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HOUSE OF LORDS . Their Lordships hare met during the week , on mzh days u they regularly work ; their proceedicgs however deserve do record in our columns . They have only bad tbtir usual quantum of " small talk- "
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Fbidat , Mat 12 . The debate oa Mr . Villiers' morion fora total repeal of : fae Corn Laws , was continued throughout this evening , and was partkapated in by Mr . Blackstone , Mr . Br * therton , Sir . Hampden , Mr . James , Mr . Gladstone , jun ., Mr . Ald * m , Mr . Benett , Mr . Home , Sir John Terrell , Mr . F . Berkeley , Sir Wal'er J-mes , LoTd \ T rsley , Kid Sir R PeeL An adjournment was then tK * -n UiOTed , upon which a scene ensued -which we should Ml to do justice to did we not record it as a proof of the great superiority of the proceedings oi Gi-SiLEMKU ! The following report ia from the Times - — Mr . O- Starlet arose amidst cries of " Divide ! "and moved that the debate he adjourned . > Jr . M . GiBSOX secandfcd the motion .
? h B Peel hoped the debate wonldbe brought to a ~ : ese that ni ^ ht The subject had been already fnlly discussed—{ bear , hear ; . The course which the House had adopted , ia not beginning the debate until about tun o ' clock , up to which time the House was comparatively empty , left so short a time for discussion , that if they were to continue such a course and persist in ad > uintnents , the debate could not be brought to a do * - , within any reasonable period , while the public business vft-ukl be greatly impeded . He knew not how th- Gvfsrn'Bient could be more agreeably ocsupied than iD hst ^ rg te debates of tbia kind- ^ ia lsngh ; : —but as the public interest * were concerned he hoo-d that the Huuse would not consent to any farther adjournment— cheers ; .
>! r . M . Gibsox , amidst cries ef " divide , said , that i he di- ' not -understand what the right hon . gentleman : mean : by saying that the debate did not begin until 10 , o'ciock . He ( Mr . Gibson ) thought it had gone on tbTo-cghoui the night without cessation . ( Cries of ' Question . *) Many hon . gentlemen on his-side the bevs ware desirous of explaining the Tele they should give , and be therefore thought the motion for adjourniLi : he debate a very judicious one . tLond cries of " Divide " Mr , Boss ( amidst much confusion , supported the motion for adjr . nrnmenL i Lord J . Russell said , that when the bight hon . j ger . tleaa&n wished last year to put an end to the discos- sion after it had lasted a certain number of nights , be i
( Lord J . RasssrlJy called on tLe house not to concur with : ttr nghthon . gentleman , as several hon . members , who j ouih : to be heard , had not spoken . Now , however , tb ^ t the qnssuon hzi been so long and so often de- ; bat ^ d . he did not beiieve that either for the purpose of enabling the House to form a deliberate opinion on the j eu > j-ct , or enabling their constituents throughout the coTiutry to understand the grounds on which ttey j toted , it < r ^ s necessary that the debate should be again i a ^ -crcr-d . ( Hear , hear . ) Of course the right hon . ; Baronet was prepared to listen to any reply which hon . jBtUibeTs might think proper to make . iCbe-Ts . ) If hen mrabirs behind him persisted in moving the ad- joarnment of the debate be should vote against the motion . ( Cheers .:
Mt HfcHK said , that sev ^ n or eight Hon . Members Wc / 9 anxious to ad tress the House . iLoud cries ot " Go on . " j Go on . indeed ! daughter ) , it was fine talking to say " Go on" ( continued laughteri ; how could they isaid the Hon . ilember , looking at the dock ! go on at th&t hour of the night ? ( Lend cries of Gj on , ' " A'journ , " and " DiTide . ilr . Cobdes . —If be entertained any doubt as to the propriety of adjmrning the debate at that time of the night la quarter to one o ' clock ) the inhuman noises Which proceeded from Hon . Hembers would dispel that donor . iLond langhter . 2 nd cries of "Divide , " Go on . " i The course which Hon . Members had taken satisfied him as to the necessity of &o adjournment . ( Cries of " Go on , " " No adjournment .
Mr . Ewxrt torn amidst most indignant shouts of " Order , " ** Withdraw , " •¦ Chair , cbiir , *—The HonourEbie Member said , that the Noble Lord had taunted those who supported the morion for an adjournment . There were many Honourable 'Members representing laree manufacturing towns , be referred parricularly to the Hon . Members for Stockport and . ManChester , who were anxious to add ! ess the House upon the important qnestion under its consideration . : Lond cries of " Sp * ke , ' "Order , ! "DiTide . ") These were tbe Tery men whom the house ought to hear ,
as they represented tbe movement for total repeal ( Louj cnes of " Oh , oh ! " and laughter . ) Ah , you may despise that question now , but the vime would eoaie whea tiey would be tanght to respect it ( ' » PL > ke , ' " Cfcair , " " Divide . * > He had adopted that opinion frsm ecnscienUous motives ( shouts of laagater , and cries ot " Paoh , pooh ") , and being dtterrciaed to act up to tbeae c-a » citatious m » tivca ( " 01 . ch , " and creat laughten , he would stand by the proposition for an aojoutnmcnt . sLoud cries o ! 11 A'ijn-dT-n , " " DiTice , " " Order . '!
Mr . V 1 LL 3 EK 5 rose . iLoud crits of "DiTide . ''; The RUbt H-n . Bironfct who opposed tbe aojuurnment ot tbe debate bad not risrsa to speak" uaii ! a quarter to tweiTe o ' clock . , " ^ o , no . ' ) It was hardly fair of tie Right Hon . Bircntt , as be did njt finish his speech antil a quarter to one o ' clock , to expect Hon . Members to enter then upon the consideration of the qaestivn , particularly as there was little probability of tfceir speeches being faiihfuHy reported ( hear , kear-, or at least , the late horn would preclude the possibility of it . Lou 4 cheers . ) It was only just that the representatives of tbe people should be beard . S ; r J . Basxeb . said there was the greatest possible disposition to hear Hob . Members . It was :. ot right at that period of the session to wast * the time of the Hcnsa . He would ask what practical result woald be obtained from tbe division ? He challenged Hun . Members to answer that qnestion . There woa ) d
be other opporttinities for discussing this subject . T ^ e motion which ttm goon to come heit > re tht House re- j latisg to Oarmdijn corn nut hav 9 a considerable i effect cpon the Com Laws . Four nights had already < been wast * d . If H ^ n . Members persiBted in moTing : the a-ijoor mfnt of uie debat * , ht Ebould moTe as an ' . amendmenS that the House do adjourn . 'Cheers ) ' , ITr . J . OCo >> -ELL thought it was a misfortane i that the public time should be «* rasted , but ii was a ; stfll creat ** misfortunfc that the voice of the nation ' should be suppressed in the voice of her representa- ' lives . Lor 4 J . Maskers would ask one questiDn . He ! should like to know why those Hon . Members whe \ represarted larg * towns b » 4 not during the four nighta i that the debate hud lasted availed theiii * elTes of ' theopportunity of speaking ? { Loud cries of w Hear . " j ]
> Ir . Eytaet again rose , and was receiTed with loud cri-s bf ' Spoke . " The Hon . Member , however ^ nothing daunted by these expressions of indisposition to listen to him , roee s second , third , fourth , and fifth time amidst deafening cries of •¦ Spoke , spoke . " Considerable merriiDvat was excited by the Hon . Member's bfrbHng up Br 3 down in his seat at each successive shcEt of ? mpatiei ! ce . The Hon . Gentleman at last sat down in despair . Dr . Bo"w : ri > g and Mr . M . Gibsox severally att * Erted to adores * ; be House wiaicut succesa . Strangers were then ordered to withdraw , but before the gaJlery could be cleared
ilr . WaSD said , it would be inconsistent with tfae character and dignity of the House nut to dispose of the present qaettion one way or tbe o . ber . It was cot wortL ? of Hon . Members thus to endeavour to en : * hor ; the debate ; and this , he mttrt \ v aDowed to Bay , that if her Majesty '! Gcv \ enimeBt . atUmpted in this way to sf&e the voices of ihjte who represeEtexi Urge towns , they could expect no other result from their conduct than this , that their measures -would in 'Jim be opposed and thwarted by tbu ^ e whom they thus scu ^ bt to deprive , of an opportunity of expressing the senumenU ef their conrdtuectB . He would ask the Hoc . Member fur Hnll whether he felt that he coTu ^ l coasciaiitiously persevere in the motion which he had iLide .
