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, r . THE SALT-HILL MURDER . BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN TAWEL 1 . " The convict John Tawell was born in 1784 , and was the second son of Thomas Tawell , who for a considerable number of years kept a general shop m fiic parish of Aldebv , a village in Norfolk , about six Wles & om Beetles . * In this quiet and secluded villagethe subject of this menioirwas born , and spent much of his childhood and early youth . He received & plain and useful education , such as would serve the pursuits of trade for which he was intended , at the Tillage-school , over which a Mr . Shreeve , an unpretending but really well-informed man , then presided . At this school Jolsu Tawdl contiauedfor about seven tears , and became a proficient in the humble sciences yrhitZi constituted the amount of his teacher's professional stores , 'i lie intervals of school duties were , as he advanced ia years , occupied in assisting his father in tlie shon . with a view tn nnmnni . h ™ fi « -
taking his jhea behind the counter of some more extensive ;? ader , to whom bis services mi g ht be ocsiraiilc , and who would deem them an equivalent for supplying him . with food , and training him for the duties of a grocer's or draper ' s shopman , a post which his unambitious parent had already determined hesuouldfilL . In conformity with this purpose , John Tawelli about the year 1798 , entered the service of a widow ( one of the Society of Friends ) who kept a general shop in the village of Pakefield , near Lowestoft , in Suffolk . In this situation he remained about five years ; and by the activity and industry of his life , and the strict decorum of his habits , lie gained the confidence of his employer and the respect of her
customers , who were chiefly the inhabitants of that and the adjacent villages . It was here that Tawell was induced to attach himself to the views , aud to adopt the garb , the phraseology , and the other general characteristics of tbe Society of Friends , of which , as \ re have said , his mistress was a member . It may here be mentioned , that while in this situation Tawell formed a rather close intimacy with Joseph Hunton , the Quaker linen-draper , who in 182 S was executed at Newgate for forgery . At that time Hunton resided at Yarmouth ; Tawell went occasionally there on husiaess for his employer , and also on " first days " often went thither for the purpose of attending worship in the Friends' meeting-house in that town . The young men"frequently met , and thus an intimacy
sprung up between two persons whose subsequent career in vice , though somewhat varied as to the character of their respective crimes , afterwards procured for both an undesirable notoriety , and an ignominious death on the scaffold . Hunton was detected and executed after Tawell had been transported for an offence of the same class . As Hunton was known to have been long engaged in the practice of forging and negotiating forged bills of exchange , whieh , as they became due , he paid with the proceeds of other forgeries , it is by no means improbable that Taweli ' s intimacy with Hunton , which he continued after his arrival in London , might have gradually undermined his moral principles , and suggested the idea of forgery as the means of raising pecuniary
strophes . Hunton had married a Quaker lady of Yarmouth , of highly respectable connexions there ; and at the time of his apprehension for the forgery for which he was executed , and for some years previously , had been in business as a linen-draper in Norton Folgate . On Taweli ' s return fromSydnev he inquired after his old acquaintance , Hunton " , and , on being informed of his fate , expressed much svmpathy . To return to our narrative of Tawell—whom we left at Pakefield , the industrious and respected assistant in the widow ' s shop . In the latter part of 1803 , or beginning of 1304 , Tawell entered the great me- j tropolis , bringing with him letters of introduction to some of the Society of Friends from their Suffolk connexions . These speedily procured for him a
situation with a member of their own community , a Afr . Janson , the proprietor of an extensive linendrapery establishment in "Whitechapel . It was here that Tawell met with the young woman whom he afterwards married ; but under circumstances which tended to diminish the respect he had acquired by Ms previously correct morals . In short , it was discovered that this young woman , a housemaid in the family of his employer , was eneeinte , and by John Tawell . The scandal thus brought oa the cloth was hushed np by a marriage between the erring pair—a union whieh was forced upon Tawell by the influence of his employer . The turpitude of this offence against moras was considerably increased by the fact , that Tawell was at the time carrying on a correspondence , with a view to marriage , with a young person of a respectable Quaker family at Yarmouth , with whom he had become intimate when a resident In that county . An intimacy which had commenced in
imprudence , and an union which , on his part , was rather the result of necessitv than of choice , was not likely to produce much of that felicity of which marriage was designed to be the source , and will be , when affection is the basis , and virtuous confidence in each other the self-supplying spring . Tawell and his wife ¦ were unhappy . By his unfortunate and guilty intimacy with her he had lost caste among the Friends , and by his marriage had been , of course , deprived of the advantages which an union with the Yarmouth lady would have been likely to secure . These consequences—though caused by his own folly , by a process of reasoning but too general under similar circumstances—Tawell attributed to his wife , and visitcd ^ them upon her by neglect , and by yet more positive Indications of unkindness and dislike . The issue of this marriage was two sons , to whom reference has been made in accounts which have been already published .
