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ihet ^ e Meniwhicu . now *' occupied the puHic ^^ Sttenim - bdBhouUof opposition and mind . , ( Here " , 7 jfC _ iirr Hritht was unable A ^ rT . S Sef « ffi Mr Denison to pn f ^ tsS apSJed to the meeting to £ the Sfr Se nS ^ r Bright continued : Kod W ? hem i ! the advocate of those W _ s which Sir G Eardley had propounded to fbSSrT . ( Considerable uproar . ) He was sure S ? t therespecxable portion of r-soppoueute did not ! l __ teiiancethe outcry now being made . There Ss ho man favourable to free election and to public discussion who would make such an unseemly
outcry as proceeded from that corner . ( Mr Bright Minted to a part of the hustings occupied by a por-SrraofMr Denison ' s supporters . ) After speakingicainst the « Church Endowment Bill , ' and lauding the benefits of ' Free Trade , ' Mr Bright called on the electors before next Thursday to use their utmost exertions in favour oftheircandidafe ( SirC . Eardley ) . York and Lancaster , with their millions of population their industry , and their intelligence , had worked ogether before now , having the help of the liberals in everv part of the country . There were stm ereat things in store for them ; great principles
to be upheld , and great victories to he otitsmeagreater epulence and content remained to be spread _ r &_ the vast extent of this great empire . He came forward to support Sir C . Eardley becausebebelieved iim honest and intelligent . ( Cheers and interroption . ) . ,. „ , Mr E . Denisox next presented himself , and was received with great cheering , which was met with cries of disap probation from the opposite party . After some time he proceeded , amidst conflicting shouts , to state , that with respect to Free Trade , he never yet when in Parliament opposed any proposition in furtherance of the reduction of duties . But lie suspected that there were many persons in this
kingdom who did not think that they had got all those advantages which bad been predicted from the application of the principles of Free Trade . ( Hear . ) The manufacturers of Bradford and Manchester called out for Free Trade in corn because the Corn law made trages high . ( Cheers and hisses . ) The Corn Law had been abandoned , and he said now deal out eqnil justice to all . ( Cheers . ) He said to tte manufacturers , ' You have got the abolition of protection as regards the agicalturists , now give np in your turn all duties which protect your manufac im _ s *_ nd prevent us dealing With foreign manufacturers . ' ( Great applause . ) They had no Radicals and Chartists in the agricultural districts . Those
parties were all fostered in the hotbeds of seditionin the manufacturing towns . There they were told tbat the ballot , universal suffrage , and the voluntary system , would be a great means of relieving them from oppression , and that if those measures were carried , they would live in a land of milk and honey . He did not believe it . ( Hear , hear . ) Man . was doomed to labour . Some might be rich , but many must be poor , and the labouring classes were the foundation of society . They were the working bees of the hive , and be * advised them that while
they took what part of the honey of their own construction they could get , still to work hard in industry , and not to be deluded by the gewgaws of Political Economy , and not to be blinded by the notion that the ballot ' or universal suffrage would relieve them from that necessity to exertion and labour ride- was the lot of the great mass of mankind . Mr Denison then stated his views on Retrenchnrent' and * State Education , ' and made a promise that no temptation should ever induce him to give a vote which should tend to endanger the Constitution in Church and State . ( Loud cheers . )
An Elector inquired whether Mr Denison , if a measure to which he was opposed were supported by the party with which he coincided , would adopt the measure , or vote in respect to it on principle ? Mr B-sisos replied , that principle would be his guide . . ( Cheers . ) The Elector then inquired why Mr Denison had abandoned his colour and his principle at the present election ? . . Mr Denison denied that he had abandoned his principle , and said he had nothing to do with the colour . If hon . gentlemen who had ^ been in tbe habit of opposing him formerly now thought proper to vote for him . he should thank them , and think they did right . He would even thank the present querist if be should vote for him . ( 'Hear , hear , ' and laughter . ) In answer to another question ,
Mr Desisox said he would not support a measure far tbe emancipat * on of the Jews . Mr Kydd then came forward and was received trith tbe most enthusiastic applause . When silence ¦ was obtained , he said—Electors and non-electors of the West Riding of Yorkshire : It has never been my lot to hear better sentiments , than some of those I have just heard . Sir Culling Eardley has sent vou an address clothed iu the classical diction of refined language , and rich in the sublimity and philosophy of Christianity . It contains the golden sentiment , 'Whatsoever you wonld that men should do unto you , do ye even so unto them , for tbis is
the law and the prophets . ' By this standard , then , will I judge the honourable baronet . Why does this professing Christian refuse to grant to his neighbours the privileges and rights he claims for himself ? The words of the text are unmistakeable and expressive * This is the law ;* then why not establish it . ' Is it the law of God given for the guidance of manthe standard of perfection , we are to endeavour to approach as nearly as frail hamanity can approximate to divine perfection ? Does the honourable baronet believe these words to be the law of God ? Then why is he false to the object of his adoration—can he be in the same breath false to God and true to
man , or can be be false to man and true to God ? Oh gentlemen ! how men—vain , ambitious men—will . quote holy writ for the most infamous of purposeshow they will interpret and deceive under the guise of religion . Beware of them , I beseech you—1 They are wolves in sheep ' s clothing . ' They assume the cloak of virtue as the covering for vicetheir professions are fake—their prayers a mockerytheir aspirations an insult—their assumed devotion a blasphemy , and will you dare to elect such men to represent you in parliament ? Mr Denison , on the other band , has—for once in his life—attempted to be poetical and eloquent , and he assures you , tbat the Radicals and Chartists have promised to lead
their followers into a land 'flowing with milk and -fluey ; ' and , he continued ? I do not believe this ; man is doomed to labour ; some must be rich and seny must be poor . What means this learned gentleman ? Is the term man universal ? if so , are not sH mea doomed to labour—and if the many labour tbey perform their part of Nature ' s contract—and if the few do not labour , but live consuming in wanton esttavagance and idleness the produce of the many , they violate Nat ure ' s contract-they plunder , pilfer , and destroy . The Chartists offer their followers no
' land of milk and honey ; ' they say man is related to the material universe—as the great worker and regeaerater , for him the earth is filled with minerals , the air with gases , and it is his right and duty to wield * the bounties of Nature by his intelligence , and to earn his bread by the sweat of lis brow . This is no new doctrine—the dream of no enthusiast —theravings of nofanatic . It is a fundamental truism , subscribed to by heathen and Christian philosophers , and , like all other great truths , it is imprinted in the every-day . actions of men-that in England the few are rich and many are poor , is a sad and
ominous truth . If it were not so , you would have been spared the" trouble of listening to the speeches of both parties , for without the influence of wealth both gentlemen would be unnoticed and unknown : neither their genius ner learning would distinguish them from the common herd of men , and strip them of their propertied dignity , and they stand before you fallen , naked , and dependent things . Mr Denison is avowedly the apologist and defender olthe land owners of England . They are his clients , and he is to be specially retained for their defence . Let me remind him of their position bow and their position some thirty years back The rental of land in Si ? S _ J ? I 814 WM ^ 37 , 666 , 347 . In 1843 A 45 . / 53 . 613 , showing an increase of rental annually of not less than 58 , 000 , 000 . The rich have
