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It requires but the opi e 41 o rder to have 500 beds available for the reception of o 'L krzttip, Most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, t he — ' l3 nely affords medical advice and medicine to more, Th average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. to 1411 e eekl feel it their imperative duty to make an eII N -ST 1 6 "IIL the public for continued support, 4;4 1 ...able 1 , t P o E rdmit to nd relieve the distressing cases that Ireont,,',7ent themselvesa r•,, 4l 'er 4 g, l !, t io_ns are received by the Treasurer. Edward brZ" ": 15 (1 Ni h las lane; also by Messrs. Coatis andand • "'" ll rlond s and Nicholas-lane; ; !Terries and Co.;Ban.om ii l l ' ,.,Co l :7 3e° , To tt , Grote, and . Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.: Glyn )I ,Ss Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison aIId an "•' o. itiams, Deacon and Co., Gurney, d at th e el Co. ; Messis. J. Barned and Co., nospital. LiverpoOl ; - STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. P PIIIT Ai I t h eA TTSES of PREMATURE DEC AY.— er'"uon e O l ' l3 Of eminence have as^ribed the decline of the sist a „ ThPire to the effeminacy of manners, whi , h precluded , abit, .ce; and this effeminacy 'hey trace chiefly to vicious ,1 1 1 14,;(11dred i 4 , I 3 early life by which. in our own time, an e ' in e of T . I Alllrnalist has endeavoured to account for the de -144 pe:ll,lpation in the Asiatic provinces of Tu er r e k n ei. acy . at ." ed to ,_,_llBlar source of physical and moralde, _ r ITAhe t , ..1 4 _, at all times been specially deprecated by philo- Oirlg the Phi lanthropists. It besets inexperienced . youth, a llo hL e Pull dati misery , poisoning the nuptial the on piali e gri n e it f y fu ; tduersetroyinghealth, curtailing life, Thee ottoi,t,ir, aurine• its brief career. a scene of anguish, from I . l i te vii".riess of humiliating infirm d lt . untry ; and erne _ t he call lofitelintr rife in eurageesuaillts country the early deaths, Tho m creditors, discern the sad results t rac e, al di oo and perpetuate ailment., and the h o a „ nrds and a^andala. described, in convential par tgeatPlled una ccountable" and "mysterious." Tncases of h e s- and ~.,i n chlry to or suspension of faculties whose sound chinin„, •.gour form au h a prominent constituent in human, ,klirch,f,ll4evelle.fferers may have their fears removed, the mis t L west hn - severe and inveterate, eradicated, and their t e e r se r d A -Pes of restoration to life's prerogatives fully .1Nt...4ey7:34-'lll'M.D.been engaged for 20 years in the i,etjtatriti,)--ii,°,f'the4l‘drserd' h e a r g s, and his treatise on " Self-Pre t i„ c'r an s ,seribes how all the attributes t of re lla a n n h d oo m d a i are n. : 4 -ed in - h ebd ed and 7 w they can be res o r ice i - • , ealth ~"9 , (N, - ,. 1 ,.,, 1 '05t fre ronlll till 2 e e2n stamp., by Mann, ' apd vi ' ff o opr to an advanced period of life. %;11.11);:i'"111; or e fr 'n a the Author, who may be consulted e an m d atill t, at his residence, ' - $27, BEtopoRD„suARE, Undo. an J d Oat. 2 63 20 mod 218 I.Boa 19s 8e 34 6 60 6 " 0 ",1 34 6 38 04 f1 a ,399 Whe at, (O ne '. oos o t.! qr. for were 3E; Ae, 0 e''' 0 39 :5 3 5 tO ' 0 5 to tree 4 r- , off 001 PraY t°ljf tot' o tile wJ oe of of ,hter. :3 01f • $113" Mt 1:1$' rot r Viii'' 6 ' OtI IV Ba lm ,on 11 .1 ' Nc",.., N°. 21,980. 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' " "ft,ii '. - 5,7 ' 0 /0:-* ..- "--- ~,r ', . ck•-t i'VF.-- '''.." . 1 ' 0 4114k , ',, .„. .I , '-: + ''._-.,..,„ 4 -- :it ,:, brr • 46' 1 - ~,, ,r , 4 "t •-•'-", -e..' . Ron- '''''' oir 1 -, ,4v _ „,.., , 1 ,,,,, , ,,,„ ,• - . , - „.... 47. „ . ..,_ .., • ... (~ ~_,~ P P in an agony of _paw,•• afitipudect by his Itzt4 and daughters, who were administering such _;.ena dies as they were able. Arohn7d . the bed - stood a I group Pit pof grimy min ers , some o f . W hom b a d I peen the I/ when the accident happened, and others Who had come to assist their afflicted neighbour. As the poor fellow groaned and moved uneasily on his couch a ready hand was near him to assist and give a cheerful word of encouragement. " I can't lie, I can't sit, I can't stand ; what shall I do, exclaimed the sufferer ?" " Pray God to help you through," said his daughter. " Thou'il weather it yet, G e or gc ," said one of his lellow-worktuen ; but the moaning of Pickering, mingled With the sighs and tears of the women as he feebly urged his friends, if they wished to see him, to come at once. This is only a faint picture of what mast have happened in many a house last night. Towards 4 o'clock the state of the mine was such that no further chance remained to get men out. Exploring parties who went down were unable to penetrate more than a few yards from the foot of the shaft, the hot air and after-damp compelling them to retreat. Reluctant as they were to come to this conclusion it was evident to all that further efforts to save life would only result in a greater sacrifice, and orders were given that no more men should be allowed to descend. During the draw ing out much confusion had of course prevailed, and no complete list of those recovered could be made ou s t. One thing, however, was certain —a great num ber must still be in the pit, and they must be dead. Those whom the blaze had spared the after-damp had choked. The ventilation was entirely gone, the only current of air being from the down cast to the up-cast shaft, and in that space it was known no one was. The list of names of those who are still in the pit is not complete, but still it includes 39 names. There may be 12 or 14 more in the pit whose names are not known. The revelations of the last body