The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-02 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The condition of Ireland becomes daily more portentous. A spirit of mutation sheds its influence upon leading men -of opposite parties. A restlessness and dissatisfaction with the existing state of the political institutions of the country per vades the whole population. Important organic changes are demanded, as essential to effect the im provement of the social and moral condition of the po pulation. This demand does not now proceed from the "agitators," the "demagogues," who "enrich themselves at the cost of the miserable dupes whom they cajole." The Act of Union is now denounced, and is sought to be repudiated, by men of weight and influence in the Conservative party, whose exertions were for merly employed to maintain the order of things, as it was settled by the Act of Union ; by whom repeal was contemplated as fraught with calamities to Ireland, and repealers were deemed malignan rebels, w hose machinations were but little less than treason ; whose purpose it was the duty of Government to overturn by t he -power of the law, enforced, if necessary, b y i litary execution. The reversal of the judgment against O'Connell and the other repeal leaders, added to the absence of any remedial measures for the grievances o the people, by which the popular feeling might be con ciliated, has produced a deeply-seated conviction—even among a large number of Protestant Conservatives — that the existing relations of the two countries, or the anode in which Ireland is at present governed, must be materially changed. The Dublin Mail (which is, beyond comparison, the best written and most widely-circulated Conservative journal in Ireland), in alluding to Dr. Maunsell's speech on his motion brought before the Town Council of Dublin on Wednesday last, "for an address to the Queen, praying her to hold her Court and Parliament in Ireland once in every three years," says, that the Learned Doctor's speech on the occasion " has excited more attention among the citizens of all classes and denominations, than any project of a sane character that has been propounded in this land of pro jects for some years. It appears also to be universally popular, notwithstanding the truly Irish paradox of its not having had a seconder." The cause of Dr. Maun sell's motion not being seconded, and its consequent failure, is thus explained by the same Conservative organ :—" The handful of Conservative oouncillors who so magnanimously deserted Dr. Maunsell, were to a man in favour of the proposition ; but it came so suddenly upon them that they had not time to learn what would be thought at the Castle o their voting for it ; therefore they valorously stayed away from the meeting, or, as was the case with two or three individuals, they went there to render themselves ridiculous by making it publicly known that they were in favour of the movement, but had not yet received the signal to join in it." For Conservatives to devise such a mode of suppressing the repeal agitation, and divest ing O'Connell of the influence which he holds and exercises in Ireland--and this is one of the argu ments adduced to recommend the scheme of an am bulatory Court sad Parliament—is indicative of the change that has come over the spirit of the party since the defeat of the prosecution they counselled the Government to institute against both. They evidently despair of entangling O'Connell in the meshes of law, and abandon all hope that the Government will risk the defeat of another prosecu tion. They have, therefore, set on foot a counter agitation. A proposed change, as chimerical a.s that of O'Connell's repeal of the union, is launched on the restless waters of 'popular discontent; and numbers commit themselves to this crazy project, believing that it will deprive repeal of its influence, and afford to the distracted and suffering population a refuge from the accumulating grievances which afflict the country. Another section of the Conservative party in Ireland is busily engaged in discussing and recommending a Federal Parliament project. This they also believe will wean the national mind from repeal, and provide a remedy for the numerous causes which have pro duced the present disorganised condition of society in that country. This project the Belfast News Letter (a Tory journal) regards as little less mi-chievous than repeal ; but states that its projectors arc daily receiving accessions to their ranks from among the Protestants of the northern province, and that a formidable agitation for its adoption is rapidly organising:—" We deem it necessary to be plain with our rculers, and to in form them, without disguise, that the crisis of Ireland's fate is ai,proaching, and that whole ina ,, ,e,i of nominal Protestants are preparing, not to join the O'Connellite movement in the first instance, but to adopt a sys tem of orga,iii,ation Nvllich, without any effort on his part, will enable 9'Connell to carry his most ambi tious sch , nies to an easy and triumphant issue. in these remarks, we refer in an eltecial degree to the plan of federalism, which is now beginning to be openly supported by men who have hitherto stood high in the ranks of Conservatism ; and let no mistake xist—federalism is repeal in all its essential ele ments, the only difference between the parties being as to the quality and powers of the legislative assembly which is to be established on the ruins of the union settlement. By both the Act of Union is denounced, and doomed to utter abrogation." It is not to be regarded with surprise that the Irish Con servatives, as a party, should be dispirited and be wildered. They plainly see that the policy of Sir Robert Peel's administration in Ireland is doomed to failure. With respect to the nation, it has effected nothing. Its only positive attempt to do something was a specimen of " craven courage," the proceedings under which were marked by a reckless disregard of those high principles which ought to characterise the acts of a Government. The process of law degenerated into a struggle for party triumph. A court of criminal jurisprudence was degraded by being made the arena of a paltry contest between political gladiators ; and the very judges sullied the purity of their robes by descending from the bench into the arena of strife. No wonder that the proceeding was deprived of moral influence ! The public looked on the protracted pro ceedings without a single sentiment of respect. The verdict was denuded of all claim to moral convic tion of its truth ; and without the concurrence of pub lic opinion in the finding of a jury, the result is a mockery of justice. The abrogation of the monster proceedings was hailed by the mass of the people as triumph of right over oppression ; while the minority, who had counselled the prosecution, or hoped that a sustained conviction would silence O'Connell, and thus afford a triumph to their party over a trouble some political opponent, now reproached Ministers, as the authors, with a failure for which they were not chargeable ; and, as is not unusual with a defeated party, having been foiled in the field, employ their weapons against each other. STANDARD.—The oracular Times has at length broken silence on the subject of the mayoralty, and, as might have been anticipated, insists that it could have prevented the election of Alderman Gibbs to the civic chair, had it been so disposed ! But mercy is an attribute of valour, and our Contemporary has, according to its own account, exercised extraordinary forbearance in the matter. It dwells with much self gratulation on the success of its resistance to Mr. Ald. Wood and Mr. Ald. Harmer, although con strained to admit that the cases of those gentlemen were by no means analogous to that of Mr. Gibbs. On the contrary, whilst its charges against the for mer gentlemen were clear and well defined, it has (it says) " assumed nothing" against Alderman Gibbs— organised no opposition to him ! The readers . of its columns during the last fortnight will know what degree of credit to attach to these assertions ; and will be enabled, from the evidence of their own senses, to say if a more virulent system of persecution was ever organised against any public man than that -which has been hounded on by the Times against the Lord Mayor elect. From the heavier metal of its leading columns, and the " long range" of Mr. Rock, to the tiraillage of scores of petty assailants in the guise of correspondents, whose small arms have been directed through its medium at the _Alderman, every attempt has been made that it was possible to make to keep him from the civic chair. Need we remind our readers of the cleverly concocted and most elaborate forgery by which it was attempted to prejudice him with his fellow citizens ' • and the refusal of the Editor of the Times to contradict, either as an advertisement, or in the body of the paper, his statement that the Alderman had been already rejected by the Livery; or of the numerous ex cerpts from the attacks of other journals. All these ex ertions, although backed by the Globe, and countenanced Ly Punch, have miserably failed. The power of the Assailant has been weighed in the balance, and found wanting; its jokes have fallen cold and corpse-like on the ears of the Livery ; and its thunder has created no snore alarm in their minds than the imitative peal shaken out of a sheet of copper at Sadler's Wells. Old Prosy (vide Moore) hardly found greater diffi culty in obtaining a hearing for his exposition of the merits of his "annual pill," or more pathetically deplored the impracticability of his audience— " Pleas ma heart, pleas ma heart, let me say vat I will, Not a Chriahtian or shentleman minds vat I say." But the Livery of London were well aware of the character of their monitor, and the motives • which prompted its denunciations, and attached. -- n o more importance to them than they de served. Its influence, exerted to the utmost, has been tested, and found, so far as the City of London is concerned, insufficient to enable it to crush one poor alderman ! This is a mortifying discovery ; and we accordingly give our Contemporary credit for the sin cerity of its desire that the "affair may now be con : rts' ssiq e • dto oblivion." . IV ALES RAILWAY.