Star.
London, England, 1824-02-10 00:00:00

IRISH MINES A D COLLIERIES.

A Meeting was held on Thursday, at the Chamber of
Commerce, Dublin, for considering the propriety of
forming a Joint Stock Company to work the Mines of
Ireland. A Committee of twenty-one Members was
appointed, and it was resolved to open a subscription
for Four Thousand Shares at 251. each, or to raise a
Capital of 100,0001. for the proposed object. The
Dublin Journal justly remarks on this subject—" We
have always thought that the improvement of Ireland
must proceed from the energies of the people them-
selves, and not through Parliamentary grants. It has
been too much the practice to rely solely on the assist-
ance of Government for the execution of important
works, and public money has not been generally ap-
plied w ith that judicious economy which is requisite to
ensure success and profit. Every member of a Joint
Stock Company has a direct interest in the proper ap-
plication of the funds, and by each watching the con-
duct of the other, there is little chance of embezzlement
or fraud without immediate detection and exposure.—
The mineral resources of Ireland are probably equal to
those of almost any country in Europe, but they have
not been called forth by any well-digested plan of ope-
rations. Individual means are not equal to the magni-
tude of the undertaking, and it is only through the
power of combination that the Mines of Ireland can be
wrought with advantage."

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Monday, a dress-maker of Brighton was fines, oy u.
Bench of Magistrates, £5. 12s. for having in her pos.
session some French silk, belonging to a Lady of fashion,
from whom she had directions to make it into a dress.

The body of an elderly man was found in Beverley
Beck, on Wednesday morning, and on inquiry proved
to be that of a person named Jackson, of Soutliburn,
near 1)d/field, who, on his return from Hull, the pre-
ceding evening, is supposed to have missed his road and
fallen in.

An Inquest was held yesterday on the body of Jane
Rooke, late servant to Mr. Abrahams, in lioundsditch,
who fell or jumped from the window of her master's
house ; when J. Biven, a watchman, deposed, that on
Saturday morning he heard a scream of" Thieves! Fire,"
&c. and saw the deceased sitting on, or leaning from the
fourth story window of Mr. Abrahams' house. She
called for a ladder. Witness begged her to keep in, as
he saw no danger. She continued to cry " Fire !" and
call for a ladder ; the patrol ran and got a ladder, but
she fell before it arrived. Witness picked her up and
carried her to Mr. Bater's house, where he left her. She
fell upon her head, and never spoke after; she had night
clothes and black stockings on. Several other witnesses
were called, after which the Jury returned a verdict
that—The deceased came to her death in consequence
of having attempted to escape out of a window in her
master's house, in her alarm, fearing that she would be
either burned or murdered.

FIRE AT LEEDS.—Friday morning last, about a quar-
ter past three o'clock, the extensive premises of Messrs.
Stirk and Horsfield, iron-foanders and machine-makers,
in York-street, Leeds, were discovered to be on fire,
and from the progress which the flames had then made,
in a very short time there remained nothing but the ex-
terior walls. It was with great difficulty, and required
all the exertions of the firemen, and of the inhabitants
who had collected on the occasion, to preserve the con-
tiguous buildings, which contained much valuable ma-
chinery, which at one time were in flames. The da-
mage must amount to several thousand pounds.—Only
,the building was insured;