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• light he hud been pressed by various mentors to _sUt «« tactW and _acftnUl _^ ly _lfhewonld go oatoSHght He replied that at all hazards he af * '"™** right . He had pled _ged bis honour _^ _^^ au dhe thought he should beat consult bis . _« f proprietv bv alberi . ig to that pie . ge . ? L _^^ _StT-d said _t-If the hou . member _caiTthe attention of the hon . member , wbo is less ac tberswith to the
_quainted _, _pertf . *« _" , our usages J ™ tth » _tiiii _getwrally _centred for the pa _» l . e convenience that a debate wbica has oaee been begun should be permitted to proceed . Ac C . ASiTEJ said he was perfectly aware oitbe rules _Cliae house ; but he thought be should be able to show the nobie lord before he sat dowa tkat he had good ground for considering this case an _exception to tbeir ordinary customs . He was about to ask tor more than _p-p r _» . His present motion wa 3 merely _preliminary to _aaothvr of a much K raver kind ; and when be said lhat thai motion would _ptrhaps » ff _: ct the entire government as well as the noste _Secretary _luv F « reig » Affrfra , be was sure that the noble lord at ihe , head of the Treasury ,
would be the lest person to press for a p » tpcnemeat . He did not _undervalue or desy the importance of the _xDusare before tbe bou « , but he woald undertake to _satUtv mem before be sat down that his motion was one of infinite l y greater importance . Tne subject he had to brie _; before them was , foreign aggression from abroad , and : _utersal treason at home . He could not conceive but thai _thu _goTsrnmentffOUW be mast anxious for him to press these _questions , Oae of their own members the present Lml Lieutenant of Ireland , had declared that be who promoted discussions oa foreign affairs in that _h-juse Cid good service to the state , font wa « lamentable how muca indifference _WftS manifested by all classes ia England to our foreign relations and foreign policy . ' Tae question , however , lay in a nutshell . Ho
dented fast there was anything personal m the motion which lie sought to bring forward . He proceeded entirely upon a princip le of pablic duty , iu vindication of a great nation , whose happiness , whose prosperity , whon fery existence was imperilled by the conduct of the noble number for Tiverton . He was prepared to establish that the designs of our natural enemy , the Czir of Russia , had been , ( rum 1830 to the present time , bo _promoted by the policy of ihe noble lord , that they were now on the point of being realised , unless the bouse , by a vigorous decision on the present occasion , Strppea in to stay the Autocrat ' s further progress . In _rolandlhe Czar had acquired a territory as Urge as Austria ; ia Turkey in Europe , a teiritory as large as FnusU without the Rhenish provinces ; in Tutkey ,
in Asi _* , a territory as large as all Germauy and the _Rneni-a promo b , ~ He had extended hia frontier a 1000 milts neartr towards Calcutta , a 1000 miles nearer towards Lahore , aud 850 nearer towards the capital of southern Europe . H » _ri f _= rred io the steady determination _* rith which Russia had , during the past _contury , been Mii » _g every _possible means , fey fraud and foree , to extend her power ; and then intimated his intention of tracing , step by step , the progress of the noble lord's most mischi ' evous policy , prepared , unless be prosecuted the noble lord to conviction , by the adduction of the direct proofs of ( he uoblo lord ' s guilt , ta uudcrgotbecastigation he should then _m-j » t justly deserve . The honourable and learned gentleman _assured the bouse that _Eegland was in the worst possible repute abroad , and that Lord Faltnerston had done it all , her previous good character being utterly incompetent to _tave her from the _scaudal entaiied upon her by tbe noble lord ' s administration ol
her i ' ortigu affairs . It was high time that the n * ile lord waa thoroughly overhauled , his multiplied irate _gressions having been the sheer result of long and unmerited _impauiry . He bad acted long _enough without auh rity abroad , and without fear for his _person at tome , and it was to inspire him with salutary _dread that the honourable and learned gentleman now proposed so expose his infamy to the country . With this view , having st 3 ted the main object of his speech , he proceedsd to its details , but the more deeply he got into them , _tde thinner grew the house , until at length empty _benciies were substituted for an overflowing attendance . At this critical moment , an hon . member f ? _he thought the subject uf teo much importance to be listened io by less thaa a quorum , with aa evident intention of having it on eoaie future _nccssisa submitted to a full house , mored a count of the bouse , which was thereupon bos only lounted , but counted out , at ten minuw * past Btven _, there being only thirty . uine members present .
WEDNESDAY , _Fkboah v 9 . HOUSE OF _COMMONS . — Tne _Sfeakes took the chair at twelve o ' clock . The Cocnt-Oot . ilr Asstet begged to soy , In reference to his motien , ae to the manuer of dropping which be would not tbea speak , ( a laugh , ) that he would move it again , by way of amendment , on the next motion for going into a committee of supply , ( A laugh , ) The Bishop or _Uehevoid . —Mr _Ukuohibt observed that he hid on a previous occasion presented a petition _frum the Mayor of Stafford , praying tbat the spiritual _privileges of _theHouse of Peers should not be impeded . He wished to ask , therefore , if it were the intention ot the government to apply for a seat for the Bishop of Hereford in the House of Lordi . Sir C . Gbev said an act had passed last _sess on wkicb provided that the number of spiritual peers should cot be increased .
ilr Usqchabt asked If It was the intention of _gorernment to call the Bishop of Hereford to the Upper Hoase ! „ Sir G . _GsEr said it was not the intention of ministers to advise her Majesty to summon the Bishop of Hereford to Parliament , Conditio ; ' or Ibklakp . — -The order of the day having been moved , MrP . _SchaPE rose , pursuant to notice , to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any and what legal proceedings have been taken against such boards of guar _Jians ar relieving officers as have
_neglected the duties _impoted on them by the Ace of 10 and 11 Vic , c . , for affording due relief to the destitute poor . The hon . member read 6 ome statements to show that hundreds , and , in some parts , thousands were still dying of want , in consequence of beiBg refused relief under the Act . The people of Ireland were not aware whether the law was compulsory or not , and he hoped the government would make some statement to set their duubts at rest . It was stated that 3 , 000 persons had been refused relief iu Gal « ay alone ; and the same state uf things had occurred in Ktldare and in ether parts , ilucn of this arose from tho non-payment of
the poor-rates . In Mayo alone , four months after the making of the rate , many persons cf the highest rank in the county were still defaulters . In tbe fifth month after the rate was made in _Ballina _, somo of the guardian , of ihe poor had not paid their rates , and yet evictions and clearances were being effected by the _landlords or their agents , on tbe largest scale . And this was Suing on at a time when the charity of the whole world was being extended towards the starring ; Irish , In tbe barony of Erris , HO families were ejected on tiie property of one person al me , tbeir bouses destroyed , and
themselves , to the number of 608 or 700 persons , turned oat on the road at tbe commencement of winter , without food or residence ; yet tbis very landlord was a defaulter to the poor rate to tbe extent of £ 53 , ; aad , at tne same time , the board ef guar Jians at Ballina re fused to receive a single pauper in the workhouse from tae barony of Erris _, The consequence w « s tbat several died . Way , it appeared from the filue . buok _thit many of ibem were in a state of absolute starvation , while others died on tueir way to _EaUina , where they weregoiDg to seek for relief or work . In this district there had been bo
cuch _taiu j as an outrage committed , and it wss disgraceful to find such a state of things as tbis existing iaic Hr Hdhe rose to order . The honourable gentleraa Ctrl given _nolica simply of a question , and hs put it t _tee good sense of the bonoerable gentleman whether it was fair to go into such a statement as tbis in tbe _ab-Etace of any previous notice . Mr S . Q'B & itx said the matters which the hon gentle . Stan was bringing under tbeir consideration were of as urgent nature and he hoped tbe ten , gentleman could not allow himself to be persuaded to delay his Statement to a future day .
