The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-19 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Galignani contains the following description of
the visit paid on Tuesday by the Emperor of the
French to Baron Rothschild, at Ferrieres :—The
Emperor left Paris on Tuesday morning at half-past
9 for the Chateau of Ferrieres on a shooting excur-
sion in the grounds of Baron de Rothschild. His
Majesty was received at the terminus of the Eastern
Railway by M. Thouvetiel, President of the Board
of Directors, and MM. Perdonnet, Baude, Baig-
neres, Doilfus, and Sauvage, directors. The Em-
peror was accompanied by M. Fould, Count Wa-
lewski, Lord Cowley, Generals Fleury and Ney ;
and M. Thouvenel was invited to take a seat in
the Imperial carriage. The train left immediately
for the station of Ozouer-la-Ferrieres, where it ar-
rived in about an hour, the distance being about 20
miles. At this station the baron's equipages, in
blue liveries and yellow, awaited his Majesty, who
took his seat in an open carriage, with four blood
horses and postilions. Five other carriages, also
drawn by splendid horses, were placed at the dis-
posal of the guests. The baron's four sons were
waiting at the station to receive his Majesty. At
a quarter to 11 the Emperor arrived at the

Chateau, and the Imperial flag was at once raised
on one of the towers. After looking over the
interior of the edifice, the Emperor took a walk
in the park, where he planted a cedar to comme-
morate his visit, and then returned to the Chateau
for breakfast. The service of silver plate, made
from models which were immediately destroyed to
preserve it unique, was accompanied by the cele-
brated service of Sevres porcelain, every plate of
which bears an authentic picture by Boucher, signed
.with the B. At this table sat all the Baron's family
and the guests. After breakfast a numerous shoot-
ing equipage awaited the guests, who proceeded to
the great park, which covers 1,500 hectares (3,700
acres), entirely surrounded with walls, and contain-
ing three farms. The sport was splendid, and about
1,000 head of game were killed. On returning to
the Chateau, about half-past 5, the Emperor found
all the population of the environs assembled in the
court-yard, headed by the mayors and cures. A
collation had been prepared in the hall, the gallery
of which was occupied by the male chorus singers
from the Opera, who, under the direction of Victor
Masse, executed the " Hunter's Chorus" of Rossini.
At 6 o'clock the signal for departure was given.
The keepers, huntsmen, and other persons employed
on the domain, holding torches, lined the road for
the Imperial cortege from the portal of the palace to
the gate of the forest, which was also brilliantly
lighted all the way to the station at Ozouer. His
Majesty then returned to Paris, and in the evening,
accompanied by the Empress, honoured the Opera
Comique with his presence to witness the I,oooth
representation of Boieldieu's opera.
THE BOURSE, Dec. 18.—There has been a fair
amount of business transacted to-day. Quotations
at the commencement showed a slight improvement,
Threea,for the Account, opening at 70f. 10c,, but re-
peated sales again caused a retrograde movement,
and they receded to 69f. 90c. They have since
recovered to 70f., the closing price of yesterday, at
which they now appear firm. Piedmont Fives and
Italian Loan have slightly declined. The Railway
Share Market is rather weak, and some of the lines
are a shade lower. The market again became heavy,
and closed as follows :

ft per Cents. 9B
Do. end month
3 per Cents
Do. end month 69 90
New 3 per Cents
Do. end
Credit Mobilier 1110
Do, end month 1111 25
RAIL'

Bank Shares 3390
Credit I oncier 1340
Piedmontese Fives 72 40
Italian Loan 72 20
Russian

Austrian
Spanish Threes 54 25
Home Debt
VAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans lO6B 75 .. 1068 75
Northern .... lO4O .. 1040
New ditto lOO5 ..
Lyons and Mediterranean 1150 .. 1151 25
G Pnava .
Southern 7BB 75 .. 790
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian -
LO EP bard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona

THE WORSBOROUGH DALE CALAMIIF.

ANO rHER EXPLOSION.

