The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-26 00:00:00

FATAL COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL

We yesterday received the detnils of a most fearful
sellieles la the shuns', which terminated In the total loss
of sea alp soiled the Herald, lades with a valuable
freight fees Madras, sad, melancholy to add, the whole of
her grow (with the exception of one mu) and two pease-
gars, invalided soldiers of the Honourable East India Com-
pany. It occurred during a ham gals of wind on Friday
night, menswhars between the bard sad the Eddystone
lighthouse. The Herald, which was board to London, and
was the property of Messrs. Lldgstt, ship-broken, of No. 9,
Edina-stmt, was about 400 tons register, and was cam-
mandad by Mr. Tartu', as a:perinea mariner, end
seamed by a crew of seventeen hands.
The noel with which the Herald canto in collision, was
a sokaastor, which, at the lima, was supposed to have re-
solved the greater aneemat of Injury. Bad weather, how-
ever, clams on soon altar the vessels got clear, and, in a row
holds afterwards, it was discovered that the Herald was in
a sinking state. is attempts to launch the boats several
lost their lives, and, at daybreak, oily two of the crow mar-
vivid, who wore tinging to spars which wore separated
frost the ship when ohs sank. Of thew but one, named
James Gardner was saved, who was picked up is the
course of the dai, in a very exhausted sondition, by the
Danish barque' *thesis's.
It is thought that part of cots of the sehommeee spare
must have entered her side, sad Meseta/ af Ilia up the
cavity, and the weather setting is moss seven, the timber
which occupied the hole woo washed seek and so allowed
the sea to maks a clean sweep ion bar.
The statement of thaw as board the schemes is different
to that of the survivor of the Harald. eats that the
barque run into them, and that, in they wore,
they could have saved the whole of her mow, bet that she
bore away. They were knookias shout far somas time in a
voitollissamsad conditioa, whoa they were observed by the
John. Trinity Hone pilot-boat, which contrived
to take them into Fowsy, not a band beim/110st.
The Herald bad a valuable cargo, but she as understood
to have been well insured.

TEN Nzw PRISON AT HOLLOWAY.—The Prisons'
Committee of the Common Council, together with several
members of the Gaol Committee oftheC4art et Aldermen,
visited the New City Prison at Holloway, oa Saturday last,
and accompanied by Mr. Wright, the governor probes., in-
spected the several apartments. Both eionimittees were
highly gratified with the order and discipline, and more es•
pe6ally with the curioss employments in which the pri-
soners of both serse are usefully employed. The following
is the first report made by Mr. Wright :—" The governor
bops respectfully to report, that since the opening of the
prison on the 6th of October, 1862, 371 male and 93 female
prisoners have been received, and 132 male and 60 female
prisoners discharged, giving a daily average of above 200,
and that up to the present time, with a few exceptions
among the females, their general conduct has been very sa-
tisfactory. With respect to employment-6carpenters have
fitted up several work rooms, made and completed the fur-
niture of 30 cells, beside a variety of useful work in other
departments of the prison; 7 tailors have made up 66 suits
of new clothing, and repaired upwards of 100 suits of
worn clothing; 1 bookbinder has repaired • great
many old books for the chapel and library, be-
side much other useful work for the several offices;
3 scamen prisoners have been aimed in scrubbing and re-
pairing 110 hammocks, making 62 mattresses, and 62 pil-
lows; 3 priannen are employed in the kitchen to assist the
cook ; 6 in the engineer's department attending to fires in
the boiler room, assisting in the smith's shop and forge, and
the general ventilation ; 3 painters on various parts of the
prison • 3 shoemakers hays made up 42 pairs of new shoes,
and repaired 90 pairs of old shoes. The majority of the
prisoners, with the exception of the sick and those excused
by age and infirmity, have been constantly kept at the
pimp, and the general cleaning throughout the prison.
The average pump labour has been 7 hours per day. The
juveniles are usually employed in the requisite cleaning
during the morning; after chapel, at school and exercise ;
lesson and roller exercise in the afternoon. In the female
department the following articles have been made up, viz.:
shuts, 115 ; caps, 24 ; petticoats, 33 ; aprons, 106 ; sheets,
66; towels, 260. This, with the making and repairing of
the whole f the prison clothing, the general cleaning of the
prison, and attendance on the sick, has fully occupied the
time of these prisoners. Every prisoner has daily exercise
in the grounds whenever the weather will admit. The ave-
rage number of prisoners in the infirmary has been about 9,
these have been generally old chronic diseases sad weakly
women. One death occurred shortly after the opening of
the prison in the case of Thomas Taylor, who died of diseased
heart."

THE HTDASPES is expected to leave Southampton
about the middle of this day, sad she yid most probably
leave Plymouth with the Cape mails to•merrow morning,
after the arrival of the Landon