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FOR NEW YORK. SPLENDID PACKET SHIPS. GEO. WASHINGTON, 800 Tons, Captain Allen,
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On the 21 st Instant . ENGLAND , 800 Ton ? , Captain Babtlett , On the 1 st of August . FOR BOSTON . SPLENDIL > PACKET SHIPS . DORCHESTER , 500 Ton ? , Captrn Caldwell , Oa the 24 ih Instant . GOVERNOR DAVIS , 800 Tons , Captain . Neef , On thu 8 tn of August . TTAltNDEN and Co ., under the patronage of the XX various Benevolent Societies established in New York for the purpose of protecting Emigrants from fraud aud imposition , can forward Emigrants by the above splendid Fasket Ships on their regular days . Parties desirous of proceeding io the Westers States can know the actual outlay required to reach their destination by applying to Harnden and Co ., by letter or otherwise . Harnden and Co ' s Passage Office , 62 , Waterloo * road . Harnden and Co ' s Commission and Forwarding Office , 20 , Water-street , Liverpool .
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g . —— . IMPOBTANT PROCEEDINGS . BIGHT OF MEETING , AXD FREE DISCUSSION .
LEEDS TOWH COUNCIL . An adjourned quarterly meeting of the members of this body was held in the Council Chamber on Wednesday last , at which , the following were present either during the whole or a part of the proceedings : —Aldermen Wtflans . Oatess . Smith ,-Gatmt , ] M&clea , Bateson , Goodman , Tottie , Pease , . Lupton , Luceock , and Jackson ; Councillors BirchsU , Lee , Jloorhouse , Ketall , Newsam , Jackson , Carbutt , J . JW . Smith , "Whit * . Heaps , Holmes , Brumfit , Dnffcon , M . Cawood , Weddill , Atkinson , Barrett , Barlow , Sellers , Yewdall , Broadhead , Bower , Arthington , Hail , Marshall , Cliff , Whitehead , Hobson , Ingham . Wilson , Strother , and Prince . From the * Bill of Fare" furnished by the Notice Paper , the doinga" of our petty parliament were looked forward to with more than ordinary interest .
t The Mayor took his seat Terr shortly after eleven O clock , and the minutes of the iBst meeting , which iras a Epecial one for the election of an alderman only , and were consequently short , having been read , Business was about to coirmence , when ^ Mr . Reset Ccwper Masshaia made some allusions to the notices which'bad been placed on the paper by Mr . Councillor Hobson . What his objections really were , the reporters , from the tone t » f Tiaes which Mr . Marshall always adopts , were utterly enable to catch . He seemed , however , Io desire to forces connexion between 5 c > me questions not then before the meeting atd the standing orders , and to assume that these unpalatable notices were a bar f d the Council going to bnsiress at all , and he enquired whether , while they were on the paper , it would be possible fo proceed .
The Matob replied that so far as he ucderstcod the question which had bsea raised-, there certainly was no standing order to pTovent Mi . Councillor Bob ^ on from taking the ccbtsb which he had done . Mr . IIabshatl made another attempt to show cause , but the Mayor decided that certainly there was nothing wrong in what hsu been done . - Mr . Councillor Bobsos entered the chamber whilst Mr . ilarsball w « . s speaking ; but as he could not , of course know what tie otjecdons were which had been urged against his nonces he took no notiee of the matter .
SEE SEW GAOL . Mr . Mxeshall then brought forward tie first notice on the paper , which appeared to-he more in Consonance wiih his feeEc ^ s ; it was that the borough seal be affixed to contracts eniered into by vazions tradesmen Stxr ibe BXeeniion of irorks connected with the new jraol . These contracts embraced an Outlay of £ 10 , 786 183 ^ the contracts for which hail been previously regularly entered into : the tfirang of the seal , therefore , was a mere matter of form , aid was agreed to .
PUBLIC PROSECUTORS . Mr . _ Aid . Cms presented a report from the committee appointed to irqnire into the" state of the Jaw as regards the appoiDtmtnt ' cf pnblic prosecutors , from which ifcTtppeared that althongb there was no legal sanction for such appointments , the system had , in the opinion of the Recorder , the Itepnty Recorder , Robert Barr , Esq ., and the Clerk of the Peace , who had been consulted on the subject , " worked well f the report recommended , therefore , thai pnbiia prosecaters should be eontinued , but that the persons holding the effice should undergo a change every three year 3 .
This report led to an almost interminable " ta ! k , ' and the illegality of the appointment was get ever i > y a recommendation to tte magistrates , snd a deputation from the Council to enforce it , to bind over in all cases as the prosecutor , the chief constable , who being a servant of the Council , would give the prosecniiors inio the bauds of roch Fpjjcitors only as he should be directed to do ; and as it requires considerable experience and great respectability , and much talent , to conduct criminal prosecutions with success , it was determined to
recommend that only the services of one of these very osefol officers should be fliFpensed with at once , the other being retained / or another year , in order to instruct ihe fortnnate nominee in his professional duties . j TH 8 UTFAKTET BAKRACXS . i ThB next notice was for a memorial to the Secre- ' iary of State to discontinue the infantry barracks in , "Woodhouse-lane . It had been placed on the paper ; by Mr . Councillor Craven , but as he wa 3 one of the , absentees on the occasion , being absent at York , assizes , the matter was dropped . s
SEW P 35 T-0 FFJCE . On the motion of Mr . Alderman LrccocE a report Cfom the Post-Office Committee was read . Two sites for a new oEce were recommended , one on the property of Wm . Hey , Esq ., between Lsud ' s-lai » e snd Albion-street , snd the other , the warehouse at present occupied by Messrs . HardKick , ** u . uvuuu ^ , in Cross Back-street , and the property ot Mr . Thos . Hampshire . Neither of these sires appeared to eire general satisfaction , ard a wordy " warfare was C 2 Tried on for a great lensth of iimh , one amendment being proposed after another , sad each in its turn being negatived , 5 ir . Luccock , as the Chairman of the Committee declaring that they had inspected every site which offered , and that " they could not find any more eligibJe , therefore that either oce of Hose must be adopted ; or the ofice must remain where it is . A memorial to the PosxmaEter General , founded en the report , was ultinsstely , with a lew Terbal alterations , adopted . ; Tiiis dosed the business under tie Municipal Acs , and the Council neat proceeded to the notices under the Improvement AcU ] WmEKING CP SEIXXES T . iTR . ! , , I , i
Mr . CeunciHor Sxbotbsb , as Ch&ino&s of Ihe Streets Gonnnittee , brought forward this question , and moved that so much of Skinner-lane as is coextensive with the land attached to the advowson of the Ticarsge should be sewered . f ^ s ^ ed , and paved , at an expeiiee not exceeding £ 4 S 9 15 a lOd . There was another motion to follow this , that the remaining part of Skinner-lane should also be sewered , flagged , and payed , at an expeiice of other . £ oOO : thus making the cost of the whole improvement £ 13 OQO io the Burgesses . A long discussion -ensued on this " . draining "'" lopie , and ultimately , on the motion of Mr . Ccunc 31 ot Hobsos . the question was referred ba- ^ k u > the CDrnmittee , with instructions to enforce tie proviaons of the 135 th clause of the Improvement Aci ,
trhich provides thai the owners of property shall be compelled to flag , lerel , drain , and sewer the streets l > onnding their own . property at their own expense .
