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      therefore , as tbe committee were unanimous on that point , he should support the second reading of the bill , Ifhich was then read a second time . HbsiEiY MAKOFAcroaE But ,. —Sir H . Hawobd , in rising to more the second reaiing of this bill , observed , that he could have no difficulty in making oat the ex ' -xeme distress and misery of thise workpeople . Thedegradation . aad distress of the framework knitters became a abject of commisseration and sympathy many years since . In 1819 a man , to whose mttnory Lelcestcrsnire looked back asto that of one of the first of iier w " ~ ' -Robert Hull , then a minister of religion at Leicester -Chear ) -n , ade an appeal on behalf of the suffering framework knitfcrs , and spoke of " reduction of wages 8 nchastopl . ee the means of wM ^ tetaB ^ mt ofthereachofthe industrious poor , " ««»* -- That the labourer is worthy of his hire , is as much the dtc

      tateof reasen as it is of Scripture ; and if there be any spectacle which shocks the natural feeling of justice it is the sight ofindnstry rewarded with famine , of a life de-Toted to severe and incessant toil without the power of procntingthe meansofiteown support . " ( Hear , hear . ) The distress returned afterwards with aggravated force , and hadcontinued to the present time . In 1 M 4 a commission was appointed by the Crown to investigate the subject fully , and the commissioner mide an able and elaboratercprat . He adopted in tbat report tbe statement of a nirness : " That while stocking-making bad been nnpressed by any competitisn with inanimate power , or even factory regulations or influence , it remaining a hand domestic employment almost without exception , the rate of wages was probably ot less average amount than that realized in any other department whether of skilled o- even unskilled labour" The comtnis

      doner added , that within tbe last 30 years , tbe progressive redaction of wages would average , through the whole range of tbe manufacture , 30 to 40 per cent . The wages , which were 7 « . when Robert Hall wrote , had fallen to 4 s , 64 . for the same article in tbe three years ending in 1841 . The commission had is . ned , after a period of fuller employment than usual , bnt the commissioner stated the average earnings of each frame at from 5 s . to 6 s . per week , and there had been a great reduction since then . The commissioner took , net a fancy article , which might have partially gone out , but one oftbe most staple , and regular , and ordinary articles in the trade , made in narrow frames by manual labour , and which had never beea interfered with by the application of improved machinery or steam power : and the gradual depreciation of this article was from 7 s . 6 d . per dozen in 1 S 15 to 4 s . fid . in 1841 . The commissioner remarked the

      consequence f such low and scanty wages in the want of comfort in tbe dwellings of these people , and in tbeir wretched supply of clothing . In the evidence which he took , Mr Allen , chairman of a board of guardians , stated tbat tbe women , in their confinements , were often altogether without clothes and bedding , and ihat tbe destitution and wretchedness of knitters were so great tbat relief had been granted them although in work , the objection to grant relief in aid of wages being overruled by the hardship ; and sufferings of the applicants . Another witness said , " Wages are reduced te the minicarmof exis-tence ; no set of men in tbe conntryhave te endure such privations as the stocfcingniakers of Hinckley and the neighbourhood . " Mr Biggs said , — " Hun . ger and distress are fast destroying all honesty in one

      sex and chastity and decency ia the other ; " another witness— "Females are in that state of wretchedness that they are indifferent about appearances altogether ; their spirits are depressed and broken . " The Bev . T . Stapteton— - '' Whole families sleep in the same room , and sometimes three aad even five in abed . " ( Hear . ) Another witness , T . Chaplin , said— "There are hundreds of people in Hinckley who have no bed to lie on , and scarcely any furniture of any sort in their henses ; there are many families who exist on abi-nt lid , and from tbat to Is . a head per week . The increase of demand brings no increase of wages . There is no more work to be done than men are able to perform , and has been for a length of time ; hat wages kept falling , notwithstanding there is such a demand , and tbe quality oftbe goodsincreases .

      The goads are superior every week to what they were . " Again : — ' Almost invariably the framework knitter is wedded to his trade , and by his poverty-stricken state all his family are so too ; they are born to it , they remain there , and they die . " ( Hear , hear . ) Education -was out of the question , except at the Sunday school ; the parents could not spare their children's labonr ; and frequently they were kept from the Sunday-school for want of clothing . The Sev . 6 . Dealtry stated , "the children of framework knitters do not attend the Sunday-schools in proportion to their numbers . National schools , if established here , would be utterly useless , the parents being too poor to spare their children from work after 5 or 6 years of age . " Kow , these being the facts , would the house refuse all considerations of the case !

      ( Hear . ) He ( Sir H . Halford ) did not ask any hon . member to pledge himself as to details ; he only asked the second reading of the hill , and proposed then to refer it to a select committee , that tbe responsibility might be shared moreextensirely , and a foundation well laid for legislating upon the subject . ( Hear , hear . ) The causes of the distress he had described were not inherent in this manufacture ; it was the manufacture of staple commodity , an article of universal use , it might almost be said of absolute necessity . It was pressed by no competition with power ; and fashion had aot affected the main articles of production , those need by the mass of the people . ( Hear , hear . ) Compare the condition of the same class of artisans in Saxouey with our own . me Saxons had supplanted us

      innearly all third markets ; their exports to the United States alone in 1843 were three times the amount of ours to all the world , and Mr Felkin stated iu his evidence that that the dwellings of the Saxon artisans were much better famished than those of our own , and the workmen appeared clean and decent in their condition and circumstances . It was the same also in Scotland , as to which he ( SirH . Halford ) had the evidence of a Leicester man , who went there and exarrined into the condition of tbe knitters ; the wages there were a third more for hosiery goods than in England , and the trade was free from tbe virions practices this bill was intended to suppress . ( Hear . ) A petition had be < -n presented to that house b y the Leicesterframework knitters engaged under a system of no frame-rent and charges ,

      and working in frames belonging to manufacturers without being subjected to any deduction from their wages , and they from their own experience prayed the house to pass this bill and place others on a level with themselves . ( Hear . ) The great complaint of the workmen was founded on the heavy deductions made from their wages ; there was 40 percent dlfferencevlbetweenjtheir ' grossearnings and what they actually received A heavy rent « ias charged for each frame , and the workmen were . obliged to find a place for it to stand in , and to pay for this if he had it not in his own house , and sometimes even if he had . He had also to pay the middleman . Frame-rent varied in amonnt , andwasvery often excessive ; it formed a deduction from the wages , regulated by no fixed rule . Many employers were themselves hostile to the system , hut had not been able to meet the nndne advantage which its discontinuince wonld give others . ( Hear . )

      Mr Biggs stated that frames were a good investment for a manufacturer , if he could sell the produce ofthemasit was made . He himself employed 1 , 000 frames in 1835 and 1 S 35 . The demand , he observed , was greater than could be supplied , though wages did net appear to have risen . Tbe frame rest paid in for the two years was j £ 5 , 100 , against which he set interest of a capital of £ 8 , 000 , supposed to be the value oftbe frames , at 5 per cent , for two years , £ 860 , and cost of repairs £ 2 , , that sum covering wear aad tear , and putting depreciation of the property , according to his own admission , out of question ; in all , £ 3 , 260 had to be deducted from £ 5 , 100 , which left £ 1 , 950 for the two years , or £ 975 a-year net profit , besides £ 5 per cent , interest on the capital invested , and all the profits from the sale ef the article ; mating in all 1 $ per cent , interest on the capital . In the case of a great bankruptcy the frames , amoantibg to 400 , weresoldfor £ 1 , 350 .

