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      _T _* _" _- « _vi _*** ¦ _irfii ii CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL _ASSOCIATION

      OF UNITED TRADES . { CouSmedfromour 7 thpa § e . ) Thuusdat , Mat 27 . —T . 6 . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P * link the chair this morning , shortly after nine o clock . Mr _PaaKEfc brought up the report ofthe Select . _Com--ni-tee , appointed to draw up regulations for the management of district committees . The report _vnuJ received . A discussion of some leng th took p lace on we first proposition : — » ' _„«_ : _« . _cfc _. « ThaVEole 28 thbe repealed and the following substituted _^ Trades' Unions in _¦«* " _? £ _S . _££ form district committees , composed ° * ° ° _£ _^?™ each _^ y _. andthecom _mitteeUiusfo _rmedshallappomta C _^ tral _ttmmittee , to deUvcr their opinions or adv . com _Zrtdag if necessary , exceptta cases -of _importencoand _difiMIiy . whea tbey shall attend m person , fa London { when summoned ) , w _raperintema the bus _^ _ess of tue Association . "' «

      , . . - Mr Bosh said , as the proposition of the select Com-¦ aiittee now stood , the possibility was " that they wonld = ' "have such a _nnaiber of dlstr & t secretaries , tbat their expenses wonld absorb the -whole of * heir funds . He qaite _concurred in tire propriety of making these , district secretaries _apcSSon ofthe governing body , but it was absolutely necessary that there shonld . be some check « n the _expense that-might arise in consequence . Mr Jacobs sffld -if the-resolution was carried in its present shape , tfeey might have meetings in London withmthe present year ,-composed of districtsecretaries . much more nnmprnns then this'Cdaference itself . But besides the

      objection on the score of expense , tho proposraea was open to another grave objection . It was subversive -of the prinrap ! _es-o " _-Democratic ' goveraraent : These principles required _ftatihe-goveming body-should be elected by the people at-large , but by this proposition they'had the power tomake returns , to create a body , the number and power of _tvhich might ultimately overwhelm the Executive elected by that-Conference . Mr _CMDGH-ATi-snggested as a proviso , that each district secretary shoald have ' SOO of his own trade , and at least £ ve other trades . Mr-ijESKtssihoughtthat the restriction-ought to be more stringent . He was of opinion that une district secretary was -quite 'sufficient for the whole of Scotlaze . _Mr-JjUses-said that Mr Cloughan _' _s proposftien was at least a very aristocratic one , and dissented "from the proposition of Xr Jenkins .

      _MrHoaSBi was of opinion that mach of the expense anticipated might be avoided by confining the consultation of the-Central Committee , with the district _com-Hiittee ' to _correspondence alone . _ITrBssTLEr did not see any necessity for district Committees at all . It-wa « a much * more simple , direct , and economical plan for _soch trade to communicate directly -ffith the Central "Committee . Mr _TiTtos said that if they had not had a district comraittee in Manchester , the districts would have been « ntixelv broken up .

      The Cbai & shn said it appeared to him that the great objection to theprcposal ofthe select committee was tho probability of too great a number of districts , and _consequently of secretaries ; bnt he thought the difficulty might be obviated by leaving the formation of the districts to -the-Central-Committee , who , with the map of-Great Britain before them , and the number of members of the Association "in each district , could form them accordingly . -For instance , they might be able to join two or three counties together in one district , where the members were few ; and in Lancashire , where the members might amount to . lO ; 003 , one secretary for that county wonld be specially required . By the proposal before the Conference , they might have 500 secretaries , and swallow np the -whole of the funds of the Association . - Mr -Fakkez said tbat thongh in the discharge of his -duties as chairman of the select committee he had - "brought up the report , he was individually of opinion that -district committees were unnecessary .

      Mr Ehhoxt said that the whole of the difficulty experienced by the Conference arose from their meddling with the districts at all . ( Hear , hear . ) He was entirely opposed to all snch interference . Mr _Hexf-nriES entirely dissented from that opinion . He was convinced that district committees were the very life and soul of the Association . Mr--Gocubes could folly confirm all that had been stated , as to the value of district committees ; and he -thought tbat the Conference should take into consideration the propriety of investing them with greater powers than tbey at present possessed . They ought to have the same . powers of mediation as were confided to the Central-Committee . He went farther , and said thatthey should also have the power of sanctioning strikes , without previously appealing tothe Central Committee .

      Mr Bootes , of Mansfield , was prepared to give his most hearty support to any preposition which wonld have the effect of- increasing the number of the district committees , and enlarging their powers . Mr Beak , of Nottingham , supported the district committees . Mr Laud , of London , said all that was asserted by the advocates ot the District Committees might be conceded without its involving the . consequence of their being connected with the Central Committee , or their secretary paid by it . If there was a necessity for a Committee in any district , let all the trades in that district appoint their own Committee and secretary without reference to the Central Committee at all . ( Cheers . )

      _The-CHAiBiiAN said he would divide the resolution into two parts and take the sense of the Conference on the first proposition . — " Trades' Unions in the Association may form District Committees composed of one delegate from each body , und the Committee thus formed shall appoint a -secretary . " The question on being thus put was earned without dissent . The Chairman then said . that the remaining portion of the resolution appeared to him to be altogether unnecessary . The very object of the appointment of a district secretary was to correspond with the Central Committee , and , if needful , to give his personal assistance when required by the Executive . After a shortconversation the latter portion of the resolution was , -by leave , withdrawn .

      Mr Passes , then said that the turn the discussion had taken , and the decision just come to , rendered it necessary that the Itsport be revised to bring it in accordance with that decision and he , therefore , begged to withdraw the rest ofthe report and to ask leave for the Committee to sitagain and report ) to the afternoon sitting . Report withdrawn , and leave granted accordingly . The Confereece then took np the next business on the paper , « ' The election of officers . " Messrs Green , Robson , Peel , "Williamson , Winters , Humphries , Shackleton , James , Pollard , Stevens , and Clareborough , were nominated as candidates for the office of Central-Committeemen . Upon a ballot being taken , the first seven names were declared duly elected , and tbe next on -the list , in case of vacancy , was Mr James .

      The Conference then adjourned , at one o'clock till three , in order to give time to the Select Committee to revise and bring up their report on District Committees . _ATTERJIMN 6 ITTISG . The next bnsiaess taken up by the Conference on reassembling was the election of a general secretary . The candidates proposed were Mr T . Barratt , the present secretary , and Mr Pollard , of the carpenters' society , of Oldham . Several members of the Central Committee spoke highly of Mr Barratt ' s conduct as secretary during the past year . The delegates generally testified to the general esteem in which he was held is their respective localities for Ms faithful discharge of the duties of his office , and Messrs Peel and Parker , as general agents for the Association , said that in the whole of the districts they had visited they found Mr Barratt possessed the entire confidence and respect of members of the Association .

      Mr Pollabd stated that he consented to stand for the . office only upon the understanding that Mr Barratt intended to resign , As he found , however , tbat was not tho case , and saw the feeling of the Conference was so strong in Mr Barratfs favour , he begged that his name mightbe withdrawn . Name , by leave , withdrawn . The Cbaibhan said it was utterly impossible for one mania take charge both of the financial business and the correspondence . Besides whieh , he was bound to say that they ought not to expect from working men that knowledge of account * which was , requisite for keeping the extensive and complicated accounts of this Association . They might as well expect urn corkcutter

      to do theiwork of the shoemaker , as that a working man should ta _xable to discharge the duties ; of aa eminent . banker ' s clerk . He was , therefore , decidedly of _opiaioa -that the _financial department should be entrusted to a _ipersoa experienced in book-keeping , whioh was a regular science of itself , and that the correspondence , minutes , . and general business , should form a separate department , . the duties of which should be _discharged by Mr Barratt . He wonld add also , that he thought they ought te have . an experienced accountant , as auditor , instead ofthe two . working men at present appointed to that office annually by the Conference . They would not only have -their acconnts mow efficiently but more economically _inspected and authenticated than at present .