—About fifty gentlemen 4 , -." - ‘ fit lc as i deputation from Chepstow to our railway , ' if,, , 4 .4. ..c.,,:-. ) r t eoiliferat se Town-hall, on Monday last. Our neigh . t.•-_-...; ,-. / i diots, app to enter spiritedly into the great project of ( .!:- J . • 01, Soliffl liroa .• S Railway.—Momnouth Merlin. c:'' - - - ...W reinikr • ably fine woodcock was shot near Rain -4,.. ! ' ,- - 1 ,si f igayk W . Hibbert, surgeon, of Bollington, on Wed- Ii , F e. :, : st, an unusually early period of the season. — lif, , ~, afield Courier. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2, 1844 THE FATAL EXPLOSION AT HASWELL COLLIERY. FURTHER PARTICULARS. (THOM A COIRESPOINDENT.) HASWBLL COLLIDES', MONDAY NIGHT. We are now enabled to give positive intelligence respecting the extent of this melancholy occurrence. On Monday afternoon an inquest was held at the Railway Tavern, Haswell. We have received a re port of the examination of some of the witnesses up to the mail leaving, but as it is so full of technicalities, and could not be properly understood without refer ence to a plan of the working of the pit, we have thought it better to give a condensed statement of the facts elicited, with such other information as we have been able to procure calculated to make the occur rence intelligible to our readers. Haswell colliery is one of the most extensive in the county of Durham. It employs upwards of three hundred men and boys, and it is celebrated for the very superior quality of its coal. The pit, though essentially one, is divided into separate workings, called respectively the Big-pit and the Little-pit. The explosion took place in the latter. The number of men and boys usually employed in this part is about one hundred, and when the explosion I took place there was ninety-nine down—ninety-five of whom have perished. The other four would also, without doubt, have suffered, had not the course of the explosive current been intercepted by some wag gons laden with coals, in what is called a "rolley". way—a railway used for the purpose of conveying the coals to to the bottom of the shaft to be drawn to the bank. The four men who escaped were at the end of these waggons nearer to the shaft. They saw the flame approaching, having the appearance of forked lightning, when it fortunately struck the waggons referred to. The horse attached to them was killed, and thrown completely over in the form of a somerset, falling on his back. The first appearance of the fatal occurrence arose from a mass of rubbish and foul air making up the shaft, when the man stationed at the pit's mouth at once suspected the pit had fired, and immediately afterwards gave the alarm. The intelligence spread through the village with the rapidity of lightning, and in a few minutes brought the relatives of those who were down to the pit's mouth, in all the agonies of dreadful anticipation. As sistance was immediately procured, and every exertion made to ascertain the exact extent of the calamity, and to render assistance to any who might have escaped or survived. However, with the exceptions stated, not one survives of all who were down. The wort of the Big-pit are separated from the other only by doors ; so that had the explosive current not been checked or dissipated, as stated, the probability is that it would have entered the Big-pit, and those who were in it—upwards of 100—would have been added to the dreadful list. At the inquest upon the bodies, now being held before Mr. Maynard, the coroner for Easington ward, three witnesses were examined, viz., Mr. John Whittle, an overman, and C. Brown and J. Scott, underviewers. Their evidence as to the cause of the calamity being altogether founded upon inferences drawn from what they observed on examining the pit, is therefore only conjectural. Their opinions were essentially the same :—that the explosion had commenced at a part of the pit called the " Meadows," at " the ninth head way," about a quarter of a mile from the shaft bot tom. In that part of the pit it appeared three men— John Williamson, a deputy, John Curry, a hewer, and Henry Weettnan, another workman, were en gaged in what was called " drawing the judd," that is clearing away the pillars or blocks of coal which are left to support the roof of the mine when the mine is first excavated. After this first working these pillars are subsequently taken away, and the roof supported by props of wood. It was conjectured that in removing one of these pillars of coal the roof had fallen, an accident which sometimes occurs, and damaged the Davy-lamp, held by an at tendant, by which the flame of the lamp escaped, and coming in contact with the hydrogen gas which ge nerally escapes when a fall takes place, ignited it, and produced the explosion. It had then rushed along the air courses, as it always does in a direction against the fresh air that is coming in, and being fed by the latter, increases in intensity, until it finally escapes by the shaft. How far this opinion is correct it is not for us at present to say. The opinion of some of the men on the colliery may, however, be noticed, as contradic tory to this. Their impression is, that during the late strike there had been, from the mine being unworked an accumulation of fire-damp in some part, which had not been properly attended to ; and although it is stated that lamps only were permitted to be used in this part, we conversed with a workman who de clared that on the very day of the occurrence he was working within a short distance of the part with a candle, by the permission and knowledge of the viewers. THE INQUEST. On Monday, Mr. Maynard, the Coroner, and a jury, held an inquest on view of some of the corpses, when the following evidence was given : Cornelius Brown, under-hewer at Shotton Colliery —On Saturday last, with other men went down the pit at Haswell, having heard that an accident had happened, at half-past four o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Scott, another person went down with me, and we found, about 300 yards from the shaft, that an explosion had taken place, as a number of tubs were upset, and a horse and rolly driver were found dead. We proceeded a certain way, and, on reaching the " Meadows," we found a boy lying dead. We went up the meadows branch for about 250 yards, when we found the air so bad from choke-damp that we were compelled to return. We came down to the end of that branch, and Scott returned into it again, and I went up the Brockley Whins way to within fifty yards of the station at the sidings, where the air was so bad that I could proceed no further. I was then sa tisfied there could be no person in the pit alive. Seeing that nothing could be done to save life, we immediately began to put in air stoppers, and had to wait till a current of fresh air was got in. After getting the air in, we proceeded on to the Flatts sta tion, in about three hours after, where we found four teen dead bodies, which we laid aside. We took ninety-five dead bodies out altogether. The explosion took place in the ninth headway course of the Mea dows way. I saw that a jud had been drawn there by the deputy overman. A jud is part of a pillar of coal left to support the roof after the working, and is afterwards removed ; and I think the removal of the jud had caused the explosion, as the effects of the fire were more visible there than in any other place. Three men had been working there, and were found dead; did not find their Davy lamps. Saw nothing which indicated the cause of the explosion. The deputy, Williamson, had been in the act of taking the jud away, and was found within twenty yards of the place, dead- He had been at work at the jud when the explosion took place. The gas in some places is found in considerable quantity, sometimes suddenly, on the removal of coal. That part of the mine was worked by Davy lamps. There was not a candle used there. It was not considered a danger ous pit, but, indeed, one of the safest in the trade. Has known it from its commencement, and up to the 14th of August was in it for about three months, almost daily. Have not been in the pit since that time, till after the explosion. lam of opinion the ventilation had been good up to the time of the ex plosion. In my opinion this explosion would not have taken place if a Davy lamp had not been injured. At the jud some stone had fallen from the roof, caused by its removal. The Is.mp might be injured by the fall of stone, and that was probably the way in which the O ccident occurred. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Roberts—i He said it was not unusual for a Davy lamp to be injured by a fall of stone. In some cases the fall gives notice, and the lamp can be got out of the way. Never saw such an occurrence, but have heard of one or two, and in those instances there were explo sions. Between forty and fifty dead bodies were found at no great distance from the jud; the rest were in different parts of the working. Have seen explo sions several times during the last twenty years, but never one so great as this. By the CORONER — The explosion extended over the north-west and east portions of the pit. He made two attempts to get into the pit, but the after-damp was so strong that considerable delay ensued. Out of the ninety-five lives that were lost, fifteen of the bodies only were burnt. There was a communica tion between the "distance" and that part of the pit where the explosion took place. After the explo sion, the ventilation was interrupted by the air stop pings having been blown down. By air stoppers I mean barriers placed to throw the air into the work ings for ventilation. Should think there had not been a large explosion of gas. If the stoppings had not been broken by the explosion, those on the other side of it would have been saved. The stoppings are made of brick and lime, and it is usual for an explosion to break them down. Have not been down from Sun day morning, but the pit might now be viewed with safety. Davy lamps are a sure protection when un injured. Have seen fire in a safety-lamp, which was supported inside the gauze by foul air. The Davy is the best lamp. Another lamp called the " Geordy lamp," with a glass, has come under my notice, but I do not think it so safe as the Davy. Cross-examined by Mr. Marshall, solicitor of Dur ham, who appeared on behalf of the owners of the colliery—Fifteen were killed by fire, and the re mainder by after-damp. It was possible for the mine to be safe previous to the fall of the stone at the jud where the explosion took place. A quantity of gas sufficient to cause an explosion might escape in a short time. An instance occurred in their pit two days before, where the gas carried away a large por tion of the coal. Candles were used in the whole, or solid part of the pit, but the explosion did not take place there I am sure, as there was no indication of fire there. The safety of the Davy lamp consists in confining the flame within the gauze, and gives an in timation of danger, when it can be removed. When there is an appearance of danger, the instructions are to remove the lamp,-and lamps are not then used. The gas is removed by means which are taken. Cross-examined by Mr. Toobock, surgeon, of Sun derland, who appeared on the score of humanity— Has never known an explosion take place on the re moval of a lamp, on the appearance of danger, by the current of air forcing the flame through the gauze. It is not possible to make the stoppings close enough to resist the force of such an explosion as this. James Scott is under viewer at Haswell Colliery. About three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, I was in the colliery office, when one of the off-putters came and said he believed the pit had fired. I went as quickly as possible down the pit, and along the North Roily way, about thirty yards, leading into the " Little pit." I tried the air with a candle, and found it good. I then got a safety-lamp, and went along further, and I found the air good all the way to the Stone Drift. At this point I found a great defi ciency in the quantity of air, and the current was not in a right direction. On proceeding along the Stone Drift, the two main hole drifts at the end were blown down ; also the air crossings beside it. The fresh air, which ought to have gone along the main line, was escaping at these two places. Along the main way from the mouth of the Stone Drift, I came to a set of rollies with empty tubs on them. The horse at the end of the rollies was dead, and its driver, a boy. I proceeded on with th e overman, John Miller, whom I met, about sixty yards, and came to a set of rollies in a siding laden with tubs. The horse at the out-bye end of the rollies was dead, and also the drivers. We went forward other fifty yards, and at the meadows' way-end we found another body dead. For want of air at that point we were obliged to return. We went back about 300 yards, where there was more air, and we considered the best thing we could do was to get in the stoppings, to carry the air forward. From what I saw I was quite con vinced that all the men in the pit, when the explosion took place, were dead. Left _Hiller there to forward these operations, and went myself to the meadows' way-end, and persevered up to the meadows flat, where I found, two men and a horse dead. The air was again so bad I was obliged to return to the meadows' way-end. When I got there, Mr. Brown, the first wit ness, came up. We stood awhile, and then returned to the flat, and got about 100 yards further up than before, when we found it necessary to return to the meadows' way-end again. We then determined to get all the air stoppings in as soon as possible, to clear the whole pit of the after-damp. Mr: Brown went with some men into the first stopping of the Brockly ‘vhin's flat, and I went on into the stone drift, where the other men were putting in stoppings. I then went to the meadows flat again, and got 150 yards further than I did previously, when I was forced again to re turn. Went to the men at the stoppings, and an hour after, with Mr. Brydon and others, went into the broken mothergate flat, and up four pillars, where 18 or 19 men were found. The remainder of my time was spent in getting out the dead bodies. The stop pings were put in,.and the air-way improved, so that I could not then in the second and third headway courses perceive the slightest indication of gas. In the mothergate flat the gas was bad. Cross-examined by Mr. Roberts—Went down the pit at seven in the morning. The air was then good. Deputies examine the pit at different times, and when they observe danger they inform the inspector, but do not know in this case whether any information was given. Do not think the stoppings could have been made so strong as not to have been blown down by the blast. About noon on Sunday a lamp was found about four yards from the edge of the fall of the stones at the jud. The lamp was entire, except that it wanted the plug at the bottom, where the oil is put in, which was out. The lamp was standing against a prop, and there was a little oil in it. The wick was loose in the pipe. If the explosion was caused by the plug being out, the gas would have had to ascend the tube containing the wick ; but that, though possible, is not probable. The explosion must have taken place from a defective or injured lamp. I think the crush ing of the gauze had caused the explosion, by the flame coming through the gauze. Cross-examined by Mr. Martin Grade—Two pil lars generally intervene between the whole coal and the working. 