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8 THE NORTHERN STAR. March 9,1850
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MR. HUME'S MOTION
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bring forward this subject again when the right hon . tiie Chancellor . of the Exchequer introduced his measure on savings banks . Jlr . Campbell objected to this measure , first , because it went to create an unpaid commission , and tbe working of such commissions had not been at all favourable to them . The subject would be much "better accomplished by a paid commission . Last autumn a searching inquiry had been instituted Into the condition of the working classes by the proprietors of tbe Mrning Chronicle ; the result had _-1 the collection of more valuable information an could ever have been _1-rought together by an npaidcommission . The hen . member proposed to
"xcludc political changes from the inquiry proposed . In his opinion , such inquiry ought necessarily to 2 m brace an improvement of tbe franchise . New faanchises had heen suggested by the hon . member . _- _¦ _nsfontrose , out the materials on which to found them were yet to seek . There was a prevailing impression that this was not the time for any general amendment of the franchise , and in that view it Bright be of advantage to have an organisation ¦ whereby facts and information bearing on the necessity of any sach _^ change mi g ht be collected . "Were such a commission appointed , individual members would be debarred from continually suggesting such changes .
Mr . _Stasford said he had long taken an interest in improving the condition of the working classes , and he felt that it was impossible for any individual to urge on this house measures of improvement with such an effect as might be done by a commission duly appointed for tho purpose of drawing up such _measui-es . On two subjects , public baths and washhouses and mod «* l lodging-houses , some legislative measure was hig hly desirable , especially in the metropolis . He regretted that the house had not listened with greater attention to the proposal of the hon . member for Shrewsbury . Social questions were surely as much entitled to attention as
those purely speculative political questions which occupied the house for nine or ten hours night after ni g ht . The lower classes were continually robbed by what were called loan societies ; these , and many other questions , might fitly be brought nnder the inquiry of a committee or commission . If the governmenfc was sincerely desirous to benefit the -working classes , they would find it a great advantage to have the advice and assistance of such a "body as the one proposed . He believed that any independent member might as well attempt to jump over St . Paul's as to pass a bill through that house , ( Lauohter . ) He hoped the motion would bo pressed to a division .
Lord BJ . _Gbosvexob thanked the hon . member for Shrewsbury for the way in which he had introduced the subject . He believed the working classes to be suffering from the most painful social evils ; but , looking at tbe results of late commissions connected with the condition of the working classes , including those labouring in mines and others , he did not anticipate all the benefits which his hon . friend hoped from this inquiry . Still he believed that good -would result from the more frequent discussion of these subjects . Highly approving of the motives which had actuated the hon . member in submitting this motion , he thought it would not be advisable to press it to a division . Mr . _Slaxet said that after the expression of opinion which he had elicited from the government , he would not pres 3 his motion to a division . ( Hear , hear . ) The motion was then by leave withdrawn .
The Fbaxciuse . — In reply to an appeal from Lord J . RussEtt , urging that the subject had already been very amply and recently discussed , Sir "D b Lacy _Evass consented to withdraw his motion for conferring the franchise on every payer of rates and taxes . He , however , declared his intention of bringing the subject before the hduse on the first opportunity after Easter . Postal Boute betwees Exglakd asd France . — Mr . _Mackissos moved for a select committee to ascertain the best postal route for communication between'London and Paris . Contrasting the time required for letters sent by the general post to reach Paris via Calais with the rapid transit frequently accomplished by the newspaper expresses which travelled by way of Boulogne , the hon . member strongl y advocated the adoption of the lastnamed route .
The Hon . W . Cowpeb offered no objection to the appointment of the committee , but obserrcd that the chief object to he secured was , not so much the greatest possible rapidity npon certain occasions as the attainment of a _regular and certain means of communication , After * a short conversation the motion was agreed to . Fixes ' axd Stamp _"Oc _ties os _Freemen . — Mr . Alderman Sid set moved for leave to bring in a bill to abolish the fines and stamp duties paid on the admission of freemen into corporations in England and Wales . The ATTOBSEr-GEjfEKAi . opposed the motion ; which after " talk , " was negatived _vrithout a division .
Duties os Foreign Timber . — Mr . Mitcheij . moved for a committee to inquire , with a view to their total repeal , into the duties levied upon timber nsed in shipbuilding . The loss to the revenue from the remission of those duties he calculated at . £ 35 , 000 per annum , at the utmost ; while the relief to the British shipbuilder and timber merchant woufd be considerable and jasfc JJ _" r . lliB 0 EBcn * 2 BE would not enter into an ; controversy upon the principle involved in this motion . It would , he said , be a derelication from his duty if he allowed his speech to convey to any member of the house any distinct idea of the intentions of government with regard to these duties . He urged the postponement of the discussion until after the financial statement had been laid before parliament . After some remarks from Mr . Cardwell and Mr . Home , in favour ofthe motion ,
Mr . _Heklet said that the evils of competition were now beginning to be discovered . He wondered where the discoveries wonld end . Every interest was pressing forward their claims to have a nibble out oi thc surplus anticipated in the Exchequer . xLyes -. # -. ... ... ... io JciQ € 3 ... _^ im « ,, , ... oi Majority _against the government ... —13 Railway Audit . —Mr . Stanford , in announcing nis intention to withdraw his bill for establishing a railway audit , took occasion to lay down the principles on which an effectual audit ought to be based , and promised a conditional support to the bill introduced on Monday night in the upper house . The hon . member was proceeding when the house was counted out at ten o ' clock .
"WEDNESDAY , Mahch 6 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Lord Advocate obtained leave to bring in three bills—one for facilitating procedures in the Court of Session in Scotland ; another to make more effectual provision forregulating the police of towns in Scotland , and for paying , cleansing , and lighting the same ; the third was for providing sanitary improvements and regulations throughout Scotland . Marriage Bill . —The adjourned debate on Mr . Stuart Wortley _' s Marriage Bill was then resumed .
Mr . Ho e opposed the second reading of the bill , chiefly on the ground that it -vould afford a precedent nnder which the legislature would hereafter be forced to legalise a variety of marriages , under degreesof affinity now prohibited . Mr . S . Herbert consented to support ihe bill , not because he was convinced by the arguments that had been adduced in its favour , but for the sake of the members of those religious communities who did not believe that such marriages were forbidden .
Mr . Spooxer , Mr . M . Mixxes , Mr . Cockburn , Mr . _Asstet , and Mr . Cobden supported the bill ; and Mft "Roebuck , Mr . _Uovsdell Palmer , Mr . Sheil , aiid Mi * . Goclbourx opposed it , when the house divided—Forthe second reading 182 Against it ... . ' .. ¦ ... . ... 132 Majority for the second reading —52 The house then adjourned .