Sj K .. Peel said be should certainly rote against [ adjoTirning tbe debate , and ke was sure the majority of \ that Kouae would agree with him 5 n thinkirg tLat the , subject had been loiig enough under discussion . He conctived that the proposition for adjourning the de-1 bate vi&a not the fair way of meeting the question . It was only fitting and proper that the House should j express an opinion upon tbe important question which j bad t ^ en brought under their eonEidersivion . If they \ did not now express their opinion , they might rely upon this , that the qnestion would in the course of the present session be reagitated in another form . No man could for -s moment doubt that the country onght to b » ] made acquainted with the opinion of the House , and he h p « d that any attempt to dispose of it in the mani > f > r proposed would b « unsuccessful . He thought that tUose who were most adverse to the existing laws should now contiane the discussion . '
Sit J . Hamieb said , that he wished tbe discussion inwnicb the House Were engaged should now be brought to a close , and he for on * was willing to ait till daylight rather than , ot bring the matter to an issue . He wished to vote upon the question , and his desire was that the aebai * should terminate ; be therefore should withdraw his motion for adjourning the House , if the Hon . Member opposite would withdraw his ior adjourning the debate . Mr . Muifia was Tery reluctant to interfere on the present occasion , but he most take the liberty of saying that be zepzeeented bo small constitueney . That a large portion of that eonstitBaDcy were in a most miser able condition no one would attempt to deny . They Imputed—and in Ok he did not altogether agree with them—the whole of their sugaring * to the Corn Laws ; it was only right , tfcereftwe , that the sentiments of so
large a bod / of tbe public should be laid before thai House . He had risen six limes last night , and three times to-night , without having had tbe good fortune to catch tbe Speaker * eye . It was a debate which he " did not wish should be brought to a dose without bis having an opportunity of shortly stating the views which be entertained . Lord J . Rxssell recommended the Hon . Member lor Hall to withdraw his motion for tbe adjournment
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of the House . He was sure , upon rtflsUion , that the >! fin der would be satisfied that ; he debate had bitter then be conceded . Sir . J . Hi > "MKB said it would sow be presumptuous an his part to persevere , and he accordingly withdrew his motion . Tfie gallery was then cleared for a division on the qnestion " that the debate be adjourned . " Tbe House divided , when there appeared , — For the adjournment of the debate ... 94 Against it , 385 Majority against the adjournment —291
Cap'ain Bshkelet said , be represented a great commercial city—( hear and question ) , —bnt owed his sest to the popularity and influence of a great landowner ( ironical cries , and " hear , bear" ); therefore , his views on the question were impartial , for self , after all , was a great motive—( "hear , bear , " and cries of 'Divide . ' ) The Hon . Member for Somersetshire had said , the agricultnruta should yield no more concessions—( hear ) , —while the Hon . Member for Ste > ckport on the other aide cried out , " No surrender . " Under such circumstances , bow could there be any satisfactory settlement except by a compromise ?—( hear . ) He should vote for the motion not as approving of immediate and total repeal , but as expressing an opinion that tbe existing law must be altered—( cries of "Divida . " ) Mr . W . O . Stakley expressed his resolution to press , again the adj mrnment—( " Divide , divide . " ) Mr . BicaRDO seconded the motion .
Lord DukgaNNON protested against this course as most unjustifiable and unfair—( loud cheers ) . Sir C . Napjbb said , that the Hon . Baronet might havespokeD sooier—( "Oh ! " and laughter ) . Mr . Bubthwick said , the real reason why the contie uauce of the debate was thus pertinaciously resisted was , that it was desired to carry the powerful speech of tbe Right Hon . Baronet to some agitating " conventien "—lebeers )—for the purpose of attempting at leisure , and with the aid of a hundred heads , to dissect , and if possible damage , an argument , which none of tha boasted advocates of free trade in the House
dared now endeavour to auBWer—( loud cheers ); to try to torture and twist it , with the hope of extracting some points of imputation , ot some appearances ol admission—( renewed cheerei—and to exercise upon it all tbe tricks and arts of an insidious and disingenuous criticism—( reiterated cheers ) . To defeat so unworthy an of ject on the part of men who had thrown away repeated opportunities of speaking , had they been only sincerely desirous of exprea&ing their own opinions , he would lend his most earnest aid—igreat cheering , and cries of " Go on- ") Lord Woksley urged an adjournment
Mr . Blew itt recollected , that when Sheridan had concluded his celebrated oration—( laughter )—against Warren Hastings—( load laughter )—the Minister had moved the adjournment that tbe House might recover itself . ( Roars of laughter . ) Mr . M . O'Cosnell thought the proceedings would not now be duly reported . ( Hear , hear . ) If they continued tbe debate now it was impossible that tbe speeches of the Hon Members for Srockport and Manche ? rer could go to the country through the moal channels ; and it was quite well known that the debate was more carriad on for the country than for the House .
