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THE HASWELL COLLIERY ADJOURNED INQIfEST . Wednesday , Odeber 9 lh , 1814 . The inquest was resumed this morning . The Coroner took his seat at half-past ten o ' clock . The Jury baring answered to their names , the Corcmr said he -was happy to announce that Mr , Farraday and Mr . Lyall had been sent down by the Government to assist in the iinrestJgMion . The Coroner called William Chilton , the next Witness , on which Mr . Roberta arose and again applied that Mr . Mather and two or three pitmen should be permitted by the owners to make s minute and searching investigation of the mine as he had before requested . The CororieTbTn fly tut peremptorily-refused . He saw bo necessity to deviate from the course he had Tr arsnea .
3 Ir . Roberts—Sir , it is my duty to renew the application I hare frequentl y and sincerely made . Ion must take the responsibility of your refusal npon yourself . Thb Coroner—A gentleman from Bristol totally unconnected with lie parries will examine the Enns . Mr . Marshall , here , / or the first time , intimated that the owners had no cbjecnonYo Mr . Mather being called in to examine the mine . Mr . Robins ihen applied that Mr . dough and Other pitmen , whom Mr . Mather might select , should accompany mm vr ' uh the consent of the owners
Afrtr considerable discussion in a low tou £ between 3 ir- ilar > hail and the pentlemen connected with the Colh ' rj , who were ciuiBg immediately bth'nd him , Mr . Marshall arose and siated ! hat the owners had do objection to make to the proposition , that Mr . Clouth and others , whom Mr . Mather might select , should accompany him and assist in the proposed i- > vc ± ngaiicn . The Coroner—0 1 If the Ovtsebs hate no cbjhc-230 : * . 1 liTS SOT . Mr . Huberts—Am 1 then to understand , Sir , that my proposition i » at length assented io ! Tco Corcntr—Yes . "William Chihon sworn—What i 3 your name ? —Wiiuam Chiiiia . Whrre do von live !—At
Has-~ 5 cli Colliery . What are you !—I am » pitmen . I ( csp : hs J ^ mps ciean , deliver them to the men , and receive them bask a ^ ain . Anoth er man assists me . tu co ? o . I do not clean all of them myself . 1 do But kaow how many lamps ware given on * on the ¦ d ay ofihc explosion . Tne fsur lamps now produced ¦ were brought to me after ; he explosion—not on that day , bat some three oi four days after it had taken pl . ice . The reiion 1 know ihe lamps is by the m ; 2 ib ? rs . Bach man had a particular number that he always called Jor . By looking I can tell to whom each iamp bslongtd . Xo . 94 belongs to Hansward ; Ho . Vl belong-, to Thomas Turnbull ; No . 95 belongs
to Ma . it hew Clench , who is about ten years of age , as near as I can tell ; and No . ol to John Curry . I do not know where any of those lamps were foEtd . They ar ^ in the same state now as when they were brought to ms . They were brought to me ic ihs lamp to-jo , in the pit , ¦ where I clean Itit aa . 1 am quite sur =- lb--y were all in a perfect State , wiien thry were : afer-n from me on Saturday BuriiiEg . I « 3 s no : down the pit at the time of the explosion . That is ail 1 know . I cannot tell "which Bnaibtrs "irrre oat on Saturday . 1 keep no aec > mni : each iudn comes or his wsva number , aa d 1 give it to him .
By a GoTerEiGcnt Inspector—When ih ? v become Csinagcd we set tfctm Lhe iamp ?) aside , 1 have noihiLg to do'nhh the gsuze part of the lamp . —I only ^ i-m them and ihe " j set them aside naay for T 3 "^ . Ii Js my du : y io r ee ibat ihe oil plug b in each lamp . There z . rc J f-ruH patterns of tnem . 1 am Terj ? nre that all ihe lamps Igave oat that morniBghad each ii 3 oil piug iu : —all of them were of tfip . *¦>»> . £ pat-crr . By 3 It . Robins—Sometimes I find the gauz ^ oiled on the outside when the lamps are returned io me , arid in rh " s case they require cleaaint . This is Ect u'ten the case . 1 do not clean the £ ai _ z 3 . The
Dfh kave the bottom parts of the lamp with me to trim , and trach one lakvs his gaL 2 ; home and cleans it himself . ^ The i ^ purj overseer examines the gauza to sec it is property cleaned . Aly ~ a :: emion is excli&ively coifin ^ d io the bottom part of the lamp wiish c- EtaiES lie 4 > is . 1 put ihe oil in ,-and trim the lamps in Lhe 5 it 1 eu in th = m at the pit bottom , ahoal 20 c . J 20 Yi . rds fruia the shaft ; the Deputy ' * box i ^ furibrT in . I do not ckan them on the Depnry * 5 rhesi which siand 3 between the tvro trap doors . i \ o : hini ; i 3 done with them there that I know of . I am never from my own place , being ecftrely employed in cleaning lhe lamps .
By a Government Inspector—Each man puts his own gaaze to his own lamp ; the deputy then exannc-3 it , and locks the lamps with the screw attachce . By Mr . Robert- —I cannot tell in what part of the the p , ; the owners oi the broken lamps were working . By the Coroner—James Scott , under viewer , recalled . —Where was Hansward working on the njorning of the explosion 2 In Brockley Whine Plat , en ihe low sde I btli ve ; I know it was his duly to be
there 11 } at that time . The axe was found in the ninih board down . Thomas Turnbull was a putter , between the Meadows broken workings and the Meadowr flit . Matthew dough was plate cleantr , or way cleaner , in tns Meadows Rat , over the same gronnd as Tarsbuli was a putter , John Curry * wa 3 hewing in the rdmb headways course , where his body -W 33 subseqnenvj found . He was in his proper place (?) . 1 found the lamp Cirrrj ns = d with the plug ont ; the ?* o . is 91 . Oa being cautioned , he ( Scott ) was not certain as to the nuasier of the lamp .
