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THE OREGON QUESTION.
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ENGLISII DISLIKE OF FOREIGNERS.
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INDIA . j OCCUPATION OF LAHOREDispatches havebeeni ^ voa * ? J ^ jgJS mesftum Marseilles * & * & * & ££ * k fromBomUy of ^ l ^^ retotUelst . Accounts ^ S " ted RajahGoolaub stfs ^ SSsssrissa ESSSwawsfffi S"Kn the Wthof February , and forthwith &KK ioa the efflcution of Ids mission .
\ treaty was agreed to by Mm on behalf of the MJiawjati , the conditions of which were , the cession I f , portion of territory to us , and an indemnity f * 'l 500 , 000 to meet the expences of the war . It f * 4 nce been insisted on , and conceded , that every i n Tbrons litint © the field against as should besur-Saewl and the Khalsa army disbanded . The Maharajah himself joined the Governorfeneral on the ISth . After a long consultation , he .. i , r consent of the assembled chiefs , aeknowyadas R « dfir of the Punjaub , and on his retire . Jut was saluted with a salvo of twenty-one guns , rb acc arapanied our army to Lahoie , where it arrived , i " tLe 2 t ) iu . Oh the same day he was escorted to his ,. uce in the citadel by a brigade of cavalry ,
com-• pndd by Colonel Cureton , Mr . Carrie , Secretary j (] ovt-niment in the Foreign Department , taking . jjige of the Prince and his suite . A large party of jntisli aides-de-Camp accompanied the procession . * 6 e Maharajah was escorted to , and taken leave of at je inner gate of his palace . Oar artillery fired a . ^ jl salute , and the troops returned to camp , l ^ lus aeircuit of the walls of the city . A regiment i uative infantry and a troop of horse artillery in the Jen time took possession of the fort . On the 22 nd , Sir Hugh Gough , in person , led a jrlsiou of our troops to the town , of which and the ¦ isdel they possessed themselves . A proclamation
jjs issued declaring hostilities at aa end , and desirg xhe people to resume their usual occupations titliou t fear- The town of Lahore was filled with . 'kli soldiers , who are said to amount to upwards of iiiiOOin nnmbcr , and whom the Jeast encourage-IJnt would raise in arms against us . The first i ^ alm ent of the indemnity was shortly expected to I g putl . Tlie guns to be surrendered were daily j ^ b ; brought in—evidently very reluctantly . The sjh army was about to be disbanded : want of jafas , rather than a want of will to continue the f catfct , having shown them the uselessness and jj ^ itvof striving longer against us . They are to ^ tc their arrears of pay , and be allowsd to
dis-5 ir Charles Napier had not reached camp on the 13 March ; nor had he been heard of at Ferozepore . jt < si : d he is to be left iu command of the troops in the l ' nnjaub , a new governor being appointed in Sf tde i » his room . The army expected to leave jj - . ore about the 10 th March , and to be back in lifia bythe 22 nd . The troops from Sciude were jgl moving uywards to Bahawulpore . The whole tfilic district known as "Young Egypt" continued -anquil and healthy , save Kurracbee , where cholera Ud broken out in rather a severe form . With the kieepuon of the Nizam ' s dominions—that hotbed of tureliyaud misrule—the whole of India continues ¦ anquil , the weather being agreeable and healthy . f Mjjur-General Sir . J . It . Luraley , Adjutant-^ ena al of the Bengal army , died at Ferozepore , on £ e 1 st of March , of an illness brought on by tbe Jjijues endured in the rapid march of the army to feironiier .
the French envoy to China , M . Lagrcne , had gated from Madras forPondicherry , whence he pro-Ccfds for Suez , en his way home . On entering Lahore the following general order w 5 issued br the Governor General : —
CJ EKlL ORDEB BT THE RIGHT HOX . IHE OOVERSORGESEUAL OF INDIA . Foreign Department , Camp Lahore , Feb . 22 . the British army has this day occupied the gateway of * s citadel of Lahore , the Badshahee K-isque , and the Swiotiree Ka ^ b . Ibe remaining part of the citadel is the residence of t Highness the Maharajah , and also that of the families | f" ± ehte Maharajah Bnnjeet Singh , for so many years jc feiihfal ally of the British government . Iu const , i feitiou of these circumstances , no troops will be posted I ? rJn tbe precincts of the palace gate . I the anuv of tbe Sntlej has now brought operations in Ifeseld to a close by the dispersion of the Sikh army and Ismuitary occupation of Lahore , preceded by a series hike most triumphant successes ever recorded in the [ uary history of India . The British government , [ sans to the faith , of treaties and to the long-sub .
si ; friendship between tbe tiro states , bad limited foirr preparations to the defence of its own frontier . fenpelled suddenly to assume the offensive by the uupoked invasion of its territories , the British armv , sir the command of its distinguished leader , has in aj days defeated the Sikh forces in four general actions , hsciytured : S ) pieces of ? . eld artillery , and is now at ^ capital , dictating to the Lahore Durbar the terms of asat v the conditions of which mil tend to secure the nrish prorinces from the repetition of a similar outrage . The Governor-General being determined , however , to ark with reprobation the perfidious character of the w , lias required and will exact that every remaining if e of Sikh artillery which has been pointed against the jHtish army during this campaign shall be snrrendeied . I The Sikh army , whose insubordinate conduct is one of b chia" causes of the anarchy and misrule which have frsarlit the Sikh state to the brink of distraction , is brat to be disbanded .
[ lite soldiers of the army of the Sutlej have not only ptd their superior prowess in battle , but have on every feaswn with subordination and patience endured the pants and privations inseparable from a state of active feeanons in the field . Tiienatire troops of this army brealio proved that a faithful attachment to their cobs aud to the Company ' s service is an honourable feala in the character of the British Sepoy . I The Governor-General has repeatedly expressed , on his Isb part and that of the Government of India , admiraa and gratitude for the important services which the bar Ins rendered . "nfc frjveraor-Generalisnow pleased to resolve , as a [ c&aony of the approbation of the Government of India G the bravery , discipline , and soldier-like bearing of the slv ouheSatlej , that all the generals , officers , noncmaiiaoned officers , and private ? , shall receive a gratajstf 12 months' batta .
Every n-giment which , in obedience to its orders , may l » t remained in posts or forts between Loodiana and feuejiore , and was not present in action , as in the case efe troops ordered to remain at ifoodkee to protect the *' jsade 4 , and those left in the forts of Ferozepore and tefiana , shall receive the gratuity of 12 months' batta . Jte&nce to orders is the first duty of a soldier , and •* Governor-General in affirming this principle can KTtr admhthat absence caused b y the performance of ^> asabk duties , on which the success of the opera-Wb n tie fi Jd greatly depend , ought to disqualify any « j * rpi « edin these circumstances from participating >; uk gratuity given for the general good conduct of the - ^ ym the field .
AUrt-imenu and individuals ordered to the frontier &f cftliearai l of tte Sttt H « Mch may - tr ^ ched Loodiana or Busseean before the date rf . ™«** . wiUbe included as entitled to the gratuity , aror&r of thellight Hon . the Governor-General of ¦ " F . COKBtt , 6 - Secretary to the Government of India , I with the Governor-General .
