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. cf the existing regulations in reference to the bonding of British spirits in the United Kingdom , and to the rectifi . . ation of British spirits for exportation , when the house tU counted out . WEDNESDAY , Juke 9 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — -Pbookess or IUilwats . _ -The CHAHCELWrtt of the Exchequer explained to the house the resolutions which had been agreed to by the committee appointed to consider whether any measures Should be adopted for suspending further proceedings on all or any of the railroad hilts for this session , and whether any further provisions in the stand , ing ordeis relative to such hills would he addisable . The committee had unanimously decided not to interfere , and stop corapulsorUy all railroad bills for
this session . It had likewise determined not to make a sdectioa 0 { those bills which were to be allowed to go on It hat , however , resolved to give the promoters of a-airway bUl the power of suspending further proceed-Jugs this session , with the option of commencing in the next session at the stage where a bill might now be susvended , the deposits being meanwhile returned to the depositors . It had also agreed upon a resolution , that in all present and future hills there should he a provision inserted for the prohibition of the payment of any interest or dividend oat of capital . With respect to the application for pewers to construct branches from , or extensions ef existing lines , the committee required a subscription-contract for three-founhs of such additional capital as might be necessary , and prohibited the
payment out of former capital of deposits on any new application to Parliament . He then stated the nature of tbe resolutions of the committee relative to the power of sale and lease of railroads , resolutions which provide that there shall be no power of sale or lease until the Railway Commissioners are satisfied that half the capital authorised to be raised hag been actually expended . The committee proposed further , that except for tbe execution of the original line , no company should he allowed to guarantee interest on additional capital to another company until the original line should he opened . Having stated that there were also one or two other restrictions , with , a view to prevent the creation of capital improperly , he proposed the resolutions seriatim , and moved that the house do agree to the first .
Sir H . Hai ? o ? i > then moved , and Mr Spooue * seconded tbe motion , that the debate be adjourned , in order to allow the Hosiery Manufacture Bill to be proceeded with . On xltis proposition a discussion otsome length ensued , in which several members took part . Sir J . East-hope strongly nrged the necessity of attending to the claims of the framewerk knitters . Let tha bouse recollect that at this moment there were from 50 , 000 to 60 , 000 persons in a stage of deep distress—persons who had looked to various quarters for relief , and who had now their eyes fixed with just hope npon parliamentary interference . ( Hear , hear . ) He was sure that the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not mean to say that sevemment were disposed by a side wind to put off the question regarding these poor people , and the consideration of whether or no anything could be done for their relief . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Hut this putting of the question off week after week was productive of the greatest practical mischief . i
MrT . DDHCGHBE blamed the government for havwg stolen a march on the honourable baronet who introduced the Hosiery Bill , and who had great reason to think himself ill-used . It having been understood that his measure was to come on to-day , he held that government were guilty of a breach of faith in bringing forward the railway resolutions—resolutions only laid upon the table on Monday last , and for the discussion of which neither the house nor the public were prepared , ( Hear . ) All that would be injured by the postponement of that debate was the convenienceof a parcel of railway jobbers —& consideration not for a moment to be put in competition with that of the distressed population of the midland counties . ( Hear , hear . )
The discussion was ultimately closed , by a declaration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he would accede to the postponement of the debate on the railway resolutions , if the house would meet on Thursday , at 12 o ' clock , tc discuss them . This was agreed to . Before the order of the day for the Hosiery Bill was read , however , another conversation on the affairs of Portugal took place . Mr B . Osbobhe , referring to the repeated postponements to which the house had consented , said the hon
member had proved himself to be made of more squeezable materials than he thought that he was . He wished to know when he intended to bring on his motion . It was of great consequence that it should be decided before the starting of the packet for Oporto . The great cause of constitutional liberty all over the world might be more seriously affected by these repeated delays than Mr Hume was aware of . He had been much surprised at the cause for delay nrged by Lord G . Bentinck—namely , the Queen ' s hall . It pat him in mind of the well-known
line" And wretches hang , that jurymen aay dine , " which he would be allowed on this o : casion to paraphrase into—! "And patriots may die , that senators may dance , " ( Hear and a laugh . ) He was grieved to see Mr Hume sliding away from tbe principles which he bad so long maintained , and he wished now to know whether he intended to bring on his motion on Friday ornot ! Mr Heme said that he was just as much alive to the importance of the question as was Mr Osborne , who bad no right to accuse him of wishing to shrink from his duty —a weakness into which he hoped he did not often fall . The fact was that he had coincided in the propriety of postponing the discussion until the papers relating to it should have been before the house . ( Hear , hear . ) But aofar as he was concerned , he was determined on Friday to submit to the house what he had undertaken to do .
The talk terminated with the understanding that the debate was certain to come off on Friday . HosiEsr MtNOTACTUSE Bill . — -The order of the day for the resumption of tbe adjourned debate ( from the 5 th of May ) on the second reading of the above-named hill was then read . : Mr H . Gtsaos said , he had hoped that , after the discussion which the subject had already undergone , it would not hare been necessary for tbe house again to enter upon the consideration of its merits . Tbe hon . member for Leicester , in the speech with which he prefaced his amendment that the bill should be read a second time that day six months hence , had discussed the question so fully , and with so much ability , that it was hardly necessary for him to say anything upon the
subject . Nevertheless , perhaps the bouse would , in consideration of the office which hebadthehononrto fill , permit him to explain briefly the grounds on which he feltit his duty to oppose the second reading of the bill The hon . baronet , who introduced the measure , proposed that it should , not proceed in the ordinary course of a hill brought before the house , hut that it should be referred to a select committee , in orderthat other members of the house might share the responsibility of the measure before it should be submitted to the final decision of Parliament . It was a plausible argument , that when a case of distress was made out , and a proposal made for relieving it , tbe least that could be done would be to grant a committes to inquire into the matter ; but it ought to be borne in mind , that if the bill were to be
read a second time previously toils being referred to a select committee , the house would stand pledged to its principle , and that principle was the raising and regulalating of wages by Act ot Parliament . It was impossible for hirate give his assent to that principle , and therefore he would oppose the second reading of tbe bill . The bill which Sir H . Halford introduced last year had been referred to as forming a precedent which would justify the house ia adopting the present measure ; bnt tbe bill ef last session was of a totally different character . It merely supplies regulations , by which workmen could procure evidence of the contracts which they entered into with their masters ; bnt the bill before the house prescribed what the contracts themselves should be . It enacted that certain contracts should not be allowed to
lie made—that a certain mode of employing workmen Should not be permitted ; and It proposed the confiscation of certain property , consisting of machinery , by prohibiting its owners from receiving rent for it . That was a novel principle in legislation , and therefore the assent which the housegave to the bill , introduced by the hon . baronet last session could not in fairness he pleaded as a reason for the house assenting to the measure now hefore it . The bill would be injurious to the workmen themselves , whom it was its professed object to benefit . The measure proceeded on the . assumption that the workmen in the framework districts were helpless and subjected to all kinds of extortion on the part of their employers ; bat if the cost ofthe manufacture of hosiery should be increased—as it would be by the bill —what
security conld its supporters give that the master manufacturer would net seek compensation for the increased cost in a reduction of the wages of the alleged to be defenceless workman ! Invert the proposition , and assume that legislative interference caused a reduction in the cost of manufacture , —was it not reasonable to snppose that the saving would go into the pocket of the master , who was represented to be selfish and extortionate ! Mr Mofgeridge , who was appointed to inquire into the condition Of the framework knitters , had made an able report on tbe subject , bat be had not suggested any measure resembling that now proposed , as a remedy for the distress under which he found the framework knitters snffering ; on the contrary , Mr Muggerid ge stated that it would be illusory to imagine that the condition of the workpeople in that branch of manufacture could he improved by any act of the legislature . The business of a framework knitter could be easily learned , it required no
apprenticeship , and consequently the number of workers was too great in proportion to the work to be done . The result was , low wages and distress . The supporters of the bill differed in their views respecting some of its main provisions . Mr Duncombe for instance , though he supported the bill generally , doubted the propriety of abolishing the rents at present taken for the use of farms ; yet that was an essential feature of the bill . If the frame-rents should not be abolished , whence conld the kon . member expect to obtain the means of increasing the wages of the workmen 1 It was proposed to enact by the bill that no person who was not a hosiery manufacturer within the meaning ofthe act should beper--m 5 ttfd to employ any workmen . - That proposal , was foanded on the idea that the money which , under the existing system , Was paid to the middleman would be saved and added to the wages of the workman . Under that clause it would be impossible for a master workman to employ an apprentice , or even bis own child .
