Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-22 00:00:00

FOUR LrVE3 LIST.

Oi Fri lay night, a serious calamity occurred at the New
Pit, Bradford-road, near Phi'ips Park, which resulted in
the instantaneous death of four p-rsons. The pit is the
joint property of Mr. Johnson (proprietor of the iron
works where the boiler explesion took place on the same
day) and Mr. Livsev. Tee four victims were engaged in
the pit, laying the bricks round the-shaftin7, which had
been sunk 146 yards. This shaft is fur feet two inches
wide, and it apneara when ;he men come to whit is called
a ring of bricks, which is the bottom &iv, they then
remove the earth or rock under it, and " pin up" with
more bricks They had performei what is called the
"plucking,' but foolishly carrried it down a distance of
two yards, leaving nothing to support the bricks above.
At half-past eight o'clock the whole of the bricks—about
fi!'ty tons weight—fell in, and covered the men at the
bolona of the shaft. A quantity of ashes and earth also
fell in, and it is estimated that there is a weight of more
than 100 tons over the bodies. It is calculated that the
bodies will not be recovered for a fortnight at least, as the
shaft will have to be.relaid with bricks before the fallen
mass can he safely removed. Yesterday, a man named
Armstrong, who went down the pit for a short time, was
injured by the falling of some of the earth from the side
of the pit. It will be understood that the work of clearing
the pit will be a difficult operation, when we state that it
is now making 1.600 gallons of water per hour. The
persona who have list their lives are—Henry Seddon, of
Leigh, near Wigan, aged 27, married, with three chil-
dren ; James Weirs, of Bradford. aged 19, unmarried
Henry Appleton, of Wigas, aged 16 ; John Clayburn, of
Butler-street, Bradford--gad, aged 17, married, and one
child. The man in charge of the work was Seddon, and
he had been cautioned an hour before the fatal occurrence
of the extreme risk he was undergoing by plucking so
large a space without the precautionary steps of filling up
with bricks as he proceeded.

