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BASFORD UNION POOR-HOUSE . INQUIRY INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING THE DEATH OF JOHN PAKKES . CotNTi Hail , Nottingham , Satcrdat , Feb . 13 . B-fon CoUmd Jtolitston , M . P ., and T . Nimm , W . B . Marti * , and F . Wright , Bsqrt . In opening the ease , ire mast state , that on Tuesday , fee 9 th instant , Colonel Kolleaton , M . P ., and Thomas Nixon . Esq . ( county magistrate *) , attended , as < w qfieio Guardians , the Board of the Barford Union , for the pnrpose of investigating the particular * of the melancholy death of John Parkes , whose sad ease was noticed in our
leports of coroners' inquests , on Friday , the 5 th instant , and Out , after some strong comments on this distressing occurrence , it was unanimously agreed , on . the motion of Cobael R » lleston , seconded by Mr . Thomas Bailey , that an inquiry should take place , before the Board , on Thursday , the 11 th instant ; and also that it was the intention of the magistrates to institute an examination Into al ) the circumstances at their sitting , at the Shire Hall , oath * following 8 ata * day . Agreeably to tW » notification , we attended the County Hall , and heard the cass ¦ a fa ? as proceeded with .
Colonel ROLLESTOX , addressing C . Swann , Esq ., stated that the magistrates , feeling it their duty to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of John Psrkes , in order to ascertain whether certain parties ¦ were liable to an indictment for neglect of duty , they Should be glad to hear the evidence taken before him as Coroner of the county . Mr . Swank read the evidence at length . Colonel Rollestos said the magistrates were much obliged ; an inquiry had already token place at the "workhouse , and evidence hid been jriven confirmatory of , and in addition to that read . There ^ ere opinions « pon cases , given by the Judges , which h « would , in the course of the proceedings , read . There was evidently aegleci somewhere , and it appeared that the ovcrsetr l&ili ! had tried to shift the blame upon the surgeon ( Mr . Daviiuni , and the surgeon upon the overseer . There aetit , however , be further inquiry .
Sir . Swash then read the verdict of the coroner ' s jury— ' That the decf-sssd died from exhaustion , acd exposure to cold , having inflammatory . erysipelas upon him ; and the jury is of opinion , that Sandford T&tham Davis <» n , the surgeon , and William GUI , the overseer , were guilty of a neglect of their respective fcties towards the deceased , and are highly censurable ; acd that it also appears to the jury that the deceased did not receive that care , diet , and attention , after he was brought into the workhouse , which Ma case so weentiy required . "
Colonel Bollesto > " was decidedly of opinion that fite verdict was correct as respected the everseer and nrgeoa , but upon inquiry he found the officers of the Workhouse were not so much to blame as supposed : as ther e was an order of the bvar . l , which prevented the ¦ siedical man attending the house giving anything Stronger than warm tea and gruel , however exhausted the patient might be , and however ^ much he might itqciru stimulants beyond the ordinary diet of the boui » e . He had since told Mr . Moriey that it was his
duty to order anything he pleased . Mr . Morley replied that he should have ordered Parkss p' > rt trine and other things if he had had the power , but he had not , as if wine were wanted , it could not be obtained till i& order waa sjiven by the Gnardians at their weekly meeting on Tuesday . In explanation , he ( Colonel Bolieslon ) was clearly given to understand , that supposing a pauper was taken ill on the Tuesday night , af ter thu meeting of the Guardians was over , and wanted wiae , it could not be had till the following Tuesday , when the Guardians met again .
W . B . MaBTIN , Esq . —Then poor Parkes must have waited till the following Tuesday , before he could have a gla&s of port wine . Mr . Nrxos—Undoubtedly , if the rules were followed up . Colonel Bollestos remarked that he must , and as there was no wine in the house owing to an order of the boird , if be had died for wart of wise , the board would have been liable to be proceeded against ¦ W . B . Mabti . v , Esq . —Toe board would be liable vpoc their own rule . ' Colonel BOLLESroy was glad to Bay -that Mr . Senior , the Assistant-Commissioner , disapproved of tie role made by the board , and that it wa 5 not sanctioned > y tit Poor Law Commissioners . ' W B . Maeti . v , Esq . —It is like tying a surgeon ' s hands behind him . I could not have believe * it pow \ - He thiLtf such a rule was in existence , had i not proof fit
Colonel KOLI . SSO 5 s ? id , he had told Mr . Morley that ke should order what was necessary , and if the Board hoed to refuse , let them take the consequences . Mr . Nixon the * read the following depositions , taken at the Basford Board , on Thnrsday , the 11 th instant , and which cr-ntnin many strong Tacts in addition to those taken before the Coroutr : — " Mr . Morley , surgeon to the Basford Union , said , I found Parkes in a very dangerous state , labouring vnder phieginanous erysipelas of the leg and arm , the -was separated from the integuments in front of the leg ; there was a copious discharge , which went through the wrappings to the flenr . I ha 4 r . o hopes , as the man was in artictAo morih when I s * w him . I Itave no doubt the journey in so cold a day hastened
big death . I ahouid have given him spiced port wina , bet I have no power to do so , because there is an order from the Board to preclude me . If a man is taken ill on Tuesday evening , I have no authority to order him wine , or beer , or stimulants , till the BoajrA Kthorise it ou the following Tuesday . I have been to the Board five or six weefes successively to complain of this restriction . I sent my apprentice the next mornixg , who has been with me two years and a half , and is about seventeen years of age , because I was obliged to go to Bramcote to a dangerous case of inflamed kmgs ; the patient is now dead . I have on the average tram fifteen to twenty . My salary ia £ 35 a year for the house . I find all medicines and applications , except linseed meal for poultices , and trusses . "
Mr . NiXOS here observed , that Mr . Morley had put the following question to Mr . Smith , chairman of the Boar \ of Guardians : — " Did I not , five or six times , apply ttf you , Sir , as Chairman , to get this order reversed , and wis it not overruled ? " Answer—Yes , you did , and it was ovtrm ' . ed . " On reference to the Guardian ' s minute-book , the order was found , in which wine was precluded being given , without an especial order frvJin the Bsarl at their meeting , and several cases in point Were stated , where wine had bes-n al ' . owed or refused . 2 tlr . ^ fixos—The apprentice rave his evidence with great propriety . He has , it se ^ ma . baen assistant to the surgeon a year ani a half . The folio wicg was the substance of his evidence : —
" Mr . Robinson , apprentice to Mr . Morley , said , I skw Parkes at six on Monday , and again on Tnesiay , and ordered him medicine . He was in a dying state . I "began to practice about a year after I had been with Mr . Morley . I have visited and preserved for j aiiente in the house for & year and a half . Sometimes Mr . Morl-y aigus his name at the tnd of the week , and sometimes I Bgn it for him . " 31 r . Nixo : <—This young man deserves credit , and I give it him for the manner in which he answered questions , and for his general conduct ; but for a youth of seventeen to sign his name as surgeon to the Union , and to order medicine for patients , without scarcely any medical experience , is a complete farce .
