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TO THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF
THE WARD OF PORTSOKEN.
gENTLEAtIiN,
THE Court of Aldermen have this day rejected
my claim to be sworn in as Alderman of your Ward, and
declared my election void.
Into the motives which have led to this step I do not inquire ;
it is sufflcicmt to say that the act has been done, and that your
rights have been assailed, and your liberty to elect has been an-
nulled.
I had fondly hoped that the example of the Crown, the proceed-
ings and appointments of her Majesty's Government, the progress
of legislation, the influence of public opinion, and the ameliorations
of the law, would have induced the Court of Aldermen to abstain
from insisting on a course repugnant to my feelings, and which
was not required by law.
I had also anticipated that bigotry and intolerance which have
been repudiated by, public opinion, would not have found their last
strongholds in the Court of Aldermen
Had I chosen to pursue a devious course (which was pointed out
to me), and by a mean and paltry subterfuge subscribed to what my
conscience rejected, I might now havebeen your Alderman; but
believing, as I de, that it is the duty of all men in authority to set
an example of the highest principles of honour and integrity, I dia_
dained to accept office on such terms.
One lesson, however, will be gained by my failure. It will de-
monstrate the folly and wickedness of all tests like those insisted
upon by the Court of Aldermen, and show that, while they exclude
the conscientious, they offer no impediment to the admission of the
bad and unscrupulous to office. These, however, are the remains
of a false and vicious system of legislation, which the indignant
voice of a free and intelligent community will soon sweep away.
To you who honoured me with your confidence by electing me
to so responsible an office, my heartfelt thanks are due. I shall
never forget your noble conduct, nor the strenuous efforts you
made in my behalf.
To those enlightened members of the Court of Aldermen who
did themselves the honour and me the favour, to assert your
rights and my pretensions, lam greatly indebted. I hope they
will long live to adorn the station they occupy, and to vindicate and
support the great cause of eivil and religious liberty.
Gentlemen, the contest is not over; it is removed only to another
tribunal, where I am sure to meet with more able judges, and more
temperate expositors of the law. Till their decision be obtained,
I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your faithful servant,
Shorter's-court, Oct. 15,1644. DAVID SALOMONS.

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DIVISION OF PROFITS.
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THE BUILDER, No. 89, price 3d., pub-
lished THIS DAT, contains articles on the Science of the
Plan of the Royal Exchange compared with that of the Church of
St. Benet-Finok, and the sacrilege of destroying that church—On
Paper Hangings—The Art of Brickmaking—Baths and Washhouses
for the Working Classes—Church at Glastonbury, the First Christian
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DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
APPLICATIONS for SHARES being continued to be
sent in to the dike of the DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANY, the Committee beg to intimate that NO FURTHRR
LETTERS can be attended to, the allotment being completed.
The Committee have to repeat their regret that the very great
number of applications has rendered it out of their power to comply
with many they could have wished to have attended to. Parties
to whom allotments have been made must pay their deposits, agree..
ably to the letters of allotment, on or before Monday, the 21st
inst., to any of the undermentioned Bankers :
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York York City and County Banking Company.
Edinburgh
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Glasgow The Western Bank of Scotland.
The National Bank of Scotland.
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Liverpool The Liverpool Banking Company.
Manchester The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank.
Birmingham The Birmingham and Midland Banking Company.
Leeds
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Huddersfield Huddersfield Banking Company.
By order of the Committee,
WILLIAM AMSINCK, Secretary.
Direct Northern Railway Company, 64, Moorgate-strect,
October 16, 1844.

MID DLES EX.—At the GENERAL
QUARTER SESSION of the Peace of our Lady the
Queen, holden in and for the County of Middlesex, at the Sessions
House for the said County, on Monday, the 7th day of October, in
the eighth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria, by the
Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Queen, Defender of the Faith, and from thence continued by
several adjournments to and holden at the said Sessions House, on
Thursday, the 17th day of October, In the said eighth year of the
reign of our said Lady the Queen.
Resolved unanimously,—That before this Court proceed to con-
sider the election of another Chairman, in consequence of the
reAgnation of that situation by Mr. Serjeant Adams, on his having
been appointed by her Majesty the Queen to the important office
of Assistant Judge of this Court, they would congratulate Mr.
Serjeant Adams on a selection by the Crown bo honourable to him,
so beneficial to the eounty, and so acceptable to the Court; and
that he be assured that this Court will not forget his valuable and
disinterested services as their Chairman during the past eight years,
his cheerful and social virtues, his benevolent dedication of his
time and energies to the Hanwell 4sylum, and the Adelaide Fund,
constituted for the relief of patients discharged as cured from the
Asylum, and other measures of great local interest and public im-
portance; and that the Court offer him their cordial wishes that
he may long have health to fulfil the arduous but usefill duties of
this high appointment, and so add new honours to the respect and
reputation which he extensively enjoys and has worthily obtained.

Resolved unanimously,—Tbat a copy of this resolution be fairly
transcribed, and be presented to Mr. Serjeant Adams, signed by
the Clerk of the Peace; and that it ba advertised in four Morn.
ing and three Evening Papers.
By the Court,
HEATON ELLIS, Clerk of the Peace.

CANDLE NOTORIETY.-W. S. HALE'S
Superb COMPOSITE, lOid. per lb., requiring no snuffing,
on comparison and trial are allowed to surpass all others of the
present day for beauty and brilliancy of light. There is no patent
for Composite Candles, neither will those called patent burn so long a
time by hours as the flue waxed-wick tallow moulds, or Is the light
VIREO.
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Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house.

KOLLMANN'S RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE
and CARRIAGE IMPROVEMENT COMPANY,
For attaining increased security and diminishing the cost of
railways.
Established pursuant to Act of Parliament of 3d Vie., cap. 98.
Capital 10,0001., in 500 Shares of 201. each.
Prospectuses, with full details, together with forms of applica.
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Mr. George Smith, Solicitor to the Company, 24, Golden-square;
and of the Secretary, Mr. A. W. Barnes, at the Ofllces, Albion
Chambers, Adam.street, Adelphi.

R. Glen, cordweiner, Althorpo Lincolnshire, Nev. 8,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman official

assignee.

