The Sun.
London, England, 1829-10-27 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Despatches were received yesterday morning, at the
Horse Guards, from General the Right Hon. Lord Wil-
liam Bentinck, G.C.B. and G.C.H., the Governor-Ge-
neral, and from Gene-ral Lord Viscount Combermere,

G.(.8. and G. C. 11., Comtnatoler-in-Chief in India.
The following are the names and stations of the barrack
masters abroad :

Captain Stepney, Antigua ; Mr. James Pevisa, Baha-
mas; Lieut.-Colonel Diggens,lßarbadoes; Lieut. Shor-
burne, Berbice ; Mr. William Tucker, Bermuda ; Mr.
William Duff, Amherstburg; Mr. Peter Muria, Chamby
and Blairfurdie, Mr. Henry Evatt, Coteau du Lac; Mr.
Alexander Garrett, Fort George ; Mr. Thomas Jobson,
Isle aux Noix; Mr. F. Raynes, Kingston; Alr. D. Grant,
Montreal; Mr. T. Trigge, Quebec; Mr. T. Whitehead,
Three Rivers; Mr. J. K. Welles, William .Henry; Mr.
P. Hartney, York ; Mr. H. Hanson, Cape Town ; Lieu-
tenant Griffiths, Graham Town; Mr. James Dunbar,
Wynborg; Captain Mortimer, Demerara; Lieutenant
Lynd, Dominica; Mr. R. Metcalf, Gibraltar; Lieute-
nant Maher, Grenada; Major F. J. Thurn, Jamaica;
Mr. A. Mackay, Malta; Major G. Barrow, and Captain
G. Drummond, Mauritius ; Lieut. O'Connor, Newfound-
land; Mr. J. Norman, Annapolis; Mr. J. E. Woolford,
Frederickton; Mr. J. Blair, Halifax; Mr. T. C. Frith,
St. John's, N.B. ; Mr. S. Rigby, Cape Briton ; Mr. A.
M'Dougall, Windsor ; Captain Webb, St. Kitt's ; Lieut.
T. Murray, St. Lucia ; Lieut. Jones, St. Vincent ; Cap-
tain Douglas, Sierra Leone; Lieut. Stewart, Tobago;
Captain Macintosh, Trinidad:

DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN A COAL-PIT.

A shocking occurrence took place on Friday morning
last at a coal-pit belonging to Mr. Andrew Knowles, of
Little Bolton, situated in the township of Pen6lebury, near
Manchester. The usual time for the colliers to descend
the shaft, and commence work, is three o'clock in the
morning. On the morning in question, about six o'clock,
a sudden influx of sand, stones, and water, took place near
the extremity of the mine, by which a man, his two
daughters, and another collier, were suddenly inclosed in
the ends in which they were at work ; and, as a matter of
course, died from suffocation. The place at which Da-
vies and his daughter were at work is about 500 yards
from the bottom of the shaft, the shaft itself being 116
yards deep. At the time the accident occurred they were
engaged in getting the coal from what is termed an end,
being an indentation of the coal from one of the main car-
riage ways, about twelve yards in length, and four feet
wide. Carney, the other collier, was similarly occupied
in another end, at a little distance from his fellow-suf-
ferers. The weight and quantity of sand and stones was
such as to block up five yards of the end in which were
Davies and his children, and 30 yards of the main road.
Immediately it was discovered that the unfortunate de-
ceased were either buried amid, or blocked in by, the sand,
Mr. Knowles, the worthy proprietor of the pit, set to work
the hands of all his other pits to remove the rubbish. In
this work about 100 men were employed, until about one
o'clock on Saturday morning. By this time they had cut
to the entrance of the end, when another descent took
place, anti the colliers were obliged to run for their lives.
Some idea may be formed of the labour of this work, when
it is known that only one man, from the narrowness of
the excavation, was able to use the spade at one time, and
that each shovel-full was thrown from one collier to the
other a distance of a quarter of a mile. Finding that all
hopes of reaching the unfortunate individuals, by clearing
away the sand were useless, it was determined to cut through
the solid coal, from another of the main roads, and by this
means, after cutting through 12 yards of fast coal-work,
the colliers succeeded in discovering Davies and his daugh-
ters about seven o'clock on Sunday morning. They were
found laid by the side of each other, at the very extremity
of the end, the sand having left a clear space for them of
about seven yards. There can be little doubt that their
death was the result of suffocation, as there was not the
least appearance of violence on their persons. Davies has
left a widow and nine children. The eldest of the girls
killed was 16 years of age, the youngest 13. Carney was
found in the spot in which he was supposed to be at work,
and, from the little space afforded him by the sand, doubt-
less came to his death from the same cause as his unfortu-
nate companions. 'F he Coroner's Jury were set on the bo-
dies on Monday. The poor girls were employed in draw-
ing the coal got by their father to the bottom of the shaft.
This shocking event has created the greatest interest in
Manchester, and an universal sympathy is created for the
surviving family of Davies.

