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: STATE OF TRADE. I The trade of the man...
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, THE GREAT COLLIERY EXPLOSION. I The pr...
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f / xX ^ c ^^^ sed a Lpe that Mr . Dea ^ y So ™ not persevere in his motion . On a division , the motion -was negatived by 44 to 35 .
FRANKLIN EXPEDITION . Mr Napier called attention to the communications with her Majesty's Government respecting another Franklin expedition , and the urgent iiature of the claim for a further and complete search . He also moved for papers . — Captain Scobell seconded the motions-Admiral Walcott could not support the motion . He could see nothing upon which the slightest hope of success could rest . —Sir Charles Wood concurred entirely in the opinions expressed hy the previous speaker . As long as there was any chance , or reason to hope that some of the survivors of the expedition might be found , successive Governments spared neither risk nor expense in fitting out expeditions in search of them . Upwards of 610 , 000 * . had been expended in such expeditions r . Government had a painful duty to perform ; but their conviction was , that there was do hope , and that . they were not justified in risking more valuable lives . Neither did he think there was any chance of recovering the logbooks or otter documents . —After further discussion , the mntinn for T ^ aners wa s withdrawn .
The House shortly afterwards adjourned . Wednesday , February ibth . SEA-COAST FISHERIES BILL ( IRELAND ) . In the House of Commons , Mr . M'Mahon moved the second reading of this bill , which was opposed by Mr . Fitzgerald , -who moved to defer the second reading for six . months . The bill was also opposed by Mr . Napiek , Mr . George Butt , Mr . Grogan , Mr . Meagher , Lord Naas , Captain Bellew , Colonel Dunne , and Mr . O'Flaherty ; and was supported by Mr . Kennedy , Mr . Bowyer , and Capt ain Scobelx . —Mr . M'Mahon having replied , and stated tbat his object was merely to make Irish fishermen as free as Englishmen to fish upon the high seas , the House divided , when the amendment was carried by 185 to 10 ; so that the bill is lost .
JUDGMENTS EXECUTION , & C , BILL . The House then went again into committee upon this bill ; but , after a division upon the first clause , adverse to the views of " the framer , Mr . Craufurd , the Chairman reported progress , in order that that gentleman might determine whether he would proceed further with the bill . , , , The report upon Savings Banks was brought up , and
agreed to . . . . . , The Commons Enclosure Bill was read a third time , and passed . Thursday , February 26 th . THE LAW OF LIBEL . In the House of Lords , Lord Campbell moved for a select committee to consider whether the privilege now enjoyed by reports of proceedings of courts of justice may be safely extended to reports of proceedings of the two Houses of Parliament , and of other assemblies and public meetings . —Lord "Wensleydaxe briefly supported the motion , considering that the present anomalous state of the lavr on the question renders inquiry into its princinles necessary .
CHINESE DEBA . TE . The adjourned debate on the Earl of Derby ' s motion ¦ was then resumed ; but the various speeches delivered did not add much to the arguments of Tuesday night . The contention again mainly turned on the assertion by the one party that the lorcha was not an English vessel , and on that of the other side that it was . In support of the motion , the House was addressed by the Earl of Carnarvon , Lord St . Leonards ( who argued thnt , by the Imperial law , which no colonial ordinance can set aside , a vessel cannot be considered English unless owned by an English subject ) , the Earl of Malmesbury ( who waived the quostion of legality , but condemned our reprisals as excessive ) the Bishop of Oxford ( who spoke from a religious poin of view ) , and tho Earl of Ellenborough ( who said he believed that no insult to the English flag had becu intended ty the Chinese , and who attributed all the disasters to Dr . Bowling ' s monomania for entering China ) . — The motion was opposed by Lord Methuen , Earl Gkanvillio , and Lord Wenslkydale , tho last of whom argued that tho distance from China is too remote to permit , in case of hostilities , of a course so dilatory as sending homo to tho Government for instructions , and who contended that tho English flag was flying at the time , that tho Chinese wantonly insulted that flag , that tho vesaol was to all intents and purposes an English vessel , and that , in point of fact , tho license had not expired , it being a rule in such matters that , irrespective of any given date , tho license is considered in force for tho entire period of tho vessol ' a voyage to and from its port . )—The Government was also defended "by tho Earl of Albkmakle , who said that , if tho Arrow was a lorcha , it wai clearly not a Chinese vesaol , for tho Chinese possess in auch vessels , and aro forbidden , to have thorn . Th lorcha ia a privileged class of vessel , ¦ which was intro ducod by tho Portuguese and adopted by tho English fo convenience' Hake . Ho was ono of those wlio considcrc that this collision with Canton was inevitable . Howovo ho w « a opposed to any attempt to establish regular d plomatic rotations with China , such attempts havin ¦
