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proceeding in consequence of the death of the prin
cipal party. He would, therefore, move that the
evidence be printed and taken into consideration on
a future day, with a view to see what course should
be adopted to pul•ish the parties, and to prevent a re-
currence of such proceedings, and thereby not only
vindicate the insulted honour and dignity of their
Lordships' House, but hold out a warning to conspi•
rotors and their dupes, and so arrest such individulls
in their dishonest courses.

Lord CAMPBELL fully concurred.
The motion was then put and agreed to.

BAIL C,OUR r, June 7.
(Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice WIGUTMAN.)

EX PARTE DR. MOORE.
Mr. WHITELIURST (with whom was Mr. Phipson)
moved for leave to file a criminal information against
the editor, publisher, and proprietor of the Lincoln-
shire, Boston, and Spalding Free Press and Eastern
CountiPs Advertiser. He moved on behalf of the
Rev. Dr. Moore for a most atrocious and scanda-
lous libel against him in his capacity of a magistrate
while engaged in the petty sessions. He had had
reason to complain for a long time of the conduct of
the paper as against himself personally, but the pre-
sent libel was against him in his judicial capacity,
and therefore he felt himself bt,und to come before
this Court for redress. It appeared by the affidavits
that a person of the name of Savage had been
brought before the magistrates at- petty sessions at
Spalding, of which Dr. Moore had been chairman
for twenty years, upon articles of the peace exhibited
against him by a Mr. Moore, who was a di,tant con-
nexion of Dr. Moore, and thereupon Savage sa as
bound over to keep the peace. 011 the 15th May
last, Savage was again brought before the same bench
to answer for an assault committed on his servant, of
the name of Rest, to which he pleaded guilty ; and
there was also an application for articles of the peace
against him fur threatening to shoot another of his
servants, named Turnbull. An attorr.ey attended on
the part of Savage, and wished to call witnesses in
answer to the charge. The bench, after some dis-
cussion, although stating that it was irregular, per-
mitted him to call witnesses as an indulgence; and
after going into the facts, Dr. Moore, or one of the
magistrates, asked one of the witnesses whether he
thought Turnbull need be afraid of Savage, and the
answer was" Not when he was sober;" upon-which
Dr. Moore observed; that was the very point, and
therefore Turnbull must be protected against him,
and the magistrates, therefore, bound Savage over to
keep the peace. On the 23d of May a long article
by way of comment upon the case appeared in the
paper in question : it asserted that the case was a dis-
grace to any court of justice ; that the account of the
witnesses was twisted by Dr. Mobre into a meaning
it was never intended to convey ; that it was the se-
cond time they had had occasion to notice this petti-
fogging spirit on the part of the chairman; they had
no hesitation in saying that a man who could so com-
mit himself was unfit to sit on any bench of magis-
trates, and that were they lord-lieutenant of the
county he would be immediately removed from the
commission of the peace; it' Dr. Moore were allowed
to twist evidence as he pleased justice was at an encl;
that Dr. Moore's conduct on another occasion was
disgraceful in the extreme • that such things might
come to light as would render the Lord Chancellor's
interference in the reconstruction of the bench an
absolute necessity. Dr. Moore had made affidavits
denying that he had the slightest feeling towards the
man. The Learned Counsel could not conceive a
more violent libel, or one that more called for the
summary interference of this Court.
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN—Take a rule to show
cause.

DREADFUL COLLIERY EX-
PLOSION.
THIRTY-THREE LIVES LOST.
A dreadful explosion of fire-damp occurred on
Tuesday morning last, at the Hebburn Pit, the pro-
perty of Thomas Easton and Company, on the river
Tyne, Newcastle. The explosion took place about
half-past six o'clock in the morning, when upwards
of 100 workmen were in the mine ; but it was con-
fined to the north-west district, where the sufferers
were employed. The entire workings extend over
about fifty acres, and are ventilated by means of two
shafts, an upcast and a downcast one—the furnace
system of ventilation being employed. As usual in
such cases, nothing is known as to the immediate
cause of explosion, for no one lives that can tell the
tale. The air had to travel about 1,232 feet before
reaching the place where the explosion occurred, and
about 840 yards to its escapement by the upcast shaft,
but the coal seam being undulating, the causeway
was in some places not more 111,n five feet in height,
in others fourteen or fifteen feet, the lower leva
being taken for the formation of the robing-line
On Monday night there was a heavy thunder storm.
On Tuesday morning it is supposed the foul air had
accumulated in the arched roof of the course, and
on the horses being set to wcrk to draw waggons,
which nearly closed the air-course in some places, it
is supposed the foul air that had gathered in the dome
was driven out of its receptacle into the part where
the men were working with candles, and ignition was
the consequence. This, however, is all mere con-
jecture, formed from a knowledge of the workings of
the mine ; for all in the part where the explosion
took place are dead, and the survivors in the other
part of the mine can only speak to the facts which
indicated to them that an explosion took place.
One man, working near the district where the
explosion took place, was got out alive. His
name is William Bell. He, however, merely states
that he felt a stunning noise in his ears, and
became insensible; in which - state he was found,
and afterwards recovered. The explosion must have
been of a terrific nature, for all the stoppings and
passages in the districts were destroyed, and the
bodies of the men were blown to atoms. One poor
fellow who was at work, finding an explosion had
occurred, rushed to save his father; after several
hours ineffectual search he found his parent without a
head. Another man, employed as a plate layer, was
found with a rail stuck six feet through his body.
More mutilated corpses were perhaps never occasioned
by such a catastrophe. Of the 33 who are killed, 8
or 9 are married, the remainder are young men and
strong youths. A more melancholy sight was per-
haps never witnessed.

