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disease.

" That the word ' stock' shall iirtniae' all sorts
of cattle, sheep, swine, and pigs.

" That the order be in force until the Ist of March.

" That the mayors of boroughs shall be invited to
co-operate in carrying out these orders."
At the Bury division of the Suffolk Quarter Ses-
sions on Tuesday, the Clerk of the Peace read a
letter, which he had received from the Home Secre-
tary with reference to the cattle plague, appointing
the magistrates in Quarter Sessions the local
authority in place of the Petty Sessions. A com-
mittee, consisting of the Marquis of Bristol, Major
Parker, M.P., Mr. E. Green, M.P., Mr. B. B. H.
Rodwell, Mr. J. H. Heigham, Mr. P. Huddleston,
and Mr. F. M. Wilson, were appointed to consider
the subject, and to prepare resolutions, more or less
similar to those adopted in other counties. This
committee proceeded to the discussion of the ques-
tion yesterday. Some cattle attacked at Mr. George
Denny's, at Battisford, 17 in namber, are all dead
with the exception of one. Mr. Denny is not in-
sured.

The disease still appears in a more or less viru-
lent form at various villages round Liverpool,
especially at Garston, Roby, Huyton, and Bootle,
and it has made its appearance where every possible
precaution has been taken against it.

The Gethin Colliery Explosion.

MERTHYR, Jan. 10.

After the despatch of yesterday's parcel, William
Davis, under-viewer of Nos. 1 and 2, Gethin Pits,
said—At the time of the explosion I was in No. 1 pit.
I am under Mr. Moody, and act for him in superin-
tending the works when he is absent and looking
after the ventilation. I sometimes try the air with
the anemometer, which the overman carries. I have
no means of taking the air myself, but I assist. I
was told of the explosion, and I went from No. 1 pit
through the old works to the yard vein, then along
the crossing to the four-foot, got into the carriage,
and went down the shaft, to the nine-foot vein. I
went on along the upper level to the face where
Eynon had been before me ; did not observe how the
doors were blown in the upper level ; after I had
been to the face of the upper level I went down
Joseph Rees's heading, and when I had got to the
middle level I met Eynon and others ; on this Wed-
nesday I noticed the doors on Joseph Rees's head-
ing—the first below the middle was blown up-
wards, and the next below it was driven down ;
there was a stopping in the mouth of the stall on the
east side between those two doors, and which
appeared to be blown to the east ; there was none
there on the Monday previous, and if it was
there it was put out without my knowledge ; on the
Monday previous, after I heard there was gas in
Vavasour Rees's stall, Moody, Beddoe, and myself
went there, and saw the foreman of the stall. The
fire mark was not fixed firmly, and Beddoe held the
light while I nailed up a firm fire mark, upon which
I wrote (on the cross timbers) " Tau Fire" in chalk,
as described in the sketch produced ; it was in Vava-
sour Rees's stall. Moody, Beddoe, and myself were
present on the occasion. I gave directions to Bed-
doe, in the presence of Moody, to contract the wind-
way between the two stalls on the opposite side of
the heading, so as to reduce the windway on the right
side, and force chore air into Vavasour Rees's stall,
and have the gas out from there. That was on the
Monday previous to the explosion. Beddoe did not
follow my directions. It was about 9 o'clock, and
I told him to remove the gas that night after the
men had come out. Beddoe promised to do so, but
he did not, as when I went there on Tuesday at two
I found the gas in Vavasour Rees's stall the same as
on the Monday. Beddoe was not there, and on
looking for him I found he had gone to Cyfartha on
business. I stopped Rees on the Monday and found
him another place. I saw the notice up on the Tues-
day. They were firing shots in some parts of the
works, after the notice. " Tau Fire" was put up; it is
not my duty to point out where they were to use shots
and where they were not ; after I found Beddoe
was not there I went home. I did nothing myself.

