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the intermediate shaft was removed foJ
.ing 40 tons, with the tru.
All the IA-soarers on the establishment the' S
Devonport dockyard are, without exception, to re-
ceive the benefit of superannuation.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. E. H. Murray to
the Princess Royal; Lieut. H. C. A. Brand to the
Spiteful, and John Davy. inspector of machinery
afloat, to the Princess Royal.

PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SD.

Mr. Pierce introduced a bill, which was ireferred,
making it a felony, punishable by imprisonmeilt
from 2 to 10 years, to furnish any arms or muni-
tions of war, to loan mbney to, or to enlist in ffie
service of any State which may have from
the General Government. - •

THE ARMY.

',ll short time since Private White, of the 34th
Depot, stationed at Coleheb' teiCamp, was sentenced
:to sit months' imprisonfnent, and to receive 50
!ashes, for repeated acts of desertion and re-enlist-
ment. The sentence having been confirmed by the
Commander-in-Chief, the prisoner has since been
whipped in the presence of the battalion t' which
he belonged, and on his recovery he.will be sent to
prison for the allotted period. This is the only case
of military flogging which has taken place in Col-
chester Camp for Healey 12 months, and was in this
instance resorted to in consequence of the prisoner
being a most desperate and incorrigible character.
The first steps towards the formation of the new
camp will be taken immediately, an order having
been issued for the construction of the main drain-
age. The buildings, it is expected, will be for the
accommodation of nearly 4,000 men, embracing each
branch of the service.

A telegram from ,Ifioit Leavenworth announce
the arrival of the pony express there on the 16th.
The California news is unimportant. The steamer
Golden Age sailed from San Francisco on the lst
inst. with 1,265,000 doll. Among her passengers
was ex-Governor Weller, who is on his way to
Mexico, Col. Nesmith, United States Senator from
Oregon, and John C. Fremont.

The ship Morning Star, Capt. Campbell, arrived
at New York from Liverpool, gave news of the
burning of the ship Globus, Capt. Blancke, at sea
on the 12th inst. All of her passengers (149),
with the exception of one who jumped overboard,
were saved and brought to liampton Roads in the
Morning Star. The cargo and baggage were entirely
consumed.

By the arrival at New York of the bark Mendi,
Capt. M'lntyre, we have advices from Monrovia,
Liberia, to December 3. The Legislature' was
about to convene, andseveral matters of importance
were to be considered; among which were the nego-
tiating of, a treaty with Hayti, the recaptured
African question, and the relations of the Govern-
ment with the American Colonisation Society, the
siteption -of .and the ''.caning of all
vessels engage-a iu AirOgii"trade ort :Of 4447 i,
There is a deniand for several more sugar-mills on
St. PaUf's bn account of the increased
amount of . cane planted. The crop bids fair to
double that .of 'any previous year. The• Coming
.Presidential election excited considerable intekest.
A strong , desire was expressed by Amy of the
friends of the ex-President Roberts that he should
be re-nominated. The contest will probably be,
between him and the present incumbent, the Hon:
Stephen A. Benson. Preparations were being made
for holding the national fair at Sinol.

TILE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.

THE NAV'.

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A letter, dated Valetta, Sanuary fro-m a
Malta correspondent, says :

