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_wedings " of the " so-called represeritatires of the nation . ( Hear , hear . ) The first thing , in my judgmart , which we have to do , is to make ifc- known that we are determined there shall be jio retrogradation . ( Loud cheering . ) A great battle has heen fought for the regulation of our commercial intercourse with Other countries . ( Hear , hear . ) That battle has been successful ; we must not suffer ourselves tobe deprived of the advantages which we hare gained . ( Cheers . ) We must not permit a grasping and iusolvent landocracy , aided by hood--t * nnkes , ° racki-ented tenants , backed by their ill-paid and benighted labourers , to re-impose a tax upon the people ' s food . ( General cheering . ) Let me hare your permission to-ni ght , to declare as your represe ntative , that all restrictive imposts upon the
bread of the people—all taxes npon that food which the millions eat in the sweat of their face—are unnatural , impious , and inhuman . ( Cheers , and cries of" Yes . " ) - Let me have your permission to declare , that you demand the right freely to eat of all the harvests in the world , and that you will never again allow the quantity , the quality , or the price of yonr loaf to be tampered with , for the benefit of the landlords of this country- ( Enthusiastic cries of " . Yes , yes , " and cheers . ) Do this , and I shall be strong , not only in the justice of tho case , but in yonr confidence and support . ( Much cheering . ) I have no fear ofthe result . ( Hear , hear . ) On the contrary , I foresee the best consequences following from the early discussion and settlement of the
great question " protection , or no protection . ( Loud cheers . ) The landlords will be beaten—( cheers)—beaten in arguments —( cheers)—beaten by facts- _^ checrs)—beaten by an appeal to experience and ascertained results —( cheers)—and " beaten finally by the votes of both branches ofthe legislature . ( Long and continued criesof " Hear . " ) I saw m the Daily News of this day that his Grace the Duke of Richmond , the President of the Society at 17 , Old Bond-street —( a laugh)—addressed a protection meeting at Brighton , on Saturday last , and counselled union and determination for the purpose of turning out the present government , and installing one that should restore protection to British agriculture . Let us pause for a moment to inquire -whether this noble duke is the most consistent man
in thc -world , in thus seeking to diminish the size and increase the cost of the loaf of his fellow-countrymen . ( Shame . ) The Duke is a descendant of the famous Duchess of Portsmouth , one of the courtezans of that exemplary monarch Charles the Second . ( A laugh . ) Undoubted historical records inform us _-jhat in the 29 th year of his reign , the ** merry uunarch caused letters patent to be issued , granting t < his right trusty and right entirely beloved son Charles Duke of Richmond and Lennox a duty of twelve pence per chaldron on all coals shipped out of the river Tyne . ( Expression ' s of disgust . ) This - " _uty was regularly received and appropriated , by the _Jchmonds and Lennoxes . At length it became desirable that these coal duties should be transferred
tothe crown , for the public service , and steps were taken to ascertain their value and make compensation to the tben Dake of Richmond . (* ' Oh , oh , " and cries of " Shame . " ) Accordingly , we find in the parliamentary finance papers of 1801-2 , 1810 , and IS 25 , accounts of the purchase by the Exchequer in the Three per Cent . Consolidated Fund of three sums , each of thc amountof £ 211 , lll , 2 s . 3 d making a total of £ 033 , 333 , Gs . 9 d ., for which £ 490 , S 3 o , lis . 6 d . of the public money was paid . This half million sterling was banded to the Duke of Richmond , and as much added to the national debt of the country ; the interest to he paid , or ihe principal to be redeemed , by the hardworking people of England . ( Renewed cries of " Shame . " ) These coal duties and this half million have enabled
the Dukes of Richmond to become vast landed , proprietors ; and the use the present duke makes of his power , and the grateful return which he _' makes to the people of this country , to whom he owes every farthing -which he or his ancestors ever possessed , is to put himself at the head of a movement for taring tbe people ' s bread and for turning out her Majesty ' s ministers because they are in favour of fr ee trade in corn . ( Loud cries of " Shame . " ) Let this and other noble dukes beware . Should they continue their machinations much longer the people may begin , if they are not already doing it , to look into the orig in and nature of their titles to the enormous -wealth which they have been permitted to possess . Such an _investigation would neither add to the splendour of their reputation , the respectability of their pedigrees , nor the security of their fortunes . Let them learn a lesson from the sailor ' s epitaph :
" Lie still , if you ' re wise , You'll be if jou rise . " ( Much laughter . ) A legislator who professes to be in favonr— -not of class interests , but of the rights and welfare of all classes , will not only maintain our present commercial policy , but do much more , ne -will earnestly unite with those who are demanding a rigid inquiry into the national expenditure with a "viewto large reductions , especially in our overgrown and immoral establishments for the maintenance of the army and the navy . ( Loud and general cries of " Hear , hear . ") He will be prepared to support a revision of our whole system of taxation with a view to the equalisation of the burdens pressing on the people . He will demand that all taxes of every kind be brought to account , that the people may
know what are the gross receipts and what are thc expenses of collection , and what pensions and salaries are now paid out of the public purse . He will demand an inquiry into the salaries and emoluments of all public officers , and a strict comparison of priees in the past and present years , that such reductions may be made as are just and equitable , and that the public money be not squandered in unmerited pay and sinecure emoluments . He will be earnest in his endeavours to obtain cheap food for tbe minds of his fellow-subjects as he has been to obtain cheap food for their bodies , and will do his best to remove those taxes on knowledge which are obstructive of popular education , a grievous impediment in the way ofthe best benefactors of their country , and a scandal to the civilisation and iutc . ligence of
the age . He will co-operate with those who are the friends of the sister country , and above all will be anxious to relieve the people of Ireland from tbe iniquitous burden of sustaining a church whose doctrines are those of a few only , and are repudiated hy the millions of the indigenous people of tbe soil . ( Cheers . ) He will thus show his sympathy with Irish distress and his love of reli gious liberty . By snch a course he will also prove himself the best promoter of that connexion between the parent country and its dependencies which is productive of good to both and is most likely to perpetuate harmony , prosperity , and loyalty . In thus -venturing to refer to the course -which , I think , a friend of the people ought to take in parliament , I have sketched my own duty / and indicated the path which I intend
steadily to pursue . ( Cheers . ) Should such a course be the one which yon would have your representative take , I shall calculate npon your support and approval . ( Loud cheers . ) If it should not , I would then recommend you to provide yourselves with some one in my place— ( " Xo , no " )—since it is my resolution to advocate all the measures I h .-we now specified . There is yet another great measure , and one which I regard as paramount and essential . I mean Parliamentary Reform . ( Cheers . ) 1 have considered it my duty during the last four months to place myself at the disposal of the council of the . National Reform Assoeiation for the purpose of assisting that body either publicly in assemblies called for the consideration of their scheme , or privately in any way in which my
talents may be made available . It is my intention -while I have strength to continue to give tbem my services even more unreservedly than I have hitherto been able to do . You will have the opportunity to-night of saying whether you sympathise with this movement , and whether you sanction the part taken by your representative . If your verdict should be favourable , you will not be disposed to blame me if I should sometimes think that I may he doing more good by going forth to awaken and enlist the public in the cause than by spending my time in fruitless attendance in the house which we seek to reform . Oh all great questions affecting your interests , I pledge myself to be at my post , to give an hone 3 t vote . My opinion of the present state ofthe representation may be soon
