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      HOUSE OF LORDS . Theii Lor - ships have met <* uring the -week , on iuob Says as they regularly tr-rlc ; their proceedings however deserre dp icserd in oar columns . They have only had their usual quantum cf " small talk . "

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      BOUSE OF COMMONS . —Friday , Mat 12 . The debate on Mr . Yilliers' motion for a total repeal of the Com Lsws , was continued throughout this eveninf . and wa » participated in by Mr . Blackstone , Mr . Brefcberton , J * r . Hampden , Mr . James , Mr . Gladstone , Jun . Mr . Alaam , Mr . Benett , Mr . Hume , Sir John Tyrrell . Mr . F . Berkeley , Sir Walter James , Lord Wcrsley . and Sir B Peel An adjournment -was then Again moved , upon 'which a scene ensued 'which we should fail to do justice to did » s not record it as a proof of tfee great superiority of the proceedings of Gentlemen ! The folio-wing report is from the Times .- — Mr . 0- Staslet arose amidst cries of " Divide l"and moved that the rfebsie be adjonrned . Mr . M- Gibson stcoiidftd the motion .

      Sb R Peel hoped the debate -would be brought to a dose that ni ^ ht The snbjcct had been already fully discussed—( hear , hear :. The course which the House had adopted , in not beginning the debate until about ten o ' clock , up to which time the House was comparatively empty , ltffc so short a time for £ isc—nion , that if they were to eo ^ uaue such & coarse and persist in adjournments , thr debate could not be brought to a close within any reasonable period , while the public business would be greatly impeded . He inew not bow the Government eocld be more agreeably occupied than in listening to debates cf this kind—( a laugh ) : —but as the public interest * were concerned he hoped that the House would not consent to any further adjournment—f cheers ) .

      Mr . > L Gibson , amidst cries ef " divide , said , that he did not undefttan' * what the right hon . gentleman meant by s * yin £ thtt ; he debate did not begin uatil 10 o ' clock . He ( Mr . Gibson ) thought it had gone on throughout the night without Cessation . ( Cries of " Question . " ) Many bon . gentlemen on his side the house -were desirous cf explaining the Yets they should give , and he therefore thought the motion f ;> r adjourning the debate a very judicious one . ( Loud cries of "Divide . " Mr , Boss ( amidst mich confusion ) supported the motion for adjournment .

      Lord J . Rcssell sate , that when the hight hon . gentleman wished last yea * to put an end to the discusson after it had lasted a certain number of nights , he ( Lord J . Bussell ) called cu tLe house not to concur with the right hon . gentleman , = 3 several hon . members , who ought to be heard , had e t spoken . Now , however , that the question had bsen « o long and so often debated , he did not believe that either for the purpose cf enabling the House to form a deliberate opinion on the sntiject , or enabling their constituents throughout the country to understand the grounds on which they Toted , it was necessary that the debate should be again adjourned . ( Hear , hear . } Of course the right hon . Baronet was prepared to listen to any reply which hon . members might think proper to make , iCheers . ) If hon . members behind him per- ^ ted in moving the adjournment of the debate he should votg against the notion . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . HtME Baid , that seven :-r Bight Hon . Members 'were anxious to address the House . ( Loud cries of M on- ' *} Go on . indeed ! tlanchtti } , it was fine talking to say " Go on" ( continued laughter '!; how could they ( said the Hon . Member , looking at the clock : go on at that hour of the night ? ( Lend cries of " Gj on , " " Adjuurn , " and " Divide . '' Mr . Cobpbs . —If he entertained any doubt as to the propriety ot adjourning the debsu at that time of the night ( a quarter to one o'clock ) the inhuman noises which proceeded from Hon . Hembtrs wonld dispel that doubt . ( Loud laughter , and eriu of " Divide * " " Go on . - ) The course which Hon . Members bad taken satiiSed him as to the necessity of an adjournment ( Cries of "Goon , " " No adjournment . "'

      Mr . EWabt rote amidst most indignant shouts of " Order , * «* Withdraw , " " Chair , chair , » — The Honourable Member said , that the Noble Lord bad taunted thote who supported the motion for sn ndjonmment . There were many Honourable Members representing large manufacturing towns , be referred particularly to the Hon . Members lor Stockport and Manchester , who were anxious to address the House upon the important question under its consideratw =. ( Loud crie * of Sp ^ ke , " " Order , "' " Divide . ") These -were the Vrry men whom the house cught to hear ,

      as they represented the movement for total repeai . ( Loua . cries of " Oh , oh ! " and laughter . ) Ah , yea may despise that question now , but the iime wonld come when they would be taught to respect it . < " Spoke , " " Chair , " " Divide . ") He t » A &dop ; eJ that opinion frem conscientious motives ishouts of laughter , and cries of *• Paoh , pooh" ) , and being ie . erniaed to act up to these conscientious metives 1 " Oh , oh / ' and great laughter ) , be would s'aad by tte proposition for an adjournment . ( Lcui cries of " Adjcmm , " Divide , " " Order . " ) 1

      Mr . Tilliers rose . ( Loud cries cf "Divide . ') The Bight Hon . Baronet who opposed the t ^ jjurnment of the debate had not risen to speak until a quarter to twelve o ' tlock . {" No , no . " ) It was hardly fair of tke Right Hon . Baronet , as be did not finish his tpeech untU a quarter to one o ' clock , to expect Hon . Members to enter then upon the cansMeration of the question , particularly as there mi little probability of their speeches being faithfully reported ( hear , kear > , or at least , the late hour -would preclude the possibility of it ( Loud cheers . ) It was only just that the representatives of the people should be hesru .

      Sir J . Hanmeb said there was the greatest pouible disposition to hear Him . Members . IS was no : right at that period of the sssrion to waste the tinwof the House . He would ask what practical result would be obtained from the division ? - He challenged Hob . Members to answer that question . There would be other opportunities for discussing this subject . Tue motion which was soon to come before the House relating to Canadian corn must have a censidenb ' e effect upon the Corn Laws . 3 ? onr nights had already been wasted . If Hon . Members persisted in moving the adjournment of the debate , be should move as an amendment that the House do adjourn . ( Cheers )

      Mr . J . O'CONNELI . thought it was a misfortune that the public t . rae euould be wasted , but it was a ¦ tOl greater misfortune that the voice of the nation should be £ appres 3 ed in the voice of her representative * . Lorf J . Nanxzbj would ask one question . He ¦ hould like to know why those Hon . Members who represented large towns bad not during the four nights that the debate had lasted availed themselves of the opportunity of rpeaking ? ( Loud cries of " Hear . ") Mr . EtiM 2 ga -n rose , and was received with loud cries ef " Spoke / 1 The Eon . Member , however , nothing daunted by these expressions of indisposition to listen to him , rose a Etcotd , third , fourth , and fifth time amidst deafening cries of " Spoke , spoke . " Considerable merriment wis excited by the Hon . Member ' s bobbing up and dove in bis seat at each successive shout of impatience . The Hon . Gentleman at last sat down hi despair .

