The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-14 00:00:00

FOREIGN MINER.

Washoe Gold, Um.,
Ditto, (£3), 7}

BANKS.

Alliance, lira., 32i -----
Anglo Egyptian, lira., 13k
Bank at Queensland, Um, 191 20
Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 27*
City, 112
European Bank, 1im..12
Imperial Ottoman, 16
lonian.
Ditto. new, 5
London Bank of Mexico and S. America, 11m., lu.
London and Brazilian (lim.),
Ditto, new, 3}
London Joint Stock, 504
London and 11 estminster, 964
National Provincial of England.
Ditto, d and ad issue, 444
Oriental Bank Corporation. 53
Standard of British South Africa, 154

MISCELLANEOUS.
B. and I. Magnetic Telegraph, lira.. 801 1
City of Milan improvements, hm., 7}
City of Moscow Gas, lira , 31
Crystal Palace, 391
Ebbw Vale, 13p ;
Fore-street Warehouse, lira., 9
Gen. Credit and Finance of London, 11m., 6
Hudson's Bay. 151
inttrnational Financial Society, lira., 61
Joint Stock Discount, lira.,
National Discount Company, Um., 1f
Oriental Inland Steam, 1/
Overend, Gurney, and Co., lira., 10; I

STATUE OF THE LATE EARL OF EGLINTON.—The
memorial of "the good earl" is about to leave the hands of
the artist, and will, in all probability, be placed upon its
pedestal and publicly inaugurated in the last week of the
present month, or early in October. The site chosen for
its erection is at the west end of Wellington-square, Ayr,
in front of the County-buildings.

An accident occurred a few days back on the
railroad from Maestricht to Landau, Belgium, at a short
distance from the latter place. The train of travellers came
suddenly upon a goods train which was standing across the
line, the engineer not having been able, by reason of a
curve, to perceive the obstacle in time to apply the brake.
effectually. The goods train was literally cut in two; but
the travellers in the other carriages escaped with onlya fow
bruises and contusions.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

STEALING GENTLEMEN'S PORTMANTEAUS FROM PRIVATE
LODGING-HOUSES.—Edward Woodhouse, alias " Land,"
alias " Captain Harper," a young man of respectable ap-
pearance, and who refused his address, was charged be-
fore Mr. Knox by Sergeant Shillingford, 4 C, with stealing
a portmanteau and other articles of the value of £l6, the
property of Mr. Edward Holland, M.P., residing at No. 7,
Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, and the prisoner was further
charged with stealing from No. 34, Sackville-street, a
portmanteau and other articles, the property of Colonel
Farris.

Harriett Coles, cook to Mr. Chandler, the keeper of
private lodging-houses at 34, Sackville-street, and 16 and
17, Pall-malls said on or about the 10th of July a cabman
drove up to No. 34, Sackville-street, and handed me the
following note :

" 16 and 17 Pall-mall—The colonel has been taken
seriously ill in the street, and has been brought in here
by a gentleman. The doctor says we are not to remove
him to Sackville-street, but to put him to bed at once.
He wants his luggage brought down at once. You must
therefore put his things together, and give them to the
cabman to bring them down. "MRS. CHANDELLES."
The name was spelt incorrectly. I gave the cabman the
portmanteau, which was full, and a railway rug with a
strap round it.

Charles Dunn, errand boy in Mr. Chandler's employ—l
was present when the portmanteau was given to the cab-
man. I was afterwards in Piccadilly, and saw the cab
going along with a man sitting on the box, and lam
almost certain the prisoner is the man. I had seen him
at the house three or four times before, as he came after a
situation.