      Mr aifiu . tr was then declared to be duly eltcted to ? he office of General Secretary f ° theenguing year amidst loud applause . It was then resolved , after a short discussion , "That the audit of the quarterly accounts be conducted henceforth hy a rega ' ar accountant , and that the Central Committee be instructed to provide the same . " The Conference then took into consideration the p lace of meeting of the next annual Conference . Four towns—London , . _Edinburgh , Liverpool , and Sheffieldwere proposed , and , upon a division , The Chairman declared that the decision of the Confertnee had fallen upon London , where the Conference would _assemble on _Whit-Monday next year . T . S , Duncombe , Ecq . M . P ., was unanimously reelected President of the Association , amidst continued » nd reiterated cheers .

      Mr Dc . _seojiBEsaid » heneed hardly tell them thatfrom the deep interest he felt in the prosperity of the Association , that if his continuing in the office of President would promote that prosperity , he should most gladly do so . He sincerely hoped that the changes they had adapted daring their sittings in tho constitution of the Association , and the new officers they had elected , would proveso generally advantageous as to fully repay the additiosal expense which would be thereby incurred in filture ( cheers . ) Mr _Cloussar moved , and Mr Chance seconded the following resolution : _^ . « xhat two persou of the same

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      trade shall not be allowed to Bit upon the Centra * Committee . ' * .. ; . - ' _'; ¦ : ¦ ,- ¦ ¦ ' _-,- ¦¦¦ : _? " 4 . That the District Committee shall keep a register of the trades or societies " , with the names of each member of such trades or societies , with tho date of the entries of such members , and transmit the same to the Central Committee quarterly , that in the case of strike or turn-out greater facilities may be afforded for ascertaining who are eligible to the benefits ofthe association . " 5 . That fer the greater economy , security , and satisfaction of the respective trades , all the levies _mustbs transmitted ( without deduction ) to the office , No . 11 ,

      Tottenhaia . court . road , London , as the Central Committee will on no account be held responsible if o therwise . _« ' 6 . That in case of strike m torn out , the District Committee may appoint a Sab-Committee to conduct ths same , in connexion with the Central Committee , to he ai * w 3 by » _Sub-Committee of the trade on _strUe , _whoss duty It shall be to ** am ! nfe the book * of such trade on strike or turn out , to see that none are paid but thOBe who are free , aad when they find all correct , shall pay the men , and report periodically to the District Comcnittee , the District Committee to be in regular correspondence with the Central Committee , the expenses of the _Sub-Cammittees so appoiated to be paid frem the

      general fund , " 7 . _Thatsf any trade should deem it necessary to expound the principles of the National Association to a portion of their trade not being members of any Union , they shall collect all the statistical information connec ted with the subject , such as the number of men in a particular trade in a particular district , their position , their wages , & c , so that the Central Committee may he able to judge of the importance of the matter ; and if they give their concurrence , they will pay the expenses . " 8 . "That all expenses of district committees , not pro-Tided for in the preceding regulations , be paid by themselves . " 9 . That in case of any trade finding a difficulty m forming a district committee in their respective localities , they may apply to the nearest district for _assistant " ¦

      On the question that the report thus amended be adopted , a lengthened discussion took place on the 4 th rule , relative to the registration of members . . Mr James contended that such a rule , if acted upon , would be practically unjust to the trades , as well as the _indirlduals , who sent such lists to the Central Committee There was iu all trade societies , and es pecially in the trade to which he belonged ( shoemakers ) , considerable fluctuation in the nuniher of members on tho hooks . Some were continually leaving town , from want of work or other causes , and returning after a short interval . Ot course their payments ceased while they were absent , but _theyranmedthimon return . Suppose a strike took place in a shop afortnight aftertherctum of such persons . They would , hy theproposed rule , he disqualified fromrecemng aliment , as their names would not be m the list , whilo at the same time the trade collectively might have paid up all its levies . This rule , of course , would prove so seriously objectionable to his trade , that if adopted it would , he confidently believed , lead to the withdrawal of his trade . the of

      MrRoBSOJi said he had an answer to objection Mr James in a resolution which he intended to propose , to the effect , that each member of the Association shall have , _, possession of a card of membership , to be renewed quarterly , and whichshould entitle them to receive support according to the scale , in cases of difficulty . This would completely remove the objection _. sofar as individual members were concerned , and at the sametimegivethe Central Committee that control over the funds , and those facilities for preventing abuses , which it was essentially requisite they should possess . .... , After some further discussion , the following rules were , on the motion of Mr _Eobsom , added to the report . 10 . Individuals joining a trade , who are more than six months members , shall be paying members three months before they are free . . 11 . That in all cases where "the document' is presented to the members of this Association the Central Committee shall resist such encroachment to the best of their ability .

      .. . . 12 . That all members who are clear upon the hooks of this Association shall be prodded with a card of membership , to be signed quarterly , to enable members to receive aliment in cases of difficulty ; but in all cases the Central Committee shall have full power to take the necessary steps to ensure success . The report , as thus amended , was unanimously agreed to , and the regulations contained in it were ordered to bo added to the general rules . A letter having bcenreadfrom the Corresponding Secretary ofthe Boiler-makers , On the motion of Mr Humphries , a deputation , consisting of Messrs . "Williamson and Parker , were appointed to proceed to Manchester , to meet the Annual Delegate Conference to that body , in compliance with a request from the Conference to that effect , Mr Jacobs was also deputed to visit the locksmiths of Willenhall on Friday evening . Messrs Peel , Parker , and Jacobs were appointed to wait upon the tailors of Birmingham this evening .

      The Conference then adjourned , shortly alter six o ' clock , till to-morrow morning , at nine o'clock .

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      LIST OF DELEGATES ' OF THB NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES , _ASSEMBLED IN CONFERENCE AT BIRMINGHAM . ( The following list came to hand too late to be inserted at the head of the above report . ] Ashton Hingemakers Mr Pilling Belper Framework knitters Rodgers Do . Horse nail makers Whitehurst Burlage Framework knitters Few Birmingham Tin plate workers Hall Bromsgrove Nailers Nowell Bury Builders Parkinson Charleston Powerloom weavers Pollett Clitheroe Do . do . Sherwood Cradley Chain makers Forest & Chancc Do . Nail forgers Adam 3 Darcey Lever Miners Martin

      Denton Hatters Ward Derby Framework knitters Corden Dudley Horse nail makers Rollason Duffield Silk glovers Shaw Edinburgh Type founders Holliss Farrington Cotton spinners Berry Glasgow Boilermakers Nicholson Greenock Do . do . Peacock and — . Nicol Hollytown Miners . Cloughan Keighley _'WoolcoihbeH Eramett Kidderminster Carpet weavers Baylis — Do . Sweetman — Do . Gardner Leicester , _OadbyJ _^ _S _^ MessrsWinten _andThurinastonSM _^ as a * " Buckby