On leaving Air . Janson ' s establishment , which he did soon after his marriage , Tawell obtained temporary employment in his own business . Being intelligent , active , aud enterprising , he naturally sought tor some pursuit more profitable in its remuneration , and better suited to his taste . At length he was recommended to Mr . Marsden , the bead of an extensive wholesale drug and patent-medicine establishment in the neighbourhood of Queen-street , Cheapside . He was engaged to travel for the house , and evinced so much activity and business tact , combined with devoted seal to Hie interests of his employers , that he Was highly prized by them as an efficient and trustworthy representative . During all this time Tawell retained his preference for the peculiarities of the
sect with which he had been early associated , and was known on the road as "the Quaker traveller "an appellation by which he is still remembered by the few who remain of those who were wont to meet him at the commercial inns on the journeys he undertook . While in Mr . Marsden ' s employ , Tawell is supposed to have acquired that knowledge of drugs , their properties , aud uses , and the mode of preparing them for medicinal purposes , which he subsequently turned to good account in Sydney ; and which subsequently suggested the idea of using prussic acid to destroy the life of the unfortunate woman whom he murdered . Tawell continued in this situation about seven years , and was again rising into respect . The recollection of Ms faux pas at Mr . Janson ' s was fast
passing away from those who had the most reason to be annoyed by its occurrence ; by others it was regarded as a venial offence , for which his subsequent marriage with the woman had compensated . As an intelligent and pushing man of business , the confidential representative of a first-rate commercial house , Tawell was deserving of the respect in which he was held by those with whom he was brought into intercourse ; andever ^ hmg secmedtobeproceeding , month after month , in a way at once satisfactcrv to his employers and advantageousto himself . At length file forgery on the Uxbridge Bank—the particulars of which were , to a considerable extent , suppressed at the time of its detection , but which the Globe recently supplied from a communication by a party who
knew all the circumstances at the time—burst upon the connections of TawelL and produced astonishment , that one in whom so much confidence had been placed should have been induced to embark in a scheme , iue failure and detection of which involved not merely tbe loss of character , but , at that time , the forfeiture of life . Having a forged Bank of England note in his possession at the time of his apprehension on the more serious charge—although there is reason to believe he had no guilty knowledge of its character—it was used as the means of procuring his escape from the consequences of the capital offence he had actually committed . The benevolent bankers { who were Quakers ) were thus relieved from the necessity of prosecuting ; the Bank of England took
up the case of the forged note on their establishment ; Tawell pleaded guilty by arrangement , and in 1 { $ 4 was sent , a convict , to Sydney , I .: that colony Tawell arrived in 1815 . Here his knowledge of drags immediately availed him . Instead of being assigned to a settler , and sent up the country , 1 he was retained in the service of Government , as one of the assistants in the convict hospital at Sydney . In this situation he continued rather Eiore than three years . His intelligence , assiduity , aud carefulness here also acquired for him the favourable regards of his superiors , and by their recommendation , the Governor , Major-General Macquarrie , first granted him a ticket of leave , and shortly afterward * an emancipation ticket . Aided by somo friends he had made among the officials in the colonv . Tawell
first commenced business in a small shop in Hunterstreet , Sydney ; and , meeting with encouragement , subsequently removed to more commodious premises in PitfcBtreet Theshojibemglarge / andhavingtwo spacious windows , one side was appropriated to drugs and chemicals , and the other was fitted up as a grocery store . Hero Tawell rapidly grew rich . He eniuaraed m the shipping trade-, engaged in oilspecuhuisis j and wassuccessml in all . The report of his H ^^^ H ^^ V His - wiffwithher a £ & v ? ^ 1 *«*•*«» tan . Votwith-| ^ -i ng hw changed ciraanstances , aha had been . ^ r , ^ ysonity and want ; and at length obtained tienuS tiS ? * jerwtade in the family of a geh-^^^^^ ABaS - ^^ ^^ ndher eoiwtSh ?^ p raised to provide her l ?* ^ r » as obtained for her and them . They
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embarked and arrived at Sydney m 1824—no very welcome visitants to Tawell , who had formed one of those female connexions which are more consistent withconvenience than sanctioned by morality . Tawell made the best of the matter . The house-keeper was provided for , and Mrs . Tawell was installed mistress of the house ; the sons were furnished with employment ; and , to do Tawell justice , he provided them with the necessary instructors , and thus gave them the means of preparing for a respectable station in society . During his early residence in the colony Taweli ' s father diedi and when his circumstances improved , and he was acquainted with the fact that his mother required aid , hercgularly remitted money to England for the relief of her necessities until her
death . ; . Having accumulated a large amount ot weaUh—at least between £ 30 , 000 and £ 40 , 000-Tawell determined on returning to Ms native country , from which he had been absent more than sixteen years . Upon his arrival in London in 1831 , he , with his family , first resided in a house in Great Prcscot-strcet , Whitechapel j thence he removed to Trinity-square , Southwark , where he domiciled his wife and sons ; but some affairs in Sydney requiring his personal attention , and having an opportunity of embarking with a prospectof profit , a sum in the purchase of goods which he knew would meet with a ready sale in the Sydney markets , he set sail thither with a valuable cargo . By this speculation Tawell is said to have
realised between £ 4 , 000 and £ 5 , 000 . He returned home , having settled the business for which he undertook the voyage . Success in this undertaking induced Tawell to engage in another of a yet more extensive kind , and to embark once more for thesccneofhis success . On this occasion he took with him his wife and sons ; the elder of whom , having completed his medical studies , he established in business in Sydney as a surgeon and apothecary , where , having first married , and after three or four years' residence , he subsequently died . The death of this son deeply affected Tawell . He again determined on returning to England ; and on his arrival took the house in Bridge-street , Southwark , so frequently alluded to on his trial , as that in which Sarah Hart was engaged
to nurse Mrs . Tawell in her last illness , and where thatguilty intercourse sprang up between the voung nurse and her master , which ultimately issued in her murder by her betrayer . Here Tawell assumed yet more strictly Lis characteristic preference for Quaker society , and employed hia increased wealth in works of benevolence . As though he sought to hide from himself the criminality of the illicit intercourse he was now indulging with Sarah Hart , who had become pregnant by mm , and remained with him in his house until her altered appearance betrayed the fact he would have fain concealed , Tawell was constant
in his attendance on public worship at the Friends meeting-house , and subscribed liberally to schools and other benevolent objects . We have heard , from a credible source , that to one school , connected with a Dissenting chapel in the Borough-road , he subscribed not less than £ 30 annually . He at length left the house in Bridge-street , and lived in retirement in the neighbourhood of Croydon , visiting Sarah Hart at different places where he had placed her in seclusion : at the same time paying his court most assiduously to the excellent but ill-fated lady who , unfortunately for herself , at length consented to become his wife .
TVe have reason to believe that Tawell will make no verbal confession of his guilt . It is , however , satisfactory to know that he does not deny the perpetration of the crime for which he is condemned . In such a case silence is a tacit admission , as satisfactory as an avowal , however explicit . It is also stated , on the authority of one who has been admitted to an interview with Mm , that it is probable that the wretched man will leave behind him in writing a full account of every circumstance connected with the murder , including other incidents of his chequered life . —Globe . AxhESBUKT , MOJfDAT EvE . VUfO .
2 fo change has taken place in the conduct of John Tawell . It is possible , if not probable , that he is buoyed up by some latent hope of a commutation of his sentence . Great exertions are made in his behalf , with a view of obtaining what is termed a " review " of the medical evidence wMch so materially assisted in procuring his conviction . Letters of advice and encouragement pour in from all quarters , both to the prisoner and to Mrs . Tawell , at Bcrkbampstead . The petition got up in this town on behalf of all persons condemned to death was signed by 164 persons . A tradesman of Aylesbury ( who set it on foot ) took it to London this morning , for the purpose of presented it to the Home Secretary , Sir James Graham having informed Lord Nugent that he could not receive it privately .
An answer to this petition was returned on Tuesday , in which Sir James Graham states that he can see no sufficient reason to interfere with the sentence passed upon the prisoner . Mrs . Tawell and his danghter , and the brother of the prisoner , visited him to-day , and remained with him for upwards of two hours . Mrs . Tawell has at present determined upon seeing him again on Wednesday next for the last time . Their self-command before , upon , and immediately after such occasions , is extraordinary . Out of consideration for the feelings of the family of this wretched man , it may be as well to give an authentic aud authorised contradiction to many of the false reports which have been
promulgated concerning him , and to which wc have before alluded . He never had a partner of any kind , nor did he ever come into possession of property through the sudden death of another person . His first wife was five months on a bed of sickness , during wluch time she was attended by Dr . Elliotson and other medical gentlemen , and she died ofa pulmonary complaint . His eldest son was laid up five months , and his second son nine months , with a similar complaint , of which they both died , the former at Totteridge . Tawell is a Norfolk man ; his grandfather was High-Sheriff of Norwich . He has never attended divine service once during his confinement . Tawell has settled £ 15 a year upon each of the children of the murdered woman .