Sir G . Gee ? did not * ish the house to imagine that government were not prepared to answer the statements of the honourable gentleman , but he put it to the hon . ge 3 tleman whether , considering that several hon . gen . Clemen had given notice of _substantive motions upon this subject , it _CTjuld not be better to postpone his statement till one of tbose motions came before the house . Besides , an important question had been fixed for discussion to-day , and it wonld be inconvenient to many boa . members if it were not gone into at ence . Hr Aguokbt most also join his entreaties to those of fee right hen . tbe Secretary of State to the boa , memfeer , aot to allow his statement to delay the discussion ea the New Zealand BUI , as many hoa . members had eome oo _» n te > the house fally prepared to go into tbat question .
_IfrP . Scbok said that , having gone so far into his statement , which was one of great importance to the couatry , he hoped the house would allow him shortly to complete it , and he wonld promise to detain the hoase but for a very few _minuses longer . { Hear hear . ) There was one other onion to which he mnBt be allowed to refer . It waa the Cavan union , which had a valuation of £ 150 , 000 , and yet , daring the last few trying _sioa'hs , the rate collected did not amount to more than lid , in the pound . The distress in the district wag most appalling , and many deaths from starvation had occurred , and yet many of the landed proprietors bad made default in paying the rates . Bat he had to complain more of tha conduct ofthe board of guardians
than tha rate-pay en , for thay had aliened many poor creatures to die « f starvation by their neglect of duty . In one case tbe child of a poor woman died of stsrva . tion , and upon a ceroner's jury returning a verdict to that effect , the Poor | Law Commissioners commanded the board of guardians to inquire inte the case . The board , however , neglected to do so , and in less than a month _afterwards the woman herself died of starvation and what he wanted to _ksow was , whether the Jaw they bad recentl y _passtd was to be carried out in thiB negli . gent manner ! Had such cases as _thete occurred in this country the overseer would bavo been liable to _wfw pQnUh _* Bfint " a criminal offender , and be _•^ _shed toai k the government whether tbe same law V _^ _* tt ! "a or iiot ? ( Hear , hear . ) Whydid * ry not make UJowarais for the peer ( with whoa tbe
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prisons of Ireland were now filled ) fer crimes which poverty and _distressed urged them to commit ? And he woull ask why measures had not been taken agaiRBt the board of guardians and relieving officers for the neglect ofthe duties imposed upon them by the Act of Parliament for the relief of ihe poor , for tho want of which relief so many had died within the last fetv monthB , and were now dying ! Sir W . Soheeville , in reply te the hon . member , said the government were resolved to leave nothing undone to enforce the payment of the poor-rates , and thatthey had already taken effective measures fer that purpose . They had divided the unions , which were too large , and _appointed se partite _Inspector * _fof each division , and separate workhouses , and they had no doubt that thoBo proceedings upon the part of the go . vernment would tend to a better state of things in Irer land ; and most likely the reports wbich he should next lay on the table would show that the Poor Law system worked more satisfactorily _.
Mr O'Connor : Sir , there is no member in this house _> who is more ready to do justice to the kindly feeling , and good intentions of the right hon . Secretary than I am , but I cannot acquiesce in the argument of the hon , member for Montrose , who appears to consider the interests of the New Zealanders of greater ptessing importance than the preservation of the lives of millions of famishing Irishmen . Nor do I think that his charge of the government being taken by surprise by the hon . member for Stroud , is tenable , as the right hon . Secretary appears not only to be in possession of all the evidence upon which that honourable member grounds his appeal , but , as an ingenious advocate , the right hon . Secretary has extended the evidence , by reading what he terms the sequel of that information , upon which the hou . member for Stroud has relied to make out his case
( Hear , hear . ) It was rather hard that those who advocated the cause of Ireland should be perpetually taunted with their inability or indifference to propose practical remedies , and that an English member , who appearel to have given deep thought and great study to the subject , should be stopped wben he was pourtraying the poverty of the people , the injustice ofthe law , and the iniquities ofthe landlord class . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr O'Connor " ) was aware of the great difficulty of bringing so complicated a machinery as the New Poor Law Bill into perfect operation at once ; the more especially when in its operation :, it had to encounter tbe legitimate and honourable prejudices of his countrymen ; but , as he bad told the right hon . the _Secrelary for the Home Department , when so triumphantly relyin g on the Coerc on Bill , he now repeated that that measure having failed to arrest famine , that the next step taken by that house must be , to coerce the
Irish landlords into the performance of their duty , as it was not to be supposed that a nation would tamely starve . ' It was evident that the government having once stopped the course in wbich Irish patronage formerly ran and having now very properly thro wn the landlords upon their own resources , that chaos must ensue before order could be restored . And he told the English landlords , thatthey would presently discover that the question of Irish distress was one materially affecting tbeir interests , as the infection could not be so near their doors without entering their houses . Irish poverty-was sure to press upon English industry . ( Hear , hear ) And he admitted , with regret and with sorrow , that the English landlords were more considerate of the Irish peasantry than the Irish landlords were * ; and though a member of an English constituency , he would never lose an opportunity to bring his experience of his countrymen and their condition before the House of
Commons and he was sorry to admit that the present qualification for an Irish member was not to be found in his fitness or his willingness to serve his country , but in his disposition to serve himself-( Hear , hear . ) There were two sources , however , from which he derived great pleasure ; the one was from the announcement in the Times of yesterday , of the intention of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to establish the Small Farm System upe-n the co-operative principle , in shares of twenty pounds each ; and in the event of government aiding tbis first practical attempt of- any Irish Lord-Lieutenant to develope the national resources of the country for the benefit of the industrious classes , crime would soon hide its head in very shame , and the affections of a generous people would soon render Poor Laws unnecessary , as , when able , the Irish would desire no relief for their friends or relatives . ( Hear , hear . ) As an Irishman ,
though an English member , he again tendered his best thanks to the member for Stroud ; and he would remind the hon . member for Montrose , who thought the debate irksome , that the first step towards the correction of abuse was its exposure . The other consideration which gave him pleasure was , the promise ef the early developement of the Tenant Right Bill , by the right hon . the Secretary for Ireland ; and as that was shortly to be submitted to the consideration of the house , he would reserve his observations upon this bead until its merits were propounded . He should not anticipate one of its clauses , as nothing was more difficult tban even to guess at tbe embryo conceptions of a Whig Minister . He ( Mr O'Connor ) ceuld not sit down without remarking that the taunt of the hon . member for Cockermouth , levelled at the hon . member for Limerick , was unprovoked and uncalled _fsr , as he was sure the house would agree with him ( Mr O'C . ) tbat not a word of unfair or unusnal stricture
escaped the lips of the hon . member for Limerick , ( Hear , hear . ) ilr O'Beieh and Hr Retnolds also thanked Mr Serope for bringing the subject _forward . Tho latter honourable member said , It appeared to him tbat the Kerf Zealand cobbling might be put off for some time , and tbat there ought to be some extension of indulgence in reference to tbe subject of distress in Ireland , and be felt so strongly on tbis point tbat be did believe that he or any other Irish member , whose feelings , from day to day , were harrowed by the sufferings of the Irish people , would be justified ia calling the attention of tbe house to the state of Irish destitution at least once a week . He felt tbat this was a question of life or death . ( Hear , bear . ) The people were dying by thousands , and the house * was leaning upon that which be feared would
bs found to be but a rotten reed , viz ., the working of the Irish Poor Law . ( Hear , hear . ) He bad already declared , at the outset of his entry into the ; house , that he was favourable to the principle of tbe Poor Law , but he believed that her Majesty ' s government and the majority ef the gentlemen composing tbe bouse , placed too much reliance on its good effect * in Ireland ; and he thought it was time that her Ma ' _ttty's government should imme . diately direct their attention to the profitable employ _, ment of the people . ( Hear , hear . ) He wished to remind the house that the waste lands remained to that hour unreclaimed , ber mineral resources remained undeveloped , aad eo did her fisheries , although It waa to these resources that her people looked for relief ; for tbe ablebodied people of Ireland wished not to be fed on alms , but to work for their bread . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr _DaouiMND and Sir B . Hill deprecated the intxoduo tion of the subject as untimely . Hr S . _Cbawfobd intimated tbat be bad givea notice of a motion for TueBday week , when ho trusted that the whole of this question would be fairly gone into . The whole question of the Poor Law , he hoped , would ba fairly discussed . It was his intention to bring in a bill to repeal that law . The subject then dropped . EPIPHAHT _QCAtJTEB SESSIONS BILL , — Hr PACKS moved the gecond reading of tbis bill , tbe object of which was to _postpone the Epiphany Quarter Sessions nntil after the Christmas bo'idays , so as however , that they should not be held later than the 8 tb January . At present tbey were most frequently opened on Hew Year ' s Bay , to the groat inconvenience of a large and most useful body , the unpaid magistrates .
