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MIDDLESEX COURT OF REQUESTS . It a ft grievous thing to go withont one's dinner , - "fcrifrbe robbed of one ' s dinner , and thai dinner & Sunday one , and a * beef-steak pie' into tbe bargain , is one of the most diabolical Bomptnaarv &efts that can by possibility bs perpetrated nx this oar « drawl : » wintry . " Robbing a child of its bread aad ^ bBtter- ' is as » flea to fttattgaroo ,-compared ** 111 give yon 2 s . 6 d ., Mr .. Noble , for wkai T «* i "
« Mda _ joll 7 -red-ftced fellow , who appeared to be exertuwbs persuasive powers to induce Mrs . Noble aoMo briBc her case Wore the Court . " I'll make ? ^ "S * ^ « ^ e said Mrs . Noble proceeded towards toe £ reen-baized table ; " and as yonryoung bus beat some of mine , I think as I make you a werrygood hoffer . " u , that I won't , " said Mrs . Noble ; "it ' s disgraceful , and a batcher , too , as yon are , Mr . Barton . " - Three shillings , " repeated Mr . Barton . Mrs . Noble shook her head .
Mr . Commissioner Dubois—Will yon have the goodness ( addressing the parties ) to permit the Court to know what it is you are talking about . We can-Bot hear a word you say . Mrs . Noble ( who appeared inclined to be ont of temper with everybody}—Nobody likes to be robbed of a beef-steak pie on a Sundav . Mr . Commissioner Dabois— " Nor any other day , 1 fancy , Mrs . Noble . "Will you take S * . 6 i . r whispered the-butcher to tbearaseible Mrs . Noble . Mrs . Noble ( in a low tone )—No : I won ' t take k . 6 d ., nor 43 ., nor 4 ? . 6 < L The ' pie had fo « r pound ? eleven ounces of beef in it . at 7 ^ d . a pound , and eight pen'orth of ojsterg , and there was naif a pound of Batter in the crust .
Mr . Commissioner Dnbok requested Mrs . Noble to state , aa calmly as her fnplrngs would permit her , the facts of the robbery . Mrs . Noble proceeded to do so with gr ^ at Tolnbility . It appeared that on Sunday , the . 29 th of March , she kad her husband ' s father , her dwn mother , and two uncles te dinner . As they were to come early , and sjKOd the whole day with aer , she made the pie overnight , so thai , she might he entirely at the service of ker guests . The pie-wajy ^ aent to the bakehouse , ' and , as was th ^ Bgnt ^ fctthed home and placed opon " -tti&taWe ^^ feat tbe Sery feat . cut as' 1 gaw iatatke ^ rnst ^ asid she , ^ 4 knew *** tfie pie wanrt ourV MrvBarton—roa oouHn ' t hare no cause to find JanlTwhh the crust . My missis made it herself . Jffrs . NoWe—It wa * nV made no way fit for company . .
And Mrs . Noble wanted to argue this point with ¦ file butcher , and also whether the crust of a beef-Steak pie ought to be made with suet , butter , or lard . Mr . Commissioner T > ubois—That is a matter of taste , I presume , Mrs . Noble . Proceed , if you please . ' Mrs . Noble ( positiTely)—It ' s not a matter of taste , s * ¦ Mr . " Commissioner Ihibois—Well not discuss the point at present . Hare the goodness to tell us the remaining particulars about the robbery . Mrs . Noble proceeded to do so . She said that di-Jeetly she withdrew the knife from the pie she Blade her husband run back to the baker ' s with it . Unfortunately , the baker could not tell who it was
that had got the dish with the " four pounds eleven ounces of beef-sf f ak , at 7 id . per lo ^ eight pen ' orth of oyEterr , and half a pQuad of jbutter in the crust . " What was Mr . Nsble to do » Like a prudent man , 4 he took the pie home again , in order- to see whetiwr any thiug was lost by the exchange . Mrs . Noble prepared herself te dish out the stranger pie , when to ner consternation , she discovered that , instead of itt containing anything like the well compounded and saToury dish she had lost , it was full of nothing but breasts of mutton . u Breasts of mutton ! " said she , turning np her nose , these didn ' t ooet more than 3 id . a pound , and we were obliged to « o withoat our diiiDer . "
" Well , Mr . Barton , what We yoa to say to the barge against you ? ' inquired the Commissioner . Mr . Barton—Why , she heat some ' of my pie . Mrs . Noble declared that there was merely a cor-« er gone , which one of her children ' , got to the cupboard and pilfered while she was down-stairs on the Monday morning buying some fish . Mr . Barton explained , that he also had company on the SunjJjgMn question , and that , while his wife » as down In-jjjft lf'tehen attending to the ** wedgetoble , beaif ^ ihflpie ( as Be averred ) ; of conr-re lie was fib > aw * re of the excellent dinner the plaintiff , Mrs . Noble , had prepared for his company .
Jar < CiOHUDtssioner Dubois- ^ Sarely "your . wife told yon of the . mistake ! - .. Mr . BarKra ( looking Tery knowingly)—Not till rterthnnEr , and I don ! t gee as it would have been « fany . « 8 Bio tell our friends about it , a 3 I'd served ail toa paeons . . " Mi ; Gattmissioner Drnbois—You most haTe had a pretty Bameroas family party . Mr ^ fiajtoii—Yes , eleven on us . Mo . Nflfrrerfcis questioned as to whether she had *« nraedfSe defendant ' s pie . She swore * t » had , ** & *? -B * toa was tdjndged to pay 5 s the snm
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KRPSCTSOF TEMI « 8 AKCS IN IBELAXdT It will nadHy befcupposed that the abstraction oi — - tatf * niillian of dnuakaidM-fnm , Ujo population jnast « xeiciae a Tezy decided infioence on the statistics of the pioTiaes ; and , accordingly , we find a considerable Ailing off in the duties on spirits during the past year , sod an increase in those npon tea and other exclseable articles . We could also refer , with the greatest satisfaction , to police reports , and addresses of magistrates at petty sessions . But we are a- » rare that the- great diminution in crime ebserrable in tbe South of Ireland , for the la * t twelra months , is , by many , attributed to the abseaca of all political excitement -, and w * , there"^ fiwe , prefer to confine- oar&clTts to those facts which
caanot posszblj , ^ be attributed to any other cause than teetoogjsnfof this kind are the following details , © omaTunicited to us by Dr . Builen , Burgeon to the UtetMnfinnary in Cork , one of the largest hospitals Jn IniaBd ; an hospiol -which , during the last eleTen Snonttia . hasreceiTedl ^ SoSin-door , &ad 14 , 560 « it-di > or patients . I > t Bulien atates . that cases of casualties , consisting -oCjgKsoaal assaults consequent upon drinking , after payment of wages on Saturday night , have , "Within the last nine moaihs , been reduced to one-third of their former , arer-age amount That the cases of ^ iTes brought to the hospital , in conseqnence of brutal beating or kicking ly their husbands , -which formerly averaged frsro » week , ijaTe ,. -within the same period K&riy ceased . That tSS : xasua ' . i-jes arising from '
alls from scaffolding , ' injuries by machinery , * c ^ &c , &c ., have been reluccd fif-y per c-nt ! He ako states , that , in the course of his extensire pr actice , though frequently meeting -with delirium irtmexs , and other dreadful complaints , brouiht « m by excassiYe driaking , he has not met -with one eaae of disease referable to the sadden and total " disuse cf Bpirita . At the la « t renewal of licences , in the city c £ Limerick , eighty publicans and Tenders of spirits abstained from applying for a renewal . In the small t&wn of Kill ^ rai-T , fourteen hire giren np dealing in « F . riu ; and \ f& ars happy to find that , in most cases taey hare" tst £ U : shed soup and coffee shops , bakebouses
,- ana dtScr sim ' ilar accommodatioasfor the poorer « asaes , which -will materially assist in tiiminishicg the temptatiou to a relapse . At Cork ,- in addition to a great diminution in the applications for spirit licenses sixteen publicans Lave been declared insolvent , au " of ¦ whom attributed their failure to Mr . Mathew ' a success . Similar details might be collected from almost every town in Dublin : but , as the progres * of the society was for the fiAt year , comparatively slow , ( at the ead of twelve month * , about 7 , 000 members had . keen enwdled . ) the effijet of so good a change in ihe moais and fcabits of the peopla wiil not be fully apparent in th * ' ^ ' ^ g 8 « f ^ e country for , at least , twelve moutha to
• erne . Among the -objections raged against teetotaiism , we tove met . witijaoae which are not answered bj the toegeihg * rief aecount orits p ^ ESpJes " aad" effects . . Bat , as it has b = ea frequently insinuated that Mr Masnew U dm ^ ing ^ large icc «» e from tie spread of Wi » ociety , H » ay be as well to state , that , no charge whatever is as 4 a for administering the teetotal pledge . Ifilieiiewtffataitted mtmber apply for a card and jaedal ,. qualifying him to become a member of the aacfa
tt B-wae ^ , ta hia own district or couEt ? town , the WfrAzttoXTgosaade is only thirteea pecce ^ " which canaot be caasdwod exorbitant , when ^ e consider thai oat of it must be defrayed the cost of the medals ' ( Bade at Birmingham , ) tLeir carriage , printing cards ' salaries af clerks , aad books of regijtrr . Mr . Mathew iMaol a . wealthy man , and cannot afford to do mere iba » delete hfe wl-ole time gratuitously to the furtherance ot his great ohjaet ; and the charge of Is . id . ha « ceea « alcai » 4 ed » t the lowest possible rate which can coabie tbe sooie ^ r 4 o defray its own expenses .
