On this page
- Departments (2)
-
Text (15)
-
_„__.,-,_. ^ ' February 7, 18-11? I 6 TH...
-
AWFUL .MURDEUS IS IRELAND. / Asothsb Tip...
-
ALLEGED INCEST AXD CHILD MURDER. Cosoxer...
-
Suicros with Oil of Almosds.—On Monday M...
-
CraSes' Hflobements,
-
framework: knitters' movement. L-icestek...
-
IMPORTANT MEETING OF MASONS AT LIVERPOOL...
-
TnE Srit-i.fikl-s We_v_bs. —. Opposition...
-
MASSLAroiiTEn.—On Monthly an inquest was...
-
TO THE FRIENDS OF NATIVE INDUSTR. IN GRE...
-
iftailut - tattliigtmt*
-
Londom Cons Excuaxok, M'indat, Fkb. 2.— ...
-
AVERAGE PRICES Of tlie last six weeks, w...
-
Losbon Ssiuiii'iKLD Catile Market, Mo.vd...
-
W& \i n ASI i •?, L °CK-J-w.-0n Monday, ...
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
_„__.,-,_. ^ ' February 7, 18-11? I 6 Th...
__„__ _.,-, _ . _^ ' February 7 , 18-11 ? I 6 THE NORTHERN _STAR _. _= _ _== __ - _— " ~ _- *» 1 > ' - * __* - _*_¦**_¦• - mill ¦ Mill * " nm ,, mm .. _^ _-m—^ - _~ _m- _^—^—~ . _~^ mm _^^ m _^^—^——m _*»~~^—^^^< _J— ¦¦ -
Awful .Murdeus Is Ireland. / Asothsb Tip...
AWFUL . MURDEUS IS IRELAND . / _Asothsb Tippekart MuRnKR . —A man was found minurdcred , on Thursday- in a grove near Borrisokane . _ffbChe mail ' s name is said to be Madden . He was Hichot in a plantation belonging to a gentleman named _SbStcn' _-y . residing at Portland , near Borrisokane . _DDt-KJi * outrages have been reported at thc Castle , and _iwiwo _prticiannaiiens issued , from one « f which it ap-¦ nenears that a man named John Pate , herd to Mr . ERxRobert Comes , was fired at on the evening of the 25 & 5 th int . as he was _returnin _ r from the stable to his
_tMwelUiit-i ' . ouse . The shot , however , missed its aim . 'TIThe sscHiA proclamation refers to a dreadful attack (( i < in Tipperary ) made by an armed party , also on tiie miitig _ . t of the 25 th ult . " on John Cawley , his wife , _laiand son , who were beaten severely ; the same party tlthen proceeded to attack ihe houseof Ellen _Slatteir , a and issued their mandate io give up her land , under tl the usual penalty in case of non-compliance . Kc-¦ « wards of £ 6 . have been offered iu b __ th cases for thc a apprehension ofthe offender-. _Awr-o , McsDsa xe _& _Postum-a . —On Wednesday e _eTenii , !* . week , about five o ' clock , as a man named 1 Madden _, who w .- _ _s in the employment of Mr . Stoney _, t of Portland , was goin _ : home from his daily labour , 1 lie wa « <;! iot by some assassin iu a grove convenient to i the entrance-gate to Mr . Stoney ' s house , near _Pori tnmas . The assassin , not satisfied with shooting hi l victim through the body , literally dashed h _' w brains ( out with his own spade . _—Ballinasloe Advertiser .
_Asoinsn M-sms . —Shruel , Jas . 27 . —A most 1 _barb-ivus aud unprovoked murder was committed in t this i <» e .. ! ity on Tuesday , the 20 th ult . The victim i was a _po-jr _unoifendiag man , who was returning from i the market of Headford , where he liad beeu to purc chase p-iatoc _ for his family , consisting of six small t _children . He was attacked ata short distance from ] Baliii _^ sioe bj- fixe or six men , - sho beat Iran so se" yerely tliat he died on the following Thursday . An i inq ' _-f- i was held onthe body on the following Friday i and Saturday _, and was further adjourned to Thui--i day . It appeared from tlie evidence given before the coroner , that the party who committed the murder _yrcre beaten hy another faction , when they hastened in tiie direction for the purpose of taking vengeance , and this poor man being the _Srst they met they murdered hira without any provocation whatever . One or _t" « o other persons are likewise said to be lying ia a dangerous state from wounds inflicted by the same party .
Murder sear Galway . —An inquest was held at Ballinaniaua on Thursday last , by Thomas Walsh , Esq ., coroner , assisted by T . N . Redington , Esq ., M . P . ; Thomas Lynch , Esq ., Lavally , J . P . ; Sub-Inspector Gavin , ol" Gort , and Sub-Inspector Lynch , of _Gaiw-ty , on the body of James Comber , of Baliinaoonrty . * Several witnesses were examined , and by their evidence it appeared _that the _deceased with Others was drinking in _Mullin ' s public-house , at Clarenbridge _, on Tuesday ; that a quarrel arose between the parties in _consequence of some eld dispute ,
but no injury was done "at the time . Shortly afterwards deceased , accompanied by three other men , ieft Clarenhridge , and proceeded towards the village of BaViinacourty , where they resided ; on reaching the bridge of _Baliisaniana they were attacked by a number of men , armed with spades and pitchfork handles , by whom they were struck . The three men that were in deceased ' s company ran away , and deceasewas found soon after lying on the road speechless . He was then removed to a house , where he died at abont one o ' clock the next morning . Head Constable Rowan sue __ - __ e _ in _arrestius four of thc
accusednamely , MichaeiMonaghan , Patrick Davock , Patrick _Flanaghaii _, and Thomas Flanaghan . After a very _lengthened investigation , the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the tacts above . —Ga ' wau ALrcaru .
Alleged Incest Axd Child Murder. Cosoxer...
ALLEGED INCEST AXD CHILD MURDER . _Cosoxer's Isquest . —This extraordinary inquest was resumed on Monday , at thc Morden Arms , Brand street , Greenwich , before Mr . Carttar . Mr . Wood , of Bridge-street , Southwark , deposed to his attendance at the birth of the child on the morning of die 10 th September , and subsequently in its illness , iu a medical capacity . He described the cause of death as arising from _miasmus _, which means a general wasting away ; it is by some termed atrophy . The inflamed state of the mouth and throat did not excite suspicion , having seen children in that stale before .