Prisoner—What time in the day was it when the lug-
gage was given up ?
Witness—ln the evening.
Prisoner—Are you quite sure it was me on the cab ?
Witness—l believe it was you, but lam not quite sure.
Sergeant Shillingford, 4 C—Yesterday I saw the prisoner
in Cheapside, and followed him to a pawnbroker's in
Theobald's-road, where I saw him take & pencil-case out
of his pocket. I saw him receive a duplicate from the
pawnbroker, and afterwards redeem a silk dress. The
prisoner then left, and I followed him to Lambs' Conduit-
street, where I saw him tie up the parcel and then go into
the Working Men's Reading-rooms in the street and come
out with a portmanteau. I asked him where he got the
portmanteau from, and he said, "from the reading-rooms."
He also said it was his property. I then took him back
and asked the proprietor of the place if the portmanteau
was the prisoner's, and he said it was, and that it came
to the house by the Parcels' Delivery cart. On the port-
manteau was a lable written—" John Land, 11, Lambs'
Conduit-street ; to be left at the luggage-station, King's-
cross, till called for." The portmanteau has on it the
initials "E. H." Those initials corresponding with those
on the one stolen from Mr. Holland, M.P., by means of
the following letter :

" Reform Club.
" Madame,—l received a telegram last night from
Brighton, announcing the death of my sister, which
has brought me to town so early this morning. I am
going to Brighton by the early train, and will return
to London on Thursday morning. If any letters should
come please send them to me, Marine Hotel, Brighton, and
please to give the cabman my luggage as quickly as you
can, and oblige yours, respectfully,
"HOLLAND, M.P."
Directed 7, Suffolk-street. (The letter was certainly in
its appearance not such a one as a person would expect to
receive from a member of Parliament.)
The Sergeant, in continuation, said—l charged him
with stealing the portmanteaus from Suffolk-street and
Sackville-street, and then took him into custody. In two
purses which I found in his possession I found several
duplicates for silk, silk dresses, coats, earrings, and a
brooch, and also upon him a gold watch and hair guard.
Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner, at the same time de-
siring the sergeant to endeavour to trace out the cabman,
that he might appear as a witness.

THE stusT, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER- 14, HEE,

BANX OF ENGLAND.

The royal yacht Osborne, Commander d'Arcy,
arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Woolwich,
having been in attendance on the Prince and Princess
of Wales.
His Majesty the King of the Netherlands' steam
sloop-of-war IVatergeus, Capt. Geerling, arrived at
Portsmouth yesterday from New York. She subse-
quently went into the harbour, as she will require to
be docked to make good some defects in her machi-
nery. Capt. Geerling landed in the afternoon, and,
accompanied by the vice-consul (Chevalier Vanden-
berg), paid his respects to the naval and military
authorities.
The Terpsichore, 18, attached to the sailing re-
serve in Chatham harbour, is to have the whole of
her useful fittings and stores removed, preparatory
to being sold out of the service.
The Cornwallis, GO, 1,800 tons, 200-horse power,
having had the whole of her machinery and engines
removed, and her upper deck taken off, has been re-
moved out of dock at Sheerness, and is now moored
off the entrance to the steam basin, near the jetty,
where it is intended to sink her, in order to lengthen
the dockyard jetty, by which additional facilities
will be obtained for docking and undocking ships.
The screw gun vessel Griffin, 5, 80-horse power,
attached to the third division of the Chatham steam
reserve, has been placed in dock, where she is under-
going a very complete repair.
Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Arethusa, 35
guns, 3,141 tons, 500-horse power, Capt. R. J. J.G.
Macdonald, made final trial of her machinery at the
measured mile, off Maplin Sands, yesterday, before
her departure from Sheerness for foreign service.
It will be remembered that on several previous oc-
casions the Arethusa had been out for trial, hut
that owing to some supposed leakage or defect in
the surface condensing tubes satisfactory results
had not been obtained. These condensing tubes,
which are upwards of six miles in length, and con-
sist of more than 2,500 tubes, were originally
secured to the tube plates by indiarubber washers
placed round the tube, and in a recess in the tube
plate. From the action of accumulated grease, or
some other cause, the indiarubber washers had be-
come defective, and allowed an air leakage into the
condenser, owing to which a proper vacuum could
not be obtained. Since the last trial of the vessel,
lon the 11th of August last, the indiarubber washers
have been removed, and the tube ends secured with
stuffing boxes and tape packing, and from the
working of the machinery during the trial yester-
day there is every reason to believe that the con-
nexions are perfectly tight, and likely to remain so.
The detention of the Arethusa at Sheerness has not
been in consequence of the results of the late fire
which occurred on board, the damage from which
was made good in three days at a cost of a few
pounds, but has arisen from the fact that for each
of nearly 5,000 stuffing boxes, a screw had to be
tapped into the tube plates, and screwed glands
and tape packings made. On the trial, yesterday,
it was found that the machinery worked very
satisfactorily, there being an entire absence of
priming and hot bearings. The vessel left the
harbour about 7 30 a.m., the draught of water
being 21ft. forward, and 23ft. Gin, aft,
and her load on the safety-valve 251 b. Captain
Randolph, of the Sheerness Steam Reserve, super-
intended the trial and had command of the vessel;
Mr. Matthews, of the firm of Messrs. John Penn and
Sons, the makers of the engines, was in attendance
to watch the results of the alterations on behalf of
the firm. The engines were in charge of Mr. George
Tucker, Inspector of Machinery Afloat, at Sheerness,
and Mr. Fabian, chief engineer of the ship, together
with Mr. Dinnen, Inspector of Machinery, specially in
attendance from the Admiralty. Six runs were made
on the measured mile with the following result :
First run, smin. 58sec., averaging 10.651 knots per
hour; second run, 6 min. 47 secs., averaging
8.845 knots ; third run, 5 min. 53 sees., aver.
aging 10.843 knots ; fourth run, 6 min. 20 secs

