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from a high authority , he would not compromise thc constitutional demand for Triennial Parlia ments . The right hon . gentleman concluded by moving for leave to bring in a bill . LordD . Stcart said , he had great pleasure in seconding the motion of his right hon . friend . He considered the subject as one of the most important that could be discussed in that House . There were few subjects which had been more frequently discussed , or upon -which more able arguments had heen addressed to thc House ; but it had never been discussed precisely under the same circumstances as at present , and therefore he hoped that , although it had not been carried foracrlv , it would now find favour with the House , and if the House should pass it he was sure it would find favour with the .
people at large . ( Hear . ) He did not know what might be the state of opinion upon this subject in tne saoons and ball-rooms of this metropolis , but he believed that on railroads , omnibuses , and steamhoatS . and III Other public p laces , the opinions would be found prettv unanimous jn its . favour . After rf a iciii" at the ' historical facts of the case , the noble fordReeded toobscrve that though the term of seven vears had been enacted to meet an emer--encr " which had long since passed away , the people Sad never ceased to require short Parliaments . The proposition before the House was not , like the ballot , open to the assertion that it was un-English , for it was known to our laws . If the noble lord at the head of the government only reflected on -what
hsd passed for the last year and a half upon the continent , he would see of what importance it was that the legiditure should be the fair representative ofthe people . One trembled to think what might happen if they were not so . In a moment Louis Philippe losthis throne because the legislature of Trance was but a mockery , a delusion , and a snare . Although the expenses of elections had increased so much under the Septennial Act as to have ruined noble families , he did not advocate the repeal of that statute so much on the grounds of economy , as that it would be impossible to obtain a fair , full , and efficient representation of the people without it . Hon . gentlemen often forgot the promises they made on the hustings , but short parliaments would make them less likclv to neglect or violate their duties
undoubtedly corruption did not exist to such an extent as formerly , but no one could be ignorant of thc immense power possessed over members by the increasing patronage of the government . Some persons urged that short parliaments would interfere with the prerogatives of the crown , but it appeared to him that the theory ofthe exercise of the prerogative was not that the crown should have the means of intimidating parliament when it pleased by the threat of a new election , but that when the crown doubted if parliament represented the people , it might ascertain the fact by a dissolution . He was equally satisfied that short parliaments would not interfere with the influence of the House of Tiords—an institution to which he looked with no
degree of hostility , and which often , he believed , had exercised a ' salutary power on our progress . "With respect to the motion before the House , all those who thought the present duration of parliament too great should vote for it , whether they believed Quinquennial or Annual Parliaments the lest , lie did not know what course government "would take with respect to it ; indeed the noble lord liad altered his opinions so much on this question , that he might be fairly said to have " boxed the compass " upon it . ( Hear . ) First he was in favour of Triennial Parliaments ; when the Jtcform Bill was introduced he expressed himself hi such a way as to hold out an invitation to any independent member to propose such a measure ; then in 1833 thc noble lord opposed the motion of his right hon .
friend in the most violent terms ; in 1831 he gave a silent rote against the proposition ; in 1837 he said he thought the country did not require it ; and last year , when it was made by the Uon . member for Montrose , he declared that , sooner than have Triennial he would have Annual Parliaments . [ Lord J . Russell : But I said I was against both . ] Tcs , iiutthcnoble lord ' s declaration , though he had no doubt it was made in debate , and that thc noble lord -would vote for the longer period , had liad a great effect on xhe country . He appealed , in conclusion , to every Ueformeriii the House to vote for the repeal of the Septennial Act , which had boon demanded by the people for upwards of 100 years , and which had been always understood to form a part of every scheme of reform which had been advocated bv
Chatham , Ktr , Pox , Jlomilly , and Mackintosh ; and -which , while it interfered with no other measure of reform , more than any other secured thc llouse , and tended to promote the happiness of the nation by bringing the legislature into harmonious co-opcraii :=: i with the people . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord J . Russell considered thai the effect of the motion vras to shorten the duration . of parliaments xo three years . In dealing with thc historical part of the subject , he observed that the grievance lUfsiust -which onr ancestors were anxious to provide was lhe suspension of parliaments , and the Triennial Act contained a clause requiring that a parliament should he called within three years . Twenty-one years after the passing of that act , those who had been most histruinenKil in fi-iiniii « r it
coniplainc-1 of its evil effects , which were enumerated m the preamble of the Septennial Act , namely , thc enormous and continual expense to which it subjected the elected , and tiie violent and lasting animosiiies which it en « reudered amongst the electors . The question , therefore , was not merely cue of abstract reasoning and theory , but had been tested by the experience of our ancestors , who had , after a trial , demanded a change of the law . There were oiher considerations of very great weight . If parliaments were triennial , it would be found that much time would be lost through the inexperience of new member . * , and in thc third year there would be an indisposition on the part of the House to decide tipoa g reat questions , wbich mi g ht exert an effect upon a src-neral election ; so that two out of the
three years would be disturbed by these causes . He admitted that the advantages attending the present law would be dearly bought , if thc opinions of thc constituency and of the public did not influence ihe conduct of the members of that House ; bur his opmion was , that since the lteform Act general attention had been paid to the wishes and opinions of the constituency and the public on the part of the representatives , upon whose conduct and votes they had ns much influence as they ought to liave ; for if thc influence were carried to a greater extent , in too many instances members would sacrifice their honest convictions , and defer to the transient passions of their constituents . He disputed thc position that the influence of thc Crown would be ]«? s felt in short parliaments than in long
ones ; and upon the whole he had come to the conclusion that there was no reason why the present law for the duration of parliaments should be disturbed . "Whether , if the question were open , it would be wise to settle six years ( ihc practical ¦ period ) as the precise term for thc duration of parlinisiciits ; it was unnecessary to inquire ; he had ni de thus thought that five years would be better ihaa seven , as a genera ! question ; but he did not think there was any sufficient reason for making a change that would after all merely diminish the term by one year . From 1820 to 1841 , thc average duration of the Parliaments had been less than three years . ( Hear , hear . ) The noble lord concluded in the following genuine Tory style : — 3 Iv rhrht hon . friend remarks that we have a
different duration of parliament from other countries , and that , looidng into other constitutions in Europe , - » rc cannot find any one which provides for a dnraiionof seven years in thc case of a representative assembly , and that five and four years arc the more frequent limits prescribed for thc duration of popular assemblies . With great deference to my right hon . friend , I am not disposed to quarrel with those new constitutions of other countries . T »' e have seen monarchy in Prance overthrown . "Wc have seen the ' advisers of the Crown in that country exposed to violent popular disapprobation , and thc throne itself perish hencaih the rums of that general convulsion . But we have seen , likewise , that- the form of government which has succeeded has not established itself in popular opinion , and thntthosc who ,