      Dr . B 0 WB . ISG and Mr . M . Gibson severally attempted to address ths Hou ^ e witL ^ ut' success . Strangers wero iben ordered to withdraw , but before the gallery could he cleared , Mr . Wakd sa ; 4 , it would be irconnstent with tfee character and ai-fsllj of ike Hocse not to dispose of the present question ceo way or the other . It was not worthy of Ht > n . MembtTs tbns to endeavour to cot short the debate ; a = d this , he must be allowed to Bay , that if her Msjestyi -GoYennr . tr . t attempted in this way to stifl 3 t ^ e voices of th ? se who represented large towns , tbey cculd expect no otber result from their eondust than this , that their Ktasurfes would in turn be opposed Mid thwarird by tLo ; e whom they thus sought to deprive of an opportunity of expressing the sentiments ef their constituents . He would ask the Hon . Member for Hull whether he felt that he could eonscientioujBly persevere in the motion which he had made .

      Sir B . PSEi said he should certainly vcta erainst adjourning the debate , and te was sure the msjority of that House would agree with him ia thinking rhst ' the subject had been long enough under discussicr :. He conceived that the proposition for tdjourniBg the debate was not the fair way of meeting the question . It was only fitting and proper that the E ' . use ihould express as opinion upon the important question —hich had been brought under their considemrun . If the ? did not no » express their opinion , they might reiy upon this , that the question would in the course of the present session be re&git&ted in another form . No man could lot a moment doubt that the curlry oarfei tu i-e made acquainted with the opinion of th '_< House , t . t . 6 ne hoped that any attempt to dispose of it in tht n * nner proposed wonld be wuroccessfuL He thought that those who were most adverse to the existing laws ihoald now cniisue the discussiQn .

      Sir J . Hasweb said , that he wished the discussion in whkh the House were engaged should now be brought to a close , and he for one was willing to sit till day . fight rather then rot bring the matter to an issue . He wished to vote upon the question , and his desire ttm that the debsU shonld terminate ; he therefore sbculd withdraw his motion for adjourning the House if th- ^ Hon . Member opposite would withdraw his for adjourning the debate . Mfc Mcxtz iru Tery relucUnt to interfere on the pse » ent occasion , but be must take the liberty of sayicg bo small

      that he represented constituency . That a baje portion of that constituency were in a most miser able condition no one wonld attempt to deny . They Imputed—and in thii he did not altogether agree with them—the whole of their sufferings to the Com Laws ; it fu only right , therefore , that the tentimenu of so large a body of the public should be laid before that House . He had risen slj times last sight , « nd three times to-Bight , without having had the good fortune to catch the Speaker's eye . It was a debate which he did Dot wish should be brought to a close without his having an opportunity of shortly stating the views which

      he entertained . Lord J . Bus 5 eli . recommended the Hon . Member tot Hull to -Rithdraw hu motion for the adjourniLent

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      of the il ' -Ure . He ^ as si-re , upon reflection , t ' uat the MemVr would l > e BaUiHtd that , vhe debate had better then ba concluded . Sir . J . Hanmer said it wonld now be presumptuous on his part to persevere , and be accordingly withdrew his motion . Tbe gallery was then cleared for a division on the question " that the debate be adjourned . " Tbe House divided , when there appeared , — For the adjournment of the debate ... 94 Against it 885 Majority against the adjournment —291

      Captain Bep . kelkt said , he represented a great commercial city—( heal and questloB ) , —but owed bis Feat to the popularity and irflaence of a great landowner ( ironical cries , and " hear , feear" ); there f ore , his views on the question were impartial , for self , after all , was a great " motive—( "hear , hear . " and cries of " Divide . ") The Hon . Member fcr Somersetshire had said , the agriculturists should yield no more concessions—( hear ) , —while the Hon . Meaibet for St » ckport on the other Bide cried out , " No snrrender . " Under such circumstances , how tould there be any satisfactory ssttlemeBt except by a compromise?—ihear . ) He should vote for the motion not as approving of immediate and total repeal , but as expressing an opinion tint the existing law must be altered—( cries of "Divide . " ) Mr . W . 0 . Stanley expressed his resolution to press , again the adjournment—(*• Divide , divide . " ) Mr . Bicabdo seconded the motion .

      Lord Dvxgasson protested ngainst this course as most unjustifiable and unfair— ( loud cheers ) . Sir C . NaPIBB said , that the Hon . Baronet might have spoken sooner—( " Oh J" and laughter ) . Mt . BoitTHWicx said , the real reason why the continuance of the debate was tbua pertinsciouply resisted wa . « . that it was desired to carry the powerful speech of the Bight Hon . Baronet to some agitating ' conventien "—( cheers )—for the purpose of attempting at leisure , and with the aid of a hundred heads , to dissect , and if passible damage , an argument , which none of the boasted advocates of free trade in the House

      dared now endeavour to answer—lloud cheers ); to try to torture and Vwist it , with the tope of extracting some points of imputation , or some appearances of admission—( renewed cheers )—and to exercise upon it all tbe tricks and arts of an insidious an * disingenuous criticism—( reiterated cheers ) . To defeat » o unworthy an object on the part of men who had thrown away repeated opportunities of speaking , had they been only sincerely desirous of expressing their own opinions , he would lend his most earnest aid—! , great cheering , and cries of " Go on . ") Lord Worsley ureed an adjournment

      Mr . Blbwitt recollected , that when Sheridan had concluded his celebrated oration—laughter)—againtt Warren Hastings—( loud laughter )—the Minister had : i oved the adjournment that tbe House might recover itEslf . ( Boars of laughter . ) Mr . M . O'Connell thought the proceedings would not now be duly reported . ( Hear , hear . ) If they continued tbe debate now it was liBpopjible that tbe speeches of the Hon . Members for Stockport and Manchester could go to the country through tbe 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 . Cckteis suggested that they sbouM adjourn to twelve o'clock this day . ( Cries of " Oh , oh ! and " No , no . ")

      Lord Saxdon said the Hon . Member for Stoctrport had had every opportunity to answer bis R ' . pht Hon . Frlsn-i , and that he had not dc ? De so was because he felt himself unable . ( Hear , hear . ) He protested ajfainst this new doctrine , that the leiders of a j > wty , by holding back their speeches , should be able to protract a debate indefinitely . Here there was a general cry for Mr . Cobden , but that gentleman did not rise . Mr . Hawes observed that they had now lost an bour and twenty minutes ( it was now past two o ' clock ) discussing whether they should adjourn . In that time they might have finished the debate . Sir B . Peel disclaimed having delayed his speech for the purpose of preventing b reply . Ho would beg to be excused taking part in this renewed discussion on ths adjournment .

