The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-13 00:00:00

THE - COLLIERYEXR 'LOSION AT LUND HILL. A. short time since we stated that it was not un likely that some of the bodies might rise and float to the surface of the water in the shaft. Our anti cipations have been realised, and the first body was found between 11 and 12 o'clock on Friday night. The men employed in connection with the drawing out of the water work eight hour shifts, and every time they commence their shifts they descend to the surface of the water to see if any bodies have risen or if th?re is any debris wants removing. For this purpose, a little after 11 o'clock on Friday night, John Warhurst, Wm. Bevors, and John South, the men on duty, descended, and observed something floating on the water, which on closer examination proved to be the remains of one of the unfortunate men. They immediately came out of the shaft and made preparations for bringing out the remains, and again descended with a quantity of cotton, which they placed in the water, and drew under the body, by which they brought 'it out of the shaft. The spectacle presented was of a moat awful character. The features were fright fay distorted, the legs and arms broken, the feet cut off, and the head and other parts so crushed as to render it the appearance of one shapeless mais of flesh, and entirely unrecognisable. The remains were carefully placed in a coffin and removed to the shed erected for the purpose of receiving the bodies, where it will remain till viewed by the coroner and jury. The intelligence of the recovery created quite a sensation in the neighbourhood. The holy when brought , out was in a far ad vanced state of decomposition, and, although dis infectants were freely used, the operations of bring ing it out and placing it in the coffin made one of the men engaged in the task ill. After the body had been brought out some hours were spent in repairing the emductors, which had been damaged at the bottom of the shaft, by the explosion, and it was not until 3 o'clock in the morning that the operations of drawing the water again fairly commenced. At 11 o'clock on Saturday it was found that the water lowered within one foot of the chair which is imbedded at the bottom, and as one of the buckets only could fill, and the conductlrs wanted repairing, a stoppage of six or seven hours again took place, or there is no doubt but by Saturday evening the water would have boon unru o:'e 1. The height of the water in the shift is now about nine feet, and this, if no great delay takes place in removing the chair and debris at the bot tom, will begot out in a few days. The action of the buckets when dipping and com ing out of the water, now it has so neatly reached the bottom, is such as to be likely to cause other bodies to rise to the surface, to meet which emer gency a number of coffins are ready for immediate use. The graves at Darfield and other places are now nearly completed. About 160 of the bodies (if so many can be recovered) are to be interred at Dar field. The graves are made' sufficiently deep to hold several coffins, which will be placed one above another, a layer of bricks being plaled between the different tier's. In the centre will be placed a monument bearing the names of the - men and the cause of their death. EXPLOSION AT THE HOUNSLOW POW f)Eit MILLS. An accident took place on Saturday last, at a few minutes after noon, in the premises belongingto Messrs. Curtis and Harvey, gunpowder manu facturers to the Government, &c., at Hounslow. . The factory in elues'ion is probably the most ex tensive of any near the metropolis, and is con structed with due regaid for the safety of the vari ous persons employed in such a place •, for instance, the grinding and corning mills are built apart on one part of the ground, wbil,t the composition houses, the mixing rooms, and other compartmen s, are formed either of brick, or timber and slate, and guarded by poplar trees, hedges, and water-courses. A few years ago a terrible accident took place in precisely the same part of the factory as the present. On Saturday last, some four or five hands, prin cipally youths, were engaged in what is termed the composition mill, a building not more than 30 feet long, and not nearly so wide, but which contained a great quantity of saltpetre, sulphur, and other art;cles used in waking gunpowder. All of a sud den three of the lads employed in the mill had their attention directed to the north-west end of the building, by seeing a blue, and at fret a slow light flickering round the place. Knowing at once what wrs likely to ensue amongst so much combustible mater, an instant cry of " Fire, and run for your your lives," was raised. The various persons in the place mado an attempt to run out, and three were fortuna:ie enough to reach the open groind, but the other two met the "blast" as they were running away, the heat of which severely scorched them, and considerably injured the foot and heel of one. At the same instant the whole of the stock RI the place becoming ignited went off, blowing the roof away, and before alai, named Warwick, could get clew of the place he was struck on the head and severely injured by a beam faring upon him. ~13efore the extent of the mi , .:chief done in the composition mill could be ascertained two explo sions followed, which blew two of the mills almost to ruins. The engines of the firm havino; e'en got out, they were set to work from the mill streams on the grounds, and the fire wact son subdued, but not until the mill in which the disaster commenced was burned down, and its contents of composition cor. sumed. iTIGIITFUL EXPLOSION AT STOCKPORT. STOCKPORT, APRIL 11. Bredbury New Pit belongs to Messrs. J. and J. Jowett, who are also the owners of two other pits in the immediate neighbourhood. The pit at which the explosion occurred was only opened for about six months, and it is not even yet worked to its full extent. The number of men employed in it at preseat is only 12, but there is also a simi kr number of boys. This morning the colliers assembled as usual a'.; 6 o'clock at the mouth of the pit, and they were let down in the "cages," and nothing wrong was at that time noticed. The shaft is 157 yards deep, and when the men arrived at the bottom they dis persed in various directions and proceeded with their work. The part of the mine which is known as. the No. 7 level was worked by Samuel Platt, who was assisted by a boy named Hopwood. In the next, or No. 6 level, were William Holworth (sometimes called Whitehewl) and his two sous, Joseph and Samuel. Everything proceeded as usual till about a quarter to 7 o'clock, when a loud