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      House Op Lobds .-Mondat, Jane 2b\ Lord B...

      I-. , ed upon tbe government to require the commissioner name the parties who had"icted' in' the disgraceful - . oner alleged , and to institute an inquiry into each > _.-acularcase , so that the persons individually might - _-= held up to the reprobation of the country at large . — - - . r LABOECHXBETeplied that it was undoubtedly true , as _stated by the commissioners , thatthey had been thwarted in their operations by the want of concurrence , and by the encouragement oi gross abuses on the part of those "bodies from whom they had a right to expect support and ¦ usistmce _, but he couldnotadvisethehou 6 e toenter trpon an inquiry , which , If instituted , must inevitably lead to the most disastrous results . After someturther discussion the subject dropped . a Mraias md Colhkus Bin .-Mr T . J _****™ moved the order ofthe day for ths seeood reading _fiiia-rnll . -..

      ___ SirO . Gem hoped that the hon . i » te » f ' * traw would not _prsss the second reading of the Diu _, * _ftd *** . It _mE a subject of _m _^*** _* _^^^ that could not be properly treated in the short time _Xematning of the _present session of Parliament . Mr T . _BmtcoUBB was very animus that the WI _ahenld be read a second time , even it it were not allowed to go any further daring the present session ; and -although he regretted to have to oppose the _msbes of the Secr etary of State for the Home Department , he must press for his motion for the purpose of , at all events , establishing the principle , that this was a subject _srairlTca it was necessary for government to interfere . He _referral tho house to the fearfail explosion whieh Ttoo _"; p lace some time ago at the _Horseley coal-mines , in which 97 persons were killed , and to the verdict ¦ which was returned by the jury at the coroner ' s inquiry on the subject— " Accidental death , aad a recommendation to mine-owners to be more careful fer the

      iutnre . " The greater part of the accidents which ¦ took place would be avoided if due precautions were taken , and the country had a right to demand of government that the adoption of these precautions should be enforced . The protection of miners and tiers _iroas the _aaxidents tbat carelessness -was now a _Rjnstsntly causing , was , however , not the only object of the bill , but it was necessary to protect tbe miners f the imposition of coal-owners and others . A lengthy discussion ensued , and , finally , Mr Duneombe withdrew his bill for the present session . - _Lohatics Bill . —Mr T _. _Doscombe moved the second -reading of the Lunatics Bill , hut after some discussion the toll was withdrawn . The Seduction and _Prontttntion Prevention Bill was -reported , Sir 6 . Grey intimating that it was not the intention ofthe government to offer any farther opposition to the measure . The house then adjourned . THURSDAY , Jolt 1 .

      HOUSE OP LORDS . —The subjects discussed were the Scotch Peers'Qualification and the Irish Poor-Law Ad . ¦ ministration Bills , and the matter of Differential Duties _TTithp _afotnnfoc . Some unopposed bills on the tame were advances a stage . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Mr T . _DmccosOE drew the -attention of the Home Secretary to the late _Colmmv _"Kxplosior _htjib WiGiK , complaining of the alleged aeonductof tbe owner , and asking whether the government would send down a commissioner to make inquiry into the matter . For some days previous the men had represented to the proprietors that the pit was not in a safe state , and on the morning of the explosion they went to the man at the bottom of the shaft ,

      and again stated that it was not safe , and wished ta leave . He refuted , and ordered them back , and in a few hours afterwards the explosion occurred ; seven or eight men were brought np , two of wham died immediately , and the lives of the others w » e despaired of . It was known that six men had been left in the pit , who must be dead . The proprietors were requested to allow persons to go into the pit to see after them ; bnt they refused and sent down seme ot their own men , wbo paid a "very mysterious visit to the pit and gave no information . An experienced miner , well known in the neighbourhood , Sad _Tolamteered to go down , accompanied by another ¦ ma m , to see ' if- he could rescue the persons who were 2 eft below , but their request had been refused—and all this was because they would be able to give evidence "before the coroner ' s , inquest .

      Sir G . _Gbev said , in the present , as in a former instance , gentlemen of practical experience would be sent down to watch the proceedings at the inquests , if it ¦ was found necessary so to do . Hr T . Ddkcombe thought it ought to be done at ence . It was not to be tolerated tbat the unfortunate men known to have keen left in the mine shonld le allowed to remain there either dead or in a dying State . Health of Towns But . —The question of the com * xnittal ofthe Health of Towns BiU was met by an amendment from Mr 6 . Palmer that day threemontbs . After some discussion the original motion was carried "by a majority of 91 , the numbers being 117 to SC , and the houstwent into committee _accordingly .

      Oa the first clause being put , Lord Hoar-Era intimated Ids intention of reducing the number of commissioners from five to four , the chief commissioner only to be a paid officer , with a salary of £ 1 , 069 a year . _Cianses up to seven inclusive were agreed to , after much discussion -and two divisions . The Chairman then reported progress . Tbe house adjourned -hortly after one o _' _clocJc . FRIDAY . _Jblt 5 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The royal assent was given , ly commission to upwards of seventy bills , public and private . Poo * Law _Admihistbation Bur ,. —Oa the motion to go into committee on the Poor Law Administration Bill ,

      Lord _Bbocghih objected to the clause which pro iiblts tbe separation of the sexes in the workhouse , tad praised the _government for baring had the coaxa . e to give to that clause all tbe opposition in their power . After some discussion the house went into committee . All the cianses were agreed to with the _exception ef that which prohioits the separation of old married couplet above sixty yean of age . This clause ( introduced on the motion of Hr Borthwick _) was struck out . Their lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —On the order of the day i ' or the second reading of the bill for the SUSPEKSIOST OF THE NAVIGATION Laws , —Lord Geoeoe Bamscg : moved as an amendment that it be read a third time that day three months .

      After an explanatory speech from Lord J . bssew , illustrative ofthe highly beneficial effects wbich had accrued to the country from the introduction of so large a «_ uantity of corn , consequent upon the operation ofthe Temporary Suspension Act , and speeches from several other -hon . members , lord _Geobob Beutjkck withdrew his amendment , and the bill was read a second time . The Attoshet-Gesebw ., in answer to Dr _Bowuho , ¦ tated tbat the late inquisition on the property of the convict Tawell had been originated , not at the instance ofthe crown , but at that ofthe widow , with the view of its being vested ia herself , which application had been granted . The' house went again into committee on the

      Health or . Towns Bin ,. —The clause excluding any part within ten miles of St Paul ' s Cathedral frem the operation , of the bill was carried , on a division , by a majority of 42 , the house to go again into committee on the bill on Monday next . The other orders ofthe day were briefly disposed of , and the house adjourned to Monday .

      The Northern Star. July 3, 1847

      THE NORTHERN STAR . July 3 , 1847

      The * Famine Fever And Destitution In Ma...

