The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-30 00:00:00

4. JULY ) 30 1852.
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T4E GOLD FIELDS OF AUSTRALIA.
John

bearacizidt!ewhhno Fairfax
nairetwax, edit(); of the Sydney Morning
Upontheon
Aa
nvsi
tsri visit
ltioan this
g ncl
do u nfiterlyd,s d etn-
livered a lecture 0 n
I numerous audience, at Leamington, on Vied-
-1 it'SAciftlYte; briefly, describing the geographical. position
and features of Australia,'Pr"grecs since thre. Ifi'')rlsrtfaxgal.gave
discoverya coo fn e i
thes
sketch of its
island by the Dutch,
affordinge at the same time some
New Tolland, and pointingr the relative positions
interesting information
eout
respecting the aborigines of
serctuative
f.colorists. The
mofintuht'enes
and characteristics
origin and
with
progressgonrevaictt s ofy the imp
stem, and showed ' settlements were
pointeded the
wonderful out the
tracedevils o
of
wthiet
4ecot'ureren
ottflehmisenheareTrshetloBlthteisrteilcisgioen;, politics,xcona-
t it
1:
directedchased to beth ae
rise cf Port Philip since
convictamteterec,e
attention
agriculture, and eta
are the English, Southt
Wales. The state-paid churches
the Wesleyan,
and Roman Catholic.
establishment is under great °Wig
Scotch,
total amount paid to them in 1850 was about 30,0001.
The episcopalian
for the Propagation of the Goa -111-
granted for Pe'
tioas to the Christian Knowledge Society i'ld'.
'exports 1 ,128,1001.
the Propagation
In 1844 th • educa-
tional purposes.
athbeou tSolci7e,toyool. is
e imports of New
in Isso the imports were 2,078,300/.1 the export"; '
South. Wales were 931,3001.,
2,34600/. After some valuable observations
on the progress of the commercial interests, the 'lec-
turer next explained the manner in. which the, old
discoveries had been made, quoting the opinir gn d
Jns a
*r Roderick Murchiso•
predictions of Si
H then described add other
scientific gentlemen. e
the. 'the excite-
ment which it had caused at tune, aaa traced out
futurechanges i important
the present and likely
to be
amount
effected by the increasedof the precious
metals. Mr. Fairfax concluded
an interesting and
info •
able lecture, replete with valuable information upon
every subject of importance in the colony, with the
following observations "
By some person :---
s apprehensions of fearful ~ . _
con-
sequences are entertained, by others, whose high-
beyond the power of steam,
Pressure notions are
results of the utmost magnitude and greatest earthly
blessedness are dreamed of. Looking calmly upon
the old country, and then casting a fond regard to
the new nations that are springing up under the fos-
tering influence of British manners, British laws, and
British Christianity; remembering that bat yester-
day in your money market ' The first quotation of
Consols for money was 1001 to ---, and that they left
off at 100 i to # for money,. and 100# to 1 for the ac-
count ;' seeing the gladdening influence of trade aaid
commerce everywhere; and the peace and prosparity
which prevails on both sides of the atlantic, oaa well
as on those shores where the Pacific rolls
her quiet billows; and reflecting, too, , '.tpon him
who hath said ' Surely there is a vain for the
silver, and a place for gold whore they fine it ; as
for the earth, out of it cometh bread, ; the stones of
it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of
gold ;' I say, looking calmly on all these considera-
tions, I have no fears for the future. Tho treasures
of the earth have been opened up under the special
providence of God himself. At the moment when
your Crystal Palace was thrown open to the admiring
gaze of all Europe, a far distant colony was present•
ing her claims for distinction and fame. The May
of 1851, on both sides of the globe, is indeed a
memorable era. Never may the children of Britain
on those distant shores be a disgrace to the parent
state. But may the honour, the virtue, the dignity
of moral character, and, above all, the pure religion of
the Bible, be transplanted and cultivated on their soil
—not as the tender plant to wither and die in a day,
but as the noble oak, whose roots deepen, widen, and
strengthen, by the adversity and storms of time. A
few remarks to the intending emigrant, and I have
done. To the young man of industrious and sober
habits and of moral character, whose anxiety is to
pursue a course of honest perseverance—unappalled
by difficulty and danger—l say go. To the idle, the
dissipated, the drunken—he who is reckless alike of
his own peace and the sorrow he causes to others—
I say stay ; for if you go to a warm climate and
persevere in your present habits, you will be an out-
cast, you will die miserably, neglected by man,
and, perhaps, unpitied by God. The two great
wants of the colonists are capital and labour. For
these employment on a large scale is constantly
' being presented. There are mines of wealth
only waiting investments, and ,requiring men to
work them. The railroad company have advertised
