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Total Withdrawal op the Mancfaci^ MailCoachesin Ireland.—For the last iwop»*
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THE Surveyors of Highways for the Towmi of Leeds are ready to reeeive Tenders fOf 3 above description of Work .--Appli 0 atiori to be nw 5 j ( between tha Hoars of Ten and Twelve In the m ! noon ) at their Office , Free Market , where Specifi , tioDs are now laying . Sealed Tenders to be delivered on or before S * u day , the . 29 ih instant . ^ J . B * AMLET , Clerk to the Bom Leeds , 10 th April , 1843 . ^
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LEEDS TOWN COUNCIL . ^ IMPROVEMENT ACT . WANTED , a SURVEYOR for the BOROUrt , OF LEEDS . ^ Thefollowine Qualifications will be necessan . That bei shall thoroughly understand the UseofiL Theodolite and Level-that he shall have been ae £ ? tomed to make Surveys—to draw Plans , and to ^ Estimates thereon—that he shall have had PratfT ! ? £ atiDg » nd Drifting , and in the Conste ? tion of Masonry and Brickwork , and in Design and Superintending Works connected therewith ^ He will be required to devote the whole of itime to the service of the Town , but an Office stationery will be found him . < The Salary will not exceed XI 51 a-year . 1
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TO LAST MAKERS . A PERFECTLY sober , steady MAN who j , first-rate Workman , may have constant J full Work , at the Top Wages of th& Trade » Application to Mr . Jambs Boljngbroke , Lastly Boot Tree Manufacturer , 8 , Churoh Side , M If he also knows something of the Patten Tija all the better : but he must , ia any case , jjf , thorough , workman with the knife .
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NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR EMIGRATlOJ FROM LIVERPOOL TO THE UNITQj STATES OF AMERICA AND CANA ^ FiTZSUGH , WALKER , and Ce ., MEHcam and General Lmigration Agents , No , tf Goree Piazzas , Liverpool , having completed arnaa ments with Messrs . Pomeruy and Co ., o " the Uniy States , proprietors of the " Express Line fron ts City of New York to the Western parts of Anigja and Canada , " are now prepared to offer ncwuj important facilities to Emigrants proceeding u > va part of America or Canada ; which are the following 1 st . Fitzhugh , Walker , and Co ., are prepare ^ contract to deliver Emigrants at any part as jW either by Canal , Railroad , or other conveyance fet at fixed prices and low rates , guaranteeing tiatts delay or detention shall occur in New York , ord * where , on the way . By this means the exact exmit of reaching any part of the United States or Ckjji can be ascertained before leaving England .
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IMPORTANT TO INVALIDS . I THE Proprietor of DR . HAMILTON'S Vlfili PILLS , feeling convinced that the innatepwl properties of this Medicine , must by the reeonnp' I ations of those who experience its benign fi *| i ( in many instances after all other means haiW do more to bring it into notice , than anything t&M has abstained from publishing cases of cure , sin W | g more so , as he well knows the frauds that arflWf | stanily practised upon the public by ficiifeiu" || manufactured cases , which causes little faitfi M » attached to such statements . But how d > fferen « a » with those persons who are eye witnesses of * curative powers of a Medicine in their offniss *
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DREADFUL COLLIERY ES ^ PLOS ION- —TWENTY SEVEN LIVES LOST . fFrom ike Lmtdon papers ) NewcaSTXE-OS-TTNE , FEIDAT , APEIX . 7 . —One of those feaifnl catastrophes , unfortunately so common in "this district , oecnrred on Wednesday taornin . E , shortly before eight o ' clock , m the Stormont Main Colliery , the property of Mr . John Grace ana partners , « t Wreckington , about two miles from this place , soil "was at'tended by a tremendous sacrifice of human life , there having been twenty-seven-men and boys tilled , and lax or seven others serionely injured . The catastrophe , though thus melancholy , in its results , Goes sot appear to have been marked b y any of teese appalling circumstances -which bavs frfqae ^ tly attended socidenta ef b »^ TnT \ aT natare : ^ this nFiBbbcntbood . Ibe saen
employed at t -uth of the pit bad do conception that such an = > » - nt hsd occurred unt ^ l a fcoy was drawn upmncL : " -m « tj and even then 1 > - y were made aware of bnt a small extent of the cn&urity . There were upwards tf fifty persons engaged in the pit at tbe time . ; and of these more tban thir ' y worked in the "western part of the mine where the explorioa occurred . The damage done t » the pit is remarkably trifling , scarcely exceeeding in Tains a few shillings , sot so much es a prop having been driven from its place . Nor did the bodies o ! > he sufferers present any of those harrowing features which are generally -witnessed after & ? txp ) o Sion ; Tery few were bnrnt at all , and even they comparatively dlghtij , while the majority were perfecfly ¦ nninjnred . There is therefore little , if any , doubt that
TOB loss of Me 1 b attributed , rot to tiie fire , but to the " after damp ., " or , less technically speaking , the noxions gas which saccefcded , and was -produced by the explosion . How the acddent originated will probably remain matter of conjecture . Ttie most current expla 1 nation—and the one which moit readily suggests itself —is that while ilr . Matthias Gray , the under-viewer { and one of the mffarers ) , was passing a working which iad been for some days considered to be in a danger--ons . state , the fool sir was ignited by his light ; and &B men who were employed on both sides cf that place were those who perished . It » ay be supposed that Hbxs melancholy event has excited a yery general sensation throughout the neighbourhood , ami spread much Eufisring over a large number of families , many of irhem are understood to be in a destitute condition .
