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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday , Mat 12 . The debate oa Mr . Yilliers * motion for a total repeal of the Com Iaws , was continued throughout this evening and tra » participated in by Mr . Blackatone , Mr . Bretberton , Mr . Hampden , Mr . James , Mr , Gladstone , tub . Mr . Aldani , Mr . Benett , Mr . Hume , Sir John Tyrrell . Mr . F . Berkeley , Sir Walter Jimes , Lord Worsley , end S ; r B Peel . An adjournment was then again moved , upon which a scene ensued which xs-e Bhould fail to do justice to did we net record it as a proof of tfee great superiority of the proceedings of Gestlkme . n : The following report ia from the Tines : — Mr . 0- Staslet arcse amidst cries of " Divide !" juid moved that in ? oehate be adjourned . Mr . M - Gibsox s-.-eocd * d the motion .

      SitR Peel toped the debats -woaldbe brought to a close that ngfat The subject had been already fully discussed—ibf-ir , hear .. The course which the House had adopted , in not beginning the debate until about ten o ' clock , up t : > which time the House was comparatively empty , left so short a time for discussion , thst if they were to eo :. tfc ; u 9 such » course and persist in adjournments , the debate could not be brought to a close within any reasonable period , while the public business would be greatly impeded . He knew not how the Government cocld be more agreeably owupied than in listening te debates of this kind—la laugh ; : —but as the public interests were concerned he hoped that the House would not consent to any further adjournment—( cheers ) .

      Mr . M . GJBSO >\ a : aidst cries sf " divide , " said , that he &i& not underitan-l what the right hon , " gentleman meant by raying tb % t the debate did not begin until 10 o ' eloek . He ( Mr . GVoson ) thought it had gone on throughout the nigbi without cessation . ( Cries of 11 Question . " ) Many hon . gentlemen on his side the house were desirous of explaining the vete they should give , and he therefore thought the motion for adjournin ; the debate a Tery judicious one . ( Loud cries of " Divide . " Mr , Boss ( amidst tench confusion ) supported the motion for adjournmen t .

      Lord J . BrssKLL said , that -when the bight hon . gentleman wished last y < -m to put en .-nd to the aiscuseioa after it had lasted c certain cumber of nightB , he ( Lord X Russell ) called cu tLe house not to concur with the right bon . gentleman , l ? several hon . members , - who ought to be beard , had r ^ spoken . Now , however , that the question had Ixen to long and so often debated , he did not believe that either foj the purpose of prmMlrg jhfi House to form a deliberate opinion on tfce subject , or enabling their c matitntnte throughout the country to understand the grounds en which they voted , it was necessary that the debate hhould be again adjourned . ( Hear , hear . ) Of ccurse the right hon . Baronet was prepared to listen to any reply which hon . members might think propet to make . iCheers . ) If hon . members behind him per- ' sted in moving the adjournment of the debate he should vote against the motion . ( Cheers . )

      Mi Hume said , that seven c eight Hen . Members irere anxious to address the Reuse- iLoud cries of "Go on . ") Go on , indeed ! ibrighter , it vrag fine talking to say " Go on" ( cocanued langhter ; how could tbey ; said tho Hon . Member , looking at the clock ' - go on at that hour of the night ? ( Laud cries of " G j on , ' * " Adj . urn , " and " Divide . '' Mr . Cobdb >\—If he entertained any doubt as to the propriety ef adjourning the debate at that time of the sight ; a quarter to one o ' clock ) the inhuman noises which proceeded from Hon . Hembers would disprl that doubt . ( Loud laughter , and eri j ii " Divide , " " Go on . ") The course which Hon . Members bad taken satisfied him as to the necessity of an adjournment . { Cries of " Go on , " " No adjournment '

      Mr . E"Wakt rote amidst most indignant sho ^ a of " Order , * " Withdraw , " ' Chair , chair , *— The Honourable Member said , that the Noble Lord had taunted ibo-e who supported the motion for aa Ecjourament . There were many Honourable Members representing large manufacturing towns , be referred particularly to the Hon . Mercbers for Stockport and Manchester , who were axxions to addiess the House upon the important question under its consideration . ( Loud criea of " Sp « ke , " " Order , " " Divide . ") These -were the very men whom the house cueht to hs ^ r ,

      as they represented the movement for total repeal . ( Loud cries of "Oh , oh ! " and laughter . ) Ah , yen may despise that question bow , bat tlt > lime -would come wbea they would be taught to respect it \ " Spoke , " " Chair , " " Divide . ") He hi- * adopted thst opinion from conscientious motives > shouts of laughter , and cries of " Peoh , pooh" ) , and being de ' ermiaed to act up to these cdnacitnUon ? motives ( " Oh , oh , " and great laughter ) , he would * t&nd by the proposition for as adjournment . ( L < -n l cries of " AdjonTn , " " Divide , " " Order . ")

      Mr . Tillters rose . ' Loud cries of " Divide . '') The Bight Hon . Baronet who opposed the Er . joorn mest of tbd debate had not risen to speak until a quarter to twelve o ' clock . i"No , no . ) Ii was hardly fair of tfee Bight Hon . Baronet , as he did not £ ni * h his speech until a quarter to one o ' clock , to expect Hon . Members to enter then upon the eonsHeration of the question , particularly as there wts iittle probability of their speeches being faithfully reported ( hear , feeari , or at least , the late hour would preclude the possibility of it iLoud cheers . ) It was only jast that the representatives of the people should be heir . L

      Sir J . Hasmee said there was the greatest potiihle disposition to hear Hon . Members . It was nut Tight at Lhst period of the sesrion to waste the t : roof the House . He would ask what practical result would be obtained from the division ? He challenged Bon . Members to answer that qnestion . There would be other opportunities for discussing this subject . Tae motion "which was soon to come before tbc House relating to Canadian corn must have b considerable effect npon the Corn Laws . Four nights had already been wasted . If Hon . Members persisted in moving the adjournment of the debate , he should move as an amendment that the House do adjourn . { Cheers )

      Mr . J . O'Coknell thought it was a misfortune that the public t ; uie should be wasted , but ii was a stai greater misfortune that the voice o ! the nation should be suppressed in the voice of her representatives . Lori J . Maxseb . 5 would ask oce question . He should like to know wfc . 7 those Hon . Members whs represented large towns had not during the four night * that the debate hid lasted availed themselves of the opportunity of speaking ? ( Loud cries of " Hear . ") Mr . Ettart ags ^ n re Ee , and was reeeived with lond cries ef Spoke . - The Hon . Member , however , nothing daunted by these expressions of indisposition to Eaten to him , rose a second , third , fourth , and fifth time amidst deafening crifs of " Spoke , spoke . " Considerable merriment w-is excited by the Hon . Member ' s bobbing up anel dowr . in bis seat at ea . h successive shout of impatience . Tie Hon . Gentleman at last Bat down in de 3 p-ir .

      Dr . Botfsisg sea Mr . M . Gibso > ' severally attempted to address ; ho Ecuse "without bucecss . Strangers wero then ordertd to -withdraw , but bsfore the gallery conld he cleared , Mr . WiED said , it would be inconsistent "with the diameter and aircity of the Ec-iise not to dispose of the present question one way or the other . It was not worthy of Eon . Members thus to endeavour to cot short the debate ; and ttis , he ruait be allowed to say , that if her M . -.-jestyi -Govert-r ^ .-Et attempted in this way to si : fl . 3 tne voices of th ^ se who represented large towns , tbey conJd expect no otlftr result from their conduct than this , that their :-.. iasnres would in tarn be opposed zni thwar . ed by these wbom they thus sought to deprive of an opportunity of expressing the sentiments ef their constituents . He would Bsk the Hon . Member for Hull whether he felt that he conld conscientiously persevere in the motion which ha bad made .

