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      Saturday March 2. House Of Commons.—The ...

      bring forward this subject again when the right hon . Hie Chancellor ofthe Exchequer introduced his measure on savings banks . Mr .- Campbell objected to this measure , first , because jc went to create an unpaid commission , and the working of such commissions had hot been at all favourable to them . The subject would be much better " accomplished by a paid commission . List autumn a searching inquiry had been instituted into tbe condition of the working classes by the proprietors ofthe Morning Chronicle ; the result had been the collection of more valuable information than could ever have been brought together by an unpaid commission . Tbe hon . member proposed to

      exclude political changes from the inquiry proposed . In his opinion , such inquiry ought necessarily to embrace an improvement' of the franchise . Sew franchises had heen suggested by the hon . member Tor Montrose , but the materials on which to found them were yet to seek . There was a prevailing impression that this was not tbe time for any general amendment of the franchise , and in that view it might be of advantage to have an organisation whereb y facts and information bearing on the necessity of any such change might be collected . Were such a commission appointed , individual members would be debarred from continually suggesting such changes .

      __ Mr . Stanford said he had long taken an interest in improving the condition of the working classes , and he . felt that it was impossible for any individual to urge on this house measures of improvement ¦ with such an effect as might be done by a commission duly appointed for the purpose of drawing up such measures . On two subjects , public baths and washhquses and model lodging-houses , some legislative measure was highly desirable , especially in the metropolis . He regretted that the house had not listened with greater attention to the proposal of the hon . member for Shrewsbury . Social quest ions were surely as much entitled to attention as

      those purely speculative political questions which occupied the house for nine or ten hours night after night . The lower classes were continually robbed by what were called loan societies ; these , and many Other questions , might fitly be brought under the inquiry of a committee or commission . " If the go-Ternment was sincerely desirous to benefit the -working classes , they would find it a great advantage to have the advice and assistance of such a body as tbe one proposed . He believed that any independent member might as well attempt to jump over St . Paul ' s as to pass a bill through that house , ( laughter . ) He hoped the motion would bo pressed to a division .

      Lord BJ . Grosvbnos thanked the hon . member for Shrewsbury for the way in which he had introduced the subject He believed the working classes to be suffering from the most painful social evils ; -but , looking at ihe results of late commissions connected with the condition of the working classes , including those labouring in mines and others , he did not anticipate all the benefits which his hon . friend hoped from this inquiry . Still he believed that good wouldj-esult from the more frequent discussion of these subjects . Highly approving of the motives which had actuated tho hon . member in submitting this motion , he thought it would not be advisable to press it to a division . . Mr .. Slaset said that after the expression of opinion which he had elicited from the government he would not press his motion to a division . ( Hear * hear . ) ' The motion was then by leave withdrawn .

      The Franchise . — In reply to an appeal from . Lord . J . Russell , urging that the subject had already-been very amply and recently discussed , ' Sir Db Lact Evans consented to withdraw his motion for conferring the franchise on every payer of rates and taxes . He , however , declared his in--fcention of bringing the subject before the house on -thefirst opportunity after Easter . Postai Hours between England and France . — Mfc Mackkyxos moved for a select committee to -ascertain the best postal route for communication between London and Fans . Contrasting the time required for letters sent by the general post to reach Paris via Calais with the rapid transit frequently accomplished by tbe newspaper expresses which travelled by way of Boulogne , the hon . member strongly advocated the adoption of the lastnamed route .

      The Hon W . Cowpeb offered no objection to the appointment of the committee . Out observed that the chief object to be secured was , not so much the greatest possible rapidity upon certain occasions as the attainment of a regular and certain means of communication . After a short conversation the motion was agreed to . Fisss axd Stamp Duties on Freemen . — Mr . Alderman Suinbt moved for leave to bring in a bill to abolish the fines and stamp duties paid on the admission of freemen into corporations in England and "Wales . The Atiorset-Gehebaii opposed the motion ; which after ' . ' talk , " . was negatived without a division . " " ¦ ' " :

      Duties os Foreign Timber . — Mr . Mitchell moved for a committee to inquire , with a view t-. » their total repeal , into the duties levied upon timber used in shipbuilding . The loss to the revenue from the remission of those duties he calculated at £ 35 , 000 per annum , at the utmost ; while the relief to the British shipbuilder and timber merchant would be considerable and just . Mr . Labourchebe would not enter into any controversy upon the principle involved in this motion . It would , he said , be a derelication from his duty if he . allowed his speech to convey to any member of the house any distinct idea of the intentions of government with regard to these duties . He urged the postponement of the discussion until after tbe financial statement had been laid before parliament . After some remarks from Mr . Cabbwell and Mr . Hume , in favour of the motion ,

      Mr . Hexley said that the evils of competition were now beginning to be discovered . He wondered where the discoveries would end . Every interest was pressing forward tbeir claims to have a nibble out of the surplus anticipated in the Exchequer . JlJcS >•• ••• .,. ,. » 4 D J ^ O c 9 ••• •¦• ... saa Oi Majority against the government ... —13 The 19 th inst was fixed for the house going into committee . Railway Audit . —Mr . Stanford , in announcing Ma intention to withdraw his bill for establishing a railway audit , took occasion to lay down the principles on which an effectual audit ought to be based , and promised a conditional support to tbe bill introduced on Monday night in the upper house . The hon . member was proceeding when the bouse was counted out at ten o ' clock .

      WEDNESDAY , March 6 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Lord Advocate obtained leave to bring in three bills—one for facilitating procedures in the Court of Session in Scotland ; another to make more effectual provision forregulating the police of towns in Scotland , and for paving , cleansing , and lightjng the same ; the third was for providing sanitary improvements and regulations throughout Scotland . Marriage Bill . —The adjourned debate on Mr . Stuart Worfley ' s Marriage Bill was then resumed . Mr . Hope opposed the second reading of the bill , chiefly on the ground that it would afford a precedent under which the . legislature would hereafter be forced to legalise a variety of marriages , under degases of affinity now prohibited .

      Mr . S . Herbert consented to support the bill , not ieeause . he was convinced by the arguments that . had been adduced in its favour , but for the sake of the'members of those religions communities who did not believe that such marriages were forbidden . Mr . Spooxeb , Mr . M . Milxes , Mr . Cockbtjrn , Mr .-AxsiEY , and Mr . . Cobden supported the bill ; and ; Mr . Roebuck , Mr . Koexdell Palmer , Mr . Sukil , and Mr . Goulbourx opposed it , when the house divided—: For the second reading 182 Against it ... ... 132 , Majority for the second reading —52 The house then adjourned .

      THURSDAY , March 7 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The report of the Party Pbocessioxs ( Ibelasd ) Bill was brought up and received . The discussion on the clause relative to the possession , or carrying , of arms , proposed by theDukeof " v 7 ELLixoTox ,. was postponed until the debate on the third reading ofthe measure . The Scsdat Trading Prevention Bill was then read : a second time , and their lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMOXS .-KILRUSH TJxiON . -Mr . Poclett Scrope , in moving for a special commission to inquire into the state of Kilrush union , entered into a detail ofthe sufferings of the poor in that union , and the inefficient relief afforded by the guardians . The union had been subject to the most frightful calamities . Evictions had rendered hundreds of families houseless whom tho workhouse accommodation was insufficient to shelter .