The Edmund's Main Colliery was on Wednesday
the scene of another explosion, which, though hap'
pily unattended with loss of life, has, no doubt,
from its extraordinary violence, seriously damaged
the workings of the colliery, and what is still more
unfortunate, has made the reopening of the colliery
and the recovery of the bodies a question of "writhe
instead of days. The fire, it will be remembered,
originated at the extreme point of the dip board-
gates. Hopes were entertained that it had not e%'
tended into the workings, though the course of the
last explosion on the Bth, and the continued high
temperature of the air in the shafts, suggested seri-
ous doubts on that point. The end of the dip board-
gates must have been filled with water some days
ago, and had the fire been confined to them .`r
would now have been extinguished. The explosion
of Wednesday proves beyond a doubt that it is nc't
confined to that point, bat has reached a portion
of the workings very much nearer the shafts. Dur-
ing that morning Mr. "Woodhouse, the colliery en-
gineer of Derby, arrived at the colliery, and cm'
suited with Mr. Morton, the government inspector,
Mr. Brown of Derby, and the other mining engi-
neers ana colliery viewers present. Mr. Woodhouse
was informed in detail of the state of the pit, so far
as it could be ascertained after the first explosiOns'
of the putting in of water, and the other steps taken
thereupon, and expressed his full concurrence le'
and satisfaction with what had been done: The
question for consideration then was, whether the
time had arrived for descending the shafts to aster'
tain the state of the mine more decisively than cola
be done at the surface, with a view to the recoverY
of the bodies. It should be stated that although
the boardgates and workings of the mine were uO.
ventilated, as the result of the explosion, and there`
fore impenetrable, a current of air continued t°
circulate between the downcast and upcast or cuP°ls
shaft, and that this portion of the mine was there-
fore quite accessible as a mere matter of ventilation'
The temperature of the air in the upcast shaft wBe,
taken to guide the engineers, and the condition of
the atmosphere carefully noted. It was found that
the temperature was still at 55 degrees in the up`
cast and 42 degrees in the downcast shafts, as °5
Friday last. There was also a slight emission (
smoke from the upcast shaft. A list of volunteers'
most of whom were about the pit at the time, had
been made out, and every requisite provided Ir:
f
descending and attempting to re-open the raine',4
the engineers should so decide ; but as the reset"
a long and anxious deliberation, the engineers it;
cided to continue the pouring of water into
mine, and to defer any attempt to reopen it until
further consultation. Mr. Woodhouse left the e°o,
liery to take train to London, and Mr. Morton Pric
ceeded to Barnsley on his way home. This tfat
place about ten minutes after three o'clock, Our,
25 minutes after three the proprietors, engine,neh:
colliery viewers, and spectators still in the neigh
bourhood of the pit were startled by the boom mcsa
explosion far louder, sharper, and more terrine tibelt
i
even that which sealed the fate of the men sti' 01
the pit on the afternoon of the Bth inst. Inste.„l3nee
a dense column of black smoke rose from the ellroce
Its height was estimated at more than 100 feet° sa
it remained for a few moreeents as clearly The
sharply defined as the eteeple of a church. bole
explosion was so violent that it not only forced or
the current of air which was descending the d°
cast shafts, but vomited from them also an innulecl
volume of smoke, carried on a blast which hlirtjeee
away the planks placed across the mouth of
shaft, snapping some of them in two like laths, 5g,,
tossing the others against the head of the gears'
;ii aft
whence they fell to the bottom of the 5
when the force of the current had spent its its
In a few moments the current resumed fta;
natural course down the downcast shtlineo
but the cupola continued to emit thick vol°
of smoke until evening. The espies° of
described by experienced persons as 000 the
the most violent that ever occurred in
mining districts of the north. Had there bee n 0
gearing over the cupola shaft, in whiel there
opposing current to beat back, it. would und(Werei
edly have been torn to pieces ; b;ut the current til
spent itself without obstacle:. On the ocelltretiea