      THE FAMINE FEVER AND DESTITUTION IN MANCHESTER . _Weregretthatwaareyet unable to report that ihe fever which prevails amongst tbe wretched Irish _immigranta in the cellars and lowest lodf _ing-honses , las at all abated . All the sanitary efiorts employed by the guardians , relieving officers , and the medical and other officers ofthe fever hospitals and unions _« n the one hand , and the admirable system of visitation and prompt relief , by the eight sanitary officers of the borough police , on the other , with the whitewashing and cleansing carried en nnder the direction of these officers , have hitherto done no more than prevent the fever from spreading . Nearly a score of cases have occurred since onr

      last , in which Irish paupers have been turned ont of lodgiflg-houses , especially in Little Ireland , and have been found by thesanitary police-officers lying in the street , unable to walk , and it has been necessary to send them in carts to the Manchester workhouse , the feTer hospitals or elsewhere . In one instance , two women were found lying in the street , both very ill , -without food or home , and unable to walk . In another , at five o ' clock on Saturday afUrnoon , spoor woman was found lying in Oxford-street , apparently ill from fever , and three children witb her , of tbe ages of fifteen , eleven , and seven years , all in _» re » t distress . They had been thrust out of a lodging house in CrossleyrStreet , a fortnight before , and kad since subsisted oa charity , taking their chance

      • f such shelter as any outbuilding would afford . They were sent to the Ghorlton Union Workhouse , Stretford New Road . At seven o ' clock on Monday morning last , a man , named Patrick Mauldine _. was found lying on the steps of the Night Asylum , sick , destitute , and unable to walk : he was conveyed to the workhouse . We shall not multiply , instances of this class of cases . The following are cases in which a more prompt removal __ is greatly desirable : —A poor Englishwoman , in Back Lamb Lane , who . _haa lived in Manchester all her life , and whose husband died fen -weeks ago . had fever for a fortnight , and is now somewhat better ; but her daughter is still -very ill On the first applieation made to have her removed to

      the fever hospital , it was stated that the van had been broken ; bnt on a second application the fol lowing day a promise was given to remove her as soon as possible . A poor Irish woman , who has li vex twenty-four yean in Manchester , has been deserted _by . herha-liand . and is left with fonr children , ages _BCTentoen , filteen , thirteen , and nine years . The eldest ( a boy ) , a self-acting minder , has been out of workfive months , and has been ill of feverfive weeks . He was _Tinted by one ofthe medical officers of the anion on the Srd , 5 th , 16 th , and 24 th inst . and the surgeon then advised that he should be removed to the fever hospital . The police inspector learned that the _fiunily had 4 s . weekly from the parish , and t lahiii , with afewBoupticket 8 , had been their onlysupport . They were all without food , and he gave them _irane to thb ' value of Is . Haying no bedding , the y

      The * Famine Fever And Destitution In Ma...

      had none of them had their clothes off . for many wecks . " and were altogether in a very wretched and filthy condition . / The case was reported to the relieving officers , and the son was removed to the fever hospital , Minshull-street ,. where he was placed in an empty room with some others , until some beds were put up and made ready for th _: m . The lad after remaining there about an hour , the beds not being then pnt up , _ became very cold , and with another fever patient left the hospital and returned home Here he was found on a _subsequent visit , by a police inspector ; and , as the family said they had not tasted food since the preceding dav , he supplied them with provisions to the extent ef Is . 6 d .-In a cellar in names Leigh-street , Little Ireland , the sanitary Officer

      police ' , on Saturday last , found an Irishman named Michael Smith ( who has been 3 years in Manchester ) , his wife and three children ( ages ten , eight , and two years ) all sick in fever , and unable to assist each other , in a most wretched and destitute condition , having had nothing to eat 9 ince the preceding day . He procured for them food to the amount of Is . 9 d . for their present wants , and reported the case to the relieving officer . They had not had any relief from the town , except on Tuesday last , when the man got 2 s . 6 d . at the Fountain-street office . On a _subsequent visit on Monday morning , Smith was a little better , bnt no medical man had visited them , though their sickness and distress had been reported to tbe relieving officer on tho oth , the 33 rd , and the 25 th inst . ; and on each of these occasions the police inspectorhad given them food for their present wants . —In a cellar under No . 48 , Hanover-street , an inspector on Saturday found five persons ill of fever :

      and though they are receiving relief from the guardians , up to that time no medical officer had visited them . —In a cellar under No . 5 , Simpson-street , eight persons were fonnd ill of fever . —In a dwelling , 4 , Baker _' s-court , Baker-street , were fonnd , on _Saturday , a man , his wife , and one of their children , all ill of fever since tbe preceding Tuesday ; bnt they had had no medical aid . —Cases of overcrowding still occur . In a house , No . 13 , _Cayley-street , which consists of only two very small rooms , five families , in all 22 persons , were found in the greatest distress ; none of them receiving relief from the town . One was dead in the honse ; another lying sick of fever ; from wbich several others were slowly recovering . The _neighbours stated , that many of them had had no food since the morning of the day before , and the sanitary inspectors purchased for thoir present wants food tothe amount of "fa . _lljd . and reported the casa to the relieving officer of the district .

      Many of the cases of distress are aggravated by the separation of families , the consequence ot the fever . In a place at 12 , _Winchley-street , a poor man , an Irishman , who has been four months in Manchester , wasfouni with five small children : his wife being in the fever bosoital Tney had had nothing to eat since the day before , and were in great destitution . The inspector supplied their immediate wants , by expending Is . 5 Jd . in food for them . —In a cellar under 75 , Fleet-street , a poor little boy , only seven years of age , was fonnd ill of the fever , with no one living with him except a lad of fifteen ; the father being in the New Bailey , and the mother dead . The poor child had had no relief from the guardians , and no medical attendance , and the inspector

      _reports the case to the relieving officer as one requiring immediate attention . In another case , four children , were found left in a dwelling , ofthe ages of eleven , seven , and three years , and the youngest only seventeen months ; both ot whose parents were in the fever hospital ., AH these poor children had the fever . —In one house in the Old _InBrmary Yard , an Irishwoman , whohad been twelve months in Manchester , was found with her daughter and her sisterin-law , all ill of fever , and no one in the house to attend to them . They had had relief from the guardians , but much needed medical aid . —An Irishwoman was found in a cellar in-Tame-street , which she occupied with her fonr sisters , and they had a man , his wife , and six children , lodging with them . On

      Saturday afternoon a police sanitary inspector visiteu them , and found no fewer than eight persons ill of fever in this crowded and wretched cellar , all the thirteen individuals lying in the front cellar only , which is a small one . They were all lying on a few dirty rags and shavings , on the flagged floor , and were in a very filthy and destitute state . The inspector reported the case tothe relieving officer of the district . In one case a poor woman ( who had been only ten weeks from Ireland ) , on coming out of the fever hospital , where her husband still remains , found that no one wonld give shelter to herself and her three children , and she was wandering about . The inspector relieved her with food to the extent of Is . and reported the case .

      Of eourse "the famine fever" is not the only disease rife in this wretched class of people . Three cases of _small-pnx are reported amongst others , in one of which the inspector gave relief in food ; and in a cellar under 56 , Hanover-street , one youth was found ill of fever and a girl of jaundice . . ; and though both had been relieved by the guardians , neither had had any medical attendance . The sanitary officer who was ill of febricula , Peter Kearns , now proves to be suffering frem small-pox . On inquiry yesterday , we learn that the last report of the medical oflcer ofthe police force , dated yesterday morning , shows that there are now five cases of fever amongst the police constables ofthe A division , all of which have been ascertained to be caused by the attendance of the men at the soup kitchen during the thronging of _itsdoorsby the wretched and diseased applicants . —¦ Manchester Guardian , Wednesday .

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      Bibitrsohut, Ship Inn.—At Our Usual Week...

      _BiBitrsoHut , Ship Inn . —At our usual weekly meeting on Sunday evening last , Mr Dunn in the chair , it was resolved : — That a subscription be entered into in support ofthe Central Election Committee . Fifteen shillings were collected , aud ordered to be sent to the above body . A vote of thanks was then given to Mr Fussell for his advocacy ofthe cause of Chartism , at one of the ward meetings , held in Birmingham , to bear an address from Mr William Scholefied , the Whig candidate .

