The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-04 00:00:00

ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.

LONDON and YORK RAILWAY.
Several advertisements having of late appeared, headed
t " DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY," and having attached
thereto the names of Sir John Rennie, Mr. Gravatt, Major Amsinc,
1 and others, In which it is asssrted—that by the Direct Northern
; Line the distance f orn London to York will be twenty miles less
r than by the line proposed by this Company—that the scheme to
connect London with York originated with, and was first projected
by, Sir John Rennie and Company—and that upwards of seventy
„miles of their scheme has been appropriated by the London and
York Company—the Committee of Direction feel ealled upon, in
jug mice to themselves, and the shareholders, to give these assertions
the most direct and unqualified contradiction.
To the first they reply—that the difference In distance between the
projee ted lines from London to York, instead of being twenty miles,
'is not .more than two miles and a half. Sir John Rennie's, by his
owe account being ISO miles in length—that of the London and
York being in reality upon the line, as finally laid down, 1851
miles,
Wh( that this difference of live and a half miles can be realised
by Sir J dm Rennie's line is yet to be proved, and, If realised, whe.
ther such a difference would be compensated for by the London
and York line having its course through the towns of Hitch's),
Huntingdon, Peterborough, Grantham, Newark, Tuxford, Retford,
Bawtry, and Doncaster, not one of which is approached by Sir John
Rennie's line, the pub tie will be able to determine.
To the second and th:rd allegations the Committee of Direction
of the London and York Company reply, that while Sir John Rem.
nie and Co. state that their surveys were commenced In October,
1843, and their prospectus published in April last, the project for
•a new railway between London' and York was formed by Mr. Gibbs
in 15313, and in that year carried into Parliament. That in 1840 Mr.
-Gibbs again brought his scheme L Wore the Parliamentary Commis-
. *sioners, and it Is detailed by them in their report of 1841. That
such scheme was never abandoned b., him, but in February of the
present year the details of the London' and York Railway, as now,
with modifications adopted, were expla,fined by him to Mr. Beckett
Denison, M,P , who suggested several A Iterations, and Mr. Francis
iowatt, the Vice. Chairman, and arrant ements were made for per-
fecting the plan by levels and surveys, w hich were completed in the
1. loath of March following, and on tae 113th of April the project
w es announced by advertisement In the Vimee, under the name of
tti, ''" Great Northern Railway," before any advertisement of Ear
Jot irr Rennie had appeared : and the Committee of Direction dis-
tinctly affirm that the course over the first seventy miles from
Longdo n was adopted on actual surveil made by Mr. Gibbs, and not
suggested to them by any other parties t and they beg further to
observe., it is only now within these few days, that after the Lon.
don and York Company has been be,!ore the public for a period of
five montihs, after its whole capital of five millions has been sub-
scribed, ar, ct its shares has attained a high premium 117 the market,
that Sir Jo,bn Rennie and Company- have come forward with what
is intended .to be a counter-project, And with the min-statements
here disposed' of.
All commet it upon this course would;.,ln the opinion of the Corn.
mittee, be idle.
Subjoined, fat the information of the VAt eholders and the public,
is an accurate table of the actual iiistances„ and also a list of the
Provisional Committee of the Lond, ln and York Company, pub-
lished in May last, including names tl
at will be taken by the pub.
lic as a guarantee against any such cont
duct as is implied by the as.
sertions of Sir John Rennie and Co.

By order of the Committee +of Direction,
J. B. is, 7p WATT, Secretary.
Offices, 7, Lothbury, London, October 1844.

TABLE OF DISTAN CES.

I Present
j Distance
by existii4
Railways.

Distance by
London and
ilrorkßailway
iby Doncaster

Distance
saved.

blileo
Z3l

Park,

AT a very numerous Meeting of the Committee of
➢ir. Alderman Wood, held at the Swan-wlth-Two-liecks,
Lad.lane, on Thursday, the 3d day of October, 1844,

WILLIAM COATES, Esq., Chairman,

It was moved by Mr. Deputy MUDDELL, and seconded by
Mr. CURLINU, and carried unanimously:—

That the Committee of Alderman Wood, in consequeuce of the
great disappointment felt by the Livery at his rejection by the
Court of Aldermen, and of the numerous additional promises of
support which they are daily receiving, announce to his friends
that they will continue to meet from time to time, to watch every
opportunity, and to act upon every occasion, wherein the necessity
may arise, and in which it may be considered useful, to afford their
strenuous exertions to further the important object of their first
formation, in the hope thereby to bring back to their pristine state
the influence of the Livery of London in Common Hall assembled.
It was moved by Mr. Sutr■ SsttTa, and seconded by Mr.
Atinnarom, and carried unanimously

That the thanks of the Committee are slue to the Editor of
" The Sun" newspaper for th• explanatory and able article which
appeared in that publication of the 25th of September. as well as
for the impartial and correct report of the proceedings at the
Common Hall, and that the aforesaid article be forthwith pub.
lished for general circulation.

