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-entmo _^ er oent ,- as-one-tending not- only-ta-a lessening of their burdens , but also to a transftr" _ence " of them from the shoulders of those not aWe to tear themto thosewho were . The _speakerthen pointed but the necessity of relieving the noorer classes fromheavy taxation , in order to enable them to edu <» te their chddren without the mterventipn ofthe state . By the present system _svery poor -woman who paid 4 s . apound for tea , pid more than one-half of the suin as taxation ; and why should " not such a state of things be remedied , and immediate relief given to the people . ( Hear , hear . ) He was himself satisfied that this was a question which ought to be taken np , and he hoped that it would , without delay , be taken up and decided by the-great tody of the people . ( Cheer-. ) ' Mr . W . IiBaf seconded the resolution .
Mr . Eeakgus O Coksor , M . P ., then stood forward to address the meeting , and was received in a most enthusiastic manner . After tbe applause had subsided , lie said—be looked "npon this , not only as a new year ' s gift , hut as a cheering and most satisfactory new year ' s gift ; and at the very outset he begged to tell them , that he stood there , not to give the slightest opposition io the gentlemen now assembled—and with whose views he entirely agreed— -hut , on the contrary , he stood there to brave all the insults of _foohsh men , many of whom had taunted hiin with giving his cooperation to the present movement . ( Immense
cheer ing . ) He thought at least nine-tenths , if not more of these present were labouring men , and that circumstances led him to believe , that one of their chief objects was achieved ; for , if this had heen a meeting , not of halfstarved working men , hut of parties whose attendance had been procured hy those who had influence oyer prices , it would probably have heen attended hy the Iron Duke and his staA instead of hy the press and its staff . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) There was only one thing in the speech of their hon . president in which he differed from him , and that was when he told them that many earnest men had
hitherto laboured in this cause , all but in vain , and : tiiat they , the financial reformers , were now the pioneers . The people had not lahonred in vain . They had knocked down obstacles which stood in the way of this movement , and they had heen the pioneers who had opened the road and paved the way for those who were now marching in it ( Loud cheers . ) They rejoiced at the co-ope-ration they were receiving , and they -heartil y wished it success . ( Hear , . hear . ) As their chairman had told them , the hull-frogs were beginning to croak , and they would have their assistance at popular meetings , and it wonld all go on well until they came to the question of whs was to be voted for , and then they would find that the voice of the few would
out-vote the voice of the many . ( Hear . ) This protection cry had not as yet come home to the sister island , hat its voice was beginning to he heard there , and Irish protectionists , with the Earl of Glengall at their head , were teaching the people to look forward to protection as the means of attaining civil and religious liberty . But when they had secured " protection for their own feudal power iniquities , Lord Glengall and the Irish protectionists would turn round npon the people and say , ( as Iiord Charlemont said , in 1780 ) , "Now we are satisfied , we have got all we want , and if . you go any further we will aid the government in putting you down / ' ( Hear , hear . ) The chairman had referred to the colonies , hut he wished that he had come nearer home , and -referred to the state of Ireland—Ms
unfortunate country . ( Hear , hear . ) Was it not a fact , that all weak governments had ever made the state of Ireland their strongest point ? They had traded npon the foolish antagonism between Celt and Saxon . ( Hear , hear . ) The Tories had always done- so , and the Whigs would be glad to do so to a still greater extent if they dared . ( Hear , hear . ) When' ever the government was weak at home , it pointed to Ireland , and said to the Tory party ,
"If you come into power we will make that country too expensive for you to govern , " and the Tories getting afraid that their power in Ireland would be destroyed , allowed theTVhigs to remain in office . ' That sort of thing would not do any longer . He looked for such a scene in the next session of Parliament , as neither _tiiis country nor any other had ever witnessed . He expected the nest Parliament would witness snch a contest between the Protectionists and
? Fxee Traders , as had never before been seen in that House ; . but for his part he cared not whether Peel , or Russell , or Disraeli was ! E _ nme Minister , or what may be tiie faction fights in that House , so long as the people were excluded from it His own endeavour would , at all tunes , be directed to securing for ihe great majority ofthe people , that control aver its , proceedings , . which was the only guar rantee for public and universal "justice . ( Cheers . ) He expected to find all the great parties bidding for popular support . ( Hear , hear . ) As to Sir Roberfc PeeL what didhe care about Sir Robert Peel ?
( Cheers and Laughter . ) 2 _fo doubt he like the others , would base his power upon the aristocracy around him , and to put a garter npon the leg of a marquis wonld take the stockings from a poor man . ( Tremendous cheering . ) As to the Throne , he did not care who was upon the Throne , provided the power behind the Throne was greater than the Throne itself . They talked about reducing taxation , hut if tea millions of taxes were taken off it woHld be of no benefit to them ( the _workine classes } . Sut let the law-maker be made the taxpayer , ' they might take his word things wo _. ld be speedily put right in this country . ( Hear , hear . ) Sad the association confined itself to the reduction
¦ of taxation _it-would never have had his co-operaition j but when he saw who was its chairman , when Ihe saw such men as Lord 2-Ugent _, Lord D . Stuart , 3 _ r . G . Thompson , Mr . Lnshington , Mr . Gbarles Pearson , Mr . Hall , and Mr . Williams—men wbo had ano interest in the redaction of wages—joining the aassociation , he felt that it was on the right tack . _(( Cheers . ) He had been reviled for twenty-ei ght -jears ; and , in fact , he was tbe reviled of all parties . _Slaughter . ) But he rejoiced in such abuse . He l _ _ad seen that morning in the organ of this movennent , a resolution passed by the Aberdeen Parliannaita _ y Association with reference to the £ 10 , 000 Ifnnd . fie conld not do tbe work often thousand mien himself , but this he would say , that if one of
fctfle resolutions agreed to by that association was -adopted by the Chairman and the National _Associsation , he would he happy to give £ 100 himself Kowards that fund . That resolution demanded that _aevery man of sound mind , and full age , should pos--sess the suffrage . ( Hear , hear . ) But mark his _sesteem for the order of the unenfranchised classes . -Did they suppose that if he thought that resolution xonld be carried that day in that meeting ( even if bhe conld carry with him nine-tenths or even ninefcteen-twentieths , ) at the cost of destroying the union ¦ which now existed between the middle and working EC-asses , that he would propose it ? "So . His great -Object was to secure this suffrage for their order as
Bsoon as possible , and though he . would never give map the principle for which he had so long contended , the believed that by going along with this movement bhe was takingthe bestand speediest method ef attainting that end . Until that was secured he cared nofc awho were In power . He had seen In the limes—he did mot place much faith in what appeared there" ( ebeers and laughter}—bnt however in this case it anas an extract from a paper which was now the _gorgan of the government , and had formerly been Jthe organ of Mr . Ward , —( oh !} - —which announced Jthat daring the next session of Parliament an enorinnons extension was to be made in the suffrage , and -that the measure wonld be mentioned in the Queen ' s
BBpeech at the oponing of Parliament . ( Hear . ) It was __ ll very well to say this , bnt he wonld not recomamend them to place much reliance npon it . Let --hem mount the watch-tower and Keep a look-out , _amd prevent the people being imposed upon . ( Hear . ) 8 B " ow , he did _uot hesitate to tell them that Lord HJohn Eussell—the minister who had refused to _M-jsent to the abolition of the rate-paying clauses"Hheer , hear )—Lord John Russell , 3 __ r . Disraeli , and 5 Sr Robert Peel , the leaders of the three great _parities m the House of Commons , would propose » _nydthing to enable them to preserve their own power .
