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survived to tell thf'ir
with thy' :'CC nil :motel and two sec,ini,il ; the rest 114)0ly
tali, to th(ir s-ivors.
Ceptiin Shov„ who prol:eeded h, in the ..\-j,lah&,
ad instant, stral::;ht on to Eng-laud,
Without !.topping to tay.ko any prevision for las late
e'o,• Whether he had learned the cAtaA:t,plie
had b.f n his %TH.,: we an; unable to say, but Isr the
eredit of human:ty, which does not sec in to hew Pr"
dotninaled on this occasion, let us hope that the intelli-
gence of Mrs. Short's dewh hack reached Aden before
the steam-packet which conveyed him thither, and thus
apprised him of the melancholy event. A subscription
was rained in this place for his benefit and that of his
erei,i it would be well if some portion of it were now to
be applied to their relief."
I question whether the history
of shipwrecks, and
even of human disasters, offers a parallel case to that
of this most unhappy deserted woman.
Our monsoon is considered by the weather-wise to
lie quite at an end ; and the concluding spectacle,
which is termed the elephantas, is note anxiously
looked for as bringing a supplementary dose of water
to the lamentably deficient supply which the rain
has afforded. Only forty•sieven inches have fallen;
leaving the tanks, wells, and reservoirs almost
bare of water. The island, however, is healthy ;
the mortality paper for September showing only
!1002 deaths in a population of more then
ball a million. The weather reports from the
various collectorates under the Bombay Presidency
are Various; some
far asgood ; others unfavourable, in so
the crops are concerned. Rain has been par-
tial and scarce; in some quarters abundantly ; in
others, very deficient ; and, of course, 1 need not
insist upon its importance in an agricultural, and,
consequently, a financial point of view.
The Population exnect a vi,it—i erhaps a visita-
;;a—froin the Bishop of Madras. Our own Bishop
(‘Airr) is in London, or, at all events, in England.
respectingl have little more of a local character to acid.
ot,r great men, I may state, that Lord
and Lady Falkland have left Poonah (the old Mali-
-11;1'14 capital, and the Bombay Cheltenham) for the
hills; his Lordship's health has been deranged cf late.
cotton
ur good old Commander-in-Chief, Sir Willoughby
" biding his time" at Poonah, looking out
lau , is
ura is
successor. Sir Charles Napier is at Simla,
Mar h,ave already given you the whereabouts of the
whirCPl's and Marchioness of Dalhousie.
tIIIPPend the latest market reports, in doing
of Ai let me notify the uncommonly quick passage
essrs. Green's splendid ship the Seringapatain,
which reached our harbour on the 30th ult., after a
run
of eight.five days from the Lizard.
nrd •". I have forgotten to mention in their properhe
13a er the courts-martial held at Cawnpore on t
ti tßia duellists, whose absurd doings attracted atte.n-
gan,ba mail or two ago. The two principals, Ensign
t Tani and Lieutenant Litchford, and their seconds,
leintenced
_ as.gus White and Smith, were all found guilty, and
to be cashiered; which sentence Sir C.
taPi.er has confirmed in every instance save that of
anats.ign Haxham, whose wound, and perhaps whose
laa,lre innocence, saved him. Consequently the three
',officers have lost their commissions, and are on
the Wide world.
"Af e Delhi Gazette, of the 18th September, says."..
-er‘ long and patiently watching the tardy in-
ga at Simla into the circumstances of the
taiMoung cases, we are enabled to report the cer-
ctY of a thorough investigation by court-martial of
ps~.real
and individual culpability attached to the
.1:1oy parties concerned. Tle coinmander=iti-Chief
"4s ordered the court Of inquiry'tO re-assemble,, the
needful witnesses having a r,rirf ai'd.
tke_lPected that charges will be preferred against all
ue military men concerned in the disgraceful trans-
(We,
h
seall give a fall report of the •Markets-ia' another

Edition.)

PRELIMINARY SAVINGS' BANKS.
b An important feature has lately been proposed to
e added Si to these institutions, by Mr. Charles W.
kesi of the Huddersfield Banking Company, in a
letter addressed to the President of the Yorkshire
Union,
namely, the establishment of Preliminary
Savings' Banks. Through the kindness of Mr. Sikes,
a
COPY of his letter has already been forwarded by the
steeretary to almost every institute in Yorkshire, and
for
p this your Committee would refer you for fuller in-
mation. The plan is briefly as follows
a" I venture to suggest a method hitherto untried.
lrnelY, that the bumbler. members of each Mechanics'
.natitutin slat:uld be encouraged to transact a little
lbt"aesrtai t
fadingu ti n ,
?witless' with a Preliminary Savings' Bank within the
for which purpose some of the leading mem-
might form a small Savings' Bank Committee,' at=
an evening weekly to receive their trifling depo•
their tsningths_reepvienbces, their sixpences, and perhaps
(312 each party a small book, and so
3 as his suing eachged, say 21. 25., paying it over to
the
Government Savin lame, and givinggs' Bank of the town, in the per-
to to him or her the new pass-book.
listed,
be repeated until another guinea be accurnu-
baeing :llobv:o7:linutitl paid over
and so on—n 9 interest
over to the Government Say-
gs' Bank. The little bookkeeping requisite would be
very
simple, and from always being paid over when it
reached ls. cr 21, 25., the
eliability incurred woul.l be
ery limited.
" A list of the balances (with the ledger, folio corres-
Ponding with the pass-book, and s'gned by the tree
over) to be suspended in the room each half-year, thus
elUbhuz each depositor to see that his money wss
ace.),