An inquest was beld on Thursday at the Half Moon Inn , Wreciington , before . Mr . J . M . Favell , Coroner , and after a protracted investigation , without discovering the immediate cause of the explosion , a verdict of *• Accidental Daaib , * was returned . The . following are tlie names of the sufferers . —Matthias 45 ray , aged 20 , son of Jlr Gray , of the Felling , under--riewer . Tfcomas Ciarlton , aged 26 , overman , left . a Trife and two children . Bobert Spence , aged 34 . deputy overman , left s vUb and four children . Thomas Hedley , aged 32 , hewer , left a wife ami three children . Humphrey Ditehbnm , aged 53 , he-wer , left a wife George Ditchburn , seed 21 , bewer , son of the above , left a wife . Michael Clegfeorn , aged 30 , hewer , left a
"Wife and two children . Tbocias ClegbGm bis brother , aged 2 S , hewer , single . John Roason , aged 27 , hewer , left a wife and three children . John Jsques , sged 21 , liewer , single . Junes 'Waters , ajjed 20 , ditto , ltft a wife . Join Richardson , aged 26 . ditto , 3 e / t a wife James Tonng , aged 29 , ditto , left a wifa and ftmr children ; it -yas the first time he had been down the pit . The following boys were drivers and putters : — David " K ^ rfmap , aged 14 , and John Kidman , 10 , brothers . Matthew I > axferd , age-d 19 . Thomas Dixon , «; ed . 16 , and John Dixon , aged 12 , brothers . George Pelton , ag * d 16 . John Young , aged 12 . John Tulip , aged 15 John Smith , aged 14 . Abraham Field , aged 12 , JBnrh Hughes , aged 11 . Thoa . Morri 3 , aged 16 .
fFrom the Aetrcastle CuroiziacJ COBO-ER'S INQUEST . Wbxslsgtos , htKVL 6 . —An inquest was held before Mr . J . Mflnes Favell , ceroner , at the Half Moon 3 nn , Wreckington . George Ritchie stated that he went into the pit on Wednesday morning , between four and five o ' clock , and remained there until about seven ; when be west to the crane ( the place where the explosion occurred ; She deputy overman ( Robert Spence ) told him to pnt Ilia candle out . When he went to w . rk he had to pass a ^ lace that was foul , ca'led the " head board , " and considering thai his life was not-safe , be did sot begin
Trork , but left the place . He came out in the dark from the ** board ** which w&s dangerous . In going ent he met Robert Speace , wto asked why beTras not TPorking , when witness raid that he thought he had Jjeen long enough there . Met Matthias Gray , the waCet Tiewer , &sd he also asked witness why be was leaving ^ rork , i > ut witness made bo reply , and Gray said tb * t is would keep half-a-crown effhia wages for leaving tis work . Witness then came to bank , and he knew nothing about the accident until liia wife informed him of it after its occurrence . After coming to hark he awTex said a word to any one about the jtate of ihe pit Witness has beena pitmxn about lane years , but had Hfirer been in a pit which had fired .
2 dr . R . DaTis , surgeon , stated that he lived do&e a < i-Joining the colliery , and on the morning of the explosion saw all the bodies brought to the bank , twenty-four ol whom -vere dead , and the other eight were all alive , t > n . t three died the next day . The bodies brought up dead had died from B&Sbcation ; but the remainder were severely burnt , and be expected would recover . Robert R&nkin , pitman , stated that be worked at the above colliery , and was do-cra the pit at the time of the explosion , and at the particular part which fired . He iad worked in the pit nearly lour years . The blast took place between seven and eight o ' clock in the morning , and he was working in a place about 200 yards from the crane , but he did not know what caused me explosion . The place wbeie be worked was ^ axgeroos , and ibey generally ustd their lamps , but when they couid they lighted their candles . Be * was brought to bank nearly insensible , but soon recovered .
John Burn , pitman , stated that he worked at the Stormont Main Colliery . He was last down in the pit on Tuesday , and was working at the second board from tke erase , at which place be found ionl air for nearly a fortnkht previous . About seven dsys ago , -while he was at work with George Ditchburn , they took their lamps to Bpeoce , the deputy-overman , and complained of the bad state in waich they were . The lamps were afterward * 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 . Be did sot know ¦ what caused the present explosion .
William Richardson , another pitman , stated that he tad worked at the pit since Christmas , ' and about six ¦ weeks ago he complained to the deputy overman ab » ut the banging of a door at iia board end , for when any person went through it iid not dose properly . Witness however , ltft that part of the workings soon after , but did not inow whether it had been repaired or not . He did Dot know what caused the explosion . About seven weeks ago witness heard Spence tell the overman about fcangiBg two doors for tke better ventilation of the pit , but the overman replied that it would be too much expense . The overman was killed on Wednesday morning . DuriEg the time he worked In the pit , he never "h ad a limp in good order . A few minutes before the accident he left fee place where toe explosion occurred , but succeeded in reaching the bank . The stoppings of the pit he observed -were out of order , but he never coaplaintd of them for fear of losing his employment .
