The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-29 00:00:00

MEETING AT NEWMARKET.

A meeting of owners and occupiers of land was
held at Newmarket on Tuesday last, when it was unani-
mously resolved, " That in the opinion of this niceties the
malt tax is a most *net and oppressive burden upon the
producing classes of this great kingdom. That the immedi-
ate and total repeal of the tax would be hailed es the cons-
menoeusestofjust legislation towards the agriculture] portion
of the community, who ere now obliged to compete with t►e
comparatively untaxed foreigner." A. petition to parliament
was resolved upon.

THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR BARNS-
MM.—ADJOURNED INQUEST.
On Saturday the adjourned inquest commenced at
Weaken Dale. The first witness called was
C. Locke, of Sitapsthorpe, colliery agent (brother to Mr.
Locke, M.P. for Insitot), who deposed that he had on the
10th of Jsauary inst., along with Mr. Jeffeock, of Sheffield,
a colliffy_viewir and isibtaar, been into and examined the
1 Dailey Maim °Gilkey. -Re went to ascertain the quantity
I of cool whisk had bees gee during the previous half year.
Examined the workings, sad found them safe ; the ventila-
tion very good indeed. Went down opts into the pit on
Theradg morning last, the morning after the explosion.
Mr. Locke stated the mune they took through the pit. I
obeorved that several ef the stoppings and doers had been
Mows down. He considered the pit was well ventilated.' It
was onaidered so safe, that the men worked with naked
males. Imputed the pit oa the 10th inst. with naked
candles, unalered it safe to do so. In search*, for the
bodies of those killed a Davy lamp was used. Thoth may
have bees men seennlations of gas in the old
w
They Weededl the Goal ths throw, and whereattss
old semities had Mem in gas had accumulated. In him
gMase eke leant idek winds checked the ventilation of
mime, sal *as earn the explodes. I topsider it quite
assidental, ami out Memo no one.
J. Beaumont, cake, agent, deposed : On Wednesday
marring, a little before 12 o'clock, I proceeded to the spout
lilt shaft of the Darley Main pit, end hand the air coming
eat all right. I afterwards went down the pit shaft with
Mr. Maddison and ethers. We found Mr. Broadhead and
some others near the pit bottom. They bad gone down be-
fore us. In consequence of what they said, we proceeded es
the low level so the top of the engine broad-gate, wham '
found a stopping blown down. Near to the top of the
broad gate, which we passed to the engine, we *ma
the sir heavily loaded with after-damp. We threwi the Ewa
epos, between the pit bottom and the top of the nein
beard-gate, sad let the water out of the boiler to Wird*
the IMMO in. The winess detailed the exertions nab
to men the sufferers, and the finding of many alive or deal.
He did sot know what state the pit was in before the ex*.
dos, bat from what the men my there in:lasjseE
..neat of air. Thought the explosion partly by
the lets prevalent high winds. Witness made alma
to the mode of improving the ventilation
efiegLis as
pit. If this had been done before, and the im-
plodes had occurred, there would not have been near
se essay killed. Bess of the workmen told him they had a
ved sir is the deep winking.. They made no complaint of
the pit nig is as mob sine. No one was to blame, sup-
'ming the booms did his daty. Thompson, the foreman,
Ent have tkeedt tke pit was safe or be would not have re-
mained in it. Thengnes was one of those who was injured.
one mere atr-goes would have preventod it.
hen a pit is ibet week* time is large quantity of gas in
the weeks, sad sounding, if the ventilation was stopped for
even tea minales, it might ore den an explosion.
G. P. Madan corroborated **evidence of Beaumont as
*the getting of bodies out rides pit. From what he had
INS be ebought the explosion task pine in the extreme east
ee dip week, sad that it was the sem* of accident.
Is reply t' a que.tioe from the Coroner, it was stated that
2= the underground steward, who had the super-
at the time of the explosion, was at present un-
able, Is eassequence of the injuries he had received, to
Weed login evidence.
J. Hammered, a collier, said he was working in the pfk,
when the explosion took place. Thump on, the Ind*
ground inward, went round that morning into all the
workings, to see that all was right. When grimes get MD
his plan to work that Medneney) morning, there was a
shovel put in theDAU hurry- Mee thr:ad. Theeir candles shovel being
lew put there:was
• ails fa 1* Mte . It Was the

