The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-28 00:00:00

THE COLLIERY DISASTER AT WASH-
INGTON.

'SHE ELEVEN HOURS' ROUTE to PARIS,
.itle wily two bette Me. le by the MIAMI KASTIMIII SAIL.
T. rim 1,41...m.re ter a,,,.

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—lrts'ltLE vPkelhL =PAW DAILY.
• oIvOPIAI. KKl•liE•itt Tlt.‘• Immo the lowish Pridrie Ter-
War P.V2.01‘ IttlietiNG and ITIIKT ILVESING, nub*" Paris
h II boom
Movie TIMM LonJos to PA.b gal beck available mill **Mb
Zfa 0 T MAIL TRIM via three, boom die Inadao ,Hss
Stratissa etas oa., oltlear Pills MO Waluali the Mowing
monk& NM enrol. to boll-p s.

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
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ADV tItTAGILW TWA ',MITT:MN.
MIL/ =MIT SAITEI IMP Pasha
Penes" unwed ereenlie/ le tame news in a Wens: credit (wins-
Whe meartty) ►n ►. f she am ant at t►e ilove gems aantasi preasianm
Mims lawns, therms at Me sate at See gwe nat. pu annum, wit►
ibe eau .wow a she sal...sMaipraise •ny mom we
het tap .. desioned tr. awered dessehl the pile,
►name a ...I.

A Tao adapted e•oraull be eeserteng Oi LIM= and WM% lig
"fish the wino • corn. le ul•etncd ea evey kw, but ertattutly le.
leetee• ,tt be 1M easettoe el Or" it may Use wt
Mho Wr.ti MMWh nues:o saitep•lnd.
• roleN of Muter. to attendaike dell, at I o'clock.
Apr of tbe Awe. ni os every two admitted in Itse paltry.
listed Atle Awn• remote raid in ati sues for intl. reports.

Jurset from Ow Hall Credit Lays o. Pmninn.

MIMI hewers It Ratted we .a A...trance or gin., fur the Whale
Trim I Lib.

WS Pvirsium Ise *ryes V. bole Pr. MUM Idler
Age,4B If COL Imo Yews.
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TINDRY.W FRANCIS. Seem sty.
Isl ,4 Tn.aeelll4 ..I ts..l,,qui.se Rana, dim ss e.IM
ode s/ eifossing sass SW.. tey `s► steel spun appliastine at the
saw, I, Pmts. Ansi, bob, Lenin; st st the several vests
tbssesiest the ts. nary.

°VERN:HP:NT SCHOOL of MINES, and of
*ivLiEu to the ARM—MUSEUM ut

Ih. senor of tairily at the. in-Wake will eon:wore on MEWL
Dgy, tbe 6tb f Mama', r. ar.4 the Iv:liming Lectures sail
Prot* 41 I r nweatraiiiim wol be g rem dating tb • arv.i. e :
I. CHEMIATitY, atrythe4 b. AN and t Lynn Piayhdr, Pb. D.,
At• alture I Kit S.
I. NATURAL 1114 TORY, aggillo 4 to Mw.l za,,,ar.,
lon nail toe Ar
L MELIIANICAL IiCIP.M.:IE, with Its apt Robert Rant, )(elver 11
Mambas. to Mali,
4. lIIELALLUMEIT. its medal oppli Jobs Percy, M D.,
nations
L GEOWLiturY, wed lm proatisil applies- lA. C.
ed
S. MUM sod MINERALOGY Warrington W. Smyth,
M.A.
TIM rove Mir the more of Two years la use payment of Thirty
?wow* at Twenty Pound, Lir each *sato% trim November to
augmelwalo4vie.

