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Saturday, Mancu 23. House-Op Lords.—The ...
Mr . _O'Cossoureplied , that would depend entirely n" _^ _n'We' '" ad « ce"K'i _^^ i _* i _^ "from those who knew more of _suckmatteri than he professed to do himself . Ha wa * new in communication with one of fee ablest lawyers npon the subject ; and he had no objection to take tho advice of tho hon . member for Oxfordshire . ( Laughter . ) As ho took so much interest in the matter , perhaps he would favour him with that « ounseL Coai . Pit _Exrrtosioif .-Mr . Wild inquired if any commission had b « en instituted to inquire and report on the late coal-pit explosion by -which thirteen lives had been lost ? Sir _G-Gbe-t said no official representation had been made to him on the subject .
Dcchus or Cornwall axd Lancaster —Mr _Tkkiawkt moved for a committee to inquire into the management ofthe Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster ; with regard to the former , where its accumulations are invested , who is the heir ofthe personal estate ofthe Prince of Walks , and witb respect to other matters relating to tbe Duchy property and its management , lie stated that thf * object of his motion was two-fold , as regarded , first , public econmy ; secondl y , private security . Disclaiming , in the strongest terms , any intention to invade the rights of tbe Crown , which hs considered , nnder the arrangements mado , would be dishonest , he stated various grounds for believing that this property— whieh was private _property for public purposes—was not likely to be economically tended under the existing mode of management ; and anticipating certain objections to hi » motion , be endeavoured to obviate them .
The Solictiob-Geseral considered that no ground whatever had been laid for granting a committee of inquiry . The bouse had no ri g ht to interfere with property that was not ofa public character—this property was purely of a private character , an objection which hnd induced the house to refuse this motion last year . Tbe _property was in the Crown during the time when there was no heirapparent ; as soon , however , as there was an heir apparent , who was not created , but born Duke of Cornwall , the property vested in him exclusively , and he had the absolute right of disposing of the
revenues ofthe Duchy up to the time of his succeeding to the crown . The Solicitor-General explained the system nnder which the estates were now managed , and stated thc great diminution of the charges which had taken place , and the netrevenue now received by the Prince of Wales , showin *; that a verv material improvement had taken place in the management of the property . He then Went ever the several grounds upon whieh Mr . Trelawny had rested his motion , which included matters not fit for Parliamentary inquiry , aud he eontended that those grounds did not warrant the intervention of that house .
- Jlr . Bocverie denied tbat this was private property—it had been created by act of Parliamentthe Prince had no right to it except by act of Parliament ; it stood , therefore , in the same position as other property belonging to the public , and he saw no real distinction between the Crown lands , - which were dealt with by Parliament , and the estates of the _Dnchy . A somewhat lengthened disenssion ensued , which terminated by the motion being negatived , without a division . Sum * ; _OhD-VAXce Estimates . —On the motion of Colonel Assos the house went into Committee of Supply , and granted several votes on account , for this department , amounting in the aggregate to £ 600 , 001 . .
Chief Jgsiicbs' Salary Bill . —On the order for going into committee upon this bill , - Sir . Christopheh , referring to a notice given in an early part ofthe evening by Lord John Russell , of his intention to move for the appointment ofa select committee to inquire into thc salaries , prospectively , of certain public functionaries , judicial and diplomatic , recommended thatthe further progress of this bill should be suspended until that committee had made a report . Lord J . Russell said , tbe reason for pressing forward this bill was that , as a new Chief Justice had been appointed , it was desirable that a permanent arrangement should be made upon the subject of these salaries , which at present rested solely upon a Treasury minute .
Air . _Mclu . _vgs considered that the bill was unnecessary—that the act of George IV . did not fix the Chief Justice ' s salary at £ 10 , 000—tbat the country was therefore sufficiently protected—that £ S , 000 was too moch—and that this bill would obstruct further reductions . Mr . Sfooxer moved as an amendment , that the house resolve itself into committee on the 12 th of April . After a protracted discussion this amendment was lost , the numbers being For going into committee 100 For the amendment , 51—49 - The house then went into committee on the bill . - A proposition , made in committee by Mr . Beslet , to reduce the salary ef the Chief Justice from £ 8 , 000 to £ 7 , 000 , was negatived , upon a division , by 86 to 28 . The bill was then reported .
- The house then went into committee on the Brick Duties Bill , to which a clause was added , allowing a drawback on stocks in hand of a moiety of the duty . Another clause , relating to an abatement of prices on contracts , was withdrawn , in order that another clause might be substituted on bringing up the report . The School Districts Contributions Bill and the Pirates ( Head-money ) Repeal Bill were read a third time and passed . - Sir W . Somerville obtained leave to bring in a bill for the better distribution , support , and management of medical _cbariues in Ireland . The _Solicitou-Geseral moved for leave to bring in a bill to provide more simple and effectual securities for advances to purchaiers of encumbered estates in _Ircl-ind _. ' the object and technical provisions of wbich he _irieny explained .
Air . French opposed the introduction of the bill ; and Col . Dusse moved tbat the house be counted , which was done , and only twenty-four-members being present , an adjournment took place at one o ' clock . ' - ' TUESDAY , March 26 . HOUSEOF COMMONS . —The house met at twelve and transacted some busiaes , chiefly of a routine character , preparatory to adjourning for the Easter recess . Several unopposed returns were ordered , and two or three bills advanced a stage respectivel y . ' Upon a motion for papers by Lord Duscas some conversation took place respecting an encroachment upon the confines of tha Green-park , arising out of the erections around Lord Ellesniere ' s new mansion _, knows as _Bridgewater-housc .
- Lord J . Rcssell and Mr . IIatter stated that according to the original design the boundary wall of the gardens of Bridgewater-house might have somewhat damaged the contour of the park at that spot . Upon a representation of this circumstance by the office of Woods and Forests , Lord Elles mere had altered his plan , and tbe building , as now in progress , would be unobjectionable . The papers were ordered . Mr . Hume moved for a return of the receipts and expenditure of the Royal Academy for some years past , and stated his obiections to a continuance of theprivilcge members now enjoyed , of being lodged , rest free , in a national edifice , while they inflicted a charge npon the public for admission to their gallery of paintings . The . motion was opposed , and after some remarks by Lord J . Rcssell , Mr . Ewakt , Sir B . Hall , and other members , was negatived , upon a division , by a majority of 47 to 10 . -The house rose at three o'clock , until Monday , April 8 .
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-A Husbakd charged wnn Mcrder . —On Thursday , Alexander Moir , who carries on the business of a baker , at 24 , Brydges-street , Covent-garden , was brought up in custody before Mr . Hall , at Bowstreet PoUce-ofiScc , _charged with having caused the death of his wife , Susan Moir . On Wednesday a verdict of manslaughter was found against him by the coroner ' s jury . It was proved in evidence that thc prisoner had for some days past illtreated the deceased , who died on Monday morning , about eleven o clock . Mr . Joshua " _vYatkins , who had made a posi _mortem examination ofthe body , stated tbat the integuments and muscles ofthe head were contused in such if manner as he never saw
beforein fact they were a perfect jelly , occasioned by blows or falls . The prisoner was fully committed to take his trial at the next Old Bailey sessions for murder . Throughout thc proceedings he evinced the utmost coolness , and did not appear at all affected by his perilous situation . _Shockixg Accident . —On Thursday , a _ssrious accident happened in Aldermanbury to two persons , a man and a boy , who were employed in repairing ahouseinAldermanbury . There is a scaffold in front
ofthe building , and it being dinner-time , they were both leaving their work . The boy had got about _Mlf-Tsny down the scaffold , when he put his foot npon a _piecs of timber which was loose , and came away , the effect of which was that he came to the ground . The block of timber struck the man ou far * head , when he was immediately precipitated below . They were iastaatly assisted up , and being found to be seriously injured , were placed _, upon stetters and conveyed bv the workmen to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital .
Tea Tex Ilouns Bill . —The Manchester Commercial Association have memorialised the _governtr-I ? - a _? a 5 nsfc : Lord Ashley ' s Factory Amendment _, im ., ami a very _infiuential deputation are now in _wuuon from tho spinners and manufacturers on the samg _sn _hjeci . _fhf hilf ' oc E _^* JE , fT 0 n PrMa y , ast was printed 8 i 5 S .. _? «?*¦ * « by tbe _co _^ _Htee , respecting « _¥ & 1 ismn _d ements . As it now stands * £ 6 tenement , are . be rated to the owners to _rd fipect Of poor rates a _** 4 iighway rates , instead of to _fche © eeupiers . " - . ' ¦
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THE LATE MEETING- AT THE JOHN . STREET INSTITUTION . _Th-3 following is thespeeob . of Mr . -Wabd , a Barrister , delivered at a recent meeting in John-street ; and as he has stated that his speech -was mis-reported in . the last week ' s " Star , " and as I wish the " Star" to be a fair and just reflex of every man ' s opinions , no matter what they may be , I consider it an act of justice to Mr . Ward to comply with his request , by g iving the fair version of his speech . Feabgxjs O'Conwok .
Mr . W . J . Ward was introduced to tho _meetisg by the chairman , as being desirous of speaking-as to the policy adopted by the association . De commenced by sayimf that / when he had requested the privilege of addressing them , he had never entertained the idea that he should be called upon at so early a period in the evening . He deeply regiettea to have to speak before Mr . Harney , and other leaders of their body , whom he saw present . He would not feel himself justified in imputing any unworthy motive to Mr . Harney , but would onl y tender to that gentleman his sincere thanks for his courtesy in suffering him to take precedence . ( Hear , hear . ) The position which he theu occupied was by no means an enviible one , and it was only a sense of duty , and a firm reliance upon their justice and liberality , that sustained him in its discharge .
lie bad before announced himself as a full believer in the political efficacy of the People ' s Charter . ( Hear , hear . ) He believed , not less firmly than any of them , in the universal political equality of man . The great Creator never branded any man with the stamp of inferiority . "We were all of one great family . We occupied the same position hi the scale of being ; we had kindred instincts , passions , and perceptions ; and there was nothing in the economy of nature , or the decrees of Providence , that marked one man out for the enjoyment of political rights , to the exclusion of his fellowcreatures . ( Cheers . ) With the other provisions of the Charter—which wero to protect the exercise of the suffrage—he full y agreed . The Cliarter , as he understood it , was a certain body , or code of political rights . It asserted principles which they believed to be fundamental truths . No one was less
disposed to undervalue the assertion of just prin _ciples than he was . Every principle discovered was fresh intellectual territory , subjugated to the dominion of the mind . A principle was—if he might be permitted the figure—the latent spark which only required to be fanned , by some favourable breeze , into vital action , to illuminate the world . ( Hear . ) It was the discovery of principles which had given society its religion , England its Reformation , and Europe its _successive revolutions . Political truths were , in their nature , immortal—though crushed by the heel of despotic power , they yet survived , and , like the Phoenix , rose from their ashes to a renewed and more active existence . ( Hear , hear . ) It -was well , however , to guard
against looking too much at the justice of political truths , and not sufficientl y at the practicability of their realisation . Known and recognised truths might be dormant for centuries , and a darkened world has often smothered in its bosom the spark capable of suffusing it with light . ( Hear , hear . ) The dreamer and enthusiast arrives no sooner at his political convictions than he thinks that , by wishing , they will become laws ; but the wise man reads the book of political science , by the silvered light shed over its page by the lamp of reason , and there he reads that principles and theories are of no benefit toman until called into action . ( Hear . ) It is nothing to you that you possess abstract natural rights unless you are permitted to enjoy
them . You must have power to convert those rights into laws , or else they will do nothing to improve or ameliorate your condition . ( Hear , hear . ) The great object of this association is , to convert the theories embodied in the Charter into facts , to change them from thc " airy nothings , " which at present they are , into permanent institutions ofthe country . The great question then is , how shall you make the Charter the law of the land , how oppose and obtain a victory over those enemies of the people , who are linked together by the golden chains of corruption , to delay , as long as possible , the emancipation ofthe British people , while we arc bound to keep in view tbe great end for which we are striving , itis no less a part of our duty deliberately to reflect upon the means by which we
can accomplish this desirable object . ( Hear , hear . ) Though it is no uncommon thing in this hall to hear talk of the most extensive—I will not say extravagant—social changes , as to the distribution of wealth , tho rights of property , and the payment of labour —( oh . ' oh !)—which are to be carried after the Charter , we lose sight too much of the fact , that in this association we are simply Chartists . We are too much inclined to forget that all our energies will be required , for some years to come , in obtaining the Charter , without venturing , for the present , to consider what alterations of tho laws may be subsidiary to that great measure . Tho question is , how do you propose to carry the Charter ? Is it by physical force ? Ko ; it was to be regretted
thatthe gentleman who occupied the chair the last evening of debate —( oh . ' oh !) — no doubt led on bjv the temporary exeitement of the moment to an expression , which his better judgment would not have sanctioned , made the slight allusion which he did , to the people , asserting their rights by armed force . One would have thought that the bitter experience of past times , and the sufferings of many of their leaders , would have taught the salutary lesson , that no reform was to be achieved in this country , by any but moral and peaceable means . ( Hear , hear . ) It is the suasion of reason , not the stern dictates of brute violence , that can have any influence over the legislation of this country , ( Hear , hear . ) We have lost all reverence for the men who
recommend the argument ot the sword , or who reason with the point ol the bayonet . In this country , although our liberties are circumscribed , yet , if tbe majority of the people resolutely determine to have a change in the electoral system , we know , by past _precedent , that the legislature dare not resist the mandates of the public voice . ( Hear , hear . ) Any recourse to violence , would irreparably injure your just cause ; postpone , indefinitely , the bestowal of your rights ; it would be the sorrow of your best friends , and give theenemies ofthe popular cause the coverted opportunity , while rejoicing in your discomfiture , to declare tliat you , with some appearance of reason , are not fit for the exercise ofthe liberties to whichyou aspire . ( Hear . ) Oneofyour
speakers , declared from this platform , that , with the arrival of another continental revolution , "A great change must speedil y occur at home , " and that the government dare no longer refuse the concession ofthe Charter . He ( Mr . Ward ) condemned making the liberty of Englishmen contingent , upon the efforts of foreign nations . ( Hear , hear . ) He strongly depvecated such an anomalous mixture of home and forei gn politics . We were , by our position , isolated from other nations ; and though we should ever show a lively interest iu the noble efforts making abroad by people to acquire their independence , while we should individually raise the shout of triumph at their victories , and drop tbe tear of sympathy over their heroism
and misfortune : yet we ought not to make their conduct the rule for our own country , nor subserviently avow that . After they have first obtained their rights we shall have ours . He appealed to the patriotic sentiment which swelled every Englishman ' s heart , aud asked , whether it could be conceived that our countrymen were willing to owe their liberties to other nations 1 ( Hear , hear . ) He would venture to assert , that unless we could by our efforts acquire the referms that we sought , that we should be quite undeserving of them . The establishment of lied Republicanism in France had no sort of connexion with obtaining the Charter in England . ( Oh !) Continental revolutions had rarely , if ever improved our condition . The great revolution had
furnished the pretence for taking from us many constitutional ri ghts that we before enjoyed , and had inspired people with opinions adverse to liberty . It was true that thc revolution of 1830 had , in some measure , aided us in obtaining the Reform Bill , but it would have been of no advantage unless public opinion in England had been well formed and matured upon the subject . Had not that revolution in France been distinguished , most eminently , for its . moderate aud constitutional character , it would , by inspiring the timid with awe , have furnished to the legislature the best pretext for refusing to pass the Reform Bill . Not long since we had a Provisional Government installed in France , but it exercised no beneficial influence in the country , They
bad Republicanism in France , but wc did" not obtain the Charter in' England . It was , then , he felt sure , utterly futile to base the expectancy of our liberties upon the conduct of our continental neighbours . ( Hear , and •¦ oh ! " ) Another observation ofthe gentleman to whom he before alluded , was , that Lord John Russell " had acknowledged the superiority of the People ' s Charter , and appeared to be courting the vox populi . " If by this assertion it was meant that any hopes were to be entertained of Lord John Russell proposing the People ' s Charter , he believed that there was no foundation for them . Lord John Russell had praised the Charter at the expense of Mr . Hume ' s motion , in order that by confounding the two together , and giving the preference to Mr .