ex plosion took place in the No. 7 level, worked by Platt The explosion was heard not only in every part of the pit, but also for some distance in the neighbourhood. The fire rushed along the various Workings, and frightfully burnt those of the colliers who had not taken the precaution to throw them selves on'their faces. The distance from the bot tom of the shaft at which the explosion occurred RAS 78 yards. Platt, who was frightful) , burnt and bruised, contrived to crawl to the shaft's mouth. The lad Hopwood attempted to follow him, but xbissed his way, and fell a distance of 30 feet,' thereby severely injuring his hack. He neverthe less, by some miraculous means, groped his way to the mouth of the shaft. The occupants of No. 6 level, William Holworth and his two sons, were not so fortunate. The father and his two boys were both killed, not, it is supposed, by the fire, but by the choking vapours which succeeded the ex plosion. As we have said the report of the explo sion was heard by the inhabitants residing in the locality, and a large number of persons were quickly on the spot. Without a moment's delay the cage was hoisted and the living men taken up from the shaft, many of them being horribly disfigured by • burning. Afrer nearly an hour ,had elapsed all were thus taken out, with the exception of the Hol worths. Au unfortunate delay then occurred in consequence of the sulphur having become so strong in the pit as to prevent the men going do wn . A t length, however, Ventilation Wm so far restored as to enable them to descend, and shortly after ten o'clock the bodies of Holworth and his sons were recovered. The father breathed once after he wai taken out, but the two sons were quite dead. Of the other men five were severely wounded, most of them being both burnt and bruised. Their names are :--Samuel Platt, burnt, and very much bruised about the head ; Richard Loma , , ribs broken, bruised about, the bead, and burnt ; J o h n Andrew, frightful injuries on the bead and burns ; Thomas Redfern, very much burnt ; Henry Hop wood (boy), dreadfully burnt, and injured by his fall There is very little doubt that the lamentable accident was caused by the culpable negligence of Platt in workinf, with his naked candle. Some of the workmen as that he did not use a lamp at all, though one is provided for each man ; but we believe Platt himself ssys that lie had a lamp, but that he remov e d th e top of it, and that the explo siontook 'place immediately. There is no fimurin empoYed in this pit to go down and examine the workings before the men commenced work. Th'''r° is a general manager, named George Way, who goes dawn into the pit generaly every day to see that all is right.. He stees that he made a thorugh examination of it on Wedn,,sday and that there was then no damp. He also mad, a pattial ex - Initiation on Thursday, bur did net then v i s i t th e No. 7 level, worked by Platt. Good Friday f )1.- 1(Tel, t , nd the men did riot work, so that the mine had not Lean tl!orotuttly esarninel t , r two THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING,-;.A.PAIL 13, 1857 EXAMINATION OF THE KIDDER. MINSTER RIOTERS. Liberal. Conservative. MEMBERS RETURNED FOR THE NEW PARLIAMENT. SUFFOLK, EAST. Lord Henniker Sir F. Kelly SURREY, EAST. Mr. Locke King Mr. Alcock SURREY, WEST. Mr. Briscoe Mr. H. Drummond Evelyn (C.) SUSSEX, EAST. Mr. Dodson Lord Pevensey Fuller (C.) SUSSEX, WEST. Earl of March Capt. Wyndham WARWICKSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. Spooner Mr. Newde ,, ate WARWICKSHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. E. P. Shirley Mr. B. King ... Lord Guernsey (C.) WESTMORELAND. Earl of Bective Col. Lowther WIGHT, ISLE OF. Mr. Clifford Col. P. V. Harcourt (C.) WILTS, NORTH. On Saturday, between 20 and 30 persons—among them several gentlemen of influence in the borough and numerous tradesmen—were examined at Kid derminster on the charge of inciting and assisting in the attack on Mr. Lowe. Three barristers of the Oxford Circuit were engaged, viz., Mr. Kettle, for the prosecution ; Mr. Byrne, for Mr. A. Tal bot; and Mr. Huddleston, for the other defen dants. The following is a list of the members re turned by English and Welsh counties and Irish and Scotch constituencies, arranged according to their gene ral political opinions. Radicals are included among the Liberals, and the members of the " Irish Independent party " are ranked as they usually vote—with the Conservatives. The late members who have been de feated, or have not presented themselves for re-election, ate marked in Italics.:— ..• 1 • •• ... 1 ... 1 ... 0 The names of the accused are—Mr. A. Talbot, gentleman ; Mr. H. Chillingworth, gentleman ; Mr. Pitt, butcher ; and W. Wollings, R. West wood, H. Westwood, J. Drury, Wm. Wood, John Bushell, W. Biggs, G. Barker, A. Perrins, John Cook, G. Parker, S. Everett, G. Smith, S. Payne; B. Potter, Eliza Bentley, B. Jeavon, G. Bishop, W. Ayres, R. Davis, E. Keysall, G. Chalk, andJ. Williams. The accused Drury, Bushell, Biggs, Smith, Eliza Bentley, and Chalk, had not surren dered. ENGLISH AND WELSH COUNTIES. Liberal. Conzerrative, ... 0 ANGLESEY. Sir R. Bnlkeley BEDFORDSHIRE. Mr. F. H. Col. Gilpin BERKSHIRE. Mr. R. Palmer ... Hon. E. P. Bonverie Mr. G. H. Vansittart Lord Barrington (C.) BRECONSHIRE. Sir J. Bailey ... BUCKS. ... olie 1 Cie 0 0 .., ... 0 ••• 1 ... 0 ••• 0 POll 1 The court was crowded to suffocation. Mr. Kettle having opened the case, called Mr. Ebenezer Guest, bailiff to the county court, who deposed that just after he arrived at the hust ings he saw Mr. Alfred Talbot in an elevated posi tion in front of the hustings on the platform raised for the reporters. He was making motions to the crowd, as if he wished them to be quiet that they might hear him. tip to this time witness had seen no stones thrown. Mr. Talbot, addressing the mob, said—" Now, lads, don't throw stones." Then there was a bit of a laugh, which drowned the remainder of his observation. Almost immedi ately afterwards, when Mr. Talbot had descended from his position, there came a volley of stones into . the booth, (where witness was). The stones appeared to be thrown at that part of the hustings where Mr. Lowe and his friends were standing. The volley broke the inkstands of the poll clerks, who were scattered in all directions, some of them getting under the tables and screening them selves as well as they could.' Mr. A. Talbot then came forward, and charged the mayor wish having illegally closed the poll. He appeared in a very excited state, and said, " I protest against it"— " You have no business to close the poll," (tc., on which the mayor said, " I have not closed the poll. I am ready to receive any votes that may be ten dered." Mr. Alfred Talbot then left the booth. As the stones appeared to be directed against Mr. Lowe, they got him to change his position, and he and several other persons stood up before 11;m to screen him. After that witness saw Mr. William Pitt, a butcher, and one of the accused, on the left side of the booth, leaning on his arm. Witness thought he appeared to be taking it very cool, and looking at him saw him making motions to the mob with his hands in front of his person, beckoning them in a particular manner—(witness imitated the motion)—and then with his thumb pointing over his shoulder, but so that his shoulder con cealed the motion froin those in the booth. His thumb was pointing in the direction where Mr. Lowe was sitting. After that the stones came iu the direction where Mr. 