The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-18 00:00:00

TERSE TOUR° 11117 DROWNED ON TBE
DURBAN 00418 T.

On Sunday morning, Mr. Alexander *Donald,
the manager of Meseta Philipp= and Hare's book,pan
establishment, in North Shields; Mr. John Cookoot,
mist ; a rigger aimed Conthwaits, and a young lad, named
Wheatley, left Shields harbour in • t_oybost, with t.
lugger or square sails for a cruise to l=rsden Reek' enthe Durham coast. Mr. li•Donsld and Cooks= were nea.
bably two of the best swimmers on the Tyne ; both of than
holding silver medals for prows.. fa • that art. There was
• smart breeze from the north-went, and • couiderabie
roll of sea upon the coast as they left the harbour. la the
early part of the afternoon the voyagers arrived off Man*.
and Conthwaite, who had charge cf the boat, pet
in towards the shore. In the bay of Menden them la
en
outer reef of send scuds which the sea breaks. Of
this it seems that Conthwalte, who was not • very god
boatman, was ignorant. The consequence was that upon
approaching this reef, a sea about two feet high attack the
boat and half filled her with water ; and • sew= following.
she was capsized, and the four young men were wadi:
tat= into the water. They could all swim; and Cooks=
who had made • plunge into the sea when he mw that the
capsizing of the boat was inevitable, shouted to hie compa-
nions that there was no tear. He kept away from the bait,
but the other three got on to her bottom, and dug there
until another ass came and turned her over again. Cook.
son saw them all struggling in the water again, and
called to M'Donald, and use swam towards each other.
Mlionald clasped Cooke= by the hand, end rested eft
his other hand un his shoulder. He said to Cookson that la
was dreadfully weak, and asked him If he saw any help,
Cookson told him not to lose heart, as the Aliens at kt".
den were sure to see them, and they must try and Nape the
waves. M'Donald having dropped of Cookson's shoal*,
Cookson picked up an oar and shot it towards it",
and he also saw M'Donald's dog swim up vita
a piece of plank to his master, and leave It with,
• M'Donald and the other two persons again monagal
to get hold of the boat, a hich was filled to the gunwale
with water • but Cookson kept his distance from it. WI"
swimming by himself, he observed another sea coming is,
and dived to avoid its farce. On rising again, he saw that
the breaker bad *wept his companions away, and has
entirely sunk the boat. He says that he then felt a suds
and awful blank, and fora moment his heart sank within
him; but he determined to make an effort to reach tits
shore, which was from 60 to 70 yards off. The more le
approached it, his clothes clinging to hint, heavy with wet,
the more he felt the back sweep of the waves, and had b
drive and roll to avoid their force. As he approached tits
land, he observed a young lady who was standing at tin
foot of the rock waving to hint, and he made in that dire.
tion. After a hard struggle he managed to touch *
ground with his feet, and the young lady ;Miss Allan,
daughter of the landlady who keeps Marsden Grotto)
ran into the water and helped him out. Mr. M'Docia
was paying his addresses to her; sad, es young No,
Cookson got to land, she asked hits," Were there any man
of you ? If Mao (meaning WI/o=dd) had been here, ta
would have saved you all." Cookson replied, "He we,
uncurl ns;!' upon which she went off into a proxy= g
grief. Mr. fell down on the sand from endue,
but was seen afterwards taken to the Grotto. An Num
was mot bas a medical men, and Mr. Emery, soma,
qnkilly strived from Garton; end by his treatment En
calms seen began to recover.—iferichater Guardia,,.