T STATE OF LAHORE . afc , 1 " *^ commaim « of the Sikh army , and ; f « y ihe whole of the chiefe , have tendered tUeir - ^ isi un and come in to Lahore . The city is full f liers out of employment , and clearly onlv await-^ Uie departure of our troops to commence their ^ sfcne . Ufivfards « f twenty thousand are said to * congregated in the place * so that there is small j * Ke for wonder at the Ranee ' s apprehensions . H *» can scarcely be a doubt that on our army P * " » g the country , civil war in its worst shape will P | a te this " unhappy country , and that , ere any PS Ijeriod elapse , the Punjaub most be ours . Tliey f « ad their warning , and must abide lie conse penets U they compel us again to interfere in their W&na . Prince Waldemar and suite were to leave W ftunp about the beginning of Marcb . The first Umt e ' ? demnity had not , up to the date «* latest intelligence , been paid over to us , but Expected to be so immediately . The Sikh euus
- « auy brought into our camp , and given up , but ' ety evident dissatisfaction . The troops were £ pai d their arrears of pay , and would , it was Mrii ' i TO "P tfw- 'ir arms and disperse . Ii L * 4 f ^ 'y do so remains to be seeii . Our army g * a to break ground on their return about 10 th FS « d b y the 22 ud would be on this side ot the Lj A . ge force is to be left in our newlv-ac-^ lerntory , and is , it is said , to be commanded binaries Xapier . Generals Gilbert and Sir f . auutu have also been named as likely toobluie appointment . B » nt >\ t , mnil * h * . ¦>« , ;„) .
* il probahly be announced . Sir C . Napier left * ulpore . on the 22 nd of February , and had not ficard of on the 1 st of March , although the dis-; ir omthat place was only a little over 2 C 0 miles . » am » mpanied by the Scinde Camel corps as an b . ndimmedlaMy , tilftTO \ uHteering order Lavuig My been issued . Some of our officers had been f he city of Lahore , and described it as a dirtv L presenting scarcely anything worth looking at . surrounded by a double line of lofty walls , a wide ( pi * ditch and ma » Bificent looking but weak
ins . b Affghans are reported as being about to seize Shawur , thinking the prtsent a favourable op-- $ ? ' re -posscssin { . r themsclves of that province , tnd froni them by tbe Old Lion of Lahore-tbe tamept Singh . Should they make the attempt , ' Jlkc p «« aided by the population , who are J -Mussulmans .
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— — " ™— _; A Sikh Samahitas . —Among the officers of her Majesty ' s 9 th Foot severely wounded at Ferozeshah and who subsequently died , was a Mr . S . There is a story connected with his wound , poor fellow which , if true , as I believe it to be , is quite romanl tic . lie was wounded in the leg on the evening of the 21 st , and while lying on the ground alone , his regiment having gone on to the attack , a Sikh came nptohim and said , "Sahib , my people are killing all the wounded , and if you remain here you will be killed , too ; but come with me and I wilfsave you . " S replied , " How can I come to yon ? my leg is broken , and I cannot even stand . " Oh , " said the man , " I will take you on my back , " which wa 3 accordingly done ; and off he set with him in the dixti ;^^^
rection of r erozepore . After going for a considerable distance , when they were quite out of reach of the enemy , he stopped to rest and wait for daylight , paying every attention that circumstances would admit of to hu charge ' s comfort . As the day broke , a tarty of our cavalry came up , on their way from Ferozepore to the field , and the ofneer with them stopped to see if he could do anything for S , and , after giving him some brandy and water , asked him what he intended doing ; to which lie replied , " I shall mount my good Samaritan again , and go into Ferozepore . " The Sikh once more took him on his back , and carried him till
they fell in with a litter for the sick , into which he got , and wa 3 taken to the Ferozepore hospital , llis friend , however , would not even leave him , but walked by the litter all the way , and , after they had reached the hospital , remained by his bedside in close attendance upon him uutil the day of his death . It is also stated that the story reached the ears of the Governor-General , who after poor S - ' s death made the man a liberal present , and took i . ini into the public service . Such are the heads of this singular incident , as current in camp ; and though there may be some trifling inaccuracies in the details , I believe it correct in the main . ^^ mm . m , . jj . jj -jjtifim
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^^^ THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF LOUIS PHILIPPE . We gave in onr last number an account of this attempt . We subjoin the account as given in some of the Frencu paper ? , and srnne other particulars which have come to our knowledge . Towards five in the afternoon on Thursday , the lung was returning from a long drive in the forest of FontainWean . The first char ^ t-bancs contained The lung and the Count de Montalivet , who were sitting en the first seat ; on the second were the Queen and the Princess of Salerno ; on the third , Madame Adelaide , the younger Prince Philippe , and the Duchess of Nemours ; and on the fourth seat the Prince of Salerno . At the moment the carriage was turning at the spot called the Faisaudcrie , two shots were fired from the little enclosure of Avon ; between the two shots there was an interval of two or three seconds .
At the first discharge , two bullets cut the fringes and lodged in the roof of the carriage ; at the second , a bullet and some slugs crazed the head of the lung . The Queen , much moved , picked up a wadding , which fell between the King and M . de Montalivet . The assassin had fired at atout eight or ten paces from the carriage . He was standing on a mound of earth , at the other side of tbe wall , and leaned his gun on the wall to take a steady aim . lie was concealed in such a manner as only to be seen at the moment of firing . lie was immediately arrested , and taken to prison .
The two shots were aimed in a straight line , and the gun is an excellent one . According to tlie opinion of an eye-witness , the King would have been killed , beyond a doubt , if the carriage had been in the middle of tbe road , instead of near the wall . The persons of the royal household recw-nised Lecsmet immediately , who gave his name , and added , " I was in too great a hurry . " The following are a few notices of bis life : — He entered the service as private in 1822 . He distinguished himself by his courage and intrepidity in the Spanish war of 1823 , when he was made a non-commissioned officer , and afterwards raised to the rank of officer ; he was decorated at the close of the campaign . At a later period , he entered the llnyal Guards , where he formerly served as non-commissioned officer . Having entered the service of the house of Orleans in 1829 , he was successively grade « pied and grade a ckeval and subsequently qrade
general of the forests of the Crown , in these different situations , he had every year accompanied the lung , whilst staying at Fontainebleau . Owing to his bad _ conduct he was deprived of his situation about eighteen months ago ; and had often been heard to utter threats against M . de Montalivet andM . de Sahune , conscruateur of the royal forests Owing to his threats , M . de Sahune was under the necessity of applying to the police , and Lecomte was placed unaer strict surveillance . It is presumed that , weary of this scrveiilancc , he resolved to satisfy his revenge in a higher quarter . He left Paris for FontaineMean on the evening of the loth . On being questioned by the authorities , lie avowed his firm resolution to kill the king . He was reckoned one of the best shots by the keepers , as he rarelv missed a buck at 150 paces , l . ecorate is forty-eight years of age , and wears the decoration of the Legion of Honour .