with tho most brilliaat talents and thc most unquestionable integrity have declared themselves favourers of the fora of government thus established , lave fallen themselves within these few days under the . displeasurc of the same popular opinion -which overturned the monarchy . "When in other countries we see all government disturbed and broken—cosstitutions roted which are never put in force—constitutions which have long existed overthrown , and cast in the dust—men seeking for some form of govemeent to which ihey can attach themselves—for some leader who is worthy to guide them —I find no fault svith those who , exposed to such storms , are seeking for better forms of political governaient ; the imperfect forms under vvhieh they have long lived may have rendered necessary such straggles—may have awakened doubts—may have made sjjch lamentable contests inevitable ; " tut I rejoice that we ourselves have long ago passed through sech contests * audi for one am not
prepared to imitate any part of those constitutions which I see so little trussed—which are still so uncertain—whkh are still bo little likely to endure . Par from me he the sentiment that it is agreeable to stand on the shore , and see others labouring in the depths , to behold the storm without having any part in the danger 5 but ,, on the other side , when I see that storm rising , when I eee other barks labouring under the effects of the wind and waves , I am not prepared to launch my vessel into the same ocean to be exposed to the same perils . My right Ion . friend must , therefore , excuse me if I am disposed at thisiame , whatever I might be at another , rather to cling io the security and to the advantages we have , than be caught by the prospect beholds out to me , when he tells me that other nations have no laws similar to those which he wishes us to change . I conclude , as I concluded on a former occasion , by opposing my right -hon . friend ' s motion .-I don't think the duration of parliament , as at present fixed , too long . I think that public opinion has avery gitasondasujacient influence oa members
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of this House , and that if you made elections so exceedingly frequent as my right hon . friend proposes , you would lose much on thc ground of public security-much on the ground of habits of bueiiiMs--much on the ground of stability of counsels and due deliberation on measures ; and yonwouM not gam in respect of public liberty , anyth gj 0 countervail the disadvantages I have stated . ( Loud Cb lfr S 'l Ckawi-okd said , that in discussing this ouestlon ' it was right to know what the constitution was—whether that House was to represent the people If that was thc constitution , then this House outfit to be under the control of the people . But the people complained that this House did not fairly represent their wishes and feelings , and one of the
causes why it did not was owing to the duration of parliament . He did not deny that evils might arise and did arise from all forms of government , but the question they had to determine was , whether the public good would be best promoted by keeping the House of Commons under the control ot the people . He maintained that it could not be under their control as long as parliaments continued for seven years . It had been observed that this measure had not excited any popular feeling out of doors . The reason of that was , that this was but ono of a series of measures which thc people believed to be necessary for the amelioration of their condition . The principal of these measures was thc extension ofthe suSrage , which they looked upon as the prime means
of placing the llouse in the position of their real representatives . ( Hear . ) It was said that the frequency of elections would increase the expenses . "What those expenses were he could not tell , unless they were expenses for the purposes of corruption ; and that was one of the reasons why he maintained that parliaments ought to be more frequent , for persons would be less likely to spend much money in corrupt practices when they knew they would be elected for only a short pcrior * . Again , it was said that the representatives of that House should not be under the control of the people . If that was so , then they ought to have recourse to that which was the practice formerly in Ireland—namely , elect thc representatives for life . But that would be the very reverse ofthe constitution . He did not think
that frequent elections would give rise to frequent changes in the persons elected . On the contrary , he believed that those who did their duty would have a better chance of being re-elected than under the present system , ana that greater harmony and good feeling would exist between the representatives and thc represented . ( Hear , hear . ) But he did not think it would be worth while to promote a change , for the purpose of establishing a five years ' duration of parliament . Indeed , he hardly thought it worth while to promote a change for Triennial Parliaments ; but at the same time , as Triennial Parliaments was the principle of the old constitution , he was willing to take tbat step . ( Hear , hear . ) The llouse then divided . The numbers were , —
Por the " motion 46 Against it ... ... 41 Majority ... ... —5 The announcement of the numbers was followed by loud cheers . " The Woukixg Classes . —Mr . Slaxet then moved the appointment of a standing committee , or unpaid commission , to consider and report from time to time on practical measures ( unconnected with political changes ) likely to improve the condition of the working classes , to encourage their' industry , and increase their contentment . He had not to apprehend opposition or contradiction from the House at that moment . What he had rather to dread was , that hon . members would quietly and silently steal forth from that House , and leave him with so small
an audience that he should be counted out . If such were to be his fate , he trusted a good cause would procure for him a hearing on some future occasion . But , if he were permitted to proceed , he should observe that the improvement in the condition ofthe working classes had not kept pace with the improvement in the condition of the more opulent classes . ' With respect to tho peasantry , the parliamentary committees of 1817 and of 1819 reported that abuses prevailed in many of the southern counties . And the same result was shown from the proceedings of tke committee of 1 S 24 on labourers' wages , oyer which the noble lord at the head ofthe government presided . He then referred to the reports of a parliamentary committee of 1830 and a commission of 1 S 33 for additional
evidence of the unsatisfactory and neglected eonditien of theagrieultural labourers , which lie said led them to commit acts of outrage in the southern counties . Then was passed the stringent law of 183-5 , which had slowly effected some improvement in the agricultural districts . Thc evils wliich that hiw was intended to remove had been admitted to exist for twenty years before the remedy was applied . That could not have happened if there had existed some government department whoso duty it would have been to watch over thc condition of the working classes and endeavour io improve it . What now was the condition of an agricultural labourer ? When he attained the age of seventy all he could
hope for was to be able to eke out a miserable existence by means of parochial aid . Thc hon . member then proceeded to thc case of the population of largo towns , of those engaged in manufactures , mines , and railway construction , and read extracts from a report of a parliamentary committee oflS 40 , ofthe Poor Law Commissions of 1843 , of a commission issued under thc government of Sir It .-Peel in 1843 , of the Mining Commission of 1843 , of thc Handloom Weavers Commission of 1841 , ofthe Committee on Railway Labourers in 1846 , and of the Sanitary Commission of 1842 , to show that , as regarded the sanitary , moral and religious condition of those classes , improvement was imperatively demanded .
At this time notice was taken thnt forty members were not present , and the House thereupon was adjourned , at a quarter past eight o ' clock .