Iji eoaelasiou , we-bej to offer a few remarks on the aatioaal advantages Hkey to result from the spread of temperaaee . 3 fo one , with the eye of a farmer , can travel tkr »» gh the ccmnJies of Tipperary asd Limerick , and , ia jhort , ib . e whole province of Mnnster , without lemsrktag the great natural capabilities of the soil . A « ild mout climate , with iianmerablespriaga , at various « levatioas , « ffering the ^ se ^ est facilities for artificial navigation , puiat it out aa eminently fitted for the breeding and rearisg of catUa ; whilst the lower land « « e equally adapted U > the growth of wheat . Yet , with wese gnat taiaxal advantafe * , what ia the present * Bpect of aic cmstrj i SmaH ^ tpeless fields , in which - _» o iinplemente can he worked to advantage ; land of ntate
* - quality « ovensd with atone , and so aata-«* ed wtta water , that n » erop e&n he grown without -lasting a third of the land to 4 eep furrows , for" the A& $ of elevating the remainder into cpmpiratiTe dry's ^ . Xheee nze but a fraoion of tie errors which Mgfefc h& pointed ont Bat it ia fowign to our purpose to wrftean agriciltural treatise , aiid » e turn at once to Uw i *« dy , whvh is luckily ae « lf ^ rident as it has MthMto been unattainable . Capital employed to agri-« uture , a * d bringiag- in its train the mechamcal and ¦ ctentifit ncprovanenw of the aster kingdom ^ -ironld rf *\ w iS W' Feaw > dou * > " *?> t » Me . the prbdnoe « f thisfertale portion of ? ¦ he island ; whilst tb * grest awonnt of uasp > ropriated water power , and the low f » e di wages , effo every iu ^ ueeoant to tbe manu-
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aeturer . But what capitalist , it will be urged , will r isk hi * wealth ia a country where life and property are DOtorionsly insecure ? Oor answer Is embodied ia the foregoing pages . If we . are correct in oar anticipa tions of the permanency of habits « f Bobriety once formed , it cannot be unreasonable to suppose that , the most fertile source of turbulence and crime being removed , a corresponding amelioration will take place in the morals and habits of the people , and a field of safe and profitable investment be thus opened to British capitalists , which , it is to be hoped , they -will not be slow to occupy .
Bat , should these anticipations be only partially realised , or even should no further results ensue than those which we have shown to be naturally in existence , it is surely no small tbing that thousands of families sh » nld Lave passed from a state of want aud strife , to one of comparative comfort and peace ; and we confess that we heartily covet the feelings with which Mr . ilathew must regard the fact , that half a million of his fellow-countrymen bless the day on which they became acquainted with the Teetotal Temperance Society . —Tail ' s Magazine ,
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PUBLIC MEETING AT BISHOP AUCKLAND , TO ADOPT MR . O'CONNOR'S PETITION . On MoDday last , tbe people of th ' s place met on the Batts , to adopt the above mentioned petition . It was anticipated that it wou ' . d have been a genfral ho ' . May , as it was Easter Monday , tut we were disappointed ; and , consequently , tbero was not to large a meeting as there would have 1 > een bad the collieries and . trades been laid idle- - However , it was a -meeting , and a unanimous one too for the glorious and good c ^ uyj . Our readers most understand that this is a new district for Chartism , and what Chartists met here on this occasion , were men who liare shook off the sleep of ages from their eyelids , and " put on the armour of light * They are fresh auxiliaries to the movement , and are preparing to put their thoulders to the wheel of Democratic Reform .
The meeting took place at three o ' clock in tbe afternoon , and at the time appointed , Mr . Microft , of Spring Gardens , - wasuBaaimoasly called to the chsir . The CHiiRHAX then « ald that he regretted the email attendance at tee meetmg t but he had a certainty that ft . would hare Beennmch larger , had it been a ge neB ^ . "ho } i < iay » ? he weetlng . wt > a £ t have : tM * n called in ^ JwWr « st » 5 ^ td . hjtt ' giTen = 1 att an opportunity ol « t&dfii » g , bat Mr . Hfons had otat ' r etfgagett < &tlMprfeic \ i he could not poeeibly Wt aside ; They would all be aware of the object and nature of tbe meeting : It was
a Chartist meetimg , aad resolution * would be submitted ^ for their adoption for the dismissal of the Ministry now in offiee-rthe restoring of Frost , Williams , and Jones to their country—and the liberation -of all political prisoners in this country . These were the objects of this meeting , and he had no doubt that after they had heard the different speakers who addressed them , they would cordially agrte in the nature of tht resolutions . He would not trespass any longer on their time , but just introduce to them the speakers as he found them on the list .
Mr . Embletox then rose to move the first resolution . He said—My Fellow-countrymen , —1 never was placed the first on the list to address a public meeting before , anl 1 have spoken at a great many in my lifetime ; but they say that the man that goes first stands the best chance of any . Though you may not know much about the Charter here , y « t it is known in other places , and has been for some time . The meaning oi the term Chartist is one who advocates Universal Suffrage , and the men who have turned the world upside down have come to this place at l * st . I say upside down , for the world has been all wrong forsome time , and these Chartists want to put it light again . We want to impress the working man with the necessity of askfajg for his rights , and restoring the laws to their
purity again ; and we never can bring about this till we obtain the Charter , or , in ^ other words , Universal Suffrage . What ' s that ? Some people think and Bay that the Suffrage is extended enough—that there is more than is requisite already ; but we claim the same right as the rich , because we are of one " flosh and blood . " But I will examine the five points of the Charter , one by one , and explain to you as briefly as possible the measures we have betn struggling for all al « ng . Ti . e first point in our Charter , then , is Universal Suffrage , or , in other words , that erery man twentyone yeara of age , and unstained by crime , to have a voice in the making of the laws by which he is to be governed . ( Hear , hear . ) liow , my friends , you hav © laws ior your rick boxes , your odd fellows ' lodges , and year shepherds' lodges , and let us see bow
you go about the framing of the rules or laws of these societies . Yoa first appoint a committee to draw up a code of rules or regulations for the members to be governed by . Now this committee is appointed by the members , and when they have drawn up the rules , do they say , " here are the laws of your club , you must obey them ? " No , but they bring them before the members , and Uke their opinion first , and submit to any alteration the . members think fit to make . The members of the club are the persons to be appealed to , and it is not left to the committee arbitrarily to deride . But it is bo * co with " our Members of Parliament . The ? are the comnjiftee of the nation , and only a committee , yet they will sot let the members have w » y « y whatever about our wk « * ait- 'i « gBlatioi >« . " , TAfl T'ja ** -d |» whatever they like , aad a Ten bad oo ^ uaitk * ifc ?