RT: Worsnop, engineer, Halifax, Nov. 8, at eleven,
at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee.
C. H. Richardson, dyer, York, Nov. 8, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee.
J. Mortimer, cloth manufacturer, West Ardsley, York-
shire, Nor. 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Young, official assignee.
J. S. Linney, confectioner, Leeds, Nor. 1, at eleven,
at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee.
E. Green, beerseller, Huddersfield, Nov. 8, at eleven,
at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee.
J. Field, publican, Braithwell, Yorkshire, Nov. 8, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official
assignee.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
W. Dethick, lime merchant, Temple-street, White-
friars, Nov. 12, at twelve—R. Drew, licensed victualler,
Compton-street,, Regent-square, Nov. 19, at eleven—S.
Phillips, carpet warehouseman, Brook-street, Hanover-
square, Nov. 8, at half-past eleven—E. V. Austin,
apothecary, Paradise-street, Rotherhithe, Nov. 9, at
twelve—L. and W. Fenner, merchants, Fenchurch-
street, Nov 8, at eleven—J. Milner, engine manufac-
turer, Nov. 9, at one—J. F. Wood, surgeon, Oxford,
Nov. 9, at eleven—D. Baseley, cheesemonger, High-
street, Borough, Nov. 8, at twelve—B. Lawrence, mer-
chant, Crown-court, Old Broad-street, Nov. 9, at half-
past twelve—J. L. Heathorn, ship broker, Abchurch-
lane, Nov. 19, at half-past twelve—G. Fielding, iron-
monger, Theme, Oxfordshire, Nov. 19, at twelve—E.
Oxley, jun., hatter, King's Lynn, Nov. 22, at eleven.
In the Country.
R. D. Askham, limo Knottingley, Yorkshire,
Nov. 13, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—W.
Thorpe, scrivener, Thorne,.Yorkshire, Nov. 12, at eleven,
at the Leeds District Court—J. Male, miller, Lan-
teglos -by-Camelford, Cornwall, Nov. 15, at one, at the
Exeter District Court—J. Green, civil engineer, Exeter,
Nov. 15, at one, at the Exeter District Court—R. Barker,
druggist, Manchester, Nov. 14, at eleven, at the Man-
chester District Court—W. Broomhead, merchant, Bir-
mingham, Nov. 14, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court—T. and W. S. Bate and J. Hollings, brewers,
Rugeley, Staffordshire, Nov. 12, at eleven, at the Bir-
mingham District Court.

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown
to the contrary, on the day herein-mentioned.
A. Lett, timber merchant, Commercial-road, Lambeth,
Nov. I—W. C. Clough, apothecary, Eye, Suftblk, Nov.
1 l —II. Williams, grocer, Farringdon, Berkshire, Nov. 8
—E. Arnatt, baker, Oxford, Nov. 9—W. Tutch, china
clay merchant, Barkham-terrace, Southwark, Nov. 9
T. 11. Whitmarsh, hotel keeper, George-street, Hanover-
square, Nov. B—B. Bright, licensed victualler, Wigtnore-
street, Marylebone, Nov. 9—J. C. and G. 11. White,
music sellers, Bath, Nov. B.—J. and D. Sugden, fancy
cloth manufacturers, Huddersfield, Nov. 12—J. Forth,
hatter, Nottingham, Nov. 14-1. Tobias, factor, Bir-
mingham, Nov. 26—M. Mackenzie, A. Watson, and G.
Mackenzie, ship-brokers, Liverpool, Nov. 8.

CHERTSEY AGRICULTURAL
ASSOCIATION.

CHERTSEY, THURSDAY.—The annual meeting of
this Association took place to-day at Chertsey. The
ploughing match took place on the land of Mr. Wells,
an extensive farmer at Addlestone, near Chertsey.
Thirty-five ploughs competed in the different
classes, and during the morning Sir H. Fletcher, the
Chairman of the Committee of Management, distri-
buted the prizes to those persons who were entitled to
them by long servitude.
The company afterwards assembled at the Crown
Inn. The chair was, taken by Mr. Trotter, M.P.
There were also present—Sir H. Fletcher, Colonel
Challoner, G. Best, Esq., It. Sharpe, Esq., J. T
Briscoe, Esq., Colonel Sumner, T. A. Ward, Esq.,
Colonel Cavendish, and nearly a hundred of the
principal farmers of the district.
The usual loyal toasts having been proposed and
cordially responded to,
Mr. BRISCOE gave the healths of the " Members for
that Division of the County," and he observed, that
although the rules of the Association wisely prevented
them from discussing politics, still he must be per-
mitted to say that although persons might differ from
both in political opinions, it was impossible for any
one to deny that they had always acted conscien-
tiously, and that they were second to none in loyalty
to their Queen, and in their desire to uphold for all
classes those rights to which, by the Constitution of
the country, they were entitled.—(Cheers.)
Mr. TROTTER, in returning thanks, said it was a
source of unmingled satisfaction to him, that the
more he mixed with his friends in the county—and
by friends he meant those who were opposed to him
in political opinions, as well as those who agreed with
him—the more kindness he received, and he assured
them it should be his study to retain their good opinion.
When he retired from the representation of that division
of the county, he hoped that he would be respected by
all classes of his constituents, and that they would al-
ways remember him as a man and a gentleman.—
(Cheers.) They were aware what his political
opinions were, and whether they were right or wrong,
he would merely assert that his conscientious opinion
was, that the views he advocated were calculated for
the benefit of his country.—(Hear, hear.) No private
feeling ever actuated him ; and when he retired, he
trusted he should leave the high office he had held
unstained and unblemished.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " Success to the
Agricultural Associations of West Surrey." He ob-
served that a good deal had recently been said, not
only in that county, but in other parts of the king-
dom, upon the subject of the allotment system ; and,
without discussing the question, he must express his
opinion that nothing could be more advantageous, or
better calculated to improve the condition of the agri-
cultural labourer, than to let him have a piece of land
of proper dimensions attached to his cottage. It
necessarily tended to keep him at home with his
family, and by his own fireside, and this was, in itself,
a most important consideration. Their chief object
was to improve the condition of the labouring classes ;
and although these matters were, at present, merely in
their infancy, there could be very little doubt, from
the strong feeling in the public mind upon the sub-
ject, that, eventually, a great deal would be done to
improve the condition, and increase the comforts, of
that class.