THURSDAY , Mat 24 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Navigation Laws . —Thc House went into committee on this bill . Amendments moved by the Earl of Eu-ExnonouGn and Earl TValdegrave having been negatived on a division , by a majority of 13 in ono instance and 12 in the other , Lord Stanley declared , that after what had taken place , and the extraordinary measures resorted to by the government to secure a majority , he would ho longer oppose the further progress of the measure . ' " Lord "WnAnxcLiFFE also withdrew an amendment of which ho had given notice , and the bill went through committee , and is ordered to be reported this day .
Apjoufxmexi of the House . — The Marquis of Laxsdowne gave notice tbat he should move that , at its rising this day , the House do adjourn to Monday , tho 4 th of June . C-i-v-inA . —JJnrl Giiet stated , in answer to Lord Wharncliffc , that it would not be in his power to lay the despatch from the Governor-General of Canada on the table of the House this day . Lord Brougham consequently postponed his motion on thesubject for a fortnight . Their lordships soon after adjourned .
' HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Vote by Ballot . — Mr . Hr . xnv Bekk . ei . et moved for leave to bring in a bill to enable the votes of parliamentary electors to be taken by ballot . After adverting to tho success which his motion had met with last year , ho urged upon the House the propriety of following up its vote on that occasion by now permitting" him to introduce a measure to carry that vote into effect . In support of his proposed measure ho recapitulated the arguments with which he had last session supported his motisn , and quoted Conservative as well as Liberal authorities in support of the ballot . Mr . Joan Williams seconded the motion , illustrating the necessity which existed for the adoption of the ballot , by describing the system of intimidation practised upon tenants by their landlords , upon traders by their customers ^ and upon workmen by their masters .
Mr . Ghaxtlev Berkeley supported this motion , and read a great number of letters from tenants of Lord Fitzhardinge , to show thc intimidation under which they suffered , aud from which the ballot would rescue them . Amongst those who voted for the ballot in 1842 were Sir G . Grey , Captain Berkeley , Lord Marcus Hill , Mr . Tufnell , Admiral Dundas , Mr . Shell , and other occupants of tho Treasury bench . He trusted that the motion would have the support of the same honourable members on this occasion . '
Mi-. Fox supported the motion with reluctance , thinking it unfortunate that a matter which formed but a mere branch of a greater scheme should be brought forward alone , instead of in combination with those other measures which ware all necessary for the purification of our representative system . He trusted , however , that the House , for the sake of its own consistency , would not refuse to rccek . e the Bill . After a few words from Sir Harry Vesset , and from Mr . H . Berkeley in reply , the House divided , and the numbers were—For the motion 85 Against it ... 136 Majority against 51 So the motion was nes-atived .
Goverkmeji 07 . Colonies . —Mr . Roebuck then , in a speech replete with historical details respecting the principles of colonisation , moved for leave tobringin a bill for the better government of certain of her Majesty ' s colonial possessions . Mi-. Hawes followed in reply , slating his reasons for opposing the introduction ofthe measure , which were grounded on no desire to resist a change , when any change should be found necessary , but on the ground of the impracticability of the plan propounded . _ -j Exclusion of Strangers . —Col . Thompson , after * short discussion , at the suggestion of Sir G . Grey , withdrew his motion on thc subject of the exclusion of strangers from the House , the proposition being
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I that the right of exclusion should rest with the ' House , and not with an individual member . TRIENNIAlPARLIAMENTS .-Mr . D'EYNCOURT brought in the bill for shortening the duration of parliaments , which was read a first , and ordered to beread a second time on the 27 th of June . The House then adjourned . ( From our Third Edition of last week . J FRIDAY , May 18 . . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Navigation Laws . —Lord Stanley gave notice tbat he should move such alterations in the bill for abolishing the Navigation Laws now before the House as would change the whole character and principle of the bill . Italian Affairs . —The Marquis of LansdowNE entered into an explanation of his answer to Lord Beaumont on Monday evening last , with respect to the invasion of the dominions of the Pope . Lord Aberdeen followed in a vituperative speech condemnatory of the government with respect to Austria , after which the matter dropped .
Irish Bate is Aid Bill . —The Marquis of LiNSdowne then moved the third reading of the Bill . The Earl of Glengall , in a speech of considerable length , warmly opposed the bill , and after repeating several ofthe objections which have been so often urged against the measure , concluded by moving that the bill be read a third time that day six months . Lord Cremorxe had no hesitation in supporting the bill , and Lord Desart declared his intention of voting for Lord Glesgall ' s amendment . The Earl of Mountcashell had voted against the bill on a former occasion , and felt bound to continue his opposition in its present stage . The Earl of Wickxow and Lord De Ros also spoke against the measure .
After some observations from the Earl of Carlisle in defence of the ministerial policy in introducing this measure , Earl Fitzwilxiam expressed his decided disapprobation of the bill . Their lordships then divided , when the numbers
were— For the third reading 37 Against it ... 29 Majority ... ... —8 HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Mr . W . Smith O'Brien . —Lord J . Russell then moved that the record in the case of W . Smith O'Brien be entered and read . The record was accordingly entered and reid . Lord J . Russell then observed that , by the record just read , it appeared that William Smith O'Brien , a member ef that House , had been convicted of high treason . The course , therefore , which he was about to take was without precedent . In 1715 John Foster , a member of the House , had been taken in arms against the Sovereign , and expelled the House . The same with Mr . Carnegie , whoin ! 716 had also been proved to have been in arms against the government . But thc present case was different from these , in this , that , instead
of at once proceeding to expulsion , the House had waited for the conclusion of the proceedings against the party accused . The House was now apprised , by the record , of the conviction of W . Smith O'Brien of high treason . By the law of Parliament , no person convicted of treason or felony could be a member of the House . By his conviction , W . Smith O'Brien was , in contemplation of law , civilly dead . He believed , therefore , that if he now moved for his expulsion , he would be establishing an improper precedent in a case differing from those in which the House had formerly resorted to such a course . To this conclusion he had come , after consultation with others , amongst whom was the Speaker of the House . What he proposed to do , therefore , was , first to move a resolution to the effect , that it appeared from the record entered that W . Smith O'Brien had been convicted of high treason . Should that resolution be agreed to , he would then move thc issue of a new writ for the
county of Limerick . Sir F . Tiiesiger suggestd that the word attainted should be substituted for convicted , inasmuch as civil death did not necessarily follow from conviction , but from the judgment or attaint . The Attorxey-Gexeral thought it more advisable to pursue a middle course , inasmuch as judgment did not necessarily follow conviction . He , therefore , suggested that the word adjudged should bo substituted for conviction . Thc House then agreed ncm . con . to the resolution , that it appeared that Wm . Smith O'Brien had been adjudged guilty of high treason . Lord Jonx Russell then moved that a new writ be issued for the county of Limerick .
