The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-13 00:00:00

and weighing eight tons each), and other main parts of
the engine, were most successAilly cast on June 28. Tho
18 in. pumps, wile four extra lifts, of 15-in. and 12.111*
diem. re€peotively, are, together with the other pitworkt
aho in progress in the diepe of the same firm. Al
possible coutingencies have ben most carefully guards,'
egainst, by providing duplicate parts of all those porticos
liable to accidental derangement, or wear and tear, s-I3d
by the intrce!ue!ion of brass wherever it might be required;
as for inetance, in the linir g of the air-pump, the air-pue2P,
bucket and valves, &C. The Berran Foundry CoraP.sei
hLve bad especial experience in making Cornish englnei
for Australia, they having constructed alt the enginf°
aed pumps for the Barra Barra Mines, including tell
large 80-in. cylinder engine just arrived out there, and
now in course of erection. The necessary bobworat
mining tools, materials, and other works for the drew'
ing- floors, &c., are being made by the firm of Messre•
Nicholls, Williams, and Co., of the Bedford FoundrYt
Tavio.oek and the Roseland Vale Iron Works,
heard. The whole will be ready for shipment early !•"
September. Mr. Basset hes, we are informed, been Or
some time occupied in Cornwall and Devon, in selecting
a competent staff of agents, smiths, engineers, minert
and every other force necessary for the deve'opment of
these valuable mines to the greatest possible advantage'
The rich and abundant discoveries of ore which the
previous owners of this mine could not extract to aol
advantage, owing to the imperfect methods employed, is
now likely to be brought to grass by the powerful WY
chinery about to be applied.
At the half-yearly meeting of the North Staffordshire
Railway Company, on the 16th inst., a motion will be
made for the adjournment of the meeting till such tin)!
as the decision of the arbitrator on the future relatiese
of the North Staffordshire and London and North'
Western Companies can be reported to the Share*
holders.

QUARTER TO THREE.
Consols for Opening .., loot i x.d
OWE CLosi>a '
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS O'CLOCK.. PRICE g.:,..
Bank Stock 2261 22650
3 pi-treat. Redne7d Anne.
3 ner Cent. Console Annuities lOOl/2 7/8 518 100%,
klew 3% per Cent. Anna— ....
Long Anna. to expire J an. 1860 —
Ditto, 30years, Oct. 10, 1859.-- 6 13-16 6 13-16
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860. — 64
India Stock
India Bonds, 1,0004
Bank Stock for Account 227 227
~.. on solo 13r Account • lOO 1/234 100.1
Fxrhaquer Sills, I%d. March. June.
I,oofil. ..
500/.
Small,
ONE 01.0810
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. ritTCllB.
Austrian 5 per Cent. Scrip ... 5 514 p
Brazilian itonds, 5 per Cent. ... ..... 101.1, 10'
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 ... 1021/2 1 101
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.. ..... 78 79 79
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent .... ....... 1051/2 1054
Ditto 3 ner Cent.
Mexican. 5 per Cent,, 1846 .... —..-
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Peruvian Bonds, 1849, 6 por Cant — --
Ditto. Deferred, 3 per Cent....., 611,i
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds «.N ..- a
Ditto, 414 per Cent
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Spanish 5 per Cant. 1840 - 4.... •
Ditto, 3 per Cent 491/2 1/2 49
Ditto, New Deferred ......
Venezuela Bonds, 311,4 per Cent 43 43
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 211 per Cent. 12 Guild —
Ditto 4 per Cent. Cartifnate4 971;4%

GUILDHALL —( THIS DAY.)
THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.,
A young man named limas illaddor, the mate 0'
the Dahlia, ono of the steam boats belonging to the
London and Westminster Penny Steam-boat Compaq'
was charged this morning, before Alderman Lawn:noel
with having occasioned the death of Ann Williams ar!,
other persons by running down a boat on the rivt
The charge arose out of the melancholy accident whle"
occurred at Blackfriars-bridge on Sunday last, and 4
peared to create some excitement in the City.
Mr. Robinson, the barrister, attended for the prisoner.,
Francis Williams was the first witness called. 114!
said—On Sunday last I and some friends, ten in number,
hired a boat and went to Greenwich to spend the d lit
We returned home in the evening, and came gently tie
the river on the tide. As we approached Blackfrierse
bridge we caught sight of the steamer. We were going
up towards Llungeriord, and the steamer was crossing'
the tide. The steamer struck our boat near the bow O't.
the right hand side. The tide wee runnine, up, and W°
shouted for the steamer to keep off, e
but tney took 13°
notice of us and came down upon oar boat. The engines
were not stopped, and we mine in contact with ,
paddle-box. The consequence was that our boat "; capsized, and we were all thrown into the water. T 131%
of our party were lost, namely, Ann Williams, Eint,
Bates. and Thomas Weston; but I and the others Wu-
could not swim were pulled into the steamer.
Alderman LAWRANcE—Liave the bodies been founa;
Witness—No; they've been dragging for them eve
l.
I do not recollect seeing any one at the wheel f
the steamer ; but I was too much confused to se
anything.
Crete-examined—l was steering the boat, and we
could cee the steamer, and they could see us
10313 e
distance off. Perhaps forty yards. We went through
o
the fourth arch of the bridge, and we b
got about fifteen yards above bridge when the
steamer struck us. We were in one of 141",.
boats that are capable of accommodating thirteen ei fourteen persons, and I felt no danger before we g°, through the arch, but then we all became very rau.,„c-
alarmed, and called out to the steamer to stop. •Ar,
Williams was my sister-in-law. Some of the fowl.;
got up when the damage became apparent, but not 1"
such a manner as to render the boat unsafe.
By the ALDEratAN—We could see the steamer befell
we got through the arch, but we saw no danger, 90'
were quite joyful. The steamer came deliberate dew!'
upon us.
James Quin, in the employ of Sir Henry Max, was
the next witness examined—He said, I was .
board the schollop on Sunday
with the P
witness. There were ten persons on board, and 191A
the Dahlia steamer come towards us. We came ag3j°oc
her after passing the bridge, at a time when She °5
peared to be making a shoot across the river for one
the arches. She was very much laden with passengereci
and seemed to be coming towards the arch we 13`1
passed through. We called out lustily, but with 8,,
;
avail, and the steamer eventually ran us down. N';
were going with the tide, while the steamer was guilt
.d."
against it. The paddle-box caught the bow of 0"::
boat, and turned it over. I was immerged in lb-
water with the whole of my body nude'
and attempted to swim, but found I could not, becau3".
my head struck sgainat something. I then dived doWP
deeper, and then I came to the surface. Directly I ric
so I saw my father struggling for his life,
and i
t
seized the capsized boat with the one hand, I clung to
his collar aith the other. I held on in this way antille
rope was thrown from the steamer, and at length,
a good deal of difficulty, I succeeded in saving WY
father, who, together with myself and some one else, ic"e
t
taken on shore to a receiving
.e-hhoauiseb.een2lays ffa
rhae
sr has rd'
maci nr
0C
sd n s
exatinn3 insensiblened
w e
astated been
nr
isni ntchee,
boat since 0410
We left GreenwiehGarheni;
s:wOxiecl with,
ck in
andlak dined:
e m
If oi
tarhacituhge steamer had been stopped the!:
would have been no difficulty whatever, and I Oil.-
there was plenty of time to stop, her before the
accident occurred.