Signed, by order of the Committee,

WM. COATES, Chairman.
It was mowed by Mr. LOCKE, and seconded by Mr. WELpoan,

and carried unanimously :

That the best thanks of this Meeting be given to William
Coates, Esq., for his powerful advocacy and unceasing attention
to the important duties of Chairmanof this Committee, and that be
be requested to continue his useful and valuable assistance.
HENRY SMITH SMITH, non. Sec.

OFFICE of the GOVERNOR and COMPANY
of COPPER-MINERS In ENGLAND, Old Broad-street,
London, 2d October, 1844.
The COURT of ASSISTANTS of the GOVERNOR and COM
I'ANY of COPPER-MINERS in ENGLAND hereby give Notice,
that a DIVIDEND for the Half-year ending at Michaelmas last, has
been this day declared, at the rate of Five per Cent. per annum (free
of income-tax), en the paid-up Capital Stoek of the Company, and
will be PAYABLE at this Oltice, on and after THURSDAY, the lith
Inst., between the hours of Eleven and Three.
By order of the Court of Assistants,
W. INGLIS, Secretary.

PECUNIARY ADVANCES may be made im-
mediately, to persons of respectability, eldest sons, parties en-
titled to life interests under settlements, or officers in the army, by a
Gentleman, who has several largo Sums to invest in such amounts as
may be required.
Address HERBERT JOHNSTONE, Esq., 28, Gilbert-street, Gros-
venor-square.

MONEY.-- GRAND DISTRIBUTION of
70,1701. sterling, authorised by his IMPERIAL MAJESTY
and the GOVERNMENT of AUSTRIA.

The NEXT DRAWING of the IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN
will take place at Vienna on the 2,1 of DECEMBER. and be paid in
British money. There are 700 prizes, of 23,0001., 5,0001., &c.; the
lowest prize 501. A few tickets, 31. each, shares, 125., with prospectus
—six tickets for 151.—may be obtained of Messrs. J. Straus and Co.,
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Remittance can be made by Post-office order. Government lists
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twelve to three.

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A Solicitor, of upwards of 20 years' experience, undertakes
the RECOVERY of DEBTS, free of cost to Creditor, save a com-
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Conveyances prepared on the following low terms, viz.:—Leases
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NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCIi SOCIETY,
35, COItNHILL, LONDON.
Capital £600,000.
Empowered by Act •f Nisi.lament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has
enabled the Directors, at the last eluvial investigation 4 rdeclare a
second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts hve edoi each
Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

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V'
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!143717• 9 3
74 3 4 1839 144 2 2
1839 116 16

X s. d.
77 6 1
64 i 6
61 6 11

s. d.
12 Y 9
9 16 4
7 11 9

X g. di
346 2 3
296 13 4
247 4 5

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De-
cember of the present year.
This institution *fors many important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr3w, without ex-
pense or tbrfolturo of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted so the lowest possible rates.
F. FERGUSON CIIVROUI, Sic.

ItIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITIES.
A The following are Specimens of the LOW 1111 ES of PRE-
MIUM charged by the AUSTRALASIAN COI.C.,IIAL AND
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY Ols/PANT.

QCHOOL of CHEMISTRY and NATURAL
17 PHILOSOPHY, ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
LONDON; under the direction of JOHN RYAN, LL.D., M.D., and
Professor BACHHOFFN ER, Ph. 1)., 31. A.
The Course of CHEMICAL LI:UM:ES and Pruett...O. Dauon-
strations fur General Students, Agriculturists, miler the illrectiot
orDr. JOHN RYAN, will conunencci on thu 7th of October.

The STEANI NAVIGATION CLASS, fur NAVAL OFFICERS,
on the Bth.

Tho CLASS for RAILWAY ENGINE DRIVERS on Ma Bth.

