The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-12 00:00:00

DREADFUL PIT ACCIDENT.

Yesterday morning, at about aix o'clock, a
dreadful pit accident mewed at Bridge Bed Coakley.
Bromley, three milers from Dudley, by whisk mix sea more
killed. Iron plates are laid on one side of the month of
every pit, so that there may be • smooth surface on which
to wheel away the skips that are sent le book with ocaL
An inn rail surrounds the pit's mouth, but when men are
bong let down or drawn up, one side of this guard is lifted off.
The so at the above canary attended se moat yesterday
mornim, and two bends of there were safely lowered down
the shaft. The third baud, six in number, then stepped on
the skip, mid the engineer proceeded to lower them. Just
as the MOD left the surface a man employed en the bank
entered the stable to prepare his hone for the day's work.
During the night the horse had slipped the halter off his
head, and when the man apprise/led him he bolted out
at the door. The man was thrown spinet the manger
by the horse turning round, sad could not follow him.
Fearing that is the darkens the mimed might fall
down the pit, he called to some person to stop
him. It was, however, too late, for the horse had
slipped and fallen into the pit. The skip with the men on
it had by this time descended about 60 yards, sad the
hone came doe oon the booust of the skip with fearful
violence, the rope snapped. and horse and men were pre.
cdpilated to the bottom. The soles in the shaft and the
mash at the bottom brought the men who had already
descended to the spot. There they found the whole of the
mew dead at the bottom of the pit.
Their 'mailed remains wen gathered together in sheen
and sent to the pit bank, whams they were conveyed to
their respective homes. The names of the men are Joseph
Baker, Job Roiled. Zocharieh Barker, George Terry, Jan
Page. and Thome Bate. All the sea. insegit Boiled, were
married and have left wives and families.

THE lITORWAT Acr.—An important announce-
mat me male by Yr. Brampton Gordo°, at the
Norio& smite, lei week. Gordo& stated that be
had been in carreemedmes wlth the Homeothos with refor-
ms@ to the Highway Act, sad he understood from thence
Met an intended bill wail be introduced. A great gem
Jim is thee 'Med. le adopting the present act, bays the
amities of KIPS sod Surrey committed themselves to all
fakirs arneodreeete !—Sisrer Brpress.
Tie AMMIPAN Wes.—Mesas. Neill Brothers,
in their cotton circular jest ire* observe :—" W. cam
mimeo soother year without the faintest templet et a ter.
naization of the America& straggle. The Reuben forest
ham pined much ground in the middle and Western States,
bit act so mach as at the oommosiotcneist of the war it ma

E7.;:ay—.7p;:eZithat they would in the gent ei>< mstka
hostilitier, It his always been anticipated that three
tleof the mutest would have to be pried lima"
o: the South would confine herself beates—the break.
Mg up of her large armies in the field—the capture of her
leading cities, and dually a bug period of guerilla warfare.
The fast of these steps hes not yet been and
with the efforts new mingle with up INS:Wham mks, it
seem quite probable that at the opening if the oath im-
pels' th es rimy e Northern ermi Sod thiamine
to numbers aearly equal to their owo. lu war me=
proponents* will of course remit, with the Huth, sad
the public opinion of the world has of late rather tamed
is her favour, a. her policy her be..... mom sad mere
dietinctly opposed to slavery, and time the
made more evident the tenacity with which the
Sastbersers cling to this relic of barbarism. At one
time we hoped that they would adopt the policy
of emancipation, sad thus leave no lone helmet' thew
end the Northers goverment bet the palls if la-
Abspenhissos. But it would new &ppm Witrwiti:
ositesdiag for their own liberty, they prefer
Lien to eisscediag that of the slaves. Serb as least is the
cosciesies sow fined upon dimensioned spestatoss, sod M
er=as a gains ground, the South loess the sympathy
It is believed by many that the abolition cif
dam, would prevent the revival of the growth of Mesa
1111011 as extensive sink in the Soothers Stang. We meet
subscribe to this view bat, on the contrary, we believe that
saw that the system &as become so disorganised, Os growth
of Mies would sooner mere rapidly masa a Ms, then
=der a slave regime."
EXPLONON AT COOOMBHALL.—A dreadful
euphuism of panne place cm Thursday night, Jost before
12 o'elock, is the ship of Mr. W. Hoed, taller and clothier,
of this iOl/15, which, though involving a NAOMI destruction
if property. wae foutunately unattended with loss of life.
It appears that Nr. Good had fun left his workroom sad
entered his kitchen, whim he dissented that pa was
emepieg freely. He at oboe called Mrs. Good. who west
to the miter while he opened both the shop sad side
doors, discovering, alt a May warm, that the
mischief lay in • hydraulic hunter. which was see-
=d hi the shop, and tad sever worked well.
elocationg tine the gas exqi sod severely
harsh( Ni. Good's tam and ad marching
the Me if a aim living with , bunt the
allirtestOng down the whole of the coffin . settle( fire to
agoiszesim of hat men, sad bio • the theginadow
out, its mono* mats, he., • essitered is
the road and the glass thrown may ,aids. Mar this it
mimed slog a passage ever Mn. aced, who was at the
make, to the third of a now of wisdoms I. the kitchen,
which it mashed completely out, also finding net through
a loop la theekylight of the IMO TOM ; and tress thence,
Ike elasthisilly, Imid its we/ opine, Is a roan la which
a snail Mr. Good was ro
man
by him,
sad fere a third wiadoshmell =real distance. Though
Mr. Geed Ms sastothed sem men emehes, no danger is
at Mirobh
ET:t. I=l:9l2Ali, ben VN-IMN-MAll.—Tho
Nether at patient* relieved et this hospital duels, the week
maw Jim 9 we 2,47 t, id while 745 were new mesa.