'The men in the whole coal work with candles, and never object to doing so. They have often complained of too much air, though the greater quantity of air, the greater the safety. There was no whole coal being worked at the jud; and therefore there were no candles there, but lamps, as they always use lamps on the broken. The nearest candle would be 396 yards distant from the jud. The men are not allowed to do anything to the lamps, except in the presence of an officer at the proper place. By pouring the oil from one lamp into another, the flame would be forced to an angle on the gauze, and might come through. Know no reason why the plug was not in the lamp. Cross-examined by Mr. Roberts—l am sure the stone fell before the explosion, because the props, about fourteen in number, had seen withdrawn and placed on a tram. The fall was six yards by three. In this pit there are two shafts, the air going down one and up the other. The air travels about one mile and a half, and 40,000 cubit feet passes in a minute. Joseph Fairless, inspector of Haswell pit—As soon as I heard of the accident, I went down the pit ; it would be a little after seven o'clock on Saturday evening. I examined every part of the mine between that time and Sunday morning, particularly that part where the dead bodies were found. From the exami nation I made, I think the accident happened in the ninth headway, in the meadows flat. The deputy had been drawing a jud there. I know that, because the axe was standing close by where the stone had fallen, at the place the props were taken away. Some of the props were lying on the horned tram, which was standing about six or eight yards from where the stone had fallen. I found three bodies there. They appeared to be burnt, but I cannot say whether they died from the burns or after-damp. There were no indications in any part of the mine of an explosion having taken place. Found nothing else there but the bodies. I am of opi nion the stone had fallen before the explosion took place. My reason for thinking so is, that the props had been taken out, and the men were away from it a little. I have been inspector of that pit about two years and four months, and during that time it was considered a safe pit. If the men thought there was any danger it was their duty to report it to me; they had orders from the masters to do so. Never received any notice during the time I have been there of there being danger. Never knew of an accumulation of gas in the waste. I had inspected the pit between two and three o'clock in the morning of Saturday, before the men went to work. I never saw her in better trim than she was in at that time. The current of fresh air was strong ; there was no in dication of gas. I considered it then to be perfectly safe. We consider it safe to work the whole coal with candle, but the broken is worked with Davy lamps, as a precaution against danger from gas coming off by accident. Cross-examined by Mr. Roberts—lt is not prudent to work the " broken" with candles, and I do not know of any of the men having done so. Do not work the waste with candle. It is always dangerous to draw a jud; but sometimes the danger is greater than at other times. Cannot say whether the acci dent rose from fa small or a large quantity of gas. Cannot form an opinion from the choke-damp, or the ground it extended over. Cannot say whether or not there was any accumulation of gas where the accident occurred. On the 21st and on the 28th of the month I examined the place very closely, but could discover no accumulation of gas. There is no connexion be ween the waste and the place where candles are used. There are no whole boards going :at the meadows flat. The meadows flat is about 150 yards from the waste, going through the groove. There is a dis tinct return drift independent of the groove. The size of the drift is six feet by five and a half. _ _ Cross-examined by Mr. M. Gude—l am appointed inspector of the mine by the masters ; it is not usual for the men to have inspectors on their part. I think, from the appearance, it was impossible the fall could have been caused by the explosion. The timber had been taken out. There was timber knocked out in other parts of the mine.. That was caused by the ex plosion, and at some of these places the stone was Cross-examined by Mr. Cleugh, a pitman from Thorneley—lf the pit had been working seven years on the whole coal, and four on the broken, which, being dried, was there not to be expected in the drawing of a jud that a quantity of gas would come sufficient to destroy all the men in the pit ?—No. Was there any probability of the gas coming from any other part to cause the explosion ?—No ; I think the gas in this instance came from the fall. The air current runs at 18 miles an hour. The current is split six times in the " whole" between its entering the workings.and coming out of them. Splitting the air increases its efficiency, in my opinion, for the pur poses of ventilation. The in-letting course will not be less than 50 square feet, in the least part, but I have not measured it. Have never seen so large air ways in any other colliery. The in-letting course is at the bottom of the shaft. There are no pumps in the down cast shaft. Not prepared to say what space is left in the shaft for the air to pass down, but there is quite sufficient, in my opinion, for the venti lation of the mine. In examining the pit to see whe ther the air is good or bad, I ascertained that fact by using a candle. When foul air is present, there is a blue tinge at the flame, which tapers up to a point. Never saw candles that would exhibit that appearance when there was no gas. Have seen a difference in candles, but never saw one show a blue tinge without gas ; it was a grey tinge, and it arises from the grease of the candles. If the air be mixed with stithe, the candle will carry a larger flame, but no blue tint. There is no danger of an explosion when the blue tint is absent. When the grey tint approaches to a white one, there is no danger of an explosion. There was no blue appearance on the candle when I went round the pit on the morning before the explosion took place ; the candle presented an ordinary appearance, and gave not the least indication of gas being present. Have tried the broken with a lamp, after a fall had taken place on previous occasions, but never observed any appearance of gas. John Miller, one of the overmen at Haswell Col liery, examined—l have charge of the whole of the " Little Pit" where the accident occurred. I went down it immediately after the explosion took place, and I have since examined every part of the pit very minutely. lam of opinion the explosion took place in the nine head-ways, on the meadows flat, where the jud was taken down. The jud had been taken down, and I think a " blower" had come off, or an accident might have happened to the lamp. Produced a Davy lamp, much crushed, which had been found by David Wardle ; it was lying with a piece of tim ber over it, and there was some stone on the timber. My opinion is, the stone had fallen before the explo sion took place, as part of the timber had been taken out and piled on the horned tram. I think the taking away of the timber had caused the stone to fall, and foul air had come away, which might have come in contact with a lamp previously injured by the fall. Three lamps were found there all damaged. The oil plug was out of one of them. If the lamp had a small wick I think it possible the gas would go through the plug-hole, and so communicate with the flame, espe cially if the lamp was lying on the slant, as I found it. I did not examine the wick. If the gauze of the lamp were perfect, I think the blow which crushed it would not force the flame through, so as to ignite the gas outside, notwithstanding the injury it received. There is no indication in any other part of the mine to show where the explosion took place. I have been overman of the pit turned nine years. Never consi dered there had previously been any danger from the accumulation of gas. Never had any complaints from the men concerning the gas. Was twice through the pit on Saturday, and examined it carefully. The last time I was down I went a little after five o'clock in the morning, and came out before seven. There was no appearance of danger then. Cross-examined by Mr. Roberts—Fifteen of the men had safety lamps in that district at the time of the explosion. I cannot say whether they have all been found or not. I found six of them myself; they were all perfect, except the one I produce broken, and the other wanting the oil-plug. The remainder are down the pit, and may be produced. I cannot iden tify the lamps I found, except the two I have pro duced. I examined the others which I found, and am sure none of them were defective. All the men in the workings were killed, but three men and a boy, named William llindmarch, William Raine, William Harrison, and John Thompson, who were at the bottom of the shaft, escaped The pit is not at work now, but I am not prepared to say whether or not it would be an inconvenience to the owners to have the pit examined. By the CORONER—There is no communication be tween the pant of the pit where candles are used and the jud. The broken might be safely worked with candles, but to be more safe the Davy lamp is used. I always considered the pit a safe one. Mr. Roberts, addressing the Coroner, urged upon him and the jury the necessity of examining the mine by some disinterested party, who should report upon the matter to the jury, and also that the remainder of the lamps should be produced. The CORONER said, the owners had no objection to produce the lamps ; and as to the examination of the mine, he thought the owners, on a proper representa tion being made to them, would allow it to be made. Mr. Roberts said he wished Mr. Jude, Mr. Mather, and some of the workmen, should examine the mine. The CORONBR said, if any examination was made, it should be by some competent party, neither con nected with the masters on the one hand, nor the work men on the other. Mr. Marshall said, on behalf of the owners, that they had no objection to proper professional men being appointed to examine the mine, but he considered the persons named were biased against