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      rjiHE Surveyors of Highways for the . Townsbjn X of Leeds are ready to receive- Tenders for th * above description of Work . —Application to be maife ( between tha Hoars of Ten and Twelve in the For ^ noon ) at their Office , Free Market , where Specifics . tions are now laying . Sealed Tenders to be delivered < m or before Sato . day , thej ! 9 ch instant . J . BlAMLBT , Clerk to the Board . Leeds , IOth April , 1843 . *

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      NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR EMIGRATION I FROM LIVERPOOL TO THE UNITED I STATES OF AMERICA AND CANADA , I F ITZHUGH , WALKER , and Co ., Merchant I and General Emigration Agknts , A ' o . if , Goree Piazzas , Liverpool , having completed arrange ! i ments witb Messrs . Pomeroy and Co ., ef the United 1 States , proprietors of the " Express Line from tb 1 City of New York to the Western parts of America I and Canada , " are now prepared to offer new aaj 1 important facilities to Emigrants proceeding to any -1 part of America or Canada ; which are the following ; m 1 st . Fitzbugh , Walker , and Co ., are prepared to fl contract to deliver Emigrants at any part as abore , m either by Canal , Railroad , or other conveyance thert m at fixed prices and kw rates , guaranteeing thatnj || delay or detention shall occur in New York , or else . ll where , on the way . By this means the exact expert m of reaching any part of the United States or Canadj 11 can be ascertained before leaving England , M 2 nd . On arrival at New York , parties engagb || with Fitzhugh , Walker , aud Co ., will be met by i competent persons from the office of Popaeroy aij S Co ., who will , free of any charge , procure landisg p certificates for luggage , < Scc ., and give such infornu . p tionas to lodging houses , modes , and prices * of con . if veyances and provisions , public works in progress if & . c , as shall effectually guard emigrants from in . m position , and secure them the readiest means to § 1 employment . m 3 rd . In all the towns and cities , in the interior of 8 the United States , of any importance , Pomeroy aaj m Co . have offices , where Books of Register are kept , m open only to those who present a ticket from Fife B hugh . Walker ^ and Co ., ( no other house in Great p Britain or Ireland having the powers to make such H engagements . ) These Registries contain an account m of Public Works in progress , Farms and Landsfor §| sale , and such general information as is most usefs ] m to the party intending to settle there . | I Fitzhngh , Walker , and Co ., are also prepared to m receive for forwarding every week , through Ppmeroj m and Co ., to any and every part of the United Statss m and Canada , at fixed moderate rates , boxes , parcel ^ m Ac , which will be delivered with punctuality uj || care , and also to receive and take charge of mtb Si United States , for delivery in any part of Great M Britain , the like boxes , parcels &c . M Referring to the above important arrangement El Fitzhugh , Walker , and Co . take the opportunity to H inform parties , intending to Emigrate , that ' . hej B continue to despatch fine first-class ships for Nm e York , Boston , Philadelphia , Baltimore , and Sm Si Orleans , every three or four days . Every attention SB is paid to the comfort and accommodation of tha el passengers , who are provided by the ship with < me m pound of bread and bread stuff per day , and a plenti- § 1 ful supply of the best water . The vessels sail paa « . m tually on the day appointed , and to prevent deten- I tion , Fitzhugh , Walker , aud Co ., engage * to pq W Emigrants taking their passages by their packets Oaa m Shilling a-day , if kept after the day appointed . m N . B . All Letters , post-paid , addressed to the Offiw 11 No . 12 , Goree Piazzas , will be immediately answered § 1

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      IMPORTANT TO INVALIDS . T HE Proprietor of DR . HAMILTON'S VITAL PILLS , feeling coovinced that the innate good properties of this Medicine , must by the recommendations of those who experience its benign tfiiewy ( in many instances after all other means had failed ) do more to bring it into notice , than anything else , has abstained from publishing cases of cure , and tho more so , as he well knows the frauds that are constantly practised upon the public by fictitious or manufactured caBes , which causes little faith to tfl attached 10 such statements . But how different is it with those persons who are eye witnesses of t& 8 curative powers of a Medicine in their own imme > diate neighbourhood ; these , indeed , strike home to tbe convictions of every one under whose notice they happen to fall . The entire columns of a newspaper would b «> totally inadequate to contain a fiftieth part of the details of previous Buffering , and the joyous expression of gratitude in the numereu letters he has received . But he disdains to agitate the public mind with them , knowing M well , that the Medicine having gained a footing . alike in the mansions of the peer and the cottages of the peasant , nothing can stay its course , nor is that a civilized portion of the globe where it will tot ultimately be known and prized as the great restorer of health . Sold in boxes a 13 ^ d , 2 s . 9 d ., and lls . —In leei ) by Hobson , Northern Star office ; at the offices of tb » Mercury and Times ; by Reinhardt and Son , 7 $ , Briggate , and by most respectable Vendors of Pro * priet&ry Medicines . In London , by Simpson ud Co ., the Proprietor ' s Agents , 20 , Mile End BoJdj Barclay and Sons , Farringdon-street , and Edwaid ^ 67 , St . Pauls .

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      DREADFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION . —TWENTY SEVEN LIVES l-OST . ( Trom ike London papers ) 2 TE"vtcaSti . e-o >" -Ttkb , Fbidat , A ? B « , r 7 i—One of thoae fearful catastrophes , unfortunately so common in this district , occurred on Wednesday morniEtf , shortly before eight o ' clock , 5 n the Stonnont MahRColliery , tbe property xf Ms . John Grace ana partaeie , » t Wrcckington , about two mfles from this place , and 'was attended by a tremendous sacrifice of haras We , there having been twenty-seven men and boys killed , and mx or seven others seriously Injured . She catastrophe , Oiongh tbus melancholy , in its Tesults , -dees not appear fe > have been marked by any of tteeBesppalling dnom « stances ¦ which lave fr * qaeiitly » ttend " edy-- ? iccidenta ef &

      similar natnre in this neighbourhood . The men employed at £ h - - —nth of the pit had no conception that such an ** - — * t had occurred uni'l a -boy -was drawn up mucb t unit , and even then tJ-r-y were made aware of bat a j = * nall extent of the calamity . There "were upwards of fifty persons engaged in the pit at the time ; ^ nd of these more than thlr ' y worked in the western part of the mine -where the explosion occurred . The damage dOM te the pit is remarkably'trifling , scarcely « xoeeediz > g ia value a few sbUlingB , cot so much 88 a prop having b » en driven from Its place . Kor did the bodies of the sufferers present any of those harro-wing features which are generally witnessed after an explosion ; very few were burnt at all , and even they comparatively slightly , while the majority -were perfectly uninjured . There is Therefore littie , if any , doubt that

      the loss of life is attributed , not -to the-fire , but to tfcs " after damp ,, " or , less technically speaking , the noxious gas which succeeded , and was produced by the erploaon . How the accident originated will probably lemain aatter of « oDJectnre . Tneraost current expla-B&tkm—and the one which roost roedily suggests itself —is that -while Mr . M&tthiar Gray , the Bnder-viewer ( and ane of the sufferers ) , was passing a working -which had been for some days considered to be in a dangerous state , the fonl air was ignited by his light ; and the men who were employed on both -sides-of that place ¦ were-Qxwe -who perished . It may * be supposed that this melancholy « vent has excited a very general sensation throughout the neighbourhood , and spread much suffering over a large number of families , many of Trhem are understood to be in a destitute condition .

