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EE-ORGANISxVTION OF CHARTISM . MEETING IX WESTMINSTER , A public meeting was held in the Temperance Hall , Broadway , Westminster , on llondav ereniner 5 oTemuer 2 Btb . Mr . Jons Ab-vott was unanimously called to the chair , and in brief and suitable terms , opened the business ofthe evening . G . W . M . Retxoms , Esq ., moved the first resolution as follovs : — " That this meeting , being convinced of the truth and justice of the principles contained in the document called the People ' s Charter , and believing that its recognition as the basis of society would affect not only the political emancipationbut also the social
ameliora-, tion of the toiling masses , we therefore hail with great satisfaction tie prospect of a renewed , peaceful , and energetic agitation for its enactment . "Mr . Reynolds was greeted with loud applause , and said , the persons present were doubtless determined on the adoption and carrying out of the principles contained in ihatresoluiaon , and to make proselytes to their cause . He was sure that the people of England did not like the idea of Russian serfdom , but that they were determined to have rights to exercise for themselves . They stood there not to talk of pikes and guns , but in peaceful , legal , and constitutional terms to demand their rights . ( Cheers . ) Bad as their institutions were , there was enou ; h to enable them to wrest their righteous
demands from an unwilling government . ( Loud cheers . ) The Press was not yet put down , and they would proclaim their thoughts to the world . He should go to the Conference witha determination to do his duty boldly and fearlessly , yet should any one act illegally , so as to endanger the cause , he should be one ofthe first to leave the Conference . ( Hear , hear . ) This agitation would act concurrently -with that of which Sir J . " Walmesley was at the head—standing at its back aud pushing it onwards —but still , as of days of yore , demanding the whole , and . proclaiming in a voice of thunder that this moral , peaceful , and legal straggle , should never cease until the Charter became the law of the land . ( Loud cheers . ) He had frequently put the
question to the middle classes " is not universal snSuge the right of man I" and invariably elicited & . -:= > wer 3 In the amrmative : and so with the Other points of the Charter . ( Applause . ) As regards the Property Qualification , he had pictured a mendicant physically and mentally , miserable and wretched , then imagined a shower of fold to have accidentally descended on him , and ehold his power of mind and body are restored as if by magic , and he has all ihe qualifications befitting a high and mighty legislator . ( Loud cheers . ) Take the other side of the picture ; behold Sir Robert Feel , great in wealth and intellectual requirements , a panic comes—his wealth is swept away—his intellect remains—but alas , he no longer
possesses the qualification , simply , because that wealth created by him has changed hands . ( Loud cheers . ) Oh , preposterous legislation ? ( Cheers . ) After cool and deliberate reasons and reflections , the middle-class men were constrained to admit that tbe People's Charter contained principles which were the very beau ideal of political perfection . It was the beauty of its truths , and the sublimities deducible therefrom , that had caused a base press to attempt to run it down , knowing well , that let it once succeed , all the abuses on which their employers battened would cease for ever . ( Great applause . ) Give but the Charter as the means to a social end , and England might then become the very paragon of plenty and happiness .
( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Reynolds here entered into a Statement of the mode of action proposed for the revised association , and said : At the meeting ofthe Conference the provisional -committee would he prepared with a plan of organisation , to submit for its consideration . Society at present was in a most -vitiated state , made so by the so-called upper classes . At the present time we had only about one million of voters , and on an average , it would make the price of a seat about £ 1 , 000 . Rotten boroughs became a good investment for capital , and in this way was a million of capital expended at a general election , and another million on registration , & c . Thus , on such an investment of two millions of capital did fathers send their sons into the House of Commons to hang on the tails ofthe ministry , to grasp at emoluments arising from places , sinecures , and pensions that are wrung worn the very vitals of the working classes .
( Loud cheers . ) 2 vo measures likely to benefit the wealth producers could be expected from them ; rather expect labour to be still more down-trodden and oppressed . ( Hear , hear . ) Hence it was that when a man lifted his voice in favour of the rights of the masses , whether continental or British , he was sure to be cried down . He asked the working classes to unite with all that would unite with them for any portion of their just rights . He was frilly aware of the interested motives of the middle classes . They ( the middle classes , ) had seen tiie effects of convulsions on the continent , and they wished to avert similar storms here ; hence , they said , let us avert the catastrophe , by granting concessions : but , whilst going with them , it was their ( the people ' s ) duty , to state that they were no longer willing to be the mere producers of all the necesseries , luxuries , and elegancies of life , but that they resolved also to become partakers of that which they produced . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . D . WirFORo , in seconding the motion , said , be was mnch pleased to see an attempt made to resuscitate the Chartist agitation . He thought the besetting sin of drunkenness had much to do with failures of political agitations . He believed that bad the masses demanded their rights in a proper spirit , there was no power that could long withhold them . He would like to see the temples now dedicated to " gin " converted into Mechanics' Institutions , and their gilded " rum " and " brandy " tubs into library shelves to hold Paine ' s " Rights of Man , " Tolney ' s " Ruins of Empires , " and Vol taire ' s " Philosophical Dictionary . " Mr . Walford here paid a well-merited compliment to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., and his brother Chartists , for their exertions in throwing out the atrocious
"Master and Servants' Bill ; " and complimented his brother Teetotallers on having paid down the sum of £ 500 , and thus secured the magnificent Hall in which they were now assembled . Teetotalism had secured that Hall to them for the next fourteen years , and he entreated his brother Democrats to do likewise . Mr . Walford here drew ' a picture of the benches ofthe House of Commons during an important debate , affecting the interest of the wealth producers . Ought they not to obtain the Charter , and send men to that house who knew their wants , and had the knowledge and courage to apply the social remedy to their social grievances ? ( Loud cheers . ) He " wished the delegates to press those matters on the attention of Congress . By his
sobriety he had become possessed of the franchise , and hewished others to do the same . He had also witnessed with delight the progress of the Forty Shilling Freehold movement , set in motion by that glorious Teetotaller , Mr . dames Taylor , of Birmingham . ( Loud cheers . ) In conclusion , in the words ofthe immortal Milton , he invoked them to "Awake , arise , or he for ever fallen . " Mr . T . Cuuik in supporting the motion said , in wishing for liberality for themselves they should be prepared to deal out a little to others , and he cared not how many persons might be present from her Majesty's government , in fact , he should like to see a vast number of her Majesty ' s officers , of all descriptions , present , to listen to dissertations on