      Government assistance had been doled out in quantities just ' enoiigh to keep the people alive , but tbe districtremained in a deplorable state of poverty , and required the most active interference to render it , what it ought to be , self-supporting . After some discussion the house divided ; for appointing tje commission , 63 ; against it , 76 ; majority , 13 . . Tiie Bali 6 r , —Mr ; H . Berkeley then moved for leave to bring in a , bill to projtect Parliamentary electors from undue influence by the use of the baLpt . He hoped he should not be called upon to reiterate the arguments he had urged oa a former occasion . He considered the ballot to be tbe most popular of all measures of Parliamentary reform submitted to the house ; it was \ he primary step to all other niapres , and should be the least objectionable to the generality of members , since it WJ ^ n T i ? ? ' bufc mere * protected the fW ^ n ? ihtfc ™ $ of a duty imposed upon them , and which was obstructed Ly theabuses that

      Saturday March 2. House Of Commons.—The ...

      had notoriously crept into the system . He understood he was to have anew opponent in Sir G . Grey , and he called upon that right hon . baronet for a fuller explanation of ; his reasons for a change of opinion upon ; such a question . The state of corruption and demoralization at elections described by the committee of 1836 . still continued ; electors were deterred from voting by intimidation , and by exclusive dealing , the right arm of intimidation ; tenants were ejected ; and he asked Sir G . Grey to show where was the increase of virtue in the upper classes , upon which he professed to found his change of opinion ; and why , if the ballot was expedient in 183 S and 1842 , it was bad and inexpedient now .. He briefly noticed some

      of the objections against the ballot , and contended that , under the present system , an appeal to the country was an appeal to strength to dictate to weakness , to wealth to dictate to poverty , and to the House of Lords to elect a House of Commons . By the law of agency it was impossible to stand against rascality and treachery otherwise than by Lord D . Stoart seconded the motion , believing that the ballot was the darling measure of the people , and it was one to which they , were most justly entitled , as a protection against the tyranny of those who abused the power . and privileges of property . Sir G . Grey believed that both , the good and the evil of the ballot had beeen greatly exaggerated . There were cases in which it might shield the conscientious voter , but in the vast majority of instances it would be found totally inoperative . Publicity lav at the root of our whole political svstem . and

      would exist at elections even if the ballot were introduced . He had himself voted for it in deference to his constituents , but with a very different appreciation of its importance . At present , he did not believe the small advantages it could confer worth purchasing by the concomitant inconveniences . Mr . M . Gibson would give the ballot , in order that the tenant-farmers might be enabled to . give an honest vote . It was required as a' protection for those—a minority , it might be—amongst whom influence could be exercised and to say it would be inoperative in a vast majority of cases was to say nothing . The question was , whether-it . would not operate in cases requiring protection . If . a restriction was imposed upon a man—the obligation of publishing his vote—the necessity of that compulsory publicity should be shown , or it was an injury to him . Mr . J . Williams supported the motion .

      Mr . Heald did not admit that the ballot would be a protection ; but if it were , the electoral body did not desire . such a protection . It was a minority that required it ; in his borough . ( Stockport ) ninetenths ofthe constituents did not want the ballot . That small minority consisted of a nondescript portion of the constituency , on whose account the country was not prepared to part with an oldestablished system . Mr . Bbiohi challenged the House to say honestly whether , when party-spirit ran high , influence was not constantly exercised by employers of all political parties . The borough of Stockport—not remarkable for its purity , the little cost of its elections , or tbe peaceableness of its proceedings—was no exception .

      Mr . Masieruan and Colonel Sibthorp spoke against the motion , which Mr . Muntz and _ Mr . Hume supported ; and the House having divided , the motion was negatived by 176 against 121 . The remaining orders having been disposed of , the House adjourned at a quarter-past 12 o ' clock .

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      —«¦§» - . MR . HUME'S MOTION . " ^ MISOBIir . —AYES . Adair , H . E . Kershaw , J . Adair , R . A . S . King , Hon . P . J . L . Aglionby , H . A . Lushington , C . Aleock , T : M'Cullagh , W . T . Anderson , A . M'Gregor , J . Armstrong , R . B . . Meagher , T . Bass , M . T . Marshall , J . G . Berkeley , Hon . H . F . Milner , W . M . E . Berkeley , C . L . G . Moflatt , G . Blewitt , R . J . Molesworth , Sir W , Bouverie , Hon . E . P . Mowatt , F . Bright , J . Nugent , Lord Brotherton , J . O'Brien , Sir T . Brown-Westhead , J . P . 0 'Connell , M .

      Caulfield , J . M . O'Connell , M . J . Clay , J . O'Connor , F . Clay , Sir W . O'Flaherty , A . Clifford , H . M . Osborne , B .. Cobden , R . Pechell , Sir G . B . Collins , W . . Peto , S . M . Cowan , C . Pilkington , J .. ' Currie , R . Power , Dr . Devereux , J . T . Reynolds , J . D ' Eyucourt , Rt . Hon . Ricardo , J . L . . C . T . Roebuck , J . A . Duke , Sir J . Sadleir , J . Duncan , G . Salwey , Colonel Duncombe T . Scholefield , W . Ellis , J . Scully , F . - Evans , Sir De L . Smith , J . B . Evans , J . Strickland , Sir G . Ewart , W . Stuart , Lord D .

      Fagan , W . Sullivan / M . Fox , IV . J . Talbot , J . H . ' Gibson , Rt . Hou . T . M . Tancred , H .-W . Grattan , H . Tenison , E . K . Greene , J . Tennent , R . J . Grenfell , C . P . Thompson , Colonel Hall , Sir B . Thompson , G . Uardcastle , J . A . Thornely , T . Harris , R . Yilliers , Hon . C . Hastie , Alex . "Wakley , T . Hastie , Arch . "Wawn , J . T . Headlam , T . E . Wilcox , B . M'G . Henry , A . Williams , J . Hey worth , L . "Wilson , M . Horsman , E . Wood , W . P . Qumphery , Alderman tellers . Jackson , W . Hume , J . Keating , R . Walmsley . Sir J .

      ANALYSIS OF THE MINORITY . Li 1849 the vote on Mr . Hume ' s motion stood : — ayes , 82 ; noes , 268 ; majority , 186 . In 1830 it stands : —ayes , 96 ; noes , 242 ; majority , 146 . The supporters of reform in the House of Commons , as indicated by this vote , are more numerous this year than they were last , its opponents fewer , and the majority asrainst reform reduced by 40 . A scrutiny of the division list shows that 29 members have voted for the motion in 1850 who did not . vote on the question in 18 i 9 . It also appears that 18 members who voted for reform in 1849 did not vote for it on Thursday night . But not one of the 18 voted against it , and with one exception all of them arc still in the house . We are therefore entitled ( including the tellers ) to estimate the minority in the House of Commons , friendly to Mr . Hume ' s plan of reform , at 115 .

