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[ Continued from the First Page . ) who , like the Whig government , will fly to the cry of FREE TRiO ) E IS IN DAGGER . Besides a dntv , I have an interest in writing this letter , because I feel and know that I shall be the greatest sufferer from popular folly . I point out your proper course and your former errors , hut I know myself so well , that I am sure to gc with you whether right or ¦ wrong , rather than allow the enemy to suppose that the folly of the multitude had driven me from the movement Your errors are not a consequence of folly , they are the result of the evil influence of those who can starve you into submission to their will , or enlist you as COERCED "VOLUNTEEUS to fight their ovm tattles .
Beware of the " Free Trade" trap . Let the landlords fight their own battles . Let every thought he directed to secure twelve Duncombes in the next parliament . I WILL NOT BE ONE . I will remain upon the watch tower , for slander shall never bnmd my motives with the base brand of self interest . Allow me to manage the wild phrenzy of nnrepresented influence ; the wide region of enthusiasm is my natural element ; I will marshallit to aid our chief and his staff in the battle of right
aeaiast might , of knowledge against bigotry and intolerance , of liberty against oppression and misrnle , Keep your eye then upon the nest electioncompel your trustees , as they call themselves , to execute their trust faithfully . Get our twelve men in the House of Commons , and no power on earth can resist the triumph , of your principles . The World \ rill receive them as the wise adoption of an improved age , and nations will marvel that so great a power should have been so long concealed by a hireling
prostitute , senile , advertising press . Let our motto be " Twelve Chartist representa tives to send our principles to the world ' s end "ONVTARD AND WE CONQUER , BACKWARD AND WE PALL , THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER . Then I bind on my armour to { ace the rough world , And I ' m going to march with the rest ; Against Tvranfa to fight , for the Bake of the right , And if baffled to FALL with the BEST . Your faithful friend and servant , Feaegus O'Coxxob .
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KIDDERMINSTER . GLORIOUS AND TRIUMPHANT MEETING FOR THE CHARTER AND THE LAND . To those who would deny the influence of the Northern Star upon the working classes , er those who are sceptical about the strong fraternity that now exists amongst that order , we merely observe , that one line in that journal on Saturday last , announcing the intention of Mr . O'Connor to attend a meeting in forty-eight hours after . had the effect of crowding the Albion room , in the Falcon Inn , to inconvenience . The body of the Hall , as well as the gallery , tha platform , and the passages , was literally crammed , while deputations of the working classes were in attendance from Wolverhampton , Walsall , Dudley . Stourbridge . Brierly Hill , Bilston , Bronisgrove , Worcester , and the surrounding districts for a distance of thirty miles , many of whom had walked , and all of whom spoke checringly of the new resolve , "to bind on their armour once more ; " all admitting , that but
for the addition of the Land plan , Chartism , as a principle , would have lacked much of its present enthusiasm . Mr . George Hollowayjand a few devoted friends who have struggled hard and suffered much in the cause , made the most of the short interval that was allowed for preparation , and although a charge of a penny was made at the doors , we never witnessed a more enthusiastic , respectable , patient , or satisfied audience . Precisely at seven o ' clock , that staunch advocate of the principles , who has accomplished so many benefits for his own trade , the chain makers , Air . Chance , of Stourbridge , was unanimously called to the cliair . He said , that he had once more resolved upon joining in the renewed struggle for man ' s natural rights . ( Cheers . ) He was there to proclaim the fact , that if the people were ignorant , Queens and Kings , Pe-. rs and Commoners , Parsons , and Manufacturers , and all who had an interest in the
individual comforts of the working classes , were bound to assist and co-operate in substituting knowledge for that ignorance . ( Cheers . ) Where was the monarch who looked upon the ignorance ot his people as a gem in his crown , or as an honor to his throne . Where was the titled aristocrat that would avow it to be the jewel of his coronet , or where was the master that would preserve it as the title of Iu 3 ascendancy . ( Loud cheers . ) Surely all had an interest in national prosperity , which knowledge would cultivate better than ignorance , but mayhap ignorance would lead to a more profitable appropriation of its products . ( Load cheers . ) lie had as much confidence in Feargus O'Connor as in any man living , but he would caution them against allowing
reliance upon individual exertion lulling them mt >* individual apathy . ( Loud cheere . ) If the bu-ines ? was to be done labour must do it for itself . ( Cheers . ) Capital managed its own affairs , and ] labour must do Its own work . ( Cheers . ) That meeting was to him a cheering proof that the principles of the Charter were still uppermost in their mind , and that the adjunct of the land had rather strengthened than weakened their affection . ( Great applause . ) Apart from his public duty , he had also a private duty to discharge , and he thought it the bounden duty of every honest man to rally around Feargus O'Connor , when the disappointed ambition of would-be leaders vas used as a . weapon to weaken his ¦ usefulness and dislodge him from the affections of the people . { Cheers and laughter . ) The appearance of the
meeting , and the attention of the meeting , convinced him that his task as chairman would be one of easy performance , as he must presume , that all came there to learn , and he ( tbe chairman ) would secure for every teacher a fair and impartial hearing for iheir respective doctrines . ( Loud cheers . ) They courted discussion , and he invited itas their greatest strength . It wonld not be decorous in him to take up more of their time , when he -was sure that they were all panting with anxiety to hear their tried and distinguished friend . ( Cheers , and go on . ) No , I shall now conclude by introducing Fearsus O'Connor , I believe for the first time , to a Kidderminster audience . ( Loud cheers and clapping of hands followed the chairman ' s excellent address , which was delivered in a manly tone , and with great fluency , force , and eloquence . )
Upon Mr . O'Connor presenting himself , he was received -with several rounds of applause . When the cheeriag had subsided , he said , Sir , I quite agre with you that you best teBtify your loyalty by your endeavour to banish ignorance from the land , to base our institutions upon knowledge , instead of upon caprice , and to set a monarch over them that will be governed by the enlightenment of the age , rather than by the darkness of byegone times . ( Cheers . ) There was not a word that had fallen from the chairman to which he f . VIr . O'Connor ) could not cheerfully
subscribe , but more especially to his injunction to the people to do their work . On that day week he was amongst the bib ' s of Devonshire , wedding the agricultural labourer to the manufacturing operative , and he was happy to find that their new poliey was never again to fight the battles of faction , never again to contend for the spit without the leg of mutton , ( cheers and laughter . ) or for the empty shadow which had teen labour ' s share of middle class triumph . ( Cheers . ) If he was asked why he had again entered the fielu of action , his answer was because he thought
that it was the season for renewed vigour , labour ' s opportunity for renewed action . In 1831 and 1832 he straggled for the Reform Bill in his own country , but observing that , if not followed by full , free , and fair representation , it would be an injury rather than a blessing to labour . He wag aware that it was tbe mere contest of faction for its own ascendancy ; but he felt convinced of the impossibility of convincing the papular party of the hollowness and treachery of their leadens . Thai measure had failed , and he would « ak them , as he had asked their brethren in otber parts , whethtr there was a single man in Kidderminster who had derived benefit from it ? ( Cries of " No . " ) The last triumph was the triumph cf free trade—a njeasure which was to hare been instantly followed