Naval and Military Intelligence.

HALF-YEARLY MEETING—(THIS DAY).
The ordinary hall-yearly meeting of the Governor and
Company of the Bank of England was held this day in the
Bank Parlour. Henry Launcelot Holland, Esq., the gover-
nor, presided.

The GOVERNOR said he had to acquaint the Court that
that was one of the quarterly general courts appointed by
the charter, and that it was also one of the half-yearly
general courts appointed by the 13th bye-law of the com-
pany for the making of a dividend ; that the net profits
for the half-year ending 6th August last were £704,269
4s. 6d, making the amount of the rest on that
day £3,733,945 3s. Id., and that after provid-
ing a dividend of 5 per cent., the rest would be
£3,006,295 3s. Id. The court therefore proposed that a
half-yearly dividend of interest and profits be made on
the 10th of August next of £5 per cent., without deduc-
tion on account of income-tax. He said he was quite
satisfied that most of those present must, have been pre-
pared for a smaller dividend than the last, but he felt cer-
tain that the proprietors would be quite satisfied with the
result of the half-year. He therefore moved that the divi-
dend for the half-year be at the rate of 5 per cent. without
deduction.

The resolution, having been seconded, was carried
unanimously.

The GOVERNOR said the dividend warrants would be
payable on the 11th of October next.
Mr. Moxox said, before the business terminated, he
should like to make a few observations. Last year some
of those present would recollect that he asked a
question, whether the directors intended to allow
interest on deposits, and the Governor said the mat-
ter was under consideration, but the directors had not
made up their minds on the matter. There was now an-
other matter which deserved some attention, and that was
the state of the debenture debt of the railway com-
panies. It was said out of doors that the
directors of the Bank of England were holders
of debenture debt to the amount of X 8,000,000
in some of these railway companies. If the Bank had
used the power they had, he should like to know. Under
any circumstances he hoped the matter would receive
attention.

The GOVERNOR, in reply, said the hon. proprietor must
have misunderstood the observations of his predecessor in
office. What•was said was that the matter was every now
and then pressed upon their attention ; that they were
fully awake to the importance of the subject, but that they
were not then prepared to take action in the matter. Such
an arrangement involved a much wider sphere than many
persons imagined. There was no saying what turn banking
might take, but for the present the bank directors were
not prepared to allow interest on deposits. With respect
to the other subject alluded to by the hon. gentleman, he
had to inform him that the Bank certainly held a certain
amount of the debt of some of the railway companies, but
the figures he had mentioned were considerably beyond the
amount in possession of the Bank. The debentures held
by them were those only of the best companies. The direc-
tors did not go into loans with railway companies or any-
body else without a clear examination of the titles and
securities, and, in acting for themselves in such matters,
the directors were only acting for the.body of the general
proprietors. With respect to the state of the debenture
debt of railways, he thought that a question for the House
of Commons, not the Bank of England. He might, how-
ever, before resuming his seat, inform the hon. gentleman
that he had greatly overstated the amount held ; half the
amount he had mentioned would be nearer the mark.