      British College Of. Health, New Road, Lo...

      BRITISH COLLEGE OF . HEALTH , New Road , London . fallacy of anatomy as regards the core OF DISEASES—THE BURKING SYSTEM-DOCTOKS BUYING DEAD BODIES WITH THEItt SHIRTS !!! ON !! As persons are continually disappearing no one . knows how , it may not be out ' of place to consider whether the burking system is not still carried on to a great extent . Had it uot been for the terrible discoveries made on Burke and Hare ' s trial , there can be no doubt' that thousands would have heen sent into the next world in order to . feed doctors with human flesh , so that they ( the doctors ) mi g ht fill their pockets at the expense Of suffering humanity . This dissection , our readers shouldJtnvwi . forms " one ofthe very lucrative emoluments proceeding .-from 'hospital practice . ' For instance , the professor of anatomy pays , we wilt say , eight or ten guineas for a dead body , and then makes fifty or sixty out of it from the medical students who have paid their money in order to find out , as they are told , the

      cause of disease in a dead body ! ! Was there ever a more infen-. ous fraud ? Where is the doctor who knows how to cure a disease from dissection ? They all know it to be a shameful piece of humbug , and they are not a bit the wiser from dissection , as far as regards the cure of diseases . It is all to make money ! money !! . money !!! that the rascality is kept up ; dust isthrown into the eyes of the public , the doctors tell the lie . ( the wicked lie !) that anatomy is requisite to understand the cure of diseases . The only anatomy really required is BONE SETTING , in case of accidents , which might be learn by designs ; the Vegetable Universal Medicine wfll then do all that is necessary , by keeping the blood pure and healing the parts — operations for stone , cataract , cancer , < fcc . are perfectly useless , which is proved by the disease always coming again , because its seat is in the blood ! !! Burke , the murderer , found 'Burking * the best trade going—he used to smother

      people , and then fake them to the doctor almost hot , some even with their SHIRTS ON , * and used , without the least difficulty , to get his £ 8 for each body . Now there cau be ne doubt that the doctors most have known , that the victims had not come fairly by their deaths , yet they bUnked at the whole business in order that they might fill their pockets . Talk after this about the * honourable' profession , the ' liberal * profession , and such humbug . . We say , read the confession of the Burkers here given , and if you can beUeve tiiat these doctors did . not know at the time that the partus had been murdered , why then . you must have more credulity than we give you credit for . The deadly chemicals of tiie doctors and their burkin ^ s are both on a par , only the first is not so easily detected by the public as the other ;• but that a day of retribution wUl come we make no doubt . We understand that poor people will no longer allow their relatives who die in tho hospitals to be mangled by the knife of the human butchers . No wonder . * Head the official confession of Burke made in tho gaol , tobe had of all the Hjgeian Agents . Oh ! oh ! the Guinea Trade !!

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      An American Cardinal . — The President of Mexico announces in his message that Pius IX , in order to manifest his gratitude for the lively interest taken in his welfare by the high functionaries of the " republic and its ecclesiastics , has signified his desire to confer upon some Mexican bishop the dignity of cardinal . A Pontificial agent is expected at Mexico ; and if this cardinal is made , he will be the first dignity of that sort on this continent . —iVew York Tribune .

      Re-Assembling Of Factory; Delegates And ...

      RE-ASSEMBLING OF FACTORY ; DELEGATES AND IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS AGREED A very numerous and important meeting of the representatives' of the workers in mills was held in the Music-hall , Garratt-road , Manchester , on the 3 rd irist ;; in pursuance of a circular issued by Mr , Samuel Fielden ; under circumstances the urgency of which will best appear from the documents and details of business which-follow . Upwards of one hundred delegates responded to the call , from Manchester , Ghbrlton-upon-Medlbck , Oldham , Crompton , Ashton-under-Lyne , Preston , Rochdale , Hey ^ wood , Todmorden , Bury , Padiham , Stalybridge , Hyde , Hebden-bridge , DunkinfieidDroylsden ,

      , Littleborough , Newton-moor , Cuerden-green , Dewsbury , Bacup , dec . The Messrs . Fielden , Rev . Mr . Stephens , Mr . Pitkeithley , Mr . Mallilieu , and several other friends of the Ten Hours Bill were also present on the occasion . Mr . Philip Knight , of Manchester , was called to the chair , and opened the business by reading the advertisement convening the meeting : he regretted the grave necessity which required their attendance , but had no doubt the delegates would deal with it in a manner befitting its importance , and at once worthy ofthe cause and of themselves ; so that henceforward- unity of sentiment and uniformity of action might

      characterise their public proceedings . The meeting being now open , for business , after certain preliminary matters had been gono through , Mr . Stephens stated that their faithful friend and adviser , Mr . Samuel Fielden , who was then in Manchester , and would personally address them afterwards , if the delegates wished him to do so , had requested him to lay before them a written communication of very great importance at the present critical juncture , which by their permission he would read forthwith , and then leave the consideration of its contents to their calm and deliberate judgment . Tbe letter was as follows :

      "To the Factory Operatives in Delegate meeting assembled : . " Circumstances have recently transpired in connexion with the renewal of tho agitation for the . Ten Hours Bill , which compel me , however painful it may be to my own feelings to do so , to put you in possession of some facts not fully known , 1 believe , to any of you , and , where known at all , very much misrepresented , and , consequently , very much misunderstood . " "When I was called upon at my father ' s death to take ah active part in this agitation ; I thought there was no difficulty to overcome but that of powerful and determined opposition ; I supposed that the working people had a Central Committee , elected

      by and from amongst themselves , thoroughly acquainted with the matter in band , and in whom perfect confidence mi g ht be placed ; I anticipated , therefore , that everything would be fully explained to me by that body , and ,, that I should then have only to place myself amongst the rest of your friends and , in conjunction with them and the Central Committee , do all in my power for your service . Judge , then , of my astonishment , when I found all things to be the reverse of this ! It was difficult , even , to find out who and what the Central Committee was . Mr . Grant , ( who , I understood , was not a member of that Committee , ) I met at every turn , acting for it and in its name ; but , otherwise , I had some difficulty in ascertaining that the Committee had a

      material existence ; indeed I have still some doubt if it has any existence distinct from Mr . Grant , for when I have had meetings and discussions with the members of that body ( or some of thorn , ) they have declined to say anything on their own account , replying , to my addresses that what Mr . Grant saiu they said . This was , to my mind ,. any thing but satisfactory conduct on the part of persons elected by the working people to represent them . So far from finding any definite course of proceeding chalked out , or a readiness to fully explain and discuss the state of affairs so as to arrive at a decision upon which all could act , I found nothing definite done or proposed to be done ; nothing was explained ; there was impenetrable reserve and