Colonel SUMNER, in responding to the toast, as a
member of the Guildford Association, said that, in
his parish of Clandon, he had tried the allotment
system with very great success, and there was hardly
a labourer in the parish who had not half an acre of
land. At first it was given to them to make use of as
a garden, but at length they grew corn, and the re-
sult was most satisfactory. There was not one of the
tenants who, when he came to pay his rent, did not
express his gratitude for being allowed to have the
land ; and in his (Colonel Sumner's) opinion, the grant
of a piece of land to the labourer was the greatest
boon a landlord. coal I confer upon him.—(Cheers.)
The next toast was the health of Colonel Challoner,
and " Success to the Agricultural Society of
England."
Colonel CHALLONER returned thanks, and said he
was gratified to perceive that the exertions of the Royal
Society were appreciated, and that there was a very
general opinion in all parts of the country which he
hail:visited, that it had done a great deal of good.
He believed it had effected a great deal of good, and
that it had shown a beacon to which the intelligence
and talent of England was now mainly directed. Up
to a very recent period there had been but little
scientific talent employed upon agriculture, or very
little pains taken in its improvement. Manufactures
had the advantage of scientific knowledge, but it was
not so with agriculture ' and he did not doubt but if it
had, there would have been an equal improvement.
The improvement on agricultural implements had
already were very great, and it would be handed
down as a matter of tradition that six horses had been
used to a plough. They now found they could do
with two horses just as well, and it was mainly owing
to the exertions of the Royal Agricultural Society,
and those exhibitions at Derby and other places, that
this had been brought" about. Each horse cost the
farmer 251. a year, and of course the saving by having
three horses less would be 751. a year, which was not
an unimportant amount in these times.—(Hear, hear.)
A great'object of these associations was to improve
the character of the labourers, and enable them to get
good servants ; but he was afraid this would never be
accomplished until some better means of giving them
a proper education were devised. He did not wish to
give offenee,but he must express his opinion that in this
part of the country the operations of husbandry were
not very carefully conducted. Their hedges were not
well trimmed. They had a great man dead hedges, and
he was aware that any practical farmer would say that
nothing could be more unprofitable than such a state
of things. He must also tell them that, in his opinion,
the ploughing was not done so well this year as it
was two years ago, and they must not think them-
selves at all perfect in -ploughing. Now that agri-
culture was thrown upon its own resources, it could
only rise like a Phcenix from the ashes that had been
thrown upon it during the last two or three years by
the united exertions of labourers, servants, and land-
lords. He admitted thatthe landlord was bound to take
his full share of the liability—he should assist the
tenant to drain, and should find the money to enable
him to do so.—(Hear, hear.) He would conclude
by proposing " Success to Agriculture, Manufactures,
and Commerce ;" and he mentioned agriculture first,
because he considered it the chief stone of the edifice,
and, unless it was prosperous, none of the other great
interests of the country could be so.—(Cheers.)
The healths of the judges, Messrs. Newman, Jupp,
and Lambert, were then given.
Mr. NEWMAN, in returning thanks, said that, as a
practical agriculturist, he must beg leave to differ
from the opinion expressed by Colonel Challoner upon
the subject of the quality of the ploughing, and to
state that he considered the ploughing was very good.
It had, likewise, been said, that it was very bad farm%
ing not to have the hedges trimmed, and keeping
dead hedges. He quite agreed with that, but he
should go a little farther, and ask whether, if the
farmers trimmed the hedges, the landlords would fell
the timber.—(Hear, hear.) He had been a farmer all
his life, and was well aware of the injury that
was done to the land by trees. If they
looked at the low price of timber, he was satis-
fied
that it could never pay to plant it upon arable
land, and that, if it was not done, it would be very
beneficial to the tenant, and of course, ultimately; to
the landlord. He quite agreed with the Hon. Gentle-
man who had stated that it was necessary for all
classes connected with agriculture to exert them-
selves, the more particularly as, in addition to other
difficulties, they now had steam to contend with.—
(" Steam assists you," was here said by some one in
the room.) He would tell them how steam operated
against them. The railways had taken thousands of
horses from the different roads, and thus the far-
mers not only lost some of their best customers
for hay and straw, but at the same time compelled
them to send to London for their manure, and, by
the competition that was thus created, they had to pay
a hundred per cent. more for it. He expressed his
opinion that meadow land would not this year pay for
labour, let alone rent and taxes. Mr. Newman con-
cluded by thanking the meeting for the kind manner
in which the healths of the judges had been drank,
and said they had no other view than to perform their
duty impartially.
Sir H. FLETCHER then proposed Mr. Edgell as the
President for the ensuing year, and shortly after-
wards the meeting broke up.

HOP INTELLIGENCE, WORCESTER, OCT. 16.—We
have to note another qbick market on Saturday last,
with a further advance upon last week's prices of 3s.
per cwt., and the supply of about 1,400 pockets was
nearly cleared off-1,320 of new, and 13 of old hav-
ing passed the scales ; in addition to which, there
were weighed in the week 1,086 pockets of new, and
81 of and
high. Yearlings are much inquired after, and
command high prices, the finest parcels selling readily at
71. per cwt. Many of our principal growers have sold
the whole of their crop, and opinions are now generally
against 17,0001. duty.— Worcester Journal.