      Sir B . Pejel said he shouli certainly vote against adjourning the debate , ard £ e wzb sure the msjarity of that House would agree with him ia thinking thst the subject had , been long enough under discussion . He conceived that the proposition far adji-nrnit ! - the debate was not the fair way of meeting the question . It was only fitting and proper that the House should express am opinion upon the important qiesticn -r-hich had been brought under their consideranon . If tbey did not no * express their opinion , they might rely upon this , that the question would in the eourse of the present session be reagitated in another form . No man could fora moment doubt that the country ongfet to be made acquainted with the opinion of tte E-use , and he hoped that any attempt to depose cf ii in ihmanner proposed vrould b « unsucc-LSiiul . Ee thought that those who were most adverse to the txiitir-g laws should cow continue the discnmipti .

      Sir J . Haxheb said , that he wished the discussion in which the House were engaged should now be brought to a close , and he for one was willing to at till daylight rather than i ot bring the matter to an i 3 sue . He Wished to vote upon the question , and his desire -vras that the debs . U should terminate ; be therefore should withdraw his motion for adjourning tLe House , if the Hon . Member opposite would withdraw his for adjourning the debate . Mt M . TOTZ was Tery reluctant to interfere en the jaweut occasion , but he most take the liberty of saying that be represented ao small constitueney . That a

      texge portion of that constituency were in a most miserable condition bo one - would attempt to deny . Tbey iapwted—and in this be did not altogether agree with then—the whole of their sufferings to the Corn Laws ; it was only right , therefore , that the sectimtnts of so huge a body of the public should be laid before that House . He bad risen six times last night , and three times to-night , without having had the good fortune to catch the Speaker ' s eye . It "was & debate which he did not wish should be brought to a dose without his having an opportunity of shortly stating the TiewB which be entertained . Lord J . BcssELL recommended the Hon . Member for Hull to withdraw bit motion for the adjoamcent

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      of the H •¦ me . Ks t-m srrc , vi . ou nn-iction . luul tfcu MemV ' -r -would u « saUiii ^ d that the debate had better then be concluded . Sir . J . Haumee said it would now be presumptuous on hiB part to persevere , and he accordingly withdrew his motion . The gallery was then clewed for & division on the qoestion " that the debate be adjourned . " The House divided , when there appeared , — For the adjournment of the debate ... 94 Against it 385 Majority against the adjournment —291

      Captain Beekblet B »; d , he represented a great commercial citj—( hear and questioa ) , —but owed his sett to the popularity and irfluence of a great landowner ( ironical cries , and " hear , bear" ); theref ore , his views on the question were impartial , for self , sfter all . was a great motive—( "hear , hear . " and cries of "Divide . ") The Hon . Member for Somersetshire had said , the agriculturists should yield no more conoessionsi—( hear > , —while the H « n . Member for Stockport on the other side cried out , " No surrender . " Under such circumstances , how could there be any satisfactory settlement except by a compromise ?—( hear . ) He should vote for the motion not as approving of immediate aad total repeal , but as expressing an opinion that the existiBg law muBt bo altered —( cries of " Divide . " * Mr . W . 0 . StaM-et expressed his resolution to pres 3 , again tho adjournment—( " Divide , divide . " ) Mr . RicaRDO seconded the motion .

      t Lord DungaNKON protested against this course as 1 most uiijustiflaWe sad unfair—( loud cheers ) . Sir C . Napier said , that the Hon . Baronet might huve spoken sooner—( " Oh ! " and laughter ) . | Mr . Borthwick said , the real reason why the con-¦ tinuance of the debate waa thus pertinaciously resisted was , that it vrss desired to carry the powerful speech of the Bight Ho ::. Baronet to some agitating " convention "—( cheers )—for the purpose of attempting i at leisure , and with the aid of a hundred heads , to dissect , and if pesiihle damage , an argument , which none 1 of the boasted advocates of free trade in the House

      , dared now endeavour to anrwer—( loud cheers ); to trj i to torture and twist it , with the hope of extracting i some points of imputation , or some appearances of i admission—( renewed cheers )—and to exercise npon it : all the tricks and arts of an insidious an 4 disingenuous I criticism—( reiterated ebeers ; . To defeat so unworthy | an object on the part cf men who had thrown away rei peated opportunities of speaking , bad they been only ' sincerely desirous of expressing their own opinions , he ' would lend his most earnest aid—( great cheering , and i cries of " Go on . " ) ! Lord Wobslet urged an adjournment

      Mr . Blewitt recollected , that when Sheridan had concluded his celebrated oration— laughter )—against Warren Hastings—( loud laughten—the Minister had n-oved the adjournment that the House might recover ittelf . I Roar b of laughter . ) Mr . M . O'Connbll thought the proceedings would noi now be dnly reported . ( Hear , hear . ) If they continued the debate now it was impossible that the speeches of the Hon . Members foT stock pott and Manchester eould go to the country through the usual channels ; and it was quite well known that the debate was more carried on for the country than for the House . ( Ironical cheers . ) Mr . Ccetkis suggested that they shonld adjourn to twelve o'clock this day . ( Cries of " Ob , oh . ' and " No , no . ")

      • Lord Saxdos said the Hon . Member for Stockport . had bad every opportunity to answer his Right Hon . ; Friend , and that he had not done so was because he ; felt himself unable . ( Hear , hear . ) He F'otested : against this Bew doctrine , that the leaders of a party , by : holiiing back their speeches , should be ab-s to protract ] a debate indefinitely . j Here there was a general cry for Mr . Cobden , but I that gentleman did not rise . : Mr . Hawes tkmrrei that they had now lost an hour ' and twenty minstes ( it wits now past two o ' clock ) discussing whether they should sdjourn . In that time | they might have finished the debate . I Sir B . Peel disclaimed having delayed bis speech I for the purpose of preventing a reply . He Wtnid beg ' to be excused taking part in this renewed discussion on 1 the adjournment .

      Mr . Cobdzn said that the Noble Lord ( Sandon ) had not very charitably said be vrts unable to answer the speech of the Bight Hon . Gentleman . Tb » fact was that there was rot an argument in the speech of tbe Bight Hon . BiioDfct that he had no % answered fifty time * . ( Hear . ) Mr . M . Gibso > " thought , when a petition against the Corn Laws from 30 , 000 persons had been presecUd from Liverpool , the Noble Lord opposite did n « t show mnch respect to his censtituents . Mr- S . Ckawfohd said , protracted debates arose from not allowing Members to speak on presenting petitions . Mr . Villiees waa of the same opinion , and urged the adjournment of the debate . After a few words from Captain Berkeley , who said , he should now vote against the acjjuriiment , the House divided . The numbers

      were—For tbe adjournment - - SO Arainat it 273 Majority against the adjournment —193 Mr . M . J . O'CoNJCELi said that his constituents were in a state of great depression , and believed it was caused by the fallacious jystem of so-called protectka . Altbot ? h he won )• " have preferred the adoption ot the course sufseeted by the Noble Lord the Member for Sunderland ( Lord Ho wick ) , he would , under present circumstances , give bis support to the motion of the Hon . MemVer for Wolverhaajptcn . ilr . Ewart moved , that the debate be now adjourned .

