The Express. — London, England, 1853-03-24 00:00:00

to shoo, sal rather r ef r ied to let the dan gerogi si4ver continue her enminal coarse, although o r e no under the guns of the fort, than take any Mariaailitv upon themselves in . the matter. Senor ]'undo plays a part in this drama which is not t o be envied. [he Dominicans ce lebrated , on the 15th of Fe bruary, the inauguration of General Santana, their bbirsior !rum Haytian yoke, as President. This ge gent . A man is uer•hy beloved, and the friends of the Rip& lic promise themselves • trno patriotic aJministration, without French or any other predi !actions. I The health of the port has much improved, and that scourge. " the black vomit," seems to have left .auto limning°. T he French man-of-war steamer Vedette is in port. A commercial trenty between the King of Den mark and the I hainnic n Republic has been ratified sad it:changer], aml is now the law. VOt Court. WINDSOR, MARCH 23. Th e re were no additions to the royal dinner party lewd TM V itquoi of Bresilalhane (Lord Clrimberlain) and Sr. Nerriaui Vecdonald kft the Castle (or London yester day afteries. alter inquiring into the circumstances at lendisg the hre on $ display last. mett.i. ea and Prince walked in the grounds adjoining &Castle du. The royal children took their accustomed exercise. The Ru•eian Minbter transacted buantess yesterday at the ut""' Sir G eo rge Russell K.C.8., late Governor a B mho . , sad • moat ili.tinguished civil offlter in the highest reek of Indian administrative duties, proceeds at ewe to the Cape. The Lord Chancellor hen appointed John War r4oo6 banish r-at-law, of the Middle Tem ple, roe of the bartoters to assist his lordship in his plan of stmi..,fy.og and revising the statutes. THE FIRE AT WINDSOR CASTLE. OLNLItti ORDER.-1101L3L GUARDS, MARCII 21, 111,jesty the Queen expressly desires to recog sio• Me steadmew Nod seal with which the detachment of ▪ hd 14e Wards sad Stmts Fusilier Ottards behssed cis Whe swasom of the late Ire which broke out at Windsor Cede. Het Majesty, in graciously expressing her royal iffn eatiod, has been pleased to declare that nothing could dosed the gmod conduct of the officers and men.—By com ma of the Bight Hen. General Viscount Harding', c o mmitatharin•Chief. G. Bisowx, Adjutant-Goneral. NEW Acr ON COUNTY T. ere act to limit the time for taking the poll ytksematirsof England and Wales has just been printed. biarieseg diet at every contented election of a knight or Wile le Mae ia any alinement after the let of October, sis, le alp meaty. or for any riding, parts or division of • sleety. the pilling shall matinee for owe day only, and tb sew.' shell cesameage at eight o'clock in the sensing, met i 6O gin until die o'ebeek is the afternoon of each glis pelt Alerts to be employed at the principal sleref slestlian sad other plans &all , at the anal etas of Woes sell , imam sad seal their several books sad &- berth= go nonmed aoalsdl to the sheriff, endrr.elie- Mg fa emirs deputy pmeidims at me poll. The books mob be hopt empyreal well touneentbling of the OW. whets the *rale are openly to be loeltoos and the state of obi pil to be dreiared. and pedemallem of the member deeinsabssi *MS sot later than I Wick Lthe afteraafter... dep. VENT XING. no Neer lurk Herald gives the following sketch Nat Sew, Vice-Precedent of the United States "Vies-Presidient William Rufus King is a native of North Combas, *here he was born in 1788 Ho is coneeqwently Dyear4 of age ; and each is the precarious acre of Ins Math that it is doubtful, if he should return to the United Bates frets his present visit to the West Indies, whether be will be able to perform the duties of vine-president. Dins are limited to presiding in tne Senate; and, in his neseee, thl president pro ten. of that body, who is gloated by the senator, , takes his plate. Mr. Atchison, of Ma mei, is at peewee president pro tem. In ease of the death N the Vico.President, Mr. Atchison would remain in the amopesities as at present, without assuming the title, as tat Niko tiould then be vacant ; but in case of the death N both President and Vice-President, the President of M &earl pro tem. becomes President of the United Itstes, until an election eau be held. This is according to he provisions of the Let of Congress of March 1, 1792. We ore nos acquainted with the early life of Mr. King regard,to his pursuits and studies, but we find that he Mired pulslie life before he had attained his 21st year, elm he was *beset' by the people of Sampson county to re past the* in the legi letup' of his native state. At the tlo of 24, is 1810, he was elected by the people of the die ter et' his (esidenee to the Twelfth Congress, which bold Mint sender in the autumn of 1811. It was that Cus ps' which declared war with Great Britain; and for not seasons of the democratic or republican party Mr. Leg voted / as wells' for the various acts fur carr) log on the ear with vigour. He was re-elected to Crogrese in 1819 and 131.1, remaining a member until a year after peace was re vved. In 1816 he resigned hie seat in Congress, in eosin maeLof geoeiving the appointment of Secretary of MlTteak. William Pinkneyi Minister to both Naples . ' Petersburg . During his two years' residency in Iksepe Mr, King became well acquainted with the a ff airs tithe coauneetal governments, and the condition and cha r/mod the people. Returning from Europe. Mr. King INS after removed from North Carolina to the territory of llabania, in 1818, sad assisted in the framing of the email- Min of the same, previous to its admistion into the Unica as Mats. Ile was chosen by the legislature one of the Int 'futon from Alabama Vohs W. Walker being hit " league), and took his mat member ia the UMW States Senate a 1919. lie oontisuod a of that buds for est Miesty•foar consecutive yeas', having been reelected 1881, 1129, 1836, and 1541. He resigned his seat the wing of ISM, Ise omsequenee of being offered FesessA, by President Tyler; which ap pointing he aseepted mainly with a view of prevent ing elm dm O m pellet of Francis and England spinet psalm amnantion of Tons. He we the early laddeihd hind of that great Stroke of policy which es lend to the 'eagle st this country the Matsui of all the i sales iris net lying within the old boundaries o it senbesalloa or the pmeellems of Lowisiana. Os sof 5 114 Ms wilisa It s = forthwith to lull Lids malleast with Mr. ILlag, tailunlmaViriM lbet Ili 17 pretest would MK am uneutlea. The ftsails }stmt &Waved am "he mold do . man hoer* Volta Mateo, sr abet mold give bse Jest MOM d riihniSe." By the emu of Mr. Klats • saissisa. instead was tinkled he her plan of a protest whist the • annerstind N Tam was abandoned. In November, 1845, Mr. l a& having obtamad . permission to resign his calm !Labrador, returned to the United States. In hi we. spite appointed United States senator Ms Hamm, la Mom of Arthur Booby, sent to Rusin ; at in 1849 he was sleeted hg,the legislature fee the fall lemadz years. Is 1860, Mr. Fillmore, eke Viar.Preat "lN Idinntmaseedad to the Prosisimmy by the death of snit Taylor Mr. ling was Mimes by the Senate their fullest pre a place be bad held in former years, blet 1336 to 41141. It is nasseemary to state the pankulan If 6r. Lag's semiaatiem by the Democratic Con v.mtina is 1 1 n last. sad his triumphal election to the Vice-Preni ußela, compelled to leave the country for the ha f ltir health, he resigned his satin the Senate daring In hie lesion. Mr. Lag entered political life sa a fol hew tif Mu Jamie, sad has always been opposed to the tonne of implied powers by Congress. He was coml. Mee me of the champions of southern state rights in the mum controversies which have arisen in Coon sa on the Irt 'livery, and internal improvements. Us has never ma married. Ilia residence in Alabama for many years bi b's' at Selma, oa the Alabama rivet." 011:11C,E ANTIPATNIIIL-lii Majesty had thelf perusal tikn i s sad autipthies, and rather than t int to Imo a ministry imposed upon him c.nisisting of " m bit dented he would lave sall.red any amount of Si t s ., at venienee. Ho p reva il e d mom Lord North elks three years is die fee. of Milting cosj • api %Matt his lordship's own wishes, f,r the sole kieping out the whir, whom be 'exerted with a of the bitterest avenion. So deem was this M▪ ollt rooted to his Majesty's mind, that when • jimmies patty emmee to be all but inevitable in Much, * O 4 he nireatmed to abdicate rathur than be " trampled ay LIS 'amain." Four years efterwards he explicitly ad ~ the sas s t h reat ander the excitement of an ad ""livisaa ; aad it was sap/need by th ose w h o were best gretetai with the Armen, of his resolution that, had he Somd to extremities, be would have carried his " e "'" Late'. maim.