      Behhosdsey . —At a meeting of the Chartists of this locality , the following resolution was passed : — " That the thanks of this meeting are due and hereby given to Mr Feargus O'Connor , ftrhis straightforward and manly conduct at the late Crown and Anchor meetting ; and further , that we do not deem Mr C . Cochrane worthy of the support of the Democrats of Westminster , he not being , in our opinion , explicit enongh in his declarations of principles , inasmuch as his lodger suffrage may afterwards be defined as that laid down in the act termed the Reform Bill . "

      Derby . —At a meeting on Wednesday evening at the Temperance Hotel , Green-street , the following persons were appointed a committee to promote the return of Mr M'Grath at the forthcoming General Election : _—Me-srs Gorse , Biggs , Pendall , Bradbury , Thorpe , Jones , Pegg , Chandler , Chester , Brooks , Short , and Byrnes * Mr William Crabtree was unanimously appointed to act as secretary to the committee . _Hawosih . —Mr Ernest Jones addressed a public meeting at tbis place on Friday evening last , Mr Archibald Leighton in the chair .

      _Keishzet . —A camp meeting was held here at two o ' clock on the afternoon of Sunday hist . Mr Firth was called to the chair . A hymn opened the proceedings . Mr Ernest _Jenes held a discourse on the great dnty of doing to others as we would that others shonld do by ub , and effectively tested onr political and social condition by this glorious doctrine . In the Working Man ' s Hall , Keighley , at six o clock on the same evening , Mr ] Weatherbead having been called to the chair , Mr Ernest Jones illustrated how peace on earth and goodwill to men conld only be produced by just laws and equal rights . The speaker occupied above an hour and a halt , amid the applause of an enthusiastic audience .

      Meteopohtan Couuuin . —This body held its usual weekly meeting at the Assembly Room , 133 , Dean-street , Soho , on Wednesday evening last , Mr J . Caughlan in the chair . Mr Tapp , the secretary , read a code of laws which he had prepared for the government ofthe committee , which were considered seriatim , and the principal ones agreed to . A few of the latter clauses were left over for future consideration .

      •? H 03 T , WEUlAlatS . _AKS JOKES . -Mr T . Clark called the attention of the committee to the necessity of making another attempt to secure the return of their banished friends ; and as the present Parliament was abont to expire he thought it an excellent opportunity of testing the liberality of the Whig-Cabinet . He also thought that could be done most effectually by a deputation , consisting exclusively of the members of the House of Commons , who have shown themselves friendly to the cause of the exiles , waiting npon Lord John _Bussell , and urging upon his [ -lordship the propriety of allowing the patriots to return to their country . He

      would therefore move : — " That this committee take immediate steps to procure a deputation of suoh members of the House of Commons , as may be willing to undertake the mission , to wait upon . Lord John Bussell and endeavour to procure the liberation and restoration of John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones . " Mr Milne seconded the motion , when it was carried unanimously . Mr Clark then moved , that a sub-committee of five persons be appointed to make arrangements for carrying out the _foregoing resolution . Mr Tapp secended the motion , whioh was carried , and Messrs M'Grath , Doyle , Milne , Tapp , and Clark were appointed . The meeting then adjourned until Wednesday next .

      _Mabtxebonb . —Resolution passed : — " That in the opinion of this council , the Metropolitan Delegate Council have forfeited the confidence of the Chartist body , by censuring the conduct of Mr O'Connor for his excellent amendment on the resolution at the Crown and Anchor meeting . " STAFFORnsniRB . —At an adjourned meeting of the Midland _Countiis'Agitatingjand ElectioneeringCommittee , held at the house of Mr Collens , Mermaid _Tajem . C * _unpbeJiHrtreet , Dttdiej , en Sunday , ' June

      Bibitrsohut, Ship Inn.—At Our Usual Week...

      the -27 th , the following persons were present : — Henry Fowler , and Joseph Wasnidge , Wolverhampton ; Joseph Linney , Thomas Davies , Thomas Walker , John Richards , and Thomas Almond , Bilston * , William Dunn , Samuel Cook , and Simon Watts , Dudley ; William Nixon and Joseph . Copeley , Stourbridge ; Charles Goodwin , Ship , and John Parr , Dill street , Birmingham . John Parr was unanimously elected to the chair , and the following resolutions unanimously passed :- — 1 st . Moved by' Mr Linney . seconded by Mr Davies : That the minutes of the last meeting be confirmed . 2 nd . Moved by Mr Linney , seconded by Thomas Almond : — Tbat the members present do all in their power towards getting up meetings in their respective localities for the purpose of diffusing our principles , and preparing the minds of tho working classes for the ensuing general election .

      3 rd . Moved by Mr Richards , seconded by Mr Linney : — That the financial reports be given in according to the minutes of the last meeting . The following suras were then given in : —Joseph Copeley , Stourbridge , 3 s . 8 d . ; William Dunn , Dudley , 6 s . 9 d . ; Thomas Davies , Bilston , 3 s . ; Isaac Watts , _Dudley , 2 * . ; William Rankin , ditto , Is . 6 d . 4 th . Moved by Mr Linney , seconded by Mr Nixon That a Chartist camp meeting' be held at the _Olal Dock , Dudley , on Sunday , July tbe 2 fith , and tbat tho secretary write to Mr O'Connor and the whole of the directors , also to Mr £ . Jones and Hr Roberts , to solicit their attendance , and to request them to send an answer on or before Sunday next , that he may be enabled to report the same to an adjourned _meeting of this committee . 5 th . Moved by Mr Linney , seconded by Mr Fowler : —

      That the district be divided into three parts , vis ., _Blrmlagham one , Dudley and Stourbridge one , and Bilston and Wolverhampton one ; and that the leaders in each district get up camp meetings in everyp lace in tho neighbourhood where practicable , so as to prepare the people for the general camp meeting to be held at Dudley , on the 25 th . 6 th . Moved by Mr Cook , seconded by Mr Watts : — That this meeting be adjourned to the house of Mr Linney , "White Horse , _Higb-street , Bilston , and that the adjourned meeting be held on Sunday , July 4 th , at twelve o ' clock precisely .

      We earnestly entreat every Chartist m the district to come forward and aid this committee in carrying out the above resolutions . We are sorry to say that Walsall , _Darlaston , Wcdnesbury , Smethwick , Tipton , Kidderminster , Liewastc , 01 dbury , Greatbridge , and numerous other places , are apathetic at a time when every exertion that can be made is absolutely _necessary ! We hpe tn remind them thut . a gonoral election is close at hand , and that if we do not exert ourselves to break the fetters which tyrants have

      forged for us , we deserve to wear them . Is liberty worth struggling for ? If so , arouse yourselves , shake off your apathy , unite your aid with ourB , and let us make a determined struggle to procure it . Now _' _s the time , no more delay , Freedom ' s sun is brightly beaming , — Then hasten on the glorious day I Arise , awake , arouse from dreaming . AH communications to be addressed , post-paid , to Thomas Almond , trunk-maker , _Munday's-buildings _, HoraeleyFields c _. _WoIverhampton . 1

      ' ue EtscioRu . Committee ofthe Tower Hamlets met on Tuesday evening , at the Globe and Friends , Morgan-street , when the deputation that waited on G . Thompson , Esq ., gave in their report that it was the intention of tbat gentleman to stand as a candidate for the representation of this borough . The Toweb Hamlets Agitation - Committee met on Sunday evening last , at the Globe and Friends , Morgan-street , Commercial-road . - _^ The following resolution waa unanimously carried : — "That a deputation wait on the _Electoral Committee of the Tower Hamlets to ascertain whether they are prepared with a Chartist candidate for the said borough , and if so provided , to offer them the aid of this com * mittee , in carrying out the same in the forthcoming general election . " The committee then adjourned till Sunday evening , July 4 th , at the above place of meeting , at six o ' clock , to hear the deputation ' s reports . ' .

