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MTEBMEST OF THE LATE POLITICAI MARTYR ALEXANDE R SHARP Thy funeral of this unfortunate victim to classlute , look place on Sunday , the 23 d ult ., and not-Tntnstanflingtlie extreme wetness of the moraine aTastconeourse of persons attended from all parts orthe metropolis ana its enrirons . At half-past two o clock the mournful procession started from ae rendezvous of the Cripplegate locality , ( 28 , Golden-lane , ) for its destination ( the Victoria Cen ^ u i' \ condacted by Mr . Fowler , as marshalman . vt , V lowin "was the order of procession : — JBarsnal banner bearers carrying the Finsbury tri-COloured . flag , —inscribed on either side with the
following inscription , taken from the Sun newspaper of the Thursday evening , the 20 th of September . — -- "ffe cannot term it otherwise than something very near akin to deliberate assassination" ; eight men with wands ; a plate glass manufacturers Tan , \ rbich . formed a raised dais , on -which was placed the coffin containing the remains of Alexander Sharp . The coffin being covered with a pH of scarlet velvet , having a satinette double border of white and green , thus forming the Uiartist tri-colour . On either side of the van was inscribed in large black letters , on a white ground" He asked for freedom with his breath , Merciless tyrants gave him death . "
And at the back of the van in similar characters , was the inscription— " Xoman should he a felon for Ms political opinions . " On either side of the van were men with the batons of office to clear the way . The van was followed by twelve friends of the deceased , bearing the wands of office ; immediately behind them was the magnificent flag belonoino 1 to the " Emmet brigade" emblazoned with tlie tarn of Erin , and inscribed— " What is life without libeWy . " This was followed by several cahs , bearin " the widow , orphans , and other relatives of the d £ ceased ; therear was brough t up by along line of political friends , walking arm in arm , four and six abreast . The route was different from that observed on the occasion of Willia ms'funeralon the previous
, Sunday : leaving Finsbury-square byway of the Pavement , Moorgate-street * passing the Bank of ^ England , the Royal Exchange , < fcc ., and proceeding down Cornhill , Leadenhall-street , Aldgate , Watichapel , through Mile End-gate , down the Dog-row , Bethnal-green , to the "Victoria Cemetery . Just as the mournful calvacade was about to Btart , the rain —which had for hours previously came down unceasingly—ceased , and the weather continued fine during the time occupied by the friends in travers ing the whole line of route , which—in consequence of the immense concourse of persons—was rather mote than two hours and a-half . The roads—from the extreme wetness of the mornins—were standing pools of mud and water , consequently the walking
procession was not so long as that which followed the remains of the martyred "Williams , the people evidently preferring the broad pavement to the road ; nevertheless , the roads , windows , and balconies were lined with sympathising spectators , who eagerly purchased the splendid article re-published from the Sun of the 20 thinst , which was offered for sale by numerous vendors . On arriving at "Whitechapel , the immense width and length from Aldgate to Mile EHd-gate , presented a forest of densely crowded human beings . The Dog-row and Bethnal Green-road , were equally crowded . The policeas on the previous Sunday—were civil , quiet , and respectful , and at the gates of the cemetery , lent their assistance to facilitate the entrance of the
eager claimants for admittance , who rushed in thousands to the scene . "We have it on the assurance of an inspector of police , that there could not lave been less than 30 , 000 persons in the cemetery atone . The grave being reached ( the same in which the remains of the martyrs , Hanshaw and "Williams lie interred ) , a circle was formed , in which the widow , orphans , and other relatives of the deceased , took their stand , and around which a dense wedge of human beings placed themselves , to listen to the orator as he pronounced the last few words over the grave of the deceased patriot . Mr . Bixox addressed the vast assembly as follows : —Friends , but one short week has elapsed , and you are again called together to pay the last
tribute of " respect to another martyr to a corrupt systems of class misrule . I would much rather some more efficient person had been selected for this solemn duty—some one more intimately acquainted with our lamented friend than lam . Personally IknewlitilcofMr . Sharp , but this we all knowthat he was a true democrat , who had the honesty and straightforwardness of heart to speak what he thought , and fearlessly expose the many wrongs which you are exposed to ; and for thus acting ne Las fallen a victim in the cause of human progress . This is Indeed a proud sight to see ; the thousands assemble' ! around the tomb of the young martvr speaks , trumpet-tongaed , that the Charter ' is not dead , and at least that you . appreciate the virtues
of our departed brother , and the principles for which he laboured , suffered , and died . I repeat , that in my opinion , Sir . Sharp fell a victim to unjust treatment treatment aYike opposed to justice and humanity It is true the jury returned a verdict of " Died by Asiatic cholera , " but was his death not accelerated by the treatment he received at the hands of the prison authorities ? It is true that the doctor of the prison said before the jury , " that six days ' solitary confinement in a cell , on one pound and a guarte- of brown bread with cold water , did not injure his health , or predispose his system , to receive the attack of that fell epidemic . " But , my friends is tbs assertion not at variance with the opinions of , and advice given by the most eminent medical men through the press and otherwise ? Have thev not one and all declared that the best preventative is generous diet , warm clothing , and moderate exercise ? If , therefore , these opinions be correct—and
we have every reason tobelieve that they are—then what can we think of a man who could deliberately say before the jury , "that a sudden change from foil dietand plenty of exercise to a damp cell , and bread aud water did him no harm ? " But the feet is , mniy opinion , that he whose loss we now deploro . was sent to his srrave prematurely by the treatment he had to undergo in Tothill-fields Prison ¦ a treatment , which in common humanity ought not to be inflicted upon the mo 3 t desperate " felon . " , it a time like the present , when this awful scourge was not only prevalent in the metropolis but actually raging within the walls of the prison ; but how much more atrocious in the case of our departed brother , whose moral character was without a stain ? He had done nothing beneath the dignity of a man . Be saw his country groanin * beneath the evils arising from misrule and class ° made
lairs" Not that he respected the law less , Bufc that he loved his country more . " And for this love of country he was sent to prison for having been guilty of what they term sedition which means anything which has a tendency to awakeatho mass of the people to a sense of their wrongs , and the means to adopt for their redress For this crime he was sent to prison ; but in the " sentence there was nothing said about labour It merely required that Ms person should be kept in safe keuping for a certain length of time , and not that aay other punishment should be inflicted beyond his loss of liberty ; but because he would not submit to the labour of a " feloa "—because he would maintain tho durnitv of his mnnlinnni 1 _ l , n ;«
