The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-03 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.

THORPENESS, SUFFOLK, TUESDAY NIGHT.
At about 4 a.m. one of the coaet-guardmen
reported to the coxswain of the Ipswich lifeboat of the
National Lifeboat Institution, stationed here, that lights
had been seen on the Sizewell Sand Bank. The wind wee
`.l.,ving hard oo shore and the sat was very rough at
tune. The lifeboat was immediately launched and
led in the direction of the lights, which were found
town from the screw steamer Normanby, of London,
From Hartlepool to London, with a cargo of
p•• . ot. She had struck heavily on Sizewell Bank. and
'Jed broken her screw propeller, but afterwards came off and
,es To her anchor. She was making water, which was kept
under by the steam pumps. Although the services of the
lifeboat were not actually required to take off the 016 W
yet she contributed materially to the ultimate safety of thii
valuable steamer by taking through the surf a menage to
the shore for the assistance of steam tugs, which will bring
her to a port of safety. The lifeboat behaved very well is
the heavy sea, and the crew spoke highly of her.

ARKLOW, IRELAND, Dec. L
At daybreak this morning • large vessel was observed
aground on Glasgorntan Bank. It was blowing • gale? and
the sea was running so high that no fishing or ordinary
boat could put to sea. The lifeboat of the National Life-
boat Institution on this station was instantly launched with
all despatch. As she was nearing the vernal the masts were
cut away, and the ship floated inside the bank. On
arriving alongside the vessel proved to be the
ship Eliza Beneke from Liverpool to Bombay, with
a crew of twenty-live men on boani . The coxswain a
the lifeboat asked the captain if the crew wished to come
off in the boat, but, after consulting with them, they de.
termined to remain by their vessel. and the lifeboat there-
fore put back ; but when she was some distance off, a signal
was hoisted for her, and she returned, when the second
mate got into her and was brought on shore, for the pur-
pose of going to Dublin for a steamer. Had it not been for
the lifeboat, again in this instance, no communication could
have been effected, through the heavy, sea then running,
with the shore. If the wind does not increase, the vessel
will probably be got off the bank, and be taken into Kings-
town Harbour.

WEATHER REPORT.-{THIS DAY.)

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W. CORRAL

Letters from Augaburg speak in gloomy terms of
the health of the Queen of Naples. She is said to be in a
state of complete physical and moral prostration, and fears
are even entertained for her life. She is more than ever
opposed to the idea of reconciliation with the King.
The Governor of South Carolina, in a recent
edict, declares that wages shall not be paid slaves, and
that the practice of allowing them to hire their time must
be stopped. "There must," he significantly adds, "be •
diatinction between the races, as marked as their colours,
and it must be distinctly and universally understood that
the white is the governing race, without an exception,
I and without regard to disparity of intellect, merit, or '
acquirements."
The New York Tribune says :—" The extraor-
dinary premiums on gold will long remain a notable fact in
our history ; but it was not without precedent in English
history. At the end of the year 1813 the price of gold was
51. 10e. per ounce, and the depreciation of the Bank of Eng- '
land paper, the currency of the government, was conse-
quently 201., four shillings, H. per cent. —almost 291 per
cent. discount ; and for many years gold averaged 20 per
cant. premium."
Charles Lamb, 20 years ago, addressed the fol-
lowing genial and kindly lines to James Sheridan Knowles :
" Twelve years ago, I knew thee, Knowles, and then
Esteemed you • perfect specimen
Of those fine spirits warm .souled Ireland sends
To teach us colder English how • friend's
Quick pulse should beat : I knew thee brave and plain,
Strong sensed, rough witted, above fear or gain ;
But nothing further bad the gift to espy.
Sudden you reappear—with wonder I
Hear my old friend, turned Shakspere, read a assns
Only to his inferior in the clean
Paws of pathos with such fence-like art—
Ere we can we the steel, 'tis in our heart."
Tan LAYS Jetrss Slimmer( Knowtm. —We learn
in accordance with a desire which he had long ex-
the remains of the deceased James &widen
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=to will be buried In Glasgow, whither they are beim
conveyed from Torquay. Dr. James D. Marshall, his eon-
io-law, left Belfsetyeeterday evening, to meet Mrs. Knowles
in Glasgow, sad swinge the funeraL —.Northern Whig.