Ilenry Beaumont Lee-on , physician at St . Thoinss ' s Hospital , and lecturer oil chemistry , deposed that on Saturday last he received a sealed jar _containing the remains of an infant . In the intestine-, brains , and viscera , decomposition had taken place , and had become a pasty mass . He took the whole of this mass which he b ! . iled in distilled water , having previously ascertained that the water was perfectly pure . After boiling it for some time , he acidulated it with pare muriatic aeid , and again boiled it , conducting the operation in a porcelain vessel , and then filtered it tbrou __ h uew calico . Witness
then submittei _* . it to various tests , the principal made nse of being Reinschc ' _s test , that being the most delicate test ior arsenic . A portion ofthe liquid witness then mixed with an eqnal portion of muriatic acid , and taking a similar quantity of muriatic acid , mixed it with an equal quantity of distilled water as previously made use of . He then took two pieces of bright copper which had been _carefiiliyeleancd in aitro _sulphuric acid . These two pieces he then bailed , the one in the distilled water and muriatic acid , and the other in the liquid in which the tody tad been boiled , the effect of which wonld be that if arsenic be present it would give to the copper a dark colour , similar to iron , hut if no aisenic be present the copperwould remain compara
tively clean and bright . ( Dr . Leeson produced the two pieces of copper , according precisely with the appearances stated above . ) This experiment witness repeated several times . Witness then took a piece of the copper so treated , and having cut it into slips , placed it in a tube of hard German glass , heating the tube and copper to a red heat . Under these circumstances witness expected to sublime the arsenic from the copper , and found it did so , obtaining on the glass tube that peculiar dark stain , indicating the presence of metallic arsenic . The heat was then continued , and as a small current of air wa 3 allowed to pass through the tube , by so doing the metallic arsenic was oxidated , and thus converted into _areeniousaeid _, or the common white arsenic of the slums . Witnebs
then examined the white ax-enieal crust through a _-aic-oscope , and ascertained that it consisted of small octohedral crystal , peculiarly characteristic of arsenic and confirmatory . "Witness then took a small portion of distilled water , and boiled it in the tub - to distil , to dissolve the avsenious acid . Having thos obtained a solution he applied the usual liquid tests . Made use of ammonia nitrate of silver , which gave a light yellow precipitate , characteristic of _arsenious acid . To another portion he added ammonia sulphate of copper , which gave a green precipitate , also characteristic of thc presence of arsenic , and termed " Scheele _' s green . " Through a third portion passed a stream of sulphurated hydrogen , which gave a yellow precipitate , also confirmatory ofthe presence of iron . Witness then took a third piece of copper , coated as the last , which he placed iu another glass tube , and heated it as before , and whilst so heated passed over it pure
hvdrogen gas , which ne ignited at one end of the tube , inflamed it , holdiug over the flams a small vessel of white porcelain , on which waa deposited a black spot , as in making use of Marsh ' s test , of which this is a modification . Witness also applied his nose to the end of the first tube , and 3 me ' t the characteristic smell of arsenic . Witness a-v _» subjected a portion of tiie liquor to the action of a galvanic battery , having a pole of platinum attached to the copper end ofthe battery , and a _piece of clean copper to the zinc extremity , which obtained _asilverydepogitofar-Minie . Witness ' s impression was , that in the poison he examined something like ten grains of arsenic were present , mors than sufficient to cause death . Witness _judged the quantity from the facility with whieh he obtained the _results . " AH thc remains had been boiled down , except the legs and arms . It was im- j possible for the child to survive alter tho quantity of arsenic he had detected .
A host of witnesses wero subsequently examined , bnt their evidence was merely confirmatory , without tending to throw any additional light on this most mysterious affair . The room was then closed after the jury had sat upwards of eleven hour * , and , after a short consultation , the inquiry was adjourned .
Suicros With Oil Of Almosds.—On Monday M...
Suicros with Oil of Almosds . —On Monday Mr . W . W _. Carter held an inquest at the Queen Charlotte , Millpond- _' iridge , _Beraioiidsoy _, on the body of Lucy Rebecca Bondon . of 3 . Millpond-street . The deceased ' s mother stated , that on Sunday forenoon last deceased came down irom her bedroom into witness ' s shop , aud appearing greatly excited , said , "I have often « aid that I would do it , and now I have done it at last . " Her eyes immediately afterwards became swollen , and she fosmed at the mouth . Medical aid was immediately sent for , but deceased died in about twenty minutes . Mr . Clayton , aootiieeary , Miiipond-strcet , said he had known dec-eased for some time past , she having been a _regular customer of his . On Thursday last he _so _' . d to ° deceased some _ratike , which contains essential oil of almonds , and . on Sunday he sold her two small quantities oi ' the same article . He had served her with some of
the same preparation several _tiuiis during the last three months , and he always understood that she wanted it fer flavouring sweetmeats . Verdict" Temporary mental _dcraugement . " Fatal Accibext . —On Sunday afternoon , between the hours of four and live , a fatal -iecideiit occurred on the river , nearly under the centre of Ilun _™> _rfcrd _suspension-briihje . Captain Williams , of ihe -Northfleet , belonging to Grays , whose vessel is at present lying _oir Edwards and Bennett ' s straw-wharf , Belvidere-road , Lambeth , got into a small boat , for the purpose of proseedmg up the river , and having set the sail , a sudden _gaas of wind blew tbe boat on one side , when It filled and overset , _p-eclpliatiiw ihe «;• - fortunate _nirut into the river , _f-ro young men instantly rowed towards the spot , and " succeeded in saving the boat , but Captain Williams was carried away by the force ofthe current , and perished .
Crases' Hflobements,
_CraSes' _Hflobements ,
Framework: Knitters' Movement. L-Icestek...
framework : knitters' movement . _L-icestek . —A public meeting of framework knitters wan held ia the mnrket-place , on Monday week- Mr Chmvner in the chair . The meeting was addressed hy _^ f _;^ est ? n ' > _- * - < - > -- _ww . Winters , and Watts . The following rc . olutions . aud memorials w « e unanimously adopted : — Proposed by Mr Weston , seconded by Mr . Lucas :-That this meeting authorises the committee to take such steps as they shall deem best for the abolition of tbe present system oi _franie-rent * and charges , either by carrying the cue „ lto the Exchequer Chambers before tho judges , or before l _' arliament " | Proposed by Mr . Buckley seconded bMrLucas :-
, y . Tnat a memorial be addressed to Sir James Graham , Baronet , Secretary of State for tbe Home Department , _iettmg t ,, rth tbe grievances of framework knitters , the com _-mation of masters , the refusal of certain magistrates to conform to the law . and also the conduct of the general bod y of magistrates within tbe borough , in _retUMng to act wbcre men work on the manufacturers ' premise ? . " Mr . Winters proposed , aud Mr . Brewn seconded , the following memorial : — To the _BightMouovrable Sir James Graham , Bart ,, Sect Clary Of State for the Home _Department . , _; , . The Memorial of the framework knitters of Leicester , in pumic meeting assembl-d , tV .. . ..
Ilunibly Sheweth , —That your _memorialists bave been subjected , for a series of years , to a most unjust and oppressive system , not practised in auy other trado or department of British _manufacture , having to lahour _undersecond-handmaster ., usually denominated bagmen , middlemen , or undertakers , who have been accustomed to keep secret , in many ' cases , to whom the goods manufactured by tbe workmen belong ; and further , that they have generally divided a small amount of work amongst a larger number of workmen than they were authorised to do by the manufacturer , in order to exact more money from the workmen ' s ! wages than the master manutacturer was acquainted with ; and further , the workmen were not enabled to know who their real employers were , or how much the manufacturers gave per dozen , thereby enabling the undertaker to reduce the real wages ofthe workmen to auy extent , under one pretext or another , which is so ably shewn in tke report of R . M . Muggeridge , Esq ., commissioner appointed by her Majesty to inquire into the condition ofthe framework knitters .
Tour memorialists beg to remind you that the Legislature , during the late session . of Parliament , wero so far convinced ofthe necessity of destroying a system so mueh at variance with justice , that they unanimously passed an Act to put an end to the evils under which your memorialists labour , entitled . "An Act to make further regulations respecting the Tickets of Work to be delivered to _persons employed in the manufactures of hosiery , in certain cases . " Sec . Sth and 9 th Vict ., c . 77 , provide , " That when auy manufacturer of hosiery , or the agent of any such manufacturer , gives out to a workman the
materials to be wrought , such manufacturer or agent shall , at the same time , deliver to such workman a printed or written ticket , signed by such manufacturer , containing the particulars of agreement betwesu sueh manufacturer and such workman , as in the schedule to thc Act annexed , and sueh manufacturer or agent delivering sueh ticket shaU make , or cause to he made , and shall preserve , until the work contracted to be done shall havebeen completed or paid for , a duplicate of such note or ticket . Th : 4 th clause provides for penalties and costs ; the 9 th is the interpolation clause .
Your memorialists beg further to inform you , that the masters have entered into a combination not to comply with the Act , and further state , they set it at defiance , and that no man shall be employed in the town who is determined to carry the Act into execution . Th _» y further represent to you , that Thomas Stokes , John Bi gg * , James Hudson , Richard Harris , and John Moore , manufacturers of ho _. iery , and magistrates of this borough , are not complying with the Act , and evince a determination not to & o so , therefore setting a dangerous _precedent to your memorialists , for breaking auy law witb impunity . Your memorialists further represent to you that the borough magistrates have decided they will not graut summonses where the workmen labour on the premises ofthe manufacturer ; thus setting at nought thelaws of the land .