-subjected to a punishment which ended in his death My friends , this sedition is not a new offence—for I will noi . call it a crime . It is no degradation to be pereey . stcd for sedition ; the best of men have been calleu seditious . The Saviour of Mankind was called - & seditious fellow , and one who stirred up thepeoiile , " and so is every one who endeavours to remove abuses . My Lord John Russell should Ramember that one of Ms own family had his head cut off for endeavouring to do the same thinrr . Seditious Language had been used by many men now in high places . When the Whigs were seeking power they used very hard language against the Tories—language much more violent than the two martyrs who now rest from their labours in this
tomb ground which we are assembled . Oh ! in whatcoloursthey painted the blood-thirsty doings of SidmouA and Castlereagh ! The conduct of those monsto-sinhuwanform , will never beforgotsolong as a Fitzgerrald , an Emmett , and the victims of ifeterioo are remembered and revered bv the people Of this country . But the aristocratic Whig is ju « t as bad as the aristocratic Tory . They are not free from hood-guiltiness . So , Holbury , Clayton , and IJafiy i » 1810 , and in 184 S Hanshair , and in 1849 Williams and Sharp . And the cries and groans and prayers of their widowed wives and fatherless children , ascend to Heaven for a just retribution on the system and its supporters that has robbed thpm
of those they so dearly love . Let us improve then oy the pr esent calamitous circumstance , and endeavour for the future , at least , to be honest with each other , and never say at a public meeting what you are not prepared to carry out afterwards ; for our friuiids were led by you to believe that you were as determined and as honest as themselves , and that you . meant what you said . Let therefore this feolery have an end ; and now at the altar of our common country , at , the " Tomb" of our martyred friends , renew our fealty with each other , and swear to enforce tho principles for which they died , by every means to which justice points and prudence dictates . In conclusion friends , Jet me remind you that it now becomes your duty to be husbands to- the widows
and fathers to the fatherless . Remember thev have lost their all in your cause—their husbands fell in the struggle for your emancipation , and therefore they have a just demand upon you for support thev have lost that prop to which the loving wife clinjrs as the Ivy clings to the Oak . And o !! let me implore of you not to let them in addition to the irreparable loss they have already sustained , h ? subject to the cruelties of the Poor Laws , but set to s ^ Taasaftasa-A ^ SSSSSSSSit'SttlS
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the grave , the whole audience harmoniouslv ioinini * in chorus : — j jv """ Tune . ~ r" Canadian Boat Song . " Williams and Sharp , from pain set free Beneath this sod we now mav aee ' They struggled long in Freedom ' s cause , And Victims fell to Class-made Laws Let us here now , as one , agree , ' Resolv'd to gain our Liberty . Two Martyrs to one grave consign'd , Oh ! horrid thought to each flunking mind ; For teaching what they knew was iifst .
ihese Patriots slumber in the dust . C / iorus . —Let us here now . j&c . They saw this land o ' er-run with knaves , Despots and serfs , tyrants and slaves ; They felt their wrongs , the truth they tell , And , lo I they starve in a felon ' s cell . Clwrus . —Let us here now , &c . As toiling slaves , we will not be Content in want and misery ; We will , as men , our rights demand , Joined in an adamantine band . Chorus , —Let us here now , < fcc . Xb longer cringe at tyrant ' s nod , When all are equal made by God-Submit no more to vile abuse , When we , the wealth , for all produce . Chorus . —Let us here now , &c . We will not see ourselves despised , Oppresa'd , degraded , pauperis'd ; We will not kiss and hug our chain , United , we can Freedom gain . Come , Brothers , come , let all agree , Resolve , as men , we will be Free .
After these lines were sung Mr . Stall wood declared the proceedings closed , at the same time exhorting the friends to depart in peace , and to pass out of the gate slowly , and as it were in processional order , that each might have the opportunity of dropping their subscriptions into the boxes . This advice was promptly acted on ; the ground gradually became cleared ; and many , many thanks to those patr iot Chartsit women , who , despite the inelemency of the weather , so ably did their duty as
collectors . We are happy to announce that a very considerable sum was raised , much exceeding in amount even that of the preceding Sunday .. Thus closed the funeral rite 3 of our two latest Chartist mar tyrs—a lesson to tyrants , a grateful salve to all who struggle and suffer for freedom , and a voice proclaimingfromthe tomb : — " Though victims may fall , Chartism is not dead , —Liberty shall yet triumph . "
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THE POLITICAL PRISONERS . MEETING TO MEMORIALISE FOR A GENERAL AMNESTY . A very numerously attended public meeting was held at the Literary and Scientific Institution John-street , Tottenham-court-road , on Tuesday evening , September 23 th , to memoralise her Majesty for the immediate release of all political prisoners . r Mr . "WmiAM Dixon was unanimously called to the chair , and said , the chairmanshi p of working men s meetings was invariably a sinecure , and he hoped the discussion to-night would he conducted with temper , discretion , and prudence ; Mr . Clark would now read some communications he had received from friends , who were earnestly with them in sentiment , but could not attend .
Mr . Clark stated , that Mr . M'Grath was prevented attending by severe indisposition . He had also received letters from William Lovett , Thomas M Enteer , of the Parliamentary Reform Association , and Thomas Cooper ( the latter of whom had , by his eloquent appeal , raised a considerable sum for the victims on Sunday evening , in that Institution ) , all breathing the purest devotion to the cause , and promising their assistance upon any and erery occasion in which circumstances would permit , and regretting their inability to attend on the present occasion ; he had also received the letter he now held in his hand , from G . Julian Harney , which would speak for itself .
9 , Queen-street , Brompton . September 25 th , 1849 . item 5 m , —I regret I cannot attend the meeting this evening called to memorialize the Queen for the liberation of the political prisoners . Ill health is the cause of my unwilling absence . J . y ?* 1 ™ tde Iast few dajs I have been compelled to refuse mntations to address public assemblies in the West of Scotland-including Glasgow , Kilmarnock , &c , &c . I , however made it my business to meet the leading democrats in Glasgow and several otherplaces , and ! strongly urged upon them the necessity of pursuing ' the course Intended to be taken at the meeting in John-street this evening . 1 have reason to believe that the men of Glaseow are at this moment engaged in taking steps in behalf of our persecuted brothers , similar to those being taken by the London friends . * It is , perhaps , superfluous for me to express my sincere sorrow for the deaths of the martyrs-Williams and Sharp -and my earnest desire for the safety of the surviving sut
Thoughunable to attend the meeting I hope , through the press , to perform some service in furtherance of tht holy object yourself and compatriots have in view . lam persuaded that a national effort in behalf of the prisoners , if made at this moment , cannot fail to be crowned with success ; but to ensure that consummation the effort must be national , and must be made at this parttcular time . * Salute et Fraternite , n a . ra . . » ® ' JDLlAS HiESEV . To the Chairman of the Meeting , Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street .