      An inquest -was held on Thursday at . the Half Moon Inn , "Wrecfcington , before . Mr . 3 . 2 A . -2 ? aYell , Coroner , and after a protracted investigation , -without discovering the immediate cause of the explosion , a verdict of " Accidental Death , ** was returned . The Idle wing are the names of the sufferers . —Matthias Gray , aged 20 , son of Mr Gray , -of the . Felling , nnder--rie » er . Tbomss cuarlton , aged 36 , overman , left a vife and two children . Robert Spence , aped 34 , depnly overman , left a "wife and four children . Thomas Eedley , aged 52 , hewer , left a wife and three children . Humphrey Ditchbum , aged 53 , hewer , left a wifa George Ditcblmn ] , aged 21 , hewer , son of the above , left a "Bife . Uicbae ) Clegborn , ated 30 , hewer , left a

      " wife and two children . Thomas Cleghorn his brother , aged 28 , hewer , single . John Bobsoa , aged 27 , hewer , left a wife and three children . John J&ques , aged 21 , hewer , single . James Wateis , aced 20 , ditto , left a ¦ wife . John Richardson , aged 2 « , ditto , left & wife . Jamas Toaag , aged 29 , ditto ,, left a wrfe and fonr children ; it -was the first time he had been down the pit The following bojB -were drivers and putters : — David Kidman , aged 14 , and John Kidman , 10 , brothers . Matthew Doxferd , aged 13 . Thomas Ifcxon , Aged as , and John Dixcn , aged 12 , brothers , < &eorge Pelton , sgsd 16 . John Young , aged 12 . John Tulip , aged 15 . John Smith , aged 14 . Abraham Field , aged 12 . Hugh Hughes , aged 11 . Thos . ilorris , aged 16 .

      ( From fhe Xeuxasile Ckrosu ^ cJ , COBO > TEB'S INQUEST . WsEKrNGros , A pkil 6 . —An iiKjnest w&s held before Mr , J . MDnes Favell , ceroner , at the Half Moon Inn , Wreddngton . George Eitchie stated that he west into the pit on Wednesday morning , between four and five o ' clock , and remained there until abont seven i -when he went to the crane ithe place where the explosion occurred ! the deputy overman { Bobert Spence ) told him to put his-candle ou ^ . "When he went tow rk he had to pass a . place that -was ionl . ca'Jwl the head board , " and considering that his life -was not safe , he did not begin

      ¦ work , but left the place . He came oxEt in the dark from the board * ' which was dangerous ^ In going ont he met Bobert Specce , who asked why ho wa 3 not ¦ workiag , -wben -witness said that he thought he had been long enough thtre . Met Matthias Grey , the under-¦ viewer , and he also sated witness why he was leaving trork . bnt "witi » eE 3 made no reply , and Gray said that he -wonld keep half-a-crown cff his wages . for leaving his work . Witoess then came to bank , aad he knew netting about tbe accident until his wife informed him of U after its occurrence . After coming to bank he never said a -word to any one about the state ef ihe pit . Witness has been a pitman about nine years , -but had never been in apit -which bad fired .

      Mr . B . Davis , surgeon , stated that Tie lived . dose adjoining the -colliery , and on the morning of the explosion « kw all fae bodiES brongbt to the bank , twenty-four of whom -were dead , and the other eight -were all alive , hut three died the next day . The bodies brought up dead had died from suffocation j bnt the remainder ¦ were severely burnt , and he expected -would recover . Bobert SaT ? k 7 n , pitman , stated that he worked at . the above colliery , and was down the pit at the time of the explosion , and at the particular part "which fired . He had -worked in the pit nearly four years . The blast took place between seven and eight o ' clock in the morning , and be -was working in b place about 200 yards from the crane , bnt be did not know what caused the explosion . The place where he worked was dangerous , and they generally used theij lamps , bat when they could they lighted their candles . He -was brought to bant nearly insensible , bnt soon recovered .

      Joan am , pitman , stated that he worked at tbe Storxaont Main Colliery . He was last down-in the pit on Tuesday , and -was working at the second board from tke ersne , at ¦ which place he found foul air tor nearly a fortnight previous . About seven dsya ago , while he -was at irork with George Ditchbnm , they took their lampB to Spence , the deputy-overman , and complawed of the bad state in wklcb they -were . The lamps -were afterwards cleaned , but they -would not take them , for they considered the board -where they -were working to be very dangerous on account of the foul air . He did not know ¦ w hat caused the present explosion .

      William Bichardson , another jitman , stated that he had -worked at the pit since Christmas , and abont Bix ¦ weeks ago be complained to tbe depnty overman abent the hinging of a door at his board end , for when any person went throngh it tid not elose prsperly . Witness however , left thai part of the -workings soon after , bnt did not know -whether it had been repaired or not . He did not Snow -what caused the explosion . About £ even -weeks ago witness heard Spence teD the overman about hanging two doors for tfee better -ventilation of the pit , hut the overman replied that it would be ioo mtch expense . The overman - was killed on Wednesday morning . Boring the time he worked in the pit , he never had a lamp in good order . A few minntes before the accident he left the place "where the explosion occurred , but succeeded in reaching the bank . The stoppings of the pit he observed -were ont of order , but he never complained of them for ft ^ T of losing l"s employment

      John Alexander , also s pitman in the same colliery , stated that hB had worked in the pit for some time , but the last time he -was down was tbe day before tbe accident . He knew nothing about the explosion , but be had observed tiiat the stoppings were not close . The stoppings were all built of stone , and were considered out of repair . The men generally among themselves spoke of the state of tbe pit , but they never complained to any one . The jury , abont half-past nine o'clock , and after an hour and a half s consultation , returned a verdict of ^ Accidental Death . "

      ( From Die Galeshead Observer of Saturday , ) The public mind in this district was painfully agitated on Wednesday last , by one of those calamities which are of too frequent occurrtnce in connection -with our eiaple industry—namely , a coal-mine explosion . The scene of the disaster is -within four milts of the borough " of Gties head , being the SlormontrMain eollitry , at Wrekenbm , on Gatesnead Pell , coidEoidjr known by the name ol the " King Pit" The tsplosioa occurred at absai seven oelcck in the morning , aod proved fatal to twenty-sevtn men and bojil We give a list of the unfortunate snffsrers : mex Mr . Matthias Gray , 20 , tbe under-Tiswer , sen ef Mr . Gray , of the Felling . Thomas Charlton , 25 , overman , ( who has left a wife and two children . ) Bofeert Speuce , 34 , deputy-overman , fwife and four children . )