Louis Philippe and his family returned to Paris at one o ' clock on Saturday , and shortly afterwards the members of both Chambers repaired to the Tuileries to congratulate him on his providential escape . The Paris journals of Sunday , like those of the preceding day , are filled with particulars relative to the regicide Lecomtc , who had been transferred to Paris , and occupied the cell in the Conciergerie , allocated formerly to Fieschi , Alibaud , and Daraes .
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[ The following letters from Messrs . Cooper and Hamet were in type last week , but exc luded Irom our last number through want of room- thevrefei ' A ? l b 1 eW" WWch appeared in tUi ' Paper of TO THE CHARTIST BODY . ^
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Mj brother , do you know what you mean by this word " ^ T , , J ° * riflect t 0 what ruino « s excesses you might be led by a « , gni ng 8 omething so undefined as this word may be m your mind , and by leaning upon it for excuse , whenever you hurry to a rash act ? Do you r . fleet that your nature i 8 not wholly made , up of fa . pulse ? that you are endowed with a higher power—with lteason—and that that is also your nature ? Do you call to mind that Man , the microcosm , or little world , like the macrocosm , or great world , around him , is an existence of incorrectness and imperfection , but yet , is a thing of progress—a thing having capability of emendation ? that as we hav « to subdue the earth and cultivate it , so we mist also subdue and cultivate ourselves ? Do you not
know , in a word , that all impulses can be subdued and regutat «<{ bt ) reason—that is , by that beneficial renewal of its ¦> cts called reflection ? Plead not , then , this plea of the necessity of yielding to nnchiAvd- hv >} mUe—to misUmght and Miitrained impulse . Plead not the impossibility of resisting Nature , uutil you reflect what Nature is . Be sure that it is Nature that governs jou . Remember that lteason is nature ; and that it is to its dictates , and not to unchecked , mistaaght , mistrained impulse you , are to attach yourself as a guide—if you seek to make a full justification of your acts . And now , what would Reason reply to the query you put ? — " Does not my duty demand that I save my wife , my child , by laying the intentional muidever dead at mv tei . t . 8 » '
Would their death be an injury to you ! Then , i f you bilndy filled with the spirit of that brotherhood you , wish to sec established , yon are to suffer that injury , rather than inflict an irreparable injury on anoUier , as the means of preventing it . " Hut lias not my wife , my child , " say you , " an unde-¦ liable claim on me for my protection ? Have they not a right to look up to me as thek natural shield and defence V Oyes ! and you are a traitor to the covenant with the wife of your bosom , —you are a guilty deficient in your duty to your own offspring , —if you do not seek to protect them , to shield them , to defend them , to liappiiy them—as the Americans say . But mark ! however severe it may sound in your ears , —i / tu ought never to have taught them , nor ought they ever to demand from von , that
you were to protect them by inflicting an luepxrable injury on any one . You ought , by your own example of endurance , to have inculcated upon them the great paramount lesson of brotherhood—Bat they ought to he willing to suffer a 'illle injury , rather than iii / tfs' one : tfcat they oiip / it to Might -aye , to delight , in suffering much , rather than inflict suffering : tliat they ought not to seek to ifiim even an irreparable . njury by tlie infliction of an irreparable injury onanolher . Mr . Cooper will not assert that the above is an imj eitcct quotation . I imagine there are but few
cadersoftheilWteni Star , who , having read the I ' jove extract , will not feel disoosed to use at least s strong language as any I have employed , in dolouncing Mr . Cooper ' s most extraordinary theory . 4 . —Mr . Cooper should " brine ; in a bill" to amend the Lnglish languaue , by providing for tlie omission if these words , " absurd , " " slavish . " « fce ., from all f uture editions of Johnson and Walker . I hope he a'iII at the same time expunge the words " rash , " and " abusive , " which words he applies to mv ' review . "
5 . —I do not profess to number amongst my acquaintance " the mo 3 t distinguished intellects of tlie i'ge , " but , despite my unfortunate vocabulary , I have tlie happiness to enjoy the friendship of not a few " thinking men , " belonging both to " foreign countries and to "my own . " and lean assure Mr . Uuoper , that he would not " eel himself at all flattered it he heard their opinions concerning bis theory . 0 —I am not conscious that I have ever given occasion to Mr . Cooper to remonstrate against any unkind usage " on my \ a t towav . ls himself , unless he alludes to my speech . t the "Exiles meeting " at vt estminstcr , when I opposed his " amendment , " and when , in my humlde opinion , if I had not oppc-^¦ d him I shoulu have bcea guilty ' of " unkind usage " towards the ex ' l cs . I adroit thai Mr . Cooper never displayed an unkind act towards me , quite the contrary . but I must add , that , so far from aoing him any unkinduess , 1 have repeatedly defended him from fhe assaults of his opponentsboth in public and
, private . 7 . —The mere surface view of the Polish question taken by Mr . Cooper , rather surprises me . For obvious reasons , it is my duty to sibstain from entering on the question of the " means " at the disposal ot the Polish patriots for freeing their country . . « r ~} , mustex P ress my re = ret > tlmt AIr - c °° p er should have had so strange a misconception ot his < 'uty ,, as to write the concluding portion of this paragraph . I would fain believe that he is not in earnest , and that he is now tvyinj . ' the " swallowing capabilities " of " me Chanist body , " but I dare not beiieve this , for if I do I may expect another "
remonstrance . " Iavoidud the Crown and Anchor Meeting , says Mr . Cooper , and " my strongest wish cspectiiig that meeting is , that every other Chartist had avoided it likewise " (!!!) I can ( inly understand this ns an exhibition of that " old b-ngUsh " selfishness which has created so much hatred against England , on the continent . Because an Englishman is . bom on this side of a litch , and a Pole on the other , therefore the former is not to assist the latter ! " Ourselves , and tlie devil take the rest , " appears to be . Mr . Cooper ' s idea 'it " Chartism . " I must say such "Chartism" has not my sympathy .
Mr . Cooper asserts that I have " misrepresented " him . In reply 1 will only repeat what I said in the notice of his " Orations , ' that" 1 hope his book will l ) e extensively read , that the public may see for themselves that I have not misrepresented his doctrine , and that the condemnation I have passed < m it is well deserved . " In taking leave of tkis subject 1 beg to inform my friend Cooper , and all other persons , that Isliall not allow his "remonstrance" against " my review , " and my reply , to stand as a precedent for the introduction ofsimiliar personalities hereafter . In the course of my
conneciion with the itar 1 have steadily set my face against personal discussions , and that I shall continue to do . I have hitherto , in all I have written , regarded not tJiR fear nor favour of any man , and no appeals to " the Chartist body" shall prevent me continuing in the same course . In the future , as in the past , I will zealously work with , and for , Mr . Cooper , when I think him in the right , but I will fearlessly oppose him when I think him in the wrong . Let all otlv ; ra expect the same . When I took up my pen I determined to act on the advice of De Foe , " neither to give nor to take quarter . " G . Julias IIarney . Northern Star Office , April 15 , 184 C .