grown richer the poor poorer . Strange enough , too te ^ e 287 , 000 persons fewer employed in cultiratmgthelandatthe latter period , compared with the former , from the reign of George III ., to Ae death of W . lKam IV .. there werepassed in Engffnnn I * T knd ! orci lament , not fewer thin ?!„! n 5 daMre BiUs ' roWln S ft 8 tourers of 6 , 000 , 000 acres of common lands , every inch o f which has been added to the fields of the rich , and p-feied from the psor . England ' s landlords have ousted her yeomanry from their homesteada-her f ^ cprs from their hearths-and , after hart ns vio . ia-ed every tie that could unite labour in allegiance * ? % ?& ' ?** ** " ** of the landlord interest as the great interest of . the empire , and Mr Denison is iere as their especial representative . The T „ ri «
had governed . Theirs -was the government in the reign . Of George KL and Ceorge 1 V . and England had now a recollection of the days of Sidmouth and C aslJerr-agb . W cannot forget the Tory legacy of
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war , which has left us a debt in perpetuity , burthef } ing at the same moment our industrial powers ol production , and our commercinl rater-mac The Tories have governed , and theirs was the government of brute power and thumb-screw persecution . Mr Denison assures you that York Minster will tumble to decay , and St Paul ' s Cathedral ; he ground to dust if you give not to him your unqualified support . One would fancy tbat he was the great star of the Church , and that broad pillars , massive arches , and Gothic windows , could not exist provided you refused to support his pet mammoth monopoly . Do not tremble , I beg of you , at tbis iile threat . The Church is a grave for reason , and a sepulchre for spiritual life , if she administer not to the wants of the age and be not supported '
, by the suffrages of the people . If returned to Parlismeut- ( a laug b ) -he liked that laugh , it shook the bile off the stomach of Toryism , and relaxed the muscles of long-faced hypoensy-( laughter ) -he should feel it bis duty to move for the total abolition of the New Poor Law , and the establishment of the princip le of the 43 rd of Elizabeth . . Lord Brougham ' s name had been mentioned " with eulogy . His lordship had , years ago , earned for himself the character of England ' s most erratic and eloquent babbler , and it would be a prodigy in politics provided tbe same consti * tuency could elect tbe sceptical barrister and the
pious missionary . His lordship and his coadjutors had promised that tbe New Poor Law would save England from ruin , cultivate self-reliance among her peasantry , abolish poor-rates , increase the value of property , and banish vagrancy from her shores . The experiment had been tried at the cost of £ 100 . 000 , 000 sterling . Sixteen years have proved it to be a easily and most undoubted failure . We have this hour in England , one million and a half of ablebodied unemployed poor ; which may be said to represent some three or four millions of paupers ; our streets and gaols are filled with vagrants—property is decreasing in value , and the rate-payeis
were doing their best to pinch and starve them to save their own incomes —( Cries ot 1 No . ' ) No ! no ! you cry . He called the silent but fearful annals of the past to witness . —Let St ¦¦ Pancras and Andover speak . ( Cries of'Hear , hear ' . ) If each parish had the whole and sole management of their own affairs tbey would devise some means tor the profitable employment of the poor . ( Cries of 'Hear , hear , ' and * No , no . ' ) Remember , you negative gentlemen , that I am in Yorkshire , sm rounded by many gentlemen who know Huddersfield . —In 1842 , a small sum of money was advanced by the Loudon Relief Committee , for the support of a few
necessitous families . The committee of management rented a barren piece of ground named Farnly Tyas , on which tbey employed the men tbey otherwise must have maintained is idleness . The experiment was most successful , and yielded an actual though not a great surplus . In Sheffield , not eight months ago , the paupers were grinding corn with handmills in the workhouse—and they became riotous and unmanageable ; they had since been employed in caltivating the land ; and I speak on the authority of Mr Overend , who I believe is Chairman of the Board of Guardians , and declare that the results have been gratifying—morally , physically and
financially . Ia this correct , gentlemen of Sheffield and Huddersfield ?( Cries of'Hear , hear . ' ) Never again then affirm that the poor must starve , whilst yon have an acre of uncultivated or half-cultivated land in the realm . Whether the Church should govern or tbe Chapel should rule , was of importance , but a nraca more important question was , how could the people be most profitably employed ? ( hear , hear . ) He would now come to the question of Free Trade , referred to by both candidates , and he was the more pleased to do sO in the hearing of some of the leaders of the Free Trade party . He did not accuse those gentlemen of insincerity , they may have been honest in their
intentions—and we are now iu a position to feir ' y judge of their principles and policy . Tbe advocates of the measure promised that good trade and employment of the people would be its results . The first six months of this year , according to the returns of the Board of Trade , showed a decrease in the official value oi our exports amounting to £ 5 , 286 , 969 sterling . Have onr workmen yet had the high wage ' s and plenty to do—the specious promises of the professed followers of the Smiths and Says ? Where , I ask , are the triumphs of the measure ? Where are its benefits ? Look to this island—for whose wealth the " winds of Heaven seem to blow—covered as she
is with the mantle of agriculture , and studded with the gems of arts and manufacture , and you everywhere behold indigence in rags , and patience in des . spair ; the shops without a customer—the merchants without-ledger—the Exchange deserted—the Gazette crowded , and the people without food . These things exist—you see them before you , and your vaunted commercial policy affords no relief . A moment ' s reflection would prove that Free Trade could . in no way improve the condition of oar people . A peace of upwards of thirty years had changed the internal industry of every civilised nation . Belgium , France , and America were no longer our customers , but our
rivals ; the improvements of Arkwright , Hargreaves , and Watts belonged to others ; genius cannot be monopolised , its influence is universal . America , possessing an inexhaustible land and water power , her bowels rich in mineral resources , and ber navy commanding justice in all national treaties , was desfined to ruin us . in the race of international competition . America competing against England-England against America . Bri ght against Fielden—Fielden against Bright . The results were cheap goods , lor ? wages , and excessive labour , followed in turn by protracted idleness . I challenge the Free Traders to point me to a single instance in the
history of the world , in which a nation continued to be great , depending upon foreign demand for the employment of her people . Such an illustration is nowhere to be found . Lord Bacon—with the correctness of a great thinker—has prognosticated the decay of all states chiefly depending on trade for their success , and England will prove no exception to the rule . I have read of nations being ruined by war and conquest ; other states have decayed because of sloth and gold ; but it has been reserved for England to ruin herself—to become impoverished by spoils , and conquered by her successes . She has fought the fight of Europe ; sbe . bas subsidised all
