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te 0 MP 80 W . THE BIBMINGHAM GUN MAKER . TO THS XDITOK OF THB NORTHERN STAB . 8 lfc—Hning been informed , through the medW « f * Iett » , whi 5 h 1 received the other day , tbafr'tfoj Paof te . al Birmingham had subscribed the h « p ^^ ip apn . ot £ 10 towards the support of the fas&tefof *«• Thompson and Roberts , both nat ives : < £ that I f hw , « n » « f whom , namely , Roberto , io -eompj ^ j gMr titan erer to be lamented patriot * , INafe , Tg « W and Jones , ia now on hla way to ^ Kew Sjfcih lgfeajand the other , namely , Thompson , ia herring ^ Blugn mo nths imprisonment in this gaol ; and having pal i&fenned also , tfaat a seconjt appeal has been made
% 0 tt » e people of Eagland on their behalf , though the * nedism of the NtrOern Star , I consider it a duty ¦ which I owe to myself , to the cause which I espouse , « nd to those fneftds of humanity who have so nobly « erted themselves on behalf of the two individuals bore mentioned , to offer a few remarks for Che information of those of my fellow-countrymen who may hare been deceived in the person of one of the objects « f their charity , that is , Thompson ; and in doing s » I -will be as Met and explicit as possible .
It win be remembered , thai tn August -last , 1839 , -vysett , I > vries , sad fiiggins , were arrested at Stocfcpert , -ea a-charge of sedition , aad conspiracy , tried at tlw Chester Alamo in the sane month , and sentenced to eighteen months * imprisesraent . George Thompson w « s alse arrested , but witfe an understanding / as he tennolf -told us , that he would on ; y have to give evidence against Biggins , Bavies , and myself , and he tatty prepared himself for that purpose ; but the aattoonties , finding they eould do without his evidence , ¦ aad Coding , at the same * ime , that they eould link him 1 b the chain of conspiracy , tried him along with us , - ad ke was ffcund gaiity . However , some of the —Ihf . Ilicifi tald him * e 'voold only be kept till we « n all sentenced , and * hen he would be sent home ; b * t Thompkon , lather doubting the truth of the
assertion , thought he would do the best he could for fcknself , and consequently prepared a long address , 'W&teh be- delivered when we * were called up for judgment , the purport of which address was to throw « B Uie wapontfbaity from Mi own shoulders , by Stooging mt and my two colleagues deeper , if pasMbte , within the " grasp of what is by some ffiopfe called the law ! God knows , we were . afteady , deep enough , for thft Jsry wts not two minutes Jnfindinga venttct ; and had we been charged with * V $ h treason , for the same offence * 1 doubt not for a SBement but we should have been found guilty equally « k * * oon ; tat rach was the disgust manifested by the ¦ Court afc-the proceedings of Thompson , that he was sopped in his career , and he was sentenced as aboveaentfbned . trd
iTeiate thi * circumstance U show the extent to which he was prepared to go had his evidence been required ; ¦ and to show that be would not have hesitated , for a single moment , in sacrificing every man of us , if by that JD « ans he-could have procured to himself the pleasure « f going borne . I do not blame Mr . Thompson for attempting to get his liberty , but for attempting to effect ¦ his escape at the expense of the blood of men far more jkStatt and innnwrat than himaoif ThU being the first ¦ act of our companion , we begun to be rather raspieiona - « f Us-booesty in other respects ; and a little experience
¦ anon taught us that out suspicions were well founded ; 3 or sach has been the conduct of this man for the lost ten months towards the rest of his fellow prisoners , tbat -there is not a man out of the-whole'fourteen indfertdoals confined here for political offences , that will mo smefi as speak to him , or who even considers him ¦ worthy of their notice . He has , on different occasions , ¦¦ offered his services as a common informer , for the jperpoae of getting out of prison ; but his knowledge 4 f the subjects on which he has offered to give evidence " was of so small a nature , that neither Government , nor anybody else , thought it worth having .
Sir , it is only a month ago last Saturday , since he told the authorities » f this gaol that we were in the aahtt of redding the Northern Star and Liberator , and fcbet newspapers , which are forbidden by the rules of tbe prison ; and he knew , at the same time * , that he « U telling a barefaced falsehood , and that no such papers were allowed to come in on any account whatever . He told them that we had sent private letters ¦ mA to our wives and families , and a many other things tee numerous and . disgusting for me at present to Mention . The eonssquence was , that a number of us Vfere called up before the Governor , the Chaplain , and even ! other of the Authorities , when an investigation
« to the whole Amur took place ; and imjrder to substantiate his charge , he acknowledged , at the same time , tfcathe had several times attempted to bribe people , for ttQporpose of getting papers in , and sending letters « ut , kttfcthat be had only succeeded In one or two instances , and- -when he had failed to prove a single charge agiiasfaay one else , he declared that we advised him i » do what he acknowledged he himself had done . So 4 isgnsting and contradictory were his statements on Jfcas occasion , that the authorities themselves look upon . him as a man who cannot be credited on any ¦ rrwutt ; and this man is to be held up to the pub-£ c . as feeing a worthy object fox their sympathy and
I iad-jrepared several other specimens of the conduct mt tills nobls patriot (!) to have laid before my-friends ¦ ad the pottle , of a tenfold blacker cast ' than those 1 te * 9 jnstjnentkmed ; but fearing 1 should take up too aneh space in your paper ^ 1 have reserved them for another time , as occasion may require . However , whilst I wnte tins , sn instance occurs to my mind , which I will just relate , and which I doubt not will -ameeeed in having its effect upon the reader ; and in oin&SD , Leonid wish to call the attention of those of aty Obristhn friends , the sympathy of whom appears "t » bemore particu ' ariy canvassed on his behalf . I do M to shew them that the policy and duplicity of this sum is not confined to any particular party , but to that which appears best suited to assist him in carrying out M . object ^
It will be xemembered that some months ago gm tertions were made by Mr . Thompson and his friends 1 * t the purpose of procuring from Government his xepnere , and at that time we gave him credit for hU aKertkms , as imprisonment appeared to us to be injualow to Jus health , and so we pitied Ms ease ; bnt I ¦ sat say , that hsfi Suofylde Moore Carew been in « g ifttence , he could not have-played his card better than Thompson did on that occasion , and I doubt not but if fee bad kept his project more to himself , he might have accomplished his object .
