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DOTEE TQ ^ botjall , fhe Horfhern , % „ w ^ ab ^ ^ y > ^^ feiSSSISSST * ^ ******* &e foIlow - StSSl ;!^?®** » PP 0 iB » ed * committee to carry wroS ! l » P S > SMK ^ Meesra . Edward Buriey , WflWSgi ^ der , Charles Stewart . William Alton , iw 2 Lr ' aeie « " »* ta »« having made all Bettevessarj arrangements , the dinner took place •* » house , of Mr . Catling . Fat Ox , Cattle Market , when aixuifc eijfhty individuals ( as many as the ati&ce woold cold , two rooms having been made into ** e expreeslv for the occasion , ) assembled to do konour to the distinguished guest . Besides the TlTl \ nV"F"ft TA £ - ^ ~ ~ .
worthy Doctor , Mr . Clarkson , solicitor , Bradford , and the Rev . Wo . Hill ( editor of this paper ) were seated at the gneste' table . Other gentlemen were invited , but did not attend . The room was most tastefully decorated on the occasion with everjtreens and flowers . The head of the room was diTided into three arched compartments , o-rer each Of which wu a patriotic ingeriptien en a tM&aleu * eA ground , the letters of which were frosted , and after dinner , when the room was lit up , presented a very pleasing appearance . The inscription in the centre was O'Connor and the People ' s Charter ! " That en the right was , u M'Douall , the tyrants' foe !" and that on the lef t , " Frost , Williams , and Jones , the exiled patriots I" The centre compartment contained portraits of fcTDouall and Collins . A handsome arch of evergreens and flowers was also raised at the bottom of the room ; while the sides were hang with portraits of Arthur O'Connor , Hnnt ,
Andrew Marvel l , Emmett , and other patriots . Upon the whole , the roam-presented a very graceful appearance , and reflected great credit on the taste ? f the committee ; nor most we omit to mention a cap of liberty suspended over the head of the Chairaaan , presented by Mr . Stewart , the mother of a fins jwng Feargus O'Gonnar , who made his first appearance in public on the occasion . At about six o ' clock , grace having been raid by the Rev . William Hill , the company fell upon the eatables . The provision was capital , and profuse in the extreme ; it really appeared as though the worthy host had determined on placing a substantial joint before each gnest ; aad vhoagh we hare attended Many public dinners , it was never oar fortune to sit cawn to a better one than that provided by Mr . Carliog on this occasion . On the cloth being drawn , the Chairman ( Mr . Edward Barley ) read the following letter from John Watkins , Esq , of Aialaby Hall , which was received with load cheers : —
Aiilaby , near Whitby , August 15 th , 1840 . Bra , —With the kind invitation of the York Radicals to dine with my brother , M'Douall , I ¦ received a aimil&r one from Leeds ; but I am reluctantly obliged to decllae both . I am glad that you intend to henoni the talented Doctor , who has honoured " the cause , and who is again ready to do honour to it , to himself , and to na all . by mitHng the gaol ( which the Whigs intended to be iadeed his gaol ) his starting , post to a fresh career . The Doetox sacrificed his profession and hia liberty to the good cause ; he lost bi « former friends by
advocating the rights of the poor , and now he has put off all that might impede him in his patriotic race for the Charter . When the prise is obtained , he will reeeive the benefit of it , " as which . of us shall not !" The Whigs do all they can to deter such men , and , ther efore , it ia our duty to encourage them , both for taeii own sake * , and for the sake of those who may need * och good examples . Our enemies- have the physical advantage of us ; but we have the moral , and we shall win the victory , if we show ourselves w « rthy to win ft . We have but to persevere , and God will deliver ns . •< Man " 8 extremity is God ' s opportunity . "
Nothing more clearly shows us the true character of oar governors than their treatment of such men as M'Douall , who pleaded for us , and were imprisoned . Bat will not the Ijord of the Tineyard TitTrmcif eome , and miserably destroy these foolish and wicked men ? Yes , in his own good time . The tide is coming—a spring tide—and men like H'Douall are the waves atop , borne along by a power awt their own , the power of the people , and dashed against the citadel of corruption . They may fall back , but they fall upon the still-advancing tide , and are again dashed , with greater force , against the tottering walla , " Once more unto the breach , dear friends , once more ; I am on fire to hear the Charter is bo nigh , Aad yet sot ocrs . "
1 afeonld take nreco pride in tte prosperity of Chartom at York , for York is the capital of my « ative eo « nty . We wffl yet let the Whigs know what a Yoriahiw bite is
I am , Sir , Your brother Chartist , Joan Watkiks . The Chairmab then said he rose to address them with mingled feelings of pleasure ' and regret ; of pleasure at witnessing so numerous and respectable aa assemblage , and regret that some person more « apahle than himself had not been called upon to preside over them . Still , as a working man , he would do his best in a situation he felt sure he was not capable of doing justice to , and which was an honour that would De the means of bringing disappointment on his friends present . ( " No , no !") Why were they met there to congratulate the worthy Doctor ! Because they ( tht worglDg classes )
lived under an oppressive Government , and because he had come forward to assist them against the power of their oppressors . And who were their oppressors 1 Why the very persons who , in 1831 * nd 1832 , had excited the discontent of the people by inflirnmatnTy language and the most violent conduet , and who now crammed the gaols with victims for committing acts which they themselves had formerly said were the birthright of Englishmen . < Cheers . ) Was this proper treatment for Englishmen 1 No , it was not . The very men who Btood forward with inflammatory banners and addresses .