Sir G . _Qsex objected , pointing out that the removal of tbe inconvenience referred to in the bill would be more than counterbalanced by others to which it wonld give rise . The bill was ultimately withdrawn . New Zealand Goteehheht Bill . —The question of going into committee oa the New Zealand Government Bill lei to a protracted _dlscuBBlOB , in the course of whioh Lord Lincoln , Mr Scott , Hr Adderley , and Hr C . _Anstey , urged tbe postponement of the stage of the bill , tbe latter hon . member moving it be adjourned to tbat day week , which proposition , however , being devoid of a seconder , fell to the ground _.
Hr Gladstone thought the simplest , _wisest , and most practical course for the Government to pursue _relatlvs to New Zealand , would be to declare that the time had not yet arrived for establishing tbe new constitution , that Parliament was in error in sanctioning the old constitution , and tbat they bad it in contemplation to propose a new constitution ; bat that they would wait fer mature and experimental knowledge before they would attempt to settle its particular forms and enactments . The right bon . gentleman urged npon the Government the necessity of giving the most liberal construction to the treaty of WaitaBgi , and of carrying out in the _faireBt spirit every engagement made with the natives relative to the possession of lands . He feared , judging from the instructions sent oat by Lord Grey , that Injustice would be done to the New Zealanders .
Hr Labodchebe , after passing a high encomium upon the natives of New Zealand , observed that be did not regard tke apprehensions of Hr Gladstone as in reality justified by the facts of the case . He could assure the right honourable gentleman that Lord Grey was as disinclined as any man could be to depart from the terms or the spirit of the treaty of 'W aitangl ; hut tho noble lord thought , and in that he agreed with him , that sothing ceuld be mere inexpedient , for tbe sake of tho na . tives themselves , than absolutely to affirm tbe proposition that tho proprietary right to the whale surface of the _Uleads eslsted _, either in _collsetlva tribes , or In Individuals connected with thsso tribes . Hs did aot be .
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live that-there was anything in Ea _ilGrey ' _s despatch inconsistent with the term ' s or the _epirit of the treaty of Waitangi _, or with the interpretations which had been put upon it . Nor was there any difference of opinion between tha noble lord and Governor Grey as to the mode iu whieh the treaty should bo carried out . He himself believed that tho treaty should be strictly , scrupulously , and even largely interpreted , and that every bona fid _t claim of the natives under it should be at once conceded by the government ; but for the sake of the natives themselves , -care should be taken that immense _tructa of land which could be of no advantage to them , should not be ao appropriated ae to de ' eat the purposes to whieh _tMe _colonistBhad evory right lo anticipate _ihatibey would be
applied . The right honourable gentleman then proceeded to meet the objections which Mr Gladstone had raised to the suspensive _provisions of tho bill , after which he briefly recapitulated the course pursued bv the Bishop of Now Zealand , Lord Grey ' s censure of whom he thought fully justified by the Imprudence of which he had been guilty . Tae principle of the bill ' was , for grave and urgent reasons te suspend the constitution of the colony for a term of five years , bat at the same _tisne to enable Governor Grey to introduce it within tbat timo , either in whole or ia part , whenever he should deem it advisable so to do ; and he trusted that no unnecessary obstruction would bo thrown In the way of the progress of a measure which circumstances had rendered so urgent ,
Sir E . N . Buxton , Mr Aglionby _, Mr _Cardwell , Lord Lincoln , Hr Scott , took part in tbe discussion on the merits of the bill , after which the house went into committee . On the first clause being put , suspending tbe constitution for five years , Mr Hume moved , as an amendment , tbat the period of _suspension be limited to three years . Somo debate arising , and as tho hour ot adjournment ( six o ' clock on Wednesdays ) had nearly arrived , Mr Labouchere moved tbat the chairman should report progress , which . Mr Bernal did aceordiugly _, and the further proceeding with tbe bill waB adjourned to a future day . THURSDAY , Feb . 10 . HOUSE OP COMMONS . —Lord MObpeth obtained leave to bring in a bill for promoting the public health In cities and towns . An outline of this bill will be given in our next . FRIDAY , Fed . 11 .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Jewish Disabilities Bill occupied tho attention of tbe house during the greater part of evening . The bill was supported by Mr C . _Pearsoa , Mr Cowper , Mr _Horsman Mr Cockburn , and Sir R . Peel , Tbo bill was opposed by Lord _Drumlanrig , jMr Soytner , Mr Spooner , and Mr Bankes . On a division the numbers were _;—For tbe second reading ..,..,. 277 Against 204 Majority for tho second reading 73
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empire . Camber . wkll and Walwom ! h . —Afe the meeting ef tbis locality , held at the True Temperance Coffee House , East-street , Walworth , on Monday evening last , Mr Sellers in the chair , a . letter was read from . Mr Burrows , thanking that locality for the assistance they had rendered him . It was also resolved : —* Tbat a subscription be opened for the defence of tbe seat of the honourable member for Nottingham ( Mr O'Connor ) , and that books lay at the place of meeting , and tbat ail the members of the local committee ba empowered to receive subscriptions for the same '
City and Finsbley _Locality . —Good Intent , Backbill , Hatton-garden , February Kth . Mr Elijah Nobbs in the chair . Miautea read and confirmed , Messrs Allnutt and Fennell gave in their report from the Metropolitan Delegate Committee . Report received . Report ofthe council read and received . Mr Cater then gave notice that he should lay before the council , at their next meeting , a plan for obtaining a hall for our locality to meet in , suitable to our increasing numbers , and with the view of advancing the cause _. The meeting adjourned to February 13 th , when Mr Thomas Clark , of the Chartist Executive , will lecture in the evening . _Subject : ' The Progress and Extension of Chartism . ' Chair to be taken at seven
o ' clock . Sheffield . —A meeting was held in the Demo cratio Reading-room , 23 . Q , u en-street , on Sunday evening last . After the financial business was disposed of , the following persons were elected council of the National Charter Association : —Messrs Hugginbottom _, Jackson , Dyson , _Burkinshaw , Otley , Seward , Carter , Naylor ( senior ) , 6 . Smith , H . Smith ; Thomas Briggs , sub treasurer ; Henry Taylor , sub-secretary ; William Carill , librarian ; G . _Cavill , corresponding secretary . All persons wbo hold the subscription books in connexion with Mr Clark's election , are specially requested to forward them to the committee ; likewise persona who have library books out , are requested to forward the same . The meeting adjourned to Sunday evening , February 18 th .