At thai-time , he was exceedingly religious , and twice snerred the sacrament , at the chapel , although he often asedto cry out , "I > own with the Church of England aadnp with the Methodist NewConnection ! " a member « € which he professed to be ; and when we asked him , J » w he could for . shame receive the sacrament , in a CSwrch to which he was so much opposed , Oh , says h » , I have an object in view—you know I must keep in » ilJa . ± he -authorities . He was very often with the chaplain of the gaol , amWhen in his company , he seldom failed to lay before him in unmeasured terms , the * wfol doctrines of . Char tism , against which he most ¦¦ n lf . m . n'jT protested , as be told the parson its advocates Wee nothing i * arv than a set of rn ^^<^ e ^ B ao 4 Wicked aws . JCow , let us . jast see how far he agreed with Owtisxn , when he thought there was something to be ande by it During biasSroggle for liberty he was under
tbeSoctor ' s hands , and -succeeded in getting a certificate *• toaU « Sect , but thaJ > oetor , in writing i t out , by mis-* ake ,. Jieaied it George Thomson , Chart ist , 4 c , but When he , Thompson , jsaw it , he found a great deal of Aolt ^ withJhe nrgeon ^ aod said he was not a Chartist , assd ordered him t » write out another , which he did , and " Which-was seat to the Home-office , together with a petiitionon Mb behalf . N aw , one would have thought he <* Quid . haTejie » troyed . the other certificate , headed Oiartfst , as . he was so much opposed to it Oh , but he Aad another object in -new ; he sent it home to his * ife / and ordered hereto j show it to as many of the fMpectahl& . Ctisitists in Birmingham as possible , which ahe did , and the eeouequBooe has been , as he himself ^ as told , ni ,-lhsj they have . taken , up his cause , and the « sjaiPcrtheir esxtttas appear , at the commenctment of Mj ejrinflft , JsnstEhavebgfei . iiiforfii edg > at the Bnbser ^> - «« a . » ppe 5 r « I ia tbntferOmm Star about three veeks
-H * Tteg given yon a short sketch of the character and « snd « g of this man , though not a twentieth part of ¦* 1 i » t ; I ^ Bngtt hate ^ ven , I now leave my friends and * B » j » hbc tojudie Cor themselres . * . P « ftg » some nay ttink thiiAttack ii too personal , Bt . myjumrer is— tbtvt if the osadnct of one individual * 8 eeta < tbe Interests < rf the public at large , I think 4 b » t . the-p « blic oughf to be pat upon their guard ajainat . tfaat individual , be he who he may or what he map ; spd Belong as . I have power to raise my voice in jfce gxppeeaioB . of a eemtence , and » o long as I have > fflnjsr-to jrieM my pex to express ikat rentence , I T » iU 4 » oanee ^ jmzmyMmd fillany , in wiateTer shape * sunr appear , Jet the evsequeoee be wiiat it may . I * « & hardly * e believe * that this ma * , who basso saMBanjwaBd ' apon the geBsrosity of the jmbiic , has Mi lemVmn . fkrte JuButa&jvmdi in Oe ta&fe , and his •¦¦ inejr a > * tiU j *? g on at iome , though perhaps not *• tte B&u * it might if fa * an * there ; tat i maur Mssy , ftsiJiis fw&Hy is is jgxA rlTrnniiTiiltjifc' Miif '¦ not te « thingr whilst at ibis very iJWT | i » tres « Bdxhfldwn of « Bmbers of my poorbfHmed * wtta «« Bij «* o >^^ swrUigf «* re » i . ? \' ? J £ ; " , Agxeatdad nifbtte midnmeeti » imMmSmm
« T maaj of jsy feUo w-priataars , iofr iaWf «* anny ttier gaols is tie conniry ; bat itis my opinio * Ahot tbeMrrkai U Hum < m )» , for ihe cause oi li * M * j a » Te etasajei tbek faappphoaaes iox Mmaay dSBgeobs ^ «• not vm sb / of ibt notice « ad ajpjMt rf thos » tag " hose rights and liberties they ban stmfgted , wittv « st those teprins hwing to appeal totfcem for sop * yert , the chains tbat feiad as are Car from being depv afcxL Bos I asufcmj thai it grieves me to think feat *¦* 'Wives and cbiMrflB of good men mast mot brerd , ** 4 the support which they ought to receive snust be Witouui who , if he had it in his power , would wrtingiigh every vestige » f liberty in existenee . . HopU * these few reaarks may be circulated amongst ¦ 7 trieaia , ia order to guard them against aay further aspositioflt from the same quarter ,
I remain , Tptxt , very truly , : Jike * Mitchell OMBter Castle . Joae , 1 IM .
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TO VHJ ! SDITOB OF ' THB AOBTHBBR STAB , 8 u > ., —I cannot bet feel iBtonished at the man ftP&ka made upon me ( and inserted in your paper ) ai to my motives in proposing the establishment of a People ' s press , and which , if established , wonld . l have no doubt , do much more for the people than I have ever expressed , or even anticipated concerning it As to any remarks from Lovers of Jvsliee , or any one else , not having the honesty or manliness to give their names , with their communications , I have nothing whatever to do , but with one ef your , eorrrespondents , L . T . Clancy , the case is very different , and werfchy a reply , and I trust you will give publicity to these few remarks , wMch the nature of his article , I am sorry to ray , calli for .
I cannot tell why my motives should be impugned , unless for the purpose of inducing me to do the same , but as I am not omniscient , I pretend not to read the hearts of men , nor comprehend their motives . But I can read their acts , and with these have only to do ; and shall feel sorry if compelled , in self defence , to refer to such , to prove th « necessity of my plan being established . I would much rather it should be discussed on its merits or demerits only , and , unless your correspondents , on this question , can prove a collusion of some kind between me and others on this subject , to let motives alone .
To Mr . Clancy , I would Bay , that his honesty in adding his name , ond not his ability in the article of last week , entitles him a wply ; there never was an attempt at Methodically defending a system , where greater confusion was manifest . It will prove anything but what he is desirous of proving . Secret correspondents must expect laconic rtplit * . My plan is not the qvintessetice of perfection , nor have I seen such a one , as yet , notwithstanding the mighty promises made to secure to us our rights in a given time , but wMch . have miserably ended in disappointment Mr . C sayB that my plan is impolitic , unwise , and ungracious . 1 must now confess my inability to understand his meaning as to the impolicy of tba plan , imearcerated Chartists—Fweste mother— of the Uttl * txes trying for bread , all these oppose the estabUshhig of the plan ; bnt how ? ia a mystery to me < when their benefit , and that of all tkose placed in similar circumstances , ia one argument urged for its adoption .
I cannot but remark on two expressions made use of by Mr C . " This bvbhtp » l period "—' . Nation ' s political attitcdb . " ' If the first tefeTTto . the incarcerated victims , my plan proposes remuneration to such . As it regards tee second , I do not believe in the inference drawn by Mr . C—that the Whigs are straining every nerve to induce the people to turn away from the Slur of their htpe . * Mr . C . appears to be very anxious to have a reason for charging me with ingratite . de , andfispecially towards a man who , if he have not spent a fortune in advocating the people ' s rights , might gain one by suppressing the Star .
If I could believe this statement , I would give up all hopes of success to the righteous exertions of the people against their common enemy , if that success were to depend on one man ' s patriotism , and that an Irishman ( I do not use the term offensively , ) but I cannot be Ignorant of Irish Patriotism in aristocratic life . 1 have read so much about thk , as to cause great hesitation in giving confidence to such , -and-circum stances connected with our past agitation has caused me to withdraw no small share of that confidence which I had been induced to place in the man bo fulsomely lauded by Mr . C . ; indeed I was not aware before reading his remarks of last week , that the Chartist Frigate was in York Castle , for most assuredly the Whigs have got Am Pilot there .