THE EIGHTS OT THE PEOPLE . , Tie next notice on ihe paper was the following : — To ptit a question to the Mayor , to ascertain f whether a certain letter , —purporting to be written at j the instance of ths Msyoi , en the 17 th of Sane , isa ,. by Edward Read , Chitf ConEtsile , to e ^ rtalE Stquisi-1 CoEists "Bfeo had convened a Public Metting of the Inhabitants in the Vicar ' s Cioft Market , on Tuesday j Evening , Judd ISih , ¦ warning them not to bold Buca ! jneeting , —was ¦ written at the instanra of the 3 Iayor , or ; Bt his EC ^ crstion . j 2—^ Aud ftrrtber , in case tie snrsrer to each question Bhould be in tbe affiTioative , to t > nt anether queation . to '
atceilain the lirotiiidB or icas-rs tbrt induced the ' Mayor to interfere to prerent a Public Meeting of the Inhabitants , for a legal purpose , and legally convened , i in a Market to all intents sud purposes Public Pro-, r ^ rtyj having been pnichssed at tee public txpenis , i and ceM in TB . VS 1 by ike Ccnndl for the use and i behoef of tbfi Public , as a Public Market > This notice bore the Filestore " Jos . HobsoD , " : B'Qd the Mayor called npon that gentleman , upon ¦ which , ' , ' Mr . Alderman Tornz rose and said , that s : eing the notice was to put a qaestion to the Mayor as to ; Home att which he haa executed in his official ; capacity , h . e was of ophiicn that the question was , quite out of order ; and that the Council bad col bnsiness whatever to inttiferewifh the magisterial tlniifcs of the Maror . ;
_ Mt . Hobsos rose to order . He denied the light j of Air . Alderman Tott : e to riss untU tbe question ; ^ d been raised . It wai iaposable for Mr . Tortie to ; taiow what be ( Mr . E ) was going to do , or how hoi fihODld shape his question . It would be time eaongt i to take objection when tbe point arose . His present business wa 3 to present a n >? E 3 Oi }» l to ths Con """ ' from the inhabitants of Leeds in public meeting ' rsembled on the lsa c » Jnse . * " - *—h , Mr . TorrrE Eubmitted that such a pre ? e "d ™ " v- ~ = ' more disordeily still ; there W £ 3 no nc ic * « b «• ¦ " - paper of any such intention , ' , Mr . Hobsos Etood waiting until Mr . Tottie had ' done , bat before fie ccnld at all explain h ? n 3 ? eif , TheMATOB decided that the proceeatDg wal . not in order j the memorial ought to have been siren to the ^ Eown Cl erk , that tt might have been read it \ ae commencement of the proceedings .
Mr . Bob ? O 5 said he bad taken the opinion of the Town Clerk upon that very point 3 and bad asked biirj if it was requisite to give any notice of the prcssata- ] Sion of the memorial . Be had acted on tie opinion j of the Town GJerk , and if he was in any wsy » rrorg , he mnst throw the onns upon him . The Tows Ctekx thought Mr . Hobson had never spoken to him on the ' subject of the memorial ; and afterwardB Mr . Eobson remembered that it was to Mr . Wardle ( the Town Glezk's assistant ) to whom he kid mentioned the subject . Mr . Hobsom then remarked that the qaesdon was , TrneQier a memorial from the inhabitants was to be that oat ot the Council on such a point ! Mr . Alderman Luptos thought the Council ought U ^ ^ ke « themeaorial read j bat Mr . Hobson must see B * t he iras out of order . Ths Matob said it was clearly oat of order . ^ ir . Hoisos would like to know how he was out of
Mr . Xtjptok—Bj ihe fifth standing order . Mr . Hobsom denied this , and an irregul ar discus-Blan ensned in which three er fouT of * £$ members were talking one against theetlier , im& the ftsn ^ ws rders being referred to , Mr . Hobsoa 8 too 4 on % point of Tlghi , whipa he claimed for the in-Itsbitants , to enter the Council , by one of their own body , through memorial j and that too without notice .
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A member of thd House of Commons had not to give notice when he presented a petition ; and surely the little parliament of Leeds was not more unapproachable that tbe big house itself ! Mr . Lupton moved that the memorial be read as a matter of oourtesy , which was secondhand another disorderly discussion ensued ; Mr . Hobson strongly contending for the right of the inhabitants to appear in that chamber , without such courtesy . There waa no standing order that required notice to be given that a memorial should bepresented . The Matok decided against the presentation of the memorial , and also against its being read . Mr . Hobson . —Then am I to understand that the memorial of the inhabitants of Leeds to the Leeds Town Council ib ticked out ?—( ones of " no , no ;" take other step 3 with it ") . I understood that it was agreed to receive it as a matter of courtesy .
A MiMBKB remarked that the Mayor had decided that the presentation was irregular , and therefore that question could not be put . Mr . Hobson—Then the inhabitants must come in another shape , it seems . The Mator then said , that in reply to the point raised by Mr . Alderman Tottie , as to tbe regularity of any questions being put to himself affecting anything done in his magisterial capacity , he thought that also was quite ont of order . Mr . Cuff contended that on . the occasion in question the Mayor was not acting in his magisterial capacity at all , but a 3 Mayor of the borough ; and soZelj l . j th « power tfiich ha had dtrivad from the Council . Mr . Tottie rose to explain , but
Mr . Bobso . v contended that he bad no right to explain , as he was utterly ignorant of tbe course which he ( Mr . H . ) was about to pursue . The whole proceeding was disorderly ; the Mayor's decision among the rest . Mr . TorrrE—I only know what is on the paper Mr . Ilousos , again rising—Mr . Tottie does not inow m what shape I may put my question . How C 5 ta he possibly know in wLat form to urge his objection . The question should bavc bcea raited by me , before there was cither objection or derision . "Both these are disorderly and unfair . Mr . Tottie , at the top of his voice—You are out of order ; and turning to Mr . Hobson , * I can sbent as bard as you . " Aaoth-r scene of " all ta'ktr ~ and eo hearers " ensued , of which it would be impossible to convey any adequate idea . At length , on Eiieuce being in some degree restored ,
The Matob decided that the question referred to an act done in bis magisterial capacity , and to enter upon it there was clearly ont of order . He , therefore called upan Mr . Hobson to proceed vrr * h the next notice . Mi . Hobso jj then was about to offer some explanatory observations , when he was once more stopped by the Mayor , who called upon the meeting to support him amidst these attacks , and there trere immediately loud cries ot" " Chair , chair , " and another rich scene of confusion .