Atlesbubv , Tuesday Evesvso . Tawell continues to receive communications upon the medical testimony which was brought against him . Immediately after Ms execution a full exposition of that subject will appear . Dr . Letheby is industriously engaged upon the disputed points . The convict ' s brother and Mr . Alfred King , one of his professional advisers , are all who have visited him to-day . A statement which appeared in a Sunday paper , that the magistrates had spent two days in doliberating in what dress the prisoner should bo executed , is entirely unfounded . The facts are these , — that the visiting magistrates met on Tuesday , the 18 th inst ., and immediately and unanimously deter * mined that the unfortunate culprit should have every indulgence granted to him for his short r emaining period of life , and that he should not be compelled to wear the prison dress ; and hence the misrepresentation ofa dress to be hanged in .
Aylesuubt , Wednesday Evening . In the course of yesterday evening it was intimated to the condemned man , John Tawell , that the final event was close at hand . Upon being ! told that he might regard the remaining interim between Mmself and eternity more as hours than days , he seemed somewhat shocked , and an exclamation escaped him . Yet he did not inquire the precise day . There can be no doubt but that lie clings to life in some degree , notwithstanding the resignation which he evinces . This morning the culprit ' s wife and her daughter , Miss Cutforth , together with the brother , Mr . W . Tawell , arrived to take their final farewell- The prisoner had prepared several memoranda for his wife . His wishes were committed to paper with
greatmethod and accuracy . Minute commissions were set down , and various small and outstanding accounts were mentioned . There is a chapel at Sydney upon which he has laid out £ 700 or £ 800 , and to this he had given much attention . He at one time resolved upon making this property a present to the Society or Friends ; but he has now determined that they shall only use it rent free for a certain period , and upon condition of their keeping it in repair . This and other matters were all adjusted , and having mentioned a trifling debt or two , ho congratulated himself upon not owing a penny , and remarked that if anything further should come across his mind he would commit it to paper . Upon this , as upon all former occasions , he never alluded to his crimes , nor in any of the numerous and long epistles which he has addressed to his wife , and to others of his family , has he mentioned the circumstances of the
murder . The subject is one which he has always avoided . When pressed to reveal all that he knew concerning it , he always answered , " I am not prepared—I am not prepared , " at the same time leaving an impression that something in Qui way of an explanation or confession would ultimately appear . The latter part of the visit of Mrs . Tawell was spent in devotion . Her husband prayed earnestly and eloquently . Miss Cutforth was deeply affected , and wept nearly all the time . Mrs . Tawell was reluctant to abandon all hope or intention of seeing him again , having some vague expectation of a favourable communication froni certain personages to whom petitions have been sent . This evening Tawell will be informed by the chaplain that Friday morning ends his eartMy " career . Independently of any confession of the murder , some extraordinary disclosures will be made relatinsr to the fate of John Tawell .
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Fataii Accident . —Oh Good Friday afternoon , while a glass coach , containing a pleasure party , was passing the Lea-bridge station of the North-Eastern Railway , the horses suddenly gallopped off at a . rapid rate , depriving tho driver of all control . Between the Lea and the Clapton turnpikes , a respectablelooking man foolishly ventured to arrest the animals ' speed , and in doing so he was knocked down , the otf-wheelBof tie carriage passing , over his legs , head , Ac . He was picked up and speedily conveyed home , where he died on Saturday . The horses were stopped at Clapton-gate . It is a singular fact , that although many persons witnessed the melancholy occurrence , no steps were taken to ascertain the residence of the parties in the vehicle . The police have made fruitless efforts for that purpose .-- < iSMe .
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LONDON . . i Metropolitan District Council , 1 , Tumagainlane , March 23 rd . Mr . Caughlin in the chair . —A letter was read from Jenkin Morgan , acknowledging the half of a five-pound note from Mr . Edward Clark , Secretary to the Victim Fund . The case of Mr . John Llewellyn , the compatriot of John Frost , who has been driven from tbe Welsh mountains by persecution , was again brought forward , and Mr . John Simpson moved the following resolution : — " That Mr . Llewellyn be recommended to establish a Hat Club ; and this council will render him every support in its power . " The motion was seconded by Mr . StaUwood . and carried
unaniniously-Mr . Llewellyn has accordingly opened a club , ana Mr . T . M . Wheeler has consented to act as treasurer , and to enrol names . The club will be of twenty weeks' duration , renewable at pleasure , contributions to be either sixpence or one shilling per week , to suit the convenience of members . Subscribers can have either hats or bonnets ( silk or beaver ) at will , and of any quality , on reasonable terms . The Metropolitan District Council earnestly call on their brother democrats to lend a helping hand to their persecuted andoppressed brother Llewellyn . Chartist Hall , Turnagain-lajje . — On Sunday evening last a meeting of the operatives of London took place to discuss the propriety of , and probable benefit to be derived from , the forthcoming
Conference ; Mr . Duane was called to the chair , and , after reading a letter from Mr . F . O'Connor he opened the business by stating , that there was no class of the community , save the working classes , but had its Conferences and Councils to look after its interests . The crowned heads of Europe had their " holt alliakcb , " and all other classes of the community had a sort of" holy alliance" too , save the most useful , and vet the most degraded of the sons of Adam . As an instance of the necessity of the working men calling public attention to their position in society , he stated that in his own trade , that of a Tailor , there was the most unheard-of cruelties practiced by he masters , and almost incredible ; destitution vj tferedbythenien .. He instanced that portion of the Queen ' s liveries executed by a master in Sackvulestreet , which were made by " sweaters . " Ikesc sweaters were a class of men Wio worked on Sundays ; were freouentlv un all night , and who em ployed the
most filthy of the trade—princi p ally men who had been expelled from Trade Societies / and . who could not obtain employment on the premises of any respectable master tailor . Mr , Goodfellow did not expect any beneficial result from the proposed Conference , if all the trades were actuated by the spirit that abounded in his trade . There were quite as many aristocratical distinctions among the journeymen in * ome trades as in our boasted " constitution " itself . Mr . Wartnaby , Carpenter , contended for the Conference , and observed that it was bv union they had maintained their present amount of wages , and he hoped they would still persevere , and even augment them by the same means . Mr . Peony , Bootmaker , took the same view of the question , and maintained that a strong and effective uniox ought to exist amongst all working people without any distinction . Mr . Heane moved the adjournment of the question to next Sunday , and the meeting separated .