of explorers who descended the mine convinced the managers of the colliery of the hopelessness of further efforts, and they immediately turned their attention to other means of extinguishin g the fire, which was still raging below. It was also known that the destruc tion of the ventilation of the pit permitted the ac cumulation of gas, and if this should reach the flames another explosion, more fearful in violence than any of the others, would result. The last dis charge had effectually cleared every obstruction in the mine, and another would range unchecked through the workings, and in all probability de stroy the gearing in the shaft. The occurrence of such an explosion was hourly dreaded, but mean while bands of men had been set to work to cut a trench from the canal, which runs within about 100 yards of the colliery, to the nearest • shaft. When this was completed a large stream of water could be thrown into the pit, and the fire by that means extinguished. Conspicuous in his devotion to the injured and bereaved was, the esteemed incumbent of the parish, the Rev. Mr. Banham, who no sooner heard of the explosion and ascertained who were the sufferers than he visited them from house to house, adminis tering comfort and spiritual advice. His labours did not end till late at night, but he returned to his home with the blessing of the widow and the orphan on his head. Medical men from Barnsley were in attendance on the sufferers; Dr. Smith and his son and Dr. Allott were those whose names we heard. At the time of the explosion there were ten valu able horses in the main level, but the horse-keeper, Sorsby, contrived to get nine of the animals out of the mine. He.was himself severely hurt. The full extent of the calamity Will not be known until a roll-call has been gone through of the whole of the men employed at the mine. Many of the men lived at Barnsley and at Worsborough•common, and on leaving the mine they at once hurried off to their respective homes, without waiting to report themselves to the owners of the colliery. We ought to state that the general testimony of several of the rescued workmen was that the venti lation of the mine was extremely good. One of them said that the current of air constantly travel ling through the working was almost always so strong that a candle could not be used. T ETE SUN, LONDON, WED N E 3DA y EVEN IN 61, - DECEMBER 10, 1.86 i. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Times' Special Correspcndcnt•) NEW YORK, Nov. 25. The Government has tither been shamed or frightened into the tardy commission of an act of justice towards the prisoners illegally detained in Forts Warren, Lafayette, and NI-Henry. By an order of Mr. Secretary Stanton, dated on Saturday last, two classes of prisoners are to be liberated, — first, those who have been taken into custody for discouraging enlistment, opposing the draught, or otherwise giving aid and encouragement to the enemy in States where the draught has been made or the quota of Volunteers has been furnished ; and, second, those persons who, by authority of the mili tary commanders or Governors in " rebel" States, have been arrested in, and sent out of such States, for disloyalty or hostility to the Federal Government. The order states—whether intentionally or acci dentally Mr. Stanton alone knows—that persons of the first class shall be discharged, but that persons of the second class may be discharged on parole ; a distinction that may hereafter become of impor tance. A third class of persons are not to be belle. fitted, namely, "those who have been in arms against the Government, and who by force and arms have resisted, or attempted to resist, the draught." Fur thermore, the order does not relieve any person from his liability to trial and punishment by civil tribunals, or by courts martial, or, as Mr. Stanton calls them, court martials, or military commissions, who may be amenable to such tribunals for offences committed. A very slight examination suffices to show that the document is not so comprehensive as it appears at the first glance, and that it makes no provision for the liberation of the numerous un happy persons who have been arrested in " loyal" States, such as Pennsylvania, New York, and Mas sachusetts, by order of the Secretaries of State, for real or supposed offences before there was any draught to resist. The case of Mr. Winder, who was arrested in Baltimore on a forged, or an un authorised order of Mr. Cameron, and wrongfully retained in custody by Mr. Seward, who knew that Mr. Cameron's order was disavowed by the person whose signature it purported to bear, is unaffected by it, though possibly Mr. Stanton may make a special exemption in his favour. Another circum stance which Mr. Seward and Mr. Stanton, the two Secretaries, and Mr. Cameron, the ex-Secre tary, will do well to bear in mind is, that although Mr. Stanton expressly guards himself in the con. eluding paragraph of his order from relieving any of the persons who shall or may be liberated by its action from their liability to trial and punish men by the civil or other tribunals, every released pri soner will take equal care to guard himself against exonerating these gentlemen from their liability to civil actions for false imprisonment. The Tribune of this morning, in an article disparaging the free institutions of the English Monarchy, sneers at the " habeas corpus, whatever that may be;" but those three eminent attorneys are not so ignorant, and will discover to their cost that the habeas corpus, with impartial judges to enforce it, is as much the safeguard of American as it is of British liberty— that the broad shield of the President's authority will not rescue them from punishment