— TAs Doke of BoorkisogAones" Cuwg elorpo i harn AL OP fleOL.—The late Lady Baird, of ""▪ ste.. 14 l'enhshire, told me that, every year at (ht. the lee .f May), a number of men and 1. 7.• assembled at an sadist druidical circle of stones on 444, CAM, They light • Ire In the centre • p i pits s bit of oatcake into a shepheril's bonnet ; kii down and draw blindfold • piece of make from in ,',let One piece has been previously bleekened, .7,"keeer nets that piece has to jump theme.% the An sett, of the circle and to pay a forfeit. This is, in •.'letrt ofthe ancient worship of Itsal, and the penoa 1.,.'"% the lot fell was fovmetly burnt as a ucritice ; now ;.▪ ! thmugh the Ire represent. dritt,Mbd the pay lAe forfeit redee. i s th e v i ct i m. I t i s euri..uv that sti Pre byterians, as th e p eo pl e o f th a part of re owl are, should anknowning/y keep up the e of • great heathen festival.—From .• Notes and TILE BLACKBURN ELECTION. The nomination of candidites took place yesterday morning, at 9 o'clock. The election is for • new member to serve in place of Mr. W. Eccles, who has Imes unseated by a committee of the House of Commons, on • petition from the cormervatives, for treating. Mr. Eccles we. re. turned at the late general election against Mr. John Horn. by, the conservative candidate, by a majoity of 483 to 609 votes. Mr. Pilkingtoa, the other member in the liberal interest, retains his seat without dispute. Oa the present occasion Mr. John Hornby does nut contest the vacant seat, bat mires place to his brother, Mr. William Henry Hereby, Chairman of the Bslton, Blackburn, and Clithero• Railway Company, who was mayor of the borough last year. The Irber.,l eandidam is Mr. Montague Joseph Fieldea, son of the late Sir Wm. Fielden, Rem. Sir William was one of the first membere in the reformed parliament, and retained his seat up to 1847. The popula tion of the borough must now he nearly 60,000, but the constituency is comparatively small, having been about 1,120 at the late general election, and having incro ised at the present time under the new register to 1,325. It is cal culated at the present election that upwards of 1,100 electors will vote. With the experience of the la's elec tion committee fresh in their memories, it is said that the candidates are chary of open treating, and the tactics point more to the practice alluded tl by Colonel Dickson, before the Norwich compromise erma• matte, of conveying the electors away from Do scene of action until the poll is over. If the publicans, however, have not free license to treat, it is certain that a portion of the electors and non electors are kept " in spirits" through some other source, and violence and intimidation are not unlikely to take the place of drunkenness. Some of the factories are reported to have been stored with drink, when armed bands of ruffling have been liberally supplied with all they require to it them for their work. Staves and bludgeons are said to have been provided in great numbers, and some fesrtnl scenes are anticipated. Already tiers have been some brutal attacks on the houses, where the partisans of one or other of the candidates were as. *enabled. On Monday night a public house was attacked, the owner of which is supposed to be a Mend of the liberal., and the inmates in many eases thought it safe to decamp through the windows, whilst the landlord and landlady were beaten, and the house was set on fire, but the flames were extinguished before much damage was effected An old man, an elector, aged 73, was also attacked in his own house by the same nary, and beaten ; but he afterwards made his escape, and is concealed in lodgings until he shall have been able to vote. The nomination day has been ill chosen, this being the mtrket day for Blackburn, when, besides the people from the cotton factories (which have been closed to the working people), great numbers of country people and farmers are assembled in the town. Orrat numbers of mummers are holding their carnival, too, every evening, going through the performances called " pace-egging ;" in other parts of the country peculiar to the Christmas holi days, but here as common, it appears, at Easter also. It will be well if the disguises for such occasions are not turned to purposes favourable to en election riot. A party of this kind performing at one of the inns en Tuesday evening, in the excitement arising from • liberal supply of ietoxicetine drinks, gave freeexpreesion to their designs. One of the party said, We'll hold up both hands and legs at the nomination to 1111111MW. We work at —'a foundry. Never mind, we'll Iglu like socks to-morrow." Another exclaimed, •s The boys treat Bersokhouse is the boys to light. I come out of blend, and blood I'll light." The probabilities appeared, however, from the state of drunkenness these wretched orestares were in, that they would. nut he sufficiently re stored to appear on the scene next day at tie early hour for which the nomination was fixed. The nomination, however, passed off more quietly than might have been expected, and, with the exception of a missile 'About a pound weight, thrown at Mr. E. cies, thei late member, when about to second Mr. Fieldea, but which ' struck on. of the reporters, no sctuil violence to k in front of the hustings. This is atttibutable mainly to the cum:lest arrangements of the authorities, who had erected a strung double line of barriers, separating the supporters of the two candidates, and having an avenue for the police between them. Lines of posts and rails at right eagles with these, also divided each of the two parties into sections, and broke the pressure which might otherwise have rendered the crowd irritable ' and impatient. The police are an insignificant force of l l constables, who were sided by 200 specials, but who could have done nothing with such a concourse of people but for these barriers, which kept the two panics from coming into collision, there beim; at lout 19,000 or 20,000 persons, nearly equally handed on either ride. The busting. were at the back of the Masket-house, and front ing the open Market-plate. The market itself had been postponed by the authorities until after the nomi nation. Mr. Robert Hopwood, the mayor, came spot the pla•form, accompanied by M r . Hargreaves, the town clerk, and each of the candidates was accompanied by large circles of infleential supporters. The friends of each candidate in front of the hustings dts pinyed large, handsome banners—those .f the conservatives being 'male and blue, inscribed, " Free Trade and Good Wages," " Hornby, tie Friend of the People," and " No Slavery;" whiles the odours of the liherels were green, pink, blue, and white, inscribed, " Extension of the Suf. 'rage," " Electoral Districts," " Freedom of Election," &c. The conservatives had alto several caricatures, not con ceived very happily, but which provoked a good deal of amusement. One was headed "The Scales of Justin," not saying much for the orthography of the conservatives; and another consisted of a baron of beef and a plum pudding, with the inscription " Hornby's Feed," and a string of red limit." with the inscription, Fielden's Feed." Happily Via existence of the barriers prevented any collision between the parties through the exhibition of such offensive emblems. The usual formalities having Nen gone through, Mr. JANES PILLINOTON, M.P., proposed Mr. Joseph Montague Fielders as a fit and proper person to represent the borough in parliament. (Cheers and groans Mr. Wm. RECESS (the unseated membie) seconded the nomination of Mr. Field... He expressed his opinion that the people could only obtain the franchise, arid continue to have cheap bread, "by keeping down the tories." (Cheers and groans.) Mr. JOSEPH FIELDS?! proposed Mr. Wm. Henry Iloroby u a tit and proper person to represent the borough. (Cheers and tumult.) Mr. Damn. Taw/Arne seconded the nomination of Mr. Hornby. (Chun.) There being DO Debi? candidate , Mr. J.M. Yuma= then to addrmothe electors. genii he felt pswifeedreat led at the position in which be Mend, and whielike distill Mid at the it of the