Mr . Itavison , surgeon , being examined , said , on the Friday prsvieas to decsased ' s removal , I saw him at Copit ' s , in consepuence of receiving information that a man wasi ; l there . I conaderedit as a private patient , aot having received any order from the pariah officer , found him very ill , with an absct-ss forming on the epper part of bis f&ot I directed that his parish should be informed that it was necessary he should Lave nedical advice . On Monday , Silvia , Mr . Giles ' s servant came to me to ask about the propriety of removing him . I aaked how he was ? The man sud he W& 3 better ;
and I understood that the abscess" was broken , and recommended that his own feeelings should be consulted , and that he should have- something warm . I sud , I think yon bave a covered cart , and you should put a bed in it , and let him bave plenty of blankets . I thought his death probable ; bat did not apprehend any imin&di&te danger , although I thought him iu an Tonfit state to be removed on " Friday ,- and I did not see Mm again . I saw no impropriety in his being removed ¦ nncer the cautions I gave them . I never had any order , written or verbal , to attend Parkes .
Richard Salvin , on being examined , said , on Monday morning I went to ilr . Davison , with M . r . Giil ' s compliments , and be wished him to go down and see John Parkes , and give tia opinion as to his fitness to fce removed . I gave tte message , and Mr . Davison asked me if I knew bow the man was ? I said , 1 bave neither seen or heard of him . The doctor said , be was going to attend a case , and could not go ; he told me if he was no worse than when he saw him , he might be removed , if they wrapt him up warm , and cave fr'm something warm to drink . When I went
back ., I asked Parkes how he was ? He said , he was better . I then asked him if he was able to go to the poor-house in-a light cart , well wrapt up ? He answered he thought he should , and would rather go there th *™ be removed any where else ; he thought he should be better done to . He said he had been well done to at Cupit ' a . He looked very UL I told Mr . Davison we could not get a covered cart , but that we had a light spring cart ; he said that would jdo very ¦ rell . Parkes had two large blankets , two bed rugs , aad a hot brick to Mb feet
Mr Jerram , guardian , of Stoke , said , on . Monday , the 25 th ult , I saw Mr . GUI , overseer , at Cupifs house , where Parkea lived , and 1 advised Gill to get on hia bone , and gSStto Mr , Dsvison , the union surgeon , at Csrftan , aoJPlftk if he waa fit to be removed to Basford ? Grill said he was going from heme , * but would send his servant , Salvin . Saw . the deceased again at ( me o ' clock ; they were getting him into a cart , to remrre him to B&sford , from which he concluded that Mr . Itavisoa tad permitted him to go . Mr Johnson , governor of the Basford workhouse , -was then called by the Magistrates , and deposed , that the Board of Guardians bad made an crd&r that no That , ate , beer , or stimulants should be given with-« &t the s&netien of the Board . Mr . W . B . MABTiJf—Then the Magistrates were given to understand , hat nothing extra was allowed " ¦ itbottt the sanction of the Board ? '
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Mr . Johnson said he could not give anything not expressed in the diet table ( a copy of which he produced ) without the sanction of the Board . ' Colonel Roixestok then read the following opinions of the Judges on cases before them : — " When an officer is bound by virtue of his ofice to perform an act , the neglect to perform that act is an indictable offence . Thus , a Coroner , a Constable , a Sheriff , and an Overseer of the Poor , are indictab le for not performing their several duties . The majority of the Judges were of opinion that an Overseer cannot bo indicted for not relieving a pauper , unless there has been an order of Justices for such relief , or unless in
a case of immediate and urgent necessity . But where the indictment stated that the defendant ( an Overseer ) had under his care a poor woman belonging to M » township , but neglected to provide for her necessary meat , &c whereby she was reduced to a state of extreme weakness , and afterwards , through want , fee ., died , the defendant was convicted , and sentenced to a year ' s imprisonment And in a case where an Overseer was indicted for neglecting , when required , to supply medical assistance to a pauper labouring under dangerous illness , it was held that the offence was sufficiently charged and proved , though the pauper was not in the parish werkhouse , nor had previously to his last illness received or stood in need of parish relief . "
The Basford Board of Guardians having heard evi > penes on this , adopted the following resolution : —It is "the opinion of this Board , that Mr . Bavlson having given an opinion that John Parkes was not in a state to be removed , is highly censurable for having sanctioned his removal on the 25 th of January , without having gone to visit him . " Colonel Rollkston , in conclusion , said , after what the Magistrates had beard , steps should be taken to collect evidence , aad afterwards to consider what proceedings should be adopted against the parties implicated ; at present that was the course the magistrates felt called upon to take . As to the expeneu of the prosecution , it might , perhaps , fall upon the officers of the union , or the Poor Law Commissioners would order the payment of them ; be that as it might , he ( Colonel Rolleston ) would take care that it did' not fall for want of prosecuting .
Mr . W . B . Mabtijc said , as a Magistrate , he entirely concurred with what Colonel Rolleston had said . Mr . >* ixon alio concurred-Mr . Johnson was again questioned as to the extra diet , and said , he bad directions left by Mr . George Farrands not to allow extra diet . Colonel Rolleston said , that Mr . Henry Smith , the chairman , expressed himself q ^ nite shocked at the order being rescinded . The farther inquiry was then adjourned .
CorjiiT Hall , Wed . nesdat , Feb . 17 . ( Before CW . Rolleston and Thomas Nixon , Esq . ) Mr . Gill and Mr . Davison , in pursuance of the steps previously taken , appeared at the County Hall , on "Wednesday , when evidence was taken , and they were informed that bail might be tendered for their appear * ance at the next assizes , to answer a bill of indictment for a misdemeanour . TVm . Ashton , clerk of the Basford Union , proved the appointment of Mr . Davison , as surgeon to the Union , at £ 30 a-yeai . Mr . Johnson deposed to the fact of Parkes being brought to the workhouse , on the 25 th of Jan ., with an order from Wm . Gill , overseer of Stoke , and the sad state in which Pukes appeared . Cross-examined by ilr . Coupe , on behalf of Mr . Gill—Did net see deceased from six o ' clock on the Monday evening till twelve the next day .
We Ualtby , a pauper , in tha Basford Union Workhouse , described the dreadful state of the deceased , his bad leg , having no rest during the night , and that he considered him in a dying state . Wa M » rley , surgeon to the Basford Union Workhouse , saw John Parkes at five in the afternoon , and said it was cruel , dangerous , and improper to send him from Stoke , in such severe weather . He described the orders he gave , and should have ordered spiced wine and other stimulants , but could not on account of the rule of the Board of Guardians . Cross-examined by Mr . Cocpe . —Did not order any wins , or stimulants ; they would have added to his comfort , bat coaid not bave saved Parkes' life . We Msltby ( recalled by Mr . Davison , ) said , deceased , in answer to his question , replied that he was starved , he was perished .
