The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-14 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.

TRAMORI, IRELAND, MONDAY.
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At about 10 o'clock last night intelligence was
received that a ship was on the rocks off Newtown Head
(reports Captain Pim). The' Cambridge University life•
boat of the National Lifeboat Institution (the Torn Egan)
was launched with all possible speed, and on arriving at the
spot found that the stranded ship was the Oasis, of and
fur Liverpool, from Demerara. The crew were apparently
on the jibbooen, under which the lifeboat WWI safely veered,
and twenty men taken into the boat and safely landed here
early this morning. But for the timely help thus rendered
by the lifeboat thew lives would probably have been siert-
fi ed. Five or six of the crew are retorted to have left in
the ship's brut. and the captain and three sick men were
drowned before the arrival of the lifeboat.
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GREAT YARMOUTH, Norma,.
This morning, in a strong wind and heavy sea, a steamer
was observed to be rolling very heavily on the Seroby
Sand. She bad been there for some hours, and as-
si.tance to get her off was being rendered, but as it
wmi getting near high water. end fearing that all
efforts to save the Teasel would be fruitless, as it would
be impossible to got near her on the ebb tide
it was resolved to launch the large lifeboat of the
National Lifeboat Institution, to save the crew if required.
The boat accordingly proceeded out, and on reaching the
sands bailed the vessel, end were informed that the
senior of the boat were not then required, and the life-
boat accordingly returned to the Britannia pier, where she
was kept in readiness in case she might ultimately be
wanted. However, this afternoon the steamer, which was
the Derwent, of Sunderland, was got off and proceeded on
her voyage.
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EARL RUSSELL AND SIR JAMES HE MON.--sir
James Hudson writes from Florence to the Moraine Post
to state that, having read a letter signed " R." in the
impression of the 4th inst., be begs to ammo the editor
that the facts connected with his retirement from her
Majesty's mission at Turin are in that letter not in accord-
ance with fact. " Earl Russell expressed a wish to appoint
Sir James to the embassy at Constantinople, which he,
from motives of health, considered it his duty to the
crown to decline. Earl Russell deemed those grounds
) sufficient, and permitted Sir James to retire upon the
pension due to his rank."
On the 14th of November loot a new volcano
broke out in Nicaragua, about eight leagues to the east of
the city of Leon, on a crowded line of volcanoes running
through the State parallel with the Fad& coast. The
volcano was an active and interesting sight for 16 days.
The Philadelphia correspondent of the TiIRES
writes :—" Mr. Charles Dickens evidently has confidence
in the American 5-20 Bonds. Mr. Dolby, his agent, has
been in Wall.atntet lately, investing considerable sums in
these bonds—the profits he has already secured from his
American readings. Mr. Dickens reads in New York this
week. ilia welcome is as enthusiastic as ever, and all the
seats for every reading now announced are sold. He can
crowd the largest hall' in the country for an interminable
period with admiring listeners, and were he to stay five
years in America, could earn at least 8,000 deb. net profit
every week. Mr. Dickens himself is pleased with the
welcome given him, and says it has surpassed his most
extravagant expectations."
THE Rzv. W. X Putreno:e. This eloquent
preacher paid his last visit to Madden', previous to his
leaving England for America, on Thursday evening. Kr.
Funshon preached in the Wesleyan Chapel, Union-street,
and the opegregation, doddering the inclement weather,
was large. The sermon occupied half an hour in delivery.
The rev. gentleman did not dazzle his heated ; his matter
was of • quiet, beautifully simple description. His
coming departure from England simple d damp the elo-
quent fin of which be is master ; but for al that the
sermon was an excellent piece of beautiful similes strung
together at the heads of his text—the preparation for the
promise (the coming of oar Lord) and the advent of the
prorates. At the aloes of the service • eolleation amount-
ing to 101. 16s. was taken in aid of the trust fund of the
elospel—Baulk Eastern Gazette.
We are gratified to learn that W. Jame, Esq.,
eldest eon of Captain
Jew, of lffisKsidOn, !Wisdom% I
has been elected by the Council of the siesslaselisty,
their zoologist to accompany theroZwimisa impends,
which appoiatment has been app W IiMI sweernment
Mr. Jesse will join the head quarters of the foes es
report himself Is Sir Robert Napier.—Dose Herald.