/tog metric i in the Fieß In Geology. nod
lloleff. Is e.krl .14.41 1.. the a 4••• !harem
Omal4 i.al ”p{omte m. 7 tern) repeal* Conn •of Leeturrs
sad Mel to•ttlat.t3M, no poyineut et the Fn. loesticoed r U.•
Pienregame.
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Lahorat rt., kw chemistry and Metanargy mid H, ewe ler
rested al Pupation p.a) meet el" Elite •a Pounds fur the essios
et rmeerredt,

1:11111;tro of it.r Army sod Miry, either is thr fliers'. or the 110.
menhir ►:..t toile Ouroperip's bets, es, ate edialt.ed to the Leanne
et b Jrthe wow dors . . .

tituglei.ts •tri pnwow to enter witb the view of obtaining toe
Dipbiota oe the liweitetion, err reviewed 'WY to Mr. -MESH AN
hAblitv, at tie Miran. Caen when the peceetairy Inkinnation may
be obtain. d. 11. T. DE LA BbeilL, Dinette.

IKWELLF.KY. DODD, B I I F. 105. 40,
• elooddli (Ilaarem-boavo Oda). Jeweller.. Ilarramaha. sad
votobookan, lot so olaiut Y bamectko of dot, eater... agaGOLT.
MI XT al MT 041211ANKPITl larsaiao a .t.dia the eaokoot soak.
tad moat Amigo. r atom. aawaliao. broaalou, loop wrings, bo-
b Is out Mob Is Landow. —lO, OarultilL

FLOOR CLOTHS.
ion quatity, mermaid It Id. per spun lord.
. Anima aa Turkey pattern U. M. 6.4 do.
Osestnoos Floor Cloth
NI ATTIKG: COCOA FIBRE Mato 111.11 Matting.
JOIICIII. M JoierAcruktot. hS4. stw mums's krrit.

WHISKERS AND MOUSTACHIOS. The
impberdented sateen 01 ROWLANDS' MACASSAR 01'.
h porthwing there ornsmenla blaabaad,r wilwrsa'ly kilown sad
eppreciatei, sal is receded hy Tealltaasbale meet niunenium in thee.
sobs% and certified hi the highest aritheritlan. TI, Oil I. pre-enl.
Wetly senorrabil In ..ounshing, improving. sad &note, Ise the ha-
Nu
liar. in all w:1,1,a.44., aril in all .taiges at eliderce. It inolnaite•
lb Waalc pribb tics into the pores of the head, nourishes the Dais
b I. belay state erbeieraire its growth. cleanses It from start LW
reatursiy, and continues it. pmer..ion of
Maltby vinous, silky softness, *nil luxurious redundancy to the tweet
inni.l.of human die. Price 3-. &L. lu, hou:s (equal to law
bit , and double out sue, 21a. par battle.
Lae Pottle of the windier artiete has the words Rowlands' Ms.
Carus i sorrowed in to lines on the W us p r ; and on the hack
SI
nem l Slut times, crabbing MOM inters. Said by
thee at .0, ITiCLGAILIAN. LONDON, sad by all Caraasts aad

(PROM OUR COSILESPONDSNT.
WANHINOTON VILLAOR, WIWNESDAT, I, P.M.
This morning at 9 o'clock, Mr. Facell, the coroner, I
and the jury, met by adjournment to perme further in-
quirk. in'o the reuse of the deaths of the unfortunate min
killed in the colliery here on Monday night week. As stag_ l
last week. the number killed was 3.i men and buys, not 34
as officially reported to the coroner.
Mr. M. Dunn, the government inspector, was invited to
accompany a number of viewers to make a survey of the
pit Of, Monday, which he declined, prefering to summon
the agent* of the colliery and a deputation of the workmen
to go with him through the " workings," which was thine
yesterday. Me. Dunn has been down this morning again,
examining the upeast furnaces. Tun morning at the in-
quest he made a remark upon the remissness of pitmen
generally in not communicating confidentially with him con-
cerning the condition of the mines wherein they :abour.
lie stated in no instance during his appointment has lie
reerivesi any information froin'either pitman or proprietors
of the esindirion of a sitiale mine in this diitriet.
The first witness called this morning was William Hart-
ley, hewer, who had been engaged on Mondey, the 18th,
in the pit on the day shift. lie mid be left at five o'clock.
Ile lilt at that time because he had burnt his candles too
soon, in consequence of the air being mixed with gas. He
did not apprehend danger lust then, but he had had a fear on
him for some weeks before. His candle burnt heavy, and
" with a top." lie worked at :lie furthest board on the far
the. Oa the day of the accident he did not think her wurie
titan usual. At the place where he worked the candle
"clicked" (1. e. flashed at the light). lie told Charlton,
the back-overman, that the sir of the pit was mixed with
gaa, and he replied there was a good air coming up. He
did not say anything shoat defter. This ounverration took
place a hit before he (witness) was doee work. Witness has
wrought there some weeks. About a month ago there was
a standing fire is the pit, and the next morning, in going
into Authony Ileatierson's board, he observed a fire under
his tub.