' j i i , i Ironical cheer * . ) [ Mr . CCB . TE 1 S suRges'ed tbat they should adjourn to I twelve o ' clock this day . tCries of " Ob , oh ! and ! "No , no . *) 1 L rd Sakdon said tbe Hon . Member for 8 tcckport had bad every opportunity to answer his Right Hon . Frien < i , and that he had not dene so was because he ' felt himself nnable . ( Hear , hear . ) He protested ' . acainst this new doctrine , that the leaders of a party , by : holuing hack their speeches , should be able to protract j a debate indefinitely . ; Here there was a general cry for Mr . Cobden , but
I that gentleman did not rise . I Mr . Hawes observed tbat the ; had now lost an hour and twenty minutes ( it was now past two o ' clock ) discussine whether they should adjourn . In that time they might have finished the debate . Sir R . Peel disclaimed having delayed his speech : for the purpose of preventing a reply . He would beg to bs Fieosed taking part in this renewed discussion on ; the adjournment . \ Mr . Cobdes said that the Noble Lord ( Sandon ) had not very charitably said he was unable to answer the speech of the Right Hon . Gentleman . Tbe fact was that there was rot an argument in tbe speech of the ; Ri ^ bt H on . Baronet tbat he had not answered fifty times . ( Hear . )
Mr . M . Gibson thought , when a petition against the Corn Laws from 30 000 persons had been present * rf from Liverpool , tbe Noble Lord opposite did net show mnch re * pect to his constituents . Mr . S . Crawford said , protracted debates arose frcm not allowing Members to speak on presenting petitiors . Mr . Villiers was of the same opinion , and urged tbe adjournment of tbe debate . After a few words from Captain Berkeley , who said , he should now vote against tbe adjournment , the House diTided . The numbers were—For the adjournment 80 Against it 273 Majority against tbe adjournment —Id 3
Mr . M . J . O'CoJi . NELL Baid that his constituents were in a state of great depression , and believed it was caused by the fallacious system ot so-called protection . Although he would have preferred tbe adoption of tbe course suggested by tbe Noble Lord the Member for Sunderland ( Lord Howick ) , he would , under present circumstances , give his support to the motion of the Hon . Member for WolverhampUn . Mr . Ewart moved , that the debate be new adjourned . Lord Dcngannon said he would be sorry to see this
qnestion got rid of by a side wind . If any impatience bu been exhibited on that ( the Ministerial ) side of tbe House while hon . gentlemen opposite were speaking , he would at once have voted for the adjournment . He thought ample opportunity had been afforded to all hoc . geutUm ^ n who were desirous of speaking on this question . Tbe house hart , on several important occasions gat until 6 or 7 o ' clock in tbe morning befere a division took place , and as he thought the course taken by hon . gentlemen opposite was wholly uncalled for , he was determined to remain till 8 o ' c \< ck in tbe morning if uecevary , in order to resist their proceedings .
Mr . Hattes said , the right hon . Baronet , the First Lord « f the Treasury , and tbe noble lord the member for the city of London , bad both left the house , and he thought that in their absence no satisfactory decision could be come to . After a iew words from Lord C . Hamilton , amidst cries of > : Divide , '* Captain Beb .. naL said an bon . member opposite bad termed the condnct of hon . gentlemen on his itha Opposition ) side of tbe Himse , disgusting . He most say that 1 ib thought the course adopted on the opposite Bide was most uncondliatory and insulting . ( Loud cries of " Orrier . " Tbe Speaker said the Hon . Member was not justified in using such language in that House . Captain BkrxaL < ami < ist calls for a division ) said , that he was prepared to sit an hour later than the noble lo . d opposite ( Lord Donganr . un ) .
Mr . Ross said Hon . Members were acting like a parcel of school-boys—( a laugb ) . On one side they would sit till eight ; on the other * Ide till ten , by ¦ whi ch time he supposed they would be all asleep in their seats—( laughter , and erica of " diTide" ) . Mr . Hume would as-k what was the object of the other side ; was it to stop all further discussion T— ( cries of " No , no ; " Go en ") . He appealed to the Ministry , whether they could connipt ^ ntiy persist in this course ? < Lon 4 cries of "Withdraw , " "No , no , " " Order , order ") .
Mr . M . Gibson submitted that the Right Hon . Secretary for tbe Home Department , in the absence of his leader , onght to reply to the Hon . Member . He asked whether there really was aDy objection on the part of the Ministers to hear Hon . Members on the Opposition side—( cries of " Go on ' v If they were willing Vo hear them , hb asked was it absolutely necessary to hear them then ?—( cries 11 " Yes ") . He asked them as a majority was it not like a tyrannical exercise of power to prevent tbe minority speaking at the period that was most eonvenient to themselves ?—( laughter ) . Sir C . NaPIER said , tbat as both sides appeared determined Vo sit out the night he would propose that Hon . Gentlemen opposite should divide themselves into three watches . Bnt , seriously , they onght to have some regard for the Right Hon . Gentleman in the cbair , and give np this childish and foolish game—( laughter and cheers ) .
Lord J . Ma >> ers meved as an amendment on the adjournment of the debate that the House do now adjourn—; cheer * i . Mr . C . Yilliers was opposed to that . The condnct of the other side was tyrannical . He believed tbat en this question only would this course have been adopted . ( Cries ef " No , no . ") It wan notorious that a majority of the House had a pecuniary interest in the question , and he thought they ought on that account to be more careful what they did . Tcey were carried away by their passions . ( Loud cries of " Order . ") He begged pardon of the House if be had said anything oat ot order . ( Laughter . ) Mr . Christopher was sure his constituents would object to his joining in getting rid of tha question in this manner . He hoped the Noble Loid would withdraw his motion . Lord J . Maskers . —Though on itbe ground stated b" the Hon . Member for Wolverbampton 1 should not
think of withdrawing the motion , ytt lithe request of the Hon . Gentleman 1 shal ! Wt Mr . T . Dtjkcome . —You shall not . Mr . P . Borthwick stid as the motion had not been seconded , it was not necessary to obtain leave to withdraw it An Hon . Member . —I seconded the motion . Mr . T . DP « combe here said in a loud tone , addressed to Hon Members near him , " We will force them to a division . " The SFEA * Bfc said it was competent for the House to refuse to allow the withdrawal of a motion . Mr . Htimb supported the motion of the Noble Lord .
Mr . M . J . CTCOXNELL said that as they were deserted t th « Ir J eade » ° n both sides ( Six R . Peel , Lord J . Kuasell , Sir J . Graham , and others had some time before left the House ) , they must eonsidw what was beat for
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their dignity aixi for the interests of the country . He hoped he would not appeal in vain to tbe common sense of the House . If the motion of the Noble Lord were to be carried the Hon . Member for Wolverbampton could renew the discussion on the plea that tbe discussion bad been gol rid of in a most unjustifiable manner ; and if those on his ( Mr O'C . ' e ) side of the House pressed that motion to a division , they would be also in the wrong . He hoped , therefore , that tbe motion would be allowed to be withdrawn from the Bide of the House which pressed it Whatever side thnt might be , would incur the blame and the odium . They were not just then in such a calm state as would warrant them in coming to a conclusion upon the Noble Lord's motion , and still less were they In a state to come to a decision upon the main question : and he therefore trusted that mutual concession wonld be made by both parties—( hear , hear . )
Mr . Borthwick concurred in a great measure In what bad fallen from the Hon . Member who had just sst down , and suggested that the division should be taken upon the main qnestion . Mr . Ward said , that it would be impossible under the present circumstances to take the division upon the main question . The House was not at present in a temper to deal properly with tbe question , and there were faults at both sides . He himself , had expressed his opinion on tbe question before tbe Heuse , bnt many members who represented large and populous towns were desirous of expressing their opinions on the subject . Mr . Plumptre recommended mutual concession . Mi . E . Ellice , Jun ., hoped that the scene of the last tw » hours would not be continued . He regretted the absence of Ministers on such an occasion .
