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      stoment whether the act really was what they were told it was . " They said it would limit the hours of . factory labour from six to six , and members of par-Eament were assured that this was the case from the highest authority . But it was riot so ; if it " were , it would make no difference at all in his ' mind , because he would not give up half-an-hour to buy any favour at the hands ofthe government . Bat it was not so . Under the act of Sir G . Grey the factory day would still continue to be fifteen hours a day , and there would still be relays and shifts , with this difference , that they would be conducted by persons under thirteen iyears of age h > stead of above . ( Great disapprobation . ) It was said again that they were to agree to this

      settlement , because there bad been an agitation for so many years that it was time that the question was decided . So man felt the wei ght of that argument more than himself . ( Cheers . ) It was high time that the throbbing breasts of mothers were relieved ; but it was a question that God himself had raised ; it was God ' s question with man , and it was not to be settled by fraud , by trick , by robbery , but by justice alone . ( Loud cheers . ) Give us one ten hours bill ( pursued the speaker ) men of the House of Commons , and the question is settled , and we are thankful ; but dare to put your hands npon a moment of the time that God has given us , and we will rive thequestion open again . ( Cheers . ) If the oneratives agreed to the government bill is

      any form , they could never again with any honour go to thfe- House of Commons , and ask them to amend that law . Let them understand their position , then , correctly . They were required to take what was now offered them as a final settlement , let them be very careful in their decision upon this point ; for . he would teU them that if all the operatives in England , Scotland , and Ireland were to agree that they should" be robbed of the half-hours which they had gained under John ' s Fielden ' s bill , he would never agree to it , but , as long as he lived , he would devote the whole ofhis health and strength to endeavour to get it for tbem again . ( Cheers . ) let there be no delusion , then . Mr . Oastler having referred to Gould , Sadler , and Fielden , who had

      died in the cause , and whom he expected ere long to meet , said that he hoped to join them in the choir above , uncompromising to tbe last . ( Loud cheers . ) Even supposing Lord John Manners was defeated and the government bill passed , still be rested the cause upon that book which made no blunders—the Eible . The Bible told him what would next be just ^ -if a man robbed another , he should restore to him five-fold ; and if the operatives were robbed of the half hour they had gained , his next agitation would be for tbe restoration appointed by God himself in the Scriptures ; and he would hoist the banner of " Ten Hours a Day , with Heal Hours taken out . " ( Immense . cheering . ) He would let their enemies know from that place ,

      that if they dared to take a single moment from the time granted tothe operatives in John Fielden ' s act of 1847 , then would rise a storm in England -which no power on earth could quell bnt justice , and justice would award the victory tothe plundered victims . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Oastler towards the close of his speech referred to the great sympathy which existed in the agricultural districts with the factory operatives , and related several instances where he himself had been received with enthusiasm on account ofhis being the friend of the children ot factory workers . Labour , he concluded , was now in agony everywhere , and labourers were beg inning to feel that they had souls to save , minds to improve , bodies to nourish ; and for this end

      they must have time taken from that excessive labour , which they were now compelled to devote to Moloch and to Mammon . ( Loud cheers . ) The Rev . J . H . Stevexs reminded tbem that be had openly declared twelve months ago , that if the bill came to be repealed by any act of fraud , treachery , or collusion , he for one would not take any part to recover the Ten Hours Rill as such , but that he would , along with . Mr . Oastler , Mr . Thomas Fielden , Mr . Samuel Fielden , and others , bearing similar sentiments , hoist the flag ofthe Ten Hours Rill , taking two hours for meals out of that time . ( Cheers . ) The present was a far more important meeting than any which had taken place in Manchester upon the subject . They had heard

      the delegates from all parts of the country telling tbem what was thought of the measure , and how cherished in the districts they represented . He ¦ w as noCsorry that Mr . Swan , one of the delegates , Lad spoken as he had done to the charges which were made against some ofthe working men of Manchester , " which had given the opportunity to Messrs ' . Donevan , Mawdesley , and Mantle to show that the Manchester manufacturing operatives were no compromisers in reality . ' There was unity among them , and ever had been on this important question . It bad not , and would not lose a particle ofthe ground it had gained . ( Cheers . ) Lord John Maimers meant to win , and if he failed meant

      to throw the government bill overboard ; and he ( Mr . Stevens ) wished that with the bill he would throw over the government also . ( Loud cheers . ) The other resolutions were unanimously adopted by the meeting : — ' ' " That John Fielden ' s act , after two years' trial , is found to have produced all the good results that its honest and upright author anticipated , and none ofthe evils which were too confidently predicted by its opponents ; that , therefore , this meeting firmly protests against any , the slightest infringement of its principle—namely , the two limitations of labour to ten hours per day and forty-eight hours per week . "

      " That the factory workers not only protest against the government proposition upon the ground that the limitation to ten hours is their right , granted and assured to them by parliament , and because tea hours per day , the usual limit of the hours of labour for adult males in this country , is still as much as , if riot more than , ought to be imposed on young persons and females ; but because , from year to year , tbe improvements made in machinery , the advance in its speed , and other causes , throw an increasing burden on the working hands , insomuch that it is no exaggeration to say that the labour of the factory worker has been fully doubled since the late Sir Robert Peel , in 1815 , suggested a ten hours bill . ' . '

      " That it is with the deepest regret , not unmingled with feelings of a stronger nature , that this meeting views the conduct of Lord Ashley in not only deserting . the cause which he bad voluntarily pledged himself to support , but that hi tbe manner best calculated to weaken its friends arid to strengthen the hands of its enemies . " " That this meeting views with sadness and contempt the affected equivalent of half an hour on the Saturday for the surrender of half an hour on each of the five days ofthe week , and this meeting protesta against that and all other propositions , to deduct something from the labour on Saturday as an excuse for extending the period of the labour to other days . " .

      . " That this meeting , and the factory workers generally , are determined never to submit to any infringement of their long-sought and hard-earned charter—John Fielding ' s Ten Hours Act ; and that they pledge themselves to resist to tbe last every proposition that does not preserve untouched the limitations of ten hours per day and fifty-eight hours per week . "That , should Lord John Manners not be able to carry bis amendment this session , this meeting calls npon him and their other friends in and out of parliament to resist every proposed measure hot in accordance with the last resolution , and pledges itself -vigorously to support his : lordship in obtaining an efficient Ten Hours Act in the next session . " " That petitions to both Houses of Parliament , in

      accordance with the foregoing resolution , be how adopted , and signed by the chairman . " " That , in the event Of an election , tbe people are called upon to oppose the re-election of every candidate who shall not vote with Lord John Manners on this question . " , j "That the best thanks of this meeting " are hereby given to Lord John Manners for the prompt manner in which he has responded to the call of the factory workers , in assuming the . responsibility and care of their cause in parliament . " " That the thanks of this meeting are also given toMr . 'Oastlerand the others of our friends who have so kindly attended this meeting . " Thanks having been voted to the chairman ,-the meeting terminated .

