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( lissi paied- Let the feeling ; aye * © r the most ravage mind , contemplate sneh a catastrophe as gas hundred human bangs thus harried from £ S jgieBceto eternity , and say , if the tine has sot azz jTed when Government should be compelled to taie steps to prevent a recurrence of such , calamities . As oar object ib to make the recent catastrophe the V J 35 of fninre legislation , ire shall abstain from staring f oBy n n be subject , nntil the public is in
seS ion of the / whole of the evidence laid before jhe Coroner , S 3 -well a ? ihe finding 9 f &e jury . 25 ext week we shall hare all , and our readers shall have -q our thou ghts unreservedly upon the whole . ¦ Meantime , poor as the working classeB are , let them cff erifce only consolation now in their power to the jQicted snrvivors . Let each send his mite to W , ? . Rober ts , £ 59-, solicitor , 11 , Royal Arcade , Newcastle npon-Tjne , which win multiply , not diminishj in Mjai good man ' s hands .
We c annot , however , refrain from directing atten-Hon u > one admission made by James Scon , under-¦ newer to the colliery—an admission extracted from him bv the shrewd cross-examination of Mr . Sobers , and which Mr . Ma-rshatj ,, solicitor for the Ijraim in Tain sought to weaken or destroy . By Mr . Roberts—Dams cas be hads mcch-SXBO ^ GSB XHA 5 TTTR STOPMXGS ? fOW EJ ESE . H AT ) 53 ET BEES 50 , THET MIGHT HATE BESS LIKELY TO giTE PROTESTED THE DAMAGE "WHICH HAS CCCITRKED . ITss ihe accident then accordingly a visitatios tscm God , or npon the Ehowing of this viewer , cVjoald not the rerdiot be "hmitel murder , occa
SOSED BT ISSrrZICIEST BAMS , TO SAVE EXPEKCB TO I 2 E STSDEKEES . Again , this Tiewer admits that not one of the sastemeB of the six employed , was jn the waste of ttat district when the explosion occurred . Again we say , mtxdeb , ion . tiskatcsal muedeh , should he the verdict . Oar correspondent assures U 3 that Mr . Robertas eondnct . upon this trying occasion , has insured for iim the respeci and thanks even of his enemies S earij OSE HUNDRED HONEST MEN MURDERED BY CLASS LEGISLATION ! What an incentive lo all to rise and destroy the FOUL MONSTER .
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2 > cTJCE to AGENTS- —All agents "whose accounts nave b . ea sent in , and who do not remit the amount will hsTs Ihcii papers stopped nextweefc Setesai Cohmcsicatioxs await the return of Mr . Edi-B-yn to Leeds . The favonra of several correspondetjU are postponed till next week . 1 . 5 L & .. EoiSBViGH—Thanks for hia letter - Can cur correspondent aead ns a copy ef the Scottish PUot in which our article sppeared ? Bt . b ^ s ' s Datghtes—We shall bs obliged to-our S&jKish readers if thsy will send m copies of any of the Scotch papers in which may appear any thing Ki&ang to the Poet * D . rashter . Ors Hastlepool Corresponded is thanked for his kind favour , which . however , we have been
compelled to omit , in consequence of the press « f more important matter . 3 : j ., Glasgow . —We feel mneb honoured by our eorrespondfint ' a latter . "We fear , hovrerrer , that our fnesd ' i plan to aid the ffongritnT of Bums , is too impraeacahle to b * seriondy tbongbfc of ; tre must therefor decline the insertion of B . J * a warm-hearted epist' s . 0 ? a Poetical Fsiesds must study thB character of Job , and lesrn patience . J 5 DXX Rerol—Our BoltoD reader is informed that the Index Mertaa may be obtained at Simkin and ilariinU's , LuSgate Hill , London ; oi at Henderson ' s , bookseller , Castle-place , Belfast .
Mb . Cleate has received 10 s . 5 i for Mr . Richards , and 12 s Si . for Mr . Lenaie , both sums being procee-ia of harmonic meetings at the " Feathers , " Warren-street , St . Pancras . De . ^ I'Dovall Btates , in the absence of Mr . Tajler , from ilanchester , who was Secretary to the M'Douall Committee , that be has received subscriptions for the pnrposs annonnced in 2 klr . Taylor ' s circnlar , from Boyton , Norwich , Barnaley , Alfreton , and Iseda , ¦ which he h *» ackno-wledged . Mr . Taylor al « o reported that a subscription had been received from Bolion , by Mr . Xeseb- All future conmninicitions , for the sake of expedition , may bs forwarded to Dr . M'lVonall , 52 , Walcot-sqnare , Lambeth , Londen .
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M 0 XEB 3 RECEITED BT MB . O'GOXNOR , EXECrilTS . £ a d Prom the Chartists of ^ Newcastle ... ... 0 6 6 y . B . AH monies adfiressea to Mi , O'Connoi , sines be left Louden on Saturday week , remain nnacknowlc 3 Esd , not yet having reached that gentleman . While wo : the rabject of the Executive , we considered onr-Jclva not only josSfled , but imperatively called upon , to j . cblish the following manly letter received at onr « Eea this morning from our General Secretary . If its Kmtents do not awaken the Chartists to a sense of their fluty , any remonstrance of ours would be in vain . We EErriY say SHiME , ttut a gentleman should be aHo ^ -ed to spend hia whole life in serving the people and then be call&d upon to pay their servants . We r 3 T . oot too Mzhly commend Hie noble spirit of the Exrcutive . i Ei . 2 i . S 2
RECEIPTS BT GENERAL SECBETABT . SCB 5 CB . IPI 10 XS . Si-sthampton 0 2 0 ^^^^ ica .. 050 ilarsSrld ... 0 6 0 ilathji rTya-ril , 0 5 0 MlSSl < Mfj _ B : r -rrrrrD . CoieBnoath „ , ... 0 5 0 SanderlaEd ... , ... ... 0 8 6
CAXDS . Sjuttampton 0 2 0 victim rr > T > . H 2 rj £ e ] d 0 4 0 JESEJ 5 M 0 B . GA 5 . HlEsScld ... , a 10 0 DB . H-DOUAlL . Herthyr Tydvil _ ... o 10 0 E 2 BATA . —In a late number of the Slar £ l 14 s 10 ± " » as -sckco-srledged from Boehdale ^ it should have been —proceeds of a tea-party , by females of Bocbdale , il . nibscription , 7 s . 10 d- Daniel IfuttsUj Ss . bandbotia .
THOSAS iL "WHEELEB . ilsny letters , fcc , hsrts arrived for Mr . O'Connor *^ 3 i will fee acknowledged nuct week .
