The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-08 00:00:00

ROLLS' COURT.—(THIS DAY)
HOWARD V. HOWARD.
This was a supplemental suit. The circumstances of tb6l
case are as fellow :—The plaintiff, Mrs. Ann Howard,
entitled to certain estates In the islands of St. Vincent
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Eustatia, in the West Indies, as the executrix of her inetnrf,l
Lady Bolton, which had been secured to her by.s tede:it
settlement executed upon her marriage. The origieilla
was instituted b the plaintiff in the present cause coni
with her husband.; but the latter having become bankr2Z
Mrs. Howard filed the present bill solely on her own ace°lo
Preliminary objections were taken by the defendanN, it
contended that the plaintiff could not file the presendt
erns.vl
being inconsistent with the former suit, and for a
purpose.
Mr. Kindersly was heard to-day on behalf of the Plain
MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS loWst
)
tel
John Young and John Fletcher, two stout young • imp
were brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with cOn:d 7,.
a violent assault upon Mr. William Driver, licensed
tualler, 13, Hemming's-row. beat
The complainant stated that yesterday
.afternoen,..B s
quarter-past one, the defendants came Into his 1,1.1„, foe
state of intoxication. He desired them to leave P."
The defendant Fletcher forced his way into the parlottr the
he was obliged to use some violence to force him out
room. Fletcher rushed upon him and kicked- him
Eventually some of the neighbours came to hil''''"r"
when the defendants were given into custody.
The defendant Fletcher denied the assault.
~„t olont
Mr. Bneowam said that he had committed a Inv--.11 sibe
and unprovoked assault upon a respectable tradestnino his
very properly refused to serve or harbour drunken tae hiss
house on the Sabbath, he (Mr. Bingham) should flutio of
505., or twenty-one days' imprisonment in the 11,°...part
Correction. The defendant Young, who did not takeiwi
in the assault, he should discharge. 4th tosliPg
Hyain Rentill was placed at the bar, charged ls 6 perry
fourteen pieces of silk handkerchiefs, value 14/.., the colt-
of Mr. William Gate, hosier, Glasshouse-streets
street. ipeeed that
James Pollock, shopman to the prosecutor, d „‘ risooor
about eleven o'clock on the 4th inst. he observed to. erno the
lurking about the shop-door. Witness kept his eye.i-hdres
prisoner's movements, when a customer coming int i,l",r 101
his attention for a few minutes. After the ellst°Tre
left witness went to the shop-door, and found that riosell
Boner had taken the opportunity_ to walk off with thtAed tS
pieces of silk handkerchiefs. He immediately
tot°
the Viue-street station and gave notice of the rob.-;e.psst
police, who took the prisoner into custody about Dw'
eleven this morning..
a
Police-constable 100 E said that he had not tioti tbi
trace the property yet, but should be enabled to (It?
prisoner was remanded for a few days.
The prisoner denied the charge.
Mr. BINGHAM remanded him till Wednesday pat'

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert took their usuid 21
Saturday in the vicinity of Osborne House. , VIM
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales' 01M
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princesl---"„odges
and rode on Saturday morning in the platelre-b`"- j
Osborne House.
Th-• ,bridge"

