The Express. — London, England, 1853-04-01 00:00:00

:11E COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT WIGAN. The i n quest on the bodies of the 'offerers b 7 the ~• tiro.demp at the lace-hall Co.lirry, 1 1 7 . : t 1e, : ..5. eag r,aunt , tl yt storday before Mr. !frith-id ra..si.nt bodies Lave been recovered from , t , 4 p, •ime Frilty last: ey a t i g O'Neil, 23, lan, colli, r. A: . 3 be O'Neil. 19, lom, drawer. u.:oh Valentine, 30, Inc -, It n imbi hlniiLes, 23. lace, .wer. James lllonlassa, 12, Wises, drawer. Jones, 31, love, TIPMI29 Weaves, 2.!:, Wigan, collier. W. (Ire?. 19, Wigan, drawer. V.',ll.ttretathe, 21, ince, ...other. Davies, 21, Weiss, drawer. Bona. 22 late, drover. 3 ti.K. Jones. 21, Ince. drawer. N minus Mor4sn, 19, Ntrig,n, collier. I n o. vett', h ,It Jones. 27, Wigan, collier. gra the sz:vrtioa of W iglus (iioy and Thorns, J,Lav, who salkesti.a, all of these appear to ha. e :net 1 1.. 1 4,1..11s Ly bo:hiLA and siolraco. This mattes the a .. 1 comb,' o f d. aft,' amount to ath, to additwo to itobert tv.m .,, u rh.etio was v.-covered ali.• from the mine, and died • div..ay est ; and use mac a sti.i Two of the ass 1..401*i/ie.: e.stard.l wire ',covered on Wettner - k r , triekinsen, the government inspector, was present. %eh „1 L.fty, or Wizen. eellier, having identified sive th, 114i , 1 I LT, worked in the north district m oss, sad never wend any gas there, drama the Kt. ,. di n. I worked there. 1 have worked tim „. u i l ,.; ;; nee weeds of this time. I was never trea •d ~u , 'tac k an; when I felt it I told Jones, and 4 .;,1 Ise to mike a cat through. I never heard any sh.,d the part:calm distances at which the cuts sr. made. ii. openings were cut accorditd to the state of inv.,' had say often to rat across at certain dia. tuess, eta ail I ever hear oaths other men receiving ouch Nab rs• I "rove an end and a drift above Ilk) yards. Oa Om gay of the esplAkidts I was +whin; at the south side ; I had Um mere orse day before. I heard Barnes, the bre ws. ;;;,, an was very sweet that morniug, at sin sfee.ek ui the morning. I never noticed that it ekasedl afterwards. &twos 11 and 12 it wee so strong that it measly biew my Limp out. We hail no tubs after islotast mine o'cloci that morning, se we bad to stop work. 1 dio not hear the reason until the weggouers tame, aboat half pet 11. I left the plate where I worked with a.; graven wen Jar 12, 06 1 eotud nut hear of ail tubs ta h e had, but did tot leave tt e pit till nearly I o clock. TI seen ‘1,11.611, leave when they have been without tubs fro nut heath of time. In the south worming' I was work- Mei 14 a den brow. about tIX yards from the shaft. 1 put my baled berme the hemp to pr the light being blown ne r 1 was afraid of ;wing let: without a light, es Jones • tool me tkat h.c lamps must never be unlocked. We waited about twenty minutes at the bottom of the down mu hetet, we maid au up. We went near the furnace. went up with me, and wino others who were "mho; cairn up alter us. The drawers +runic' not wait fur Ides. tiylyre Dickinson—Janes was the only manager I saw. When 1 we. in the r.orth workings I row him come there a bout ;we in throe Woos in a 'reek. hat I believe he cu net at other uses when I did net see him. Th it was when I was shout WO yards of the shaft. I Dave wen Mr. thu lium several times in the workings, hut 1 never knew tan: till about two or Vale :maths since. I have seen him in the workings since—about a m oath igo, at the bottom of if. jr.i on the bottom level. 14 Mull:loin (who appeared for Jones, the underlooker)— Joaes's instructions to Bunt wore to keep the bratticing and air good, so that the men might not be impeded. The place et her( was working on the morning of the ezplesion, was about 10r or 1:e0 yards from where I had been worlinig in the north working. I have seen men smoking in the morn in' at the top of tne jig, but nerer in the north level. lam not aware that any one but the jiggers had keys to the Ismer by a Juror—l fired a shot a few Mantes before I left %TOL a sire, but it is considirtd a safe plan. By Ile Ihekieson—We tired the shots ourselves, and it vas left to our own discretion whether it was provr to tire or ant-1 meau that the air was foal when it was slack, bet I sever minced any gas. By th. Jury-1 can only speak to the state of the air in my own race. I. Mr. llilton—lt was not the duty of Jones, but of Must, to look after the tiring if the air was bad ; but 1 al. sieve toad Jones when the Jr was bad, and he has always mat a mar with we. Ly the Jury—We were down one night for about half an Lour wLen repairs were bang made in the furnace shalt. I dire sit the men could stop in the shaft three quarters of an hour if the smoke was net very th ok from the furnace. rules are nail to us as iry pay day by the paymaster. I sin not aware that there were any rules prohibiting us to Ire with asking permission, if the air was guud. The general rules were here produced, and the tenth rale forbids the workmen to unlock, injure, or open any 'bitty lamps, or light or smoke tobacco in the mine, or blow t►e Jima* through the ga.ize, or blest any coal, stone, et metal, without the express orders of the underlooleer. Ihe %I.lat SI Slid ha never bluttd when the air wu U. could nut read. Jekn Finch was then examined, and identified some of the bodies. He said-1 work in the north level, in the second jig brow. I was not at work on the day of the accident. 1 and ii,eave worked on the south aide of the pg. Thera was very good air on the Monday before the acci dear, when I was at work. I worked about five months on :hat side of the pit. William Gneiths, who worked in the next plate to me, met with some of the gas about a n.onen ego, which burnt his clothes, sod the roof boards and bratticing, after he had fired a shot. He was working at the same piece when he was killed. When Griffiths met with that accident, some powder ex ploded in the drawer's cap, and Thomas Junes lent him a my to go house ie. I heard Griffiths tell Jones that some newest off the shot, bet del not tell him where. Jones dm not say much. I did net hear him ask why he had nut ,rained his place better. I was rot down the pit then, eat I saw Griffiths and his drawer come up. ills drawer lemma the killed. lie was called Welsh Jack. It wu ▪ leavioe-off time when they came up trom the r . tiriditios was nut burnt himself. Jones ease sy afterward., and seemed to know of it. He did not make any statement of the matter to Jones, but tors telling me when Junes came up. The lad had no bag to ;.iit the powder in, when he put it into his ear. hits ray was laid beside the bratticing, when the bratticing took Me sail ignited the powder. Ile took the cap off his own lead. 1 don't remember what day it wee. - I never heard that jets of the gas could lie lighted in some of the levels. I ecru rambled into other men's places. I blasted by hgrkting my pipe or by my fusee. We had a wire to light with also. 1 sometimes was smoking when I wanted to ke.t. I don't consider it dangerous to smoke where there a rase Sometimes I blasted two or three times • day. I did ad think it nutmeg to examine the air b• - ore I Hosted. I thought there was no need if sufficient air had issue ss me when I was at weak. I always found rod air, and never load °autos to eaamiae it at any time. When I have been pushed fur nak I have smoked at CI work. I could Lg.t my pips at the lamps . After Thad my dinner 1 took ny ppe as a matter if course. 1 generally had my dinner a the place. i believe gas won't fire unless there is a ham. My lamp was always leaked. I got the lamp, from the lap place at the top. I never found that it had not keen locked. There is ► fine if lamps are found unlocked whea they are brought back. I know that powder will hett the gas. Nobody ever found fault with me for smoke red in the place. John Licence was fireman for that past, sal boob Bunt was over all. Licence came there every dee sod he has sic n me smoking many a time, but never d; - cod to it. 1 don't recollect Bust or Junes coming tete, Lat I believe liant may have seen me smoking. fnffitlse smoked in the pit, and I know that many of • men did so. I undentood it was against the ram to smoke. I have heard them read regularly every fortnight at the office. I know there is a rule agatast napkin, and 1 heard cot it long before I went there. I chit kmuw how it is the men smoke so generally. Neither few the other men waited for the firemen before bleating. koow whether that is contrary to role or not. I 'loc . ! Lute that I remember any rule about blasting at all. 1 hue often seen men near me tiring without asking the tadirlooker ; eves since 1 went there. Neither Licence arie Jac, nor Iluut ev.