CoL Rolleston informed Mr . Divison that he could bring forward any evidence he might have , upon the trial , to contradict the witnesses for the prosecution , Wm . Robinson , apprentice to Mr . Merley , surgeon , ordered a reviving mixture , calculated to afford comfort to thy deceased . Samuel Parkta deposed to the deceased being at Stoke on the 22 nd of January , bis bad state , and to sending his nephew to Mr . Dvrison for a blister and medicine , and to communicating to Mr . Gill his brother ' s enfit state to be removed , and that the Overseer of Woodborongh refused to receive him . Witness lifted him ii > to the cart , and deceased said he was warm ; he appeared dangerously ill , and sot in a fit state to be removed . Thos . Cleaver , nephew to the deceased , told Mr . Jerram that he ( deceased ) was unfit to be removed .
Cross-examined by Mr . Cooke—Saw deceased drink something , and believed it was hot brandy and water . John Mamman also deposed to the dangerous state in which Parkes appeared on Snnday , Jan . 24 . Jamts Parkes went for a blister on Sunday , and Mr . Davii ^ n said he could not send one without an order from the Overseer ; he added , they must send a medical man from TVoodborough to visit Parkes . Robert Jerram , a Guardian , advised Gill to go to Mr . Davison , to see whether Parkes was fit to be removal . A hot brick was put to the deceased's feet , and believed he had something warm to drink prior to starting . Richard Salvin , servant to Mr . Gill , "went to Mr . Davison , and the latter said he could not coma , as he had a labour to attend . Mr . Davison said be must have something warm , and be well wrapped up . Cross-examined—T ^ e deceased said on the road , that he was warm and comfortable .
Thos . Nixon , Esq . deposed to the evidence given on Thursday , the 11 th inst ., by Mr . Djvison , at the meeting of the Board of Guardians . Colonel Rollesto . v said it was the magistrates ' opinion that there was sufficient evidence to require Mr . Gill and Mr . Davison to find bail to appear at the next Assizes , and answer the bill of indictment that would be preferred for a misdemeanor . The evidence went to s ' ae w that Parkes died for want of attention . It was the opinion of the Commissioners of the Pwr Law , and in accordance with that law itself , that it is the duty of an ovtrseer to imineuiately relieve a person in want , and then to report to the Board ; and in case a medical man is wanted , instant a : tention most be paid , and then the case reported . Mr . Coupe submitted that other parties , made witnesses of , caght to have been proceeded against as much as his client .
Mr . Djfi 3 on said he did not consider Parkes his paiient Samuel PaTkes , brother of the deceased , entered into recognizance * ol £ 100 to prosecute at the next Assizes , and all the other witnesses were also bound to appear and give evidence . Bail was put in , and the two defendants left the Hali—Nottingham Review .
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STOCKPORT . WELCOME TO THE DUNGEON-PROYED PATRIOTS , MITCHELL , DAV 1 ES , AND WRIGHT . On Saturday last , the restoration of Mitchell and Davies , the Chartists , to their wives and families , took place , after an incarceration of twelve mouths in the Whig dunge « ns , at Chester Castle , Wright having been discharged from his confinement there six months ago . This was felt to be a proud day for the Chartists of Stockport , and prouder for the cause in which many of their townsmen hacf ^ suffered—arbitrarily punished . The committee , therefore , made arrangements to signalise the entry of the patriots in a manner commensurate with their deserts , and with a perseverance suitable to the indomitable spirit with which they had borne the merciless fangs of their Whig oppressors and calumniators , and who had vainly affected , by persecuting the leaders of the Chartist agitation , to exterminate the fervour of the principles on which that deathless agitation was based . But
" Vain the effort—as well seek to bind The surges of ocean , or limit the mind . " No ; the events of this day have proved that the threats of gaols and gibbets can never put down that which the people of this country are thoroughly conyinced is just In spite of these proceedings of the busy factions , the people " still groan with the strong conception of their own wrongs / ' and , knowing them , will have them righted . Tke placards which were issued for the " demonstrat i on , " by the secretary of the association , announced that , at six o'dock . the patriots would arrive at the Ash
Inn . Heaton Korris , which just borders the Borough of Stockport , ou the Lancashire side , and where they would be met by a procession of " good men and true " of thfcir own order , and their own town , and in this manner be conducted to the Chartist room , at whieh place they were expected to address a public meeting . The patriots , accompanied by Mr Bairstow , of Manchester , arrived at the Inn , via Railway , about the hour expected , and were welcomed by the embraces of their affectionate and joyous wives and lisping families , and likewise welcomed by the almost impertunategratnlations and greetings of their Chartist friends .
In a short time , the distant sounds of music were ushered on the breeze ; and the procession which had been assembling and forming on the Waterloo-road , Church-gate , from five o ' clock , was in motion . The policemen were disposed in pain » X different points ; but in spito of this threatened sedative to their enthusiasm , thousands were found to have contributed their hearts ami souls to the cause . It was nearly seven o ' clock before the procession came up to the Ash . It was a tremendous sight for the Stockportocians—a practical lesson to the middleclasses—and an awful warning to oppressors , it being nearly a third of a mile long , and numbering from 4 , 000 to 5 , 000 people , who gave an admirable specimen of what was meant by " peace , law , and order . " On the patriots presenting themselves in front of the Inn ,
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they were received with tremendous shouting , hurraing and other tokens of a hearty reception . The procttsltn having received Mitchell , Davies , and Wright , they wheeled round , and proceeded into toe town in the following order : —
Two Marshals on horseback , bearing white wands , and wearing green and white rosettes , scarfs , * c . The Association Banner . Band of Music . The Committed of the Association , with scarfs and rosettes . Six Females , neatly dressed in white , with green scarfs and rosettes , and bearing beautiful trUcaloured garlands . Banner— " Welcome the Patriots . " Open carriage , with postillion , containing Mitchell , Davis , and Wright Several coaches , with their friends . Large Banner— "FeargUB O'Connor . " Part of the Procession . Banner—Britannia . Part of the Procession . Band of Musi * .
It was now nearly dark ; and we regret that , consequently , we were unable t * gather the whole of the mottos , or the way in which they were arranged in the procession . There were a great number of them , all of them of the democratic school . They marched down Lancashire Hill ( the bands still playing lively airs ) , through Skaton-lane , up the Wellington Road , south as far as the Post-office , down Bosk-row , Chestergate , Little Underbank , and Hillgate , to the room , where they arrived soon after eight o ' clock . Tlo routa fixed or iginally was a much larger one , as it took in other par is of the borough ; but the lateness of the hour prompted the conductors to curtail it corisider&bly .
