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ceedings of the soAialled- representatives of the nation . ( Hear , tear . ) The first thing , ihinyjudgment , which we have to do , is to make it known that we are determined there shall be no retrogradation . ( Loud cheering . ) A great battle has Been fought for the regulation of our commercial intercourse with other countries . ( Hear , hear . ) That battle has been successful ; we must not suffer onrselres to be deprived of the advantages which we liave gained . ( Cheers . ) "We must not permit a grasping and insolvent landocracy , aided by hood-¦ srinkes i rackrented tenants , backed by their ill-paid and benighted labourers , to re-impose a tax upon the people ' s food . ( General cheering . ) . Let me have your permission to-night , to declare as your representative , that all restrictive inmosts m > on the
bread of the people—all taxes upon that focd which the millions eat in the sweat of their face are unnatural , impious , and inhuman . ( Cheers , and cries of" Yes . " ) Let me have your permission to declare , that you demand the right freely to eat of all the harvests in the world , and that you will never again allow the quantity , the quality , or the price of your loaf to he tampered with , for the benefit of the landlords of this country . ( Enthusiastic cries Of " Yes , yes , " and cheers . ) Do this , and I shall be strong , not only in the justice of the case , but in your confidence * and support . ( Much cheering . ) I have no fear of the result . ( Hear , hear . ) On the Contrary , I foresee the' best consequences following from the early discussion and settlement of the
great-question " protection , or no protection . " ( Loud cheers . ) The landlords will be beaten—( cheere)—beaten in arguments —( cheers)—beaten by iacts—( cheers)—beaten by an appeal to experience and ascertained results —( cheers)—and Beaten finally by the votes of both branches of the legislature . ( Long and continued cries of" Hear . " ) I saw m the Daily News of this day that his Grace the Dnke of Richmond , the President of the Society at 17 , Old Bond-street —( a laagh )—addressed a protection meeting at Brighton , on Saturday last , and counselled union and determination for the purpose of turning out the present government , and installing One that should restore protection to British agriculture . Let us pause for a moment to inquire whether this noble dnke is the most consistent man
in the world , in thus seeking to dimmish the size and increase the cost of the loaf of his fellow-countrymen . ( Shame . ) The Duke is a descendant of the famous Duchess of Portsmouth , one of the courtezans of that exemplary monarch Charles the Second . ( A laugh . ) Undoubted historical records inform us that in the 29 th year Of his reign , the " merry monarch caused letters patent to be issued , granting to his right trusty and right entirely beloved son Charles Duke of Richmond and Lennox a duty of twelve pence per chaldron on all coals shipped out Of the river 3 ^ ne . ( Expressions of disgust . ) This duty was regularly received and appropriated by the Richmonds and Lennoxes . At length it became desirable that these coal duties should be transferred
to the crown , for the public service , and steps were taken to ascertain their value and make compensation to the then Dake of Richmond . ( V Ob , oh , " and cries of " Shame . " ) Accordingly , we find in the parliamentary finance papers of 1301-2 , 1810 , and 182 . 5 , accounts of the purchase by the Exchequer in the Three per Cent . Consolidated Fund of three suras , each of the amount of £ 211 , 111 , 2 s . 3 d . makinsr a total of £ 633 , 333 , 6 s . 9 d ., for which £ 490 , 333 , 11 s . 6 d . of the public money was paid . This half million sterling was handed to the Duke of Richmond , and as much added to the national debt of the country ; the interest to be paid , or the principal to he redeemed , by the hardworking people of England . ( Benewed cries of " Shame . " ) These coal dnties and this half million have enabled
the Dnkes of Richmond to become vast landed proprietors ; and the use the present duke makes of his power , and the grateful return which he - makes to the people of this country , to whom he owes every fartaing which he or his ancestors ever possessed , is to put himself at the head of a movement for taxing the people ' s bread and for turning out her Majesty ' s ministers because they are in favour of free trade in corn . ( Loud cries of " Shame . " ) Let this and other noble dukes beware . Should they continue their machinations much longer the people may begin , if they are not already doing it , to look into the ori « nn and nature of their titles to the enormous m-allh which they have been permitted to possess . Such an investigation would neither add to the splendour of their reputation , the respectability of their pedigrees , nor the security of their fortunes . Let them learn a lesson from the sailor's
