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      FRANCE . ROYALIST BUFFOONERIES OP THK IMPERIAL APE . file take tho following from the correspondence of tae Times . } Paris , _friday , Feb . 9 , 5 p . m . —The soiree at tbe Elysee Nationalelast night was one of the most brilliant that has as yet been given by the President Ofthe Republic , both as regards the number andrank of those invited . The salons of the palais are , as is ¦ well known , b _** t of moderate extent for the official residence of the Chief of the Slate . They are Capable of containing about 600 persons—that is , not more than 600 can congregate at ease and -without inconveniencing each other . Last night ,

      however , there could not have been less than 800 Ud the result was that in more than one part ol the rooms compact masses were formed without any possibility of moving abont until the crowd began to thin . Those accustomed to the pomp and etiquette of Royal receptions could find no difference whatever in the state of this Republican display . The ladies who represented the beauty and rank of the aristocratic Faubourg of St . Germain , and of the -wealth of the financial quarter of the _Chanssea _d'Antin , were splendidly dressed . The glitter ol embroidery , the blaze of diamonds , the gloss of satin , and the rich softness of velvet , recalled some of the best days of royal festivities . This is indeed

      a happy change ; and not the least merit of Prince Louis is hi 3 encouragement of the staple industry of France , and the promotion of taste by thus throwing open bis saloons . One of tbe first things that struck all who had the honour of being present last night at the Elysee Nationale was the Imperial character of the scene , and if an old general or statesman of the Empire could for a moment forget the history of the last forty years , he might well imagine that he was assisting at one of those gorgeous receptions in the time of Napoleon . As you entered the Solon d ' Attente you at first encountered six tall grooms of the anfichamber , dressed in the rich livery of the Emperor , motionless , silent , and stately

      as statues . Then your card was delivered , and your same written in a book , where a list had been previously made out , which served to check the cards presented . Yoor name was then pronounced in a loud solemn tane of voice , and yon were forthwith ushered into a second saloon , where the President waB standing in the centre , in the attitude that has become so classic in France , notwithstanding its _nn-Jgracefnlness , namely , with his hands behind his back . The Red Republic would , doubtless , see semething suspicious in the fact . After bowing to the President , you then moved about at your pleasure , from one group to another ofthe distinguished men and beautiful women you saw in all directions .

      The ladies , whose names were announced , were invariably accompanied by aides-de-camp , who , with the exquisite grace and gallantry ( when Frenchmen choose to be graceful and gallant none are more sofew are so much , except perhaps the Spanish gentleman ) which distinguish the accomplished soldier , introduced them to the Chief of tfae state , who received them with a bow , and always had a few words to say to them . In an inner saloon there was music . The whole of the apartments were _farziiBtici * in tbe style ot tne Empire ; and the gardemeulle had been diligently searched for the objects of verlu and of art , which-reminded the old of days and of scenes now long gone by . The prodnctions of the great master adorned the walls ; lustres of antique and gorgeous fashion depended from the

      C £ uin _% ; pendules of exquisite workmanship and of gigantic size glittered on every side , and carpets of the finest fabric , in tbe soft depths of which the foot buried itself , spread out their richness on the floor , and beautiful and transparent vases of Sevre porcelain gave forth the most exquisite odonrs from the rarest flowers . Some of the most distinguished characters of the day were present , and to none did the President manifest more attention —> more respect , mingled with the fond familiarity of a son to a parent—than to Count Mole . He was occasionally seen to lean on his shoulder , and even once or twice folded his arm round his waist . M . Thiers was also honoured in a marked manner , and the most perfect friendliness was exhibited to the Ministers , who were all , I believe , present .

      SHORT OF CASH . The President of the Republic has informed the presidents of the bureaux that , his salary being insufficient , he has been obliged to dismiss certain employes . [ He has only £ 24 , 000 a year ! A likely man this to promote the " Extinction of Pauperism ! " ]

      THS WOPiVDED OF _rEBRVAtLT . On Friday a petition was presented by 51 . _Buchez _, from the wounded of February , praying that the 200 , 000 francs of the subscriptions raised on their behalf , and still remaining in the hands of the government , shonld be at once distributed . M . Buchez moved that the petition shonld be at once referred to the Minister ofthe Interior j but the Assembly rejected the motion , and decided that it should be referred to the committee on petitions , in the ordinary way . The Assembly afterwards passed a credit demanded by the Minister of Marine for secret services .

