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      Monday, Mabcii 17-House Of Lords.—Law Of...

      MONDAY , Mabcii 17-HOUSE OF LORDS . —Law of Pi-rests . —Earl Graxville hoped that Lord Brougham wouhl consent to postpone tho introduction of the bill of which he had g iven notice for an alteration of the patent law , when he informed him tbat it was the intention of the government to bring in a hill for that object . The evidence given before tbe committee ou the noble and learned lord ' s Designs Act Extension Bdl unanimously pointed to the necessity of a change in the law relating to patents . After much consideration'the government hud framed a bill with the view of remedying the acknowledged defects of the law , and , in compliance with the wish

      expressed by noble lords on both sides ofthe house , th : tt their lordships should have some business to occupy their attention at an early period of the sess-cn . the bill would be introduced in thi-, instead of tbe other bouse . He hoped the noble and learned lord woald not ol-ject to postpone bis measure until the government bill should be read a second time , and referred to a select committee , to -which the noble and learned lord ' s bill could also be referred . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord Brougham acceded to the noble earl s propo-al with the greatest possible satisfaction . He wihjd the government would take under their patronage some of his other measures for the irnprovemcut of the law .

      The Passengers' Bill was read a third time and passed . ItEGisritAnos of Asscsaxces Bill . —Lord Campbell moved the second reading cf this bill in a speech explanatory of the injustice , expense , and inconvenience ofthe present system ; showed that tbe system of registration and maps embodied in the b 11 would not only simplify the purchase and sale of land , bnt be a social advantage to all classes of the people . The measure was " designed to provide for a regular registiy of all titles to estates and real property , with the object of securing and facilitating sales and transfers of such property , and affording a better security for loans on mortgage . Some conversation ensued , in which Lord Beatj JI 0-.-T , Lord Brougham , aud Lord CnAXwoRiu joined . T « e bill was then read a second time , and referred to a select committee .

      HOUSE OF COM-MOXS . —After the private bill business was disposed of . Mr . Baillie , in answer to a question from Lord John Russell , said , the noble lord bad stated that tho motion of which he had given notice for the 25-h of this month was a motion of censure upon her Majesty's . Ministers and that therefore he would not bring forward the financial mva > : ur « ' 5 of the session so long as the motion respecting Ceyltm remained undetermined . That was jinttinlr Lim ( Mr . IfcuMfe ) in tbe invidious position ofscciiiiu * : to obstruct the public business , and it also put the motion itself not on its real merits , but as a question of confidence or want of confidence in the government ; and that at a time when the noble lord was aware tbat there was no other party in the couutiy prepared to t-- < he office . ( Hear , hear . ) The

      question which he desired to bring forward was one of long standing , and he could not help feeling some surprise at the virtuous indignation which the noble lord all of a sudden seemed to teel at it . Surely the noble lord must have been for the last three years lookinjr forward to tbe discussion of such a proposition . Notice was given by himself last session , which was delayed by tf . e refusal of evidence , and he submitted to that delay , but he did not abandon his intention , and be now moved in it without being in the least influenced by factious motives ; or liable to the charge that 1 c wished to oppose iinpcliincnts to public business , lie could perfectly understand tbe difficulties in which the nobk- lord found himself placed . The noble lord , perhaps , anticipating a defeat on this question , was

      anxious to avoid the trouble of preparing those measures which it was his duty to bring before parliament , but the noble lord was much mistuken if be supposed that he { Mr . Baillu ) would allow himself to be rendered instrumental to any plan ft-r enabling the noble lord to escape from those functions which he had assumed , and the public exigencies called on him to discharge . The course , then , ¦ which lay before him was perfectly clear . He should for tbe present remove his motion from the noticehook , reserving to himself full power to bring it forward when be thought proper , which would be at such a time , and in such a state of the public business , as would not render him obnoxious to the charge of impeding the great financial measures of the 2 overnme : it .

      Lord J . Rcssell submitted that when charges of cruelty were brought against an officer in the C 0 I 1-iideaeu of the government , involving tbo head of tbe colonial department , the ministry were bound to hare these charges formally brought to trial . Contrasting the coiidintobserved by the opposition iu this instance with the honourable generosity manifested on all sides during the pastcrisis . he complained of the unfairness cf preferring such serious accusations , and then shrinking from the proof , but keeping the question indefinitely in suspense over the heads of the government . . Mr . DjsmEii retorted the charge of unfairness upon the ministry , declaring that they had contrived to send tbe most authentic evidence back to Ceylon , and now the premier affected a virtuous indignation because the charge was postponed , to prove which that evidence was indispensable .

      Sir G . Geev remarked upon the new reason just discovered for the delay . Mr . Baillie , after deliberately fixing tbe date for bis motion , bad withdrawn it on the plea of not impeding business . It now appeared , however , that the motion was postponed because they dared not proceed with a charge which they knew themselves to be unable to establish . Mr . Hoem-ck agreed in thinking the proceeding factious , but di : tribnted the blame between Mr . Baillie , the government , and Mr . Disraeli ; assign ing , however ihe larger share to the last-named ban . member . He knew verv little of the motion ,

      and be should not say anything as to what might be the verdict of a jury , hut lie would say , tbat the accuser was bound aa a man of boaonr to come forward—the eojntry ha-1 a ri ght to demand that he should justify his accusation , which involved a crime no less than murder , said to have been committed by the government of a colony while representing this country . If there were any great crimes that ^ r-Asonc . ( Hear . ) lie honoured a mas for bringing a great criminal to justice , but he could not say he honoured that individual who made a grievous accusation , and who afterwards , be might say , skulked from it .

      Sir B . ILu-i . said ditto to Mr , Roehcck—and the matter dropped . Ecclesiastical Titles Bill . —The adjourned dehate on this bill was then resumed by Mr . Mooke , who speke against it . The other speakers ia the course of the evening ¦ were , Mr . Wigram , Mr . GouLnnnx , Mr . Calvert , and the Solicitor-Gexeral , in favour of the bill ; Mr . Roche , Mr . Sevmouk ( a maiden speech ) . Sir 21 . Baero . v , Mr . Charteris , and Mr . Cahuwell opposed it ; and at naif-past twelve o ' clock , the debate was ndj'jnriied till Tucsdav . TUESDAY , March IS . HOUSE OF LORDS . — Cetlox . — Charges

      AGiisai Lour * Tormxgtos . —Lord Tomusgtox addressed the House with reference to the charges ¦ whi ch had been brought against him as Governor of Ceylon . So long as a motion on tbe subject bad been pending in the Lower House he had thought it right to be silent , but when that motion bad been ¦ withdrawn , on what seemed to him insufficient grounds , be felt it his duty to move for papers relating to his administration of the government in Ceylon . As soon as these papers were produced he should be ready to make a plain unvarniscd statement to the house , and he had no doubt that he should beable to prove that he had done his duty to his Sovereign and tbe country . Some other business was then despatched , and their lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . - In reply to Mr . DlSSAELI ,

      The CnAXCELLOR of tbe Exchequer , referring to a statement he had made on the previous ni ght , declined to fix any day for the financial expose , " because it was still uncertain how long the pending debate on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill would last , and it was necessary to devote the first epen night afterwards to the army estimates in order that the Mutiny Act mi ght be renewed before it expired . ' The Tolice . — Mr . F . O'Conxon asked if the rig ht hon . the Home Secretary had made inquiry concerning the case of a young man who had been locked up with others on a Saturday night until Mondav lnonrins *?