I feel greatly pained when , in self defence , I am thus compelled to allude to individuals officirusly intruded on my attention , by the intemperate zeal of professed friendship , or to pass an opinion on the comparative merits of contemporaneous publications professing to have a commw object in view . If the Star is so resplendent of lustre , what is the yorlhem Liberator—a San in comparison , enlightening its readers in those things calculated to prepare them for the attainment and enjoyment of liberty , without the alternative of trusting for its enjoyment to any one individual whatever . Mr . C . has likened Mr . O'Connor to Indian rubber ; that is , I presume , the possession of a property which will admit of extension in any direction self-interest may suggest " Save us from our friends . " I must confess I know of nq man who has possessed so much of the coufidenoe of the people , who is less entitled to the appellation of "Liok . "
Mr . Clancy seems to have forgotten that other animals exist besides lions and men ; but his gigantic imaginings utterly overlooks and despises small objects . Xow a lion is said to be a cowardly animal , and a cruel one . ' We read of a roaring lion , g * i « g about , seeking whom he may deveur . Now , Mr . a , let me help y » u to a bestial ^ figure , much more appropriate—the chamelion—very glibtongned , and a fly catcher , and possessing other properties too tedious to mention . It is surely paying tke people a poor complimeat , to presume that if they were to carry ray plan into operation , ^ t would be only a numligki ; be it so , they had muSh better be led to salvation by a light of their own , although a rushlight , ihaa to destruction by the deceitful glare of a false , although more brilliant , light of others . . ¦
Mr . Clancy ' s last attempt at exposition by figure , is veryjunfortunate , but very aproposi "In gaining the Nor th Pole , they lost the Polar 8 tar ; " but my dear Mr . C , if the gaining ef this pole' was looked on by those engaged to find it , as the suamit of their ambition , and an ample saUsfaestOB for all their exertions , and their success in finding it necessarily involved the loss of the Star , the dsdnetien is incontrovertible , that , the sooner they lost the Star , the nearer they were to the object sought In any future eotaaimaieatioa ef Mr . Clancy , I hope he will let Indian rutotr , nuklifhti , Lions , aad North Polts alone , and write , as though he understood the subject , and wished others to do so , and take eare not by implication to centralist his frimd of last week , — one saying Mr . O'Conor had spent a fortune , and the other , that he might have gaiaed one . Yoan respectfully , TT . Q . BCR » B .
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* We have omitted a passage here which , we have no doubt , Mr . Burns wrote through misinformation ; as we can assure him that it is untrue in every possible way . We know the person to whom it alludes , and whom it is calculated to injure ; we do not believe Mr . B . * s description » f his politics and political practices to be a just one ; and he has no such connexion with this paper , as that which Mr . B . ascribes to him . This has been distinctly stated in this paper , more than once , months ago . ^
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TO THE EDITOB , Of THB MOBTHKRX SUB . Hanley , June 23 , 1840 . Sib , —I have been ordered by the committee of the Working Men ' s Association to transmit the following address to the inhabitant * of Newcastle and the Potteries to you , and gixe it publicity in your valuable aad widely circulated journal ; your compliance will confer an additional obligation on a numerous body of the readera of your highly valued journal . I am , Sir , obediently yours , Job * RiCHA&Da .
ADDRESS OF THB WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION OF THE POTTERIES—TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE POTTERIES AND NEWCA 8 TLE-UNDER-LYNE . Cocntbymeh , —Leng , by far too long , has apathy taken possession of your minds and governed your actions , for if that had not been the case , should we have seen , < and that to our di * grace ) -th * t the incarcerated Chartists have been almost forgotten by us , their wives and children left either to the comforts of a Union Workhouse , or the casual relief of cLarity ? and shall we longer continue thus apathetic—shall we never remember our often repeated vows , never to . fersake the «* aae—and ahttl wzrbrethren tabeniab-in gcol , forgotten , their wives sad children forsaken by us ! Forbid it , justice ; forbid it , patriotism ; forbid it , every manly feeling
of the human miad 1 Uaite again , we entreat you , and declare not in words only , but actions worthy of men , of patriots , of husfcinds , of fathers , yea , and of Char , tists—actions that will at once prove to the world , to England , and to all good , men , that the men of North Staffordshire are stiU alive , and will not suffer the families of their incarcerated brethren longer to feel want and saferiag . We again urge on yon to unite , and by your united support , of your incarcerated brethren ' s families , pxore your love to them and to the cause . Thiak , « h ! think how much lighter will the burden at imprisonment feel , to the imprisoned victims , when they know that their wives and families are cared for , and provided fur , and thus rescued from the hard necessity of soliciting casnal 4 barity , or the more irksome © ne of submitting to aU the horrors of of a New Poor Law Union Baet&le 1
* t % ^ g Femjj . es a » . t , —Women , once you Mips foremast in our ranks—jmu appeared more deterfafned than the men , and xesohed not to be outdene in the good and n » ble work of regenerating your country . How is it that you shoald hare sunk into apathy—you who ought to feel for women aad ohHdrm more than men can feel ? How is tt that jwu , too , have forgot your oft-repeated pledge ? Have you no kind feeling left ? Must the all but widows and orphans of our incarcerated brothers starve or beg , or , what is worse , be consigned to the tender mercies of Poor Law Guardians , Relieving Officers , and Bastile Governors * St frely you say no . Lose no time , then , but let your sctioiw prove that yen are the same to-day as yew were when : your delegate to the Convention boasted and that pnbtidy , toe , that the females of his district were the nost salons , the most liberal , and patriotic part-of his eonsfciiaentA
Uoite once mere . Let ne trifling jealousies mar yiw efforts , but determine that nothing on your part shidl be wsating to alleviate the sufferings of helpless ^ unale * * nd innocent children , whilst their husbands , an . i their fathers are suffering the horrors of a prison for . '• be caw of liberty . CoL ^ ntrywee , and Countrywomen ! permit me here to put a' Ibw plain questions to you : — 1 . Do you not think that the horrors of a prison are quite sevei ^ enough without the heart-rending thought that their w > e § and children we destitute .
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2 . Will it not diminish , the burdens of imprisonment to learn that exertions are making throughout the land to support their wives and children ? 3 . We ask for whose cause are these men now languishing in prison , for their own cause , or for lie general benefit of the whole ? If , then , they aw' suffering for the whole , ought not the whole to come forward and support the families of the suff erers * In conclusion , let us cay that small individual contributions regularly made by all ChattUts will amount to large sums ; only set about the work in earnest , and you will find the task easy . , , By Order of the-Committee .