THURSDAY March 7 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The report of the Parti _"Psocessioks ( TBBT . / . _-TO ) Biu . -was brought up and received . The discussion on the clause relative to the possession , or carrying , of arms , proposed by tbe Duke of Weixikgion , was postponed until the debate on the third reading ofthe measure . The Suudat Traoimi Prevestion Bill was then read a second time , and their lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF _COMMONS . —Kilrush Union . —Mr , Pouleti _Scrofe , in moving for a special
commission-to inquire into the state , of Kilrush -anion , entered into a detail ofthe sufferings of the poor in that union , and the inefficient relief afforded by the _gcardians . The union had been subject to the most frightful calamities . Evictions had rendered hundreds of families houseless whom tho workhouse accommodation was insufiicient to shelter . Governme _** _£ assistance had been doled out in quantities just _^ nough to keep the people alive , but the disir _' ct remained in a deplorable state of poverty , and _required the niost active interference to render it , what it-aught to be , self-supporting .
After sime discussion the house divided ; for _appointing iie commission , 63 ; against it , 76 ; majority , 13 . The _Bju- _^ Tj—Mr , H , "Berkeley then moved for leave to bring in a bill to protect Parliamentary _electors from undue influence by the ' use of tho _ballot . He -hoped he should not be called upon to reiterate the arguments he had urged on a former occasion . He considered the ballot to he the most popular of all measures of Parliamentary reform submitted to the house ; it was the primary step to fili other measures , and should he the least objectionable io the generality of members , since it altered * io institution , but merely protected the electors tin the discharge cf a duty imposed upon them , and : which was obitruet' ! - * ' ytheabusesthat had notorioasly crept into ihe system . He understood _haicas to have a new _ppponent ia Sir G .
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Grey , and he called upon that right hon . baronet for a fuller explanation of his reasons for a change of opinion upon such a question . The state of corruption and demoralization at elections described by the committee of 1836 still continued ; electors were deterred from voting by intimidation , and by exclusive dealing , the right arm of intimidation ; tenants were ejected ; and he asked Sir G . Grey to show where was the increase of virtue in the upper classes , upon which he professed to found his change of opinion ; and why , if the ballot was expedient in 1838 and 1842 , it was noticed
bad and inexpedient now . He briefly some of the objections against the ballot , and contended that , nnder the present system , an appeal to the country was an appeal to strength to dictate to weakness , to wealth to _distate to poverty , and to the House of Lords to elect a House of Commons . By the law of agency it was impossible to stana against rascality and treachery otherwise than Dy tne ballot . - . . ,. . _, _;„„;„„ Lord D . _Siuini seconded the motion , believing that tho ballot was the darling measure of the people , and it was ono to which they were most justly entitled , as a protection against tho tyranny of those who abused the power and privileges of
Pr sTr G _^' Grev believed that both tbe good and the evil of the ballot had beeen greatly exaggerated . There were cases in which it might shield the conscientious voter , but in the vast majority of instances it would be found totally inoperative . Publicity lay at the root of our whole political system , and would exist at elections even if the ballot were introduced . He had himself voted for it in deference to his constituents , but with a very different appreciation of its importance . At present , he did not believe the small advantages it could confer worth purchasing by the concomitant inconveniences .
Mr . M . Gibson would give the ballot , in order that the tenant-farmers might be enabled to give an honest vote . It was required as a protection for those—a minority it might be—amongst whom influence could be exercised : aud to say it would be inoperative in a vast majority of cases was to say nothing . The question was , whether it would not operate in cases requiring protection . If a restriction was imposed upon a man—the obligation of publishing his vote—the necessity of that compulsory publicity should be shown , or it was an
injury to him . Mr . J . WiXLiAjrs supported the motion . Mr . _Healb did not admit that tho ballot would be a protection ; but if it were , the electoral body did not desire such a protection . It was a minority that required it ; in his borough ( Stockport ) ninetenths of the constituents diu not want the ballot . That small minority consisted ofa nondescript portion of the constituency , on whose account the country was not prepared to part with an oldestablished system .
Mr . Bright challenged the House to say honestly whether , when party-spirit ran high , influence was not constantly exercised by employers of all political parties . The borough of Stockport—not remarkable for its purity , the little cost of its elections , or the peaceableness of its proceedings—was no exception . Mr . Masieruan and Colonel Sibthorj ? spoke against thc motion , which Mr . Muntz and Mr . Hume supported ; and the House baring divided , the motion was negatived by 176 against 121 . The remaining orders having been dispesed of , the House adjourned at a quarter-past 12 o ' clock . FRIDAY , March 8 .
HOUSE OF LORDS—Pabit Processions ( Ira . lasd Bill . )—This hill was read a third time and passed , the Duke of Wellington , at the suggestion of Lord Brougham , withdrawing the clause of which he had given notice , rather than risk the measure being delayed in the other house beyond the 17 th instant . Their lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF _COMMONS _.-Naiiojot Espesditubb . —Mr . Cobden moved "thatthe net expenditure ofthe government for the year 1835 amounted to £ _41 , 422 , 000 ; that the net expenditure for the year ending the 5 th day of January , 1850 , amounted to £ 50 , 853 , 000 ; the increase of upwards of £ 6 , 000 , 000 having been caused principally by
successive augmentations of our warlike establishments , and outlays for defensive armaments ; that no foreign danger , or necessity cost of the civil government , or indispensible disbursements for the service in our dependencies abroad , warranted the continuance of this increase of expenditure ; that the taxes required to meet the present expenditure impeded tho operations of agriculture and manufactures , and diminished thc funds for the employment of labour in all branches of productive industry , thereby tending to produce pauper ism and crime , and adding to the local and general burdens of the people ; that , to diminish
these evils , it was expedient that the house should take steps to reduce the annual expenditure , with all practicable speed , to an amount not exceeding the sum which , within tho last fifteen years , has been proved to be sufficient for the maintenance of the security , honour , and dignity of the . nation . " In an exceedingly long speech he argued that in every branch of our national expenditure there was ostentation , waste , and jobbing . The resolution was opposed by Lord John Bussell and Mr . Labouchebe . The house then divided , when the numbers were For the motion 89
Against it ... ... ... 272 Majority against —183 The house then adjourned .
8 The Northern Star. March 9,1850
8 THE NORTHERN STAR . March 9 , 1850
Mr. Hume's Motion
MR . HUME'S MOTION
minority . —ates . Adair , H . E . Kershaw , J . Adair , R . A . S . " King , Hon . P . J . L . Aglionby , H . A . Lushington , C . Alcock , T . M'Cullagh , * W . T . Anderson , A . M'Gregor , J . Armstrong , R . B . Meagher , T . Bass , M . f . Marshall , J . G . Berkeley , Hon . H . F . Milner , " * Y . M . E . Berkeley , C . L . G . Moffatt , G . Hewitt , R . S . Molesworth , Sir _YT Bouverie , Hon . E . P . Mowatt , F . Bright , J . Nugent , Lord Brotherton , J . O'Brien , Sir T . Brown-Westhead , J . P . O ' Conneil , M . Caulfield , J . M . O'Conneil , M . J .