_WiTJiEY —A public meeting of the inhabitants of tbis place was recently held in the late Temperance Rooms , Bridge-street , to take into consideration the propriety of adopting the principles contained in the People ' s Charter . The chair was taken at seven o ' clock by II . Rosa , who , after a short introduction , called on Mr C . Doyle to address the meeting . Mr Doyle then came forward amid the hearty cheers of tbe fustian jackets , and commenced his address by referring to the origin of governments , and ably showed that they were instituted for the mutual protection of the community at large , so they ought to be under the control ofthe whole people , whioh could not otherwise be accomplished than by the possession of the franchise , and the free and untrammelled
exercise of the right of voting for the appointment of those who make the laws by which our labour , our liberties , and our very lives , are so materially affected , in other words , by the People ' s Charter becoming the law ofthe land . Mr Doyle then took a rapid view of class legislation , and said—That it unfortunately happened through the apathy of the people themselves , that a few unprincipled men had usurped the functions of government—abrogated the rights of their fellow men , and constituted themselves the sole arbitrators of the destinies ofthe industrious rail / ions ; wbo were thus made to contribute two-thirds of the proceeds of their labjur-to uphold in splendour and luxury , a _useless and mischievous aristooraoy ; a greedy , grasping , and insatiable church
establishment ; a pamcered and gilded bauble called tbe Crown ; and , in fact , _t-aid the lecturer , independent of your haying to support all those cumbrous institutions over which you have not the least control , you are compelled to maintain immense military and naval armaments , for the express purpose of not only enforcing your compliance with all these unjust demands , but also of crushing the rising spirit of liberty in every quarter of the world . * Such , ' exclaimed Mr Doyle , ' are the baneful effects of class legislation ! and there is no other way of remedying the evils of whioh we complain , than by the restoration of those rights and immunities of which we have been so unjustly deprived , and whioh are so simply and so fully set forth in the People ' s Charter . And what ore the
principles of Chartism ! Why tbat every man of mature years , of sound mind , and not Buffering the legal penalty of criminal conduct , shall have a vote for his representative in the legislature of his country ; that he shall be protected in the exercise of that vote by the Ballot ; that there shall be no money qualifications for members to serve in parliament ; that tbe term of service shall be for one year only ; that he shall be paid for such service ; and that there shall be Equal Electoral Districts . Now what can be so simple , so easily understood , and at the same time bo comprehensive as these propositions ? And where is the man bold enough to deny their justice or utility ? But there are those who would withhold the poor man's rights on the plea of _expediencv . Thev sav he
is too ignorant to be trusted with the exercise of his common sense . Now , for the sake of _argumeat , suppose we admit the plea of ignorance , we would ask why he is so ? and with the fact staring us in the face ofa church establishment , receiving from nine to ten millions a year , wrung from the labour ofthe masses a church whose chief buainess it ought to be to instruct the people in all the social duties , and in every branch ot useful education ; we _« Bk again , who is to blame for the ignorance which is trumpeted forth as the plea for the deprivation of the rights of citizenship ? Let the parties more immediately concerned answer the question ; but we emphatically deny the aasertion , that the working people of this country are ignorant , or at anv rate , that they are more so than that class who lord ic over them , through the instrumentality of
the vote . Will any man tell me that the man who can make a pair of boots to adorn the legs ot his lordship , is too ignorant to give a vote as to the fitness of the man who is to make laws for him ? Is tbe ingenious weaver _whosedelicatefabrica are so much prized and praised by the wives and daughters of our aristocratic legislators , too ignorant to be trusted . with the vote ? Is the engineer who constructs the mighty steam engine , or his brother mechanic who conducts and regulates its progress in its speedy flight through the length and breadth of the land , and to whose knowledge and skill is entrusted the lives of all classes ofthe community , and even that of royalty itself , in its gay wanderings from one scene of pleasure to another , are those men , I ask you again , incapable of performing so simple a duty to themselves and their
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country _« No . no ; it ia not our ignorance , but our _intelligence of which they are afraid , for they well know that if the vote enables the aristocratic and trading _closes to reap tho fruits of other men's toil so would the vote put the labourer in possession ofthe means whereby the preceedsof his industry would be secured to him ; the land be made to yield in abundance the _necesaaries of life ; and peace , plenty , and happiness , reign triumphant through the land . ' Mr Doyle concluded a powerful speech by an earnest appeal to his attentive hearers , to unite and rally for the Charter , and resumed his seat loudly and deservedly app lauded , aa , indeed , ho was throughout hia instructive and _spirit-atirring address , The following resolution was moved , seconded , and _unani-™ n 0 _lv adnnted : — 'That this meeting having heard
„ the principles of tbe People ' s Charter fully explained , are of opinion that that document is well calculated to form the basis of a system of legislation which would speedily _romova the distress uader which the labouring population are periodically doomed to suffer by class-made laws , and eventually lead to the establishment of a government more in accordance with the spirit of the age—a government of the people—thereby giving full pvotectien to the just and legitimate interests of every portion ol society ; and we , therefore , pledge ourselves never to rest satisfied until that great measure ot justice and universal _riuht becomes the law of the British empire , ' Votes of thanks to the lecturer and chairman were then unanimously passed , and tbe meeting , which was one ot the most orderly we ever saw , separated , highly gratified with the evening's proceedings .