„ _A _ : ear , near . ; __ us t & _ey ( the Association ) would be non the watch . As to the talk about protection , it awas all moonshine . They might as well talk of "going back to the old jog-trot system of pack-hbrses » _W waggons , from the present railway : aa talk of " ( going ba . _* to protection . Bnt merely to prevent _fffrnghack Waa not enough . They must go forward , - C - _Od as far as he was concerned , or had any power ; _jj-ha House of Commons should never be used for aiby purpose except for tbe prom * tion of the general _Mrferest . ( Cheers . ) At all events , io power _what"" _¦ g _^ conld restore protection . ( Cheers . ) The - niK-MKtey _. had measured all thdr gambling _speeu-*_ H p __^;< a _* _htir _ssgagemente _, all their _proyisions
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for the younger children , by protection . ( Cheers . Protection was not the only evil- under which the country had laboured , and s which Ought tobe _destroyed , they must destroy the enormously bloated church . ; ( Cheers , and laughter . ) _^ Let . there be no talking about the people being too-ignorant , to _fiossess a vote as long , as those black slugs were iving upon what ought to : be spent in educating tbem , ( Laughter . ) Ten millions a year paid to the church for what purpose ? Ten milUons a year , one fourth of which ought to be devoted to the education of the people . If education were made the test of voting , the minister would send a brain-ganger round amongst the people , and then tell them they were sufficiently enlightened to
exercise the franchise . ( Hear , near , ana jang _** - ter . ) He did not blame Lord John Russell or Sir R . Peel for this . No , he had the manliness to tell them that he blamed themselves . It was their own apathy , and their own disunion which enabled tbe privileged classes to override them . _- ¦ ( Hear , hear . ) United they stood , divided _thsy fell . ( Hear , hear . ) It had been his great object through life to organise the public mind , and he trusted he might now look upon the chairman as the director of that mind . He had no respect for the millowner or the money lord , any more than for great landlords , for one and all of them lived on the blood and sinews of the poor ; but he wanted to see an honest and faithful _renresentation of the people in the House of
Commons : because he believed that that would make the rich richer , and the poor rich . ( Cheers . } Don't talk to him about their rubbishing 40 s . freeholds —( cheers and hisses)—there were always a few geese to be found everywhere ; but he repeated don ' t talk about the 40 s . freeholds , what he wanted was the vote to ; be given to the man , and not to property . ( Hear , hear . ) Look at the present state of the representation in Ireland . A striking fact had just occurred , which would illustrate it . Mr . Dillon Browne having received an appointment to a situation under the government , a vacancy in the representation of the county of Mayo had been caused . _Itfow there were only 300 votes in the whole county , but of a population of 400 , 000 , or
about one individual . in every 1 , 250 . ( Shame , shame . ) Now if these 1 , 250 individuals went to the nomination , and shouted for a popular candidate , the one voter would overpower them all—the 300 vote 3 would neutralise the feeling of 400 , 000 . Now they wanted no revolutions . * He had always been against them , and had suffered more through the insanity of the people than almost any man alive . - ( Hear , hear . ) He did so in 1842 , when the millowners threw their hands idle , and if the bull-frogs were to throw their workpeople idle for the same purpose , they would stop short the moment they frightened the government—tbey would never agree to give votes to the people , but in such an event some would continue to live at ease whilst others
were sent to a dungeon or convict ship . ( Hear , hear . ) He felt the greatest confidence in the conductors of the association . He had never known Sir Joshua Walmsley , or the party with whom he was connected , g ive a vote opposed to the interests of the mas 3 ofthe community . They did not speculate in labour , nor could he place confidence in them if they did . He wanted to see the labourer living upon his own homestead , in his own castle , " noman daring to make him afraid ; " and were there one or two millions of men in that position , Russian , or Turk , or devil— 'laughter )—mightinvade the land , bnt be would defy them to do any harm , for iu that case , every man would fly to his own castle , and become a soldier in defence of his native
soil , ( Hear , hear , aad cheers . ) But the privileged classes were afraid to g ive the people the vote , because they were afraid that if they did so the people would do as tbey had done , and take tbe lion's share ofthe good things of society , but it was because he believed that they would be ready to nse their power justly that he advocated their being invested with it . ( Hear , hear . ) What he wanted to see was a full developement ofthe national resources . He wanted to see all classes more comfortable , and he was sure they ( the working classes ) wonld be gratified to see the rich man richer , if tbey were themselves rich enough , and that tbey would luxuriate in tbe independence of the wealthy , if they were not themselves in a state
of serfdom and slavery . They were informed that a meeting was to take place on Wednesday next at Aylesbury . Mr . Cobden was to he there , and Mr . Disraeli was to be there , and , with God ' s blessing , he ( Mr . O'Connor ) would be there too ; ( Cheers . ) He thought he knew something more about agriculture ' than M . Disraeli . ' He thought if they examined " Baron Munchausen" and the " Arabian Nights' Entertainments , " and whatever the fancy of the most fanciful writer could produce on tbe most fanciful subject , they would not be able to find a more fanciful author or declaimer than Mr . Disraeli . He would give him 100 acres , or 1 , 000 acres , and unless he conld live like Nebuchadnezzar , upon grass , he would be bound he could not support
himself . ( "Hear " and laughter . ) He begged to tell them that they had as yet done nothing , but they must soon be stirring , for his firm conviction was , that if there was a general election to-morrow , the protectionsts would have an overpowering majority in the House of Commons ;—( hear , hear , ) —and if they once obtained the majority there they would not only keep up the present amount Pf taxation , but increase it still further , in order to be able to make provision for their younger children , whilst the eldest continued to perform in his usual character of the dissipated gentleman . ( Hear , hear . ) In conclusion he would say , that believing the extension ofthe people ' s power was essential to just and good government , he would ask those with whom and for whom he had laboured to give up anv
idea of opposition to this movement . ( Hear , hear . ) He asked them to unite tbeir own efforts , and endeavour , with those of the other classes , in one grand effort against the oppression under which they suffered , and especially to give their chairman and his colleagues that support they asked , as long as they pursued a straightforward , honest , and unswerving course . —( The Hon . Gentleman , who was frequently applauded during bis speech sat down amidst loud cheers . ); The resolution was then put and carried unani mously , with cheers . Mr . Howard , Secretary of the Southwark Reform
Association , begged to announce a new year ' s gift of £ 30 to the fund from the parishes of St . Olave , St . Thomas , and St . John . ( Cheers . ) He thought that another £ 100 would be obtained from the other side bf the water towards the £ 10 , 000 fund . ( Cheers . ) The Chairman announced the following subscriptions : —Mr . S . Morley , £ 50 ; Mr . W . Joynson , £ 50 ; Mr . Cobden , M . P ., £ 10 ; Mr . A . Anderson , M . P ., £ 50 : Mr . Leaf , £ 50 ; Mr . T . Prout , £ 50 ; Mr . W . Williams , M . P ., £ 50 ; Mr . W . Wilkinson , £ 50 ; Mr . W . J . Hall , £ 50 ; Mr . H . G . Robinson , £ 50 ; Sir J . Duke , M . P ., £ 10 ; Mr , Wilcox , M . P ., £ 60 ; Mr . G Thompson , M . P ., £ 10 ; Mr . J . P . Smith , M . P .