by nigh wages , cheap broad , and plenty to do ; a measuve which was to hav e been magical in its instantaneous effect upon the comforts of the poorthe Pandora ' s box , at the top instead of the bottom of which labour ' s charm was packed . ( Loud eheere . ) Well , Ir . haurhas opened the box , but has H found the Treasure ? ( A manufacturer in the corner , — "It hasn't had time to work . " ) Ah , it has worked wonti ' er * , sir , but in the vnrovg direction . ( Cheers . ) It wat t ) ! -are been t '< e charmed operator that-was t <> have worked by made , and set every fibre of labour to remunerating employment . ( Cheers . ) lias not had time to work ! It baa worked down wages , worked up bread , and worked hundreds out of their houses to starve in the streets , or beg employment , for God ' s sake , at any rate that capital shall cor . de-• cendte offer . ( Tremendous applause . ) But I will
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test the principle by the verdict of those who must be the best judges of its effect . Is there , then a man in this vast assemblage who has benefited aught . bjTree trade ? I mean a labouring man . ( Shouts oi' Aot one-but worse . " ) Now , then , youi have hirnuAed me with a theme for my discourse . . The Reform Bill promised much , and performed little Free trade promised all tbat the Reform Bill had failed in , f nd has performed less . 1 allowed the day of trial to pass by , lost that I may have endangered the cause oV Chartism by propounding the oM principle in the huur of mixed aud hesitating excitement . I allowed the mind of labour to settle down into fair calculation upon the promised boon , and , finding that the country was prepared to give an honest verdict , after calm thought and matured reflection , I resolved upon
once more marshalling tbe now connected but dissatisfied mind for another struggle for its own rights and privileges . ( Loud cheers . ) Sir Robert Peel told us that it was necessary that the landlords should surrender something to national requirements , and I told him that whatever was pared from their board would be absorbed by the griping appetite of the capitalist . ( Loud cheers . ) 1 told him , and I told you , that it was impossible to adjust labour ' s s-hare in the chanse until labour , likecapital , was represented in the House of Commons . ( Cheers . ) Sir Robert Peel told us that tho science of agriculture was but in its infancy—it was the wisest sentence he ever spoke : but if it is necessary to cherish and encourage the science ot agriculture , * aud if the landlords must yield up and surrender some of their rights to that
end for the nation ' s good , it ia also right that the capitalists should surrender a portion of their unjust rights and privileges . ( Great applause . ) That was his present mission , to prepare them ; at the next general election to stand between contending factions —not aiding one in the pillage of labour , or the ether in its whimsical protection of native industry . ( Cheers . ) And when theirstreeta were again paraded by the exciting promise of high wages , cheap bread , and plenty to do , surmounted by a large free trade loaf , only requiring a free trade parliament to insure it , let the sons of toil cap the climax by placing the land and the charter over the pinnacle of the free trade tower —( tremendous cheering , and waving of hats)—the land that produces the loaf , and the charter that defends the land . ( Repeated cheers . )
Iguorant as you are , and mysteriously as free traders would have concealed the fact , you have learned from them , that if it is good to have cheap bread , it is better to have , cheap land which produces bread . ( Cheers . ) They vainly hoped to conSnethe struggle to the question ofwheat , to the landofAmerica . ofPoland , of Prussia , and the world , while they insolently hoped to obscure the benefit that may result from your own land , worked by your own industry . ( Cheers . ) They never thought the English artisan , disinherited by machinery , would discover the fact that he could produce bread for himself without being dependent upon tho foreigner who may be pleased to export it , or upon the master who may condescend to buy his labour for the price that is to purchase it . ( Cheers . ) Baptist Noel has told us that we have live hundred
thousand starving creatures living within the precincts of royalty without God and without hope ; while politicians tell us that we have four million paupers depending for a precarious subsistence upon workhouse relief . There is enough , and more than enough , for all , if the government of the capitalist wna not compelled to niea ure produce and employment by the standard of class caprice instead of national requirement . ( Loud cheers . ) And in the midst of this degrading poverty , this unnatural want , this unwilling idleness , free traders and Malthusians told them that the creation of so large a _ number of producers would cause a surplus of food in the country . ( Cheers and daughter . ) Well be it so , better , far better , is a surplus of pigs , of bread , and milk , after consumptionthan a surplus of breeches , hats , and
, shoes , with a proportionate surplus of bare legs , bare feet , and bare heads . ( Great cheering and waving of hats . ) The man who had a surplus pig would never be without a surplus breeches , while the man who was making breeches for others all his life may scarcely find time to patch his own . ( Cheers and laughter . ) We were told that there were unerring " , laws which we must obey , unerring rules of nature , by which we must be governed . Kings and princes , however , who tell us those things , are not so observant of the laws of man or God when they stand in the way of their own desires , or would act as an obstacle to their own ambition . Hence we have the anomaly of the King of the French , in the teeth of what ia called a solemn league and covenant , or religious contract , or compact , entered into by a
league of'kings for the controul of the natural feelings , passions , and desires , of the sons and daughters of royalty yet unborn , enforcing his son ' s ( claim to the hand of a child , the sister of the Queen ^ of Spain , in violation of the treaty of thej quadruple alliance ratified at UtrctcU for the preservation of royal authority , and rather than forego his illegal demand be would set the working classes of the world in arms , to thed eack others blood , to gratify Ms morbid lust for po wer —( cheers . ) What would not labour suffer in such a struggle for royal grandeur , and what care we whether the little Queen ' s little sister marries the son of the King of France , or the bloody Narvez , who has been sent as chambermaid to make his royal mistress ' s wedding bed . But here ' s another hitch
—it has been discovered that all the upholsterers in Spain cannot make a royal bedstead in seven weeks , and the poor little Queen is constrained to put up with that in which her royal father had so many startling dreams . Ab , my friends , while this is a royalhardship , how many thousands of labour ' s sons , upon whose sweat royalty lives , would be glad , but too glad , to be secured in the bed tliat their fathers lay upon —( loud cheering . ) But so it ever is with there who work for others , and those who work not at all—tbe one , after a day of anxious toil , one of the Queen ' s neighbours , one of Baptist Noel ' s free trade army without God and without hope , lays his weary bones upon some stranger ' s cold flag , and ia unconscious that he is a trespasser , until roused by the truncheon of his nL-htly guardian : while royalty
reclines on down , culled gently from beneath the cherub ' s wing —( tremendouscheering . ) And , yet England , and the world , may be embroiled in war by this kingly disregard of an inter-national treaty ; and yet , while Kings thus controul the laws , and violate the treaties of their order , we are told to obey all the musty parchments left by our musty ancestors , a 3 the token of their masty age—( cheers)—but I tell them , that It is folly to ait before the swelling waters of knowledge and say to the flood-tide of mind , thus far shall thou go , and l . o farther —( great cheers . ) I tell thou that genius knows no bounds , but will knock down and level all the landmarks within which ignorance , prejudice , and tyranny , had vainly hoped to hem it , and sweep away every vesb « e of controul . Mind is the preceptor that