poll, When he lathed an Ids Win aided the }lore harm his opposite proposed by two reatlemea,ef whose °Duthie', daring diseases's, he had • min, eingisi*, for perhaps no person in this bon:Ugh ' eftbegrewer bad used it more energetiesUy ea/ systeamilimillysdahart hlal than they had done ix order to iadiellnlis the eieeters sad coerce them to : vote against their widiass. He had said he believed bio relative, M. Fieldale, die proposer of Ir. Hamby, never had made use of mods. Warne" with his tesaate; bat he (Ht. J. M. l idN) found be was asielathen, ter that menildinea bad 'dome so. (Cheers and Ilwagigfj.) He amid brio( Weidenhe Ile show that would m'. oaks Mt beenveaeldied, and. M. neeintery, It be pneineed after ibisseelt et this OIOSOINI wee known. What ever night be iseasek et the ebiew of Mid% he bad the easidenies of kasebag that be *eyed it _.deter at the we** Mlle klenutewileemee, theme' be bell ess it strp= there be pat tip 'Made is 'his itelni. ) nay were well swore es -*hot peels& fat their enibeges, aid the Owe was a greet aillbrense el pilltind =between biereelf end Ms eppenent. tee elm Mot gen wield sin be i se b•pales wo sob dillareat se op Wildellar. Eleldee's) own. 1 ;re a rs and peon) Ina west espeelal meetwer, he (Mr. irides) piped Nissen before them as • supporter of Dee ' if tie nest esseatial topics of tbe present day, the vote who wen (Peen ), He would ask them, even those who were opposed se him, Were they is favour of vote by hellos? and if they answered is the affirmative, he claimed their eeppert on that ground. If his opponent had been a sup. of the vote by ballot, he had it from Mr. Fieldea's own lips, th at he could not support ildi=daraby. (Mr. Horeb y: " No, no ; it I. not true.") Ile gaol Wm again were they in favour of enemies of Os Wimp . end on that ground he asked their support, lit e all lennen $4.101110 for • very considerable extension ; and MINIM that the new Reform Bill which would be Ineught late pasiimentt nest session would embrace that enlgeet, and OM liesdeadd he there to give his vote in fa ll/OF of that Imalawnh (Cheers.) He bad on various osier simile exoladeed the views and opinions he interacted to ad vocate if they seat him to parliament ; and be wished to bold those views which were held by the majority in that town of the electors and non electors—(chsers)—beeause these opinions were truly and thoroughly liberal. He felt bound to give • flat contradiction to two statemeate which bad been made respecting him self in the swum of his canvass. One of them accused him and the brother of their excellent representative, Mr. Pilkington, of threatening and indad- Miele • voter in that town, by going into his shop and Ideclaring that they would withdraw their custom from him, if he did cot vote according to their wishes. (Cheers and growls.) Nothing of the kind ever occurred ; the man him self was ready to contradict it, and be (Mr. Fielden) could not withdrew his custom from him, as he was sorry to say he gave the man any. (Heir, hear.) The other statement was, that he bad sent to a man named Swells, whom Mr. Mosby had stated to be an elector, and who bad spread iniurious reports concerning him (Mr. Fielders), a letter, offering as an inducement to vote in his favour, to pardon the insult. Now, this man Ina not an elector for the borough of Blackburn. sad he would only say further of this report. that it wu one of the most diabolical nature. He concluded by saying that if be were sent to parliament he should hope, by • straightforward, consistent, and honest course, to merit their approbation and confidence. They would find him a supporter of those great financial sod commercial changes which had done so much for the working classes of this country ; which he would endeavour to ext. nd to the utmost; and he should support all measures calculated to add happiness, comfort, and prosperity to ail classes of this great nati•in. (Cheers.) Mr. W. U. ens iv then came forward, and was re ceived with mingled cheers and hooting. The hon. genCe man, aft-st energetically addressing one of his supporters on the platform with, " I say, Watts, could not you get some of those fellows more together ' for the show of hands, " proceeded to say, I that it was souls what remsrkahle that Mr. Pilkington and IMr. Fielden, after the harsh expressions they bed made nee of towards Mr. Eccles, so lately se June last, should ' now b. an exceedingly toad of " that elderly grutleman." IMr. Pilkington had voted in the majority against Mr. Hume's motion, against the principle of taking off duties THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING. MARCH . 24: i 853 which affected articles of consumption in this borough and everywhere else. When he (Mr. Hornby) issued his address to them, long before the so' ject was mooted in the House of Commons, be specially alluded to the great propriety and absolute necessity of carrying out free 'rads in its integrity, particularly upon tea and soap. Toshow the necessity of Mr. Ilums's motion he would read them the following statement with respect to tea alone, from • memorial of the merchants of London on the subject:—" Your memorialists would farther men tion that during the last six years, while the ship meats of tea front China to Great Britain have only in creased from 57 million pounds to 84 million pounds, l or something like 12 per cent., the export of tea to the United States of America, where we compete in cotton ms nufactures, and where no duty is imposed, has increased from 18 million pounds to 34 millions. An increase of two million posiods more would have mads that increase 100 per cent., whilst we had increased only 12 per cent. in the import. With respect t i the party which was now opposing him, it was the union of two parties who were only six months since at daggers drawn, to attempt to crush another. La an a liken which he wrote them, long before then free trade movements in London, he said that he was the advocate of the strictest economy in every depart , aunt of the state, a n d so lie should he. Was it not his interest to be so 1 Was it not his interest, as well as theirs, to advocate economy ? Was it tint his interest to do the bast in his power to advance those principles of free trade which were only in tt.eir infancy? Must it not be in accordance with his interest as a commercial man, that if he had the honour of representing them, he should advocate the great principles of tree trade ? It was easy for persons to get up and say, " We don't believ e it ; h e Does not in tend to do it." Why not say the sans- of his hon. oppo nent, because he was only a new recruit in the Pilkington army. lie had not been long enlisted, and it was because he could not lead the party to which he (Mr. Ilurnhy) be longed,that he went to the other side; it was not from princi ple, hut from ba•red, envy, jealousy, aver- malice. Would they not reasonably expect that they should have some guarantee front a candidate that he had ability to fulfil the duties of • member ? And ins-much as neither be nor his opponent had been in parliarsent, they were so far on an equal foot ink, and the electors had only to look back to the acts of each individual as they had transpired in this populous bo rough. Mutes? did so calmly, he bad no doubt of the re sult of their decision: he bad no doubt they would decide that the works over which he (Mr. Hornsby) had had the honour to preside had rendered more benefit to the work ing class in twelve months that, had been done by his oppo- nent up to the present time. Mr. Hornby then dwelt at some length on the subject of the Short Time Bill. Not many years ago the masters in this town were almost to a man opposed to the working man on this question. His honour able friends Mr. Yilkington, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Bright, and his hon. opponent hinuelt, were opposed to the hill, and his (Mr. Hornby's) friends alone supported it. Had the electors any faith in the step which his opponints had lately taken ? Ilad they any faith in their seer-city ? At any rate, if they taunted his friends with not be ing original free traders, he had • right to turn back upon them and ask, " Were they original short time men ?" (Cheers awl groans.) Therefore he had clearly proved that be had made no charge against Mr. Pilkiugton which was not true; that his views on free trade were honest, clear, and unmistakeable; and that he and his supp triers were the friends of the working =noon the short time question. Ho assured them that if he bad the honour of representing them iu parliament he should on all occasions advocate those measures which should of them selves distribute the largest amount of benefit to the largest number of her Majesty's subjects. (Cheers.) The Mayon then called for a show of hands, but the numbers were so nearly balanced that be hesitated for some minutes to decide which of the candidates had the advert- Urge. He at length gave the decision in favour of Mr. Hornby • and Mr. Pilkington, M.P., as the mover of Mr. Fieldrn,.demanded a poll, which was fixed for this day. Mr. Flexure protested against the decision of the mayor. The proceedings were adjourned, after a vote of thanks to the mayor, until five o'clock this evening, when the de claration of the numben will be made. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION AT, STOCK- PORT. We regret to city that Stockport was on Tuesday the scene of a boiler explosion, which was attended with immediate fatal consequences ti one person ; and soother now Les in a very precarious if not hopeless state. The setae of the accident was at the T'.omu•stteet Mills, situated in the Higher Mitigate. at present and for eight years past worked by Messrs. Fernley and Bradley. The boiler in question was a two•flue one, 3+Jit. or 321 t. long and 7ft. in diameter, circular, with fist ends, and was built by Messrs. Fairbaits, of this town. The proximate cause of the accident was the collapse of the left-hied flue, the second, and thtr t plate at the top of the line being torn asunder to the extent of 23 rivets, and forced inwards. Consequent on the giving way of the flue, the water and steam in the boiler were forced upon the lire, and out at the fire door. At the time of its occurrence, a bricklayer and his assistant were preparing to lay the brick floor of the fire-bole which had 'Jaen taken up for the pur pose of rewiring the front of the boiler; and they are the chief sufferers. It is stated that a slight escape of steam into one of the Hui s had just been noticed, and more par. dealer attention was about being directed to it when the explosion took place. We must premise that the boiler itself (one of two which run below the level of the ground alongside the main building, and having a mechanics' shop, a blowing room, and a mixing room above them) has neither been injured nor stirred ; neither did it appear that • brick had been any ethers moved. When the steam forced into t'ae firebole had a little cleared off, a ton of one of the partners, Mr. Israel Bradley, descended into it, and stepping into the yet hut water, seized the lifeless body of the chief bricklayer in his arms, and both were quickly raised to the level ground. The assistant bricklayer was at the time of the accident at the foot of the step used fee descending into the fireplace, and ma naged to escape in front of the second boiler, where be was raised by means of ropes, but in such a dre adfully scalded state that there are strong doubts of his recovery. lie now lies at the Infirmary. Young Bradley, who first ventured into the flrepl , ce, was for a short time insensible after gain ing the ground again. THE REPRESENTATION OF MALDON.—Mr. Thomas Barrett Leonard, who sat for this borough in the late par liament and was defeated at the general election by the gesitlemen who have since bees uoseated, has announced himself* candidate for the holoar of again representing them. Ble Mates that his political principles are unchanged, =Be 4 mill em advocate elute progress. It is un siggille. Q. Disk will also some forward with a view a ptiresai his parliamentary emeezion with the keseglo. IIanMENTATION OF CHATIIAN.—THE BALLOT.— A usaatior of the liberal elector, of this borough has been = c whoa it was determined to support Admiral Sir S. 11011•111Millidato for the representation of the W ..=olBMellef Sir F. Smith. A resolution was also iat Is the aillat—o , That it la the opinion of this meet ing that Ma aely , remedy for the present corrupt system of *lssues almaben of parliament kr voting by ballot, and very asesestly request Sir 8. Stirling, when elected our re onseitative, to mead his vote in the Home of Commies for that memure." ._ _ EAST INDIA COMPANY. 'THE COST OP THE SOUTHAMPTON PETITION.—It east Sir Alexander Cockburn and Mr. Willcox, the mem• bare for Soathamptos, above 1001. a day for nearly a fort night to defend themselves from the petition th at was pre sented to the House of Oommons against their return, and the only witnesses is favour of that petition that placed their seats in jeopardy, have bees ordered by_ the House of COIMICOS to be presented for perjury. The three tory members of the committer—Mr. H. Herbert, Lord Hotham, and Sir J. Walsh—were in favour of making the parties who brought up these perjured witnesses, that is, the peti• Menem, pay Sir Alexander's and Mt. Willath's expenses, by declaring the petition frivolous and vexatiius; Mat the two liberal members on the examinee over-ruled them, be cause they con.idined that the question of the legality of paying the expenses of out-voters was submitted for eon sideretion by the presentation of the petition. To show the frightful expense to which sitting members may be put for the sake of deciding a simple point of law before an election committee, it may be stated that there were about sixty out-voters for Sir Alexander Cockburn sad Mr. Will. so:, the liberal members, and nearly fifty of these were brought up by the petitioners against the return of these gentlemen, and the examination of whom took nearly a week. livery one of these voters swore that he was not paid • farthing more than his hare expenses, and many of them swore that they were out of pocket by gulag to Southampton to vote. Nuw COMET.—Mr. Hind has published the follow ing particulars :—On the 6th of the present month a comet was discovered at the Observatory of the Contain Romano. at Rome, which presents strong indications of identity with that of 1664, one of the most minutely described comets recorded is history. Supposing these bodies identical, the period of revolution will be 188 years, and the mean dis tance from the sun a little greater thee that of the planet Neptune. In aphelion, however, the comet must recede to *distance of more than 6,000 millions of miles. It will have been rather conspicuous in the southern hemisphere during the letter half of February, but is now moving away from the earth and sun, and consequently growing less distinct every evening. On the 19th of March, at 8 o'clock, its right ascension was 4h. 36m., and its north declination 2 deg. 48 me.; the fernier changes very little at present, the latter is increasing at the rate of from 20 to 30 minutes of are daily. Full descriptions, with engravings, of the comet of 1061, will be found in the "Cornetographia " of llevelius, and in the " Theatrum Cometicum" of Lubieni etski. When beet seen it exhibited a bright nucleus with a tail 20 deg. long, and curved towards the extremity. If the comet lately discovered be the same, its appearance would rather famine the idea that these bodies are gradually dissipated ; yet Halley's comet may be traced backward in history to the year 11 before the Christian era, or through a period of nearly 2,000 years. MR. ADAMS ASTRONOMICAL LECTI.7IIF.S.—This gentleman, whose period of return to the metropolis may be calculated aesecurstely as any of the planetary revolutions which he so pleasing) y illustrates, commenced his twenty third annual series o f Lenten lectures at the Auelphi on Monday last, and will continuo them until the end of the week. We paid him a visit last evening, and participated in the pleasute derived by a numerous and attentive au dience from his intelligent and lucid explanations of the heavenly phenomena. The lecture I. assisted by large and beautiful traamparenciee, and the intervals tilled up with a pleasing perthrsuance on the musical glasses, which, without perhaps having an intimate connexion with astronomy, agreeably relieves the mind from the rather punning study of parallactic angles and sidereal motions. Yesterday a Quarterly General Court of proprie : tors of the India Company was held at the India House, Leadenhalbstreet, at which Sir J. W. Bono, pre sided. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, and some formal business transacted, Mr. Lewis brought forward a motion of which he had given notice, viz., that it is expedient at the general election of directors, that the Court of Directors withhold their support (by advertisement) from the directors who have gone out of o ffi ce by rotation; such unreflecting and Milk ; criminate support being calculated to degrade the office, by keeping in the direction men whose age and infirmities i suggest retirement. The proprietors were the most gain dependent body of men he knew, and they would pass any measure, good or bad, provided it was proposed from the chair. (No, no.) He saw out of the court men palpably superior to many of those in the court, but there was no chance of their being elected unless recommended by the ; directors in office. Every care was taken to shut out new men, and to elect oeer and over a g a i n th ose who were already directors. The consequence of this system was that the court exercised no influence on the public mind, and that the representations of the directors on Wiwi off dro received no respect from the ministry. If any independent proprietor off e red himself as a candidate, he had no chance as against the house list, and m. .n like Holt 111'Kensie, Sullivan, Sir C. Metcalfe, and Elphinstuue, whose great knowledge and experience would be of essential service to the company, were shut our, in order to keep in the direc tion men whose ago and infirmities rendered them unfit for ther duties. The hon. proprietor proceeded to support his motion by an address of considerable length, but, owing to the low tone in which he spoke, his übservatiora were not audible at the very inconvenient place allotted to the re , porters. Mr. Serjeant OAZELES seconded the motion. Mr. WLEDING opposed it, contending that the system to which Mr. Lewin objected seenied for the company the services of the moat experienced and able men. A Pnoriatirroa held that the constituency had the power of electing the men whom they thought best qoalified to execute the trust ; and if they had not done so, the fault was with themselves. But he had never before heard that the directors were, either by age, infirmity, or any other cause, unable to ful their duties efficiently, iind, as far as he knew, no charge had been brought against them either of neglect or abuse of their [unction,. The CHAIRMAN repelled the attack made by the hon. proprietor on the indepe-deece and integrity t f the court of directors, over which he had the honour to preside; and in doing so he wished to be understood as speaking in his capacity of a proprietor, rather than in that of a director. He believed tile court of proprietors had always shown, and he hoped would always show, a disposition to support the governing body, that was the executive, so long as that executive honestly endeavoured to advance the interests of the company. Tu that extent the Cool of Directors had been honoured by the support of the proprietor,. If any gentleman canvassing for a seat at the board should pro mist any patronage , and any proprietor should vote f o r hi m on the fa ith of that promise, such conduct would he dis graceful to both parties , and could not b e su ffi c i ent l y reprobated. (Hear.) And any gentleman who could bring forward such a ease and failed to do so, would foil in his duty. (Hear, heir.) He fully admitted that the proprietors had a right, when a vacancy occurred at the board, to have the fittest man appointed, hut the hon. proprietor complained that s uc h men as hula Mackeasie, and Sullivan, and Metcalfe, Ind Elphinstone had not been elected Did he mean that men should be elected who were n candidates ? With re gard to Mr. Holt Mackenzie he had no hesitation in saying that if he came forward as a candidate within a year, and with regard to Sir C. Metcalfe and Mr. Elphinstoue, if either of them had, before leaving England, signified his wish to have a seat at the B card, there was no candidate who would not hive instantly withdrawn is his favour. (Hear, hear.) The hon. proprietor had alleged that the Court of Directors did nut command the respect of the ministry. So far from that being the case he could state, that during the period he bad been a member of the Board the greatest courtesy had been shown, and the utmost et teutiou had been paid by every ministry to the represents limn of the Court of Director!. That power and influence which the conatitutina gave them they tai always maintained, and would continue to maint sin. (Hear, hear.) Another allegation made by the hen. proprietor was that the government frequently sent out orders and despatches to India without consulting the Cond. Not only had they not done so, but they had no power to send out orders of themselves. Except as to matters of peace, war, and general policy, all despatches or orders relating to the government or internal administration of India, every thing connected with the we , fare of the people, the judicial administration or the political administra tion of that country, most initiate with the Court of Directors. The object of the ordinary advertisement to which the hon. pro prietor objected, was merely to intimate to the proprietors their opinion of the manner in which the retiring members of their body had performed their duties ; and he was quite confident there was sufficient independence in the court of proprietors to prevent their adopting any recommendation which they might consider not ful:y justified, or which in any way interfered with their rights and privileges. (Cheers.) Mr. Serjeant GAZILIII believed public opinion was against them, and that the time was fast approaching when the court of directors must be improved. It was a combi nation of influence by 24 gentlemen, lased for the purpose of obtaining their own re-election in turn, and frightening all opposition out of the firid. The system was in contra• vention of the act of parliament, which never contemplated the election of the directors for life but for a limited period, in order that fresh bleed might be periodically infused into the governing body. It would the earns' and (mortices necessary to procure a seat in the direction would he incurred if something beyons. the 3001. or 4001. a year did not fall into the hands of the directors in the shape of patronage. Mr. MILL' (a director), denied that the act of parliament intended that now men should be always elected. The in tention was, that if guilty of iniseondur, they might be re moved, and he could recollect instanees where the retiring directors had not been recommended for reelection, because they had misused their patronage. Looking at the diffi culty el obtaining qualified gentlemen to act at the present time, the existing system was advantageous and beneficial, and eondueed to the respectability of the board. (Hear.) Mr. 3d Czausi opposed the motion, considering that it would be most impolitic to reject the services of men, who in the course of five years had gone through the routine and , details of their °Moe and had acquired thatexperience which was necessary for the conduct of the affairs of the company. Mr. Joxas thought there was wisdom in • system which ensured the company the services of experienced men on the direction. Captain lidacoanoos moved an amendment to Mr. Lewin's resolution, for the purpose, as he mid, of reconcil ing opposite opinions. The system against which the trio lotion was directed could not, he thought, be approved of, inasmuch as it was prejudicial to the interests of the pro prietor., by keeping from the management persons who might be better qualified to serve than the retiring dire.