the owners, which was similar to that taken by Mr. Roberts re specting thelwitnesses already examined. Mr. Roberts proposed Mr. Mathias Dunn, a prac tical viewer, to assist Mr. Mather, whom he consi dered was an indifferent person. Mr. Marshall said he thought they could not fix upon the persons to examine the mine to-night. To morrow the workmen employed' in the colliery would be examined, and then the jury might decide whether an examination was or was not necessary. He ob jected to both the parties named. Mr. Roberts considered he had a right to bring for ward any 'gentleman as a witness, and he would ask that he be allowed to examine the pit. The CORONER said, if a party is possessed of in formation he could summon him to attend and glee evidence, but if he had no information on the subject, he had not power to compel his attendance, or to cause the owners of the colliery to allow him to examine the mine. Mr. Roberts—Then, Sir, on behalf of the relatives and friends of the sufferers, I apply now to the owners of the colliery to allow Mr. Mathias Dunn, Mr. James Mather, Mr. Martin Jude, and some of the workmen employed in the pit, to examine the mine, with the view of giving evidence at this inquest. Mr. Marshall, for the owners, replied, we have a personal objection to Mr. Dunn, and Mr. Mather is not a practical man. The owners have no objec tion to the pit being viewed by two persons, one being chosen by the owners, and the other on behalf of the men ; and in that case the owners have no objection to Mr. Mather accompanying them, at tended by three or four workmen employed on the colliery. Mr. Roberts said he proposed Mr. Dunn, and knew of no other viewer in whom the pitmen had confidence. In case he refused, he applied to the Coroner to adjourn the inquest for time to allow an application to be made to the Secretary of, State upon the subject, which he pledged himself to make. The CORONER then ordered the court to be cleared, which being done, the court was adjourned till ten o'clock on Tuesday morning. The funeral of the sufferers took place this day, and was indeed an extraordinary and melancholy spectacle. Between fifty and sixty carts were em ployed in conveying the dead bodies to the places of interment. Fifty-four were buried in the burying ground of South lletton Church, the others at Easington and Hallgarth villages, about three miles distant. There were thousands of per sons present. The procession to South Hetton Church seemed to be upwards of one mile in length. Many families have lost three and four each. The dead belonging to each family were placed in separate carts, and each followed by the friends and relatives of the parties. We trust that a subscription, prompt and noble as the occasion requires, will be set on foot for the surviving relatives—the widows and fatherless children who are left. 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A gentleman of the name of George Fox, who said be resided at Hammersmith, having complained to Sir Peter Laurie, on Monday, of a transaction con nected with the sale of shares in which he had been a sufferer, in consequence of the unjustifiable conduct of a stock, or sharebroker, and having stated his ap prehension that the public who purchased shares might be liable to considerable injury if the► magis terial authority were not interposed, a message was sent by the Alderman to the broker, Mr. Edward Josephs, who immediately signified his intention to attend and give every necessary explanation. Ac cordingly, the affair was brought forward yesterday. Sir PETER LAURIE complimented Mr. Josephs upon the readiness with which he came for ward to meet the charge. Mr. Josephs said that nothing could give him greater satisfaction than to show that every transaction in which he was concerned was straightforward and ho nourable in the highest degree. In fact, in the case in which Mr. Fox appeared, he could make it palpable that he, instead of that gentleman, was the sufferer, as he was in a great many other instances. The complainant stated that on Tuesday, the 24th of September, he was asked by the defendant, who described himself as a sharebroker, to purchase ten shares of the Kendal and Windermere Railway Com pany, which the defendant said he had received in structions from a Mr. Andrew Gifford, of 6'2, Moor gate-street, to dispose of at 55.. premium each. He (complainant) agreed to take the shares at the price offered, and it was proposed that he should pay the premium, amounting to 505., at the time, to :ratify the transaction. The premium was accordingly handed over to the defendant, who, as a collateral security, gave up to complainant the letter of authority from Mr. Gifford, which was as follows :- 62, Moorgate-street, Sept. 24, 12 o'clock. Dear Sir,—lf you can obtain 21. 10s. for ton Kendal, and Windermeres, have the kindness to do :so at once, and let me know. I have sent home for the letter. Yours, truly, ANDREW GIFFORD. Liverpool quotations, lls. 6d. to 15s. premium. The complainant continued. The certificates of the shares not having been delivered, the defendant could not at that time give them up, but he told Mr. Gif ford that he had sold them, and he paid Mr. Gifford the 21. 10s. on the same afternoon. On Friday, the 27th of September, about noon, complainant ap plied to the defendant for the certificates of the ten shares upon which he was desirous to pay the remain ing 151., but, to his surprise, Mr. Josephs refused to give him either the certificates or the letter of allot ment, declaring that he was not entitled to them, but offered to pay him back the 2/. 103. which had been paid in the first instance as a ratification of the deal ing. The shares were then up to 60s. premium. Sir PETER LAURIE—Can you prove that Mr. Josephs paid the money you paid to him as the rati• fication, to William Gifford ? The complainant— Certainly I can, I expected Mr. Gifford here, but he has not been able to come. Here, however, is his note to me this morning, in answer to my representation of the circumstances to him : " 62, Moorgate•street, Oct. 1844. " Mr. Gifford being unable to leave the office, begs to intimate what his letter expresses as to the entire knowledge he possesses of the circumstances. " The ten shares referred to'were placed with Mr. Josephs for sale, and Mr. Gifford having delivered his letter of allotment, received 50s. for the same. " Mr. Gifford has no knowledge further of the transaction." The defendant assured Sir Peter Laurie that he might have compromised the matter with Mr. Fox without giving the Alderman any trouble about it, but he would not consent. The complainant said he was ready to make oath, not only of the correctness of his whole statement, but that not the slightest advance to an offer of a com promise had been made by him. Sir PETER LAURIE—WeII, Mr. Josephs, I shall be glad to hear your answer to what Mr. Fox has stated. The defendant said that the Alderman must be aware of the nature of operations of the kind. The fact was, that he (the defendant) had been a most ex tensive loser by purchasing letters allotting Aares. (He here produced a bundle of letters.) Several of the letters had cost him pounds upon pounds, and he had been obliged to decline paying upon them, rather than hazard a more serious loss. In the present case he had sold the letter which Mr. Gifford had sent to him to Mr. Fox, and had paid Mr. Fox the money he received without having received commission from either party, so that he was actually a loser in the transaction, having been employed without remunera tion. Mr:Fox, who was really, as he saw by the whole affair, a fox, did not entertain a thought of paying upon the shares until be found they were at a premium. As soon, however, as he ascertained that they were at sixty:shillings, he made his appearance ; but he did not show himself until the time for paying had elapsed, and of course he had no claim. Why he should be called upon on a matter which lay - en tirely between the complainant and Mr. Gifford, he could not conceive. It was, in fact, most shameful to call upon him. If the complainant was too late to pay up; according to the arrangements of the Company, it was his fault. Sir PETER LAURIE—I would not, Mr. Josephs, yesterday, allow your name to be mentioned, because you were not present. When I hear a serious accu sation made against an individual, although the com plaint may not be one which magistrates may con sider themselves under any obligation to notice, I always afford the opportunity of rebutting. If the charge prove to be just, the public aro benefited by the exposure. If unjust, the person falsely charged appears, as he ought to appear, an innocent and calum niated man. Now you consider yourself harshly dealt with because you have been invited here to answer a public accusation. You shall have no unfair dealing here. I shall take the judgment of two stockbrokers of undoubted character on the statements and the de fence, and shall decide accordingly. Sir PETER LAURIE then sent the marshalman to the neighbourhood of the Stock-Exchange, to request the attendance of any two gentlemen who might be at leizure, and were qualified to state the practice in matters of share selling. Mr. Helps, and a gentleman from the office of Mr. Boyd, immediately waited upon Sir Peter Laurie, and tendered their services upon the occasion ; and Mr. Fox, at the Alderman's desire, recapitulated the circumstances in their presence, precisely in the terms in which he had first made his representation. The defendant, who appeared to be less confident and talkative upon the appearance of these gentlemen, stated, again and again, that he derived no profit from the transactiion, and that the complainant had for feited the shares by not attending in time to pay the deposits. The complainant had, he said, it would be recollected, not purchased the shares, but the letter. Mr. Helps wished to see the letter. The complainant produced Mr. Gifford's note, which the defendant had given to him as the guarantee, and said that was the only letter received from Mr. Josephs. Mr. Helps (to Mr. Josephs)—Do you mean to say that the complainant paid you 21. 