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      GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE , MEM BERS OF THE LAND COMPANY AT BIBV MINGHAM . { Gmthteifro * our BisthpageJ THURSDAY ., . . The Gmfcrencere « -eaWad this raoxM _ at nine ffiabjerftftfaa Arrears of Payment wm Uken "Srlv ^ xx ^ mW « That the shareholders of the tfatJonal Land Company , whose shares areinetpaid bTS after , tin date of November 13 th , pay en trteirreapecfivB shares the sum of 31 . per . mouth , anrUn default thereof shall no longer ba eligible to enjoy any benefit from the Company . * MtGbse * seoonded tbe resolution . Mr FoiSMimored an amendment That the members of the National Land Company shall pay all demands oa their shares on cr before December l ^ r . 1849 , or forfeit all interest therein . This ams & Iment was seconded by Mr Shaw ?

      Acotheramendment was moved by Mr Hoixowat , ' That all members of the National Lsnd Company wbo have not paid up their shares , shall pay 2 d . per week on two share *; 81 . per week on three shares ; _ i per week on four shares ; and when any member shall have allowed his contributions to go more than three months in arrears , he dull forfeit all claim to this society , or sellout during that period . Ne xsemb-T to fco erased from iha Company who ia ill or oalof work , and desires to remain a i _ hserib- _ . ' Tbh amendment waa seconded by Mr Yates . MrMoBaaoitpTopoeed ' That all shareholders that have not paid tip their shares , shall commence on the 1 st of Janusry , 1849 . to pay on two shares Id . j os three shares lid ; andoa four shares 2 d . ' .. Mr Babbitt seconded the amendment .

      Mr T . Flood moved , and Mr Tossrjfsrojr seconded the following amendment : — ' That all shareholders not paying op two-thirds of their share by the 1 st of November , 183 , sballforfeit what they may have paid into tin rands ef tbe Company—the payments to be made weekly . ' Mr Satjhotcbs moved 'That aS onpaid-op siareholders shall , from November 20 ; h , 1848 , pay the sum of 2 d . per week fer two shares ; 3 ' . for three shares ; and 4 d . far four , shares ; and all members wbo are in default of their subscriptions shall be fined sixpence , and when the fines amount to aa much as hs . ro been paid oa shares such members shall forfeit their rigbt of netabership .-Mr Kmss m ^ red and Mr Argorra . seconded

      resolution That tha directors be empowered in ac eardasee with tne Joint Stock . Companies Act , to make a cill of one sbOUng ' per month , upon each shareholder ho'dicg from two to four shares—the same to be paid by weekly , instalments of threepence per week , shareholder ! not complying wttJi the said rail , within the time that the call would equal their thareJ , the same share shall be forfeited . ' A desultory conversation arose with respect to the registering ef this Company trader the Joint Stock Companies Act . . Mr Edwards contending that there wa * no impediment in tho way of enrolment Mr O'Coxkos replied explaining the attempts which Bad been repeatedly nude to get the Company entailed , but which had been defeated by thscoBitruc-Con pat npon eertaza words io the Act regaUttng Friendly Societies by Mr Jtisties Wi _ htms _ -

      MrO'Bacrar stored , is order to eeoBomise time , That they shookl take the T-h proposition on the prograr _ meinto « nsideration . ' fhispropositioawas That the rules of the Company shall be prepared in -ecordanee with the rtfoyisions . ofthe 'Joint Stock Companies Act / and shall be immediately registered under the same , ' Mr Edwabbs supported the resolution . Mr ( yCemos , frosted that the Delegates wonld sot di-cosi this question in tha limited bounds prescribed Iry the proposition- fie . only thing tbey had to gnard against was any infringement of the law , and therefore , whether they decided to register the Com-Sny or not under this act , they should be very care-1 in drawing op any resolution they might arrive at . He was snxwu that it should be legalised in seme shape , in order that some trustees might be samed , that ' foods might ba raised , and that the Borden should be removed from . his shoulders .

      Mr O'Bsnur suggested that the Directors should Be empowered in eneh manner as they thought best to legalise the Company Mr W _ x _ ut _ thought tbat they had already spent sufficient time in frying to' get . the Company enrolled , let them all cay that they wonld place themselves tinder the protection of the Joint Stock ComnsniesAct fie detested the Act itself , as giving too much power to the Direetorsybai it was the only wet that they could avail themselves of .

      Mr 0 Cossoa said , that if there waa one thing more than another in the' Act thst he admired , it was because it gave the Directors power to enforce payments , and ako because it enibled the shareholders to dis-xn these Directors in a strmmary manner if they did not do justice to their subscribers . Mr Fnssxrx moved 'Thaithis Conference do authorise tha Directors ofthe National Land Company to obtain legal protection as speedily as passible , and in the most economical manner . * Mr Shaw seconded the motion .

      Mr O'Cossos again recapitulated the efforts made by the Directors to enrol the'Company . Failing in this he had appealed to parliament Parliament did ¦ ot render that jnstiae to the Land CompaBy which tbey appeared willing to stretch for the benefit of fimdedproprietorsm Ireland andelsewhere . On the very day on which the Select Committee had reported to the Hoose , Lord Clarendon , and . other noble lords got a bill passed which would enable them to purchase lands for the purpose of retailing those lands again at enormous prices to . the humbler classes . Mr Clah _ said , that being a member in the directory for some yeart , hemight without any breach of modesty say , that he and the Directors generally Bad paid mora attention , ft the qaeitioii of legislatfen tasu thegnaterpari ofthe members of the

      Company , aud had therefore , as a consequence , ought to know more about the matter . The speaker then adverted to the promona ef the Building Societies Act . and the Act regulating Friendly Societies , showing tbat if they wished to reproduce the pro . perty ofthe Land Company , they could sot . posnbly exert themselves wider those acts . There was , therefore , nothing id their favour , if they so enrolled themselves . He granted that they might avail themselves of these if they . were willing to unite some thirty years , nntil tfie allottees on the estates Bad paid back the whole amounts expended noon

      them and their estates ; if they were willing ; to do so , then indeed , they coaldapply to be legalised nnder these acts . Bat this' would frustrate' tile objects / of Ike Company and destroy all the benefit that were eoattmplatad by tbsDireetors , and that would accrue to the subscribers nnder the provisions of the Joint- Stock Companies Act . ' Mr Clark then concluded by moviag tie preposition . Mr Ah » ohh seoonded the - proposition . He battered Out the few hundreds spent ' in registering the Company , would be repaid by the additional thousands that would come' in , from restored eonfideoca . tJirongnoetthsoonntrT .