'Lowe was, be having changed his place after the first volley. The stones struck Mr. Joseph Stockall, who was standing by Mr. Lowe. On this they again moved Mr. Lowe, and called the attention of the town clerk to Mr. Pitt, in consequence of which Mr. Pitt left the place where he was standing. Mr. Lowe was again moved to a bench close to the back entrance to the booth, and Welliugs and the two Westwoods pointed the crowd in that direction, waving to them to go to the back of the hustings. A num ber of "roughs" then rushed in that direction. Wellings attempted several times to foice his way through the back door, and the bottom hinges of the door were forced of. Wellings and the West woods very violent and excited, and said they would have the return. After the authorities had been called upon several times to read the Riot Act, Mr. Lowe and his friends got out of the booth and proceeded towards the town, having special con stables on each side of them. They went three and three,. Mr. Lowe having Mr. James Parke on one side and Mr. Joseph Hooman on the other. No attempt was made to touch them by the crowd except by missiles. The mob continued to shout before they left the hustings, and afterwards—. " Throw them out ;" " Kill the pink-eye" (a name which had been given to Mr. Lowe) • ' Pitch out the —." The most violent appeared to be brick layers, masons, and stone-getters, and not weavers of Kidderminster. Saw Drury, Wood, Bushell, and Biggs there. Wood was throwing stones at the " procession," a 3 it was called • one man who had hold of witness's arm was knocked down. They bad to pass along the road where there were rained banks, from which the people were throwing stones upon them. After the witness bad described the progress of the procession, amidst pretty constant stoning, to Mr. Sheppard's house, he was cross-examined. He stated that at the nomination, on the previous day, Mr. Lowe had addressed the people amidst much noise, first as "gentlemen," then as "ladies and gentlemen," and then as "children." The evi dence of this witness was corroborated by several others. ... 0 ... 1 ... 1 ... 0 ... 0 ... 1 ... 1 Right Hon. B. Disraeli Mr. Caledon George du Pre ... Hon. C. C. Cavendish CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Hon. E. T. Yorke ... Mr. E. Ball ... Mr. Adeane Lord G. Manners (C.) CARDIGANSHIRE. Lord Lisburne ... CARMARTHENSHIRE. Mr. D. Jones ... Mr. D. S. Davies CARNARVONSHIRE. Hon. E. D. G. Pennant CHESHIRE, NORTH. Mr. W. T. Egerton Mr. G. C. Legh CHESHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. Tollemache Sir P. Egerton ... OORNWALL. EAST. Mr. Robartes • Mr. Kendall CORNWALL, WEST. Mr. M. Williams Mr. Davey CUMBERLAND, EAST. Hon. C. W. G. Howard Mr. C. Marshall ~, CUMBERLAND, WEST. General Wyndham Captain Lowther Mr. Irton (C.) DENBIGHSHIRE. Colonel Biddulph Sir W. W. Wynn DERBYSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. Thornhill Hon. G. Cavendish DERBYSHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. Evans Mr. Colville Mr. Mundy (C. ) DEVONSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. J. W. Buller Hon. C. Trefusis Sir T. Acland (C.) Col. Buck (C.) DEVONSHIRE, SOUTH. Sir J. Y. Buller Mr. Palk ... DORSETSHIRE. Mr. Portman Mr. Ker Sumer Mr. Start Floyer (C.) DURHAM, NORTH. Lord A. V. Tempest ... Mr. It. D. Shafto DURHAM, SOUTH. Mr. Pease Lord H. Vane Mr. Farrer (C.) ESSEX, NORTH. Hon. W. Beresford Mr. Du Cane Sir John Tyrrell (C.) ESSEX, SOUTH. Mr. Bramston Mr. Wingfield ... Sir W. B. Snajth (C.) FLINTSHIRE. Hon. T. E. L. Mostyn... GLAMORGANSHIRE, Mr. 0. H. Talbot ... Mr. H. Vivian Sir G. Tyler (C.) • GLOUCESTERSHIRE, EAST. Mr. Holford Sir C W. •Codrington GLOUCESTERSHIRE, WEST. Mr. Rolt . . Colonel Kingscoie Mr. R. B. Hall (C.) HANTS, NORTH Mr. Beach Mr. Sclater Mr. Portal (C.) Viscount Eversley (L.) HANTS, SOUTH. Hon. R. Dutton Sir J. Jervoise Lord W. Clwlmond,eley (C.) H. C Conipton (C.) HEREFORDSHIRE. Sir H. G. Cotterell Mr. Elakemore... Mr. K. King ... Hon. C. Hanbury (C.) HERTFORDSHIRE. Sir H. Meru ... Sir E. B. Lytton Mr. C. Puller • Mr. Abel Smith, jun. (C.) HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Mr. Rust . . „.. Mr. J. M. Heathcote IDouble J Mr. Fellowos return KENT EAST. Sir B. Bridges ... Sir E. Dering Mr. Deedes (C.) KENT, WEST. Mr. W. Martin... Mr. Whatman Smith (6.) LANCASHIRE, NORTH. Col. J. Patten ... Lord Cavendish ... Mr. J. Heywood (L.) LANCASHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. W. Brown ... Mr. Cheetham LEICESTERSHIRE, NORTH. Lord J. Manners Mr. Farnham . . LEICESTERSHIRE, SOUTH. Viscount Curzon ... Mr. Packe Sir H. Halford (C.) LINCOLNSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. J. B. Stanhope .. Sir Montague Cholmelsy R. H. Nisbet (C.) LINCOLNSHIRE, SOUTH. Sir J. Trollop) Mr. Wilson .. Lord Burghley (C.) MERIONETHSHIRE. Mr. W. W. E. Wynne... MIDDLESEX. MONMOUTHSHIRE. i L 0a Mr. R , R. B. Osborne Grosvenor Hanbury, ore (t. ) jun . Mr. C. 0. S. Morgan ... Lient..Col. E. A. Somerset MONTGOMERYSHIRE. Lieut.-Col. H. W. W. W ynn NORFOLK, EAST. Sir E. N. Buxton ... General Wyndham Sir H. Stracey (C.) H. N. Burroughes (C.) NORFOLK, WEST. Mr. H. Bentinck Mr. B. Gurdon... Mr. Bagge (C.) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NORTH. Lord Burghley Mr. A. Stafford ..„ Mr .Maunsell (C.) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, SOUTH. Lord Althorp Mr. Kuightley • Col. Vyse (C.) NORTHUMBERLAND, NORTH. Lord Lovaine Lord Ossulston.., NORTHUMBERLAND, SMTH. Mr. W. B. Beaumont.. Honl Liddell NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, NORTH. Lord R. Clinton Mr. J. E. Denison Lord IT. Bentinck (0) • NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, SOUTH. Viscount Newark Mr. W. H. Barrow OXFORDSHIRE. Right Hon. J. W. Henley Mr. G. V. Harcourt Colonel North ••• PEMBROKESHIRE. Viscount Emlyn RADNORSHIRE. Sir J. B. Walsh ..