      PERSECUTION OF CITIZEN PH . O * 0 _DHOJ * . The committee appointed to consider the demand made by the _Procureur-General for liberty to prosecute M . Proudhon , has resolved to-day in favour ofthe authorisation .

      OF COURSE . The Committee on the demand for an inquiry into the conduct of tbe government on the 29 th of Jan . bave resolved , by a majority of nine to five , to reject the demand . ANTI-HOYAI . MANIFESTATION'S . Letters from Lyons of the 6 th " instant state that much agitation was observed in those parts of the city that are usually the centres of insurrection . The clubs were particularly excited . A new cause for excitement was supplied by the term made use of in the despatch respecting the official residence of the President of tbe Republic , which was described as the Elysee Bourbon instead of the Elysee National ; and this was taken as a strong proof of the reactionary and monarchical intentions of tbe government . The placards containing tbe despatch were torn from the walls by the populace .

      On the 8 th , serious distmbances broke out at Cette . The occasion was the removal of a bonnet rouge wbich bad been placed on a tree of liberty . The mairies , the Chamber of Commerce , and several houses were burnt . The Moniteur of Monday gave a report of tbe Minister of the Interior on the recent disturbances at Cette , and two decress ; by the first of which the national Guard of that place is dissolved , and by the _second the Major is deprived of his functions , The Mayor ef Gignac , in the department of tbe _Heranlt , has been suspended by the Prefect for refusing to remove a bonnet range from a tree of liberty . The mayor bad previously refused to find Lodgings for the troops sent into Gignac to enforce the collection of the additional tax of forty-five

      centimes . MORE PERSECUTION OF THB _BSp-OBMCANS . Bernard , the well-known club-leader , bas been sentenced by the Court of Assiz * of the Seine to five years' imprisonment , and 2 , 000 f . fine , for having , in the clubs of Belleville and Batignolles , delivered speeches exciting the citizens to hatred of each other , and of the Republican government ; for attacking the principles of property and family rig hts ; attacking the Constitution , outraging the religion legally recognised in France ; exciting to civil war , to disobedience ofthe law , to pillage , and incendiarism ; and , finally , for attackinc * the rights and authority of the National Assembly . ' The journal Le Peuple was seized yesterday for an article on the sentence passed by the court-martial on the murderers of General Brea .

      More Persecutions . —The trial of M . Deladuze , editor ofthe Revolution Domestigueet Sociale , for a seditious libel , which was to have commenced en Tuesday , was adjourned in consequence of the indisposition of M . Ledru Rollin , who was to bave conducted the defence .

      THK JUNE IXSUBBBCTIOX . The men charged witb the ' murder * of General Brea and Captain Mangis have been sentenced to death by the Council of "War of Paris—namely , Daix , Yapreau , junior , Lohri Chapael , and Nouwit . Three others were sentenced to hard labour for life , five to fifteen , ten , and fire years of tbe same penalty * nine to various yean of imprisonment , and three were acquitted . —[ When is General Cavaignac to be tried for the « murder * of the workmen slaughtered in the days of June ?]

      TUB BUTCHER BTJGKAtP . In the National Assembl y on Monday , M . C Jralli complained of the language used by Marshal Begeaud in a recent speech at Lyons . M . Odflton Barrot said the authenticity of the words used was not proved , and tha ' , at all events , they merely meant that if the civil disorders of France were not put down hr influence in Europe would suffer , Af tor a debate , M . Coraffi proposed the fcUown *

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      motion : — 'The Assembly , considering the explanations of the President of the Council as a disavowal Of the language attributed to Marshal Bngeaua , passes to the order of the-day- ' This motion was rejected , and the order of the day , pare and simple , adopted by 397 to 225 , thus leaving the Ministry a majority of 112 . THE ANNITKRSARV OF THE REVOLUTION . It has been decided that the 25 th of February shall hencefor th be kept as a holiday ; that religious services will on that day be celebrated in all the churches of France ; that a credit of 500 , 000 francs will be granted to the Minister of the Interior , to be distributed among the poor ; and that the government be invited to seize upon that occasion to grant pardons and mitigations of punishment . -

      THE LATE _DISTURBANCFS AT CBTTJB . About twenty arrests bave been effected at Cette . Amongst the persons arrested is a man named Leprince , the head of a socialist club ; Grenier , an insurgent of June ; and Donadieu , who , it is said , wore a honnet rouge during the whole of the riots .

