The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-15 00:00:00

DISGRACEFUL IVEDDIN,7.

On Easter Monday a remarkable wedding took
place in Bradford parish church. James Tetley, a
pauper well on in years, was married t o Betty
Stockdale, whose previous husband was killed at
Bowling ironworks. The parties had lived some
time as.man and wife, and the legalisation of, the
marriage. was necessary to secure pauper relief.
A procession left the neighbourhood of Sticker-lane,
where the couple resided, shortly after eight o'clock,
accompanied by thousands on its onward march,
the multitude still increasing in density as it passed
down Leeds-road and up Vicar-lane to the Old
Church. It was led by a man on horseback with
white hair, 97 years, of age, dressed in a scarlet
cloak, and this patriarch of the cavalcade gave away
the willing bride. Two other horsemen followed,
one dressed in a soldier's coat and a sorry bat, with
his face painted as red as the coat; and the other
in a beardiin jacket or cape, with hat to match, and
his face painted like that of a savage New Zealand
chief. Then followed, in a cart, the bride and
I,ridegroom, with an object sitting low between
them, resembling, in his crouched position, the
figure of " Old Nick," playing the bagpipes in
" Tam O'Shanter." The bride sat calm and meek,
seldom looking round her, but the excited brde-
groom often gesticulated violently, showing the in-
tended wedding-ring on the little finger of his right
hand. Thirty riders, on patient-looking donkeys,
came next. Many of them were smoking, had their
faces coloured, and were dressed in all imaginable
costume. Behind these came several vehicles full
of " weddingers" and others enjoying the singular
scene ; and to add excitement to all, a band of
musicians made the welkin ring with their furious
execution of "See the conquering hero comes."
By the time the procession had reached the top of
the Church-bank no fewer than 20,000 persons,
who had ec•tped chiefly from mills and warehouses,
Crowded the churchyard and many of the adjacent
streets. When the knot was tied they were pre-
vented from parading through the town by the
police, and went to a publichouse up Harrowgate-
road, thousands still following.--Manchester Ex-
aminer.

THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT LUND-

HILL.

On Sunday last, in consequence of the finding of the
body on Friday night, the pit was visited by great num-
bers during the day, many of those present being rela-
tives of the unfortunate men in the pit, as it was gene•
rally thought that other bodies would float on the pit
being unroofed. At 6 o'clock in the evening the chair
which was at the bottom of the shaft, and which could
not be pulled up with the entire strength of the two
powerful engines, was bared about two or three inches.
As the removal f this obstruction was essentially neces-
sary not only with regard to the using of both buckets
and the speedy emptying of the pit, but also the libera-
tion of any of the bodies which might be kept down
by the chair, it was determined late on Sunday night
that an attempt should be made the next morning
to hoist it out, and that no efforts should be
wanting to effect this most dangerous but highly impor-
tant object, which would be the means of making the
emptying of the pit a comparatively easy matter, occu-
pying only, some three or four days. For this purpose,
at eight o'clock on Monday morning, five picked mon
descended to the surface of the water in the shaft and ex-
amined the chair. After almost superhuman efforts for
upwards of eight hours, the men, all the time being
drenched to the skin, the heavy cumbersome chair
gave way, and was moved into the centre, and
was then raised by the power of the two engines.
The getting out of the chair, the most important and
difficult operation that has et taken place since the
opening of the shaft, will, it Is expected, speedily bring
the labours of the gentlemen on whom has devolved the
responsibility of eiainguislaing the fire and reaching the
bodies to a conclusion. Had the prooeedinge not been
conducted with such secrecy, these is no doubt but that
a much larger number of persons would have been pre-
sent. The coffin having been deposited in one of the
compartments of the graves constructed for the reception
of the bodies, it was sealed in such a manner as to pre-
vent any noxious smell arising therefrom.
From the time of the chair being got out up to yester-
day afternoon the operations of draining had been sus-
pended, and the workmen were employed in getting out
debris and lengthening and repairing the conductors at
the bottom of the shaft. It was expected that by last
evening the operations would have again fairly com-
menced, and if no further stoppages take place the water
is expected to be unroofed this day.

On Thursday next the freedom of the Burgh of Harail•
ton is to be presented to James Merry, Esq., m.p.
The number of patients relieved at the Royal Free
Hospital, Gray's-inn-road, during the week ending April
4, 1857, is 2,006, of which 703 were new cases. ,)
MADAME Tuas EXHlBlTloN.—Notwithstanding
the unfavourable state of the weather on Monday whole
troops of admiring visitors attended this long-established
exhibition, abd which continued in streams throughout
the day. The various groups and figures of all classes,
from the monarch on the throne to the wretched convict,
art, here represented—al. to instruct and amuse the visitors
who honour the proprietors with their presence. Many
additions have been lately made in the decorations, and
when complete will present one of the most gorgeous
suite of apartments in the metropolis.