The Sun. — 1862-02-17 (London, England)

BURNING OF ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN SHIP AT SEA. —Advices have just been received from Ascension Island, with intelligence of a marvellous escape of the passengers and crew of the ship Orient, 1,236 tons, Captain Lawrence, from Adelaide to London, which put into the island on the 6th of January, having been on fire three days, and it had not been got under up to the morning of the 6th. The Orient had a very valuable cargo on board, and about 60 passengers. Captain Lawrence, in a letter to the owners, states that the fire was observed on the morning of the 2d inst,, and after making an unsuccessful attempt to get at the fire, they battened down the hatches, and every place was made secure. Scuttles were then cut in the deck, and water poured down in torrents, but it had no effect, and the fire extended aft rapidly. All that day, the following night, and next day, they continued at the pumps, the passengers rendering great help. The boats were got the second day, when by an accident the cutter and lifeboat got athwart each other, and were smashed to pieces, leaving only the longboat to take upwards of 100 people, but which could not hold one-half the number. Another night passed, and, the fire still raging, the suspense and anxiety among all on board were dreadful, for many parts of the deck were burnt through, and the whole cargo appeared to be a live fire, At daybreak on the third day a sail was seen from aloft on the port beam, and all speed was made to bear down upon it. They succeeded in coming up to the vessel. She proved to be the Dutch barque Van der Heim. All the passengers were, without loss of time, put on board of her, and the captain agreed to remain by the Orient, which he did. By dint of great exertion the Orient was got into Ascension on that day, the sth. She was still on fire, and, according to the last accounts, was still burning. THE LATE TERRIBLE COLLIERY ACCIDENT AT KINGSWOOD, NEAR BRlSTOL.—Kingswood, Saturday Night.—The workmen, after a vast amount of labour, have succeeded in recovering the body of the missing man Iles. The effort was one of difficulty, on account of the unstable character of some of the earthwork, and the consequent mishaps experienced while putting in the timbering. Mr. Lionel Though, one of the Government inspectors, has been down the works and is of opinion that the unfortunate men were, at the time of the catastrophe, working at the " tip," the support having been removed, the earth fell in. considers that Iles must have been alive when andßrain'sithat, He body was recovered, and that when the second fall took place he must have scrambled up above it. Some curiosity has been evinced as to the manner in which Dumollard, the French murderer, comports himself since sentence of death has been passed on him. It w, s said that he had sunk into a state of nervous exhaustion, and was, when physical strength returned, a prey to the most terrible despair, All this, it appears, on excellent authority, was entirely unfounded, as the wholesale murderer incarcerated in the prison of Ain displays an unbroken sang froid, and pays the most minute attention to his personal comforts. He wraps his shackles round with linen to prevent them coming in contact with his flesh, and complains frequently of their weight and coldness. He does not expect his appeal to succeed ; but is, nevertheless, totally indifferent to the chaplain's exhortations, and has several times interrupted themto complain of the prison fare tzid the bad sausages of Ain.