John Alexander , also a pitman in the same colliery , abated -baths bad worked in the pit for some time , but the last iinse he was down was the day before the accitlen ± . He ine- » nothing about the explosion , but he had observed that ihe stoppings were not close . The stoppings were all built of stone , and were considered out of repair . The men gentrsiiy among themselves spoke of the state of the pit , bn » they : never complained to any one . The jary , about half-past nina o ' clock , and after an lour and a balls -consultation , returned a verdict of " Accidental Beath . " fJF / vm ihe GaZcshead Observer of Saturday . )
The public mind in this district was painfully agitated < sn Wednesday isst , > y one of those calamities which axe of too frequent oecnireEce in connection with our staple industry—oamdy , a coal-mine explosion . The scene of the disaster is within four miles of the borough of Gates head , being the Stormont-ilain eollitry , at Wrekenton , on . Gatesbead Fell , commonly known by the name of the " Sing Pit" The explosion occurred at about seven o ' clock in the mossing , and Droved fatal to twenty-seTen men asd beys' "We ^ ive a list of the unfortunate sufferers : — M E *; air- 3 iatthias Gray , 20 , the uuder-yiewer , son ef Mr . Gray , of ihe Felling . Thomas Charlton , 25 , overman , ( who has left a wife and two children . ) Robert Speuee , 34 , deputy-o-rerman , { wife and four children . )
Thomas Modter , 31 , shifter , - 'wife and two Ctlflfiienj Thomas fiedley , 33 , hewer , " csife and three ehiloxen . } Humphrey Ditchbarn . hewsr , ( wife . ) ' wS ^ 9 I ) itchimm ' > he »« * «« ° * Humphrey , * Jotn Jacques , 21 , hewer-John Robson , 27 , hewe , ( wife and tfasetj children . ) . Eaward Robson , 23 , hewer , brother of John . Michael Cleghom , 30 , beWer > ( -Rife a ^ ^ ^ jj . area . } Thomas Cleghom , 20 , hewer , { brother of Michael . ) ? James Young , 23 . hewe * . < wife and four ffeilton . ) John Bichardson , 26 , hewer , . ( wife . ) Jame » Waters , , 2 » , h § wer , ( wife . ) * Wedneaday was Jaeqaef wad Young ' s first day in file pit
» r » mB » axd ptobm . SJattbew Djxford , ... is 2 > avid Kidman 14 Thomas Dixou ... ... 16 John "Kidn ^ j bis bro-John Dixon , his bro- ther ... . „ 10 ther .... ... , 12 John Smith - 14 JoauYouBg 12 f Abraham Field ... ... 13 fieoxgeFelttn ... ... 13 ¦ fjohn Tulip , „ ... 15 jChomas Uorrii ... ... 16 -fHugh . Hughes ... ... 11 + Alive when brought out of the pit Tke icstantaneous Ioes of so many lives , we need hardly » iy , produced a EttaxciEg effect in the imisediatc locality of tha pit , mi inspired feelirgs of sorrow and UI BP&lbj tilfPPKhoBt &e Bunoanding . country , Every
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household in and near the village of Wrekentoa bad to mourn tfce loss of a friend or relative . Wives were widowed , and children rendered fetherless . It waea mournful sight to seethe bodieB of the dead brought to the mouth of the abaft , one by one , amidst the cries and tears of the livmg . Stiff and rigid { the muscl « of the neck exoepttd ) , the dead presented themselves in succession—eachol them , with cataleptic l ook , -in the posture in whkh death bad overtaken him—the greater number with outstretched arms , BS thongh startled by sudden and unexpected danger . Although the loss cf life is great , the damge done to the -pit is remarkably tofitEg . Not a prop has been driven from its position . A few shillings , indeed , will repair all the injury to property that has taken place . Nor did the persons tf * he b&jrteBs pitmen saffer greater violence . Pew of them were burnt It was the " afterdamp" that proved so dfcfitructive , bereaving so many men and boys of life .
The workings of the pHare of great extent—so extensive , indeed , that one of tbe pitmen , far removed from the site of the accident , continued quietly at his work , and was not aware of tbe -explosion nntil an boor after it * occurreuK ? But the pit , although so extensive , has only one Ebaft—which is therefore bTatticed , for purposes of ventilation . Whether or not a single shaft be sufficient for safety , iB a point which we hardly feel cempetent to decide—or we should be inclined to give a decision in tbe negative . Mr . Grace , tbe viewer of the colliery , is a gentlemen of great experience and industry ; and , we are sure , would do all that lay within his power , te secure tbe safety of the mine .
An inqneat was beld on Thursday , at the house of Mr- Joseph Crasswell , the Half Moon , Wretenton , before Mr . J . M . Favell , coroner for Chester ward . Mt . John Grace , jun ., the viewer , and one of the proprietors , attended the inquiry . Mr . W . Lockey Harle , solicitor , was in attendance on behalf of the Pitmen ' s General JSnion ; Mr . Swallow , of Wakefleld , Secretary of tbe Union , was also present , both in his official character , and at tbe rtrqaeat of tne relatives and frienda of the deceased , and the men of the colliery . The Jury sworn to investigate the circumstances con-Bbled ef the following householders : —Messrs . Simpson Ruthford , J ^ c ob Gowland . William Simpson , John Fewster , Geors ; e "Wind , Jacob Ayre , John Pulliater , John Miller . John Brown , Abner Lucas , Henry Drum-ID ond , and Joseph CrasswelL
The " viewing < -f tbe bodks" occupied a considerable time^—the Jury having t » proceed from house to bouse , in tbe discharge of this mo « t distressing duty . On their return to the inquest room , the examination of witnesses commenced . George Ritchie deposed—I live at Eighton Banks . I am a hewer in Stormont Main colliery . That is the proper name of the colliery , but it generally goes by tbe name of the K : ng pit . I have worked in the pit nine months . 1 went down on Wednesday morning , between four and five o ' clock , and remained until nearly sever- When I -went to the crane —> a part of the pit to which the men generally go , before starting work)—Spence , the deputy overman , cautioned » e to put out my candle before passing the end of a certain 1
beard , which was very foul . [ The " boards' are ce lls or recesses bewn st intervals in the sides of a main passage ; 10 that the pitmen , in proceeding along the passages , necessarily pass the eeds or entrances of the ' boards . " 3 I went to work near the foul board . Tbe pit w * 3 standing foul in the barrow-way . [ Ttiat is , the foulness of ihe board extended to its moniii , and into the main passage--way . ] I put » nt my candle , as I had been told , in the " headways coarse . " I considered the pit . so unsafe , that I did not begin work . I lighted my caadle a ? ain at James Young ' s , who was working near the foul board . I remained with him about a quarter of an boor . He had only come to work at the mi that morning , I put out my candle , and repassed the foul board . I then gut a lirht from Ditchbarn ,
who was working in an adjoining board . I met Specce at the crane . Be asked me if 1 was not going to work . I answered that I fcad been there long enough . I did not mention the matter to any oiher person ( with a view to a remedy . ) I was afraid to do so , for fear I should be fined . It does not do to be complaining : one geta to be thought fractious . I met Mr . Matthias Gray , the nnder-viewer . Ho required if 1 was not going to my work . I ssid " Xa I gave hun do nsaeon for leaving . He said h « s would stop 2 s . 6 d . from me . I said he durstiit There is a fine of 2 s 6 u . on a man Who leaves witbont having done his wo * k- ThtTc was no farther conversation between us . We parted good friends . I thick te was probahly cot in earnest about the fine , for he rpoke laughingly . I have i : &ver bad anything
stopped off me for neglect of wort . 1 got home about eight o'clock . I had no talk with any one on the subject , before going home . The ntxt thing I heard was that the pit had firtd . I had been asleep , when my wife came in and told me . I was in bed at the time . I have been a pitnian about nine years , and worked at Sherburn Hill , Wingate , a . d other collieries . The board in question has been considered dangerous fur some time—foul to the end . The deputy overman gave general instructions for candles to be put out in passing it I cannot say that it w&s this board which fired . I have never mode any complaint to the owners as to the state of tbe mine . I went to the pit immediately I heard of the accident . I west down , and assisted to get the bodies out- I did not go beyond tbe crane .