The Association-room was neatly decorated with tricoloured devices ; and a platform was erected at one end for yie speakers , females , and others , -who bad taken an active port in the proceedings . Parties were admitted to the meeting on payment , of twopence each towards defraying the expences necessarily incurred on the occasion . Tho patriots were loudly cheered on entering the room . Mr . Joseph Cajiter having beun called to the chair , congratulated his brother Democrats of Stockport , / or the noble manner in which they had got up tjip demonstration ; an < i called upon Mr , Edward Glarlffc , Secretary , to read the congratulatory address to Messrs Mitchell , Davies , and Wright , Ixoin the people of Stockport . Mr . Clarke accordingly came forward , and having said a few words in favour ol the Caarter , read the ^ pddress alluded to . A copy has been sent to us , but our limits compel us to outic it .
The Chaikuan next introduced Mr . James Mitchell , one of the dungeon-proved patriots , who was received with much cheering . Addressing the meeting as friends and fullow-townsmen , he said he was sure they would not—tliey coulvl not—expect that after so long a confinement , after a seclusion from the world , from society , and from his friends , of eighteen months , within the walls of a prison , —he said he was sure , it could not be expected that he could address them in that language which the nature of his case at present required . But he was equally sure that were It in his power to address with the words and In the language of a Demosthenes or a Cicero , it would be impossible for him to express to them the gratification he had felt at the reception he bad met with that night from those
In whose c ^ use , and in whose behalf , it bad been his lot to suffer . ( Hear . ; The eighteen months' confinement which he and his friend Davit * had sugared in Chester Castle had , doubtless , caused much conversation amongst their ] fellow-town ' s-people ; and he doubted not that many , very many , who formerly respected both their persons and principles , had blamed them for the part he and his friend Divies had taken on this subject As it regarded himself , he would only say , that which be bad said before he became an inmate ef Chester Castle , what ho bad eaid when he was an inmate , and would continue to say , whether as a servant or a serf , within the grasp of the wicked rulers of this once happy but sow miserable and oppressed country—that the people suffered under
unjuat laws and bad Government ( Hear , bear , and cheers . ) HU liberty bad suddenly come upon him ; he could not be aware of the expiration of Um term of his imprisonment in counequence of the enormous amount of ball required . ( Hear . ) Whilst in confinement be made up bis mind to form as few acquaintance &s possible , to have few friends , and to bold as little correspondence with those in Stockport as possible . Somo people might consider that determination to be an unwise ouo . He knew many had asked the question , " why does not Mitchell write oftener , and come out as boldly and as fearlessly , and with as little care as other prisoners bad done in different part of the ountry ? " Nevertheless , be had made up his mind , not only to do this , but to ask no favour , nor to moke
more friends than were absolutely requisite to ascertain the state of his domestic affairs at borne . Acting under this determination , he begged leave to say , that during the eighteen months he bad not asked . single { MBUt from any party , wjr sou ght a single booMni any per * son—not buliciu&g one farthing from' Shy individual—( hear ;)—but cad borne that which he was compelled to bear with that free and deliberate fortitude and manliness , which he hoped the cause , for which he had had the honour to suffer , required . ( Applause . ) He bad another subject to mention ; and if be adverted tftit , he believed the Committee would not now contradict him , neither would they blame him . He begged leave to say that , until he understood the real nature of the affair , touching his liberation and the bail , and the circumstances under which he had been received , he
would not s&y one single word disrespectful of them . As far as be was concerned , he bad not promised a single hair ' s-breadtb U any party who bad bees applied to for the purpose of obtaining bis liberty . ( Hear and tremendous applause . ) As be had said before , when be was in the Castle , be made up his . mind to take what came , not seeking any favours ; if anything was sent towards his support , he thankfully received it , and as thankfully acknowledged it to the person or persons who had scut it . He also wished it to be understood that he had left the " house of bondage , " the dungeon , as clear and with as clean hands , as when he hod the honour to enter it in 1839 . ( Heat and laughter . ) He felt it necessary to say , considering the length of imprisonment to which he had been
subjected , that he did not feel capable of addressing to them any lloweTy speech ; and therefore hoped they would < . xcuse all errors . Mr . Mitchell next went ou to describe the particulars of his arrest—the illegal manner in which his housa was searched and robbedthe brutal conduct of the parties concerned—the indecent behaviour towards his wife and family—and the false and malignant statements made at the time . He still entertained the same political sentiments which he imbibed before bis incarceration . ( Applause . ) But he hoped to have frequent opportunities of addressing them on this and other points , when be was better qualified . Universal Suffrage and equality of rights were his claims ; and for those principles he was ready and-willing to sacrifice his Ufa ( Loud cheers . ) The system adopted iu Chester Castle was indeed a > cruel one . There were several persons who were
confined not for felony , but for mere breaches of the peacemisdemeanants—who are punished in the grossest manner ; because the discipline of the gaol is not adhered to , and he ( Mitchell ) told the gaolers that when he got hia liberty he would expose the system , as being unjust , and cruel , and contrary to their own printed rules and regulations which were hung up . Many a man wlio had been into the castie had been reduced to nearly a skeleton , not by hard labour , but by absolute starvation . ( Hear . ) We had beef twice a week—and such beef . He had brought home a specimen ef that given to theB « misdemeanants especially—it waa not fit for human consumption ; it was only fit for dogs or other dumb animals . Where were the reformers of Stockport—here was a case for them ; and he hoped the reporters would let this subject go forth to the world . He would not let it rest ; and would contend for reform wherever it was required . ( Hear . )
Mr . Chas Davies , on being introduced by the Chairman , was received with clapping of bands and shouting . He said he took that opportunity of premising to his friends that it would b * inconsistent in them to expect anything from him , after the lengthy and animated address of bis friend Mitchell , who , although he appealed to his friend Davies to enlarge upon one subject in his speech , had absolutely left him nothing to say . ( Hi&r , and laughter . ) However , he returned them his best thanks for the respect they had that day shown him and his friend Mitchell ; yet he never would flatter himself—he could not be deluded into tb . 9 belief that that manifestation waa intended directly or indirectly either to himself or bis colleague . It was not a respect—it was more—it was a duty they bad discharged
in tbe noble cause for which they were then fighting . { Hear . ) They bad once more told their oppressors , that the Chartists still possessed their own feelings , whatever became of Mitchell and Davies—they bad given most unequivocal prtof that men are still men , and that women are still women , with energy to think and sense to feel their own wrongs . ( Hear , bear . ) Since he had been taken from home he had learnt that the Reformers of this borough bad made some very great reforms . It was said that Mitchell , Davies , and others , were the only obstacles , and having got them comfortabto ^ ut of the way , these Reformers proceeded to improve the condition ef the people . ( Hear . ) He returned them bis sincere thanks ; and ho was right happy to believe that the people were now receiving good wages—that they were all well employed —comfortably housed—had plenty of good beef—and
were in perfect health . ( Wo , no . ) WhatT why be found that none of these reforms bad taken place . ( Laughter . ) Why , they said they could not git on with these reforms , because those ignorant fallows , Mitchell , Davies , Jfcc ., * tood in the w » y , WelJ , well ; tfeey removed these fellows , and , instead of peace and plenty , there were still poTerty , misery , and wretchedness amongst them , together with persecution and d—n—n bypocricy . ( Hear . ) What had they done for the people T—reduced thei * comforts ! He intended , however , to Bee what they could do for him ; and if they bad got work for him , he would go on Monday , with that man who sat on the bench listening to his examination , and he pledged himself to labour as bard as him—he meant the Rector . ( Hear , and laughter . He wanted no more . The people bad the right to a fair remuneration for their labeur ; and if they would
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do theli duty as men , to their wives and famUies . they had the power to accomplish it , if they could only find' the will . He was , however , sorry to see that they had men , even of their own sphere , who were willing to take the whip from the odious and vindictive oppressor ' s hand , and scourge and punish all about them , so that they escaped ( hear ); and with this state of things , it was plain that the £ 1 roan will be reduced to the 1 M . man . He bad heard that the Tropic of Stoekpert bad been grossly humbugged by some fellows calling themselves Antl-Oem Law lecturers . However | hoy may talk about the beautiful system of taking away our goods to other parts of the globe , and buying In return vessels laden with exotics , and your having bread cheap ; the thing is a whole money-getting , wages-lowering , starving system , Jn which nobody but . the millownera will be benefltted , whilst the slaves will besonie more enslaved by them .