      mystery hanging over the Committee and all its proceedings . I tried to make some arrangements with them , but I continually found that they deceived and misled me ; that which I understood they would io , they did not do ; other things which I understood they would not do , they did . In short , I found myself thwarted and perplexed at every turn . And this was not the case with me only ; your oldest and best friends were treated in the same way , and I beard complaints and doubts expressed from ail quarters . " The first great difficulty w . jiad to meet was Lord Ashley ' s unfortunate suggestion of a compromise . You all know , I believe , the history of that event . Your friends were divided in opinion , not as

      to the fact itself , but as to what was to be done with Lord Ashley . Some , myself amongst the number , were of opinion that as the whole question between us and our opponents was . virtually ; one of comprmnise or no compromise , we , who opposed all compromise , ¦ could nevertake , for our parliament tary leader , the man who was the first to propose a compromise . Others , on the contrary , so much dreaded the loss of a leader whose name had been so long identified with our cause , that theythought it best to pass tbe matter over , upon the noble lord pledging himself to stand fast to the Ten Hours Act for the future . On this subject the Central Committee appeared to have no doubt or difficulty in deciding . They were co-compromisers , of course , but the fact that Lord Ashley had proposed a

      compromise seemed rather to increase than to abate their confidence in him ; whilst towards those . who doubted the wisdom of their , opinions , towards ' even the most valued of your friends , they behaved , with such utter disregard of temper and common civility , as at once convinced us that they must be actuated by motives they did not choose to avow . '' Shortly after this the committee put out an address , which we all thought calculated to cause a general turn out . It was impossible for any man , conversant with the then state of the manufacturing districts , to believe that that paper could have any other intended effect , or that any greater misfortune could befall our cause than that such effect should be produced . Mr . Oastler saw the daneer

      with great alarm , and published a powerful address te prevent the mischief . The Cental Committee published an answer to Mr . Oastler , and had they contented themselves with any attempts at justification the matter might have been suffered to rest there , though I think it ought not . Just at that time Mr . Oastler had been in this neighbourhood , stricken in years ; broken in health ; suffering bo * diiyand mentally under the effects of a long life of excessive toil , and not a little persecution , encountered and manfully endured by him in struggling for the liberty and welfare of the working people ofthe manufacturing districts—he , to whom the ease and care of a home and family had become a daily necessity , was again amonest us . at the risk

      of his life , going from place to place , and meeting to meeting , to cheer up and encourage by his presence and the sound of his voice , those for whom he had already sacrificed so much , and for whom he was ready to sacrifice all . Surely this was a spectacle to command the respect of all men ! It did command the respect of all men , except that of the Central Short Time Committee . It was at this moment that a body of men , professing to be the chosen representatives of the working people , and because Mr . Oastler had most properly reproved them for a folly ( at the least ) calculated to injure , if not ruin , the cause in which all were engaged ; it was at this moment that this body thought proper to publish , an official letter , seeking to wound

      Mr . Oastler by attacks on his : personal character , and replete with pitiless and vulgar insult . " The course of things after this was . suck . as might have been expected .... The-. ^ Central Cpu * mittee called a delegate meeting , which asseriiblfeo ' shortly before the trialin the Court of Exchequer ;' The delegates , distrusting the Central Committee , resolved that if it should become necessary to introduce a Bill into Parliament , the question as to the management of that matter should be determined only by another delegate meeting , / 'to .. called for that purpose , and to which the old and tried friends of the cause should be invited . It

      became necessary to introduce a Bill ; the Central Committee called the delegate meeting , but did not invite the ' old friends . The delegates ; however , assembled , and some of the old friends attended . The meeting lasted the whole day , and , after full discussion and consideration , the two following resolutions , the first being 2 > roposed by Mr . Grant himself ^( though in' what capacity I do not know ) . I have not the resolutions at ' hand , but I believe the following to be substantially correct : — 1 . — " That Lord Ashley , Lord John Manners , and Mr . George Bankes should be requested , jointly , to take charge of the Bill in tho House of

      Commons . 2 . — " That the Central Committee should be reconstructed on a more equitable and satisfactory basis , so as fairly to represent the opinions and views of the factory workers . " This result was hailed by us all as most satisfactory . Those who were anxious for the service and influence of Lord Ashley , were satisfied to find him . placed at our . head ; those who doubted his strength ( after , his . consent to compromise ) were relieved from fear by the association with him of two gentlemen in whom my father was known to

      have placed implicit confidence , and who were known to be free from all taint of a leaning to compromise . Our opponents in the House could nst now say that we have ourselves abandoned tho principle ofthe Ten Hours' Act , for wo were represented by three gentlemen , of whom two , at all events , had ^ never yielded a point . The Central SK t hl 1- ? 0 reason tQ complain ( and I am told that they did not , for the very act of reconn 52 * a b ° ^ T ^ have g ^ t hem the op-Km l ** ^« lea ™ fith « r oharaoterB , and , no doubt , woum have brought forth some public testimony to fcW wortb if they merited any , * w ^ legates } did not proceed to carry out fbfl

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      second resolution ; but left the Central Committee in nower to carry out the whole of their resolutions , ind amongst others , the reconstruction of their own body in due time , instead of doing this , and without any intimation at the time that they would not do it , but leaving the contrary to be inferred , the y suddenly got together a meeting of ( so called delegates ) collected by tickets , under theh- immediate supervision , and at that meeting , which I came down from London to attend to protest against their proceedings , after many divisions and protests , rescinded the resolutions of the former meeting ; thus sitting at defiance tho only logitimate authority under which they could act ,

      breaking up the harmony and unanimity which the wisdom of the former meeting had established , and throwing our proceedings into a state of confusion , from which you alone , IbelieAe , have the power to rescue them . "The state of things then is this . The people have a nominal head ,, ; which ' sets them at defiance , disobeying their instructions and insulting their friends . ; In the mean time a ll proceedings are in confusion , your friends know not what to do , and the cause suffers . I have called you together in order to lay the facts before you , and to urge upon you the necessity of some steps being taken by you to arrest the evil .

      " Before I thus called you together I considered very carefully whether I had any right to interfere with that which is purely the business ofthe working people , I have come to the conclusion that I have not only the right , but that it is my duty . I believe , that , had my father been now with us , he would not have shrunk from any effort to shield the factory workers from harm or danger , and that seeing t heir cause , as I now do , plaoedln great peril by the utter incompetence of persons , who , placed in power by the people , have usurped their authority and betrayed their trust , he would have appealed to those working people , whose good sense and fidelity to a good cause , he over relied upon , at once to take their affairs into their own hands ,

      and , in defiance of petty intrigue , carry on their struggle for the health of their wives and children , the comfort of their homes and their moral and religious welfare . . ! ' I advise you , then , not again to part till you have , found the means of carrying into effect the resolutions which you passed ! on the 17 th of Feb / last ; and , in conclusion , I promise you that , whatever may be your determination , I will not cease in my efforts , however little their value may be , to frustrate the fraudulent attempt to deprive women aud children ofthe very limited protection which the factory acts were intended to give , " I am gentlemen , Your faithful friend , " Centre Vale , Todmorden , " SamuSi . Fieldkn . " ; 2 nd March , 1830 .