      Sir G . Gket had received a report from the police commissioners , and found that on the occasion alluded toby tbe hon . member , two persons bad been apprehended on Saturday evenins , charged with picking pockets in Hyde-park . The police offices being closed tbey were locked up until Monday morning when they were examined before a magistrate . One oi tbem was discharecd , and the other was committed . Subsequently , during tbe proceedings of the house , " Mr F . O'Cossor . aKain rose , and a < d . -oA if ho

      tX iL Mh erSt 0 ° ! risht hon « " ° ™ Secretarv Lis 7 ue 5 „ h , HT ° Wh - ° ra he ha ( 1 alluded in jus question had been committed Sir . G . Gret asked to which of tbe twonersons the boa . gentleman referred , ( a . lau-fa ) The attention ofthe police commissioners bavin ? been % Za ?* XI ? Ue case no application having " been made to them from the parties supposed to be injured , who were generall y ready enough to com-& T f a- "' > hHn a f ^™** . the substance of which be had jest stated to the hon . gentleman . Of the evidence and the parties be knew wtbing

      . Mr . F . O'CoxsoRsaiditwasno laujrhm ** matter that he should ask the question again . He also hore testimony to the respectability of the person whose case he bad advocated .

      Monday, Mabcii 17-House Of Lords.—Law Of...

      " TiinVRESi Charob M'Ihbiasd . —Mr . Sadlxir proposed a resolution declaring , the expediency of assimilating the tithe rent charge system m Ireland , with the self-acting system , based upon the com averages , established in England and wales .-. # Sir G . Grey , recommended the house not to give a hasty pledge in reference to this complicated subject , respecting which no definite measure had been presented . If he were asked to bring in a hill , he should offer no objection to that step , and they might then discuss tbe proposition with better ad-VftfitjkcrQ MrfUAMiLTox objected to any rash interference w th " the arrangements concluded under existing acts . He advised Mr . Sadleir to accept the proposal of the Home Secretary . , Mr . French and Mr . S . Crawforo joined m that recommendation . After a few words from Mr . Grattan , Mr . Sahleib yielded to . the suggestion and withdrew his resolution , which was negatived by

      consent . Lnfaxt Rajah of Sahara . —Mr . Anstet then called the attention ofthe house to the alleged obstruction offered to the infant Rajah of Sattara in the denial of a hearing before the Privy Council , and moved a resolution that the matters alleged in tbe petition presented by the next friend of the Ryah deserved the serious consideration ofthe house . Tho motion , not being seconded , fell to the ground . Ecclesiastical Titles Bill . —The adjourned debate upou the motion lor the second reading of this bill was renewed by Mr . Blewitt , who opposed the bill as a most impolitic measure . The discussion was continued by Sir . B . Lopes , Mr . Walter , Mr . Axstey , Lord Ashley , Mr . S . Herbert , and Lord Palmerstox .

      On tbe motion of Mr . U . Berkeley , tbe debate was again adjourned until Thursday , The house adjourned at half past twelve o ' clock .

      ¦ WEDNESDAY , March 19 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The house met at twelve o clock . Hop Doty Bill . —Mr . Frewex moved the second reading of this bill , which was designed to equalise the differential duties now charged upon the various qualities of hops , as well as to establish a lower tariff of impost . The lion , member supported his motion by referring to the origin of the duty , which was avowedly a war tax , and to its injurious operation in circumscribing tho cultivation of the plant . All excise duties were bad , but this he considered tbe worst .. Mr . Deeoes agreed in thinking the duty highly objectionable , but could not consent to the equalising process contained in the bill , by which the amount would be made irrespective of quality , and the purchasers lose one of tbe safeguards against imposition . He moved tbat tbe bill be read a second time that day six months .

      Mi-. H . DarjMMoxn and Mr . Bass supported the amendment . The Chancellor of tho Exchequer admitted that the total remission of the tax was fairly open to discussion , but decidedly objected to the bill in its present shape . After some remarks from Mr . Plumptke and Mr . Curteis , and a reply from Mr . Fbewen , the house divided—For the second reading 9 Against 131—122 Sd-vdat Tkawso Prevention Bill . —The second reading of this bill was moved bv

      Mr . Williams , who contended that it was necess ; ry to protect the tradesmen who wished to keep the Sabbath strictly , from the rivalry of their less scrupulous neighbours . He submitted that tho princi ple was conceeded on all sides , and offered to have the details referred to a select committee , when all tbe provisions could be thoroughly considered . M . B . Wall believed the bill to be tyrannical and unnecessary . It made unfair distinctions—traders in London were prohibited from doing what country dealers were permitted to do without restraint ; aud stamped tievtspapeva tftight be sold sit llOUl'S when the sale of an unstamped and cheap periodical would be visited with heavy penalties . He moved the usual formal negative to the second reading .

      Mr . Lexxard seconded the amendment , being desirous of leaving the poor man at full liberty to enjoy or improve himself during bis only day of leisure . Sir B . Hall having remonstrated against the summary condemnation of a measure which contained a germ of good , Sir . Wall withdrew his amendment ; and the bill was read a second time , and ordered to be referred to a committee up stairs . The Expenses of Prosecutions Bill , the Apprentices ami Servants Bill , and the Appointment of a Yicc-Chancellor Bill , respectively passed through committee . On the motion of Mr . Aguoxbt leave was given to bring in a bill for the Enfranchisement of Copyholds . The house then adjourned .

      • THURSDAY March 20 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The house sat for an hour , during which time some petitions were laid on tbe table , and routine business transacted . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —X . ttio * ALLast * Com Pi . vr . —Sir G . B . Peciiell presented a petition from Brighton and Lewes from seventy-three member ;* of the National Land Company resident at Brighton , stating their confidence in Mr . F . O'Connor , the promoter of the land plan , and praying that the bill before the house for winding up the Company may be allowed to pass , and that justice may be done to all parties . Mr . F . 6 ' CoxxoR presented a similar petition from Falkirk . The Charter . —Mr . F . O'Coxxoe presented a petition from Glasgow , praying that the Charter mav be adopted by the house .

