The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-26 00:00:00

LOSS OF ANOTHER HULL BALTIC STEAMER.

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Scarcely has Hull recovered from the shuck con-
sequent on the report of the loss of its first screw steamer,
the Lion, together with another, the Enchantress, with
sixteen lives, than it is again thrown into a state
of great excitement by the arrival of telegrams an-
nouncing the stranding of Messrs. T. Wilson, Suns. and
Co.'s hue new steamier the Hobe, Captain Mason, which was
only launched this summer, and has ouly made two
voymor. She was built by Messrs. Earles, of Hull,
for the Baltic trade, and constructed so as to be incapable
of carrying deck cargo, a practice which has been very much
deprecated of late. She was about LW° tons Walton ;
her dimensions were 235 feet long, 29 feet bread, and 21
feet deep; her engines were capable of working up to WO-
horse power, and she wee reckoned one of the strongest
built vessels that Messrs. Fades have ever built. The tele-
grams announcing her Ices state that "The Hebe, Captain
Masan, from Cronstadt, Lao stranded at Feblund, near to
Gothland (the scene of the wreck of the Lieu) ; part
cargo thrown overboard ; will probably go to pieces.
No mention whatever is made of her mew, which
numbers over twenty hoods. but hopes are entertained
that they are all saved. With regard to the steamer
Lion, whose loss we recorded a few days ago, the follow-
ing telegram has been received by the owners, Messrs.
Brownlow, Lumsdeo and Co. :—" Wisby, Nov. 23.—Part
of cargo saved. Flax damaged. Tallow could be reshipped.
Messrs. Earl and Woodall 's Hull and London trader the
Charge left the latter plasm as Tuesday, the 12th inst., and
has out sins been heard of. Grave doubts are entertained
as to her safety." The Hobe makes the total number of
Hull steamers lost in about 13 months 16 or 17, five at
which were the property of ooe arm—viz., Mesas. Wilson,
Soon, and Co. These serious disasters are causing a deal of
excitement in the town, and many families have during
the year been thrown into greet cl'etrees by them.

The famous Gicquel, whose panegyric by the
Bishop of Poitiers was so rapidly followed by his condemna-
tion fur swindling, has now found a rival who does quite as
much honour to the Pontifical army. Etude Dial, a Pon-
tifical Zoller*, a native of Bittbourg (Traces), has /kilt bean
condemned, at Bar-le-Due, to two months' imprisonment for
swindling. Diet bad come to France on a three months'
furlough, and ought to have rejoined his regiment on the
2sith ult., but has been prevented by this unfortunate
OCCUITOOM

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DARING ROBBERY OF FIFTY POUNDA --CAPTURE
OF THE Tuae.—The magistrates of Scarborough have com-
mitted for trial a man named John Wilkinson, on the
charge of stealing a cashbox from the shop of Mr. John
Bradley, leather cutter, on Friday afternoon. Mr. Bradley
had left his shop to post a letter, the post-office being
but a few yards distant, and on his return he was delayed
at a neighbouring shop by the melancholy circumetence of
the owner of Mr. Thomas Young, cabinet-maker, having
just at the moment d►opped down dead. In the
meantime—the interval being not more than three or
four minutes—the man Wilkinson had entered prosecutor's
shop, and had stolen the cash-box, containing in money
and bills above filth. He was met at the door by Bradley,
who asked him what he wanted. His answer not being
satisfactory, Bradley suspected him of stealing leather
from the shop, and at once followed him. Medley's
suspicions were increased by observing a protuberance
under the man's coat ; but be still did not think that it was
his cashbox that had been stolen. He took hold of the
man, and insisted on hie return to the shop, on spin
entering which, the thief slid the cashbox to the Boor, but
too clumsily to render the act of any service to himself.
He was given into custody nt once, and now the inugistratee
have committed him as above stated. Wilkinson cornea
from Beverley, and appears to be nothing more than an idle
vagabond.