Mr. MoxoN said he should like to know whether the
Bank held any of the Great Eastern debt ?

The GOVERNOR said they did, but it was not of large
amount. The amount of debt held by the Bank in the
whole would amount to about £4,000,000 amongst 15 or
16 of the railway companies, but there was no very large
sum in either of them.

Mr. CAVE moved, and Mr. BOTLEY seconded, a vote of
thanks to the governor and directors for their exertions
during the past half-year.

The GovEnsoß having acknowledged the complimen
the meeting terminated.

The Marriage of Miss Crosse and her

Father's Groom.—This Day.

Wandsworth was all life and bustle to-day in conse-
quence of it becoming generally known that Miss Crosse,
whose case, in connection with that of George Smith, her
father's groom, was to be married to her lover. The Rev.
Mr. Crosse had wisely consented to the match, and
with the aid of a special license flys ceremony of
marriage was performed to-day, and thus the adven-
turous lovers became man and wife. The Rev. Mr.
Gower, curate •of the parish, performed the rites.
The youthful couple returned after the marriage to the
house of Mr. Job George to receive the congratulations
of their new friends. The church was crowded,
and the street outside was literally blocked 'up
with some hundreds of people, who could not gain ad-
mission, and many carriages, carts, and waggons were
assembled, such was the excitement and curiosity
which was creatsd b3^ this singular incident in
real life. The bride was dressed very simply in
a pale pink silk bonnet, black shawl, and light dress.
She is taller than her husband, and evidently the master
mind. He is a small young man, with fair complexion
and regular features, and looks a mero boy. On quitting
the church the bells rang the usual peal, the crowd fol-
lowed the young couple to Job George's door, cheering
them heartily all the way, and flowers were thrown over
them, and many were heard wishing them long life and
happiness.

averaging 9.396 ; fifth run, 5 min. 44 secs., aver-
aging 10.465 knots ; sixth run, 6 min. 10 secs.,
averaging 9.737 knots. The mean speed of the
ship was 10 knots per hour ; revolution of
engines, 65 ; pressure of steam, 25 ; vacuum, 26k.
The circle was turned in 8 min. 2 sec., the angle
made by the helm being 21 deg. to port, and the
diameter of the circle GOO yards. The engines
worked throughout a period of eight hours, with
perfect ease and smoothness; and it is thought by
the officials that when the bottom of the vessel is
cleansed from marine accumulation a still more sa-

tisfactory working of the ship will be obtained.
The troops in Woolwich garrison yesterday as-
sembled at an early hour and commenced their
march to Dartford-heath at 7 a.m., taking various
routes as arranged by their commanding officers.
The B Brigade Royal Horse Artillery marching by
the Herbert-road, Plumstead-common, Bostall-hill,
Bexley-heath, and Crayford ; the C Brigade Royal
Horse Artillery by the Lower-road, along the
Arsenal wall, turning off at the right of Bostall-
heath, &c. ; the field batteries, the 4th and Depot
Brigades by the Dover-road, Bexley-heath, &c.
The Riding Establishment Commissariat Corps and
Military Train also marched by the Dover-road, the
Riding Establishmentkeeping 500 yards in advance.
The infantry column, consisting of the sth Brigade
Royal Artillery, and the division of Royal Marines,
took the route over Shooter's-hill, through Crown-
woods and Bexley. On their arrival at the heath a
company of Royal Artillery and a company of Royal
Marines were detached off for picket duty. They
were divided into three reliefs, and were extended
in line of double sentries, and videttes were de-
tached from the Riding Establishment to watch over
the line of pickets. Several hundred tents were
pitched with extraordinary expedition. His Royal
Highness Prince Arthur, accompanied by Major
Elphinstone, C. 8., honoured Gen. Warde with his
presence, and partook of refreshments in the head-