- tors. He did not altogether object to the directors recom mending candidates, but be wished to see it extended. His amendment was, that the directors be required to submit to the proprietors at each yearly general election a hoes. corresponding in numbers with the vacancies, and in which they shall recommend from among all the candi dates those who, on pablie grounds, they may think it de sirable to appoint to ono.. Captain Dovieros seconded the amendment. Mr. Twang* believed the existing system worked sods factortly. The director did net exercise any undue in fluence over the proprietors, is rehrence to the election to vacancies in the Weird ; on the contrary he had known itistances of gentlemen in every way qualified losing their election simply became they were taken up by the house list. The present wee not the time to attempt to lower the Court of Directors in the mind of the public. Mr. Hair opposed both the original resolgtion and the amendment. He wm convinced that the power and in fluence of the Court of Directors had ever Imes exercised for the advantage of the general body, and he for one should be sorry t 3 we any alteration in the constitution of that court. The CHLIEMAX thought the amendment would rather aggravate the oomplaint of the mover of the resolution than meet it. The court could not give an opinion as to the qualifications of every new candidate that was brought for ward, though they were enabled to speak as to those of the gentlemen who had acted with them. Mr. Serjaant OAZILII objected to the amendment, be cause it would tend to increase the evil. After some further discussion Mr. Lewin replied, and the resolution and the amendment were severally put, and both were negatived by a large majority. Col. DICKINSON submitted a resolution for the ;froths°. tioa of all papers connected with the case of Ali Mound and the affairs of Seinde. The CKAI&MAN said all the information required, incept the minute of Sir George Clerke, was already before the court, and the minute having been refused by the Minister of the Crown in the House of Commons, for pr.litical rea sons, it could not be produced. Lay papers iri the posses sion of the Court of Directors, subsequent to those already on the table, there would be no objactior. to their pro duction. After some conversation the motion was altered in se cordenre with the chairman's suggvstior , and *greed to. Mr. Jorma moved that it be referees', to the committee of bye-laws to consider whether some P.etter system of distri buting information amongst the p roprietors, as to Indian affairs, than now existed, might not be adopted. They ought to have the pa-.ers distritveid in the same way that papers were distributed amonirst the members in other pub lic bodies and societies. The CHAIRMAN said that the reports and documents ware always on the prop ietors' table. The Court of Di rectors was most anxious to afford every facility to the pro prietors for obtaining information. The motion was rut and negatived, and the court ad journed. MAILS PIA NORWAY.—Oeneral Poat-office, March, 18.53.—0 n and from Tuesday, the 22nd inst , the mails from the - United Kingdom for Norway will be conveyed direct I 4 sea between Denma.k Naway, and will con tinue to be so forwarded until further notice. The rate of Poe te g o to be taken on letters addressed to Norway will be s. 4d. the half ounce, and so on, according to the scale in operation in the United Kingdom fat charging inland letters This rate comprises both the ISrtti.h and foreign postage on the letters to the place of their destination, and it may either be paid in advance, or the letters may be for warded unpaid, at the owlets of the sender, except, how ever, as regards registered letters, the postage upon which, as well as the registration fee, must be paid in advance. BEER TRADE SOCIETY. Yesterday a general meeting of the members and subscribers to the Asylum Fund. was held at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet-street, to receive from the oommittes a state ment—• of the amount received and expended on account of the Asylum, at Nun-green, and other important circum stance, connected therewith; also as to the time and man ner at which it is proposed to elect the candidates to fill up the twelve vacancies, and the best means of realising an endowment for the sante." The chair was taken by Mr. STALL WOOD. ! - - - • The CHAIRMAN said the object for which they were as sembled was, in fact, to hear what had been dose as re garded the erection of the asylum, and to determine what steps should be taken for its completion. As to the means of raising an endowment fur the asylum, though last in order, it was not least in importance. (Hear, bear.) It was not enough to place the recipients of relief in the asylum; something must be done to supply them with comforts when they were there ; or else the purpose for which it was erected would have been only partially accomplished . However great their difficulties might be, he trusted that they would be enabled to surmount them. With that view the trade must be canvassed; nor must they forget to apneal to those who were cont.ected with the trade, some of whom bad al ready assisted them, sad it was hoped would be joined by others in rendering yet further aid. lie woul l now call upon the secretary to read the report of the committee. The Smear/air (Mr. Bishop) then read a report of the past proceedings of the society, more especially in reference to the origin and progress of the asylum, of which the fol lowing is an outline: In the earlier years of the society's existence the repeated attempts made to alter and amend the laws regulating the sale of beer gave full and anxious employment to the committee. The settlement of 1810 enabled them to turn their atten tion to other objects, and lone of the first to which they applied themselves was the providing assistance for old and decayed members. For the better accomplishment of this purpose it was at length determined to erect an asylum; and large subscriptions having been promised, including 200 guineas from one firm, and 100 from another, ou the Otis of January, 1850, the committee proceeded to consider the plan. A resolution was adopted declaring the de• sirableness of erecting an asylum r aged and decayed beer-sellers ; and after some delay in consequence of fresh parliamentary proceedings in reference to the beer-trade, in August, 1850, the committee obtained from the members power to obtain land. Allusion was then made to the purchase of an eligible site of land at Nun- Green, Peckham, and a contract for the construction of the building. This was followed by an account of the laying of the foundation stone by Lord Monteagle oa the 9th of I, Juae last year. The building was finished, in accordance with the terms of the contract, within the pelted of six months; and on the 9th of December, 1852, the trustees ob tained possession. It was now found that the asylum would not be fit for habitation ti'l there had been a consi derable additional expenditure. The following was given as the present state of the account—Under the head of re ceipts: Amount received on account of donations and sub scriptions to this day, 1,061/. 10s. 6d.; received on account of balances—dinners 1851 and 1852, and excursion 18:4, 1361. 9s. 4d. ; sum withdrawn from Commissioner of Na tional Debt, 1,1001. ; interest on ditto ditto, 131. Os. sd. ; sum advanced by trustees, 2001.; total, 2,5111. Os. 3d. Disbursements: Paid for purchase of laud, 6501.; pre liminary expenses, including obtaining land fur eeection of asylum, %I. 3s. 4d. ; expenses day of laying foundation stone, 791. Is. 9,1.; payments for work done at N un • green , drain.ige, &c., 391. 2 s . 2,14 paid builders on account, 1,4001. ; paid architect on account, 901.; printing, advertisements, cir culars, postage., &c., 431. Is. 4d. ; Mr. Ashley, solicitor, on account of law charges, 201. ; rtpaid trustees in part. 1001.: total, 2,349'. Bs. 7d. Tue balance was therefore 1611.115. &I. To this sta•ement was appended the following : Contract for erection of asylum, 1,6731. ; estimated amount of extras, 1271. ; paid in part, 1,4001. ; balance presumed to be due to builders, 4001. ; estimated cost of fittings and fixtures to complete asylum, 2001. ; total sum required, 6011. • Dissatisfaction was theta expressed at the circum stance that many of the leading firms connected with the beer trade had not subscribed, although they had all been written to, and many of them had actu ally promised ; but thy committee thought that if there were a little of that gentle pressure which a good customer could so well apply, few of them would be deaf to the ap peal. As regarded the present state of the asylum, at was stated that one .house was already finished and occupied, though, as shown by the balance-sheet, 6001. more must be expended before the whole would be fit fur habitation. It was also mentioned incidentally that there had been voted from the commencement, out of the funds of the Metro politan Beer-trade Protection Society and the Pension Fund, no less than 1,0001. for the relief of widows, orphans, and no -es.itous members of the trade ; and it was added that all persons