£ 10 ; Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds , £ 10 ; Mr . D . W . Wire , £ 50 ; Messrs . Mather , Liverpool , £ 50 ; Mr . Kershaw , M . P ., £ 10 ; Mr . Hume , M . P ., £ 10 ; Mr . A / Pellatt , £ 10 ; Mr . G . Pouncey , £ 50 ; Mr ; C . Lushington , M . P ., £ 10 ; Lord D . Stuart , M . P ., £ 10 los . ; Sir J . "Walmsley , £ 50 ; the Norwich Fund , £ 100 ; Southwark , £ 30 ; making nearly £ 1 , 500 already sent in . ( Cheers . ) Mr . W . Williams ( late M . P . for Coventry ) , thought the present meeting might be regarded as a flat denial to the assertion of one of the members of the city of London ( Lord J . Russell ) , that the people ot this country wanted no more reformthat the working classes did not want the reforms proposed by Mr . Hume , nor the working classes the Charter , or any other reform to that extent .
( Cheers . ) Another declaration that the same noble lord was supposed to have made was , that the Reform Bill was to be a final measure . But had the Reform Bill accomplished any one of its objects ? Not only had it not done so , but many things were infinitely worse now than under the oldboroughmongering system . It had , he really believed , created a more corrupt system than formerly existed , and bribery was more rife than ever . There were 7 , 000 , 000 of adult males in this country , but the actual constituency had been brought down to less than 850 , 000 or about one in eight of the male population of the country . ( " Shame" ) How had the Reform Bill dealt with the citizens of London ? It had given to fifty-seven borouehs ninetv-seven
members , who possessed altogether a constituency equal in numbers tb the constituency of London , who returned four members . (** Shame . " ) Lord J . Russell had made one of the voters in these rotten borotighs equal to twenty-three of his constituents in the city of London . The borough of Harwich , in the year 1841 , with ninety-four voters , returned two members to Parliameat . (' ¦ Shame . " ) And how much did they think it was proved these voters had received among them ? Why £ 6 , 300 , or about £ 70 a man . ( " Shame . " ) And yet one of these bribed knaves , their noble representative told them , was equal to twenty , three of the citizens of London ! Was that a condition of things whieh they were content should be final ? Had the public expenditure been Iesseried since the Reform Bill ? Why we were now brought down to the government ofa standing army and a police . ( Cheers . )
Uompiring the last year of the unreformed Parlia ment , when the Dake bf Wellington was Prime Minister , with the present , the number of the army and . heir auxiliaries was 105 , 000 more last year than in 1830 , and it cost the people £ 4 , 000 , 000 more in their maintenance . (" Hear , hear , " and " Shame . " ) And this was called a good and cheap government , ; produced by the Reform Bill . He called upon them , if they were not co ntent with these fruits of reform , to come forward and . support this association . To show the large proportion of _taxation raised from the middle and working classes , he would take a few articles of tasation principally consumed by _ thein , upon which not less than # 26 , 500 , 000 were raised ... Rum paid 300 per cent . '; g in and whiskey five times more ? than tbe value ofthe article ; malt more than 100 per cent . ; tea , 300 per ? e ' orit ;; sugar , a , trifle - less-than 100 per cent . ; tobacco , no less than 1 , 200 per cent .
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' (•'•' Shame . " ) As a proof that the Reform _Bilthad given us a worse and more extravagant government than we had before , he would remind 'themthat "• thb ; Queen had ' surrendered ; the vast _ -tate . ' of- 'ithe Crown for a' civil Hst of £ 385 , 000 ; -a yeat . ;* ( " Oh ' , oh' ") Theso : Crown ¦ lands bad produced during the last three- years £ 1 , 187 , 000 ,- onlyf : £ 313 j 000 of which went into the public Treasury . _(•• Shariae ! " ) In 1843 he endeavoured to unraver this great mystery _, and ho found that in > 1842 there had been expended on twelve 1 Royal ; _palacesj eleven Royal parks , stables , gardens / dog-kennels , Ac . V £ 151 , 000 out ofthis money . And let them not blame the Queen for this . ( Cheers ; and cries of" No . " ) He
would be bound to say her Majesty had never seen the half of _theso'Royal palaces . But they were kept up as a means of finding sinecures and comfortable asylums for the aristocracy _/ Many of therii were entirely occupied by swarms of the friends and relations of the aristocracy . The apartments of the palace of Hampton-court , 'for example , were lent , tax and rent free , to decayed members of the aristocracy . ( A laugh ;) The keeping up-of'that Jalace cost £ 7 , 000 a year . Such a system was ept up by the bribery , corruption , and undue influence at elections , which had been proved to exist by numerous eleeton committees of the House of Commons . And the object of this association was to do away with such farces iri the
representation , and return to the ancient constitution ofthe country . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Williams concluded by proposing the following resolution : —'• That this meeting earnestly recommends to the friends of Parliamentary reform , throughout Great Britain and the colonies , to furnish prompt and liberal assistance to the Council of the National Association , by the holding of public meetings , the passing of resolutions , the formation of committees , the employment of local agents , and the contribution of funds . " Mr . Hall seconded the motion . He most cordially concurred in every word said by those who preceded him , but as that meeting was a . meeting for business , he could not but say that the sum of money asked for was perfectly insignificant' in
amount to carry out the great objects they had in view . It appeared , by what was published in the newspapers , that the Protectionists were determined to _baVe a fight — ( a laugh ) — and the Free Traders were to prepare for and give theiri enough of it . ( A laugh . ) If they did - not do' so , " they deserved to have a Custom-house officer in their kitchen , an exciseman in their cellars , " a soldier in their parlours , to look after their domestic _affaira- _* - ( a laugh )—and a policeman to see that-he took no advantage —( laughter )—and a poor curate to pay for the whole . ( Laughter . He hoped and trusted that no apple of discord' would be thrown among them in that greatmovement . Mr . Feargus O'Connor had said , in his very eloquent speech , that not
