The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1849.

AusYuma! Aosicuidruzat COMPANY. - The
asaa.l goosed meeting of this cosepsay was held yesterday
at their sakes, in Ling's Arms-yard. .1. 8. Bromism
11.:q;ueasee, is the chair. The hoc. chairman read as
report, detailigahe *sedition and ambers of the
='s mai la the 7, with the result of the year's
width will be mess 6en the following abstract :
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duty en own were eased to the Earners, be esepower. enonded
these to take it, but to Sal so gratitude to "ovalness% for
the boon, se if it were levied it wield net be ban...,
Adoration ter the lamas, but tam the simple bet that
more nosey was required be the negative. (Chem) The
nodes was agreed io, u was eke a vote et thanks to the
Anima, Asir whisk the aseift
I. the swain the usabas etrabelAr mg • Wire
body ot the he at the Ihrsess'e Hai The meal loyal
toasts were duly bass red, and awn I=llle were ends by
Bit J. Tyrrell, MOOR Bereslard, esti o Melly upon the
topics which had famed the saltiest of the annuity's dis-
suades.

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EIOITTY-THREE LIVES LOST IN A

OOLLIBRY.
On Thursday and yadnniaywe gave the drat news
that reached Loa lea et this minim egaMest near Barnsley.
The following mere detailed account is furnished by the
Wakefield Journal :
On arriving at Barnsley en Thursday sensing, the gloom
which such en event was calculated to create in the locality
was too clearly depicted in the borrowing asps* c 4 bereaved
wives, mothers, and children, who were weeding their way
towards the mese of wholesale devastation, wltle* lies about
two miles on the Shi Meld side of Barnsley. Aker proceed-
ing about a mile on the road towards the Barley Main Col-
liery (where the fatal accident occurred), we were met by
rude but literal funeral processions following each other in
rapid promotion from the pit at Digtry,surroonded by Salida
widows and childless menu, who had succeeded, not with
out some difficulty, in recognising their own kindred from
among the heaps of fearfully mangled bodies from time to time
sent up from the pit's mouth. The scene was at once
savage and solemn, and on arriving at the works we found a
further crowd of spectators anxiously waiting to know the I
fate of missing husbands, sons, and brothers, and ever and
anon the shrieks of the females indicated that some fresh sof-
ferm's fate had been made manifest by the recognition of
the body by its Mends.
From information gleaned on the spot we ham that the
Darley Male Colliery is about 1,111 yards in lanshas
been regularly worked for the last 10 or 11 years,
by Mr. Jarrett, but latterly by Mews. Jarrett Zl7l
cock, the former of whom resides at Dancastav and the latter 1
at Sheffield. According to one report we hoard on the spot,
the pit had not been worked for some three weeks past until
Wednesday ; but from another statement (which we think
the more correct) we are informed that the pit has been re-
gularly worked up to the hour of the accident, and was only
• fortnight since surveyed by Mr. Lzke, of Snapetborpe
Colliery, Wakefield, a surveyor, and reported by him in a
tit and proper state for work.
On Wednesday morning several bands went down into
the pit to their employ at abeut four o'clock, and en re fol-
lowed by the in.jor part of the workmen at six. All seemed
to go on the same as ordinary until twenty minutes to 12
at noon, when a violent explosion ensued, the report from
which was distinctly heard by those pasties who were on the
surface. The alarm immediately spread, and in about fifty
minutes the atmosphere became sidiciently purified to ad-
mit of some parties venturing down the pit's mouth in a
skiff. The mouth of the pit was surrounded by several par-
ti 5, some insensible, others quite dead, and a few who still
survived were fearfully burned, and only lived a few hours.
The number of sufferers who were rescued from the
scene of destruction up to ten o'clock on Wednesday was
twenty, but in consequence of the difieulty in ascertaining
the number of hands in the pit at the time of the accident
all was doubt and uncertainty until Thursday morning,
when vigilant measures were liked for repairing the di&
parts of the pit which had been blown down, and for
this purpose a number of mesons were at once employed, to
hick up the different broken compartments within which
numbers of poor fellows were securely embedded among the
muttl.ited mass of earth-work.
A number of men then proceeded down the shaft, and
commenced carrying the bodies to the mouth of the pit,
from whence they were sent up to the surface at intervals,
where a crowd oe persons awaited their being landed
in a state of breathless anxiety. The majority of
the mutterers were tearfully mutilated, so much so
that it was totally impossible for many of the re-
latives to recognise the mangled corpses, unless ray
some peculiarity in the deceased's dress. Nearly all the bo-
dies lest brought out were fearfully mutilated, and in several
instances the head literally scalped, the hair burnt off, and
the viscera obtruding front the lower portion of the body. A
more horrible scene could not possibly be conceived, and as
cordon& one after another were taken away to surrounding
houses, numbers of maddened and anxious parents and
wives ran after the vehicles and threw on one side the blan-
kets, in the dreadful anticipation of recognising someone dear
to them. This scene of horrid suspense continued through-
out the early part of the day, and at three o'clock there only
remained three bodies undiscovered, and these
were expected to be found on further masonry be-
ing; thrown up in the back portion, or what is tech-
nically calied the " dip," or lower end of the pit.
From the dreadful manner an which the sufferers in this part
of the mins were disfigured. and the uniform destruction of
all hands there employed, the supposition is that the fire-
damp explosion onginated in that direction.
From later inquiries we learn that the number of hands,
of all descriptions, in the pit at the time of the accident was
about 110. Of these twenty-seven were got out alive on
Wednesday evening, three of whom afterwards died. The
bodies which could not be reached the same evening, were, of
course, quite dead when they were approached en Thursday,
and we find that the totalhugihey killed is eighty-three.