to incite the people to rebellion in order that they Blight obtain power and place , now persecuted working men for using the most innocent language , and for giving expression to their feelings in their own unlettered way . ( Loud cheers . ) He should not go into the question of the merits of the Charter , as there were persona to come after him who were more capable of doing justice to it ; and he should therefore now content himself with proposing the first toast : — " The People , the enly sonrce of legitimate wealth , and may they soon be in possession of their inalienable rights . " The toast haying been drank ,
Mr . Wil Gtt . t . itoer rose to respond to it . He Baid that the sentiment" The people , the only source of legitimate wealth , was not a mere idle theory , as their enemies asserted , but a fact which was demonstrated more and more clearly every day . For the last fifty years the Whigs had acknowledged tiiis fact , and put it forward as a stepping stone to reach their own ends ; but both factions conspired together to prey upon the working classes , and get all the wealth of the land into their own hands , in order that they might consign them to eternal slavery . But atlength abrij « it 5 / ararose —( cheers ) —the principles of the Charter were promulgated throughout the country ; and even in York , that stronghold of bieotrv and BUDerstition . the riehts of
the people were beginning to be acknowledged . The best meetings ever held for the establishment of the cause were those where they had had a Learned Judge for a chairman . ( Hear , hear . ) These meetings had done much for the good cause ; and the very means taken to put it down were the means by which it had been Bet up on a firmer footing than ever . By persecution the chaff had been separated from the wheat ; and though their enemies had said that Chartism w&s now dead , the late proceedings at Birmingham and Manchester , to commemorate the liberation of tfieir distinguished guest , and Lovett and Collins , gave the load lie to the assertion . ( Cheers . ) These men had just come from their gloomy dungeons ; and instead of bowing down beneath the tyranny of which they had been the victims , they acted to the contrary , and immediately went on to demand the full and just measure of the people ' s rights . ( Loud cheering . ) Their tvrants
told the people that they were too ignorant to be trusted with their rights—but if they ti ere b o , that was not their fault , but she fault of those who kept them so ; and if they waited till they gave them their rights they would wait till time w&s no more , and then be as far from obtaining them as ever . ( Laughter . ) It was due to the independent portion of the press , and particularly to the Northern Star , to say that they advocated the rights of the people boldly and fearlessly ; and if the Star was not circulated as much as it ought to be , it was because poverty covered the land , as the waters covered the sea . ( Cheers . ) Still it had thousands of readers who could not afford to buy it ; and it was circulated at the loom , and in the workshop , and in the flickering gloom of the mine . Let them , then , proceed steadily in the work of organisation and union ; and . all the world united could not hinder them from obtaining the fall measure of their rights .
CLaaAohaen . . The Chabului stated that the next toast on the Kst was the health of a gentleman now present , who fe » d descended from the aristocratic sphere of ltfeift which he once moved to mix with those whom certain persons were ia the habit of styling H the lowest « f the low . " He « w about to propose the health ** a man who had ' sofiered in the cause of the Charter ; and he thought it would be useless to « ay a word about the sincerity of a man who , after azt imprisonment of twelve monthsfor
advo-, cating the canae of the people , began advocating it again the moment he eame oat of prison . He ahouldnow propose ¦* The health of Dr . M'Douall , the unflinching advocate of the people ' s rights ! The toast was drunk with three times three mnsi-« al cheers . Dr . M'Douaij ^ , on rising , was greeted with reitezated applause . He raid be thaaked tbexn from thebottomafhis heart for the kind reeeptkm they had men him . He eoeldattm them that altkmgh hihadmetwHk masy kuwi r » o » ik « u 0000 h * had
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left Chester Castle , none had given him greater pleasure than ( hat he had met with from the inhabitants of York ; and that not so much on account of the numbers of those present , as on account of the Kindness and enthusiasm with which they had greeted him—an advocate of the rights of labour . Had he met in his own district with so warm a reception from ten thousand men , such a circumstance would not have surprised him in a manufacturing district , and . he might have considered it common-place ; out that which gave him peculiar pleasure on that occasion was that in the city of York—celebrated , as i t was , in the annals of fanaticism and political delusion , under the controul as it was of the mitre and of irresponsible
magistrates—a Chartist leader should be greeted by eo many of its inhabitants . This ciroumstance he considered to be something new in the history of the working classes ; and proved that the solemn inquiry into the principles of the Charter , which had taken place before judges , jury , counsellors , audience , and door-keepers , had not heen without its due share of effect upon the public mind—and that , although those who promulgated these principles might be sent to die in a dungeon , yet that the principles they advocated still lived in the nation ; aDd , therefore , it was that he thanked them for their presence there , and for the approbation of his conduct ; and valued it more highly than thoagh he had received it from ten thousand men in a factory district .
( Cheers . ) At the same time he was aware that the cordial reception they had given him was not so much awarded to the man & 8 to the principles he advocated ; for he considered that those of the middle olasses who were there , by their presence , acknowledged themselves ChartistB ; that they thereby renounced the prejudices , and the bigotry , and the fanaticism of class distinctions , and , therefore , he considered all of the middle classes present on this occasion as Chartists . It was no common object which would dissever a man from his situation in life , from friends and family connexions , and cast him on the story Be * of politics ; and when a man acted in this way he would have no common dangers to encounter . It required not only
a high moral bearing , but much physical courage to endure persecution . As soon as he had compared the condition of the working classes of this country with that of those who did no work , that instant he had said that such a state of things ought not to continue . When he witnessed the poverty of the working men , and saw them stript of all the oomforts of life , with insufficient food , and scanty wages—and when he looked to the back and arms of the men who produced all the wealth of the country , and saw them stripped , and bare to the winter ' s blast—and wben he saw that they received no protection from the law , and that they sank down under the weight of persecution and starvation—and when be further saw that the people in this condition had no
advocates of their cause or , at all events , not enough to change the accursed system , that moment he had resolved to come forward , and lend his aid to overthrow it . ( Loud cheers . ) There were many powerful cases which induced him to come forward , and which appealed alike to his reason and to his sympathy , tie saw one body of working men after another gradually declining from comparative comfort to a state of indigence and misery . He saw many of them , like the hand-loom-weavers of Lancashire , driven from independence to the lowest distress—from their native valleys into the lanes and alleys of the pestilential towns , or into foreign countries , far away from that land which contained every thing dear to them , and which they had bo much
enriched by their honest industry . When he witnessed all the distress , and misery , and crime , which had been the result of this state of things , he did not lay it , as some had done , to the account of the working men . No ! he laid it to the account of the bad laws of the country—and to the account of the men who made those laws , and who had made them thus in order that they might rob the working men of the fruits of their toil . ( Loud cheering . ) He had witnessed many examples of the ruin of working men ; and the blook-printers were fast following the handloom weavers , and being gradually stripped of all their comfortB . They began to strip the poor man's table first , rand then his back , and then his house ,