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TO FEARGTJS O'CONNOR , ESQ . "Wednesday , Oct . 2 nd , J 8 « . . I ) -2 A 2 Sih , —1 write to inform yon that accord-E ^ to jour order , 1 have drawn £ 5 of Mr . Cleave . I saje ssni you 1 , 000 cards , 200 of them not num-» ere ^ , l , CTO rules and eighty hand books , to Leeds , toected by mistake to Mr . Hobson , instead of to you . l naTe gem ^ tlie caids and hand-books « m we hare ; and onr bill with the printer 23 bo ^ eaTJ that 1 have not xiven him any further order . aoDey comes in very slowly . M'Grath is better , j > a : detunes going to iscotlandor accepting
, any innner salary until sufficient funds flow in to pay « 5 , without being dependant on your private purse , we are all nnanimons upon this subject , that if tte . country does not support ns better than it has tttely done ,-we will publish an address , giving in osr resjgTiarions , and recording our reasons for so ttoing . We intend next -week to make » declaration k > that effect , giving the localities one month ' s notice of our intention . In the mean time , 1 think « imperative that CJark Ehoald start immediately « r bcotland , if M'Grath cannot be persuaded so «> co ; int then the qaestion of fonds again in-H ^^^ S . Thev cann ot Pa withnnt thpir fiinenftea to
¦ Wmbnr gh being paid . We trust yon will give ns your advice in this matter . "We know that yon will say that we shall not want for funds , but we cannot consent to be placed in the disgraceful position « dependants npon your bounty r it injures noi only « cr characters , but the character of the movement ¦ awaitin g your immediate reply , 1 remain your * s truly , Thohas M , Wheeleb , Sec
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DREADFUL CATASTROPHE 1 COAL PIT EXPLOSION AT HA 8 WELL , NEAR DTJBHAiL—NINETY-FIVE UYES LOST . ( From the Sttn ) Sukderland , Sepi . 29 . —IntolUgenee has just reached this town that an explosion attended with a dreadful loss of life , took place yesterday afternoon at Haswell colliery , about ten miles from this place . It is believed that upwards of a hundred lives are sacrificed , but tbe extent of the injury Is not jet known with certainty . Our information is derived from a private source i our informant states that he was at the pit's mouth for some hours on Saturday night i the cage was then constantly going np and down the shaft , bnt no one was permitted to desend except some workmen of the colliery ; afterwards seme stonemasons were sent for , and descended . At that time { seven o ' clock on Saturday night ) none of the bodies had been brought to the bank , and the greatest secresy was maintained aB to the number who had perished , and the cause of tbe accident . Some persons who expressed a wish to descend were refused .
The accident is attributed to an explosion of firedamp , which occurred at three o ' clock on Saturday afternoon . At that time it is believed there were np wards uf 100 men in the pit ; and no one appears to entertain any donbt but that all kave perished . The state of the neighbourhood it is utterly impossible -to describe . Haswell is a small colliery village , eighteen miles from Newcastlc-upon-Tyne , and seven from Dorham . Sunday , one o ' clock . —I sent two of my clerks to Haawell at three o ' clock this morning i tbey have just retained ; ninety-six are killed—there may be more , that number were brought to the bank . The men at the colliery are all busy in knocking pieces of wood together for coffins . It iB believed that three men who were at the bottom of the pit are saved .
TUBTHEB . PARTICULARS . One man waB found unsinged , with his cap in his moat 1 ]; he h&d probably placed it there in erder to prevent the tbnl air getting into his month . Several had their fingers doBed into each other , and pressing on their months . Fifteen pntters ( beys and young men employed in taking the coals from the hewers to tbe bottom of ihe shah ) were in one lump—bII clasped together . They had their clothes on prepared to ascend . When working they are nearly naked .
Ths state of the relatives beggars all description . Each cottage had its dead father or brothtrs , or both . Three men at the bottom of the shafs were saved : the -shock was so great thai the roof near them had fallen down and so blocked up tbe passage as to stop the further progress of the bad air . Toese men thus providentially rescued were tbe first who brought the intelligence to the bank ; the Explosion was not heard by those ontside the pit . The men when asked the cause of the dreadful accident say that the * tite of the pit Bans ! have been known to some persons ; but it does not appear that any complaints had been previously made . One lad had his bones sticking ont of bis thigh 5 many bad their bones broken , some were very much scorched , while others , to all external appearance , were uninjured . The " after damp * is generally fatal to those who escape the immediate fcff = > ct of the explosion .
The three men saved are John Thompson , waggon way-man ; John Hall , hewer ; and Coats , pntter . Thsse three wtre at the bottom of the shaft when tbe explosion occurred . An equally disastrous explosion occurred twenty years ago at WalTs-end , about four miles from NewcasUe-on-Tyne . 101 perished on that occasion . Wall's-end was then under the superintend&nce of the lata Mr . Buddie , who was also the he-ad viewer of the Northumberland and Durham coal trade ; aad it strangely happens that i tr . Foster , the present head viewer , is tbe practical superintendent ai Haswell and Bome neighbouring collieries .
ADDITIONAL PART 1 CTJLABS . Dckham , Sept . 30 . —The last of the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers were brought to the bank at eight o'clock on Sunday morning , very few of which are disfigured , and many of them when found in the mine were in a sitting posture , with their hands behind their heads , bnt for tbe most part with their bands clasped , as in the attitnde of prayer , and no donbt IobI their lives by the after-damp . Ab soon as tbe explosion was beard , the wives and children of the workmen ran to the pit ; wildness and terror were pictured in every countenance . The crowds from all sides soon collected , to the number of several hundreds—the screams of
women and children were truly heart-rending—some crying for a husband , others fsr a parent or son , and all deeply affected with an admixture of horror , anxiety , and grief . Almost every bouse has sustained some loss ; in one house it is truly lamemtable—a father , three sods , and a foster-brother , have all perished . Tbs whole vt tbe underground horses tre destroyed . One horse was found siUiBg on his hindgnartere , and tbe boy close by—both slightly disfigured , bnt qnitedead . At six o'clock in tbe evening , the flames were still at the mouth of tbe shaft . The cause assigned for this lamentable catastrophe is a portion of a wall falling upon one of the lamps of ttxe workmen .
