The Express.
London, England, 1847-12-09 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL

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several times; previously, were sentenced to three months'
imprisonment each, for having the previous evening stolen
two odd clogs from a shop in Oldham road, having gone in
under pretence of purchasing a pair of clogs for one of the
party.—A lad, named Beckett, only eight years of age, was
charged with haring stolen about a pound of cheese from a
shop in Miller-street. He also had been several times im-
prisoned, and once whipped ; and was now remanded, in
order that his parents might be sent for.—Daniel Kelly was
charged with haring stolen a box containing about eight
abilLngs from a shop in Huhne. Mrs. Stanton had observed
a man peas and repass several times, and suspecting his
intentions, she went into the shop, when the prisoner
immediately ran round the counter, having previously *s-
eared the box containing the money, and attempted to escape,
but he was pursued and given into custody. A lad named
Giblin was charged with having stolen two half pounds of
butter from a shop in Sackville-stmt. He was observed
inside the counter by a man, and upon this man's going
into the shop the lad knocked, as if he wished to be served,
and afterwarda asked for some buttermilk. He was then
about to leave the shop, when the butter was seen concealed
under his jacket. Giblin confessed that be took the butter,
but said that he was out of work, his father was dying, and
the family in the greatest want; he was induced to commit
the crime from distress, and be was sorry for having done so.
The mother of the lad corroborated these statements, and as
he appeared to have previously borne a good character, be
was discharged,atter being cautioned as to his future conduct.

EXEMPLARY CONDUCT OF THE PEOPLE.—IC la
worthy of remark, that notwithstanding the distress which
prevails in Bolton, and the great number ont of employment,
the business of the police court is considerably diminished,
On Monday there was not a single charge of felony at the
borough court, nor yet a warrant cue.

THE FLOODING OF THE COAL MINES.—The dims-
term created by the flooding of the coal mina at Wigan have,
since Saturday last, been increased in a tenfold manner.
There has been, however, no further loss of life. The
pumping water out of the pit where the unfortunate col-
liers are immured continued with unabated activity up to
Saturday afternoon; still the quantity of water in
the shaft had not been much reduced from what
it was on the previous Friday. On Saturday evening
the rain again fell 1n torrents; and, about eleven
o'clock, the water rose above the banks of the Douglas, and,
despite all efforts to check it, again entered the hollow, with
fearful violence. It reached Messrs. W. Lancaster and Co.'s
pit at four o'clock on Sunday morning, when it rolled into
the shaft in large quantities, and by noon had filled it
on a level with the four-foot mine, the water being 130
yards deep. The noise then ceased, but the water con-
tinued to rise in the shaft, backed into Messrs. Preston's
four-foot mine, which is a little higher, and Yes since
filled all the mines and hollown in the neighbourhood,
where no impediment or " fault " stands in the way of its
progress. On Saturday night, during the whole of Sunday
and Sunday night, great exertions were made to check the
entrance of the water from the river into the hollows; piles
were driven, a space three yards thick was puddled with
clay to back up the piles, and at least seventy large bags of
cotton were thrown into the hollows. Still, when the
strength of the stream &baud, the water forced its way be-
neath the clay, and rolled into the mines during the whole
of Sunday, and was not checked until early on Monday
morning. By this time a second barrier of thick planks and
piles, braced together, had been made in the field, to back
up the puddling of clay; but again theheavy rains destroyed
all. Before nine o'clock on Monday morning the stream had
risen above its banks, the barriers were broken in, and the
waters entered the mines in larger quantities than ever, end
continued to do so during Monday and Monday night ; for,
in the then state of the river, all hopes of 'topping it was
abandoned. Many of the shafts at the coal-pits are filled
on a level with the Douglas, and the water has, no doubt,
backed into all the worlungs under the town and neighbour-
hood, and into all the crevices made in the rocks and other
strata by the draining of the mines during the last century.
On Monday great fears were entertained that the roofing
of the hollows would give way in other places; policemen
were stationed to prevent the people from passing be-
tween the river and the dam adjoining Mr. Park's forge,
and some cottages in the neighbourhood were abandoned by
the tenants. The bed of the river, and most of the property
adjacent, appears to be undermined, and in some places the
river bottoms worn so thin that only a very few inches of
slate or rock support the water, and keep it out of the
mines. The coal-masters had a meeting at the Royal Hotel,
on Monday, to consider on what steps to take for theirmutual
benefit. It was determined to proceed again on Tuesday
with the necessary repairs on the river bank, to examine
and secure its foundation, and that all parties should set
their engines and pumps in order, and work simultaneeualy
and vigorously together until the mines were again cleared
of water.

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