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      LOKBOIV . —Mt Wheeler lectured on Snnday evening , at the "Working Man ' s Hall , 29 J , Mile End Bead . After the lecture a collection was made for the -victims . Mr . Shaw va& fcben called te the chair , and Mi . Uling-TPoni moved aiid Mr . Peaicy seconded the adoption of a petition to the Hanse of Commons praying for an engniry into the connect of Lord Abinger . ill . Setveli . lectured on Sandajr evening , tos good audience , at rae Horn of Plenty , Little Gaiiford-street , BioomaDury , and "was highly applauded . Messrs . Page , Brown , and others also addressed the meeting .

      Metropolitan Delegate Meeting . —After the Bsnal pisliminaiy bnsiness Mr . Tttrion reported from his locality regarding the removal to a better Bituation in the Btackfriais B dwL Mr , Dron reported relative to a motion made in his locality for withdrawing their Enppert from the delegate meeting , and attributed the deare "which appeared to exist in some localities to fcrszi up the delegate meeting to" the infloence of the league ' s gold dnst . Mr . Simpson reported from the Metropolitan Victim Fund Committee . Mr . Sharp , by instmction of the derienwell Locality , moved the following resolution : — " That The delegate meeting

      tie steps best adapted to counteract the efforts of the Corn La-w League in the Metropolis . " Mr . Wheeler seconcttd the motion . After considerable discussion , inTFhich Nrasra . Simpson , Tenlon , Msynard , J . Coo )' , CnSay , Page , Orerton , Knighton , and 2 > ron took part , the motion \ ras carried -srlthorrt a dissentient . Mr . Simpson moved , and Mr . Wheeler seconded , " That the present Observation Committee be dissolved and a more efficient one appointed . " The motion -was ultimately deferred until the ensuing meeting . Two shillingB was received irom CamfctrwelJ , and the meeting adjourned .

      The LxAGtrE . —Itcavteg been announced that Mr . Buckingham won ] d lecture on Thujsdsy evening , upon the Corn Lavra , at tlie Spread Eagle Tavern . Wands-¦ wortb , and that discussion "would be allowed , Jffessre . ¦ Rlieeler , Dowling , Dron . and other friends attended , Irat Mt Buckingham not being forthcoming , Sir . Moore , barrister , of Manchester , ^ supplied his place . Mr . Wheeler having obtained leave of fcke chairman to address the meeting at the close of the lecture . Mr . Moore protested against it , and stated that he was oniy engaged to lecture , and should leave the mBinent he had concluded , -which elicited great disapprobation , the meeting , which was a veiy large one , being led to

      believe that a discussion weald take place . At the dose of the lecture Messrs . Wheeler and Dowling , having corrected-seveial miEStatements made by the lecturer , the chsirman extracted his promise of allowing them to address the meeting . Mr . WTieeler challenged Mt Moore to discuss the subject , -without reference to the Charter , upon any evening he thought proper , the expences to be divided between them . This challenge , much to the chagrin of his own par $ y , Mr . Meore declined , acknowledging that h 9 had only shown them one side of the subject , and trusting they wonld meet K > me other evening and hear his opponent The meeting den clesed with three chefcrs for the Charter , O'Connor , the Star , &c

      AT . KXftKPRlA , valb op Leyxs . A public meeting of the inhabitants of this locality was hr !» l in the Odd Fellows' Hill , on the evening of Wednesday week , to hear Mi . Con Mnrray _ givs in his report as their delegate to the Birmingham Confer , nca . Mr . Murray referred at great length to all his votes in the Conference , for and against the various amendments and alterations of the Charter , and more especially to the clauses under the head " . penalties , " is the tenth section . He said he had voted for imprisonment , as being preferable to fines , in strictly carrying out the ends of justice in cases of convictions of the officers appointed to ¦ work the machinery of thiB Acs . He sh . r ' -y slated his reasons in support of these votes , Vileii were , that a money penalty pressed heavily en

      spoor man ; being nnabla to pay , he must . necessariiy go to pwcnrij vhile the rich deliiiqcent depending oc the strength of his purse got off comparatively free , and it might also happen that the amount given by interested candidates , by Tray of bribe to returning and parochial officers , and registration clerks , would >* flusble or treble that of the fines imposed , " -Ljch would lfcave the parties open to violate the provisions of the law wiih impunity . On these grounds he Toted that every man so offending , whether lich or poor , should be visited with imprisonmeat -, the principles were founded . on the Jaw of tquaiity , and this -was only carrying it into practical operation . It bad also been his lot to diff-r with the ro .-jority of his brother delegates as to the mode of piTing members