      n The rent of these frames , if employed , * ' said the commissioner , '' would , according to the custom of Leicester , range from Is a week upwards , a cording to width and gauge , and therefore would haverr- 'ised a rental of £ 20 a week , at least , or upwards of £ 1 , 009 per an . on a properry the intrinsic value of which was proved to hare been but £ 1 , 350 ; the expenses of keeping them in repair would have to be deducted , and of course the rental at any periods they may happen to be totally unemployed . " Mr Bonltbee Brooks , a framesmith at Hino ley , was asked— "What do yon think is the fair

      average expense of repairs in a year , one frame with another—the common narrow frame !—3 d , or 3 § d . a-week would keep them in capital good repair ; that would allow them good insides , and every thing to keep them up tothe mark . " "And weald you undertake to do a large number for that ! " To be sure I would , and shsnli like to do it : — £ s . d . £ . s . d . 400 frames for ... 1 , 350 0 0 3 7 6 Bent at Is . a-week ... 1 , 600 0 0 Deductrepairsat 3 jd . a-week 303 6 8 69613 4 More than 50 per cent . " Mr John Alvey said— " The total number of frames in Bulwell making gloves and lone hose , which are made in one kind of frame , is 550 , and the average value is £ 6 a frame , making tbe aggregate value £ 3 , 300 . Each frame will pay Is . 6 d . rent , thuspay ingannnaUy for the 556 frames the sum of £ 2 , 140 . The bagman ' s charge is Is .. a-week for taking in one man s work , amounting annually to £ 1 , 430 , so that for a capital of £ 3 , 300 invested in frames , tbe rent is £ 2145 , and all that has to came out of the workmen's annual wages . The grievance was greatly aggravated by the system of middlemen , who took work from the manufacturers , maMng one bargain with the manufacturers and another with the workmen . These persons had the workmen absolutely in their power . A case c f oppressien was mentioned in evidence hy 12 r Absalom Baraett , who as chairman of a board of guardians , had an opportunity of becoming acquainted with the circumstances . A man resided with apanperwidow ; himself , wife , and two children composed his family ; he rented a room upon condition that he should also rent two narrow coarse stocking frames . Each of those frames was stinted to 12 a week ; he paid 9 d . a week rent for each frame , standing 3 d . each , winding 6 d . each , and taking in Cd . ; and the rent of his room was Is . 3 d . To a young man in his circumstances , the stint to both frames was not sufficient work for one frame . The distribution of work was in-the hands of tbe middlemen , who went to the manufacturer and took out the werk . By means of the irregular profits they made they were able t » undersell the fair

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      manufacturer ; and hence depreciation and depression in the trade . The objects of the bid were three—first , to do away with the subcontractors ; secondl y , to do away with frame-rents ; and thirdly , to require manufactures to make entry in their books of the wages actually paid . They had been told that they would find a panacea for their grievances in the repeal of the Corn Laws . The repeal of tbe Corn Laws , however , had brought norelief j and he thought it wonld be easy to show , that the adop . lion of a system of free trade added infinite strength to their claims . Free trade was a national challenge to competition . He had already shown that the hosiery

      manufacturers of this country bad been supplanted bj Saxon competition ; and , if free trade were adopted , it would be still worse , for there would then be an entire absence of protection to their manufacturers . What he ( Sir H . Halford ) asked for on behalf of the stockingmakers was nothing more tban fair play . He wanted them to be on an equal footing with their Saxon competitors . He believed that the main provis ' ssssof tbe bill were suth as would be found absolutely necessary ; bnt , being anxious that the subject should undergo the fullest consideration , and that nothing should be done rashly , he should propose , if his bill was read a second time , to remit it to a select committee .

      Mr W . E & ussaid tbat sack fall evidence had already been taken on the subject , that he saw no occasion for referring it to a select committee . The distress of these unfortunate weavers was attributable to the state of their trade , rather than to any circumstances which legislative interference could obviate . No slight amount of their misery , indeed , was owing to their own improvidence , to the early marriages into which they rushed without any means whatever of maintaining theirprogeny , the consequence of which was , a constant large increase to the population connected with a branch of industry , the demand for the products of which so far from extending , was diminisbicg . These were , no doubt , abuses in the present system , but there were advantages in it which far more than counterbalanced the evils . He denied that the middlemen were tbe exacting and oppressive persons described by the honourable baronet

      As tothe actual wages received by these operatives , though , doubtless some branches of the trade were very low paid , yet , on the other hand , there were branches of it which produced the operative from 15 s . to 25 s . per week . The improvement of the condition of the operative classes rested for the most part with themselves ; they would find no benefit from legislative interference ; they must improve , they must elevate themselves ; they must abandon their reckless , improvident habits , The extinction of the frame-rents proposed by hen . baronet , wot'idbe mostcrneUy . tomanyinduftrionsmen who bad purchased frames ont of their former savings , and now made a little income out of them . It was a delusion to expect that any good could be derived from sending the bill to a committee . The hon . member concluded by moving that the bill be read a second time that day si * months .

      MrGissoRVEdidnot see how the house could obtain more information than it already possessed . The bill be . fore the house was , in truth , another factory bill , being supported by those who had undertaken to show what was / ' a fair day ' s wages for a fair day's work . " ( Hear , hear . ) He admitted that it was sometimes necessary to make np the wages of framework-knitters out of the rates . The real truth was that the trade was so Excessively overstocked that no improvement could be looked forin the condition of the knitters , exceptfrom thediminution of th ' . ir number . All the education grants , factorv

      bills , and other measures of the same kind , including this hosiery bill , were attempts to solve the same problem . Hitherto the working classes had struggled manfuUy with their position , but he now saw the commencement of another state of things . Persons from amongst the working classes hadbeenfound in aU the highest classes of society , including the bench and tbe walks of art and science ; and he prayed the house to take care not to interfere with the natural state of things . He called upon her Majesto ' s Ministers to express their views on the question before thehonse .

      Mr M . Gibson rose about half-past five to address the house , but he was interrupted by Mr Greene , who said that unless tbe house intended to divide that evening . it was not desirable to proceed with the debate , as there was other business on the paper . The debate was then adjourred until Thursday . The other business on fhepaper was disposed of and the house adjourned at six o ' clock . THURSDAY , May 6 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Lord Brououak asked if it were tree , as reported , that a deputation of bankers had writed upon the Prime Minister upon the subject of the money panic , and , if so , what was the result ! He had heard that discounts had risen to twelve and thirteen percent ,, and he knew that several manufaeturers in tbe north had stopped their mills , and refused to execute orders sent from America , because they feared they could not obtain money to pay thsir hands .