PUBLIC DINNER TO W. HUTT,
ESQ , M.P. FOR GATESHEAD.
(Abridged from the Newcastle Advertiser.)
On Tuesday evening a public dinner was given to
William Ilutt, Esq., M.P. for Gateshead, in the New
Town Hall of that borough, which was attended by about
one hundred of his constituents and other gentlemen.
William Kenmir, Esq., the Mayor, presided, and the
Vice-Chairman was George Hawks, Esq., J.P. On the
right of the chair were William Hutt, Esq., M.P.; Saville
Ogle, Esq., M.P. for South Northumberland ; Lord
Howick, M.P. for Sunderland ; and William Cookson,
Esq., Sheriff of Newcastle. On the left, William Ord,
Esq , M.P. for Newcastle ; 11. Metcalfe, Esq., M.P. for
Tynemouth ; T. C. Granger, Esq., M.P. for the city of
Durham ; and Sir John Fife, Mayor of NeWcastle.
After the removal of the cloth, the CHAIRMAN cave
in succession, The Queen," "Prince Albert," " The
Prince of Wales, and his Royal Brother and Sisters,"
and " The Queen Dowager and the rest of the Royal
Family," all of which were drunk with great enthusiasm.
The CHAIRMAN said he rose to propose the next toast
with pleasure, because it was to do honour to a gentle-
man who had given his countenance to the company. It
was to do honour to their representative in the House of
Commons. If Mr. Hutt was not proud of his consti-
tuency—his constituency ought to be proud of him. He
concluded by proposing " William Hutt, Esq., M.P., and
thanks to him for the zealous manner in which he dis-
charges his duties as Member for this borough." The
toast was received with tremendous cheering.
Mr. HUTT said he was certain he need not assure the
meeting he felt grateful for all the compliments he had
received. Under any circumstances in which he could
be placed, the congratulations of so many enlightened
men must be a source of satisfaction, but in his present
position, united with them by so many sympathies in
private life, and by the important public obligations
which united the representative to the constituent, he re-
cognised this testimonial of confidence and regard as one
of the highest ambition. He would recur for a moment
to the circumstances of this country, and to the state of
political agitation which had existed for some years,
when he first became connected with Gateshead. At
that time the Conservatives were endeavouring to lay
the foundation of their power, and by what means did
they effect it ? It was by a system, if he might adopt
a term used by Lord Morpeth in the House of Commons,
of mendacious representation. The very Court was
made use of to influence the minds of the people against
the Liberal policy. Prejudices the most gross were set
forth as undeniable truth ; passions scarcely compatible
with public society were declared at the monster meet-
ings of the Conservatives ; and religious intolerance.
against Catholic influence was declared to be the Chris-
tianity of the Church of England—the Reformed Church
of this country. Nor was it possible to forget that the
Throne itself and its occupant could scarcely be protected
from their calumnies.—(Cheers.) Free trade, now the
object of so much lip-worship, was attacked by every
simpleton, and became the jest of every buffoon. Lords
and Commons, clergymen and laymen, newspaper and
pamphlet writers, all combined to resist free trade, and
declare it a monstrous delusion of the Liberal party.
After noticing one or two instances of Tory inconsis-
tency, Mr. llutt proceeded to state, that last session the
Government had been brought to a dead lock—next,
session the same state of things would be revived. It is
their boast the Liberals were defeated. It is true the'
Liberal party was defeated, but they can look back
upon their course without remorse and repining. They
could tell their opponents that their path was not strewed;
with broken promises, and party dissimulation, or any'
of those remnants of melancholy genius and energy ,
which they now exhibit. It mattered little who was in
power, so long as they maintained those principles of
civil, religious, and commercial freedom, for which they
had contended. Let them secure those principles to
direct the councils of the country, and it mattered little
who was Minister. Let them pursue the simple objects
they had in view, and although. they might not lead to
honour and preferment, they would give prosperity to
the country. Mr. Hutt resumed his seat amidst great,
cheering, but immediately rose and said he had a toast
to propose—" Prosperity to the Electors of Gateshead."
Before doing so, he wished to give some explanation on
the corn-laws, and be the interpreter of his own opi-
nions. In his first address to the electors of Gateshead,
he said it was the true policy of this country to buy at
the cheapest and sell at the dearest markets ; and he;
meant these words to be applied without exception. He
(lid not mean to make any exception in favour of corn,
cattle, or sugar. He might not believe that total and
immediate repeal would be followed by a large importa-
tion of foreign grain, and a large reduction in our own
market; and he might not believe, on the other hand, that
the total repeal would cause a large tract of country to
be abandoned, and a large number of persons added'
to the distressed labour market of the coantry. He
was quite prepared to apply the principle of free trade
to every article of commerce, and he believed protecting
duties to bo an absurdity, if they were not, at the same
time, an attempt to plunder one man in order to l.amper.
another. Ile did trust the great constituency he repre-
sented would not allow themselves to be made the tools
of designing men, in order to throw confusion into
their ranks. It was his wish to see Gateshead give the
same example on the corn-laws it never failed to give
on every other question. The toast was drunk with
great applause.
Mr. Alderman BROCKETT had much pleasure in pro-
posing the next toast. It was one that would be received ,
with approbation—" The healths of the Members for
Sunderland." He believed they had done their duty,
and were entitled to the hest thanks a liberal community
could bestow. One of them was now present, who was
entitled to high respect for his glorious conduct in the
House of Commons.—(Loud cheers.) The mayor and
himself were well acquainted with the history of Gates-
head, and they knew the part the Noble Lord's father
took in behalf and in defence of their rights, and to see
that they enjoyed the rights to which they were entitled.
And independent of that, from the high respect they felt
for Lord Ilowick, they ought to feel proud of meeting ,
him and telling him how thankful they were. He said ;
without flattering, and no one who knew him would ac-
cuse him of flattery, that he looked forward to the day
when Lord How ick would fill the situation his sire once
held, and have an opportunity of fighting hand to hand
for those principles for which his father fought and con-
(piered.—(Loud cheers.)
Lord Howicx, on rising to return thanks, was loudly
cheered. He felt deeply the honour, but at the same time
he was aware the toast was not meant as personal, but
to mark their sense of the conduct he had endeavoured
to adhere to. Tho worthy alderman had shown the in-
terests of Sunderland and of Gateshead were the same.
This was indeed true, for both towns were depending for
prosperity on some great branch of the trade of the
country. Since he represented Sunderland, it had been
his anxious wish to do whatever lay in his power to pro-
mote the prosperity of that town, by following those
views which Mr. Hutt had adverted to, in endeavouring
to relieve British commerce ofrestrictions. He expressed
his satisfaction at being present, and he came simply to
give a tribute of respect to his worthy friend. No one
deserved it more. He had the honour of sitting in Par-
liament with him, and he firmly believed there was no
one more honest, more independent, or possessed of more
zeal. Mr. llutt had many claims of gratitude, but there
were two classes of subjects of great interest and import-
ance, on both of which he had taken an active and use-
ful part. The one, in advocating the policy of com-
mercial freedom ; and another—a subject of less im-
portance, but still of great moment—colonization on
enlightened principles. He could not help remarking
that those were two subjects of the utmost importance,
because they were symptoms that men's minds were
aroused to the necessity of looking to the means of
improving the condition of the great body of the people.
The state of the people, which for many years was
calculated to create alarm, has now become such that
the careful inquirer must feel the necessity of some
measure for their improvement. When he looked
to the south of England, to the misery not only of
one time, but of habitual continuance, amongst
the agricultural population ; and when he turned his
eyes to the manufacturing districts, he there saw that
they had but lately experienced a prevailing period of
depression—most wide prevailing distress—and he could
not but feel that those periods of distress must occur at
particular times, unless a vigorous attempt was made to
put the commerce of the country on a sure and extended
basis. This could be done by one means, and one means
only, and that was to liberate commerce from its shackles.
—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Hutt had expressed the opinion
that protective duties were misnamed. He would term
them duties proposed to enable one set of men to take a
part of the produce of labour ; for let him ask how these
duties operated ? If it were not for this systeM of pro-
hibitory duties it is probable the same amount of the
produce of English labour which is exchanged for eighty
tons of the coffees of Jamaica and Ceylon, would receive
100 tons from Brazil. The effect of prohibiting that
exchange was to take twenty or thirty per cent. of labour
to give it to some other interest. And when this system
was applied to other branches of trade, when they found
the same system in operation, and the producers of.goods
prevented exchanging them with others, what can be theutl
effect but damage to the remuneration of labour ?
firmly believed that if they wished toavcohi
ad
nsgoemd eognreaalit
calamity, this system must be speedily
be
cause, while every other •
matters, but especial
' e out of the corn laws.
corn-Jawsdu; ties
are most mischievous, they arise l
s
ly
b. t coloniza-
wth
descriptionrea rdtoof he
protective _
ho thoughtf the popu-
not one of those w
tion. He was
would but shake off the shackles
bound
Lord Howick then referred to the su jec o
lation too great. If they
that
maintain its present population, but the
not only able to
the arm of industry, this country was
numbers of some years added. He thought colonization
was most valuable, as affording a field for the enterptise
of youth, who, in former years, sought occupation amidst
the dangers of. war. He wished to see those energetic
spirits employed in competing with the wilderness, in
extending the dominion of civilization over the utter-
most regions of the earth—in spreading the name, the
language, the civilization, and the religion of England,
to the furthest ends of the world.—(Loud cheers.) He
had mentioned those two subjects more particularly, be-
cause they seemed to be those Mr. Hutt had given most