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It is the general impression that the next news from England , in a political point of view , will be of the most unfavourable character . The effect of this anticipation is already showing itself in the financial and commercial circles . It cannot be disputed but that the government and people of Great Britain have cause to complain of the course pursued by our government , in relation to this question . The refusal to arbitrate / Jjecause an acceptance of that offer would amount to an acknowledgement of the claim of Great Britain to a portion of the Oregon territory , cannot but create a feeling not only in England but throughout Europe , very unfavourable to the position and
claims of the United States . The position taken by the President , in all his public documents , gives us to understand that our title to the whole of Oregon is indisputable ; and the last letter of Mr . Buchanan , in the last correspondence , gives us to understand that tho government will not in any way admit that Great Britain lias the slightest claim to an inch of the territory south of & 40 . Kvery act of the administration since it came into power , in relation to this question ( if we except the offer made to compromise on the 49 th degree , which was made out of respect to the previous president , and withdrawn immediately after its refusal ) , has plainly pointed to 54 40 , and nothing less . Notwithstanding these things , senators , pretending to be in tlie
confidence of the Executive , state that he does not claim the whole of the territory—that ho is in favour of compromising the matter , aud that he will continue to make every effort to settle the question amicably and satisfactorily . It is impossible to reconcile these things . Either Mr . Polk is opposed to giving up a single foot of the north-western territory south ot 54 40 or his public documents , and the letters ol his Secretary of State , are intended to humbug tlie people of this country . He has committed himself on the whole of Oregon , and cannot consistently compromise in any way . The claim of tho United States to the whole territory may be , in the mind ot the President indisputable—his * public documents say so ; but as senator Hay wood
, says , the President does not say in his inaugural , or in his message to Congress , that he intended to claim the whole , or that lie should not acknowledge or admit the claim ot Great Britain to a portion—but he says , through his Secretary of State , more than that . Mr . Buchanan , in \ m last letter to Mr . Pakenham , refuses to admit the claim of the English government in any . shape , and refuses arbitration , principally because it might be construed into an acknowledgment that Great Britain had some shadow of a claim upon the territory below 54 40 . If the messages of the President were not perfectly explicit upon this point , the correspondence between the Secretary of State ant ) tie British Minister has committed the Government , and Mr . Polk stands before the world an
uncomnvomising advocate of the American claim to the whole of Oregon . We cannot see any loopholes by which he can escape from that position . He cannot , after taking such a stand , submit to compromise . If the President conscientiousl y consideis our claims so clear and indisputable as his public documents assett , and avoids so eagerly every movement calculated to weaken our claims , there is no alternative . Concessions must be made on the part of our government , or the peace of the two countries is not of Ion" duration . The Executive is certainly placed in a very peculiar and delicate position , and it will without doubt , be a fercat relief to him if the Senate assume the respusibiiity of compromising the mutter . —New York Herald . ¦ ' , '
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London Corn Exchange , Monday , April 20 . — Throughout last week this market was generally well supplied with grain , both English and foreign , oats forming an exception , which came to hand only in moderate quantities . The trade ruled steady on the several market-days , and all grain of fine quality found ajair demand , and well supported late quotations . This morning there was a moderate supply fresh up of all grain , except beans , which appeared rather plentifully . The millers bought the finest white wheat at Is . per quarter more money , and the trade has ruled firm for other descriptions , except for tbe very superfine samples of barley , which bring as much money : this trade is the turn lower for anything second-rate in quality . Oats have met a fair sale , at Is . higher rates than on this day week . Beans dull . White peas in good demand , & , Is . higher ; gray and blue varieties are unaltered . Tares a very slow sale , at lower rates . In seeds there has only been a moderate trade passing , at unaltered quotations . CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN , FLOUR , AND SEED
IN MARK-LANE . BRITISH GRAIN . Shillings per Quarter . Wheat .. Essex& Kent , white , new .. 49 to 63 .. 57 to 70 Ditto , red 47 59 .. 63 63 Suffolk and Norfolk , red .. 47 57 white 49 62 Lincoln and York , red .. i 7 57 white 49 62 Northumb . and Scotch ... 47 60 | Jy , » „ 22 as Barley .. Malting 30 34 extra 37 _ Distilling .. .. .. 20 29 „ ^ Grinding 23 26 Malt .. Ship 53 57 Ware 59 61
Oats .. Lincolnshire and Yorkshire , feed , 21 s 0 ( i to 23 s 0 d ; potato , or short , 2 Ds Cd to 26 s Gd ; Poland , 22 s 6 d to 27 s Od ; Northumberland and Scotch , Angus , 21 s Od to 25 s ( id ; potato , 21 s Od to 25 s Gd ; Irish feed , 20 s Gd to 22 s Gd ; black , 20 s 6 d to 22 s ( id ; potato , 21 s 6 d to 24 s 6 d ; Galway , l !> s fid to 20 s 6 d . Beans .. Ticks , new .. .. .. 32 3 G old 38 44 Harrow , small , new .. 34 38 old 40 4 fi Peas .. White .. „ .. .. 37 43 boilers 40 44 Gray and hog .. .. ' 33 36 Flour .. Norfolk and Suffolk .. 44 4 » Town-made ( per sack of 2 S 01 bs ) 4 C 53 Buckwbeat , or Brank SO 32
ENSLI 8 H SEEDS , &C , Red clover ( per cwt . ) .. .. .. 42 to 72 White clover ( per cwt . ) .. 47 7 fi Kapeseed ( per last ) £ 26 28 Mustard seed , brown ( per bushel ) 7 s to 11 s ; white , 7 s to l « s . Tares , ( per bushel ) , spring , Gs . ; winter , 5 s . to Gs . Cd . Linseed cakes ( per loOd of 3 lb each ) £ 11 to £ 12 FOBEIQN GBAIN , Shillings per Quarter . Free . In BonS . Wheat .. Dantsic and Kouigsberg 63 extra 70 .. 46 — 59 Ditto ditto .. 51 — 61 .. 44 — 52 Pomeranian , ic ., Anlmlt 56 — 63 ., 44 — t'i Danish , Holstein , &c . .. 54 — Gl .. 42 — 48 Russian , hard .. .. — Ditto , soft .. .. 55 — 58 .. 39 — 48 Spanish , hard .. .. — Ditto , soft .. .. 58 — C 2 .. 44 — 51
Odessa ( fcTaganrog , hard — Ditto , soft .. .. 53 — f 8 .. 39 — 48 Canadian , hard .. . — Ditto fine .. .. 58 — 60 Rye . Russian , Prussian , etc . — Barl « .. Grinding 23 — 26 Ditto , distilling .. .. 26 — 30 .. 18 — 26 Oats .. Dutch , feed .. .. 22 — 25 Ditto , brew and thick .. 25 — 27 .. 20 — 21 Russian 24 — 26 .. 19 — 2 » Danish & Mecklenburg 24 — 26 .. IS — 21 Beans .. Ticks , 33 to 38 , small .. 36 — 40 .. 28 — 36 Egyptian 33 — 35 .. 28 — 3 U Peas .. White , 32 to 43 , gray .. 33 — 36 Flour .. Dantsic anil Hamburgh ( per barrel ) , tine SO 32 , superfine .. .. 32 — 34 .. 22 - 28 Canada , 30 to 33 , United States S 2 - 35 .. 26 - 28 Buckwheat 30 — 32 .. 24 — ' > S