•r told me it was wrong to do so. Use of the other colliers ever told me It was wrong. I la qaite sore Lit:roe knew of my smoking and blasting without telling him ; and Bunt knew of my blasting with at dug so. I was never told by Licence or any one eat to try the place with a lamp before I ; and wherever I worked before, I used LT do It nee I saw oolotios, without anybody telling me. I do not think I could read the rules through if I were Ne ighed with a copy. All the men are assembled to hear the Lut only one man reeds them, outside the office dim., std there are so nosey men that they cannot all hear. The bithe doer not tall the names over first. I dare say 140 or lon my there at once. The Cannel Pit men and the Arley late men are paid at once. The drawers are not ordered Wthend to hear the rules read, but they are g Ily We. e to see that the men give them their wages at once. wits 'if the men mike a noise while the rules are being NV. the paymaster monist keep them quiet, mod Were is c much attention laid as there might be. a /It Darlington, the manager, in reply to a question, .aid ;eraginetro attended to hear he rules read, and the rules w's pasted up in all the °them Witams-1 never heard of any oat applying for a copy :0., roles. I sever thought of applying for them. 1 WAght if I attended to orders the rules did not matter I always did according to what I heard eeed at the te..e tempt as to smoking. I never knew the pit to be 4 •? . ..41 for repairs Nine. We have waited fur tube many 'tale, Lot we did not know the reason. It happened not 141 1 s o about once a fortnight. Sometimes we had to LC! on Lour or an Lour, but never more than that. rate noticed that the air altered when I have been wait -4t thy time. Both my drawers were killed by this osion. ltut roof where I worked did not need peop le:. and rant fell down. The air was always *fruit nth ' round the trettices to blow a candle oat, and I ov al' r° my hand before the lamp whin I pat it in the 14 10 the air. UI Mr. ihrkmeort—My plae• was fily 0 7 e'ct f y. ril op. 'mat mu no eat through in it. 1 don't know whether ••• • rt.t I, .e fAr it * I, u:.. 1 .ike the cuts at airy yen.* tru.a the Aeph shot was attended to I. every My *lies was heves ta be rat through, bit was not .r.'s came to the fug of these drifts about twirs Or three times in a fortnight. I never recollect seeing Mr. Darlington then: I did not know him till lately. By Mr. Hilton—l never had instructions to cut through when I found the air too strong. I never complained of the air. Somgtimes I take into the pit about a pound of powder, and sometimes more or less. I did cot hear that tiriftiths had two pounds in the pit when he fired the gat. lie raiet mistake the ; owder Hashing for the ass. fhe min put their pipet close to the gauze, and draw in with their breath ; but I am sure that does not draw the tense out. I look at it attentively, to see whether my pipe is lighted, and I never saw the lights out. I have many a tiot• seen tl e melt at the mine take rff the tops of the lamp• to light their pipes. I have n seen the pipes in the places, only on ths jig brow. The jigier has Ilia lamp unlocked, and I ukel him fur a light once. By Mr. Dickinson-1 have heard that tobacco smoke would smother the gat. I don't know whether it is correct._ By Mr. Hilton—lf there has been anything amiss in my place, I hare always received the greatest attention from Jowes ; bet there never has been anything swiss in my place. He has been to my place, but I never had to com plain, or I have no doubt he would have attended to it. He cansidered very kind and attentive to the men. By the Jury —1 a:a not think it was of ruy use to read the rules to the men. because there Mso much noise. I haverver. a collier 23 years. In answer to Mr. Sent, who appeared fur the Ince Hall Company, the witness and he minht have had • copy of the rules if he asked for .ne. The men usually worked hardest towards the end of the fortnight, and sent out more coals; bu: tubs were as often *earth at the beginning as at the end of the fortnight. I have seen • copy of the rules in the hands of the collier whilst .he has been smoking, but he said lw always took care they did not catch him. That was at St. Helens. I don't think it is safer to use prohe.wires to charge than a pipe; and I thought this a safer plate than I had work...! in me:times. by t►e Jury—lbl;e seen men with keys to their lamps who had no business with tnem, but I dcn't know where they got them. I ne►er sIW them used. I never bad a key in my pocket that wati:d unlock a lamp. Mr. Dickinson, the gov,rntnent inspector, observed that the men hid a meeting ti;iwacts of a year ago to complain of the readin? of th- b.•rruse it delayed their getting paid. lie spoke to Mr. iSsrallow, one of the agents, about it ; and he promised that attention should be paid to the matter. Mr. Darlington, the manager, observed that it had oc curred to him often that • ticise was made purposely is order that the reading of the rules might be abaudosed. All sorts of games were carried on, and dog-fights were tarried on, and i: was exceedingly difficult to keep silence. John labourtr, residing at lam, identified the bodies of his three suns. _ _ Ey Mr. Dickinmn—llis , on Charles told him the air was so strong that it neerty blew the lamp out. He never made any complaints of it. Ellen Sh :epics identified the body of her husband, Jonathan Sharpies. Hobert Grey iaentified the body of William Grey, his son. lie mid : I work on the north side. There are two leve'd lower than than, and tine was the highest of the three north level', I was on one of the drifts at the time of the esplosiou about 100 yarils out of the main road. The lad was with me. They bratticed up to us there out of the main level. It was one of the wide places. I ' thought the explosion was in the lower north level ; there W.:l not much noise. I w.ta going out immediately after, when I met with the sulphur and turned back, and went Into I place where I hod cut through. My son lett me. and I went with another man. We had a light with us hut the sulphur made me fed bad, and I did not know whether we were going right or wrong. Alter the 'Adeline the after-damp came. We snot with the sulphur in different parts in our presage through the Ivor kings. I did not see my son till he woe brought up dead on Sunday nignt. We got out that aftero,on about a quarter before five I o'clock. The south workings were not quite free from sulphur. I went (loon on the Thuaday to search for my son, but did not find him; I don't know where he was fund. I w:s not them when be was found. I got to the top of the jig brow, about 150 yards from my place, on the Thursday. I had worked there seven months. 1 hail not worked in the same pit before. I had only been in the I nue pace where 1 started, and there was generally good air. We cut through about every forty yards. We had orders when to cut it from J'.seph Hunt. He came and told me when I had got far enough to cut through. I had not found ,the air bat before that. The cut throughs are reekouo d to be for air, but they are convenient sometimes to shorten the distracts fur drawing. I have heard of sulphur being found—l mean fire-damp. 1 have heard them say there was sulphur io my place. I don't think the min were very careful with their lamps. I have seen them take the tops o 4 in the jig brow, but 1 have never seen them open in the places. 