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Each individual in a family mast have a separate con * tract with the master . Ia the next place , the bill proposed to raise the wages of the workman : SirH . Haifobd said that its objeet wasto prevent wages being unnaturally and unnecessaril y reduced . Mr Gibsos said , it appeared to him that wages were in a natural state when they were left to be fixed by the employer and the employed . As regarded the middlemen , he thought that they were absolutely requisite to act between manufacturers and the workmen who were scattered over the country , If the knitters should
employ any one to make contracts for them with the manufacturers , they must pay that person for his trouble . How did the hon . baronet show thatthe payment to the person making the contract would not cause as great a deduction in the workman ' s wages as the demand of the middleman ! The same objection to middlemen might be carried into other occupations , and , if done , would affect the whole system of labour in the country . But , even if the bill were passed , it conld be easily evaded ; the middleman would receive the goods by purchase from the master , and thus become a master himself within the
meaning ofthe act , and would give them back by purchase again . He objected decidedly to the abolition of frame rents ; it was perfectl y monstrous that persons who had invested their capital in tbe purchase of frames should be prevented by that house from receiving rent for them . The same principle , if carried out , might forbid tho receipt of rent for lands or houses or a steam engine ; could anything be more unjust than to say a man should not purchase an engine in order to let out steam power ! Were they to tell a man , if he had not a frame of his own , he should not hire ooe to work with 1 A greater injastice was never attempted . But tbe pro . visien affecting frame rents would be as easily evaded as that respecting middlemen . The interest of the capital invested in frames must come from somewhere . ( Sir H .
Halford . — "From the price of tbe article . " ) Then it would be paid by the consumer ; but could the hon . baronet point out any mode of raising the price ofthe article , so as to cover the interest * The masters would make a new agreement with the workmen under the act ; and the net amount of the men ' s wages would remain exactly the same as at present . The bill was an improper interference with tbe ri ghts of property , and would { create great mischiefs , without securing the objects the hon . baronet had in view . He did not think the house would assent to a measure fraught with so many evils ; be admitted the distress of the class it referred to , and he was amious there should be an improvement in their condition ; but it could not he effected by any legislation it was in the power of that bouse to originate .
Mr C . W . Packe said it might be supposed from the speech of Mr M . Gibson that the bill was altogether a visionary and impracticable scheme ; hut he contended it was quite in accordance with the statements of Mr Muggeridge ' s report . The hon . gentleman said the same objection might be applied to the system of labour on the land ; but agricultural labourers received 10 s or 12 s a week , aud the poor framework knitters only is 6 d cr Ss . Suppose the farmers were to deduct from the wages of their labourers a large part of them for rent for the use of ploughs , carts , and other instruments ! ( Hear , hear . ) He lived in tbe neighbourhood of these poor people , and knew what they suffered . He had offered to assist them
in subscribing a certain sum monthlyto purchase frames for themselves ; bnt they said if they did so they should be mined , as the masters wculd not employ those who had their own frames at all . It was a perfect system of slavery and tyranny ; the men could not rise from the condition in vihich they were placed . They were recom . mended to use economy and to bring their children up to other trades ; but how could men possibly economise on 4 s 6 d a week ! They had neither money nor means of educating their children ; they wsre utterly ground down by a system of slavery no othar class of men in the kingdom were subject to . He heartily supported the second reading of tho bill .
Mr Foster was surprised that any hon member professing the principles of Free Trade could support this measure . Every clause in the bill seemed to him to be involved in absurdity . He was astonished that any Legislature should be calmly engaged in the discussion of such a proposition . He shonld give to it his most decided opposition . Sir J . Easthope . —It would be in the recollection of the house that on the former occasion , when this bill was under discussion , he had expressed a very decided opinion that it was calculated rather to enhance than to eradicate the evil with which it professed to deal . To that conviction he still adhered ; but to the proposal now made by Sir H . Halford , that they should refer the mea . sure to a committee up stairs , he could have no
abjection . ( Hear , bear . ) If the bill was to have been preceded with in the shape in which it had been introduced he should still have repudiated it , but hewas now only asked , and so far he assented , to enter upon an inquiry into the means or the possibility of ameliorating tbe distressed condition of 50 , 000 or € 6 , 000 of our fellow subjects . No valid reason could be given or had been given for hesitating to take that course . They had been furnished with evidence on this subjebt taken before a commission appointed by her Majesty , and that commission reported that the regulations at present governing the stocking trade were bad , and were capable of amendment . ( Hear , hear . ) Witnesses , whose interests were deeply concerned in the question , had been examinnd by the commission , and their statement was , the present
system of carrying on the business by means of middlemen was the bane and curse of the trade , and even deterred honest and reputable men from taking part in it . With this evidence before him he was not prepared to refuse to enter npon an inquiry , if it was in the power of the Legislature to devise more salutary and useful regulations for the artizan than those which at present operated . ( Hear , hear . ) It had not been contradicted that there was something defective in the existing system , and bow could he be asked not to go into a com . mitteeroom and see if this defect could not be removed , and if the condition of the ariizan of this trads could not be bettered * The question was one of the utmost importance , and if dismissed on the grounds offered by some bon , gedtlemen , how could they defend the
legislative interference which some time since took place in the truck system ! It had never been said that the interference with that system was unjustifiable because it was an interference with a trade , and until now it had never been argued that it was going beyond tbe province of Parliament to condemn and amend the regulations of any branch of trade or commerce . We had already gone far beyond that , and in the artificial stats of this manufacturing country such regulations would often be found absolutely indispensable . ( Hear , hear . ) If the principles of legislation , propounded by Mr M . Gibson were to be the guide of the conduct of members of that house , they would find themselves in a difficulty at every attempt to interfere with the simplest provisions of trade ; and he rather thought tbe hon . gentleman wonld not be bold enough to take that view . He begged it to be