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TO THB BDITOB OF THE NOBTHBBif STAB . Sir , —By giving insertion to the following petition in your widely-circulated Journal , you will very much oblige Your humble and obedient servant , And constant reader , Matall Beaumont . Shelderslow , June 22 nd , 1840 . To ihe Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , in Parliament assembled . The Petition of the Inhabitants of Oldham , in public meeting assembled , Humbly sheweth ,
That your Petitioners have learned , with indignation and alarm , that two Bills have been proposed to your Honourable House by her Majesty ' s Ministers , the one to continue the power of the Poor Law Commissioners for a further time , the other for altering the existing Poor Law , to the greater prejudice of the rights of the rate-payers , and to the more grievous oppression of the poor . That the powers already possessed by the Poor Law Commissioners are confessedly arbitrary , bat that Parliament was in the first instance persuaded to grant those powers by the assurance given by the proposers of the Commission , that it was not intended to make it permanent . . ,
That the period of its existence haB » however , been already once extended ; and that in this new proposal further to extend it , your petitioners see too-clearly the treasonable design permanently to establish ; , this new , arbitrary , and oppressive system of government , as one of the settled institutions of a country whose boast it once was to be govarned by law , and not by the arbitrary rules and regulations even of ft 3 £ tag , far less of obscure and irresponsible Commissioner ^ That not only was the Commission allowed on the ground that it was not to be permanent—not only were its powers of a very arbitrary kind , but that the- Commissioners have so abused and bo exceeded the powers
vested in them , as to prove themselves unworthy . of the trust reposed in them ; that they evaded those provisions of the law which were intended to place their rules under the controul of a responsible Secretary of State , and thus furtively assumed a more arbitrary power than an arbitrary law gave them over the persons and lives of the unfortunate people exposed to the exercise of their authority , a crime which is admitted for the past , and guarded against for the future , in one of the Bills now before your Honourable House , which Bill , while it proposes again to give authority to these Commissioners , contains clauses to forbid their abuse of their trust
That these Commissioners have caused the poor to be imprisoned , degraded , and separated , husbands from wives , and parents from children , in a manner contrary to law , and in contempt of that religion which we have been taught to consider as part of the law ; that they have , as your petitioners believe , caused the poor to be fed in the prisons under their controul , in a manner to spread disease and death among them , and that they have caused relief out of doors to be systematically withheld from those who needed it , to the grievous and unlawful oppression of the labouring classes generally ; and that , therefore , the bringing these Commissioners to justice , and causing them to be punished by due course of law , would be a fitter subject for the consideration of your Honourable House , than the question of giving them new powers , and an extended term for their oppression of the poor , itod the arbitrary administration of the rate levied to relieve them .
That another of the pretences on which the issuing of this Commission was authorised by Parliament , was that its powers were not to be applied to places already marked by a well regulated administration of Poor Laws , nor without the consent of the rate-payers ; that the preliminary report of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the administration and operation of the Poor Laws , which report was the foundation of the New Poor Law , stated that the affairs ¦ of the poor , of Oldbam have been long well managed , notwithstanding the assurance publicly given by E&ri Spenoer , breeder to procure the pausing pf the law , Ihmt , it was ' not the intention to apply it to any well managed ttwnship ; notwithstanding the wishes of the ' people of Oldhsan
to administer their own funds , far their own purposes , as the constitution of England supposes them to be beet competent to do , one « f the said bUJa now before your Honourable House proposes to give the Poor Liw Commissioners powers which will enable them , without th « consent of the inhabitants of Oldham , f to take the management of their own poor out of their hands , and place it in those of the unconstitutional ; acWkary , and oppressive Commissioners . That , objecting , as your petitioners do , U the continuance of this Commission ; objecting to the ntftadple on which it was founded , and which principle , in few words , is patting the poor out of the pale of- society ,
and out of the protection of the law , and the taking from the other classes the controul of their own property , they think it needless to object in detail to the previsions of these bills ; but in proof «( their general tendency , and of their general contempt of all law and liberty , they beg leave to call the attention of your Honourable House to the fourth clause , which proposes , in favour of these Commissioners , to alter the rules of evidence in courts of justice ; to the twenty-fourtk clause , in which justices are forbidden to exempt from the payment of rates on the ground of poverty , and to the fifth clause , giving the Guardians of Unions power to deal as they please with orphan poor .
That if these clauses fail to convince yeur Honourable House of the arbitrary tendency of the Poor Law Commission , all that your petitioners can urge will fail to do bo , but that at any rate they will have discharged their duty ; they will have washed their hands of the guilt of all those troubles to which new , arbitrary , and oppressive contrivances are fast leading us , in praying , as they humbly do , that your Honourable House will be pleased te reject the bill aforesaid , and all other proposals for enlarging , extending , oi continuing , in any shape , the powers of the Poor Law Commissioners . And your petitioners , ice .
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TO THE SUBSCRIBERS OP THE MISCALLED STEPHEMS ' S DEFENCE FUND . Fkllow Citizens , —We , the committeftdjjking for our brother Radicals bite of Manchester , whoTlfe tasting the sweets of the tyrant ' s dungeon , for the crime of defending the People ' s Charter—wish most earnestly to call your attention to the present condition ef some of our best men in the causeiof freedom ^ in order to try if it is not in our power to mitigate the punishment inflicted by the heavy sentences that have been passed upon them by the Judges of the lancL . B . ut , at ihe same time we wish to improve the condition " of ourJjro / Eher in bondage , we are , like many other towns , no doubt , still liable to some expenses in keeping the question of the Charter before the people ; and , up to this time , we have not completed the paying of our law expenses , which appears to us to be a question of importance as well as the condition of eur prisoners . ~
My friends , what the Manchester Committee wish is that a delegate meeting do take place on the 7 th of July next , and that each and every town that forwarded their various sums to Mr . Thomas Fielden , treasurer at Manchester for the Defence Fund , do send proper persons , with positive instructions from their constituents to say what is to be done with the surplus fund now in the hands ef Mr . Fielden , as we think it is not a principle of justice to see our best men pining for want in their dungeons , and Mr . Stephens living in luxury at our expense .
Brother Radicals , the Committee wish to further remind you that in December last , a meeting was called at Manchester , and the Yorkshire people sent a number of delegates to say that the funds in the hands of Mr . Thomas Fielden , treasurer to the Defence Fund , should be appropriated for the defence of Messrs . Frost ' , Williams , and Jones . This agreement Mr . Fielden took little notice of in the first place , as all the towns that sent money did net attend the meeting ; ' and , secondly , a * he was appointed by a committee , who met in Manchester prior to that time , and considered himself treasurer to that committee . These were some of the reasons he advanced ; but the Manchester Committee ace in hopes that at the delegate meeting the people's reasons will rule and direct ther farther appropriation of that part of the fund which Mr . F . heWe , saying nothing about £ 10718 s . 6 jd . that Mr . Wm . WiHla , bookseller , received , according to the Northern Star mt July , 1839 .