their broad humanising principles . He was sure that previous speakers could only hare intended to denounce those base spies who had come amongst the people under false colours for the purpose of mtrapping their fellow men . ( Repeated cheering . ) The House of Commons , so called , was composeiTof 653 men , who made the laws over which they ( the people ) had not the least control ; but he contended that these men had no more right to take away the people ' s money than any strong man had to meet a feeble one on " the highway and take his , as might did not constitute right —( hear , hear)—let but the Charter prevail and then their property could not be taken without prior consent Although they had no paper constitution , he was ready to " maintain that
they had more practical liberty than had France under her Republic , with Universal Suffrage . ( Hear , hear . ) Yet with all their practical'liberty they had great social wants , misery , and wretchedness—as was truly illustrated ia the pages of the Morning Chrovdclc . Even this was but a speck a ; , compared with the miseries , wretchedness , and degradation of Ireland , as his own eyes had recently an opportunity of witnessing . ( Hear , hear . ) It was to be hoped that Ireland had seen the worst , and that her circumstances would now mend . He was happy to say that the more democratic the sentiments uttered Lost week , at the Music Hall , Dublin , the more enthusiastically they were received . ( Loud cheers . ) "What the working classes wanted was a proper control over their own labour , and he ( Mr . Clark ) had ranch pleasure in calling their attention to a philosophical work , just published , on the subject bv
" Sidney Smith . ' They asked for representation as a means of protecting their property—not as a means of destroying the property of others—simply wishing to carry ouj the great moral doctrine of St . Paul— "The Libourersballbethefirstpartakerof the fruits ; " and if they did not obtain speedy remedial measures , he thought no man could be responsible for the convulsion that would inevitably follow . ( Loud cheers . ) . He would take this meeting as a fail' average specimen of intelligence , and yet he would venture to say that not one in ten had the franchise . ( A Voice—not ono in twenty . J A friend said not one in twenty ; well , he would like to know by what right the twentieth person made rules to govern the other nineteen . He would conclude by seconding the resolution , hoping , after the Conference , to meet them again in that Hall frequently . Loud cheers . ) The resolution was then put and carried unanimonslyy Mr . CjjJMje fcTJ-nrsomovedthft second resolution : — " That ap wevingof the objSts and intention of
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the proposed Metropolitan Chartist Conference , we hereby resolve to elect four delegates to represent the meeting in such assembly . " Mr . Uttixo said other associations and their leaders had been alluded to , but the good men on the councils of these associations were like the good men in another assembl y—they were in a minority , and wanted support from without . Capital had hitherto been legislated for , whilst Labour had been neglected . Westminster herself was an apt illustration of this : look at her , with her mean , miserable , dirty hovels on the one hand , and her splendid magnificent mansions and palaces on the other . Tho wealthy told u to improve our mental condition b y reading history ; but suppose we were to take them at their word—would nast history
redound to their credit ? No ; we should only find how many robberies they had committed on us . ( Cheers . ) We could never expect to see England calm , happy , and contented , until she shall have obtained the Charter . ( Cheers . ) Lord Palmerston had said " Opinion was stronger than armies ; " but he knew in applying this to present circumstances ,-he was propagating a fallacy . ( Hear , hear . ) Kit were true , why did Rome and Hungary fall ?—why C ? ., army of 8 P ' ' al constables on the 10 th of April?—why keep ; up an army of 40 , 000 men ia Ireland ? ( Loud cheers . ) He joined with them in their peaceful and moral crusaife for their political rights , feeling convinced that political rights once gained , social rights must follow . Mr . Towssexd , In an eloquent speech , seconded the motion .
. Mr . P . M'Grath said he had much satisfaction in tendering his meed of support to the resolution . He would recommend every working man to read the revelations of the Morning Chronicle , and if it did not make them take steps for the obtainment of remedial measures , he should be compelled to say they had neither hearts nor souls amongst them . The Charter was to them what the sword was to the soldier in battle—the means to an end ; and until they obtained it , never would they get" a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work . " What they wanted was , such a change as would prevent the overreaching landlord from getting too much rent , and the grasping capitalist too much profit . He Called . Upon them to look at their own order , and sure he was they would say , they were not what they ought to be . He ( Mr . M'Grath ) was not one
of those who thought that a man should be content in a coarse hovel , and with a crust of bread . They were told the people of France had committed blunders . He had faith that with Universal Suffrage those blunders would yet be corrected . ( Loud cheers . ) He had heard ifc said , democracy would have been in a better condition , bad its adherents taken off a few more tyrants' heads when they had them in their power ; but he repudiated such doctrines , and thought their moderation was their greatest glory . The resolution was then put , and , like the former , was unanimously adopted . The following persons were then placed in nomination , the names being greeted with loud applause : —6 . Julian Harney , J . Grassby , J . Arnotfc , and John Milne . No other nomination being tendered , they were put to the vote , and declared to be unanimously elected . —A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting dissolved .
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TOWER HAMLETS . A public meeting for the election of delegates to the ensuing conference was held at the School Room , Princes-square , St . George ' s in the East , on Tuesday evening , November 27 th ; Mr . Stiles in the chair . The Chairmax having briefly alluded to the busiof the meeting , introduced Mr . Clabk , who moved the following resolution : — " That , in the opinion of this meeting , the circumstances of the present times are eminently favourable to the establishment of an energetic , determined , bnt peaceful and temperate agitation for the accomplishment of those fundamental principles of an equitable constitution which are contained in the People ' s Charter , and upon tbe realisation of
which depends the future well-being and liberty of the industrial classes ofthe united kingdom . This meeting , however , declares that tbe establishment of such a movement is net intended in any way to interfere with , or impede the progress of , agitations for minor reforms , but simply to obtain , in the shortest time possible , the complete representation of the whole people in parliament . " Mr . Clark said , it was intended to carry the Chartist agitation from end to end of England . He saw around him the active , intelligent men who had conducted the Chartist agitation in that borough for years past , and it was to such intelligence that the guidance of their future movements must be entrusted . He believed that all present understood the principles contained in the People ' s Charter , the resolution was drawn so as to interfere with other
existing associations as little as possible . Chartism was that great all engrossing principle without which they never would be satisfied . It was alike their duty and interest to obtain such a representation as should embrace the whole people—and right happy he was to think that the people of the three kingdoms seemed equally bent on effecting that object . At the Edinburgh meeting , over which the Lord Provost presided , and at which the honourable member for this borough ( Mr . George Thompson ) made such an eloquent and excellent speech , Mr . Tait , one ofthe greatest of Scotch literati , had complained , not that the Parliamentary Reform Association went too far , but that it did not go far enough , and demanded the principles advocated by