expressed—I look upon it as a mockery , and upon the house which it has created as unconstitutional . The object of the society we are assembled to promote , is to g ive tfie people a real representation in that house , by largely extending the . franchise , and by tetting rid of boroughs under influence and intimiation —( hear , hearV—by the enlargement , and as far as practicable , the equalisation of electoral districts . Sueh a reform will enable the people to return the men of their choice npon free and independent principles . ( Hear , hear . ) It . is often a souree of the greatest satisfaction to me to reflect thatthe honour which I enjoy ofa seat inthe Houseof _Commonsis an honour which , as far as I can judge , has been conferred upon me with the consent of the people—with the consent and approbation of the non-enfranchised class of the community , not only in this borough—but throughout the kingdom . And this not because I lave at time to be the i hi
any aspired _champon of ter rights , , or the exponent of their condition or their prejudices ; still less beeause I have been a servile - _* w * ° _* - _wishes ; but because . Ihave inv _* uiably taken them into account , as having the first ; claim to consideration in the discussion of every public question . I conclude by calling upon you to dealfrankly with your member at alTtimes , that _* _^ L - ? w _^ ow ( - _" * * " - ¦ P _^ lic conduct is in _SLJ _^ V _* P ° , _lltical views of those who have _™ _w _™ _™ iV Pkee ' m _**» legislature of the _22 Zi J _* _ru ° - - _? ember _*•>» was throughout SS ' _S _themost enthus iastic demonstrations _fj _^ i and approbation , concluded with-an elo-S"IS _W ' , _llf ° ? ,. _concentration of effort f ? _S _Part , al » ke of the franchised and un * _^ _chised _^ _tie . . sure means " of obtaining " he _rerfoms winch the * demanded , and the pe-Sneat peape and , prospenty which tho country « S . _JJr , Par ,, as one _* bo had taken a prominentpart
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in the election of Mr . Thompson , was anxious to . express his satisfaction , and he believed- the satisfaction of all present , at the noble and independent manner in which that gentleman has conducted himself a 3 their representative , and tonsk them to . agree to a resolution _exptessivenf their continued confidence in him , and their determination to back him iri his endeavoures to benefit the peop le , with their support . The resolution was;— " That reviewing the parliamentary votes and general public conduct of Mr . George Thompson , ' this
meeting is of opinion that he as fully redeemed his pledges on the hustings in 1847 , and has entitled himself to the confidence of the electors and nonelectors of this borough . That this meeting would embrace the present opportunity of gratefully recognising tbe exertions of Mr . Thompson to obtain for the unfranchised classes of this country a lull and fair representation of the Houce of Commons and resolve to render him all thc co-oper ation in their power in the attainment of that important national object . _ , _ L , _ , electorseconded
Mr . J . _Carvelt . "Williams , an , tbe resolution , which was supported by Mr . Box . Mr . G . W . M . Remolds rose to support the resolution . He was received with tremendous applause , which continued for some minutes , onthe part ofthe great majority of the meeting ; but about twenty or thirty persons , who evidently _belonged to the middle class , and who looked like dissenting ministers , sustained a protracted hiss . Thereupon Mr . George Thompson requested the factious disturbers to be quiet , and give Mr . Reynolds a fair hearing . Order being restored , Mr . Reynolds proceeded to express his opinions on several matters alluded to by previous speakers . Sir Joshua Walmsley had talked of the glorious
constitution , and had eulogised its component partsnamely , Kingt Lords , and Commons , buthc ( Mr . Reynolds ) could see nothing at all admirable in it ; and as forthe House of Lords , hethoughtit ought to be abolished altogether . ( Cheers . ) Then Sir Joshua had deplored the infringement upon thc prerogatives of the Crown * but he ( Mr . Reynolds ) could see no possible harm in that- —on the contrary , he looked upon it as a matter of congratulation , supposing that such was really the case . "What he wanted to see was the extension of the privileges bf the people . ( Immense cheering . ) . . The aristocracy had grasped everything itcoufd lay its hands upon ; and it was no matter of surprise at all if the masses were steeped in pauperism , wretchedness , and misery .
( Hear . ) Royalty had cost this country one hundred millions of pounds sterling since the accession of George the Third , unto tho present time . Surely this was rather too much to pay one family for doing them the honour to reign over them ? ( Hear , hear . ) Then look how the people were ground down by taxes . _Nothing would ever put a stop tb such _wonton extravagance , a d tremendous waste , until the Charter became the law Of the land . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Thompson had eloquently described the origin ofthe Duke of Richmond's titles and revenues ; he might also have said that the Dukes of St . Albans and Grafton derived their honours and riches from the same source—namely , " the prostitution of their ancestresses . ( Hear , hear . ) A great deal had been
said' about Protection and Free Trade : but was it astonishing thatthe Americans could supply us with grain cheaper than we could produce it at homeor rather , at a lower rate than our farmers could bring it into our own markets—when it was remembered tbat industry in this country was weighed down -with the heaviest pecuniary burdens , while America was comparatively untaxed ? ( Hear , hear . ) The Parliamentary Reform Association deserved the support , or , at all events , the _counteqajoce of the working classes , because it was pledged to agitate for a considerable amelioration in the present system ; and the least modicum of reform was a grand step gained towards future . triumphs . ( Cheers . ) Rut when asked for an extension of the sufirage , the minister would base his refusal upon the alleged ignorance of the people . And yet it was not the ignorance of the masses that was feared by
the aristocracy ; but their intelligence . ( Cheers . ) The tyrants well know that a veritable people ' s parliament would make high work of all existing abuses . ( Cheers . ) When asked for the Ballot , the minister would deny it on the plea of its being un-English . But the upper classes did not think it un-English to use the ballot-box at their clubs , nor in regimental court-martials . They did not consider it un-English to employ French cooks and lacqueys in preference to English domestics ofthe same order ; nor did they scruple to give the preference to French milliners , tailors , and dancingmasters . Lastly , but not least , the men who talked about the ballot being un-English , did not think it un-English to lacerate the backs of unfortunate sailors and soldiers nntil the flesh was
beaten into ajelly . ( Hear , hear . ) Things , in fact , were only un-English when it suited the country ' s tyrants and oppressors to proclaim them so . ( Loud cheers . ) The abolition of the Property Qualification would likewise meet with ministerial opposition , on the ground that intelligence generally went with th 9 wealth-possessing class . "Now it was by no means difficult to show the atrocious folly of that argument . Take , for instance , Sir Robert Peel—a man who by possessing riches , was not only quallified to vote for Members of Parliament , but likewise to become a Member of Parliament himself . But suppose that a sudden stroke of adversity deprived him of all his property to-morrow , he would lose the right of voting for a member and sitting as
one , and yet his intellect would remain precisely the same . ( Hear . ) On the other hand , take the meanest and most ignorant mendicant crawling in the gutter—the veriest , wretch that ever was steeped in the most lamentable ignorance—and suppose that some lucky windfall filled his pocket with gold , what would be the consequence 1 He might rise from his filth and his rags all in a moment , to exercise the privilege of voting , and become a Member of Parliament himself . ( Hear , hear . ) This was the real light in which to view the Property Qualification . Was it not infamous in the extreme ? Should it not be abolished ? To touch now upon another matter , somo one had alluded to the expenses of Mr . Thompson ' s election