one word was said of Ireland . But they had an eye on Ireland , and would bave gone there , except that they saw it was perfectly useless until England was set to rights . ( A laugh . ) Let the Chartists accompany them as far as Holyhead , and he would be bound to say the better they were acquainted , the more tbey would like each other—they , would then cross over in a steamer , and soon settle the affairs of Ireland . Although he thought £ 10 , 000 much too inadequate , yet it was the first point put into the wedge of corruption , and he doubted not it would soon splinter it into _lucifer-matches . ( Cheers and laughter . ) That can only be done by their aid , and if they gave it , no doubt it was possible to do it with the proposed ten thousand pounds . He theught they must have 250 men of business , independent men , who were ready to sacrifice
something , and to enrol themselves as candidates to represent the people . From each of these 250 gentlemen , he expected £ 1 , 000 —( laughter and cheers ) —and then he would be prepared to appeal to the country for £ 500 , 000 . The intellectana talent engaged , in the contest would be worth another £ 250 , 000 ; and thus with a large capital equal to £ 1 , 000 , 000 they would be able to join heart and hand in promoting the great cause in which they were engaged . ( Cheers and laughter , ) He hoped the press would not keep this scheme a secret . It was one he meant to propose ; and though he had no ambition to go into Parliament , as he thought he was more useful out of it , he would , if necessary , be one of tbe first to sign that round robin . ( Cheers and laughter . ) As the aristocracy had drawn the sword , let the people resolve to make them sheath it . The House of Commons was the castle of the
people , and , by the oath ofa Spartan , no power on earth would cause him to desist till it was rescued from the hands of the aristocracy , and restored to the people . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Mr . Hall concluded , after some other remarks , by seconding the resolution . Mr . E . Miall said he feared he could not give them so interesting or so exciting a speech as his _firedecessor , but this he could promise them at east , that his speech should be a short one . ( Hear . ) The House of Commons , as at present constituted , was a gross fraud . ( Hear , hear . ) It professed to be the organ ofthe people of these realms , while in fact it was no more than the instrument of . the aristocracy . ( Hear , hear . ) Of the three estates of
the realm , two were realities and one -was a pretence . The irionarchy had its sphere , its rights , and its duties , and her Majesty the Queen kept her sphere , enjoyed her rights , and performed her duties . ( Loud cheers . ) The House of Lords , which was constituted with a view identical with the elevation of the order , did—as no one could denyfulfil to the utmost the intention of its institution . ( Cheers . ) The representative branch of our legislature was but a sham , a fiction , apretence . ( Hear . ) The House of Commons professed to be born , of the people , but it was in reality the child of the aristocracy , having only the slightest possible tinge of popular blood in its veins . ( Hear , hear . ) If aU the nomination members were set aside , and those wbo
were returned by similar irregular influences , and having counted them up you would find that you had a majority of the House of Commons . ( Hear , hear . ) It might be said that although this was an anomal y , yet the system'worked well . For whom did it work well ? ( Hear , hear . ) For the people or tho aristocracy ? ( Hear , hear . ) If it worked well for the people , why surround it with pretence ? Why not give the nobles openly the power of returning ninety members , and let the boroughs at once be exposed to open sale . But they knew better , that John Bull would not bear it for a moment ( Hear , hear . ) Everyone was aware that it was only by maintaining the semblance of representation sueh a systein could be carried on .
He believed that if . during the last year the sympathies of Great Britain had been properly known on the continent of Europe , the reaction would never have taken place , but the people , instead of writhing under the soldier's heel , would now be rejoicing m the blessings of a constitutional government . ( Hear , hear . ) But let them look at home , and they would see that this semblance was doing mighty wrong . The ¦ British House of Commons , under its semblance of nationality , dared to do what no despot would attempt . Did . anyone think that such taxation as the people groaned under at present could ever be levied by a single despot ? ( Hear , hear . ) This proved to him that the semblance of representation with the reality of nomination , was doing an infinity of mischief . For the people ' s best social interests , because he wished to see their industry raised to that-position which it
ought to occupy ; for their moral interests , because he wished that every man might be able to walk abroad in the face of God ' s suri independent and self-reliant ; for the sake of the happiness of posterity—he was most anxious that the present system should be put an end to , and that some reality , be it of what kind it might , should be substituted for it . The reality which he should prefer was that which would place unlimited confidence in his fellow-countrymen . ( Cheers . ) He would have none excluded who did not exclude themselves . But inasmuch as it was absolutely necessary that they . -should all unite in order to achieve ultimate victory , he was willing to unite with tbat association and to pledge himself to do his utmost for the accomplishment of its objects . He rejoiced in the wise means which the council were employing for the attainment of their end '
Mr . G .. W . M . _Reynolds , who was received with great and _prolonged cheering , said that he ' ' uld not allow this resolution to pass .. without saying a word upon the subject . It ? was a' positive scandal to the civilisation of the country , and the age , that there should exist ariy necessity . in England for calling a meeting to demand from " , an usurping aristocracy , and a reluctant ministry , those rights ' and privileges which by nature belonged to the working classes as well as to any other class , hut " which an infariious tyranny withheld from them . ( Loud cheers . ) Indeed , the very fact of their being assembled there to-day , to vindicate their rights , was a proof that they had laid in abeyance through the oppression and tyranny of the upper classes . The
aristocracy had usurped all power , government place , and pensions , and laid violent hands upon the church , and the army and navy , and then , perhaps , next session , they would tell them that the neopie were not intelligent enough to exercise the franchise properly . ( Hear , hear . ) . But what had the vaunted intelligence of the aristocracy done for the country ? What were the effects of the administrative wisdom of the upper classes ? Why , tho people were dissatisfied—the whole larid was covered with the hideous signs of pauperism—and political agitation was the patent and undeniable proof of