for '2OO men ; and in a recent letter from the presi-
dent of that company, he informs me that the con-
tractor contemplates giving up the contract in conse-
quence of being unable to obtain men. The Bathurst
Copper Mining Company, in the Herald of April
17th, advertises for 100 men. In the southern dis-
trict a new copper mine has been discovered; the ore
has been transmitted to England for smelting, and it
has been pronounced equal in the yield to the Burrs
Barra. This also is at a stand. The Fitzroy Iron
Mining Company is in a similar position. It is si-
tuate at Mittagong, on the great southern road,
within seventy miles of Sydney, and extends over a
surface of about twelve acres. It is doubtless of vol-
canic formation, as three distinct
mounds or craters
appear, and the lava (iron ore), instead of the general
Pumice• stone, flows from each mound of a depth of
from six to ten feet. The yield of this mine is re-
markable. When smelted the ore produces steel of a
most superior character. (The lecturerer exhibited
specimens of the ore in its original state, and of the
metal in its manufactured state.) These facts are enough
to show that capital and labour are required. My ad-
vice, however, I may be permitted to tender to two or
three classes. To the masters or workmen who are
doing well in England, I suggest the old motto ' Let
well alone. But if you are struggling with difficul-
ties, which appear unconquerable, wind up your affairs
and try the colonies. There we are not so thick upon
the ground, and with the primest beef at '2d., and i
mutton at lid., you cannot, you need not starve. Not
that I would hold out the expectation of success
without exertion--of fortune without the appliance of
industry—Or of the quiet repose of old age without
thrift end care in early and middle life. The ' Battle
of Life' must be fought lustily and bravely on both
sides the world. And moral worth is as valuable and
as highly prized there as here. The openings for the
agricultural labourer, and the mister or journeyman
tradesman are astonishing. I will only mention one
instance ; it was told me by the Reverend Mr. Mac-
kenzie, a fellow passenger from Sydney to England,
and I am sure is only a specimen of the increase in
the price of all kinds of handicraft. He says,
Happening to break part of the harness of one of
the horses I was driving, I desired my servant to carry
the broken part to a saddler's shop in order to get it
mended. I accompanied the man. We travelled
from shop to shop, till we had visited three or
four of them, before we found a man in any of them;
all the men having gone to the diggings, the shops
were left under the charge of their wives or daugh-
ters. At last we reached a saddler's shop, in which
I saw a little boy of nine or ten years of age, who
said he thought he could mend the broken harness ;
find he did so in a few minutes. I stood looking at
him while at work, and when he had finished I asked
him what was to pay, expecting that he would say,
one shilling. His reply, however, was, " half a
crown, sir, if you please." I said, " that is a vary high
charge, my little boy, for the few stitches it only
cost you." " But, sir," said this pocket edition of
human nature, "you must consider that all the men
have gone to the diggings, and that we who stay at
home to do the work of the public must charge ac-
cordingly." The logic was conclusive ; the mouth
was stopped, and my purse was opened. I paid the
2s. 6d. and went away, convinced that those who stay
at home and stick to their trades will largely participate
in the profits of the gold digger. In January last
I was paying 30s. a week, or at the rate of ital. a
year, with board, to a bullock driver, whom I could
have hired last year at about 301. a year. When
this man's time with me expired, he was offered 31. .a
week, or at the rate of 1561. a year, with board, for
driving bullocks between Melbourne and Mount
Alexander. I know a journeyman carpenter who
was at the same time offered 41. a week, with board
and constant employment, which he refused—then
went to the diggings. In England there is a large
class of young men, who are well educated, but are
not brought up to any business pursuits. Many of
this Class make their way to the colonies. They
bring letters of introduction to respectable and wealthy
people often to the Governor—and imagine
their fortunes are made. Poor fellows ! Any
well-instructed colonist can see with half an eye
that they are unfit for hard work, and therefore ne-
cessarily unfit for the colony. Often, persons such as
the:3e are returned home to their parents, like unsale-
able bales of merchandise ; and tco frequently, alas !
they remain to disgrace their name, to ruin their
character, and to debauch their lives. ' England is a
nation of shopkeepers,' said Napoleon. 130
esnod
rather than it should be composed of men unfit
sbonld
disqualified to obey the mandate, ' that Vl' 5
hi Colo
eat his bread by the sweat of his brow. I!