The truth was ; that the repeal of tke Corn Laws would never be « f any service to the labouring classes , until the revenue of the country was reduced . ( Hear , and app lause . ) Only think of the idea of these mUlowners sending goods to distant climes , when there are millions who have not the wherewith to cover their own nakedness . ( Hear . ) This fact is a damnable argument against the position of the leaguers . Let us make our ownjgeople comfortable , and then export what you like to JKhnny Crapair . ( Hear , ) He exhorted them to inquire diligently into their » wn condition—look what they received , and what they paid towards the enormous taxes—to manifest the feelings of men and women , as fathers , as mothers , as brothers , or as sisters ; and they would not be long in placing themselves in advantageous array against the tyrant , and then would they deprive him at once of his sting to wound or injure the toiling millions . ( Cheats , and hear , hear . )
Mr . John Wbight , the third victim , addressed the meeting briefly . He said that the Chartists bad been grossly deceived by persons stating their object to be destruction and equalisation of property . All that they ever contended for oh this-point ' was an equalisation of political rights ; and , by the help of God , the people would yet achieve it He would still contend for those privileges ; and were he in York , or Chester , or NorthaUerton Gaol ; if he could only get his head out , he would cry ' "¦ Hurrah for the Charter ! " ( Cheers . ) H « feared the horrid baatlles which the faction were creating in different parts of the country , and the poor oppressed people had great reason to complain of their oppressors . He loved liberty ; and would to the last flay of his life use his utmost to destroy tyranny , whence or in whatever shape H might come . ( Hear , and loud cheers . )
Mr . Baihstow followed on the principles of the Charter . He dwelt on the right of the people to a voice in the making of those laws by which they were expected to be governed ; and concluded a short address by . complimenting the Chartists ot Stockport for the pre-eminently peaceable way In which they had welcomed the release of the advocates of their rights . It was then moved by Mr . S . Lee , seconded by Mr . EDWARD CLARKB—•• That a vote of thanks be presented to Mr . Bairstow , for the able manner in which he had now and had at all times advocated the rights of freedom . " Carried by acclamation .
A voto of thauks having been passed te the Chairman , the meeting then separated about half-past ten o ' clock .
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DyRHAXff . —Mr . Binns will lecture as follows : —West Auckland , this evening ( Saturday , Feb . 27 , ); Evenwood , Sunday morning , 28 th ; Scaindrop , in the afternoon ; South Church , Tuesday evening , March 1 st ; Chapel Row , Wednesday evening , March 2 nd : Durham , Thursday evening , March 3 rd . Mr . Dbe « an will lecture at the following places : — Downs , this eveninj :, Fob . 27 th : Easington-lane , Sunday morning , Feb . 28 ch ; Durham , Monday evening , March 1 st ; South Shields , Tuesday eveni » K , March 2 nd ; Gateshead , Wednesday evening , March 3 rd ; Winlaton , Thursday evening , March 4 th ; Blaydon , Friday evening , March 5 th . Mr . Wuxuh ' s will lecture at Sunderland , on Sunday evening , Feb . 28 th .
NORTHAMPTON . The Northampton Chartists intend holding a meeting at Mr . Jones ' s , Horse Market , on Tuesday night , March 2 nd , for the purpose of establishing » Chartist Temperance Society . OUSEBURN . —Mr . Mason will deliver his second lecture at the School Room , to-morrow ( Sunday ) morning , to commence at half-past ten precisely . SOUTH LANCASHIRE . — Forthcoming Chartist Mbstings . —Mr . Leech will lecture at the following " places daring , the next week : —Sunday , the 28 th , at Newton'Heath j 'Mvuday , at Shaw ; Tuesday , atDenton ; Wednesday , at ChorUoa ; Thursday , at Openshaw ; Friday , at Hey wood .
BBAOFOBS . —The Chartists here are to have a tea party and ball ift the Sjcial Institution , Hall Inge ^ oij Jklonduy " the lfcih , on honour of William Martin ^ jBWl * P « ul Holdsworth , in . which oocaaiom » public meeting will also bo held , to memorialise ( the Queen and to petition Parliament , on behalf of Feargus O'Connor , Bobort Peddie , Wm . Brook , and Samuel Holberry . Tickets for the tea may be had of Mr . Ellis , Temperance House , Goodman'send , and of various other partieB .
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BIRMINGHAM * - — -A New Method fob Robbing thb Poor . —At the public office , on Saturday last , a poor woman named Mary Shannon , the wife of a journeyman shoemaker , was charged by policeman No . , with having her chimney on fire , and refusing to go for the fire-engines to quenoh it . The woman stated that " she saw no necessity for the firo-engincH , as the samo end was answered by withdrawing the fire from the grate . She hoped it would bo overlooked , as she had never been brought to such a place before , and was very badly off , having four children to provide for . " Her complaints wore of no avail ; sho was fined ten shillings and four shillings and sixpence costs . Thus was this poor woman forced to part with that which she required to purchase bread for her children , to enable some seven hundred strolling vagabonds styled " police , " to rovol in luxury at the expense of an already starving people .