Clay , J . O ' Connor , F . Clay , Sir W . _O'Flaherty , A . Clifford , H . M . Osborne . R . Cobden , R . Pechell , Sir G . B Collins , TV . Peto , S . M . Cowan , C . Pilkington , J . Currie , R . Power , Dr . Devereux , J . T . Reynolds , J . _D'Eyncourt , Ut . Hon . Ricardo , J . L . C . T . Roebuck , J . A . Duke , Sir J . Sadleir , J . Duncan , G . Salwey , Colonel Duncombe , T . Scholefield , W . Ellis , J . Scully , F . Evans , Sir De L . Smith , J . B . Evans , J . Strickland , Sir G Ewart , W . Stuart , Lord D .
Fagan , W . Sullivan , M . Fox , W . J . Talbot , J . H . Gibson , Rt . Hon . T . M . Tancred , H . "VV . Grattan , H , Tenison E . K . Greene , J . Tennent , R . J . Grenfell , C . P . Thompson , Colonel Hall , Sir B . Thompson , G . Hardcastle , J . A . Thornely , T . Harris , R . "Villiers , lion . C . _Hastie , Alex . Wakley , T . Hastie , Arch . Wawn , J . T . Headlam , T . E . Wilcox , B . M ' G . Henry , A . Williams , J . Heyworth , L . Wilson , M . Horsman , E . Wood , W . P . Humphery , Alderman . _telmrs . Jackson , W . Hume , J . ~ . ' Keating , IX . Walmsley , " Sir J .
ANALYSIS OF THE MINORITY . In 1319 the vote on Mr . Hume ' s motion stood : — ayes , 82 ; noes , 268 ; majority , 186 . In 1850 it stands ;—ayes , 90 ; noes , 242 ; majority , 145 . Thc supporters of reform in the House of Commons , as indicated by this vote , are more numerous this year than they were last , its opponents fewer , and tho majority against reform reduced hy 40 . A scrutiny of the division list shows that 29 _Hiomhors havo voted for the motion in 1850 who did not voto on the question in 1849 . It also appears that 18 members who voted for reform in 1819 did not voto for it on Thursday night . But not ono of tho 18 voted against it , and with one exception all of thorn arc still in the house . We aro theroforo entitled ( including the tellers ) to estimate tho minority in the House of Commons , friendly to Mr . Hume ' s plan of reform at 115 .
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BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH . New-eoad , London . Fellow-countrymen . —In the name of humanit and justice we ask how much longer are the remains ofthe poor to be cut up in tho hospitals , in order to put guineas into tho doctors pockets ? Oh ! the infamy ! .... Are the poor who die in hospitals aware that doctors make money by selling their remains to medical students , who pay them so much for a leg , another so much for an arm , < fec , & c . ? Down with the odious traffic , say all Hygeists . Anatomy is perfectly useless in the euro of any disease . People arise !!
WiWDh MoRDEn . —Atthe Central Criminal Court yesterday ( Friday ) Anne Merrit was tried and found guilty of the murder of her husband , James Merritt , by administering a quantity of arsenic , The unhappy culprit , who protested her-innooen . ee . was sentenced to death in the usual form .
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THE TEN HOURS FACTORY BILL . RE-ASSEMBLING OF FACTORY DELEGATES AND IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS AGREED TO . A very numerous and important meeting of the representatives of the workers in mills was held in the Music-hall , Garratt-road , Manchester , on the 3 rd inst ., in pursuance of a circular issued b y Mr . Samuel Fielden , under circumstances the urgency of which will best appear from the documents and details of business which follow . Upwards of one hundred delegates responded to the call , from Manchester , _GhorUon-upon-Medlock _, Oldham , Crompton , Ashton-undcr-Lyne , Preston , Rochdale , Heywood , Todmorden , Bury , Padiham , Stalybridce ,
Hyde , _Hebden-bridge , Dunkinheid , Droylsden , Littleborough , Newton-moor , Cuerden-grecn , Dewsbury , Bacup , < fcc . The Messrs . Fielden , Rev . _Mri Stephens , Mr . Pitkeithley ,. Mr . Mallilieu , and several other friends of the Ten Hours Bill were also present on the occasion . Mr . Philip Knight , of Manchester , was called to tho chair , and opened the business by reading the advertisement convening the meeting : he regretted tho grave necessity which required their attendance ,. but had no doubt the delegates would deal with it in a manner befitting its importance , and at once worthy ofthe cause and of themselves ; so that henceforward unitvof
sentiment and uniformity of action might characterise their public proceedings . The meeting being now open for . business , after certain preliminary matters had been gone through , Mr . Stephens stated that their faithful friend and adviser , Mr . Samuel Fielden , who was then in Manchester , and would personally address them afterwards , if the delegates wished him to do so , had requested him to lay before them a written communication of very great importance at the present critical juncture , which by their permission he would read forthwith , and then leave tho consideration of its contents to their calm and deliberate judgment . The letter was as follows : —
" To the Factory Operatives in Delegate meeting assembled : "Circumstances have recently transpired in connexion with the renewal of tho agitation for the Ten Hours Bill , which compel me , however painful it may be to my own feelings to do so , to put you in possession of some facts not fully known , I believe , to any of you , and , where known at all , very much misrepresented , and , consequently , very much misunderstood . " When I was called upon at my father ' s death ; to take an active part in this agitation , I thought there was no difficulty to overcome but that of powerful and determined opposition ; I supposed that tho working people had a Central Committee , elected by and from amongst themselves , thoroughly
acquainted with the matter in hand , and in whom perfect confidence might be placed ; I anticipated , therefore , that everything would be fully explained to me by that body , and , that I should then have only to place myself amongst the rest of your friends and , in conjunction with them and the Central Committee , do all in my power for your service . Judge , then , of my astonishment , when I found all things to be the reverse of this ! It was difficult , even , to find out who and what thc Central Committee was . Mr . Grant , ( who , I understood , was not a member of tbat Committee , ) I met at erery turn , acting for it and in its name ; but , otherwise , I had some difficulty in ascertaining that the Committee had a material existence ; indeed I have still some doubt