      The Marquis of Lansdowne answered that a deputa . tion of bankers had waited upon Lord John Russell that day , but he did not know the result of the conference . Poos Law Belief Ixzuud Bill . — On the house going into committee on this bill , Lord Monteagle moved an amendment on the first clause , the object of which was to limit the bill to a certain period , to be thereinafter named . Tbe noble lord contended tbat , as tbe government had admitted the measure to be a most perilous experiment , the ; could not , with any show of reason , object to miking tte bill temporary . The original clause was supported by tbe Marquis of Lansdowne , the Marquis of Clanricards , the Earl of Devon and Earl Grey . Tbe amendment was supported by the Archbishop of Dublin , Lord Brougham , the Earl of Ross , the Marquis of Westmeath , the Earl of Haddington , the Earl Fitzwilliam , and the Earl of Shrewsbury . Their Lordships' committee divided—For the amendment—Content 63 Hon-Content ... so

      Majority against the Govtrnment ... is The clauses limiting that portion of the biB which introduces tbe new principal of outdoor relief , as amended by Lord Moste acle , were then agreed to . Lord Stahiet moved an amendment , the effect of which would he to give the power of appointment of the relieving officers to the Poor Law Commissioners instead of to the Board of Guardians . This amendment was lost . The house adjourned at a quarter past twelve o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS —Sir VFiiuam Vebner called attention to the importation firearms into Ireland . Mr LABoncBEBE assured the honourable baronet that tbe state of Ireland was most anxiously considered by the government , and tbe prevalence of the sale of arms had not been overlooked ; bat they had not deemed it necessary to resort to any extraordinary measures to secure tha public peace , such as an Arms BUI or a Coercion Bill .

      Mr Bright moved for a select committee to inquire into the progress of the cultivation of cotton in India . Sir J Hobhocse would net oppose tha appointment of the committee . Lord G . Bentinck was proceeding to speak on tbe subject , when the house was courted out , and the msm . hers present adjourned . ( Fwm our Third Edition of lost week . ) FBIDAY , Anttt 30 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Encumbered Estates ( Ire . land ) Bill west through Committee . The remaining business was of no public importance . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Momt Market . — Irish Railwavs . —On the order of tbe day being read for going into committeeof Supply on tbe Railways , < fec . ( Ireland ) Bill , Mr Roebock objected to £ 609 , 000 of tbe public money bein ; devoted to such objects , and moved , as an amendment , that other orders ef the day be read . The amendment being pressed to a division , was rejected by 203 votes against 14 .

      The house then went into committee on the bill , when the Chancellor of tbe Exchequer proposed that loans be advanced to certain railways in Ireland . In so doing he took occasion to observe , that the panic which prevailed so generally in the money-market , within the last few days , was altogether without foundation . He was enabled to make that statement , not only from an interview which he had bad with the Governor of the Bank ot England , bnt from recent intelligence from America . In consequence of its being found impossible to make the reclamation of Waste Lands Bill in Ireland work practically , at least for the present , that measure which gave one million five hundred thousandpounds was abandoned , and the five hundred thousand pounds of the money proposed to be given by instalments , for the advancement of those lines .

      A lengthened debate ensued , and ultimately the house divided , when there appeared ; for the motion , 208 ; against it , 75 ; majority in favour of the government , 133 . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the house adjourned .

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      GUILDHALL . —Richard . Hart , a paperstainsr , was summoned by his employers , Messrs Williams and Co ., QfSmithfield . forrefusing to fulfil a contract he had en . tered into with ttem to work as a journeyman for a year , atthe prices set forth ia a list , Mr Cooper supported the complaint , and Mr Ashley appeared for the defendant , or ratber the Trades' Union to which he belongs . Joseph Boyle , a foreman , was called to prove the refusal to work . On the 18 th ult . he took the defendant some border work of the description included in tbe item 29 in the contract list of prices . He told the defendant it was an order taken extremely low , and be could not afford to give him more than l £ d . per piece , according to the list . He did not make any answer then , and witness went to him again in the afternoon , when he said he would not do the werk at tbat prica . Witness said he had no other job to give him , and he put on his

      clothes and went away . ' He produced the pattern tbe defendant had refused to work . One was a border for a room , and there was another of a corner to match . Two corners occupied the whole breadth of the paper . Of the borders , four were printed « n the breadth , so that the piece of 12 yards would make 48 yards of the border . He explained that the question raised by the workmen wa ' whether these corners were to be deemed " decorations ' as by tbe list works coming within tbat description were ' to be paid by the day , instead of by tbe piece . He contended that a corner to match a border , and delivered with the border , was a part of it . " Borders" were to be done at L ] d . per piece . Mr Hessetline , of the firm of HinchcUffe and Co ., paperstainers , consider the corners part of tbe borders , and the same price was paid for making a piece of each at his works . When a man had to mix his colours for a small quantity ef any pattern he was always paid by tbe day . The price

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      per piece would not be a compensation , what be called decoration werk was where paper was prepared for a whole side ef a room , and from 150 to 500 different blocks were used . Mr Aubert , a paper stainer , said tbat there were borders without corners , and borders with them , but it was all border work . In answer to a questionfrom Mr Alderman Hunter , he said the public were required to pay a trifle more for corners than for borders only . William Cooper , jun ., a member of tho firm of Williams and Co ., stated that at the same price per piece corners were more profitable to the workman than borders . The work refused by the defendant was done by another hand who earned £ 2 a week at it . For the defendant , Thomas Cox , of Fair-street , Horslejdown ,

      defined decoration . A corner was a decoration , because it was uselessby itself , and a border was complete by itself without it ; it was an unnecessary addition , and therefore , ornament or decoration . Alfred Gilchrist urged that corner work should be paid for at 6 s . per day instead of by the piece , because it required much more care and patience to produce tbe best effect . A man working by the piece could not be expected to bestow the necessary pains . Other witnesses were examined . Mr Alderman Hunter , after a very long investigation , said it was a nice matter , which would be much better determined by tbe arbitration of a respectable workman and master . Mr Ashley and Mr Cooper assented to this course , and the arbitrators were named .

      MANSION-HOUSE . —Stabbing jy . a Bot . —James Whitehead , aged 12 , was brought before the Lord Mayor upon the charge of stabbing Elizabeth Corbet , a girl , aged 15 . The prosecutrix stated that sbe was servant to Mr Fletcher , of Widegate-street , Bishopgate . Last Sunday evening , about nine o ' clock , while she was conveying some mugs of tea through Widegate-street the prisoner spat in one of them ; onhir return she boxed his ears , upon which he deliberately stabbed her in the arm with some sharp instrument . City policc-constable John Spittle ,-671 , stated that , having heard that prosecutrix had been stabbed by a boy , be went in pursuit of the latter , and apprehended him ( prisoner ) about nine

      o ' clock , when he admitted the stabbing , but said be did it witb a piece of tin ; but at the same time handed over a small but sharp penknife which he said he took out of his father's drawer a few days before , but said he did not inflict tbe wound with that . The surgeon to whom the prosecutrix went , said tbat she was covered with ' blood , which flowed from a deep long wound in the arm ; the wound was one inch and a quarter long , " and : three quarters of an inch deep , and although not dangerous , yet tbe instrument bad gone very near the main artery , and bad that been penetrated , the result would doubtless have proved fatal , Tbe Lord Mayor , said be . would again remand the prisoner , and he had no doubt it wcbI ? be his duty ts commit him for trial .

      The Ballots The Ballot For Fifty-Fire Pr...

      THE BALLOTS The ballot for fifty-fire prizes on one hundred and seventy-seven acres of the Mathon Estate , commenced at Dean street , Soho , on Monday evening , the 3 rd May ; The chair was taken at six o ' clock , by Mr William Cuffay ; and Messrs Watson , Hopkins , Kingsnought , Boaz , Pocock , Humphries , and Gardener , were appointed a committee for conducting the ballot . The prizes to be drawn were as follows : Section No . 1 .-Eight four acres ; three three acres ; tour two acres . Section No . 2 . —Thirteen four acres ; four three acres ; eight two acres . Section No . 3 . —Eight four acres ; three three acres ; four two acres . The ballot commenced with the two acres ia Section No . 3 ..