' naolt'o is a
nieo, commerce, is our motto, but
Tits it be sane-
foul blot upon our young empire, unf' and
tioned and upheld by enterprise, earnestness,respecting_ un-
conquerableedu-
cated zeal. The above remarks profession 'do riot
young men without trade or

[PRICE SD.

. - •
apply in all cases. Ardour, intelligence, and industry
will do an thing for
sources : and I have known cases where such per-
sonsy a man who is left to his (ma re-
have overcome almost innurnerabln difficulties.
There is another and a- large class—:livid.lng itz4 into
~empstresses and g9noral female servPnts—to whom
I would briefly say, in Australia
you an+ wanted ;
and if
f
l'n-fi virtuous and rervectahl9, you may
so on settle the wives of tlonest and Intelligent
you
down
nkn."

THE ANGLO-44P1‘4";R.-37-IB.IIIARINE
ieeomnnl.ica-
n
TELEGRAPH,
We understand ups'. authority (by lun
tiona from Portpatrick) that on Tuesday r
submarine cable between Donaghadee, on ihrecoagsrely tof
the
securely
having been on the previous Saturday
Ireland, to Portpatrick, on the coast of Scotland,
anchored on to a buoy
.in a bay upon the Scottish
the
:set
cablei oti s b
laidetwe - en
c_best, was thence carried inland to Portpatrick, a short
distance from the b,each, and that telegraphic corn-
that;the coasts of Ireland and Scot.
land were nccam-plished. • This may be considered
the more imp, as it has not publicly transpired
down between Holyhead and Howth
lon the Ist of June is understood
to have failed, the
wire rope, •
. . which was only three-quarters of an inch
ctroumference having,from ll.
the various s or
free tures that
occurred in submerging it, been found
too fragile for the having
broken and, after
broken in various places in the late endeavours to
"fish it up," so as
the to ascertain where the imper-
fections existed,Bf)r tons, greater part of the 80 miles
of cable, weighing has become part and
parcel of the waifs and strays
of the Channel. There
appears to have been what
may be termed " a race"
between the three or four
telegraphic
corn
nication projectorsh of submarine
Ireland, te ascertain who should eeen Englund and
be the most suc-
cessful in establishing it first,
SO as to unite them-
selves with the system
of the Electric Telegraph
Company in England, and hence it
axiom of "the
more haste the less speed," even in
electric telegraphicrealized. communication, has been
again
The promoters of
this species of communication
present expedition for esta-
blishing
vid Portpatrick
and Donaghadee, mider the title ofthe Electric Tele-
graph Company of Ireland—there being another in
existence, entitled the Irish
Submarine Telegraph
Company, front Holyhead to
about to sink a cable on that routgestoawt
rten, who are
already been stated, from Donaghadee oanS6'tuas has
last, the party consisting of the Hon. G.
lasr!ay
Mr. Gilpin (the contractor), Mr. Griffin (tITe
engineer), Mr. Dering, and numerous other per-
sons, the Reliance, with her crew and cable on
board, being under the command of Captain Hawes,
R.N., who is well acquainted with the nature of
the navigation. The expedition steamed out under
the auspices of favourable tide and wind, from Donag-
hadee to the point where, on the 18th instant, the six
miles of cable already submerged were secured to a
buoy out at sea, owing to the haziness of the weather
on that occasion, and the high run of the spring tides,
which then induced Cup'eein Hawes to recommend
that further progress should be postponed until Sa-
turday, when advantage might be taken of the neap
tides. Arrived at this point, the reliance and attendant
tugs hove to, it being necessary to haul up the extremity
of the six miles of cable already submerged to connect
it with the remaining fifteen on board, the distance
across being twenty-one miles. At this juncture a
formidable, but in the end only temporary, obstacle
presented itself, it being found that the telegraphic
tackle resisted the combined efforts of the crew of
about fourteen or fifteen men to raise it from its sub-
marine recess, in spite of the most vigorous pulling.