OLDHAM . Effects of Uxiox and Resolution . —It will be remembered by the Chartists generally , and by those of Oldham particularly , that the middle-class authorities of that town refused the working . nien the use of the Town-hall ( built with th . eir . own money ) , because Feargus O'Connor was the person announced to lecture on the occasion . This msolent act of monopoly by the "free-traders" was spiritedly and promptly met by the people with a resolution to build a hall for themselves ; and Mr . O'Connor , Mr . Roberts , and others , attended , not many months since , to lay the foundation stone . On Sunday last Mr . O'Connor " consecrated the splendid building , " to use his own language , "to the service of Truth and Justice . " The
hall is built of stone . It stands on an eminence , m an improving part of the town , and constitutes one of the principal features in that locality . The building covers an area of six hundred square yards . It iswell ventilated , having no fewer than twenty-seven windows of great height , which give to the building a light and finished appearance . The platform is very spacious , being capable of accommodating between 400 and 500 persons . The ceiling is tastefully finished , and great judgment has been displayed in arranging the gas burners , which are numerous . Attached to the hall are several commodious rooms ; and underneath is a spacious apartment , capable of affording every accommodation for a school . Tlie building has not , up to its present state , cost quite
£ 1000—a fact wMch should induce every locality to imitate the example of their determined brethren of Oldham . The hall is substantially a Chartist Hallat the service of the Chartist body—while its application to other perfectly legitimate purposes promises a safe and profitable "investment . " The ceremony of opening the building was performed on Sunday last , with great pomp , by the working classes ; many of the middle classes co-operating with them . From an early hour every train that arrived brought loads of anxious visitors from all parts of Lancashire , Yorkshire , and even of ChesMre , desirous of witnessing the proceedings . At half-past two Mr . O'Connor entered tho hall , accompanied by the managing directors . He was loudly and heartily cheered as he
passed on to the platform . The vast building was filled in every part ; and after Mr . Haslam , the excellent president , had given out the hymn of the day , he introduced Mr . O'Connor , to open and consecrate the building . As soon as the cheering with wluch he was received had subsided , that gentleman commenced , and delivered one of the most interesting and instructive lectures it was ever our good fortune | to hear . He took for his subject "The Progress ' of Parties : their respective positions , when the name of Chartism was a bye-word of contempt ; and tbe present esteem in wMch the principles of Chartism ( if not its 'interested leaders' ) are held . " He explained , most familiarly and convincingly , what the inevitable effect of Sir Robert Peel's " free-trade "
measures must be : and dwelt very forcibly on the impossibility of doingjusticeto the working classes , until all were equally represented in the House ; of Commons . He explained the fallacies of the Chambers' p hilosophy ; and showed that "surplus , " " restriction , " and " distribution , " were the three great and all-important questions for the consideration ; of the Trades' Conference , to whose deliberations he attached vast importance . He explained how the Chartist Conventions had cleared the way for the Trades . He also entered on the question of "finance ; " and asserted that the fact of Chartist principles spreading , while the Chartist exchequer was all but empty , at a time when all other isms were becoming positively contemptible , proved the superiority of those principles over all others . . He entered most satisfactorily into the question of the " Fraternization of Nations , " as it is called ; and by a train of rapid and well-sustained , reasoning , convinced his
audience that Englishmen , Irishmen , Scotchmen , and Welshmen , understanding each other , and cognisant of each other ' s grievances , must do their own work , without foreign "intervention . " While he sympathised with the oppressed of all nations , ho denied the pnidence of "interfering" with any : for that "interference" was calculated to subject our movement to the caprice of foreign spies , as had been the case in 1839 , when a foreigner organised the Sheffield outbreak , and then sold his dupes . " If we Erefer local lecturers to those who are not as well nown , " said Mr . O'Connor , "is it not reasonable that wc should rather rely upon natives than . upon foreigners to do our work ? " The speaker then impressed on his audience the necessity of being pre-Eared for the next general election ; and concluded a rilliant display at a quarter past four , when the hall was cleared , and tables laid for strangers who wished to have tea .
Evenino Meexhig . —At half-past six , the Grand Hall , brilliantly lighted , up , was again crammed ; and after the hymn was sung , the chairman introduced Mr . James Leach , who was received with several rounds of enthusiastic cheering . Mr . Leach selected the question of " Labour and Capital " for his subject ; and in one of those statistical speeches , for which he is pre-eminently distinguished , he exp lained the whole working of the system ; showing from the increase of machinery since 1836 , in Lancashire alone , that the operative class must become pauperised , or they must have recourse to the Land ; that it was utter folly to think of , or look to , any other refuge , as a means of meeting the power of' the small Parliaments that sat in Manchester , Oldham , RochdaleBolt
, on , and every manufacturing town in England ; and who sent up their wishes to the acting j Parliament in London , to be moulded into law . ' " 1 tell you what , " said he , " you ' re all at child ' s playasking every one to do for you , whatno partvibutj yourselves can do . You have more aristocratic feel- j ing among the Trades than there is amongst your op- pressors . The 30 s . a-week man frowns on the i 20 s . man ; and the 20 s . man scorns the poor 10 s . man . Yea , even among street-sweepers there is an aris- j tocracy . ( Greatlaughter . ) I tell you what I ; saw thcothcr day . The driver of a gang of mud-sweepers turned up a halfpenny , and was going to p ick it up , when the over-man came up , and , shaking him , said , 'What dost thou know about sweeping round a curb-stone ? Give me / that halfpenny ' . ( Roars of laughter . ) Just call the system what ! you
like ; but the name Igive speculation is stealing and you can stop it when you . wish ; , and you must bear it tillyou are resolved upon correcting H . " i The speaker sat down loudly cheered .:,. Mr . O'Connor then presented himself , and descanted fully on the principle of . Land Monopoly . "Now , " said he ; "I am not going to make a detail speech j I am going to take a review of ' settled' interests , ' and what is called vested rights ; ' and lam going to answer the assertion so generally made , that the people now-a-days are better off than their forefathers . In a word , let us see . What , then , is the meaning of " common land •?" ¦ Does it not imply the possession of something to feed on the common ? such as cows , horses ,. donkeys , pigs , geese , and so forth ? Well , now , where are they all , and who has got them ? The people have not ; and yet we are
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told thev arc ' : bctter off' without common and cow than they were when they had 6 otft . " He then entered on the question of laws , and showed why no parties were satisfied with ancient statute law ; while the labouring dupes were compelled . to obey caprice and whim , though not law at all . Ho saidthat men sought for some common ground upon which to adjust their differences , and were happy if they discovered it . He would say that the land was the one , the only , common grouno , on which Trades and the whole working population could meet for the settlement of all their differences . He compared the condition of the population of France , Holland , Belgium , and Switzerland—agricultural countries—with that of the English working classes : and contended that the permanence of comparative comfort in the former was Deferable to the state of nervous anxiety
of the latter . He explained the value of the Land over the value of . all other properties , thus : —If £ 20 , 000 , 000 worth of manufactured goods went to the bottom of the sea , it would be a " national benefit" and a ministerial God-send ; but if £ 5 , 000 , 000 are required to make up for a bad harvest , it nearly produces a " national bankruptcy . " Bad harvests assisted the Whigs out of office : good harvests have sustained Peel in power . Again , the home trade is the test of all trades ; and the home trade can be only upheld by agricultural employment . Mr . O'Connor then entered fully into the nature of the land as a means of testing man ' s individual labour , and concluded a powerful appeal at half-past eight , when he left with his friends for Manchester . It is needless to state that never was there a more splendid day , even in Oldham , for the Chartists ; and all were highly delighted with the whole proceedings .