      Mr Ktdd requested to know whether the Joint Stock Companies Act , plaeeVl the directors under the control of the shateaordaa . . ' Mr CLAHksaid , t __ t sharenolders holding stock to a certain amount ooald call an extraordinary special me t ing , and depose any or allof the directors . Mr O'CoKSos tsald , they could enact bye laws of as stringent a character as they pleased , provided those bye laws did sot oontrovene the provisions of the actJ Mr Edwabbs rose to oppose the proposition ; He did this from bo factious motive , but because he was conscientiously convinced that the Company would be injured , if placed nnder the provisions ofthe

      Joint Stock Companies Ace . Mr Clark had said thst this was the only act that met their ease , but would it aot be better fo wait somewhat longer for special enactment He-would rather plaoe that confidence in Mr O'Connor still , which the people of thw country had hitherto done , and trust te his exertions in their favour , during the coming Parliament-. He contended that Mr Clark was in error , ' in giving that there was no power of reproduction rmder the Building Societies Act , and he would m _ sa rather trust to it , than to an set so detestable as the Joint Stock Companies . He moved as an amendment , — 'That the Company be enrolled ucde- the Building Societies Act . ' Mr Sanders seconded the amendment .

      Mr Dixoh ar _ ued , tbat nnder the Building Societies Act , tha time rtecessary for the repayment of the purchase money was so extended , that it would be quite impossible fer the Directors to carry on the operations of the Company . Mr M . Jess said , it would be a visionary expeotati ; n to expect the consent of all the shareholders to any one plan . Hesug ^ eated that some words should be addrd to the proposition , rendering it imperative in tbe Directors to apply for the legalisation of the Csmsany in the' shortest space of time .

      Mr Sausdbes eoineified in tha opinion expressed by Mr Edwards , that tha Building Societies Act would be far preferable to the Joint Stock Companies Act , Hedeniedthepoatjonassumed by Mr Clark , that the Company would aot reproduce its capital within a period that would render the working of the Company Baccessful . Hemmrmed that any member could redeem his capital in sixteen years , even if ha did not pay a farthing for principal or interest for three years . It was difficult for allottees at present te pay seven per cent , on fee amount'of purchase or aid money , anless they got their hud at the wholesale price . They ought , therefore , to adopt roles which would lighten this burden , - He was quite opposed to the proposition under duomarion .

      Mr Ktdd said the power ofthe directors and the shareholders was explicitly laid down , and therefore they need not fear that either class could overstep the limits allowed them . He was clearly of opinion that this qt _ ation . should be settled at once without any fresa appeal to par __ nent . The principles aoon which the society was based were sacred , and whether tb ' s company eaeeeeded or no , the facts re-T ___ edtonme . Ths ' fwttatt a man oauBfrre

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      upon two , or three , cr four acres , , was established The fact that laid was _ o . d security , wasacknow-( edged by aii , and China wrrn ' snr fcnc « a _ d years rJehSnra , BuaTand , toeWethwlands , many provinces in . France ,. Switrirland , and this country , proved that land and labour formed elements of wealth , uadisputed and oadiapatabie , in a'l social and politic _ u oconomYt Mr O'Cohwob proved that reproduction could be more speedily and more effectually realfeed by the Coapany , if legalised under the Joint Stock than under the Building Societies Act He then adverted to the agriculture of Switzerland , Belgium , and Holland . In Belgium leases were usually granted for nine years , and he ( Mr O'Connor ) had . there seen

      land valued at £ 800 per acre , whioh the industrious Belgian had been able to redeem at the expiration of his lease . Could the Belgian do that which the English would fail in doing ? , , Mr Morrison said , the question was , should they be legalised or not ? If legalised , it was evident from the provisions of the several acts quoted , that the Joint Stosk Companies Aot would affird them greater protection than any other . A settlement must be made now , for the very existence of the Company depended npon it . If ( hey let this Conference dissolve without determining the question before them , the fate of the Land _ Company was sealed , and a scheme which had within itself all the elements of success , would be sacrificed by their own indecision and want of energy . _ .

      Mr Wilis wished to know whether Conferences were , nnder the provision ! ofthe Joist Stock Corn * p & nies Act , illegal , and whether tnu : eea had power ever individual property not invested in the Company t Mr O'CorraoE said , certainly not . The individual would only be liable to tbe amount of bis original shares . Mr W _ n _ waa in favour of tbe proposition , and would support it strenuously . After some remarks from various delegates , - Mr MGrath said , that although much had been said npon this point , yet on so important a matter scai . cely too much could be said . The great principle involved in the question was tbat of reproduction New , if they would consider that there were 70 , 000

      members in the National Land Company , and that to locate these members wonld involve an expenditure of £ 7 , 000 , 000 ef money—the argument of Mr Saunders fell to the ground . If they tried to legalise the Company under the Building Societies Act , then ii would be necesaary , if the members sought , as ia » Soildiog Society , to repay their parcfrase money in thirteen years , for them to take two shares of £ 150 each , and for each of the members te pay at the rate of 9 s . Si . per week , and he would leave it to the Confeienea to say if the members of the National Land Company could afford to do tbat . Mr Gbsek asked , whether the trustees had power to ' wind up * the Company when they wished , or determined to do so !

      Mr O'ComoK said—Nov The trustees were , like the directors * under the control of the shareholders . Mr Ktdd said , tbat he had aa epitome of the roles of the Joint-Stock Companies Act , and the rales which had reference to the duties of trustees gave no such power . , Several amendments were then put and lost , aad Mr O'Connor ' s motion for the adoption of the onginal proportion ' wu carried . . . The adjourned discussion with respect to the Repayment of Calk was then resumed . Mr O'CoBvbBsaid , that the directors bad already an opportunity of showing that they were going to

      exercise the powers conferred upon them by the Conference , in a lenient and liberal , manner . The vote of the Conference had conferred upon the directors the power of making calls , and here they fell back upon the Conference , and asked them to legislate the amount of calls , and the periods of payment . He had not yet proposed any resolution , excepting the principles ia the programme itself , which he was obliged to do as a director of the Company . He had contidered this question of arrears , and be was convinced that each man could well afford 2 d per share , per week , and he proposed a resolution accordingly to commence from the 11 th November , 1848 . This wou'd include all calls for expense funds .

      The resolution having been seconded by Mr ToBB «* rb ! r . \ Mr Whulxb hoped , that the Conference wonld remember that many . individuals had . taken bat shares for the members of their families , and , therefore , the sum sought to be obtained by Mr O'Connor , was too high under the circumstances . Mr M . Jobs proposed' That the directors should make a call opoa all unpaid-up shareholders of not less than id . per share per week , commencing Nov . 27 th , 184 S , and when any auch shareholders shall negltet to pay at the above rate for three month * , they shall be charged at the rate of five per cent , npon the amount then onpaid , and when the amount shall be equivalent to the sum originally paid by such shareholder , he shall cease to hava any interest in the Company . ' Mr Nubkt seoonded the resolution .