      To THB ElICTORS AUD NoN-EliCIOBS IK THE WEST Riding or Yorkshire . — Fellow-Countrymen , the time has now arrived when it is the duty of every man to come forward and give his influence and support , whether political , or pecuniary , to the promotion of those principles of eternal truth and justice which are alone calculated to effect the political and social redemption uf the people . When we reflect oh the struggles tha t have taken place in the West Riding of Yorkshire in bygone days , at the time of general elections , particularly when those struggles , supported by the working classes , were not intended to benefit them , we cannot help being surprised at the present apathy . Thank God , the days of delusion have in a great measure passed away , and the

      true light of political equity is now shining in meridian splendour . The object of this appeal is to urge upon the wealth-creating working ctasscs to prepare against the approaching crisis in our political affairs , the general election . It is expected that parliament will be dissolved in a very short time ; in fact , candidates are already in the field , and then men will be returned for seven years , either the friends to the rights and liberties of the people , or their enemies . Great parties are already marshaling their strength . One of these parties is the Aristocratic party , and the other the [ Democratic party , or , in other words , the party of the peopfe . The first great party is divided into two sections , called Tory and Whig . The Tory will seek your support

      and suffrages m support of the " constitution . " He will tell you ofthe glorious success of onr fleets and armies , the celestial union of church and state , and the wisdom of our forefathers . The Whig will talk glibly of " the progress of civil and religious liberty , " and will hesitate at nothing in the way of humbug , if he only can secure the support of the people . Never let the people forget that it was the Whigs that passed tbe New Poor Law Amendment Act ; who transported the Dorchester labourers , and Glasgow cotton-spinners , and who have been the uncompromising _persecutors ofthe Chartists in their godlike struggle for liberty . Will you , the working men , support aristocracy , whether Tory or Whig , aud fall down and worship them ? Will you support

      thundering standing armies to keep you in slavery , ' and an unparalleled national debt , and all to uphold the '' glorious constitution of church andstate V Will _yousupport bastilesand low wages ? Will you any longer shout for lords and _lordlings ? Oh no , we trust we shall hear you exclaim in a voice of thunder that cannot be misunderstood : "None shall have our support that will not give us the Charter ; or , in other wOrds . the power of self-government ! " Halifax , Bradford , Leeds , and many other places , have now candidates in the field pledged to the Charter ; but these will merit our support , oar pecuniary support . There

      are many places in the West Riding which have not the great privilege of voting for members of parliament , but wonld be willing to contribute their mite to assist their fellow-patriots in their struggle with despotism ; for this purpose , a West Riding delegate meeting will be held at Bradford , on the 4 th day of July , and we earnestly hope that every locality will send a delegate with full power to form a fund to assist onr friends in the different boroughs in their struggle against tyranny . Walter _Lact , West-Riding Secretary , Cleckheaton , near Leeds . P . S . I should thank all the local secretaries to send me their address .

      Thb Vicim Fund Coumitteb aud the Victims . — To the Editor of the Northern Star . — Sir , — The Victim Fund-oommittee wish you to allot them a small space of the Star , to explain to their subscribers , that they think it most _nnadvisable to keep making subscriptions for individual victimB to the detriment of equally deserving and necessitous persons . The committee have hitherto made a fair and equitable division of all monies that have been received by them , amongst several worthy and deserving patriots ; but recently , subscriptions have been made for particular individuals , which has given

      rise to much dissatisfaction . The committee therefore hope , that in fnture those friends tbat are in the habit of subscribing their mite in aid of individuals , will send the money to the general fond , so that all ciay share alike . —On behalf of the committee , Thomas Ciabk , Secretary . London , June 24 , 1817 . . Sutton . —A camp meeting was held hereon Saturday evening last , at six o ' clock . Wm . Emmett in tho chair . Mr Ernest Jones addressed the meeting , whose emaciated appearance bore full testimony to the necessity for political reforms , and whose spirit showed they were determined to obtain it .

      Forthcoming Meetings. Absiublt Rooms, 83...

      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . _Absiublt Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho . — -Mr T . Clark will deliver a publio address on " The Life and Character of the late Daniel O'Connell , " on Monday evening , July * , at 8 o ' clock precisely . _Bbbmobdbet . —A public meeting will be held in the Paragon Chapel , Bermondsey New Road , on Monday evening next , July 5 th , when the gentlemen of the Executive will address the assembly on the Charter and the Land . Chair to betaken at eight _o'doekpreciscly . Bi 8 HOPWMuouTH . —A leoture will bo delivered on the Moor , en Sunday , July 4 th , at two o ' olock in the afternooon , in aid of the Chartist Election Committee .

      Hull . —The Chartists will meet at the Ship Inn _Chnrch-lane , on Sunday evening , at 6 o ' clock , when the Committee | will attend to receive donations to assist the Election Committee . Limbhouse . —Mr Broom ' s committee will meet at the Globe and Friends , Commercial-road , on Sunday evening , Jnly 4 th , at six o ' clock precisely . _LouQHBonocoH . —Those friends in the town and neighbourhood who are desirous of reorganizing tho Chartist Association , are requested to meet at the Wheataheaf , on Tuesday , July 6 th , at eight o ' clock . _Maotlbbohe . —A members ' meeting will take place on Monday evening , July 4 tb , at the Coach Painters ' A , J £ 8 j ¦ Circus-street , _New-Road , at half-past men

      Forthcoming Meetings. Absiublt Rooms, 83...

      - _MaiVOHsstsr . —Mr Robert -Wild , of Mottram , will deliver a lecture in the People ' s Institute , _^ Hey rodstreet ; on Sunday , July 4 th . Chair to be taken at half-past six , p . m . ; A members' meeting ofthe National , Charter Association will be held at two o ' clock in the afternoon ., . .. . , Manchester ;—A grand ' 'Soiree and Ball will be held in the People ' s Institute , _Heyrod-street , Ancoats , on Monday evening , July 19 th , 1847 , being the first anniversary of the opening of the Institute . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., W . P . Roberts , Esq ., the Rev . James Scholefield , and Mr D . Donovan , have pledged themselves to attend . Tickets may be . had atthe People ' s Institute , or of any ofthe directors . Mr Preston , the veteran patriot of fourscore years , will deliver a publio leoture , at the Star coffeehouse , Old-street , on Sunday evening next . Ihe chair will be taken at eight o ' olock .

      National Registration and Central Eleoiion Committm ! . —The next meeting will be held at the Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , on Tuesday evening next , July 6 . „__ . . . . „ RocHDALB .-Mr J . G . Clarke , of Manchester , will lecture in the Chartist-room , _Yorkshire-street , on Sunday next , the 4 th inst , at bix 0 clock in the eV Soo n _iH London HALL .-Mr C . Doyle will deliver a lecture in the above hall on Sunday evening next , Julv 4 . Subject : " The unconstitutional and illegal conduct of the major of Derby . " Chair to betaken at eight o ' clock . ' ., ' .. ., Shewibld . —On Sunday , July 4 th , a public meeting will be held in the Democratic Temperanceroom , 33 , Dean-street , for the purpose of arranging for the forthcoming election . Chair to be . taken at eight o ' clook . On Monday , July 0 th , the quarterly meeting of the Land Company will be held in the above room . Chair to be taken at eight o ' olock . The committee are requested 10 meet at seven precisely . .

      Tub West Ridino Delegate Meeting will be held at Butterworth ' _s-buildings , Bradford } next Sunday , July 4 th , at twelve o ' clock at noon . Thb Yorkshire and Lancashire Camp Meeting will be held near the White House on BlackBtone-Edge , on Sunday , July 11 th . Chair to be taken at halt-past one o ' clock in the afternoon . Feargus O'Connor will address the meeting , together with many other talented gentlemen . A delegate meeting will be held at the White Houso on the same day , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . The following places are roa _ nf . _gted to send delegates : —Manchester , Bolton , Burnley , ABhton , Bury , Haslingdon , Ramabottom , Bacup , Rochdale ,. Rosendale , Todmorden , Hebden _Bridge , Sowerby * Saddleworth _, Marsden , Middleton , Stainland ,. _Pviponden , Shaw , Milnrow , Whitworth , Littleborough , and Halifax .