      "When attending their Parliamentary duties . The clause as it Jiow elands , enacts that they shall be paid yearly at the close of each session . He supported an amendment to the tffectthatthty bs paid monthly and in ad-Tance , for he held that in the event of any district electing a poor working man to represent them in the House of Commons , and which was by no means improbable , hs would be seriously sffested by the ciausa as It stands . He would maintain it was no more dishonourable to receive monthly , weekly , or even dally pay for making the people's laws , th-ro a tradesman or labourer getting his wages on a Saturday n : ght It was fair , however , ^ togive the arguments on the other side , which were supported by ' Messrs . 6 'Connor , Lovett , 2 doir , and a large . majority of the Conference . It was

      signed thai any man cbusen for such an important jotnation , would ecnnisnd an irfluence , at o ce lalieYing him from pecuniary embarrassments ; but here they would at once observe , there must be a Scpendanca somewhere , a ^ d the people should at all times provide for their representatives , and that too in a manner whereby they could be free and unshackled , above the fear of want , and independent of every party . His reasons for going so mimrtrfy into these details waB solely with a view of calling the aUention of the conctry to the consideration xA the . Charter a 3 amended , that they maj be feettsr prepared to inrtrnet their delegates how to act in the nexi Conference called lor its confirmation , and presented to the houss of imb-cVes . Be trusted the reporters present would note tibn his few

      remarks , for however fcnnitls , they might have the effect Of indncing individuals better qualified to take them ap and turn them to advantage- After giving a short account of his tour for nearly 600 milts through th * north uf England , his income and expenditure from the time hs left Glasgow until Ms return , he concluded by < uliing on every man in that meeting to exercise his free and unfettered right of opinion , either in -thanking ot censuring him for ary one , or all of his acts , as they conscientiously believed him to have been right or wror . g , and sat down with the approbation- of the raee : ing . Mr . Charles Glen then moved , "Tint Mr . Murray do now receive tie thanks of tfria meeting for his whole conduct in the Conference * " expressing himself high '? pleased with all his votes , and would also support ibe

      Tiews of their delegate as regarded li ? money penaitje * and payment of members , which be hoped would h * taken up and aismssed fey the whole body of tt- ? Chartists ; for it uifortnnateSy h-ppsn&d that , in ill past legislation , both in JBngland and . Isewhere , mw 5 « y , and not men , had been the object cared m . si for by the Banators of the world . It was , indeed , b'gh time to put a stop tosuch a course ; the wants o ! m--ink ; nd should be attended to in all their varied ciream-tances ; if the unchangeable laws of nature were not ad&ered to . then farewell to all hopes of the regeneration of the human race . The motion i ^ as put and ccrriwl unanimously , after which , a vote of thesis W& 3 carried by acclamation to the friends ef Kuthsrgku and Bridg&toa , for their support in sending a delegate to Birmingham , and the meeting separated at a late hour .