FOREIGN SEEDS , & 0 . Per Quarter . Linseed .. Pctcrsburgh and Rija ( free of duty ) ,. 42 to 4 « Archangel , 40 to ¦ ' !' > , Mcmel and Konigsberg 39 40 Mediterranean , 40 to 48 , Odessa .. 42 44 Rapeseed ( free of duty ) per lust .. .. £ 24 26 Red Cluvcr ( 16 s per cwt . and 5 per cent , on the duty ) 42 64 White ditto 47 70 Tares , small spring ( free of duty ) 40 to ii . large „ 44 60 Linseed cake ( free of duty ) , Dutch , £ 6 10 s , £ 7 . French , per ton .. .. £ 7 0 , £ 7 1 ( 1 Rape cakes ( free of duty ) £ 5 10 £ 5 V and 5 per cent , on th : duty AVERAGE PRICES Of the last six weeks , which regulate the Duties from tin 17 tU to the 23 rd of Aniil . Meat Varley \ Oats . ~ / t e . Beans , Peas Week tnding Sl 4 s > d " | ' \ " d " * ' d ] s » <" Mar . 7 , 1846 .. M 10 29 8 jj 21 10 . 33 6 34 11 33 8 Week ending I Mar . 14 , 1816 .. 54 S 29 4 21 U 34 2 35 2 34 8 Week ending . Mar 21 , ! 1846 .. 55 1 20 10- 22 0- 33 10 34 4 33 i Week ending ! j Mr . 28 , 1846 .. 55 5 BO 2 , 22 Ii 34 0 35 0 33 i Week ending j April 4 , 184 ! i .. 55 9 30 7 , 22 6 : 33 7 34 lo 84 i Week ending ! ' i j Apiilll , 1840 .. 56 0 30 9 22 SI 33 4 35 I 33 I 1 '__ Aggregate aver- I age of the last j six weeks .. 55 3 30 0 ; 22 2 33 9 34 11 83 London aver- i agvs ( ending . April 14 , 1846 ) 61 10 30 10 23 4 36 2 ' S 3 3 36 1 Duties .. .. I 17 0 ! 8 fl ! 6 o ! 9 6 ! 8 6 > 9
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sennight . Barley very dull , and Is . per quarter owor . Oats iu demand , and fully as dear . Old beans higher , and new less plentiful . Wakbfibud Cohn Kxciianqk , Friday , April 17 . —rhere is a fair arrival of grain to this day ' s market , and several samples from vessels near at hand , making altogether a good chow of wheat , for which there is a steady trade , without alteration in prices from last week . Barley is slow sale at a decline of Is . per quarter upon the best qualities ; other sorts unsaleable . Beans slow sale , at barely last waek ' s prices . In oats no alteration . Shelling rather dearer . Richmond ( Yorksiiike ) Corn Market , April 18 . —We had a large supply of grain in our market to . day , but some of the samples were very moderate . Wheat sold from 5 s . to 8 s . 3 d . ; oats , 3 i . to 4 s . 3 d . ; barley , 3 s . 9 d . to 4 s . ; beans , 4 s . Cd . to 5 s . 3 d . per bushel .
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v STATE OF TRADE . MwiCHUsiER , Friday . —There is an improvement in the demand for yarn this week , with a corresponding tendency to higher prices . In some instances an advance of id . to id . per lb . has been obtained , and orders are readily procured for the coarser numbers . All kinds of goods are also more saleable at last week ' s prices , and on the better descriptions of shirtings an iii ' . vapcc of l ^ d , to 3 d . per piece has been obtained . The increase of price both of yarn and goods , is however , more than balanced by the rise in the cost of the raw material . The alleged deficiency in the cotton crop has produced a marked effect in Liverpool , although from the tenor of the private advices received from America , there is reason to doubt whether the deficiency is really so great as the diminution in the arrivals at the American ports would lead us to suppose .
RocnDALE . Monday . —We . have had rather more doing in the flannel market to day , merchants having bought more freel y ; but there is no improvement in prices . Wool has rather a tendency upward ; and if there should be an increased demana Ibrgeods , it is expected that the raw material will advance in pnee . IIuDDHRSFrcu ) , Tuksday . —Our market continues in the same state as that of last week ; and as the season is getting advanced , we arc afraid there will not be any great alteration for the better before the autumn . Prices a little easier , particularly in light goods .
Lkkds . —Business has been nearly suspended » t our cloth hal ' s on Saturday and to-day ; the n : erchants continue to purchase as little as possible , and only to order . _ Prices are a little lower in fine and midd ! e qualities , although the general stock in ihe market is much lower than usual at this period of the year . Business has also been dull in the warehouses since this day week . Very few buyers have been in the town , and their purchases have been light , The foreign houars , also , are doing as little ns possible until the tariff bill is finally settled . On the whole , there is less business doing than has been the case tor some years at the same pevied of the season
Leicester . —Business remains in much the same dull state as last week . There are few or no buyers in the market . The uncertainty as to the future as regards our relations with America , the present state of the money market , and the position of the cornlaw question , are fully enough to account for the preseut general flatness . The latest news from Amerea is a little more pacific , and the very latest accounts from London are to the effect that the business is a shade better there . Under these circumstances , we hope to be able shortly to report more favourably as to the condition and prospects of our Ipca ) trade
Halifax . —Trade is very dull , and prices , as to piece goods , yarn , and wool , are declining . Bradford Market , Thursday Wool . —Since our last report but few sales nave been made in combing wools , although a greater disposition is manifested among the staplers to move off their stocks prior to new woels coming to market , but the reduction submitted to is no inducement to the buyers to increase their purchases . Short wools and noils , from the small quantity making , command steady prices . —1 ara ; There is more inquiry by the export houses , who , along with the home consumers , are obliged to give iheir orders to spin , as the stocks on hand of general usine numbers , are much reduced . The spinners are unwilling to continue to spin to stock when they could only realise the low cost of the raw material , which still continues a barrier to the prospect of bringing the totally idle and Dartiallv
employed machinery into more active operation , as the price of yams still bears no relative proportion with any kind of combing wools . —Piece . There have been fully more merchants at our market to day , and more business done ; notwithstanding the anxiously waited for intelligence from the West is not more pacific ; yet it is said that a considerable number of buyers arrived , and orders have been received by the last steamer . And we hope this fact will tell favourabl y on our market , which for some time past has exhibited but little animation . There is very great uneasiness and distrust prevailing among the smaller manufacturers , owing to the non-attendlince of a rather larger buyer , who has been absent both last Thursday and to-day , and whose engagements have not been met ; yut it is said a little time is only required to enable the party to resume business as heretofore .