Fellow Citizen * , —In conclusion , we wish to fnrtfcer ftete , that Mr . Fielden kindly gave the deputation that waited upon hfast on the 10 th of December , 1830 , a list of the towns that he had received subscriptions from ; the whole sum was £ 567 6 a . lid . ; the sum paid over to Stephens was £ 150 , and the other items of . TOndry expenses he paid , amounts to £ 18 13 s . lid ., vThicb leaves a balance in Mr . Fielden'a hands of £ 398 yjs . This money belongs to those that paid it , and not to Stephens , for , in our opinion , the moment he deserted our < . « use , that moment he forfeited all his claims to that fond . The Committee wish tofurthtJ state , in the
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discharge of their duty , In justice to the men in prison , and in the name of our most sacred cause , we should not allow any man to impose upon us and rob us of oar own money , which was intended to serve the cause . By Order of the Committee , William Smith , Secretary . Manchester , June 22 nd ^ 1840 . P . S . The Committee think Manchester would be the best place to hold the meeting , as Mr . Fielden , and many others of the Committee that were first appointed ,
will be to be seen on the spot A circular will be forwarded to each of the towns and places , that sent money to Mr . F . agreeable to his return , which return we will send to theSfar next week , for the information of the subscribers , when every true Radical should buy a Northern Star , as well a » the places that sent moneys toMr . Willes , that Mr . F . has no account of , will be appended to the balance sheet , now in the possession of the Committee ; all will be sent next week for insertion , with a hope that every town will act as if all depended upon them to complete the work of Justice . ? w . s .
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EROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Wednesday Evening , June 24 , Quarter to Seven . Annual Meeting . —This afternoon , the annual meeting of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society took pla ^ e at Exeter Hall , the Duke of Sussex hi the chair . The great room of Exeter Hall was crowded to exoesa long before the commencement of the proceedings . The Duchess of Sutherland , accompanied by Mrs . Fry , appeared on the platform , and both ladies were loudly applauded . Mr . S . Gurney moved , and M . Guizot , the French ambassador , seconded the appointment
of the Royal Chairman , who was most enthusiastically received , and addressed the meeting for several minutes ; on the conclusion of which , Mr . O'Connell appeared on the platform , amid partial applause and disapprobation . The venerable father of j * e anti-slavery cause , Thomas Clarkson , Esq ., wa ^ then introduced , accompanied by his widowed daughter-in-law and his grandson ; and the old gentleman addressed the meeting in a most characteristic Bpeeoh , which was warmly applauded throughout . Resolutions were passed unanimously , in accordance with ( be objects of the Society , and a vote of thanks to the Royal Chairman' having been passed , the assembly dispersed . '
Supposed Child Murder and Suicidb . —Yesterday afternoon , an inquest was held at the Duke of Wellington , Cannon-street , East , on the body of a male infant , which had been found in the privy of the house No . 20 , Ann-street , in that neighbourhood , under very auspicious circumstances . The inquiry occupied some time , but the short facts were these : —A female , named Charlotte Pye , who was the mother of two children , aged seven and nine , had been suspected for some time before to be in a state
of pregnancy , but she denied the accusation in the most positive manner , and attributed her appearance to dropsy . On Thuraday evening last , she disappeared , and has not since been heard of ; on the same evening , the body of the infant was discovered . The Jury , under these oircumstanoes , returned a special verdict , to the effect , that the body had been found as described ; but whether it had met its death accidentally or otherwise , there was no evidence before them . Search has been made in all quarters for the mother , but hitherto without effect .
Election of Sheriffs . —A Common Hall was held this day for the eleotion of sheriffs and other officers for the ensuing year . The Common Sergeant read the named of the gentlemen eligible for the office of sheriff , and on a show of hands , the choice was declared to have fallen on Alderman Gibbs and A . Galloway , Esq . ; when a poll was demanded on the part of Thoa . Farncombe , Esq . WoRSniP-STRRET , ( THIS DAY . ) MORE DlRTT Doings op the Police . —The attention of the magistrates was this day occupied for several hours in the investigation of a case of much public importance , in connection with the domiciliary visits of the police to licensed victuallers . Mrs . Bray , the
landlady of the White Swan , Long-Alley , Shoreditch , appeared to answer an information laid b y Inspector Robinson , of the G . division , in which she was charged with Belling spirituous liquors during the hours of Divine service on Sunday , the 7 th instant . Prior to the evidence being gone into , the solicitor for the defence requested the magistrates to cause copious notes to be taken by their clerk , an it was intended- to take ulterior proceedings . It appeared from thV . ovideiroe of George Forey , G 185 , that between eleven and twelve iii the forenoon of the 7 th instant , he went to Mrs . Bray ' s house , which he Jfound closed in front , but op going down a side court , he saw a woman served out of thenarlmir
window of the house , with a quart of porter , which she carried away in the defendant ' s pot . Be asked her if there was any chanoe of his being served ! to which dhe answered , " No , you can't , old fellow ; its no go . " He then went , to the window , where he saw the defendant's daughter , and asked her to serve him with 3 d . worth of brandy , which she did . He dranlc the liquor , paid for it , and withdraw . Upon being cross-examined by the defendant ' s solicitor , the witness stated that he was not dressed in hia uniform on the occasion , but that he wore the garb of a butcher ; and though he denied having resorted to any stratagem to induce the defendant ' s daughter to serve him , he leant forward , ( when desired to show
the exact position m which he stood at the time ) , and placed himself inan attitude that certainly warranted the inference that he was suffering from a pain in the stomach . Mrs . Mary Anne James , the defendant ' s daughter , a very respectable looking young married woman , was called , who deposed that on the day mentioned , at about twenty minutes before twelve o ' clock , she was washing her child at the parlour window , when the policeman presented himself , dressed in a butcher ' s gown , and appearing as if he had just left work . He approached the window in a stooping posture , with his arms folded over his stomach , and begged her to serve him with a little brandy , as he felt very bad in his inside . She told him that he must be well
aware that she could not serve him until one o ' olock ; upon which : he renewed the request with increased urgency , and she was at length induced , out of compassion for his apparent sufferings , to suppl y him with the spirits . She served no one else with either beer or spirits between the hours of eleven and one o ' clock . Mr . Broughton observed that the case was a most extraordinary one , and it was imperatively necessary for the woman to be forthcoming , whom the policeman alleged he saw supplied with beer . Upon being asked whether he was acquainted with her address , the policeman said that she lived at No . 9 , in the cour t . The magistrate thereupon directed the chief usher to proceed
with the policeman to the woman ' s residence , and bring her at once to the office . Shortly afterwards the officer returned , accompanied by an elderly woman , named Catharine Cowley , whom the policeman had pointed out to him as the person he had alluded to , and whom he brought to the office , without divulging to her the object for which she was wanted . This witness positively contradicted the whole of the policeman ' s statement , as regarded herself , and Mr . Broughton stopped the case , observing that a complete answer had been given to the charge , and he should therefore dismiss it . He strongly reprobated such a mode of getting up an