subtilizes tne soul ; the key that attunes the human heart to softness ; the battery that nerves the arm to action ; it ia man ' s ceniinel , and the . nation ' s body guard , which no combination of King 8 , or kingly edict ? , can disband . It is the parent of conception ; the child of nature ; the tonic of resolution ; it is the gift of God toman , which human fetters cannot shackle , or human tyranny controul ; it is here , it is there , it is every where ; its magic influence thrills through every passing breeze ; it boldly rides the whirlwind , and proudly sits upon the atorni —( tremendous cheering and waving of hats . ) In vain then is the combination of cabinets against the combination of minus —( repeated cheers . ) I see that yoa do not recognize your triumph in any change that has yet taken place , not even in the property or
income tax —( laughter . ) You were told tbtst direct taxation was a measure of justice to the poor , as it threw the national burthen upon the rich ; but I will show you now that direct taxation , without direct representation , is indirect plunder —( cheers . ) The landlord is taxed three per cent , and increases his rents live per cent . ; the manufacturer is taxed tiiree per cent , and reduces yeur wages twenty per cent . ; the parson is taxed three per cent , and increases the idle reserve poor rates five per cent ., by reductions in his household , and parings from his servants' wages ; the shopkeeper whose profits exceed £ 150 a year , is taxed three per cent ., and he visits it to the amount of five per cent , upon the wages and comforts of his shop b ys , while all those classes are doubly benefittcd by reductions made in
all the articles of your produce , and consequently in your wages . And thus they are burning both ends of the candle , so that in fact taxation , whether direct or indirect , without representation , is precisely similar to a dutj—that is , if I am a manufacturer , and produce a yard of goods from five untaxed materials , and charge five shillings a yard for it , if there is a duty of one shilling put upon the five articles , instead of then charging them six shillings I charge seven shillings and sixpence a yard , making one shilling aud sixpence , or a hundred and fifty per cent , profit upon every transaction — ( loud cheers . ) Now , then , the property and income tax , although called direct , are nothing more than a duty imposed upon the wealthy , of which they may make profit from the poor . I am for taxing every man to support the state , but then I am at tl ^ e same time for gi vin «; every man a voice in tbe propriety and apportionment of the tax . ( Cheers . ) Let us now , my friends , consider whether
or uot we have sacrificed any principle in looking for the land . America , after being three quarters of a century in possession of political rights , is only now , after her many struj ^ les for class ascendancy , beginning to awaken to the value of the land . ( Cheers . ) France , with her population of nearly forty millions , is better satisfied with a constituency of two hundred thou and than England with a population of thirteen millions is with a constituency of a million . Now why is that ? It is because in Fia-ce the people possess the land , and , however the artificial labourers may be driven to revolution to procure bread , the small landed proprietors are never threatened with famine . When I first visited my uncle , Arthur O'Connor , who next year will have suffered halt a century of banishment —( Cries of shame )—1 tluuebt the whole commune or parish in which his chateau is situated belonged to him ; but in my first walk I saw peasants with their baskets and spades i > ahsin <* here and digging there , au 41 aaked what it incaut *
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He told me that four-fifths of the domain belonged to the peasants , and that no man would sell an acre of it though you offered him ten times , the value . ( Ltjuu cheers ) Many have told you that I exasperated the capabilities of the land , while Free Traders have endeavoured to persuade you that population pressed too hardly upon the means of subsistence ; but it 19 not population that presses hardly upon the means of subsistence , it is bad cultivation , it is the political power that the land confers upon each owner , it is the law of settlement , the restrictive conditions contained in contracts , and its enormous appropriation to pride and useless sporting purposes . However , my friend- ! , 1 am now in a situation to call reverend authority in aid of my assertion . There
was a meeting in Dorsetshire last week ; for the purnoso ' of course of improving the condition uf the labouring classes . It was under the patronage of a noble lord—it was to introduce the allotmeotsysteni , which means nothing more or less than a giWed chain of slavery to bind the slave to the interest ot his employer . ( Loud cheers . ) But still it proves how much man loves the soil , and it proves that his tyrants know it . Of course there was an abundant crop of parsons —( Laughter)—they would see the report in last Saturday ' s Homing Post , the paper was in his portmanteau , neregrettedthathe had not brought it . The Hon . and Rev . Mr . Ward was one of the speakers , and he told the meeting that in bis recent tour he had visited a plain near Naples , fuui miles
long and two miles wide , being eight square miles of land , and upon which thirty five thousand persons received a good day ' s wages for a good day ' s work . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Now eight square miles of land is considerably less than five thousand acre 3 . So tbat here we have the testimony of a clergyman , that every acre is capable of giving seven persons a good Jay ' s wages for a good day ' s work . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Now where was the man who would v . nture to say , that a man and his family could not exist upon two , or even upon four , acres of land . ( Cheers . ) Y « u imagine that because a cabbage is a vegetable , that it is nothing move : but I tell you vegetables are beef , mutton , veal , pork , milk , butter , cheese , and when manufactured will exchange for hats , coats , breeches , shoes , bedsteads , watches , and everv-thinsin the world . ( Cheera . ) Is is not
natural , then , that man should preter producing for himself that , that willjexchange for every produceable thine rather than depend upon the caprice of otheis for the scanty wages that must buy all . ( Loud cheers . ) . The land is man ' s great bank from which ho can coin every thing that he requires , and its present raw state ' is to the state to which it may be brought , precisely what the raw flax is to the finest cambric or lace that can be manufactured from it ; what the rough marble is to the speaking statue after it has acquired labour ' s polish . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Now , my friends , travel with me abroad . In other countries , man ' s first darling object is to secure a nest , and he cares not what price he gives for it , and although it is an objsct , it ia not indispensable that it should be on " the land he cultivates , lie next rents a field for his labour at an enormous
rate , or purchases it at an enormous price , m many cases two or three miles from his home . In France they live in villages , and cultivate the land at a distance of three miles ; so in Belgium , and in Belgium they will give at the rate of £ 200 a " bundle , " which is an acre and a quarter of land , and a whole family will live and thrive , and grow rich and purchase more from the produce . ( Cheers . ) Well , mark the advantage I give you , and mark the real tax upon English wheat capriciously grown . The nation turns up its nose at an 8 a . nxed duty , while the man who holds a thousand acres of ground , with his house , in the centre , cultivates wheat at a tax of over £ 1 6 s . a quarter more than the man whose cottage is placed in the centre of his
four acres . ( Great cheering . ) ies , 1 will put out more manure with a wheelbarrow in a day than a farmer will with six horses and four men in the same time . ( Cheers . ) But beyond that , there is the question of Home , sweet Borne ; the proud consolation that the husbandman sees his castle when he raises his head , that he can fly to the domestic summons ; that he can stand independently with his arms folded , and listen calmly , but not anxiously , as the needy employer bids for his labour . He can then measure its * ralue better than in the market place , where he stands as a slave , in the poor house where he sinks as a pauper , or in the cellar for which lie Davs rent , whether he works or plays .