being not altogether liquidated . Now , would it not be well if the Parliamentary Reformers added the principle of '* Paid Representatives" to their programme ? With the Vote by Ballot , and Paid Representatives , they would hear no more of such ignominious questions as election expenses . ( Hear , hear . ) Being himself a member of the council of the Association , he was anxious for its success ; and therefore he recommended the addition just named . ( Cheers . ) Wheri the working classes had come forward so cheerfully to aid that movement , concessions should be made to their wishes ; and no effectual reform could be carried out without the principle of "Paid Representatives . " Mr . Reynolds thin proceeded to defend Chartism and Chartists against the flagrant misrepresentation ofthe press ,
and against thc obloquy which had been thrown upon them : he declared that the Chartists were not spoliators nor depredators , but honest , intelligent , and oppressed working men , demanding their just ri g hts . The prejudices against Chartism- were beginning to be dissipated in many quarters where it was desirable for its principles to be better known . Mr . Reynolds then passed in review the events of the continent , in order to show that the people had always and every where been magnanimous , generous and humane ; whereas , kings and aristocrats had as invariabl y arid as universally proved themselves monsters of treachery , cruelty , and bloodthirstiness . There was "a party of order" in Europe which had got the upper hand for the present , and had perpetrated unparalleled atrocities . This set of miscreants had been the cause of
Hungary s defeat and Italy ' s ruin : Kossuth , Mazzini , and Ledru Rollin—the most glorious patriots ofthe age — ( thunders of applause ) — were exiles on account of the villany of the party of order . Let the English , then ' , beware lest they had their party of order here also J . The aristocracy would become such a party of order , if the people . would allow them . But to prevent such ah appalling catastrophe , let the working and middle classes unite for the present , as far as they could , and as well as
they might , in order to obtain reform : but let not the millions abandon for a moment the separate agitation which they were carrying on for their own rights and their own interests . Onthe contrary , let them persevere iri their struggle for the People ' s Charter—a struggle in whichhe ( Mr . _Heynolda _* should heartily and unweariedl y assist until tho end . ( Mr . Reynolds sat down amidst prolonged cheering . ) The Chaihman then put the resolution , which was carried unanimousl y and with acclamation .
Mr . W . Williams , late mamber for Coventry , _obserredm reference to What had been _SftiU by Sir , -T . Walmsley , though he should , did he consult bis own wishes , never enter the House of Commons again ; but when he recollected that two-thirds of the House of Commons was mado tip of aristocrats and their connexions , and that while that was tbo case there was but little hope of reforming the system of extravagance and corruption which had grown up under the system , ho should bo ready to serve the people both in arid ont . of tho house if
elected . Be referred to the absence of many of the metropolitan members from tho divisions in favour of the several reforms proposed last session , and advised the people of all classes , as the most effectual means of obtaining a full and fair representation ofthe feelings and interests of the country , to unite in supporting the Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association . Mr . G . Thompson thanked the meeting for the renewal of tlieir confidence , and moved a vote of thanks to the chairman , which , having been seconded was carried unanimously , and the meeting broke np .
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A Fbeb Trade Demonstration took place on Tuesday evening at Exeter , when Mr . Divetfc and other gentlemen , addressed a largo company , who had-assembled -to ; congratulate each other on the success of free trade , and to discuss ' the subject of further reforms _.
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_MBE" * _"i _£ G _^ On Monday , evening last an important ; meeting . of _tllemh ' » bitants of the borough of , Great : Yarmouth assembled in the Corn Exchange , to receive ' adepur tation from- the-council ; of the National Reform Association , -and to hear ; from those gentlemeri a Statement of the objects which that Association has in view , and of the means to be adopted for their accomp lishment . The deputation consisted of W . A . Wilkinson _. -Esq _., H . T . Atkinson , ' Esq .,. and Sir F . Knowles , Bart . The spacions building was densely crowded in every part , arid hundreds were unable to effect an entrance . * The Mayor , having taken the chair amid considerable applause , observed that ono of tho principal subjects which would be brought before the meeting durinir the evening was the question of taxation . _——^—^ _zs _^^ _z ¦ - ' -
This was a subject , he said , which they were positively obliged , to some extent , to understand , for it was a subject that would form " acquaintance with them , in spite of their will to the contrary . Taxes met them as they entered the world—stuck to them through life—and followed theni to the grave . He was happy to find that an Association had at last sprung up for the purpose of forcing upon' the governraerit the adoption of something like economy . ( Great applause . ) Mr . Alderman Hammond moved the first resolution : — " That the present excessive taxation of the country paralyses commerce , depresses Agriculture , and impoverishes the labouring classes . ' He was sure that they must all be perfectly satisfied that the enormous taxation under whicli this country
laboured was one of the principal causes of the paralysis of commerce in Yarmouth , and that the shipping and fishing interests ofthe town were also extremely depressed from the same cause . With respect to the depression of agriculture , he must confess that the prices which the farmer obtained for his produce were exceedingly low ; but he maintained that the farmer could grow his wheat at 20 s . a coomb if the taxation ofthe country were reduced and equitably adjusted , and if the landlords reduced their rents in the same proportion . ( Hear , hear , and applause , in the midst of which a voice was heard , "And tho parsons too . " ) Yes ,. and-the clergy too , ought to do their part , and then the _^ armers might live well enoug h with flour at the price it was . As to the fact that tho labouring classes were greatly impoverished by the present rate of taxationhe thoug ht it was self-evident that-the
, poor could not live with comfort and convenience to themselves , while they paid so dearly to keep up the sinecures and pensions of the rich , ( Cheers . ) Mr . Hammond then concluded by moving the resolution which he had read . _^ Mr . Jackson expressed his conviction that the measures proposed by the National Reform Association were eminently calculated to promote the interests of the whole community , for if the expenditure of the nation were reduced ten millions , he should like to know if any man would have the audacity and the impudence to tell him that it would confer no . benefit on the labouring classes . ( Applause , ) Mr . Jackson entered into a brief exposition of the evils of indirect taxation , and concluded by advocating the rig htifbf the people to a fair representation in the Commons House of
Parliament . W . A . Wilkinson , Esq ., supported the resolution . He proceeded to state the object of the Reform Association , " to obtain a cheaper and better government . '" He showed that amongst the population of this country there existed atthe same time the two extremes of the greatest affluence and the greatest poverty in the world , and concluded that although no act of parliament could be passed that would make all the poor people rich , it was nevertheless quite possible for the legislature to put them in a condition to help themselves , by taking off the statute book many of the obnoxious laws that now existed . ( Great applause . ) With respect to the taxation by which tho country was oppressed , he
remarked that they all felt the weight of the burden , * but there were some evils attached to the system which they might not have observed , because they were not so patent . Amongst these he mentioned the effect of tea duties , which not only restricted the home consumption of that article , but also prevented our sending to China a larger share of our manufactures . The duty , on tobacco , he observed , was attended with thesame evil consequence . In allusion to the window taxes , he stated that an association in London , for improving the dwellings of the labouring classes , had erected a large building for their accommodation , but was prevented froiri further carrying out this benevolent obiect in consequence of the weight of this tax ,