always failed , with the Portuguese , the Dutch , and ourselves . He trusted the Government would deny a report that they were about to send an envoy to Pekin . On their Lordships dividing , there appeared for the motion : — Content—Present 53 Proxies .... 57 — 110 Not Content—Present . 71 Proxies . 75 —146 Majority against the motion ...... 35 Their Lordships then adjourned . The same question formed the subject of a Jong debate in the House of Commons , where Mr . Cobden moved" That this House has heard with concern of the conflicts which have occurred between the British and Chinese authorities in the Canton river ; and , without expressing an opinion as to the extent to which the Government of China may have afforded this country cause of complaint respecting the non-fulfilment of the treaty of 1842 , this House considers that the papers which have been laid upon the table fail to e stablish satisfactory grounds for the violent measures resorted to at C anton in the late affair of the Arrow ; and that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the state of our commercial relations with China . " In support of this motion , Mr . Cobden urged several considerations , of a nature equivalent t < those contained in Lord Derby ' s speech in the House o Lords on Tuesday . We had picked a quarrel with th ( Chinese in a manner which would cause all the world t < cry shame on us . The papers laid before the House gav only a garbled account of the affair , and containei trumpery complaints against the Chinese . Letters ha < to
been received from Sir John , nying civility and inoffensive habits of the Chinese ; while , on the other hand , the demeanour of Englishmen in foreign countries is too often haughty , violent , and selfish . He ( Mr . Cobden ) admitted our right to enter Canton , bui thought it would be dangerous , the Cantonese being fierce ^ , ungovernable , and hostile to the English . Sii John 2 o wring had frequently acted in opposition to th < principles of international law , and even to tlie express instructions of his Government , during the Foreigr Secretaryships of Lords Grey , Malmestoury , and Granville . Our quarrel was " a dirty" , and he believec the American Government was opposed to it . —Mr 1 a e
, t Milner Gibson seconded the motion . . Mr . Labouchere , in opposing the motion , accused Mr . Cobden of libelling the character of English merchants ; asserted that the conduct of the Chinese had become intolerable ; denied that Sir John Bowring had acted in contravention of the orders of Lord Grey when that nobleman was in power ; and maintained that the lorcha was English . —The contrary view was upheld by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton . w ho said that , since the treaty of Nankin , the regulations of the Government of Hong-Kong could not confer English privileges on the lorcha . Mr . Lloyd Davies opposed the motion , which was also resisted by Sir John Ramsden , Mr . Gregson , and Mr . Lowe , the last of whom observed that the question was not merely one of legality , but of animus , and that the Chinese animus was clearly bad . On the other side , Admiral Herbert ( who had served in China ) was of opinion that the proceedings of the English were inconsiderate , and that , even if any offence had been committed , the punishment had been immeasurably excessive . —Sir Ekskxnb Purist believed that the motion was founded in truth ; and Lord John Russell said that the hostilities ought not to have been entered on without a reference to the Homo Government . A crave responsibility rested upon Ministers for sanction-. ing the course taken by Sir John Bowring and Sir I Michael Seymour . The Government ought to soy-what aro the demands which they have made on the Chinese , authorities ; and the House of Commons should declare i that it will be no party to so great a prostitution of , England ' s power as had taken place at Canton . Much t had been said about the prestige of this country ; but he e had no wish to see it maintained apart from character
honour , and reputation . On the motion of Mr . Warren , the debate was adjourned to Friday . ¦ Previous to tho debate , some questions wore asked ot Government ; among others , one on the subject of DECIMAL COINAGE . ; In answer to Mr . Beamish , tho Chancellor of the Exchequrr said the commission to inquire into the ex-; podiency of adopting the decimal coinage was dated 1 October , 1855 , and tho commiasioners had lield eighteen 1 sitting . He had been in communication with tho com-• mia-sioncrs ' , and he had received in writing a statement k bearing on tho subject of their proceedings . I hoy pro-B posod to make a preliminary report to the Crown on the 0 evidence they had obtained , lie could not say , how" over , when tliis report might bo expected . 3 "
THE MURRAIN . Iii answoi- to Mr . Stakkokd , Mr . Lowe said his attention had boon called to tho reports of disease amongst cattle in Central Europe , and ho had communicated with tho l ' oreign-office , in order that information migiu be obtained from consuls on the subject . Ho had also communicated with the Customa to prevent tlisoiHcu ca , ttlo from boing landed , and tlvo landing of a call iron
Rotterdam had been prevented , in consequence of its I having the disease . —Mr . Henry Baillik . asked whe ^ I ther the importation of cattle from places where thedi I ease existed would be prohibited for a limited period ? 1 —Mr . Lowe said the Board of Trade had no power t I do so . I
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: State Of Trade. I The Trade Of The Man...