1 have been told that the jigman has a key. Must of the nteu Mit take off the taps of the lamps, but I don't know how it is done. I always found my lamp locked when it was given to me. John License was firemen where I worked. I never saw him or auy of the managers where the men had the tops off the lamps. We used fume to blast with. I have lighted the fusses with a nip, sometimes, when I had net tuuchpaper handy. Nobody told me 1 mu•t let them know before I fired a shot. Nobody ever complained of my snacking in the place I considered it safe to smoke—as soh as the lamp. The fireman never saw me smoke, nor deseph Hunt, nor the underloeker. I would not have put my pipe out of the way if they had been coming. I did not Imo* it was contrary to orders. I don't know that 1 have ever heard the rules read. I have attended every pay day, but not when the rules were being read. I was seldom there before half-past four, and they started at four. They have to pay the Cannel I'it men brims the Arley mine. I don't suLpose they knew I was not there, but there were scores 'des kept away. In those two pits I dare say there were lour hundred men, besides drawers. I may have been there when the ales were read, without my hearing them ; there is such a crowd that it is impossible to get within 50 or 60 yards, though all are standing close together. I was never told that 1 mu..t try the air, before I fired the shots. The fire man always examined ixfore we went in in the morning, and I thought that was sutheitnt, as the air was always an good that 1 could scarcely keep the lamp lighted. I have been *regular worker sines I went there. License was the:limey morning before I went in, and he sometimes came afterwards. The fireman has to fie bratticts in all the pincer., before the men are allowed to go in. He begins his rounds about three o'clock in the morn ing. Ile will fix the brattioes up in five minutes in each of the places in the north workings; and the men went to work about half-past five o'clock. Ile left me no mark that be had been in my place, but I could tell he had been there by the bratticisrg being pat up. Hunt was there three or four tier* in a week. I never sent (Cr hint. I don't know how often Jame was there. I don't know Mr. Darlington. I have heard of his being in the pit since the ',plosion, and he might have been in the pit scores of times, fur anything I know. We have some times been stopped for want of tubs when there have been many men at work, because some men work more in some weeks than others. I knew of the work being stopped became anything was wrong in the pit. 1 perceived the air to be bad since I went in. There was very good air on the morning of the explosion, and I never noticed any difference till after the explosion. That morning I was at my usual work in the wide drift. The inquest was not over when our report was des patched, at a quarter to flee o'clock. How To KILL LABOUltra9.—The Charterhouse Charity gas excellent estates in Wiltshire, sad in gathering she produce of them it would seem to be very careful that Me crumbs shall fall among the poor. The (arm of Dia per°, in Wiltshire, lied under the Charterbouse Charity, is am kept clear of cottages. The tenant is a man greatly eospected by his neighbours, whose men arm nearly all old Servants, and regard him as a frtrnd from whom they would easiwillingly be parted ; but the Charity will not have mercy spa them by relaxing from its principle of ordering the pair to keep their distance It was to this farm that a la bourer, named Lmbling, went daily to and fro ia all sea sons and weather for three-and-thirty yeses, three miles to his work, and three miles from it. Sunday was not • day of reW; he went over to milking on the Sunday morning, returned to his family during tun day for a taste of home, • shave, and a clean shirt, and went back to the after noon milking; so that he walked, in addition to hie Ilarm work, forty-eight miles a week—about two thousand five hundred miles a jeer. During the re test wet weather he had to wade through water over his half-boots, and being drenched with rein lest Christmas, already stooping and infirm with premature old age, he took a chill, and is now dead. The sedentary man may walk to business through London streets, atm tirg at 9 a.m., or even eight, put on his overcoat, or take an omnibus only in foulest weather, and be bete r for the exarei-e, even though it should amount to about fifty faits a week. Bat for the man whose business is a loog day of limb-labour, to start before the dawn, and to take such added exercise over rough country roads morning and evening, through flood, heat, or frost, with never a hope of omnibus, or overcoat, or even Sunday rest, is quite a different affair. How little of the charm of rural life can tourh the jaded senses of a coast- Wyman so worn and used-up for the sake of saving A the oast of any possible relief he may require, and throw ing ing the sante upon parish Such • man when be gets home of a Wight goes straight to bed, and quits his family at dawn, taking his solitary dinner with him ; be is In worse condition than the plough-horer, who is not fetched every morning to hie work from stables throe miles off; he knows less of a domestic Stale than the ux whom he sees daily laming his hems into the neiglantir's fela And 13.1ag to his Wham —Dickens's Howse/sold Words. FRENCII SLIARPIIII9.—An account was given some weeks ago (says Galipsant) of an Englishmaa having fallen in with some ',welts" and sharptvs at • public ball, haying gone to sup with them, and having been swindled by them out of a considerable sum .et card,. This sum he paid partly by a cheque no Messrs. Itothtchi! , l, and partly by a mink ' sort' :lots. The police beard of the eifiir, and lost no time 'in making the Englishman know that he had been swinikal ; but the cheque had been presented end paid. They 'rusted era: of the nun coneerned in the fraud—the three other, took to flight to England. Two days ago one of them, thinking no doubt the affair forgotten, earns bark is Paris. But though he took the precaution of changing his same, and of wring to liva in a different part of thu tours to that M wheels lee was known, the polite soon got a chs- r a.t veaterd.y :amain.; to. i aro •te.l In fer, he quitted kis bed. The Friedland and the Jcna, two line-of-battle stip, hive twin put Into coninal-sion ' Louis Napoleon, and are to be manned forthwith. I THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING APRIL 1, 1853 THREATENED TURN-OUT OF RAILWAY TALLOW-CHANDLERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. This charity, the annual festival of which was celebtated yesterday evening et the London Tavern, has for its object .• the assistance of aged and infirm UMW!. chaudlers, their widows, and others connected with the trade, of sixty years of age and upwards, and whose annual inciine, in the case of men, shall not exceed thirty pounds, and in case of women twenty pounds." The society has been in existence about ten years, and during that period it has afforded relief to 71 deserving individuals, at an expense of 2,3001. Very recently the amount of annual (sudsy his been increased, and is now in excess of the annual subecrip- tions by the sum of 2001. a year. Nevertheless, tae governors have not hesitated to add three new pensioners on th • fund, in the confident hope that the benevolence of persons connected with the trade will justify and support their proceeding,, ...oi l s . h i e s . c t air lt Et w , " 6 . t v a t k r e n s o r T. • Bank ▪ eni na o f Englund, ported by about one hundred gentlemen directly or indi rectly connected with the trade. On the removal of the cloth " The Qacen," " Prince Albert and the rest of the Royal Family," were given and enthusiastically responded te. In proposing the toast of the "Army uud Navy," the Chair man ob,erved that " the best way to preserve peace was never , to lac afraid of war," a sentiment which met with ti:e meet vocifcrons respouse from the company. In the absenze el any ()dicer of t.e army or navy, a Lieutenant Smith of the Honourable Artillery Company, returned thinks. The Chairman then proes.rded to set b, fore the compacy the merits of the charity is whose cause they had assembled. Having stated the mode of relief which the Chanilere Benevolent lost i:ut ion cocternplated, he proceeded to point out the mode in which, and the purposes for which, tridee hest been oti,rinallv constituted into guild s , a n d said that the obligations of these institutions, inure or less, hid de scended upon the tradesmen of the present day. One of the most weighty of these obligations was that which lay' upon the sue...toful to aid their unsuccessful brethren, and also to provide a resource for themeelvi siu case of any lin ks., term casualty. Ile c nigratulated the sulescribere un their realised capital of 4,0001., and pointed out that if til6 y had done so much in 10 years, a little more pereverance was sure to place them in a completely independent position. In proposing the tow, he begged to join with it the health of Mr. Alderman Farneontb, the treasurer. Mr. Alderman I : Alt:it:OMB returned thanks and ex pressed a confident hoot that the charity was one which would nitinsatsly do honour to everyone connected with it. The report of toe year's income Aral expenditure was then reed by the see • y, and a collection was made ; after which the total receipts for the year from all sources were announced to be 6201. The CHA tali7t; gave as the neat tout, "The Worship. ful Company of the Tallow Chandlers," thanking that company for the munificent way in which they lid assisted the charity, and joining with it the name of Mr. Goo I, the master of the company, who had honoured them with his company and subscription.: • Mr. Goon returned thanks. • The health of the chairman w u subsequently proposed by Mr. POWNALL ; and having been duly responded to the proceedings terminated. SERVANTS AT MANCHESTER. Our Manchester correspondent says t The ser vants of most of the railway companies in Manchester have t!.reatened *es strike for wages. 