      Thomas Monlter , 31 , shifter , ( wife and tiro chfl-GleTL ) Thomas Hediey , , hewer , { wife and three chil uKn . ) Humphrey Ditchbnui , hewer , fsrtfe . > f « S 5 DitlihbQrnj 21 > he *«> « n cf Humphrey , ? John JaegneB , 21 , hewer . i ^^ ^ J ^^ < wife anii **«* children . ) Edward Bobson , 23 , hewei , brother of John . ^ Ifccfaael Qeghom , so , heira , < wife and two cbfl-Thofflas Clftghorn , 2 D , bewer , ( brother of Michael } JTvT ? 0 ** ** bewe ' - f ^ e aad fonTchUdrea . ) John Blchardion , 26 , berrer , < wi& . ) ; Jam * Waiaa , 20 , hewei , ( wife . ) ^ Wedowaay ^ a , Jlcgaee . Y { mnri ^ ^^

      S&XY 2 B 3 XXV JBTTXBS . J £ * fc&ew Daxford , ... 19 David fr ^ m ^ l 4 ThmmmJPixon ... „ , ie Jenn lEM ^ nm ^ fcu fcjoL John Dixon , his bro- th « t ... 10 T « r" 12 John Smith . . " ! Z U JahnToung 12 - ^ Abraham Keld ... ... 12 eeorseFeltan ,.. ... 13 fJohn Tulip 15 Thonma Morris ^ . . „ 16 + Hugh Hughes u + Alive -when brought out of the pit Ike iBstantaneoas Jow of so many lives , we need csrdlyaiy , produced a stunning effect in the immediate locality of the pit , and inspired feelings of sorrow and JJBJP&thj thzoaghottt the surrounding . country . ' Every

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      household in and near tbe Tillago of Wrekenton had to monrn the loss of a friend or relative ., Wives were widowed , and children rendered fatherless . It was a mournful sight to « se the bodies of the dead brought to tbe mouth ofthasaaft , one by one , amidst the cries and tears of tbe living . , Stiff and rigid ithe muscles of the neck excopWl ) , the dead presented themselves in succession—each of them , with cateleptic look , in the posture in vhlcb . death had overtaken him—the greater number ^ rith outstretched arms , as though startled by suddea and unexpected danger . Althoegh the loss of life is great , the damge done to the pit is remarkably teffliag . Not a prop has been driven from its position , A few shillings , indeed , will repair all the injury te property that has taken place . Nor did tbe persons of ihe hapless pitmen suffer greater violenoe . Few of thea were burnt It was the " afterdamp ' that proved bo destructive , bereaving bo many men and boys of life .

      The -workings of the pit are of great extent—bo extensive , indeed , that-ooe ef the pitmen , far removed from the site of the accident , Continued quietly at his work , and was not aware of the explosion until an hour after its occurrence ? But the pit , although so extensive , has only one Bhaftr—wMcb is therefore bratticed , for purposes of veutilation . Whether or not a Bingle shaft be sufficient for safety , is a point which we hardly feel competent to decide—or we should be inclined to give a decision in the negative . Mt . Grace , the viewer of the colliery , is a gentlemen of great experience and industry ; and , -we are sure , woato do all that lay within his powe * . te secure tbe safety of the mine .

      An inquest was held on Thursday , at the house of Mr . Joseph Crasswell , the Half Moon , Wrekenton , before Mr . J . M . Favell , coroner for Chester ward . Mr . John Grace , jun ., the viewer , and one of the proprietors , attended the inqniry . Mr . W . I ^ ctey Harle , solicitor , was in attendance on behalf of the Pitmen ' s General Cnioa ; Mr . Swallow , of WakeSeld , Secretary of the Union , was also present , both in his official character , and at the request of toe relatives and friends of the deceased , and the men of the colliery . The Jury sworn to investigate the circumstances consisted ef the following householders : —Messrs . Simpson Buthford , Jacob Gowland , William Simpson , John Fewster , George Wind , Jacob Ayre , John Pallister , John Miller , John Brown , Abner Lucas , Henry Drummond , and Joseph CrasswelL

      Tbe vie > ring cf tbe "bodies" occupied a considerable Qek—the Jury having te proceed from house to house , in the discharge of this most distressing duty . On their return to the inquest room , the examination of witnesses commenced . George Bitchie deposed—I live at Eighton Banks . I am a newer in Stonnont Main colliery . That ifl the proper nwne of the colliery , but it generally goes by the name of the King pit . I have woiked in the pit nine months . 1 went down on Wednesday morning , between four and five e ' clock , and remained until nearly seven . When I went to the crane—a part of the pit to which tbe man generally go , before starting work )—Spence , the deputy overman , cautioned » e to put out my candle before passing the end of a certain

      b *> ard , which was very fouL [ The " boards" are cells or recesses hewn at intervals in the sides of a main passage ; so tii&t the pitmen , in proceeding along the passages , necessarily pass tbe eiids or entrances of the *• boards . " ] 1 went to work near the foul board . The pit was standing foul in the barrow-way . [ That is , the foulness of the board extended to its moutb , and into the main passage-way . ] I pot eut my candle , as I had been told , in the " headways course . " I considered the pit so unsafe , that 1 did not begin work . I lighted my candle again at James Young's , who was working near the foul boasd . I remained with him abont a quarter of an hour . He had only come to work at the pit that morning . I put out my candle , and repassed the foul board . I then got a light from Ditchbum ,

      who waa working in an adjoining board . I mot Sper . ce at the crone . Be asked me if I was not going to work . I answered that I had been there long enough . 1 did not mention tbe matter to any other person ( With a view to a remedy . ) 1 was afraid to do bo , toi fear J should be fined . It does not do to be complaining : one gets to be thought fractious . I met Mr . Matthias Gray , tbe under-viewer . He inquired if I was not going to my work . I siid " No . " I gave him no reason for leaving . He said be -would stop 2 s . 6 J . from me . I said he durstnt . There is a fine of 2 s 6 i . on a man who leaves witboni having done his work- There was no further -conversation between us . We parted good friends . I think he was probably not in earnest about the fine for he spoke lanshinsly . l bave sever had anything

      stopped off me for neglect of work . I got home about eisiit o ' clock . 1 had no talk wiih any one on the subject , btfore going home . The next thing I heard was that the pit had fired . I had been asleep , when my wife eame in and told me . I was in bed at the time . I have been a pitman about nine years , and worked at Sherburn Hill , Wingate , a . ^ d other collieries . The board in question has been considered dangerous for some time—fonl to the end . The deputy overman gave genera ! instructions for candles to be put out in passii . g it . 1 -cannot say that it was thia board -which fired . I n&ve nestr made any complaint to the owners as to tbe state of the mine . I went to tbe pit immediately I heard of the accident . I went down , and a&Bitted to get the bodies out I did not go beyond the crane .

      By Mr . H : irle—1 think means might have been -used to get tbe foulness away , as it had continued for a long time . I think doors ought to have been set at tbe main headways-course , with trappers at them . It is not customary to fine parties for complaining of foulness . There are £ y-doors at tbe entrance to the boardsdoors hung so as to open either wu ; but the slishtest thing -will prevent them from shutting . They are not attended by beys . Tbe doors are ont of repair , and dont shut close . I do not know of any complaint having been made . On tbe previons day , when at my work in the pit , I trembled all the time , it was so fool . I do not think there was any " brattice ' in tbe board—[ a partition , to guide the current of air to the face ef the -workings . ] The men bad Davy lamps at the commencement of their work , and candles afterwards . The moving about of the men helps to clear away the foulness . I never knew a man discharged for complaining of the state -of the pit .