LIST OF THE SXIFFKB . ERS . Thomas Briggs , left a wife ; John Briggs , son of thB Bbove , and son ; John Whitfield and son ; William and George £ lsi 3 on , brothers , young men ; Henry leather , youtg man ; Joseph Gibson and three sons ; William FaviEh , left a widow ; Win . Jobling , left a widow ; Ralph Surtees , yonng man ; John and Wm . Surtees , brothers , cousins to the aiove , both young men ; Robert Williamson , young man ; John Williamson , deputy , brother to the above , left a wife and six childrenpregnant with the seventh ; Wanless Thompson , left a wife and large family ; John Noble , left a wife and four children i George Hall and son , left a wife ,- — Hall , a boy ; Win . Rontledge , young man—this young man ' s father was burnt to death upon the same colliery a
short time since ; Daniel Lemon , cousin to the above , left a wife and one child 5 Henry Weightman , left a wife and one child ; Wm . W « gbtman , boy , son 01 nephew to the above ; John Carrie , left a wife and family ; Wm . Dixon and son , left a wife and family ; John Pettley , young man ; Wm . and J » hn Dixon , brothers young men ; John Curley , left a wife and one child ; Elliott Richardson and son , lft a wife and family ; Michael Thurwell , young man ; Christopher , John , aisd Stephen Teesdale , brothers—their father fell down the aame pit and was killed j Robert Carr , left a wife and one child ; Robert RsBecamp , left a wife and four children ; William Rosecamp , brother to the above , left & widow ; James Maujhan , young man ; Thomas Bottoms , boy ; Joseph Wolfe , left a
¦ wife and one child , and Peter Wo ' . fe , both of them brothers ; fonr brothers of the name of D / ydon , and Edward IficholBon , brought up in the same family , yoSng men . lately from Walier ; B- Douglas , left a wife and four children ; John Brown , young man ; Mark Davidson , young man ; John Brown ; young man ; George Dawson , left a wife and Bix children ; Thomas Moody ; Hans Ward , left a wife and five childrenpregnant -with the sixth ; William Barraa , left a wife and four children , also his son , a boy , whom he took down the pit for the first time to look at it ; Gteorge Bell , left a wife , and Jonathan Bell , brothers ; William Tayler ; William Davidson , left a wife and three children ; Michael , Matthew , and Henry- Clongb , brothers , under sixteen years of age ; James Sanderson
lfcft a wife and two children ; William and John Harrison , brothers ; John Sanderson , left a wife ; Jamet and Thomas Turnbull , brothers , young men ; John and Thomas Willis , brothers , young men ; John Willis , a feoy ; Peter Robinson , young man ; George Richardson , left a wife and one child ; Joseph Moffit , left a wife—Kickardson and Jloffit married two sistera ; John Ferry , lfcft a wife and five children George F = rry , son of the above j George Heslop , young man ; John Parkinson , yonng man ; Robert and Thomas Nicholson , brothers , boys ; two boys of the name of Gilroy , brothers ; William Nicol , young man ; William Robson , left a wife ; James Richardson , left a wife and four children ; JamesLeyland , left a wife and two children ; James Robinson , a boj ; and Robert Hogg , a young man .
! " LATEST PARTICULARS . ¦ Haswell , Mosday Night . —We are now enabled to give positive intelligence respecting the extent of this melancholy occurrence . Haswell colliery is one of the most extensive in the county of Durham . It employs upwards of three hundred men and boya , and it ia celebrated for the very : superior quality of its coal . 1 Tbe pit , though essentially one , is divided into sepai rate workings , called respectively the Big Pit and the I Little Pit The explosion took place in the latter . The ! number of men and boys usually employed in this [ part is about one hundred , and whsn tbe explosion i took pUce there were ninety-nine down—ninety-five ' . of whom have perished . The other four would also , withont doubt , have suffered had not tbe course of ; the explosive current been intercepted by some wag-. gons laden with coals , in what is called a " rolley " i way—a railway used for the purpose of conveying v the coals to the bottom of the shaft to be drawn
to , bank . The feur men who escaped were at ' the end of these waggons nearer to the shaft . Tbey ; saw the flame approaching , having the appearance of forked lig&tning , when it fortunately struck tbe wag-I gons referred to . The horse attacked to them was ; killed , ? and thrown completely over in the form of a ! somerset , falling on his back . The first appearance of \ the fatal occurrence arose from a mass of rubbish and j foul air making sp the shaft , when the man stationed I at the pit ' s mouth at once suspected tbe pit had fired , and immediately afterwards gave the alarm . The intellicence spread through the Tillage like lightning , and
I in a f « wminutes bronght the relatives of those who i were down to tbe pit ' s mouth , in all tbe agonies of - dreadful anticipation . Assistance was immediately ¦ procured , and every exertion made to ascertain the I exact extent ef the calamity , and to render assistance I to any who might bave escaped or survived . However , ! with the exceptions stated , not one ! survives of all who ] were down . The works of the Big-pit are separated ' from the other only by doors ; so that had the exploj aive current not been checked or dissipated , u stated , the probability is that it wooM have entered the Bigpit , and those who were in It—Bpwardi of 100—would have been added to the dreadful list .
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THE FTOBRAC The funeral of the sufferers took place tbb day ( Monday ) , and was indeed an extraordinary and melancholy spectacle . Batween fifty and sixty carts were employed in conveying the dead bodies to toe placea of interment Fifty-foor were buried in the burying-grouud of South Hetton Church , the © then at Eaaington ani Hallgarth Tillages , abent three milea distant There were thousands of persons present The procession to South Hetton Church seemed to be upwards of one mile in length . Many families have Jcwt three and roar each . The dead belonging to each family were placed in separate carts , and each followed by the friends and relatives of the parties . We trust that a subscription , prompt and noble as tbe occasion requires , will be set on foot for the surviving relatives , the widows and fatherless children who are left
INQUEST . ( From our own Correspondent . ) On Monday afternoon an inqueBt was held at tha Bailway Tavern , Haswell , before Mr . Maynard , tbe coroner forEasington Ward . Cornelius Brown sworn—I am the unfler-viewer at Shotton Moor Colliery . I , with others , heard on Saturday , the 28 th September , that an explosion bad taken place at Haswell Colliery . Was sent for to the colliery , and at half-past four in the afternoon dtscended the pit ; found indications upon the rolley-way , about 200 yards from the shaft that an explosion had taken place .
When we reached the meadows way , we found a bt > y lying dead . Mr . Scott and I then went farther up tbe meadows branch , perhaps about 250 yards . Found the choke-damp so bad we-were obliged to return . Mr . Scott and I then parted company . I went along the Brooklyn Winds-way , to about fifty yards from the station , and there also found the air so bad tbat I could proceed no further that way , and became quite convinced that no one of the miners could possibly be alive , the air was so bad . 1 commenced putting some of the " air stoppings" in and then went to where the horses aie , which I found quite dead . I got to the fiats station , and found fourteen dead bodies there . I
commenced taking the bodies out ; there were ninety-five in all . I am of opinion tbat the explosion took place , firstly , in the " 9 th beadwaja courae , " in tbe "meadows way . " Saw tbat a jud had been drawn there . A jud is a piller of coal left from the "first working , " to support the roof ; and when it 1 b subsequently taken away , as in this case , it is then called the " second working . " There was a greater indication of fire here than at any other place . Three hewers bad been working there . Found them all dead . Did not find their Davy lamps , being anxious to remove the bodies . Saw nothing that indicated the cause of the explosion . The deputy had been in the act of taking away the prop ; he and his axe wera found about twenty yards from the jud . On some
occasions the gas pours out in considerable quantities on the removal of parts of the coal . Ttai part Of the pit where the accident originated waa wrought with Davy lamps . The pit was always considered one of the safest he inew of in the trade . Hare known the pit from its commencement , nine years ago . For three months previous to the 14 th August last was in the pit every day , Sundays excepted . The air courses and ventilation in this pit are ' the best he has ever known . Haa been an under viewer eighteen years . Never heard a complaint made about bad ventilation in Haswell pit . On the contrary , has ofttimes heard the meD
express their opinion of the perfect safety of the pit . Had not been in the pit from the 14 ' . h of August until the accident occured . The ventilation was perfectly good up to tbe time of the explosion . Believes that an explosion would not take place in any situation where the Davy lamp was employed and uninjured . A stoue falling might burst the wire gaun ef tho Davy lamp . Stones had fallen from where the deputy had removed the jud . Gas frequently escapes in large quantities when a stone falls from the roof . If a stone fell upon the wire ganzs of a Davy lamp and burst it , that would be ^ efficient to cause an txpJoaioa . It is my opinion that such was tbe cause of the late explosion .
