The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1868.

DOCKS.

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BANKS.

Closing Business
Sharo NAME. Paid. Price. done
10 Agra Limited,, A alr 111 121 121 12
11 Do B lO 64 61
60 Albion
100 Alliance, Limited
20 Anglo-Austrian
20 Anglo-Egyptian, lim all 19 2 •
20 Anglo-Hungarian
20 Anglo-Italian 1866, limited 10 6 4
40 Australasian
20 Bank of. British Columbia all 11 13
20 Do issued at 2 pm....., 6
25 Bank of Egypt
20 Bank of Otago, lim.
25 Bank of South Australia all 31 33
50 Bank of Victoria, Australia 23 37 3)
10 Bank of IN ew Zealand all 17 19
50 British North American
20 Chartered of India, Austra-
lia, •nd China all 20. "21 211
26 Chartered Mere. of India,
London, and China all 29 301 301
20 City lo 11 12 12
100 Colonial 25 37 371
10 Consolidated, lira
40 Delhi and London, Rill
60 East London, lira 5 11 01
20 English and American, lira 10 ... •••
20 English Bank of Rio de Ja-
neiro. lim lO ld pr
20 English, z•euttish, and Any
tralian Chartered
281 Hong Kong and Shanghai
Bank Corporation all ... ...
281 Da new if 4 f
100 Imperial, lim 2O 17 18
20 Imperial Ottoman lO 11 14 114
6 lonian - all 26 28
25 Do new 5 tel Id
20 Lnd Mortgage of India, Bin 4 4 *4
100 Do sp. c. Deba.lB6l 30 all 76 jp 8
30 London Bank of Mexico
and South America, lira. 20 9 7
100 London and Brazilian, lim. 45 50 25
20 Do new 74 5 41
100 London &River Plato, lira. 40 2 4
25 Do new 10 14 14
20 London Chart. of Australia all 231 241
60 London and County 2O 11 52
20 Do new, iss at 20 p.m, 16 pd ll 631
60 London Joint Stock 1 i2l
20 London and south African al 12 19
100 London & S.-Western, lira, 20 ... •••
50 London & Venezuela, lim l2l ... •••
100 London and Westminster 2O 65 67 631
100 Do Scrip, iss at 10 pm 2O 65 6.i 651
100 Merchant, lira 23 7 6
10 Metropolitan, lira all 0 7
100 Midland, 1ira...... 2O Id pr
6 National of Australia
25 National of Liverpool, lim l5 ... ••• lOO National I'rovinc. of Eng'd 42 ... ••• 1,341
10 Do ... . -
50 National. BO 64 46
20 New South Wa1e5............ all 41 45 43
20 North-Western
25 Oriental Bank Corporation all 421 431
60 Provinc. Bank. Corpo., lim. 10 6 51
100 Provincial of Ireland 25 SO 21
10 Do new.
100 Stand. of Brit. S. Africa, lim 25 13 11
100 Do issued at 6 pm. 10 ... ...
25 Union of Australia all 48 49
100 Union of Ireland, Hui
40 Union of London l3 8.44 354 37 1

MISCELLANEOUS.