I Next day I saw Beddoe in the lamp-room at about
ten minutes to seven o'clock, and asked him how
things were in the pit, and he told me the place was
all right except Vavasour Ree's stall, which was the
same as on Monday. I asked him when he was
going to get the gas from that stall, and he replied,
" I settled with Rees Price last night to head down
from the double parting to Vavasour Itees's stall.
Beddoe had not been in after I went home on Tues-
day evening. It was his duty to stop at the top of
the pit till the fireman came up. On Wednesday
morning I told Beddoe not to head down the double
partings, because there was a month's work for the
back man in the pit and a boy tv do .that work. I
told him he must have the gas from there that
night, the day of the explosion. lle did not give
any answer ; but when he got out of the lamp-room
he told me to come and meet Mr. Moody at ten
o'clock to put a point in Thomas Morgan's airway.
Mr. Moody said he had told Beddoe to meet him,
and Beddoe took it on himself to tell witness he
wanted to meet him (witness) ; but such was not so.
I saw Mr. Moody on Wednesday last. I forgot to tell
him about the gas in Vavasour Rees's stall on the
previous day. I did not know whether Beddoe had
not removed it during the previous night I met
Moody that morning before I saw Beddoe. That
was the last time I saw Beddoe alive. I did not
take any steps except stopping Vavasour Rees from
working in his stall. I did not think there was any
danger in firing shots in the parts where the gas
was in the stall, because the fresh air came through
that district before it approached Vavasour Rees's
stall.

The inquest was adjourned till the following
morning.

This morning the examination of Wm. Davies,
underviewer, was resumed—Griffith Morgan's body
was found at the extreme end of the upper level
where he was working, that of John James a few
yards nearer the pit, and Rees Davies, a boy, near
the middle level door. David Beddoe, the over-
viewer, would in the course of his duty be in various
parts of the pit the same day. There was a strange
man in the pit named Morris, who only began work
in Gethin the day before. He was employed by
Beddoe, and his body was found by that of his em-
ployer. The door boy, David Luke, was found at
his post, and carried out. Thomas Morris walked
out by himself, but died the next day. Eight or
nine of the men were more or less burnt. Witness
described the position in which the bodies were
found of other sufferers, some burnt, others suffo-
cated. Two men who had worked in a dip heading
managed to escape. Witness believed the gas ex-
ploded in Vavasour Rees's stall.
The Coroner remarked that he had it in evidence
that Rees worked in this stall to the end of the week
preceding the explosion.
Examination continued—The fire, I believe, must
then have gone down and up Joseph Rees's heading
without affecting the intermediate stalls between,
and the five men who were working in them met
the aftei• damp in trying to escape, and were killed.
The witness had deposed to the position where
others were found, when the foreman said he wished
the question put to Mr. Moody, whose duty it was
to clear the gas away from Vasavour Rees's stall ?

The Coroner said it was a most important point,
but he would rather it were reserved and put in its
place.
Witness continued—Sixty men were working in
the part where the explosion took place, on the east
side ; 35 were killed and 10 or 11 injured. The men
who escaped worked in the dip heading below the
lower level, and to the rise of the upper level.
Those who worked in this level were suffocated.
He believed that the reason the men were suffocated
was that the explosion blew down the doors of the
pffsiiigin.,lind 2 h.mnlinh and so prevented
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situation eight months, but received no train-
ing for it. Was five moildiS overman in the
same pit. Am self-educated, and can read and write.
Parted with Beddoe on Wednesday morning, the
day of the explosion. Was in the pit on Monday,
and saw no stopping in the opening of the stall on
the east side of Joseph Rees's heading. Originally
that opening was the mouth of the stall. Saw the
remains of a stopping there on Wednesday. It was
made of rubbish, and appeared to have been blown
down. Could not say who put it, but thought it
must have been Beddoe. Did not see the air mea-
sured slime it was changed, nor did any one under
me report that it was done. Moody, Beynor, my-
self, and two firemen were present when the air was
changed at half-past four on Saturday afternoon,
and the reason we changed it was to send fresh air
into the colliers in the upper level to allow them to
blast. The air before then came through the old
works. Have nat read anything on mining. Have
not seen any other colliery except those in the dis-
trict. Worked in Aberdare before coming here.
Mr. Brough—Out of the fryingpan into the fire.
The Coroner—What restriction or rule have you
about blasting. Can any man do it?

Mr. Plews objected to the question. It had been
stated in evidence that one man was specially ap-
pointed for that duty.
The Coroner—Yes, for pulling the trigger ; but
what I want to know is, can any collier get a
blast ?