The CLASS on NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, embracing ELEC-
TRICITY and GALVANISM, under the direction of Professor
ACHHOFFNER, 011 the 7th of October, illustrated by the extensive
Apparatus of the Institution.
A Syllabus of the various Classes may be had at the Institution.
R. I. LONG BOTTOM, Secretary.

LONDON MARBLE AND STONE
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Westminster (established 1821), are enabled, with their PATENT
MACHINERY, to execute Chimney Pieces, Monuments, Tablets,
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The Public are invited to inspect their extensive SHOW-ROOMS,
containing the largest stock in this country.
The Trade supplied with every description of Rough Slab Blocks,
or Scantlings; or Blocks sent to the Works cut to order.

Please to be accurate in copying the Address, to prevent imposi-
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GOOD FURNITURE AT MODERATE PRICES.

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Therd substance obtained by pressure from the
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ENLISTMENT OF PAUPER
CHILDREN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

R ESPECT ED FM EN D,—Shortly after the publica-
tion of my first letter on the "Enlistment of Pauper
Children," a conversation was reported in the Morn-
ing Chronicle, as having taken place in a meeting of
the directors and guardians of the parish of Maryle-
bone on that subject, and to have resulted in an
order that inquiry should be made whether their
children had been enlisted for life, or for a term of
years.

I shall not now stop to remark on the conduct of
" guardians" who could thus promote the " un-
limited enlistment" of their children, without first
making themselves acquainted with the duration of
'he engagement into which, by solemn oath, the boys
were about to enter ; but I wish to invite attention to
the following petition, presented to the house of
Lords by the Marquis of Normanby, relating to one
of these Marylebone cases. Two weeks previously to
its presentation it was read to the directors and guar-
dians, in order to give them the fullest opportunity of
denying any of its allegations.
John Jackson called on me again yesterday, hav-
ing made a fourth journey to Chatham barracks
(where his son still remains) ; he repeats his own
and his wife's urgent request that every means may
be used to secure the restoration of the boy to his
family.—l am, &c., respectfully,
REDERIC WHEELER.
Rochester, 28th of 9th month, 1844.

To the Right lionourable the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled ;
The petition of the undersigned Louisa Jackson and
John Jackson, the mother and step-father of
Frederick Jackson, a boy now in the depot of the
31st Regiment of Foot, in Chatham barracks,
Humbly showeth,—
That your petitioners, being in very straitened cir-
cumstances, the aforesaid Frederick Jackson, their
son, was permitted by the parochial authorities of St.
Alarylebone, after due inquiry into the case, to re-
main an inmate of their workhouse, and was allowed
the privilege of ,visiting your petitioners at certain
times.

That the said youth was, on or about the 16th of
December last, enlisted, with six other lads, and
sworn to unlimited service of the Queen as a soldier
in the 31st Regiment of Foot, without the knowledge
or consent of the petitioners, who consider themselves
greatly aggrieved thereby; and that the youth was at
that time only thirteen years and about eleven days
old, as will appear from the memoranda attached
to this petition.
That during several weeks after the day of enlist-
ment the customary visits of the mother to the work-
house, or of the child to his parents, were interrupted
by her confinement and subsequent illness, the
father being, at the same time, employed in a
brewery, where his services were required every day
of the week.

That on the earliest suitable opportunity the nurse
was sent to the workhouse to ask permission for the
lad to come home for a few hours, which application
was refused, without any explanation of what had
occurred ; and that on several subsequent Sundays
this application was repeated, both verbally and by
letter, with s similar result.

That the mother, being at length partially restored
to health, applied in person to be allowed to see her
boy, and then discovered, to her great astonishment
and distress, that he had been for several weeks a
soldier in Chatham barracks I

That the mother then, by letter, addressed to
Major Spence, and the father, by a journey to Chat-
ham, endeavoured to obtain the restoration of the lad
to his family, but without success. On the contrary,
that officer has intimated, in his letter addressed to
the Secretary of the Marylebone Guardians, bearing
date 15th of March, that " the enlistment is conclu-
sive," and that a sum of twenty pounds will be re-
quired to purchase his discharge.
That your petitioners are in very humble circum-
stances, and have three other children dependent on
them for support, and that the parochial authorities
of St. Marylebone have declined to render them the
redress they now seek.
Your petitioners, therefore, implore your Lord-
ships to interpose on behalf of an injured family, and
to take such measures as may be best calculated to
effect the restoration of this child to his anxious
parents.—Signed, April 12, 1844.
LOUISA JACKSON.
JOHN JACKSON.
27, Brown-street, Bryanstone-square.

