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HOTELS, kc. 0 T E L . }1 A P N'S 'AND SPREAD EAGrI,E TAVERN - S, GRACECTIURCR-STREET,' tort conabincd w LONDON. ( oh with moderate chareres, will be found at this Establishment. PRIVATE APARTMENTS FOR FAMILIES. , Rom, 30. er Day. Led R Sitting ooms ls. o 6d. and p 2s. per Night. A Night Porter in attendance. No INCREASE. OP CHARGES. INI►IA AND THE COLONIES. PASSENGERS Embarking or Disembarking c i (1 ,411 find superior accommodation and moderate (RA NAN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, A djoininr; the Terrace Pier. A Lawn in front, extending to the River. A MITSEMEN TS. (lANTF,RBURY HALL. I,6,nAND SELEONS from VF.RD SIMON MA CTI CPARREN'S CANTATA PS" " MAY BF " LOCK C H E'S MUSIC o f " MABET," and Mr. IN NE TT GILBERT'S NEW OPERETTA , "A NIGHT PAT R y LA ChorND." Conducted by Mr. JONGIIMANS. ull I3and and us. PRINCIPAL ARTISTES. Miss RUSSELL Miss TOWNLEY. g'• Tivoli, Mr. Green, Mr. Raynor, and Mr. Russell Grover. The Comic by UNSWORTH (the Original Stump Orator, by„tt A NY OTHER MAN"), in conjunction with Eugene, -Londnad Little Bob, f orm i ng th e grea t es t C om i c Q uar t e t A.lso, th e following Comic Favourites : —Miss Georgina nh801), I) Tessrs. E. Marshall, Hollingsworth. and Arthur „7,(1,..._ and, the surprising Performance of " THE ETOILE itiLy. T H E 0 X F OR D, 6, OXFORD STREET. e. rrin ,ppearance of Unsworth (the original of "Or any other The Colleen Bawn, by Miss Caroline Parkes.— A I T I -enP • t he i:rent Burlesque Prima Donna.—Arena and - ^J: ( . ll ea, the Neapolitan Minstrels.—W. Randall and A. B. jil°llligsworthMr. T. Maclagan's Pntertainment.—Drew addition °lrs on the Flute.—' omic Pas Seul. by Henri.—ln :4cilotit,oB varied high-class tnusioal attractions, con Fisting .-oiVectios from Verdi's "Nabuco" and "II Corsaro," " Don Sebastien," A über's "La Circassienne," 'rowChoruses, Glees, Duets, &c., &c., by Miss Russell. Mies • 7 s. Bernardi Greene, Finish, and Albert, lvith Pull and and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. • toßA.ll,(Tission, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, Is. ; Private Boxes. TURNHAM'S GRAND CONCERT HALL, Edgware-road, W., WILL OPEN, DECEMBER 23. Tut , GRAND INAITGIcRAL CONCERT, to commemo -'e the operling• of this new and splendid Hall, takes place on TUESDAY next, December 23, at Seven o'clock. READY THIS DAY, A New Sunday Gift Book for Children, post Bvo.,lsoPlotures, cloth, gilt, price ss. ; coloured, gilt edges, price 95., HALF HOURS WITH THE BIBLE ; or, THE CHILDREN'S SCRIPTURE STORY BOOK. An Epitome of the Histories contained in the Old and New Testament, simplified for the Use of Children. By the Author of " Happy Sundays." Postage, Bd. London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. GREAT and SPECIAL7ATTRACTIONS. Prices on Opening Night—Body of the hall, Is. ; balcony, 28 . 6d. This Hall will be found one of the larzest, most com- Thociious, and most vorzeou , ly-decorated in London ; and the Ellzagemen ts comprise the first Sentimental, Comic, and In ztrumental Talent of the day. Musical Director and Manager—Mr. CHAS. GREVILLE. ls Permanent prices—Body of the hall, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, SCINDE, PUNJAUB, and DELHI BANK CORPORATION (Limited). L ETTERS of ALLOTMENT were forwarded THIS DAY for the WHOLE of the FIRST ISSUE of 25,000 Shares of £2O each. The deposits received in excess of the capital will be re turned on and after Thursday, the 18th inst., at this office, in exchange for the Banker's receipt. GEORGE HOPE, Interim Secretary. Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi Bank Corporation (Limited), Dec. 15, 1b62. OPENING NIGHT, Dec. 23. 4 AiAi R. and MRS. GERMAN REED, with MR. .TOTIN PARRY, will RE-APPEAR at the ROYAL „..4ALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street, on •O NDAY, Deo. V. RGYLL ROOMS. Great Windmill-street, Haymarket. —GRAND CASINO FRANCAISE.- 4 1 1 every Evening, for Promenade and Dancing, with the „Zated Rand of 50 performers. Conductor and Principal cornet-,-Piston, Bort.counT.—The new Imperial Qufi lse Cotillion, and L. Illosca's Peep o'DayValse will P'aYed ni g htl y. A 1 - F i nh „v 7 Conversation Salon has been added to the above , hment for Reading, Coffee, and Aamisalon ls.—Manager, Grenet. °Y AL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT- GARDEN. enderthe Management of Miss Lonisa Pyne and Mr. W. TR/ Harrison, Sole Lessees. P ritir. B EVENING Wallace's new Opera of LOVE'S I,A George rerren, It e , MPH Miss Louisa Pyne, and 3ldme. Laura Baxter; "`". W. Harrison. W. H. Weiss, H. Corri, A. Cooke, Conductor—Mr. A. Mellon. Dcors open at hall-past 7—Commence at 8. riRAT RE-RO YAI . HAY MARKET. TITTe Lessee Mr. J. B. Pneiratone. p a „ EVENING, at 7. DUCK HUNTING. Messrs. W. Rowe, Compton, Mrs. Wilkins, Miss C. Hill. trr which, at a quarter to 8, will he performed 1108th time) ts u I t AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck 6N' : Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. ,Followed by A DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Mr. " • Warren, Mr. Rogers , and Miss Harfleur (her 6th appear ance). To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. NEW TBFATRE-R0 YAL, ADRLPTIL snip Pronrfator and Msnsevr, Mr. R. Webster. THIs EVENING (for the Benefit of Miss Avonia Jones), AGNES DE VERS. Mr. J. C. Cowper, Mr. Toole, Miss A. Jones, .te, After which. THE WOMAN HATER. Ravensburg, Mr. -uenjamin Webster. Ilis To conclude with THE HONEYMOON. M r. C owper an d A. Jones OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, A IL) In the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President —The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and Instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and Is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their Imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mal , erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Henries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W lliams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. Commence at 7. ' () VAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer. 341E4 Night of the .ontinuous run of "Peep o'Day." TRN, I B ' VF , NING, the new Comedietta. IT MIST BE col Ana TWA IN TBE PAPERS. Walter L ley, J. ; M rs. Weston, Miss Weston, and Miss L. Thompson. s o ,s llowed by PEEP O'DAY or, Savourneen Deeliah. nr,lWaiter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, Vteat o Vnund Falconet Mrs. D. P. 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Sir,—l cannot resist informing you of the extraordinary effect I have experienced by taking only a few of your Lozenges. I had a cough for several weeks that defied all that had been prescribed for me; and yet I got completely rid of it by taking about half a small box of your Lozenges, which I find are the only ones that relieve the cough without deranging the stomach or digestive organs.