• RUTLANDSHIRE. Hon. G. J. Heatheote Hon. G. J. Noel SHROPSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. J. W. Dod... •.• Mr. Hill ••• Mr. W. Gore (C.) ••• SHROPSHIRE, SOUTH, Lord Newport „, Hon. R W. Clive SOMERSETSHIRE, EAST. Mr. Miles Col. Knatebbull SOMERSETSHIRE, WEST, Mr. Moody ~ Mr. H. Langton STAFFORDSHIRE, NORTH: Mr. Adderley „, Mr. Child STAFFORDSHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. Foley Mr. Forster Hon. E. Littleton (C.) . " Earl of Uxbridge (L.) SUFFOLK, 1% EST. Capt. Bennet ••• Mr. Waddington Mr. Long Mr. T. H. S. Esteourt WILTS, SOUTH. Mr. S. Herbert . Mr. W. Wyndham ... WORCESTERSHIRE (EAST). Captain Hon. G. Rushout Mr. J. H. Foley ••• WORCESTERSHIRE, WEST. Lord Elmley ... Mr. Knight YORKSHIRE, EAST. Lord Hotham Hon. Capt., A. Duneombe YORKSHIRE, NORTH. Hen. 0. Duncombe Mr. Cayley •• ••• ••• YORKSHIRE, WEST Lord Goderich.., Mr. B. Denison ... ..„ Mr. Cobden (L.) ... 1 ... 1 0011 0 ..0 1 •00 0 ... 1 0011 1 11011 0 ... 0 460 1 ... 1 ... 1 Joseph Brewer, ostler, added that when Mr. Alfred Talbot descended into the crowd from the booth, he heard some of the crowd say, "Mr. Tal bot for ever." Mr. Talbot then said, "Go it, lada." The Rev. J. G. Sheppard gave a lengthened ac count of what he saw from his house, which com manded a view of the hustings. When Mr. Lowe's party came opposite to the house, being in a dan gerous position, he rushed to his front gate, which he reached about the same time as Mr. Lowe. bound the gate locked, and shouted, "Make for the other gate," to which he ran, and got it open, and dragged Mr. Lowe in, and opposed his own person to the entrance of the mob, who were all the time directing missiles at those at the gate, a number of which struck him. Mr. Lowe's face was covered with blood. ... ... 0 ... • •• 0 •• • 1 •. • 1 Mr. Stratton, su"geon, stated that be found Mr. Lowe suffering from a severe wound on the right side of the head, with a fracture of the bone. There were other severe contusions ou the face and ear, and other injuries on other parts -of his person. The wound on the side of the head was decidedly of a dangerous character. Also examined a police man, who had received a severe fracture of the nasal bone. ~, I ~. 1 ~, 0 ••• 0 toe 0 The case for the prosecution having been con• eluded, the magistrates adjouraed the further hear. ing of all the cases till Friday next. ~, 0 ... 1 ELECTION RIOTS AT COLE.RAINE..-i FATAL CONFLICT. ... ... 0 ••• 0 (From Saunders's News Letter.) At the close of the poll on Friday houses were smashed, public-houses were attacked, the proprie tors of which fired on the mob, wounding two dan gerously and one slightly —one dead. (From Freeman's Journal.) " A correspondence informs us that at the close of the poll in Coleraine serious rioting occurred. Several houses were, it appears, attacked by the mob, who were fired upon by the owners, and no' le than nine are said tohave been shot—two dan gerously and one slightly wounded. ... 1 ... 1 1 ... 1 THE NEW ROD OVER THE ISTBMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC. 11. ••• 1 ... sr.. 1 This new interoceanic route is by the river Coat zacoalcos to Suchil, something over 100 miles from the sea, all the windings included, thence overland by stage to Ventosa, 130 to 140 miles, making it altogether about 240 miles from the Atlantic to 'he Pacific, to be accomplished in a day and a half from the sea. The distance will be materially diminished —the time still more so—on completion of a pro jected road from Minatitlan to Suchil, a'ready sur veyed. From the mouth of the river to Mina titian, 20 miles, the channel is excellent, capa cious eno ug h for the largest ocean steamships. The depth of water on the bar at low tide is 15 to 16 feet (Major Barnard says 13), And only one obstruction, a large rock, has been discovered, and that easily avoidable. From Minatitlan to Suchil the liver becomes more difficult, and must be traversed by river boats. The Leonora built in New Y or k, an d placed on this portion of ri ver a short time since, is of too large draught. The current is about two miles and a half an hour— from Suchil to Minatitlan, 36 hours. These are the termini of the projected railway by which, when completed, a distance of 45 miles will be saved. miles, the route i s b y t h e From Suchil to V en t osa, on the Pacific, 130 to 140 newly-made stage road over a rough and sometimes mountainous coun try. The heaviest work has been on this end of the road, where also the river Puerta, fordable i r season, is to be spann e d byaud marshy i n th e ra i n y at times, but high h a lf ni length. Som a bridge a mil e an d a r ., compensation is made on - mountain, however, by an o ld r .i .moved available from Chi ve l a Pass to ihe Pacif. t e plain. The time c on t rac t e d f or road, which other wh i s c i h de ba of 9 the on the stage Toad is 5 rages per hOur-26 to 28 bhiur te ; a bine.tiwooat will be from Jen Minatitls.o and Stiehl]. the passage 1 6 to 8 hours, in all hours; about 35 h ours, or a day and a-half from ocean to o =ean• T he har b our o f Ventosa is go o d, b u t th e , 1-1 -c'ea l scaater will be necessary. As to the probable a mount of trave l a nd business on the Tehuantepec r 34d, whey, in full operation, we have no further itsformati,)n than is already in various speculations EbOt'" t':11 public. Being the shortest route from nglan .d, New York, and New Orleans, to the Pt o Are of 00t4 . - se entertained respecting it. C. 1.611 i l tilt) Pacific, the most flattering expectations :., 0 ... 0 0 ... 0 ..• ••• 0 ••• 0 0 ..• days. No accident of this nature has occurred in the neighbourhoJd for many years, and this, per haps, made the men less cautious. Platt, it is said, has been a collier for upwards of twenty years. The wounded men have been removed to their homes, and are attended by surgeons, but it is feared that some of them cannot survive their in juries, which are of a very frightful nature. The coroner for the district has been communicated with, and he has fixed Monday next for opening the inquest. It is probable, however, that the inquiry will be adjourned to enable the Government In spector to visit the mine. ANOTIIER COLLIERY EXPLOSION. SWANSEA, APRIL 10. An explosion of firedamp occurred last night at the Gorse Colliery, the property of Messrs. Richards and Glassbrook, whereby three persons were killed and several others seriously injured. It appears that the men who were to take the night turn proceeded to their work as usual at six o'clock, and that nothing extraordinary happened until about 1.1. o'clock, when one of the men en gaged in the pit proceeded to a part of the