      ABERDEEN . —On Tuesday wetk Mr . Archibald M'Donald delivered a lecture in tht Hall , 38 , Gaorgestreet—Subject : " The past history , present position , and future prospects of Chartism . ' * It wonld setm needless to enter into any lengthens *! detail of hew Mr . M'Donald handled the various important aubjecis in ¦ which be entered , for , altogether , it . was a masiepiece of reasoning , which appeared to go home to the minds of his audience with crest force . During his observation ? on the present position in which the Chartists are placed by the opposing factions , tndndirg the Corn Law repealers , and the sly aod hypocritical Complete Sufir&ge functionaries , Mr . McDonald passed a very high eulogy on the character of Mr . O'Connor , whom be described is a man who has been hitherto devoted to the noble

      cause of banishing despotism from the habitable globe . Jio man , said Mr . M'Donald , can jnstly ncd fault with Mr . O'Connor , far his having a deep rooted wi > h , which he puts in practice , to raise the bumble and industrious poor from then- low ard degraded position ; hi 3 anxiety to abolish class pr : de , and class legislation , proves the greatness of his mind , and ought to merit a fai better reward than has hitherto fallen to his lot ; for , said ho , all those who differ from . him have propounded nothing but a one-sided or selfish system , much more calculated to injure society than benefit it , and which , by the keen foresight of Mr . O'Connor , has been very deservedly exposed . However much these set-off gentry

      may scheme and Invent , it is too -well known that they hold tiiai claws in the rotten toes with a view to suppori it , while serpent-like they continue to devonr the substance of the land . These must erelong , emergB ™? « m Pand and only pnre system , or wUl sink into OBlmon , cad finally be swallowed up by the great Aarotfs rod ,-which has been thrown npon the ground of public opinion to test its superiority . After a great ^ / n ^ ^ ^^? re ? narlta m &e * teai * Atforward conduct of Mi . O'Connor , Mr . M'Donald sat down , TWien Messrs . J . legg and A . Duncan solicited fcxplanafaona on ^ twe psinta of bis address , which were severally and satisfactorily given .

      t ^^* FS ' ~ i > ** P ^ a ** concert was held in tte Aasodatioii Boom , Brook-bottom , on Saturday eroung last , when upwards of five hundred persons dowa jnie n » m was decorated in a beautiful SKLTSJ *™ rg ** ** , g * ton < i * , and the portraits gma TnafheKorOern Star- and otot the front of the platform thera was thrown a magnificent triumphal weh , to the cento of which to suspended the por-S ? n ?*??^* - ' Men 4 3 ? fiMgUB o > Co ^ Esg . On the tea equipage being removed , Mr . John Mason wMjouaimously called to the chair , who opened the badness by giving the following sentiment —" The Charter , the only means calculated to brine peace , happiness , and prosperity to the toiling millions Of Great Britain . * Mr . Doyle spoke to the sentiment ina speech replete with . sense and argument . Several other toasta and Bentiments -were also givtn . a

      coapxny of ^ lee-singers , who gave their seivices upon the occasion , enlivened the proceedings by singing several f lew , catcher it 4 c

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      MANCHESTER . —( CfiOPPKK-STBEET . )—Mr . Jas . Leach lectured here on Sunday last , to a crowded audience , and gave great satisfaction . After the lecture there was a collection for the defence fund , which amounted to os . 9 d . CARLISLE . —The Depbisce Fund . —We stated last week that two public meetings had been held for the purpose of choosing collectors , and making other necessary arrangements to increase the General Defence Fund , and we have now t 9 state the result of those arrangements , which bave been vigorously followed onL The greatest credit Is due to the council and the various collectors who have responded to the call of Mr . O'Connor and the Northern Slary by an active and simultaneous movement in behalf of those who are about to take' their trials for having displayed an anxious desire to serve the people . Collectors were appointed for the various districts of the town , and we are happy

      testate , that by a few hours' exertion , and the friendly and generouB spirit displayed by those on whom they called , no less a snm than from three to foub pounds were collected in Carlisle alone , many of the ! adjacent country districts having yet to come in ; so that we have every reason to believe that this sum will be increased to Fjvb Pounds . The money thus obtained will be immediately forwarded to Mr . John Cleave , a portion of which will be devoted for Chartist Circulars . Though the Chartist body are generally i poor , yet they are so numerous as > to . be able , with general exertion , to meet all the demands that may be made upon them . Should our friends be doomed to suffer imprisonment , we trust the collections will be continued , bo that sufficient support may be afforded to , all who may suffer in consequence of their confine- j me-nt

