A Deed Of Daring.

A DEED OF DARING .

A CORRESPONDENT of the Daily News writes : — " Afc a quarter past three on the morning of Sunday , the 23 rd Ocotober , a coastguardsman on the look-out near tbe quiet little seaside town of Clacton saw a signal rocket fired from the Gunfleet Floating Lightship , which told of a wreck on the Gunfleet Sand , and asked for a lifeboat ' s aid . The man ran for the Freemasons' boat that has beeu recently stationed here , and by a quarter before four o ' clock

the crew wero together and tbe boat was being run down to the beach . Bnt wind and tide were both dead against a boat that had only oars and sails to propel it , and it was therefore a quite hopeless task to attempt direct approach to the wreck ; it was , however , suggested by one of the crew that they shonld row across the tide into the fairway , and trust to the chance of a passing steamer to tow

them down . This proposition was readily agreed to , and after a heavy pull of about six miles through the Spitway into the East Swin the bowman sighted a steamer coming down , but she either did not or would nofc notice the Samaritan of the Sea . Shortly after , having in the meantime pulled farther out into tho Channel , another steamer was sighted , which proved to be tbo Consett , of Sunderland ,

whose captain did not require much persuasion to give them a rope . And , learning Avhat they were after , he put on all steam , bringing them pretty quickly within sig ht of the wreck . Cutting rapidly along in the wake of the steamer against wind and tide kept the men in the boat drenched with spray . As they got into rougher water , however , the captain of the Consett bade them hanl in closer to

receive a stronger rope , and took the opportunity to pass them down a bucket containing biscuits , beef , and a bottle of brandy . This warmed and cheered them , bufc fchey had to stand up to eat and drink , or they would have swallowed more sea water than biscuit . Having towed " them as close to the wreck as he conld with safety to his own ship , he let them go , and they took to thoir oars . Having reached

within about twenty yards of tbe wreck , on tbe weather side , tbey dropped anchor , but a huge roller coming lifted tbe wreck and carried it further on to the sand . They were obliged , therefore , to pay ont more cable , and were just successful in making connection by a line with the wreck when another roller again lifted the wreck and carried her quite out of reach . They had paid out all their cable ,

and it was therefore a question whether they shonld abandon the wreck or voluntarily encounter the only real danger that threatens the splendid self-righting Craft built by the National Lifeboat Society . This is the danger of being stove in against the side of the wreck , and the crew nnanimously and with a ready courage which is beyond all praise determined to risk this , in order to attempt the rescue of

the woe-begone beings that they could see on the ill-fated vessel . They therefore let go the cable , and the nexfc roller cast their boat right on to tbe deck of the vessel , which proved to be the Madeleine , of Boulogne , a new steam fishing vessel , with a crew of 16 hands . After some buffeting , losing their rudder , breaking an oar , and otherwise damaging their tackle , they were enabled to make fast to the

side of the wreck , and the Frenchmen one by one iumped , fell , or were pulled into the boat . One poor boy , starved with the cold wind and drenching spray , fell into the sea , and was rescued with a boatbook ; and one of the men , falling into the sea , just managed to seize the fortunately long beard of one of the crew , and was actually sustained and partly pulled into the boat by this means . The result was that tbe whole of the sixteen were safely brought to land , and

placed in charge of the local agent of the Shipwrecked Mariners ' Society . The way tho Frenchmen embraced such members of the lifeboat ' s crew as they could get afc on the pier was something to witness . As already stated , the boat was damaged , losing rudder , boathooks , anchor , cable , & c . Bufc this was really a splendid service , deserving something more than fcho mere formal and local notice that it has received . Wifch no hope of praise , and with bufc slight reward , the crew of the Clacton lifeboat has done a right noble duty . "

To-day ( Saturday ) is the 276 th anniversary of the infamous plot to blow up King , Lords , and Commons in Parliament assembled , in "which one Guido Fawkes is always set down as occupying the central figure , though ,

as a matter of fact , he was only a subordinate to whom was entrusted the dangerous task of firing the powder secreted in the cellars ef the Parliament House . In these enlightened days , however ,