if it has any existence distinct from Mr . Grant , for when I have had meetings and discussions with the members of that body ( or some of them , ) they haye declined to say anything on their own account , replying to my addresses that what Mr . Grant said they said . This was , to my mind , anything but satisfactory conduct on the part of persons elected by the working people to represent them . So far from finding any definite course of proceeding chalked out , or a readiness to fully explain and discuss the state of affairs so as to arrive at a decision upon which all could act , I found nothing definite done or proposed to be done ; nothing was explained ; there was impenetrable reserve and mystery hanging over the Committee and all its pro-¦¦
ceedings . 1 tried to make some arrangements with them , but I continually found that they deceived and misled me ; that which I understood they would do , they did not do ; other things which I understood they would nofc do , thoy did . In short , I found myself thwarted and perplexed at overy turn . And this was not the case with me only ; your oldest and best friends were treated in tho same way , and I heard complaints and doubts expressed from all quarters . " The first great difficulty we had to meet was Lord Ashley ' s unfortunate suggestion of a compromise . You all know , I believe , the history of that event . Your Mends were divided in opinion , not as to the fact itself , but as to what was to be done
with Lord Ashley . Some , myself amongst the number , were of opinion that as the whole question between us and our opponents was virtually one of compromise or no compromise , we , who opposed all compromise , could never take , for our parliamentary leader , the man who was the first to propose a compromise . Others , on the contrary , so much dreaded the loss of a leader whose name had been so long identified with our cause , that they thought it best to pass the matter over , upon the noble lord pledging himself to stand fast to the Ten Hours Act for the future . On this subject the Central Committee appeared to have no doubt or difficulty in deciding . They were co-compromisers , of course , but the fact that Lord Ashley had proposed a compromise seemed rather to increase than to abate
their confidence in him ; whilst towards those who doubted the wisdom of their opinions , towards even the most valued of your friends , they behaved , with such utter disregard of temper and common civility , as at once convinced us that they must be actuated by motives thoy did not choose to avow . "Shortly after this the comniittee put out an address , which we all thought calculated to cause a general turn out . It was impossible for any man , conversant with the then state of the manufacturing districts , to believe that that paper could have any other intended effect , or that any greater misfortune could befall our cause than that such effect should be produced , Mr . Oastler saw the danger with great alarm , and published a powerful address
to prevent the mischief . Tho Cental Committee published an answer to Mr . Oastler , and had they contented themselves with any attempts at justification the matter mi ght havo been suffered to . rest there , though I think it ought not . Just at that time Mr . Oastler had been in this neighbourhood , stricken in years ; broken in health ; suffering bodily and mentally under the effects of a long life of excessive toil , and not a little persecution , encountered and manfully endured by him in struggling for the liberty and welfare of the working people ofthe manufacturing districts—he , to whom the ease and care of a home and family had become a daily necessity , was again amongst us , at the risk of his life , going from place to place , and meeting
to meeting , to cheer up and encourage by his presence and the sound of his voice , those for whom he had already sacrificed so much , and for whom he was ready to sacrifice all . ' Surely this was a spectacle to command the respect of all men ! It did command the respect of all men , except that of the Central Short Time Committee . It was at this moment that a body of men , professing to be the chosen representatives of the working people , and because Mr , Oastler had most properly reproved them for a folly ( at the least ) calculated to injure , if not ruin , the causa in which all were engaged ; it was at this moment that this body thought proper to publish an official letter , seeking to wound Mr . Oastler by attacks on his personal character .
and replete with pitiless and vulgar insult . " The _coursa of things after this was such as might have been expected . The Central Committee called a delegate meeting , whieh assembled shortly before the trial in the Court of Exchequer . The delegates , distrusting the Central Committee , resolved that if it should become necessary to introduce a Bill into Parliament , the question as ' to the management of that matter should be determined only by another delegate meeting , to be called for that purpose , and to which the old and tried friends of tho cause should be invited It
became necessary to introduce a Bill ; the Central Committeo called the delegate meeting , but did not invite the old friends . The delegates , however assembled , and some of the old friends attended ! Tho meeting lasted the whole day , and after full discussion and consideration , tho two following resolutions , thefirst being proposed by Mr . Granthimself ( though in what capacity I do not know ) I havo not the resolutions at hand , but I believe the following to be substantially correct I .-. *? That Lord Ashley , Lord John Manners , and Mr . Geprge Bankes should bo . requested , jointly , to take charge of the Bill in the House of
Commons . 2 . — " That the Central Committee should be reconstructed on a more equitable and satisfactory basis , so as fairly to represent the opinions and views of the factory workers . '' This result was hailed by us all as most satisfactory . Thoso who were anxious for the service and influence of Lord Ashley , were satisfied to find him placed at our head ; thoso who doubted his strength ( after his consent to compromise ) were relieved from fear by the association with him of two gentlemen in whom my father was known to
have placed implicit confidence , and who were known to be free from all taint of a leaning to compromise . Our opponents in the House could riot now say that we have ourselves abandoned the principle of the Ten Hours' Act , for we were represented by three gentlemen , of whom two , at all events , had never yielded a point . The Central Committee had no reason to complain ( and I ara told that they did not ) ,, for tlio very act of reconstructing that body would hare given _" thorn the opportunity of clearing their characters , and , no doubt _, would have brought forth some , public testimony to heir worth , if they merited any . * " The _delegates did not proceed io Amy out the .