Mr O'Connok ' s Seat in Parliament . —The Chartists and Land members of Coventry , Dyde , Bermondsey , St Helens , Gloucester , Hull , Doncaster , Islington , Crayford , and Leamington have _commenrsd collecting subscriptions to defend Mr O'Connor against tho conspiracy of tho Nottingham Whigs . Stockport . -- Ou Sunday last Mr Wild , of Moitram , delivered a powerful address on ' Priestcraft , and its effects upon society , ' to a numerous and attentive audience . _AsspiBLY Rooms , 83 , De & _u'Street , Soho . —On Sunday evening , Feb , 6 th , Mr ' _i Cuffay in the chair , Mr E . Gill delivered a lecture on * Justifiable and
unjustifiable war , our national defences , & c ; ' after which the following resolution was proposed and carried unanimously : — ' That it is the opinion of this meeting that the cry of our' national defences ' is get up with the view of first finding lucrative situations for the relatives ofthe already too numerous and useless aristocracy ; and secondly , to destroy the fraternal spirit now developing itself throughout Europe , and ultimately to stay the march of liberty in our own country . This meeting is therefore of opinion that the only true defence of our country ii to be found in the complete enfranchisement of the
entire male population , and rem 6 _ving the surplus population from the overstocked cities and towns , to the labour field , where man will bave something worth defending , and , if needs be , die in its defence . Thanks being given to the lecturer and chairman , tha meeting was dissolved . ,, Bristol—The Chartists meeting at _Nichol , a coffee-rooms , Rosemary-street , have nominated the following members on tbe council - .--Henry Fink , William Henry Hyatt , Felix William Simion , Wm . Force , William Rooke , William Coorabe , Robert Nicholls ; Charles Clark , secretary ; P . W . Higman ,
treasurer . , Hanley and Shelton . —At a meeting of this branch it waa resolved to send £ 3 . 6 s . 4 d . to the directors , in defence of Mr O'Connor / a seat in Parliament . Southampton . —Mr J . Kemp recently deliveicd a lecture at the _Burten Ale House , Orohard-Iane , on _« the baneful effects of _ciasB legislation . ' Hastings . —A meeting was held atthe house of Mr Mortimer Guy , 128 , All Saints-street , on Sunday , January 30 th , when a branch of the National Charter Association was formed .
Croydon . —At the weekly meeting of this branch on Monday evening last , it was agreed : ' That ns the democrats of Croydon fully recognise tbe principle that' All Men are Brethren , ' and earnestly desiring its practical realisation , protest against the wicked attempt now being made to embroil tbis country in a war with France ; and assure the people of that country , that they do not participate in the anti-Gallioan mania of their rulers , and those rulers , tbat we regard a happy and contented people as the best National Defences . ' It was the _expressed wish of the meeting that the most complete successmightattend tne efforts of thepatriotsof Sicily and Naples . The council of this town are actively preparing for a vigorous agitation of the Chartist
principles , and entertain hopes of being able to obtain a large room for a succession of public meetings and lectures . _Jg _ExBTER . —At a meeting held on Saturday evening last , at Mr O'Brien ' s , 49 , Holloway-etreet , the defence of our noble champion ' s seat was taken inte consideration , when the sum of £ 163 . 6 d . i ? as collected fer that purpose , and over £ 14 for the Bank ( ef tbe people . ) _Blasdpobd . —A meeting of the members ef thia branch was held in the St Mary Club-room , oh Tuesday evening . Mr John Archer in the chair . Several speakers addressed the meeting ; after which a reso-tition was unanimously adopted , disapproving of the formation of a new Land Company by
the present directors , unless sanctioned by a majority ofthe members orjthe vote of a special Conference-Brighton . —A general meeting of the Chartists and Land members waa held at the Artichoke Inn , on Tuesday evening , February 1 st . Mr Henry Yulet in the chair . On the proposition of Mr Williams , seconded by Mr Giles , three shillings were voted to the Executive . Mr John Page proposed , and Mr Harvey seconded ;—* That tbe sum of £ 2 be sent to defend Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament , and that the subscription list remain open for further subscriptions ; ' which having been ably supported by Mr Flower , Mr Giles , and Beveral others , was unanimously adopted . A vote of thanks was awarded to the chairman , and the meeting separated .
Sohehb Town . —On Sunday evening last , a very full meeting was held at ; M _* f Duddridge _' _s Rooms , _Tonbridge-streefc , New-road . Mr Weeks in the chair . After it had been agreed that those who had collecting books for defending 'Mr O'Connor ' s seat in the House of Commons , bo requested to bring in the same on Sunday evening next , John Arnott rose and moved the following resolution , which was seconded by Thomas Luoa ? , and after it had been nbly supported by Messrs Turner , Laurie , Martyn , Gardner , Thurston , and the chairman wa 3 unanimously adopted : — ' That while we hail with pleasure and satisfaction the prospect of a determined and united struggle for the enactment of the People ' s Charter , wo regret the apathy that exists in
behalf of those expatriated patriots , Frost , Williams , ; and Jonea , and believe that the present would be a most favourable opportunity to effect their liberation . We therefore call on our brother Chartists to arouse themselves for tbis purpose , and , further , we hereby instruct oar delegates to the Metropolitan Delegate Committee , to urge on that b j dy the necessity ot forthwith appointing deputations to the several members of the _Heuse of Commons , who supported Mr Duncomba ' s motion in March , 1846 , and also to adopt such other mean *! as they may consider best calculated fo ensure the _restorati-n of these unjustly persecuted exiles . Mr Martyn then delivered an excellent lecture on the wrongs of the working classes , which was much applauded .
Resurrection of _Charbibu in Islington . —At a meeting ofthe Pentonville and Islington branch of the Land Company held at the Wheatsheaf , Chapel-Street , Pentonville , Messrs Allnutt and Fennell _attsnded as a deputation from the Metropolitan Delegate Committee . —Mr Stephenson was called to the chair . —It was then moved and seconded , ' That we form ourselves into a locality of the National Charter Association . ' Carried . The following officers were then elected : —Council , Messrs Stephenson , Holloway , W . Wright , E . Wright , Staples , Ooventon _, Jno . Staples , Allnutt , and Fennell ; -, Joseph Holdom treasurer ; Altred Fennell , seoretary pro . tern . ; Messrs Coventonand Staples , delegates to tbe Metropolitan- Delegate Committee . Meeting adjourned nntil Tuesday , February 15 th , at half-past eight in the evening _. National Victim Committee . —Mr J . Simpson ( secretary ) acknowledges tho receipt of 6 s . por T . Clark , for the ChartistB of Bradford , Tork .
Thb _MiNsiaa Lovm Alloitbes at Prbbeht Re-RIDING IN _AND HEAR THB METROPOLIS , WITH 7 HBIR Friends , held a social party at the Parthenium , 72 , St M & rtin ' s Lane , on Thursday evening , Feb . 3 rd . —Mr Willis , one ofthe allottees nnd a delegato to the late Conference held at Lowbands , was unanimously called to the chair , and briefly introduced Mr Stallwood , who stated the object ( he had in view in calling that meeting . Messrs Golden , Ford , Barker , Gathard , Willis , Smith , ( from France , ) and others , addressed the meeting in highly interesting speeches . —A deputation from this meeting waited on Mr O'Connor on thefolloning day , and were most courteously received . _^ After expressing his admiration atthe goed feeling which appeared to actuate the deputation , Mr O'Connor stated that he Bhould be most happy to make arrangements for the
allottees to taice possession ot their new homes on ' the 13 th of Marchnext , and would not objeot to pariios putting in their crops _Booner _, but , to prevent confusion , could not allow any allottee to take possession of his cottage before that period . In the evening of Friday the deputation reported to their brethren resident in London , who expressed themselves much pleased with the result of the mission , and resolved to meet at 83 , Dean-street , every Tuesday evening , until such time an they take poaseasion of their new Chartist homes . MBiRoPdUTAN _Charusi Hall , Office , 144 , High E l _^' ~ _Sjf . - recei Yed U P t 0 February Oth , i 2 J % 6 d _, «? tm , DB 1 teJ _*' . 17 a 6 d ; Whittington and Cat . _toBd ; City and Finsbury , 8 s 6 d ; Office List , r . - A ' Total _« £ i *'—Committee hours _iT _' u _^ u , * t * S ?» _' _- » every Wednesday , at the office , 144 , High Holborn .