" Her Majesty's line-of-battle ship Queen,: Capt.
C.F. Hillyar, arrived here on Saturday last, six
days from Naples, and one day from Messina, and,
is expected to continue in this port 'for some time.
She left Rear-Admiral Mundy, With fourships, at
Naples.
" Her Majesty's steini-krveying vessel Firefly,
left' Malta on the same d 4 or Alexandria, 'under
the. command of Lieut. Bedford, 'hen senior officer,
' Commander Mansell, and surveying staff, being on
service in the Red Sea, in connection with the con-
struction of certain lighthouses in thole waters.
"Her Majesty's gunboat Foxhound, Commander
A." Mitchell, arrived here to-day at seven a.m.,
front Corfu, which place she left' two days ago.
Her Majesty's steam troopship Himalaya, Captain
Seccombe also came in to-day at
.3,30, p.m., from
Corfu, with one day's later dates from that station.
A letter received by her says Vice-Admiral
Fanshawe Martin, the Commander-in-Chief, is still
here, and we hear nothing of his leaving;us yet.'
‘1 The Himalaya has on board chiefly naval in-
valids,
,either for the Naval Hospital here or for
pas,sage home. 21 sick seamen, four Marines, and
an officer were disembarked from her • to-day. A
Mr,, Sutherland, one gunner Royal Artillery, a
woman, and a child ; arid the master and 'six men,
forming the crew of the Maltese vessel Virginia,
wrecked on the 3d instant at Vallona, also
arrived by her for Malta ; and four naval officers
and 29 seamen, invalids, &c.,' for England.
Lieut.-Gen. Warren , and Aide-de-Camp Captain
Trevor, who had proceeded in the Himalaya to
Corfu, returned by her: Her precise date of de-
parture, has not yet been fixed. Befbre leaving she
is to take in about 600 tons of coal; and the two sar-
cophagi brought by captain Spratt from Candle
for ,the British Muse. - - ' •
Her Majesty'airilfate MelpOmene, Capt. Ewart,
cst yawcaat Las imurt, lacr rorksh..:war
is under orders to proceed to Candia."
A later letter, dated Jan. 25, says
" Among the officers who are to proceed home in
the Himalaya are Mr. Tatum, Military Storekeeper;
Mr. Bush, Purveyor to the Forces; Lieut. Wad-
dington, R.A., and wife; and Mr. Dowling, H.M.S.
Queen, on promotion to the rank of master. The
Queen brought down from Naples for the Naval
Hospital here Mr. A. Cazaly, master's assistant, and
19 seamen and Marines. She is now refitting, and
will be ready for sea in about 10 days. By the last
accounts her Majesty's frigate Terrible was at Mes-
sina and her Majesty's frigate Amphion at Palermo.
Her Majesty's gunboat Box was at Marsala.
" The English screw steamer William Corry, R.
Donaldson, master, arrived on the 23d inst. from
London and Toulon. She has been engaged in
laying the electric cable between Bona and Toulon,
and had on board the cable to connect Corfu with
Otranto. She left Malta the following day for
Corfu for this purpose. Mr. Andrews, Engineer and
General Superintendent of the Mediterranean Ex-
tension Telegraph Company, took passage by her
to superintend the operation; The Sardinian Go-
vernment steamer Sirena, Captain Baron L. de
Cora, arrived here on the 24th, from Naples and
Messina, to join the William Corry, and assist her
in laying the Corfu and Otranto cable, but finding
her gone she followed her the same night to Corfu.
After the operation of submerging this cable is com-
pleted she is to return to Messina, to assist in laying
a cable across the Straits."

THE 12ISCA COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

RISCA, WEDNEADAY.
The inquiry was resumed to-day, Mr. Llewellyn
appearing for the Risca Coal and Iron Company ;
Mr. Owen for the friends of some of the deceased;
and Mr. Brough and Mr. Evans, Government,
inspectors, to watch proceedings and assist the
coroner.

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Mr. Harrison, chief viewer or under-_g_Pilnd
manager of the
.ttisca Coal and Iron Company, was
recalled and examined at considerable length. In
reply to the coroner, he repeated his former decla-
ration, that he considered the system of ventilation
by machinery adopted at the Black Vein Pit suffi-
cient for its purpose under all ordinary circum-
stances, and that no system of ventilation could pre-
vent an explosion if a blower of extraordinary mag-
nitude came off suddenly, and the gas came by any
means in contact with the naked flame of a lamp.
He expressed an opinion that on Dec. 1 there was
a series of explosions, the first being the result of a
blower, and setting free various accumulations of
gas by falls of coal from the roof, the whole of
which fired in immediate succession. With regard
to the ventilation of " yobs," of old workings—a
question which had been frequently referred to
before—he asserted it to be impracticable, and that
it existed nowhere in the world.