Mr . Hobso . n denied that he was about to renew the question ; he had not from tho first intended te put the question of which he had given notice , to the Mayor at that time ; and if the Council had bui listened to his expianatiyn at first , instead of uciing In the disorderly manner in which they had done , they would have been better informed , and all the confusion might have been spared . Ha hud communicated his iatenticn to the Town Clerk , and acquainted him vsith the course which he intended to purfue ; and he must again say that be had been very unfairly treated .
BIGHT TO THE M ^ HKET . Mr . Hobson then proceeded , 1 rise now , Sir , to briDg before the notice of the Council the
followlsg resolution : — That as the Inhabitants of rny City , Borough , or Town Corporate , ba- ? e an undoubted right to use a pablic Market-place ub a placa of public a--Eeaibly is ? r e ! 1 lawful pmpo&e 3 , so tLat such assembling does notpie ^ ent , er interfere is tfb , the due coarse of bsldicg tho legnlar market on tb& days set apart as market-days ; and inasmuch aa the 3 Jarket-p ! ace Leld in TiiVST by tbe Council « f this Boiough for the c « Bud bei ^ uf of tbe " Bvrgtsees » nd Jcfc'ibitantaat large , is , to a'l iutrEts snd purpufe 3 » public ilsrfeet-pjEce—its pnrebpse and settJ'g-spart for that puipcse baling been ordered by a vote of the ratepayers in -vestry aet * nibled , in accordance vita the nquireEiecis of tn Act of Parliament , and tbe purchsse-menty V 3 \< 1 out of a fund
raised Vy assessment upon the inhabitants at large ; it is manifestly clear tiat such inhabitants have a tight to nib fuch pnblic > l 3 rket-place as a place of meeting for all lawful purposes , on all occ ^ uobb 'when not occupied with the immediate businsfs of the maifcet : and farther , aa it ¦ would not bt lawful for this Council , pithsr by vote or other act , to devote or divert the said public Maiket-place to any other purpose than that for which they hold it i > " tecsi , so neither can they by -vote , by leasing of tolls , or by ary other set . dbridqe , -. trriaL *¦ - r ; = nd £ T "vrnfl . » -y cf Ibr- : ig £ t ? iz £ priyHe ^ ts sccruinr to the public &- > rr ttti ^ ? 'jtt - lng sjart aEd maictaicing sucb Market-p ! kce as a p ! 3 ce for holding markuts , anil for all other purposes and uses connect * d with mafceta and Market-pieces .
1 just new explained that this was the question I intended first , w bring icrwsrc out of ihe stven ol which 1 have given notice . I determined to do so , because 1 -s ^ aa wts htul thai the whole question should come iuily and lairly betorB me Council , without reierencv- to the parties who have been the cause of , the question being raised . 1 therefore determined to waive the questions of which I had given notice , respecting the conduct of individuals , until the Ccancil bad come to a decision upon this motioE : indiTiduals , therefore , and the nature of their conduct , are ior the present' ont of court . In taking ibis course , Sir , I can s ^ sure the Co uncil that I am ( impelled only by the strong sense wbjch 1 entertain of toy pnblic duty , in thus endeavouring to give etfeot to tbe almost unanimous feeling of the inhabitants : ot the borough , as expre 3 Esed in the various ; public meetings which have beeD held upon ; this Ectjf ct , at which resolutions have been all but ' , unanimously agreed to , deprecating the steps which j have been taken to prevent the people from exercisi ing their undoubted right . The question which 1 ' am thus brin / pnic before the Council , Sir , is one of ; great importance ; it is a question involving the , right to meet and the right of free disenssion . It ¦ tDe public are not allowed to meet in tho onlv place : wbich belongs to them—in the market place , the : place of peblio resort—a 6 evere blow is i at ones struck at an " undoubted ' rk-ht
MaDy parties , Sir , are deposed to underrate the importance of this question . They or . t »; iid that mere personal hostility prompts the stw * that have oe * n taken to repel the unjust aggression which has been attempted © n public right ; and that a great deal more is made of it than it deserves . Sir , xTbib is not the case , if it can be clearly shown mat the sacred rijiht of free QiECUBsion is involved . Tbis , Sir , is a question affecting pnblic liberty , the frrgiassanlts upon wmch are generally made in matters which of themselves appear to be unimportant ; and if these first assaults are tamely acquie 5 C ? d in sud quieiiy submitted to , the advantage thus gained is invariably used to the establishing and carry ing on ; of other sud more sweeping measures
detrimental to the libtrty of the Eubjtci . Many matters , Sir , that of theo 3 :-elves appeared unimportant , have ultimately proved to have been pregnant with momei . tou 3 consequences . Tne fateof nation ? , and even the particular phase of civilisation itself , have frequently depsnded on the bettlement of dispntes and contests arisiD ? mn of what in themselves aud of themselves were tr . vial aad unimportant maueis . John Hampden wss merely called upen to pay his share of a taz cs'ded ship-money "— a tax which thousands had paid wiihont even bo much as a murmur , a isx vciy iuconsiderablo indeed in amount : and if John Hampden had acted as some good , easy , cczy souls hi our day would have done , and as many in his day did do , he would have complied
with the ucjust , trivial demand , and enjoyed his quiet . Bat John Haiupden saw in the enforcement oi that tax an attempt to es * ab ; 5 « h arbitrary power . Joba hlcmpden saw in the enforcement of that tax rhv . siciifice of the ri ^ ht of selt-Gorcrnment ; an attempt to establish tbe principles ihai the people could be taxed otherwi ? e thaa through their chosen ~ 3 pre--22 T 3 , tiveB . Tiitrcioro , hb resisted tLis iittlo iosi ^ cifioant matter—this sligh t unconstitutional uioro'efcmerit , sna whal wa-i tbe result ? A ? . itvz % lo — a civil war ; and the bead of K'nu Charlra rolled from the scaffold , while ibe bcutiii , t 3 j . ?^ l TJty "was t \ ie auivu ? a \ recognition an , ? ,. * - > -2 ishmeni of the p : " r :.-iplo that taxes can alone bs impoted by the representatives of tho people in the House of C'jarcons . Had John
Hijx > t > ri == n viewtd the questioii as some parties wish to view the present ose , we should have haa the establishment of permanent arbitrary rule . First a ^ saultB on public liberty , Sir , are always made on unimportant matters ; at least on matters which are seemingly unimportant ; but from them the most momentous couBequenc-s ensue , aud unless met at the first with vigour , the wbole of pubiio lights and liberties arc one by oue sacrificed . I rnrpq = 9 to show that the prohibition of pubiio meetings in our Market is an infringement on pubiio liberty ; and therefore , I trust , we shall hear no more aboat the insignificance of the question . It may appear insignificant , at the first blush , to an unthinking mind ; but if the ri ^ ht of freelv meeting to discuBB be
grievances involved and in jeopardy , it is manifest that the question is important ; and that it ib one which thifl Council , as the guardian of local liberty , are boumd to take up and settle on a satisfactory basis . It therefore , Sir , becomes my duty to ehow that these great and valuable rights are involved in the proceedings that have taken place , to pnl down public assemblies in our public Marketplace , That Market . Sir , was sefc apart for the publioi and bj the public ; and because it was so set apart , this Council , as trusteeB on hehalf of the public , are bound to se « that Hheir rights in it , are reEpecledandmaintained . I ehall for the present treat the question solely on its own merite—totally irrespective of tbe parties engagedia the recent attempt to deprive the people of 4 &eir right . I shall not at present discos * the motives that may have actuated them / nor the means which they haye