Easier Monday—Tea Part ? and Ball . —The foregoing proceedings were followed : by a tea party and ball , upon a splendid scale . The applications for tickets being so numerous , the committee were compelled to commence the process of tea drinking as early as four o'clock ; and this portion of the evening ' s ceremony had not concluded until half-past six , when Mr . James Halliday , a large millowner and shareholder , was called to the chair by a unanimous vote of his townsmen , and amid great applause . He said that their presence there that night in their own building , without the favour of any third party , was the best answer to the absurd assertion that the working classes could do nothing for themselves . He ( Mr . Halliday ) was of opinion that by union and
reliance on each other , they could do everything lor themselves . Not only could they fill that house , but they could fill another , whose proceedings were of greater importance . ' He eulogised the good character and increasing spirit of his townsmen , and regretted that all other towns in England had not followed their example . It was " a delusion , a mockery , and a snare , " to tell the working classes to remain apathetic while others did their work . He regretted that their representatives were not present upon that interesting occasion , as the proceedings would no doubt have enhanced the people in their estimation . That hall had been commenced with spirit , prosecuted with vigour , and , as they now saw , completed with entire success : and all that he had to say was , that so long
as he had the honour to be a shareholder , it should be devoted to those purposes for which it was erected —the moral , social , and political elevation of his townsmen . ( Loud cheers . ) He would not further waste their time , but would at once introduce Jesse Ainsworth , Esq ., as the first speaker . —Mr . Ainsworth presented himself amid loud cheers . He said that the erection of that hall was not only likely to be useful politically , but morally ; and he believed if the drunkard , who thought nothing of spending threepence after threepence in debasing his intellect , would apply Ms spare pence to affording similar op-Eortunities : for discussion , the people would soon eeome as powerful as their noble character entitled them to be . He loved industry as much as any man
there : indeed , from the herald ' s ofiice he learned that the derivation of his family ' s name was" Handsworth , " or the worth of hands—the best property , if protected , that the working man could enjoy . He implored all who were looking for tho amelioration of the working classes to bear with each other ' s foibles ; and forjeach man to look rather to his own faults and correct them , instead of so minutely criticising the faults of others . The fact was , that wo generally carried the faults of others ina large wallet before us , and our own in a very small one behind . ( Loud cheers . ) He was a very active man , and was becoming a great agriculturist . He was a good working man ; and recollected once shearing with twelve others , whom he had a great desire to exceed ; and in order to accomplish his object he got drunk , but the
result was that instead of conquering his competitors he cut his own finger . That read him a wholesome lessen , and now he was a confirmed Teetotaller , and therefore a better working man . As the great star of the north , the great luminary of England , their friend , Feargus O'Connor , was present , he would not further trespass upon their indulgence , than to congratulate them on the first fruits of their happy union , and to thank his townsmen for the kind reception they had given him . ( Loud cheers . )—Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , was next introduced and was most cordially received . " Now , " said he , " Some people say that tea-parties ought not to be turned into political meetings . " [ This observation was made with reference to Mr . Fielden ' s refusal to bo present , upon the ground that it was
injudicious to mix politics up in tea-parties . j " Well , now let us see , " continued Loach ; " if you sit down , you sit upon a political chair ; ifyoucan't have a chair , you sit upon a political stool ; it you go to sleep , and have a bed , you lie down on a political bed ; if you walk , you walk in political shoes ; if you want to smoke a pipe , you must smoke political tobacco ; to drink , you must drink political stuff ; if you don't like to be in the dark in your house , you must have political light ; and surely , bread is a lump of politics —( great cheers and laughter ) . Well , if you want six-pennyworth of sugar , —though sugar is not quite so political now , —there ' s a political threepence in it ; so with coffee ; so with everything : but we are to have no politics with tea : now , I'll show you that there's more politics in tea than in any tiling . If you
want an ounce of tea you give fourpence for it ; and there ' s threepence of that 2 > olitics : so that you may see you have politics in the tea-pot , and can't keep them out . ( Roars of laughter , ) Bread , tea , and sugar are the great ingredients of which a tea party is composed , and they are the very trinity of politics ; and yet some of our political friends tell us that there should be no politics at a tea party . I tell you what , my friends ; your enemies have just enough of ' polities' to enable tlieni to make plunder of your wages ; and until you are upon apolitical emiafc ' ty with them , you may give over all your talk . " Mr . Leach continued at some length in the same telling and impressive style , and retired amid loud applause . —Mr . O'Connor next came forward amid hearty cheers . He said :
The one tiling that I have been the most abused for is an imputed attempt to cause division between the middle and the lower classes : and yet dp they lose a single opportunity of manifesting their utter disregard for you ? : I have before accounted for the unavoidable absence of your true friend , Duncombe , who . is at this moment engaged in giving health , vigour , and vitality to the cause of Labour , by presiding over a Conference of its real representatives . As to Mr . Roberts , I need not apologise for him ; he will be liere , and if he is not , you will understand that it is because oppression demands Ms presence this day at Liverpool , to defend his clients against the tyranny of a noble tyrant ; after which he is to be at Blackburn , to defend the
Spinners against their tyrant masters ; and then he is to be at . a delegate meeting at Manchester , to support the coal king victims ; and then , if possible , he is to be here . However , if ho cannot attend , it will only be because he is better employed elsewhere . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor then entered on the consideration of the value of public buildings as a means of marshalling public opinion ; and expressed a hope that every one of the 700 shareholders of that hall would testify their approval of the principles to which it was to be dedicated , by taking out their cards and Decerning members of tho National Charter Association . After descanting on several interesting topics ; and having naid a well-merited compliment to
Messrs . Ainsworth , Halliday , and the Committee of arrangement , he concluded amid loud cheers . —Mr . Quarmby proposed a vote of thanks to Messrs . O'Connor , Leach , and their other friends who had attended , which was seconded by acclamation and carried unanimously . Mr . O'Connor and his friends then departed for Manchester , when the dancing commenced , and was kept up to a late hour , the greatest harmony prevailing . Thus ended one of tho most celebrated events in the history of Oldham politics . Tlie entire proceedings have given the most unbounded satisfaction . Let every town in England follow the example of the good men of Oldham , and the people ' s houses" will soon accomplish the people ' s Charter .