O'Connor ' s plan , that he might deter a certain section of the House of Commons from voting with Mr . Hume . Mr . O'Connor had placed this in as clear and st'Onjr a light as was possible , when he said : When Mr . Hume made his motion for Parliamentary Iteform _, both "Lord John _Russell and Sir _Geoi'gC Grey complimented him upon the fact , that the definition of the suffrage and the equalisation of electoral districts , was more candid , ingenuous , and bettir defined , than that of the hon . member for Montrose ; but , neither his candour or ingenuousness , had induced the noble lord , or the right hon . baronet , to vote for his proposition . But he was too old a soldier tobe caught in such a . . trap . " (• Cheers . ) "Was it not then absurd , to assert that
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. Lord _^ _ohu _^ ussel _. wa _^^ ' Ctarter _;* when . h- _^ and in the f ace of the * country , that- the _| _£ 0 Pfe <» _Rn-rHnd were ' unfit to exercise . the suffrage , anq that _itley hadit , they would be misled , aiid abuse thftrustreSd n them ? ' The popular cause had nofitXpe from Lord John Russell , unlesa it _becamf too powerful to be resisted . Lord John Russell , when obliged by circumstances , was the advocate of the peop le ; but in the hour of danger he forsook and persecuted them , while in the moment of their triumph , he generally managed to deprive them of all the legitimate fruits of their victory . ( Hear , hear . ) The worst enemy tothe cause of progress and reform in this country , is the present premier . He well-knew the art of courting the neonle . when bv doing so he could secure to himself
and his family the emoluments of office . The small still voice of reason never found a reception in his mind , but he could , as well as any man , understand the vote populi , when ifc beeame tbe thunder of an indignant people . He will offer up the liberties of the people at the shrine of aristocracy , when he can do bo with personal impunity ; but , at the last crisis , he will sacrifice his order with the patriotic desire to save himself . It was not by any dependence upon faithless ministers that tho Charter was to be expected , but by self exertion , moral energy , and by educating the public mind to an appreciation of its rights . ( Hear , hear . ) How then could they best succeed in giving strength to this moral movement J Tho great object in public agitations , was to secure concentration of
the greatest possible public opinion upon some given period . Their first duty was to sink all minor differences , and to agree in _demanding together some measures of reform . ( Hear , " hear . ) They should have a principle of union imparted to their proceedings ; and however opposed upon general matters they might be to one another , they should combine , to securo for the people their legitimate and constitutional influence over the democratic part of the legislature . There was an association , seeking a large portion of the People ' s Charter , possessing within itself wealth , influence , talent , and all the attributes of moral power . Need he say that it was a primary duty of all sincere Chartists to offer that association every assistance in their power , to hail them as
fellow workers in the good cause , and to show them the fraternal spirit wbich they professed ? He regretted that Mr . Reynolds had , from that platform , declared his intention of moving an amendment at the Reform Conference , that he had proposed , and carried , a resolution of " indignation and disgust " against Mr . Hume ; and above all , that he had given utterance to his belief , that " the middle classes hated and detested their working fellow-countrymen . " ( ''Oh ! oh ! " Interruption and cheers . ) Without discussing the truth of these sentiments , ho could not but think that they were inimical to the interests , not only bf those who were designated " the middle class Reformers , " but likewise to the success of the Chartist movement . ( Hear . )
Conciliation and peace was a policy dictated to them by the truest wisdom , ne had a deeply rooted dislike to violence ; and he believed , that while it would have the effect of sowing the seeds of disunion among those who ought to go hand in hand to the battle against the giant abuses which fettered industry—which resigned the government of the country to the rule of a corrupt oligarchy—and which , unless soon checked by thevirtue ofthe people , would involve our beloved country in the ruin which had befallen nations , who in power , wealth , extent of territory , or in any quality which is contributory to national greatness , were not once inferior to ourselves . There was a unity of interest as well as of principles , between ail Parliamentary Reformers .
Tiie course of union bad been one recommended by all the wisest and best men of the Chartist party . Who was that man who had more than all others endeared himself to the people ? He had consecrated the best energies of his life to their causehad grown old in their service—had suffered persecution and calumny for their sake—who had watched the Charter in its infancy—had aided in imparting to it the full proportions of manly strength and vigour—who was prouder of tho appellation of "the Father" of tho people , than of his royal lineage and noble blood . ( Hear , hear . ) This man —he need not say , —was Feargus O'Connor , to whom he referred—( loud and general cheering which lasted some time)—was the last person who
would recommend to them anything injurious to their interests . If the Charter was not obtained , the life of O'Connor would have been without an aim or an object . ( Hear , hear . ) Did they not think , then , that he had at least as great a stake in the Charter as any man in the country ? Yet , we find he implores , " in the name of God , of justice , and common sense , and in pity and mercy to your suffering and unprotected families , not to foolishly throw away such , an opportunity aa may never again occur , of fixing the stepping-stones firmly in that ford over which we have been so long endeavouring to cross . " ( Hear , hear . ) Again he says— " Would you suppose me base eno' to cater for popularity by . denouncing the only means by
which the desired consummation can be " arrived at . " ( Hear , hear . ) "It was upon this disunion that ministers relied to uphold thoir power . _Neither vanity , ainbitiou , nor ministerial laudation should induce him to be a stumbling block in the road to progress . " Noble sentiments , worthy of the man by whom they were uttered , and the actions of his past life . He looks with the eyes of sage experience upon the question of reform , and nobly sacrifices all little personal feelings to the welfare of his country . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Connor says" There must be no more Chartist amendments , upon the scheme offered by the Reformers . " Now , Mr . Reynolds declares his intention of moving a Chartist amendment , at the next Conference . It
would not be a question whether your decision will be in favour of tho policy recommended by the veteran leader of your party , and that suggested by Mr . Reynolds . ( Hear , hear . ) That they are opposed is clear . We must adopt the wise and sagacious course of Mr . O ' Connor . Mr . Reynolds was a man of great talent and well-merited influence ; but it must not be forgotten that his political being , as a leader of the people , had no earlier date than the never-to-be-forgotten day at Charing-cross . Mr . Ward then proceeded , amidst continued interruptions : even Mr . Reynolds , at as late a period as the reform meeting at Sion Chapel , had announced himself as " favourable to the association ( of the council of tvhich he was a member , " ) deserving
the support of all Chartists . " Not only Mr . Reynolds , but likewise the hon . gentleman beside him ( Mr . Harney ) had enforced the necessity of unity , and had , in the Democratic Review , "invoked the cooperation of all the true friends of Labour not to oppose the new movement—not to combat any existing popular organisation . " Thus the opinions of Mr . O'Connor were , and those of Mr . Reynolds and Mr . Harney had been , in favour of an union among Reformers . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . Ward ) had succeeded , he trusted , in proving to them the necessity of offering the best assistance they could to the other reform movement . ( Cheers and interruption . ) He then concluded by a protest against
the interruptions he had received in the expression of his opinions , and tendered to all those who had protected , in his humble person , the rights of free discussion , his Bincere and heartfelt thanks . ( Loud cries of " Oh , oh , " confusion , cheering and counter-cheering . ) Mr . Davies here stepped forward and attempted to address the meeting , but was received with cries of— "Spoke , " " Sit down , " " Chair . " The Chairman endeavoured to obtain silence . Order having been at length restored , the Chairman said he thought it was wrong of Mr . Ward to attack Mr . Reynolds when not there to defend himself . ( Cries of "Mind your own business , " cheers , "Chair , " "Order . " )
Mr . Harxet here spoke , and asked the meeting to give Mr . Ward a hearing . Mr . Wakd challenged any one to convict him of having aspersed the conduct or character of Mr . Reynolds . He had only referred to Mr . Reynolds ' s public conduct , as reported in the newspapers , and as it affected the policy of the association , and he submitted , with all deference to the chair , thathe was strictly in order .