its dependencies ; sbe has bombarded every refractory empire ; she has looked for markets east , west , north , and south ; she has been successful ; her manufacturers have bought all tbe coinable blood of her women , and children ; and here she is a bloated giant , shivering in a tempest , afraid of her shadow , and sinking into decay . ^ Free Trade exists as a monument Of commercial and legislative ignorance and imbecility . The remedy for England was to be found in employing her labourers on her waste and uncultivated lands , encouraging her home trade , and thereby employing her people , and increasing their means of
subsistence . Give up , then , and for ever , your newbom theories of 'Let everything alone , ' which deserve no other name than philosophic barbarity . Your fundamental doctrine of laissez faire is an end of all law , order ; and government , and to reduce it to practice is to apply the necessities of savagism to civilisation , and must for ever prove a failure . ( Cries of 'Time' from the Liberals . ) This is the time—one of those times whenEnglUhmen speak boldly , in defiance of Whig Gagging acts , passed by the rotes of professing Liberals . This is one of those times when Mammon-worshipping hypocrisy is unmasked ; and stands exposed in its
hideous deformity—a monster of inhuman shape . Shout ' time , ' ye miserable drivellers and s _ n _ en sycophants . This is my time ; and take warning , and remember there is another time coming , when Lahour will demand a recognition of its rights in spite ef all of yon . It has been tbis day made a matter of rejoicing , that we have had peace in 'England , amidst the crumbling of thrones and the fall of dynasties . Such a peace is to be feared . . Oar peasantry are cursing at their hearths , in the hopeless ness of despair . And low long may this dreadful suspicion remain to slumber ? You every day fear a reprisal , an emeute , a conspiracy , or a
conflagration . You can have no security of life , peace , or property , if the people be not fed and employed . Hunger is the spreading root of all convulsive revolutions . Oh God ! it is horrible to contemplate , Already tbe poor are pale from hunger—the rich from fear . ( 'No , no , ' from the Tories . ) Nj ! - then what meant all the display on the 10 th of April ? No !—then why increase tbe police force ? No!—then why employ spies to entrap end betray the starving and unwary ? No !—then why so
many special constables ? ( A voice from the Tories : 'To put down mischievous persons like you' ) He thanked his Tory friend for the compliment . Can a young man , then , shake your edifice ? Must not this prove tbat mischievous politicians are aware of their weakness . A Judas could not make angels fall ; bnt an honest man may make demons tremble . I now come to Ireland , which is the acknowledged difficulty of the Whi g and Tory adminstrationscerta _ dy . no . difficulty , . to my . opponents , for-they have not breathed a syllable on the subject . Why
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Should they ? They are party factioniste , and not Statesmen . Already we have given her landlordt *_ jjny millions alerting , . It is a waste , and cannot be % peated . I should , propose a isxon her uncul-1 tivatfftand bog lands ; the effect would be the railing ota fund to maintain the unemployed , U the-! landlords preferred cultivating the lands to paying ' the tax , the idle men would find work , and eleemosynary relief would be unflecesaary . ( The Tories . 'The lands are not worth cultivating . ' ) What ! the lands not worth cultivating ? The late Mr Baines , in a letter to Mr Poulett Scrope , .. had said , there were nearly 4 , 000 , 000 acres of . bog . lands which might be cultivated at anexpense of £ 10 per acre and yield a profit of eight per cent . ; -This was the opinion of a gentleman who had reclaimed 500 acres ef Chatmoss , laying between Manchester and Liverpool . This was the opinion of a practical man . These gentlemen on the hustings were not practical agriculturists , they were merely good-natured ,
foxhunting , five-bottle politicians . ( Laughter . ) It was no fault of the Irish peasantry that they were a burden to England , Do them justice , and the men who became industrious settlers in Canada or the United States , would not be less industrious in their own green isle . The laws of Primogeniture and Entail were a source of landlord monopoly and ministerial jobbing , and should be forthwith abolished . His opinions on the vexed questions of Religious Endowments and National Education were easily expressed ; he was the opponent of endowments and would vote for National Education , such education to be purely secular .. He would now come to tbe Suffrage . Mr Denison spoke of the wild democracy . Mr Denison-: I never said so .
Mr Kydd .- Then I am glad I am mistaken . It was tame democracy , then , which certainly could not be irorse than rampant Toryism . (' Hear , ' cheers , and laughter . ) Mr Denison was op posed to him in principle , and he thanked him for being an open and manly opponent . Sir Culling Eardley admitted the principle , and was , therefore , in a very different position . The gentleman who seconded Sir Calling's nomination assured tbem that-all par . ties must bow to public opinion ; then , why not . accept of the decision of public opinion , and , at once , support tbe People ' s Charter . Oh , Sir Culling would progress as far as it was safe to go—how
trimming was this declaration .. Who constituted Sir Culling the great arbitrator of human intelligencethe thermometer , of human progress ? The worthy Baronet admitted the principle , but was not quite prepared for the practice . We are told that Charles James Fox , like many other great and generous men , was in pecuniary difficulties . His secretary , Mr Hare , was equally unfortunate . Fox , who was an exceedingly jocular man , would sometimes ask the rapacious Jews whether they wr re fox or hare hunting this morning—goed nature w . 'll win even a money lender . A number of them resdved to come to some definite arrangement with their Unfortunate creditor . So , addressing Mr Fox , they said , * You are exceedingly civil , you always own the debt and admit the principal , now we want you to
name the day of payment . ' . Fox consulted with Hare , and they , agreed to name a day . The . Jews were in extacies , and said , 'Name your own time , but be punctual . ' ' Well , ' said Fox , ' I ns -ie the day of judgment . ' The astonished Jews appealed to him to amend bis decision ; he did so , and named the day after the day of judgment . I fear Sir Calling ' s progress , principle , and practice will be real on the same day that Fox pays the Jews . I know that I am your representative , and if you were polled tomorrow on the true principles of the British Constitution I would be elected by an immense majority—would sit in the ' House of Representatives as your , deputy—and my worthy opponents , spite of even the temporary triumph of an hour , would relapse into their native obscurity . ( Cheers . )
Throughout the proceedings the dense mass , far beyond tbe reach of the voices of the speakers , kept their grounds and . when the show of hands took place , the whole left side of the hustings , and all down Wood Street , as far as the eye could reach , was a dense mass of people . When the show of hands in favour of Sir C . Eardley was called for , the whole of that vast space was one forest of hands . When the shew for Mr Denison was called for , his
partisans Were confined to tbe right of the hustings , a space as broad as that occupied by the Liberal party , but circumscribed in length by the Music Saloon . On the right side too , the crowd was not nearly so dense as on . the . left . Within . that space Mr Denison had a numerous show of hands , but much less than Sir C . Eardley ' s . The show Of hands for Mr Kydd was chiefly in the centre of the meeting and was considerable . ¦'¦
This isthe general statement of the press , although we are assured by impartial spectators , that the hands held up for Mr Kydd , were as two to one compared with Denison ' s . The Chartists were closely wedged in ths centre of the meeting , while the open columns of the opposite parties occupying a larger area , the supporters of Eardley were declared to have the majority , in opposition to the close phalanx in favour of the Chartist candidate . . The Undxr-Sheriff declared his opinion to be , that the show was in favour of Sir C . Eardley .