By Mr- Roberts—At what age are beys allowed to carry lamps . From eleven years of ate , or thereabouts . Matthew Clough is stated in the list at ten years of age . His lamp was found in the broken state it is now produced , J cannot account for the injuries which the lamps have received : perhaps it may te from the explosion . Williamson , Curry and "Weighiman were all burned . One of the injured lamps belonged to Curry . No . 29 , I am told , was Williamson ' 3 lamp . I cannot tell how long the lamps have been in use . They are carefully repaired whenever ihey appear to require repairing . 1 cannot say that the bodies fonad in the Brockley Whins ¦ were scorcbed . Cannot say of my own knowledge tow icsct were killed by burning , and how many
by choke damp . 1 amitfoimed fifteen were killed by burning and the rest by choke damp : do not know of my own knowledge . It is part of my dnty to cautiop the mtn carrying their lamps . No particular directions are given , but general orders ^ to take all possible care of them are frequently given : they are not allowed to do any thing to the lamps : the men and boys are not . 1 do not think any other kind of otoppiDgs would have been very serviceable , lam not aware ibat Mr . Bnddle recommended a dam do&r to occupy spontaneously the place of the stopping thrust oui by the blast . 1 have noi read much
of the report of the House of Commons upon the YeBiiiaiion of Mines and other matters connected there irith . I hare heard Mr . Buddie spoken of as a man of great reputaiion , bit have not read tho evidence he gave betore the Committee of the House . I iiaTe never seen the flinje pass through the gauzs of a Davy Is rap . I thick a sudden concussion of ihe lamp , with srjtdent violence , might cause the iame to p&ss the % nv . zz . 1 am not aware of any other cireumstaLce that would eanse it . I do not know whether a sudden current of air caused by a falling bedy would cau ^ e i t . 1 have not heard of any other cause .
By a Government Commissioner . —It was my duty to know the-state of the pit , of every part of it , at all times . I know that the dine wa 3 perfectly frea from Sre damp . I judge of the state of the pit from the appearance of tLe lamps . I hare never observed Euch indications in aoy part of the mine , neither in the workings nor the up-cast , as to lead me to suppose the mine vo be in an unsafe or dangerons state . The Davy lamps were no ; used because a- neceesny had been shown for them , but purely as a matter of caution . 1 have seen the gas in other collieries , and from my esperienca there think that a concussion anywhere ¦ would force the flame through the # anze Of the lamp My txomusee in Davy lamps and fir * damp was principally obtained at Wide-open colliery . I am not j / w are Tvhat degree of force it would re quire to send the fl-iine througa the gauze .
By Mr . Roberts—1 am next id rank on the Col- liery to Mr . Foster , and in his absence , I have the I sole management aid-onperintendance of the work- ¦ ing of the Colliery . Mr . Foster is invariably at . iome every rjjgbt . He is never away [ or days to- ' gether . He has been away for a fortnight before ; the explosion , and during that time the Colliery has \ l > een under my ectire management . Thel&rgesti number of men and boys under my orders ,, is between , two and three hundred . Perhaps 180 men , tha remainder are boys . Mr . Foster generally goes into the pit to examine , once a-week , sometimes twice , except during the l » o fortnight ' s absence , which was occasioned by illness . 1 never saw any indication of gas in the workingB of the great pit . I once saw aliule in the waste when the return was filled - » ith water on an accident happening to the engine there .
By Mr . Marshall—Mr . Fosfer , I think , returned about a fortnight before the accident . He had been j away for the benefit of his health . Orders were given that we were immediately to withdraw on the j appearance oi gas . The men can do nothing to the , Jamp 3 until they are unlocked by the deputy . When any of the workmen require their lamps to be altered , it is their duly to apply to the Deputy : if any of ihe workmen were to take a plug out of a lamp iv wonld be contrary to orders : they may do eo , but they ought not . I am Dot aware that Mr . Buddie ever brought any of the stoppings he recommended into B 39 ia any Colliery he was connected with . The -rdocity of the air in the pit is eight miles an hoursot EiGHiJEEK Jules am houb aa I stated on Monday , the first daj of the inquest . The quantity , 40 OOOcnbic feet is correct at I stated . Tnere are mleB laid down to enforce attention to the orders ; . respecting the lamps : fines are leTied -for disobediance of orders .
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Bj Mr . Roberts—I am not aware of the proportion of carburrettedand atmospheric air it requires for the mixture to become explosive : know nothing whaterer of the gas , either practically or theoretically . I cannot say whether there is any carbonic acid gas in the pit-I snppose carbonic acid gas is called choke damp . I have never seen any of it in Haswell pit : know nothing of what should be done to a person injured by choke damp to restore him ; I would in such a case get the person into the fresh air , and sand for a . surgeon . Do not Know whether persons in his class of life generally receive a superior edncation to himself , or a more scientific one .
John Thomson sworn—I reside at Haswell . I w&s employed in the rolley way , cleaning it , and keeping the plates in order in the little pit , between the shaft and the . first sideing , which is abeut 400 yards from the Bhaft . I was at the shaft bottom at the time of the explosion about a quarter past three o ' clock to the best of my recollection . A boy came to the shaft , and told me he was afraid something hid hap ened . I don't k&ow whether it was William Richardson , or William Joyce who stated to me " there was such a wind , enough to blow him off his waggons . " I went to the furnace-man and enquired if he knew what had happened . He replied he did not . When I passed the first sideing . I heard a boy coming out and saw he had no light . 1 asked , " What
was the matter ! " It was John Coates coming out . I went further along the rolley way and found that some falls had taken place from the roof . I told some of them to go back for a Davy lamp : some of the men , 1 do not know which I spofce to . I brought lay car . die to the two way ends at the beginning of the stone drift to see if the air was going the right way . 1 found the air was going the right way from : the waggon way . I went further in the stone drift , and found another fall from the wall side , most likely i fre-m ? be back of a stopping that had been blown out . : By this time a lamp was brought , and Robert Scott and Mr Thompson , and Mr . Miller came up at the time . We proceeded together and discoverd another fall at " DiokenBon ' a Old Way . " li was a largish
fall from the roof . I think it was about twentj yards further . We came to a horse and a waggon , ! with fifteen empty tubs ; they were jammed in quite > fas : —1 suppose by the explosion . [ The particular ; spot was pointed out on the plan ] There was no fall there . We next went to where the old way , meet ? the new one , and fouud a lar ^ e fall there from j the roof . It was a very large fall . We pulled the siones down and Scott and Miller got over , I did ¦ not go any further that way , bat went back to the f nd of the Stone drift , to the ouier end and went into i the old way again . Tiiere was a crossing blown out ¦ to the best of my recollection about 200 yards from ¦' the commencement of the drift . Thompson came in tho contrary direction and mot me there . By this
crossing being blown down the air returned to the furnace again , instead of being sentthrough the woik- ' ings as it ought to have been sent . I then returned to the shaft and went out of the pit for a bra ' , tice : cannot speak as to the enrrent of air that was geicg down the shaft at the time . I did not observe any want of the usual quantity of air in the shaft . I came from the Stone drift-cud , ten minutes before t ' ae boy came to me ; I had great difficulty to get out from the air rushing in 60 strong . I found no d ; 5 Wrence in the current of air after I met the boy in the road that I travelled . l > She had taken her regular siretfi ihen" until 1 got to where the stoppings were blown out ; the current of air was quite slack there on account of there being no stopping to direct 115 course .