the Chartists . In Dublin , too , it was pleasing to know that at the " national " meeting , held in the Music Hall , they went for " a full , free , and fair representation ofthe people ; " and at the numerous meetings held in this metropolis , of a kindred tendency to the same object : hence it was but a fair deduction to say , that the metropolises of the three kingdoms were unanimous in calling together for universal liberty . ( Loud cheers . ) Let them press onward then , and engage and absorb the whole mind ofthe country in the great truths of Chartism . It was only necessary to indoctrinate the people with" their faith in order to obtain that which was required ; because their plans of organisation had failed in one or two instances that was no reason why the proposed one should fail ; what they wanted to insure its success was an
active , intelligent propaganda , that should persevere in a peaceful legal manner , and keep up such a state of organisation as must ultimately win the Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) He believed it perfectly practicable to link the working classes of England , Ireland , and Scotland together , for this great object . He thought this was illustrated by the brilliant and enthusiastic reception Mr . O'Connor recently met with in Dublin . ( Loud cheers . ) Merchants , bankers , and shipowners , could not have a common interest with the wealth producers . It was their interest to get labour as cheap as possible , and it was the interest of the workers to sell their labour as dear as possible . ( Dear , hear . ) Under a despotism like that of Russia , such a monstrous amount of taxes could not be exacted as is taken from tho masses in this country under the fiction of the English constitution . Such a
system as the present could not , and did not , obtain the moral support of Englishmen , ( Cheers . ) Aristocracy was a traitor , and would , ere long , be arraigned for high treason by an intelligent democracy , who must , aud would be the rulers of Britain * in the future . ( Great applause . ) Mr . Towxsexd seconded the motion , and thought it would require but little exertion to set agoing a moral and peaceful agitation for the Charter . Thomas Carlyle had said , — " This which tbey call tbe organisation of labour , is the whole question of the future ; " and he thought working men the most capable of handling this question , because
tbey best understood it . Those whose chief occupation consisted of killing hares , p heasants , < fcc , could know little ov nothing about it . Their deliverers must" come from the loom , the spindle , the last , and the bench . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was put , and carried unanimously . The Chairman * said he had four persons to nominate ; they were : —G . W . M . Reynolds , P . M'Grath . W . Davies , and J . J . Ferdinando . ( Loud cheers . ) Of course , these were only nominations ; any one else was at liberty to put others in nomination , if they thought fit , and the election lay with the
nieetinsill-. W . Drake was then nominated in addition to the foregoing . The candidates then proceeded to address the meeting , in order , as they were nominated . Mr . Kevxolds said : From the earliest moment he had been enabled to form an opinion for himself , he hail been a consistent Republican , and , therefore , a thorough advocate for the Charter , as a great means to a grand social end . ( Loud cheers . ) lie looked around him and saw six millions of persons outside the barrier oi political power , and thought it high time that such an organisation should bo established as would bring about a change . He should like to know if they wished to stand behind their Transatlantic brethren , who had for more than half a century enjoyed a Republican form of "overnraent ; or if they desired to be behind that
Republic wliich was only twenty-one miles from their own coast , and which contained glorious men , who had thrown down vulture thrones—prostrated mighty potentates—and raised up such glorious heroes as Kossuth , Mazzini , and others ? ( Loud cheers . ) H they elected him to that Conference , he should bring to bear all the sagacity , wisdom , aud prudence ol which he was the master—with a y : ew to achieve the mighty end they had'in view . lie should not recommend pLrsic-al force- but in the event of any such recommendation being "hU repel it ; for although he did think force neceW to expel the mia-reaut holders of continent ?! thrones , bethought sueh tM ^ wrfdgSSS misplaced nere , and that moral force alone 3 be effective . Mr . Reynolds then expatiSiJ J £ usual eloquent manner , in the same spiJKhijK hchadflone on several previous wectiiMjpoliti-
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cal matters-and resumed his seat amidst grea t applause . .... . ,. ' - Mr P . M'Grath said it was not the first or second time he had stood before the men ofthe Hamlets as a candidate for political honours . The men of the Hamlets had conferred on him his first political distinctions , and he had been ever since then their devoted friend and servant in the good cause , and should he be elected he would bring his whole powers to perfect a good system of organisation He was delighted to hear that an opportunity now ' presented itself of effecting an union between veritable democrats of England and Ireland , as all know the thunder that used to be hurled at the Saxon by the old Irelanders under Daniel O'Connpll . and tho slanderous and gratuitous untruths
these thunders contained agauist the working people of England . ( Loudcheers . ) He ( Mr . M'Grath ) wished them to work contemporaneously and concurrently with all other political and social reformers , but still to work for , and keep before them , the great principles of Chartism . There were many even in this metropolis who did not understand the principles of Chartism , and it would be the duty of the Conference to take such steps as would bring the knowledge home to them ; and sure he was if they looked around their housesat their larders—and their wardrobes—you would at once see that things are not as they should be . Like 1 Messrs . Reynolds and Townsend , he was opposed to violence , and believed that if the Chartists only became propagandists they must
succeed . Marylebone , Lambeth , Finsbury , and Westminster , had done their duty , and he believed tonight the men of the Tower Hamlets would do theirs . Let these examples be followed , and then the chains would be removed from their limbs , and they would be freemen , as God intended they should be . " ( luoud cheers . ) Mr . W . Davis said , his candidature was not of his seeking , he was put forward by the committee , but if better men could be found he would still make himself useful . Mr . Cobden had told them they must get forty shilling freeholds before they could obtain the franchise , but if they waited for this it would be thirty years , and the present generation would be in their graves before the Charter would be obtained . He agreed in the doctrioe , not
to rely solely on leaders , but to trust implicitly to themselves . If elected lie would discharge his duty by a punctual attendance , and a faithful advocacy of the principles of Democracy . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Ferdinando said , he had been for the last eight or nine years amongst them , and knew their wants and wishes . Ho was alike opposed to aristocracy and moneyocracy . ( Cheers . ) He was not offering opposition to the parliamentarians , neither could he join that body , seeing that they fell short ofthe People ' s Charter . He believed if the people acted with moderation and firmness the parliamentarians would yet be induced to make the Charter their polar star ; should he be elected he would be as he ever had been , faithful to the cause . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . W . Drake said he had been for twenty-one years amongst them . The new organisation should be one of watchfulness , taking care that ho ono deceive the people . If elected he would do his duty fearlessly and honestly . The Chairman * proceeded to put the candidates to the vote—for Messrs . Reynolds , M'Grath , and Davis ; the shew of hands was unmistakeablc , but the contest was close between Messrs . Ferdinando and Drake . The chairman believing the shew of hands to be equal , a division to the left and right sides of the room was determined on . The chairman ultimately decided that the election had fallen on Messrs . G . W . M . Reynolds , P . M'Grath , W . Davis , and W . Drake . A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman , and the meeting quietly dispersed .