work where it was necessary the safety lamps should be wed. He carried a saft.y lamp himself, but for some reason he had taken the cap off, so that the light was exposed. Some of his fellow-workmen, it is said, remonstrated with him upon his conduct, and requested him to replace the cap, but he paid no attention to their injunctions, and the coupe quence was that the air, which was of a highly in flammable nature, became ignited, and an explo sion took place. As soon - as it was known that an explosion bad taken place in the pit measures were immedia'ely taken to ascertain its extent and to afford assist ance tothose engaged in the colliery. Mr. Joseph Evans, the agent to the colliery, and a man named John Matthews, descended into the pit, and the whole of the persons employed at the time, with the exception of four, were sent to the mouth of the pit in safety. Six of these it was found had suffered from the effects of the explosion, being all more or less burnt,. some of them having received severe contusions in consequence of the violence with which they were thrown against the sides of the pit or other objects in their immediate neigh bourhood. As soon as these persons were removed, Mr. Evans and John Matthews proceeded to search for those who were missing, but had not gone far before they were overcome by the after damp, and fell down in a state of exhaustion. They were speedily removed to a place where the air was more pure, and upon their recovery the search wasresumed ; but for four hours their efforts to rescue the unfortunate men were fruitles, and when at length they succeeded it was found that three of the poor fellows were past hopes of recovery, having been suffocated by the choke, or afterdamp. The names of the men are_ John Griffith., aged 35 ; and John Mort, 16 ; and a lad, John Knight, 13. The fourth, a lad named Stephen, abut 14 years of age, was found to be eisensible, but upon proper remedies being resorted to he recovered his consciousness, and hopes are !entertained that he will riot long suffer from the effects of the explosion, as be is but slightly burnt. • This lad might haire escaped without injury, but seeing a companion about his own age (John Knight, who was killed), lying upon the ground insensible, he nobly resolved to stay behind to render him assistance if possible, but the gallant `little fellow was himself soon rendered insensible by the afterdamp, and it is miraculous how he `escaped being suffocated. John Griffiths, the oldest of the sufferers. might, it is said, also have l escaped, but in tie confusion of the moment he 'went in an opposite direct'on to that which he 'should have taken, and thus met the volume of flame which was advancing. When discovered, his 'body presented a frightful appearance, being com pletely charred. The bodies were removed to the respective homes of the deceased for the coroner's inquest. THE GREAT COMET. The following letter has been communicated by the eminent German astronomer, Von Littrow, to the Vienna Gazette : " Inquiries have been so often made of late about the great comet, the arrival of which has been ex pected, that we think it desirable to state briefly the actual state of the case. About the middle of the last century observers first perceived the resem blance between the orbit of the comet of 1264 and of that of 1556, and began to conjecture that they were in fact one and the same body, which accordingly might be expected to appear every 300 years. Cal culations subsequently made confirmed this view, 'but, owing to the extremely defective observations 'made, those imperfect data which we have received concerning those two comets could serve only as a ground for conjecture. The whole question was 'sinking into ;oblivion, till the undersigned hap. pened to discover last year three new sources of in formation respecVng the comet of 1556, which, considering their date, contained definitions unusu ally clear and perfect. The undersigned, however, 'ventured even at that time to state his opinion that valuable as this discovery was in itself, and serviceable as it would be for the recognition of that cometary body in case of its re-appearance, there was little or no ground for a prediction be forehand. Several astronomers, however, in con sequence of these fresh sources being opened to 'them, were induced to investigate th e su bj ec t anew. M. Hoek, at Leyden, obtained some results most unfavourable to the supposed identity of these comets of 1264 and 1556 ; and Signor Carlini, at Milan, likewise started some doub•s n o t easily to be solved ; but, on the other hand, M. Valz, at Marseilles, disputes Hoek's views, and finds the return of the comet probable. Professor Hind, in London, is also of opinion from these fresh data that the original conjectures are corroborated, and it would be excessively difficult to say which of these antagonistic opinions is the correct one ; whether the decision incline this way or that way must depend upon rather arbitrary explanations 'of the'old authors ; and only this is certain, that we may see the comet between the present year of 1857 and that of 1860. The greatest astronomical 'authority of this century, Gauss of Gottingen, has always been of this opinion. Hitherto, therefore, so far as the matt e r h as p u bli c ly t ransp i re d , the wbole subject would be reduced to a little useless talk and expectations prematurely excited. But recently a certain individual, having nothing better to do, thought proper to invest it with renewed interest by giving out, ahotrdly enough, that the comet would reappear on a certain day, the 13th of Juae this year, and, at the sam e ti me, h e connected the event with some piquant predictions about the de struction of the world, and the like. Unfortunately our nineteenth century, notwithstanding its much vaunted enlightenment, still contains a great deal 'of soil only too favourable for the growth of such seed. The false prophet has found credulous lis teners, and, wnat is yet worse, called forth un bidden comforters. Now upon this last-mentioned question let us remark in a few words, that from facts which fortunately render the vacillating argu inents of the physicist Babinet quite superfluous, it is irrefutably certain that the matter of which comets consist forms an extremely loose texture, that comets are in reality not coherent masses, but there agglomerations of small corputcules separated from one another by large interstices. ilighly im probable as it is, because it could only take place by a concurrence of circumstances hal-illy conceiv able, that a collision of the earth and nucleus of a comet should ensue, such an event, far