By a Government Inspector—There was no indication that 1 perceived of the explosion at the shaft . 1 taimot eay to ten or twenty yards , where I stood The boy gave me the first notice of it : J cannot say to ten or twenty yards where I stood at the time the boy spoke , bnt I think about one hundred and fifty yards from the shaft . He said " he had been near blown down . " By Mr . Roberts—Had been in other parts of the pi * previously ; but not where lamps were used . I am abcut fifty years of age , and have been fortythree years a pitman . Have frequently been employed in drawing a jud . It is not considered more dan-erons to people acquainted with doing it , than auy other pait of the workings . It is ut . ua !
io have experienced men to draw 1 the juds , ana ior them to work with lamps . 1 do not ki ; ow any Colliery where the juds are drawn by the depnty , when all the other men are out of the pit . 1 cannot say it would be a better regulation for ih&t to be so . Tne stoppings throughout the pit are E » le of bricks and lime . I don ' t know of what thickness . I believe the board end stoppings are made of wood . Cannot tell of what thickness . I have teen gas to come off when drawing a jud , but not at Haswell ; do not expect gas there . We use Davy lamps for safety . We do not know when we go in wnat we may meet with . The seam does make a Hide gas . Perhaps two hours elapsed between the explosion and the first body being brought up . The
choke Gamp prevented it is ' being brought up sooner . They got the stoppings in again , and threw the air in iss right course again before they could bring the bodies out . Cannot tell how many was killed by choke damp . It very usual for stone , to fall in drawing « jud . I have been present when large quantities of stone have fallen in Haswell pit . In tae west way of the little pit , both in drawing a jud and a board , large quantities have fallen . This was three or four yearB ago . It was half the sizs of this room , from five to six yards wide , seven or eight in length , and three or four fathoms in thickness .
Cannot form any idea of its weight . Does not kDow whether it was larger or smaller than those I had seen fall before . Did not see Williamson ' s jud on this occasion . There was no loss of life at the falls I have alluded to . On the 17 th of August , 1 £ 41 , I was at Haawell when two lives were lost . Cannot say what was the cause of their death . Never knew . . Did not enquire at the time . Do not think any body knew the cause of their death . I believe there was a fire . By a fire , I mean an explosion of gas in the pit . Does doi know whether an inquest was held or not . Heard no talk about it in particular . It was a bad job but could not be helped .
By a Government Inspector—It was the Ioopo stuff at the back of the stopping that hud fallen . I have ' been used to taking down juds in Haewell pit for years . 1 have worked there fourteen years . Never observed gas exude in taking down jade . If any gas had been there , I would have been sure to have seen it- I have never known fires ( meaning explosion !) J take place in mines , without gas being there . There was no gas given off at that large fall I speak of . Nor at the time of taking down a jud have I seen I gas escape . * j By Mr . Marshall—The danger I txpect to arise ! from drawing a jud is from a fall of stone , not from ' gas . Don ' t know whether it is safer for a boy to j have a candle or a lamp . ! By Mr . RobertB—Would it not be better for boys to be where there is uo gas ? They cannot , or they must not be in the pit at all . {
By Mr . Marshall—I do think that lamps are safest for boys . Boys could not work in the mine without lights . Never had occasion myself , nor ever heard otbtrs complain of the ventilation of the pit duricg the fourteen years I have worked there ; but on the contrary , I have heard frequent complaints of there being too much air in the workings . By Mr . Roberts—The boys themselves use candles where the men do , and lamps where the men use them . 1 never knew boy 3 use lamps where the men use candles , nor candles where the men use their lamps . Thomas Chambers sworn—Lives in Haswell lane . Is a miner , was not in the pit at the time of the expioEion ; but has made an examination of the pit i-ince the accident on behalf ef ihe men . I have
examined the whole of the little pit at the request of the workmen of the whole colliery . I proceeded from the furnace and examined the waste all through ; found throughout a most exoellent ventilation ; finding two courses for the return through all the ways we travelled . Eleven workmen were along with me . We proceeded into the workings to see if we could find out the place where the explosion had taken place : —we could not ascertain the place , but it was not my opinion that she had exploded at the jud where Williamson the Deputy was working . 1 think it had catched a candle in seme part of one of the three boards in the three yard boards coming into the Meadow ' s headwayscourse , which is between the two flaU 3 , Brockley whins and the Meadows . My reason is , from those
boards being stopped at the high end , and there being j no means of carrying the air round them to prevent the accumulation of gas . There are slight indications of fire there , but they are fully as strong as those at" Williamson ' s jud . " Some of the props are charred a little on bath sides . I cannot say whether the other-eleven who accompanied me concurred in my opinion or not . Williamson ' s jud is perhaps ISO yards from that place . There is a stopping in the headways end between the two places which was blown down : the one in the headways' end , leading to Williamson ' s jud , was blown towards that jud . Cannot tell which way the other was blown . // v > as a fiy door . I examined the pit oh Friday ! morning last . It was then that I saw the brioks ! blown in-over .
By Mr . Marshall—I was not aware that this crossing had teen , taken down and the doors put in before the explosion took place . It was from the number of bricks I saw there that I concluded the stopping had been swept away , blown out . It may or may not have been blown out : I cannot say . I . examined all the other side of the two yard board i belonging to the Brockley Whins return , a ll of j which show strong symptoms as if fire had proceeded from these boards . That is the reason I conclude the explof ioa took place there , and it is my opinion
it was the result of accident . There was no neglect iu my opinioninnot doing any thing which might have been done . I worked generally in the big pit . Have only worked two months in the little pit , and ihat is abont eight months ago . The ventilation at that time was in a most excellent state . I am a depnty , and have had several complaints from the men that the enrrent of air was too strong , and begging of me to keep the brattice back . I think the pit waB ih the same state when I examined it on Friday last as it was before the explosion . I do not think the stoppings that were blown down ought to have been
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i mado stronger , I always considered them strong j enough . They are placed there for no other purpose ! than to keep the air in its right course . There ! would be no advantage in having them made | stronger . ' By a Government Inspector . —The symptoms are , ! the timbers being scorched . There had been a slight [ fire at Williamson's jud , but that was not the cause of the explosion taking place , ia my opinion . I have seen symptoms of gas in the workings of the little pit , between the brassy part and . the bottom i coal , in the same seam they are . now working in . This was an unusual occurrence . The pit was as well ventilated then as now . It could not be better ventilated than it is . The pit is not especially free from gas . The lato explosion 1 think had not bees from a large quantity of gas . The falls I think was occasioned from the force of the explosion . I think a small quantity of gas caused it . 1 cannot judge
how much . There was no way for the fresh air to get to the men to overpower the choke damp after the stoppings and crossings had been blown down , which in my opinion accounts for so many being killed by the after damp . There wbb no way fov the men to get out but by passing through the choke damp . A mas could not , have lived to have got to the shaft . Candle 3 were allowed to be used in that part . ( Mr . Scott , under-viewer , in a whisper Io witness , " Of course NOT . " ) 1 do not consider there was any danger in using candleB there . Every needful precaution had been taken . I think the gas accumulated ihere . A hole wa 9 left in the shopping , and that was all that was considered necessary to prevent an accumulation of gas behind it . I used candles when I worked in the pit . 1 have made holes for the gas to escape from the brassy part , and often fired it .