      Mr Flood , Mr Fcasiii , and Mr Moshisoh withdrew their amendments . > - Mr Jcm thought that the smaller theamonn ! required from members , the greater | the chance of large funds accruing to the Company . Mr Wbzbvbb ' b motion was put and supported by ten delegates . Mr Rama ' s was supported by the proposer only . Mr Jodk ' s by ten members . Mr Hollowm ' s by six members . Mr O'Cohkor ' g by twelve members . Mr O'Cohsob's resolution was declared carried and ' the Conference adjourned until three o ' clock .

      Afternoon Sitting . The next proposition to be examined was the Loan Society . The proposition ran thai : — ' That a Loan Society shall be established by the membars of the Company , for tha purpose of making advances of money to the focoKd members . ' ' Mr Cuss , in opening tbtf matter , said that as the aid money under the new constitution of the Company coold no longer exist , and si it was indispen sable that some fund shoold be formed for members who should be allocated , and want capital , it was proposed to create another machinery , and tbe principles adopted by the Loan Societies throughout the country had been adopted in this case , the lenders and the borrowers being limited to 4 he subscribers of

      the National Land Company . The funds they proposed to raise by means of shares of 10 s . each , payable by instalments of a penny per week . The details of the Loan Society would require to be arranged by the Conference , bat he might suggest that the funds might be useful both for aiding members successful in obtaining their 'locations , and also for aiding poorer members in offering their bonus for the right of location . No machinery could be more simple . He therefore proposed * That a Loan Society should be established , to consist of- members of this Company / He recommended the adoption of the proposition . Mr FussiLt , seconded the resolution . The aid money formerly granted was altogether inadequate to the requirements of the members , and this fond promised to supply the > deficiency .

      . MrEnwABoa objected to the proposed fund . He didnotbelievethatthefund would comeininiufBeient quantities to allow of any sum that could be of the remotest use to the persons located , and if these persons founda difficulty in paying back their purchase mosey now , they would be still more embarrassed with this additional burden . Mr O'Cohnob : ft was intended henceforth to cultivate the land for the allottees before tbey entered npon their fauns , thus the amount of aid or loan money wonld not require to be so great as in times past . Again , Mr Edwards should remember tbat all the members are not located . at the same time , bat , arithmetically considered , the practicability of the thing was easily demonstrated . If 50 , 000 members gave a weekly penny , it wonld give in the course oftiwt year , a capital of £ 10 , 832 13 s 4 d and the persons assisted from the fond ! , would be easily

      enabled from their reduced rents to repay the amount of aid rendered . If the members would adopt the principle they could easily manage the details . For his own part he liked to have the details argued , so that members might know the features embodied in the scheme . Mr Ktdd thought tbe pan was one that would meet the exigencies of the case . They wanted money to get on with , and the proposed plan offered a simple and ready mode of doing so . Mr O'Brien had now no further opposition to offer . Mr Edwards was satisfied with the explanntion offered by Mr O'Csnnor , for finding tbat the allottees ' land would be cultivated ic the first instance , bis objection that the funds would be ininffioient fell to the ground . Mr Morrison proposed that a committee of five should be appointed for the purpose of drawing np the details .

      Mr O'Coaros cordially supported the resolution . The following gentlemen were appointed a committee for the purpose : —Mr Clark , Mr Brooks , Mr Taylor . Mr Edwards , and Mr Linney . Mr Whbjxbb could sot help expressing bis fears that the machinery would be cumbrous , Mr O'ComroB said it would only be thus : —a member came , be gave his pence to the Land Company out of one pocket , and bis penny for the Loan Fund out of another . ( Laughter . ) Mr O'CoHHOBsaid , that tbe next item for consi deration was 'the Claims ofthe Balloted Members unlooated . There were at present 400 members

      drawn for location , and a fund of £ 108 , 000 would be required for placing them on the estate . The question was now how they could do justice to the members who were balloted for . This was a question ot faith , and argu _ igf » m the selfishness of men generally , they might assume as a dead certainty , that the members throughout the country will not respond ia any generous manner to locate these individuals . He ( Mr O'Connor ) therefore proposed that each of them should have a sufficiently liberal sum to compensate them for their wast of location , that sum to be given to them at the time when their localities should become due . fie had no desire to iBway theConleienoe , unless it were to the side oi

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      liberality rather than of penary , and he wonld leave the question to them , assuring them , however , that the fature . welfare ofthe Company depended upon theirdectoion . .. '" . ' . '" . " . Mr VThselsb wonld like to ask what amount had been spent at Bromsgrove inland and buildings ? Mr O'CoHitOB said , that about £ 10 , 000 bad been spent there , the land had been prepared , manure had been prepared , and a very trifling expense more wonld make Bromsgrove ready for the allottees . Mr Ktdd had a resolution to propose which be would read immediately , but before doing so he shoold say with Mr O'Connor , that npon this decision depended the future interests ofthe Company . This was a question of debtor and creditor . They owed

      these men land and house ! , and if they ceuld not pay them in property of tbis description , they must make it np in some other eqaal equivalent . He proposed then that compensation be paid to members balloted for and located—if they preferred it—the sem of compensation to be paid at the time at , whioh they wonld have been . located . It would be for the interests ofthe Company to grant this compensation , and it would be equally for the interests of . those very persons , not to throw difficulties in the way of this arrangement , as such an opposition would be likely to deprive them of compensation altogether . Mr SHEBBntaroy said he cordially supported the resolution . They were by this course taking the

      readiest way ol restoring confidence to the coantry , They bad not brought tbe Company to its present position , and had they been supported aa they ought to have been , thera would have been no necessity for tbis question of compensation . Mr O'Cohnob supported the resolution . : Mr O'Bbibn said , the argumentejuaed had only the effect of making him see the necessity of keeping good faith with these parties . - If the Company was solvent , let them not take unusual measures to get rid of their obligations . He should , therefore , propose that one-fourth of each ' estate when ready for location , be allotted to the balloted members until aU be located . ¦ i- < ¦¦ . ¦¦ ¦ i : > -- ; ' Mr Tobiuoion supported the amendment . <

      Mr Whmmb was in favour of the general principle of compensation . It wonld , no doubt , entail very peculiar hardships upon some parties . For instance , Mr Poole , of Hull , had in one case paid £ 00 and £ 30 , > ad his and other similar cases ought to be peculiarly considered . Mr O'Consob , said that he proposed to disperse the twenty-one individuals who had , like Mr Poole , paid certain amounts over the four , estates , ¦ . ; i , Mr Edwa » bs said he had no sympathy , for par ties who paid bonuses for , allocation . He thought that the members who had chanced the ballot and been successful , were entitled to the first consideration . ¦

      Mr O CoKitoBsaid they were all members ., ( llear , hear . ) ¦ ¦ ' : •¦ MrFtmsxix , fully concurred in Mr Kydd's resolution . If compensation were maiieite . these persons they would be in a position to come forward and offer a boons for locations , when the land should be readyforthem . . The Chaibhah said that he wes one of the persona so uufortuHately circumstanced , but he would not therefore throw obstacles in the way of the Company . Mr Weils also supported the resolution ; Mr Scttou knew men in hia district who were members of the Company , and had given their £ 15 , £ 20 . £ 3 b , and £ 40 in addition , not from speculation , but because they thought they could do well en the land . A distinction ought certainly to be made between these parties ;