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seoond resolution , but left the CentralCommittee in power to cawy out the whole lof their resolutions , arid , amongst others , the reconstruction of their own body in due time . Instead of doing this , and without any intimation at the time that they would not do it , but leaving the contrary to be inferred , they . suddenly got together a meeting bf ( so called delegate s ) collected by tickets , under their immediate supervision , and at that meeting , which I eame down from London to attend to protest against their proceedings , after many divisions and protests , rescinded the resolutions of the former meeting ; thus sitting at defiance the only legitimate authority under which they could act , breaking up the harmony and unanimity which the wis * - dom of the former meeting had established , and throwing our proceedings into a state of confusion , from which you alone , IbelieAe , have the power to
rescue them . .,. '« ,, ' , . "The state of things then is this . The people have a nominal head „ " which ' sets them at defiance , disobeying their instructions and insulting their friends . In the mean time all proceedings are in confusion , your friends know not what to do , and the cause suffers . I have called you together in order to lay the facts before you , and to urge upon you the necessity of some steps being taken by you to arrest tho evil . ., « Before I thus called you together I considered ver carefully whether I had any right to interfere with that which is purely the business of tho _working people . I have come to tho conclusion that I have not only the right , but that it is my duty . I believethathad my father been now with us , he
, , would not have shrunk frem any effort to shield the factory workers from harm or danger , and that seeing their cause , as I now do , placed in great peril by the utter incompetence of persons , who , p laced in power by the people , have usurped thoir authority and betrayed their trust , he would have appealed to those working people , whose good sense and fidelity to a good cause , he ever relied upon , at once to t ake their affairs into their own hands , and , in defiance of petty intrigue , carry on their struggle for the health of their wives and children , the comfort of their homes and their moral and
religious welfare . \ . " I advise you , then , not again to part till you haye found the means of carrying into effect the resolutions which you passed' on the 17 th of Feb . last ; and , in conclusion , I promise you that ; ' whatever may be your determination , I will not cease in my efforts , however little their value may be , to frustrate the fraudulent attempt to deprive women apd children ofthe very limited protection which the factory acts were intended to give . ' I am gentlemen , Your faithful friend , " Centre Vale , Todmorden , ' -Samuel Fielden . " 2 nd Maroh , 1850 , -
The letter was received with much applause . The following resolutions were then severally _considered and adopted , all except the third , unanimously , and that one with only five dissentients : — " That Mr . Samuel Fielden was fully justified , under the circumstances , in conveningthis meeting . " " That the resolutions of tho meeting of the 17 th ult . be confirmed . " " That the Central Short-Time Commmittee , having disobeyed the instruction * heretofore given them by the delegates now assembled ; having set at defiance the resolutions unanimously agreed to at the former meeting of these delegates ; and , having otherwise so con ducted themselves as to seriously injure tho cause they were elected to
promote , that Committee has ceased to possess the confidence of the working people . " That tho people employed in factories , and this meeting , haye perfect , confidence in the ability and integrity of Lord Ashley , Lord John Manners , and Mr . George Bankes , jointly to conduct through the [ louse of Commons a Bill to abolish the working by shifts or relays ; and that the working people in the manufacturing districts will be grievously disappointed should those three gentlemen , or either of them , refuso so to tako charge of the aaid Bill . " ; " That Mr . R . B . B . Cobbett , Solicitor ,. be . instructed to prepare a bill necessary for the above purpose , and to consult such counsel thereon as he may think proper . "
That Mr . Oastler he invited , if possible , to attend the public meetings about to take place , and that the Rev . J . R . Stephens be invited to attend them also , together with such other of our friends as it may be found can attend . " " That the electors of thc various boroughs and counties in the manufacturing districts be urged to use their influence with their several representatives in our favour ; and that in the event of any election ov elections in the manufacturing districts , care be taken that every candidate be questioned , and , if possible , pledged to support our cause , and that if he refused to do so , every effort be made to prevent his return . ''
'• That a provisional committee of five be now appointed to carry into effect these resolutions , with power to take chargo of all matters affecting our cause until a Central Committee be appointed by the peoplo of the respective factory districts in public meeting specially called for that purpose , the said provisional committee to issue instructions for that election in time to enable the members then chosen to meet in Manchester on Good Friday next . " " That copies of these resolutions be immediately forwarded to Lord Ashley , Lord John Manners , and George Bankes , Esq . " " That this meeting cannot separate without expressing its reverence for the memory of the late
John Fielden , the man who , as a factory master , set an example to masters , and who successfully used , in Parliament , the influences of his uprig ht character and his . station , to procure for the labouring women and children . in factories the Ten Hours'Act . " " That this meeting returns thanks to Lord Ashley for his valuable services to the causo , and to Richard Oastler , Esq ., and the Rev . J . R . Stephens , the men who fought our battle against the powerful in their most powerful days . " " That this meeting acknowledges with gratitude the services rendered to the cause by Mr-. Samuel Fielden ; that it thanks him especially for having come forward to rescue the faotory workers from their jeopardy on this occasion ; that the delegates
present pledge themselves to him to do their utmost effectually to perform the duty he has called upod them to discharge ; and they beg he will permit them always to look to him in their hour of difficulty and danger as their friend , adviser , and leader . " . The Provisional Committee , as soon as . the meeting , which lasted several hours had broken up , immediately proceeded to the transaction of business . The following extract of a letter from Mr . Oastler in reply to an invitation to attend a public meeting at Ashton , which arrived too late to be read to the delegates , has been handed to us for publication , as expressive of the views of that venerable champion ofthe Ten Hours Cause on tho subject under discussion : —
" I do not think my absence from your meeting , and from the series of meetings now in progress , is of any moment . I foresee that this is only the beginning . Soon an agitation of a much more serious character will take p lace : then , if spared , I hope to be in the front rank . The cunning foes , are , I see , watching events . They were ready with an Eleven Hours' Bill , but having discovered a little disorder in our ranks , they now wait , expecting it will be an easy matter for them to obtain their own terms when wo are divided . We must not suffer them to conquer ; nor will we . Our present disorder i * but the prelude to firmer and stronger union . When the whole case is _brought before the public , as soon it will be , if those who arrogate to themselves the power to ride rough-shod over a properly constituted Delegates' meeting , persist in the course they have ( if I am correctly informed ) begun , then , I am sure , every real friend will rally
round the standard which has never been tarnished , and resolve on no surrender , either to false friends or open foes . I cannot write on the present position of affairs ; because I cannot believe what , ' . I hear—that a knot of unauthorised meii should have dared , at the bidding of an individual , to declare tho most numerous and most important meeting _ofdolegates , a faction ! and to pronounce its resolutions void 11 constituting themselves into a delkoate meeting—and passing what they call counterresolutions ! I repeat , that although I am told that such is the case , yet , really , I cannot give credit to such reports . My course is plain—I promised to abide by the resolutions of the delegates" meeting , and I will keep that promise . I recommend the same course to others ; and , with kind remembrances to every true friend of the Ten Hours Bill , " I remain , dear Sir , " Yours most truly— ' The Old King , ' y "RicnARD Oasiler . Broadstairs , ' Kent , March 2 nd , 1850 .