The Honourable Mr Lasceli . es demanded a poll on behalf of Mr Denison , which was fixed for Thursday and Friday ; and thanks baying been voted to the Sheriff , the parties left the hustings and the crowd dispersed .
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THE CHOLERA . On Friday the following fresh cases were reported te the Board ef Health : —Islington , 1 , fatal ; Lambeth , 1 ; the provinces , 1 , fatal ; Dumfries ; total cases from Nov . 6 to Dec . 6 , 219 cases , 78 deaths ; Edinburgh , Leith , and other parts of Scotland , 14 cases , S deaths . On Monday the following new oases were reported to the Board of Health : —Bromley , St Leonard's , 1 ; Wapping , 1 ; Lambeth , 1 ; Nordelph , 3 '/ Stratford , West Ham , 1 fatal ; Edinburgh , 11 fats ); Glasgow , 15 , 5 fatal ; Dumfries , 31 . 14 fatal ; Ruthwell , 4 , 2 f atal ; Cramond , 1 ; Gadder , 1 ; Rothesay , 1 fatal ; Falkirk , 1 ; Prestonpans , 2 fatal ; Kelso , 2 fatal ; LarkbaU , 1 fatal ; 76 case * , 39 deaths .
On Tuesday , the following case * were reporteuto the Board of Health : —Bromley , St Leonard ' s , 1 , fatal ; - St Geor _ a > iu 4 _ eEast , 1 , fatal : Wanda worth , 1 ; Blyth , 8 ; fatal ; Edinburgh , 4 , fatal ; Maxwelltown . 6 , 2 fatai ; Glaseow , 3 > fatal ; Palkirk , 3 ; total new oases , 27 . 19 deaths . —Cholera has , it is stated , made its appearance at Wisbeach , and en the banks of the Med way , both damp situations . In the latter district , eleven peraons have been attacked—eight of whom have fallen a sacrifice These people resided In a nest of cottages , called ths Copperas Boxes , situate at GiUingham , and bordering on a creek daily washed by the tide , They were persons in a very humble class of life , aod perhaps not very observant of diet or cleanliness . —The Registrar . General ' a report gives twenty-one as the number of deaths from cholera in the metropolis during the past week .
On Wednesday , the fallowing cases were reported to the Board ef Health : —Limehonse 3 ; St George . in-the-Eaat 1 . fatal ; Camberwell 1 , fatal ; Wandiworth 1 , fatal ; Chelsea 1 ; Berwick-upon-Tweed 6 . 2 fatal ; Newcastle-upon-Tj ne 2 , fatal ; Edinburgh 12 , 5 fatal ; Glasgow 11 , 9 fatal ; Maxwelltowo , Dumfries , 8 , 5 fatal ; Lennoxtown , Carapsie 1 ; Cumnock 1 , fatal ; Falkirk 2 , 1 fatal ; Castle Douflasl ; Glencairn 1 ; Cranston by Ford 1 ; total , 63 new oases , 28 deaths . Ths Torai Nchobr of Deaths w London during the week ending Saturday last , December 9 tb , was 1 , 146 , or eight under the average . Scarletina is still very prevalent and fatal . Daring the seven days included in the return , that malady destroyed one hundred and seventeen persons , or nearly six times as many as cholera . The births during the week num . bered 1 , 350 . The average temperature was 491 . 0 m .
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LETTER OF THK MARTYR ROBERT BLUM TO HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN , i
WBITX _ N O * XHB HORrtlKrjOI ? HI 8 -XKCWion . The letter written by Robert Blum to hia wife sr , hourbafore hUexeeution , has been forwardedI from Lsipsip , and published here ; it is as follows •! ^ ' My dear good wife , -FareweII , farewell f 8 r the « me men call eteraity , but whieh will not ba tr . Bringupourr-nowonl yyour-ehildrente be honest * Zl "JSaLI vn lnSTer ^» eg _ ac 6 their . father ' s EL 'ooZSsH sk : mem tears : only once more , then , farewell Z
dearest , wnswer our children a treasure of whkm you must make , the best use , and honour thus he memory of yourfaithful husband . Farewell , farewell ; receive tho last kisses of roar Robert ' Vienna November , 18 * 8 , five o clock in the morning at six ' all will be over . ' « P . S . Ihad forgotten the rings ; on that of our betrothal I press for you a last kiss ; my seal-rineis for Hans , the watch for Richard , the diamond stud for Ida , the chain for Alfred ; as memorials . All the rest divide as you please . They are coming \ f « ewei )« ' ' 'a The letter seams to have been enclosed in one to a friend ,,. a deputy at Frankfort , in which he begs himto prepirehu wife gradually for the shook of his aeatb , which he says * is the fortune of war . '
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BALANCE SHEET OF THE - - - COMMITTEE , QU AVQCCTI , TO NOTEMBEtt ISth , 1818 . -IOlOTf . £ .-. , ¦ .-, ¦ . ., ' ¦; < HMWITOM , . £ f , i , Fr SnVS ; ; :: :: ::: 511 *>*<**»* ... , ,, ¦ % ; *» o — Ut & l & i ... » . " * 3 101 - Bwer ,,, , ; ,.. _ o 4 * — VfesUaltiitV * ' .,, - ""¦ ) ii •¦ ¦ *" «» * * 5 - Yernoa ... ... ... -510 0 ¦ . South LondonHall .. ... _ , f _ — WlUlama ... 0 10 « _ - Crown nd'A-ohe * .. .. * * ° __ , at ,..- _ _ „ _&•»_ - « pSLd . ... ... 2 W 2 - J ** . * ... 8 8 0 — Ernest Jones locality ... ... 8 18 8 } — Bhaw ... ... 6 10 6 — Somert _ o * a „ . ... ... * . jj jj — Shell ... . „ ... . „ 3 8 0 — Olive Branch ... ... 1 8 » _ Youn _ i it a — Cigar Makers , MinorlM 2 1 « " ^' " ° _ - Oripplegate , Csrtwrlght »» ... ... 6 12 . -Herbert 376 _• Ship , Wardour Street ... ... 17 0 . — lacty 270 — Green CUte ; H _ ek _ ey Boad ... J J j — Aoel ... , „ , „ , „ 3 0 0 •« Thomas Paine Brigade _ . * _ Qnrnev « % A — Wallace ditto .. ' ... ' ... " - ^? '" '" "' 81 ° — Was _ fn (? tou ditto ... ° ( \ ~ R , toW : 118 0 — Ernmett ditto '• * . — . «• ei ) *' . •—' Jones ... .... ... ... 319 0 — ' William Tell ditto ... ••« ° ' ' fc ~ Outlay ... ' ... 1 18 0 — Hoxton ... ... •« ' u " '— Rate n i « n — KeotlthTown .. + ' % ? , " ' * " *" " '" — 'Matylebbhe ... .. .. # , ' oow m » .... .. ..- ¦ ¦ ... 5 1 0 — -iutbory .. ... " ¦ ' " Soaddlag „ . . „ ... 219 fl — Llrriehouse ... " ' _ Co ^ y .., 2 8 _ mm Greenwich ... ... ... _ - __•„ „ .. . — Deptford ... ... -... - SntwWl .. ... -. ... 2108 _ - Camberwell : ... , t- Ernest Jones ... ... 4 6 6 — Ktn _' t Grots ... ... ... {_ _ . rowttn ... - ... ... 2 7 0 — Female Cbartists , Shoredltoh ... ! _ WlnoriBKi onr . Alfred Imge , Somers Town ... _ ¦ n — ' w \ st End Shoemakers — lMnl 2 l 0 ° — Ct « yditto ... . , t , — M'DouaU 12 0 - ¦ -Ne » fca « tle . o _ . Tyna - ... ... ' « — it'Ctrtby ... ... .. 010 0 — Nottingham : % ' _ Brewster 015 0 — I ' rlgh ... ... ... ... ' / p . J-, a i . „ — Carlisle 3 vO / - Pflifl ° 1 5 « •— Kidderminster tJB 0 / — Granshaw 0 15 0 — Honrlon : ... ... t tls 8 — Granthaw , „ ... ,,, 0 15 0 — VmnXty ¦ •* ' •* " « Mr J . E . Duncan ... 0 f ' o > - » Swallwell .. . ... , j _ -0 M 0 . - -Lincoln ... ... ** 013 9 Strand Theatre ... 12 14 6 —' . Dewsbury ., 0 10 0 Printing ,. 0 12 0 — Colchester ... ... .. 0 8 8 stationery 0 11 0 — U-bridge fl I 0 „ ..,, „ n 2 -Gainsborough ... ... .... 050 ^ « _ "• " * ™ V J J — Leicester ... . ,. , „ 0 6 0 Mrs Cartwright . „ ... ... 0 1 8 — South Shields ... , „ ... 0 5 6 , — - VootoS'Under . Edge ... ... 0 * 0 ., — Cupar Angus ... ... ... ' 889 — Saelton .. ... ... ... 0 7 2 -. Peterborough .. ... ... 0 8 4 — . Donatloas , „ ... . „ * B 9 . , — Strand Theatre ... ... ' ,,. 23 . - 6 l . " - i irTi- £ i _ --ii Total Rsoelpts ... ... 116 2 U _ Ditto E-pendlture U 5 12 9 Balance in band £ 0 10 . _ ¦ tt-- *« ss «« s-- «* t-s _ ss - , - Audited ana" found correct , December llth , 1818 . _