epitaph : "lie still , if you ' re wise , Tou U he if you rise . " ( Much laughter . ) A legislator who professes to be in favour—not of class interests , but of the rights and welfare of all classes , will not only maintain our present commercial policy , but do much more . He "will earnestly unite with those . who are demanding a rigid inquiry into the national expenditure with a view to large reductions , especially in our overgrown and immoral establishments for the maintenance of . the army and the navy . ( Loud and general cries of * - Hear / hear . ' !) He will be prepared to support a revision of our whole system of taxation with a view to the equalisation of the burdens pressing on the people . He will demand that all taxes of every
kind be brought to account , that the people may know what are the gross receipts and what are the expenses of collection , and wEafc pensions and salaries are now paid out of the public purse . He will demand an inquiry into the salaries and emoluments of all public officers , and a sirict comparison of 5 rices in the past and present years , that such reactions may be made as are just and equitable , and that the public money be not squandered in unmerited pay and sinecure emoluments . He will be earnest in Ma endeavours to obtain cheap food for the minds of his fellow-subjects as he has been to obtain cheap food for their bodies , and will do his best to remove those taxes on knowledge which are obstructive of popular education , a grievous impediment in the way of the best benefactors of their
countrv , and a seandalto the civilisation and intelligence of the age . He will co-operate with those who are the fiiends of the sister country , and above all will be anxious to relieve the people of Ireland from the iniquitous burden of sustaining a church whose doctrines are those of a few only , and are repudiated by the millions of the indigenous people of the soil . ( Cheera . ) He will thus show hia sympathy with Irish distress and his love of religious liberty . By such a course he will also prove himself the best promoter of that connexion between the parent country and its dependencies which is productive of good to hoth and is most likely to perpetuate harmony , prosperity , and loyalty . In thus venturing to refer to the course which , I think , a friend of the people ought to take in parliament , I have sketched
my own duty , and indicated the path which I intend steadily to pursue . ( Cheers . ) Should such a course he the one which you would have your representative take , I shall calculate upon your support and approval . ( Loud cheers . ) If it Bhould not , I would then recommend you to provide yourselves with some one in my place —( " 2 fo , no " )—Since it is my resolution to advocate all the measures I have now specified . There is yet another great measure , and one which I regard as paramount and essential . I mean Parliamentary Reform . ( Cheers . ) I have considered it my duty during the last four months to place myself at the disposal of the council of the Rational Reform Association for the purpose of assisting that body either nnhliclv in assemblies called for the consideration of
their scheme , or privately in any way in which my talents may be made available . It is my intention while I have strength to continue to give them mj services even more unreservedly than I have hitherto been able to do . You will have the opportunity to-night of saying whether you sympathise with this movement , and whether you sanction the part taken by your representative . If your verdict should be favourable , you will not be disposed to blame me if I should sometimes think that I may be doing more good by going firth to awaken and enlist the public in the cause than by spending my time in fruitless attendance in the house -which we seek to reform . On all great questions affecting your interests , I pledge myself to be at my post , to give an honest vote . My opinion of the present be