Your memorialists , therefore , pray you will institute an enquiry into the decisions of the said magistrates , by referring the case to her Majesty ' - Solicitor-General , and that you will be pleased to dismiss from office the aforesaid Thomas Stokes , John Biggs , James Hudson , Kich .. rd Harris , aud John Moore , magistrates ofthis borough . Your memorialistsfurther represent to you the usefulness of the said Act by informing you , that in one case where the ticket was delivered , a fraud of . 7 s . 4 d . was detected , which , heretofore , .. has been a custom with the bag-hosier to take the said amount from the wages of tlte workman , without the consent or knowledge of the manufacturer .
lour memorialists , therefore , pray you will take this memorial into your consideration , and your memorialists , as in duty bound , will ever prav .
Important Meeting Of Masons At Liverpool...
IMPORTANT MEETING OF MASONS AT LIVERPOOL . Oa Tuesday evening , the 20 th ult ., a meeting of the operative masons of Liverpool , was held at the Concert Hall . Lord _\ _elson-sti-e * t , pursuant to a notice by placard emauating from the _General Committee of Management of the Friendly Society of Operative Masous , to take into consideration whether it would be better to seek a rise of wages or a reduction in the hours of labour . At eight o'clock the galleries presented a goodly assemblage of respectably-elad mechanics , and there was also a tolerable muster in the body of the hall . Altogether , there were between 600 and TCO persons present . Mr . G . Dodson was elected to the chair .
Mr . Carter , the C . C . secretary of the society , in rising to propose the first resolution , said—The question to be asked this evening is , I believe , whether an advance of wages or a reduction of our hours of labour will be of the most permanent benefit to the masons of Liverpool . I hold iu my hand a resolution which proposes that a reduction of our hours of lahour to nine hours per day , will be of the most permanent benefit . The first point for consideration iu this great question is the present system , and how that system affects the trade _geaerally . My opinion is that the great grievance of our trade at the present time is that of surplus labour . What I mean by surplus labour , fellow workmen , is that wc have too many <• - our trade _traveBlng in search of employment ¦ and we have to make provision for those that are so travelling _.
and to support tliem during the time they aro out of « uiploynient . When I tell you thatthe provision we have had to make for this object alone , duriug the last seven years , has nearly averaged £ 1000 per year , it must be plain that some alteration is necessary . There are somewhere about S 000 masons in England ; of that number 2000 -ire only _partiallytiuployed throughout the year . Let these 5 U 0 O masons , that we suppose may he regularly employed , give up one hour per day , and constant employment would be realised for COO of those now only partially employed . The grand question now is , aro you , the masons of Liverpool , propared to give up this one hour per day for the benefit of your less fortunate fellow-men , or whether you intend to demand more wages than you receive at the present time and work the same hours 1
By giving up one hour you wnlbs conferring a benefit upon a clas j of men that are oniy partially employed , and from _tima to time wandering from place to place . Employment tbey ought to have , food they must have . By demanding an advance of wages and working the same honrs , you leave them in the same state , and it is a state that few would like to occupy . The best way to raise the price of labour is to reduce the hours of labour ; for if you get as much for nine as you now have for ten , you realise an advance on your labour . The practicability of the plan I -hall propose is a matter that requires to be considered . I have not the least doubt but feweuiployerwill ba found who will not ra « e objections to the reduction of tlie houi _* 3 of labour , but will they tell you these objections ? Certainly not . We may listen to a demand for more wares , say they , during the summer , whereas if we allow you to have your hours reduced in the summer , we have uo chance to lengthen ihem in the winter , tho only time we cau take advantage of you . Now thi '
should _oe known to every mason , that in winter , when the days are -hurt , we have all our battles to fight , by way of protecting tliosc principles we have at other times established ; and if we can succeed in reducing the hours of labour in Huntiiier , it must be a permanent benefit to the trade from generation to generation . Now , let us take another vie * n of this question ; let us consider how the present long hour system affects the health and constitution of tlie mason ; and let us see whether , by shortening these hour ? , some improvement wili not be made in that direction . It is a well-known fact that the average age of regularly employed masons does not exceed forty years , the average duration of life in other out-door employments is from fifty to sixty years . If we work one hour a day less we shall certainly escape a certain amount ot injury to our constitutions , besides having more time for _lvcreativi oxereUe and the improvement of our mental faculties . Wherever any trade or labour produces a bad effect ou the health and constitution of man , it ought at once to demand the attention of those who have it in
tlieir power to alter s _< : _ a grievance , -ill-. Carter concluded by moving the following resolution : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting , the condition of the masons of EngUnd is such as _requit es considerable improvement , both morally , ment-iliy , and physically ; and we are ol opinion that a reduction of the hours of labour in the summer months to ninehours per day , is better calculated to efiect sack improvements , than an advance of wages ; aud pledge ourselves to use our utmost exertions to carry it into effect . " ( Much applause . ) Mr . John _Armstrons seconded the resolution . Iksaid : We are mere machines ; we toil from sunrise to sunset , we go to sleep , «• - lis * , again to toil , aud then go
to sleep again ; this , fellow workmeu , is a fact that no honest matt will attempt to controvert . To secure ihe most perminent benefit , 1 st us have a reduction in the hoars of iahour . Employers would rather give us an advance of _wagos during the summer , _biit at the back end of tlie year they con * . - ; iud stop the work , _sayinjj , in the summer tiia days are long , and wa can get as many men a * we want . Soai- parties o : ' an avaricious disposition might _-i-h io jjrasp * . _? _axfr * pay , but by re-luring lhe hour .-, of work in tiie sanuaer , ire shall tike away this p . ;_ a from the _employers , and thereby eerurc plenty of employment in the winter , it has been stated by tlie la _. t speaker that the lives of masons arcsborter than the
Important Meeting Of Masons At Liverpool...
lives of men iu other trades . I am aware it is the case . I have seen young men " go off very quickly . What i- ' . th « cause ? The cause is hard labour . . Por- one thing _, tramping about the country looking for employment , but the most predominant cause is disease of the chest . When a mason comes to about . forty years of _ogs _, he is generally troubled with a cough—ho goes to a medical man _•* nd tolls his case—tha doctor shakes his head and _sayi , well , my man , I have had several cases of this sort , it is the masons' diseaso ; all I can do for you is to give you some temporary relief—something to ease your breast .
Three-fourths of the masons die about their fortieth year , leaving their wives and families in poverty . Another thing ; this shorteing the hours of labour wid , of course , raise the labour market . If the labour is _equalised properly , you would nearly all be fully employed , and when employed , would got good wages . When wages fall , it is because labour is too abundant : make lahour scarce , nnd wages rise . It is an indisputable fact that when any article gets scarce it _risi-s in value—so it will be with the labour of masons ; and not only with masons , for if other trades would do thc same , the liko results would follow .
