The New York herald., 1869-08-03

| siOns OF the Commons. hut the will OF q singh
| offers OF concihation and compromise, and II the
| gave way tney would sacrince not only the pros
pects OF tbs Irish Church. but taeir own dignity
the Bishop OF London having protested agalns
! the secularixation u Church property, Lord GRAs
terzIng the language which had been applied 70 tht
| government as offensive, and the charges against
them as unfounded. concluded with an earnest ap
| peal TO the House to support the government II
| what he described as grave and critical moment.
The question was then put that tne original words
the property OF the Irish Church 'snouid be held
and applied ior the advantage vi the Irish people.
| out not or the maintenance OF any church." &c.
'nOr FOR the teaching OF religion" which had been
struck out by the Lords but restored BY the Con-
mons. should be retained in the bill. THIS form of
was Terminated BY the Duke Of AARLsoaoU
moving, as an amendment. that the House DO insist
upon the whole Of tne.r amendments IN the pre-
amble. WhereupOn their lOrdships divided and
the amendment was carried by l7S to %, or ma
lOrty against Ministers OF 49, Consequently their
lordships insisted upon adhering to their amend
LORD GRANvILLE thereupsn announced that he
must decline the responsibility OF proceeding with
the bill until he had communicated with his COL
leagues. He should. therefore. at once move that
the debate be adjourned.
of the House followed at twenty minutes past
eleven O'Clock.
Another Terrible Explosisa ~ the Haydeck
Coalicry-Fery Lives Lost.
On the morning OF the 2Ist ult. about eleven
"Queen" pit, haydock near St. Heens, the scene OF
the explosion In December last. when some twenty
Blk lives were sacrinced. Messrs- Richard Evans 4
about ten years. It s 200 yards Deep and Is worked
IN two seams known as the Wigan nine feet ana the
kavenhead main deli. The explosion OF last year
took place IN the former; AZ yet 1t has been im-
possible to ascert in with any degree OF certainty
the site Of the still more appalling ca
some 900 persons are employed at TINS DIT, but lat
tery the number 0I golfers has varied from $50 to
2O0, owing to the depression in trade. The Liver
pool Courier OF the 22d uit saJS that though two
plOsi0ns have now taken place In this pit 1t has
never been considered dangerous one. Shortly
before first occurred the underOoker visited the
exact spot where the ignition took pace everything
being then apparently safe. and no Indications
whatever are said to have been perceived OF the
Is alleged that the usual inspections have
been regularly made up to yesterday morning,
when the pit was reported all right before
the men descended. Work was commenced at SIX
O'Clock in the morning. The exact number OF work
men who were lowered into the pit Is not yet known,
being varlOusy estimated at from $50 TO TO- Though
apparently OF terribly violent character the explo
sion seems 10 nave spent Itself IN the internal work.
lngS. Nothing whatever had been disturbed ut the
muncatton were LEFT entireiy unimpaIred. Every.
thing proceeded ID the ordinary manner TILL about
i've minutes past eleven O'Clock. At that time
banKsman named Thomas Taylor. who was working
near the mouth OF the pit had his attention at.
tracted by volume OF smoke and dust which
conjectured that something serious had occurred A
girl standing near him was thrown backwards by
the gust but was not injured An immediate con-
ference OF the workmen employed outside took
place, and while messenger was despatched for
Mr.. Isaac Billings the underlOOker, repeated signals
were sent 70 the DO tom Of lhe shaft, but were un-
man came up and brought the sad intelligence that
rightful explosion had occurred In very short
time the nelghborhood OF the pit was thronged by
crowds Of men ana women In the widest state Of
excitement, implorlqg i9for4atlo9 respecting the
fate OF relatives or friends employed there.
star of searchers among the earliest volunteers be-
ing John Baines and James Leatnerbarrow. The ex-
glorlng parties commenced their perous operations
morning fifty or sixty men have been continuously
at work, In relays, displaying the most c0mmenda-
lile Evidence OF the frghtful nature OF the explo
sion was soon met with. The arways and stop
p5nSs we Were oGnn found . 70 be extensively dam
to pieces ana the first and second party OF search
ers soon reported that they had met with
three carts were obtained aud IN these over sixty
sufferers sent up from the pt-eye, were carefully
number Of Injured we rom SwU Sa mus arge
whom, boy, being since dead, the rest having been
more or less affected by the choke.damp. The pro.
prietOrs were In Manchester when the explosion took
place. telegram was forwarded to them, and In
the course Of q few hours Messrs Joseph and Josiah
se 10 The @
and TO Mr. Peter Higs0u. the government inspector
for the district informing them OF the catastrophe.
Mr.. Mercer, OF the Park lane c0lliery and Mr.. Chad
wick, the surveyor, remained for some time at the
piieye experimenting the iabors OF the exploring
thorough inspection Of the various WORKINGS on
Tuesday, reporting them to be In good working
order When our reporter left the pit last night he
was informed that thirty three bodies lying at
the pit eye but 1t was greatly feared the list OF dead
would at least reach forty. Most OF the deaths have
resulted from the chokedamp, these bodies
nj IN of
the poor fellows VINO fell victims TO the fiery
blast. In the former death wears the precise
aspect of calm and peaceful Sleep while In the latter
there are horrible instances Of mutlation and dis
dgurement. II would be impossible to convey even
faint picture OF the heartrendng scenes witnessed
the pit bank There few OF the cottages In the
hamlets but contain some SUFFERER and
many family has been bereft Of It's bread.winne
The Inhabitants appear almost stupened by their
double atflicon, and 1t will be very long ere the
universally pervading feeling Of crushing sorrow
abates.