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resorted to , to carry their object into effoot . It ib sufficient for our present purpose to call to recollection the fact that attempts , and , partly successful , have been made to put down meetings . That is sufficient . .. of itself to make it a duty inoumbent on this Council to interfere , and set both parties right , the pubiio and the authorities , as to the extent of each of their rights and privileges in connexion with the matter . To bring the whole matter fairly before the Council in all its bearings , and » n its own merits alone , so that it may be folly and fairly discussed , and a decision arrived at separate and distinct from all party feeling , I have endeavoured to frame a resolution which I think raises that whole question , and which resolution
1 6 feall move before I resume my seat . I intend to establish every point contained in that resolution ; tbe right to meet ; the right to use a pubiio Market Place as a place of meeting ; that the Kirkgate Market Place , over which we have coniroul , is a public one ; that this Council holds it in trust only as such ; that the Counoil have no right or power to betray or abuse that trust ; and that they cannot delegate such power to any other party . All this , Sir , I intend to make as plain as propositions can be made ; and having done so , I think that the Connoil will feel itself compelled to unanimously affirm my resolution , and thus set the matter , out of which an exciting and serious dispute has arisen , effectually at rest . Mr . Heaps—But you will fail .
Mr . Hobson—Tho gentleman says I shall fail . There is another of those "foregone conclusions , " of which , ' of late , there has been so much reason to complain . Without my reasons having been at all heard , I am told that I shall fail . We shall see . First then , sir , as to the right of the people to meet . That right , by recent proceedings , has been called in question ; and it therefore behoves me , as a ground-work for subsequent operations , to show that the right to meet is one which we have no power to destr&y , nor even to abridge . The right to meet has been recently distinctly acknowledged , aud declared to bs " an undoubted one , " b y every Judge on the bench . Each of them has distinctly set it forth as one guaranteed to every
British subject , by virtue of his being subject to British laws . It is a right which has not fyeen conferred by statute ; does not depend on an Act of the English Parliament . It is one which has existed , and one , too , which has been exercised , from time immemorial ; and it is thus a p rescriptive bight—a right of the most indefeasible character . Contemporaneous with the right to meet is the right of free discussion . The one right neoesaarily implies the other . The right to meet would ba nothing without the right to speak ; neither would the right to speak without the right to meet . There can be no mistake about that . Both are necessary for the very existence of freedom ; and both are guaranteed to Englishmen by tbe common law of
the land ; nor do * I fear that any here wall dispute them , however annoyed they may have been at their exercise . The right of tbe people to meet being thus settled , the next point is , where are tho people to meet ; to exercise what is denominated by the Judges an " indefeasable" and " an undoubted" right . Meetings to be beneficial must be in public . They are dangerous only when they are held in private . Their primary object is to form public opinion , and bring it to bear upon aots of general or local oppression , or in aid of just and necessary measures of pubiio policy . Meetings held in private are worse than useless ; they are mischievous . In pubiio , they are open to observation ; and the proceedings if wrong or illegal
can be rectified . In private they are unsafe and dancreron ? , because plot tings , cmuete * , and outbreaks will assuredly flow from them . The authorities , were meetings held in private , would never be safe , for they woHld never know whether or not they were treading on a mine , nor when it would explcdo . It has been well said that pubiio meetings are the safety valve of the state ; that excited passion and ieeiing , which , if pent up , would inevitably explode , by their means find vent and escape , and sober judgment remains behind to effect the necessary changes , or to carry out tho measures on which public happiness depend . The genius and spirit ot the constitution as well as the good feeling of the people are all against secret meetings . . They
are dangerous ; and therefore the Jaw rightly forbids them . Meetings , therefore , to be of use , of benefit , and to be lawful , mtifet be public . But whebe ! In what place are they to be held ! It is dear that the right to meet could not exist , or at least that it would be useless , without tbe mea > s for its duo exercise . The means for the exercise of this great and uuooubted jfght of assembly is , on public propertythe placo ot pubiio resort—the Market-placea of the different cities , boroughs , and towns of the empire , where the authorities know at all times what is going on , and are enabled in the event of anything going wrong to at once appiy a correotrve . tie-sides , what placo so likely 1 What places so unobjectionable 1 All contribute to maintain them ;
they are set apart for public convenience , and clearly ought to be at the public service . Were this not so , aud had not the pubiio a right to meet on public ground , the right to meet might be defeated . If the public were obliged to hold their pubiic meetings on private property , or were compelled to ask the owners of property for a place in which to meet , the owners of convenient places for large assemblies could , by combination , make tho right to meet null and void , by refusing con-ent ; which they have clearly a r ij * -ht to do . I have a right to refuse a meeting 'being held in any house of mine , and so have others ; the right to meet do pands on no such consent ; if it did , then woulfi there be an end to that public liberty . The market
places throughout the country have always been used as pJaces of public assembly , ever eiuce market places were established . Consult tbe statute book , and you will find dozens of euactmenta proviuing for , and enjoining , assemblies at the public market cross for different purposes . It was at the market cross that formerly all proclamations wera made ; it was at the market crosa that all laws and enactments were publicly read , that the inhabitants ot the land might know what the laws were . The old Saxon institution , the Folkumote , was held at the market cross . That was essentially a public assembly , beiug in fact a gathering of the inhabitants of the diBtriot to transact their pubiio business . From that institution , and the manner in which it
transacted its business , has been derived a term of which we hear much at the present day , but which uow means quite a different thins to what it meant then ; I mean the term election , by poll . When the inhabitants were assembled together in the Marketplace * with the proper officer presiding , and when a proposition , which had been fully discussed was submitted to a show of bands , if the number of hands ou each aide wern so equal as to render the decision at all donbtful , the people used to divide on each side , with their heads , or polls , uncovered , and thus stood until the presiding officer could see the number of polls on each side , or uutil they were counted . The right of so meeting iu Market-places has existed without let or hiudranoe from time
immemorial . ! That right still exists ; and has become a prescriptive right , as indefeasible aa the right to meet itself . Mr . Hobson then proceeded to illustrate this part of his subject by tacts ; instancing ( . ' eventgarden Market , in London , which , although the freehold was vested in the Duke of Bedford , and was private property , being erected into a markst-piaco by Act of Parliament , was nevertheless , by virtue solely of itB being a market , free to the inhabitants of Westminster for the purpose of holding public meetings therein ; meuungs convened uot only by the High Bailiff but by the people tnem ^ eives . He next alluded to Smithficld market-place , aud the market-places at Huddersfield and at Keighley , and detailed the usages