      Mr . Bobert Davis , of Wrekenton , surgeon—I ¦ was exiled in immediately after the accident—soon after seven o ' clock in the morning . The messenger said a boy was burnt A second messenger , who came quickly after he first , said they were afraid ihe pit had fired . I foond this to have been the case . Tulip , Hughes , and Smith , now dead , were brought up alive ; bJbo , Young , Banfcin , Menham , and Ayssley , whastill survive , bul are Bererely burnt , and same of them labouring under alarmkig delirium . The ca&se of death , is nearly every

      case , was the after-damp . Seme of ihe deceased parties are much burnt , but they migfct have recovered nevertheless , iad it not been for the after-dwnp . The quality of the gss varies in diitrent cailieries . It is of a very iDJuriom . description in this pit 1 took care , when on the pit-heap , to keep the lamps k » proper order for the men , as tbsy went down the pit to bring np the bodies . One of the lamps having a glass t * be , answered better than the ot&ers , inasmuch as it extinguished of itself , when the bearer reached the limit of safety . Tbe D » y lamp allows a man to go farther than he can bear .

      Bobert Bankin . —1 live at Wrekenton , and had worked at the King pit nearly four years . I was in the quarter where n fired , when the accident took place . This waa about Beveo o ' clock . I was at wotk in a board shout 200 yards from the crane , near to Young , and k&ew nothing of the cause of the explosion . The only thing I noticed was a door ont of repair , about sixty yards from the place in which I worked . I eaw the depcty get a binge , and suppose it was to repair this door . The part in which 1 worked was dangerous . We had to work with lamps at first , and then got canriUfl when the foal air had cleared away . We had

      lamps £ s long as we considered them necessary . About sac weeSs ago , I named to Mr . Gray that I thought the western district of the pit was in a dangerous State . Mr . Gray said he knew it was . The west district was then in a deplwrable state . On the day after I spoke to Mr . Graj , the depnty earoe to that part of tbe mioe , and 1 saw him attending to his duties , remedying what bad been cemplained of . The men were cautioned to avoid the dangerous parts . After the explosion , I was Brought to bank insensible . When I became conscious , I felt langnid . SEd as if 1 had lost aU my bodily powers , l raved about my son , who was in the pit at the time .

      By Mr . Lockey Harle—I do Dot recollect what repairs the depnty made . He stopped persons from going into the dangerous parts -with a light . Lamps are kept in the pit for the use of the mea . There -were two lamps in use where 1 was working . 1 did not ohterve that they were ont of OEder . John Burn—1 live at Wrekenton , and have worked at the King pit about a year . I Tras down eD Tuesday . The part where 1 -worked fasd bei n foul for a fortnight . It -we * the second board froni tbe crane . A week to-day , my companion was at home ill , am ? Georgo Ditchburn wss set to work with me . Two lamps were given to us , cne of which was unsafe . J n . ade trial with the other lamp , and found the board foul b ) 1 the way from the month to the other end . About three yards up from the entrance tbe lamp filled with flama . We could not stop at our work . I went to the crane with

      the faulty lamp , and found Spence , tie deputy , there . I said , *• Spence , this is not a proper lamp to go up the board with . " He replied , " What's the matter with it ? " He took it to pieces . The gaoae was covered with oil and small coal He held it to the candle , and it flamed for ft considerable time , like a " low rope , " £ » . c , like a lighted rope ] . This was in consequence of the lamp not being kept dean . The g&vzs was filled np with oil and small coal * . Spence cleaned it . We met Cnarlton , the overman , » nd told him tbe reason of on leaving . He only laughed at jo . I went to work the Bert 4 tj ( March «) , tnd found the pit not so foBL Th « lamps were then cleaned . Speneeiaidhe thought the alr-comse * had been stopped tbe Oay before , but he had been throagh it , and it was all right There was no door 01 brattice to the board whew I w » " working .

      William Richardson . —I live at Wrekenton , and have worked at tfie King pit since Christmas . I have been twenty-one years a pit-man . J made complaints to Spence about the doors . I dont think the fly-doow are proper things . The door at my board-end was out or repair . When any one passed through it it frequently did not close . There was a large -vacancy between what it was hung upon and the pillar . I could have walked through 0 x 9 post and the pillar . I complained of this

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      to Spence , who said he would have tbe space bnilt up . I cant say whether it was repaired yesterday . I never made any other complaint that was not attended to . I have frequently used lamps .. They are never kept in good order , I have never seen a lamp in good order yet There was a man sent to bring lamps yesterday , to enable us to get the men out of the pit . He brought four , not one of which was fit to trust a man ' s life upon . They were the ' lamps in general use . They were gene * rally dirty , and we had to sit down to clean them , ot lie idle .

      By Mr . Harle . —About six months ago , I heard Spence tell tke overman he could improve the air , by hanging two additional doors , and mending another . Tbe overman Baid It would cause too much expense , and would require two additional trappers—( boya who open the doors to allow the carriages and the workpeople to pass , and then close them , so that proper ventilation may be kept ) My brother was present at the conversation . Both Spence and the overman are killed . By the Jury—I never had a lamp that was not choked with dirt and grease , and quite unfit for use . The lamps are liable to take fire when oily and dirty . It is not the duty of the men to clean their own lamps . There is not a lamp-cleaner kept at this colliery . The stoppings are very open , so that tbe air penetrates them . They are enly stone or dry stoppings , plastered over the outside . They ought to be brick , and built with lime . When the air penetrates the stoppings , the current is iDJured . I would have complained , but

      was afraid . John Alexander — I live at Wrekenton . I have been a pitman abont twenty-eight years . I have worked about nine mouths at the King pit I was down on Tuesday , bnt not on Wednesday . The air " calls" ( whistles ) throngh tbe stoppings . They are built of stone , so far as I have seen , and pointed with lime . They are out of repair—very much so , some of thesn . We often grumbled among ourselves about them , and also to the deputies , who generally agreed

      with us that they were faulty . I complained three times to the deputies . I considered the pit in danger from tbe state of the stoppings . It was sometimes like a furnace when we were working , in consequence of the escape of air through the doors and stoppings . Sometimes the swing-doors did not elose after a cerve or a person passing through . Sometimes they were knocked down , and lay three or four hours before they were put up again . I have known them to lie for days . The deputy was diligent , and I have seen him come to put them to rights , when called upon .