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THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF THE LATE JOSEPH WILLIAMS AND ALEXANDER SHARP . A public meeting to consider the best means of supporting these bereaved families was held at the School-room , Cowper-street , City-road , on Wednesday evening , November 28 th . Luke James Hansard , Esq ., was called to the chair amidst loud cheers . Tho chairman said , they had met to sympathise practically with the widows and orphans of Williams and Sharp . They were Chartists widows and orphans , and then- husbands and fathers had been convicted by a jury of their country , but wo were in duty bound to consider the circumstances under which they were convicted . ( Loud cheers . ) These men , the one a baker , and the other a copper plate printer , had suffered great
priv . ttions , had seen their wives and children want , —not from any inherent vices which they ( the husbands and fathers possessed ) but because they could not find that employment they were so willing to obtain . They were of honest industrious repute ; they saw that property was not distributed as God had ordained it should bo , they desired a change for the better ; they , in conjunction with their fellow men , met and humbly petitioned ; but their petitions were unheeded , their wrongs unredressed , whilst their grievances were accumulating . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . Hansard ) had been an eye witness of two of their quiet peaceable meetings in Lincolns Inn Fields ; and so truly haggard and wretched weretheircondition , that it had prompted
him ( Mr . Hansard ) to do what he could to elevate the condition of his wealth producing fellow men . ( Loud cheers . ) He could not forget that his ( Mr . Hansard ' s ) revered grandsire , who had a heart to feel , and a hand to relieve , was a working man , and that he possessed like these departed men , the enabling sentiment to elevate his co-workers condition . ( Great applause . ) What wero the crimes these oppressed men had committed ? Goaded by their accumulating burdens they had met , their complaints became louder and louder , they became what was called seditions , their proceedings were said to be dangerous to the ruling powers , they were arrested , and tried under the peculiar exciting circumstances of the times , found guilty ,
and sentenced to two years' imprisonment . Their prison treatment appeared to have induced cholera , that fearful pestilence of which they had died . Had not the present Prime Minister set them the example , by the agitation for the Reform Bill ? Did not he talk ofthe men of Birmingham coming to London and walking down to tho House five a breast ? Did not men who were held in great esteem , and who had the confidence to a very large extent of their fellow men , constancy tell them that if they wanted a bad law repealed , or a good one enacted , that they , ( the peoples ) only chance of obtaining it was by agitation ? ( Cheers . 1 It should be remembered that the lordly and wealthy agitators were learned educated men who knew the
application of words , and kept within the pale of the law . Williams , Sharp , and their com-patviots were uneducated , and were ground down by want , contumely , and oppression . Surely these were mitigating circumstances ? and he , ( Mr . Hansard , ) could only look at these men as self-sacrificing devoted patriots . ( Loud cheers . ) He hold in his hand the prayer issued at the recent thanksgiving to the Lord and giver of life , for the deliverance from pestilence , and he perceived from that that we could only expect forgiveness by forgiving others ; hence he inferred that we should forgive and release the prison-bound , whom he ( Mr . Hansard , ) considered had sufficiently suffered . ( Loud cheers . ) Embued with these convictions he had felt it his duty to
preside at this meeting , and to sympathise with the unfortunate widows and orphans of Williams and Sharp . He regretted it was not in his power to give more , but he freely contributed five pounds , and trusted that every philantropist would bo induced to contribute something to this benevolent object . ( Great cheering . ) The following resolutions were then moved , so conded , and supported in excellent speeches , by Messrs . G . W . M . Reynolds , T . Brown , T . Clark , J . B . Maskell , Bishop , W . Davies , Pottle , Stallwood , and P . M'Grath : — " That this meeting expresses its mmgledsorrow
and grief at the fact that in civilised England , and in the middle ofthe nineteenth century , it could have been possible for two English citizens to experience in gaol such a treatment as rendered them ready and easily accessible victims to a malignant pestilence , instead of receiving that- care and those attentions , which common humanity at least dictated as the . only means of saving their lives , " " That this meeting , deeply sym pathising ' with the widows and orphans of the late Joseph Williams and Alexander Sharp , in tho sad bereavement which they have experienced , consider the case of those unfortunate families Jo bo well deserving the attention of the beaevolent of all classes of Societv . "
"That this meeting recognising the power which disunion amongst the oppressed gives to the on pressor , to single out and strike to the earth the " men who urged by philanthropy , or goaded bv despair and suffering dare to remonstrate against the evil administration of a vicious , unnatural , and unjust system of laws and government , deprecates such disunion , and pledges itself to support anv movement , having for its objects the fraternal unioS of tLrtLTVf ntU 3 90 * ntry . and the extension ot that bond of fraternity to the reformers of all of sSring /' " 6 nlraidy MCCd With US ln tlle bon « A vote of thanks was then , on the motion of to tuko rs v ? nd ft ft *™ * ^ o to Luko James Hansard , for piesid ng' at tha meeting , and for Ins philanthropv in ^ nerai Jtt ° ™ T ' W ™ - " " eloquent . l v alluded to the " fraternal" resolution moved bv Messrs t
. ome anil otauwoou , and declared its adomion " practical reaction to be the uMhJff of tru andgenume philanthropy . He was areeted with « round of applause , and this highly interestinV 1 ? mg terminated . ° eEC During the "proceedings , ifc was anrtounrpd that ;„ addition to the ChairmaV Raron iSSSSmV G . W M . Reynolds , Esq . ' , Sir J . Waffigf'ff ?" LordD . Siuartj M . P ., W . Williams , Es ( Mp '
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Tloi ^^ w such a pam d hKeSJofSodayB of liberty are presented « fiU »^ ° « W ^ mfptmz was held in the large room ofthe Artichoke C WilSsSeet , onFriJay Evening , November Sd "S . Stotato consideration the propne y of Ipmorialisingher Majesty togrant an amnesty to m prisoners . '' M > . Giles was unanimously voted to the chair . Mr . Woodward , in an able L , nner moved , andMr . Meats seconded , the fol-Srmoluto : ~" Tuat this meetrng is dect-£ 35 of opinion that the imprisonment o ? men for « nressinir their honest conviction upon political ui
subiects is directly at variance with tnat spiro Som said to be inherent in the British Constitution , and contrary to that liberty of speech n the expression of political opinions which is consumed to be the right of all British subjects . This meet ng considers that an enlightened pubic opinion iatho safest and most effectual way to attain the nation s rights ; and that tho expression of thought onall questions of religious and civil pohty should bo free and unfettered . This meeting is also of opinion , that tho tyrannical and persecuting spirit of oui undefined sedition laws calls loudly upon Parlmment for their liberal revision or immediate repeal . . carried unani
The resolution having been put was - mously . Mr . John Page , in a bnef speech , moved the adoption of a memorial m accordance with the resolution , which was seconded by Dr . Marriot in a soul-stirring and eloquent address . Mr . liydd , upon rising to support the same was received with rounds of applause , and after delivering onei of his powerful orations he resumed his seat amidst the plaudits of the meeting . The resolution was carried without a dissentient . Mr . Sinnock moved , and Mr . Wright seconded : — " That the Chairman , and suoh influential electors as seem fit , sign the memorial on behalf of this meeting . "—Gamed . Proposed bMr . Holmwood , and seconded by Mr . Dean : —
y " That Sir G . R . Pechell be requested to present the memorial to her Majesty . "—Carried . A vote of thanks having been given to the chairman the meeting broke up . GmsEKwiCH . —At a meeting held at the Earl Grey , on Sunday , November 25 th , it was moved by Mr . Cooper , and seconded by Mr . Brown : — " That the Chartists generally he requested to attend at the above place on Sunday evening , December 2 nd , to take into consideration the necessity of holding a general public meeting for the purpose oft horoughly re-organising the Chartist Association of the borough , and other business of importance . " Birmingham . — On Tuesday evening , Mr . A . G .
