The Express.
London, England, 1862-01-20 00:00:00

THE FRIGHTFUL COLLIERY ACCIDENT

Ar HAJITLEY.

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New HAWMAT OOLLIM.
SATEM,DAT Al,lllOOll, HALP.PANT TWO O'OLOUIL
Doing feat night, the week of clearing the shaft was
presented with vigour by relays of men at intervals at two
hears. The workmen suceeeded is clearing away a por-
tion of the darn. In the cowse cl the night they
recovered two of the bodies of the men who were killed
by the falling of the been. The body of George Sharp,
Iva., wee first reeovseed, and adenomas the body of
George Sharp, senior.
About five o'cloc.k'this morning'they came to the body of
Bohan Robson. The bodies were sent up to the spree
seam. The men who came out of the pit at one o'clock this
afternoon' brought up intelligence that they had got another
of the bodies, that of William Brown. It has aloe beet mat
to the upper seam, and placed beside those of the others.
A fifth remains to be recovered.
The number of men sad boys known to be in the pit is 215.
The somber of boys is said to be about 50. There ere ea
overman sad tires deputyovermen in the pit. The tea
are in the yard scam. The authorities of the pit have
no fears with regard to the ultimate 'teems at the sat.
The veatilathm is loom to be thoroughly red, and there
is no danger of injury to them from wears. The peeler
portion of the men i■ the pit have beat there dm one
o'clock on Thanday morning, sad they had bat little food
with them. The boys, however, it is thought, took dews
some provisions. The want of food, however, to the whole
party is a amino of umeasineas. No decided opinion caul
be given as to the time when the men will he needled.
Workmen continue to labour hard in clearing away the
debrie.
A number of the men who are immured reside in
cottages at the New Hartley Colliery, about 200 yards from
tie pit, while othen reside at Old Hanley.
New limas" Eimer
The intelligence from the working parties in the shaft
which has just come to bank II leer cheerios. Mr. Coulees,
the master sinker, has sent up a report that the obstroc•
tions that exist before the party out possibly reach the
engine drift are of a much more difficult character than
could be anticipated. The buried men and lids imprisoned
in the yard wain, could be heard working is the
shaft this morning ; hot since thin they have made no
sign ; and though every dint has bean made tonight to
get a signal from them, it has failed. Extra relays a/ min
have been put on, and redoubled exertions will be made
during the night to break through the obetruction. The
crowd at the pit mouth is increasing.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

SHIELDS, SUNDAY, 6 P.M.
The men and lads still remain entombed. From 6 o'clock
last night to 4 this afternoon no perceptible pennies bee
been made in rescuing them. Last night the sides of the
shaft threatened to fall in and bury the persons engaged in
clearing a purge down; mr this afternoon they were
obliged to mass operations to remove the artheles in the
shaft until the dohs are bratticed. The last body el the
five men killed in the 'haft on Thursday was found lest
night.
Popular excitement in the district is intense. Them is
an enormous oar:same of people all day aneembled at the
spots bat euellest order has been kept by the county con'
etabulary, and the operations have not been hindered by
liar memos. At midnight the buried men were heard
dpolling to the working parties. They were heard distinctly
soh at 10 and 11 today. This has given great relief to all
timpersens at the bask. The lon seam of the pit is rap-
pod Whe meetly Wing with water, which cannot reach
lim new sod lee far mausydaya,ae they are supposed to be in
Ohs yard seam. Mr. Humble, the resident viewer, says that
filmy have a posy in the yard seam ; also horse provender.
He is certain that the air is good there, and that there is
plenty of fresh water. The colliery surgeon, however, is
anxious about the boys and old two, 50 boys having been
in the pit 85 hours ; the AM shift of rasa 83 hours, the
beck shift 81 home. Tim families of the buried men have
shown wonderful fortitude. Prayers have been offered for
their preservation in all places at worship in the district
to-day.

NEWCASTLE, SUNDAY Ntorrr.