      By Mr . Grace—I have never quarrelled with my masters . I never stated to the magistrates that the pit was in a safe and proper state , and that the owners had resorted to a trick In laying the pit idle on a particular day , in order that the men might not get their 30 s . I never did . [ A pitman , according to the " bond , " can claim a certain Bum for every day that the pit is laid off , unless it be laid off for foulnesa ] By the Jury and Mr . Harle—About eight months ago , the pit was laid waste to the south of the waggon-way . Tbe pillars were worked ont This , which is called " working in the broken , " destroyed the return of the air . The depnty agreed with me that it did so , but nothing was done to remedy this , to my knowledge . B 7 Mr . Grace—There was a little foulness in the " broken , ' while 1 was working it , but it would scarce flre . I did not think it daneerous .

      Cuthbeit Todd , of Wrekenton—1 have been a pitman 12 years , and have worked about five years at this colliery . I worked in that part of the pit which is supposed to have fired . Spence told me that no one was allowed to pass the bo . ird end in question with a light The first board from tbe " mother-gate" was foul . The board-end pillar was not built up , and there was no air passing . I pointed this out to Spence , and he agreed with me abont it . 1 aaked him why be did not get it done . He said it was the duty of the deputy . I said , " No , ft is your duty ; you are here to see these things properly done / ' ^ Tbis was on Friday last It is not done yet I have heard tbe stoppings " call . " The last day I was down I said to Spence it was not right to s « nd men into that board , when it was foul to the barrow-way , and men working in the boards on each side with candles . I asked if he had no other place for us . He said no ; if we did not go in there , we muit go home .

      Edward Smith—1 live at Eighton Banks . I have worked two years in the King pit 1 was not at work when the accident occurred . 1 mind the rolley-way . In tbe middle-west crane , two pillars below , I have seen her fire two yards within the board in question . About three months since , I was in this board , and saw a boy ' s bait-poke iprovision bag ) lying . 1 saw a boy go for it CbaTltun , tbe overman , brought a candle , and tried the board . He found it would have fired a yard further in . There was a door put up shortly afterwards . Between the shaft and the bottom uf the incline-bank the stoppings are not perfect : they " call " very much . 1 have often talked to the overman about them . He did not attend to his duty so as to put things in order . He seldom went further in than tbe top of the incline-bunk . I have told him it was bis duty to attend to theso things . The reply was , that I had nothing- to do -with it .

      By Mr . Harle—There were several fallB of stones in the air-conrsea . They are abont four feet high . In some places there would be about two feet of that space filled up by falls of stone . George l . o-wton , Wrekenton—I have -worked neatly two years at the King-pit . I was down mi Tuesday . I am a deputy-overman . I can state no reason for the accident I never had any complaints made to me of the state of tbe pit , either by the preceding witnesses or other parties . I left it in perfect safety on Tuesday nfght . Cbariton was a very steady mas , and very attentive

      By Mr . Grace . —I went round the face of every board with a candle , on Tuesday afternoon . They were all qnite safe . I observed nothing particular—no foulness . The board mouth of the mother-gate was in a perfectly Bafe state on Tuesday . I tried it with a candle . 1 never knew a board to require a door , but one was put up . I never knew a door knocked down , er out of order , but it was always repaired Immediately . I never knew the " broken , " when worked , to have any foalness in it By Mr . Harle—Tbe deputies dean the lamps . I have cl « aned them myself , A man is not allowed to take a

      lamp until it has been proved , either by the deputy or some other peraon . I never had a lamp broaght back to me as being nnsafe . I think we have more than twenty lamps . We bave always sufficient for all purposes . 1 never knew Charlton threaten the men with fines for making complaints . I have heard the stoppings " call , " and they were then repaired . They are built of stone and lima . I consider a swing door quite safe . A trap-door wou 2 d certainly be safer , if it were required . We h » - » e trap-doors wherever they are requisite . The stoppings between the shaft and the bottom of tbe incline are not dangcraus . The air passages were all clear of stones and water .

      By the Jury—1 never went round af teT two o ' clock on Tuesday . Jacques was there after me . George . Jacques , deputy overman—I brought my son ( one of tbe sufferers ) to this pit . frem another in which he was employed . I would not have done so , bad I considered the King pit unsafe . He came here from Hunwick , west of Durham . He only commenced work on tbe morning of the accideBt Both his mother and 1 had pressed him te coma here . Tbe stoppings were good . One of them " calls : '' it is situated between the shaft and the bottom of the incline . I did not consider it in a very bad state . No complaints were ever rcade to me as to the unsafeneas of the stoppings or tbe doors . The ; -were always mended , when necessary , as

      soon as possible . I never knew & board requiring a door but it was supplied . The doors are always put up at the boards as soon as required . There are eight working boards to the north of the Mother-gate—a door at each board end , three fast bearing-up doors , and an extra door-at tbe mother-gate board . I think there was not a candle taken down tbe board in question on Tuesday . We always had a eofflcitnt number of lamps , and in good order . We bave instructions to take a lamp to every part first thing ; and if we see no foulness , we take the top off , and try with tbe nak' / d lamp . The cause of the boards being occasionally foul is the falling of the coal : when tlm oscuib , it makes a temporary foulness .

      By Mr . Grace—I never saw any foulness m the " broken . ' Tbere is a proper air-course Mt on tbe side of the broken—and stoppings put regularly in . Neither Smith nor Alexander ever complained to me of the state of the workings . I never saw any gas in the broken—which I considered a Tare occurrence . 1 hava seen the broken worked at Backworth , Spghill , Morton , SprmgweJl , Black Fell , and Weat-Moor . By Mr . Harle—There is only one shaft to tba King pit , but it is divided by a brattice . At this stage of tke inquiry , a plan of the workings was produced , which Mr . GftiCa explained to the coroner and jnry . He nlso stated how , in his opinion ( judging from the facts ) , the accident had occurred : — Mr . Grey , the under-viewer , bad teen unwell for some few dajs , and thertfore absent from the pit . On his return , he had probably disputed the alleged foulness of the " board" to often named ; anil , together with Spence &i > d Cbarlion , he had proceeded to the

      spot , to test the allegation . His ytird intasnre was found lying in the board , and , near it , the candlebox of Spence . Charlton was sitting close at band , holding ilia account-book—dead . Gray and Spence were at a little distance from the board , on the floor of tbe pit , as though they had been running for their lives . Now , according to Mr . Grace ' s conclusion , Gray , on reaching the board , had knelt dews , and laid his yard-wand on the ground—the ordinary practice on such occadona . Then , with a lighted candle in bis band , he had tested tbe atmosphere of the board . Spence had stood behind him , watching the experiment which war to decide the justice of the condemnation that had been patted , in the absence of the underviewer . This being the situation of the parties , an * Gray raising the candle higher and higher to ascertain the condition of the board , some motion of the body ot Spence had in all probability wafted the gag down upon the light—aad the explosion followed .

      Mr . Grace having given this conjectural explanation of the sause of the calamity , one other witness ' was called : — James Tornbull , wasteman—I have worked nearly eight years in this pit I believe there is air passing through the broken , bat I cannot get in to see . There is one point at which ife can be perceived , after it has traversed the broken . I can travel round any part of the waste with » candle , at all times .