Mr . Mackenzie here observed , that there were strangers in the House , upon which the galleries were ordered to be cleared . After an absence of upwards of twenty minutes the gallery was agnin re-opened , but before we had resumed our places the eauie Hon . Member again noticed the presence of strangers , and the galleries were again cleared . The gallery was re-opened at a few minutes before four o ' clock , when we found tbe members retiring in a body and understood , that during our absence , after several divisions , tbe debate bad been adjourned ; and at four o ' clock the House adjourned until Monday ,
Monday , May 15 . The House met at tbe usual hour , and after a number of petitions had been presented the adjourned debate on the Curn LawB was resumed . It occupied the House till midnight , when a division took place , the numbers bein«— For the motion ... _ . ... 125 Against it 381 Majority against the motion ... 256 The other Orders ot the Day were then disposed of , and the Hojsu adjourned at a quarter past two o ' clock
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mining atmosphere , from the poisonous vases and dampness of the Mines , in which from ten to twelve hours a day your petitioners are confined , breathing it under a severity of labour seldom practised on the surface , which brings on suffering , emaciation , disease , and early death . " That in every case of explosion of late years it has been demonstrated beyond doubt , by the evidence at tbe coroner's inquests , that imperfect ventilation and that alone brought on the dreantul catastrophe ; as at St . Hilda explosion , in June , 1839 , in which fifty-two lives were lost ; at Wellington , in April , 1841 . in wbich thirty-two ; at Thorneley pit , in August , J 841 , in wbich nine ; and at King pit , in April of the present year ( 1843 ) , in which twenty-eight lives were thus destroyed .
' That your petitioners are cleady convinced that while Mines are allowed to be worked as at present with only a singtebratticedpit to each , as in the greatest number of instances in these districts , through which are supplied 100 , 200 . 300 , 400 and sonietimtts 500 acres of under-ground workings , extending in some cases to sixty or seventy miles of passages , that the lives of your petitioners will continue in daily imminent danger , frwin the ir , capaclity of one shaft to supply a sufficient quantity of air . ' Tbat your petitioners are further convinced that
brattioed shafts , or puts divided by wooden partitions , are very imperfect , dangerous , and ill-fitted for securing propar ventilation , as they waste the air at its source by allowing an escape from the downcast to the upcast , through a wooden partition of about seven inches thick , the temperature differing between them from 58 ° to € 6 ° ; that in accidents they get easily derungud or destroyed ; and , as is universally the case where they exist , are used at the same time fox drawing coals in corves ot tubs which obstruct by the amount of their areas , the admission ami egress of air in their already too-diminished capacities .
" That the only mode of securing proper vetdilation , whatever direct means may be employe *) for producing it , is by sinking two Shafts alwuys to the coal or winning , aud in proportion as the underground workings are extended . making additional WHafis ; and thus would the whole Aline De thorough . y ventilated , tbe Coal more easily and healthily worked , a >; d your Petitioners secured from the recurrence of these terrible accidents . " That your Petitioners knowing that the Davy Lamp
is liable to jire an explosive mixture undei certain circumstances , cannot rent satisfied with their lives being secured only by an imperfect instrument easily deranged , which at the moment vt greatest danger developes its imperfection and brings on the mischief it is intended to prevent , and on tbe pretended safety ef which has been based the modern practice of carryiog foul underground workings to the most dangerous extent , demonstrating , your Petitioners humbly hope , to your Honourable House , another , important reason for the adoption of an efficient ventilation .
" That such ventilation may be properly applied and the Mine p'actd in every respect in as perfect a condition as its nature will admit , your Petitioners respectfully submit to yc'Ur Honourable House , that means bqo u ' . J tm adopted to secure fur tbe direction of the Mil e < f ' iewers and Underviewersproperly edticaled and sufficiently experienced for their onerous charge , to whose cms lives , as well as much valuable property , are entrusted , and by whose ignorance they are not unfreq . i »> ntly sacrificed ; and your Petitioners consider it only proper , as in other professions , so in that of mining , that a scientific and suitable education should be pos sesstd by the Officers of Alines previous to the assumption of their important duties—which should be wade imperative .
" That for the securing of these and other Improvmenta and advantages to the mines , which self interest or negligence might resist , evade , or leave unaccomplished , even though authorised by your H nourable House , your petitioners conceive that tbe appointment of official Inspectors of Mines , as of Factories and Railways , with authority to investigate , suggest , and recommend or enforce , would greatly conduce thereto , and , also , to their early introduction aud rigktworking . " The adoption of these suggestions your petitioners are firmly convinced is imperatively necessary for providing against the dreadful calamities of the Mines , and for their better and economical working ; your petitioners , therefore , humbly and mo | t earnestly pray that your Honourable House will take them , and any other beneficial suggestions that may be made , into your immediate aud serious consideration . And should your Honourable House , induced by the importance of the
subject to humanity and the interests of the country , favourably incline to this their faithful representation , your Petitioners further humbly and respectfully pray that , for obtaining mote particular and extensive information on all points bearing n the Mines and receiving confirmation of the facts stated in the premises , your Honourable House will be pleased to appoint a Select Committee of Inquiry , or take such steps as may be necessary for tbe appointment of ' a Commission of Scientific and Practical Men' to visit the Mines and investigate their condition by personal inquiry and examination , with a view to speedily report thereon , for the purpose of ba 3 ing a practical , complete , and comprehensive measure , by which jour petitioners may , for the future , be butter protected from tbe fearful destruction that is perpetually carrying death and woe into the bosonm of their families . " your petitioners , as in duty bound , will ever pray , &c "
We have also received the following for insertion , and we conjure those interested in the matter to lose no tinib in supplying the required information , as it is the intention of an influential nobleman to bring the case before Parliament during the present session , Ail Ct > mmunicitiuns sent to this office will be forwarded to the proper quarter . We are sure the working men themselves will do their own business much better than an expensive h > st of idle , tramping Government CommisskiRers . Be up and do your own work .
qOESTIONS TO BE ANSWERKD FROM THB ACCOUNTS OP AS MANY WELL-INFORMED AND EXPERIENCED PITMEN AT POSSIBLE . * 1 . —What do the pitmen consider to be the immediate causes of the numerous explosions in the coal mines ? Throngb the recklessness of individuals during an ordinarily safe condition of ventilation—or an inauflioient amount of ventilation in general 1 2—If from insufficient ventilation , how far is such insufficiency remediable by the present system ? Could any simple and inexpensive precauViona be adopted which are at present neglected ? Are formal representations of the necessity of such precautions ever , or usually , made to the viewer , or inferior officer , without effect ?
3 . —Are the class of accidents which result from falls of matter from the roof , and from similar causes , commonly chargeable to the personal neglect of the sufferer , or of the overman , or other inspecting c nicer of the mine ? 4 . —Is it apparent that the numerous minor accidents happening to tbe boys and young men in the pits by their filling from tbe waggons , or their being jammed aud crushed , or run over , by those waggons , are distinctly chargeable to the carelessness of tbe sufferers themselves ? Would the addition of drivers' seats , and similar simple arrangements in the construction of the rolleya themselves , or the tolley-ways , diminish the probability of such accidents ? Is sufficient care taken during official investigations nito the causes of accidents at the coroner ' s inquest , or elRcwhere , to discriminate between Carelessness of the sufferers and the omissions of duty on the part of the overman , or other inspectors of the daily state of the pit ?