connected with them bearing on the question , tin then referred at eomo length to the tB ^ abliahment of the market at Leciis , in tho year 1 G 26 , when the Tuesday ' s market wa 3 established , and when ihe markets were held iu Cross Parish , where there was a market cross tn . ctod , and where rouud tko steps ot which the people used to meet at any time which suited their couvaDienco ; and he traced the various changes , aud the acts under which such changes had been made , down to the time of tho purchase and establishment ' iot the Market iu Vicar ' s Croft , in refurouce to winch he observed : —This brings me to an impoitaut portion , « r division , of my argument I haveincw to uhow that the Vicar ' s Croft market is , to all iments , and purposes , a pubJio
market , and , as Buch , liable to all the uses auo purposes ta which pubiio markets in general are . , My proposition on this head is , that gthiB Tioar ' s Croft market-plu . ee has been erected by the inhabitants themselves , in aid of the formerly existing marketplaces ; that no doubt cau possibly exist that such was their intention ; that they have taken all proper means to . carry that intentioa into effaofc ; that this Council holds that plot of gtouud in teust , on th sole condition that they will cause that intention to be observed ; and that , consequently , all the rights , privileges , and immunities that now portain , or that ever did pertain , to the inhabitants from the possession of Cross Parish , market-place , appertain ta the Vicar ' s Croft market-place ; and that no power , save the Parliament of England , can denude the inhabitants of those rights . That there is necessarily a limit to the right to meet in pubiio
marketplaces , 1 admit . That limit is public convenience . The right to meet could not , nor ought it to be , exorcised to the defeating of the first object had in view in erecting market-places—the due holding of markets on market-days . The right to meet in market-places is rightly secondary to the holding of markets ; that is , the right to meet there must be exercised at timeB and seasons which will not interfere with , or prevent , the due holding of markets—that there shall not be pubiio assemblies during tho hours of market . This limit is a reasonable one ; and is the only limit to the right of meeting in such places . The right of bo meeting appertains to all public market-places , wherever situate or wherever erected . It accrues to the inhabitants from the establishment of the market and the erection of a market-place . A market place is a place of pubiio resort ; and wherever one is erected it necessarily becomes subject to all the laws , condi-
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tions , and usages to which other marketplaces are subject , unless it ia specially ordered to the contrary . There is , 'there can be , no reasons to suppose that the old Market-place of Leeds was differentiy situated in this respect from other marketplaces . Common usage shows that it was not . It is well known that the old Market Placo was constantly used as a place of public resort and pubiio assembly for the town of Leeds until the erection of the Vicar's Croft Market ; since when that has been used as a more convenient place . To prove this Mr . Hobson referred to a great mass of strong documentary evidence , commencing with the history of the erection of the Market Place , and going through the Acts . of Parliament under which the town has been at different times governed down to the time when , by resolutions of toe people in vestry assembled , it was determined io purchase the Vicar ' s
Croft , as a freo and open Market Place , for the sale of produce , in aid of the old Market Place , become too small for the increased population ; and after examining in detail the power given by the present Improvement Act to the Counoil to collect tolls in this Market Place , or to lease the market to others for that purpose , he concluded as follows : —But the Council , in this case , can only lease the tolls and stallages ; they cannot lease the ground ; and even if they could , it could only be on condition that the rights of the inhabitants should be respected and maintained . It would not for a moment be contended , that if the collection of the tolls was in the hands of the Corporation , that they could prohibit the Market-place
from being used as all other Market-places can be used by virtue of their being such ; and if they possess no such power themselves , it is manifest they cannot delegate such powor to others . The Act gives us the power to lease the tolls , iut it does not give us the power to lease the ground . I know this is the pinch of the question . I know that parties contend that when they lease tbe Market , and the right to take tolls , they lease the Marketplace ; but 1 apprehend that this is not suoh a construction as would be put upon it by any lawyer of eminence for it would indeed be a monstrousi proposition that , because the lessee has purchased the right to collect the toll , that therefore he has a right to prohibit a legitimate and lawful use of the
Market-place . It might as well be contended that a person leasing the tolls of a highway acquires the right to prevent foot passengers to use the road . The one contracts for the right to collect toll from those who are liable to pay it , irrespective of those who have a right to use the Market Plane without let or hindrance ; and bo of tbe other . But admitting thai the Lest-ee did lease the Market Place , it would not make the difference of a pin's weight to tbe argument ; for if it be true that the right of publicly meeting in market plaoes exists in connexion with all such market places , there is no power but the supreme legislature that can interfere to annul or abridge that right , or to prevent the public from exercising it . The argument which had been put forward that the lessee could prevent the people from meeting , was not worth a straw . The market-place is a public market-place
and it is impossible for them to denude the pubiio of a privilege which so truly appertains to them . The mere leasing of the tolls could in no case prevent tho right of public meetings being held on pubiio property . I know that the language of the Act is , that the Counoil may lease " the Market or any part of it" : and then parties jump to the conclusion that Ihe term Market means Market-place ; between which there is as much difference and distinction as between a fair and tbe fair ground . The ono term does not include the other : for the Marketplace is always there ; always to be found ; while the market is only to be met with on certain days . On Tuesdays and Saturdays you will find the market ; you will find buying aud selling ; you will find wares exposed for Sale , and parties seeking to purohaso ; but on the other days of the week the market is not there . It is non est inventus . But
the market-place abides . It is always there ; and therefore it is manifest that there is a palpable and manifest distinction between tbe two ; that the two terms mean essentially different things . The Act gives the Council power to lease the market , or any part of it ; that is , either the beast market , the hog market , or the vegetable market , or all of them ; but not the power to lease the ground on which such market is held . My argument , therefore , is now complete . The right to meet ia fully established ; the right to use pubiio market-places for pubiio meetings ib shown to be a prescriptive right , in constant exercise both in our
own town and in others ; the fact of the Vioar's-Croft Market-place being a pubiio one is established beyond the possibility of dispute , as the terms of holding settle that question ; aud those terms are that it shall be free and open . The point that this Counoil only hold it in trust on thai condition is also established ; and it has been shown thai they have no power to alter that condition , and that const quently whoever holds under them , by lease , can only ihold on > the same condition . I therefore now call on the Council to pass the resolution ; to decide the case ou ita own merits ; oa the grounds that it has been argued ou , without reference to parties or persons . Mr . Hobson concluded by formally proposing his resolution