      THE LATE GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY * . Commandant Alden _* ' ze , who had been committed to the military prison of the Abbaye , by order of General Changarnier , on the 28 th of January , was released on Tuesday . He was informed at the same time tbat he would be permitted to retain the command of the 6 th battalion of the Garde Mobile . DOWN WITH LIBERTY ' . I I The Minuter of the Interior has given orders that the bonnets rouges attached to some of the trees of liberty planted in Paris shall be immediately removed . Two of tbose hideous objects were removed on Monday night from a tree in the Place Dauphine . —Timet . [ There are some' hideous _objects' which we hope yet to see removed , ' including something belonging to tbe Minister of tbe Interior . "We do not mean his bonnet .

      GERMANY . GtOBIOtJS VICTORY . Dr . Schneider ( the newly-elected depnty for Cologne ) , Herr Marx , the chief editor of the New RheitiUcae Zeitung , and Herr Schapper , who is also connected with that journal , were brought to trial on the 8 th inst . in the Court of Assizes , on the charge of having incited to rebellion hy publishing a circular urging tbe people not to pay taxes in obedience to the orders issued by the late national assembly in Berlin . A verdict of' Not Guilty' was returned amidst the enthusiastic applause of a densely crowded court . This is another important victorvfor the Democrats .

      More" _Persecutions . —About a dozen persons , implicated in the disturbances which took place at Halle , shortly after the decision of the National Assembly in Berlin respecting the non-payment of taxes , have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment , from two to eight years . Berlin , Feb . 11 . —Reports have it is affirmed , reached government that it was , or rather is , the intention of the Democratic party to avail themselves of tbe anniversary of tbe 18 tb-19 th March ,

      to get up a demonstration , not only at Berlin , but in other parts of tbe country where the Democratic adherents muster in strong force ; for instance , at Breslan , Cologne , Treves , _Dusseldorf , Magdeburg , & c . This demonstration , they say , is to be prefaced by demands , on the part of Waldeck , Kirchmann , andthe ultra-Radicals : first , for removing the state of siege ; secondly , for the granting of a certain sum of money for tbe solemn celebration of the - March days ; ' and , thirdly , for a law fixing this celebration as a national holiday throughout the country .

      AUSTRIA . —The following two paragraphs , Nob . 11 and 12 , of the fundamental rights , bave been adopted by the Austrian Diet : — 'Austrian citizens have the right to assemble unarmed and peaceably . Nevertheless , popular meetings iu the open air are previously to be notified to the police authorities , bnt to be interdicted only ia cases of argent danger to the public peace and safety . No department of the national defences can draw up resolutions , or , as such , take part in _political deliberations . ' Austrian citizens have the right of organising clubs irrespective of police authority , in so far as the means and end of such associations are not illegal and _perilousjo the State . The regulation of this right can only be determined by law . '

      NASSAU . —No Taxes . —Great difficulty is experienced in the collection of taxes—a considerable number of persons , and the inhabitants of entire Tillages even refusing to pay them . When the collectors attempt to enforce payment , they are driven away by the assembled crowds . This state of things has continued ever since the month of March last . Tbe legislative . chamber has unanimously passed a resolution ta favour of a general amnesty for political offenders .