which fell as heavily as it could do on any of the palaces of the nobility . ( " Shame ! shame ! " ) If , however , they wero to complain of this to the Chancellor of the Exchequer , the answer would be that he could not afford to rescind the tax , his expenditure running so closely on his income . But how was it , he asked , that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was in such a position as this ? Why , because of the shameful extravagance of the government . As an instance of this extravagance , he referred to the standing army of 30 , 000 men maintained in Ireland , merely to keep the people down ; but that , he said , would not have been necessary but for the long course of misrule to whieh that unhappy country had been subjected . ( Great applause . ) Mr . Wilkinson then concluded with an earnest appeal to the middle and working classes to unite in this movement , and to co-operate with the National
Reform Association . He then sat down amidst loud and general applause . Sir . F . Knowes , Bart ., rose also to support the resolution . He said that parliamentary reform w . i 3 needed as a means of obtaining financial reform , for the House of Commons was at present kept up by a system of corruption and patronage _, lie pointed out at some length the evils which resulted from the laws of primogeniture and entail , the only remedy for which , he said , would be found in the people's taking their affairs into their own hands ; and concluded by a few words to the tenant farmers , observing that they must look for an improvement in their condition in a reduction of rents and taxation , and the granting , of leases on long terms . ( Cheers . )—The resolution was ; then put and carried—one individual only dissenting . Mr . Owles moved the next resolution . He said
if they wanted financial reform , how many members ofthe House of Commons did they think would vote for it ? Only about eighty , although the house comprised between six and seven hundred . ( " Shame I shame ! " ) This resulted from the operation of the qualification clause , whicli allowed property to be represented ,. but kept out the industry by means of which that property had been accumulated . ( Great applause . ) . The treasures obtained by the energy and perseverence of the industrious classes were heaped up iri the coffers of the rich , and then , when'their labour was done , they had nothing but the prospect of a union before their eyes ; they had no friends to get : tliem a pension , as Lord Denbigh tried to do for-the ; servants
of the Queen Dowager . _(¦* ' Shame , shame . ! ' ) 'Yes , it was a shame ! Was this the time , he asked , to begin feeding any more duone bees at the expense ofthe public ? He should be sorry to say a word that would be disrespectful to the memory of the late Queen ; but he held that it was an insult to the people of this nation to ask theiri to provide for the servants when the mistress received no less than £ 100 , 000 a year . ( Great applause . ) In conclusion , he would advise those whom he addressed not to seek parliamentary reform without financial , nor financial without parliamentary , and not tobe content with both even without the ballot . ( Great
applause . ) He begged most heartily to move the following resolution : — " That whilst this mooting entertains the strongest conviction of the urgent necessity for a great reduction in the expenditure of the nation , and also for a revision of ¦ tho system of taxationwitk a view to the more equitable adjustment of its burden , it is of opinion that these important objects will not be permanently secured , era good and economical government _^ obtained , until such a measure of parfiameritary refoi'm . _'has been- effected , as shall givo tho people a " direct control over tho taxes which thoy are called upon to pay . ( Great cheors . ) X ¦¦ ' '
Mr . C . _BAnnun seconded the resolution . Mr . T . Atkinson supported the resolution ,, and congratulated tho meeting on having their chief _magiiitrato presiding on so important an occasion . ( Tlu-eo hearty cheers were here given for" the mayor . ) Mr . Atkinson , then made an eloquent allusion to the part taken by the town of Yarmouth during tho civil wars ' of Charles I . ; arid asked if tho germ of liberty was fostered so well in Yarmouth in these days , what ought Yarmouth to do now to preserve the _^ freedom . -which had at length been gamed , and to help forward the cause of the people for tlie future ? In reference to the inconsistencies which characterised our present system of parliamentary representation , lie stated that in the borough of Calne there were , in 1847 , 165 voters returning one member to parliament ; tho number of houses in the borough rated to tho poor was 1 , 003 ,
and the population - 5 , 100 ; whilst Salford — a borough created , at the time of the Reform Bill—• which , was a _, place , of considerable wealth and a manufacturing town , had 2 , 002 voters , returning only one member to parliament , whilst the number of houses rated was 14 , 807 , and the population no less than 66 , 624 . ( " Shariie , shame . " ) Tho speaker then strikingly exhibited the evils which resulted from this state of tho representation ofthe country adverting to the ballot , as the only means to prevent bribery , intimidations and corruption ; and . concluded with ari earnest appeal to all present to unite in endeavouring , to accomplish , the grand objects which that association had , in view . The resolution was put ' and carried unanimously . VotesI of thanks to the gentlemen who had promoted and attended the' meeting closed the proceedings . •'•' ¦ ' . ' - ,
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The " _cejhkbbated _siHBjjpfof' Bartolini died at Florence on ths 29 th , aged . 77 , after a short iHriess of _thrae days . ; >• _-. ¦ >' > - _! < .: - .. _- .: _> ¦ .- •¦• .
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MESSRS .. COBDEN AND . BRIGHT AT ; _^ MANCHESTER ., ; _.,, , -, , ; _. _.. _^ - \ Manchester , -Taj * . 29 . —A great meeting was held at the Free Trade Hall _ithis . evening , upon the-questions of Financial and _^ Parliamentary Reform , and Richard Cobden , Esq ., M . P ., and John Bright , Esq ., M . P ., having been announced to take part in the proceedings , great anxiety was manifested by all classes ofthe public to bo present . It was soon found that the 8 , 000 tickets at first ordered would by no means meet the requirements of the case , and steps were taken to reduce the number of seats in the body of the hall , so as to make standing room for an extra numbor . The whole number of tickets was then increased to , 10 , 000 , including 8 , 000 for the body Of the hail , and 2 , 000 for the galleries and platform .---. 'Of these , no loss than 6 , 000 were applied for on Monday ( the first day of issue , ) and to-day the offices in Newall _' s-buildings have been besieged by vast numbers of disappointed applicants , after _--- _^ _^ -
the 4 , 000 tickets forming the balance of the issue had all been disposed of . This being the principal market day many of the merchants and manufacturers from the . neighbouring towns , who bad : come to do business on 'Change , have been tempted to remain in Manchester , to be present at the meeting ; and the consequence has beon , that the assemblage was of a much more influential kind even than these meetings usually are . It was understood that on this occasion the Manchester branch ofthe Freehold Land scheme was to be launched , and this also tended to give , additional interest to the meeting . The hon . member for the West Riding of Yorkshire and ofthe borough of Manchester , were most enthusiastically greeted on entering the hall , and for some moments . after they had taken their seats . Mr . George Wilson , chairman of the association , presided , and opened the business in a speech that was much applauded .
Mr . Archibald Prentice then stood forward and moved a resolution to the effect tbat an expression of gratitude was due to the members for the borough for their past ; services , and requesting them to support a reduction of the national expenditure to at least the standard of 1835 , and to the motion of Mr . Hume for triennial parliaments , vote by ballot , a redistribution of seats , and household suffrage . Mr . A . Henry , M . P ., seconded the motion , and it was agreed to with much cheering . ¦ -, ,. ' . , ; . Mr . Cobden was then called upon , and presented himself amidst renewed bursts of cheering _., The hon . member spoke foran hour and a half , and was frequently interrupted by bursts of applause . Mr . Bright , who , was also received in the same enthusiastic manner as the hon . member for the West Riding , addressed the meeting for . ninety minutes . The proceedings closed at half-past ten o ' clock .