      Mr . Williams moved that the Select Committee on the Sunday Trading Prevention Bill consist of the following members : —Mr . W . Williams , Mr . B . Wall . Mr . Anstey , Sir D . L . Evans , Sir W . Clay , Sir B . Hall , Mr . Alderman Humphrey , Mr . Masterman , Mr . "W aklcy , Lord R . Grosvenor , Mr . Alcock , Lord II . Lennox , Mr . Bankes , Mr . Kershaw , and Sir D . Dundas . Papal Aogressiox . —Mr Kewuegate resumed the adjourned debate on this bill , and contended

      that , from tbe nature of his office . Cardinal Wiseman came to this country armed with powers to interfere in its civil , political , and economical affairs , The hon . member referred to ancient precedents to show that it was contrary to law for a Cardinal to reside iu England without the permission of the Crown . He thought the bill inefficient for the important objects for which tbey were called to legislate . Mr . Kxox contended that the bill was not warranted by facts , and that it was brought in to soothe tbe wounded vanity of the Established Church .

      Mr . H . Dkdmmoxo supported tbe bill in a speech ¦ which excited considerable opposition on the part Of its opponents . He said the real question was , whether the Soman Catholics were to be a tolerated sect under the spiritual dominion of the Queen , or the Queen was to be a licensed heretic under the spiritual dominion of the Pope . We were hound to protect the civil liberties of the Roman Catholics themselves , and especially of the poor girls , who were imprisoned , whipped , and starved until they died , that priests laight seize

      their money . ( Oh , oh . ) Honourable members might cry " Oh , oh , " but he told them their nunneries were either prisons or brothels , and they might take their choice . [ Tbis produced an appeal to the Speaker , who decided that the language was not inconsistent With the freedom of debate . ] The bonourable member then proceeded to attack strongly the doctrines aud practices of the Roman Catholic Church , amidst much interruption , opposition , and excitement , by expressing his determined opposition to the new hierarchy .

      Sir James Graham had two objections to the bill , first , that it was an extension of a penal law , and , secondly , tbat it was a reversal of a policy pursued for two and twenty years . He added that it would stride a blow more severe than the fetters of the old penal code against the Roman Catholics . The right hon . gentleman then argued , that if this act Ofthe Pope , in creating a hierarchy in England , was an invasion of the rights of tho Crown—of the sovereignty , and of the legality of these realms ; thcu the act of Richard the Second would meet the

      case , for that was as much in force now as when it passed . Under it Cardinal Wolsey was brought before the Star Chamber , and afterwards , in Hie reign af James the First , Lalor , the Pope ' s legate in Ireland , was brought before a jury . They therefore wanted no new law to meet such a case as this . The right hon . baronet concluded by stating that he considered the measure dangerous to the peace of Ireland , an inroad upon the civil and religious rights ofthe people , and he confessed that he had more faith to place in the House of Commons than to believe that they would pass it into a law .

      Lord-Jobs Kfsseix defended the bill in Us present form , and the general princi ple which was contained in the measure . lie maintained that the aggressive acts ofthe Church of Rome , especially since the commencement of the democratic revolution , in 1 S 4 S , imperatively called for an active measure of resistance , and he believed that if the second reading of the bill were rejected without a clear and definite substitute , the friends of liberty throughout Europe would conclude , that the Court of Rome had obtained another conquest , in a splendid triumph over the mind of the Bouse of Commons of England . The noble lord , after justifying the mildness of his measure , on the ground of his regard for civil and religious liberty , conceived that the time might come when , if the Roman Catholic Bishops in Ireland interfered with the proper working of the new Colleges in that country , another aud more stringent measure might be necessary .

      Monday, Mabcii 17-House Of Lords.—Law Of...

      " - . The ' debate ' i ^ Wtnen ** . adjourned ; and - the- other I orders of the'day having been disposed of , the ' houses adjourned . .-- . FRIDAY , Mabph . 21 . HOUSE . OF LORDS .-Lord Broug ham moved ; the second reading ofthe County Courts Extension Bill , and entered , at some length , into an explana : tion of its details . .. ' The bill was read a second time , and their lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Mr . Reynolds , in moving that the house should , on rising , adjourn to Mouday , referred to the case of Miss Talbot , denying tha ' t the young lady in question had entered the convent as a postulant , or was detained there as a prisoner . The hon . member went on to complain of the many mistatoments which , he said , had been circulated in reference to the Soman Catholics , and especially that they kept their oaths and their allegiance at the disposal of- the Pope of Rome .

      Lord J . Russell , alluding to the scene ofthe previous evening , and deprecating all allusions calculated to irritate ov insult , ckimed for all parties the fullest right and liberty of discussion . Mr . M . Gibso . v bavins ' appealed to the government on the delay of public business , ' Lord J . Russell , after an interval devoted to various queries and replies , submitted that he was not responsible for the protracted debate on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill , and stated that after the second reading of that bill the government would proceed on the fii & t order night with the army estimates ; would afterwards appoint the day for making the new financial statement ; and on the following order night would tako a vote on the income tax .

      Papal Aogressiox . —Tho fifth ni ght ' s debate on tho Ecclesiastical Titles Bill was opened by Mr . Beusal Osborsb . The discussion was continued by Mr . B . CocrnuKB , Mr . C . FoRTBSCUE , Mr . Child , Mr . Goold , Mr . Fox , Mr . Walpole , Mr , Roebuck , and the Attorxet-Gbxehal . The debate was adjourned , after a brief recommendation from Lord J . Russell , that the discussion should terminate on Monday next . The house rose at half-past twelve o ' clock .

      Frightful Colliery Explosion At Paisley....

      FRIGHTFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT PAISLEY . On Saturday morning last an explosion took place in the Victoria Colliery , at Kithshill , belonging to the Messrs . Coats , of Paisley . From fifty to sixty men and boys were down at the time , and it is believed all have perished . The gearing of the pit was smashed to pieces by the explosion , and lies in a state of wreck at the bottom , preventing access to tbe pit . The scene at the mouth ofthe pit , where the female relatives of the missing men arc gathered , is heartrending . The Victoria Pit is the property of Messrs . Coats , of Paisley , and is the deepest in Scotland , being 1 , 050 feet in depth at the downcast shaft , which is situated about the centre of the southend edge of

      the workings , from , whence the inclination of the strata tends upward to the north , at an angle of about one foot in five ; so that at the upcast shaft or pit , which is about a quarter of a mile distant from the working pit , the workings are only 780 feet below the surface . The plans of the workings . roprcsent an oblong square , occupying about fifty acres ; the portions of the coal seam worked representing a series of passages of about eighteen feet wide , crossing each other at right angles , and leaving what are called pillars , or rectangular cubes of coal of eig htetn yards by eleven . The whole workings thus present tbe appearance of a tartan cheque . The only portion now being worked is the northern face , along which a scries of galleries or cuts are being made , which will be precisely similar to those portions already worked out . Tho air is carried along the face of these workings by means of

      projecting brattices or partitions , which cause the air to take a tortuous course . All those portions of the works wliich are exhausted are closed in by means of brick walls , so that a very small portion of air can pass through them , the main current beingled round the extreme circumference of the entire field , until it reaches the workings on the northern face . Xo artificial means of producing ventilation by a current of air is adopted in the pit . The air finds its way down the downcast or working shaft , and after traversing around and through the workings , for , perhaps , miles , finds its way to the upcast shaft , which it ascends , owing to the heat it may have acquired whilst wriggling along amongst the workmen . Tho procurator fiscal , from Paisley , was early at the pit , making a precognition of the circumstances ; but until tbe inworkings aro explored , nothing can be learned , and nothing probably then .

