The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-04 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1881.

GALLANT witaoAr SZRUCES.

The fel:eerie.; henteitinieatiint front the Rev. J.
Roller Gaze. err-.cry of the Besot. life of Wight,
howl of the Royal Natioaal Lifeboat Institutien, detail-
ing the onset cad pereeveriag services of one et the
society', lifebaste recently pieced at the back of that Was&
will Lu read with iutereet
**leak, 1.1 d Wight, Jan. 1, tell.
"ass the messing of Monday, Dec. 31, letiO. a vessel
wa. eve clock to the :sere ra (tempts Its.. ton the officers
.4 coast gu..r I. Mr. Cluster, and Chula: Harding, bust.
nun. Bier beets wei• thews cal pistols fired, until be.
tweem six au.l *even 5.10.. when the ship fired • gun, pre.
sinned to be • opal of distress. Sheetly before "even iu
the !weenie, the Loral sigual (two diet-hart:es of the
pounder from D., cast geed gun leitteryi heving bees
gives, the 1.7,(s of the lifeboat Intoningto the National
Lifeleat lietitiatos aesembled, awl the lifeboat
•as Landed half-teee. seveu o'elock, and after
a severe pull of three miles through ,s bevy
ground-era and lee...kers. sod *epithet tide' reached the
reseal in t flay, which proved to he the brieuntinr
John Westley, 1W tee., iu lullast, of Guernsey, the ems.
ter'.amuse George Abbots. After eoseenaeicatioig with the
:nester. and pointing eut the ilaugereus pesitios id the ship,
our be shere. iseei sevf. of Aloe at huel, and
only by a single anchor, the comierain of the filched u
ups. him the iiecooty of ...eerie, his owe safety and t t
the erre. Is caning on sh'.ce in the lifeboat. The prof-
tea,' ee. w.aerrr declined, and the heat re-
tinue,' et ha. .ttiiieb.hey the yea Mere.oesl very, eon-
siderehly. ship am eased to be laloarius heavily
euesi, as it was after launching toe lent at
theek to pull rowel the 'vent t.. the westward into
l'enipkin hay. it weadeteiadued to take the boat there by
reed, sod to revise the ehip, from which •
AC cowl dishy,. hed been fired. The host's
transit to Casseteti iev wee accomplished with so
ordinary (..stet had to be removed,
guts post. cut away, and by 'lint of very great exertion the
Wit was lowered us, the skidds over the cliff into the hay,
the eurav bang taken down afterwards. The boat was
thea replaced on her carriage, and amid very heavy
breaker, launched at 4 o'clock
.p.u:. to search for the ship,
in a thick fog sad drizzling rain. After Soiling the ship,
end uu reerhiog her the ...mina° again urged the waster and
crew to CI Klle ..0 shore, awl pointed out the tweertaiuty of
env assistance 'eine peaehle during the night, the weather
tieing very thick, with dziviug rats, and every appearance of
• S.W. gale. Ail assist:ewe was again declined. By thistime
derkness had come on, with ineteelled surf, and indeed so
heavy was tt that a sea coming over the stern of the boat
on her return from the ship filled her to the thwarts, but
,he immediately self-ejeeted the seas. The lifeboat on this
ineasioo returned at halepast 5 p.m. It being impossible
to return the lifeboat to the last-house she was re-
placed upon her carriage, the storm safely stowed, and guards
appointed to take charge of her during the sight. Jan. 1.
signal guns of distress Laving been fired from the ship at
