The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-15 00:00:00

LATE RESCUE FROM DROWNING

FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—As the workers of
one of the pits at the Rosehall colliery, near Coatbridge, were de-
scending the shaft to their employment, on the 31st ult., the rope
broke when those descending were supposed to be half way down the
shaft, and they nnfortunitely fell to the bottom, and were
Glasgow Herald.

AT LEITH.
We publish with much pleasure the following letter from
Mr. George Robins, of London, in reference to this case, the
particulars of which we gave in our,paper of Tuesday last.
A man had fallen into the Dock at Leith, and had sunk
twice, so that all hopes of saving him were at airend, when
James Carnie, one of the Custom-house boatmen, bravely
leaped into the water, and, at the imminent risk of his own
life, rescued the drowning man. The suggestion of our cor-
respondent we consider a very just and proper one, and shall
be happy to take charge of any sums which may be trans-
mitted to us in behalf of James Carnie :
TO THE EDITOR OF THE EDINBURGH ADVERTISER.
Covent-garden, Feb. 6, 1845.

Sir,—l have just read, in one of our morning news-
papers a paragraph extracted from your journal, the
Edinburgh Adrertiser. It relates to an act of so much
bravery and kind feeling, that I think, if you will take
the trouble of corroborating this. tale, there would not
be found wanting in our metropolis, as well as yours, sym-
pathy and good feeling enough to induce a little subscription
in favour of the intrepid man, Carnie, who so courageously
risked his own life to save a low-creature. I feel that it is
the duty of all those who possess the means, to encourage
such acts of bravery and kind-hearted feeling as you have re-
presented, to do something that will act as a stimulus on
future occasions. It is not enough to read of it and put by
the paper, with the frozen compliment of " What a fine
fellow," without giving a solitary shilling, as a reminder that
the public will not be apathetic on such occasions; something
more substantial is required to encourage him at a future
period to risk his life, as he evidently has done in this case ;
and my sovereign is very much at his service, if you will take
charge of it ; but do pray write three or four lines in corro-
boration of this act of bravery, in order that others who may
not yet have read this extract may see it, and do a little to
encourage and reward more generally such acts of heroism.
—I am, your most obedient servant,
GEORGE ROBINS.
Messrs. Ransom, the bankers in London, viill•kindly re-
ceive any contributions. •

THE OVERLAND JOURNEY TO INDIA.—The follow-
ing details of a journey recently performed by. Lieutenant
Waghorn prove that a trip to India and back is quite as
practical as any of the common continental tours, and we
have no doubt that in a short time we shall find it the
fashion of the day. Mr. Waghorn left London on the 26th
of September; he reached Marseilles on the 4th of October,
arrived at Alexandria on the 11th, remained in Egypt eleven
days, where he had audiences with the Pacha, left Suez on
the 22d, and arrived at Bombay on the 10th of November.
His stay at Bombay was 23 days. He left it on the 2d of
December—got to guez and Cairo on the 20th, had another
audience with the Pacha, left Alexandria on the 23d, was
detained at Malta a day and a half, and arrived at the
Motherbank on the 9th of January, and landed on the 11th,
after performing two days' quarantine. The total absence
from London to Bombay and back, including stoppages and
the delays abovementioned, was 107 days, or 70 days' only
actual travelling.
A supplement to the Gazette of Tuesday was pub-
lished on Thursday, containing the names of Shareholders in
the London Joint-stock Bank, occupying 14 pages, and the
National Provincial Bank of England, 13 papa.
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