The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-21 00:00:00

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.MERTHYR, THURSDAY Arressoos, 3 rm.
Her Majesty's inspector of mines and other
scientific gentlemen have to-day visited the work-
ings. The accumulation of gas is supposed to have
taken place during the time the men were at din-
ner ; the workers had all congregated together at
the bottom of a gallery, and, it is presumed, bad
left a door open, diverting the current of air from
its proper course, and leaving certain portions of
the works without ventilation. On their return
to the headings with naked lights the fl►me rushed
headlong into the gas, hence the explosion.
The damage done to the works is trilling, and no
doubt they will soon be in full operation.

(BY awn= =swum.)
MERTHYR TYDFIL, TIMADAY Emma.
_ . .

Forty-nine bodies have already been brought
up. One is still missing. The cause of the acci-
dent is still a mystery. Intense excitement prevails.

BICENTENARY NONCONFORMIST MEMORIAL
O

The Patriot publishes a first subscription list, the
extent of which appears to betoken an intention to give
considerable importance to the commemoration of the that
ejectment of pious ministers from the national church under
Charles IL The fund is being raised in pursuance of a
series of resolutions adopted by a conference held in the
Congregational Library, November 28,1861, and January 16,
1862. The first of these resolutions declares that the con-
ference, " deeply impressed with the Christian heroism of
the 2,000 ministers of the national church, who, on St.
Bartholomew's Day, 1662, relinquished their livings, and vo-
luntarily subjected themselves tugreat privations and suffer-
, logs, rather than give their' assent and consent' to what they
behoved to be untrue, and grateful to God for that religious
' liberty which their secession helped to accelerate and
secure, recommends the Congregational churches of this
country to °beerye the bicentenary of that great event by
special thanksgiving and prayer, by the wide diffusion of in-
formation illustrative of English nonconformity, and by the
creation of a food, to be called a Bicentenary Noncon-
formist Memorial Fund." The contributioos made to the
fund may be appropriated by the donor either to the erec-
tion of a metnortal hall in London for the use of the Congre-
gational body, together with the creation of a fund for the
endowment of periodical lectures on the principles of non-
conformity, and the publication of a literary memorial of
nonconformity, or to any one or more of the following
objects :—Chapel extension, British missions, evangelistic
labours, educational agencies, the Nitres' Retiring Fund,
the extinction of chapel debts, the necessary working ex-
penses of the combaittee, or any other denominational object
the donor may select.
The list is headed by the following contributions
Mr. J. Crosley, Halif 5,0001. ; Mr. J. R. Mills, Eghare,
5,0001. ; Mr. a Morley, London, 5,0004 ; Mr. Titus Salt,
Methley-perk MOO/. ; G. S., by_ _
Mr. Crossley, 3.010. ;
M Mr. John orley, London, 2,0604 ; Mr. Joshua Wilson,
Tunbridge-welt, 2,0001. ; Messrs. Spicer Brothers, London,
1,5001. ; A Friend (by Dr. M. Brows), 1,0001. ; A Friend in
Ireland (by Mr. S. Morley), 1,0001. ; A Friend, 1,0004 ;
Mr. KersWsw. ItiL P. Streatham, 1,000/. ; Mews. Wells and
Perry, Chelmsford. 1,130201 ; Mr. E. Smith, London, 6001. ;
Mr. Henry Brown, ord, 5004 ; Mr. Joseph Crane,
Finchley, EDW. ; Mr. M. Fronde', Stowmarkess 5004 ; Mr.
Henry Butt, London, 5001. ; Mr. Thomas Spalding, Hendon,
5001. ; Mr. B. Whitworth, Fleetwood, 5004 ; Mr. B. Scott,
Loam, 3001. ; Bev. W. Thorn, Winchester. 3004 ; Rev.
J. They, Highpte, 3004, de., to the extent of 58,000/.
Besides this fund, which is denosnisetionnt in its character,
there is another announced by the Central United Com-
mittee of Evangelkal Noeconformisti