The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-06 00:00:00

APPETITE. AND INDIGESTION 13IPROVED.

'LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE
1-4 SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish N Steaks,
Chops, and all Roast Meat, Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Cur-
ries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties
enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food.
The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the
best safeguard to health. _

Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-
street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also ty
Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and
other oilmen and merchants, London ; and generally by the
rincipal dealers in sauce.
N.B.—To guard against Imitations; see that the names of
"LEA and PERRINS " are upon the label and patent cap of
the bottle.

THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.
It is only a short time since this singularly efficacious
article of animal diet first made its appearance; and alreadj,
Its celebrity is world-wide. It has been a subject of wonder,
and has puzzled many a brain to explain how this has been
brought about. Yet when we are acquainted with a few facts
concerning the food, our wonder will cease. A few days since,
a gentleman wrote, stating that he had a horse which was a
" perfect bag of bones." He tried all kinds of things to get
the animal into condition, but in vain. He then bought some
of Thorley's food; and he says the effect was wenderful. The
horse rapidly grew fat, and in the course of a few weeks had
gained no less than 12 stones. Again we find at the late agri-
cultural shows at Birmingham, Cardiff, &e., the animals which
carried off the highest prizes had been partly fad with Thor-
ley's food fora qttle. Such facts speak for themselves, and we
are forced to; to conclusion that its celebrity arises solely
from its OWllin • itnsic merits, and the Xreat demand fo-: it can
proceed alone from the good opinion and testimony of those
who have tried it. All parties interested in horses and cattle
will do well to apply to 77, Newgate-street, London, for a
pamphlet which is sent post-free.

COLLIERY ACCIDENT NEAR 11L411=
CHESTER.

LOSS OF SEVEN LIVES.

A shocking accident, by which three men, named
Benjamin Thompson, James Green, and Wm. La-
tham, and four boys—Thos. Lankaster, Thos. Edge,
Luke Lomas, and John Foster—lost their lives,
occurred yesterday, at the Agecroft Colliery,
Pendlebury, in the occupation of Messrs. An-
drew Knowles and Sons. It appears that a
considerable number of the miners employed in the
colliery have been taking the present week as a
holiday, and that, consequently, but few went to
their work yesterday morning. It was therefore
determined that either no coal, or but a very small
quantity, should be drawn from the pit that day,
and about nine o'clock the foreman gave orders that
those who had descended, among ,whom were the
deceased, should leave off their work and ascend.
The cage is raised with great velocity by means of
a high pressure steam engine. A string attached
to the axle of the wheel communicates with the
engine house, and rings an alarni bell when the
cage is within about 60 yards from the mouth of
the pit as a signal to the engineer to slacken speed
and use caution. By some means this contrivance
appears to have got out of order, and on the present
occasion the alarm bell did not sound. The engi-
neer consequently did not check the speed of the
engine until the cage was very nearly at the top of
the shaft ; he then became aware that something
was wrong, and looking into the pit he saw that
the cage had arrived close to the top. He made a
desperate effort to apply the break and stop the
engine, but it was too late. ' The cage struck the
beam with great violence, instantly snapping the
wire rope, and the unfortunate men were precipi-
tated to the bottom of the pit, a depth of bet ween
200 and 300 yards. They were, of course, all killed
on the spot. Thompson's head was completely
severed from his body by the edge of the scaffold
against which he fell, and many of the others were
shockingly mutilated. A " patent safety catch" was
in use at the shaft, which it was expected would
render such an occurrence as the present next to
impossible ; but unfortunately, like most other con-
trivances of a similar character, it failed at the
utmost need. The bodies were removed in the even-
ing to the Pack Horse public-house, Pendlebury,
where they are now awaiting the coroner's inquest,
and the engineer, a man named Elias Booth, alias
Turner, is in the custody of the police. It is re-
ported that the string communicating with the
alarm bell has been broken for several days, so that
for that time the engine has been working with-
out a signal. Another account represents that he
was drunk, and other rumours are afloat to his dis-
advantage, which will be investigated at the coro-
ner's inquest. It is somewhat remarkable that one
of the underlookers of another of Messrs. Knowles's
collieries was prosecuted yesterday morning, upon
the information of the inspector of mines for the
district, for culpable negligence in the performance
of his duty, when many severe remarks were made
upon the extraordinary number of accidents which
at these eellierics and the incurable

have occur.,,..
carelessness of the meu.