      Mr . Cobdsn said that the Noble Lord ( Sandon ) had not very ch&ritubiy said he was unable to answer the rpeech of the Bight Hon . Gentleman . The fact was that there was not an argument in the speech of the Right Hon . Baronet that be had not answered fifty tiir . es . ( Hear . ) Mr . M . Gibsom thought , when a petition against the Corn Laws from 30 , 000 persons bad been presented from Liverpool , the Noble Lord opposite did nst show much respect to bis constituents . Mr . S . Crawford said , protracted debates arose from not allowing Members to speak on presenting petitions . Mr . Vjlliebs was of the same opinion , and urged the adjournment of the deo-ite .

      After a few wordB from Captain Berkeley , who said , he thouid now vote against the adjournment , the K ouse di vi ii ed . The numbers were—For tbe adjournment 80 Acv-nstit 273 Majority against the adjournment —193 iir . M . J . OCo . v . nell said that his constituents were in a state of great depression , and believed it was caused by the fallacious system of so-called protects . Although he would have preferred the adoption 6 f the course bngcested by the Noble Lord tbe Member for SunderUnd ( Lord Howick ) , he would , under present circunurUEces , give his support to the motion of the Hon . Mem her for Wolverhampten . Mr . Ewart moved , that the debate be now adjourned .

      Lord Dcsgasnon said he would be rony to see ibis question 2 . 01 rid of by & side wind . If a ^^ npautnee hud been txhibited on thai ( the Ministeti ^ Wde of the House while hon . gentlemen opposite were peaking , be ^ ould at crce have voted for the adjournment . He thought ample opportunity had been afforded to all hoc . gentkrncn who were desirous of speaking on this question . Tb ? bouse had , on several important occasions sat until 6 or 7 o ' clock in the morning bef « re a division took p' . ace , and as he thousht the course taken by hon . gentlemen opposite was wholly uncalled for , he was determined to remain till 8 o ' clock in the morn . ing if neces'ary , in order to resist their proceedings . Mr . Ha"wes said , the right bon . Baronet , tbe First Lord ef the Treasury , and tbe noble lord the member for ti-. e city of London , had both left the house , and he tboni-Lt that in their absence no satisfactory decision could be come to .

      After a iew words from Lord C . Hamilton , amidst cries of " Divide , '' CsptMn Ber . nal eaid an hon . member opposite bad termed the conduct of hon . gentlemen on bis ( the Opposition ; « de of the House , disgusting . He must say that ba thought tbe course adopted on the opposite Bide wns moat unconciliatory and insulting . ( Loud crkB cf ' ¦ Ordtr " The Speaker Eaid the Hon . Member was not justified in nsirfc- inch lacijur . ge in that House . Captain Bernal ( amidst calls for a division ) said , that he was repared to sit an hour later than tbe noble lord opposi ' . ' - 'Lord Dongarnon ) . Mr . Ross s . iid Hon . Members were acting like a parcel of sec jl-boys—( a la-ugb ) . On one side they wonld sit UM eight ; on the other side till ten , by which time te supposed they would be all asieep in thtir seats—( Uvshter , and cries of ' ¦ divide" ) .

      Mr . Hume tf nld ask what was the object of the other » idp ; waa it ^ a stop a . i further discussion ?—( cries of " Xo , no ; " " G > en" ) . He app-sled to tbe Ministry , whether thty conM consistently persist in this course ? ( Lcu 4 cries of - . Vithdraw , " "No , no , " " Ordtr , order ") . Mr . M . Gjbson remitted that the Right Hon . Secretary for the Home Department , in the absence of his leader , ought to rt . ly to the Hon . Member . He asked whether there really TFas any objection on the part of tbe Ministers t hear Hon . Member on the Opposition tide —( cries vf " Go on '" j . If tbev were

      willing to hear them , be Lsre ~ 1 was it absolutely necessary to hear them then ?— ' c : ; t tt " Yes" ) He askert them as a msj j rity was it not T > ke b tyrnrnical exercise of power to prevent the m . _ ority spDak : ni ? at the period that 'wa ? rnost convenient 10 theroselvrs ?—( laughter ) . Sir C- Napier said . tha \ as both sities appeared determined to tit out tbe ni ht he w ^ uld propose that Hon . Gentlemen opposite shcnld divide themselves into three watches . But , seriously , they ought to have some regard fcr the Right Fen . Gentleman in the chair , and give up this childish and foulish game—( laughter aDd cheers ) .

      Lord J . Mansers moved as an amendment on tbe adjournment of the debate that the Houie do now adjourn—icbfceri ) , Mr . C . Villiers was opposed to that The conduct of tbs other eiae was tyrannical . He believed that sr . this question only would this ecu-- - have been adopted . ( Cries ef "No , no . ") It was rotor us that a ni 3 jority of the Honse had a pecuniary iutir . » t in the question , and he thought they ought ou thu : -ant to be more careful what they did . TLey wen -arried cv .-ny by their passiors . ( Loud cries of " Ordt . "') He begged pardon of the House if he had said -cjthicg out cf order . ( Laughter . ) Mr . Christopher was sure his cor ^ f-. uents would object to bis joining in getting rid of tt-a question ia this manner . He hoped tbe Noble Lord would withdraw his motion .

      Lcr-3 J . Mansers . —Though on tbe gn and stated b- the Hon . Member for Wolverhampten 1 -bould not think rf withdrawing the motion , yet at the request of the Hon . Gentleman I shall Mr . T . DwcoiCB . —You stall not . - : r . P . Borthwick said as the motion had r . ot been seconded , it was not necessary to obtain leave to withdraw it An Hon . Membxb . —I aeconded the motion . Mr . T . DO'COKBB here Bald in aloud tone , Blessed to Hon Members near him , " We will force them to a division . " The Speaker said it was competent for the House to refuse to tliow tile withdrawal of a motion . Mr . Bcme supported the motion of the NoKe Lord .

