New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-09
GREAT BRITAIN.


There seems some probability that the steps taken
by the mining engineers for extinguishing the great
fire in the pit will be successful and that there VIII
he no necessity for resOrtng TO the other des
peTate, plan ef flooding The workings. On December
20 the furnace and No. shafts were sealed up, the
former to the extent of III yards from the bottom,
and the latter 92 yards Nearly 1900 tuns of spoil were
put down the two shafts, and on the top was placed
q layer of fine pudded clay, yards thick. On sun
day the report issued to the effect that the fur
mace drift had sunk yards since the previous day,
while there was immense quantity OF water on
the top. Yesterday there was meeting of INNING
snginecrs at the Kings Head Hotel which was at
tended by the leading men in the kingdom, including
Mr. WoodhOuse, Mr.. Forster, Mr.. Potter, and the
principal local viewers After taking INTO eonsidela-
ton the report of what had been done since the last
meeting, it agreed that the No shaft should be
filled 70 the Melton Field seam little below the No.
& drift leading into the pumping shaft that a scat
fold i'm the No shaft at point marked ON the sec
zion he lowered from the surface 10 that oint,
oo ;t & or inches in d;arnctef .Ioeed
at the side of the ScafOd for the purpose OF allowing
the gas 10 escapesuch pipe 70 come TO the surface
The meeting then adjourned, until the 9TH Of January
OF those who Were sent up living after the ilrst *
pOsiOn only five live now. -Four were buried III the
vault at Ardsley clIurchyard on Sunday.
JAMES STEPHENS.
TloLOpdoR TmesOf the 26th publishes letter from
Gen Men of the United States late President OF the
Eenian Military Council in Ireland, against James
Stephens the Head Center in which he expresses the
opinion that Stephens is not only no good man, but
is political hmnbug, if not a cheat and rascal be-
aide.
THE RrPoRTED MASSACRE or AMERICANS BY TIE
COREANS.
Tle.PdH Nal Gazette, in allusiou TO the reported
snassacre by the Coreans of the of the General
Sherman has the following:
At the same time there came TO rs accounts of q
very opposite character in regard 10 the fate of the
of two American vessels which have fallen into
the hands of the COreans. in the the crew,
there is doubt, receiyeda greater amount OF care
and Kindness than they would have got III any civil
lied country, while in the other it is TO he feared
they were put TO cruel death. The first ease
was that of the schooner Surprise, the captain
Of which, NcCasn, has reached Shanghai
in safety and published an account Of his experiences
After being wrecked on the coast OF COrea III June
last the authorities provided him and his with
plenty of food, Clothes tobacco, and medicine, and
Forwarded them on horseback to the capital. Here
they taken before three mandarins, who looked
them very graciOusy, and inquired particularly,
through an Interpreter. who could communicate with
their Chinese cook whether they had been well
treated on the journey. They were then forwarded,
still on horseback. TO the Chinese frontier, within
sent on but during the twenty-five days
they among the COTe3ns they were treated
with even greater Kindness than that winch was
shown TO Nh. PalgTaYe WHEN he was slnpwTecked on
the coast of Oman This is the more remarkable
when reflect the usual conduct of haf-ciyllized
nations and even of Englishmen not so many years
ago, toward shpwTecked. mariners, and when we
consider the difficulty of conceiying any motive of
self7Dterest to make the COreans so kind. II would
have been easy TO relieve themselves FROM trouble
and expense In tue matter by putting the crew
to DEATH or by making slaves of them, the old Ro-
hands had been drowned.
The case of the other American vessel, the General
Sherman, IS so different from that lust noted that
we cannot but entertain hope that it may turn out
10 have been unsupported. 1t an armed vessel
with large crew and two Englishmon tone of thelu
blr. Thomas linguist and missionary on board and
seems 20 have gone to COrea for the purpose of what
the Americans would call prospecting generally
Having run aground on the bank Of one OF the rivera
which il attempted 10 ascend IN August last it il said
that the authorities by OTderOf the King fastened the
crew and passengers down IN their berths and then
SCI the VeSsei on me INC esiueIGt III PloI Oh tns
story IS motto. very satisfactory KIND, but the mere
tact OF the good treatment of the other shipHTecked
crew can go very little way in nefutatiOn of IT. the
Coreans might think themselves justified in acting
toward vessels that intruded up their rivers very
differently than toward those accidentally upon their
coast IL is understood that even il the two English
men on board the General sherman murdered,
Her MajeStys Government will take no action in the
matter in support of this the facts that they
were under the American flag aud also in position
~ Iegsrds Corea in which we hive never undertaken
~ piyect British subjects. similar consideration
-nSS nave some weight with the American Govern
eIt w. SS' Is evidently quite open 10 any Govern
,leath L. that lts SUBJECTS sllaH not be put 10
'JsAtion. '''''i'us inc territory Of Sec'uoeu
"a; FisBEnEs CONVENTION.
49, % resident Of the Board of Trade had gene
10 IDJstO assist IN the NEGOTIATION Of a fisheries
eNnveniioD between France and ENGLAND
1ne entire division SHs Ss " r. Eig g.
aTHssT m nd 5s n sS SgdST 9EsecblOades
An SxtIaoIdlhaJy general meeting of tbe Atlantic
hOyal hall 20. ,lOalway lme) is called for January
~ 10 consider the accounts OF the winding mn OF e
concern aud the manner which The ~ ~ , to
frty has been disposed Of S''p"''5 PROV
TIE CABLE IN S0So
the vice. chancellor Of the University Of Gam
brdge has fixed the Atlantic Calh Zee = III ~
subject for the Chancelors English poem medal fop
next year The Sir William Browne medal for a. Cree III
Lyrics ia TO be given for the best poem on tie Pio
Of Wales ~ st. PeteIsburg and the snect Co. ~
latin Ode IL the November Star Shower. Who ssvs
Universities an. not " live institutions ~ ''
CATTLE PLAGUE
a case of Cattle plague has been discovered la !