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Mbetino of Metropolitan _Tauors . —• the Sweating _Svstrm . —On Thursday , a public meeting ofthe Metropolitan tailors was held at the London Tavern , Bishopgate-street , for the purpose of bringing before the clergy , bankers , merchants , and the public , the evils engendered by tho slop , sweating , and middleman system in the tailoring trade , the destructive effect it bas on the honest working man , and ofthe unjust practice pursued by the government respecting contracts and prison labour ; and also to petition parliament to grant a committee of inquiry into the spiritual , moral , and p hysical condition of the operative tailors of London , and to _investigate the sanitary state of the home-working system . Mr . Alderman Sidney , M . P . in the chair . The
meeting was addressed by several speakers , and a petition to the House of Commons was adopted . Destructive Fires—On Friday evening a fire of a rapidly destructive character broke out on the premises belonging to Air . Bye , a boot-maker , & c , carrying on business in Ann-street , Cat and Alutton Fields , _Haggerstone . It commenced in a wooden workshop at tho rear of the front shop , used for making wax , and owing to thc combustible nature of the building , a few minutes only elapsed ere tlie placo was in a blaze . There being an abundant supply of water , the engines were set to work , but in spite of the most strenuous exertions of the firemen , they were unable to get tho flames extinguished Until tho premises in Wliich they commenced
wore burned out . Licensed _Victuallers . —There were on the 10 th of October last , according to a return to parliament , whioh was printed on Wednesday , aj many as 31 , 800 licensed victuallers in England ; besides which there were 2 , 697 , 757 persons licensed to sell beer to bo drunk on the premises , and 330 , 200 persona licensed to sell beer , but not to be drtWK On the premises .
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GRAND _^ HARTIST _^ MEETING _-CONVENED BY THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE , ' ' _¦ : . -:.. ' , ' : : \ '• ' ' - .. _ _.- " ' ¦ -: '' . ¦ , - ¦ ¦ * ' ¦ '¦ -i ' - The Literary and ' Scientific Institution , Johnstreet , _Fitzroy-square , was crowded on Tuesday evening , ' March 2 tJth , ' discuss the proceedings in Parliament , and to promote the agitation for the Charter . Mr . William _Daviks , on being callod to the chair , said , he , as chairman ,. was anxious that all . who presented themselves should have an opportunity of expressing their opinion , and if the matter was left in his hands order would . be better obtained . ( Hear , hear . ) Many who attended their meetings were , doubtless , habitual readers ofthe daily papers , but
still vast numbers liked to hear the proceedings of the legislature recounted and handled by the honest , sterling , and able Democrats from that p latform . ( Loud cheers . ) He trusted that the object the Provisional Committee had in view , namely , the discussion of public questions , not persons , would be rigidly adhered to on this occasion . He ( the chairman ) was much pleased to see the renewed and determined attempt the people were making to resuscitate the Chartist movement . ( Loud cheers . ) Every one must admit tho great benefits which must flow to the people , in a social point « f view , from the obtainment of that great means to an end —the People ' s Charter . He had offered no obstruction to any party , as he held every man had a right , as
an individual , to belong to any association , or promote any progressive movement he thought fit , and he might do so without injury to the general cause . But if the mass of the people , or any large association , as a body , went over to any of those short comers , and declared themselves satisfied with those things in discharge of their whole debt , then he did think they would inflict great injury on the just cause of the People ' s Charter—of universal enfranchisement—of true and veritable political and social justice to the people . ( Great cheering *) Mr . 6 . W . M . Reynolds , in coming forward to move tha following resolution , was hailed with a right hearty Charti 9 t welcome : — '" That this meeting is of opinion that there is neither statesmanship
in her Majesty ' s Ministers , or patriotism or wisdom in the House of Commons , and that this was fully shown on the production ofthe 'Brick-dust Budget , ' and the miserable petty reductions of taxation ; -whereas , had either statesmanship or wisdom prevailed , a graduated property tax would have been substituted in lieu of all other taxes , and then the taxes on knowledge , on tea , on windows , on malt , and all other noxious imposts , would have been instantly repealed , and labour would have been found for the unwilling , and compulsory idle . "— -Mr . Reynolds said , before he proceeded to discuss that resolution , he wished to be permitted to allude to a circumstance that took place during his absence on a democratic mission last week . Mr .