.
of the explosion Mr. Bartb.rilome w, one of the P,
g-to
prietoes, drove to Barnsley in pursuit of Mr. i°,/
, hal '
ton, who returned with him to the colliery at et
past four o'clock. A consultation was then hew'
tbe
which it was unanimously determined, EIS of
safest and most expeditious mode of extinguish f
the fire, to fill up the cupola shaft to the depth
with
16 yards—ten yards above all communication
the workings—with earth and clay ;to cover witto
planks, earth, and puddle the mouths of the the
tba
downcast shafts, so as effectually to shut °ttio the
air; and to flood the whole dip workings up
era at
engine shaft with water. Parties of men w
waS
once organised and told off to the work, which left
vigorously at the time our reporter le
eof
the pit. Preparations were also being made 1111°
turning in a much stronger stream of water: are
full consequence of this renewed explosu;
scarcely perceived at the first glance' eit,iB
originally determined to pour water into tidetrreoi.
the hope that the fire was confined to the ud
ties of the dip boardgates, and that a few til°l2sllea
gallons would be sufficient to extinguish it. loge
this proved to be the case, the demolished etu_reri'tile"
and airways would have been replaced, the open'
tion restored, the bodies recovered, and tilraot s
tions of the pit resumed in a few days, or i t uthat the
few weeks. It is now, however, cleartbo
second or third explosion on the Bth inst. fired that
coal at some point much nearer the shafts' uiloali
it is still smouldering. Where this fire is nu% ant 0f
be even conjectured ; but the small etia ,g eon:
smoke that had issued up to Wednesday ,s pot
sidered to be a tolerably good proof that it :oft,
in the immediate vicinity of the up-cestoseri
Wherever located, its existence renders tie' ter-
the flooding of the entire dip workings with robed
r
The water is now supposed to have about were
to
the second half-way. Though arrange Men elf
being made on Wednesday evening for ltaerr, so
augmenting the present stream of Wa vro'
as to expedite the filling of the mine' th°
the
fire
cess of drawing out the water again pre;
shall have been extinguished will be /ell:
costl 00.°
Y
tracted and tedious, as well as very tee pit
several months will probably elapse before 6001
thousandsB
can bere- oopf ened
poundsand
willth the
sdeadwa
swallowed 1°
page and the expenditure, and me3oll,.mployeelel3.e.
300 men and youths are thrown
The primary cause of the expl°osui° i(sael'seteienaenSii::s°,
field Independent) is believed to be deeper L'iseoene
e
last
were. sealed
tit
yet been indicated. About March
well Main Colliery took fire. The shafts dee to 110
;11 or tot
and the pit filled with choke damp, ev/811.,''
out the fire. The workings of the Womb f
reach, at the nearest point, to withdinelaunde,a 3t11:010
dred yards of the dip levels of the e
vier
ve
Colliery. The choke damp is muchriliceolloelbe
the carbonic acid or explosive gas. 1 u otl9 a
gfoarsceidn
btaheekWinotmobtwheel!,semamaisn
them 3 .id
of the choke damp, and through th and 00
ofwci loij°b7tehfletl;
doubtworki
unusualnisg
(Ise nuotafenrithiateiyneo df
gtEdmund'sahsa tht
which
this is Mainexuded
x ut Colliery;
°.ll;tel'i rti
first that the
ion
ing of the dip boardgates, where the , that „
took place. In proof of this it is asserten,,
tree
pouring of water into the dip levels °1 Pr
of mund's Main is cuisine a corresponding P
of gas in Wombwell Main Colliery.

A large merchant vessel, the Christophe Col°13;
has entereal the canal of Castigneau at Toulon, for
vo,
Pout pose of taking on board a number of dismounted g.„0„
thheats for conveyance to Cochin China. The INlosbell nor
r merchant vessel, is loading provisions and stor 0
Reunion. 1 vc a ill
`TRADE IN PERTIL—The weavers emp.o
ts, - 1
the manufacture of woollen goods, such as drugge, E:.3 'IP
T
petticoats, &c,, have plenty of work, and are making V 5.1.0.
18s. per week. Several of the manufacturers here
13.9.V°Iiiell
received orders from France for ladies' linen dresses-, sc' 0
ape
will employ a large number of hands. The cotton vieThot
continue to be poorly off, and the wages realised 00,:tbe
above 6,,. to Pa. A great many persons connected Avit';„
building trade, as joiners, masons, slaters, and pl ester'e4;
are idle at present, there being no building of anf (fail
quence in course of erection, nor are their prospect at
'encouraging for the ensuing year,--Ascoestitang