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TO THE CHARTIST AND take , into account the vast number of vlepwtt ATtfTWRnPTP PTTRfTC ! tim * to Whig misrule in Lancashire , York-PHILAMrHROFlO ifViihlK ,. shire , Scotland , and elsewhere , it is more than ' .. „ v . „ . i »„ io- < , _ probable that , to avoid the gross and brutish . ^ W-I- P ^ Vre ^^ SS ; in sults of the iron-hearted Relieving Officer , sheet of the National Defence and Victim ^^ xtM * ** horrors of the execrated Committee , appointed for the purposei of dis- UDioQ Ba 8 tile , claimants for succour and assistjNU-iiigyoorb * f ^^ « ' ^^ S ^ ^ ^ ance will considerably increase . Thus cirthose worthy of receiving it whtk > we most cum 8 tanced , we appeal to your generous _ ymcordial y thank you for your past liberalit y , we tMe 8 f ( ff t ' he me ^ of so i acin f di 8 tr e ___ feel it to be our duty to lay before you our frieild 8 urideP theit heavy and Ctuel privation ; position , that you may fairly judge of our and ^ ^ . „? ,, be re ^ to abihty to carry out the object for which we with that promptitude which the exigency of were formed into a committee . At present we th vLu \ eL have twenty . fi ve law-made Widows , and sixty ™ case requires . Orphans , weekly recipients , dependent on your John Arnott , 1 _^ ^ lovs > generous bounty for support in London Charles Saar , j alone ; and it is with deep regret we add , John Mjlne , Treasurer . that through want of funds we have been T „ «„„„ , „ . „ : e „ A „„ , „ - „ compelled to reduce their small stipends John J . Merriman , Secretary , nearly one-half ; and further when we Wee . 11 , 1848 .
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Suicide of a Schoolmistress .-- ^ inquest was held on Monday evening at the Feathers , Temple Street , Whitefriars , before Mr \ V . Payne , on the body of Alaria Carter , aged 29 , a schoolmistress . It appeared in evidence that the deceased kept a day . school for children , at 43 , Friar Street , Blackfriars Road , and was much'respected by her neighbours . On Saturday evening last she left one of her friends , to whom she bad paid a visit , and promised to return at night and skep with her . From there , however , sFewent to an old acquaintance , living at
Essexwharf , Strand , and getting intoxicated behaved in an extraordinary and unaccountable manner . She insisted upon seeine a gentleman with whom she was perfectly unacquainted , and with whom she had no business , and because she could not obtain an interview with him , said sbe would drown herself . Though the river was within a few feet of her no one took any notice of ber threat , and next morning her body was found floating off the Temple-pier . As there was no positive evidence that she had committed suicide , the jury returned a verdict of' Found drowned . '
Ijjciuest , Monday . —S \ jd _» n Btsath op Mb Turner , M . P . for Truro . —By Mr Bedford , at the Goat , Arabella Row , Pimlico , on the body of Edmund Turner , aged 50 , member for Truro , Cornwall , who died suddenly on the morning of Sunday last , at the residence of his son-in-law . ( Mr Beasly ) , 7 , "Victoria Square . —Mr Josephus Farris , of 36 , Sutton Street , Clerkenwell , distiller , identified the body of deceased . He was subject to gout ; but witness last saw him alive oh Friday afternoon , when he was in his usual health and spirits . —Elizabeth Davles , in the service of Mr Beasly , deposed that deceased had been upon a visit at her master ' s house for the last week . During that lime he appeared to
enjoy perfect health . She last saw him alive at 12 o ' clock on Saturday nigbt . He came home about 11 o ' clock in his usual health . In ; the morning , at the usual hour , she went to call him ; She received no answer , however , to her repeated knocks , and on entering his room she found him lying on his left side quite dead . —Mr Henry Latter , 5 , Melcombe Terrace , surgeon , stated that he hid attended the deceased since April , daring which time he had suffered from disease of the heart , resulting from gout . He had made a post mortem examination , and he had no doubt that tbis disease led to the sudden and unlocked for dissolution . —Verdict , Natural Death , from spasm of the heart . '
Fires . — On Sunday morning , between six and seven o clock , a fire , attended with the destruction of some thousand pounds worth of property , broke out in Little Portland Street , Regent Street . The flames commenced in a range of sheds belonging to Mr Pratt , cabinet-maker and upholsterer , of Bond Street . In the course of a few minutes the whole were in a general blaze . The premises were adjoined by the manufactory of Mr W , Austin , lace and fringe maker , and that propertj was destroyed , and the flames extended rapidly to tbe private house of Mr Davis . Mr Austin ' s premiss had a short time back upwards of £ 1 , 200 , expended upon them in improving the working machinery . The damage done is officially reported as follows : —The premises of Mr Pratt , No . 3 , Little Portland Street , burned down . No . 1 in the same street , Mr W . Austin ,
lace and fringe maker , consumed the whole of the workshops and contents , dvelling-house partially destroyed . No . 2 in the same street , Mr Davis , private , considerable damage by fire , water , and removal , No . 47 , Mortimer Street , Mr J . P . Shaw , cabinet-maker and upholsterer , back portion of premises slightly damaged and furniture injured by removal . No . 50 in the same street , Mrs Sibley , dressmaker , roof of back premises damaged . The cause of the fire has been traced to some lime placed in the sheds , which becoming slaked set the timber oh fire . —During Saturday and Sunday , independent
of the above fire , the engines of the London Brigade and West of England Company were called out to attend not fewer than ten other outbreaks in various parte of tbe metropolis , One was at Messrs Allan and Go's , the silk mercers and haberdashers , Nos . 69 , 70 , and 71 , St Paul ' s Churchyard . The fire originated in the basement floor warehouse , and was occasioned by a moveable gas-burner eoming in contact with some boxes filled with artificial flowers and ribbons . The damage done was , owing to the exertions of the inmates , confined to the destruction of several boxes of flowers and ribbons . Another
