The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-06 00:00:00

THE FOG OF YESTERDAY,

B..tAcen ten .and eleven o'clock a fat;.l aecidentoccre .01
cn the liver to Mr. Henry Pilkington, a ,genitcrnan bcov,,e4
40 and WI years of age, of the firm of Pal/4;ton and Randall:
bii,tie.nlerelnaits residing in Southwark. It appears that
the uulerttwate gentle:Tian proceeded in a bo4t from tire
Custoin-liouse, fi,r the purpose or going on board a 4•tistl
lying in the Poo!. In proceeding down the river, rroin tho
dense fog that prevailed, the watorman ran foul-of a cable*
which yove•sot the haat, and the unfortunate gentle.
ti man beThinge un.ble to swim sank, a'tcr strus;gling a short
rne. waterman saved hinb4,lf by clinging to the !w e,
Mr. Pilkington has left a tli:lovv a:id four children, to dtplerts
their loss.

THE NEM SUSPENSION SkFRTy
COACH.

A number of gentlemen attached to scientific pursuits ors
Thursday made au experimental trip to Hayes, Nliddlesex. with
Stafford's new Suspension Safety Coach. The parti.-I started>
from the Repository of Mr. Grey, Earl street, 131aeltfriars,
that gentleman himself ti.king the reins. The vehicle was
drawii by four superior g-ey horses--all knee earl rotaele.
The tests on the present occa,iwi we. purpoaely for showing
the increased speed at which the now coach would be.thiren
with p rfeet, safety, owing to its pPeuliar build, which. by
calculation, is one horse less in draught thrn the ordinary
coaches. The day, it need hardly be stated, was-exceediagly
fine; and it really was 3' sight as beautiful as -surprisieg
a'e the new vehicle with its complement of pJs‘eagerg...s. light a: n fairy," and safe as an easy chair en casrors—fly at
the rate of a mile per two mina's; and a half—a triumph. of
real old English principles—straw and oats-verstrs coal AAA coke. Grey on the box with the tibands in his hand„ as proud as did Wellington at W..terloJ on tine artereo3a of
the .18 h, sing his cattle (greys) pranced
.u'osp as if they
too were- coascious that " the new 15utitrers,©a 63sfsty
Coach cannot be upset." The grand delideratim of the
invention is perfect, s..fety under every inequality of the
roads—the breaking or coming off of a wheel, turniag over
p,-ratel or other heaps of from ore to three feet in heigke,
extreme speed, and in al eharp turnings, for, dike Paddy's
gun, it is perfect in sh toting round a comer. There is, std at much less Weil? tetlr..-tIVO eeOta the
patent suspension principle wearing out three of the olal and
dangerous construction. There are yet ether advantages
which would accrue were the suspension princi;le genveally
adopted ; for example, a great sat lag would arise ot. the pre.. sent enormous amount of the county 'rates, by the roads
being of a rounded rather than of a flat surface, which
Insiders the drainage, and renders frequent renovatien cf the
row's neee nary. Let tin horses, also, become novel. so ten-
tire, and run to the tight and left, there will be no rocking or
Side motion. It may rot be superfluous agsin to describe
the principles of the invention. The coach, then, is built es
the plan of the ordinary mail and stage-ccachea, with
s;,acious front and hind boots for luggage ; but instead
of
the usual surings placed beneath the body, tad •consetuseatly
below the centre of gravity, which always renders a coa'..-lt liable to overturn from inequalities on the road, the body of
this carriage is suspended considerably ;.bove the centre of
gravitation, even when loaded with its full enmpleraent of
passengers. This is effected by two upright supporterA rising
fi-om the beds and axles, and passing pup between the hat, and the boots. The tops of these supporters ereAurraontated by elliptic springs, to which is :Axed one. half or the shifting
centre of gravity ; the other half is atteched to the body of
the coach, and rests upon the other. The French Govern-
ment, with th,t activity for which they ere remarkable in all
that relates to improvements in travelling, have taken up the
inciple, and Messrs. Chaplin and Co., perhaps the largest
coach-contractors in England, have cligag(d the new cosels,
which is regularly performing its journeys ties perfect s,ati-
be:ion front London to Nottingham, and others are building
on the sante pinciple. Mr. Grey brought his party back to
town in the same gallant style in wh;ell he set out ; and every
person was completely, satisfied of the incontrovertible pria_ ciple of the patent which her Majesty has been graciously
pleased to extend to Scotland and Ireland, as well as to
land and Wales.