Mr . G . J . Holtoake moved the first resolution as follows : — "That while this meeting emphatically depreciates all attempts to accomplish political reform in this country by violence , holding that enlightened public opinion is the safest and soundest agency for effecting the salvation of nations , it at the same time considers that the expression of thought upon all parts of our civil polity should be tree and untrammeled ; this meeting is , therefore of opinion , that the incarceration of men for expressing their honest convictions upon political subjects , is contrary to that spirit of freedom said to be inherent in the British constitution ; and is further of opinion , that the tyrannical and persecuting spirit of our sedition laws call upon parliament for their unerai
revision or immediate repeal . " Mi . Holyoake said , he thought with that resolution the most fastidious could not disagree ; it was painfully notorious to the people , and synonimously so to the government , that the laws under which politicians were convicted were of the most unjust kind . ( Hear , hear . ) In reference to the precise object which had called them together—the death of WiUiamsand Sharp-was clear and distinct reasons why we should interfere , as other prisoners might meet with a similar fate . He had written to Mr Lavies , the surgeon of Tothill Fields Prison , to acquaint him of that meeting , and to ask him for the precise instructions lie gave relative to the late Mr . Williams . He had received a note in reply
, but it was marked private , although , in justice to that gentleman , he must say lie could see no reason why it should have been so . He respected the courage of the men who had so heroically resisted the degradation attempted to be put upon them . ( Loud cheers . ) In these matters he spoke from experience . When he was in Gloucester Gaol , the authorities attempted to degrade him by applying the prison uniform , but he told the governor that it would require all his spare turnkeys to dress mm . ( Hear , hear . ) He , when in prison , was in a bad state of health ; and he had mentioned the circumstance to the turnkey , with a view to the ootaimnent of a change in his condition ; the turnkey referred him to the surgeon—he thanked himfoi
his information ; the surgeon referred him to the visiting magistrates—he thanked him ; the visiting magistrates referred him to Sir James Graham , the then Secretary of State for the Home Department . He thanked them all—( laughter)—and then set about writing to him . Sir James Graham told him he never did any thing without it was on the recommendation of the visiting magistrates . The meal they had in prison was ( he supposed facetiously } called Ala-mode , but he ( Mr . Holvoake ) called it Leather-mode ., ( Loud laughter . ) ' When Dr . Bissel Hawkins visited him ' in prison , he told him that the surgeon was alone responsible for his life . " Yes , " he ( Mr . Holyoake ) replied , " I know it ; but then I must die first before he will be made
to feel his responsibility . " ( Hear , hear . ) Bransby Cooper , brother of the late Sir Astley Cooper , one of the visiting justices , had also made the same remark ; and he ( Mr . Holyoake ) immediately replied , "Yes , but the surgeon dare not prescribe without your ( the visiting magistrates ) permission ;" and Bransby Cooper , though a brutal man , was candid , and said— " Certainly not J" There then was an illustration of the treatment received by political prisoners ; and unless the surgeon was a humane and bold man , ready to risk Ms situation there was no chance for a political pr isoner He knew there were some men who were the inhabitants of prisons , without principle , and for this class these iron rules appeared to be made ; but those rules fell heavy indeed on the men of principle . He thought what the men had already suffered was amply sufficient to expiate any offence they mieht have committed ; and whilst he repudiated violence , he ht
thougwe ought to have the most perfect liberty ot speeoh . On the ground of political iustice and common humanity , they ought to be unanimous m calling for the immediate liberation of those men who were now suffering for giving vent to those feelings for grievances which the ? had felt too intolerable to be borne . ( Great applause ) Hrifo ft £ ° nding the resolution , savd Mr . Holyoakehad the advantage of him , as he could Waft , ? 11 f P « r u ? P rison - Afc the tune Williams and Sharp had spoken , the Gagging BUI wasunorce , and anything then was sufficient to call forth a prosecution for sedition ; and be i Remembered , that at that time continent ! thrones were tottermg and falling . He had thought perhaps ^ stron gly as those men did ; butthe last ei ghteen months experience had convinced him that thinS obtainedby moral means , although much slwH their obfeunment , were much su / er and more dJrS
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He than those obtained by ' physical convulsions . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought the best way of showing our respect- to our departed martyrs , was by enaeayouring to better the lot of the living victims , ana by an earnest endeavour to amend or repeal we laws relative to sedition . ( Hear , hear . ) He Jinow that some said tho Whigs would not release tue men , but he believed that they liked the reputation for mercy ; and the two men having died irom cholera , ho thought they would have the good sense to make this their excuse , and comply with tne prayers of the people . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O ' Connor , on rising , was received with sev "
ral rounds of applause . He said that it gave him no small pleasure to discover the truth of his old maxim , that" the folly of the day is the wisdom of the morrow" from tho resolution just proposed . He entirely agreed in the denunciation of madness contained in that resolution , while he was sorry to think that the Chartists who had departed—and those who were still suffering incarcerationwere the victims of their own credulity and the enthusiasm of madmen . ( Cheers . ) How often had ho told them that moral potter was » the deliberative quality in each man ' s mind , which teaches him how to reason , how to endure , and when forbearance becomes crime
and should that fail to achieve for man all those rights and privileges to which he is justly entitled , and should physical force be required—which God forbid—it would come to the aid likoan electric shock ; while the man who marshalled it destroyed it , and the man who recommended it would be either a coward or a traitor , and he first to desert it . ( Loud cheers . ) Sow , nothing was more fascinating to a dissatisfied people than the assurance of their power ; but mark , when it came to the point , how were they prepared to exercise it in a moral , much less a physical sense . Every hardship that they endured was a consequence , not of bad government , or of
stringent laws , but of their own . -weakuess , based Upon their own jealousy . ( Cheers . ) The proposer of the resolution had amused them with a sketch of the prison discipline to which he had been subjected in Gloucester gaol ; he had described the power of the turnkeys , the governor , the visiting justices , and the Home Secretary . He ( Mr . O' Connor ) had also haa a taste of gaol discipline ; but he did not so tamely submit to its ri gour . When he was taken to York Castle , the governor told him . he should be washed , and wear the prison dress . He replied , that "he was a very clean man , and did not want washing ; and if they attempted to attire him in
the prison garb , he would knock down every turnkey and official in the gaol . " ( Loud cheers . ) So much for the turnkeys and governor . As to the visiting justices , Sir John Key—a very loose character—one of the visiting justices , brought four suspicious-looking ladies to the " Lion ' s den , " to exhibit the "Lion , " when he ( Mr . O'Connor ) told him " that he should have sent up his card , to know if he was at home before he entered bis house , that he begged to inform him > hat he was not at home to such visitors . " ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) The morning after ; his arrival , he was taken into , a narrow passage to breakfast ,
