The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-12 00:00:00

(LEFT SITTING.)

AWFUL COLLIERY ACCIDENT'
EIGHTY LIVES LOST. this
L BRISTO, MAT 1 l.—lntelligence reached this C"/A
afternoon of a terrific coal-pit accident which occurre" fee'
terday in the Aberdare Vatl, Glamorganshire, Sebes
Wales, and by which no fewer than eighty lives Iran col
sacrificed. This valley is completely studded wit'•dellS
pits, and the colliery in which this dreadful aci:pcb,
happened; is known as the Duffryn Pit, o°l,i:hos:AS
near Aberdare. It is the property of Mr. h;,.-5 to
Powell, cf the Gaer, one of the largest coal oeill.,Thic/1
the United Kingdom. The cause, was the same risS,
so many lives have been sacrificed in the Welsh co dept
namely, fire-damp. It seems that at the time the sce,lerr
cceurred there were 160 men at work in the pit, and e' Deti
thing proceeded in its accustomed order and regularity, loss
suddenly a tremendous explosion was heard by „Innot
surrounding the mouth of the pit, and the (11. dot
t
consternation and alarm was at once excited. The dre ost
news spread throughout the neighbourhood with tile ti'verol
celerity, and the works were speedily surrounded h.5..5..! Ana
hundred people, consisting of the immediate relater, the
friends of the miners who were at work at the time 'joss
pit. Inquiries were at once instituted, and after the sur
of some time a communication was effected with th'.oo of
vivors, when it appeared that a tremendous czPilid not
fire-damp had taken place, but which fortunately' "loos
extend to the whole of the works in the mine, ethew/0
all the 160 men in the pit must have lost their be,
Although the sacrifice of life in this melancholy instae.esbed,
been enormous, it was at first feared that 155 had Pellcireti
as after a lengthened period only five men were &r. weft/
from the pit. After some time, however, more inen,,,,srbi
drawn out, and it was finally ascertained that the Bga
amounted in number to 80. Neither the amount of cls"01
done
to the works nor the precise cause of the acciden°
as yet been ascertained, but the cause is attributed to ct, 0
lessness on the part of some one or other of the IneTt ra
they were all properly supplied with Davy htillPf•
oftels
well-known that in these Welsh co.lieries the men ereca- tlf
extremely foolhardy, long habit has rendered them
regardless of risk, and they frequently open their lamPs errbig
for the take of lighting their pipes or other purposes. ,„d of
is supposed to have been the case in this instance, 7. -fire,
course the flame, coming in contact with the stream cl 4- as
damp, would instantaneously cause the explosion. The ea'
in the neighbourhood may
be more easily conceived Oen
scribed. -

EXCHEQUER BILLS. Deli
An announcement regarding the eight millions an-
of Exchequer-bills which fall due in June is now daily pip
pected from the Trea.urv. From the price of the, re'
during the past month it -will have been noticed that -10
duction in the present interest of three-halfpence per Won)
been regarded as certain. Whether (tat reduction Willf the
laatpteern,nt}h,
they
or a penny is matter of doubt. 4'.4inA
would pay 11. 10s. sd. per annum, which ie,d for
above the highest allowance that can now be obtains
money at call, and there can be no question that the), ,
still. command a premium fully equal to what is usually
sidered e.esirable. The extraordinary doctrine of Sir for ore
Wood in ,February last, that the State 81101111 hic)friote
making any reduction, and continue to pay inuc-dutirigd
than the market rate, lest at any tune should
the twelvemonths some unprecedented crisis ..„vione
occur to render necessary a return to the Prweo?)n
scale, drew forth at the moment a sufficient f•%1)
of opinion to prevent the probability of IN coon
einß
again adopted. The country upon that ,°l.tegef
lost 0,1001., to say nothing of the comparative drEautiffon °f
that was inflicted upon the public credit, and a rePetime
the proceeding will hardly be ventured. At the sans
pill
the timidity with which all such matters are tonch„ce the
mast likely prompt an intermediate course, and ePotnu,
rate of a penny farthing per day, or 1/. 188. 0(0. per loy
is perhaps that which may 'be anticipated. 'Pleb/ 500
which this i-cluction will act upon the market ma fsintP
from the fact that, notwithstanding its assumed cer, pre
and the possibility even of a still greater alteration, the in
miurn on June bills is at this moment higher than be
February, when it was announced that no change sc°,,tiontil?,
made, while those dated March, which have nine Even
longer to run, are 105. higher than at that period. ppr
a reduction to a penny were decided upon it
bable that the premium would maintain itself at 01)00t„5
and this would actually be ss. above the price COrte-ros• •
1849, when the last lowering took place, and when the P leas
pects of a continued accumulation of capital
were far
marked than at present. is not 1 503.,

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TEhtte s,
calm S
oufT SOUTH „ INEAP:
ST. PET '
SCHooLs
11 •as
yl, as well as the inhabitants of the locality. were ell f St,
daylast most ably advocated at the district Church ow,
ter's, Bankside—in the morning by the Rev. T. Rev. C-
prebendary of St. Paul's ;in the evening by the ~01011
RsKcho!lifiuppoAnirthAeNpUblic ‘sgeolloe:
Kemble, incumbent of St. Michaere, Stockwell. Each Se. norD
terminated with eloquent and urgent aeals for the 013..00.
Of the cause, and g liberal 'bution 0
produced a very contri
the congregation.
Ts. is our'
DEATH OF MR. MATTHEW GHBOUNE.---.." --, Aft"
melancholy duty to record this week the death 01
bictt
Matthew Gisborne, of Walton Hall, in this ceuetY'Llr. PLI•
took place at St. Leonard's on the 28th April last. " the
fifth 300 oft.
Gisborne was born in the 1-9 d year ,4, an was
peril
late Rev. Thomas Gisborne, of Yoxall Lodge.—
port er.
____,..l.)

MARRIED. - Cal
On the Bth inst., at Clontarf Church, Thomas '1"-* tbe
Esq., of Camberwell, Surrey, to Mary, eldest daughter "-
late J. Sullivan, Eq., of Castle Avenue, near Dahli