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      Blackburn.—Anthony Armstead Was Nominate...

      Blackburn . —Anthony _Armstead was nominated and chosen as a fit and proper person to represent the district ( that Blackburn may be joined to ) at the next Conference , to beheld in August . Bolton . —We enrolled on Monday night last sixtytwo members , holding 202 shares . Hurrah for the Land Plan ! The general monthly meeting of this branch will beheld on Sunday evening , at 5 o ' clock , in the Land and Charter office , New Market-place . Members in arrear for the general levy for 1847 are requested to pay the same up to the 1 st of July . A public discussion on political and moral subjects will take place every Thursday evening , at half-past 1 o ' clock , in the above office . The public are respectfully invited to attend .

      Barnslet . —Resolution passed : — " That this committee recommend to tbe shareholders the propriety of complimenting Mr and Mrs _Acklara with a public dinner and tea previous to their departure to Red Marley , leaving it optional to each member to take a ticket for dinner or tea . " The shareholders are requested to attend at Thomas Acklam ' s , on Sunday evening next , at eight o ' clock . _Crigklade , Wilts . —A public meeting was held at the Red Lion Inn , on Saturday last , to hear explained the principles of the Land Company . The large room was densely crowded . A number of _infkentifti inhabitants attended , * amongst them was T . Taylor , Esq ., mayor of the borough . The meeting was presided over by Mr Pletts , from Swindon , and addressed by Messrs Barber , Morison , and Burton , from the same place . The mayor put a few questions respecting the balloting and sections , which were answered apparently to the satisfaction

      of all present . A Mr Lovett , an attorney , rose and paid a compliment to the speakers ; whereupon they left him a dozen of the Rules , and the Treatise on the Land and Labour Bank ; The meeting then broke up , highly delighted with the night's proceedings . Earls Barton , Northampton . —On Tuesday evening , June 29 th , the large club-room ofthe Stag ' s Head Inn was crowded to hear Mr William Munday , from Northampton , lecture on the Land Plan . His address gave great satisfaction . At the _oIobo several shares were taken out . Htdb . —At a meeting of shareholders the following officers were elected for the next three months' com mittee ;—J . Whowell , J . Irvin , A . Arraitago , W . Penny , and E . Sutcliffe . W . Bayley , Chairman ; John Gaskell _, secretary ; William Henning , treasurer ; Edwin Robinson / scrutineer ; WilliamKnivton and Joshua Wood , auditors . Sixty-one new members were entered .

      Kidderminster . —The following officers have been elected : —Robert Christie , treasurer ; George Hoiloway _, secretary ; William Thomas , scrutineer ; Will / am Paton , Patrick O'Leary , auditors ; Joseph Gamble , John Ward , Hugh Paton , Christopher Robinson , all of whom formed the committee . Loughborough . —The room atthe Wheateheaf has been taken for another month . The meetings will in future be held on the Monday instead of Thursday

      evenings . Lono Bbckbt . —Mr Parkes delivered a leoture at the house of Mr John Saul , the Admiral Rodney , on " The principles , objects , and benefits of the National Land Company . " Several new members were enrolled . Macclesfield . — At a meeting of . the shareholders held in the Chartist-room , Stanley-street , on Tuesday evening last , Mr H . Leech in the chair , Mr Warren gave a lengthy account of his trip to O'Connorville , which gave general satisfaction .. A Yote of thanks was awarded to Mr Warren . Mr Thomas Leech calledtheattenion of the meeting to the very handsome manner ia which the shareholders of Stock _, port had responded to the call ofthe Nottingham Electioneering Committee . The following resolution waB unanimously adopted ' . — ' * That we , the shareholders of this Company , pay at least one penny per week , until the termination of the . electioneering contest . " A vote of thanks waa awarded to the

      chairman , and the meeting separated . MkrtotrTtovil . —The usual weekly meeting of this branch was crowded on Monday evening last , it beine announced that Mr George Morgan , one of the members who had been at Lowbands last week , was to give an account of the estate . He gave a very full description ofthe estate , and the country around it ; and stated that no man could form an idea ofthe beauty of the place unless he were to go and see it . He gave a full description of the buildings , and stated that they far surpassed his expectations in firmness , beauty , and convenience ; and he gave great praise to Mr Culingham , the foreman . His account was so interesting that he was warmly and enthusiastically applauded throughout his . address , which was about an hour and a-half ' _s duration . At the close thirteen . new members were enrolled . Tho members of this branch are requested to attend next Monday evening , to pay their local levies .

      Northampton . —At a general meeting of the shareholders , _^ . Wm . Munday waa elected secretary ; Mr John Starmer , treasurer ; Mr Wm . Ashton , scrutineer , and Mr . Thomas Stanton and Mr Charles Spencer , auditors . A resolution was passed unanimously— " That the . thanks of this meeting are duo and hereby given to Messrs Feargus O'Connor aud Ernest Jones for their timely interference at the ( Jrown and Anchor meeting . " Mr Munday reported that he had added 30 new members to the Land Company during the week . The meeting was adjourned till Monday next , July fi , at 7 o ' olock . New Radford . —At a meeting on Monday last it was reported by the secretary , that .. there had been added eighty-seven shareholders during the week . _Nottingham . —At the weekly meeting of the Byron Ward locality , Mr Sweet reported that he had added nearly three hundred members to the Land roll , including several electoral

      Oldham . —Visit to Red Marley and Mathon in Worcestershire . —The members of tho National Land Company , resident in the Oldham district , having heard that Mr Holladay and Mr Ainsworth , of this town , had paid a visit to the above ' estates , resolved , if possible , to know their opinions respecting them . Accordingly ' a deputation waited upon them , when both gontlemen most cordially expressed their willingness to comply with the request put to them , to address a public meeting . The meeting took place in the schoolroom of the Working Man ' s Hall on Tuesday evening last . The room was densely crowded . Mr Holladay gave a most cheering ac count of the locality where the estates are situated ; the richness of the soil of both estates , and the neatbuilt houses , now in a forward state at Lowbands . His attention was attracted to a model garden wbicb Mr O'Connor had cultivated with Dotatoes . cabbace .

      peas , Ac ., whioh quite astonished him . In conclusion , he expressed his warm approval of the plan . Tho Chairman ( Mr _Chappel ) then introduced Mr Ainsworth , who followed in the same strain , confirming what Mr Holladay had said . The meeting lasted for upwards of two hour * , and the speakers were listened to with great attention . After a vote of thanks _^ had been passed to the two gentlemen for their services , the meeting _aepurated highly delighted witu the evening ' s proceedings . 1 _^ _Wf'T ' _^ _'s . _branoh has opened a _subscriptio . ftr the Electioneering Fund , and appointed Mr G « on TarwoU secretary , and Mr Geo . Rice treasurer ; We have collected about 25 a . fromthe members ot the company . We intend to oarry on _thesubscription for five or six weeks . We add members by scores to the company . A resolution waB carried , — lnat . fi _< yote of thanks be given to Messrs O'Con-

      Blackburn.—Anthony Armstead Was Nominate...

      nor and Jones _for-their _sWe _adrtwaojaoftbe-peo _* plo ' s rights at the late Crown and Anchor meeting .

      ; ' Trades'-Movements.;• ; Tiie Truck'sy...