      On Sunday it was definitively ascertained that the number of people in tho pit when the explosion took place amounted to sixty-three , viz ., fifty-five men and eight lads . Of these sixty-one were killed . Had the event oscurrcd some half-hour later , the consequence must have been much , move calamitous . Of those lost tbe majority were married , and they have left among them sixty-five children . Towards the afternoon of Sunday the men who came up from time to time stated that they were convinced they had heard tho sound of voices from the bottom , although so inarticulately that they could not make out what they said . Several additional descents were made , aud about nine o'clock it was announced that t he workmen were

      in communication with the two men , whom they had a prospect of saving . Previous to this refreshments had been sent down and acknowledged . About ten o ' clock a supply of blankets was sent down , as it was announced that the poor fellows were almost in a state of nudity . After a lengthened period of anxiety and suspense , one of the poor sufferers , named John Cochrane , was brought to the surface . He was supported by two men into an adjoining shed and immediately attended by a medical gentleman . Cochrane was in such a weak state that he could not give any detailed account of the actual occurrence of the calamity further than that two men who were working with him at the time were instantaneously struck down by the fire . During his long imprisonment of nearly forty-five hours , he says that ho repeatedly j-roped about for some of his neighbours , and often called on them , but , with one exception , no one

      answered . During Monday the operations continued , and another mnn , David Colv ' w , vras discovered alive , and two dead bodies brought up . From the statements of Cochrane and Colvin , it appears they and two other companions had been working in a part of the pit where the effects of the explosion were little felt , but in trying to escape to the bottom of the shaft they were overtaken by the choke-damp , and the other two were overpowered . The pit was so far explored that the bodies of these two were recovered , but the state of the air would not permit them to carry their exploration further . Indeed , several days , if not weeks , may elapse before all the bodies are recovered ; for the present workings lie at a distance of nearly one-third of a mile from the down-rush shaft , and from the smoke which continues to issue fr .-m the up-rush shaft , it is believed that the pit is ou fire ou that side .

      The following is the list of the parties w , ho were in the pit on the fatal morning , out of whom only the two mentioned above survive . - —Barney Martin , Patrick O'Neill , Thomas Connelly , Thomas Scott , William Scott , Michael Smith , Andrew Carson , Felix O'Neill , Michael Irvine—his father was lost at tho former explosion which took place in this pit —Neil Buchanan , tfeil Buchanan , Thomas Samson , Matthew Speirs , James Buchanan , James Lachlan , Thomas Hughes , Frank Hughes , Henrv Gibbs , John MulhoIIen , Robert Black , Patrick Kccnan , Neil Catlin , James Baxter , Richard Smith , John

      M'Mahon , John Williamson , James Poole , C . Kerr , Charles Shiells , James Shiells , Patrick Crossan , Dennis Crossan , Robert "Whiteside , arid' his Son George , a boy , William M'Millan , Peter Hammond , and his two sons , Peter White , and his son , a boy , Andrew Gebbie , and his two sons , boys , James llcrr , and his grandson , a boy , David Colvin , James Dodds , John Connelly , John Bell , Joseph M'lllwain , with his two nephews , Samuel and Jos . M'lllwain , Joseph Baxter , John M'Millan , John Smith , John Cochran Felix Connelly , Joseph Brighton , John Shiells , John Maxwell , Samuel Dowcll . John Campbell , m all , sixty-three .

      Among the individual cases of distress is that of a woman who has no fewer than four sons , as well as her husband , in the pit . Her agony may be imagined , not described . The shock of the blast was felt by the colliers connected with the pits of Mr Wilson , and they were so much alarmed , that they refused to go down to their workings . The Glasgow J 3 at 7 y Mail savs : — « The intelligence up to eight o ' clock on Monday night does not add anything of material cons equence to what has been already stated . Owing to the insecure condition of the shaft there is an unwillingness on the part of the men employed to proceed much further

      till the necessary repairs have been made . We have heard it stated by some experienced miners that the pit being on fire , any attempt to alter the present course of the air draught , which is now traversing the most direct course between the Victoria shaft and the Free-trade or ventilatinir shaft , would have the eftcct of driving the large quantitv of fire damp collected in the various rtunilications of the workings upon tbat part of the pit which is at present burning , and produce another and more tremendous explosion . It is quite certain that it will be a work of both time and danger to recover the bodies , and no reasonable hope can now be entertained of finding the unhappy men alive . "

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      Aor a bab Ibba . — The Builder suggests that there should be a " lost friends' department" at the Great Exhibition , i . e ., a conveniently situated space slightly elevated and railed off , where fl'ieildS separated in the crowd may stand in a row until claimed .

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      MARYLEBONE . —Another Pswibb Po * Cass —Robert Banning was . brought up in oustody ; on tho charge of . having stolen apewter quarlppt , the L ooerty ° of Mv . James . Partridge , . . landlord of the Victoria , Little , Sussex-place , Hyde Park-square . . --The case was proved by SergeantS ;; GIenister and Walkerj and the article being produced by the putcers and identified by the owner , the prisoner , who said that he took it through distress , was committed for trial . , .. ' ¦ A Pugnacious Merchant . —Mr . Jones Roberts , a merchant / residing atNo . l . Westbourne Gardens , Kensin gton , was brought before the sitting magistrate , Mr . Brougnton , charged under the following circumstance ,:-Police constable ^ Fowkes said , as I was on duty in Hereford Road , North Bayswater , 1

      heard a great noise close by , -and on going to see what was the matter , I found the prisoner and a cabman engaged in a dispute about a fare , when the orisoner said to me , "You are the man . I . wanted to see and I'll give the man in charge for trying to defraud me . ' I told him he had better take out a summons , and he then said to me , "If you don't take him I'll take you . " Another constable came up in p lain clothes , and prisoner , who could kave no knowledge of his being an officer , gave to him his dog and stick , saying , " You take care of these while I have a slap at the peeler . " . He collared mo , and struck me so severe a blow upon the jaws tbat he knocked me down , exclaiming at the s-imctime " That ' show . 1 serve all Peelers . " I

      , then took him into custody , and with assistance conveyed him to the statiou-house , on the way to which he ( prisoner ) remarked that if he had known that the other officer was a " Peeler , " he would have served him out also . —The prisoner had nothing to say in his defence . —Mr Brougnton told him that his conduct altogether in the case was highly disgraceful and reprehensible , and fined him 40 s ., or one month in . the House of Correction . — The prisoner pulled out a £ 5 note from his pocket , and immediately satisfied the ends of justice . BOW-STREET . —Post Office Robbery . — J . Cook , a letter-carrier of the Cow-cross district , was

      finally examined charged with purloining letters entrusted to him for delivery . —On Friday , Jan . 31 st , prisoner received . the five o ' clock delivery , and about two hours afterwards entered the Three Tuns public-house , called for a light , and went into an outhouse in the yard ; Here he was , seen burning letters , and on leaving , after about twenty minutes ' stay , tlie remains of several were found .-r-Miss King , of Jfotting-hill , and Mr . Graves ,, of Co ventgarden , proved the posting of the letters , and the Inspector of Letter-carriers . that they had been entrusted to the prisoner for delivery . —Prisoner was committed for trial .