2.JUa.m., the eierral pa. from the roust-gun( buttery
again gave the alarm, and it was reported that the ship was
stranded in Comptou Buy. The craw of the lifeboat (many
of whom, though wore out with the previous day's labour,
had never left the Lust-hove) repaired immediately to the
' scene ef danger and were 111•40 fed there. At this time a
heavy gale was blowing, with driving rain. At length it
wes discovered that the ill-fated ship had gone on shore
under the White Cliff, between Compton Bay and Fresh.
water-gate, and that the rev during the early Tort of the
night deserted the ship sal were taken on board • tug.
'teenier from Southampton. i have also to in.
form you that the lifeboat him again returned
safe to the boat.houae at this station. It is my
I.:data' duty to edit that, owine to the refusal of
the master of the ship to leave the vessel when urged by
the coxswain of the lifeboat, a fetal accident has happened
to L. M'Leod. a coniraissierled boatmen of the coasteguard
at this station. This tuornieg, the unhappy man was
lowered over the cliff, in company with a comrade, to
ascertain if say of the ship's crew remained on the wreck,
when on his being hauled up again• piece •of rock fell anal
smashed his skull to atoms. The deceased was a man of
quiet. respectable habits, and ropusied with esteem by those
with whom he was associated. He leave, • widow, on the
eve of her cuslinemeat, sad five children totally unprevidol
for. I feel it my duty to speak in the highest terms of the
ouoiluct of the coxswain of the lifeboat, John Hayter, and
the rest of the crew. who hare never been absent from their
respective poets from seven o'clock nu allooday morning to
midday on Tuesday, and who, owing to the heaviness of the
sea and thickness of the weather, ran very great risk on this
rocky cease Nue an leh ea the report without rendering,
through you, me heart, thanks to ]I r. Cutajar, the officer
of the cruet pint in connesuil of thin station, and the men
under him. for their valuable soil efficient assistance, ren-
dered daring a very trying and anxinus service.—(Signed)
Joua Pettier Gen, Hon. rare. (Brook station), Isle of
Wight Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution."
Tvrteuurii. n.tg Sumo., JAN. 1.--This day the
'chooser Lively !siny, of ?Seism, was totally wrecked
daring a gale of wind from the eastward and • heave surf,
en Whitby sands. John Redford, coxswain of the Culler
eareelifetiat of the Nations! Lifeboat Institution, observing
the prase positioe of the ship, hail the lifeboat' at once
trenaperted on heriageta near the scene of the wreck, the
bruin readily feuding their herees to draw the boat. She
ems then manned by fourteen men and launched, and gal-
lon* lore away iu the teeth of the gale towartlis the wreck,
from which thee rescaed six men. Use phew buy was wafer-
tanately lost. fie was in the set of getting on the rail to
threw himself overboard to a lifebuoy when the mainmast
fell and entangled heti in it. wreck. Ininiethately afterwards
the wreck brute up, and within five minutes every soul
would have been drowool had not the lifeboat been at
head, sod here the means, under tears previdence, of
arise these six lounge beingg. The scene was a most
exciting one, and the mew are loud in their praises of
the lifeboat.