      London City boot men Mr James — Do . No . 2 . _Greenslade — Do . women ' s men Ladd — Broad silk weavers — — Carpenters by union Diamond Lancashire Block printers 'Wilkin Lonton PotteriesCrate makers . Walker _ Do . "Wilton & Barn Loughborough Framework knitters field ' Macclesfield Silk dyers Briggs — Weavers West Manchester CoarseCotSpinnere Mr Weedon — Weavers

      —— Pr . Hangers & _Strs . Peel — Tobacco-pipeM & kers — — Wire Workers — — Silk Pickers Bailey — French Silk Power-— loom Weavers — _Small-wareWeavers _, — — Ladies'Shoemakers — — Bobbin Turners — — Tailors Parker — Shoe Binders . — — Silk Small-ware Wrs . — — Ditto — — Winders —« — Fustian Cutters Patten — Bricklayers _Hughaa

      — Painters Shields — Plasterers Ryley — Ditto Leonard — Plumbers and Glzrs . Taylor — Silk Pickers Moss — . Twist Bleachers Munroe Mansfield Frame-work Knitters Booker — Silk Knot Hands Seckwith Nottingham Shirt Drawers Ross — No . 1 Silk Glovers Barber — Do . Carnell — Lace Makers Wilson — Sawyers Vickers Oldham Joiners Pollard

      Openshawe Coarse Cot . Spinners Taylor Orrell Nail Makers Dickinson Pendleton Power-loom _Wvrs _* . Pollett Radford Frame-work Knitters Dean Redditch Needle Makers Smith Rochdale Carpenters Crabtree Stockport Bleachers TJnsworth — Card-room Operatives Devanny StNinian ' s Nail Makers Jenkins . — Four branches of the Sheffield Knife Trade Hawksworth — Do . Broomhead — Do . Bearder Wolverhampton Tin plate workers Elliott

      — Stock locksmiths Blakemore Winslow Handloom weavers Bentley Warrington Glass cutters Tomkins Sneinton Framework knitters Wooley StaffordshirePot- Do . T " ,, mni _« _.- „„ teries Do . - _Humphry The following members of the Central Committee also took their seats in Conference , by virtue of their office : — Mr J . Buck , Carpenter , Vice-President Mr Allen , Tin-Plate Worker Mr F : Green , Morocco-Leather Dresser Mr Robson , Ladies' Shoemaker Mr Williamson , Tin-Plate Worker Mr C . Mayhe , Carpenter Mr Cloughan , Coal Miner Mr Jacobs , Cabinet-maker Mr Gouldin , Maker-up Mr Blythe , Carpenter Mr Linegan , Hand-loom Weaver Mr Lynn , Carpenter

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      Siocktort . —Mr Joseph Be 3 wiek will attend a meeting m the large room , Bomber ' s-brow , on Sunday evening next , and give an account of his visit to O'Connorville . _KinnEBMiKSi-fB . —The members ofthe National Land Company are requested to attend at the Nag ' s Head Inn , on TuesJay evening next at teven o ' clock .

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      ODD FELLOWS' SOCIETY VICE-CHANCELLOR ' S COURT . —TuESDAT , Mat 2 Sih . _CtotraH v . _RATM-rFru . —Important Decision . —The bill in this case was filed by Elijah Clough , J . Todd , J . Slater , J . Wakefield , and G . Cooper , on behalf of themselves and all other members ofthe Loyal Highland Laddie Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows , except the defendants , against William Ratcliffe and 13 other parties , the governing body of the association , and also the officers of the Manchester and Salford district ofthe society , alleging that the plaintiffs had been illegally excluded from the lodges , and praying a declaration that such exclusion was illegal and void , and that the plaintiffs were entitled to the benefits of the association , and of a sum of £ 148 3 s . ii . by the bill alleged to be standing in the Manchester and Salford Savings-bank in the names of the defendants Whilham , Findley , and Herald , as

      trustees of the Highland Laddie Lodge , subject tothe conditions existing in the society before such exclusion ; also praying an injunction against the application of any part of that sum except for the benefit of the plaintiffs and all other members of the association ; for an account ; and also for an injunction against the transfer of that sura till the further order ofthe court . The original bill was filed on 1 st February , 1847 , to which all the defendants filed a demurrer for want of equity and waat of parties , and that demurrer was on the 4 th of March allowed , and leave was given to amend the bill . The bill was amended as it now stood , and the defendants put in a demurrer for wantof equity . Before the filing of the original bill an injunction was obtained to restrain the transfer ofthe £ 148 33 . 4 d . On the 6 th of May instant the demurrer was argued , and the case now stood for judgment .

      Mr Rolfc and Mr Roundell Palmer argued the demurrer : Mr Russell and Mr Hargrave supported the bill . His Honour said , —In this case I have to dispose of ademurrer to an amended bill , filed aftera demurrer to the original bill had been allowed with leave te amend generally . The present demurrer was argued in the course of last term . The only cause of demurring specifically assigned upon ' the record was want of equity . I wish , in the first place ,.-to say , that I feel some difficulty upon the question whether the bill is free fromthe objections upou which Lord Eldon proceeded when he allowed the demurrer in the case of _« ' Lloyd v . Lorine . " It is not , I think , superfluous toadd _. thatl doubt whether the contract of

      partnership , if that is the proper term , or of association for mutual assistance , or however it Bhould be designated , which is the foundation of tbe suit , is not shown by the bill to be a contract so circumstanced , but the principles and rules of common law cannot be considered as sanctioning it , or that a court of equity is bound by statute to recognise it . I do not suggest that , abstractedly , such a contract , such an association , is otherwise than morally laudable ; but if , from the number of persons concerned in it , or for that reason and others , the contract or engagement is of such a nature as not to enable any of the established judicatures of the realm to deal with it beneficially or usefully , or to act upon it efficaciously , without doing injustice , is it the duty of the court to

      acknowledge an agreement of that kind ? It may be conceded that for every civil wrong the law of the land provides , or ought to provide , a judicial remedy . But it is inconsistent with this concession that the court should decline to recognise a contract creating , or affecting to create , interest and claims of which the powers and means confided by the law to the courts do not enable them to provide for the regulation , enjoyment , or protection , —or that , with reference particularly to cases of this specific sort now before me , the law , among whose oldest institutions is the power of incorpofation , with ample means for the government of bodies corporate , and among whose provisions of later times , which the changes in the habits of society have seemed to render

      expedient , are the . statutes relating to friendly societies , —the law , which gives facilities for such associations , should notpernvt the adoption of every course , or every mode of effecting a laudable object , of a nature rather public than merely private , for effecting which it has provided means of a particular kind under wholesome regulations , —I doubt , as I intimated , whether upon such considerations such as these the association which the bill brings before the court is not within the province of the court , and does not fall within the observations of Lord Eldon , to be found in pages 462 and 470 , 475 and 477 , of Mr Russell ' s report ef the case of " Vansandan v . _Moere , " unless there is any statute , and certainly I am not satisfied that

      there is any , that ought to be considered as marline a material difference in the plaintiffs' favour . I am not sure that the members of an association such as that described , so far as there is a description of it in this bill , must not , upon civil questions arising , be left , in the words of Lord Eldon , " to regulate themselves by a mutual understanding and by a moral rule , without judicial interference , where _Parliament has not assisted them . " An impression , indeed at once of the moral and civil advantages capable ot arising from the societies called " Friendly Societies , " and of the inefficiency or insufficiency ofthe institutions of the country , without the aid of Parliament , to afford them , unless incorporated , stability or protection ,