O'Neil delivered , in the public Office , a lengthy and instructive lecture on tho People ' s Charter , which gave great satisfaction . Gorgie Mills . —A soiree got up by a few of the Democrats of this place , was held on Wednesday evening , November 21 st ., in the Gorgie Mills , school room , for the benefit of the widows and orphans of the political martyrs . Alexander Sharp and Joseph Williams , on which occasion we received the invaluable services of Messrs . Frazier , Crybies , and Wallace , from Edinburgh . Staltbridge . —A tea party and ball was held on November 24 th , when One Pound was realised for the Printer ' s Bill , which has been duly forwarded .
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THE LABOUR QUESTION . Mr . S . Kydd , of London , delivered a lecture in the Town-hall , on Thursday , the 22 d ult ., to the members of the Working Man ' s Institute , on "Labour—its nature , tendency , and influence on civilisation . Mr . Good in the chair . After a few preliminaiy observations , the lecturer commenced by stating that the subject ho was about to introduce was of vital importance to all classes of society . Labour was tbe producer of wealth and of all social and domestic comforts . " Man shall earn his bread by the sweat of his brow , " was a lesson taught by , and a great law of , nature . The love of action was so implanted within us , that we could not be healthy and happy without obeying it . Labour , both physically and morally ,
conduced to happiness—Idleness to discontent and misery ; and all this proved that labour was natural to man . But , like other things , it had its limits ; it should not be carried to excess , or it produced mental and physical prostration , and converted life into a curse instead of a blessing . The labourer was a worthy and an honourable man , the producer of that wealth which often caused its possessor to despise those by whom it was obtained . " The labourer was worthy of his hive ; " and it was an honour to a man , and not a degradation , to say I earn my bread by " the sweat of my brow . " There were two kinds of labour—tho mental and physical ; but all labour was the exercise of power for the
service of utility . The writers of books , newspapers , & C ., the teachers of their fellow-men , and all who strove to improve and better the condition of others , were as worthy , if not more so , of the appellation of labourers as those who held tho plough , sowed the seed , and reaped tho harvest . The value of mental labour was highly esteemed , because much more rare than that oi physical . There were many men of limited intellects to be found in society ; but men of extraordinary genius , who brought others to think , and felt and acted as their pioneers to the temple of knowledge , were seldom met with . This was why the mental was preferred—and justly , too , —to the physical . But he would not contemn
physical labour ; it was this that produced the fruits of the earth , and sustained life , under the guidance of tho mental . They should go hand in hand—one inventing , the other putting that invention into practice—for the benefit of humanity . The practical utility of labour was , as yet , ill understood by the working classes themselves . They had long slumbered in ignorance , and were now but just awakening to this great truth— "that if there were not men who would be slaves , there would be no tyrants to make them such . " The lecturer next adverted to Guizot ' s celebrated work , " On European Civilisation "—passing a high cillogium on it . Feudalism had been valuable , because it localised man :
it taught him to cultivate the soil under the protection of the feudal lord ; villages and towns thus originated , in consequence of which man progressed in the social scale . Labour was the great producing power , without which the earth would be a barren and desolate waste indeed 1 Look at the soil of America—200 years ago the aboriginal kings of that great continent were physically in no bettor condition than are the peasants of our own country at the present time . But what wonders had not the European labourers achieved by their mental and manual skill ! Cities had arisen , canals and railways have been constructed , immense forests cleared , tho soil rendered productivecommerce has
, flourished , and the sea teems with both wind-impelled and steam-impelled ships , bearing and bringing cargoes to and from every country ofthe hospitable world . An d who had effected this great and mighty change ? Why , the labourer , who had also laid the foundation-stone , and built the superstructure of Iiis independence ! The history of the rise and progress of America , as a nation , was but that of the whole world . Man , by labour , has attained his present position , and by labour would ultimately reach i Higher degree of perfection . The present ago was characterised as the Age of Industry , by its wonderful discoveries m the sciences , and the annlicatinn
ot these sciences to the good of all . In the reign of Elizabeth England depended upon the Dutcfi for her merchandise ; but she at length snatched thl indent from Holland , and was sooK bRSSodS ! and export the fruits of her own industry ! Wlifih labourers , by head and hand , had do . o this work and had given her the command of tha mTSv ocean over which her ships ride triumplSnth AuA what was the result ol all this ? K X * fatbei-land had become the leader of mode ™ civilT shores for conscience « £ S tu nod IS Tu STA-SaSaSs *
SSSS ^ s Burns and Vordsworth-h ad Co ^ T ^ TT wards building them a L ffiftr 1 ? fc t 0 ' Genius , liko . sunshino , & £ d U eL f r ' - and the working class fed 4 ven t ^ nt'TV rc ^ a ^ s ^ ? * T ^^ gfiZttE sav and iustlv too tw ^ ^«? men could flesh and blood Ap VJ ^^ , of thoir own
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all their boasted acquirements of education , vrith tho other two . Mr . Kydd next adverted to the condidition of the working men in the present day ana that of past years , when the Saxon serfs were sold as a part and parcel of the stock belonging to the soil No doubt but that their physical condition was better than it is at present , as it was to the interest of their masters that they should be well clothed and fed ; but their life was then that of the mere animal ; their mental natures lay sleeping in darkness . Printing had now given to the working men science , literature , and Institutions such as this , and the result has been to raise them in the moral and intellectual scale ; and it is doubtful whether happiness does not more depend upon the mental than the nhysical condition ol a people . -ii iW » h / vi » fy > d nflftii rflmnnfs nf education , Willi
Carlyle had , indeeo , shewn , in his forcible and beautiful language , that the Saxon slaves were now emancipated , that they had liberty now to die of starvation , and that the working classes suffered more now than they , did formerly . But it must be remembered that labour had produced more wealth , and if this wealth had not increased , power would not be in the same condition as at present . Increase of wealth , then , on the ono hand , and intelligence on the other , must have hettered the lot of all . What is the use of being well fed . and a slave ? Man had higher rights to aspire to , which , in this 1849 , he was fast obtaining — civil and constitutional rights . In the past , all was involved in shade and mist , through which the
mental eye of the slave could not discern ono ray of light to guide him onward . But tho emancipated slave had now future greatness in prospect , and mental guides towards its attainment . But the physical condition of the people must be cared for ; their bad dwellings , huddled closely together , and in which they inhale impure air , must be improved . We mu & t bring back all the good of tho past , and cast away the evils of the present . Look at the late sufferings and deaths of the ill-clad , ill-fed labourers from tho ravage of cholera , which had been more fatal to their class than to the other two . The duration of life to the labourer during the ravages of this fatal epidemic was seventeen years ; that of the members of the middle class , thirty-two years ;