By Mr . Harle^—I think means might have been used to get the foulness away , as it had continued for a long time . I think doors ought to have been Eet at the main headways-course , with trappers at them . It is not customary to fine partieB for complaining of foulness . There are fly-docra at the entrance to tbe boardsooota huns so » b to open cither way ; but thB sliebtest thin ; will prevent thtm from shutting . They are not attended by boys . Tbe doors are out of repair , and dont shut dose . I do not know of any complaint having been made . On tbe prtviona day , when at my work in the pit , I trembled al : tbe time , it was so fouL 1 do not think there was any " brattice" in the board—[ a partition , to guide tbe current of air to the face * 1 the workings . } Tbe men had Davy lamps at tbe commencement of their work , and candles afterwards . The moving about of the men helps to clear away the foulness . I never kce-w a man discharged for complaining of the state of the pit
Mr . Robert Davis , of Wrekenton , surgeon—I was called in immediately after the accident—soon after seven o ' clock in tbe morning . Tbe messenger said a boy was burnt . A second messenger , who came quickly after he first , said they were afraid the pit haa fired . I found this to have been the casa Tulip , Hughes , and Smith , now dead , were brought up aiive ; also . Young , Hankin , Menham , and Aynslty , who still survive , but are severely burnt , and some of them labouring under alarming delirium . Toe cause of death , in nearly every
case , was tfce si : er-damp . Some of tbe deceased parties are much burnt , but they might have recovered nevertheless , had it not been for the aftsr-damp . Tbe quality of the gas varies in different collieries . Ifc is of a very injurious description in this pit I toot care , when on the pit-hrap , to keep tbe lamps in proper order for the men , as they went down the pit to bring up tbe bodie * . One of the lamps having a glass tube , answered better than the others , inasmuch as it extinguished of itself , when the bearer reached the limit of safety . The Davy lamp allows a man to go farther than he can bear .
Robert "RafVm . — 1 life at Wrekenton , and had worked fit the King pit neanj four years . I was in tbe quarter where it fired , when the accident took place . Thia was about seven o ' clock . I was at work in a board about 200 jarus from tbe crane , near to Young , and know nothing of the eause of the txplosion . Tbe only thing 1 noticed was a door out of xepair , about S'Xtj ? jards from the place in which I worked . 1 gaw the deputy get a hinge , and suppose it was to repair tbia door . The part in which I vtoiked was dangerous . We had to work with lamps ut first , and tbm got cacdlta when the foul air hud ciEi-red a'way . We had
lamps as ioDg as we coEsidtred thian ntcessary . Ab « nt six weekfl ago , I named to Mr . Gray that I theught the ¦ w estern district of the pit was in a dangerous stale . Jlr . Gray said he kiitw it was . The west district was then in a deplorable state . On tbe day after I spoke to Mr . Gray , the deputy came to that part of the mine , and 1 saw fcira attending to his duties , remedying what had been ceta plained of . Tbe n \ tn were cautisnbd to avoid the dangerous parts . After the explosion , I was Ironght to bank insensible . When I became conscious , 1 felt languid , aad as if 1 had lost all my bodily powers , I raved about my son , who was in the pit at the time .
By Mt . Lcckey Hsrle—I do not recollect what repairs the deputy msde . He stopped persona from going into the fian ^ ercus parts with a light . Lamps are kept in tbe pit for tbe use of the men . There were two lamps in use -where 1 was working . I did not observe that they were out of order . John Barn—I live at WrekenU n , and hsve worked at the King pit about a year . I was down on Tuesday . The part where I -B-orken bad been fcul for a fortnight . It was the second board from tbe crane A week to-day , my companion was at home ill , and Gf orge Ditchburn was set to work with me . Two lamps were given to us , one of which was unsafe . I n , ade trial with the other lamp , and found the besrd fi ul all the way from the mouth to the other end . About three yards up from the entrance the lamp filled with flame . We could not stop at oar work . I -went to the crane With
the faulty lamp , and found Spenee , tbe deputy , there . 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 gauzs tras covered with oil and Email coaL He held it to tbe candle , and it flamed for a considerable time , like a " low rope , " [ i « ., like a , lighted rope } ThiB was in consequence of the lamp not being kept clean . The g&czs was filled up with oil and small coals . Spence cleaned it . We met Charlton , the overman , and told him the reason of our leaving . He only laughed at us . I went to work the next day ( March 29 ) , and fos > d the pit not so fool . Tin lamps were then cleaned . Spence said he tfaoBght the air > eourse « had been stopped the day before , but he h&d been through it , and it was all right There w « s no door or brattle * to the board where I wai working .
William Rlcbardaon . —I live at Wrekecton , acd have worked at the Bug pit since Christmas . I have been twenty-one years a pit-man . I made complaints to Spence about tb& doors . I dont think the fly-doors are proper thiegs . The door at my board-end was cut of repair . When any one passedthrongh it it frequently did not Close . There Was & largeTraeancy between what it was hung open and the pillar . I could have walked through the post nwl lh « pillar . I complained of thl
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to Spence , who said he would have the space built up . I cant say whether it was repaired yesterday . I uever made any -other complaint that was not attended to . I have frequently used lamps . They ate never kept In good order . I have never seen a lamp , in good order yet There was & man sent to bring lamps yesterday , to enable us to get the sen 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 nse . They were generally dirty , and we bad to sit down to dean them , or lieidla
By Mr . H&rle . —About six months ago , I heard Spence tell tke overman he could improve the air , by hanging two additional doors , and mending another . The overman said it would cause too much expense , and would rsquiie two additional trappers—( boys 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 . Bofi 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 lampB 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 the air penetrates them . They are enly stone or dry stoppings , phstered over the outside . They ought to be brick , and built with lime . When the air penetrates the stoppings , the current is injured . I would have complained , but was afraid .
