The Express.
London, England, 1867-11-20 00:00:00

THE FERNDALE EXPLOSION.

MERTHYR TYDVIL, Mooney.
I returned lath last night from a visit to Fern-
dale. On Sunday a horse was brought up alive. It had
been a week in the furthest end of the mine, and, though
very thin, seemed well. The reasonable account given for
the horse's being alive is that, being taller than men, and
I not having the instinct to fall down when the burning
, blast swept through the level, he escaped the gases which
' follow along the floor of the pit. So if a horse escapes
burning, es this one did, it is tolerably safe from the other
r.Theplace was still covered with coffins. Tho man at-
tending to the cage told me that there were still upwards
of a hundred bodies below, and of their recovery I expect
to write to-morrow. This number will come closely up to
the mark given in my las!, 207. My informant also said
that there were a number of boys down, who had been
working with men and of whose names they knew nothing.
I saw a distressing case :—Two poor women, one with a
young child in her arms, had walked all the way from
Worcester to find their boy. The poor old woman, the
mother, and the boy's sister have been there a week, and
have only had brief sdatches of rest the greater part of the
time they stopped at the pit's mouth ; and, in addition,
the little child was ill. A collection was made forthwith,
and they were taken into a house, and if ever people were
grateful they were.—Leeds Mercury.

"The sale of the church property," says the
Corriere dell' Emilia, "proceeds suooessfully. Two days
back all the lots put op to auction in Bologna were knocked
down at an increase of 42 per cent."

The methodists of Aurich, in Hanover, having
received from the landrost or prefect a prohibition to cele-
brate their Divine service, applied to the government-
council of the province of Hanover. In consequence of
the intervention of the president, Count de Stolberg-
Wernigerode, and in execution of Art. 12 of the Prussian
constitution, guaranteeing the liberty of worship, the
prohibition has been withdrawn.

THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OP WORKS.—A spe-
cial ineetiug of the members of this board took place this
morning at their offices in Spring gardens, for the put.
pose of taking into consideration the statements contained
in the proceedings in the Bankruptcy Court in she matter
of Mr. Furness.

THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN
RAILWAY. —Yesterday Dr. Lankester and • jury of
householders of 31.uylebone assembled at the residence of
the late Mr. Arthur Gaubert, aged 21, No. 1, King-street,
' Portman-square, for the purpose of investigating the cir-
eurestances attending the death of that gentleman. which
arose out of the accident which took place at the Welwyn
Junction of the Great Northern Railway on the night of
Tuesday, the sth instant. Dr. James Clark was a pas-
Boozer in the same train with deceased on the evening in
question. The train was kept at Hitchin for four or five
hours in consequence of an accident at the Welwyn Junc-
tion. It was dark • they went on to a place called
Wootton Green Bridge, and again stopped for at least a
quarter of an hour. Witness heard that a passenger had
fallen over the bridge. He got out of the carriage and
saw deceased placed on the floor of one of the cania;es.
He complained of great pain, and was extremely faint and
pale. Came with him in the same carriage to King's-
cross, brought him home and attended him till his death,
with Mr. Shepherd and Mr. Hancock, surgeons. De-
ceased had fractured the pelvis and the arm. lie said ho
had got out of the train for a necessary purpose, and that
there being no protection he had fallen over the bridge.
There were no carriages on the bridge, and there is no
station where the train stopped. It appeared from other
evidence that there is little or no parapet to the bridee in
question, which is about 20 feet above the ground. The
jury having considered for some time, ultimately returned
• verdict of " Accidental death," Mr. Robinson, the fore-
man, adding that although they deeply sympathised with
deceased's family th..v could not attach blame to the Great
Northern Hallway Company.