10 Anglo-American Tel., lim. all 211 211
10 Anglo-Mediter. Tel., lint 7 Od
10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17
at Atlantic Telegraph lO 81 82
st Do. S per cent.
25 Australian Agricultural
26 Australian Mort. Land and
Finance, Urn
10 Baugarah Tea Estates, lim 9 7 Ld
10 Berlin Water Works, lim all 14 141
10 Do. New 6 8 SI
100 Bolckow Vaughan, lim.
6 Bombay Gas, lim.
6 Do. New 4 11 01
50 British American Laid 44 16 17
et B. and L Magnetic Tel., lim lOO 165 170 j
20 British Indian Tea, Jim-- all 21 81
20 British Ship Owners 7l
29 Canada, Company all 67 72
10 Canadian Loan and Invest-
ment, lim 24 21 11d
20 Ceylon Company, lim.
20 Do. A shares
10 City Discount, Urn 6 41 81
25 City of London Real Pro-
perty, lint 8 41 31d
SO City of Milan Improv. lim all 6 10
25 City of Moscow Gas, lim all 3 4 St
50 City Offices, lim 25 22 21/d
50 Colonial, lim.
Do.
50 Commercial. Union (Assur) 6 p 34
10 Company of African Mer-
chants, ulna.
20 Continental Union Gas, lim all 171 181
25 Copper Miners of England,
pref. 71 per cent.
100 Corporation of Londos
Bonds, 1877, 41 per cent. all 1031 1041
100 Do. 1879, 4; per cent. all 104 104
100 Do. 1832, 41 per cent. all 1031 104/
10 Credit Fon. of England, lim. all 21 21 2
40 CreditFon.ofMauritiuslim lO 3 2 d
st Crystal Palace lOO 23 24
st Do. Preference lOO 97 107
it Do. 6p. c Perpetual Deb lO9 107 111
20 Darjeeling, Jim.
I 0 Eastern Assam, lim
...a
50 East Indian Land Credit
and Finance, lim.
20 East India Irriga. & Canal all 17 IS 204
32 Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and
Coal, lira.
100 Egyptian 9 per cent. V'roy
(lug. by Egypt. Goy all 941 94 91 901
20 Egyptian Com. & Trad. lim 6 41 4;d
it Electric & Inter. Telegraph 100 226 230
10 Do. New 5 If 10p
158
EEhgngh.SLAaunsdirFalo.rOeoiglecrr,eliamit
721
6i 41
100 Eng. and Soot. Marine, lbn. 8 ...d
10 Fairbairn Engineering 5 14 lid
20 Fore-streetWarehousedim l2 pr 1p 121
100 For. & Col. Gov. Trust and
Loan Scrip, issued at £35 all 83 84
50 Gellivara, lim. 2O
10 General Credit & Die., lim. 71 2 If
lb General Steam Navigation. 14 28 29
60 Homa d; Col Marine In. lim 6 44 80
10 Hong Kong and China Gas all
20 Hudson's Bay all 16 lit 111 t
20 Imperial Land' Co. of Mar-
seilles, lim.
25 Indo-European Tel., lira_ 10 . . .
20 Internat. Financial Soc. lim. 6 1/ 11
2() Interns. Land Credit, lim. 6 6 4.1
50 Italian Land 5 11 Id
20 Italian Irri. (Canal Cavour) all 2 21 31
100 Do. 6p. c. Bds., redeem.
1670, issued 80..., , all 62 115 631
SO Land Securities, Jim , st 21d
26 London African Tradig.., 10 7 bd
25. Lou. & Caled. Marine, lim. 6 ...d
10 London County Land and
Building, .
5 Loud. Provincial Tel. lirn all 61 34
1 Do. Prefer. 10 per cent, all I 4P
50 Lond. Financial Aeso., lim. SO 23 221 Of /
4 Lond.Gen.Omnibus.Codim. all 11 2
50 Lond. and Glaug. Engineer
and Iron Ship, 1im.......,,, 26 22 17(1
20 Loud. &Provincial Marine 2 id pr
et Madras Irriga. & Caul. Gam.
p. c. by India Gov.
10 Mauritius Land, Credit, and
Agency, 1im.... •.. . . .
10 Mediterra. Exten. Tel., ,J
all 4 41
60 Merchant Shipping, Jim all 86 41
SO Millwall Iron Works, lim l2l
10 Natal Land and Colonisa-
tion Co., . 34 21d
...........9 25 National Discount Co., lin; 6 111 12
25 National Proy, Marine, Jim. 4 4 3d
10 National Steam Ship, 81 94
20 Nerbudda Coal &Iron, Jim. all
3 2d
140
ee New OcioueneeasAhloarglnaieddlaaeLt,
yeo,hdli
mai n
aDn lira, 8 11 1 d
..
.. 4: stip
25
NecawntZil& Mer
26 New Zealand Trust and
Loan, lim ................ 11 11
10 Northern Assam Tea, Jim. 5 7 6
Do. B
10
st North Brit. Austral., him.- 100 8$ 42
50 North Brit. & Marcel. 1n.,, 61 iv 21
25 Ocean
vestment, MlaNi
areni tdznao.(e. (Insurance) 14 15
AO Oriental Financial, 1ira,,,,,, 11 ...d
w
Oriental Gas, all .7
74
Do. New......,,
...... . ,
10 Otago and Southland. in
5
Ottoman Gas,
Mail Jiui aaal2lllll.
2412421 P
10 Panama,us a
5 Do
it Peel B. Land & 100 82 34
60 Peninsu. & Oriental Steam all 64 56
SO
Do. New 1867
26 Reuter's Telegram.
40 Rhymney Iron
all 19 20
16
Do. New
26 Rio de Janeiro City Im.,hre' all 181 191
20 Do. Gas, lin all 23 24
100 Royal Mail Steam ...
st Scottish Aust. Invest, Jim lOO 111 116
,
st Do. 6 p. c. Guar. Pref. 100 •••
20 Bocietd Fin. d'Egypte lim. 10 7 6d
20 Sociith Gen.de l'Ernpira ca. 8 6 4p
60 S. African Mort. & Inv lim. •
26 South Australian Land
at Submarine Telegraph
1 Do. Scrip all f
20 Telegraph Con. &Main.,lim all 151 101
20 Thames and Mersey Marine
(Insurance), limy,,, 2 24 24
20 Trinidad Petroleum, lin- Si
10 Trust & Agency of a.no.,llni 1 1p
10 Do do. do. all ...
20 Trust & Loan Co., U. Canada 6 Icl p
150 Union Marine L'pool, lim. 6 4 41P
20 Union Steam Ship, lira all 22 24
16 United Discount Corp., Jim, 6 11 11d
U. Kingdom Tel. Co., Him all 41 64 54
Do. 10 per cent. Pref. all St 84p
20 Universal Marine(lu.), Um. 5 1 lip
10 Upper Assam Tea, limy all 8 4
80 Van Dieman's Land . .
00 Viceroy of Egypt, i per
cent. ( )lortgage) Loan— all 74 754 7.64
50 Warrant Finance, lim. . 12 12 10d
mfie
60 West India and Pa
Steam, lim 2O 1 Sd
20 West London Wharves and
Warehouses lO
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COLONIAL GOVERNAINNT SECURITIES.