• lumina Hartley, a relative of the above witness, went
down the the pit on Mon I.iy morning, the 18th, at two
o'clock, and Come up about half-past eleven. Ile was
working at the south dip side. The pit was not in a good
condition, for if you put the " low " into the high nook she
"clicked." That was from gas. AU places tome been
alike for six weeks. The gas came from amongst the stones
at the bottem of the seam. A small candle burnt like an
oil-lamp. II is been frightened a good while now. Ile was
frightened be would be burnt at the flat with the gal.
There was nu brnttice where be was for two slays, and lie
thought there ought to he. Charlton was in the place with
him both un Thursday and on the day of the explosion, but
he (witness) never asked him to put up a brattiee. Ile
told Charlton that he was not fond of her, us she made
so much gas. Charlton tried the high nook with
his candle, and told him to slip it, and keep
down the low bank. That was because the gas
was making. On Friday, when he was at work, he had
his candle three inches from the thill, and she " clicked ' at
it. Ile did not toll any body, but " was nigh doing it."
About six weeks ago the air was much mixed in the west
board, and she " clicked "at his candle. lie told Thum.
llamas of it. Ile replied that the air was " very good."
Ile did nut know whether be went to look at it. She was
bretticed close up at this place.
By the ITN...mon—Did not know whether the gas came
from the genend air or from the thill, but he thought it
was from the general air. The condi.: was carrying a big
top. It was hoe inches in length. The candle stood and
burned at the thill, and he put e out with his cap.
By Mr. Foster.—lt is a common thing in the Hutton
scam fur a candle to " click " at the thill.

William Lamb—Had been deputy three week. last Mon-
day. Went in the pit at one o'clock on the morning of the
18th. Left her at half-past ton thesame morning. W.to at
the Polka'. flat. She was in a good state when he went
round the place, and while he WWI in saw no gas. There
was a tall" eastward of the tlat, but had not been there
fur a week before the eapkaion. 'I here was no gas at the
out-by-side of the fall. The last time he saw Hobert Todd
there was the Friday before she fired. Ilad no talk with
hint about the state of the air.

Mr. Cruddace, the viewer, showed that the natural course
of the stir was through the full. The pit was clean inside
the hoard, where To WWI working.
By the Inspector—Several of the boards were bratticed in
that district, boot old and young Todd's boards were not.
By the Coroner —'l hey needed none, as there was a hole
about ten yards from where they were, whiek want into
another board, and caused the air to pass. The air gut
there as usual. The air always travelled up to the face of
the board, and at a dip board between 30 and 10 yards fur-
ther than another. Ile considered the board safe the way it
was worked. The air was most likely to go along the bead
way to 'lentil's board. lie, witness, left the pit at 7 o'clock
in the morning, at which time there was a sufficient quantity
of air coming over the "inenton " to Todd': board for hint
to work ; and the hoard was VS or 20 yards below the
" stenton." The holing in question had such a quantity of
air in it that it put out his light.
Lamb, in answer to the Inspector, said that his duty was
to see that the places were clean, lay the plates, and put up
the timber. lie never saw danger in the polka Hat, but has
heard the men complain of the candles bunting with a large
top in the crosscut fiat.
Ihe inquest will continue over to-morrow (this day) in
all probability.