and then he was compelled by Government and by law—he was compelled by the accursed tyranny of the rules of this nation—to put his hand upon the backs of his children . ( Shame , shame . ) The pawnshop and the dram-shop often followed ; and when they Baw these things progressed—when they saw how these evils spread from hill to hill and from valley to valley of their native land—could they pretend to deny to the working classes the means of bettering their condition ! When he reflected on the declension of the hand-loom weavers , the blockprinters , the spinners , and other trades , and that they were all becoming rapidly worse ; and when he reflected that Jwhat was true as to them was true as to all those he was addressing ; and when he
saw that all this was owing to their being deprived of all political power , what injustice was there , he would ask , in demanding that political power should be conferred upon working men ! Upon what ground did the do-nothings oppose this , and Bay the people wanted power , but for the purpose of robbing them of their possessions 1 It was from the labours of the working men ' s hands that had arisen all the wealth of the country . By whom were all the aristocracy enriched 1 By whom were all the churches and cathedrals built , and all the splendid and wonderful erections raised up . All , all was done by the hands of the working classes . Was there nothing to excite their astonishment in the Bplendid nave of their magnificent Minster ; which ,
while it impressed the contemplative beholder with a sense of his own insignificance , most at the same time compel him to acknowledge—this is the effect of labour . ( Cheers . ) The hand of the working man had erected , and beautified , and given shape , and use , and value to all ; and should he then visit such places as a crouching slave ? Was there nothing beautiful in the verdant vallies and fruitful plains of their native land , and was not this owing to the skill and labour of the industrious hmsbandman And if they looked to the towns , and looked to the dress of the people , which gave comfort to the men , and eleguice to the women—and if they looked at all the oomforts and luxuries there exhibited , they would find all these were owing to labour ; and
yet working men were expected , after performing all these duties to society , to enjoy none of its rights . ( Cheers . ) What was there in the Charter which the people had brought forward which did not prove that if the working men were powerful in their hand , they were also powerful in their mindB ! In his opinion , if there w&s anything remarkable in the Charter , it was the intellect and the sense of justice displayed in it . It demanded the right of reason and of labour to have a voice in the making of the laws ; but more just than their oppressors , it did not say that any man should possess this privilege by the mere right of his existence , as was the
case with many at present . No ; it provided that n one should have a vote unless he was unconvicted of crime , and of sane mind , and twenty-one years of age ; and thus it said that those only who had done their duty to Bociety had a right to possess the suffrage . ( Cheers . ) He should like to know Hpon what rights this provision was an encroachment , and what property it would destroy ? It would do nothing of the sort ; it would only enable these who lived by their labour to protect that labour—and he could not imagine this would be productive of any mischief to Bociety whatever . If , then , they found no evils in the Charter , and if they referred to a
country where its principles were carried out , America , they would find that those principles of Government , though they attracted men of all climes and of all nations to live under them , yet caused all to be prosperous beneath their sway , while the other side of the St . Lawrence , which was under British rule , presented a picture of a completely opposite description . On one side they saw nothing but energy and enterprise ; while on the other they Baw nature in all her rugged majesty , untoached b y the spade of the husbandman , sleeping as though frozen under the hands of a corrupt Government , and making every man who lived there a slave or a rebel —dividing society into two classes , a class which
obeyed because it w&s their interest , and another class which resisted because it w&s their duty . ( Loud cheering . ) America flourished under her democratic institutions iu spite of all the dieadvantage which were irreparable from her position &s a new country ; while this country had none of those disadvantages , and if the principles of the Charter obtained here as in America , what would this country not become ! Would not Englishmen surpass the Americans in the march of improvement 1 England would then indeed become the workshop of the world ; and then , when they had brought every thing at home to a high state of perfection , they might begin to look around them and help to improve their neighbours . When they
considered the various mines , canals , railroads , and a the other productions of labour , and the ingenuity , capacity , and ability of the people , it was impossible to say where , under more favourable circumstances , the improvement might end . Had they not seen a Watt make improvements , which no aristocrat ever attempted , improvements which had brought the two ends of the earth together , and which had made neighbours of those who had formerly lived far apart ; &nd if such had been the case under existing institutions , what might they not expect to gain when the Charter should
become the law ! They might safely predict that no nation would equal the British nation , and that she would become the pride and glory of the world itself . ( Cheers . ) It bid been his fortune , since he had left Chester Castle , to hear the most splendic speeches made by working men—sentiments and opinions laid down in a style of language that would do honour to the greatest senate in the universe . Why should such men—men , too , who enriched all , who fed all , who clothed all , ' and who protected all —( cheers)—by the labour of their hands , and by their arms , and by ( heir blood—^ why should sock men be deprived of their jeliUcal rights by men who were a mere useless wt or do-aothinpi ( Cheea and Ucghtet . ) Coald they petal © at a «* -
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gle duty to society that the working men had not performed—na matter what description of labour it was , it . wai the foundation of the wealth of the country , and Ajyujpoold not perform it without doing good . Bat the attstoeracy and the Church did no work , and ) why then Aould they enioy all the luxuries thafceonM he obtained , and make the laws for and govern those who , fed , clothed , and maintained them 1 The Worthy Doctor then alluded to the great distress that had been caused to the working classes by the introduction of machinery ; and condemned the aristocracy for allowing £ 20 , 000 , 000 compensation to the owners of black slaves , while the white slaves at home were left to starve in the streets , or pine away in a
bastile , without any compensation for the loss of that property which they possessed in their labour , by the introduction of machinery . He then briefly alluded to the other points of the Charter , and shewed that their provisions were founded upon reason and common sense ; and then asked if any thing could be more just and pure than these principles , and said he trusted the people would now unite to obtain it , and let their rallying cry be" The Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing less than the Charter ! " He then said that it had been his fate to make one of the first blows at the heads of their oppressors when their persecution commenced , and one of the first again to raise the standard of Chartism upon his liberation : and entered
into a hnmorous and graphic description of his trial at Chester Assizes . The first witness against him , he said , was a policeman—a vast mountain of fat , and completely filled up the witness-box . His cheeks were red , and his nose -was red , and his eyes were red , and he looked as though he could consume twenty honest men ' s dinners ; in fact , he w&s the very Sir John F&lstaffof policemen . The Judge and the Jury had weighed the evidence of this bloated policeman in one scale , and the pure principles of the Charter in the other , and the latter of course had kicked the beam . The next witness was also & policeman , and looked like a weasel , shut up in a trap , and starved for a month . He had all the cunning of a weasel ' s look , and all the
treachery of a weasel ' s character . He first told the Judge he had given his evidence from his notes , and a moment after Baid he could not read ; and then , to crown all , and to give himself importance in the eyes of the Judge , he swore he was a thief . He loosed like a little yelping terrier in the pack of the bloodhounds of the law ; and he ( Dr . M'Douall ) wondered how so large an amount of viilany should be stuffed into so Email a compass . Bat there be was , and he corroborated the testimony of Sir John Falataff . The next witness against him was a Mr . Tinker , 4 medical man , who , he , firmly believed could not gain seven shillings a day by his profession , and who , he felt confident , would , if his grandmother had been in the dock , have sworn away her life for a shilling .