      The prizes were drawn as follows : — Thomas Ashman Mells , Somerset 161 Robert Heppinstall Hull 34 Robert Baines Newcastle-upon-Tyne 70 John West Wheeler ' s List 11

      THREE ACRES . Robert Winter Bull 18 Uenty Oliver Newport Pagnell 28 Mathew Brown Wheeler ' s List 64

      ^ , FOUR ACRES . Stephen Cox Smethwick 548 William Colston Derby 449 Thomas Newsome Dewabury 631 William Lambert 111 Thomas Lambert , and John Tattersal ( Family Ticket ) Burnley 411 , 412 , 413 Thomas Franklin Linihouse 514 Robert Jarvis Wheelers ' s List 506 The Family Ticket , engrQssia g . tb . cee prises . This concluded the third Section . The Two Acres in the first Section was next proceeded with , the prizes falling as follows : — John-Robertson Stalybridge 35 Thomas Hallsale Chorley 1557 Richard Daniels Wheeler's List 1976 Dennis O ' Brien Alva 1383

      FOUR ACRES . Edmund Gee Wigan 8507 , 3509 John Ramsey Glasgow 177 Joseph Smith Rouen 6061 Thomas Barlew Manchester 1661 Walter Kenworthy Manchester 585 , 686 Williams James Merthyr Tydvil 1929 John Livesey Simpson And Esther Hunt ( Family Ticket ) Manchester # 65 , 1087 One o ' clock haying arrived , it was moved , seconded , and carried , that the further proceedings of the Ballot stand adjourned until Wednesday evening , at eight o ' clock precisely . Wednesday Evening , May the 5 th " . —The Ballot was resumed at eight o ' elock , Mr William Cuffay again occupying the chair , and Messrs Souter , Milne , S . Ford , Jun ., and D . Watson , acting for the absent members of the Committee .

      The Three Acres , First Section was then dravra , the prizes falling as follows : — John Kay Ashton 32 James Watson Dewsbury 1 , 624 , 407 Alexander Cleland Glasgow 65 The Two Acres , Second Section , next followed , the prizes falling to the following : — John league ' Bilston 649 Mary Clsrkson Addingham , Yorkshire 20 Isaac Goodall Market Lavington 707 William Grey Market Lavington 690 C . H . Buddlecombe Southampton 32 Edward Edesbury Wheeler ' s List 2 , 038 William Dart Exeter 2376 Thomas Hope Ledbury 2167 THREE ACHES . John Buswell Banbury 9 George Cox Nottingham 1080 , 1090 Thomas Savill Halifax > 1607 , 138 Donald Robinson Edinburgh 793 , 62

      FOUR ACRES . Thomas Lainchbury Kidderminster 1965 , 1966 J . E . Benton Greenwich 1030 , 1031 Daniel Powell Merthyr Tydvil 1878 , 1879 Charles Richardson Sheffield 112 , 113 William Jarrett ¦ Wheeler ' s List 1390 , 1391 JohnLawton Retford 1564 , 1565 John Rice Bradford , Yorks . 65 John Kinross , and 361 , 362 Andrew Kinross 2351 , 2352 ( Family Ticket ) Alva James Brand Sleaford 1520 , 1621 James Carew Manchester 921 , 922 John Miller Newton Abbott 75 , 76 James Wakeman Torquay 273 , 274 The Ballet being now concluded , a vote of thanks was given to the committee and chairman , for the impartial manner in which they had conducted the Ballot , and the meeting dissolved .

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      Leeds.—A Branch Of The National Land And...

      Leeds . —A branch of the National Land and Lahour Bank has been commenced here ; Mr Joseph Hewitt , agent . Meetings as usval on Monday evenings .-to receive contributions for the land , from eight to nine o ' clock ; and for the Bank , from nine to ten o ' clock . MiiiyiBBosB . —At a meeting of shareholders held at the Coach Painter's Arms , Circus-street , on Sunday evening , May 2 . The accounts of the district was audited and found correct . Messrs Bayaton , Corderry , and Hutchins wereappointed Scrutineers , and Mr Aldon ' s Treasurer . The thirteenth rule will be discussed ou Sunday evening next . The chair to be taken at 6 o ' clock . f Oldham . —On Sunday last , Mr James Williams ,

      delivered a lecture in tho school room of the Working Man ' s Hall , in which he exposed the evil results of the present artificial state of society , and recommended the labouring class to union and co-operation as the only means of bettering their condition . Peterboro . —A meeting was held here on Monday week , for the adoption ef the National Petition , Mr A . Scholey , Methodist local preacher presided , Mr C . Theobald , moved the first resolution in an effective speech , which was seconded by Mr S . Auckland , MrThomns Clark , of the Chartist Executive , supported the resolution in a speech of great length and eloquence , which was enthusiastically responded to . The petition was unanimously adopted . Pudsby . —Lately Mr Shaw of Leeds lectured here on the principles oftbe National Land Company . Pudsey until lately has been too celebrated for vice and ignorance , but a better state of things has

      commonced . Temperance , Chartism , and tho agitation of tho Small Farm System , as embodied in the Land plan , have done and are doing much to effect a reformation . There are 60 members of the Lasd Company'in this village . Rea-Street Branch .-The notice respecting the Bilston Ballot in aid of the Victims , was read at the meeting on Monday , when a number of shares were taken . All shareholders of the Land Company meeting at the above place will assemble on Wednesday next , at 8 o ' clock , for the purpose of adopting a plan in aid of the National Land and Labour Bank . Radford . —Mr Douse delivered a very interesting and instructive lecture in the Dennuuuatreet Chapl e , on Monday evening last . A vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the lecturer . The following officers werechosen : —Joseph Simmons , W . L y goand W . Sheppard , Committee ; S . Cotter , Scrutineer ; James Saunders , Treasurer ; Samuel Saundtrs , Sec-

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      retary ; Joseph Sandom and Thomas Lowe , A Sr-The Central Registration and Election Committee met at the Assembly Rooms , Sd . ueanstreet , Soho , on Tuesday evening , May «»• "' J . Milne in the chair . Mr Stallwoof read a letter he had received from Sir , B . Hall , Bart ., H . J-., enclosing a cheque for £ 5 , towards thes funds , ita ' promoting the agitation for Repealing the Repaying Clauses in the Reform and Registration Acta , borne very pleasing information was reported of the progross made in the borough of Nottingham . Mr Ernest Jon applied for , and received , some addresses and claims to register for the borough of Halifax ; Some information was also requested and ordered to be obtained respecting the borough of Carlisle . MrStallwood was authorized to write to several members of Parliament and others for pecuni assistance to carry on the agitation , and the

      ary meeting was adjourned until Tuesday evening next , May 11 th , at eight o ' clock . , •; ,.. „ Wakefield . —Resolution passed : —Moved by Mr Thos . Gill , and seconded by Mr Ellis :- " That ; allottees selling their allotments to non-members will prove injurious to the company as tending to open a field for speculators and gamblers . " Yorkshire . — The West Riding delegate meeting was held on Sunday , May 2 nd , at Littletown , delegates present ' . —Halifax , J . Croatand ; Bradford , W . Clark ; Dewsbury . E . Newsome ; Littletown , J . Uadfield . J . Hadfieldinthechair . It was resolved , "That Mr W . jBrooke of Leeds . be invited to preside atthe Peep-green meeting" "That localities intendinu to hold camp meetings seay have the names of the local lectures , by aoplying to the West Riding secretary . " 2 nd . That tue next West Riding meeting be holden on July 4 th , at the association room , Bradford . " .