Mr . Steadman said : What body of men administered more generally to the comforts of suuiety than those of the building department ; and , therefore , when we . compare the remunerating prices which are given to Unit department with the remuuera tion given inthegovernment departments , as the excise & c , where those employed work only from eight till four , receiving at the very lowest estimate 4 s . per week more than any mason who works ten hours per day—more than you who have administered so much more by your efforts to the comforts of society . In France , the hours of labour , I am credibly informed , are much fewer than we have to work here . I have also been informed that artizans in France have better eultivvted minds ; that they are better workmen at their business , as the structures which ihey erect in
Prance testify ; nor is there any country in tho universe where they work so many hours ns in Great Britain . " It must be very praiseworthy that we are so very fond of work—that it never tires u «—that we are quite willing to work as many hours as we do ! But if you go to Germany , to _Kussia , to France , to Spain—there you will find cleverer working men than in England , with all our Mechanics * Institutions ; and why ! Because working men in England have notiufficicnt time to gain _Acknowledge they ought to have . How few of us go to Mechanics ' _Institutioni ! how few in this assembly ! We have no time after our day ' s labouris done , but for sleep . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Davis { a compositor ) being called upon by the chairman , said—Whem any person , not a mason , not a mechanic of any sort , casta his eyes around him , and
uews the stately b « ildings which everywhere meet his gaze , what must be tho reflections of his mind V . -1 conceive they should he something _lika this , " Surely , if the promoters of tliis question—mon horn in God ' s own image—are the erectors of these buildings , surely thoy are worthy of our consideration , for their works command ¦ mr admiration . " But it is a source of regret in my mind , that when these monuments of your skill are being viewed md descanted upon in all their beauties , a thought for the actual rearers of tliem is seldom excited . There is no person of rank or wealth comes forward now , as was the case when the shopkeepers ' assistants held their meetings here and in the metropolis for the same object—to
shorten the hours of labour . There , rank and fashion crowded the elevated seats ; but we , on this occasion , hard-working individuals , meet with no sympathy from the upper and middle classes . It is all very well for them to say , " we have promoted the formation of Mechanics ' Institutions for your instruction and recreation , " but it appears to me to be idle folly to talk about the benefit of Mechanics' Institutions to mechanics , when thc working man cannot have tho time allowed him to attend them . I have little doubt that if the question of shortening the hours of labour should over succeed , it will be productive of bringing ahout the social regeneration of society ; and I look forward confidently to the time when a more suitable intercourse shall be _established between man and
man . A great deal has been said respecting the advantages of union , and truly , as I can confirm and testify ; and you will find , that unless you arc united in persevering for the object you are now met for—to shorten the hours of labour—unless you attend to this fact , you will be unable to conquer tho difficulties that surround you ; but if you will only become ami-monopolists—if you will not monopolise too much lahour yourselves—you will have more time for intellectual pursuits , and aiford work to numbers of . vour body who may he in want of the necei . i _ . ries of life . Too much monopoly of labour exists in my own trade : many exerting all their physical en _« r . gies to satisfy the caprice of a master , and leaving to others a very small amount of labour indeed ; men , perchance , as clever though not as fortunato—men labouring
under thc severest privations , having , like themselves , affectionate wives and tender children . In conclusion , I ofivrtliis remark for your consideration , and I hope every mau will let it constitute the primary nnd chief elements of his being , —From this night , and from henceforth , we ara determined to signalise ourselves in Liverpool by our endeavours to shorten the hours of labour . ( Cheers . ) The resolution was then put to the meeting by tho chairman , and carried unanimously . Mr . John Carlylerose to propose the second resolution : — " That in order to carry out the spirit of the resolution just _parsed , effectually , it is necessary that a good understanding should exi » tbetween every member of the _trade ; and to effect this , it is essential that all who are uot member , of the Masons' Society should ent _ r it as early as possible , and that a committee be appointed by that society to convey our intentions to the employers of Liverpool and its vicinity . " The previous apeak * , has alluded to the attention bestowed to the claims of tbe shopkeepers '
assistants by persons of rank and wealth . We _havu them not here to hack our demand ; perhaps they think we can advocate our own point , because our sun-burnt faces and sinewy arms shew that we are the true sons of toil ; they leave us to ourselves—they have not the least doubt hut we can fight the battle nobly . We have began w _« ll aiid let us go on . We are progressive beings . If any fall in tbe struggle , to uso a military phrase , the others must close up . The battle Is begun , and must not be ended without a gloriou _. victory ; and 1 now appeal to those who are not members of our society in support of my resolution , and I wish to gain it all tlie support I possibly can . I know there are some here who are not membvrs of our society , but I exchange the hand of friendship with them . ( Cheers . ) Now let us take one another by the hand , and assist in the goodly work to carry out thu principles of the resolutions you have passed . To effect this , it is essential that all here who are nut members of our union , should enter it as soon as _possible .
Mr . John Settton , in seconding this resolution said , — I see by this great meeting of fellow-workmen , that w * are prepared to protect ourselves . There are men liore that , no doubt , _bafore the union was established , recollect the position which masons were in , iii England . You will recollect the system of persecution pursued by masters . If one employer discharged n man , another refused lo employ him—not became labour was scarce , but for fear we should get from them that power which had so long con fined-us in chains—that power that dragged tho poor Dorchester labourers from their home * , from their wives and families , and sent them from their native land , because tliey dared to raise their heads and unite tog . ther as men—because they dar _. d to seek their own protection , and refu cd to become th » willing slaves of tyrants .
Mr . John Gibson : Mr . Chairman and fellow-workmen , much hns been said ahout thc hard lahour of masons ; other countries have been referred to ; and it is plain that w « , the people cf Great Britain , are the hardest worked and worst paid of any people on thc face of the glob * . Some talk of the necessity of legislative enactments , —I diffar from this opinion altogether . No good will he got by the working man from any Masters' or Servants' Bill . It would be just th- sort ot * a bill , tbat if you overslept yourself a quarter ot an hour , they would just very pleasantly tell you , you had lost a quarter ; and if you neglected your work , they would just send you for _thrae months into quod , or for any other misbehaviour . But I could never find out what was misbehaviour , tliere are so many sorts _, > f it . ( Laughh-r . ) With _respect to some of ihe benefits of union , I will just tell you , that from tha latter eud of 1889 to tha close of 1845 , we paid for accidents to members of our society , £ 1 C 1- 19 s fid . ; and let me tell you , that we should have had live times that
amount to pay to widows of masons killed by accident , if all had belonged to our society . Ouly a few weeks ago , a mason in Yorkshire was smashed to atoms by sheer aceident ; that man had just been too late in joining our af-Hoeiatiiiu , and the consequence is , he is not entitled , and he hus left a wife and _sevi-n orphan children who must go to the workhouse . We know not what a day nor an hour may bring forth , and it is best to _tugin at once . In the _.-I'lief of tramps , for the last ten years , we have paid just i' 10 _, 000 ; but in one year aloue , when tho distress in the country wns great , we paid near £ 2000 to our members who were in search of employment . For sick aad funeral expenses , we have paid £ 6000 since the amalgamation of our funds in 1840 . Now , when we consider these _advantages , it becomes every mason to join our union—it becomes every mason in Liverpool to attend their lodgerooms , to _discius the value of their association , to declare with bold front , that thoy are determined to be great , glorious , and free .
The Chairman having again read the resolution , it was put to the meeting and carried with acclamation . A vote of thanks to the Chairman was then passed , and the meeting brok _. up in the most peaceful manner .
Tne Srit-I.Fikl-S We_V_Bs. —. Opposition...
TnE Srit-i . fikl-s We _ v _ _bs . — . Opposition to tue _Takiit of Sib It . Peel . —On Saturday night , at eight o ' clock , a numerous meeting of iho _Spitalfields hand-loom weaver * union was held at the Crown and Anchor , Waterloo Tavern , Bethnal-green , in consequence of the proposed incisures of Sir U . Peel in reference to the silk trade , when a report was presented from the council , recommending tin propriety of a general meeting of tho trade to petition the legislature against the plans of her _M-jesty ' - government . Mr . Curnell having taken the chair , read the circular which had been issued by the council of the union . It was lis follows : —Fellow-worknwn . Sir Hubert IVel intends to reduce the duties on
foreign-wrought _s-iik , at aa average of twu-thirds of tha present duties . He wiil give the foreigner every oppor • unity of ruining your trade by the r-tnoval of yonr protuelion . The reduction of silk contemplated by government is a deadly blow aim _.-d at our vital interests . Tons _weight of foreign silk , of every description , will inundate the British marker , and ihe consequence must be the ruin of the silk trade of the country . Yuiir prosperity or your destruction is now in your hands . Use every exertion as _beco'iies men in di & pcrate _cimimstanses , and you are saved . B « apathetic , and poverty , wretchedness , and slavery will be your doom . Suffer not yourselves to ho deluded by theory of " Cheap bread i" _Jiemember that
Tne Srit-I.Fikl-S We_V_Bs. —. Opposition...