from en tailing destruction on this world, could only be compared at the moot with the fall of a meteor, and in its effects would barely equal those produced by our thunder storms and hurricanes. A mere pass ing of the earth through the luminous appendages of one of these bodies, which it is true might more easily happen, would be unattended by any injuri ous consequences, since the matter of which comets consist is not coherent substance, nor is it even an atmosphere such as we could not inhale. With re gard to the comet of 1556, its orbit is so situated that it cannot approach the earth within some fiv e millionsof miles, and thereforein its nearest possible advance would still be about nineteen times more remote than the moon. It is, to say the least of it, a waste of words, if it be not practising upon the credulity of ignorant people, to attribute to this most innocent among the inn scent he tvenly bodies evil designs of any sort against this earth of ours. Incredible as it may appear, we hear it from too trustworthy a source not to believe it, that in Austria, t oo , t h e country folks, i n expecta ti on o f what is to happen, have ceased to till their fields, and are wasting their time in idleness. Such a de lusion might provoke a smile if it were not too la mentable. Whatever tile use of comets may be in the universe, assuredly it is not that of 'liberating us men from the care of the future. Beside, a mall must be very young who has not already outlived without injury mina similar destructions of the world. To conclude, I t tke this opportunity of mentio:oing, by way of correcqog some reports in Lie journals, 'that the com:1 recently di ;co vere d by Professor d'Arrest at Leipsic, and which is now visible, is an entirely different body from the cornet of 1556—that the Emperor Charles V., 1 - tag before tLe appearance of that comet in 1556, had taken the resolution of abdicat ng his crown, and that the very rumour of his doing so was craftily taken ad vantage of by the as'rologers of that time to connect the expected event with the cornet. It is natural that inquiries should have been made upon the ap pearance of every comet during the last few years, in order to see whether it had anything in common with that of 1556, but in no one instance as yet has any sufficient proof of its identity been perceived.' SCOTLAND. ABERDEEN. Col. Sykes Mr. G. Thompson (L. ABERDEENSHIRE. Lord Haddo ARGYLESHIRE. Mr. Finlay —. Sir A. Campbell (C.) AYR BURGHS. Mr. Cmufurd AYRSHIRE. Lord J. Stuart ... Sir J. Ferguson (C.) BANFFSHIRE. Lord Fyffe BERWICKSHIRE. Hon. F. Scott ... BUTESHIRE. • Mr. J. A. S. Wortley CAITHNESS-SHIRE. Mr. Traill CLACKMANNAN. Viscount Melgund Mr. J. Johnstone (C.) D UMBARTONSHIRE. Mr. Smollett DUMFRIES. Mr. W. Ewart DUMFRIESSHIRE. Mr. H. Johnstone DUNDEE. Sir J. Ogilvy Mr. G Duncan (L.) EDINBURGH. Mr. Cowan Mr. Black ••• ~, EDINBURGH (COUNTY). Earl of Dalkeitk ELGIN BURGHS. Mr. Duff ELGINSHIRE. Mr. C. Bruce FALKIRK. Mr. J. Merry „. Mr. J. Baird (C.) FIFESHIRE. Mr. J. Fergus FORFARSHI RE. Lord Duncan GLASGOW. Mr. Buchanan... Mr. Dalgleish Alex. Hastie (L.) GREENOCK. Mr. A. Dunlop ... HADDINGTON. Sir T. H. Davie ... HADDINGTONS HIRE. Lord Elcho INVERNESS BOROUGH. Mr. A. Matheson ... INVERNESS (COUNTY). Mr. Baillie KILMARNOCK. Hon. E. Bouverie KINCARDINESHIRE. Gen. Arbuthnot KIRKALDY. Lieut.-Col. Ferguson ~. KIRKCUDBRIGHT. Mr. Mackie, jun. .. Mr. Mackie, sen. LANARKSHIRE. Sir E. Colebroke B. Cochrane (C.) LEITH. Mr. J. Moneriefr UNLIT i i GOWSHI RE. Mr. G. Dundas MONTROSE. Mr. Baxter ORKNEY AND SHETLAND. Mr. Dandas PAISLEY. Mr. Archd. Hadie PEEBLES , 3IIIRE. Sir G. Montgomery PERTH. Hon. A. Kinnaird 'ERTHSHIRE. Mr. W. Stirling RENF REWSHIRE. Sir M. S. Stewart , ROSS AND CROMARTY. Sir J. Mattheson ROXBURGHSHIRE. Hon. J. E. Elliot ... SELKIRKSHIRE. Mr. A. E. Lockhart ST. ANDREW'S BURGHS. Mr. Ellice, jun. ... STIRLING. Sir J. Anderson ... STIRLINGSHIRE. Mr. Blackburn... ... SUTHERLANDSHIRE. Marquis of Stafford ... WIGTON BURGHS. Sir W. Dunbar , Sir J. lii`Taggart (L.) WIGTONSHIRE. Sir A. Agnew ... WICK. Lord J. Hay ... BERWICK. Mr. Stapleton ... Mr. D. C. Marjoribanka Mr. J. Forster (L.) IRELAND. ARMAGH. Mr. S. Miller Mr. J. W. Bond (C.) ARMAGH, COUNTY. Sir W. Verner Mr. C.ose ATHLONE.' Mr. Ennis Hon. Capt. Handcock (C.) BANDON. Capt Bernard ... BELFAST. Mr. Cairns Mr. Davison ... CARLOW. Mr. J. Alexander CARLOW, COUNTY. Mr. Bruen ... Captain Bunbury J. Ball (L.) CARRICKFERGUS. Mr. Dobbs Major Cotton (C.) 'CASHEL t Sir T. O'Brien"... CAVAN, COUNTY. Colonel Maxwell Hon. Capt. Annesley Mr. Burrowes (C.) CLONMEL. Mr. Bagwell ... COLERAINE. Mr. Boyd ... Lord Naas (C.) CORK (CITY). Mr. Fagan Mr. Beamish CORK, COUNTY. Mr. Deasy ... Mr. Macarthy '... V. Scully. DONEGAL, COUNTY. t Major Conolly Sir E. Hayes DOWN, COUNTY. Lord A. E. Hill Mr. W. B. Fordo Mr. D. S. Ker (C.) DOWNPATRICK, Mr. R. Kor . DROGHEDA. Mr. McCann DUBLIN (CITY). Mr. Grogan ... Mr. Vance DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. Mr. Napier ... Mr. G. A. Hamilton a. DUNDALK. Mr. Bowyer ... DUNGANNON. Hon. W. S. Knox DUNGARVON Mr. Maguire ... ENNIS. Mr. Fitzgerald... ENNISKILLEN. Mr. Whiteside ... FERMANAGH. Captain Archdall Hon A. H. Cole GALWAY. Lord Dnnkdlin Mr. O'Flahorty..e Nr. 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Fortescue Mr. M'Clititock ••• T. Kennedy (L.) • MALLOW. Sir D. Norreys MAYO, COUNTY, G. H. Moore ... Capt. Palmer ... MEATH, COUNTY. Major Connolly ... Mr. M'Evoy Corbally (L.) MONAGHAN, COUNTY, Sir G. Forster , Mr. C. P. Leslio NEW ROSS. Mr. Tottenham NEWRY,. Mr Kirk PORTARLINGTON. Col, Darner Col. _Dunne (C.) QUEEN'S COUNTY. Sir C. Coote • Mr. Dunne ROSCOMMON, COUNTY. Mr. Grace .... . Col. French SLIGO, BOROUGH. Mr. J. P. Somers 1/1/4. J. Wynne (C.) SLIGO, COUNTY. Sir R. G. Boosh Mr. E. J. Cooper . Mr. Swift (L.) TRALEE. Captain D. O'Connell . TYRONE, COUNTY. Lord C. Hamilton Mr. T. L. Corry WATERFORD, CITY. Mr. Blake ... Mr. Hassard Mr. Meagher (L.) Mr. Keating e (L.) WATERFORD, COUNTY. Mr. Power ... Mr. Esmonde WESTMEATH, COUNTY. Mr. Magan .Sir R. Levinge Mr. P. Urquhart (L.) WEXFORD (BOROUGH). • Mr. J. Devereux WEXFORD, COUNTY. Mr. P. Mahon ... Mr. J. George YOUGHAL. Mr. I. Butt ... lee 0 RAILWAY DIRECTORS IN PARLIAMENT. (From the Railway 'Times.