'fie combination is said to have spr ea d among t h e ;Potters (in the goodi department) of the Lancashire sad Yorkshire, the Manchester and Sher. field, and East Lancashire. The London and N nth Western Company, however, appear to have taken a wiser policy than often guides employers under these circum stances, and it is said that C , ptain Huish, their chief manager in London, is disposed to listen to the just and moderate demands of any of the servants, at the tams time that • most rigid determination is to be followed for resisting anything like extortion or tyt.,nny. It appears that on Wednesday a small portion of the men in the goods department at the London-rood sta tion of the London and North Western Company in Man chester did assemble together in one of the leading 'rah" where goods are deposited before tt:^ •• to notstca on the late, to ' , molt the prudence of turning out for wages, hut the old and more exp.frieneed portion of the company's servants kept aloof from this movement. The foreman seeing them thus assembled, and losing much valuable time, requested them to go to their work, but at the same time told them that if they had anything to complain of to go at once, and explain it to Mr. Salt, the company's goods manavr and superintendent. Yesterday morn ing the men held another meeting at 9 o'clock, at which they expressed a wish that Mr. Salt should be asked to meet them. To this request Mr. Silt replied that he could not attend, but he was willing to receive • deputa (ion. The answer of the porters was that they could -nut mud a deputation of two or three, because such men might be marked out for ren , :eitice, an! be discharged. Mr. Salt said the fear was very torah but not justithld either by his own or the company's conduct. However, his racni was large, and all might come in a body. To this the men as , *Wad, appearing ias was otv.erred by one of the formuen) to think their strength lay as much in this, as did the strength of Samson in his hair ; and about halt-past eleven o'clo c k yesterday the interview took p!ace. Tho total number of porters employed in these arches is 127. whose earnings vary from I.ls. to 31h. per week. On the workmen being introduced— M. Salt :wiled—Aro all our men here ? Redfern, of No. 10 arch, replied—No; some of the men in that arch wars busy at work, and desireu him to repre sent them. _ Mr. Salt now desired to know what it was they wanted. One of the workmen gait the men were desirous of having an advance of wages to the amount of 6.1. per day, to have their hours limited to 13 hours per day, and to he paid for all hours above that number. Several specified 6d. per hour as the overtime they d d. Mr. Salt then addressed the men, expressing his regret that they had taken their present mode of attempting to ad vance their wages. He was not displeased with any man ask ing at any time fur an advance to which he was M fairness entitled, if they sought it in a proper . He admit ted their plea that wages were advancing in some other places, and that provisions were somewhat dearer, and he thought that they deserved as much as any other men who performed the same audit. He believed them to be amongst the most saber and steady working men of their class in the eouutry ; but he must say that he thought they had always been treated as such, and he did not know that ever he was more surprised than when he was informsd that they had been meeting together in a dark arch on the previous day, and brgan to talk of strikes. This was most unfair. 'They never asked for anything yet that was just and reasonable but that it was granted, whilst they ware always treated with cons;eleration and respect. (Hear, hear., Then why adopt such an unmanly course on the present occasion ? Their wages were rot reduced when those of other establishments were; he hoped they bad not forgotten that. If they had come iu a proper manner at once, he could then have gone honourably before the board of directors and have represented their wishes in the best light; but instead of that they had held threatening meetings, and written anonymous lettere, thereby invitirg a spirit of opposition rather than trying to conciliate the best feeling. For his own part he would never countenance strikes in any form. If they wanted what eu reasonable let them come in if reuonable mann. r and say what it was; but it must be evi dent that the present demand was not reasonable; it was im possible that the company could advance thewa€ es of all alike, more than that they could pay all alike. He saw men before him worth treble the money that others were. This anony mous letter was from some man, perhaps, who received 17.. per week, and on behalf if some who could not write or were half worn out before they came into the service. He saw a man named Chester—perhaps ho was the writer? Chester—No, I am not, sir. Mr. Salt-110w lung have you been in our employ ? Chester—Since last July. Mr. Salt—Where did you work before? Chester—ln the country. Mr. Salt—And what wawa had you? Chester—l had lie. per week. Mr. Silt—And how mach now ? Chester-1 have 17s. per week. Mr. Salt—Well, you have been with us seven months. There are men hire who have been with us ten years or more, and these men can tell you that they have been ad vanced, according to their merits, from 17s. to 218., 24.., 211., or 305.; and I think for a man to come to rne, and ask for the vane wages as those who have been as many years as he has months in our employ, and who have earned our confidence by their exemplary conduct, is most Chester—But I can do as mush work as other men. Mr. Salt—And you are at liberty to get another situation if you can mend yourself. But mind, I do not intend this as a dismissal, I am @lying it to remind you that though we do not pay new servants as well as old ones, we do not oblige the new toes to stay will us at a sacrihee, if they eau improve their position. Here is a man who gets 17.. whilst before he had but 15a. Chester—But thet:una;e longer. Mr. Salt—l shall speak of hours presently. Here is William Redfern, who has been with us moor fears. I do not object to the pert he takes, but it is most unreasonable for men who have been with 111 seven months to be asked to be placed in the same pectins. I object to such men leading others to adopt improper courses and threatening to strike— _ Here some of the men inter,oeed that they did not intend to strike. Mr. Solt—Did you not say that you would strike if your wages were not raised by .Saturday ? Workmen—No, no. We wished an answer by Saturday. Mr. Salt—Now tell me honestly, what should you do if yeerdemaLds wc re not acceded to ? Did you not in that cue mean to strike ? Workmen (generally)—No. Mr. Salt—Well, I wish to have the thing right end up permost, and know the truth. And now u to your de mands, I can only promise you that 1 will lay your wants before the directors. There will be a meeting of the board next week, and I will avail myself of it to mention y ou r ap plication. lam sure they will give it all prove considera tion, and I can only amuse you that I will do all I can to second your endeavours for all that is fair and reasonable. [Voices—Thank you, sir; thank you.] But mind, no strikes. If any men try to induce others to strife, I will do without them, whatever the consequence. Do uot suppose we are asleep, more than yourselves. We have men to supply the places of those who will not work, alreiuly to the number