attempt to rescue his wife and comrades would be
unavailing, left the place next day in the long-boat
with the remaining portion of his crew. They took a
course along the coast, and after enduring great privation
and barbarous treatment from the natives wherever
they landed, they succeeded in reaching Muscat.

As soon as Captain Short had partially recovered from
the exposure and privation he had endured during the
fifteen days and nights at sea in the long boat, he sought
a passage in the first vessel for Bombay. On his arrival
there he communicated the circumstances to the
authorities, and prevailed on them to despatch a steamer
to attempt the rescue of his wife and the portion of his
crew who were left behind. Before she sailed, however,
intelligence arrived from Aden that a portion of the crew
had been taken off the coast by Captain Ramsay, of the
Columbia, on the 12th of August; but that the remainder,
and also Mrs. Short, had perished in an attempt to
escape from the natives. It is now ascertained that
poor Mrs. Short, with the other sufferers, met their fate
on the evening of the same day that they landed from
the wreck. She contrived to free herself from the
clutches of the natives, and rushed down to the beach
where the boat's crew were assembled. They managed
to get the boat which broke away from the wreck when
Captain Short was about coming off with assistance;
and at the earnest entreaties of Mrs. Short it was
determined to make an attempt to regain the ship.
Amidst so great a surf it appeared hopeless, but the fear
of remaining in the hands of the natives during the
night induced them to risk it. The boat was got off,
but was soon swamped, and all of them perished.

The Overland Mail has brought news of the Wreck of
Three Fine Indiamen. The Ariadne of Greenock sailed
from Calcutta for England in July; and about three
weeks afterwards a wreck was discovered near Palmyras'
Point, on the coast of India, which proved to be the
Ariadne, without a living soul on board. The chief
mate was picked up by a steamer, twelve days after the
vessel was wrecked; he had reached the land on a spar,
and was nearly dead from exhaustion. It appeared
from what he said that the master and crew had been
carried out to sea on a raft, in a gale of wind, and it was
apprehended that all had perished.—The Manchester, of
London, was wrecked off the Sangor Islands on the 6th
of August, a few days sail from Calcutta; the people on
board escaped by the boats before she went to pieces.—
And the Nereid, also of London, foundered on the
morning of the 9th of July, but the crew were saved.
The loss of the three ships exceeded £100,000 sterling.

A thief Met his Death by a dreadful accident on the
24th of September, at the Derby Railway Station. A
middle-aged man, of rather shabby exterior, had been
observed in the station-yard in the course of the evening.
The London mail-train arrived as usual at half past ten,
and the stoker imagined he could detect a slight collision
when near a luggage-train that had arrived shortly
before. Upon mentioning this circumstance, an
examination took place, when the body of the man who had
been observed in the yard in the former part of the
evening, was discovered in a shockingly mutilated
condition. The whole of the carriages had passed over
it. Near to the body were three parcels which he had
succeeded in extracting from the luggage-carriages, and
it appeared evident that he was engaged in robbing the
carriages when the London train came up.

On the 28th of September an Explosion of Fire-damp
took place at Coed Poeth coalpits, near Wrexham,
whereby three men were killed and two others
desperately injured. At the inquest on their bodies a verdict
was returned of Accidental Death. The jury recorded
their opinion that no blame could be attached to the
proprietor or to the manager of the pit, it being found,
on examination, ventilated in the usual way. During
the examination of one of the witnesses, it transpired
that the pit was much more subject to sulphur than any
other pit in that part. The coroner drew the attention
of all present to the importance of using the safety-lamp.
The men, in reply, said that it gave so imperfect a light
they could not get near as much coal with the safety-
lamp as they could do with a candle. The coroner
contended that was a trifling consideration compared
with the misery entailed by these dreadful accidents.

On the evening of the 29th ult., as the down-train was
proceeding between Walcot and Upton Magna stations,
a man named Daniel Burgess, a groom in the employ of
Mr. Nightingale and Captain Muckleston of Shrewsbury,
was riding in the guard's or break van with several
others, among whom was his wife, standing up (there
being no room for them in the carriages); he was
leaning against the side-doors, when they flew open, and
he was precipitated out. The train was going at great
speed at the time. Immediate search was made for
Burgess, who was discovered near the opposite rails with
his skull dreadfully fractured, and quite dead. It is
supposed that in falling his head must have pitched
against the rail on the other line, the concussion of
which, from the great velocity of the train, must have
caused instant death. He has left a wife and ten
children.

The extensive premises of Messrs. Brooke, tallow
melters and chandlers, in the Southwark Bridge Road,
were Burnt Down on the night of the 3rd. While the
workmen were melting tallow in a large pan, the mass
caught fire; the men attempted to smother it, but were
obliged to retreat, and in a few moments the flames
spread in every direction. An engine-station was placed
immediately opposite the spot, and in five minutes the
engine was at work; but from the combustible nature of
the stock, the firemen could do nothing to save the
factory; however, they prevented the fire from getting
a firm hold on the contiguous buildings.

Mr. Hatchwell the station-master at Bury St. Edmunds,
and Mr. Walton, the station-master at Thurston, on the
Eastern Union Railway, were Accidentally Killed on
the morning of the 4th. Having some business which
required speedy conveyance, they seated themselves on
the top of one of the carriages; and in passing under a
bridge, their heads struck the arch with a force which
caused the instant death of both. At the inquest, the
engineer of the line stated that their riding on the roof
of the carriage, was a breach of discipline, and that they
had subjected themselves to dismissal for leaving their
stations without order. They had been ten years in the
service of the company.

Mr. M'Neil, sheriff substitute of Wigtonshire, was
Killed on the 5th, by a fall from his dog-cart. The
horse took fright, and the boy who drove being unable
to hold him, Mr. M'Neil, in seizing the reins, was
thrown upon the road and almost immediately expired.

A Fatal Accident took place on the 6th, in the
Bristol Channel. A party of gentlemen hired a boat at
Bristol to take a trip down the Channel. It blew a
stiff gale when they set out; and the boat, through the
mismanagement of an amateur steersman, was capsized
on the return homewards. Seven of the party were
saved by some boats which happened to be near; but
four—Mr. Evan Jefferies, Mr. Thomas Rich, Mr. George
Packer, and Mr. William Lodge (who was the steersman),
were unfortunately drowned.

There was A Storm of extraordinary extent and
violence on Sunday and Monday, the 6th and 7th. The
wind, from the South and West-south-west, drove the
water out of the Thames to such an extent, that at low
tide on Monday the river was almost unnavigable. In
the Pool, tiers of vessels were aground; and even the
small steamers could not ply above bridge.—At Nottingham,
much damage was done to buildings. A tall and
insecurely-built stack of chimneys, with portions of the
roof, fell into a street at a place where a number of
persons had assembled round Wombwell's show; a boy
was killed on the spot, and a woman was so maimed
that her life is in danger, and a good many other persons
were seriously hurt.—Disasters to shipping are reported
from the coasts at all points, but in most cases without
loss of life. The Juffrow Jantje, a Dutch galliot, was
wrecked in the East Bay of Dungeness, and only one
man of the crew was saved.—The storm was very
violent at Dover. The sea rose to a great height,
flooding the quays and promenades. The works which
were being carried on for the construction of the harbour
of refuge were completely destroyed. Enormous piles,
eighteen inches square, were snapped asunder, and
everything upon them overthrown. Three large diving-
bells, which were used in the construction of the works,
were carried away into the sea. The works have been