      The Working Mfk " s Mental Impsovesient Society . —The members of this society held their weekly meeting , on Sunday evening last , at their room , No . 6 , Elm-street . Caldewgate , Mr . Joseph Wharton in ' the chair . The minutes of the former meeting were read over and confirmed , after which , Mr . Henry Bow- ' ¦ man read an original article on the following question : — *• Have the egotism and denunciation of £ he late ! William Cobbett , and other distinguished public characters , had a beneficial or isjnrionu tendency on society ? " In consequence of the great length of time occupied by Mr . Bowman , Mr . J . B . Hanson , after a few remarks , moved the adjournment of the debate until next Sunday evening , when a very spirited discus- ' Eion is expected to take place . Non-members admit- j ted gralii j WIGSTOH , —Mr . P . Rigby has been lecturing here , 1 and collections have been made and forwarded for the ; Defence Fund . >

      ARBROATH . —Mr . Abram Duucau delivered a lecture in the Chartist Hall , Burnside , on Sunday . HOXiiftFXRTH . —Mr . Marsden delivered a lecture on Snutfay last , to a crowded audience , in the Wortley Hill School . His subject , the necessity , justice , and utility of the People ' s Charter , he haudled in a masterly manner . At the close , a collection for the Defence Fund was made , after which several new memb . rs came forward and enrolled their names . SOUTH SHISLDS—Mr . Samnel Kidd delivered a lecture on a repeal of the Corn Laws , on Sunday , on which occasion he reviewed the arguments of the League , and showed the fallacy of their whole reasoning , and prored that a repeal of the Corn Laws would plunge the middle and working claasas into inevitable ruin .

      The Council of the Various Localities is Surbet met at the King ' s Arms , King-street , Borough , on Sunday , and the following resolution was carried : — "That wetbe members present , to the number of twenty , belonging to the various localities in Surrey and Kent , taking into consideration the state of the Chartist body of Surrey and Ktnt , and that it requires the united exertions of all true patriots t » assist in carrying out the great principle coutaintd in the People's Charter , do now pledge ourstlvfca , individually and colle * - tively , to assist in every possible way this desirable Ooject" The meeting adjourned until Sunday next , at five o ' clock , and the Chartists of Surrey and Kent are requested to Bend their General Council , and also to give an account of the different districts , that proper steps may be taken towards extendiag the principles of the Charter . A subscription was made for the Victim Fond .

      NOTTINGHAM . —The Chartists met in the Democratic Chapel , on Sunriay morning ,-when delegates from the various localities attended and passed the fallowii ! g resolution : — " That as the Local Defence Fund is in an embarrassed state an exhibition of Mesmerism be got np , and a committee of nine persona be appointed to superintend the same , to consist of Messrs . Wright , Brown , Morrison , Greensmith , Biatherwick , French , Poulson , Rogers , and Simmons . " Those persona who have got collecting books for the Local Defence Fund are requested to return them to the Secretary , with the subscriptions they have got . Mr . Alfred AN'tuoni' delivered a lecture to an attentive audiencs , on Monday , at the Stir Coffee Booms , Warstr-&ate .

      STR . OTJD . —Mr , R . Kidley , of London , has delivered two p ^ -xerful lectures here , on the present condition of the working classes , and their future prospects . He received a vote of thanks for his exertions . GLAD WICK , » nbar Oldham . !—On Saturday evening last a recital took place in the Gladwick instruction Bociety ,- the proceeds to go towards the , Defence Fund . The sum amounted to one pound seven , Ehillinsis . '

      BIACKBORM . —Mr . FinnJgan , the « ' League" gun , has been lecturing here . He was met by the *• ladB , " j who had the assistance of Mr . Tattersall , of Burnley , and Mr . Bsesley , of Accringtou . Tee great mass , of the statist ; were so much against the League , and their advocate cut so sorry a figure , that at the close of the secoc ^ night's debate , which wescarried on by Beesley , the EtnaW c \ iqu «; retired , leaving their man alone in his glory . He acknowledged that his opponent was too many for him .