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      Phesesiaiiox of a GuiiA-r-EEcnA Boat to Lady Fbakeus , —Messrs . Searle , boat-builders to her Majesty , have presented a very fine boat , of anovel description , which has been constructed . by them , to Lady Franklin . It is similar in form to a whaleboat , 23 feet long , 5 feet S inches broad , 2 feet 2 J inches deep , strongly framed with fir , the external part covering the ribs being a perfect skin of guttapercha . She will go out with the expedition under the commasd of Captain C . C . Forsyth , now about to sail for ftegent s Inlet in search of Sir John Franklin and his party ; arid as she is calculated to carry six or seven men , ' and IGOIw . of provisions , and moreover possesses the advantage of extreme poetableness as well as strength , there is no doabt shesriUbefoundesseeedinglytiseful . She has been inspected bv several aouatic men , and has elicited

      their warmest approbation . ~ . - A VracBHAS . —We regret to announce the death of one of the most distinguished officers of the Fr ench army , General Count de Vittre , Grand Officer of tbe Legion of Honour , & e . Charles de Baity de Yifleneuve , Count de Vittre , was descended from aa old and nbbie family of Poitou , w « the comrade of the Emperor at the Military School , andtook a g lorious port , in the campaign of . Russia , ' where he was severely wounded . He also distinguished himself in the Spanish expedition in 1823 , where he had under his orders General Changaraier , the Duke de Crillon , and M . A . Carrel , who , " on account of his valour , gave him the surname of the Bayard of the 19 th . century . General Count 'de Vittre : was uncle to M . Hughes de Cov ^ a'distinofBfsbfld political writer of Paris , — G & jjnarifo ifeise ^ gir . - > ¦ .: ¦ . . . ..

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      M « 3 JDAT , 'Mat-87 , . "'¦ ¦ '" ; "" ¦ '' -: : ... ; HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Masters * Jurisdiction in Equity BUI , the Estates Leasing ( Ireland ) Bill , and the Judgments ( Ireland ) Bill , passed through committee . - . : * The Defect in Leases Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed . .. Lord Bbouoham moved for a return of the arrears of causes and appeals in jthe Court of Chancery and in the appellate jurisdiction of the house . The noble lord denied the report that there were anyconsiderable arrears inappeals before thehouse , and stated that though somuch could not be said for the Court of Chancery , yet the arrears in that court were far less numerous than in 1830 , when he assumed the custody of the Great Seal . Ho re-«« ttpd extremely that Lord Cottenham would not

      be able to return for some time to his labours , and hoped , if tbe rumour that the Great Seal was to be put in commission should prove true , that the op-, portunity would be seized to make such an " arrangement as to the duties of the Chancellorship as would be eminently conducive to the effective administration of justice . Agiucoxtcbal Distress . —A Protectionist discussion was commenced , by the Marquis of Sams-, bcbt , who presented some petitions complaining of agricultural distress , and praying for the restoration of protection . His lordship accompanied the papers he laid on the table with a multitude of statements regarding the decline of wages , the scarcity of employment , the ruin of the agriculturists , and tbe sacrifice of the general interests of the country . He concluded by asking Earl Grey bow long tbe experiment of free trade was to be continued . Earl Gust denied that the act of 1846 contained

      any clause limiting its operation , or that any intention existed as to its repeal . Tbe Earl of Mauiesbubt thought it clear that Earl Grey was better fitted for a Ministry among the Modes ' and Persians than in a constitutional country like England . So long as such unpleasant returns as those lately presented with regard to pauperism came before thehouse , so , long must the noble lord be content to have this question of Protection discussed . The Free-trade government had promised the people reciprocity and prosperity , but neither of those promises had been infilled . - ¦ ••¦; - Earl Grey said that the government must decline to enter upon incidental discussions as to the expediency of Protection . Whenever the noble lords

      opposite could make up their minds to some definite system to be substituted for Free-trade , the government , would be happy to meet them ; but hitherto one proposed one thing and one another , as was natural to men who argued from imperfect data . For his own part , even with the short experience they possessed as to tbe effect of Free-trade , he thought it impossible to assert that it had operated disadvantageously on agriculture , and he believed that if the efforts now being made for its improvement were persevered in , they would be crowned with merited success . . Lord Stanley was not' surprised , after what had fallen from Lord Grey as to the prosperity of the country , to hear huh declare that the government Were confident of refuting any arguments that noble lords on that side of the house might agree in bringing to bear ori Free-trade . . Hewas sorry that he could not gratify the noble lord by stating the

      exact measure which would be proposed , but ho was convinced that a change was coming over the mind ofthe nation , which was opening - its eyes to the progress ofthe dangerous experiment ' now being tried , and becoming gradually convinced that a return ( 6 Protection was absolutely necessary . He would take five or six articles of consumption in which a great diminution had taken place , and though he did -mot mean to say . that they were concluavej . against , Free-trade , yet . when coupled with increased pauperism and the fall of wages , he did hot ' think Earl Grey had any reasori to exult in the- success which 'had attended Freetrade . He ( Lord Stanley ) did not propose any measure , bat he would repeat what he had said in another place , that the prosperity of the country could only be restored by an equitable adjustment of taxation , and a return to a moderate system of import duties . .

      • HOUSE OF COMMONS ;—The Chester axd Holyhead Railway Bill was read a third time after considerable discussion , and two divisions upon proposed amendments . The House then went into Committee of Supply , and the discussion of the Civil Service Estimates was proceeded with . ¦ . , . ¦ . , Pchlic Salaries . —On the vote of £ 56 , 100 for salaries and expenses on the part of the Treasury , Mr . Fobbe ' s moved that the vote be reduced by ten per cent . He thought it was only fair to those who had suffered in consequence of the recent change in their commercial policy , that the salaries

      of public officers should be reduced m proportion to the fall in the price of provisions . = ¦ Col . Thompson said that the profits of his constituents had gone up twenty-seven per cent ., not in consequence of any injury which bad been inflicted upon others , but in consequence ofthe abolition of a wrong done to themselves . ( Hear . ) Col . SrornoBP remarked that the report which the select committee was preparing upon the subject of official salaries would be shortly ready , but if the vote before them was passed , any recommendation of reduction which that report might contain , would be but shutting the stable door after the steed was stolen .

      The Chancellor of the Exchequer assured the hon . member , that the incomes of himself and his colleagues would be faithfully adapted to the judgment of the select committee , notwithstanding the vote now proposed . Mr . Disraeli apprehended that all motions for retrenchment-would be . useless when stopped by the select committee , which blocked up inquiry on one side , and the financial reformers Who always voted with the government on the other . " Col : Thompson intended always to look with suspicion npon a , suggestion of economy which came heralded by a story of agricultural distress . Mr . Home viewed retrenchment as most desirable

      for its own sake , without distinction of party , but expected to secure it rather by diminishing the number than the amount of official incomes .-Mr . Cobden refused to concur in a spiteful and malicious vote introduced merely as a medium of retaliation , and suggesting a general reduction in the wages of labour . In the great industrial field in the West Riding of Yorkshire tbe rate of wages had been for some time on the-increase ; and if the agricultural districts exhibited a decline of employment , it was because the abundant materials for reproductive labour which they contained were not wisely and actively developed .. Mr . Disraeli retorted upon " the Financial Reformers , their many , foregone statements of distress among the middle and employing classes . The

      " payingpower ofthe country was diminished , distress reigned widely in other districts ,, though the West Riding was said to be an exception , and the universal prosperity prophesied from the abolition of the corn law seemed- postponed indefinitely upon various pretexts . Mr . V . Sjoth agreed iri the principle that the relative value of money and necessaries should regulate the amount of fixed salaries , but declined to disturb a question which was now under investigation by a select committee . Mr . Newdeoate inquired why the economical prepossessions , so strongly evinced against the military-expenditure , were not equally , directed against the outlay for civil services . Mr . Forbes bavin ? declined to press bis . amendment to a division , the original vote was then put and carried .

