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FRAMEWORK KNITTERS' MOVEMENT . Lkicester...
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_ a _ m _^_ _ mm ___^_^_ m _ m _ m __^____ _SSS ______ AWFUL MUKDE itS INlttELASD . _Awhek _TirpsiuKT MUBDEB .-A ma" was found murdered , on Thursday , in * grove near _Bomsokane . Th « _Tma .. ' s name is said fo he Madden . He was shot in a p lantation _belonging to a gentleman named _Stoncv rcs : ding at Portland , near Bomsokane . Othtr « ntra _** es have been _reported at the Castle , and two proclamations issued from one of which it ap- 1 pears that a man named John . Pate , herd to Mr . j iiabcrt _Ilouirt , was fired at on the evening of the _*> 5 _th ult . as he was returning _fi-om the stable to ni » dwelling-house . The shot , however , missed its aim . The _second proclamation refers to a dreadful attack ( in Tippenin ) made by an armed party , also on the night of the 25 th ult ,, on John Cawley , h » wife , ami son , who were beaten severely ;; the same party then proceeded to attack the house of Ellen Slattery , » . i _;« n _« l tlirir mandate to rive up her land , under
_„ the usual penalty in case of non-comp liance . _Howards of £ 00 have been offered in b _. th ca * es for the apprehension ofthe offenders . AWFUL MURDER * KA * _POBT _^ -O _" _^^ evening week , about five o ' clock . _« a man named Madden , who was in the emp _^«* _^ taC ' of Portland was « oin » homo from h , s ua , 1 - v iaoo " » s _^^ _'syasssis _^! - " _AsoTHER M tmPEa . _-SnaCTt , Jan . _27 , -A most _terfcirou- * and unprovoked murder was committed in SStr o „ Tuesday , the 20 thult . The victim was a poor unoffending man . who was returningfrom the market of _Ueadford _, where he had bean to puroh . _« potatoes for his familv . consisting ot six small
children , He was attacked ata short distance Irom Balliuasloeby five or six men . win beat him so severely that he died « n the Mowing 1 mrsday An _inoueVt was held on the body onthe following Friday and Saturday , and was further -wjourncd to _lliursdav . It appeared from theevidenco given before the coroner , that the party who committed the murder were beaten bv another faction , when they hastened in thc direction for the purpose of taking vengeance , and this poor man being the first they met they murdered him without auy provocation whatever . One or two other persons are _likewiseisaid to be lying in a dangerous state from wounds inflicted by the same Murder near Galwat . —An inquest was held at _Balliuainana on Thursday last , by Thomas Walsh , Esq ., coroner , assisted by T . N . Kcdington , Esq ., _3 LP . ' ; Thomas Lynch , Esq ., Lavally , J . P . ; Subluspector Gavin , ot ' Gort , and Sub-Inspector Lynch , of Gahrav . on the body of James Comber , of
Ballinacourty . Several vutnosses were examined , and bv iheir evidence it appeared that the deceased _witft others was drinking in Mulliu ' _s public-house , at Clarvnbridge _, on Tuesday ; that a quarrel arose between the parties in consequence of some aid dispute , but no injury was doRe at the time . Shortly afterwards deceased , accompanied by three other men , left Clarenbridge , and p _* roceeded towards the village of Ballinacourty , where they resided ; on reaching the bridge of BaUinamana they were attacked by a number of men , armed with spades and pitchfork handles ,
by whom they were struck . The three men that were in deceased ' s company ran away , and deceased was found soon after lying on the road speechless . He was then removed to a house , where he died at abont one o ' clock the next morning . Head Constable Rowan succeeded in arresting four of the accusednaniciy , Michael Mouaghan . Patrick Davock , Patrick _FianashaH , and Thomas Fianaghan . After a very lengthened investigation , the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the facts above . —Galteuy Mcrcuru .
Alleged Incest And Child Murder. Cors'xe...
ALLEGED INCEST AND CHILD MURDER . _Cors'Xer _' s Isqckst . —This extraordinary inquest was resumed on Monday , at the Morden Arms , Brand street , Greenwich , before Mr . Carttar . Mr . Wood , of Bridge-street , Southwark , deposed to his attendance at thc birth of the child on the morning of the ICth September , and subsequently in its illness , in a medical capacity . He described the cause of death as arising from miasnius , which means a general wasting away ; it is by some termed atrophy . The inflamed state of the mouth and _thro-it did not excite suspicion , having seen children in that state before .
Henry Beaumont _Lee-on , physician at St . Thorn : s _' s Hospital , and lecturer on chemistry , deposed that on Saturday last he reccivecl a sealed jar containing the remains of an infant . In the intestines , _brains , and viscera , decomposition had taken place , and had become a pasty mass . He took the whule of this mass which ho bailed in distilkd water , haring previously ascertained that the water was perfectlvpure . After boiling it for some timo , he acidulated it with pure muriatic acid , and again boiled it , conducting the operation in a _i-orcclain vessel , and then filtered it through new calico . Witness then submitted it to various tests , the principal made nse of being Reinsche ' _s test , that being th « most delicate test ior arsenic A portion ofthe liquid witness then mixed with an eojml portion ol
muriatic acid , and taking a similar quantity of niuri uic acid , mixed it with an equrd quantity of distilled water as previously made use of . He then took two pieces of bright copper which had been carefully cleaned in nitro sulphuric acid . These two pieces he then boiled , the one in the distilled water ani muriatic acid , and the other in the liquid in which the body had be-n boiled , tlie effect of which would be tbat if arsenic be present it would give to ihe copper a dark colour , similar to iron , hue if no _a-satuc be prescntthe copper would remain comparatively clean and bright . ( Dr . _Lceson produced tbe two pieces of copper , according precisely with the appearances stated above . ) This experiment witness repeated several times . Witness then took a piece of the copper so treated , and baring cut it into slips ,
placed it in a tube cf hard German glass , heating the tube and copper to a red heat . Under these circumstances witness expected to sublime the arsenic from the _eo-ipi-r , and found it did so , obtaining on the gliss tube that peculiar dark stain , indicating the presence of metdlic arsenic The heat was then _continued , and as a small current of air was allowed to pa-s through the tubs , by so doing the metallic arsenic was oxidated , and thus converted into arseniousacid _, or the common white arsenic of the shops . Witness _xhen examined the white arsenical crust through a microscope , aud ascertained that it consisted of small octahedral crystal , peculiarly characteristic of arsenic and confirmatory . Witness then took a small pjriion of distilled water , and boiled it in the tube to distil , to _disiolcc the ar * onious acid . Having
thus obtained a solution he applied tho usual liquid te « t « s . Made use of ammonia nitrate of silver , which gave a light yellow preci pitate , _tiharac'eris'ic of arseaious acid . , To another _portiou he added ammonia _rulphxte of cupper , which gave a green precipitate , also characteristic of thc presence of _ar-enic , and termed " Sckeelc ' s green . " Through a third portion passed a stream of _sulphurated hydr . igen , which gave a yellow precipitate , also confirmatory of the presence of iron . Witness then took a third piece of copper , coated as the last , which he placed in another gla < s tube , and heated it as before , and whilst so heated passed over it pure hydrogen _gav , which he ignited at one end of the tube , inflaruid it , holding over the flame a small vessel of white porcelain , on which was deposited a black spot ,
as in making u-a of Marsh ' s test , of which tbis is a modification . Witness also applied bis none to the end of thc liwt tul « , aud smelt thc characteristic smell of arsenic . Witness also subjected a portion of the liquor to the action of a galvanic battery , having a pole of platinum attached to _» he copper end of tiic battery , and a piece of clean copper to the _aue extremity , _^ vhic ' _i obtained a _^ ilvery deposit of ar > enic . Witness ' s impressioa _wa « _, that in the poison he examined something like ten prams of arsenic were present , more than sufficient to cause death . Witness judged the quantity from the facility with which he obtained the results . Ali the remains had been boiled down , except the legs and anus . It was impossible for the child to _survive after tho quantity of arsenic he had detected .