state of the representation may soon expressed—Hook upon it as a mockery , and upon the house "Which it has created a 3 unconstitutional . The object of the society we are assembled to jromote , is to give the people a real representation in that house , "by largely extending tho franchise , and by getting rid of boroughs under influence and intimidation—( hear , hearV-by the enlargement , and as fer as practicable , the equalisation of electoral districts . Such a reform will enable the people to return the men of their choice upon free and independent principles . ( Hear , hear . ) It is often a source of the greateit satisfaction to me to reflect that the honour which I enjoy of a . Beat in the House of CcJnmonsis an honour which , as far as I can judge , has been conferred upon me with the consent of the people-j-with the consent and approbation of the non-enfranchised class oi the community , not only . in this : borough—but throughout the kingdom . And this not because I
have at any time aspired to be the champion of their rights , ov the exponent of their condition or their prejudices ; still less because I have been a servile panderer to their wishes ; but because I have invariably taken them into account , as having the first claim to consideration in the discussion of every public question . I conclude by calling upon you to dealfrankly with your member at all times , that le may kuow how far his public conduct is in harmony with the political views of those who have elevated him to a place in the legislature " of the country . The hon . member who was throughout received with the most enthusiastic demonstrations of regard and approbation ,. concluded -with an eloquent peroration ; exhorting concentration of effort upon tlie part alike" of the franchisect and-uiifiunchised as the sure " means of obtaining the : reforms wliioh they ; demanded , and ithe permanent ipeace and prosperity which the country required . ' J ¦ ¦ ' Jfr . Far , as one who had taken a prominent part
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in the election iof ^ ^ hompson ^ w ^ ^ ioia ^ o express his satisfaction " , atid he believe ( i the - satisfaction of all present , " at the hoble ' and independent manner in which thatr gentleman * has lebnduoted himself aa their representative , and to ask them to agree to a resolution expressive , of their , continued confidence in him , and their determination to back him in his endeavoure 3 to benefit the people , with their support . The resolution > as ; -- ' That reviewing the parliamentary votes . " and genoral nublic conduct of Mr . GebnreI Thompson ; - tbw
meeting is of opinion that he aB fully redeemedjus pledges on the hustings in 1847 , and has entiffled himself to the confidence of the electors and nonelectors of this borough . That this meeting would embrace the present opportunity of gratefully recognising the exertions of Mr . Thompson to obtain for the unfranchised classes of tbis country a full and fair representation of the Houce of Commons and resolve to render him all the co-operation in their power in the attainment of that important national object . " : ¦ . , .
Mr . J . Carveh , Williams , an elector , seconded the resolution which was supported by Mr . Box . Mr . < J . W . M . Retkolds rose to support the resolution . He was received with tremendous applause , which continued for some minutes , on the part of the great majority of the meeting ; but about twenty or thirty persons , who evidently belonged to the middle class , and who looked like dissenting ministers , sustained a protracted hiss . Thereupon Mr . George Thompson requested the factious disturbers to be quiet , and give : Mr . Reynolds a fair hearing . Order being restored , Mr . Reynolds proceeded to express Ids opinions on several matters alluded to by previous speakers . Sir Joshua Walmsley had talked of the glorious
constitution , and had eulogised its component partsnamely , King , Lords , and Common ; , hut he ( Mr . Heynolds ) could see nothing at all admirable in it ; and as for the House ofLords , hethoughtit ought to be abolished altogether . ( Cheers . ) Then Sir Joshua had deplored the infringement upon the prerogatives of the Crown ; hut he ( Mr . Reynolds ) could see no possible harm in that—on the contrary , he looked upon it as a matter of congratulation , supposing that such was really the case . What he wanted to see was the extension of the . privileges of the people . ( Immense cheering . ) The aristocracy had grasped everything it could Jay its hands upon ; and it was no matter of surprise at all if-the masses ware steeped in pauperism , wretchedness , and misery .