—l am, sir, your humble servant, P. HAWKER. To Mr. Keating, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard. Consultations tree. 1E SILENT FRIEND ON MARRIAGE. Dolt 1 ,1 " Panes, illustrated with 100 engravings, price ls., otiose 14 stamps sealed 20, containing,. prescription of Pre lhevi'7 Ad! Lotion. Make your Guide and ser for self-cure in a this cases invalua ofble work secrecy, resulting from ti atin Tors or excesses of youth, or from infection, loss of 411 1 ,4' 1 Power and vigour, all f,male irregularities and bar bers. °R. Address Messrs. PERRY & Co., Surgeons, 19, Ber- II till"reet' ( )xford-street, LondonW. Consuati 4, and from 6 till 8. Sunday, , 11 till 1 o'cloltck.ons daily, ABP ON TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.- w,„„... Dr. SMITH has just published a FREE EDITION of CA L c opies of his valuable wor k , THE PRIVATE MEDI 141)",,,FRIEND (116 pages), on th e S e lf- cure o f N erv ous r esultswly, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, &0.. fng from the secret sins of youth. Copies may be had t e 7,by sending a stamped directed envelope to the Author's 'mence, 8, Burton-crescent, London, W.C. Consultation by Letter without Fee. SATITTI will, for the BENEFIT of persons suffering 0 -- lo NERVOUS DEBILITY, Arc., on receiving a description ,s 1 their Case (enclosing a stamped directed envelope for re send his written opinion, with advice and directions for n -crescent g ' .'7,111 11 lost successful London, W.C. treatment and cure.—Address,Dr. Smith, 'to r rKE CAUSES of PREMATURE DECAY.— pori•Authors of eminence have ascribed the decline of the onipire to the effeminacy of manners, which precluded , 11 11134. 411 oe; and this effeminacy they trace chiefly to i vicio n u n s latit,,'„ae„quired in early life, by which, in our own t me, Cline ,';f"„ 111 Journalist has endeavoured to account for the de- Th e ,slciulation in the Asiatic rovinces of Turkey. _ laded peculiar source of physicals nd moral degeneracy a1 ;4'1)440 ; 4 ' 1) 44 0 has at all times been specially deprecated by philo q• iu zs , 4l3 (l philanthropists. It besets inexperiencedyouf h, • witZ le foundation of future misery, poisoning. t f e i nuptial e tad bitter malignity; destroying health, curtailinglif , th o co, 4l `, lll ß'it, during its brief career, a scene of anguish, from 111,7Liousness of humiliating infirmity. Irtlee an is but too rife in our age and country ; and exfphe -1144.11 often discern the sad results in the early clim ate s, Toni [t f .Vitary and perpetuated ailment., and the TIM ri b"Ce, a ."iscords and vandals, described. in convential pa naceountable"mysterious." In cases o V s, ittid"" i miury to or suspension of faculties whose sound- ' o ni vgrour form su•sh a prominent constituent in hum is. thk3ess, sufferers may have their fears removed, flier r Wart,e4e,..w!Yer severe and inveterate, eradicated, and their re alls 8 ' h opes of restiration to life's prerogatives fully nr e i d • T, M.D., has been engaged for 20 yearsin_the i' r l'atin„' et these disorders, and his treatise on "Self-Fre iest describes bow all the attributes of Manhood are I,' 4lll ed j us rnded, and how they can be restored and matn ; 1 , tealth and vigour to an advanced period of life. dail~or n hllst free in a sea'ed envelope 20 stamps, by Mann, ; or from the Author, who may be consulted fr om 11 till 2 and 6 till 8, at his residence, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. London. ~ tIIPT u Tr „ -- ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. 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Post free by the Author, 12 stamps; sealed ends, 20, I\IANHOOD: The CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE TN MAN, with Plain Direc tions for Perfect Restoration to Health and vizour; being, a Medical Essay on the Treatment of Nervous and Generative Debility, Impotency, and those peculiar disqualifications to marriacre which othinate in youthful errors and excess : the cure of Infectious Diseases without Mercury, and their Pre vention by the Author's Presc ri p tion of his infallible Lotion, the result of 25 years' successful practice. Ily Dr. J. L. CURTIS, 15, Albemarle street, Piccadilly, London. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "CußTis ON STANDOoD. -This is truly a valuable work, and should be in the hands of youtr, and old. The profes s'onal reputation of the author, combined with his extensive experience as medical referee in the treatment of nervous de bility, .tc , fully accoun t s f or the immense circulation which this popular . an — da a b i l l y-written m edical treatise has obtained. ,, Sunday Times, March 21, 1856. "Dr. Curtis has conf erre d a <treat boon by publish in g this little work, in which is described the source o rth o se diseases which produ^e decli ne in youth, or more frequently p rema • tuTrehoeld Authorilo-ep v Telegraph, March 27, 1856. of this Medicalb Treatise be DAILY con sulted as usual, may employed by Dr. Curtis,ay having amless nature of the _ letter d or personally, at his residence as above. The efficacy c h most complete success durin.. remedies been demonstrated by the class ... a practice of 25 years, nervous sufferers of every utmost skill and experience will e a perfect guarantee that the treatment of their cases. 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This day, crown Bvo., price 95., THE COMMON-PLACE PHILOSOPHER IN TOWN AND COUNTRY : a Selection from the Contributions of A.K.H.B. to "Fraser's Magazine;" with other Occasional Essays. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. This day, demy Bvo., price 18s., ATREATISE ON THE CONTINUED FEVERS OF GREAT BRITAIN. Illustrated by Coloured Plates, Diagrams, &c. By CHARLES MURCHI SON, M.D., F. tc.C.P., Senior Physician to the London Fever Hospital, and Assistant Physician to Middlese Hospital. London: Parker, Son, -suacl..Laurn, West Strand.— BANK MANAGER in LONDON The SCINDE, PUNJAUB, and DELHI BANS CORPORATION (Limited . The Directors REQUIRE immediately the services of a Gentleman of experience in Indian and English banking operations as MANAGER in London. Applications, with copies of testimonials, whieh will be considered strictly con fidential, to be specially addressed to the undersigned before Saturday, the 27th instant. W. P. ANDREW, Chairman. Scinde, Panjanb, and Delhi Bank Corporation (Limited), Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, Dto. 16, 1862. BANK MANAGER in INDIA. The SCINDE, PUNJAUB, and DELHI BANK CORPOR &VON (Limited). The Directors REQUIRE immediately the services of a Gentleman of experience in English and Indian banking operations for the establishment of the Bank in India. Ap plications, with copies of testimonials, which will be con sidered strict'y confidential, to be specially addressed to the undersigned before Saturday, the 3d January next. W. P. ANDREW, Chairman. Seinde, Punjaub, and Delhi Bank Corporation (Limited), Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, London,: Dec. 16,18c2. SPECIAL NOTICE. T HE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Established A.D. 1834)._ No. 39, king-street, Cheapside, London. The Friends of the Society, and the general Public, are re-pectfully advised that any Assurances effected within the present year will have the advantage of one year in every Annual Bonus. CHARLES INGALL, Actuary. 