whilst that of tho rich was forty . five years . Death , you see , knocks twice at the poor man s door , to once at the ' door of the rich . Something in the physical condition of the working classes must be wrong . The labourer of old inhaled fresh air in the open fields , the same as his descendants in the rural districts at the present time , whose attacks from cholera had been but comparatively small ; but it was in the dirty , densely-crowded , ill-ventilated alleys , gloated on filth and p overty , where this disease loved to dwell . Bemove the cause ; give the labourers better constructed dwellings and purer air ; good food and clothing ; and you would eradicate these plague spots , and the plague itself would cease . The late visitation was a lesson—and
an awful one—which should ho treasured up and acted upon in future . The aristocrat depends upon the labourer for his dwelling , his furniture , clothes , and his food , and even for assistance to equip himself in his peacock p lumage ; strip him of these borrowed plumes , and of this assistance , and he would bo more helpless , and in a worse condition than was Robinson Crusoe on his uninhabited island . The producers of wealth have given him riches and comforts , ' and what has he bestowed upon them in return ?—habitations of the vilest descriptions , packed together , and excluding the iree air and light of Heaven , squallor , wretchedness , , and poverty ! whilst he reigns lord-like in his domicile , surrounded with every blessing that earth , by
labour , can bestow—removed to tho aristocratic west end of the town , free from the dire contagions that poverty engenders ! Now , if the upper classes will not attend to the physical comforts of their poorer brethren in providing for them better homes , all the teachings ofthe professors of religion will bo useless . Let tnem club their money to provide them better homes , and much of the discontent , as well as typhus and cholera , will disappear . Nature has stamped certain laws upon this world , which arc inviolable , and if infringed , punishment is the result ! This punishment , though inflicted first upon the poorer members of society , will , in the end , reach , and fall heavily on those whose hearts are callous to the cries of suffering humanity . Would
that genius , —that precious gift , bestowed but upon a few of Nature ' s more favoured children , —did oftener sing of tlie joys of home , the domestic hearth , around which tho little family , doomed to figure in the world ' s future history , and become useful members of society , receive their first lessons from the lips of those who gave them birth . The immortal Burns had done this in his " Cotter ' s Saturday Xight , " a . pom Y ? nioh describes the joys and saoredness of home in such language that hallows the feelings of every one who reads it . The working man loves home ; but if that home be wretched and cheerless he resorts to the ale house , and there imbibes those habits which degrade and ruin him . The erection of good and
well-ventilated homes for the working classes would do more towards the removal of those evils , which now beset them , than all the theories of the philosopher , the orations of preachers , or the speeches of legislators upon this subject . The educated class of society know little of the wants and feelings of the working men . They gaze at them through their quizzing glasses , and then write novels , andexaggerate every thing they have seen . But after all , they are like other men , pure flesh and blood . The rich bedecked in their borrowed pluma « e , hiding nature ' s exquisite piece of workmanship , and tho hand with their kid gloves , less the sun ' s bright rays should mar its beauty ; strip them of this clothing , and they are like the poor . Mr . Kvdd next
alluded to tho organisation of labour , referring to two remarkable books upon the subject—that of Louis Blanc , and Chevalier ' s reply to it—both of which have obtained universal celebrity for the writers ; the fundamental idea of the first bein <* that tho physical comfort of man must be cared for ; and the writer lifts tho veil , and shews the true state of society , arguing that man is a phvsical as well as a spiritual being . The lecturer ex ' patiated on the theory of Louis Blanc , at some len » tli and stated that the oiaxi competition was the ruin of this land ; tho man of £ 20 , 000 ruins the possessor of £ 10 , 000 ; he again , the onewho d
, possesse but £ 5 , 000 ; and so on , in a descending scale , till hundreds of the industrious classes were driven upon the wide world , to prey upon societv , or starve ! _ If the man he honest , he is forced to take refuge in the Union , and is obliged to subsist upon a diet worse than that of the vilest criminal ' Chevalier , in his reply to Louis Blanc , admits an existing evil in society , upon the question of labour but demos capital to be the enemy of it , and which ho considers the child produced bv it . This was illustrated in a clear and succinct * manner The working classes had been greatly belied as the destroyers of property ; they constituted tho most
trustworthy servants in banks and other offices of trust , and they had too much good sense ever to destroy the fund from which their labour was paid It is not capital that is at war with labour but it is ignorance which is at war with intelli-rence for labour is captal itself , the labour of a man was that man s capital If a man was hired for twenty shillings a week , his labour was rented on the same ff wn ° ; i . f ^ 0 , , \ the ° th ° r hAnd , rents a house ! lhis naa illustrated by the cases of M . Lo Clere and his men , the fishormen of Scotland , and from our own knowledge , those of Bri ghton who si are and share alike ! This was shewn to he the rictic-il organisation of labdur ; and if this were generally adopted , the condition of England would be different lvo , a ^ at it is at present ; the poor instead of becoming poorer , would have become richer Tho Poor Laws were spoken of as an inscn \ table ' ncce « - sity , a kind of organis ition . Theeld Poor Law ** v ™ a
that as God intended there should always be poor it was the duty of the rich to support them Lord Brougham , and the framers of the New Poor Law on the other hand , argued , that if the poor were treated badly , they would cease to be poor - but this theory had . proved fallacious . Now this was I subject of vital ( ntcrest , and requirccUhovoSf vestigation-both tho old and new had faXRotti were wrong-for the one argued that the rich should keep the poor-whil st tlie other wished to deter others from becoming so bv « HiJ «» ! i . « . who had The Yorkshire and Vols j £ ffi £ S more of the Philosophy of this subject ; £ E that it was Chartism that destroyed property , which was not true , ft was hunger . It was a wise and true saying "that as hungry man makes an angry one and if something was not done for the starving thousands of our poor countrymen , a
repetition oi the same bad conduct would again ensue . I lie was sorry that tho working classes did not show a sufficient degree of self-respect ; tlicy had too long been the slaves of their own feelings , and honoured rkhpoclcets , rather than wisdom ; the man of wealth had been thoir idol , before which they had been accustomed to how , but " knowledge is power , " and the only oxe they should reverence until they , the working classes , obtained intelligence , they would not mend their condition thev had now the means , and had only to apply their minds to the task ; power would be of liUta scrvien to them without the intelligence necessary to direct it . 'Ihe most intelligent men were tho bo t workmen . Civil and political ri ghts were to be obtained only by morcd means ; physical force , the trial of brute , strength was repudiated ; nothing could remedy tho existing evils sooner than the iZ-easina intelhgence of the mass ofthe people , therefore lr ? to oi