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      No other evidence being offered , the Coroner delivered his charge to the Jury , summing up the evidence with great care ; and when they had been about two hoars in consultation , the Foreman returned ft verdict to the effect that the deceased individuate had come to their death by accident , and that no blame could be attached to Mr . Grace ; but they recommended that tbe flydoora , the stoppings , and the general ventilation of the pit , should reoelvethe strict consideration and attention of the owners , and that competent practical men should be employed in its management

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      HOUSE OF LORDS .-MONDA ? April 10 . Lord Brougham adverted to the expence and design of the Victoria Tower , connected with the new houses of Parliament . The plan was a gross violation of everything like good taste . Lord Duncannon said that the tower was included in the original design , and the expence of building it in the original estimates . After a little routine business , the House adjourned . Tuesday , April 11 . Lord AsHbURTon expressed his acknowledgments for the vote of thanks passed by their Lordships , approving of bis conduct in effecting the successful accomplishment of the Ashburtun treaty . The Duke of Wellington moved that the acknowledgments of the Noble Lord be recorded on the mlnutea , which was agreed to .

      Lord Brougham laid on the table of the House a bill for tLe more effectual suppression of the slave trade on the coast of Africa . Iu framing it he had received the assistance of the Lord Chancellor and of Mr . Bell , tbe eminent conveyancer . Its provisions were directed to three objects , to prevent tbs buying and selling of slaves with plantations , by putting a stop to the trade in articles which were necessary to the maintenance of slavery ; to prevent joint stock companies from dealing in slaves by similar indirect means ; and to check trapping on the coast of Africa , by the establishment of a more effectual mode of trying tbe offenders . Lords Campbell and Ashuurton expressed their approbation of the bill . The Eirl of Aberdeen said he absolved from all blame tbe gallant officer ( Captaiu Denman ) who commanded in the destruction of the slave barracoons on the coast of Africa , who , he considered , had acted in a very praiseworthy spirit

      Lord Denman tbnnked the Noble Earl for the justice which he had done to the gallant officer , and said that on tbe question of slavery he was disposed to take a higher tone than that of many of his friends around him . He considered that slavery should be treated by every nation as a crime against humanity , to be punished by every civilized power in the same way as piracy ; it was a crime against all nations , and should be repressed by each on its own responsibility , and without reference to the wishes or laws uf another . It was in this spirit that he considered that , in the correspondence of Lord Aahburton , too low giound had beon taken . The bill was read a first time , and the House adjourned till the 25 th of April .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —MoNDA y , Apbjl 10 . Lord John Ri . ssell read tbe resolutions on education of which he had given notice , and which be proposes to bring forward after Easter . They an ; as follow : — " 1 . That in any bill for the promotion of education in Great Britain , by which a board shall be authorised to levy , or cause to be levied , parochial ratea , for the erection and maintenance of schools , provision ought to be made for an adequate representation of the rate-payers uf the parish in such board . " 2 . That the chairman of such board ought to be elected by the board itself . " 3 . That the Holy Scriptures , in the authorised version , should be taught in all schools established by any such board .

      " 4 . That special provision should be made for cases in which Roman Catholic parents may object to the instruction of their children in the Holy Scriptures in such schools . " 5 . That no other books of religious instruction should bu used in such schools , unless with tha sanction of the Archbishops of Canterbury anil York , an < t tbe concurrence of the committee of Privy Council for education . " 6 . That , in order to prevent the disqualification of competent schoolmasters on religious grounds , the books df religious instruction , other than tbe Holy Bible , introduced into the schools , should be taught by the clergyman of tbe parish , cr some person appointed by him , to the children of parents who belong to the established church , or who may be desirous that their children should be so instructed .

      " 7 . That all children tau « ht in * uch schools should have fr « e liberty to resort to any Sunday school , or any place of religious worship which their parents may approve . " 8 . That any school connected with the National School Society , or tbe British and Foreign School Society , or any Protestant Dissenters' School , or any Roman Catholic School , which sball be found upon inspection to be efficiently conducted , should be entitled , by licence from the Privy Council , to grant certificates of school attendance , for the purpose of employment in factories of children aud young persons . " 9 . That , in tbe opinion of this Honse , the committee of Privy Council for education ought to be furnished with means to enable them to establish and maintain a sufficient number of training and model schools ( n Great Britain .

      " 10 . that the said committee ought likewise to be enabled to grant gratuities to deserving schoolmasters , and to afford such aid to schools established by voluntary contrrbutions , as may tend to the more complete instruction of tbe people In religious and secular knowledge , while at the same time tbe rights of conscience may be respected" —( hear ) . Sir James Graham said that several of the points embraced in the resolutions had been under the consideration of tbe Government , and that in consequence important modifications wovld be introduced into the Factories Bill . In reply to Lord Palmerston ,

      Lord Stanley said that in the case of tbe Creole no fresh instructions bad been sent out to the Governor of the Bahamas , with a view of providing for any future hypothetical case , but that the confidential opinion ef the law officers of the Crown has been transmitted to him ; and the House might rest assuied that the right of slaves to their freedom , when in a British port , would not suffer in tbe bands of the government . Sir Robert Peel , in reply to Mr . Ewart , said he had hot heard of the report that Mr . Ellis was on his return to this country from the Brazils without accomplishing his mission . In reply to Mr . Stuart Wortlby , it was stated by Sir Robert Peel that a slave trade was carried on by Arabs in the territories of tha East India Company , chit iy on the Bombay coast , and that individuals had been prosecuted and punished for participating in it A new aet . however , of which the credit was due to Lord Auckland , was just coming into operation , which would more effectually check the traffic .

      The third reading of the Registration of Voters Bill was passed , and then Lord Charles Fiizroy moved the addition of a clause , in order to define more clearly the £ 10 franchise , bat it was objected to by Sir James GRAHAM , and withdrawn . Mr . Colvile proposed another clause , in order to secure to a real voter who has been personated the exercise of his right , bo that it shall be received by the returning officer as a " tendered vote , " but not counted on the poll . Some conversation arose on the legal effect of this clause ; but as the Solicitor and Attorney-Generals expressed approbation of it , the clause was added to the Bill by way of rider , as were one or two other additions .

      Sir THOMAi Wilde then called attention to the provision of the Bill giving to the Court of Common Pleas an appellate jurisdiction on the subject of disputed votes . In KiO 4 the House of Commons bad secured ita right of absolute contronl over the elective franchise , which had not since been questioned . He pointed out what he considered to be the inconvenience of giving the appointments of the revising barristers to the judges : such a patronage bad a tendency to destroy the independence of the bar , and , therefore , to injure the iitereuts of tbe public , so far as an independent bar was concerned ; and he objected to bringing the elective franchise within the jurisdiction of a court of law at all . The preservation of its jurisdiction was essential to the existence of the House ; let them onee part with their right , aud it was gone for ever . Sir Robert Peel ' s bill for the trial of controverted

      elections had not yet received a fair trial ; it was capable of gteat improvement . At all events , he thought that it waa too grave a matter to be disposed of in the present manner ; it ought to be made the subject of a separate bill , and so receive a more deliberate consideration . Sir James Graham complimented Sir Thomas Wilde as the intrepid defender of the privileges of the House . But he denied that the clause to which he bad objected was any surrender of those privileges . The argument of the Learned Gentlesian was based on a

      misconception ; the clause did not go so far as a provision of the Irish Registration Bill , which had been proposed by the late Government . The power of an election committee of the House remained intact by the present Bill ; and he could not see what danger could be dreaded from the reference of a point of law to the Common Pleas , which could be adjudicated upon in the face of public opinion . He would much sooner trust the judge * of a superior court of law , than assessors to be appointed by a majority of the Howe , or even by the more Impartial judgment of the Speaker .