white braud is but on * halfpenny per lb . in Saxony , yet the poor weavers of that country tastes it only as a luxury . Judge for . yourselves . Protection , comfort , and . pro ? . p » rity , or-free trade , continental wages , and the infernal bastile . —Mr . Bury , on the part ofthe council , stated , that the members seeing the scale or duties intended to be put on the importation of foreign silks , were convinced that the reduction was so serious as to call for some immediate steps to be taken by the weavers to offer the m _»_ . t strenuous and determined opposition to the measures of the government . He bad no hesitation in saying that if tho plans of Sir R . Peel should be carried into effect , the trade of _Spitallields would bc destroyed ( hear , hear ) . Tho council have , therefore , come to the determination to call the trade together as soon as _possiblo , to show to Sir It . Peel and the free-traders that the propositions ofthe government would tend to their irretrievable ruin ( hear , hear ) . It would be impossible for them to
compete with the foreign manufacturers until the weavers were reduced to the diet of the Germans and Saxonsblack bread , herrings , and potatoes . They had now * chance of support , ns the landed interest were at length looking-out at the _daugir of the state ofthe country ( hear , hear ) . The trades throughout the country ought to come forward while there was a hope . Tlieir cause was that of labour throughout the world . He trusted that when the trade met they would come to some spirited resolutions , nnd get a petition , numerously signed , to show to tho government tlmt they will notyicld without a most determined struggle ( hear , hear ) . Several speakers _followad , who dwelt on the _distress that must ensue if the English artisan had to complete with the foreign producer , without being protected by duties ; and the meeting concluded , by adopting the suggestions of the council , tho members of which were authorised to take thb necessary steps for thc attainment ofthe object in viow .
. Another Meeting ov the _Huo / _id-siik"Handloom Weavers or _Sfixal ' _fields whs held on Wednesday oven _, ing , at seven o ' clock , at the French Chapel , _lit'own's-hine , Spitallields , for the purpose of considering the ruinous tariff of Sir ltobert Peel , and of _agreeing to a petition to Parliament against that measure , Mt * . Do la Force in the chair . Mr . Poyton moved the first resolution , and observed that thc proposition ofthe government would tend to reduuo the wages of the silk operatives both in England and iu France . ( Hour . ) He saw no alternatiro but the entire ruin of the working classes , as it would be impossible for them to cam a livelihood . An argument for the proposed tariff was , that in consequence of the high duties smuggling is encouraged ; but he did not believe that there were foreign silks , contraband , imported
into this country to tho extent stated . But if Sir 11 . Poel has that kindly feeling towards the working classes that he professes to have , why does he not repeal the duty upon those articles in whieh he knew there wus a _vi-ry large smuggling trade carried on . ( ilear . ) Why does he uot take the duty off tobacco , whieh is extensively consumed by the working classes ? and it was well known that many tons of tobacco every year were smuggled , by which the revenue was defrauded 1 ( Hear . ) llut he will not do that . Thuy might , therefore , look upon the measure agaiust the silk trade as one pregnant with the greatest misfortunes to that neighbourhood . ( Hear . ) Mr . Bury , who seconded the resolution , said that . not above one-fourth of the silk produced in France was manufactured in that country . It wus well known tliat since the tariff of Sir ltobert Peel had been announced ,
some-of the manufacturers had begun to lower theii _wajjes ; aud he had been informed that a few had already gone to France for the purpose of purchasing tbe manufactures of that country . Me then referred to the tariff , and concluded by . expressing a hope that the meeting would gire their unanimous sufp irt to the resolution , ( Criejot "No . " ) . Mr . Hackniau moved an amendment , "That this meeting do not feel it necessary to interfere in the proposition before Parliament . Mr . Melpress seconded tlie amendment . Messrs . Van . dome , Sherrard , Gale , Moore , & c , & o ., addressed the meeting , when , on the question . being put , the amendment was lost . Thoother resolutions were _sevorally moved and seconded , which , with the petition , Wire adopted . The following are copies of the resolutions and petition : —
" 1 . That we , the operative _broad-silk weavers of Spitallields view with alarm and indignation the sweeping , unjust , and injurious reductions proposed by Sir It . Peel iu His new tariff , relative tothe duties on foreign wrought silk , and having had already a long and direful experience of the want of proper protection , we feel assured -. hat the contemplated reduction will be attended with the most ruinous _eonsequentes to the silk manufactures of this country , therefore we feel it our duty to resist the same by oYcry legal and constitutional means iu our power . " 2 . That as one of the means for preventing Sir Robert Peel ' s intended reduction , we resolve to _p-.-tttion both Houses of Parliament to allow the protective duties on _foreign wrought silks to remain at least as they now are , and to render tho _puuishment of smuggling more severe .
" 3 . That as deceasing wages and increasing rent render cheap food desirable , yet stern duty and justice forbid U 3 to join in the present silly and crafty cry of' cheap bread , ' because unerring experience convinces us that that cry is got up for the purpose of delusion , and Unit the working classes of this country may ba reduced to the miserable aad disgusting level of the continental labourer ; therefore , as another means of resisting the diabolical intentions of Sir R . Peel , we resolve to obtain , if possible , by the assistance and co-operation ofall classes , the just protection of llritish industry , " The following is a copy of tho petition : — " To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , in _Atriiament _ s $ < : iii ! .. t ! i _ . " The petition of the operative broad-silk handloom weavers of SpitalficIdR ,
" Humbly showeth—That your petitioners view with alarm and apprehension , not unmingled with detp regret , the sweeping , and to thoir minds injurious , redtictiooi proposed in the new tariff , relative to tho duties on foreign wrought silk . That your petitioners beg to remind your honourable house that they have for a period of twenty years too frequently experienced severe distress , arising from a want of greater protection to trade . That it has as frequently boen their painful duty to apply to the government and the Parliament on the subject . That tho very long an- direful experience ofthe past may ' well cause your _petitioners to apprehend that thecontcmplated reduction will be attended with the most distressing nnd ruinous consequences tothe whole of the operative silkweavers in the United Kingdom .
" Thai fearing these consequences , the common sense of your petitioners will not . allow them to put any faith in the reckless and cruel assertion that the reduction of tho amount levied on silk duties will not interfere with any _domestic interests . That the admission which has been made by high authority , relative to the facility with which the immoral practice of smuggling is now carried on in the United Kingdom is , in the opinion of your petitioners , a fruitful cause of much ofthe distress which is often experienced by . them , and that they humbly conceive that common justice demands that the punishment of the detected _smuggler . th _« delinquent revenue officer , and the highway robber should be equally severe . That , as the pivsent decreasing wages and tho increased rental of the misernblo hovels in which very ninny of your petitioners reside , render cheap food desirable , yet . < acrcd justice forbids your petitioners to join in the onipty cry of
' cheap bread , 'because experience has convinced them that bread never can ba cheap to those whoso wages are rendered by tho cupidity of capitalists inadequate to procure it in sufficient quantities , and because they believe that the cry for untaxed food has been got np by the grasping portion ofthe master manufacturers , merchants , and shopkeepers for the purpose of deluding the public , en . riching themselves , and reducing tlie working classes to the miserable and disgusting level , of the continental labourer . Therefore your petitioners humbly pray your honourable house to regard the prayer of their petition , and prevent , by the exercise of your wisdom , the distresses and tears of your petitioners , by making a law whieh will greatly prevent , hy more _Sf _. _vercly punishing , the immoral practice of smuggling , and by not passing into a law the rigorous reductions proposed in the new tariff relative tothe duties on foreign wrought silks , and your petitioners , as iu duty bound , will ever pray . ' . '
Thanks were voted to the chairman , and tho meeting broke up . National United Association of Teadp . _s vou the Pkoi _' -Ctiox of IsnusTiiv . —The Central Committee met at the Trades Office , 3 D , Hyde-street , Bloomsbury , on Mondiiy _. February 2 nd ; T . S . l ) uiieombi ! _, M . P ., in thoehair . Letters were read from Mr . Dickinson , _Oi-rell , Derbyshire , giving iii the adhesion of the nail makers of that district , amounting to 200 men . From Mr . Brown , con . tabling the adhesion of the _bloi-k printeis of Paisley . From Mr . Blundell , Wimslow , containing the adhesion of 109 hand-loom weavers , and the lirst month's contribution . From Mr . Colliding , of Manchester , announcing tho
determination of the small-ware weavers of Middleton to join the Associated Trades . From Mr . - Taylor , Halifax , announcing the determination of the _ivooleomber-i of that district , 5 , 000 in number , to join the United Trades . FromjMr . Teer _. on behalf of the dressers and dyers of Man-Chester , 700 in number , containing the following resolution passed at a general meeting of their body : — " That this meeting fully approve the judicious course taking by the Central Committee of the Association for the Protection of Labour , with reference to _supporting strikes , and hope that the same wisdom will guide tlieir future efforts . " From the block printers of Lancashire , ie ., announcing the adhesion of tiie entire bodv .