information , it being the duty of the police to prevent the infraction of the law ? , instead qf templing people into the commission of iUegoTr ^ ctt for the purpose of cKtmsty ^ p . them Jor it . V ; i'be closing' Temark pV ttie magistrate d& » Hai (! h .-. lnr flnite credit ; but this is quite the mode in ^ bioli the police act , on all occasions ; witness the B ; thnalgreen plot , the Golding spy . job ; and a hundred others . The solicitor for the defendant intimated his intention to lay the whole proceeding before the Secretary of State . He might a 3 well save himself the trouble—the police have made themselves too odiouB to allow the impartial Home-office making an example of even one of the " force . "
The Convict , Courvoisier . —It is said that nearly every place from which a sight of the execution of this wretched man can be obtained , is already engaged , many of them at enormous prices . Dreadful Death of a Child from Burning . — On Wednesday afternoon , an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , at St . Bartholomew's Hospital , on view of the body of Louisa Nixon , aged eleven years . It appeared from the evidence that the parents of the deceased resided at * No . 8 , Mi ll Row , Kingsland Road , and oh Saturday morning , between eleven and twelve o'clock , she was in the act of cleaning a stove , when her clothes caught fire , and in a moment she was one body of flame , in which state she was found by her mother , in the street . No time was lost in conveying the sufferer to the above Hospital , where she expired on Sunday afternoon . Verdict , "Accidental Death . "
The latb Attempt to assassinate her Majesty and Prince Albert . —LATEsr Particulars . —Jt is not a little singular that Hatfield , who has been a Crown prisoner in Newgate and Bethlehem Hospital nearly forty years , for attempting to shoot George HI ., expressed his indignation at the late act of Oxford . It has been erroneously stated that Hatfield has been allowed a guinea a week for his support from Government , but such is not the
fact . He has the usual Hospital allowance , and rereceives a pension , quarterly , he having served in the army under th « late Duke of York , and received a sabre wound in ' the head . He is now upwards of seventy years old , and has a great desire for his liberty : he twice petitioned Ms late Majerty , King William IV ., and even expected a fs ^ mrable answer from her Majesty ; but in consequence of the late attempt be has now given up aU hojreMHig-ii 6 aid to be worthl money . jP ^ l
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Melancholy and Fatal Accident on the River . —Two Lives Lost . —Between six and seven o ' clock on Tuesday evening , a boat , containing four youths , was . upset nearly opposite the Red House , Battersea , and two of the number sunk to rise no more . It is a most melancholy fact that they were all the Worse for liquor , and were totally ignorant of the management of the boat . Their names are Johnson and Adams , and neither of the bodies have yet been found .
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CONFESSI ON OF COURVOISIER TO SHERIFF EVANS . ( From the Morning Chronicle . ) The following is a verbatim covy of the confession made by Courvoisier to Sheriff Evans , aa it was taken down on paper by the Sheriff : — " After I had warmed his Lordship ' s bed , I went down stairs , and waited about an hour , during which time I placed the different articles as they were found by the police . I afterwards went to the dining room and took one of the knives from the sideboard ; I then entered his bed room , and found him asleep . I went to the side of the bed , and drew the knife across his throat . He appeared to die instantly . "Francis Benjamin Couhvoisier . " Prison of Newgate , June 23 . 1840 .
This declaration was made before me , this 23 d of June , 1840 . " William Evans , Sheriff . " In the conversation which the Sheriff Evans had on the day this declaration was made , and which lasted for an hour , the murderer assured the sheriff that there was no truth in the statement that Lord Wm . Russell had gone down stairs , and after charging him with dishonesty threatened to dischargehim next day without a character . Nothing at all of the kind had occurred . His Lordship never went down stairs in the night at all , and never threatened any thing of the sort . Hia lordship had certainly spoken to Sim in a cross tone , and told him to be more attentive to
his business , but that was all . There was no further provocation . ; The Sheriff having expressed some surprise at the variance between the two accounts , the murderer said that his uncle had entreated him most solemnly to tell the facts ' exactly as they occurred , and he determined * to state nothing but what was actually correct . Be therefore acknowledged , not only that ho had committed the murder under the circumstances just described , but that he had' contemplated the murder and robbery for a week previously . The sheriff questioned him a good deal upon the acknowledgment that he had so lone contemplated
the murder as well as the robbery ,. and he persisted in stating that the murder was premeditated , and not , as had been previously stated , the suggestion of despair at losing his character . He declared , and he wished the sheriff to let it bo known to the world , that the idea was first suggested to him by reading and seeing the performance of ** JaCK Sheppard . " The book containing the history of " Jack Sheppard" had been lent to him by one of the servants of the Duke of Bedford , and he lamented that he had ever seen it . ? Upon beiDg asked by the sheriff whether he had committed any other atrocities , he replied that he had merely stolen two books belonging to Mr . Fector , when in that gentleman ' s service .
r I am most anxious , " said the sheriff , 16 know whether there is any foundation in the report which has got abroad that you had something to do with the death of Elizi Grim wood , who was murdered near the Waterloo-road . Have you anything to say upon that subject ? '' . Courvoisier assured the Sheriff that he knew nothing in the world about that or any other murder except the murder of Lord William Russell . He knew , he said , that he must die , and if he had committed any other dreadful offence , he would not hesitate to mention the fact to the Sheriff . He expressed much regret that any imputation should for a moment have been cast upon either of the poor unoffending female servants , who had been so unfortunate as to have been in the house with him .
The Sheriff then asked him how' Lord William Russell ' s finger happened to be cut ! The murderer replied , that when he drew the knife aenras the throat , his Lordship ' s band started up , as if by a convulsion , and must at the moment have come in contact with the knife , and immediately fell back again , for death was instantaneous . His Lordship never waked . t " How , " said the Sheriff , " did you get rid of the blood , for your hand must have been bloody , !" Courvoisier replied that his hand was bloodv . but ha
wiped it on the towel , whioh he immediately afterwards placed over his Lordship ' s face . He then , he said , went up to bed , but he did not sleep . l After committing the murder , he says that he kept his locket , and also hia Lordship ' s gold watch , la the possession for some time , so that if he had been at once takqn injo custody , conclusive proof of hi * guilt wouldhave been found upon him . Notwithstandingthe vigilange , also , of the police , he found an opportunity , on-Friday , before he was taken into dose custody , to place the watch between the wooden * ase of the sink and the lead , and the locket hei ^ at the same time , deposited Under the hearthstone . ' ' "
f ( From the Standard . ) We have authority to state that there ii no foundation whatever for the story of Courvoisier ' s having confessed himself the murderer of * Elisa Grimwood , given in a respected morning contemporary . So far our authority , which is the best . Fer ourselves we may add , that the murderer of Elisa Grimwood is , we believe , perfectly well known to be a detestable miscreant who , in this country , moved in a much higher rank than Courvoisier , and is now supposed to be somewhere in Italy , of which he is a native .