with murderers and thieves of every description , all law-made thieves . There was a black earthen pot with gruel in it , a wooden spoon , and a bit of bread placed before him . The under-governor said grace , and his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) response was , " What tho devil . does all this mean ? " He left the passage and never entered it again . ( Cheers . ) That was his mode of contending against arbitrary prison discipline ; while they should bear in mind , that those parties for whose release they were that night met to memorialise , were placed under a more degrading and humiliating discipline ; and they should also bear in mind , that they were not more tho victims of the law ' s
vengeance than of their own faith in popular enthusiasm . ( Cheers . ) Kow what was the law ? There was one law for the rich and another law for the poor-the spirit of the law for the rich , and the letter of the law for the poor . ( Hear , hear . ) A legal quibbler could enforce a verdict of acquittal for his wealthy client by the judge ' s partial construction of the law , and the jury ' s partial verdict for one of their own order . There was more danger to tho peasant who shot the squire ' s hare thanto the squire who shot the peasant ' s head . ( Cheers . ) Lord Mansfield , a celebrated judge , had « iven tho best definition of the law . His son camo ° down to
breakfast one morning , when the noble lord said " Well , my boy , what have you boon doing ? " " i have been studying , father . " " What have you learned , my boy ? " " I have learned to make rik ' t nght , andwrongwrong , father . " "And you a lawyerpooh , you booby , go back to your study , and learn to make right wrong , and wrong right , and then you 11 be a lawyer . " ( Loud cheers and laughter ) Now that was the true definition of tho English lawand that definition was not so much arrived at by judicial and governmental power , and the law ' s flexibility , as by the people ' s treachery and treason
to themselves . ( Cheers . ) Ah ! they cheered it , but they ought to be ashamed of it . Now who was the sufterer from these incarcerations , in a pecuniary sense ? and what had the mourners over Williams and Sharp done to preserve them from an untimclv grave ? They were subjected , not . by law , nor by sentence , but by strained prison discipline , to pick , oakum . The Press reported that their relatives had paid the prescribed smart money , to relieve them from this toil ; while the real fact was , that neither friend , relative , nor mourner had paid one single penny , while he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had paid between £ 70 and £ 80 out of his own pocket . ( Cheers and cries
of " Shame . " ) Yes , it vraa a shame that one man should do a nation ' s work , and still be subjected to the ingratitude of the nation . ( Hear . ) He paid by the month , £ 5 a month . His clerk ( Mr Rider ) paid it punctually for 14 months , and when called upon during that month in which it was not punctually paid , his exchequer was empty ; and as soon as tho fact came to his ( Mr . O'Connor's ) knowledge , he went to tho Land Office to Mr . Clark gave him the money , and told him to go instantly to the prison and pay it , and he did so without a moment ' s delay . ( Cheers . ) The cholera was the disease which was now affriffhtinsf the black slutrs
ana pampered shepherds , not for love of thenflocks , but from dread of tho pestilence , owing , in a great measure , to their own gormandising brutality which caused tho people ' s incapacity to bear up against even a less frightful scourge . A right rev father in God ( the Archbishop of Canterbury ) had been selected to compose apvayev to the Almishtv to spare them from the further ravages of tlie scourge , and in that prayer he had the presumption and audacity to admit the unjust and unholy manner m -ivhich he and his tribe had treated the poorer and more dependent of God ' s creatures ; he presumed that _ a sudden twist in his mtu-ninar
augwer and cheers ) - had brought all his iniquU ties , and the plundenngs of the poor by his order to recollect ™; and therefore he made his confesfXt itt » hat *> you think this right rev . lather of God ascribed the pestilence « « Whv ¦ to thp FIERCENESS of his Maker ! WhaY dSjS Sink £ i «? £ beH > g applied t , * 110 Creator of tho c& \* ™ t V *? *? ? *• fierceness , but to Church and capitalist plunder , that this scounre ^ S Bt ffisL °£ sS £ ss « , sv-, IS Wished by the adulterous . incMtLuW-i . „/ . "
f gWh . who . Jjecause he could art wt Stao&tton for his unpardonable sins and crinL Sut his sub jectetofaedas Catholics , and J "fi rfse tho next morning as Protestants ; every Kb with a very trifling exception , becoming rffi' Sen S , lJ 7 - r creed u F condition that £ r sS P ^ SfrSSi the sweat of the poor . ( Loud cheers ) This JS ^ fSSte ^ rw
God , at tke command of Ar'Ec £ SST £ Mr . O'Connor ) had preached the fiem ora tion over his slaughtered countrymen £ surrounded by three wgimM £ offfiu 3 cavalry with drawn swor ° ds and fixed bayonets He had a so attended that inquest and wfS ^ professional fee for a fortni ght , and 5 Jt * S nimous verdct of " Wilful M « Z . » ^ s'tsf * a % »^ 2 teved before her eves S , ° " s \ tmg \ i
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z— = — —— at" As'if byniagic , the bill of indictment was ignored by tho grand jury . , Smith Barry , an Orangeman , was the foreman ; Baron Foster , a preiuaiced Orange partizan , was the judge ; tho foreman announced that they had ignored the bills . I as counsel , asked in what form they had done it ? ' He replied , that they had written ignorarUvs on the back of the bill . Then , said 1 , " Take it back , add ml " to it , make it IGNORAMUS'S , and there never was a truer finding . " _ ( Tremendous cheering . ) Now that was the definition of the law for the rich ; and the reason . why fcee trade agitators were not prosecuted for much more violent speeches than were over made by Chartists , was because they *™ nl < I have the snirit of the law , and the clemency
of a partial jury . ( Laughter . ) Well , but in such cases there is a presumed appeal to tho House of Commons ; he ( Mr . O'Connor ) gave notice of a motion upon the subject , in tho following ses 3 sion , he could not get a single member to second it , and Mr . O ' Connell asked him to withdraw it lest it might hamper the Whig government which had just then displaced the Peel administration . ( Hisses and shame . ) Now that wasthe way the slaughtered Irish were treated by the law , and by parliament . There was a general exultation now that Chartism was dead . Plain John Campbell made the same assertion some years ago ; and before parliament met again he promised them that another Chartist
breeze should be created throughout England , Scotland , and Wales . ( Laughter and tremendous cheering . ) For although the Chartists were perfectly satisfied to join with the middle-class Reform Association , fov tlie acbivement of four points of the People ' s Charter , the working classes may rest assured that they should ' nt be juggled this time , nor did he believe that it was the intention or object of their new associates to deceive them . ( Hear , hear . ) And for this most cogent of all reasons , because they had now discovered that all reforms save those which would confer a benefit upon the industrious classes , were a mockery , a delusion , and a snare , ( Cheers . ) Let them not sudboso
that it was from sympathy for their order that tho middle classes joined them , they had never sympathised with- them when they were satisfied themselves ; and if they were satisfied now they would have laughed at the sufferings of tho poor ; but as a fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind , they now fraternize with you aa tho only moans of bettering their own condition , and I fraternize with them as the only means of bettering yours . ( Loud cheers . ) Give us the four points of the Charter that they have adopted , and we will soon have Annual Parliaments , and Payment of Members ; and then youn-epresentatives will be your honourable servants instead of as now , your tyrant masters , and then the House of
