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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1867.

PRICE. 4d.
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AFTER Covent-garden Theatre—EVAN S' to
suP.
After Drury-lane Theatre EVANS' to SUP.
A fter Lyceum Theatre EVANS' to SUP,
Alter Aoelphi Thehtre INANS' to SUP.
After Olympic Theatre . . EVANS' to SUP.
Alter Strand theatre ..... EVA N.S' to SUP.
Atter New Itoya'ty Theatre .. .. t VANS' to SUP.
Alter St. James's Theatrt EVANS' to SUP.
After Prince of Wales' `rhei:re....EVANS' to SUE'.
London Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-garden,
Voc4l Entertainment at Eight.

known in this country ; and unless we are to imitate the
Continental Powers in their despotic institutions, we can-
not follow them by granting universal suffrage.
The qualification for the franchise in counties and
boroughs ought to bo uniform, a principle which has been
affirmed by a majority of the house on Mr. Locke King's
motion for a £lO franchise in boroughs and counties. This
great principle will simplify the distribution of seats, which
is the most difficult part of any Reform Bill; for in that case
it will not signify whether a man's property be included in
a borough or in a county, as in either case he will have a
vote. So important do I coneeive thiq priociple to be that
I doubt not it will form the basis of all future Reform Bills.
Mr. Gladstone's Reform Bill of last session proposed a £l4
qualification for the counties and a .£7 qualification for the
boroughs, giving an average qualification of £lolos. Nowt,
as I propose a .D 3 qualification for both counties and
boroughs, my proposal is much more liberal than his.

The Colliery ExplosionE.

Yesterday the members of the Mansion-house
Committee for raising funds for the relief of the
sufferers by the recent fe4rful and fatal explosions
in Yorkshire and Staffordshire, met for the despatch
of business. The Lord Mayor presided, and the
following gentlemen were also in attendance :—Mr.
R. A. Gray, Mr. George Moere, Mr. J. Maxwell,
Mr. R. C. L. Bevan, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff
Waterlow, Mr. Alderman Finnis,' Mr. Samuel
Morley, Mr. Alderman Cotton, and Mr. Sheriff
•
Lycett.

The minutes of the last meeting of the committee
were read by Mr. Gibbs, the hon. secretary, and
ordered to be confirmed ; and it was resolved that
for the future the committee should meet on every
succeeding Monday, at two o'clock.
A report was presented from Mr. Ball, the
cashier and accountant, from which it appeared
that the total amount received by the committee
was £19,461 ss. ld., of which sum £15,000 re-
mained in the hands of Messrs. Bevan, the bankers
of the committee, by whom it was now resolved that
of that sum £13,000 should be placed at interest, at
seven days' call. It was further mentioned that
speaking in round numbers the receipts in London
were £20,000, in Yorkshire X 10,290, and in Stafford-
shire about £5,000, giving a total of £35,000. In the
course of the sitting of the committee the Lord Mayor
communicated the tenour of a report received from
the local committee of the Oaks Colliery Relief Fund
at Barnsley, from which it appeared that the col-
liery proprietors had paid to the representatives of
the deceased miners a full week's wages, and other
gratuities. It also sets forth that the great majority
of the deceased miners were members of the Miners'
Association, a body which up to the present time
had honourably fulfilled their duties towards the
survivors. To the widows whose husbands had been
recovered the sum of £8 each had been paid, and to
those widows whose husbands still remained in the
pit the sum of £4 each had been paid, whilst each
widow had received ss. per week, and Is. per week
for each child. All this was from the same source,
and in this way the Miners' Association had already
expended about £1,600 upon the sufferers from this
calamity. The Lord Mayor added that the commu-
nication from the Oakhill Relief Committee disclosed
the following facts relating to the numbers of the
sufferers :—Women 156, children 330 ; total, 486.
Parents who were supported by their sons-4 men,
12 women, and 1 child ; total, 17. Orphans--4
children. Single women 5, children 3 ; total,
8. Families of men burnt-4 men, 4 women,
and 12 children ; total, 20. And other per-
sons-2 women and 4 children ; total, 6.
These figures give a total of 60 men, 236 women,
and 362 children ; total 658, showing the calamity
had been to a much greater extent than at first had
been anticipated ; and the local committee added,
that to give efficient relief not less than £75,000
would be really requisite; and towards this the
local committee held cash £7,927 lie. 6d., and they
had received promises to the extent of £2,365 4s.
Bd., giving a total of £10,292 16s. 2d. Information
had reached the committee from the Staffordshire
district that the total sufferers were 195. The report
from Barnsley urged that the distribution of their
funds would in no way be allowed to interfere with
the relief granted by the poor-law guardians, and
they invited the London committee to frame a sys-
tem by which a permanent fund for relief in similar
cases should be established. After some discussion
it was arranged that the local committee should be
requested to send up their plans for that object, and
with this the committee adjourned. It may be added
that during the day a donation (first instalment)
was received from the gentlemen of the London
Commercial Sale-rooms of £l3O, and a donation of
£lO 10s. from the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the
Exchequer.