John Alexander—I live at Wrekenton . I have been a pitman about twenty-eight years . I have worked about nine months at the King pit . I was down on Tuesday , but not on Wednesday . The air " calls" ( whistles ) through the stoppings . They are built of stone , so far as I have seen , and pointed with lime . They are out of repair—very much bo , some of them . We often grumbled among ourselves about them , and also to tbe deputies , who generally agreed with us that they were faulty . I complained three times to the deputies . I considered the pit in danger from the state of tbe stoppings . It was sometimes like a furnace when we were working , in consequence of tbe escape of air through the doors and stoppings . Sametimes the swing-doors did not close after a carve or a person passing through . Sometimes they were knocked down , and lay three or four hours before they were pnt up again . I have known them to lie for days . The d * puty was diligent , and I have Been him come to put them to rights , when called upon .
By Mr . Grace—I have never quarrelled with my masters . I never stated to tbe magistrates that the pit was in a safe and proper state , and that tbe owners bad 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 ntvtrdid . £ A pitman , according to the " bond , " can claim a certain sum for every duy that the pit is laid off . unless it be laid off for foulness ] By the Jury and Mr . Harle—Ahout eight months sgo , the pit was laid waste to the south of the waggon-way . Tbe pillars were worked out This , which is called " working in tbe broken , " destroyed tbe return of the air . The deputy agreed with me that it did so , but nothing was done to remedy this , to my knowledge . By Mr . Grace—There was a little foulness in tbe " broken , " while 1 was working it , hut it would scarce fire . I diil not think it dangerous .
Cuthbert Todd , of Wrekenton—I have been a pitman * 2 years , and have worked about five years at this colliery . I worked In that part of the pit which ia supposed to have fired . Spence told me that no one was allowed to pass the board end ia question with a light Tbe first board from the " 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 about it . I aeked him wliy be did not gat it done . Ho said it was the duty of tbe deputy . I said , " No , it is your duty ; you are here to see these things properly done . " This was on Friday last It is not done yet I have heard the stoppings " calL" The Jast day I was down I said to Spence it was not right to send men into that board , when it ¦ was foul to tbe bairow-way , and men working in the boards on each side with candles . I asked if he had no other plnce for us . He said no ; if we did not go in there ; we must go home .
Edward Smith—I live at Bighton Banks . I have worked two years in the King pit . I was not at work when the accident occurred . I mind the rolley-way . In the middle-west crane , two piHare below , I have seen her fire two yards within tbe board in question . About three months since , I was in this board , and suw a boy ' s bait-poke ( provision bag ) lying . 1 saw a boy go for it . Cb&rlum , the overman , brought a candle , and tried the board . Hn found it would have fired a yard further in . There was a dour put up shortly afterwards . Between the shaft and the bottom of the incline-bank tbe stoppings are not perfect : they " call " very much . I have often talked to tbe overman about them . He did not attend to bis duty so as to put things in order . He seldom went farther in than the top of the incline-bunk . I have to ' . d him it was his duty to attend to these things . The reply was , that I bad nothing to do with it
By Mr . Harle—There were several falls of stones in the air-eouraes . They are about fonr feet high . In some places there would be about two feet of that space filled up by falls of stone . George Lowton , Wrekenton—I have worked nearly two years at the King-pit . I was down on Tuesday . I am a deputy-overman . 1 can state no teason for the accident . I never bad any complaints made to me of tbe state of tbe pit , either by tbe preceding witnesses or otber parties . I left it in perfect safety on Tuesday night Charlton was a very steady man , and very attentive .
By Mr Grace . —I went round the face ot every board with a candle , on Tuesday afternoon . They were all quite safe . I observed nothing particular—no foulness . Tbe board mouth of the mother-gate was in a perfectly safe state on Tuesday . I tried it with a caudle . I 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 foulness in it By Mr . Harle—The deputies clean the lamps . I have cleaned thtm msself , A man is not allowed to take a
lamp until it has been proved , either by the deputy 61 some other person . I nt-ver had a lamp brought back to me as being unsafe . 1 think we have more than twenty lamps . We have always sufficient for ail purposes . I never knew Charlton threaten tbe men with fines for making complaints . I have heard the stoppings " call , " and they were then repaired . They are built of stone and Hine . I consider a swing door quite safe . A trap-door would certainly be safer , if it were required . We have trap-doora wherever they are requisite . The stoppings between the shaft and the bottom of the incline are not dangerous . Tbe air passages were all clear of atones and water .
By the Jury—I never -went round after two o ' clock on Tuesday . Jacques was there after me . George Jacques , deputy overman—I brought my son ( one of tbe sufferers ) to tins pit , from another in which he was employed . I would not have done so , had I considered the King pit unsafe . He came here from Hnnwick , west of Durham . He only commenced work on tbe morning of the uccideBt Both his mother and I bad pressed him te come 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 made to me as to the unsafene&s of tbe stoppings or the doors . They were always mended , when necessary , as soon as possible . 1 never knew a board requiring a door but it was supplied . The doors are always put up at the boards as Boon as required- There are eight working boards to the north of the mother-gate—a doo * at each board end , three fast bearing-up dooro , and an extra door at the mother-gate board . I think there was not & candle taken down the board in question on Tuesday . We always bad a sufficient number of lamps , and in good order . We have instructions to take a lamp to every part first thing ; and if we see no foulness , we take the top off , and try rrah tae na&C ( t lamp . Tee cause of the boards being occasionally foul is the falling of the coal : when this occurs , it makes a temporary foulness .