Mr . F . O'CoxxoRsaid , that it had been his intention to move , an amendment , to thc effect that an address be presented by the House to her Majesty , praying her to extend her pardon to Wm . S . O'Brien , He understood , however , that thc relations of that gentleman wished thc matter to be left exclusively in the hands of the government , and he would not carry out his intention . The House tlien resolved itself into committee on the Parliamentary Oaths Bill , when-Mr . < T . O'Coxkell , who had complained in an early part ofthe evening of a report in the Times , " noticed" that " strangers" were in the House . The Chairman immediately ordered the strangers to withdraw , and with them , of course , went the reporters .
In about three hours thc gallery was re-opened , when the llouse was still in committee upon thc Parliamentary Oaths Bill . Some discussion took place \ ipon thc motion of Mr . M'Cullagii , to omit the sixth clause , which provides that the act should not extend to Roman Catholics , nor affect thc Roman Catholic Relief Act . The motion was negatived by 103 against 5-1 . The Defeats in Leases Bill passed through committee ; and the other orders on the paper having been disposed of , the House adjourned , at a quarter to ten o ' clock , until Monday .
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—nifljfaw ii " ' , 11 THE LATEST FOREIGN NEWS . FRANCE . Fabis , Wednesday . —To-day the National Assembly , after a great deal of noise and confusion , proceeded to divide on the motion brought forward yesterday by General Cavaignac , modified by a phrase proposed by MM . Jolly aud Bastidc , to the following effect : — " To take measures necessary to preserve the independence and liberty of nations . " General Cavaignac objected to this addition on thc ground that it wont beyond what he wished or proposed . Thc motion of General Cavaignac was then put and carried par assis et leve . The additional phrase was rejected by a majority of 340 votes to
209 , and finally the ensemble of the order of the day , as proposed by General Cavaignac , was adopted , on a scrutin de division , by a majority of 436 to 1 S 4 . The following is the text of General Cavaignac ' s motion , as finally adopted by thc above division : — " The National Assembly calls thc serious attention of the government to the events and the movements of troops which arc taking place in Europe ; and , pre-occupiod by the danger of that state of things , as well for the welfare ot liberty as for thc interior and exterior interests of tho Republic , it recommends to thc government to take thc measures necessary to protect them energetically , and passes to the order of tho day . "
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THE VICTIMS ON WHIT-MONDAY . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —It gave me pleasure to observe in tlic Star , of Saturday week , another appeal to the Democrats of this country from an Old Chartist of Nottingham on behalf of the victims and their families , in which he states that one halfpenny per week from the Chartists of that county would bo . , more than is subscribed throughout the country . As the Whitsuntide holidays are approaching , I hope an effort will be made by all good men and true to cheer the captives in their dungeons , by not only sympathising with them in their imprisonment , but by a firm resolve henceforth to do what each one has the power to do , always bearing in mind that the widow's mite is as acceptable as others from their abundance . Let every Chartist make a
calculation what he can do by so small . a sum as ono halfpenny . I will take the true and decided Chartists , those who are fully convinced in their minds that the objects sought for in the People ' s Charter are for the benefit of the whole people , at 100 , 000 , and surely it is a small number , when we know that millions have signed a petition for that object ; one hundred thousand persons subscribing one halfpenny per week each , would amount to £ 208 fls . Sd ., and at the end of thc year would amount to £ 10 , 833 , wliich sum , applied to the purchase of tracts and lectures ,- would disseminate our principles in the minds of thousands who havo not begun to think for themselves . My present purpose in addressing you , sir , is that , you may endeavour once more to impress on the minds of the veritable Chartists that it is their duty to make an effort to obtain a sum for the relief of those who are suffering
for their cause ., and I can see no fitter time than on Whit-Monday , The plan I would propose is that cue or more , if the place required it , should take upon himself to collect one penny each from all who arelriends to the . cause , and let the whole be forwarded to the office . ofthe Star immediately . And now , brother Democrats , let the enemies of man-Kind see you are united to support the oppressed , and irmly resolved to emancipate yourselves from the thraldom in which you are held . Show them that you still are true to the cause of justice and humanity by subscribing ' throughout , every citv town , and village , through the length and breadth of the land . Don'tforget it on Whifc-Mondav , and you-will then cheer the hearts ofthe oppressed and make the oppressors tremble . . ' A Chartist or Twelve Tears Abiding . " Barnstaple . -.-- ' .- '
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l ^ oiES TERVICTIM COJLMITTEE T ] ( From the 31 st December , 13 wcome . 1848 . . , « Dec . 31—Manchester , collections ... * ° T r ^
18 * 9- ^ , n io n Jan . 2-Rochdale , per William Bake ... 0 10 0 3-Bury , Mr . Jones J J 0 7—Manchester , collections ... 1 i « Of 8-Higher-lane , Pilkington , per J . Herstwood ... ° ^ 8—Leagh , per James Cook ... 0 7 0 9—Borrowed of Thomas Fildes ... 0 10 0 12—Todmorden , female Chartists .., 10 0 14—M anchester , collections ... 3 3 2 b 15—Ditto , collection in Corn
Exchange , at Mr . Barker ' s Lecture 2 U 10 21—Manchester , collections ... 20 3 * 22—Bacup , per James Wilson ... 0 5 0 28—Manchester , collections ... 2 8 10 Levcnsholm , per John Gaskill 0 2 6 30—John M'Rown ... ... 0 5 0 Chartists of Salford ... ... 0 15 0 Rochdale , per William Bake ... 0 10 0 31 Leeds , per Mr . Brook ... 10 0 Todmorden , Female Chartists 0 5 0 Sutton-in-Ashfield , G . J . Harney 0 13 0
Feb . 4—Manchester , collections ... 3 7 0 J C—Coventry , per George Freeman 0 5 0 11—Manchester , collections ... 2 11 6 Levcnsholm , per John Gaskill 0 2 8 13—Rotherham , per John Turner 10 0 14—Todmorden , per Richard Barker 10 0 Hull , per George Barrett ... 0 4 4 18—Manchester , collections' ... 3 14 li
25—Rochdale , per William Bake 0 10 0 Manchester , collections ... 1 10 ib Mar . 4—Manchester , collections ... 2 13 3 5—Middleton council ... ... 0 ' 6 0 9—Pilkington , per John Herstwood 0 14 7 11—Levinsholm , per John Gaskill 0 3 0 Manchester , collections ... 2 2 4 J 13—Bacup , per James Wilson ... 0 6 0 18—Todmorden , per Richard Barker 0 17 11 Manchester , collections ... 1 18 2 25—Manchester , collections ... 3 4 7 J
" *' Total income 47 5 _ 7 Thomas Ormesher , Secretary .