By W . P . Roberts . Esq ., solicitor to the Miners Afr sociation : —The breaking of the wire gauze of the Davy lamps is not a common occurrence . Iu some cases tbere are indications of the stones being about to fall , which affords time to remove the " D ^ vys . " Have heard of one or two instances of tbe . ganze being bo broken . Never knew an instance , nor an explosion take plnce before from this cause . Does not know whether stronger gauze might or might not be used . Did not see the whole of the bodies . Saw from forty to fifty of them . Some close to where I suppose the accident originated , others far cff . Have seen several explosions within the last twenty years , but never saw one so extensive as this . Believes that more lives have been lust on this occasion by choke damp than by
combustion . Choke damp is the after-damp . Some of the bodies were more than 300 yards from where the explosion is supposed to have taken place . Choke damp does not tilend all over the pit af ier an explosion , b ~ . it is confined to pmticular parts . In this cas » it bad Extended to the north , east and west . Have no doubt but the after-damp bad extended to where tbe bodies were found . Every possible exertion waa made to get into the pit to aave the lives of the men . The after damp was so strong that two attempts were made unsuccessfully to explore the pit . The third attempt succeeded . £ Here the plan of tbe pit was produced , and the situation of the . particular jud that was removed pointed out " 1 There would be a direct
communication between the place where the explosion is supposed to bave commenced , and the spot where tbe farthest body was found after the stoppings were blown down , but not before . Tbe ventilation was cut off the otber part of the pit by the air-itoppinge being blown out Air-stoppings are barriers built across , some of them were removed by tbe force of the explosion . If the stoppings had not been destroyed the men on the other side of them would have been 8 &ved . The stoppings are of bricks wad lime . It is usual for explosions to break dewn the stoppings , nevertheless they are con-Biderable protections against the effects of an explosion . Tbe last time that I was down in the pit was on Sunday morning last
By Mr . Roberts-An inspection of the pit might now be made with perfect B&fety , and more accurate observations made now than then . I consider Davy lamps , when unv < juTed , a perfect protection from explo-Bion . I have seen fire in a Davy lamp supported by the foul air . I consider the Davy lamp the best protection to the pitman from tbe choke-damp I know of . I do not consider the Q . ordj * lamp so safe aa the Divy lamp . A stranger here inquired as to tbe state of the bodieB when they were found , so as to enable the Jury to conclude by what meins the men were killed . After some explanation , tbe witness gave it st bis opinion that fifteen men were destroyed by combustion , and eighty by tbe after-damp .
By Mr . Marshall—The mine might be perfectly healthy and safe , in my opinion ,- up to the time the stone fell and the explosion took place . I saw a similar instance a few days ago , and eair its effect . / am certain Ihe fire did not originate in the vchole mine vchere the naked candles tcere used ; there tcere no indications of it . [ Not Hkily . —Ed ] I consider that the superiority ef tbe DaVy lamp consists in its capability for confining tbe foul air -within itself , and thereby giving earlier indications of danger than any otber lamp . Whenever tbe Davy laiap gives those indications , the men are required to immediately remove the lamp back , and give information instantly to the overmen , and means nre thus taken to remove the gas . —[ What means 7—Ed . ]
By Mr . Roberts—Never knew of an instance of an explosion being caused by a current of atmospheric air rushing into tbe interior of the lamp and driving ths flime through the wire gauze bo as to communicate with the foul air outside tbe lamp . By Mr . Jade , ( Treasnrer to tbe Miners' Association ) —The stoppings cannot be made strong enough to resist sneb aa explosion as the late one . James Scott—Ijliveat Haswsll . Colllery . Am underviewer there . At three o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , while sitting in the office , a man came in and stated he thought the pit had fired . In consequence of this information I hastened to the pit—descended it , and proceeded along the north rolley way , leading to the little pit ; tried the air with a candle : found the ventilation
good ; then procured a safety lamp and went along tbe little pit rolley-way ; found the air good all the way to the month of the stone drift ; at that point found a great deficiency in the quantity of air . Proceeded along the stene drift , and found the two man-bole doors at the far end of that drift blown down ; also the air crossing immediately opposite , and the fresh air which ongbt to have gone down the main wjy was esoaping at thos 9 two places . Went along the main way from the mouth of the stone drift , and at tbe end of the drift came to a Bet of rolleys with empty tubs on them . The horse was at the in-by end of tbe rolleys , dead , and his driver / a boy ; dead also . I then met John Millar , the overman . I proceeded about sixty yards further , and came to another set of rolleys
with loaded tubs , in a siding ; the horse , which was at tbe out-oy end of the rolleyb , and bis driver were both dead . We went on about fifty yards further , and found a bey dead . At this point , Miller and I were both obliged to return for want of air , we could not endure the foul air any longer . We went back about three hundred yards tot a little air , and there consulted what it was best to do . We determined , firstly , to get the stoppings put in so as to carry the current of fresh air to tbat point Felt convinced then that all the men in tbe pit must be dead . I then left Millet to forward the operations , and went myself to tbe Meadows-way-End . I persevered up to the Meadows-flat , and there found two boys and a horse
dead . 1 was so bad then that I was obliged to return and make my way out at the Meadows-way-Ead , where I met Mr . Brown . Stood a while , and after recovering a little , persevered to the flit again , and got about one hundred yardB farther / when we were both obliged to return again to the MeadowB-way-End , and there determined to get some men and bave tbe stoppings pat in as speedy as possible , so as to clear the whole pit of tbe after damp . Mr . Brown and I then went to the first Btopplng in the Brockley winds , and left some men there to put in the stoppings ; then went to the Stone-drift , and assisted etber men to pat the air stoppings in tbat part I went afterwards a gain to the MeadowB-flat , along with deputy George Wilson ; got about fifty yards farther than before ; but was
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obliged to return tot want of air to the men at the stoppings . . Alxro $ an tour afterwards , Mr . Bryden and some others a ; wived , I went with , them into the flit and the broken Jenkins , or motnergate , and showed Mr . B . the state -of the workings in those parte . Several other men haa by this time arrived , and after we had pat the stoppings in , we commenced taking dut the bodies . ° [ He ' w ,, f ^ of ** n { nety . flve man and boys who were Wiled was handed in by Mr . Hunter , the viewer . ] '
I next saw the bodies brought ont of the ninth headways course , there were nineteen of them . I then examined the Becond and third headways courses ; the air was ranch Improved there , no indication of gas being present . I then proceeded with the sixth and Beventh headways courses , found them Just as goodthen to the mothergate and the other three pillars . By this time I had become ill from the effects of the foul air , and was obliged to go home about twelve o'clock ( midnight ) . I left Mr . Foster ( the viewer ) at the fl * tt , he bad been in the pit nearly two hours , I west dewn ths p \ t again about three o ' clock on Sunday morning , they had then got . eigbty . flve bodies out I proceeded to the meadowa flatt and the ninth headways course , they were then bringing out tbe body of Williamson the and