By Mr . Grace—I never saw any foulness in the " broken . '' Tfcere is a proper air-course left on tbe side of the broken—and stoppings put regularly in . Neither Smith nor Alexander ever complained to me of the state cf the workings . I never saw any gas in the broken—which I considered a rare occurrence . I have seen the broken worked at Backworth , Seghill , Morton , Springwell . Black Pell , and West-Moor . By Mr . Harle—There is only one shaft to the King pit , but it is divided by a brattice . At this stage of tke inquiry , a plan cf the worfcinca waB produced , which Mr . Grace explained to the coroner and jury . He also stated how , in hla opinion ' { judging frcm tbe facts ) , the accident bad occurred : — Mr . Gn > y , the uiidtv-vievser , bad teen unwell for some few da ^ e , and therefore absent from the pit . On his return , he had probably disputed the alleged foulneES of the " board" so often named ; and , together with Spence u > d Charlion , he had proceeded to the
spot , to test tbe allegation . Bis yard measure was found lying in tbe board , atd , near it , the candlebos of Spence . Gharlton was sitting close at baud , holding his aocount-book—dead . Gray and Spence were at a little distance from the board , on tbe flour ef the pit , aa though they bad been running for their lives . Now , according to Mr . Grace ' s cenclusion , Gray , on reaching the board , had knelt down , and laid hiB yard-wand on the ground—the ordinary practice on such occasions . Then , with a lighted candle in Mb hand , he bad > eted the atmosphere of the board . Spence had stood behind him , watching tha experiment -which -was to decide l be justice of the condemnation that had been pawed , ia the absenn of the undervlewer . This being the xtoutitm of the parties , and Gray raising the candle higher and higher to ascertain the condition of the board , sctne motion of the body of Spence had in all probability v-afted the gas down npon the light—and the explosion followed .
Mr . Grace having given this conjectural explanation of the sause of the calamity , ou . & other witness w&s called : — James Tnrabull , wasteman—I havs woiked nearly eight years in this pit I believe there ia » i * passing through the broken , but I cannot get in to foe- There ia one povat at which it can be perceived , aii £ r H has traveretd the broken . I can travel round any part Of * h e w < -tte with a candle , at all times .
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No othtr evidence being offered , the Coroner delivered his charge to trie Jury , samming up the evidence with great care ; arid when they had been about two hours in consultation , the Foreman returned & verdict to the effect that the deceased individuals had come to their death by accident , and that no blame cculd be attached to Mr . Grace ; ' but they recommended that the flydoora , the stoppings , and the general ventilation of tbe pit , should receive the 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 . —Monday Apkil 10 . Lord BaocqHAM adverted to the expence and design of tbe Victoria Tower , connected with the new bouses of Parliament . The plan was a gross violation of everything like good taste . Lord DUNCANNON said that the tower was inclnded 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 ASH BURTON expressed his acknowledgments for tbe voto of thanks passed by their Lordships , approving of hia conduct in effecting the successful accomplishment of the Aahburton treaty . The Duke of . Wellington moved that the acknowledgments of the Noble Lord be recorded on the minutes , which was agreed to .
Lord Brougham laid on tbe table of tbe House a bill for tte more effectual suppression of the slave trade on the coast of Africa . In framing it he had received the assistance of the Lord Chancellor and of Mr . Bell , the eminent conveyancer . Its provisions were directed to three objects , to prevent tha buying and selling of slaves with plantations , by putting a stop to the trade in artistes 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 the orT « ndera . Lords Campbell and . Ashuurton expressed their approbation of tbe bill . The E * rl of Aberdeen said he absolved from all blame the gallant officer ( Captain Djnman ) who commanded in the destruction of the slave barracoons on the coast of Africa , who , he considered , had acted in a very praiseworthy
spirit-Lurd DENMAN thanked the Noble Earl for tbe justice which be had done to the galhnt offtcer , aud said that on the question of slavery be 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 n crime against hamanity , to be punished by every civilized power in the same way as piracy ; it was a crime against all natioaa , and should be repressed by each on its own responsibility , and without reference to the wishes or laws i > f another . It was in this spirit that he considered that , in the correspondi-nce of Lord Ashburton , too low ground had been taken . The bill was read n first time , and the House adjourned till the 25 th of April .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Monday ,. April 10 . Lord John Russell read the resolutions on education of which he bad given notice , and which be proposes to bring forward after Easter . They are aa follow : — " 1 . That in any bill for the promotion of education In Great Britain , by which a board shall be authorised to kvy , or Ciiuse to be levied , parochial rates , for the erection and maintenance of schools , provision , ought ta he made for aa adequate representation of the rate-pay e ; a of the parish in such board . " 2 . That the chairman of such board ought to be elected by tbe board itself . " 3 . That the Holy ScriptureB , 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 tbe Holy Scriptures in such schools . " 5 That no other booka of religious instruction should lw ut > ed in such schools , unless with tha sanction of tbe Archbishope of Canterbury and York , an d the concurrence of the committee of Privy Council for education . i ' 6 . That , in order to prevent the disqualification of competent schoolmasters on religious grounds , the books of tfcl'giouB instruction , other than the Holy Bible , introduced into the schools , should be taught by the clergyman of the parish , or some person appointed by him , to tbe children of parents who belong to tbe established church , or who may be desirous that their children should be so instructed .
" 7 . Tbat all children taught in each schools should have free liberty to resort to any Sunday school , or any plnce of religious worship which their parents may apptove . " 8 . That any school connected with tbe National School Socibty . or the British and Foreign School Society , or any Protestant DiBsenters' School , or any Roman Catbulic School , which shall be found upon inspection to be efficiently conducted , ebould be entitled , by licence from tba Privy Council , to grant certificates of school attendance , for the purpose of employ , ment in factories of children and young persons . " 9 . That , in the opinion ol this House , 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 Bchoola in 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 coutrrbntions , as may tend to the more complete instruction of the people in religious and secular knowledge , while afc the saws time the rights of conscience may be respected "— ( hear ) . Sir James Graham said tbat several of the points embraced in tbe resolutions bad been under the consideration of the Government , and that in consequence important modifications wovld be introduced into tbe Factories Bill . In reply to Lord Palmkkston .
Lord Stanley said that ia tae case of the Creole no fresh instructions bad been sentout to the Governor of the B itiamas , with a view of providing for any future hypothetical case , bat that the confidential opinion ef the law officers of the Crown bas been transmitted to him ; and the House might rest assured that the right of slaves to their freedom , when In a British port , would not suffer in the hands of the government . Sir Robert Peel , ia reply to Mr . Ewabt , said he bad not heard of the report that Mr . Ellis was on bis return to this country from the BriiKiia without accomplishing bis mission . In repiy to Mr . Stuart Wobtlb y , it was stated by Sir Robert Peel that a slave trade was carried on by Arabs in the territories of the East India Company , chiefly on the Bombay coast , and that individuals had been prosecuted and punished for participating in it . A not ? act , however , of which the credit was due to Lord AUCKLAND , was just coming into operation , w hich would more tfdctuaUy check the traffic .