MANCHESTER . A Public Meeting of the inhabitants of Manchester was held in the Carpenters' Hall , Garretroad , on Good Friday morning , for the purpose of taking into consideration the most effectual means to be adopted for the erection of a public hall . Mr . James Wheeler was unanimously called to the chair , and opened the meeting with a brief address . —Mr . Dixon moved tho first resolution— " The opinion of this meeting being , that it would be conducive to the interests of the democrats of Manchester to have a building of their own , in wMch to transact thoir ha .
; i siness and discuss their grievances : we hereby pledge : ourselves to render our utmost aid in the accomplish- ' ! memV of such object , by taking up shares and assist- ' ! ihg the directors by all practicable means " The ¦ ¦ motion was seconded by Mr . D . Donovan in an able , and lengthy speech ; after wMch it was agreed'to ' j unanimously The thanks of the meeting were then ' ^ TSSSr * ^ ?? ' ti » meeting terminated . I , Splendii . TeaPartt akd Ball .-A public tea ' ; party and ball waa held in Carpenters' Hall , Man-! fe % o ° nS ^ Venui i Go 6 d Friday , inhoUr of , I FWS- ' 9 2 ^ ? l- The TOOm was most ' ^ tosteMydecorated with evergreens / flags , banners , I to p «» " » upwards of eight hundred persons sat down j to tea . At the conclusion of the tea Mr . T . Rankine j . wa ^ unaniniously called to the chair , and after a bnet address gave the first sentiment— " The people ! the source 9 ? aJl power , " Air- " Scots wha ha , "
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¦ Mr ? -Dixon responded -to the sentiment . The next sentiment was—" The people's advocates present and absent ; with Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis ; may they live to see their labours crowned with success , and the exiles restored to their country . " Air— " With Henry Hunt we'll go . " Mr . J . Leach responded to the sentiment in his usual eloquent and forcible style , and resumed his seat amid repeated rounds of applause . The chairman then gave— Ihc directors of the People ' s Institute ; may they soon see their exertions crowned with success . " Air— Bonny breast knots . " Mr . Doyle responded to the sentiment . His speech was received with much cheering . The chairman then gave— " Our worthy guest , Feanrus O'Connor . Esq ., and the conductors ot the
' Northern Star : ' may they soon see the principles they have long and honestly promulgated , imbibed by the whole human family . " Air— " Exile of Erin . - Mr . O'Connor , upon rising , was greeted with deafening cheers . As it is impossible for us to give even an outline of his address , we must content ourselves by saying , that notwithstanding ho was labouring under a severe hoarseness , he spoke for nearly two hours , in a speech of much force and eloquence . His address was rapturously applauded . At the concluclusion of Mr . O'Connor ' s address , dancing commenced , and was kept up with great spirit until a late hour , when all retired highly dftKghtedwita the evening ' s entertainments .
STOCKPORT . Lecture . —A Lecture was delivered in the Association Room , Bomber ' s Brow , by Mi . Dixon , of Manchester , on Sunday evening . COLNE . _ Soiree . —On Monday evening a soiree was held in the Chartist Lecture Room / to welcome our esteemed friend , Mr . Thomas Tattersall , of Burnley , after his two years' incarceration for advocating the cause of his oppressed and suffering fellow-countrymen . After the cloth was removed , dancing commenced , interspersed at intervals with toasts and sentiments , which were responded to by Mr . Tattersall , Mr . Thomas Clark ( of the Executive Council ) , an 1 other members of the Chartist body .
SHEFFIELD . On Sundat , March 2 , the members of the General Council met in their Room , Fig-tree-lane , when the following persons were nominated as Council for the ensuing quarter - . —George Gallemore , Samuel Clayton , Peter France , Wan-en . Smith , William Dyson , G . Birka , William Hawksworth , William Cooper , Matthew Gates , William Holmes , Morton Royston , T . Briggs ( treasurer ) , and G . Cavill ( sub-secretary ) . Mr . G . Gallemore brought the case of Mr . Cooper before the Council , when it was resolved that the secretary write for printed slips , to obtain subscriptions for Mr . Cooper .
BRADFORD . Lecture . — -On Sunday evening Mr . C . Doyle lectured in the large room , Butterworth-buildings , on the People ' s Charter . The audience was respectable , and the lecturer gave general satisfaction . OiV Moxdat eveiVixo Mr . Do 3 Ie lectured on Trades ' Unions , and the benefits to be derived from a consolidation of the Trades . At the conclusion of his very eloquent lecture , Mr . Doyle received the thanks of the meeting . Chartist Vicionr . —On Tuesday a vestry meeting was held at Horton , for the purpose of electing overseers and a board of surveyors for the hamlets of Groat and Little Horton . After a very noisy discission the Whig party were entirely rejected , and a board composed of nearly all working men were chosen , several members of the Chartist Association being among the elected .
LONGTON . A Splendid Tea Party and Ball was held in the Longton Working-Man ' s Hall , on the evening . ' of Easter Monday . The Hall was beautifully decorated with evergreens , portraits , & c ., and about 500 persons sat down to tea . After the cloth was removed , Mr . Dixon , of Manchester , addressed the assembly for a short time . Dancing concluded the evening s entertainments . Board op Surveyors . — Last year the working men succeeded in electing a board of surveyors , who , during their term of office , have done good service in reducing the highway rate from sevenpence-halfpenny to fivepence . To regain their old and evil ascendancy , the Whigs and Tories have this year
been using every exertion to cany their candidates in opposition to the people ' s list . But the working men have done and are doing their duty . This morning ( Tuesday ) they turned out with fife and drum , at half-past five o'clock , to inform the inhabitants that the vestry meeting would take place at ten o'clock in the forenoon . At the time appointed , notwithstanding the rain Ml in torrents , the church yard was crowded . At . ten o'clock the vestry dffor was opened , and business commenced by the Rev . Mr . Ford , perpetual curate , talcing the chair . The clerk of the board having read the notice issued by the churchwarden , calling the meeting , Mr . Anison moved and Mr . Nicholson seconded , " That wc adjourn to the Working Man ' s Hall . " Mr . T . II .
Walker , high bailiff , moved and Mr . P . Wynne , manufacturer , seconded , the following amendment , " That we adjourn to the school room . " On the amendment being put there were three hands held up for it . The chairman then put the original motion , when a forest of hardy fists were up ina moment , and the chairman announced the motion to be carried by a large majority . At the Working Alan's Hall the accounts were read by the clerk ; after which , Mr . Wm . Dixon , a rate-payer , moved , " That the accounts just read do now pass . " The motion was seconded by Mr . Ralph Hammersley . Mr . Wynne moved , and Mr . P . H . Walker seconded , " That they do not pass . " On being put , there were five hands , with kid gloves on them , held
up for tho amendment ; whilst the original motion was carried by a majority of 150 to one . The next resolution was , " That a board of thirteen persons should be now elected , as a Board of Surveyors for the town of Longton , and Lane End , " which was agreed to . Mr . Nicholson then read the working men ' s list , and moved that they be the Board of Surveyors for the ensuing year . The motion was seconded by Mr . Timothy Hulse . Mr . Thomas Wynne , manufacturer , moved as an amendment the list made out by the gents , which was seconded by a Methodist limb of the law , named Robinson .