- British Columbia, 6 per
100 -
- 1)0. 1895 l3O -
Can.br' 0v.6 p.c../en.v&J my
1877-81
- Do. 6p. a. Feb. & Aug— luO 106 10
- Do. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept lOO les 10
- Do. sp. o. Jan. & July- 100 93 04
- Do. sp. e. Inscribed sk lOO 90 92
- Cape (I.llope, 6 p.c.1873 lOO 102 10*
- Do.Apl.&oo 1090-1900 lOO 11/ 113
- Do. do 1880-90 lOO 107 109
- Do. Jan.&July, 1891
- Do. 5 per cent. 15 April
and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 100 102
- Ceylon, Nov. 1878, 6p. c lOO 108 110
- Do. 1872, do. •.• 100 105 107
- Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873,
- Jan. and July
- Do. 1878 ....... lOO 106 108
- Do. 1882, May and Nov lOO 106 108
- Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug• .• • 100 106 193
- Melbourne Corporate.,
1667-75, 6 per cent- •L •• 103 -
- N. 8.th.v.6 p.c.Ja.&July 100 102 104
- Natal 6 p or, Apl& Oct . • 100 .......
-D06p0.31 .y & No t.. 100 106 ICB
- N. S. W. 5 p. 0., '7l to 100 99 101 101 f
- Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1826 lOO 90 100 101
- Do. 5 p.c. rd. '67 10%6 lOO 99 101
- N.Zcaland, 6p. Ct. 1891 IGO
• Do. 5 per cent.... •• •
- Do Jan, Apl,.lu y, 0 t 100 976 981 07
- Do 6p c. Mar & -.:ert '9l lOO 108 110
Do Ju, e 66 Dec, i•9l •• IGO 109 ill
- IDo Prov. f At.c.ld.
1.0
-tt Ecrie{l&2, 1t96
- IOVA SC )tia 6p. c.Jau...
- ani Jnly, 1875
- Do 16:;6 lOO 101 103
- Qucensind. Gp. c• 'B'46- 100 105 109
- Do isti t 100 1054 1061 10i1
- S. Austral. 6 p c. 186) 77 lOO _ _
Do 1878 92
Do 1e93 19J3. 10) 106 108
- Tasmanian po, 1e95.. 100 106 107
- Do rd. 1693 tc 189/
- "Victoria op.c. Ja.&July lOO
Do. 1801 • lOO 112 113
Do. do, April& Oct lOO 109 110 1091

WARP PRilarrar

Lord Chelsea writes to a contemporary, apopoi to
the story about the detective employed to watch the pro-
ceedings of Sir Sydney Waterlow, that these kind of
practices are by no means confined to the Conservatives.
lie (a Conservative) went down to Lancashire to con-
test the borough of Bury, "a complete stranger." He
had been but a few days in the town before he was
informed that the Radicals had sent an emissary to Lon-
don to " ferret out all the details of his private life,"
with a view, if possible, of blackening his character before
the electors of Bury. The embassy failed in its object,
partly because his character was proof against any such
inspection, but mainly, be adds, because the emissary got
drunk on his arrival in London, • and was immediately
locked up - a circumstance which no doubt narrowed most 1
inconveniently his sphere of observation."

THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR WIGAN

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Hardly has the last body been recovered from the Oaks
Colliery than we have to record another and very disas-
trous colliery explosion, Warnings have within the last
few days appeared in nearly all the papers, cautioning
colliery managers to be on the alert to prevent the
freaks of the atmosphere from playing with the gases
of the several mines, But though forewarned—and, it is
hoped, in this case forearmed—the gases have asserted their
dominion. As we stated yesterday, the colliery in which
this disaster has taken place is worked by a limited
company. The former owner was Mr. John Scowcroft,
and the new company calls itselt by that
gentleman's name, The mine in which the explosion
has taken place is called the Arley Mine of the Hindley
Green Colliery, It is situated some three-and-a-half or
four miles from Wigan, in the centre of the Lancashire
coalfields. Hitherto it has borne an excellent name. The
Colliery. is an old one, but the mine itself is cona-
paratively new, having only been worked for some five or
six years. No complaints have been made of .the coal
giving out too much gas, nor, it is stated, had the managing
authorities any ground for anticipating such a calamity.
The system of employment prevailing in the pit, as in
most collieries, of one man working with and receiving pay
for two or more boys or other assistants, the principal of
each party being the one registered in the company's hooks,
makes it impossible tostate the precise number of persons
who were in the mine at the time of the accident, but, as
nearly as can-be ascertained, about 300 persons were em-
ployed in the mine, and of these at lea,:t 150 were
lowered into the shaft on that morning at six o'clock.
The pit is worked in four sections, known as the north-
east, north-west, south-east, and south-west sections. All
are worked on the same levels, but the workings are
divided, as respects ventilation, into two halves. The same
shafts supply and carry off the exhausted air, but
t:c the
bottom of the pit the ventilating apparatus
uivided into
two branches, It was in the n0rt10v"....1 section, in which
from sixty to seventy men Welv engaged, that the explo-
sion took place,

Of the explosion itself very little is stated. It appeari
that at six o'clock -in the morning the fireman made
his rounds and found all safe, and yet before nine
o'clock the explosion had occurred. It could hardly
have been very violent, though it is said that
it was felt a mile and a half away. Be this as it
may, many of the men working in the east portion of the
colliery knew not that anything alarming had happened,
and continued their work for two hours after the event.
But at the mouth of the pit it was immediately clear by
the smoke and ddbris which were shot into the air that
" something had gone wrong," and relatives came pour-
ing in from all quarters to see if their friends were hurt.
Those who went to work to find the dead found their task
difficult. The explosion altogether deranged the plan for
ventilating the mine. The current of air was reversed, and
for some time there were doubts as to whether the colliery was
on fire. The engines were got out, and every prepara-
tion was made to extinguish the " destroying element."
But, happily; it was discovered that there was no fire ;
and after a short interval the air began to rush along
the usual channels. The cage then descended, and
several miners were found waiting at the bottom of the
shaft, having providentially escaped through the choke-
damp,which stifled so many of those who were unable to free
themselves from it in time. Mr. Thomas Southworth, the
manager, with an underlooker named Ellis, who had given
the alarm, then commenced the search for the bodies.
The ventilation was still exceedingly imperfect, so that
their work was arduous and dangerous as well
as painful. The first who were found to have suffered w, ;ire
some persons at work near the upcast shaft; they were
burned owing to the flames from the furnace
having been driven along the workings. Some few were
found still alive, of whom a small proportion were able
to help themselves. These latter escaped, but several
were dying and never got alive to the mouth of the pit.
Here energetic labour did good service. One man was
apparently dead when he came from below. But
for ten minutes artificial respiration was produced,
and breath was, so to speak, brought back to the body, and
the sufferer lives. For six hours the search was continued.
The condition of the corpses varied considerably. Many
of the boys who were killed had clean faces, and the
features were as placid as if the healthy-looking lads
were merely Slumbering. Some of the men were
dreadfully wounded ; others were much burned, and
in one instance the flesh had been burned to the bone
off a man's fingers. Many of the killed were relatives.
In the workshop on Thurday night lay the corpses
of two brothers named Tyldesley. They were two of
the four sons of a widow who only lost her husband
quite recently. The other two sons were in the pit at• the
time of the explosion ; one escaped without injury, but the
other had to be taken home. One man had his bat blown
off his head and his lamp extinguished by the explosion,
but he escaped uninjured. Nearly all the dead bodies
were found in such a position as to make it certain that
they had left their working places, and were making their
way to the shaft. Some bodies were taken up alive, and
borne to their homes, which they just reached to die.
But the details of this case are heartrending and sicken.
ing. Suffice it to say that there were taken up dead, when
found, some 54 bodies, the last being recovered about six
hours after the occurrence. These are arranged in rooms
adjoining the shaft, and have all been identified. Altogether
the ascertained deaths are set down at from 57 to 60—the
former number being the one which from the facts seems
nearest the truth.