      _; TRADES ' _-MOVEMENTS . ;• ; TIIE TRUCK'SYSTEMIN STAFFORDSHIRE . ;( From the Jfin « rVAdvocate . ) ' _- _,-:.. . .: There is a " monster evil" that deserves exposurenamely , the swindling , illegal , truok , or tommy-shop Bystem ; and we now propose to examine its workings and effects . Wemay remark , enpassqnt , that the truck system is not confined to Staffordshire , it is practised in a small degreo in Lancashire , by _^ some coal masters or their dependants " ; in Yorkshire , Derbyshire , Ac and to a great extent , among some of the coal and ' _iron-works in Scotland and , Wales . Most ofour readers will know what the truck system ib . •[ he

      _nractice is to open a shop , and to supply the colliers with flour , meal , groceries , meat , and even shoes , hats , and all kinds of wearing apparel . These shops aro kept by the masters , or parties who are acting under tbe rose" tor them . The goods are charged at these "tommy-shops" generally about . 20 per cent , above the market price , and are almost , invariably of an inferior quality , and the workmen are compelled , either directly or indirectly , to deal at such shops ; while , in many instances , the wages of the colliers are stopped in payment for such goods . To _aucu an extent is this _scant _' _aloua practice carried on , that colliers . have , been , lor months together , without a penny of wages ! If they wanted any article not sold at" the shop . " they were compelled

      to exchange "tommy" font ; if they had the rent , tho doctor , or the shoemaker , to pay , they were compelled to pay them in "goods ! " We may be told that the practice in unlawful-that the parties who keep these shops , and , supply their workmen with goods , subject themselves to . heavy .. penalties . Granted . But who so well knows how to evade the law , or slyly to creep through an Act of Parliament , as a coal-master ? We may here remark , that to the honour of coal-owners in Northumberland and Durham , the infamous practice is not followed there . The plan adopted to evade tbe Jaw is , to put another party in " the shop" to keep it in their name , and as they know the Act of Parliament insists that . workmen ' s wages shall be paid in the current coin

      of the realm , they pay tbem in a room beyond the shop , aad , as they pass through , they have to hand it over to the shopman ? Thatis , tbey have the honour to have possession of their wages about five minutw , _nftstn . _npt tWO ! We observed in our last _Uaaiti-w _, ... _m ohnnt 24 , 000 miners in Staffordshire ; suppose eight thousand out of the twenty-four are compelled to deal at these "tommy-shops , ' - and that they only expend ten shillings per week , and that the profit derived from tbe shop amounted to only twenty per cent . ; but we have documents lying before us proving that they often realise much more . However , say twenty per cent . This is five years would amount to the enormous sum of

      £ 208 , 0001 Thus , in a few years , . the truck masters would realise retiring fortunes , all , be it remembered , screwed out of the hard-earned pittance of the unfortunate collier . But why talk of their expending only 10 s . per week , when it is well-known that all the men's wages are swallowed up by . the unsatisfied truck master ! Need we ask , is it possible for the colliers to improve their condition while they are chained down by such a swindling system as this ? Improvement under such circumstances is impossible : that is , permanent , improvement . This horrid incubus must be shook off— this _blpod-sucking vampire must be destroyed ; the law must be obeyed before we can expect to improve-healthily improve—the collier ' s condition . Miners of Staffordshire ! can you

      contentedly , passively , allow yourselves , to be thus robbed , your rights to be trampled upon , and yet call yourselves Englishmen ? Do you not . know that Union alone caii successfully grapple with " truckshops , " and every other evil under which you suffer , and by which you are bound down ; your improvement impeded ; and your best friends ' exertions to ameliorate your condition paralysed ? Can you see your children , the wives of your bosom , thus basely r . > bbed , and insulted too , without an effort on your part to save and protect them ? What ! because your former Unions have been painful failures on account ofthe bas ' iB upon which they were founded , or from

      their local and sectional character , are you never to try again tostem the mountain torrent of oppression 1 Will you sit down with folded arms , and cowardly allow iron-hoofed tyranny to ride unresistingly over you ? Do you not know that few , even in a good and holy cause , are seldom successful in the first trialthat to obtain success in any great movement , prudence , confidence , justice , and , above all , union and perseverance , aro necessary ? Then , once more to the rescue ! Once more join the Miners' Association , which will protect you , and not suffer you to be plundered without not only opposing , but exposing t & # plunderer .

      The immense sums which you are plundered of would establish , in a few years , provision shops of toob own in every colliery village , where you could be supplied with every article you want , and then the profits would be divided among yourselves , iusteud of being swallowed up by the insatiate "tommy" vulture . Still , none of these things can be accomplished without Union ; without union you are powerless , with it yuu would be all-powerful . Union would teach you the value of restriction of labour ; of co-operation ; would show you the power of men acting for and with , instead against each other ; in fine , it would be unto

      you a tower of strength and defence , and lead you on to gain knowledge—to improve your minds ; for if Union is _Strength , it is no less true that _Knowledge is Power . We have long been convinced that one of tlie most important paints to be attended to by any Union , was the improvement of the minds of its members , and tbat no Union could be eminently successful which did not make sound instruction to its members one ef its primary ohjects ; however , not having space te discuss this all-important subject in our present number , we shall return to it again at a future period .

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      Corn, A&C. The Crops And Cobn Tbadk.—Tho...

      CORN , a & c . The Crops and Cobn Tbadk . —Though the weather has not been altogether favourable , we hear of no com . plaints respecting the appearance of . the growing grain crops ; indeed the reports from the agricultural counties generally speak well of our future prospects , and the only harm that has been done hy the heavy rains which have fallen has been retarding tlie carrying , and in some cases damaging the hay crop . With _regard to potatoes the accounts continue of a very conflicting character ; and though it is pretty certain that the disease ofthe last two seasons has re-appeared in certain localities , in other

      parts ofthe country the plant looks very promising , and , in our opinion , the indications ofthe disorder are not so manifest as to lead to well-founded fears of so serious a failure as many . parties seem to apprehend . The generally auspicious reports relative to thecorn crops , and the appearance of large supplies of bread-stuffs from abroad at the principal maritime ports , have bad the effect of causing a decided unwillingness on the part of buyers to purchase beyond what has . been , necessary for their immediate wants ; and though the deliveries of grain from the home growers have undergone little or ho increase , prices of most articles have receded materially at all the leading provincial markets held _sicce our last . _—ifei-ifclane Express .

      _Tnu Season And the Chops . —Since our last we have had two dry breezy dajs , vory suitable for the _ripening of corn , and two moist and cloudy days suited for the growth of green crops . Under the influence of these changes , tho aupearance of the country in improving daily . The wheat crop hag now had abundance of rain , which has caused it to grow luxuriantly . . It has not hitherto been injured by an excess of moisture , but dry woather is beginning te be very _desirnble _. for it . The plant is unusuall y strong and luxuriant , and wants nothing but sun to cause it to yield abundantly . The late moist weather has been move

      than usually favourable to the tillering of the plants : that ia to say , to tlio threwing out of several stems from the same root . This always takes placo more er less , but to a greater extent , than usual in seasons like this , in whicii fine growing weather succeeds a winter severe enough to thin the plant . In many places fields which looked miserably thin three months ago are now well filled with plants . Noihinp- can be more luxuriant than the spring corn , indeed the only danger . with regard to it is that it may become too luxuriant . Should it escape the danger of runmug to straw , from too rapid a growth , it must do well .- _£ iverpooI Times , Tuesday " .