When the happy pair arrived at the house of Mr. George,
the baker, who, it will be recollected, was one of the bail
for Smith, they made their appearance at once at the first-
floor window, where the bridegroom took off his hat, and
bowed repeatedly to the crowd beneath. However,
that appeared not to satisfy his friends, and he then
opened the window, and addressed the crowd with a few
appropriate remarks. He thanked his friends sincerely for
all their kindness and sympathy shown to him since he
had been in Wandsworth, and he hoped they would al
live long and be happy. This short speech was received
with tremendous cheering, and it was some time before the
police could clear the streets and restore order. It was
understood that the happy pair intended to travel for a
short time. Thus finished one of tho most exciting cases
that had ever startled and so deeply interested the good
folks of Wandsworth.

Attempted Murder of a Man by his Wife.

Late last night considerable excitement was caused in
the immediate neighbourhood of the Whitechapel-road, in
consequence of a report being raised that a man had been
murdered by his wife in one of those miserable courts
which abound in that great thoroughfare. Upon making
inquiries it was ascertained that a man named Coombes
had a quarrel with his wife respecting some domestic
difference, and, during the affray, the woman stabbed
her husband in the head. The aid of the police
having been obtained, • the man, who was bleed-
ing profusely from the head, was taken to the London
Hospital, where the injuries were strapped, and the police
were ordered to take him quietly home, but to the no small
astonishment of all the crowd that had assembled outside
the gates of the hospital, the man suddenly darted across
the road between several vehicles passing at the time, and
could not be found. Whether the injury to his head had
caused a fit of dilirium, or whether he wanted to shield his
wife from punishment by keeping out of the way, is at
present unknown.

quarters' marquee, at which Mrs. Warde presided.
On account of the heat of the weather, knapsacks
were ordered to be left in garrison. The march

was intended as a substitute for the ordinary
drills, and was looked upon by officers and men
as a healthful recreation. The various sites for
the encampment were judiciously allotted by
Captain Naugle, D eputy -Assist. - Quarterm aster -
General, who was mainly asisted in the arrange-
ments of the camps by Dr. White and the me-
dical officers in attendance. Fifteen rounds of
ammunition per man and ten rounds per gun having
been issued on their departure, a well-sustained con-
test with an imaginary foe commenced on the heath

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day

Market firm. Sales, probably 10,000 bales.

AN AWKWARD AFFRAY.----it was discovered on
Sunday last that, during the previous night, the
vinery of H. Lisle, Esq., in Bailiffgate, Alnwick, had been
entered and robbed by some persons unknown. The
police authorities were informed of the circumstance, and
accordingly on Monday night, Police-sergeant Stuart
and Police-constable Stevenson went to the place to make
readilyb observations
ed by
e entered
a rs to thedepredators,
some stay, as it was considered not improbable that the
thieves might return. It was about 11 o'clock; there
te
mannerintending also to make in which it would most
was as yet no moonlight; and the shadow of the
surrounding
trees added to the darkness which pre-
vailed. The policemen stationed themselves about
fifteen yards apart, and had not waited long when they
heard the footsteps of two men ascending the steps that
led from the lower garden. The man who was in advance
struck Stevenson a blow on the arm with a heavy stick ;
the second man, who was also provided with a stick, fol-
lowed up the attack by knocking him down with a stroke
on the head. The policeman, thus taken at a disadvantage,
struggled gallantly with his assailant. He caught hold of
the second man's stick, and the two rolled over each
other, each striving to get possession of it. Sergeant
Stuart at the same time came up and closed with the
other man. The struggle in this case was equally des-
perate. Stuart was severely injured ;he received three
scalp wounds, besides several contusions on other parts
of his body. He would, iu all probability, have received
even worse injuries had not Stevenson, who had at length
wrested the stick from his antagonist, and effectually
disabled him with a tremendous blow on the head, came to
his superior's assistance. And now at length Stuart recog-
nised in his antagonist no midnight thief, but Mr. Lisle's
head gardener, who in turn discovered that the unknown
individual whom under a mistaken impression he had so
fiercely assaulted was one familiarly known to him ; nor
could they have failed to recognise each other but for the
darkness of the night. The other man proved to be an
assistant of the gardener's. They had been watching, like
the police, for the reappearance of the nocturnal plunderers,
and thus the mistake of the two parties of watchers had
been mutual. The wounds of the police-sergeant and the
gardener's assistant are unfortunately most seyere.—
Northern Express. •