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3 SUPPORT OP THE KIRKDALE PRISONERS . , to the 27 th of March , 1849 . ) 1849 EXPENDITURE . . £ S . d . Jan . 2—Remitted to Prisoners Post-office Order , and Eig hteen Stamps & I a Mrs . Leach , printing 300 Labels OH 9—Prisoners , Order ... ... 2 10 G Thomas Roberts ' s Family ... v & 0 15—Fifty Collecting Books , 2 Cash Books , and Minute Book ... 0 9 4 16—Thomas Roberts's Family ... 0 2 6 Paid T . Fildes , Borrowed Money 0 10 0 Bad Coin 0 10 Relief to Prisoners'Families ... 16 0
Prisoners , Post-office Order ... 2 10 6 Mr . Barker , Cab Hire from Corn Exchange ... ... 0 16 To Visiting Families ... 0 10 Mrs . Leach , printing 112 double crown Addresses ... ... 1 13 0 23—Bill Posting ... ... 0 2 0 Thomas Roberts ' s Family ... 0 3 6 Prisoners , Post-office Order , and Eighteen Stamps ... 2 1 9 30—Thomas Roberts ' s Family ... 0 3 0 Prisoners , Post-office Order , and Eighteen Stamps ... 2 12 0 Feb . 0—Thomas Roberts ' s Family ... 0 3 G Prisoners , Post-office Order ,
and Eighteen Stamps ... 2 2 0 Cooking Utensils for Prisoners 0 18 1 13—Prisoners , Post-office Order , and twenty-seven stamps ... 2 12 9 Thomas Roberts's Family ... 0 3 6 Twelve Yictim Boxes , to Mr . Willake , at 2 s . 9 d . each ... 1 13 0 20—Prisoners , Post-office Order , and eighteen Stamps ... ... 2 1 9 Thomas Roberts ' s Family ... 0 3 6 27—Prisoners , Post-office Order , and eig hteen Stamps ... 2 12 0 Thomas Roberts ' s Family ... 0 3 6 Mar . ii—Prisoners , Post-office Order , and eighteen Stamps ... 2 19 Thomas Roberts ' s Family ... 0 3 6
11—Prisoners , Post-office Order , and eighteen Stamps ... 2 12 0 Thomas Roberts ' s Family ... 0 3 6 18—Prisoners , Post-office Order , and eighteen Stamps .... 2 1 9 Thomas Roberts's Family ... 0 3 6 27—Prisoners , Post-office Order , and eighteen Stamps ... 2 12 0 ' Thomas Roberts's Family ... 0 3 6 In the late Treasurer ' s hands 2 7 6 To twenty-eight Meetings of the Committee ... ... 18 0 Postage of Letters received by the Secretary 0 0 10 Stamps for the Secretary ... 0 12 10 Stationary ... ... ... 0 5 1 Balance in hand by Auditor ' s account ... ... ' ... 2 19 5 £ 47 5 7 Trrrts : Airvf pCitt-t ? S . A *? rnf fii . *
Address Op The Committee For The Prisone...
ADDRESS OP THE COMMITTEE FOR THE PRISONERS . TO THE CHARTISTS OE GREAT BRITAIN . Wo , the members of the committee elected to protect our friends now incarcerated in Kirkdale Gaol , return ouv sincere thanks to all those who havo tendered their assistance for tho support of our brethren , but Ave are compelled to complain that subscriptions to a sufficient amount are not forwarded for their support in due time , and in accordance with thc demand our brethren have upon us , and the Chartist body in general . AVc have also to complain that some localities have sent private donations to our friends , which has caused a difference amongst them . We , the committee , arc of opinion that i ? any contributions can be spared , it ought to come through thc hands of thc committee , who are determined to support them to the last , if possible . We have Leach , West , White , Donovan , Rankin , Grocott , Clark , and Chadwick , and you will see by oiu- balance sheet that we ai-o no respecters of persons , hut do to one and all alike ; but unless the Chartists generally render us their assistance and that speedily , w e must resign , as wc cannot act witl lout funds , and our friends will have no alternative but to subsist upon tho prison allowance . Should this be the case , thc blame must rest on tho whole body , and not upon us . There now remain nearly seven months for us to struggle on their behalf , and we hope sincerely that this appeal will not be made in vain . We remain , yours in the cause of liberty , Thomas Maddocks , William Dais , Josepu Boom , Francis Maddocks , William Siielmerdine , Treasurer . Thomas Mather , Chairman , Thomas Oumesheb , Secretary . All money orders must be sent and made payable to Thos . Ormesher , 52 , Bridgewater-strcot , Manchester . Manchester Committee Rooms , May 15 th , 1810 .
Condition Of Tiie People. To The Editor ...
CONDITION OF TIIE PEOPLE . TO THE EDITOR OP THE SORTIIEIIS STAR . Sir—In my brief notice last week of tho condition of Glasgow , I endeavoured to be faithful , and studiously guarded against over-colouring the picture . The p oor and degraded inmates of thc houses 1 described , arc not themselves truly sensible of thc wrongs they suffer , the miseries they endure . We are all one family , chained together by common ties of interest and association , but the links arc small and the chain long , and those at tho extremities have a difficulty in seeing each other . Let me illus trato my meaning in my own way . A-workman fully employed is not far removed from tho workman half employed , nor is he at a great distance
from thc small employer . The small employer can find access to the merchant—tho merchant to the extensive manufacturer—the manufacturer to tho lord : but tlic lord cannot associate with or know the half employed man . Society is a sliding-scale , and it sometimes happens that the rich slide downwards and the poor upwards . The extremes , however , seldom meet There are two worlds , although one universe ; and many of those who arc born in the poor world , live and die in their poverty , hunger , and dirt ; and those who live in the rich world only examine thc inhabitants of the poor world through a telescope , as they would the mountains in the moon .
Glasgow lying contiguous to Ireland and thc Highlands , is inundated with Irish and Highland misery . Irish misery , like the cholera , is not confined to any particular locality ; it travels along thc banks of our rivers , and finds a location in our cities . In Manchester we have a district called " Little Ireland , " and almost every city and town has its "Little Ireland . " Our colonics , too , have their "Little Irclands "—large nestlings of tho- downtrodden children of Erin . Thus English , Irish , and Scotch misery are all related , and Irish destitution reduces Scotch and English destitution to its own level . Wo must therefore expect but little relief , so long as Ireland remains the great difficulty ; and thc continuance of the difficulty is destined to make England and Scotland great difficulties also . Tho inhabitants of those islands have therefore one common interest .
