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over which ho presided had accordingly made a report
to the House strongly drawing the attention of the Go-
vernment to the reports of several of the lines for which
Bills had been obtained, and expressed a hope that
some measnres would be taken in the present session
to remedy the evil. As it was now known that several
of the companies who obtained their Bills last session,
but who had not put a spade into the ground, were
coming to the House for powers of amalgamation, he
trusted the Government would provide some means of
stopping the abuses to which he referred.
Mr. HODGSON said, that in the case to which refe-
rence had been made, no doubt great mischief had en-
sued, but the evil had not extended to any of the direct
northward and southward lines. He trusted, however,
that the recommendation would be attended to by the
Government.
Mr. STRUTT quite agreed that this was a subject of
great importance, and a Bill was already in a very for-
ward state of preparation, which would be introduced at
as early a period as possible; but as his Hon. Friend the
Member for Coventry had given notice of the question
he intended to propose to-morrow week, he would avail
himself of that opportunity to enter more fully into ex-
planation of the intended provisions of the Bill.
The Manchester and Lincolnshire Amalgamation Bill
was then read a second time.
SECOND READINGS.
The following Bills were also read a second time:—
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Branch
to Chapeltown and Thurgoland Coal Branch).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Ash-
ton Canal Purchase).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Branch
to Bugsworth).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshiro Railway (Shef-
field Canal Purchase).
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railways, and
Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway, and Chester-
field and Gainsborough Canal Amalgamation.
Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Newcastle,
Anniskinnan, and Baltrasna Deviations).
Newbury Cementery.
Norfolk Railway (Diss Branch).
Norfolk Railway (Bury St. Edmund's Branch).
Rochdaile Canal (Sale to Manchester and Leeds Rail-
way Company.
Scottish. Midland Junction Railway (Amendment and
Branch to Laurencekirk).
Sheffield Canal Act Amendment.

Sunderland Markets, Bridge, Ferries, and General hn.
provement.
Warrington Gas Light and Coke Company.
Wilst, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Amendmeni
(No. 1.)
Windsor Railway.
Yeo►il, Bridport, and Exeter Railway, with Branches.
LONDON, OXFORD, AND CHELTENHAM RAIL-
WAY AND BRANCHES.

On the motion that this Bill be read a second time,
Colonel SIBTHORP said, that it was almost impos-
sible to hear what was going on in that House—
(Laughter)—because, what with the noise of Members
passing up and down the House, and the low tone in which
the names were read by the clerk at the table, it
was almost impossible to hear the names of the
several Bills. He knew that it was exceedingly difficult
to take the sense oqthe House—(Laughter)—or even to
look for anything like a favourable result as regarded
any: opposition to the Bill, but he was determined
to pursue the independent course he had always
adopted, by assenting to none of them.—(Loud
laughter.) He knew that he would be unsuccessful in
opposing the second reading, but he felt bound to do so,
as he had taken very great pains in looking over all the
papers relative to this, and the opposition line (the
Cheltenham and Oxford) which was then before the
examining Committee.
_He was no friend to railways,
and would rather meet a respectable highwayman than
a railway surveyor at any time.—(Laughter.)
The Bill, despite the Mon. and Gallant Member's
opposition, was read a second time.

S4JPPLY OF SEED (IRELAND.)
Sir J. DUKE presented a petition from Clare and its
neighbourhood (as we understood), from a number of
tenant-farmers occupying from 20 to 60 acres each,
praying the Government to render them some assistance
in obtaining the seedinecessary for sowing their land, and
thereby obtaining crops in the ensuing year, and pre-
venting a recurrence of the sad visitation which had
afflicted the country in the present year.
TEN HOURS' BILL. •
Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition in favour of
the Ten Hours' Bill.
IRISH DISTESS.
Mr. D. O'CONNELL presented a petition from the
corporation of Dublin, praying the Government to adopt
some speedy measures to meet the prevailing distress in
Ireland.

FOOD FOR IRELAND.
Mr. MACARTHY presented a petition from the
poor-relief committees of Cork, setting forth that there
were 4,757 persons at present in the workhouses con-
nected with that city, and 174 persons in the fever hos-
pital; and that, notwithstanding that the soup
depOts distributed daily 7,000 quarts of soup,
the amount of distress was still most alarmingly
on the increase; that the prices of provisions
were already double the usual price, and they prayed
the Government to adopt some measures to obtain a
supply of food, to keep down the present rising prices
of provisions, and thereby mitigate the existing distress.
LIGHT-HOUSES.