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Earl Fortescae has gene to Tunb,iiae Wells to join the
noble Connte.at, who has visled Tonbridga for the benefit
of her health, and, we ( Western Times) are glai to hear.
succersfully,
XPORT OF COALS PI AUGUsT.—From the monthly
statistical tables of the c tal exports, published by Messrs.
W. and H. Laird of Liverpool, it appears that the total
coal exports from the United Kingdom, during the month
of August amonn'ed to 613,834 tons against 625,389 tons
in August, 1856, showing a decrease on the present year
of 11.555 tent. The northern ports exported 383.846 tons,
the Yorkshire ports I8,9:;3 tons, Liverpool 49 875 terv,
the Scotch ports 52,306 tons, and the Severn ports
107.910 tons.
WHAT CONSTITUTES SUNDAY TRADING ? —At the Leeds
Court House, on Saturday, a ,pboasaraphic Retie, named
AmosLembert, came up to receive
,ludgment for practising
his calling as as artist on the Sibbetheitty.—lt was con-
tended, for the defence, that a photographist was not an
"artificer" within the rn aning of the alt of parliament.
The Leeds magi,tratee took the opinion of Thomas Flower
Ellis, Esq., recorder of Leeds, on this point.; and that
gentleman, in the c arse of a lengthy opinion, stated that
his opinion was that the case was within the meaning of
the statute 9th Charles IL, c. 7,, which enacts " 7 h it no
tradesman, artificer, workman, labourer, or any other per--
gen whatsoever, *shall follow any worldly labour, business,
or work of their ordinary calling on the Sabbath." The
court decided, ripen this opinioe, that Lambert had broken
the act referred to, and fined h'm 55., including costs.
EXTRAORDINARY •SALIS OF Hoasite.—Farmers who
are rearing hones for fetters profit will do well to take
enceuragemeit and instructions from the sale, by Mr. White-
head, of horses belonging to air. Eyre, which was held in
the Iferrnitaete Croft, Sneinton, on the 9ile instant, as saver
ti ed in the Journal They were for the attest part half-bred
cleanly-legaed a- iamb, posscseicg bath power aii'l (pick-
nees of acti 'n. Tht first, ab IT k01:83, "Jack," 6-years
old, realised 41 guineas ; the black horse," Boxer," 7-years
old, 30 gnine ; black ma e " Met le," 9 years old, 25
quit eas ; bloc'.{ mare; Kit," 6 years old, 41 g ;
grey mare "Bit," 5 years old, 33 guineas ; Week horse,
" Jerry," 5 sears old, 37 guineas; black mare, "Diamond,"
8 years old, 22 gLineas ; bay horse., "Captain," 8 years old,
40 guineas ; grey horre, Flower," 8 5 ears old, 30 guineas ;
brown horse, " Cepa in," 10 years old, 33 gaieees ; brown
horse, Short." ha% iog only ore eve, 5 years old, 52 gni-
neeeaand the re t ie propor i .n.—Nottinghant Journal.
Tea INDIAN CLOUD.--The. B Inbay pipers are already
singing Io Paeans i over General Havel, ca's successes,
and predict a spee3y superession of the mutiny. We
much fear this exultation is premature. It is certainly
not jas'ified by the facts of which authentic inteligence has
been received by the present mail, and still leaves so by the
two welt accredited rumours now in circulation. P,rhaps
the most painful duty of a jeurn dies' is that which compels
him to become a prophet of evil, mil to dash to the ground
pleasurable hopes and anticia!ionS". Such, nob:to:Ay, is
our own positi,,n at this moment. We cannot participate in
the triumphant sheets of our Bombay c ,tempor Irkes. Un
taking a comprehensive view of the proceedings ba'h of
oar own forces and of the mutineers, we can see no case
for self-eratiacation beyond the achievemon's of Havelock's
gallant little band of he,roee. We rejoice, indeel, to learn
that the troops at Lucknow were on the point o'
being relieved, nor do we attach any credit to ?he telegraphic
report of the fall of Agra. It is likewise s t'is factory to
know that the Punjiub remains tranquil, and that no
further disturbances have taken place in the Niz mat
deminiene. But heyerd that, all is dark, uncertain, and
discouraging.—Allen's Indian iJail.
MYSTERIOUS DEATHS BY DB, WNING —At ha'f-past seven
e'c'ock on Friday morning, the police on dn'y at Lance-
Lid Quay plcked up the bodies of two men whet hid been
drowned in the river. The dee aced we e id. ntified as
Richard Parker, captain of the Rose, a steamer plying
between this port and Limerick, and Thomas Magee. a
seaman belonging to the same ves=el. Tae facts, es nearly
as we have been able to c.dlect them, are these :—Mr.
Parker spent the evening of Wednesday last with a f lend
in the city, from whose place he deported about eleven
o'clock; for tke purpose of returning to pass the night on
board the Rf;S,, which was lying nearly mi 1-stream at the
time. It wield seem that about half past &even, on arriv-
ing at Lance field Quay, just opposite where his vessel was
moo'cd, he hailed her, and Thomas Magee, the watchman
nn board, put out the small boat and sinned alongside the
Padetow steamer that lay alongside the (pay side.
Some of the crew, who had been at the Theatre, reached
the quay abent helf-past twe'v ena hailed for a boat to
go on beard the Rose. The engineer rep'ied to their hail
by telling them that Magee bed t: ken the b-a to feel
the captain, and te ld them to look whet' e he hid gone tee
They varched, but o old sr e no trace of Magee, the captain.
or the b ,at. Some :wo hours later the boat was recovered
empty, drifting down the river, but neither the captain
nor Magee cou'd be disc tvered, until their dead bodes
were found yesterday. It is surmised that Capt. Parker,
in creasing from the P alstow steamer to the small boat,
fell into the water, and Magee, in trting to retcue him,
fell in also, and neither being able to swim, they wee.-
dreweed, Dr. Roberson, who exanfne d the bodes, states
that the y present no appearance like that occasioned ba a
violent death. Both were natives of Irelend.—Glasgew
Mail.

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