      BADEN . —Fraternity . —The Abend Zeitung of Mannheim rets forth , in a long leading article the necessity of a fraternal alliance between the German and French democrats , aud denounces the attempts made by certain journals to excite the national jealousy of the former race . It may he added here , that the German democrats in general make no secret of their reliance upon the assistance of their ' brothers' in Prance . Revenge . —The firing upon the soldiers of the Vienna garrison continues . Several hare lately been shot dead . SAXONY , —The second chamber appears determined not to allow tbe Robert Blum affair to remain

      quiet , having unanimously voted on the 8 th instant ( ia express opposition to ministers ) for the immediate recall of the Saxon ambassador at the court of Vienna , or rather Olmutz .

      THE WAR IN HUNGARY . The Austrian papers report that General Bem was defeated on tfae 21 st alt . by General Pucfaner , after a hard-fought battle of seven hours duration . General Bem was forced to fall back Upon Stolzenberg . The Imperialists , nnder command of General Puchner , were on the 22 d joined by General Gedeon's brigade , and the two corps made a joint attack upon Stolzenberg , but not a successful one as it would seem , for the bulletin does not state that they contrived to dislodge General Bem . The fortress of Leopolstadt has surrendered to the Imperialists .

      We learn by letters from Presburg , ofthe 2 d inst ., that the garrison of Comorn . had taken advantage of the absence of the Imperial troops having left Njaras and _Swrdabelly for Leopoldstadt , and made a sally , first plundering the peasants and traders in the neighbourhood , and then carrying them off prisoners to the fortress . At Pesth Count Wrbna , has issued a proclamation to the effect that any one who , whatever bis age

      or rank may be , shall be taken wearing a cap with red feathers , or a hat with red and black bands , Sic , in the streets , shall be sent off with tbe next military transport . The Magyars still possess four strong army corps ; one in Upper Hungary , under Gorgey ; another on the Theiss _, under Kossuth ; a third in the Banat ( acting against the Servians ); and a fourth one in Siebenburgen , under General Bem .

      ITALY . FLIGHT OF THB GRAND BUKE OF TUSCANY . The Duke of Tuscany has' bolted . ' On leaving Florence , be , in tbe first place , took refuge at Sienna , but a disturbance having taken place before his windows there , in which three persons were killed , and not finding himself safe , he was obliged to leave the place , and on the same evening he arrived at Piombino .

      The Duke quitted Sienna withont informing bis Ministry of his intentions . The Ministry , it appeared , had previously expressed a wish to resign ; but tbe democratic party declared that if tt did so they would proclaim a Republic . The Ducal family had been at Sienna for some days before the flight ofthe Duke from Florence , and it was in consequence of a threatened attack on the palace that ihey left Sienna .

      Since the above was put into type , we bave received news that the Duke has taken refuge in the island of Elba . ROME , _FaB . 3 d . —An edict bas come out tbis morning , signed by the whole cabinet , declaring General Zuccbi a traitor to his country , and ordering bim to be arrested if he make bis appearance oa any point of the Roman territory .. He is forthwith to be brought before a court-martial if caught This day a great popular meeting took place in the Theatre Todirione , when cries of -Viva la republique- were uttered , the people demanding that the dethronement of the Pope should be proclaimed .

      OPENING OF THK _CONSTITnENT ASIEMBLY . On the 5 th the Chambers wen opened with great solemnity . AU the streets passed by the cortege were carpeted . The crowd was immense . Everything passed in the most complete order . Aboat one o clock the representatives arrived from the Capitol at the Chancellerie . Ibe old chamber was prepared

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      for the new assembly . The ministers , preceded by Armellini , entered tbe hall , and were received with enthusiastic cheers . Armellini made a speech m which he showed the incompatibility of the temporal and spiritual power of the Pope . He descended from the tribune amidst cries of « Viva Italia eilpopolo . ' - The representatives amounted to 140 . ;

      DISTURBED STATR OF NAPLES . Disturbances broke out at Naples , on the 1 st , at the opening of the Chambers . A violent excitement prevailed throughout the city . The troops were under arms . When the regiment of hussars drew up in order of baitle , tbe people cheered thero . The hussars answered hy cries of « Long live the Italian Constituent Assembly ! ' The regiment was then ordered back , and put under arreat . At the departure of the steamer the shops were Closing and Naples had a very serious appearance . THE FORTHCOMING CONFERENCE OX ITALIAN AFFAIRS .

