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days, Christmas-day, and Good Friday being ex-
cluded; but no poll shall be kept opefl later than 4

o'clock in the afternoon.

XIX. At every such election of a member for the
University of London the Vice-Chancellor shall ap-
point the polling place, and also shall have power
to appoint two or more Pro-Vice-Chancellors, any
one of whom may receive the votes and decide upon
all questions during the absence of such Vice-Chan-
cellor; and such Vice-Chancellor shall have power
to appoint poll clerks and other officers, by one or
more of whom the votes shall be entered in the poll
book or such number of poll books as shall be

judged necessary by such ViCe•Chancellor ; and such
`Vice-Chancellor shall, not later than 2 o'clock in the

afternoon of the day next following the close of the
poll, openly declare the state of the poll, and make
proclamation of the member chosen.
XX. Every person on whom, under the provi-
sions herein before contained, a right of voting at
any election of a knight or knights of the shire to
serve in Parliament for any county, riding, parts.
or division of a county, or of a member or members
to serve in Parliament for any city or borough, is
conferred, shall, subject to the conditions affecting
such right, be entitled to vote at any election of a
knight or knights of the shire to serve in Parlia-
ment for such pounty, riding, parts, or division, or
of a member or members to serve in Parliament for

such city or borough, which takes place after the
last day of November, 1860, and, subject to the
conditions affecting his right to be registered in
any year, shall be entitled to be registered in any
register of voters to be formed for such county,
riding, parts, or division, or for such city or
borough in or after the year 1860.
XXI. Registers of voters shall be formed in and
after the year 1860, notwithstanding the continu-
ance of this present Parliament, for or in respect of
the boroughs constituted by this Act, in like man-
ner as if they respectively were boroughs now re-
turning members to serve in Parliament.
XXII. No person shall be registered in the re-
spective registers of voters to be formed during this
present Parliament for the counties and divisions
of counties in which the boroughs constituted by
this Act may be respectively situate who would
not be entitled to be so registered in case the same
were now boroughs returning members to serve in
Parliament.
XXIII. Nothing in this Act shall affect the
rights of persons whose names are on any register
of voters in force at the time of the passing of this
Act to vote at any election which takes place be-
fore the Ist day of December, 1860.
XXIV. In case a dissolution of this present
Parliament take place before the day at and from
which tho registers of voters to be first made
for the boroughs constituted by this Act begin to
be in force, the writs for the election of mem-
bers to serve in Parliament for such rospective
boroughs shall not be issued until such registers
begin to be in force.
XXV. The provisions of ',the said Act of the
second and third years of King William IV., relat-
ing to construction thereof, shall be applicable to
the enactments hereinbefore contained; and all
other the provisions of the said Act, and of any Act
amending the same, now in force, and not hereby
repealed, so far as the same are not inconsistent
with the enactments hereinbefore contained, shall
be constrned with such enactments as one Act.
XXVI. In the precept of the town clerk and
notice by the overseers, of which forms (numbered
1 and 2) are given in schedule B to the Act of the
session holden in the 6th and 7th years of her Ma-
jesty, cap. 18, the clear yearly value of £6' shall
be substituted for the ' clear yearly value of £lo,'
and in the said notice the words and assessed
taxes' shall be omitted; and, at the end of the
headings of the lists numbered 3 and 4 in the same
schedule add and of an Act passed in the 23d year
of her Majesty, entitled [insert the title of this
Act.]'
XXVII. The provisions of the said Act of the 6th
and 7th years of her Majesty, as amended by this
Act, shall be applicable for the registration of per-
sons entitled to vote, and to the rights of voting
under this Act, and to the proceedings in elections
to be had in pursuance of this Act, in like manner
as such provisions are now applicable for the regis-
tration of persons entitled to vote, to rights of
voting, and to proceedings in the election of mem-
bers to serve in Parliament.
XXVIII. All laws, statutes, usages, provisions,
and penalties now in force respecting the election
of members to serve in Parliament fur England and
Wales, except so far as the same are hereby repealed
or are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act,
shall be and remain in full force, and shall apply
as well to the election of members to serve in Par-
liament in pursurnce of this Act as to other elec-
tions of members to serve in Parliament.
XXIX. All writs to be issued for the election
of member to serve in Parliament, and all mandates,
precepts, instruments, proceedings, and notices con-
sequent upon such writs, shall be framed and ex-
pressed in such manner and form as may be neces-
sary for the carrying this act into effect.
XXX. If any person duly elected a member of
the House of Commons in any future Parliament
hold at the time of his being elected any office the
acceptance of which after his election would have
made void his seat, his acceptance, while he con-
tinues such member of any other office, upon or
immediately before his resignation of the office
holden at the time of his elction, or upon or im-
mediately before the revocation or avoidance of his
appointment to the office so holden, shall not, nor
shall any like change only of office from time to
time, make void his seat in Parliament, unless
the office so accepted be an office the holder of
which is incapable of being elected a member of
the House of Commons.