o aauu tnirty acquire cducation-we . no " too old o grow wiso and better . Mental and nmnualabourershadeverbeenthe groatSi those who had left mementoes behind as Sd SS for the guide of future generations . MrKvud concluded a most able and talented lecture ' which had lasted one hour and a half , and been lis encu auoUnT & T wifch . \ he l » ' ° founueSfc u & St T ^^^^^^^ Ta
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CORN . Mark Lane , November 2 fi . _ The show of samples 0 En"lish wheat this morning was small , but alt Out tire best qualities sold slowly at Is per or . reduction upon last Mondav ' s prices . Of foreign the arrival was large , and tlio sale in retail at barely last ' s week ' s quotations . Vlonr dull English barley was fully Is per qr . cheaper , but foreign winding and distilh' ne ; , notwithstanding the large arrival , sold pretty readily , with change m value . Beans dull but peas unaltered . Of foreign oats we have tore , nort a larce arrival ; though moderate of home growth . Good samples of old corn maintained last Monday's quota . Hon " ; but new were slow sale and 6 A to Is per qr . cheaper . Rye without inquiry . Linseed cakes quite as dear . BRiTisn .-Wheat .-Essex , Suffolk , and Kent red , new 38 s to « T ditto white 40 s to 51 ) 3 , Lincoln , NortoUt , and i ork . shire red 35 s toSta Northumberland and Scotch , white
, 82 s to 37 s , ditto red 31 s to 37 s , Devonslnre andSomerm . site red , -s to -s , ditto white - to -s , rye , 21 s to 263 , barieV , Ms to 32 s , Scotch 23 s to 25 s , Angus-sto-s , Halt ordinary , -s to -s , pale 52 s to 55 s , peas , grey ,, new 26 s to 28 s , maple 2 SStoS 0 s , white 21 s to 26 s , boilers now 28 s to 31 s , beans , large , new 24 s to 26 s , ticks ? gs to 28 s , harrow , 27 s to 30 s , pigeon , 30 s to 32 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire , feed 15 s to 20 s , ditto Poland and potato , 19 s to 23 s , Berwick and Scotch , 17 s to 21 s , Scotch , feed , 17 s to 22 s , Irish feed , and black 15 s to 20 s , ditto potato , 17 s to 23 s , Unseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 62 s , rapeseed , Essex , new £ 27 to £ 30 per lost , carraway seed , Essex , new 26 s to 30 s per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 4 . 10 g per ton , linseed , £ D 10 s to £ 10 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 2801 bs , ship , 28 s to 30 s , town , 38 s to 40 s . Foreign . —Wheat . — Dahtsag , 44 s to 52 s , Anhalt and
Marks , 36 to 43 s , ditto white , ' 40 s to 44 s , I ' omcranian red , 38 s to 42 s , Rostock 42 s to 48 s , Danish , Holstcin , an 4 Friftslawi , 3 Qsto 35 s , Petevsburgh , Archangel , and KiRa , 82 s to 34 s , Polish Odessa , 32 s to 38 s , Mariauopoli , and Berdianski , 32 s to 35 s , Taganrog , 33 s to 34 s , Brabant and French , 33 s to 38 s , ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , Salonica , 30 s to 33 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 2 Gs , rye , 20 s to 22 s , barley , Wismar andKostock , 18 s to 22 s , Danish , 18 s to 23 s Saal 20 s to 24 s , EastFriesland , 15 s to 17 s , Egyptian , 14 s to 15 s , Danube , 14 s to 15 s , peas , white , 25 s to 27 s , new boders , 2 Ss to 30 s , beans , horse , 24 s to 30 s , pigeon , 30 s to 32 s , Egyptian , 22 s to 24 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , lis to 16 s . ditto , thick and brew , 15 s ' to 22 s , Biga , Petersburg !) , Archangel , and Swedish , 14 a to 1 * 69 , flour , United States , \ ier 1961 bs ., 21 s to 23 s , Ham . burg 20 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin , 20 s to 23 s , French per 2801 bs ., 32 s to 35 s .
Wednesday , ffovembor 23 .-Of foreign grain there is a very large arrival this week , being nearly 70 , 000 qra . Tho business doing to-day is very limited , though a reduction hi prices would be submitted to . Richmond ( YoxKsumB , ) November 24 . —We had a large supply of grain in our market this morning . Wheat sold from 4 s Cd to 5 a 9 d ; oats , 2 s Od to 3 s Od ; barley , 3 s Od ta 4 s Od ; beans , 4 s Od to 4 s 6 d , per bushel . Arrivals this week : — Wheat — Eng lish , 550 quarters ; foreign , 10 , 080 quarters . Barley—English , 4 G 0 quarters ; foreign , 24 , 430 quarters . Oats—English , 220 quarters ; Irish , 1 , 040 qra . ; foreign , 32 , 610 quarters . Flour-80 l ) sacks .
BREAD . Tho prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis arc from 6 Jd . to 7 d . ; of household ditto , 5 d . to 6 d . perllbs . loaf .
CATTLE . Smitiifield , Monday , November 26 . — The supply of foreign stock on offer here this morning was seasonably good as to number , but of very middling quality . From our grazing districts a full average supply of beasts came fresh to hand to-day , and there was a decided improevment w \ wMttty , Vex attendance of both town and country buyera was tolerably good ; nevertheless , as the dead markets were fairly supplied , the beef trade was in a very sluggish state , at , in most instances , a decline in the quotations of Monday last at 2 d per 8 lbs . The hifihest figure realised forthebestScotswas 4 sper 81 bs . There was a slight in . crease in the number of sheep , the general quality of which was tolerably good . Prime old Downs , which were scarce , moved off steadily , at full rates of currency , viz ., from is to 43 2 d . per Slbs . All other breeds of sheep sold slowly , at Friday ' s decline in the quotations of 2 d per Slbs . Calves , the supply of nhich was small , commanded a steady sale , at fully last week ' s prices . There was a slight improvement in the demand for pigs , at full currencies .
Head of Cattle at Smithfieid . —Friday . —Beasts , 006 ; sheep , 7 , 050 ; calves , 120 ; pigs , 330 . Monday—Beasts , 4 , 220 ; sheep , 25 , 759 ; calves , 106 ; pigs , 290 . Price per stone of Slbs . ( sinking the offal . )—Beef , 2 s 8 d tq 4 s Od ; mutton , 8 s Od to 4 s 2 d ; veal , 3 s id -to 4 s Od ; pork , 3 s Od to 4 s 2 d . StEWGATE and lEADEsnuM , Monday , Nov . 26 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 4 d to 2 s Cd ; middling ditto , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; prima large , 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; prime small , 3 s 4 d to 3 s Cd ; largo pork , 3 s 4 d to 3 s 8 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s Cd to 2 s lOd ; middling ditto , 3 s Od to 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto , 3 s Cd to 3 s Wd ; veal , 3 s 4 d to 4 s Od ; small pork , 3 s lOd to 4 s 4 d ; per Slbs . by the carcase .
PKOYISIOIfS . The arrivals last week from Ireland were 8 , 850 firkins butter , and 2 , 210 bales of bacon ; and from foreign ports 6 , 450 casks of butter , and 510 boxes and bales of bacon . The butter market generally remains dull , and the trans , actions passing of little moment ; the finest descriptions are rather more inquired for , also low priced . Holders are very firm . The bacon market also rules dull , and we canj not yot notice an improvement in the demand . Prices have declined about 2 s per civt . Stock and deliveries for the week ending Nov . 21 . — Butter . I Bacon . Stock . Delivery . | Stock . Delivery : 1847 .... 15 , 610 12 , 020 | 1 , 750 1 , 040 1 S 48 .... CS , 408 11 , C 50 1 , 030 1 , 200 1849 .... , 710 10 , 000 | 1 , 710 1 , 390 Engmsu Butteu Market , Nov . 2 G . — Our trade generally is in a state cf extreme dulncss , ' nothing is inquired for except fine new made butter , which is now very scan , tily supplied to us . Prices of all stale butter is drooping . Dorset , fine weely , 92 s to 9 is per cwt ., ditto stale and middling , 60 s to 80 s ; Devon , new , 80 s to 84 s ; Fresh , Ss to 12 s per dozen lbs .