Ward had made some allusion to him personally . He wished to know if Mr . Ward was in the meeting , if he was , he should like that gentleman to come on the platform , as an arrangement mi ght be made to prevent the necessity of his ( Mr . Reynolds ) being compelled to engross their time with a second speech [ Mr . Reynolds here paused to gWe Mr . Ward an opportunity of coming forward , but it ap-S earing that Mr . Ward was not in the meeting . ] Ir . Reynolds proceeded , and said , should Mr . Ward make his appearance at a later period of thc evening , it would bo for the Chairman to decide what course should be pursued . It appeared that Mr . Ward had charged him with "jumping into the movement at Charing Cross . " He did not know that it mattered when or where a man attached
himself to the movement , provided ho did so sincerely . ( Loud cheers . ) It was perfectly true that , at tbe great meeting , convened by Mr . Charles Cochrane , in Trafalgar-square , in 1848 , he was on the steps of the National Gallery , looking on as a spectator ofthe proceedings , when somo working men , who knew him , came , and said , " Is it not a shame that such a vast number of persons should be called together , and then the projector ol the meeting not to come to carry out its object . " It will be remembered , too , that men were perambulating the square and neighbourhood with boards , bearing placards , sotting forth that the " Commissioners of Police had declared the meeting illegal , and that , in the event of Mr . Cochrane presiding ,
he would be arrested j" under the » e somewhat perilous circumstances , the working men to whom he had alluded , had asked him to preside over tho meeting , and he had consented . ( Great applause . ) Waa he to be censured for that ? ( " No , no . " ) It was true , that up to that period he had taken no platform part in politics , but , nevertheless , his wide spread writings had , for a long period , exhibited his devotion to Republicanism . ( Loudcheers . ) From that period to tho present , he had thrown himself heart and soul into tho vortex of politics ; with what sincerity and zeal , he left it for the meeting to say . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Mr . Ward seemed to affect that he ( Mr . Reynolds ) was desirous of being in collision with , Mr . Feargus O'Connor ; so far from this being the case , he had
always looked upon , and spoken of Mr . O' Connor , as a man of the most severe and rigid political integrity . ( Loud cheers . ) That there was an avowed and honest difference of opinion between him and Mr . O'Connor was true—he ( Mr . Reynolds } always avowing himself to be a Republican , whilst Mr . O'Connor declared himself in favour of monarchy ; but , __ in the matter of non-obstruction of other parties , or tho advocacy of the People ' s Charter , he begged most distinctly and emphatically to say , there was no difference whatever . ( Great cheering . ) Did they not travel together , and join most heartily in the promotion of the organisation for the People ' s Charter , at Bradford , Halifax , and Sheffield , and that too with great success ? ( Cheers . ) He
would now proceed from personal to political matters . That thc ministers were not statesmen , he thought a great truism ; and it was equally true , that there was neither wisdom or patriotism in the Houso of Commons as a whole . ( Hear , hear . ) The Chancellor of the Exchequer in an eloquent speech , had brought forth his bud-ret , declaring a surplus of two millions , and ended by the mountain bringing forth a most ridiculous mouse—the repeal of the brick duty . ( Laughter . ) It was quite just that , where taxes were necessary , property should bear them , seeing that property was but accumulated labour . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Reynolds entered into a history of the National Debt , showing that it had been paid a thousand times over in the shape of interest , and that , too , by persons who had no hand in contracting it .
( Ileal ' , hear . ) This debt was contiaeted for what ? —to fi ght and slaughter men who were their best friends . ( Loud cheers . ) But he was happy to find that the English people at length acknowledged their French neighbours to be the best , bravest , generous , and gallant people on the face of the earth . ( Prolongedcheering . ) Happily , the illusion had vanished from our ejes . We no longer believed our Gallic neighbours to bo a set of miscreants who were ready to suck our blood . This could be palmed upon us no more . We are also fully aware that the Red Republicans of Fiance are the most glorious pioneers of liberty . ( Cheers . ) The rimes was the champion of the party of order , and was a great advocate of the French " Gagging Bill , "
which , it averred , would be carried by a large majority in the National Assembly : but should the prophecy of the Times bo verified , he had no fear for the Republic , as there was one thing certain , that neither empire nor monarchy could be ev _« r again established in that country . ( Loud cheers . " This question of the press had upset Charles X . ami Louis Philippe . The Times , a jear and a half ago , said France was a Republic without a single Republican in it . If ifc were so then , it certainly was not so row . Louis Napoleon was looked on as an ape and impostor , and had failed to command thc respect of any party . His fall was near ; but , unlike Louis Philipne , "* _- . would not be amidst the crash of thrones , but he would be walked off , as it
were , between two sheriff's _oifieers . ( Laughter , and cheers . ) On the motion of Mr . Hutt , the question of tho African Squadron and tho African Slave Trade , had been brought before the house , and it appeared the minister was determined , at the sacrifice of all principle , to uphold this great hypocrisy , » nd still continue to squander a million per annum of thepoople's money . ( Hear , hoar . ) This African slave trade was nothing more or less than & monstrous humbug . There was also a question before the house of paying £ 20 a head for p irates op the coast of Borneo , Now , it might so happen that these were not pirates at all , Out patriots , defending their native villages against the brutality of the British intervention in their
affairs , as many places dreaded the approach of the Eng lish fleet . Mr . Locke King had brought forward a good motion in its way , one that would tend to destroy the law of primogeniture anil entail . ( Cheers . ) He had _aumctimes taken occa . sion to censure Mr . Hume for his abuse of the Chartists ; but on this occasion , Mr . Hume merited well at their hands , for he had boldly put the question in thc house " Of what good are the aristocracy ? " and as boldly proceeded to answer his own question , by showing thoir disunion . ( Loutl cheers . ) lie had also produced two wills fiom Doctors Commons , showing that aristocrats had loft proporty upon condition that it should only continue until sueh times as its recipients were provided for by the government . ( Hear , hear . ) Now
if we only had a few men in that house who would boldly enunciate plain truths- a great good would ensuo , We had too frequently members of _Parliament come on . our platform and declare themselves Chartists , but when they got elsewhere they proved themselves to be anything but _Clmi'tistS , He had never advised obstruction , and was well pleased to hear their chairman say — "Support all progressive movements , " as he believed by so doing they had opportunities of advancing thoir own cause . But ho wished to know if tlie Parliamentary Reformers gamed all they asked , did they intend to turn round and say to tlie Chartists . ye have now obtained all that was needed , you mnst be quiet : and use every means in thoir power to pub us down— 'hen *' , hear )—or would
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they-assist us to . obtain _~ our > . rights ? _.. _«( Hear , hear . ) . A forthight since"hThad _^ stated his intention to move an _amendment - af ! their Conference to test them . - He . did not do ., this'in an _antagoniitio spirit , It " was a very different thing to move an amendment at tlieir _! bwn Cbnfefehce , ' to moving an amendment at a mixed public meeting such as they had been" in the habit of holding in the London Tavern . ( Loud cheers . ) If the Conference was merely tomeet to . pass , without discuslion , resolutions already prepared in black and white—why it would be a mere miserable , contemptible farce indeed . He had been with the association from tho commencement .: and . had been anxious to support everything in the shape of