By Mr . Roberts—A stronger current of air would have taken off the gas . Candles were used about one hundred and fifty yards from the broken . A fiy door move on its own hinges and has no one to attend it : it is frequentl y pushed open in the usual oour .-e of working the pit , but never propped open , I do not think that gas escaped from tho tabs of stone , but that it came in contact with a candle and caused the late explosion . I think that the gas w&s not there in the jud without being seen ; and the jud must hr-ve been drawn before it oould get out . 1 do not think the gas could possibly come in contact with a candle in this part of the mine . It ib quite usual for the stone to fall , but not for the gas to follow . 1 have been a Deputy at Haswell for four years , and
I have never seen tho gas escape id the jud . The waste is a dangerous part of the mine , if not minded . I have heard the men find fault about the strangers being in the waste , shortly before the explosion . 1 am tatisfied that the late explosion did not occur in the waste . It is the general opinion of the men that the persons using Davy lamps ought to know the mode of using them and the care that ought to be taken of them . Great anxiety was expressed about eight months ago ; a deputation of myself and others were sent by tho men working in that Colliery to Mr . Foster , respecting two blaoksmiiha working with Davy lamps in the Brockley Whins broken . Mr . Foster was not at home , and vee never saw him On tbe subject . I am aware of the men having
mvrmured a t , hort time before ihe explosion took place about strangers being employed on the waste . The current of air is equally stroug in every part of the pit . 1 cannot say at what rate the air travelled in the pit . On being further examined , the witness then said , where there is akss body of air , I consider it would travel slower , as in some parts of the workings perhaps at half the rate only , or four mile 8 an hour . Tbe least air and us slowest travelling is in the brokeu ; I think it will also be weak ou tho goaf ; it would be better to bo strong there . We generally look fer gas at the goaf ; that is wo expect to find an accumulation of it . I think the current of air over tho goat sufficient to take away the ga 3 the goaf will make . I think
there is a sufficient current in the broken also . The board end stoppings are of wood , half-inch thick , and are replaced again now as they were before the explosion- When props are taken away , there is a natural tendency for tho roof to fall , and the fioor to rise ; avid from that cause the wood stoppings would b liable to crack and warp . We have little need of them when that occurs . They are always good stoppings where the creep is not troubling us . i do not think brick stoppings would bo better than hal -inch deals : the latter aro best ou account of the facility they afford should the creep come so near the stopping as to injure it , it would do more barm to the brick stopping than to tha wood oue . The force of the creep would force the brick stopping out . I clean the gauss of my own lamp , afid see that the g&uzo of others are kept clean by themselves , and perfect bofore they are
taken in the workings . It is the duty of the deputy , not the deputy-overman , to overhaul tbe lamps . The reason that 1 clean them with a brush is that wo may see the better by them . The gauze often gets oiled . When that ia too case , we take them to tho Deputy Underviewer . Tney are dirty or oily always by tbe end of the day ' s work . I have seen a lamp red hot , but not in this Colliery . Do net know hew many perforations the gauz-j has in s square inch . When the lamps are hard burned , we purposely break tho tops in , and get a new gauze ; not considering them any longer safe . Do not know a Geordy-lamp if I see one . The air travelled eighty feet yesterday in seven seconds , where it was quickest—at the meadoW 5 , eighty feot in ten seconds , after passing one small split . I did not try it at the Broken . I tried it by firing a little gunpowder . I did not try it where she explosion had taken place .
By Mr . Marshall—I have not been a deputy since the 5 th of April Have not worked since that date . I am in no way connected with pits now . Was a Deputy four years on thiB Colliery . Never knew during that time Mr . Foster omit to attend to a complaint of any of the men . It would not be prudent to explode gunpowder in the Broker , to try the current of air . That was the reason of our not doing so . I would not be afraid of going into the Broken with a lighted candle . There is no danger , but the rule is to take over care at all times . By Mr . Roberts—1 only recollect one person being killed here in 1841 . It was by an explosion in the whole of tho large pit : not from a blower , but a small accumulation of gas duriug tho night . There is no particular name for this gas . Four other Men were stvERELTf burnt ot the same time . They were all working with oandleB . An inquest was held , but I never heard the result . Adjourned to four o ' clock .
f When the inquiry was resumed , Nicholas Wood , Esq , of Killingworth colliery , viewer , was examined at great length . He deposed that he had generally examined some portions of the mine , and gave it as his opinion that the system of ventilation pursued at Haewell was a good one . His evidence , in detail , we shall give next week : contenting ourselves for the present with the following cross-examination ] . — By Mr . Roberts—I did not examine the whole mine ; only those parts of it I deemed neceBsary to enable me to form a correct opinion . I examined the Meadows Fiat , where tbe candles had been used . I then went to and examined the pillars and the goaf , and particularly that part where Williamson woiked . I then came back through the pillars and
tried the face of the High Brockley Whins with candles , and then into the High Brockley Whins workings . I did not go into the Low Brockley Whins ; but I am certain that I examined sufficiently to enable me to form as good a judgment as if I had gone further . If thoro had been accumulations of gas in the other parts , they would have shewn themselves at Die explosion . I could perceive no accumulation of gas at the return at the furnace , nor any indications of gas having been present there . From what I saw of the pit 1 should have do objection to setting it to work tomorrotv . and being in it myself . I consider I oould do this with perfect safety , and I think the parts I have not examined are equally safe . I think I oould not suggest any improvement whatever in the ventilation of the pit . Mr . RobertB here called Mr . Wood ' s attention to the evidence he gave before a committee' of the House of Commons in 1835 , and proceeding to
shew the contrariety of his opinions then and at the present time , when the Queen ' s Coroner interposed , and requested Mr . Roberts to demist , as he considered the matter irrelevant to the piesent inquisition . Of course his desire was complied with then ; but , as we have elsewhere announced , it is Mr . Roberts' intention to publish a report of the proceedings verbatim ; and there is little doubt but he will embrace that opportunity of placing the opinions of Mr . Wood in 1835 and in 1844 in juxtaposition before the public . The examination of Mr . Wood concluded at halfpast seven o clock . The court was then ordered to bo cleared , and on our readmission , we found that the Inquest stood adjourned to Friday morning at ten o'clock ; no doubt for the purpose of affording time to Mr . Farraday and Mr . Lyall , the twogentle ^ men deputed by the Home Office , to make a personal inspection of the Mine .