      Lord JOHfl Russell could not allow the privileges of the House to be parted with without a further protest , and the reference to tbe case of Ireland bad but little weight with him . There , the judges had given a legal decision relative to the franchise according to their known political feelings , Tories deciding one way , and Whigs another . They were now proposing to render a decision ef the Court of Common Pleas , on an appeal from the revising barrister ' s court , binding on a committee of tto House , fift . Fvs bad said that the repre-

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      sentation of the people , and trial by jury , were the two safeguards of j the liberties of the people ; and here they were about to submit the rights of every , elector in the kingdom to the conflicting and varying opinions and decisions ' of the judges . The Solicitor-General remarked , that by an set pasaed previous to the Reform Bill , there was an appeal , in Ireland , from the revising barrister to the Judge of assize . After the passing of the Irish Reform Bill , it was a j conflicting and disputed question as to the right of election committees to open the registry in Ireland , and the late Sir Michael O'Loghlen , on the part of the then Government , brought in a bill to render the decision of the Judge , on appeal , binding

      on a committee of tbe House of Commons . By the present bill , the decision of the Common Pleas was merely made binding on an election committee in the particular case , and on the point involved . He regretted that Lord John Russell , considering the weight of hia opinion , should bave expressed himself as distrusting the judges of the land , in a matter where political feelings could not possibly operate . Tbere was nothing given np by this bill which could be considered as an abandonment of the privileges of the bouse ; it was merely carrying out an original Intention of the Reform Act , only substituting as the court of appeal tbs four Judges of the Common Pleas , instead of three revising ) barristers .

      Mr . Hume ) supported the clause , and in so doing would be sorry to think he was parting with the privileges of the [ House . On a division , tbe motion of Sir Thomas Wilde was rejected by 102 to 26 . The bill then passed . The secondj reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was next proposed ; and Sir R . H . itiGLis said the opposition to the bill . was various in its character , some opposing it because it went too far , others ) because it did not go far enough ; but all repudiated this particular measure . It was the destruction of ancient institutions—proposing at one fell swoop to extinguish no less than 380 courts , some of them coeval with the Conquest . Clerical and lay

      peculiars were to be destroyed ; t ^ e changes the proving and custody of wills were not justified by any necessity ; for on the principle that justice should be broucht home to every man ' s door , it was important that they should be enrolled as near the respective localities of tbe parties interested as possible ; and after reviewing . at some length , what be considered would be the effect of the various alterations contemplated by tha bill , such as that it was a deliberate step towards tbe separation of the Church from the State , the destruction of tbe authority ot the Archbishop of Canterbury , dec ., be recommeuded its withdrawal , as It was impossible to carry it during the present session 0 ! Parliament . He concluded by moving that the bill be read a second time that rl . ty six months .

      Sir James [ Graham would not shrink from the responsibility of pressing this measure on the * consideration of Parliament , because he was firmly convinced it was for the public interest . No judicial change had ever been proposed on higher authority , ecclesiastical , judicial , and legislative ; and until he heard the argument of Sir K H . Inglis , he was not prepared for tbe fact that any I member of the House could possibly defend the existence of those scattered ecclesiastical courts , whose numbers and decisions had led to such extensive litigation . The highest legal functionaries bad given their opinion that tbe expense of probate of

      wills would not be greater in London than in the country ; while the convenience of centralising th « custody of wills where all the creat disputes on property were mainly iadjudicated upon , were advantages of prime importance . and of the great public utility ef which they were convinced , even though they admitted sortie private interests might be aff-cted by it . In this spirit , the Government would neither withdraw the bill , nor refer it to a select committee , but leave it to the Honse to decide at once on its principle , and they would view its rejection with the regret which their sincere conviction of its importance involved .

      Mr . JekviS contended that the Bill perpetuated , instead of reforming , the monopoly and abuses of Doctor ' s Commons , in which thirty-four proctors had the sole privilege of taking apprentices , with each of whom a fee of ; a thousand pounds , or thereabouts , was ri quired . He strongly objected to the centralization of wills in London ; and as for tbe registry , if that were all that was ruquired , thoy had already all the machinery at the Stamp office , in the collection of the legacy duty . The most objectionable parts of the criminal jurisdiction of the Ecoltaiaatical Courts were retained by the Bill , as the Bishops' Courts , with the trials for schism , herecy , brawling , ie . ; while the increase of salaries and patronage to the functionaries in London , and the necessary withdrawal of the more respectable practitioners from the country , with the sacrifice of their established business , rendered the measure as otjectionabie on private as on public grounds .

      Colonel Sibtiiorpe protested against this addition of salary and patronage to the practitioners of Doctors ' Commons , who were already rich enough and- idle enough . The Bill was an infringement of vested rights , and of the rights < f the people . The debate , after some noisy contention , was proposed to be adjourned , but a division on it was called for , when the numbers were—136 for the adjournment , and 51 against it . The other orders were then disposed of .

      Tuesday , April 11 . A number of . questions were put and answered during the earlier portion of the sitting . Mr . T , DUNCOMBE presented a petition from Mr . W . Jones , who bad been recently tried at Leicester for sedition , complaining of the conduct of Baron Gurney , the Judge who presided at tke trial . The Hon . Member also presented a petition from Leicester to the same effect , and praying for inquiry into the casa ; and that , if a new trial could not be obtained , that the House wonld take steps to procure remission of tbe sentence . In reply to M , r . Hindley , Sir James Graham could not state the precise | extent of the modifications to be introduced into ( the Factories Bill . Mr . Villiers , in reply to Mr . ESCOTT , said he intended to bring forward a motion on the Corn Laws early in May . !

      In reply to Sir John Easthope , it was stated by Sir James GRaBam , tbat the Church-rate returns moved for last session , and now collecting , were so voluminous , that he could not state the precise time when they would be made up , but that he would do all in his power to forward them , and would be able after the Ea . tter recess to give a more definite answer . Mr . Roebuck elicited from Sir James Graham that tbe Commissioners iiquirirjg into tbe criminal law had made several reports , and some important re-Commendations , ; especially a condensation of . the criminal law , more particularly relating to treason and murder . But { the Government could not undertake such a condensation , which be thought would more properly be attempted by a commission , if it were undertaken at all . On theraotioii of Sir Robert Peel , it was » Rreed that the House on its rising should adjourn till the 24 th of April , for the Easter rectos .

