The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-14 00:00:00

FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST.

MAILS DUE.
Auroralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Oct. 19,
va Marseilles ... Oct. 13.
brazil and Cape Verds, byi British packet .. Nov. 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Nov. 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Oct. 19.
via Marseilles ...Oct. 13.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Oct. 15.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton. • Oct' ig:
via Marseilles..•.,Ql' 115
India (Bombay), via Southampton ........
pct, 9: •
Lisbon via. Marseilles
.
4
...... . , Nov •
Malta, Egypt, and.. ...... via Southampton.... • • Oct. 15.
via Marseilles Oct. 9.
Newfoundland ........................... Oct. 15.
Oporto and Vigo ..
L .... :: Oct. 15.
U. S. and British N. America, ty Brit. Welo. k.
by U.S. packet7,*
by canadianpac c .oct. 10.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira and Teneritro ..
Bahamas, via New York
....•
n" . 1 Oct. 14,
Oct.oc t. 229.
3.
Mexico ...............
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, ncluding Chili, Pe....r ,
California, and British Columbia.. ..........

SLIP
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I DISASTROUS oAT A QUARRY.A few days
ago an alarming accident occurred at the Easdale Slate
Quarries, in Argyleshire, be
moat
to property is the con-
Breadalbane, and immense
extensive of the quarries is
sequence. One of
:tilioe,d ofo about half a mile in circum-
ference, on a emu"' very mild and tempestuous sea.
of the quarry has been generally
ference, and is exposeodutto a
The rubbish
waggonstaken out
thrown over the side. This, how-
filled into
not a very secure bulwark, and from the
ever, of itself
dis, .
it does not consolidate, and, the natural
nature of the
between the sea and the quarry being slate rock,
A piece of the
boundary reat extent lost sight 01.
was easily to
ke g
fell in, impelled by the great force of water
boundary roc
r_ There was no breach, groat
ever,
,„ithou-
made, but
from - e tunnel or perforation 20
only a larg . or 30 feet below the
The extensive steam apparatus used for drawing
so/ face.
pumps, cranes, cranks pumping
up the slates, consisting. of
with inclined plane and railroae for taking up the
gear,
slates, and a great portion of other val a able machinery,
were precipitated into the quarry, which was nearly 300
feet deep. The quarry was soon filled with water, but
luckily there was no loss of life, no one being at work at the
time. Means are now being taken to reach the point where
the perforation in the rock has been made, and, having built
a strong wall at the point, so keep out the inroad of the sea.
The water already in the quarry will then be pumped out
—an operation which will require months to be completed.
The expens9 will be very great—indeed, such that it was
at one time doubted whether the recovery of the slates
and sunken property would repay the cost ; but the quarry
is a valuable working. About 80 families were thrown out 1
of employment by this catastrophe, but they have been pro-
vided with work at the other quarries belonging to his
lordship, From 20,000 to 30,000 slates were made per day,
for which there was an increasing demand, and the value of
the slates at the bottom is estimated at £15,000.
A new town is to be erected in the county of
Quillota, under the name of 'American. Union ; the streets
are to be named after all the South American republics and
Principal cities,