The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-13 00:00:00

Montevidean 6 per Cent. ~ _
Nloorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada
Do 3 per Con. —
Do. Deferral
Do Laud Warrants (Hectares)
'leruvian 5 per Cont., 1865
Do Account 69j 1
Do 4i per Cent. (Uribarren)
Do 43 per Cent., 1862

Do Account

Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Do 3 per Cent., 1856 '7, '9, 'GO, '62, '3, 43k
Do. Account
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St
Do 41 per Cont. 1850
Da 41 per Cont., 1860
Do 3 per Cent. 1859 - 3
Do 5 per Cent. 1862
Do 5 per Cent. 1864
iardinian 5 per Cent
Do. Account
ipanish 3 per Cent
Do Account
Do New Deferred
Do Account
Do Passive
Do Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded
Do Account
S wedish 4 per Cent.
Do. 41 per Cent. 186.1
Do. Scrip, £6O paid
t'urkish 6 per Cent. 1851
Do. Account
Do 6 per Cont. 1858
Do. Account
Do £lOO Bonds
Po G per Cent. 1862 571
Do Account 59
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cent., 1863 —
Do 5 per Cont., 1865
Do. Account

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Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed —
Venezuela 3 per Cent. —
Do Account —
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 —
Do Account

00. 6 per Cent, 1864 271 8 7
Ditto 11 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins
Belgian. 44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guilt
Do. 4 per Cent. Cortiacates
French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. --
THREE O'CLOCK.
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DREADFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

SUPPOSED LOSS OF THREE HUNDRED LIVES.
BARNSLEY, Wednesday.

About 1 o'clock to-day the inhabitants of Hoyle

Mill, a hamlet of about a mile and a half distant
from Barnsley, were startled by a loud explosion,
which shook the ground around. Accustomed to
the causes of sudden reports as the population are—
being of an entirely colliery character—all eyes were
at once directed to the Oaks colliery, where a dense
body of smoke was seen issuing from one of the
shafts. A rush was at once made to the place, and
in the course of a few minutes the pit bank was
covered with a large crowd, the greater part of which
was composed of women and children in a state of
distraction, crying and vociferating wildly.
Under the direction of Mr. T. Dymond, the manag-

ing partner, preparations were made to descend the
second shaft, the one which felt the force of the ex-
plosion having had the wire rope destroyed, and con-
tinuing to emit a great deal of smoke. A large body
of the county police were speedily on the ground,
and it was with some difficulty that a clear road
could be kept, as the number of persons about the
works could not be less than from 2,000 to 3,000.
The party which first descended brought out several
persons, all of whom were very badly burnt ; but as
the colliery is one of the largest in the district, em-
ploying about 400 men and boys, and the works
extending to a distance of nearly two miles from
the shaft bottom, only those in the vicinity of the
bottom could be reached, while those at a distance
cannot be got at until the works are opened out,
as the air course 3 will doubtless be blocked up. Up
to about five o'clock upwards of thirty bodies, men
and lads, were got out, several being dead, whilst
most of the others were so severely burnt as to
leave but slight hopes of their recovery, Several of
the boys, averaging from 12 to 14 years, on being
brought up, could scarcely be recognised. On being
taken to the cabin, scores of anxious eyes examined
them. In some cases the features could not be re-
cognised, so that their clogs and the buttons on