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IttACCfcESFIEIjD . ' Buriubt Fair . —On Monday and Tuesday , the various benefit societies walked in procession through the town , and afterwards dined at their respective places of meeting , where the festivity was protracted to a late hour . The Odd-Fellows , in particular , made a very imposing appearance ; but before they had time to return to their starting places , they were pretty well drenched by a heavy shower of rain , that happened to come on while they were in the midst of their glory . Such societies have undoubtedly conferred incalculable benefits upon those who are within the sphere of their influence ; but we cannot avoid asking the question , would they not be more useful if stars and garters were dispensed with ! We hope that those persons who are connected with such matters will take the subject into their most serious consideration .
Radical Tea Party . —On Monday evening , a number of the Radicals sat down to tea in the Association Rooms , Pickford-streec , where , after having partaken freely of "the beverage that cheers , but not inebriates , " several excellent speeches totere ( delivered by the members of the association , en Universal Suffrage , the advantages of mental improvement , the incarcerated friends of the people , &C . &C . After the speeches had been disposed of , the younger portion of the assembly made arrangements to "trip it on the light fantastic toe , " which healthful exercise was continued until about eleven o'clock , when the company dissolved , all declaring themselves perfectly satisfied with the evening ' s enjoyment .
LONDON . Lambeth Joint Stock Co-operative Society . — This society is going steadily on in its formation . It is established on a system of perfeet equality , and governed by twelve committee men , who take office by rotation , two trustees , a treasurer and secretary aud jsto be enrolled according to . Act of Parliataenti , &t ^ aMing © f the cQmmitte * held at the " Eambeth Coffee House , 3 . North-place , near the Asylum . it was resolved : — That the Society should receive deposits of money from shareholders and others , wich money to receive interest at the rate of £ 5 per > cent , per annum . " The meeting then adjourned until Wednesday evening next .
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_ Important Decision . —The Court of Queen ' s Bench on Wednesday pronounced an important judgment in the case of' The Queen t > . the PresidenWd Chapterbf the Cathedral Church of Exeter . " The decision of the Court is , that the right to appoint the dean is vested in the Chapter and Bishop , and not in the Crown . : A Whole Family at a Birth . —On Thursday last , the lady of the landlord of the Lamb and Flag public house , Cardiff , presented her good man , Mr . Philip Jones , with four children at one accouchement , two of whom , with the mother , are as weR as ean be expected . —Monmouthshire Merlin . * r , 9 " ± J >* New J & *** r- " Honourable Edward
Curaon , a son of Lord Teynham * «* b l ast week brought before the magistracy or Exeter , charged with creating an obstruction bypraaehingin the open air , near the Market-place . He was Sischarged on promising not to repeat the dffence . It appears that Mr . Goran is a preacher among the body known by the name of the New Li ght * . ' The Hay Harvest has commenced wmarkablv early in the northern part of Derbyshire , and it is a long tune since any thing similar to Waal we are going to record took place . On Thursday last , hay was _ mowed andjarrled at Glot Halt ; on * 2 f th « highest and bleakest moors in the ^ Snity ^ tf the Peak . , No better proof could be- fcireir of the auapiciouflnesa of the weather hitherto . —Z > er 4 « Air Courier . ~ . "
A cockney having ensconced bjaself opposite a lady in one of the Richmond coaches , had manifested a . disposition to beJeering in some of his observa-Imobv ' At length , seemingly exhausted in his fund of self-merriment , he cast a glanc < n » the road-side and seeing a notice stuck up * he read it aloud , which |^ Ru ^^^ beshot he «? T » feh tkladj replied , " Tell the coachmen to stop then . " He was aitent afterwarda . , .
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WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . ( BY EXPRESS . ) Friday , June 26 . —Our arrivals of Grain are com * patatively very moderate considering . the length of stoppage . The attendance of buyers was good today , and a fair business done iii Wheat at fully last week ' s prices . Fresh Barley is inquired for , but little offering . Oats and Shelling rather dearer , tfeans steady . Leeds Corn Market , June 23 . —The arrivals of Grain to this day ' s market are smaller than last week , There has been a fair demand for fine Wheat at last week ' s price , but no improvement in other descriptions : the market has dosed dull . Oats and Beans very , little alteration .
Leeds Cloth Markets . —The market for both fine and heavy goods has been more lively both oij Saturday and Tuesday , than for several weeks ; oh the latter day particularly , the enquiry may be said to have been brisk—that is , in comparison . We do not anticipate from this a return of the full tide of prosperity , neither do we imagine that it will make any difference to the unemployed operatives . Stocks , however , are by no means large , and should the demand contiuue , it must create a call for labourthough there ia no prospect for speculation . Bradford Market , Thursday , June 26 . —Wool Market—Again we have to notice a dull , business and the market remains in
a very unsatisfactory state . The sales are ot a limited description , and p rices are gradually declining . Yarn Market— There is a moderately fair demand for Yarns , and for some coun t * better prices may be obtained . Our spinners , however , do not feel sufficiently encouraged to work full time , and will not until the prices of Yarns and Wool respectivel y are somewhat more satisfactory Piece Market—Goods to a considerable extent are taken off by the merchants , but the condition of tbia branch of trade continues most gloomy ; " prices an •> low that it is impossible for the manufacturer to realize an adequate profit ; upon the cost of production .
. Rochdale Flannel M ** . kb * Jckb 22 . —To-day ' s market has been on a par with 4 sit week ' s , the princiai business done was if the fine qualities ; Iqw goods are ndt ^ enqaired jrifttar ^ T * e W * ol trade is quit 9 dull , little business has been done at current prices . OLJajrenaainalmost awionary , Huddersfield Clow Mar ^ st , Jtjkb 23 . —Our Coth market has been something better Jtn the Hall more goods having been disposed of at prices much * the same . The fancy trade still keeps in the same lancuid state , and little hnsine ** Hm ' nW tk « « . ^ i
_ market was never worse , the prices offered are ruinous , and could not be replaced , therefore scare * any business is doing . > State of TR * DE . —There was a slight increase ia the demand yesterday , consequent upon the re-opening of the canals , and the re-establishment of ihe . communication with London , and a tolerable business was done in some descriptions of cloth for thehome trade ; but , in other respects , the market was flat , and prices continue to droop . —Manchester Guardian , of Wednesday . .