5—Detail the kind and amount of compensation , pecuniary or other , received by suffererB from accidents , or by their families in case of dea ^ h . 6—Is there any difficulty , under any circumstances , in obtaining the customary " smart money ?"' Is this money apportioned to the severity of the injury—or is it the san-e sum per day , for all injuries short of death ? If a sufferer should continue to be disabled beyond the time for which he was bound or hired , noes be stilt receiva smart money ? If tho sufferer be permanently disabled ttern ordinary pit work , what compensation does he receive , or how ia he dealt with ? 7—If deatu ensue , what compensation is made to the families of the deceased ? How lung is such compensation allowed , if the iamilies remain on the sput ? In cases where not one of such a bereaved family may be available for pit work , how are they supported ?
g Take the case of any recent and extensively fatal explosion , such as that of Wellington , ( Bigge pit , April , 1841 ) , and endeavour to show the present condition of tbe families of the deceased sufferers , as contrasted with the condition of the same families during the lives and labours of these of whom they were bereaved by the explosion . State how many of their families now remain on the spot , and how many have removed , and whether they were compelled by distress to remove ; also , what compensation they received and for how long they received it
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LONDON . —Mr . Parkes , of Sheffield , addressed tbe members of the City of London locality , on Sunday morning , at the Political and Scientific Institution . A great impression was produced , and many persons joined tbe locality . Six shillings was collected at the door . THE METROPOLITAN DELEGATE MEETING was held on Sunday afternoon , Mr . Pickersgill in the chair One shilling and sixpenee was received from Finabury . The Balance Sheet for tbe quarter was read , and Messrs . Maynard , Wheeler , and Page , appointed auditors , who having reported Us correctness , it was ordered to be published . Some minor business was transacted , and the meeting adjourned . Mary-le-bone . —A committee has been formed in Mary-lt-bone for the purpose of getting up a grand demonstration on Hampstead Heath , on Whit-Monday , to memorialize Her Majesty to grant a free pardon to Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , and all who are now suffering in e ? ile or in dungeons for their advocacy of the cause or tbe people .
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Ruffv Ridley addressed a numerous « udieDce on Sunday afternoon , on K « nningtonCommon , iu his usual energetic and effective manner . Rotunda , Blackfriars-koad—At the weekly mooting on Monday evening , Mr . Tuoroe in the chair , it was announced tbat Mr . O'Connor was not a member of tbe General Council , and he was unanimously nominated for this locality . Messrs . Andrews and Morton were elected as delegates to the Conference to be held on Tuesday next—A disousslen , which wes supported with great energy by Messrs . Stallwood , Knighton , and others , was entered into . —An address to the people of Ireland was proposed , Imt adjourned until Monday next—The members of the General Council are requested to attend on Monday next , at eight o ' clock precisely . Mr . Balls lectured on Monday evening , at the Commercial Coffee House , Clerkenwell Green . Mr . Parkes also addressed the audience .
Walworth . —On Monday evening last , the Chartlsta of Walwortb met at the Montpelier Tavern ^) transact their usual weekly business , Mr . Price iMjBe chair . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed . Mr . Russell moved and Mr . Larkin seconded the following resolution , which was carried with great enthusiasm , " That a public demonstration take place on Whit-Mondny , on Kensington Common , and that the Secretary be instructed to write to T . S . Duncornbe , E 3 q ., M . P ., to take the Chair ; also to F . O'Connor , E-q ., and W . 8 . Crawford , Esq . M P ., to attend upon tbe occasion . " It was also further resolved that the whole of the localities upon the Surrey side of the water ahonld be written to , requesting their ao-operation in carrj ing out the same , T&e meeting adjourned till Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock precisely , when it iB earnestly requested that the whole of the members will be present
Mr . G . J . Ha » ney lectured on Sunday evening at tbe City of London Political and Scientific Institution , 1 , Turnagain-lane , on the subject of priestcraft , and was greeted with mnch applause by a numerous and attentive audience . At the conclusion of tbe lecture Mr . Brown , of Walworth , made some remarks on American institutions , which were replied to by Mr . Harney . Mr . J . Brown also addressed the meeting . The chair was ably filled by Mr . Browitt . 'fen shillings was collected at the doors , and several shareholders and members of the Nut onal Charter Association were enrolled .
CARLISLE—On Sunday last a meeting of the members of the Chartist Council took place in their room , No . 6 , John-street , Culdewgste , Mr . John Gilbertaon in the chair Several sums were paid in from the various districts , aft * r which matters of a pecuniary nature were satisfactorily arranged . Mr . Bowman then drew the attention of the meeting to the appeal of Mr Hill , editor of tbe Northern Star , and said that it was , of the most paramount importance that this appeal should be ¦ warmly and vigorously responded to by the Chartists throughout the country , for it appeared there was a likelihood of tbe verdict found at Lancaster being set aside altogether , providing the means were furnished to secure the aid of the most talented men at the bar . It
was incumbent on the people to supply those means , as a matter of economy , for it would be much easier to do so , than it would be to maintain all those persons in imprisonment , which was a consummation devoutly to be avoided . He then proposed the following motion , which being seconded by Mr . James Hurst , was carried unanimously— " That the appeal of Mr . Hill be responded to , by this council becoming collectors on next Saturday evening for the General Defence Fund . " Tho Secretary was then instructed to write to Dalston and Penrith for assistance in this laudable undertaking . A second council meeting was held in the evening of the same day , when letters and papers were read from Mr . Arthur , an * some furttox business transacted .
ARNOLD ( near Nottingham ) . —Considerable excitement has prevailed in this town for tho laat two or three wetks in consequence of the assistant-overseer's accounts being in an unsatisfactory state . A committee was appointed at a vestry meeting to examine bis books . They met time after time , and they gave in their report that he wae more than £ 50 deficient He has only held tbe office the lost year . An announcement was placed on the church djor , on Sunday week seating that a vestry meeting would be held in the parish church , for electing a collector and for general business , &nd likewise of laying before the parishioners the accounts of the late collector . The Chartists were on the alert , and they sent the crier round the town , announcing that a meeting of the
ratepayers would be held near the pinfold , to take into consideration the propriety of nominating an assistantoverseer for thu parish . The meeting was well attended by the working men . This meeting was held on Tuesday evening week , and the ves' ry meeting was to be held the Thursday following . At the meeting on Tuea day Mr . Jamea Anthony , an uncumprouiislng Chartist , was called to the chair . Mr . Anthony , after addressing the meeting at considerable length , was followed by several other Chartists ; and It was pr- 'posed and seconded , that we should nominate Mr . Daniel i ^ ellons , an honest democrat and an ucflinching Chartist , as our candidate for the office . Tbe motion was put and carried unanimously . At the vestTy meeting , on Thursday , the Oh&rtists were at their posts like men .
The farme . s and our would-be superiors mustered in their might . They were at the church before we got there . There was a magistrate also at their head . The vestry was crowded to suffocation , and many could not gain admittance . The parson of the parish -was called to the chair . The collector for the last year sent in his resignation . His accounts were brought before the meeting , and be is to pay tbe money as soon as possible . The Chairman said that we were aiut to make choice of an assistant-overseer . A person in tbe meeting proposed our Chartist candidate . An amendment was moved and seconded , Th ; it Mr . W . F . Thomas , the churchman , be tbe collector , vih « n our man was carried by above three to one . The Church party demanded a poll , and it is to come off on Monday next .