      The letter was received with much applause . The following resolutions were then severally considered and adopted , ' all except the third , unanimously , and that one with only five dissentients : — " That Mr . Samuel Fielden was fully justified , under the circumstances , in conveningthis meeting . ' " That the resolutions of the meeting of the 17 th tilt , be confirmed . " "That the Central Short-Time Commmittee , having disobeyed the instructions heretofore given them by the delegates now assembled ; having set at defiance tbe resolutions unanimously agreed to at the former meeting of these delegates ; and , having otherwise so conducted themselves as to seriously injure the cause they were elected to

      promote , that Committee has ceased to possess the confidence of the working people . " " That the people employed in factories , and this meeting , have perfect confidence in the ability and integrity of Lord Ashley , Lord John Manners , and Mr . George Bankes , jointly to conduct through the House of Commons a Bill to abolish the working by shifts or relays ; and that the working people in the manufacturing districts will be grievously disappointed should those three gentlemen , or either of them ' , refuse so to take charge of the said Bill . " " That Mr . B . B . B . Cobbett , Solicitor , be instructed to prepare a bill necessary for the above purpose , and to consult such counsel thereon as he

      may think proper . " " That Mr . Oastler be invited , if possible , to attend the public meetings about to take place , and that the Rev . J . R . Stephens be invited to attend them also , together with such other of our friends as it may be found can attend . " " That the electors of the various boroughs and counties in the manufacturing districts be urged to iise their influence with their several representatives in our favour ; and that in the event of any election or elections in the manufacturing districts , care be taken that every candidate be questioned , and , if possible , pledged to support our cause , and tRat if he refused to do so , every effort be made to prevent his return . "

      " That a provisional committee of five- be now appointed to carry into effect these resolutions , with power to take charge of all matters affecting diir cause until a Central Committee be appointed by , the people ofthe respective factory districts in public meeting specially called for that-purpose , the said provisional committee to issue instructions for that election in time to enable the members then chosen to meet in Manchester on Good Friday next . " " That copies of these resolutions be immediately forwarded to Lord Ashley , Lord John Manners , and George Bankes , Esq . " " That this meeting cannot separate without expressing its reverence for the memory of the late John Fielden , the man who , as a factory master , set an example to masters , and who successfully used , in Parliament , the influences of his upright character and his station , to procure for the labouring women and children in factories tho Ten

      Hours'Act . " ' . 'That this meeting returns thanks to Lord Ashley for his valuable services to the cause , and to Richard Oastler , Esq ., and the Rev . J . R . Stephens , the men who fought our battle against the powerful in their most powerful days . " " That this meeting acknowledges with gratitude the services tendered to the cause by Mr ,.. Samuel Fielden ; that it thanks him especially for having come forward to rescue tho factory workers from their jeopardy on this occasion ; that the delegates present pledge themselves to him to do their utmost effectually to perform the duty he has called upod them to discbarge ; and they beg he will p ermit them always to look to him in their hour of difficulty and danger as their friend , adviser , and leader . " The Provisional Committee , as soon as the meeting , which lasted several hours had broken up , immediately proceeded to the transaction of business .

      The following extract of a letter from Mr . Oastler in reply to an invitation to attend a public meeting at Ashton , which arrived too late to be read to the delegates , has been handed to us for publication , as expressive of the views of that venerable champion ofthe Ten Hours Cause on the sul'ject under discussion : — - " I do not think my absence from your meeting , and from the series of meetings now in progress , is of any moment . I foresee that this is only the beginning . Soon an agitation of a much more serious character will take place : then , if spared , I hope to be in the front rank . Tbe cunning foes , are ,. I see , watching events . They were ready with an Eleven Hours' Bill , but having discovered a little

      disorder in our ranks , they now wait , expecting it will be an easy matter for them to obtain then ? own terms when we are divided . We must not suffer them to conquer ; nor will we . Our present disorder is but the prelude to firmer and stronger , union . "When the whole case is brought before the public , as soon . it will . be , if those who arrogate to themselves the power to ride rough-shod over a properly constituted Delegates' meeting , persist in tho course they have ( if I am correctly informed ) begun , then , I am sure , every real friend will rally round the standard which has never been tarnished , and resolve on no surrender , either to false , friends or open foes . I cannot write on tho present position of affairs ; because I cannot believe what I hear—that a knot of unauthorised men should have

      dared , at the bidding of an individual , to declare the most numerous and most important meeting of delegates , a factIon ! and to pronounce its resoV Jutions void !! constituting , themselves into a dklkgate meeting—and passing what they call counterresolutions ! I repeat , that although I am told that such is the case , yet , really , I cannot giyo credit to such reports . My course is plain—I promised to abide by tho resolutions of the delegates * meeting , and I will keep that promise . I recommend the same course to others ; and , with kind remembrances to every true friend of the Ten Hours Bill , " I remain , dear Sir , " Yours most truly— ' Tbe Old King , ' " Richard Oastleu . " Broadstairs , Kent , March 2 nd , 1850 .

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      Advances to Ireland . —A statementof the liabilities of each county and county of a city in Ireland , in respect of advances from the Consolidated F ^ ind , lias been issued . The total amount of the liabilities is £ 3 , 349 , Ci 35 , the principal items being— £ 2 ^ 692 , 924 due on aceount of labour yate £ 381 , 173 for public works ; £ 101 , 802 for gaols and bridewells ; and £ 03 , 182 for the river Shannon . The Wilmington Clivanicle says , concerning Mr . Thurston having taken his seat at Washington a & iho . representative of Oregon— It was as the mighty Atlantic calling in a thunuMng tofte to \ W

      equally mighty Pacific , ' I greet you to-day ; ' and the latter responding in tho roar , of its surges , ' 1 reciprocate your greeting . ' Tho young giant of the West already stands with a foot on either ocean !" The edi'JOH of the ^ Esthetic Journal confesses to having chosen an awkward name . Some good folks take his periodical to be Atheistic , and won't look at it . Others buy it to learn lessons in gymnastics , and are disappointed . The poor Editor , worried for explanations ; refers his persecutors to Brand and Francis ' s DicUQmries . and the Penny . Cycloptstiw f

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      Carlisle,-Ran Adjourned-Meeting.:' Was H...