for violating it; and that the President himself will either be impeached during the term of office, or brought to trial as soon as his term is concluded, for infrac tions of that and other articles of the Constitution which he swore to uphold. It is evident enough to any one whose duty or pleasure it is to watch the policy of the intriguing lawyers whom it is Mr. Lincoln's necessity or ill fortune to employ as his Ministers, that it is not shame but fear that has urged the Government to make this show of legality. Had it not been for the triumph of the Democratic party in the great State of New York, the Republicans would have continued to jest at the habeas corpus, like their organ the Tribune, and to urge not only the im prisonment, but the hanging of every prominent politician on the other side who so far thwarted their design of Southern extermination as to put in a plea of mercy, whisper a word of peace, or ask the pregnant question, whether the conquest of the unwilling South—supposing it could be accom plished—was worth its price in Northern liberty, to say nothing of blood and treasure. But the victory achieved in the recent elections in New York has alarmed the President and his advisers far more than they deem it prudent to confess; and they have had the sagacity to make a movement ex proprio motu,:which would otherwise have been forced upon them as soon as Mr. Horatio Seymour assumed office as Governor of this State and took the command of its militia. They have not tacked—or backed—a moment too soon. The Democratic reaction has gathered strength every day during the last three months. The new. Democratic Governors—stand ing on a higher platform than the old Republican Governors who met at Altona to goad the President to overstep the limits of the Constitution—have been silently organising an opposition to illegality and un•Constitutionality within the limits of their respective States, which would assuredly have ex pedited a collision between the local and the Federal Power, and might, if Mr. Lincoln had been unwise enough to provoke it, have produced a bloody arbi trament of the question—whether it be possible for any people to deprive another of their liberty with out losing or abridging their own. The greatest loss of the Democratic party in the new Congress has been that of Mr. Vallandigham, who failed to be re-elected for his district in Ohio in consequence of a process which in this country is called "gerrymandering." As representation is based t u pon population, it becomes necessary from time to to add to, subtract from , or otherwise chan g e the limits of the electoral districts; and to " gerry mander," is to incorporate with a district outlying towns or:eities that have a population of voters whose political opinions are opposed to those of the sitting member, in order that his previous majority may be "swamped" by their votes. It was thus that Mr. Vallandigham lost his seat. But this gentle man is not to retire from public life. He has been accepted by the leaders and " wire-pullers" of the Democratic party in Ohio as their candidate for Governor, and the chances are that he will be elected by the largest majority ever polled in the State. Mr. Morgan, the present Governor of New York, having ordered a day to be set apart throughout the State as one of public thanksgiving and praise, Mr. G. Opdyke, the mayor of the city, has appointed Thursday, 27th inst., for that purpose. The mayor in his proclamation dwells in befitting terms on the miseries which the war has inflicted on the country; but from the most fearful of which the city of New York has been providentially exempted. He lays himself open, however, to the charge of being as great an optimist as the immortal Candide himself, and des t itut io n ample in describing th e bl ess i ngs w hi c h , i n sp it e o f the war, the inh a bi tants of New York have en j o y e d. " Our comm erce ," h e says, " has prospered. Indus trylw f ar h d e h s a , w s foundre d n tso thoroughly e andtn employment o e y ri andmmeenhtave endowed i d niwi l iberalniitshh dim i nished." e, - , happy faculty of seeing things en couleur de rose, Mr. Opdyke might have reflected that the most prosperous trades of New York during been those engaged in the manufacture and sale of implements of destruction; that the dealers who have made most money have been dishonest "shoddy" the dishonest contractors and other plunderers of the army and the Government.; that the labourers an d mechanics of the city are not of opinion that they are amply rewarded by payment of • their wages in dollars depreciated to the extent of 31 per cent.; and that they are all endeavouring, under the threat of their strikes, to extort higher terms f rom th • r reluctant employers. Furthermore, he might have convinced himself that if crime has been reduced, it - has only been because the " rowdies," blackguards, and o th er e l e ments of the criminal population ha ve gone to the battlefield to try their fortune, and that to re. lieve the certain destitution of the poor during the ensuing winter is the hardest problem that he and his civic colleagues have to resolve during the re mainder of their term of office. But Mc. Opdyke 's optimism is inveterate. War itself, to the thrice fortunate mind, has its bright and happy side. "It subdues," he says, " the vices engendered by peace, purifies the heart, and ennobles the sentiments, as may be seen in the exalted patriotism, the heroic courage, the fortitude, and the humanity manifested by the noble volunteer army now battling in defence of the Union." Other philosophers, less epicurean, have reserved the praise of war, for war in defence of home and liberty against foreign