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Sudden Death of a Bride . —A most distressing death , under the peculiar ciicumstaseea of tbe case , took place on Saturday , the 17 th inst , in the township of D&riing . It appears that on Friday evening Elizabeth Cameron had been united by marriage to a person named Peter Barr , a farmer in that township . That night was a night of joy and gladness to the bridal put ; : music and dancing were kept up till 3 o ' clock on Saturday morning , when the bride , who bad danced a good deal during the night , complained of illness and shortness of breath . She gradually became worse , and tbe friends who bad assembled to witness the marriage
ceremony , weie also witnesses to ita awful dissolution by the grim hand of death . About half-past 0 o ' clock that evening she breathed her last , and those countenances which beamed with joy and gladness the evenii g before were made sad ; their laughter was turned into mourning . The bride ' s-cake was made with her own hands ; bnt little did she think , when d » ing so , that it would be used at her funeral , and handed round to those very parsons who had partaken of it at her marriage festival ; yet so it was , and it was ft melancholy reflection to then ? . The yenng woman , we are told , ¦ was not in good health , and had been consumptive for some time previous to her 4 eattk—BcrtAurtf Courier
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London . —On Sunday morning next , a public discussion will take place at half-past ten o ' clock ; in the afternoon , at three , the Metropolitan Delegate Council will assemble for despatch of business ; and in the evening , at seven a lecture will be delivered by Mr . Bron terra O'Brient at the City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane . Camberwell and Walwo&th , —A meeting will be held at the Montpelier Tavern , Walwortb , on Monday evening ; next , at eight o ' clock . Bethnal Gkeen . —A Concert and Ball will be held on Tuesday evening next , at the Whittington and Cat , Church How , for the benefit of the South London Chartist Hall , to commence at eight o ' clock preoisely . Hammersmith . —A meeting will be held at the Dun Cow , Brook Green-lane , on Tuesday evening next , at eight o ' clock .
Westminster . —Mr . Preston will lecture on Democracy , at the Clock House , Castle-street , Leicester-square . —N . B . The friends usually meeting at the Golden Lion Inn , are respeotfully informed that tbe meetings for the future , will be held at the above house . Mb . M'Gbath will lecture at the Standard of Liberty , Brick-lane , Spitalfields , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock . Limehouse . —Mr . T . M . Wheeler will lecture at the Marquis of Granby , Ratcliffe Croaa , on Sunday evening next , at half-past Beven o ' clock . Socthwark and Lambeth . —Mr . Ruffy Ridley will deliver a lecture on the visit of Louis Philippe to this country , at the St . George ' s Temperance Hall , Blackfriar ' s-rpad , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock .
Somers' Town . —A public lecture will be delivered at Mr . Duddridge ' a rooms , 18 , Tonbridge-street , on Sunday evening next , at eight o ' clock . Spitalfields . —A general meeting will be held at he Standard of Liberty , Brick lane , on Sunday , evening next , at six o ' clock , to Centralizo the Organization in the Tower Hamlets . A Public Meeting will be held on Sunday evening next , at eight o ' clock , to elect delegates to the I Metropolitan Delegate Council . j Warrington . —On Sunday next , Mr . Dixon , of Manchester , will deliver a lecture in the Working j Man ' s Hall , Bewaey-street , at six o ' olock in the evening . An efficient choir will be in attendance . — N . B . All Communications for the Wamngton Chartists , must be addressed to Mr . Henry Anderson , Winwiok-street , Warrin » ton .
LoNoro . v Working Man ' b Hall . —The Chartist , Hall will be completed by Martinmas , Monday , Nov . lhh , when there will be a Tea Party and lecture . Feargus O Connor , Esq ., has promised to attend . J Dewsbury . —A lecture will be delivered in the j Chartist room , on Sunday evening nexi , to commence at six o ' clock , by Mr . Clissitt , of Mill Bridge . ; Wakefield . —The Chartists of Wafcefield will , meet in their Association room . George and Crown j Yard , on Sunday evenings at seven o ' olock , instead j of Tuesdays as heretofore . f Moslet . —Mr . James Leach , from Manchester , , will deliver a lecture in the Association Room , j Brook bottom , Mosley , on Tuesday evening next , to , commence at eight o ' clock . ;
BiRMiNGHAM .--Mr . Clark will lecture at Duddeston Row , at half-past ten o ' olock on Sunday morninv ; next . The members and friends will meet at 89 , Steelhouse Lane , at seven o clock . On Monda y eyixing a public meeting will be hold at the public office , Moor-street , for the purpose of forwarding the Duncombe Testimonial . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . A Lecture will be delivered on Sunday next at the WnittingtoD and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal Green , to commence at eight o ' clock . Manchester . —Cahpehtees' Hall . —Mr . James Leach will deliver a . lecture ia the above Hall , on the evening of Sunday next . Chair to be taken at half-past six o ' clock . Wauri . vgton . —A meeting of the Democrats of Warrington will be held on Sunday next , when a lecture will be delivered by Mr . William Dixon , of Manchester .
Salford . —The usual weekly meeting of the Chartists of Saiford will take place , on Sunday evening next , in their large room , Great GeorgeV street , Chapel-street , Salford . Chair to be taken at half past six o ' clock . Bradford . —Ou Sunday evening a lecture will be delivered in the Large Room , Butter worth-buildings , on tho " Origin of Coin as Specie , and the Banking System- " Chair to be taken at half-past six o ' clock . —The Members of the Council will meet in their Room on Sunday afternoon , at two o ' clock . —The Chartists of tho Central Locality will meet ia their Room , on Sunday afternoon , ac two o ' clock . — -The Chartists of Little Horton will meet in their Room , Park-place , on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock . — The Members of tho'Co-opcrative Store will meet at the Store , Chapel-lane , on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , when the report will be submitted to the meeting .
Northamaton . —Dr . P . M . M'I > ouall will deliver a lecture at the Saracen ' s Head Large Room , on Monday evening next , at seven o ' clock : subject" The People-their Ri&hts and Duties . " ; Nottijtsham . —Mr . Cliffij will deliver an address in the Rice-piaco chapel , on Sunday evening next , at Bix o ' clock , on the comparative merits of the Bible and the Sword . The North Nottinghamshire District Council Meeting will be held on Sunday next , Oct . 13 , at half-past two o ' olock , at the Fox and Hounds , Old Basford .
Oldham . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . Joseph Aldersou , of Bradford , will lecture in the Chartist Room , Greave ' s-street , at six o ' clock in the evening . Sheffeld . —The members of tho Sheffield National Charter Association are requested to meet at Mr . West ' s Watson , Walk , on Tuesday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock on busuness of great importance . : Rochdale . —On Sunday m-x ., Mr . James William ? , late inmate of Kirkdale College , will deliver two lectures in the Association Room , Mill-street , at two in the afternoon , and half-past five ia ihe evening .