Daring the whole of Friday night and Saturday the work
el clearing away the debris was prosecuted with much
vigour. The nature of the obstrootion, however, was
wash that at times but very little progress was made,
added to which, during Friday night • large portion of
the Wiese walling of the shaft gave way, which had to be at
onto Wattled up, in order to ensure the safety of
W workmen, bat which had the effect of musing
eoseidiwable delay to the excavation of the rub-
bish, so that by nine o'clock on Saturday morning
thlt am ante dS ismertidebreix fest trots the yard seam.
Dm* Ilia ANS diddle. the wort was ormadatted, bet
ths astialbl balk amismaneed • more solid mass, there
was net thaligetiala aides at fink when it was lamer, sad
meseqnsallif Mr, wahsble. At ten o'clock is the forenoon
Mr. OAK =OW sheer, of Durham, considered to be
moot the meet caperisamd men in the county, west down
to imperleinad the operations, and by twelve o'clock the
workmen lad got to the head of the pump bucket at the
head of the forams &IN which it was intended, as seen
as passible, to remove, la ceder that food might be poised
down the drift to the men below. A ocatinual "'cowling"
hod been kept op between the workmen above and the en-
tombed up to twelve o'clock ea Friday night, what they
were able be about to each other. At that time the mat
below said that they were all alive sad in good spills
Sloes that time the " jowline or knocking en Oak rat
has awed, whisk is amounted for, not that say ei themk
have perished, but that they have worked as far as peas*
cable hose beneath, and that the overman tad deputies bessei
mused than to maws swallows. Dogleg tha sight the I
body of young Sharp was found, about 1 o'clock en Illacf
Outlay morning that of his father, sad about 5 o'cleck-i
that el Robert Bohm. Tao, were all sent to the upper
souk sad there placed side by id% until MOM shall have
been pined to them is the yard seam. About 1 o'clock the
lame adisevesa gm be el William Brows was got at,

aid nest up to be Lid betide these of hie companion. in
Adottuse. Stecog reieforoseteuts of able, and

men continued to come in from the neighbouring collieries,
sad the work wee being carried on successfully throughout
the whole of Saturday night and to• day. In the course of
today the weelosee still came upon large and extensive
fractures of theehaft, and which have to be brattioed up,
as stated above. Oommunication by " jowling" has been

Rohs aeleblielead between the two partied. The air in sad
to be good in the yard nun, and as it also contains plenty
of good drinking water, there is every bops that they clay
ultimately be got at alive. When our parcel was du.
erathe MSS &bow* were sanguine of being able to reach
m:eras by Ma cede* to-night.

DAUNT PARTIOULARS.—(THIS DAY.)
(By "Immo Tamura.)
NORTH SHIELDS, MONDAY, 1 P.M.

Opseilices in the shaft have been stopped di
AiiiLt by heavy falls of stone. The obstructions ip
the shaft are:being removed rapidly, and there is hope of
being in a few hours is oommunkation with the buried

men.
The excitement in North Melds is increasing.

THE RIVAL AMERICAN WAR VESSELS 42,
SOUTHAMPTON.

(non ova own omnizarownwir.)
BOUTILUIPTON, JAa. ls.
The Belgian steamer emigres, which put in here
• week or two ago, left to-day for New York. :tome
ammunition being amongrt her amigo it was expected she
would have been convoyed some short distance by the
Federal war Moamar Tuscarora, lying here, but she started
without each convoy. . .

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The occasional movements of the Tuscarora are still as
mysterious as ever. She left her moorings on the lut occa.
mien so soddenly that two of her officers were left sabots
Even her first lieutenant does not appear to know the inter.
tiaras of the commander until the orders of the latter are
given.
It is reported that the Sumter is coming up the Channel.
Another Federal man-of.war is expected here shortly.
Pilots live and sleep on board the Tuscarora, Nashville, and
her Majesty's ship Dauntless. so as to be ready to telia
their respective ships out to sea at a moment's notice.
The officers of the Nashville have expressed thinualves
indignant at the rumour that their ship is add, Maw miss
will not be able to get away from Southampkes oder the
Pahoetto deg. Some of the calms of the Tesserere &Id
with the Federal consul, Captain Mitten. lady.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
Bitting in Sumo in Hilary Term.—(Before Lord Chief
Justice Cockburn and Justices Crompton, Blackiuo,
and Mellor.) _ _.-----