It is supposed that two men, said to be named Beasley
and Shannon, are still in the pit, it having been stated
by some of those who have been rescued that they were
seen going in the direction of the shaft, and, by another
person, that he had heard men calling out that they were
in the "sump," or " "—a large cavity filled with
water at the bottom of the shaft. The " dib-hole " will be
pumped dry, in order to test the truth of this statement,
and rescue, if possible, the missing bodies. Another boy
is also reported missing.

On the meteorological part of this subject Mr. H. T.
Negretti writes to a contemporary, apologising somewhat
for seeming to puff his trade (meteorological instrument
maker), but giving what he considers good advice.
Meteorological observations, be most positively de-
clares, ought to be taken at every mine. " Expe-
rience proves it in this case, as it has done
in almost every other. At every mine there should
be at least one barometer, The late Admiral Fitzroy
often spoke to me on the subject, and had he lived
I doubt not but he would have placed barometers
at every coal mine for the guidance of the miners, as
he did in all the fishing villages for the benefit of fisher-
men. True, he was laughed at at first, and by the very
men he intended to save; but how is it now? Fishermen
never put to sea when the barometer plainly indicates
they should not. It would be the same with the
miners ; let there be a barometer hung at the
mouth of the pit; let there be explanations and directions
printed in large type close to it, the miners will soon
understand it, we should soon have less lamp-trinaming,
lamp-opening, and pipe-smoking in mines, Do not believe
that I wish to recommend any special instrument."

The death is announced of Sir John Dorney
(larding, Q. 0., D.0,L., formerly her Majesty's Advocate.
The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, who are
guardians of the spiritualities of the archbishopric during
the vacancy, have appointed the Bishop of London to he
President of the forthcoming Convocation. His lordship
will therefore take the chair at the apprcacLing meetings,
and will continuo to preside in that capacity until after his
enthronement, when ho will, of course, tako tho chair in
his capacity of Archbishop of the province,
Whilst two officers of the 14th Hussars—,Captain
Campbell and Lieutenant Bulkeley—wero sitting in a room
in tho White Horso Hotel at Drogheda on Tuesday evening,
some Sligo rufilln fired a gun loaded with slugs into the
room where they wero sitting, evidetaly mistaking the
window of ono room for the other, n 3 the twa rooms arc
separated ouly by folding doors. CoCuiu Campbell I:nci
Lieutenant Bulkeley had only returm that eveuing with
their troop from election duties kt Dundalk and
cross. No damage wns done beyond the breaklna of some
panes of glass,

ANOTIIEA (iONTILA.CT,-TllO contract for the eon•
otructlou of the engines and the machinery for the iron.
clad turret•ehip Olatton, tt NO horse-vowor! bviliting At
Chatham, has peon given by tha'Ay to Memo,
Laird Brothers, Birlcenhoad, i'he el;gines And machinery
for the ironclad broadolde PititAn, ',2 ;?,q tons,
1,20 Q horse-power (nominal), tinder ponstructino At Chat.
ham, will be mAnntacttirel Ni t@; John Donn anti
bate: the iii4UP Of Ciiifite ter the Itct-d416, itonolad
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