llisibereml Is England dugs.** per 1175 : C a. 4.
Oilmen, are: sneneness(Undenestabliehatent) 3,103 0
heating 18 12
Odbe hotkre, AMISS. Irs. 3 3
LW el sir, 12, Walt hrea-yerd 2OO 0
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Marof Joint Stook (dividends) 9,7G 0
tspgi len's accoent 3,366 5 1
Ms parabie—Pald bilk drawn by tee coeunleakews on
the Court of Weems 5,600 0
lido of Land—Eapeaste on this menet. 9O 0
Posen et attorney
Ileattk, Pape, and Co.—ltspaysaant ot ken of last year.
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The Chairman stated that, from the demotion of their
affix., in common with those of every other company and
individual here and in the colonies daring the past year, the
directors were quite unable to declare any dividend on the
present occasion. The wool imported by the company, although
fitly maintaining its high character in the markets, had un-
dergone, in polot of pia, so heavy a depression as to have
caused a diminution of the company's revenue, from this
II AIMS alone, of 25 per cent. as compared with the average
of the past three years ; while, at the same time, the distress
prevalent throughout the colony had paralysed agricultural
and postural operations, and thereby materially lessened the
demand for all descriptions of live stock. All the circum-
stances, however, within their knowledge and anticipation
led them to hope for a highly favourable business hencefor-
ward. They had, with a view to the more perfect deve-
lopment of their resources, and to the mere authoritative
statement of them to the public, directed their commissioner
in the colony, Capt. King, to repair to England, for the pur-
pose of lending his 'valuable practical assistance to the direc•
tors in making the peculiar advantages of the company
known to the inter.ding emigrants. This caper was
expected home in a month or two, and meantime the direr-
k.re bad engaged the services of /Ir. Retie. From the last
despatch of Capt. King, it appeareo that the lambing this
year would, in all probability, be extremely productive,
23,000 lambs being anticipated. The sale of coal, too, at
tee company's stores, was gradually extending, and
there was every reason to believe that, to the
important item of wages, a considerable reduc-
tion would take pith c before long, owing to the large
number of emigrants new repairing to the colony. The
directors were taking measures for the steady sale of their
laud, and had every confidence that, from the very impor-
tant advantages of their holdings, there would be no difficulty
in discoing of them.—lce answer to a question, the Chair-
man stated that every care would be taken to give purchwers
of the company's lands a perfect title on their completing the
purchase.—The report having been adopted and some routine
business executed, the meeting broke up.
INQUESTS. YESTERDAY.- ALLEGED MURDER.-
Before Mr. W. Baker, at the Priers of Orange, Poillip•
street, Bt. George's-in-the-East, on the body of G. T. Lloyd.
aged 37. The deceased was a porter in the service of Meseta.
Roan and Co , brewers. He was a very steady man ; and
when he reached home on Wednesday night hie wife was in
a state of intoxication. Some words ensued, and ultimately
blows were inflicted on both side,. The deceased wee heard
by the lodgers to say that he would leave the house, when
ha wife told him he should not. A struggle immediotely
afterwards took place, which was followed by a heavy fall
down stairs, and when the persons in the adjoining room
went out deceased and his wife were both discovered lyiog
at the bottom landing, the deceased being underneath.—
Mr. Bingham, surgeon, was called, but the deceased was
quite dead. The surgeon said that he had examined the
body but could not find any murk, of violence. The de-
ceageei might have died from the fall, which had probably
canted the rupture of a blood-vessel on the brair..—A brother
of the deceased stated that the deceased had often been ell
treated by his wife, and had said to witness and his friends
that he went in fear of his life.—The women, who was pre
seat, said the deceased fell accidentally, and in his descent
pulled her after him.—The Coroner observed that the case
was very mysterious, but he was fearful, from the evidence
they had b.fore them, they would not be able to clear up the
affair very satisfactorily. lie should suggest an open ver-
dict. —The jury agreed to the following :—" That the de-
ceased died from a fall down stairs, but how received they
had no positive evidence."

INQUEST.

