... NINETY-FIVE LIVES LOST. A dreadful explosion of fire-damp occurred on Saturday last at Haswell Colliery, which is situate in the very centre of the great Durham coal-field, about seven miles from the city of Durham, and nine from Sunderland. It is the pro- perty of Messrs Clark, Taylor, Plumer, and other wealthy coal-owners. It is 150 fathoms deep, and the workings are in the well-known Hutton ...

... I FRANCE. Sunday being the day appointed for the ceremony of placing the Morocco trophies in the church of the Inva- lides, the cccasion was celebrated by a grand review of the troops in garrison in Paris, and a military procession to the church where all the trophies taken by the French (with the serious exception of the 3,000 destroyed by Marshal Marmont before the entrance of the Allies in ...

... THE FEDERAL MOVEMENT. Mr, Duffy, the editor of the Nation, has addressed a letter to Mr. O'Connell, condemning as dangerous and inexpedient any junction of the Repeal Association with the Federal movement. The following is the letter:- TO DANIEL o'CONINEI MO.r MY DnEAntSiR,-As you state in your late important letter to the association that you are at present balancing the respectivd merits ...

... Tailors' reb o MutliE l meltfit 0Soiety. Note wboredrboatbh q'~flr@1 juast. I Steis Eh, silg permitted by the Editor 'rf &;tt i Wasatgr NnwaspraR to reply to ms de by Francis Parrott, against the v'3 Ltbare a a letter of Sept. 22nd, I cheerfully pll counc'' ,ty, Sor yous satisfaction, to vin- cctie Opotuiy for yu icthe and conduct, it having been impugned trol lin language not very ...

... THIE MORNTING CliiONTIGLE. LONDON: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1844, Associations with but one definite object in view, and of course consisting of members devoted to that e object exclusively, are very apt to toll into that error which also besets and often frustrates indi- fi vidnal effort. They become intoxicated with snc-i cess, and, counting their numbers and relying on c their zeal, think that ...

... MADRID, SerTf 23. [PROM OUR OWN CORREBVONDENT.3 Captain Johnson, Qeten's mosssngerF left this evening for London with deapatohes, received tbts morning at our Iegatlon here, from Mr. Bulwer. The de epatohes are pre- sumed to refer to the fulfilment by the Mc lorish authorities of the terms of the arrangement made w Ith Spain. The Gibraltar Ckronfote of the 18th states t hat the British steamer ...

... THE RUMIOURED TREATY WITH BRAZIL. We have reason to believe that the following account ofI the failure of the negotiatinns with the Brazilian govern- ment, extracted from the Liverpoeol Mercury, is correct:-- The lBrazilian packet has not brought with her a aonfir- mation of the report that a new treaty had been nigned be- tween the Britisli nnd Brazilian governmonts. Tho Intel- Higence ...

... OPENING OF THoE BELGIAN CHAMR E.RRS. I SPhECH OF THE KING. On Tuesday the King ofr the Belgians openeitbe. Parlia- mentary session of 1844-4', with the following speech:- GBaNTE BN, I have anticipated the ordinary epoch of your sepsiou. I was desirous ofenablingyou to vote thebudgete before the com'en1 omeinet of the year to which they apply, and to complite the examination of several bills ...

... ?? COAr..MINE ExPLOSIN.-We regret to state that a very Ia- mentable coal-mine explosion took place at Haswell, near Dur- ham, on Saturday afternoon, by whichit was supposed, upwards roo 100 libivs were lost. The explosion was that of fire-damp, but how caused no one could tell. It occurred at three o'clock in the afternoon. The excitement in the neighborhood was l great, and the lamentations ...

... FRANCE. The Paris journals of Tuesday announce the arrival of the Prince de Joinvilla. His Royaf Highness left Cadiz on the 22nd ult., after receiving the accounts of the evacuation of the Island of Mogadore, which was terminated on the 16th. The Constitutionnel publishes a sunsmary of the Treaty, and complains of the Debats for having suppressed some of the most objectionable articles, and of ...

... TIILE AFFAIR AT MAIAAENA. TL?i'ui?y ON THE COMBAT 01' MAHAHENA (ArROL 17, 1bi4), ADDRESSED TO -ma MONIeTER O? MARINE IIY TuE GOVEiINOR OF THE FRENCH POSSESSIONS IN (icoArilA. 1'.t]ssiti, April 22. Ml'n?ieur Is Mliiiotr?-1 had the honour ot informing 5?I you, in lily report U March 22, that the insurgentS had me taken refuge at Mahasna. informllifOil since brought by ? soisie eg tesbowod me ...

... I CONFLAGRATIQAT AT TENEW CRtOSS di- One of the mlost fearful fires that ba8 ceurred in the ce neigbbourhood oS the metropolis for mnany years took place the at alate hour lestevenin~g, at the wocke attached to the the statlon of the buyer and Brighton Railway, at Newv-cross, ~ia ronulting in the destruction of property to an enormous zen amount., the principal buildings and works being ...