The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-29 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL.

NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—Financial affairs are
improving, especially exchanges. A large busik-
ness was done to-day in bills on London, at 1022,
to 1031 fur prime commercial paper. Markets;
are good, but little doing, the rates being above,
the views of remitters. Stock market closed
lower. Illinois Central Scrip, 581 ; New York
Central Railroad, 721 ; Erie, 28i. Cotton steady;
sales 2,800 bales, at 10c for middling upland.
Flour has a declining tendency' for state and
western; sales, 14,800 barrels; superfine state,
$4 50c to $4 60c. Corn dull ; sales, 49,000
bushels. Beef unchanged. Pork dull and un-
settled. Rice firm. Sugar and Coffee steady.,
Molasses heavy. Spirits of Turpentine firm..
Rosin dull. Freight to Liverpool—Cotton, $9;
32c.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 13.—Cotton : Sales to-day,,
10,000 bales; prices easier; quotations unchanged..
Freights to Liverpool, 9-16 to a.

The following appeared in our later editions of

yesterday :

INDIA.

The advices from Calcutta are to November 23.
Nana Sahib is reported to be in Tbibet, with several
thousand followers.

Import and export markets at Calcutta both quiet.
Freights had risen 55., with an upward tendency.
Quotations to Liverpool, 60s.

CONVOKING THE HUNGARIAN DIE'S.
BERLIN, Dec. 27.

The Krettzzeitung publishes a telegram from
Vienna, stating .that the Emperor has already
sanctioned the resolutions of the conference of
Gran, and has resolved upon convoking the Hun-
garian Diet for February next.

THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT.

PARIS, Dee. 27.

The Pays says, the tendency of public opinion
presages that the Garibaldian party will obtain
the majority at the elections to the Italian Par-
liament. Count Cavour has the intention of re-
tiring, at least provisionally, from the Sardinian
Ministry.

There hag been a heavy fall of snow in London Sines

la.t
The great iron-cased ship, the Warrio7, is to be
launched to-morrow,

The Empress Eugenie not now allowed to elan&
the meetings of the Council' et... Ministers as formerly.
A marriage is arranged to taite•place between Lieut.-
Colonel Cust, Grenadier Guar& and Lady Florence
Laseelles, sister of the Earl of ilarewood. Also between
the eldest daughter of Lord John Rtaselt and the eldest
son of the Bishop of Durham.

The ship Victory, belonging to Edmuir Thompson
and Co., went out into the river yesterday mortticng with
passengers and a large general eargo—consisting &hieffy
of soap, beer, currants, and paper—bound for 3teli-
bourne.

BIRKENIIEAD POLICE COURT.-At this court yester.-
day morning, Bridget Ryan, alias Sullivan, was charged
with picking the pocket of Mrs. J. Evans, near Conway-
street, of a purse containing 55.,_6d. She was sent for
trial.

SERIOUS BOILER EXPLOSION AT OXTON.-011 Thurs-
day last an accident occurred at the house of Mr. H_
Fletcher, of Oston. It appears that a large -boiler
which was situated in the lower part of the premiises•
burst, and injured two or three of the servants. One
was rather severely hurt, but so far as we have beans
able to ascertain, the injuries are not likely to prove;
fatal.

Hifer-smerr CHURCH.—A congregational soiree in•
cqnuettion with the Unitarian Church, Hope-street, was
held last night in the schoolroom behind the church. A
very large natntrer of respectable ladies and gentle-
men were prescur, air the occasion, and partook of tea,
which was served up in excellent style. After tea
appropriate addresses were delivered by several of the
clergymen, and among others the Rev. J. Martineau and
the Rev. Mr. Charming, who i well-known as a lecturer
in this town. The proceedings, which were throughout
of a most social character, were prolonged until late in
the evening.

THE Ilvrrerc COLLIERY EXPLOSION,--Another body-
ani Wednesday brought to the bank. It was that of
Thema* Mitcheson, aged 61 years, who has left a wife
and two c'bilidretr to mourn his loss. The workmen', lea
their explorationst have reached the face of a very large
fall, in the neighbourhood of which it is suspected that.
Walker' Lowden, -amt true-/-,ther two lie buried; arid!
from the magnitude of the' obstruction it is feared that,
some time may elapse before they can be extricated..
The fire has. now been all but extinguished ; and in one•
of the stables was found a little pony standing upright,
althc'tgh ehared to a cinder.
FAIN& CoALPIT EXPLOSION".—OR Monday last two
young men,. named James Bellund Alexander 'Wilson,
colliers, were Wed in. No. T, or Store Pit, Gartsherrie
Ironworks, under the following circumstances •)---Ther
had both gone down early to begin work, and it seems;
the firemen, whose duty to inspect the workiings.
and report their safe or itatafer condition from fire sir
any other indications of danger, hod not been forward.,
or, if so, had not examined that portion of the pit. It
was, therefore, the duty of the •ITlC'ef to harre waited till
the firemen returned and reported the state of the
worlder..• ',This they did not do, and while. m their
way to contarenee, their labours their lamps *wiled tbo
foul air whielr had collected, and the result was an
explosion, by whieir they were both instantly killed.
Some of the workmen in another part of the pit rNit to
their assistance, but only arrived in time to see one: of
them dead and the other expire:
TERRIFIC GAs ExiLosiox GLASOONC—The gas
meter at the Bridge-street station of the Glasgow and
South-Western Railway in Glasgow, exploded ors Tuesday
night last with terrific force, in consequence of the frost.
No sooner did the gasfitter, who had been sent foe, opera
the cellar door than a dense body of gas rushed out, aright
light at. a jet a few yards distant, and exploded wirW
report which was heard more than 1,000 yards off, atsl
shook houses at 400 or 500 yards distance, awaking the
sleepers, The gasfltter made a most miraculous escape
from being killed. After knocking down the sub-
stantial arched walls of the gas cellar, and also
those of the coal cellar, the great volume of gas, pro-
ceeding upwards, dashed up a large portion of the floor-
ing of the booking-office, singeing the hair of the clerk,
carrying the passenger literally off his feet, and placing
him outside the door without injti.7.
The porter
who stands at the bottom of the first-dos:
stair had
his leg broken, and a policeman was also ,lightly
injured. The current of gas then rushed through the
left-luggage-room, at the south-east end of The farst-elass
stair, blowing the whole of the room, which was anti
a temporary erection, to pieces. It then dashed to
the ground a huge iron gate at the left, of abed.
three tons weight, which has been sadly injured;;
and next proceeded up the recently-erected gig'
way.between the luggage-room and the platform of the
station, spreading destruction as it went. The."gangway
itself was greatly broken up and the roof torn off. At
the head of the gangway, after knocking the door in
pieces the current seems to have exhausted itself in
that direction, as it did no more damage there. A por-
tion of the gas, however, had gone up the first-class
stair, but did little injury. At the first turn it knocked
off a piece of plaster from the roof; it passed through
the second part of the stair without inflicting the least
damage, but at- the landing it broke several gas globes,
and, strange to say, atter all these windings, and after
traversing such a distance, it smashed the door leading
into the platform. All the doors and windows of the
booking-office and scveril other windows were com-
pletely destroyed, and a plate-glass window in an
adjacent shop was broken in pieces by-tho shock. The
front of the building has bun: much destroyed, as well
as the cupola above the tacos.