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      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . A Camp Mbetiko will be held on the public ground near the Prospect-house , Peep Green , Robert-town , May 9 . Ernest Jones , Esq . of London , Benjamin Rusliton , of Orenden , and other speakers will attend . Tbe delegates and speakers are requested to meet at twelve at noon , at the Star Inn , Robertowh . ' Bradfobd . —On Sunday evening a public meeting will be held in the Temperance Hall , Leeds-road ; chair to be taken at 1 o'clock . Mr Ernest Jones , of London , will address the meeting . The . committee of the Land Company and Chartist council will meet in their room , Butterworth-buildings , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , from whence they will start for Peep Green meeting , and returning with Mr Jones to Bradford .

      Bkrmondset . —The members of the Chartist Association will meet on Tuesday evening , to appoint officers , Ac . for the ensuing quarter . BitsioN . —A general meeting of the Chartists' of Bilston will be held on Sunday evening next , May 9 th , for tbe purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of aiding the committee for Poland's Regeneration , and transacting other business of importance . It is hoped every member will attend . Hail op Science , Cm Road—Mr G .. J . Holyoake will lecture on Sunday erosing , May 9 , at 7 o ' clock . Subject : " Unseen Enemies . " Hull . —The Chartists of Hull will meet at the Ship Inn , Church-lane , on Sunday evening next , at 6 o ' clock . A public meeting will be held in the

      Sessions-hall , Mansion-house , for the adoption of a petition for the repeal of the Ratepaying Clauses of the Reform Act , on Monday evening next , May 10 th , at 8 o ' clock precisely . Lancashire Miners . —The next general delegate meeting of Lancashire miners , will be held on Monday , the 17 th of May . atthe Golden Lion , Hindley Green , near Wigan , afc eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . Livebpool . —A quarterly meeting of this branch will take place on the evening of Monday , the 17 th instant , in Mr Farrell ' s Temperance Hotel , Cazenau-street . On Sunday evening , May 9 th , a public lecture will be delivered in the same place by Mr Edmund Jones , on the Poetry of Bloomfield . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock .

      Mahtlbbone Locality . —A members'meeting will take plaee on Monday evening , May 10 , at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , New Road , at eight o ' clock , for the purpose of nominating the new council and a secretary . Manchester . —Mr Donovan will deliver a lecture in the People ' s Institute , Herod-street , Aneoats , on Sunday , the 9 th instant . Mb Clark will visit Boston , Spilsby , Louth , and Lincoln during the ensuing week , NfiWOisTLB-UPON-TysB . —The members of this branch are respectfully informed that Dr M'Douall will deliver his farewell address on Sundayevening

      next , May 9 , in the long room of the Cock Inn , head of the Side , at seven o ' clock . The attendance ot all members that can possibly attend is particularly requested , as business of great importance will be brought before them . Tower Hamlets . —Mr W . W . Broom will lecture at the Globe and Friends , Morgan-atreet , Convmercial-road , on Sunday evening , May 9 th—subject , " Monarchy ; its influence . " To commence at 8 o ' clock . Todmorden . —Mr James Cooper ( from Manchester ) will lecture in the Odd-Fellow's-hall , on Sunday the 9 th inst . Chair , to be taken at half-past 6 p . m . Subject : " Home , and the best means of promoting and securing its Happiness . "

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      BILSTON . j On Tuesday evening week a public supper was field at the house of Mr Linney , High-street , Bilston , ; o present the secretary to the Land Company with in engraved plate of O'Connorville , beautifully tamed , as a token of esteem ; and to celebrate the departure of Mr Short to O'Connorville . The supoer was served up in first-rate style by-Mr Linney ; ifter which Mr Vero was appointed to thechair . and proposed the following toasts and sentiments : — 1 . "The directors of the National Land Company . " Responded to in an able manner by Mr Linney . . __ ' ¦ •_

      2 . " The National Co-operative Land Company , may it progress rapidly , and raise the toiling millions to a state of independence and comfort . " . Responded to in an eloquent and impressive speech by Mr Jennings . 3 . " Health and happiness to our worthy secretary . " After which Thomas Almond read the following address . MaFoamvAr ,, Ekspected Sib , —When any new institution springi into existence it requires all the fostering cars and atten . tion which its projectors and supporters can bestow upon U ; and its success greatly depends on the ability and integrity of the officers appointed to conduct it . Of thii we , the members of the Bilston branch of the National Co-operative Land Company are fully convinced ; and so

      well satisfied are we witb your ability and the manner in which yon have performed your gratuitous services , that we deem it our duty to tender to you a proof of our gratitude . Being working men like yourself ; living under a system of class misrule and oppression , and badly paid for our labour ; it is not in our power to offer you anything like an adequate reward for the great and generous services you have devoted to this branch ef the Association ; yet we nevertheless believe you will set great store upon the engraved plate of O'Connorville , the first estate purchased by that society to which you , Sir , have so magnanimously devoted a f ^ reat portion of your time , talent , and attention . TW re chosen it as the most appropriate present we oou . d bestow , because it represents an entirely new state of society , ( brought about by the united pence of your own order , ) which forms a new and important era in the history of the working classes ; it has placed freedom and

      independence within the reach of all men , and invites all to participate in its advantages . Sheuld you , sir , live to see the plan carried out on a « extensive scale , and the working classes of this country promoted from a state of slavery and want to freedom and independence , what pride you will feel when you look upon the engraving you are presented witb to-night , and keboldin it an indisputable proof of the great and gratuitous services you have rendered to that glorious cause which has produced such heneficM results ! moreover , what lofty and generous sentiments it will inspire in the minds of your posterity , your children and children's children will contemplate it with feelings of pride , and endeavour to follow your laudable example . Such being our sentiments , we respectfully request you to accept of the * engraving of O'Connorville as a lasting proof of our esteem . In conclusion , we earnestly wish that you and your family may soon enjoy all the advantages tbat the National Co-operative Land Company confers .

      Signed in bvhalf of the company . WntuK JENWitraa , Thoha « Aiuovo , RJCHABD EOWWV , JOSEPfl PlNHBB , Josepb Linnet . Mr Linney then presented the plate , together with the address , in a few appropriate remarks , and Mr Furnival briefly returned thanks . ¦ . - x 4 . "The officers of the Bilston branch of the Nahonal Charter Association , and thanks to them for their past services . " Responded to in an able manncv bv Mr Beddows ;

      5 . " The victims of class-made oppression ; may they live to see the Charter made law ; together with the political exiles , and a speedy return to their native land ; also to the memory of the illustrious dead of every age and clime . " Responded to in an impressive and energetic strain by the old and venerated victim , Daddy Richards . 6 . " Mr Short and his tree brethren of O'Connorville , may they , by their industry and exemplary conduct , accelerate the progress of the Land plan . " Briefly responded to by Thomas Almond .

      7 . "Our worthy host ( Mr Linney ) may he long live to disseminate the principles of the Charter . " Responded to in an eloquent and powerful speech by Mr Jennings . 8 . "The health of Feargus O'Conuor , Esq ., and success to the ' Northern Star . '" Responded in a speech couched in sublime and powerful language by Daddy Richards . "We'll rally around Wm , " was then sung , and after thanking the chairman , the company dispersed , all highly pleased with the night ' s proceedings .