at 6 o'clock, and was kept up for an hour with much

vigour, the extent of the heath admitting of the
complete details of a warm skirmish. The troops

returned to quarters at Woolwich at 9 o'clock.

Inspector-General of Hospitals, John Forrest,
M.D., C. 8., died at 10, Queen's-parade, Bath, on

the 10th inst., agst 61 years. Dr:Forrest, who was
an honorary physician to the Queen, entered the
army Nov. 10, 1825, and served in the expedition
against the Rajah of Kolapore, in 1827; he was also
employed during the expedition against the insur-
gent Boers beyond the Orange river in 1845 ; and
in the Kaffir war of 1846, for which he received a

medal. He was in medical charge of the 8d division of

the Eastern army at Gallipoli and Bulgaria, and ac-
companied the expedition to the Crimeain Sept. 1854,
and was present at the affair at Bulgarnac, capture of
Balaklava, battles of the Alma and Inkerman, and
siege of Sebastopol, and was noticed in Lord Rag-
lan's despatch after Inkerman " for his able exertions
as deserving to be most honourably mentioned."
He was rewarded with the medal with three

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clasps, made a C. 8., and received the fourth-class
order of the Medjidie. He became Inspector-General
Dec. 31, 1858, and was stationed at Malta until

Dec., 1861.

The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Commander Morgan Suisse, to the
Helicon ; Lieut. Howard• Kerr was appointed to
command the Cockchafer when that ship is recom-
missioned in China; the name of the ship was inad-
vertently omitted at the time ; Lieut. Henry G.
Stephens, to the Orontes ; Lieut. Thomas W.
Chapman, to the Revenge ; Chas. J. Bigley, master,
to the Helicon ; Charles G. Johnston, master, to
the Indus, for service in the Lord Clyde ; James
D. Willshire, master, to the Medusa ; Francis A.
Brookes and Barrington H. Chevalier, midship-

men, to the Victoria ; Arthur M. Corrie, midship-
man, to the Terrible ; James E. C. Goodrich,

midshipman, to the Achilles ; Cecil F. Foley and
Fredk. Beauclerk, midshipmen, to the Caledonia ;
G. H. C. M'Arthur, naval cadet, to the Hector;
G. P. Henderson, naval cadet, to the Royal Oak ;
H. C. Dawson and P. A. C. de Crespigny, naval
cadets, to the Victoria; F. H. Barnet, naval cadet,
to the Achilles; A. K. Woodrow and W. L. Bifield,
naval cadets, to the Formidable; E. C. Holkirk,
naval cadet, to the Terrible; H. S. Mills, naval cadet,
to the Arethusa; W. W. H. Revett, naval cadet, to
the Prince Consort; W. M'C. Maturin, naval cadet,
to the Caledonia; Dr. W. 11. Lloyd, surgeon, to the
Excellent; E. R. J. Williams, second master, to the
Caledonia; W. A. Inman, assist-paymaster, addi-
tional, to the Princess Royal; John Roberts, IVm.
Hardie, and R. Taylor, chief engineers; H. Payne,
Jas. Ellis, Joseph C. Gray, Jas. W. Hewitt, G.
Millis, Joseph J. Blunden, S. M'Callum, Wm. C. P.
Jones, Wm. Owen, and Wm. Herd, engineers; John
Jefferies, John Ferguson (B), R. H. Cooper, G.
Thompson, A. Long, Jas. Croll, G. J. Barker, Win.
Jones, T. G. Woodfield, D. M'Veau, R. B. Nicol-
son, and F. T. Russell, first-class assist-engineers;
R. J. P. Jones, W. J. Fellowes, Jas. A. Cooke,
John H. Willis, and R. Burridge, second-class as-
sist.-engineers; G. T. Stronach, Wm. Annan, and
H. C. Cocking, acting second-class assist.-engineers,
additional, to the Princess Royal, for disposal; Wm.
R. Henry, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Hector;
G. Treves, chief engineer, additional, to the Asia for
the Euryalus; E. Clements, chief engineer, to the
Indus for the Satellite; T. E. Miller and D. P.
Steddy, engineers, to the Helicon; L. J. Croome,
engineer, to the Cumberland for the Pigeon; F. M.
C. Richards, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Heli-
con; and G. F. Kent, clerk, to the Donegal.

