The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-05-10 00:00:00

every day, instead .of being excluded three days in
the week. as was the present custom, and he thought
more facilities should, be afforded to. the reading of
the books contained in the Museum. At present no
one was allowed to look into those books without a
recommendation from a Trustee, or some officer
of the House, and those country Gentlemen and
ethers who had no acquaintance with those Trustees
or o:llcers, were, however respectable, excluded
from any access to this valuable library.
Mr. BANKES thought • that the system upon
which the Museum was at present conducted scarcely
admitted of any improvement, and he particulurly
depeeoited the idea of farther facilitating access to the
library of that institution. For it must be known
that throngh'improper facilities, many public libra-
ries had been stripped of the most valuable books.
Suds had notoriously happened, to the public library
of Pa'ris. when opened indiscriminately to all visitors,
and it would be recollected 'that several valuable
prints had been stolen from the British Museum.
General THORN lON called to the recollection
of the iion. Gent. that these prints• were purloined
not by en ordinary visitor, but by a friend of one of.,
the officers of the Museum. He hoped that the sug-.
gestions which he had thrown out, would be taken
into consideration by the proper authorities.
The Motion was agreed to.

The fleport of the Slave Trade Bill w!ts read, and
'some Amendments, which . were proposed •by Mr.
Barham, agreed to.
Ordered to be read a third time on Thursday
It,e 'Militia Bill was committed, the Report re.
cebtetl, intl ordered to be taken into further consi-
deration on Thursday next.
Thelsle of Man Light /louse Bat was committed.
Repurs to be received to-morrow. .
The Calcutta Limits' Bill was committed, the Re?
port received, and ordered to he taken into further
consideration ou Thursday se'nuight.
The Equitable Title Bill was read a third time and
passed.
The Seamen's Wills' Bill was ordered to be read a
third time to-morrow.
The Farming Stock Bill was committed., Report
to be received to,morro%v.

The Foreign Soldiers' Bill was committed.
Mr. HORNER called the attention of the Com-
mittee to a clause of the Bill which enacted that his
Majesty should be empowered to retain the serviCe'of
foreign troops for twelve months after the conclusion
of any oar in which he might be engaged. There
were other points connected with the Bill, such as
the, appointing foreign officers to commissions in
British regiments, which Ile thought demanded the
most serious attention of the llouse, and especially
when they recollected the wholesome and constitu-
tional jealousy which our ancestors entertained of
the employment of foreign troops: He was sure
many Members who• were
,then absent would be
anxious to espress an opinion upon such a Bill, and
to know from the framers of it the precise objects
it was intended to embrace. He did not mean to
oppose its preseet stage, but he thought it his duty
to state thus shortly his view of the Bill.

The SPEAKEIt said, that considering the great
importance of the Bill, and the just and weighty
ol►+ervatio►►a of the Honourable Member, he should
take the liberty of moving that the Chairman leave
the Chair. repert progresT, bud ask leave to sit
again.. •[llcur Tl.is was accordingly done, and
leave easgt anted for the Committee to sit again to.
morrow:

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' BILL.
Mr. Serjeant BEST moved the second reading of
this Bill.
Gen: TIIORNTON suggested the propriety of
pnqtpo“ing the second reading to a future day, con-
sidering the very thin state of the House.
Mr. Serjeant BES signified his, willingness to de-
fer the see:ma reading to any day which might be
thought must. convenient ;
,though at the same ti;ae,
if the discus ton were now gone into, it would be in
thepower of any Member to put an end to it when-
ever he thought proper.

Ldlf INTELLIGENGR.

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COURT QF lUNG'S BENCH, Maya.
TOl 11011.1. DILLAMORE.
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is was an indictment against a livcrl
keeper for assaulting B. Richards, the rente,
'Biihop of London's tolls at Highgate gate-hoi
appeared that the Bishop is entitlmi to a tot!
penny for every led horse, and that the De;
passing on horseback with his servant, who
the horse on which he role led another, rel
pay the toil for the led horse, upon which to
secutor detained the Defendant's horse by the
the Defendant then committed a seliettsassau,
the• Prosecutor with a stick.
Lord ELLENBOROIXIII ruled, that as.the
ant had held himself out as the mastee.ol,i
horse, the Prosecutor was justified in detain;
for the toll which he refused to pay; and tin
found him Guilty.