Conjecture, as on occasions of similar novelty, gave
rise to strange but mistaken surmises. It was at first
feared that the cable had become transfixed
by the falling of some wreck or debris upon it—
that it had become fastened in the fissure of some
rock, or that some of the heavier denizens of the
deep were indulging in an oceanic siesta upon it; at
any rate the cable was destined to become a skipping
rope for some generation of Neptunes. But a more
practical knowledge of the Channel dissipated imagi-
nary doubts, it having been ascertained from sound-
ings that the depth of the channel between Portpatrick
and Donaghadee is an average of 70 fathoms, princi-
pally of ooze, soft mud, sand and shells, and free from
fishermen's kedges. All conjecture, however, was set at
rest by a conclusive " long pull, and strong pull, and
pull altogether" on the part of the crew, which had
the effect of bringing from its briny abode into the
light of day, carbuncled with shells, coral, and sea-
weed, an immense ship's anchor, asserted by the
oldest seaman on board to be at least 100 years old,
and certainly differing very materially in its fashion-
ing from the celebrated " Exhibition prize anchors"
that were pitted against the Admiralty anchors
the other day, though quite equal to either
in ponderousness and power of " holding on." It is
stated that, notwithstanding the severe strain, the
callibre of the cable was not injured from the effect
of its submarine burden, and that, more on account
of the curious mode of its recovery than
of its real salvage value, it is to be anchored for the
remainder of its days on " dry tandr in the Mu-
seum at Belfast. The amusing impediment over-
come, the expedition proceeded towards Portpatrick,
paying out the fifteen miles of cable at the rate of
three miles an hour, without anything more _ obser-
vable until, amid heavy gale and sea, it reached
Port-
patrick at ten at night, when the communication wias
ca e.
tested and ascertained over the entire scope of b
Owing to the difficult access, arising from the
over-
hanging rocks at Portpatrick, the cable was attached
to a buoy in the bay, and subsequently in-
land.carried
As misapprehensions exist relative to the present
state of the land telegraphic communication in con-
nexion with the cable, it may be stated thaton!h e
Lists coast from Donaghadee to Belfast the land wires,
}
are completed, and will be to Dublin shortly. rom
Portpatrick, on the Scottish coast, there being no
railway, the wires are also completed underground;
but a break of thirty miles ocours between Dnmfriea
and Carlisle, the Glasgow and South-Western Rail.
way having no wires on their railway, so that this
break will, unfortunately, for the present prevent any
through communication being Effected between Ire-
land and England. Should no telegraph be laid over
the Glasgow and South-Western, wires will at once be
laid down along the common road between Dumfries
and Carlisle vid Gretna Green ; and in the mean-
time the telegraphic dispatch will have to be taken
over the thirty miles of break by express or other
train, involving the delay of about an hour, instead
of enabling, as is intended, a telegraphic dispatch to
be expressed between London and Dublin, and 'Ace
versa, in the space of two or three minutese—Chre-
nick.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N tignMea that the mails are sent front the GeavrAl Post-otle,
by the night—and M by the morning--dispatch.]

When made up in ' FrerTa what
7r' LACES. GeneralPost-ofliCe port di.- When
London; patt;lao. due'
America (by Brlt. pkt.)N Liverpool .• Aug. G
America (by U.S. pkt.) N July 27 Liverpool .. Aug. 4
America (by 17.S.pkt.)Mluly 30
Australia (via South. ..•,Southarapt. July 29
ampton) MI SoUthampt.
Ditto (via Marseilles) N • • • • • • .. Dover
Ditto, via C. of G. llope N,2d of August •
.. Plymouth..
Africa (West coast)•• Xl4th of the month Plymouth July 29
Alexandria* • ..... •. N 19611 & 30th of mo. Dover Aug, IS
Belgium •••• • • N Asily „. ..IDover .. Daily
Brazil .. • • .. Mlinla of the month ISouthampt. Aug. 16
Buenos Ayre3 •• M Sth of the month iSonthampt. Aug. 16
California(viaCharrer)M 2d& 17th of month ISouthampt.