understood that he was not in favour of this bill , but that he was fn favour of tbe proposition to go into a committee , and there examine into the statements which had been made in reference to the necessity of snch a bill . ( Hear , hear . ) That was his sole object , and with this object he was prepared to endure opprobrium for being supposed to support a measure erode in itself , and , in its present framework , ill adapted to accomplish the . object in view . ( Hear , hear . ) He was not at all desirous of effecting any compromise for the sake of raising an electioneering cheer ; but he believed that the course he was taking was the only one open to him as an honest man . The people who were engaged in this trade were confessedly exposed to severe hardships ; they had appealed to parliament for justice ; and it was now the duty of tbe house at least to institute an inquiry . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr L . Rollestok conld corroborate everything which had been said of the exceedingly distressed condition of the unfortunate people whose interests were now under discussion , and he was bound to say that , after the patience with which they had submitted to their sufferings , it wonld be an act of gross injustice in that house to refuse to inquire into their circumstances and eondition . Sir J . Hobhouse could not assent to . send this bill to a select committee for , by so doing , tho house would be exciting hopes that this bill , or something like it , would meet the emergency ofthe present case . It was proposed to send this bill into committee ; first , because it was an excessively bad bill , and secondly , because an attempt ought to be made to amend it . To that reasoning he oauld not assent , as it was the first time that he had heard the second reading of a bill urged on account oi
its demerits . This bill would destroy the interests of the middlemen , and would sot benefit those of the ar . tizao . If he thought that going into committee on the bill wonld lead to anything like substantial relief to these unfortunate people , he would at once consent to do so . There was not a member of that house who would refuse in such a case , or who would grudge any labour bestowed for the good of the people ; for he held that no one could justly accuse that house of being indifferent to the welfare of the working classes , or disinclined to do all that could be done for their relief . ( Hear . ) But it was ' . because he believed it would be only deluding these unfortunate people , that he refased to consent to a committee , and because he believed that there was scarcely a clause in the bill that would be of practical advantage to these classes . ( Hear . )
Mr Ddmcoubb had been found fault with by the right hon . gentleman because he had said he disapproved of many of the details of this bill , and yet was prepared to vote for a committee . But he wonld ask how were these details , of which he disapproved , to be altered except in committee . He maintained that the object of the bill was a good one , and therefore he supported it . The right hon . gentleman said its object was to raise and regulate wages ; bnt that he denied ; its object was to protect the honest earnings of a very industrious class of workmen ( hear ) , of which earnings they were robbed by an invasion of the existing law . His right hon , friend had also said thatany interference in this case was unnecessary and would be mischievous ; bnt it was too
late come forward with such an argument , for they had already admitted tho principle of interference betwixt master and workman . ( Hear . ) There seemed to be great anxiety on the part of some honourable gentlemen to look after the interests of that virtuous class ef peo * pie of whom the operatives complained ; bat were they as anxious for the interests of the frame-work knitters , of whom there were about 60 , 000 interested in the passing of this measure t He admitted that there was a great interference with the property in that clause of the bill which prohibited the hiring or letting of frames : but that was ] no reason why tbe bill should net be per . mitted to go before a ' committee , where such a clause might be completelraltered . The great grievance com .
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plained of , was . that by the species of frame rent now existing they were robbed , and that the masters hosiers were not always the persons who possessed those frames ( Hear . ) It was said there were 1 , 700 independent frames—but to whom did they belong } Those frames belonged to a whole set of bakers aud butchers , aud tinkers , and everybody else . This was the system pursued at Sutton in Aahfkld . A man , perhaps a butcher or baker , hires those frames at Cd . a . week , and then charges the [ poor man 2 s . Cd . a * week for the use of it ; and tho frame was let on the condition that the poor man ; should take his bread or beef , as the case might be , from the person to whom the frame b . longed . ( Hear . ) If a stockinger wished to take a frame from the butcher , the latter took very good care that he should not have it ; but he would let it to
another man from whom the knitter obtained it , and aud who compelled him to take bis beef from the butcher . He would instance the case of a man who had a wife and Sve small children , and whose earnings for twelve weeks amounted to £ 71 C » Cd . By this system he was com * pellet ! to go to a certain place for bread , and when he came to settle with the bagman he was told that no doubt his wages were - £ 7 16 s dd , but there was to be stopped for bread , £ 4 3 s 9 Jd and for frame rent , £ 115 s Cd . In this transaction , too , the man had to pay 25 per cent , more for his bread than if he had the power to act for himself . ( Hear . ) Did they call this freedom of trade ? and was not this a case calling loudly for protection ? He had another case where a frame was
bought by a truckmaster for £ 15 , and let to a . man for 2 s 6 d a week , making the whole rent for the year , £ C 6 s 3 d ; this frame bad been worked for ten years , and during that time the rent was £ 63 2 s 6 d , the repairs being £ 10 10 s . After giving several cases of a similar nature , the hon . gentleman proceeded to say that he was somewhat surprised at the nature of some remedies which he had proposed for the relief of the framework knitters . His right hon . friend ( Sir J . Hobhouse ) had said , the only cure was that they mnst not marry . In that ease he did not know very well what was to be done with them . He supposed they must bo turned ever to tbe hon . member for Birmingham , ( Great laughter . )
Sir J . Hobhotjbe did not say so . He had referred to tbe opinions of Mr Muggeiidge . Mr Buncombe—Mr Muggeridge hadsaid over and over agrm that he did not know a more oppressed set of people , but that was no reason why they shonld not marry . Another hon . gentleman said they ought to give up this trade , and should not teach it to their chil . dren ; bnt while snch language as this was held , the frame proprietors were going into the agricultural districts and obtaining children for the purpose of teaching them to work their frames . ( Hear . ) He held that this entire subject was one well worthy of the attention of the house . The sufferings ofthe people engaged in the trade were such that the very Poor Law could not be worked in the districts where it existed ; and be trusted tbat the house would not now add insult to injury by negativing the proposal now before the house . ( Hear . )
_ Mr HoiBDCKSBid , this bill consisted in reality of ono provision , that contained in the fourth clause , and it was of importance to understand what was the mischfef of which the hon . gentleman complained , and what was the Mr Roebuck denied that the workmen in the hosiery trade were robbed , and contended that wages could not be regulated hy act of Parliament any moro than rent . The first result of this bill , if it became law , would be the utter annihilation ofthe very classes who were the objects of it . Mr Bankes and Jfr Ferrand supported the bill . Mr Brothertondisapprovdd ofthe bill in its present shape . Sir H . Haifoud replied , and the house divided : — For the second reading ... ... ... 57 Against it ... 77 Majority 20 The bill was consequently lost .
The second reading ofthe Seduction and Prostitution Bill was agreed to , on the understanding that the bill would be referred to a select committee to consider its clauses . Mr T . Duncombe moved for and obtained leave to bring in a bill to provide fur the better ventilation of mines and collerics , for the protection and preservation of the lives ot persons employed in and about the same , and to make other provisions relating thereto . The bill was brought up and read a first time ; after which the house adjourned .