      Mr . M . J . OCoSNELt , said that as they were deserted by tntr-r j-s . ' .- rs on both sides ( Sir R . Ptd , Ltrd J . KcsstlJ , i ; ,-J . Graham , and others had seme time before left the Hcnre ) , they must consldsr what was best fox

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      thtir dignity nnd for the interests cf : Le country . Ho hoped te would not appeal in vain to the common sense of the House . If the motion of the Noble Lord were to be carried tbe Hon . Member for Wolverhampton could renew tbe discussion on the plea that tbe discussion bad been got rid of in a most unjustifiable manner } and if those on his ( Mr O'C . ' s ) tide of the House pressed that motion to a division , they would be also in tbe wrong . He hoped , therefore , that the motion would be allowed to be withdrawn from the Bide 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 upon the Noble Lord ' s motion , and still less were they 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 . Borthwick concurred in a great measure in what had fallen from the Hon . Member who had just g 9 t down , and suggested that the division should be taken npon the main question . Mr . Ward said , that it would be impossible under tbe present circumstances to take tbe division upon the main question . The House was not at present in a temper to deal properly with tbe question , and there were fault * at both sides . He himself , had expressed his opinion on the question before tbe House , bat many members who represented large and populous towns were desirous of expressing their opinions on the subject Mr . Plujiptre recommended mutual coucerttbn . Mr . E . Ellick , Jun ., hoped that the scene of tbe 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 absence of upwards of twenty minutes tbe gallery was again re-opened , but before we bad resumed our places the Bame Hon . Member again noticed tbe presence of strangers , and the galleries were again cleared . The gallery was re-opened at a fow minute ? before four o'clock , when we found the members retiring in a body and understood , that during our absence , after eevertl divisions , the debate had been adjourned ; an £ at four o ' clock the House adjourned until Monday .

      Monday , Mat 15 . The House met at tbe u ual hoar , and after a number of petitions had been presented the adjourned debate on the Corn Laws was resumed . It occupied the House till midnight , when a division took place , the numbers bein <—For the motion ... , 125 " ' Against it 381 Majority against the motion ... -25 C Tha other Orders of the Day w « e then disposed of , and the House adjourned at a quarter past two o ' clock

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      mining atmosphere , from the poisonous gases and dampness of tbe Mines , in which from ten to twe ve hours a day your petitioners are confined , breaming it under a severity of labour seldom practised on tne surface , which brings on suffering , emaciation , disease , and early death . ¦ ... , " That in evety ease of . explOBlon of late years it nas been demonstrated beyond donbl , by the evidence at the coroner ' s inquests , that imperfect ventilation and thai atone brought on the dreadful catastrophe ; aa at St Hilda explosion , in June , 1839 , in which fifty-two lives were Ioat ; at Wellington , in April , 1841 . in which thirty-two ; at Thorneley pit , in August , J 841 . in which nine : aud at King pit , in April of the present year ( 1843 ) , in which twenty-eight Vives 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 ia these districts , through wbicb are supplied 100 , 200 , 300 , 400 and sometimes 600 acres of under-ground workings , extending in some cases to Bixty or seventy miles of passages , that the lives of your petitioners will continue in daily imminent danger , fr « m the incapaciity of one shaft to supply a sufficient quantity of air . "fnat your positioners arc further convinced that

      brattioed 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 upcast , through & wooden partition of about seven inches thick , the temperature differing between them from 58 " to 66 ° ; that in accidents they get easily deranged or destroyed ; and , as is universally the case where they exist , are used at the same time for drawing coala in corves or tubs wnich obstruct by the amount of their areas , the admission and egress of air in their already too-dimicished capacities .

      " That the only mode of securing proper ventilation , whatever direct means may Ihj employed for producing it , is by sinking TWO Shafts always to the coal or winning , and in proportion as the underground workings are exiendtd , makimo additional Shafts ; and thus would the whole Mine be thoroughly ventilated , the Coal more easily and healthily worked , ai ;« l your Petitioners secured from the recurrence of these terrible accidents . " That your Petitioners knowing that the Davy Lamp

      is liable to fire an explosive mixture under certain circumstances , cannot rest suUsMed 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 the mischief it is intended to prevent , and on the pretended safety of which has been based tbe 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 yeur Honourable House , that me » ns should be adopted to secure for the direction of the Mire * Viewers and Underviewers properly educated and sufficiently experienced for their onerous charge , to whose c . tro lives , as well as much valuable property , are entrusted , and by whose ignorance they are not unfroqu « ntly sacrificed ; and your Petitioners consider it only proper , as in other professions , so in that of mining , that a scientific and suitable education should be pos sessed 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 otber Improvments und advantages to the mines , which Belf-interest or negligence might resist , evade , or leave unaccomplished , even tbougb authorised by your Honourable House , your petitioners conceive that tbe appointment of official Inspectors of Mines , as of Factories and Kail ways , with authority to investigate , suggest , and recommend or enforce , would greatly conduce thereto , and , also , to their early introduction and rigfetworking . " The adoption of these suggestions your petitioners are firmly couvinced is imperatively necessary for providing agaiast the dreadful calamities of the Mines , and for their better and economical working ; your petitioners , therefore , humbly and moat earnestly pray tbat your Honourable House will take them , and auy other beneficial suggestions tbat may be made , into your immediate aud serious consideration . And should your Honourable House , induced by the importance of the

      subject to humanity and the interests of the country , favourably incline to this their faithful representation , your Petitioners further humbly and respectfully pray that , for obtaining more particular and extensive information on all points bearing on the Mines aud receiving confirmation of the facts stated in the premises , your Honourable Houso 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 and Practical Men' to visit the Mines and investigate their condition by personal inquiry and examination , with a view to speedily report thereon , for the purpose of basing a practical , complete , and comprehensivo measure , by which your petitioners may , for tbe future , be better protected from the fearful destruction that is perpetually carrying death and woe luto the bosoms of their families . " And your petitisners , as in duty bound , will ever pray , &c . "

      We bavo also received the following for insertion , and wo coDjure 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 communications 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 Commisaumers . Ba up and do your own work .

      QOESTIONS 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 , bow far is such insufficiency remediable by the presei . t 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 matter from the roof , and from similar causes , commonly chargeable to the personal neglect of the sufferer , or of the overman , or other inspecting officer of the mirta ? 4 . —la it apparent that the numerous minor accidents happening to the boys and young men in the pits by their falling from the waggons , or their being jammed and crushed , or run over , by those waggons , are distinctly chargeable to the carelessness of the sufferers themfielves J Would the addition of drivers' seats , and similar simplo arrangements in the construction of the rolkys themselves , or the roUey-wayu , diminish the probability of such accidents ? Is sufficient care taken during official investigations into the causes of accidents at the coroner ' s inquest , or elsewhere , lo discriminate between carelt&ane&s of ihe sufferers and the omissions of duty on the part of the overman , or other inspectors of the daily state of the pit 1

      5—Detnil tbe kind and nmonnt of compensation , pecuniary or other , vec ? ived by sufferers from accidents , or by their families in case of death . C—Is there tiny difficulty , under any circumstances , in obtsininj , tbu customary " smart money ?"' Is tbis money apportioned to the severity of the injury—or is it the Baii'e sum per day , for all injaries short of death ? If a sufferer should continue to be disabled beyond the tinio for which he was bound or hired , does he still receiv » smart monty ? If the sufferer be permanently disabled from ordinary pit work , what compensation does he receive , or how is ho dealt with ? 7— If death ensue , wbr . t compensation is made to the famvliea of the deceased ? How long is such compensation it . iowed , if the families remain on the spot ? In castes whf re not one of such a bereaved family may be available for pit work , bow are they supported ?