      Carlisle ,-rAn adjourned-meeting .: ' Was held , on the 24 th ult .: The secretary read the statements . of William Smith , ( one of the , allottees on the Minster Lovel Estate who have refused to pay the ir rent , ) and the answer of the Directors to them . Misstatements were considered to be of such a character as not to merit publication . The following resolution , which was passed , * : will . show ..-the estimation in which they were held :- "This meeting is of opinion that the allottees on the several : estates who have refused to pay rent for the places on which they have been located by tho subscriptions ^! the rest ofthe Company is a base : attempt on their part to defraud the other membersof their chance of being located . And we would recommend the Directors

      to take advantage of every means ! in their power to thwart them in their dishonest attempts to injure , and , if possible , break up the Company ; . and to eject every one who will not fulfil the conditions upon which he took possession ; to ; place others on who will fulfil them ; and by all means make the property reproductive as promptly as possible . " Tho trial for libel on the character of Mr . O' Connor was brought before tho meeting , and the feelings of all were manifest by their expressions of indignation at the injustice done to him . It is another proof amongst the many which we have had before , that the man who steadily advocates the rights of the working classes will be annoyed and persecuted by all classes of men . A subscription was opened to

      defray the expense ofthe trial , and it is hoped that every Land member and Chartist will do his duty , and that within a month a sufficient sum will have been subscribed to meet all the demands ofthe case . Bradford , Yorkshire . —At a meetingof members held on Sunday , March 3 rd , great surprise was expressed at the decision of the jury on the late trial for libel . The members have commenced paying one shilling each , and they call upon their brother members to do the same . Herewith we . send £ 1 2 s . id . as the first instalment to the " Honesty Fund . " Tower Hamlets .- —At a general meeting of the Whi . ttington and Cat branch of the National Land Company a discussion arose upon the propriety of

      dispensing with the Directors , seeing that the expenditure exceeded the income , and also blaming the Directors forliot issuing- a balance sheet since June ;; 1849 . Itfwas then < mov . ed by Mr . Drake , and seconded by Mr . - Hitt : — ' 1 That seeing the injustice practised to Mr . O'Connor , we call upon all Land members of the metropolis to meet at Mr . Fowler ' s , Golden-lane , on Sunday , the 10 th , at three o ' clock in the afternoon to take the necessary steps to support Mr . O ' Connor . " Tbe resolution was carried . ; Birmingham . — The following resolution was passed unanimously by a " few " paid-up members ofthe Land Company meeting at Mr . Startin ' s , on Sunday evening , March 3 rd : — "We call upon Messrs . Clark , Doyle , M'Grath , and Dixon , to

      resign their situations as Directors of the Land Company , and we hope they will be as prompt in this as they were in giving up their Chartist Directorships , to which no pay was attached , and if they decline to do so , we call upon Mr , O'Connor , as the Land steward , to stop their wages ; we being of opinion they should have resigned long ago , as for some time past they have had nothing to do for their pay . We , at the same time , beg to thank Mr . Harney for bis manly defence at all times of the working men . " Georoie Alius . —At a meeting of this branch of the National Land Company , held for the special purpose of taking into consideration the conduct of Mr . Clark and his other colleagues , Mr . W .

      Somerville in the chair ; the following motions were unanimously agreed to : —Moved by J . Chalmers , and seconded by W . Micham : —" That this branch has lost all confidence in Mr . Clark and his three colleagues , namely , Dixon , Doyle , and M'Grath , and it is our opinion that the rest of our brother members of the country . should unite and make a determined and special call for their removal . from office , seeing that they are no friends to the true advocates of Labour ; and that we also , recommend Mr . Clark to condescend to us , and resign his office in the Land Company , as he did to the small *• knot" of Chartists in Birming ham ( as he termed them ) , as we shall be very happy to hand him over as a present . to the Dispatch . '' Moved by John Simmon , seconded by James Chalmers : —" That after taking into our due consideration the state thst the Company is in , we think that two

      Directors , with Mr . O'Connor , will be quite sufficient to conduct its affairs , and the two Directors b ; c ! o ; en by universal suffrage , and that Mr . O'Connor give instructions to all the branches , through the . Star , to that effect . " The business of the branch being over , Mr . W . Somerville vacated the chair , and the persons present formed themselves into a Chartist meeting , when it was . moved by W . Sommerville , and seconded by John-Lemmon : — " That this meeting highly approves of the course pursued by the Chartist delegate meeting in accepting the resignation of Mr . Clark and his colleagues . ; and we also approve ofthe choice they have made in their places , and particularly G . Julian Harney , that true and honest advocate of tbe rights of the Seop le . " It was also agreed to enter into an imm- « iate subscription in behalf ofthe Honesty Fund , to assist in defraying the expenses incurred by Mr . O'Connor , in prosecuting the proprietor of the Nottingham Journal .

      Silford . —At a members meeting , held at Mr . Leo ' s , Temperance Hall , Irwill-street—Mr . John Millington in the chair—the following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the affairs of the company should be immediately wound up by our most devoted , but persecuted , and insulted father , Feargus O'Connor , Esq . ; M . P ., and viewing the late trial to be the case of every member belonging to the company , it is the duty of each member to rally around him . That a subscription be immediately opened for the expenses incurred on the trial . The sum of ten shillings and fivepence was collected for tbe Honesty Fund . Mr . James Ashworth , Treasurer . The meeting was then adjourned to the 7 th March .

      Hetwood . —At a meeting of members held at Mr . James Evenson's , 49 , Manchester-street , on Sunday last , it was unanimously resolved : —1 st . " That a subscription be entered into towards the Honesty Fund . "—2 nd . " That Mr . James Evenson be the collector of subscriptions . —That tho present amount , 3 s . Gd ., be sent to Mr . , W . Rider . James Evenson Is ., Thomas Wrigley Is .. William Wrigley , Is ., RobertClegg 6 d . " -3 rd . "That this meeting seeing the scandalous manner in which Mr . O'Connor has been treated by enemies , public and private , feel indignant at such conduct , and at tho same time sympathise with him , knowing well ,

      that no ordinary man could bear the abuse and persecution which he has had to contend with , in his endeavours to elevate the working classes to their proper social and political sphere . We duly appreciate his motives , and consequently place unbounded confidence in him . "—4 th . " That the shareholders in this and every other locality should forward their first subscription immediately , be it ever so little , and use their utmost in raising the fund to such a standard as will strike Mr . O'Connor ' s' enemies dumb . "—5 th . " That we adjourn until this day fortnight , March 15 th , at two o'clock in the aftetnoon , when we hope members will come better prepared than they ever have done .

      Macclesfield , —A meeting was held on Monday night , at Mr . Thos . Jones's / Silk-street , Mr . Saml . Weston in the chair , when it was unanimously agreed " That a subscription be entered into to defray the expenses incurred by Mr .. O'Connor , in the recent trial for libel . " The following sums were collected ,- and are herewith inclosed : —Mr . E . Place , Is . ; Mr . E . Dean , Is ; Mr , W . Smith , Is . ; Mr . S . Weston , 6 d ;; Mr . J . Stubbs , fid . ; Mr . T . Jories , 'ls . ; Mr . J . Dean , Is /; Miss J . Blessington , Is . - ; rl £ i \ J . Ward , Is . ; M . H . Eargreajk-es , 6 d . It was also announced that a meeting of members would be held on Monday night next , at the above , named place . ;

