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

RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE.
SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER.—The directors of thi
company have issued a long statement in respect te
vedette proceedings taken by certain shareholders, whir
are endeavouring to bring about an agreement for
'saes of the line to the London and North-Western
Company, at a rent equivalent to ei per cone per an-
num. The directors state, that a binding agreement,
under seal, already exists between the Shrewsbury and
Chester, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and the
Great Western Railway Companies for the wo:kieg of
the lines and the interchange of traffic, which agreement
-will take the precedence of any other that may be pro-
posed; that not only have the Great Western kept faith
with the company, but they have consented, conditionellr,
to several modificatioes for the clear benefit et the
Shrewsbury and Chester Company, which were pressed
upon them by the directors of the latter company.
They maintain that the policy which makes the
line a part of a great scheme of continuous rsileeiv
communication from London to the river infernev
has been successful in establishing its importance
and value; that the Groat Western is naturally identi-
fied with the iutercsis of the Shrewsbury and-Chester
Company, while the interest of the London and North-
Western has ever been, and must ever continue to be,
opposed to that lino of communication. In retererice to
the proceedings of the directors of the company before
Parliament during tho last session, they state that they
have obtained powers to confirm existing agreements,
and to enter into new agreements with the Duke of
Bridgewater's trustees, which will afford the company a
unequalled goods station accommodation at Liverpool
great accession of traffic from north to south, and
and Manchester. They have also obtained power to
construct two short branches, connecting the Birken-
head line, near Warrington, with the canals and naviga-
tion of the Bridgewater trustees, which, when taken in
connexion with the running powers over the Birkenhead
line towards Liverpool and Manchester, practically ex-
tends tho Shrewsbury 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 Birmingham, and, as they have
already power to run ever the Stour Valley line, which
is now open, the chain of communication will thus
be completed between Birmingham at one end and Man-
chester and Liverpool at the other. In conclusion,
the directors state that the ehareholders may rest as-
sured that a steady adherence to the policy hitherto
pursued, and to the agreements entered into far carrying
out that policy, is not merely the only course which can
safely be adopted to protect them from interminable liti-
gation, but that which will most speedily and certainly
give them the best return on the property invested in the
undertaking.
SOUTH WALES.—Arrangements 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 cnd the me.
tropolis by telegraph.
EXTENSION OF TEIE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH TO PAD-
DINGTON.—During the last few days, permission having
been given by the Commissioners of Weeds and Forests,
workmen have been busily engaged in laying under-
ground wires for the Electric Telegraph Company from
Albert-gate, where 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 on
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
theforSorpentiee to Paddington, this purpose, and are continued along the bridge over
yesterday. which the workmen reached

SERIOUS COLLIERY ACCIDENT.
NOTTINGHAM, JULY 28.--Yestorday morning an ac-
cident occurred at the Bedford Colliery, near this town,
the property of Lord Mildletorz, by which four men in
his Lordship's employ will be maimed for life, if, indeed,
they survive the melancholy catastrophe, which, at pre-
sent, in the case of one or two of them at /east, is very
doubtful.

We learn, upon inquiry on the spot, that at about
half-past nine o'clock toe engine of No. 2 pit was draw,
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 livirg occupants, and all were precipi-
tated to the 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-
erting 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 Wolisten, aged 25; and William Bonser, of Redford,
aged 60. Husbands is a smith, and had beer;
into the pit for the purpose of shoeing
the horses, mules, and asses working therein, which
are seldom brought out, except in case of sickness or
death; the other three are 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 of the
left leg and a dislrcation of the right ankle, aad the
latter is suffering from a contused wound of the scalp
and a sprained ankle. Robinson and Bonser were taken
to their own homes, where they are attended by Dr.
Williams end Mr. Thompson. Robinson has his right
hip badly contused, one feet dislocated, and ho complains
of severe pain insiee; he is believed to be in groat dan-
ger. Bonser has several ribs on the left, side and a bone
in his right ankle fractured. In the absence of an cfE-
dal ingeiry it is to be feared that the accident is entirely
the resalt of reckless inattention. The rope, which had
been a year and a half in use, was worn out, and there-
fore could not sustain weights any longer, even light
ones. Our reporter was informed in the village that
the colliers had for some time past suffered themselves
to he raised and lowered by the defective rope with fear
and trembling, and tbat they had more than once re-
monstrated against its use, but without their remon-
strancespoor fellows were hurled to the bottom,
ono of them exclaimed, " Oh! if this rope should
break!" It is said that one of the engineers out off a
o snapped,e and bei nt
h heeded. Only one moment before it
g
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.

FATAL STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.
On Wednesday evening an accident happened on the
Thames, off Bermondsey, which created a painful feeling
of alarm sad excitement among the numerous persons
who witnessed it. A f.:w minutes before six o'clock the
Herne Bay Company's steam-packet Father Thames,
from Margate and Herne Bay, was canning up the Pool
at full speed, on her way to Fresh Wharf, when she met
with a boat, containing five ballast getters and a lighter-
mar, who were crossing the stream from the south to
the north side of Vie 'river. The people in the boat
seemed tdarreed at the rapid approach of the steamer,
and os 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 oare rowed by the two others,
ht
and pulled the boat a-stern, which trought her in nn
athwart the steamer's bow, and swamped her I_,,,ea
instant. The steamer's engines were stopped nu
the collision took place, but the Father Thames
the boat
had great wey on her, and went right over
which was swarened, and the six men were
d by Waterea en,
in tee stream. Several wherries,
manneoceasions, and 0
who are always, on the alert on Ches.
lassistance of the
Tharrins polico galley put off to thewere
almost imme-
unforteuate men, and four of thcenThe
man
was carried
diltelY taken out of the watfrr.a
au immersed
hoot could reach
down by the tide and sank f
beLlls were put down in an
h itn; beat hooks,: oars,
anods rsecovered. It being feared
directions, but he was not
got
that one of the men
ba
the captain allowed her to
~,kddle-whcols of the steamer,ti the tide, and called out to tho
entangled in one of the
God's 63
in the wheel;" and
e:Tincer, " For e; some one
drift down the river with don't move the engines eithcr
there
move on one side
a-head or astern,
,or
the passengers to 0
done
the
to give
of „„ of tee Themes Police galleys then gave orders 3 eat over.
.Thisibei
'gexamined
the larboard was fearfully
if, dragged him out. He .
elfes and er3ge. insensible. lie was immediately
officers ce o'iieef, and found a man entangled in the
Police station in
to
conveyedn opposite to which the steamer had
b; (idea and quit°th'hames Po
WaPPi-ne'ed no time was lost in applying the means re-
commended by the Royal Humane Society for the re-
cover)! of the apparently drowned. Meseengers were
dispatched to Mr. Ross, the divisional surgeon of
leha police, patient
soon arrived with his assistant, end found
o in a hot bath, and the Thames police actively
ecitaged in endeavouring to restore animation, in which
they persevered for nearly two hours when the man began
to exhibit some signs of life. The exertions of Dar, Ross
and the Thames police were then redoubled, and at 5
late hour the poor man was so far recovered as to al-
lowtevfh
of his being removed to the workhouse adjoining
Wapping Church.' Yesterday he was going en favour-
ebly, but he is not entirely out of danger. His name is
John Mangen. The name of the person drowned is John
Etullivan. The following were saved; John Caldon,
James Caldore Michael Hardigan, and George Harper.
It appears from inquiries made by the Thames police
that the occurrence was purely accidental, and that both
parties were doing their best to avoid it when it took
place. Captain Greenland, the master of the Father
river
T
'Thames, is an old and experienced conductor of
steamers, and never met with any material accident
before.

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