      8—Take the cas « of any recent and extensively futal explosion , such as that of Wellington , ( Bifcge pit , April , 1841 ) , and endewour to show the present condition of the families of the deceased sufferers , as contrasted with the cowminnof tho enme fimilu-3 during the lives and labours of thes j of vrkom they wev « bereaved by tho explosion . State how many of their families now remain on tho spot , and how many have removed , and whether they were compelled by distress to remove ; also , what compensation they received and for how long they received it

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

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      LONDON . —Mr . Parkes , of Sheffield , addressed the members of tbe City of London locality , on Sunday morning , at the Political and Scientific Institution . A great impression was produced , and many persons joined the locality . Six shillings was collected at the door . The Metropolitan Delegate Meeting was held on Sunday afternoon , Mr . Pickersgill in the chair . One shilling and sixpence was received from Finsbury . The Balance Sheet for the quarter was read , and Messrs . Maynard , Wheeler , aud Page , appointed auditors , who having reported its correctness , it was ordered to be published , gome minor business was transacted , and the meeting adjourned . Mary-ib-bokb . —A committee has been formed in Mary-U-boue for tbe purpose of getting up a grand demonstration on Hampstead Haavb , on Whit-Mouday , to niemorial ' ze Her Majesty to grant a free pardon to Frott . Williar-aa , Jores , and Ellis , and all who are now buffering in < xile or in dungeone for their advocacy of the cause or the people .

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      Ruffy Hidley addressed a numerous . audience on Sunday afterno 'n , on Kenningtoa Common , in his usual energetic and effective manner . Rotunda , Blackfiuars road . —At the weekly meeting on Monday evening , Mr . Thorpe in tbe chair , it was announced that Mr . O'Connor was not a member of the General Council , and be was unanimously nominated for this locality . Messrs . Andrews and Morton were elected as delegates to tbe Conference to be held on Tuesday next—A discussien , which web supported with great energy by Messrs . Stallwood , Knigbton , and others , was entered into . —An address to tbe people of Ireland was proposed , fcmt adjourned until Monday neXt—The members of the General Council are requested to attend on Monday next , at eight o ' clock precisely .

      Mr . Balls lectured on Monday evening , at the Commercial Coffee Honse , Clerkenwell Green . Mr . Parkes also addressed tbe audience . Walworth . —On Monday evenfng Jast , the Chartists of Walworth mot at tbe Montpelier Tavern , to transact their usual weekly business , Mr . Price in the chair . Tho 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 the Secretary be instructed to write to T . 8 . Buncombe , E ^ q ., M P ., to take tbe Chair ; also to F . O'Connor , Esq ., and W . S . Crawford , Esq . M P ., to attend upon the occasion . " It was aha further resolved that the whole of the localities upon the Surrey side of the water shonld be written to , requesting their oo-operation in earning out tbe tame . Tse meeting adjourned till Monday evening next , at eight o'clock precisely , when it is earnestly requested that tbe whole ef the members will be present .

      Mr . Or . J . HaBNEY lectured on Sunday evening at the City of London Political and Scientific Institution , 1 , Turnagalnlane , on the subject of priestcraft , and was greeted with much applause by a numerous and attentive audience . At 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 . The chair was ably filled by Mr . Browitt . Ten shillings was collected at the doors , and several shareholders and members of tbe Natonal Charter Association were enrolled .

      CARUStE—On 8 unday last a meftttng of the members of tbe Chartist Council took place in their room . No . 6 , John-street , Caldevgate , Mr . John Qilbertson 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 tbe most paramount importance that this appeal should be warmly and vigorously responded to by tbe Chartists throngkout the country , for it appeared there was a likelihood of tbe verdict found at Lancaster being set aside altogether , providing the means were furnished to seenre the aid of the most talented men at tbe bar . It

      was incumbent on the people to supply those means , as a matter of economy , for it would be much easier to do so , than it would ba to maintain all those persons in imprisonment , which was a consummation devoutly to be avoided . He then proposed the following motion , which being seconded by Mr . James Hurst , was carried unanimously— " That the appeal of Mr . Hill be responded to , by this council becominc ; collectors on next Saturday evening for the General Defence Fund . " Tho Secretary was then instructed to write to Dalston and Penrith for assistance in this laudable undertaking . A second council meeting was held in the evening of the same day , whan letters and papers were read fvom Mr . Arthur , and some further business transacted .

      ARNOLD ( near 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 , sud they gave in their report that he was more than £ 50 deficient . He has only held the office the last year . An announcement was placed on the church door , on Sunday week , seating tbat a vestry meeting would be held in the pariah church , for electing a collector and for general business , and likewise of laying before the parishioners tbe accounts of the late collector . The ChBrtista were on tbe alert , and they sent the crier

      round the town , announcing that a meeting of the ratepayers would be held near the pinfold , to take into consideration the propriety of nominating an assistantoverseer for the parish . The meeting was well attended by the working men . This meeting was held on Tuesday evening week , and the vestry meeting was to be held the Thursday following . At the meeting on Tue * day Mr . James Anthony , an uncompromising Chartist , was called to the cbair . Mr . Antheny , after addressing the meeting at considerable length , was followed by several other Chartists ; and it wss proposed and seconded , that we should nominate . Mr . Daniel Mel-Ions , an honest democrat and an utfiiuching Chartist , as our candidate for the office . Tha motion was put

      and carried unanimously . At tbe vestry meeting , on Thursday , tbe Chartists were at their posts like meat The farmers and our would-be superiors musterM in their might . They were at the church before we got there . There was a magistrate also at their head . The vestry was crowded to suffocation , and many could not gain admittance . The parson of the pariah was called to tbe chair . The collector for the last year sent in his resignation . His accounts were brought befurc the meeting , and he i 3 to pay the money-as soon as possible . The Chairman said tbat we were mat to make choice of an assistant-overseer . A person in the meeting proposed our Chartist candidate . An amendment was moved and seconded , Tbat Mr . W . F . Thomas , tha churchman , be tho collector , when our man was carried by above three to one . The Church party demanded a poll , and it is to come off on Monday next .