Mr. BELL presented a petition praying for the aboli.
tion of the light-house dues.
THE COLONIES.

Mr. GOULBURN presented apetition, praying that
the measures promised last session with respect to the
introduction of sugar, might not be of a temporary, but
of a permanent nature.

IRELAND.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a petition from Carrie-
mickcross, setting forth that the want of proper security
of tenure and legalised compensation for the improve-
ment of the soil were the causes of all the agrarian dis-
turbances that had taken place, and praying for reme-
dial measures.

his consent to it, but, as at present framed, the motion
wes quite impracticable.
The LORD CHANCELLOR agreed with the Noble
Lord who had last spoken, that the crier would, in the
first place, be impracticable; and, in the second, useless,
if obtained. When it was so very difficult to find out
a judgment in one particular case, he would leave
their Lordships to judge of the impracticability when
applied to all mankind. They would have a return of
debts comprising, perhaps, two or three hundred mil-
lions, and yet they would not be able to say what pro-
portion of that sum remained unpaid.
Lord BROUGHAM—There was another reason
which Completely demonstrated the inutility of the re-
turn. In every case the balance remaining unpaid was
no test whatever of the burdens affecting landed pro-
perty in Ireland, ceeause it only applied to
such property as came into the Court of
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Court would have no knowledge of it.
Earl MOUNTCASHEL said that had he moved for
a return of the four courts his motion would then have
been open to the objections urged against it; he had,
however, only moved for a return of "the total amount
of the sums appearing to be due for debt, damages,
and costs, upon all decrees, orders, and judgments,
ill Ireland re-docketed pursuant to the Acts of %Geo.
IV., c. 35, and 7 and 8 Vict., c. 99." Under the letter
of those Acts a particular office was established in
which was to be registered all the different claims
to the property in Ireland. Since the passing of
that Act those claims had been registered, and it was
only a return of those claims so registered that he wished
to obtain by his present motion.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—The Act of 9th Geo.
IV. was passed a great many years since, and in order
to obtain the returns made under that Act, a great deal
of trouble and extensive research would be required.
All the judgments had no doubt been re docketed since
the time of the judgments having been delivered, and the
result, when obtained, would give only--
Lord BROUGHAM—An erroneous view.
The LORI) CHANCELLOR—Just so ; and the
first of his objections would still remain unanswered,
namely, what amount of debts remained at present
unpaid.
After a few words from the Marquis of WEST-
MEATH,
Lord BROUGHAM suggested the propriety of post-
poning the motion until an opportunity had been
afforded of consulting the officers of the courts in
Ireland.
Earl MOUNTCASHEL, although he thought it a
matter of great importance that the returns he bad
moved for should be obtained, still he had no objection
to postpone his motion for a short time.
USE OF SUGAR IN DISTILLERIES.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition, numerously
signed by landed proprietors,!tenant-farmers, and others,
in the county of Stirling, in Scotland, complaining that
the duty proposed to be levied by the Governmentot 41d.
aer gallon on rum would leave the distilleries of Scot-
lpnd worse by Bd., the present amount of duty levied
upon malt whiskey being 4s. 10d. This was a part in
the Government plan, which, when it was brought before
their Lordships, would no doubt cause considerable diffi-
culty. It was, however, no part of the plan of the Govern-
ment to prevent distilation from malt, but only to admit
sugar to be used in distillation paripassu. He would not go
into any discussion on the subj. ct at the present moment.
LIVERPOOL AND THE IRISH POOR.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition signed by
the Mayor of Liverpool, Mr. Lawrence, the magis-
trates of the borough, and by several of the
most respectable and opulent inhabitants, calling the
attention of their Lordships to the great additional bur-
den imposed upon that parish by the immense influx of
destitute Irish poor, and praying their Lordships would
pass a law to compel the Irish people to support their
own poor like the people of this country. The
petition deserveed the most earnest attention of
the
hadcome
House. lt stated
over that
from ini
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paupers
themselves in that town, namely, 5,737 men, 3,497
women, and 1,870 children, making an average of 800
per day during the last six weeks. By a letter from the
mayor, it appeared that on 'Thursday last upwards of
1,100 came over. He said, "There have arrived to-day (the
29th) by two steamers only, no less than 1,124, and we
have received information that thousands of persons are
begging their way to the Irish ports in Ireland,
with the intention of seeking food in this
country, and chiefly in this town of Liverpool."
Theso melancholy facts were undoubtedly true, as they
were collected by the officers of justice and the muni-