Mr . Councillor Jackson in seconding the motion , said he bad hoped that the Mayor would have evinced courage enough to explain his conduct to the Council , particularly as it bad been so generally called in question . Mr . Alderman Tottie said it was not his intention to occupy a long time , he had alwayB admitted the right which Mr . hobson contended for , the simple question here was reduced to what was the law under this Act of Parliament . To that act he had not given his consent , and therefore if there was anything iu it which infringed upon the rights of the iunabitantg he was not privy to it . It had been said that if they negatived this motion it would not decide the question , but if they affirmed it would
that decide the question ? He ( Mr , T . ) would give an explanation which it was not quite in order for the Major to give , and , therefore , it was that he rose on the point of order . He apprehended there was not a man in that assembly who would affirm that there was a right in the Council to question a magistrate regarding his acts out of the Council . If a magistrate did wrong he might be brought before the Quoen ' s Bench . Ho apprehended that the matter contained in the notice upon the paper , only referred to an act which had been done by the Mayor in his magisterial capacity , and therefore he bad objected to the question being put . But he was nevertheless anxious that the public should be made acquainted with the whole facts
of the case . The simple question was , whethor the Council , in letting this market aud these tolls , had passed the land itself te the lessee . When a lease was granted to a man of a given property , tho lease conveyed to the lessee for his term all the rights which appertained to it , unless the proprietor intended to retain any portion of them , and then he must do so by express words . The question was whether , in the demise made to Mr . Bower there was such a bargain made as would entitle him to consid'T tho Market-place his close : if it were pot so , what wore the ronervations ! There were iu the agreement or loase some restrictions , but certainly none which gave any iuhabitant a right to come into that market aud hold a meeting without
consent . His impression was that tho demise of the markets and of tho tolls , as it was amended , did pass to Mr . Bower , the right of saying that no person should come into that Murket-place , except for market purposes ; but he was not so confident iu his opinion as the worthy Councillor who had introduced the motiou . Mr . Bower also conceived that he had taken the land , and therefore ho bad in oonscquence addressed a letter M to the Worshipful the Mayor and Magistrates of Leed * . " f Tho Alderman read the letter , who atter alluding to the announcement of the metaiug which was to bo held ou Tuesday , the market day , for purposes inconsistent with a market , and stating that as Its . ieo he had suffered damage from tiuchlmeetings oh former occasions , set torch his objection to the ulceiiiig being held in the Market-place as notified , and requested that such notice might be given as
wou'd prevent tho meeting from being held , and prevent any breach of tho peace J If he had been the Mayor , he should have read that letter as the Mayor had dono , aud should have thought that he was at Mr . Bovver ' s instacice called upon to interfere . But there was another point . If this general right of meeting in the market placo for other than market purposes was to be retained , it ought to be reserved on tho lease , and the parties ought to have full knowledge of it ; and if it were so , he was quite sure they would not get so large a rental for it , The parties who took it ought to be told of that condition ; he thought that Mr . Bower had not fcakeu it upon that condition , and that if the resolution moved by Mr . Hobson were affirmed , it would not decide the quarrel , tie therefore thought that was not a resolution which they ought to declare , and he should certainly vote against it .
Mt . Heaps corroborated Mr . Hobson as to the people accscmbliug , for pubiic purposes , around tho old Market Cross , in Briggate , but said that they had not always been suffered to remain there quietly , as he had Et : cn what were then called Tom Paiuers pulled down and dragged away . Mr . Y& . WDALL followed , and said that he had bean requested by the inhabitants living around and near the market in question to state to the Council their wish that all the meetings might be put down , as they were a great annoyance . In that opinion he cordially joined : for the character of the main of the meetings on Sundays was
truly disgraceful . During the course of Mr . Hol ^ on ' s long harangue , he had never once alluded to these Sunday meetings , or told the Counoil what they really were . As that had not been done , he ( Mr . Yewdall ) . would do bo . They were nothing but meetings for the spread of Infidel and Socialist opinions , and political disputation . At first the meetings were religious meetings only ; aud tben they were rightfully allowed : but now that infidelity was openly preached , it was time to put them down ; and if they could not be got rid of without puning down the religious meetings also , he would eay do away with all . It was to be regretted
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that the magistrates had not powor to -enter baildiilSB * rooms , and places , whero such meetings were held on the ! Sabbath Day , aud disperse them ; and he must say , that he considered the magistracy highly remiss in not doing so . He had seen the day when stiohi things as political meetings en the Sunday would not have been permitted ; the magistracy would have suppressed them ; and he could not but blame the present magistrates for not having made the attempti But at all events , if the Sunday meetings in rooms could not be got at , those in the
pubiio air j could ; and surely the ^ magistracy did not know what was there vomited forth . He did ; for ; he had attended them , and heard the rankest infidelity ; the lie given to Ministers of the Gospel of Truth ; the existence of God himself even called j in qaestion : and crowds assembled to hear this sort of matter ; even youth was prevented from attending the Sabbath School ; and other evils flowed from the practice . For these reasons he should vote against the motion : for it was only one to open the gate for the flow of infidelity , vice , and all the horrors of Socialism .
Mr . Cliffe could not Bit still and hear the sentiments uttered by the last speaker , without reprobation . Convinced as he was of the truth and stability of the Christian religion , still if if could not maintain its stand by the power of reason and argument alone , let it fall . So far from agreeing with the last'speaker , that tbe power of the Jaw and the truncheon should be called in to aid in putting down opinion , he said let all have free expression , free discussion—and truth wonld triumph at last . He rejoiced that our Magistracy , instead of setting themselves up as the judges of truth and error
in opinion , acted on the coutrary principle that man is accountable not to his fellow man for his opinions , but only forihis actions . That conduct was alone compatible with the true principles of freedomfreedom of thought and freedom of expression ; and glad was he that the day had passed when the baton or the sword were had recourse to prevent either the one or the other . As for the general question , he fully agreed with the resolution . He considered it had been fully established in all its parts ; and he trusted that all would join with him in voting for it . 1
Alderman Luccock must also enter his protest against the sentiments that had been uttered by Mr . Yewdall . He could not agree that opinion should be at all coerced . Mr . Yewdall had talked of putting down what he called infidelity : why he ( Alderman Luccock ) was an Unitarian ; and no doubt in Mr . Yewdall ' s eyes was an infidel : upon Mr . Yewdall ' a principles he ( Alderman Luccock ) must be put down : yet he presumed to say that he had as much right to entertain and- express his ( infidel ) opinions as Mr . Yewdall had : aud the infidel and Socialist had as much right as cither of them .