m * . Ptt j hgjjjfrr ' e ua a voice ? Kt , Ttejr « ugft to doEo , bot"TEey don't If we had beea « msnlted ^ . the Poor Law Amendment Act would neror have been faned—the Coercion Bill for Jrelan 4 wwria never have been passed—and tbe seventeen . millions of property tax would never have been taken off the shoulders of the ridTaud . saddled upas the pODt Do you think it right that a few should have such a power over tbe many as the present system gives them ?' - They both can and do just make any law they please without ever asking any of us , who have to suffer by them . This Is a time in which every man should awaken from his sleep . Danger lies dose at our doors . See your villag » s how they nave got these blue police into them . They tell you it is to keep the peace j but there ia wmethir . g
else besides , and when they have got them completely established , they will make the people rue the day whenever they came amongst them . No man can say that Universal Suffrage is an unreasonable demand . The laws of England ; are something like the lawa of the coal trade , they are all made for one side—for the misters and tho viewers . They are hatched in the coalowners' office , where tke devil sits as chairman , and the poor pitman is lost sight of in drawing up the bonds . ( Hear , hear . ) He has no voice in the making of the bond . In March the men are called togetherthe bond is read to them—it is written and read to them in a manner that only a few can understand its meaning , and if any one should object to any oppressive clause , what is the answer that he receives ?
" Oh , very well ; if yon dont like the bond you can go somewhere else , and try to better yourself . " The poor pitman is deprived of all power to benefit hinuelf or his brethren . So it is with the nation ' s laws , and the people who are governed by them . And if we had only a voice in making the laws , the coal-pit kings would not bi able to trample on na as they do at ' this time . Annual Parliaments U the second point in the People's Charter , and this is easily comprehended : it means that Members of Parliament should be returned every jear by their constituents , or te dismissed by them if they think fit " Ready reckonings make long friends . " If any of our employers had a servant that did not do Mi doty—that was lazy , careless , and could , not get rid of him till seven years expired , he would deem it
a great hardship , would he not ? Yet this is the case with the Parliament If they had to give an account every year of their services , they would be more likely to do their duty , if tk-ey wanted to keep their seats ' ; and benee the necessity of Annual Parliaments . If a member does not do his duty now , the law does Mi Tequire him to visit his constituents in Kss than seven yean , and they cannot be expelled doling that time , though they will Hot remove one e ' f cur -many evils wita one of their finger * Now , my friends , I am a bit of a clock cleaner , and yon that have clocks in yoar houses will know * ery wwfl that the clock often Tenures cleaning . If yo « get ft- cleaned ateuV-oa ^ a * eHl ^ JtfUgo .. bett | 5 ito 5 _^ y < fe were lo leirve it uncleaned tor seven yean . It W 6 u » a ~ ~ v « ry
badly , for it wonld- % e very dirty . New U » Parliament it the nafcioaal cJocfc , and though . It stands in a very -dusty and bad position , yet we are osry allowed ti > ctein it every sewn years . Now when we set to work to clean a clock , we cannot d » it propeiiy tillweliave separated wheel from wheel , and pin from pin ; and wUen we find , oa examining the' worts , that Bome of the wheels have g « t rusty , we take them out and replace them with new ones . Gar clock is the House of Commons has Isecome very dirty—it wants cleaning some of the wheels have got clogged up with Whig aad Tory rust , and we want to remove thena , and put new Chartist -wheels in their sfcsad . Hence the necessity at A nnual Parliament * . The next point i » vox Charter i 3 Vote by Ballot Now at present I have no vote ,
because I am not a ten pound householder , ? which is a very foolish qualification , for if a mania to be disfranchised because he does not pay a sufilcient rent for his house , it is manifest that tbe bricks and mortar give the vote , and not tbe man . But we Chartista advocate the Vote by Ballot on this account We expect the day is not far off when these odious laws of suffrage will be done away with , and every man be admitted within the doors of universal representation . When that time arrives , we shall see the necessity of the Ballot You working men have masters who will be ambitious to eit in Parliament , or they will have friends whom they would like to put in to Berve their own ends . Your masters will , at an election time , say to you who are bis workmea— " here is my friend , yon must vote for him . " if
you go to the poll like an independent man , aad vote for your friend instead of his , he will be aware of it , and he will be very likely to make " yoa Buffer either ene way or another . Ptrhaps he will torn you off work , « r perhaps he will give you a hard job for daring to disobey him . Now , Vote by Ballot would protect you from the undne influence of the masters , for then you could vote without your masters knowing who you voted for . The next point is No Property Qualification . Now , as the law stands , no man can go to Parliament for a county unless he is worth £ 500 per annum in landed property . - And no person can represent a city or borough unless he la worth three hundred a year . Be may , indeed , be unfit for the purpose for which is * sut— he inav be ignorant of hla duties , but because ht > has mmey to the spea&td amount , he is elected a
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, , - - ¦ > - t <~ : ¦ $ ••<; > j , :. ¦; rT representative . Here la a pobtnftJB , witfc * knowledge of mechanics , of chemistry—who is acquaJated with the arts and sciences—who understands tU 4 principles of just Government , and 1 b every WaT fitted for a legislator , but with respect to his pocket" TSf because he Is not worth £ 500 a-year , seciety ft not to reap \ he benefit of his talente , his knowledge , hlslnmeatyl We want ' , then , to remedy this great evfl , and enable men to rise in the world according to tJjiir meriti ; therefore we would abolish all property qualifications , Thenext tiling in the People ' s Charter is the Payment of Repre : aentatives , andyou must recollect that the Mem ) bers now do not receive pay for their services except what the ; take ont of the public pone . And they have the complete power of doing whatever they like * If onr jnent-—* "" " ^
bers were paid by those who sent them , ? r'fer -tt | iV . labourer is worthy of bis hire , " then we shwldhave a chance of them being independent of the crown and obedient to the people . We , therefore , require the payment of representatives . Here is our Charter then , and I ask you , are we so exorbitant and reckless ** oar enemies represent ns to be ? And , now lot ' u » see what claims the present Government has upon our support . At the passing of the Reform Bill , they promised what they have never performed- ^ they absolutely promised to do everything for us , and they hare forgotten us , to do everything for themsejvee . "Now , we read in our Bibles of the curses pronounced upon hypocrites and deceivers . What is a hypocrite ? jQne who promises to do that which he never will perform , in order to have the appearance of good . Tha Whigs promised great things which they never performed , when
they had the power , with tHo people at their backs , to goauy extent in reforming abuses . They have "jfiiped ; urthens on men ' s shoulders grievous to be borne " , and they -will not remove thorn with one of tbelr ff ^ py ^ What do you call that ! ia it not hypocriisy ?\^ te Whigs passed the Poor Law Amendment Bill , J } j » ttj 5 » deprives a poor man of out door relief , whaa ijfcr , * il not get employment , and drive-him into t ^ a ; £ jmij Bastile , where he roust be separated f rom hi * , » $ jfc « i the children must be parted from their pa&jiti&lsB though this is very bad , yet this Is not the ytpxmjffik New Poor Law . This bill was intended tsHganaWi your wages . Why , how do you make thai appear ? Well , look here , before men wilt g ° in ^ b fK ^ hastlle to be separated and starved , they will work at any price . amTlive iir any place that they can , call their ^ wo v ^ a man cannot get work a \ tiie ' usualVagca , | i wi } i « o So theoiMterandrayJL- * W work Wtomj&M 4 flW