      produced , I _sappose , the Friendly Societies Acts ; of which the members of the _Association now before me bave not thought fit to avail themselves ; although it is probable that it might have been placed under the protection of these acts , and if it had , the complaint of the plaintiffs , and those for whom they profess to sue , could by means of those acts have been easily , cheaply , and safely redressed . Without that , it ought to be said , in the language of Lord Eldon in " Beaumont v . Ridgway , " " the objects of societies such as these are of a nature which no court of justice can execute . " It may be suggested that the statutes 33 George III , _chaptsr 54 , and 35 George III ., chapter III , recognise the legality of an -association such as this , although not having enabled

      itself to claim the privileges conferred by _thelegis' aturo upon friendly societies . The enactment of the 33 rd George III ., c . 54 , which does not profess to be a declaratory act , commences by providing that " it shall and mayl be lawful to and for any number of ' persons in Great Britain to form themselves into and establish one or more societies of good fellowship for the purposeof raising , from time to time , by subscriptions of the several members" and so on : and although I do not forget the preamble of the act , nor the provision of the second section , beginning , " nor shall any such society which hath already been established , " yet I am not , I repeat , convinced that it was the intention of either statute , in the case of any society that should not entitle itself , by

      the means particularly specified , to have the benefit of the enactment , to be cognizable by the civil judicature , if . independently of the two acts they would not have been bo _cognitable . But , assuming in thepresentinstance the contract of the association stated by the bill not to be illegal , —assuming it to be one the existence of which is not unfit to be recognised by a court of equity , —assuming that the principles of LordEidon ' s decision in " Lloyd v . Loring" create no difficulty , the question still remains whether a case is stated by the bill which , were the case to go to a hearing upon the bill as it stands . —the facts alleged and charged being without addition , diminution , or variation proved or admitted—would entitle the plaintiffs to some relief ,

      within the range of relief specifically or generally prayed ? If it would not , the demurrer ought to be allowed . Now , first , as to the declarations of right asked . It would not , I apprehend , be inconsistent with the rules relating to the jurisdiction of the court to make the decree asked and nothing else ; to make the declarations asked would not belong to the functions ofthe court . In cases , whete the decree sought is a declaration of right alone , or an injunction alone , it would not be correct ; and I suppose a decree . which contained a declaration : of . right , and an injunction and nothing else , would not . be correct . When , therefore , in what I am proceeding to say , I Bhall use the term" relief , " I wish to be understood as meaning relief beyond a mere

      declaration of right . Next , as to the injunction or injunctions asked . The sum of £ 148 3 s . 4 d ., or that as to which a permanent injunction is asked , and so far as it extends to more , relief is asked in terms , I conceive too vague and too general to be granted . With regard to the £ 148 3 s . id ., its amount ; when the number , variety , and extent of interests to which . that sum is alleged to be subject are considered , must be thought very slight and trifling . This , however , is not all , because conceding or assuming that there may be cases in which an injunction maybe proper without any other relief , without u view to any other relief , without the supposition that there is any other relief , the present , 1 apprehend , is not one of those cases . I do not conceive

      that upon the record an injunction could be proper without any view toother relief , and without the supposition of there being other relief to be granted . What other relief could be granted _uood this record , or given only as stated in tbe bill ? Beneficially and usefully , I apprehend , none . For , as I conceive , this court does net possess the capacity and means of acting efficaciously so as , avoiding injustice , to do justice , for the purposes or any of the purposes for which the bill seeks to put it in action , under the circumstances which the bill states . The prayer beyond the declaration of right and injunction or injunctions asked is this , "that an account may be taken ofthe property and funds otthe said lodge , and

      that the rights and interest of the plaintiffs and all other persons therein may be ascertained and declared , and that all necessary directions may be given forgiving full effect to such rights and interests , either in manner aforesaid , or by repayment to the plaintiffs of the amount in which they shall be found to be respectively interested in the said property and funds , " and the prayer then ends with one for general relief . The bill must , I think , be understood as denying a dissolution of the society to have taken place , and also , probably , as not seeking a dissolution ; nor , as I apprehend , in a suit constituted as this is , relating to an association of the description stated on the record , can the court put an end to the asBociationorbroakifc up , or control the governing

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      bbdv or undertake the regu htion or administration of tte proceedings and concerns as the proceedings or coSsof such an association must be regulated and administered . And , if all individuals . interested were added as parties to the bill ; neither would the suit be manageable , nor whether it is bo or not would the matter be mended , the bill " being for _relief and not stating facts , the proof or admission of wh ch , with out more being done ; ought in the actual stale ot parties upon the bill to be a ground of relief , or part of the relief specifically prayed , or somerehef not inconsistent with that part of the bill . That description is , I apprehend , applicable to the present bill . 1 allow the demurrer , but without costs ; Leave to amend has been once given ; but I think in a case such as this is it would not be right to give leave to amend again . I may add , that although I think a conclusion against the bill warranted by principle and by authority , and . if I may speak of myself , not at

      variance with any decision whichIhavehadoccasion to pronounce In any other case , it is a conclusion at which I have arrived not without hesitation , and ot the correctness of which I am not confident , neither am I sure that I ought to have given the leave I did to amend , or that upon the occasion of disposing of the demurrer I went into the case so fully as I ought to have done . The mischief caused by this , however , cannot have been considerable . The case asitstands now ; upon principle , is one of some importance , although the bill does not , in my view of it , render necessary the decision whether the association is or is not unlawful at common law , or is rendered criminal or unlawful by statute , as has been strongl ) argued by the defendants , upon which , if I had formed , I should decline stating any opinion ; nor do I decide whether the absence of the Attorney-General upon this record is material or immaterial , correct inform or substance , or incorrect .

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      Chartist Meetings In Lancashire. Burnley...

      CHARTIST MEETINGS IN LANCASHIRE . Burnley . —A large meeting was held in the Ternperance Hall , on Friday evening last , to hear an address from Mr Ernest Jones on the Land and the Charter . Several questions were asked after the lecture , which being answered to the complete satisfaction of all partiesi a vote of thanks to the lecturer was carried by acclamation , and , after a like compliment to the chairman , the meeting separated , highly gratified with the results of the evening . Todmorden . —A very full meeting was held in the Odd Fellows' Hall on Saturday evening last . Mr Ernest Jones delivered an address on the ' political and social movement of the people , and the land and tithe monopoly of the State-Church . Mr Jones was hailed : with great applause throughout his address , and was honoured with a unanimous vote of thanks at the conclusion of the lecture .

      Rochdale . — _| The ; Chartists have just held ' a glorious meeting in their great room , in Yorkshirestreet . Long before the appointed hour the room was filled to overflowing , and hundreds were turned away from the doors , unable to effect an entrance . Mr Edward Mitchell was called to the chair , and addressed the meeting in a very effective _speeoh . The Chartists of this town , of either sex , maintained their old reputation for vocal talent , and sung some ofthe admired Chartist hymns in a style that could not be _sumassed in any town in England . The

      Chairman then introduced Mr Ernest Jones , who addressed the audience for nearly two hours on the position , prospects and duties of Chartism in the present crisis , —on the advantages of the Land Plan , and analysed the positions and politics of its opponents , amid the hearty approbation of an intelligent and most attentive audience . This was one of the most important meetings that has been held here for a considerable time . Twelve new members joined the Land Company , and Chartism has proved itself well on the alert in Rochdale .

