The Express.
London, England, 1861-08-12 00:00:00

GALLANT RESCUE.

About half-past hix o'clock on Friday morning,
while the Forth Swimming Club ware 'aped in their usual
exercises. an alarm was given by a lad swi,uming some 200
yards east from the Chain Pier, that a oompaoiou was in
danger. The strong reflection of sun-light from the surface
of the water prevented either of the lads from being seen.
But a small boat moored to the pier was got ready with great
speed, though it was neeeseary to send to the shore for ours.
delay, however, Mr. Nairn, the president of
the' club, leaped in, and swam in the direction of the
cries. He was quickly followed by Mr. David Tur-
ner, who took with him a life buoy. They found the
lad nearly exhausted at a distance of between 250 and 300
yards from the pier. Mr. Nairn neared him fuel, cheering
kin se be proceeded. He seised him under the arms from
behind, and told him that a boat was coming up, and that
all he had to do was to lie quietly in his arms till it reached
them. Mr. Turner shortly after came up with the buoy.
The current was setting in strong against their return, and
a chopping wave dashed ever ►od anon in their fame. In
these circumstances it would have been difficult, read perhaps
impossible, to reach the pier with the exhausted and almost
insensible swimmer. They therefore contented themselves
with sustaining him till the arrival of the boat. He
was hoisted in, and had to be supported till they reached
the pier. The boat was too small to receive the rescuers,
but they gallantly made head against the current, and
arrived at the steps as soon an tlie boat. On being landed
the lad seemed to revive, but was almoat immediately
seized with cramps in the limbs and faintiogs, which ren-
dered it necessary to carry him in an insensible state to the
Trinity Baths, where the kind and prompt attentions of
Dr. teßaia were so successful that in the course of an hour
the lad was able to walk to Edinburgh supported by a
fneod. The incident should be a warning to 'wiz:truer' of
little strength and experience--.Sco/ssiae.

THE MILDER.' STRIKE.-011 Tues4ay last, as
the result of two lengthened interviews with a deputation
from the masons' committee, Mr. 'Waller, the large contrac-
tor of the King's-road, Chelsea, gave in his unconditional
adhesion to the terms of the compromise offered by the
men, requiring only the return, as far as possible, of his old
workmen ; sod on Wednesday morning about 30 men resu-
med work, and continued on up to Saturday, at 12 o'clock,
when, on the men going to receive their wages, they were
informed by the foreman that Mr. Waller bad counter-
mended his orders, and that if they came to work on Monday
morning it mast be under the hour system. The men de-
clared they would not work except on the terms of the com-
promise, and this having been refused, the whole of them
packed up their tools and left the yard. On reporting the
above to the committee on Saturday evening, it was decided
that no man should again return to work for Mr. Waller
until he had given a written guarantee to abide by the
terms. The contributions are coming in liberally.
The committee were enabled on Saturday again to raise
the dividend payable to the men, which amounted to
15e. each. The bricklayers' committee have from the

commencement paid thei; men 15e. each, independent of L.
per day picket money, from their own resources and trade
contributions. Every mason in work pays 3e. per week levy
and the bricklayers le. each.

THE BUILDERS' STILIKE IN LIVESPOOL.-011
Friday evening, after the despatch of our parcel, a meeting
of the operative stonemasons was held in Circuestreet,
Liverpool, for the purposes of exprmsing sympathy with
and affording relief to the operative builders on strike.
Themseting though exceedingly orderly was very energetic.
An operative stonemason who addressed the meeting in-
troduced the following figures of the expenditure of the
Operative Mums' General Union within a period of eight
years., which will be found interesting at the mead time.
The Union expended in sick allowances, 11,9951. 7s. 4d. ;
funeral &Rowena., 5.5061. 9e. 115 d. ; to support members
in search of employment, 14,979 f. 7s. sd. ; gifts to 26 die-
lasted members, 2,600/. ; gifts to the friends of IS members
killed, 8501. ; gifts to orphan children, WU. 19s. Std. ;
subscriptions to the hospitals, 315'. 16s. ; making • total
expenditure of 36,4:6H. Os. 6d. for humane purposes. The
expenditure to support strikes, Sc., during the same period
WAS 14,7191. 15s. tlid., showing • preponderance for the
benevolent and humane purposes of 21,7191. 4s. 90. This
statement was received with applause by the meeting.
DEATH FROM EXUNISIVE DEINKINO. —On Satur-
day Mr. Humphreys held an inquest at the London Hospital
on Thomas Smith, aged 27, who had died from drinking an
excessive quantity of brandy. Deceased, who was •
labourer at the London Docks, during the absence of the
officers performed the operation of what is termed "sucking
the monkey," namely, boring a hole and inserting a show or
small tube into one of the Wendy casks, through which he
duck so large • quantity of over-proof spirit that he was
found in • state of insensibility. He was conveyed to the
hospital, where, although the stomach pump and other re-
medics were resorted to, he died from congestion of the
brain, produced from the exeseive drinking of brandy. A
verdict to that effect was recorded.

