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of humanity, and to raise the voice of reasonand public feeling above the narrower in-terests and prejudices of those parties who soreadily feed upon the danger which hurlshundreds of their fellow creatures to miseryand destruction; and if the solicitation, * Giveus this day our, daily bread,’ applies with a fewinterested individuals, what multiplied distressesmay we see opposing it in contemplating thewant and desolation from whence their profitsoriginate.

** 6, Craven Street .” “ *** HOLMES.

LETTER.—(No. VII.)

<( To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle.

“ Sir,

“ The attention of the public having beendrawn to the desolating effects of explosionin coal mines by my letter on the apparentmerits and nature of Dr. Clanny’s lamp, in-serted in your excellent paper on the 12th ofJuly, and by that gentleman’s subsequentletter in the same of August 5th, containinganswers to my queries, with general elucida-tions relevant to the application of his appa-ratus, the causes (generally) of explosion, and