Tins witness was a relation of a certain magistrate , Tom Ash ton , whose factory proceedings he ( Dr . MDou&Il ) had exposed , and although he pointed this out to the Judge , and although no interested witness was allowed to give evidence by the law , yet this man's evidence was notwithstanding allowed to be taken . ( Shame , shame !) This next witness excited a smile on the countenance of every person in the court . He did not look like a man , and yet he was not small enough for a monkey . He gave himself all the airs and graces of & danoing-m& 8 ter , and wore a chain round his neck long enough and strong enough to draw a donkey
cart ; and there he was , swearing against him Wr . M ' Douall ) with might and main , and supported by Sir John Falstaff , the weasel , and the Tinker . They all four came forward to do their duty—to swear lustily against him , and be well paid for it ; and he came forward to do his duty—to defend their cause and to suffer for it . The worthy Doctor then concluded his address by exhorting them once more to rally round the Charter , ana expressing his determination to lead them on to victory in their great and glorious cause , and sat down amidst the most enthusiastic and prolonged cheering .
The Chairman then proposed that they should again drink the health of Dr . M'Douall with three musical cheers , and the call was obeyed with the greatest fervour and unanimity . The Chairman Baid the next toast on the list was " The whole Radical Press , and the imprisoned Char tists , " and called upon Mr . Clarkson , solicitor , of Bradford , to respond to it . Mr . Clarkson rose amidst great cheering . He said that the present occasion waa one of the happiest events of hii life . He felt a great veneration for the chief town of his native country ; and it was therefore with great pleasure that he bad accepted their invitation to be present on this occasion , and in order to avail himself of it he had foregone an engagement that
might have been a source of great gratification to him . At the same time , he warned them that they must not expect from him such an eloquent address as that they bad just heard ; he was very little in the habit of attending publie meetings . It was tone they might have seen his same in the papers , as having discussed a dry point of law , or as having taken the chair at a meeting in Bradford ; but this was the first opportunity he had had of addressing sueh an assembly away from home , though he must say that it would be more pleasant to him at York than anywhere else . ( Cheers . ) Dr . M'Douall , in his description of the policemen , had brought Harrison , th « ipy , to his mind ; and be could state that , from the experience he had had in defending the political prisoner ! at York and elsewhere , the
evidence against them was generally got up by spies and worthless characters . With respect to Harrison , the Judge had told the Jury they could not rely upon the evidence of that man ; aid it was shewn that he had uttered forged notes at the very time he wu employed as Agent for & Society of bankers . One policeman , on being called on to identify a prisoner he was swearing against , who was out on ball , pitched upon Mr . Plunkett ( who was in court to answer the charge against him for the Wigan affair ) , as the man . ( Laughter . ) These circumstances shewed that the evidence brought agaiflit political offenders ( if they deserved that name ) was of the most vile and worthless description . From the demeanour of those he bad had the honour to defend , he could conscientiously state that not one of
them waa ashamed of their position . ( Cheers . ) In accordance with the instructions he had received from a better head than his own , which was now lying in a dungeon not far from them , he had consulted them as to whether they would traverse to the next Assizes ; but they all said they had done no wrong , and the sooner the trial came on the better . ( Cheers . ) At Liverpool he bad had the greatest difficulty in the world to get old Wheeler , who had been 121 times in prison —( cheers )—to comply with a action of the law , and plead guilty ; and there was another , a youth , named Walter Scott , whose name and appearance had attracted the attention of the Judge , and who positively refuted to discontinue agitating far the Charter , as a condition of his being let off . ( Cheers . )
These instances showed the confidence of the Chartists n the juttice of their cause . The greater part of them had been tried for attending illegal meetings , and they all knew how easily such a charge might be got up . A word misapplied that night might render that meeting an illegal en © . Then what were they incarcerated for ? For endeavouring to better their own condition and that of their countrymen . They might , indeed , in the eye of the law , have acted illegally ; but which of those present would not have done the same thing if placed under the same causes of excitement ? Government , law , and religion ought to be so plain , that he who ran might read , and that a wayfaring man , though a fool , could not err therein . They ought to establish social freedom ; and this was the intention of the
Charter . They did not intend to take away one stone from YorkMin 8 ter , or one curl from'the wig of the Judge —( laughter)—but to create a new state of things , under which , in the emphatic language of Scripture , every man should sit under the shadow of his own vine , and Ms own fig-tree , none daring to make him afraid . What power wu there more competent to bring about this change than the Radical press ? If it had not been for the Radical press , they would not , perhaps , have met there that night ; and though it might be true that , if it had not been for the Radical press , there would net have been so many political prisoners in a dungeon , yet he felt equally certain that those men did not regret this , but , on the contrary , they gloried in the cause for which they suffered . ( Loud ckeers . )
The health of Mr . Clarkson was then drank with considerable enthusiasm ; and , in returning thanks , that gentleman entered into a history of the shameful treatment he experienced from the magistrates at York and from the Government in his attempts to wait on Mr . O'Connor as his legal adviser , and which have already been detailed in this paper . The Chairman said the next toast on the list was " Feargu 8 O'Connor , and the Northern Star . " The toast having been drank with all the honours , The Rev . W . Hill ( editor of the Star ) rose to reply , and was received with every demonstration of respect . With respect to Mr . O'Connor , he observed that the amount of confidence which a public man had a right to claim at the hands ef the pablio must be regulated by
the amount of security he waa able to offer them that their confidence would not be abused ; and he then proceeded to contend , that whether they looked to the faxnQy of that gentleman , the most distinguished | q Ireland , and celebrated as it was for the patriot ism and heroic devotion of its members to the cause of liberty , or whether they considered the total abnegation of all personal and pecuniary considerations which had always characterised his conduct , or whether they regarded the almost superhuman exertions he had made in the advancement of the people ' s cause , that Mr . O'Connor , in all these respects , afforded them an amount of security in
return for their confidence whih no public man had ever before offered to the public Upon the subject of the Northern Star , the Rev . dentleman observed that it would become him to say little . He attributed its great success to its always having been made a reflex of the popular mind . He then took a rapid and comprehensive view of the various prosecutions to which it had been subjected by the Government , and triumphantly proved / by a reference to the acts of the Whigs , and by the acknowledgment of their own offidala , that the Norther * Star waa an object of terror to them , and claimed for It , on that account alone , the wpport of evarjr well-wisher to the caste of freedom .