      MARLBOROUGH-STREET .-The Excise Laws . —James Davies was charged with having a quantity of spirits and other exciseablo articles in his possession , without a permit . —David Scott , supervisor said he saw tho defendant with a truck , which had bottles in , stop , at a house in Berwick-street , and deliver some of tho bottles there . He seized the goods in the Queen ' s name , and found the bottles contained British spirits liable to duty . In other bottles was a quantity of polish . —The defendant said ho knew nothing about tho contents of the bottles . He had been employed by a man to take the truck to Berwick-street . —Fined , £ 100 or imprisonment .

      GUILDHALL . —A Precious " Master . "—Mr . Walton , silversmith , of 24 , Ludgatc-hill , was summoned for refusing to deliver to Mary Myers , his servant , her boxes , containing wearing apparel , Ac . —The defendant did not appear , but sent a letter to the Alderman stating tbat he was quite willing to abide by his'decision , but that he declined to attend . —The complainant , a respectable-looking young woman , said-she had left the service ofthe defendant , ' who refused to pay her her wages , and she had been compelled to recover them by an action in the " Small Debts Court , " since wliich he had detained her boxes . In consequence of this she had been kept out of a situation for the last six weeks . She then handed to the Alderman an

      agreement , signed between her and her master , stipulating , ' among other things , that in speaking to the other servants she should always do so in a " suppressed whisper , " and otherwise conduct herself in till respects to the satisfaction of her master and mistress , or , in the event of her failing to do so , she was to forfeit all wages that was then duo to her . — Alderman Finnis , after reading Mr . Walton ' s letter , and the agreement , said if Mr . Walton did not appear he should issue a warrant for his apprehension , and ho would , in addition to ordering the delivery of the boxes , order her expenses to be paid for the time she had lost hi coming up here . With regard to the agreement , it was certainly a most extraordinary document , and from the whole tenor of it he could not but believe that the poor woman must have been ignorant of its contents at the time

      she signed it , ' otherwise she never would have agreed to give all the power and control over her into her master ' s hands , without retaining any protection , for herself . —A gentleman , who brought the letter , took a message from the Aid * Titian , and in about ten minutes returned , and stated that Mr . Walton wag perfectly agreeable to return the boxes , and to act as the alderman should direct . —Alderman Finnis said then he would direct that the boxes should be delivered up , and order 2 s . to be paid for the complainant ' s loss of time , and 2 s . costs . He would also require that the defendant should give the complainant the same character ho received with her . —The gentleman who appeared for defendant said he was quite willing , or , the part of Mr . Walton , to accede to that arrangement . — The costs were then paid , and the parties left tho

      court . WORSHIP STREET .-RoBBERr wixn the aid of Chloboeorm . —Mary Anne Mayn . e was placed at the bar before Mr . Arnold , charged with having , in conjunction with another woman not in cutody , administered a quantity of Chloroform , or other deleterious drug , to Mr . Jolin Ewenson , antl robbed him Of monies to the value of £ 10 10 s . 6 d . —The prosecutor , a tall powerful person ^ stated : I reside at Almouth , in Northumberland , and am master of a trading vessel between Hull and tho Thames . My vessel arrived in the St . Katharine ' s docks on Thursday afternoon , and between 7 and 8 o ' clock in the evening I went to Tower-hill to meet a friend who is captain of another ship , upon business . We

      had only gone a short distance , when wo were accosted by the prisoner , but we did not notice what she said , and , went on and after tbe clOt'C of our conversation we separated , and I returned in the direction of the dock to rejoin my ship . On going back a short way , however , I was again stopped by the prisoner , who pressed me to go home with her and kept walking by my side ; but I refused , and the instant I had done so she cave me a dab on the mouth with something like a ' handkerchief she had in her hand , and from that moment I had not the slightest recollection of anything that took place until I was woke up about four o ' clock on the following'rnorning by a powerful black man , and found myself in a miserable room , lying upon a

      ueu , ana witn all my clothes on . The black man peremptorily ordered mooutof the house , and I was so confused that I mechanically obeyed him ; but after walking down tho street in the air a short way I thought of my money , and on thrusting my hand into my pocket I found that the purse and money wero both gone . I shortly after' met a policeman , whom I told that I had been robbed , and having described the circumstances and the house I had been turned out of , he at once took me back to it , and on entering tho same room wc found the same woman who had given me a dab on the mouth , and from beside her the officer picked up my handkerchief . The constable then gave the prisoner over to another officer , aud searched the place , though

      without finding any of my money . —Vfhen called upon for her defence , the prisoner , said I never saw that man before I got home last ni g ht , and then fOUIld him Standing at my door with another woman . I am not the woman who robbed him , and he must have been taken into my room by the other woman . The prisoner was fully committed for trial . THAMES . —Smrnxo Offices . —Claim fok Seamen ' s Wages . —Mr . Thomas Jenkins , the master of the collier ship Cumberland , was summoned before Mi ' . Ysirdley , at the instance of five seamen , named William Gilroy , David Holden , William Richardson , John Wood , and John King , who each claimed £ 3 os . for services on a " run " as it is technically termed , from Shields to London . —The case « ave rise to

      a very long discussion , and many curious points of maritime law were mixed up with it , but the main question for tho magistrate to decide was as to the construction of the articles of agreement , which expressed that the voyage was to be " from Shields to London , and tho seamen to be discharged from the said ship as soon as moored to the master ' s satisfaction , in a proper berth for the delivery of the cargo . " The vessel in the first instance was moored in No . 7 section in the Northficet Hope , near Gravesend , to which place it was assigned by the harbour master , and it was contended by Mr . Smith the men -were entitled to their wages , £ 3 each , for the run on tho second coal market-day after the arrival of the ship , in compliance with an understanding with the master when thoy signed the agreement , but which was not expressed in

      it . On the other hand it was contended by Mr . Pelbam , that the voyage did not terminate until the ship arrived in . the Pool , and was moored in a berth for delivery . Xorthrleeb Hope was not the place of delivery , though it was in the Port of London , but merely a . place assigned by the harbour master , and where tbe ship had to remain until the cargo was sold . That was effected on the third market day , and on the afternoon of the same day Mr . Jenkins obtained an order from the harbour-master , at Greenwich , for the ship to come into the pool to discharge . ' The crew , who were the present complainants , had then quitted the ship , and the master was under the necessity of employing five other men to brin" - the ship up the river , at an expense of £ 8 ls 6 d which he now sought to deduct from the wages of

      Marylebone. —Another Pswibb Po* Cass —Ro...

      the' fire ^ olaimauts .-: Mr . - Pelham" admitted" that after . ithe . agre ; ement ,. wa 8 ; ent ^ red . into ; the master gave the me * a a written paper , in which be stipulated to £ lVe- thenv . 6 s . - eaoh , in addition to the £ 3 each tboy had signed for ,-if the cargo of coals was not »* , bld on the second market-day . This was done in . consequence of the strike in the north , and the discohtent among the : seamen with the provisions of the new Mercantile Marine Act . It was further contended by Mr . Pelham , that the seamen were not entitled to . the extra gratuity of 6 s . each , because they had not staid by the ship alter the second market-day , and that they were liable to the expenses incurred by the master in employing substitutes to bring the ship up the river . —Mr .

