The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-04 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

CUSTOM-HOUSE, JULY 2.
ENTERED INWARDS.—The Cambyses, from Alexandria ;
Albert, Oporto ; Black River Packet, Sydney ; Ann
Bridson, Port Fairy and Victoria • Jane Adolphe, Nantes ;
Juno, fottenburgh ; Emerald, Antigua ; Plato, Bahia ;
City of Peterburgh, Moulmein; Conte Hartig, Trieste;
Daniel Wheeler, Port Louis and Mauritius ; Sydney, Co-
lombo ; Laurvig, Moulmein ; Fairy, Memel ; Liverpool,
Savannah ; Lotus, Barbadoes ; Marquis of Bute, Charente ;
Charles, Dantzie ; Anna, Monte Video ; Horizon, New
Orleans ; Arethusa, Cape of Good Hope ; Twee Vrienden,
Oporto ; David Malcolm, Bombay ; Catharine Tellicherry,
Calcutta.

ENTERED OUTWARDS TOR LOADING.—The Wilhelmine,
for Konigsburg ; Gilinore, Port Philip ; Madras, Sierra
Leone ; Leo, Hamburgh ; Flora, Hamburgh and Har-
burgh ; George Reynolds, Malta and Alexandria ; Taletta,
Konigsburg ; Cambridge, Calcutta ; Lotus, Barbadoes ;
Ranger, Bremen ; Concord, Constantinople ; Emerald,
Antigua ; Yanden, Oporto ; M`Donnell, Port Adelaide.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Christina, for
Hamburgh ; Ann Mitchell, Bombay ; Friendschaft, Ham-
burgh ; Panope, San Francisco ; Northumberland, Port
Philip ; Excavator, Cherbourg; M'Donnell, Port Philip;
Sophia, Odessa ; Arannah, Hamburgh ; Georgia, Calcutta ;
Rubens, Rio Janeiro ; Brilliant, Santa Cruz and Grand
Canary.

THE SUN, tONDON, MONDAY EVIINING, JULY 4, 185 3.

and the empire. Let that be done, and we shall
have no war. Let it be not done, let Russia push
her soldiers to the foot of the Balkan with impu-
nity, and there dictate terms, as to the Sultan she
alleges it to be her intention, and the Western
Powers give up ipso facto the interests for which
they were arming, and all declare all their remon-
strances and threats to be mere idle vapouring.
The entire conduct of Russia since February is
inexplicable, except upon the generally-believed
supposition that there is a powerful party in the
empire which is growing impatient, and which blames
Nicholas for being so dilatory in pushing forward his
means of conquest. It is a war party that sent and
supports Prince Menchikoff, and, if it triumph, if it
can exhibit to the Czar the Western Powers aban-
doning Turkey, or some of the best provinces of Tur-
key, to the invader, it will acquire fresh spirit, insol-
ence, and hardihood, and fresh national support
for more audacious advances. If, on the other
hand, the position taken up by this party can be
shown to have put Russia at a disadvantage, and
to have led to measures which must permanently
render the capital of Turkey secure against an in-
vasion from the Black. Sea, then the more rational
and tolerant statesmen of Russia will resume
the sway, and we shall have to deal with a rational
European rival instead of with a barbarous Asiatic
antagonist.

SERIOUS COLLIERY ACCIDENT AT OLDHAM.

On Friday afternoon a shocking and most fatal explo-
sion of gas occurred at the coal mine of Mr. Butter-
worth, Bent Grange Colliery, Oldham, resulting in 17
deaths-15 of the colliers (men and boys) having been
killed at once, and two having died subsequently. The
accident occurred about 3 o'clock, and was accompanied
by a very-loud report. The gas is believed to have been
fired in a level running in a westerly direction from the
main road, and about 300 yards from the shaft. Some
men had been working in this level on Thursday night,
making a roadway ; and the men whose places were near
it were cautioned to be very careful during the day, as
the night men had of necessity moved a sheet which
turned the air into the workings. It i 3 said, however,
that William Wild, one of the deceased, went to the spot
immediately before the explosion with the top off his
lamp, which was placed in his waggon. It is said to
have been a practice for the men to work with the tops
off their lamps, and to smoke when they pleased.
An explosion occurred at this colliery on the 9th of
October, 1850, when 15 persons were killed. At that
time there was only one shaft, which was divided by a
brattice for the purpose of ventilation, but a second
shaft near to the existing one was being sunk. This
shaft was completed in February, 1851, and has since
been used as the downcast pit. The old shaft is the
upcast, and a current of air through the mine is secured
by a steam jet, the pipe from one of the boilers being
carried 35 yards below the surface. Each of the shafts
is about 220 yards deep. The coal got is known as the
Ryley Mine ; it is about 2ft. 10in. thick, with about
18 in. of " bass." The mine is said to be very free from
" faults," and to be fully an average one as to freedom
from gas.
We subjoin a list of the 17 persons who have been
killed by the explosion, with such names of the sufferers
as could be ascertained, many of those brought out alive
being at their homes, of whose present state no particu-
lars have yet been obtained.

The following is a list of the killed lying at the Abbey
Inn :

Elkanah Howarth, Booth-end-lane, aged 30, wife and
three children.

Samuel Ashworth, Cow-bill, 43, wife and five children.
William Wild, Royton, 22, single.
John Jones, Red-town-nook, 30, wife and child.
Robt. Haslam, Middleton, 84, wife and three children.
Joseph Halkyard, Royton, 35, wife and four children.
Robert Crookson, Royton, 28, wife and three children.
Joseph Jackson (did not work in the pit), Coldhurst,
20, single.
Samuel Ogden, Hegginshaw, 35, wife and five children.
Simeon Smith, Haggate' 38, wife, but no children.
Henry Kershaw, North Moor, 21, single.
James Kershaw, (his father), 44, wife and five children
George Whittaker, Oldham, 21, single.
Robert Mellor, Oldham, 50, wife and two children.

William Fitton, Oldham, 35, wife and five children.
Of those who have died in their houses in Royton are
—Nathaniel Gill, 30, widower, one child ; and Luke
Brierley, 10, drawer's assistant.
Among the injured are—

Robert Mellor, a lad, very much bruised, burnt, and
suffering from the afterdamp; not expected to recover.
Joseph Hallsworth, a young married man, with one
child, severely burnt on the shoulder.

Edward Biitterwortb, 18, much bruised and blown.

Brierley and Samuel'Wild, two lads, suffering, much
from afterdamp, and also " blown" hen got wit, but
much better to-day.
Richard Crookson (broTher to Robert, one of the de-
ceased, bruised, and suffering from afterdamp.
Gill and Brierley died early on Saturday morning,
there having been no hope of their recovery ; most of
the other unfortunate men were dead when they were
got out of the pit. The last dead bodies were brought
out between half-past 11 and 12 o'clock on Friday night;
and, although some parts of the mine have not yet been
examined, the underlooker was confident that none of
the men were missing on Saturday afternoon.

Mr. T. F. F. Dearden, coroner for the Rochdale dis•
trict, opened the inquest upon the bodies at the Abbey
Inn, about 3 o'clock, but nothing could be done beyond
the identification of the bodies ; and the inquiry was ad-
journed until the receipt of a reply from the Secretary
of State, relative to an inspector being sent down.