JUST JUDGMENT of CONFUCIUS.
The affairs of government did not occupy him to
such a degree as to induce him 'to dispense with his
attention to the affairs of private individuals. lle
had appointed certain days in the course of the month
to examine personally the causes of various kinds
brought before his tribunal. On one of these days of
public audience a person of the middle class came be-.
fore him, accused his own son of having failed towards
him in an essential point of duty, and begged him to
visit the culprit with all the vengeance and severity
of the law.
Confucius listened quietly to all that the afflicted
father had to say to him, and promised to examine his
complaint at leisure, and to do him justice by punish-
ing his son severely, if he was found to deserve it.
" However," added he, in conclusion, "as it may
be that some part of the fault is yours, and that you
yourself are blameable for not having instructed him
in his duties, go to prison till I call you to judgment.
I shall arrest your son, and make a prisoner of him
as well as yourself. Do not be uneasy about the
sentence I shall pass; it will be all in your favour."
The accuser and the accused were three entire
months in prison without the judge giving the least
symptom of his thinking about them. This, how-
ever, was far from being the case, and ho was secretly
as much interested about their dispute as if it had
personally interested him.
After the three months had expired, he summoned
there both before him.
"Of what crime," asked he of the father, " has
your son been guilty towards you ?"
" Of none," replied the old man.
" Of what, then, do you complain r
" Of a trifle, of nothing," answered the father. "I
was angry when I came to complain of him, and I
knew not what I was doing or what I was saying. I
implore you very humbly to take no more notice of
what I then said against my son."
" I expected as much," said Confucius, good-na-
turedly, "and it was to leave your passion the time
to exhale that I detained you three months in prison ;
return home with your son, and live in peace. You,
young man, never forget that filial piety is the first
obligation which nature imposes on man. And you,
my good man, instruct your son in his duties; this is
what you engaged to do in giving him existence."—
From the "Memoirs of the Life of Confucius," in
Captain Piddind s Chinese Olio and Tea Talk, No. 22.

THIS SOUTH WALES RAILWAY.—WO stated last
week that a deputation from the Severn Navigation
Commission, consisting of Mr. Pakington, M.P., Mr.
Spooner, M.P., Mr. J. W. Lea, Mr. Leader Williams,
and Mr. Waters, had an interview with the Earl of Dal-
housie, at the office of the Board of Trade. We are now
enabled to state that the object the deputation had in
view was the laying before the Noble Earl the objections
which the Severn Commission had to the proposed
South Wales Railway, the chief of which referred to
the contemplated erection of a bridge over the Severn,
for the purposes of the railway, and thereby impeding
the navigation. On this subject, we understand that re-
presentations have already been made to the Great
Western Company from Monmouthshire, and received
with the greatest attention and consideration. Indeed,
the effect produced by the statements aid arguments
against their projected plan was sufficiently strong to
induce them to promise that the following surreys should
be made by Mr. Brunel immediately. First, to ascer-
tain whether some point may not be selected on the
River Severn, between Gloucester and Purton, for the
construction of a bridge of such a character as not to
impede the navigation in the most remote degree—and,
from the passage thus effected, to strike through the
heart of the Forest of Dean to Monmouth, Usk, and
Newport. Secondly, in the event of this scheme proving
impracticable, then to survey a line from Gloucester
through the Forest to Monmouth—and also a line by
Ross to Monmouth—and if these two lines should both
be found incompatible with the maintenance of a rapid
and profitable communication with Ireland, then, thirdly,
to adhere to the line already proposed, via Chepstow,
upon the assurance that everything had been done which
could in fairness and good faith bo expected to further
the wishes and views advocated in this part of the coun-
try.— Worcestershire Chronicle.
Mr. Duff, the Chairman, Mr. Bidder, the Engineer,
and Mr. Parker, the 'Solicitor of the Norwich and
Brandon Railway Company, had an interview yes-
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pocket of his tenant.

IRELAND.
MINISTERIAL POLICY IN ITZELAND.

DrInLIN, OCT. 2.—On Friday last an address from
the Remonstrant Synod of Ulster, composed of the tTni-
tarian clergy who had seceded from the Presbyterian
Synod of Ulster (now. designated the Irish General As-
sembly), was presented to Lord Ileytesbury by a depu-
tation, consisting of the Rev. Dr. Montgomery, Rev.
Fletcher Blakely, Rev. W. B. Minniss, and Mr. K. G.
Smith. I subjoin the address, with the important and
very significant reply of his Excellency:—
" To his Excellency baron Ileytesbury, Lord Lieutenant-
General and General Governor of Ireland.
" May it please your Excellency,—We have the ho-
nour to approach you, on behalf of the Ministers and
Elders of the Remonstrant Synod of Ulster, specially as-
sembled, to offer our most respectful congratulations on
your Excellency's appointment to the chief government
of Ireland.

