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London, England, 1851-09-11 00:00:00

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'let invalided.. Mr. Faulkner, clerk of the
been appointed purser of the Firebrand. We
left Favignana on the Bth, and arrived in Pula-bay on
the 12th, where we found the Scourge steam-sloop,
Commander Lord E. Kerr. We went to look for
water, but could not get it there, and shifted berth
five miles further along the coast on the 14th with
the Albion, 90, Captain W. H. Johnston. The Su-
perb, 80, Captain Purcell ; Ganges, 84, Captain
Smith, C. 8., and the Indefatigable, • 50, Cap-
tain Smurt, went fourteen miles from
Pula. We all watered, and left on the 16th, and are
now close to the Straits of Bonifacio, between Sar-
dinia and Corsica. The Terrible joined us on the
morning of the 19th, and left again in the evening:for
Leghorn to relieve the Dragon steam-frigate, Captain
H. W. Giffard. We have now in the fleet the Queen,
Albion, Superb, Ganges, Indefatigable, Firebrand
(which rejoined us on the 15th), Scourge, and Spite-
ful. We arrived at Agincourt Sound, near the
Straits of Bonifacio, on the 24th. It is a very snug
anchorage. We do not know how long we remain
here, or where we proceed, on leaving. We expect
the Medina packet to pass here soon."
APPOINTMENTS.
WOOLWICH, SEPT. 10.—Lieutenant Edward Narea
(1848), to study steam at the factory at Woolwich
Dockyard.
Mate—James Wilcox (1851), to the Rattler
steam-sloop at Woolwich.
belidshipmen—R. Savery, to the Waterloo, 120, at
Sheerness; B. J. Cooper, Thomas H. Ramie, and J.
S. Rudd, to the Modeste, 18, sloop, at Sheerness ;
and Frederick Bowen, to the Dide, at Sheerness.
Naval Cadets—H. A. Wilmott and G. F. S.
Jeayes, to the Dido ; and Frederick Amherst, to the
Rattler.
Masters' Assistants—James Burdwood, to the Bel-
lerophon, 71„t, itt•PDevonport, and N. D. Barnes, to
tke Rattler.
TlA_Shear4o 0 steam-vessel left Woolwich this
morning on her* to Constantinople to be em•
ph:led under the eetion of Sir Stratford Canning,
her Majesty's Ambassador at the Ottoman Court.
The Highflyer screw steam-sloop, built at Black-
well, for engines of 250-horse power, was taken down
the river to-day, and into the basin at Woolwich
Dockyard.

[PRICE SD.

EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.

Much as the people of Barnsley have been accus-
tomed to colliery explosions and accidents, one oc-
curred on Friday morning, in a colliery at Heming-
field, the property of Earl Fitzwilham, which excels
any either in that or any other neighbourhood for the
extraordinary singularity of the occurrence, and which
we believe is without a parallel in the history of
coal-mining. On the above morning, soon after the
men had begun work, one of them fired a shot to
dislodge a quantity of coal. In so doing the coal be-
came ignited. The men endeavoured to extinguish
the fire by using their caps and smocks, but the more
they tried the stronger became the ignition, in conse-
quence o
f the air which they wafted upon the burning
mass being impregnated with gas, which added fuel to
the fire. In the end it became such a burning mass
that they gave up the task, and got out of the pit 65
soon as possible. When they got to the top the fire
was so strong that it roared like a furnace, and they
saw no chance of extinguishing it but by closing
the mouth of the shaft, which they immediately set
about doing, by making a stage a few yards down
the pit, and covering it with sods and other mate-
rial, to prevent any air getting down the shaft.
While doing so the signal bell rang, which was thought
to be caused by the material they were throw-
ing down catching the bell wire. In a short time,
however, it rang again. The men then began to look
about them to see if any one was missing, and then it
was discovered that one of their fellow-workmen was
missing, named Thomas Swift. Some thought they
had seen him among the others on the pit hill. How-
ever, as there were doubts as to the fact, and for the
satisfaction of all, a messenger was sent to his house
to see if he had gone home ; but during the absence
of the messenger the bell was again rung more loudly
than before, which caused the engineman to prevail
upon the others to get out what material they had
put upon the stage and send down a corve. This was
accordingly done, and when the corve was drawn up
again it not only contained Swift, but also two boys,
alive and unhurt, although they stated that two horses
and an ass lay dead in the pit. It appears that Swift
and the two boys stopped some time with the others
who were trying to extinguish the fire, and thinking
it would be easily put out, went forward into another
part of the pit and commenced work, which they con-
tinued at until the alteration in the air caused them to
stop, and they found the pit on fire and of all the other
men out. They then found their way to the bottom of
the shaft, and ultimately reached the top unhurt,
notwithstanding they had been immured above an
hour after the pit had been covered in.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A PUB-
LICAN.