      The Paris correspondent of the Morning Chronicle writes as follows : —One of the first difficulties which the Congress at Brussels will have to encounter is the question as to the representatives who have a right to take part in the conferences . I subjoin a list of those who claim seats ' . —Mediating Powers —Great Britain . Sir Henry Ellis ; France , M . de Lagrenee : Austria , the Count de Colloredo ; Sardinia , the Marquis Ricci and Count Tofetti ; Tuscany , II Commandatore Martinni .

      The rights of the first four are , of course , beyond a doubt ; and I believe the claim of Tuscany to a place in the Congress has also been admitted . Tbe claim of Naples aud the Pope to have their interests represented is also indubitable , but hitherto they are not known to have nominated representatives . But then come the more doubtful claims , oi whieh the following is a list : —Venice has nominated M . Pasini ; the _Censulto-Lombardo , M . Durini ; Venetian Provinces , M . Salvi * Modena , M . Paltrineri 5 Paraa , M . Meistri ; _Lombard Emigrants—Republicans , M . Frapolli * Moderates , M . Visconti : the Roman Government , M . Canuti ; Sicily , M .

      In the above list , the _Consulto-Lombardo consists of the representatives of Piedmont and _Lombaidy , nominated after tbe Austrians had been driven out ef Lombardy , and whose mission was to form the kingdom of Italy , of which Charles Albert was to be King . M . Durini bas been nominated to represent that body , with the consent and sanction of Charles Albert . The Venetian provinces are in a different position from Venice herself , and bave appointed a separate representative ; but neither

      the Venetian Government nor the present Roman Government bas been recognised by the ether European Powers ; and there is , therefore , a difficulty about receiving them . Sicily is in a still more doubtful position ; and as for the Lombard Emigrants , it will be seen that they are divided , tbe Republicans having deputed M . Frapolli , while tne partisans of an Italian kingdom have deputed M , Visconti . Modena is au independent duchy , and its claims to be represented will probably be admitted .

      SPAIN . Reported Death of Cabrera . —The French Government has received a telegraphic despatch from the Spanish frontier , announcing the death of the celebrated Carlist leader , General Cabrera . He died of his wounds in a French village to which he bad escaped , in company with his physician only . — - [ This report requires confirmation . ] Later news from Spain , states the report of Cabrera ' s death to be unfounded .

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      THE GREAT COLLIERY EXPLOSION . WonsBnouon Dale , Thursday , Feb . 8 . —This important investigation , respecting the death of the seventy-five persons who perished by an explosion in thc Darley Main Colliery , at this place on Wednesday , the 24 th ult ., was resumed this forenoon at the Masons' Arms , before tho district coroner , Mr . T . Badger . Mr . Tremenheere , a commissioner under Lord Ashley ' s Act relative to mines , and Mr . W . _Warrington Smyth , mineral geologist attached to tbe geological survey of the kingdom , the commissioners appointed by the government , on Wednesday week descended and examined the mines , accompanied by Mr . Nicholas Wood , of Ifewcastle , colliery viewer to Lord Ravensworth and others ; Mr . B . Biram

      , coal steward to Earl FitzwilUam ; and Mr . Goodison , of _Lofthouse , near Leeds , coal-viewer ; gentlemen who had been selected on account of then-eminent scientific and practical attainments . Joseph Thompson , tho underground steward of the Darley Main Colliery , was tlie first witness examined . As usual , he examined every part of the pit where the men had to work before they went down in the morning . All was quite right . Came up about eight , and descended again before ten , and visited all the workings with a naked candle . Was walking along thc first dip-board when thc explosion took place . Had hot _observed any change in the state of the air . Fell down insensible whilo making for tho bottom ofthe shaft . Could not say

      where the explosion took place , but believed it fired at the top end ofthe far dip-board , near the throw . The men were working there with naked candles . In some parts the men had lamps . Did not know what had caused the explosion . The owner of the pit found safety lamps when they were needed , but the men did not like to work with the lamps , and used to taKC the tops off when they used them None of the men complained of foul air before the accident . Witness believed the pit quite safe . The colliers prefer candles to lamps , because they give a better light . b James Dunk . —Was in the pit at the time of the explosion , working in the first dip-board gate wltb a naked candle . Never suspected any defective ventilation . Did not blame any one for what had