State ov the Poor . —Since the commencement of the distribution of loaves , &c , for the relief of the suffering poor of this town , hundreds of half naked , emaciated beings , are to be seen crowding eagerly round the gates of the various churches where the distribution takes place . The amount collected falls sadly short of supplying the numerous claimants . THIRSK . —Death . —At Sowerby , on Saturday week , died William Jones , aged 52 . And is that all that is to be said of poor Billy I No . We will endeavour to pen a short record to rescue from oblivious forgctfulnesB the memory of a man so celebrated . Jones wan an unrivalled artist in his profession , elevating to a science a business which , in
other hands , is a mere vulgar and disreputable calling ; bat during his half century of existence , he could never , with all his aptness ( and many bitter lessons ho had ) be made to understand that hares , partridges , and " such small doer" were made by God for the rich alone , and many a scrape his obtuflenes 3 in that respeot got him into . Billy Jones was , in short , not % notorious , but a famous poacher . We could tell many stories of his adventures , his bold , unique , and successful stratagems , and his superhuman endurance of fatigue in prosecution of the predatory sports , to which ho was so enthusiastically attached . Poor Billy I—his death will make a sinecure of the places of half the gamekeepers of
the North Ridtng of Yorkshire , whom Billy has sent many a wildgooso chace on a wrong scent of catching him , while he has securely carried on operations in ( he abundance of the heart of their preserves . For many years has the chance of catching Billy excited the hopes and sharpened the wits of the keepers far and near ; but chiefly those of his Lordship , of . Feversham , to whose preserves Jones was a constant visitant ; ( and to whom , we don ' t know on what grounds , he claimed to be a relative ); therefore Billy used to say , "Where is the harm in a gentleman sporting on his own estate ? " Poor Billy ! wo may say of him , as Prince Hal said of Falstatf , " We could have better spared a better man . " —Cor .
KEIGrHLETr . —A couple of men in this town , who are employed by a few manufacturers as a kina of worsted inspectors , continue to give their sapient employers proofs of their astonishing skill in detecting thefts and embezzlements , something after the Jonathan Wild fashion . Their usual practice is to carry , or cause to be carried , a quantity of worsted yarn , or combed wool , and deposit it on the premises of a luckless beorseller , or small manufacture , just beginning business . In a certain time afterwards , they receive private information that the parties are dealing in embezzled materials . A search is commenced , and after ransacking the various holes and comers , the proofs of the persons ' guilt are dragged from the inside of aa old chimney or the bottom of a cellar . The culprit is taken before a modern Whig manufacturing magistrate , and on the oaths of the Messrs . Wild ' s , that the goods
were found on the premises , they are quite satisfied with the evidence , and the astonished victim is fined in the mitigated penalty of £ 28 , along with a few months in the House of Correction . This certain method of detecting theft , which has now been practised by the two individuals with success for a great number of years , has lately been performed in bucK a bungling manner , that the two last attempts promise to be complete failures . A few days ago , the two worthies went to a small mill at Newaholme , near Keighley , and succeeded in finding a quantity of the wished-for embezzled material , which they carried away in triumph as another proof of their unerring skill . Fortunately for the young man who occupies the mill , several persons saw the two cunning men go with the same materials and deposit them on the premises , where they afterwards found them ; The affair is to undergo an investigation be-
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fore the magistrate next Wednesday , when , we we informed , the mett are prepared to . testify , on oath , that they aawthe two deliberately lay the trap to leM to the man ' s rain . We understand that one of the conspirators ; who ia now as notoriotts m this part of the country as ever Jonathan Wild waa in London , is making saooessM application to be placed at the head of a body of the new Whig po-Iice ; nearly all the manufactarets , espcciallY the religions portion , being ojiite ' eonvineedf thai' ne is an extremely good and useful man , and in all respects qualified to shine like a ^ star © rV the first magnitude in . the new Whig oorps , r- ^ " «* jjon < fe »/ , HA&IFAX . —On Shrove Tuesday ; the Ancient Noble Order of Odd * Fallows , Bolton Unity , opened a new lodge , at the house of Mrs . Pulman , New Inn , Booth Town , near Halifax ^ entitled $ i Mulberry Tree . ' ;' .: •¦• ' ' V '¦ ' "' ¦ '¦' . ' ' '
BRADFORD . —Thb New Poor Law . —The inhabitants of Bradford and its neighbourhood , Oppoeed to the New Poor Law are getting up petitions to both Houses of Parliament , praying them not to pass the Bill brought into the House by Lord Morpeth . The rate-payers of Bradford having found that since the introduction of that obnoxious law into this town , the poor rate baa increased at least fifty per cent , without any corresponding benefit to the poor , which is . the causa of just and general discontent . Petition sheets are lying in different parts of the town to which a large number of signatures have already been attached .
HORToXT . —At a meeting held in the schoolroom of the Episcopal Chapel , Great Horton , on Wednesday evening last , the Rev . J . C . Boddington , incumbent , in the chair , resolutions were unanimously adopted , strongly deprecating the continuance of the arbitrary powers of the Poor Law Commissioners , and the New Poor Law , aud denouncing the Bill of Lord John Russell for hanging this mountain of iniquity round the people's neck for another ten years , in " good Bet terms . " LEBDS . —On Monday morning , at about halfpast two o ' clock , a fire broke out in the flax-spinning mill ' of "Mr . Lupton , situate in Bowman's-yard , Bowman-lane , it appears that some repairs were required to be done to the machinery of the steamengine , and for this purpose two wheelwrights went
to work at one o ' clock in the morning , in order that the hands might not be delayed ; they were provided with lamps in glass lanterns , and whether either of them took his lamp out or not is not known , nor were they , according to their ^ own account , aware of any fire until they saw it blazing around them . These men were at work in the heckling-room , where was deposited a very large quantity of flax , which burnt with fearful rapidity . An alarm was given , and four fire-engines were speedily on the spot , which , aided by a plentiful supply of water , kept the flames under , and coufined them to the building in which they originated . The flooring and roof of the mill are almost totally destroyed , and , in addition to the heckling machines , which are consumed , the curding and . other machines are greatly injured by the water . The damage , however , is amply covered by insurance . . .
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John Mason has sent us a long letter addressed to Feargus O'Connor , dfaputlng the veracity of a correspondent referred to in Mr . © "Connor ' s letter of last week ; but confirming all the facts of the statement which be impugns . Mr . Mason professes much esteem for ^ the Star and its proprietor ; speaks largely ef their " servicesto the cause ;" but is yet Indignant with the Star for taking means to preserve its own existence , and its proprietor from rain . He is " inclined to tuink tliat
shielding the faults of men Is more likely to injure them , than correcting them at the proper time ; " and > angry with the Star for acting on his own maxim . He avows himsalf to have been the person referred to by , Mr . O'Connor ' s Newcastle correspondent , as having called on the Newcastle Council for a vote of censure on the Star , to which call that body did not choose to respond . We have no room for Mr . Mason ' s letter ; and we really think we do him a kindness in withholding it .