progression , but he did feel at the same t me that the working classes should stand firm to their own principles and their own association * , and' he was happy to tell them that , letters were pouring in from all quarters in support ofthe Provisional Committee , and the Chartist organisation under their direction . ( Applause . ) He saw before him signs of the coming times , and he felt assured that they would soon have a stronger agitation than they had in 1848 ; and with a better organiastion and a steady adherence to principle , the Charter could not fail to become the law of the land . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Mr . Thomas Brown , in seconding the motion , said he had no notion of pushing himself forward ; he had no ambition to appear as an orator , but
would not give placo to aiiy man in his devotion to the Peoplo _s Charter . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Reynolds ' s attention appeared to be so engrossed in the Lower _Houte , that be appeared to have lost sight of an incident which took place in the Upper House last Friday . There the time was taken up with a discussion—or rather play—on the words " volatile " and " frivolous , " between my lords Brougham and Stanley . He would tell those noble lords that such scenes would hasten on he period when the peop le would ask in a voice of thunder , " Of what use is a House of Lor ds ? " ( Great cheering . ) After this , my Lord Overstone made his maiden Bpcech , and had dared to allude to working men as "the inferior classes " What did he mean ? Did
n _« t the workmen make his clothes—his watch—his shoes—build the house in which he lived—grow the corn on which he fed—and furnish forth the delicacies in which he delighted to luxuriate—dragfrom themetalic pore those coins he had exchanged for paper—also the production of their lands ; and by the use or abuse of which he had now become a noble lord ? ( Loud cheers . ) Then why the inferior classes 1 The time is fast coming when the good sense of the working classes will teach them to produce and consume what they do produce—when labour will only be exchanged for mutual labour ; and who will , then be the " inferior classes ?" ( Great cheering . ) He ( Mr . Brown ) looked at tho " great industrial exposition , " as it was called , as a
great humbug , intended , if possible , to distract the attention ofthe working classes from their own wellbeing ; and the base Press was over ready to ' aid in this course . Look to France , for instance : there they tell you in one column , that the recent elections had destroyed trade , and caused all the orders to be countermanded , and in the other , that trade never was so good . ( Laughter . ) But his reply to the falsities and verbiage of the Press was , if the Republic was so bad , how comes it that the people make such great sacrifices to uphold it ? ( Rapturous cheering . ) Mr . Walter Cooper was now called on to sup nn _« i a . U ~ _„„„ _- !„* . _;«* - . onrl _rtfic m _* nafa _« rl With a _-nav-Tanf 1 ivu mi _jwiivvii
UUlU buy 1 A _30 U 1 UI _* 1 U *» | <* " •>* IT ** _¦* _g _** _owu-w _« ' _- hurricane of applause . He said he need scarcely tell them he had no confidence in her Majesty ' s ministers or in the parliament , as at present constituted . ( Hear , hear . ) He had been much amused lately by the speeohes of the Bishop of Manchester and the Earl of Carlisle , at the Mansion House , _* the former had discovered that the working classes were " the basis or superstructure of society _;• ' and Carli > le , that '* The people were very respectable . " ( Laughter . ) He said , go on , Right Rev . RUhops and Noble Lords , preaching the respectability ofthe working classes , while we will aid you by quoting the working man ' s poet , Bobby
Burns" Ye see yon birkie , ca'd a lord , Wha struts , and stares , and a' that , Though hundreds worship at his word , He ' s but a coof for a' that ; For a * that , and a' that , His riband , star , and a' that , The man of independent mind , He looks and laughs at a' that . Ah ! my lord , thc " respectability" of the working men will soon abolish the useless tinsel , the glittering gew-gause , called aristocracy , and all other humbugs . . ' « The Times , " in alluding to the producing powers of _Englsuul , and our mercantile splendour , said— " Louis Blanc is come to visit our country ; let him walk down Regent-street and
witness the commodities produced by our mechanics . " But what would Louis Blanc ' s answer be ? Yes , I see the wealth produced by labour , I see the textile fabrics piled up in the palaces of your merchant princes , but I also know that the producers of that wealth , the weavers of Spitalfields and Lyons , are perishing by thousands of hunger . Our country abounded m wealth , and we had not been deficient of great men , most of whom sprung from the ranks of labour , * as instances of this , Franklin was a printer ' s boy , Arkwright a barber ' s clerk and Bobby Burns was a ploughman . Then why did we remain in the gutter ? Why were we cannaile I—because we were ignorant . When Thomas Paine was writing and publishing his glorious
Rights of Man , and Common Sense , what were we doing ?—shouting " To hell with the Pope , " "Long live the King and Constitution , " and burning Paine in effigy . ( Hear , hear . ) A great movement was at hand , and the tyrants were desirous of driving every useful man from amongst them . Let no man stop in the movements unless he feels that he could throw his heart into it . At the period of thc American revolution , John Adams said to Franklin— " Wemustall hang together . " "Yes , " rejoined Franklin—'* By God if we don't they will hang us separately . " ( Laughter , and loud cheers . ) Ho did not advise them to go forth and pull down altars and thrones , because if they did , in all probability a stronger force would bo found
to build them up again ; but if they diffused knowledge widely , they would undermine their rotten prop * , and down they would fall , and no one would be found to build them up again . ( Cheers . ) Charles Dickens has presented us with a certain Lady Beaufoy , who was the very beau ideal of village teachers . She taught the peasantry to read and to sing , and even ventured to become poetess , and had her poetry set to music ; tho burden of hnr song was "Let each keep to their station , the rich their wealth and titles , and the labourer be content with the lot to which he was called ; " but she complained that the poor were so dreadfully ignorant that they would not sing it . ( Loud laughter , and great applause . ) Thomas Carlyle had rejoiced that the rich were subject to disease as well as the poor ; and in a happy vein , relats the story
of a poor Irish widow , who applied to tho hospitals in Edinburgh for admission , but waB repulsed by the officials , with '' you are Irish , we are full . " ( Shame , shame . ) . Well , the boor woman died of malignant fever ; the plague spread , and nineteen rich people died of it . Was not this a lesson ? lie had his hopes raised highly by attending the anniversary of a young man ' s mental improvement society ; they were only seven last year , now they were one hundred , and better still , all teetotallers . Oh , if they could only see and hear those youths ; ifc was an indication of the " Good time coming . " ( Great applause . ) Heh & dMUv in that "Good time , " and persuaded himself that he heard , "the watcher on the wall proclaim the good tidings of Liberty , Fraternity , and Equality . " Mr . Walter Cooper resumed his sent amidst the most enthusiastic bursts of applause
The resolution was then put and adopted by acclamation . / ¦ A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting separated , delighted with the evening ' s proceedings .
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TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . 4 , Christ Church-street , Preston , March 22 nd , 1850 . _Hosou ** . _*** _-. Sm , —I am desired by the Short Time Committee of this town , to return you their thanks for your able gupport of Lord Ashley , and also to forward you a few copies of a letter extracted from the Preston Chronicle , March 16 th , believing it will be of service in the cause ofthe Factory Bill . I remain , yours pn behalf of the Committee , John Bowman , Secretary .
TnE SHIFT AND RELAY SYSTEM . The Secretary of the Manchester Association of Cotton Spinners . and Manufacturers having forwarded a copy of their petition in favour of an Eleven _llouvs Bill , an _* l ofa legalisation of tho Shift and Relay S y stem , to AY , _Ainsworth , Esq ., the Uonorary SecreUry ofthe Preston Association , requesting tho support of tho Preston cotton spinuers tothe prayer of the petition , that gentleman returned the following repl y , which was ' published iu the Preston Chronicle of the 16 th Of March . It will bo seen that , after due consideration of tho ma ttcr , " all the most influential of the master spinners and manufacturers of Preston arc , witkout a single exception , _oppossd to that movement" and in favour of the hill introduced by Lord Ashley . This decision cannot but have its influence on Parliament and the country : — _rreston , 14 th March , 1850 .