SMITII 0. KEENS.
This was an action of ttespass for frijol
Piaintiff's garden-fenceo and damaging a
rose.lree. It appgred that the parties wt
door neighbours, and a brick-wall div'd d (hell
dens. On the Plaintiff's side of the nail a
fence supported a luxuriant rose-tree, which
overgrown its support, crept against the Defendant
wall. The Defendant ha% ing pulled down a
the wall, injured the Plaintiff's fence, and t
the roots of the rose•tree, and to conclude thk
pass, threw over a barrow full of brick rubbish .
the Plaintiff's flower bed, and occasioned consider.
able damage. The Defendant attempted to
the trespass by contending that the wall was his
and that the rose•tree being nailet)agaiust the
had a right to remove it,
Lord LLENDOItIiMpiI charged the Jury, tl
Defendant's title to the wall not being ditputed,
was justified in pulling it down, but, in doing -
was bound to take care that be did no injury.
neighbour. It appeared, however, that he had_ not
been sufficiently cautious in this vespect, 1%; -
done such an injury as would entitle the Plaintit
some damages at the hands of the Jury,
The Jury gave the Plaintiff 101.

ni?,cipFUL ACCIDENr..

, 4 --miNe.7—

On the morning .of the 3d instant an accident teak
place in Heaton Main Colliery, near Newcastle
In the course of time the old workings had.br
entirely filled with water( which, at about haf
four o'clock on Wednesday morning, broke ,
the roof, in the north-west part of the preseek
fiery, at a point-where the strata are distarbed
dyke, and inundated the.workings.: : Sniffle
men who were -witAittg.:ltear- the spot where
•ytater . forced ite-pptraote,.• ran itrtmediately;'
shafts, and happily escaped from ette. pit,. .eln
i-Way they met. Air. Miller, tits ureferviewer,••
formed him of what had happened, whew be
give the alarm to the other, ,men, who were sr%
1 in the higher part, of the pit,. Were bopethat
tmight be. able. so effect their eseapraltro, bet
eke! was.. not• permitted.- -41 m water -retired
I with drevulfol rapidity. and **voila; haters tly
lowest parts of 01.3. werk%nee,. sootrent we the
Cleans:4)f escav, by closing-the lows+ mouth'
I shafts, in • which the water soon rose•to the der
I nineteen fathoms. • The unhappy, been' hay(
ieither beee•ororWhehned red droened•in the to,
, or having•retired to the- higher.part of the ism
' ss•Wch, it .is said, is-mach- above the level
irrt!er in the shafts, ,are at this • moment 'pining
!darkness and in want, without scarce any- hope
[escape. lixertions are at this present moment rn
ing to endeavour to reach the spot (where the,
.supposed Wire) -frens•some other werkirets;
[-feeling heart moat sincerely- wish thenraaccesr.
[ have not lien rd• the number of men now below erectly
rStated, but it appears that there are between -'
sad sereaty.--The whole stock-of horses is also
The number of men who escaped amounts- to
1 nine or ten. Many of the men below have lefilit,
fainities ; • Mr. Miller hos left a wife 'end eight
dren. Three large engines (one 0f430 horse po,
are now incessantly employed irrendeavout
draw the water irons the pit, but they have not
produced any•elfect upon it. • The water in.the '
`amounted at first to 19 fathom, ;• but irsubsequete
gained upon them, from which it would appear;
some other interual reservoir had burst into
pit ; at three o'clock- on Thursday it still stood
'thirty fathoms. • : if .•• , : -.• .
. - Since writing the above, .we are sorry-to learn
the water has gained upon the engines during•
sight, notwithstanding they discharge 1400 gal
per minute. The water in the lowest shaft
'plumbed early on Friday morniege when it
found to 'be 33 fathoms. From this great ll'
*titer it is thought that some other • wastes
burst, and that eren•those on the •Tonii Mont'
be not, discharging their waters through thi
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