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The CHAisif ah then proposed three ebeen for the Rev . Mr . Hill and the Northern Stor ; which , having been given , ' v ¦;¦ — ; ' . - -: ¦ ¦' _ ' ¦ ' ¦ ' . : ; . . ¦ : . ¦; Mr . Hill said the best cheers they could give him Would be by continuing t « support the < Ster . The next tout was , " The Charter and nothing else , though the gaols be filled with victims . " Mr . Cordeaux briefly responded to the toait "Frost , Williams , and Jones , the exiled martyrs of liberty ; and may they speedily be restored to the bosoms of their disconsolate familiss , " was then proposed from the chair . Mr . STEWART replied to this toast in a feeling and eloquent speech . The Chairman then proposed the last toast upon the list , > The Ladies , " which was responded to by Mr . Clarkson ,
Votes of thanks were then successively given to the Committee , the Chairman and Vlce-CbainnaH , the worthy host , and the Reporter of the Star ; after which the company broke » p , after having passed a delightful evening . WE— - > j ^ ^ tj * f \ f * r f \ ff »^* -ij ~ t * ^ a ^^^^^ a ^^^^ ^ ¦ ~ a ~_ - ¦ __ .. _^ ' ¦ —
Dr. M'Douall In Bolton
DR . M'DOUALL IN BOLTON
THE PROCESSION , PUBLIC MEETING , AND SUPPER . On Wednesday evening , according to previous arrangement , Messrs . John Laraont and James Anderson , members of the Committee of the Bolton Working Men ' s Association , proceeded to the Manchester and Bolton Railway Station to await the arrival of the patriotic Doctor , who arrived at twenty minutes past six They immediately proceeded to the Church Tavern , Briiigeman-street , where the procession , then forming in the Market-place , was to meet the patriot at seven . There he partook of some slight refreshment and received the congratulations of many friends of the glorious cause for which he had been so long incarcerated , among whom were Messrs . R . Marsden , late member of the Convention for Preston , Lawson , Lowe , FUhwick , &c &c .
It had not become known where the Doctor was stopping until the appointed hour for the proceegion to move , and the great number that congregated about the inn , in the space of a few minutes , was really astonishing , and spoke volumes for the spirit and enthusiasm of the people . It is due to the authorities of the borough to stats that no obstruction , such aa had been experienced on other occasions , was offered to the proceedings of the Chartists . ; on the contrary , Mr . Boyd , superintendent of police , came up to the officers of the committee at the Church Tavern , and informed them , if they required it , he would immediately place a number of his men along the route of the procession to assist the marshals in preserving order , and gave them instructions how to act in case any one should endeavour to mate disturbance , or should the police refuse to obey their command ? .
At a few minutes past seven , the band and banners at the head of the procession arrived , and all being in readiness , Dr . M'Douall , accompanied by a few friends , stepped into an open carriage , which had been kept in waiting at the door . His presence waa the signal for universal , long-coBtinued cheering , and every other demonstration of a hearty welcome from not less than ten thousand grateful people . After acknowledging so warm a reception , by repeatedly bowing to the assembled multitude , and shaking hands with all who could get a hold of his , he took bis . seat on the front of the carriage , supported on the light by Mr . Anderson , and on the left by Mr , Lamont , who carried each a small white silk banner , edged with green , inscribed" The People ' s Charter , and nothing leas . " In th «
body of the carriage were R . Marsden , and W . M . Sullivan . The party in the carriage wore rosettes of green and white , and the marshalmen green s&ihes and batons , decorated with green and yellow ribbons . It was about twenty minutes past seven when the procession moved on , accompanied by two bands , and a great number of flags and banners . Every where along the route the patriot was greeted by the most rapturous expressions of admiration and welcome by the female portion of the people , not a few of whom formed themselves into ranks and joined the procession , which moved down Bradshawgate , through Churchgate , and the principal street * of Little Bolton , and again came
into Great Bolton , through Detuugate , to the theatre , where it arrived about half-past eight o ' clock , and at which place a public meeting waa to be held . A charge was made for admission of 6 d . to the boxes , 3 d . to the pit , and 2 d . to the gallery . The house was crowded in every part , including the stage . A little disorder prevailed in tho house , before the proceedings commenced , which was caused by the overflowing numbers in the pit ; but the doors of the theatre being peremptorily and judiciously dosed , the assembly gradually settled into order and good humour , which continued until the close of the proceedings . When the curtain rose , the bouse rang with loud and repeated acclamations .
On the motion of Mr . Sullivan , seconded by Mr . Lamont , Mr . Isaac Barrow , who was in the boxes , was called unanimously to the chair , and , an taking it was received with applause . After a neat address , he Introduced Mr . Marsden , late M . C . for Preston , who was received with much cheering . After a few remarks , he moved the first resolution : — " That the meeting adopt the plan laid down by the delegates at the late meeting at Manchester , and would join the Association to be called * The British Charter Association . Mr . W . M . Sullivan seconded the resolution . The Chairman then put the resolution , which , of course , was carried unanimously . He then said he had much pleasure in introducing Dr . P . M . M'Douall to the meeting . The " Little Doctor" waa welcomed with enthusiastic and repeated cheers and acclamations .
Dr . M'Douall , on concluding a long and powerful address , which our space will not allow US to give at length , sat down amidst protracted and boisterous applause . On the motion of Thomas Hornby , seconded by John Sullivan , a committee was proposed , and the list agreed to .
PRESENT TO DR . M'DOUALL . The Chairman said the next business was the presentation of a gift to the welcomed patriot , Dr . P . M . M'Douall , from the bed quilt weavers of Bolton . ( Cheers . ) Mr . J . Lever and a deputation then came forward , and spread before the audience a Marseilles quilt , of exquisite workmanship ; and Mr . Lever said ' that was not brought forward on that occasion to make it a political question , but they had come to meet their friend and patriot , to thank him for his advocacy of the rights of the hand-loom weavers , and to present him with a specimen of the art . in the shape of a bed quilt , or bed cover , which bad been worked at Mr . Greenwood ' s shop , in Little Bolton . He presented it to Dr . M'Douall , and wished him health am prosperity .
