The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-14 00:00:00

GALLANT _RESCUE.

A gentleman resident at Pakefield, Suffolk, thus
describes a gallant rescue accomplished by the
fishermen of that village a few days ago :—" The
brig Adonis, of Colchester, 150 tons, William Lay,
master and part owner, left Shields on Sunilay
afternoon, with a crew of six men and a cargo of
coal, the master's wife being also on board. On
the Wednesday following the ship was off Lowe-
stoft, but the state of the weather did not allow of
her being brought into the Roads, and towards
evening the master stood away to sea. Between 3
and 4 o'clock next morning the ship struck on the
the south end of the Newcombe Sand, and filled
directly. No lights had been seen during the night.
The master and his wife were washed overboard
and the crew took to the rigging. One torch was
lighted, which burnt only for about a minute, and
no other signal could be made, as all the fires were
quenched. The night was dark, with heavy rain
and a gale from the south-west. About the time
stated the two men on the usual watch at the Pake-
field Lifeboat station saw the flicker of a light for a
few seconds, but as it was not repeated, and they
had no other guide, the boat was not launched. Day-
break showed them the hull and masts of the
brig, but they could not distinguish any of the
men. The Yarmouth passenger-steamer then came
up and stopped at the wreck, though she c9tdd
give no help. The men of Kessingland, who were
to the southward, and could better see what was on
the vessel, launched their boat. She was, however,
cast on the beach by the heavy sea. Seeing this,
18 Pakefield beachmen at once put off in their yawl,
the Clara, and spoke with the captain of the steamer,
who told them there were men on the wreck. They
then rowed direct to the spot, and at great risk so
placed the boat that the men could drop into her
from the rigging. While this was going on the
captain of the steamer laid by, then took the boat
in tow as far as the Pakefield beach, and sup-
plied the men with a bottle of spirits. In
the meantime others of the beachmen took the
Pakefield lifeboat down to the water's edge in readi-
ness fer launching, under the impression that there
was too much sea on for the yawl to reach the
wreck. The whole of the crew of six men were.
thus rescued and brought on shore, after being ex-
posed to a sea which broke completely over them
for nearly four hours. They were taken to the vil-
lage, and their wants attended to most kindly. It
should be added that the cane of these brave boat-
men has been submitted by Captain Joachim, R.N.,
to the consideration of the National Lifeboat Insti-
tution for a reward.

WYCOMBE ELECTION.—Mr. Campbell *Sleigh,
who had announced his intention of becoming
a caLedidate,
has retired.

WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE, GREAT ORM° ND'
STREET, QUEEN-SQUARE.—The new term commences OU
the 17th inst. The fee to each class averages 6d. per week..
Lectures, free to members, will be delivered during the
term by the Principal (the Rev. F. D. Maurice, M.A.),.
J. R. Seeley, Esq., M.A., Thomas Hughes, Esq. (author
of " Tom Brown's School Days"), F. J. Furnivall,
Vernon Lushington, Esq., and other teachers.

At the annual meeting yesterday of the Van
Diemen's Land Company, the directors' report, which did
not recommend any dividend, was adopted. Owing to the
depression in the prices of agricultural produce, the remit-
tances from the colony during 1861 have been only £1,700.
It is hoped, if there be no extraordinary expenses, that there
will be a small dividend during the present year. A share-
holder remarked that, if there is not a reasonable prospect of
success, the undertaking should be wound up. After some
discussion the meeting was adjourned till June, to enable
the directors to present the accounts up to the end of 1861.
We are informed that there are now at least
60,000 barrels of oil awaiting transport over the Atlantis
and Great Western Railway.

A piece of wood was lately found by Mr. Ste-
phens, Coastguard officer at Lambay, on which were writ-
ten in pencil the following words :—" Jan. 12, 1862.--
Ship Ellin, of Bristol, sinking. God have mercy on our
souls." The fragment of wood, supposed to have floated
from a wreck to the island, has been left at the Daily E%
press office in Dublin.

The court-martial on Captain Robertson still
drags on. It seemed drawing to a close when the prisoner
reviewed the evidence adduced against him ; but after that,
fresh evidence was brought forward Against him, which he
meets by counter evidence. It was arranged on Wednes-
day that when all his witnesses have been examined he is
to speak again in his own defence, after which the prosecu-
tor, Col. Brownrigg, will have the last word.

The Poles in Paris lately conceived the id©a of
making a national demonstration in front of the Russian
embassy in the Faubourg St. Honore. The Government,
getting wind of the project, had as many as 50 Poles ar-
rested, and sent in their names to Count Paul de Kisseleff,
together with all the information which the police had ob-
tained about them. Most of these prisoners were spcledily
released, with a caution to be more circumspect in futtxrei
but I believe three or four still remain in custody,

A correspondent refers to a paragraph copied
from a Cape paper to the effect that the Bishop of Cape
Town had presented, or was about to present, the Bishop of
Natal to the Archbishop of Canterbury, for heresy con-
tained in his lordship's recent work cn the Romans. Our'
correspondent points out that this report carries its own
refutation on the face of it. "The Bishop of Cape Town?
being a metropolitan bishop, hat no function to present
anybody. One of his suffragans could come into the Arch-
bishop's Court,
if at all, only as an appellant from the sen-
tence of the Bishop of Cape Town. And the Bishop of
Cape Town would certainly wait for presentment, which,
if duly made, he could not, I apprehend, ignore before for-
mally taking up the case in any way?'—London Guardian.
ANOTHER SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A LADY, FRO3I
MACIIINERY.—A melancholy accident has occurred at
Acklam, near Mallon. A. threshing machine was at work,
and Miss Charlotte Boulton, the daughter of Mr. F. if•
Boulton, of Acklam Lodge, the occupier of the farm, m's
standing near, looking at the machine. It seems the wind
carried her dress too near the tumbling shaft, which drew
her in, and whirled her round and round repeatedly. When
the machine was stopped, it was found that, in addition to
other serious injuries, both the young lady's legs were
broken. The case is a most dreadful one, and results (38
was the case at Burytborpe) from a neglect of covering the
tumbling shaft. Miss Boulton is said to be in a veil
critical state.

EXPORT OF COTTON GOODS TO INDIA.—It al)"
pears by a Parliamentary return issued yesterday that the
value of British manufactured cottons and cotton Yarn
exported from the United Kingdom t) the British fast
Indies within the last seven years has been as follows:---
In the year 1855, £6,458,086; 1856, £0,684,835; 1857,
£6,933,850; 1858, £11,358,6;6 ; 1859,
£14,713,812 ; 1860,
£12,42
5,736; 1861, £11,618,350.
The quantities of cotton
itnportCl from the British East Indies within the sa,"
period has been :-1,296,243 cwt. in 1855 ; 1,611,577
ocwt.
in 1856, 2,235,162 cwt. in 1857, 1,185,023 cwt. in I')„,„','A
1,717,210 cwt. in 1859, 1,822,689 cwt. in 1860, 3,296,vv"-
1861,