fire took place in one of the cupboards of the Comptroller ' s office , Guildhall . The firemen succeeded in confining the fire to that portion of tbe premises where it originated . A third fire was at Mr Merick ' s , tailor , 19 , Old Burlington ; Street , Bond Street . It was caused by a ' spark from a , candle , which set the furniture and wearing apparel ' in the ; ba / 'k room , ground floor , in flames . A fire occurred in , Neale ' syard , Cross Street , Blackfriars Road , belonging ' to
MrW . Goodman , wheelwright . Hot embers from the forge fell upon some wheels , which were destroyed , but no other damage of consequence - was done . . ' . Late on Sunday evening a fire occuried ¦ at 20 ; Cumberland Street , Curtain Road , in . tiie . or . iupancy of Mr Evans , which did considerable . damage ' . . Shortly afterwards considerable alarm was causer ! in the Whitechappie Road by loud cries of ' Fire , '
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proceeding from the premises ot Mr _ mery , a linen , draper , No . 62 in the road . The other outbreaks were in Albert Place , Tottenham Court Eo * d ; Toolcy Street , Southwark ; Lillington Street , Vauxhall Bridge Road ; and Moor Lane , Cripplegate ; but the damage done at the latter places was very trifling . A Prisoner Shot in an Attempt to Escape . —On Friday afternoon , Dec . 8 th , the court at the . Surrey Sessions received information that one of the prisoners confined iu the Brixton House of Correc . ' tion had attempted to escape , and in so doing was shot by the governor . , It appeared , from what the reporter could glean , that the prisoner had succeeded in climbing the wall , when the governor was ap . prised of it . The latter instantly proceeded to the place , and discovered the prisoner creeping along the top of ; the wall . On his approach he threw down a heavy . stone , ; which struck the governor on his left hand , dislocating one of bis fingers . The latter was armed with ; a loaded blunderbuss , which he fired at the man and shot him in the thigh , when he was immediately captured . Two of the magistrates proceeded to the House of Correction to investigate the affair .
Seizure op an Illicit Distillery . —On Tuesday , Mr D . Celquhoun , supervisor of the Stepney district , and several officers , proceeded to a bouse called Globe Cottage , ' Globe Road , Stepney . Messrs Vanstone and Chaster went to the back to effect an entrance , whilst Messrs Brown and Colquhoun guarded the front . On the former officers making their way to the back door they found a large dog tied up in a manner that he could reach any one approaching the door , and it required considerable stratagem to keep bim from making a noise . ¦ The dog was silenced and the window at length . reached . On pushing aside a cloth which
covered a broken pane , tbey saw two men attending to a large still that was at work . For some time they were not aware of the presence of the o icers , but as soon as they caught sight of tbem , they immediately rose and started off with lightning speed for the other rooms , followed by Vanstone and Chaster , and a policeman . In a few minutes one of the men leaped from the back room window on to a kitchen roof , closely pressed to the windows by the three officers . The man was about leaping from the kitchen-roof to adjoining premises , when be caught sight of Mr Thomas , who had now joined the pursuing party in the yard , and , finding there was no . chance of escape , ' surrendered at discretion / " Having secured this man , Mr Thomas
went so the front to see if any others had been arrested there , just in time to see a man get out of the cellar window and run down the street . He was followed by Messrs Thomas arid Brown , and after running a great distance with a good prospect of escape , his career was suddenly stopped by a dog running between his legs , which brought him with great force to the ground , and he was instantly secured . Two females were also found in the house , and were taken into custody . Upon examining the house subsequently , they found the still ( as above noticed ) , a quantity of spirits , forty over proof , about two gallons of feints , seventy-two under proof , and tbe usual apparatus for carrying on the trade of illicit distillation ;
Suicimj e ? a GuinnsuAN . —On Wednesday , an inquest was held upon the body ef Iaane Phippg , aged 4 . 1 , a private in the 2 nd battalion of the Grenadier Guards , who had out his throat on Tuesday , at the Military Hospital . Deceased had . been twenty-two jean in'the ' re _ iment ,, and was much respected by his comradts . For the last , sixteen years he had been subject to severe attacks of bronchitis , whioh earned hira . the most intenaa . -gony .: The pain whioh he suffered these
UjPOn , occasions was so ' sevara as to deprive him of . all self-control , and he frequently stated that he should prefer ' deatli to such suffering . Mr Brown was immediately called in , and he sewed up the wound , butiobeh ' t > as the unfortunate man upon telMeatcwtion that he > btually tore it open again , and lost a large quantity of blood before , any remedy could be applied . . These facta having been deposeto , the jury found a verdict of' Temporary insanity . '
Fan . Accid _ st to av EmmgtB . —On Tuesday William Lone , aged 42 , of Joseph Street , Limrfhouso , foreman in the employ ef Messrs Miller and Raven , hill , the eminent engineers and government contractors of Brook Street , Ratoliffe , , was killed whilst testing the strength of an oscillating steam cylinder . The Messrs Miller and Rivenhill are extensively engaged in the manufacture of steam machinery for the royal navy . The deceased perssn was foreman of tho engineers , and in the exercise of his duty was super , intending the testing of aa oscillating steam cylinder eighteen inches in diameter , ' whic _ was about to be fitted , to an-engine' of 135 horse power . In experiments of this kind it is usual to apply a much greater jireseure to tbelihder than
. xjy under ordinary ; eireum-¦ tanou it is liable to be exposed to , andin the present instance-a very considerable pressure to the square men was employed . ' . In the course of the operation a wooden plug ,, which was inserted , in the oylinder in order te ; stop a , small aperture immediately opposite thesteam pipe ,, about five inches in diameter , was suddenly forced out by the pressure-employed , lind ehootjDg . with tha wlocity of- a bullet tfrom a steam Mn . struok the ¦ deceased upon the back part of his nead , and , completely , fracturing the skull , OBUsed instantaneous death- After striking the deceased , the plug ft } w . op right through the jardJnto the Jsmiths ' shops , a distance of two hundred yards , fortunately w / tnout meeting with any other person in its course