deputy , two horses from the spot where the accident is supposed to have originated . I then went direct to the place where Williamson had been drawing thejudand examined it minutely , but found no indication of gas , although a fall of stone from the roof had taken place . The fresh air had by this time reached this part I now saw traces of are on some of the props at the jud . I next came away arid went to the Brockley winds flit , found two boys there dead , and observed slight traces of fire . A Bhort distance from this I examined the edge of the " goaf" in the broken and good air passing through it . I went from there to the whole boards adjoining , and found clear good air there . I am of opinion that the explosion originated whete Williamson was drawing the "jud . " I have no doubt
whatever of it . The set of men who are killed went to work at nine o'clock in the morning . I was there , and in that part ; of tbe mine , at seven o ' clock , and carefully examined it ; good air was then passing freely in ev « ry part , and all was then perfectly safe . I was not in that part again prior to tbe explosion taking place . When the men find indications of gas it is their duty to immediately send word to the office , to the overman , inspector , or deputy . I do not know whether any such information bad been sent on the recent occasion . I do not think tbe stoppings could have beon made strsng enough to resist successfully the force of the gas . Between twelve and one o ' clock on Sunday Mr . Taylor and I found a Divy lamp about four yards from the edge of the fall of the stones at tbe " jud " : it was entiro and perfect , except that the oil-plug was out of the bottom of it , where the oil . is supplied to the lamp . It was standing against a prop , with but very
little oil in it I examined the wick ; it was very thin and loose in the pipe . The foul air would have to pass up tha tube which contains the Wick to reach tbe flame . It is possible , but I do not think it probable , that such has been the cause ef the recent explosion . Tbere must have been an escape of gas , and I think an injured Ibhjp . John Miller , the overman , found two other lamps tbere ( near the same place ) this morniDg , and brought them to me . I examined both of them carefully . One was in a perfect state , the otber was imperfect ; it had a considerable indentation in the side of it . The bruised part has the appearance of having been crushed down by the fall of a stone . [ Here the imperfect lamp wp < i produced and examined by the coroner and jury ] I think the guuzj btiing bo crushed is likely to bave been the cause of the explosion by the flitue communicating through the gaoz ? to the external gas . I am q lite certain all was safe at seven o ' clock in the morning .
By Mr . Jude—There is one whole pillar , and one partly wrought between the whole and toe broken . Tile aien wort : with candles in tbe whole : they Dave never made any objection to do so . They bave often complained of too much air in tbe pit The greater the quantity of air , the safer is the pit . Lamps are only used when the broken Ib wrought . where no naked candles are allowed to be used . The nearest candle to where tbe accident is supposed to have originated was 396 yards away . By the | Coroner—I think the pressure of the gausa upon the fl » tue at the moment it waa cruehed forced tbe fl ime through it to the txternal foul air , aud thus caused the explosion . Tuo current of air in removing the lamp from one place to another , wsuld not be sufficient to force the fl inie through the gauza .
By Mr . Jude—Has seen Davies put in stoppings . Thinks if Davys had been put in these stoppings they would not have' resisted the explosion . 1 never had been asked to put dams in . Never thought it necessary to bave tbe stoppings stronger than they are . It is not allowed to take oil from one lamp to another in the pit . The lamps are invariably locked . Cannot account for the p } ug not being in tbe lamp . By Mr . Roberts—Daws can be wade much stronger than tho stoppings now in use . Had tbey been so they might have been likly to prevent tbe damage which haa occurred , but cannot say to what extent . Believes the explosion occurred in the waste . The watsemen are Robert Thompson ( master wasteruan ) the two Scotts , Nelson Wilson , Wm . Barnes , and Wm . Joyce . No one of thorn was in the waste of that district at the time the explosion took place . Did not Bee the whole of the dead bodies . Canuot say whether it
was the choke damp or the explosion which killbd them . Those who were found nearest the place whtro tbe explosion is supposed to have originated were much burned : saw some bodies that were not burned , at different distances , some nearer , some further off . All the choke-damp was removed from tbe pit in about three hours and a half after tbe : explosion . Can form no opinion as to what quantity of gas escaped : I do not think there was a large accumulation of gas ; I do Dot know of any , nor have I ever known of aa accumulation of gas in any other parts of the pit that are laid off work . I believe the pit to be quite saf « now . 1 do not think that stronger stoppings are required . A similar accident might happen , and not knock the stoppings down . There are no stronger stoppings used in any other pit to niy knowledge . It is possible the gas might have reached the ruen otherwise than by the stoppings , and it is even probable that it did so . The height of the workings is four feet
four inches . By Mr . Marshall—The flame must have burned through the gauzd before it ignited tbe gas . Never knew a dam put in an air stopping . ¦ Dams are only used for back water . The blowing down of the cross ings at tbe Meadows-fiat would cause the foul air to circulate throughout tbe entire mine , and all its workings , even if tbe stoppings had resisted the force of the explosion , and of course to where the unfortunate men were . The stoppings were quite necessary for tho proper ventilation of the mine . Perhaps the crossings might have been made strong enough to have
resisted tbe force of the explosisn . ; I lef t at eight o ' clock ; all was safe and free at that time . No complaint whatever was made tbat I know of . A Gaordy lamp would do more bave resisted the blow this lamp has Evidently received , than it has . Have seen a Qeordy lamp , and knows the difference of construction between that and a Divy lamp . There is a glass tube within tbe wire gauzj of the Cfeordy lamp , but not of the Divy lamp . If a glass tube had been inside of this lamp it must bave been broken . By Mr . Roberts—The injury this lamp has received may have happened since the explosion .
By Mr . Marshall—If the glass tube was broken in the " Geordy . " then it would be equally liable . to cause an explosion as a Davy lamp . I think that it is most likely tbe stone fell at the time the jud was drawn , and immediately before the explosion look place . I observed that the new timber had been taken out , not forced down by the explosion . It was laid on a tram about five or six yards from the place . I think it waa about that distance . I know Spring well pit , but do noi know what lamps are used there . I do not know any pits where the " Geordies * are used . Mr . Fater , the viewer , &as invariably ordered that whenever the
slightest appearance of fire presents itself on a lamp , it is to be immediately withdrawn . I have frequently communicated that order to the whole of the overmen in tbe pit . These orders are always complied with . I bave never known an instance of a man being discharged for disobedience of orders . I have charge of tbe waste , and nothing is done therein but what I order . Robert Thompson is master waateman . I travel tbe waste sometimes once a week , Bometimes once a fortnight Never found gas or iuflamable air in tbe waste . No complaint was ever made that I know of , of the state of tbe air in the waste .