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . Covest Garden Mabket . —Hothouse grapes continue to be plentiful . Pino-apples are hardly sufficient for the demand . Filberts and walnuts are abundant . Chesnuts plentiful . Oranges and lemons more abundant . Pomegranates may still be obtained atld each . Among vegetables , turnips are good and plentiful . Carrots the same . Cauliflowers less plentiful . Potatoes have not altered since our last account . Lettuces and other salading are sufficient for the demand . Mushrooms fetch from Is to Is 3 d per pottle . Cut flowers consist of heaths , pelargoniums , gardenias , bignonia , venusta , tropteoiuniSj chrysanthemums , fuschsias , primulas , camellias , cinerarias and roses .
POTATOES . SoothwArk , Waterside , Nov . 26 . —The arrivals of the past week have been considerable ; particularly from tha continent , wliich exceeds three thousand tons ; all potatoes have sold heavily the last week with the exception of choice Yorkshire Regents . The following are this day ' s quotations : —York ltcgents 90 s to 100 s per ton ; Wisbech dittov 60 s to 70 s ; Scotch ditto 60 s to 70 s ; Ditto Cups 30 s to 60 s ; French Whites COs to 70 s ; Rhenish ditto 50 to 65 s ; Belgian ditto 50 s to 65 s ,
SEEDS . _ London , Monday . —Cloverseed has lately excited somo little attention , but without leading to business , and quotations must still be considered nominal . An atrempt was made this morning , without success , to establish an advance on canary side ; business closing slow at about ; former terms . Mustard seed moved off tardilv ; and in other articles there was very little doing . British—Cloverseed , red S 5 s to 40 s ; fine 4 as to 50 s ; white 34 s to 42 s ; cow grass [ nominal ] —s to —s ; linseed ( per qr . ) sowing 54 s to 5 C , s ; crushing 40 s to 42 s ; linseed cakes ( per 1 , 000 of 31 bs . each ) £ 9 0 s to £ 10 0 s ; Trefoil ( per cwt . ! 14 s to 18 s ; rapeseed new ( per last ) £ 28 Os to £ 29 0 s : ditto cakes ( per ton ) £ 4 5 s to £ 4 10 s ; mustard ( per bushel ) white Gs to 9 s ; brown 8 s to lis ; Coriander ( per civt . ) lCs to - ' as ; Canary ( per qr . ) new 78 s to 88 s ; turnip , white ( per ^! ,, , iT ; i S ? 7 , S S <* ' »
ioREiCN-.-Clovcr , red ( duty 5 s per cwt . ) per cwt . -Os to 40 s ; . ditto white ( duty 5 s per cwt . ) per civt . 24 s to 42 s ; linseed ( per qv . ) Baltic 38 s to 44 s ; Odessa 42 s S ,- ! " !!? e ^ d Cill : c fi ? ton > £ G t 0 £ 3 ; l > ape cake ( per ton ) £ 4 as to £ 4 10 s .
hops . BoKOUGIJ , Monday , Nov . 10 . —Our maklcet continues in a very inactive state , and the demand is limited to the wants of consumption . We note no alteration in prices . TALLOW , HIDES , ASD OILS . Monday , Nov . 26 . —Although the deliverv last week- was confined to 2 , 891 cask ? , holders , to-day , are very firm and , m some instances , prices arc 3 d per cwt . higher than on Monday last , P . Y . C . on the spot being quoted at 37 s GA per cwt . For forward delivery we have offers at SGs 9 d per ^' o c ^™ ' ' "' Jf , . ? Per cwt - nctc « sh ; rough fat , 2 s Id per bibs . The shipping season at St . Pctei'sburF may now be considered at an end . The total quantity ^ o rl ° 5 "P totho 18 th nit was 118 , 369 casks , against I 0 « 8 in % r 18 tV' 31 , 8 M in 1 S 47 > 118 ' " > " » . «»* Uo , U « 3 in 184 a . there are now about 14 , 000 casks on their way to London .
Leaoemiam —Market hides 5 filb . to Mil ) ., lid to l ? . d per 10 . ; ditto Gift ) . to" 2 tb , lid to 13 d ; ditto 7-. » lb . to ' SOlb ., ljd to 2 ^ d ; ditto 801 b . to S 811 ) ., 21 d to 2 » d ; ditto SSlb . to OfiJb ., 23 d to Sid ; ditto ! l ( ifl > . to 104 ib „ 3 d to id ; ditto 1041 b . to 112 lb . 3 . { d to 4 d . ; calf-shins each 3 s to as 6 d ; Horso hides 7 s Cd ; Shearlings Is 8 d to 2 s 4 d . Linseed per cwt . 2 Ss 3 d to —s ; rapeseed 1311311511 refined 44 s Od to —s ; brown 3 Ss Od ; Gallipoli per ton . 4 I { . to — I . ; Spanish HI . ; Sperm Sil , bagged 821 . ; South Sea 335 10 s to- / . ; Seal pale 39 ! . 10 s to-4 ., ditto , co : loured 'iol . ; cod % 20 l . to 30 / . ; cocoa nut per ton 3 S ! . to 401 . ; palm SOI . ¦
N YOOLi , Crrr , Monday , Nov . 2 G . _ Tho wool sales which com meneencxt Thursday will be larger than was expected . Ihe further arrivals last week included 221 bales front Germany , 100 from Italy , 1 , 179 from Portland Bay , and a few bales from Mogadore , & c . tiffin « ' , - * 7 ^«» tA-there is no improvement to note nthe demand for laid Highland wool ; white is also dull . For the best Cheviot aud crossed wool th " i " is a fan- demand at our quotations . Laid Highland wool , per 24 lbs . , 7 s 6 s to 8 s 3 d- white-Highland ditto , 9 s Od to 10 s ; laid crossed ditto inwashed , 9 s to lis ; ditto ditto , washed 10 s % i Sd ' , la " uTfl ^ fr u , » v « s ! l fo Ms Cd - . ditto divto , washed , T »„ fV *?* ' ' Vlnte n Chcvoit uittt 0 « ut ° . 20 s to 22 s .-Importiorthe week 208 bags ; previously this year 16 , 017 9 «!? , ^ ; r l , « n ^ , e offered U - T l , uolic sale he « on the 2 ord lilt , about 400 bailos Adelaide wool ; the attendance goodfor the quantity , and prices fully up to late London sales . About 300 bales oFEast India wen also offered ¦^ tha greater part sold at . about late rates .-Impo ts for ' o week 14 , bales ; previously this yeav 48 , 484 bales .
COAL . lit wee ™ Sm ^ fresh a , ' riva ls ! » left from last V . eek . _ Total , 110 . Factors succeed in getting an advance of Gd on last day . e °
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 1, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01121849/page/8/
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