of some hundreds. And mind, cannot promise an ; I can only recommend to the directors, and I cannot recommend them to advance every man aixpenee a day, whatever his present wages. If they were disp,eed I should not be justified in doing that. The wages paid are from 15e. to 305., and this offers a good field of promotion for steady and industrious men, which those who do not like will have to leave. And then, as to 13 hours a day, there is no hope of that. We have work to do and it must be done. Sometimes you have not eight hours a day, and I do not think the average is more than 12, taking off the idle hours in the middle of the day. When you have deserved extra remuneration it has been given. Wlisy asked me for some last week, and Is. extra was given to some, Is. Gd. to others, and 62. to the boys. You must give up these extra hours. One of the workmen said they had told him this. They worked long hours sometimes, but in this respect they had improved. lie recollected when they worked all Saturday night, and met people going to church as they left on Sun day morning ; but that was not so now. Nearly all the men began to exprese an opinion that this demand was unreasonable. Mr. I tell you that I make no promise, but I will luy the eve before the directors; and I have the authority of Captain Iluish to say that all reasonable and proper demands shall have their favourable consideration. (Hear, hear.) If you are satisfied with this promise, and wiling to return to your work, say so by holding up your hands. The workmen all held up their hands, and appeared to leave the conference with feelings of great satisfaction. RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT GLASOOW.—On Tuesday forenoon an accident occurred in the goods station of the Eainburgh and Glasgow Railway here, which terminated fatally to a stoker named Robertson. There are three lines of rails in the goods station, with crossings from one to the other. At the time mentioned Robertson had left his engine near tha tunnel, and, for some unexplained re•- •on, was standing at the angle where the erouinge meet. There were trucks on ell the three lines, but with room for waggons proc.eding out of the station to clear those on the other rails. Unfortunately, when the train was put is motion, Robertson was caught and jammed in tie angle against one of the stationary trucks, which prevented the train waggons moving onwards without the others. The other sufferer, James Stewart, wee coupling two of the trucks together when he wu unexpectedly jammed between them, and had his arm fractured. Poor Robertson was thus I not only a sufferer himself, but caused Stewart to be in jured also. Robertson bad no business whatever to be whero he wu at the time, but upon his engine ; and it is therefore one of those cases of pure accident which will occur in spite of soy precautions on the part of the railway officia:s. Both sufferers were at once eonveye I to the In firmary, where Robertson died in the course or the after noon.—Yortfs Braids Daily Mail. RIOT AT A PLACE or WORSILIP.—On Sunday, Mr. I:Tyre., an expclicei minister, haring been announced to p:each in the Wesleyan Chapel at Ytarion, near Leeds, ..ml le .rg prevented Acs I. all proem, a numher or On r torn, r. ntt.irk• d thc h to, of the rha: r, amt 1., : a hr..ak ,rs win.!ows, when a nun was dipcharnrd from within, and one of the men wounded in the legs. C.natsbles having been called in, took five men who were in the home into castody.—Ezeter Flying Post. MIDDLESEX LAND TAX COMMISSION. Yesterday the annual general meeting of the Land Tax Commis:inners for the county of Middlesex was held at the Seuions-house, Clerkenwell. Mr. J. HAROILAVE MANN, Chairman of th, Holborn Division, took the chair, tin the motion of Mr. Woodward, secentisd by Mr. Baylis, J. P.; and Mr. James Iturcheil, the undcriheritf of the county, was unanimously appointed clerk. The CH...IIOIAX opened the proceedings, and read several letters relative to the deputation which at the last anuual meeting was appointed to wait on the Chancellor of the Exchequer relative to the equalisation of the tax. The tint was irons Mr. James Coppock, of Parliament-street, dated Nov. 12, ISO 2, in which that eentleman said he thought the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not give them an interview, as his (the Chancellor's) time end thoughts are fully occupied, and as in all probability he does not feel himself comfortable in his seat, he does not waist to he p;agued with any old pledges, which is inconvenient. He is only like his predecessors, who said one thing and did another with regard to the land tax. Another was frem Mr. J. B. Courttniiy, stating that he was directed by the Chancellor cf the Exchequer to inform him (Mr. Macn) that his time was so much occupied with matters of press ing importance that he could not appoint an interview with a deputation of the commissioners. The others were from Mr. Coppock, act in one of them he expressed that he was unable tu attend the meeting, and stated that up to the present time the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench confirmed his views as to the equalisation of the land tax, and suggested that the meeting should adjourn the apportionment of the quotas until the Court of Queen's Bench had decided the case of the Tower Hamlets th.mnsissioaera, which was before it. Mr. W. l'Avsirs, the City coroner, explained that the meeting could cot adjourn beyond the 30th of April, and urged that the meeting should fix the quotas as lest year, as there was great doubt whether the court would give its de cision prior to that dry. He moved • resolution to that effect. This haying been seconded, several commissioners spoke on the snlject. It was explained that the case before the Queen's Bench did not involve the question of the quotes on the divisions, but the assessment of the quotas oa the parishes in the divisions, and that therefore the decision of the court would nut affect the proceedings of the co:nmis. sioners at the preen. sneering, es they had only to fix the quotas on the divisions. Mr. Orvng, chairman of the Tower Hamlets division, stated the positom in which the case before the Court of Queen's Bench stood. In consequence of the proceedings against the counni.sionere the tax had not been collected, and was in arrear. lie moved that the meeting do adjourn till some day prior to the 30th of April, as the court might give its decision in the meantime. This was seconded, and the chairman supported the amendment, as the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench might be vcelerated by the government when they found that the commissioners were awaiting it, to take the pro , ceedings necessary to raise the tax. In the course of a discussion which followed, a commis. 'loner suggested that no steps should be taken to raise a shilling of the tax on the county—upwards of 107,0001. until the stiict legal duty of the commissiohen was defined by authority. Mr. Parse, in reply, contended that the question the Court of Queen's Beech had to decide only affected the assessment of the quotas on thu parishes in divisions, and not the assessment of quotas on divisions themselves ; and that therefore his motion ought to be carried, and the com missioners guided at their next meeting by the decision of the court. On being put to the vote, Mr. Payna's motion, that the quotes be the same as last year, was carried by 72 to 18, and the itteetiug adjverued. A LEITH EMIGRANT SHIP IN DANGER. PLYMOUTH, TIIURSDAY. On the 19th of March the barque Duncan Ritchie left Leith in the charge of Captain M'Kinnon, with emi grants for Port Phillip, Australia. Three days after leaving she was found to be so leaky that the passengers were called upon to work the pumps, the water gaining on the effarta of the crew. Notwithstanding her leaky condition, the vessel was kept on her voyage until Friday, March 25, on which day she was, at 1 in the morn ing, at lat. 49.23 and lung. 6.33, being about midway be tween Brest and the Lizard. At this time and point the Hanoverian galliet Agneta Juliana, Cat tain W. Haan, fell in with her, and as her pumps were choked and the leek was increasing, Captain M'Kinnon pot his wife, all the passengers, and 13 of her crew on board of the gal liot, Captain Haan promisine to take them to the shore. On Saturday morning the weather abated, and the leak decreased, and the captain