On the lists being put to the vote , the working men's list was carried by a hall-full against four solitary hands ; the Chairman therefore declared them duly elected by a very large majority . Mr . T . H . Walker , high bailiff , demanded a poll . The poll therefore commenced this afternoon , at three o ' clock . Mr . Dixon moved , and Mr . Nicholson seconded , "That the best thanks of the rate-payers be given to the reverend chairman for his impartial conduct in the chair . " The meeting then broke up . At the time we write this , the working men are a vast number a-head , notwithstanding many of the manufacturers have given six votes a-piece .
GLASGOW .. Mr . M'Gratu ' s Tour . —On Sunday last , Mr . M'Grath delivered two lectures in the Lyceum Rooms . These were the first political lectures ever delivered in Glasgow on a Sunday , the religious scruples of the people inducing the belief that meetings for any secular purpose would be a desecration of the Sabbath . However , the first attack upon this prejudice has been successful , inasmuch as the meetings were well attended , and liberal collections made for the defrayal of expenses . The lecturer , on both occasions , gave the most unqualified satisfaction .
PAISLEY . Os Tubsd & v . EvjsKixo a public meeting , convened by placard , was held in the Chartist Church , for the purpose of hearing a lecture from Mr . M'Grath . At the hour appointed for commencing the proceedings the building was crowded . Mr . Collin Black , a veteran Chartist , was unanimously appointed chairman . After a few pertinent observations , he called upon Mr . M'Grath to address the meeting , on the " probable results of a full and free representation of the people , compared with those of the present narrow and confined system . " He spoke for upwards of two hours in elucidation of the subject . Several friends expressed their opinions regarding the movement and the steps that ought to be taken to give celerity to it . A unanimous vote of thanks was most enthusiastically awarded to Mr . M'Grath , and a number of persons came forward and enrolled themselves members of the Association .
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LoraoN'Coiwr Exchange , Monday , March 24 . — Phe supplies of English wheat , barley , and oats were very small during the past week , nor were the an-ivals of the latter grain from Scotland by any means large , but from Ireland tho receipts have increased materially since the shift of wind to the westward ; of beans , peas , and flour / the . supplies up to Saturday evening were quite moderate , ¦ This morning there was a scanty show of wheat by land-carriage samples from ^ the neighbouring counties , and a moderate display of barley , beans , and peas , but the quantity of oats oa sale was rather large . The weather has since Thursday been mikL . and a considerable quantity of rain has fallen . The demand for wheat was less active this morning than during the past week , and tho advance of Is per qr „ . realise ! in partial instances on Monday last , was barely maintained . In free foreign wheat the transactions were not extensive , but holders remained very firm and good qualities were certainly not cheaper . Quotation *
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of flour remained as before , the millers h . - . v ' ;)? railed last week in raising the top price of town ' maoV There was a slightly unproved inquiry for euoio <; malting barley , and the finest sorts commanded full ? previous rates ; other descriptions sold rather slowlv at the terms of this day so ' nnight . Malt , though m but little request , could not be purchased cheaner The oat trade remained in a very inactive state thi > the principal dealers acting on the reserve ow i ™ thereby to reduce prices ; factors , on the other hind resisted any decline , aud the business done w « Vf similar terms to those current eight days ago . Beam excited less attention than of late , and wore 3 with difficulty at previous rates . Poas 0 f oil i . ; , T hung on baud , but were not quoted lower Til *™ was rather more inquiry for olovorsccd , without however , leading to any advance in uric < . ' n ™?
seed was in good supply , and easily W rht af iX rates . Rapeseedhas rather risen ' in value of Ktn Prices of tares , Ac ., remained much as before ""CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN , PEP . TMPPPnr QUARTER .-Brifofc . g s ERlAL Wheat , Essex , & Kent , new & old red 42 « wi . u . } . ! Norfolk and Lincoln . ... do 4 3 % £ ' ? ° » Northum . and Scotch white 4 * 47 p { " ° ™ ~ Irish red old 0 0 Red 42 44 WhL * 2 £ Rye Old 31 32 New 30 3 » iffi X- £ Barley Grinding . . 28 28 Distil . 2 ft 9 { f , .- }" ¦ £ 36 Malt Brown .... 54 S 6 Pals & 1 51 ^ % * Beans Ticks old & new 30 33 Harrow 32 87 pil * h * f Peas Grey 32 33 Maple 33 34 fe v 3 Oats Lincolns & Yorkshire Feed 21 03 PoI"J * * j ff Scotch Angus 22 24 Po £ , 04 H Irish White 20 <*•> vuZ ? I ^ Pcr 2801 b . net . s s Pcr SMlJ S V Town-madeNour . . . 42 44 Norfolk & Stockt 0 tt 3 , ? Essex and Kent . . . . 3 * 3 G Irish . . 0 tt f . ? J Foreign . F , ; ° ' Bond Wheat , Dantsic , Konigsburj » & c . , . « JL „? * Marks , Mecklenburg | | ? ° ^ 38 Danish , Holstein , and Friesland red 44 % t It Russian , Hard 44 . 46 Soft , } , :. ' . - » ?* Italian . Red . . 46 48 White . ' . ' jj 0 % £ j ^ Spanish , Hard . 46 48 Soft . . . | JJ % » ® Eye , Baltic , Dried , ... 30 31 Undried . . 30 ii 5 ? E Barley , Grinding . 2 G 27 Malting . . 30 2 « £ ™ Beans , Ticks . . 3 ft 33 Sgyptfii . . M 88 flog Peas , White . . 36 38 Maple . . 32 34 * l « Oats , Dutch , Brew and Thick 24 25 la •« Russian feed 21 •» 15 [\ —Danish , Friesland feed ......... 21 n u }• Flour , per barrel < u i / j ( , j £
LosDOJf Smiiufield Cattle Market , Mo . vday March 24 . —Since this day se ' nnight the importations of live stock from abroad for our market have no * exceeded 50 oxen and cows , together with 82 sheen " all from Holland . To-day we had on offer 27 leasts and 20 sheep . Although a slight comparative improve ment was noticed in their quality , it was far ironi first-rate , but there was no appearance of the epidemic amongst either the beasts or sheep , 'flic former sold heavily , at from £ 14 to £ 19 ; the ' latter 28 s . to 47 s . pel- head . The weather having become much milder here , as well as in HoUaiiu , Liri » e imports may be shortly expected , as wc learn that great numbers of stock are now ready in the various
distilleries m most ot the shipping ports in that country , especially at Rotterdam , waiting a convev . ance to England . The arrivals of beasts , fresh up from our grazing counties , were somewhat extensive , for the time of year , as to number ; but their ijciierai quality was inferior . We much regret to observe that at least a _ fourth of them were sunering severely from disease ; indeed , on no previous market day of the present year have we noticed so large a portion of the stock thus affected . To show its extent , ive mav state that upwards of 100 beasts and 300 sheep were left 011 tho roads , it being impossible , from theit lameness , to convey them to the metropolis , while from 20 to 30 beasts and 60 sheep were carted out of