      The vote for the expenses , of the Foreign-office being proposed , a brief discussion upon passports was introduced by Lord Mahon , and . elicited from Lord Pauiebston an arinouncemenirthat the'in tention at one time manifested by the French government to abolish the passporfcsysterri , had not been carried out ; nor was there any present prospect either in' that , or other continental countries , of having the embarrassment thus caused to travelling removed . ' . ' . '' . An amendment was moved by Mr . Abkwrioht to

      the vote for the expenses of the Poor-law staff , with the object of reducing the number of inspectors in England and Wales , from thirteen to eight . Tbe proposition was discussed at much length , but negatived upon a division by 157 to 36—121 . A second division . was taken on an amendment moved by Alderman Sidney , for reducing the number of Poor-law auditors . This amendment was likewise negatived by 181 to 56—125 . On the vote for the Mint , in reply to Mr . TflOBNLEY ,

      Mr . Sheil stated that the issue ofthe florin coin would be renewed as soon as a new die was ready with the letters inserted , whose omission had occasioned so much public discussion ! A large issue of threepenny silver coinage was also ordered for the convenience of small traders . Alderman Copelahd remarked upon the frequent refusal of the Solicitor of the Mint to prosecute in charges of passing bad money . The Atiobsby-Gkjeral explained , that the government prosecutions were on many accounts very . reluctantlundertakenthe

      y , principle being that a public officer should never appear as prosecutor except in cases where , from the nature ofthe evidence a conviction was certain . - : The vote'for certain expenses . of the guardianship of the Public Records , was f ollowed by a complaint froni Mr " . Hope , regarding the insuniciency and unsafe depositories provided for the most important national archives . '' ;" . The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that a vote would shortly be proposed tothe house , to pay for building a suitable Record Office .

      Col . Sibthorp moved an amendment to a subsequent vote , by which £ 500 was to be retrenched from the . salaiy of the Secretary forlreland .. The amendment was lost hfl & t to 11 votes ..: .

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      The house afterwords' resumM . . The Court of Chancery ( Ireland ) Bill was read a , third time and passed .: .... . .. ,...- ¦ . ' : The Medical Charities ( Ireland ) . Bill went throug h committee ; - ,. - . ' . ' :.. The Petty Sessions ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time . .., - ¦ ,. ' The house adjourned at a quarter past one o ' clock .

      TUESDAY , May 28 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Masters Jurisdiction i » Equity Bill , —On the motion of Lord Brougham , the report on this bill , as amended , was received , and the bill was ordered to be read a third time on Monday . Fees ( Court op Common Pieas ) Bill . — Lord Beaumont moved the second reading of this bill . He said tbe Bill which had come up from the other bouse merely affected the fees of two officers

      ofthe Court of Common Pleas—the senior master , as registrar of judgments , and the officer for registering the certificates of married women under the act for the abolition of fines and recoveries . The bill provided for the proper remuneration of the officers for the labours performed , the surplus fees to be paid into the Treasury ; and it also provided for compensation for the present officers . After some remarks from Lord Redesdale , Lord Mo . nteaole , and Lord Langoale , the bill was read a second time . , . . . . -... .

      Several bills ori the table were forwarded a stage , and their lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — The Ten Hours Bill . —Petitions in favour of the Ten Hours Bill were presented by Mr . J . B . Smith , Mr . T . S , Duxcombe , and other honourable members . The Ecclesiastical Courts . — Sir B . Hall begged to ask a question of the Secretary of State for the Home Department . He had moved for certain returns connected with the ecclesiastical courts of this country , exactly one month ago , and he had not seen them yet ; He was informed that a young lady , who , in newspaper phraseology , was of interesting appearance and ' ' prepossessing manners , —( great laughter)—had the' honour of

      holding the office of registrar of one of the ecclesiastical courts of this country . ( Roars of laughter . ) He did not mean to impugn the morality or dignity of the young lady in the slightest : degroe ; indeed , she could be in no way accountable , because , as he had been informed , she had held , the / office since she , was five years of age . ( " -Oh , oh , " , and renewed laughter . ) The question Ke had . tO : ask was ,. whenwere those returns for which , he had moved likely to be laid upon the table of the house , in order that they might see how many more young ladies were officials of the' ecclesiastical courts ; ( Great laughter and " hear , hear . " )'

      Sir G . Grey said he was totally uninformed with regard to the statement made by the honourable baronet . He had never either known , or heard before , that there was one female official connected with the ecclesiastical courts . As to the returns , they bad to be obtained from each diocese separately . They bad been ordered in due course , but he was not aware whether any of them had been returned as yet . : ; , The Debet Day . —Major Beresforo moved that the bouse , on its rising , should adjourn over the Derby Day , amotion which , after , some show of objection by Mr . S . Crawford , arid Sfiv Hume , was carried .

      First . Sitting , in the . New HousB .-f-Sir George Grey announced that it bad been proposed : to have a morning sitting bri Thursday , In ' . the New House of Commons . '' Arid , " he added-, - ' as there is an anxiety to have . a day fixed for the third reading of the Irish Elections Bill . we will take that \ bill at twelve . on Thursday . " :. Uproarious laughter was caused by the idea of inaugurating the new house withan Irish discussion ; 1 ! - Assessed Taxes . — The Chancellor of the . Exchequer said that he would renew , the composition for assessed taxes ( expiring in April ,: 1851 ) for five years . '• - '"• • • ¦ - '''¦ . ' - ' : r '' ' ¦¦ ' '" Resignation of the . Lord CkANOEiLOR .- ^ In , reply to questioris . put by Mr . pATi ' ' aridMr . ' Boyvkrie , . ' : ' .- '• > - ¦ . ¦ '' ' "' '¦• .: ¦ . : ¦ N ::.-- ; - •' .. ¦' - \ r . ¦ Lord J . Russell said ,- it was With very great re ^

      gret he announced that the Lord'Chancellor ' s state of health prevented him . from retairiirigari- office which he had discharged with so much" ability . ¦ ' - As soon as he should havergiveri judgment iri various cases he would be compelled to . resign the-great seal . In filling up the office , the person appointed would take it subject to any regulations or alterations to be made by parliament on the Report-of the Committee on Salaries , and the offices in the appointment of the Lord Chancellor , which would become vacant upon bis resignation , would be likewise subject as to tenure and emolument , to the

      determination of parliament . With regard to tho . separation of the judicial and political functions of the Lord Chancellor , this subject had engaged the attention of her Majesty ' s government , and was , one of very considerable difficulty . 3 fo doubt the object was a very desirable one , and he trusted he should be able to propose a measure to parliament on the subject ; but , considering the nature-of this high office , connected with the political administration ofthe country , and with the performance of-judicial duties not only in the Court of Chancery , but in the House of Lords , he was loth to introduce such a measure without the most mature consideration .