The third reading of the Registration of Voters Bill was passed , and than Lord Charles Fiizroy moved the addition of a clause , iii order to define more clearly tbe £ 10 franchise , but it wns objected to by Sir James Ghauah , ; tnd withdrawn . Mr . Coltiie proposed another clause , in order to secure to a real voter who has been personated tbe exi . rc . S 9 of his right , so that it shall be received by the returning efficer aa a " tendered vote , " but not counted en tbe poll . Some conversation p rose on the legal fffect of this clause ; but as the Solicitor and Attorney-Generals expressed approbation of it , the clause was added to the liiii by way of rider , as Were one or two other additions .
Sir Thomas WILDE then called attention to tbe provision of the Bill giving to the Court of Common Pleas an appellate jurisdiction on the subject of disputed votes . Ia 1601 the House of Commons had secured its right of absolute controul 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 had a tendency to destroy the independence of the bar , and , therefore , to injure the iitrresta of the public , so far as on independent
heir was concerned ; and he objected to briDgiag tbe 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 once part with tbfeir right , and it was gone for ever . Sir UuBEiiT Peel ' s bill fur the trial of controverted elec-Uous had not yet received a fair trial ; it was capable of great improvement . At all events , he thought tbat it wgs 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 us tbe intrepid defender of the privileges of the House . But be denied tbat the clause to which be had objected was any surrender of those privileges . Tbe argument of the Learned Gentlexian 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 kte 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 ot law to the Common , Pleas , which could be adjudicated upon in the face of public opinion , fie would mich sooaw trust the judg « a of a superior court of law , thaa assessors to be appointed by a majority of the Homse , or even by the more impartial judgment of the Speaker .
Lord Johw Russell coald not allow the privileges of the House to be parted with without a farther protest , and the reference to the case of Ireland bad but little weight with him , There , the judges had given a legal decision relative to the franchise according to their tti ^ o-wn political feelings , Tories deciding one way , and Whigs another . They were now proposing to render a decision ef the Court of Common Pleas , on on appeal from ihe revising barrister ' s court , binding on a compiitue of Ihe House . Mr . Fox bad said that tbe repre-
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sentation of the people , and trial by jury , were tbe two safeguards of the liberties of the people ; and here they were about to submit the rights of every elector la the kingdom to the conflicting and varying opinions and decisions of the judges . The . Solicitor-General remarked , that by an act passed previous to the Reform Bill , there was an appeal , Hn Ireland , from the revising- banister to the Judge of asafza . After tbe phasing of the Irish Reform Bill , it was a 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 ofj the then Government , brought in a bill to render the decision of the Judge , on appeal , binding
on a committee of the House of Commons . By the presentj 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 tbe weight of his opinion , should have expressed himself as distrusting the judges of the land , In a matter where political feelings could not possibly operate . There was nothing given tip by this bill which could be considered J as an abandonment of the privileges of the bouse ; it was merely carrying out an original Intention of the Reform Act , only substituting a 3 the court of appeal tbe four Judges ef the Common Fleas , instead of three revising barristers .
Mr . Hums supported tha clause , and in so doing would be sorry to think he was parting with the privileges of the House . On a division , the motion of Sir Thomas Wilde was Ti-jeeted by 102 to 2 G . Tbe bill then passed . The second reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was next proposed ; and Sir R . H . Inglis 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 8 woop to extinguish no less tbau 380 courts , some of them coeval with the Conquest . Clerical and lay
peculiars were to be destroyed ; tee changes in the proving and custody of wills were not justified by any necessity ; for on the principle that justice should be brought home to every man ' s door , it was important that they should be enrolled an near the respective localities of the parties interested as possible ; and after reviewing , at some length , what be considered would be the effect of the various alterations contemplated by the bill , such as that it was a deliberate step towards the separation of the Church from the State , the destruction of the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury , &c , be recommended its withdrawal , as it was impossible to carry it during the present session ot Parliament . He concluded by moving tbat the bill be read a second time that day six months .
Sir James Giuhah would not shrink from tbe responsibility of pressing this measure on the consideration of Parliament , because be was firmly convinced it was for tbe public interest . No judicial change had ever been proposed on higher authority , ecclesiastical , jndicial , and legislative ; and until be heard the argument of Sir R . H . Inglis , be was not prepared for the fact that ; any member of the House could possibly defend the existence of those scattered ecclesiastical courts , whoso numbers and decisions had led to such extensive ] litigation , Tbe highest legal functionaries bad given their opinion tbat tbe expense Of probate of
wills woald not be greater in London than in tha country ; \ while tbe convenience of centralising the custody of wills where all the great disputes on property were mainly adjudicated upon , were advantages of prime importance . and of the great public utility of which tbey were ; convinced , even though they admitted some private interests might be affected by it fa thia spirit , the Government would neither withdraw the bill , rot refer it to a select committee , but leave it to the House to decide at once on its principle , and tbey would view its rejection with the regret which their sincere conviction of its ; importance involved .
Mr . Jertis contended that the Bill perpetuated , instead of reform icg , the monopoly aud abuses of Doctor ' s { Commons , in which thirty-four proctors had the Bole privilege of taking apprentices , with each of whom a fee of a thousand pounds , or thereabouts , was r . quired . ] He strongly objected to the centralization of wills in London ; and as for tbe registry , if tbat were all that was xt quired , they had already all the machinery at the 8 tnwp-ofB . se , ia the collection of the legacy duty . The most objectionable parts of the criminal jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts were retained by the Bill , as the Bishops' Courts , with the trials for schism , heresy , brawling . &e . ; while the increase of salaries and patronage to tke functionaries in London , and tho necessary withdrawal of the more respectable practitioners from the country , with the sacrifice of their established business , rendered the measure as obj-ctionabJe on private aa on public grounds .
Colonel ! Si bthorpe 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 61 against it . Tha other orders were then disposed of .
