... THE COAL KINGS, AND THE NON- EMPLOYMENT OF-WOMEN LAW. IN the Halifax Guardian wefind an account ofI proceedings before the Huddersfield Magistrates dr which ended in the conviction of a coal-owner in X20 £2 for the employment of four females in his coal pit, co contrary to law. That account we shall presently Ye give, preceding it with a few remarks. y At last there are indications that the ...

... Since we last reported progress, meetings have been holden at Stalybridge, Todmorden, Rocbdale, Bury, Liverpool, and Sheffield. At Todmorden the efforts of Mr. Oastler's friends are likely to be rewarded with signal success. In the North-Riding, subscriptions are in course of collection. Mr. Colville, I.MP. for DerbyEhire, is exert- iog himself among his constituents to raise funds in ...

... SIR CIIAS. METCALFE AND TIHE PARLIA- MENT OF CANADA. THE resignation of the Ministry in Canada, 1 owing to a difference with the Governor-General, SIR V CHARLES METCALFV, on the extent of the Governor's pre- r rogative and the mode of exercising it, places the repre- 0 sentative of the Sovereign there in opposition to a great ( majority of the representatives of the people. The question f on ...

... I 1ottbjom(na Qejavtit jaeetnins. LONDON-LIBERATION OF MR. GEORGE WHIrL- The following meetings will be holden :-A grand festival, consisting of dinner, concert, and ball, at the Hall, Turnagain-lane, on Monday next, January 8th, 1844. Dinner on the table at four o'clock. Feargus O'Connor will take the chair. TOwER HAMLETS-A public meeting in the Hall of Science, on Tuesday, Jan. 9th, at half ...

... Cbe Call(tro' JR*bemmt. MIr. LOIAX has visited the following ?? Dec 26th.-Pablic meeting in the market-place, after which the men adjourned to the Old Oak public house, when nearly one hundred sat down to dinner. The room was tastefully decorated with evergreens for the occasion, and much praise is due to the host and hostess for their indefatigable exertions on the occasion.- Golden Hill, Dec ...

... EARL GREimY.-We are glad to learn that the latest accounts from Howick state that Lord Grey had enjoyed sleep during several hours for some nights past. The noble Lord had also suffered less pain lately, and his pulse and appetite were quite good. His medical attend- ants are of opinion that the malady with which his lord- ship is afflicted is running its course in the manner best calculated ...

... TO THE EDITORS OF THE LEEDS MEBCuRy. GENTLEMEN,-Permit me, through the mediujm of y Paper. to make a few remarks on a letter fronm the Lyon overseers, signed WMi Relnhardt. purportinfltobea r d to one of mine, which appeared the previous week, ande2ly AImprisonment for Non-payment of Rates;` at the same titcit assuring you that I Shall riot prolong this controversy. on tre ground that I ...

... obartiot EterlivarWe. LONDON-COCK TAVERN, CAMBERWELL.GREEN. -At a numeroua meeting held at the above place, on Tuesday evening last, the following resolution was proposed by Mr. Simpson, seconded by Mr. Murball, and carried by acclamation-' That this meeting aee of opinion that the lamentable lons of life occasioned by our sanguanary and bloody wars, is the natural conse- quence of power being ...

... LONDON NEWS OF FRIDAY MORNING. ROYAL EXCHANGE, Lordon, r7srdajy Even . INDIA AND CHINA.-There was an express to-day in anticipation of the Overland Mail, and bringing very full details, both upon political and mercantile matters. It does not appear, however, though some profess to consider the former as rather unsatisfactory, that there is anything of particular importance in the accounts. The ...

... (From the Times.) The Indian Mail has arrived, with letters and papers t from Bombay to Dec. 1. The principal items relate to the preva- t lence of great sickness in the two newly-acquired possessions of Scinde in India, and of Hong Kong in Chins. Peace prevails throughout British India, although the preparations For war were busy throughout the north-western districts. An army of about 15,00O ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF TRE NORTRERN STAB, DRAn SiR,-Ib Is some time since I took the liberty to write to you on the subject of applying the progress and discoveries of science to the benefit of tie work- ing classes, by liberating them from comnpulsive labour for their sustenance, and making the powers of jnature and machinery our friends and helpmates. Thei Inter. ruption of my letters was partly ...

... FOREIGN INAE T LLIGENCE. SPAIN. f Our correspondent at Paris informs us that, on Saturday cil I evening, M. Donuso Cortes and RaO de Olana, the two commission- ch ers, sent from Madrid by the. Spanish Government, to wait upon Ii Queen Christina, and to invite her to return to Madrid, having accomplished their mission, took leave of her Majesty preparatory ha to their return to Madrid. The ...