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FBOM OUfl LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Thursday Evening , February 25 / A , Half-past Six . The "Cut" News . —The Money Market this week has been very much straitened , And considerable temporary pressure is experienced . Bankers and capitalists are so reluctant to " do a bit of stiff , " that the presenters of " flimsy" are for the most part entMrely ' dep ^ ndent ^ on the * VoW-lady" herself , even for the ordinary accommodations . Great hopes are entertained that this scarcity of money has arisen from the increased demand for capital , for employment in . business undertakings , as in that case it is a favourable symptom . While the rate of discount is
upwards of five percent ., the value of money on change has not exceeded three and a half or four per cent , for loans upon stock or Exchequer Bills , thus affording a curious contrast : between the tiro markets . There is very little stock at present in the hands of jobbers , so that speculators can produce but a momentary effect upon quotations . The following are the closing prices of to day : —Threeper Cent . Reduced , 83 $ ; Three per Cent . Consols , 81 g ; New Three-and-a-half per Cent , 97 ; Reduced Three-and-a-half per Cent , 981 ; Bank Stock , 166 $ ; Consols for Account , 88 ^ ; Exchequer Bills 4 ; India Bonds , 10 . Consols at one time had receded per cent . ; but are again advancing to last week '*) position .
Finsdury Woukino Men ' s Association . —This Society held its usual weekly meeting on Tuesday , Mr . Norman in the chair ; and , among other business of minor importance , unanimously adopted the following resolution : — " That this meeting views , with feelings of indignation , the vindictive persecution of Mr . Henry Hetherington , by the renegade Whigs ; and tender him their sincere thanks for his manly defence of free inquiry , as well as for his general exertions in the cause of liberty . " Court Gossip . —The " Princess Royal" has been " sitting" for her miniature ! ( Query , sitting ?) The Queen takes the greatest interest in the picture ; and Mr . Ross ( the artist ) is under no apprehension that he will be unsuccessful , knowing that in a month or two the original will have altered so much , that its own mother will not be able to
dispute the accuracy of hia version . —— Jlra . Southey , widow of Captain Southey , aud sister-inlaw of the renegade laureate , is about to be appointed superintendent © f the royal nursery . ——Windsor Castle is about to be repainted outside , and redecorated within . The expeney is expected rat far to exceed twopence halfpenny I Shortly before the christening , the Duke of Sussex wrote to the Queen , his niece , to apprise her that there was a font among the crown place , which had been used for the christening of all the family of George the Third , and which , no doubt , she would prefer for the baptism of the Princess Royal ; to which the Qneen . replied , that she had . ordered a now font to her own taste for that occasion , preferring to have one exclusively for her own ( the Cobourg ) family .
Poor Law Realities . —Mr . D . W . Harvey , the City Police Commissioner , appeared before the Lord Mayor , yesterday , accompanied by some of his officers , to lay complaints against the authorities of the West London Union , for refusing to shelter several unfortunate and destitute persons , who had , been found , a night or two ago , exposed to the inclement weather which has lately prevailed . The authorities at the " Union" told the officers to take the poor sufferers to the " straw-yard , ' a place unknown to the law , and ono to which Mr . Harvoy has resolved no policeman shall ever
conduct the houseless poor under his manageninnt . The officers of this union actually muffled the bell , to prevent the poor creatures who sought relief from annoying them , during tho late severe weather ; the case was far different in the East London Union , the relieving officer of which ( Roberts ) is justly entitled to great credit for the humane and indefatigable manner in which he has administered to the necessities of all who hare come under his cognizance . It is a remarkable fact , that only one case of disputed relief has ever occurred in the East London Union—the mott populous in the kingdom .
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Tbb Poor Law Commission Continuance Btui •—Scarcely an independent provincial journal of the past week an be round that has not one , two , or more reports of meetings againet the above Bill . With the denunciation of its unconstitutional , arbitrary , and cruel character , there is almost invariably coupled a fervent hope that the unprincipled Ministry by whom it was thrust upon the country may speedily bo " kicked out of the station which they so unworthily oofcupy . " The resuxt of the debate on Lord Morpeth' s Bill was , we understand , looked anxiously' for at Paris , as it involves , according to the Frenoh politicians , not only the dissolution of our House of Commons , but the resignation of the Melbourne Cabinet . The French Government , we are told , ordered a Courier to be sent off with the division , and hia despatches to be telegraphed from Calais . .
Opposition io ihs New Poor Law AvsnpkENT Bi Hj , —The unpopularity of this measure becomes every day more apparent . Within the last few days several influential meetings have been held in the metropolis to petition Parliament against the Bill . In the parishes of St . George-the-Martyr , Southwark , and St . Mary , Lambeth , the meetings were Very numerously attended , and the sentiments of the opponents of tb . e bill expressed with , equal energy aad truth .
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Leeds Cokn Mabkbt , Tpbsbat , Feb 23 T < u arrivals of grain to this day ' s market a ^ ' j . *? Wheat of all descriptions has been in fairag m ^ S " and Is . per qr . higher . There has also l > e « 7 « Z 7 demand for Barley at last week ' s prices . 0 u « tZ ; been id . to ^ d . per stone , and Shelling Is «~ i *? higher . Beans little alteration . W " ** THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE W *» , EN |) INO FEBRUAET 23 , 1841 . *** Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beam , P Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . a ? 3528 2156 1043 0 197 £ * £ s . d . £ 8 . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d * .. * 3 4 11 1 13 8 £ 1 " 5- If 0 0 0 2 2 U ijh Leeds Fortnight Fair , Feb . 24 .- —The « ¦ J ^ heavy show of sheep , and only a moderate « m « 5 beasts at market this morning . There WuXiLaI attendance of buyers , and a brisk demand in « £ sequence of which all was well sold up . Berf 7 s . to 78 . 6 d . per Btone ; Motion , 7 d . to ftiX lb . Number of Beasts , 240 ; Sheep , 3 £ 0 | . "
HUDDKRSFIELD MARKET , Feb . 23 . —Oni BUBfe * has again pieented a lively and animated smmiw ance to-day , and a considerable quantity tf ^ fa has changed hands . The demand was nriMjSn r for the middling andlower qualities of botflPUinSX Fancy Woollens , and the whole of choice j ^ ZJ patterns were speedily bought up . Stocks reaS comparatively low , the operatives are fully eWj w *? and the grand desideratum of an iraproTeaw ^™ prices begins to be partially realized . TheTnwI houses , whose trade fs not dependent on Buiiel days , are also more actively engaged , especfefirm the foreign department ; vast quantities of goods have lately been sent off , and the packers u $ »» actively employed . The Wool market wasunTer age one , and prices remain firm .
Bradford Markets , Thursday . —Wool Mariuh We do not perceive any alteration this week , either in demand or prices . There is an active business in the lower sorts of Wether Combing WooL . ^ an adeqnate supply . Yarn . Market . — -Here fs a ^ alteration perceptible in the demand for Yarns Prices stationary . Piece Market . —Although fl ^ attendance of merchants has been numerous , jet we do not learn that their purchases are moreextea sive than for several weeks past . Prices without alteration . Richmond Corn Market , Fbb . 2 O . — -TlieK wi only a thin supply of Grain in our market to-foy and very few buyers . Wheat sold from 7 s , 3 d . to 9 i Oats 2 s . fid . to 4 s . Barley 3 s . 9 d . to 43 . Beusfc to 63 . per bushel .