[ The above is all of tbe evidence received up to going to press with our first edition . The conclusion of the inquest will be given in our second edition . —[ Ed . N . S . I
Spain.
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Accounts from Madrid of the 16 th September , announces the royal decree appointing M . Martinez de la Rosa Minister of Foreign Affairs . The appointment is dated the 21 st of August , for no other reason than to save M .. Martinez de la Rosa the necessity of passing again through the ordeal of an eleotionanother instance of General Narvaez ' s determination to keep within the limits of the constitution . The Madrid Gazette of the 17 th contains a royal order suspending the law whioh requires the members of corporations to go . out in turn , according to a certain rotation ; and directing that the present members of corporations shall hold their offices till further orders . This is in the direct teeth of the law , and the object of it is to keep the present members , who are devoted Moderados , in office . The two following paragraphs have been oixoulated in the Progressists papers .
" 1 . A report is circulated among well-informed persona of the involuntary departure of a certain exalted personage , who , by her coming to Spain , has given a well-deserved blow to the men of the day . " 2 . Some people fear that another Oloziga affair ( Olozagada ) is preparing ia high regionB for a personage of the ' aituaoiou ? " , In other words , it is a prevailing impression that a great lady , or a great general , will have to enter , sooner or later , upon a new course of travel ; and it is a subject of speculation at this moment whether feminjae intrigue or military power will preyail ,
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Body Found . —Wednesday ] m , o . ning about six o'clock , as the gasman was extinguishing the lights upon Blackfriars-bridge , he ebservea 'be body of a human being lying On the mud ; of tbe Holmes , near the terminus of the Fleet Ditch . Police -constable Mills , 352 , having obtained assistance , oonv ^ the body to the Fleet-street police-station , ana np < m examination thereof by Mr . Hutchinson , surgeon ' * ° f Farringdon-street , he gave it as his opinion that t . * * deceased had been in the water ] several days . Undei the direction of Mr . Inspector Chadwick the pockets of the deceased were searched , aad ataone a number
of papers was discovered a letter addressed to J . Holden , Esq ., Mitcham . There were also found a fashionable leathern purse , containing 14 s . 6 d ., and a yellow silk pocket handkerchief . Tho following is a description of the person and dress of the deceased , viz , five feet six or seven inches in height , stout and Corpulent , about fifty-five years of age , and grey hair : grey Chesterfield wrapper , black figured vest , drab trowsere , and boots ; frilled linen shirt , and black siik neckerchief with white spots . The body lies at the West London Union { Workhouse for identification , and & coroner ' s inquest .
Strange Cause op Death . —Last week , as Mrs . TreKcav , of William-street , Deyonport , was cleaning a fish , one of the bones stuck in her fore-fioger . It was immediately extracteed , and but little notice was taken of the occurrence . ] At the end of two days , hawever , she felt the most excruciating pain , when it was found that mortification had commenced , aud death put an end to her sufferings before the close of the week . She was seventy-four yeara of age . —Exeter GazelleJ . Serious Accident . —Between seven and eight
o ' clock on Tuesday morning Edward Carter , one of the masons' labourers employed in the building of the new houses of Parliament , while at work on a scaffold thirty feet high , overbalanced himsslf and fell to the ground on to a heap of stone rubbish . When raised up blood was profusely gushing from his mouth and ears ; he was immediately conveyed to the New- Westminster Hospital , and was found to be suffering from injury of the brain of such a nature that his life is despaired of . The unfortunate man is about thirty-two years of age , and haa a wife and two children .
AriEMriED Suicide . —On Wednesday morning a person of gentJemaniy appearance , about forty years of age , dressed in mourning , } was observed in the Strand to go behind a carriage and draw from his pocket a razor , with which he inflicted a very severe wound ou his throat . Two men luckily had their attention directed to him , and they instantly ran aud took the razor from his hand before he bad time to inflict a second wound , which he was in tho act of doing . The police wore called in , and he was conveyed as speedily as possible on a stretcher to the Westminster Hospital , where the injuries were promptly attended to . Although at present they are not considered dangerous , jthe life of the patient is anything but secure ; there is an evident wildness iu his manner most strange to observe .
Edinburgh . —On Friday afternnon , the 20 th inst ., between five and six o ' clock , a man in a state of intoxication , while going up a stair in Blackfriars ' Wynd , lost his balance and tell backwards . When taken up , blood was found issuing from his ears , and be was quite insensible , j He was conveyed to the Royal Infirmary . —On the same day , while a woman , residing in the Pleaaanoe , was engaged in dressing ono of her children , with her back to the fire , part o [ her dres 3 ignited , and speedily enveloped her in Humes . Her husband , who fortunately happened to be in the house at the time , instantly sprang to her assistance , and succeeded in extinguishing the flamea . The poor ! woman was , however , so much scorched , tbat it was found necessary
to convey her to the Infirmary . Another accident also happened in the course ] of the evening . A . young boy , about twelve years of age , who , while amusing himself with some of his companions at the dung depot ot the Edinburgh and Dalkcith Railway , iu pushing the carriages along the rail , fell before the wheel of the waggon be jWas propelling , which passed over his right thigh , and fractured it severely . On Thursday afternoon , betwe ' en five and six o ' clock , while the workmen were j employed in taking down a tenement at the bottom of New-street , North Back of CanoDgate , for the North British Railway , a large cope stone , displaced from the top of the house , three stories high , fell on the head of a working man passing at the time . His skull was
fractured , and hit } right cheek severely lacetated . j , he unfortunate man was immediately conveyed to the Infirmary , in a very doubtful state . About five o'clock on Suuday morning , a fire broke out in the house of Magdalene Scrivcnger , or Ssewart , a widow residing iu Blyth ' s Close , jLawn-market , which caused her death , and also that of a man named Thomas Todd , aged fifty-five , fa mason , who lodged with her . Todd came home about one o ' clock , much the worse for drink , along with a man named Cairney , also a lodger in the house . Cairney states they found Mrs . S . ewart sitting by the fire quite drunk . They retired to bed , land at about a quarter to five o ' clock , Cairney was awakened by a sense of suffocation , and endeavoured to awake Todd , who was sleeping in the same bed ; but not succeeding , he burst open the door .
and gave the alarm of lire , j In five minutes after the notice reached the Police-office , Mr . Hardie , master of the fire department , and a number of the men , were on tho spot , with the Main Office engine . A plentiful supply of wcter being at hand , the fire was soon got under . Lieut ' enant M'Lellan , who happened to be on duty , hastened to the sp <> t , and found the engine in full play ; aud , upon entering the house , Todd was found leaning ou the bed with his feet on the floor . He was immediately removed to the Royal Infirmary , where ho died in a short time after his arrival . Mrs . Stewart was found lying on the kitchen floor burnt to a cinder . The origin of the fire is not known , but it is supposed to have bee « caused by a burningicandle falling amongst a quantity of shavings in the kitchen where Mrs Stewart was Bitting . .