      Lord Dc . \ gamso 2 » said he would be sorry to tee this qafcstk > 7 ; got rid of by a side wind . If anympaiience hsA been exhibited on that ( the Ministerial ) Bide of the House while bon . gentlemen opposite were speaking , he " ^ ould at once have voted for the adjournment . He thought ample opportunity had been afforded to all hnr . gentl-. nun "vrbo were desirous of speaking on this question . The house had , on Eeveral important occasions sat until 6 ot 7 o ' clock in tbe morning before a division took place , and as he thought the course taken bv hoD . gentlemen opposite was wholly uncalled for , he waB determined to remain till 8 o ' clock in the morning if neee ^ ary , in trder to resist their proceedings . Hr . Hawes said , the right hoD . Baronet , the First Lord ef tbe Treasury , scd the nobie lord the member for the cdty of London , had both left the house , and he thcnrLt that in their absence no satisfactory decision could be come to . Afu : r a few words from Lord C . Hamilton , amidst cries o : " Divide . "

      ; Captain Beh . naL said an hon . member opposite had ! termed tie cos'i . ict of hon . gentlemen en bis < th « Op-, position * . ^ . e cf tbe Eouse , disgusting . He must say ; thst La tbon ^ ht the courte adopted on the opposite I side was nofct unconciliatory and insulting . ( Loud cries \ of " Order " Tbe Speakeb said tbe Hon . Member was not justi-; fifcd in tisirc tucb language in that House . Captain rE 3 ? UL ( amidst calls for a division ) said , that he wa * -epired to sit zu hour later than the noble I lord opposi ^ ' Lord Dungannon ) . Mr . Ross c-. id Hon . Members were acting like a , parcel of set »! -boys—( a laugh ) . On one side they would sit ir : eight ; on the ether side till ten , by which time he supposed tbey would be all asleep in , th = ir Beats—( k ^ hter , and cries of " divide" ) .

      Mr . Buhe -sr . uld &ik what -was the object of the other side ; was ir io stop zXl furtherd \ seUB 3 u > n ?—( cries of "No . no ; ' " G . » en ") . He app-aled to tbe Ministry , whether ILty cou ' -l consistently persist in this course ? « Lt-n 4 crits of "Withdraw , " "No , no , " "Order , order ") . Mr . M . G ! ESO > - inbmitted tLst the Rieht Hon . Secretary for tbe Hinit Department , in the absence of his leader , onrht to n iy to the Hon . Member . He asked whether there rtilly was ar , y objection on the part of the Ministers ; » hear Hon . Members on the

      Opposition side—( cries cf" " Go on '' ,. If tbey were willing to hear them , bt ¦ a <« r <\ wis it absolutely r . ecf ssary to bear them then ?—< cr . » r . t f Yn ") He asked them as a majority was it nut like a tyrannical exercise of power to prevent the m . joriry speakinz at the period that wag roost ronvfnilnt : o themselves ?—( iaoehter ) . Sir C . Napier said , tfec as both sid £ s appeared determined to sit cat tfce ni- ' ht he Wiju'd propose that Hon . Gentlemen epposite should divide themselves into three watches . But , seriun ^ ly . they ought to have some regard for the Bieht P : n . Gentleman in the

      chair , and give up this chil-Ji&h and foolish game—( laughter anil cheers ! . Lord J . 2 Ja > " > ees meved as an amendment on the adjournment of tbe debate tbat the Hutue do now adjourn—( cheers ) . Mr . C . Villiers was opposed to that Tbe condnct of the other side was tyrannicai . Hebelitvtd that « n this qnestion only would this con : — have been adopted . ( Cries ef " No , no . ") It was r . . ' . ci : u * that a majority of the House had a pecuniary in : tjt ? t in tbe question , and he thought they ought on tb-t l -unt to fea more careful what tbey did . They weri . jirried s \ ray by their passions . ( Loud cries of " Ordt ") He bogged pardon of the House if be had saia rcjthing out of order . ^ Laughter . ) Mr . Chkistophek was sure his wu ^ ituents wculd otj ^ tt to his joining in getting rid cf Lue question ia th : s manner . He hoped tbe Noble Lord would withdraw his motion .

      Lord J . Mas axss . —Though on the gn und stated b ^ the Hon . Member for Wolverbampton 1 should not think cf withdrawing the motion , yet at tbe request of the Hon . Gentleman I shall Mr . T . DwCOME . —Ton shall not . Mr . P . BonTHWicKsaid as the motion had not been econoed , it was not necessary to obtain leave to withtiraw it . An Hon . Membbb . —I seconded the motion . Mr . T . Dckcokbe here said in aloud tone , addressed to Hon Members near him , " We will force them to a division . " The Speakee said it was competent for the House to refuse to 6 i , ow the withdrawal of a motion . 1 > I' " roppoited the motion of the Nolle

      Mr . M . J . O Coxnell said that as they were deserted » y tctir ^ -s'S is on both sides ( Sir R . Peel , Lcrd J Russell , ^ . r J . G :-J : am , ard others ban seme time before jeft the HoBEe . . . iLey must censidtr what was best for

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      : htir Ui ^ niiy . ' iad for t / . fi ; n ! preits of the country . Htc hoped be would not appeal in vaiii to the common sense of the House . If the motion of the Noble Lord were to be carried the Hon . Member for Wolverhampton could renew tbe discussion on the plea that tbe discussion had been gol rid of in a most unjustifiable manner ; and if those on his ( Mr O'C . ' s ) side of the House pressed that motion to a division , they would be also in the wrong . He hoped , therefore , that the motion would be allowed to be "withdrawn from the side of the House which pressed it Whatever side that might be , would incur the blame and the odium . They were not just then in such a calm state as would warrant them in coming to a conclusion npon the Noble Lord ' s motios , and still less were tbey in a state to come to a decision upon tbe main question : and be therefore trusted that mutual concession would be made by both parties—( hear , hear . )

      Mr . Boethwick concurred in a great measure in what bad fallen from the Hon . Member who bad just sat down , and suggested that the , division should be token upon the main question . Mr . Ward said , that it would be impossible under tbe present circumstances to take the division upon the main question . The House waa not at present in a temper to deal properly with the question , and there were faults at both sides . He himself , bad expressed bis opinion on the question before the House , but many members who represented large and populous towns were desirous of expressing their opinions on the subject . Mr . Plumptke recommended mutual concession . Mr . E . Ellice , Juq ., hoped that the scene of the last two hours would not be continued . He regretted the absence of Ministers on such an occasion .

      Mr . Mackenzie here observed , that there were strangers in tbe House , upon which the galleries were ordered to be cleared . After an abBt-nce of upwards of twenty minutes the gallery was again re-opened , but before we bad resumed our places tbe same Hon . Member again noticed the presence of strangers , and the galleilea were again cleared . Tbe gallery was re-opened at a few minute ? before four o ' clock , when we found the membera retiring in a body and understood , that during our absence , after several divisions , the debate had been adjournod ; an *! at four o ' clock the House adjourned until Monday .