Terrible Colliery Accident at Wigan—Eight

Persons Killed•

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An appalling colliery catastrophe, by which eight men
and boys were deprived of life with only a few seconds'
warning, occurred late on Tuesday afternoon, at the Cali-
fornia pit, situated at Pennington-green, between three
and four miles from 'Wigan. The colliery forms part of
the extensive works of the Kirkless Hall Coal and Iron
Company. It has been in existence for a considerable
time, and though only one seam—the Arley Mine, is worked,
the yearly " out-put" has been for many years as great as
at any pit in the Wigan coal-field ; while the accidents,
and particularly those of a fatal character, have been re-
markably few in proportion to the number of men employed.
When the pit is in full work, between 300 and 400 colliers
and drawers are engaged ; but on Tuesday morning only
277 lamps were given out on the pit-bank, the reason
being that the previous Saturday was " pay Saturday ;"
Monday consequently was " play Monday ;" and on Tues-
day, when the fortnight's work is commenced, the whole
of the men are never ready to begin their labour. On
Tuesday two full hours are seldom made, and though the
men descended the pit at the usual hour in the morning,
the operation of winding them up the shaft began soon
after 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
At a quarter to four about 100 of the men had been con-
veyed safely to the surface, and eight more colliers and
drawers were placed safely in the upper portion of the two-
decker cage by the hooker-on to ascend the shaft, a dis-
tance of about 315 yards. The cage was within about 45
yards of the top, 21 strokes of the engine, when suddenly,
and from some cause at present totally unexplained, the
rope slipped off the cone-shaped drum on to the shaft ; and,
though the engine was immediately checked, the cage fell
down the pit, snapping the steel wire in two like a thread,
and then dashing along with its living freight at a fearful
rate to the bottom, a fall of fully 270 yards. The work-
men at the pit eye had fortunately sufficient time to get out
of the way of the cage, which, moving with extraordinary
velocity, crashed through the boarding which covered the
dib-hole, and was hidden in the seven feet of water
which it contained. For a short time the utmost con-
sternation prevailed, but those., on charge on the pit bank
were not long in making preparations to learn the extent
of the disaster. The capstan was soon in order, and about
five o'clock four men, named James Smalishaw, Roger
Taylor, Peter Reyes, and Daniel Higson, were lowered in
a basket by its means. They found the shaft had been
very slightly injured, for the cage had been held in its po-
sition by the rods and the rope, some hundred yards of
which it had taken with it in its fall, and had lodged safely
on the top of the ascending cage. Considerable damage had
of course been done at the bottom, but the workmen who
had been waiting to ascend were safe, though much alarmed.
There was not the slightest possibility that any ono of the
eight men in the dib-hole could be alive, and it was deemed
the wisest course, as the rope on other side of the shaft was
uninjured, to proceed with the winding up of the 160 men
who were still in the pit.
The news of the accident was soon disseminated for
miles round, and a constant stream of relatives and friends
of the men employed was quickly moving to the pit from
every direction. Of the 100 who had been drawn up some
had not reached home, while of course it was impossible to
say on the pit-bank who were the 8 out of the 160 down
whose lives had thus been sacrificed. Whilst, therefore,
all of the great crowd rhich soon assembled had good
reason to hope that their friends had escaped, still there
could be nothing like certainty, and it was most affecting
to see the eager glances of anxious watchers at the black
faces of each party of workmen as the cage reached the
surface, and to notice the hearty welcome which was ac-
corded to some few of the latest arrivals, who Were received
as if they had risen from the dead.
At 20 minutes past six, after the cage had made about
20 journeys, all the living were out of the pit, and then,
under the direction of Mr. Samuel Lancaster, who was
assisted by the underlooker of the pit, preparations were
made for the recovery of the bodies. The cage was soon
fastened to the ctrong capstan-rope, and in 20 minutes