      Westminster . —A public , meeting was held on Wednesday evening at the Two Chairmen , Wardourstreet , Soho , Mr . John Milne in the chair . The chairman called on Mr . James Grassby to move the first resolution as follows : —" That this meeting consider the late trial O'Connor v , Bradshaw as a disgrace to the judic i al function , to the British bar , and the boasted trial by jury ; and we- hereby resolve to do our utmost to liquidate the enormous expenses of Mr . O'Connor in the late action for libel , but , at the same time , we advise that gentleman , in future , toabstain from appealing to that tribunal which is determined to crush him . " Seconded by Mr . Murray , and carried unanimously . Mr . Roberts moved , and Mr . Hopkins seconded , the following

      resolution : —"• The members ef this branch view , with deep regret ,, the late conduct of the directors , in converting the Land Office into a publishing office , for tlio disseminatioa of foul and dastardly attacks upoa their opponents ; and as this meeting is of opinion that , in the present state of' the Land Compa-iy , there is no necessity for thgir services , we , therefore , view it as a robberv , for them to take their salaries for doing nothing , and hsireby call upon , theia to immediately resipn their offices , and , at the SMO & tMne , that they he called upon to pay all arrears ot rents for their appartments , as per ' agreement , and to issue a balance sheet , showing the financial state of thft Company so far as thev are-

      concerned . ' The resolution was carried with one dissentient . Mr . Wilson moved and Mr . Stacey seconded i— " That this meeting , believing the Laud Plan , as propounded by Mr . O'Connor , to be sound in principle , and that it has not , as yet , been fairly tested , are of opinion , that , taking " ail the circumstrnces of the Company into consideration , it would ho highly impolitic to break or wind it up ; we , therefore , advise , that three trustees be ar pointed at the earliest possible period to take the management of the Company , and that the said trustees be instructed to apply for an act of parliament to carry out its objects , and , failing in doing so , thatthey be advised to act in defiance of the . law , ' M . Slwvman .

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      moved , as an amendment , seconded by Mr " wilt * . — " That the Company be forthwith wound up " n „ being put the original resolution was carried wYtv tbree dissentients . 13 s 6 d . was then collided A vote ' of thanks having been awarded to the Chairman the meeting adjourned to Monday evening , March 18

      Dr. M'Douall And The Chartists Ot? Newca...

      DR . M'DOUALL AND THE CHARTISTS OT ? NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE . P '

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —I have been directed by the Chartists of Newcastle and Gateshead , to inform you , that the assertion ' made by you in the Star of March 2 nd " That the Chartists of Newcastle-upon-T yne were indebted to Dr . M'Douall the sum of over £ 4 , for a fortnight ' s agitation in the service of the National Charter Association , " is totally untrue ; and as far as is known to the oldest member of the Charter Association here , they do not owe Dr . M'Douall a farthing . I was myself secretary to the association at the time the Doctor was here , and I can assure you he was never , engaged as a lecturer by the Chartists of Newcastle within the last six years . The time the Doctor was last here , he was sent by the Executive Committee , and it was in the month

      of April , 1847 . He was then engaged by the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association ; and he had been in this district about two weeks , when he received a letter from the Executive , declining his further services , on account of the funds of tho Charter Association falling so lowthat they were unable to defray his weekly salary . He was thus left in Newcastle without any notice ' or any means of paying his travelling expenses home . Mr . Jude , and myself , wrote several letters to the Executive , requesting them to employ the Doctor some time longer , so that he might bo enabled to lecture in the various towns between here and his home , but they would not accede to the request . The Doctor then said , that if we would get up a course of lectures on Agricultural Chemistry , he thought we should pay our ex . penses , and have a surplus to take him home with .

      We therefore engaged the lecture-room—bought a set of retorts , and other implements , for a course of lectures ; but , unfortunately , they turned out a failure : in fact , they left us above £ 3 in debt . Eventually , he was engaged as a lecturer by the directors of the Land Company ; and we always thought here , that the doctor had a just , claim upon the Executive Committee of the Charter Association for , at least , a fortnight ' s wages , ' ; to compensate him for being discharged without notice , and having no means of taking himself home ; and Mr . Jude and myself , have repeatedly written to tbe Execu . five , and to Mr . O'Connor also , to enforce tho Doctor ' s claim . Youra moat respectfully , On behalf of the Chartists of Newcastle and Gateshead , Jambs Nisbeit , Cor . Sec .

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      BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH . New-boad , London . Fellow-Countbtmen . —In the name of humanifc and justice we ask how much longer are the remai . 8 of the poor to be cut up in the hospitals , in order to put guineas into the doctors pockets ? Oh ! tLej infamy ! Are the poor who die in hospitals aware that doctors make money by selling their remains to medical students , who pay them so much for a leg , another so much for an arm , < fcc , < fcc . ? Down with the odious traffic , say all Hygeists . Anatomy is perfectly useless in the euro of any disease . People arise !!

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      CORK . Mark Lane , Monday , March 4 . —The show of samples of wheat was small this morning , and the supply of foreign moderate , but having further arrivals of English and French flour , the sale was slow , at last week's prices . In foreign there was little doing , but we do not alter our quotations . Flour met with very little inquiry , though offered on lowe * terms . Barley dull , unless for fine malting ; grinding and distilling qualities sold slowly , and rather cheaper . Malt neglected , having a very large supply . Beans and peas unaltered . With a small arrival of oats , prices were maintained , and the trade quite as good as on Monday last . Linseed cakes without change . The demand for Foreign tares is only in retail , small selling at 27 to 28 s , and large at 30 s to 31 s . Cloverseed sold at much the same rate as last week .

      British . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , new 36 s to ' iOs , ditto white 40 s to 46 s , Lincoln , Norfolk , and Yorkshire , red 32 s to 37 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white i » 2 s to 37 s , ditto red 32 g to 3 b ' s , Devonslure and Somerset , shire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 21 s to 23 s , barley , 21 s to 23 s , Scotch-20 s to 22 s , Angus— sto— 3 , Malt ordinary , —s to —s , pale 47 s to 50 s , peas , grej , new 21 s to 23 s , maple 23 s to 25 s , white 22 s to 23 s , boilers new 24 s to 25 s , beans , large , new 22 s to 23 s , ticks 24 s to 25 s , harrow , 25 s to 26 s , pigeon , 26 s to 28 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , 15 s to 18 s , ditto Poland and potato , 17 s to 20 s , Berwick and Scotch , 17 s to 21 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 18 s , Irish feed and black , 14 s to 17 s , ditto potato , 17 s to 13 s , linseed ( sowing ; 50 a to & 2 s , rapesced , Essex , new £ 28 to £ 32 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new 26 s to 30 s per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 4 lfls per ton , lin » seed , £ 9 10 s to £ 10 10 s , per 1 ; 000 , flour , per sack of 2801 bfl , ship , 26 s to 28 s , town , 36 s to 38 s . ¦ -

      FoaEtGN . —Wheat— Dantzig , 42 s to 48 g , Anhalt and Marks , 3 Gto 42 s , ditte white , 40 s to 42 s , Pomeranian red , 40 s to 42 s , Rostock 44 s to 46 s , Danish , Holstein , and Friesland , 30 s to 34 s , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Kiga , 32 s to 34 s , Polish Odessa , 32 s to 34 s , Marianopoli , and Ber . dianski , 32 s to 33 s , - Taganrog , 32 s to 34 s , Brabant and French , 34 s to 36 s , ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , Salonica , 30 s to 33 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 26 s , rye , 20 s to 22 s , barley , Wismar and Rostock , 17 s to 20 s , Danish , 18 s to 21 s , Saal , 188 Ut 22 s , East Friesland , 14 s to 16 s , Egyptian , 14 s to 16 s , Danube , 14 s to 16 s , peas , white , 22 s to 23 s , new boilers , 24 s to 23 s , beans , horse , 21 s to 23 s , pigeon , 24 s to 25 s , Egyp tian , 21 s to 22 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , lis to 15 s , ditto , thick and brefo 16 s to 20 s , Eiga , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Swedish , Hi to 16 s , flour , United States , per lB 61 bs ., 21 s to 22 s , Ham . burgh 19 s to 21 s , Dantzig and Stettin 20 s to 21 s , French per 2801 bs ., 30 s to 31 s . Wednesday , March 6—We are but moderately supplied with grain and flour this week , nevertheless , such are the dull accounts from the provincial and country markets rereceived this morning , that the trade here is extremely heavy , with a tendency to further decline in prices .