Commons will be very different . ( Cheers . ) Ho wished he could describe the comic performances- in that House . Thero is Peel and his staft representing their toadies ; Russell and his staff representing their toadies ; the Poor Protectionists and feudal lords , without a staff to represent them . They will respectively occupy niglit ' after night in eulogising the governor of this colony , and denouncing the governor of that colony ; they will tell you what kind of eyes , nose , and mouth he has , and what a sound politician and pure philanthropist he is , while not a single colonist is satisfied with his rule . And then Sir Jonn Cam Hobhouse , amid thunders of applause , will indulge the House with a description
pi the mannerin which Lord Gough gave the English invading butchers orders to massacre the Sikhs on their own native soil , and how every sword and bayonet was fleshed to the hilt . But this is not the description of legislation and mummery by which tho English people will be deluded as soon as they have conquered their bitterest and their greatest enemy—then * own dissensions and jealousy . ( Cheers . ) That cheer told him that they admitted the fact—the fact which he had often repeatedthat the well paid labourer , who received £ 2 or 30 s . a week , looked with scorn and contempt upon the destitute man earning but 10 s . a week by harder work . ( Cheers . ) Did they ever picture to
themselves the horror of a kind father rising from his loathsome bed of straw strong , able and willing to work , but unable to procure labour , with his wife and family , as dear—and perhaps dearer to him than the Queen and the royal babes are to Priuce Albert—weeping , moaning , and perhaps dying around him for want of food , while he is willing to work but unable to procure labour . ( Hear , hear , and shame . ) Is it ; wonderful in such cases that tender and affectionate fathers and mothers should be driven to insanity , and urged to the commission of murder upon their own children , to save them from the horrors of starvation ? ( Hear , hear . ) The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Shepherds
were offering up prayers to arrest the progress of the devastating pestilence , while the Sewerage Commissioners were trying to dispel it by partial cleansing ; while , upon the other hand if he ( Mr . O Connor ) had his will , he would remove every individual from tho back slums—the unhealth y lanes and alleys , and the inviting gin palaces—and place them as free labourers upon the land of their birth . ( Loud and continued cheering . ) Before he concluded , he must call their attention to the probable result of the present movement . During the great continental convulsions which had taken place , Russell and the Whigs merely retained office upon the fears of tho feudal lords ; they said if we have a chance of government , wo shall have a revolution hero ,
therefore"It is better to keep the ills we have , " Than fly to those we know not of . " This was the basis of Russell ' s power ; the feudal lords , however , are now tired of his policy ; and Russell , aa ho ( Mr . 0 'Connor ) predicted many years ago , must bid for the popular voice , as the only means of overpowering feudal ascendancy : and , therefore , he has promised a large increase of suffrage . ( Loud cheers . ) ne had been an agitator for over twenty-seven years , and he would ' hold himself unworthy the name of man and their confidence if his ambition or folly induced him to be a stumbling block in their road of progress . ( Cheers . ) Sir Robert Peel taunted him in the House of Commons
with the declaration that he did not care whether the Pope , tlie Devil , or the Pretender was upon the throne , provided the throne was based upon the will and the voice of the people , instead of upon tho capnee of the aristocracy ; and that the power behind the throne was greater than the throne itself . ( Loud cheers , and " That ' s it . ") Let them however , be of good heart . The Queen ' s visit to Ireland has done great things for that country—( laughter )—why should they laugh ? Did she not banish the potato blight , while she was there—but they have all rotted since she left . ( Laughter . ) Inove is gveatmagic in the royal breath . They are going to build a palace fov her : but mark her knnW
ledge and her power . You are here to-night to memorialise her , while the probability is that she never heard the name of Williams , Sharp , or Jones Now is not that a farce ? ( "Aye , it is . " ) He would now conclude , with the exhortation to their order not to allow any interested agitator to offer any impediment to the union now being formed between the veritable middle , and the veritable workine classes , ( Loud and long-continued cheerin" ) moii ' l resolution was then put and cameo unani-Mr . T . CuRKread , and moved the adoption of a memorial to her Majesty-praying the release of all political prisoners ,, and said they had in their momonal adopted the tone usually employed on such occasions * ¦ ™ a k »( U » uuli .. i . 7 " iiuie most
¦ i , T "" ""« "g"i / > apm'o-C ^ T P > ally after the lamentable death of their two friends-they had , if their proceedings were conducted prudently great hopes of success-men in Kf 11 ff ai'tm T ^ S their aid . Ho knew £ ™ £ " f £ ° T ? n B rmiled ^ ongst themselves , he hoped for the Wo that unitv would prevail He had recently seen ErnSst Jone ? he was m good spirits ; he had also seen Vernon , and __/ F- J ^^^ b ? m ° ore , in secondW thn ™ m ^ i
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¦¦¦¦ ^^^ ^ ——Mitchel ,- ( . tromendous cb . eering ) -power to reside in any country he pleased , provided he did not return to Ireland—this was done on tbeground of ill health . Well , if the Queen had granted such a privilege to Mr . Mitchell ; how much more reason was there to grant liberty to other political offenders ? ( Hear , hear . ) He was here to night to indicate his right as a man , and ho did not intend to turn either to his right hand or to the left . Surely , if he had allowed his mind to be prejudiced by a perverse Press , it was the more honourable that ho should come forward and say so—they had both been in the wrong —( great cheering)— . and when both classes thoroughly understood this , and firmly united , there would be an end to all misgovernment . ( Loud
cheers . ) He believed that end could be beat attained by that means alone which adorned and dignified human nature reason . ( Great cheering . ) We go shortly for an interview with Sir George Grey , that is Sir J . Walmsley , Richard Cobden , and myself . This interview was arranged , and therefore lie was full of hope . He hoped that intimidating language would not be used , but that their efforts would be confined to reason and spersuasion . It would be well for the authorises to remember that their erring brothers had been allowed to proceed without being forewarned , and that they had been stimulated by spies , aa was proved to be the case at Liverpool , by a ruffian who was now undergoing sentence of transportation for his misdeeds . ( Hear ,
hear . ) If the government wish a good feeling to preva 1 , and respect to be held for our institutions , they would grant the prayer of that memorial which was so temperately and eloquently worded . ( Great applause . ) Mr . Lloyd Jones said it had given him very great pleasure to witness the reception of the resolution and memorial . In those you tell the government that moval convictions shall henceforth alone guide you ; and it was but pain to ask ; at the time of the convictions , did not excitement prevail not only amongst the Chartists , but also in the jury-box and on the bench ? and were not longer sentences inflicted than would otherwise have been the case ? ( Loud cheers . ) The Chartists , Bince that period to which he alluded , found that their most secret
proceedings were known ; and that all , and move than all that they had ever dreamed of , was told to the authorities . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . Jones ) contended , that unless the people possessed the knowledge of how to use their rights , although they might possess physical power to obtain , and did so obtain them , they would be useless to them . He wished to see the people elevato themselves , and then they would soon rise above the calumnies of the newspapers . Present the memorial in . a proper spirit , feel as if you were the men suffering—and depend on it , you will act as become men—and your object must be obtained . ( Cheers . ) The memorial was then put , and unanimously adopted .