A host of _witnesses were subsequently examined , but their evidence was merely confirmatory , without tending to throw any additional light on this most _mysterious affair . The room was then closed after thc jury had sat inwards of eleven hours , and , after a short consultatiwt , the inquiry w _« s adjourned .
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Scicidb with Oil or _Auioxus . —Un Monday Mr . W . W . _Carter held au inquest at the Queen Charl'ltte , _Milhxind-hridge , B _<* _mi"mds _** y , on thc bidy of Lujv _Racial I ' _oudoii . of 3 . _Millpoiid-strrct . The < h _* x-a .-H _.- « rs __ !» oihcr stated , that on _Sun-. lay forenoon last dcccasel came down from her b-. _* droMu into witness ' s shop , and _ajipotri'ig greatly excited , said , "I Lave o'tea said that I would do it , and now I have done it at last . " Her eyes immediately afterwards _h-came swollen , aud the foamed at the mouth . Medical aid was immediatclv sent for . but deceased
died in _sbrnt twenty minutes . Mr . Clayton , apothecary . _Milij-ond-sircer , said he had known deceased fur Mime time past , she having b _.-en a regular _customer of his . On Thursday last he _so'd to deceased _Bimeratifee , which contains essential oil of almonds , and on Sunday he sold her two small quantities of the svae article . He had served her with some of tlie same _prepara'iou several tinw during thc last three months , aud he always _understood that she wantel it for _fl-tvonriug sweetmeats . Verdict' "f . _'mjwrary mental derangement . "
Fatal _Accibest . —On Sunday afternoon , between the ho irs of four and li ~ c , a fatal _accident occurred on the river , nearly under the centre of _Hungerford 8 U « pcn _^ i « . i-brMge . Ctptaiu Williams , of the Northfleet , _bshnuiiiiff to Grays . who « e _vessel is at present lying _t'ff _E'lwards aad _Br-nneU ' s _straa-. wharf , Belvider «! _-r >«' , Lambeth , got into a small boat , for the _pfirpojc of pro-reeding n : » the river , and having set the _^ ail , a _su-iien gust of wind Mew the boat on one side , wL * en it filled and overset , precipitating the unfortunate man iuto the river . Two young men instantly n » ' « _etl _towards the _sjiot . and succeeded in _aarhsg the bat , hut Captain Williams was carried away by tlie force of tiie current , and perished .
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Framework Knitters' Movement . Lkicester...
FRAMEWORK KNITTERS' MOVEMENT . Lkicester . —A public meeting of framework knittars wa » htld in the market-place , on Monday week Mr . Chawner in the chair . The meeting was addressed hy Messrs . Weston , Buckley , Lucas , Winters , and Watts . The following resolutions and memorials were unanimously adopted : — Proposed bjrlfr . Weston , seconded hy Mr , Lucas : "That this meeting authorises the committee to take such steps as they shall deem best for the abolition of the present system off « me . renU and charges , either by carrying the case into the _Bachaquer _Chamburs before the judges , or before Parliament . " Proposed hy Mr . Buckley , seconded by Mr . Lucas : —
" That a memorial be addressed to Sir James Graham , Baronet , Secretary of State for the Home Department , setting forth the grievances of framework knitters , the combination of masters , the refusal of certain raagistrates to conform to the law , and also the conduct of the general body of magistrates within tlie borough , iu refuting to act where men work on tho manufacturers ' premises . " Mr . Winters proposed , and Mr . Brawn seconded , the following memorial : — To the Right Honourable Sir James Graham , Bart ., Secretary of State for the Horn * _Department . The Memorial of tlie framework knitters of Leicester , in public meeting assembled ,
Humbly Sheweth , —That your memorialists have been subjected , for a scries of years , * to a most unjust and oppressive system , not practised in any other trade or department of British manufacture , having to labour uraders _» conil-hand masters , usually denominated bagmen , middlemen , or undertakers , who have been _accustomed to keep secret , in many cases , to whom the goods manufactured by the workmen belong ; aud _/ urther , that they hare generally divided a small amount of work amongst a larger number of workmen than they were authorised to do by the manufacturer , in order to exact more money from the workmen ' s _wagss than the master manufacturer was acquainted with ; and further , the workmen were not enabled to know who their real employers were , or how much the manufacturers gave per dozen , thereby enabling the undertaker to reduce thc real wages of tbe workmen to any extent , under one pretext or another , which is so ably shewn in tke report of R . M . Muggeridge , Esq ., commissioner appoiuted by her Majesty to inquire into the condition of the framework knitters .
Tour memorialists beg to remind you that the Legislature , during the late session , ' of Parliament , were so far convinced of the necessity of destroying a system so much at variance with justice , that they unanimously passod an Act to put an end to the evils under which your memorialists labour , entitled . "An Act to make further regulations respecting tbe Tickets of Work to be delivered to persons employed in the manufactures of hosiery , in certain cases . " Sec . 8 th and 9 th Vict ., c . 77 , provide , ' That when any manufactursi * of hosiery , or tlie agent of any such manufacturer , gives out to a workman the
materials to be wrought , such manufacturer or agent shall , at the sama timt , deliver to such workman a printed or written ticket , signed by such manufacturer , containing the particulars of agreement betweou such manufacturer and such workman , as ia the schedule to the Act annexed , and such manufacturer or agent delivering sueh ticket shall make , er cause to be made , aud shall preserve , until the work contracted to be done shall hare been completed or paid for , a duplicate of sueh note or ticket . The 4 th clause provides for penalties aud costs ; tbe 9 th is the Interpolation clause _.
Tour memorialists beg further to inform you , tbat the masters have entered into a combination not to comply with the Act , and further state , they sot it at defiance , and tbat no man shall be employed in the town who is determined to carry the Act iuto execution . They further represent to you , that Thomas Stokes , John Biggs , James Hudson , Richard Harris , and John Moore , manufacturers of hosiery , and magistrates of this borough , are not complyiug with the Act , and evince a determination not to do so , therefore setting a dangerous precedent to your memorialists , for breakiug any law with impunity . Tour memorialists further represent to you that the borough magistrates have decided they will not grant summonses where the workmen labour on the premises ofthe manufacturer ; thus _sttting at nought the laws of the land .
Tour memorialists , therefore , pray you will institute an enquiry into the decisions of the said magistrates , by referring the case to her Majesty ' s 8 olieltor-General , and that you will be pleased' to dismiss from office the aforesaid Thomas Stokes , John Biggs , James Hudson , Richard Harris , and John Moore , magistrates of this borough . Tour memorialists further represent to you the usefulness of the said Act by informing you , that in one _oase where the ticket was delivered , a fraud of 7 s . 4 d , was detected , which , heretofore , -has been a custom with the bag-hosier to take the said amount from the wages of the workman , without the consent or knowledge of the manufacturer .
Tour memorialists , therefore , pray you will take this memorial into your consideration , and your memorialis t * , as in duty _baund , will ever pray .