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THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate ease is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by he medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every ease is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Eicord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at lls., or four quantities in one for 335., and will be self* to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout sold ( 0.. Patent MedirineWarehonse, 229. Strand London. 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(3 " ••-...1t.' ----• .0.1. , 13 - - 4.,..N. ..... t ip , ..c. , ~, c-, - -, , .. i. • i, 1 ~,, --,, - 4t , . - ~.„. —___ __ \ „ ,. .,17 .-a. ' A. ' .‘ - .VAI '''' ,' . d •\'',.....-----,-,-- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNE'3DAY EVENING, DECEIVIBER 17, 1862. 7'HE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. named Raught, &filleted with hernia, having been improperly conveyed on board of one of the trans ports, and compelled to serve as a soldier in the ex pedition, an application for a writ of habeas corpus was made before Judge Barnard, and granted re turnable before Judge 111‘Cann. The writ was served upon General Banks, who replied that he could not then produce the body of. Raught, as the man was on board the Northern Light—a vessel that had already sailed— but that he would have the ship overhauled at the first opportunity, and Raught sent ashore in obedience to the Court. The judge was delighted at conduct so unusual in one of the mili tary masters of the Republic, and expressed his high opinion of General Banks as a lawyer, a soldier, and a gentleman. General Banks has gained a higher reputation, with fewer drawbacks of personal animosity and rancorous party hatred, than any man whom the troubles of the times have produced, and has the rare good fortune of being equally accept able to Republicans and Democrats. Should his new expedition be of the magnitude commonly be lieved, and should he be as successful as his friends hope, his real miseries will begin. His greatness will always overshadow his contemporaries. Ho will be put forward as a candidate for the Presi dency, and the yelping curs of faction will begin to snap it his heels as they have done at those of 111‘Clellan. o d 1 1 1 0 1 c f ' i d c a t up i on o n t of , 1e , 1 o u r subject—buncombefilled r with illimitable resources, and our unparalleled power, that even in the throes of the most terrible rebellion the world had ever seen is rich and generous enough to feed the starving people of wretched little England." Tho gentlemen who met and subscribed their money knew the power and positijn of England better than the ignorant journalists who in this city debase their craft and discredit their adopted country—for they are most of them foreigners —and showed their benevolence as well as their benefi cence by the manner in which they spoke and acted. If a little self-gratulation crept into the proceed ings, human nature may be forgiven for the aberra tion, and it is not necessary to look in the mouth of so fine a gift-horse to detect a lurking infirmity, Public opinion in this country is so much higher and purer than its supposed representatives that the operatives of England who are to be relieved by the gift may accept it in the spirit of the donors, and not of the critics, and acknowledge the sym pathy to be as refreshing as the bounty. A new incident is reported in the horrible case of General or Colonel M'Neill, the Union Guerilla leader in Missouri, who deliberately shot ten men because one man was not delivered up to him, Allsman, the guide, for whose supposed death this bloody vengeance was taken, has reappeared .l in a g i o l o o d we h d ea to lth e s c a a t p e his h e ow pe n na h lt o y f m o e I If his misdeed, Federal authorities in Missouri will, like himself, N e 1 t be _e commit both a crime and a blunder. ~_ __~~. (From the Times Correspondent.) NEW YORK, DEC, 5. Mr. Chase's Financial Report, which ought to have accompanied the President's Message, was only sent in to-day. Rumours that it would not be of the most agreeable character to the tax paying community had been current during the week, though few were prepared for so gloomy an exhi bition as the document has proved. The Northern people have been accustomed to boast that they were carrying on the greatest war and opposing the greatest rebellion recorded in history. They may now boast, on the authority of Mr. Chase's balance-sheet, if the lugubrious figures will allow them to be merry, that they have contracted a larger debt in a shorter space of time than any nation that ever flourished, and that they piled up the mountain of liabilities in no attempt to secure their liberty or independence, or to repel foreign tyranny or aggression, but in withholding from their brothers and co-equals the rights which their forefathers, under Washington, wrested from George 111., and in reversing the lesson and the maxim of t heir own origin as a nation. The estimated debt to the Ist of July, 1863, is upwards of 1,122,000,000 dols.—a sum that, prior to the depreciation of the paper currency, would have represented above £224,000,000 sterling. If the war lasts until the close of Mr. Lincoln's term of office there will have been incurred, on Mr. Chase's estimate, an addi tional debt of nearly 900,000,000 dollars, or £180,000,000 sterling. Bat Mr. Chase is the most sanguine of financiers; he believes that the country can bear the burden were it thrice as heavy, and thinks its resources are so unlimited that it will ultimately pay off all its liabilities in gold. He is not positive that the grand result can be speedily obtained, but is of opinion that the next generation, if not the present, will find all things right, finan cially, socially, and politically, and that gold min ing in the Pacific States and continued immigration from Europe into the Atlantic States will more than heal all the ravages of the war, and make the free North the first and most prosperous of nations. The taxgatherer will shortly test the value of these predictions. At present New York does not ap pear to give itself much concern about Mr. Lincoln's Message and proposal for the solution of the slavery question. The year 1900 is too remote for its thoughts. The churches will probably make some kind of a pronunciamiento on Sunday, and the Rev. Messrs. Beecher