FLORENCE, AUG. 19.—0 n Sunday night, an
Englishman, named Walker, and three or four Florentines,
who met in his house to read the Bible of Diodati, were
arrested and conveyed to pri,on. Mr. Walker is a great
I friend of Count Guiceiardini, who w.ts tailed from Tus-
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cant' for a similar motive by onter of the police. We shall
THil GREAT EXIIIIIITION.—The sale of season see what the government will do, fur the case cannot be
Met. yes, relay produced 5/. 10s., and the receipts at the tried by the ordinary tribunals, slued the Tuscan code does
ours I,testii. Is., making a total of 1,9011. Ids. The num- not wander as an offence the fact of a few individuals
bee Ci perviu who entered was 38,228. meeting to read and comment the Bible, even though it be
a protestant translation. Hitherto everybody had been at
THE AMERIC A. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—
liberty to follow the creed he thought proper, but since
The famous yacht America made her appearance in this
harbour this moriiing, almost simultaneously with the
bigotry heserept into the policy of the government, matters
have completely changed, and the inquisition no doubt
Fairy, having her Majesty on board. Her approach ex- will 11004 be revistablithed.—eysinione, of Turin.
Cited much attention, and many were the conjectores as to
the object of it. She ran by the Dockyard and Clarence-
ItOVAL WEST INDIA MAIL STEAMEIL—The largest
yard, and came to meorin.s nearly off the north-west
steam packet ever yet built for the Royal West India Mail
owner of the Dockyard. In going ou board we Steam-packet Company, and one of the largest ever con-
learned that the object of her visit was to have structed in this kingdom, is now near her completion at
the steam-ship yard of Messrs. Patterson and Cu., at Brio
some repairs effected of damages sustained in get- the
She is nut very much inferior in size in many respects
tine on shore for • short time last night at Cowes
anchorage. The damage was only considered to consist in to that monstre vessel, the Great Britain, and hopes are
the kneeking away a small portion of her false keel; but it entertained that she will be one of the fastest vessels in the
was deemed necessary to duck her, and overhaul her bottom e impure service. She is called the Demerara. The tol-
to ascertain the exact extent of her injuries. For this pur- lowing particulars of her build are given :—Length be-
tween the perpendiculars 282 feet; length over all, 316
Pow Commixture Stevens went into the dockyard and ob-
tained permission to use one of her Majesty's docks; and feet, being from 4 to 6 feet shorter than the Great Britain.
the America at once dropped down from her moorings. and The breadth of beam is 41 feet. and her extreme width
lot otmosite the mouth of a dock which happened tobe entire!) from the outside of the puddle-boxes 74 feet; depth to
uonecupiid at the time. The blocks were quickly unmet the main deck, 26 feet 8 inches; depth of spare deck, 7
in the nquired position, and the duck otherwise prepared feet; tonnage, by the old measurement, 2,318 tons; by
for her reception, and at one o'clock she was safely takes in. new measurement, about 3,000 tons. She is built of sound
A large number of the officials of the dockyard emigre- British oak, teak, and piuc, and diagoaally trussed with
pt. d email the duck, viewing with ani'scraaUf caPreseed iron ; has copper fastenings throughout to the 21 feet
admire. ion, the peculiarities of her build and rig. The !mark, and iresi fastenings above tit it. She will be pro.
deg tyard shipwrights themselves were not slow to admit I pelted by two engines which are being coatructed by
be r ,uperieritiie and beauties. Much alacrity was exhi- I Messrs. Clued and Co. of Greenock. They will be on the
kited by the dockyard people in getting her into 'side-lever utheiple, of the combined power of 750 hone, or
dark, a, it vu, tee wish of coamudon Stevens es, l 24,500,0001bn , 9t-inch cylinder', and 9 feet stroke; and
have in, not win. if tho must of bar in I they will be attached to a pair of blurgsn's patent feather•
janes wood admit, by the ms dd.. a. it , inz float paddles. The Demerara will also be fitted with
wee unsalted that thematchbees's" the A.,ffies . Drown's patent capstan and stoppers. She will be barque-
and the Titania should come of tomorrow, and the Cam-' rigged, and, with the exception of her engines, will be fully
sleeleve exprives a strung drain to be abk to imp thin . equipped at Bristol. She has been built from drawings by
eneagenene The water having boon get out ei the dock, , Mr. W. Patterson, and makes the fourth (includin the
the damage to the America's Walt el Om *di SD say, was , Gnat Western) packet in the service of the company upon
',wad to be se met, thee the et of e coned! 1 which that successful builder has been engaged.
Timmy of bee ale feel as was it imp Imtgfaad. The 1 THE OVEreLAND MAIL VIA MAILSEILLF.S.—M. Lion
dockyard People are now, 6 p.m., at week oppeiring this, Faucher has just performed • deed which indicates true pro-