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DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . Clifton , Sept 1814 . Sir—111 health has for some months prevented my Attending to public business ; I cannot , however , allow tbe timtj for receiving subscriptions to tbe Duncombe Testimonial to pass over without enrolling my name as an bumble contributor . Illness alone kept ine from taking au active part , in Ireland for the promotion of your laudable object : If integrity , activity , acuteneas , spirit and talent ; if above ali , a community of feeling with tha people , entitle a member of the House of Commons to the confidence and regard « f his fellow-countryman , there are no claims on public favour paramount to those of Mr . I . S . Dunoombe . Hlssympathy , too with the ill-treated
people of Ireland , and bis zoal on behalf of the patriots of that kingdom , so unconstitutionally deprived of their Hbarty , have , to my own knowledge , ensured to him the gratitude of the Irish nation ; and we » e England to cease to appreciate Mi . Duncoinbe ' a worth as a representative , be has only to cross tho channel to find many constituencies in Ireland ready to prove I that they value alike , and draw no distinction between , the Protestant Briton ami the Irish Catholic , when they , are equally zealous and fearleas in their advocacy of popular rights . I have the honour to bo , Sir , Your obedient servant , John a . O Neill . To R . Noiman , Eq ., Treasurer to the Duncombe Testimonial .
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- The Padjham Miners are still on strike ; they beg to acknowledge the following sums : —A few friends 2 a W ; a few spinners 4 s 6 d ; a few from Clitheroe Is 91 ; a few from Barrow 2 s ; a friend from Little Moor End Is . Bkinnington . —A publio meeting was held at this place on Monday , the 7 th inst ., Mr . William Dixon in the chair ; The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Clark , Smith , and Boarder , A delegate meeting was held afterwards . The nest delegate meeting will be held at Mr . Josiah Bostock ' s , Kimberley , on Monday , the 21 st inst ., to commence at two o ' clock , p . m .
Strike op Shoemakers , Newark . —The strike still continues . Only one Scab is working for the obnoxious shop , and he is so ashamed of his degraded position that he dare not face his fellowworkmen . The general union of the men has enlisted in their favour tho sympathies of not a few of the tradesmen . The strike cannot be of long continuance . i Wigan . —Turn out of Factory Hands . —Three young men , Thomas Tuustall , Samuel Ashurst , and William Blinston , were brought before the magistrates of Wigan , on Monday , on a charge of absenting themsehes from work that morning , without having given the usual notice required by their agreements . From the evidence of Thomas Hesketh , an overlooker or manager for Messrs . William Woods
and Sou , it appeared that the defendants were throstle spinners , employed at Trencherfield Mill , and that they belonged to a body of hands who had struck for an advance of wages . The magistrates advised the defendants to return to their work . They were told that unless they chose to complete their agreements , a heavy penalty would be inflicted . All refused to comply with the recommendation of the bench , unless an advance of wages were given . They were each fined 20 i . and costs ; and , in default of payment ,: to be committed for a month . The latter alternative was chosen , and tho parties were taken to thej lock-up , from whence , if the fines wore not paid , they would be removed to Kirkdale .
Fkasiewobk Knitters Movement , NottjkghaM . —Friends and Fellow-workmen , —The Government Commissioner being about to close his inquiry , and as a three Counties Meeting of Delegates has been Riven notice of , to take place at the sign of the King Georgs on Herseback , Nottingham , on Monday next , tbe 14 th inst , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , for purposes connected therewith , let each branch , town , banilet , or village , where tbe frame wort knitting trade is carried on , who have not chosen persons to attend that meeting , do so , as business of tbe greatest possible importance to tbe whole body will be brought forward . Toe Silk Glove Branch will meet at six o ' clock on Saturday evening , at their usual bouse of call .
Wakefield Miners—Pjeasa to insert in yoni paper tbe fol owing sums : —Brighouse and Clifton 7 a 4 d ; Lee Fuk 2 a 1 i <(; Hall ( day amd Rhodes Si CJ ; Ditto to the Wakefield Committee 3 s 6 d ; Newton pit 3 ^ j Chapel , per last week 17 a ; Smithson ' s Colliery £ 1 17 s 7 ti ; CrowtWs pit 12 a 6 d ; Bottomboat 4 s ; Haigh Moor ; Stanley £ 1 Is ; No . 6 . Stanley lla : No . 11 , Stanliy ; 5 s ; Fp'ing pit 10 s ; Chapel pit Us ; High Town £ 1 Os 6 d ; Kippax Coliiury 7 s 4 d ; Batty Ford 'Zi ; Charles Hall Is ; John Hampshire Is . . The Mew of Knowlesand Stotts colliery , od strike for the last fifteen weeks , will feel obliged by the insertion of the following sums . Mr . Hardman ' s Spindle and ! Fiy Makers , Halshaw Moor , 15 s 6 d ; Qurrard Bowdeu , 2 s 6 d ; John Lawton , Is Od ; Isaac D irbyshire , Is Od ; James Koscow , 2 s 6 ' 1 ; William Raw , Is Id ; William Hurriman , la ( id ; John Dawson , Is 0 d ; Thomas Brown , 2 a 6 d ; Thomas Ogden , la Od ; Job Lawton , Is Od ; John Ogden , la Od ; from Fletcher ' s Men , Clifton , I by Ralph Howcroft , £ l 3 a 3 d .
Saint PancRas . —Ballance sheet of the committee meeting at tLe E&mouth Arms , Exmoath-stieet , on behalf of the coal miners of tbe North . Subscriptions rectivtd at a public meeting held at tbe Exmouth ' a Arms , Exmouth-atreet , Aoguit 19 : h , 1844 , £ 3 5 s 4 d ; Dai ) at a meeting held at tbe Roue and Crown , Colvill Court , August : 23 rd , 8 s Id ; Ditto t % the Kirg ' Arms , Tottenham Cburt-road , Augu . t 30 tb , 13 s 4 d ; Ditt * received at the Committee rooms , Exaiouth 4 rms , Aug . 26 th , 10 a Id ;! ditto . Sept 2 nd , 12 i ; ditto September
JHh , 9 d » d ; Sejyt 16 t ! i , Mr . Somerton ' s subscription 2 a ; ditto from Mr . Ripfoy's book 6 s lid ; ditto from the Committee 7 s 9 d ; Sept . 2 Sid , ditto 2 » 7 d—totaiamount received £ 6 17 s lOi . Expended .- —Paid Mr . W . Bltson for Minen , Aug . 19 tb , £ 3 5 s id ; ditto , Aog . 23 rd , 8 s Id ; ditto , ; 30 th , 13 i 4 J ; printer's bill for calling meetings , &o . 34 * ; pott-office order and postage 5 J . — £ i > Is 2 d . — By pest bill to Mr . Martin Jude , © ttober 2 ad , £ l 16 s 8 d— £ 6 17 » lQ'I . Examined and found eortect by Thomas Alldis , Robert Marley , Hon . Sec 30 , Charlee-aUeit , Hampstead-road .