:eir Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Caul'-- /OP
the Princess Mary attended Divine service yesterdsi LoreS
ing in Grosvenor Chapel. Baroness Hammerstein an?
Knesebeck were in waiting on the Royal Duchess. 004
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge- match
Divine service yesterday morning in St. Penns '1"
Knightsbridge. 1,,,e001"
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge ""-lt
the Italian Opera with her presence on Saturday eed
Lady Augusta Cadogan, Baron Knesebeek, and Mt.
Mildmav were in waiting on her Royal Highness. 4,0
A Cabinet Council was held at half-past two °OW°
Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The
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present were Lord John Russell, the Marquis of f
the Earl of Minto, Sir. George Grey; Viscount Pal>pl.sP'
Earl Grey, the Earl Auckland, Sir John Hobborg,h.
Campbell, the Earl of Clarendon, Viscount MsrP.7l:l:,s,
Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Pascal"—
the Right Hon. H. Labouchere. ; wabi
The Lord Chancellor arrived at four o'clock, and")
colleagues.
The Council broke up at a quarter-past five o'cled6tb
Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard had an interview. *i
George Grey at the Home.office on Saturday. 1000/7.
Prince and Princess Callimaki, accompanied by
Zohrab, have returned .to town from Cowes, Isle eff, •
whither they had gone to witness the launch °owe
steamer, built by Messrs. 'l'. and J. White, for the, CO
Government. The vessel was named by the Prim
maki, with the usual ceremony, the " Rassitee Tid.P7g
A deputation, consisting of Lord Monteagle, Viec°l2o°°/,‘
sareene, Right Hon. Frederick Shaw, M.P. Mr.X4.l."'
and Mr. Grogan, had an interview with Lord
Saturday, at his official residence in Downing-street' set,"
At the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday, 061(010
was preached at the early service by the Rev. Dr' or
and the sacrament was administered by the Bish°Proielt"-
don. The Duke of Wellington and the DowagerL;ver
of Erroll were among the communicants. At their-test
vice the prayers were read by the Rev. J. V. Povs",rificew
sons by the Rev. T. llelmore, and the Communion se, bi the
the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The sermon was preach°".nd
Bishop of Winchester. The anthem, " Save, Lord, „--cis
us" (Hayes), was sung by Messrs. Bennet, Frami"
Bradbury. Mr. Turle presided at the organ. lA—elow
ville, Listowell, Castlereagh, and W. Graham, wets
the nobility present.

MR. BUNN'S BENEFIT AT DRUBv
LANE THEATRE. 001
On Monday, the 15th March, Mr. Bunn takes .16, to
..5
e
benefit at Drury-lane, and, considering his manY_; cl. csoot
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the patronage of the lovers of the lyrical drains, ,-„*.stiAs'
doubt but that he will have a bumper. Balfe,
Benedict (from his long sojourn amongst us, we ar,e,.00610",
to rank the latter among English composers)areeaeu:
to Mr. Bunn for their first introduction to the Englis:
and if we look only to the last season, we shall: o's"
that Mr. Bunn. has greatly increased his claitn_e 0' jog
patronage and support- The fame of an Engl;:jret-
who on the Continent had well sustained the '110"`-`
Tetion of her country, and had foe" two X "ong
donna of the San Carlo at Naples, hadreached bee l.co- foe
land, and Mr. Bunn lost no time in securing her
dr
Drury-lane. Madame Anna Bishop was engsg_
.°M ant;
during the whole of her engagement, which deo
aft h
December, drew crowded houses. This engagetnerrt.oglis-
Mr. Bunn an opportunity of introducing ,a young. ,s irit
composer to the public, and the success of intituftm
opera was such as to afford brilliant
PlisE"istt I."ifgetent, the
At the conclusion of Madame ---- °lfs waa pro:
opera of The Bondman, the chef d"vre ° deserved. ft
duced, audits success was as complete as
it
w"
have beef/
-Mr. Lave:
less enterprising manager than Mr. Bunn would
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content with these successes, but even while ..'
to rue"
was still drawing crowded houses, it was withdrawn, swat
way for a new opera by Vincent Wallace, Matilda'
gorgeous and magnificent grand opera ever produced w
,oge
the walls of Old Drury, the glories of which eclipse eV?n rgio
of Gustavus and Lestoeq. In the ballet department Mr7..'Ta
began the season with the engagement of Flora Fab!),fist
her succeeded Sophia Fuoco, who achieved a more 007 W
success than any danseuse who has ever appeared
do, t"
English stage, and when her engagement was coneli job
lovely and fascinating Baderna made her avatar• mLiotbil
bare enumeration of some of the claims of Mr. Baml • pISC.
favour of the public, and if there be anything lu'et oice,„
arpreciation on their part of the enterprise and tale:ill re W
has been exerted in catering for their amusement+ enrol'
not be a single place unoccupied within the walls ef4re,ll!
lane by seven o'clock on the evening of the 15th of