      FALL IN PRICBS . MaekLanb , Monday , June 28 .-Frosh up this morning the receipts of wheat of home produce were very moderate , but more adequate- to meet the wants of the dealers . Tho attendance of both town and country DUjeri bami ? Small , the weather favourable to the grow--lug crops , the accounts respecting the potatoes by no means so bad as wero those received on tbis day se ' nnight , and the imports of foreign com and flour unusually large , the demand of all kinds of wheat , of home pruduce _, was excessivel y dull ; hi fact ; it was decidedly the heaviest market experienced during the whole of tlie _present year , and , to effect sales , a decline in tlie quotations of from "Six Shillings to Eight Shillings per Quarter was generally submitted to . " In some instances " Ten Shillings ' per or . less monev was expected for parcels out of

      condition , and yet a clearance was not enected . "We Beldom or never _recollect so much heaviness in the sale for foreign wheat . The supply of that grain was excessively large , and , in , many instance * , the currencies were nominal . Scarcely 1 , 000 qrs . changed hands , and those sold at an abatement in value of from "Five to Seven Shillings per Quarter . " There was a full _avarage quantity of foreign barley on sale . All kinds were very dull , and from 2 s to 3 s per qr . lower than on Monday last . Tho malt trade was heavy at Is to 2 s per qr . less money . We hud a large quantity of oats , chiefly of foreign growth , on offer , owing to which the trade was heavy at au abatement in value of from Is to 281 per qr . The large arrival of foreign beans had a most depressin g influence upon the trade , and the rates tell 2 s to 3 s por qr . Peas wore very dull , und is to 2 s nev or lower . _Indiiiu corn was a mere drug , and _offerine at a reduction of from 3 s to 4 s por qr . Flour was verv dul > fa Mb _qualities fell 5 s , barrelled ditto as to 3 s per

      BtUTisii _.-Wheat : Kent , Essex , and Suffolk , old red 84 s tout ' s , new red 85 s to 87 s , old white 85 s to 87 s , new ditto 87 s to 90 s , old white Ms to 88 s .-Ryo 60 s to 63 s . — _llarley : grinding Vis to 4 Ss , distilling Ms to 55 s , malting 06 s to 80 s .-Chevalier 50 s to 60 s . —Malt : Brown 08 s to 70 k , pale _7-ls to 76 s , Suffolk and . Norfolk 71 s to 76 s , new pale Wave 75 s to 70 s . —Deans : Tick IDs to 51 s , pigeon 00 s 10 fiOs , Harrow now . 52 s to 53 s . _—i _' ens : white b' 2 s to 6 < s , groy and maple 50 s to 02 s . —Oats : English feed 33 s to 37 s , Scotch feed 38 s to 40 s . Potatoes 41 s to 45 s , Irish Limerick and Newry Sai to 88 s , Cork and YoueJial black 38 s to 40 s . —Flour : Town-made 65 s to 70 s , EBsex and Kent 60 s to 626 , Norfolk' nnd Stockton 55 s to 60 s per 2 B 01 b _§ . . .

      Corn, A&C. The Crops And Cobn Tbadk.—Tho...

      _^ -Pobhok ,-: _^ _Free- ; "Whent _* _rl > . a'i ™ o . "and-Konigsbur _ " 86 f ' to 90 s , Mecklenburg 85 s to 91 s , Russian 85 s to 88 s Barley : grinding . 48 s to _< 50 ' s , " milting 528 to _^ _s- _"—Beans : Egyptian 40 _s'fo 45 s _;~ Meditei _* ranettn' 4 o ' _s to 41 s . —Oats : Russian 80 s to 33 s , Mecklenburg 30 s to 83 s per , qr—American flour 40 s to 42 s per 190 lbs . - __* ' "' * ' " ' ' ¦ •" . Wednesday , June 30 . —We have * had a ' short _S-.- _^ . ' . y pf English grain from Monday ; but the arrivals ' of Foreign are large , being 19 , 270 qrs- of wheat , 16 , 100 qrs . _oatu , 4 ) 700 qrs . bnrley , and 7 , 800 , _brls . flour ,, with _several large cargoes pf Egyptian beans . The wheat _tradejs . slow , and scarcely a * transaction has taken place , although' offered on lower terms than on Monday . All other articles of grain are in but little demand , with a tendency down _, wards . Seeds of all kinds steady . _Mabk-lank , Friday . —The arrival continues' extensive ' of foreign wheat and oats . To effect sales of wheat it is necessary to give way from 8 s to 10 s per qr . from Mon day ' s reduction , and at this decline sales are not free . In barley there is nothing doing . Some few sales of oats have taken place at 2 s to 3 s per qr . lower rates from Mon . day . The transactions in other grain have been incon . siderable , at declining prices .

      Richmond 'Yorkshire ) June 26 . — we had a very abundant supply of grain in our market to day ; the sale was very dull , at a decrease of prices from Is to 2 s per bushel . —Wheat sold from 10 s to 12 s ; oats , 4 s 2 d to 5 s 2 d ; barley , 5 s 3 d to 6 s _6 d ; beans , 6 e 9 d to 7 s 6 d per bushel . , ¦ _Livkrpool , Tuesday , June 29 . —At this morning ' s market we had a fair attendance of country millers , with a large supply of samples of all kinds of grain , ate , from the recent heavy supp ly . The weather _proving very fine , with the _Iai-go decline in Mark-lane yesterday , buyers held off until near the close of the market , when a fair business was transacted at the _folloirimj reduction from the quotations of tbis day se ' nnight viz ., Is per bushel on wheat , 3 s per barrel and 5 s per sack on flour , 3 d per bushel on barley , 6 d per bushel oo oats , 5 s to Cs per qr . on Indian corn , and 3 s to 4 s per qr . each on beans and peas . "Western Canal _fleur brought 37 s per barrel . POTATOES .

      Borough _ano _Spitalfielos , Monday , June 28 th . — Coastwise the arrivals of potatoes since Monday last have been on a very limited scale , and so little is doing in old qualities that prices are almost nominal . About 2 , 000 baskets have arrived from Holland , and wbich have sold at from 8 s to 15 s per cwt . Thk Potato Cnor . —On Saturday many of the market gardeners at Mortlake , Barnes , Putney , Fulham , and places adjacent " , commenced moving the crops , which , without any exceptions that could be ascertained , are perfectly free from the aphis vastator and all other kinds of diseases . The number of potatoes on each root is about the average , and they are as fine and sound as in any previous season . Through the county of Surrey , generally , the potatoes are in a most healthy comlition . CATTLE , also . ' Tho following imports of Jivo stock have taken place into London during the past week ;—

      From Whence Oxen Cows Calves Sheep Lambs Rotterdam 170 268 147 . 1 , 973 109 Hamburgh it — oo ou — Antwerp 21 — — . . . — —

      Total .. 238 268 167 2 , 023 109 At Hull , Newcastle , & c , 1 , 000 head of beasts , sheep , lambs , and calves have been landed , chiefly from Rotterdam ; but their quality having proved somewhat inferior , they have met a slow sale at barely stationery prices . Smithfield , Monday , June 28 . —There were on sale here , this morning , about 160 foreign _beaists , 8 being from Spain ; 800 do of sheep and lambs , and 40 do of calves _. Nearly the whole were fold at full prices . From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were moderately good as to number , but of very middling quality , The weather being somewhat unfavourable for slaughtering , the beef _tuade was by . no means brisk ; yet the primest Scots , Devons , and runts , from their scarcity , moved off steadily at'fully , but at nothing quotable beyond , the prices obtained on Monday last , tbe _priuiost Scots producing from 5 s to 5 s 2 d per 8 * b but all other kinds were a slow sale , and previous rates were

      with difficulty supported . However , previous to the close of business , a geod clearance was effected . The droves from Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , comprised about 1 , 106 Scots , _homebreds , and shorthorns ; while from the western and midland districts we received 750 _Herefords , runts , Devons , & c . ; from other parts of England , 600 of various breeds ; and from Scotland , 220 horned and polled Scots . On the whole , we were fairly supplied with sheep , the general condition of which was excellent ; yet the numbers were not equal to those ex-, hibited here . it the corresponding period last year Nearly all breeds were in good request ; but we can notice no alteration in the currencies . The primest old downB readily produced 5 s 4 d per 81 b , and most of the supply was cleared off . The number of lambs was seasonably extensive . Still , however , the lamb trade was firm , and the quotations obtained on this day se ' nnight were freely supported . The best down qualities sold at 6 s 4 dper 8 Bx The supply of calves being large the veal trade was heavy at prices barely equal to those paid last week . Prime small