ten , and nine snuitngs ^ iatf ^ tB aB-jgo fjHOav : lilts : See , aleb , how tlwy ar *^ rtwi ^ , **> . fe in our villages and towns . $ » ' are calwTj ^ oU ^ petition the Parliament for turning these * Wttga % ufc of office , and I am sure you Tttjt . reapowl to fto $ ajXau , like men . Mr . Embleton th ' ea , moved the , following resolution : — t ' [ ¦ " . ' .. . " . ] . ' ., l " That this meeting , impressedwith a-bel } el ^ jthat the interests of the people have been . sacrificed to the , selfishpess , cruelty , and treachery of the GoTctiwaut , and this meeting also believes that , for a p £ opi ( i & > be well governed , they must choose their own tepreaentatlves ; hereby resolves to petition the C < 5 tnmoha taj address the Queen for to dismiss from her councils hecprcsent advisers , and place men in their steajl , ; who will give us a free constitution based upon aw Charter . " . 1
Mr . George B 1 NN 8 then came forwatd to second the resolution , which he did in a long ' address , which we regret we are ntft able to reports it not having come to hand . The resolution was then put and carried unanimously within a few yards of the Bishops PaJuce . Mr . Nathan Fowell then rose to proposo the second resolution . He said that lie had not addressed a public meeting of this description before ; be had never been an enrolled Chartist : but hg , had been a constant reader of that excellent paper , file Sottkern Star ; and he was a warm supgort « r of the People ' s . Charter . Though the peoplo liare had not been thoroughly imbued with the principles of ¦ . Chartism , vet there were many Chartists in other places , and though their enemies represented them as everything . that was
bad and abominable , yet he asked where was tbe proof ? These were times when men were not to be led away by every vague rumour that nv ' ght be flying abroad ; they would enquire for ' themselves , and only condemn men when thy found them to ba wrong . The time has arrived when we ^ niust be . matter-of-fact men , and learn to judge for ourselves on questions of rach vital importance Do ws' not find the people to be ground down beneath tho pressure of enormous taxation ? We are taxed from the beginning to tbe end of thfl chapter : we go to the grave taxed ; we are lapped in a taxed shroud ; we are put . into & taxed taffia we are fastened down with taxed lacks ; we are eacrled to a taxed church ; and we , ftre ptfb into the taxed' soil : and if our oppressors could go the lengthif their wishes , I should not be surprised if they would be tor having us taxed for rising from the ^ ea 4 at the tina ^ e-pf the resurrection . When the ' people ' are prepaid * acquainted
with the causes of their , uuferiogs , Hjethinks 1 hear every generous heart indignantly proteat that these wrongs shall endure no qioro . But some-say what can we do , we are only poor men , and nobody will help us—what can we do ? i We wantyaa . to co-operate . We want yon to unite . | Vhat eauyoitjiftiv What do yon d * ? "What does any one else 4 o |> , 4 ^ ^ oonoi produoe all weajth ? Wby then do voudftapaic and hafagyoor heads ?! ' Are JW notia waAtegigeTonaot « Tar * st You aa . oppr ^ > tj ? ia £ S ^* er « ld tBeionamon' eoed ^ wo ^ d bpfir < B 4 s yl ^ % times more if ibey ^ new tenr . Ttfe second nfemifik , which 1 am reqnested to move , i 4 asfouows : — J ^ s v-- " < "That thi » meetlBg , believing that Frosir ' Williams , and Jones haTe been more sinned against than sinning ; and . a ^ o . that the decision of the Judges entitles them to an acquittal , resoiveBito petition the ^ XJe ^ slatore to address the Queen for their free pardon .
Mr . Poclton seconded the resolution . — The resolution was carried unani . niotisly . ' . Mr . T ? kV \ , Atkinson fnoved the next resolution , for the liberatton of all political prisoaeirfc . ^ hichwa * seconded by Mr . Atre , of West Auckland ; and carried unanimously . j Mr . O . Binks then moved the adoption of Mr . O'Connor ' s petition , which was heartily agreed to ; aud , after the vote of tli&nks toHhe Chairman , the meeting quietly dispersed . * Petitions will be sent from tfie-following places , to Mr . John Fielden , for presentation : —Bishop Auckland , Cockfield , West Auckland , Sheldon , Chapel Row , South Church , Counden , Ferry Hill , Merrington , Byera Green , Wellington , Wolsuighani , Evenwood , and Toft Hill . :
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HALIFAX . Whig duplicity , attempted cbs . ii . vg , aud wanton 1 lliberality exhibited at the antl-Corn Law Meeting on Monday , the 2 oth inst . at Halifax . —The Odd Fellows' Hall . St Jamessroad , in this town , was tbe theatre of au exhibition truly memorable in tho annals of the Corn Law League , as exhibited on the day above named . A requisition , signed with the names of seventy-ono individuals , nineteen or twenty of whom were partnership concerns , had been presented to the constables , Mr . J . T . Paichett and Mr . Thomas Perkington ,. calling on them to convene a public meeting o& an early day , which they accepted , and appointed Monday , tho 20 tk instant , at one o'clock , for the purpose of expressing their deep
regret at the abrupt , unfair , and premature termination of the debate upon Mr . Villiera'a motion for a committee on the Corn Laws , to receive from the delegates an account of their proceedings in London ., and also to express their firm determination not to rekx in their efforts to achieve the removal of those impolitic enactments . Placardsannouncing this momentous meeting -were stuck up on Thursday hist , and the Radicals then thought it necessary to give their old friends a meeting . At the hour named above , the large room , calculated to hold 3 , 000 persons , waB only tuinly attended , bat at the commencement of the business , about two o ' clock and shortly after , it began to fill , and on the chairman being nominated , no opposition Wing offtred , Jonathan Akroyd , Esq ., took the chair , without
even calling for a chow oi hands in his fivour . Some little dissatisfaction arose out of this , a number culling out " put it to the meeting . " ,- " Take a abosr . of hands , or . _ h ^ isno Chairmanj" but the ^ eiitkrnam ^ rocftwtod-W open trie business , waving " ^ evfery constdesatldB with respect to that ceremony ; and after delivering a speech of considerable length , touching on the usual topics introduced on such occasions , and showing ,- by 4 Se opposition tbeir pet measure had received from tho House , there was little or no hope of obtaining anything At the hands of the House of Commons , their Delegation having proved fruitless , he called upon Mr . Morris , a gentleman spinner , to come forward , who iu a leng address endeavoured to eke out the arguments adduced by the Chairman , and to persuade his then audience , that
their salvation , or liberatk > n from their preseut thraldomv wonld be in tbe repeal of the Corn Laws . Both Mr . . Morris and tiie Chairman were interrupted frequently during tbe time « f tbeir speaking ; and repeated calls were made "Gin us the SufFtage , " but they turned « deaf ear to it . several gentlemen were heard to > say , " See there , those are the men . wh « want the Suffra ge ; I . thiak they . are almost ready for it , are they not ?¦ ' And other remarks followed bom the " educated classes . " When the speaker bad done , he moved the xlrst resolution , and Mr . Oatsoa seoonded it Merely , expressed a disapprobation of Ihe -conduct inanifes , t £ d b £ th $ opponents of the measure on Mr . VitlirfsV . motion , and their determinationlo have every exertion made , if possible , in order toropeal the impolitic act . \ *) n . the Chairman rising to pot tbe motion , Mr . Koba't Wilkinson . addressed him , claimi » g his attention whi et be offered' a few remarks on ibe
subject , and then commenced a apeech , which from its adroitness , extract edtwen plaudits from the Com lav repealers who had t ailed the meeting . He entered npon a general view of thv > cats , shoving the different causes arising out of the us \ > of machinery , which afiaeted the poor man ' s interest a » ' ¦ weli as the Corn Laws , and that in them did not consia t tho . whole . of what a poor man bad to complain of , neither would he obtain that benefit in their repeal which vwas contended for by their supporters , as machinery wa uld always act the part of a lever in regulating wages , throwing working men out of employment on one hanvl , asd fixing the standard . of wages on the other , as they would always be regulated by the supply and demand i , i the labour market , and the means which was in the Iliads of the manufacturer , was adequate , under the direction of present laws , to increase' machinery to anj amoant they pleased without moieetipn ^ W ^ ttei |« $ ^ - Jt WHKl in need that aoxue-\ , ' " . ' ' - .