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Mr. Davies applied to the oourt,oo behalf of Wookidge,
for a mandamus animist the Loyal Nelson Lodge Friendly
Society, at Woodside, to reinstate him as • member of that
body. The quendea was whether this court ar the County
Court had jurinistios, under the existing law, to reinstate
the applicant. He was an old man, who had been a member
for twenty years. In 1860 he became blind and unable to
pursue his cecuratkes, and by the rides be was entitled to
six moons' full pay, and afterwards to half-pay. He re.
oeived his pay until Avon last, when he was informed that
no 1110111 relief would be given to him, and it was explained
to him that his daughter had three months before received
one week's allowance too moth. The committee ultimately
expelled him, and refund to acknowledge him as a member
of the society.
Mr. Justice Crompton mid this was the first time an sp.
plicatiou had been made for a mandamus to reinstate a
insane of a friendly society. By the 41 sec. of the
Friendly Societies Act, all disputes between members were
to be settled by arbitrators, and if there were none, by •
county court judge.
The Lord Chief Justice said. the question was, whether
the expulsion of the applicant from the society by the com-
mittee was not altogether • vain and idle proceeding. If
there was no expulsion, application might be made to the
County Court to order the payment of the relief to which
the member was entitled ; but, supposing the natter was
within the Inriediction of the committee, and they bad not
beard and determined it judicially, the County Court judge
might order them to do so. Thia court could not, therefore,
grant the rule.
Rule refused.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
Were 11r. Oomenisrioner Gettlburn.)
I>v rim LAW WCWSPAPIR COMPANY rIW Hr.
This was • winding-up petition presented y . James
Welter, described as a gentleman, of Clifford's Inn. The
petition states that the company was ineorporated and
neutered ia Deanne., 1808—the objects for which
it was established being " the printing and publishing
of a law newspaper , and the doing of all each other
thine as wen Incidental or conducive to the attaining of the
above objects." The nominal capital of the company was
6,0001., is 600101. share& Calls had been made to the fall
amount. The registered offices of the company were at 49,
Oarepstreet. The petitioner wet a shareholder and contri-
butory. The order was prayed on the ground that three-
fourths of the capital of the company was lost or had be-
come unavailable.

Tx EH THI HON. WILLIAM GEORGE HOWARD.
The bankrupt, who is nephew of the Fast of Wicklow,
recently passed hi examination, and obtained his order of
dieaberee. Being still in prism, he applied for hi rebus ;
bat his Honour adjourned the application, in order that
notice might be plea to the creditors.
Yr. Sargood now renewed the application (under the 112th
section of the old act), and stated that the requisite notices
had bees given.
A patinae, who said be was manager for Mr. S. Abra-
hams, wished to oppose, on the ground. that the bankrupt's
ease was still under the insolvency kiriediation.
Mr. Sargood stated that all the old detainers in the
Queen's Priem which wensabjeot to the jariadictire of the
Insolvent Court had been discharged, therefore there was
as an end of the objection.
His Honour granted the discharge.
IN HI MACTIAMARA.—THE NORTH WOOLWICH GABDIPIL
The bank opt, who bed kept the Pavilion Tavern sad
(lades at North Woolwich, oarne to the court shortly dile
the new act came into operation. There have been several
adjournments with a view to a settlement of the case:out of
mum and at a meedft of creditors recently held nadir
the 185th section armdatiw in accordance therewith wu
WM.& Mr Nerd now applied to the court to confirm the me-
lutioe of the creditors.
Hi Honour inquired whether the bankrupt hat filed his
balance-sheet. and being informed that he had not, said be
should decline to confirm the order until he saw the tank•
rapt's balancesdieet, aid knew the proportion of creditors
out of the whole who bad sainted to the resolutioe.