In the one case he is a man of the world , for whom the world cares ; in the other , he is an outlaw with whom the world would gladly dispense . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Then the mother , the anxious brokenhearted mother , who wakes her sleeping babe that it mgy dry her for the day ' s toil , and curses it because ti will not suck to her convenience . ( Groat sensation . ) They know that the realization of my plan will compel ten masters to bid for one man ' s labsur , instead ot an idle reserve running alter one master , and competing for the mere existence point . ( Cheers . ) I tell you that you are not free to bargain with capital , until you stand with your heel upon your spade , and have ascertained the value of your labour iu the-free labour market . ( Cheer 3 . )
The following is the extract for Mr . Ward ' s speech to Mr , O'Connor referred : — " He the Hon . and Rev . Mr . Ward had been away from his benefice for a year for the purpose of recruiting his failing health , and on returning recently visited a spot where many of his parishioners resided . The aspect of the place was altered , the old landmarks had been removed , dirty cottages made clean , and incommodious houses rendered capacious . To what was all this to be attributed ? Struck with the marvellous change which had been effected , he natura'ly inquired how such great improvements had been effected , and he found that the reason was , that the landlord had created a vast number of field garden
allotments , all of which were assiduously and efficiently cultivated by the persons to whom they iiad been let . As a clergyman , he was glad to bear testimony to their great worth . This brought him to make one or two remarks on the subject of spade husbandry . During his absence from England , he visited a plain near Naples , four miles long , and two miles wide , on which there were 35 , 000 persons . There were no poor Jaws , no beggars , but every person received a good day ' s wages for a good day ' s work . ( Cheers . ) Not a single horse or cart was employed , but all was done by spades , mules , and men ' s baeks . lie found that as all was done by these means , the produce was large , and every one was employed . "
Mr . O'Connor continued . But still there were men so sceptical that they would not believe in the capability ot the soil , but , let them understand that his whole plan depends upon the principle of co-operation , of buying in the whttlesale market , and letting in the retail market at the wholesale price . ( Cheers . ) A hatter makes retail profit of his wholesaiehats , a grocer of his sugar a hosier of his stockings , a baker of his flour , and a butcher of his meat . No one man could make a railroad ot considerable length , no one man could establish a joint stock bank or an insurance company , or make a canal , or work an expensive mine ; and yet indiriduaU thus co-operating can drive individual speculators from the market of traffic .
For instance , a man may travel a hundred miie 3 in five hours for 8 s 4 d ., and if he travels by gig with one horse , the property of an individual , he will pay that much turnpike ab a penny per mile . He will pay three-pence a mile , or three times the amount as the legitimate wages of the driver , and he will pay £ 5 , a shilling a mile , twelve times as much as his railway fare , for the hire of the horse and gig besides living away from home , and the loss of fifteen hours labour instead of live . ( Great cheering . ) Now , then , that ' s co-operation , that ' s tlie value of the land , but while we have a Minister of allspice and nutmegs , ot' cloves and cinnamon , of ground ginger and sarsaparilla , of saltpetre and starch , and indigo , and mace , andcitvoni andeandiedlemon neel ,
and all the rest of the dainties , and thread , and needles , and tape , and bobbing , we have no Minister of agriculture —( loud cheers )—aud hence we find at one and the same time , it whole , brave , hospitable , generous , and industrious people threatened with famine , which , we are told , is a dispensation from God . while the palace is to be improved which . no doubt , is also a dispensation with whicli the people would willingly disper . se . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Free traders would disparage the value of the laud , while the working classes were ignorant enough to give at the rate of £ 20 , £ 31 ) , aud even £ 40 per acre for small plots , and w hatever was the rent they would make any sacrifice rather than lose it —( cheers)—Did they ever rcfluct that the
labouring man , whether employed for six davs or four days , or not employed at all , had to pay " seven days rent for his house . ( Cheers . ) Now , my friends it is to break down and for ever destroy this anomaly that I am contending . ( Cheers . ) The old traffickers will try to make the next struggle for religious liberty , but I tell you it is all moonshine . Political inferiority is quite compatible with what all sects call , religious liberty which means nothing more or less than their own ascendancy , while civil liberty and political . freedom would banish religious dissension and distinction for ever from the land . ( Groat cheering . ) _ It is for that that 1 wish you 10 struggle . Notwithstanding . ill the attempts of iaetumtobveakusup , notwithstanding the fearful odds against which we have bait to contend , we have still a staff of bold and sturdy hearts , siiilieiently
powerful to make an impression ou the dying house . —( Cheers)—and what 1 ask you is to use and exercise your right to the fullest , to strengthen Duncombe ' s hands , — ( tremendous cheering ) — to light labour ' s battle in the House oi' Commons , lv is childish and foolish to say that you possess no power , for 1 tell you , that , you have the same power over your trustees that the Jaw has over the trustees ol ihe property of others . The law obliges them ami coerces them into the faithful discharge of their trust , ami then do you oblige and coerce your trustees into a proper execution of their trust —( loud cheers ) our weakness is but a consequence of our folly . We have withstood the power of the throne , of the Lords , of the Commons , of the bishops , the parsons the judges , the juries , the magistrates , the shopkeepers , the army , the nuvy , and the police untl worse than all , the liired slander or interested aiknea
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of a corrupt , a prostitute , an infidel , a vena ! pre 3 « . ( Great cheering . ) Yes , oar fraternity and excliiinp of opinion ia as complete-as that of the Jesuits : Our principles fly from tongue to tongue , are cau » ht by every ear . aud impressed ' upoa every heart . ( Cheers . ) Our cause lives by oral tradition , let us then seek through the House of Commons another channel to spread it throughout the world , and to all corners of the earth . ( Cheer 3 . ) Send twelve members to aid Duncnmbe and the work is done . We have the ascendancy of numbers , the aseendanci of mind , and the ascendancy of principles , but the inferiority of action . If I hVd fc ' e power of making one law to-morrow , and that that law was not to be the Charter , ! would take from the press
the power of advertising and throw it upnn the ascendancy of mind for its livelihood , and I promise you , that tlic Times would go to bed a Whig and rise a Chartist to insure Hie largest circulation . ( Cheers and laughter . ) The man must have a heart ol adamant and a mint ! impervious to all the best feelings of nature who c * n tamely look on and witness the oppression of the poor . I was once a man of the tray world myself , I kept my hounds , my hunters , and my race horses , I loved tkechnce . the race ground , arid theball-rbom , but now my mind ' s improved , and directed to more profitable gratification to the benefit ef my fellow-men . ' I would now rather be on the scaffoid with the bricklayers in tbe field of industry with the husbandman , in the wood with