      Cenihai , Registration and General Election Committee . —At the meeting held on Wednesday , May 26 , Mr Stallwood read a letter he had received from Charles Cochrane , Esq ., enclosing a cheque for £ 5 , towards defraying the expense of the late Crown and Anchor meeting for the repeal of the rate-paying clauses . The secretary announced that he had received a letter from the men of Halifax concerning the ensuing election for that borough . Metropolitan Committee . —On Wednesday evening , May 26 . Mr J . Milne in the chair , the O'Connorville plate , elegantly framed , was awarded to Miss Salmon , she standing highest on the poll . The meeting was adjourned until Tuesday next .

      Somers Town ;—At a meeting of the members of this locality held at Mr Duddridge s _, Bricklayers ' Arms , _Tonbridge-street , New-road , Mr William Farris in the chair , on the motion of Messrs Lucas and Page , 4 a . was voted tothe Veterans' Orphans ' and Victims' Committee . Mr John Hornby , one of the most active and esteemed members of this loca lity , having purchased the allotment No . 7 at O ' Connorville , attended to take his farewell of his brother members . It was unanimously agreed that the sub-secretary , Mr John Araott , be requested to draw up a brief address expressive of the warm and cordial thanks of the members for Mr Hornby ' s unwearied and energetic exertions in the cause of Chartism . It was also agreed tbat tbe said address be written on parchment , handsomely framed and glazed , and presented to Mr Hornby , as a Bmall tribute of respect for his honest and upright conduct .

      The Chartist Sunday Boat Trips to Gbebnfobd . —The first Excursion for the Summer season will take place on Sunday morning next , ' May 30 . The boat will leave Paddington Basin , near the Bridge , at the usual time . Tickets to be obtained of Vincent Pakes , 22 , Hereford-street , Lisson-Grove ; and at tho Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street . Tower Hamlets . —Mr P . M'Grath lectured at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , on Sunday evening , May the 23 rd , to a crowded audience . The metropolitan delegates were instructed to support the holding a public meeting in London against the present Poor Laws . The committee appointed to draw up a plan to assist members obtaining a prize in the ballot of the National Land Company ,- on taking possession of their allotments , reported progress . The discussion thereon was adjourned .

      Furthcoming Meetings. An Important Publi...

      FURTHCOMING MEETINGS . An important Public Meeting will be held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , on Wednesday evening . June 2 nd , at eight precisely . Crippleoate . —A meeting of the members will take place on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock , at Cartwright ' _s Coffee-house , _Redcross-street . Dr M'Douall ' s Route for the ensuing Month : Shineyrow , Monday , May 31 ; _Easington-lane , Tuesday , June 1 st ; Thornly , Wednesday , [ 2 nd ; Cassop , Thursday , 3 rd ; Quarnten-hill , Friday , 4 th ;

      Bishop Auckland , Monday , 7 th ; Old Slnldon _, Tuesday , 8 th ; Darlington , Wednesday , Oth ; Stockton , Thursday , 10 th ; Middlesbro ' , Friday , 11 th ; Stokesby _, Monday ; 14 th ; Stockton , Tuesday , 15 th ; Redcar , Wednesday , 16 th ; Hartlepool , Thursday , 17 th ; _Chester-le-slreet ,. Monday , 20 th ; Birtley , Tuesday , 21 st ; Sunderland , Wednesday , 22 nd ; South Shields , Thursday , 23 rd ; Newcastle , Sunday , 26 th . The various sub-secretaries and friends are particularly requested to make the necessary arrangements for the doctor ' s meetings on the days appointed , as there will be no departure from the time appointed , and also bear in mind that the dootor ' s travelling expenses will have to be paid to him .

      Bun . — The Chartists will meet at the Ship Inn , Church-lane , on Sunday evening next at six _o'clook . Manchester . —A meeting of the shareholders of the People ' s Institute will take place to-morrow , Sunday , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , on business of importance . ' Norton Foloate . —Mr T . Clark will lecture at the Pewter Platter , on Tuesday , June the 1 st , at eight o ' clock . _RocnbALEi—On Sunday evening next , Mr R . Marsden , of Preston , will lecture in the Chartist Room , Yorkshire-street , at six o ' clock . Tower Hamlets . —A general meeting of member and shareholders of the , Whittington and Cat branch , will be held on Sunday evening , to receive the report ofthe Local Allottees' Committee , and in support of the O'Connorville Tea Tray benefit for the victims . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock .

      Tub Veterans Orphans' and Victims _Commiitee will meet at the Land Office , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , on Wednesday evening next , at half-past eight o'clock , when all the delegates are requested to attend . The Central Registration and General Election Committee , will hold its next meeting at the Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , on Tuesday evening next , June the 1 st , at eight o ' clock precisely . The Metropolitan Committee will meet at the same time and place . The secretary of the National _Cooperative Benefit Society will also be in attendance to enrol members .

      Cooke's Equestrian Company Are Now M Man...

      Cooke's equestrian company are now m Manchester in a state of pecuniary embarrassment , and are making a final appeal to the public . The Portsmouth theatre was last Friday sold to government , to make way for a contemplated extension of the infantry barracks . Several of the French journals publish the following _' as a communication : — " Prince Jerome Bonoparte , eldest son of the youngest and last surviving brother of the Emperor Jerome , Ex-King of Westphalia , lately died at Florence , aged 33 . The lambing season in the northern Highlands has been unfavourable . The disturbances in the Grand Duchy of Posen have assumed a threatening appearance . A cat belonging to a carrier residing in a village near Whitehaven , is now suckling six rabbits as well as her own two kittens . It is the intention ofthe Liverpool solicitors , when attending court , to wear their gowns . :

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      " Maaylebone.—A Cibvothanjn Tbooblk.—The...

      " MAaYLEBONE . —A _CibVothanJn Tbooblk . —The Rev . Joseph Summers Bfbckhurat , who at the stationhouse stated himself to be a clergyman of the Established Church , was placed at the bar before Mr Long , on the following charge . —It appeared from the evidence that botween twelve and one o'clock in the morning policeman Woman , 103 S , found the prisoner committing a nuisance at the door of _thehouse of MrB Longman , in Southrfood-lane , Highgate , and oh the constable desiring him to desist , he struck him on his breast , and said he would lick bim as ho had licked one of the Hornsey men a short time ago . The policeman sprung his rattle , and Donovan 77 S , came to his assistance , when _. ihe prisoner promised to walk quietly to the station , but he had not

      gone far before he attacked Donovan also , and kicked him down several times , and "Woman as well , and his conduct was altogether very violent and resolute . In answer to the charge , tbe prisoner denied having assaulted trie officers , and said he considered "he bad been rOughly treated by the police , who had improperly interfered witb bim , as be was suffering from a complaint which had compelled him to act as he had done . Mr Long said the case was one which he felt it his duty to deal with severely . The accused bad called no wit . _ness to rebut the evidence of the police , or to prove the defence he had set up , and his position in society , instead of being a pallation , was an aggravation of the offence , "Without giving him the opinion of paying a penalty , he should send him at once to tbe House of Cor . rection for a month .