aggression. Mr. Opdyke places civil war on the same pedestal, for men's reverence, and never once reflects, while breathing the luxurious atmosphere of his comforting and comfortable doc trine, that his "noble volunteers" are to a large ex tent Irish and German mercenaries, attracted by high bounty money, ignorant of the merits of the cause for which they sell themselves, and to whom the word patriotism is in every sense inapplicable. Mr. Wendell Phillips has at last broken silence. He, at all events, is not a Candide, like the Mayor of New York. To him the whole course of the war is wrong, because it is not rapid and bloody enough to exterminate the Southern slaveowners. He de clared in a recent lecture at Boston that the business of the North is "to march down with Northern insti tutions, and wipe out South Carolina." "My method, he says, " is to replant the South. I demand of the President three things—a Cabinet, a General, and a Confiscation Act, that shall open the Southern States to Yankee civilisation." In other words, he desires to devide the lands and plantations of the Southern proprietors among Northern soldiers, and either to put the present possessors to the sword or reduce them to the social rank now held by their negro slaves. This eloquent American Robespierre adheres to his merciless theory with the courage and pertinacity of all zealots and bigots ; and will adhere to it until the South shall have established its independence, when he will rejoice at the sepa ration, and perhaps repeat with exultant voice the boast made of England by the poet Cowper, that the glorious flag of the Federal North floats over a land on which a slave cannot breathe. It is a pity, however, that in the meantime he will not confess that he has no more right to dictate the social policy of the South than he has to prescribe that of Borneo or Madagascar. The forthcoming annual Message of the President begins to excite curiosity if not alarm. Some pas sages, it appears, have been read to friends, who report that it will be ultra-abolitionist, or black ; and it is stated that on Friday last he declared to a deputation of Kentuckians " that he would rather die than take back a word of his emancipacion pro clamation." If this be so the sooner he prepares to call out another half a million of men the sooner he will be enabled to discover the very important fact whether the country will support him. Should he make the call, and find it answered, he will per haps have to debate within his own mind another important question, which was never before asked in the United States from the time of Washingten to his own, and decide whether he will not take the advice of the Philadelphian rhymer, whose verses are now making the round of the Democratic jour nals, and resign : "Between States once fraternal, You've drawn your party line, You've brought us war infernal, Oh, Abraham, resign I" The only news of any interest or authenticity from the seat of war comes from the unfortunate city of Fredericksburg. The women, children, and non-combatants having been allowed, on the urgent remonstrance of the mayor, an additional term of 12 hours to take their departure, Gen. Burnside has prepared to attack, Gen. Lee to defend the city. The only object of the defence appears to be to delay the advance of Burnside; and as the Rappa hannock flows between the combatants, the object is compelvery likely Burnside to be t accomplished go nta w winter er successfu lly quarters , and a sto postpone his march to Richmond until the spring. The telegraphic wires from Cape Race announce this morning the news brought by the Arabia, that the British Government has declined the over tures made by France for a joint mediation in the affairs of this country. The intelligence creates a feeling which is painful for an Englishman to wit ness. No thanks are expressed, no opinion is put forward that Great Britain has done a right or a friendly act. Not a word is said of the patient for bearance and statesmanlike reticence of the British Government; but, on the contrary, there is a howl from the rabid press and the rabid war party of exultation over " the miserable old country that has not courage to strike the blow that it meditates." It is held that England is afraid of America; that England is poor, effete, corrupt, and without influ ence in the affairs of the world ; and that it will be the duty of the Federal Government, as sown as it has settled matters with the South, to declare war against her for fitting out the Alabama, and for otherwise sympathising with the rebellion—a war that will reduce her to the rank of a third-rate Power, and establish the independence of Ireland, under King Smith O'Brien or some other hero of the Cabbage -garden. Among more sensible people, who are disgusted with Mr. Lincoln and the war, andwil s li t n a g tts to let th e "wayward sisters" of the Cotton " go in peace," the news has been re ceived with d espondency. They see that if extra neous agencies are not brought into operation to produce an armistice,teoarbse, unless follow the Southedbyapeacshe,outhlde war must last f or 20 years, be laid under water and the people exterminated at an earlier period; or unless, which is far more likely, a violent revolution in the North should hurl Mr. Lincoln from power, before the expiration of his term of office, and place a man at the head of the army and the Government with sufficient brains, honesty, and patriotism to recognise the indepen dence of the South, as the best arrangement for both parties, and stop the horrible effusion of blood and the fiendish overflow of passions that the war has excited. SPEECH OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA. BERLIN, DEC. 