Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-15 00:00:00

ford, captain forecas

weather wh.

afloat, the after-fall haying been cut or sep
known by whom. Twenty-three men and-my

whale boat

After being in the boat about four minutes I

saw a white speck on the water making towards us,

I then gave o;ders to . keep every one off the boat, as she

was already overcrowded. When the. white speck was
within a few feet of the boat, I found by the voice that it
was the captain, and instantly took him in ; the weather at

this time was very dark, and raining heavily. The captain
was so much exhausted that I kept charge of the boat for
abOut forty minutes, when he, being partially recovered,
and his wounds bound up, took charge. When daylight
appeared we found the boat's crutches, and commenced pul-
ling, keeping head to sea. After about an hour John Waldren,
ordinary, said he saw a sail ahead which was not visible to any
but we all saw her about a quarter of an hour
afterwards, 'and reached her at two p.m. We were then
taken on board the Irlam, a barque of Liverpool, from

one els

Calabar to Sierro Leone, where we arrived at noon on the
16th. Captain Truscott went on board her Majesty's ship
Trident, an•d reported himself; the Trident's cutter then
took us out of the barque. On the 19th May we went on
board the Ethiorre, African mail steamer, for passage to
Liverpool. On the 29th May, James Kettle, private Royal
Marines, died; on the 30th, Mr. George Haydon, boat-
swain, died; and on the 3rd of June, Captain Truscott
died, all of whom were buried at sea. We arrived at
Liverpool at 6 p.m. on the 9th, when Commander Gold-
finch forwarded us on by rail to this ship.

APPREHENDED. DESTRUCTION OP A. NEW CHURCH NEAR
MALTON —About twelve months ago, a very fine early Eng-
lish church was opened for worship, which had been built
at a great cost, to replace an old Norman structure which
had gone to decay. During the erection of the new building,
a high wind blew down the whole of the west end and the
tower, destroying the ancient bells. It is now found neces-
sary to suspend public worship, owing to the walls of the
nave showing large defects, and which are, in fact, being
pushed outward by the timbers of the roof. The church
contains many valuable painted windows. It is feared the
destruction a the building is inevitable. A parish meeting
have decided to refer the matter to the judgment of a com-
petent architect. —Manchester Examiner.
THE RIFLE AND THE BAYONET. The ifoniteur de
l' Armee lately had the followity, : —" The Emperor Napo-
leon said, in his proclamation, 'The new rifle arms are only
dangerous at a distance ; they will not prevent the bayonet
from being, as heretofore, the terrible arm of the French
infantry.' The bayonet is in fact an arm peculiarly French.
It was invented, it is said, at Bayonne, 1641, and employed
in 1670 in the regiment of the King's Fusileers. It sensibly
modified the system of military art in Europe, as it made
cavalry less redoubtable to infantry. and caused the fire of
lines of battle to cease to be regarded as the principal meani
of action. The bayonet has, in fact, become the decisive
arm of combat. According to a local tradition, it was in a
small hamlet in the environs of Bayonne that this arm was
invented. What led to the invention of it was, that in a
fierce combat between some Basque peasants and some
Spanish smugglers, the former having exhausted their am-
munition, and being thereby at a disadvantage, fastened
their long knives to their muskets, and by means of the
weapons so formed soon put their enemies to flight: This
arm was soon in general' use in Ewrope. After the. King's
regiment, several others were provided with the bayonet ;
but the socket, which makes the use of it so easy,.was not
invented until a later period. An unsuccessful extperinaent
with the socket was made before Louis XIV., in 1688, but
the first battle at which the bayonet was seriously employed
was at that of Turin, in 1692•; but it was not, until the
battle of Spires, in 1703, that the first 'charge!' with the
bayonet was executed. After that epoch, up to. 1792, the
bayonet was oftememployed in combat, and the• Prince de
Ligne called it peculiarly- French arm,' owing to the
manner in wbieli, our soldiers used it ; bat the real value
of it was not revealed until the wars of national indepen-
dence. Then) the bayonet really became- a- French arm.
The 'bullet is. wild,' said Suwaroff, 'but,,the bayonet is
prudent and,sure ' "
HOW TO SECURE WEDDED IlAprlNssa.—ll we marry
our happiness must consist in loving. one another; 'tis
principally my concern to think of the mostprobable method
of makingtthat love eternal. You object against living in
London;: I am not fond of it myself, and readily give it up
to you, though I am assured there needs.more art to keep a
fondness: alive in solitude, where it generally preys upon
itself. There is one article absolutelyneeeseary— to be ever
beloved' one must be ever agreeable. There is no such thing
as being agreeable without a thorough good humotr, a
nature sweetness of temper, enlightened by cheerfulness.
Whatever natural funds of gaiety one is born witVtis
necessary to be entertained with, agreeable objects. Any-
body capable of tasting pleasure when they confine.-them-
selves to one place should: take care 'tis the ploee in
the world most agreeable. Whatever you may now think
(now, perhaps, you have. some fondness for me),, though
your love should contiwe in its full force, there are
hours when the most beloved mistress would be troublesome.
People are not for ever- (nor is.it in human nature that they
should be disposed to, be fond ; you would be glad to find
in me the friend and companion. To be agreeably the last
it is necessary to be gay awl, entertaining. A. perpetual
solitude, in a place where you see nothing to raise your
spirits, at length wears them out, and conversation insensibly
falls into dull and insipid. When I have nn more to say to
you, you will like me no longer. How dreadful is that view
You will reflect for my sake that you haze abandoned the
conversation of a friend that you liked, and, your situation
in a country where all things would have contributed to
make your life pass in (the true voksute) a smooth, tran-
quility. I shall lose the vivacity which should entertain
you, and you will have nothing to recompense you for what
yon have lost. Very few people thathave settled entirely in
the country but have grown, at, length, weary of one
another. The lady's conversation generally falls in tea
thousand impertinent effects of idleness ; and the gentl-
man falls in love with his dogs, and horses, and out of love
with everything else. Ima not now arguing in favotur
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the town; you have answered me as to that n
icl.ered,
respect of' your health, 'tis the first thing to. 179 cPOnis
and I shall never ask, you to do anything injunous to that,
Bnt "tis my opinion 'tis necessary, to be ,that we
neither of us think any place more agreeable!br_th_a_t where
Lady Mary Wortley Mantagli to agu,
we are.
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