who participated in the benefits conferred by the Protection Society, could scarcely refuse to assist in sup porting the asylum. The committee concluded by dr daring that there were twelve vacancies to be filled up in the asylum, a declaration which they hoped wo u ld meet with the approval of the society at large. On the mottos of the Climaxes, the report was adopted unanimously. Mr. Paoseart moved the following resolution :—" That in order to complete the asylum, and render it fit for the reception of its inmates, the committee are hereby em powsred to borrow, by mortgage or otherwise, a sum not exceeding 0001., and that such stun be exclusively applied to the finishing and rendering habitable the Beersellers' Asylum, at Nun•green, Peckham." He said he did not despair ef the raising of the 6001. entirely by subscriptions ; and all that was done by the resolution wu to empower the committee to raise it by mortgage, in order that the betiding might be at once completed. As to the surplus laud, he thought the disposal of it was the greatest calamity that could betel the society. (Hear, bear.) Having taken the trouble of going through the sales of the adjoining land, be found that the Pint plot which was only 50 feet in depth, sold for 1101.; conse quently their land, with a depth of 120 feet., might be ex pected ultimately to realise 3001. (Hear, hear.) At present there was only one house in the road ; but he had no hesi tation in saying that, within twelve months, the road would be covered with budding. of a respectable character, and the land would, as a matter of course, be improved proportion ably in vales. The committee would certainly not shrink from the performance of their duty on account of the 'pithy or indi ff erence of others. (Hear, bea r .) A s more than 2,0001. had already been spent, there could be little difficulty in obtaining 6001. on mortgage ; but he hoped that if the monkey were thus raised, it would soon be paid off b 7 means of contributions. He believed that, in adopting thus resolution, the meeting would be acting in the best manner for the furtherance of the main object. The resolution was seconded by Mr. MILLI.. Mr. L 101177002 wished to know what was to be done towards endowing the asylum, after the building had been completed. The Cnatnisnis admitted that the question wee a very important one. The first object, however, was to finish the asylum, and, when that had been done, they suit then rely upon the assistance of friends in supporting the inmates. Several promises had already been given. The 81ICSITMIT had the pleasure of informing the meet ing, that a highly enaptiotable pauses& bad stated that he would send in a tan of male Ow omit bininia tie the first and second year, and wash' tabs UM tint the intimates did not go to bed thirsty. (Chews.) Several persons cal/ed Hr the name C f this gentleman, in orde►, as they said, that if might be held up aa an example for imitation. The CstalbllAN was antiwar, of any obligation to se crecy ; the gentleman teaseled to was Joseph Carter Wood, Beg (Cheers.) The resektion was thee serried unanimously. Mr. iaoll Moved the following : " That it is parties laslytifisemeary that the persona connected with the beer trade, as well as the members of the society, should re their boa efforts to income the society's leads, not only by obtaining new subscribers, but by urging on brewers sad others by whom they are supplied, the amenity at onstri buting to the Bestseller.' Asylum Fund." He warmly de- Elided the beer-trade againet the charge of @Roo morality, declaring that more immorality was ' on after 12 o'clock, when the beer-houses were closed, than while they were open. (Hear, hear.) If the members of the trade were not lukewarm with regard to their own in- Waste, each a stigma could rest upon them. (Hear.) As to Sir John Pakington's bill, had it been carried, the effect would have been that half the beer houses would have been closed. (Hear, ;hear.) He hoped that a successful appeal would be made to the beer-trade on behalf of the asylum, so that its full benefits might be speedily extended to those for whom it was designed. Mr. A6llllOBl, in seconding the resolution, said he knew one eminent firm which had promised 1001. Even thoee who would not support the Deertrade Protection Society, might still be asked to assist the asylum. (Hear.) The resolution was then adopted. Mr. LATIUM moved, " That this meeting leaves to the discretion of the committee the time when, and the condi tions under which, the successful candidates shall take possession of their apartments in the asylum, feeling assured that the time will not be protracted beyond what circum stances may render unavoidable." The resolution was seconded by Mr. BESWICIL, and agreed to. The Seek AAAAA then stated that noplicatiens, on behalf of eligible candidates for admission into the asylum, would be received up to the last day of April, and that any sub scriber could, by applying to the office in Threadneedle street, obtain a form to fill up. Oa the motion of Mr. SHBOLOCK, seconded by Mr LIGHTFOOT, it was resolved—" That a list of subscribers and donors be made out and printed, with the number of yews of membership, and number of votes entitled to." Committees were appointed to canvass for subscriptions in the several districts ; and the meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the Chairman. TOURNAT TO JUBBIER AND LANDEN TO lIA6BELT RAILWAY COMPANY.—The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the above company was held at the com pany's offices in Brussels on the 17th inst., It. W. Kennard, Esq., in the chair. From the report, which was read by Mr. Westwood, the secretary, it appeared that the gross re ceipts of the two lines during the second half-year of 1852 amounted to 458,4701., making the receipts for the whole year 848,062 f , showing a satisfac•nry increase. A saving hail been effected in the coat of management of 10,6001. The total expenses during the ball-year, including 5,770 f. balance of income tax for 18.51, amounted to 10,3191, leaving a net sum of 210,0001., or a dividend of Bf. 40c. (6s. Bd.) per share, which will be payable on and after the Ist of April. The report was adopted, and a vote of thanks passed to the 'directors and chairman, and the meeting separated. COLLIERY EXPLOSION -IMMENSE LOSS OF LIFE. WIGAN, WZONSIIDAT hour. A fearful catastrophe has occurred this day at Ina, near this town. About oat o'clock this afterimen an eaploeion iif fire-damp happened at *as of the pits of the leee Dell Coal and Cannel Company, restal , ing In a dreadful lose of life. The pit in question is the Arley Mine, and is 416 yards deep. The workings are very extensive, and about one hundred and sixty men and boys were em ployed in it, cud were at work as usual this morning. At noon a number of them (it is said übout 60) came out of the pit to dine, and before they returned - the foul a ir ex ploded. At the time of the accident there were, as far as can be ascertained, about 100 persona in the pit. The ex plosion has not only greatly injured the workings in the mine, but done much damage to the shaft. The consequence was that the . gages. could..n o t descend to the bottom until the ileums to the shaft had been to some extent repaired. This ROM occupied till about half put four o'clock, and at . that time Mr. Darlington, the ge neral manager of the company, and a number of men descended to enter the workings. Prom they hour till about baltpast five o'clock twentj-four persons were brought out all living. hut one of them in a dying state. Since half-past live to the hour when our report left (eight o'clock) no dead bodies had been brought up, and the exer tions of time men engaged had been confined to repairing the air-ways in the pit, to restore tho veutilation, that the survivors (if any) might breath pure air. Very large qusatities of bricks and timber were being taken down the pit to rebuild the stopping, and it was not thought likely that any bodies would be brought up for several hours. It is improbable the , any of the unfortunate workmen still in the mine are alive, us the sulphur, or " choke•dain is said to be very strong in the workings. The general belie! is that not fewer than seventy or eighty lives have been sacrificed, but, owing to the great con fusion which necessarily prevails, it was impossible to ascer tain anything correctly. An immense concourse of people, including a large nunabn of relatives, were crowding round the pit-brow. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MARCH 23. The season still retains its wintry aspect, and this morning the surface of the earth was once more covered with a white mantle, a quanti•y of snow and hail having fallen during the night, accompanied by a bitter frost. No agricultural writer has yet given the public the benefit of his opinion on the probable effects of the long continuance of this state of the weather; but there can be little doubt that to all kinds of crops, except the wheat alone, it must be more or less injurious. While I write a heavy shower of sooty is falling. In most cif the provincial papers received to-day we find fresh accounts of the progress of emigration. The Limerick Reporter enumerates a long list of respectable persons leaving the vicinity of Limerick for Australia. via Liverpool, while a crowded emi grant ship was just sailing down the Shannon with her human freight bound for America. The Cork Constitution bays: Great was the rush to emigrate from this port on Satur day to Liverpool, t. take chipping for New York and the gold fields of Australia. The steamer of the Cork Com pany wee unable to afford accommodation, and as the num ber of imisengers .. limited to the tonnage about 300 were left behind. l here could not have been fewer than 500 persons on board the steamer when she left l'enrose's quay. The Freeman's Journal announces that " Bulls have . just arrived from R ome , a pp o i n ti ng t h e R ev. Patnck Fallon, parish priest of Touclea, Ennis tymon, to the bishopric of Kilmacduagli and Kilfe nora, vacant by the death of the late Right Rev. Dr. Drench." The Rev. Mr. Fallon was the " moss" of the three priests whose names were trans mitted by the local clergy to Rome. He has always borne the character of being a peaceable and respect. able country priest, and was never, as far as I am aware, mined up in political movements. The deputation sent to London from a meeting of the Tenant-right Association of Ulster, to watch the progress of the measures now before the Irish Land Committee, have published a formal report. They have acted entirely independent of the body styled the Irish Tenant League, from which the friends of the tenant farmers in the northern province have virtually seceded since the recent factious outcry about the " independent Irish party" has been raised. Their report seems ealcula . .ed to be satisfactory to their friends at home. TIIE EAST INDIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO TILE DUBLIN EXHIBITION. At the special request of the Council of the So ciety of Arts, Mr. Winkworth, Chairman of the East Indian Exhibition Committee, recently visited the Hague end Leyden, in company with Mr. Roney, for the purpose of soliciting the aid of the Dutch government in favour of the Int.ian Exhibition ; and to request permission of his Ma jesty the King of the Netherlands, that selections from the very valuable and unique collections of Eastern articles, preserved in the museums of the Hague and Leyden, might be entrusted to the society, for the purpose of being ex hibited in the "East Indian Department of the Great Dub lin Exhibition." At the meeting of the council, on the 16th inst., Mr. Winkworth reported the complete success of his motion, and stated that the request with which he was charged had been granted in the most gracious and liberal manner. The following lettet from Mr.Winkworth, and the official reply of M. de Thorbecke to the application of Messrs. Roney and Winkworth, will he read with interest, and the society may with reason be congratulated on the manner in which their request has been met by the Dutch government, which, at the same time that it adds a most valuable awl important contribution to the increasing collection of eastern productions, forming by the society, affords a gratifying example - Of the friendly interchange of inter national civilities: _ _ _ "The Hague, March 6, 1863. "Gentlemen,—l have received the catalogue of the eastern objects contained in our museums which you desire to exhibit In the Industrial Exhibition whieh is shortly to take place in Dublin. The government - at Ids Majesty the King of the Netherlands is happy: to be associated in an enterprise which has the approbation of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, and the British government, and which cannot fail to lead to the most beneficial results. It is therefore with pleasure, gen- Amnon, that I camply with your request, and shall place in your hands th e articles in question during the Exhibition. I have entrusted M. Van de Kasteele, the director of the Royal Museum at the Hague, with the care of conveying and accompanying these articles. It is understood that all the cost of packing and transit, both to and fro, as well as the 'apneas of M. de Kasteele, are to be defrayed by you. " The Minister of the Interior, (Signed) " Tuonnxoln. " To C. P. Roney, Esq., Secretary to the Industrie' Ex hibition at,Dutdin ; an T. Whitworth, Esq., Treasurer of the Society of Arts, in London, and Chairman of the East Indian Exhibition Committee." " Paris, March 11, 1863. " Dear Sir,—l have the pleasure to announce to you the successful termination of the mission of Mr. Roney and myself to the Hague. Immediately on our arrival, we pput eureelvee in commosiestion with Sir Ralph Abereroto her Majesty's Ambassador to the King of the Netteilan by whom we were honoured with an interview this same evenigg. We stated the object of our visit, into which his Excellency cordially entered, and promised us all the assistance which his position afforded. We accordingly received from him, on the following day, an introduction to the Minister of the Interior, IL Thorbecke. We explained to him the wish of the So ciety of Arts to have the means of adding to their inteuded con tribution of a collection of Indian and Estero products, to the' Great Industrial Exhibition of 18.53; is Dublin, a se lection from the celebrated museums of Holland, of objects of Japanese manufacture and design. This desire, we re presented, was the greater, from it being well known that the collection at the Hague is unique, possessing also an historical interest, owing to the early connection of the Dutch with Japan, Java, and other Oriental settlements. We stated that the proposed Exhibition, though origi natins with, and being at the sole expense of, a patriotic individual, Mr. William Deegan, was not • commercial speculation ; but, being placed under the entire ma nagement of an independent committee, had received great encouragement from her Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and the government of Great Britain. His Excellency listened with attention ' and, atter • short discussion, requested us to visit the Museums at the Hague and at Leyden, and to give hint a list of the article, we thought most suitable for our purpose. While doing this, we availed ourselves of the advice and assistance of the Directeur du Musee Royale, M. Kasteele, and finally pre sented to M. Thorbecke the catalogue he required. We received shortly afterwards a verbal message of consent to our application on behalf of the government, and which has subsequently been coutirmed in wri'ing, as will be sees I on reference to the accompanying copies of the correspon dcnce. It now only remains for me to bear geatcful testi mony to the kind assistanct , received from Sir Ralph Aber eromby and M. Kasteele, and to congratulate to Society of Arts on heehaw been the medium of obtaining the loan of a valuable collection of curiosities, no portion of which has ever before been permitted, since its formation, to leave the shores of Holland.—l am, dear sir, yours truly, " Thomas WINIWORTR. "Edward Solly, Esq., F.R.S." DEATH OF Two MEN Fdtoll DRINKING RAW Seturre.—A melancholy instance of death f rom d r i n ki ng raw spirits occurred at Cullompton, Devonshire, on Monday last. It appeared that an innkeeper of that town, nailed Silas Frost, entertained some of his customers with a quan tity of raw spirits—brandy, rum, and gin mined. These men drank 01 freely, that two of them died almost mimedately afterwards. The case was brou4ht before the inogi strides sitting in petty sessions for that borough, and their worships directed the police to keep a sharp look out en the innkeeper's house for the tu tttt . I i