      ZAK 1 SHILTO ^ f . —The spirit of democracy is again being aroused in this district . Mr . Richards , from Hanl ? -y , has been lectnring with great sncceBs , and a conncil has been nominated in whom great confidence is placed . A collection has also been msde made for the Defence Fond . SEEFFIEI . T > . —Mr . Edwin Gill lectured on Sunday evening in the Fig-Tree-Lane room , the principle topic of his discourse "being the recent debates in the Westminster Tax-trap . Distress cf no . Cocstbt . —At the usual weekly public meeting held in the abore room on Monday evening last , Sir . Bullins in the chair . Mr . Edwin Gi ! l moved the adoption of the following resolution : " That this meeting having carefully watched the

      progress of the debates on the proposed inquiry into the distress of the country in both Houses of Parliament , after mature deliberation , have come to the conc ' uFion that those debates are a mockery and in-ult to the labouring classes , proving , as it does , that there is no hope of an alleviation of their sufferings from the present legislature . And ihia meeting calls on the toiling millions to redouble their exenio ^ s for ihe obtaining the enactment of the Charter as the only means of arresting the torrent of inissry and starvation , that threatens to engulf them , and also of placing them in that independent pos ticn which God and nature designed them to fili . " Mr . Harney seconded , and Mr . Parkes supported the resolmion . which was carried unanimously . The late Richard Caelilb . —Mr . Harney next called the attention of the meeting to the lamented decease of the above extraordinary man . Mr . H .

      res . 6 tfep notice of Mr . Carlile ' s life whioh appeared in the Star of last Saturday , and afterwards commented npon it . He also read one of the publications of the deceased , illustrative of his political views , entitled " The Conseanence 3 of having Kings and Priests and Lords "; and concluded an ealogistic address by moving the adoption of the following resolution : — "That thi 9 meeting remembering the services of the late Kichard Carlile in the cause of mankind ' s emancipation from tho thraldom of kingcraft and priestcraft , and having a lively recollection of the almost unparralleled persecution endured by the deceased for his dauntless advocacy of the freedom of the press , considers that the deceased patfioi has deserved "well of his country , and is entitled to the gratitude and admiration of posterity . " Mr . Parkes seconded the resolution , which was passed unanimously . Thanks were then vote '' to the chairman , and the meeting dissolved .

      WEWCASTLE . —Mr . Kidd , of Glasgow , lectured at Seaton Terrace , on Saturday last , on the necessity of onion on the part of the sons of toil to acquire their just rights , proviDg the Chaiter to be the only antidote to ihe existing misery . Mr . Kidd lectnred in the Chartists' Hall , Newcastle , on Sunday evening , on the aristocracy and the banking system . Mr . K . announced that he wonld deliver his farewell lecture on next Sunday evening , in the same place , at half-past six o ' clock . — Mr . Sinclair announced that the Debating Society met in the Chartist ' s Hall , every Sunday afternoon , at two o ' clock—Subject for next Sunday : The benefits likely to accrue to the industrious classes from the enactment of the Charter .

      The Chaktists of Newcastle and Gateshead held their Bnsiness Meeting on Monday evening ; Mr . Smith in the Chair . The business of the previous meeting being confirmed , Mr . Sinclair moved , and Mr . Watson seconded—1 . That a deputation of two he now appointed to wait upon the collectors for the Defence Fund , collect their books , and receive such collections as they may have in hand . Messrs . Fleming and Sinclair were appointed—2 , That two auditors be now appointed to audit the Treasurer's accounts for the ensuing quarter , with instructions to balance the books monthly , and to produce a balance

      sheet quarterly , in accordance to a former resolution . Messrs * Smith and Watson were appointed . Mr . Sinolair said that a depntation from the wholehog friends to fair trial in ihe village of Blaydon waited upon him yesterday with 8 s . to the Defence Fund , which sum , together with £ \ Si . contributed on a former occasion , makes in all £ 1 JSs ., given by the honest portion of that little village , to assist in purchasing justice to the Tory victims of League treachery . Mr . Smith paid in Is- 6 d . to the same fund . A few friends to fair trial , in East Rainton also sent 2 s . for tfee Defence Fund . '