attention to, and his most useful services. He apolo-
gised for having entered so largely into these matters,
but he did so from, feeling that they had not met merely
as a source of enjoyment, but to afford them an opportu-
nity of expressing their opinions on public matters, with a
view to ascertain what was for the public interest, so
that they might be prepared, when the proper time ar-
rived, Lo promote the carrying out that policy which
they believed to be the best. His Lordship concluded
amidst loud cheering, by proposing the health of the
Chairman, whom lie complimented for the excellent
manner in which lie had discharged the duties of the
evening.
The CuatamAx briefly returned thanks.
Mr. CARR proposed the health of Mr. Saville Ogle.
He was a young Member,', but none was more zealous in
the cause they had all at heart.—(Cheers.)
Mr. OGLE returned thanks.—Several other toasts were
drunk, after which the company separated.

MEETING to PETITION AGAINST
THE INCOME-TAX.
(From the Warwick Advertiser.)
The following requisition to the churchwardens and
overseers of Leamington Priors, having received a very
considerable number of signatures, a public meeting was
convened at the Town-hall, at twelve o'clock on Thurs-
day morning last, to take it into consideration :
" We, the undersigned inhabitants of Leamington
Priors, respectfully request you to call an early public
meeting of the inhabitants, to take into consideration
the present objectionable mode of assessing the income-
tax, and the very inconvenient place of appeal against all
taxes ; and also the propriety of petitioning the Legis-
lature against the continuance of the tax upon income,
based, as in many cases it now is, on the most unjust and
oppressive principles."
Upon the proposition of Mr. Stanley, seconded by Mr.
Hackforth, Mr. Churchwarden OLDHAM was called 'to
the chair, and after some pertinent observations, in which
he pointed out the tyrannical and arbitrary conduct of
the local commissioners of the income tax, he proposed
the following resolution :—" That a petition to bath
Houses of Parliament be presented from the inhabitants
of Leamington Priors, expressive of their grievances
under the operation of the income-tax, and praying for
such prompt and effectual relief as the circumstances
require."
The resolution was seconded by Mr. STANLEY, and
carried nnanimousiy.
Mr. IL IlonEwrs moved, " That a Committee be ap-
pointed to word the petitions, and generally to superin-
tend and watch their progress."
Seconded by Mr. lIACKFORTII, and carried una-
nimously.
Mr. HACESORTII proposed that the petitions be
signed by the chairman in behalf of the meeting, &c.,
which was seconded by Mr. Bird ; but Dr. Southam and
other gentlemen fearing it might be looked upon as only
an individual signature, Mr. Bird called the attention of
the meeting to the subject.
Mr. ROBERT! thought they ought to be signed by
every individual and honest man in the town, an opinion
in which the meeting appeared generally to coincide,
therefore the following resolution was substituted .
" That copies of the petitions, with sheets, be left at the
libraries and pump-rooms, for the signatures of the in-
habitants, and that, when signed, the petition to the
House of Lords shall be transmitted to the Farl of War-
wick, with a request that his Lordship would present
the same ; and that a petition to the House of Commons
be transmitted to the Members for the Southern Division
of the county, with a similar request ; and that the sup-
port of the Members of the county be respectfully soh-
cited."—Carried.
Mr. 11. ROBERTS then addressed the meeting in et
spirited speech, stating that he should not have been the
first to take so prominent a part in the matter, had he
not felt deeply the object they had in view ; and ex-
pressing his abhorrence at the abominable and disgrace-
ful tax upon which they had met to express their dissa-
tisfaction, he concluded by' moving, " That a deputa-
tion be appointed to wait on the commissioners of taxes
of the Hundred of Knightlovv, respectfully to request
them to hold all future meetings for appeals (as far as
regards Leamington) at the Public-office in Leamington,
instead of its being continued at the Black Dog, at
Stretton."
Mr. BIRD seconded the motion.
Mr. R. RUSSELL spoke warmly against the tax, stating'
that bad debts were not allowed, and that they were
called upon to pay a tax upon money which they never
received, and declared that, although he had always been
a property-tax-man, he would never again vote for
member of Parliament who would not pledge himself to
oppose the income-tax. •
Mr. ROBERTS observed that he thought such was the
general feeling throughout the.country.
Upon the proposition of Mr. CLARKE, seconded by
Mr. BATEMAN, it was resolved that the churchwardens
and overseers be requested to form the deputation.
A vote of thanks was then proposed by Mr. 'F. MAR-
SHALL, SCCOBded by Mr. I'. SPENCER, and carried
unanimously, to Mr. Oldham, for his able Conduct in the
chair, after which the meeting separated.

IRELAND.
CIIANGES AT DUBLIN CASTLE.

DUBLIN, OCT. 17.—The removal of Mr. Brewster
from the offica of advising counsel to the Irish GoVOrn•
ment, is again spoken of with much more confidence.
It is stated that the Irish Attorney-General and Mr.
Brewster have had a serious quarrel, and that the latter
is negotiating for a Mastership in Chancery, it bring
understood that one or two of the present Masters are
anxious to retire before the opening of November term.
A provincial Tory paper, the Limerick Chronicle,
states that Mr. Corballis, Q.C., a Catholic barrister,
who conducted the recent palice inquiry at Dublin Cas-
tle, is to succeed Mr. Brewster, as advising counsel to
the Government.
EVICTION OF TENANTRY.

A Mallow correspondent of the Cork Examiner gives
a detailed statement of the expulsion of tenantry from
two estates in that quarter. The total number is 51 fa-
milies, comprising 498 human beings.
THE REGISTRIES.

CITY OF STrYERFORD.—On Monday the numbers ad-
mitted were—Liberals, 53 ; Tories, 8.
COUNTY OF LIMERICK.—At Rathkeale, on Monday,
2 Liberals were admitted. ➢ir. Smith O'Brien at-
tended.

The Secretary at TWIlaEr, ARr
l‘TrYho. mas Fremantle, left
Dublin on Tuesday. lie has been in Ireland this last
week on the object of erecting buildings for Divine ser-
rice for the military in Dublin, and it is supposed that
capacious chapels will be built on the ground in the
front of the Royal Barracks. Sir Thomas was accom-
panied by the Chaplain-General, Rev. Mr. Gleig, and
Major Jebb, who has given plans for the erection of
depots for military defaulters. The Secretary at War
has stated that the intended military brevet will not take
place at present.
THE POLICE—ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.