Sr.moua ErrsersOp Four. Art.—On Saturday
afteraosia a as. amid John Parish, 28 years of age, was
=twith others to clean out a sewer in the Southwark
oad. Parish was the first to deemed, bat from the
noise they coaduded that there was an escape of foal air,
Borne other. descended, and ending Parish lying at the
bottom they with difsculty raised him and brought him to
the surface. H. WY conveyed in an insensible date to
Guy's Hospital, when he remains without hope of re-
'every.
SUICIDE Ifial POETYAN-RQUARE—On Saturday
evening Mr. Brent held an inquest at the town residence of
Mrs. Trevor, 27, Oloucaiteratreet, Portman-square, on the
bodyof Thomas Fisher. aged 45, butler. On Thursday morn-
ing the servants were aroused about five o'clock by a violent
ringing of the bell connected with deceased's sleeping
apartment, and on one of them going to ascertain the cause
of the unusual sound, be was discovered lying on his bed in
his shirt and drawers, apparently in great agony, and
groaning very much. Before medical aid was procured he
expired. A poet mortem examination disclosed that he had
taken a large quantity of oxalic acid, but how he had ob-
tained it could not be discovered. There were indications
of a softening of the brain. Verdict—" The deceased com-
mitted the act himself in an unsound state of mind."

THE MYSTERIOUS DISCOVERY AT CROYDON.-
The coroner's inquest has unravelled the mystery attending
the discovery of • human body at Croydon under the circum-
stances mentioned a few day. since. The evidence at the
inquest went clearly to establish the fact that the deceased
was killed by lightning whilst taking shelter under a high
tree, immediately under which he was discovered. This
tree, upon examination, proved to have been also struck by
lightning, the bark being stripped off in a Ime from the top
downwards to about such a distnnoe from the earth as the
man's bead would have reached to. The electric fluid must
have entered the poor fellow through the bead, no doubt
killing him instantaneously, the body falling over into the
ditch. This supposition satisfactorily accounts for the
blackened appearance of the body, the position in which it
was discovered, and the rents in the clothes. His cap was
found close by the spot. The man's name was Ntsom, sad
his age 36. He was, as originally supposed, a navvy,"
and • steady, respectable man, having a wife and one
child

A CLIZOTMAN FOUND DROWNZD.—We (Leeds
Mersey) regret to announce the death, by drowning, of the
Rev. Sutcliffe Bowden, incumbent of Myth°lm, near Hali-
fax. Hie body was found on Friday morning, shortly be-
fore six o'clock, on the bank of the Mytholm Canal, at the
viaduct near Whitley!, Mill, Hebden-bridge, his head only
being in the water. The rev. gentleman had been on a visit
to Mr. Siena, manufacturer. at Mutterhole. lie left that
place to return horned half-past ten o'clock on Thursday
night, and nothing more was seen of him until discovered by
As workman on the bank of the canal as already described.
It is supposed that he had a fit and fell into the water. He
was subject to such attacks, and we are informed had been
unwell for a few days before his melancholy death.
Ti.. PIT ACCIDENT AT GLASGOW.—As we have
already mentiooech the pit mouth was closed on Thursday
&Serrano, sad will remain so till to-day, when the pit bot-
tom will be again inspected. The government inspector,
Mr. Williams, visited the place on Thursday afternoon, but
of course he ma do nothing by way of inspection till access
is attained to the pit. Several of the dead were buried yes-
terday. Four of the adhere are still in a ray precarious
condition. Hopes are entertained that three of them will
recover, but the fourth is not expected to survive. The
attention and efforts of Dr. W of Lerida, will not soon
be forgotten. Mrs. Hosier, of visited the mese
of the catastrophe and administered relief to the sidresera
The Rev. Mews. Sherar. Findlay, and °Fichte., of Usk-
ball, have also visited them dolly, and attended both to
their spiritual and temporal necessities.—North British
Mail.

A number of whales were seen off the Caithness
sesst lest lludey.