and Cheever will declare them selves for or against the scheme; but the politicians show as much indifference as the directorb of the Bank of England would display to one of Dr. Cum ming's predictions of the end of the world, if such a subject could be introduced into the un theological precincts of the Bank parlour. The Tribune and Evening Post, alone faithful among the faithless, find cheering and noble words in the Message. The other papers have little to say, except in goodnatured disparagement, and the people are too busy to consider the details of a scheme which not one man in a thousand believes will ever have a practicable shape. A slight murmur of disapprobation is heard among the class—by no means a small one—in this country which believes that the negroes in the South are happier in slavery than they would be in freedom, and which objects to any consideration of the sub ject by Congress, or to any payment by the Federal Government for the purposes of emancipation. These persons decline to debate the subject of slavery, and deny the duty of the President to in terfere with it. " Slavery may be right, or it may be wrong," they say, "but, right or wrong, it is none of our business either to allow or abolish it, and, least of all, to pay for the conversion into free labourers of 4,000,000 of slaves against the wishes of the white population of the South, who have the same sovereign right to deal with the matter as the Emperor of Russia hnd the Emperor of China have to manage the affairs of their respective countries.. The President is misled by the Abolitionists; but the common sense of the country will override his fancies, and in two years we shall be quit both of him and the Abolitionists; and a mighty riddance it will be." Such is the common talk of the reinvigo rated and triumphant Democrats. Whatever may be the case in New England, where Abolitionism is a political as well as religions faith, a great majo rity of the people of the North and West sympa thize with the Democrats in this respect, and care nothing about the negro. Some of them wish there were no negroes in America, others would like to see the whole negro population of the Free States transported to the South, to be utilised and enslaved if necessary for the cultivation of cotton, rice, and sugar; while some few would be gratified if all the free negroes scattered through New York, Pennsyl vania, Ohio, and the district of Columbia could be located by aid of Congress in Massachusetts, even though the infliction should compel that philan thropic community to raise the banner of Secession. The negro has few friends out of the pulpit in the State of New York, fewer still in the city, and every agitation of his claims to freedom which Mr. Lin coln inaugurates, in letter, proclamation, or Mes sage, but increases the popular dislike of the black man, and the discredit of the Administration. The publication of General Halleck's report has created no ordinary sensation. Its effect has not been to damage General M'Clellan, but very seri ously to damage both General Halleck and Mr. Secretary Stanton, if not the President, who is obviously the person who himself divided M'Clel lan's forces at a time when concentration and unity of purpose were essential to success. Were the President compelled to change his Secre taries or Ministers by an address from both branches of the Legislature, as a Constitutional Monarch would be, or even as the Governor- General of Canada or any other British colony is bound to do, there can be no doubt that General Halleck and Mr. Stanton would cease within a week to hold office. But Mr. Lincoln is absolute; he does not easily sacrifice his friends, supporters, and Ministers, even when the public good demands. The chances are that these greatly damaged officials will still retain their positions in the Government as standing mementoes of that amiable good nature in the President to which Mr. Wendell Phillips ap plies the harsh term of " imbecility," and the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher the milder phrase of "igno rance of affairs ;" but, although the President has avowed himself responsible for all the acts of all his Ministers—a very inconvenient doctrine in a con stitutional country—he has taken especial pains not to assume as much responsibility for the acts of his Generals. The load if he bad done so would have been too heavy even for shoulders so broad and backs so strong to have borne undamaged. ThrEe courts martial are now in progress to fix the responsibility of failure where it ought to lie, and to serve by their verdicts to keep the officers of the army to the point of duty. General M'Dowell is charged with treachery ; General Fitz John Porter with wilful disobedience of orders ; and General B well with gross mismanagement and incapacity. All these trials have already commenced. No one believes that General M'Dowell is guilty of anything worse than incompetency ; and the prevalent belief is that he will be honourably acquitted. General Fitz John Porter's case will be more important. The charge against him is obviously meant to reach General M'Clellan, and will produce some curious revelations as the exami nations proceed. General Buell seems for the present to have no friends, but as the scene of his opera tions was remote, and the details are very imper fectly known, it is possible that he may have a bet ter answer to make than his military rivals and political opponents imagine. As General M'Clellan is distinctly charged by Geneial Halleck with delay ing for 11 days an important movement which he was peremptorily ordered to execute immediately, it is possible that a fourth court-martial, surpassing in interest the previous three, will be ordered, to prove how thankless a task it is to hold high military command in a country where attorneys sit in judg ment upon generals, to interfere with plans they do not understand, and judge of strategy by its possible political rather than by its actual military results. General Pope, the vindication:of whose military character at the expense of that of Gen. M'Clellan seems to be the main purpose of General Halleck's report, not only is the accuser of and chief witness against General Fitzjohn Porter, but has brought charges against General Sigel, which the latter is bound to meet as a gentleman and a sol dier; so that, all things considered, the spectacle presented in the highest military circles of the Fe deral army is anything but pleasant to the Repub licans, who wish to exterminate the Southern people by military agencies, and to the Democrats, who cannot hope t o Imola the Constitution as it is and restore th e U n i on as it w as army, well office re d. without a strong THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR BARNSLEY. WORSBOROUGII, TUESDAY MORNING. Water is still being poured into the Edmund's Main pit, with a view to the extinction of