Gecorgo Williams, of 10, Ringsgate-street, Holbert,
another of the party on board the boat, confirmed the
itrasmtism,otnhyo
sofGothneg
wtownaoanprwecheo was
dingwiltonsets,aews.as his if
Ann
wife
There was plenty of time to stop the steamer or 110 the steamer only gone six feet_imore to the right, the
boat would have been saved. Witness escaped by a° paddle-wheel of the steamer. Ho was dragged up on to
the steamer, but he WWI too much excited to perceive
who hard charge
Dawson,
the a
master
said—l was en
happencc3. I was thestanding Thomas
boa'rd wheel.
mariner, of Sunderlahl':
tale, and I snw the boat steamer when the accident
the ; binoatthdeireLnttire
sohfethweaves tzsrenica.i
over. I heard the people in the boaty scream out, and
Thed, so much
was
then the prisoner called down the pipe for the engineer to
Kipp- Two seconds afterwards the collision took place,
cud I rendered all the assistance I could to rescue
the people thrown out of the boat. The steamer
thaet
sound the
ofthe
eivfihr's 'ths c r e a
ra" a
to
have charge
r
two.deed,
d h,..iibt.ahri.4.7l.o,ef tohtfhetrehee
steamer,
eaaam e
rs c, aarncde lsye e roomm ei.
wasvery
muchpeocprleo.wde
Pa "b
of the boat. The steamer was oing
very fast
bridge, la made me ft-1,1
d
I should say the boat could not
rather
rd
uhf
hues
y. rushingß y
have been very far 03
the steamer. The accident and the 1:Pon tiub;
scream came almost together.
William Dawsoc, the brother of Vie last witness, COs'
firma:; this statement, and added
kept her right way the
accident that had the steamer
period. As it was, there iv Inhdeaarp,.
would not have hap-
bridge and the steamer for th as
" room between the
mate relieved the Captain e boat to get clear. To
cidenthapponed. a few seconds before the se-
William Ne 7
at.), as WaterMo friars-street, Saw the collisions' --living at No. 1, White.
served the steamer first from the shore. He ob
bridge. She steered f being just above Blackfriars"
arch
of the bridge,
and
the Temple for the fourth
through the fourth aril the small boat was coming
eased, but everthelec at the time the steamer was
boat, and the rAopie i as she came in contact with the
was capsized.
Four u her standing up at the time she
boat. It as the or five men were rowing in the
w
struck the stern
of stern and not the paddle-box that
the boat.
Scion
further
evidence of a similar nature was their
gone into and the cue was adjourned till Monday.
The '
prisoner was in the meanwhile admitted

to bail.

It b,

.:a3 lately become the practice on the Austrian
railways to
place a looking-glass on the top of the locomotive,
inclined in such a way as to enable the engine-driver to sed
thn whole train reflected, so that he can at once stop in card
of accident. This plan has just been adopted on the railway
from Brussels to Antwerp.
PROPERTY AND INCOME-TAX.--A Parliamentary
paper just issued states that the assessment made under the
above taxes was, in 1843, 1,681.8521., and the net amount
received 1,009,8011.; in 1844, the assessment was
1,581,5407., and the net amount 1,526,3711.: in 1845, tb®
assessment was 1,578,769/., and the net return: 1,542,0731.3
in 1846, the assessment was 1,717,423/., and the net amount
1,683,181/. ; in 1847, the assessment was 1,768,4201., and
the net produce 1,734,8931.; in 1848, the assessment was
1,754,363/., and the net amount 1,698,0654 ; in 1839, the'
assessment was 1,584,6011., and the net amount y."-
1,547,4061.; in 1850, the assessment was 1,570,7811., and the
net amount 1,529,611/. ; in 1851, till Aseepment was
1,03,726/., and the return 1,558,6154