( Hear . ) Rovalty had cost this country one hundred millions of pounds sterling since the accession of George the Third , unto the present time . Surely tbis was rather too much to pay one family for doing them the honour to reign over them ? ( Hear , hear . ) Then look how the people were ground down by taxes . Nothing would ever put' a stop to such wonton extravagance , a-d tremendous waste , until the Charter became the law of the land . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Thompson had eloquently described the origin of the Dake of Richmond ' s titles and revenues ; he might also have said that the Dukes of St . Albana and Grafton derived their honours and riches from the same source—namely , the prostitution of their ancestresses . ( Hear , hear . ) A great deal had been
said about Protection and Free Trade : but was it astonishing that the Americans could supply us with grain cheaper than wo could produce it at homeor rather , at a lower rate than our farmers could bring it into our own markets —< when it was remembered that industry in this country was weighed down with the heaviest pecuniary burdens , while America was comparatively - untaxed ? ( Heaf , hear . ) The Parliamentary Reform Association deserved the support , or , at all events , the countenance of the working classes , because it was pledged to agitate for a considerable amelioration in the present system ; and the least modicum of reform was a grand step gained towards future triumphs . ( Cheers . ) But when asked for an extension of the
suffrage , the minister would base his refusal upon the alleged ignorance of the people . And yet it was not the ignorance of the masses that was feared by the aristocracy ; but their intelligence . ( Cheers . ) The tyrants well know that a veritable people ' s parliament would make high work of all existing abuses . ( Cheers . ) When asked for the Ballot , the minister would deny it on the pleaof its being un-English . But the uppor classes did not think it un-English to use the ballot-box at their clubs , nor in regimental court-martials . They , did not consider it un-English to employ French cooks aud lacqueys in preference to English domestics of the same order ; nor did they scruple to give the preference to French milliners , tailors , and dancingmasters . Lastly , but not least , the men who
talked about the ballot being un-English , did not think it un-English to lacerate the backs of unfortunate sailors and soldiers until the flesh was beaten into a jelly . ( Hear , hear . ) Things , in fact , were only un-English when it suited the country ' s tyrants and oppressors to proclaim them so . ( Loud cheers . ) The abolition of the Property Qualification would likewise meet with ministerial opposition , on the ground that intelligence generally went with the wealth-possessing class . Now it was by no means difficult to show the atrocious folly of that argument . Take , for instance , Sir Robert Peel- ] a man who by possessing riches , was not only quallified to vote for Members of Parliament , but likewise to become a Member of Parliament himself .
But suppose that a sudden stroke of adversity deprived him of all his property to-morrow , he would lose the right of voting for a member and sitting aa one , and yet his intellect would remain precisely the same . ( Hear . ) On the other hand , take the meanest and most ignorant mendicant crawling in the gutter—the veriest wretch that ever was steeped in the most lamentable ignorance—and suppose that some lucky windfall filled his pocket with gold , what would he the consequence ? He might rise from his filth and his rags all in a moment , to exercise the privilege of voting ; and become a Member of Parliament himself . ( Hear , hear . ) This was the real light in which to view the Property Qualification . Was it not infamous in the
extreme ? Should it not be abolished ? To touch now upon another matter , ¦ some one had alluded to the expenses of Mr . Thompson ' s eloction being not altogether liquidated . Now , would it not be well if the Parliamentary Reformers added the principle of " Paid Representatives " to . their programme ? "With the Vote by Ballot , and Paid Representatives , they would hear no more of such ignominious questions as election expenses . ( Hear , hear . ) Being himself a member of the council of the Association , he was anxious for its success ; and therefore he recommended the addition just named . ( Cheers . ) "When the working classes had come forward so cheerfully to aid that movement , concessions should be made to their wishes : and no
effectual reform could becarried- out without the principle of " Paid Representatives . " Mr . Reynolds then proceeded to defend . Chartism , and Chartists against the flagrant misrepresentation of the press , and against the obloquy which had been thrown upon them : he declared that the . Chartists were not spoliators nor depredators , but honest , ' intelligent , and oppressed working men , demanding their lust rights . The prejudices against Chartism were beginning to he dissipated in . many quarters where it was desirable for its principles to be better known . Mr . Reynolds then passed in review the events of the continent , in order to show that the people had always and everywhere been magnanimous , generous and humane : whereas , kings and aristocrats
had as invariably and as universally proved themselves monsters of treachery , cruelty , and bloodthirstiness . There was ' * a party of order" hi Europe which had got the upper hand for the present , and had perpetrated unparalleled atrocities . This set of miscreants had been the cause of Hun ' gary ' s defeat and Italy's ruin TKossuth , Mazzini , and Ledru Rollin—the most glorious patriots of the age —¦ ( thunders of applause ) — were exiles on account of the villany of the party of order . Let the English , then , beware lest they bad their party of order here also ! The aristocracy would become such a party of order , if the people ! would allow them . But to prevent such an appalling . catastrophe , let the working and middle classes unite for
