The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-24 00:00:00

SHIPWRECES.—LIFEBOAT cIERVICES.

GREAT YARMOUTH, SUNDAY.
The ship Omega, of London, bound from Sunder-
land to Carthagene., with coals (says Mr. M. H. Botcher),
struck on the Cookie Sand this moraine. She knocked
her rudder away, cams off, and drove foul of the Cockle
light ship, doing that vessel some damage, and
having her own starboard broadside stove to. She
then drove clear, and went over the north part
of the Scroby Sand in a helpless sinking state. The wind
was blowing strong from the north at the time, and there
was a high sea running. A signal of distress was made,
and the Yarmouth large lifeboat the Mark-lane, and the
Caistor large lifeboat the Birmingham, No. 2, both belong-
ing to the National Lifeboat Institution, were thereupun
promptly Launched. When the )lark-lane reached
the vessel, which was then about eight miles off
the land, she was boarded, and found to have
II feet of water in the hold. Only seven of the crew, in-
eluding the captain and the North Sea pilot, were on
board, and these men were rescued at grist risk by the two
lifeboats, the master having to be dragged through the
water for some little distance, the ship then being com-
pletely on her broadside, and shortly afterwards sinking.
The two men who were saved by the Birmingham lifeboat
having been transferred to the Mark-lane boat, the
latter was towed back to her station by one of three
steamers which had come out from Yarmouth, and the
men were safely landed. The remainder of the crew,
with the exception of the mate, who is supposed to be
drowned, were saved by getting on board the Cockle light
vessel, and have also been landed here. When the vessel
sank she was fourteen or fifteen miles SM. of Lowestoft.
PORTHCAWL, SOUTH WALES, FEB. 20.
Thesmack Ann. of Rothsay, passed this port in distress
during a stronggalefrom W. Is . W. yesterday morning (states
the Rev. KD. Knight). The only man left on beard was
seen in the rigging. The Good Deliverance lifeboat of the
National Lifebo.it Institution was launched without loss
of time, and proceeded to the rescue through a very heavy
sea. She succeeded in getting on the weather quarter of
the smack, and let go her anchor, with the intention of
dropping down near enough to take the man off. The vessel
bad then drifted on the rooks to the east of this port.
A heavy sea, however, broke into the lifeboat,
and compelled her to slip anchor and make for the beach.
She then pulled through the breakers and made a second
attempt, but the vessel bad by this time drifted into very
shallow water, and the man left on her was bravely res-
cued by Thomas David from the shore. He was much
otheusted, and did not oome round for about two hours.
It appeared that the smack, with the master (who was
also the owner), and one hand on board, had drifted from
the Mumbles, and the master being washed overboard in
the Channel, the vessel was quite unmanageable by one
man, went on the rocks, and thus became a total wreck.

Tho now number of the Rcrue des Deux lirondes
eontaincs an article by the Prince de Joinville, ebowing
the causes which led to the easy victory of Prussia over
Austria, and also setting forth some important considera-
tions on the new French Army Bill. The latter has a
double defect. "It is too much like a cry of alarm,
and with its two categories of soldiers is
more threatening than efficient. Moreover, it
ham another drawback, that of exceeding the limit—
reached by the law of 1832—0 f the burdens to which the
population of a country should be called upon to submit
in time of peace. To require more, to crush beyond
measure our race, which, alas, already exhibits symptoms
of exhaustion, is really trying to kill the goose
with the golden eggs. Such a course would
justify the disheartening theory according to which
peoples, instead
.of raising from their own substance

armies for their defence, are mere machines for the manu-
facture of thousands of soldiers—the pawns which are
played with on the huge chessboard of human folly. We
say it earnestly, that system of recruiting to death cannot
last. Time—and no long time either—will soon dispose of
it. Neither the population nor the wealth of the nation
can afford to keep it up."

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SPECIAL SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S.—March 1,
Rev. William Cadman, M.A., rector of Trinity Church,
St. Marylebone ; 11th, Rev. Joseph Bardsley, M.A., super.
intendent and general secretary of the London Diocesan
Home Mission ; 15th, Rev. William Robinson Clark, M.A.,
vicar of St. Mary Magdalene. Taunton ; 22nd, the Right
Rev. Dr. Alexander, Lord Bishop of Derry; 29th, the
Very Rev. Dr. Msgee, Dean of Cork.
STRIKE AT PRESTON.—The strike of the weavers
at the millet Mr. R. Goodair in Preston still continues. The
other day a deputation from the weavers waited upon Mr.
Goodair, for the imrpose of seeing if some amicable ar-
rangement could be made ; but the terms originally pro-
tested against, and which led to the strike, were persisted
in, and no settlement was consequently effected. The
members of the Preston Power Loom Weavers' Association
subsequently held a meeting for the purpose of consider-
ing what support could be given to those o tires on
strike who are not in the union. After some discosdon it
was resolved to support the operatives named as far as
possible.
MEDICINES FOR THE USE OP THE Pooh. —ln
April, Hot • letter was addremed by the Poor-law Board
to every union and perish in England and Wales, suggest-
ing the advisability of providing n store of cod liver oil at
the workhouse, or some other convenient place, for distri-
bution amongst the sick poor on the prescription of the
medical officers through the relieving officer', and that
quinine and other expensive medicines should be supplied
either by an order of the medical officer on a chemist, or
by the medical officers themselves. According to • return
moved by Sir John Simeon, it appears that in 401 unions
the gueeasna have acted wholly or partially on the re-
commendation of the Poor-law Board and in 225 they
have not acted upon it.
WAGES AND NO WAGES.—The following letter
from Messrs. Pontifex and Wood, of Farringdon Works,
Shoe-lane, appeared in this morning's nines:—" It may
interest the contributors to the fund for the relief of the
distress in the East of London to learn that 30 mr=nters
employed temporarily by as at our works at Millwall
upon the agreed wages of Is. 6d. per day, to which we
offered to add an additional Is. on Saturdays as an in-
ducement to them not to require • half holiday on timit
day, but to work till 4 o'clock in common with oar molar
hands, have this day struck work. They gave us no pre.
vious notice of their intention, but simply intimated UP
they will not resume work unless they are paid EsL pee
hour, and have the Saturday half holiday. Some of theme
men were unable to come to work until we bad admired
them money to enable them to get their tools set of
pawn."
MYSTERIOUS END OP TWO LOVERS. —Taal
Manchester coroner held an inquest on Saturday, cm the
bodies of • youngman and young woman, who bad
been found the previous day in the Rochdale canal, near
David-street. They were identified a those of Thomas
Royal, book-keeper, of Ornicadutreet, and Elisabeth
Gouldyard, single woman. The two had "kepteo"
for some time, andon Saturday afternoon lila ht. iime
in Portland-street together, apparently on very friena
terms. Nothing was seen or heard of ebb= npis
the bodies were found in the canal. Is the ems% pans
were found a watch and about 31. A slaw et the ruing
woman stated at the inquest that they made no inquiries
until Wednesday, being under the impresden that the
couple had gone off somewhere to get mardeL The man
had-often said that he would bib.* a gsiN wedding. No
marks of violence IMO foundthe
iseeser4 and it
could only be conjectured that bad fallen b.& the
canal by accident, probably we larking.* The fury
.returned an open verdict.
Taarric IN Hirsauros.—One day lad weak no
fewer than 100 railway wagger left Anstrother and**
adjoining stations laden with herrings, chiefly for the
London market. The total quantity wain
craw, altogether about 3,000,000
ban lir lamest of IScolland.