THURSDAY , Joke 1 « . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Bishopric of Manchester Bill was read a second time . Several unopposed bills on the table were forwarded a stage , aad the house adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Poor Law Admlnis * tration Bill was postponed to Monday next , Pbibons Bill . —The adjourned debate on the motion to go into committee on the Prisons Bill was resumed by-Mr Newdeoate who , in a speech of considerable length , pointed out the impolicy and danger of the- changes contemplated by the government in respect to the punish * ment of persons sentenced to transportation . After a lengthy discussien , in which Sir J . Gbauam , Lord John Russell , and SirF . Kelly took part—tbe House divided—the numbers were , for going into Committee on the Bill 124 ; against it , 76 ; majority , 48 , The House then went into Committee pro forma .
In Committee of . the whole House a resolution , to further suspend the duties on corn , was agreed to and reported to the House , and a Bill was ordered : to be brought in founded thereon . The other orders of the day were disposed of , and the House adjourned .
( From our Third Bdifcon o / last teeefc . ) FRIDAY Jone 4 . HOUSE OP LORDS . —A conversation took place on the subject of tbe blockade in the Douro , and with respect to British interference , but without leading to any result . Lord Monteagle brought forward his motion for a Select Committee to inquire into the expediency of applying emigration , on an extended scale , to Ireland . After a long debate , the motion was agreed to Earl Grey expressing his belief tbat such an inquiry would tend to disabuse the publiemind of many erroneous impressions respecting tbe benefits likely to flow from a Government system of emigration .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Portugal , —A converse * tion took place on the affairs of Portugal , Mr Hume ' s motion in reference to British interference , at its close , being definitely fixed for Thursday next . Subsequently Mr B . OsBOBNEgave notice of bis intention , if the motion was not brought on on Monday next , as originally intended , to move a resolution that it is hostile to tbe liberties of Europe , and contrary to the uniform policy ofthe British government , to enter into any convention or treaty with any foreign power having for its object tbe maintenance of any particular dynasty in Portugal , or the suppression of popular opinion by force of arms . Lord Palhebston said the papers would prove that the object of the British government was , not to establish despotic government in Portugal , but to secure to the Portuguese people all the privileges which the constitution and the charter of Don Pedro had conferred on them . 8
Loan Discount Bill , —On the third reading of the Loan Discount Bill , Lord G . Bentinck intimated his intention , but without fixing a time , of proposing a measure for the limitation or repeal of the Bank Charter Act of 1844 . The BUI was then read a third time and passed , Pbisoks Bill . —The adjourned debate on the Prisons Bill was resumed by Mr Ewabt , who supported the Government scheme with respect to transportation . Sir J . Pakincton denied that any case had been made out by the Government for abandoning transportation as a punishment . Mr Home considered the whole scheme crude , and impossible to be carried into operation , Because abuses had grown up in the working of the system of transportation , that was no reason why it should all at once he abandoned .
MrHAWEB defended the plan of commuted punishment propounded by tbe Home Secretary . On the motion of Mr Newdeqate the debate was again adjourned to Monday . The other orders of the day were disposed of , and the House adjourned .
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( From the Gazette of Tuesday , June 8 . ) John Thomas Cremer , St Mary-axe , merchant—William Henry Noyes , Longparish , Southampton , relieving officer of tho Andovcr Union—J . Webdale , Luton , Bedfordshire , draper—James Parker , Claphnm , Surrey , corn chandler —Robert Lavers , Southampton , grocer—Joseph Ager , Northampton , boot and shoe manufacturer—William Smith Brown , sen ., and William Smith Brown , jun ., Broad-street , Ratclifi ' e , sailmakers — William DicUin , Bradford-end , Isleworth , grocer—James Holmyard , Oglestreet , Foley-place , furniture broker — William Sims , Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , coach and harness maker—Thomas Bewley , Moulsham , Chelmsford , iron manufacture—Charles Curme , Hilperton , Wiltshire , common brewer—Benjamin Bowen , Bristol , coal mer chant—Henry Cole , Birkenhead , Cheshire , builder—John Ashcroft , ToxtethPark , Liverpool , timber broker—Tullius Priest Fay , Liverpool , surgeon dentist—Thomas Cox , Manchester , wine and spirit merchant—Thomas James Birch , Pendleton , Lancashire , . tea . dealer—Edward Alesnard and John Hudson , Sunderland , merchants .
Debtbuciivb Fire In Tub Westminster-Road...
Debtbuciivb Fire in tub Westminster-Road . — This ( Saturday ) morning , shortly after one o ' clock , afire oithe raostalarming and destructive character broke out on the extensive premises of Messrs Maudsley and Field , the well-known engineers in the Westminster-road . Messrs Maudsley's premises occupy an extensive frontage in the Westminster-road , exactly opposite tbe Infant Orphan Asylum . The workshops extend several hundred feet in tho rear , and are bounded by a narrow thoroughfare , known as Gloucester-street , which latter has an outlet into Oakley-street . The fire appears to have originated
in an extensive range ot workshops recently erected , immediately abutting on Gloucester-street . But u very few moments elapsed after its outbreak before the horizon was brilliantly illuminated for miles in every direction , and in a very short time a number ol engines arrived with a number of firemen , who set to work at once to stay the progress ofthe flames . Unfortunately , however , the fire had obtained so firm a hold that their endeavours—thwarte * by a miserable lack of water—were of smali ' avail . The loss to Messrs Maudsley must , of course , bo fearful . All the valuable machinery contained intheworkshopsjCovering nearly an acre of ground , is destroyed .
The Civil War In Portugal.-Tiie Armed In...
THE CIVIL WAR IN PORTUGAL .-TIIE ARMED INTERVENTION . THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS TO . THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . " All men . are Brethren . " Friends , — -A few months ago it became our duty to address you in vindication ofthe sacred rights of the Polish people against the atrocious tyranny of the " Holy Alliance , " consummated by the confiscation of Cracow . It has now become our painful duty to appeal to you against similar conduct on the part of the British government towards the people of Portugal . For some months past Portugal has been the scene of a frightful civil war , wholly occasioned by the perfidious intrigues of tho Court party , to establish a despotism more odious and exacting than has ever beforo cursed the Portuguese nation .
Loud and long was the outcry against Dom Miguel , until revolt succeeded outcry , and revolution , indirectly aided by the English government , exiled that Prince and established instead his niece Donna Mariaon what was called a " constitutional throne . " But the absolutism of Dom Miguel was , at least , honest . That Prince professed to rule in virtue of the " right divine , " and did , not as his successor has done , veil a horrible tyranny with the covering of " constitutionalism . " Moreover , the absolutism of Dom Miguel pressed heaviest upon the aristocracy and middle class , leaving the masses of the people comparatively free from taxation , ' and unmolested in their ancient civic privileges . The tyranny ofthe " Constitutional Queen , " on the eontiary , has been tho most severely felt by the masses . The despotic
authority exercised by Donna Maria has been shared only by unprincipled upstarts , who , for their treason to "liberalprinciples , " were raised to the ranks ot the aristocracy ; by brutal military adventurers , who acquired their rank by showing their readiness on all occasions to employ their swords in the service of despotism ; and , lastly , by those modern harpies , the money-swindlers and tax-eaters , who in all "constitutional" countries pull the strings of princely puppets , and secretly guide the machinery of government . These three classes , with an ignorant , selfwilled , faithless woman , at their head , called " Queen , " have established a despotism more horrible than that of Absolutism and the Inquisition , under which the people have been ground to the dust by taxation , denied the right of free speech , and ruled by the sword of martial law .