Doncombe Testimonial . —Central Committee of Trades , to ., Saville House , ; Wednesday evening , September the 25 . h , Mr . Grasby in the chair . Mr . Syme reported that tho Caypentcrs employed in Baker ' s firm had agreed to enter into a weekly contribution for six weeks in support of the Testimonial , and that the first week was in hand . Letters were read from Carrington , Bristol , Rochdale , Brighton , Knaresbro ' . and Bexley Heath , all promising au early remittance of cash . From Gogneshall enclosing a Post-office order for 16 a . 6 d . : From Warrington enclosing an order for £ 1 2 s . Mr . Smith handed in lOs . from Mr , Turner , High Wycombe , Bucks . Mr . Dunn handed in £ l , the subscription of Dr . Sheridan . Mr . Draper handed in os , i
Bradford Shoemakers' Strike . —On Monday a special meeting of the shoemakers in the employ of Messrs Brearly , Marsden and Carlile , was held at the Boy and Barrell , West Gate , to take into consideration the best means to bo adopted in support of the men who had got dischaiged from two ot the bhops for refusing to take less wages than the statement of pric s agreed upon by both masters and men . A deputation was appointed to confer with the masters , and if possible settle the matter . The deputation have been informeu tbat the masters intended to draw up a list of prioes according to their own views , and would lay it before the trade for their adoption as early as possible .
Frightful Occurrence . — \ A most lamentable accident took place on the farm of Liutoubog , in the neighbourhood of West Linton , Peebleshire , on Wednesday last , the 18 ; h inst . While one of Mr . Muir ' s ploughmen , named Fowler , wa 3 busy mowing with a scythe in the corn field , a fine youDg boy , named Bain , while gambolling in tho field , ran in the direction of the soy the , while the mower , who was in the act of cutting , had his back turned , and did not notice the boy . The scythe ! made a dreadful gash horizontally across his stomach , and before medical assistance oould be brought , ! the poor boy bled to death .
Repeal in London . —Grattan Wakd . —On Sanday evening last , a large meeting was held at Mr . Grogan ' s , White Lion , Drury-lane , Mr . Burn in the chair . The speech of Mr . O'Counell at tho late banquet in Dublin was read , amidst loud cheers . After which Mr . T . O'Calla R han ! ( R . W . St . Patrick's Ward ) was loudly called for , and addressed the meeting at great length , in a most eloquent and soulatirring address , which was most warmly applauded . Several other speakers followed , and ninety new members were enrolled . '
Farbinobon Ward . —Mr . ! Rathbone ( an Englishman ) in the chair . The meeting was addressed by Mr . O'Callaghan , who highly complimented Mr . Gardener ( an Englishman ) for the conciliatory tone of hi 3 address , and trusted ! the day was near at hand when Irishmen and Englishmen would join heart ani hand in protectingjtheir interests from the grasp of an oiigarchal faction . Mr . Stallwood also addressed the meeting , and fifteen new members were enrolled . } Tom Steelk Wabd . —At the Green Man , Berwiok * street , Oxford-street ; Mr . Murphy in the chair . Mr . O'Mahoney addressed { the meeting at great length , on the necessity of Repeal ; fifty new members were enrolled at the St . i Patrick ' s Ward ; thirty were enrolled at the Lord iFfrenoh ' s Ward . Mr .
Dunn and Mr . M'Carty ably addressed tbe meeting . Sixty new members were enrolled . At the John O'ConnelPs Ward on Monday , several of the wardens attended . Messrs . Dunn and M'Sweeney addressed the meeting . On Saturday last , the deputation consisting of Mr . J . O'Connell , Ins pector-General of the Repeal Wardens of England ; Frederic ijuoas , Esq ., proprietor of tbe Tablet newspaper ; and the Rev . Daniel Hearne , of Manchester , waited on the Liberator , at hia residence in Merrion-square , with a congratulatory addreES from the Repeaiers ot London . The deputation were received in the most affectionate manner . The ! Inspector-General read the address , and presented jit . The Liberator re . ceived it with evident marks of pleasure and delight , expressing the highest opinion of the perBeverinK exertions of the Repealers of London aad of England generally . i
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THE FRENCH PRESS . —O'CONNELL AND THE CLONTARF MEETING . The following is from the National : — Mr . O'Conneh , and his Pomticai , Position . — We have followed with the greatest attention all the motions of Mr . O'Connell in his public careflr § and , on reading bis speech , we seem to be listening to speeches which he delivered in Eagland at the meetings and banquets when he gave his support to the Whig Ministry . Not only 1 * 3 it the same in substjvnce , but the same in form , aad tho resemblances are so perfect that we might call them repetitions . When this great combatant strides his tent , and wishes ^© moderate the war , he has never-failing sources oi ° ftioqueneo . He then is never carried away by bis fee / sc , ^; he darts no more keen and violen t sarcasms agaiu ' bt the Saxon ; ho becomes conciliating and ' pathetic ;* h « turns his eyes towards tbegreenfields and fertile TaT ^ eys , of Ireland , her noblo mountains .