the forester , or on the hearth with the labourer ' 8 child and one of tho happy circle living by their own industry , contented , prosperous , and happy , and blessing God that they were in their natural sphere , and that they were able to earn their own bread by the sweat of their own brow . And 1 have gained imnv ^ asuraWy by the chance—it is what tnonarchs . look for , buU ' ew enjoy—a peaceful mind , a healthful constitution , a good apetite , and frugal fare wherewith to satisfy it . ( Long and continued cheering . ) My frinnds , I am gettine excited , but I trust that my over zeal will not injure your cause , or my over caution postpone its consummation . There is a time to build up . and a time to pull down , a time for wild enthusiasm and sofeer
thought . I have played my part in both , but I have not deserted either . ( Loud cheers . ) I have called minder murder , before you wereable to distinguish between sudden death and lingering torture . There was a time when I feared that the long training to which I had been subjected , would have numbed my speed , would have cooled my courage , unnerved my mind , and damped my ardour . The trainers tell you that too much galloping damps the . courage , and numbs the speed of tlie racehorse , but I have had no gentle exercise , I have taken my physic kindly , my sweats copiously , and my gallops freely . I may be under the influence of overlon ? training , but still I feel as sound in wind , as hale in constitution , as light of limb and resolved of purpose , a 3 any
colt that is entered for the Chartist stakes , and when the word "Away" ia given , he will be swift as thouuht that beats me by a nose . ( Tremendous cheering and waving of hats . ) Yes , my friends , I have tried myself , and I think I shall be equal to any emergency that the age , any necessity that the people , or any expediency thatthe Whigs , may impose upon me . ( Renewed cheering . ) I have lived down prejudice . I possess the undivided confidence ef your order . ( Loud cheers . ) I have been the first to open a market for those who never dared to hope that they cou'd traffic in the world of speculation , and of all men living , the teetotallers should love me , when I tell them that of the £ 15 , 000 subscribed t « our fond , £ 5 . 000 or more has been snatched from the sin-palace and the beer shop . ( Tremendous cheering . )
I have shewn man the road from bondage , to the land of freedom . I have furnished him with the ooportnnity of makiner himself independent of the frowns of the wealthy , the terror of the law , and the temptation of committing crime to live . ( Tremendous cheering . ) I have done all this without being a tax upon their poverty , and when I shall have added a National Benefit Society to the Land Plan , and when I ? hall have founded an Agricultural College , in which a thousandjpeasants'sons shall receive a generous education , self-sustaining , and at their departure each takirnr his full share of surplus after consumption , then , my friends , I shallhave done one man ' s snare ; but ia the language of the chairman , I tell you that I must fail unless sustained by your cooperation and confidence . I shall now conclude with the inspiring words of Mr . Jones , the inspired Chartist
poet-Then I bound on ray armour to face the rough world , And I am going to march with ths rest Against tyrants to nfiht , for the sake of the right , And if baffled , to FALL with the rest , Mr . IJ olloway then proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman , which Mr . O'Connor seconded in a speech highly complimentary to that gentleman ' s consistency and talent , but previous to taking a show of hands he first beaged to make proclamation for any person who had any opposing doctrine to advance , when he ( Mr . O'Connor ) would insure him , under the chairman ' s guidance , as full , fair , and impartial a hearing as he had bad , but if the invitation was declined , he trusted that the opponents would for ever hold their peane . No attempt at discussion being offered , Mr . O'Connor put the resolution of thanks to the meeting whicli was carried by acclamation , and amid great cheering , and after
Mr . Chance had returned thanks , Mr . O'Connor said that he was so highly gratified with the evening's proceedings , that , although fatigued from standing , with their permission he would take a sitting shot at them . He then sat down and delivered a most pleasine and highly in structive address upon the capabilities of the soil , and the practice of agriculture , which was listened to for nearly an hour with breathless silence , and at the close was responded to by several rounds of appjause and waving of hats . Lusty cheers were then given for the Charter and the Land , Duncombe , Frost , Williams and Jones . O'Connor , and the Chairman ; after which the Secretary disposed of a number of the rules , and Mr . O'Connor retired , with thirty or forty of the leading spirits , who remained together till & late hour , in profitable , instructive , and entertaining conversation .
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chartist co-operative land society ; . SHARES , £ 2 103 . The first section of the above flourishing Insiitution , consisting of 0 , 000 mem bers , is now complete ; the members in it hold , among them , nearly ten thousand shares , upon which they have paid
£ 13 , 000 . The second section advances rapidly towards completion , it numbers at present four thousand members , who have subscribed upon their shares £ 2 , 000 . Thus , although the society has been but fifteen months in existence , it has enrolled ten thousand members , and created a capital of £ 15 . 000 . , ¦ The following are the benefits which the society guarantees to its members . " holders of one share , a house , two acres of land , and £ 15 ; holders of a share and a-half , a . house , three acres , and £ 22 10 s . ;
holders of two shares , a house , four acres , and £ 30 . Leases for ever will be granted to the occupants . The society affords facilities for enabling members to purchase their allotments , and thus become freeholders . The rent of the allotments wiil be moderate , as it will be regulated by a charge of 5 $ cent upon the capital expended upon each . The society having been called into existence for the benefit of the working classes , the rules enable the poorest to avail themselves of its advantages , as the shares may be paid by weekly instalments as low as threepence .
Meetings for enrolling members are held as fol lo > Y 8 : —
SUNDAY RVBNINO . South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road : at half-past six o ' clock . —City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turn again-lane : at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at the Parthcnium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lune- at half-past seven . —Somcrs Town : at Mr . Duddreye ' s Bricklayers' Arms , Ton bridge-street , New-road , at half-past seven —Tower Hamlets : at the W hitting ton and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal- « reen , at six o ' clock precisely . —Emmctt ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-irvovc . atei » ht o ' clock precisely . —Marylehone : at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-stieet . ' at halfpast seven . Gray ' s Inn Road , Mason ' s Arms , Britaunia-street . —Hammersmith : at No . 2 , Little Valcplace , at ten in the forenoon . —Newcastle-upon-Tijne : at the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , irom seven till nine . —Leicester : at S 7 , Church-gate , at six . — Bradford : Woolcombers' Anns Inn , Ilopcstreet , at five .