Sre _, —I havo to acknowledge tlio receipt of your favour of the 13 th hist ., and in reply beg- to state that I have seen several of our most influential master _tpinnevs anil manufacturer * , ond they are all , without a single exception , " •¦ posed to the movement recommended by the Association . The _inill-owtiei's generally of this town and neighbourhood , aro decidedly opposed to the system of . working by _shifts , or relays , as not only impolitic , but oppressive to the operatives—leaving ' women and ' yotm jf persons' in a much worse condition tluin th * y were be / ore the passing of tfte Ten Ilours Act . They feel , therefore , _^ bound to _giye their
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co . _tdial . _wpporAtothe . pi'l about to he _intro'dacp _^ _T _^ House of Commons by Cord _AVnley _; _declarin-t -Li _? ° _^ e tem to be contrary to the spiritoftht Act , and _tr , , _v , a , _Jfc rious intention ofthe "Tamers of that law : " "ok . i The _riiill-ownera of this district had hoped th » t « . sent would have been a fitting opportunity f 0 r »«¦ " P "& conipromisie with the " promoters _ofithe'Ten w ctin * * * and that the hours of labour in _factories mieht k 8 * _H consent , have been extended to ten and a half h _"" _"" W from 0 a . m . to 6 p . m .,, with one and a half hour . _"•"• * for meals , and the system of workine bv iMfti ¦" . " _* ' _** " »* " have been declared tobe illegal . 3 ums "id reC The attitude _asiumed the
by _miuter Bplnivw tion , has , however , rendered any such 8 ettIem « n » aM 0 c _* _l question highly problematical , and has left us n T 0 f * h _« tive bub to co-operate with those who are endea * * _la and will , no doubt ,. obtain from tlie _kgUiatur unn Bto explanatory act as will ensure the due mainten _* ' _"" * " _" * »» present law , in all its integrity , and once and fn * of % an cna to that perpetual agitation , which » nv ?• tot in its enactments , and attempted evasion of i , _'Mtj ments , will always naturally -five rise to . " " _^ _ul / , It is quite clear that the interests of both tho and employed demand a speedy , satisfactory „ eoi 1 % _!' settlement of this _all-importamt _quenion _, una j , . final object in view , we cannot , as a body , support th _*^ _^ 1 of your petition , * w ¦ _co-opevate with your de _« ,,. 1 _** ' * '" f Heron _* - _ . Wil " * _HJfe ;
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A Fatal Fire has occurred at Osborne V near _Kingsbridge , which resulted in the _deii S ofthe farm-house of Mr . Moysey , and the d _"* " -0 * four of the inmates . ae "th of _EnoEWARfi-ROAD . —About nine o ' clock hit another fire occurred at a shoe _Bhop j n n , _gh . street , Edgeware-road , but , owing to th ' _* aid afforded , tbe damage done was not vo » "' We _* _** derable . ver J conai . A Rich Pauper . —A widow woman _namnri v Mole , died last week at _Bewdley . SfhT _* many years received relief from the pariah fot after her death the family were agreeably 8 n , ' _'""l to find that she had amassed a sum of £ 170 nV , e ( * which was found in an old _stocking _ami'S" _* the Bewdley bank . "' * 100 i _4 John Watson Gordon , Esq ., President of * i Royal Scottish Academy of Painting , & e ; h * pointed the Queen ' s Limner in Scotland ' in _t'L _. " _^ ofthe late Sir - . Villiam Allan . Sir David & was Sir W . Allan ' s predecessor . " _" - The Ibish " Democrats . —The Kilkenny u _t tor says : — "At James ' a-street chapel on Bund "' * last the Roman Catholic Bishop denounced $ principles of the Democratic Association _Jy war-led his congregation against adopting- ' tut views or joining their society . " s w
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coRir . Mark Lane , Monday , March 25 . —Wt had rather a belt * supply of English wheat to-day , which owing t « ita i w proved condition , was taken off readily by the milUrs a " rather _improTtd prices . Thc best qualities of foreign wheat w » re held more firmly , but not much sold . There _*„ ' more inquiry after foreign flour at last week ' s prices . * _rjj . arrivals of foreign barley and oats have been considerable during the last few days , and prices of both articles _baie declined Gd to Is per qr . s ' nee Monday last ; at this _redtc . tion , howenr , pretty large sales have hcea _cffecUd . is _^ sold heavily and rather cheaper , Beans _andpean met a s _' . ow sale , and on rather lower terms . Linseed cakes sold readily . In tares very little doing . Cloverseeds met less _, demand , and at somewhat reduced prices . The current prices ai under . Our market will not be open on Fridaj , " _BbitishWheat Suffolkand Kent
. — . —Essex . , , red , news * . to 40 s , ditto white Ms to iGs , Lincoln , Norfolk , and York hire , red 3 _' 2 s to 37 s , Northumberland and Scotch , wblto » 2 s to 37 s , ditto red 32 s to 36 s , Devonshire and _Sonnriir shire , red , — s to —s _, ditto white — to —s , rye , 21 s to 23 s . ' bavley , 20 s to 23 s , Scotch 10 s to 21 s , Angus— s to - _« Malt ordinary , —s to —s , pale 46 s to 49 s , peas , grey , new 21 s to 23 s , maple 23 s to 25 s , white 223 to 23 s , boilers new 21 s to 25 s , beans , large , new 20 s to 21 s , tides 21 s _tojg , harrow , 23 s to 25 s , pigeon , 25 s to 26 s , oats , Lincoln -mfl Yorkshire feed , 15 s to 17 s , ditto Poland and potato 17 s to 20 s , Berwick and Scotch , 17 s to 20 s , _Scotth feed , 15 s to 17 s , Irish feed and black , Hs to 15 s , _difoj . potato , 17 s to 18 s , linseed ( sowing ) 503 to 52 s , rapeseed Essex , new JE 30 toJE 31 per last , enrraway seed , Essex , new 2 Gs to 303 per cwt , rape eake , £ 4 to £ 110 s per ton , lijv seed , £ 9 Os to £ 9 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 2801 bf , ship , 24 s to 263 , town , 35 s to 37 s .
Foat-iGN . —Wheat . —Dantzig , 42 s to 44 s , Anhalt _uni Marks , 36 to 40 s , _ditte white , 40 s to 42 s , Pomeranian rea " 40 s to 42 s , Rostock 42 s to 44 s , Danish , Holstein , and Friesland , 30 s to 34 s , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Kim , 32 s to 34 s , Polish Odessa , 30 s to 35 s , Marianopoli , and Be "" _dianski , 32 s to 34 s , _Taganrog 32 ? to 51 s , Crahantand 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 , 19 s to 21 s , barley , Vismai and Ilostock , 16 s to 19 s , Danish , 16 s to 22 s , Saal _, I 7 s te 19 s , East Friesland , 13 s tolls , Egyptian , 12 s to 13 s , Danube . 12 s to 14 s , peas , white , 22 s to 23 s , new boilers , 21 s to 25 s , beans , horse , 20 s to 23 s , pigeon , 23 s to 24 s , Egyptian , 19 s to 21 s , oats , Groningen _, Danish , Bremen , aW Friesland , feed and black , 10 s to 14 s , ditto , thick andbre _** 15 s to 18 s , Riga , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Sivedish _, _lili to 15 s , flour , United States , per _lilGIbs ., 21 s to 22 s , Ham * burgh 19 s to 2 ls , Dantzig and Stettin 20 s to 21 s , Trench pn 28011 ) 9 ., SOs to 31 s . Mark Lane . Wednesday , March 27 . —Since Monday wehave had a good supply of oats , but not much of other
gram . The trade to-day is very firm for erery article , without much closing . Arrivals this week : — Wheat—English , 1 , 120 quarter !; foreign , 2 , 290 quarters ,- _Barley—English , 650 quarter ! foreign , 1 , 570 quarters . Oats—English , 1 , 740 quarters ; _foreijjn , 10 , 310 quarters . Flour—1 , 550 sacks . Richmond ( YokkshweJ March 23 . _—IVe only had a thia supply of grain tins morning , yet there was no advance on last w « ek ' s prices . Wheat sold from 4 s 3 d to 5 s Od ; oats , ls 8 d to 2 s Gd ; barley , 3 s Od to 3 s M ; beans , 3 s 6 dto 4 s 6 d per bushel .