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IMPORTANT MEETING OF MASONS AT LIVERPOOL .
On Tuesday evening , the 20 th ult ., a meeting of the operative masons of Liverpool , was held at the Concert Hall , Lord _Nelssn-street , pursuant to a notice by placard emanating from the General Committee of Management of the Friendly Society of Operative Masons , to take into consideration whether it would be better to seek a rise of wages or a reduction in the hours of labour . At eight o ' clock the galleries presented a goodly assemblage of respectably-clad mechanics , and there was also a tolerable muster in the body of the hall . Altogether , there were betweeu 600 and 700 persons present . Mr . G . Dodson was elected to the chair .
Mr . Carter , the C . C . secretary of the society , in rising to propose til * first resolution , said—The question to be asked this evening is , I believe , whether an advance of wages or a reduction of our hours of labour will be ef the most permanent benefit to tlie masons of Liverpool . I hold in my baud a resolution which proposes that a reduction of our hours of labour to nine hours per day , will be of the most permanent benefit . The first point for consideration hi tbis great question is the present system , and how that system affects the trade geaerally . My opinion is that the great grievance of our trade at the present time is that of surplus labour . What I mean by surplus labour , fellow workmen , is that wc have too many of our trade travelling in search of employment ; and we have to make provision for those that are so travelling and to support them during the time they are out of
employment . When I tell you thatthe provision we have had to make for this object alone , during the last seven years , has nearly averaged £ 1000 per year , it must be plain that some alteration is necessary . There are somewhere about 8000 masons in England ; of that number JOOO are only partially employed throughout the year . Let these C 000 masons , that we suppose may be regularly employed , givo up one hour per day , and constant employment would be realised for 600 of those now only partially employed . The grand question now is , are yeu , the masons of Liverpool , prepared to give up this one hour per day for the benefit of your less fortunate fellow-men , or whether you intend to demand more wages than you receive at the present time and work the same hours f By giving up one hour you will be conferring a benefit upon a class of men that are only partially employed , and
from time to time wandering from place to place . Employment they ought to have , food they must have . By demanding an advance of wages and working tho same horn's , you leave them in the same state , and it is a state thatfew would like to occupy . The best way to raise the price of labour is to reduce the hours of labour ; for if you get as much for nine as you now have for ten , you realise an advance on your labour . The practicability of the plan I shall propose is a matter that requires to be considered . I have not the least doubt but few-employers will be found who will not raise objections to the reduction of the hours of labour , but will they tell you these objections ? Certainly not . We may listen to a demand for more wages , say they , during the summer , whereas if we allow you to have your hours reduced in the summer , we have no chance to lengthen thtm in the winter , the
only time we cau take advantage of you . Now this should be known to _evtry mason , that in winter , when the days aro short , we have all our battles to fight , by way of protecting those principles we have at other times established ; and if we can succeed in reducing the hours of labour In summer , it must be a permanent benefit to the trade from generation to generation . Now , let us take another view of this question ; let us consider how the present long hour system affects the health and constitution of tbe mason ; and 1 st us see whether , by shortening these hours , some improvement will not be made in that direction . It is a well-known fact that the average age of regularly employed masons does not ercesd forty years , tiie average duration of life in other outdoor employments is from fifty to sixty years . If we work one hour
a dmy l « _ss we shull _cartainly escape a certain amount o ( injury to our constitutions , _bssidss having more time for r . creative exercise and the improvement of our mental faculties . Wherever any trada or labour produces a bad effect on the health and constitution of man , it ought at once to demaud the attention of those who have it in their power to alter such a grievance . Mr . Carter concluded by moving the following resolution : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting , the condition of the masons oi" England is such as requires considerable improvement , both morally , mentally , and physically ; and we are of opinion that a reduction of the hours of labour in tha summer months to nine hours pec day , is better calculated to effect such improvements , than an advance of wages ; and pledge ourselves to use our utmost exertions to carry it into effect . " ( Much appUuse . )
Mr . John Armstrong seconded the resolution , ne said : We are mere machiues ; we toil from sunrise to sunset , we go to sleep , we rise again to toil , and then go to sleep again ; this , fellow workmen , is a fact that no honest man will attempt to controvert . To secure the most permanent benefit , let us have a reduction in the hours of labour . Employers would rather give us an advance of wages during the summer , but at the back end of the year they come and stop the work , saying , in the summer the days are . long , and we cau get as many men as we want . Some parties of an avaricious disposition might wish to grasp the extra pay , hut by reducing the hours of work in the summer , we shall take away this pica from the employers , and thereby secure plenty of employment in the winter . It has been stated by tbe last speaker that the lives of masons are shorter than the
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lives of men iu other" trades . I am aware it _Isthecase . t have seen young men go off very quiekly . What is the cause ! Tha cause is bard labour . For on « thing , tramping about the country looking for employment , hut the most predominant eau _** e is disease of the _ehest . When a mason comes to about forty years of _agi , he is generally troubled with a cough—he goes to a medical man and tells his case—the doctor shakes his head and _sayt , well , my man , I have had several cases of this sort , it ii the masons' disease ; all I can do for jou is to give you somo temporary relief—something to ease your breast ,
Three-fourths ofthe masons die about their fortieth year , leaving their wives and families in poverty . Another thing ; this _shortting tha hours of labour will , of _courss _, raise the labour market . If tho labour is equalised properly , yeu would nearly all be fully employed , and whan employed , would get good wages . When wages fall , it is because labour is too abundant : make labour scarce , and wages riso . ¦ It is an indisputable fact that when any article gets scarce it rises in value—so It will'be with the labour of masons ; and not only with masons , for if other trades would do thc _samo , the like _resultB would follow .