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tblngr accompanied thq repeal , which would give . tee working man a chance of controlling his own destinies ; and he-woiUd , therefore , move the resolution which he held in his hand ; He was listened to during the ijrtinlfijof his address with , great attention , only a passing remark qj two made , as " Sbeak to thelCom Laws , not ^ achinery , " wasthrown in by a few individual * At the conclusion , the Chairman rose to object to any-JbiBgthat . might be proposed foreign to the objects of . MienieetiDg , as party politica would not bo allowed of . Mr . Wilkinsoo obeerved , the resolution was drawn np an accordance , with , "their public notice , and asked leave ¦ tobe allowed to read it It was granted and ran as wllows : — ¦ - ¦" . ' ' ¦ ' . ' . ' . ¦ " -. - .. ' ^^
Resolved , " That the late abrupt and unceremonious termination of the debateon Mr . Villiers ' s motion for a Committee on the Corn Laws , &c , affords an additional evidence against the House of Commons , or a majority of itemembers , showing their determination not tosuppost aa enquiry into that measure , if connected with a total repeal , we , therefore , are of opinion , thatneithertbat nor any other law , passed in sapport of monopoly , will he resctaded by the consent- of that House , until a more liberal constituency be appointed tinder the direction of the voU » of the people , viz;—Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , &c ; and aa members of what is called a highly civilked country , we are detenuined not to yield our support to any partial attempts at changes , until the rights * of freemen be eatablished
amongst u » , by giving to every male adult of tweutyone years of age and sound mind , a voice ia making the Uwn , either expressed by himself or hia representative , as aU partial measures hitherto adapted , in connection with the . JUbeities of the people , have proved failures fco ?« 4 J ^ -want of such principles brfng « ct « d upon . " - |** l . » iid long plaudits fonowed the reading of the tfatjilSUon , Wbett Mr . Tetleyatepped forward to support IIV ttit ^ wiUL presented by tkje Chatrmto stating he <* & 3 &w * moir Hflittfproceed If Iks spoli ; e to the iteso ^ l « ttO | ytt M « ould % ot entertain it , being irrelevant to ^ fei ^ rwnfah th « B . meeting ^ was called ~ j Itstuffn near the ^ tafi ^^| S £ S , a * l requeateTto reetftiffnsselution . It w ^ haM «^ t ^^ V iyWfe ^ f « 6 oi }! B ^^ VatttT * ation £ M ^* b 4 % ^ wi » vh ^^^ WWiidithe Chairman , asQujted 4 t he would ' ' ffiitM fr * latter parf «> f tbe rwwlwOob , % temeaciB * , jWibAhe W ^^ # ^ j ^ w <**^^^ wwrdln * - tmMlwl . jaluiJOu . « " si * * Jp&S * &&kT-H , ^ ^ tv ¦ ttJim 1
• , k ? ' , —v , *~ -i" ^^ 'V" ^» ' j y - ~ - - ——jrjgp Hivi hl £ j " most askHlie nl (»*<*^ whether he # onld ^ cob ^ Bfc ' or ' - not , rwhlfh wasVojkwed ^ bf , and Mr . WHjtlDibn . fdeeHned parting with even a word of it . Mr . Tetlly meant nothing more-tmt to obtain a hearing , if possible , iri . support of the resolution . Finding this quirk would * u ? taBJgwer , though in perfect agreement with Whig # tioiu ^ f defending ft case , the popular orator of the togone days of Reform , M . Stocks , Esq ., was prevailed tafjOftj on thd- solicitations of diflvrent gentlemen , to stBp forwatd . ^ During the parleying on the objection-> able . pahitfi in the gallery , a working man in the raeet-Irigr teoved that Mr . Akroyd leave the chair , aud Mr . B . ' Rushtoii take it . It was " put . to a show of hands , and carried in favour of the latter . The opposing party contended they had it ; and on some one pressing Mr .
Ruahton to take the chair , some of the gentlemen observed , "But who dare take itr and Mr . Koahton said , M No , " I'll not take it unless the gentleman leaves it" After this nothing but confusion followed , several attempting to speak , but could hot bo heard , as the call was for the resolution . Mr . Stocks , having the resolution in Ws hand , tried In vain to be heard , and at last put it to the meeting , when the noise was such that his voice could not be beard at a few yards ' disUnco , yet & large number of hands were held up , and he contended that a majority were willing to hear him . Jlr . Tetloy called out for them to hear Mr . Stocka , after which the learned lawyer « aid , " If I cannot obtain a hearing for myself , on my own personal claims , without any one else obtaining it for me I
will not have It at all j for my independence is as great at the back part of this gallery , as in the ftpnt . " " Aye , " from a number of Voices ; " Shibdondale brewery for that . " He continued for a long time , but his old cronies would not hear him , as they kept making all sorts of noises ; and at last he gave it up in despair , having exercised his lungs long enougb on an audience that he could not bring to silence , do -what he would . The " educated classes" in the gallery made a variety of remarks , amongat Whom was Mr . Oatsoa , a man who , a fow years ago , himself carried a square pack upon ols back to Elland , and other places in this neighbourhood , every fortnight or three weeks jno
worse a man for that ) : aud , alluding to the bulk of the meeting , he said , '' They are not the working classes ; they are idlers . Who keeps them ? " A person standtng dose by , observed ; * t I tell you what , if you say much further ,-. ' . it will require two orthree gentlemen to make an apology for you , for I will tell them what yon say . " " I will make no apology for what I say , " was the reply . The Chairman , in the midst of the confusion , rose and . vacated the chair , saying the meeting was dissolved ; and the Cora Law repeal gentlemen followed in , the rear , JJwch after , the fashion of to «' < Boguea \ March , " not Ifren staying to bid good bye to them witi
fflW ^ heiog wt » a * j ^ WfB % thein . Mr . ^ uklssoa finished tbe-ktk tk ^ Jv / ^^ icemtnd lig them of th **« f < i « ot-prewjutiflus ^ whijfh bad been caihed on nndtr Whlg ' sanction , and tl $ fs ended ' ji + MdetermtizatiorfSunder the 720 relax effotp of Whig repeHOers . The business was closed without ihe slightest chance of passing one single resolution , as the Chairman ^ persisted to rule predominant , refusing to cbinply toevery reasonable proposition which was made to him . He was asked to appeal to the meeting , as to whether the resolution was out of order or not , and thus settle the di $ pute \ tlmt -way , as thore appeared to be two opinions ott to »_» Wect , _ but ttot was refused . by saylnjr . " we
kn < J ^? l& ^*" wiU ^ very well , " and afterwards decllnefrlBWiffiB * Ir . Tetley to read it again to the meeting , when he ' was told the matter was then betwixt him and the meet ie ? , and his continuing in that course was tantamount to dissolving the meeting , ns no' further business could be done . Mr . Wilkinson read the placard to the audience to shew its connection with what ho had moved , and the result pro-vedtbe truth of the old adage , "there is none so blind as those that will not see . " The . leading Whiga here have shown the cloven foot respecting the Suffrage , that now no doubt remains on that subject if they can obtain the Corn Law Repeal without it . But stop , stop , no humbug whilst the sun continues to shine .