Norwich . —At the quarterly meeting of the Chartists ot this locality , on Saturday evening , February _etb , the following resolution waa moved by Miles
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Dabfaage , and _seconded-byC . Sprmgall * — _riiafc _^ l be taken from our funds , to aid and assist Mr O Connor in defending his seat in Parliament , and that the collection be kept open to give time to all to come forward in rendering him that pecuniary assistance which will enable him to fight his foes With their own weapons . ' _ Metropolitan Delboatb Committee . —Mr Turner in the chair . Mr Lucas brought up a report from Somers Town , respecting Frost , Williams , and Jones . Mr Clark proposed and Mr Lucas seconded — ' That a committee ef five persons be appointed to attend to their case . ' Messrs M'Grath . Clark , Shaw , Tapp , and Lucas were appointed . The committee adjourned to Thursday next for dissolution . The new Delegate Committee will assemble onThurBday next , at No . 144 , High Holborn , at eieht o ' clock . —Wm . Tafp , secretary . '
Lbkds . —Mr Brook delivered an address on Sunday evening to a numerous audience in the Bazaar , on * the past and present position of the Chartist body . He reviewed the proceedings of _thelaat ten years , and showed the bright prospects of the Chartists for the future . He pointed to the feelings of the people in different nations of Europe , and that the day waa not far distant when Universal Suffrage would be carried , and in other kingdoms besides England . At the conclusion , he made an earnest appeal for subscriptions towards defending Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament , and likewise in favour of procuring signatures to tiie National Petition . Tbis was answered by a collection forthwith , and books ordered to be issued for tbe different districts in the town ; and a new council was appointed , with instructions to attend to both questions immediately . Mr Harris was appointed chair _, man ; Mr Henry Thompson , treasurer ; and Mr Brook , seoretary of the council .
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DR M'DOUALL _' S TOUR . TO IBS _CHAETISTS OB" 4 EEAT BBIT 4 IN .. Friends , —Having been appointed as one of the lecturers whose duties are to endeavour to meet the wants and wishes of thousands , who long once more to rally under the old flag , I present you with a report of my _prooeedings _ dnring | tho past week . I reached Glasgow on Sunday , 30 th , and having met with a few friends , I ascertained my route , and started for Paisley , on Monday the 8 th . I did not anticipate a very large meeting , but I was most
agreeably disappointed for the large room was crammed to excess . Tbe meeting wben Collins and I were there , was nothing compared with the recent one in regard to number and enthusiasm . I made a lengthened speech which waa well received , but as I never report myself , 1 may merely state that the council expressed their entire satisfaction . The usual resolutions were passed , and the meeting separated , resolved to have another active agitation for the Charter , and canvass for _sapport ' and signatures to the petition . I have doubt as to Paisley doing its duty .
My next place was Greenock : subject the same , and the nueting enormous . I was astonished at the number of young men present , who must have been boys when tbe last great agitation was at its _height They will give the movement a vast supply of new energy . Our old veteran , Burrell , was of _courpe active , enthusiastic , aud vigorous . The great remedy , the Chatter and the Petition , formed prominent subject !* , and were received with unanimous applause and approval . The second meeting , on the Land and Land and Labour Bank , was not so numerously attended , except by those most interested in receiving information as to the principle of action , basis , and mode of working . . The greatest interest was dis played in the Bank , and a discussion arose as to its
securities for deposits , dsc , which terminated in tbe adoption of a resolution , approving of the same , and declaring it to be , as far as the meeting knew , the safest bank in the three kingdoms . . I proceeded thence to the Vale of _Leven _, where , although the weather waa adverse , I addressed the largest meeting wbich has been held according to the authority of the committee , during the last seven years . The petition was adopted , and the Charter , as well as resolutions carried adverse to a militia farce . Mr Rogers contended that it would be better to come out for the pure principle , instead of adopting the humbug " cry of 'No vote , no musket ; ' but gave credit for the policy and tact of such a movement . I replied that the cry was no clap-trap , but a really _sonnd and rational expression of principle .
The idea oi an invasion might be clap-trap , but the fact of a government compelling a man to perform a duty , whilst denyingjhim the exercise of a right was a physical wrong , which ought to be morally resisted . That right was tbe suffrage , and until it was granted , we were justified in refusing to form a rampart around the property and persons of our oppressors . Ultimately all opposition was withdrawn , and the meeting terminated peacefully . The influence of such & meeting will be felt iu the Vale , and ought not to be allowed to slumber . Scotland will exceed herself if a constant agitation is maintained , and I have _| no doubt , if I am followed by other ? , that a larger number of signatures , will be procured than ever yet were recorded in the' land of mountain and of flood . '
I will continue to report progress ; and I hope the future may be as cheering evidence of revival . I am rejoiced to see the demonstrations in England , and I sincerely hope all differences will cease , all jealousies be buried , and all past animosity be forgotten and forgiven . 1 am prepared for one to enter _manfulls on my duty , and , as O'Connor said , 'buckle en ray Chartist armour again , ' although , God knows , I ought to be at my own profession . . 1 bave sacrificed much valuable time , and feel keenly the frequent and long separation from my family . Still 1 never yet shrunk back on any consideration , and 1 Bhall not do so now . I will try the metal of the people once more , in a peaceful but powerful agitation . If they make a response worthy of themselvs , I shall
feel my reward , if not , I can but then seek the quiet duties of my profession . We shall see what the ides of March , and the Conference of May will produce . As a proof of my sincerity . I condemned two bad habits , and threw my pipe into the fire _^ first , and finally I have sent tbe glass after it I did not do so to please Teetotalers , tor I consider there is a great deal of humbug , much arrogance , and an incredible amount of tyranny , spying , and impertinence about teetotalism . I did not do so on pecuniary grounds , because temperance houses are as dear , if not more expensive , than public houses . I did ' notdoso because 1 imagined I was a bad Chartist , and neone could be a good one who was not an abstainer . On the othor hand there are publicans
whom I respect , and know to be not only excellent men , but thorough Chartists , and thousands who drink , who are in every respect sound as truth . - A man might as well be a bad Christian , who drank sacrament wine to purify his soul ; the clergymen wowe , who finish the fragments at the after _. aact ament dinner ; and the founder of Christianity worse than all , because he converted water ( into wine , that served at table being bad . I adopted the course 1 have done because I felt , and bave long felt , that much valuable time , which might have been better employed , was idly spent . Bat we often see an error before we remove it , and although neither argument nor interest prevailed with me , a sense of duty did . I felt that I was called upon , and expected to take an active part in the present movement that is heaving amongst the masses like the swell of the ocean . I
removed the clog from my foot , and prepared myself to perform that duty with perfect freedom . I can now direct the full energy of mind to the cause , and devote my whole time to its advocacy . Time and some little talent may do good , if the former is well employed , and the latter well-directed . They are both , my old friends ,- at your disposal , and you are heartily welcome to them . 1 shall go on in fraternity with all who are with us , and 1 most sincerely trust tbat our combined efforts may not only gladden the hearts of thousands , but eventuate in tbe emancipation of millions . God speed the Charter ! Tours faithfully , P . M . M'Douau . Wahlet . —Mr Clayton will lecture at this place , on Sunday , February 13 th , at six o clock in the evening .