THE LIFE OF A MIDSHIPMAN.—This
work will at length appear in a few days. We understand
it to be (as its title imports) a narrative of the adventures
of a Midshipman ; and perhaps no profession is so fraught
with interest, or presents such varied materials, as the
naval one. The present production will, we understand,
contain a very animated description of a sea fight—of a
storm—and of the wreck of a vessel, &c. ; and will detail,
iN a forcible manner, the many vicissitudes to which the
Sailor is continually exposed.
PRACTICAL HUMILITY.—During the time
Sir THOMAS MORE was Lord Chancellor of England,
he used to send his gentleman usher to his wife's pew,
after divine service was done, to tell her he was gone ;
but the next Sunday after he gave up his Chancellorship,
he came himself to her pew, and used the usual words of
his gentleman usher, " Madam,•my Lord is gone."

The salmon fishing in the Tweed closed on
Saturday, after one of the most unsuccessful seasons ever
experienced. There have been nearly 300 boxes fewer
shipped to the London market than there were last year.
The number of salmon have not been in the usual propor-
tion to the trouts.—Berwick Paper.

A shocking and determined case of suicide
occurred in South-street, Perth, on Sunday morning last,
A smoke-curer from Edinburgh, who had exhibited evi-
dent symptoms of mental derangement for some time pre-
vious, inflicted a wound in his throat, not wide but deep ;
after effecting which he threw himself from a window two
stories high into a garden behind. It was evident from
the traces of blood in various parts of the garden that he
had moved about after his descent, and is supp"sed to have
been attempting at several places to get over the paling
which enclosed it. His body was found doubled upon the
paling quite dead.

A match was made last week, by two gentle-
men of the parish of Brace Meole, near this town, each
backing a man in his employ, to dig the greatest quantity
of potatoes in two days, nine hours each day. The match
came off on Thursday and Friday, in a field on the Bank
Farm, and the following is the result :—The one party
produced Joins OAKLEY, a jobbing gardener, living on
Kingeland, and the other SAMUEL HARRIS, a labourer,
living at Baiston Hill.
Oakley—let day 2487 lbs.
2sl ditto ... 2863
—5350
Harris-1 et ditto 2659
2d ditto 2574
—5233

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OaKLEY winning by 1171bs. We can vouch for the truth
of this extraordinary feat. The potatoes were but a mid-
dling crop, and the work was performed under the eye of
Mr. JOSEPH JOBSON, to whom it gave perfect satisfaction.
It is doubtful if other two men capable of performing
such work are to be found in the county. OAKLEY'S se-
cond day's work is no less than 30 strike 131135., allowing
951hs. to the strike.—Shrewsbury Chronicle.
HUNTING THE HARE.--About noon on
Saturday last, several persons of all classes pursued a full
grown hare into Canonbury-square, and, as may easily be
imagined, the novelty of the situation would excite in the
animal rather painful emotions, from which she probably
hoped to be relieved by pouncing through the railings of
the area of my house, No. 4.7 ; and when we consider the
probable velocity at which the hare was running, and the
depth of the fall, it is really wonderful that the poor
creature did not break some of its bones. In a short time
the pursuers made a tol.rably extensive group about the
house, some of whom proposed to assist the cook to catch
it, but she was deaf to their entreaties. Another had the
ingenuity to throw down a sixpence, probably by so doing
expecting the privilege of getting it for himself, provided
the cook durst not venture so near the monster. Stratagem,
however, was found unavailing, and at length the disap..
pointed sportsmen retired from the field. On my arrival
at home in the evening, I was rather puzzled what to do
with my unexpected guest ; but having a larder at the rear
of the house, which seemed the most commodious apart-
ment I could spare, it was cleared of its contents, some
straw put at the bottom, a few greens thrown in, and poor
puss was removed thither, rather prematurely, to be sure.
Ye,terday morning I found she had eaten th e greens, and
in the afternoon, in the presence of two or three friends,
she was turned out of the larder into the garden, about the
eighth of an acre, where she took a turn or two, made a
few efforts to leap the wall, at last made her form amongst
some mignionette, and this morning seems tolerably re-
conciled to her situation.-From a Correspondent of the
Times.