pouring forth naoeasing torrents , that would supply power to turn the machinery of all the manufactories of the whois worla '; her spacious bays , her noble harbours , her maja&'tio estuaries ; and , in the middle of his bucolic ? , grief stops him , and in mournful accents he exclaims , Why is this beantif ' ul land , endowed by nature with all ths elements of greatness , happiness , and freedom—how happens it that it is neither great , nor happy , nor free ? Why is this intelligent and prood race of people condemned to all the agonies of misery and despair ? It is the Union that is the cause of all this evil I " Nevertheless , O'Gonnbll does nct absolutely : DEMAND TUE REPEAL OP THE UNION . He consents to a Federal Parliament ; he calls tho Federalist * around him , and off-rs them the first place , saying , " I don ' t want to be leader . I am satisfied to be driver . " All these concisions indicate sufficiently . the PATH INTO WHICH THE LIBERATOR HAS
ENTERED . The following , from the Reforme , requires no communt from us ; it will be seen tbat the French . writer takes precisely tht > view tak ? n by us of the O'Connell policy in abandoning the Clontarf Meeting . < k By holding that meeting , " the Reforme
says : — " He ( O'Connell ) would have placed himself in the situation which ho occupied before his contest with the-Q , leen ' s Bench ; he would have consecrated the rights of Ireland and his own , and gained a moral victory : whilst by abandoning that resolution , he evinces uncertainty and fear , and in politics such an admission is irreparable defeat . O Cannell has lost ground by declaring the manifestation of Clontarf useless and superfluous . He has done morebelying his angry speeches against the nation whioh has for six hundred years kepi Ireland uader her iron yoke , he has expressed a fear that that meeting might be regarded as an insulting challenge to England . He has seized that opoortunity of
making amends to the Saxons for the insulting language he had used towards them . Some powerful cause must certainly exist to change all of a sudden the political course of so superior a mind as that of O'Connell . We will not say with his opponents that be hes under a feeling of personal terror , but that , like many men more passionate than reflecting , ha stopped when it was necessary to play Ireland ' s last trump . He is now convinced that England , which ia conscious of the gravity of ihe question , will sacrifice the last plank aud the last nail of her last ship sooner thau afford leisure to Ireland to prepare the means of reconquering her independence . Preoccupied with the grand designs which she
entertains for her grandeur , from the centre to tha extremities of the globe , she cannot allow her progress to be impeded by tha millstone , which , in the event of a collision with Franco , would render her everywhere iaactive and impotent . O'CoaneU is aware of that firm resolution of the Ministry , and intead of confiding to Providence , to his right and ourage for the fate of his unhappy country , he paused n the bank ' s of the Rubicon ; a dangerous though natual hesitation , experienced for an instant by Cjg iar and Napoleon , when they had the audacity to change the destinies of their country . O'Connell , no doubt , has still ihe same obj-ict in view , but has changed the course he has hitherto followed to attain it . Ha
now imagines tbat the Whig Ministry succeeding the Tory Ministry would grant him , m return for the majority he can give or iefuse to them by means of the Irish Memberf t some concessiona calculated to-satisfy Ireland . His present endeavours merely tend to overthrow Sir Robert Peel ; the pU-dge of his alliance with the Whi ^ s is ia . these solemn words of his speech : — ' I would abandon the cause of Repeal , if it was to lead to the separation of Ireland from England . ' O fribune ! how much it mu » t have cost you thus to retrace your steps , and efface by that subdued language the manly eloquence of the
hoart which roused Ireland , and made her tyrants shudder . It is not only as respects England that O'Cennell has altered his tone . The modem Neptune , who had hitherto raised aad calmed at will the popular waves , now flitters tho Protestants and tbe landed proprietors . He promises the latter who are to form 3 Preservative Society , to constitute them into a House of Lords , in order to allay the alarms of the proprietors -of the soil . It is expedient to dissipate the fears of the hundred thousand proprietors , nobles , olergymen , protestants , foreigners and nativi ; s who are in possession of the land . Bur WHAT SHALL NOW BECOME OF THE INTERESTS OP
SEVfiN MILLIONS OF MKN , WHO ENDURE EVEKY DSSCRI'PTION OF SUFFERING UNDER THE IMPIOUS REGIMEN which O'Connell is anxious to respect ? Are there two IreLands , one inhabited by the rich , and the other by the proletarians ? fs it solely for the sake of the former that O'Connell has agitated the country and collected the Repeal rent ! The Ireland- which he is bound to save , if he wish not to be branded as a coward or a traitor , is the Ireland of the martyrs . Ym would he wanting in the noble mission you have received from Piovi ~ dence . you would descend from the elevated and honourable station assigned to you by history , if you were to persevere in the new career which you have
adopted . Be this as it may , O Connell cannot now destroy his own work . The seeds of liberty and independence which he has sown from his triumphal car have sprung up and extended over the green hills of his country . His past services and his influence , his new policy and his new allies , will tend to retard the day of emancipation . Mirabeau also attempted to stay the march of a nation ; he was carried along and overwhelmed by the immense torrent . THE SAME . FATE AWAITS O'CONNELL ; ho may quietly retire to Derrynane Abbey , to rest after the struggle ; twenty Irishmen will be found , who have regarded as serious bis patriotic harangues , to take his place . U 110 avulso non deficit alter . '
Since the above was in type we have received tha Belfast Vindicator of Wednesday , in which the Editor commenting on the above article from the Reforme , says : — Mr . O'Counell doubtless acted wisely and safely ; he has chosen the better part of valour which is discretion . There are , however , men in Ireland who would have marched from the prison to Clontarf . The Clontarf meeting is now a nonentity . It might have been an event to inspire the poet , and fill with delight the constitutional historian . Under present circumstances we have but conquered on one wing , the Government has triumphed on the other . We might have been victors over the whole field . But it is well . Not very well , good Vindicator .
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• CONCILIATION , BUT NO CONCESSION OF PRINCIPLE" ! Such ia the heading to a 6 hort artiole in the Belfast Vindicator of Wednesday , in reply to a slavering Whiggish paragraph of the Dublin Even ' ing Post . From the Vindicator ' s artiole we giva the concluding paragraph : — Again , we say we will recognise but two parties in the country—Repealers and anti-Repealers . There
shall be no third party pretending a general sympathy with the former , but co-operating in opposition with , the latter . We cannot acknowledge them as friend 3 of Ireland . In the words of a former article" There Buall be in name , aa there are in effect , but two parties in this country—the few who know not Israel , and the many who are resolved that she shall yet sit under the shade of her own fi £ -tree . ' Let Mr . O'Connell look to it . The little cloud
is at present no bigger than a man's hand ,- —its growth depends upon himself . Let im pursue his present Whiggish course , and it will grow , and ultimately overwhelm him with the darkness of utter ruin .
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~ - respeeiaDie parent living xorKgr race , WcstminiBter-road , expired at Westminster " 7 :: P ^ & 1 } iaving on the previous evening been Moefan- lj burnt and scorched by her clothes acnaenrl j catcbiyj in flames while ^ he was lighting **** » her parent ' s residence . TkT « ' Accn > E ? r . —On Thursday , the 26 th nlt M **} J Leyland , of Haigh , near "Wigan , a widow , « renty-eight years of age , accidentally fell ont of a Se raff Cart l ** Sisx ] hl ^ Htonj and was kme < i on
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* The lamp familiarly called the " Geordy lamp" is tbe one invented by George StepbenaoD , Siq .
Estminster 01 Coroner's Inquest.— An Inques Was Held Ont Monday Afternoon, Before Mr. Higgs, At The Red
estminster 01 Coroner ' s Inquest . — An inques was held ont Monday afternoon , before Mr . Higgs , at the Red
Jjion , frinces-street W , on me Doay Samuel Cottle , aged forty-four , late broker to the Insolvent Debtor ' s Court , and auctioneer . It appeared that on Wednesday morning last deceased left home , apparently in his usual health , for the purpose , as we supposed , of proceeding to the city on business , bnt was found a few minutes afterwards by Samuel Hall , groom to Mr . Cullembell , surgeon , standing behind a carriage in Albert-place , Lambeth , holding a white handled razor in his hand and a wound on his throat , from which blood was flowing .
He was conveyed to Westminster Hospital , in a state of great excitement , and expired on Saturday morning last . The wound did sot appear of a sexious nature , only dividing the exterior of tha jugular vein . Upon a pott mortem examination of the head , the membranes of the brain were found much inflamed , and there was an effusion of three ounces and a half of se-mm and blood , whioh produced death . The wouid on the throat probably accelerated death , but was not its immediate cause . The jury returned & verdiot that deoeased died from inflammation of the membranes of tbe brain , having , while labouring under its effects , inflicted wound on his throat ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 5, 1844, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1283/page/5/
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