It is not our purpose , nor is it necessary , to recapitulate the historical events of the reign of Donna Maria . The publicjournals have made all nations fully aware of the faithless and tyrannical acts of that princess and her infamous coadjutors . Scarcely a year has passed which has not witnessed one or more revolts or revolutions , blood-dyed protests against the faithlessness of " Her Most Faithful Majesty . " She swore by [ tho " Charter of Dom Pedro , " and then intrigued till she had rendered the said " Charter " utterly valueless . The Portuguese rose in arms , and compelled her acceptance ot a more democratic " Constitution , " which was in its turn subverted by a factious revolt , secretly encouraged and openly rewarded by the Queen . The "Charter "
was then nominally restored , and bythe help of terrorism and corruption was made instrumental in collecting together a gang of knaves and robbers , ready tools ofthe government , who . ' . as amock Cortes or " parliament , " sanctioned the most cruel plunder of the people . A revolt ofthe peasantry scattered this crew of rascals , with their chiefs the Cabrals , and compelled the Queen to choose another administration , whose worse faultjwas its feebleness . That administration was overthrown by a court plot and the rule of absolute tyranny erected , under which the laws were altogether set aside ; the public press annihilated with the exception of one journal , the organ of the government ; and martial law proclaimed as the only arbiter of society . To resist
this tyrannous order of things Oporto unfurled the flag ' of iuBUvrediwi , and fov bu . mo . 1 months past Portugal has been the theatre of a desolating civil war . Many hundreds of the combatants on both sides have perished in battle ; prisoners of the national party taken in arms havo been put to death in cold blood ; others , surrendering on the faith of conventions entered into with the Queen ' s generals , have been transported to Africa ; the dungeons of Lisbon have been crowded with victims , many of whom have suffered tortures unheard-of , except in Austrian dungeons and Russian fortresses . Menace , force , cruelty and perfidy have been ruthlessly emploved to crush the ; popular movement ; but employed in vain . More than "half the army long since revolted against the Queen ; the navy was equally
zealous in hoisting the national banner ; almost the entire country , viith the exception of the capital , has acknowledged the authority oi the insurrectionary Junta ; the colonies have transferred their allegiance to the same authority ; and the revolution would , many weeks since , have been terminated by a revolt in Lisbon , but for the British naval force in the Tagus . To the shame of this country—the vaunted representative and defender of freedom--English cannon pointed against the Portuguese people has , for a considerable time past , been the only protection of the Portuguese court against a popular pronouncement . Notwithstanding that protection , alike disgraceful to tho protectors and the protected , a shameful flight from the country must , but for foreign intervention , have closed the reign of Donna Maria .
That / oreip , rnteruenlum fios comm enced under the direction of the British Government . The governments of England , France and Spain have combined to crush the Portuguese insurrection . An English and French fleet , assisted by a Spanish army , are at this moment acting against the Portuguese people . The mission of the allied forces is to " Make a solitude and call it peace ;" create the death of slavery , and call it" pacification . " People of Great Britain and Ireland , we have characterised the conduct of your government as similar to that of the spoliators of Poland . It is true that thus far the British government has not avowed any intention of appropriating or partitioning the Portuguese kingdom ; but if the liberties of a nation are confiscated , it matters but little who are its nominal rulers . It is not the country , but the institutions of a conntry , that makes or mars the happiness of a people . If a tyrannical Queen is maintained in her
despotic power by the might of British arms , that Queen is but the creature of British supremacy—her people are the slaves of a slave . You , People of Great Britain and Ireland , who have so signally proclaimed your abhorrence of the destroyers of Poland , how can yeu , without a burning sense of humiliation , witness this act of your government , as unjustifiable in principle as the acts ot the despotisms of Russia , Austria and Prussia towards Poland ? Under precisely similar pretextsthe " pacification" of contending parties—Poland was first invaded by the troops of foreign despots . The infamy ofthe first attempt on Poland is already achieved by the government of England in the case of Portugal ; does that government contemplate dragging England through all the subsequent stages of infamy achieved by the powers of North-Eastern Europe ? Will the English people tamely allow themselves to be made parties to so infamous a procedure ?
The protocol signed by Lord Palmcrston and the representatives of the governments of France , Spain and Portugal , is based upon false assertions . It is not true that the National Junta refused to put an end to the civil war . The Junta hesitated to accept the terms dictated by Colonel Wylde , the agent of the Coburg interest , merely because those terms were unaccompanied by sufficient guarantees for the good faith of tho Queen , when once the organised insurrection was dissolved . The terms offered by the Junta , andthe guarantees insisted upon , were indispensable for the security ofthe proposed arrangement . Experience had taught the Junta the folly of confiding in the word , or even the oath of Donna Maria . Better guarantees were necessary to secure the good faith of her most faithful Majesty . But on other grounds wc maintain tbat the British government were by every consideration ef justice excluded from interfering between the Portuguese Queen and
People . Suppose Englishmen in the position that the people ot Portugal have been placed in ;—a chief magistrate , together with a few stockjobbbers , military ruffians and bastard aristocrats assuming absolute power ; suppose the parliament set aside , the laws suspended , the press extinguished , men dragged to dungeons without regard to judicial forms ; martial law established , and war made upon the people : suppose this state of things , WHAT WOULD TIIE ENGLISH PEOPLE do 1 Let the ghosts of headless Charles and throneless James testify ! Suppose tbat domestic oppressors failing to subdue the people were to call in the aid ot Russian or any other foreign force , what woulo tub English people do ? Rather than submit to slavery « o degrading , amidst a storm of fire and blood this island would be g iven to annihilation ! If Portugal is not capable of such resistance to her domestic and foreign foes , the more entitled is she to the sympathy of all good men ! the more worthy of execration are her assailants .
People of Great Britain and Ireland , if you were really represented in the Parliament said to represent you , we are persuaded that no Ministry would dare " to disgrace your name by any such act as the present intervention in Portugal ; an act which should ensure the IMPEACHMENT of its authors . Ministers and their supporters are , however , not above the reach of public opinion ; which , we trust , will be prorcrly manifested . Remember that tho war waged against Franco and the liberties of Europe was as injurious to your character as to your
interests . You were not merely taxed enormously and the labour of yourselves and posterity put under contribution to pay the cost of that liberticidal con * test , but you were also held responsible by the nations for tho restoration of that tyranny which in every country in Europe your rulers laboured to reestablish alter the Great French Revolution . . It behoves you , therefore , to protest , against the armed intervention in Portugal ; and to declare that every arrangement arising therefrom , or enforced by your rulers , has not your sanction ; but shall be over-
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thrown the moment you have the power to do justice to yourselves and mankind . That power will be yours ; when you have established the citizen rights of all , based upon the principles ot pure democracy . Signed by the Secretaries , oa behalf of the Society : — G . Julian Harnet , Native of Great Britain . Carl Scuappkr , Native of Germany . J . Auoustin Mioheloi , Native of France . Louis Obohski , Native ot Poland . Peter Holme , Native of Scandinavia .