Mr . Steadman said : What body ef men administered more generally to the comforts of Bociety than those of the building department ; and , therefore , when we compare the remunerating prices which are given t _« that _department with the remuneration given in thogovemment departments , as the excise & c , where those employed work ouly from eight till four , receiving atthe very lowest estimate 4 s . per week more than any mason who works ten hours per day—more thau you who have administered so much more by _yeur efforts to the comforts of society . In Franca , the hours of labour , I am credibly informod , are much fewer than we have to work hero . I have also beeu informed tliat _artizans in France have better cultivated minds ; that thoy are better workmen at their business , as the structures which they erect in France testify ; nor Is there any country in the _univerie
where they work so many hours as in Great Britain . " It must be very praiseworthy that we are so' very fond of work—that it never tires us—that we are quite willing to work as many hours as we dol Hut if yon go to Germany , to Russia , to France , to Spain—there you will find cleverer working men than in England , with all our Mechanics' Institutions ; aud whyt Because working men in England have not sufficient time to gain the knowledge they ought to have . How few of us go to Mechanics ' Institutions ! how few in this assembly ! Wo have no timo after our day's labour is done , but for sleep . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Davis ( a compositor ) being called upon by the _ehairman , said—Whoa any person , not a mason , not a mechanic of any sort , casts his eyes around him , and _» iews the stately _baildings which everywhere meet his gaze , what must be tho reflections of his mind ? I conceive they should be something like this , " Surely , if the promoters of this question—men born in God ' s own image—are tho erectors of these buildings , surely they are worthy of our _consideration , fortheir works command
our admiration . " But it is u source of regret in my mind , that when these monuments of your skill are being viewed and descanted upon in all their beauties , a thought for the actual rearers of them is seldom excited . There is no _persen of rank or wealth comes forward now , as was tiie case when the shopkeepers' assistants held their meetings here and in the metropolis for the same object—to shorten the hours of labour . There , rank and fashion crowded the elevated seats ; but we , on this occasion , hard-working individuals , meet with » o sympathy from the upper and middle classes . It is all very well for them to say , " we have promoted the formation of Mechanics ' Institutions for jour instruction and recreation , " but it appears to me to * e idle folly to talk about the benefit of Mechanics' Institutions to mechanics , when the working man cannot have the time allowed him to attend them . I have little doubt that if the question of shortening the hours of labour should erer succeed , it will be productive of bringing abont the social regeneration of society ; and I look forward confidently to the time when a more suitable intercourse shall be establiihed betweeu man and
man . A great deal has been said respecting the advantages of union , and truly , as I can confirm and testify ; and you will find , that unless you are united in _porsevering for the object you are now met for—to shorten the hours of labour—unless you attend to this fact , you will be unable to conquer the difficulties that surround you ; but if you will only become anti-monopolists—if you will not moaopoliss too much labour _youraslves—you will have more time for intellectual pursuits , and afford work to numbers of your body who may be in want of the necessaries of life . Too much monopoly of labour exists in my own trade : many exerting all their physical energies to satisfy the caprice of a master , and leaving to others a rery small amount of labour indeed ; men , perchance , as clever though not as fortunate—men labouring under the severest privations , having , like themselves ,
affectionate wires and tender children . In conclusion , I offer this remark for your consideration , and I hope every man will let it constitute the primary and chief elements of his being , —From this night , and from henceforth , we are determined to signalise ourselves in Liverpool by our endeavours to shorten the hours of labour . ( Cheers . ) The resolution was then put to the meeting by the chairman , and carried unanimously . Mr . John Carlylerose to propose the second resolution : — " That in order to carry out the spirit of the resolution just passed , effectually , it is necessary that a good understanding should exist between every member of the trade ; and to effect this , it is essential that all who aro not members of the Masons' Society should enUr it as early as possible , and that a committee be appointed by that society to convey our intentions to the employers of Liverpool and its vicinity . " The previous speaker has alluded to the attention bestowed to the claims of the shopkeepers '
assistants by persons of rank and wealth . We have them not here to back our demand ; perhaps they think we can advocate our own point , because our sun-burnt faces and sinewy arms shew that we are the true sons of toil ; they leave us to ourselves—they have not the least doubt but we can fight the battle nobly . We have began well and let us go on . We are progressive beings . If any fall in the struggle , to use a military phrase , the others must close up . The battle is begun , and must not be ended without a glorious victory ; and I now appeal to those who are not members of our society in support of my resolution , and I wish to gain it all the support I possibly can . I know there are some here who are not members of our society , but I exchange the hand of friendship with them . ( Cheers . ) Now let us take one another by the hand , and assist in the goodly work to carry out the principles of the resolutions you have passod . To effect this , it is essential that all here who are net members of our union , should enter it as soon as possible .
Mr . John Seaton , in seconding this resolution said , — I see by this great meeting of fellow-workmen , that w « are prepared te protect ourselves . _Thare ara men hare that , no doubt , before the union was established , recollect the position which masons were in , in England . You will recollect the system of persecution pursued by masters . If _ene employer discharged a man , aaother refused to employ him—not because labour was scarce , but for fear we should get from them that power which had so long confined us in chains—that power that dragged the poor Dorchester labourers from their homes , from their wives and families , and sent them from their native land , because they dared to raise their heads and unite together as men—because they dared to seek their own protection , and refu . ed te become the willing slaves of tyrants .
Mr . John Gibson : Mr . Chairman and fellow-workmen , much has been said about the hard labour of masons ; other countries have been referred to ; and it is plain that we , the people of Great Britain , are the hardest worked and worst paid of any people on the face of the globe . Some talk of the necessity of legislative enactments , —I differ from this opinion altogether . No good will be got by the working man from any Masters ' or Servants'Bill , It would be just the sort of a bill , that if you overslept yourself a quarter ot an hour , they would just very pleasantly tell you , you had lost a quarter ; and if you neglected your work , they would just send you for three months into quod , or for any other misbehaviour . But I could never find out what was misbehaviour , there are so many sorts of it ( Laughtrr . ) With respect to some of the benefits of union , I will just tell you , that from the latter end of 1839 to the close of 1845 , we paid for accidents to members of our lociety , £ 1614 19 s .. Sd . ; and let me tell you , that we should have had five times that
amount to pay to widows of masons killed by accident , if all had belonged to our society . Only a few weeks ago , a mason in Yorkshire was smashed to atoms by sheer accident ; that man had just been too late in joining our association , and the consequenco is , he is not entitled , aud he has left a wife and sevea orphan children who must go to the workhouse . We know not what a day nor an hour may bring forth , and it is b _. st to begin at once . In the _,-tlitf of tramps , for the last ten years , we have paid just £ 10 , 600 ; but in one year alone , when the distress in the country was great , we paid near £ 2000 to our members who »» ere iu search of employment . For sick aad funeral expenses , we hare paid £ 0000 since the amalgamation of our funds in 1840 . Now , when we consider these advan . _teges , it becomes every mason to join our union it becomes every mason in Liverpool to attend their ledgerooms , to discuss the value of their association , to declare with bold front , that thoy are determined to be great , glorious , and free .
The Chairman having again read the resolution , it was put to the meeting and carried with acclamation . A vote of thanks to the Chairman was then passed , and the meeting broke up in the most peaceful manner .
The Spitalfiimw Wlavms.— Opposition To T...
The _Spitalfiimw Wlavms . — Opposition to _tbb _TaBiFf of Sir E . Peei . —On Saturday night , at eight o ' clock , a numerous meeting of the Spitalfields hand-loom weavers « nioa was held at the Crown and Anchor , Waterloo Tavern , Bethnal-green , in coniequeace ef the proposed measures of Sir R . Peel in reference to the silk trade , when a report was presented from the council , recommending the propriety of a general meeting of the trade . to petition tha legislature against the plans of her Majesty ' s government . Mr . Gurnell having taken the chair , read the circular whieh had been issued by the eounril of the union . It was as follows : —Fellow-workmen , Sir Robert Peel intends to reduce the duties on
foreign-wrought silk , at an average of two-thirds of th * present duties . He will give the foreigner every opportunity of ruining your trade by the removal of _yoar protection . The _reduction of silk contemplated by government is a deadly blow aimed at our vital interests . Tons weight of forvign silk , of every description , will inundate the British market , and the consequence must be the ruin of the silk trade of the country . Your prosperity or your destruction is now in your hands . Use erery exertion as becomes men in desperate circumstanses , and you are saved . Be apathetic , and poverty , wretchedness , and slavery will be your doom . Suffer not yourselves to be deluded by theory of " Cheap bread ! " Remember that
The Spitalfiimw Wlavms.— Opposition To T...