Cape of Good Hope N 15th of July .. (Plymouth.. July
29
Cape de Verde N,2d of the month .. !Plymouth • • Ju',T. 10
9
Constantinople‘ Zli7th 17 th 27th of mo iDover • •
Central Arnerlea M2d & 17th of mon. ISouthampt• ru. Tu.gat
Channel 11109 *Mort., Wed., &Fri.!SouthamPt' . 1
Chili . M2d & 17th of mnth Ifiontliampt: A
lecdaOY
ug
France .. MtN Twice daily (Dover Avg, ip
Greecoc • . N 7th 17th 27th of mo ;DnY!roo • Tec:pialur'•
ljarnburgh N Tuesday & Friday !I• nu•
Holland „ ;Leendon ** igeg..l6
M Wednez. & Satur.lsothataPt'
Honduras . N 17th of Le month. inolyhead..
Aug..
28
Ireland M& N, Twice daily • • I
onth S°athanaPt• India via Soathamp.) M 20th of the in „,,ver
h••
India (via Marseilles) t•T ath& 24th ofninthoni." iVryzout . • !July 29
India, viaC. of G.liope N 15th off
mm
Mauritius .. .• 2•115 th o
souttaatt.ijaly 28
.111 y
Moditerrancan (via of the mouth
oo
Southampton) • • a, ••""
onth Do vor
Meditorrancan (via
- '3°f,fanth.. ,Sonthampt Aug. 1
Marseilles) •• 1;1 •;,1 of the t;1;0-nth ISoutbaMpt. Aug.i 16
Mexico •• g 9th oirti,tioithl 1,,
Madeira • •
• Ls.lB'aithil°s-tt,hhitaiStglhOlf'thmo/3io":evrer 21"
Malta*
; ,15,,i5th25thofmoiDover lAug. 2
17th 27th ef mo, South am t. Aug.' 6
11PaapPri.le'f:tate•s** ••• ..rl4l
'7thS‘ 17th 01 runth' S • •P•
Aug.l
repinsula • •
•m,id
.• N sth isth 45th of um Dover .. Aug. 2
TP,a,rus .• ••• N 17th of the month Southampt. Aug. 1
wcst Indies 4,,Kcept
West Indies Nan:'
17 o:the month .• St:Mita:wt. I
gavanna 00,0 countries thus marked () arc conveyed by
* The malls t°
viAMargethes
French Pe,— •

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday after-
noon, as a woman who was proceeding through the tunnel
in the vicinity of Paisley, on the Glasgow and Scl' li-Western
Railway, with the dinner of her husband, who 15 a plate-
layer on the line, a passenger train came up. Althcugh the
usual precaution of sounding the whistle was taken, the un-
fortunate female was so panic-struck that, instead of stand-
ing still, the ran on to the rails, and was killed on the spot
by the buffers of the engine.
DEATIIS OF PLAINTIFFS AND DEFENDANTS.
Among the many alterations made by the Common Law
Procedure Act, which will take effect OR the 24th of October,
is one to the effect that the death of a plaintiff or defendant
shall not cause an action to abate, but it may be eentinued
asset forth in the statute.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
SHREWSBURY AND CHESTaR.—The directors et this
company have issued a long statement in respect to
ve.rio.us proceedings taken by 'certain shareholders; w/13
are cadeavourirg to bible; about an aaraement far a
laare of the line to the Lo cdon and North-Western
Company, at a rent equivalent to 4 per cent. per an The directors state, that a bicdiaz agreement,
under seal, already exists bertween the Shrewsbury and
Chester, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, _tied the
Groat Western Railway Con ipanies for the working of
the lines and the interchange of traffic, which agreement
wilt take the precedence of cry other that may be pro-
posed; that not only have Oa° Great Western kept faith
with the company, but they save consented, conditionally,
to several modifications for the clear benefit of the
Shrewsbury and Chester Ccuipany, which were preskaal
upon them by the directors of the latter company.