      Mr MoBBtsoN rose witb much pain npon this occasion . There were many balloted members in his district witb whom be bad been in constant communication , and . he did not see that he could face them , after thus breaking faith with them . He would not opposeithe resolution . Mr O'CoaMB could not sit there and hear charges made against the directors of faith broken ; when the whole blame was to be charged against the members who- had failed to pay ap tbeir subscriptions . Could they expect the directors to locate the members when the recipts bad fallen of from £ 5 , 000 to

      £ 32 a week ; when in three years and a half only one-third , of the capital , instead of the wholehad been paid np . He bad given , his time , his labour , and his fortune to this scheme ; he had been calumniated and vilified for the members of that Company , and now , when he was left without funds by their want of faith , he was charged with the offence whioh ought in justiee'to be borne by themselves . ( Load cheers . ) . He cared not if Mr O'Brien ' s amendment w as carried—he shoold prefer it himself . What did it matter to him whether A . B , or C were located , and therefore he should support Mr O'Brien ' s resolution .

      The amendment was put as a substantive motion , and carried . Mr Ktdd ' s motion was also put and carried . Mr O'Bbisk proposed that the Compensation should be fixed at the amount of £ 15 for the twoacre ; £ 2210 s . for the three-acre ; and £ 30 for the four-acre shares , without deprivation of scrip . , Mr Eswakds proposed an amendment' That the amount of compensation be £ 5 per share without deprivation of scrip . ' Mr Flood seconded the amendment . The Conference then went to the rote , when twenty-six hands were np for the amendment and one for the original resolution . The amendment was declared carried . The next proposition was ' The ' conditions apon which tbe present and fature occupants of the Company ' s estates shall hold possession . '

      Mr O'Comhob , in introducing the subject , pointed out ia the most graphic and convincing manner the evils which attended the habit of sub-letting the farms upon the estate . Unless they checked by some stringent regulations this growing evil , they would have , shame to their own carelessness , the pauper system of Ireland introduced upon their estates—they would have the ' property as well aa the character of the Company destroyed by tke systemtbefoar-acreallotments would be cat ap into two ; the two-acre allotments into one , and pauper families Ksidrng some ta the kitchen , some in the barn , and seme in the pig stye . He proposed that unless the allottee paid ap the whole amount ofthe Company ' s claims , he shoold not be allowed to sublet his farm , or if he did . he proposed that tbe person in possession should bold the land at the same rent as the original allottee , and be entitled to the lease of the same .

      The Dspcxr from Minster Level , gave a lament ' able account ofthe condition of the allottees at Mins'erLorell . The allottees had been ' obliged to sell , and when they applied to tbe directors for aid it was not forthcoming . Mr O'Connor explained that the allottees had been at Minster Lovel but thirty-four weeks ; on that estate , the four-acre men had had £ 30 , which was nearly a pound a week ; the crops were pat in for them , their land manured ; they had paid neither

      rent nor taxes , and yet it was said that these men were in a distressed condition . Facte were stubborn things . ( Hear . hear . ) Mr Grxbh interposed . This discussion was altogether ont of order . . . i ,- . . Mr O'Comhob acknowledged that it was , but wben charges were made they ought to be replied to . Mr Edwards proposed , < That no allottee be allowed to let or sell unless all demands due to the Company be paid . ' . Mr Green seconded the resolution , which was carried . :..=..-.

      The Conference afterwards ^ : adjourned till

      tomorrow . . , ., FRIDAY . ; , , ; . ' / , The Conference re-assembled ; this morning at nine o ' clock . .. The minutes ofthe preceding . day having been read over ,, were confirmed . Mr Ktdd moved that the following proposition be confirmed without * disenssion : — « That - all agricaltaral operations performed by the Company upon its land shall be . paid for before possession shall- be given to any of its members , and shall be charged in the shape of additional-rent . * , , ; Mr Holloway seconded the proposition-Mr Sadndbrs moved an amendment -. ' That tbe

      agricultural operations be performed at the Company ' sexpease , and be reckoned id the outlay . ' Mr Muhday' seconded the amendment . Mr M'Gbath' said that the mere question was whether the allottee should pay the seed and : the * preparation of the ground , before he took possession of his allotment . - . Mr O'Bbibn said that , this was . the evil which cramped all their operations ; and coming as he did from one of the estates , he had provided a remedv He proposed that three acres' bat of every four two acres and one rood out of every three ; and One ' acre and two roods oat of every two , ' should be ' pnn _ re _ before the allottees should take possession The fact could not be denied thati agricultural operations indefinitetermwhich

      was an > ; Meant in p ractice mere land scratching . .,.,., " Practice , Mr O'Connob denied that suoh . was the case He had prepared the ground in a manner which had elicited the admiration of all the neighboS ^ fa ? mere , and it waa folly to pay attention to the complaints of one ; without regarding the satiriSti « f aU toe others . Thefaefc was evident KeSi ? g on Wheeler's allotment ; he had got three „» . ! £ . « of wheat outof each halUcre ^ Krit ol ffiS ment was £ 12 ; thestrawwas £ 3 more ^ S _ Sfe placed ! " ° ° ° "" IeMt S « Ible m Mr Whbbleb thought they were wandering from thequeatjon . The amount of aid given in the fie d fi S ° P » twns , should be positive and

      Mr Kbbbhaw wished to kuow whether the case of the allottees was to be considered or not JF * * » mtor ?<»^' . He would insiaton the subject under discussion being adhered to . Mr FcssELL supported the proposition . S ^ -e SR _ ft _* tt _ i _ : i « SB «? . *_ £ _**""" Mr o coottob said tbat yesterday _ o had explained » at any ; ag noT _ turo loMrati < nu . Would to exacted

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      in tbe shape of a reatoharsje . Thisi was not a pro position totake away what was the ' aid money , it w « M » ply * to place that fond inthehands of the ' d u ^ tQ ^ 'feause they knew better how to expend it _ um individual * who , perhaps , had not the slightest notion of agricultural operations . It was charged Sst bimlhat parties badbeen located , at th ejm-Sroper season , was that » fault of hia ? Parties came , in many oases with their families , and said to him , 'For God ' s ( sake letme and mine go down , I know better than the directors how to cultivate the land , ' and the directors having thew . vwy hearts bwken in tbismsnner , had insomecaseB sent these men to thelarid before it was folly prepared , for them He hoped that the Conference , before separatine . W 3 uld come to a resplotion that the directors , were not accountable for the ^ potato bhghfor'any other national calamity . ( Laughter . ) ' Mr JfaBBTT , ia order tosavetime , proposed That the Conference bo out of Committee , and that the Z * !* _• ...- _ tm « waa not a nro .