      MACCLESPXBfcD . —Mr . E . P . Mead lectured bere on Friday laat , and preached an excellent sermon on Sunday . The sum of 4 s . was collected and given to him to assist him on his way . ALVA . —Mr . Robert Peddie . from Edinburgh , lectured in tbe People ' s Hall here , on the evenings of Thursday and Friday last . Mr . Peddie ' s appearance bere oreated a good deal of interest . The meetings on both evenings were tbe best we have seen for many months . Mr . Peddie ' s 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 tyranny , and give a frteh thirst for liberty , with an increased desire stimulating to activity for its establishment . On Friday evening bis subject was the treatment of Political Victims in the English prisons . He detailed much of what he suffered in Beverley . Powerful were tha sensations on the minds of his audienca The people listened most attentively and eagerly , although Mr . Peddie continued three hours each evening .

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      The sile of these two lines would redno the whn ?<» a tl of the State to about twenty millions of do * * £ , J ?* an interest of net more than on ? million " 7 c 4 « ni BDnum , so small a sum , that any temptation wS ? diate would be entirely done with . " ptt > COMMERCIAL NEWS Monet Market , April 20 . —The operations ft » Wall-street for the last few days bear a closer resem blance to those of 1835 than any which have bean s » m fer many months . The great abundance of monw ? and the facility to speculation which the banks anneM disposed to give , by loaning freely at a small maw ? upon state stocks , have awakened among tbe deafers i * least all tbe spirit of the operations then so current an * from which tbe banks and the community have recent such essential injury . That the improving condition !!} things generally warranted an advance from the ex treme depression , occasioned by the want of confident which prevailed , and the immense losses which tS country had suffered , will not admit of a deubt- w that so great a change has occurred as to warrant «!! rapid Improvement which the market has experience ? may well be questioned . ^ === _

      Tbe prices of the great products of the country m . still depressed ; many sections are suffering for the » joi of a currency , and that which is now flowing in , tonm ! ply tbe place of the paper that has become valueless % not of a character to produce an expansion , and createa rapid improvement in prices . We have been and gtjji are drawing from Europe the specie necessary to fin ^ vacuum , and when the prospects of trade warrant o » merchants in recommencing their importations , it * qi we suspect , be found tbat they are to be paid for chleftj in specie . The result of the experiment we are now makings tbe experiment of a self-regulating currency—is yej uncertain , and we at least are by no means 83 ngp ! ne that the result will tend to promote the prosperity < £ 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 prospects of business . Tab would not be so much to be apprehended , if tbe very considerable advance which has occurred had been ! a consequence of purchases for permanent investments Bat a large share of them are purely speculative , ana when the banks recal their advances , will be resold to pay the loans , while capitalists who purchased at lowei prices take advantage of the rise to realise their profit and employ their capital in ether purposes .

      In other respects we have little change to notice in the general appearance cf business . Commercial affairs appear gradually to be assuming more stability and confidence la slowly returning . Tha community are , however , disposed to move with caution , and mercantile operations are likely , for some time , to be confined to the legitimate wants of 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 1 revival of business gives the banks an opportunity of employ , ing their balances , the rate of discount may decline still more . Foreign exchange is in fair demand , with & msderate supply . The market has rather an upward ten . dency .

      In domestic exchanges the business 1 b very trifling , and the quotations present no essential variation . Tbe operations in stocks , as already remarked , hive been very large , and at a very considerable advance f r . m the quotations of the previous week . The bultof tbe business is confined to State Stocks , although bank and vailroai stocks are gradually exciting more attes > tion .

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      From tht London . Gazette of Friday , May 11 . BANKRUPTS . Joseph Poolly , Maidstone , Kent , timber merchant , to surrender May 19 , at one , Jane 23 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Solicitors , Meurs , Palmer , France , and Palmer , Bedford-row ; and Mr . King , Matd&tune ; official assignee , Mr . Alsajer , Birchin-lane . John Stevens , Britwell Salome , Oxfordshire , iron founder , May 19 , at half-past two , June 23 , at one , it the Court of Bankruptcy . London . Solicitors , Mr . Miller , Abchurch-lane ; and Mr . Eyre , Benaington ; official assignee , Mr . Belcher . James Caleb Wbittenbnry , Blackheath-hili , builder , May 18 , at one , June 23 , at two , at the Court ot Bankruptcy , London . Solicitor , Mr . Hooker , Bartlett ' sbuildings , Holborn ; official assignee , Mr . Belcher .

      Edward Binyon , Bell ' s-buildings , Salisbury-square , Fleet-street , commission agent , May 19 . at twelve , June 20 , at eleven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , Lendon . Solicitors , Mr . Fiddey , Temple ; and Mr . Braason , ShtflleM ; official assignee , Mr . Green , Aldermaobury , John Groltop , David Redmund , and Thomas Kingsnorth , Charles-street , City-road , ironfeundere , May 25 , at twelve , June 22 , at two , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy , London . Solicitor , Mr . Tucker . Threaaneedle ' street ; official assignee , Mr . Johnson , BasingbsU-ftreeb Robert Ward , Windmill-street , Tottenham-eourfcroad , fringe-manufacturer , May 24 , at twelve , Jane 28 , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Solicitor , Mr . Johnson , Bisinghall-street George Fairless , Melbourne , Yorkshire , timber-m «' chant , May 23 , June 14 , at twelve , at the District Court of Binkruptcy , Leeds . Solicitors , Me » rs . Parker and Weddall ; Selby ; official assignee , Mr . Hope , Leeda .

      James Stott , Rochdale , Lancashire , woollen manufacturer , May 24 , June 14 , at 12 , at the District ( k-urt of Bankruptcy , Mauchester . Solicitors , Mr . Wilkinson , Li ; : colns-inn-field 8 ; and Mr . Andrew , Manchester ; official assignee , Mr . Hobson , Manchester . James and Holland Goddard , Market Harborongh , bankers , May 24 , July 3 , at half-past eleven , at the District Court of Bankruptcy , Birmingham . Solidt « r » i Messrs . Austen and Hobson , Gray's-inn ; and Mr . Douglass , Market Harborough j official assignee , Mr . Whitmore , Birmingham . Wil . iam Lydbury , Hagley , Worcestershire , and Coalbournbrook , Staffordshire , esal-merctnnS , May 22 , tt half-past eleven , June 28 , at twelve , at District Court of Bmkruptcy , Birmingham ; Solicitor , Mr . Collia , Stonrbridge ; official assignee , Mr . Whitmore , Birmin ^ hsni .