Dr . M 'Douall returned thanks , and said had he been married , or about to marry , it would have been a very appropriate present Whenever he enjoyed its warmth , so would his feelings warm towards the men of Bolton , and cause him to remember their kindness . At a preparatory meeting of the Chartist Committee , on the previous evening , it was agreed that Mr . Warden should propose . the first resolution ; but owing to the very questionable character of the Foreign Policy movement , in which Mr . Warden has taken so prominent a part , it was , on reconsideration , deemed injudicious to permit him to take any share in their proceedings until his conduct had undergone investigation . It w&s not , however , until within a few minutes of the commencement of the proceedings at the theatre , that he assented to this arrangement , with the proviso that he would be allowed to address the meeting at the conclusion of the proceedings , consequently
The Chairman said it was the desire of Mr . Warden to address them for a few minutes . Mr . John Warden then stood forward , and was received with partial cheering . He said he had a message to deliver to Dr . M'Douall , from the working men of Sheffield ! who had requested him to deliver to him at a public meeting , an invitation to visit them . After receiving the answer , he should request the favour to address them for a brief period . Dr . M'Douall said he was engaged for every evening to the 14 th September , and would then go to Scotland , and when he might be at liberty after that he did nat know . At present he could not promise to accept their invitation . . " . ¦
Mr . Warden then said , that for the past three weeks he bad been subjected to calumny of the most variegated and petulant kind . "Black spirits and white , red spirits and grey , " had mingled and combined to blacken his character , and traduce his motives . The people of Bolton had a right to demand , and it was his duty to give them an explanation , and he rejoiced to know that he could give them a fall explanation at a future and early day . He believed that an exposure wasabeutto be made of the greatest system of viilany ever carried on by any Government , to deceive the people of any country . He bad been requested not to enter into an explanation at that time . In the mean time , he believed , he was doing nothing which was not calculated to advance their cause towards that coming goal of freedom for which they all contended , and at which he heped they all would meet ( Cheers . ) < The Chairman said he believed there was no other business , and some rose to depart 5 but
Mr ., Dewhurst , from the boxes , asked if Warden meant to defend his conduct to the' Chartists at a public meeting . ¦ - . - " - ¦ - ; .. ; V .- ¦ . ¦ . "¦ . ' ¦• - ' . ; ' : ¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦•' . - The Chairman wished the meeting not to be disturbed by that question . , - Warden said he could defend his conduct before Dewhurst or any man in Bolton or in England ; he had come ninety miles to do it ( Cheers , hUsei , and cries of " Hear Dewhurst , " amidst which be got upon the stage , and was about to put certain questions to Mr . Warden , when :. ;; ; -,:. ; . ¦ . ¦ .:-, \ , ¦ ¦ .. ¦ , \; ¦ ; . ; ' / ,.: ¦¦ Dr . M'Douall went forward and endeavoured to dissuade Dewhurst from his purpose , and succeeded in restoring order ; but Dewhurat still maintaining his position on the front of the stage , amidat cries of " go on , go on , " and " no > no . " ' -,
Mr . JAMES Andbkson west forward and moved the thanks of the meeting to the flh ^ rmw ^ which being seconded by Mr . W . M , Sullivan , was carried , and the meeting diawtrad aratdit cheering fox the Chaitf * , . / . . : .. :,,: . ,:... - . i-,-- ;¦; ¦ ; ¦ , ¦ ,., ;>; , ; *
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Immediately after the Chairman vacated the chair Dr . M'Douall , Meatra , Manden , Dewhurst , Lamont Lowe , Anderson , Sullivan , and about sixty others made the beet or their way to ';
THE SUPPER , Which was provided in the house of Alexander Hardie , Crown Inn , Deansgato , an individual long known in the ranks of real Radicalism . The repast was exoftyent , substantial , and abundant , and called forth the praises of all who partook of it , and reflected credit for skill , and a desire to please their goesU , on the part of the worthy host and hosteas . On the withdrawal of the cloth , Mr . Lowe , shoemaker , of Little Belton , was called to the chair ; and on his right sat the guest of the party , Dr . M'DoualL The vice-chair was occupied by Mr . Ren wick .
The Chairman , Mr . Marsden , Dr . M'Douall , and other patriots successively addressed the guests . Various toasts and sentiments were given and responded to , songs were sung , and the evening was passed as pleasantly as the beginning was cheering , and the middle part usetuland encouraging . . - ' - _' .. A great number of persons attended from Leigh and other places .
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REV . G . S . BULL . We hear , with regret , that this gentleman is about to resign hia engagement at St . James ' s Church , Bradford . Without giving an opinion on the propriety of church establishments , or professing ourselves to be admirers of the Act of Parliament priesthood , we may gay that there are many reasons why we shall be sorry to part with Mr . Bull . Such men are , amongst their order , as scarce as white crows in a rookery . In our opinion , the exclusive character of Mr . Bull ' s religious and political creeds , lave very seriously impeded his usefulness . His " Church and King" ultra-Tory prejudices have , on some occasions , forced the people to oppose him ; but he shall not leave this district , without a token of our regret and esteem .
He hae been the bold opposer of injustice—he has , far beyond his means , fed the hungry , clothed the naked , and given harbour to the harbourless . The sick of his neighbourhood h&ve , by him , been visited , relieved , and comforted . He has lifted up the humble and unjustly oppressed , and has pulled down the haughty and insolent tyrant and oppressor —he has sot his face as flint against the robbers and scourgers of the poor ; and he has bearded the-wolfhearted oppressor in hia den . The factory slaves , and the victims of that scourge of Englandthe New Poor Law , have found in Mr . Bull & constant friend and protector . He is and has long been esteemed the Reverend Champiouot'injured innocence—of the poor man ' s rights . Mr . Bull ' s uncompromising denunciation of . tyranny and oppression have made him many enemies , and we are informed that a Whig gentlemai ( for the sake of that party , we hope he is not their tool )
has chosen this opportunity to backbite and slander a character which has remained unsullied , m presence of prying and malicious foes , up to this moment . We do not envy the liar his chosen bnt hateful distinction . Mr . Bull can well afford to smile at the cowardly , malignant , and disgraceful effort of his rich but powerless backbiter ; we should hope the Whigs and the magistrates will have virtue enough to disclaim any participation in the mean and despicable conduct of their brother . We know nothing of the cause of Mr . Bull ' s removal ; but we do know that the church in this neighbourhood can ill spare such a priest , and we cannot permit a clergyman , whom we know to have done great and good service for the poor—and whom we believe to be suffering for thtt crime—to leave this distriot without these few remarks . Wherever he may go , the blessings of the poor will follow him , ana we pray that the God of the poor may always be his refuge and defence .
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MORE YOUNG PATRIOTS . On Sunday last , August 30 th , at the usual meeting of the 'Chartists on Nottingham Forest , after the religious services of the day were gone through , the daughter of Mr . J . G . Hanney wag christened by the name of Mary Feargus O'Connor . On Saturday week , the Bon of Mr . Robert Felton , of Shiney Row , was christened at Panshaw church , by the name of our persecuted patriot , Lewis Feargus O'Connor . The Rev . Gentleman seemed unwilling to hear the name of the ohild , but one of the company bawled it into the old man ' s ear , much to his mortification . ... Born on the 10 th of Jul y , and christened on the 19 th , at the Catholic chapel , Huddersfield , John Feargus Clark , being the son of Patrick Clark , and Ellen Clark , of that town .