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      Birmingham . — At a meeting held atthe Ship Inn , on Thursday evening , April 29 th , Mr Stephenson m the chair , for the purpose of considerin g the best means of supporting the Land Bank , the following resolutions were unanimously passed : —Moved by Mr Fussell , seconded by Mr Witheridge : — " That the . members oftbe Land Company , meeting at the Ship Inn , agree to form a money club , for the purpose of assisting the Land and Labour Bank , and a subcommittee be now elected for carrying out the above object . " Messrs Fusscll , Potts , and Jearn were elected as the committee . After a lengthened discussion as tothe weekly amount of subscriptions , it was moved by Mr Newhouse , and seconded by Mr Lyndon : —Tbat the lowest amount subscribed , regulate the weekly contributions , but that any one may take an unlimited number of Bhates . " Sunday Evening , May 2 . —Mr Stephenson in the

      chair * After the secretary had done receiving the subscriptions of tbe Land members , the chairman announced that there was a subscription open for the purpose of assisting , the Central Electioneering Committee . The sumof thirteen shillings and sixpence was collected and ordered to be forwarded to the committee , and several names were then entered for the Bilston ballot . The members meeting at the Ship ernestlv recommend to their brother democrats throughout the country , to support the ballot . Biackburh . —Atthe weekly meeting . loseph Bibby was appointed secretary . The books was audited and found correct . Bolton . — At the general monthly meeting the Local and Land accounts were declared satisfactory and passed . James Lord was re-elected scrutineer ; with thanks for his past services . The local levy was ordered to be one penny per week per member .

      Cibbnckster . —Atthe monthly meeting a vote of thanks was carried unanimously to Christopher Bowly Esq .. for granting the use of the Temperance room , and finding gas and firing through the winter . The meetings will take-place the first Wednesday in every month , at the Temperance room , Sheep-street Lane , at eight o ' clock in the evening . PMEBBORo ' . —On Tuesday week Mr Clark one of the directors of the Land Company , delivered a lecture here on " The objects an ( i progress of the Land plan . " The lecture lafted two . hours , interrupted only by the cheers of the meeting , and avoteot thanks to Mr Clark , testified the satisfaction of his audience . A like compliment was paid to the worthy chairman , Mv , S . Auckland . Another visit from Clark on an early occasion , is earnestly hoped for by the democrats of Peterboro ' - ,

      Rochdale . —On Sunday afternoon , we had a good meeting of land members , when we enrolled ten new members . Daniel Nuttall was appointed scrutineer . Somkbs Town . —The following resolution has been adopted : — "That it is the opinion of this meeting that the present system of selling allotments is injurious ; and we are of opinion that more satisfaction would be given if . the original plan of a reserved list was adopted . " , Vaib of Lbvbn . —The shareholders of the Alexandria branch have passed resolutions in favour of the next Conference being held at Lowbands , in July next ; and of confidence in Mr O'Connor , and thanks to him and the other Directors .

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      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . ARUtEr . —This branch meets at Mr . Oats , Towngate , every Monday night at eighto ' clcik . Ashios-cndbr-Lyse . —The shareholders are re-Jue sted to meet ou Sunday next , at two o ' clock , to iscuss the opposition set forth by the Birmingham branch . Beadfobd . —A public meeting of the shareholders will be held in Butterworth-buildings , on Monday evening , at 8 o ' clock , to take into consideration the propriety of adopting a memorial to tbe directors , to prevent allottees taking more than their own families with them to their location .

      Butteblet . —The next meeting of this branch will be held at Butterley , on Saturday , May 8 th , at sevenj o ' clock , when a supper will be provided in honour of the Joeation ' of the people ' s first estate . Cdorlet , —A meeting of shareholders will be held at William Wilkinson ' s , Princess-street , on the 9 th iust ,, at six o ' clock in the evening . Dundee . —Tbe shareholders of the Dundee branch of the Laud Company are requested to meet in the meetine-room , Pullar ' s Close , Murray . gatc , on

      Monday , May 17 th , at eight o ' clock in the evening , on business of importance . The committee meet every Monday , at eight o ' clock , at the above place , to receive subscriptions and enrol new members . Easisgios-Lane , —The shareholders will meet at Mr Hunter's public-house , on Monday , May 10 th . Mr Hunter , sub-secretary , has a few copies of the rules to dispose of . ' Haufax . —The shareholders are requested to attend a general meeting in the large room , Bull Close Lane , on Sunday , May the 9 th , at two o clock in tbe afternoon .

      . ^ IIuddbbspieu ) . —The shareholders meet , the second and last Tuesday evening in each month , at Ibbeson ' s Temperance House , Buxton-road , at eight o ' clock , when new members may lo enrolled . The members of the Charter Associatiou meet at the same time and place . Hyde . —The shareholders of this branch will meet at the house of Mr Wm . llenning , Hyde-lane , on Sunday , May 9 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Hun . —Tbe shareholders meet every Monday evening , at , the Ship Inn , Church-lane , at half-past seven o ' clock ; Liiilbiown . — All persons desirous of joining this branch or wanting rules , must attend at Mr Charles Brooks , Church-lane End , where the secretary attends every alternate Sunday , for the enrolment of shareholders .

      Nobton-Foloate . —Mr M'Grath will lecture at the Pe » ter Platter , White Lion-streeV Korton-Folgate , on Tuesday evening , May 11 th , at S o ' clock . C . Doyle will lecture on the following Tuesday evening . The members are requested to attend next Thursday . The Committee for getting up an excursion to O'Connorville , will meet at the same time and place . ; ,. Oidham . — A general meeting of shareholders will take place on Sunday next , at 2 two o ' clock in the afternoon , in the school-room of the Working Man ' s Hall .

      Peterborough . —A public meeting of shareholders will be held at the house of Mr Auckland , Boongate , on Sunday afternoon next , ( to-morrow ) at half-past two o ' clock . Radford . —A discussion will take place upon the Small Farm System , in the Denman-street Chapel . on Monday evening , May 10 th , at 8 o ' clock . Rosendaie . —The shareholders of the National Land Company meet at the house of Mr Edward Riley , Hartiholrae , every Saturday evening , at 8 o ' clock , to receive subscriptions , and enrol new members .

      Rochdale . —On Sunday evening next , Mr Livsey will give a full account of his late visit to to O'Connorville and Redmarley , at the Chartist Associationroom , Yotkshire-street , late in the possession of the Socialists . Chair to be taken at six in the evening . On Sunday afternoon next , at two o ' clock , a general meeting will take place in the above room , to take into consideration the case of O'Conner v . Parry , the forthcoming conference , and ottier business . SiocKPour . —A meeting of the shareholders will be held in their room , Bomber ' s Brow , on Sunday next , at 2 o ' clock in the afternoon .

      To O'Connorville . —A party of friends belonging to the Land Company , will start from the Volunteer Tavern , Limehouse , at six o ' clock , on Whit Sunday morning , for 0 ' Connarville . Every place iu the van has been taken for weeks past . Such is the tide of opinion setting in , in favour of the company , that the same parties could fill two other vans with friends . Tower Hamlets . —A general meeting of ihe Whittington and Cat branch will be held en Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock precisely , when business of the utmost importance will be brought before the members . . The paid-up members are particularly requested to attend .