MACCLESFIEIiD . —Mr . E . P . Mead lectured here on Friday last , and preached an excellent sermon on Sunday . Tbe sum of 4 s . waa collected and given to him to assist him on bis way . ALVA—Mr . Robert Pfddie , from Edinburgh , lectured in tho People ' s Hall here , on the evenings of Thursday anJ Friday last . Mr . Ptiddie ' s appearance here created a good deal of interest . The meetings on both evenings were the best we have seen for many months . Mr . Peddie's first lecture was on the Spy-Bystem , connected with his own case . He told a tale of
tyranny , exhibiting its monstrous form and hideous spirit . Schemes " studied in arts of Hull" were Unfolded , which we hope have done much to deepen the hatred of many to tyranny , and give a fresh thirst- for liberty , with an increased desire stimulating to activity for its establishment . On Friday evening his subject was the treatment of Political Victims in the English prisons . He detailed much of what he suffered in Beverley . Powerful were the sensations on tae minds of his audience . The people listened most attentively and eagerly , although Mr . Peddle continued three hours each evening .
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The sale of these two lines would reduce the whole debt of the State to about twenty millions of dollars , paying an interest of not more than on" million dollars per annum , so small a sum , that any temptation to repn diate would be entirely done with . * "
COMMERCIAL NEWS . Monet Market , April 2 O . —The operations Of Wall-street for the last few days bear a closer resem bUnce to those of 1835 than any which have been seen fer many months . The great abundance of money and tbe facility to speculation which the banks appe ^ disposed to give , by loaning freuly at a small margin upon state stocks , have awakened among the dealers at least all tbe spirit of tbe operations then so ctr rent , and from which the banks and the community have received such essential injury . That the improving condition of things generally warranted an advance from the extreme depression , occasioned by the want of confidence which prevailed , and the immense losses which the country bad suff '¦ red , will not admit of a daubt ; W that so great a change has occurred as to warrant the rapid improvement wbich the market has experienced may well be questioned .
The prices of the great products of the eountry sm still depressed ; many sections are suffdring for tbe wua of a currency , and tbat which is now flowing in , to sup . ply the place of the paper that has become valueless , k not of a character to produce an expansion , and create a rapid improvement in prices . We have been and atfll are drawing from Europe the specie necessary to fill Uug vacuum , and when the prospects of trade warrant ooj merchants in recommencing their importations , it wftl we suspect , be found that they are to be paid for chiefly in specie . The result of the experiment we are now making-, the experiment of a self-regulating currency—is vet uncertain , and we at least are by no means sanguine that tbe result will tend to promote the prosperity of the country .
We are disposed to regret the appearance of the speculative mania , believing that its inevitable result will be to create a severe re-action , which will produce an injurious effect upon tbe prospects of business . This would not be so much to be apprehended , if the very considerable advance which has occurred had been in consequence of purchases for permanent investments . Bnt a large share of them are purely speculative , and when the banks recal their advances , will be resold to pay the loans , while capitalists who purchased at lower prices take advantage of the rise to realise their profits and employ their capital in ether purposes .
In other respects we have little change to notice in the general appearance of business . Commercial affairs appear gradually to be assuming more stability , and confidence is slowly returning . Tha community are , however , disposed to move with caution , and mercantile operations are likely , for some time , to be confined to the legitimate wants of trade . The appli . cations to the banks for discounts of paper are in consequence very limited , and such as is satisfactory is readily taken at 5 per cent . Loans are understood to have been made at even less rates , and unless s revival of business gives the banks an opportunity of employing their balances , the rate of discount may decline still more . Foreign exchange is in fair demand , with s moderate supply . The market has rather an upward ten . dency . In domestic exchanges the business is very trifling , and the quotations present no essential variation .
Tbe operations in stocks , as already remarked , have been very large , and at a very considerable advance from tbe quotations of the previous wow ^ - The bulk of the business ia confined to State Stocks , although bank and railroai stocks are gradually exciting more attention .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , Hap 11 . BANKRUPTS . Joseph Poolly , Maidstone , Kent , timber merchant , to surrender May 19 , at one , June 23 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , London . Solicitors , Messrs . Palmer , France , and Palmer , Bedford-row ; and Mr . King , Maidstone ; official assignee , Mr . Alsager , Birchin-lane . John Stevens , Brit well Salome , Oxfordshire , ironfounder , May 19 , at balf-past two , June 23 , atone , at the Cuurfc of Bankruptcy , London . Solicitor * , Mr . Miller , Abchurch-lane ; and Mr . Eyre , Bensiogton ; official assignee , Mr . Belcher .
James Caleb Wbittenbury , Blackheatb-hill , builder , May 18 , at one , June 23 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Solicitor , Mr . Hooker , BartletVsbuildings , Hoi born ; official assignee , Mr . Belcher . Edward Binyon , Bell's-buildings , Salisbury-square , Fleet-street , commission agent , May 19- at twelve , June 29 , at el « veu , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Lendoa . Solicitors , Mr . Fiddey , Temple ; and Mr . Branson , Sheffield ; official assignee , Mr . Green , Aldermanbnry . John Gol lop , David Redmund , and Thomas Kingsnorth , Charles-street , City-road , ironfaunders , May 25 , at twelve , June 22 , at two , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , London . Solicitor , Mr . Tucker . Threadneedie street ; official assignee , Mr . Johnson , Basingball-street Robert Ward , Windmill-street , Tottenham-courtroad , fringe-manufacturer , May 24 , at twelve , Jane 28 , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Solicitor , Mr . Johnson , Basinehall-Btrebt .
George Fairless . Melbourne , Yorkshire , timber mercbanc , May 23 , June 14 , at twelve , at tbe District Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Solicitors , Messrs . Parker and Weddall ; Selby ; official assignee , Mr . Hope , Leerts . James Stott , Rochdale , Lancashire , woollen manufacturer , May 24 , June 14 , at 12 , at the District Court ot Bankruptcy , Manchester . Solicitors , Mr . Wilkinson , Lincoln ' s-inn-flelds ; and Mr . Andrew , Manchester ; offici al assignee , Mr . Hobson , Manchester . Jiraes and Holland Goddard , Market Harborongh , bankers , May 24 , July 3 , at half-past eleven , at the District Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Solicitors , Messrs . Austen and Hobson , Gray ' s-inn ; and Mr . Douglass , Market Harborough ; official assignee , Mr . Whitmore , Birmingham .
Wilviam Ledbury , Hagley , Worcestershire , and Coalbournbrook , Staffordshire , ceal-merchint , May 22 , at half-past eleven , Jane 22 , at twelve , at District Court of Bjnkruptcy , Birmingham ; Solicitor , Mr . Collis , Stourbridge ; official assignee , Mr . Whitmore , Birmingham . Thomas Fisher , Selby , Yorkshire , linen draper , May 24 , Juue 14 , at eleven , at the District Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Solicitor , Messrs . Blanchard , Bicnard * sou , and Gutch , York ; offioial assignee , Mr . Freeman , Leeds . Joseph Gallop , jun ., Bristol , painter and glarier , May 25 , at one , June 26 , at eleven , at the District Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol . Solicitors , Mr . Medina , Thavies-in >; and Messrs . Shallock and CracfcnellBi Bristol ; official assknee , Mr . Hut ton , Bristol .
