The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-07 00:00:00

BANK of ENGLAND, March 6, 1860.
THE Court of Directors of the Governor and
Company of the Bank of England give notice that a
GENERAL COURT will be held at the Bank on THURSDAY,
the 16th inst., at 12 o'clock precisely, to cansider a Er vidend.
Also, that another General Court will be held at, the Bank
on TUESDAY, the 10th of April next, from 10 o'clock in the
forenoon till 4 in the afternoon for the election of a Governor
and D..puty-Governor for the year ensuing (which will be
declared that evening) ; and the same Court will be con-
tinued, by adjournment, and held in the same place, and
during the same hours, on WEDNESDAY, the 11th of April
next, for the election of 21 Directors (which will be also one of
the Quarterly General Courts appointed by the charter) ; ard
the election of the 24 Directors mil be declared as soon as the
scrutiny is over.
Printed lists of the proprietors having votes will be ready
to be delivered at the Bank, on Monday, the 26th of March.
JAME€ STEWART, Secretary.
N.B. By an Act passed in the seventh year et' the reign of
George 111., no person will be entitled to vote at the said
election who shall not have been six calendar months pos-
sessed, in his own right, of the stock for which he shall then
give his vote, unless the said stock shall have been acquired,
or shall have come by bequest or by marriage, or by succes-
sion to an intestate's estate, or by the custom of the city of
London, or by any deed of settlement after the death of any
person who shall have been entitled for life to dividends of
such stock.

PRICE 4D• STAMPED, SD.

occurring at the mill are reconverted into pulp be-
fore the charge of duty is made. It is impossible
to deny that the principle on which we thus.atted
is of more extended application ; but we have else-
where explained to your lordships how impracti-
cable it would be to attempt to carry it into effect.
"Equally difficult is it to defend upon prin.
ciple the subjection of artificial parchment to
the paper duty, while the true parchment is
free; yet it is absolutely necessary to maintain
(as we did in the Court of Exchequer) that a
process of manufacture admitting of no other de,
scription than that which would be given of paper-
making must be treated precisely as paper-making,
and it is clear.that the abandonment of our claim for
duty in the one case would necessarily lead to the
same result in the other. We should otherwise
gladly have abstained from interfering with this
new and ingenious production, which we fear has
been entirely suppressed by the judgment which
placed it under the revenue laws.
" It would be a very long task to enumerate all
,the cases falling within the class to which we have
hitherto confined our remarks ; cases, namely, in
which the excise survey and duty attaches to one
description of manufactured article, while another,
its competitor in the market, is left entirely free.
In many of them the evil is apparently trifling,
though not so in reality ; and even in those which
we have noticed the importance of the inequalities
in the incidence of the duty will not be duly esti-
mated, except by those who are conversant with the
effect of very small differences in profit in the
course of trade. But we have probably said enough
to prove our concurrence in the Chancellor of the
Exchequer's allegations, for we cannot perceive a
more untenable position for the heads of a revenue
department than that in which we are placed when,
in answer to complaints from persons whose trade
is annihilated by our exaction of a duty from which
their competitors are exempt, we can only say that
such is the necessary consequence of the existence
of the tax. It is this utikrtunate effect of the paper
duty which so distinguishes it for evil; and it is to
this that we limit our observations on the present
occasion. Indeed, such inequality of pressure as
we have mentioned appears to afford a more valid
ground of objection than the mere amount of pres-
sure which is insisted upon with so much earnest-
ness and ability by publishers, newspaper proprie-
tors, and other advocates of the repeal of the paper
duty.
" With the statements-and arrbmments of these
gentlemen your lordships are doubtless
and at all events can require no assistance from us
in order to appreciate their importance and their
bearing upon the question under consideration.
We have, &c.,

ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
6, New Bridge-street, Blaekfriara.
London, sth March, 1860.
This is to Give Notice, That the Annual GENERAL
COURT will be held at the Society's House, No. 6, New
Bridge-street, Blackfriars, on SATURDAY, the 17th day of
March, at Two o'clock precisely, to receive the Auditors Re-
port of the receipts and disbursements of the Society during
the year 1859, and to elect Auditors for the present year.
By order of the Board of Directors,
ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary.