      standing orders be resumed . , , .,.,. ' , . . This was seconded by Mr Mohday . .... .. ' This was carried , and the standing orders were re-Allfftfifl Mr Greek proposed aa amendment , 'That all agricultural operations performed by the Company upon the land be added to the rent-cljarge , and that no occupant be allowed to take poMeaaion until such land be cropped , ' ' . ' . '"" "" Mr White seconded the amendment . Mr Ktdd withdrew his motion , as did Mr O'Bbien . The propositions were then put frem the chair , and Mr Ghbbn ' s cirried by a _ re _ t majority . ! The next question considered was , what day in the year themembers should be located . Mr Whesxeb thought that the first of April would be a very proper season for the allottees being placed on the land , because the crops once being put in . the allottees would be the very best persons'to attend to the future management of the crops . . '

      Mr 6 'Lonhob said ,- that this would leave the allottees aonletve' months before the crops oame ripe- He thought that the 15 tb or 20 th of May would be a better season , because this would give the Company greater time to prepare the estate more satisfactorily , and still leave the allottee plenty of time to look after his own crops , '' . Mr Scon proposed that the allottees should go on on : the 20 th of May . ¦ .,-.. ¦ -..., i ; . -. „ .,- , . i Mr Fosbbll moved that allottees should not be allowed to take possession of their-allotments until theiorops are ready for ' their die and support , and ithedirectors shall , inform the al ^ oftees one ro , onth before taVingpoB » 8 « ion . ;; ' - ,, , ^ . " _ .,,. , Mr Mobrisou supported the Mnendmem ) . ,, Mr Millwood was of opinionthat they ought not to leave the matter in tbe hands of the directors .

      Mr O'Connob fully agreed , with . Mr Millwood that directors ,, like horses , shoold be , ridden with spars . He was in favour of naming the 20 th of May as the day of allocation . , ' .- ' , u Mr Wbbblxb moved that tae 20 tb , of Apri , ! should be the day . It the directors wished to . incur greater odium than attached to them at present , they , could not have it better or more , ( effectually than by letting the . orjops for the allottees . They would . then bebUmed for thpeffects , , of weather ^ the . failure of crops , and all the . other casualties attendant , upon agriculture . _ , ,... . - ¦ ,..-,.... . . After aoine discussion , - ,. ,

      ; MfDt ) NCA » SH « BRWOTON thought that a , proposition to the following effect would meet tbe exigencies of the ease *—' That arrangements , be made by the directors to ascertain whd is to bO ' suocessfal , three months previous to the tirae of location , and to give notice accordingly to the allottee that be will be required at hit land between the 1 st of April and the 1 st of Jane ; the directors to hire the ' power to same the day between these periods ; according ' , to thestate of the crop ' s , when he shall come ; and none to be allowed te take possession until the day SO named by the directors ^ " The proposition was seconded by Mr Edwards .

      ' : ; Mr Babnbit . proposed tbat old May-day be the time for the occupant taking possession , as a day that will'be generally remembered .- " This was seoonded by Mr SurroN . 1 Mr Whbbljb withdrew bis motion . ! ' ¦¦•¦ Mr Scon moved ; and Mr Ishubwood seconded , a propositioa * Tbat the allotteesshoald 'take possession on the 20 th May in . eaohyear . ' »¦ ¦ ! l The motions and amendments were then put from the chair , and Mr fiarnett ' s proposition' was car riedi by a majority , - - ' •¦ - ' " v / ' - •¦ *> " ' - '

      - In obedience to a pledge given to tbe Select Committee , the question was pat to the Conference whether the Company , should be wound up . ! ' - The question was decided in the negative amidst enthusiastic oheerings . - • ¦; < . ,.,- - Mr Holloway said thttft matter bad been overlooked , which he would now bring forward , 'Tbat any member allowing his weekly contributions to go more than three months in arrears shoold forfeit all claims upon tbe Company . ' . - ' ' Mr Tubnib seconded , and MrDosoVAir supported , the resolution . - - ! - - > -.- ¦ ¦ -.- , - The resolution waa carried .

      Mr M'Grath threw out a saggestion ; ' There were from eighteen to twenty thousand persons who , 'by the rules of the- Company , had already forfeited all claims on the Company . Some test should be applied to induce these men to recommence payments , or at once to remove them from the Company . Mr O'Connob proposed , ' That in each branch two Scrutineers shall be appointed , whose duty shall be to superintend the receipt ot monies by the Secretaries and Treasurers , and see to the immediate transmission of the same to the office of the Company . ' Mr Scon seconded the proportion . After some remarks from Mr Edwards and Mr Monday , the proposition waa abandoned . ' '

      The next question was the Electionof Directors . Mr O'Bbibn proposed , and Mr Gbbbn secorided , a proposition' ThattheDireotory should consistbf seven Directors — one of whom shall be a practical agriculturist , and another a practical builder ; ' ' Mr Kroa moved , as an amendment , ' That' the Board of Directors consist of three , one a' practical builder , onea practical agriculturist , and another a man of general information . ' ¦ •• -u v > ; Mr Barwett moved , "'That the nnmber of directors be five . ' ;¦ ! Mr Wells seconded tbe resolution . '' ' ' ' The resolutions were then' put from the 'chair , and Mr Babnei's motion was adopted . - : ; u Mr Ftjssbll moved , ' That the present directors having discharged their duty faithfully to the Company be re-elected by the Conference ;' Mr Isherwood seconded the motion . ' '

      Mr Sodihwohth moved , as an amendment , ' That the Conference nominate the Directory ; and that they be elected by the suffrages of the whole Company . ' mi < Mr Ktdd seconded the amendment . Mr Shkbringion supported Mr Fassell ' s resolution , v 1 1 ' ' MrSoiioN , while admitting that he had every confidence in Mr O'Connor and the other directors , was bound to state that his constituents were in favour of having a practical agriculturalist and a

      practical builder upon the Board , and that the directors be elected everyyear by the whole voice of tbe Company . , Mr Donovan said . tbat a proposition-was' before them , that the Conference should nominate , and the members throughout the country elect , the directors . He thought tbat both nomination and election should originate with . the members . Mr Fossel ' s resolution might be torn as watte paper . They might go through the farce of re-electing directors whom they could not depose , but , for his own part , he sawno necessity for it . ;

      Mr Whbklbr andMr Saunders thought it would only be a matter of courtesy to re-e . ' eat thedirecton . t Mr Morrison wished to know , before these resolotions were put , whether Mr O'Connor wonld consent to act as one of the trustees ? Mr : O'Cokkob said that , being at present in the position of proprietor of tbe property of the Land Company , he should not likci as Feargus O'Connor , the proprietor , to hand over tie property to Feargus O'Connor , the trustee . ( Laughter . ) He would rather go in his thick boots over the estates- ( laughter ) - thari be placed in the position of trustee . l MrSKBViKOTON said that , in looking oyer thebalanoesheet . he thought that the clerks salaries might ¦

      be dene away with . - < , ''' . . . ... ; Mr O'Connob said that , when the business of the Company slackened , the directom had discharged ifour cleJks , but he ( Mr O'Oenuor ) had thought it unjust to part with good men when they had every prospect of increasing in rwfataew , and hehad , therefore , erred on the side of virtue by retaining these men in the office . ( Cheers . ) : ' Mr Whbblbb moved , as a matterofform , 'Thatthe balanee sheet be received and adopted . Mr Ktdd seconded the motion , which was , after gome conversation , agreed to . The directors were also re-eleoted . ' ' , , ' , ' Mr Htatt wished to know why the lecturers bad been withdrawn ? ¦ Mr O'Connob said , that complaints had been heard with regard to some of these lecturers , and , as they entailed aome expense'upon the Company , they were withdrawn . ¦• : ... . ' .