      . Emigration of Female Orphans . — Mr . Miles moved a resolution , that it is expedient that the' gor vernment , in concert with boards , of guardians in England and . Wales , should take immediate steps to forward the emigration of orphan girls , inmates of workhouses , to Australia as apprentices ; Confining his argument to New South Wales , he pointed biit the inconveniences which settlers with wives arid families experienced there from the want of female domestic servants , who were sometimes not to be hired at any . wages . He then adverted to the condition of orphan girls in workhouses , who under sixteen mingled with aged inmates , arid were thereby liable to contamination ; arid at sixteen might , at twenty-four hours' notice , quit the

      workhouse . The consequence of being cast thus ; suddenly upon the world , without advice or control , was often demoralisation of the . saddest kind .. The industrial and moral training which children now received in workhouses adapted them to fill up the vacuity in the colony , which , concurring in the object , would absorb a larger number than the female orphans in bur workhouses , and these emigrants might be followed by girls deserted by both parents and thechildren of distressed widowers aridwidbws . The expense he proposed to provide for by requiring the parishes to pay for the outfit of the children , the cost of placing them on board ship , and £ 5 towards the charges of the voyage ; the rest to be defrayed by the Colonial Fund . / . " ''' . ' ' ¦ " \

      Mr . Stafford , , in no feeling of hostility to the motion , . ' moved as an amendment , to substitute "the United Kingdom" for " England and Wales . " Ireland , where assistance was most needed , hadi unassisted , made vast efforts to promote emigration , arid it should not be excluded froni any scheme of govemriient encouragement . Mr . Stafford entered largely into the general subject of emigration } which he considered to be , ' above all - social questions , tbe fireside and household question throughout Great Britain arid Ireland . : ' . ' . ' ; ' .,- ' , Mr . Hawes admitted the great importance of this subject , especially to the Australian colonies ; but observed that there Vere limits to all these general views of benevolence—namelyconsiderations as to

      , the capacity of the colonies to receive a peculiar class of emigrants ,-the interests arid welfare of the emigrants themselves , and the interests of the empire at large . The disproportion ! bf the sexes , the crying evil ofthe colonies some years ago , was how almost repaired ; great numbers of female emigrants had been sent , arid amongst them Irish orphans ; and , without discouraging further . emigration , - to send a large additional number of young females to the colonies , without the certain prospect bf their finding employment , might add to the social evilslof the colonies . The fund available iri tbe hands of the Emigration Commissioners , who were trustees under

      an act of parliament , was very small . . Though he concurred , therefore , in the general object of Mr . Miles , yet , ' after the statement he bad' made , he thought it would : be iriexpbdierit to agree to the motion , and he accordingly moved the" previous question . - ¦ ¦'•' . . - ¦ '• ; ,: \ ; w . ?< :-- ^ <¦¦ ••; . „ •' ¦ ' . - Mr . Monsell urged the ' . expediency of promoting the emigration of girls from Irish workhouses , in some of which large numbers of , women , between the ages of fifteen and'forty , had been inmates for more than a year . " -i ; --The house was counted at ten minutes past eight o ' clock , and as there were onl y thirty-five members present an adjournment took place until Thursday . '

      THURSDAY , May 30 . . HOUSE OF LORDS .-Breach of Privilege;—Lord Brougham called the attention of their Lordships to a breach of privilege , consisting iri atissiie of misstatements in ; two papers with reference tb his conduct in a recent divorce bill .,. One of those papers had done all iri its , power torepair the injury , but the other , had not done so , and if at the ' next sitting ofthe house he felt as he did at thatiribraenfc , he would certainly move that the printer bo called to Jhe bar . ,. . HOUSE OF COMMONS assembled at twelve o ' clock in the new house , which was temporaril y fitted up with a view of testing its . capacity for the accommodation bf members , and its adaptation tp the transmission of-sound . ¦

      The only public business appointed for the morn ; ing sitting was the third reading of the Elections ( Ireland ) Bill , ' A clausb . proposed by the Ajjtorney-Geneeal for appointing additional polling places upon petition from Justices in Quarter Sessions , which was agreed to , arid a clause moved by Mr . French , authorising the . appointment of additional polling place s on tho petition of 300 electors , which was negatived , occupied the bouse until three o ' clock , when a suspension cf business took place ; . , At five o ' clock the house re-assembled , when ¦ Lord Ashley moved ' . . that ,, ari address should be presentedtothe Crown , - prayirigifbr the total ces-

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      sation of Sunday labour in the Post-offices of the United Kingdom . The' -nbble . lord . supported the motion by " adducing the religious principle , which enioined the perfect sanctification of the : Sabbath ; and while , admittingthat some trivial inconvenience would be felt in Ireland ,. Scotland , and the towns lvincbeyorid a " certain radius from the metropolitan Post-office , ' ' urged that even from those districts wticre the commercial interruption to correspondence was most prolonged , ' petitions , ^ comprising some hundreds of thousands of signatures , had been received iri favour of the' change he now proposed , To obviate all objections , however , Lord Ashley consented to modify the tenor of his resolution , so as to imply simply the investigation of the best methods for securing tbe object in view , instead of . 7 . « ri ^ i-J . i ; v . « i » U ^ ! T > A . ^ fRi > ftH the

      assuming adirectly prohibitory form . , The Chancellor of . the Exchequer opposed the motion , and after some discussion the house divided , when the motion was carried by 03 a gainst 68 . ' " "' - ' , ' ¦ . . ' Lord J . Russell moved-for leave to bring m a bill to regulate the mode , of administering the oath ofabjuration to persons professing the Jewish religion . Briefly referring to the report prepared by the seleot ' cbmmittee , ' as containing full information re garding the . present state ofthe law upon this subiect the nbblelord postponed until a future stage any discussion upon the principle of the measure fie wished to introduce . " ^ _ it ' . After a warning by Mr . Newdegatr , of the irreligious character of the . proposed step , which he dealtrod his intention of opposing hereafter , in whicb 3 / 1 " . Pii / AiPTRB joined , leave was given to bring iri the bill- .. " . ; . ' . -. - .

      . .. ...... On the order of the day for the resumption of tbe adjourned debate on the English and Irish Universities , . . . , ' , ' . .,, , . '¦ ' . ' >• Mr . Gladstone suggested that , as it had come on unexpectedly , it should be further adjourned until Monday , to which Lord J . Russell assented . : The Elections . ( Ibblani >) Bixi , debated atthe morning sitting , passed . - v The other business was disposed of , and the house adjourned at eight o | clock . ¦ : ' -. ' ¦ : , ( From our Tlard Edition of last week . J ~ . ¦ 7 FRIDAY , May 24 .

      HOUSE OF COMMONS . — On the motion for going into committee of eupply , ,. Mr . J . BuoKaTONE i moved a ; resolution for repealing the ten per cent ' , additional duty upon the excise and window taxes . He argued that , as the ten per cent , had been imposed under the excuse of a deficency' in the revenue ; it . ought in justice' to be remitted , now that ,, the Exchequer boasted' a surplus . , ' "" ¦ ... ... , , The Chancellor of the Exchequer declined to make any further reductions in the public revenue than those already promised arid provided for . Even

      if he wished to remit taxes ; the hon ; baronet added , the assessed taxes . would be the last he should think bf . ' ; . . ' '" ' ' ' :. ' ' ' 7 " 7 ' ' ! ' .- ' : Mr- 'GiBANKES wished to obtain the remission now asked for as an earnest' that the whole of the window duty should be presently repealed ,. Sir Gi Pechell , ' on the contrary , apprehended that mixing rip that very ' objectionable impost with the mass of assessed taxes would complicate the question , arid delay it ' s ultiiriate repeal . ' He advised the withdrawal ofthe motion ;' . ' . . ; "' . ¦ Qn a division their appeared ^' . •'— ' , '" , ¦ ' . ; "¦ For thembtiori ; .. ' .. .... ; ..... 63 ;'