Tuesdat , 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 had been recently tried at Leicester for sedition , complaining of tbe conduct of Baron Gurney , tbe Judge tvho presided at tke trial . The Hon . Member aleo presented a petition from Leicester to the same effect , andjpraying for inquiry into the case ; and that , if a new trial coald not be obtained , that the House would take steps to procure remission of the sentence . In reply to Mr . Hindley , Sir James Graham cculd not state the precise ! extent of the modifications to Be introduced into the Factories Bill . Mr . Villiers , in reply to Mr . Escott , said he i % tended to bring forward a motion on the Corn Laws early in May .
In reply to Sir John Easthope , It was stated by Sir JAMES GRAHAH , that tbe 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 Easter recess to give a more definite answer . Mr . Roebuck elicikd from Sir James GRAHAM that the Commissionery irqttjring into the criminal law had made several reports , and some important recommendations , especially a condensation of the criminal law , more particularly relating to treason and murder . But tbe Government could not undertake such a condensation , which he thought would more properly be ! attempted by a commission , if it were undertaken at all .
On the motion of Sir Robert Peel , it was agreed tbat the House on its rising should adjourn till the 24 th of April , for tbe Easter recess . " - Tbe adjourned debate on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was postponed till tbe 26 tb of April . Mr . Ew ^ RT , who had a notice on the paper for an address to her Majesty on the subject of education , said he wasiindnced , by a statement from Sir James Graham , to postpone it till a later period of the session . \ ¦ ¦* % , Sir JOHN ! Walsh moved for leave to brinjr in a bill to amend an Act of tbe l « t and 2 nd William IV ., c 60 , for the better regulation of parish vestries in England add Wales . He stated the inconveniences and grievances wbtcb he wished to remedy , and the means which he proposed for that purpose to tbe adoption of the House . Mr . Gally Knight opposed the motion .
Sir Benjamin Hall also opposed it , defending the management . of the Marylebone vestry , and expressing a confidence that the Government weuld not lead their sanction to repeal the provisions of an act highly pr < zad by those who enjoyed the benefits of its operation . < Captain Rous and Mr . Hawes in like manner declared their objections to the motion . Mr . HUME , as a rtsldent in Marstebone of thirty years standing , adduced his personal knowledge of tbe beneficial working of Hobbouse ' s Act , which was only disliked by those who bad been driven from the management under the close system . Colonel T . I Wood ( Middlesex ! and Mr . MacKinnon both admitted tbat Sir John WALSH bad gone too far , but were of opinion that he should be permitted to introduce bis 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 aiter hearing the statement of Sir John Walsh , and the . sentiments txpressed on both sides of tho House in opposition to bis motion , he would recommend him to withdraw ifc ; Sir John { Walsh complained of the want of courtesy shown to him , and said be was not prepared for tbe degree of opposition manifested . Therefore , not expecting , from the want of support , to bring hia measure to a satisfactory conclusion , he vrithdiew his motion . | Dr . Bowring 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 . Cqwper then brought forward hia motion for a Select Committee to inquire into the propriety of setting apart ) a portion of all waste lands which tball be enclosed by Act of Parliament , to be let out in small allotments to the labouring poor of tbe district , and also into the best mode of effecting the same . Sir Ja HES jGRAHAH thomght tbat the course proposed was a more safe on « than the proposal of a . bill ; and though doubtful of the results , be agreed to the appointment of a committee , in tbe nope tbat it would institute a careful ; ln * uiiy . Mr . Hume ' said that it would be far letter to repeal tbe Corn Laws , which would be a sure means of relief to tbe labouring population .
Colonel T . Wood ( Middlesex ) suggested an alteration in the terms of tbe motion , which Mr . Cowper acceded to , and the appointment of the committee was ordered . Captain Pechell then rose to bring on a motion , but he waa met by an observation th . it there were not forty members present , and this proving fca be the case , the Howe necessarily adjourned .
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O'COKKOR , Es * . of Ha mmersmith , j Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON * at «* ^ log Offices , Nos . 12 and 13 , Ma « k « fc-st * eet , WBr aud p HbKsh « d bj tb « » aM Joshca »<>* ( for tn « aaid Fbaiusm O'CoJWOB . ) ** h !'" * Ung-houBe , No . 6 , MaAet-strwt , B" ^ ! iatenai Cmraualcatioa existing between « » ; Vo . 5 , Mark « Utre « l , and the fiald Nos . V ^ 1 $ , Market-street , Briggate , thus constituting whole of th « said Printing and Pubitstifog ™ ono Premises . . AH Communications must be addressed , Post-P * ' Mr . Hobson , Nrfhern Star Office , I ** * ( Saturday , April 15 , 184 S- )
To Paviers, Masons, And Iron Founders.
TO PAVIERS , MASONS , AND IRON FOUNDERS .
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days , a rumour has been prevalent through »> e which has created considerable sensation . - » ^ generally stated , that Mr . Purwll bad J ° 3 ttn ? S tract , whieh he keld for years , for buildin gs ^ plying the mail coaches in Ireland , and that *'"?• £ firm had bjen enabled to purchase up , for PfLj ) significant sums , large quantities of stage W ^ coaches , in RonKeanencA of the snread of ra «" ' "* $ .
England and Scotland , which had threwn »» J on the hands of their owners , and , being tfl" v vided with some hundreds of ready niaaew * jv obtained afc a most trifling cost , they fia f "" L ^ Mr . Purcell and the Messrs . Bourne , ' ^ r ^ i i * occasioned considerable discussion on irw * y ^ Commercial Buildings , and in other public p " and was rather discredited by mercantile d ^' j ^ have since caused inquiries to be made , ^ j reluctantly to state that this painful kf ^ founded in truth . Wo have ascertaiDea tfl »» g Pnr « fiH haa nnRUivrtlv IrtSf . thfl flonttacli V ^ ji
Mr . Croal , a Scotch gentleman , is the 6 fl « p eompetitor . We are enabled also to state , -w % contract takes effect from May , and has been jj for five years . Mr . Croal has no factory ^ country , and will , of course , import biseoacn n Edinburgh and London . —Dublin Mercanw ' ¦ - vertuer .
Total Withdrawal Op The Mancfaci^ Mailcoachesin Ireland.—For The Last Iwop»*
Total Withdrawal op the Mancfaci ^ MailCoachesin Ireland . —For the last iwop »*
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