The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-05 00:00:00

GREAT COLLIERY STRIKE.

The notices given to from four to five hundred of the
miners employed at the Denaby Main Colliery, the deepest
pit in Yorkshire, situated near to Mexbro', on the South
Yorkshire Railway, expired on Wednesday, and the
men brought out the whole of their tools, and are
now idle. The notices were given on account of a largo
mPjority of the men joining the South Yorkshire Miners'
Association, the firm refusing to employ any men who be-
long to the union. Although every effort has been put forth
by the association, the managing partner refused to withdraw
the notice unless a pledge were given that the men would leave
the union, which they positively refused to do. The South
Yorkshire Miners' Association is the largest and most power-
ful organisation of its kind, having over 8,000 members, with
a spare capital of £lO,OOO. Nearly 1,200 miners, together
with their wives and families, aro now dependent on the
union funds. In addition to the men who are locked out at
Denaby Main, from eight hundred to nine hundred are under
notice at the Thorncliffe and Chapeltown Collieries and
Ironworks, not only to leave their employment, but also
their houses, gardens, &c., after the expiration of 28 days
from the 24th of February last. Although the notices are
said to le only on account of a change in the firm, the men
are apprehensive of a reduction, and are holding meetings
and adopting means for resisting such a movement.

Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by their
Royal Highnesses Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, and
Prince Arthur, visited the Zoological Gardens, at Regent's-
park, and South Kensington Museum, yesterday.

General Schenck's Finance Bill, providing for the
payment of the United States debt in gold, has finally passed
through Congress, and now awaits only tho sanction of the
President.

Yesterday morning the Earl of Shaftesbury laid the
foundation stone of a number of almshouses to be erected on
the outskirts of Sheffield by Mr. Mark Frith, the Master
Cutler for two years in succession. The almhouses will
cost upwards of £30,000, will be thirty-six in number,
accommodating forty-night men and women (twelve mar-
ried couples and thirty-six single persons).

Judgment was given yesterday iu the Court of the
House cf Lords Appeals, in the case of Hudson and the North
Eastern Ilan w nyCompany, involving a question of mortgaged
property to a railway company. The Lord Chancellor said the
whole matter turned on the proper construction that ought to
be put upon the agreements entered into bet w en Mr. Hud-
son and the company, Mr. Meson to v og to claim certain
indulgencies in meeting his engagements. The appellants
gave further time to Mr. Hudson to meet his engage-
ments, but without prejudice, they contend, as affecting
their original agreements. His lordship said he should
propose that the original decree of the Master of the Rolls
should be reversed, it appearing to Lim that any arrange-
ment entered into between Mr. Hudson and the company
subsequent to the original agreement, did not prejudice that
original agreement. Lord Westbury and Lord Colonsay
concurred. Appeal allow,:d with cots, and also the costs in
the court kelow,