RED SEA AND INDIA TELEGRAPH
COMPANY.
Sixth Call, making with the deposit £l7los paid.
Notice is Hereby Given, That a Call of £2lOB per share has
been this day made on the shares of the Company, payable on
SATURDAY, the 31st March inst, at the public Drawing-office
of the Bank of England.
Interest at the rate of £5 per cent. will be charged on all
calls in arrear, and the guaranteed interest will not run until
the payment is made.
Dated this 2d day of March, 1860.
By order of the Board.
C. L. PEEL, Secretary.
62, Moorgate-street, E.C.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Grand
CASINO, open every Evening, with the celebrated
Band. Established 10 years. Conducted by Mons. Lamotte ;
principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Doors open at half-
past 8, commence at 9. Close a few minutes before 12. Ad-
mission, 10.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS,
HIGH HOLBORN,
This Establishment, pre-eminently distinguished for the
elezanee and matchless beauty of its decorations, combined
with the perfection of its management is OPEN EVERY
EVENING. The celebrated band, under the direction of Mr.
W. M. Packer, plays a nightly-varied selection of the mot t
aPProved classical and modern musts. Doors open at half-
past 8. Overture at 9. Closing at 12. Admission, One

BURROWS AND CO Wholesale Wine Mer-
chants, LIVERPOOL. •
stores Lime-street.
Offices 54, Duke-street.
The Proprietors beg most respectfully to call the attention
of the trade, noblemen, cleruy, &c., and the public in general,
to their extensive stock of Choice Wines, of rare vintages.
Rurtuows and Co. are not disposed to comment upon the
purity of their wines, which is daily most laudably acknow-
ledged by the public and eminent medical men of all coun-
tries, as the increasing patronage of the highest families in
the Lind is a sufficient guarantee.
They beg to call particular attention to their pure Tonic
Wines, as being so valuable to Invalids and persons of weak
stomachs.
A sample case, containing three full-sized wine bottles,
will be forwarded to any address on receipt of P. 0.0. for 6s.
ed., or a dozen for 245.
It is a well-known fact that impure and adulterated wines
are the greatest foes to health, producing acidity in the
stomach, and debilitatino. the Ceestive organs, while pure
wines will accelerate the digestive powers, invigorating,
strengthening, and bracing the nervous system.
Their Tonic Wine is admitted to be most essential to in-
valids, both old and young, and should never be absent from
the homes of the weak and sickly. Its properties are duly
acknowledged and appreciated by the leading men of the
faculty, both at home and abroad.
To prevezt imposition each bottle is sealed with the name
of the firm. .

" C. PRESSLY.
" C. J. HERMES.
"A. D. GORDON'.
"The Lords Commissioners of her
Majesty's Treasury."

THE UOLLIERY EXPLOSION AT

BUI?RADO.V.

NEWCASTLE ON-TINE, Monday Night.
Since 3 esterday evening not more than six bodies
have heen got out of the Bur radon pit. Last night
the " styth," a sort of chokedamp, beat the explor-
ing parties back about 83 yards, and they have not
been making any great advances towards the face
of the whole coal to-day. The Government Insp(
tor of Mines, Mr. Dunn, informed me this afternoon
at the pit that it has been pretty conclusively
established that 80 men and boys have been lost ;
and, as the bodies of 60 have been found and sent
to bank, 20 more have yet to be recovered. It is
supposed that several bodies are lying under falls
of coal and stone that came from the roof of the
mine at the moment of the explosion. The carcasses
of 20 dead horses have to be brought to bank yet,
which will have to be done as speedily as possible,
as they are causing a horrible stench in the mine,
so much so that Mr. Davison, Mr. M'Allister, and
Mr. Thompson, surgeons, have had to go down into
the pit and employ disinfectants to improve its
sanitary condition.
The bodies of the two wastemen, Friar and Jeffer-
son, who went down the pit after the explosion,
but who entered the " waste" and perished by the
after damp, were found between 1 and 2 o'clock this
morning. They had not got three yards before
they were overpowered and killed. It is supposed
that they had rushed in to do something with an
instrument that regulates the air, as they were
found only a few yards from it. One of the bodies
picked up this morning was blown into four pieces ;
and the head of a horse killed by the explosion was
found 50 yards from the carcass.
Mr. Reed, the coroner for South Northumberland,
as reported in The Sun, opened an inquest on Sa-
turday night on some of the bodies, and adjourned
it until Friday. He held an inquest upon the
body of a boy named Golightly this afternoon,
which, with others, has been brought out of the
pit since Saturday. The inquest was held in the
colliery-office ; and to appearance--and, in fact, I
was informed such was the case—several of the jury-
men were persons employed about the pit. A more
lame and inconclusive investigation was never at-
tempted to be made into such a fearful occurrence
as the one recorded, which has destroyed 80 lives.
It is to be hoped that the inquest on Frilay will
go more fully into evidence reported below. Only
two overmen belonging to the pit were examined
today. Mr. Dunn, the Government Inspector, Mr.
Foster, Mr. Carr, and other gentlemen connected
with mines were in the room during the investiga-
tion. The first witness examined was