WiuteibrJRd Is but puv Viarfpe ' n ' uy p « lb . i * _' 8 _*** n |[ ; rj , the poor weavers of that country tastes it only ai i . ' * Judge for yourselves . Protection , comfort , and prosperity , or free trade , continental wages , and the in ' 8 rna ' bastile . —Mr . Bury , on the part of the couneil , stated that the members seeing the scale or duties intended to be put on the importation of foreign silks , were couvinced that the reduction was so serious as to call for some immediate steps to be takon by the weavers to offer the _mest strenuous and determined opposition to the measures of tho government , He had no hesitation" * saying that if the plans of Sir R . Peel should be carried into effect , the trade of Spitalfields would be destroyed ( hear , hear ) . Tho council have , therefore , come to tha determination to call the trade together as soon as possible , to
show to Sir R . Peel and the free-traders that the propositions ofthe government would tend to their irretrievable ruin ( hear , hear ) . It would be impossible for them to compete with the foreign manufacturers until the weavers were reduced to the diet of the Germans and Saxonsblack bread , herrings , and potatoes . They had now a chance of support , as the landed interest were at length looking out at the danger of the state of the country ( hear , hear ) . The trades throughout the country ought to como forward while there was a hope . Their cause was that of labour throughout the world . He trusted that when the trade met they would come to some spirited resolutions , and get a petition , numerously signed , to show to the government that they will notyield without a most determined struggle ( hear , hear ) . Several speakers followed , who dwelt on the _distrens
that must ensue if the English artisan had to complete with the foreign producer , without being protected by duties ; and the meeting concluded , by adopting tbe suggestions of the council , the members of which were authorised to take tlir . neoessary steps for the attainment of the object in view . Anotues Meeting or TnE _Bboad-silk . Handloox Weavers of _Spitai . iiklds was held on Wednesday evening , at seven o cloek , at the French Chapel , Brown ' _s-lane , Spltalfiold 6 , for the purpose of considering the ruinous tariff of Sir Robert Peel , and of agreeing to a petition to Parliament against that measure , Mr . De la Force in the chair . Mr . Poyton moved the first resolution , and observed that the proposition ofthe government would tend to reduce the wages of the silk operatives both in
England and in France . ( Hoar . ) He saw no alternative but the entire ruin of thc working classes , as it would be impossible for them to earn a livelihood . An argument for the proposed tariff was , that in consequence of the high duties smuggling is encouraged ; but lie did not believe that there were foreign silks , contraband , imported into this country to the extent stated . But if Sir R . Pool has that kindly feeling towards tho working _elassos thht he professes to have , why does he not repeal tho duty upon those articles in which he knew there was a wry large smuggling trade carried on . ( Hear . ) Why does he not take the duty off tobacoo , which is extensively consumod by the working classes' ! and it was well known that many tons of tobacco every year were smuggled , by which the revenue was defrauded 1 ( Hear , ) But he will not do that . They might , therefore , look upon the measure against the silk trade as one pregnant with the greatest misfortunes to that neighbourhood . ( Hear . ) Mr . Bury , who seconded the resolution , said that not
above one-fourth of the silk produced in Franee was manufactured in that country . It was well known that since the tariff of Sir Robert Peel had been announced , some of the manufacturers had begun to fower thtir wages ; and he had been informed that a few had already gone to France for the purpose of purchasing the manufactures of that country . He then referred to the tariff , and concluded by _expressiag a hope that the meeting would give their unanimous _support to the resolution . ( Cries of "No . " ) Mr . Hackman raorod an amendment , "That this meeting do not feel it necessary to interfere in the proposition before Parliament . Mr . Mclpress seconded tlie amendment . Messrs . _Yandome , _Sherrard , Gale , Mooro _, Ao ., & o ., addressed the meeting , when , on the question being put , the amendment was lost . The other resolutions were severally moved and seconded , which , with the petition , were adopted . The following aro copies of the _resolutions and petition : —
" 1 , That we , the operative broad . silk weavers of Spitalfields view with alarm and indignation the sweeping , unjust , and injurious reductions proposed by Sir R . Peel in his new tariff , relative to the duties on foreign wrought silk , and having had already a long and direful experience ofthe want of proper protection , we feel assured that the contemplated reduction will be attended with the most ruinous consequenees to the silk manufactures of this country , therefore we feel it our duty te resist the same by every legal aud constitutional means in our power . " 2 . That as one of the means for preventing Sir Robert Peel ' s intended reduction , we resolve to petition both Houses of Parliament to allow the protective duties on foreign wrought silks to remain at least as they now are , and to render the punishment of smuggling more
severe . " 3 . That as decreasing wages and increasing rent render cheap food desirable , yet stern duty and justice forbid us to join in the present silly and crafty cry of ' cheap bread , ' bocause unerring experience convinces us that tliat cry is got up for the purpose of delusion , and that the working classes of this country may be reduced to the miserable and disgusting level of the continental labourer ; therefore , as another means of resisting the diabolical intentions of Sir R . Peel , we resolve io obtain , if possible , by the assistance and co-operation of all classes , the just protection of British industry . " The following is a copy of the petition : — " To the _HtnourabU tke Commons of ihe United Kingdom ef Great Britain and Ireland , in Parliament _aitemUtd . " The petition of the operative broad-f ilk handloom weavers of Spitalfields ,
"Humbly _showeth—That your petitioners view with alarm and apprehension , notunmingled with deep regret , the sweeping , and to their minds injurious , _reductions proposed in the new tariff , relative to the duties on foreign wrought silk . That your petitioners beg to remind your honourable house that they have for a period of twenty years too frequently experienced severe distress , arising from a want of greater protection to trade . That it has as frequently been their painful duty to apply to the government and the Parliament on the subject . That the very long an * direful experience of the past may well cause your petitioners'to apprehend that the contemplated reduction will be attended with the most distressing and ruinous consequences to the whole of the operative silkweavers in the United Kingdom .
"That fearing these consequenees , the common sense of your petitioners will riot allow them to put any faith in the reckless and cruel assertion that the reduction of the amount levied on silk duties will not _interfere with any domestic interests . That the admission which has been made by high authority , relative to the facility with which the immoral practice of smuggling is now tarried on in the United Kingdom is , in the opinion of your petitioners , a fruitful cause of much ofthe distress which is often experienced by them , and that they humbly conceive that common justice demands that the punishment of the detected smuggler , the delinquent revenue officer , and the highway robber should be equally severe . That , as the present decreasing wages and tho increased rental of the miserable hovels in which very many of your petitioners reside , render cheap food desirable , yet sacred justice forbids your petitioners to join in the empty cry of
' cheap bread , ' beoause experience has convinced them that bread never can be cheap to those whose wages are rendered by the cupidity of capitalists inadequate to procure it _iasufficieat quantities , and because they believe that the cry for untaxed fosd has beeu got up by the grasping portion of the master manufacturers , merchants , and shopkeepers for the purpose of deluding the public , enriching themselves , and reducing the working classes to the miserable and disgusting level of the continental labourer . Therefore your petitioners humbly pray yoir honourable house to regard tke prayer of their petition , and prevent , by the exercise of your wisdom , the distresses and tears of your petitioners , by making a law wliich will greatly prevent , by more severely punishing , the immoral practice of smuggling , and by not passing iuto a law the rigorous _reductions proposed in tiie new tariff relative tothe duties on foreign wrought silks , aad your petitioners , as in duty bound , will ever pray . "
Thanks were voted to the chairman , and the meeting broke up . National United Association ev Trades for the _PaoTECTiejf of Industbi , —The Central Committee met at the Trades Office , 30 , Hyde-itreet , Bloomsbury , on Monday , February 2 nd ; T . S . Duncombt _, M . P ., inthecIialr . Letters were road from Mr . Dickinson , Orrell , Derbyshire , giving in the adhesion of the nail makers of that district , amounting to 200 men . From Mr . Brown , containing the adhesion of the block printeii of Paisley . From Mr . _Blundell , Wimalow , containing the adhesion of 4 S 0 _hand-loora weavers , and the first _menth ' s contribution . From Mr . Goulding , of Manchester , announcing the
determination of the small-ware wearers of Middleton to join the Associated Trades . From Mr . _ftaylor , Halifax , announcing the determination ofthe weolcombers of that district , 5 , 000 in number , to join the United Trades . FromjMr , Teer _. on behalf of the dressersand dyers of Manchester , 700 in number , containing the following resolution passed at a general meeting of their body : — " That this meeting fully approve the judicious course taking by the Central Committee of the Association for the Protection of Labour , with reference to supporting strikes , and hope that the same wisdom will guide their future efforts . " From the block printers of Lancashire , & c ., announcing the adhesion of the entire body .