FiiEE Discussion meant free discussion : and he would not consent that the meetings in the market should be prohibited on the ground of expression of any sort of opinion . If they were to be prohibited , it ! must be on far other grounds than that . Ho should vote against the resolution , because he thought it unnecessary . He recognised the right of j the people to meet ; and'the only hindrance to the exercise of that right was the existing lease ; : but even that would not operate ; for the lessee had resolved not to further interfere ; and therefore the question waB settled .
Mr . Yewdall explained . He did not object to meetings or discussion on the week days . He would only prevent political discussion , and stop the Socialists and other infidels from uttering their sentiments , ou the Sabbath . Mr . BahraTT , even to prevent the utterance ef those sentiments would not interfere with the great principle involved in the question . If truth was mighty , it would surely prevail . He should vote against the motion as the lease now stood , but endeavour to apply a remedy for the future . Mr . BowebJ corroborated Mr . Hobson a ? to tho right of preaching in Smithfiold market , and added that the police took care to prevent any disturbance being made by ; parties who mi ^ ht go for the purpose of causing interruption . Mr . Alderman Lupton would vote for the resolution , and denied the right of Mr . Joshua Bower , jun ., to stop + he Sunday meetings .
Mr . M . Cawood had not given an opinion on the matter before he came to the Council , having reserved himself to hear the arguments that were to be advanced on both sides of the question . Ho was sorry that absence had prevented him from attending the meeting in the Ward he represented : for that would have given him an opportunity of meeting his constituents , which he had never yet had , However , he was there at the Council Meeting , and had paid attention to what had been advanced : and he must do Mr . Hobsoa the justice to say , that he had never heard a more conclusive or satisfactory address in bis life . The speech with which that gentleman had introduced his motion evinced an amount
of research highly creditable , and in his opinion left nothing more to be said ou the question . He had fully made outthis case ; and he ( Mr . Cawood ) should ' vote for the motion , that the dispute mi ^ ht be 1 ended . The motion was necessary to that end , that I all parties might know their exact position , and ; not get wrong in future . As for the sentiments uttered by Mr . Yewdall , he must beg to dissent i from them in toto . If religion could not stand without suoh extraneous and unholy aid as that gentleman wished to invoke , she ought to fall . The time had gone by when either suoh sentementa or such practices would be acquiesced in : and he was glad to have seen the marked manner in which they had been deprecated bvtho Council general ^
Mr . Gaunt [ contended that the Council had no power to proceed with the matter ; they could not adjudicate upon the point of law . He would therefore move , as an amendment , that tbe Counoil do pass to the next order of tbe day . Mr . Yewdall seconded the amendment . Mr . Kelsall thought that public meetings had a right to be held in the Vicar's Croft , and that the Counoil had nothing to do with it . Mr . Hobson rose to reply . He would first apply himself to the defence set up by Mr . Tottie . He would not then enter into the explanation given by that gentleman , as to the reason of the Mayor ' s conduct iu prohibiting a meeting in the Market-place , but deal only with that portion of his remarks which applied to the . question before thethouse . The only defence , the only attempt at answer , made , was that the Marketplace itself , the ground , was leased to the lessee , with
the market tolls . He had before argued that point ; and Mr . Tottie ; with a modesty becoming him as a lawyer , saubbad him ( Mr . Hobson ) for stating his law so confidently , respectfully intimating that bis ( Mr . Tottie ' s ) Opinion was not expressed as a confident one . He {( Mr . Hobson ) had been confident in the opinion that the term Market did not mean Market-place ; for common-aeuse told him ho ; and till Mr . Tottie proved that the one did necessarily mean and include the othor , he ( Mr . Hobson ) must tell him that his idea that the ground was leased because the market and its tolls wore leased , was utterly fallacious aud unteuahle . Mr . Tottie ' s only other argument was , that if the right of the pubiio to use the market existed ( aud he did not deny that right , barring the lease ) tho lessee ought to know of it : for , certainly that lessee would not give the Council as much money tor his take under such circumstances as he now did .
VV hat was that but in other words saying that the rights of the people had been made matter of bargain and sale ? ! that because more money could be got I from the market lessee , if tho ^ e rights were overborne , is was a reason why the Council should not pass hia resolution securing those rights ! j And would the Council listen to such an argument as that ? Was that the highground taken by the defenders of the recent , proceedings ! Were the Council content to be more hucksiers of the people ' s privileges , setting them up to sale for a Bum ot' money ? Suuh au argument was not worth { replying to : it only deserved to be scornfully scouted out of ihe room . He next came to the objections urged by Mr . Yewdall : and he must
express the great paiu with which he had listened to the narrow-minded , bigotted , ungenerous remarks which that gentleman had made : remarks aud sentiments that would have disgraced the ut » erer in the most bigotted ago ; but which , coming from a professing " liberal ; " from a member of a dissenting body ; from one who claimed the right of religfous liberty and fr ! ee discussion for himself ; coming from such a man , under suoh circumstances , they were indeed disgraceful . What did they actually amount to ! Why , that because sentiments opposed to his ; because opinions with which he could uot agree , were uttered , the rights of the people were to be sacrificed ! As long as the meetings were religious ones ; « . e . according to Mr . Yewdall's notions , they
were all right . Mr . Yewdall and bis friends claimed a perfect right to carry their ware 3 to market , and ] dispose of them ; but the moment that others appeared , as for instance , Alderman Luocook with his Unitarianism , that moment was the arm of power to be called in , and the worthy Alderman ' b mouth closed . Had such sentiments come from one of these old frightful hobgoblins ia human shape they sometimes heard of , from . an old Tory , the personification of bigotry and intolerance , there might not have been so much cause to wonder : but for them to proceed from a member of a sect that had risen from the exercise of the right now clamed for all ; for such sentiments to proceed from a member of that body which , in
its infancy , so full ; enjoyed the benefits and use of field , ; street , and Market preaching ; to proceed from him , they were indeed condemnatory . Then he objected to the exercise of this right , because the inhabitants around the market complained . They were annoyed . And was that a reason why they should denude the public of rights 1 Annoyed , indeed 1 The ] exercise of all and every pubiio liberty annoyed some one or other . If rights were to be abrogated on the ground of annoyance there soon would be none left . The questioa was not one of annoyance * it was one of right . If the right exiBted it must be exercised ; if it did not exist , there could be no exercise of it . In this strain Mr . Hobson continued for Bome time , administering a , well-merited { reproof to Mr , Yewdallj