Glasgow . —Cotton Yam : The demand for the home trade still continues limited , and prices are without change ; but in shipping yarns , owing to the excitement in the cotton market , there has been a large business done , and at rather improved prices . — Cotton Goods ; The marku is still without improvement . We hoped hitherto that tlie spring trade would revive , and give an impulse to business generally , but the time is passing over without much being done , and as the season is now far advanced , we fear that any transactions that may now be made will be very limited . —Iron : Prices are as undi'rneted : —Fig iron . £ 3 10 s . per ton ; bar iron , £ 10 per ton ; nail rods , £ 11 per ton ; boilerplates and sheets , £ 1310 s . per ton . —American Produce : Best sweet barrel 32 « . 6 d . nett per barrel ; best sour barrel fl » ur . ^^ 1 . ¦ Vd . A a .. #
32 s . nett per barrel ; 1 st Montreal pots , 23 s . to 23 s . 6 d . per cwt . ; 1 st Montreal pearls , 23 s . Cd . per cwt . ; butter , best quality , 7 os . nett per cwt . ; lard , common , 47 s . nett per cwt , ; lard , refined , 49 s . to fiOs . nett per cwt . ; cheese ( States ) , 50 s . nett per cwt . There has been more doing in barrel flour during the past week , parties being induced to purchase and bond , to take advantage of the alteration in duty . The price of flour is firm , but unchanged . As certificates now bring 15 s . Cd . and lCs ., while the price of barrel flour is moderate , there is a strong inducement to bond the article . Ashrs are very dull , and to sell in any quantity a reduction on the quotation must be taken . The stock in Montreal is heavy , which will check advance here . American checBe , if of the very best quality , brings 55 s . ; if inferior , 52 s . to 53 a . Lard and butter arc without change .
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We , the English , hate foreigners ; and yet there is no population in the world whose blood is so mixed with that of foreign nations as our own . We bate foreigners ; and yet it is to forei gners we owe our laws and pririleges . We hate foreigners ; and yet our kings and nobility spring from foreign stocks . We hate foreigners ; ami yet it is to foreigners we are indebted for Christianity , whether in the shape in which St . Austin introduced it , or whether it came from Luther or Calvin , Armonius or Socinius . We bate foreign rs ; and yet it is to foreigners we are indebted for all we have learned in the ai ts , whether OC music , sculpture , painting , or architecture . We hate foreigners ; and yet it is to forii gners we are indebted for our knowledge in the sciences , whether derived from thu poor obscuro l ' olisli priest Copernicus , the Italian Galileo , or the Swede Linnceus .
We hate foreigners ; and yet a large portion of the elite of the British nation prefer spending their fortunes among foreigners . We . hate foreigners ; and yet tens of thousands of our humbler artizaus go annually abroad to obtain a living « mong thtm . We hate foreigners ; and yet import hundreds of th' m annually to afford the most graceful amusements which we cannot complete without them . We hate foreigners ; and yet it is to them we are indebted for a knowledge of the art of manufacturing velvet , silks , woollen cloths , tapestry , paper making , draining , dyeing , pin making , needle making , coining ; aid even the first steam-engine was invented by Capt . Thomfts Savery , a refugee .
We bate foreigners ; and yet it was foreigners who established the silk manufactures in SjritallieMs and Dub . lin ; those for manufacturing bombasine , Sic , at Norwich , a « d for the introduction of the arts of pottery , of dioicu flowers , of plants , and vegetables fur the table , and tbe artificial grasses for our fields , fruit for our orchards , and cattle for our ' , > asturcs . We hate foreigners ; yet it is foreigners that , through exchanges , supply us with nearl y all the wine we use , and all the gold , and silver , and jewels we possess for our soil produces none of the latter articles . ' We hate foreign manners , customs , and fashions and yet we imitate them every day of our lives . '
We hate foreigners ; and yet there is not a nation in Europe for which we have not fouglit , and bled , and paid ; nor is there a foreign nation but has fought and bled for us . As to the pajing , we are so rich , that , notwithstanding our Andover Uuious , we never think of asking foreign nations for payment , except in a few . rcccnt instances in China aud India . We hate foreigners ; yet to hate foreigners we must hate ourselves ; for there is not a family amongst ub which can tell whether it » blood is not mixed up with the Danes , the Saxons , the French , the Normans , the Dutch , tho Italians , the Spaniards , the Germans , aud even the Russians . **
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THE INSURRECTION IX SPAIN . Letters from Madrid of the 12 th inst . state , that on that day the new Cabinet being completed , the Ministers , Isturitz , Mon , Pidai , Armero , Diaz Caneja . and General Saenz , took the customary oaths at the hands of the Queen . * Notwithstanding the declarations of the Spanish Ministry , that the riots in Galicia are wholly put dewn , there appears a general opinion that this is not the case , but that risings have been made in other districts beside Lugo , and this is confirmed in some decree by the fact ef the political chief of Madrid having issued orders to the journals of the capital " not to spread this alarming news . " The Eco del Comercio states thus : —
" The political chief having suspended to-day our publication , and a police officer having laid hands upon thenunibers already printed , we inform oursubscribeis of this prohibition by a small detached slip , that they may not attribute to negligence a suspension which we are the first to deplore . To-morrow , continues the Eco , with a mixture of piety and sarcasm , " by the grace of God and the authorities , we hope to continue our labours . " El Titmpo > alludes to the constraint placed on them by the political chief , saying that they comply , and will on the next day publish the information they have respecting Galicia . El lleraldo of the same date , announces the same fact , adding , with its usual pomposity , "We believe that M . Sabater will do us the justice to suppose that for men of order as we are , such an injunction was
by no means necessary . " Tke STede has a letter from Bayonne , which declares " that it was the progress of the revolution in Galicia which compelled Christina to allow Isturitz to form his ministry . But it is believed that this permission was accorded too late . The movement is spreading in other provinces of Spain , and Zamora , and Ciudad Rodrigo are mentioned . It is asserted that General Iriate has returned to Spain with thu Esparteroists who had emigrated to Portugal ; and , it is added , that the corps of Carabineers , of which he was inspector , had joined him . There was a rumour of a fierce encounter between them and the troo ; is in garrison at Corunna , in which the Espnrteroists were successful ; and General Villalonga was -hut up in the castle , with a battalion . "
El Clamor PuUko relates that " General Leimerii and Colonel Gunea have landed at Corunna , and that that place had been abandoned by the authorities . " It continues to state— "It appears , from various rumours , that the city of Santiago and its garrison have seconded the revolt of Lugo , and although there is no official courier from Galicia we are assured that the rebels are triumphant in all the provinces , being ; joined in many places by the refugees from Portugal . It was reported yesterday ( 11 ) that General Villalenga had been compelled to save himself on board a boat , and had gone to Santander . Great agitation was said to pervade Znmpourdanand other places . We do not guarantee the authenticity of this intelligence . "
The French journal , La National , declares that General Iriarte had entered the province oi Zamora with -500 men , and it was not doubted in Madrid but that he would bo joined by the garrison of Tarragona . A . general ferment prevails throughout Catalonia and the Captain-General , having learned that armed banus had been seen near Giroua , had advanced iu that direction at the head of a strong brigade . " At Madrid a great uneasiness prevails . They had learned thereof the revolt at Orense , Villalonga ' s flight , the advance of Iriarte ; and couriers had armed from ValladoUd and Burgos demanding reinforcements in the names of the Captains General . Similar applications had arrived from otherdistricte 'SSISSSSS were afraid of diminhbin « th
" Such , " coHdudes Le National , " is a brief sum tnary of our private information : and we need ™ t point out ^ importance . We have but one word to add to this information ( which wS « SS , source on which , we believe , we inay fiS , relyHnd that « . that these revolts have not liteDuS whh out bloodshed , and some functionaries , maS down fwtiKir demmpui Narvatz , and by their bruSi t ^ lawp ^ wf tlidr Brafor TiiinSinSb ^ of power , of which the populace Lave preserved a bitlcr . vmeinbrauce" l
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My Friends and Brothers , I think the attack upon me in the last Star , contained in Julian Ilarney ' s notice of my humble " Orations , " demands a brief remonstrance . The writer says , "Mr . Cooper is our friend , but no tics of friendship shall prevent us doing our duty . " i can only expriss my regret that Julian iiariiov should have had so strange a misconception of lii ' a duty . IIow any one can feel warranted in representing a' friend' who happens to differ from him and because of that difference , as a man who " was t ' ryine how far he could humbug hisi audience , " and who " had a newly-mamifactuicd theory , " and because "his audience proved good-natured , " therefore ' * taxed their swallowing capabilities to the utmost " I cannot understand . I trust that all of you wlio have watched my comae , believe me utterly incana ble of playing the part of a public juggler and 52-ceiver ( 1 ) .