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      CORN , Sic . : MARK Lane , Monday , May 3 rd . —The temperature centinues very low , - and the accounts received from the agri . cultural districts begin to Ispeak with less confidence of our future prospects . Under existing circumstances , a bad or even an indifferent harvest would place this country in a dreadful position . That the quantity of grain remaining in the hands of the fanners is extremely short can no longer be questioned ; every day furnishes fresh evidence of the fact . Whether prices rise , or whether they show a tendency to decline , no increase takes place in the deliveries from the growers , and we can therefore come to no other conclusion but that the stocks are so far reduced

      as to render the holders indifferent about realising . The reports from the northern and eastern parts of Europe are of a very exciting character , and it appears but too evident that the scarcity of food is as great in many parts of the continent as in Ireland . From Dantzic we learn , under date of 24 th of April , that wheat of fine quality hud been actually sold at equal to 77 s per qp , free on board , and that many holders had declined selling at that price . U wassail that the sending of Spring corn from Poland dfwn the Vistula had been prohibited . The accounts from Konigsberg are of a similar character ; and at Rostock , Stettin , and other places in the Baltic , the ex . citefflcnt appears to have been to the full as great as at Dantzic .

      To-day a very limited quantity of English wheat came to hand either coastwise or by land carriage , henco the show of samples of that descviption of produce was trilling . This circumstance , together with the presence of several buyers from France , caused the English wheat trade to rule very brisk , at an advance in the quotations paid on Monday lust of from 5 s to , in some instances , 6 s per qr , and at that amount of improvement the whole of the supply was speedily cleaved off without the slightest difficulty ; and we may observe that we never witnessed more excitement in the market than was the case to-day . The quantity of foreign wheat on ofi'er was very trifling ; hence the sale was extremely brisk , at the rise in the currencies of last week ot * from 4 s to as per qv . Bay ley vose ' 2 s ; malt , from is to 2 s ; oats , is pur qr . Flour advanced 7 s per sack .

      BnmsH . —Wheat : Kent , Essex , and Suffolk , old red , 81 s to 88 s ; new red , 87 s to 90 s ; old white , 87 s to 9 i ! s ; new ditto , 90 s to 95 s , Norfolk and Lincoln oldveds , 81 s to 86 ; old white , 8 ? s to 90 . Rye , 4 Ss to fils . Harlcy , grinding Us toils ; distilling , i 8 $ to 5 jsj malting , 40 s to 51 s . Malt ,

      Corn, Sic. : Mark Lane, Monday, May 3rd....

      Brown , 67 s to 69 s ; pale , 72 b to 75 e . Oats , English f « u » 83 s to 37 s ; Poland , 3 ls to 35 s ; Scotch feed , 33 s to 3 p Flour , town made , 70 s per 2801 hs . " Fobeiok . —Free wheat , Dantzic and Konrgsburg , 75 s ( . 78 s ; Mecklenburg , 70 s to 75 s ; Russian , 66 s to Tj , Barley , grinding , 42 s to 45 s ; malting , 45 s to 50 s . 0 m !' Russian , 28 s to 32 s . American flour , 40 s to 42 s per 169 ! V Richmond , Yorkshikk , May I . —V 7 e had a tolerable supply of grain in our market this morning , which had a brisk sale , at an advance on last week ' s prices . Wheat sold from 10 s to 13 s ; oats , 3 s Cd to 5 s ; barley , ( s to 6 s 3 a ¦ hcans 6 s 6 d to 7 s , per bushel . ' CATTLE , < fcc .

      Smithfibm , Monday , May 3 . —There was averylare * number of foreign beasts here today , or nearl y 700 head . but that of sheep and calves was small , viz .. 120 ofth « former , and 18 of the latter . Nearly the whole found buyers at very full prices , From , our own erasing dis tricts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were moderately extensive , but the quality was not e qual to that exhibited on this day week . The attendance of town and country dealers was tolerably numerous , while the beef trade was steady , though not to say brisk , at fully but at nothing quotable beyond last week ' s prices . The supply of lambs was large , occasioning a dicline of 2 d p 6 r 81 bs . Course and inferior beasts 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d , second quality ditto 3 s Cd to 3 s Sd , prime large oxen 3 s lod to 4 s 2 d , prime Scots 4 s 4 d to 4 s 6 d , coarse and inferior sheep 4 s 2 d to 4 . 1 6 d , second quality ditto 4 s 8 d to 5 s , prinij coarse woollen sheep 5 s 2 d to 5 s fid , prime south down ditto Cs 8 d to 6 s , large coarse calves 4 s 4 d to' 5 s , prime small ditto 5 s 2 d to 5 s 6 d , large hogs 3 s 8 d to 4 s 4 d , neat small porkers 4 s 6 d to 5 s , laiub 5 s 2 d to 6 s 2 d , per 81 bs to sink the offal , suckling calves 19 s to 30 s , and quarter old store pigs His to 21 s each .

      POTATOES . BoRoron ano Spitalfields , Monday , May 3 . —Coast , wise , as well as from abroad , the arrivals of potatoes have been on the increase during the past week . All kinds are in heavy requests , at barley stationary prices . York reds 240 s to 260 s , ditto Regents iOOs to 210 s , Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Regents 220 s to 240 s , ditto kidneys 200 s to to 220 s , Dutch 180 s to 200 s per ton .

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      STATE OF TRADE . Manchester , Saturday . —During tbe week the market has continued to feel severely the effects of the monetary pressure . Experienced men say that there was probabl y a less amount of business transacted in Manchester last week than for several years . The want of confidence and general stagnation increased as the week advanced , until it may he said that business was brought to a complete stand . No material change can be reported in the prices of goods , but yarns may be bought at somewhat easier terms than those of last week . The cotton market par . ticipates in the general depression . Leeds , Saturday . —The sfcite of the money market , the high price of all kinds of provisions , and the backwardness of the spring , tend very much to restrict operations in the woolen market . All parties act with the greatest

      caution . BRAiironn , Saturday . —The unsettled state of the money market has tended to depress the spirits of the buyers , who are now only supplying their immediate wants on a very limited scale . Nottingham , Saturday . —Tbe improvement in the lac » trade during the past week has not been commensurate with our wishes . Therehas been a slight but by no means brisk demandin muslin , both edgings and dresses , for the American markets ; but tbat for Germany has beenun . usually flat for this season . The Belgian orders are very limited , and one house at Brussels ( not a very ^ extensive one ) has recalled its agent and suspended its rtgnlat p \» . chase for six weeks . The high price of provision , both at home and abroad , and the tightness of the money market , must necessarily operate injuriously upon such a peculiar business as the lace trade ; and we hear that several ma , chine holders have still further stinted their hands so as to limit the supply to the demand . Hosiery . —We have experienced another week of depression throughout the most branches of the trade , with scarcely any amount of basiness doing in any department , the general ' trade being , for the season , far worse than even could have been anticipated .

      Leicester , Saturday . —There is not the slightest im . provementto be noted in the home demand , which , if any . thing , is still more depressed than it was last week .. Employment is , consequently , becoming more scarce , and many more hands , we hear , will be turned off this week . This state of affairs seems likely to continue for seme time . Stockport , Saturday . —The condition of the working class here is nearly as bad as it was in the years of 1841 and 18 ( 2 , that fearful period when " Stockport was to let , " and when the overseers of the poor hud upwards of 2 , e 00 empty dwellings on their books ! And well may it be the case , when we consider that nine-tenths of the labourers are connected with the cotton mills , which are affording only half work , with provisions double the price , and rents and local taxes as high as at any period when the necessaries of life were only half the price , and wages were double .