Mr . H . Ross moved , — " That Tindal Atkinson , Esq ., and Mr . Thomas Clark boa deputation to convey the memorial to Lord Dudley Stuart , M . P ., for presentation to her Majesty . " Mr . Stullwood seconded the motion , which was adopted by acclamation ; as was also a vote of thanks to the chairman , and the meeting quietly dispersed .
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' ^ . THE LATE MEETING AT THE HALL OF SCIENCE , CITY ROAD . The following is the Memorial adopted at the meeting held on Thursday , tho 20 th instant , in favour of the immediate liberation of all political prisoners , and which , or a similar one , we Lope will bo adopted and forwarded to the proper quarter from every town , city , village , and hamlet in the United Kingdom : — TO THE QUEEN ' S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY . The Memorial and Petition of tlie Inhabitants of Finsbury , « tc ., in Public Meeting in the Ilall of Science , within the Borough of Finsbury , assembled , Sheweth , —That Joseph Williams and Alexander Sharp were , in 1818 , convicted of political offences , and sentenced to long terms of imprisonment . That with the exception of these political offences , committed during a period of unparalleled political excKement , tlie said Joseph Williams and Alexander Sharp were men of otherwise
irreproachable character , xnut the said Jos « ph Williams and Alexander Sharp have recently died of cholera in your Majesty's Gaol at Tothill Fields , in the county of Middlesex ; the said Joseph Williams leaving a widow and six childrenand the said Alexander Sharp leaving a widow and three ' children , to bewail tho loss of affectionate husbands and fathers . That both the deceased vrere in good health when they entered the gaol on the 12 th of July , 1848 . That the sentence passed upon the said Joseph Williams and Alexander Sharp did not include hard labour ; but , nevertheloss , their relatives wore required by the prison authorities to pay , and that they did so pay , the sum of 5 s . each per week to the governor of the prison for their exemption from the degrading labour of picking oakum . That such money was paid regularly until the Uth ult ., when the extreme poverty of the relations of the unfortunate deceased precluded its further payment . That the
deceased were thereupon ordered to submit to the aforesaid degrading labour of picking oakum ; hut , . bearing in mind that their sentence excluded them from such labour , they declined compliance with that which they deemed , and which your Majesty ' s memorialists also consider , an illegal order on the part of the prison authorities . That the prison authorities thereupon caused the said Joseph Williams and Alexander Sharp to bo confined in solitary cells , and to receive mo other aliment than bread and water—the bread allowed them being limited to the insufficient quantity of one pound and a quarter per day That such sudden change from full diet and plenty of exercise to solitary confinement in damp cells and an insufficient supply of mere bread and water—whilst cholera existed in the prison-did predispose the said Joseph Williams and Alexander Sharp to an attack of that fatal disorder and consequent death .
That your Majesty ' s petitioners have been informed that several other of the political offenders now confined in yeur Majesty's gaols are at this time suffering from sick ness , consequent , as your Majesty ' s petitioners have reason suV t d ° n the SCVerC treatmcnt t 0 wllich they llave been That your Majesty ' s petitioners have heard with grateful pleasure that the sentences passed upon several political offenders have been mitigated . i '""« t . u Your petitioners therefore implore your Majesty to he graciously pleased to extend your royal mercy to the polU tical oftenders now enduring incarceration in rour Majesty s gaols , and by remitting the remainder of their sentences , restwp them to their families and friends , and thereby cnaWo them to participate gratefully in the profound pence , happmess , and tranquillity , with which toot Majesty's dominions are now blessed . Aud your Majesty ' s petitioners will » or pray , &e .. &c .
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« i 1 ? , ^ Pr- , the us " al meeting of the Chartists of this branch on Sunday last ; Mr . Morton Rolson in the chair-thc following resolutions iS earnedk-Moved by John Btoim , ° and s condei by «;>» ssc ^ ts ^ Sftffi ^ Wc ^^ -sa and ¦ Gatoshead be appealed to in behalf of the political prisoners now confiined m + iu > « . n « io « p » , ;„
country » Moved by John Iludson / ai ^ condod Km l lf ° h , ^ district delegate meeting be held at Mr . Gillray ' s , Cross Koto , West Holbuvn on Sunday October 7 , at two o ' clock , for tho p upose of settling the affairs of the district . " Moved by John Robinson , and seconded bv Joseph M'Parlane , « That John Hudson be the delegate for the Newcastle branch . " Moved by John Brown anrt mST ° S ? day ev . eniT 1 P . and that they com mence on Sunday evening , September 30 , at seven
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CORN . MiM-liNE , Monday , SftptomW 2-t—We lmvo hn , i i arrivals of wheat , barley , and oats , from abroad tin ? S " day se ' nnight , and a good show of wheat" samp «| , . morning trom Essex and Kent . Tlie market for WC ll 13 not so brisli as on Monday last , and the Lest quart- aj new barely supported that day / s prices . The deinan i ° ' foreign wheat was very languid , having hut tew rni buyers , but no material reduction wis subniittcil ** good qualities . For ttour we have liadlcss demand nni at lower prices . New barley continues scarce amir 3 tor grinding , met rather a better sale at our ' lisr , sn > tions . Malt very dull . Fine « ew beam were more ii ^ ful and rather cheaper . New peas , both whito -mi '" held much the same . Oats were duller sule nJZFfr large foreign supply as well as arrivals coastwise «„ . 1 the best sorts with difficulty maintained ( Sfe met saie
foreign rye a very umneu . Unseed cal-K i T demand . Fine new carrawaysecd scarce . Inrannsli * little doing . The current prices as under : _ te (» verj Britisu . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent rea nr , « ¦> , to 42 s , ditto white , 37 s to 48 a , Lincoln , Norfolk miv , shire , red , 33 s to 37 s , Northumberland and Scotc « i ° ' ' 32 s to 30 s , ditto red , 30 s to 35 s , Devonshire and Sm , i shins , red , -s to -s , ditto white - to -s , rye ¦>•>« 11 ^ barley , 24 s to 32 s , Scotch , 23 _ s to 25 s , Angus-Ts ls - Halt ordinary , —s to —s , pale , 52 s to 55 s , iiohs , cvpy ,, 7 27 s to 29 s , maple 20 s to 31 s , white , 24 s to ' . ' ( is . boilers /' nl . ^' 27 s to 30 s , beans , large , new , 24 s to 26 s , ticks ' 6 S " to" ? harrow , 29 s to 32 s , pigeon , 32 s to 34 s , oats , Lincoln " ,, } Yorkshire , feed , 15 s to 21 s , ditto l ' oland and nntii 17 s to 24 s , Berwick and Scotch , 17 s to 25 S s ,., f . , ' feed , 17 s to 23 s , Irish feed , and black , 15 s to 2 IS , i „ potato , 17 s to 24 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 52 s , iai ' i ,. « 7 i Essex , new , £ 27 to £ 30 per last , cnrr .-nv . iyseed , Essc ! t Z ' 28 s to 34 s per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 4 10 s per ton i £ ' seed , £ 910 s to £ 10 10 s . per 1 , 001 ) , flour , p « sack of 28 M 1 , * ihip , 28 s to 303 , town , 3 Ss to 10 s . ° > .
