Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-01-06
FOREIGN ITEMS.

DREADFUL EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP-
Thirty PERSONS KILLED.-At the collierv of
Messrs. Green, at Tilsley Bank, near Worsley
in England, and not far from Manchester on
Saturday, Dec. 18th, about 80 persons pro-
coded to one of the pits, for the performance
OF their usual avocations. They had not been
at work more than an hour or two, when
terrible explosion took place, which was heard
at a considerable distance, and the excitement
caused was very great Nineteen bodies have
been found. Several of the bodies were liter
ally blown in pieces, and their shattered mem
bers were found scattered about among the
materials, which had been displaced as if by
stupendous explosion of gunpowder. 1t is
supposed that not less that 80 lives have been
sacrificed. As to the immediate cause of the
explosion nothing is known. 1t has been
conJectured that the gauzework of safety
lamp must have burnt, and thereby a naked
light have become exposed.
CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS Beck, o.
Lantzlc, has made curious discovery. He
mas found an antidote, or rather counter-pois-
on, for ardent spirits. 1t is a mineral paste,
which he encloses in an olive, and which, once
absorbed, destroys, not only the rising effect,
but likewise the disastrous consequences of
drunkenness. He tried several experiments
on Pole, an irreclaimable drunkard The
individual, named Randevil, swallowed three
bottles of brandy in succession, and after each
bottle, ate an olive prepared by the doctor
lie experienced neither the effect of drunken
ness, nor the slightest sickness.
DEATH OF THE LAST MALE REPRESENTA-
TIVE OF SIR WALTER ScoTT-The death of
the only son Of Mr.. Hope Scott, @. c., is an
nounced. This interesting child was the only
living male descendant of his ilustrious great
grandfather Sir M altar Gnott ,bnc L.
bore. He was only year and a half old, and
has survived his mother, the poets grand
daughter, little more than six weeks. An in
iant sister died fortnight ago. Only one
little girl remains to bear the great name of
which she is the sole surviving representa-
tive.
Some idea of the state of the female labor
market III London, may be collected from the
TACT that an advertisement in a London weekly
paper for fifty dressmakers brought 900 appli-
cants, many of them from long distances, to
the establishment of the advertiser The
poor girls, after waiting several hours, got en-
ragged, and went to the Mansion House for re-
uress, under the impression that they had been
hoaxed. Mr.. Alderman Copeland listened to
their complaint, and sent an officer to the ware
mousse, who returned with person to make
the explanations.
~N'sNio iipih ANhpitS vi lilt SUIll november,
say that an extraordinary spectacle may be
expected this year. Vesuvius is cracking and
opening at all parts, from the base to the sum
nit Small craters vomit lava in all directions.
without ceasing. 1t is feared, that, at the most
unexpected moment, an eruption will take
place from the great crater, in which case the
catastrophe would be terrible for Resina and
Portiei
The Vienna correspondent of the London
Times says that the mobiles of Moscow hold
secret meetings. and do not attempt to conceal
their disinclination to the emancipation of the
serfs. To the West of Moscow, however. no
one dares openly to express disapproval of the
projects of the Gar.
AT the consistory to be holden on the Goth.
1t Is probable that two new cardinals will be
made-one for Rome and another for America.
Should this news be true, America will possess
u cardinal for the first time. The Archbishop
OF Baltimore is spoken of as likely to be the
first wearer of n red hat in the United States.
Poor Madame Mortara is dying of broken
heart, because the Pope is deaf to her PRAYERS
for the release of her stolen child
Two wealthy Hindoos generously liberated
all the debtors incarccmted in Bombay iail. on
the day when the Queens Proclamation was
read, by paying their debts for them. BY this
act Of benevolcnce about thirty individuals
were set free, and the cost to the donors wos
about 1000 rupees (S2,000).