MONDAT KVENISO . Rochester : at Ihe Victory Inn . at halt-past seven . —Caniknvell : at the Montpelier Tavern , Wai worth at eight o ' clock precisely . — Kensington : at eight o'clock , at the Duke of Sussex . —Limehouse : at the Brunswick Hall , ltopemaker ' s Fields , at 8 o ' clock . Leicester : at No . 17 , Arohdeden-hne , at seven o ' clock . — C / iepstoiu : at the Temperance Hotel , Bank Avenue , at eight o ' clock . —Armlet / : at the house of Mr . William Oates , boot and shoemaker , Arniley Town-gale , at eight o ' clock . — Liverpool : at
eight o ' clock , at Mr . Pan-ell ' s Temperance Hotel , 4 , Citzneau-streot . — Helper : at the house of George Wigley , the Dusty Miller , Field-head , from seven till nine . —Bristol : at No . 1 G , llorsc-tair , at . eisist o ' clock in the evening . —DarH ,, gton : at John Mo < s ' s No . 24 , Uuion-street , at liali-past seven . —Chorlel Wood Common : at Mr . Barter ' s at seven o clock — Ricbnansworth : at the Cart and Horses , at seven o ' clock . —ilAYe End : at the Ciolilen Cross , at seven o clock .
TUESDAY EVBS 1 SO . Greenwich : at Mr . Paris ' s , Cold Bath , at eistht o ' clock . —dielsca : Cheshire Clutese , Grosvenor-iW at eight o ' clock . Whitecha 2 > el : Brass ' Founders Arms , Tuesday evening at eight o ' clock . WJSDNBSDAT EVEKIKO . Aberdeen : the office-bearers meet at half-past
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seven , at No . 1 , Flour Mill-lane flail . —Brighton No . 2 , at No . 3 , Charles-street ; at eight o ' clock . ¦ THURSDAT ¥ VeNtS » r ' Slioreditch : at Chapman's Coffee House , Churclw street , at eight o'clock .. Halifax—A District Meeting will be holden at the- Uelm , Sowerby , on Sunday , Sep . 27 th , at two o ' clock in- the afternoon . The different localities arc , requested to send delegates . j Biuonrns . —No . 1 Branch of tlie Chartist Co-operative Land Society , meet every Wednesday evening ,: at eight o ' clock , at the Artichoke Inn , Brighton . ! Halifax . —Mr . Bawden will lecture on Sunday : ( to-morrow ) in the Working Mau ' s Hall , Bullcloselane , at half-past 6 o ' clock in the evening . Nottingham . —The next meeting of tho Land Society In this district , will beheld at the Chesterfield Arms Inn , Carltoa , on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock .
Accrinoton . —A meeting will beheld at the house of Mr . W . "Beesley , Auby-street , Accrington , on Sunda y , the 27 th instant , to form a branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , the meeting to commence at 2 oVlock , p . m . Parties wishing to become members are requested to attend . Bakxslei . —On Sunday evening ( to-morrow ) a discussion will take place in the Chartist Room , on the advantages the public have already derived by the Chartist agitation , and our present position contrasted with what it probably would have been had
no such agitation ever taken place . _ MAKciiESTBB .-On Sunday evening next Sept . 20 th , 1846 , Mr . Edward Crappen Clarke , will lecture in the People ' s Institute , chair to be taken at half-past six . „ , , SnijfuY Row —( County Durham . )—The members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society in this locality , meet every Monday evening at seven o ' clock , until nine , to enrol members and receive subscriptions , at the house of Mr . Thomas Blackeyjunr ., boot and shoe-maker , Shiney Row , County of Durham .
Manchester . —The Ob'ervation Committee beg to inform the various localities in South Lancashire , that a Delegate meeting will be held at Ol <' - ham , on Sunday , the 11 th day of October , 1846 , when it is requested that each locality will have its representative present , as business of great importance will be laid before the delegates . The following is the resolution of the Committee;—11 That a Delegate meeting of the South Lancashire Chartists , be held at Oldham , on Sunday , the
11 th of October , at 10 o ' clock in the forenoon , to adopt means for carrying into effect the decisions ot the late Convention . " Preston . —A General Meeting of the Preston branch of the Land Society , will take place on Monday evening next , September 21 st , at Mr . IIool's Temperance Coffee House , Lune-street , to elect n . sub-secretary for the branch , for the next half-year ; and to take into consideration the letter of Mr . W . C . Smith , ef Halifax , whioh appeared in last week ' s Star . _ ¦ ' .- '
Bjiadford . —A meeting of the members of the National Charter Association , will be held in the large room nf . the . Woolcomber ' s Arms , High-street , on Sunday next , at two o ' clock . A meeting of the members of the Chartist Gooperative Land Society , at the same rime and place . Bradford . —A meeting of the Woolcombers of Bradford and neighbourhood will be held on Monday , September 2 lst , at half-past five o ' clock in the evening ; at Peckover ' s Walk , to consider the case of the Woolcombcr's of Keighley , who are suffering the most cruel oppression from their unprincipled employers . Fifteen thousand of them with their wives and families , having been thrown out of work , for asserting their right to unite for the protection of their labour .
Lancashirb Mixers . — The General Delegate Meeting of Lancashire Miners will be hold on Monday , September 21 st , at the sign of the Horse Shoe , Whiston Lane Ends , near Huyton Qaarry , chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . There will alao be a public meeting which will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and other gentlemen . Chair to be taken at 3 o ' clock , p . m . Manchester . —A meeting of the Shareholders of the Chartist Co-operative Land Association , will be held in the hall of the People ' s Institute , on Sunday morning next Sept . 20 th , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . The members are requested to be punctual in their attendance . Liverpool — The quarterly meeting of the members of this locality , will be held at W . Farral ' a . Temperance Hotel , 4 , Canneau-street , on Sunday , ( tomorrow ) evening , at » even o clock .
Derby . —A general meeting of the Chartists of Derby will be held at the Buck in the Park , Traffic-Stree ' t , London Road , on Sunday , September 27 th , at C o ' clock in the evening .
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THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO TIIE CHARTISTS OF THE EMPIRE . We have resolved upon entering anew the field of agitation , and of gathering up the scattered elements ot our once-powerful movement ; and hope , that in appealing to you for assistance , that we shall meet with a response worthy of so desirable an object . Fr « m a variety of causes since 1812 , the agitation for the Charter has not been distinguished by that enthusiasm which characterised it in its earlier history ; but recent event 9 have dissipated many long standing prejudices , and removed many obstacles to our progress . So that we have now an unexampled opportunity of creating for the democratic cause , a
position and influence which it has not hitherto been able to assume . The present Prime Minister of England has recently admitted , in his place in Parliament , that our principles are right and just , and have a tendency to elevate and dignify human nature ; and yet this sapient statesman (?) at the same time declared bis intention tojdoall in his power to prevent them from becoming law . But there is such a thing as compelling even this mighty personage to respect the rights of the people , and , as he has found it convenient to alter his opinion upon other subjects , so , if the people are wise and true to themselves , they will yet humble the hanghty and insolent tone ot this " noble " ' specimen of aristocratic impertinence .