SCHEDULES.
SCREDULE (A).
Boroughs now returning two members which are
to return in future Parliaments one member each.
Guildford. Ripon. Marlborough.
Hertford. Maldon. Richmond.
Devizes. Tewkesbury. Wells.
Marlow. Knaresborough. Evesham.
Dorchester Andover. Ilarwich.
Bodinin Ludlow Totnes.
Chippenham. Ly.nington. Thetford.
Hunting-don. Leominster. Honiten.
Cirencester.

SCHEDULE (B).
Places to be boroughs to return one member each.
Birkenhed.—Cheshire—The extra-parochial eha-
pelry of Birkenhead, the several townships of
Claughton, Trantnere and Oxton, and so much of
the township of Higher Bebbington as lies to the
eastward of the road leading from Higher Tran-
mere to Lower Bebbington.
Burnley.—Lancashire—The district within the
improvement boundary, as fixed by the Act
passed in the session holden in the 9th and 10th
years of her Majesty, chapter 119 (Local and
Personal), section 98.
Staleybridge.—Cheshire and Lancashire—The dis•
trict within the police boundary of the town of
Staleybridge, as fixed by an Act passed is the
9th year of King George IV., chapter 26 (Local
and Personal).

SCHEDULE (C).
County, Riding, Parts, and Divisions of Counties
now returning two Knights of the Shire which
are to return in future Parliaments three Knights
of the Shire each.

Lancashire, Southern Divi-
sion
Lancashire, Northern Divi-
sion
Middlesex

Kent, Western Division
Devonshire, Southern Divi-

sion.
Staffordshire, Southern Divi-
sion.

Yorkshire, North Riding
Lincolnshire, Parts of Lind-

Bey
Essex, Southern Division
Somersetsb i re, Eastern Di v

sion
Norfolk, Western Division
Cornwall, Western Division
Essex, Northern Division

SCHEDULE (D).
Boroughs now returning two members which are
to return in future Parliaments three Members
each.

Manchester.
Liverpool,

Birmingham.
Leeds.

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DREADFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION
AT BURRADON.

GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.
One of the most fearful explosions which for
some years past has been recorded occurred on Fri-

day afternoon last at the coal pit at Burradon, near

Killingworth, six miles north-east of Newcastle-on-
Tyne.

To understand the nature of this terrible acci-
dent, it will be necessary to give some description

of the Camperdown or Burradon coal mine. From
the downcast shaft runs " a way" or tram-road, in

a north-easterly direction, for about 300 yards ; at
the extremity of this way the workings branch off
to the right and left. On the right, at a sharp
angle, commences a sharp, steep incline, on which
is a self-acting railway ; the length of the incline is
about 500 yards to the plane where several ways
meet, and in the neighbourhood of which the prin-
cipal workings lie. On the left, from the starting
point before indicated, is a long and crooked way,
upwards of a mile in extent, which curves round to
the east, and by an oblique series of workings joins
the extrerregasterly point of the pit, into which the
workings beyond the plane at the top of the in-
cline open. In the workings beyond the plane, at
the end of the incline, between 70 and 80 men were
employed, and in the long way between 30 and 40.
The current of air passed down the long way
to the north, round towards the eastern side, and
across over the long way into the up-cast shaft.
The gas appears to have formed in the " whole"
or solid workings near the head of the incline. The
presence of gas in this part of the pit had been
known for some time, and had caused some anxiety
amongst the men. Some of them had remained at
home from fear of an accident, and about six weeks
' age part of the men working thereabouts had beeu
turned back by the deputies and viewer. At about