      ; ' -i : : Againstit .. ; i ; ...... v .:. / ii .. 130-65 ' Mr . B . Cochrane ' entered into various strictures of the foreign policy of the governirient ; especially as regarded Greece arid Italy . Inihb former country our influence hadbeen used to embarrass the Greek government , and assail the iridependenceof the nation . To Italy we had dispatched emissaries who propagated revolutionary ' doctrines and encouraged rebellions . ^ Among these emissaries the hon . memr her . was ¦ understood to refer particularly tb ' the irii ' ssiori ofLord Minto . ' ' "' ¦ ''' ¦ "¦ - - '

      ; Lord , PALMEBSioNexcuf « l Mr . Cocbrane ' s ignorance of English policy by the prolonged duration of his foreign travels . Lord Minto's commission / in Italy , 'his lordship explained , was * 'riot designed to foster revolution , but to afford to the Italian governments who might solicit it ; the ' advice and opinion of his government at home regarding ^ tbose temperate arid moderate reforms which would rehder ' revolutiori improbable . If this advice had been followed , the noble lord added

      thatniariy'disastrous consequences mig ht have been averted . In Sardinia , where the counsels of Lord Mintb were first sought ; a gratifying example of tranquillity was now exhibited .. ..- The house then went into committee upon the Civil Service Estimates , arid various' votes were agreed to . the consideration of which occupied the greatest part of the night , a large , 'portion of the discussion being devoted to the subject of the New Houses of . Parjiarnent , all the incidents of which underwent a rigidscrutiny . . " . "¦¦ - ' ' ¦ ;

      ; The : Chairman was ordered to report progress , and ask leave to sit again ! ' : After transacting some further business ; the house adjourned till Monday .

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      SYMPATHY BETWBEJf . THE DEMOCRATS OF . - ENGLAND AND . FRANCE . . . Another of those great ' meetings , convened by the Provisional Committee of the National Charter Association , was held at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Tottenham-court-road , on Tuesday evening , May 28 th . - •'• .. ¦ : Mr . John , Arnott was called to the chair , and apologisedfbr the absence of Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds , on the ground of pressure . of business . He read a letter from Mr . G . ' J > . Harney , who . was detained at home , by . the alarriiing ; : indisposition of Mrs . Harney , which had also precluded the possibility of Mr . Harney ! s attendance at the Lancashire and lur & Buire eia at Jtieuuen

      ueiegiiie meeting , n triage , on Sunday last . However , he ( Mr . Arnott ) hadbeen to that , meeting , and right pleased be was to meet fifteen most intelligent representatives from the several ; towns bf that manufacturing hive . ; The constitution of thb ; National Charter Association was discussed ,, clause by clause , and adopted . The reports delivered by the ' several delegates were most encouraging , and the meeting gave in its unanimous adhesion to , the National ' Charter Association , each delegate pledging himself to use . his utmost efforts in support of the Association . ( Cheers . ) ' , ' „ . ; . . :. ' - . ' . ; ' , ' / . . Mr . Thomas Brown then moved the following resolution : — ' « That whilst the members of the National Charter Association are most , solicitous of obtaining full arid efficient political arid social rights

      for the people of Great Britain—yet ,: mindful that 'all mien are brethren , ' they can but view the atternpt now being made in the Legislative Assembly of France ( by means ofthe Bill for Electoral Reform ) to destroy Universal Suffrage . with the utmost disgust arid abhorrence , as an invasion of , a constitution made . byand for the people . " Mr . Brown said : it , must have been painluKtb ^ alTwho had paid any attention , to the proceedings of the French Legislature to see that men , elected " , under Republican institutions , could have become so recreant to their principles . It unfortunately happened that men of wealth were gerierally more trusted than those of the industrial orders . ' . The wealthy menthe majority of tbe Asseinbly—had brokeri faith with

      the French people . ( Hear , hear . ) : First , they had the disgraceful exhibition' of the invasion ' of the , sister Republic , Rome ; arid now , an invasion of the rights and liberties : of the people of France , as guaranteed bythe constitution . " ( Hear , hear . ) By this last act , the reactionnaires had entirely unmasked themselves- ( hear , hear)—biit he thought the French people were too gallant , once having tasted the sweets of freedom to allow it to be easily wrenched from them . ( Loudcheers . ) V The dodge" of withdrawirig . the French / Ambassador had been tried , biit , as he believed , without its intended effect ; fortunately , too , the good sense of th epatribts had deprived Chahearnier ofthe

      opportunity of putting Paris in a' state of siege , although' Mohtalemherfc ; Thiers , and others , had delivered what he could not regard otherwise than as fiendish invocations to deeds of blood .- : ( Loud cheers . ) ' Last week , the King , of Prussia had ; been slightly-wounded ¦ in the arm , , and what a hubbub was : kicked . up about it ' ; but when thousands of working , men were slam , in . cool bloody nothing was said about , that . There , were . men in England , he . was sorry tb sayj in indigent circumstances who had fought for Hungary , and also iri defence ; of , the Roman , Republic , under the standards raised by Kossuth and Mazzini , and in the armies marshalled by tho gallant Bern and Garribaldi ; some of those- men were now present , and they at least claimed their sympathy and

      fraternity .- Years ago , Englishmen most ignorantly hated Frenchmen , and the b ' oast was then very common , that one Englishman could beat six Frenchmen ; but what a pleasing change had come over the , spirit of . their dreams . "Now ,. the contest was , who should be the first to hold but the hand of fraternity to , advocates of freedom of every nation . Ho held ,, th ' at before ariy groat good would be done ' for the people , ; that a gbv ' ernriierifemust be chosen by and from the people ; iri fine , that the people { must become sovereign . He was delighted to hear-Mr * Arnott ' s report from ' Hebderi-rbridge ; for his i part , he trusted ho would be always found ready to do his duty , whether as a collector at the door , or iri any ' other working capacity . ( Loudcheers . ) ¦ , . ,-Mr .-J ; J . BEZER ' sec onded the resolution .

      . - The Chairman nbw , . amidst loud cheers , announced that Cuffay , Lacy , Bowling , Fay , and their other friends , had arrived safe at their destination in Australia . , • : , ' : ¦ ¦ -. ' ' Mr .- Walter Cooper , amidst great cheering , came forvrard ^ o support the resolution , and said , how often had he felt , with ; Bobbj Bums , that "' Twas hardl y ih . abod y ' s power , ' , ; - . io keep from-going sour ; " : ¦ ¦>< and it certainly was a most diffloult thing to : ' keep from being discqntented ( hear , . hear ) JhenS beheld the Useless and dissolute rise ., to distiactipii , -

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      whilst the beafcmen were crushed in their struggle for bread .. . He thought * Thomas Paine quite . right in asserting , that all gobd sprung frbm ' the people . There never would be—and there never ought tq be ¦^ atiy thing but 'discontent until the condition : of the people was mbrallyi' mentally , ' physically , ' politically , and socially improved ; .. ( Loud cheers . )' He viewed these meetings as a : schbol , in which great political and social truths shouldbe taught ; so that when the present rotten , tottering fabric fell , they might know how ' to build up one that would be suitable to . the ' wantsj wishes , and interest of the wealth-producers , in which . the great truths of democracy—as taught by the Nazarine—should prevail ; iri which love should abound , and where they whilst the beat ' men were crushed in their ' struggle

      should have " all things iri common . " Let them spread knowledge , create opinion , and gladden the world , by showing it " that a fount ' s about to flow , " and that a spring of action will clear the way for the great , the mighty , and all-beneficent future . ( Vehement cheering . ) . ' The resolution was then put and carried by acclamation ; as was also a vote of thanks to the Chairman . As the meeting broke up—notwithstanding its being the week immediately following the Whitsun holidays—one pound eighteen shillings was collected at the doors , by voluntary contribution ' ; and several members were enrolled in the National Charter Association . ?

