The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-02 00:00:00

TO THI ZDITOT OF TEI lIFIW.

812,—We would feel obliged by your allowing 1114
space in your iournal to state that Messrs. Barclay, Bevan,
and Co. have kindly consented to receive the subscriptions
of those who may desire to contribute to the fund now
being formed for the relief of the widows, orphans, and
others who suffered by the recent explosion at Burradon
Colliery. From the investigations of the executive com-
mittee it has been ascertained that the widows number
thirty-two, and the orphans (boys under eleven, and girls
under fifteen years of age) seventy-two, not to speak of old
and infirm people, all of whom have been left in great
destitution by this very painful calmnity.—We are, he.,
WM. 8. DAGLISH, 1 Hon. sees.
R. ROWELL,
Newaatle-on-Tyne, March 30.

FRAUDULENT TRADE MA Rita—An influential
dcputatiou iu connexion with the association for suppres-
sing the practice of falsely marking or labelling goCels for
sale, and oompriring repmemtatives of several meronntile
houses in London Manchester, Birminghesn, Ileddenifield,
ku., had an interview, on Saturday, with Mr. Milner (Ah-
em, at the office of the Board of Trade, in order to urge
upon the government the necessity of adopting measures
for the suppression of the system. Mr. Roebuck, M.P..
Mr. Thomas Baxley, M.P., Mr. William Scholefield, M.P.,
and Mr. Z. P. Brown Westhead, M.P., accompanied the de-
putation, which comprised Hr. Edmund Ashworth, Man-
chester; Mr. Clement Gibbs, of the firm of N. Corah and
Sees, BinnMgham• Mr. Charles Brooke, Huddersfield
Mr. James Pi ~ an 'Warlike, Pittman, and Co.), London
Mr. John Howell (Mlis and Everington), London ; Mr.
William Brown (Brown, Davis, and Co.), Yon.
don ; Mr. C. H. Minchin, Manchester ; Mr. John
Spaced' (B. Symonds and Son), London, ke.
Mr. Brooke, jun., said be had been requested to bring the
subject of trade larks on goods under the notice of the
Banda Trade, and he was sled to find that it was intended
to introduce a bill into parliament with reference to the
matter in question. The object they had specially in view
ma that occasion was to show Mr. Gilteon the extent to which
the precticoof selling " short lengths" prevailed in order
that the legislature might interfere and put mend to a most
unfair enil dishonest practice. The practice to whisk be
referred was (*Tried to such an extent, and was so common;
that people began to think there was no fend in it at
Several members of the deputation then stated to the right
hon. gentlemen the grievances which it was sought to
remedy. Mr. Milner Gilman said he thought they had
established their awe, and he should be glad 1/ they would
prepare • clause which would meet it, which should be Con-
sidered, but he saw some difficulty in the way. After some
further conversation it was they ermined that a draft of a
bill should be prepared to be submitted to the law officers of
be crown.

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