of the Duncan Ritchie communicated with the passengers and the portion of the crew on board the galliot, that he should bear up fee the first port. About 20 passengers returned on board, but the crew refused to do so, and the last the galliet saw of the barque was that she was under suit. Her crew at this time was composed of the muter, chief officer, second mate, two carpenters, boatswain, one able seaman, the steward and nook. The Rallied came into Plymouth on Monday after noon, and the following passengers of the Duncan Ritchie landed Mr. Cameron, wife, sad 3 children; Mr. Smith, mother and sister, Mrs. Young, and family of fear; Mr. Henry Watson, and Mr. Alfred De Fivae-15 in all. The names of the seaman are : William Mowatt, John Black, George Nichol', Finlay Hamilton, Daniel Taylor, Neal M'Mullen, and Wm. Allen, able seamen; James Smith and John Malcolm, ordinary ; John Livingstone and &at Seaton, apprentice; Afezander White, steward; and Ro bert Burleson, cook's mate-13in all. On Monday night the boarding clerk of Mean. Collier, Lloyd's agents at Plymouth, accompanied some of the pas , sengen to the Admiralty House, Devonport, and made a statement of the sailing progress and condition of the barque to the effect we have given above, but perhaps hardly so in telligible to Admiral Sir John Ommanney. The admiral concluded, from the facts stated, that the vessel, three days and four hews; before, was reported with the leak decreas ing and tinder sail, with the intention of making for • port; and if the wind did not admit making Mounts Bay, it would serve for reaching Scilly or Brest, and ea it bad pawed the hour at which attendance is given to the, telegraphic department in the Admiralty, and more over se the informatiun given about the barque was very vague, and he was told that the information was seat on to London at once, he wrote and despatched that evening • letter to the Admiralty stating the facts. On Wednesday directions were received to send out a steamer to look after the vessel, and the Aven tender, Master A. J. Veitch, was at onee gat under steam ; but before she had left the bar. hour Sir J..1.n received • communication from the Messrs. Collier, stating that by information rsceived from St. Mary's, Stilly, a barque every way answering the des I seription of the Duncanltitehio lied pet in there disabled on Sunday. The admiral then asked, by telegraph, if with that information the steamer WAS to Lou sent, and the reply was no, and the Avon was relieved from steam. SUITII SEA 11ot:sr.—One of the ordinary half yearly meetings appointed by the charter wu held yester tr. Mr. Frank, in the chair. The fin!, bti , tiorm d toe Wag t!tr r‘• t.l , e.e of to tui.tAtt, of VA, la,. nut ,11111 4 Wale meta of the bond tit:ea of tl.e company, midrib remained the AIMS as at tho 1.4 court, atm, ly, 4,403/. MARIA ANTONIA RAILWAY —Traffic for week end ins March 17, 1543, 1031.; 1312, Ul/. IRISH SOUTH•EASTI:RN RAILWAY. The thirteenth half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held on Wednesday in Dublin, J. E. REDMOND, Eeq., in the chair. The following report was unanimously adapted: " The directors are happy to be ab:e to report that the prospects of the compeny continue steadily to improve, and to submit the folle,wing statement of the traffic receipts and expendi ture for the six months ended the 3( st December last, which shows an increase of 20 per cent. in the receipts, and a considerable reduction in the expenditure as compared with the correepoudirg period in ISdl, Workirg Fs;lonoes., 'Raffle R.' ceigts. Des Interest owl Herat. Ralf-year coding Dec. 1152.. .C 5,“ a £2,524 Do. do. 1931.. 1,162 2,904 lave tee "After payment of interest on the government loan, an.: the rent to the Waterford and Kilkenny Company :or ti.' line from Lavistown to Kilkenny, and t: e station ilOW, a surplus of 1,505'. remains to the credit of the traffic account: and the directors have thereferc the plea sure to recommend that a dividend of Is. 6d. per share li , pill en ell shares Lot in arrest.. The Great Southern and Westc ris C - arip .ny continue to work the line on the usual terns, and the permanent way continues in good order. The directors have considered it their duty to declare sixty shares forfeited for non-payment of c ills. The list will be submitted for your confirmation at the spacial meeting, to be held immediately after the transaction of the ordinary business. The landed proprietors of the county Wexford feeling the importance of railway accommodation, expressed a wish that a line from Dagnalstown to Wexford should be constructed; and the grand jury of the county Wexford having apeet to guarantee 4 percent. on 115,0001. of the nee( wiry au application I.as accerdingly in en mad, to parli .inent for that purpose in the present session. The direch.a au'ici pale the most benchesl results from this extension, and though when completed of great value to your line, its eapital and liabilities wilt be altogether indep.ondent of the Irish South Eastern Company. When the proper time arises the bill will he submitted to the consid.ration of the ; , roprietnrs, at n special meeting to be called f.ir that par ' pose. The dire, :ors will cnoeavour to have a clause in serted in the proposed hill to enable them to redeem the rent now payahl I to the Wet. Trend and Kilkenny Company. Messrs. It. P. Prichard, J. E. Redmond, and P. W. Red mond, three of the directors, and one auditor, Mr. Lorenzo Alexander, now retire from office, pursuant to act of parlia ment, but arc eligible for re-election." SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAY. Yesterday . the ordinary half-yearly meeting of the 6arrhohlers in th:s company, was held at the Royal Chi r. Mr. Jolts WiLtrams, chairman. The notice calling the meeting having been read, Mr. WILLIAMS, of Manches'er, enquired why the four gentlemen elected at the last meeting did not sit at the board. Mr. MOXIIO said, that as one of the four so elected, he maint dried the rirht to sit at the board, but for the of th harmony of the company they did not press for their rights at present. Mr. PEEL read the report prepared for the last half-yearly meeting, which it will be remembered was not then passed. Mr. Peel also read tho report of the direvers and the ac counts fir the last li:dr-par, in which the directors an nounce that they have raised the rates no the goods traffic and are carrying at the increased rates. All the impediments to the traffic were in course of removal. Ai non as parlia ment allowed the suspended bills to proceed, it was tl.e in tention of the directors to present a petition against the hill promoted by the tire it Western Company, for laying down the brood gauze on the Shrewsbury lines. iu the course of his remarks, said the directors were determined to carry out most fully the reso lutions of January last, agreeing to shape their future e one, according to the decision of the committee of the HOMO of Cam : oat. Negotiations were being carried on with other companies, with a view to obtaining more re munerative rates, and it was hoped that speedily some amicable arrangements would be effected. lie concluded his observations by moving " that the report of the direc tors submi.ted to the general meeting of the 20th of Au gm:4, 1352, and again now read to this meeting, with the account+ to the 30th of June, 1832, which heel already been transmitted to the shareholder, be received and adopted, and that the same be printed and circulated amongst the shareholders ; and that this meeting likewise approve (tithe payment made by the directors of the pref, r ecce divideuils, which fell due at the said 3..ith June, 1102." Mr. IlAnuisoN seconded the motion. CAM i'BELL proposed that after the wcrds " received and adopted," the following words shout.' be iuse . eted, t' without prejudice to the resolutions of the 31st of Jams try. " The C 11.