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MARYLEBONE . —A Brute . —A sullen looking man , named Arthur Staveley , was placed at the bar before Mr Broughton on the charge of having brutally assaulted Eleanor Staveley , his mother , a poor old woman , nearly seventy years of age , residin " at No . 13 , William-street , Hampstead-road . —The appearance of the complainant excited the commiseration of all present ; her eyes were both blackened and much swollen , ' and her nose arid mouth were also bruised to a considerable extent . The evidence went to show that the prisoner , who for some time had been at Leeds with hia wife and four children , left them and came up ten weeks aeo to his mother , by whom he was kindly and
affectionately received . Ho , however , knew not how to estimate rig htly her good feeling , and was continually getting drunk , when-he invariably demanded money of his poor mother , who , fearing that her life was in danger , had upon many occasions given him almost the last penny which she possessed . On the previous evening ( Sunday ) he pinned her behind the kitchen door and there beat her most unmercifully , and on her screaming out " Murder" as loudly as she was able some lodgers came to her assistance . She was then rescued while bleeding profusely from the mouth and face ; and tho prisoner , after a determined resistance , was conveyed to tho station house by two _police-consta-r bles . whom he rosisted violently , and attempted to
wreak his vengeance upon with a heavy pair of tongs . It further appeared that the prisoner was about two months ago charged at this court with attempting to strangle a man , and that he had also been fined for assaulting his wife at Leeds , from which place she and her young family were about to be passed to London . —Mr . Broughton very properly designated the offence as being one of a most brutal character , and fined the prisoner in the full penalty of £ 5 , in default of payment to be sent to the House of Correction for two months . The magistrate also gave him to understand that in tho event of hi 3 being brought up before him again , for a similar outrage upon his mother he would probably , in addition to a heavy fine , be called upon to
find security for his good behaviour for a period of two years . —The brutal fellow was then locked up . MANSION-HO USE . —Omnibus Law . —The conductor of a Camberwell omnibus was summoned before Alderman Humphrey for having refused to admit a gentleman as a passenger into his omnibus . The public were interested in the result of the case . — A few days ago , at a quarter before five o ' clock , the complainant went to the door of the omnibus , being desirous of being driven as far as Walworth , and requested the conducter to allow him to enter . The evening was wet , but the conductor refused to admit the applicant , and excused himself . upon thc ground that all the seats were engaged , at the same time that there was abundance of room in the
vehicle . Tho complainant represented the unfairness of the refusal , and determined to have the decision of a magistrate , upon the subject . He admitted that there was no incivility , or disrespect inthe words or manner of the defendant beyond the mere rejection , but he thought tbe principle of "first come first served" ought not to be transgressed in such a manner , and although he was subsequently offered the accommodation he . required , he would not accept it , except as a recognised right . —Alderman Humphrey : We know itis frequently the case that gentlemen who reside in Camberwell , and who are accustomed to leave the City at a certain hour , and in the habit of considering that the conductors will keep places for them in
preference to strangers , who may , for what they know , only require to go the short journey , and , therefore , only pay the small fare . A gentleman who regularly takes a seat in the defendant ' s omnibus stated that the defendant was certainly expected by his regular " whole of the way" customers to keep seats for thero , especially in wet weather , during which alone the passengers , to Walworth or the neighbourhood of the Elephant and Castle were disposed to ride . The expectation was a very reasonable ono both as . regarded the Camberwell passengers and the proprietors of the carriages ; and if some rule ofthe kind were not acted upon , verygreatincorivenienco would be inflicted upon those who had the most unquestionable claim .
—The conductor said , as had been stated , that the gentlemen who were in the habit of favouring him certainly looked to him for the security of their places , and gentlemen who resided . at only half the distance shunned the omnihus in fine weather and eagerly seized the seats when the rain was pelting . He had acted upon the feeling that the •¦ whole of the way" passengers were entitled to the first consideration , but he never attempted to oppose the entrance of a person who was going tho half-fare distance if there happened tobe room . —Alderman Humphrey : The conductor is , certainly in the wrong , although his defence is the most reasonable that can be made . Ho cannot refuse to allow an unexceptionable person into his omnibus , provided
that person do not object to pay the amount announced inside the vehicle . This is certainly hard upon the gentlemen who are accustomed to go all the way , and upon the proprietors top , who are obliged to accommodate a casual passenger , probably _to"the great inconvenierice of an established customer ; but there is no doubt . a ' s to , the law upon the subject . —Several of the regular Camberwell passengers expressed surprise and regret thatthe accommodation which they thought they had a right to expect was liable to be , seriously diminished by the intrusion of a , threepenny or fourpeiiny faro . They wished to know what they were to do if in wet weather tho short passengers should monopolise their p laces ?—Alderman Humphrey : You must do as I do . When I want to go to _Wands worth , which'is a shilling fare , I run for it , and
get into the omnibus about nye . minutes , belore the . time , and I often ' get' a seat jiistbeforea passenger to Vauxhall arrives . ( A laugh . ) I admit that what you complain of is a very disagreeable alternative , but to give to an omnibus conductor such a power as that which has been in this case assumed ' would be productive of much more serious evil . AS the conductor has riot been uncivil , and as I . am convinced the complainant does not wish for the infliction of a penalty , I shall merely require the conductor to pay the expenses of the suminons . — The Complainant : I do not by . any means wish for the infliction of a penalty . I am quite satisfied at the decision of the alderman , who fully admits the principle for which I contend , and I shall not take from the conductor the amount of the expenses incurred by the examination of the case .