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bead, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best
medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed
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ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons de-
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may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Pre-
pared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 20, Jermyn-
street, Haymarket, and by all druggists, in bottles, 134 d.,
2s. 3d. and 40. 6d. each. Be particular and ask for Lambert's
Asthmatic Balsam. William Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street is
engraved on the stamp.

Wm. Kerkley, overman at Burradon Colliery,
who said that ho was down the pit last Friday
morning. He came cut at 8 o'clock. He visited
all the workings in the first east bank before he
came out, which was the place where he believed
the first explosion took place. He was down from
1 o'clpek until 8, and while down he found the air
good and free. There could not be less, in his be-
lief, than 35,000 cubic feet of air per minute pass-
ing through the workings. When he visited the
pit, according to his estimation, there was sufficietit
air for the safety of the mine. At the particular
place where the first explosion occurred- he saw
Wm. Williams working in the whole eoal. There
was no indication of gas at that place. Gas escapes
from the whole coal at times very unexpectedly.
When he left the pit at 8 o'clock everything ap-
peared to be satisfactory and safe.
After some further evidence, the jury returned a
verdict that Golightly had died from the effects of
an explosion in Burradon pit, but that there was
no evidence to show how it originated.

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Cannon street West.

E. L. BAGSTIAW, Esq., occupied the chair•.
The usual routine business having been tran-
sacted,

The MANAGER (G. H. Law, Esq.), read the an-
nual report as follows :
" Your directors have to-day a very simple but
very pleasant duty to perform.
" A faithful survey of the transactions of the
past year, the results of which are embodied in the
balance shut about to be laid before you, enables
the directors to report a marked and highly satis-
factory progress in every department of the busi-
ness. Without going into all the details in sup-
port of this statement, it will be— s.uflicipat to point
to a large accession of new customers,Lait increase
in the amount of current premiums received to the
extent of 40 per cent., and of discounts to 100 per
cent. over those of last year- as well as a consider-
able-addition to the list of depositors.
" The purchase of the lease and fixtures of the
very valuable and appropriate prethises in which
you are now assembled, and the removal of the
business thereto, have, of course, increased the
item of 'charges' for the year; but your directors
feel sure of voue hearty concurrence in what can-
not fail to aid in the general advancement of the
best interests of the company.
" The directors have also the gratification of
being able to anticipate a very considerable reduc-
tion in the general expenditure during the current
year.

"The promise of the future is certainly not less
cheering than the actual realisations of the past.
The indications all around point to immensely
greater activity in the monetary and commercial
operations of the country, and under much healthier
influences then have for some years'past favoured
them ; the result of which, your directors feel, must
inevitably be that the wealth of those that ht ve it
will speedily find its way, in order-to profitable f.m.
ployment, into the hands of those who have it not.
" One of the powers contained in the deed of
settlement, hitherto dormant, has recently been put
into operation —namely, 'Ordinary Permanent Life
Insurance;' and a not inconsiderable number of
policies have already been effected, and your direc-
tors feel justified in looking to this source for a large
augmentation of the profits of the -company ; (spe-
cially when they remember that the' transaction of
this-business will require only-a slight-additional
expense.
" In this department, particularly the share••
holders are reminded how great the service they
may render by inducing their friends to insure their
lives in the Life Assurance Treasury.