cipal officers. He thought it best to postpone any obser-
vations on this subject until the measures lately pro-
posed by her Majesty's Ministers for relieving the
Irish peor were before their Lordships, but he could not
help calling their attention to a few facts having relation
to this matter. By the Act passed last year for the
removal of the poor, c. 117, a place like Liverpool
had the power of sending immigrants to the
places from whence they came, but they were compelled
to do so at their own expense. The counties were
compelled, however, to pay a portion of the expense of
this transmission. A subsequent Act was passed
which threw the expense upon the unions. But
the expense was frequently considerable, as delays
often took place in finding their proper settlements,
or that during the interval they were thrown upon an ex-
hausting and exhausted population. Liverpool was
already overburdened with her own poor, and the result
was that these immigrants located themselves in the
poorest districts, and increased the poverty and disease.
That was one object. But there was another evil and
another mischief—that was the mischief which arose
from what he called preaching. Very nice preaching
for the preachers, for it cost them nothing but
a very different matter for those whom he might style
the preachees. But, as he said, it was a very
expensive business for the preachees like his
friend, Mr. Horsley, who absolutely paid 900/. a-year,
for the support of the poor—the Irish poor—on the
buildings of his warehouses. Now, at the cost of being
called one of those hard-hearted wretches on whom so
much abuse had been poured—for, as his late Noble
Friend Lord Ellibank had said, and he perfectly
agreed with him, that it was an erroneous doctrine that
the poor were entitled to be fed from the land. It
was said that they had the land, and that the
poor had a right to be fed from the land. This doctrine
he denied. He denied that the poor had any right to
be fed from the land. He denied that the poor had any
right to be fed by the Government, or to have work
provided by the Government. But they had a right..
They had a claim. They had a right to be fed by their
own labour, and by nothing else. The duty of Govern-
ment was not to feed the people or to provide work
for them, but their duty was to remove all obstructions
out of the way of the people that might hinder them
from obtaining work, and that might prevent them from
earning food. And who was it that was attacking
the political echnomists?l —Why, the disciples of Mr.
Pitt. It was stub that i‘ r. Pitt was a disciple of that
great man Adam Smith,t. who ought naelvierato
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cultivation of the fields in the middle. Raise the
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had tried it—" for private works"
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try them. It was his duty to state,
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with feelings be that
would look back to the year 1847
Irish landlords and the
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of envy and regret that their posihtiotnseastretehayt,eatirm. e wasHe
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was a repealer, but be was an honestrepeaelveerr,
that they would not proceed one other step
and he told
them that no grants of money wouldstop their
cry for repeal. He (Lord Brougham)
: but let them not
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be forced into the wrong direction by
to their huma-
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the duties of their station by a mistaken not lay the foundation for new demands by
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sent difficulties. He was sorry that his remarks on the
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to
He assured the
House that it was not so; be knew that many
of them were men of great humanity and abililty,
y
and he could only express his regret that he
had been suffered to depreciate the value of their
services. What was to be done with the cruel case of
the people of Liverpool ? The case would soon be the
political
eicawl ithecotnhoempeople of Glasgow, of Greenock, of
Bristol, and of Manchester. Something must be
done in accordance with that principle of
put to him calmly, but which they were all
too apt to overlook in the midst of party clamour, or in
the presence of suffering and distress.
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'The Marquis of WESTMEATII said that his Noble
and Learned Friend had made a long statement, which,
if unanswered, would bring a very considerable degree
of odium on the Irish
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Ire-
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law in Ireland. tie
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several instances of what had occurred en his own
a fine piece of land
on lease to a tenant, the lease contained a provision that
the ground should not b sub-let, it was, however,
let out in " conacre ;'I he brought his action
against the tenant and obtained a verdict, 'but
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in which he stated that he had got twenty writs
against the person for arrears 9f rent, but lie