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      * National Charter Association . — The Provisional Committee met at their office , I 4 j Southampton-street , Strand , on Thursday evening , May . 30 th . Present : Messrs ' . Gr . J . Harney , J . Grassby , E . Stallwood , ' Gr . "W . M . Reynolds , E . Miles , J . Milne , T . Brown , and John Arnott . Mr . & . J . Harney in the chair . Several returns were received . —Mr . Harney stated , that domestic affliction , had prevented him from going to the delegate , meeting at Hebden Bridge , pursuant to , promise . —Mr . Reynolds explained that , in . consequence of MivHarney ' s inability to go , ' a consultation had-. ensued between him and the secretary , the result of which was , that the secretary

      went to Hebden Bridge , for which they had to ask the approval . of the Provisional Committee , which was granted . —Mr . Arnott then delivered iri his report , which was ordered to be laid on the table , with a view to being discussed ,, and an answer returned to , the suggestions of the delegates . r- ^ Mr , Reynolds also announced that M . Le Blond , adembcratic friend ofhis , had volunteered to subscribe £ 5 towards meeting the expenses of .-defending W . J . Vernon , upon condition that the country . would furnish the remainder , and he ( Mr . Reynolds was- also willing to subscribe a like amount upon similar conditions . —The Committee then adjourned until "Wednesday , evening next , Junethe 5 th ,

      . Finsbury . —A meeting of members was held atthe Old Dolphin , Old-street ; St . Luke ' s , on Sunday last ; Mr . Fenhell in the chair . Moved by W . Dicey , and secoiided by R . Blake : ~ " That F . O' Connor , Esq .,. M . P , i be . elected ah . hoaorary member of this locality , and that the secretary do send him his card of membership . ' Moved by . Mr . Fuzzen , and seconded by Mr . Felihe : — . " ' That the election of the executiye commtttee he postponed till next . Sunday evening , the 2 nd of June , when all members are particularly requested to attends Chair to be . ; taken at seven o ' clock , " - ; - Moved by Mr ., Blake / 1 and seconded by Mr ; ' Dicey : —

      f' That Mr . O'Connor be nommated on . the executive committee ; " Carried unanimously . Hum .. —A public meeting was convened on tho 21 st ult ., in the County Couvt-voom , Town . Hall ; tb . raise a . tribute to the memory of John Jackson , better known by , the epithet of " Radical Jackson , " lately deceased . —Mr . George Candelet was appointed chairman , who opened the proceedings ofthe meeting with a brief biographical account of the late Mr . Jackson ' s career in trie cause of Radical Reform , for a period of forty years .- > Mr . ' C . referred to a mass of correspondence , he had before him , intimating that he was connected with alb the leading reformers of his

      time , commencing from the year 1809 ; to , 1850 . Amongst . those ; letters he found some . from the late < Daniel ; O . 'Connell , Sir Francis . , Burdett , Cobbett , Wooler , Major Cartwright , Henry Hunt , & c , & c . Although some of these individuals it might be said , had been guilty of apostacy , such was not the case with their lamented friend . He was distinguished in this town fer his . integrity and zeal , and had received the government stamp of sincerity . He had devoted his life , and spent a fortune in tbe cause of democracy . He . did not wish to pass an unmerited panegyric on the character and'conduct of Mr . Jackson ; those , who knew him best could establish his claims of gratitude

      upon his townsmen . —Mr ; Tate , in a neat address , moved the following resolution : — " That we , the inhabitants of Kingston-upon-Hull , in public meeting assembled ,, have heard with satisfaction a delineation of the virtues and constancy . which formed the . character of our late , lamented friend , John Jackson , for upwards of forty years , , iri behalf of political . and social- progress , and pledge ourselves to raise a memento , of respect over his remains , as an humble tribute of gratitude to his mempryj-in-i endeavouring to- advance the universal brotherhood of the human family . " —The resolution was seconded by Mr . Martiri , who delivered himself with success , in . advancing the object , . of the meeting . — The meeting was . also

      addressed by Messrs . . Dibb , Barhett , Shelding , Yates , arid Dean . —A committee was also appointed , who meet at the Malt Shovel , Church Side , every ; Wednesday evening . —A , vote of . thanks having been voted to ; the chairman and the mayor for the , use of theroom , the . meeting separated . ; Shesfield . —On Sunday evening a meeting was held ) in the Deniooratic . Temperance Hotel , 33 , Queen-streetj to hear a ^ ' lecture from Mr . Peddie , but that gentleuian being unable to attend , in consequence . of indisposition , Messrs , Buckley and Mitchel addressed , the meeting , exposing-the hollowness of the-agi'ioultmal and manufacturing exhibitions , such as the one which . is to take place in 1851 , to the utmost satisfaction of those present . After the disposal of a number of ihz National , Instructors , the meeting was adjourned to . Sunday evening next . •' , ¦

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      YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE DELEGATE MEETING . . This meeting was held on Sunday last , May tho 26 th , at Hebden Bridge , in Yorkshire ; At ten o ' clock in the forenoon , the Delegates assembled in the National Charter Association Room . Mr . Joseph Hatfield was unanimously called on to preside . —The following delegates took their seats : — Manchester—George Joseph Mantle ^ Thomas Sid - dely .: Halifax— Christopher Shackleton , John Culpan , ' jun ; Lower ; Warley-Robert Suttoliff , John Lawson . Bradford—John Moore . Heckmondwike ^ -JosepK Hatfield . Stockport—James

      Williams ' , i- Rochdale-i-Robert Gill . - Huddersfield —John Grant . Todmorden — Richard : Barker . Keighly—Joseph Vicars . Hebden Bridge—James Mann . . Staley Bridge—William Hill .. John Arnott attended to represent the Prorisional Committee of the National Charter Association in the room of , G . Julian Harney , who : had been" appointed by the Committee for that purpose . Mr . Arnott read thefollowing from that gentleman ; .. " ,: :. ¦ : ¦ .- . ¦• : .,- ¦ .. -, London , MaySflth . - , My Dear Abnott , —I must get you . to explain to our friends , the Lancashire and Yorkshire . Delegates , assembled at Hebden'Bridge , the cause of my non-attendance . In stating that that cause is the serious ; indeed alarming , illness of Mrs . Harney , you know that is too true ; and not a

      mere excuse manufactured for the occasion ., Let me add , that . no mere trifle would have caused my absence . ; In addition to my desire to have represented the Charter Association ,, there were other reasons which would have induced my attendance ; had - that been ' possible . Should a change for the better shortl y take place in the bodily condition of Mrs . Harney , I will at once set about arranging for my long-promised orisit to 'Yorkshire . I hope to visit Hebden Bridge , Hahfax , Bradford , Todmorden , Ac , some time in the month of June . pray give my fraternal regards to the . delegates and assure them that , under all circumstances , they will find me devoted to tho Charter , and the good cause of progress-democratic and social . ' ' ' : ¦ i ^ lam , dear . Arnott , yours fraternally , . . ¦ .: .. f > . Julian Habney ;

      I After . addresses from the . Chairman , the Secretv y' ^ nd l f ' ' om M F- > mott , the constitution ot the . Charter : Association , was taken into consideration , and the first and second clauses were unanimously adopted . , ¦ On the . Grd being read , which says , « This association consists , of all individuals who take out . cards of membership , and subscribe to . the funds of the society £ Mr , Williams moved , and Mr . Barker soconded . that ; the Mowing words . be added :-n ^ W ° ¥ Jocal fules- -Jfr- Mantle moved That ' af er . 'the , ' and before ' funds . ' the word

      ™ P * ? ^ " " : Amendment agreed to . .. Ihe 4 th clause was adopted without discussion . ' . ' h J then P »? the Chairman , as follows :- ; 'The government of ' the Association favested in ; an Executive C « mmittee , consisting of five members , receiving salaries for their services . " —Mr . Mantle moved , seconded by Mr . Williams : — "That the word ' . nine' be inserted instead of 'five ;' ; and that the words 'receivingsalaries for their 'services' be struck put , "—Carried unanimously ; ; ' ,- ' ¦ ¦! ; j ' •• '" : " ' ' - - ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ' ; After a Mef ajeousaion , clause ; 6- was adopted , and also tho 7 th . l '' -- - - - ^ .. . ' - .