J . ScnABELiiz , Native of Switzerland . N . Nameii , Native of Hungary . London , June 7 th , 1847 . 33 T The members of the Society in London and the Country are requested to make the above Address known as widely as possible . 43 f' A meeting of tbe Society of Fraternal Democrats will take place at eight o ' clock , on Monday evening next , at the German Society ' s Room , White Hart , Drury-lane . Subject for discussion : — " The Affairs of Portugal and the American Land Movement . "
Norwich.—Protest Against The British Inv...
Norwich . —Protest Against the British Invasion of Portugal . —At the weekly meeting of the members of the National Charter Association , the following resolution was passed unanimously : — Tbat thia meeting recognises the right of every nation to manage its own affairs ; that we resent the interference of the Whig Government in the political affairs oi Portugal ae an infringmeut ou the rights of mankind : we , therefore , protest against such baseness , and call upon all Chartists and lovers of Liberty to pronounce in a similar manner . That the above resolution be sent to the Northern Star for insertion . 0 . Springall , Sub-Secretary .
Croydon . —Sympathy for Portugal . — At the usual meeting on Monday evening , June 7 th , the following resolution was proposed by Mr Frost , seconded by Mr Hodges , and carried unanimously : — " That we , the democrats of this place , view with indignation and disgust the interference of the British government with the political affairs of Portugal , and we claim tbe sympathy of every true Chartist for the Junta and people of that oppressed country . " Irish Conpedbbation — Thb Whigs am > Pobti ; - ual . —The Confederates held a very intersting meeting . on Sunday at Cartwright ' s . The chair was occupied by Mr George Ryan . The leading article of tho " Northern Star" was read and much ap .
plauded . Addresses were delivered by Messrs . Clancy , Dwain , and Sullivan , all urging the necessity ofthe people of England arousing themselves to save their character from the foul stain that Whig despotism would inflict on it , if that liberty-hating party were permitted with impunity to bunt down the struggling Portuguese . Comments on the very new move in Ireland , called the " National Council , " occupied the remainder of the evening till a late hour . We lament that other engagements precludes us from doing justice to this very important meeting of the Confederates by a more ample report . The discussion on the "National Council" will be re * sumed on Sunday next . Chair taken at eight o ' clock . —Correspondent .
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Derby Election.— At The Meeting Ofthe Na...
Derby Election . — At the meeting ofthe National Registration and Election Committee , held at the Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , on Monday evening , June 7 th , Mr Milne in the chair , it was unanimously resolved that an address be issued from this body , and an appeal be made to the Chartists and members of the National Land Company throughout the United Kingdom for pecuniary aid towards defraying the expenses of carrying Mr M'Grath to the poll , at the ensuing Derby Election . Lancashire and Yorkshire Delegate Meeting May 23 , 1847 . —Blackstone Edge —Mr Wm . Heap of Bacup in the Chair . Delegates present- Charles Shaw , Rochdale ; Samuel Whithara , Todmorden ; Thomas Kitcheraan , Halifax ; George Ashworth , Bacup . The following resolutions were adopted . « - That the annual camp meeting take place near the White House , on Blackstone Edge , on the 11 th of July , to commence at half-past one o ' clock in the afternoon .
That F , O'Connor and Ernest Jones , together with the whole of the Executive , be invited to attend the meeting . Tbat Mr Thomas Livsey of Rochdale , be invited to take the chair at the camp meeting . Tbat this meeting- be adjourned until tbe 11 th of July , at 10 o ' clock in the forenoon , - and that the following places be requested to send delegates : —Littlebrongh , Hey wood , Bnry , Manchester , Oldham , Lees , Shaw , Milnrow , Saddleworth , Middleton , Ramsbottom , Ellenfield , Haslingden , Masden Paddock , Riponden , Bingley , Brigghouse , Stainland , Huddersfield , Oragg , Sowerby , Hebden Bridge , Elland , Rochdale , Halifax , Todmorden , Bacup , Burnley , Whitworth , and every other town and village within 20 miles of the place of meeting . P . S . —All letters for me must be addressed to James Coup , care of John Massey , Littleborough , Lancashire .
Manchester . — The Observation and Election Committee beg leave to lay before the various localities in i ancashire the following question , in accordance with the decision of the last delegate meeting : — " Shall we , or shall we not , bring forward a candi * date for tbe county at the ensuing election ; and if so , are the localities prepared to support the same ?" Now , friends , we earnestly hope no unnecessary delay will occur in answering the above . As the time for action is at hand , it behoves every man to bestir himself in aid of the good cause , and show our enemies that there is a leaven of the old spirit left . Arouse yourselves then , friends , and let us show to the country that Chartism is not sleeping the sleep of death , in this once practical part of Lancashire , John O'Hea . P . S . —All answers to be sent on or before Tuesday , June 15 th , directed John O'Hea , 76 , Hardman-street . Deansgate .
Tower Hamlets . —Mr Broome lectured at the Globe and Friends , Morgan-street , Commercialroad , on Sunday , June the 0 th . His subject was : — " Words about R . Burns . " The lecture gave general satisfaction . This was the sixth lecture given by this' talented young man , for the benefit of the Victims Funds . The sum collected ( after paying all expenses ) was 12 s . lid . Mr Broom has kindly offered to give three lectures every quarter for the above object , in hope that other lecturers will foil owhis example , for the benefit of the victims . A resolution was passed recommending that each member of the Executive give a lecture once a month , for the benefit of the Victims' Fund .
Furthcoming Meetings. Bahbury.—Mr T. Cla...
furthcoming meetings . Bahbury . —Mr T . Clark will deliver two lectures here on Wednesday and Thursday next , One lecture on the Land , and the other in furtherance of the People's Charter . Bristoi .. —A meeting of the members of this branch of the National Charter Association will be held on Monday evening next , June U , at Mr Nioholl ' s Coffee-house , Rosemary-street , at S o ' clock . Chotdon . — -A tea party and conversazione is contemplated by the members , in conjunction with ihe shareholders ofthe Land Company .
Halifax—An open air meeting will be held atthe bottom of Range-lane , Hayle-hill , to commence at half-past 9 o ' clock in the morning . Mr Clisit will deliver a lecture in the Working-Man's Hall , Bull close-lane , to commence at half-past C o ' clock in the evening . Hull . —The Chartists are requested to attend at the Ship Inn , Church Lane , on Sunday evening , June 13 th , at six o ' clock , on business of importance . Howsxll , KBiu Mm < tbbh . —The shareholder are informed that a special general meeting will be held on Monday , June 21 st , for the purpose of electing a local treasurer in the room of Mr James Mills , deceased . ¦ »
Manchester . —Mr Beesley , of Accrington , will deliver a lecture in the People ' s Institute , ileyrod * street , Manchester , on Sunday , June 13 th , chair to be taken at half-past six o ' clock , p . m . Subject : " The Charter . " Ernest Jones , Esq ., will deliver two lectures in the above place , on Sunday , June 20 th , one in the afternoon , at two ' o'clock . — -Subject : " The Land and its capabilities ; " the other at half-past six o'clock . —Subject : "The Charter and no Surrender . " NoitTUAMrioN . —Tlie Chartist of Northampton nnd its vicinity are earnest y requested to meet at the Temperance-hotel , King-street , on Tuesday evening next , June 15 th , at 8 o'c / ock . Oxfokd . —Mr T . Clark will attend here and deliver a lecture during the ensuing week .