      The adjourned debate on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was postponed till the 28 th of April . Mr . Ewart ,: who had a notice on tbe paper for an address to her jMajesty on the subject of education , said he was induced , by a statement from Sir James Grahau , to postpone it till a later period of the session . ¦ Sir JOHN Walsh moved for leave to bring In a bill to amend an Act of tho lit and 2 nd William IV ., c . 60 , for the better regulation of parish vestties in England and Wales . He stated the inconveniences and grievances which he wished to remedy , and the means which be proposed for that purpose to the adoption of tbe House . Mr . Gally Enight opposed the motion .

      Sir Benjamin Hall also opposed it , defending the management off the Marylebone vestry , und expressing a confidence that the Government Wbuld not lend their sanction to repeal the provisions cf an act highly prz-id by those who enjoyed tbe benefits ot its operation . Captain Rous and Mr . Hawes in like manner declared their objections to the motion . JIr . Hume , as a resident in Marylebone of thirty years standing , adduced his personal knowledge of the beneficial working of Hobhouse ' s Act , which was only disliked by those ' who had been driven from the management under the close system . Colonel T . Wood ( Middlesex * and Mr . MacKinnon both admitted that Sir John Walsh bad gone too far , but were of opinion that he should be permitted to introduce his Bill , and let it be printed .

      Sir James Graham was led to believe that in many parishes of the metropolis great discontent prevailed with the existing state of the law . But aitur hearing the statement of Sir John Walsh , and the sentiments expressed on both sides of tho House in opposition te bis motion , he would recommend him to withdraw it Sir John Waxsh complained of the want of courtesy shown to him , and said he was not prepared for the degree of opposition manifested . Therefore , not expecting , from the want of support , to bring his measure to a satisfactory conclusion , he withdrew his motion . j Dr . Bowring i then rose to move for the correspondence of the British Government with the Porte on the subject of the Bishop of Jerusalem . He afterwards withdrew it .

      Mr . W . Cowpek . then brought forward his motion for a Select Committee to inquire into the propriety of setting apart a portion of all waste lands which shall be enclosed by 'Act of Parliament , to be let out in small allotments to the labouring poor of the district , and also Into the jbest mode of effecting the same . Sir JA . HE 8 Gbaham thought that the course proposed was a more safe one than tbe proposal of a bill ; and though doubtful of the results , he agreed to the appointment of a committee , in tbe hope that it would institute a careful Imquiry . Mr . Hume said that it would be far better to repeal the Corn Laws , jwbich would be a sure means of relief to the labouring population .

      Colonel T . Wood ( Middlesex ) suggested an alteration in the terms of the motion , which Mr . Cowper acceded to , and tbe appointment of the committee was ordered . Captain PECHELL then rose to bring on s motion , but be was met tip an observation that tbere were not forty members present , and this proving t-J be the case , the House necessarily adjourned .

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      Leeds Corn Makket , Tuesd * t , Apbil llia-The arrivals of grain to this day ' s market are larger than last week . There has been a fair demand fa Wheat , aud last week's prices fully supported . Barley has been full as de * r . Oats aud Beana very lip alteration . THE AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT , FOR THE WflJ

      ENDING APRIL II , 1845 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans , ft " Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . v * 4009 1510 623 — 264 2 * £ s . d . £ s . d . £ b . d . £ a . d . £ a . d . £ t . i > 2 6 6 i 1 11 H 0 18 3 i 0 0 0 1 7 »| 112 0 Leeds Woollen Markets . —There has notbeea quite the same amount of business transacted intM Cloth Halls this week as we last week had w notice . The wool market is rather more ac »" owing to holders being wishful to realise before tM new clip .

      . __ Hdddersfield Cloth Mabket , Tuesday , ApwJ 11 . —Our market to day waa pretty well afendw and a very moderate share of business transacts but still confined to Fancy Goods for trousers , s . m articles are still very duli . The market npon 1 « j » whole may be quoted as a shade better thau the a * Wools , Oils , &c , still heavy . Manchester Corn Market , Satubdat , Apbo * —There has been a steady sale for prime wwf md Irish Flour during the vreek , and , j ® supplies not being equal to the demandprices ratBff

      , exceeding thoie previously obtainable have , nsoiw instances , been realised . The inquiry forOa'B * was veiy limited , without change in value . 1 £ ' arrivals of Oatmeal from Ireland into Liverpool m Runcorn are liberal ; and of Flour thoy are to a' *' extent . The supplies coastwise ' are unimporM ^ and those from foreign parts consist of 900 qua 1 *?** of Oats . At our market this morning *«** , £ ; transactions occurred in Wheat , but the rates ot u » tinv aA ' nnitrht went fintili dnmanded . Choice qU * ,

      ties of FJour wt-re iu request , and an advance « fully 6 d per sack were in most instances paid . *" alteration can bo noted in the value of Oat * vw meal met a fair sale ; an advance of 3 d . 1 * jr ' . '*[ load was generally asked , but could not be qstab" ™** ' Liverpool Corn Market , Mom > a . y , A « ui j * fj ] With the exception of 5611 sacks of Ft <> uran , ! - ^ loads of Oatmeal from Ireland , we bav « this « w had small arrivals of each article of the Corn tr Holders generally have at the same time shown m firmness , and though the business has not . s . beyond a moderate extent , prices hate made » « advance . Wheat may be noted 2 d . and Oats m-r bushel d «» rer than at the close of last wees . " meal has been rather more saleable at previous ra 193 . to 203 . per load . Tho same is IP ^ S ? ^ Flour ; the prices being for Irish 353 . to *' sack , for States 26 s . to 27 a ., and for Canadian a * 268 . < M . per barrel . No change as regards am »

      Beans , or Peas . .. ^ Liverpool Cattle Market , Mokdat , Apb « ' Tne supply of Cattle at market to-day ™ " jjrather larger than last week , with a little au » ^ in price . Beef 4 | d . to 5 £ d ., Mutton , 5 H to ^ per 1 b . Number of Cattle at market : —Beans ' Sheep 2620 . ^

      Leeds-.-Printed For Th« Proprietor Feab Jljj O'Connor, Esq. Of Hammersmith. 4 ^.

      Leeds-.-Printed for th « Proprietor feAB JLjj O'CONNOR , Esq . of Hammersmith . ^ .

      Middlesex , by JOSHUA Huusun , « "" . T ^ , log Offiee * . Nos . 12 and 18 , Marfc « t- « te » t , BrW P ^ and Publish ** by ttt said Joshua boj * - tfo * th » said Fba *« s O'CoKKOR , ) a ** v 0 ling-hoas » , No . i , Market-street , Brigga < fS Internal C * mmu » leation « rfattnf b « t « een tW No . 5 , M * rk « t-street , and the a * id Nos . W ^ n , Marfcet-atree * . Briggate , thus c 011 ^ 0 * 51 * ^ , whole of the said Printing and Publishing W one Premises . ^ AH Communications must be addreaaed , Post-p ' Mr . HOBSOJf , Northern Star Office , Leed * ( Saturday , April 15 , 18 * 8- )

      Imperial Isatrkamem.

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      Local Markets.

      LOCAL MARKETS .

      To Paviers, Masons, And Iron Founders.

      TO PAVIERS , MASONS , AND IRON FOUNDERS .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 15, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1208/page/8/