A more unfair notice of a pamphlet , tha n this bv ml £ l ? K l bave nevcr seen - Not a line not a syllable has lie quoted of " my brief exposition ^" peet ing the true nature of Moral Resistance . Ami after an imperfect quotation of the passages , in which , £ conceives the germ of my errors is to be found 2 ho thus , mosterroneously , interprets my theory - "Th "' is to say a man seeing his wife and duMren ' wJaS fcnd K 2 anS iS to . ^ ckthe ' impuWtode S ? '• \ "" yn hMwdf into acowardlvpar-EZ , " 1 v 9 ldl ! ? tbe villains wll ° outage the honour and lives of those whom he is bound to pro-Zt - ° Z I bsg th ^ - ' frieml' wilI > f « a moment , weigh the meaning of the following sentence , in my pamphlet : " If you were to act under the no
tionof your right to take human life , Ac ., would nni you be likely to ask yourself whether you arc sun that you had used all the moral means you mi lit have done —or all the physical means you might have done , short of inflicting lasting injury , —in order to prevent a man ' s accomplishment ot * his evil intent to murder ? " Is it possible , fairly , to argue that my theory proposes a " cowardly participation" in a villain ' s guilt , from this passage ( 3 ) ? I might adduce other passages ; but I will , instead , ask Julian Haracy to read my pamphlet through , and find them . for himself . He has so utterly misrepresented me that I can only conclude he has run his eyi very hastily over my pages , disliking the employ because of the strength of his own prejudices . 115 ;
use ot aucli words as ' absurd , ' ' slavish , ' and crotchetty , ' confirms me in " this belief , since I always find prejudiced men most apt to use thosi words ( 4 ) . My doctrine , he says , he '' cannot doubt , will be repudiated by the great mass of thinkinmen . " I beg leave to remini him that ' thinking men' are not in the habit of using such words as those I have just referred to , since they know well that the use of them implies argument . The fact is , that whether the doctrine I advocate be right or wrong , it is attracting the closest attention from some of the most distinguished intellects of the age ,
both in foreign countries and in our own ; and it is of too important and profound a nature to be settled in the rash and abusive terms that , I am sorry to observe , Julian IIarney supposes it can be settled ( 5 ) . When . Julian Ilavney differs from me I do not abuse him . He cannot say that I have ever displayed an unkind act towards him ; and yet this is not the first time that I have had to remonstrate against his rashness and unkind usage ( 6 ) . I trust , on reflection , he will see cause to retract the defamatory terms in which he has spoken of me , —and then , let the whole transaction be forgotten , as it is already freely forgiven , by
Yours , my Brethren , A sincere foe to the taking away ot human-life under any circumstancc 3 , a ™ ,,. . TlI 0 MAS Cooper , the Chartist . 134 , Blackfriar ' s Road . P . S . —3 ly ' hopes , as a Chartist , " led me to avoid the Crown and Anchor meeting—if I must be compelled to answer the question , " why 1 did not take a part in it ? " That the Poles have been fighting to recover freedom I utterly deny , for neither they nor their fathers ever had it . That there either is now , or has been lately , a truly patriotic struggle in Poland , I have yet to learn . I read of peasants slaughtering their countrymen , and expecting a reward from the Austrians for it—but that seems to
me strange patriotism . A " manifesto , " promulgating Communist doctrines , is also related to have been issued at Cracow by a small number of men , no doubt desirous of establishing those doctrines , and connected , it is quite evident , with Poles , Germans , French , < tc , professing the same doctrines in Paris and London ; but the inhabitants of Poland seem so very far frem heartily espousing their views , and the means they had at their disposal were , manifestly , so disproportioned to their enterprise , that I wondered to find even advocates for physical force crying up their rash undertaking so loudly ( 7 ) . As a sincere foe to the taking away of human life , under any circumstances , as one convinced , from every page I have read of history , that the toiling class have never derived political freedom , and elevation in the social
scale , from physic . il force revolutions , in any a <» e or country ; as a sincere believer in the great truth , that knowledge only can prepare men to win freedom and to hold it securely when they have won it : as a man who has loved Chartism through obloquy and suffering feels it thereby endeared to him , and regrets to see his own injured class led aside from vigourousattention to the suffrage , and effort to place members of iheir own class in Parliament , by any new wild-fire scheme that happens to be got up—] avoided the meeting at the Crown and Anchor- My strongest wish respecting that meeting is , that every other Chartist had avoided it likewise . I malign no man ' s motives for attending it . I only claim the liberty , without abuse , to say that I think Chartism was m no wise benefited , but injured , by that meetinjr ( S ) .
Julian IIarney talks of my " false posit on . " If 1 am to judge by the approval tendered me by workin <> men , publicly and privately , and by my own conscience , I can only conclude my position to be a true one . As long as I have that conviction , Julian Ilarney , and all men who differ from me , may rest assured that , although I shall neither misrepresent nor abuse them , their misrepresentation and abuse will never drive me from a manly and determined maintenance of my conviction . T . C . tm
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Brother Democrats , —I . think it will be admitted that , during ; the two years and six months I have ken connected with the Nortliern Star as one of its " conductors , " I have not sought to obtrude myself personall y upon the notice of its readers ; if I do so now it is because I am ready to take npen myself the responsibility of every syllable I write , and as Mr . Cooper has deemed it fit and proper to charge me with the authorship of the notice of hi-s " Orations , " published in the Star of the 11 th instant , I hesitate uot toatlnnttlie charge . The good taste of addressing his letter to "the Chartist Body , " instead of " the Lditor of the jVort /« ern Star , " is Mr . Cooper ' s affair .