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for his bad taste in introducing personal matters into a disoussion that had been so entirely free from them . Mr . Hobson also took occasion to refer to the noble and manly sentiments that bad been given expression to by Mr . Councillor Cliffe and Mr . Alderman Luccock , in reprobation of the narrow-minded , persecuting sentiments of Mr . Yewdall . Those gentlemen had asserted , to the full , the pure principle of liberty of speech ; and if the discussion which he ( Mr . Hobson ) had been the means of raising * had had no other effect than to draw forth each au honest and straightforward ex > pression of such sentiments from men in such stations , it would not have been without its use—the time of the Counoil would not have been mis-spent . [ Thia tribute to the moral courage aud honesty of the two
gentlemen named was warmly acquieseed in by the major portion of the members of Council present . ] At a subsequent period of his reply , Mr . Hobson paid a similar tribute to the manly ennobling speech of Mr . Councillor Martin Cawood ; and strongly contrasted the expressed opinions of the "Tory" with the dark , illiberal , intolerant spleen of the Whig With reference to Mr . Yewdall's regret that the magistracy did not enter the buildings set apart for political discussion , Mr . Hobson told him , for hia comfort and consolation , that they had no power to do so . There was no law to prohibit political meetings —no , not even when held on Sunday . Mr . Yewdale : There onghfc to be . Mr . Hobson ! Aye , and woold be , if it could" ever
happen again , as it once was , that the spirit of intolerance and darkness which actuates Mr . Yewdall , should attain ascendancy in the Legia . lative Council ; but , thanks to the spirit of enlightenment , that was impossible . That spirit had visited nearly every nook and crauay of the land ; it had even reached the" Tory , " and made him an advocate of full and free discussion ; but it was quite evident it bad passed Mr . Yewdall ' s door . It was much to be desired that it should soon call there , for the credit of the man himself . Mr . Hobson also drew attention to the fact tfeat every speaker who had opposed his motion , had admitted to the fnll , that the case on which he rested that motion was fully made out : that it was complete : and the only ground on which they wished to give
the go-by to his resolution was that it was unnecessary , as the parties who had interfered had withdrawn their opposition : and the pubiio therefore would in future enjoy their right unmolestedly . He hardly thought that a ground for rejecting the motion : on the contrary , it was rather a ground for passing it . It was not a resolution of censure on any one ; it would do no party any damage ; ft merely asserted a public right which every one now acknowledged , but the calling in question of which by Bome parties had led to a serious dispute ; and the passing of the resolution by that body , as a declaration of opinion , would tend to prevent similar disputes in future . On that ground he claimed the vote of every man ia the Council Chamber .
The vote was now taken ; first by a ehow of hands on Alderman Gaunt ' s amendment , that the Council proceed to the next order of the day , which was carried by a majority . The amendment having displaced the original Motion , it now became the question before , the Council and as such was again put to the vote . The votes were recorded , and there were eighteen for it . Consequently Mr . Hobson ' s motion was lost by 9 majority of six . The following are the recorded vote 3 : — For Mr . Gaunt ' s Amendment . —Aldermen Oates , Gaunt , Maclea , Bateson , Luccock ; Councillors Kelsall , Holmes , Barrett , Barlow , Sailers , Yewdall , Bower , Anbington , Hall , Marshall , Wilson , Strother , and Prinoe .
For Mb . Hobson ' s Motion . —Alderman Lupton and Councillors Jackson , Carbutt , J . W . Smith , White , Dufton , M . Cawood , Weddill , Broadhead , Cliff , Whitehead , and Hobson . It now being a late hour , and there being many other notices on the paper undisposed of—four of them by Mr . Hobson , relative to this same market question , and the conduct of the lessee—the Council adjourned to Monday next , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , when the discussions will be resumed . There have been many discussions in the Council Chamber ; but there never was one better or more ably conducted than the one reported above—barring the scenes presented just before it was fairly entered 011 .
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Leeds Corn Market Jolt 16 . —The supply of Wheat to this day ' s Market is rather smaller : Beans larger , Wheat continues in limited demand , and Is . per quarter lower . Barley nominal . Oats and Boaus rather lower . The weather has been showery since last Tuesday . THE AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT , FOB THB WEEK ENDING JULT 15 , 1844 . Wheat . Barley . Oats , Rye . Beam . Peat 0-3- Qrs . Qtb . Qre . Qre . Gn . 3149 15 570 0 432 0 £ . s . d . £ s . d . £ 8 . d . £ a . d . £ a . d . £ 8 . d .
2 13 11 1 11 t 1 2 1 | 0 0 0 1 W 4 . } 0 0 0 State of Trade . —Business continues in a satisfactory state , in this market . The demand for yarn is very good , and , for some descriptions , especially of water twist , a , slight advance has been obtained Goods are also in fair demand ; and , with the exception of 40-inch shirtings ( which , though rather bettor than last week , are still somewhat depressed ) , sell readily at very firm prices . It is satisfactory , however , to observe that there is an entire absence of snecalative feeling in the market . Spinners and manufacturers are ready sellers at the market prices , and ? j ; cneraly disposed to accept orders for future delivery . —Manchester Guardian , of Wednesday .
Bradford Markets , Thursdat , Jolt 18 . — Wool—There is rather more doing in both Combing and Clothing Wools , and the business is no doubt retarded by the staplers seeking higher prices to meet the rates paid to the growers . Yarn— There i 3 nothing now since our last , either in demand or prices . Piece—There is an increased demand for Merinos , which are still scarce , andcommandingfuU prices . In other goods abont an average business doing , and at last week's prices . Iron . —English bar , per ton , £ 6 53 Od to £ 0 Oa , nail rod * , £ 7 53 Od ; Hoop , £ 8 103 ; sheets , £ 9 03 ; carKo in Wales , £ 5 10 s Od ; pi « No . 1 , Wales , £ 4 Os Od ; do . Clyde , £ 3 3 d Od- Foreign , Swedish , £ 9 103 to £ 0 Os ; Russian , CCM > , £ 16 10 s ; psi , £ 0 Os ; Gourieff £ 0 0 s ; Archangel , £ 00 Os .
York Corn Market , Saturday , Jolt 13 ^ -We have a very short supply of Wheat and other Grain , bat quite equal to the demand . We reduce our quotations Is to 2 s per qr on Wheat ; one halfpenny per stone on Oats ; Is per qr on Beans ; and 3 * per sacK on Flour . White Wheat , 50 s to 54 s , very fine , 06 j i Red do , 48 a to 60 s , very fine , 523 ; Oats , 10 d to 1 W per stone ; Beans , 12 a to 14 s per load . Richmond Corn Market , Jolt 13 . —We had a tolerable supply of grain in our market to-day- "" Wheat sold from 7 s to 83 3 d ; Oats 2 s 91 to 3 a odi Barley 4 s to 4 s 3 d ; BeaDS 4 s 9 d to 5 a per bushel .
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8 . THE NORTHERN STAR ; July 20 , 1844 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 20, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1272/page/8/
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