the fire; the heat is tested from time to time, and has not much varied since Friday—a fact which would in dicate that the fire has not yet been much operated upon, though it is in that part of the mine where the water will first accumulate. An adjourned meeting was held yesterday in the National Schoolroom, Worsborough.dale, to pro mote a subscription for the relief of the injured and bereaved. Subscriptions to the amount of £550 were announced. A sub-committee of clergymen was deputed to visit the homes of the sufferers, and administer relief at once to those who were necessitous. A committee was appointed to pro mote the subscription, and it was determined to issue an appeal to the wealthy and benevolent on behalf of the sufferers. It was officially announced that 37 men (including one widower) have perished by the explosion, and 22 single men and boys, making a total of 59. The bereaved are 36 widows and 93 children. The inquest on view of the bodies of Geo. Pick ering and WilliLm Davy, who died after being got out of the pit, was resumed yesterday afternoon by Mr. Taylor, coroner. Mr. C. Morton, the Government Inspector, was present. Mr. Stewart, of Wakefield, solicitor, and one of the proprietors of Lundhill Colliery, appeared on behalf of Messrs. Bartholomew, Tyas, and Mitchell, the proprietors, who were also personally present ; Mr. Gill, of Wakefield, appeared for the friends of the deceased. Mr. Brown and other colliery engi neers were also present. The inquiry was directed mainly to the elucida tion of four points—namely, 1, what measures were taken to obviate danger in that part of the mine where the gas was fired, and where it is admitted a continual issue of gas had to be dealt with ; 2, what steps were taken to put out the fire which was the precursor of the explosion ; 3, what exertions were taken to warn the miners on the danger becoming imminent; and 4, what was the general state of the pit. A brief description of the workings in that part of the mine where the fire and subsequent explo sions occurred is necessary to render the evidence intelligible to the nom mining reader. The mine has three shafts—two downcast shafts, so called from air going down them into the pit, and one up cast shaft, through which the air, after travelling through the workings, carrying the noxious gas away with it in a diluted form, passes out of the pit. The two downcast shafts are almost close to gether ; the upcast shaft is at the distance of nearly 200 yards from them. The men descended and ascended and the coals are drawn up the downcast shafts. The upcast is surmounted by a cupola, and has at the bottom two furnaces, in which large fires were kept during the working of the colliery to promote ventilation. Beds of coal lie at a con siderable incline, generally rising towards the sur face in a northerly direction, and dipping deeper into the bowels of the earth in the opposite direction. The shafts at Edmund's Main are sunk at a medium point in this incline, the upcast being at a higher level than the downcast. Extensive workings have been made of the coal above the level of the shaft bottoms ; but coal has latterly been got chiefly from the lower levels. These lower beds have been opened up by two parallel roads or pas sages, called "boardgates," following the decline of the coal for three-quarters of a mile from the down cast shafts. From these main passages, or board gates, other passages branch at right angles into workings where the coal is being gradually got in large squares. The branch passages, or roads, are at three different points, the one nearest the shafts being called the first half-way, the middle one the second half-way, and the further one the Swaithe levels. The main roads or boardgates are each about 8 feet wide, and are separated by a post or thick ness of ungot coal of the same breadth. Such roads are excavated simultaneously, the miners carry a current of air along with them in their excavations, by means of temporary wooden partitions erected nearly along the centre of the excavations, the air going up one side of the partitions and returning down the other. These wooden partitions are called " bratticing." When the excavations have been driven a length of 20 yards a " slit" or hole is made through the post of coal separating the two roads or boardgates, the air passes up one boardgate through the slit and down the other, and the brat ticing then becomes unnecessary, and is taken down. A further length of 20 yards having been exca vated 'with the use of bratticing, another "slit" is made, and the bratticing again dispensed with. As each new slit is made the one nearer the shaft is built up with bricks and mortar in order to force the air for wards to the new and more distant slit. The brickwork put in a slit is called a "stopping." At the Edmund's Main Colliery this operation had been repeated along the decline until the main roads or boardgates were three-quarters of a mile in length, all the slits being built up with stoppings ex cept the last made; and the ventilating air conse quently passing from the downcast shaftsright down one boardgate through the slit at the far end and up the other boarigate to the upcast shaft, portions of the air leaving the main stream at the branch roads mentioned di ff using itself over the workings by the same process of double roads and brattic ing, returning to the main roads at more distant parts, and so passing out of the npcast shaft. When it is added that it was at the extreme end (or " face," as the part where coal is being got is termed) of these main roads or boardgates where the ignition of gas took place, which was the primary cause of t he ex plosion, su ffi cient will have b e ensai t d be to b e e n a a r b in e gs f th h e reader to understand very c learly the evidence. It may be as wel l to , to say that the main boardgates desc ribed are ca ll ed dip” board gates, because they follow the decline of the coal. The following w itnesses were called : Mr. Joseph Mitchell, jun., of Darley-road, engi neer, produced a plan correctly showing the whole of the working places of the colliery. The shaft, he said, is 105 yards deep. The Barnsley bed of coal is worked in the pit; it averages 9ft. in thick ness. Benjamin Clegg, of Worsborough-common, said, Mr. Stanton's report does not excite as much in terest as Gen. HaHeck's, but there is one part of it that deserves more consideration abroad than it is likely to receive in America. The War Secretary asserts in the face of the world that the Federal Government has 800,000 men in the field, fully armed and equipped. This statement will not im pose upon Americans; they know better; they may have to pay for that number, but no such army is in existence. Mr. Stanton, in penning the paragraph, must have intended it for Europe—and if Europe believes it, all that can be said is.that the credulity of the Old World is as great