The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-30 00:00:00

PASSENGERS FROG INDIA•

The following is a list of the passengers by the
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship
Colombo, Captain Field, which left Alexandria at
4.30 p.m. on the 20th inst., with the heavy portion
of the India and China mails, and arrived at Malta
on the 23d, at 6 p.m. She left Malta again on the
24th, but was obliged to put back on the following
day on account of some trifling derangement
portion of her machinery, which was being put in
order, and she was expected to leave on the 27th.
Her arrival at Southampton may be looked for on
the 6th or 7th of May : of a
From Calcutta—Mrs. Inglis, two children, and
two servants, Mrs. Bell, Mr. John Lyall, Dr. J.
Campbell, Mr. Bailey, Dr. and Mrs. Faycer, in-
fant, and servant, Lieut, nant and Mrs. Loppitt,
and native female servant, Major and Mrs. Mar-
riott, Mrs. C. Fenwick, Miss Fergusson, Mrs.
Gmham' two children, and servant, Mrs. INago,
Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair. Mrs. and Miss Hollings,
Mrs. Heberden, Mrs. Sarpe, Mr. P. Buckinyoung,
Mr. H. Geoffrai, Mrs. Prendergast, two children,
and servant, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall, three chil-
dren, and servant, Mrs. Hely, Miss Birch, Major
Thullier's child and servant, Mrs. Sterndale and
child, Mrs. A. M'Ritchie, Brigadier Ramsay (will
remain at Malt; for a fortnight), Rajor Wells,
Captain Weston, Mr. Stewart, Mr. Gray, Captain
Roper, Mrs. Doyne, Mr. Lackensteen, Mr. Lacey,
Mrs. Eekford, Mr. Oman, Mr. Remfrey, Mr.
Cowley.

From Madras—Mrs. Gall, Mr. Staines, Lieute-
nant and Mrs. Blenkensop, child, and native ser-
vant, Captain Cox, Dr. J. M'Kennie, Mr. Bar-
clay, and Mrs. Fullerton, child, and servant.
From Trincomalee—Mr. Brockett, late first en-
gin. er Ava.
From Ceylon—Captain Wry.
From Suez—Four of the Peninsular and Orien-
tal Company's servants.
From Hong Kong—Mr. and Mrs. Hill, four
children, and two servants, Mr. Gunthorpe, Mr.
Edkins, Mr. Masson (third engineer Company's
service.)
From Singapore—Captain Mason and Mr.
Alabaster.

From Penang—Mrs. Brown, three children,
and three servants (two natives.)
Erom Mauritius—Captain Herron.

From Alexandria—Captain Cockburn, Lieute-
nant Innes, Captain Waddell, Mr. Endycott, Mr.
Davidson, Captai❑ Dent, Mr. Holligan, Mr. John
Fergusson, Mr. J. Edwards (quartermaster and
fireman of the Simla), and Mr. Bollard.
The following passengers remain at Malta :
From Calcutta—Captain Lovilt (Peninsular and
Oriental Company's superintendent at Calcutta),
Mrs. Lovell, two children, and servant. From
Suez—Lieutenant Griffith and Lieutenant Arm-
st; ong. From Alexandria=Colonel Pocklington,
Mr. and _Mrs. Kean, Mr. Rhiza, Mr. and Mrs.
Verschoiler and servant, and Mr. Hargreaves and
servant.

PEARL FIMERY.—A letter of the 20th March states :
—" We base had ten days' fishing, and there is about
15,0001. already in the chest. There will be tea days
more fishing. Oysters sold to-day as high as 25 rupees
per thogsand."— Colombo Obnrrer.

SOUTHA.MPTON, THORSDA.Y.
• .
A serious collision between two of the mail
steamers belOnging Ito the South-Western Coin-
Pany occurred in the Channel this morning, at 20
minutes past 4 o'clock, about 30 miles from the
Nab. The Wonder, Captain Clements, sailed hence
tor Havre at a quarter before 12 o'clock last night,
and the Havre, Captain Smith, left Havre for this
port about the same hour. About 4 o'clock the
two vessels sighted each other, and although is was
broad daylight, and the weather perfectly clear and
calm, they came in collision at the time named, the
Havre striking the Wonder on the starboard side
near to the stern with such violence that the end
of the ship was completely torn away, leaving the
saloon open to the water:.. Several of the passen-
gers were lying on the sofas in the saloon at the
time, and the alarm and consternation which were
caused by the feat ful cra.sh may readily be con-
ceived. One E,entleinan was slightly grazed on the
side of his face, it is supposed by some of the
splintered wood striking him, but with this excep-
, tssn all on board happily escaped unhurt. The
collision itself was so sudden that ttie Wondt r's
engines kest on workine; for a minute or so alter-
ataisis. Immediately the two vessels same in col-
lision the engines of the Havre were etorped, and
in a few minutes she came alongside the Wonder
and took all her passengers on board. She also
took the Wo.ithr in tow, and they came on to
Southampton, arriving here about 11 o'clock. Ar-
rangements were at once made for the South-
Wes' ern, another of the.comp#ny's steamers, to be
despatched to Havre with the Wender's passengers
and cargo, and she left: at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Captain Smithl was on the bridge of the Havre at
the time the collision took place, and Captain
Clements, we understand, had gone to bed about
five minutes previously, leaving the ship in charge
of the second officer. Of course there are plenty
of conflicting reports and opinions in circulati in as
to the cause of the collision, the party to blame,
&c., which we leave to be elucidated by the inquiry
which will b 3 held. Several experienced captains
and other gentlemen engaged in nautical pursuits
who examined the Wonder after her arrival in
the Docks describe the collision as one of the
most extraordinary and unaccountable, under the
circumstances, which ever came under their notice.
timbers
It is one fortunate element in the'case that both
vessels balong to the same owners, thus avoiding
the long and expensive litigation which would
otherwise have been aura to follow. Had • the
Wonder been struck amidships instead of where
she was, she must have been
andlgyoinng
n a confused
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down immediately. As it is, a greater smash has
seldom been witnessed iu a steamboat. The stern
ii a to rx
completely
h
ean b
away, then cutrshivereding testimony to the i n halves
vio-
lence of the concussion ; the beading and other
portions of the saloon are wrenched off nearly from
end to end, and one of the ships boats is cut clean
in halves. Fortunately it was pefectly calm at
and after the accident. If there had been any sea
on, the saloon, open as it was, the whole width of
the ship must have speedily filled with water. The
Havre escaped with no other damage than the
snapping of a portion of her bowsprit. As soon as
the Wonder's passenger=, &c., were transferred to
the South-Western, the disabled steamer was towed
out of dock to Northern, to have her damages re-
paired, large numbers of persons having mean-
while inspected the breach made in her hull. It
is only act of justice to state that the South-Wes-
tern Company's lines of steamers to Havre and
the Channel Islands bear a high character for the
punctual manner in which they perform their
voyages, and the excellent way in which they are
officeled, to which it is to be attributed their gene-
ral freedom from accident