Manslaughter. —On Monday An Inquest Was ...
Manslaughter . —On Monday an inquest was hold at Swalwell _, a village near Newcastle , on the body of a youth ; named _Routlodge , who had been killed by his uncle in a quarrel , on Thursday evening last . The quarrel arose out of some domestic differences , and the deceased , thinking his mother likely to suffer , struck his uncle two or three heavy blows . Tho uncle at length struck again , and hitting the deceased over the left ear , fractured his skull , and caused almost instant death . Tho jury returned a verdict _ofmanslaugnter , and the prisoner waa committed for trial at the next assizes .
Fatal Accident . —At about ono o ' clock on Wednesday morning last , as somo men wore at work upon a sewer in Broad-street , Bristol , the sides fell in , burying two of them . When extricated , one , named George Hibbs , was found to be dead , and the other , * ramus Lear , so much injured that his life is despaired of . At Leeds potatoes are selling at ls . lOd . the weight of a lbs ., whilst last January they sold at Is ..
To The Friends -Of-Native- Industrt In G...
TO THE FRIENDS -OF-NATIVE- INDUSTRT IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND .
fFrom tke Morning Pott . ] Chevening , near _Sevenoaks , Jan . 39 . Friends and fellow-countrymen , —On your conduct at the present crisis may depend the happiness or the misery , the prosperity or the adversity , of our country ; and I therefore think it my . duty to address you on the protection of native industry , which is most Interesting and important to all classes of tha community , and which eaunot be secured withoutyour energetic and united exertions . I feel the mora _' entitled to address you , as I belong to no political party , as I wish for nothing that an v Minister could bestow , as I have no motives of personal ambition , and as I am animated by an urdent zeal for the pablic welfare .
Full and effectual protection to our native industry may most justly be claimed by all those who are _eagaged in any of its various branches , nnd _especially in agriculture , on account of the exclusive _burdeas which it bears , and of the paramouat importance of providing food for the _papulation without being dependent upon foreign sup . piles . Under the protection which was given to agriculture , the produce ofthe soil has been very mueh increased by extending and improving its cultivation , and the manufacturers have flourished ; for the home market is to them the most valuable , ai well as the most secure . There are still in these islands several millions of acres of waste land , which , if agriculture were sufficiently protected , might be cultivated with advantage , and give mueh additional employment to labourers , but which must otherwise remain unproductive and unprofitable . '
If protection should be withdraw * from agriculture , this country would depend for the ehief accessaries of life on the supplies which foreign nations might be able or willing to furnish ; the cultivation of the land would be discouraged ; the markets would be scantily provided with its produce ; and , in the event of unfavourable _seaioau , we _might bo exposed to all the horrors _« f actual famine . There is at present no reason whatever to apprekend even a scarcity , for . although there is in somo districts a deficiency In the crop of potatoes , itis well known , aad it has been proved by exact inquiries , that there exists an abundance of foed in these islands , perhaps a greater abundance than is now to be found in some foreign countries . If , however , _, this country experienced a scarcity f corn , the prices would rise , and the duties on its Importation would fall till they were reduced to ls . per quarter .
The arguments ( if such , indeed they can be called ) which are used in favour of a free trade in corn , would apply also to every article of general consumption , to the produce cf pastures as well as of arable land , and to manufactured goods , whether they are made by machinery or by manual labour , and tke industry of our own countrymen , In whatever mode it is employed , would be much depressed , and , in many cases ; utterly destroyed , while that of foreign nations would be encouraged . Great indignation weuld very justly be excited , if foreign labourers or artisans were to be brought to this country , because they might work for lower wages , and it is obvious that they would deprive of employment an equal number of our own countrymen . The same injury would be inflicted on our own labourers and artisans by the adoption of free trade , aad the foreigners by whom we
_sheuld be supplied contribute nothing to the taxes which we pay upon so many articles of consumption . The effect or * free trade , as far as it has hitherto been extended , has already been found to be mest melancholy , by the impoverishment of so many of our artisans , whose skill and industry hare become-unprofitable to them , as they are now undersold by foreigners in our own markets , aud hare thus been deprived of _employment and of the means of subsistence . The adoption of free trade in its full extent would bring ruin ou all the industrious classes , many of whom might be driven from their native soil , while others might be confined in Union _Workhouiee . Property of every description would be insecure , destitution would produce despair , disaffection might become universal , and the inevitable result would be anarchy and revolution .
Itis your duty to consider whether you will allow this country to be exposed te such awful calamities and convulsions , or whether you will avert them by protecting the rights and promoting the interests of all those who are engaged in native _lndastry—whether you will tolerate the new-fangled and mischievous doctrines of free trade , or whether you will insist upon restoring the policy of our ancestors , which gave such prosperity and power to the British empire . If this country is to be governed upon the principles of free trade , they must be applied in their fullest extent , fer any exceptions from them would be an intolerable injustice , and they cannot be thus applied without reducing our taxation and our prices to the level of even the poorest nations . The necessary effect of a free competition with foreigners in the home market would be to impoverish all classes of the community , and to lower the wages of labour as well as the profits of trade .
If , on tho contrary , you are determined to discharge your duty by demanding full and effectual protection to all the industrious classes—if you will show any portion of that patriotism and public spirit which were displayed In former periods of our history , you will , upon this occasion , act without any reference to party politics , for you are aware that in both political parties there are to be found _frieads of native Industry . Tou should not , however , be latiifltd with vague and general professions , and you should not bestow your confidence on any individual who will not give those distiiet and positive pledges which you have an undoubted right to ask , and which no honest man ought to hesitate in granting . You should eonfide only in those persons on whose integrity you can entirely rely , and you should , without regard - to rank , or
wealth , or local influence , employ in your service those persons whose talents enable them to defend your rights , from whatever quarter they may be assailed . Act , as it is yeur bounden duty to do , with energy and union , with tho coirage and constancy which are worthy of the cause , and your triumph is seoure , for you will be supported by immense and overwhelming majorities in til the industrial classes , all of whom have a _osmmon interest in opposing tho progress of free trade . I am firmly convinced that on this question tke greastest . possible nanimity prevails amongst all the labouring classes , who are not only tha most nuuer . ous , but alsc the most useful and the most valuable to the state , and they ought to be fully represented in the House of Commons .
That you may have the happiness and honour of averting from our country the ruin and revolution which would be the results of free trade , and that your sealous exertions in the cause of native _industry may be crowned with complete success , is the fervent prayer ef Tour very faithful _friead , _Staihom .
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Lohdoh Corn Exchanoi, Monday/, Fun. 2.— ...
