Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-02-04

vote on less thax freehold If 4lO value. p,
necessity Of lease to confer vote on a ,eD,,..
Of ESQ is restored to the present bill. The sat
difference which we shall mention is that cre,,;,1
the Flo house qualification. Ahouse Of e,o,,
ue, whatever rent or rate is paid, will entiue n.
tenant to vote, provided It be registered-0,.
vided the tenant shall have occupied the pr.m,
es twelve months previous to a date to be uap.d
aud provided he has paid his poor rate or ta,e,
to certain time prior to the election. In casa.
where the landlords pay the poor.rates, the ten
ant may demand to be rated. The only oth.,
point of Importance in which the two bills diff,
relate to the privileges of burgesses, freemen O,
livery men, which by the late measure were "a
terminate with the existing generation, but which
by the present are to be preserved on the forms,
footing.
The disputes which have arisen between III,
British East India Company's officers at Canton
and the Chinese, are now beginning to at,rac, Al.
tention in England. Earl Grey, in reply tosoms
questions put to him On this subject in the Hou,.
Of Lords, observed. that there was no dsposiuo,
on the part of the East India Company, Or Of
Government, to interfere with the Chinese BY a,
armed force, unless convinced of the justice and
necessity Of such interference; and that at D,..
sent Government were not in possession Of suS.
cient information.
The question respecting the British Corn Law,
was introduced in the House Of Commons br
Lord Milton on the 18th.
On the 9th Of January commission was 10
meet in Bristol for the purpose Of trying the 10.
dividuals concerned in the late Riot there. The,
had been some disturbances among the Corriei
and many new acts of incendiarism in different
parts Of England. though they do not appear to
have been very serious.
Dreadful Erpiosion in Coal Mine near w.
gam 7tDeniy.eight ives losi.-On Thursday er.
enng last, at five o'clock, one of those explosions
of inHammabIe gas. which, OF late, have SO often
too k place in the colIiery Of Messrs. Woudeoci |
and Halliburton. at Kit.Green.
The pit in which the accident occurred, il
huoNh tiic houic VI 4Nt" TllStue
1t is of unusual depth, and, from the Circumstance
of the workings being intersected by seyerd
faults or breaks. is particularly favorable to tn.
accumulation of infammabIe gas The depth d |
the shaft or pit is a45 yards; from thence dss
cent BY an inclined plane takes the workmen I
the coal. The perpendicular to this hypoth.
muse is 10 yards, making total depth IRON III.
surface TO the coal, of 1e45 feet. The reporOi I
the explosion was terri6cally loud, and heard
in the township af Arlington. distance Of ei.h!
miles. As regards the immediate cause Of tA
accident, little can be said with certainty From /
personal inquiry on the spot, and informatio 4
kindly afforded by Mr.. John Woodcock, it aP
pears that the underlooker Of the pit and biz ~
sstant, were in the coliery examining IL a@
making some measurements, when both had re-
turned to the pit. The information Of peron
who assembled prior to the explosion, shows thu,
the assistant uDderlooker, and one Of the meu,
re-entered the workings, for the purpose Of a.
certainins the state Of the air in particular part
of the mine. From this circumstance it is PIE.
sumed that they have been the cause of the aca.
dent. A general summary Of the loss of life shsH
that III widows and and forty-two children ar I
left to depore the loss Of their husbands and r.
Tiers.
The number Of men and boys are 90
Women and girls
Making total Of % i.