      occurred . ' Thomas _Beeveks , another collier , confirmed the last -witness without giving any furlhev information . The Coroneb , for the information of those persons who were not present at the previous stage of the inquiry , read over all tho evidence taken prior to this day , Ho then asked thc jury whether they thought it necessary to hear any of the other colliers ; they deemed it preferable to proceed to the scientific evidence . After James Hammond , the witness who was examined at the last sitting of the jury , and who attributed blame to Thompson , the underground steward , had been recalled , and asked if he had any addition or alteration to make in his evidence , who replied in the negative ,

      Mr . Nicholas Wood was examined . He stated , — I have inspected the Darley Main Colliery with reference to the recent lamentable accident along with Mr . Biram , colliery agent to Earl Fitzwilliam , Mr . Goodison , of Lofthouse , agent to Messrs . Charlesworth , and Mr , J . T . "Woodhouse , of Ovorseat , in the county of Leicester , colliery-viewer , and also in company with Mr . W . W . Smyth , of London , and Mr . Tremenheere , tho commissioner appointed under Lord Ashley ' s Act . We inspected the mine yesterday { Wednesday ) . I propose , first , to point out on the map the part of the pit whore I think the explosion Began , and then endeavour to explain the cause . The downcast pit is 130 yards deep . —Mr . Wood proceeded to describe the course of the ah

      from the downcast board through the various workings . At the extreme dip-board the air was divided into two currents , one proceeding up the bank on thofirst dip-board , and the other along the face ofthe bank ofthe second dip-boarding adjoining the slip . The currents meet at the extreme point ofthe north level . The air is there again split , one portion up the _Bixth board and thc other up the banks and the old workings next the slip . The two currents then join , and pass across the ba nk of the sixth board , and then at the back of the fifth and fourth board J The air again divides , and one portion goes along the three old bank faces to the engine-board , ant then direct to the furnace and the upcast shaft _. The other portion proceeds to the northern extremity ofthe old

      working , on to the upcast shaft . _difl / 11 " Aft * ° _* _* - tlwee _•*•*•«» *« the working . After a minute inspection ofthe _workings of the mine with the _gentfemen before , named ° 5 fwn _nlTr aVh _? infl / _*™ ¥ <* " _^ _LJS _' in two places . Tho first and prmc pal _oxnlosion was between the first and third slit of the bank next the throw in the second dip-board _; and £ otto tttT _™" _^ « anks on th _<* - south level I think the cause of the first explosion was an _-iccumulation of inflammable air in the old _bSisZ-. _lomingthe slips of the banks of the _secondSK . The cause ofthe second explosion wasasligk accumulation of inflammable air in the second Ind third bank on the south level , which I think was brought in contact with the naked candles of the men working on those banks , and was caused by the concussion of the first explosion . I think there is a 10

      loaf Sif _^!! _^' , m the seam ° _« " - coal and that general y the banks will be pretty free from the accumuktion of gas , and that the _toSS H _' mf _" _^^ ° _^ J _* - _*** -sufficient to carry it off without danj-er . Tn this _iWit . _™ there seems to have been twcT or threeTreason , for tho accumulation of gas . In the _KS ( he very strong wind , indicating a fall of tho _bCmetowhich induces an escape of § as , if there is _Sy in the mine . This gas" would accumulate in thos _£ parts of the breaks where no air _pafses £ carrv ft off ; and the immediate effect ofthe wind would also be in some degree to diminish the current of air hv its action on the up-cast shaft . Thus there would be an increased production of gas with a diminished current of air to carry it off . I _ehould slate also that the practice has been to draw water , by tubs

