The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-17 00:00:00

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince of Wales rode o❑ horseback yesterday
morning, attended by Lieutenant• Colonel Keppeli
and visited the King of the Belgians at Bucking'
ham Palace.

The Princess of Wales took a carriage drives
attended by Countess de Grey.
Prince John of Glucksburg visited the Duke of
Cambridge at Gloucester House.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princegg
6f Wales, according to present arrangements, will leave
Marlborough House on Tuesday next, to pass a week With
her Majesty and the royal family at Windsor Castle. At
the expiration of their stay at Windsor their royal WO'
nesses go to Sandringham for a few weeks.

His Royal Highnebs Prince John of Glucksburg
is expected to leave Marlborough House, where his royal
highness has been staying on a visit to the Prince and
Princess of Wales, on Tuesday next, on his return to Co-
penhagen, after his mission to this country to represent thil
King of Denmark at the baptism of the infant son of till
Prince and Princess of Wales.

THE ROYAL MAUSOLEUM.—Yesterday being the
third anniversary of the death of the nacho. f of
Kent, the mausoleum in the Frogmore grounds wet , by
the permission of her Majesty the Queen, viated by a WO
number of Vie royal servants and retainers, most cf whom
wore mourning.

RuYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATON. Their
Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, "(IA
the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, aecompanie,'
ity the Princess Mary of Cambridge, and a distinguished
party, attended the afternoon representation of " The
Pyramid," and "Mrs. Roseleaf's Little Evening PartY;
on Saturday last, at the Roy al Gallery of Illustration.
The Duchess of Hamilton (nee Princess Marie of
Baden) arrived at Hamilton House yesterday frog).
Brighton.

The Countess of Northesk and Lady Margaret
Carnegie have arrived at Brown's Hotel.
The Countess of Clare has arrived at Farrands
Hotel from her late residence at Kensington Palace 05r.
dens.

Lord and Lady Londesborough have arrived in
Paris on their way home from Egypt. The noble lord 8114
lady contemplate making a stay of a few weeks in Paris.
Viscoun tees (Dowager) Hardinge has arrived al
the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood.
Lord Hothani, M.P., had a select party at dinner
last evening at his residence in Grosvenor•street.