In reply to Mr. Brough, the witness went on to
say that the use of powder for blasting in the mine
was sometimes an absolute necessity. He contra-
dicted statements made by various witnesses as to the
continued accumulations of large quantities of gas ilt
different parts of the pit, and said he never allowed
a man to work where gas collected, if he knew of
its existence. Witness asked why he did not attempt
to aid the ventilation by a supplementary furnace
in the Hill Pit ; he replied that the power of the
ventilator would have drawn out the fire from the
furnace, and so rendered it worse than useless, and
when Mr. Brough gave it as his own impression
that the number of firemen was insufficient for the
service of the pit he affirmed that no fireman con-
nected with the pit had a district which he could
not easily traverse in four hours. With regard to
an admission by Derrick, one of the night firemen,
that he had often found men asleep when going his
rounds, and had left them so, Mr. Harrison charac-
terised Derrick's conduct as highly censurable and
likely to lead to danger. He knew nothing, he
said, of an attempt to prevent the men belonging
to the Black Vein from applying to Mr. Brough,
nor in fact of any other complaint having ever been
made by the men than they had too much air. He
explained various points of detail connected with
the management of the colliery, and, in reply to
Evans, he broadly asserted that the men during
the four years he had been there had never once
asked to be allowed to go round and examine the
pit. Examined by Mr. Llewellen, he said there
was no protection from blowers but good ventila-
tion and the safety lamp ; and he added that with
proper care a man might escape, however large the
quantity of gas coming off, since if
the witness
hahe
been
euetnhirselcaominps
quietly under his jacket it would go out of itself,
and the gas would not explode.
A long and minute cross-examination by Mr-
Willett (for Mr. Owen) elicited nothing from the
witness in addition to or contradiction of his origi.
nal evidence.
On re-examination by Mr. Llewellen
said the sinking of a new pit, alg
mended by Mr. Brough, would involved the laying
would absorb
out of a new colliery altogether, and that, although
it would increase the ventilation, the large area of
dpeennidasupto the causes
of air,
new
and leave the existing
workings pretty much in their present state with
regard to ventilation. The new pit, it was men-
tioned incidentally, would cost £30,000, but would
very much facilitate the production of coal.
Edward Rowbotham, surgeon, was the next wit-
ness examined,
of the poor fellows killed by the explosion,
deposing that some were burnt aid some smashed,
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ik iinngesd ,tshauanptpdwl
supply of
gave
de be ev opened
but the majority died from after-damp.
The inquiry was proceeding when our parcel
was despatched.
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The Bulldog, 6, paddle, Commander H. F.
M'Killop, and the Philomel, 5, screw, Commander
L. Wildman, have both taken up berths off
the King's-stairs in Portsmouth harbour, to
swing for the adjustment of their compasses
before proceeding to fpithead.
The,Vulture, 6, paddle, has been placed in the
steam basin at Portsmouth to have her boilers taken
out and her machinery thoroughly overhauled and
repaired, preparatory for first-class reserve.
Her Majesty's iron paddlewheel steam vessel
Caradoc, Lieat.-Commander Charles M. Buckle,
returned to Woolwich from the packet and despatch
service in the Mediterranean, is ordered to be paid
off on Tuesday next.
The maindeck guns of the screw steamship
Aboukir, Capt. Douglas Curry, at Devonport, are
in course of removal.

Capt. Astley C. Key, C. 8., of the guardship of
steam ordinary Indus, 78, in Hamoaze, left Devon-
port on Tuesday for London.
As soon as the artisans of the Devonport dock-
yard have completed breaking up the Invincible,
which is in No: 4 dock, the sloop Liberty, 12, will
be placed in it to be repaired and coppered.
At Devonport it is rumoured that the Revenge,
91, in Hamoaze, will be commissioned in place of
the Princess Royal, 91, at Portsmouth. Besides the
Revenge, the Orlando, 51, and the gunboats Pro-
cris, Sheldrake, Lark, Charon, and Goldfinch, at
Devonport, are ready to be commissioned.
The screw steamship Centurion, 80, Capt. H. D.
Rogers, in Hamoaze, is ordered to be supplied with
some Armstrong guns.