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      up the _up-cast shaft , and the _pres ence ° f th is tub duninishes tho current of air ; and - _^ _W _^ S _£ neral tho current of air was sufficient to render the SX combination of all the circums _^ ncos _KcforC alluded to would cause an _accumulat on of gas in the breaks , especially in the breaks nejt the _fhrow , which would ooze out from those breaks , innn the candles used by the men , and so produce _yexpfosion I _cit say that there has been _culmblonSli- 'enCC Onthepart of any . one connected 5 h _thTm anagement of the mine ; for I believe 52 concSved that the quantity of air passing _Eugh the mine was sufficient to render it safe The water is drawn at night when the men are not at work , but the effect of _^ _^ fa , hn i _^ t _^ tubs during the night is to cool the shaft , and on _hataccouStto _impair the efficiency as an upcast shaft . I have stated my opinion that they _ conceived that thc quantity of air passing through . tne l uuufc _^^^ T _^^^ _^ _erice tub

      shaft was sufficient to rehdoi' it sale ; DM " _- ought to be added , that I think it necessary that a much larger quantity of air should be carried through the workings of pits in this district than what is necessary to ensure their safety on ordinary occasions , so as to meet ex traordinary occaslons similar to this . I think thc ventilation in this nit has been similar to the ventilation of pits m tne neighbourhood , and such as seems sufficient for ordinary occasions ; and these men , I have no _douot , thought it was sufficient . Mr . Russell ( a juror ) . —I Bhould like those gentlemen who have come such a long distance to state whether thev think the Darley Mam pit is ventilated upon the best possible principles ? . Mr . Wood . —The principle of ventdation is precisely the same as in the north , namely , by a rarefaction ofthe air by an upcast shaft ; but it is not carried out to tho extent to which it is earned m

      the north . _,.,, ' , * j _.-i By tho Coboskb . —I think the means of ventilation in this colliery might be mado use of to produce a much greater quantity of air . There appears to have been sufficient air , in common and ordinary purposes , to have carried off a small quantity of gas produced in this mine . By a Juror . —It is a bad practice to draw water up the upcast shaft . By the Coroner—The diameter of both the pits is about nine feet and half . That is quite a sufficient shaft for ventilation , particularly if this drawing of water was not adopted .

      Mr . Ixifs ( a juror ) . —If you had had tho working ofthe Davley Main colliery , would you have worked it with the same _' amount of ventilation ? Mr . Wood . —I should have improved the ventilation , and if I could not have done so , I should havo worked it with lamps in thoso parts ofthe mine where danger was to bo apprehended . Bt a Jukok . —I think one downcast and one upcast shaft sufficient to work the mine with the air courses properly laid out . I know it has been stated that they ought to havo mado use ofthe engine shaft , but all other circumstances being the same I do not think it would have improved the ventilation .

      Br the Coroner . —I think tho pits in this neighbourhood should have from 25 , 000 to 30 , 000 feet of ah per minute . I g ive that opinion with some hesitation , because I have been accustomed to large quantities of air in workings of this kind . I should say there wero from 10 , 000 to 12 , 000 feet of air per minute when I was in tho pit yesterday . I should say generally that in the pits in this nei g hbourhood men may safely work with candles , with improved ventilation . I havo paid considerable attention to the desirableness and practicability of government appointing underground inspectors of mines . I was appointed ono of the committee of viewers from the north to confer with Mr . Tremenheere on the subject , and although there

      appeared considerable difficulties attendant upon it we came to almost an arrangement for a plan for that purpose . I think now that it is very _desn'able that government should appoint underground inspectors . The great difficulty is in any measure that would throw the responsibility upon the government inspectors and relieve thc minds of the colliery owners ; but I think that difficulty mig ht be overcome , and that such inspectors being appointed would have a very beneficial effect . I would rather depend upon the rarefying power of the furnaces to ventilate coal mines than the application of steam ; for this reason—in the Hetton colliery we produce a cm-rent of air equalto from 150 , 000 to 200 , 000 feet per minute , and I cannot comprehend any

      action of steam that would proauco tnat ettect . Some questions were here put to the witness by Mr . Gurney , which gave rise to a discussion as to the relative merits ot the two modes of ventilation ; and the coroner suggested the desirableness of a committee being formed for the purpose of procuring a combination of talent and experience in order to endeavour to find out a system of ventilation which would prevent such lamentable occurrences as the one they were now _inauirihg into . Mr . Gurney said , the South Shields Committee gave their opinion unequivocally that by the nse of the steam jet an unlimited ventilation was produced . Tlie system was acted upon as tho contingent , and the House of Lords was ventilated upon the same

