Majesty ' s Government as a present from the Government of the United States . Captain Hartatoin , in command of the English barque Resolute , takeB out a letter to Lord Clarendon from the State Department , enclosing the joint resolution of

      Congress for tho purchase of that vessel from the American crew who found it , and tho presentation of it to the British Government , and expressing tho gratification of tho Administration on behalf of the pcopla of the United States in tendering this token of the friendly feelings by which our country ia actuated . It will lie remembered that tlie Resolute was despatched by the Uritish Government in search of Sir John Franklin , and was frozen in among tho icebergs ; that her officers and crew lind to abandon her , leaving all thoir effects on board ; tliat she was found several months ago by tho crew of a whaling vessel belonging to Now London , Connecticut , having

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      OUR CIYILIZATIO ^

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      THE WINTER ASSIZES . The Winter Assizes on the " Western circuit opened , at Winchester on Monday . The first person tried was Hester Smart , who -was indicted for setting fire to a stack of corn ; also for setting fire to another stack of corn , and for stealing some slioes . She pleaded Guilty , but it was stated that she was a person of weak intellect . Nevertheless , she was sentenced to six months' imprisonment , with hard labour . John Morris , a nail-maker , has been found Guilty at Stafford of a robbery from the person of William Biddle , accompanied by great violence . This . was one of tho numerous garotte robberies . He was sentenced to eight years' penal servitude . Several other cases of garotte robbery have been tried at the various Assize

      courts-George Cribb has been found Guilty at Winchester of a murderous assault on Alfred Adams , a warder ia the Portsmouth Dockyard prison , where the accused wasift convict . Ho complained that Adams did not treat him with justice ; and , after the act , he said he meant toki " him , Imt he thought of hia ( the warder ' s ) wife and children , " and , " ho added , " though lie had no mercy on me , I spared liim . " It appeared , however , that he was only prevented from continuing his attack on Adams by the other convicts seizing him ; and he then swore nc would kill him another time . Sentence of death- ww recorded .

      Mary Ann Street was Acquitted of a ciiargc of murdering her illegitimate child , on account of unsoundness of mind . —Auguot Winkcler has been Acquitted of a charge of murdering Peter Duhr . Both belonged to tno British German Legion , and they liad had a souffle , >» tho course of which Duhr was wounded in tho tW 6 B » but thcro was no evidence to allow that Winkeler wu inflicted tho wound . ., William Fleming lias been found Guilty at Ncwcm "

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      THE GREAT NORTHERN FRAUDS . Ukuvatu and Ivent were again examined on Wednesday , when Mr . Giffard , who appeared for th& prosecution , reminded the magistrate thatat the last hearing six distinct cases of fraud were made out against Reipath ; . and it would now be the duty of the prosecution to show how Redpath obtained the means of carrying out those frauds . The mode of doing business at the Great Northern Railway was this :- —When a transfer came in , it was placed on a transfer file , and afterwards it was ' . -compared with a table of transfer numliers , which would sliow whether the transferee was still a stockholder or not . If he were , there was no difficulty in referring to that , number in the . register , ' ythile if he were not , tie number- was added to the table which slowed the amount of stock liekl by each proprietor , as-well" as the transfer number . XVom this table the dividend balance-sheets

      were made out every half-year , and it would be shotm that Redpath had caused the table to be altered under Kent ' s direction to meet the case of his particular frauds . This part of the case related to the common law offences of- ' misdemeanour , ' but there were four other statutallo charges of forgery which would be brought againstEeipath , though not on that day . . It would be shown that be had forged transfers of stock , some in fictitious names , and others in tlie names of existing persons . After the reception of evidence , tlie case was adjourned until Friday- —^ On that day , the prisoners were again brought up , and , after several witnesses had been exauiined , w « re again remanded .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 6, 1856, page 1160, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2170/page/8/