Personating a . Policeman . —Stephen Welch was charged with having falsely represented himself to 'be a policeman . —The son bf Mr . Monument , of Austin-friars , said , on Tuesday , ! at about half-past ; one o ' clock ! the defendant , came up to , me in ; Bishopsgate-strcet , and told me he wanted mo to ' give an account of myself . I " asked him what he meant , and he . said , " Do . you seo that station house ? " and I said " yes , " andtoldhini I lived at No . 24 , Austin-friars , believing hiiii to be a policeman in plain clothes . He said he was _obliged to look after these things , and he asked who my cm-: _- _^ w _^^' _- * _- ' _' _^^' _- _< ' satisif y ' him . ' : and told bim he had better come home with me When _* ve ' got ; to the door of my father ' s house , and the _ser
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vant opened it , he shoved me away , ; . and my father then _cariie . out and questioned hirii . —Mr ., Monument said , when niy son came to the _. dbor bf the house , - the . . defendant put Miit aside , arid said to ine , ' _^ Iwishtp ascertairi the character _/ of this shop _> j I _^ ani , ; ' a pblicemari . " , ; I , said , ' You seem ' to be a ; _strange character yourself . ; . , I should like . . t 6 ., knb * _ff " . whether you really are Vpoliceman ? " "Oh , yes , " said he , ' lama policeman : Some of us go in disguise , and my 'humber , is 56 . " . ' , ' Very well , ' said I , ¦ ' we shall see that . ! If you are _apouceman , Ishall introduce you to one of your brother nfficers before we part ; " ' and I accordingly . determined to learn the exact " state of the case . As wo wont along lie . met a cabman , to whom he referred me * but the cabman re-_ : _ x _. _ .. _ ..., •< . Lv ; " -j - . _xxiT _^ AXX _^^
fused to have anything to do with him . 1 then saw a policeman , who said he was not the official he pretended to be , arid ** ! gave him into custody . — Alderman Gibbs : You acted with much propriety . Well , defendant , what havo you to say to this charge ?—Defendant : I had been lushing all day , and I did not know what I did . Idaro say it ' s all true that he says . —The Alderman : My sentence ia that you pay for this very serious offence the penalty of £ 5 , or go to prison for one month—Tho prisoner said he must submii ; to the latter , and he was accordingly committed . : GUILDHALL . — RoBBEnY bv a Solicitor ' s CLEnK . —Alfred William Smart , living at No . 23 , New Church-court , Strand , was charged with systematically robbing his employer . —Mr . W . Gresham ,
solicitor , of No . 3 , _Castlerstreet , Holborn , said , that having some suspicion the prisoner was acting dishonestly , some marked money was placed in a press , to which the prisoner had access , and when he was searched _subsequeritly a portion of it was found on his person . At his lodgings some duplicates referring to property belonging to his employer were found ; He was remanded . BOW STREET . _—Detehminei ) Attempt at Suicide on Waterloo-Bridgi * . —A young married woman , named Jane Gosling _^ who carried ari infant in her ariris , was charged with atteriipting to destroy herself and her child . —A police-coristable stated that , on Tuesday evening , he was on duty at Waterloo-bridge , when he observed tho prisoner with the
child in her arms' pass the toll-gate , ori the Surrey side ; in a very excited state . As she did so , he heard her say to the child ; " Kiss me for the last time . " The constable ' s suspicions were aroused , and'he determined upon watching her . She crossed , the read on'the unfrequented' side of the bridge , arid ou reaching the second recess , she juriipeduponthe seat . The constable quickly followed , and as she was preci itating herself over the bridge ,-he succeeded in gaining a firm hold of her . The prisoner-was nearly over the bridge _^ and her child was suspended in the air , and if it had not been forthe timely assistance' of" the witness , ' the next minute she would have been struggling in the water . The constable said he found that she was tho wife of a
shoemaker , residing at 4 , Pearl-row , Blackfriars-road . The husbandpromised to attend that morning , but he failed to do so . —Mr . Henry : Did he say anything about his wife ' s conduct '?—The constable said tbe husband informed him that his wife attempted to destroy herself a few days since , but was prevented . Last week she threatened to murder her infant . The husband also" added that the prisoner was much addicted to drinking , and was scarcely ever sober . —The .- prisoner , who was crying all the time she was in the ' dock , said her husband was constantly ; ill-using ; her , and that he beat her shamefully _yesterday without any cause . —The constable obserVed that the landlord told him that Mr . Gosling was a very quiet and industrious manj and his wife , on the contrary , was a most noisy woman , and came home riearly everv
night drunk . —Mr . Henry remanded her . CLERKENWELL . —House Robbery . — Charles and Mary Thompson , who have several aliases , were charged with having been concerned iu a robbery in the dwelling-house of Mr . Cox , of South Bank , St . John ' s Wood . The . means by which the robbery was effected were precisely similar to those employed by the same persons in _s « i attempt to plunder the house of Mr . Hyde , of ; Guildford-strcet . The male prisoner obtained an entrance to the house by pretending to . •' make love" to a . servant girl who is in the service of Mr . Cox , and availed himself of an opportunity to admit the woman -Thompson , when property worth upwards of £ 300 was carried off . The possession , of a large quaritity of the stolen property was clearly traced to the prisoners , and they were committed for trial .
SOUTHWARK . —Street Robbery . —J . Evason and Mavy Drummond were charged with stealing a silver watch and chain from James French . —The prosecutor stated that about twelve on Monday night he was going home from a friend ' s house in the Cornwall-road , Lambeth , and when near the corner of Wooten-street he met the prisoners coming out of a public-house . The male prisoner made a snatch at his watch , and broke it from a portion of the chain which went round his neck . Both prisoners decamped , but were afterwards taken into custody , In defence the niale prisoner said that complainant must have made a mistake , inasmuch as he was not in the Cornwall-road on Monday night . He had some recollection of seeing
the prosecutor drunk in a public house in the neighbourhood , in company with prostitutes and thieves , The female said she knew , nothing of the affair . — Mr . A'Beckett said it was a very suspicious affair , and to give time for the constable to make further inquiries he should adjourn the hearing of the case . Robbing Furnished Lodoings . —Ann Freeman , a respectable-looking young woman , was charged with robbing her furnished . lodgings . —It appeared that she worked at slop-work , and beirig unable to obtain the necessaries of life by her work , she pledged the articles to purchase food . —The constable stated that there were other cases against her , when Mr . A'Beckett remanded her until Monday . Street Robbery . —Helen Hurley and Hannah
Sheen , who have been in custody no less than twenty times for robbing gentlemen , were charged with stealirig a valuable gold watch and chain from Mr . William Beddow , a merchant , residing in tbe Neckinger-road ,-Bermondsey . —Prosecutor stated that he dined with some friends in the City on Tuesday afternoon , and left them a little after eleven to proceed home . As he was passing the Town-hall the prisoners accosted him , and one of them dexterously snatched his watch from his fob , and put it away , but neither of them attempted to escape , which made him think •' it was all a lark . " He accordingly asked for a return of his watch , when they
laughed at him , and denied all knowledge ofit ; but feeling confident that they must have stolen it , he called a police constable , arid gave them into custody . Witness added that he was a " little iri liquor , " but his watch was safe prior to his meeting with the prisoners . — -Sergeant Brandford , - 12 M , said he took the prisoners into custody , and had them immediately searched , but no watcli br chain was found'on them . He had known them for some years'as thieves , but their mode of committing robberies was performed upon such a system as to defy detection . They generally looked out for drunken men . The prisoners were remanded . .