An inquest was opened on Wednesday before Mr.
Fayell, the coroner for the district, and adjourned to
a future day, and in the meantime scientific men
have been engaged to examine the mine. It is
worthy of remark that Mr. Gurney's system of ven-
tilation would have been no safeguard whatever
against this casualty ; at least, such is the opinion en-
tertained, for however rapid the transit of air from
the downcast to the upcaet, it could not have cleared
the "goat."

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At the monthly
general meeting of this society, held yesterday at the
society's house in Hanover-square, William Compton
Domville, Esq., was elected a fellow, and the Earl of
Pembroke, ‘1 illiam Pennell, Esq., and S. S. Teuton,
Esq., proposed for election. The report of the council
presented a most favourable account of the progress of
the menagerie, to which some important additions had
been made during the last month, including a pair of
brush turkeys and a great kangaroo from Australia;
three lions, received by the Erin from Mats; a pair of
hyrax from the Cape; a dshiggetai from Cutch, pre-
sented by Sir Thomas Erskine Perry; several minor do•
nations; and a bison calf, born in the gardens on Wed-
nesday last. The report also contained the gratifying
intelligence that a very large collection would arrive
from Egypt about the end of the month, and that a most
liberal present from the Governor of Singapore was ex-
pect( d almost thily in the Stratheden. The report
concluded by stating that the new reptile house had
bsen opened on Wednesday last, and already contained
twenty-one species of serpents and lizards, to which the
correspondents of the s ,ciety in Africa, South America,
and the West Indies would make great additions during
the summer.
HOP INTELLIGENCE.—CANTERBURY.—The haps
have made great progress in growth during the late
warm weather; but being overloaded with fly and lice,
it is next to impossible that they can recover, and the
only chance is of fresh shoots pushing out. It was to
be hoped that the slight thunder storms of Tuesday
would clear away some of the vermin, but this effect is
hardly perceptible. The rains were so partial as to have
been of little service in the hop gardens. The duty is
laid at 80,0004, with every chance, according to the visi-
tation a few years ago, of descending to half that amount.
—Kentish Observer.
A FAIR EXCHANGE NO ROBBERY.—The other
day, a carrier's porter stepped into a china-merchant's
shop in town, and throwing down an empty crate,
significantly cried out, "A penny!" wishing
payment for the trouble he bad been at. Be-
fore the merchant had time to attend to the
demand, or to notice that the incomer was almost as un-
suited to the precincts of a china shop as a certainn quad-
ruped, the porter uncouthly, and as it turned out un-
luckily, planted himself against the window, and in doing
so upset a rich and rare porcelain ornament, 2/. or 34
in value, which was of course smashed into fragments.
The owner was, as may be well conceived, greatly
incensed, but the cause of all the mischief kept his cool-
ness. Slinking out of the shop, and casting quite a
composed look at the broken china, he nodded compla-
cently to the merchant, and then added, with emphasis,
" Gude day, maie,ter; I'll no charge ye the penny noo !"
—Edinburgh Paper.
SINGULAR RECOVERY OF A WATCH LOST IN THE

litvEa.—A few days since, as Mr. Robert Nash, miller,
of the parish of Ottord, was walkitg along the bank of
the Dsrent, near the fliur mill, be observed an eel-trap
near the weir, and, leaning forward, stooped down to
see if any eels were caught. Having replaced the trap
he walked away, and some time after he missed his
watch. Thinking it bad probably fallen into the river,
he offered a reward to a man the next morning, to dive
near the place where he had koked at the trap, in the
hope of regaining it. Alter a few attempts the man
succeeded in finding the watch, which, upon examina-
tton appeared to be but little injured by its immersion,
for the Mechanism acted when wound up.—Kentish
Gazette.