WALIICI, sum Dahl.. JAN. I.—ThiA morning, about
mime o'clock, after a met tempestuous night, the fog, bang.
tag over the Dawes, clewed away in the direction of the
Goodwin Saab fur a few Dummy., when a vessel was oh.
agreed to be as shops cft the otf side of them. The wiu,l
W 'moderated, but the surf or the Leech was heavy, and
yolk a fresh Lives. few, the S.W. The Weimer lifeboat
of
the National Lifeboat Institution waa Wombed
as mese as possible, and pt./seeded under mil directly for
Na noria, which went crossed under considerable dilliculty,
Ib IN•lsais beiag frequently tilled by the seas which broke
Ws bar Um yowl wee at length hoarded, and found
to be the Preach lionizes lftiguay Trask', of St. Vase'. The
barque had been deoerted by her crow, and the sea was
=a wreck at her. no Meg best bad apparently been
out, by which it le supposed the crow had left; but
se istelligeace of their Wets- Wm as yet been obtained. A
noodle was timed burnt!. I. the calm, and nano
has which the fi particulars were g No
ether boats we u to be near the vessel. A steam
ha 6.15. kr* is the Downs, proceeded round the Mouth Sand
at sonic time as the lifeboat was launched, but the
bake pi to the wreck trot.

A HAPPY Resicta.--0 the night of Monday
Mat, while the coal eat Queen, of Runeoro, laden with coals
for Holyhead, was ninnies the course of the Victoria
Classnal from Liverpool, she was run into by a steamer. In
• few Weds, the flee want down, and the crew, three in
all, wen Monsereed. The flat's punt, however, floated par
the laradering men, two of whom succeeded in getting into
it, and the third, after beldieg on by an ear for some Oct..
aim wronged to get into the boat In /his position—their
clothes • wet, the host half filled with water, the
alsoesphare no fearfulh keen that their wet clothed were
hoses to their limbs, which in a short time became power-
less the poor fellows floated about until tin following
morning, when, after hang fifteen hours in this dreadful
state, they were rescued by the stirairiAug Enterprise off
the Great Ormehesil, and carried back to Liverpool. The
men themselves describe their sufferings as bring "awful,"
Of this then eon be no doubt, far on Monday. eight and
Tuesday morning the cold was probably more Integre than
saywe bare had this aserns.
A Male Since DAVI* WITHOUT FOOL OR FIRE—
R German shoemaker, neared George Medulla, who kept a
shop in a temporiry Wind* In tterden-street, HobiAen,
which sea formerly used mi • oral Ake, has hoes missing
for the pant two weeks, sad kis shop during that hose has
remained closed. dome of Norkelitio frisods, becoming
alarmed at his unecontintahlis absence, applied to Constable
Heybeck, of Jersey City, to bunt up the man if passible,
or to ascertain if env aecideat had befallen him, or if there
hot been any foul play. The olleer has made diligent
search for the pant three days, hut without gaining any
tidings of his whereabouts. Yesteeday, Countable lleybeek
concluded to veareh the shop, and accordingly applied to
thief of Police ll'Donough fur a permit to do so. He pro-
cured the seaistanee •-f a locksmith, who poked the luck.
l'poo entering they discovered Mandist stretched out upon
the Mart without any covering, and apparently lifeless.
They turned Mtn over, and upon esantination found that he
was still alive, alibi ,ugh very much emaciated and uncoo•
scions. After e,osiderable effort, Merkelin wan partially
restored to cotuadousoes4, when he stated that he had been
there for the last seven .lays, and daring that time he had
tasted no food and had no fire or bed-clothing to keep him
warm. He gave no Lemon for shutting himself up in that
manlier, but it is thought that he was taken ill and was
unable to insist himself or to call for assistesee. Chief
M'Donough mule urranFeineut, to have him properly cared
for, but his recovery is considered doubtful. Merkelin
ha Angle mat, and occupied the little shanty alone.—
Sew York rinses.

A few more of the extraordinary corm without
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sous, billow.. and Hier complaints, cough, wahine. ceandeption,
and debility. effected by Du Barry's dstkion. health.reetoring
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house, ?Vimley. Surrey, April 3. 10.1. fC years diseased lungs,
spitting of blood, new derangement. deafness. singing la the
ears, constipation. debility. *bonnier of breath. and cough,
have beim removed by your Bavalinda AraNca.—James Roberts,
URbS merchant. Nu. 38338—Three >ears' excessive nee
voisenses, with pains in my neck and lett arm, and
general ahkb rendered my life very miserable,
has been radically removed by Du SAM'S health•rettorlag
toed—Aim Stuart, Archdeacon of Bow flkibbereen.
Avoid pith and medicines . the> Invariably eg nista and perpe.
wag essami . their annoyance. disappointment, and expense may
saved, and all doctor.' and apothecaries' bills inciiiied, by ailing
Du Barry's pond. which. at a t'le pence per day, eaves IC times
lie cost in phydr. oil, and other remedies. C W• 3111,4111
—We Ind it the rifest remedy Andrew t're, M.D., .LB., Dr.
saiwy, or Widmer, Dr. BSorland, Dr Campbell. Paciad la tins,
.11k tall inotrwtiona. lib . L. Id.. 210 dl.. Sib., 11a. :113b.,
33a 341 b.. free of carriage, Vis Barry Du Barry and Co.. 77.
&gent greet alai, ',dinar'. Slays. and Co . riceadßiy, LOW
Co. and Mundt oil gropers and chemists in thl s dleirki, and
all parte of the iu opium. —tail artiamnsiat.

TWO PIiILSONI3 drITOCATED BY GAS.

On Wednesday the coroner of Brietiol, J. B.
Grindosi, tel., held an inquest on the bodies of William
and tirolintiAsuoilets, who died from suffocation.
The One witness was Elizabeth Massa, a widow, residing*
at No. 3, flarniltoueourt, Thouneetreet, who said that
William Saunders was about 35 or 36, and his wife 38 years
of age. They lived at No. 5, Haimilton.court. On the
evening of the List day of the old year she met Mrs. &un-
den returning from Temple-street with three loaves. On
Tuesday morning a person knocked at their door, and getting '
no answer, she (witnees) also knocked. That wee about
half•pet sine. She opened the window, and observed that
they were in lied. She became alarmed, and a policeman
was sent for.