Remember , remember , the fifth of November , Gunpowder treason and plot . I know no reason why Gunpowder treason Should ever bo forgot , is , after all , a mere matter of form , in which , with a few

notable exceptions , only the idle and irrepressible rough plays a conspicuous part . The " Guys " are effigies of people who happen at the moment to be unpopular , while the fireworks , so many of which are let off in the public thoroughfares , are mostly a nuisance , and oftentimes a

cause of terror , to nervous old ladies . Is it nofc nearly time that " Guy Fawkes , " who was hanged —as he deserved to be —in 1605 , was at last buried once and for ever ? His burial need not involve the discontinuance of the firework displays , which are always attractive .

Bvo . J . H . Jennings , the courteous manager of the Oxford Music Hall , announces his annual benefit for the 26 th inst .

Chaldaic Records At Uxmal.

CHALDAIC RECORDS AT UXMAL .

Dr . de Plongeon , a Mexican antiquarian , announces some interesting discoveries among the ruins of Uxmal , in Yucatan , and he believes that Chaldaic words form an inscription on a stone which , he thinks , forms part of a Masonic Lodge . Of the supposed Masonic remains it ia

nofc safe to speak until further details are published , bnt it would nofc be surprising if , through stone records at the Isthmus , the early civilization of America , now long extinct , were traced to tho far East . At present all theories about the source of this civilization must be based

on mere conjecture , bufc as the Mediterranean was full of ships and sailors in the days when the Chaldean language was in daily use in Egypt and Asia Minor , and as the legend of Atlantis , the island in the Western Ocean , seems to have existed even at thafc time , ifc is nofc at all improbable

that other navigators may have been as thoughtful and venturesome as Columbus . Vessels in the Mediterranean twenty centuries ago are believed to have been quite small , but so were two of the little fleet of Columbus . In short , there would have been nothing more wonderful about an

Atlantic voyage in the days of Crosar , when Carthaginians seem really to have sailed from the Mediterranean to England , than a similar trip in the time of Columbus , whereas there were good reasons for the lucky discoverers not

returning to their native land . Elbow room , and the right to do as one chooses , has not been easy to find on the Mediterranean within two thousand years . Fac similes of the Uxmal records will be awaited with great interest . — Neio Yorlc Herald .

The Prince of Wales M . W . G . M ., completes his fortieth year on Wednesday nexfc , having been born on 9 fch November 1841 . H . R . H . Prince Leopold , Duke of Albany , has intimated

his inability to be present at the Wilts County Ball on Tuesday , the 15 th instant . His Royal Highness , however , will , notwithstanding , pay his promised visit to Mr . and Mrs . Coleridge Kennard at West Park , near Salisbury ,

Viscount Ebrington , P . G . Master Devonshire , will stand in the Liberal interest as a candidate for the seat at Tiverton , vacant by the death of the Hon . W . N " . Massey .

Sir T . D . Acland , M-P ., presided on Tuesday at an important meeting held afc Bude in favour of an extension of the London and Sonth-Western Railway from Holsworthy to thafc pleasant watering-place .

The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon left Highclere Castlo for London , on Monday , the 31 st ulfc . The health of the venerable Marquis of Donegall , Prov . Grand Master Antrim , is spoken of more favourably by his medical advisers .

Bro . Alderman Ellis , Lord Mayor elect , in consequence of the continued indisposition of the Lord Chancellor ( Lord Selborne ) , was sworn in on Wednesday before Lord Coleridge , Lord Chief Justice of England .

Bro . J . L . Graydon , Wo . 749 , announces his annual benefit at the Middlesex Music Hall , Mogul Tavern , 167 Drury-lane , on the 8 th November , when , in addition to the usual attractions , several novelties and improvements will be presented .

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