"'wale. and the America will he talon wt ef leek at grow It is well known that there is • struggle between the
about 10 o'clock to-night.
is=insmeireen sf pen= have route by Trieste and that by Marseilles fur the transport of
visited her this afternoon, mengts at lel& of the the Indian despatches. A service by electric telegraph has
'Seidl. of the yard, sad ether mil the ad- just been organized between Wend and Trieste, which gives
miration of judges has met loon d by ilt flan and to tim latter city the advantage in point of celerity in the
unobetructed survey of the vowel's botbenk tranimiuion of important news. In order to ward off this
1 lt1:141Ale SrEAHEg. -. His lon porini =ty's blow, and to sustain the struggle. M. Mitchell, director of
Poldle-steamer Pruth,CaptabiLidianak, Arr. Jas. es, the company which uses the route by Marseilles, demanded
mote,-i• charge, arrived from Liverpool se ' pier. authority from the Minister of the Interior to transmit by
F4OlOlBll ,as Saturday. She was eonstradedl at electric telegraph to Calais, passing by Paris, the news
I,°t.sl. by lee Laird, said is a eery dottaw. sip peer received by the Indian Mail. M. lAin Faucher accorded
vanherk ism heat, and adapted fee puesagiggs meas. or this favour with alacrity, and it will re-establish the ad-
'''' Pinta/co. Having a redder at meek mad lip isn be vantage in favour of the line by Marseilles.—L'lndi-
stirred without turning through the ses ehrearls Polnians Beige- ..,
*hull ran into the Black Sr'. beingY
*OW with AMERICAN LOUE.—Three Hanseatic Teasels hare
!`.41 sad attar requirements, through Mr. Leserebes the arrived in one day from New York, with cargoes of flour
nastier' consul, she sailed hence for Odeess. i the produce of the United States, and imported by virtue
131POSTANT TO LICENSED VIOIVALLIM Cat. of there pealed laws—viz., the Koscams with 4,449 barrels,
!‘"IUN "la* Rata OT it sita.—Two 41111111111.11etinnlinde the Columbia with 6,315 barrels, and the Rebecca with
',Portant,- to lammed victualler, acrd isms amp maim 4,615 barrels of flour. The whole of these vessels belonged
;h eonsideration of the Bath meglitesilee, at disk smog i• Bremen.
;"se meeting on Tuesday. The font was whether • re. DEATH OF LORD JOHN HAT.—It has been some
'whoa ought not to be pissed open the neaderefasenees time known that his lordship, who obtained his flag can
"IQ. which also elicited a ilieennen epee the beirehop . Friday last, bad been suffering from a most painful dire
rstiell ; and the second wee erne w*ho he lele er throe ease, from which his medical attendants have entertained '
'.!'Psst. has been brought bakes * erne Ise* and no hope of his recovery. It is now our painful duty to
sae time hitherto decided in the aisithetnilliab, shall ' announce his dissolution, which took place on Tuesday
license.,, fur the sale of wines and solello be siosteil le eon-. night, shortly before 10, at St. Michael's-terrace, Stoke,
u, ti".". Mr. Oakley, the oda ef end several of; where he had been removed, for pester quiet, from his
. eauitiotratee having spleen that then ollicial residence in the dockyard. Lord John Hay was a
~k, alttad, scan poblis is the eta' lbw the um- I son of the late Marquis of Tweeddele, and was in his 58th
,tereee of the pabhe required, awl she dad die peewee i year. His ant commission as lieutenant in the navy bears
'l".4l+_, Drams was a greet sad abolootomoolooi mama 1 ' date April the Ist, 1812, and he Ursae commander on the
iu. 2.1 r Una alkielli ea the pin of tbe beide- 15th of Jane, 1814, and was posted captain on the 7th of
''. wall rrodatd yto mho the while of the December, NlB. He lost an arm whiLt midshipman of the
slialatnee.... made for Innen by the blot Ames See Horsewhen serving her boats cutting out enemy.'
oar.' The 11.186°. Ontal till WASZIO allailikellre vessels at Bette,C 1607. He was commodore in command of
timiniveswed upon the ap a .ihris....ft. alma squadron, and a battalion of marines, on the north .
stetee;:f iiilaaaa-stract i the 'able able badsg esest of Spain, during the civil war, and frequently en-
with the Carlist forces in 1838 and Pl3l. In the
hunt ." is s•Pbert of and opposi
aisiCatirig the license, and tlapp iedneZiligefte Cluerilyeer he received the Grand Cross of the Spanish
asps taa„
5e......._. it MY improper edeaateas was When el the Order of Charles 111. He was for some time • lord of the
'-"w9l, it weary lb:withheld neat yea Admiralty. ,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
Bsrms Ma. Counossomaa nag.
IN BE
This wu the day appointed for the I ,st examination in
MK' of T. E. Soutbee, desenbed as a publisher and patent-
medicine vemlor, of leet-strect.
Mr. Dighy, for the assignees, consented to an adjourn-
ment, on the ground that the Leman's, which were eery
intricate and voluminous, had not yet been filed.
Front the statement Of Mr. Butler, the accountant, it
appiurs there is owing to creditors about 3,000!.; the
amount of mewls is nut Jet ascertained ; but it is supposed
they may realise about 1001.