the market to-day , alive , and slaughtered , from tlie same cause ; hence , of course , great losses have been , sustained by the graziers . Many of the beasts left unsold must , we fear , undergo the same fate . As we have before remarked , tho supply of beasts was good , owingto which , the dead markets being heavily stocked , and the unwillingness of the butchers to purchase largely during the season of Lent , the beef trade was again excessively heavy , and Friday ' s depression in the currencies of 2 d per i 5 lb was barely supported—the very highest figure for the best Scot * nod exceeding 3 s lOd per 8 lb . Tlie primest beasts were nearly all disposed of ; but numbers of the inferior kinds left the market unsold . Fortunately
for most parties the numbers of sheep were rather limited , which caused the mutton trade to nilo tolerably steady at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday last , the best old Downs selling without much ditiiculty at 4 s Gd per 8 lb . No lambs came to hand from the Isle of Wight , while from other quarters the receipts of that description of stock , arising no doubt from tlie low currencies obtained on Friday last , were rather limited . Down qualities sold slowly , at from os lOd to 6 s . Other breeds from -5 s to 5 s 8 d per 8 lb , being about stationary figures . With calves we were but moderately supplied ; yet the demand for them , especially the middling and ulterior qualities
of veal , was in a very sluggish state , at barely ^ iu some instances , a trifle beneath last week ' s quotations . From Ireland we received 120 pigs ; while from our neighbouring counties the supplies were moderate . Neat small porkers sold steadily ; other of pigs sloiriy . at late rates . The bullock droves from Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire comprised about 1900 Scots and homebreds , while from the northern districts we received 250 short-horns , from the western and midland counties 350 Herefords , Dcvons , runts , < fcc , from other parts of England 400 of various breeds , and from Scotland 130 horned and polled Scots .
By the quantities of 81 b ., siukmg tho offal . s . d . s . d . Inferior coarse beasts ... 2 6 2 10 Second quality .... 3 0 3 2 Prime large oxen . 3 4 3 S Prime Scots , & c 3 8 3 10 Coarse inferior sheep . . . 2 10 3 6 Second quality .... 3 8 3 10 Prime coarse woolled . . . 4 0 4 2 Lambs 5 0 G ' ) Prime Southdown .,.. 444 ') Large coarse calves . . . . 3 10 4 3 Prime small . , , , . 4 10 5 0 . Suckling calves , each . . 18 0 30 0 Large hogs 3 0 3 3 Neat small porkers . . . 3 10 4 4 Quarter-old store pk's , each . . 16 0 20 0
head of cattle on sale . ( From the Books of the Olerk of the Market . ) Beasts , 3 , 094-Sheep and Lambs , 20 , 300—Calves , 11—Pigs , 315 . Ricmtoxn Coax Market , March 22 . —Wc had a tolerable supply of grain in our market to-day , the prices much the same as last week .: —Wheat sold from 5 s . to 6 s . 6 d . ; oats . 2 s . 3 d . to 3 s . ; barley , 3 s . 9 d . to 4 s . ; beans , 4 s . to 4 s . 3 s ., per bushel . Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , March 22 —The frost has at length disappeared , aud i $ succeeded by a mild temperature and genial rain , giving every promise of a favourable season , which will doubtless , erelong , exercise a powerful influence
over the corn trade . During the week a stcadr consumptive demand has been experienced for the leading astieles of the trade , at fully the preriwu currency . At our market tills morning there was not muchaetivityin the demand for wheat . Never theless , an advance of Id . to 2 d . per 701 bs . must bo quoted . Flour was by no means in brisk request , but the stocks in first hands having become much reduced , a feeling of great confidence was exhibited by holders , who in some instances required rather higher rates in consequence , which , however , could not be generally realised . Both Oats and Oatmeal met afoir sale , at fully the rates obtainable on tliis day se'nnight . Beans were rather more inquired for , but not dearer .
Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , March 21 . — The week ' s imports of grain , flour , and oatmeal are of fair amount . Wc have not had an active demand , but there has been more disposition to purchase Irish wheat , for which an advance of Id . to 2 d . per 10 lbs . has been obtained , and the trade generally has exhibited more firmness . Oats must be quoted Jdper 45 lbs ., oatmeal 3 d . per load , and beans and pe . u Is . per quarter dearer . Barley has met with mora inquiry . Sack flour has sold on fully as good terms . Holders of American flour , in bond , are demanding 2 s . per barrel above the rates quoted at the close of last week ; best brands of sweet cannot be had under 20 s . per 196 lbs .
Liverpool Cattle Market , Monthy , March 21 —There was little if any alteration In the price ol either beasts or sheep at market to-day , the demand being similar to that of last week . Beef 5 R to old ., mutton 6 R to fid . per lb . —Cattle imported into Liverpool , from the lTth to the 24 th March .- ?«( cows , 12 calves , 2433 sheep , 264 lambs , 57 li pig * . 11 horses . Leeos Cloth Markets . —During the past week there has been a considerable quantity of goods delivered to order , which hj » reduced the amount ot business transacted at the Cloth Halls . Several large buyers have been in the town , purchasing for the spring trade , aud , on the whole , business maj' W called in a buoyant state ,
Leeds Cons Market , Tuesday , March 25 . —Ou t arrivals this week are only small , a change of wind , however , has brought a fair number of vessels into the river from the coast . The dull London « P or | this morning checks the wheat trade ; the denial for fine qualities has been steady , and to afa ircxtcnt . but no furthe r advance can be established , and » middling qualities must be noted slow sale at las t week ' s prices . Barley is still , dull , and the demanj limited ; in its value no change . ' Oats , beans an * shelling maintain late prices , but the demand is ^ free . , York Corn Market , March 22 . —We have had short supply of wheat at to-day ' s market , which * f taken off readily at an advance of Gd . per load ' Barley , oats , and beans make rather more mon # '
: Maltos Cors Market , ' March 22 . —We bays experienced a good demandfor the leading articles a the trade . Wheat is Is . per or . higher , for « f descriptions ; barley without alteration ; oats W ; per qr . dearer . - Wheat , red 44 s ; to 503 . ; « 'li" * ditto , 48 s . to 53 s . ; barley , 27 s . to $ 2 s , per qr . of 32 * Oats , IU , to Ud . per stone .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 29, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29031845/page/6/
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