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Advances to Ireland . —A statement of tho liabilities of each county and county ofa city in Ireland , in respect of advances from the Consolidated Fund , has been issued . Tho total amount of tho liabilities is £ 3 , 349 , 035 , tho principal items being— £ 2 , 692 , 924 due on account of lahour rate - £ 381 , 173 for public works ; £ 104 , 802 for gaols and bridewells ; and £ 93 , 182 for tho river Shannon . The Wilmington Chronicle says , concerning Mr . Thurston ' having taken his seat at Washington as the representative of Oregon— " It was as , the mighty Atlantic calling in a thunderingtone to the equally mighty Pacific , ¦ I greet you to-day ' and the latter responding in the roar of its surges , '« I reciprocate your greeting . ' The young giant ofthe . West already stands with' a foot oh either ocean J " _Tnu editor of the / Esthetic Journal confesses . to having chosen aii awkward name . Some good
folks take las periodical to be Atheistic , and _woo " , t look at it . Others buy- it to learn lessons in gymnastics , and are disappointed . The poor Editor worried for explanations , refers his _pereec . _* j ( bo' _* s to Brand and Francis ' s Dictionaries , and th * Emm Cyclopaedia ! ¦ . ¦ * - » ¦ . '
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i ' i . _^"" _isLE . —An adjourned meeting was held on t h ° 2 « h ult . The secretary read the statements of t r-5 Smitb , ( one ofthe allottees on the Minster Lovel Estate who have refused to pay their rent , ) and the answer of the Directors to them . His statements were considered to be of such a character as not to merit publication . The following resolution , which was passed , will show the estimation in which thev were held t— "This meeting is of opinion that the allottees on the several estates who have refused to pay rent for the places on which they have been located by the subscriptions of the rest of the Company is a base attempt on their part to defraud the other members of their , chance of being located . And we would recommend the Directors
to take advantage of every means in their power to thwart them in their dishonest attempts , to injure , and , if possible , break up the Company ; and to eject every one who will not fulfil the conditions upon which he took possession * , to place others on who will fulfil them ; and by all means make the property reproductive as promptly , as possible . " The trial for libel on the character of Mr . O'Connor was brought before the meeting , and the feelings of all were manifest by their expressions of indignation at the injustice done to him . It is another proof amongst the many which we have had before , that the man who steadily advocates the rights of the working classes will be annoyed and persecuted b y alt classes of men . A subscription was opened to defray the expense of the trial , and it is hoped that
every Land member and Chartist will do his duty , and that within a month a sufficient sum will have heen subscribed to meet all the demands ofthe case . Bbadford , yoRKSinRB . —At a meeting of members held pn Sunday , March 3 rd , great surprise was expressed at the decision of the jury on the late trial for libel . The members havo commenced paying one shilling each , and they call upon their brother members to do the same . Herewith we send £ 1 2 s . 4 d . as the first instalment to the " Honesty Fund . " - Toweb Hamlets . —At a general meeting ofthe Whittington and Cat branch of tho National' Land Company a discussion arose upon the propriety of dispensing with the ; Directors , seeing that the expenditure exceeded the income , and also blaming
the Directors for not issuing a balance sheet since June , 1849 . It was then moved by Mr . Drake , and seconded by Mr . Hitt : — " That seeing the injustice practised to Mr . O'Connor , we call upon all Land members of the metropolis to meet at Mr . Fowler's , Golden-lane , on Sunday , the lOfch , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , to take the necessary steps to support Mr . O'Connor . " The resolution was carried . BiRMiNunAH . — The following resolution was passed unanimously , by a " few" paid-up members ofthe Land Company meeting at Mr . Startin ' s , on Sunday evening , March 3 rd : — "We call upon Messrs . Clark , Doyle ; M'Grath , and Dixon , to resign their situations as Directors of the Land Company , and we hope thoy will be as prompt in
this as they were in giving up their Chartist Directorships , to which no pay was attached , and if they decline to do so , we call upon Mr , O'Connor , as tho Land steward , to stop their wages ; we being of opinion they should have resigned long ago , as for some time past they have had nothing to do for their pay . We , at tho same time , beg to thank Mr . Harney for his manly defence at all times of the working men . " Georoie Mills . —At a meeting of this branch of the National Land Company , held for the special purpose of taking into consideration the conduct of Mr . Clark and his other colleagues , Mr . "VV . Somerville in the chair ; the following motions were unanimously agreed to : —Moved by J . Chalmers , and seconded by W . Micham : — " That this branch has lost all confidence in Mr . Clark and his three
colleagues , namely , Dixon , Doyle , and M'Gratb , and it is our opinion that the rest of our brother members of the country should unite and make a determined and special call for their removal from office , seeing that they are no friends to the true advocates ot Labour ; and that we also recommend Mr . Clark to condescend to us , and resign his office in the Land Company , as he did to the small " knot" of Chartists in Birmingham ( as ho termed them ) , as we shall be very happy to hand him over as a present to the Dispatch . Moved by John Simmon , seconded by James ChalmerB : —*• That after taking into our due consideration the state that the Company is in , we think that two Directors , with Mr . O'Connor , will be quite sufficient to conduct its affairs , and the two Directors be chosen by universal suffrage , and that Mr . O'Connor give
instructions to all the branches , through the Star , to that effect . " The business of the branch being over , Mr . W . Somerville vacated the chair , and the persons present formed themselves into a Chartist meeting , when it was moved by W , Sommerville , and seconded by John Lemmon : — " Tbat this meeting highly approves of the course pursued by the Chartist delegate meeting in accepting the resignation of Mr . Clark and his colleagues ; and we also approve of the choice they have made in their places , and particularly G . Julian Harney , that true and honest advocate of the ri ghts of the people . " It was also agreed to enter into an immediate subscription in behalf ofthe Honesty Fund , to assist in defraying the expenses incurred by Mr . O'Connor in prosecuting the proprietor of the Nottingham Journal .
Salford . —At a members meeting , held at Mi . Lee ' s , Temperance Hall , Irwill-street—Mr , John Millington m the chair—the following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That itis the opinion of this meeting ,, that the affairs ofthe company should be immediately wound up by our most devoted , but persecuted , and insulted father , Feargus O'Connor , Esq . ; M . P ., and viewing the late trial to be the case of every member belonging to the company , it is the duty of each member to rally around him . That a subscription be immediately opened for the expenses incurred onthe trial . The sum of ten shillings and fivepence was collected for the Honesty Fund , Mr . James Ashworth , Treasurer . The meeting was then adjourned to the 7 th March . Hetwood _. —At a meeting of members held at
Mr . James Evenson's , 49 , Manchester-street , on Sunday last , it was unanimously resolved : —1 st . " That a subscription be entered into towards the Honesty Fund . " —2 nd . " That Mr . James Evenson be the collector of subscriptions . —That the present amount , 3 s . Gd ., be sent to Mr . W . Rider . James Evenson Is ., Thomas Wrigley Is ., William Wrigley , Is ., Robert Clegg 6 d . "—3 rd . *« That this meeting seeing the scandalous manner in which Mr .. O'Connor has been treated by enemies , public and private , feel indignant at such conduct , and at the same time sympathise with him , knowing well , that no ordinary man could bear the abuse and
persecution which he has had to contend with , in his endeavours to elevate tho working classes to their proper social and political sphere . We duly appreciate his motives , and consequently place unbounded confidence in him . "—4 th . " ¦ That the shareholders in this and every other locality should forward their first subscription immediately , be it ever . so little , and use their utmost in raising the fund to such a standard as will strike Mr . O'Connor ' s enemies dumb . "—oth . * ' That we adjourn until this day fortnight , March loth , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when we hope members will come better prepared than they ever have done .