TEN HOURS' BILL.
Sir R H. INGLIS presented a petition from the
clergymen of Huddersfield in favour of the Ten Hours'
Bill.

and spend what money they pleased. The measnre
was limited to the Ist of October in the present year,
before which time it was calculated that seven millions
of money would be required. Now he thought that by
this time the eyes of her Majesty's Government ought
to have been opened, and that a measure of per-
manent relief would have been introduced, in-
stead of such a temporary scheme as the present
No other measure would suffice to meet the existing ca-
lamity and provide a permanent remedy but an efficient
Poor-law. That the resources of Ireland were quite
sufficient to support all its population was well known.
It had been admitted the other evening by the Noble
Lord at the head of the Government that
Ireland could, if duly cultivated, support seventeen
millions of a population. It was, therefore, too had
that the people of that country should be continually
dependent on the funds raised by the distressed and
overtaxed working population of this kingdom.—(Hear.)
He had also received in the course of this year a very
extraordinary proof of the capabilities of Ireland. He
moved for a return of certain imports to this country
last year, and he found that a quantity of corn,
cattle, sheep, and swine, amounting to 7,000,0001.
sterling had been imported. He also received
from Ireland, in the course of last year, an ac-
count of the quantity of butter, cheese, and other
articles imported, as well as the quantity supplied
to the army and navy, and the whole amount, together
with the seven millions already mentioned, would amount
to ten millions. These were most extraordinary capa-
bilities on the part of a country in a state of starvation—
a country that could land from its shores this quantity
of food. He trusted that her Majesty's Government and
the Right Hon. Secretary for Ireland would take
means to . ascertain what had become of, and
into whose pockets these ten millions had gone
before they called on the House to vote away this large
sum of money taken from the hard earnings and labour
of the people of this country. He was aware that out of
98,982 people in the workhouses in Ireland, on the 2d of
January in this year, 18,988 were able-bodied persons,
and he would ask the House, were such grants to
be made to keep people who were capable of labour?
He had doubts, too, whether the law could be carried
out, while a distinguished member of the Government
(the Marquis of Lansdowne) had stated that it was
almost impossible to carry into effect out-door relief ;
but still there were classes of persons for whom some-
thing ought to be done to secure them relief, such as the
aged, sick, and infirm. After such a declaration,
it was highly important that this measure should be
settled first. The Bill did not contain provision for en-
forcing its clauses, and he thought this defect ought to
be remedied. A case occurred only the other day at the
Castlebar union which fully proved this. The guardians
of that union assembled to consider the bankrupt con-
dition of that union, and Mr. Otway, the chairman, pro-
posed that 600 paupers should be received—the number
for which the house had been erected. Thirteen voted
against the proposition, and but three in its support.
Mr. Otway then proposed to the board an arrangement
by which the 106 paupers in the house—less than the
third part for which it was erected—should be provided
for; but that arrangement was not agreed to, be
bause the collector stated that he would not
be able to collect the rate without the aid of the mili-
tary power. Now, the country must be in a
very dreadful state when such means were necessary.
It appeared, however, that rents could be collected
without any difficulty. In the Conciliation Hall
a Mr. F. Riley, a solicitor of the county of Mayo, in
spealeing about the collection of rents, stated that
" amidst the general destruction of the crops in that
district the landlords were enforcing the payment
of their rents. At the last sessions there were no less
than sixteen Bills for the recovery of rent.
In point of fact, Lord Devon's commission proved his
argument. Workhouses to the number of ninety-nine
thousand two hundred had been built with borrowed
money. The exchequer advanced one million and forty
thousand pounds.

An HON. MEMBER—It will be repaid.
Mr. WILLIAMS was exceedingly glad to hear it,
but it would be the first public money lent to Ireland
which would be so.—(Cries of "Oh, oh.") Ile
Noble Lord had quoted the statement of Sir
Thomas More the other evening, respecting the condi-
tion of the people of this country a hundred years ago.
But what was the cause of the great change
for the worse which then took place? It arose from a
change of landlords, the property being taken
from the monasteries and religious institutions
which had maintained the poor, and given to
the parasites and favourites of the Court.
Let them introduce a proper poor-law into Ireland, so
as to give proper security to life and property. Let
them pursue the same course that was pursued
when the 43d of Elizabeth was passed. Before
the passing of that Act, executions and other
punishment for offences against life and pro-
perty were prevalent to an enormous extent, but
on its introduction. These offences at once diminished.
Let the same course be pursued towards Ireland,
where there were at present existing a million of
people who only received 2s to 2s. 6d. per week wages,
Seeing where, in this country, the condition of Ireland
was the subject of conversation, and the cause of all their
wretchedness and suffering was to be traced to their be-
longing to a particular place. In himself, however, he did
not attribute the distress to this cense, because in Canada
and America there were large quantities of Irishmen
competing and successfully too with Scotchmen,
Eng-
lishmen, and in feet with persons who had emigrated
from the most distinguished and industrious nations of
the earth. The truth was the idleness of the people of
Ireland was to be traced to the deficiency of their wages.
What could be expected of a man who only received
2s. 6d. per week ? He had only one more observation
to make before he sat down. He wished to call attention
to a class of gentlemen that he thought ought to bear
the burdens of Ireland much more so than the hard-
working people of this country. Now it had been stated
by an Irish nobleman of high rank, namely, the Earl of
Mountcashel, that the rental of Ireland was thirteen
millions per annum, but that at least ten mil-
lions were paid for incumbrances. The land-
lords should also be taxed. There was another
class who should be considered in reference to this sub-
ject. He would compel the mortgagees of land in Ire-
land to pay their share, because the interest upon mort-
gages in Ireland bore a higher rate than elsewhere.—
(No, no.) Now that class (the landlords) were very
mnch favoured with regard to taxation. The taxation
upon articles of consumption in this country was exceed-
ingly heavy, while in Ireland it amounted to only four
millions and a half. There was no country which had
less taxation for her population or ability than Ireland.
He would conclude by moving the resolution.
Mr. B. OSBORNE rose, and was
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woo]
sack shortly betbreyive o'clock.