widely-spread discontent . And to show further how infamous was the system of aristocratic government and class-legislation , let it be observed , that there were actually more paupers tban voters ' ( Hear , hear . ) There wero only 850 , 800 voters , whilst the number of _panpers exceeded one million , and the-Timet told ? them ? on Christmas Day that 100 , 000 persons in , the city of _Loidpn were indebted to eleeh-osynarjr charity for their Christmas dinner ( Cries of , " shame . " ); . The ; Marring : Chronicle had also told them that there , were thousands of honest arid well-intentioned * women ia this metropolis willing to earntheirbread by labour , at tbe needle
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_-kS _^^ with the lank , lean visage , of -famine . _Hre-ts _Warn _^ subsistenbe br _« itutipn . S" _^ _. _ThesefemaleiprayedtotGb _^ _o'give _Strength to _resisttemptationrin _^ hc anguish She burmng _anguish- _^ -of their-souls ;? they raised . heir Ss to Heaven' and _implored that mercy which shoald _^ save'them from theprecinice yawning at their feet : - ( Hear , hear . ) They besought Ihe -Almiehtv to continue them in the paths _^ virtue , that they might be enabled to look _tbeirhusbands , their parents / and their children in _; the face , without shame , and without ' -ablush ; But ,-no : famine was ' there—the wages bf _prostitutHnrwere thereand the former irresistibly impelled the poor , creatures to clutch at the latter . ; ( Profound sensation . )
Such was the system which ai'igtocratio intelligence had established in this unhappy country _^ How dared tbis insolent aristocracy _* then , to tell the millions that they were too _ignorant to exercise the franchise prudently and properly ? fHear , hear . ) For his part- he ( Mr , Reynolds ) ' would boldly pro" claim to the aristocracy from that platform that the sterling common sense , the sound judgment ; and the true intelligence of the country resided in the industrious classes . ( Loud cheers . ) There was as much difference between the aristocratic mirid and the working class mind as there was between the frippery of a- fashionable milliner ' s show-joom and the stupendous though rugged grandeur of' the Alpine mountains . ( Cheers . ) The people well
deserved what they asked . Was Jbngnsn numanuy , English love of order , inferior to that displayed on the continent two years ago ? At that period the people were the ' masters of every city in Europekings and emperors fled . But did the people turn round on their oppressors arid erect the guillotine for their destruction ?? ( Hear , hear . ) - No ; but when the oppressors returned to power by the aid of the soldiery , they let loose' the bloodhounds of war _against the people , and even lacerated innocent women .. ( Hear , hear . ) This was the third time that he ( Mr . Reynolds ) had stood upon the platform ofthe London Tavern within the last nine or ten moriths . On the first occasion , he had declared that Lamartine would deceive tbe" people of France ; and that unless Ledru Rollin and the glorious leaders of the Mountain party were raised to power , the cause of freedom would be betrayed and crushed in Europe . ( Hear , hear . ) And 'tho result ; had
verified the presage . ' On the secona occasion ne had declared that mere verbal sympathy with Hungary was a detestable farce ; and that unless England proclaimed war in order to assist the gallant Hungarians , the cause of this brave people would bo betrayed and crushed likewise . ( Loud cheering . ) And this prediction was also fulfilled : Where were the brave Kossuth—( loud cheers)—and the glorious Mazzini —( loud cheers)—now ? He heard one voice bawl but" question _t" but itwas all to the question . ( Cheers . ) For he would venture a third prophecy ; whioh was _^ that _vr the middle classes remained faithful to the p ledges made in the programme of the Reform -Association , and if the working classes gave them their support , still maintaining , however / a vigorous concurrent agitation of their own , the , speedy result _mustbe . a large measure of reform . Then the working classes would continue their own glorious movement until the People ' s Charter became the law of the land . ( Immense cheering . ) v
The resolution was then put and carried . ; . Mr . D . W . _Wina proposed the , following resolution ;— " That this meeting regards with feelings of great -satisfaction the ; proposition of holding a National Conference in London , during the month of March next , and calls upon the friends of the movement in all parts ofthe country , to assist the council by selecting earnest reformers to . represent them at that important meeting . " He said the gentleinan who had preoeded bim had talked of classes . He ( Mr . Wire ) hated this word . He liked the name " people . " ( Hear , hear ; and cheers . ) It was to the people that the council was : about to address itself in all parts of the country . They wanted to unite all for the accomplishment of a
great object . What was the object ot tnat association ? Why , to increase the number of those who returned members of Parliariient , or rather the object was twofold—to purify the representation , and to bring within the pale of the constitution the unrepresented masses . At present two members were returned by ninety-four voters , and two bj [ 16 , 000 , and it was only by the two latter . that the interests of the people were truly represented . What was tbe constitution of the House of Commons ! Every class was well represented— -the people alone were unrepresented . If a captain in the navy presented himself , let him be told to take care of his ship . If a captain in the army came forward , let him be told to look after the discipline of his troep , with the
view of preventing the outbreak of a mutiny like the recent one at Nottingham , by looking after the comforts of his men , and treating them as rational beings . ( Hear , hear . ) Let a lord be treated with all imaginable courtesy , but let him be told that he bad got his own house , and was not wanted in the House of Commons , and that the lower house should no longer be made a place of jobbery for the aristocracy . ( Hear , hear . V An _^ extension of the suffrage would be followed by a reduction of taxation . They would not then see fifty-three of the finest colonies in the world—colonies which ought
to be increasing the strength of the mother country —on the eve of rebellion . ( Hear , hear . ) Why were the colonies in that " position ? Ask the irresponsible House of Commons . Who were sent out as governors ? ( A voice , Ward . " ) "Were not the colonies made homes for decayed members of the aristocracy ? ( Hear , hear . ) Would that be permitted by a pure House of Commons ? With such a bouse the colonies would be governed at a vast deal less expense . Lord John Russell and his colleagues could no longer govern this country , if the people only said they should not do so . Mr . R . Ta . ion seconded tho resolution .