      Monday , Mat 15 . Tho House met at tbe u ^ ual honr , and after a number of petitions bad been presented tbe adjourned debate on the Com Laws was resumtd . It occupied the House till midnight , when a division took place , the numbers beinTFor the motion ... „ . ... 125 Against it SSI Majority against the motion ... 256 Tb » otber Orders of tbe D 3 y were then disposed of , and Vhe Hoase adjourned Bt a quarter past two o ' clock

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      mining atmosphere , from the pouonuus gases and dampness of the Mines , in which from ten to twelve hours a day your petitioners are confined , breathing it uuder a severity of labour seldom practised on the surface , which brings on suffering , emaciation , disease , and early death . " That in every case of explosion of late years it has been demonstrated beyond doubt , by th « evidence at tbe coroner ' s inquests , that imperfect ventilation and that alone brought on tbe dreadful catastrophe ; as at St Hilda explosion , in June , 1839 , in which fifty-two lives were lost ; at Wellington , in April , 1841 .. ia wblch thirty-two ; at Thorneley pit , in August , 1841 , ia which nine ; and at King pit , ia April of the present year ( 1843 ) , in waich twenty-eight lives were thus destroyed .

      " That your petitioners are clearly convinced that while Mines are allowed to be worked as at present with only a single-bratticed-pit to each , as in the greatest number of instances in these districts , through which are supplied 100 , 200 , 300 , 400 and sometimes 500 acres of under-ground workings , extending in some cases to sixty or seventy miles of passages , that the lives of your petitioners will continue in daily imminent danger , frwm the iitcapactity of one shaft to supply a sufficient quantity of air . ' That your petitioners are further convinced that

      bratliced shafts , or puts divided by wooden partitions , are very imperfect , dangerous , and ill-fitted for securing proper ventilation , as they waste the air at its source by allowing an escape from the downcast to tbe upoast , through a wooden partition of about seven inches thick , the temperature differing between them from 58 " to £ 0 ° ; th'it in accidents they get easily deranged or destroyed ; and , as is universally tbe case whore tbey exist , are ueed at the same time for drawing coals in corvts or tubs which , obstruct by tbe amount of their areas , the admission and egress of air in their already too-dimiuishori capacities .

      " That the only mode of securing proper ventilation , whatever direct moans may \ m employed fur producing it , is by sinking two Shafts always to the coal or winning , nnd in proportion as the underground workings are extended , making additional Suavis ; and thus would the whole Mine be thorough . y ventilated , the Coal more easily and healthily worked , and your Petitioners secured front tbe recurrence of these terrible accidents . " That yonr Petitioners knowing that the Davy Lamp

      is liable to Jire an explosive mixture under certain circumstances , cannot vest aatiB&ed with their lives being secured only by an imperfect instrument easily deranged , which at the moment of greatest danger developes its imperfection and brings on tbe mischief it is intended to prevent , and on the pretended safety ef which has been based the modern practice of carrying foul underground workings to the most dangerous extent , demonstrating , your Petitioners humbly hope , to your Honourable House , another important reason for the adoption of an efficient ventilation .

      " That such ventilation may be properly applied and the Mine placed in every respect in as perfect a condition as its nature will admit , your Petitioners respectfully submit to y « ur Honourable House , that means should be adopted to bbcuto for the direction of tbe Mil e * Viewers and Underviewers properly educated and sufficiently experienced lot their onerous charge , to whose c ire lives , aa well as much valuable property , are entrusted , and by whose ignorance they are not nnfrequwutly sacrificed ; and yonr Petitioners consider it only proper , as in otber professions , so in that of mining , that a seienlijic and suitable education should be pos sets ? d by the Officers of Mines previous to the assumption of their important duties—which should be made imperative .

      " That for the securing of these and other improv-Bients and advantages to the mines , which self-interest or negligence might resist , evade , or leave unaccomplished , even though authorised by your Honourable House , your petitioners conceive that tbe appointment of official Inspectors of Mines , as of Factories and Jliiiivuys , with authority to investigate , suggest , and recommend or enforce , would greatly conduce thereto , and , also , to their early introduction and rightworking . " Tbe adoption of these suggestions your petitioners are firmly convinced is imperatively necessary for providing against the dreadful calamities of the Mines , and for their better and economical working ; your petitioners , therefore , humbly and most earnestly pray that your Honourable House will take them , and any otber beneficial suggestions that may be made , into your Immediate and serious consideration . And should your Honourable House , induced by the importance of the

      subject to humanity and the interests of the country , favourably incline to this their faithful representation , your Petitioners further humbly and respectfully pray that , fur obtaining more particular and extensive information on all points bearing en tbe Mines and receiving confirmation of the facts stated in the premises , your Honourable House will be pleased to appoint a Select Committee of Inquiry , or take such steps as may be necessary for the appointment of ' a Commission of Scientific aud Practical Men' to visit the Mines and investigate their condition by personal inquiry and examination , with a view to speedily report thereon , for the purpose of basing a practical , complete , and comprehensive measure , by which your petitioners may , for the future , bs better protected from the fearful destruction that U perpetually carrying death and woo into the bosoms of their families . " And your petitioners , as in duty bound , will ever pray , < fcc "

      Wo have also received the following for insertion , nnd we conjui-e those Interested in the matter to lose no time in supplying the required information , as it is the intention of an influential nobleman to bring the case before Parliament during the present session , All communication * sent to this office will be forwarded to the proper quarter . We are sure the working men themselves will do their own business much better than an expensive host of idle , tramping Government Commia&io&ers . Ba up and do your own work . QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED FROM THE ACCOUNTS OF AS MANY WELL-INFORMED AND EXPERIENCED PITMEN AT POSSIBLE . * 1 . —What do the pitmen consider to be the immediate causes of the numerous explosions in the coal mines ? Through the recklessness of Individuals during an ordinarily safe condition of ventilation—or an insufficient amount of ventilation in general ?

      2 —If from insufficient ventilation , how far is such insufficiency remediable by the present system ? Could any simple and inexpensive precautions be adopted which are at present neglected ? Are formal representations of the necessity of such precautions ever , or usually , made to the viewer , or inferior officer , without effect ? 3 . —Are the class of accidents which result from falls of Kiattir from the roof , and from similar causes , common . ' y chargeable to the personal neglect of the sufferer , or of tho overman , or other inspecting officer of tho mine ?

      4 . —la it apparent that the numerous minor accidents happening tot . be boys and young men in the pits by their falling from the waggons , or their being jammed and crahed . or run over , by those waggons , are distinctly chargeable to the carelessness of the sufferers themeelvcs ? WouM the addition of drivers' seats , and similar simple arrangements in the construction of the ro ' lK-ys themselves , or tbe rolley-ways , diminish the probability of sucb kccidenliS ? Is sufficient care taken during official investigations into tho causes of accidents at the coroner's inquest , or elsewhere , to discriminate bfitwesn carelessness of the sufferers and the omissions of duty on the part of the overman , or other inspectors cf tho daily state of the pit ? 5—Detail tbe kind and amount of compensation , pecuntary or other , received by sufferers from accidents , or by their families in case of death .