NEW PEERAGE.
The Earl of ELLESMERE was introduced by the Earl
of Wilton and the Earl St. Germans, and having been
sworn took his seat on the Earls' bench
PROPERTY IN IRELAND.
Earl MOUNTCASHELL moved for the returns of
which he gave notice the other night, for all the present-
ments which had been made to the Court of Chancery
in Ireland, and all the attachments that had been issued
by that Court, distinguishing those which respected the
property of lunatics and minors, together with the
accounts showing how far the moneys had been paid
during the last year.
Lord BROUGHAM said it was utterly impossible to
obtain the returns, even if they were confined to the
specific object, at least for any useful purpose.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, that they could
only be obtained by some officer of the Court searching
through all the documents which had been presented at
the Court between the Ist of January, 1846, and the Ist
of January, 1847. And even if they were obtained, it
would be at so late a period as not to be available for the
present session. At the same time they must, of neces-
sity, be very imperfect.
Lord BROUGHAM—Of course ; for even if the docu-
ments were searched the accounts would be wrong, for the
payments on affairs of previous years would be neces-
sarily mixed up with the return.
Earl MOUNTCASHEL said that his desire was to
obtain a fair representation of the state of affairs in
Ireland, especially when it was likely there would be
great calls upon it ; and that it would prove of great
service if the returns were made, for the information
was necessary not only for the House but for the coun-
try, and that was the reason why he desired to obtain
them.

LUC ASYLUMS.
The Duke of RICIIMNATIOND gave notice that he should
to-morrow night move for the reappointment of the Se-
lect Commitee on Pauper Lunatic Asylums which had
existed two years ago.

THE SUN,_ LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1841

could not get any person to serve, although he had
offered a shilling in the pound and car-hire
to any person who would serve them. Most of
the persons against whom the writs had been
obtained were gone to the public works, or to Scotland,
and perhaps some of them to Liverpool, with his money
in their pockets, and taking the soup of that town for
nothing. On the estate itself the windows of the
houses were filled with straw, and they had altogether
the appearance of a besieged city. This agent had en-
deavoured to tempt them to pay their rents,
by bribing them with a promise of remitting in some
cases one-half of the amounts due, and in others one-
third, if they would only pay the remainder; but all the
temptations were of no avail. This was owing
to the laws of this country, which encouraged the
people in their fraud, and held out to them
an inducement to knavishness by allowing them to
go free of the punishment which they justly merited.
There was a piece of land in Westmeath which the law
called his, but he did not derive any advantage
from it, and were the Government to come
forward and say " You must pay for the support of the
poor on that land?" He felt deep regret at the
statements put forward in the petition; but such a state
of things did not warrant the repeated insinua-
tions—for they were direct charges—which were
made towards Irish landowners. No one—no Irishman
—felt more grateful than he did for the relief which
this country had given to the poor of Ireland ;
but he apprehended that the Irish landlords were not to
blame, and, therefore, he considered such statements
ought not to go forth without contradiction. He,
for one, did not want money from England.
" Give the benefit of my estate, and I will do with-
out it." lie regretted if he had speken with
warmth, but he could not help it, as these sentiments
had been " boiling in his breast" for years, and as he
wished to show that the class to which he belonged were
not to blame.
Lord BROUGHAM explained that he had studiously
avoided making any charges or insinuations derogatory
to the Irish landowners. He admitted that the Irish
landlord had not the same power over his land as the
English landlord.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