DEATH OF MR. LEONARD SHELFORD.—Iire re;
gret to announce the decease of Mr. Leonard Shelford,
the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, which took place very
early this morning, in his chambers in Brick-lane, Temple'
The learned gentleman was the author of several woriaf,
amongst others, " The Law of Wills," "The Law of Tithe%
" The Law of Railways," " The Law of Insolvent Debtors,
"The Law of Probate and Succession Duties," "The Lett
of Copyhold," "The Law of Mortmain," "Bankrupt Le°
Consolidation Act," ‘• General Highway Act," "A Frac.
tieal Treatise on the Law Concerning Lunatics," " Treatise
on Marriage and Divorce," "Real Property Statutes,"
his last work is on the Joint-Stock Companies Act.
THE PAWNBROKER'S WINDOW.—The winclovir
a pawnbroker's shop tells us something—a go°a
deal, indeed—of the character of the neighbourhood. Ira:
poverished gentility does not pledge the same kind of era'
ties as vulgar poverty. The articles in the window, it is
true, are not pledges, for they must not be ticketed for sale
until they cease to be pledges altogether; but still they
show on what sort of articles money has been lent, at torus
time and in some way or other. The gold watches, gotta
jewellery, articles of luxe and vertu, dec., tell of monetari
difficulties which'have befallen those who would dread to
be seen going into one of the little pigeon hole boxes at ts
pawnbroker's. In the betterznost of these shops loans 911/
extensively made on the more valuable kinds of property
by special contract, irrespective of the pawn statute; eii"
many of the beautiful things displayed in the windows have
never had a pawn ticket attached. At the dingy shops i°
low neighbourhoods the case is different. Here every article
on which a few pence can be borrowed may be found ; for e
penniless fatuity, whether reckless or not, would paw:
almost anything that is uneatable rather than go withal'
food.—Once a Week.
INUNDATION OF A MINE.--A dreadful accident
took place on Tuesday at the Spitalwell Ironstoo°
Mine, belonging to Mr, B arrow, near the Chesterfield
cemetery. About three o'clock in the afternoon of Ttlefe
day the men in the bu, tom rake perceived water breeitir4
in near the bottom of the pit, anu John Turton, the under;
viewer, ran to the place and called to the miners to airy
out. In cunsequence of the warning a great number °i
the men proceeded up the incline to an old shaft on thet
of fludyhill, where tuey got out and went home. The
water rose immediately four or five feet in front of 0001
who remained in the bottom rake. Turton, who ate
in the water up to the armpits, called upon there, 0
swim through it, but they replied that they Olio
not swim, and they were thus lett in the pit. As soon
the water was seen several miners rushed through it 1117
their middle in water, and escaped through the incline °rs
the top rake. A miner named Taylor stripped himself alito
clothes and left them in tat, jenny gate, courageously Oil
wing through the water, and very narrowly escaping Rio
his life. Mr. Seymour, the resident viewer of the pit, 'cm
telegraphed tor, and he arrived on the works to direct 01)11-0
rations for the removal of the water. It had risen in ti:,
;
shaft to nearly the height of the roof, but as there was "
escape up any incline in the bottom rake the only waster
which the men could be got out etas by lifting the W°
from the bottom of the shalt. As it was a drawing °lis
fi
it was not supplied with pumps, and therefore the only °i
Them
in which the water could be lifted was by tubs. Vico
were none in the vicinity of the pit, and they had to
be
brought from Staveley, so that before everything could a.
got ready for lilting the water the night had far advaat3;
Although the lower parts of the mine were flooded wtth
4
water, there is an incline rising to a considerable heiglo
up which the men might take refuge and be free front tot
water, and it was a general opinion that they vi
adopt this method of saving their lives. The gr".4o
danger to be feared from the rising of the water in tlist
mine was that it should reach the root of the 10
at the bottom of the shaft, and thus cut off the ventilati°o;
leaving the men nothing but impure air to breathe;
rather only such a quantity of pure air might be conta101;
in the level at the time the ventilation was cut off 11 to
influx of the water. Up to 3 o'cloe t
l yesterday morning ao
water continued to rise in the mine, but from 8 36' it Dete.
to lower, and at 1 30 it was liin. below the arch of the Y. 0%
The pumping operations were continued incessantly durial,e
the whole of yesterday, and the water was lilted at the roil
of 500 gallons per minute. From 130 to 5 p.m. it aul
lowered Gin. It was expected that the bodies Opit
be recovered early this morning. The men in tilevicie
►
were—James Fiddler, Herbert Fiddler, Matthew'
~,,'"ope
dler, William Belfit, Charles Moseley, Luke Slack, Pe
jamin Sharman, George Wilson, Dennis Cutts, °
Shaw, Daniel Taylor, and Albert Wilcockson. gCRUSHED TO DEATH.—Oa Monday afternooft
hurrible occurrence took place in the mill of ge°6oo
Joseph Robinson and Co., biscuit manufacturers, Dc°
ar
Carlisle, Miss Mary Nelson, of Waite, a village rieo.
Lowther, Mr. Burrows (to whom, we believe, she °toil
gaged to be married in a week or two), Mr. letii"-e
(Messrs Robinson's traveller), and Mrs. Atkinson vi'erfasee
specting the machinery. In their course through the u
went floor of the mill, Miss Nelson's attention vriiso at,
et
tracted by an Archimedean screw, which collects the wore,
after it is ground, previous to its passing into the elevate jt
and which is guarded by a strung brass rod breast higij.joi
is surmised that she was stooping down, and that sotcrinctline was thus caught in the wheels; but this 18et
otb 0
enown positively, for she was a little behind ale °
visitors. Suddenly, however, they were arrested
torteti
o'l3
trightful shriek from the young lady, and when 01 ifia
round they saw her in the iron grasp of the rac)
wheels. Mr. Burrows clasped her round the waist' and
tried to rescue her, but in vain. Sae was dragged in eed
wheeled round again and again ; in truth, she was torj3;ete
wangled and dead in less than a second, Her legs arid
broken and crushed to fragments, so were her ararit this
the lower part of her body was torn frightfully. 11,..e
was within two minutes of their entry through t"
gates,
lOU Of;
VOLUNTEER NIGHT ATTACK.—At 8 de - -
.100ty
Saturday evening next, the town of Faversham,
000 of
will present an unusually warlike aspect. A partY°viay in
England's enemies, supposed to have run up the Mod_
coot,
boats, from some imaginary fleet of invaders on the 01de
_veotia
will, following the tactics of the Danes and Scots
attempt to surprise Faversham by a night attack,
,d_irivisjor
their main onset on a battery of guns belonging t 0 bring ,
Hall, of the Powder Mills, in the vicinity. This w_ t,03
the Kent Volunteer Artillery into full play, and ttst:iYii ose
other Kentish Volunteers, to the number of 1,500 fa as rho
ter. The scene will be animated and picturesque, nar"oge
" army in disguise" tvill of course be repuleed.,.
roipoi
ments have been made to accommodate theta w I
joy pa
trains for their return to Leaden and Maidstolle,
convenient, •