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On Wednesday, as the Di to 977 Manesto, a vrssel of about 800 tons burden, vas in the .t nursedi
of being;
diQclizrged of her cargo, an accitlent of a serious nature• oc-
curred. The vessel, which had only arrived a few days affo,
from Jamaica, with sugar, and was lying at the West India
Docks, was almost cleared, when a number of hog-sheath of
sugar, which hal been incautiously placed on one side of the
deck, overbalanced her, and a 1 nor man who was at the time
working. at the crane was struck by a part of the ironwork
of that machine, and severely injured, The vessel being
fave.reil by ropes to the shore, was prevented from falling
outwards, in which case she would inevitably have sunk and by attaching roves to her, an 1 carryin47 them across ewe
dock, she was, by the efforts of about 100 Rica, got up again
witlmut any damage to the remaining part of the. cargo,
Latter; from Paris say that the Duke de Nemours
intends to pa) a visit to Lis s'ster at Cotta g.' i4e wishes, it
seems i to make the acquaintatiaba of a yo.mg Princess of nue
of the :`ueril houses of Saxony, rlio has been propc,asa to
him ,s a wife. In that case another Protestant Prim
likely to ferns en alliance witii the reiunlri,

tinting the whole of ,zit. rday the 4 su`ourba
metro oil. 21/
wer.2 v'site.l with a fog which- ups not very dot„, c.xe intervals, t 11 about four o'clock in the alrzt.naon.,e when it he.
cane so thick that all out-of door basi'.'•ess•itaa coottplet.ly at
a stand-still. So very dens, was the fog that ;, -
in Itcaor.
in the streets, end tin, piivato 4itts in the shops, wars who!ly
t.tiA ss. Many accidents t- ccurred cons( quEne. In NA- •
boro, near t'iu bottom of King-street, two -c cabs ame dab
against catli er, a..d by the sl.o k both drivvrs V.O t!
out, an I one or them had his coilar-bone distotated. A littl©
lower do,cn a woman, in entleavourint, to era's the road, was
knockei do.vn by a butcher's cart and rery much butt About
six o'clock the onantb.:ses stopped running, a d eis ervi
hackney coachs left the streets. It was impassible !et them
to prate: d v.ithout the greatest danger, a:though a number of
men knl bo,s were bus'iy employed in going be!ere with •
torchee. 'filo same lan was adopted with thothem ecnotaiag
coaches, which nevcri.heless were greatly attIONI 11.13
in thieves took aivautage of the temporary daski tarla'ociur
th i • v,catior,. A ge, tleman named Rawlings, wt.& ft.
sides in Camdt-n-town, w: s hthtled bi three well tirelto-d-fed_
low.; opposite St. Giles's Church, and rubbed s-f- his • eft ;
he have tie elsrm, but the thivve3 esca,ed. A b or
b-ead wi. t aken from a bak,-r's shy, in Tottenham-con t-read.
and a c'otak fr the door or a draper in the same
as.te .t.
It On the river busine s a-es near:y at a 11,0
;Gravesend, Greenwich an i Woolwich stea rers d:d tot run
durii g the day, and several vessels on their way so London
brough'-u,t at Gr..veseld oxing to the haziates• of the wea-
ther. A number of steam sh;ps from the Continent and ca•
rites ports of the United Kingdom were uaahle to retch the
Pool, it not belt g considered safe to bring them tap in tho
fog. The departure of many vessels seas es-) de e
Dtirini; the whole day the fog, was so thick on the rrve. that 1E
was a mater of difficulty to row a bat across the steeam
cut cominp.; in contact with the tiers of shipping *Ed thLie
mo ring-chains.
One of the labourers employed at Davis's-uh.rf fell tram
the landing-place between tune and ton o'clock yesterday
morning into the water, but being a good swimmer he was
enabled to reach Pickle herring Stairs, about twenty )ards,
from the spot, with no other injury than wet clothes.
The following singular accident occurred in the afternoon,.
O. e of the Paddington omnibuses was proceeding along
Cheapsido, is hen an outsid
who t e passenger, rather intoxicated,
ook hii bellin•l the coactiman, was suddeuly
missed. The coach was s topp 0,1, and the utmost al was
felt both by- coacht-nan and coaductor lest the manarm shoald
bare b. es run over. After a short' delay he was 'Jetted lying
unhurt on some sheep's hides in a butcher's cart, which
had
come slightly in contact with the omnibus a rnimute Cr
precious.