" Our satisfaction in making this customary homage to
the representative of the most beloved Sovereign who
ever swayed the sceptre of these realms, is greatly en-
hancii d by the consideration that you occupy your pre-
sent exalted position in consequence of tho distinguished
ability and prudence so long displayed by your Excel-
lency in other lands, in discharging the delicate and im
ports int duties of high offices connected with the honour
and interest of the British empire.
" We should feel ourselves guilty of deep ingratitude,
did Ire not also declare that wo approach your Excel-
leneAwith still augmented satisfaction, as a nobleman en-
joying, the confidence of her Majesty's present Ministers,
to whom all the Nonconformists of these countries are so
largely indebted for the late extension of the principles
of justice and toleration, in passing tho Dissenters'
Chapels Bill, and to whom we ourselves are under special
obligations for the peace and security in which we now
enjoy those most valued properties, transmitted to us by
our st.ncestors, or created by ourselves, for the promo-

tion of what we humbly believe to bo pure and un-
defil religion.' . . .

•` As lovers of our native land, and all its inhabitants,
we r ojoico to believe that your Excellency brings to the
ardu ells task of governing a population of mixed races
and ,:reeds, the invaluable qualifications of sound consti-
tutiocal information, great political wisdom, an earnest
desit.e to administer existing laws with scrupulous im-
partiality, and a full determination to recommend such
cone iliatory changes and improvements as may tend at
once to secure the peace and prosperity of Ireland, and
to confirm tho iitegrity and power of the United
Kingdom.

":11.'he people of this country are proverbially ' fond of
justyre,' and pre-eminently sensible of kindness—both of
which your Excellency's established reputation assures
us they shall abundantly experience at your hands ; so
that, under the blessing of Divine Providence, your Ex-
cellency may enjoy the delight of beholding confidence
superseding distrust, affection displacing alienation, and
the chaos of religious and political strife settling
into the organised forms of social harmony and national
prosperity.
"t'or ourselves, we unhesitatingly rely upon the con-
tinuance, by your Excellency, of that equitable and
impartial attention to our civil rights, as a church, which
we have uniformly experienced from your Excellency s
predecessors in the chief Government of this country;
and, on our own part, we pledge ourselves to the conti-
nued use of our best exertions in promoting loyalty to
our most gracious Sovereign, obedience to the laws, and
the extension of mutual forbearance and good-wili
amongst all classes of our fellow-subjects.
"Signed at Belfast, this 24th day of September, 1844,
on behalf the ministers and people of the Remonstrant
Synod of Ulster.

" W. B. MINNISS, Moderator.
" FLETCHER BLAKELY, Clerk."

•
To the foregoing, his Excellency made the following
reply :
' To the Ministers and Elders of the Remonstrant Synod

of Ulster.

" Gentlemen,—l hare received with much satisfaction
the address with which you hare honoured me, on my
assuming the Government of this country.
" The flattering expressions it contains, with respect
to my services in foreign countries, demand my warmest
acknowledgments ; and I am no less bound to state my
conviction, that her Majesty's Ministers will derive the
highest gratification from the assurance you convey to
me, that the Nonconformists of these countries con-
siaer themselves largely indebted to them for the late
extension of the principles of justice and toleration, in
passing the Dissenters' Chapels Bill, and for the peace
and security in which they now enjoy those most valued
properties, transmitted to them by their ancestors, or
created by themselves.'
" As regards myself, Gentlemen, you may be assured
it is my earnest desire 'to administer existing laws with
scrupulous impartiality, and with a full intention to re-
commend such conciliatory changes and improvements as
may tend at once to secure the peace and prosperity of
Ireland. and to confirm the power and integrity of the
United Kingdom. _ _

" Happy, indeed, shall I be at the close of my admi-
nistration to find, as you are pleased to predict, confi-
dence superseding distrust, affection displacing aliena-
tion, and the confusion of religious and political strife
settling into social harmony and national prosperity.'
"Your patriotism, Gentlemen, has always been un-
doubted ; but I hail with gratitude the pledge you now
offer, of your continued determination to contribute, by
every means in your power, to promote ' loyalty to our
most gracious Sovereign, obedience to the laws, and the
extension of mutual forbearance and good-will amongst
all classes of your fellow-subjects.'
"lIETTESBURY."