      , Mr Ktdd said , that he was one of the lecturers , and , as complaints had been made of some of them ; he wished , as a matter of justice to himself , to know if he was one of them ? Mr O'Connob said , tbat a more active and intelligent individual—whether considered in reference to the Chartist or the- Land movement—than MrKydd did net exist ; bis character was unimpeachable , Nj man had ever conducted himself more creditably , or had discharged his duties more faithfully , and he ( Mr O'Connor ) had , while in Scotland , been exceedingly glad to bear that tbe high opinion he enter * tained of Mr Kydd was fully justified by the opinions of all who had ever known him . » ( Hear , hear . ) - , . ' . . Several frivolous complaints baving been dis . posed oft IFni

      , , „ Mr O'Connob proposed , ' That the Trustees of the Land Company ishould be Thomas Slingaby Duncombe . Esq .. M , P „ John Sewell , Esq , and Thome * Alliop , Esq . ' ,- ¦•

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      The resolution was carried ucanimouily . Messrs Finlaisoi and Can , actuaries , were electee auditors ofthe Company . ™—„__ . „ . — ,-,. .. ----Jt was then meved and seconded , 'That a call oi one penny should be made upon each member , te defray the expenses of the delegates to the Confer * enoe , the call te be paid into the hands of the district secretaries , ' Mr Clark then gave in the Mowing report from the Loan Society Committee : — 7 'That the value of shares shall be £ 5 each , payable by instalments cf one penny per share , per week , and upwards . ' : TheMin ' ntinn was earned nnanimotisly .

      " . 'That no member shall be allowed te hold more than eight shares . ' That members shall be allowed to borrow npon proper security , sums in proportion to the shares held by them , butthat no advance shall be made to any member who may be in arrears with instalments npon shares . 'That loans made by the Society , shall bear interest at the rate of £ 6 per cent , per annum , and shall be repaid by annual instalments of £ 25 per cent , upon the unpaid capita ) , suoh repayments to commence twelve monthsfrom the date of the loan , ' That' the msnaging 'committee of the Society shall be the directors of the National Land Company . 'That the Society shall be enrolled under the provisions of the Loan Societies Act . ' Mr O'Bbibn moved that these rales be accepted . Mr Gbben seconded the motion , which was carried . -, -.- ¦

      Mr Mobrhob * moved , '' That fire per eenfc interest be demanded on the outlays of the respective locations . ' - ¦¦ ' " " ¦ Mr Edwards seconded the motion . < Mr Wheilsb moved , — 'That the allotments at the various locations , according to their respective values , bear interest at the rate of four percent , on the outlay . Mr KroD seconded the resolution-Mr Donovan supported the motion for the five per cent . * Mr O'Bbibn was in favour of the amendment . Mr O'Connob also supported the ' amendment . Mr Mobbiion withdrew his resolution . Mr Wesiub ' s amendment was carried unanimously .

      Mr Whbblib moved , — 'That tbe allottees upon the estates at present located , shall have a life interest and a reversionary lease of ninety-nine years granted to them , at as early a period as pomble / ..-, •¦ ¦ . '" . •¦ MxO'Bbhh seconded the resolution , which was carried ., „ - ¦ ; .- . - ¦ .- •>• « - The Conference then adjourned . - <

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      EECEIPTSOFTHH WACTONAL LAND cojuPAsnr , , TOR " I __ WEEK KfDINS THURSDAY , . y ;; NOTBicBEa 8 , 1848 . rviuRimmoi ,. ¦ " . mint . £ » . a . ; Merthyr , Morgan ' " 30 0 Leicester , Barrow 116 0 Rotherham .. o 18 ' « "Cheltenham „ 5 0 0 WeatminBter - _ 0 3 0 ShineyRow _ ' 16 6 Somen Town .. 0 10 8 Wceater , AstUl 0 18 6 Prtston , Brown A 18 9 North Shields . _ . 4 7 11 Sleaford „ . 17 6 Thos Carrey „ 0 9 , 6 Rochdale „ 1 10 O CMoirl _ 0 10 . :.. '• ¦ f . Mi i \ i ¦ . JtZPRrTBS FUND . Rotherham . ,: H 6 l 0 , Leicester , Barrow : 0 4 0 Preston , Brown . 0 - 4 0 ; North Shields H 0 8 6 Sleaford .. , 0 , 1 . 6-, , „ „ . „ ,... ,., v ...., i > ' " "''' . , ' . " . 1 .. ' - ' " . . ' ¦ ' ' £ 6 14 C ; - - -i- ¦ - ••¦ A 1 DFVWD . . ¦ ¦ ' . ' Preston , Brown i ; ¦ ' ' ¦ v « « . 08 I " ' ' b BOBTJB . " t JamesTornbull ¦> -., M : H „ 19 6 8 LandFund r- ... . « „ . ; .. 24 _ f 2 Expense Fund . »• -. ... " > ... ' 614 0 . AidFund . „ ' ... •' ¦ 0 2 3 Bonus ... . i . j .. ¦ ¦" - « i - ¦ ¦• . »''" 10 0 !» 0 ¦!> -v . ' •<• - - —• . . .. . \ n .:. \ -..- - . > '_?_ L __ 8 twswmstmstu . Wm . Dixoa . ^ ( hiauTOPHaa Boiu , .-Thos . Otiax , ( Oorret . Sec . ) Puiirr M' 6 » Asa , ( Fini See . ) ' VICTIM FUND . ' ascEivi . i > BTw . a » ifc . : ; Charterville , 6 ; BronugroTe , per , Arnold' ' .. 0 9 8 M Wajle .- , 0 5 8 Ditto , cwans , oio ; " ¦" ¦ ' ¦ ' "io 811 fiawawiVssssssaSf . bicbivbb uu » omea . - ' Mr MitchiaiOB , ...... An Enemy to '' yfigsa . ' . 053 . Oppreiiion ,: For Sfra Ouffey , . . Snd Subscription 1 0 0 a Friend ., ' 0 o 6 Ditto , ditto' .. 0 5 0 North Shields , i 6 1 0 , , . " ' " * ,: '" ; : . '"' ¦ . "' . ' ; ,. ' tftf "? .- " ¦' . ¦ ascnriD » r i . btdd . " '" '• : ' --j Barastaple , per Heath and Farley M » 0 2 0 ' " ' FOR mrbIpdotjall . ! axcirvxD n w . raum . . A Few Friends , New Bradferd , Edinburgh , per per ) Fletcher 0 3 8 HrCConnor .. § 8 7 ' " •• ¦ - ¦« ' ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ ¦ ¦• ¦ £ 0 8 10 ; , P 0 R DR M'pOUAlL'fl DBFENfll . ' . ' ' uoirvBDbt w , aiBsa , Truro , per WJ Burridgo , ' - ,, ,, ^ . ,. 0 S 0 dbfbno t " fdnd . BBCSrVBD AT IiABD OIVICS . SO , City M 0 2 6 North Shields m 9 4 8 £ 0 7 2 THE MBBRXY FUND ' , BroeiVBD BT f . KSDD . Chester ,. R Berry ; Edge , J Hesketh v „ 0 12 fl ^ aughan ^ 0 l 6 £ 014 0 ... i , > ' _______ _ : ¦ BSCEIVIDAT lAMD OJI 1 CB . North , Shfojas . „ ,. ,., . M M . ; , , o 2 11