      Yardley said it was the misfortune of seamen in the home trade that they wore not compelled to go to the new shipping offices against which the seamen in the north had been struggling , for what reason he could not tell . It would tend materially to promote the welfare of seamen in the coasting trade , if the articles of agreement were made out by the shipp ing master ' s . The agreement in this case was vague , and if it had been made out by a shipping master , this dispiito most probably would not have happened . There had been no ' end of disputes with home trade articles , which would not have happened if the agreement had been framed at the new shipping offices , which were established for the benefit of seamen , and to prevent them being

      wronged , and yet they wero raising an outcry against them . There was nothing whatever in the agreement about two market-days , and if the vessel had been detained in ' Northfloet Hope till the 12 th market . day , the seamen would only have been entitled to £ 3 each . Gilroy ( a seaman ) : As ; she was safely moored , your worship , wejjwere entitled to £ 3 each . —W . Yardley : She was not safely moored for the London market for the delivery of her cargo . —Mr . " Pelbam said the master could not obtain an order from the harbour-master to enter the pool till the cargo was sold , and that cargoes of colliers were never delivered in Northfleot Hope . —

      Mr . Smith : Suppose the cargo could not be sold till the lltb or 12 th . market-day , were the seamen not to be entitled to any wage ' s beyond the £ 3 for a detention of six weeks ' . —Mr . Yardley said another question might be asked , was the captain 4 o go up to London and sell his coals the first marketday at what price the crew pleased ? After a long discussion the magistrate said ho should allow the seamen £ 3 Ss . each , but they must pay tho expenses'incurred by the master in the hire of men to bring the ship up from ' Korthfleet to the pool . He made an . order . ' for ' the seamen to receive £ 2 12 s . * 8 d . each , but without costs . . '

      Rc-bbebt , —Isaac Cannell , ari ex-polioeman of tho K division , No . 154 , and Michael Coghlah , a bricklayer ' s labourer , residing at Que £ n Anne-street , Whitechapel , were charged with the following daring highway robbery . —Joseph William Beckett , a retired greengrocer , residing at 71 , Ratcliffehighway , said that as he was coming homo on the night of the 7 th instant , on reaching a secluded place called Williams ' s-rcnts , the prisoners rushed on him , - and Cannell jumped on his back , seizing his hands from behind and forcing them up under his jaws pressed them against his throat until strangulation was nearly produced . He was soon rendered fnsensible , and , on recovering , found himself lying in the gutter , and bleeding profusely from the eyes , nose , and mouth , and he found that

      £ G 8 in gold had been abstracted from the left-hand pocket of his trousers , and six or seven shillings in silver from the other . In addition to other injuries , he had a severe cut behind the car , and he was so severely maltreated that he was confined to his bed until the following Monday . His face at that time was very black and much swollen , and even yesterday he exhibited marks of brutal violence . —The prisoners were fully committed to Newgate for trial . MANSION-HOUSE . —Writing a Forged Bill . —Joseph Lucas Horrocks , who was some days ago charged befoae the Lord Mayor with having feloniously and knowingly uttered a forged bill of exchange for the payment of £ 430 Os . 7 d ., with intent to defraud the London Joint-stock Bunk , has been fully committed for trial .

      Assault . —William Thompson , a fellow who has been long about the streets in the dress of a sailor , and alternately in the characters of beggar antl robber , and a woman named Jane Thompson , who has been frequently seen with him in his rambles at night' lying in wait for drunken passengers , were brought up charged with having begged , and insulted those who refused alms , and also with having assaulted the officers of the police . The woman , it was stated , followed some gentlemen , and urged them in the most urgent manner to give her aid ; and when a refusal was given to her entreaty , her companion ' , a powerful fellow , joined in the application , and added threats and abuse . to' her arguments . The male prisoner

      kickea and struck the officers most violentl y , and was with difficulty dragged to the station-house .. The woman showed that she had taken lessons from the fellow , and swore that neither of them should lie locked up . —Scott , the Mansion-house officer , said he had known William Thompson as ore of the most desperate vagabonds about the city for a considerable time , and he had known Jane Thompson , who was not more than twenty-two or twentythree years of age , although she appeared to bo upwards of forty , to bo a beggar from her childhood . He also stated that the female was constantly in the habit at night of folhiwing persons under the influence of liquor , and with the assistance of her ruffianly comrade , plundering them of all they had

      in their pockets . —The Lord Mayor said he would t : tke care that there should be a check for some time to the success of tho various occupations of the prisoners , and committed them both to prison . LAMBETH . — Ill-using a Wife . — Patrick Toomey , a labourer ,, was charged with ill-using his wife , turning her out ot doors , and discharging a gun at her while in tho street . —The complainant said that her husband was in the habit of beating her with great barbarity for some time past , and on the night before he struck her and turned her into the street . He also threatened to shoot her ,

      and while she was in tho street , he discharged a gun at her . She could not say how it was charged , but she was sure that her husband had plenty of powder and shot in the house . She could not say that the prisoner presented the gun at her , but his general conduct was such that she went in fear of her life . —The prisoner , in reply to the charge , said his wife was of so jealous a disposition that she never gave him a moment ' s peace of mind . —Mr . Elliott convicted him in a penalty of forty shillings for the assault , or twenty days' imprisonment , aud also ordered him to find bail for his good behaviour for one month .