I will not repeat scenes of wretchedness too common to be unobserved or unknown to your readers . I am anxious to notice what the folks in tho rich world are doing for the folks in the poor world . First , there are the church building and bible-distributing astronomers ; and I give them credit for good intentions—they are to reform the poor world with bibles , prayers , and grace . The same scheme was tried years ago , in hopes that it would Protestantise Ireland . The Irish got tho bibles—sold or pawned them , in many instances—and experienced booksellers of twenty years' standing know that the
most profitable branch of their business was buying up the Protestant bibles in Dublin and elsewhere , and selling them to their customers in England . Bibles are now low-priced ,-and thc temptation to sell or pawn may not be so great , but the necessities of the poor are greater ; and those who will borrow one halfpenny on a bottle would bless you most heartily for oven a cheap Testament . As for the prayers and the grace , I need say but little . Thc bills of mortality , and the return of annually-increasing pauperism speak out but too unanswerably .
Next come our park and wash-house reformers , for whom I havo much sympathy . They seem to have discovered that man is a material as well as a spiritual being—a discovery which I wish to become more general . I have visited most of their parks . In the forenoon they arc deserted ; in the afternoon you find a few nursery maids , airing the children of the middle classes . In the evening a few warehousemen and clerks , walking hurriedly along . A few groups of shouting schoolboys , playing cricket —not the children ot thc poor , but of the rich . The weary feet of the poor , toilers seldom tread them . They are too far from their dwellings , and they have neither strength , sor habit to walk so far . '
even on Sundays . They « £ e chiefly the youthful and better-paid operatives tbat are to be found within their gates . Our parks are nearly non-eftective . Baths and wash-houses are valuable , to those who have the requisite pence to spare , but arc also non-effec . tive so far as masses of the poor are concerned , B has been well hinted , that human misery is stronger than the " Talc of a Tub . " The cheap literature and mechanic institution philosophers , t : aJ for a special . notice . Many of them are men of . vast resources in intellect and property . They stai't from the profound saving 0 f Bacon :- " Knowledge is power , " a maxim , which 1 hope , few thinking me . n will dispute . They found us with anaristocraticphi' / o : sophy , and they resolved to popularise it by cii-euiatiV ^^ rawes and a cheap
Condition Of Tiie People. To The Editor ...
literature . There was , however , a cold selfishness and haughty " doctrinaire" philosophy distilled through the alembic of the useful- knowledge teachers , which the more intelligent of our working men detested , and the less informed neither knew nor wanted to know . Tho Malthusianism of Brougham had but little in common with the warm heart of a generous parent . Tho mechanic loved his children and hated Malfclms . Prudence and law are very good things in their places , and every wise man practises them daily , but there is a law older and stronger than that taught by the useful knowledge school , and their dry teachings and preachings were uninviting . Our mechanics' institutions arc all " respectable , " arid in this country
respectability is another name for property . If you are poor you may be moral ; and good and wise men may esteem you , that is tho few such who know you , but tho many will pass you by ; even if you be an author of talent , poverty will often be tho pretext of the rich for shunning you . In their shop language they say , " He is a clever fellow , but very poor , " which " simply means , I must not meet him if I can avoid it . I am richer than he , and more " respectable . " Oh , cruel , cold , accursed vanity and pride , you have been a barrier to progress , anil sent not a few of earth's best spirits hence , ere they have reached even the bloom of manhood . This ' ' respectability" has closed tho doors of our mechanics' institutions , and made them middle class Athcnoaums . In thc course of a week ' s stay in Glasgow , I visited a splendid reading room
in the Trongato daily , newspapers and magazines in abundance , admission one penny , but I saw no mechanics there . Shopkeepers , clerks , and monicd men were the constant attendants . Such places do not roach the necessities ofthe people , and the people cannot reach them . Wc have had the cheap literature , tho penny magazine , and tho three-halfpenny journal , yet are wc not saved . What do or what can your halls and lecture rooms do for the starving , depressed and demoralised poor of bur large towns , those colonics of want and death which but few . cnter ? and yet they fatten and flourish at your feet . They gasp for breath and you stuff their mouths with tracts ; they ask for light and you open your rich saloons and tax their windows ; there is a knowledge surely to be found of more worth than your " useful knowledge . "
I pass over numbers of schemes for thc elevation and improvement of tho poor . Each of which may deserve praise for good intentions , and not a few of which are patronised by rich lords , and speechmaking bishops . All these societies may do good in their way , but they seem to me to be totally incommensurate with the evils they try to overcome ; and I confess that 1 havo a horror of a state of society , that aims at nothing more solid than stopgaps and charities . It can be at best a bankruptcy delayed by bills and promises to pay , and is not at all consistent either _ with national security or the highest perfection of individual happiness .
Wo require a government strong enough and willing enough to put an end to this let-alone doctrine that has been practised for so many years . The Irish landlord says , " as a freeman I claim the right of doing with my own as I please , " and he is pleased to turn a hundred families adrift , to starve , beg or die . The result is , the Irish landlord s love of liberty becomes tho source of the misery and slavery of thousands . But the . government cannot interfere . It is not thc province of government to do so . What a miserable beggarly tiling is this that wo call government . If tiie government want money , society must pay it ; if government make laws , society must be ruled by thorn ; but if society require amendment , government , cannot take the initiative .
Our workmen require homes , good clean places of rest and enjoyment—a sweet word is home , but how few know or feel its full worth . It is home and home associations that keep alive a love of country and of rectitude . The dens and barracks of our poor are not homes , they are hiding places , to be loathed and shunned even by their unfortunate inmates , and hence it is that the g in-shop and tap-room are preferred . The owner of those hovels pockets his wretched money , and what cares he who live or who die , who drink or who are sober , God and the Devil arc all one to him , if his rent be paid . Our workmen , too , require the opportunity which every man ought to have , of earning his bread bv tho sweat of his brow . Labour is natural and honourable ; but men , now-a-days , cannot live by labour . The labourer begs for ' leave to toil , and steals , or dies , when he cannot find employment , tree trade and cheap corn mend matters but very little indeed labour
; cheap and cheat neighbours neutralise even the expected trifling relief , that some but too fondly anticipated from such measures . Ihe condition of the people will not bo remedied hastily or easily , but man must be roused to thought on the subject . We have been fiddling with Rome in flames too long . Our speech-making parliament and pompous parish authorities have not governed too wisely . Our mathematical sneerers have had too much influence , We require more of heart and head than wc have yet had . All honest and true men must speak out , and leave the makeshifts and smattcrcrsin the roar . If society be not moved government will remain in statu quo , taxing ana talking , pensioning and killing , as of yore . To day A flatterer , to-morrow a tyrant . I do not wish to dogmatise , and submit that the condition of our large towns—ay , and small ones too-ealls for immediate attention . Samuel Kydd .