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      TODMOHDBN —Mr . Christopher Doyle , of Manchester , delivered a lecture in the Odd Fellows' Hall , on Sunday evening . His lecture throughout was listened to with the deepest attention . He commenced with showing the origin and the necessity of government ; traced class-legislation from its commencement to the present time in this country . * showed what effect it had had on the morals and co edition of the labouring class . He reviewed the conduct of the Monarrhs , the aristocracy , and the middle clasi towards the workiea ; and compared the Government of America with that of England , —Bhowing the enormous difference in remunerating the different officers of State ; and concluded by calling upon the people to agitate until they had gained their rights . At the conclusion , there were a number enrolled as members of the National Charter Association .

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      ACCIDENTS IN COAL MINES . After devoting three years aDd a half to the collection of fact 8 and opinions , the committee appointed in 1839 , for that purpose , at South Shields , have published their " Report on tho Causes of Accidents in Coal Mines , with an examination of Safefy Lamps , Ventilation , Scientific Instruments , " &o . &c—a work whioh , as it becomes known , cannot but be the means of bringing about great changes and lasting benefits in the practice of mining all over the world . Within ths last-twenty years , it appears that upwards of 680 persons have lost their lives by explosions and their consequences in coal mines on the Tyne and Wear alone . To Great Britain , it is Btated , the coal mines are of " more consequence than mines of gold and silver—they set her stupendous machinery in motion , raise her to a position the highest in the scale of nations , and brings her vast dependent territories , scattered over the globe , with all their valuable productions , within tho easy access and jurisdiction of the parent state . "

      The leading subjects of inquiry and consideration with the committee have been safety-lamps , ventilation , scientific instruments , infant labour in the mines , plans and sections , scientific education of officers of mines , government inspection , and medical treatment after explosion . Of these , the parte whioh refer to safety lamps and ventilation are most important . It is here that , for the first time , as far as we know , the danger of the so-oalled " safety , " or Davy lamp , has been publicly brought forward and Eubstantiated . It is proved as clearly as possible that there are destructive gases that , " an explosive mixture , passing at the rate of about 300 feet a minute ( not three and a half miles an hour ) , will penetrate the meshes of the Davy lamp , and inflame

      an explosive mixture on the opposite side . " Indeed , we have here brought beforo us the distinct admission of Sir Humphrey Davy himself , that " there was a hazard in exposing his lamp to a strong current , by which the explosion would be passed through a glass cylinder . " This admission was made , or rather given as a warning , by Sir Humphrey to Mr John Buddie , agent and manager for the gwat northern coal mine owners , bo long ago as 1816 ; yet it was not until 1835 that Mr . Buddie , pressed bythe committee ofthatyear , in consequence of Mr . Goldsworty Gurney ' s previous . evidencei made known this most important fact . Sir Humphrey , at the same time , it appears , suggested a remedy : — " A tin soreen to slide upon the frame

      wires of the lamp , and encircle the circumference of the gauze cylinder , to an extent of about one-half or two-thirds of its circumference . " But even so late as 1839 , in the collieries under Mr . Buddlo ' s own jurisdiction , thiB precaution appears to have been , and is now , very partially employed . After describing and commenting upon the various lamps hitherto introduced or suggested , the committee express their opinion that the best description of lamp to be employed in fiery mines , is one on the principle of the improved Clanny and Mueseler lamps—the latter with a continuous gauze cylinder—a lamp in whioh " the supply of air is derived entirely through the upper part of the construction over thejglass shield ; " but even this is not to be regarded as absolutely safe . The committee , however , regard lamps as only secondary considerations , and report that the " far more important and safer system of ventilation has been comparatively neglected" in the working ot