William North , Bath , innkeeper , May 30 , at twelve , June 22 , at eleven , at the District Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol . Solicitors , Messrs . Gunning and G ill , Bath ; official assignee . Mr . Miller , Bristol . ^ enry Thompson , Bristol , saddler , May 28 , at twelve , June 22 , at the District Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol Solicitors , Messrs . Hicks and Bfakenbrirfge , Bsrttetfsbuildings ; aud Mr . Hinton , Bristol ; official assignee , Mt . Hutton , Bristol . John Weslej May , Bristol , baker , May 2 C , at one , June 23 , at eleven , at the District Court of Bankruptcy Bristol . Solicitor , Messrs . Poole and Gamlen , Gray ' sinn ; and Mr . Coithurst , Bristol ; official assignee , Mr . Morgan , Bristol .
William Butler , Bradford , Wiltshire , victualler . May 26 , June 23 , at one , at the District Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol . Solicitors , Messrs . Bush and Son , Bradford ; official assignee , Mr . Acraroan , Bristol .
FiRTNEBSHirS DISSOLVED . Motley and Lewis , York , cig ar-manufaeturer—Cas . - son and Fletcher , Hey wood , Liuc&Ebive , grocers—Berend and Wilson . Liverpool , chemical manufacturers —Richardson and Peatson , Bedale , Yorkshire , upholsterers—J . and S . Patteson and Co ., Manchester , stonemasons— Suger and Gray , Kingaton-upon-Hull , cornfooters—W . Lane and Co ,, Rochdale , Lancashire , & » and porter brewers . ^
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NEWCASTLE . A grand demonstration of the coal miners took place on Sbandon ' s Hill , Black Fell , on Saturday last It was agreed at the miner's delegate meeting , held in Newcastle , on tbe 1 st of May and tbe three following ; days , tbat a public meeting should be held at the above place on the 13 th . No further announcement was given than barely inserting it in tbe Star in common with the other business of that delegate meeting- The morning of Saturday was Very unfavourable for persons who had to come from a distance , but notwithstanding tho very wet morning , large processions of the weary sons of toil were seen wielding their banners in the brein and several of them preceded by excellent bauds of music Amongst the banners present we observed one from each of tbe following colleries , with very appropriate mottos : —King Pit , a flag in very deep mourning ; Sheriff Hill , a banner with ' Northern Star , labour ' s
best advocate , " and a copy of the Star which bad a representation of Hunt's monument and the Peter loo massacre , preceded by their own band . Washington , Springwell , Winirate , North Hetton , Kylloe , Castle Eden , Framwellgate Moor , Cowpen , Whitwell , P ' otlngton , Ouston , Croghead , Haewell . flag and band ; Stanley , Sjuth Elswick , South Shields , Gosforth , Jarrow , Kenton , Edmondsley , Cramlington , Wist Moor , Trimdon , SbiDcliffi , Coxhoe , East Holywell , West Holywell , Andrea ' s House , Ssghill , n » q and band ; Sec . We heard it stated by several persona who had been accustomed to attend public meetings that there could not be It-Bs than 20 , 000 present , hut our own opinion is from 10 to 12 , 000 . We believe there were that number , and believe there would have been double if the morning bad been fine . Soon after twelve o ' clock Mr . Andrew Fleming was unanimously elected to the chair , and the following resolutions were ably proposed , seconded and carried unanimously : —
" That this meeting views the progress which the Miners' Association has mode , as a precursor , or forerunner , of the good tbat may be effected by a greater extension of ita principles . We therefore call upon all who would wish to see the working miner in tbe receipt of better wages , and a better protection for the labour of those who work in mines in general , to aid us in carrying out the principle of a general union throughout Great Britain and Ireland . " " Thai it is tbe opinion of this meeting that partial unio . is and partial strikes , have ever been a fruitful source of evil to the working classes , but more especially to the miners , we therefore pledge ourselves nut t « continue any strike until a general union of the miners can be accomplished . ''
" That this meeting views the tyranny that some employers are exercising over tb ^ sr workmen , in order to deter them from co-operating with their brethren to protect their labour , as a violation of tba rights of tbe workiag man , aud as alike inimical to the workman and the hont-st employer . " " That this ir . seting having seen tbe effects of shortening the hours of labour , aa exhibited in the conduct of the employers at Win gate Grange and South Elswick colliery , pledges itself to work no more coal than will come to three shillings per day , this being the only means to procure employment for those of our brethren who are now without employ . " " That this meeting tenders its thanks to tbe South Shields Committee for the better ventillating of tbe mines , and pledges itself to assist those gentlemen to obtain an act . uf Parliament , for that purpose . "
It was then annunnced that a delegate meeting would be held at Mr . Henderson's , William the Fourth Inn . Galloping Grbcn , Wreckington , and that the Sheriff Hill Band wouid escort the delegates thither . The Chairman then thanked the meeting for their unwearied attention to tbe various speakers , and dissolved tbe meeting . In about an hour afur the delegates assembled in Mr . Henderson's long room , when Mr . Pratt was called to tbe chair . Toe Chairman briefly opened tbe meeting by stating tbe object of the meeting , and calling upon each delegate to produce their credentials , and give a report of tbe state of their societies . A delegate then rose and said he was happy to state that tbe men of Percy Main had joined the society in a body , notwithstanding the threats used to deter them , and be
was commissioned to pay in their contributions . The intelligence was received with loud applause , as many present knew the means resorted to , to keep the honest men of Percy Main back from their duty . Delegates from the following places then gave in their report ( aud contributions , ) watn it was ascertained that upwards of 1 , 200 bad joined the society since the 1 st of May , ( less than a fortnight , ) viz , Seghtll , West Main , Walker , St . Lawreuce , East CrainUngton , Sheriff Hill , West Cramlinston , Pemberton , K ^ utou , Ssaton Burn , J irrow K ng Pit , Ouston , South Elswick , NethertOD , Sleek Burn , Cowpen , Hebbron , Fawdon , Oxclose , Brecken Beds , Wylam , Wallsend , Spittal Tongues , South Shields , Benwell , West Holywell , North Elswick , BJaydon Main , Hfaton , Seafcnn Delavall , East H"lywfcll , Urpith , Enrsdon , Quairington Hill , FramweLgnte Moor , Wingate , Taornley , Cissop , Coxhoe , H&swell , Kylloe , Shincliffe , Sacristou , Ellemore , North Hetton Deanery , Byer ' s Green ,
West Auckland , Evcnwood , Woodhouae Close , Whitworth , Oxhill , Etmondsley , Craghead , Wulbridgefell , Pittlnston , New Durham , Hoff&U , Castle Eden , Trimdon , Sttatton , Sberburn Hill , Belmunt , West Rainton , Ncwbattle , Birtley , Lumley , Hewortb , Lambton , Ridcliff Terrace , fcc . After disposing of some business in connexion with the society , it waa announced that district delegate meetings would be held at tbe various piaces attached to tbe balance sheet , on Saturday , 27 th May , and a vote of thanks having been given to the Chairman , tbe meeting was dismissed . Mr- David Swallow will attend the public meeting of colliers , to be held at Capton Hill , Bishop Auckland , on Saturday , 20 th . inst . Any colliery wishing Mr . Swallow ' s services , must apply to Mr . Dixon ' s , Copton Hill , Bishop Auckland . Letters on society business may he addressed to Mr . John Hall , General Secretary , at Mr . Thomas Stephenson ' s Coronation Street , South Shields . Tbe following petition was adopted at a meeting on Black Fell : —
" To the Honourable the Commons of ( he United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Farliament assembled . " The Petition of the Undersigned Pitmen who work in tbe Coal Mines of Durham and Northumb&rlanda ^ v " Hcmblt Sheweth . —That within the last twenty years upwards of seven hundred pitmen , the friends and companions of your petitioners , have been miserably destroyed in the Durham and Northumberland Mines by explosions of ivflammable gas ; and that , in addition , great numbers more , from various other causes , have also encountered in tbe same Mines the most fearful deaths .