At St . John ' s church , on Sunday , the 39 th August , was chnstened . John Feargus , son of Elizabeth and Joseph Jones , Ryder-street , Leeds . - On the 19 th of August , the wife of Mr . William Bailey , of Huoknall Torkard , Nottinghamshire , was delivered of a boh , and he has been duly registered , by the name of Feargus O'Connor Bailey . Brighton—Last Sunday was a day that will not be forgot in Brighton for a long time ; a new light has sprung upon the men and women of Brighton . Young O'Connors we shall have in the South as well as the North , On that day the baptising of an infant by the name of Agnes O'Connor Hawkins , took place ;
it was the first , we believe , but it will not be the last The humming and buzzing was great at the mention of the name of the noble O'Connor , and even the minister partook of the general feeling , seeming rather " agitated " at the name , even to the questioning the mother whether that -was the Christian or surname , or whether * he meant Feargus . No ! sue said , I mean AgneiO'Connor , not Feargus ; Feargus is a man ' s name . This not only shows that the aristocracy dread the " name of O'Connor ; but it further shows that there is aFlove , a respect , for the name of O'Connor among the working classes of the South , even in the Royal Towfi of Brighton . O'Connor attended our first CbJkrtistineeting , and he never will be forgotten by the men of Brighton .
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HUDDERSFXELD . Lepton , near Huddersfisld . —We understand that the fancy weavers in this village will jhold a public meeting on Monday next , at the Three Crowns Inn , Lepton , at six o ' clock in the evening , to take into consideration the present depressed state of the trade , and the lowness of their wages , and the best means of improving them . It is in contemplation to form an Union for this purpose among the fancy weavers , for their protection and relief . All persons in the trade , friendly to such an object , are earnestly invited to attend .
Water Works . —On Friday week , at the meeting of the Commissioners of the Water Works , held at the Water House , twenty-nine new Commissioners were unanimousl y elected . It is to be hoped that the new Commissioners will endeavour to carry into operation the anticipated views of the inhabitants , who expect they will act for the benefit and interest of all , and not a few . The following is a list of the names of the newly-appointed Commissioners : — George Armitage , Esq ., James Bradbury , James Bowman , George Clay , George Dyson , William Eddiaon , John Firth , Charles Graham , Edward Henshall , Henry Herring , Thomas Robinson , George Roberts , James Swift , John Tindall , John Hanson , John Booth , James Booth , Henry Charlesworth , William dough , Abraham Eastwood , Edmund Eastwood , John Fell , John Gill , James Mills , Trietram Ridgway , William Stansfield , ThoB . Stansfield , and J . H . Wolstenholme .
HSXRFZEU > . Chcrch Rate . —The Church party here met with & signal defeat in attempting the imposition of a Church rate . After two days polling they were defeated bv a majority of 64 In this small township , though there are two Churches , one of which is a new one standing finished , but will probably never be opened .
CABUSUi ( The Factort System . —Visit of Lord Morpeth and Charles Howard , Esq ., M . P . * ob Easi Cumberland , to thk Cotton Works of Messrs . Peteu Dixon and SONS .-On Friday , the 28 th of August , it was announced that Lord John Russell , Lord Morpeth , and others , would visit the works of Messrs . Dixons , cotton-spinners . Previous to twelve 0 clock , a number of weavers and others had assembled near the works , and by half-past twelve Lord Morpeth , his brother , and others arrived by the railway , which is just adjacent to the works ; but « little Lord John ' was absent . We believe he had no great relish to come into so poor a district ; had he come , we understand it was the intention of the hand-loom weavers to have convinced him of
their absolute necessities , by compelling him to visit their wretched abodes . Whether the parties anticipated an unpleasant reception or not we cannot aay ; but the attendance of two of the most aetive of th * police Was very omhious . We know the tricks ' m these master manufacturers on occasions of this kind—the cleaning up of the machinery , lessening we speed , to make the work appear easier than it really is , and a variety of other tricks , which are anything butreputtble to the parties ; The machinery waa to be cleaned while going , thus risking the lives of young people . In this case a little ( tirl , of the name of Mary Griffin , about thirteen or fourteen
years of age , while cleaning some puilies when going , her arm WaBcanAt by a belt and carried round by it , and coming in contact with the pillars was lacerated in a most dreadful manner : the poor litUe creature was carried out in a- state of great exhaustion . She ought to have been presented to Lord Morpeth , as a bleeding victim to Mammon . We hare just ascertained that the poor little girl is in a very weakly state . This is only one instance among many of young persons been rendered cripples for lrfe , throurfi thAfcpidity of tho master maauf&ctuMM . Why noTbring an action of damages agaiaat the parties , for compelling these poor little ^^^^^ ? l ^^^^ f ^^^
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LmiM Conn Mite * , feEsruir . Sew . l . ~ Tl » arrivals of Wheat and Be&nu to this day ' s market are : smaller than lart Weefc Oats larger . Tbert has been several ahowen of rain during the patt week , but nothing to do any harm to the EarvestTtt iai quite general with ua . Fine fresh Wheat ha » be 5 Is . per quarter , other detwiptfons 2 s . per quarter lower , no demand for the inferior . Oats hare been one halfpenny per stone lower . Shelling , dull saU Beans 6 d . to Is . per quarter lower . Then hw beea samples of new Wheat at market from Norfolk , and Suffolk , and has been making 689 . to 72 b . and White 73 s , to 74 s . per quarter . THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEEK
BNDINCr SEPTEMBER 1 ST , 1840 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beam . Peat Qxs . Qrs . Qrs . Qxs . Ojrs . Qrs . 4296 SO 1414 — 227 62 £ s . d . £ s . d . j 6 8 . d . £ B . d . £ g . d . £ * . & 3 8 8 I 12 6 1 13 0 $ 0 0 0 2 7 9 J 2 2 II Leeds Cloth Markets . —The demand for all descriptions of manufactured goods , at both the Goth Halls , h&s been slack during the last two market days , particularly on the latter : and though there is scarcely so much doing in the warehouses as there was some days ago , yet business may he Baid to be on the turn for better .
HowDEif Corn Market , Aug . 29 . —The sup plies of Grain this week were small . The weather continuing fine for harvest operations , has caused Wheat to be extremely dull in sale , at a decline of Is . to 2 s . per qr . The following are the average prices : — Wheat 62 s . lid . ; Oats 26 s . 7 d . per qr . V Malton Corn Market , Aug . 29 . —In consequence or the harvest having commenced freely in tbo neighbourhood , we have had scarcely any thing pausing in the Corn trade this day ; but if the sellers had appeared , lower prices must have been submitted to f < np ' SS artiolM inthe trade . Wheat , red , fron 52 s . to 72 s . per qr . of 40 stone ; do . white , from 68 s to 78 s . per qr . of 40 stone ; Barley , from 32 s . to 36 b . per qr . of 32 stone ; Oata , from I 4 d . to I 5 d . per et . ¦
Hcddessfielb Clomt Mawuet , Sept . 1 , —Thf Cloth Market in the Hall . has akia been in t £ » same depressed state as last week . Very few pieces changed hands , although the trade done inhereig principally to order . The warehouses continue ver * flat , as no speculation is entered upon by any of the foreign merchants . Broad and narrow wooUens are quite unsaleable ; the ; only . trade done is ia low fancy gobds , and at very low prices . The Wool Market is in much the same way : purchasers are oantiouB , and only take small lots for present use but there is a prevailing opinion that prices will be no lower at present .