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CORK . -tax - aire , Vond-y , D « . " . -rTehada thorttonm . of English wheat to-day , and the arrivals havt been on J moderate since last Monday , erring to mtxan winds At first of the mar _« t . _ ood drynaw wheat sold mow ! freel y and rather -e * r « r , hut damp and interior umnlicoatfnued vsry dulL We had raiher more demsnd for r . relgu wheat , at l _ ttw « V » yrfetV Hoar , ef goodanL Hty , wat more inquired after .: Fine malting barlevomi food grinding torts mtt more buyers at folly hut weX > . prices , and fins qualiUet very scarce . Halt dull sale OM beans were taken slowly on rather lower terms but ' fin dry n « w held fornwr prices . Peas very dull , and whit . peat-is . cheaptr . Good fresh oats were scarce , and f . „ out interior nuauties
as uear , nsgleeted . Rye heavy isT , ? Uaseed was dall , and cakes in less demand . Tares _ r « almost nominal : The current prices as under WaSAT .-Essei , Suffolk , andKent , red , 88 s to 52 s -dlt _ i white , 40 s to 56 s ; Lincoln , Norfolk / and Yorffi ^ S « s to 48 s ; Northumberland and Scotch , white , « t to 47 s ; ditto rod , 38 s to 45 s ; Devon and Somersetshire red S 8 s to 48 s ; ditto white , 42 s to Ms ; flour , per sack ( Towni * 4 is to 4 « s ; barley , 35 s to 83 s , Scotch , 24 s to 29 s ; maK ordinary , 52 s toSfis ; fine , 88 s to 60 s ; rye , 38 s to 80 s . peas , hog , 33 s to 35 s t maple , 32 a to 86 s , boilers , new * . 34 s to 36 s ; beans , tick , Sag to 35 s ; pigeon , 82 s to 33 s-Harrow . 26 s to Mt ; oats , feed , 17 s to 21 b ; fine , 23 g to . 249 ; Poland , 18 s to 24 s ; potato , 20 s to 25 t . ¦
Widnesdat , Dec . 13 .-The supplies of graia and flour this week are moderate . We have but little doSo _ on our market ; but holders are firm in their demands for J 4 o _ . day ' s prices . ArriTsls this week :-WJwat , 1 , 280 qrs English ; 3 . 930 qrsloreign . Barley , I . MO qrs English ; 8 , 840 qrs foreU . Oats , 2 , 288 qraEnglish ; i , 7 » 0 foreign , hour , 4 , 38 > sacks ! CATTLE , & c . 8 _ rmu _ D , Monday , Doc . U .-As might he anticipated from the numbers of stock brought forward , and the somewhat unfavourable weather for skughteriDr largely , the beef trade , notwithstanding the largeattenrU ance of both town and country buyers , was exceedinelheavy . . beprimest Scott , Herefords , Devons , _ c , were selling at prices varying 4 s to 4 s 4 d per 8 &« , being fipireS Considerably under those paid kst year . The middling
and inferior breeds moved off slowly ; at comparatively low currencies . Some hundreds of prime beasts were sold for consumption at Bristol , Southampton , Binning , ham , tc . ; hut by far the largest portion of the supplywas taken by the Loudon butchers . Kearly two thou , sand beasts were , we regret to state , turned out unsold . For the best old Down sheep the demand was tolerably steady , at prices about equal to those paid on Monday last , viz ., from 4 s l « d to 5 s per sib *; but nil otber _ ia _ j moved off slowly at barely late currencies . We were fairly supplied with calves . The best veal was in mode , rate request , at full prices . Otherwise , the trade waa In a sluggish state . There was a fair average business doing in pigs ; but we hare no improvement to notice in . prices .
Head of Cattw at S _ nHriEL-, Beasts ... . ... 6 , 9 421 Calves U 4 sheep and Lambs ... 2 t , $ io \ Pigs 209 Price per stone of Bibs ( linking the offal . ) Beef ... 8 s . « . to 4 s . 4 d . | Teal ... 3 s . 6 d . to 4 s . 6 d . Mutton ... 8 0 ... S 0 | Pork ... 8 IS ... 4 s N _ woate and Lsadekhail , Monday , December U ,-. Inferior beef 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d , middling ditto 2 s 6 d to 2 s lOd , prime large 8 s to 3 s 2 d , prime small 2 s 4 d to 3 e Sd , lanm pork 3 s ed to 4 s 4 d , Inferior mutton Ss 2 d to 3 s 4 d , mid , dlinjr ditto Ss Ei to Sa Sd , prime ditto 3 s lOd to 4 a id , veal 3 s 4 d to is 4 d , small pork 4 s 6 d to 4 s 8 d , per Bibs bs the carcase .
PROVISIONS . Lohdok , Monday , Dec , llth . —Ne ehanje oecarred Ui our markets last week . Butter , —Nothing worth notice was done in sales of Irish ; prices quite nominal . Foreign sold slowly at about last quotations . Bacon . —For Irish singed sides there was less demand , the transac . lions accordingly trifling , and prices 2 s per cwt . ' cheaper . Of bale tierce and barrel middles the same may be reported , and of Berwick cut pork a dull sale , and prices reduced , 2 s . to 4 S per cwt . American singed sides sold to a moderate extent , at a decline of Is to 4 s per cwt .
Middles , old , steady in prices and demand . Hams in short supply , and saleable at full prices . Lard no alteration . -HOUSE Butt .-. Dec . 12 . —Every week seems to in . crease tbe g-loom in our market , and prices of all , except the very best , are quite nominal . Our stock of stale but . ter is accumulating , and there is every reason to fear the result of sale wiU show a serious loss to the holder . Tbe very large stock of Irish and foreign butter in this niar-_« t , and the low price at which It is offering , prevents our coming at any other coalcuiion . This mild weather , too , operates much against quality . Best Dorset , 98 s to lQOs per cwt , ; Dorset middling 80 s to S 4 s ; fresh , 10 b to 13 s per dozen .
POTATOES . BoothwAik WAT _ rtsiD _ , Dec . U . —The very raild weather the past week bas caused our trade to bs exceedingly heavy , and with most samples lower prices have been submitted to . The following are this day ' s quotations : — Yorkshire R'geuts , 120 s to 160 s ; Scotch ditto , 110 s to 130 s ; ditto cups , 60 s to 90 s ; ditto reds , 60 s to 80 s ; ditto whites , 66 s to 80 s ; French whites , 85 s to 95 s : Dutch , 508 to 75 a . '
COTTON . Liverpool , Monday — , The cotton market closed with great firmness this afternoon , compared with Friday ' s rates , prices are Ml . The salts , 6 , 000 bales , comprise S , 5 eo American , of which 1 , 000 were taken on speculation , at 3 _ d to 5 Jd ; 100 Maranhatn , at 4 } d ; 250 Egyptian , ^ tot id ; S 00 Surat , at 2 _ d to S . d . COAL . The monthly delivery of coals for November shows that we have received into the port of London 1 , 041 shipj , containing 292 , 417 tons . The trade has been of late quite of a retail character : the supply fully equal to the demand . —Stewart's 18 s ; Eden , 17 s 3 d ; Wylarn , Hs . — Fresh arrivals , o ; left from last day , 31 , — Total , io .