10s. for this (hold ing up the piece of paper) ? The complainant—Yes. That is what I sold to him for Mr. Gifford. The matter is certainly between them.—(Laughter.) Mr. Helps and the other stockbroker said that such a statement was a mere absurdity. The complainant—The defendant says that I was too late in my application. You will see whether there is any truth in that from an advertisement of the Railway Company in the Times of the 27th instant. The fact is, and nobody can question it for a moment, Mr. Josephs paid Mr. Gifford two hours after he re ceived the 21. 10s. from me, and got from him the letter of allotment to which Mr. Gifford alludes in his note, and then sold either the letter or the shares at a larger premium, and wanted to make me put up with the repayment of the 2/. 10s. The two gentlemen referred to by Sir Peter Laurie looked at the advertisement in the Times, and without hesitation stated that Mr. Fox was most certainly en titled to the shares upon the terms at which he had purchased them. Sir P. LAURIE—Then Mr. Josephs is out of court. The gentleman said these transactions were trans actions merely depending upon the honour of the par ties engaged in them. Mr. Josephs here wished to address the Alderman once more, and once more wanted to display the let ters of allotment, upon which he had lost . hundreds of pounds, but Sir P. LAURIE said, " No, no, Mr. Josephs ; I have shown you the most fair play. I have had you here before a jury who understood the question at issue much better than I understood it; they have found a verdict which binds you in honour to render up to Mr. Fox the shares or the letter of allotment ; and I trust you will act upon the principle on which they state matters of this kind are regulated—the principle of honour." Mr. Josephs here bundled up his papers, whipped up his hat, and departed, without uttering a syllable, after he heard the word "honour" mentioned. Sir PETER LAURIE thanked the gentlemep who had so kindly rendered him assistance in a case which well deserved consideration. The investigation was, in his opinion, particularly necessary at a time when the rage of speculation seemed to have grown up anew, and when the head was much more exercised than the hands in getting hold of the property of others. The whole of the case, as might he expected, caused the greatest interest, and was conducted with extra ordinary tact. WORSHIP-STREET. ROBBERY or A 501. NOTE.—A young man, named Christopher Wren, was charged before Mr. Brough ton, with having been concerned, with a young wo man, now in custody, named Ann Beard, in stealing a bank of gngland note for 501., the property of Mr, MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Oct. 1.) SUGAR.-For West India Sugar a reduction on previous rates of is having been accepted for low and middling, and 6d per cwt for the better qualities, caused the trade to come forward with increased freedom, and for Refin ing purposes a good demand has prevailed. To-day there was a good business transacted in the West India Sugar market, and the rates previously establish ed supported. The purchases amount t o 580 hdds, inclu d ing 148 hhds 2 trcs of Barbadoes Sugar at public sale, which, however, went off with much heaviness at prices 6d per cwt under those of Friday's sale ; excepting for fine, which fetched the former currency-low yellow sold at 55s to 55s 6d, middling 56 s to 555, good middling to good 58s 6d to 595, and fine 61s to 65s per cwt. REFINED.-The purchases made in Refined Goods have been large by the home trade, and prices remain firm. To-day the low and m iddlin g descriptions of Refined Goods were in excellent request by the home trade; standard lumps at 74s 6d to 755, and brown lumps 73s to 733 6d, per cwt, but of such not many parcels are to be had ; in the finer sorts there is not much doing but prices are firm. Bonded crushed Sugar is much wanted, and prices, closed firmly at 278 6d to 27s 9d per cwt. MAURITIUS.-There has been a good business tran sacted in this description of Sugar, but importers have been compelled to submit to a reduction on previous rates of Gd to is per cwt, the depression being still principally upon inferior and brown sorts. This afternoon 754 bags were submitted to public com petition, and went 6d per cwt under former rates ; very low brown sold at 40s, mid 43s 6d to 46s 6d,good to fine 47s 6d to 50s, good middling yellow 565, middling 53s 6d to 55s 6d, for low 52s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.-This afternoon several public sales of Bengal Sugar took place. The total quantity offered amounted to 7,947 bags, the chief portion of which con sisted of Date and low damp brown ; of these a small part only sold at rather lower rates-damp brown went at 48s to 503, low and middling 43s 6d to 475, mid sound yellow Date 54s to 555, good ditto 568 to 58s, damp and washed 52s to 545, mid sound grey 56s to 57s 6d.; other sorts were held for the former currency, but a small proportion only sold, fine white at 65s to 665, good 628 Gd to 638 6d,10w and mid 59s to 60s, damp and washed 57s to 65s 6d, mid strong yellow 61s 6d, good 63s to 638 6d, fine 655, and damp and washed 58s to 63s 6d. Of Madras 133 bags were sold at 41s 6d for low heavy brown. FOREIGN.-Prices are fully supported for Brazil Sugar, and all descriptions have been in good demand. To day all descriptions of Foreign Sugar were sought after, but the stiff rates asked operated against business. A floating cargo of 2,600 boxes fine yellow Havannah was sold at 22s per cwt deliverable at Antwerp. MoLasses.-There has been little business transacted in West India, but holders are not inclined to submit to any further decline in prices, which vary from 20s to 24s per cwt. The stock is nearly three times greater than it was last year at this period. COFFEE.-This afternoon the market was better sup plied with East India Coffee. At public sale 892 bags Ceylon, 38 casks of Mocha, 18 bags of Madras, and 1,198 bags various sorts of East India were offered. Ceylon went at a decline on former rates of Is to 2s per cwt, very good ordinary bold pale Plantation kind selling at 575, fine bold pale coloury 60s to 643, fine fine ordinary coloury 69s Gd, fine fine ordinary pale greenish 65s Gd, middling coloury 83s, country damagei 555, sea damaged 52s to 60s. Pea Berry sound 76s to 79s Gd, low 90s, and Triage 14s to 48s. Mocha sold at low rates, good ordinary yellow Mysore at 48s to 498, good ord greenish yellow 50s to 51s 6d. Madras fetched 80s for fine green. Of the East India half consisted of Singapore Java:, which sold at full prices, good ordinary yellowish fetched 41s to 41s 6d, ordinary mixed 31s to 325, very ordinary 28s, country damaged 34s 6d, sea damaged 27s 6d to 28, the remainder was taken in at 24s for ordinary sound mixed Sumatra. A few lots of damaged were sold at 203 to 22s 6d for first and second class. - TEA.-To-day several purchases were made in Tea at full but not higher rates ; Congou common and good common 10d, to 11 d but middling coarse to but middling rather blackish leaf llid to is lid, superior Is 2d to 2s 7d, and Twankay common yellow leaf is l d to Is lfid per lb. The quantity of tea npen which duty was paid at this port amounted to 487,8001bs during the past week. SPICES.—This afternoon at public sale 675 bags of Sumatra Popper were all sold, but at easier rates, and went at 2id to lid for common light dusty and stalky, and two lots 20. 