Richmond Cork Market , Saturdat , Aug . 29 . — The supply of Wheat in our market to-day was more plentiful than for several weeks past , but the salo waa heavy , old Wheat bringing from 63 . to 8 t 6 d . ; new Wheat 9 b . Oats , of which there was onl * a limited quantity in the market , from 3 s . 8 d * to 4 iv 8 d . Barley from 5 s . to 5 s . 3 d . Beans from 5 s . M . to 6 s . « d . per Bushel . ; T * Manchester Cork Market , Satcrdat , Aug . 25 ; —In this neighbourhood the weather has been of a very gloomy character , but the accounts from th * ' agricultural districts , as well as from Ireland , speak ' ia more favourable terms , and the Wheat harvest , whioh in some quarters is already secured in finr order , appears to be in a very satisfactory state of
progress . Of Oats a luxuriant crop is generally expected . There was very little passing in onf market this morning , and Wheat met a duU sale at a decline of 3 d . per 701 bs . Choice qualities of English Flour were saleable at late rates , but secondar ? descriptions were neglected , although offered at Is . to 2 s . below the previous quotations : prime American Flour likewise supported former prices , bat inferior was difficult of sale . A few parcels of new Irish Oatmeal were disposed of at 40 s . per load , but old was in limited request at 2 s . per 24 Wbs . below the currency of this day ae ' nnight . The sales ia Oats were chiefly in retail , and Id . to 2 d . per 451 bs , lower .
Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Aug . 31 . — The supply of all descriptions of stock at market to-day has been large , but more especially of Beast * and the quality on the average middling good for ' the eeaapn of the year . The attendance © f buyers and dealers was large ; and good quality Beef in fair request , at much about the same prices as our quotations last week . Mutton upon the whole may be considered a little less in price than in our last : in Lamb we cannot note any alteration . The verv best
Beef realised 6 * d ., good 6 d ., middling 5 Jd ., ordinary a shade less . Very good Wether Muttott may 5 ® . q 2 ? ted ** 6 fd- > Dut tne average price of good fair Sheep 6 j ., second do . 6 * d ., ordinary and Ewes 6 d ., and Lamb from 6 d . to 7 d . per lb ., Binkin the offal . The market throughout was rather brisk , the principal part of the good stock being disposed of ; those remaining being of an inferior description Number of Cattle at market : —Beasts 1363 , Sheep and Lambs 9781 . r
^ Liverpool Cork Market , Monday , August 31 . Of Wheat there have arrived 5107 quarters front abroad since this day ' Be ' nnight , but of other articles of the Grain trade , either of home , or foreign produce , the imports have been very light . Dutieshave been paid upon 5290 quarters orWheat , 420 quarters of Oats , 203 quarters of Beans , 1836 quarters of Peas , and 5410 barrels of flour . The only change in the rates of duty is a reduction on Rye to 143 . per quarter . We had some rain during tho week , but with intervals of fine weather , so that harvest is progressing satisfactoril y , and the tr&uV generally has ruled dull . The millers and dealers .
anticipating an early release of the stocks jn bond , have restricted their purchases of free Wheat and t lour as much as possible , and lower prices hav « been taken for both articles ; 2 d . to 3 d . per buBhel for the former , and Is . per barrel for the latter , below the currency of this day Be ' nnight . Oats and Oatmeal have been Uttle inquired for , and must bo quoted fully Id . per bushel and Is . per load cheaper . ey > n ? eanB » » and Peas without alteration as to value . The probability of further decline in the duty has kept prices of honded Wheat and Float steady , and several parceU of each article hare changed hands ; 32 s . per barrel paid for the best brands of United States Flour .
London Smithfield Mabket , Monday , Aug . 31 »~ —Our market this morning exhibited a full average number of beasts , at least tworthirds of which were of middling and inferior quality . The attendance of both London and country dealers was on the whoto numerous , vet the trade , with all except the finest descriptions ' of beef , was heavy , at but little , if any , variation in prices . However a few of the best Seots produced 4 s . 8 d . per 81 b . The supply of sheep was great , owing to which , the sale for them was depressed , atan abatement of 2 d per 81 b , yet a good clearanoe was effected . Lambs came freely to hand , and steadily maintained their previous value . Frime email calves sold briskly , but in other descriptions , as also pigs , next to nothing was doing .
^ London Corn Exchange , Monday , August 31 .-The quantity of Wheat offering this morning from Essex , Kent , and Suffolk was only moderate , with a limited supply of Barley , Beans and Peas from ftU these counties . Several parcels of new Oats were up from Lincolnshire and Ireland , with a cargo or . two of fine old from Scotland , and there havel » eea good imports of foreign Wheat and Oats since this day se ' nnight . The weather during the past week , has been on the whole favourable for harvest work in all the southern counties ; * > nd to-day there is » fine dry north-easterly wind . { A great deal of the new Wheat on sale this morning was in verypoor condition , particularly that froin Kent and Suffolk ;
the trad © was , in consequence , dull , and the milleri haying the market to themselves , sucoeede in fodyhlftd the best new Is . to 2 u . per . qr . under the rates of last Monday ; whilst all secondary and damps&m-s pies were offering 2 s . to 3 s . per qr . below the rates of tuia day se uuight , without causipg a clearance . Fine dry old foreign appeared to beheld with rather more firmness , from the unfavourable change in the condition of new Wheat , yet there was little actual business transacted in either free or bonded Flour was much the same as last week . Aft * samples . of new Barley were on sale , of moderately fair quality , and held at-high prices ; old grinding samples were fully aa dear . There were a f « W
small lots of new large Beans offering of good quality , and held high ; old were much the same & » last week in value . .. Peas ; were full 2 s . per < fr cheaper . Malt was without alteration in price . A moderately fair demand was experienced for Oatsygood corn realising high prices , and the middliBft and second-rate qualities were scarcely any low ** There have been good imports of Linseed , yet pnoefr are fully as high . The demand for Rapeseed-sfatt continues to be confined to the seedsmen . Tat » we « more plentiful , and Is . per bushel lower » consequence . Rye comes forward more freely , an * w la-to 2 b . per qr . cheaper * New brown adwhite Mustard , seed in . fiur-isupply , and rather lower . - ^ V r
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 5, 1840, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2700/page/8/
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