An affair of a rather extraordinary character, which
terminated in a very unfortunate manner, and which
appears to have excited considerable interest in the
neighbourhood in which it took place, occurred in
Barr-street, Hockley, under the following circum-
stances :—A young man named Henry Aldridge, by
trade a toolmaker, residing in Slade-lane, went to a
public-house called the Royal Oak, Barr-street, soon
after eleven o'clock on Wednesday evening last, it is
supposed to spend a short time there. On entering
the passage he encountered Mr. James Fletcher, the
landlord, who refused to allow him to go into the
tap-room, as he was desirous of doing, and at the same
time remarked, " Torn, you never come here but
what there's a row, and you shall not go in." Ald-
ridge, however, was clamorous for admission, and
after some parley between them, Fletcher threatened
if he did not leave to fetch some one to put him out,
and proceeded towards the door apparently with the
intention of doing so. Aldridge immediately there-
upon commenced kicking him, and Fletcher, as much
for the purpose of self-defence as to enable him to
eject so troublesome a customer, closed with the young
man, grappled with him until they both approached
the door, and then both fell down, Aldridge
being undermost. Fletcher got up immediately, and
went into the house, as though satisfied with having
put him out; but Aldridge remained prostrate on the
pavement, deprived of sense and motion. His brother
and some persons who were in the house, and several
othersfail-
ing
to
o do whoso
so, they were aptltaroaecdt e d
him by
inthea
scuffle,car, and
attempted
he
was
to revive him by the use of simple remedies, but
ccnveyed to the General Hospital. He expired, how-
ever, some time before arriving at that institution.
It was at first believed that Fletcher was amenable to
the law for the part he had taken in the affair, and
he was accordingly taken into custody by the police
the same night. The inquest on the body of the de-
ceased was held on Thursday evening last, at the
Grand Turk, Ludgate-hill. Two witnesses were then
examined as to the facts of the case, but the description
we have prefixed is summary of the circumstances
proved. Mr. Edmonds, solicitor, attended to watch
the case on the part of Fletcher, and in cross-exami-
nation of the prisoner's brother, elicited that the de-
ceased was a very passionate fellow, and was liable
to fainting fits, occasioned by disease of the
heart, after being excited by passion or other-
wise. A man named Tonks, living at NU-11114
nine o'clock in the evening in question the deceased
the effects of his rage. Mr. Ealai(ni,
choandfihramdeda
quarrel
trethl thus
ittrhanhsipmir,ed by stating that about
the General Hospital, who had made a post meovreraml
examination of the body, said there were several
thes de-
contusions on various parts of the
head
of blood
ceased, which had produced a coagulation a
place. There
under the surface of the skin at
blood,
of each
which was dif-
fused extensive extravasation blo
brain, produced by
fused all over the surface ofatrbteery
which had ocea-
iniinutedded th'at the latter effect
faintedhouse-surgeon away frt:al
thesmeivoi
egnnrhe udtsphtauvree death.an of some
blowa on the head, a fall, or
arisen from E
spontaneously excitement. The Coroner
the facts for the consideration of
carefully them in a clear light in favour of
the jury, Placing.
The jury, after about five minut d •
ea ehbe-
Fletcher. a verdict of Accidental Death.
ration, returned
of course, discharged Fletcher was, from custody.
The room was crowded by
. persons during the in-
quiry, who evinced much interest in the issue of the
unfortunate affair.—Birmingham Journal.
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We regret to
steamer Sir Robert• Peel broke down a few hours before
she reached Sierra Leone, on
th
were her defects that she could not 4th
nit., and so
serious
get away until the
18th August. Indeed, her own engineers
. could new r
have repaired her, nor could
Commander
the engineers of her Ma-
jesty's steam-sloop Alecto
Sierra Leone; but happily,' on
nomthmand9r Lane tilleeitileat.t
0 arrival
. of th
pout, the additional engineering wheioh that
ship furnished completed the andrepaasisrisstanee
to
the great
satisfaction of the Admiralty agent, Commander Wain-
, wright, she was pronounced capable of proceeding to
sea. We regret to state, however, that the chief
engineer of the Hellespont, in the trial of the ma-
chinery of the Sir Robert Peel, got his foot so
fearfully crushed between the crank and the bearing,
that on removal to the Hellespont an amputation
was deemed advisable; and Dr. Finlay, of the Alecto
(his assistant being present), performed the operation,
and the poor fellow came home in the Hellespont. On
account of this misfortune and delay at Sierra Leone,
we cannot expect the Sir Robert Peel to arrive in Eng-
land at the usual time next month. It is much to be re-
gretted that the large screw-steamers, intended for the
conveyance .of the Cape mails. are not yet ready ; for
with these mishaps to the small and inconvenient craft
any irregularity at the present time will be most severely
felt as a great public calamity. We understandlthe first
large screw-ship of the company (the quondam Recruit),
now the Harbinger, has been successfully tried down the
river; but the sooner she is tried on the Cape route the
better it will be for the fulfilment of the contract of the
=My and for the public servicee—lieruld.