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      • ' : C | oh 8 ideiible . dlBCUSBion took place mwf ^ clau » e ;; 'bn ^ nHimately , it was adopted bv 7 $ % majority ,,- .. ¦ -,. ' , . / a % ' ; ClauBeis $ W and 11 , werepassed ««» , ' , „„ : On coming-tp . clause 12 , which sayg «< t -, will be' appointed , by the Executive CoS ^ Mr . Mantle moved , seconded by Mr . Wiiii , ™ ^ , " it read asibllpws :- " . General lecturers 3 ' h pointed by . the ; . Executive Pommittee onX a Pnation ofj thojlocalities , " which on beinen f ^ t . Chairmanwas agreed to .- ' • : fi mb J % Clauses ; l 3 arid l ; 4 ; were , uhaniraou 8 ly ad 0 nfa , In the local 'fdle ' s , some trifling , altera ^ ' made , whibhhavebeen flhbmittedtn th * d' ™ * ei * ¦ ! Con 8 idMiWe ; 4 ^ U 8 Bion took nla ^~ nT \ 7 ^ 5

      Committee ^ , li 1 ^' " . ' ' : ' . . ; cro " 8 io Mr . MantIe : ros ' 6 , and in an able a Bd snhn , dress , moved : jas follows .: — « We , the ii dai representing JK ^ ChWtists of Lancash 3 » Yorkshire , Vto | Meliberatel y : revieSS ^ sidered the pohoypn | sjibdand , princinlegfin ? , ;• " by : the Provi «» Cbmmittee of tb 0 v ^ Charter AsgociaHqn , ; and'finding that V , m $ mittee emphatioally ' tepresents the oninir , ^ meeting , they , tW ^ Provisional Commifi 5 tbi hereby earnestly solicited to retain thew'J * until arrangements ; may be made for a „ r election of an executive head of tho ' Assm » i V ^ and the Provisional Committee are also rV 0 ; to make immediate arrangements for such oi !?« ?! 'el Mr- Williams seconded ' tlie resoktioliJlut ° carried unanimously . ... ' mca W as

      . A resolution , in favour of' tract distribute - ' unanimously adoptod ,-also the following » $ * in order to give practical effect to tie aJ ^ of this meeting , a great North of Enelanrf ? . Meeting be hefd at Blackstbrie-edge on tu 0 . Sunday in July , and that a committee l ? & $ &&*** necmary *™^ t A committee to carry out the above was , „ pointed , and it was resolved , " That Messrs o-o ap nor Reynolds , Harney , and Roberts , b * invited ^ attend the above-named demonstration " to Mr . Mantle moved ; and Mr . Shacklefnn <™ .,, j - " That the best thanks of this meS » and hereby . presented to the Provisional CommS of the National Charter Association , for SS getic and valuable services in the cause of £ " tism . And further , the best thanks of thismeeZ are presented to Mr John Arnott , for the nS able , and business-like manner in which he S represented the said committee , and for the " safr factory answers , he has given to all the que " s £ which have been put toW Carried by 3 mation . : ' ' "T

      Mr . Arnott returned thanks , and the delegal « separated . In the evening a public meetin g ^ held , and although the . weather was unfavourable a goodly number attended . Mr . Johri . Arnott * m called to the chair , and Messrs . Williams , of Stock port , and G . J . Mantle , - ' of Manchester , having addressed' the audience iri brief but cffectfct speeches , the meeting dispersed—evidently satis . fled with what they had seen and heard .

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      THB SHEFFIELD CHARTISTS . TO the editor op the xorthebx SWF . Sin , —Perceiving in your columns , last week , * report of a meeting at Sheffield , on which occasion a complaint was made that a notice of Mr . Ottlej ' s lecture had been forwarded to mo but had not been inserted in tny newspaper , I beg to state that j did not receive the communication alluded to , or I should have published it , as a matter of course , ft must , therefore , have miscarried . Trusting to your kindness to insert this letter , ' , I remain , sir , your obedient servant , May 27 th , 1850 . George W .. M . Reyxoids

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      CORN . Mabk-iaot , Monday , May 27 , —WehadasbortsappJpfo day of English wheat , which was taken off bj the millaj at folly last Monday ' s prices . For foreign wheat and flour there was but a slight demand , but firmer prices irere maintained . English barley sold heavily and Is cheaper , the malting season being nearly over . Foreign was like . wise dull sale and the turn cheaper , unless for fine sampH Halt dull and Is lower . Beans and peas met few hujrerj at fully Is . per or , decline . Our supply of oats during the past , week consisted entirely of foreign , excepting a trifling quantity , coastwise ; the trade has been heavy , and last week ' s prices were barely maintained to-day for any but the'finest qualities . ' For Unseed cakes we had afairsale . The current prices as under .

      , British . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red nenr 3 fe to 40 s , ditto white , 36 s to 46 s , Lincoln Norfolk and Tori , shire , red 34 s . to 38 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white 34 s to 38 s , ditto red 32 s to 36 s , Devonshire and Somerset . shire , red , —s to —s ditto white , — to —s rye , 21 s to 23 ; , barley , 21 s to 23 s , Scotch 19 s to 22 s , Angus-s to-j , Malt ordinary , —s to —s , pale : 46 s to 49 s , peas , grey , new 22 s to 24 s , maple 23 s to 26 s , white 22 s to 23 s , loilersner ? 24 s to 26 s , beans , large , new 23 s to 25 s , ticks 24 s to 26 i , harrow , 25 s to 27 s , pigeon , 29 s to 31 s , oats , Xiricota an 4 Yorkshire feed , 14 s to 15 s , ditto Poland and potato , 15 s to 17 s , Berwick- and Scotch , 16 s to 18 s , Scotch feed , 14 s to 15 s , Irish feed and black , 12 s to 155 , ditto potato , 15 s to 17 s , ; linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed , Essex , . ' new £ 30 to £ 34 per last , carraway seed , Essex , taw 27 s to 34 s per -cwt ,. rape cake , £ 4 to £ 410 s per ton , lis . seed , £ 9 0 s to : £ 9 10 s ; per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of SSDlbs , ship , 26 s to 28 s , town , 35 sto 37 s .

