The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-05 00:00:00

N S PAP ER
1141„,Fa,
COMMBNCEMENT OF THB PG
TANIS I-IV. NAP LE S
A letter, dated Salerno, Jan. 29, sta -l'e2:::? /41
" The long-expected trial of these un
tion of having attempted to stir up a revolntititp, in S
,he kingdom of Naples lest June came oreslltis
mereing. It was a day of impressious rather than
of important facts, for all the proceedings were, for
fatal eharseeter and pose sled
thebu t(Tr l r fatale trial • w 'conductf din a
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inters-t. part,te r
e otfr
room enlarged for the Purpose in the old mona,t
of St. Domenico. Here, tr,o,. Lire the barracks, aid
I may say, once for all, that the troops were under
L arms the whole of the day. The Court, which,
was
special, consisted of the President, the Procurator-
' ; General, and 10 judges, 8 being the legal number,
. but two additional were chosen in case of the illness •
of either of the ethers. The proceedings of the day
began by callingover the names of the 286 prisoners,
who appeared in court, with the exception of four
who sent certificates of illness. The President then
exhorted al lto u,e great moderation in this important
cause, and bade the prisoners speak freely when
they had occasion to make an observation. He
then concluded with a narrative of the facts so char
and truthful as not to displease the warmest parti-
san of the prisoners. More than this I dare not
say, or I might injure the President himself. The
Procurator-General followed the President by read-
ing his alto di acusa, or at least a portion of it,
for it was too long to admit of being completed
during the morning. It is remarkable only for a
distortion of facts, as will be shown during the trial,,
and fur a style which is inconsistent with the calm
dignity which ought to make a Crown lawyer. In
other respects the proceedings of the morning were
not distinguished by any remarkable feature ; there
were no informalities and no irregularities ; the
court was open to all, and foreigners who attended
received every mark of courtesy and respect.
The interior of the hall was such as to strike the
eye even of the most indifferent. It was almost
lined with soldiers. The upper part was devoted
to the judges and the advocates ; beyond this were
raised seats, on which were seated prisoners, and
beyond them again yes an open space devoted to
the audience. G— -curiosity evidently existed to
s'o the y were reconducted to the
prison, together with many others, I waited
outside while they passed. The crew of the Cag-
liari were taken beck in carriages ; they were not
manacled. They appeared to 'be in good health,
and as happy as circumstances permitted, and
Park; whom I saw distinctly, looked florid and
chee.rful ; the same may be said of Watt. As soon
as they were taken off the bugle sounded, and
mounted gendarmes gallopped through the streets ;
an officer followed, flouriseing his sword ; and the
sentinels who were placed at the entrance of every
street and lane became more on the alert, and pre-
sently two lines of soldiers appeared abreast, fol-
lowed by the prisoners, who were guarded on each
side by a file of soldiers. The accused were hound
hand-to-hand, and walked two abreast, and a long
rope extended through the whole line, connecting
all together ; the cortege was closed by upwards of
100 soldiers. Wit's respect to the appearance of
the prisoners, some looked well and healthy and in
good condition, and these it was easy to see derived
support from their friends ; but as to the others
words cannot describe their wretched emaciated
condition—pallid, tottering from weakness occa-
sioned by hunger or cold ; shrinking from the in-
clemency of the weather, which seemed to pierce
through the prison uniform. I certainly never set
eyes upon such a collection of wretched-looking
beings in my life. Four grains (or Id.) a day are
allowed for their support, and the censequences
were visible in the frames of men, who looked."
scarcely human. For the present lam compelled
to finish my report. The Court will s:t again to-
morrow and every day next week, except Tuesday
and Saturday. Among those who attended the
trial were the British and Sardinian Consuls.

THE C )LLIERY EXPLOSION AT BARDS-
LEY, NEAR ASHTON.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.

Mr. Dickinson, on his arrival at Bardsley on
Wednesday, at once bad an interview with the.pro-
prietors of the pit, and rendered what assistance
and advice he was able.

As the dead bodies were brought to the mouth of
the pit they were placed on biers and conveyed,
some to the Horse Shoe Inu, and otheis to the
houses of their sorrowing families. Such as were
alive were conveyed as soon as possible in cabs,
carts, and other vehicles to their homes.

Tie dreadful calamity has spread the deepest
gloom over the neighbouthood, and owing to the
number of operatives out of employ in the district,
large numbers of persons visit the scene of the
accident.

Batween twelve and six o'clock, five other bodies
had been recovered; and one of those recovered
alive, Thomas Cover by name, had died. It was
also stated that five other dead bodies were collected
at the eye of the pit ready to be raised to the sur-
face. The catalogue of ascertained deaths is thus
swelled to the fearful number of 31, and some six
or eight others are supposed to be still in the
workings. -The sufferings of some of the survivors
are said to be most agonising, and in one or two
casts death might be regarded as a happy release,
and terrible rumours are afloat respecting scenes
said to have been witnessed in the pit by some of
those who have been most active in making the
search.. Amongst other statements, one is to the
effect that four or five men were seen wriggling in
the fire which shortly burnt them to death without
the slightest possibility of saving them. It is to be
hoped, however, that herein rumour is guilty of
invention, or at least of gross exaggeration. A con-
, siderable proportion of the deceased are young, some
of them mere children ; but, on the other hand,
there are too many instances in which wives and
large families are left to mourn the loss of husbands
and fathers. Most of them, we understand, wore
found in the lowest working.
Up to the present time the cause of the explo
sion has not been ascertained ; and, indeed, those
who had taken part were unable to sly whether the
explosion had occurred in the Two-foot Level or in
the Peacock Level, which is seven yards deeper in
the pit.
The following is the nearest approximation we
can obtain to a correct list of those who have been-
recovered from the pit
KILLED.—By burning : Wm. Leas, Wm. Har-
greaves, John Howard, Ralph Ibbotson, George
Ibbotson, Thos. Robinson, Jonah Taylor, Jos.
Bennett, Hy. Bennett, Jos. Loma•, Jon. Wardle,
Peter Knight, John Brierley, Wm. Yardley, Jos.
Barber, Jas. Bradbury, John Roberts, Thos. Staf-
ford, Thos. Cooper.—By suffocation : Samuel
Taylor, Joseph Taylor, E lward Taylor, James
Dessert, Wm. Quarmby, Ralph Matley, Isaiah
Newton, Samuel Hampton, Jas. Stringer, Samuel
Ogden.

Amongst those injured or otherwise seriously
affected by fire-damp, but still alive, are the follow-
ing ;—J. Shaw, S. Stepney, 1.-Stepney, Kavan-
nab, Moors, Jonah Greaves, —Yardley, Rat-
cliffe, Henry Cooper, Isaac Parry, John Davis,
sen., John Davis, jun., Hopkins, P. Howarth,
David Robinson, John Robinson, John Robinson,
John Greaves, and Henry Ratcliffe.
The following are supposed to be still in the pit::
Robert Davies, Thos. Rigby, Jas. Winterbottom,
Robert Hyde, Joseph Hall, Abraham Woodall,
Samuel Leach, Benjamin Greenwood, John echo-
field, Peter Dunn, jun., John Clark, and Edward
Bradbury.