TATTERSALL'S:ITHIS EVENING

Six o'cLocx,

CHESTEIL CUP.
20 to 1 agst Mendicant
50 to 1 agAt Intrepid
40 to 1 agst Erin-go-bragh
66 to 1 agst Queen of Tyne
66 to 1 agst Golden Bee
50 to 1 agst Pink Bonnet
66 to 1 agst Sir Tattoo Sykes
50 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond
66 to 1 agst Inheritress
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
20 to 1 agst Lynceus—taken to 501.
80 to 1 agst Discontent—taken to 50/.
15 to 1 agst Footstool_ taken
25 to 1 agst Meeanee—taken
12,000 GUINEAS STAKES.
4 to 1 agst Glentilt
DERBY.
5 to 1 agst Kent's lot
15 to 2 agst Van Tromp
10 to 1 agst Epirote
16 to 1 agst Planet
22 to 1 agst Glentilt
35 to 1 agst Wanota
40 to 1 agst Lunedale
50 to 1 agst Christopher
50 to 1 agst Bingham
50 to 1 agst Projectil,
50 to 1 agst War Eagle
1,000 to 15 agst Black Dwarf—taken
2,000 to 35 agst West India Planter—taken.
OAKS.
20 to 1 agst Sultana.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT NEAR
HALSHAW MOOR-FOUR PERSONS KILLED.

(From the Manchester Times.)
An inquest was held yesterday (Thursday), before W. S.
Rutter, Esq., coroner, at the -Unicorn Inn, .Kersley, on the
bodies of James Cowsill, aged forty, William Cowsill his
son, Peter Harrison, aged thirty-eight, and William John-
son, aged thirty, all bricksetters, whose deaths had been
caused by suffocation whilst at their work its a coal-pit on
Tuesday evening.
The particulars of this melancholy event are as follows :
Thetrustees of the late Mr. Fletcher had engaged the above-
named, with other workmen to sink a new coal-pit-at
Spindle Point. in the township of Kersley. The pit had
been excavated to the depth of sixty-one yards, and two
sets of workmen were employed eight hours alternately,
the miners in the day-time, and the bricksetters in the
night. On Tuesday evening the latter workmen descended
the pit, and continued to work till half-past nine
o'clock, when they suspended their employment for
half an hour for refreshment, and resumed their
work about ten. At that hour it was expected that the
miners would renew their work, and they were on their
way to the pit for that purpose; but in consequence of the
dreadful storm of thunder, lightning, and wind which was
then raging, they were compelled to return home. The
bricksetters, therefore, were lowered down into the pit
by William Howarth, the banksman, and nothing occurred
till half-past one o'clock, when Howarth heard a loud rum-
bling noise, like thunder, from the bottom of the pit. Imme-
diately afterwards an immense flame issued from the mouth
of the pit, ascending from six to eight yards above the Surface
of the pit-bank. Such was the force of the lame that Ho-
warth, who was standing near the pit's •mouth, was thrown
three or four yards distant. Immediately afterwards, on re-
covering from his alarm, he heard another noise from the
bottom of the pit, as if from the fall of a heavy substance,
and ran to an adjoining pit for assistance. He instantly
returned, and shouted with all his might to the men in the
pit, but obtained no answer. He then sent for the over-looker,
John Wallwork, who descended about two o'clock into the pit,
and there discovered the dead bodies of the four men. Wall-
work found all the scaffolding removed except two sidebearers
and a single plank. His brother afterwards went into the
pit ; and on closely examining the dead bodies they were
found to be dreadfully burnt. In his evidence, John Wall-
work stated that he had been in the pit at nine o'clock, when
everything appeared to be safe. He had learnt that last
week, whilst the workmen were boring through the rock,
they discovered a slight fissure, from which a small quantity
of gas escaped. To this circumstance no importance was
attached by
.the men, who proceeded „with their work as
usual, and shortly afterwards reached a bed of metal. Mr.
Wallbrook added, that stormy weather had always consi-
derable influence on the air in coal-mines ; that the scaf-
folding was so tightly fitted within the pit as to prevent the
free escape of air; that, in his opinion, a collection of gas had
formed under it, a slight issue from which' had come in con-
tact with a lighted candle used in the pit, and thas caused
the explosion. •
Nathan Walker, a sinker, with other workmen, stated that
they had fired two or three aide-shots in the pit between two
and three o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, and at that time did
not apprehend any danger.
A verdict was returned by the jury of " Died from suf-
focation."