Foreign . —Wheat , — Dantzig , 40 s to 48 s , Anhalt in * Marks , 34 to 42 s , ditto white , 38 s to 44 s , 1 ' omwanian red 3 fis to 41 s , Hostock 83 s to 44 s , Danish , Holstein and i Friesland , 30 s to 30 s , 1 ' etersburgh , Archangel , : inil i ( iL'i ' 32 s to 34 s , Polish Odessa , 32 s to 36 s , Marianopoli , and iSer * ' dianski , 30 s to 84 s , Taganrog , 30 s to 33 s , fcvakint and ' French , 34 s to 36 s , ditto white , 3 fis to 42 s , Salonika , : ; ij 5 J 33 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 2 Gs , rye , 20 s to 22 s , barley , WUsiar and Rostock , 18 s to 22 s , Danish , 18 s to 22 s , Ssial , 22 s to 24 s , EastFriesland , 15 s to 17 s , Egyptian , 14 s to 13 s . Danube 14 s to 15 s , peas , white , 2 Gs to 2 fis , new boilers , - > s to i 30 s , beans , horse , 24 s to 2 t ! s , pigeon , 80 s to 32 s , Ity-p , titin , 22 s to 24 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , 15 remen , ' « n 4 Friesland , feed and black , 11 s to 16 s , ditto , thick ami ! irow , 15 s to 23 s , . Riga , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish , Uj to 17 s , flour , United States , per WGlbs ., 21 s to 23 s , limn , burg 20 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin . 20 S to 23 s , French , net 2801 bs ., 32 s to 35 s . Weekly Avebaoe ' fob Septbmbeb 15 Wheat , 43 s 9 d ; barley , 27 s Id ; oats , 18 s Cd ; Uyc , 26 s 7 d ; beans , 30 s Sd ; peas , 31 s Id .
Aggregate ¦ Average of Tire Six Weeks . — Whcaf 45 s Id ; barley , 2 Gs 4 d ; oats , 18 s lOd ; rye , 20 s 8 d ; beans 31 s 8 d ; peas , 29 s Gd . Duties . —Wheat , rye , barley , peas , beans , oats , and maize , Is per quarter ; flour , 4 id per cwt . ; clovcrsed , 53 per cwt . Co&n Exchange , Mavk-lane , Wednesday , September ! ff . —With very short supplies of grain and flour , our market is very firm to-day for every article , at Monday ' s prices . Arrivals this week - . —Wheat — English , 870 ( uiartcrs foreign , 1 , 610 quarters . Barley—English , 00 ( juartenforeign , 2 , 840 quarters . Oats — English , 4 G 0 quarters ' Irish , 200 quarters ; foreign , 2 , 860 quarters . Flour 7 . gij sacks .
BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6 Jd . to 7 d . ; of household ditto . 5 d . to Gd . pei-4 ibs . loaf
• CATTLE . Smihifield , Monday , Sep . 24—We had an unusually large time-of-year supply of home fed beasts on oiler this moraing , viz ., upwards of 5 , 000 head . With very few C ) c . ceptions thi 3 is the largest number on record for the month of September . Thegeueral quality of the beasts was n ? no means first-rate . As might be expected , Hie beef tnulo ruled excessively heavy , at a decline in tho micos of Mundaylastoffrom 2 dto 4 d per 81 bs . ; the highest figure fot the'best Scots was 3 s 8 d per 81 bs ., and at which n clearance was not effected . The number of sheep were a"aia
extensive , and of full average quality . The heaviness in the beef trade had considerable influence upon that of mutton , which ruled dull , and pricess suffered a fall of 2 d per 81 bs . The best old Downs were quoted at only U per 81 bs . At the close of the market a large number of sheep was turned out unsold . The " season" for lamb havin > been brought to a close , we have discontinued to quote that description of stock . We had a full average supply of calves on show . All kinds of veal were heavy , at barely last week ' s quotations . Neat small porkers were held foe rather more money . In other kinds of pigs very little was doing .
Head of Cattle at SMrrnFizLD . —Friday . —Beasts , 842 sheep , 12 , 000 ; calves , 382 ; pigs , 310 . Monday—Beasts ' 4 , 909 ; sheep , 30 , 800 ; calves , 180 ; pigs , 102 . Kewgate and TjEADENHaix , Mondav , Sept . 24 Inferior beef , 2 s Gd to 2 s 8 d ; middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prima large , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ; prime small , 3 s 4 d to 3 s Gd ; lurga pork , 3 s 4 d to 3 s 8 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 10 d * to os Mmiddling ditto , 3 s 4 d to 3 s 6 d ; prime ditto , 3 s Sd to 3 s 10 d ; veal , 3 s Od to 3 s 6 d ; small pork , 3 s lOd to 4 s 2 d : lamb , 3 s lOd to 4 s 8 d per 81 bs . by the carcase .
