The Press.
London, England, 1856-06-14 00:00:00

Vrobintial.

COLONEL LAKE AND CAPTAIN THOMPSON OF KAU
were handsomely entertained last Saturday by the
Mayor and Town Council of Hull upon their arrival
from St. Petersburg. A public entertainment was
provided, the streets were decorated, and two of the
heroic men of Kars were received with the most

enthusiastic cheers by the people. They were im-
mediately escorted to the hotel where the entertain-
ment took place. After the usual loyal toasts the
mayor, in a warmhearted and earnest speech, pro-
posed the healths of the two gallant officers. The
toast was of course received with the warmest appro-

bation and cheers. Colonel Lake, in returning
thanks, spoke with remarkable diffidence of his
spirited services. "We were but subordinates," he
said ; " we did no more than our duty ; and General Sir
William Williams was the head and prime mover of
everything." To the bravery of the Turks he bore
ample testimony. Speaking of the repulse of the
29th September, he said !

That we were able to repulse the Russian in the way we
did was owing to the indomitable courage of the Turks.
On that occasion they evinced a bravery second to none in
the world. There are no troops that could have evinced
more bravery than they did. And not only they showed
bravery and courage, but endurance under hardships that
would almost have knocked over the stoutest hearts.

Captain Thompson was suffering severely from ill
health, and could only briefly express his thanks.
At the conclusion of the entertainment the gallant
officers came to town.
A BOILER ExmostoN occurred on Monday at the
Whittington Colliery Works, Chesterfield, Derby.
The boiler, weighing nearly ten cwt., was blown high
into the air and scattered on all sides four hundred
yards off. Two men were close to the boiler at the
time ; one was killed and the other severely injured.
The explosion is believed to have arisen from the
water getting too low, a piece of gross neglect on the
part of the enginemen.
THE YANKEE YACHT Sylvie, now coming over on
her second visit to English waters, VMS beaten at
Cowes, in 1853, by the Julia, one of our own cutters.
THE MORMONS AT PRESTON are busy in making
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converts of the wives and daughters of labouring
men. This emigration of the weaker, but not
better, halves is said to be unprecedented. A ship-
load sailed from Liverpool a short time since.
THE Hos. Ma. FILLMORE, ex-President of the
States, has been on a visit to Manchester during the
week, inspecting the various manufactories and mills

in that town. -
A WARDER, JOHN HOWARTH, on board the convict-
ship Stirling Castle, lying off Portsmouth, on open-
ing the prisoners' cells last Wednesday week, was
stabbed in the neck by a convict named Macdonald.
Dr. Hope, it will be remembered, was murdered on
board this same ship a short time since, and there is
reason to believe that a conspiracy to destroy every
officer on board has been agreed upon among the
convicts.
THE SCOTCH MINERS' STRIKE is at an end. For
six weeks 40,000 men under incredible suffering have
abstained from work on the masters reducing wages
from ss. to 4s. a day. Nearly a million sterling has
been sacrificed by the strike. and the men have
returned to work in a very gloomy mood, and under a
keen sense of injustice. Irrespective of the question
of wages, they complain of harsh treatment on the
part of their employers, some of whom, though
enormously wealthy, are not much above themselves
in the amenities of life; and they also complain
that they are plundered at the pit-mouth by being
compelled to give over-weight.