% TRUAX congentA to Incirpnrnte this, and the rc+nlutien in the amended form was carried. Mr. Ito moved that the shareholders' committee, appointed at the last meeting, he requested w ith the direc tors of this company to meet the direemrs of ti:e London and North-Western Company to arrange the goods rates and pa , senger fares on the principle of a mntiey equality. Mr. ROY announced that the directors intended within 48 hours to seek an interview with the divetars of the L rn don and North-Western Company, to try to make the de,•ited arrangement. (Cheers.) The report of the ilst hultyear, and the accounts to the 31st t,f December, 18.52, were then unanimously passed. Dividends of e per cent., and .5 per cc nt. on preference stock, and of 1 per cent. on the ordinary stoelt, payable on the 14th of April next, were proposed to the meeting and carried. PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIP WRECK. Yesterday a meeting or the General Committee of the Royal National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Ship•reck, was held at the offices, John-street, Adelphi. Admiral Sir TnoLAs 11EallEILT, M.P., in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read, and the election of Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., as chsirman of the institution having been confirmed, the committee proceeded to grant the following rewards for saving life:—The silver medal of the society to Mr. William Tegt, master mariner, and 21. to his beat's crew of two men, is consideration of their gallant conduct to the ere w of the schooner Comet, of Bristol, which was wrecked during a RAo of wind at the entrance of the Gunnel, on the coast of Cornwall, on the 26th ult. The schooner at the time was lying broadside to the breakers, and the era making a clean breach over her, and the risk of life' incurred by the :„1., 0e e three roost have been considerable, as it rarely h.: o pens that a vessel is wrecked under the eireuntstan.zs in which the Comet was plated without 1t... of life. Much credit was alto she to Mr. lat'tel, Chief Officer of Coast Gated, for his promptitude in bringing the rocket apparatus into operation, by means of which the boat, attached to a hawser, was hauled off along side the wreck. The silver racial was also voted to John Redford, ea:swain of the new life-boat rtitioned at Culler coats, in admiration of his intrepid conduct is rushing into the surf to the rescue of a poor fishing boy who had had his but dashed to pieces in attemp.ing to enter the haven during a 'navy gale on the 26th of February. The boy's father and brother-in-law were unhappily drowned on the mission. A reward of 31. 10s. was also granted to several other persona who had very creditably exerted themselves with their boats in attempting to resider assistance to the boy, but which was unavailable, on account of the proximity of the rocks. Mr. Robert Anderson, a magistrato of Sarah Shields, transmitted an nceount of a most lamentable shipwreck re cently on the Herd Sand. During a heavy gale and sea, a schooner was observed from the Larve with signs'* of distress flying corning round Tynernouth point, and making for the hirbeur. A heavy snowstorm having come on, the vessel was lost eight of. The Shields pilots immediately launched two hie baste, and proceeded to the scene of the disaster, but by the time the snow bad cleared off, nothing was seen of the ship, and it was supposed that she had either suuk or gone off to sea. After remaining some time there, the wreck was discovered on her broadside some distance elf Without leas of time the pilots rowed off to her with all exertion, and (cold and severe as it was) being stripped to their shirts, they succeeded in 1.5 minute*, when they found her lying on her broadside with her masts in the water, and nobody on board. Thos crew, it appiared (from the wheel being lashed), had taken to the rigging, and when she turned ever had been washed away and drowned. The life boats lay close to the vessel's stern, and the crew shouted as loud aa they could, but there was no answer. Being convinced that there was nobody left on board, they with great exertion pulled back to the harbour. There were 37 men in the two life boats, and they were paid 191. 12.. for their service. Other rewards having been made and grants sanctioned, In aid of the several lite boats, the proceedings closed. POSTAGE OF BOOKS TO NEW SOUTH WALES. GENERAL POST-OPVICE, MARCIL, 1853.—0 n and from the let April nest, printed books, magazines, reviews and pamphlets (whether British, colonial, or foreign), may be transmitted by the post between the Unit e d Kingdom W and New South ales, by the direct packet, vies Plymouth ; Of by the Overland Mail, via Southampton mad Singapore, at the following reduced rates of postar,e, viz.:—Fur each packet not exeeeding lb. in weight, 6d. ; ditto exc ee din g lb. end not exceeding Ilb., Is.; ditto ditto 11b. and notes ceeding 21be., 25.; ditto ditto 2lbs. and net exceeding 31134., 3e.; b,youd which weight no packet can be sent. Provided, however, that the following conditions be 'are fully observed:-1. Every such pocket must be sent with out • cover, or in a cover open at the ends or sides. 2. It must contain a single volume only (whether printed hook, magazine, review, er pamphlet), the several sheets or parts thereof, when there are morn than one, being sewed or bound together. 3 It must nut exceed two feet in length, breadth, width, or depth. 4. It must not exceed three pounds in weight. 5. It must have no writing or m irks upon the cover, or its contents, except the name and &d -uress of the p: nun to wheat it may be sent. 6. The post age tuu.t he pre-paid in foil, by allizing outside the packet, er its C.VCf, the proper number of stumps. If any of the above conditions be violated, the packet must he charm d as a litter, and treated as such in all re spects. To prevent any obstacles to the regular transmission of letters, any officer of the Post•ottice• may delay the trans mission of any such packet for a neriod net exceeding twenty-Isnr hours from the time at which the some would oth7r.v'so hays hoen forwarded iestrivtion. tie not to extent to or iutirtere wit's the trowni.ssinn of 0,44 totes and procestElos of pot'iiacut, or tit ',raved p Pa rs p e e iret. u a w ll l' o d : t t o vi. p fe lm h m b u y st ils c e ou p t o iit u e n stb r j t e h et ° t a l ew ext a tin Pt g r Wain% IRELAND. Dr 'tux, 31. The Trish te nan t l eague h e ld a Inciting ye MA:ten sterday for the purpose, as they described it in their placards, of hearing " a ttatement from the parliamentary reprmentatiers as to the workings of the select com mittee on the land bills, and to take counsel together for the further advancement of the cause generally." The muster on the occasion amounted to some tifty or sixty persons, chiefly Roman catholic prices, from various parts of Ireland, the only members of parlia ment among them being Mr. Potter, Mr. Lucas, and Mr. C. G. Duffy. Mr. Potter took the chair, and among a batch of apologetic letters which were reed were brief notes from Mr. Serjcant Shee, M.P., and Mr. S. Dab, M.P., the writers of the others being chiefly presbyterian and Roman catholic clergymen, who expressed their sentiments in a tone very sub dued when compared with what it used to be a short time since. The Ch t;rman said it appeared very desirable that the/ country stioull know what had been done in parliament, and what yet remained to be dove with relerenee to the cause uf tenant right. (Ilear.) lie bad not himself been placed on the parliament try committee, but having attenl4 in his place in parliament, he was able to state that at yet the question of tenant right had not b.en fully brought be fore the House of Commons or the English !venial.. (Hear, hear) It was their intention, and he believed it to be eh solu'ely nneestary, to educate the English members ut par liament and the people of England generally upon the ques tion of tenon: right, and the other CLAMS and requirements ut Ireland ; atm with that view *event of the Irish re presentatives had promised to place tho.r views before the English members of the House 6f Cannelton*, and to put thin its 1'111%1'4011 of important facts, showing how this century had been treated from the time ef Oliver Ctemwell down to the present momen'. (Lear, hear.) Thu Chan cellor of the Exchequer had cut the matter very short v. hen it estate on for discussion in the house, by rending it to • committee; and it was a remarkable fe e t that although tins only person who was allowed to express his views was the hon. member fm Meath (Mr. Lucas), yet be had heard that one member of parliament at least—he referred to Mr. Drummond—was converted by his speech on that:oecasion fur he (Mr. Drummond) came forward and expressed very strong opinions with respect to who: would be bectileial and useful to Ireland. (liter, hear.) Mr. Duffy, M.P., and Mr Lucas, M.P., having expressed