The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1864-03-19 (London, England)

AND WORKMAN'S ADVOCATE. LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1.861.  SUMMARY.  Fresh conflicts are reported to have occurred. between the French and Papal troops at Rome. They were soon repressed, but the city is in a state of great agitation. The Pope's health is improving. The news brought from New York by the City of London steamer is important, as it shows that the Federal movements in Virginia and the south-west have turned out complete failures. General Sherman had been obliged to return to Vicksburg, without effecting the object of his advance into Alabama, and General Thomas's advance upon Dalton and Atlanta had been checked by General Joseph Johnstone. General Kilpatrick also had found it impossible to reach Richmond, and had returned into the Federal lines. The arniy- of the Potomac was at its old position at Brandy Station, and General Meade Lad agaiu been summoned to Washington to consuft with President Lincoln and the War Department. The draft in New York had been postponed.  The Dano-German dispute, and the position of Eno-land in connection with it, till forms the main 'topic of the Paris papers. Among the numerous speculations they indulge in, the only one worth notice is the report that the King cif the Belgiansl at present in London, Is  engaged in arranging a mediation between the edritendina Powers-. It is said that his-Majesty has accepted the office of mediator, and that he will be joined by Prince John of Glucksburg, Earl Russell, and the Ambassadors of Austria, Prussia, and Sweden. There is little military news from Jutland. The Germans are concentrating before Frede'ricia, which they intend to attack as soon as their heavy artillery arrives. The Danes are resolved on a determined resistance, and fresh forces are beinc, sent to the 'defence of the fortress. On Tuesday the Prussians, after a slight engagement, captured Nubel, and afterwards occupied Rackerbull. The -sale of tho furniture and other effects of the late Mr. Thackeray was begun on Monday last, at his residence in Kensington Palacegreen,_the lease of which is also to be disposed of: The announcement of sale gathered . together a large number of literary and other, friends of the deceased, who seemed anxious to possess some memento of the distinguished novelist. Their taste ran chiefly upon the library, and the books in dotsdquence fetched high prices. -A sad accident occurred in an ironstone mine near Chesterfield on Tuesday afternoon, by which .sixteen persons, at least, lost their lives. The pump ;which was used to carry off the water in the mine broke at the time when there happened to be an unusual flow of water, probably caused by, the recent heavy rains, and in a short time the mine was flooded, and the water began to rise in the shaft. Several of the men made their escape, but others were drowned before they could be rescued. At least sixteen persons are known to be drowned, and it is feared there are several more. Until the water can be cleared it will be impossible to get at or recover the bodies.  The ihundation at Sheffield proves to have been even more 'disastrous than was first imagined. The loss of life is now 'estimated at 250, and the destruction of property is enormous. Whole-villages have been swept away, without so much as a vestige of them remaining by which to Identify their former sites. -The Yale of the Don is through many miles of its course a dreary waste of slime, rubbish, and mud. The town of Sheffield continues in a paralysed state. A shocking case of death from fire, caused by crinoline, took place a few days ago, and was reported at the coroner's inquest, held on Monday night. A young married woman, named ,Hackett, and residing at Hackney-wick, had her dress set in flames by the crinoline with which it was distended carrying it over the bars of the grate, and the buoyaatt material caused all the efforts to extinguish it to be for a time ineffectual. The verdict of the jury was Accidental death.  A man named John Devine was on Tuesday taken before the magistrates at Marylebone Police Court, charged on suspicion of being the murderer of John Duck, in Diarylebone. The evidence given was deemed sufficient by the magistrate to warrant him in remanding the prisoner.