Leei > 5 . —The strike of tbe bands employed at the principal fiax-iui ! la in this town , which occurred ia- oonscquence of tbe introduction of the new Factories Regulation Act , has to a great extent terminated . In most cases the workers and the employers have c » me to an amicable understanding , but in every instance tbe length of tbe working day baa been advanced a littleaveraging from fifteen to thirty minutes in each casewithout the wages of the workers being in the least augmented . Sixty-nine hoars of actual labour has stilt to be performed by the hands , with an bour and a half
for meals each-day , as a week's -work . The bour and a half for meals is generally divided thus ;—brenifast thirty minutes , dinner forty minutes , and tea twenty minutes . The firat and latter meal will be generally partaken of in the mills , the machinery being entirely btopped at the time . Notwithstanding that tha strike of the flax hands may be considered at aa end ; about 220 turned oat of tbe silk mill of Messrs . Holdforth < sn Monday mornlog . They refuse to allow their working hours to be lengthened , even to tbe extent of 10 minutes a day , without some increase of wages .
Bradford . —Shoemakers- ' Strike . —Last week a deputation of j this body beld an interview witb their employers , when tbe list price submitted to the men was refused . ¦ Tbe result was a general strike . On Monday Inst , between fifty and sixty of tbe men left tbe town , the majority having large families , all dealaring that any fate was preferable to the manuei the Blasters had treated them . Mr . Graenlay , the principal master , baa since offered to acceda to the terms of the men ; bat as tha masters bad commenced tbe attosk in a body , tbe men aro determined as a body they should yield . Thaa matters stand- Thia strike cauaot continue many «* eeks ; there is- ewty prospect of its speedy conclusion .
DuKiNfield . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of Dukinfluld j was held on Monday last , OoL 7 th , to take into consideration the grievances of the Miners of that district , a portion of whom have been thrown out of employment , because they would not injure their health by working more than eight hours Io the pestilential atmosphere of a coal-pit . Tbe meeting'was well attended , Mr . Joseph Priee , a working Miner , in tbe chair ; and was addressed by Messrs . Hini ; ham , Welsbery , Helgatei and Win . Dixon , of Manehester . Tbe business was concluded witb three hearty cheers for the Miners' Union , three for W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and three groans for all those who are opposed to the rights of labour . ';
Yorkshire . —Tbe next General Delegate Meet-, ing of Miners ; will be bt It at tbe house of Mr . William Potter , the Griffin Inn , Nortbga * , Wakefield , : i Friday , tbe 18 th day of October , to commence at nine ; o ' clock in the momni ; , when it is expected that every \ society will 8 < -nii a representative , as business of great importance will be subiuktwi to tbe said meeting . LaNCaSH IRE . —The general delegate meeting of Lancashire Miners will take place at the house of Mr . Pondleboz , sign of tbe Running Horses , Aspall Moor , near Wigan , j on Monday , October 21 st , chair to be ' taken at 11 o ' clock in tbe forenoon . A public meeting ! will also be held ou the same day , and at tbe same ' place . W . Pj Roberts , E = q ., will positively be present . I The levy , including general contribution and law fund , will be Is 3 d i per member .
Ftlhe Members Of The Bradford Central Joint Jl Stock Co-Operative Society, Are Hereby Informed Oi
fTlHE MEMBERS of the Bradford Central Joint JL Stock Co-operative Society , are hereby informed oi
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On Wednesday the 2 nd inst ., at the Parish Church , Aldmonbury , by the Rev . Lewis Jones , Mr . F . Hutchinson , bookseller , Solby , to Miss Forbisher , of Lockwood , near Hudderefield . On Tuesday the 8 th instant , at Richmond , by the Rev . S . F . Surtees , M . A ., Mr . Fish , of London , to Miss Woore , of the former place .
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DEATHS . On Sunday last , aged 39 , George . Havey Wood , Painter , of this town . On Thursday last , aged six years , David , only sou of William M'Gregor , mechanic , of this town . Death of a Pathiot . —Died on the th instant , at Brighton , John Sandy , aged fifty years . John Sandy was one of the worthies , in the true pristine sense of the word , of the " order" to which he belonged—that of uDright , honourable industry . He wss ** a true-born Englishman" in all his heart , and delighted to dwell with a generous , hopeful spirit , upon the future destiny ef bis beloved country , while at the same time he was earnest and untiring to alleviate its present woes ; bold to encounter its
wrong-doers , and zealous to assert its withheld rights . But to the unbending integrity of the fervid patriot , John Sandy united s spirit touched with the finest impulses of humanity . He was a man of the most amiable nature , unassuming in demeanour , and with a heart full-fraught with all those gentle and warm sympathies which dispose a man to " rcjoioe with the glad , and grieve with the sorrowing . " His whole existence ,, indeed , was regulated by motives drawn from a pure source , and direoted by unbounded benevolence and exalted by mo * rality . Hence his public career was useful and honorable , his private life that of a strictly honest man , and tQ crown all , his domestic felicity , as a husband and parent wa 3 great . Mr . Sandy was also a bright
instance of what " self culture" can accomplish for a man , even though he has to struggle against all the diwadvantages consequent upon a life of hard , unfiinohing daily drudgery . His numerous contributions , under the signature of "An Industrious Englishman , " to the columns of the late Brighton Patriot , evi fenced considerable acuteness of intellect , combined with an enthusiastic devotion to tbe principles of democracy . But he has gone ! leaving behind him a name to live in the hearts of those who " knowing him best , loved him most ; " and the working men of Brighton especially , will revere his memory as that of a true-hearted patriot , an
affectionate husband and parent , a sincere unvarying friend , and an honest maa . His remains were followed to the grave by hi& employer and friend , Mr . Bannister , ( proprietor of the Brighton Publio Baths , of whieh the lamented deceased was for several years the manager , ) a long train of mourning relatives and attached friends , and by very many of his fellow-Chartists . As showing tbe high regard in which John Sandy was held by the latter class of his fellowtownsmen , we may intimate that ) forgetting all sectional differences , they have combined in a spontaneous subscription to enable them to erect a fittiag monument to his public worth and private virtues .