It having been in contemplation for some time
past by the Lords of the Admiralty to supersede,
in a great measure, the employment of horses in
her Majesty's dockyards by the use of Bray's steam
that
no of the
traction engines, some important improvements
have been `suggested in their manufacture, which
the
greater
being nearly
double. The framing will also differ, and will be
are now being carried out in the construction of
an engine
the
one
for the permanent
service of the dockyard at Woolwich. The power
deli delivered
ond theb y improved
thecompany
pa snyystem, to replace
foofnn theer noenwe
ones, the
area
engine
somewhat similar to that of a railway locomotive,cylinders
andwheels their
will
of
b
laminating. The engines will be
mounted on springs
and the boiler suspended on trunnions to insure its
being on a
level. in ascending and descending un-
even ground, and the steam will be superheated to
prevent priming. The engines on the old principle
have been engaged for some days past in removing
the Warrior's engines and machinery from Messrs.
Penn's factory at Greenwich, and notwithstanding
the extremely varied state of the weather and the
i roads, they have succeeded Admirably. Yesterday

TILE NEW PRESIDENT OF AMERICA. .He *tads
six feet four, it is said, in his stockings. His head is *ll
set upon his shoulders, and would be a pleasing study for a
phrenologist. His black hair, thin and wiry, is sprinkled
here and there with gray. His forehead is good, his eyes
dark gray, and when lit up with emotion, small as they are,
flash forth the fire that lives in his soul. His nose is long
and slightly aquiline, and his nostrils are cut on that pecu-
liar model which Napoleon praised in his favourite generals.
His complexion is that of an octoroon ; his face is cut into
innumerable angles, and in each there seems to lurk the
genius of humour. But his mouth is described as the most
expressive of his features, though somewhat inclined to
coarseness; and his smile is winning from its frankness
and sincerity. His frame is gaunt, his arms long, and his
lower limbs proportioned to his gigantic height. His step
is firm but slow ; and in walking he inclines his head for-
ward, whilst his hands are clasped behind his back. As a
speaker he exhibits readiness, preciseness, and fluency of
ideas rather than of language, for his enunciation is for the
most part slow and emphatic; and he impresses his hear"
with seriousness or convulses them with merriment, sc-
cordizaz to the requirouAte of t)ie 99014P11.

The first annual meeting of the St. John's division
of the Queen's (Westminster ) Volunteers was held
at the Scliool•rooms, Horseferry-road, on Tuesday
evening ; Mr. J. C. Wood in the chair. After the
usual preliminaries, the hon. secretary (Mr. jebb)
read the report. The chairman stated that their
expenses had been neceatiai:ily very heavy in that the.
-first year of their existenceisoleavy,.indeed, that
they had been left with a balance of only £97 in
hand. Ile trusted therefore that those parishioners
who could not join the ranks of the division Would,
subscribe towards their expenses. The report and
accounts were received and adopted.
On Monday evening the members of Lord Truro's
Metropolitan Light Cavalry assembled at the Wel-
lington Barracks in strong force. Notwithstanding
the short time which Lord Truro has been agitating
the formation of troops of cavalry for the metropolis,
the number of applications for enrolment has been
very great. The corps possesses many advantages,
the uniform being very smart and economical, con •
sistent with comfort. The horse appointmeits by
Messrs. Gibson, of New Coventry-street, are of a
novel and light description, the difference in weight
between the horseappointments of the Metropolitan
Light Cavalry and the regular Dragoons being 161 b.
The Volunteers having gone through a variety of
ivolutions in a creditable manner, were dismissed to
their respective quarters.' • : •
Her Majesty has been pleased to accept the ser-
vices of a body of Volunteers raised at Downton as
a subdivision of the Ist Wilts (Salisbury) Corps,
and the names of the officers are shortly to be ga-
zetted. The ladies of the city of Salisbury and
neighbourhood are about to present the corps with
a handsome silver bugle. It is arranged that the
presentation shall take place on Wednesday next,
the 6th of February. In the evening there is to be
a grand Volunteer Ball at the Assembly-rooms,
under the immediate patronage of Lieutenant-
General Buckley, M.P., Mr. H. M. Marsh, M.P.,
the Mayor of Salisbury, Captain Sir F. H. H.
Bathurst, Lieutenant Earl Nelson, and Cornet W.
E. Matcham, of the Salisbury Troop of Yeomanry
Cavalry ; and Captain Commandant J. H. Jacob,
and the rest of the officers of the Ist Wilts Rifle
Volunteers.

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