      GUILDHALL .-. AVE-JV Candid Pickpocket . —Two well known London " conveyancers , " named _Seppliof _' and Smith , were charged with practising their old game of picking pockets . They were watched down _Ludgatehill by one of the city detective force , and on coming up to a crowd of _pcreens who were viewing some procession , Smith managed to whip a handkerchief out of a gentleman ' s pocket , Seppling acting as a cover . Smith —Now , Mr Policeman , which pocket did you say I took it out of ? Constable—The right hand one Smith—Now , it just shows what a false-swearing man you are , for it was the left one . ( Laughter . ) Mr Alderman Sidney—Tou are both remanded , so that the gentleman who owns the handkerchief may attend , when no doubt you will be transported .

      WESTMINSTER . —Savace Assault . —John Gorman , Dennis Gorman , _JameB Coffer , and John Gilbert , four powerful Irish labourers , were charged with having , in connexion with several others not in custody , committed the following desperate and murderous assaults ; and Ellen Gorman and Caiherino Gorman were also charged with assaulting the police , and attemptiag to rescue the male prisoners . Matthew Minter , a labourer employed on steamboats , whose face was dreadfully disfigured , and who was so much injured otherwise as to be scarcely able to _tf-et into the witness bex , said—I went to the Flask , in E ury-square , on Monday evening , arid sat down in the taproom for about five minutes . On leaving I wished one of be prisoners good night , but bad no sooner done so than the male prisoner Gorman jumped over the table

      and kicked me dreadfully en the head and body . I contrived to get out and returned with two policemen , when they beat me again , and I crawled out , or I should have been killed . Mr Gregory West , _York-street , _Westuiin . _ster _, after describing the first part of the assault , said—When the young man was down John Gorman and Gilbert kicked and jumped upon bim . Brown , the landlord , immediately sent for the police , but before they came with his _measenger the young man ( Minter ) who had contrived to get away from the prisoners , returned with two con . stables . On their entering the room the prisoner Coffer flew at one of them in the most savage manner , grasped bim violently , and seiziBg a quart pot struck bim on the head with it . A scene then ensued which beggars description . They were all in such fierce conflict that : t

      is impossible to say what occurred . The officers were so cut and wounded that it was impossible for them to take the prisoners , but a great force having at last arrived the prisoners were overpowered . James Hubbard , 122 B said—On arriving at the Flask with Minter , who had marks of having been much beaten , he pointed out Coffer as one ofthe men who had ill-treated him , when Coffer immediately jumped over the table and struck him violently in my presence . I immediately laid hold of Coffer and said I 6 hould take bim to the station , when he replied , " You can't ; and now I'll give it to you . " Dennis Gorman then came behind me with a quart pot and wounded me severely with it on the head . I turned round to defend myself in the best -ray I could , when Coffer jumped on the table and kicked me several times on the

      back part of my head , and I alio saw mm kick another constable , 15 G B , Coffer also struck me several times with his fists , and Dennis Gorman struck me repeatedly with a quart pot , and I was also struck several blows with a poker or iron bar . The iron bar , which was square and of considerable thickness , with sharp edges , was produced , and was marked with blood . There were also several quart pots exhibited , battered into various forms by the violence with which they had been used , Mr Broderip ( pointing to the battered quart pots produced ) : Were the pots bent in that way by inflicting the wounds ? Witness : YeB _, and in striking the constable . The prisoners were committed , and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute the prisoners at the Central Crimina Court .

      Twenty More Missionaries Have Been Recen...

      Twenty more missionaries have been recently ap pointed and designated by the American Board o Commissioners for Foreign Missions . Mary Ann Lamb , sister of the late Charles Lamb , author of "The Essays of _Elia , " died on the 20 th inst ., aged 83 . A New Zealand paper lately received from Wellington , is printed on blotting paper , as no printing paper could bo found in the colony . A Waterford piper states that no nettles or water cresses can now be found in the neighbourhood of Dungarvon , as the starving peasants have devoured all those plants . A few days since , the Roman Prince Livio _Odescalchi paid the ransom of the duchy of Bracciano , which had been in pawn since 1803 , and re-assumed the title which had thus been pledged for more than forty years .

      Among the deBigns for the London Army and Navy Clnb , is one by Count _D'Orsay , who has hitherto been unknown as an architect , although his statues have acquired him considerable reputation as an amateur sculptor . Madame Parepa ( an Englishwoman , and sister of our eminent singers , Messrs E . and W . 11 . Seguin , ) is engaged as " prima donna assoluta '' at the Carignano Theatre , at Turin . A fire broke out at Rominick , on the 20 th April , which in a short time reduced to ashes fifty-eight houses , amongst which were some valuable public buildings , the Episcopal seminary , the school , the tribunals , & c

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      Corn, &C. Review Of The British Corn Tra...

      CORN , & c . Review of the British Corn Trade . —The extraordinarily fine weather which has been experienced since the commencement of May has worked a very great improvement in the appearance ofthe growing crops . The Lent-sown corn is everywhere looking splendid ; and though the wheat plant is still backward , its general aspect is healthy and promising . It is not surprising under these circumstances , that buyers of grain should have exercised increased caution in their operations ; and no stronger proof can be given of tho shortness of stocks than the fact that prices have continued to advance when so material an alteration for the better lias taken place in regard to our future prospects . That the wheat harvest will be later than usual—howcTer auspicious the summer may prove—is more than probable , but at present

      there exists no other cause for fear . The continued firmness shown by holders can , therefore , only be accounted for by the supposition that the quantity remaining on hand is reduced . into so narrow a compass as to load to the belief that greater scarcity than that already experienced is likely to be felt before the next crop can be ready for consumption ; and the extent of the foreign supplies is , therefore , likely to have a more direct influence on the future conrse of the trade than any other event ; * * AtLivcrpoofon Tuesday there was a large attendance of distant _buyers , " and the transactions in wheat were on an extensive scale , at prices 6 d per _TOttis above those current on that day se _' nnight . . On Friday the Liverpool market was again well attended , but wheat was quoted 2 d per 701 bs , and flour is per barrel lower than in the beginning of

      the week . The accounjp from the leading towns in Yorkshire describe the wheat trade as having become less animated , tho very high value of the article having led to an extensive use of substitutes ; still prices rose from 2 s to 3 s per qr both at Leeds and Hull on Tuesday . ' At Wakefield , on Friday , business was decidedly dull , and the advance of the previous market day was not supported . The reports from Bristol , Birmingham , and other western and norlh-western markets , are of a firm though not of a lively character ; and , with a contracted demand , a rise had nevertheless , it appears , been established on former rates . At ' the leading shipping ports on the east coast tho excitement seems also to have in soirae degree subsided ; but little or no increase having taken place in the deliveries from the growers , the tendency of prices has continued upwards .

      Foreign Corn Trade . —From the Baltic the reports aro of much the same character as before ; in many parts of the interior of Germany serious riots appear to havo taken place , owing to the scarcity and high prices of provisions ; and at all the Lower Baltic ports stocks of graiu appear to be completely exhausted . At Dantzic , however , a fair quantity of wheat was still left on hand on the 15 th instant , and good supplies wero arriving from ' Poland , as , however , great scarcity prevailed in the latter country , it was deemed probable that a portion of the corn originally intended for Dantzic might be detained . The weather appears to have been of a similar character on the Continent as with us , nrd the growing crops are generally well spokun of , particularly in Holland and in Belgium , where prices have consequently given way more or less . In the French corn markets business seems also to have been influenced by the fineness of tho weather , and by reports from Havre wo learn that quotations of both wheat and Hour had shown symptoms oi giving way .