      SOUT 1 IWARK . —Stxalixo a Pewter Pot . —E . Gander , keeper of a beer-shop in Long-lane , Bei * - mondsey , was charged with stealing a pewter-pot , the property of Mr . R . Curtis , of tho Coach and Horses , in the same neighbourhood . —Tho pot in question had been found outside the door of one of prisoner ' s customers ; the traces of prosecutor ' s name were still discernible , although an erasure had been attempted , and the name of the prisoner had been engraved in its stead . On being apprehended , the prisoner , under pretence of going up stairs to fetch something down , escaped out of tho place , but was pursued and taken into custody . —On being called on for his explanation , the prisoner said that he had been drinking freely one evenin "

      with a pewterer in his own house , when one of Mr . Curtis ' s pots was brought into the room . The pewterer , on looking at it and seeing Mr . Curtis ' s name engraved on it , said , "Don ' t send it back ; keep it yourself , and I'll erase bis name and stamp on yours in place of it . " He being intoxicated at the time , unfortunately listened to the advice , and that was the way in which he was led into the offence—Mr . A'Beckett said that the prisoner ' s conduct was most culpable on tho occasion . Instead , however , of sending the easa before a jury , he should deal summarily with it , and inflict the full penalty the law allowed him on the prisoner for unlawfully possessing the pint pot , namely , £ 5 , and in default of payment commit him for six months to gaol .

      A Charge of Bigamy . —Thomas Mathews was charged with intermarrying with Elizabeth Surragc , his first wife being then and now living . — Gardiner , police constable 79 M , said that on the previous evening the sister of the second wife came to him while he yeas on duty , and told him that she had ascertained tbat her sister ' s husband had another wife living ; and while they were conversiinj , the latter came up and showed bim a certificate of her marriage . By their direction he went to the railway station and took the prisoner into custody .

      —The sister of the second wife stated that on the 7 th of November last she was present when her sister was married to tbe prisoner , at St . Mary ' s , Lambeth . The first wife also stated that she mar ' tied the prisoner at the Superintendent Registrar ' s Office , at Bristol , in 1846 . She produced a copy o ' the certificate . —In defence , the prisoner said he did not think the first marriage a legal one , not having heard the service read . —Mr . Combe said there was no service required to be read , and the copy would not have been issued unless the marriage was performed . He should remand him for a few days .

      Poisonixg . Near Wisukcu.-Tkc Adjourned ...

      Poisonixg . near WisuKcu .-Tkc adjourned inquest was held on Wednesday on the body of Mrs . John Dearlove ( the particulars concerning whose death arc given in the sixth page . ) No evidence was oftered to fix the charge upon tho girl who is « vv- ? t-Ct ed ' tlie J ury have returacd a verdict of VViliuhnurdcr against some person or persons unknown . ' Tilc g i ,. | gavo evidence in a very straightforward manner , and never betrayed the slightest fear or agitation , or changed colour in the least during her- examination . No less than 330 marriages between husbands and deceased wives' sisters have taken place in the Metropolitan districts since 1835 . ' ¦ ¦

      Fatal Boiler Explosion ~ At " Glasgow Th...

      FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION ~ AT GLASGOW This disfriot is obtaining a most painful amour )* of notoriety for the frequency and extent of iu accidents on land and water . On Wednesda evening the boiler of the engine attached to tli flax-spinning works of Messrs . Finlayson m * u ° village of Johnstone , exploded , by ' which eh *? men and boys were instantly deprived of life It ' believed that tho works had been temporarily s » pended while the people were taking some refresh " merit : but , meanwhile , the cngineman had ke f the safety-valve fully , loaded ,. the consequence ^ which was a tremendous explosion . The norsn who were killed had been smoking or resting th * selves' in the fire-room . A large portion of th *

      ouuaing was otown aown ; and while GTOrfi wore making to rescue tbe sufferers from tlm * ,, i it was discovered that the mill itself wi « L «" » This was caused by the hot cinders rnvinl \ ° * driven through the ' partitions into S tn r 8 ap a ? ments of the factory . The fabric , with its S " contents , bas been almost wholl y consHmed '

      A Child Borieo Alivk Bv Its Mornim _Ti,N...

      A Child Borieo Alivk bv its Mornim _ Ti , n habitants of the parish of Winefieid in r ' „ ln * that a single woman , twenty year / nf »«« n ? Maria Clark , had murdered hKhnt ^ nm old , by burying it alive , in a ZS ^ SSSt named parish . The wretched woman » kl . ovc * ? V H 'r » SffS nt isfra ? by whom she has been roinande . 1 far « t « ? ?• » on a charge of murder . It Sear , rh ? VTs Pulham Union House on Tuesd ay iS Sfi , ef 6 pose of being married to a Wrer ?& Vgj neighbourhood . In the afternoon she was carrvi ™ her infant , going towards Mr . Hill ' s mead ow with a spade in her hand . During the evening , \„ con sequence of her appearing without her child sh * was questioned as to when ; it was , and she admitted

      that she had burled it in Mr . Hill ' s meadow . She was taken into custody , and on the following ' morn . ing , tho meadow , in which she said she had fauried the child , was searched , when the body of the cliiM was found buried about six inches under the turf * the spade with which it is supposed the mother due the grave , was found in a ditch close by , covcr ^ with water . After being remanded by the mn ^ . trate on the charge , she made a confession to the following effect : — " 1 was fearful that the young man who promised to marry me would not do so g ho knew that I had a child , and I , in consequence was anxious to get rid of it . I had not entertained the slightest notion of murdering my child until I came out of one of our neighbours' cottages , where I saw a spade standing outside the cottage . I took up the spadej went into the meadow , dug a hole

      and laid my child m it . I then covered tho child over with earth , and to stifle its screams I stamped upon the sod . When the child was covered up with the earth I heard it cry . 1 then sat down upon the place where I had buried it , and in a short time after I went home . " The prisoner will be examined before the magistrates on Monday next . Colliery Explosion at Asht . -n-under-L'vne . —A coroner ' s inquisition was held on Thursday evening , at Ashton-under-Lyne , into the cause of death of five colliers , who had died from injuries received at the colliery of Messrs . John Kenworth y and Brothers . The jury found a verdict to the effect that the deceased came to their deaths accidentall y , hut they thought the utiderluoker had neglected his duty , and desired that a government inspector mi ght be sent down to examine the workings , with a view to rendering the mine safe for the future ,

      The Church and the Poor Mas ' s Bacon , —At a vestry meeting tit Middlcshorouiih , on the 17 th , a vast majority refused the rate asked ; but the chairman declared it carried . A Middlesborough correspondent writes ;— "It is full time that Church and State were separated , when a poor man ' s bacon is taken from him by the former , under the sanctionof the hitter , and oftered for s : ilo to buy sacramental wine . On Friday , the 7 tU inst ., 10 st . of ilour , 3 lb . of bacon and other fruits of a church-rate seizure , were exposed to auction in the market ; but no man would bid . The goods , however , were not restored to their rightful owner , ' but locked up in the police-station . The poor man has not saved his bacon—how much longer ., will the Church save hers ?"— Gateshead Observer .

      The Morning Post contains a statement , copied from the Standard , to the effect that Baron Rothschild has embraced Christianity . This will appear to every one almost too absurd to receive even a contradiction at our hands . — Jewish Chronicle .

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      Corn. Mark Lane, Monday, March 17.—We Ba...