_LoHDOH Corn Exchanoi , Monday / , Fun . 2 . — During last week the arrivals of English wheat , oats , beans , peas , and flour were on a very limited scale , but those of barley and malt were considerably on the increase . Of Irish and Scotch grain the receipts were unusually scanty , but those of foreign wheat were full _averaije ones for the time of year . Fresh up to-day , a fair quantity of wheat came to hand coastwise from Kent , but the supplies from Essex , Cambridgeshire , and all other quarters , were small _, and of very middling quality . The attendance of both town and country buyers being large , and the supply of wheat of home growth by no means equal to their wants , the demand for that description of produce was somewhat active , at an advance in the currencies paid on this day se ' nnight of from ls . to 2 s . per
Quarter ; and at which a good clearance was effected by the factors . Still , however , the market did not close very firmly . The show of free forei gn wheat was by no means large . Holders were very firm , and would not sell in many instances except at higher figures . These were submitted to in but few instances ; hence we cannot consider the quotations more than ls . per quarter above those of last week . Bonded wheat was very steady , yet we can make no alteration in the c . urrencies . In all other grain under lock next to nothing was doing , yet we can notice no alteration in value . The supply of English barley being very large , the barley trade was extremely dull . The best malting quality was held at late rates ; but all other
kinds suffered a decline of fully Is ., and , in some instances , 2 s . per quarter . We had a large quantity of malt on offer , owing to wliich the sale was _yery heavy , and prices had a downward tendency . Notwithstanding the limited supplies of oats brought forward , that article , arising from most ofthe dealers refusing to purchase in the absence of the supplies now on their way hither from Ireland , met a very dull sale at prices about equal to those of last week . The show ef beans was not to say large , yet the demand was slow at late rates . White boiling peas steady , but all other kinds were a mere drug . In flour exceedingly little was doing , at last week ' s prices . The seed and cake markets were in a very inactive atat * .
CURRENT PRICES OF GKAIN , FLOUR , AND SEED
IN MARK-LANE . B 1 _ITISH OKAIN . Shillings per Quarter Wheat .. Essex < b Kent , white , new .. 50 to 64 \ 58 to 71 Ditto , red 44 ggn " « , --Suffolk and Norfolk , red .. 48 WiteOT S Lincoln and York , red „ 48 58 white 40 63 Northumb . and Scotch ., " 48 61 « ye •« .. .. „ OA an BarIey " _rStifeg : _Z - _* ° " extra 5 Grindin | H „ _» Oats Lincolnshire
.. and Yorkshire , feed , 23 b _6 d to 25 s Od ; potato , or short , 23 s Od to 28 s Od ; Poland , 23 s Cd to 2 Ss Ud ; Northumberland and Scotch , Angus , ' 23 s Od to 27 b 0 d ; potato 25 s Od to 27 s _6 d ; Irish feed , 22 s Od to 24 s Od ; black , 22 s Sd to 24 s Od ; potato , 23 s _Odto 26 s ed ; _Galway , 21 s Od to 22 s Od . Beans _« . Ticks .. .. .. .. 38 44 Harrow , small .. .. 4 » 46 Peas - White .. .. - .. 87 43 boilers 44 48 Gray and hog .. .. 33 87 Flour M Norfolk and Suffolk .. 45 51 Town-made ( per sack of 2 S 01 bs ) 48 57 Buckwheat , or Brauk „ ., „ 80 81
kn « iish » kds , & c . Red clover ( per ewt . ) „ „ iiu _* _- * White clover ( per cwt , ) 2 Z " is ll Rapeseed ( per last ) .. Z Z " £ 28 « Mustard seed , brown ( per bushel ) 7 s to 12 _< _T ; white , 7 s r jn c _« i u * helJ , l , P _« ' _<*¦*•; wint _<* _- . 5 s- to 6 s . Cd . Unseed _eakes ( per lutto of 3 lb each ) £ li to £ 12
Lohdoh Corn Exchanoi, Monday/, Fun. 2.— ...
' _<** _FOBEIGH GRAIN . *"•" - ¦ -.: ¦*¦ 8 hilUngs per Quarter . Free . In Bond . Wheat .. Dantsic and Konigsberg 63 extra 70 .. 48 - 61 Ditto ditto .. 54 — 61 .. 4 G — 52 Pomeranian , & c ., Anhalt 56 — 63 .. 40 — h Danish , Holstein , & c . .. 54 — 61 ,. 44 - go Russian , hard .. — Ditto , soft .. « 55 — 58 .. 41 — 50 Spanish , hard .. — Ditto , soft .. « 58 — 62 .. 46 - { 8 _ItalianjTuscan _. _& c _^ red — Ditto , white .. .. _C 3 — 69 .. 49 — 60 OdessadsTaganrog _. hard — Ditto , soft .. .. 53 — 88 ., 41 - 50 Canadian , hard ., . 58 — 60
Ditto , fine .. ,. 58 — 60 Rje . Russian , Prussian , & c . 28 — 20 Barle .. Grinding .. - .. 23 — 26 Ditto , distilling - .. 25 — 30 .. 18 — 26 Oats .. Dutch , feed .. .. 22 — 26 Ditto , brew and thick .. 24 — 27 .. 20 — 21 Russian .. .. .. 23 — 25 .. 19 — _** o Danish b Mecklenburg 23 — 26 .. 19 — 21 Beans .. Ticks , 33 to 38 , small .. 36 — 41 .. 28 — 30 Egyptian .. .. _„ 34 — 36 .. 28 — 30 Peas „ white , 36 to 50 , gray .. 38 — 40 Flour .. Dantsic and Hamburgh ( per barrel ) , fine 31 3 G , superfine .. .. 32 — 35 .. 26 — 39 Canada , 33 to 34 , United States _~ „ .. 32 — 86 .. 27 — 30 Buckwheat .. .. .. .. 30 — 32 .. 24 — * M
roBIIGM seeds , & c . Per Quarter . Linseed .. Petersburgh and Riga ( free of duty ) .. 44 to 47 Archangel , 40 to 45 , Memel and Konigsberg .. ,. 40 47 Mediterranean , 40 to 48 , Odessa .. 47 59 Rapeseed ( free of duty ) per last .. .. £ 24 26 Uod Clover ( IDs per cwt , and 5 per cent , on the duty ) ., 40 62 White ditto 45 68 Tares , small spring ( free of duty ) 40 to 44 , large .. 44 50 Linseed cake ( free of duty ) , Dutch , £ 7 , 10 s , £ 9 French , per ton .. £ 8 10 , £ 0 lo Rape cakes ( free of duty ) .. .. ... .. £ b 0 £ 6 i
Average Prices Of The Last Six Weeks, Wh...
AVERAGE PRICES Of the last six weeks , which regulate the Duties from the 29 th of Jauuary to the 4 td of February .