      Foreign . —wheat . — Dantzig , 42 s to 48 s , Anhalt an-J Marks , 36 s to 39 s , ditto white , 38 s to 41 s , Pomeranian red , 36 s to 38 s , Rostock 38 s to 44 s , Danish , Uolstem . Kfl Friesland , 32 s to 36 s , Petersburgh , Archangel , and ltigs , 30 s to 32 s , Polish Odessa , 30 s fo 37 s , Marianopoli , andBer . dianski , 33 s to 34 s , Taganrog , 28 s to 32 s , Eratant and French , 32 s to 38 s , ditto white , 34 s to 40 s , Salonica , 28 s to 32 s , Egyptian , 22 s to 26 s , rye , 19 s to 21 s , barley , AVismar and Rostock , 16 s to 19 s , Danish , 17 s to 21 s . Saal , ISsto 20 s , East Friesland , 13 s to 16 s , Egyptian , 12 s to 14 s , Danube , 12 s to 15 s , peas , white , 21 s to 23 s , new boilers , 24 s to 25 s , beans , horse , 21 s to 25 s , pigeon , 26 s to 2 Ss , Esjp

      Han , 18 s to 20 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , 12 s to 14 s , ditto , thick anil ta «\ 14 s to 18 s ; Riga , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Swedish , 1 & tol 5 s , flour , United States , per 1961 bs ., 20 s to 23 s , Hamburgh 20 s to 21 s , Dantzig aud Stettin 20 s to 21 s , French pet 2801 bs ., 27 sto 30 s . ; . ' . ,. Wednesday , May 29 . —We are but moderately supplied with grain this week , ' nevertheless , the weather being line for the growing crops , the demand for every article is vcrr limited—prices without alteration . ¦ Richmond ( Yorkshire , ) May 25 . —We had a good supply of wheat this morning : —Wheat sold from 4 s M » Cs 3 d ; oats , 2 s 4 d to 3 s Od : barley , 3 s Od to 3 s 3 d ; beans , 8 sGd to 3 s 9 d per bushel .

      BREAD . The prices of . wheaten bread in the metropolis arc from Sid . to 7 d .-, of household ditto , 5 Jd . to Cd . per 4 fts , loaf .

      " .: CATTLE . SMrniFiELD , Monday ^ May 27 , —Very few foreign tests were on offer in to-day's market , but the supply of ' . ' from our own [ grazing districts was seasonably extendi and of excellent quality ; indeed , we have seldom ™ - nesaedamuch better collectionof animals at this particular period / The dead markets being well cleared , and the a t - tendance of buyers on the increase , the beef trade ruieu firm , at an advance in the quotations paid on Monday ia . t of fully 2 d perSlbs . A few very superior Scots mm »' 3 s 8 d , but the top general figure for beef did not ex « m 3 s fid per Slbs . The number of sheep was much less toau that shown on this day se'nnight . Prime oldDjwns were scarce , and in good request , at a rise in value of 2 d per » ' » - ? and tlip'niirrmininc nf nil nthoi . hwierls had an UPBW' ., ¦

      dency , with a steady demand . We were tolerablj Jfh but not to say heavily , supplied with Iambs , all D" ^ which moved off steadily , at very full prices-viz ., iron " to 5 s 4 d per Slbs . Although the supply of calves was som what extensive , the veal trade ruled firm , atiu P » "' J more money . The Pork trade was in a very depre . *» state , at barely stationary prices ; ' f o . Mto Price per stone of Slbs . ( sinking theoffal . ) -Beet | - »»» , Ss Cd ; mutton , 2 s lOd to 4 s Od ; veal , 3 s 0 d to <> s » J > pork , 3 s 2 d to 4 s Od . . .,. v Head or Cattle at Smithfieij ) . — Friday . —Beasts , »* - » sheep , 10 , 055 ;' calves , 264 ; pigs , 280 . Mondaj . - Be ! iS 1 - ' 3 , 217 ; sheep , 22 , 850 ; calves , 190 ; pigs , 320 . Newgate and Lbadenhall , Monday , May 27 .- """ - beef , Is 8 d to Is lOd ; middling ditto , 2 s Od to 2 s 2 d , ; ? r" » large 2 s 4 d to 2 s 8 d ; prime smaU , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; i * 5 , pork 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 4 d to isf > middling ditto , 2 s 8 d to 3 s 0 d ; prime ditto , Ss 2 d to os . a . veal , 2 s 8 d to 3 s 4 d ; small pork , . 3 s 6 d to i > m > lambs , 4 s 2 d to 5 s 2 d ; per Slbs . by the carcase .

      PROVISIONS . London , Monday . —There was biit little of int SS , ' or novelty stirring in our market during last week . » foreign and home-made butter we were abundawij > * plied , and on cheaper terms . The arrivals of n « n' '"• were trifling , - ' and' retailed off at about 70 s per ctvr- ^ plies ' gradually increasing may now be expected \ wm , . land , and unless a more healthy and progressive lmprj \ nient occurs in trade , prices will probably rule low . '' reported that the best . brands of Watevford have if " offered for immediate shipment , at 65 s to 66 s per ctvt . »" board , without attracting buyers . ' Of bacon we ita « 1 port a good demand for Irish singed sides of mild cuRt *; an advance of Is to . 2 s per cwt ., and . a better l "« ll " ? i ! -5 wards all other kinds , not excepting American . J" * " ? , steady in value and demand . In lard no alterajion . " ^ rather more saleable .

      I'RUIT i VEGETABLES , & c Covent Gardes Market . —Vegetakes are well suppff Strawberries and hothouse grapes are both more P / , " j and the same may bo said of pine-apples . Wal « 't „ t chesnuts ' are abundant . Oranges and lemons are s « lnt ' alli for the demand . Young carrots and turnips may w . * , ( at from 6 d to 2 s fldper bunch ; some green pc » s Mb quality have been supplied from Cornwall and * '' j Frame potatoes fetch from Is to 2 s per lb . Lotting ^ other ' salading are sufficient for the demand , wfT -e mushrooms . French beans , asparagus , andrimw " plenUful . Cut flowers consist of heaths , pelaiK *"' . ^ bignonia venusta , primulas , cinerarias , azaleas , 1 » J ^ valley , epacriscs , acacias , lilacs , pinks , canuitr o" - ' roses .

      WOOL . . 10 I 1 . Cmr , Monday , May 27 . —The imports of wool ""'' ^ r don last week were under fifty hales , and were » o « many and the West Indies . The market is steady . » ^ Liverpool , May 25 . —Scotch . —The near apmf m n l 0 i ' new clip prevente anything like actwe d-ewaud , *" i ( ler oi present rate may in some measure be con- ' nominal ., ' ' " . yto Foreign . —Since the close of the sales in London ^ has been more inquiry for all kinds of wool , a «<* . choice was better there would be more doing . \¦» " xi j some East India wools to be sold here on the 3 l ) t » > ttlf goodassortment ofBuenosAyresnnd other ssrts o « 13 th of June .

      Printed By William Kideb, Of No. 5, Macelesfiew^ Ini The Pavinu Of St, Anne, Westminster, At The I ™&Lt;

      Printed by WILLIAM KIDEB , of No . 5 , MacelesfieW ^ ini the pavinU of St , Anne , Westminster , at the i ™<

      - Eihce, 16, Great Windmiu-Strcet, Havmn...

      - eihce , 16 , Great WindmiU-strcet , Havmnriset , u ^ . « . ^ ot Westminster , fortheProprietor . FKARGUbO v > ' -,: Esq . M . P ., and published by the said Wuxum B » % < . the UfBce . iin the same street and Bansn- ^ " , June 1 st , ' 1850 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 1, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01061850/page/8/