The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-21 00:00:00

body being recovered by the divers. On the other
hand, the minuteness of the search made by these
men themselves was proved by their bringing up
hatchets, hammers, a large-wooden mallet, and a
piece of iron wire dropped out of different boats in
the course of the previous day's ice-breaking.
They also found at some distance from each other
two pairs of skates, perfectly new, and strapped to-
gether, suggesting that the owners had dropped
them in running away. The divers were, of course,
anxiously questioned as to the state of things be-
low. They described the bottom as composed of
soft, yielding, black mud—as, indeed, was plainly
to be seen from their boots and clothing when they
came to the surface—and into this they sometimes
sank to their knees, and sometimes considerably
deeper. Except where the water was very shallow,
they could see nothing—" it was like being in a
dark room ;" but the men did not complain of the
temperature. In fact on coming to the surface,
and being exposed while resting for a few minutes
to the cutting north-east wind, one of them told his
companions to " Screw him up again, and let him
be off, for it was warmer down below." They all
complained at first of their hands being cold, though
these were protected by waterproof gloves, but said
that the feeling wore off with the exercise.

At one time there was a great risk that the div-
ing operations would have been stopped, :and the
benevolent intentions of Mr. Heinke frustrated,
as the chief obstruction to the efficiency of the
drags. In the absence of anything like combined
operations under some one responsible head, no pro-
vision has been made from the very first for getting
rid systematically of the ice. Carts, it is true,
were admitted to the enclosure to carry away what
was drawn out and thrown upon the banks by
labourers depending for remuneration on the small
sums given by the cart proprietors. But on Satur-
day, as had been predicted, only one or two carts,
came where there bad been hundreds, the ice wells
of London being filled by the unexpected supply.
The natural result followed. The workmen, finding
no market for the ice, ceased to draw it out, and,
shouldering their implements, prepared to leave the
park, and cessation of their labour practically im-
plied the stoppage of the search for the bodies.
Seeing this, a few gentlemen hastily subscribed
small sums and appealed to the bystanders for co-
operation, raising in a short time sufficient to retain
the services of several gangs of men. The poor fel-
lows themselves thankfully accepted the very mode-
rate terms which could be offered to them, and
laboured manfully in the face of chilling blasts.
The same system was pursued yesterday, and the
imperative necessity of getting rid of the ice is
shown by this single fact. The lake varies so
much in depth that at one point there may be only
four feet clear space between the ice and the
ground, though immediately beyond there may be
a pool of 14 feet deep. The diver cannot crawl
under the ice, and so, unless it be taken out of his
way, cannot explore the deep water beyond. A
fresh difficulty will arise to-day. Mr. Heinke, in
addition to the services of his divers, has engaged
some boatmen who have come all the way from
Kew, offering for a moderate sum to sweep the or-
namental water with their nets. How is this to be
done while two-thirds of the lake are still sealed
with solid ice ?

Shipwreck and Loss of a Lifeboat at Calais,

CALAIS, Friday.

Last evening, near the entrance to the harbour, a
vessel was lost with all hands save one, and several
English seamen who volunteered to go off to the
wreck in the lifeboat met the same fate. The night
was very stormy, for a furious gale was blowing
from the north, and the whole line of coast was
lashed with a terribly heavy sea. it. was clear fine
weather, and the moon shone very bright. About
5 o'clock a cry ran along the harbour that a ship
had run ashore near the west pier, and the crew were
lashed in the rigging. Capt. Wall, of the General
Steam Navigation Company's steamer Triton, which
was detained in the harbour in consequence of the
bad weather, with his crew proceeded to the pier
head, and were followed by the crew of the Pioneer
(Dover) steamer and others bolonging to the English
ships in the harbour. On reaching the end of th e
pier the wreck was found to be about 200 yards
from the shore, and the vessel proved to be the
Trois Scours, of St. Nazaire, from Rotterdam, laden
with a cargo of manganese, and the cries of her
crew for help could be plainly heard on the pier.
The English people cheered the poor fellows that
assistance would be sent, and all hands started off
for the port lifeboat, which is stationed on the sand
some distance off. It was got out and with diffi-
culty dragged through the snow, which lay very
deep, to the edge of the sands, where the Triton's
crew volunteered to man her, but the French autho-
rities of the port refused ; and after some delay six
Frenchmen put off in it, and made for the wreck,
but when they got half way to the vessel they
turned to the shore and abandoned the shipwrecked
people. The English sailors, on seeing this, got
ferried across the harbour to the east pier, where
another lifeboat is stationed, which was presented
to. the Calais authorities by the English Govern-
ment some time since. Here, however, another
long delay occurred, for it was securely locked
and the party having the custody of the
key could not ba found. At length it was deter-
mined to take forcible possession of it, and by tear-
ing down the railings the boat was safely launched.
It was instantly manned by English volunteers, who
pulled off with an alacrity and zeal which called
forth loud cheers from those collected on the piers,
for by that time a great number of people had as-
sembled. The boat rode gallantly as she shot
towards the wreck, when, just as she was preparing
to bring up to the vessel, a heavy sea struck the
boat and threw it bottom upwards, throwing the
whole of the brave fellows, 13 in number, into the
raging sea. A fearful shriek rose from the people
on the pier, and a scene of great excitement ensued
to do all that was possible to save life, for some of
them could be seen holding to the lifeboat, others
were supporting themselves on the oars, and others
were attempting to swim to the shore. A party of
English sailors belonging to the Triton and Pioneer
steamers here made for the first lifeboat, which had
been abandoned by the Frenchmen as useless, and
pushed off to the rescue of their struggling comrades;
and it is gratifying to state that their mission was
a most successful one, for they' managed to pick up
six of the poor fellows, and two others were saved
by means of ropes thrown- to them by Captain
Wall from the pier. The remainder, however, five
in number, all perished. Their names were—
Matthew Hopkinson, chief engineer of the Triton
steamer ; Wilson, chief mate of the Pioneer
steamer, of Dover; John Lumsden, mate of the
bag William, of Blyth; and James Anderson, mate
of the brig John Coggin, of Whitby ; and another
sailor, whose name is unknown. The survivors,
when landed, were nearly dead from exhaustion
and cold. They were promptly conveyed to the
French Humane Society's house, where they were
received and treated with the greatest kindness and
attention.

Of the crew of the wrecked vessel only one was
saved; they dropped off the rigging one by one into
the sea, and were drowned. The last man was
taken out of the rigging by the first lifeboat, which,
after picking up the drowning people, left the shore
a third time, and succeeded in gaining the wreck.
Most of the English sailors who were lost have left
wives and families.

The body of the engineer of the Triton has been
washed ashore and sent to London for burial.

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hour's uninterrupted speaking. Many orators of
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and even 9,000. But 125 words a minute, or 7,500
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