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Bateman, Lord—Shrewsbury and Hereford; Leominster and Kington. Bath, Marquis —East Somerset. Bessborough, Earl—Waterford and Kilkenny. Breadalbane, Marquis—Scottish Central. Burlington, Earl—Furness. Charlemont, Earl—Dublin and Belfast Junction. Oloncurry, Lord—Great Southern and Western. Cork, Earl—East Somerset. Devon, Earl—Bombay, Baroda, and Central India. Erne, Earl—Dundalk and Enniskillen. Exeter, Marquis—Stamford and Essendine. Glengall, Earl—Cork and Youghal. Howden, Lord—Hartlepool. Kinnaird, Lord—Dundee, Perth and Aberdeen. Lonsdale, Elrl—Whitehaven Junction, &c. Monteagle, Lord—Limerick and Foynes. Montrose, Duke—Forth and Clyde unction. Morley, Earl—South Devon and Tavistock. , Panmure, Lord—Perth and Dunkeld. Portsmouth, Earl—North Devon. Po wis, Earl —Os westry and Newtown ; Shrewsbury and Wel9lipool, Shropshire Union. Seafitld, Earl—lnverness and Aberdeen Junction. Sondes, Lord—East Kent. Strad broke, Earl—East Suffolk. Talbot, Earl—North Staffordshire. Townshend, Marquis—Hertford and Welwyn Junction. Yarborough, Earl—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln. shire. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Akroyd, E. (Huddersfield)—Leeds, Bradford, and Hali fax Junction. Alexander, J. (Carlow)—Bagenalstown and Wexford. Ayrton, A. S. (Tower Hamlets)—Metropolitan ; Great Indian Peninsula. Bagshaw, R. J. (Harwich)—Northern and Eastern, Eastern Counties. Bailey, C. (Monmouth)—Colt ford, Monmouth, Usk, and Pontypool ; Ely Tidal ; Monmouthshire ; Vale of Towey ; New Brunswick and Canada. Bailey, Sir J. (Brecknockshire)—Shrewsbury and Here ford. Ball, E (CambridgesLire)—Newmarket and Bury Ex tension. Bari❑g, T. (Huntingdon)—Grand Trunk of Canada. Beale, S. (Derby)—Midland, South Devon, South Staf. fordshire, West End and Crystal Palace, Westminster Terminus Extension ; Royal Danish. Blackburn, P. (Stirlingshire)—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Caledonian and Dumbartonshire. Blake, J. (War erford)—Midland Great Western. Blakemore, T. W. B. (lierefordshire)—Monmouthshire. Bruce, H. A. (Merthyr) —Aberdare, Rhymney, Vale of - - . _ Neath. Buchanan, W. (Glasgow)—General Terminus and Glas gow Harbour ; G asgow, Dumbarton, and Hel ens b urg h . Buller, J. W. (North Devon)—Bristol and Exeter, Cornwall, Exeter and Creditun, South Devon. Butt, I. (Youghal)—Cork and Youghal. Carden Sir R. W. (Gloucester) —East Kent. Cayley, E.S. (North Riding)—Eastern Union, Norwich and Spalding, Stamford and Essendine. Child, S. (North Stafford)—North Staffordshire. Clay, J. (dull) Londonderry and Enniskillen, London derry and C. , leraine, Whitebaven and Furness. Clifford, Col. (Hereford) Newport, Abergavenuy, and Hereford. Clive, G. (Hereford)--Worcester and Hereford. Clive, R. W. (South Shropshire)—Ely Tidal, Great Western, Shrewsbury and Hereford. Cobbold, J. C.i(lpswich)—Eastern Union, Norwich and Spalding. Coningbarn, W. (Brighton)—Brighton. Cowan, C. (Euinburgh)--Edinburgh and Glasgow. Cowper, W. (Hertford) Hertford and Welwyn ; Luton, Dunstable, and Welwyn Junction. Crawford, R. W. (London) —East Denison, E. B. (West Riding)—Great Northern. Divett, (Exeter) —Bristol and Exeter. Dunbar, Sir W. (Wigtown)—Edinburgb, Perth, and Dundee. Duncan, Viscount (Forfarshire)—Buckinghamshire. Dutton, R. H. (South Harnp , hire)—South-Western. Ellice, E. (St.Andrew's)—Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee. Ennis, J. (Athlone) —Midland Great Western. Ewart, J. C. (Liverpool)—London and North-Western, North London ; North Union. Finlay, A. S. (Argyleshire)—Monkland, Forester, Colonel (Wenlock)—Severn Foster C. (Wal-all)—South Stafford-hire. Gilpin, C. (Northampton)—South-Eastern, Milford, Rhymney, Italian Junction. Glyn, G. C. (Kendal) — London and North-West ern , Buckinghamshire, Hampstead Junction, Royal Da nish, Grand Trunk of Canada. Greenall, G. (Warrington)—St. Helen's. Grogan, E (Dublin)—Bagenalstown and W ex f or d , Ir i sh South-Eastern. Hamilton, G. A. (Dublin University) —Chester and Holyhead. Hastie, A. (Paisley)—Northern and Eastern. Herbert, H. (Kerry)—Tralee and Killarney. Hildyard, R. C. (Whitehaven)—Whitehaven and Fur ness. Hindley, C. (Ashton)—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire, Hodgson, K. D. (Bridport)—Dridport, Grand Trunk of Canada. Hodgson, W. N. (Carlisle)—Lancaster and Carlisle. Hornby, W. H. (Blackburn)—Blackburn. Howard, C. W. G. (East C um b er l a ud)—Lancaster and Carlisle. Ingram, H. (Boston)—Boston, Sleaford, and Midland Junction. Jackson, W. (Newcastle Holyhead, Portsmouth, Severn Valley. (H King, K. -under-Lyne) — Chester and (Herefordshire) —Leominster and Kington. Kinnaird, A. (Perth)--Chester and Holyhead. Lowt her, (Lionel (West Cumberland)—Lancaster and Carlisle. Luce, T. (g a i mes b ur y)...-Great Western. Mangle; R. D. (Guildford) —London and North- Western ; Buckinghamshire ; Chester and Holyhead; Epsom and Leatherhead ; North London ; North and South-Western Junction ; Portsmouth. Manndep, Captain C. E. (Newport, He of Wight)— South-Western ; Blactewall. Marshall, W. (East Cumberland)—Lancaster and Car lisle Port Carlisle. Matheson, A. (Inverness)—lnverness and Aberdeen Junction. Mills, T. (Totnes)—Northern and Eastern. Mousell, W. (County of Limerick)--Limerick and Ennis. Montgomety, Sir G. (Peetdetoibire)—Peebles ; Fife and KUITOtid. Moore ; J. Bramley (Maldon)—North Staffordshire. Norris, J. T. (Ahing.ion)—Easvo rn Counties. ()Trier, Sir T. (Cashel).- `st dland Great Western. Pa ; et, Lord A. (Lichficl , :l-2-iorth t.-:tafford , hire. Paxton, Sir J.. (Coventrv)—Manchester, Bo:zton, and N'tatlocit ; MiJirto.l ; West,end and Crystal-Palace. Pease, IL (South Durham)—Darlingto n and Barnard Castle ; Middlesborough and Guisborough; Stockton and Darlington. Pilltington, J. (Blackburn)—East Lancashire. Price, W. P. (Gloucester)—Gloucest,r and Dean Forest; Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester ; Midland ; Newport, Ahergavenny, and Hereford ; Worcester and Here• ford. • Pugh, D. (Montgomery)—Ostvestry and Newtown. Ricardo, J. -L. (Stoke-upon-Trent)—No r th Sofford shire • Metropolitan ; Norwegian Trunk ; Danish. Rich, H. (Richmond)-- South-Eastern. Robarts, T. J. (Cornwall)—Cornwall. Seymour, H. D (Poole)—Dorset Central; Salisbury and Yeovil ; Somerset Central. Smollett, A. (Dumbartonshire)--rOaledonian and Dum bartonshire. Stafford, Marquis of (Sutherlandshire)—London and North-Western; North London; Inverness and Aber. deen Junction. Stanley, W. 0. (Beaumaris)—Chester and Holyhead. Stuart, Lcrd J. (Ayrshire) - Taff Vale. Talbot, C. (Glamorganshire)—South Wales ;. Cork and Youghal. Tite, W. (Bath)--North Devon ; Bideford Extension, Verney, Sir H. (Buckingham)—Buckinghainishire. Walpole, H. S. (Cambridge University) —Great Western. Watkin, E. (Yarmouth) —Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton. . Wesalead, J. P. B. (York)—Shropshire Union. Wickham, H. W. (Bradford)—Lancashire and York shire ; New Brunswick and Canada. Wyndham, Genera! (West Cunaherlind)—W'hitehaven, Cleatot„ and Egremont. Wyndham, Win. (South Wilts)—Salisbury and Yeovil. Wynne, Sir W. W. (Denbighshire)—Great Western; Oswestry and Newtown. Wyvi'l, M. (Richmond)—Bedale and Leyburn. Directors in the House of Lords „ in the House of Commons 93 Total directors in Parliament...l2-0 Country Markets. HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—APRIL 10. WREAT. 