THE FATAL EXPLOSION AT THE
HAS WELL COLLIERY.

The adjourned inquest on the bodies of the sufferers
was resumed on Wednesday. The whole day was oc-
cupied in taking the evidence of Robert Thompson, the
master wasteman of the pit, whose evidence corres-
ponded with that given on the previous day. Ho said—
The ventilation of the mine could not have been im-
proved, neither, in his opinion, could anything more
have been done to prevent accident. And Thomas
Emerson Foster, the viewer of the colliery, having given
similar testimony, he said—" I have no objection to any
other viewer in the coal trade. Am not aware that Mr.
Mathias Dunn was ever in any way connected with this
pit."
Mr. Marshall said he might recal to the notice of the
Coroner that he had stated the owners had no objection
to any ono the Coroner and jury might appoint.
Mr. Foster resumed—My reason for objecting to Mr.
Dunn is an apprehension—not from a private pique he
has to me—he might do an injury to the owners. Thinks
Mr. Dunn could do me no injury by examining the pit,
as proposed, if he told the truth. Mr. Dunn has been a
♦iewer. He is a practical ♦iewer. If I might observe,
ho has unfortunately had too many serious accidents in
the mines under his charge.
Mr. Roberts said, " a burnt child dreads the fire," on
which the Coroner remarked that he should allow of no
such observations. Mr. Roberts repeated the expression,
and persisted in making other improper remarks, on
which the Coroner ordered him out of court, but, on
promising to conduct himself properly, ho was allowed
to continue the cross-examination.

Mr. Foster—Thinks it would be more satisfactory to
the living, and the friends of the dead, if persons chosen
by themselves, without reference to any pique of mine,
were allowed to examine every part of the pit. It is in
the hands of the coroner and jury whether they think it
necessary for Mr. Mathias Dunn to examine the pit or
not. If they say he should, I have no objection. Should
the Government determine to appoint inspectors of mines
as of factories, I should have no objection myself, but I
do not consider it desirable.

By Mr. Marshall—Am not of opinion that the in-
spectors appointed by Government could have done any-
thing to secure the safety of this mine that I hare not
done. Have no reason to believe that there was any
neglect on the part of Williamson, the deputy, who was
killed, to cause this explosion ; on the contrary, I be-
lieve him to have been a very careful man.
At the conclusion of this evidence the room was cleared,
and the jury having consulted together, agreed to ad-
journ till :Wednesday, next week ; and it was deter-
mined that the coroner should request Mr. Nicholas
Wood and Mr. George Hunter to examine the mine in
the interval, and report to the jury at their next meeting.
Mr. Roberts applied for Mr. Mathias Dunn to be ap-
pointed, but the jury did not consider it necessary to in-
clude him. Mr. Roberts put it to the coroner several
times, who at last gave a positive refusal ; he intimated
at the same time that Mr. Dunn might, if he thought
prover, accompany the gentlemen appointed by the jury.
'I he inquest was then adjourned.

ET:ICTION or TENANTS.—Yesterday, Mr. John
Carrig, of Ennis, Sub-Sheriff, accompanied by Colonel
Wyndham's agent, Mr. Thomas Crow, proceeded to the
lands of Cooldona, Toureen, and Ahanna, with a large
party of Infantry and Dragoons from this garrison, and
ejected several of the tenants. This day the same party
went out to eject the remainder. Colonel Wyndham, we
understand, was offered his rents from these p?or
people, but would not accept of them, his object being
to do away with small holdings, and not let. less to any
than from twelve to fifteen acres.—Limerick Reporter of
Tuesday.
GLASS BEADS.--Application having been made to
the Customs' authorities for the delivery of a large parcel
of beads or bugles of glass, the same having been pierced
half way through for the purpose of being formed into
breast pins, brooches, and necklaces, of which articles
large quantities are now imported, and sold in the ar-
cades and bazaars in town and country, which had been
entered as "glass a
beads" at the duty Of 3d per
lb., but
which the examining officers had detained being liable
to the duty on " flint and cut glass," orders,,ls haveb been,
issued for the geode to be delivered as as
entered, the Board considering that theyghads been beads," as
cor-
rectly described by the importers, and directions have
been given to the officers to govern themselves in all
fu-
ture
importations of the article accordingly.