it was easily raised out of the dib-hole. It was
completely smashed, and the bodies, all of which were
inside, were fearfully crushed, though all were identified
without difficulty, as in only one case was there any con-
ziderable disfigurement of the features. The bodies were
carefully wrapped up at the bottom and sent up in couples
to the top, where carts were in readiness to convey them to
.the Running Horse Inn, Aspull, there to await the coroner's
inquest. The names of the deceased are as under :—James
Ramsdale, 23, Hindley, collier, single ; John Dunn, 18
Hindley, drawer, single ; George Ingham, 19, Hindley
drawer, single ; John Holland, 20, Ince, collier, single ;
William Bradshaw, 18, Hindley, drawer, single ; Robert
Fletcher, 12, New Springs, pony driver ; Robert Eatock,
46, Hindley, collier, married and six children ; Edward
Anderton, 27, Ince, collier, married and two children.

The cause of the accident rests at present unexplained,
but some light may perhaps be thrown upon it at the in-
quest, which will probably be opened to-day. The rope,
which wag of steel, and about 3f inches in circumference,
had been on the drum since the 13th of May, and was in
good working order. It was calculated to resist a strain of
10 or 12 tons, but this, of course, would be nothing com-
pared with the force of the jerk by which it was broken.
The drum was of conical shape, and the slipping of the
rope which caused the accident would be a circumstance
very similar to the slipping of a lad's string when he winds
his peg-top.
The Government inspector, Mr. P. Higson, paid a visit
to the pit and examined the machinery yesterday.

The last week's railway receipts ascertained up
to this day are in round figures as under :
_ _ _ _

1865. 1864.
Great Western ... £77,825 £75,130
North Western ... ..• • 123,420 115,509
South-Western ..• ..• 28,864 27,853
Brighton ... 26,174 23,489
Mi 53,937 51,419
31,489 29,374
South Eastern
Yorkshire 40,149 38,289
Great Lancashire
t ha enr nd
y.
44,922 41,890
Bristol and Exeter 7708 7479
North Eastern •••
73,295 70,,138
lanchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 20,460 19,035
Great Eastern
••• •.• . 36,534 33,363
London,
Chatham, and Dover 13,980 12,213
These returns, when compared •with those of the
corresponding period of last year, are in most in-
stances of a very favourable character. On the
Great Western there is an increase of £2,691 ; on
the North Western of £1,911 ; on the South Western
of £1,011; on Brighton of £2,685 ; on the Midland
of £2,518 ; on the South Eastern of £2,115 ; on the
Great Northern of £1,860 ; on the Lancashire and
Yorkshire of £3,032; on the Bristol and Exeter of
£229 ; on the North Eastern of £3,157 ; on the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,425 ; on
the Great Eastern of £3,171; and on the London,
Chatham, and Dover of £1,767.

TIIE NEW LAW COURTS.—The " late" Insolvent
Debtors' Court has been fitted up for the commis-
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on the erection of the now law courts and their accommo-
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the reception of the commissioners, and about the end of
the long vacation the first meeting will be held. The
matters to be advised and reported upon will be divers and
important, both as to the extent of the site and the ex-
pected outlay. The commissioners are to consist of three
officers of the Court of Chancery. The judges of the
various courts and the legal profession are to be fully re-
presented. The first question to be solved by the commis-
sioners will be as to the site—the displacement of some
hundreds if not thousands of persons—and then the ques-
tion to be considered will be whether the outlay will exceed
the amount provided.

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