Yesterday a coroner's jury was empanelled at the Masons'
Arms, Worsborough Dale, by Mr. Badger, the coroner of the
district, to investigate the cause of the death of the unfor-
tunate miners who were killed an explosion of fir.-dam'
in the Darley Main Colliery on Wednesday. An official list
was furnished to the coroner, containing the names of 75
victims, one third of whom were boys. Others are still be-
lieved to be in the pit. Preparatory to viewing the bodies,
the following evidence was taken :
W.Broonshead, engine-tenter at the Dailey Main Colliery,
heard the alarm and the explosion at half-past 11 in the
forenoon on Wednesday. A volume of smoke issued from
out of the shaft. Believes there were about 105 men and
boys in the pit, which is 131 yards deep. Immediately after
the explosion witness descended the pit with J. Armitage.
When they got to the bottom, they found six or eight men
and three boys coming towards the bottom of the shaft.
They assisted into the coif suck u were helpless,
and they were drawn up. Witness, his companions,
and three other men, proceeded on the level. Near the engine
they_ heard a cry for help. They got to the sufferer, lout
seen net get him out in consequence of some carves being
Jagentml again" him, having been driven there by the ex-
plosion. Another impediment was the strength of the
asidemejea, Whisk nearly stopped their breath. They were
=by other men who had deeosnded, and after
NON
WI a little pure air they succeeded in rescuing the
mss whom they Gad heard, and two boys. This man proved
to be Joseph Thompson, underground steward. After the
man and the two boys had been got out witness left the pit.
Witless could not give any opinion as to the cause of the
explosion. He had no blame to attach to any one. One of
the three that he assisted in getting out has sines died.
There are three shafts ; the engine shaft, the drawing shaft,
and the air shaft.
James Armitage, a road mender in the pit, was in the
level about twentylosion. Was yards from the bottom of the shaft when
he heard the exp rendered insensible by it, but
not seriously hurt. Was helping two little boys to drive a
hors when he was blown down and rendered insensible.
When he recovered his consciousness, he was near the two
boys, Joseph Batty and David MUM, whom he assisted in
getting out alive. That horse usenet killed ; but six others
were. Witness and Joseph Cooper, huger-on at the bottom
of the pit, went up with the boys, and after breathing a little
fresh air witness went down again to render farther assist-
ants. He corroborated the evidence of the previous witness
as to what took plane subsequently. They pat up sheets
and stopping, with a new of rescuing some otter men who
had been employed putting up packing in a bank
about 100 yards of ; they got to the plus and brought out
four men all dead. Witness continued to assist in getting
up bodies until ten at night. He and his party brought
up 24 bodies, four of whom revived when brought into the
pure air. Witness had no complaint to nuke against any
one.
The coroner and jury then (at one o'clock) proceeded in
an omnibus to view the bodies, which wen lying at their
respective homes in the essmoonding villages and hamlets,
and it was anticipated that this teak would campy them the
remainder of the day. This wee, indeed, • melancholy and
fearful duty, for many et the edema bad lost almost
every true or resemblance to the human form, and were
identified only by some tattered shreds of drew.

IRELAND.
Dustslt, JAN. 26.
The first drawing-room was held lest night at the
Castle, and was most numerously attended.
'rho adjourned meeting of Irish M.P.'s, yesterday,
was u great a failure as the original one. There is
no union of opinion between them.
The Freeman's Journal has a letter on the poor
law from the celebrated "Arthur L. 0. Guinness," of
Templeter, Stillorgen, who hoaxed your oontempo-
rary, the Times, some time since.

WALES. 1
THE CARDIGANBHIREBOROUGHB.-A correspondent
says:—" Although late in the field, the result of Mr. Pryn's
canvass, through the contributory boroughs, has been such
as to give every hope of his return. By the AbayMmyth
voters he has been most gladly received, end not the slightest
doubt is entertained that he will have a large =Amity in
that town. As many as three to ens is anticipated. The
strength of his conservative opponent, Mr. Buford, lie in
the lower division of the county, where he pommies con-
siderable property ; and has the influence of several rich
families oit his Mds. At Newcastle, Emlyn, Lempeter, and
Adger, Mr. Pry** was very successful ; but at Cadges, the
stronghold of the tories, Mr Harford was, of coarse , very
prosperous. On the whale, the prospects of the liberal can-
didate are decidedly cheering, and his friends feel confidant
of gaining the day.'
A DATIGIFTIER OF TEE POMMIES. AT CARMAII-
MIX has been sonsaittad for trial ice steallag money letters.
The seaslosee ether mare relieved Ikeda ell suspicion of
sly 'Why knob* crime of the pdotater.

PROVINCIAL
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FAMOUS' AND FINANCIAL REIVEJL—The DIME
Of RICHMOND took the chair at ißrightoo yeatardaigartilhai
wenn( of the Sues: Society for the TrMeWoe of
tare.—)Lr. J. Illlzaaa, after complaining bitterly of the mat