The late Convention resolved to prepare another National Petition for the People'a Charter , to be presented to the House of Commons early next session , with a view of testing the patriotism and sincerity of the professed liberal party in Parliament , and . is a means of rousing the dormant energies of the people out of doors . The Convention expressed a desire that suck petition should exceed the last by at least half a million of signatures , which would swell the number to FOUR MILLION ! In ordur to realize the wish of the Convention , we shall have
to ajitate the country from John O'Groat ' s to the Land ' s End . Every town , hamlet , and village must have its meeting to adopt the petition . The Executive Committee will attend as many of them as possible , but they must have assistance I There are yet good and true men , whose advocacy would reflect credit upon our cause , and who are willing to place their services at our disposal , but we lack the means of remunerating them for thoir services : wo have therefore to request that the council of each locality will forthwith set to work and collect subscriptions for an
AGITATION FUND to that we may at once put the necessary maehinary in motion . Recollect that this is not an ordinary occasion ! Never was there a time when the Chartists had such a favourable opportunity of placing their cause in the ascendant ! and who is there that pretends to the honoured name of Chartist , that would not make a sacrifice to place our holy principles in the van of the nation ' s politics . To the business , thuu . Let every man be solicited ! Let the Chartist collectors in each locality set about the business of collecting in real earnest . YVhere there are not organized localities , let some individual take tint task upon himself , and visit those of his neighbourhood that are favourably disposed towards the cause , and transmit whatever may becoilected to the treasurer , Mr . Feargua O'Connor , at No . S 3 , Dean-street , Solio , London .
London has already commenced the agitation . The Metropolitan Council resolved , upon Wednesday last , to commence a Grand Central Meeting , to be held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , Strand , on Monday , September 2 Sih , when wo expect an immense demonstration of London Chartists . Honour to the men of London for their noble resolve . They have taken their proper station . They have determined to take the lead—it is for the Country to follow , and success must crown their efforts . Friends !—Our determination is to go on at all hazards . We conjure 3 'ou to assist us ; we have hitherts struggled together , and will continue to do so , until victory shall be the result of our labours . Your faithful servants , Philip M'Grath , Fkakgus O'Coawo k , Chmstopuer Doyle , T . M . Wheeler . Thomal Claiik ,
T 3 O ' I * It A 1 j ¦> . \ slaa ^ i am i * f \ *** Itli ^ An ..-fi . 1- Jt P . S . —The Executive Committee , with the view of securing a uniform shape for the petitions hav pr . euave . tf printed kiulinsis , which may be had at the ra-e of ' one shilling and eiglitpenceper hundred ; and Petition Sheets , each holding 250 signatures , at eight shillings and fournence per hundred . The localities are requested to apply for the same to Mr . Wheeler S 3 , Dean-street , Soho , London ,
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NATIONAL UNITED TRADES ASSOC 1 AGLiSOOw . —Mr . Jacobs arrived at this town from nuioib committee , and hud the plans of t ' io Nattoual Trades' Association before them , which m UXttvU approve * of , m « BBUt » jUfto JS "
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special general meeting of the ? J > odyr nuniberin » about five hundred , to hear . Mr .-Jacobs on ths sul ^ ject . " In the morning attended the Miners' Deleg ate Meeting of ; the Uolytown ^ distriet , reported the pro . gress of the ' society , with which all were satisfied . Tuesday attended a meeting of the colliers of Tril shnv , and nddressed them on the plans and purpose of the association . After which , the following resolution was agreed to unanimously : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting , thnt we never can relieve ourselves thoroughly from the grasp of tyranny until we form one great republic of trades , for the protec . tion of our labour ; and we hereby determine to carry out the principles of the National Trades' Association , and , to a mnn , to become members of thesarae . " After the conclusion of business connected with the association the meeting separated . The -MisMonaiy will he occupied this week with Holy town district , next week with the Pnrkend ami Glasgow district .
[ The above came to hand too late tor insertion in our last . —k . ir . s . )
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRY . The Central Committee met at their office , 30 , Iyde-street , Bloomsbury , on Monday , September 14 , T . S . Duncombe , M . P . in the chair . A mass of ettcrs were read by the secretary , including the following from Leicester , containing the adhesion of the sock frame-work knitters , numbering seventy-two ; from Clithero , containing the adhesion of the power , loom weavers , numbering three hundred and fifty ; from the Potteries , containing the adhesion of the China figure maker . s , numbering a hundred and thirtythree from Manchester , containing the adhesion of the Tamworth small ware weavers and ¦ windera , num . befringeighty-five ; also the Measham small ware
weavers and winders , numbering one hundred ; from Mr . Jacob ? , Scotch missionary , giving a favourable account of his tour amongst the trades bodies in that country , and their eager manifestations in favour of general union , co-operation of strength , mutual support aud ^ elf-employment ; from Mr . Gimblett , detailing his mission to tlie nail makers of Lye , wha have now commenced manufacturing nn their own account , under the auspices of the United Trades , reporting also his interview with the nail makers of Belper , and the silk glove makers of Duffreed ; from Mr . William Robson , reporting the result of his mission to the shoe-makers of Holy well ; he had interviews with both employers and employed , and a successful termination of the strike was the result , The following resolution was unanimously adopted : —
"That in all cases where a district committee shall be established , the secretary be hereby author ised to supply such committee ( carriage free ) with a sufficient number , of copie 3 of rules , at one penny each copy , as shall meet the demand of such district , "
NOTTINGHAM . In consequence of receiving a circular from a portion of our trade in London , who never belonged to our union joined by the mal-contents of our Asso * ciation soliciting us to join them in forming local unions on the old system , a general meeting was called on thd 4 th inst ., to consider tha proposition , when the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — That viewing with regret that a portiotn of eur London shopmates attempting to destroy our union , and to return to the old system of isolated union , we knowing tha inefficiency of local unions to resist reductions , or snpport tramps */ and , neJifring it ' would annihilate most of the small gocioties now in existence aro determined to support the Association to the utmost of our power .
That our portion of ths Available Fund be transmitted to the treasurer forthwith . We call upon the districts Throughout tne country to assist us in tne perfecting of this great union , and not allow the men of LonO . on a second time to destroy our attempts at progression .