Pulht Personality. —A Curious Incident R...
Pulht Personality . —A curious incident recently occurred at the Old Church , Calcutta , during Divine Service . The night was a wet one , and there was but a scanty congregation . Among those assembled , however , was a jolly tar , who no doubt either thought a church a very justifiable retreat from the rain , or intentionally went there to be benefitted . While the Rev . Henry Thomas was preaching and expatiating on the duties of good soldiers , Jack listened attentively till the rev . gentleman had ended when , starting up , and holding forth his hand in a deprecating attitude , no doubt to arrest attention he cxckimed "And what do you say for the saUors -do they not do their duty ? " The blond ™ ZS
i ^ mmm sSsSaF ^ -B-rf bnmilinl ? i ^ of - * - Sw « remarks how the W , S ?" bIlC Snoak int 0 Westminster Abbey a-s broke * 5 l 7 ^ ? tllC bw * -dW # » Ww oKer s instead of a Poet s-corner .
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Hasmngdex.—On Sunday Last Mrs. Theobald ...
Hasmngdex . —On Sunday last Mrs . Theobald , of Derby , delivered a lecture on the Rights of Man and the People ' s Charter , in the Chartist room wliich gave unbounded satisfaction to an overflowing assembly . Nottingham . —At a meeting of delegates held at the Seven Stars , it was unanimously resolved : — " That this meeting will redouble their exertions for the overthrow of despotism , and arc determined to agitate for each and all of the principles contained in the document called ' The People ' * Charter , ' and further to support the Government-made victims to the uttermost of our power , and call upon the localities to declare their intentions whether they will act with the Democratic body generally or not . " " That we meet every Sundav , at three o ' clock , at the Seven Stars , Barker-gate , where all the localities are requested to send delegates . "
Sheffield . —The Chartists held a meeting on Sunday last , in the Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Queen-street ; Mr . John Taylor in thc chair ; when , in consequence ofthe progress of Democracy on tho Continent , and deeming the present a proper time for renewing the agitation for the Charter , it was resolved , "To hold a series of meetings for that purpose , due notice of which will be given . " Birmingham . —On Monday week a public meetingwas held in the Public Office for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature for a full representation of the people , as embodied in thc People's Charter ; Mr . Goodwin in tlic chair . Resolutions and the
petition were moved , seconded and supported by Messsrs . Dalzell , Ward , Connor , Blaxland , Iliggins , Brewster , Rev . A . G . 0 ' . Neil , and Councillor Baldwin . The petition was signed by the Chairman , and forwarded to G . F . Muntz , Esq ., M . P ., for presentation to the House of Commons . Birmingham . —A public meeting was held on Sunday evening , in the People ' s Hall , Mr . Dalzics in the chair , when Mr . Ward delivered an excellent address on " Passing Events , " which gave evident satisfaction ; after which , Mr . Goodwin read two letters from the members of the borough , pledging themselves to support the Chartist petition to their
utmost . Carlisle . —A meeting of the members was held at jSo . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate , at which the following resolution was passed : — " That this meeting do adjourn until Sunday , June 3 rd , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , and that steps be taken to summons the members to attend , to decide upon the best mode of putting in force the resolution passed by the Conference at Birmingham , respecting members in arrears . " Edinburgh . — A public meeting was held on Monday evening in the Rev . William Rcid ' s Church , Lothian-road , for thc purpose of adopting the petition for the People's Charter . Mr . Menzies iu the chair . Thc meeting was addressed bv the Rev . Mr . Duneanson , the Rev . Mr . Shaen , and Mr . S . Kydd , and the petition and other resolutions were carried unanimously . At the conclusion Mr .
Muirhead moved the following resolution , and that an address be drawn up in accordance with its tenor , and transmitted to the proper quarter : — " That we congratulate the Roman people upon their enlarged views of civil and religions freedom , and in having secured an Assembly of representatives chosen by Universal Suffrage , " we rejoice that they have boldly , determinedly , and irrevocably willed ; that no priestl y power should ev . cr interfere with their political rights . " The motion was carried unanimously , and the following gentlemen were appointed to draw up the address : Mr . Menzics , Mr . Musket , Mi-. Muirhead , Mr . Burkctt . After thanks had been moved to the managers for the use of the church , and to tho chairman for his conduct , tho meeting adjourned . Bristol . —A public mooting was held in Aldin ' scourt chapel on Wednesday evening , when the Chartist petition and other resolutions were adopted .
Iftat-Setg. &C
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CORN . AI . lbk-la . ve , Monday , May 21 . —There was a small show of wheat samples from the near counties this morning , and the stands were partially cleared by the millers at Is under last Monday ' s nriees . Of foreign wheat and flour we had a good supply ; the former sold iu retail Is cheaper , and thc latter , unless of finest quality , went off very slowly . Grinding barley meets with buyers " at previous rates ; but : malting in less demand . Jleans scarce , ami held at higher prices , l'eas finite as dear . Kyo firm . The arrivals of oats , principally foreign , were moderate : sellers consequently asked rather more moncv ; but at last week ' s prices there was a £ ood sale . Linseed Cakes unaltered . Wedsesdav , May -J 8 . —We are fairly supplied with grain Has week , and the weather being favourable for the growing cvojis , our trade Is very heavy to-day . Prices without variation .
BREAD . The prices of ivheaten broad in tho metropolis are fron id to 7 id ; of household ditto , 5 . U 1 to Gkl per Jibs loaf .
CATTLE . Sjirrnni-LD , Monday , May 21 . —The arrivals of beasts fresh up for our market this morning were seasonal )! v good , and , for the most part , of excellent quality . Notwithstanding that the attendance of buyers was somewhat extensive , the beef trade , owing to the unfavourable state ofthe weather for slaughtering , was in a very sluggish state , at barely Friday ' s decline in tho quotations . The primest Scots were selling at from 3 s Gd to 8 s Sd per Slbs—thc latter being an extreme figure . The numbers of sheep were considerably on the increase ; hence , all breeds were very dull in sal J , and prices ruled quite id per Slbs beneath those realised i , n this day so ' nnight . The primest old downs sold at •¦ in 10 : 1 per Slbs . Lambs , the supply of which was good , sold heavily , and the quotations were 2 d per Sibs lower , i ' riees ruled from 4 s Sd to Os per Slbs . The supply of sheep ami lambs from the Isle of Wight comprised " W 4 head . In calves very littic business was transacted , ami late etirrtncies were not supported . The pork trade was heavv , and last week ' s prices were barely maintained .