Masslaroiiten.—On Monthly An Inquest Was...
MASSLAroiiTEn . —On Monthly an inquest was hold at Swahvcll , a _village ncur Newcastle , on the body ol a youth named ltontledgo , who hud been killed by his uncle in a quarrel , on Thursday evening last . Tlie quarrel am * , out of some domestic diit'creiices _, and tlio _doceiued _, thinking UU mother likely to sutler , struck his uncle two or thruc heavy olows . Tho imcic at length struck again , and bitting tlic dcceascil over the left car , fractured his skull , and caused _'tliiio-t instant death . The jury returned a verdict-of lipuislaugiitei _* , and the prisoner wa 3 committed for trial at the next assizes . Fatal Accident . —At about ono o ' clock on Wednesday morning last , as some men wero at work upon a sower in Broad-street , Bristol , the sides toll in , burying two of tliem . When extricated , one . named ( icorge _llibla , was iound to be dead , and the other , _I'Viinciii _Lt-ar , so mueh injured that liis life is despaired of .
At Leeds potatoes are selling at ls . 10 d . the weight of iS lbs ., _tthilst last January " thev sold at 13 .,
To The Friends Of Native Industr. In Gre...
TO THE FRIENDS OF NATIVE INDUSTR _. IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . [ From tho Morning Post , ] Cberening , near Sevenoaks , Jan . 29 . Friends and fellow-countrymen , — -On youreonduct at the present crisis may _dep _. nd the happiness or the misery , the prosperity or . tho adversity , of our country ; and 1 therefore think it my duty to _addruss you on the _protection of native industry , which ii most interesting and important to all classes ofthe community , and whieh eaiinot bo secured without your energetic and united exertions . 1 fuel the more _' eutitldd'to address you , as I belong to no political party , as I wish for nothing that any Minister could bestow , n-i I have no _motivss of personal ambition , and as I am animated by an ardent zeal for _thopablic welfare .
Full and effectual protection to ou ? native industrymay _nioxt _justly be claimed hy all tho . 0 who ar * eugaged in any of its rarious _branches , and especially in agriculture , on account of the exclusive burdens which it bears , and of the paramou-t importance of providing food for the population withoutbeing dependent upon foreign supplies . Under the protection which was given to agriculture , tbe produce ofthe soil has boen very _muab increased by extending and improving its cultivation , and the manufacturers have flourished ; for the home market is to them the most valuable , as well as tha most secure . Thtream still in these islands several millions of acres of waste land , whieh , if agriculture were sufficiently protected , might be cultivated with advantage , and give mu . h additional _employment to labourers , but whieh must otherwise remain unproductive and unprofitable , .
If protection should bB withdrawn from agriculture , this country would depend for the chief accessaries of life on tho supplies which foreign nations might be able or willing to furnish ; tho cultivation of the land would be _dincouragtd ; the markets would be scantily provided with its _produce j and , in the event of unfavourable seasons , we mi ; ht bo exposed to all tho horrors of a . tual famine . There is at present no reason whatever to apprehend even a scarcity , for although there is in some _district a deficiency in the crop of potatoes , itis woll known , and it has been proved by exact imjuiriei , that there exists an abundance of food in these islands , perhaps a greater abundance than is now to be found in somo foreign countries . If , however , this country experienced a scarcity of corn , the pricos would rise , and the duties on iti importation would fall till they wero reduced to ls . per _quarter .
The argumen ' s ( if such , indeed they ean be called ) which are used in favour of a free trade in corn , would apply also to every article of general consumption , to the produce t f pasture * as well as of arable land , and to manufactured goods , whether they are made by machinery or by manual labour , and the industry of our own countrymen , in whatever mode it is employed , would be much depressed , and , in many cases , uttorly destroyed , while that of foreign ' nations would be encouraged . Great indignation wouid very justly be excited , if foreign labourers or artisans were to be brought to this country , because they might work for lower wages , nnd it is obvious that they would deprive of employment an equal number of our own countrymen . The same injury would be inflicted on our owu labourers nnd artisans by the adoption of free trade , and the foreigners by whom wo
should be supplied contribute nothing to the taxes which we pay upon so many articles of consumption . Thc ei'i ' eot of free trade , as fur as it has hitherto been extended , has already been found to be most melancholy , by the impoverishment of so many of our artisans , whose skill and industry have become unprofitable to thein , as they are now undersold by _foreigners in our own markets , nnd hove thus been deprived of employment and of the means of subsistence . The _adoption of free trade in its full extent would bring ruin on all the industrious classes , many of whom might be driven from their native soil , " while others might be confined in Union Workhouses . Property of every ' _dcacription would be insecure , destitution would produce despair , disaffection might become unirersal , and the . inevitable result would be anarchy and revolution .
It is your duty to consider whether you will allow this country to be exposed to such awful calamities and con . vulsions , or whether you will avert them by protecting the rights and promoting tha interests of all those who are engaged in native Industry—whether you will tolerate the new-fangled and mischievous doctrines of free trade , or whether you will insist upon restoring the policy of our ancestors , which gave such prosperity and power to the British' empire . If this country is to be governed upon the principles of free trade , they must bc applied in their fullest extent , ' for any exceptions from them would bo an intolerable injustice , and they cannot be thus applied without reducing our taxation and our prices to the level of even the poorest nations . The necessary effect of a free competition with foreigner-in the home market would be to impoverish all classes of the community , and to lower the wages of labour as well as tho profits of trade .
If , on the contrary , you are determined to discharge your duty by demanding full and effectual protection to nil tho industrious clusse *—if you will show auy portion of that patriotism and public spirit which were displayed in former periods of our history , you will , upon this occasion , act without any reference to party politics , for you are aware that in both political parties there are to be found friends of native industry . You should not , however , be satisfied with vague mid general professions , and you _aliould not be _. toir your confidence on any individual who will not give _thoge distinct aud yositlv- _pledjjvs which you hare an undoubted right to ask , and which no hottest man ought to hesitate in granting . You should eonfide only in those persons on whose integrity you can entirely rely , and you should , without _r-g ; _iri to rank , or
wealth , or local influence , employ in your service _thoee persons whose talents enable them to _defrnd your _rights , from whatever quarter they may be assailed . Act , as it is y «« ur bounden duty to do , with energy and union , with the courage and constancy which are worthy of the cause , aud your triumph is seeure , for you will bo _supported by immense and overwhelming majorities in all the in-ustrial classes , all of whom have a _cimmoii interest iu opposing tho progress of free trade . I am firmly convinced that on this question the greastest possible unanimity prevails amongst all the labouring classes , who are not only the most _nuaierou- ) , but alsc thv most useful and the most valuable to the suite , and they ought to be fully represented in the _IIouso of Commons .
That you may have the happiness and honour of averting from our country the ruin aud revolution which wouid be the results of free trade , and that your zealom exertion * in thu cause of native industry may be crowned with complete success , is thu fervent _praysruf Your very faithful friend , _STANiiora .
Iftailut - Tattliigtmt*
_iftailut - _tattliigtmt *
Londom Cons Excuaxok, M'Indat, Fkb. 2.— ...