9. The Neue Preussische (Kreuz) Zeitung of to-day says :—" His Majesty the King, in reply to an ad dress from some inhabitants of Marienwerder ex pressing their loyal sentiments, said— " ' The present movement is not so much directed against the new organisation of the army as against the army itself. Attempts are being made to relax the military discipline, as has been especially proved by the late events at Grudenz. The subscriptions in money which are now being made on behalf of those who are styled victims of their constitutional sympathies prove that a perfect consciousness of these tendencies prevails among the leaders of the movement, and that they try to extend them to many other questions. The necessity under which the Government was placed of acting against some functionaries caused these national subscriptions on their behalf. The act of the Government against these public officers are made the pretext for pur suing aims of quite another character. The aim which is principally pursued by every means is the inauguration of a constitutional Government. The Constitutionwih has th e o not e this, but only legis lation, of the Parliament. I m fully determined t part with the constitu tionaleCrewen from those views whi c h t sir.ce I assu me d the Regency, be cause form its power. Nothingth e y va the divert acop no t promisedrat to e the welfare a n d t h e power of the powerful Crown and a powerful army. The leaders of the present move ment, who desire ne i t her of these things, are quite lohave unrty r ig h t , up shall rwhichssue re o f requires m a conscious of the ultimate object they have in view. Although there aro not many of them, they have nevertheless succeeded in creating great confusion in the public mind." 711 E Nn V]'. Ecahll from n h s o l G e n s t c s ; Pr in e h y A pe r as t tr h ek r u , dr ay ynaccompaniedinspecteddown to o y His w .ll l o a o j ß i o w r o the departments of the dockyard. Private letters received at Plymouth report the murder of a naval officer and 14 seamen on the coast of Arabia. The screw steam gunvessel Pen guin, 5, Lieut. J. G. G. M. Hardy, tender to the flagship Narcissus, on the Cape station, was on duty in the Mozambique Channel in September, and de tached four boats for the purpose of watching slave vessels. The Penguin, on arriving at the rendezvous, Fort Durnford, midway between For mosa Bay and the line, could not find them, and therefore went to Brava, in Mukdeesha country, and there heard they were gone further north. On the 25th of October the Penguin had reached Bunder Feluk, where it appears 15 of the crew were murdered. They were short of pro visions, and being invited by the natives the crews of two of the boats landed, and were immediately destroyed. Nothing is known of the fate of the remainder. The names of those killed are Acting- Lieut. John B, Fountaine, on the books of the screw steam corvette Orestes, Capt. Alan. H. Gardner ; Wm. Mitchell, quartermaster ; John Carpenter, gunner's mate ; John Kemp, A.B. ; Henry Stoto, A. 8.; Chas. Kennedy, John Childs, James Watson, Martin Jolley, Richard Heath, Henry Williams, Arthur Matthews, John Pratt, and two marines— Chas, Foley and Geo. Hotton. The four boats had gone a distance of over 1,000 miles. On ascertaining the facts Lieut. Hardy, after considerable delay, and having threatened to destroy the village of Bun der Feluk, obtained possession of 20 of those prin cipally concerned in the murders, who were to be hung. None of the bodies of the E ng li s h men h ave been discovered. ' Considerabledissatisfaction has been caused among the officials connected with the Admiralty in conse quence of the great delay experienced by ships ar riving at Portsmouth and Plymouth from the Nore, which, although reported ready for sea before leav ing Sheerness, have nevertheless presented a long list of defects on their arrival either at Spithead or the Sound. The last instance of that kind is that of the Lily, 4, 200-horse power, Commander Harvey, which left the Nore last week for the coast of Cuba, calling at Plymouth for final orders. Before leaving the Nore the usual official report was made by the dockyard authorities of her fitness to proceed to sea, but on arriving in the Sound a list of defects was discovered and reported on to the Admiralty. Orders have according been received at Chatham and sent down to Plymouth directing the Lily to return to the Nore, and on arriving at Sheerness an officer from the Department of the Controller of the Navy will be in attendance to thoroughly survey her and to make a special report of her defects, the delay in the sailing of the ship being a very serious matter, though upon whom the responsibility will be placed will depend upon the nature of the report sub mitted to the Admiralty. Messrs. John Brown and Co., of the Atlas Works, Sheffield, have contracted with the Admiralty for the manufacture of the armour plating for the En terprise, iron-clad corvette, building from designs furnished by Mr. Reed. The same firm have manu factured armour plates of 51, 61, and 71 inches re spectively, which they have proposed to the Admi ralty, on exceedingly favourable terms to the board, shall be pitted against the Whitworth gun which lately made such a sensation in ita trial against the plated target at Shoeburyness with its flat-headed projectiles. If tested by the Whitworth gun, the 51-inch plate will have a backing of 18 inches of teak, and the two remaining plates of 9 inches. All those of our readers who are interested in screw propulsion will no doubt remember the series of experimental trials carried out with the Shannon frigate at Portsmouth, extending from the begin ning of May to the end of August of the present year, detailed reports being given in The Sun as they took place. Soon after the conclusion of the seventh trial—the closing trial as far as the Shan non was concerned—a summary of the whole was given. These trials comprised, on the 16th of May, the common or Admiralty screw, with its leading corners cut; on the 17th of May, the Mangin (French) screw, four blades set in parallel pairs; on the 19th of May, the common or Admiralty screw, with both corners cut ; on the 31st of May, four Mangin blades, set on a Griffiths boss ; on the 10th of June the trial of the 19th of May was repeated ; on the 16th of June six Mangin blades were tried on a Griffiths boss ; and on the 3d of July three Mangin blades were tried on the same boss. To render the whole designs as complete as possible, however, it was intended to close the series with trials of the Griffiths propeller with varying num bers of blades, and the necessary castings were made in the new foundry of Portsmouth dockyard. Be fore these concluding trials could be made the Shan non was ordered to the Mediterranean station owing to an unexpected spirit of insubordination having manifested itself on board, the real cause and extent of which have not yet been made fully public. The result of this has been to render valueless the whole of the Shannon's trials, which were carried out in a mat careful and elaborate manner, owing to the Griffiths trials not having been included with the others, and the data sought for only being attain able by comparative results of the whole carried out by one ship. The Admiralty have therefore now directed that the whole of the Shannon's experi ments are to be repeated by the Emerald screw fri gate, Capt. A. Cumming, and to conclude, as was originally intended, with the Griffiths propeller. The selection of marine cadets to fill vacancies on board her Majesty's ship Excellent will, of course, depend upon the Admiralty and the number of va cancies existing after the half-yearly examinations. The Industry screw storeship, Master- Commander Geo. J. Hodges, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning from Rio de Janeiro, from which port she sailed on Oct. 24, experiencing moderate weather during the voyage. She has brought home Capt. Saumarez, of her Majesty's ship Forte (returned to England owing to ill health), wife, and two ser vants, and six seamen and five marines, invalided. After taking in coals at Portsmouth the Industry will proceed on to Woolwich. The Algiers, screw line-of-battle ship, Captain Hornby, will pay out of commission at Portsmouth on Friday next. The following appointments and promotions were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. the Hon. Henry IL A'Conrt, to the Excellent ; Wm. L. Southey, master, to the Indus, for the Buzzard ; H. Harkan, surg., to the Pylades ; Alfred S. Pratt, assist.-surg., to the Victory, for Haslar Hospital; John Buckley, acting assist.- surg., to the Meander; C. Bridgeman and G. C. Higgins, midshipmen, to the Meanee; R. Widdecombe, in the Aboukir; W. P. Ward, in the Liffey ; J. R. Hancock, in the Fox ; H. J. Wilson and Thos. Cross, in the Asia ; and A. Smart, in the Pembroke, to be first class assist.-en gineers ; J. Miller (a), in the Mars ; J. Manhinniek, in the Ariel ; A. J. Barter, in the Wanderer; and J. Philips, in the Clio, to be acting first-class assist.- engineers. PR I C _.Ad. STAMPED ....sd. YHE FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION _NEAR BARIVSLEY. WORSBOROUGH, TUESDAY. The following is a detailed account of the dread ful explosion at Edmund's Main Colliery, brief particulars of which appeared in , 7 he Sun of yes terday : The colliery is the property of Messrs. Mitchell, Bartholomew, and Tyas, is 180 feet deep, and is one of the most extensive collieries that are worked in the Barnsley seam. The bed of coal is the nine-feet Barnsley seam. The workings extend for more than a mile from north to south, and there are three shafts, two downcast, and one over the cupola fur nace, by which the ventilation is obtained. The primary cause of the accident was the igni tion of a " blower" of gas by the blasting of the coal at the extreme "dip point" at the southern most extremity of the workings. It seems that the mine was being connected with a new shaft which had been sunk to the southward, and a straight heading was being driven through the coal in the direction of this shaft. About 7 o'clock yesterday morning the men engaged in the operation found it necessary to blast the coal, and a charge of pow der (" a shot") was accordingly fired. The coal in the new workings gave out a great quantity of gas, andthe men were obliged to use Davy lamps to ward off danger. The shot ignited a "blower" of gas, which exploded, set fire to the coal, and blew down a portion of the air course. At this time there were about 260 men and boys in the mine, and when so alarming an occurrence in one part of the workings had taken place, the reasonable inference seems to be that the persons in charge of the mine should have sent word to all the men warning them that there was danger of an explosion. Some of the men, however, say that this was not done. George Laughton, the bottom steward, endeavoured to put out the fire without allowing the miners to become cognizant of its existence and the danger it entailed. He went with a party of the men and commenced building a solid brick "stopping" to restore the ven tilation. The work was carded on vigorously, and an attempt made concurrently to put out the fire. But neither seems to have been successful. The foul air accumulated in the mine, until at about half past 11 o'clock, a fearful explosion took place, the gas having fired where the coal was burning. The effect of the explosion was most disastrous, many of the air-courses being blown down, and the miners began to flock to the bottom of the main shaft. Many of them received their first warning of danger by the presence of the deadly after-damp in their workings, One young man, named James M'Quillan, states that he was employed in No. 2 board, in the south workings, a considerable distance from any other working place. He " felt" the gas and became alarmed, and left his place to seek some of the other miners. He saw one of them, named Peter Blacker, and told him there was something the matter in the mine, and suggested an immediate retreat, but Blacker told him he was too soon frightened, and that if he wanted to go he might, but he (Blacker) should stao where he was. Fortunately for him self, M'Quillan went on towards the shaft, and on the way the gas became so powerful that he was in extreme danger, and had to make a circuit round the workings half a mile out of the direct path, in order to get into a purer air. On the way he met a man named Edward Hunt, who asked him to go with him and:seek for his biother. They went to the bottom of the board where young Hunt had been working, but the place was so full of gas that they found it impossible to go up. M'Quillan struggled on until he came to the shaft, where a great number of men and boys were waiting to take their turns to ascend. By this time the alarm had become general, but notwithstanding the excitement the shaft was worked with quickness and order, and a great number of the men were rescued. Hopes were entertained that the whole would be brought out be fore any si riot's calamity took place, an event which was dreaded every moment, in consequence of the rapid accumulation of gas. The communication be tween some parts of the mine and the shaft had been destroyed by the second explosion, and a number of men and boys, variously estimated at from 50 to 70, were still in the mine. The hope of rescue ap peared every moment growing fainter. A number of noble fellows volunteered to go down into the mine and search for these who had been cut off from succour by the progress of the suffocating vapour. Five men, named George Laugh ton, the bottom steward ; Henry Laughton, his eldest son ; Charles Frobisher, John Parkin, and Benjamin Hoyland, were the volunteers, and it is one of the most melancholy facts connected with the calamity, that these noble men became involved in the fate of those whom they were endeavouring to rescue. They had been for some time in the mine, and a number of the injured men —some of them in such a condition that death would have been welcomed as a release from intolerable agony—had been sent to the pit bank, when suddenly a third explosion took place, about 1 o'clock, and sealed the fate of all who were then in the mine. The effect of the repeated ex plosions had been, of course, almost wholly to destroy the means of ventilating the mine. The doors and stoppings in nearly every part of the mine had been demolished, and the current of air, no longer com- 1 pelled to pass through the whole of the mine, on its way to the upcast shaft, was felt only in the direct level from one shaft to the other. The head ings and board-gates were totally without ventila tion, and became magazines of explosive gas. An " overthrow," or bricked archway, which was built on the incline, about 160 yards from the cupola, to carry the air over the workings, was blown down, and the ventilation was necessarily destroyed in that part of the mine. In other parts of the work ings the force of the blast produced the same effects. When the third explosion took place, a consultation was held at the pit-bank, and as the shaft-gear was not injured, several persons volun teered to go down and rescue the poor fellows who remained in the mine. The attempt to pene trate the workings was, however, entirely fruitless. The men found they could pass with comparative ease along the main road between the upcast and downcast shafts, for a short time after the third blast, in consequence of the current of air which was travelling over the level; but in a short time this path became impassable by the advance of the fire and after•damp, and at about 4 o'clock orders were issued to allow no more men to descend the shaft. When the last party returned they reported that the place was so full of foul vapour that they found it impossible to proceed more than 10 or 12 yards from the bottom of the shaft. Most of the men got after the e xplosions were uninjured • others were near ly suffocated with the after-damp, but a few minutes in the fresh air revived them; others, again, were burnt or bruised more or les s ser i ously. One poor fellow, William Davy, of Worsborough common, was so burnt that he only survived a few minutes, and was removed by the police to the nearest publichouse. As far as we were able to ascertain in the confusion that prevailed at the pit last night, and in the face of an order from one of the proprietors " not to give any information to any reporters," the injured were as follow :—Geo. Pickering (fireman), Hollingsworth, Samuel Tyas, Joseph Walton, John Bellerby, Samuel Soresby, Hewitt, Swift, Morrison, William Davy, and Ed. Hunt. In addition to these, there were several other wounded men who had been removed to Barnsley. George Pickering, the fireman, is most seriously injured. He had gone down the pit in the forenoon, after hearing of the accident and the flrifig of the coal, and when the last explosion took place was in one of the headings. The blast passed over him, licking up with its tongue of flame his clothes and hair and leaving him almost dead. By some means he managed to crawl to the pit bottom, and was brought out and removed to his house in Wors boro', about half a mile distant from the colliery. There he lay on a temporary bed in the house-place 7.HE ARMY. A notification has been received at Chatham garrison, from the Horse Guards, announcing that the next examination of candidates for admission to the Royal Military Colleg e, Sandhurst, under the regulation dated Ho rse Guards, May 1, 1862, will commence on Wednesday next, at Chelsea College, before Major-Gen. F. W. Hamilton, C.R. v i ce -president, and members of the Council of Eth: cation. Importing tea without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaveg as in the usual ki n ds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore alway, good alike, Sold in packets by 2,2Bo.agenta. STATE OF 7RADE. MANCHESTER, Dec. 9.—There has been a rather strong market in yarns, and prices are fully Id. per lb. higher than on this day week. During the last five or six days there has been an inquiry for most kinds of twist suitable for India, and a demand for that market has led to a fair business to-day. A good business has alsobeen done in home-trade yarns at the advance. The market generally is reported better, and a strong opinion prevails that the lowest rates have been touched for the present, and that we are on the turn, with a prospect of a more legitimate and bona fide business than the trade has experi enced for some time. One cause of more activity and firmness is no doubt to be found in the activity of the Liverpool cotton market, which has brought those who were holding orders for yarn over in ex pectation of still lower prices rather freely into this market. We have no movement in the cloth mar ket at all, the advises from India being unfavour able. We have had telegrams from Bombay to the 27th of November (the quickest ever received), and from Calcutta to the 26th. The Calcutta telegrams quote the market inanimate, with a decline in all descriptions of cloth. Shirtings were 2to 3 annas lower. At Bombay the market was not so generally depressed, but some descriptions of shirtings were one anna (10.) per piece lower. These advises have checked the little improvement which had m ani fested itself last week, and the highest prices then given cannot be obtained to-day. Some parties report moderate buying in T-cloths and some other fabrics, including printers ; but there is some discrepancy in the reports as to the latter, the de mand according to some accounts having fallen off. December is usually a dull month as regards the home trade in cloths, the large country houses, as well as drapers, never adding to stock till after the Christmas stock-taking, but there are symptoms of a considerable improvement when New Year's-day is turned in the exhausted supplies of such houses. There have been offers for articles out of stock at fair prices, and prices which would be accepted, but the orders are not large enough at present to induce the makers of such goods to incur the cost of re opening their mills: Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report—" Since Tuesday last there has been a mo derate amount of business done in printing cloths, and certain descriptions of T cloths and long clothe, at full prices. For other goods ithe demand has been on a very limited scale, but prices well sup ported. To-day the little business doing in India has been checked by the unsatisfactory accounts to hand by telegraph from Bombay and Calcutta; but so far, prices are not affected. For other kinds there is no imp rove d demand, but prices are firm, with an upward tendency. LEEDS, 9th---The cloth markets in both the co loured and the white hall to-day were but thinly attended by buyers. Purchases, which included a few winter goods, some ordinary cloths, and sam ples of spring goods, were made sparingly. There is a great absence of speculation, but prices keep steady, and the trade may be pronounced in a healthy and satisfactory condition for the season of the year. Wools are firm in price. THE ARCHDUKE FERDINAND MAXIMILIAN.--The Archduke (says Galignani) is now in the Island of La croma, near Ragusa, where he resides with the Archduchess in the simple retreat built in 1192 by Richard Coeur de Lion, on his return from the Crusade, in memory of the place where he first landed after his expedition. The Arch duke lives a very retired life. AFRICAN PRODUCTIONS.—The 'very interesting I objects contained in the Liberian Court of the -Exhibition have been transferred to the offices of the West Africa Company, at 41, Gresham-house, with the sanction of the Liberian Government. These productions have attracted considerable public notice, especially the samples of cotton, sugar, palm-oil, and the very beautiful specimens of maho ganyWe understand th a t i t i s the and other h ar d ti m b er . intention of the West Africa Company to use th ese as the nucleus of an African masonry, and as an i ll ustration of the articles the company will import. It i s satisfactory tc, know that on©t hof the agents of th e company has expressed will be able to s hi p 500,000 bales of cotton Niger next year, and th at a gentleman has offered hisao belief that investt f o romthe £50,000 in cotton culture in Liberia, upon an un dertaking from the company that he shall be guaranteed by the company f or hi s cleaned cotton (middling Orleans quality) 3d, per lb. at th 3 port of shipment. A DAUGHTER OF EVE. ler ok eat- rool off w ho had Licot ;11 a ;her ;au . the ;o14" Wag ) fore of ;ing tiled foo l O a' rePli jets a nd si ani` n 000 1 ' ari° alt 10 e for' y or, u sed ado got 9 ?lee° C ilie' For 911 'Flour tl'iP gale,* OO P°. S 0 fit. tto, 00. 1° ' 0' ie 1 . l cp to. i s, co. 0, ee , lb' to, -