The Express.
London, England, 1848-02-14 00:00:00

WALES.

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AIIEnTSTWITIL—SIIIPWRECH AND Loss OF LIFE.
—Ou Wednesday, the 9th inst., about eleven in the forenoon,
a vessel was seen approaching Aherystwith in an unmanage-
able state. liundrids of people gathered at the extremity et
Rowfawr, near the entrance of the harbour. By this time
the vessel had reached within ten yards of the beach, and
was then driven by the tea on one side ; the captain and
crew took to the rigging, where they remained for some
time. The life-boat was manned, but ere it could be of
service two of the men fell into the sea, and were seen no
more. The remaining two, a grown up man and a boy
about 16, held to the rigging fur a ahort time afterwards;
still the unrelenting storm continued, and they apparently had
nothing before them but to share the fate of their comrades.
One of them, the eldest, managed to creep to the end of the
mast, and was laid hold of by some persons on the beach
and safely landed. The lad cried aloud,and held to the mast
evidently with all his strength. By this time, the life-boat
was placed between the wracked vessel and the shore. Ore
of her crew, Richard Boughton, a young seaman, notwith-
standing the violence of the storm, succeeded in laying hold
of the reasd, and crept up her side, proceeded to the rigging
to the almost exhausted lad, took him in his arms at the risk
of his own life, and lauded him safely.

PROVINCIAL.
OXFORDsIiIItE.
PROPOSED AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL.—A meeting of
the leading gentry of the diocese of Oxford has been held at
the bishop's residence, Cuddesden Palace, present the Lord
Bishop of Oxford, Viscount Barrington, M.P_, J. W. Hen-
ley, Esq., M.P., J. 11. Langston, Esq., M.P., C. G. Dupre,
Esq., M.P., J. Walter, Esq., M.P., and others, when it was
resolved to establish a school, in connexion with the Oxford
diocesan board, for the purpose of offering a sound English
education to the sons of farmers and others ; the number of
boys to be limited to 150, who are to be admitted upon an
annual ayment of 251. ; the right of nominating to be
vested for life in the contributors to its funds. A committee
of noblemen and gentlemen, under the presidency of the
bishop of the diocese, has been formed for the purpose of
collecting donatio: a and carrying into effect the object of the
meeting. Upwards of 1,1001. has already been subscribed,
and, in addition, Philip Pusey, Esq., M.P., has given 101.
per annum for an exhibition, to be awarded by Examination
as to general proficiency ; the candidates to be the sons of
farmers of the, three rural deaneries of Abingdon, Wastage,
and Faringdon.
LANCASHIRE.
THE BOILER EXPLOsION AT 'NIANCIIESTER.
Robert B.nson, aged 19, who was hurt by the boiler explo-
sion on E riday at the spindle manufactory of Mr. Riley,
died the same evening, after our account of the accident had
been despatched. This makes nine lives which have been
sacrificed by this accident. Mr. Chapman, the borough
coroner, commenced an inquiry into the circumstances on
Saturday evening, hut, after calling witnesses to identify the
bodies, adjourned the case, to give time for scientific evidence
as to the cause of the expTloOßsi on oto be obtained.
sHIRE.
IMPORTANT IMPROTEM EST IN THE SAFETT-LAME.—
At the meeting of the Geological and Polytechnic Scciety of
the West Riding of Yorkshire, at Huddersfield, on the 3rd
inn., the Rev. W. Thorp produced • new lamp, which will
effectually remedy all the defects in the lamp of £Cr
Davy; H.
affording five times more light, and being, it is said,
perfectly safe iu every condition of the coal mine. The
lamp received the unqualified approbation of a great number
of persona, nine of whom were coal owners, or viewers of
collieries, and more conversant with fire-clamp than, per-
haps, any other persons in Yorkshire. Two great detects
exist in the old lamp of Sir H. Davy —first, it affords'
too little light, and therefore the miners frequently pre-
fer to work with a candle in danger than use it;
secondly, it is not safe; and the Miners' Associative of
Newcastle have just publielied " an Exposition of the inse-
cure nature of the Davy and other lamps as applied to coal
mining, taken from the parliamentary report for 1‘,35."
In order to obtain more light, the Rev. W. Thorp intro-
duces, with considerable inienfaity, the Remind, or rather the
solar burner, characterised ty the circular wick, and the air
admitted through its centre from the bottom of the lamp,
protected, of course, by genres of wire. Connected with this
pert of the lamp is an adjustment, placed outside of the
cistern, by-which the wick can, with the greatest ease, be
raised or lowered. Oyer the light is applied a chimney of
iron, based with a few inches of glass, with air admitted to
supply the exterio of the flame from the inside of the lamp.
This as so securely fixed, that it cannot be displaced or broken
from the ordinary falls or minor casualties to which these
lamps are liable to be exposed. Haying obtained the great
desideratum, viz., a much higher illuminating power, or
more than five times the quantity of light the Davy lamp
affords, or that equal to two mould candles generally used by
miners, the next object being to ensure perfect safe,- in every
condition of the mine, there are inserted into the chimney four
or live chambers of wire gauze, so that the flame of ignited
gas has to traverse eight or ten meshes before it can possibly
reach the exterior fire damp; but as one mesh, as in the
old lamp, is perfectly safe, unless exposed to a current, and ESSEX.
as no lateral current of gas or air can be exerted upon the COMMITTAL OF A CLERGYMAN FOR AftSAULT.—At
flame en accoust of the chimney, the lamp is perfectly Isle. the Dunneow Petty Session on Monday, the Rev. T. Jet,
And it is found, by any artificial means. utterly impossible who has been vicar of Thaxted for upwards of forty, years,
to paw flame through these chamber of gauze, so that it and was for many years an active magistrate of this county,
appears to be quite side under every circumstance and con- acting in the Dunmow Hundred, was charged with assault-
dition of the mine. There are other advantages. over the lag Marian, wife of the Rey. T. Harvey, curate of the same
Davy-lamp of no incoderable value: 1. It requires trim- place, and who has been for some time past so conspicuously
wing only once • week; 2. The oil does rot fall oat if laid before the public, in consequence of his misunderstanding
;
on one aide 3. It is much easily ;4. The with the Bishop of London.—Mrs. Harvey deposed e
cheapest oil can be w more
ed in it. The priceclean of theed lamp will Bishop of Rochester had (with the consent of Mr. J ee) thatgiven
bs only three or four shillings more (perhaps less) than the her hushand • license of the posawson and use of the
Davy lamp ,• and the latter can, at • small expense use vicarage house, the furniture, dm. during his residence
shillings), be converted into the new lamp. A cast metal at Thaxted as curate, which license she now produced,
instead of a braas cistern can be made, by which the new at the same time Mr. Jet was to retain the sole use of
lamp can be sold for era a less price than the Davy lamp. what rooms he pleased. Mrs. H. further stated that
As no patent will be taken out for the new lamp, and the she was superintening her own domestic arrange-
whole of the improvement is generously giTell to there in- meats as to the list of crockery on Thursday, the di inst.,
terested in cc/Series, the Rev. W. Thorp expresses an Earnest when Mr. ice came into the drawinproom, and told her
wish that all lamps may be purchased of Mr. W, Itamsden, with great violence that she must not assign anything as her