The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-05 00:00:00

to preside at the delegate meetings of miners on the
subject.
The secretary of the Miners' Provident Associa
tion, Wm. Urwin, is also amongst those who have
been struck down. With great natural ability, he
conducted the correspondence in a most unexcep-
tionable manner, and manifested a comprehension of
actuarial data and arithmetical calculation which.
was astonishing. He was a prudent and cautious
adviser of his fellow-men, and the editor of this
journal feels it no condescension to speak of 'Wm.
Urwin as his friend, and as a faithful fellow-labourer
in a project intended to provide for the distressing
sequels of calamities like the one we to-day record.
His private character was as virtuous as his philan-
thropic efforts were pure. We could name a dozen
more of these Burradon pitmen of equal respectabi-
lity and moral virtue—prominent among whom we
should name Dewery and Alderson, to whom
everybody within their circle of acquaintance
was deeply attached. Projects of many kinds
for the intellectual improvement of the locality
had met with warm support from many of
the :deceased, and steps were in progress among
the men to raise a public hall for their own
use. Without exaggeration we may say that such
an excellent set of men could rarely be found to-
gether in any circle of society, and hence the fright-
ful calamity which has occurred is not only to be
deplored for the agony it has produced and the
misery which will result to the persons immediately
affected by it, but it is also deeply to be lamented
on account of the public loss occasioned by the pit-
men at large.
The causes of the accident were not discovered at
seven o'clock this morning, but it seems that a small
quantity of gas in one of the workings exploded at
first, and the ignited gas formed a stream along the
top of the cavernous passages, and became connected
with a larger volume of explosive vapour in one of
the large chambers formed in the mine, by the re-
moval of the " broken" coal. It will be the duty of
the coroner and jury to investigate these matters,
assisted by the Government inspector, and the
public will look for a searching investigation of the
circumstances which have produced such a pi ofound
sensation in the whole of the district.
In concluding this notice, we may point to the
fact that public benevolence is urgently required
to alleviate the distress arising from this wholesale
destruction of the fatlkers of families, and remind
our readers and the public that a subscription list
lies at our office, where the smallest contributions
will be gratefully received.
Subscription lists will also lie at the Tarious banks
in this town, and at Mr. Franklin's, Central Sta-
tion. Mr. John Bowes and partners have opened
a subscription list for the relief of the sufferers
from this awful catastrophe with the handsome sum
of Xso.—Newcastle Chromcle.

211URDE11 AT SHEFFIELD.

A non-unionist saw grinder, named James Linley,
died at Sheffield on Wednesday from injuries re-
ceived by being shot in the head in August last,
and the inquiry by Mr. Badger, coroner, into the
circumstances attending his death was brought to
a close yesterday. On the evening of the Ist of
August last Linley, whose life had been attempted
on three previous occasions, went to the Crown Inn,
Scotland-street, and sat drinking for some time in
a " snug," the window of which looked into a back
yard communicating with Scotland-street by a pas-
sage. At 10 o'clock the only persons left in the
snug were Linley and three other men, the last
persons who had gone away being a bailiff, named
Richard Brown, and his wife, who lived near. In
less than five minutes after they left Linley was
shot in the left temple, evidently by some one who
had shot from the back yard. The ball, IN hich ap-
peared from the wound to be a very small one,
lodged behind the left eye, and could not be ex-
tracted, but after some weeks Linley recovered suffi-
ciently to be able to resume work. At first the
crime was supposed to be a trade outrage, the previ-
ous attempt on Linley's life having been attributed
to trades union disputes. But a few days afterwards,
Brown, who is unconnected with the Sheffield
trades, was apprehended on suspicion, the supposed
motive in his case being jealousy. In his house
were found two pistols, one a very small one and
the other several sizes larger. A brown hat was
also found there. A woman living in the yard
behind the Crown saw a man wearing such a hat
run towards Scotland-street, immediately the pis-
tol had been fired ; and another woman, named
Dewsnap, at the same time saw a man, whom she
swore was Brown, run out of the passage, and cross
Scotland-street, towards where Brown lived. The
latter witness did not come well out of the exami-
nation to which she was subjected. It being impos-
sible to extract the ball in order to fit it into the
pistols, Brown was remanded at large. Yesterday
he appeared before the coroner, and the women re-
peated their evidence, Dewsnap adding that Brown's
brothel had uffered her money to pay oho oould not
swear to Brown shortly, after she gave evidence
before the magistrates in August, and before the
Bench had come to any decision. From the evi-
dence of the medical men it appeared that death
had resulted from the injury caused by the ball.
But the ball having now been extracted a gun•
smith was called, and he expressed a decided opi-
nion that.it could not have been fired out of either
of the pistols found at Brown's house, being too
large for one and too small for the other. Under
these circumstances the jury returned a verdict of
Murder against some person or personsunknown."

COUNTRY MARIBTS.

NORWICH-MARCH 3.

At to-day's market the supply of wheat was larger;
the condition of most of the samples being rather improved
there was a better demand, and prices unaltered.
White wheat 46s to 49s 1 Red wheat 406 to 4Se
Slatting barley....42s to 46s I Chevalier barley 34s to 406
Distilling do.. ....25s to 27s Oats.. 246 to 26.
Flour, 29s 6d to 303 per sack from the miller.