A GENTLEMAN DROWNED WHILE FISIILVG.—.
On Wednesday afternoon, Frederick W. Markby, eon of P.
Meetly. Req., of London-road, Tonbridge, left home win
the requisite tackle to go fishing, saying that he would 14
home to dinner at two o'clock. The day wore on, sad night
came, and nothing could be learnt of the whereabouts of the
missing gentleman. On Thursday moming the river Mel.
way was dragged, and the body of Mr. Markby was found h
a heal-hole in • branch of the river, near the Medway Cow
pany's Dock. His line, 8:c. was lying beside the wen.
At the place where he wee found • pink was lying nee
the river, and it appeared that some brickwork on one tided
the water had given way, and that the plank had tilted, ir
which the demand slipped off into the water. Deegan
was 21 years of age. and had just obtained an emogney te
the 18th regiment of foot, and expected to go to India en
shortly.
THE LATE SIR MOVNTSTUART JACRSON.—The
following letter recovered from the wreck of the An, gin
a for particulars as to the death of Sir M. Jackson end his
companions, and we inset It, es throwing come lighten that
sad event Alumbegh, Jen. 24.-1 had not the mann
in my last hurried note to give you • detailed acoount of se,
beloved brother's sad end, neither can I now bear to dwell es
this subject. It would appear that when we left the Balk
or residency, on the memorable night of the 22nd el
her, the fiends at Lucknow were math enraged eases
as the intelligence reached their ears. They had bete ebbe
lug for our blood and for the large amount of treasure that
we possessed. Through God's help, women, children, sick
and wounded, paned through the midst et the city; the
tressore was also lately carried away, and every soul Teethed
the Dilkoosba in eatery. The demons felt themselves outdone,
and, probably rung to the quick by a sense of their on
cowardice, which had permitted such • splendid mon to
have been executed without their having struck • sigh
blow or made the slightest endeavour to be it, enraged et
this and at the loss of the treasure, they wreaked the
cowardly vengeance on helpless prisoners. They rushed to
the Kaiser Bagb, the Moolvie, some sac, at their heed, eat
seised upon their victims. The ladies, it is said, were saved
at the interference of the Ileum. This may be true, and I
hope It is so. The poor prisoners were tied together ale
blown off a gun—poor Patrick, Barnes, Sir Montanelli
Jackson, end Martin, the sergeant-major. I have seen the
roam who buried their poor mangled remains three days after
the fearful act had been committed. It appears that ama
named Tirhooe-al-Hawn,whom Patrick Orr himself intro-
duced to the Rajah of Mithoula, and whom the rejeh ate
ployed as Vakeel at Lucknow, persuaded the Dube to end
for the refugee& from Mithotila. They were consequent), ant
for, and were brought in with fetters.' —Hoesessersi Mitt
THE ACCIDENT ON THE TRENT VALLEY RAIL.
wAY.—Ths adjourned inquest upon the persons who was
killed by the recent accident on the Treat Valley Railway
was resumed yesterday at the Bull Hotel, Nuneaton, ben
Mr. W. H. Seymour, coroner. Several witness wen ex-
amined, but no material fact respecting the seddest wee
elicited. A plan of the portion of the railway whim the
accident took place was exhibited, and some of the endows
turned upon the question whether proper precautions had
been taken to prevent animals from getting from the field on
to the railway. One witness expensed his belief that the
cow which had caused the accident had jumped over a stile
three feet high. The inquest was again adjourned. Mr.
Ines is still slowly programing towards recovery. Mini
Richmond and Mr. Dallas an also progressing faveurebly.
SUSPENSION AT TIIRIN.—A letter front Turin et
the 12th says i—" I regret to have to announce to you the
suspension of payment of the important and respectable silk
house of Felix Rignou and Co., of this place, which tine-
pired last evening. It seems to have been little evened.
and the shock is the more severe. Turin passed so "neona-
tally through the calamitous period of the cents which owed
such consternation and misery at Milan, Venice, esd else-
where, that hopes were entertained the Bilk houses wield
succeed in carrying on until better limn. Masers. Ripen.
failure is said to be due entirely to the great fall Ia Ake
of which they are large holders. It is my to inner
the effect upon • commercial house of a fall of 40 or 10
per cant, in an article In which it has • pee
Zitalinvested, and which it could not realise except et
ower prices. Messrs. life:non are also preprints
of • silk-spinning establishment, where artificial wane
enables the spinning to be curled on in winter. I hear
redone statements as to the extent of their liabilities, aid
very contradictory ones as to the resources available to Rai
them ; but the feet is that nothing positive is known on the
subjects although there can be no doubt that they have bited
for a considerable sum. The silk houses during the nee
co menial pressure assisted one another as much es they
could, and fears are entertained for the solvency of two
firms whose names are on • good deal of Rignons' port.
The unfortunate event has get quite • gloom over the wish.
meek' world of Turin. M. Rignon, who ie brother to the
=lott that name, Is highly respected bun and I have
bt that the calamity which has befallen him will
paw attributable, not to imprudence, but to inevitable
din
A STRANGE STORY.—A s
strut affair has n-
anny ceenned at Versailles of . One neinbilitke of the
town dace the year 1817 has been as aged IMMO, known
Mdlle. Savaistes, who was always enneeted fee kat die
fashioned dresses. She changed her
mitedes, and never received visits, butiVtalle ems*
by netting concierges and liatenbn to their gem*
their menere. She was supposed to belong to •
family, sad it was known that slate 1829 she hail
receipt el a pension of 1,000 fr., granted by Conies 1.,
that eissebers of the legitimist petty from time to inn
her preemie. Three days ago she was end deed
room, and on the usual medical emend= et
being made, it turned out that she was • se"
of age. The solo, solution of the snipes appeers:3ll
the renal Mdlle. &vedette baying dlsl suss years gib
deemed possessed himself of her papers, and to ohne FIP
senion of her revenue, peened hiceselt et/ for her.—Gefigeteni.
BIRTH OF A YOUNG HIPPOPOTAMIIS.—A=
hippopotamus LAS been born in the Garden of
Paris. The little creature made its appearance at the era
the water of the tank occupied by its mother about 8 Lure
Monday, May 10. After swimming about awhile IM MO
thimassatterispcd to get on dry ground, but ter dement NM
the apartment of the parent hi len ear
bath g sloped, it had some dl in IY
weight out of the water. The mother then earns to the realer
but in her endeavours to assist her little owe le the
managed so to bruise and injure its trader body eel'
the same swung.
NuT or THE HARVEST Mouse.—The chid
point of interest in this little creator, le Ito MIAs with
MA Infrequently feud by peewees sad hariaboa 11.111.•
they theses to exert their eyes. One of these re.
.., o•
was brought to me by a mower was shoat the 160
oeicket-ball, and almost as spheriUl. It was 'Atoll °I
dried grese-enas, interment= with each other is • 08811°
equally ingenious and perplexing. It wee bane who
ewes • vestige of an annum ; and the teillele yea .6'
thin, that every object would be visible Wasik the the
How it wee mode to Mein its spheriesl eine see hot
neon nee to find ingress sad egress, I emit hi' eves
inemegine. The nest nu fastened to two dreg end stems
stems et gnu that had grown near • ditel, sled boil ewe
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J. G. Weed,