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STATE OF TRADE . Manchesixe , Tuesday . — There has been again an active market this day . Buyers of most kinds ot ' goois , especially , of clotht , manifest a rtaiy disposition to enter into large arrangsments at last week ' s prices . Generally speaking , however , their offers are not accepted . Manufacturers are firmer than ever , and large orders having ; been given out , and there being every proipect of an in . creasing demand , an advance of price is easily obtained . Shippers are all active , and a considerable number of foreign buyers are in the market , who it is expected have law orders to give out . Stocks were never known to be so low , saleable goods being all cleared off ; and as the retailers generally throughout the country have , for a considerable ; time , kept up tbeir stocks as . Iew as possible ,. very extensive orders are confidently ' expected . The American news , received by telegraph , by the Acadia , produced li ' . tlo influence on the market . Thb I » on T _* ok . — The accounts from Glasgow and
particularly from South Wales , are still of a most dispiriting character . Pig iron is quoted free on board in tbe Clyde at 4 is per ton , without buyers , and a writer in a Bristol paper , iromMerthyr , reports that 'the'i ron trade there is in a very depressed state . The staple manufacture ' of this district is selling almost at ruinously low prices , and ramour ( we hope it will not prove true ) has it that we are on the evo of another reduction- ' And again , ho says , 'tho workmen employed at Plymouth iron works received a month ' s notice , on the 25 th ult „ tbat a reduction of ten per cent , would take place in a month . ' Extr-ordinary disclosures also have been made during the week , plainly showing that safes are not only being forced without attention to profit , but , under an unprincipled competition , far below the actus ! cost of production . While it must be acknowledged that these statements aff , » rd a su _ cient cause for dismay , we can however , congratulate ourselves that at present no unusual stagnation has beet felt in this district-indeed
the immediate local demand continue i fully as brisk as usual at tbis season of the year ; and as tbis is the main support of the lesf er manufacturers , who would be unable to continue working to stock during a scarcity of orders , there has yet been little complaint of want of employment . We should , however , scarcely think that the larger houses are so well supplied with orders , as tbey are more dependent upon the export trade , and at this time not only have to contend with the Welsh and SpJcll rivalry , but « la » with a very serious falling off of foreign shipments , as compared with the transactions of previous years . The pig iron trade remains in about the same position , with but little business dolag , prices beiag represented as so ruinous , that , should the decisions of the manufacturers . involve them in a further reduction , tbe deteriorated value of materials would inevitably seal up again a large moiety of the mines at present working , and thus throw -very dangerous portien of the popula . tion out of employment ,
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( From the Ocurstts ot Tuesday , December 12 , ) BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED , John Walton , of Coventry , baker—John Heslop , of Ripoa , spirit merchant . BANKRUPTS . John de Levacte , of 125 , Wood . street , City , shirt maker —William Keys , of 6 , Robert's-place , Commercial-road , East , linen draper—William Trap , of Westminster , mason—Thomas Jfage of White Lion . screet , Spitalneldg * silk manufacturer — John Taft , of Warwick . road ) Pad . diagton , builder-John Parish , 'of Sible Hedingham , Essex , brick maker—Andrew Hewlett , of Abbott ' s Ann Southampton , carpenter-Jtthn Vfildey , of Snenton , Not . tinghamshire—Joseph Stephens , jun ., of Csalbournkrook Staffordshire , glass manufacturer—John Harvey , of Wes ton . super . Maro , Somersetshire , builder-John Marshal ! ,. Reuben Marshall , and James UarshaU , of Rattrick , Yorkshire , fancy manuf aeturers—Edward Davies , ef Newton , Montgomeryshire , flannel manufacturer—Thomas Richardson , of North shields , common brewer .
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS George West , of Burgh-in . the-Marsh , out of business—Epiphras Seage , of Exeter , whitesmith-Jacob Barker , of West Derby , butcher-Joteph Davies , of Liverpool , comffllision agent-John Lillywhlte . ' of New Windsor , outof business—William Sanderson , of Calverley , cloth maker -Joseph Whitfield , iof . 'Calveriej ! , Sloth malcer-James Stocks and William HUdsworth , of Bradford , linen drapers-William Spooner . of Mar __ te , - cn , k _ Thomas Harvey , of Raiusgate , poulterer—W illiam ^ Terry , of Rums-& £ ?' i ™ l ^ ' P -Ri ohard Dev « Bon , of Margate , booking-office keeper-Isaao Line , of West Bromtvicb , wood turner
-Mary Jevons . of Tipton , out of buBlnesBVtT" A l ! pUat ' of , ' al 8 a , '< carpenter - Rowland Davies , Of Shopncwydd Con is , Merionethshire , carpenter ^ wS i mUis ° ' ° 5 . Wa , 8 B " ' wi <>* r-James Hardmnn , ot Walsall . humeM bit maker—Henry Prew , of West Bromwicb , managhrof a grocery w-rehontelTimothy bolt , sen ., of Beverley , owner of a vessel-Mendel Mend . heim , ot Nottingham , dealer in tobacco-James Burton , ot-astwood , butcher-James Taylor , of Nottingham , licensed victualler-Robert Sugden , of Bradford , wo-1-sorter-Jobn Monk , Jan ., of Petersfield , poulterer-Steplien George Smelt . i >( Beverley , shoemaker-Frederick Foreman Glbbs , of Bids ton , commission ageuti
¦ SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION S , JohnHastioy . af Glasgow , ' brass founder-John HanAl . J , of Neilston , Renfrewshire , . sp ' rit dealer-Wlliitin Uilderw opd , of Kilrnarnock-Hug- M'AikiU , of Talllsker , lfue or . Skye , cattlo dealer—George Ruxton , of Leith , oaker -. James Mitchell , of Camlachle , Glasgow , engineer . t ¦ ¦ ¦ -. •' .
Printed By William Rider, Of No. 5, Maocksfielj.. Street M. The Parish Of'st.' Anne ; Wvsi,»In«»»V At
Printed by WILLIAM RIDER , of No . 5 , MaocksfielJ . . street m . the parish of'St . ' Anne ; wvsi , » in «»» V at
The Printing Office, 16, Grei.T Wlndmill...
the Printing Office , 16 , Grei . t Wlndmill-street , Hay . tefhffi £ , . ? ' Bs 4-iW-Vand published sUltan ^ - ' h ^ ? !» - ' •¦ lhc mce > i" the same Street and Parish , —Saturday , December 16 th . > " -
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 16, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16121848/page/8/
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