Death © f thb Rbt . Robsbt Taixoh . —Th 8 ec « centric and extraordinary man died about a month since at Tours , to nhioh place he retired some years since , and where he practised as a surgeon , to which profession he was originally bred . Robert Taylor was the son of a respectable ironmonger of that name , who resided many years in J ' enchurob-street , amassed a fortune , and retired upon it to Enfield . To his favourite son , Robert , be gave a first-rate education . He ( Robert ) was sent to- St . John ' s , Cambridge , where he took his degrees , and was esteemed an admirable schola ? . He took holy orders , and became curate of Midhurst , Kent fay . Sussex ) . It was at a christening that be first expressed his dissent to the doctrines of the Established Church ,
and subsequently , literally breaking into infldelism in the pulpit , he was stripped of his gown . He came to London and associated with Cariile . Mr . Taylor took the Roll's-rooma , in Chancery-lane ; from thence be proceeded to the Paul's Head , Cateatonstreet , then to Founder / s-hall , Lothbury ; at all which places he lectured on his favourite doctrine , lie also visited several provincial towns . At Leeds ha was confronted by Mr . Calvert , a clever actor , then iu Mr . Cemmins ' s company . Taylor returned to town , was a constant visitor at Lunt ' s CoSee House , Clerkenwell-Rreen , where he associated with Gale Jones , Wenman , and other well-known characters of the day . Ho was also seen at Smith's , High Hoiborn , near Great Turnstile ; and at the Globe ,
Fleetstreet . In the summer bia favourite resort was Temple-gardens , where he distributed his tracts , and sought disciples . The Doctor ' s followers at length purchased for him Dr . B « ngo Collier ' s Chapel , ih Cannon-street , City , This place Taylor christened the Areopagus . Here he ran riot , and at the instigation of Alderman Brown , now Chamberlain , then Lord Mayor , was proseauted , and committed to the Compter . There Carlile brought Miss Richards ( better known as Mrs . Dorey , of Barber and Fietchey oelebrity ) to him as a visitor . The Doctor fell , or feigned to fall , desperately in lore with the lady , and gave her a promise of marriage ; bat they were doomed to part , for Taylor having beea tried and convicted of blasphemy , was sen tenced to two wars imprisonment . On the expiration of his
sentence , he returned to his old lodgings at Mr . Russell ' s la law-stationer , in Carey-street . Chancerylan « X and there , we believe , he met a lady somewhat stricken iu years , who subsequently became Mrs . Taylor . This wedding , © f course , roused the ire of Miss Richards , who commenced an action for a breaeh of promise of marriage , and recovered £ 259 daaaages , to avoid the payment of which Mr . Taylor and his bride departed for Tours . Though som » disparity of years existed between Mr . and Mrs . lay lor ,-they lived very happily . He renounced h » errors , and returned to the doctrines of the Established Church . Robert Taylor was born in 1792 . h * was , consequently , either near his 52 ud or into 53 rd year . Mr . Taylor was a man of great acquirements , bnt erratic . He was generous , nay , profuse , in his nature . —Sun .
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Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday Oct . ^¦ •" ¦ jj 8 arrivals of Grain to thia day ' s Market are large . 1 M finest White Wheat supports its price , bat other descriptions Is . per quarter lower : the damp qualities very bad to f uit . The demand for Barley limited , and dull sale at last week's prices . Oats aad BeanB very little alteration . Bradford Markets , Thursday , Ocr . 10 . —WodU During tbe past week very little Wool has « haofi « a hands , and the business done is on terms ™* bff more favourable to the buyer . In Noils and Shows the demand continues steady , and prices gen eraU J firm . —Tarn , —There is scarcely so much aotiwj in Yarns ; which is likely to be met by a curtauea nmduc . tinn . Priops . am materially lower Within * M
last three or four months , while Wool bas . by no means kept pace with the decline ; thus leaving ** £ Spinner no alternative but to shelter himself fw m loss by reducing his production . —Piece . —The a ttendance of buyers has been only scanty to-day , and W » amount of business very limited . York Corn Market , Saturday , Oct . 5 . —^® have a full market to-day , owing , in a measorft w the commencement of Wheat sowing , and eaoW ^ both of White and Red , fit for this purpose , « ° saleable , at good prices , and all other sorts fnliJJ * j dear as last week . Barley in good supply * w » prices unaltered ; Oats dull sale ; Beans scaw * WVioat nrhifo Afio * rw Afli VCTV filM ^ 583 ! 160 **
• w Ui'tVV , TYUAVV , TVS VV ZW . J , l **• J —— — J ' _ »| flV to 45 s ; very fine , 46 s ; Seed corn higher I B * % » malting , 30 a to S 2 s ; very fine , 34 s ; Gradin g 29 i to 31 s ; Oats , 9 d to 10 ^ d per stone ; i ^ "" 13 s to 15 s per load . WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . Friday , October U—We have to report » w * arrival of Wheat to tbis day ' s market , bnt not W »» of oiher grain . The Wheat trade bas oeea ^ J heavy , at a decline of la per quarter upon «« " « &- the best samples of old maintain their wub . . 9 « J * slowsale at areduction of Is . per qr . . O » ts , « wuMW and Beans are also heavy sale ^ t rather loy / e tw ^
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Duncombe Testimonial . —Central Committee o » Trades , &c , Sayille House , Leicester gquARE , Wednesday , October 9 th . —Mr . Rose in the chair . Messrs . Grassby and Stallwood was deputed to wait on the Associated Trades of London ; and Messrs . Humphries and Stallwood on the Metropolitan delegate Council . A letter was read from J . Thatcher , Stookport , enclosing the following sums —From thelealico block printers of Campstall Bridge £ 1 & , and from the calico block printers of Chadkirk £ 1 , " requesting that its receipt be acknowledged in the
Northern Star , that journal being the organ of tbe trades and working classes in general in Stookport and its vicinity / ' A letter was also read from J . Sweet , Nottingham , enclosing £ 10 , the second subscription of the Chartists of that borough ; and from Thomas Hunter , containing a remittance of £ 6 10 s . the first subscription of the Trades of York . From J . A . O'Neill , Esq ., of Bunowen Castle , Ireland , enclosing a remittance of £ J . The following sums were also handed in ; four friends per J . S . 4 s ; Mr . Snead and workmen , boot and shoe makers , per Mr . Hannett Mi 133 . Qd .
Stockport . —The Spinners and Self-acting Minders . —In reference to this body , it may be stated , that , matters still remain in statu quo . If the masters should still persist in refusing the rise demanded , it is expected that the hands will determine on giving notice this week end ; and if that should be tbe case , and no arrangement be previously made , a general turn-out of this class of operatives may be expected in a fortnight . The Harwell Explosion , —A general meeting
of the Miners of Northumberland and Durham will bo held on Shadon ' s Hill , on Saturday , October 12 th , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning the Legislature to appoint a Commission of Inquiry , or to institute suob other measures as they may deem necessary , in order t o improve the ventilation of mines , and thereby render more safe the lives of our fellow-workmen , and that the occurrence of such melanchol y events as that at HaswelV Colliery in future may be prevented . Chair to be tak « u ai twelve o ' clock .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 12, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1284/page/8/
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