BELPER . A very numerous meeting of the Horse Nail Makers was held last Monday evening , to enquire into the evils practised by some of their employers . After the business for which the meetin ? was convened had terminated , Mr . Gimblett one of the Board of Directors for the Association of Employment of Labour in Agriculture and Manufactures , spoke on the utility of that Association , alter which a number of s-hares was took up . A vote of thanks was given to Mr . Gimblett , and the Association to which he had the honour to belong . The meeting then seperated .
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CORN EXCHANGE . September 14 . The market of this day opened with a moderate supply of wheat from Essex , Suffolk , and Norfolk , but from , Kent the samples shown were more abundant , not comprehending wheat alone , but barley , beans , and ( to a limited extent ) peas . There was not all the activity manifested among the millers to purchase wheat this morninp , and if to tbe prices of Inst Monday be added Is per quarter increase , the currency of this day's trade is fairly repre * sented . Barley , generally , both fine and second rate samples , meets rather a more languid trade at last week ' s prices . In the value of oats there is no quotable alteration , but this grain , like barley , is somewhat slow of sale to-dny . Beans and hog peas are altogether unchanged . White pens continue to find a very active sale , and to-day bring an advance of 2 s per quarter . In flour no alteration is spoken of . The absence of ruin keeps the demand for winter sowing articles for feed dull . Tares bring , however , fully late rates . In the seed market there is nothing fresh from Monday last . Supplies are fully carried off by a regular and steady demand . AVERAGE PRICES Of thfl last Six week 3 , which regulate the Duties from thfl 2 nd September to the ICth of September
| Wheat Barley , Oats . . Rye . Beans Peat ; Week eniingj 5 l 4 l 8 ' d > 8 - & - \ " d - " d - •• * . Aug . 1 , 184 G .. J 49 11 27 2 23 5 , 29 9 38 9 36 0 Week ending ; ! Aug . 8 , 1846 .. ; 47 5 2 G 11 23 6 [ 28 5 39 4 35 4 Week ondiHg ! j ) Aug . 15 , 1816 .. ) 45 2 26 9 j 24 5 ! 29 9 39 9 36 10 Week ending t i Aug . 22 , 1846 .. I 45 1 27 3 23 5 80 2 39 3 35 11 Week ending : Aug . 29 , 1846 .. ! 45 11 27 5 24 0 30 8 39 8 36 3 Week « iding ! | Sept . C , 1846 .. ! 47 10 29 3 28 S 31 T 39 G £ 8 S
Aggregate aver . age of the last six weeks .. 46 11 27 5 23 4 30 51 39 11 36 6 London averages ( ending Sep . ; 8 , lSie > / il S 29 2 23 1 35 0 40 3 i 2 9 Duties .... I 10 0 i fl 1 fi i al I ol i l
SMITIIPIELD MARKET . Tho arrivals of Foreign cattle into the port of London during the past week have been much larger than usual , amounting- in all to not less than 4 , 500 bead , uf which 470 are oxen , 530 cons , 154 calves , 3 , 288 sheep , and 63 lambs . There was a large supply of meat at SmithfiQl d this morning , but trade wps notwithstanding , brisk for everything at full rates , and clearances were effected by the close of tlie market . Of beasts the supply was very near 3 , 700 head of fine quality , and sold readily at from 3 s i <\ up to 4 s 4 d per stone . The mutton trade was very active at last week ' s rates ; say , old Downs 5 s and polled sheep 4 s per stone The demand for lamb fii m at from 4 s lod to 5 s Gd
Calves and piss commanded an excellent trade and prices were very firm . Calve * sold from 4 s to 4 s lOd , and pijjs from 8 s ( id to 4 s Sd .
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PROVINCIAL MARKETS . Kiciiuo . vD ( YoRKsnntE ) Cobn Mahket , Sep . 12 We had a tolerable suj . ply of grain in our market to-day . Wheat sold from 5 s . to 7 s . Kd Oats , 3 s . to ss . 6 d ! - Burley , 3 s . 9 d . to 4 s . 3 d . ; Be « ns , 4 s . OH . to 5 s . per bushel ! Livehpool Corn Market . —Since Tuesday last tho wheat trade has maintained a firm aspect , but there has not been any very active demand , and prices are without change . Several parcels of Irish new red wheat have arrived and sold during tlie week at 7 s . 3 d , to 8 s , per 70 lba . Some speculative purchases of American ' flour duty paid , and in bond , have transpired at full prices ' All descriptions of Spring own have further improved in * value . Oats have advanced 2 d . to 3 d ., and barley fully 3 d . per pushel ; peas and beans eaeh 2 s . to 3 s per or Oatmeal is 2 s . per load dearer , and the market biu-foy supplied . Ihe high rate at which Indian corn is held has checked the demand , but holders evince no willimr . ness to « ive way . fa
\ Vakei-ield Cobs Maiikkt . - We have very large arrivals ut wheat , all the vessels from the south bi-in- now up . The attendance was very Kui . a , and a large bifiiness done in new wheat ut an advance of 3 s . per nr old samples 2 s . dearer . New barley in better sum lv ' inS sells from 3 Gs to 38 s . ; Norfolk 35 s to 4 « s i Pis ? s higher Oate i stone and shelling Is . per loa dearer ! and" ! higi . er " ° Un * ^ Malt ln *™ » S Manchester Cohx Market . - At our market this morning , holders of wheat , encouraged bv the i tl er inZe'LTin d ? T- ftlUe Ot < Wl " - * " lo » do » «* "I 4 d J t \ M ' -in " \ " , adTnnco ou this ! " ' iMe of ¦ l il . to ( . d . per < 0 U ) s .. at which amendment , however onlv a moderate extent of business occurred . V 2 sale tor pnme home-made flour aiul advance f % w sack must be quoted ; and Forei gn was also fullv : N uer barrel dearer . The few parcels of o t audo . ' tmeal ottering realized 4 d . to lid . per 451 bs . and 2 s per loai
1 IUU . CORN MA . KW .-Alt . Ml ^ Srto ^ r . a . l very „? w . en * ? 'V JC Umm Pv **»* taB to hold lit vreent ; what luw 8 nU . , lnvc bccil mado wo . u ftt an ^^ at rates too high to attract buyers . All sorts of s « rin . » corn rather dearer . J . insccd we qilOtO Is . lier m \ \\\ " \\ iU Linseedealtos have been in Bn . at , , 01 Il . | Ild a { hi , }^ ^' aud none now to be had under our full quotations Tho stuck ot torei gn in the port is very trirlin- , nor do wo .. ear ot mauy boms expected Turnips are baillv si . ukea ot in somo districts as being affected with the -same disease as potatoes . Our importations of rawsml ttVO « l , lor ™ w account . Uap * cake in demand at tha quotations . Hones held with greater firmness . Ia gutiuo uotir . ns vassint ; .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 19, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1384/page/8/
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