The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-13 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, May 7.—A dreadful catastrophe, which public report
however exaggerated, occurred on Monday last about eleven o'clock
in the morning. It was an explosion of fire damp at More. The
workmen above ground were astonished at seeing a thick smoke
arise from the shaft, as they had not heard any explosion ; not
seeing any of the workmen come out, they gave notice to the direc-
tor, who immediately descended into the shalt with two other per-
sons ; on arriving at the bottom they found a number of men more
or less mutilated and burnt, but still alive, and a greater number
already dead. It was ascertained that ninety-four men had gone
down the shaft, of whom twenty.seven escaped uninjured ; twenty.
five were brought out mutilated and burnt, of whom two died im-
mediately, thirty-four were found dead, and it is certain that five
are still buried under the rubbish.

It appears certain from the testimony of the survivors, that the
disaster was Caused by the imprudence of a workman who dis.
obeyed the chief orders which he had received. This workman has
escaped unhurt.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The Cotton market at Liverol on Saturday was quiet,
only 2,000 bales finding buyers—they all went
to the trade. There was no change in prices.
A better business was done in Shares :—Aberdeen
Railway, 78s. 9d.; Barnsley Junction, 517 i, . 4%; Birken-
head, Manchester, and Cheshire, 10% -1/2 I Blackburn,
Darwen, and Bolton, 5/. Is. 6d. ; Belfast and Ballymena,
81/1. % ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 10% 3/4 ; Cale-
donian, 11/. 111.65. 3d. ; Ditto Extension, 21" 4 ; Cambridge
and Lincoln,
7% % ; Chester and Birkenhead, 51% 50 ;
Chester and Holyhead, 16 1, .
Kil-
larney, 2 is ' Churnet Valley, 64 %; Cli-
theroe Junction, 2% ; Cork
5/4 ; Cork and Waterford, 2% A ; and Bandon, 8 ; Cork and
Belfast Junction, 11 ; Dublin and Galway, 4% ; Dublin,
Mulliugar, and Athlone, 41/ ; Dublin and
A Dundalk and Enniskillen, 5%
47 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 64 • Glasgow and Dumfries,
14; Grand Junction, 230; Ditto, Shares, 20; Great
Grimsby and Sheffield, 6 ; Great North of England, 30/.
Shares, 20V, ; Jamaica Junction 2% 3%; ; Limerick and
Waterford, 8 ; Liverpool, Ormskir'k' and Preston, 2 % ; Lon-
don and Birmingham, Quarter Shares 32% ; London and
Brighton, 624 ; London and Windsor, 3,4 10s. 6d. ; London-
derry and Enniskillen, 4.8 ; London and York, 43/4 ; Direct
Northern, 3% 3/. 55.; Leeds and Dewsbury, 104 ; Leeds
and Thirsk, 53; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 9%
104 ; Manchester and Birmingham, New Shares, 714; Man-
chester and Buxton, 54 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Mid.
land Junction, 6; Manchester and Leeds, 150 149; Ditto,
Half Shares, 66 65%; Ditto, Quarter-Shares, 18 19%; Mid-
land Railway, 155 ; Ditto, 40/. Shares, 18 %; Newcastle and
Berwick, 13 1,6 ; Newry and Enniskillen, 41/ ; North Union,
A, 144%; North-Western, 41/ %; North Wales, 3% ;
Oxford and Birmingham Junction, 3% 4 ; Oxford, Wor-
cester, and Wolverhampton, 41s. 6d. 2; Preston and Wyre,
30 ; Sheffield and Manchester, 116 115; Ditto, Quarter
Shares, 14; Sheffield and Lincoln, 365. 6d. ; Shrewsbury
and Grand Junction,
-34 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and
Cheshire, 4% % ; South-Eastern and Dover, New Shares,
No. 3,6% 11 s. 6d. ; Scottish Central, 6% 5/8 ; South Wales,
54 ; Trent Valley, R I 1, i
- - 4 ; Waterford and Kilkenny, 3% ;
Welsh Midland, 41s. ; West Yorkshire, 3%; Worcester and
Tring, 4% ; York and Carlisle, 2% 4 ; Austrian and Sar-
dinian, 4s. ; Boulogne and Amiens (English), 93/4 ; Northern