-
1//: JACKOON.
This was an application fur the di charge of the bankrupt.
rioth-merchant and picture-dealer, W4O had been c.on-
mittedunder a writ of ea. u.

Mr. Lowrance supported the application.
It wits contended, on behalf of a creditor, that the court
had no power, under the 'lath clause, to discharge front •
writ of ea. as. The power of discharge given by that cause
was limited to cues in which bankrupts had been com-
mitted under the 257th clause by narAns uf a certificate given
to * creditor, piecing:aim in the position of a judgment cre-
ditor.

Ills honour said the terms of the act were very ambi-
guous. The clauses 2.51 to 27.1, including the clauses in
questioo, were described as a separate enactment ;
and it was doubtful whether any of them could
be applied to a case which was not wholly with-
in their operivion. It was difficult to know whit
eueunin2 WAS to be attached to the term enactment.
This ambiguity was this more provoking, se, In the m-
ending act, which the Consolidation Act had repealed, and
which he (the commissioner) had procured to be passel,,
the matter was made perfectly clear; but the legislature had
eho3en, in the new act, to strike out the words of the old,
and substitute new ones, out of which the ambiguity had
arisen. however, if he were in error, it would be hest eo
err on the aide of mercy. Ile would therefore grout the
discharge.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

WORSHIP-STREET.

H. Grigory was re•esumincd, charged with causing the
death id:Daniel Dutton, in a pugilistic encounter on the
19th inst., at tho George and Dragon pubic-house, Huston
market. _ _

The medical evidence proved the deceased to have died
from blows received by tuin on the bead; independent of
winch the third rib WWI broken.

The depositions buing complete, the witne.ises were bound
corer, and the priwmer, who declined ranking any defence,
was tully committed fur trial.