The Cork Examiner gives the following extraordinary
case which occurred at the sessions of Mallow, in that
county. Here a common policeman takes upon himself
the office of a judge, and actually abuses a jury whose
verdict did not square with his notion of law:—
" Six men named Madden were given in charge for
an assault arising out of a disputed right to cut turf on
a bog, and on the jury re-entering their box, after con-
sidering their verdict, they were accosted by a police-
man, who inquired whether they had agreed to their
verdict ? To which one of the jurors replied, We
have agreed to the acquittal of four.' The policeman
then said, ' What kind of a verdict is that for you to
?' 'find
" Mr. R. B. Barry—How dare such a fellow as you
interfere ? Please you worship, 1 objected in the morn-
ing to the practice of allowing policemen into the jury
box as:unconstitutional, and now here is one of those fel-
lows interfering with the verdict of the jury. If we live
in a free country, will such conduct be longer permitted?
" The sensation created in court was so intense, and
the uproar occasioned by the announcement so great,
that it was impossible to hear the observations of the
court, but the barrister was understood to censure the
conduct of the policeman in very strong language."
ATTEMPT TO SINK VESSELS IN LIMERICK.—We are
much gratified in having to announce that the exertions
made by Mr. Steele, in co-operation with the local
authorities, to bring the perpetrators ,of this daring out-
rage to justice, are most likely to prove successful. On
Monday the Mayor received information on oath against
Peter Liddane, the man first arrested on suspicion. This
new information leaves little doubt of the accused being
a principal in the diabolical plot. Liddane being out on
bail to appear when called on, Sergeant Reidy was de-
puted to execute the warrant for his re-apprehension, in
the discharge of which duty some important eircum -
stances unexpectedly came out, which, it is hoped, will
bring to light every particular connected with this re-
volting deed. Peter Liddane is fully committed by the
Mayor, and at present there is a strong prima facie case
for a jury.—Limerick Chronicle.
PROVINCIAL COLLEGES IN IRELAND.—In consequente
of the declaration of Sir Robert Peel respecting provin-
cial colleges, at the close of the last session of Parlia-
ment, a meeting of the committee was held on Tuesday
at the Cork Institution; James Roche, Esq., J.P., chair-
man, presiding. There were also present Daniel Leahy,
Esq., D.L., D. Callaghan, Esq., M.P., W. Clear, Esq.,
Alderman T. Lyons, Dr. D. Bullen, Dr. Harvey, Rev.
W. O'Sullivan, W. Keleher, Esq., and R. Dowden (RD,
Esq. It was resolved that Thomas Wyse, Enset
meet-
should be especially invited to attend a p Earl
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Tz"---The organic theory of the
MEDICAL A.FFORAI.----
-IV"o•urldn i't not, therefore, be
that this this is the case. Thousands are satisfiod
in Sir James Gr.a , sole
? The organic
strous
the public nolens ns .
ha9mg: or other Minister, to
doctors is completely
force it upon
the public has
found this out, and, therefore,
diseases ; been invented. for profit, and not to cure
all sides. What else can they
Moat, of the British
.expect 7--Issued by Morison and
College of Health, New-road. London,
for and on behalf
of the body of Hygeists, who contend, that since all-
diseases arise from one cause, they can be cured by the
Vegetable Universal Medicine.—N.B. For further inform
illation on this important question, the public is referred
to the Doctorb' True Petition, which is to be had gratis
at the College as above, and of all the Hygeian agents.
LARGE OTTERS.—That otters plentifully abound
in the streams and their tributaries of this neighbour-
hood, there is abundant evidence. On Saturday last,
while a few individuals were engaged in cutting wood on
the banks of the Eden, near to Edenbank, they were not
a little surprised to observe two large full-grown otters
(apparently male and female) come out from the foot of
the tree at which they had applied the axe, and very
coolly take to the water, under whose surface they sud-
denly disappeared. The trunk of the tree on examina-
tion was found hollowed out to such an extent that a
man could easily sit upright in it, and must have proved
a very comfortable abode to these amphibious animals.--
Kelso Chronicle.

do his utmost to further the cause of Repeal or
Federalism, it is wholly out of the question that he
can surrender either of these measures, much less both,
as our Contemporary plainly tells him he must do, if
he would wish to be patronised by Whiggery. All
things considered, therefore, the Tories here not
much cause for apprehension. A direct offensive and
defensive alliance can never be entered into between
O'CONNELL and the English Liberal party, for the
latter will not support either Federalism or Repeal,
and the former cannot abandon, though he can never
hope to carry, either. Toryism, therefore, has now
E N G LANI-rri%':n.lich in its power as regards Ireland. It can never,
OR, it, is true, with the principles it professes, ob-
ISE SOCIAL CONDITION OF THE EMPIRE.
, This Caw Paper will be published as soon as the necessary prepara- thin the full and entire confidence of the
Alas lhall have been made.
Communications for the Editor, from all who are anxious to co- sister country, but it can at least make
rperate in this design, are requested to be addressed to the Publisher, itself more popular than it has yet been, by bringing
'Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street.
forward just and conciliatory measures, lowering the
tone of arrogant pretension and authority that it has
so long adopted ; and conceding much, if its narrow
theory of legislation will not permit it to concede all,
that Ireland has a right to expect from an English
Government. We have little doubt that the reme-
dial measures with which Sir ROBERT PEEL is now
reported to be busy, will be such as will be advan-
tageous to the sister country ; but we are by no
means sanguine as to their comprehensive character,
and fear that they will only have the effect of warding
off his " difficulty" for a season.

tEORGE PEACE, of I,i7etvec..
gse e.r,—ln the early part of this year I .was in cAniPany; with
roral wzminercial gentlemen, at the Nate 'Calle6 the Jack of New-
-3; '.nd unguardedly made übd tlf eitilressions detrimental to your
ca_arrActer and respectability.
now acknowledge there was no fbundt4„,"
Ilmade, and trtst you are willing to - on for the assertions
..cept my expression of regret et
a
' having eed any like.l.; to do you injury, and the offer of try
polorT ,
I ant, Sir, yours, &e..
Paul's Chtllthyard, October 15, 1844. EDWARD BRAIIAM.
Delivered to the by Mr. Braham, Alfred Jones, 17th October, 1844.
I accept this apology, Mr. Itraham hawing paid the law costs, al:,1
contributed the sum of Five rounds toward 3 the funds of the L'om-
mercial Travellers' Society.
Dated Cali 18th day of October, 1844.
PEACE,
Wltness—TriOMAs CLARK, Clerk toGEORGE Messrs. Turner Liverpool,
anti ilencman, 8, Basing-lane, Cheapside.