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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Oxd Shudojj . —A subscription for the defence of Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament has been commenced at this place . —Mr John West will leoture here on the 21 st and 22 nd inst . Halifax . —A special distriot delegate meeting will be held in the Working Man ' s Hall , on Sunday , Feb . 13 th , at ten o ' olock am . when those places whioh have had the services of Mr Leach , nre requested to send delegates . Somerb Town . —Mr Ernest Jones will deliver a lecture oa 'the People and the Charter , at the Bricklayers' Arms , _Toabridge-street , _New-road , on Sunday evening next , at _half-past seven o ' olock .
_AssBMnLT Rooms , 83 , _Dbas-sibbsi _, Soho . —Mr Lmdon will deliver a lecture on Sunday evening , Fobruary 13 th , on the aubjeot of Political Eco nomy at contrasted with the Economy of Nature . ' Rochdale . —The Chartists and Confederates of this town will meet in the ChartiBt-room , Yorkshirestreet , on Sunday , the 13 th . ' A Manchester Me . chanic and Mr Traynor are expeoted to address the meeting . Chair to be taken at sis o ' clock in the evening . Noiiikgham . —There will be a Free-and-easy at Mr Addcock ' s _. the Marquis of Anglesey , St _Jamea-Btr eefc , of the admirers of Mr O'Connor . Chair to be taken at half-past seven o ' clock , on Saturday evening , February 12 th . Q , UKBNSHEAD . —Mr Skaokleton will leoture at this place , ou Sunday , Feb . 13 th , at Bix o ' clock in the
evening . The Cracow _Insubksciion . —A publio meeting of the Friends of Poland , convened by tbe Democratic Committee for Poland ' s Regeneration , will be holden on Tuesday evening , February 22 , at tho German Hall , White Hart ( three doors from Ilolborn ) , Drury lane . Chair to be taken at eight o ' olock . Colonel _Oborski _. _'Juliftn Harney , Ernest Jones , Carl Schapper , f nomas Clark , and other advocates of _Demecracy w 11 take part in the proceedings .
' . * _i _" " _^¦ _"""*! U' « j _|^—'". Bust . —A . public .. rneeJingjriJl be heM _""""" - Court-room , behind the Albion Ho ' teT A _^ _r _. th on Thursday ovenin ? , Feb . 17 th , for theDUr , reet adopting the National Petition , when Me _sw i ° 86 ot and Donovan of Manchester , will address thl acli ing . Chair _tobe taken at seven o ' clock . - _^ t . South Londoh _Chamisi Hall— Mr b'Rr _* lecture in the above hall , on Sunday ev _« Ji „ n ff _'H Feb , Ktb _. nt eight o ' clock . Subject- _!!« tI next « _cePdings in Parliament , and current even ta ? _\ 1 ' O Bnen will commence a course of _lecture 5 r ' French Revolution , ' in the above hall ' ™ V , February 21 st . and the following _Monday T _*• o ' clock each evening . J _> _» t eight
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DREADFUL ACCIDENT FROMTHF _rttdh ING OF A BOILER AT MANCH ESti ? i » ST EIGHT LIVES LOST . _uuts » lER . _^ On Friday afternoon , a dreadful accident no in _iYlanche 8 ter from the bursting of a boiU _»* manufactory of Mr Thomas Riley , spin dle _a-i a maker , Medlockstreet , Ardwick , The cat it _' ecurrcd about half-past eight o ' clock on f _-51 _" 6 morn ng , and eight human beings , wrW _„ * _S twenty to thirty years of age , were gent to ' th 1 account without a moment's warning P ; f , _- unfortunates were workpeople in thB 6 1 Riley , tiie owner of the boiler . Twoi _^ _hiu ° _* V longed to a butcher named Wardsworthi rl _^ A _* ¦ ' the neighbourhood , and another was the m ; u V lUe
_hLntrom . _'*! . _ml . _„ . _a f _~ __ .- . •_ it . _C"UQ Of » blaoksmith , whose forgo was in the same _v-ri Riley ' s manufactory , and which was also com Diet flf destroyed . There were others seriousl y hurt ? they lie at the Manchester Infirmary in a dan < _-eron state . It was currently reported in the nei _^ hbon hood of the accident that th © boiler has been con ?" dered ina dangerous condition for some time cast and that people have refused to work atthe mam factory in consequence . It was , therefore , _theuahi proper to take Riley into custody . l
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CORN EXCHANGE . Monday , —During last week the arrivals of all kinds of grain of home produce , coastwise , " as well us by land car . riage and sample , were on a rery limited scale . From Ireland and Scotland the receipts were confined to a few parcels of oats . The foreign importations comprised only 2 , 555 qrs . of wheat ; 100 ditto of oats ; 100 ditto of Indian corn ; and 100 barrels of flour—tbe latter from New York . The receipts of wheat , fresh up today from Essex , were moderately good ; those from Kent , Cambridgeshire , ic . small . The number of land carriage samples was by n <) means heavy . fhe actual suprly of foreign wheat on the market waa not large , and tbe bulk of it was greatly out of condition , Selected parcels mostly sold at full currencies , but ah other kinds commanded very little attention . Beans were a slow sale , and the turn lower .
reas _mored off heavily at a reduction in _ralae of full y 3 s por qr . The best parcels of flour was in stead y request , _Couu . try markets were neglected . Indian corn and meal were very dull . _BainsH . —Wheat : Kent , Essex , and Suffolk , old red 50 j to 54 a , new red 45 s to 52 s , old white 55 s to 58 s , new white 48 _s to 56 s , Norfolk and Lincoln , old red , 45 s to 48 s old white , 48 s to 52 . —Rye 32 s to 35 s . —Barley : grinding ) 27 s to 3 ls , distilling , 27 s to 318 , malting , 32 s to 33 s ' Chevalier 33 s to 35 s—Malt : Brown 44 s to 52 s , pale 5 fis to 58 s , Suffolk and Norfolk 56 s to 58 s , new pale Ware 58 s to 59 s , old —s to—s , Chevalier 59 s to 6 vb , — Beans : Tick 34 s to 50 s , pigeon 35 s to 49 s , Harrow new 38 s to 42 s , old 45 s to 55 s . —Peas : white 4 Js to 46 s , grey and maple 42 s'to 45 s . —Oats : English feed 20 s to 22 s , Poland 2 ls to 23 s Scotch feed 24 s to 26 s _,.-Potato 27 s to 29 s . Irish : Limerick and Newry 22 s to 25 s , Cork and Tougial lGs to 20 s , Cork white _—s to —s per qr Flour : Town made 43 s to 48 s , Essex and Kent 37 s to 41 s , Norfolk and Stockton 36 s to 40 s , Suffolk -s to —s per 2801 bs .