The Witness—There is a man named Peters,
whose duty it is to fire. If any collier wishes to
have a blast he prepares the hole, and then goes for
Peters, who having examined the place with his
lamp fires the shot.
Mr. Wales—Do the colliers fire shots in fetching
back the pillars?
The Witness—He was not aware when the air
was changed that there was gas in Vavasour Rees's
stall. Beddoe first told him of it, and he sent him
to Mr. Moody. He brought no message, but Mr.
Moody came down upon Monday morning. Wit-
ness examined the pit with a safety lamp. Ho went
in five or six yards, and found gas about seven feet
high. At the face it was about two feet from the
top. There was a hole at the top, from which stones
had fallen, and he should think there were 20 to 21
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is 8 feet high and 28 yards long. There had been a
fall in the cross homele,frwboumotrklfiltaneolgisdpid not know when,
and hence the accumpualastsi.on
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stall and the ono adjoining. This was the only
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it is Beddoe 's duty to look after them. He had
gone on the day of the explosion to the furnace.
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day, to see if there was any increase of gas, and
found it exactly the same. Witness did not see
Mr. Moody on Tuesday evening. It was too far,
after six o'clock in the evening, to go six miles
there and back. Had given every instruction to
Beddoe that day, and thought every step needed
would be carried out. Had no business to put
men in the cross hole to see to the fall there.

Foreman—How do you think the gas was fired?
Witness—By Beddoe in ravasour Rees's pit.
Mr. Wales—Was there a danger signal up there
before the explosion ?
Witness—Yes, because it was not in work, but
an abandoned heading. Did not try for gas, so
could not say positively whether there was gas or
not. The alteration on Saturday would affect that.
The danger signal in Vavasour Rees's stall was
found blown on the opposite side of the heading.
The inquiry was then adjourned.

M. EMILE AUGIER read a new comedy of bis
composition a fow evenings back to a select party at the
residence of Prince Napoleon.

Yesterday morning, at 10 o'clock, Mr. Alderman
Allen again took the chair at the Guildhall Tavern,
Gresham-street, and immediately afterwards the
polling commenced, continuing throughout the day
very sluggishly, and with frequent alternations for
and against either party. By 2 p.m., however,
Mr. Wild's majority had risen considerably, and at
the close of the books it was found that the numbers
stood thus :
For Mr. Wild
For Mr. Wright 49
Majority for Mr. Wild
The announcement of the numbers having been
made by the Alderman,
Mr. WILD, the successful candidate, amidst the
cheering of his supporters, returned thanks for the
honour done him by his fellow-citizens, whom he
promised faithfully to serve in his new capacity as
councilman.

Mr. WRIGHT also returned thanks to the electors
who had voted for him, promising upon a future oc-
casion to again solicit their suffrages.
Finally thanks were given by acclamation to the
worthy alderman for his urbanity and patience dur-
ing the protracted proceedings, and the wardmote
was dissolved by proclamation in the customary
manner, much laughter being caused by the quaint
terms in which the electors were discharged from
their duties.

Mr. Samuel Morley, M.P.

•

Mr. Samuel Morley, the newly-elected member of
Parliament for Nottingham, presided at the Mon-
Evening Working Men's Lecture, at Surrey Cha-
pel, Blackfriars-road, which was crowded to excess.