OUNG

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 19,
Will be performed Auber's celebrated Opera THE SYREN.
Marco Tempesta„ Mr. W, Harrson; Scipio, Mr. D. W. King;
Zerlina (the Syren), Miss Rainforth.
After which, the Grand Ballet, entitled THE CORSAI.t.
Conrad, M. Albert ; Julien, M. Desplaces; Sanguo, M. Montessu ;
Medora, Miss Clara Webster ; Unit Vivandicre, Mdlle. Auguste,
Delbes ; Guirutre, Mane. Adele Dumilatre.
Tne Box-other is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six
in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places,
and Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 19,
Will be repeated Vanbrugh's Comedy of THE CONFEDERACY.
Adapted to the present Period.
The Principal Characters by Messrs. Strickland, W. Farren,
Buckstone, and C. Mathews, Madame Vestris, Miss P. Horton,
Mrs. Yarnold, Miss 'ulia Bennett, Mrs. Stanley, and Mrs.
glover.

So lately as the sth instant it became our melan-
choly duty to call the attention of the public to the
catastrophe by which, only a day or two previously,
one hundred people had been sacrificed—in an instant
of time—at the Haswell Colliery ! With profound
regret we have since had to announce another dis-
aster of the same nature, though (fortunately) not
attended with the sacrifice of human life to the same
appalling extent as occurred at Haswell. But, on
the night of Monday last, at Coxlodge Colliery, near
N ewcastle-upon-Tyne, an explosion took place, by
which five persons, within the workings, were se-
riously injured, of whom two are so much maimed
that no. hopes can be reasonably entertained of their
recovery ; one of these (BAINsainGE) having been
blown against a tub, by the explosive force, with such
violence as to fracture his thigh hone; the other
(CoLuNs) having been violently felled to the ground,
and remained there for no less than two hours, in an
atmosphere saturated with the deleterious " choke
damp"—that noxious and inflammable gas, the escape
of which is the grand agent of these terrible cala-
mities. From the best accounts hitherto obtained, it
would seem that, at the time this explosion took
place, there were, in the mine, seventy-nine men
and boys variously employed in the several districts
into which the " workings" are divided. " Shifters," as
they are called, had been engaged, in the morning
and afternoon, clearing away where the coal hewers
were to get to their work at night. Five of these
coal hewers were waiting, to commence these opera-
tions, till BROWN, the " deputy," should have ex-
mined the workings and reported " all right." Two of
he sufferers, ANDERSON and COLLINS, had concluded
their day's work as shifters, when they were re-
quested by the "deputy" to assist him in removing
come tramway pieces out of the " goaf," as " it was
likely to fall." This fact, and the one which follows,
are well calculated to excite a lively idea of the
fearful hazards to which these poor pitmen are ex-
posed. They went with the " deputy," but had to
return immediately, as the " goaf," or gallery, was
already " working," that is, creeping and heaving !
BROWN, the deputy, although these unfortunate
~hifters had been working with proper safety lamps,
committed, it would seem, the unpardonable impru-
dence of carrying a naked candle to the " stenting,"
from whence, if from any point, the jet of gas would
come, "to see if the place," as he said, " was safe
for the hewers to operate upon, whom he had in
waiting, to put on." It never seems to have occurred
to him to consider what must be the consequence of
his action, should the place not prove safe. Although
expressly cautioned by ANDERSON to take his candle
back, "as there was danger, if the goaf fell," he per-
sisted in carrying it on to this stenting, where the
4as actually had formed, and now ignited with an explo-
iion which was felt throughout the entire mine, but
most providentially exhausted itself within a hundred
yards of the area of ventilation in the mine, from
whence the stream :of air is subdivided and distri-
buted through the different districts or flats of the
colliers. Had it travelled on to this place, says the
report, and blown down the erections by means of
which this distribution is effected, " every man in
the pit at the time would have been killed." As it
was, two of the coal hewers (ANDERSON and KENT),
who awaited BROWN'S return, were most seriously
injured, as already stated ; COLLINS, a shifter, was
severely burnt, and with BROWN, the deputy (al-
though this latter, after the gas had fired, ran away
so quickly as to reach the shaft in safety), is not ex
pected to survive.

After which. will be produced a New Comic Drama, founded on
Don !..sear de Sarin, entitled A MATCH FOR A KING.
Char ies the Second, Mr. Stuart; Don Sebastian della Rosa, Mr. C.
Stelhews ; Mariquita, Miss Julia Bennett.
To conclude with a New Farce, by Mr. Buckstone, entitled THE
H I SaBLE RIG. John Ginger, Mr. Buckstene , Sam Shindy,
Mr. Strickland ; Mrs. Ginger, Mrs. W. Clifford.
Orche.tra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the Even-
ing), Ss. each. First Price—Boxes, 55.; Pit, 3s. • Gallery, !,'s. ;
Upper Gallery, Is. Second Price at Nine o'Clock—Boxes, 3, ; Pit,
2e.; Gallery, Is.; Upper Gallery, fd. Doors opened at Half•past
Six, Pei formance commence at :even. 1
Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half each
Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer, at the Box.office,
from Ten till Five o'Clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the Direction of Madame CELESTE.
Will ' THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 19,
.et performed an entirely New Drama entitled CY.SAR DE
BAzA.N ; or, Love and Honour. Charles the Second, Mr. Howe ;
CaiSf.t de B tzan, Mr. Webst, r ; Maratina, Madame Celeste.
After which, a New Eccentric Mytholegiou Burlesque, called
TELENACHUS ; or, The Island of Calypso. Telemachus, Miss
Wei:agar • Calypso, Mr. Wright; Mentor, Mr. P. Bedford; Dinah,
'Mr.
To be followed by a New Comic Operetta, sailed the FOX
AND THE GOOSE. 'Principal Characters by Messrs. Hudson,
Paul Bedford, and Mrs. Fitzwilllam.
Prompter, Mr. Oftilot ; Principal Painter, (r Pitt ; Leader of the.
Rand, Mr. Me/loii.—Box—ortice open from Eleven till Four. Private
B(ntas to be b:o.d at the Theatre, and at all the principal Libraries.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LESSEE, Mr. JAL MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 19.
'Win be perform d THE SIREN. Principal Characters by Messri,
'Walton, C. Horn, Jun., Leffler Allen,gnd Mdlle. Nau.
Ti
conclude with the New Drama called DON CESAR DE
AZAN. Don Cwaar, Mr. Wallack ; Cnarlee the second, Mr
Walton ; Maritsna, Mrs. Stirling; Countess di Rotondo, Mrs
Poabroko.
„itsg.o Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack. Stage Director, Mr. Emden.3:4achlnist, Mr. Edmund BradwelL
Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, Is. ;Pit, Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. Half-price a:
Nine o'clock—Dress Circle, 2s. Bd. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, sd.
}Private Boxes Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Half Proscr
'alum
Boxes, 'two Guineas and a-Half. Doors to be opened at Halt-
post Six, and the Performances to commence at :Seven o'clock.
The Box-office, under the direction of Mr. W. Massingham
Private Boxes and t ree Admissions for the Season to be had at thr
Theatre.