      pigs moved steadily off . Otherwise the pork trade was in a depressed state . Coarse andinferior _beastsSs lOd to 4 s ild , second quality do 4 s 4 d to 4 s 6 d , prime large jxen 4 s 8 d to 4810 d , prime Scots Ss to 5 s 2 d , coarse and inferior sheep 4 s 2 d to is id , second quality do 4 s Odtols Sd , prime coarse woolled sheep 4 s lOd to 5 b , prime southdown do 5 s 2 d to 5 s 4 d , large coarse calves 4 s to 4 s Cd , prime small do 4 s 8 d to 5 s , large hogs 4 s to 4 s Gd . neat small porkers 4 s 8 d to 5 s , lambs 5 s to 6 s 4 d per 8 Tb to sink tbe offal , suckling calves 18 s to 26 s , and quarter old store pigs 16 s t * 21 s each . Beasts 2 , 910 , sheep and lambs 26 , 080 , calves 254 , pigs 280 . _Smitbheli _) , Friday , July 2 . —A brisk business was done in everything generally at higher prices , and all sold by the close of the market . Beef of the best quality readily realised 5 s 4 d per 81 bs ., and inferior descriptions 4 s id . The mutton trade was also very active at equally good rates . Lambs brought higher rates likewise . Calves and pigs ofthe iinestquallty each sold firmly at 5 s per stone .

      BUTTER , PORK , HAM , ate , _Livebpool , Jonday _, June 23 . —The supply of fresh butter into tbe country towns bas been large during the week , which has checked the consumption of Irish ; and at the close of the week , _although the best brands were offered at a decline of Is to 2 s per cwt , very little pro . gross could be m . 'ide in sales . There is a good inquiry for prime American bacon , which sells readily at 6 _is to 65 s per cwt . Hams neglected . Americanlard , of fine quality in kegs , in fair request . _b . d . s . d . Butter , Belfast .. .. 88 0 — 91 o per cwt . _Banbridge ... .. Ss 0 —90 0 — Derry .. .. 86 0 — 90 8 — Coleraine .. .. 88 0 — _> 0 0 — Newry „ .. 86 o — 08 0 — Kilkenny .. .. 88 0 — 92 0 — Sligo .. .. 00 0 —00 0 —

      Carlow ... .. 8 S o — 92 0 — . " Waterford .. .. 88 0 —92 0 — Carrick .. .. 88 0 —90 0 — Dublin .. .. 84 0 —90 0 , — Limerick ., .. 00 0 — 00 0 — Dundalk .. .. 86 0—00 0 — Cork , dry thirds .. 86 0 —00 O — Do . fourths .. .. 00 0 — 00 0 — Beef , Prime Mess , Amer . new .. 90 0 —97 0 per tierce i , ¦) Irish . .. 00 0 — 00 u . — . Pork , Prime Mess , Americas 70 0 —77 0 por barrel » „ Irish .. 00 O —oo 0 — Bacon , long middles , free of bone ... .. . .. 70 0 —72 Opercwt . „ short middles , do . .. 70 0 j- 74 0 — Hams , short cut .. ' .. 76 o 80 O a , long out .. .. 76 0 —80 0 — Lnrd , Waddered .. .. 1 * 5 ' 8 — 70 0 — „ firkins and kegs .. 50 0 —54 0 — ¦

      „ WOOL . Lokdon , June 28 .-Tho public sales have closed somewhat more firmly than they commenced ; but no improvement can be noticed in the quotations . Since Monday last the imports of wool have amounted to 1 , 450 bales from Port Philip , 800 do from Sydney , and 840 do from various other quarters . The private contract trade is heavy , at barel y stationary prices . COTTON . LiVERPoot , Monday , June 28 . —The Hiberaia arrived this morning . There is nothing whatever new in the accounts , the only change in the week being a decrease in the receipts of 500 i bags ., Our market to day bas been very animated , the trad ** buying with much spirit , and tbis , added to a fair demand from speculators and exporters , has swelled the sale up to 10 , 000 bags , 7000 being for consumption . Prices ave Jd higher than on Friday . Tuesday , June 29 .- _^ -Tbo sales are 8 , 000 bales , of which speculators have taken 4 , 00 > . The market is firm , and all sorts of American fully Jd higher . than on Friday last . * -

      Several Months Past. It Was Nearly .Boon...

      several months past . It was nearly . boon before any buyers made their appearance , and even when they were offering lower prices for all sorts ' of goods ; in most instances , manufacturers were obliged to submit to the prices offered . The wool market was _exceedingly flat ; hamiloom flannel operatives have scarcely anything to do , and their , wages are miserable in the extreme . Leicester . —There is a tendency towards an improvement in the demaiid for _jroods , and 6 ome hosiers have partially set on their bands again . There has been ii . ore _doiug in yarns _ata slight reduction in price ; the spinners still work short time , and complain of . not being- able to purchase wools to meet the _prions yarns are selling for .

      STATE OF TRADE . _taEn 8 _..--The amount of business transacted In our Cloth Halls has been attain very limited ; stocks , however , are low , and prices well maintained . In tbe warehouses there is very little doing , but as it is between the seasons , it is usuall y flat at tbis time of the year . Biun __* oRD . -There has been no improvement in the ? - an t or w ° Prices ( " _* e Tevy firm * This was P artl ' induced by the accounts from London of the sales of Colonial wool . There is an increased d"mand for yam , and , if anything a shade of improvement in prices . RocnoALg _Flak . mjl Mahkbt , Monday . —The flannel market to-day has been the dullest we have wituesscd for

      NoMiHOHAU . —The cotton hosiery trade . haB " unproved . This change fer the better is not , however , very perceptible at present . In several villages the greater part of the stockingerg are out of work , and in some oases are set to level hills _auirauch like labour . The fancy bobbing net trade continues in a very despairing condition , not only in this country , but also in France " and Germany , as machine lace is not now held in the estimation it has been . The prices offeredfor nets are in many instances ruinous so as to prevent all speculation , and leave the machine owners no alternative but to decline making . The cotten warp lace trade is in a deplorable state , and some ofthe smaller houses ure . tiiming their attention to bobb ' _m-net . ihe silkwarp branch is " ratherbetter than the cotton , » n » seems likely to continue so . ' ' ; . ' . __—_ _¦ _ .. ii

      Deaths. On Tuesday Last, At Birr, The Re...

      DEATHS . On Tuesday last , at Birr , the Rev . Joseph Burke ; he was _appointed to take churjie ofthe workhouse , in _coisequnnce ef the illness ofthe Very Rev . Dr Spain , _andfre _* his zealous attendence there caught a fever , of which h _» died . Same day , at Micliolstown , comity Cork , of fever , takea in his attendance on the Relief Commitce , the Rev . Harry Disney . ' . At Belmullet , county Mayo , offerer , cau « lit in _tbepsrformance of his duty , _Deputy-assist nt Commissary General Bishop , second son of Sir Henry Bishop .

      Printed B Y Dougal M'Gowan. ' .Of 16, Great Windmill-

      Printed b y DOUGAL M'GOWAN _. ' . of 16 , Great Windmill-

      Street, Haymarket, M The Uity Ot . Westm...

      street , Haymarket , m the Uity ot . Westminster , at tne Office , in tho same Street and Parish' for the Proprietor , _FEAHGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., and published by William Hewitt , of N ' o . 18 , Charles-street , Brandon-street , Walworth , in tlie parish of St . Mary , _Nowugton , in the County of Surrey , .. at tha ; Office , No . _M Crcnt Windniill-stieet , Haymarket , in tlie City _ofWestminBter , Saturday , July Srd , 184 J- _'•'

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 3, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03071847/page/8/