PROVISIONS . LoxDov , Monday , September 24 . —Tho arrivals last week , from Ireland , were 7 , 421 firkins butter , and 272 bales bacon , and from foreign ports e ,, m casks butter , and 302 boxes and bales bacon . We have to notice a further improvement in the butter market ; tha demand very good during the week , and prices have advanced from 2 s to 4 s per cwt ., the finest mild description * and Corks being in most request , and realising the greatest advance . 13 est Dutch has also advanced Gs to 8 s per cwt The supplies of fresh cured bacon are barely sufficient to meet the wants of the dealers , aud meet a ready sale at full prices on arrival . Fine hams and lard in demand , but middling sorts move very slowly .
Exglish Butter , Sep . 24 . —In the past week our lost weekly butter has improved in price 4 s to Cs per civt . ; but fresh is lower to-day , and further improvement is checked . Upon stale and middling butter there is not tho least advance . Dorset , ftue weekly , 92 s to 9 ls per cwt ditto stale , 68 s to 74 s ; Devon , 70 s to 80 s ; fresh , % to Us per dozen .
HOPS . Borough , Monday , Sep . 24—Somewhat more activity 13 noticeable in our market than at the date of our last ' re * port , and the finer descriptions of the new arrivals hava been mostly cleaved oft" the market . The ( luty is callel £ 80 , 000 . Sussex pockets , 12 Cs to 140 s ; Y . ' eald of Kent ditto , 140 s to IGOs ; Mid and East Kent ditto , 150 s to 220 s . SEEDS . London * , Monday , Sep . 24 . —Tho upward movement in Aa Talue of Canary seed continues , and the sales made to-il ; iy were at enhanced terms . In other sorts of seel there was little passing , and quotations remained nominally unaltered .
FRUIT AST ) VEGETABLES . Saturday , Sep . 22 . —Jlot-houso grapes , peaches , anJ nectarines are plentiful . Vine-apples have not altered in price since our last account . Filbertsand foreign walnuts avo abundant . Oranges are scarce . Lemons inwWately plentiful . Amongst vegetables , turnips may be obtain ?! at from 3 d to Gd a bunch . Carrots the same . ' Cauliflowers ara less plentiful . Green peas fetch about 4 s per bushel . 1 otatoes have not altered since our last account . Muslirooms fetch from Is to Is Gd per pottle . Cut flowers eonsist of heaths , pelargoniums , gardenias , bignonisi , veniKts , tropxolums , fuchsias , and roses .
WOOL . _ Cut , Monday , Sept . 24 . —The imports of wooUast week included 3 , 179 bales from Port Phillip , 104 from ISombay . 1 , 3 ; j 2 from tho Cape of Good Hopo , 42 from Germany . 1 . 739 from Sydney , 244 from Spain , and a few parcels from . Jamaica . &c . The public sales are going off steadily , a very small portion having been withdrawn , and price - appear to be rather fuller in some instances , thou-h no decided alteration can be noticed . Liverpool , Sept . 22 . —Scotch . —The arrivals of all kind * ot fecoteh of the new clip is on a fair scale , and rather more business has been done in laid Highland , at about
our quotations , if anything rather in favour of the buyers . » lute is not much inquired for . There is only a moderaw demand for crossed and Cheviot wool , at our quotations . Laid Highland wool , per 24 lbs ., 7 s 9 d to Ss Gd ; White Highland do ., 10 s to 10 s ( id ; Laid Crossed , do ., unwashed , 9 s Gd to 11 s ; Do . do ., washed , 10 s Gd to V 2 s Gd ; Laid Cheviot do ., unwashed , 10 s to 14 s ; Do ., do ., washed , Us to 18 s fld ; White Cheviot do ., do ., 20 s to 22 s . _ ImporW for the week , 1 , 707 bags ; previously this year , 9 , 970 bags . Foreign-. —As is usual when the public sales arc i > r < sgressingin London , we arc never very a ctive here , most of the trade being up there . Imports for the week . —2 , 492 bales : previously this year , 37 , 641 do .
TALLOW . MosD « , Scpt . 24 . -Owing to t he increasing stock , our ™ stl 11 , continues heavy . During last week , upward * of 9 , 000 casks arrived chiefly from Hussia , and tho supply in warehouse is slow—34 , 079 casks . Prices to-dav ruled 1 . ™ - i t 0 G < 1 . per cwt . lower than on Mondav last . 1 , i H ? the 8 P 0 t is se * ri"S at 37 s Od to 38 s ; and for forward delivery 37 s , per cwt . Town tallow , 37 s per cwt . Mcash ; rough fat , 2 s ljd . per Slbs . Letters from St . I ' etevaburgh represent the trade there as very inactive . HIDES .
i LEADENHAU—Market hides , 561 b . to ( Hlb ., lid to Od pel ! fo . ; ditto , 64 ft . to 721 b .. ljd to IJd ; ditto , Tilb . to 8011 ) ., 2 dto 2 Jdj ditto , 801 b . to 8 « lb ,, 2 idto 3 d ; ditto , 881 b . tu 3 m ., 3 d to 3 Jd ; ditto , OGIb . to 1041 b .. 3 d to S ^ d ; ditto , 10 Mb . to 112 lb ., $ 1 to 4 d ; Calf-skins , each , 2 s to 5 s ; Lamb te 2 > 2 d S Sdt 02 S 8 d ' ' S 8 hidM ) 7 s ° ' SUeavUn ° ' lsCd OILS . Linseed , per cwt ., —s to 283 Cd ; rapeseed , English refined , 38 s 6 d to 39 s : brown . 37 s Gd ; GallipoU , per ton . * w ; * -S » V \ f- Spemi , 801 . begged 611 . ; South Sea , 32 . to 331 . ; Seal , pale , 365 . ; do ., coloured ; 331 . ; Cod , . W , 10 s . ; coco nut , per ton , 38 J . to 40 ? . ; Palm , 301 . HAY . SMimnai ) , Sept . 22 .-At per load of 3 G trusses .-63 s t 3 * 2 t 0 " '' Cl ° > oW ' *> s to C 5 s ; straw ,
COLONIAL PRODUCE . Londov , Tuesday Evening . -SuGAE , _ The puMic sal « J nave been for too large for the demand to-dav Thev con-IrSSffi ^^ W ^^*^* » - } gs Bengal , 1 , 000 bags Madras , and 000 hhds . of Porto ¦ uco . and although . a decline of Cd . was verv r > mwalli fiaiold Vr ^! , ' ^ - WerrYsoV . hRYc r ? fi ,, J ' uefl 7 -Vtlle P" ™ -0 co » t ™ ct market . Tba supported " e " " ' prices lmvc beea saKS ^ rS ^ ^^ r ^ SS S 5 S £ fJS * S- ** « and tlSmS : U quS haSbeenSteadyibutno alter- * ti ° n in price eanba u ^ nsratV " < War d appeamcc : saL "" ~" ° PliceS rCmain thc 8 ame as at the late U ubliS I =- ' .
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