they et Thompson to pat the she's& time se a caution. The
ulpuur had bees lodging in moans of dui aid tweaks fir some
time. The Wiless had nothing to do dine, but Kale mea
were engaged to take No. pomade's. lbempesa hare as
well as the sea that the (obis, had easels& to the el I
bream, sad a the Mims. The sulpha: sapped the men
wahine Is them plasse,m there was set a oddest earreat
of art. dear theta. Met air there was had ant had a re-
gular mem Wawa ni.sat tits seal a em mussy pleas
and bed se samsEelts Themoses wee pat is power
to see deaths yam Oaridered him a Co..
utast miss far sitsalles.—By the Cleaner Whom do
pea.is lar thsuVre: I blame both Thompan and
uelb Adder. d manages.—What for ? For
Wing the nan in please which were not fit to
week is. They wore pat in power tow that the men did
not wort is pluses which were not fit —Don't you think
that the fact of the" both going is those dues them-
selves shows that they thought they were fit for th•
men to work in? Yrs, but it has rot so bed that it
could not be fit for at to work. Bra of the amen would
have spoke shoot it, bat they were afraid of lasing their
work.—Did you ever apprehend any danger? I did.—lt
does appear to me very odd that if you thought there wu
danger to be apprehended, you should will go to your work
in the pit.—A layman : I believe the union many times
go to their work in dread.--Coroner : What do you think
was the cause of the expiation ? Witness: It has been done
through taking away all the opal before them, and throwing
it all dud behind, so that the wind coold not get down be-
hind them —Do you mesa to icy that the late high winds
have not had to do with the acci lent ? It may have had
somethisg to do with it, bat it has bees through sulphur
lying in tie works.—What has aide it lie there ? Be.

cause no warrant of air could get to it to carry it
away. Witness (who appeared to be a TIM' igno-
rant man, and was scarcely able to make himself
undentacid by the 001.0607): I don't understand as mach as
the others, but I've heard the men talk of it —What don't
Was
understand ? Why, what has been woos is the pit.—
Was they no air in the workings ? No, it was cut of, the
wind could not get where they bad taken the coal out—Was
there no regular current of air? No. If they had gone on
seething the coal in the regular straight course then the place
would have been left clear.—A juryman : What he means is
that the coal having been get irregularly, holes wen left, in
which the gas aecumulst.d in the old workings, and the
current of sir not reachinr it did not carry it off.—Coroner :
What do you blame Thnmpeon for, that you dare not speak
about ? He has been told about this sulphur. The men
dare not come out for fear of being turned ..ff their work.—
Can
you bring any evidence that you complained to him ?
Witness: There are some men has that beard some of
them that are killed say the same as I have.—The witness,
in answer to a juryman, said that the men were gettiag
galas out of the old workings with naked candles when the
exilosi,n took place.
The Coroner then read a letter which had been received
from Sir G. Grey, the H .me Secretary, in answer to a com-
munication from the magistrates at Barnsley, in which Sir
G. Grey stated that if it was their opinion that the presence
of some person an the pert of the government to watch the
proceedings wee necessary, the government would send one.
After some convention
the jury decided that the coroner
should apply to the government to send down an inspector.
—Some other witnesses having given evidence the inquest
was adourned to Thursday week.
Daring the afternoon the greater part of the unfortunate
sufferers were buried. Five large graves were made in the
churchyard at Wonbro'.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN. JAN. 27.

The Dublin Evening Mail of last night says it has
high authority for stating that a number of Oxford
and Cambridge men are to be appointed to profes
sorships in the Queen's Colleges, and that the prin-
ciple of "No Irish need apply " is to be adopted
with respect to the Irish candidates for office in the
new colleges. The result will probably show that
the Mail has received very erroneous information on
this subject.
In consequence of the excessive crowds at the
' drawing room on Thursday night at the Castle, it is
said that steps will be taken in future to prevent so
disagreeable a pressure. There were upwards of
1,300 gentlemen and 500 ladies present, and in the
crowd the debutantes of the season were quite un-
noticed, as in such a throng no one could be seen to
advantage.