A
DREADFUL COLLIERY '-
G
DENT.
-UPWARDS OF SEVENTY LIVES LOST'
ec ord
BARNSLEY, MARCH 6, FIVE. P.m.—We regret rto 001/
'earful coat-pit accident, attended with the loss of
At the
eighty lives, which took place yesterday afternoon, Aboa
Great Ardsley Main, or Oaks Colliery, near BarnsleY' 311
three o'clock, several persons near the mouth of thejnisf
alarmed by a terrific explosion from the shalt, which i, ~,,
°'
lowed by an eruption of smoke, timber, coal, stoe, of
lye
sembling the eruption of a volcano. Two or threg
ir
men were removing the corves from the pit- Inollto
time. We understand that there had been no-preVieboie""
cations of danger up to the very moment of the °fringe;
The pit was considered to be in an ordinary state b
with the exception of one bank on the west side of_..,nlue stri,
gate, which was between an upper sad lower 5n,,, fed
about seventeen feet in length. The men were inerh
use great caution in passing that part of the pit of
The parties who were in the immediate neighbow,,,,Atit.l
this place have perished. None remain to give en a'soo3:s
the origin of the accident, which is believed to hicret
this spot. The explosion was of so violent a chitrtliet
it blew up the landing at the mouth of the pit, and
n
stones, &c., to the height of 30 or 40 yards.
Immediately after the explosion, Mr. George Wils"dol'ill
of the managing proprietors, with several men, went
re der
into the pit, to ascertain the state of the case, and tf, red
the sufferers such aid as might be within hulliyhe
Unhappily, the time of the explosion was whell.,,erkit
force of men and boys, to the number of 100, were " joy
in the pit. Mr. Wilson was accompanied by Geolg fers
tage, the under ground-steward, Joseph Littlewood'hoiv
man, and several men. In descending the pit, their
groans and cries of distress from the sufferers in P'en srb°
tions; and on reaching the bottom, some of the 01,400:
had gathered round the shaft assailed them with Orfontil
tions of gratitude. Several of the men still living werLior*
to be severely wounded by the concussions they had sui.aitl.
during the explosion. Others were in a state of insensreio
Twenty-three were drawn out of the pit alive in a short Aoll
and about an hour afterwards three others. The melerl`ere
search was continued, and before twelve at night 41 other° beett
taken out dead. Being convinced that all who had not thelloi
found must be dead, and the state of the pit being such,. nod
render it very unsafe to continue the search, Mr. WilsePilso
his assistants re-ascended the shaft. Measures Well..mettO
taken for ventilating the pit. But this was rendered twlaste
by the fact that the explosion bad broken down the 8015 ell
ing wall between the downcast and the up-cast shafts• del;
one more body was recovered up to three o'clock to' ti'
but the utmost efforts were being made to restore the We
lation of the pit, so as to render possible a more elf tbe
search for the bodies. Armitage and Littlewood had.„l d re'
pit about a quarter of an hour before the explosiontZ
ported in the office that it was perfectly healthy. AP" bee"
the property of Messrs. Frith, Barber, and Co., and has
worked four or five years. It is 282 yards deep. • the
Between 30 and 40 of the dead bodies yet renlBlll,,tri
0,
pit. About the pit mouth and all the roads leading 'O/00
pit were to be seen the mourning and anxious relations of
deceased or injured miners, whose lamentations war_", l
ger
melancholy. The inquest is expected to take place.on.,hiels
day, before Mr. Lee, coroner of the district. The pit, the
is the scene of this sad calamity, is about two miles trv_4loo.l
scene of the accident which a few weeks ago caused lu
of six lives.

• hiSir Robert and Lady Peel entertained sZehite-
Arty to dinner yesterday, at the family residence ie "
ciall-gardens. gatlM
OPENING OF NEW OXFORD.STREET.--On net
evening the thoroughfare of New Oxford-street Was •°Pe
to the public.
JENNY LlND.—Jenny Lind has finally
to come to London and sing at her Majesty's Theatre, for
Lumley giving her an indemnity against all actionl.„o
breach of contract with Mr. Bunn. The battle in the
will therefore be fought, if at all, between the two inlina:V"
—Morning Herald.
Brest fpr
The Friedland, three-decker , bqu as left
Toulon, and is destined to join the sadron in the
terranean. lOW the
arralter

We are glad to learn from Montauba,
account given by the Journal de Toulouse, stating that Wee
persons had been killed here in a riot, was unfottlicied--7
Galignani.
Lord Ashburton received Viscount MOrpetb aliaa
a select circle on Saturday evening, at his mansion in ricc -
dilly. left
His Serene Highners the Prince of Hesskr
London on Saturday morning, by the General Steam --
gation Company's steam-kbip Triton, for Ostend.