Sion Chapel . —The Rev . Mr . Shearman , from London , preached on Sunday lasi , at this chapel , Wadestreet , in this town , on behalf of the Sunday Schools connected with that place of worship , after which , collections amounting to £ 73 were made . Hanover-street Chapel . —On Friday , the 17 th instant , the friends to temperance reform held a public tea party in this place , and afterwards a public meeting , at which , Mr . Merchant , and several other friends in thu temperance cause , attenUed . Odd Fellows H \ lu—A public ball was held on Monday evening , in this room , for the bemflt of one of their members , who happened a serious misfortune lately ; it was well attended .
Lectures . —Robert Owen , Esq ., commenced a series of threo lectures in tho Odd Fellows' Hall , in this town , on Tuesday evening last , on the follies , ignorance , and insane attempts of the old immoral world correct ing the vices of the age iu which we live , so long as it continues , and gave his ideas of the nuw society which he was attempting to establish . The room was well attended .
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TO THE EDITOR OP THE SOB . THERJC STAR . INCENDIARY FIRE-TWO STACKS DESTROYED . Sir , —1 am just returned from a fire which was discovered on the premises of Mr . Reeve , of Starsten , near Harleston , Norfolk , batweeu thrqe and four o ' clock p . m . 1 started ott" on the ringing of the Chapel bell , and was speedily followed by the engine TiTthttrtown , which * OH-TfrriVing at the nte ; ' finniediately commenced playing ba a wheat stack , which Stood witnin a tew teet of a large bartt , which stood Tery closo to some sheds of very combustible materials , which adjoined the dwelling house , which Was thatched ; there was , therefore , great dancer of the
whole premises igniting ; but , fortunately , they were not above two hundred yards from a brook , from which a good supply of wator could be obtained , by forming the hundreds of persons , who kept contiaoally arrriviag , into a double line ; but , from the Harleston engine being out of repair , the stacks continued to burn , and there was muoh question whether the flames would not h » v « reached the earn , had it not been for the intrepid conduct of Mr . Samuel Rodwell , of Harleston , who , at considerable personal risk , mounted the burning wheat
stack , and commenced throwing on water , and pitching off the sheaves , and being followed afterwards by some other , the stack was by these means e « oa demolished , and scattered about the neighbouring fields . The Fulhau engine arrived about a& hour after the Harleston one , and was very useiul in subduing the flames , especially as the Harleston engine ooald render but little service . One Bta « k « f beans was almost entirety consumed ; the stack of . wheat partly so ; but what remains is so much injured , that it is but of little , value .
The fire lasted about two hours , and there is no doubt but that it was the work of aa iwMndiary , as the stacks Btood some little distance froio the house ; but I have not heard that they have been able to discover the author , though they have been examining oae « r two persons . ; ¦ . Co&BESPOXDSNT . Harleston , April 20 th , 1840 . PEICB OF THE * ' NORTHERN STAB . " Mb . Edixobj—Allow me to say that I totally coiaoide in the 6 eotiment expressed by the Burnley Chartists . I think that it would be very injurious to raiee the price of the paper . If the Northern Siar eotdd be reduced in price by any means , H w <) uld be of great bea ^ fit to the cause of freedom . Yojura rcBpectfullj , Waixe& Mas 9 m «
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Bt law , children under thirteen yeanr « f age are not allowed to drive waggons ^ carts , -pa pain of a penalty upon the owner . —Manchester CRrdaicfe . ; . ' . , Thk dbte » tion op GbuLb in Newgate after the verdict of " , Not guUty" is owing to the fact , that whea he deserted from his regiment a watch helooguig to one of the officers disappeared with' him , and has not yet been found . The Lite Murder at Islingtow . —Richard Gronld , alias Arthur Nicholson , who was , on Tuesday lastj acquitted of the murder of the late Mr . Templeman in PocockVfields , Islington , was not liberated from Newgate on the night of his acquittal , it being feared that he might be subjected to personal '
violence from the crowd , which remained round the Sessions-house until long after the trial was coacluded . On the day previous to his trial ( it being the custom of the military authorities not tosuffer any person connected with the army , charged with a capital offence , to be tried by a criminal tribunal ) his discharge from the regiment to which he was formerly attached , and from which he had deserted , was transmitted from the Horse-Guards tp the GrOYernor of Newgate . There is no truth in the etatement which has appeared in most of the papers , to the effect that Gould had stated he knew the parties who had committed the murder . No such declaration , we are assured , has ever been made by him . —Sunday paper . ' tn
^ E aster Fbstivities Spitaijfielim . —On Easter Monday , the holiday people of this dismal reirion of fjtstress and excessive , laboorlefi-iheir wretched homes to join m such' poor amusemeats and enjoyments m ' thev could find time to take and pence to purchale . Nothing ' couWbiB ttioro melancholj ? the weetohed tea-garden { or rather a place go called , wlierei ai twopence ahead , hot water and- etdekerv Trtjre suppKed ta sufeh pattieaaS brought their own * b »> sugar , &c , ) , with its Sootiblablt krass platiabd a swing for fiie ehildrei ^ the 1 j ^ bJo-iiouse'iSid HU cd ^ ered « ki ^! e groiahd , j ^ e tfte jtfgift- and Ib&egii ^ f tfieir amusements , At , one place an attemptwW *^ & * mPr i'& ) e ;* i ^ hjg pjf ^^ nwtioo . agtfloire Jjfdr ^^ om panr : ; btt «^ £ »«^^ inolkfed tdl ?»
ZWmm it wSs Id cianb . ** At another part * f ^ 0 K ^^ sk ^^ * jjfifoanb ^^^ ^ wehave . tiu relate the " p « rt « 3 ula « i of a circumstance , 60 i ^|^ tt *; an * e ^ ' « ppar& ^ ^ cTedrbl «^^ fw ? tw Joost poartpre aa ^ srt ^ a ^ o ^ ptoof of ifB truth , we ! should hesitate"tVpabgBh-a , narrative which cannot but be regarded ' as most marveliouai Yesterday week , about noou , aniafant son of Mr . John Pomfret , farmer , and chceaeatpngor , of Fishvwiek ,, near this ^ town , only one year and nine months old , strayed from home , and . the , anxious parents , thinking it might have wandered into the town , had warned it by the bellman , and although every otner" means was taken during- the nijrht to
fand the little innocent , ail : attempts was fruitless . On the fallowing morning , after a sleepless nig ht ^ the disconsolate father despairingly searched Bome time in the fields , near to his dwelling , and " at length observed in a ditch , at some distance , half immersed in mud and . water , his long-lost ebild , full twenty hours after it was first missed . Its head was reclined on its right hand , and ,, wonderful to relate , though only twenty-one months old , and though probably having been iu the ditch all night , it still lived . When taken up it was fast asleep , and the lower extremities were paralyged , from the effects of long exposure to wet and cold . Tbe father lost no time
m conveying the child home , to comfort the remainder of the family , and to . receive all the kind efforts that were ready to be bestowed towards its restoration * Shortly afterwards it asked for food , of which it esgerly partook . It then began gradually to recover its health and spirits , and we are glad to add , that it ianow , to all appearance , perfectly restored . To attempt to describe the parents ' emotions on recovering their lost one , after its being in such serious and protracted jeopardy , would Be a vain task . So singular and hair breadth a preservation of lite ha 3 , we should think , seldom occurred . — . Pre&ton Chronicle .