Macclesfield , —A meeting was held on Monday night , at Mr . Thos . Jones ' s , Silk-street , Mr . Saml . Weston in the ehair , when it was unanimously agreed " That a subscription be entered _inio to defray the expenses incurred by Mr . O'Connor , in the recent trial for libel . " The following sums were collected , and are herewith inclosed : —Mr . E _? Place , Is . ; Mr . E . Dean _. _' ls ; Mr . W . Smith , ls . ; Mr . S . Weston , Gd . ; Mr . J . Stubbs , Cd . ; Mr . T . Jones , ls . ; Mr . J . Dean , ls . ; Miss j . Blessington , Is . ; Mr . J . Ward , ls . ; M . H . Eargreaves , Gd . It was also announced that a meeting of members would be held on Monday night next , at the above , named place .
Westminster . —A public meeting was held on Wednesday evening at the Two Chairmen , Wardourstreet , Soho , Mr . John Milne in the chair . The chairman called bu Mr . James Grassby to move the first resolution as follows : —" That this meeting consider the late trial O'Connor ?/; Bradshaw as a disgrace to the judicial function , to tho British bar , and the boasted trial by jury ; and we hereby resolve to do our utmost to liquidate the enormous expenses of Mr . O'Connor in the late action for libel , but , at the same time , we advise that gentleman , in future , foabstain from appealing to that tribunal which is determined to crush hhnl" Seconded by Mr . Murray , and carried unanimously . Mr . Roberts moved , and Mr . Hopkins seconded , " the following resolution *— " The members of this branch view
with deep regret , the late conduct of the directors , in converting the Land Office into a publishing office , for the dissemination of foul and dastardly attacks upon their opponents ; and as this meeting is of opinion that , in the present state of tbe Land Company , there ' s no necessity for their services , we , therefore , view it as a robbery , for them to take their salaries for doing nothing , and hereby call upon them to Immediately resign their offices , and , at the same time , that they be called upon to pay all arrears of rents for their . appartments , as per agreement , and to issue a balance sheet , showing the financial state , of the Company so far . as thev are
concerned . , The resolution * was carrie ' d with ono dissentient . ' Mr . Wilson moved and Mr . Stacey seconded : — " That this meeting , believing the Land Plan , as propounded b y Mr . O'Connor , to be sound in principle , and that it has not , as yet , been fairly tested , are of opinion , that , taking all the _circumstrnces of the _Company into consideration , it would be highly impolitic to break or wind it up ; we , therefore , advise , that three trustees bo appointed at tbe earliest possible period to take the management of tile Company , and that the said trustees bo instructed to apply for an act of parliament to carry _autits objects , and , failing in doinf- so , thattheybe s _^ _mai te act in defiance of the law . " M ; 61 ierman
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moved , as an amendment , seconded by Mr . Wilkec — " That the Company be forthwith wound " up , " On being put the original resolution was carried with three dissentients . 13 s 6 d . was then collected A vote of thanks having been awarded to the Chairman the meeting adjourned to Mondayevening _, March 18
To The Editor Of The Northern Star. Bib,...
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Bib , —Allow mo to state . that Mr , Claricieconded the _regolutiw , moved by meat the late Conference but did not support it by" his vote ; he having _surj ' ported the amendment . The readers of the Star will perceive that my proposition asserts the richfe of free discussion , which . I am inclined to think will not accord with the policy of Mr . Clark and hU friends . Johm _Pearcet .
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. _""Vh-chestkb Assizes . —Mans _* _- , auohT £ B . —Ed ward Henry Simmonds was indicted for that he _beW the visiting officer of the guardians of the poor of Southampton was bound to obey the order of tha medical officer ; that by such an order deliveredI f _^ him he was bound to receive and relieve _Eliyihoth Bjs but that ho lected to do
« g- neg so , and turned her into the tramp-house , in consequence of which neglectand the exposure to cold she became Sek and died . There were eight counts _varvW _tu charge . Mr . Seweiland Mr . Prideaux ZVun sel for the prosecution ; and Mr . C , Saunders Tmf Mr . Phinn defended the _prisoner—AfterTm-S the evidence , the _> jury " Acquitted "' the pS _? and begged to observe that he left the dock _bmot ably acquitted . —The trial lasted two days _UC Caution xo the _P-jBLic . -Messrs . Morison and the Society , of Hygeists and Medical Reformers hereby caution the public that thev have no sort of connexion with the ointments , pills , farinaceous powders sold m chemists' and druggists' shoos British College of Health , New-road , London , Vt Eebruary , 1850 . '
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_COHN . MARK _Lanb , Monday , March 4 . —Tlie shoiv of _samplasof wheat was sniaU this morning , and the _supply of _foreifm . moderate , but having further arrivals of English and French flour , the sale was 8 low , at last week ' s prices . In foreign there was little doing , but we do not alter our quotations . Flour met with very little inquiry , though offered on lower terras . Barley duU , unless for fine malting ; grinding and distilling quaUties sold slowl y , and rather cheaper . Malt neglected , having a very large sup . ply . Beans and peas unaltered . With a _smaU arrival of oats ; prices were maintained , and the trade quite as goed as on Monday last . Linseed cakes without change . The demand for Foreign tares is only in retail , small selling at 27 to 28 s , and large at SOs to 31 s . Cloverseed sold at much the same rate a 3 last week .
British . —Wheat—Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , new 3 « s to ;* 0 s , ditto white 40 s to 4 Gs , Lincoln , Norfolk , and Yorkshire , red 32 s to 37 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white S 2 s to 37 s , ditto red 32 s to SOs , Devonshire and Somerset _, shire , red , —s . to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 21 s to 23 s , barley , 21 s to 23 s Scotch 20 s to 22 s , Angus—s to —s _, Malt ordinary , —s to —8 , pale 47 s to 50 s , peas , grey , new 21 s to 23 s , maple 23 s to 25 s , » vhite 22 s to m _, bo _* ler » new 24 s to 25 s , beans , huge , new 22 s to 23 s , ticks 24 s to 25 s , harrow , 25 s to 26 s , pigeon , 2 Cs to 28 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , 15 s to 18 s , ditto Poland and potato , 17 s to 20 s , Berwick and Scotch , 17 s to 21 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 18 s , Irish feed and black , 14 s to 17 s , ditto potato , 17 s to 19 s , _lingocd ( sowing ) 50 s to S 2 _s , rape _gg _od , Essex , new £ 28 to £ 32 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new 26 s to 303 per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 410 s per ton , linseed , £ 910 s to £ 10 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 28011 m , ship , 20 s to 28 _« , town , 36 s to 38 s .
