The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-24 00:00:00

seaman on board the Orwell, and was upon the look'
out in the larboard bow on the afternoon of Thursdsf
week. I first saw the Sylph when she was witbill
fifty yards of the Orwell. I called out, " Stop hot--
go astern ;" but in less than a minute she struck 1114;
I think when I first saw her she was going at fill'
speed. The paddles were going ahead just bet.°ll
she struck. The Orwell had very little speed on het'
and as soon as those on the look-out called out, tlle
master in charge (Wig,:ins) stopped the engines. ri!
called out, " Stop her—go astern." The Orwell Ilse!
been eased previously, and was going "quite easily
at the time. She had been eased all the way fro'
Woolwieh, and had come that distance about file of
six miles an hour. We were about twenty you•
frotn the north shore, and could see the edge of the
bank very plainly. Ido not think it was pastible
have avoided the collision, owing to the speed at IviliCh
the Sylph was proceeding.
William Pullifer, another of the crew of the Or'
well, gave similar evidence.
William Linney, of Ipswich, another seaman °II
board the Orwell, said—l think that if the SyIPD;
helm had been ported, instead of being put a starboard,
the collision might have been avoided. Very fe°
seconds elapsed between our first seeing her and n's
collision taking place.
By Mr. Wilkinson—lt is a general rule laid doll/
by the Trinity-house, that when there is any danger
of a collision between jtwo vessels, both should pal
their helms.
Mr. William Wallace, shipbuilder, of Gravesend'
a passenger on board the Sylph, confirmed the evi'
dence of the other passengers. My impression, hee
said, at the time was that the captain of the Sy'
exercised great presence of mind in the position
which he was placed.
By the CORONER—Had the Sylph been goingiel.
viously at half-speed, I think the accident mighOsfs
been avoided. The fog came on very thick alt at
once, just after we left the south shore.
Henry Rogers (the call-boy on board the Orwell)
proved having given the engineer orders to go " Quits
easy," after leaving Blackwell, and to " Stop," Pi'
before the collision took place.
Joseph Sutcliffe, the engineer in charge, deposed
that on the passage up from Blackwell the engine 14,i
made about seven revolutions per minute, her fa'
speed being from 28 to 30. He was standing hytl:
usual in foggy weather, between the engines, she
he heard the order given to " Stop her," and
." ~
astern." He did so, and after the engines had roes.
two revolutions astern the collision took place, awl ""
then shut the steam off and came on deck. It ocell°
.
pied about 15 seconds to stop the engine and ask
the two revolutions astern.
James Wiggins, a brother of the master in charge'
and supercargo on board the Orwell, was next el:
amined. He was at the ‘v heel when the collision too'
place, and his evidence differed in no respect from
that of the other parties on board the Orwell.
hid
The CORONER remarked that he thought they -
now got out all the circumstances of the case.
The foreman, on the part of himself and brothel
jurors, said he thought therhecLakeadv heard quite
enough to enable them to come to a conclusion on
subject.
The CORONER then commenced summing up, gel
through the evidence in his usually clear and petettet
cuous manner. He remarked particularly on the ',a,
that the Sylph was shown to have been proceerileb;
at full speed until within a very few moments of to
collision taking place ; while on the other hand it ci„,
not attempted to be set up that the Orwell had Prot
ceeded at anything beyond a very slow rate Olt
passing Blackwell.
The jury after an absence of half an hour's `fie7`l
tion, returned the following unanimous verdict--
consider that the deceased persons met their death s'-'ef
dentally; but we are of opinion that the captkn.eh
the Sylph was highly to blame for the spied at sr°llll
he had previously been going; we believe the &nth,
to have been the moving power to the death °het
deceased persons, but consider the parties on boar
vessel used due caution, and did all they could to Sr' p
the accident, and the jury are unanimously of Op
that Captain Sweisland should be severely ter
mended by the Coroner." tient
The verdict appeared to give general satiiinn,
and Captain Sweisland was suitably admonished
Mr. Curttar.

COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAI/
MORRIsTON.

(Abridged from the Cambrian.)
Soon after the workmen entered the Pen
btrel
felin Colliery, the property of the Swense,n cisy,
No.i
Company, situated near Morriston, on sir
they were alarmed kr an explosion of f°ll
in one of the headings, ignited by a collier 117,0
Thomas James, who was most severely burnt. the,
workmen immediately proceeded from all parts °'
,are
pit to the scene of the lamentable occurrence, VIrP,;,"
they found the three lifeless bodies of John Ho&
aged 20, Matthew Fisher, aged 20, both of who"
were unmarried, and Thomas Morgan, a boy, te:
years of age, who had been most shockingly_ dly;
figured, his head having been detached from the T,
by the violent concussion of air consequent up* bu"
explosion,
nm the
An inquest was held on Monday and 'rfe-rt un-
evidence it appeared that the pit had been that' the
worked during Saturday and Sunday, 50d
lovedto
deceased boy Thomas Morgan, who was em was
turn the fan which cleared the mine of fou air,im
too young and too weak to work the fan
effecruil
and that the working the fan, had only commence
u
few minutes before the men entered the pit. AA of
The jury, having deliberated, returned a Telr'l;the
"Accidental Death," with an opinion, "that her on
fan been worked during Sunday night, or WC' or
Monday morning, the explosion would not haveron
curred ; that there is blame attached to the overd,
for not havmg seen that the pit was properly clown
and fur nut having employed a person su-ffici°
strong to work at the fan." •