      Thoniis Fishtr , Selby , Yorkshire , linen draper , Mat 24 , June 14 , at eleven , at the District Conri of Bankruptcy , Leeds . Solicitor , Messrs . Blanchard , Richardson , and Gutch , York ; official assignee , Mr . Freeman , Leeds . Joseph Gallop , jun ., Bristol , painter and glaner . May 25 , at one , June 20 , at eleven , at the Dirtnet Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol . Solicitors , Mr . Medina , TuAvwt-ia , ; and Me&ara . Shallock and Cracknells , Bristol ; ofEciai assignee , Mr . Hutton , Bristol William North , Bath , innkeeper , May 30 , at twelw , Juno 22 . at eleven , at the District Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol . Solicitors , Messrs . Gunning and Gul , Biith ; oiBcial assignee , Wr . Wilier , Bristol . twelve

      Henry Thompson , Bristol , saddler , May 28 . at . June 22 , at the District Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol . Solicitor , Messis . Kicks and Bfakenbrirtge , BMfcett * - buildings ; and Mr . Hiuton , Bristol ; official assignee Mr . Hutton , Bristol . Joba Wesley May , Bristol , feafcer , May 26 , at one , June 23 , attfevtn , at tbe District Court of Baokruptcf Bristol Solicitor , Messrs . Poole and ftamifco , Gray * - ian ; and - >/ r . Co : thurst , Bristol ; official assignee , Mr . Morgan , Bristol . William Butler , BradfouJ , Wiltshire , victualler , May 26 , June 23 , at one , at the District Court of Bankruptcy , Bristol . Solicitors , Messrs . Bush and bon , Bradford ; oCcial assignee , Mr . Acraman , Bristol .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Motley and Lwis . York , cigar-manufacturer--Car son and Fletcher . Heywood , L-nicwbire , « ^™ Berend and Wilson . Liverpool , chemical manufacturers -Richardson and Pearson . Bedale . Yorkshire . npl »*" sterers—J . and S . Pat-. eson and Co ., Manchester , stonemasons— Suger and Gray , Kingston-upon-Huli , comfactors—W . Lane and Co ., Kuchdale , Lancashire , aw and porter brewers .

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      AMERICA . ARRIVAL OP THE BRITANNIA . Liverpool , Sunday . —By the arrival of the Royal Mail steamer Britannia . Captain Hewitt , this merning , we are in possession of New York dates to 29 th Aprii , Boston 1 st Blay , and Halifsx 3 rd May . the steamer having made the voyage from Boston in 12 . J , and from Halifax in 10 . 3 days . She has brought seventy passengers . The political new 3 by this arrival is Dotvery important ; few , if any , changes are likely to be made in the Cabinet .

      The President , it is said , entertained tha 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 House . Lord John Hay was also in that city , waiting the arrival of Sir Charles Bagot , whom be wns to take to England in the Warspite . Sir Charles's health was improving so far that it was expected he Would arrive ia New York in a few days . Between St . Lewis and New Orleans a steam-boat explosion had killed eoveial persons , and scalded many more . Colonel Fitzgerald , tho British Consul at Mobile , hod called the Mayor of city a " contemptible fellow , ' for which he was fined some twenty or forty dollars ; but the designation was considered so correct , that the citizens would not let the Ccn&ul pay it , and insisted upon subscribing it themselves .

      At Havannah eighty slaves bad been shot , and fortyfive severely punished , for attempting to gain their freedom . A great rise has taken place in Stocks , &c . An active spring businass haa commenced . The rate of Exchange has risen from , 1064 to 187 .

      EXTRACT FROM A PK 1 VATE LETTER . Philadelphia , April 27 , 1843 . —The Legislature of this State adjourned on the 20 th inst ., and though they have 1106 dona 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 of one dollar per cent ., —( being now two dollars per cent , in all ) on real estate ; aud of more consequence than either , they have authorised tbe sale of a considerable portion of tbe 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 , wiU have many competitors for the purchase . < The great line hence to Pittsburg on Ihe Ohio—three hundred and more miles of railroad , canal , &c , is to be sold fox the sum of 16 , 000 , 09 * dols ., payable in State Stock . I think this ought to have the serious consideration of the foreign bondholder . First , He has a positive security for his debt ; and if under the mismanagement and shameful extravagance ot the State Government , this line produced a nett revenue of over 300 , 000 dollars , the continued increase of travel and transportation combined , with a judicious management , wonld make it produce three times as much , and give a good interest for the sum invested . Second , The fund-holder , in subscribing a share of bis stock , would render perfectly secure the remainder .

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

      best advocate , " and a copy of the Star which bad a representation of Hunt's monument and tbe Peterloo massacre , preceded by their own bind . Washington , Springwell , Wingate , North Hetton , Eylloe , Castle Eden , Framwellgate Moor , Cowpen , Whitwell , Piu tiogton , Ouston , Oragbead , Harwell , flag and band ; Stanley , S . uth Etswick , South Shields , Gosfotth , Jarrow , Kenton , Eilmondsley , Cramlington , West Moor , Trimdon , SbiiicliiTd , Coxhoe , Eist Holywell , West Holywell , Amireu ' o House , Segbill , flag and band ; &c . We htard it statM by several persona who had been accustomed to atu nd public meetings that there could not be It as than 20 , 000 present , but our own opinion is from 10 to 12 000 . We believe there were that number , and believe there would have b « en double if the morning had been fine . Soon after twelve o ' clock : Mr . Andrew Fleming was unanimously elected to the chair , and the following resolutions were ably proposed , seconded and carried unanimously : —

      " That this meeting views the progress which tbe Miners' Association has made , as a precursor , or forerunner , of the good that may be effected by a greater extension ot its principles . We therefore call upon all who would wish to see the working miner in tbe receipt of bttter -wages , and a better protection for the labour of those who work in nii :: es in general , to aid us in carrying cut the principle of a general union throughout Great Britain and Ireland . " "That it is the opinion of this meeting that partial nnioi . s and partial strikes , have ever been a fruitful source of evil to the working classes , but more especially to the miners , we tht-refoTe pledge ourselves not to continue any strike until a gentral union of the miners can be accomplished . '

      " That this meeting views the tyranny that some employers are exercising over their workmen , in order to dfctfcr them ficiu co-oparating with their brethren to protect their labour , as a violation of tho rights of tho working man , and as alike inimical to the workman and thehoin'st employer . ' " That this meeting having seen the effects of shortening the hours of labour , as exhibited in the conduct of the employers at Wingate Grange aud South Elsvrick colliery , pledges i f self to work no more coal than will cosne to three shillings per day , this being the on ! y means to v ° cure employment for those of our brethren wLo are now without employ . " " That this meeting tenders its tbanks to the South Shields CorrmiXtee for the better vcntillating of the mines , and pledges itself to assist those gentlemen to obtain bu act of Parliament for thai purpose . "