_Fohhqn . —Wheat . — Dantzig , 42 s to 48 s , Anlialt and Marks , 3 C to 42 s , ditto white , 40 s to 42 s , Pomeranian red , 40 s to 42 s , Rostock 44 s to 46 s , Danish , Holstein , and Friesland , SOs to 34 s , Petersburgh , Archangel , and lliga , 32 s to 34 s , PoUsh Odessa , 32 s to 34 s , Marianopoli , and _Berdianski , 32 s to 33 s Taganrog , 32 s to 34 s , Brabant and French , 34 s to 36 s ,: ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , Salonica , 30 s to 33 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 26 s , rye , 20 s to 22 s , barley , Wismar and Rostock , 17 s to 20 s , Danish , 18 s to 21 s , Saal , ISs to 22 s , East Friesland , lis to lGs . Egyptian , 14 s to 16 s , Danube , lis to lCs _, peas , white , 22 s to 23 s , new boilers , 24 s to 25 s beans , horse , 21 s to 23 s , pigeon , 24 s to 25 s , Egyptian , 21 s to 22 s oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , lis to 15 s , ditto , thick and bre _*** , lGs to 20 s , Riga , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Swedish , 14 a to 16 s , flour , United States , _v-er _l'JGlbs _., 21 s to 22 s , Hamburgh 19 s to 21 s , Dantzig and Stettin 20 s to 21 s , French per 2801 bs .. 30 sto 31 s .
Wednesday , March 6—We are hut moderately supplied with , grain and flour this week , nevertheless , such are the dull accounts from the provincial and country markets rereceived this morning , that the trade here is extremely heavy , with a tendency to further decline in prices . Arrivals this week : — Wheat—English , 1 , 070 quarters ; foreign , 2 , 430 quarters . Barley—English , 4 , 240 quarters ; foreign , — quarters . Oats — English , 2 , 710 quarters ; foreign , —quarters . Irish , 1 , 300 quarters ; foreign , 410 quarters , flour—3 , 820 sacks . Hrc _* nnoND ( _Tomuii * B , A * arc i 2 . —We had a fair supply of wheat in our market this morning . Whtat sold from 4 s 3 d t » 5 s Od ; oats , ls Gd to 2 s Od ; barley , 3 s Od t _» 3 s 6 d ; beans , 3 s 3 d to 83 Gd per bushel .
BREAD . The _priceg of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6 d . to 7 d . ; of household ditto , 41 d . to 51 d . per 4 fl ) S . loaf .
CATTLE . Smithfield , Monday , March 4 , —From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were somewhat less than those exhibited on Monday last ; nevertheless they exceeded the wants of the buyers , whose attendance was tolerably numerous . For the few prime Scots on oft \; r the demand sUgUtly . improved . In prices , however , no advance took place , the highest figure for beef being 3 s 8 d per 81 bs . The middling and inferior beasts moved off heavily , at barely stated prices . The general condition of the stock was good . The numbers of sheep were seasonably large . All breeds were generally slow of sale , at Friday ' s decline in prices of 2 d per 8 B ) s . The very primest old downs in the wool , sold at 4 s 2 d to 4 s 4 ( 1 * . those without the wool , 3 s Cd _' to 3 s 8 d per 8 tt > s . There were about 1 , 400 shearlings on offer . For the few lambs in the market the demand was in a very sluggish state , at from 5 s to 6 s per 81 bs , Calves were in short supply , and slow _inquiry , at last week ' s currencies . The pork trade was heavy , in prices , however , we have no change to report
, Head of Cattle at Smith field . —Friday . —Beasts , 725 ; sheep , 2 , 650 ; calves , 130 ; p igs , 240 . Mondaj , — Beasts , 3 , 352 ; sheep , 13 , 300 ; calves , 105 ; pigs , 192 . Price per stone of 81 bs . ( sinkingthe offal . )—Beef , 2 s 8 d to 38 8 d ; mutton , 3 s Od to 4 s 4 d veal , 3 s Od to 3 s lOd ; pork , 3 b 2 d to 4 s Od . * VEtFGATfi and IEADENHAU ,, Monday , March 4 , —Inferior beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s 4 d to 2 s 6 d ; prime large , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; prime suiall , _^ 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; large pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s Gd to 2 s 8 d ; middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime ditto , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 6 d ; veal , 3 s Od to 3 sl 0 d ; small pork , 3 s Cd to 4 s lOd ; per 81 bs . by the carcase .
PROVISIONS . London , Monday . —We had not so large a _business ' _transacted in Irish butter last week as in the preceding . There were fewer buyers from the country . The dealers here purchased merely to supply their wants . Prices were well supported . Stecks further decreased , and holders were equally confident of a clearance on favourable terms , Foreign of best quality a ready side at 106 s to 112 s per cwt . Bacon : Irish and American singed sides _sightly improved in demand . No change in prices . Middles were rathei ' more sought after . Hams aad lard without alteration .
TALLOW , HIDES , AND OILS . Taliow , Monday , March 4 . — Our market to-day is a shade firmer for prime Y . C . on the spot , the quotations of which are from 36 s 6 d to 36 s 3 d per cwt . For delivery during the last three three montlis , the price is 38 / ., at which there are very few buyers . Town tallow—the supply of which is good—is selling at 35 s 9 d to SGs per cwt . net cash . R 6 ughfat 2 s Old per Slbs . The latest ccounts from St . Petersburg state tliat only a limited business was doing for shipment . 100 casks soap had sold at 109 roubles with hand money .
_Leadeniiaix . —Market hides 501 b . to C 4 B ., lid to ljd per ft . '; ditto 641 b . to 72 ft , lid to ljd ; ditto 72 ft . to 80 ft ., 2 d to 2 _id ; ditto 801 b . to 881 b ., 2 _* . d to 3 d ; ditto 88 ft to 96 ib „ 3 d to 3 * id ; ditto 961 b . to 104 ft ., 31 d to 4 d ; ditto lOllb . to 112 lb . 3-. il to Id ; calf-skins each 2 s 3 d to 3 s Od ; Korso hides Ss to 5 s Cd , _, Linseed per cwt . 32 s Od to 32 s 6 d ; rapeseed English refined 41 s 6 d to —s ; brown 41 s Od ; Gallipoli per ton . 50 " . ; Spanish 50 * . ; Sperm 821 . to —I . ¦ bagged 83 * . ; South Sea 331 . Us to 34 / . ; Seal pale 301 . 10 s to — * . : do ., coloured , 33 _f . _; cod 30 * . to SU , , * cocoa nut per ton 38 * , to *»' . ; palm , 321 .
COAL , Monday , March 4 . — "Ve have to note a very heavy market . Further arrivals expected Stewarts 17 s Gd ; Hettons 17 s Cd ; Kelloe . 17 s ; Tees 17 s « d ; _Wylams 15 s 3 d . Fresh arrivals 66 ; left from last day 255 . . Total 321 .
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