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      THE BOMBARDMENT OF 1 TCENNA . The following has been received from Paris by electric telegraph from Dover . ' ' Vienna , Oct , 29 , ' A telegraphic despatch has been sent by Wessenbergto Olmutz ,, which states , tbat on tbe 28 th , at eleven o ' clock , Windish-Graetz ordered the attack on "Vienna to commence in several quarters . The troops had taken one barricade with twelve cannon ; the whole of thelouisen Strasse and the neighbourhood was in flames . The Student Chiefs' have fled , but-ihe inhabitants still hold out and fightlike lions . Great numbers of tbe troops have fallen . '

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      LATEST FROM IRELAND . TBI QUEER V . K 8 VIH IS 0 D o ' DOHJRTr . Dobuh Commbsioh COOBT , WjMJBSOaT . —¦ Tbe jury retired at half-past twelve o ' clock , and at fortyfive minutes past three returned into court with a verdict of . GUILTT against the prisoner , on the fifth peunt , for compassing to levy war against her Majesty . The verdict was accompanied with a strong reoommendation te mem . on account of the ml

      Jt, ¦ Ml ™ G0ftb -« Ernest Jones Localit...

      Jt , ¦ Ml ™ G 0 ftb - « Ernest Jones locality , the following resolution was passed unanimously : _ -That the thanks of this meeting be given to Mr Ford , Ba . fer , 11 , Berwick Street Sbhb , for his liberal contri . -a !!?" . ' . !! X , ? Fttn ^ and we tro 8 t that s « cb thUdSr ?» belost 85 - htof byMechanists ol

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      TU £ CUOLKKA . . WooLwicH ,, OoT ' .. 30 r-Thred new cases of cholera have been reported on board the Unite hospitalship from twelve o ' clock yesterday' to twelve , o ' clock to . day , and two have been reported as diichirged There have been , so deaths ,, and the new cages an n « w stated to have assumed' a . m ^ der form than hitherto prevailed . Almost all tne cases of deaths , and even attacks amongst the convicts , have oo . oorred amongst those who have been ' subjected to THE CHOLERA .

      punishments or confinements m the black-hole , o _ whose constitute m have been greatly injured bj their prevlout course of life Nov . 1 . —There was one new case reported up to twelve o'clock yesterday , and one death np to twelve o ' clock to-day , making a total of forty-eight admitted , fifteen deaths , sixteen discharged as recsvered , and ten convalescent . The death which occurred to day was that of an infirm patient , paralytic in one leg , and was owing to a relapse , The fatal illuess lasted 118 . houis .

      LONDON , Oct 81 . —The Board of Health reports the following oases of cholera as having occurred yesterday : —Lambeth , 2 ; Woolwich , 1 ; Kensington 2 ; Wandsworth , ! ( fatal ); Sunderland 1 . Total number of cases since the outbreak , 120 ; deaths , 64 . The Wandsworth case was tbat of a man in Ely Place , D . raet Street , South Lambeth . Jn reference to Sunderland , although the cases of Asiatic cholera have been very few , the other forms of diarrhea are very prevalent . Yeiterday it was reported to Mr Bedford , ihe coroner , that two other oonviots bad died on the previous day in the Millbank Prison from cholera . These make five deaths since Wednesday from this disease . A pauper in Bermondsey workhouse , named T . Goodman was also attacked yesterday morning with the same disease , and is in a very dangerous state . Several patientsare stated to have died from cholera in Peokham-house Lunatic Asylum . The parish authorities of Camberwell have issued a notice fer t' e abaterrent of nuisances .

      Edinburgh . —By a return from tbe Sanitary Department of Police , dated October 27 th . the total number of cases since October _ were 237 ; deaths . 134 ; recoveries , 39 ; remaining :, 64 . —We regret to state tbat there is no abatement of this disease , there being no fewer than thirteen cases here yesterday , one in Leith and one in Newbaven . It is painful also to have to notice that the fatal cases are very numerous . —Five new cases are , reported here , and five deaths . At Leith seven cases have occurred with five deaths . In Edinburgh the number of cases ascertained oa -Thursday were 9 ; Friday , 13 ; Saturday , 10 ; Sab bath , 6 V In Leitn , on Thursday , 2 , Friday , 1 ; Saturday , 3 ; . Sabbath . 7 . In Newbaven , on Thursday , 1 ; Friday , 1 . In all , 52 . Deaths since Wed . aesday , 34 ; recoveries , 11 . There are 65 cases still under treatment .

      Whitbt . —Thomas Alderson was pat on shore at the port last week from the Whitby , then riding in the road , and was pronounced by the doctor to be a case of Asiatic cholera . —Hull Packet . On Tuesday tbe Board of Health received reports of the following new cases of cholera :-Stepney , 1 , fatal ; Lambeth , 1 ; Southwark , 2 , fatal ; Camberwell , 2 , fatal ; Greenwich , 3 ; Brixton , 1 , fatal ; Cheleem , 1 . fatal ; Edinburgh , 10 , fatal ; Leith , G , 2 fatal . On Monday , M . Bedford , the coroner , held two more inquests in the Millbank prison on the bodies of convicts who died from chelera on the ' preceding day . The jury returned verdicts in accordance with the testimony of the medical men . —Another inquest was held at Shad well , on the body of a sailor