: STATE OF TRADE . I The trade of the manufacturing towns during the week I ending last Saturday exhibited no alteration . At Man Chester , the progress of business would be satisfactory but for the uncertainty caused by the high price of cotton . At Birmingham , the iron market is well sustained , and there is fair employment in all the other manufactures of the town . The Nottingham report describes continued animation both in hosiery and lace In the woollen districts there has been increased activity at firm , prices , and in the Irish linen markets the tendency has been towards a decline . — Times . The general business of the port of Londo n during the same week was small . The number of vessels reported iriwards was 81 , being 47 less than in the previous week '* | f and the number cleared outward was 93 , including 10 V : in ballast , showing a decrease of 13 . —Idem . IThe Board of Trade have issued an account of the I Customs duties received during the past year as com- I pared with the two preceding years . In every one of the I thirteen principal articles an increase is exhibited . It ia I to be noticed that the sum raised from all articles beyond I the thirteen specified is only 544 , 940 / ., and the public I will be surprised to learn that , according to a return I lately obtained by Mr . Ewart , * there are still 139 descrip- I I tions of goods held liable to duty which severally I 1 yield to the revenue a less amount than 10 , 000 L Out I of these 139 there are 31 which do not bring in so much I as 201 . each . From the figures for 1855 , it appears that I ammunition , essence of spruce , manna croup , and per- I fumed powder , contributed 11 . each to the national ex- I
chequer . — Idem . . I There have been some failures among the Greek I houses in the City—viz ., Messrs . Franghiadi and Sons , I with liabilities , principally on acceptances , for 80 , O 00 £ , I and assets which show an apparent surplus ; Messrs . I Vuros Brothers ; and Messrs . P . Sinanides and Co . The I liabilities in the two last cases are not supposed to be I heavy . Mr . J . Basilio , a Greek merchant of Manchester , I has also suspended , as well as Fustana and Co ., of Liver- I pool , wiih liabilities estimated at 60 , 0007 . I . . . .-. 1 . . . 1 . . ¦ 1 1 —¦ ¦
, The Great Colliery Explosion. I The Pr...
, THE GREAT COLLIERY EXPLOSION . I The proprietors of the Lundhill pit held a meeting on I the morning of Friday week , at which several persons I from the surrounding districts interested in collieries I attended by invitation , to consult on the best means to I pursue for e xtinguishing the fire which had resulted from I the explosion . Mr . Coe , Mr . Webster , of the WombwcU Main Colliery , Mr . Maddison , of the Hoyland and Elsecar pits , and some others , had gone to the bottom of one of the shafts , to investigate the state of the mine ; and Mr . Webster gave to the meeting the subjoined account of the results of this perilous undertaking : — " On getting to the bottom of the shaft , they found that the lower portion of the slides and l ) roadgates were entirely blown up and destroyed , and on proceeding further they found the coal around the furnace was in a complete state of ignition . Tho coal and woodwork in the upcast shaft had taken fire , and the flames were raging furiously . He could compare it to nothing but to a stream of molten metal being poured down the shaft . They proceeded about two hundred or two hundred and ' . fifty yards along the south level , and found the whole of the furnace down , and the coal on fire . They prot cceded up the levels and broadgates as far as they dared . to venture , until they came in contact with tho foul air , * and were obliged to retreat . They returned to the shaft , f and then made an examination of the north levels , along 1 which they proceeded for a distance of four hundred e yards , up to the fourth broadgate . During the mvesti-¦ gation they found many dead bodies , and tho men who ' accompanied them brought the remains to the shaft . Une ot uieii
man was found dead close to the bottom « n--further on they found ten bodies in a mass . Not mr from the furnace it waa supposed that a large , number 0 bodies were lying , as tho men generally congregated near tho fire at dinner time . The furnace was blown down , and the stables ( containing six horses ) were on fire . When they got near the upcast shaft they j > aw immense mas ' ses of coal and rock falling do wn , ini shaft was like a furnace . Tho difiurenco in the state 0 the iiro when he entered tho pit and whim he left it «< w very great . They were in the pit abov « two hours , stoppages and brattices between the two shafts * c completely blown away , and , therefore , except in UJ i ,,,-J fi , « ,.-. ( . was ilftiul—i . e .. full of bad air . i ™\
would huvo succeeded in putting up stoppages , but « [ iro increased to such an extent that they wcro on " n , to retreat . They were ho plucod llmt if thoy hn < l > ' « retreated they would have been cxoludeil from tuou ami Miffociitcd , because the air was ' backing ( 1 ' , , ' one . shaft to tho other . Ilo , Mr . Con , anil Mr . W "' * ascended tho shaft and held a consultation ; 1 ) U r l " ^ companions uaended in haste , saying tliat . it w " "" [ ' ' Hiblu for any ono to remain down any longer . <> " (; 0 '_ they then considered it their duty to uc (] U | lint tll ° °
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 28, 1857, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28021857/page/4/
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