" That tbe cause of those fearful explosions is invariably Vie want of sufficient ventilation , which permits the accumulation of inflammable gas or firedamp from tbe coal in such large masses , that , accidentally set fire to , explode with such tremendous force as sometimes to blow men through the shaft 200 yards « Jeep , as if from a cannon mouth , and shake tbe solid structure of the earth in the neighbourhood of the pit , as if with an earthquake" Tbat the lives of your petitioners are not a day or an hour secure from such deadly operations ; and that it is a horrible and fearful thing to die such a death , or live in daily expectation of . " That in addition to tbe destruction by these sudden calamities , insufficient ventilation produces a vitiated
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AMERICA . ARRIVAL OF TH 2 BRITANNIA . Liverpool , Sunday . —By the arrival of tbe Royal Mail steamer Britannia , Captain Hewitt , this mernin « , we are in possession of New York dates to 29 th April , Boston 1 st May , and Halifax 3 rd May , the steamer having made the voyage from Boston in 12 ^ . and fi om Halifax in 10 ^ days . She has brought seventy passengers . The political news by this arrival is not very iraporennt ; few , if any , changes are likely to be made iu the Cabinet The President , it is said , entertained the project of a new commercial arrangement with this couutry , which would be mutually beneficial to both countries . Earl Mulgrave was at New York , residing at the Astot House . Lord John Hay was also in that city , waiting tho arrival of Sir Charles Bagot , whom he was to take to England In the Wwspite . Sir Charles ' s health waa improving so far that it was expected be would , arrive in New York in a few dayis .
Between St . Lewis and New Orleans a steam-boat explosion had killed several persons , and scalded many more . Colonel Fitzgerald , the British Consul at Mobile , had called the Mayor of cily a " contemptible fellow , ' * for which be was fined some twenty or forty dollars ; but the designation was considered so correct , that the citizens would not let the Consul pay it , and insisted upon subscribing it themselves . At Havannah eighty slaves had been shot , and fortyfive severely punished , for attempting to gain their freedom . A great rise has taken place in Stocks , &c . An active spring business has commenced . The rate of Exchange has risen from 1063 to 167 .
EXTRACT FH 0 M A . PRIVATE LETTER . Philadelphia , April 27 , 1843 . —The Legislature of this State adjourned on the 20 th vist ., and though they have not don « as much as could be wished , they have passed some important laws , which will give an increased confidence to thi bondholders , They have ceased all outlay . The appropriation for the present year is only 750 , 000 dollars for all purposes—a difference of 50 per cent , from that of last year . They have imposed a further tax of one dollar per cent ., —( being now two dollars per cent , in all ) on real estate ; and of more consequence than either , thsy have authorised the sale of a considerable portion of the public works . The Delaware division—a canal of forty miles—is to be sold for noi less than 1 , 600 , 000 dollars ; this being a small work and easily managed , and with a good prospect of revenue , will have many competitors for the purchase .
The great line hence to Pittsbnrg on the Ohio—three hundred and more miles of railroad , canal , See ., is to be sold for the sum of 16 , 000 , 08 * dols ., payable in State Stock . I think this ought to have the serious consideration of the foreign bondholder . First , He has a positive security fox his debt ; and if under the mismanagement and shameful extravagance of the State Government , this line produced a nett revenue of over 300 , 000 dollars , the continued increase of travel and transportation combined , with a judicious management , would make it produce three times as much , and give a good interest for the sum invested . Second , The fund-holder , in subscribing a share of bis stock , would render perfectly secure the remainder .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , May 16 . BANKRUPTS .
William Jones , druggist , Lt&nxw&t , Denbi ghshire * June l , at twelve , and June 30 , at eleven , at the District Court of Bankiuptcy , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Griffith , Llanrwst j Messrs . Gregory and Co ., Bedferd-row , London ; ofiicial assignee , Mr , Biw , Liverpool . .-Victor Jey , eilk hat manufacturer , Castle-lane , Soutnwark-bridge-road . May 25 , at one , and June 28 , «« two , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Solicitors , Messrs Herwood and Griffin , Austin-friars ; offioial assignee , Mr Lackintfton , Coleman-street-buildings . Thomas Joseph Clark , fish salesman , BillinsgaM , May 30 , at balf-past eleven , and June 27 , at eleven , at tfae Court ef Bankruptcy . Solicitors , Messrs . Lm and Harvey , Fenchurch-street ; oflSeial assignee , Mr ; EdwardsFierieiick ' s-piaceOld Jewry . . 1 fc ¦
. , _ „ „ A 4 ( I TT « A U * J ) » w « v » a v ^ v — g" - — — ' M W M fi ^ Edward Parfrey , flour dealer , Swaffham , Nort ® £ j May 24 , at eleven , and June 20 , at twelve , at the C < mrt of Bankruptcy . Mr . Dofaur , Queen Anne-street , Wvendish-square ; Mr . Marrls , Swaffham ; offioial assignee , Mr . Gibson , Basiughall-street . John Pool , innkeeper , Morice-town , Devonshire ! May 31 , at one , and June 28 , at twelve , at the Coon of Bankruptcy . Solicitors , Mr . Little , Devonport ; Mr , Sole , Aldennanbury , London j official assignee , Mr . Hirteell , Exeter . „ Tristram Thomas Squier , brush maker , Exeter , May 22 , and June 28 . at eleven , at the District wottw Bankruptcy , Exeter . Solicitors , Mr . Moore , Exeter . Mt . Turner , Bedford-row , London ; official assignee
Mr . Hirfzel . M - James AWson , grecei , NewcaaUe-Tipoii . Tsne , May 86 , at eleven , and July 7 , at twelve , at the P »» Court of Bankruptcy , Nowcastte-upon-Tyne . Sotoettois . Messrs . Cioafey and Compton , Church-court , OWJwjj London ; Mr . Hoyle , NewcasUe-npon Tyne ; < & 9 » assignee , Mr . Bakw , NewcMtle-upon-Tyne .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 20, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct482/page/6/
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