1 BARLEY I OATS. i BEAN E. First s7s Od 45s 6d 1 343 Od 1 429 04 Second 3ss 2d 1 353 4d 1 263 5d I 34s 10A Third 26s 6d 1.103 Od 122 $ Od I 313 Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 1000 qrs., 938 sold PP PP barley „ 277 qrs., 192 sold PP 11 oats ,1 399 qrs ., 397 so l d IP PP beans ~ 219 qrs., 209 so ld AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, it. 15 2 10-12ths 1 Barley, ...1/. 15 4 9-12 tbs Oats, ... 1L 6 5 3-12ths I Beans, 1/. 14 10 4-12 tbs DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—APRIL 9. Qrs. Beat. Current. Infetior 534 Wheat 55s Od 626 Oats 27s 6d. 248 44 ... ...... 15- 04 207 Barley 39s 04 3ss 04 49 Peas & beans 42s Od 37s 24 ABERDEEN—APRIL 10. Potato oats 21s Od to 22s Od 1401bs• per bushel Common oats 20s Od t o 21 s Od Bore 31s Od to 33s Od Barley 31s Od to 33s O 1 K.,,,d '‘ Wja IP Wheat, red (spring)33s Od to 37s Od 1 621bs „ , white 30s Od' to 45s Od Oatmeal 16s 6d to 18s 01 per boll. Flour i, .45s Od to —s Od per sack. 1 ~, 0 PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6d to BKI I Butter, p lb. is 0 , 1 to Os 0 I Mutton, per lb 6d t o 8d Eggs, p doz. Os 8d to Os 91 Lamb, do., Os Od to O. 0 I Hens, p pair 3s Od to 33 61 Veal, per lb ... 101 to is Od Chickens,do.2s Od to 2s 61 Pork, per ib...os 6d to Os 7d Ducks, do., 2s Od to 2s 61 Salmon, pe r lb . ..... O s t o O s Ducklings,oOs Od to 0, 0.1 Grouse, per brace Os to Os Turkey s , e a c h 4 s Od t o 5 s o . f Tallow, p stone, Os to lOs 61 P o t a t oes , p er pec k, 9d t o 111 Rabbits, each 3d to 4d. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. 1008 to 106 s Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen .... ............ ... Qd to 0 - RETAIL PRICES. Flour,l4lb 0s Od to 2s 6d Barleyflour,l4lb.Os to 2s 2d Oatmeal Os Od to is 10d „ dust, ~.. Os to .0s 10d Beremoal Od to is 10d , per lb 2d to 2id Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 8d Sid's, 7d Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s 6d '4-Ib. 10af...7d . 12-Ib. 10af...8 id. DUBLIN, APRIL 10 Our market this morninc , was exceedingly dull. Wheat scarce, at the rates of last week. Oats much depressed, and the turn cheaper. Barley also very dull, at prices in favour of the buyer. Oatmeal sells in a retail way at last week's rates. In foreign wheat or Indian corn no trans actions reported, but holders would take less money to effect sales. Bakers purchase flour to meet their daily wants at prices rather under those of Friday. White wheat, 31s Od to 343 Od ; red ditto, 29s Od to 32s Od ditto new, —a; barley, malting, 16s to 25s 6d ; grind ing, 15s to 20s Oct ; oats, old, lld to 13s ; ditto, new, —s Od to 15s Oct; oatmeal, 13s to 14s 6d; bere, new, 16s to 18s Od ; rape, • d, 303 Od to 328 Od per brl ; flour' 18s 6,1t0 25s 01 per ewt; Indian corn", 3!s 01 to 37a 0,1 per 480 lbs. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LEEDS, APRIL 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.---The market was quiet to-day, and prices without much variation. North Western, 74 5-16 —Midlande;Bli—York and North Midland, 32. A4ANCHESTER, APRIL 11. STJOE EXORANGE.—The market had a quiet appear. ance to-day, and prices were about the sam e as on Th urs . 3:14 South E as t ern and Dovers, 22j day. Eastern Counties, 11 a -- -Great W es t ern o f C ana d a, 2 1, 6 1 — ca S sh h i e r and ill e eids ' Yorkshire, 101 g. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 11. STOCK EXCHANGE. -- The market was chiefly regu lated by the prices transmitted by telegraph from London, but there was comparatively little doing, The business to-day was limited, at about Thursday's quotations. THE GLASGOW POISONING CASK.--Miss Madeleine Smith, the young lady who (as stated in a recent num ber of The Sun) was apprehended on the suspicion of having admini s t ere d p o i son to her sweetheart, a young French gentlem an name d L'A nge l ier, was formally nom , mined on Friday last to stand her trial on the charge of murder. The result has been arrived at after the consultation with the Crown authorities in Edinburgh. So far as motive is concerned, the grounds of the charge are understood to be that Miss Smith was anxious to cast L'Angelier off in consequence of having received and accepted an offer of marriage from a gentleman who occupies a much more elevated position in society, so far as wealth is concerned. L'Angelier was resolved to maintain his ascendancy, and had some power of blasting the young lady's reputation in the event of her marrying his rival. Hence the catastrophe. That the young lady procured arsenic about the time of L'An gelier's death, that he died from the effects of arsenic, and that there is no reason to believe he committed suicide, are matters undoubted. The event has created much ixeitemert in Glasgow. [AnvaarissmENT.]—A most interesting recovery from a vast complication of diseases, such as indigestien (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver conk. plaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, without the aid of medicine, by Du Barry's Reva. lenta Arabic*. 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On the 11th inst., at St. James's Church, Weatbourne. terrace, James Neville, Esq., of Clarence-cottage, Rich. mond, to Adelaide, second daughter of John liaise, Esq., of Paddington-green. On the 11th inst., at the parish church of St. Mary, Islington, Mr. Alfred C. Goody, to Caroline, the youngest daughter of the late Benjamin Duncan, LL.D„ of Brlgh tott. DIED. On the Oth inst., at the Castle, Parsontown, Ireland, the Hon. John Parsons, second son of the Earl and Countess of Ross. On the 6th inst., at Eothwell Castle, Lanarkshire, the Right Hon. James, Lord Dougla. of Douglas, aged 70. On the 10th inst., at Cheam, Healy Thomas, youngest son of the Hon. James and the late Lady Elizabeth Dut- ton, aged 14. (In the 10th inst., at liollveombe, Sussex, Sir Charles William Taylor, Bart., aged 'B7. On the 11th inst., . George liohy, of 123, Mount • street, Berkeley -square, aged 33. On the 12th iust., at Albert-street, Regent's-park, Com mauder James Wood, R.N., aged 74. On the 11th inst,, at 15, Glocester-square, Hyde-park, ;Tames William Smith, Esq., aged 87. LONDON : Printed and Published by KURD() YOUNG, of No, 11.2, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Sava,, an the county of Middlemz, Monday, Aprill3, 185 T.