half-past one on Friday, in the afternoon, a slight
explosion was observed, the exact locality of which
is not yet ascertained, but it is• believed to have
taken place in the " straight up flat," in the
" whole" or unbroken coal. Whether any serious
damage arose from this beyond injury to the per-
sons in close contiguity, is not known ; no such
terrible results followed as those which were pro-
duced by a second explosion which occured within
10 minutes ,afterwards.
Two lads, hewers, named Allen, were alarmed
by the concussion of the first explosion, and ran
down the incline towards the point at which it
joins the principal air way, and took shelter in a
cabin where the lamps, &c., are kept. Here they
were spoken to by the " back overman," William
Alderson, who, thinking that the danger was past,
urged them to return; but they refused, and the
overman left to press the same request upon the
men engaged further up to the east of the incline.
In this way he met another boy named Urwin run-
ning, and in vain persuaded him to return—the
boy's life was saved. Scarcely had he left Urwin
when the second explosion took place, and one of
the Aliens was struck by a stone driven along by
the force of the tremendous blast in the roadway,
which' destroyed the machinery and waggons with
which it came in contact. The death of Alderson
and the rest of the employed beyond the top of the
incline must have been instantaneous.
Some of the men in the " longway" felt the explo-
sion and took to their heels, warning others as they
came ; others appear not to have been conscious of
anything unusual, and only sought escape when
warned by the deputy-overman. The whole of
these fortunately escaped. The following is an ac-
curate statement of their names :
Stephen Taylor, Robert Green, Thomas Reid,
Thomas Pratt, William Rice, John Waugh, Thos.
Drysdale, Wm. Frier, Peter Martin, Thomas Smith,
Jeremiah Barnes, "Jack" (name not known), John
Oliver, Mordack M'Nab, James Forster and son,
William Brown, Richard Alderson, James Heron,
Michael Kennedy, John Robert Dixon, Benjamin
Swinburne, Robert Golightly, Matthew Golightly,
George Neal, William Johnson, jun., Robert Cal-
vert, Thomas M'Quin, Luke Beadlen, Richard
Alderson, and two boys named Allen.
Most of these persons escaped without sustaining
any injury, many of them neither felt nor heard
the explosion, but some were slightly injured.
John Frier was knocked down twice, and one of the
Beadlens sustained some slight contusions.
Meanwhile the shock had been felt at the down-
cast shaft, and a little boy, who had noticed it, ran
and alarmed the residents in the neighbouring cot-
tages. The deputies and overmen, who were not
down in the pit, fottwith commenced making
efforts to rescue those who were known to be there.
They met some of the men escaping from the
" cross-cut," or long air-way; but, persevering as
far as the " after-damp" and sulphurous vapour
would permit, penetrated nearly to the plane at
the top of the incline. To do this they had to take
in with them " brattice," or thin planks of wood,
to stop up certain openings, and so to force the cur-
rent of fresh air from the pit shaft to accompany-
them. The first body found was a lad named Za-
chariah Beadlen, who was found at the top of the
incline. Jn all directions were found broken lamp%
fragments of clothing, parts of boots and shoes, in-
dicative of the force of the terrific explosion. Up
to five o'clock this morning, 16 bodies only had
been recovered. Most of these were so dreadfully
burned and bruised as to be recognised with diffi-
culty ; few had any remnants of clothing of any
kind remaining. Each of the corpses presented a
dreadful spectacle, but were sent up the pit shaft
covered in blankets. •
The following is a list of the persons believed to
be lost, including those whose bodies have been re-
covered, viz.:—George Maddox, leaves a wife and
six children ; John Maddox, jun., nephew of the
above, leaves a wife and three or four children ;
Thomas Maddox, James Maddox, and John Maddox,