      Mark lane , Monday , May 24 _, -Cossideradi . e Fall in lRicES .-Fresli up to-day a very moderate quantity of wheat of home produce came to hand , coastwise or by land carriage ami sample . The show of grain being larger than for some time past , the attendance of buyers botli town and country by no means large , the country markets coming considerably lower , tho favourable state ofthe weather for tho growing crops , and tho absence of forei gm orders , produced considerable heaviness in tho English wheat trade , and to effect sales the factors and holders were compelled to submit to a decline in tho quotations obtained on Monday last of from "Six to Seven Shillings per Quarter , " and a large portion of the supply remaind unsold at the close of the market . Tho largo arrival of foreign wheat above noticed induced much caution on the part of the millers in effectiu purchases .

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      Oh the whole , a good business was _passinc in _^ _T " " _^^ at a decline in the currencies of last week Bffi , if - * Uoli . Shillings per Quarter . " Previousl y to the J _^ _PK business some ofthe importers were _offering * _w ' > _" ) w inbulk at a further reduction in value W > l i goeg small quantity of English barley on offer W _da'err foreign was tolerably good . A fall of from ' u I _£ " * Of qr . cheaqer took place . The supply of maH * " P _» small , nevertheless the malt trade was In « , er J pressed state , and to , effect sales Is to 2 s _iw _^ _d" _* * money were accepted . The quantity of oats in J ' " Ie «« by no means large , yet the oat trade was in a _**« pressed state , and tlie currencies declined 6 d to l _^ _^ In beans very little was doing at Is to 2 s tier ' _*• money . Peas of all kinds were heavy , and u le 6 ' lower , Indian corn was dull , but mostly „ i , i pcr _1 *> prices . Flour was a slow sale at last Friiin ,. _> "' "il

      British . —wheat : Kent , Essex , and Suffolk ol < _i l nw * _« to 100 s , new red 98 s to 103 s , old white 95 S ' to V , ' _¦ S _dittoSOsto 108 s , Norfolk and Lincoln old red _«/ . s »* _" » old white 90 s to 95 s . —Rye 60 s to 63 s . -Barlei- t _- to 9 , ! i 15 s to 48 s , distilling 55 s to 58 s , malting 58 s to b 6 _« { _"""g Brown 15 s to 77 s , pale 73 s to 77 s , Suffolkand W _^ _'hto 73 s . — Beans : Tick 47 s to 52 s , pigeon _JJs tn ¦ « " ' Peas : white S 8 s to (! 0 s , grey and maple 55 s to 57 s n - ~" English feed 32 s to 38 s , Poland S 8 s to 40 s , Sent i ats : 37 « to 89 s . —Flour . * Town made 78 s to 83 s p , _N Kent 68 s to 73 s per 208 lbs . FoREi « - .-F ' ree , _* £ * Dantzic and Konigsburg 90 s to 105 s , Mccklenh , " *! to 95 s , Russian 76 s to 90 s . —Barley : grindinc 47 tI " malting SOs to 57 . —Beans ; Egyptian 42 s to 43 s n _" * Russian 33 s to 31 s . —American flour 50 s _tn m *• _' _*' 1961 bs . * _Pft

      _Mark-Lake , May 26 . —The . weather continues a c as could possibly be wished for the growin g cron _? " * under its influence , and that of the recent large ar - _^ millers act with the utmost caution , and the offerslp generally made for wheat this morning were so low ! E ' factors refused to listen to them , and _consenuentirS _^ little business passed . Oats were a better saleti ? morning , at a slight reduction upon Monday ' s r _» _S Barley , beans , and peas nominally the same as _P quoted . ¦ . » m Leeds , Tuesday , May 23 . —Our arrivals of wheat » . ' moderate . The general depression of the trade in ft article noted at the close of last week is followed _to-S by a reduction of 8 s to IOsper quarter , and verv lit ? . business done . * Richmond ( roRKSiiiRK , ) May 22 . —We had an _unusnaj , large supply of wheat in our market to-day , much lar _»' than there was any demand for , and the prices about , shilling a bushel lower than last week . Wheat sold fa 12 s to I 4 s ; oats , 8 s 6 d to 5 s 6 d ; barley , 6 s 9 d to 7 s m _. Beans , 7 s to 8 s . Liverpool , Monday , May 2 i . —The Liverpool Corn _Jfj , ket has been very languid during the last two or % days , partly from the influence of the splendid wcath _» of tlie last fortnight , parti / from the opening of the Bali and the Danube , and partly from the smaller purel _y of millers and others from the interior . Prices have taK a downward turn .

      CATTLE , dsc . Smimfield , Monday , May 24 . —The arrivals of beasj fresh up'this morning from our own grazing district , were seasonably good , and of excellent quality , especial ! those from Norfolk and the western and Midland coni ties . The attendance of buyers was by no means nun , rous , owing to which : and the prevailing warm weatt » the beef trade was not so active as on Friday last a which day beef advanced , in value quite 4 dper 8 H ) s ' w the currencies obtained on this day se ' nnight were lira ? supported in every instance , the primest Scots rea « producing 5 s 4 d per _Slbs , and at which a good _clesrav ! was readily effected . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , w Cambridgeshire we received about 1 , 000 Scots , home brA andshorthorns ; _fi-omjthe western andMidland counties !' * Herefords , runts , Devons , & c ; from other parts of En ? land 800 of various breeds

      ; and from Scotland 330 _liorasl and polled Scots . The numbers of sheep were on the _fc crease , yet the mutton trade was somewhat inactive ! - about last week ' s currencies . As nearly all the sheep are now out of the wool , it must be observed that our quota _, tions solely refer to those shorn . The , best old _doity were selling at 5 s Sd per B & s . From the Isle of 'Vi _gJt about 300 lambs came fresh to hand , and the _arrivii from other quarters were tolerably good . The lamb trail was firm at fully Friday ' s advanced rates , the best qui * _, ties producing 7 s per 8 tt > s . The veal trade was very steal j at last week ' s prices . In pigs only a moderate _busing was doing , at about stationary figures . Of foreign arrivi _* ! there were on sale to-day about 250 beasts , 380 sheep , 1 ° ) lambs , and 20 calves , the whole of which were disposed ; at full prices .

      Coarse and inferior beasts 4 s to 4 s 6 d , second quality ditto 4 s 8 d to 4 s lOd , prime large oxen 5 s to 5 s 2 d , prim Scots , & c 5 s 2 d to 5 s 4 d , coarse and inferior sheep Is _jj to 4 s 8 d , second quality ditto 4 s 8 d to 4 s lOd , prime _coar-t woolled sheep 5 s 2 d to 5 s 4 d , prime south down ditto 5 s 6 i to 5 s _8-i , large coarse calves 4 s 8 d to 5 s 2 d , prime _smil ditto 5 s 4 d to 5 s 8 d , large hogs 4 s to 4 s 3 d , ncatsmafl porkers 4 s lOd to 5 s 4 d , lamb 6 s to 7 sper 8 Ibs to sinkthi offal . Suckling calves 20 s to 30 s , and quarter old ston pigs 18 s to 22 s each . Scarcity of Cattle . —During the last five or six yean both cattle and sheep have suffered from a variety oi diseases , by which their numbers have been greatl j thinned . This evil has been aggravated by the total de . structionof the Irish pigs , consequent on the failure oi the potato c _.-op . The result of the failure has alread y heen to produce an extraordinary scarcity of supplies , and greatly to raise the price of butchers' meat , and tlie same causes threaten to raise" it very shortly to a higher point than has been known since the war .