iceeptional cases may exist where the a.d.dititondios:
811 eh a - bank might interfere with the Omen
Charge of the other duties of an institution. Where
is likely to be the case, it is the clear duty of the
original objects of the
Committee. to attend to
institution, rather than to the original
ver such a plan could be
new object ; but we
1: Of opinion that,
itw
properly carried out, must largely tend to increase
the moral iufluense and social importance of these in-
stitutions. In many places no Savings' Bank exists
hearer than the next market town. The Savings'
Bank open at an hour not convenient to the work-
ing
classes. Besides which, although these useful
establishments will take sums as low as one shilling,
there is an air of pretension_about them which rather
repels the lowest class of contributors. In all these
„,,resPecta the Mechanics' Institute would possess a de-
-'.led advantage. Institutions are likely to derive an
accession of members where such a savings' depart-
taent should be efficiently carried out, because those
'who went merely to deposit their twopence or three-
pence would become aware of the other advantages
,t'irereci to them. Moreover, it has been a matter of
equent and deep
regret to the sincere friends of the
rksing, classes, that the associations for mutual ben. ei-c
ao'd-flle" as Odd-fellowship, friendly
The uueral clubs, Scc” societies, sic
are held in the public-house.
atteanc..ust"a has proved a heavy deduction from thed
thetn:ages, an„, .n
the
ep towards
vre 13. ut in ' 1 many cases quite counterbalance
the addition of the Savings' Bank to
from
ree the
ticar
stchanicss Institute, we recognise a great pracd-
to e
1.1.1,14110 n, benefit societies
the evil. It will ten
societies of the working classes
,_ .111.inuch that is useless, foolish, and even positively
IA!? Fr, at least, of
because it will' bring to these objects tome-
that moral conduct and intelligence
some-
which generally prevails in the management of the
,haics' Institute. We are, therefore, glad to
learn that the plan of Mr. Sikes has already been
ledepterdlip
conjunction with the institutions at Wort.,
I:hati,on
issre,,inke,,,ituste, and Keighley, at which latter place it
i -...144 t° succeed admirably. It is also in contem-
ta establish Preliminary Saing,' Banks at
eye D„ t 0
Kirkstell, and other institutions ;
sae,."°Pe it will be with such results as may enable us
in 'eewilmend it still further at our next annual meet-
ling. It cannot be too strongly impressed on the re-
iittive committees to enforce the most rigid exiaect-
trostati punctuality in the discharge of any
a • they may undertake, with every
.Peeecuanutioryn
BRalost possible loss ; as a
sys-
single failure iptir this re-
tielter,et
and
bring serious discredit on the whole.vee.,_
IV' hed even on Mechanics' Institutions themselves.—
°- . n
of roar the Thirteenth Report of tho Yorkshire ITino
-- evleclaanics' Institutes, held at Dar!ington.
Ter -

41!
-ATRE ROYAL IIAymARKET.—The last farewe..
terf°llllances of Mr. Macready, now taking place at the-
eajynark et Theatre, are entitled to more than ordinary at
a 1°"; it is a serious epoch in the drama of this country,
girla event to all true lovers of Shakspere and his
ralt efienents to be deeply to be deplored, for this
eminent artist stands alone, the last of the bygone
lia„l"es of our time, and in a few weeks he will
heard
Passed from the scene of his many triumphs, and be
of:rid an more. Those desirous of witnessing the perfection
d. e histrionic art, whether as artists, to learn and inwardly
g;lgest,
ay suor auditors, to remember and compare with talent
4t mcceed, should avail themselves of the earliest
and
presented to them, and not delay until too late
gilt the curtain has dropped on his chance for ever.
teehe proportion of will and power is not always
tlprocal. A copious measure of will is sometimes assigned
tj'eerdinary and contracted minds; whilst the greatest facul-
.e,3. as frequently evaporate in indolence and languor.
..0 Cook's Journal.
s:_-1:11R LATE BURGLARY IN TIIE REGENT's -FARR.—
~uee the admission of Mitchell, the burglar (who was
,ieanded by the butler, of Mr. Holford on the occasion of
the recent burglary at that gentleman's house in the Re-
6eties-park), into tl:e House cf. Deteion, the surgean of the
establishment, Mr. Wakefield, and hitssistant have made a
careful examination of his wounds, and they are decidedly of
°Pinion that since the wounds were inflicted they have not
been dressed or attended to by any person professionally
qualified to treat them, there having been no endeavour
made to ascertain their nature or extent. That the prisoner
was not far more seriously hurt, indeed that he escaped with
his life, is a matter of same surprise, for he states that he
Was but fifteen or sixteen yards from Mr. Paul when he fired,
and on his left side, from the back to the shoulder, and from
ithe wrist of the left arm to considerably above the elbow,
i:,°111 eighty to a hundred shot holes have been detected. •
here are several shot holes under the jaw and about the
neck; and though it is supposed that such shot fired from a
pistol at the distance mentioned does not penetrate deeply,
ale prisoner has informed the surgeon that when he moves
tongue lie can feel several shots, which. having entered
underneath the jaw, have lodged themselves near the root
of the tongue. Some of the shots have been extracted,
others have dislodged themselves, as it is expected the re-
'fl
der will after a time, and thouh there is not the
ghtest symptom of danger attending the wounds the pain
he suffers is most acute.
—ReCLEsfasTicar. PREFERMENT. The Rev. William
vicarsW al kegr e Po
fu I\mvaeni , M.A., of Christ Church, Oxford, to the
liugton, Somerset ; patron, the Rev. William
trocter Thoznas.