      G—Ia there any difficulty , under any circumstances , in obtaining ; tho customary " smart money ? " Is tbia money apportioned to the severity of the injury—or ia it th « f , an > u sum per dny , for nil injuries short of death ? If n Hufferer should continue to be disabled beyond the tir . iu for which he was bound or hired , does be still rectiv « smart \ nonry ? If the sufferer be permanently disabled frem ordinary pit work , what compensation does ho receive , or how is he dealt with ? 7—If ( loath ensue , what compensation is made to the families of the deceased ? How long is such compensation allowed , if the families remain on the spot ? In caaus vrhere not one of such a bereaved family may be available for pit work , how are they supported ?

      8—Take the case of any recent and extensively fatal explosion , such as that of Wellington , ( Bigge pit , April , 1841 ) , and t-ndevyour to show the present condition of the families of the deceased sufferers , as contrasted with the conditi-.-n o ! the same families during the lives and labours of thcE . 'of whom they were bereaved by the explosion . State how many of their families now remain on the apot , nnd how many have removed , and whether they were compelled by distress to remove ; also , what compensation they received and for how long they received it

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      * In the answers give , as far as possible , names , places , and dates , where instances are adduced . Examples to each assertion should be given as frequently aa possible .

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      LONDON . —Mr . Parkes , of Sheffield , addressed tbe members of the City of London locality , on Sunday morning , at the Political and Scientific Institution . A Kreat impression was produced , and many persons joined the locality . Bis shillings was collected at the door . THE METROPOLITAN DELEGATE MEETIHG WU held on Sunday afternoon , Mr . Pickersgill in the chair . One shilling and sixpence was received from Flnsbury . The Balance Sheet for tbe quarter was read , and Messrs Maynard , Wheeler , and Page , appointed auditors , who having reported its correctness , it was ordered to be published . Some minor business was transacted , and the meeting adjourned .

      Mary-ie-bone . —A committee has been formed in Mary-Ir-bone for tho purpose of getting up a grand demonstration ou Harapstead Heath , on Wnit-Monday , to memorialize Her Majesty to grant a free pardon to Frost . Williams , Jones , and EIHb , and all who are now suffering in < xU < a ov in dungeons for their advocacy ol the ciuse or the people .

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      Ruffy Ridley ncUlresFed a numerous audience on Sunday afterno > n , on KenningtonCommon , in his usual energetic and effective manner . Rotunda , Blackfriars-road—At the weekly meeting on Monday evening , Mr . Thorpe in tha chair , it was announced that Mr . O'Connor was not a member ol the General Council , and he was unanimously nominated for this locality . Messrs . Andrews and Morton were elected as delegates to the Conference to be held on Tuesday next—A discussien , which wes supported with great energy by Messrs . Stallwood , Knighton , and others , was entered ioto . —An address to the people of Ireland was proposed , t « t adjourned until Monday next . The members of the General Council are requested to attend oa Monday next , at eJght o ' olock precisely . Mr . Balls lectured on Monday evening , at the Commercial Coffee House , Clerkenwell Green . Mr . Parkes also addressed the aud knee .

      Walworth . —On Monday evening last , tbe Chartists of Wai worth met at tbe Montpelier Tavern , to transact their usual weekly business , Mr . Price in the chair . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed . Mr . Russell moved and Mr . Larkin seconded the following resolution , which was carried with great enthusiasm , " That a public demonstration take place on Whit-Monday , on Kensington Common , and that tbe Secretary be instructed to write to T . S . Duncorabe , 3 Eaq ., M . P ., to take the Chair ; also to F . O Connor , E » q ., and W . S . Crawford , Esq . M P ., to attend upon the occasion . " It was also furtber resolved that the whole of tbe localities upon the Surrey Bide of the water Bhonld be "written to , requesting their « o-operation in carrying out the 8 &me . Tfee meeting adjourned till Monday evening next , at eight o'clock precisely , when it ia earnestly requested that tbe whole ef the members will be present

      Mr . G . J . HarnEY lectured on Sunday evening at the City of London Political and Scientific Institution , 1 , Turnagain lane , on the subject of priestcraft ,. and was greeted with much applause by a numerous and attentive audience . A 5 the conclusion of the lecture Mr . Brown , of Walworth , made some remarks on American institutions , which were replied toby Mr . Harney . Mr . J . Brown also addressed the meeting . Tbe chair was ebly filled by Mr . Browitt . Ten shillings was callected at the doors , and several shareholders and members of the Nat onal Charter Association were enrolled .

      CARLISLE—On Sunday last a meeting of the members of tbe Chartist Council took place in their room , No . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate , Mr . John Gilbertaon in the chair Several sums were paid in from the various districts , after which matters of a pecuniary nature were satisfactorily arranged . Mr . Bowman then drew the attention of the meeting to the appeal of Mr Hill , editor of the Northern Star , and said that it was of the most paramount importance that this appeal should be warmly and vigorously responded to by the Chartists througkout the country , for it appeared there was a likelihood of tho verdict foaud at Lancaster being set aside altogether , providing the means were furnished to secure tbe aid of tbe most talented men at the bar . It

      was incumbent on tbe people , to supply those means , as a matter of economy , for it would be much easier to do so , than it would be to maintain all those persons in imprisonment , which waa a consummation devoutly to be avoided . He then proposed tbe following motion , which being seconded by Mr . James Hurst , "was carried unanimously- — " Tbat tbe appeal of Mr . Hill be responded to ,. by this council becoming collectors on next Saturday evening for the General Defence Fund . " Tbt ) Secretary wa 3 then instructed to Vrite to DaJston and Penrith for assistance in this laudable undertaking . A second council meeting was held in the evening of the same day , when letters and papers were read from Mr . Arthur , an « 4 some further business transacted .

      AR . TCO 1 / D ( sear Nottingham ) . —Considerable excitement has prevailed in this town for the laat two or three weeks in consequence of tbe assistant-overseer ' s accounts being in an unsatisfactory state . A committee was appointed at a vestry meeting to examine his books . They met time after time , and they gave in their report that be was more than £ 50 deficient . He has only held the office the laat year . An announcement was placed on the church door , on Sunday week , seating that a vestry meeting would be held in the parish church , for electing a collector and for general business , and likewise of laying before the parishioners the accounts of the late collector . The Chartista were on tbe alert , and they sent the crier round the town , announcing that a meeting of tbe

      ratepayers would : be held near tbe pinfold , to take into consideration the propriety of nominating an aasistantovtiaeer for the parish . The meeting waa well attended by the working men . This meeting was held on Tuesday evening week , and the ves'ry meeting was to be held the Thursday following . At the meeting on Tuea day Mr . James Anthony , an uncompromising Chartist , waa called to the chair . Mr . Anthony , after addressing the meeting at considerable length , xvas followed by several other CfcartisU ; and it wa « proposed and seconded , tbat we should nominate Mr . Daniel Mel-Ions , an honest democrat and an unflinching Chartist , as our candidate for tbe office . The motion was put and carried unanimously . At the vcatry meeting , on Thursday , the tihartists were at their po 3 ta liku men .

      The farnies and our would-be superiors mustisreu in their mjght . They were at the church before we got there . There was a magistral also at their head . Tbe vestry w ; i 8 crowded to suffocation , and many could- not gain admittance . The parson of the parish was called to the chair . The collector for the last year sent in his resignation . His accounts were brought before the meeting , and he ia to pay the money as soon a 3 possible . The Chairman said that we were raet to make choice of an assistant-overseer . A person in the meeting proposed our Chartist candidate . An amendment was moved and seconded , That Mr . W . F . Thomas , the churchman , be tbe collector , when our man was carried by above three to one . Tbe Church party demanded a poll , and it is to come off on Monday next .