Mr . Ktdd , in responding to a call of the meeting , said , that . having been cafled on he felt bound , as one of the electors and unprivileged of the English community , to state his reason why he thought the intelligence of the people should rule paramount in the senate . He would not argue the question of an extension of the suffrage as for or against the aristocracy , but on , the broad and comprehensive ground that the weal of the different members of the community was inseparable , and that the increased responsibility of every member of the state gave power and strength to government . Whatever opinion might be entertained as to the value of increasing the suffrage , all persons were agreed that the intelligence or England must rule England ,
and that the House of Representatives ought to be the reflex of that intelligence . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , although he was ready to admit that the higher classes had a better school education , he maintained that the appreciation of right , the discrimination of worth , and the application of the mind to know what was judicious arid injudicious was as common to the labourer in the streets as to the member of the House of Commons or House of Lords . ( Hear , hear . ) As long as the people were not represented , they would have to fight the battle over and over again . It was a libel to say that the working classes did nbt _. care for tho suffrage ; it was they , in fact , who kept it before the , publio mind for a great number of years . The working men of England
were as moral as the majority of the other classes , * they had their property , too , iri the labour of their hands , and if any derangement ofthe commercial affairs of the country took place they were the first to feel it . They had , therefore , a real and serious interest in good legislation ; why , then , should they not be enfranchised so as to make the House of Commons the reflex of the entire community . ( Hear , hear . ) Let tbem unite the intelligence and rights of the people against the ascendancy of faction in the first instance , and when tbe middle classes had fought out their battle , they ( the Chartists ) would fight theirs till they obtained the Charter and the legitimate representation of the democracy . ( Loud cheers . ) . The Chairman said that he had received a note
from Mr . Jones saying that he would be glad on the part ofthe social reformers to offer a few _observations in favour , of . the association . ' , they were not _$ id _. a " tb discuss socialism—( hear , hear)—but if this gentleman would confine himself to the object ofthea 8 Sociationthey . would . be clad to hear him ; if he spoke on socialism he would feel it his . duty to stop him . ( Hear , hear . ) Neither could he allow any gentleman to address him from the body of the meeting . .., _- ¦ Mr . Jones having ascended the platform , said , ' that if the chairman had made no allusion to wbat he intended to say , but few could have discovered what his opinions were apart from the business of that association . ( Hear , hear . ) Ho spoke because he mat in tne
tnougnc men wno agreed two objects this association had in view ought to unite in giving their support to these two objeots , but wbilst doing so , they should guard themselves against compromising , those opinions which they held outside these objects . ( Hear . / . He was there as the representative of opinions whioh , whatever might be thought of them in this country , wore agitating European society , at that moment . He felt boumf to say that he did not think a reduction of taxation . was the most important thing .- He thought that the people suffered more through an . excessive competition than through taxation . ( Hear , hear , and
' ? Question . ' ) . He did not expect to find an agreement in his opinions any . more than _otbers should . expect him to agree in theirs —( bear ;)—but in this they all agreed , that the peoplo of , this country should have the control of their own destinies placed in their own hands ; ( Hear , hear . ) : Let them therefore , unite in effecting , that object , ; and each party , could propagate . his own opinion at the proper . time and place . . ( Hear , hear . ) With that _reservation he had great pleasure in giving his adhesion to the resolution , which was then put arid carried unanimously . ; . r , . , -- ¦ _,-,-.. ; ; _? __^^! _T _^ _S _^ ' - SPBNC 1 S _^ tb . e u . nal vote of thanks tothe chair w » e a * rced to ; and ; at half-past four o olock , _; •¦ > - ¦ •• . •' . _'• v •'
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_ Sir Joshua' _Waim-Lby returned thanks ,., saying that" . he only object bf the , association _tasi . to _^ make _prbpeHy ; : ' -a _^ people ' contented , arid'Kappy . "'The _Vaisf assemblage _tnerisepar- _^
Destructive Fires.(From Ourthirdedition ...
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES . ( From ourThirdEdition of' _ilast _. Week . ) . BRUNSWICK' House , ' Nine ELMS .- _^ On Thursday morning about A iquarter before ; bo ven o'clock ) a quantity pf smoke was seen issuing frorii Brunswick House , which stands between the wharf and the Waridsworth-road , arid at the same time the inhabitants of the road alarmed by _theories of a female , who was seen climbing along the roof ; ' Ladders were procured , and the _womah—tho wife ofa police _, man , occupying an upper , floor-was placed in safety man opposite house ; , The flames then burst through _the-windows , and a free ' supply of air being thus obtained ; the entire house Was shortly m flames . About eight o ' clock portions of the roof fell in ; arid by nine the north side of the large building was gutted . About eleven o ' clock the fire was considered as subdued , but the _sraoking _^ uins demanded watchful attention . . Brunswick-house will beremembered by many as being once a favourite
publio suburban resort , haying gardens by the side of the Thames , and a pier . . „ . - ¦ ¦ ' CJiiy . — -On Thursday a fire broke out on the premises of Mr . John Bos well , a wine cooper , in Little-Bush-lane , Cannon-street . Several engines quickly attended ; when the firemen found that the flames were burning in the cellars , running not merely un ? der Mr . Boswell ' s house , but under several others . The engines were got to work , and water thrown into the basement , but it could not reach the flames , The patent smoke-proof dress was therefore _sentfor , arid one of the officers was enabled to enter the cellars , where he found a quantity of crates , straw , & o ., on fire . By pumping cold air into the dress , Bridges wat enabled to continue a considerable time amongst the smoke , and thereby direct the water in the proper quarter , but the fire was riot extinguished for several hours . Tho damage done , however ) is not considerable , except by water . A spark-from'a lantern , it is presumed , was the cause of the outbreak .
_CovjBN-BT-S-BH-T , Hatmabkbt . — - About eleven o ' clock ' on ' Thursday night a fire was discovered in the house of Messrs . Creese and Co ., bootmakers , 4 , Coventry-street . Some of Mr . Creese ' s family were- the first to make the discovery , and although they raised an immediate alarm , in'the course of a few : minutes the whole of the factory became a general _hiass of fire . The premises were burnt to the ground . The total damage is very , considerable , and during the excitement whioh prevailed it was _imponsible to _ascert-in how many of the sufferers
were insured , ' or anything respecting the probable cause of the disaster . , . . - ¦ ¦ _;_ Lambeth-Walk . — On Friday morning a fire happened at No . 50 ,- Lambeth-walk , belonging to Mr . F . Case , a hat-maker , making the third time that the same property has been on fire within a few years . The firemen succeeded in eventually getting the flames under , but not until the whole ofthe stock-in-trade was destroyed , and the lower portion of tbe premises burned out , and the upper portion , with the furniture , & c , severely damaged by heat , Ac . The cause of the fire could not be ascertained .