as the bounce and exaggeration of the New. Official documents show that in the hospitals at this moment there are no less than 130,000 men, not one•tenth of whom will ever fight again. New York is full of soldiers who have never pulled a trigger in warfare, and have no triggers to pull. Every journal in the Federal North tells the tale of desertion and of absenteeism without leave in numbers that are, perhaps, as much exaggerated as Mr. Stanton's estimate of the efficient strength of the army, but which prove that there must be fire somewhere if there be so much smoke. Besides all this, it:is notorious that very few of the States have raised even two-thirds of the men calledior under Mr Lincoln's two requisitions, and that New York is from 30,000 to 40,000 in arrear. Bearing in mind that at a former period of the war, when Mr. Chase provided paper for the payment of 700,000 men, there were but 540,000 actually in the service, it is difficult not to believe that Mr. Stanton has deceived himself or been deceived by his subordinates in the new estimate of numbers which he has submitted to Congress. But a good reason was required to ex plain to the country the non -enforcement of the un popular conscription; where could the Government find a better one than the fact—if it only were a fact—that 800,000 volunteers were already in the field ? Considered under this aspect, Mr. Stanton's Report has a domestic as well as a foreign purpose, and may subserve the former far more effectually than the latter. The delay before Fredericksburg, so well calcu lated to cause disquietude and the fear of winter quarters for the army of the Potomac, is repre sented by the friends of the Administration as a grand stroke of policy. While General Burnside marches by the shortest road to Richmond, Gen. Banks is to strike simultaneously on the doomed city, either by way of the James or the York River ; and how, it is asked, could General Burnside move, if General Banks were not ready ? The greatest secrecy has been maintained with regard to the destination of the large force which is known to have been entrusted to General Banks. The Gene ral himself, when asked by a too inquisitive Yankee from Massachusetts whither he was going, discreetly replied that he was going South. When asked by the same undaunted interlocutor how many men he had, he as prudently answered, " A good many." He took his departure yesterday on board a Govern ment cutter, which conveyed him beyond the limits of New York harbour to a larger Vessel stationed outside. Among the persons who accompanied him in the cutter to bid him good speed were the Mayor and principal officials of the city and port. Some of these gentlemen, in the course of the proceedings consequent upon the little banquet which was hastily prepared for the occasion, endeavoured to draw him oat in a speech; but General Banks was not to be taken unawares. He made his speech without betraying the secret or affording the slightest clue to his destination ; it is, nevertheless, exceedingly probable that Richmond knows all about it, though New York is ignorant, and that the traitorous birds of the air whispered it in the secret chambers of Mr. Jefferson Davis. The Ge neral said he was never better ratified with the pro spects of any undertaking. The Government had given the expedition a good chance, and if his suc cess should be equal to his wishes, New York would be satisfied, the Government strengthened, and the d et a l o a h s m t t e h o r t e s e , weeks h ul a s e o b t e e a n t l e s a o v al i n o g humanity ennobled. Th e exped i t i on, wh i ch f or pre-wapYpooirokteind place in the South, is believed to number at least 20,000, some say 40,000 men. The distress of the operatives of Lancashire has touched a sympathetic chord in this city. The British residents have organised a committee to their relief, and the a meeting yesterday, promotehimb Chamber r a osubscription f Commerce, me r c e , for at subscribed a sum amounting to 26,000 dols., in clusive of 7,000 dols. contributed by an unknown donor, signing himself "Union." At the same time Messrs. L. N. and G. Griswold—upon the under standing that the relief was to be sent in kind, and not in money, at the present high rate of exchange —offered a new ship, lying in Boston, of the capa city of 1,800 tons, for the gratuitous conveyance of the supplies, in addition to their own services in superintending the shipment._ a munificent dona tion, estimated in the room as equivalent to an addi tional sum of 20,000 dols. The tone of the speeches, with one slight exception, was excellent, the gen tlemen present taking care to avoid the detestable " buncombe" in which some of the newspapers in- It has required a large fleet of troopships, trans ports, and steamboats to convey the men, ammuni tion, and stores to their destination, and the ambu lance corps which accompanies the expedition is said to be extensive enough to provide for the exigencies of the hardest fighting. The General signalised his departure by an act which has en deared him to the Democratic party, and which stands in pleasant contrast with the proceedings of the War Department and of most of the Generals 1 who have been brought by thQ progress of hostili ties into antagonism with the civil power. A man 7 7'z - z r(-771 - - • / - ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. -1 am a fire-trier, or deputy, at the Edmund's Main Colliery. I went into the pit at 12 o'clock on the night of Sunday week. The exp'osion occurred on Monday. I went to the race of the dip boardgates. There was no accumulation of gas, except that there were two or three feeders (crevices from which gas oozes) OR each side of the boarigates, and they were very weak. These feeders were in both boardgates at the face. The face was 10 yards beyond the last slit, and the air was carried from the slit to the face by brattice boards. The bratticing extended to within sft. of the face of each boardgate. The boardgates were Bft. wide and 62ft. high. The air was good up to the face of the boardgates. I had never know n bknaowount a it a better. The boardgate faces were making much gas as usual. Blowers or feeders were usual at the faces. We had always gas there more. or less. I saw nothing to lead me to apprehend danger from gas. I stayed about a quarter of an hour at the boardgate faces, and then went away. I left James Johnson there. His duty was to examine the boardgate faces to see that they were clear of gas before shot were fired, and also to fire the shots used in driving forward the boardgates. Joseph - Walton was also a shot-fi, er. The shot firers had been appointed on the Friday before the explosion. The colliers had previously fired their own shots. I have no doubt they were appointed because it was considered safer. I had heard of the gas firing there before their appointment. Safety lamps were used in these boardgate faces. Naked