an unwillingness to communicate intOrmation relative to the roc' edings of the par iatueutary committee, in a meeting to which the reporters of the public press had been admitted, a disen-simi to-k place as to the propriety of admittio4 or excluding the public press whilst those gent:a.m.:a were ad dressing the meeting on the matter in questiou ; an I it was finally resolved that the reperters should be req ues t e d t o withdraw fur the space of one hour, ut the expiration of which period they were to be iavitol to att. uel again, in order to r: port the remainder of the proe.sedings. The reporters of the several morning wiper+ then with drew, and after the lapse of an hour (Si 64:11. Lucas and DAV having addressed the meeting in the meantime), they were requested to return, when, in consequence of what transpire,: during their absence, a re solution was reeved, seconrted, and passed, to the effect thet the Council of the League sksuld rewaiu in private confers nee for the rest if that day, and that a public meeting should be held on the day following of all parties friendly to the cause of tenant-right. The remainder of the proceedings were conducted with closed doors. The t;altray Vindicator states that one hundred and live persons had just left that town per train en route for America, and that a vessel with one hundred and thirty emigrants on hoard, fur the sante destina tion, was about sailing from the, port. The results of the emigration and evictions of late years are, it is stated, beginning to be seriously felt in the western province, in the scarcity ot labourer's for agricultural work. The Galway Parka states that in many dis tricts about Tuam and Galway, it is almost impossible to procure a sufficient number of hands to till the soil, and those who want to employ them are obliged to travel tulles in their search. In parts of Mayo the labourers are already beginning to combine tor high wages, and threats to put the Molly Maguire code in force against the farnwrs have been math-. The following account of a daring burglary, result ing in the death of one of the burglars, is given by a correspondent of Saunders' News Letter: Sainrone, Wednesday Evening.—This morning, twtwera two and three o'clock, this town was thrown into a state of excArnaint which routed the inhabitants frum their beds. he alarm was occasioned by the report of tire-arms at the residence ot Georg', l'erey roe, Esq., county cuss collector, which had been attacked fur the purpose ot plan ler. Mr. I Poe, en hearing a noise beneath his sleeping apartment, hastily dressed, and. armed with a brace ot pistols, descended to the drawing-mem, whew he found several men engaged burning his papers. lie at once called on them to desist and to surrender, which request nut being complied with, he discharged one of the pistols (which was !:ailed with ball), which took effect on one of the burglars, named Thomas Stapleton, supposed to belong to Cateht.l. The pollee soon after arrested two others ot the gang, also from Cashel, and who gave their names as John Myan and Michael Connell. An inquest was held on the body at 12 o'e!ock to-day, by H. T. Midgiey, Esq., coroner, when, after a lengthened investigation, the jury returned a ver dict of "Justifiable homicide." They also adopted a re• volution approving of Mr. roc's gadaut conduct oa the occasion. The Limerick. C'hronicle says : Sharp frost at nigl.t, and bright sun by day, with a cold dry temperature, peculiar to easterly wind, ire the features of this last week of March. The ere' , wheat and iced potatoes have suffered front ungenial weathet—the former by rrofuse moisture ' and the latter by the frequent frost. The auction of Lord Derby's stark on his Irish estates took place near the Tipperary Junction of the Great Southern mid Western Railway, on Wednesday last. The sale commenced with 100 Very well finished heifers, in pairs, at from 18/. 10s. to 151.138. Fat and store strippers, of which there were 33, ranged from 191. 10s. to 101. 10s; fat bullocks, from 101. to 131. 10s.; store bullocks, 3 at May, 141. 10s. to 121. 10s. • fat bulls, 18/. to 231.; 70 two-year old heifers, irom 101. down to 81. 10s.; in calf cows and heifers ranged Tom 101. 10s. to 13/. 135.; two-year old wedders, 00s. ; hog eta, from 40s. down to 381. rt..; tu b atic must Lare mimeo over TILE GREAT INDVSTRIAL EXHIBITION, I&i3. The progre, 3 of this great industaial elfin advancas to the satisfaction of every one immediately interested in its com pletion. It will be for the public to pronounce finally upon the result of these efforts. To prove that the desire to aid and assist is almost universal, we have to state that the Cunard steamers have most liberally tiered to convey all goods for exhibition free of expense from America and France From arrangements with the Customs authori ties these goods will be transmitted to the Exhibition without the risk or inconvenience of a search at the Custom house. The first-class steamer, the Duke of Devonshire, belonging to the British and Irish Stearn l'acket Cam- Oany, has also been chartered for exhibitors. It will leave London on the 16th of April, and will call at Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Hamburg for goods for the Exhibition, and will sail thence direct for nubile. This lo.ks something like real earnest work. Major Fairfield, and Mr. J. C. Deane, the Secretary of the Exhibition, have been for some time in London, and have succeeded in pro curing many fine works of art and paintings for the Exhi bition. Major Fairfield is at present in Paris upon the same errand. The Lords of the Admiralty have offered to exhibit all the models of ships, ancient and modern, in their possession. The committee have selected a model of a dra chm vessel, of the reign of Ilenry VIII. ; a model of the Royal George, sunk at Spithead fifty years ago, and several others; and the Duke of blanchosta will also exhibit the original models of the America, and the Maria that beat her, the two fastest sailing vesesla probably in the world. TIM PRISONERS HACKETT AND NOONAN.—WO have been informed that the executioner who is to oarry the extreme sentence of the law into effect on the 15th of April next on these two unfoetunate men, convicted at our last assizes for the murder of the late O'Callaghan Ryan, Esq., has already arrived at our county prison.— 11'414i-turd Monk*. CLONMEL, TUESDAY EYEYING.—On Sunday morn ' ing last a communication was received at the gaol here, from the Chief Secretary's Office, c•immut;ng the sentence i of death recorded against Michael Rourke at the last as sizes held in this town, who pleaded guilty to the murder of a man (name unknown), but supposed to be a nattve of the county Wexford, at Silverspring, near Clourael, to transportation for life. Too much praise cannot be given to Sub.constable James Browne, for his untiring exertions to bring the perpetrator of this toul ciiine to jtotico. EMIOIIATION.—With the roturn of spring emigra tion has increaso.l in this district—hairely, in the counties of Louth nod Down, and the number who take shipping at the ports of Newry, Dundalk, and Drogheda, is almost incredible, many of them the better ela. of farmers, and some in a truly wretchtd Ashdiuou.—Louth and Dore4 Pilot GENERAL SCREW STEAM SNIPPING COMPANY:— Yesterday being the day fixed for the half-yearly meeting of this company, thy sharehnlders met at the Loudon Tavern. The Chairman, Mr. J. U. Ellis, stated the, in communise of the great intr.:an of business which had token place during the lust nice months, it had been found impossible to prepare the scootints in time 14 the meeting, and it was therefore the wish of the board that the meeting should adjourn after supplying the vacancies in the irirt ction. After some explanation in reply to questions, Mr. Peter 11.11, Mr. Thomson, )dr. Major, and Mr. /Amber', were re-elected directors unanimously. An aiijnarnment to the 14th of April having been %axed to, the chairman said there were some reasons which induced him to hone that the directors would meet the shareholders when thqi with ple muter fetling. in referenv to thelime r 1 ir.ere.t. of the c.) np t!v, than thy et•in!il `nee ned if the haa bean pew wind with tint shy. Certain Luau, re were in a train which, he trusted, would issue in satiolte.iuu to the sh-reholders art large. A vote of thinks ere tI.II given to the ellairsatn, and the meeting ad journed. 1