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      ALARMING STATE O ? THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS . The following account of " the condition of Lancashire and its trade is abridged from the monthly trade circular of Messrs Fergusson and Taylor , of Manchester ;—" When it had been ascertained that the failure in tbe potato crop , and the deficiency of yield of certain cereals last harvest , amounted in money value to a loss by the nation of more than twenty millions sterling in one year , it became evident to all who reasoned on the matter , that such a calamity must inevitably derange our monetary affairs , and lead to a temporary prostration , at least , of our manufacturing industry , and some embarrassment to our ordinary commercial enterprise . It was clear tbat this deficiency in the native supply of the food of the people , would have , to a large extent , to be met by import , ations from foreign sources , and whether such supplies were paid for by commodities or money , the nation would

      be impoverished in its resources to the extent of the deficiency in the returns of her own fields ; since those importations would not be , as in the case of an abundant harvest , an increment to previously existing wealth , but ^ on the contrary , would have to be balanced by a draft on past savings , and the future products of our industry , The crisis has at length arrived . The effect of the tight , ness in the money market lias completely paralysed the trade during the past week . Buyers are unwilling to extend their liabilities , and therefore contract their operations within thft most limited compass , confining their in . vestments principally to mere parcels for assorting storks . Spinners and manufacturer ? , on : the other hand , viewing no probability of an immediate revival of demand , are reducing production as much as possible , by working short time or closing their mills . In Manchester , out of 177 mills , employing 41 , 000 hands , 52 mills , employing 12 , 500 hands , are working short time , and 24 mills , employing 7 , 508 hands , entirely stopped ; in Ashton-under-Lyne , Stalybridge , Dukinfield , Mossley , Fairfield , A'c out of 211 mills , of (•' , 479 horsepower , employing 27 , 509

      hands , there are 4 , 301 liorse power , with 18 , 032 hands , only working four days per week ; in Stockport , out of 85 mills of 3 , 1 ) 48 horse power , and employing 14 , 592 hands , there are 40 mills , of 8 , 165 horse power , employing 12 , 660 hands , that are only working three days a week , and 15 mills , of 423 liorse power , and 1 , 692 hands , are entirely stopped ; in Bolton , out of 53 mills , of 1 , 425 horsepower , employing 7 , 070 hands , there are 33 mills , of 842 horse uower , aud employing 4 , 250 hands , working on average 4 fc days per week ; in Oldham , Crompton , Royton , Chadderton , Lees , and neighbourhood , out 182 mills , above 100 , employing 17 , 000 hands , are working only six and eight hours , per day , and about 12 mills , employing 2 , 000 hands , - are stopped altogether ; in Rochdale , Koyton , Todmorden , "Whitworth , and neighbourhood , out of 20 » mills , employing 10 . 061 hands , there are 109 mills , with 13 , 011 hands , working short time , and 21 mills , with 3 , 141 hands , entirely stopped . In Blackburn , Preston , and Wigan , ' short time' and stoppages are extending . It is calculated by many who are now running full time to stop entirely , for a short time , at Whitsuntide . "

      Pood Disturbance On The Continent. Stett...

      POOD DISTURBANCE ON THE CONTINENT . Stettin , April 24 . — This morning a mob made an i attack on the supplies of potatoes brought to market i and accompanied by a countless multitude of women i and boys , proceeded to almost all the bakers' shops ,,,, seized the bread , and destroyed the furniture and other r articles . It happening to be the day of the fair : the e stalls were not spared , those with provisions were plun- idered , aud many excesses committed . It was not till the e drums beat to arms , and till the troops assembled at the le places that were threatened , andpatrolled the streets , and id several of the desperate rioters were arrested , that Iran- aquillity was in some measure restored . A proclamation in is everywhere posted in the streets ; the citizens , dis- stinguished by a white ribbon on their arms , act as a guard ; 1 ;

      the military were provided with ball cartridge , and a hope pe was expressed that the public tranquillity will not be be further interrupted . Apiul 25 . —The military not being able to quell the he riot , and the soldiers , officers , and general , being pelted cd with mud and stone * , it ^ as > at length , necessary to fire , ny by which several persons were wounded and two killed . The he violence of the rioters surpasses all belief . A drummerier was attacked , and so dreidfully ill-treated that he diedied soon afterwards ; the perpetrators escaped . Some fearears of incendiary fires were entertained , so that patrols of of the citizens and military have pervaded the streetaett during the whole night . This morning our garrisonsoi ! has been reinforced by detachments of troops andm <] cavalry .

      Ndbemborg , April , 27 . —An emeutc , caused by the dear-ear . ness of provisions , took place in the city yesterday evenveo ing . Public rumourlind pointed out A . Schlee , a bourour gcois otthe town , as a forestaller of corn , and it was de > de termined to give him a charivari . A large mob ' asserasera bled in consequence before bis residence , and on the policolic interfering to disperse them a showe- - of stones was sudsud denly discharged against the house . ' The military werwer then summoned , and the place cleared by charges os c cavalry . The populace , nevertheless , raised a barricadcad at the entrance to a bridge , and repulsed the soldicrdici with stones ; but on the cavalry attacking the barricadcad iu flank , the mob took flight , and in their retreat hrokiroh the windows of the houses of two corn merchants Ti Ti wards midnight the rioters were dispersed , and tlie sole so diers returned to their barracks . Sixty-onc individuaHua : have been arrested . Behmh , April 27 . —Investi gations respecting the dis dii turbancesare continued with great activity . Itisunsun vcrsally reported that among the persons arrested therthei are many students from the Gymadsium

      . . Dbbsden , April 24 . —For some days past the bakers tersd this city have not had sufficient flour to furnish ash ai adequate supply of bread to their customers , whicwhic : has caused a considerable excitement amongst ast ai classes .

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      (From The Gazelle Ot Tuesday, May 4.) An...

      ( From the Gazelle ot Tuesday , May 4 . ) Ann Collyer , Stoke Hammond , Buckinghamshire , eoe , c keeper—George Horne and Alexander Mncleod Burghurg Cheapside , City , booksellers—Thomas Stirling , sen ., am ., i William Stirling , Stratford , Essex , slaters—Robert Coga Cog Leicester-square , glass merchant — George Southwethw Whitstabie , Kent , baker—William Rolph , Billericsleru Essex , innkeeper—James Cooper , Billericay , Essex , catt , cs salesmen—John Alfred Trimmer , Brentford , victuallenalli John 1 ' ulleine , jun ., Sclby , Yorkshire , brewer—FiainFrai Rippingale , Thmmpton , Nottinghamshire , auctioueerouei Jolm JIunks , Sheffield , licensed victualler — Uichalticli Burkinsliaw , Slieffiel' 3 , sharcbroker—Thomas Robiasobiw Liverpool , blacksmith .

      Office , in the same Street and Parish , for the P'he 1 prietor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., and puWislublb by Wiiliam Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-strcet , Brit , Bi don-street , Walworth , in the parish of . St . Mary , Ncry , Ji ington , in the ' County of Surrey , at tho Office , So . , > ' o . Great Windmill-street , llayraarkct , in the City oi'We ofW minster , Saturday , May 8 th , 1817 .

      Printed By Dougal M'Gowan, Of 16, Great Yyindinjuidu Street, Flaynmrkct, Iu The City Of We&Tinin&Ter. At Tr. At

      Printed by DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of 16 , Great YYindinJuidu street , flaynmrkct , iu the City of We & tinin & ter . at tr . at

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 8, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08051847/page/8/