      MACCLESFXEX . D . —Mr . E . P . Mead lectured bere on Friday last , and preachavl an excellent E&rmon on Sunday . Tte sum of 49 . was collected and given to him to assist him on bis way . AtiVA . —Mr . Robert Peddie , from Edinburgh , lectured in the People ' s Hall here , on the evenings of Thursday am ! Friday last . Mr . Pcddie ' s appearance bere created a good deal of interest . The meetings on both evenings were tho best we have seen for many months . Mr . Peddie ' a first lecture was on the Spysystem , connected with his own case . He told a tale of

      tyranny , exhibiting its monstrous form and hideous spirit . Schemes " studied in arts of Hell" were unfolded , which we hope have done much to deepen the hatred of many to tjranny , and give a freuh thirst for liberty , with an increased desire stimulating to activity for its establishment . On Friday evening his subject was the treatment of Political Victims in the English prisons . He detaUni rouuh of what he suffered in Beverley . Powerful were the sensations on the minds of his audience . The ptop ! e listened most attentively and eagerly , although Mr . Peddle continued three hours each evening .

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      Thesile of these two lines would reduce the whole d ^ f of the State to about twenty millions of dollars myinl an interest of not more than on- million dollars per annum , so small a sum , that any temptation to resra diate would be entirely done with . *

      COMMERCIAL NEWS . Money Market , April 20—The operations of Wall-street for the last few days bear a closer resem blance to those of 1835 than any which have been seen for many months . The great abundance of money and the facility to speculation which the banks app ^ i , disposed to give , by loaning freely at a small margin upon state stocks , have awakened among the dealers at least all tbe spirit of tbe operations teen ao current , and from which the banks and the community have received such essential injury . That the improving condition of things generally warranted an advance from the ex . treme depression , occasioned by the want of confidence which prevailed , and the immense losses which tha country had suffered , will not admit of a doubt ; W that so great a change bas occurred as to warrant tfo rapid improvement which the market has experienced may well be questioned .

      Tbe prices of toe great products of the country wg still depressed ; many sections are suffering for the w&Qf of a currency , and that which is now flowing in , to sup , ply tbe place of the paper that has become valueless , U not of a character to produce an expansion , and creates rapid improvement in prices . We have been and atiU are drawing from Europe tbe specie necessary to fill thlt vacuum , and when the prospects of trade warrant oar merchants in recommencing their importations , it w ] JL we suspect , be found tbat they are to be paid for chieflj in specie . Th « result of tbe experiment we are now making-, the experiment of a self-regulating currency—is ygj uncertain , and we at least are by no means sangnina that the result will tend to promote the prosperity of the country .

      We are disposed to regret the appearance of the speculative mania , believing that its inevitable result will be to create a severe re-action , which will produce an injurious effect upon the prospeots of business . This would not be so mncb to be apprehended , if the very considerable advance which has occurred bad been in consequence of purchases for permanent investments Bnt a large share of tbem are purely speculative , anil when the banks recal their advances , will be resold to pay the loans , while capitalists who purchased at lower prices take advantage of the rise to realise their prints and employ their capital in ether purposes .

      In other respects we have little change to notice fa the general appearance of business . Commercial affairs appear gradually to be assuming more stability , and confidence is slowly returning . Tha community are , however , disposed to move with caution , ana mercantile operations are likely , for some time , to be con&ned to the legitimate wants of trada . The appli . cations to the banks for discounts of paper are ia consequence very limited , and such as is satisfactory is readily taken at 5 per cent . Loans are understood to have been made at even less rates , and unless a revival of business gives the banks an opportunity of employ , ing their balances , the rate of discount may decliiM still more . Foreign exchange is in fair demand , with a maderate supply . The market bas rather an upward ten . dency .

      In domestic exchanges the business is very trifting , and the quotations present no essential variation . Tbe operations in stocks , as already remarked , bite been very large , and at a very considerable advance from tbe quotations of the previous week . Tbe bulk of the business is confined to State Stocks , although bunk and railroal stocks are gradually excitmg more attention .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , May 11 . BANKRUPTS . Joseph Poolly , Maidstone , Kent , timber merchant , to surrender May 19 , at one , June 23 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Solicitors , Hems , Palmer , France , and Palmer , Bedford-row ; and Mr King , Maidstone ; official assignee , Mr . Aleager , Bitchin-lane . John Stevens , Britwell Salome , Oxfordshire , iron < founder , May 19 , at half-past two , June 23 , at one , st the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Solicitors , Mr , Miller , Abchurch-lane and Mr . Eyre , Bensington ; official assignee , Mr . Belcher . James Caleb Whittenbnry , Blackheath-hill , builder , May 18 , at one , June 23 , at two . at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Solicitor , Mr . Hooker , Bartlett ' sbuildings , Holborn : official assignee , Mr . Belcher .

      Edward Binyon , BelTs-buildiuga , Salisbury-sqasra , Fleet-street , commission ngent , May 19 . st" twelve , June 20 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London Solicitors , Mr . Fidrley , Temple ; and Mr . Branion , ShfeffieM ; offkiftl assignee , Mr . Green , Aldermanbnry , John Gollop , Dwid Redmnnd , and Thomas Kiogjsorth , Charles-street , City-road , ironfeunders , May 2 $ , at twelve . June 22 , at two , at the Court of Bsnkruptcy , London . Solicitor , Mr . Tucker . ThreadnewUestreet ; official assignee , Mn Johnson , Basinghall'Street Robert Ward , Windraill-street , Tottenham-courtroad , fringe-manufacturer . May 24 , at twelve , June 28 , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , London . Solicitor , Mr . Johnson , Basinghall-street

      George Fairless , Melbourne , Yorkshire , timber-merchant , May 23 , June 14 , at twelve , at the District Court of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Solicitors , Means . Parker and Weddall ; Selby ; official assignee , Mr . Hope , Leeds . James Stott , Rochdale , Lancashire , woollen UJ * nnfac « turer , May 24 , June 14 , at 12 , at the District Court ot Bankruptcy , Manchester . Solicitors , Mr . Wilkinson , L ; i > coln ' s-inn-field 3 ; and Mr . Andrew , Manchester ; official assignee , Mr , Hobson , Manchester . James and Holland Goddard , Market Harboroogb , bankers , May 24 . July 3 , at half-past eleven , at the District Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Solicitors , Aie 8 ars . Austen and Hobson , Gray ' g-inn ; and Mr . Douglass , Market Harborough ; official assignee , Mr . Whitmore , Birmingham . ,

      Wil . iam Ledbury , Hagley , Worcestershire , and Coalbournbrook , Staffordshire , ceal-merchant , May 22 , st half-past eleven , June 22 , at twelve , at District Court of Bickruptcy , Birmingham ; Solicitor , Mr . Collis , Stourbridge ; effteiai assignee . Mr . Whitmore , Birmingham . Thomas Fisher , Selby , Yorkshire , linen draper , May 24 , June 14 , at eleven , at the District Cour . of Bankruptcy , Lefds . Solicitor , Messrs . Blanchard , Richardson , and Gutch , York ; official assignee , Mr . Freeman , Leeds . Joseph Gallop , jua , Bristol , painter and « la » er . May 25 , at one , June 26 , at eleven , at the District Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol . Solicitors , Mr . Medina , Thavies-in ; and Messrs . Shallock and Cracknells , Bristol ; official assicnee , Mr . Button , Bristol .