Londom Cons Excuaxok , M'indat , Fkb . 2 . — During last week the arrivals of English wheat , oats , beans , peas , and flour were on a very limited scale , but those of barley and malt were considerably on the increase . Of Irish and Scotch grain the receipts were unusually scanty , but those of foreign whtat were full average onus i ' or the time of year . Fresh up to-day , a fair quantity of wheat came to hand coastwise from Kent , but the supplies from Essex , Cambridgeshire , and all otlier quarters , were small , and of very middling quality . The attendance of both town and country buyers being large , and the supply ol wheat of home growth by no means equal to their wants , the demand for that description of produce was somewhat active , at an advance in the currencies paid on this day se ' nnight ' of from ls . to 2 s . per quarter , and at which a good clearance was effected by the
_factois . Still , however , the market did not close very hrmly . Thc show of free foreign wheat was by no means large . Holders were very firm , and would not sell m many instances except at higher figures . These were submitted to in but few instances ; hence IVO cannot consider the quotations more than ls . per quarter above those of last week . Bonded wheat wavery steady , yet wc can make no alteration in the _currencies . In all otlier grain under Jock next to nothing was doing , yet wc can notice no alteration in value . The supply of English barley being very large , the barley trade was extremely dull . The best malting quality was held at late rates ; but all other
kinds sutiered a decline of fully Is ., and , in some instances , 2 s . per quarter . We had a large quantity oi malt on offer , owing to which the sale was very heavy , and prices had a downward tendency . Notwithstanding the rmited . supplies of oats brought forward , that article _^ arising from most of the dealers refusing to purchase in the absence of the supplies now on their way hither from Ireland , met a very dull sale at prices about equal to those of last week . Tiio show of beans was not to say large , jet the demand was slow at late rates . White boiling peas steady , but all other kinds were a mere drug . In flour excecdiiHy little wax doing , at last week ' s prices . The seed and cake markets were in a very inactive state .
CURRENT TRICES OF GRAIN , FLOUR AND SEED Hf MARK-LANE . _-ttll'lSU Gll-IK , , „ , . t . , i- ,. Shillings per Quarter . Wheat .. Essex & kent _. wlute _. new .. 5 < J to w .. 58 to 71 Ditto , red n . _yy 5 _j -.. Suffolk and Norfolk , red .. 48 ' _aSwhiteuO US Lincoln ami York , red .. 48 58 white 10 6 _* J _Aorthumb . and Scotch ... is 61 Rye 0 ( l Barley .. Maltimr .. .. % n _« ... „ ;• . Zi 1 W ..-J .. _« ... i .. nr
So 83 extraa || _ _" _? ' "Iff 2 , ! on Grinding _.. .. ; , " _^ Malt .. Ship ; 53 5 Tyran . ru Si Oat , .. Lincolnshire and Yorkshire , feed , Sits od to _£ _> s 0 d ; potato , or short , 23 s Od to _JSs 0 d _* _l'ohmd _, * ' ; ls 6 d to -Ss ( id ; Northumberland and Seoteh , Angus , 28 s Od to - . Ts ( al ; potato 2 us Od to 27 s Od ; Irish feed , 2 _* . ' s Od to _2-Js Od black , * J 2 . s 6 d to 24 s Od ; potato , 'Vis Odtii 2 « jj ed ; _Gtilwiiy , 21 s Od to i _' -S Od . Ticks _ticus
Beans ,. _<« _, _< neaus ,. 35 44 Harrow , small .. ., 41 ) 41 ; Peas .. White .. _.. „ 37 43 i ) 0 iiers . u 48 Gray and hoj ? .. _3 _- _{ _•>; Flour .. Norfolk and 5 . ull ' olk . ' . 45 _^ Town-nitule ( per sack of 2 S 0 lbs ) 48 57 Buckw . rut , or Drank so V *
,. , , _ssuwsa seeds , ic . lied cIotci * ( per cwt 1 _< n _. » . um . u » 1 . w _* _' n 40 to 7 * White clover per cwt . ) 45 A , _Uupeseed d _^ r last ) ' .. " " ' / , " _£ _§ _]* Mustard seed , brown ( per bushel ) 7 s to 12 s ; white , Is Tares , ( per bushel ) , sprit .. ; , lis . ; winter , 5 s . to tis . Cd . Linseed cakes ( per louo of 31 b each ) J _. U to JE 12
Londom Cons Excuaxok, M'Indat, Fkb. 2.— ...
FOll-K ' N OlUIN . Shillings per Quarter , Free , i In Bond . Wheat .. Dantsic and-Kontaberg 68 extra 70 ... 48 - 61 Di ,.,, ditto .. ol — 61 .. 40 — 5-Ponieraninn , & c , A .. h _ lt 56 - 63 .. 4 fi - H Danish , Holstein , ifcc . .. 5 . - 61 .. 44 - 50 Russian , hard .. » — Ditto , soft .. _»» . - 53 .. 41- - * Spanish , hard .. » — Ditto , soft . _* t » - 62 .. 46-53 lt : ilian , Tit » can , _ 5 e ., red - Ditto , white .. » 63 - _^ « ¦ " - W > _OdessadJTaganroi' _. liard - Ditto , soft « - 53 - _BB-U-. O Canadian , hard .. . 58 - W 60
Ditto , fine .. » 58 - Rye . Russian , Prussian , _dsc . 28 — * J Barle .. Grinding .. » _»•« - _™ , _*__« Ditto , distilling .. .. 2 a — 30 lf > — _ia Oats .. Dutch , feed . .. 22 -26 Ditto , brew and thick .. 24 - 27 .. 20 - -I Uussiau 23 — 25 " 19 - ° Danish & Mecklenburg 23 - 26 .. W - 21 Beans .. Ticks , 33 to 38 , small .. 8 b - « g - * - _Egyptian _« - *• .. •«¦ - _*» I _' eas .. White , 36 to 50 , gray .. 38 - 40 Flour .. Dantsic and Hamburgh ( per barrel ) , riuc 31 3 ' ., superfine .. .. 32 - 3 _o .. 2 _o - 29 Canada , 33 to 34 , United „ States * 2 - 36 .. 37 - 30 Buckwheat _*¦« - 3 i " _Ji "
_FOll- ION SEEDS , Sic . Per Quarter . Linseed .. Petersburg- _««• ' R _* - _" _& ee ° _™ W ¦• ¦ toil Archangel , 40 to 45 , Memel and _konigsliuj _... '" *' Mediterranean , 40 to 48 , Odessa .. 47 50 2
Rapeseed ( free of duty ) per Inst .. » - _*> -4 _« tted Clover ( 10 s per cwt . and 0 per cent , on the duty ) •• "Y- _™ Tares , small spring ( free of duty ) 40 to 44 , largo .. 44 50 Linseed _calie ( free of duty ) , Dutch , i , i _, 10 s , _i-9 French , per ton _** ; _** J _" Rape cakes ( free of duty ) * ° 0 * o 5
Average Prices Of Tlie Last Six Weeks, W...
AVERAGE PRICES Of tlie last six weeks , which regulate the Duties from the 2 Sth of January tothe 4 t 1 of February . —; H 7 ie « . Barley _dtts ., Bye . _Veans , Peas . ~~ ~~ Z ~ s . d . s . d . s . d . s . d . s . d . s . d . Week _endiiv Bee . 20 , 1845 . ! 57 U 32 7 23 i ] 34 5 39 6 42 5 _U _t » _p __ r end ill" I Deb . 27 , 1845 . " . 5 4 32 5 23 0 32 8 38 6 39 10 _W _iSRi * _. » _U _« - _U e * 7 . _S 9 1 W Jan . lo _' _lSli 56 3 31 10 21 9 33 11 3 C 8 38 U W Jan . 17 , i 8 l ! " _!' i 5 . 2 31 11 23 3 34 9 36 9 39 3 Week . _ending f „ „„ . ¦ Jan . 24 , 1845 .. 55 7 81 8 21 _lOJ 37 8 3 S 1 30 8 Aggregate avor . _| I ugc of the last' ' , six weeks .. j 5 ( i 1 32 1 22 5 34 C 37 6 39 4 Londou
averages ( ending ! | Jan . 27 , 1 S 15 ) U 1 5 32 1 22 6 i 34 6 37 6 39 4 Duties . ' ... *|; 1- 0 0 0 6 0 l 8 6 5 _tj S li
Losbon Ssiuiii'ikld Catile Market, Mo.Vd...