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Thk . Palace Court has closed its unhonoured existence . No writs have . been issued since the 1 st of j August last , but a good , deal of business bas been transacted in the court urider the Small . Debts Act ., The last counsel , admitted to plead in the court was Mr . Best ,, the member for Kidderminster ; who . gave . about £ 2 , 000 for the office . The records of the court are transferred to the keeping of the Master of tbe Bolls . Reduction of the Navy Estimates . —* We bave good reason to believe that the reduction in tbe navy estimates for 1850-51 will be considerable _, amounting to more than a quarter of a million . The reduction , it is said , will not effect seamen , but 1 , 000 mariners - less will be voted , and the savings will be in then * provisions and pay , and in tbe decrease of stores , _ t . —United Service Gazette : Messrs . Bradbury and Evans have announced , for March next , the issue of " a new weekly miscellany , of general literature , conducted _, by Mr . Charles Dickens . " -
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"" __ _B __ ro ? _w , r _« tW * nS _^ of trie _ca lant pioneer _* f th 6 . overl-nd route , _athia _residen _^ _S _^ _SS / _£ ar of his _age _^ _- _^^ _teM _^ _hehadbeenresidingaahorttU for _tfo > _benejt of hi health , -vhiclv tmd _. _^ _^^^& bv _arixiety andharas- of mmd , _«« _" « f ? _« g _feS 2 pecuniary engagements contracted _^ n •' . s _j _^ J ? tion of theTrieste experiments in 1846 / ari _4 ; _svnictt liabilities the _devothm ; of f _^ _W-ji _™ sacrifice bf his entire'property ¦ were _^ adequate to _liouidate . Independent ofthe main ( incidentsot ms history _: in connexion with the Indian enterprise , that has _immortalised'his name * as ; one of tne _ereatest practical benefactors of the _^ age , his career lag been _mos . extraordinaryfull of the strangest
, vicissitudes , and abounding in evidences of character in every v . ay worthy of enduring commemoration . Of * the pension lately awarded him by government he lived to receive only one quarter . 8 payment , His widow is now in straitened circum-8 tanQe 8 , principally attributable to her husban _< _t 3 highminded endeavours to discharge , in his P / lv _£ to capacity , obligations incurred on tbe faith of- _wnat ; he believed to be a perriianent retention of his services by the executive , and on behalf of the community . His death was occasioned , not so much by any specific disorder as by a general break ; up Of the system ; though his iron constitution offered so great a resistance to the inroads of debility , that it was thought to the last he would rally . His dissolution was attended by great pain and suffering .- — Daily News ,
_A-TEMPtED Murder near Druby-Lane . — Ott Tuesday night a case of the use of the knife in passion took place in the neig hbourhood of _DruiY-lane . Two tailors , one of them deaf and dumb , had wen engaged at work , and from some unknown causa Keeling , ' the dumb man , exhibited feelings of anger towards the other , whose name is Levy . A scuffle ensued ketween them , when Keeling took from one of his pocket- a painter ' s . putty knife , and aimed at Levy ' s throat . ., The knife entered , thei right side of the jugular Vein , and caused a frightful gash . _^ Aa alarm was raised , arid after some difficulty Keeling was secured , arid taken to Bow-street office , when Mr . Henry remanded ? hini . The , prosecutor was conveyed to King ' s College : Hosp _ tal , in a very pre * carious state ., _.-...- .. ¦ :
• Mau CoMMaNicAno _» with thb South op Ibeland . —The arbitrator , Jonathan Henn , Esq ., to whom the question of compensation for the carriage of the mails to Cork , Limerick , and Waterford , by the Great Southern and Western Railway , was referred , has decided upon granting the company 4 s . 6 d . per mile for the night mail , and ls . per mile for tbe day mail , It will amount to upwards of £ _ 0 , 000 . ; The cost of carriage by mail coach underthe old regime , was £ 13 a mile .
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CORN . Mask Lane , Monday , Jan . 7 . —The show of wheat , samples from the-home counties was small to-day ,-and the stands were nearly cleared at last Monday ' s prices . l » foreign , wheat we had little doing , although prices werefully maintained ; but having a large arrival of American and French flour , buyers rather held off . The flour tradewas dull . The demand for barley was limited atom * previous quotations . Beans and peas without alteration ; Th * arrivals of oats having increased , : the sale to-day was by m _* means active ; but prices remain much the _Bame as on Monday last . linseed and cakes sell readily . For cloverseed there was but little inquiry to-day , though holders continue to ask high prices . __
Bbitis-. —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , new -Sato 43 s , ditto white 40 s to 48 s , -Lincoln , Norfolk , and 1 ork . shire , red 35 s to 38 s , Northumberland and Scotch' whit * 32 s to 87 s , ditto red 34 s to 38 s , Devonshire ' and Somersetshire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to — s , rye , 21 s to 23 s , barley , 22 s to 24 s , Scotch 22 s to 24 b , Angus —s to —a , Malt ordinary , —s to —s , pale 50 s to 54 s , peas , grey , new 24 s to 26 s , maple 2 _fls to 28 s , white 28 s to 24 s , bodersnew 26 s to 29 s , beans / large , new 22 s to 24 s , ticks 24 s to 26 sr harrow , 25 s to 27 s , pigeon , 28 s . to 30 s , oats , Lincoln an * Yorkshire feed , 15 s to 19 s , ditto Poland and potato , 17 s to 20 s , Berwick and Scotch , 17 s to 21 s , Scotoh feed , 17 s to 22 s , Irish feed , and black 15 s to 20 s , dMA potato , 17 s tb 23 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 52 s , _rapeseed , Essex , new £ 27 to £ 30 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new 26 s to 80 s per cwt , rape _calte , £ 4 to £ 110 s per ton , linseed , £ 910 s to £ 10 10 s . per 1 , 00 ( 1 , flour , per sack of 2 - _Olbs , ship 28 s to 80 s , town' 38 s to 40 s .
, , . _Fobeion . —Wheat , — Danteig , 44 s to 50 s , ' . Anhalt and Marks , 38 to 40 s , ditte white , 40 s to 42 s , Pomeranian _redi 40 s to 42 s , Rostock- 44 s to 46 s , Danish , Holstein , and _Friesla-d , 30 s to 34 s , Petersburg _ i , Archangel , and Ki ga _^ 32 s to 34 s , Polish Odessa , 32 s to 34 s , Marianopoli , and Berdianski , 32 s to 35 s , Taganrog , 3 . 8 to 34 s , - Brabant and French , 34 s to 3 Gs , ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , Salonica , 30 s to 33 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 2 Gs _, rye , 20 s to 22 s , barley , Wismar and Rostock , 18 s to 21 s , Danish , 18 s to 23 s , Saal , 20 s te 24 s , EastFriesland , 16 s to 18 s , Egyptian , 14 s to 15 s , Danube ; 14 s to 15 s , peas , white , 23 s to 26 s , new boilers , 26 s to 27 s , beans , horse , 22 s to 24 s , pigeon , 25 gto 26 s , Egyptian , 22 s to 24 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , lis to 15 s , ditto , thick and brew , 15 s to 22 s , Riga , Petersburg-, Archongel , and Swedish , 14 s _tol . s _, 'flour , United States , per 1961 bs ., 22 s to 24 s , Hamburgh 20 s to 228 , Dantzig and Stettin 20 s to 23 s , French per 2801 bs „ 325 to 3 l 8 , .
' BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6 _ d . to 7 d _.-, of household ditto , 5 d . to 6 d . per 4 fts . loaf .
CATTLE . _Smiotfield , Jan . 7 . —The number of foreign stock in today 's market was very limited yet it was quite equal to the wants of the dealers . Fresh up this morning thearrivals of home-fed beasts were very limited for the time of year , and of middling quality . Notwithstanding the coldness of the weather , and the increased number of buyers in attendance , the beef trade was in a sluggish , state . However , most-of the beasts on offer were . dis ' - posed of at about last week ' s quotations . The extreme price for the best Scots was 4 s 2 d per 81 bs . With sheep we were tolerably well , but not to say heavily , supplied . The general quality of tbat description of stock was good . Oa the whole , the demand for most breeds ruled steady , afc last week's prices . The primest old Downs sold at 4 s 2 d to 4 s _ dper 8 fl > . Prime small calves moved off slowly at last Monday ' s quotations . Otherwise , the veal trade was heavy . We had a very moderate inquiry for pigs , yet laterates were well supported in every instance . ¦ Head or Cattle at Smi _ ji _. i- _ d . —Friday . —Beasts , 750 ; sheep , 5 , 260 ; calves , 240 ; pigs , 245 . Monday . —Beasts , 3 , 070 : sheep , 21 , 630 ; calves , 34 ; pigs , 206 .
