The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-12 00:00:00

THE MILITIA.

An order has been received from the Wear-office
by Col. Loftus, the commanding. officer of the 3d
West York Militia, for the immediate calling out
of the regiment. The corps is over its full strength,
and wilt probably muster 1,000 men.
• itecruiting is actively going on at Worcester for
the county militia.' A good many recruits have al-
ready been attested, and some considerable addi-
tions have been made to the line this week.

ThP second regiment of the Staffordshire Militia
is to be immediately embodied. The regiment will
probaLly remain in Stafford for a week, and th,m
proceed to the south of England to perform garri-
son duty.
Volunteers are invited for the Royal North Glo-
ces ter Militia.

ANOTIIER FATAL COLLIERY IiXPLOSION.-
LOSS OF EIGHT LIVES.

DUDLEY, Friday.—There has been another fearful
eelliery explosion a short distance from this town, which
has resulted in the certain hiss of eight lives, the maim-
ing of o:ber persons, and the destruction of ra, large
quantity of valuable property. The occurrence hap-
pened yesterday at a place called Netherton, about ta o
miles from Dudley, at the Gsvon colliery, and already
seven dead bodies have been removed from the mine.
It is believed that there is only one more to recover.
The G won pit, where the explosion took place, is an
old one, and had not been worked for some time until
lately. The colliers were aware that there was explosive
gas in that part of the pit, and were cautioned as to their
lights, Stc. Pipes had also been laid down for the-purpose
of carrying off the gas. At the time of the explosion tlo aro
were about 20 men in the pit. The explosion •was
a terrific one, and WAS heard for miles round the spot.
It shook the ground like an earthquake. and spree.
con4ernation wherever it was felt. The fl Imes rushed
up the air shaft of the mine wi.h terrific fury, blowing
drawing apparatus, &c., to a considerable height in the
air, and a column of fire ascended many yards above the
mouth of the pit. The flames ignited the coal in the pit,
and it was not until a copious supply of water had been
cast into the mine that the fire was extinguished. An
immense mass of coal and stone has been dislodged, and
seven or eight yards of the bottom of the shaft have
been blown in.
The number of bodies recovered up to mid-day was
seven, all horribly mutilated ; and it is believed there is
only one more in the pit, the other men having been
brought up alive. The immediate cause of the explosion
has not been ascertained ; but the district Government
inspector is on the spot, nd will no doubt make a strict
inquiry into the facts. -
The following is, wo believe, a correct list of the un-
fortunate deceased, with their residences and families :
George French, about thirty-five years of age, having
a wife and four .61 Iren ; at Blackheath.

Joseph Griffiths, aged forty-six, wife and seven 6.1-
dren • at West Bromwich.
Ahraham Sherwood (or Sharratt), aged about thirty.
four, wife and five children ; at Church Bridge, Oldbury.
John Uadely, aged about forty, wifo and three chil-
dren ; Black Waggon-street, Old fill.
William Timmins, aged twenty-six, single ; of Darby
Hand.
James Darby, aged el.ven years, Rowley ; and Daniel
Chink, about thirty-two, having a wife and three
chiltren, at Church-bridge, near Oldbury.
There are six or seven men and b )ya injured, but we
have been able to learn only the names of Samuel Si viter,
aged twenty-one, single, Rowley, who 13 much burnt
about his hands, head; and body ; and John Dainty,
aged about nineteen, having wile and child at Old Hill.

TEM MOUNTCASHELL PrtorEßTY.7—The Earl of Mount-
casholl has jps-, dbpaied of the Island of Amherst, near
Kingston, in Upper Canada, to his relative, Major Per-
diva' Max Hell, for a sum little short of 60,0001.
BANK OF ENGLAND.—By the return from the Bank
of England, for the week ending the sth of September,
the amount of the "rest" is 3,893,2511., and a dividend
of 6 per cent., deducted from this sum, would leave
3,020,0711., which beir:g above the limit of three miiliors
usually 6)(01 fer the reserve, it is possible this will bo
the rate at which the next dividend will be declared:
LORD IVADAULA.Y.—Our readers will see ftona an ex
tract from the Gazette of last night, whtch appears in
another column, that Mr. Macaulay has chosen as his
new " name, style, and title," that of "Bacon Macau-
lay, of Rotbley, in the county of Leicester." Robley
Temple was for some years the residence of his maternel
uncle, the late Thomas Babington, Eiq., foriner:y high
sheriff of Leicestershire, and many years M.P. forathe
city of Leicester. The future essayist, poet, historian,
and orator, was born there in the early part of the year
1800. Hence, wo presume, arises his selection of that
spot as the local source where he derives his barony ac-
cording to the old feudal theory which makes every
baron the " lord" of a certain locality. Mr. Macaulay,
we may add, is the eldest son of the late Zachary MO.
ca u lay, the early friend and associate of Wil
the veteran labourer in the cause of the abolition of ne•
gro
slavery. His grandfather was a Pic islandresb
ltfria:;
clergyman
a nativeint the
of highlands art
remote
Scotland,eand
romaanndto we
Lewes.
FUND FOR THE RELIEF OF THE SUFFERERS IN INDIA
-__yesterday the Lord Mayor received from the Earl of
Dalhousie a check for 5001, towards the fund for the
relief of the sufferers by the Indian rebellion.