      William Nor . h , Bdlh , innkeeper , May 30 , at twelve , June 22 . at elev < n , at the District Court of Ban kruptcy , Bristol . Solicitors , Messrs . Gunning and Gill , Bath ; official assignee . , V ' r . Miller , Bristol . Henry Thonjp « or , Bristol , saddler , May 28 , at twelve , June 22 , at tb ^ District Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol . Solicitois , : \ lessrs . Hicks and Brakenbridge , Bartlett ' sbuildiDcs ; ai ; d Mr . Hinton , Bristol ; official assignee , Mr . Hutton , Bristol . Jobu Wesley May . Bristol , bakpr , May 25 , at one , June 23 , ai eleven , at the District Court of Bankruptcy Bristol Solicitor , Messrs . Poole and Guillen . Gray'sinn ; and Mr . Co tixuvst , Bristol ; official assignee , Mr . Morgan , Bristol . William Butler , Bradford , Wiltshire , victualler . May 26 , June 23 , afejpne , at the District Court of BanJf ruptcy , Bristol .- ^ Solicitors . Messrs . Bash and Son , Bradford ; official assignee , Mr . Acraman , Bristol .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Morley and Lewi ? . York , cigar-manufae ' . urer—Casson and Fifetcher , Hey wood , Lancashire , gr ^ rs-Berend and Wilson . Liverpool , chemical manufacturera —Richar . ison and Person , Bedale , Yorkshire , upiwistereru—J . and S . Putteson and Co ., Manchester , stonemasons— Suger aurt Gray , Kingstoa-upon-Eull , cornfacters—W . Lane and Co ., Koehdale , Lancashire , aia and porter brewers .

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      ^ From the Gazette of Tuesday , May 16 . bankhuits . William Jones , drnguist , Llanrwst , Denbig hshire , June 1 . at twelve , anrt June 30 . at eleven , at . the district Court of Bankiuptcy . Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Griffith , Llaurwst ; . Messrs . Gregory aBd V ° J ' Bedford-row , London ; official assignee , Mr . bju , Liverpool , o tt , Victor Jey , silk hat manufacturer , Castle-lane , Souuiwark-bridge-road , May 25 , at one , and June 28 J « two , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Solicitors , Mean * Her wood and Griffin , Austin friars ; official assignee , Mr . Lsckington , Coleman-strefct-building . Clki ¦ salesmanBUl ^ ate

      ThEElXh « . " * , , May 30 , at half-past eleven , and June 27 , at eleven , at the Court ef Bankrupt *? . Solicuors , Messrs . l * ng and Harvey , Fenchurch-street ; offietal assignee , Mr . Edwards , Fredeiick ' s-place , Old Jewry . Worfel v Edward Parfrey , flour dealer , SwafiFham , Norfelk , May 24 , at eleven , and June 20 , at twelve , atithe . Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Dafaur , Qaeen * " >*•*?**• * £ . vendish . * quare ; Mr . Marris , Swa&ham ; official assignee , Mr . Gibson , BaainghaU-street T 1 _ . hiie , John Pool , innkeeper , Morice-town , D ^ JSS May 81 . at one , and Jane 38 . at twelve , £ * Ktart of Bankruptcy . Solicitors , Mr . Little . ^ eT ° *^ ' Mr . Sole , Aldermanbury , London ; official u « gM * Mr . Hirtsell , Exeter . -, Mtef jfay Tristram Thomas Squier , b ^^ ' Krt o ? 22 , and Jane 28 , at eleven , at the District Cour ^ Bankruptcy , Exeter . Solicitors Mr . Moore , & "" Mr . Turner , Bedford-row , London ; official aws

      M J , mS AUison , grocer . NewcaatJe-upon ^ e g 26 , at eleven , and July . 7 , at * ™' Tfne . Sol . citonr . Court of Bankruptcy , Nowcastle-upon-Tyne . ^ Messrs . Crosby anc ; Compton , Caurch . coart OWJ London ; Mr . Hojlo . Newcastle-upon-Tjne , assignee , Mr . Baker , Newiastle-upon-Tyue .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . j Their Lordships hsve met during the week , on tush j days as tL = y regu : ariy xrork ; their proceedingshowevtr deserve no ivcord ic our column * . They have only bad their usual quantuta of " small talk . "

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      NEWCASTLE . A grand demonstration of tbe coal miners took place on Shandon's Hill , Black Fell , on Saturday last It waa agreed at the miner ' s delegate meeting , held in Newcastle , on tbe 1 st of May and the three following days , that a public meeting should be beld at the above place on the 13 th . No further announcement was given than barely inserting it in the Star in common witii the other business of that delegate mooting . The morning of Siturday was very unfavourable for parsons who had to come from a distance , but notwithstanding tbe very wet morning , large processions of the weary sons of toil were seen wielding their banners in the bret 2 a and several of them preceded by excellent bands of music . Amongst the bamers present we observed one from each of the following coUeiies , with very appropriate mottos : —King Pit , a fUg in very deep mourning ; Sheriff Hill , a banner with "Northern Star , labour ' s

      best advocate , " and a copy of the Star which bad a representation of Hunt's monument and the Peterloo massacre , preceded by their own band . Washington , Springwell , Wingate , North Hetton , Kylloe , C . wtle Eden , Fraiuwellgate Moor , Cowpen , Whltwell , Pittington , Ous ' . on , Craghead , Hasweli , flag and band ; Stanley , South Els wick , South Shields , Gosforth , Jarrow , KentuD , Er ' monrisley , Cramlington , West Moor , Trimdon , Shinchffe , Coxhoe , Eist Holy well , West Hclywell , AniJrcus House , Seghiil , fUg and band : he . We heard it atai *? ' ! by several persons who had been accustomed to attrnd public meetings that there could not be less than 20 . 000 present , but our own opinion is from 10 to 12 . 000 . We believe there were tbat number , and believe there would have been double if tbe morning had been fina Soon after twelve o'clock Mr . Andrew Fleming was unanimously elected to the chair , and the following resolutions were ably proposed , seconded and carried unanimously : —

      " Tbat this meeting views the process which tbe Miners' Association bas made , as a precursor , or forerunner , of the good that may bo effected by a greater extension of its priiici pies . We therefore call upon all who would wish to aee the working miner in tbe receipt of better wuges , and a better protection for the labour of those who work in mi : ies in general , to aid ui in carry n >? out tbe principle ( f a general union throughout Great Britain and Ireland . " " That it is the opinion of this meeting that partial unions and partial strikes , have ever been a fruitful sonrce of evil to tho working clashes , bat more especially to the miners , we thtrefore pledge ourselves not te continue any strike until a gent-Tal union of the miners can be accomplished . "

      " lhat this meeting views the tyranny that Bome employers : ire exercising ov ^ r their workmen , in order to lieter them from co-operating with their brethren to protect their labour , as a violation of V .. e rights of the working man , and as alike inimical to the workman and tbe hont-st employer . '' " That this meeting having seen the tffects of shortening the hours of labour , as rxhibi ' . ed in the conduct of tbe employers at Wingate Grange and South Elscick coiliery , pledge * itself to work no more coal than will com ' . ' to three shillings per day , this keing the only means to procure employment for those of our brethren who are now without employ . " " That this meeting tenders its thanks to the South Shields Committee for tbe better veutillating of the mints , and pledges itself to assist those gentlemen to obtain an act of Parliament for that purpose . "