John Harding, a young man, a coilier, stated that he was
a son of the dammed woman. He wee at their house be-
tween tine and ten on Monday evening, and remained there
about three-quarters of an hour. They both appeared in
tFtr it usual health, and his mother said she was about to
visit her sister at Bedminster on the following day.
Policeconstahle '%M stated that he went into the de-
cement house on Tuesday morning. The dour was locked
and bolted. lie opened tt and found the bedroom closed.
On looking into the bedroom he anion something, which
was marl, stronger when be entered the room. He thought
it was in... The bodies were lying in bed, the nada night
arm bung over the liOnlan's waist.
The coroner and jury then proceeded to Hamilton-court
to new the bodies. The public pavement underneath the
window was found to have been broken up, and even at
that time there ws, a strung smell of gas from the mateide,
apparently tonnes from the disturbed pavement. The
house itself a of only one story, and consists of two
rooms. The room opening into the court was occupied
as a sitting-worn, and also opened into the sleeping
apartment. This room is exceedingly low, of small di-
menasow, and without a fireplace or chimney. The
body of the man lay on a table in the sitting-room,
where it had been placed for the purposes of a post-mor-
tem examination, and that of the woman remained on
the bed, in precisely the same position as when it was
tint discovered after death. On the return of the jury to
the inn,

Inspector Alexander said that he hail informed the ps
company of the occurrence, and they had had the pavement
opened.
Mrs. Hazell, recalled, stated, in reply to Mr. A. Britten,
who watched the ease on behalf of the Bristol United Gas
Company, that she never heard of any escape el pa until
Sunthy night.
Mr. Walter Fiddes, engineer to the Bristol United Gas
Company, stated that, In consequence of an application
from a police-constable on Tuesday, he sent Ines to cpen the
pavement. The neighbours told him that there was an es-
cape of gas, and he heard that this occurrence had happened
through that. It hail not yet been ascertained whether
there was any escape of pa.
Inspector Alexander—iVe set fire to it outside before we
sent for you.
Mr. Fidiles—l was not aware of that.

Police-constable Barnard, 242, said that thr earth was re-
moved on Tuesday night between 9 and 10. He found that the
gas would light outside the window, close under the walls of
the window; and when the stones were removed a lamp
situated about 11 yards from the house went out. The
window of the house was particularly weU closed, and a oork
and linen had been placed in apertures of the window to
exclude the smell or cold.

Mr. Gardiner stated that he had made a port•mortem
examination of the body of the man. He opened all the
cavities. The lungs were perfectly collapsed, and the brain
was congested. He believed be died from suffixation.
The Coroner—Suffocation is generally effected by some
poisonous air, I suppose.
Witnesa—Yes.
The Coroner—Do you consider that the party died from
poisonous air!
Witness—l do.
Coroner—Assuming that a gas pips was broken in the
immediate a icinity of the window, and that an 'nape of gas
had taken place from it, do you consider that th►t of itself
would be sufficient in a close room to occasion the death of
William Saunders ?

Wl:oda—Most certainly.
The following verdict was recorded :—" That the de-
ceased were found dead in their beds, and that they were
suffocated by all accidental eacipe of gaa from the public
gag pipe."
Since the inquest the main gaa•pipe hu been found to be
broken. The gas must, therefore, have camped through a
drain underneath the room in which the unfortunate people
were sleeping.

THE LATE FIRE IN LINCOLN'S-INN-

tab Intafritte.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—JA:t. 1.
(Baum Mr. Commissioner Ni. bo
L. 4 JOBEPH THIGRILL —JUDOMINT.

This insolvent, upwards of eighty years of age, appeared
for judgment.
Mr. Sargood and Mr. ltobertaon Griffiths opposed for two
creditors named Bun and Livemv.
The complaint was that the insolvent, who had been •
builder cud commission agent in Albertotreet, Regent's.
park, had been a bankrupt, and Biz times before bad ap-
peared in the character of an ineolvent. He had become
answerable to Mr. Bass in • bond for two persons ; and from
Mr. Livemy he had obtained wale by representing that he
was a person of property. He also became liable for an-
other person.
The case stood over to serve some creditors, and the
learned commissioner expressed his regret in being called
upon to give an adverse judgment against &person of Usage.
The court now gave a judgment of six months for con-
tracting debt' without reasonable expectations.