Escape of Two Criminal Lchatics fkom Bbthlehem HoawTAt . —Yesterday iriorning , between-the hours of two and three o ' clock , police constable Robert Butt , 54 B , who was in duty in B&lgraveplace , Pimlico , observed two'women walking at a sharp pace on the opposite side of the way , and each carrying a large buttdle . These women being abroad at that early 'hour , coupled with , the circumstance of their also having with them a bulk of property ; aroused his sujpicions , and he accordingly , stopped and questioned them . The tallest and oldest of the women , who called herself M'Carthy , said she had recently come from Ireland . The other woman gave her name as Williams , and said she . was just arrived from Newbury . The bandies they were
carrying they alleged contained their own wearing apparel , but the constable not being satisfied with thia assurance , he partly opened one , and discovering a man'iflannel jacket , he took both the women to the station-house , where t&ey were locked up until the tiote rtwild arrite Cor , iaking them' bofore the ittagjstrate at Q , ueen ^< jo * r « police « ourt , which . wa ^ ddnajajld tfe «« onBtabie mJwWthe above Btatemea ^ A woniatt present identified 'Williams as having beea tried at the Central Criminal Court for larceny , sentenced to seven years' transportation , sent to the Ponitenttiary , and from thence , under the supposition that she was deranged , to the criminal side of Bethlehem Hospital . In consequence of this infor mation , and , upon examination of the bundles , a
number of meu ' s tlanael shirts , women ' s flannel petticoats , and other apparel , all of which , from i ts make , appeared to belong to an institution , being found therein , Mr . Burrell directed the constable to go to Bethlehem Hospital . He did so , and ascertained from Mrs . Forbes , the head matron ef that part of the criminal side of the Hospital appropriated to female patients , that two women of the names above given , and who had been both , some months biucc , sent thither from the Penitentiary ., had made their escape on the previous night , taking with them a quantity of wearing apparel . The discovery of their escape was not made until six o ' olockyesterday morning , when , upon , theirce lls being opened , they were discovered to have flown . The escape from the cells was impossible , and the supposition is , that on the previous evening ,-before the locking-up hour had arrived , they contrived to elude the vigilance of their keepers ana escape through the front
gates . Mrs , jrorbes , accompanied by Mr . Allen , an officer of the institution , went to Queen-square police court , and in the presence of the magistrate identified the women and property found upon them . The prisoner , when identified in the first instance by the woman in the office , commenced showing signs of madness , though before that time they were as collected as possible . When locked up in the cell they set up a horrible howling , and knocked their heads with such force against the walls , that it was found necessary to take them both out arid put a watch over them . Mrs . Forbes , after identifying the prisoners , said she was prepared with a coach to take them home ; but to enable her to do with safety , she requested that the magistrates would allow two constables to accompany them . The magistrate acquiesced , and the prisoner , first having their hauds tied , were conducted , with a . good deal of resistance upon their part , into the coach .
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WA ^ EFIELD CORN MARKET . ( BY EXPRESS . ) Friday , April 24 . —The arrivals of Wheat are moderate ; the trade is firm , and last week ' s prices are generally exceeded by fully' Is . per quarter , Barley sells \ 8 low ^ , abd , except very choice , Is . pe ^ qufliteriower . Oat » scarce , and ratherliearei'J as well as Shelling . : Beans without , alteration Other articles as before quoted , ' Leeds Coidk Market , Tuesday , April 21 . ^—^ 6 arrival of Wheat to this daj ' a market isJarger than last week ; dther kinds of grain smaller . Wheat of all descriptions has been Is . p « r qr . lower , but a fair demand at the decline ^ Barley has been in very limited demand , and Is . to 2 g . per qr ^ lower ; there is a fair quantity of foreign in the market . Oats and shelling are scarce , and have made rather more money . Beans very little alteration .
Leeds Fortnight Fair , April 22 . —Wo have a pretty fair show of Sheep , but only a small stock of Beasts , at'market this morning . The demand has not been quite bo brisk as we nave latterly seen it ; the holders of prime Beaats ask more for them than the butchers think they are really , worth , and consequently i-ome have remained unsold . There were a large number of Sheep driven from Rotherham here , and the market has been rather heavier . Number of Beasts , 210 ; Sheep , 3 , 400 ; Pigs , 100 . Beef , 7 s . to 7 s . 6 d . per stone . Mutton , in the wool , 7 d . to 7 ^ d . perlb . Price of Hay , 7 d , to 7 ^ d . ; Straw , 3 Jd . to 4 id . per stone . Leeds Cloth Markets . —We have nothing better to report of the state of trade in this district . The two last market days have not been so brisk aa some preceding ones , nevertheless a large quantity of cloth has been fetched out of the Coloured Hall , during the week . Prices are complained of as being miserably low . ;
Hcddsspjsld Cloth Market , Tcesdat , April 21 . —The Cloth market to-day has been in the same languid state as . for some time past , very little business was doing in any kind of goods , and prices still continue at the same ruinous rate . Expectations nave been held ont for some weeks past , that ah improvement would shortly take place , but all still appears , at a stand . The merchants purchase eantieualy , and by all appearance to order , only taking articles by gawples ., This state of things cannot exist long , the little manufacturers are falling into decay as fast as possible . The Wool market still continues in the : same languid state , and prices continue much the same , although the staplers are inclined to advanoe if a change even were perceptible
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¦— — * - t . ^^^^^^^• Stj JB ^ r > rcm » VA » Mxs ^ Xvvm > ir , Arait 2 S . -. i ^ ** f * & * ~~ WfQ 5 te « wad oonunt ^ 8 extreinelv k *^{ atbarely irtationary priceB . Stocks are lightTiBr fully « 4 ttaTia Jhe diminished consninpfioD .. J p 2 ! iWor *»« r-lle demand and price of thia articled tmnes without alteration since oar last week *?* ^ oxi . —Piece Martlet . —^ There has been a * on « r ! £ tflpdinceof boyere to-d ay ^ bnt th eir ^ chaset S still marked with extreme caution . iPricos wur 2 alteration . : .,- . :, . / .- ^ :. ' ' ^* 5 : Kochdalb Flaknel Markbt , MoniUt , Ap » it ¦« - -rWehave had a rather better demand for flan ^ to-day ; but prices have been extremely low ^^ wearers have made 'a strike this last week again * two manufacturers ,. Messrs . Tempest and SonT ^ S Mr . Awher tfor pajtaf , as the weavers stato ' int placard , between twenty ^ and twenty-iiTe per em ? under the other manufacturers . There is no chaTJl to report la the Wool market . ^* ^ ^
Bedalb FoB . raiQBt Faib , Apwi . 21 .-Oor aho * at this day ' s fa » r was by no meamr large iu S Beasts , with pUnty of easterners ; Ae show of &J * wm norequal to the demand , and Calves ^? leavy . In the Sheep market the show was C ? ejd ^ d p ^ lb ^ ' ?¦ * ° P ^^ Mo ^ Doncasteb Cork Market , Aprii , 18--TBe *«» - ply of Grain at this day ' s market k modt ^ Wheat is rather dnllsale . Oats foUy maintainAS ; price . Beans and Peas no alteration . ¦ ^^
Maltok CorhMarkbt , Apjml 18 . —Thewwa » , i alteration worthy of notice in the prices of mft and BaileyV , * t . our . . Market this 6 * js Oaia igr rather deareh The farmers seem at 4 he' prSE fame very little disposed tb force salesijf aDvISI of grain . Wheat : old * from 7 ^ s to 828 > ditto nS rom -66 s to 72 u per qr of iO fiftones ; Bariev ft 2 ^ 32 s to 39 a pet qr : of 32 s « mes ; Oata f «> m 12 ^ I 4 d per stone . > . ^ ¦ ¦ :. --, o '¦ s ¦* / Y « hk Corn MAA&s / April is .-HEJur soddL . continue fair , the condition of the Ttfheat ib ^ I generally very good / the fiheit qualities are a 32 ablfl i ^¦* reda fetionfof li . to 2 a . per quarter bmtl Wit Oft With We « fe of sprptttecL&tSy aTstill ' creb » decH » must b ^| abja | tted to . C Barley of fifie 3 inB > quaUtv cjtteerBnrfv Btia * e& anil . nnau ^^? T 5 l * ? VFfVgvP' BJ" ° i |? i aw unaltered J
, S y' « S l ^ j | i ! Jjt % . ^*!^ , ^ ourl . iiHaw ^ fet O 6 i ^ A * ttB ^ -Ai ^ iffi ^ h-We ^ sa |; ; modsratt supply * Grain at < % maiei to-dlv £ . the ^ fc ^ winjr ^ JoftsJi i ^ Wheat ^ o ^ Barler ^ aS ^ Si ^ sv ^^ ms ^^ R 7- ^ - ^ % . HnLLi ^^ : M ^ i ^ A ^^ 2 l 4 w-w « hav « SS lajgearrivalsofOi ^ ft ^^ ad , einee thfs ^ ^«^ £ &fOT ^ sa ^ has had an ^ ^ additipnalflffeotin dtptefagGmiatak * L The best deecriptiona'jnet limited salff at'fcrMiaetiM of 2 s . and oforfier sorts . | hB WesweW * artiaK & to 2 S . per qr . - ^ The tradein Beans and ^ ia brfef . the demand being fully equal io tbe * npp ] fr ; and prices hvre * tendeney npwards . \ In other aitidw no alteration . v : ¦^ ' * -.