      and a verdict of death from cholera was returned . — From Woolwich the reports are favourable . The return of the Registrar Gecerai shows that the total deaths daring last week were nearly fifty nnder the average . , On Wednesday , Nov . 1 st , the Board of Health received reports ef the following cases : —Stepney , 1 , fatal ; Southwark , 5 , fatal ; Camberwell , 1 , fatal ; Greenwich , i ; Bermondsey , 1 . Edinburgh : 12 cases , and 6 deaths . Mr W . Carter , the Coroner , received Information Of the deaths of . two more persons from Asiatic cholera- The sufferers were a man and his wife living in Gib on Street , Oakley Street , Lambeth ; where , with two small children , they had for some time

      been residing in a state of great destitution and misery . Th « medical attendant certified that the deceased persons had died from Asiatic cholera , consequent upon want and the e £ _ uvium arising from the immediate neighbourhood . On Friday the Board of Health reported theTullowing oases of cholera : —St Maryleeone , 1 fatal ; Stepney , 1 : Camberwell , 1 fatal in Peckham Hone Asylum ; Brentford , l fatal in Arm ' s Court : Wands , worth , 1 fatal by the waterside ; Lambeth , 6 attacks , 3 fatal in Jurston Street , Oakley Street—total , 10 cases , 6 deaths . At Sunderland 1 occurred on board A ship from London . From Edinburgh and ' Leith the return announces 21 sew cases aud 19 deathf , from cholera .

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      Corn. . . . ' Mask Lane, Monday, Oct, 30...

      CORN . . . . ' Mask lane , Monday , Oct , 30 . —The arrivals of Bagllsh wheat were very limited this morning , and finest Samples were taken by the millers at aa advance of Is to 2 e per quarter upon last Monday ' s prices ; Foreign sold likewise more readily , and was Is per quarter dearer . Flour went off slowly , having alarge supply trom France , Fine malting barley Is to 2 s dearer , other descriptions folly maintained previous rates . Beans and peas unaltered . Good heavy oats continue to be scarce , and sell at high prices j ordinary and light qualities went off more readily at last week ' s quotations . Liaseed , cakes and seed , quite as dear . Bape and carraway seed dull .

      The weather continues io be very wet . The current prices as nnder . Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , ' 42 s to 56 s ; dltte white , 44 s to 52 s ; Lincoln , Norfolk , and Yorkshire , red , 45 s to S 3 »; Northumberland and Scotch , white , 46 s to 62 s ; ditto red , s 8 s to 50 s ; , D 67 oa and Somersetshire ) red , 40 s tofiOs ; ditto white , 45 s to 56 s ; flour . per sack ( Town ) , 43 s to 48 s j barley , 27 s to 87 s , Scotch , 26 s to 32 s ; malt , ordinary , S 4 s to 80 s ; pale , 51 s to 61 s ; ' rye , 80 s to 34 s : peas , hog , 37 s to 38 s ; maple , 3 « s to 42 s ; boilers , 40 s to 42 s ; beans , tick , 31 s to 34 s ; pigeon , 33 s to 36 s ; Harrow , 27 a to 37 c ; oats , feed , lgs to 23 s ; fine , 22 s to 26 s ; Poland , 20 s to 26 s ; potato , 22 s to 27 s .

      JvwwiBsDat , November 1 . — The supplies of , all grain this week are very limited , and the ' weather continues very wet £ so that the condition of English wheat is ' stifl very damp . In our trade to-day we have no variation in' prices , to note , but erery article is held firmly , there being a tendency to improved prices in the country markets .

      BREAD . . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis ar « from . Sd to Sid ; household ditto , 6 d to 7 | d per 4 lbs loa f CATTLE . Sjothfieid , Monday , Oct . 30 . —Tne attendance of both town aad country buyers was good ; nevertheless , as the weather was unfavourable for slaughtering , and the supply was greater than the butchers could take off . tHe beef trade was excessively heavy , at a , decline in the prices paid on Monday last of quite 2 d , \ n some instances 4 d per 8 ms- the highest general top price for beef was Se Ifld , but a very few superior ScoUproducediBtier 81 bs t i 1 3

      Mearly 900 beasts were turned out unsold . There was a considerable increase in the supply of sheep , owine to which the mutton trade was ' extremely dull . All breeds were selling at 2 i per 8 lbs . less moaey than that paid on Monday last , _ or at Friday ' s reduction in valae . The n !§«?_ . m fte u few - old Downs 0 B off « " was 4 s lOd CMa _ ,, __ wer * J _ vuy supplied .. with foreign calves , but the number ef those home fed was small . The Tifi ^^ " ^/ ually dull , at 4 . d , p . r . 8 K _ . less money . The higheetquotation was' 4 sper 8 lb »' . Inpigsnextto nothing was doing , and prices ware 2 d per 82 bs lower than last weeki i . , . i ,...,. , r- : ¦¦ £ .., ¦ , j « J b »

      Price per stone of 81 bs , ( sinking : the' 6 ffal . ) ' » a s a ¦¦• 8 ' _ g a Beef .. .. S i to 3 18- Veal .. „ 8 0 to 4 0 Mutton .. 8 0 to 4 ur : Pork " . .. . » lo to 4 8 , Head op Cattle at Shithweid , " Beasts ... . .. ; . 4 , 727 1 Calves : _ ... ... 262 Sheep and Lambs ... 29 , * 90 | Pigs -- ... " ... ... 888 _ Newqatb and Eeadenhall , Monday , October 3 o . ' - Infenor beef 2 s 2 d to 2 s 40 , middling ditto as fid to 2 s md , prime largeSs to 3 s 2 d , prjme small 288 d tO 38 4 d , law E "' *« <»* d , inferior mutton 3 s 2 a to 8 s 4 C , midf" $ . } ° h te 3 s . « d , prime ditto 8 b I'd to 4 s 4 d , veal 8 s Cd to 4 s , Od , small pork 4 s 6 d to 4 s lOd , per 81 bs by the carcase . •¦'• *

      PROVISIONS . The weather was wet nearly all last week , and for the mostpart mild . There was no animation ia the demand (_ n ^ S ' fu m ^ b ^ we 8 S . « on teudor landed- Pine quality was more saleable / and Is to 2 s ner cwt . dearer ; other descriptiens sold slowly , and at Prices the turn cheaper . The best foreign found buyers at _ a mli ^ lf ; Bacon- ^ or hew Irish siiged sides the de . 4 sne ^ cwt rj ef ^' * ^/ . good , and prices Is to tftef H » m a „* - ! Ameno ? - midd , es "thermore sought after . Hams ot prime quality scarce , and wanted . Lira * TO CHEESESrABKET , Oct . 30 .-There has , during the past fin « k „ S _ " V ^ y altb -ough not a large demand , and fine qualities have met a ready sale j the low priced & n r /? ^ „ . ty weu / but there is acUplete BonIrohS f V bein ^ theoha , ' actw of fine and too good to be sold for low prices . The Americans are su-S ! nStI T •" . -Wttorj in price wTc _ n not ? e no Sly "' Ame ~ «» "" Ing 42 s to 64 s as iu

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 4, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04111848/page/8/