Registration and Election Committee . — The next meeting of this body will be held at the Assembly Rooms , S 3 , Dean-street , Spho , on Wednesday , June 16 th , at eight o ' clock precisely . The Metropolitan Committee will meet at the same time and place , when business ef Importance will be brought forward . South LondoxChaktist Hall , Blackfriar ' s Road —On Sunday evening , Jnne 13 th , Mr W . "W . Brown , will deliver an address on the Forthcoming Election to commence at eight o ' clock . Sooth London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriarsroad .-Mr Broome will deliver a public lecture on Sunday evening next , June the 13 th , at S o ' clock precisely-subject : ' The duties ofthe People at the coming Election . " WBSTM . NSTER .-Mr C . Doyie will lecture in tho Assembly Renins , 83 , Dean-street , on Monday eve i ing next , JuneUth . Subject , " The course to bo pursued at the General Election by the Chartist body . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock pre-ClSBlVi
Wemmihster Election . — Tkwveranck Hall , BnoADWAT .-This evening , Saturday , June tho 12 th , Mr Edmund Stallwood will open the following subject for discussion : — " The merits of the several candidates aspiring to the Representation , of Westminster . " Chair to be taken at 8 o ' clock precisely —free discussion—the public invited—seats for the ladies . - ¦
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At a small house in Dublin may be seen the fol lowing announcement , "Asses ' milk eviry morning hotiVirathecow . "
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COM . & o . *~ " ~* - RENEWED RISE IN PRICES Mark Lane , Monday , June 7 . —Fresh uo to ' usually small quantity of English wheat carn ^ i "I Un " from any quarter , consequentl y , the show of v , l ° l " that gram was trifling . The limited state of thot , , e * English wheat , together with the largo attendant $ of town and country buyers , caused the demand tn » ,, i otQ brisk nt an advance in the quotations obtained . w *? day last , of from "Six Shillings to Eieht sum ? Ion Quarter , " at which a clearance was Meedill 5 ' Notwithstanding the show of foreign wheat was » , i * sale of all kinds was very active , and a large bu « in „ ' doing , principally from the country trade , at a .- Vas value of from "Four to Five Shillings" per qu-irL > export no transactions took place , but most of the « , r was disposed of . There was a fair demand for allk ^' ' of barley . The best grinding qualities were a trifle I j \^ but in the malting and distilling sorts no altentir . ' place . Although tbe quantity ofmalt on offer wa-V * what on the increase , the malt trade was verr « i . ° ? and most of the large holders would not sell exccM '
iriiiu more money . I ncre was a oetter inquiry far / ,. " .. * corn , especially for floating cargoes , at is to 2 s m * more money . We had a very lawe supply offoreh ' n , r ' on show , but that of English , Irish , and Scotch wassm J ? The oat trade was in a very inactive state at b ; ii- . | v I , tionary prices . In beans very few sales were cojie ) J i yet the currencies were supported . Peas moved oft ' sir ?' at about last week ' s currencies . The flour trade « I firm , and prices had an upward tendency . aB Bbithh . —Wheat : Kent , Essex , and Suffolk 0 w „ . 88 s to 92 s , new red 87 s to 93 s , old white 9 « s to Vs „„ ditto 92 s to 100 s , Norfolk and Lincoln old red 80 s to " in old white 87 s to 92 s . —Rye 63 s to 65 s .-Barlcy Briai ^' « s toSfls , distilling 5 « to 61 s , malting 58 s to COs CW ? Her 60 s to 62 s .-Malt : Brown C 8 s to 70 s , pale 75 s toTfi . Suffolk and Norfolk 74 s to 70 s . —Beans : Tick - ( Ss to 5 ?!' pigeon 55 s to ( 0 s . —Harrow new , 51 s to 53 s -Poac ' . white 60 s to fits , grey and maple 5 Gs to 6 ls .-0 : its En-li sl feed 32 s to 36 s Poland 3 Ss to 35 s , Scotch feed 38 s to 10 s Potato 42 s to 41 s ; Irish , Limerick , andNewry < iis to 34 « Cork and Youghal black 32 s t . 35 s .-Flour : Town nrulJ 70 s to 75 s , Essex and Kent 60 s to 68 s , Norfolk w Stockton 55 s to 65 s per 280 lbs . a
Wednesday , June 9 . —The show ' of samples lure this morning was exceedingly small , while the demand , for » u kinds was very firm , and in some instances .-i trifle mure money was obtained for selected qualities . Nearl y 10 , 000 quarters of foreign wheutlhare come to hand , yet that articla was firm at fully Monday ' s advance . Foreign . —Free Wlieat : Dantzic and Konigsburg SOs to 95 s , Afecklenburg SOs to 85 s , Russian 70 s to 80 s . — Barley ; grinding 18 s to 51 s , malting 51 s to 57 .-Bcans ; Egyptian 40 s to 42 s , Mediterranean i 2 s to 49 s . —Oats ; Russian 32 s to 35 s , Mecklenburg 32 s toSlsper qr . —Ameri . cau flour 40 s to 45 s per lOGlbs . Richmono ( YoBKsniRB ) , June 5 . —We had a very thin supply of grain in our market to-day . Wheat sold from lis to J 4 s ; oats , 4 s 3 d to 5 s 6 d ; barley , 6 s 6 d to 7 s beans 7 s to 8 s , per bushel .
Tub Semon asd the Crops . — The spring corn in general looks well , but would bo much improved by a little rain . The Swedish turnips are coming up very regularly , and are now quite safe from the fly , wherever they were sown in good time . The cultivation of this valuable root , which is the foundation of the best and safest system of husbandry known in Europe , is greatly extending in this part of the country . As far as our own observation goes , the potato crop looks well . With re gard to insects , we may mention that they are astonishingly numerous and inircliievous on the fruit treos thiyear . The black currants were first attacked , then tlis red , and since the apple , pear , and damson trees . Owine to the ravages of these destroyers , there will be muoh lesg fruit this year than was expected . —Liverpool Timess Tuesday .