Foreign . —Free Wheat : Dantzic and Konigsburg 52 » to 36 b , Mecklenburg 18 s to 52 b , Russian 42 s to 60 s . — Barley : grinding 24 s to 28 s , malting 29 s to Sis . —Beans , Egyptian 28 s to 34 s , Mediterranean —8 to — s . —Peas ; White 40 s to 43 s . —Oats : Russian 16 s to 19 s , Mecklen . burg 20 * to 25 s per qr . —American flour 24 s to 28 s per 19 Ibs . Newb 4 sti . e-cpon . Ttne , Saturday , Feb . 5 . —The weather , this week , has undergone a total _change ; since Tuesday it has _baen extremely mild , with occasional falls of rain . The trade , during the week , has exhibited rather more firmness , a fair business having been done in wheat , flour , and other articles , at about previous _, rates . Manchester , Saturday , Feb . 5 . —Business here _durinr the week has been restricted to the retail sales for tke snpply of current consumption ; and at Liverpool and Wakefield yesterday , but little was done . Manchester , Saturday , Feb . 5 . —Meal , 28 s to 39 a flour , _USs to 3 _ls per 2 l 6 ibs .
Leeds , Tuesday , Feb . _» . —Onr arrivals of grain are not large , yet quite adequate to tbe demand . Wheat slow sale , and barely brings Friday ' s rates . Barlej does not alter . Oats , shelling , and beans steady in prices . Other articles as before . Hdll , Tuesday , Feb . 8 . —The frost , which we _notised in our last circular as having returned en tbe Monday evening , was of very short continuance ; a decided _tbtw set in on Wednesday , and continues to the present time . The same appears to bare been qnite _general , and attention is now directed to a speedy resumption of business with the near ports , where from the last accounts , winter -appeared to be leaving .
SMITHFIELD . Since tbis day se ' nnight , the arrivals ef live _stoek _fror & abroad in the port of Londom hare been on a very limited scale , or as under : — . From Whence . Beasts . Bhp . Lbs . Cal . Pigs . Nieu Dieppe 49 49 — 13 — Scheveningen 83- 248 — 10 — Total 132 298 — 23 — Scarcely any stoek has been received from the continent at the northern _outports ; but we learn that , _ihosld the weather prove favourable , the importations will be large within a few weeks from this time . The numbers of sheep were smaller than we ever remember at this period of the year ; hence the mutton trade was active at a rise in value of from 2 d to , in some instances , 4 d per 8 fi > 9 , and the whole was disposed of , without difficulty . A few of theprimest od downs produced Ss 4 d , but the more general top quotation for them was 6 s 2 d per 81 _bs . Calves were in short supply and steady request at 3 per 8 E > s more money . The pork trade was inactive , yet prices were well sup . ported .
Coarse and inferior beasts 3 s 4 d to 3 s 8 d , second qua . _lity do 3 s 8 d to 3 s lOd , prime large oxen 4 s to 4 s 4 d _, prime Scots , < fcc , 4 s 6 d to 4 s 8 d , coarse aud inferior sheep 3 s 6 d to 3 s lOd , second quality do is 2 d to 4 s 6 d , prime coarse woolled sheep 4 s 8 d to 5 s , prime seutbdown do 5 s to 5 s 2 d , large coarse calves 4 s id to 5 s , prime small do Ss 2 d to 5 b 6 d , large hogs 4 s to 4 s 6 d , neat small porkers 4 s 8 d to 5 sper 8 ttw tj sink the offal ; _suckliBg calves 2 " tg to 29 « , and old quarter store pigs 19 s to 2 Ss each . Beasts 3 , 069 , sheep 14 , 670 , calves 89 , pigs 210 .
NEWGATE AND LEABENHALL . The arrivals of country . killed meat for these markets , since our last report , hare been on a fair arerage scale , and of average quality . Tbe supplies on « ffer tbis morning , slaughtered in the metropolis , were truly good . As the weather operated against large purchases , th * demand of most kinds of meat was in a sluggish state , at onr quotations . Inferior beef 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d . Middling ditto 3 s 4 d to 3 s 6 d , prim * large ditto 3 s 6 a * to 3 s 8 d _, prims small ditto 8 s led to 4 s 2 d , inferior mutton 3 s 4 d to 3 s fid , middling ditto 3 s 8 d to 4 s fid , prime ditto 4 s 2 d to 4 s 4 d , veal 4 s 2 d to 5 s 4 d , small pork 4 s 8 d to 5 s 2 d , per 8 & m by tho carcass .
_BOROVGH ASD _SPITALflBLDS . Any further advance in prices has been checked by somewhat large arrivals of potatoes coastwise amd by railway . Prime samples are in good request at fully last week ' s quotations , but all other qualities are a slow sale . Ware ' parcels are becoming rery scarce . Tork regents , 130 to _I 60 _s ; Scotch cups , 130 s to 140 s ; Kent and Essex regents , 120 s to 160 s ; do kidneys , Mus to 170 s ; do shaws , I 20 s to 140 s ; do blues , 120 s to UOs ; Wisbech , regents , 120 s to 130 s ; co blues , 110 s to 120 s , _LivBBrooL , Monday , Feb . 7 . —The supply of fat beasts today was larger than last week , with better quality than of late . The sheep were scarce , and sold very higb . Beasts , from _Cdjto _6 Jd ; -sheep , 7 _£ d to 8 d per & .
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( From tbe Gazette of Tuesday , Feb , 6 . ) BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . Feb . 2 , H . Leatham , Liverpool , slater . BANKRUPTS Edward Thomas Andrews , Southampton , ironmonger —Samuel _Bardsley , Manchester , agent—Thomas Bate , Birmingham , hatter—William Farmer , Great Suttonstreet . Clerkenwell , engineer—John Frayne , North Molton , Devonshire , draper—Richard Fuller , Cambridge , _innkeeper—Thsmas Sliarp Hall , Milford , Hampshire , brewer—Francis George Klingelhoefer , Old Broad-Btreet _, City , merchant—William Lodge , Birmingham , stonemason—Thomas Maraden and William Marsden , Manchester , wharfingers—Thomas Morris , Maida . bU ) , Middlesex , dealer-Joseph Nottinjf , Poole , Dorsetshire , currier-Robert Parker , _Ludgate-hill . woollen draper-Samuel StephenBon Pollard , Cross-street , Islington , grocer—Thomas Charles _Staabrough , Berners-street , Oxford-street , wino merchant .
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . Lawrence _Adamson and William Adamson , Perth , merchants—Archibald Misen _, Glasgow and Montreal-Robert Blnnie , Grakamston , Falkirk , _merchant—Darid Brash , Leith , grocer—Andrew Duncan , Tow , Zetlind , formerly sheriff . _substitute of Shetland — Alexander _M'Phail and Angus M'Phail , Glasgow , _power-loom _clolfl manufacturers—BichardRennie , Edinburgk , banker—John Sinclair and Wliliam Sinclair , Edinburgh , commission agents—John Shanks , Glasgow , commission merchant—Thomas Smith , Edinburgh , cabinet maker—R . Stauder , Auchterharder , manufacturer—Robert Watson , Loohgilphead , Argyleehire , rope manufacturer .
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DEATH . On Monday evening last , after a short illness of about five days , John Green , mechanic , of Green-street , KeighUy , a veteran Chartist , who has purchased tbe Stir paper on his own aceount from its commencement , and has taken an active part in every Chartist meeting for tli « last twelve years . His loss as a musician , will W severely felt by the Chartists of Keighley , in then Sunday school and other meetings ; | nd as a _coosjstent and thorough going democrat , and an hones t , upright , and _industrious working man , he has left behind bim no superwrB , and few eeuals .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 12, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_12021848/page/8/
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