I cannot suppose that in addressing "the Chartist B .. dy" he desired to make my commentary a subject tor discussion and resolution-voting , and yet , if he did not desire this , it appears strange that he should not have addressed his letter to "the Editor , " the usual course when any one feels himself aggrieved by comments in a newspaper . I might content myself by replying to Mr . Cooper , " what 1 have written , I have written ; " but out of deference to him I will make my reply somewhat lengthier . The figures introduced ' intu Mr . Cooper ' s letter I have imeited , simply to prevent the repetition of " Mr . Cooper says this , " " Mr . Cooper says that , " < fcc .
1 . —1 never supposed that Mr . Cooper was "a public juggler and deceiver , " but neither could 1 suppose it possible that Mr . Cooper could act as he was advising others to act in the event of his own wifebeing assailed by an intentional murderer . I wish I could still believe that he was only joking I should think him not the less a sincere man but Mr Cooper iw'M be in earnest to the full extent of his theory , be it so , Iain sorry I misconceived him , sorry that I used language in accordance with that misconception ; but let me add I am also sorry to find my friend so much at war , as I conceive with common sense and-the noblest feelings of our nature 2—Let the reader turn to Mr . Cooper ' s pamphlet or read the extract I shall give presently and he will see that , as far as I did quote , the quotations were correct , word for word .
3 . —Mr . Cooperhas charged me with "imperfect quotation of his theory , and in proof of this he lu <» s in a certain passage which the reader will see in bis letter , using it as though it was part and parcel of his argument on the subject of defending wife anil child . Now , I assure . tlie reader , that the quotation introduced by Mr . Cooper has nothing to do with the " wife and child" argument , which argument will be found in thejirst" Oration , " at pa"cs 29-30 , whereas the quotation he has introduced " is a passage in the second " Oration , " page i 0 ! To prevent all mistake I will here quote at length Mr Cooper ' s " wife aud child " argument : — But in the case of a wife , a child , being tiircatvncd with instant death—does not my duty , then , ilemuml
that I shield them , save them , by layins the intentional murderer dead at my feet ? Dues not Nature prompt me to it ? Must not I unnaturalize nature as twtre , ere I can act as you recommend me !
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SMITUFIELD . The past week ' s imports of foreign stock for our market have been tolerably extensive , viz .: —50 oxen and cowb from . Harlingen ; 120 oxen and cows , together with 300 sheep , from Rotterdam ; and 20 oxen from Hamburgh , in , for the most part , good saleable condition , especially as relates to the cows from Ilarlingen and Rotterdam . At Hull , about 80 beasts and 90 sheep have come to hand from Holland , but which have been rather deficient in quality . To-day we had on sale here about 220 foreign beasts and 400 slieep . Prime qualities were in fair request at full previous quotations ; but all other kinds ruled dull at barely late prices . ' From our own grazing districts the arriral of beasts fresh up to-day were on the increase , and o ' very superior quality . Although the attendance of potti town and country buyers was numerous the taet trade was in a very sluggish state . However the primest lots , &c , were mostly disposed of at last week ' s prices ; but most other kinds suffered a
deoJine of 2 d . per 81 b 3 ., and much difficulty was experienced in effecting a clearance . From Norfolk , Sussex , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , we received about 1 , 200 Scots , home-breds and short horns ; from the western and midland districts , 700 Ilerefords . Devons , runts , cows , &c . from other parts of England , 400 of various kinds : and trom Scotland , 300 horned and polled Scots . The number of sheep were again on the increase , and of unusually prime quality ; yet the mutton trade was comparatively steady , and previous rates were supported in every instance . I rom the Isle of Wight , 50 lambs came to hand per railway : while tho arrivals of that description ot stock from other quarters were moderate The lamb trade was steady , at last Monday ' s currencies . Calves were in short supply , and sluggish inquiry , yet prices were supported . In pigs , very little was doing at our quotations .
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MKAT MARKETS . Compared with those of the previous week , the receipts of country-killed meat up to these markets since Monday last have been very moderate , though tolerably extensive , the time of year considered . The supplies on offer killed in the " metropolis have been seasonably good , and of very superior quality . Prime heef , mutton , lamb , and veal , have moved off steadily , at fully previous quotations ; but all othir kinds have met a dull inquiry , at late rates . About 500 carcases of lamb have reached us from various quarters , A few carcases of foreign beasts and sheep have appeared on sale .
BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS . Fair average supplies of potatoes have arrived at the waterside during the past week . The finest qualities have moved off steadily , at full prices , but all other kinds have met a dull sale on somewhat easier terms . York reds . 90 s . to 120 s . ; ditto Regents , 50 s . to 100 s . ; ditto Shows , 40 s . toGOs . ; Blues , &c , 60 s . to 70 s . ; Fifcshire reds , 653 . to 70 s . ; Montrose buffs , 75 s . to 80 s . ; Perthshire reds , 70 s . to 80 s .
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PROVINCIAL CORN MARKETS . Liverpool Coun Excuanoe , Friday , April 17 . — The imports nf American flour sire again followed up by upwards of 11 , 000 barrels , and we have to note a few more cargoes of States and European wheat fresh up since Monday ; but of English aud Irish produce the general arrivals are very limited , especially of oats , flour , and oatmeal , winch , in consequence of the increasing consumption in Ireland , have fallen olf considerably . At our Corn Exchange to-day , good useful samples of English and Irish wheat were disposed of to a fair amount at an advance of Id ., and fine qualities , which are rather scarce , were in partial instances 2 d . per 701 b dearer ; inferior descriptions , however , of which the bulk of the supply is formed , were very unsaleable at late prices . Irish Hour was in tolerable request on the full terms last noted ; and Canadian in good demand at an improvement of Od . per barrel . In barley , malt , beans , and peas no alteration . Indian corn fully supported our previous quotations . Although since Monday last , we have had no fresh arrirals of either oats or oatmeal from Ireland , both were difficult of sale this morning , and former prices barely sustained . A cargo of American wheat sold at 7 s . per 701 b , and a few hundred barrels of States flour at 2 Gs . per 11 ) 011 are the only transactions r < ported to day in bond . BiitMiNciiAii Corn Market , Thursday , Arna 1 C , At this day ' s market there was a short supply ui wheat from the farmers , which in some instances realised Od . to Is . per quarter advance , but tin dealers were free sellers at tho currency of this ila ;
Englisii Dislike Of Foreigners.
ENGLISII DISLIKE OF FOREIGNERS .
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April 25 , 1846 . ^ m '¦ THE NO RTHERN STAR . 7 -
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TO THE READERS OF THE "NORTHERN STAR . " "If I might give a short hint to an impartial writer , it would be to tell him his fate . If he resolves to venture upon the dangerous precipice of telling unbiassed truth , let him proclaim war with mankind , —neither to give nor to take quarter . " — De Foe .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 25, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1364/page/7/
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