      coal-mines . An indicator of danger ( for a safetylamp , after all , is only so far valuable ) has been thus preferred , " either from erroneous conviction , or other less defensible cause , " to the removal of the danger itself , through processes of ventilation . The committee refer to the unwise and fatal notions that have hitherto existed on this subject , and point out the course which should be adopted , for the common benefit of the miner and the mine-owner . They mention the astounding fact , that in some extensive mines , abounding most largely with explosive gas , the rate of the ventilating air-current is reducfd so low as one and one-tenth of a foot ; one foot , and even 66 of a foot per second ! in consequence of the limited proportion of pit and shaft area to the enormous extent of excavations , " sometimes extending beyond seventy miles , where nearly four hundred acres are applied with atmospherio air by a single pit . " Upou this subject the committee find ,

      " That the imperfect state of ventilation in tho northern mines islcaused by too few shafts in proportion to the extent of underground workings ; that the cost of sinking those shafts has been uuduly exaggerated ; and that the saving of expense , from destruction of battrices , waste of ropes , injury from explosion , &o ., eventually compensates for the increased first outlay on the necessary additional shafts . , 14 That only increased velocity , and diminished

      length of air currents , can secure against the recurrence of explosions ; that , for this purpose , one shaft ought to be apportioned to at the moBt 40 acreB which is much more than the proportion in the metalic mines of Cornwall , or in the coal mines of Stbfford shire—often more than in those of Lancashire , and sometimes in those of the northern coal field ; and that no " winning" or extraction of coal in a new mine shall be allowed to be made , unless two distinct and separate shafts have been previously put down , which should be secured by act of Parliament .

      " That , for facilitating the easy passage of air without obstruction , the areas of the upcast shafts should invariably equal , if not exceed , the areas of the downcast , instead of bearing , as they now do in many instances , a proportion of two to one . This in clearly evident when it is considered that the heated products of tho air , after combustion , as nitrogen , carbonic acid , &c , in ascending the upcast , are expanded nearly ono-seventh , by the increased temperature of the furnace , from the time of their descent through the downcast and passage in the works .

      " That the plan and mode of ventilation by highpressure-steam , recommended by Mr . Goldsworthy Gurney , the distinguished inventor of the Btide Light , as developed in his communications to the committee , fully detailed in the report , seem peculiarly adapted for accomplishing , at small expense , and without derangement to the present system of working , a vast increased and manageable rate of current . That this power although manageable , is almost illimitable , and can be applied to sivoep thu galleries with the almost irresistable force of a hurricane , guided only by the safety of the works when the men may be absent from the pit , rendering it , before their descent , pure , heakhy , and safe .

      " That , considering its power , safety , and economy , facility of execution and command , ventilation by high-pressure steam is peculiarly fitted tor the present condition of mines , and adapted for them in every stage of their operations . That it appears one of the most important and valuable suggestions , and , if fully and properly applied , preferable , as fa r as relates to its effects on the safety and healthiness of the mine , to aDy invention of modem times . " The plan of ventilation here referred to was laid before the Royal Academy of Brussels some twelve months back , in an essay on the subject by M . Gonot , and was thought so highly of by that learned body that they rewarded him for its communication with a prize of 2 , 000 f . The committee then proceeded to dwell on the necessity of adopting in mines the use of scientific

      instruments , by which the temperature and pressure of the atmosphere may be accurately indicated . ; the propriety of a registration of plans and sections ( as in foreign countries at present ) , by which the danger of inundations , from breaking into old and unremembered workings would be avoided ; the importance of scientific officers in mines , and . of a cumpulsory system of Government inspection , as upon railways , &c . The remainder of the report applies to the medical treatment of persona l injured by explosion , on which much valuable information is given . The committee further protest against the practice of employing in these mines boys at an early age—and call for the application to England of the law which , in Franoe , Belgium , and Italy , prohibits the employment of boys younger than eleven or twelve .

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      The National Guards of Madrid have published a second declaration of their abhorrence of the licentious spirit of the opposition press , of that city , in which they express their determination to stand by Espartera and the Government .

      Funds For The National Defence Fund. ;

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 25, 1843, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct791/page/2/