" With the experience of the past four years be-
fore youwith the business steadily improving,
both in quality and amount—with the entire confi-
dence of that large number of highly respectable
persons-who transact business with-the company—
with the evidence which the last two months afford
of the promi:e of a much greater increase of busi-
ness during 1830 —and with the anticipated favour-
able result of the further development, frem time
to tire, of the powers of the deed of settlement,
your directors kel fully warranted in holding out
to the shareholders the realisation at eo distant
day, of seeing the Life As3uranee Treasury not
merely one of the most profitable, but also one of
the mo6t useful of public companies
" iVei have now to call your attention to the more
immediate bo,inets of the day. The balance sheet,
indrri.ed by the gentlemen appointed as the audi-
tor:: for the year, will be laid before you.
" The retiring directors are Edm. Lloyd Bag-
shawe, and Albert. Ceeksliaw, Esqrs., and, bring
eligible, we ask yen to te-elect them.
ennlsTortirit Melleot, Bath, having
qualified himself for a director, and bringing with
him censiderable influence, you are recommended
cordially to elect him to a seat at the board in the
room of the late Rev. H. P. Houghton.
" The only other appointments to be made to day
are those of the auditors, George Pearce Pocock and
Launeetot Newton, Esqrs , who offer themselves
for re-election.

" The usual rate of interest on the capital of the
company for the past year, namely 5 per cent. per
annum, is recommended to be paid to the share-
ho:dcrs.

" Since the last annual meeting your directors
exceedingly regret to state, that two highly
esteemed members of their body have been removed
by death, and their seats left vacant at the board—
the Right Hon. the Earl of Devon and the Rev.
Henry Phillip Houghton. The chairmanship of
the court of directors, which his lordship so ably
and so usefully filled since the estabishment of the
company, still remains vacant, and will of course
continue so until a suitable successor to the vener-
able earl can be found ; but they cannot suffer the
occasion to pass without expressing their deep
sense of the loss the company has thus sustained."
The CLIAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, said the account was so satisfactory, that
he need but detain them a few minutes with any
remarks of his own. The success that had attended
the operations of the society, during the past year,
had been most remarkable, and the prospects for
the future were as bright as the most ardent friend
of the company could desire. After briefly allud-
ing to the principal points in the report, the chair-
man concluded his observations by moving the
usual motion.

Mr. BLACK, in seconding the motion of the chair-

man, said the report bore evidence as to the great
amount of energy that had been exercised by the
directors. Small as the expenses of the past year
had been, the directors promised still further re-
ductions. (Hear, hear.) It was exceedingly gra-
tify ing to find the great increase that had taken
place in their business, and the dividend of five per
cent. was also si.tisfactory, especially as it was •ne
that could be safely declared. He was not insensible
to a dividend of 6,7, or even 10 per cent.—(laugh-
ter)—and he had no doubt such would ultimately
be received by the shareholders, yet he thought the
directors had exercised the soundest policy in giving
a dividend that "had been fairly and honourably
earned, and one which, he felt assured, all parties
would be satiEfied with. (Hear, hear.) He could
not resume his seat without again complimenting
the board of directors on the judicious economy
they had exercised.

The CHAIRMAN, having previously asked whe-
ther any shareholders wished any questioas an-
swered, put the resolution for the adoption of the
report to the meeting, and declared it carried
unanimously.

Mr. PococK then moved that the retiring direc-
tors, A. Cockshaw, Esq. and E. L. Bagshawejsq.,
be re-elected.
Mr. LAME, of Wigan, said he had great pleasure
in seconding the motion of Mr. Pocock. In Wigan
the society was going on in a most satisfactory
manner. The business there in the last two years
had been very great, and in the transaction of it
not a single penny had been lost during the whole
of that period. -(Hear, heat, and cheers.)
The motion was carried 'inanimously.
On the motion of Mr. NEWTON, seconded by Mr.
TUELON,' Chris. W.Adam, Esq., of Bath, was Elect( d
a director of the company.
Mr. BRETT moved a resolution to the effect that
interest at the rate of 5 per cent. be paid to the
shareholders for the past year.
The resolution was seconded by Mr. DENTON,
and carried unanimously.
A cordial vote of thanks was given to 11. G. Law,
Esq., the manager, for his great exertions on be-
half of the society.
The same compliment was also, on the mot' on of
Mr. PEPPER, awarded to the chairman.
The proceedings then terminated.

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