      Arrivals this week : — Wheat— English , 1 , 070 quarters ; foreign , 2 , 430 quarters . Barley—English , 4 , 240 quarters ; foreign , — quarters . Oats — English , 2 , 710 quarters ; foreign , —quarters . Irish , 1 , 300 quarters ; foreign , 410 quarters . Flour—3 , 820 sacks . Richmond ( YoiucsmitE , ) March 2 . —We had a fair supply of wheat in our market this morning . Wheat sold from 4 s 3 d to 3 s Od ; onts , Is 6 d to 2 s 6 d ; barley , Ss Od to 3 s 6 d ; beans , Ss 3 d to 33 6 d per bushel .

      BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Gd . to 7 d .-, of household ditto , 4 Jd . to aid . per libs . loaf .

      CATTLE . Sjhtufiixd , Monday , March 4 . —From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were somewhat less than those exhibited on Monday last ; nevertheless they exceeded the wants of the buyers , whose attendance was tolerably numerous . For thefew prime Scots on offer the demand slightly improved . In prices , however , no advance took place , the highest figure for beef being " 3 s 8 d per 8 tt ) s . The middling and inferior beasts moved off heavily , at barely stated prices . The general condition of the stock was good . The numbers ot sheep were seasonably large . All breeds were generally slow ot sale , at Friday ' s decline in prices of 2 d per 81 bs . The very primest old downs in the wool , sold at 4 s 2 d to 4 s 4 d ; those without the wool , 3 s edjto 3 s 8 d per 8 tbs . There were about 1 , 400 shearlings on offer . For the few lambs in Uie market the demand was iua very sluggish state , at from as to 6 s per 81 bs , Calves were in short supply , and slow inquiry , at last week ' s currencies . The pork trade was heavy , iu prices , however , we have no change to report , ^ Head of Cattle at Sjiithfield . —Friday . —Beasts , i-O i sheep , 2 , 650 ; calves , ISO ; pigs , 240 . Monday .-Beasts , 3352 ; sheep 19300 ; calves 105 ; pigs 102 .

      , , , , , _ „ , _ Price per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offal . )—Beef , 2 s 8 d to 3 s Sd ; mutton , 3 s Od to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s 0 J to 3 s 10 u i pork , 3 s 2 d to 4 sOd . Iyewgate and Leadenhall , Monday , March 4 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s 4 d to 2 s 6 d ; prune large , 2 s Sd to 2 s lOd prime small , * , 8 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; larga pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d '; inferior mutton , 2 s 6 d to 2 s Sd , middling ditto , 2 s lOd to SsOd ; prime ditto ,. 3 s 2 d toJsba ; veal , & Od . to 3 s lOd ; small pork , 3 s Cd to 4 s 10 d , per 81 bs . by the carcase . -

      PROVISIONS . London , Monday . —We had not so large- a business transacted , in Irish butter lasfweek as in the preceding . 1 ' « f were fewer buyers from the country .. The dealers nere . purchased merely to supply their wants- Prices were wci supported . Stocks farther decreased , and holders wers eojuauy confident of a clearance oa , fovourable terms , Z-eig , i of best quality a ready sale at 106 s to 112 s per cvrt Bacon : Irish and . American singed sfes shghtly «> pw »« ¦ in demand . No ahaoge in prices Middle * WW MJaflT i more sought aftw . Hams aad lard without alteraticu .

      TALLOW , HIDES * AND OILS . Tallow , Monday , March * . — Our market toJ « i »» shack finuetftr prime Y . C . on , tbe spot , the Q }« o 1 « tio » « which are torn 86 s 6 d to 315 s . 9 <\ per cwt . i ° . a ! " ; e ? t during the .-last three three months , the Wii ^ which then * are very few . Infers . Town taUoWr-tne s up >> of wliicUte good—is selling . atS 5 s 9 d to 80 s gev c * - "" cash . BiWighfat 2 sWdpeiiSlbs . Tuetatos * eoouuMnm St . Petersburg state that ^ uly a limited busi » ess was ows . for shipment . 100 enstesoap had sold at . \ 03 rou bles » w » hand , money . ,, ,,..,, ISAMKHALi . —Mariwt hides 5 Ctt > . to Silb ., ljd to 1 ** F ft \ i ditto 041 b . to , Z 21 b , ljd to ljd ; iBtto 72 to . to « " &•¦ 2 & to 2 id ; ditto SOlb . to 881 b ., 2 id to Sd ; ditto 88 » . ™ Dfift ., 3 d to 34 d ; ditto 9 Glb . to lOiln ., 3 Jd toidi ^ T lOilb . to 112 fa . Sid told ; calf-skius each 2 s 3 d to os ""' Horse hides 5 s to . as 6 d . _ , Linseed per owt 32 s Od to S 2 s 6 d ; rapeseeu EngU = * refined 41 s 6 d to -s ; brown 41 s Od ; Gallipoli per ton . 50 ! . ; Spanish M . ; Sperm 821 to -I ; bagged SM . ; Smit * Sea 33 J . 0 & to 84 / . ; Seal pale 38 J . 10 s to -J . ; do ., colouiip ^ 33 J . ; cod 301 . to 211 . ; cocoa nut per ton 38 { . to 48 I . J palm , 3 ' ii .

      GOAL . Mondav , March * We have to note a very heavy market . Further arrivals expected . —Stewarts 17 s Cd : UettoflS 17 s 6 d ; Kelloe 17 s ; Tees 17 s 6 d ; Wylams 15 s fj . Fresh arrivals 66 ; left from last day 235 . Total 321 .

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      Printed by "WILLIAM RIDER , of No . 5 , ? Aacclesfield-str < : et ,

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      in tne pansn oi at . Anne . Westminster , at the in »» „' . o office , 16 , Great WindmiU-strcet , iiaymarkct , in the t'tf of Westminster , forthcProprietor , VEA 11 GUS O'CONiVO" - Esq . M . P ., and published by the . said William IUdeh . " the Office , in the same street < uii ) parish . — Saturow March 9 ft . 1850 ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 9, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09031850/page/8/