Hull Corn Mabket , Feb . 22 . —During ito put week there has been a good deal of inquiry for oU foreign Wheat , but the holders demanding h ^ v prices , the transactions were not extensive ; w advance , however , of Is . per quarter over th « nitt of Tuesday last was obtained . In other utiefas of the trade there has been but little doing ,, witioai any alteration in value . At this day ' s marfat tfifiM was % short supply of Wheat from the foBOB , who were asking considerably higher pri&t -Tlti holders of free Foreign Wheat were also dcuodios much higher rates , and although there wettwacal buyers from the country , yet , in consequencebfilw advanced prices , but little business was dons , md the trade cannot be noted more iban Is . to 2 i frer quarter dearer than this day Be ' nnighM' Birlev maintains its price . ' Peas Is . per quartet higher . In Beans no alteration . Oats firm , at Is . per quarter advance . In Linseed and fiapeseedno
variation . Manchester Corn Market , Saturday Feb 20 . —With the opening of tho inland navigation , applies from the interior have been liberal ; bat as the bakers and dealers had become bare of stock , then was a lively demand for English Flour during ihe week , and all the fresh arrivals have been pniehwd by consumers at very full prices , conseqae aj ^ y ill little of choice quality remains in first hwdfr Far
Oatmeal we have also had a better inqtorr at improving rates , and a moderate amounts baanea done in the article . There waa ;» steadj isqnirj for Wheat at our market this morning , anim advance of Id . per 701 bs . was paid . Flour whlike wise in fair request , and an improvement of la . per sack realised . Oats were also more readily spldjud Oatmeal may be noted 6 d . per load'delta . « other articles the transactions were not of aa exten sive nature , and prices unvaried .
LIVERPOOL ; GOfOX MiBKEt , ' MOKDAT , E * 8 . 22 ,-During the last seven , days , we have had a fair supply of Wheat , Barley , and Malt coastwise , andnpwaroi of 11 , 000 loads of Oaimfeal from Ireland . The arrivals of other descriptions of free Grata , as well u those of Floor , hftvs been moderate . The w « k « imports from abroad comprise 700 quarteraof B « m and 12 , 900 barrels of Flour , the latter from the United States . Without anything like an extenaTe vend for Wheat , but nnder a fair steady demand for consumption , holders have been very firm , and law beea enabled to establish au advance , generally . ** 2 d . per 701 bs . on our last quotations . Free Floarla * met a moderate sale at previous rates . Oatsbwe
continued in small supply ; the demand , homwr , has not stepped beyond the wants of necassttoM buyers , and no material alteration has occurred in their value ; 3 b . 2 d . to 33 . 2 id . per 45 lbs . has been paid for a few fine mealing . Oatmeal has latterly sow rather more freely , at 27 s . to 27 s . 6 d . per 249 ib 3 . Most of the rouudland Malting Barley hai wen cleared off at 373 . to 393 . per quarter ; piading qualties , Irish and Foreign , hav ? met little isqairy , and are rather cheaper . No charge as Kffns Beans or Peas . Up to Friday , about 8 , 000 b * r » » of United States Flour changed hands , in ma , at 243 . 6 d ., and on Saturday , 2 , 000 barrels were solfl at 25 s .
Liverpool Cattle Market , Feb . 22 . —Thu atj we had a tolerable good supply of Beef ana Jlatwn , which met with a good demand at our k ^ * tious , except prime Sheep , which were fouls ' . }™* lb . dearer . Prime Beef , 6 id . to 7 d ., inferwr m 5 ^ d . to 6 d . ; prime wethers , 81 , middling W inferior Sheep , 7 d . to 7 * d . Beasts , 1 , 202 ; aneep , 4 , 135 . London Corn Exchange , Monday , Feb . ^ There was a moderate quantity of Wheatfroo * *?; Kent , and Suffolk , for this day ' s market , wtt » , f »« supply of Barley , Beans , and Peas * from » counties , and fair fresh arrivals of Irish 9 *" *^ few in from Scotland or from distant counties 01 ? , own coast . There have been no imports of fwW }
grain during the past week , but 3 , 205 b * rM » « Flour have arrived from New York . Tbf w »» £ has been mild and open , with slight rain smej »» £ day se ' nnight , which has enabled the farfcen w commence field work in good earnest , throOgnW"" * the early districts . Our millers were eafff W ? "J of English Wheat this morning , and au adran « e « 2 a per qr was obtained on all fine qualitiaSr *^ similar improvement in the value of the "jr , ^ Boriptions of foreign , particularly choice w * : ^ white Wheat . The top price of town-made « " ^ may be considered as firmly established » t *» n sacki being an advance of 3 s per sack the / eoo , ^ goed marks ex ship have improved again rau generally , and in somo instances for a really p . rk 23 sackwith limited stocks M »¦"
ma , per , ^ hands of the bakers , and on the wharfs . Mai' ^ Barley met a good sale , at full as ^? ! iM all other sorts were quite as dear . Mai' *^ j last week's currency , with only a moderate < w for even the best chevalier . Beans were ^^ TjJ request , at last week ' s prices . Peas c ? °° ^ « nearly the rates of this day se ' nnight , wiw s _ sale . Tares were inquired for , and ^ JZuiii There was only a moderate business o * ? : ^ Oats , mostly confined to the consumers , wn » nr ^ quite a 3 much money for all prime w " Wi * inferior aorta" were not offered on lower ^ There was nothing of moment passing » "j ' LinBeed Or Rapeseed ; both articles , mus r * sidered quite as : dear . Fair deliveries . i ^ , Cloverseed have taken place since last fli " rijeV mostly of secondary and inferior ^ » Ji" * i ^ & ^ are much the same in price as on this $ * J , jl : nri « ai whilst really choice samples ¦ command mga * and quick sales . . ^ +
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WAKEFIELD ADJOURNED SESSIONS . "VTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , thai a . L \ Christmas General Quarter Sessionirnr ! r Peace , for the West-Riding of the County of vJ ? will be held by Adjournment in the GoZmS Room , at the House of Correction , at WateflS * " Wednesday , the Tenth . Day of Marchnext , msL 2 o'clock in the Forenoon , for the Purpose of inn !!? ing the Riding Prison , ( the said House of Co ?!? tion , ) and for examining the Accounts of thegS ?! of the said House of Correction , making *»!!?? into the Conduct of the Officers and SemMiT ? longing the same ; and also into the BeWSni *; the Prisoners , and their Earnings . ¦ " * % C . H . ELSLEY , Clerk of flttPClerk of the Peace ' s Office , WakeBeld , ***• 25 th . February , 1841 . _
Local Markets.
LOCAL MARKETS .
To Mr. John Masoni
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 27, 1841, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1098/page/8/
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