Losbon Ssiuiii'iKLD Catile Market , Mo . vdat _, Feb . 2 . —The past week ' s importations of foreign stock for our market have consisted of SO cows , 51 oxen , UU sheep , and _^ _fepiaa , from Rotterdam , together witli 111 oxen , _( ffi || pws , and 219 sheep from llarlingen . At the _oufports very few imports havo taken place , while we hud on sale here to-day about 50 beasts and 100 sheep from Rotterdam . Although this stock was by no means first-rate , the sale tor it was active , at higher currencies , and at which the whole was disposed of . From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were very limited , but of fair average quality . The attendance of buyers being large , the beef trade wa 3 active , at an advance in the prices obtained on tiiis
day se ' nnight of from 2 d . to id per 3 lbs ., tlie primest Scots readily producing is . 6 d . per Slbs . Tiie droves Irom Norfolk , Sulfolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , consisted of 500 Scots and shorthorns . From the northern districts 000 shorthorns , from tlie western ami midland 700 _llerefords , runts , Devons , _«_ c , and from other parts of England 400 of various breeds came to hand . The numbers of sheep were unusually small , or about 19 , 000 less than were exhibited at the corresponding market-day last year . Tlie mutton trade was consequently brisk , at a further improve _, ment in thc quotations of from 2 d . to 4 d . per 3 lbs . Lambs sold freely , at 7 s . per 8 lbs . for the best qualities . Calves was in short supply and ready inquiry , at very full prices . In pig 3 a full average amount of business was doing , at late rates .
By the quantities ot 81 b ., sinking thi offal . s . d . _s . d Inferior coarse beasts ... 2 10 3 Second , quality . . . . 3 4 3 Prime large o . veu . . . 3 10 4 Prime Soots , ' A * e 4 * J i r , Coarse inferior sheep ... 4 0 4 (! Second quality .... . 4 8 4 Prime coarse wooiled . . . 5 0 . 52 Prime Southdown . . . 5 4 5 d Largecoarse calves .... 4 8 5 4 Prime small 9 6 5 8 Suckling calves , each . . . 18 0 31 0 Large hogs . . . . . 3 10 4 6 -Neat small porkers . . . 4 8 5 * J Quarter-old store pigs , each , 16 Q 22 »
_nrvn of cattle on sale . ( From the Iiooks ofthe Clerk ofthe Market . ) Beasts , -. 450-Sheep , 1 C , 0 S 0—Calves , 61—Pigs , 310 . Tallow . —Prices in the London market _durini ! the week declined 6 J . to Od . per cwt . for Russian . Home made in request at 42 s . 6 d . to 43 s . nett cash . Richmond Cors Market , _January 31 . —We hada large supply of grain in our market to-day , but some of the samples were very bad . W heat sold from 5 s . Od , to 9 s . ; oats , 2 s . Sd . to 3 s . Oil . ; barley , Is . to is . Si . ; beans , os . to Gs . 3 d . per bushel . _Bihmixgiiav Cork _Kxciunoe , Wednesday . —During the present week tlie wheat trade has ruled dul ., but farmers and dealers were not disposed to accept lower rates . Malting barley a slow sale , and secondary qualities rather lower . ' Oats and beans held fir last week ' s pricrs- The announcement of the g :-verniuent measure caused no alteration in the value of wheatiat Wolvcihaniptoti this day .
Manchester Cons Market , Saturday , Jan . 31 . — Since our last report no materia ! change has _oc'urred in the state of our market , the business doing in flour _throughout the week bavins a § i \ inb . ttn limited to tha pin-chases made by necessitous buyers for the supply of their immediate wants ; whilst for oats and oatmeal a moderate demand was experienced from consumers . At our _twirket this morning few transactions occurred in wheat , ami we repeat the currency of this day week for all descriptions . Flour mot a slow sale , and any but the very choicest qualities liavc been purchased on rather easier terras . There was hut _litilo inquiry for oats , and this article must be noted the turn cheaper . Oatmeal , on the contrary , being in steady request , fully supported the previous value .
Wakefield Corn Market , Friday . Jan . 30 . —We havo to report good supplies of all stain . There « _as a disposition to do business on the part of our miller * - , now that theintoniion of Ministers on the Corn Lans is known , and we had . a good inquiry for all _descriptions of wlieat , at fully last week ' s prices . Barley of heavy _^ quality sold at a slight advance . Common sorts in _tdow request . Beans scarce and a _triila dearer . Oats ami shelling each met with a fair _dwnand , without alteration in value . Malt firm , ar . d easy sale .
Nkwcastlb Corn Market , Tuesday . —We had only a moderate supply of wheat at thisilav's market from the _: tanners , as -ell as small arrivals coastwise , ior which the _taula ruled _lirm at l « t Saturday ' s rates , - Jjiriey met n very .-. low sale , although there wns lea ottering than of late . The inquirv for malt was entirely conhned to the finest qualities * , live burl' ! supported its price . Oats were looking rather dearer Beans and othor grain sold on similar terms to last week . Hour met very little attention , even at out lato reduced quotations .
__ Hull Corn Market , Tuesday . —Owin" - lo the con * turned uncertainty as to the proposed Ministerial measures , there has been little or no business _lining 1 , 1 any branch of the trado during the part week . £ _Lt y 8 mark _# we , ilad - _»•¦*» small fanuers * lW » i T . ? w bein S _"* _* _w < - free buvew . we w _,, _« f * T , * f _? as <¦«¦« _^ I ** week . _l-Veig * r _* n _«» 1 i _" ? _**"; . ' ¦ Pring ewn nothing doing . _L-nsced , and also linseed cakes , easier to huv . _Ka-J _£ -1 _™ _- ; ' Wc _-woacxt to no busmen v * _»« g either 111 bones or guano
W& \I N Asi I •?, L °Ck-J-W.-0n Monday, ...
W & \ i n i _•? , ° _CK-J-w .-0 n Monday , Mr . r _. din _^' n •¦; , ' " 'Ble st _» t tlw _Univcr-W Ullege Hospital , upon Vincent Laurence Noel , aged st . cn years , the son of Mr . Noel , ornamental painter , _; _Napier-sVcet , _City-road . The _deceased attemp ted w leap upon a brewer ' s sledge , drawn hv one b _*>' _- * e . am 111 so doing ) lC roll between the _ginlons of t _« - _siccige , and w _,- _draped some distance before tiie driver observed his perilous situation . Upon l . * _tng released _. it was found that he had received no it ) , ' »' . beyond __ a lacerated wound which penetrated to the bono ot the knee-joint . Thc wound went on favourably , and no had symptoms betrayed themselves for » week , when lock-jaw set in . 'lite sufferer was removed to the hospital on the 27 th ult ., where he expired in groat agony nvo days afterwards . YerJiet , " Accidental Death . "
" ¦ .- ' .-. -. on . ) ., - . UKATll UT _l'lItS OP A AlAliniFD _" * male . —On Wednesday morning , Mr . Waklev _. ' . M . I _' held an inquest at the George Tavern tir . it St . Audrow Mtreet . Seven Dials , on view of the Ik- " . ot Mrs . Anno Taylor , aged iif . y-tlireo years , *•«¦ ot a haberdasher , _ic _.-iiiiiig at 1 N 0 . 2 , Little St . Andrew-street . Ann Harding , No . 30 , Cliurek-stree :. _ooho , deposed that she was nurse to the decease ' About eleven i > * clock in the evening of \ Yedncsd-. week deceased wns _sitting iii her room reading _^ tiso winule , by which her cap became _ignjtcd , » i > in a few moments she , v' 13 completely enveloped i " flames , lier screams h > ou brought assistance , IK *' - however , before she wa- .-. 0 injured that she died e " Friday . Verdict , " Accidental Death . " Dr , Watt estimates the present _ponulatioa ° * Glasgow at 322 . 200 .
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 7, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_07021846/page/6/
-