They maintain :hat the policy which makes the
line a part of a great acts :ma of continuous railway
communication (rein L )ra 'en to the river alersPy
has been successful in ( stobllshirg its impartanca
and value; that the Great I/ Testern is naturally identi-
fied with the interests of the Shrewsbury and Cheater
Company, while the interest of the London end North-
western has ever been, and must ever continuo to ba,
opposed to that line of corium unication. In reference to
the proceedings of the dire chars of the company before
Parliament during the last Bassion, they state,that they
have obtained powers to cansfirm existing agreements,
and to enter into new agree meats with the Duke of
Bridgewater's trustees, whiatt will afford the company a
great accession of traffic from north to south, and
unequalled goods station accommodation at Liverpool
and Manchester. They have also cbtained power to
construct two short branches, connecting the Birken-
head line, near Warringtora with the canals and naviga-
tion of the Bridgewater tru Aces, which, when taken in
connexion with the running siov:ers over the Birkenhead
line towards Liverpool and Manchester, practically ex-
tends the Shrewsbary and Chester line to those places.
They state that their ally the Shrewsbury and Birming-
ham Company have obtained Parliamentary powers au-
thorising them to make use of the London and North-
Western station at Birmir Khasi,
and, as they have
already power to run over ;the Stour Valley line, which
is now open, the chain of communication will thus
be completed between Birmiaigham at one ad and Man-
chester and Liverpool at the other. In conclusion,
the directors state that the shareholders may rest as-
sured that a steady adherence to the policy hitherto
pursued, and to the agreement,: entered into for carrying
out that policy, is not merely -the only course which can
safely be adopted to protect th em from interminable liti- • -
gationt but that which will DA on,opeeday
and certainly rtitv•allitet
give them the best return on the property invested in the •
undertaking.
SOUTH WALES.—Arrangaiients are in progress for
extending the electric telegraph over the whole of the
South Wales Railway, so as To connect all the ports and
places on the coast with the west of England and the me-
tropolis by telegraph.
EXTENSION OF TUE ELECTRIC TELEGRA.PII TO PAD-
DINGTON.—During the lest few days, permission having
been given by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests,
workmen have been busily engaged in laying under-
ground wires for the Electric Telegraph Company from
Albert-gate, whore the wires communicate with Loth•
bury and the Strand, through Kensington-gardens and
Hyde Park, to Paddington, so as to complete the line of
communication between the metropolis and the wires oa
the Great Western Railway to the West of England.
The wires that were laid down throughout the whole in-
terior of the late Crystal Palace have been worked in
for this purpose, and are continued along the bridge over
the Serpentine to Paddington, which the workmen reached
yesterday.

SERIOUS COLLI.E; IiiACCIDEArT.
NOTTING/110f, Jur
cident aeon rred at th-eYßefor
`s.—Yesterday morning an ac-
Colliery, near this town,
the property of Lord Middleton, which four men in
his Lordship's employ will be °narl''by
catastrophe,
for life,
they survive the melancholy if, indeed,
seLt, in the case of one or two tr•ophe, which, at pre-
doubtful.
spot, 0 tphirti
I them at least, is very
that at about
We learn, upon inquiry on the
half-past nine o'clock the engine of No.
ing up the men in question, when the rope broke after
they had been raised some fifteen or sixteen yards,
though no weight was attached thereto beyond the coal-
waggon and its living occupants, and all were precipi-
tated to tho bottom. At the time of the accident many
men and boys were at work below, who rendered every
possible assistance to the sufferers, but of course without
being able to administer the surgical relief they re-
quired. In the meantime those engaged above were ex-
ertisg themselves to attach another rope to the engine,
in which they succeeded after the lapse of about half an
hour, and the sufferers were then brought to the sur-
face. They are—William Banner, of Radford, aged 40;
John Husbands, of Radford, aged 36; William Robinson,
of Wollaton, aged 25; and William Bonser, of Radford,
aged 60, Husbands is a smith, and had been
into the pit for the purple of shoeing
the horses, mules, and asses working therein, which
are seldom brought out, except in case of sickness or
death; the other three ore batty colliers, and hold the
contract for working that pit. Banner and Husbands
were removed to the General Hospital at Nottingham.
The former has sustained a compound fracture or the
left leg and a disloc:ttion of the right ankle, and the
letter is suffering from a contused wound of the scalp
and a sprained ankle. Robinson and Bonser were taken
to their owa homes, where they are attended by Dr.