Wheat Barley Oats . Rye . Beam | Peas . _ _, , ,. _s . d . s . d . s . d . g . d . _s . d . a , d . Week ending Dec . 20 , 1845 .. 57 11 32 7 23 4 34 6 39 6 42 5 Week ending Dec . 27 , 1845 .. « 5 4 . 32 5 23 0 32 8 38 6 39 10 Week ending Jan . 8 , 1845 .. 55 1 31 11 22 3 35 6 37 0 39 1 Week ending ' Jan . 10 , 1845 .. 56 3 31 10 21 9 83 11 36 8 38 11 Week ending Jan . 17 , 1815 .. 56 2 31 11 22 3 34 9 36 9 39 3 Week ending . Jan . 24 , 1845 .. 55 7 31 8 21 10 87 8 36 1 36 8
Aggregate avorage of the last * six weeks .. 56 1 " 32 1 22 5 31 6 37 6 39 4 London averages ( ending Jan . 27 , 1845 ) 61 5 32 1 22 6 34 G 37 6 39 4 Duties .. .. 16 0 60 60 86 56 36
London _Smitofikld Cat-ilk Market , Monday , Fbb . 2 . —The past week ' s importations of forei gn stock for our market hare consisted of 80 cows , 51 oxen , 440 sheep , and 30 pigs , from Rotterdam , together with 13 oxen , 96 cows , and 219 sheep from Ilarlingen . At the outports very few imports hare taken place , while we had on sale here to-day about 50 beasts and 100 sheep from Rotterdam . Although this stock was by no means first-rate , the sale for it was active , at higher currencies , and at which the whole was disposed of . From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were very limited , but of fair average quality . The attendance of buyers being large , the beef trade was active , at an advance in the prices obtained on this
day se nnight of from 2 d . to 4 d . per 8 lbs ., the primest Scots readily producing 4 s . 6 d . per 8 lbs . The droves Irom Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , consisted of 500 Scots and shorthorns . From the northern districts 600 shorthorns , from the western and midland 700 llerefords , runts , Devons , & c , and from other parts of England 400 of various breeds came to hand . The numbers of sheep were unusuall y small , or about 19 , 000 less than were exhibited at the corresponding market-day last year . The mutton trade was consequently ' brisk , at a further improvement in the quotations of from 2 d . to 4 d . per 8 lbs . Lambs sold freely , at 7 s . per 8 lbs . for the best quali . ties . Calves was in short suppl y and ready inquiry , at very full prices . In pigs a I ull _. average amount of business was doing , at late rates * /
By the quantities of 81 b ., sinking the offal . s . d . s . d Inferior coarse beasts . . . 1 10 3 Second quality ..., 343 Prime large oxen _. . , 3 10 4 Prime Scots , < fcc . . . . , 4 2 4 6 Coarse inferior sheep ... 404 c Second quality .... 4 8 4 Prime _eearse woolled ... 5 0 5 3 Prime Southdown ... 6 4 5 g Large coarse calves .... 4 8 5 4 Prime small . .... 5 G 5 8 Suckling calves , each . . . 18 0 81 o Large hogs , , . . , 3 10 4 6 Neat small porkers ... 4652 Quarter-old store pigs , each . 16 0 22
BS . tD OF CATTLE OK BALE . ( From the Books ofthe Clerk ofthe Market . ) Beasts , 2 , 450-Sheep , 16 , 080—Calves , 61—Pigs , 310 . Tallow . —Prices in the London market during the week declined 6 d . to 9 d . per ewt . for Russian . Home made in request at 42 s . 6 d . to 43 s . nett cash . Richmond Corn Market , Januart 31 . —We had a large supply of grain in our market to-day , but some of tne samples were very bad . \ Y heat sold from 5 s . Od . to 9 s . ; oats , 2 s . 8 d . to 3 s . 6 d . ; barley , 4 s . to 4 s . 3 d . ; beans , 5 s . to 6 s . 3 d . per bushel . Birmingham Cors _Exchahob , _Wbdxjjsdat . —During the present week thc wheat trade has ruled dull , but farmers and dealers were not disposed to accept lower rates . Malting barley a slow sale , and secondary qualities rather lower . Oats and beans held for last week ' s prices . The announcement of the government measure caused no alteration in the value of wheat | at Wolverhampton this day .
Maxchbsier Corn _Markbi , Saturday , Jan . 31 . Since our last report no material ehange ha * occurred in the state of our market , the business doing in flour throughout tho week having again been limited to the purchases made by necessitous buyers for the supply of their immediate wants ; whilst for oats and oatmeal a moderate demand was experienced from consumers . At our market this morning few transactions occurred in wheat , and we repeat the currency of this day week for all descriptions . Flour met a slow sale , and any but the very choicest qualities hare been purchased on rather easier terms . There was but little inquiry for oats , and this article must be noted the turn cheaper . Oatmeal , on the contrary , being in steady request , fully supported the previous value .
_Wakxfiiid Corn Market , Friday , Jan . 30 . —We have to report good supplies of all grain . There was a disposition to do business on the part of our millerj , now that tho intention of Ministers on the Corn Laws is known , and we had a good inquiry for all descriptions of wheat , at fully last week ' s prices . Barley of heavy quality sold at a slight advance . Common sorts in slow request . Beans scarce and a trifle dearer . Oats and shelling eaoh met with a fair demand , without alteration in value . Malt firm , and easy sale . Nswcabtle Corn Market , Tuesday . —We had only a moderate supply of wheat at this day ' s market from the farmers , as well as small arrivals coastwise , for which the trade ruled firm at last Saturday ' s rates . Barley met a very slow sale , although there was less offering than of late . The inquiry for malt was entirely conhned to the finest q ualities . W ™ h » li > v
ffi _^ n-i _£ . Pnce- . 0 at wore _tyWng rather dearer . Beans anil other gram sold on similar terms to last week . Hour met very little attention , even at our late reduced quotations . ' Hull Corn Marmt , TuisruY . -Owing to the continned uncertainty as to the proposed Ministerial measures , there _hasten little or no business passing in any branch of the trade during the past week . suno _^ and o _^ _S "V _** 0 nl _- _™ "JKhw . ' supply , and our millers be ng rather free _hnvuri wa Lm ? eed _^^ corn nothing doirfg . cake , aw scarce ? _wThavSt _S _? V ° _^ _^ ing either in bVnes or guano * * ° 6 uSme 8 S pW * '
Wr&Mp ^ Vt, Loc ? Jaw -0n Monday, Mr. N ...
_Wr & MP _^ vT , ? -0 n Monday , Mr . _n n y * iT . •' . _beW an inquest at the Universitv College Hospital , upon Vincent _Laurent Nod iS toT , n ' C ty-roa - The deceased attempted and in sn d ° * ' _WV _» drawn *> y _<™ *' _sloil , 1 ° h , e fel 1 between tho g _^ ons of the _KSLf _* f . _^ _agg . d 80 rae di 8 t _»« ce More the llf _ft l P cnl 0 U 8 situation . Upon being released it was found that he had received no injury oeyond a lacerated wound which penetrated to the bone of the knee-joint . The wound went on favour _aoiy , and no bad symptoms betrayed themselves for » week , when lock-jaw set in . The sufferer was removed to the hospital on the 27 th ult ., where he or _^ SSSaJS _^ m _¦*""• " *¦ Verdict '
_MhLANCnOLY _DHATH BT _FlRH Ot A _MaHMRD ftualk . —On Wednesday morning , Mr . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest at the George Tavern , Great St _Andrew-s-street Seven Dials , on Yiow if the _bodv of Mrs . Anno _faylor aged _fifty-three years , wile of a haberdasher , residing at No . 2 , Little St . Andrew-street . Ann Harding , No . 30 , _Churck-street , _& oiio , deposed that Bhe was nurse to tlio deceased . About eleven o ' clock in tho evening of _Woduesday week deceased was sitting in her room reading by the candle , by which her cap became _ignited , and in a few moments she was completely enveloped in flames , ller screams soon brought assistance , not , however , before she was so injured that she died ou Friday . Verdict , " Accidental Death . " Dr , Watt estimates the present population of Glasgow at 322 , 200 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 7, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_07021846/page/6/
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