The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-14 00:00:00

LLO7D'S SHIPPING.—Ch 23 Day.)

LONDON, Aug. 14.—Wind this day at noon, W.,
light bran° and cloudy. There was a severe storm last
night of thunder and lightning.
PLYMOUTH, Aug. 13.—Wind S. W.—Sailed—Cape
Rouge, for Quebec
COWES, Aug. 13.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Ocean Home,
from Trinidad de Cuba, and sailed for Bremen.
FLEETWOOD, Aug. 12. Wind S.—Arrived—Favorite,
from ➢liramichi.
OFF FALMOUTH, Aug. 13.—Arrived--Cadzanda, from
St Domingo.
RAMSGATE, Aug. 10.--Wind S.W.—Sailed—Rena, for
Bio Grande.
FOWEY, Aug. 12.—Sailed—Bangalore, for Quebec.
TRALEE, Aug. 12.—Wind N.W.—Sailed--Alert, for
Quebec.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Friday, 10.15 a.ro.
Wind S.E. ; tide three hours'ebb ; weather fine.
Arrived, Aug. 13—Minerva, from Memel ; Pet, Wy
borg.

DEAL, Friday, 9 a.m.

Wind S.E., light, with rain.
Passed—Her Majesty's ship Dee, from Portsmouth fur
Woolwich.

EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION.—FESTIVAL AT THE
CRYSTAL PALACE.—We wish to remind all those who
are themselves at liberty to enjoy a Saturday half-holi-
day, and who are disposed to contribute a little aid
to the efforts which are being made to procure
the same boon for others, that the first grand
fete on behalf of the funds of the Early Closing Asso-
ciation will take place at the Crystal Palace to-
morrow, when a concert by 300 members of the Vocal
Society, with instrumental music by the Crystal Palace
band and the band of the Scots Fusilier Guards, besides
the playing of the upper fountains, and " a great °ticket
match between eleven warehousemen and eleven clerks
of the City of London," promise to make up an attractive
entertainment.
COMMITTAL OF A COLLIER FOR WORKING WITH A
NAKED LlGHT.—Yesterday, at Barnsley, Roger BellyoD,
a collier in the employ of Messrs. Craik and Co., of the
East Gawber Colliery, was proved to have taken off thet
top of his safety-lamp, and worked with it in that state,
notwithstanding strict orders that no naked light I
be used in that part of the workings,
had an explosion resulted
on account Sof the
known prevalence of gas ; and , • •
the lives of 110 men then working in the pit mht have
been sacrificed. The men's eraployers pressed fora com-
mittal of the defendant, instead of a penalty, and the
Bench said it was necessary to make an example. The
defendant was committed to Wakefield House of C.,r-
rection for two months to hard labour.—Manchcster
aucirdian.
NEW APPLICATION OF THE SEWING MACHINE
Much has been said and written on the subject of the
cruelties practised on the class of dressmakers, and
therefore it will be a source of extreme gratification to
announce that we shall no longer have reason to antici-
pate the fatal consequences to thousands of young
women arising from extensive confinement and over.
work. That very ingenious instrument, the sewing
machine, has recently been adapted by e
a West end
house to the exigencies of alt the heavier descriptions
of work, and the result is a precision and an easy rapi-
dity of execution truly marvellous. The instrument is
now in full operation at Jay's extensive mourning ware-
houses in Regent-street and it is to be hoped the pro-
cess will be very generally adopted not only because it
'will be likely to reduce dressmaking charges, but also
be the means of relieving a large portion of hard-work-
ing young people. It will, at all events, very greatly
facilitate the execution of mourning orders in such a
house as that referred to, as well as all the heavier kinds
of work where dressmakers are employed.
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