Price per stone of Slbs . ( sinking the offal . )—Beef , 3 s Od to 4 s 2 d ; mutton , 3 s Od to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s 4 d to 3 s 10 d ; pork , 3 s 4 d to 4 s 2 d . _ftEWGATE and LEAD-NBA--, Monday , Dec . 31 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 6 d to 2 s Sd ; middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime large , 3 s 2 d to 3 s id ; prime small , 3 s 4 d to 3 s 6 d ; large pork , 2 s Sd to 3 s id ; inferior mutton , 2 s 8 d to 3 s lOd ; middling ditto , 3 s Od to 3 s -id ; prime ditto , 3 s 6 d to 3 s lOd , * veal , 3 s Od to 3 s lOd ; small pork , 3 s 6 d to 4 s 2 d ; per 81 bs . by the carcase .
_PROVISIONS . IiONnoN , Jan . 7 . —Since our last report the demand for Irish butter has been slow and limited . Some inferior brands of Limerick , and other sorts , - were offered onthei market towards tlie elose of last ' week , on easier terms , and met buyers ; and there wa 6 also rather more inquiry for other descriptions . Prices ruled—for Carlow 68 s to 80 s * . Waterford 60 s to 68 s ; Cork 70 s to 72 s ; Limerick 56 s to 66 s ; Sligo 58 s to 62 s ; Tralee 56 s to 62 sper cwt . landed , and at corresponding rates on board . Foreign in liberal supply . Sales dull ; prices 56 s to 96 s per cwt ., according to kind and quality . Bacon—Irish singed sides attracted triflingly more attention , and sold at 40 s to 48 s ; and-American at 34 s to 38 s per cwt . as in size and quality . Hams moderately dealt in at 62 s to 72 s per civt . Lard in bladders at 40 s to-52 s , kegs at 36 s to 42 s per cwt . English Botteb Mabket , Jan . 8 . —Our trade remains In about the same state as it has been for some time pastviz :, that fine butter is in request at current rates , the proportion of which quality is very small . The bulk of the stock left bemg of a stale and inferior description , becomes _, worth less and less money . Dorset , fine 84 s to 80 s per cwt . ; ditto , middling , 56 s to 70 s ; fresh , 8 s to 13 s per d 02 . lbs .
POTATOES . Soo thwabk Watebside , Jan . 7 . —The arrivals since our last report have been moderate , which , with cold weatheiv bas enabled salesmen to clear off most ofthe heavy _amvsdsthe preceding w ; iek without storing . The supply of best Yorkshire Regents is very limited ; consequently they make a higher price . The following are this' day ' 6 quotations : —Yorkshire . Regents 70 s to 120 s per ton ; Wisbech ditto , 60 s to 70 s ; Scotch ditto 60 s to 70 s ; Ditto-Cups 50 s to 60 s ; French Whites 56 s to 70 s ; Rhenish and Beleian ditto 60 s to 65 s .
TALLOW , HIDES , AND OILS . Monday , Jan . 7 . —Our St . Petevsburgh letter dated tho 22 nd ult ., states that the demand for tallow for forward delivery was . in a very inactive state ; yet prices were mostly supported . Common shipping sorts were quoted at 1 U 7 to 109 , and fine Ukraine 113- to 114 roubles , with 10 down . The estimated supply , for 1851 ) , was 140 , 000 . casks , 30 , 00 * . of which were left over from last year . The total imports into London , in 1840 , were 37 , 132 casks , against 113 , 171 do . in 1848 , and 89 , 824 in 1847 . Those from Australia and . South America _incrersed 50 per cent . The stock of Aus _^ tralian tallow is now 4 , 000 , and of South American 7 , 500 casks . Since our last report the delivery of tallow has somewhat increased : yet the demand for most kinds has ruled inactive , and in some instances prices have had a downward tendency . To day P . Y . C . on the spot is quoted at 38 s to 38 s 6 d per cwt . ; and for forward delivery 38 s 3 d to 38 s 6 d per cwt . Town tallow has declined ls , the netcash price being 38 s 6 d per cwt .: Rough fat has fallen to 2 s 2 d per 81 bs ., with a vwy moderate supply on offer .
Leadenhall . —Market hides 56 B ) . to 641 b ., ljd to ljd per ft . ; ditto 641 b . to 72 ft , Hd to . _Hd ; ditto 72 fl > . to 80 ft ., ; 2 d to 2 Jd * ditto 801 b . to 88 Ib ., 2 Jdt ' o 3 d ; ditto 881 b to 96 ft ., Id to 3 id ; ditto 96 ft > . to 104 t > ., 3 Jd to 4 d ; ditto 104 ft . to 112 fix 3 Sd to 4 d ; calf-skins each 2 s to 2 s Od Horse hides 6 s 6 d . Linseed per cut , ' . 28 s Od to —s ; rapeseed English refined 49 s Od to —6 ; brown 41 s Od ; Gallipoll per ton . 441 . ; Spanish 431 . : Sperm 821 . to 83 U ; bagged 821 . ; South Sea 3 U . 0 s to 33 / . ; SenI pale 39 " . 10 s to —I ., ditto , co . loured 331 . ; . cod 291 . to 3 . / .. ; cocoa nut per ton 38 J . to 401 . ; palm , 30 ? .
WOOL . ? Cm . Monday , Jan . 7 . —The imports of wool into London : last week were only 1 , 379 bales from Port Phillip , 502 from Sydnoy , and 68 from Hie Cape of Good Hope . Tlie market _, for the raw staple is very firm . . _* ¦ "' _Liverfoo-, Jan . 5 . —So far in the new year , we can only report a moderate business in all kinds of Scotch wool , at very full rates . - _; . . ' _.-. Fo - _J-ign . —There litis been great activity in , all kinds of . wool in our market , at rather an _improvenierit in lato rates ,-rImport from tbe 1 st inst ., 3 . 2 . _1 bales .
Pnated By William Ridett, Ofno. 5macclesfteld-Street,
Pnated by WILLIAM RIDEtt , ofNo . 5 _Macclesfteld-street ,
, in the parisli of . St . Aim * , ' Westiui _ _ _tt _^ r , at the rrintinj _* -, _. office , 16 , Qreat _WindmUl-streer , _Haymirket , in the City _ofWestmuvter _. fortheProprietor _.-iBARGirSO'COSNOH , " Esq . M . P ., _anjjrpublished by the said William Rider , iit the Office , in ; . the - _safme Btreet * _nd parish .-Saturday S January 12 th . 1850 . W ¦ ¦ ¦ .- _'¦; . ; , _.- ¦ :, ; .. ; , _;¦ : ¦ .. _¦¦ :
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 12, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12011850/page/8/
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