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IMMENSE SUCCESS OF THE NEW REMEDY , ' Which has never yet failed . —A cure effected or the . .. . , money returned . DR . WALTER DE ROOS , 1 , Ely-place , Holborn-hill , London , from many years experience at the various Hospitals in London and on the continent , is enabled to treat , * _-vith the utmost certainty of cure , every variety of disease arising from solitary habits _, delusive , he , he ., excesses , infection , such a gonorrhoea gleet , stricture " , syphilis , iu all their varieties _andstagasi-i which ,-owing to neglect or improper treatment , : invariably end in gravel , rheiunittism _, indigestion , sextual debility , skin diseases , pains in the kidneys , back and loins , deflciency of natural strength , and finally an agonising death . The lamentable neglect of these diseases by medical men in general is well'kn ' own , aiid'their attempts to cure by the use of those dangerous medicines — mercury , copaiba eubebs , < tc—have produced the most distressing results ! All suff earnestlmvi
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i '/ CORN . ; ' - •; . _ . ; Mark Lanb , Monday ,. Jan _^ f . . —The quantity of wheal offering from the neighbouring counties rthis morniug was small _. ' ahd- dririnj- 'thepast wdefc , the ' supply of foreign has been moderate , but foreign flour-continues to arrive , though to a smaller extent than of late . . English wheat was taken slowly at a reduction of Is . per _-m upon last Monday ' s prices , and in foreign we had little doing , though freely offered at previous rates . Flour slow sale , and easier to buy . Malting barley Is . cheaper , and other descriptions difficult to quit , unless sweet and dry . In beans and peas little doing .- Of oats the arrival was moderate , the trade inactive , though fine corn , was not __ cheaper . Lin . seed cakes _wenVbff slowly ' Cloverseed nominally the same as last wek , but without much inquiry ,
_Bbitish . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , new 3 Cs to 40 s , ditto white 40 s to 46 s , Lincoln , Norfolk , and York _, shire , red 32 * to 39 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white 32 s to 3 _Cs _, ditto red 32 s to 36 s , Devonshire and Somerset _, _shiro , red , —s to —s , ditto . white — to . —s , rye , 21 s to 23 s , barley , 22 s ; to 2 is , Scotch 22 s to 2 _* s , Angus—s to —s , Malt ordinary , ' —s to—s , pale SOs to 54 s , peas , grey , new 23 s to 24 s , maple 26 s to 27 s , white 23 s to 24 s , boilers new 20 s to 29 s , beans , large , new 22 s to 23 s , ' ticks 24 s to 25 s , harrow , ' 25 s to 26 s , pigeon . 26 s to 28 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed ,. 15 s to 19 s ; ditto Poland and potato , 17 s to . ' 20 s , Berwick and Scotch ,, 17 s to 21 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 1 . 8 s , Irish feed and black , 14 s to 17 s , ditto potato , 17 s to 19 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed , Essex , new £ 27 to £ 30 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new 2 Cst 6 80 sper cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ i lfls per ton , linseed , £ 910 s to £ 10 los . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 2801 bs , ship , 28 s to 30 s , town , 38 s to 40 s .
, Fobeios . —Wheat . — Dantzig , 42 s to 48 s , Anhalt and Marks , 30 to 40 s , ditto white , 40 s to 42 s _^ -Pomeranian red , 40 s to 42 s , Rostock 44 s to 40 s , Danish , Holstein , and _^ Friesland , 30 s to 34 s , Petersburgh , Archangel , and liiga , 32 s to 34 s , Polish Odessa , 3 ' 2 s to 34 s , Marianopoli , and Ber . diariski , 32 s to 35 s , Taganrog , 32 s to 34 s , Brabant and French , 34 s to 36 s , ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , Salonica , 30 s to 33 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 20 s , rye , 20 s to 22 s , barley , _Wismar and Rostock , 18 s to 21 s , Danish , 18 s to 22 s , Saal , 20 s to 24 _e _^ East Friesland , 16 s to 17 s Egyptian , 15 stolGs , Danube , 15 s to' 16 s , peas , white , 23 s to 24 s , new boilers , 25 s to 2 fis , beans , horse , 22 s to 23 s , pigeon , 24 s to 25 s , Egyptian , 22 s to 24 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , lis to 15 s , ditto , thick and brew , 15 s to 22 s , Riga , Petersburgh , Archangel , arid Swedish , 14 s lolGs , flow , United States , per . l 961 bg .,. 22 s to 24 g , Ham . burgh 20 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin 20 s to 23 s , French per 2801 bs ., ' 32 s to 34 s . _- _" - r
Makk Lane , Wednesday , Jan . 30 . —Our trade is to-day verj quiet , although the supplies of ' grain fresh in are but moderate -but the tenor ofthe letters from all our country markets is , that the farmers are thrashing freely—consequently , we look for yet declining prices . Amvals . _this . week : —Wheat—English , 810 quarters foreign , 3 , 740 quarters . Bailey—English , 970 quarters ; foreign , ' 5 , 680 quarters . Oats—English , " 4 , 790 quarters ; foreign , 3 , 730 quarters . Flour—1 , 290 sacks . Richmond ( Yorkshire , ) Jan . 26 . —We had a tolerable supply of grain this morning . -Wheat sold from 4 s to 5 s Gd oats , Is 8 d to 2 s lOd ; barley , 3 s 3 d to 3 s 6 d ; beans , 4 s 3 d to 4 s Gd per bushel .
. BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6 d . to 6 Jd . _' , of household ditto , 5 d , to Gd . per 4 fts . loaf .
CATTLE . _SmilMfuelb , Monday , Jan . 28 . —The supply of foreign stock here to-day—among which were twenty oxen from Spain—was very small , and of middling and inferior quality . The receipts of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts were on the increase ; but atleast a moiety of them were greatly out of condition . Owing to the lan _* e supplies of meat on offer in Newgate and Leadenhall markets , the attendance of buyers this morning was limited ; hence the beef trade ruled extremely inactive , and , in some instances , the quotations had a downward tendency . The top figure for the primest Scots was 4 s per 8 lbs . Notwithstanding the numbers of sheep were again small , the demand for that description of stock was in a very dull state , and seme of the inferior , breeds sold with difficulty on easier terms . The primest old Downs were almost nominal at 4 s to 4 s 2 d per Slbs . Scarcely any calves were on offer ; nevertheless , the sale for them was heav * -, at barely stationary prices . Iri pigs , the supply ofwhichwas small , next to nothing was doing , at late rates .
Head of Cattle at _SMiinTiErj _) . —Friday . —Beasts , 711 ; sheep , 3 , 310 ; calves 140 ; pigs , 290 . Monday . — Beasts ,. 3 , 524 ; sheep , 46 , 850 ; calves , . 85 ; pigs , 210 . Price per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offaL)—Beef , 3 s 0 d to 4 s 0 d ; mutton , 2 s lOdto 4 s 2 d ; veal , 3 s 4 d to 3 s lOd ; pork , 3 s 4 d to 4 s 2 d . - _Jnewoatb and . Leadenhall , Monday , Jan . 2 S . —Inferior beef , 2 s Cd to 2 s 8 d ; middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime large , 3 s 2 d to 3 s' 4 d ; p rime small , 3 s 4 d ' to 3 s Gd ; large pork , ' 2 s Sd to 3 s 4 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; middling ditto , 3 s 0 dto 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto , 3 s 4 d to' 3 s 6 d ; veal , 3 s Od to 4 s Od ; small pork , 3 s Gd to 4 s 2 d ; per 81 bs , by the carcase _.
PROVISIONS . London , Monday . —During last week there was a perceptible improvement in the tone and character of our market , and the prospect for most articles were encouraging . —Of Butter : The dealings in the moderate and low-priced Irish were liberal , and for such Is to 2 s per cwt . above previous rates were obtained . The line kinds in steady request at full prices . Foreign : The best Friesland sold at 90 s to 94 s ; Kiel at 90 s . For bacon a healthy demand prevailed , American and Irish singed sides were saleable oa slightly better terms , and so were hams and lard . English Bottbr Market , Jan . 28 . —Our market is without change , and prices are stationary . Nearly the whole of our stock here beirig of a middling description , is difficult to move . Dorset , fine , 86 s to 90 s per cwt . ; ditto , summer-made , 56 s to 80 s ; fresh , 9 a to 13 s per doz . lbs .