BREAD . Tlie prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6 d . to 7 u . \ of household ditto , 4 d . to old . per 4 "bs _, loof ,
CATTLE . Smithfield , Monday , March 2-5 . —Tlie supply of foreign beasts on offer , to-day , was good ; that of sheep and _CalY'B very moderate . From our own grazing districts tlie arrival of beasts fresh up were seasonably extensive , and of full average quality . The primest Scots , Herefurds , & c , were in somewhat improved request , at prices quite equal to tliose obtained on Monday last , the highest figure for beef beinp ; 3 s 6 d per Slbs . ; but all other breeds moved off heavily , at barely late rates . However , as the weather was very cold , a clearance was effected , though at a late hour , There was a further decided increase in the number of sheep , at least a moiety of which were out of the wool . All breeds met a very inactive demand . The primest old Downs were mostly disposed of , at about stationary prices ; but all other sheeps declined in value 2 d per Slbs . Lamts were in good supply , and sluggish inquiry , at late ratesviz ., 5 s to Cs per Slbs . In calves comparatively little business was transacted , at ahout stationary prices . The pork trade was heavy , but we have no change to notice ia tlie
currencies . Head of Cattie at Smithfield . —Friday . —Beasts , 850 ; sheep , 3 , 010 ; calves , 240 ; pigs , 310 . Monday . - Beast " , 3 , 395 ; sheep , 22 , 050 ; calve * , 108 ; pigs . 18 i . Price per stone of Slbs . ( sinking the olthl . )—Beef , 2 s 6 d to 3 s 6 d ; mutton , 2 s lOd to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s Od to 3 s M _' pork , 3 s 2 d to Js 0 d . ' Newgate and Leadexham ., Monday , March 25 . —InferiM beet ; 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middlin _* -ditto , 2 s 4 d to 2 s Gd ; prim ' large , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; prime small . 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; i »***« pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; middling ditto , 3 s 0 d to . 3 s 2 d ; prime ditto , 3 s 4 d to 35 Oil : veal , 3 » Od to 3 s lOd ; small pork , 3 s 0 d to 4 s Od ; lambs _, 4 s lOd to Ds lOd ; per 81 bs . by tbe carcase .
PROVISIONS . London , Monday . —No beneficial _ehaiif-e bas occurred in the state of business since our last . The transactions in Irish butter have heen few and unimportant . Vrices sligb tly cheaper . Foreign sold to a fair extent , at from OSs to 94 s per cwt ., as in kind and quality . Bacon—the demand for Irish singed sides wns limited Prices according to size , quality , and freshness , 40 s to 47 s ; American , 3 Ds to 40 s per cwt . Middles , hams , aud lard , nearly stationary iu value and demand . English Buiteii , March 25 . —Wc notice a further reduction in the price of new-milk Dorset butter , to the extent of about 4 s per cut . The small stock of old butter left is quite neglected . Dorset , fine weekly . 100 s to 102 s per cwt . ; do ., old , nominal ; fresh , Ss to 14 s per doz . lbs .
FRUIT , VEGETABLES , ifcc . Covest Gahd £ . v . —English fruit . —Pine-apples 20 s to lift and hot-house grapes 12 s to 15 s per lb . ; pears 20 s to 30 s ; eating apples 5 s to Gs per half sieve ; ditto for cooking 2 s to 4 s Gd per bushel ; filberts 70 s to 75 s per 100 lbs . Foreign fruit . —Mack Hamburg grapes ( forced ) 3 s 6 u to 5 s j Fortucal ditto 2 d to ls per lb ; Spanish nuts 4 s to as ; Brazil ditto 3 s to 4 s ; Barcelona ditto 5 s to Gs ; almonds & to Gs ; and Spanish chesnuts 3 s to 3 s Gd per peck ; lemons as to 10 s , and oranges 3 s to 10 s per 100 ; Spanish onions 14 s to 20 s per box . Vegetables . —Cape broccoli Gs to 8 a por dozen bundles ; turnips ls 3 d to ls Gd ; carrots 2 s Gd _t-, 4 s ; _jsroens Is Ud to 2 s ; leelo Is to Is Gd ; parsley ls Gd to 2 s ; and sage 2 s 3 d to
3 s per dozen bunches - , horseradish 2 s to 3 s per bundle ; onions , as to 3 s ( id per bushel ; Savoy cabages 6 d to 3 d ; red ditto 2 s to 3 s ; lied beet . ls to ls Gd ; parsnips 4 d to 8 t * P _« dozen ; endives ls 3 d to ls Gd per score ; mushrooms 'J '' ls per bottle ; Brussels sprouts Gd to Is ; ' spinach ls to Is Gd ; Jerusalem _Avtichokea Is to la 6 d ; and common salad is 3 d to is e < _i per _li-ili * sieves ; small salad 1 ' s to 2 s _b'd P cr dozen punnets ; shallots 3 d to _4 dpen lb . ; potatoes 7 as to 100 s per ton , and 3 s to 4 s per bushel ; scakalo ls Gdto 15 9 d perpunuet ; asparagus os to 7 s p 3 r 100 ; _i-lmbarb 4 s to Gs per dozen bundles ; Cornwell _wl-itc brocoli Is 3 d to is per doz heads '; celery 9 d to Is per bundle ; cucumbers 05 to 7 s Gd per brace ; turnip greens Gd to JU 1 per bushel ; French beans 3 s Gd to os per 100 ; radishes ls pcr punnet ; early York cabbages , ls to Is 6 d per doz .
POTATOES . SOUTIIWAIIK WATEKSlDE _. 'March 25 . —The arrivals , both coastwise and continental , are very considerable , and more than adequate to the wants of tlie trade , and prices with difficulty maintained . The following are this day ' s quotations : —Yorkshire _Iter-euts 70 s to 100 , = . par ton ; Wisbech ditto 60 s to 70 s ; Scotch ditto COs to 650 s ; Ditto Cups 50 s to GOs ; Ditto Common Whites 40 s to 45 s ; Krone' ' Whites SOs to 65 s * , Rhenish awl Belgian Ms to "> 5 s ; Butcn 40 s to 4 SS .
HOPS . _HoKOunn , Monpav , March 25 . — Our market enn { in «» without auy alteration since our last report , and in _'rabsence of transactions , prices havo undergone _nocliai'S * COLONIAL PRODUCE . Tuesday Evening . _—Sog aii . —Tho West India market to * boen _tolerabK steady : 420 bhds . sold by private con n a " without alteration in prices . Mauritius -. 9 , » 0 J bags rhi * . " J found buyers in the public sales at prices which < _> uut a "i ? raged those of last week ; brown 31 s to 3 ' _" s ; \ ellow 334 » to 40 s Gd . Bengal : S , 500 bags of this description wove a ' " ottered ; the importers' _niet the buyers , submitted to '' slight decline , and four-fifths found buyers ; white _Beii-ip : _ol $ M tO 405 fill . 500 boxes of _lou-voliowIhivaimah _soM'" } bond at 19 s Gd by private . contract , ltcliuod : A '" » amount of business done at fully previous rates ; grow lumps 48 s to 00 s .
The The 1t Rriuted By William Rider, Ofno. 5, Macclesfield-? '1* -'' .; '
the the 1 t rriuted by WILLIAM RIDER , ofNo . 5 , Macclesfield- ? ' 1 * - ' ' . ;
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m parish of St . Anue , Westminster , at " , r p" _' office , 18 . Great Windmill-street , llaviuar ' Ker , in tlie J ""/ ofWest > niTir . _tei-. forthel _i-opi-iator- *" EAli ! fyS < _- _* Cl » - , fit * , M _. l \ , and published * bv the -aid _U'iixiam Hub- _»' the Office , in tho some _streotcud _uariiili— - "> ' ' " u " _Jtircli-30 th , 1850 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 30, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_30031850/page/8/
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