      POTATOES . BoROCGn and _SriTALHELDS . —Since Monday last about 320 tons of potatoes have come to hand from Holland . From our _| ownlcoasts the arrivals have been small . The best parcels are in moderate request at full itrices : but all other kinds arc a mere drug . York _redsiiOsM 260 s , ditto Regents 240 s to 280 s , ditto Shaws 208 to » , Lincoln and Cambridge Regents 200 s to 270 s , ditto Kidneys 200 s to 220 s , Dutch 120 s to 140 s . WOOL . London , May 24 . —During last week the imports ol wool into London were extensive , viz ., 100 bales fromthe Cape , 220 do from Montevideo , 90 do from Hamburj , 499 do from Port Beaufort , 2 , 400 do from Sydney , 2 , 600 from Launceston , 1 , 500 do from Hobart Town , and 501 do from various other quarters . In the private contract markets very few transactions have taken place in any description , and prices are with difficulty supported . COTTON .

      Liverpool , Monday , May 24 . —The sales to-day amount to 6 , 000 bales , 2 , 000 of which are for export and on speeu . latiou . The market is very firm , and an advance of { 4 per fi ) has been obtained on all classes of Amoricao , There is a general feeling of confidence among the holdeii of cotton .

      STATE OF TRADE . Manchester . —During the earlier part of the week there existed a rather better inquiry for several descrip . tions of goods and some of the lower _numb-. 'rs of yarns ; which , on some concessions being made by sellers , led W a fair extent of business . Since Tuesday , however , _tHi inquiry and disposition to do business have to a consida . able extent subsided , and the market during the lasti ' _tir days has again been characterised by extreme _stagaition . Buyers with ready cash at command ( of vim there are very few indeed ) have it in their power to _cerate to very great advantage at present , so urgent is the necessity for realising sales in cash . Printing cloths aid forty-inch shirtings suffer very great depression . It ! home-trade is almost ot a stand-still , any transaction : effected being _ only for immediate need , and consequent !} on the most limited scale . This is no matter of surprise , when the daily diminishing resources of the population are taken into account . It is supposed that many _i » i" _- owners who are at present going short time will not resume working after the holydays .

      Rochdale . —There has been little or no improvement in the demand for goods . Leeds . —Less business has been done this week , both at the warehouses and at the cloth-halls , than during anj week of the present year . In some instances uianuf _«> turcrs arc reducing the amount of their productions , and should a change soon take place for the better , it is " be feared there will be great distress amongst the opt !** tives . , Halifax . —The demand for yarn has greatly fallen _fr and a great deal of machinery is running short time , _y _& the prospect of more mills following tho example . _^ HJ little wool of any kind is changing hands . Hoddebsfield . —We have again had a very flat _marM , Manufacturers make bitter complaints , and several mil's arc working half time . Bradfokd . —Wool . —The disposition to buy _wooing not in the slightest degree increased . Yarn . —The business doing for home consumption is steady , l _' wccs .--There has been rather more business done , during * _f week both by the German houses and Americans . ID prices we do not hear of any alteration .

      _NoTiivonAM . —Lace . —We regret to say there is no improvement to report In this trade . Hosiery . —The heavy gloom pervading the trade , if anything , has increased ui * last week , and is now extending to all the branches . Leicester . —Thero is _sttll a great stagnation of ii' *** and an immense number of workmen in every branch i

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      (From The Gazette Of Friday, May 21.) Th...

      ( From the Gazette of Friday , May 21 . ) Thomas Burrell , Billericay , Essex , licensed vic tualler- ' Edward Palmer , Great Surrey-street , Blackt ' _i-iars _. _i' « agricultural agent—James Caleb Whittenbury , Grt <* wieh , builder—Shute Biu-rington Moody , Fciicruj * street , civil engineer—William Craft , _Spring-strect , I *? dington , fishmonger—Edward Kceler , Canterbury , deaw In glass—Charles Paddon , Tower Marsh , Lambeth , cloth- * salesman—Robert Ilibhins , Ketton , Rutlandshire , _stonemason—Jiuncs Henry Mackey , St Helen ' s-place _, _liisbofj gate-street , merchant—John Thomas Groves , Millbw ' _- ' Hampshire , seed crusher—Louise Roelauts , _Argyll-stK _* Regent-street , milliner—David Wood , Whitechapel-rO _" Birmingham , warehouseman— John Sugden _, Hradt ' _w Yorkshire , butcher-John Marlaud , Marrick , _YorksUi * banker—James Thomas , Swansea , grocer—John llill _* _^ George Hill , Exeter , builders-r-Aiithoiiy Norvall , I . _ivoij'w painter-Thomas Taplin Cooke , Manchester , bill _veii-W —Henry Webb , Stafford , dealer in porter—Samuel HcarCsley , Slater , Nottingham , wine merchant ( From the Gazette of Tuesday , May 25 . ) Charles Hall , _Uxbi-idge , grocer—William Judd _, _KcusaB : New-town , Middlcsix , builder—John Darbv , Dorse UiH _' {*' _Dorset-square , horse dealer-Jamas Andrews , l'iiisiw " ' i Isle of Wight , coal merchant-James Wliitbv , _i-. _'' " ' grocer-James Butler , Saffron Walden , Essex , np _hulsi- _*™ [ —William Hands , Whitmore-road , Hoxton , _baker-H- ' 1 _' 1 Drew , _Mary-streut , ICiiigsland-road _, wine _merch-J ' _" " " ' Charles Cleaver Knight , Laudport , Hampshire , _drap- _* _' - " * c Edwin Winscom , Southampton , pastrycook - _WH' - _^ _» l _' carce , Southborough , Kent , grocer—T . Carter , _Ki'iw' "";" jeweller-Richard Sersrennt . Maidstone , oilman—) '" " , }

      Williams , Wliitcchnpol-roiid _, cane dealer-l ! ryni « g _^" lington and Edward Jones , Liverpool , _tailors—Ro-jS * Still , Liverpool , merchant-Edward liurne , _l-ivc ! 'l „ _- slater-Joseph Wilkinson , Birkenhead , builder—la * Hogg and Thomas Woodhouse , Preston , cotton nij »' , facturers—Charles Samsoii , Chorltou-upon-Medlo ' . _' i K g \ cashire , brewer—William Ashmore , Birming ham , _W " —Samuel Bcardsley Slater , Nottingham , wine _n-eivl _*'" ' - John Foster and William Davy , Leeds , flax si , » , i ,,,,,. \ John Hinohcliffe , Wakefield , _carrier-lltiiisel Bam ' ' , , ., coster , grocer—John Wiles , _Wotton-under-Edgo , t ' ' . ' ,: tcrshire , builder-Thomas Avant , Dawlish , Devon- * upholsterer .

      Printed By Dougal M'Gowan , Of 16, Great...

      Printed by DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of 16 , Great _Win _* _'" _^ street , Haymarketin the City of Westminster , ' ,

      , Office, In The Same Street And Parish,...

      , Office , in the same Street and Parish , t ' ov _"iViied i prietor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., anil l _*« w' , B .. by William Hewitt , of No . 18 , _Chnrles-s _treet , « , _' don-street , Walworth , in the parish of St . Ma " . ' ** _[* , ' ngtoii , in tho County of Surrey , at the'Of _!*' - _''* ' ' , « _- _st- _' _. Great _Wikdmill-streot , Haymarket , in the Cit ) ¦» minster . Saturday , May 29 th , 1817 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 29, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29051847/page/8/