300 bags of Malabar fetched full rates—good light clean selling at 3d to 3id and grey 3fid. 808 pockets 496 cases East India Ginger were partly sold, Malabar hold at 70s to 725, and small 45s to 50s ; Bengal was taken in at 20s, 60 brls Jamaica were all disposed of at 31 13s to Ti 105 for low to good mid- HUM, BRANDI% AND HOLLANDS. — For Jamaica Hum the demand has been extensive for all descriptions to supply home and export orders ; the rates paid show an advance on those previously quoted of ld per gallon, and the large quantity of 550 puns found purchasers, 27 to 29 per eent over proof, fair quality at 3s 10d to 3s 11d, 30 to 33 per cent over, good 4, to 4s 4a, 35 to 3 8 over, tine 4s 6d to 53, and superior 5s 3d to 63 per gallon. I.l;4:wards at 2s 47-d to 2s 3d proof strength. Demerara ' at 3s 5d to 3s tttl, for strong quality 32 per cent over proof. Calcutta 2s 3d per gallon proof with certificate. The stock of Rum shows a considerable decrease as compared with that of last year. The low and middling descriptions of Brandy are wanted, and the supply being small, prices rule firm at 2s Ild to 3s 3,1 for the former, and at 3s-4d to 3s 101 per gallon for the latter. Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1838, selling, hhds 5s ld, puns 4s lid ; 1839, hhds 4e. 11d, puns 4s 9d ; 1840, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4s 8d ; 1841, hhds 4s 9d, puns 4S 7d ; 1842, hhds 4s 6d, puns 4s 4d per gallon. Geneva sales on the quay made at is 9id to is 10d, fine fit for duty is 2s 6d to 3s 6cl per gallon. No alteration in Eng lish Corn Spirits. To-day the parcels of Rum sold were at firm rates, a parcel of 60 puns Jamaica, 34 per cent over proof, fetched 4s 61.; proof Leewards are 2s 5d per gallon. COCOA.—lmporters of West India still refrain from offering any at auction, by private contract some parcels have been disposed of at stiff rates ; the stock is still on the decrease, and in first hands there is little remaining. For Foreign prices continue firm. FRIIIT.—To-day the Susan arrived with a large cargo of new Valencia Raisins being the first this season, the whole was sold, but at the low rate of 44s per cwt ; the quality was fine and condition good, the price has opened much lower than was expected. RICE.—The demand has been brisk for Bengal Rice, and the rates paid are rather above those of this day week ; good middling white at lls 6d to 12s, for mid dling bold yellowish white rather dusty lis to Ils 6d, middling new rather dusty and broken lis to I is 6d, sea damaged 6s to 1 Is, and Indigo damaged lOs to lOs 6d. Privately several parcels have been disposed of ; good bold clean white fetched 12s: to 12s 6d per cwt. Java low white rather broken and dusty at 9s 6d to 10s, mid white broken 9s 6d to 103 6d, good mid ditto lOs 6d to I Is, sea damaged 7s 6d to,los, and very low ditto 2s 6d per cwt : in the private market several purchases made at 8s 6d to 9s for yellow, and 9s 6d to lls per cwt for white. Madras yellow at 8s 6d to 8s 9d. Holders of East India Rice skow firmness. The market is firm for cleaned Rice. Patna at 13s to 17s, and Carolina 21s to 26s per cwt. SAGO.—Of Sago Flour the supply is still scanty. Prices are supported for Arrowroot ; 99 pkgs St. Vin cent's at auction fetched 5d to 7d per lb. At public sale 17 casks of Cuba Honey went at 48s per cwt. SALTPETRE.—To-day rough met with increased attention, and 1180 bags of Calcutta at auction were all sold at very full rates ; good dry grey fair chrystals 31 per cent. refraction went at 26s to 26s 6d, mid dull grey 71 per cent 25s to 25s 6d, low dingy grey 51 per cent 25s 6d to 265, 71 per cent do 25s to 25s 6d, and unre tracted 24s to 24s 6d per cwt. COCHINEAL.—Honduras very low and damp foxey at 4s 5d to 4s 6d, middling ditto 4s 7d, good 4s 8d to 4s 9d, fine large bold dry 4s 10d to 5s ; 97 bags Black, ord to mid 53 to 5s 4d, and good to fine bold 5s 5d to 5s I ld. Garblings fetched is 5d to 2s 4d, and overtakers 3s 7d per lb. INDIGO.—In consequence of the quarterly sale of East India commencing on Tuesday next, and the quantity offered to be large, amounting to 12,915 chests, little business has been transacted by shippers or the home trade. Holders, however, remain firm, and nothing is to be purchased excepting at the rates of the last quar terly sale. Oils.—Olive Oil is not much wanted at present, but prices do not give way—Gallipoli selling at 44/ to 451, Spanish 411 to 434 and Barbary 391 to 401 per tun. In Linseed Oil a considerable business has been tran sacted at 24s 3d to 24s 6d per cwt ; prices are 6s to 7s per cwt lower than they were at this period last year, and there is a very large consumption going on. Rape, pale at 36s to 36s 6d, and brown 35s to 35s fid per cwt. Palm has been little inquired for. Cocoa Nut at 27s 6d to 30s per cwt ; Fish Oils, Cod at 33/ 15s to 344 pale Seal 341 15s to 35/, and Southern 28/ to 32/ per tun. Sperm Oil, fine British has been selling at 90/ to 92/ per tun. This afternoon at public sale 53 hhda 4 butts Cocoa Nut Oil were sold at 27s 3d to 29s 6d for Ceylon, and 27s 6d to 28s per cwt for Cochin China. Pale Seal Oil was held for the advanced rates at 35/ los to 361 per tun. TALLOW.—The transactions in Russian Tallow on the spot have been upon a limited scale only, and holders experience difficulty in supporting previous rates ; for old P. Y. Candle the demand has been only for small parcels at 41s to 41s 3d, and at 41s 6d to 41s 9d per cwt for new. For delivery there are sellers upon easier terms, but few purchasers are to be met with -4.1s 6d per cwt accepted for the next two months of the year. Town Tallow, however, still sells freely at 40s 6d to 41s per cwt nett cash. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. THE ANNE, FROM SULINA TO ENGLAND. " Foreign-office Sept. 30, 1844. " Sir,—l am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to transmit to you, for the information of the Chairman and Committee of Lloyd's, the copy of a dispatch from her Majesty's Consul at Jassy, reporting the death of Edwin Gondel, master of the British schooner Anne, at Sulina, and the consequent detention of the vessel at that port.—l am, yours, &c., (Signed) " IL M. ADDINGTON." " William Dobson, Esq., Sec., Lloyd's." (copy.) " My Lord,—Mr. Vice-Con"sjulasCsy u , n A ni u n g g . h a l na 9, , 1 0 8 f 44 G . a. latz, has sent the inclosed statement from the Russian Vice-Consulate, which I have the honour to transmit. It relates to the schooner Anne, at Salina, whose cap tain died there, and mate and two seamen remain dan gerously ill. Only two men were well of the whole crew. Mn' Cunningham writes. that the case impe riously calling for his assistance, it was his intention to proceed himself, or send an agent there, and adds that fever has been prevalent in the Danube this year. " The British shipping frequenting the Danube is in considerable, and it seems to require some explanation why accidents should happen to them under some form or other, when proceeding by one of the least dangerous navigations in the world, except at the Sulina Bar, and perhaps at Julera, the Danube having more the appear ance of a deep canal than a river, for many miles before it falls into the Black Sea. My observation applies to the information also communicated by Mr Cunningham, that the British brig, Rambler, has met with damage going down the Danube. As every justice must be rendered to the British merchant marine, there would seem in these accidents something intentionally created to cause the injury. The narrowness of the river, divided into numerous branches, exposes vessels to the risk of collision, and on the other hand, the lower ground forming the island of Leti and St. George, is marshy and covered with reeds, which in the heat of summer must engender malady. " I have the honour to mention these circumstances, as they explain the accidents without altogether satisfying me. They may discourage British shipping from fre quenting a navigation which offers great advantage to enterprise, as testified by the thousand vessels which annually visit the ports of the Danube.—l have, &c., (Signed) " SAMUEL GARDNER." " To the Earl of Aberdeen," &c., &c. The communication from the Russian Vice-Consu late of Galatz, referred to, is nearly a repetition of the information contained in the above letter. The rest of the crew, three in number, had been sent to the ;hospital at Galatz, but little hope was enter tained of their recovery. The ship and cargo had been placed under the protection of the maritime authorities of the port. Thomas Tappins, landlord of the Red Lion public house, High-street, 'fox ton. It appeared that the woman Beard had lived about six months in the service of the prosecutor; and that the prisoner, who was a groom in the service of Mr. Heath, a surgeon in Hoxton, had for some time paid his addresses to her, and frequently visited her as a suitor at her master's house. About the latter end of August the prosecutor received a considerable sum of money in bank-notes, and, having deposited them in his note-case, he put the case into the pocket of a coat, which he incautiously left for two days on the back of a chair in his bed-room. On the morning of the 30th August he examined the pocket, and disco vered that a 501. note had been abstracted from the case, but, being fortunately acquainted with the number, he caused its payment to be stopped at the Bank, and quiety awaited the result. He obtained no tidings of the lost note until about a week ago, when he received a notification that it had been stopped at the Bank ; and he afterwards traced it through the hands of Messrs. Trueman, Hanbury, and Co., the brewers, to Mr. Smith, a publican in Hoxton, at whose house the note had been changed by the prisoner. The woman Beard had, in the in terim, left his service, but he gave directions to the police, which resulted in her apprehension, and sub sequently of that of the prisoner. Henry Bayfield, barman to Mr. Smith, the pub lican, proved that the prisoner changed the note at his master's house about three weeks ago, stating that he had been sent by Dr. Heath, whose name was ac cordingly indorsed on the back of it. The prisoner, who denied all participation in the robbery, and said he had been assured by the girl Beard that she found the note, was remanded until Friday next. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, HALF-PAST FOUR. If we may judge from the moderate character of the sport this afternoon, and the immense number of horses kept in reserve for the Cesarewitch, Cambridgeshire, and other valuable stakes, to be run for in the Second Octo ber and Houghton Meetings, the Handicap and Selling Stakes that at present stand on the list for Wednesday and Thursday, will, like the Trial Stakes, turn up blanks, and the three days racing, in the aggregate, be in keep ing with the unpretending display usually made by the First October week. Indifferent, however, as the list confessedly is, the Grand Duke Michael Stakes was $ sufficient inducement with many of the leading patrons of Newmarket to defer pheasant shooting for $ few days, for the purpose of seeing whether, across the flat, Foig-a-ballagh would be enabled to retain the laurels he so gallantly won over the longer and more trying course at Doncaster;—the Hopeful and Bucken ham Stakes, to which, and the Duke Michael, the day's sport was confined, also excited some interest, as, bringing out three winners from the Good Wood and Danebury stables—viz., the Maid of Orleans, Cowl, and Monimia colt. Important, however, as these races were, speculation was not very extensive, the pretentious of the favourites out of the first two having been s° superior as to hold out very slight encouragement to the fielders," it turned chiefly on naming the three win' ners, at 6 to 1, 5 to 1, 4 to 1, and finally 5 to 2, the horses named being the Maid of Orleans and Foig-st ballagh for the two first events, and the Monimia fill}' for the third, except in one or two bets, in which Cowl was selected. The racing commenced at three o'clock with The Hopeful Stakes of 40 sovs. each, h ft, for two yo old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 51b ; the winner of the July or Chesterfield Stakes 61b, of both, 91b extra; other winners 31b extra ; those by Arabians, or out of Arabian mares, allowed 51b ; the second to receive 501. out of the stakes. Last half of Ab. M. (20 Subs.) Mr. Gully's The it•'laid of Orleans (J. Day, jua.) 1 Mr. Ford's Piccolina The following also started, but were not placed :":" Lord Chesterfield's c by Sheet Anchor, out of Fai r Helen—Lord Exeter's Deoda.va—Mr. Newton's f Jerry, out of Pastille—Col. Peel's Sister to Cameleon -- Duke of Richmond's The Laird o' Cockpen—and DIM of Rutland's c by Royal Oak, out of Cowslip's dam. 5t02 on the Maid, and 6to 1 agst Piccolina. Three false starts, at the fourth Col. Peel's filly took the lead , and with Laird o' Cockpen and Piccolina laid up, mad e play at a good pace for about 500 yards ; the Maid ° Orleans then took up the running, went on with it to the chair, and won in a canter by a length, Piccolina beating Laird o' Cockpen for second by half a length ; Colooe Peel's filly close up, and Lord Chesterfield's fifth. „ The Grand Duke Michael Stakes of 50 sous. each, three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 31b. (23 Subs.) 1 Mr. Irwin's Foice-a-ballagh (Bell) Duke of Richmond's Red Deer Lord Exeter's Merope 1 Col. Peel's Zenobia Lord G. Bentinck's All-round-my-Hat fir° 4tol on Foig-a-ballagb. The running for the 0 mile was made by All-round-my-Hat; it was then 0 1 ‘ e c i up by Foig-a-ballagb, who went on with it to tbep at a tremendous pace, shook off everything bet the Deer at the new ground, and defeated him w ith greatest ease imaginable by two lengths. The Buckenham Stakes of 300 sovs . eac h , h f t , for th c e i produce of mares covered in 1841 ; colts, Bst 711) 1111 fillies, 3st 41b. T.Y.C. One to the Post. Lord G. Bentinck's Cowl .. ( Nat) Mr. Wreford's c by Camel, out of Monimia g Lord Exeter's Adrianople 7 to 4 on Monimia colt, and 2 to 1 agst Cowl. made all the running, and won easy by a length. Ads' il ,"; ople was beaten off. This race was run in a he ti ' shower. Cesarewitch Stakes—The following nine were back r , this morning against the field :—Souvenir filly, Brev ve a Glossy, Una, Delapre, Albion, Jamal, Lightning, i t 1 3,1 Campanero ; 13 to 2 laid against the Souvenir filly; • 10 to 1 offered against any other. _ The following horses have arrived since our last ;if , Buzz, All-round-my-Hat, Cowl, Past ora l, Busk fiw . Symmetry, Estelle filly, Caractacus, and Sparsholt. COURSE OF EXCIIA] Amsterdam CF. 12 6i Ditto, at sight l2 4 Rotterdam 2U. 12 7 Antwerp 25 90 Hamburgh M.B. 13141 Altona l3 14 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 60 Ditto, 3 months 25 85 Marseilles Bourdeaux 25 90 Frankfort on Maine l2l iGE.—(YESTERDA O Gibraltar -- Leghorn 3O i 693 Genoa 25 g" Milan -- Venice ____~ Naples 391 Palermo, per o z ll9 Lisbon 55 Oporto 55 Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Ayres --. NewYork,2ldys sight --"" Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, Po! 9 Foreign Gold, bars..£3 1 , , ,, 6 Portugal Gold Coin 3 1 .„ 1 0 New Doubloons__ 0 0 10 New Dollars 0 4 il Silver in Bars 0 4 Petersburgh, 3 Us... 37 Berlin - 7 Vienna, effec. f 1.3 M 952 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36 Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona 36 Seville — RAILWAYS TO YORK.—It would appear that ther: are no less than three projects for railways from 112 , e , don to York. The line, however, whi c h h a s been - „a tually surveyed by its engineer, Sir John Rennie , ( t ri g termed the " Direct Northern Railway," is attraVio amongst practical men the greatest attention. line will form the nearest route to Leeds, Selby, .'„te- Halifax, Bradford, Huddersfi e ld, W a k e fi e ld, r e ° ' t lics fract, and Sheffield, thus com man di ng th e traffie . °',l 3 - at manufacturing districts of Yorkshire, as well as " aa cl from the north of En g l an d, S co tl an d, Li nco l ns hire, " - es , the other agricultural districts through which it P i le• and, moreover, opening an easy communication rat tween Norfolk and Suffolk, and the West and I` l° of England. It would further seem, by a referencerof the map, that Sir John Rennie has taken a cours e „. 0 the Direct Northern line which possesses the advaufrri, of being much shorter in extent than the other pro)ecter being less by 39 miles than the one, and 20 miles sb c ' r than the other. BIRTHS On the 27th ult., at Maida-vale, . the lady of James Lob, Esq., of a son. CO - On the 28th ult., at Champion-grove, Grove-lane , berwell, Mrs. Henry Harris, of a son. ...„ til t; On the 28th ult., at Montagu-street, Portman-square, lady of Charles Hope, Esq., of a daughter. Lif tr On the 2Sth ult., the lady of Lewi n Mosley, Escl-, pool, of a daughter. ( del i ' On the 29th ult., at Arli ng t on H ouse , T u rnhaul - e - Mrs. John Bull, of a daughter. __......-*/. MARRIED. )1.91 On the 28th ult., at Cha r lt on , J osep h Gilioli, Escl•?,,tet° and LL.D., of London, to Ell en Eli za b e th, secon d daue W. T. Hillyer, Esq., of Blackheath. On the 30th ult., at St. George's Church, 8100 515 105' Charles Carey, Esq., of La Guayra, to Elizabeth , e daughter of the late John "fumble, Esq., of Vauxhal:,,,./ DIED. °°‘' G On the 2d ult., on the voyage home from the Cape ° f Hope, Thomas M. Turner, Esq. Cap On the 19th ult., at righton-place, Portobello; '— Andrew Barclay, aged 74. Mary A On the 26th ult., at Carshalton, Surrey, 3.-arY daughter of the late W. Charrington, Esq., aged 45. On the 27th ult. ' at Farnham Royal, Mrs. Newell. fIS r ' On the 27th ult., Fanny Mary, the eldest daughter 0 Manby, W of olverhampton, solicitor. tier e4 On the 28th ult., at Wigmore-street, Cavendish -5g Mr. hands Henry Ball, aged 26. 8 11/1 ' On the 29th ult., William, s eco nd son o f Mr. Edic— „r a , of Shoreditch, aged 13. ___..---- QUARTERLY NAVAL OBITUARY' gef Flag Officers—Vice-Admiral N or bo rne Thompson', J. Admirals Edward Galway, Jeffery Baron de Raiqrsfie' 034 Captains—Thomas Forrest, C. 8., William (mate , s a il. William W. Foote, Peter Fisher, Michael Head, BaLy.l o ' Retired Captains—Christopher Nevile, Robert Toin,P"T e lnc' Commanders—James Groves, Roger Robinet, R. - C. W. G. Griffin. Retired Commanders—J. - -Tifree 11 John Browne, George Malik, Charles D. Williams , e Miles. GO ' Lieutenants—Edward P. 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