CATTLE , to . The following imports of live stock have taken placs into London during the past week : — From Whence Oxen Cows Calves Sheep Lamb » Rotterdam 100 344 98 90 U 180 Hamburgh 60 — — — — llarlingen .,.,.. 194 380 40 600 —• Nicudiep ' 20 40 10 120 40 Flushing ,,..,,,. — — . — 200 30 ' Total .. 374 764 148 1 , 820 230 At Hull , Newcastle , and the various other outports } the arrivals have amounted to about 150 oxen and cows , 490 sheep , 30 lambs , and 40 calves in , for the most part , good condition , and which have commanded a ready sale in the local markets at advanced quotations , GH EAT RISE IN PRICES . Smithfikld , Monday , June 7 . —The supply of foreign stock on offer here this morning was , coinpatativoly speaking , small , viz ., 200 oxen and cows , 800 sheep and lambs , and 20 calves . The whole found buyers at a 4 * vunced quotations . From ourown grazing districts the arrivals of beasts fresh up were small and of middling quality . This falling off in the bullock supply , together with the large attendance of buyers , produced considerable excitement in the beef trade , and a very great advance took place in the quotations . In some instances the primest Scots produced as much as six shillings per 8 B ) s ; but the more general highest figure was 5 s 8 d per 8 Tbs , which prices were quite 6 d per 8 tt > s above those obtained on this day se ' nnight . Previously to the close of the market a total clearance of the beasts had been effected . Thia was-decidedly one ofthe dearest markets on record . Compared with those at the corresponding period in 1 S 16 ,
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the quotations of beef ranged from Is 8 dto 2 d of met * ton is 4 d , of Iamb 8 d to lOd , of veal 6 d to 8 d , and of pork 2 dto 4 d perSlbs higher than at that period , and these high rates were in most insta- ces obtained with very little difficulty . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire we received about 900 Scots , homebreds and short-horns ; from the western and midland counties 800 Herefords , runts , Devons , kc . ; from other parts of England 600 of various breeds ; and from Scotland , 309 horned and polled Scots . There was a full average number of sheep on offer . Still , however , tbe mutton trade was steady , though we cannot call it brisk , at last Modday ' s currencies ; the best old downs , out of the wool , realising 5 s 8 d per Slbs . The supply of lambs was tole . rably extensive . Prime breeds were in good request at
extreme figures , viz , 6 s lod to 7 s per Slbs ; but other qualities were a slow inquiry at last Friday ' s prices . With calves we were scantily supplied , yet the vealtrad was dull at the late decline in value . We had a slow i * quiry for pigs , yet in most instances late rates were supported . Coarse and inferior beasts 4 s 4 d to 4 s 30 , second quality do -is ldd to 5 s 2 d , prime large oxen 5 s -Id to 5 s Cd , prime Scots 5 s 6 d to 5 s 8 d , coarse and inferior sheep 4 s £ d to 4 s 8 d , second quality do 4 s Sd to 4 s lod , prime coarse woolled sheep 5 s 2 d to 5 s 4 d , prime South down do 5 s 6 d to 5 s 8 d , large coarse calves 4 s 4 d to 4 s Hid , prime small do J ) s to 5 s 4 d , large hogs 4 s to 4 s fid , neat small porkers 4 s Sd to 5 s , lambs 5 s Sd to 7 s per Slbs to sink tbe oflal , suckling calves 21 s to Sis , and quarter old store pigs 18 s to 23 s each .
POTATOES . Borough and Spitalhelds , Monday , June 7 . —A few arrivals of potatoes have taken place from Holland since Monday last , but the supply on offer is exceedingly small . All kinds move off heavily , at next te nominal currencies . York reds 240 s to 260 s , ditto Regents 250 s to 280 s , ditto Shaws 200 s to 220 s , Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Regents 250 s to 28 os , ditto Kidneys 180 s to 220 s , Dutch lOds to 180 s per ton .
WOOL . London , Monday , June 7 . —Since Monday last the imports of wool into London have been large , viz , 2 , 000 bales from New Holland , and 1 , 800 ditto from various other quarters . Although the supplies on otter in the pri * vate contract market are large , the trade is heavy at barely stationary prices . COTTON . Livekpool , Monday , June 7 . —The sales of cotton to ' day have been to a moderate extent , say 4 , 000 to 5 , 0041 bales . The market has been quiet , but prices are quite firm and steady . The business done included SOO Surats , chiefly at 4 gd , to the trade .
Died. James Mills, Coach Painter, Of Mal...
DIED . James Mills , coach painter , of Malvern Link , aged sixtysix years . He was a just admirer of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and a member of the Land Company . He was unobtrusive in his manners but firm in his principles . He was ever ready to assist in the protection of his fellow men ' s rights ag .. inst all encroachments . He has left widow sixty-three years of age to deplore his loss . DrDobbs , at Newark , on the 3 rd instant , caused by a fall from his gig . He was returning home from Carlton when the accident happened . He was a sterling Democrat , and a benevolent man , and respected by all , rich and poor . During the funeral all the shops were closed . A large funeral procession followed the deceascd ' s remains to tbe place of burial , including all the clubs , many of which the doctor attended .
Deaiu of a True Patriot . —At Glasgow , at 25 minutes past five o ' clock ou Sunday morning last , June 6 th , John Colqulioun , well known for his honest and ardent advocacy of the principles of democracy . The deceased has left , i young wife , but no children . We have not been furnished with any particulars of the illness , age , & c , of the deceased . John Colquhoun was every inch a true man and sterling democrat . We knew him well , and knowing , honoured him for his ninny en * cellent qualities , Of liim it mnybo truly said that " Even his failings lca'i'd to virtue ' s side . " In his private friendship , and his public devotion to the cause of freedom and justiee . Jie was alike sincere , true , and open-hearted . His unexpected death has fallen as a shadow across our path which no sunbeam can altogether dispel . John Colquhoim will be missed in Glasgow . When the muster-roll of our patriots is called over , tho very omission of his name will cause men to remember him , and sigh to think that be is no longer with them to share their toils and aid their struggles , Peace to his memory . Peace to her who survives him . Wc mourn tbe loss of a valued friend , aud deplore the untimely death of a true patriot . —En . A ' . S ..
At Leasingthohne Colliekv , on Wednesday last George Vassey , aged ' i 9 , got killed , by the falling of a huge stone from the root ol the pit . The stone had to he broken to pieces with wedges before the body could be not out . The deceased has left u wife and two children to lament his untimely end , and what makes it more heartrending is , that his wife was brought to bed only the day before her husband ' s death She is lying in u ray weakstate . ivr n „« t ? i' ' ° " ^"" fl" - * . Ju"c 2 nd , died Feaigu * Demo "At ' ' ° Ephraim Rouse > « thoroughgoing DEATUOP AXOTIIER & TEKLISODEMOCHAT . -Itisourpain ' tul duty to record the death of another of " Nature ' s nobles , ' ZZJT iJ'Cull 0 l : n ' »* llul »> e i Manchester . Iu him the LAiiee has lost one of Its most detei mined friends , ami the Manchester locality one of its most useful members . Itis trueho wasnot known much beyond tbe boundries of his own locality . He being one of those quiet , though not less useful members of the good causewho did the more
im-, portant part of working , and left the speechefying to other hands . But as a worker ho had few equals . Notwithstanding he has been suffering ; for the last two years from ' Chronic fihumatism , " ami at times he wae scarcely able to waik ; yet , in the midst of all his suffering , he was always found at his post at the Laud-office , a distance at least of a mile and a half from his own house three times a week , till within a tew days of l » s death which took place on Friday morning , the 4 th instills remains were interred iu the burial ground of S . George ' s Church , Ilulme , on Sunday last , when the Chartists of Manchester adjourned their usual monthly meeting , aud followed his remains to their last abiding huaie-The funeral was attended likewise by the Foresters , /)' whicii socitty he was a member . The deceased ' s family have lost au indulgent parent ; the People ' s Charter a determined defender , and the Land Plan a zealous aureate and efficient ofliccr . W . V .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12061847/page/8/
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