The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-28 00:00:00

MELANCHOLY CASE OF DROWNING.

CULLERCOATS, TUESDAY .AFTERNOON.—An inquest has
been held at this place by the coroner for South North-
umberland upon the body of Mr. William Reid, of London,
nephew to Mr. Reid, silversmith, Grey-street, Newcastle.
This fine young man, 31 years of age, went to bathe on
Sunday afternoon upon the sands, about a mile north of
this village. He was accompanied by his brother and
nephew. but the two latter did not go into the water with
him. During the past week a heavy east sea had broken
upon the coast, altering the sands, and in some parts the
eddies had scooped out holes. Mr. Reid was scarcely up to his
loins when he fell into one of those holes. He was unable to
swim, and of course perfectly incapable of helping himself in
the water, and the tide having a strong outset from the hole, he
gradually drifted to sea ; his nephew made an effort to
save him but failed, and as no one else on the shore could
swim, the poor young fellow was drowned within less
than a stone's throw of shore. Boats and grapnels were
sent for from this village, but help of this sort was
futile, fur the young man must have been dead an hour
before the boats arrived. His body was recovered two
hours afterwards close in upon the shore, and the two
men who recovered it were also nearly drowned, being
unable to scrim. The jury returned a verdict of " Ac-
cidentally drowned."

Letters for Natal, when not addressed to be sent direct by
some vessel proceeding direct to that colony, will in future
be forwarded by way of the Cape of Good Hope, and will
be subject in this country to the same charge as letters
addressed to the Cape of Good Hope, which charge must be
paid in advance. For their conveyance from the Cape to
Natal they will be liable to an extra charge on delivery,
but letters forwarded from England by direct ship, will be
subject to the ordinary charge of ship letter, and no more.
Upon these letters, the ship letter rate must be paid in
advance.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT RILTON.-011 Tuesday fore-
noon, a little before eleven o'clock, a man named John
Tong, aged thirty, residing at ¶lalshaw Moor, and employed
as a pointsoaan at Bullfield, on the Lancashire and York-
shire railway, met with a serious accident. He was in the
act of getting into a waggon when it was in motion, his
foot slipped, and he fell between an iron stay and the
wheel, part of his foot being nearly torn off by the occur-
rence. He was removed to the infirmary, where he was
attended by Messrs. Mallet, Garstang, and Woolstenholme,
surgeons, and it was found necessary to amputate the foot a
little above the ancle, which was performed by Mr. Mallett.
This unfortunate fellow had the misfortune to lose his right
hand on the same line of railway about two years ago. He
is progressing as favourably as can be expected.
'TIE ASSOCIATION FOR TIE PREVENTION OF S [TAM
BOILER EXPLOSIONS. —The usual monthly meeting of the
c ,aanattea of management of this association was held on
Tuesday, at the office of the secretary, Mr. Henry Whit-
worth, 13, Corporation Street, Manchester, wh n the chief
inspector, Mr. K. B. Longridge presented his monthly
report, from which we have been furnished with the
following extracts :—During the present month, 167 firms
have been visited, 467 boilers inspected, and 78 engines
indicated. The following are the principal defects which
have been observed :—One boiler dangerous, from def,cts
in plates and angle iron; one boiler dangerous from injury
sustained in consequence of deficiency of water; six
boilers injured from the same cause, but not considered
dangerous. In two cases, the safety-valves have been found
inoperative, and in three others the water-gauges in lik
condition.

SPECULATION UNDER THE LIMITED LIABILITY ACT.—
There have been incorporated under the new act within
the last two weeks the following proposed undertakings :
Costa Rica Railway Company, European and Indian Junc-
tion Telegraph Company, General Pawnbrokerage Com-
pany, London Printing and Publishing Company, Company
of the Royal Consolidated Copper Mines of San Fernando
in Cuba, British Empire Shipping Company, Steam
Engine Thrashing-Machine Company, Flax Mills Com-
pany, Llwynmalles Mining Company, Esgair Lee Mining
Company, Huntingdon and Godmanchester Gas and Coke
Company, Haltwistle Gas Company, General Cooperage
Company, Newnham Gas Light Company, Banbury Water
Company, Stockton Gas Company, and Old Park Iron
Company. Since the New Limited Liability Act came
into operation, about forty new joint-stock companies
have been registered under its provisions, including the
above: