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The following is a detailed account of the dread ful explosion at Edmund's Main Colliery, brief particulars of which appeared in Me Sun of yes terday : The colliery is the property of Messrs. Mitchell, Bartholomew, and Ty as, 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-fcet 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. RS. 'W AUDI il liam Dent, Esq., o Biekle TO y. Messr Xi t ouni Anderdn, Esq. s. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co. 14 L o BANKERS. Indon—The Union Bank o f L on d on. t o rpon Cal ,eutta, Madras, and Bombay —Th e O r i enta l B ank tton. Now ready, in 2 vols., post Svo., 215., P LI NDERSLAND AND STURTLAND ; OR, -11-' THE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE OF AUSTRALIA. By WILLIAM R. H. JESSOP, M.A. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. SOLICITORS. Resers. 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INDIA D TH E COL ONIES. tt P4sSENCIERS Embarki ng or Di sembarking a.),-.ea at )°l3. find superior accom mo d at i on and moderate -K 1 lAPLIN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, RAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier.G in front, extending to the River. AMUSEMENTS. NTERBURY HALL. Iac m cSAT,OCKEIAND SELECTIONS f rom VERDI'S " SIMON bAry'VEGRA," MACPARREN'S CANTATA. " MAY L 'S MUSIC of "MACBETH,' and Mr. tsz „.1-NETT GILBERT'S NEW OPERETTA, "A NIGHT F all AI RY LAND." Conducted by Mr. JONGHMANS. • hand and Chorus. PRINCIPAL ARTISTES. 14.• Tivol i Miss RUSSELL, Mi ss T OWNLEY. O hs e Tr. Green, M r. R aynor, and Mr. Russell Grover. AV IIIO by UNSWORTH (the Orizinal Stump Orator, in OTHER MAN"), in conjunction with Eugene, tQdoannd Little Bob, forming the greatest Comic Quartet AlBO, the e following Comic Favourites:—Mies Georgina Vovd , ath° f 2 _essrs. E. Marshall, Hollingsworth, and Arthur `45,/it7T the surprising Performance of " THE ETOILE x. E OX.FO R D, RN, 6 . OXFORD STREET . 'tan +,71-'earance of Unsworth (the original of "Or any other :eR.e"-"-The Colleen Bawn, by Miss Caroline Parkes.- 11 L:li e t he treat BurlesquePrima Donna.—Arena and llili b ea, the Neapolitan Wnstrels —W. Randall and A. B. "ean"wrth,--Mr T.Ma i clagan' . s Entertainment.—Drew 4ddi ti a Solos on the.Fl te.—Comic Pas Seul, by Henri—ln of o °l3. to varied h ' 'gh-c u la musical attractions, consisting ....bonfzctettl°llB from i Verdi' s a s "Nabuco" and "Il Corsaro," . 3 7, 0 Cla - 0 7.„ 18 „ " bon Sebastien," Auber's "La Circassienne," with Atu, i‘i,ninesdrirs. &WO! y. rte Glees, Duets, &c., &c., by Miss Russell, Miss d 13 C e h rn ardi, Greene, Huish, and Albert, Adhs. Conductor Mr. F. Jonahmans. 14 . kr sal orl, Cd.; Balcony and Stalls. Is. ; Private Boxes, ...,... • ------___ skIIOIILT, ROOMS. Great Windmill-street, „N Y - Market —GRAND CASINO FRANCAISE.— e qpb,. 14:vrminfr, for Promenade and Dancing, with the r‘rt`„tlred Band of 50 Bout Conductor and Principal "...,-a-Piston. COURT.—The new Imperial Qua- Cotillion, and L. Mosca's Peep o'DayValse will ,tayed nightly. A +, 44lab.'eW Conversation Salon has been added to the above lishment for Reading', Coffee, and Refreshments.— kission ie.—Manager, M. Grenet. ~ t OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. trader the Mann wernent of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. , TA I MITTIE3OII, Sole Lessees. g ru - n l Agl,„ • • 6 NING, Balfe's popular Opera, THE ROSE OF yh e ...t•LE : Misses Louisa Pyne, Aynsley Cook, and Susan ApKaTara. W. H. Weiss, A. St. Albyn, J. Rouse, Aynsley onductof—inr. A. Mellon. boors open at hall-past 7- - Commence at S. ~ kE AT RE-ROYAI . HAY MARKET. IVIIs 1 ,, Lessee Mr. J 13. Bnekstone. Aare . 1 1'-• v ENING, at 7, A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. tier wh 7 e rr i. en, Rogers, Clark, and Miss E. Romer. Alvti e ll , ,at a quarter to 8, will be performed (302 d time) ,"; Lo rd AN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck ollov -1 - ) undreary, Mr. Sothern. kit.; M Cort 4 Tin bY a new Pane entitied DUCK HUNTING: , r. Howe, Mr , . W, Farr en, Mrs. Wilkins, and conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. 1 .13-1/ e T HRATRE-R0 YAL. ARELPHI.— 11111 8 ; 1 p ,,___Protrtetor and Manazer, Mr. B. Webster. eele, ".,.;-3NING THE GREEN RUSHES. Messrs. J. 4 Iller , • zedford, Billingion Sefton Sthson, E, (51ar'itirtfi.lien18.0n, Aldridge , Miss , ep Avonia en Jones, burne Miss eotie, nd ' ' lll,ll Zton, Mrs. 11. Lewis, and Mrs. Stoker. p . e with A TICKET OF LEAVE : Messrs. J. L. -uedford, Stephenson, and Mrs. Billington. 1 1 ° YAT PR TNevss's THEATRE. Tk Th e "" and Manager. Mr I,indur. ast five nicrhts rior to Christmas. tittetitNre r... ll r l VG:_,,_ LAW . P LOVF•• Mr R. Roxby and t er wb-; ' , lases M. Oliver and Murray. ' * r Erl ic, at a onsrter to S. the new Drama by John Ox ,jlA. 311.; entitled THE TRIPLE A LIJANCE. Mr. Geo. I,"hlte. I'B Constance Aylmer, Miss M. Oliver, and Mrs. ° t • Ste lie ltkie otle m Abell wit h RAIQING TAT WIND . M r. R . R ox b y, and4,B;BlT. I r i ..l u te a lm rs o t r o e ii and Mr. C. Seyton; Miss Marian Commence at 7.' li O N' --- _____ AL LYCEUM THEATRE. oi, I li)l''4sth ,P"P and ManairerEdmund Falconer. )341 lli s 4 :` , eitt of the ^ontinuous run of "Peen o'Day." t, irtIZNING the new Comedictta, IT MUST BE 1 , 03 0 • xi!' `v A S Ilki THE PAPERS. Walter Ley, J. 41;.°110 1v . ,Z, r '• Weston, Miss Weston, and Miss L. Thompson. ti) t i l ., 4 , C,,! ) Y PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. IV . t e nm`,'.,`er Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, -.°ll . ---`' l'alconet ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara To 1 / 41 cotm„_, ' l lk tii -u ue With the Last View of KILLARNEY, intro e %Bet. 111,R i , 1 135 eo/11: 1 u IN DON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM ; b,,„l o oer als , ' l ink the Wonders of Nature and Art, shown by IvittOt th",e.superbly executed Models, illustrating every ),i,i", a'44li nman Frame, in Health and Disease, together ..41.', 0 rmat i 'lY of highly interesting Natural Prepara kV ( rentk,„ n ns, and Monstrosities. 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It is entirely devoted to desti itia,!d 1,,,, s!float pitiable form—viz., that which is aecom- N„,it„, a ,ene and diseas supports now ot sufficient th e 'qe, t - rhat, With adequate it may be rendered final tll 4 ,,eandl nitting into its wards a very large pr . oportion of Itims „,! 3 _, l elt of this great metropolis. It requires but the .. lt ,%th e s c,„"ler to have 500 beds available for the reception of '4l titltEltitoutiklit wretched of our fellow -creatures. Moreover, do T h e av e gnY affords medical advice and medicine to more, i m4 - 14 0 0%.,,,, 5 - r4e, than 3,000 out-patients a week. le n - „q1:6.,' 'IV h oard feel it their imperative duty to make an , Lail„'''lblc 6, A PPEAL to the public for . continued support, ta ei,f Ates,„e,nl to P dmit and relieve the distressing cases iirulitri b ''' themselves. f,ki• Uti \-0. "'. n lis are received b the Treasure c r. to . ! D b _pn na ' Th. • R,,5ry.... Nicholas -lane; also by Messrs. o n E t d t s w a a n r d d I nid ) " - reit, cin(l and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and 1 %4 ,co. Jon' tt Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne. and Co.: Glyn .o,: VD Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison 41 14; s qloh el . "bons, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and.. -' the - a nd Co.;M srs J. Barned and Co., Liverpool lin sPitaC es • p v , STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. I 1.1 CA 1444 Antho"ITSRS of PREMATURE DECAY. — ) ;,N4,,' 1 qopi t ,s Of eminence have ascribed the decline of the ; 41 114:lice. tql the effeminacy of manners, which precluded Ina ti: li ce this effeminacy 'hey trace chiefly to vicious el hie,,tial ,i,, (1 in early life, by which, in our own time, me an 1 The flor,,inr!ialist has endeavoured to account for the d - Ltidm Peenii, a tinn in the Asiatic provinces of Turkey. 'Dli ' 0 has -r s ollree of physical and moral degeneracy al plers a nd at.all times been specially deprecated by philo t'tin,, th e r Ph'iatithrOPlßtS. It besets inexperienced youth, IllitiZltli bitnlindation of future misery, poisoning the nuptial the , - mkkt, IV' rnatiznitv•, destroying health, curtailing life, Ven_Reii,V:._durine•itti brief career, a scene of anguish, t ihe:,e e vil 1,7Z50001 humiliating infirmity. , dcountry ; and expe nli aleoa4,,f,ten discern ' e th l e au sa r d a re e b „ re o e 4 , t. pig e u - n . aue sis n and ii s a n die ~,Y,, and perpetuate ailment., and the matri.- sults in the early deatlT, - andals,de , scribed ri . l o n us co , n , ve l n u ti m al se p s a u r- f IN h eft Nu lintable ' and ' myste • ,,,,und. ,!,,tilini d vt gm l'3 7 _ to or Suspension of faculties whose ef,r 44 , g g f° r l n suh a prominent eonstituent n th h e u m m i a s n . iiih t . h.. nwßv! erersi may have their fears removed,_ and teolf,tst 11 0 , s ' r severe and inveterate, eradicated, their 1 ,14 . 1 1 4,, ' , ' e a of restoration to life's prerogatives fully NITI I:RV INl•poticltirit,,,,f thp,,,,,11-1). has been engaged for 20 ye arsinthe c.A ;‘ , ,,, s.r . d(rs, and his treatise on "Self-Pre 9rtki °l ' slim d --rwes 11 the attributes of Manhood re a , -Pend ~ - Ow a ic e in I, e., and how they can be restored rid main ,.., Is ~, ealth ~.., t t -"" vigour to an advanced period of 1 fe. okii,...,oriVis. .r ee I._ . a sealed envelope 20 stamps, by Mann, Y , fro m. 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On Thursday, the list inst., will be published, a Cheaper Edition, in 1 vol., crown Octavo, toned paper, cloth, price 65., MEDITATIONS on DEATH and ETERNITY. Translated from the German by FREDERICA ROWAN. The contents of this volume were selected by the Queen, and by her desire translated by Miss F. Rowan, and printed for her Majesty for private distribution. Subsequently, however, her Majesty granted her gracious permission to llfiSs Rowan to publish the selection. The OCTAVO LARGE TYPE EDITION (an exact fac simile of that privately printed for her Majesty) is still on sale, price 108. 6d. Triibner anti Co., 60, Paternoster-row, London. A DAUGHTER OF EVE. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. The GENERAL MEETING of MEMBERS will be held at the Society's House, 12, Hanover-square, TO-MORROW (Thursday), December 11th, at Eleven o'clock. By order of the Court, H. HALL DAEE, Secretary. London, December 10, 1862. SPECIAL NOTICE. 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Post free by the Author, 12 stamps; sealed ends, 20, MANHOOD : The CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Direc tions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour; being a Medical Essay on the Treatment of Nervous and Generative Debility, Impotency, and those peculiar disqualifications to marriage which originate in youthful errors and excess : the cure of Infectious Diseases without Mercury, and their Pre vention by the Author's Prescription of his Infallible Lotion, the re.ult of 25 years' successful practice. By Dr. J. L. CURTIS, 15, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, London. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Cumrts ON MANHOOD. - This is trul y a valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and old. The profes sional reputation of the author, combined with his extensive experience as medical referee in the treatm ent of nervous de bility, this popular and a bl y - wr itt en m edical treatise has obtained." & c. , fully accounts for the imm ense circulation which d — Sunday Times, March 21, 1856. porrokd. tt inare "Dr. Curti s h as conferred a great boon by publishing t his little whichee ldecline e i s in described ,you th o t the e more sourceo frequently'th those diseases prema ture which w old age."— Daily Telegraph, March 27, 1856. The Author of this Medical Treatise may be DAILY COll - atlmal, either by letter residence as above. 's The effi n or ersonally, at his employed by Dr. Curtis, remedies having harmless nature of the most complete success during t 4, been demonstrated by the sufferers of every c l ass a practice of 25 years, nervous utmost skill and have a perfect guarantee that the treatment of their cases. experience will be made available in the The Book concludes with numerous cases, to which is added the Author's varied and interesting Lifallible Preventive Lotion. receipt of the above Published and sold by J. Allen, 20 Warwick-lane, Pater innoster-row ; Mann, 30, Cornhill, Londo n Town and Country. ; and all Booksellers (Prom the Times' Special Correspondent) NEW YORK, Nov. 25. The Government has either been shamed or frightened into the tardy commission of an act of justice towards the prisoners illegally detained in Forts Warren, Lafayette, and M'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 a distinction the sc o n that d ol a m ss a m y a y h b e r e ehe rea d s fv i ot s ene c rsb h e a a eh r r n g es e e ino d nt no a o t er n t noopfs be a r ei gole impor tance. apei nno c es fitted,t a n ce namely, a A n e t lhyi "those c lass t the Government, and Wo w fh h op o 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 e e whomllsmmt ihtateyemdb,. be court oAur amenablet v m e r a y r t s i l a ti go l s h , s tu o o r ehx m ta i rm l i ihti tribunals cons,rnaytailosn forms u m f Ro i ffseseeinces s o 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 cluding 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 cot been for the triumph of the Democratic party in the great State of New York, the Republicans would have con tinuetoleat A, the habeas , corpus, organ tilt atm: ,:..- 5 0 - nor - imirthe 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 pregnaut 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 motu4which 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 upon t p o o a p d u d l a t t o i n ssu i b t t becomes m n , e o c e r s o s a t h r y e r f w r s m e t e i h m a eto n ge the limits of the electoral districts; and to "gerry mander," is to incorporate with a district outlying towns whos or e political citie ts p i t o nhsa are v e a o ppos ed t population o th o o s f e of voters the sitting member, in order that his previous majority m t m a r y . v b be i i‘ a s n w d a i g m h p a e m d " lostby their he e v e a o t t e . s . B I a t twtahsi this thus h g u e s n t t h l a e man is not to retire from public life. He has been D ac e c m ep o t e e r d at b i y the e part l y ead i e n rs and Ohio ‘ a ‘ s wi t r h e- ei p r ul e l a e n rs d ' i ' da o t f e the Democratic party in Ohio a s their cand i date 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, in describing the blessings which, in spite of the war, the inhabitants of New York have enjoyed. wards, aOIf hr de u h r sa,ws c a o enf m rodeu m nn e od r t c a e s , n2o '' he says, "has prospered. Indus tryple destitution thoroughlye a m n employment o ym crime ennntd have oawn endowed d dim i nish e d " w liberalth the happy faculty of seeing Mr. Opdyke might havtehriner ee e te n d co th u a le t ur th d e e m ro o s s e t , b p e ro e s n pe th ro o u se s tradesengag engaged New the wY e yearo m rk an d n u f r a i e n t g ur teheandsale o have f implements of destruction; that the dealers who have made most money have been the dishonest "shoddy" contractors and other plunderers of the ar e m eh y a and s of the the Government citye rnm a at the labo urers an d erent ; 'that of opinion th a t th ey mechanics 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 strikes, to extort higher terms from theirtrhealuscotnanlyt employers. Furthermore, he might h ave convinced hi ms elf that if cri me has been reduced, i been because the rowdies," blackguards, and other elements of the criminal population have 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 optimisn is inveterate. War itself, to the thrice fortunate mind, has its bright and happy side. "It suldues," he says, "the vices engendered by pea3e,, purifies the heart, and ennobles the seniimente, as may be seen in the exalted patriotism, tie heroic courage, the fortitude, and the numanity manifested by the noble volunteer army new battling in d e f ence o f t h e U n ion." Other philosophers, l ess ep i curean, have reserve d th e p ra i se of war, for war in defence of home and liberty against f ore i gn aggression. Mr. Opdyke places c i v i l war on the s ame pe d estal, for men ' s reverence , an d never ones reflects , while breathing the luxurious atmosphere of hi s com f ort i ng and comforta bl e doc trine, that his "n o bl e vo l unteers " are to a large f 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 won 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.• tutiOnsr - antriiipe Lout -so4h 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 inJependence, 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 emancipation 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 1" 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 Bows between the combatant s , th e o b ject is * • 0 dy_ aJI Q 0 very likely to be accomplished so succ ess f u ll y as to of Burnsirlai awl RR the Rrlrb.- postpone his march to Ri c h mon d un til th e spr i ng . compel Burnside to go into winter quarter s , an d 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 soon 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, and willing t o l et the " wayward sisters " of the Cotton St a t es " go i n peace, " the news h as b een re ceived with desp on d ency. They see that if extra neous agencies a re not brought into operation to produce an armistice, to be followed by a peace, the war must last for 20 years, unless the south should 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 dtop 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 (Ireuz) 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 Constitution has not promised this, but only legis lation, with the co-operation of the Parliament. I am fully determined not to part with the constitu tional right of the Crown which f orm i ts power. Nothing shall eue d p a d e i i v n e c r e t I md the Reg enc y, be cause e those views whi c h I have cause they serve the welfare and the p ower o f t h e country, which requires a powerful C rown an d a powerful army. The leaders of the p resen t move r ment, who desire neither of these things, are quite conscious of the ultimate object they have in view. Although there are not many of them, they have nevertheless succeeded in creating great confusion in the public mind." His Royal High ness P r i nce Arthur, accompanied by Major Elphin s t one R.A., yesterday rode down to Woolwich from Greenwich Park, and inspected 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 tretween 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 Bonder 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. 8.; Henry Stote, 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 Englishmen have 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, 6, 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 suck a sensation in its trial against the plated target at Shoeburyness with its flat-headed projectiles. If tested by the Whitworth gun, the si-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 friiratal n Cvna z . 8 . from tho I.c-sin 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 clofling 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 most 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 H. A'Court, to the Excellent ; Wm. L. Southey, master, to the Indus, for the Buzzard ; H. Harken, 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 ; I. 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. Manhinnie k, j in the Ariel ; A. J. B arter , i n t h e W an derer; and J. Philips, in the Clio, to be acting first-class ass st.- engineers. 7HE A BlIfY . 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 College, Sandhurst, under the regulation dated Horse Guards, May 1, 1862, will commence on Wednesday next, at Chelsea College, before Major-Gen. F. W. Hamilton, C.B. v ice-president, and membe rs of the Co uncil of Edu cation. Importing tea without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore always good gas, Sold in packets by 2,2Bo,,agents, 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 quant" and the 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 inferenie 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 carried 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 brother. 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. 11 , 1‘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 s. rious calamity took place, an event which was dreaded every moment, in consequence of the rapid accumulatbn 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 stoppin gs in nearly every part of the mine had been demolished, and the current of air, no longer com 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. Au " 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 sho of the short time this path became impassable by the advance clock'deace descend orders fire e a nids issue f e t d e r t • e da a 'I ° to mp, llow reo t f urn fe e n d i th v e a y po r u ep r o t r h te a d t , and no m at or a e b m oll e t n tshhaatft.theWphlaeenethwealaas:ot pafrutyll t t l h 2 e y y a f r o d u s n f d ro i m t itmhpeobsositbtolem. of toptrhoceesehdamft.orethan Most 01f0thoer w m e e r n e g n o e t a a r f ly ter su t if he oc e o rb e or t o o th h e a - xtPedl°Bwwih the were after-damp, b u t a ns uninjured ; oth ers few minutes in the fresh air revived them ; ot h ers, aga i n , were burnt or bruised more or less seriously, cOonmempoono,rwfealsloswo' William Davy, of Wo burnt that he only surv i ved a few remove far as removed the pli seug wasc se. usion that pre uw v e ailed at wereh tablee pitto lastann iseicanerruttsaetisnP, uai :b?h theie confusion in the face o f an order from n the night proprietors a n d " not t o g i ve any information oeof to any reporters," the injured Were as follow :—Geo. Pickering (fireman), Holling sworth, 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 firing 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 t o th e p it b o tt om , an d was brought out and removed to his house in Wors boroP, about half a mile distant from the colliery. There he lay on a temporary bed in the house-place p. 4 4*. in an agony of pain, carefully tended .7 .„;,i,A4 ‘-''' , .- i sgr,7 ( and daughters, who were administering : . r' .- 711,5:14LA1; dies as they were able. Around the bed std aii s group of grimy miners, some of whom had been in the pit 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'll weather it yet, George," said one of his fellow-workmen ; 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 chalice remain( d 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 he allowed to descend. During the draw ing out much confusion had of course prevailed, and no complete list of those recovered could be made out. 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 eiztirely gone, the only current of air being from the down cast to the up-oast slif f+ and in-that space it was known no one was, 'f:...:': , c,:',, - , names of those who are still i n -the .1..._ : - - --5, but still it includes 39 naniefi- There may be 12 or 14 ein the pit whose names 4nor are not known. -.-, The revelations of the last body of explorers who colliery y de o d f the he mine o convinced iene of thefurther rt m h a e n r ofa e g ff e o rs rts , and they immediately tueneci - theirx`attention to other means of extinguiabi,*4- he fire, which was still raging below. It was also known that the destruct 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. - STATE OF TRADE. 1 MANCHESTER, Deo. 9.--There has been a rather strong market in yarns, and prices are fully ld. 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 also beer. done in heme-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 advices 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 (lid.) per piece lower. These advices have checked the little improvement which had mani 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 cloths, at full prices. For other goods the 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 improved 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. 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