ANOTHER ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AT THS
KATHERINE DOCKS.—We stated, in The Sum a We
days ago, that robberies bad been very frequent o leo
at the great lock establishments, and instanced °tort
than five cases hich had occurred in the ediof
space of a fortnight. It appears, that notwithstansd,
the amount of suspicion caus.-d by the cases entanerves
and the great additional precautions which have e 3 of
taken by the Dock Companies to prevent occurrenedett
a similar kind, another daring attempt has been mild/
the ht. Katherine awls to steal a' quantity of l',7l,ich
from a ship loading there at the present time'
happily has not been attended with any degree of, toe
cess, the same having been discovered in sufficie% is'
to prevent the thieves from carrying their felonOriess'
tension into effect, in a rather singular manner. njoo
ral casks of brandy had been removed from the ii?",:eseot
Docks by craft, and shipped on board a vessel at P'.-fier
loading in the St. Katherine Docks. On SundsY t the
noon, the whole of the ship's crew being absent cell
time, the Customs officer in charge, who was the eine
person on board, heard the whine of a dog '„he fore
place adjacent, and was in the act of walking sofrie
part of the vessel, for the purpose of giving h'''inslo,
bones, the remains of his einner, when he o°l rase'
over something which, on further examination, AP bees
to be several bladders containing brandy, that he aim'
pillaged from one of the casks recently shipped., to V
mediately called assistance, and caused information esos'
given to the dock authorities, and by this simple "- bee
no doubt, another extensive robbery of spirits h*,,gast
to
prevented. No clue has ~been obtained with regrn-fer
the parties concerned in the affair. It is a matter tint
treme surprise, considering. the strict watch at 11:1',1,i
supposed to be kept at the docks, how those th'llP.
be accomplished, or even attempted. \
VICTORIA PARK.— SALE9F BONNER'S HALL' of fres,
terday a sale by auction took place, by order aithi:
Commissioners of Woods and Forests, of the ,e;bire,
residence of Bishop Bonner, called Bonaer's Llab'ur.o
is situated on a part of the site now is the ~c° 1,--a
of
formation of Victoria Park, at the East-end. -1"-dthje
tion remaining, which is stated to have been nn,f ao'
wings of the original Palace, is about One hunn""t„, th:
twenty feet long, and about twenty,feet in ww,lostel
external walls being the same that were first %rite"
The building has for several years past been sePhoose'
into five houses, one of which was a public-to the
These have been internally constructed accordirlettlo fe
modern style of architecture, and there is very 11 thB
denote its former state, but it is expected that ill be
course of the demolition of the premises, there iv b the
found some memorials to connect the locality wt
possession of it by its celebrated owner.

BIRTHS. Seth
On the 15th inst., at Brvntirion, near Wrexliftli''
Wales, the lady of Captain R. Jones, of a son. ,y CO'
On the 19th inst., at Eaton-place, the wife of GNI.°
Elwes, Esq., of a son. .
On the 21st inst., at Orchard-street, Portman.s4lll&r-e li 1•10
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Nathaniel William Kinderslev, of a son. ..,
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On the 21st inst., in Stritford- place, Oxford-1014 ;(
wife of J. Radcliffe Barrett, Esq-, of a daughter. ,be if's
On the 21st inst., at Willow-walk, Kentish-torn, '
II
of Henry Wood, Esq., of a daughter. TlOril
On the 22d inst., at cpper Clapton, Mrs. Jam e 8
Ay of P
Hawes, of a son.
On the 22d inst., at Golder's-hill, Hendon, the 14--
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Bradford, Esq , of a daughter. 1440244
On the 22d inst., the Litly of Commander 11. J'
R.N., of her Majesty's ship I3aring, of a daughter. d 1).4'
On the 22d inst., the lady of Charles Ring, EBcl________ '
tors'-commons, of a son.

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lf RRTED. tt
On the 19th inst., in the Cathcilral, SalisbutT% Re
Joseph Phillimore, Esq., D.C.L. , to Charlotte Anne,
sister of Evelyn Denison, Esq., M. P., of Ossingtoo
county of Nottingham

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On the 21st inst., William Tyler, the second son °f ~ i
Smit h the 2 Bolton-street, Piccadilly. Tie
Onlst inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbard, of file
`-'• of
Nort-road, foxto, aged 80.
Onh the 22d1 inst.,n Charles 31olyneux Keay Lock, °4.1 •
Upper Cheyrie. row, Chelsea.
On the 22d inst., in Park-street, Grosvenor-squat
ei:°
Sophia, eldest daughter of Sir Charles W. Blunt, 1311 r

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