lights were taken to within nine or ten yards of the face by the horse lads. By Jurors—Up to the morning of the Saturday before the explosion, naked candles were used up to the face of the boardgates. It was only then that orders were given for lamps to be used at the board gate facings. The appointment of shot-firers was made at the same time as lamps began to be used at the face. After leaving the dip face on the morn ing of the explosion, I examined the south levels. Geo. Lawton, the underground manager, and his son came down soon after 5 o'clock. I told Law ton the state of the workings, mentioning in parti cular the blowers. Lawton said he had given orders for safety lamps only to be used at the dip facings. At 9 o'clock I went to the cupola furnace. James Segley was there. I went to see how the furnaces were. There were good fires. Everything appeared to be going on as usual. The general ventilation appeared to be good up to 9 o'clock. I saw no indi cations of danger at the furnace. At 9 o'clock I came out of the pit and went home. I heard the alarm a little after 12. I then went to the pit, and about 1 o'clock descenaed the pit shaft. Soon after I got down I heard an explosion and felt the blast. I and Guest were in the boxhole, which is eight yards north of the downcast shafts, and is a kind of cabin. There was much smoke, but I saw no fire or sparks. There was also a great quantity of after damp. I had difficulty in getting through it. I was drawn out as sou( as I got to the shaft. I was nearly insensible in passing through the after-damp from the boxhole to the shaft, On getting to bank I went to the office, and was requested to go again into the pit to see if the cupola furnace was still burning. I went, but did not see a bit of fire, though I went within ten yards of the furnace. There was so much smoke and gas that I could not have remained for a moment at the furthest point to which I went. John Guest and Ralph SiEr.ms were with me. We returned and came out of the pit directly. I went down the pit a third time, about half-past 2 o'clock, with Mr. R. R. Maddison and other men. We went down the incline about six slit lengths, or 120 yards. The stoppings were blown out of five of the slits. The ventilation was stopped, and we could not get any further on account of the smoke and after damp. We therefore returned, We all agreed that we could not get any further. We heard no moanings or other noises. It was impossible for any human being to live in the atmosphere we were in at the time. We saw no injured or dead body on the road. It was:my opinion at the time that everybody in the pit was dead. On reaching the stable end, which is about 20 yards south of the shaft, we consulted. We all told Mr. Maddison that no one could live in the atmosphere, and that it was impossible to get further than we had gone. After remaining five minutes at the stable end, we returned to the bottom of the pit and ascended to the surface. About 4 I went down the pit a fourth time, and assisted to bring out nine horses which were in the stable. The horses were got out alive, and did not appear any worse. A tenth horse was killed in the pit ;it was not in the stable. I have been a collier about 35 years, and worked in many pits. I never was in any pit so well ventilated as that of Edmund's Main. James Johnson, of Worsbrough-common—l was employed as shot-lighter at the Edmund's Main Colliery. I was appointed by George Lawton, and commenced my duties on the Friday evening before the explosion. I was ordered by Lawton to light the shots at the face of the dip board gates with touchpaper, and was to cut the soft coal within a foot of the face before lighting them. No other person was to light the shots during my shift. I had a Davy lamp. The hurriers had candles and the colliers lamps. The hurriers went within five yards of the face with the candles. There was sulphur in the place. About 3 o'clock on Saturday morning, while I was in the back board, I heard the men wafting in the front board. When I got there I found gas blazing right across the face, just under the edge of the soft coal. William Archer and William Fisher were trying to waft the fire out. I and the other men helped them, taking our turns at it, and in about an hour wo got it out. We used lamps during this time. The coal got red, but did not blaze; only the gas blazed. The gas fired at the candle of the hurriers. We got the fire out about 4 o'clock ; I stayed until 4.20 a.m. to see that all was right. I then went away, taking the men with me. I would not have any more done till I had seen Lawton. I told Mr. Lawton what happened, and he said then we must use nothing but lamps. N th o a b t od b y ut in th t e h e h orseboardgatesrivers .hadThneaykecdamleighdtoswanftetor the corves with their light to hang on ; that would d b n e t f i o e u e r ae or eh fi o v t e , fi y r a e rds from rforthe t s h e e n o fa n c d e . t tn l e w o e n n t s a t o n d m a y y night. I fired two shots durin ht. Nothing particular happened duringuSthnedanyignhitg. came out 20 minutes before morning. All went on wellnp 6 too'ctlohcakt time.M olnedaawy Lawton pit bottom as I came out. He asked me if ytin ap ened. I said no; all h a d an at h the g had h i n my shift. He said he was going boardgate. Daring Sunday all the d g o o w ne nt on he ri d g i h p t men in my boardgate had safety lamps. I re turned to the pit about 12 o'clock on Monday, hav ing then been told of the explosion. I went down the pit between 12 and 1 o'clock. On reaching the pit bottom I observed smoke in the south level. We went down the engine plane after Benjamin Hoyland and other men. We went about 300 yards, but did not reach the first half-way. We found Hoyland and others repairing stoppings which had been blown out, I left Joseph Taylor there, and came out for sheeting to repair the stoppings. I took one lot of sheeting, and went for a second lot. I returned with more sheeting, and when I got nearly to the fist half-way, 400 yards from the shaft, I heard the gas " suck." I said I was going, and stood close to the post. It went off with a loud report, followed by a blast. The " suck" came up the dip, and the blast down it, from the direction of the fur nace. The blast followed the "suck" in a moment. I was carrying a lamp, two carving knives, three picks, a stretcher, canvas, and blankets. All were blown from me with but the blanket, which was wrapped round my neck. Immediately on recover ing myself I wrapped the blanket round my head, and called on James Shaddock (known as "Lofty') to do the same, saying " Let us be off." On start ing to run, he trod on the blanket and fell. "Lofty" then stuffed his muffler in his mouth; I wrapped the blanket round my head, and away we ran to wards the shaft. Before being appointed shot-firer / i ~~Z ii E iv s i'APEIt 17 \F . , 1._: : -, - -= "i,, --- ' 4 '„ "' . .