The Rev. NEWMAN HALL said he was sure they
were all delighted to welcome Mr. Morley as a mem-
ber of Parliament. Ile hoped that the number of
men in that assembly would be increased who feared
God, honoured the King, loved peace, loved the
people, and desired economy not extravagance—
(hear, hear, and cheers)—who were not factious,
who were not there for the service of a party, whom
nothing could bribe and nothing intimidate—
(cheers)—and who were seeking, not to set class
against class, but to promote the general welfare of
all sections of the community. (Cheers.)
Mr. MORLEY, M.P., who was very warmly ap-
plauded, said he was very glad indeed to find him-
self again at one of those meetings. It had often
puzzled earnest men to know how most effectually
to get into contact with the masses of the popula-
tion, and how they might meet face to face those
who were different in social position to themselves,
and might come together—if there was not precisely
any opportunity of exchanging opinions—and feel
warm one towards the other. (Cheers.) He had,
therefore, always thought that no more satisfactory
use could be suggested for noble buildings like Sur-
rey Chapel—although not perhaps consecrated by
episcopal hands—than one like the present. Of course
he meant on Mondays, when earnest and intelligent
friends could have the attendance of large audiences
like that then present. (Hear.) Such evenings must
be satisfactory, and must meet with the al)proval of
all right-thinking men. lie therefore wished them
all a happy new year. (Cheers.) Would that
he knew of some process by which it could be se-
cured. He did not believe in patent processes, .be-
cause believing as he did that of all evils self-in-
flicted ones were the worst, he also held that that
prosperity was the most satisfactory which was
isrcal a'LL fil)nvit 1w :1„ man's own aiteucv. M the
same time lie was quite cognisant how many diffi-
culties there were in ..411e way of working men.
He did not believe in acts of Parliament
for people being made happier and better.
It must be a process of self-action. (Hear,
hear.) But still, wholesome legislation might do a
great deal if correctly carried out. In the prospect
of having more to do with the House of Commons
than lie ever had before, he knew of no motive
deeper than to bear in mind how measures would or
would not tend to bring about what he supposed he
must call the old radical sentiment of " the greatest
happiness to the greatest number." (Loud cheers.)
He firmly believed in every class having their
rights. (Cheers.) He had no desire to set class
against class,*nor did he do so when he called
to mind the fact that the nation dwelt in the cot-
tage—(hear, hear)—and that the immense propor-
tion of the population were earning their bread
by the sweat of their brow. (Cheers.) There
should, lie thought, be more consideration how
legislation would tell on the happiness of man as
man. (Hear, hear.) It would be in that spirits
and with no feeling of jealousy about this, that, or
the other class, that he should try to do his duty in
the House of Commons. (Cheers.) It was indeed a
magnificent assembly—the noblest platform in the
world for any earnest man to occupy—(hear, hear)
—and he strenuously desired that those in it who
had sympathy with the people should multiply—
and that then they might indeed form a People's
Parliament—not to seek violent interference with
the proper order of right government, but by ear-
nest, continuous thought strive to advance any mea-
sure which might tell on the material happiness of
the people. (Cheers.) It was in that spirit he
intended to go to the House of Commons, and he re-
joiced to say that there probably never had been
found in it a larger number of men distinctly ac-
tuated by the principles to which he had referred
than in the present Parliament. (Cheers.) It would,
he assured them, be his earnest striving to ally him-
self with that section, and work with them to influ-
ence the course of legislation in that direction.
(Hear.) There were many causes which impeded
that measure of happiness and comfort among the
people which all would desire to see. How far
they could be affected by legislation he would not
pretend to say, but a more thoughtful investigation
of them might lead to some further influence being
brought to bear on the subject. Individually it would
be his study to bear this object in mind—viz., to
spread more comfort among the people, not, however,
losing sight of the fact that on themselves a good
deal depended. (Loud cheers.)

Mr. HANDEL COSSIIAM then delivered a lecture
descriptive of a recent tour in the United States.

A rote of thanks to the chairman terminated the
proceedings.

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The West India and Pacific Company's steamer
Hayti has arrived with dates from Colon to the 9th
and Kingston to the 18th. A bill had been read a
first time in the House of Assembly, which pur-
ported to transfer the colony of Jamaica to the
Home Government on the 12th of December. A
despatch from Mr. CARDWELL to Governor EYRE
was read, which expressed the concern experienced
by Her MAJESTY'S Government at the rebellion,
and, after deploring the barbarities and loss of life,
"the alacrity with
recognised with satisfaction
which the authorities, naval and military officers,
the police, the volunteers, and the citizens had
combined for
the preservation of order."
The despatch also
praises the conduct of the Ma-
roons. Can anything
be more absurd and incon-
sistent than such a communication being read in
the House of Assembly, and immediately after-
wards for the Governor to be suspended? Such a
course of proceeding is not at all calculated to
raise the character or increase the influence of the
Ileum Government in the colonies ; and it will, on
the contrary, confuse the judgment and perplex the
minds of people. The truth of the matter must be
that Mr. c ARDWELL expressed his own opinions,
which were mostrational, butwhichwere afterwards
most unfortunately overruled by the Premier.
Were:the subject not one of so much importance, it
would be curious to 11%404 holy completely the tame