POTATOES . _: Southwark , Waterside , January 28 . — We have had very few arrivals since our last report , which has enabled salesmen to effect a clearance of stored potatoes to a certain extent . The following are this day ' s quotations : —Yorkshire Regents 90 s to 130 s per ton ; Wisbech ditto , 703 to 100 s ; Scotch ditto 70 s to SOs ; Ditto Common Whites 50 s to 60 s ; French Whites 60 s tb SOs ; Belgian COs to 70 s . '
TALLOW , HIDES AND OILS . Monday-, Jan . 28 Our market for all kinds of tallow rules heavy , at drooping prices .. To-day very little business is doing in F . Y . C . on the spot , at 38 s 6 d to 39 s per cwt . For forward delivery , say up to the end of March , the nearest quotation is 38 s 9 d ; and new tallow may be had up to the close of theyear at 48 s 3 d perewfc . Town tallon _* , 3 Ss 6 d per cwt net cash ; rough fat , 2 s 2 d per Slbs . Letters from St . Petersburgh state that & _. 000 casks of tallow had changed hands , at 10 G roubles , with 10 down . Leadenhalt .. —Market hides 56 tt > . to G 41 b ., _IJd to Ud per lb . ; ditto G 4 _tt > . to 721 b , Hd to ljd ; ditto 72 tt > . to " 80 fi > ., 2 d to 2 _id ; ditto 801 b . to 88 tt » _., 2 Jd to 3 d ; ditto 88 ft > to 9 ( _itt > ., 3 d to 3 Jd ; . ditto 9 _Glb . to 104 ft ., 31 d to 4 d ; ditto 104 ft ) . to 112 lb . _31 d to 4 d ; calf-skins each 2 s to 3 s Od Horse hides 5 s Gd . Linseed per cwt 32 s Gd to —s ; rapeseed English refined 42 s Od to —s ; brown 41 s Od ; Gallipoli per ton . 48 " . ; Spanish 481 . ; Sperm 83 * . to —I . ; bagged 83 " . ; South Sea 311 . Os to 33 / . ; Seal pale 391 . 10 s to —I .
WOOL . City , Monday , Jan . 28 . —The imports of wool into London last week were' 2 _, 618 bales ; including 1 , 203 from Russia , 080 from New Zealand , 240 from Sydney , and the rest from France , Peru , Egypt , < tc . The market is firm , . Liverpool , Jan . 26 . —Scotch . —There is only a moderate demand still for laid Highland wool , but as stocks are light prices are well . supported . White Highland is more inquired for . Good crossed and Cheviot are still in good demand ; inferior of both descriptions are still neglected . _Foreigs . —We continue to have a good demand for all kinds at full prices , and were the selection larger and better we should haye more doing . A public sale of 500 bales Ea 3 t India wool took place on the 22 nd ult ., which went with spirit at full lute rates , and all sold ; since whichseveral parcels have been sold at full prices . Imports for the week , 135 bales ; previously this year , 5 J . 37 bales .
_: COAL . _.-. - : Monday , Jari 28 , —Market very heavy , at a reduction of 3 s 6 d from this day se ' nnight . Tees 19 s ; Braddyll _' s 18 s 6 d ; Kelloe 18 s Gd ; Helton ' s 19 s ; Lambton ' s 18 s 6 d ; Wylam 17 s . Fresh arrivals 430 ; left from last day 4 . Total 434 .
COLONIAL PRODUCE . London , Tuesday evening . —The markets generally have worn a dull appearance to-day , and the amount of . business donehas been much below the late average . Sugar . —320 hhds . only ' of West India sold , of which half consisted ot Barbudoes , in public sale , which went off steadily . 3 , 500 bags of Mauritius , were offered in public sale , and nearly two-tlnvds , were bought in by the importers to sustain prices . Also _. out of 5 _. G 00 bags Bengal offered in public sale , fully 3 , 000 were bought in ; but last week's prices were generally paid for the portion sold . Refined has been dull , and a further decline of Gd has been established oh brown lumps , which sold at 49 s 6 d ; good to line , 50 s to 52 s . . Coffee . —We had but one small public sale of 350 bags plantation Ceylon , which sold at rather lower prices . We are without transactions to report in . good ordinary native Ceylon to-day ; prices remain nominal , 01 s to 62 s . Cocoa , declined Is in public sale . Trinidad sold , 42 s to 4 GS 6 ( L ' -
' Saltpetre —Low qualities gave way Gd to Is . In public sale , refraction ; 7 id to 8 d , sold at 2 Gs to 2 Gs Gd ; refraotioi ) , Hid to 14 d , 25 s 3 d to 25 s 6 d . RICE . —1 , 200 bags very good white Bengal were offered in public sale , held for a full price , and bought in at lis Gd . Rok has been steady at last week ' s prices ; proof , Is 5 _Jd to la 7 d , according to quality ; : . . Spelter has advanced to 17 " 15 s to 18 ! . Cotton continues inactive ; 201 ) bales only sold . Lndiqo remains steady ; 13 , 300 chests aro now declared for sale on thtj 12 th of February . Tallow continues dull at 38 s 6 d . Tea . —The market has been inactive , but ifwearsanrB * appearanoo ; _> : Sundries . —Minilla hemp , partly sold , 32 " . —Minilla cordage , bought in at 32110 s to 4315 s Jute sold at 10 t 2 s 6 d to 11 * 7 s 6 d . —Coir yarn sold at 26110 s Cowries , partly sold * 30 s to 75 s . —SapaiMvoo'd sold at 10 * 17 s Gd to I 2 t 2 s Gd . In other articles no material alteration .
HOPS . , Borough , Monday . Jan . 28 . —There has been rather more demand since our last report , particularly for fine Weald of Kent samples , and the currency of last week is fully supported .
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- . _- ' . ' - _BHtTH . On January the 30 th , wns registered , - Joseph Mazzini , ' second son of Martha aiid George William Wheeler , ot O'Connorville , Herts . .- . ' - . . DEATHS ; On the 22 nd ult ., ' , Samuel Hodgson , of Pavkgate _, n « w Rotheiluuri . He was a staunch democrat of many years standing , and a most determined opponent of pribstciuff . His loss is much lamented by a large circle--of friends . Bristol—On the 19 th ult .. William Bright ,,. aged 64 , cutler , of Castle . _Mill-street . He nominated the lamented Henry Hunt as a . candidate , for Bristol in 1812 , aud was one ot the 238 supporters of that gentleman . Th _» ' polling lasted fifteen days . The funds of the Blue Club , amounting to £ 100 , 000 , Were expended in two elections contested by Henry Hunt and his friends . The deceased was a consistent democrat and Chartist , and a subscriber to tho Northern Star from his commencement until his death .
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in the parish of St Anue , Westminster , at tlie Printing " office , 1 G _, Great _Windniilt-street , Hayinarket , in the Citjf ofWestmmEter , forthel roprietor , FEAKGUSO C 01 "N 01 ' j Esq : -M . 1 V , and published by . the said William _Ruieb . at : the . Office , ; in , the same street « id parish .-Saturaay : February 2 nd . . 1850 . '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 2, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_02021850/page/8/
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