The Riots at Dungarvan.

DUBLIN, Jan. 14.

On Friday, the sth day of the inquest at Dun-
garvan, to inquire into the cause of O'Brien's death,
Mr. Heard, sub-Inspector of Constabulary, was
the first witness examined. He deposed that he saw
stones thrown among the Lancers from the crowd
within the railings—about 40 people. He saw one
Lancer prodding at a man through the rails with his
lance ; he could not say with what end. The en-
closure was cleared, and the people escaped into a
meadow, from which they continued to throw stones.
The constabulary cleared them away, without stab-
bing them or harming them in any way, and they
received no injury themselves.
Daniel Connor, a constable, stated that he was
one of the escort of the -voters coming over the
bridge, and he saw the stones flying right and left.
lie saw one Lancer raise his left arm to avoid a
stone. _ .

John Cole, another policeman, deposed that he
was one of the escort iu charge of the voters coming
over the bridge ; that he saw 20 or 30 stones thrown
at the military, police, and voters from inside the
railings ; and that the military were doing nothing
to the people at the time.
At this stage one of the jurors remarked that they
had no doubt stones were thrown, but they wanted
to have some one produced as a witness that was
hurt by them. Where were the wounded ?
Mr. Julian replied that they had none of the
wounded people on the other side.
Mr. Hatchell, resident magistrate from the county
of Galway, was on duty on Dec. 29, escorting into
the town 200 voters, having with him a troop of
Lancers, under the command of Capt. Orred. They
were met by a troop of Lancers under Capt. Le
Quesne, Major Wombwell, and Mr. Greene. Ile
saw stones thrown before the advanced guard had
crossed the bridge. He saw them in the air. The
Lancers then wheeled round, but did nothing un-
necessarily offensive to the people. The voters
went on protected by an infantry escort and some
of the Lancers. Those who remained behind were
received with volleys of stones. Witness's horse was
struck in several places. He saw three or four Lan-
cers struck with stones, and the shako of one knocked
off. He never saw such large stones thrown in his
life anywhere. Before the Lancers went down the
quay they were pelted with stones. The whole thing
lasted about a minute or two.
Surgeon Gulleno, of the 6th Regiment of Inof
-
fantry, stationed at Fermoy,
examined several
the soldiers on duty on the occasion in qulrestomb and
made the following return :—":tlljiolrioirßromw lleeyl:
contusion of right hand ; Sergea
contusion, back of bead,t.(Zoorleifitantenmonpl,e,cucltitotno
bridge of nose ; Sergean
right hand; Farrier-sergeant Filler, contusion over
right eye ; Private Richard Owen, cut, left hand ;
Private Charles Barber, contusion, right eye ; Pri-
vate John Kinnier, contusion, left elbow ; Private
Richard Hamerton, contusion, left wrist ; Private
James Hamerton, contusion, right knee, ditto, ab-
domen."
Witness—There were 20 others who stated that
they had been struck with stones and bottles, but
did not show me any injuries, and I did not examine
them. The contusion on the head of Sergeant
Bromley was on the left part of the occipital bone,
and was severe ; it is not quite healed yet. The con-
tusion over his left temple caused a black eye, and
he had a cut over the bridge of his nose. I was
only speaking of the detachment of the Lancers at
Fermoy. I know nothing of the Cork detachment
of the Lancers that were at Dungarvan.

Captain J. C. Orred deposed that there was no
truth in the statement that the 12th Lancers ran
away in India. The professional gentleman who
made it had apologised. He was in command of
his troops on the day of the election, and he saw
what he would call a shower of stones and black
bottles thrown at them from a hous3 at the right-
hand corner of William-street and the square. Two
of the men were struck, one cut in the hand, and
the other in the right eye. On a second occasion