-_i4Z % t t {;ll'l4M3-il4 I was employed on one of the le cti,V-::. IVO" iiah kki ii . - I fired their own blasts there, and uAtr41;44 : 44, ......-„, k. ,:..., 4 w with safety. The soft coal was Cut 'tnt,n 7 -a ton the face, to lessen the danger. I have - '6 . lker l dat b Edmund's Main two years. I had worked in many pits, both in Lancashire and the North provieusly, and was never before in so well ventilated a pic a.:3 Edmund's Main. 11r have never been troubled with gas until within a d=ay or two preNiouti to the explosion. Joseph Walton, of Baker-slreE t, Barnsley —I am a labourer at Edmund's Main Colliery. I have worked there on and off since 1856. George Lawton was my "gaffer.' My principal work until recently has been to set doors andbuildstoppi ngs , On Saturday, the 6th insl ~ Lawton sent me to the face of the dip boardptes. Lawton told me the colliers were not to fire a shot until the soft coals were taken down within a foot of the face of the hard, and that the bole for blasting was to be drilled in the black list—that is, between the coal and shale, about four feet from the floor. I was to stop with the colliers and see this done, but I had not orders to fire the blasts; the colliers were to do that. I stayed until half-past 2 o'clock on Saturday, when G. Pickering relieved me. He said to me, " What does thou think of the job? I am afraid something is going to happen." Pickering complained that one broadgate was making too much gas, and said the brattice_ sheets shoulkbe altered so as to introduce more air. I did not go and tell Lawton this, though I thought Pickering was right. Pickering made a mark with chalk in the coal, and said he and Clegg had agreed. to put the bratticing there, but Lawton would not agree to it. There was plenty of gas on the Satur day. There was enough to fire at the lamps all the day, from 6in the morning until 2 p.m. I did not send the men out, nor did I tell anybody about the gas firing in the lamp. I did not tell either Law-: - ton or his son. They would know better than me. They were not at the place after morning. All that I did on Saturday was to remain near the face and see that the miners cat soft coal within a foot of the fall, and drilled the blast holes into the black list. On Monday morning I went into the pit about 20 minutes past 6 o'clock. George Law ton told me to take a Davy lamp and go down the dip boardgates, saying he would come to me. I went there. There were three men in the front boardgate, and three in the back getting coal at the "face." They were getting ready for the men of the next shift to come on. These latter men were Guest, Dodgson, Archer, Fisher, and other harriers. They commenced work at 6 o'clock in the morning. They worked for four hours. About 7 o'clock I saw Law ton about 30 yards from the face of the dip board gate. He said he wished they were through to Swaithe shaft, the point to which the boardgates were being driven. He was very uneasy iu his mind, and was afraid something would happen. At the time Lawton came to the dip face he gave me a lamp key, and told me to take the lamps 30 yards from the face to unlock them when they wanted snuffing. There were only two shots fired after -I went on duty on Monday, one in the straight board gate and the other in the back boardgate. I fired the one in the straight boardgate between 9 and 10 o'clock. The second was fired about a quarter of an hour after the first. Thomas Guest fired it. I un screwed my lamp top to light the touch-paper, and then gave the touch-paper to Thomas Guest, who attached it to the fuse. As soon as the fuse was lighted we all went into the slit. The gas fired at the fuse before the shot went off. The fuse would be five or six seconds in going off. The blaze covered. the whole face of the coal before the shot went off. I wanted to go and waft it out, but Guest said it was too far gone. We all beat the flames with our clothes immediately after the shot went off. We also threw slack upon them, and did everything we could to put them out, bat without succese. Gas came from slits over the whole face of the coal, not from any large orifice. We exerted ourselves more than half an hoar to put out the flames and then went into the level and filled a corfe with bricks. While I was doing this Lawton's son came. I had sent Archer to tell Lawton about 20 minutes after the gas fired, and Henry Lawton came about half an hour after that. My intention was to build a stopping at the S waithe level. Henry Lawton said it would be wise to m ke the stopping. We were going to put the stopping across the straight board gate to stop the ingoing air. The smoke came back upon us in such volumes that we were unable to build the stopping. At this time all the men employed in the boardgates had gone to the pit bottom except me and Lawton. I saw no flames at Swaithe level. When it became impossible to build a stopping at Swaithe level Henry Lawton went to the pit bottom to order bricks to build a stopping at the second half way, to cut off the air there. There were no bricks and materials we could use at the halfway. The bricks had to be fetched from the pit bank and mor tar from the pit bottom. I went after Lawton, and when I got to the second halfway I saw Dick Wat son and Sam Tyas. They asked whether they were to warn the men. lat first said I had no orders for them, and afterwards told them to warn all they could. I was quite exhausted at this time, and came out. Watson and Tyas wanted to help me, but I just managed out myself. Fresh men could have built a stopping at the second halfway had they had materials. I was exhausted with breathing the smoke in the other parts. It was nearly 12 o'clock when I got out, and there had been no explosion then. George Pickering was on the pit bank when I got there. Pickering had twice saved my life. The explosion occurred while I was in the storeroom. George Lawton gave orders when safety lamps were to be used and when candles. Ido not know that he was controlled by any other person in these matters. He did not appear to be. Henry Lawton acted as the deputy of his father, and was responsible when he was absent. Both Henry Lawton and his father are among those who have perished. By Mr. Morton—Safety lamps had been used in one place, about a week before the time of the ex plosion, in consequence of gas. The gas had, how ever, disappeared, and candles had been resumed. In every other part of the pit, except the face of the dip boardgates, candles were nee d, an d w i t h perfect slfety. By the jury —When Henry Lawton returned Prom the pit bottom, after ordering the bricks, he saw me near the second halfway, and told me to go out of the pit. I did not go in again. I did not hear Henry Lawton, or anybody else, give orders for the men to be warned. Archer came to me at the Swaithe levels and told me he had warned some. There was time to warn all the men. 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