      It waa then announced that a delegate meeting would be held at Mr . Henderson ' s , William the Fourth Inn . Galloping Green , Wreckington , and that the Sheriff Hill Band would escort the delegates thither . The Chairman then thanked the meeting for their unwearied attention to tbe various speakers , and dissolved the meeting . In about an bour after the delegates assembled in Mr . Henderson ' s long room , 'when Mr . Pratt was called to the chair . The Chairman briefly opened the mec-tisg by stating the object of the meeting , and calling upon each delegate to produce tbeir credentials , and give a report of the state of their Bocietit'R . A delegate then rose and said he was happy to state that the men of Percy Main had joined tbe society in a body , notwithstanding the threats used to deter thorn , and he

      was commissioned to pay in their contributions . The inte ! ligence was received with loud applause , aa many preseDt knew tby meatis resorted to , to keep the honest men of Percy Main back from their duty . Delegates from this following places tbtn gave in their report ( , a : id contributions ) , ¦ vrljon it was tiscertained that upwards ' 1 , 200 fcnd joined the society since tbe 1 st of May , ( less than a lortnigLt , ) viz , Segbill , West Main , Waiker , St . Lawrence , East Cramlington , Sheriff Hil ! , West Cramlingten , Pembcrtoo , Ktuton , Staton Burn , J trrow K n , ^ Pit , Ouston , South Elswicb , Nethfii-ton , Sleek Burn , Cowpen , Hebhron , Fawdon , Oxclose , Brecken Beds , Wylatn , Wa ' . lsend , Spittal Todbuis , Sauth Shields , iJenweli , We ^ t Holywell , North E ! swick , Biaydon ilnin . Heaton , Sfaton Delavuil , East Hi'lyweU , Urpitb , Exrsdon , Qaarringtoa Hill , Framwellgate Moor , Wingate , Tbornley , Cassop , Coxhoe , Haswell , K ^ llou . Shincliffe , S . icriston , Ellemore , North Httton , Deanery , E-ers Greeu ,

      West Auckland , Evenwood , Woodhouse Close , Whitworth , Oxhill , Edmondsley , Crughend , Walbridgtfell , Pittington , Nf ¦ • Darham , HufiUl , Castle Edtu , Trimdon , Stratton , Si- «• burn Hiil , Belmont , West Rainton , NewbatUe , Birtley , Lumley , Heworth , Lambton , RadcIirT Terrace , fcc . After ilisposing of sorce business in connexion with the society , it was ennonncsd tbat dutrict ililega ' a meetings Would be held at the various places attached to the balance sheet , on Saturday , 27 th . M . u . y , aad a vole- of thanks having been given to the Chairman , the meeting was dismissed . Mr . David Shallow will attend ihu public meeting of colliers , to bu held at Capton Hill , Bishop Auckland , on Saturday , 20 tb . iust . Any colliery wishing Mr . Swallow ' s services , musjt apply to Mr . Dlxcn ' s , Copton Hill , Biahop Auckland . Letters on society business may he address-id to Mr . John Hall , Geneiz . 1 Secretary , at Mr . Thomas Sfephenson'S Ceror > r . t : on Street , South Shields . Tko following petition was adopted at a meeting on Black Fell : —

      " To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled . " The Petition of the Undersigned Pitmen who work in the Coal Mines of Darham and Northumberland , " nuMBLT Sheweth , —That within the last twenty ytars upwards of seven hundred pitmen , the friends and companions of your petitioners , have been miserably destroyed in the Durhavi and Northumberland Mines by explosions of irjiammab ' . e gas ; and tiiat , in addition , great numbers more , Trom various other causes , have also encountered in the Bame Mines the most fearful deaths .

      " That the cause of those fearful explosions is invariably ihe vsani of sufficient ventilation , which permits the accumulation of icflammable gas or Arc-damp from the coal in such large masses , that , accidentally set fire to , explode with auch tremendous force as sometimes to blow men through tbe shaft 200 yards deep , as if from a cannon month , and shake the solid structure of the earth in the neighbourhood of the pit , as if with as earthquake . " That the lives of your petitioners are not a day or an hoar secure from Euch deadly operations ; &cd that it is a horrible and feaTful thing to die such a death , or live in daiiy expectation of . " That ia addition to the destruction by these sudden calamities , insufficient ventilation produces a vitiated

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      From the Gazette 0 / Tuesday ; if ay 16 . BANKRUPTS . William Jones , druggist , Uanrwst , ^ nblghsW ™ . June 1 , ot twelve , and June 30 , at eleven , at t&e w trict Court of Ba&feiuptcy , Liverpool . Solicit ™ , Messrs . Griffith , Llanrwst ; Messrs . Gregory and w * Bedferd-row , London ; official assignee , Mr . » " > 1 Victor Jey , silk hat manufacturer , Castle-lane , Southwark-bridge-road , M » y 25 , at one , and Jane -8 J » two , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Solicitors , Mess * Herwood and Griffin , Austin-friars ; official assignee , Mr . Lackington , Coleman-atreet-buildinE * . Thomas Joseph Clark , fish salesman , B ^ ™*?? May 30 , at half-past eleven , and June 27 , at eieve * at the Court ef Bankruptcy . Solicitors Messrs . *«« and Harvey . Fenchurch-street ; offistal assignee , w

      Edwards , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry . VnrffAt , Edward Parfrey , flour dealer . Swaffham , »« ft » j May 24 , at eleven , and Jane 20 , at twelve , •*** £ < £ . of Bankruptcy . Mr . Dufaur , Q «» *» n * BSSS £ vendish-sqaare ; Mr . Marrfe , Swaftham ; official assignee , Mr . Gibson , Basioghall-street na-mMi $ , John Pool , innkeeper , Morice-town , Dwwwgg May 31 , at one . and Jane 28 . attwe ve . J fljgJJ of Bankruptcy . Solicitors , Mr . w ^*| TLE e * Mr . Sole , Aldermanbury , London } official aw ~» Mr . Hirtzell , Exeter . - »« tcr . Maf Tristram Thomas Squier , & ™ ™*^* court of 22 , and June 28 , at eleven , at the District ^ Bankruptcy , Exeter . Solicitor .. Mr . Moore , £ Mr . Turner , Bedford-row , London ; official w » Mr . HirtZ'l . _^ _ n > , M « 7 James Allison , grocer . Newcastle-upon-TyBe . ^^ 26 , at eleven , and July 7 , at twelve , « u » ud ioaf Court of Biokruptcy . Nowcastle-upon . Tjne . a Mewrs . Crosiy and Compton . Caurcb-court Ui London ; Mr . Hoyle . Newc-tle-upon-If" . assignee , Mr . Bauer , Newcwtle-upon-Tjne .

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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-ncseproduct934/page/6/