brothers, single men, and nephews of the above ;
Edward Dryden, a wife and three children ; John
Carr, a wife and seven children ' • Thomas Lawson,
single; Wm. Wilkie, a wife and four or five chip
dren ; Thomas. Wilkie, son of the above, putter,
single; James Brown, a wife and two children ;
Thos. ilkinson, a wife and family ; Thos. Thomp-
son, a wife and two children ; Wm. Turner, a wife
and one or two children; Wm. Urwin, a wife and
four children; Thos. Beadlen,single, and Zechariah
Beadlen, single, brothers ; Thos. Dawson, single :
Robert Soulsby, a wife and three or four Children ;
Wm. Donelly, a wife and family ; Joseph Vought,
single; David Addy, David Addy, jun., and John
Addy—father and two sons ; Robert Leitham,
nephew of David Addy, wife and large family—
his first day in the pit ; John M'Williams, a wife
and three children ; John Fittes, single ; Robert
Kyle, single ; Amor, married ' • Ralph Heron,
widower; John Pease, a wife and two children;
John Pease, son of the above ; John Thrift, single ;
Alfred Allen, single; John Carr, single; George
Fisher, a wife and three children ; Martin Sankey,
married three months ago; Matthew Mordue, sin-
gle; Win. Nichol, single; David Phillips, single,
and Thomas Phillips, single—brothers; Matthew
Hepplewhite, single • James Nichol, single; Andrew
Messer, single.; Matthew" Cleghorn, single, his first
day at the pit; Moses Thompson, boy; Jas. Brown,
his first day in the pit; Jacob Weatherley, boy;
Thomas Grey, boy; Wm. Cook, boy; Thomas Go-
lightly and Ritson Golightly, boys, brothers ;
Joseph Musgrave, boy; John Marshall and Thomas
Marshall, brothers, sons of a widow ; William Al-
derson, back overman, wife and five children;
Benjamin Nicholson and John Dewery, deputy
overmen, both leave large families ; Henry
Johnson, putter; Isaac Johnson, single; Hethe-
rington, boy ; Isaac Wilson, single ; John
Jervis, single; John Frier, single; Geo. Shotton, a
wife and two children; John Gallon, putter ;
Doxford, putter ; Geo. Thrift, putter ; John Cope-
land, boy ; Smith, single ; Geo. Schimpf, a wife
and two or three children ; Edward Thompson, boy;
Geo. Whips, wife and family.
Two wastemen, named Thos. Friar and Robert
Jefferson, who went down the pit to assist in re-
covering the bodies, have not been seen since about
nine o'clock in the evening, and it is supposed that
they are lost. The overman, Mr. Weatherley,
shortly after parting with them tried a trap door
leading into the waste, in the hope of being able
to approach the bodies by that route; but the noxi-
ous gas was overpowering, and he was obliged to
shut the door quickly to save his life. He thinks
the two men must have supposed he entered the
waste, and that in attempting to follow him they
were suffocated. While trying this door a little lad
of 12 or 14 came up crying bitterly for his pony.
Mr. Weatherley told him not to venture inside
the door, but he fears his warnings were disre-
garded for he has seen nothing of the poor boy
since, and is unable to hear that lie has been brought
to bank.
This list of names conveys to the mind of the
stranger no true idea of the misery which the eala,.
mit s has produced in every house in Burradon and
Camperdown. The character of many of these men
was deserving of the highest esteem, and we write
with a perfect knowledge of them, when we say
that some of theta would have adorned any sphere
of life in which they might have • been placed by
their social and domestic virtues, their morality andl
piety. George Maddox—upon whose family this
calamity has fallen with especial scverity—was a
man of sincere religious earnestness, and an active
labourer in the Sunday school of the village, wherein
he had taught for 11 yea;s with sp the excep-
tionarkly of one single Sunday. tfe was in his family
circle tenderly affectionate, and fu• 23 years never
left his house without kissing the whole of hi 3
family. Sober, just, and unpretending, 1 gained
the respect of all who lqeNtr him. Ile was an active
niemhet• of the Provisional Committeeof the Miners'
and was usually egged
Provident Association,