Hull Corn Market , June 23 . —We have . no- ' animation in the Corn trade to-day , scarcely any ' buyers of Wheat beyond momentary wants ; the se £ ' lers on the other hand are aware that the Spring ' crops of Wheat are very deficient , and are sanguine as to future prices , and generally hold for an advance * : the sales , or course , are partial , and prices of the best full Is . per qr . above last quotations . Beans - support last currency . Oats dull . No alteration in . Barley , or other articles . SkitroN Cattle Market , June 22 . —We had a , good show of all kinds of fat Cattle , and there bein *
a good attendance of buyers , they were mostly sold ¦ at the following prices : —Beef 7 d . to 7 £ d , ; Mutton ^ 7 d ., aand Lamb 7 d . to 8 d . per lb ~ . York Corn Market , June 20 . —Since oor last * > report the weather has been cold and windy , with /' little sunshine , and the deliveries from the farmers -, being very trifling , there has been an itiereaeed de > - \ mand for Wheat , at very full prices ; to-day we hav » * > very few samples offering . Wheat , of good quality , *> meets a ready sale , at an advance of Is . to 2 s . per qr . Oats foil as dear . Beans unaltered in value . Barley nominal . :
Malton Corn Market , Junb 20 . —The quantity of really fine samples of Wheat offering to this dartmarket is very limited ; of inferior qualities we have a fair quantity offering . Wheat , of best qualities , Is to 2 s per qr dearer , and inferior descriptions held at higher rates . Oats and Barley without alteration . Wheat , red , from 5 ts to 72 s ; do , white , from - 683 to 76 per quarter of 40 stones . Barley front 3 % ; to 36 per quarter of 32 stones . Oats from 13 id to- ' 14 jd per stone . . -- ¦ : ¦ ; - ¦ M alton Cattle akb Pi <* Market , Jtob 20 . — Thero was a-fair supply of Short-horns , induaW
bteers , in-ealvers , and Heifers , at our Cattle markei , , this day . The demand , however * was but limUe ^ L . and prices were therefore much-lower , from lte . t « - ' 153 . per head leap . being * given for-what was hoogm ^ There were . alar * good ft w Scotch and iHsliBe ^^ m the market , for which therervto * . * T&mttkWp but prices were , rather lower . In tho PutTniatteV Store Pigs , of which there wm a ceodTmS ^ l , ! met with a heavy trade , bat stroiig , PJgs w ^ SS s } . ^ tftseil . - . . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ -. ; . "' . . ¦ I '/ . ' - ' . - . ii-JuiS' ^^ f- ' -v ^ r Masjchesteb Corn Market . Satuua ^ Jfexk SO . -
—There has been but little pasaina . iMu * ffi week beyond an ordinary business to &imran « £ _ who purchase choice qualities of "I ^^ B ^ SaS Flour as they come forward at abott ^ firWoBf . rates . Less anxiety to force salee ^ lalS 5 pe « aiaA enabled holders to realise 37 s . pwbummmZil qnalities of United States FloBrTfi ^ Sw Oatmeal was of the most limited character . All descriptions of Wheat were held with more confidence at our market this morning , and for superior ' parcels an advance of 2 d . to 3 d . per 70 lbs . was demanded , bat not complied with to any extent . Prime fresh English Flour fully supported the currency ef this day se ' nnjght , and Barrel Flour may be noted 6 d . higher . Oats and Oatmeal were dull sale without alteration ; m vaiue ^ -and there is no change ic--notice in other articleB .
a Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , June 22 . - Since this day je'nnight the imports of British Grain ,. have been light , but that of Foreign Wheat are again large '; at fte latter about 5400 barrels are « from t ^ nadai subject to a duty of only 3 Jd . per barrel . From the 11 th to the 18 th Instant induaire ^ . ^ r ? x ^?« ^ * from b 0114 ^ . ^ OO quarters of Wheat , 180 qitorters of Oats , 35 « quarters of Peas i ^" ^ % ****> and 36 , 650 barrels of FJoBr On Friday the duty , on Wheat advanced to 18 s . 8 d . per quarter , that : on Flour to lla . 3 d ; jper bweeU " . Since Tuesday last , when , tile prices of Wheat * ene > . ral ly were quoted 2 d . to 8 d . p » bushel higher , tiatrade haB been firm , and a fnMsr advanceofS »«
per bushel has been demanded ; this , however , being ' reluctantly complied with by the mUlers anddealeri ,, only a moderate business has ensued . The beat' , brands of American Fiour . duty paid , has been held * t 36 s . to 36 s . 6 d . perbarrel , but have moved only hi , retail . Previous to the advance of duty above notedV about 9000 barrels had changed hands in bond at . 24 s . 6 d . to 253 . 6 d . oer barrel . Oats and Oatmeal have both , been in limited request , and any change ? m their value is in favour of the buyer . Grinding Barley , upon a moderate demand , has Bold on ratherbetter terms . Beans are rather oheaper . Nflh change as regardB Peas . : ^ liONDON CoRif Exchange , Monwy , June 22 . — The quantity ef Wheat on sale this morning from .
Essex , Kent and Suffolk w ^ s only to a moderativ . extent , whilst of Barley , 3 toans , and Peas from all these counties there was £ very limited supply . A few vessels with Oats hav < j arrived Bince Friday froiswi oar own ooiet , ScotlandiyiBd Irtteid . The UsV portB of foreign Graitt ^ during tbje " past week ha » been moderately good . The Weather since last Wed f ¦ nesday has been boisterous ahd showery at times * The millers being the onlybuyeia this morning , tar Wheat trade opened with le * r briskness rtian fer the past two weeks ; a few early sales of picked samples might have been at th * rates of this d »| se ' nnigbt , but the demand not improving , a decUni ' of Is . per quarter must be quoted on the general runs from the rates of this day se ' nnight , aad tbf trade must be considered rather dull than otherwisa . Flour was without alteration in valne . sood marksV
of fresh-made meeting a steady sale . -There wai * fair demand for sweet grinding Barley , at fully U » r rates of last week . Beans and Peas were quite *» dear witha ^ steady eale . Malt wm much the sas ^ in T « Jne Thei bosuvess transacted m pats was priar cipally limited to the wnmunerB , who bought spannely for their present wants , giving about tafc weeft rates for pr | m 0 . fresh / hea vyCorn , tat «*• sorts , particularlT Joreign not in « ood condition mnsv . be considered Is . per quarter weaper . Tb # * was notbint ^; of moment passing in L £ s « ed « r Bast ? 5 » d i either article being offered obJ > V V > rn iSxcbjuige , The demand for bonded Grain «* again confiued , to Otta for exportation , for wt »* P . urpose last ^ veek ' s rates were obtained . The ^ ua * , uty of Foreign Wheat and Oats exported laat we * wastoaftirSient . ^^ .
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O'CONNOR , Esq ., of Hammersmith ; ConriT Middlesex , by JOSHUA H 0 B 80 N , at hla W * ing Offices , No * , ia aad 13 , Maftet-street , Btsjr gate ; and Published by . the stld Joshua Hob 50 » ( fpthe said Fearous O * C « Kir 0 R , } at his IW ^ Ung-honse , No , 5 , Market-street , Br % gat «; J » internal Communication existing between toerf * No . B , Market ^ twet , and the said Nos . it . ** 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus eonstttiitii « tt » whole of the said Printing and FubHsbinj < P » one Frendses . " . ¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ AJ 1 Communications must be addfessed , ( Post-paid ) % J . H 0 B 80 N , Northern Star Office , I * eds . jSaturday , June 87 , 18 « fc
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —By inserting this important communication in your valuable and widely-circulated journal , you will much oblige the Committee now acting on behalf of the imprisoned Chartists of Manchester . Wm . Smith , Secretary .
Second Edition.
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Local Markets.
LOCAL MARKETS .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 27, 1840, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2690/page/8/
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