Head op Cattle at Smithfield . Beasts ., ,. 3 , 300 i Calves ., ,. 171 Sheep .. .. 25 , 070 1 Pigs ai'l Privc per stone of Slbs . ( sinking the offal ) Beef .. % 2 s U to 3 s Sd I Veal .. 3 s Cd to Is 2 d Mutton .. 3 s 2 d .. 8 s lOd 1 Pork .. 32 .. > Lamb .. .. 4 s 8 d to Cs Od . Per Slbs . by thc carcase . Xewcatg As-d Lkadesiiam ., Monday , May 21 . —Inferiw biof , 2 s ; 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling : ditto , 2 s Gd to 2 s 8 d ; prime large , 2 s WdtoSsOd ; prime small , 3 s 0 dto 3 s 2 d ; lyrire pork , 3 s 2 d to 3 s Gd ; inferior mutton , 2 s 8 d to 3 s oil : middling ditto , 3 s ad to 3 s Od ; prime ditto , 3 s Sd to 3 s I'M ; veal , Ss 2 rt to -Is Od ; small pork , 3 s 3 d to Is 2 d ; litinb , 4 s lOdtoaslOd . ' ¦
PROVISIONS . London-, Monday— "Without animation in markets , business in the past week was slow and limited . Of butter n , ithing worth notice was done in old Irish . Thc arrivals ot new , consisting mostly of Limerick and of Cork low qualities , were nearly all cleared oil '; the former at 7- ' s to 7-is for hvsts , the latter at Ms for thirds ; y-ls to DGs lor fourth ? , and 43 s to 45 s per owt for fifths . Foreign was not fredj dealt in , and for the best prices declined t ; s to Ss per cwr . —Uacon . —There was no activity in the demand for IrMi or American singed sides , aud the transactions according were ot a moderate character , at steady prices . Middles , hams , and lard presented no material change iu value ot demand . a
English Berrat Maivkct , Mr \ v 21 . —Ouv trade rules very dull , and prices slill present ii downward tenrtem-v ; Hie plentiful supply of foreign butter , at twenty-live per w . « under the rates of last year , now operates much again ; : the sale ot English , which will occasion manv of our west country dairymen to hold back their future make , althoir . 'li this course presents a poor prospect , as the article will be worth less when \ nuie stale than if sent us in a fresh st : iio . Dorset , hue weekly , 80 s to S 4 s per cwt ; ditto , liiidilliiw- ' j ••• "stc-vus ; fresh Buckinghamshire , 'Js to lis per dozen ditto West country , 7 s to 10 s
POTATOES . Southwark Waterside , May 21 . —The continental arrivals continue to be more than equal to the demand , wliicli has been heavy the past week , and with some samp ' ros lower prices have been submitted to . The lblloiviii ! . 'a « this day ' s quotations : — -Yorkshire Regents . - . ' Oils to i- ' " fecotch . ditto , 140 s to 130 s ; Ditto Whites , ' Ms to l '' t ); French A \ lutes , S'Js to OUs ; Belgian 80 s to 90 s ; Dutch , SOstolflOs . ' ° '
COAL . London - , Monday , May 21 . —Thc market vcit heavy , with little doing . Left from last dav , 21 ) : fresh arrivals , 0 >' . Total , 97 . ( Price of coals per ton at thc close ofthe market . ) East Adairs Main , lis Gd ; Holywell Main , 13 s Gd to 13 s Oil ; Ord ' s Kedheugh , 12 s ; ltavunsworth West Hartley 13 s Gd ; Taniield Moor , 13 s ; Townley , 12 s Gd . Wall ' send : —Brown ' s li ' s 9 d ; Bcwicke : and Co ., 14 s ; ( ribson , 13 s 3 d ; Hilda , 13 s 3 d ; Hcdlcy , 18 s l ) d ; Percy , 13 s ud ; Eden Main , 15 s ; Belmont , 10 s Sd ; BraiUVyil's Helton , 10 s ; Dell , 14 s Gd ; Helton , l « s Gd ; Haswell , 10 s Ml ; Lainbtoii los ; Pemberton , 13 s l ) d ; Whitwell , lus Curador , 15 s Gd ; Hartlepool , lCs Gd ; Hough Hall , 14 s Gd Bishop ' s lees , Hs Od ; Cowndon Tees , 14 s Cd ; Denison , 14 s ; Scy-T ^ uTn' , i 9 ( l ¦ < Tee 3 M 5 Wcst Cornfoftli , Us «'•' Uestlletton 14 s lid ; Oowpen Hartley , 14 s Cd ; Grangemouth , l . s Gd ; Nixon ' s Merthyr , 2 Us Gd ; W . Ii . Elgin , lift
WOOL . City , Monday May 21 . —The imports of wool into London ast week included 1 , 301 bales from South Australia . ** trom Odessa ,. 2 Gu li-om Spain , 10 i > from the Cape of OuoU Ilope , and a few from Ital y . The public sales of wool are progressing favourabl y at the Hall of Commerce , aud h'S P ™«^ teen realised , in some instances . Liveupool , May 111 . — Scotch . —There has been rathu more inquiry for laid Highland this week , but as it 1 « 1 « ° _ little business we suppose information was what * u » wanted . White Highland is notQuiredI for ? Good Cheviot is still wanted , and commands full prices . « ( 1 s . a . J * * Highland Wool , per 241 b 5 .. G 9 to 7 9 White Hi ghland do . .. .. 9 G 10 ° Laid Crossed do ., unwashed .. 3 9 I'M Do . do ., washed 0 0 32 *» Do . Cheviot do ., unwashed .. 0 G 1- f . Do . do ., washed 13 G 1 < » White Cheviot do . do 20 0 -- b Import for the week .. .. S " A bag * . Previouslythisyear .. .. 3 , 340 b : ig » -
Death. . Died A Few Da Ys Ago, At Rochda...
DEATH . . Died a few da ys ago , at Rochdale , Beth- Hafgi'aVeS' , ' was a good wife , a kind nei ghbour , and a sterling ^" crat . She died respected by all who knew her .
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efface , 16 , Great Windmill-street , IlaymarUct , i ' '''\ -0 H , of Westminster , for tho Proprietor , FK A KGVS O W > £ at - Esq . M . P ., and published bv the said Wkwam « S pvi the Office , in the same stmt aud parish-w * May ' . 'Gth . 1840 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 26, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26051849/page/8/
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