The Express.
London, England, 1848-09-02 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

THE COLLITAY EXPLOSION AT LxloN.—The in-
quest on the unfortunate men killed by this calamity, the
particulars of which were given in this paper yesterday, ter-
minated in a verdict of " Am:Men:al Death." It has often
been attempted to be shown that the neglect to use Davy
lamps by the colliers, is not fairly attributable to the men
themselves, bat is done Indirectly at the suggestion of the
employers, althoikih to save themselves from odium they
have them on the premises ; but is this case no ground for
surmising such a coarse seems to have originated. It Is to be
lamented, however, that the use of the lamps is so constantly
negledted.
IPuts AT A COTTON MILL—On Thnrerlay evening
a Width.", three stories high, forming part of the works of
Mews. Carr, cotton-spinner*, Newton Heath, about five
mile' from Manchester, was di•covered to be on fire. The
flames had broken out in the second story, used ae a blow-
ing-room, the story underneath being a boiler4mosee con-
nected with the steam-engine, and the ono above a store-
room. They were dimoverid by one of the bands about a
quarter of au hour atter the mill was closed for the
night; and a neighbouring mill-owner, Mr. Hurry
Walrealey, seeding a fire-engine frcu his own mill,
to play upon the fire, the flutes wine pre-
vented from spreading so fast as they otherwise would
lave done till two more powerful engines were brought from
Manchester by Mr. Thomas Rose; but it rooked the united
exertions of all three engines for three home to prevent the
fire spreading to the main building,
ia granite' mill
etijoieing. That task, however, was y aelemegMbed
after the destruction of the two upper of the building
in which the mischief originated. The fire buret at fleet se
rapidly that the root had fallen la by the time the
engines from Manchester hat arrived—a period of half
an hone— end altogether property to the amen' of
about 1,2004 was destroyed. Had ths
caught fire the low moot have been to the extent of many
thousands and 400 hands would have lien thrown out of
work : under present circumstances, tMegh the mill will be
stopped through damage to the steam-engine, it will be for a
short time oMy. It is not known how the fire originated
soy further than that It commenced among some cotton
which had sot passed through the blowing-machine, and

whish is not nasally soseMered so liable to mediissital
insides. •
YORKIMISS.
AE-131AMINIMOS OP CHARTISTS AT BIIADFORD.
Yesterday, at Bradford Court Moose, ISMS' peruses I
who wave apprebeadtd last week by the Bradford polies ea 1
• shame of seditious oesepOsey, were severally examined.
The investigation took place in the magistrates' room, the I
, prisoners beteg brosaght before them singly. The Arst pri-
meet taken la wee John Smyth (42), corowalaar, of
Bradford. Ha was attemilod by Mr. Tarry, his soll
otter. Mr. Leireratt, tha chief constable of the boe
rough, stated that this ease against the primmer was
not so complete Si he expected to be able to make it in the
coarse of a day or two, and he applied for a short remand.
Mr. Tarry 'skid Y/r.Leveratt if he had any evidence in
support of the charge against the prisoner, and Leeeratt
ensured the affirmative. Mr. Terry ;aid in that ease he
wouldnot offer any opposition to the spplination for a further
rostponsinent. The prisoner was then remanded for • week.
The nine persons who ware apprehended in the " Emmett's
section" r4om on the night of the 23d August, were then
separately taken before the magistrates and remanded for
a weak. Their visors are Eli Wilnian (30), James Belli-
weL (30), Wm. Wood (30). Ades Stratton (30), Edward
Power (42), all of Besdford, wooleombers; Thomas Wilkin-
son (42), and Joseph Hidebalgh (21), weavers, and Daniel
Liadon (38), honer, of this same place ; and Thos. Ibbetem,
of Horton, woolcoMber. Nathan Smith (24), of Bradford,
woolcomber, woo had been apprehended on another charge
which was not substantiated, was also re mended for sedi-
tious conspiracy, as was a.so a wooloomber at Bradford
named John Bentley, who had been apprehended at his re-
sidence, New Lauds, Bradford, on Thursday night.
SUICIDE OP a TOWN COUNCILLOR.—An inquest
was held on Wednesday, 'before T. Badger, Esq., the co-
roner, at the Town-hall, Sheffield, on the Way of Mr.
Maurice Bright, a member of tha town conned of the bo-
rough. It appeared that Mr. Bright went to bed on Toes
day night at about 10 o'clock; and about 2 o'clock on the
full wing mining he got up and went into his dressing-
room. As he did not return, end in consequenos of Mrs.
Bright hearing • noise as it of some one lal.ing down,
she went to see linSi was the matter end found her hue
band stretched upon the Mier, and covered with blood.
Mr. °errand, surgeon, was sent for, and found that Mr.
Bright's throat was cut through all the arteries to the spine,
a bloody rags, was behind him, as though it had dropped
from his hand as he was falling to the ffsor. There could
not be the slightest doubt that the wound had been inflicted
by his own hand. For some wicks past a variety of circum-
stauces, such as the death of a son, the illness of his wife,
and the general depression of trade, had combined to
unsettle Mr. Bright's m red, and he laboured under a
delusion that his affairs were not in • healthy
; state, although a statement of his accounts, which
' he made out last Saturday, showed that after all his
liabilities had been met he would have a surplus of several
thousand pounds. In consequence of the state of Mr.
Bright's mind, his friends thought it right, on Monday, so
mud tor his brothers, Mr Selina Bright, of Boston, and Mr.
Henry Bright, of Leamington, jewellers, and, on Tueeoay,
Mr. °Totem' was celled in to attend the dteinoed as a lune
, tic—The jury were hilly convinced that the dee' seed cam-
, milted the act while Ikbouring under temporary insanity,
and a verdict to that effect was returned.—Mr. bright was
' 61 years of age, and has left a large family. Ho was of the
Jecish persumute, and was much respected for his probity
and for the infrrest whi.th he always manifested in the gene.
• ral affairs of the town..._