      CORN . Mark Lane , Monday , March 17 . —We bad a small show of English wheat from Essex and Kent this morning , ; m < the stands were cleared at ; m advance uf Is . per quarter upon last Monday ' s prices . The arrival of foreign wii-.-at , chiefly from the Black Sea and Mediterranean , was very large ; but flue samples soltl pretty readily at fully last n-eek ' s quotation * . lul'Iour there was but little doing , barley , in full supply , and held at full prices . Beans and peas without change . The supply of oats was moderate , and the sale pretty good upon terms rather iu favour ol the seller .

      CATTLE . Smitiifiedo , Monday , March i 7 From our own grazing districts a full average supply of beasts eamc fresh to band this morning . in excellent condition . Owing , in a great measure , to the thin attendance f . f country buyers , and the changeable state of the weather ; the beef trade was in u sluggish state j yet a fair clearance was effected at prices tiki / ut equal to those obtained on Mouday lastthe highest figure for the best Scots being 3 s . 8 d . per Slbs . Willi sheep we are but moderately Mtpnlied , and there was a slight falling off in their condition . For mo t breeds the demand ruled inactive ; but we have no change to notice in their value . The extreme talue of the besc old Downs , in the wool , was is . ( id , ; out of the ivuul 8 s . lOd . per Slbs . More Hum half of the supply was eomj osed of shearlings . Calves—the . supply of which was moderate—moved off slowly at last week ' s pi'IUCS . IVC had a very dull sale for pigs , and prices Were with difficulty supported .

      PROVISIONS . London , Monday . —Since our last nothing of importance has been done in Irish butter , and prices have declined about 2 s per cwt . Foreign scarcely varied in value or deintiud . llacon : Irish and tlatnbro' singed sides were not quite so much in request . The dealings , c nscqutntly , were rather liniitei " , and prices the turn in favour of buyers . Middles steady iu demand and price . Hams and lard as last reported . English Butter , March 17 . —With an increasing supply ot butter our market is dull , and prhvs present ' a downward tendency . Doisec fine weekly lt ! 6 s to HUs per cut ; do . middling aud stale 81 s to 90 s : Fresh » s to 13 sn .-r doz . lbs .

      BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in t ' le metropolis are from Old . to 7 d . j of household ditto , HA . to aid . per libs loaf . WOOL . ' nv , Monday , March 17 . —The imports of wool into London last week were 1 , 51 ) 7 ; ef which 1 , 009 were from the Cape of Good Hope , 10 a from Italy , 3 'J from Kussill , liS from Xpilill , 18 ( i from Mogiidore , 47 from Singapore , from Bombay ; mid the rest from Belgium , « fce . HIDES . Leadenhau ,. — Market hides , Slilb . to Glib ., 2 d . to 2 . 11 . per lb . ; ditto , Cllb . to 721 b „ 2 id . to iifd ; ditto , 721 b . ' to SOlb ., 2 ] d . to Sid . ; ditto , bulb , to 8 Slb ., j' ^ l toSJd . ; ditto , SSlb . to Diilb ., 3 ^ 4 to 4 d . ; ditto 001 b . to lOilb . , 4 d . to lid . ditto , lO'Jb . to Jl-Jlb ,, qd to l . Ul . : Calf-skins , cadi , Is . Cd . to 3 s . Od . j Horse-hides ( is . to 7 s .

      DEATHS . This morning { Saturday ) , after a protracted illness . Elizabeth , the wife of William llider , Publisher of tlds paper . Died in childbirth , in her 25 th yea-.- , Elizabeth I ' oi-ter . ot l ' ump-street , Kottinglt .-im . Site was tlie daughter of William and Elizabeth I'arker , of i ' . ei | . ont . street , and was the last of seven daughters . Charles William Mtnce , solicitor , of llarnsley , died ou Saturday last . He was the son of the late William Mence , who was also a lawjvr , and boih obtained a certain degree of notoriety , by bchnf Ihe public -prosecutors of tbis place for the last iorty years . William , the father , » t rose to fame by prosecuting some industrious townsmen who were concerned in the Luddite movement oflSK ' , and who were transported . Iu 1820 he succeeded in convicting nineteen WCavoi' 3 , who went to Grange Moor with

      arms , un a charge of high treason . They wtre sentenced to i » be hung , drnwu , quartered , and disemboweled , but the sen- ntence was commuted to transportation for life . They « 'ef"J fjj senttoVanDiemen's Land , where some of them are still ill liviisg . At the weavers' tuin-out , in 18 * 21 ) , above twenty ty persons were arrested connected with the riots of that at period , when Ashtou and Mirficld were transported lt-r vt fourteen years ; lie was also engaged in the Chartist pro- oseditions of 1830-10 , when Ashtoii , I'locy , and Crabtrec ¦ ec were imprisoned two years in Wakefield gaol . This was as his last public professional act , and we arc informed t . iat wt be died insane . The son , Charles , was tlio prototype of tlie lie father in his professum-d capacity , and will be well remctn- inhered by W . 1 * . Uoberts , Esq ., iu the inquiry on the eele- lebrated Oak ' s Colliery explosion . He has died childless a . a . a premature ago-

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      From The Gazette Of Tuesday, March Isth,...

      From the Gazette of Tuesday , March ISth , BASKUHPTS . John Btttlrey , "Woolwich , Kent , victualler—Joseph Graham , Kotting . bil ) , hosier—William Joseph Hawley , Woolwich , Kent , grocer—Augustus llounsbam , Portsmouth , grocer—John Marshall , Southampton , coal Merchant—Henry Scale , near Neath , Glarnnrgansliire , iron manufacturer—EloHei't William Street , Oxford-street , victualler —Henry Watson and John George Fitch , l'imllco and Sittingbunrne , Kent , cement manufacturers—Hubert William Wri ght , Charles Davy , and Jacob Dixon , Devonshire , street , ( iuecu-KUAave , Btarvshwry , goldsmiths . SCOTCH SEtiUESTUATIONS . John Graham , Portniahomaelr , Koss- 'hire , fish curer—Richard Sutton Harding , Glasgow , tea dealer-James Mackie , Greenock , draper—William Scoon , Edinburgh , cattle dealer—William Sharp , Alloa , merchant—William Storie , Johnston , bilker .

      Ottce In Ine Printcdby William Ridku,Oi'so. D.^Aixlest'eid-Stiee-, *•, M The Parish Of St, Anne, Wvstmimttv, At Tho L'Nutwki N(,I

      ottce in ine Printcdby WILLIAM RIDKU , oi'So . D . ^ aixlest ' eid-stiee-, *• , m the parish of St , Anne , WvstmiMttv , at tho l ' nutWKi n ( , i

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      , is , Great IViiidimll-streef , Haviirirttet . w : ^ of Wef tminister , for f e Proprietor ^ FE ANGUS O ' Cw . v ) . v 2 ? R , Esq . - , M . P ., and' pubh > l cd by the said \ l iw «« IAM Rider , at the ollce in the tains street and parish , — i , — Saturday March 22 nd , 18 > 1 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 22, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22031851/page/8/