Makchesier Cow Market , Satdrday AnriHR —Daring the weekWtrade * as Been &" ft staK great depression , the mi ^ counts froia fhe leadina markets , together wiWvery ' ^^ Sne ' weithBr , havj ^ induced the dealers to limit their traStionT an ? the few « aie « effected hare-U e ** ™ \ mMu * t lower prices . ^ Chere was a ^ ery sender attendMci of buyera at oot inarfwt ^ his morning , and the boriness done in Wheat was ^ ta-deeline of 3 d . fier foibs for the best qualities of English . FJour waSe » S ¦ S , *?? . ' ™?* * ? "quest , and choice samples were ., V l 8 Y per 8 * ok lower—for middling qualities a still further reduction was made , and infeSor do * . criptions were unsaleable . In Oats or OatmS kuci 8 unie
o w » very passing , ana 35 $ . per Ited wm an extreme quotation fox thff latterartiele 1 Statb of Trade . —the Jmbro * eddeeIU ^ in tb yarn market , which we noiiced . l «^ Wedne 8 day , taa ruUy supnortedjeaterday , wheo ;»» large business wm done at the extreme prices of last week , or , in so ^ cases , at an advance of about : | thper pound tandtS purchases would have beea considerably * hore £ tensive , hadLnot many of the eptnners stood out ffir a further advance , wni « h . tfeei > uye « wef » - not rtfE ing to give . For cloth of allMute the ^ iffi ^ a rather limited ; and , though some efltertswfcre m 3 S e ^ ?}* $ * d » y , to obtaia atn advance , the 3 facturers ^ were afterwards glad to s « ll atvthe pricei SM ^^ ^^^^^^^
LVVHRPOOL CArTI *^ lARBEt ; M 0 NP 4 £ ipRlL % large as that of the preeedfo # > t * e >» Kb& the greal * portion wasof ^ ry goojSttyTiS ^^ S tolerably brisk , bttfcfifflSioaa ; aay material altarAtioo ^ m the priots from ^ l ^ ' ^ tMioi ^ TtVShlS with regard to ntMfter ; y ^ ihuoh IM same as l » st Zrf ^ fe ^ l s # ^ memhesb . mportion to lualUfr- with * fWof « ordiBary & ' enpfeonat asibade fess ! ttodWtffii J ^ toaj ^ T ib £ gri £ fei . part of tbe ^ k ^ wis S jp Snffi
ber of Cattle at market t ^ B ^ sts 67 ^ 3 $ m Liverpool Corn Market , April 20 ^ -Dnrini f the < past week we haye had moderate arrirals of Gain , ' Flour and Oatmeal ; coastwise and from Ireland r butthe imports frrfm abroad are large , eoinprisinr 8422 quarters of Wheat , 730 qrt . ' Oats , ; 5 ; 083 vi of Bailey , 24 , 407 quarters of Pea 8 , « nd i 29 ^ 6 f » barrdg of American Flour . Duties bavo been paid upon 9 ^ 9 quarters of Wheat , 3 , 6 S 7 quarters o £ BarW , 316 otb . Beans , and 8 , 993 barrels' of Flour . ' Atl& * ruesday ' s market a deoline of 6 d . to Sd . ' pj * bushelV ? on Wheat . waa quoted , and 2 ^ to 3 s . pfir sick anl barrel oa Flour . With a moderate business in these article
s ^ since , to our tpwir- dealers , and to millers , who have been tempt ^ . ftroBi'ardistanise ,, prices have not undergone much / alteration ; in * - few instances they have been raiher IesBfor the Mediterranean and . other secondary " qualities of Wheat ,, but the value of the better descriptions Hs been maintained . Fine mealing Oats have been in fair request , at late rates ; There has been little doing in either Malting or Grinding Barley , and with Beans and Peas there is little alteration to ' note in prices . About 4 , 000 to 5 , 000 barrels of Unitrf States Flour , in bond , have changed hands during the week at 27 s . 3 d . to 27 s . 6 d . per barrel ; and 3 s . 8 d . to 4 s . per 45 lbs . has been paid for several small parcels of bonded Oats for exportation .
London Wqol Market , Monday , April ' 20 . —k very limited amount of business has been transacted in all descriptions of British wools during ihe past week , whilst the quotations have been almost nominal . The most superior descriptions cf Spanish and colonial wool are commanding » ready inquiry st full prices , but , in other kinds of foreign wools , exceedingl y little is doing . London Smitiifield Market , Monday , April 20 th . —The supply of beasts offerine in to-dav '»
market , though not to jSay numeroua , was more than adequate to the demand , and an , abatement of 2 d per 8 lb . was fiubmittod to in' the currencies . A large portion of the Scots , Devons , and ru&tswM much affected with the prevailing epidemic . Sheep came freely to hand , whilst the inquiry for them wji heavy , at drooping prices . 110 Lambs arrived frwa the Isle of Wight ia good condition , whilst the Lan * trade was in a sluggiih state , at previous quotation * Calves and Pigs went off slowly , at their i * st weett ¦ ¦ ¦
rates . - - . • . , . . - . . . - ¦¦ - , ¦ . London Cqrs Exchangr , Monday , Ami . 20 . — The supply of Wheatfrom &Bex and Kent was only moderate , for this day ' s market , and very limited . from Su $ > lk , with a small quantity of Barfcy ^ Beans ^ o < LPeafifrom aU thfise eowBtieaf whilst thefnaVr an-tTtftof OshEwere moderate , j flbnsfstmg ^ Vrmci-.-pally of a few dargoes in from Ireland since U « t Wednesday ' ^ nu irket ; Since this day se ' nnigit tbej imports o ^ forewn Grain have been lar ge , a msfe number of YesseTs having arrived at the eloseW t |«|" pa&tw « ek , btpught in by the very favourabb Bt » t #
ot the wind , ihe weather continues dry , with-sonnj ^ < days and frosty nights , and the country appears tn ' want raiu for all the spring-sown Grain . 7 Tha 4 was a fair steady demand for Wheat , as well E ng « :-. lish as foreign ,, but . ai a decline of 1 b per qr on ill fini samples ; some of the sales wore to ship coastwise * 1 having a few distant country millers in attendant * i ; this morning . Flour was . token slowly ,-without ] any material alteration in price . The malting seasoo drawing to a close , fine Barlev must be auoted Is 1
to 2 s per quarter lower , with a limited sale , and «« foreign , was taken off moderately , but at a aaSbs abatement in price . Malt was dull at lasfrweefc ' * prices . Beans and Peas commanded about the ratef of this day se ' nnight , with a fair demand . Theta * sineBS transaeted in Oats was only toa moden * extent , but all sorts commanded full as mneh monef . The dealers hold off purchasing as mneh aspoisibf % and the sales this day were mostly confined Ho tb » consumers . The tranfiactions in bonded grant w «* confined to a few export orders for Oats . ' ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 25, 1840, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2681/page/8/
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