Williams and Mr. Thompson. Robinson has kis right
hip badly contused, one fcot dislocated, and he CO:l2p:niLS
of severe pain inside; ho is believed to be in great dan-
ger. Bonser has several ribs on the left side and a bona
in his right ankle fractured. In the absence of an offi-
cial it is to be feared that the accident is entirely
the result of reckless inattention. The rope, which had
been a year and a half in use, was• worn cut, and there-
fore could not sustain weights any longer, oven light
once. Our reporter was informed in the village that
the colliers had for some time past suffered themselves
to be raised and lowered by the defective rope with fear
and trembling, and that shey had more than once re-
monstrated against its use, but without their remon-
strances being heeded. Only one moment before it
snapped, and the poor follows were hurled to the bottom,
one of them exclaimed, " Oh! if this rope should
bresk!" It is said that one of the engineers cut off a
piece of the chafed cable after the accident, and destroyed
it, so that it may not be forthcoming when required by
the coroner or the Government inspector.

• 4?

PAW. STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.
On Wednesday evening an accident happened on the
Thames, off Bermondsey, which created a painful feeling
of alarm and excitement among the numerous persons
who witnessed it. A few minutes before six o'clock the
Herne Bay Company's steam-packet Father Thames,
from Margate and Herne Bay, was ooming up the Pool
at full speed, on her way to Fresh Wharf, when she met
with a boat, containing five ballast getters and a lighten-
man, who were crossing the stream from the south to
the north side of the 'river. The people in the boat
seemed alarmed at the rapid approach of the steamer,
and as they neared each other Captain Greenland, the
master of the Father Thames, called to them to pull
over, when a sudden panic arose among the people in
the ballast boat, and two of the men in her stern jumped
up and caught hold of the oars rowed by the two others,
and pulled the boat a-stern, which brought her right
athwart the steamer's bow, and swamped her in an
instant. The steamer's engines were stopped when
the coilizion took place, but the Father Thames
had great way on her, and went right over the boat
which was swamped, and the six men were immersed
in the stream. Several wherries, manned by.wsterna!n,
"
who are always on the alert on these occasions, a a
i Thames police galley put off to the assistancemme.
of the
unfortunate men, and four of them were almosta clothed
(Rattly taken out of the water. One
meaeldw
down by the tide and sank before a boat could
Put down in all
nun; boat hooka, oars, and sculls were PY, being
feared
directions, but he was nos recovered• 1
, in one of the
/al roach
that one of the men had got
enetarlt7de allowed her to
paddle-wheels of the steamer,
odo ' ova the engines either
engineer," For God'
drift down the river with the the captain
:Id called out to tho
, s sake „,,n Lino in the wheol;" and
e-heoel or astern, turd is some to Move on one side
then gave orders for the
,If,at-
over. This being done the
to give the vessel _ ~,,itl'amee Police galleys examined
oiihers of one of thu_.: fuund a men ent:inglod in the
the larboard wheel, aPi,L,_ 0,,, He was fearfully
peddles and dragge.ose.ri'subje.u,.zto
was
immediate"
.
Tbam©s Police station in
the steamer had
convoyed ,„o,2ite to which l .
bruised
WaPPing, At; -time was lost in app y, , Inv the means re-
drifted, and be Royal Humane Society for the 'te-
nded by t l drowned. Meseengers were
"Inc" the appnrent y • .. .
and quitetb:n
weary °f dispatched to Mr* Boss, .he divisional surgeon of
also e °on arrived with his assistant, and found
lice, ri"°-' e t bath the Thames police aetively
pe t,o a 0 I
the patien
in endeavouring torestore animation, in which
e,gage. •-
rod formerly two hours when the man began
they FelliOlC
to exhibit some signs of life. The exertions of Mr. Hoes
and the Thames police were then redoubled, and at a
le('
hour the poor man was so far recovered as to al-
low of his being removed to the workhouse adjoining
wepping Church. Yesterdey he was going en favour.
ably, bat he is not entirely out of danger. His name is
John Mangen. The name of the person drowned is John
Sullivan. The following were saved; John Calder,
James Caldon, Michael Hardigan, and George Harper.
It appears from inquiries made by the Thames police
that the occurrence was purely occidental, and that both
parties were doing their beet to avoid it when it took
pleee. Captain Greenland, the master of the Father
Thames, in an old eni experienced conductor of river
steamers, and never met with any matnial accident
before.

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