      It wl's then announced that a delegate meeting would be held at Mr . Henderson's , William the Fourth Ian . Galloping Green , Wreckington , and that tbe Sheriff Hill Band would escort the delegates tbilher . Toe ChairiL&n then thanked the meeting for their unwearied attention to the vaiiouB speakers , and dissolved the meeting . In about an hour after the delegates assembled in Mr . Henderson ' s long room , when Mr . Pratt was called to the chair . The Chairman brltfly opened the metticg by suiting the object of the meeting , and callirj ? npon each delegate to produce their credentials , and give a report of the state of their society . A delegate then rose and said he was happy t" state that the men of Percy Main had joined the society in a body , notwithstanding tho threats used to deter them , and ke

      was commissioned to pay in their contributions . The intelligence was received with loud applause , as many present knew tLo meaus resorted to , to keep the . honent men of Percy Main back from their duty . Delegates from tbc foilowiSj ; places then gave In their report ( muI contributions ) , v ? lien it was a&Cbrtained that upwards of 1 , 200 Lad joined ibe sockty since the 1 st of May , ( lets than a fortui ^ Lt , ) -viz , Seghill , West Main . Walker , St . Lawrence , East Crainlington , Sheriff Hill , West Cramlington , Pembtrton , Keutou , S » atou Burn , J ijtow K . dk Pit , Oaston , South EUwick , Nttberton , Sleek Burn , Cowpen , Hebhron , Fawdon , Oxcloss , Brecken B ' . 'ds , Wylam , WalUend , Spittal Tonsuu-s , South Shields , Benweli , West Ilulywell , Norib Eiswick , Blaydou Slain , Heaton , Seaton Delavall , Ei * t Hi Iywell , Urpith . Enrhcon , Quarringtou Hill , Framwtligate Moor , W : agats . Tbornl 6 y , Cissop , Coxboe , Haswell , K > lloj , Shincliffe , Sacristou , Ellemore , North Hetton . Deanery , Biers Greeu ,

      West Auckland , Evcnwood , Woodhouse Close , Whitworth , Oxliill , Edmondsley , Cragbead , Walbridgfcfell , Pittington , New Durham , HofiV . U , Castle Eden , Trimdon , Stratton , Si ; erl . > urn Hiil , Belmont , West Hainton , Newbattle , Eirtley , Lumley , Heworth , Lambton , Badcliff Temce , ke . After disposing of some business in connexion -with tbe society , it was announced that district delegsto meetings would be Lrld at the various places at . tachsa to the balance sheet , on Saturday , 27 th May , aud a vote of thanka having been given to the Chairman , the meeting ¦ svas dismissed . Mr . David S valiow will attend the public meeting of colliers , to la la-Id at Captnn Hill , Bishop Auckland , on Saturday , 20 th . inst . Any colliery wishing Mr . Swallow ' s services , must apply to Mr . Dixon ' s , Copton Hill , Bishop Auckland . Letters on society business may he r . ddres ^ d to Mr . John Hall , General Secretary , at -Mr . Thomas Scephensosi ' s Ceronation Street , South Shields . Tke following petition was adopted at a meeting on Black Fell :

      To the Honourable the Commons of ihe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire / and in Parliament assembled . " The Petition of the Undersigned Pitmen who work in the Coal Mines of Durham and Northumberland , " Htjmbly Sbeweth , —That within the last twenty years upwards of sewn hundred pitmen , the friends and companions of your petitioners , have been miserably destroyed in the Durham and Northumberland Mints by explosions of ivjlummab ' e gas ; and that , in addition , great numbers store , from various other causes , have & 1 bo encounterea in the same Minea the most fearful deaths .

      "Tbat tbe cause of those fearful explosions is invariably the want of sufficient ventiliiioH , which permits the accumulation of inflammable gas or firedamp from the coal in cuch large masses , thst , accidentally set fire to , explode with such tremendous force as sometimes to blow men through the shaft 200 yards deep , as if from a cannon mouth , and shake the solid structure of the earth in the neighbourhood of tbe pit , as if -with an eartbquake " That tfcb lives of your petitioners are net a day or an hour secure from such deadly operations j &nd that it is a horrible &nd fearful thing to die such a death , or live in daily expectation of . 11 Th ^ t ia addition to the destruction by these sudden calamities , insufficient ventilation produces a vitiated

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      AMERICA . ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA . Liverpool , Sunday—By the arrival of tbe Royal Mail steamer Britannia . Ciptain Hewitt , this merning , we are in possession of Now York dates to 29 th April , Boston 1 st iMay , and Halifax 3 rd May . the steamer having made the voyage from Boston in 12 A . and from Halifax in 10 ^ days . She has brought seventy . passengers . The political news by this arrival is not very impona&t ; tew , if any , changes are likely to be made in the Cabinet

      The President , it is said , entertained the project of a new commercial arrangement with this country , which would be mutually beneficial to both countries . Earl Mulgrave was at New York , residing at the Astor Houst ; . Lord John Hay was also in that city , waiting the arrival of Sir Charlta Bagot , whom he waa to t . ike to England in the W&rspite . Sir Caaries ' s health waa improving « o far that it waa txpcctuJ he would , arrive in New York in a few day * . Between St . Lewis and New Orleans a steam-boat explosion had killed several persons , aud scalded many more . Colonel Fitzgerald , the British Consul at Mobile , had called the Mayor of city a " contemptible fellow , '" tor which he was fined some twenty or forty dollars ; but the designation was considered so correct , that tha citizens wonld not let the Consul pay it , and insisted upon subscribing it themselves .

      At Havannah eighty slaves had been shot , and fortyfive severely punished , for attempting to gain theii freedom . A great rise has taken place in Stocks , < fec An active spring business haa commenced . The rate of Exchange has risen from 10 G 3 to lt > 7 .

      EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER . Philadelphia , April 27 , 1843 . —The Legislature of this St ; : te adjourned on the 20 th inst ., and though thsy have not dons as much as could be wished , they have passed some important laws , which will give an increased confidence to the bondholders , They have ceased all outlay . The appropriation for the present year is only 750 , 000 dollars for all purposes—a difference of 50 per cent , from tbat of last year . They have imposed a further tax ot one dollar per cent ., —( beiog now two dollars per cent , in all ) on real estate ; and of more consequence than either , they have authorised the sale of a considerable portion of the public works . The Delaware division—a canal of forty miles—is to be sold for not less than 1 600 , 000 dollars ; this being a small work and easily managed , and with a good prospect of revenue , will have many competitors for tbe purchase .

      The great line hence to Plttsburg on the Ohio—three hundred and more miles of railroad , canal , < fcc , is to be sold for tbe snm of 16 , 000 , 09 t dols ., payable In State Stock . I think this ought to have the serious consideration of tbe foreign bondholder . First , He bas a positive security for bis debt ; and if under the mismanagement and shameful extravagance of tbe State Government , this line produced a nett revenue of over 300 , 000 dollars , tbe continued increase of ttavel and transportation combined , with a judicious management , wonld make ii produce three times as much , and give a good interest for tho sum invested . Second , Tbe fund-holder , in subscribing a share of his stock , would render perfectly secure tbe remainder .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 20, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct803/page/6/