THEATRE ROYAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA
HOUSE.
Under the Management of Mrs. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 19,
WI Ibe performed THE SWISS COTTAGE. Characters by
Messrs. Wigan, Yarnold, and Keeley, Miss Grove, Miss Arden, anc
Mrs. Keeley.
After which, the Comic Scene, called OUTGENERALED;
er, a Hint to Bachelors. Charles Stanley, Mr. F. Vining; Mrs
Bartley, Miss Walcott.
To which will be added THE TOST OF HONOUR, in which Mr
and Mrs. Kerley will perform.
To be followed by an entirely Original, and much better thar
New, !hand Operatic, Romantic, Molo-Dramatie, Burlesque Extra
va%anza, founded on the celebrated Eastern Tale, in the Arabi
.;hta' Entertainment, entitled ALAI/DIN AND THE WON.
1:111RFUL LAMP; or, New Lamps for Old Ones. With ver.
Intensive New Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. Principal cha
Teeters by Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Matthews, Turner, A.-Wigan
J. W. Collier, and Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. W•olli Ige,
Miss Grove, Miss Arden, :Hies Turner, .6 James, &c., &c.
PRICES OF A DMISSION.—BaIcony Erma, 4i.; Uppe'
Boxes, 3s. • Pit, 2s.'l Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 2..
Upper Boles, Is &I.; Pit, ls. Private Boxes on the lislamy
((holding eight persons), Two Guineas. Private Boxes on the Seconc
Tier (holding eight persons), One Guinea and a-HAIL Private
Bowe on the Pit Der (holding six persons), One Guirea•
The Box—lllee is open from Ten to Four o'Clock, under the direc-
bon of Mr. Grogan, late of Covent-garden Theatre.

DA VIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 19,
Will be repeater! a New Military Drama, entitled THE EVE OF
BATTLE. Sup, vrted by the whole Company, with New Seener)
and Splendid Appointments.
After which, the Wonderful Performances of the CHIARINI
TAMILY en the Cords Elastique.
To conclude with THE WHISTLER.
Places and Pnvate Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box
office, from Eleven to Four.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 19,
Will be performed Shakwe re's Tragedy of KING LEA R. king
Lear, Mr. Grahame E Igar, Mr. James Bennett ; Earl of Kent, Mr
Dale; Cordelia, Miss Vincent

After which, MISCHIEF MAKING.
To conclude with MIDAS. Apol'o, Mies Louisa Lyons.
Private Flintily Boxes, SI Is. Od. and .£l 111. 6d.

THE WEATHER--SuN OFFICE, OCT. 19.
TEIXEMOMETEE, Lowest, 35 ; Highest, 52 ; Noon, 49.
BARONETER, 29.85.—W0rn, W.N.W.
News.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
freezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair it
usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

HIGH WATER AT LONDOS.BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning .. 6 minutes after 7i Evening ... 43 minutes after 7

In a former article we quoted, at length, the
preamble of one of the burked Bills of last session,
called " A Bill for establishing District Registers of
all Mining Operations in England and Wales." We
remarked, that had it happily have been passed into
law, there was every probability, that by means of
:he scientific supervision which its clauses went to
provide, the Haswell casualty would not have oc-
2urred. Precisely the same remark applies to the
unhappy accident we are now considering. The
Coxlodge Colliery belongs to Messrs. BELL, BRAND'
LING, and Co., and has always been deemed a very
well ventilated one. But, if we may credit the state-
ment published, recenti facto, in the Miners' Advo-
late, it would appear that the deputy, BELL, to whose
rashness or incompetency the disaster appears to have
been so mainly attributable, had been brought up to
the plough, and was neither accustomed, nor compe-
tent,
to the due discharge of the responsible-post he
'Hied. If this be so, a stronger case could not have
been raised to demonstrate the necessity for carrying
)ut the general propositions of the Bill in question, 04
the full extent of their scope and spirit. It is evi4;7l
dently indispensable that gese,Aines should be pen:-
stantly visited by duly qualified members or officers I
of a Commission, composed of sCientificiandtradtkal I
men, well acquaint %ill Cie natuical laWs whiCTI
regulates. the_generation,and. the.„phenomena which
Announce the presence, of these noxious vapours. It

is as evidently requisite, with a due regard to the de-
mands, in the first place, of a humane and provident
policy, and in the second, of the owners of capital
Ind property already sunk, or about to be invested, in
such extensive works, that a careful, accurate, and
periodically attested register of every preceding
week's operations should be organized and main-

tained, to be copied and deposited at Parliament may
direct, for the purpose of supplying the information

thus recorded, to all interested parties, as generally as
way be practicable. 'We should then cease to hear of

"judds" being removed—of old workings being de.
itroyed, or new ones commenced—with all the liabili.

ties thus fatally attaching to such operations, when
not directed by scientific skill, or controlled by prac-
tical experience and sagacity. 'Where so large an
amount of human life, so valuable a supply of perilous
labour and intrepid enterprise are involved, as are vo-

luntarily entombed in our collieries and mines for

long protracted periods, it is the duty of the Legis•
lature to protect the workman against the avarice of

the master, on the one hand, or the incapacity of his
deputy on the other. We impute nothing like ava-

rice to the respected owners of Coxlodge.

We have

no wish to press the presumption of misconduct
_ _

against their wounded servant, BROWN. But, as a
general principle, the first object of Parliament
should be to economise the lives of the parties whose
labour alone gives value to the products of our mines;
its second, to apportion the charge of accomplishing
that beneficent end on the mining property of the
'listrict within which it is to be accomplished.

The Madrid journals state that the Senate and
Deputies met again on the 11th, but their proceedings
were confined chiefly to the appointment of Com-
mittees and verifying the qualifications of Members.
The capital remained quiet. A letter from Saragossa,
however, published in the Castellano, states that sedi-
tious placards had been found posted in different parts
of that city, demanding the head of General NAR.•
vAEz, and of the recently elected deputies, Mews.
QUIISTO and OZTEGA.

The Three per Cents. were done on the Madrid
Bourse of the 11th inst., at 26 cash, and 26i at sixty
days ; the Fives at 20 cash, and 20i at sixty days.

We give, in another part of The Sun, from the
Journal des Debuts, the new tariff just issued by the
Belgian Government, and regret to find that it is so
little favourable to this country. This, coupled with

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