      plan . He said it unequivocally , that every mine in tiiis neighbourhood , however small tho galleries , might bo ventilated by this mode , so as to remove all danger from explosions such as this . Mr . Wood said , he did not wish to throw cold water upon this plan . There was considerable merit due to Mr . Gurney for it ; but having the charge ofa vast number of lives , he ( Mr . Wood ) must hesitate before he changed a system which he knew to bo safe , and adopted one of which ho was not certain . Mr . Benjamin Biram , colliery agent to Lord Fitzwilliam , who has been connected with collieries for

      thirty years ; Mr . Goodison , superintendent for Messrs . Charlesworth for their collieries at Wakefield , Leeds , and Rotherham , who has been emp loyed in connexion with collierios for upwards of forty years ; and Mr . John Thomas Woodhouse , colliery viewer , from Leicestershire , who his been practically acquainted with collieries for upwards of twenty years , having heard the evidence given by Mr . Wood , and also his detail of the plan before the jury , entirely coincided with him with regard to the cause ofthe accident andthe state ofthe ventilation of the mines ; and ate tho examination of another witness whose evidence was not very material , the inquiry was adjourned .

      Tho inquiry was resumed before Mi * . Badger , coroner , on Friday morning last . After hearing more evidence , the jury retired to consider their verdict at half-past three o ' clock , and remained in consultation until nearly five o ' clock , when the foreman handed to the coroner the following verdict ;—"We find a verdict of Accidental Death on the seventy-five bodies wc have viewed , caused by one or more explosions of carburrettcd hydrogen gas , or inflammable air , which took p lace on tht Ith of January last in the Darley Main Colliery ; and we most strongly recommend to the proprietors that a better mode of ventilation he adopted before they recommence working the mine , as a preventative against any future recurrence of a similar kind ;

      and we think , from the evidence given betore us , that the removing ofthe machinery usedfor drawing water out of the upcast shaft , is essentially necessary , so as to allow the air passing out of the mine to have a better and freer outlet . And wo also exdress our desire that Mr . Badger , tho coroner , be requested to report to Sir 6 . Grey , and that he make such report known to her Majesty ' s government , that we think it advisable that they should appoint a scientific and practical person to _occassionally inspect the collieries in this district , and see that there is proper ventilation , and hear any complaints by the workmen employed _ therein . —Joseph _Pomer , Foreman . "

      The Coroner said , that he fully agreed in every word of that verdict , and he was quite sure that it was one at which no unprejudiced person could cavil . He thanked tho jury for their patient and intelligent attention to the circumstances disclosed during the long and painful examination which they had now brought to a close ; and he assured them that he would take thc earliest _opportunity of apprising the government of their opinion , as expressed in their verdict . He also expressed the obligations the country were under to the scientific witnesses who had attended the inquiry . The jury then proceeded to sign the inquisitions in the seventy-five cases ; and thus terminated the investigation of this most terrible accident . As has already been stated inthe Times , a subscription has been set on foot for the thirty-one widows and the fifty-ftvo children who havo been left in a state of great distress through this awfully fatal

      explosion . The Darley Main Company commenced the subscription with a donation of £ 200 , besides defraying all the expenses ofthe funerals of the seventy-five sufferers . Mr . J . Jeffcock , the owner of the coal field , has contributed £ 100 . On Friday , the Bev . J . Andrew , the incumbent of Worsborough received a check from the Queen Dowager for £ 25 , and one from the Archbishop of York for £ 20 , in aid of the benevolent object . The Leedt Intelligencer of Saturday says : —» " Wo _undemtand that three gentlemen of Barnsley waited upon Jenny Lind a fow days ago at Manchester to solicit the exertions of her talents at a concert for the relief of the families ofthe persons killed by the late colliery explosion at Worsborough Dale , and that , with her characteristic benevolence , she has expressed her readiness to give her services upon receiving an invitation from any committoe which may be appointed to carry out the truly charitable object . "

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