the present , as far as they could , and as well as they might , in order to obtain reform " : but let > ot the millions abandon for a moment the separate agitation which they were carrying on ; fbVtheir own rights and their own interests . On the contrary-, let them persevere in their struggle for the People ' s Charter—a struggle in wlriohhe ( Mr . ReynoIds } should heartily and unweariedly assist until" the end . ( Mr . Reynolds sat down amidst prolonged cheering . ) - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - . - . j ,, ; The Chairman then put the resolution , which was carried unanimously and . with acclamation . ' Mr . W , "Williams , late mamher for'Coventry , observed in reference to what had been said by Sir . -T . Walmsley , though he should , did he consult Mb own wishes , never enter the House : of Commons again : but when he recollected that ; two-thirds of
the House of Commons was made up of aristocrats and their connexions ; , and that while that was the case there was but little hope of reforming the system of extravagance add corruption which . had grown up under the system , he should be ready to serve the people both in and 'out of the house if elected . He referred to the absence of many of the metropolitan members from the divisions in favour of the several reforms proposed last session , and advised the people of all classes , as the most effectual means of obtaining a . full and fair representation of theTeelings and interests of the country ,. 'to unite in supporting the Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association . ; ; Mr . G . Thompson thanked the meeting for the renewal of their confidence , and moved a vote of thanks to the chairman , which , having been seconded , was carried unanimously , and the meeting broke up . . ; . ' . ,
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A Free Tkade Demonstration took place on Tuesday evening" at Exeter , when" Mr . Divett and otter gentlemen addressed a large company , who bad assembled to congratulate each other on the success of free trade , and to discuss ttie subject o . J further reforms . - - - ! - / ' ¦ . - ¦¦¦
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Tub celebiuteb sculptor - '" Bar ' tolinl died at Florence ori the 20 th , aged ; 77 j after ajshort illness of three days , . . . - ¦ .... .. i . .. - ¦ ¦ : ;
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MARYLEBOTE . — -A Brute . —^ A sullen looking man , named Arthur Staveley , was placed at the bar before Mr . ¦ Broughton on the charge of having brutally assaulted Eleanor- Staveley , his mother , a poor old woman , nearly seventy years of age , residing at No . 13 , William-street , Hampstead-road . —Theappearance . of the complainant excited , the commiseration of all present ; her eyes were both blackened and much swollen , and her nose and mouth were , also bruised to a considerable extent . —The evidence went to show that the prisoner , who for some time had been at Leeds with , his wife and four children , left them and came up ten weeks ago to his mother , by whom he was kindly and ¦
affectionately received . He , however ,-knew , not how to . estimate rightly her good feeling , and was continually getting drunk , when he invariably demanded money of- his poor mother , who , '; fearing that her , life was in . danger , had upon many occasions given him almost the last penny which she possessed . On the previous evening ( Sunday ) he p inned her behind the kitchen door and there beat her most unmercifully , and on her screaming out " Murder" as loudly as she was able some lodgers came to her assistance . She was then . rescued while bleeding profusely from the mouth and face ; and the prisoner , after a determined resistance , was conveyed to the station house by two police-constables , whom he resisted violently , and attempted to
wreak his vengeance upon with a , heavy pair of tongs . It further ' appeared that the prisoner was about two months ago charged at this court with attempting to strangle a man , and that he had also been fined for assaulting hi 3 wife at Leeds , from which place she and her young family were about to be passed to London . —Mr . BroHghton very properly designated the offence as being One of a most brutal character , and fined the prisoner in the full penalty of £ 5 , in default © f payment to besent to the House of Correction for two months . The magistrate . also gave him to understand that in the event of his being brought up before him again for a similar outrage upon his mother he would probably , in addition to a heavy fine , be called upon to
find security for his good behaviour for a period of two years . —The brutal fellow was then locked up . MANSION . HO USE . —Omnibus Law . —The conductor of a Camberwell omnibus was summoned before Alderman Humphrey for having refused to admit a gentleman as a passenger into his omnibus . The public were interested in tholresult of the case . — A few days ago , at a quarter before five o ' clock , tho complainant went to the door of the omnibus , being desirous of being driven as far as Wai worth , and requested the conductor to allow him to enter . The evening was wet , but the conductor refused to admit the applicant ; and excused himself upon the ground that all tho seats were engaged , at the same time that there was abundance of room in the
vehicle . The complainant represented the unfairness of the refusal , and determined to have the decision of a magistrate , upon the subject . He admitted ; that there was no incivility : or diarespect in the words or manner of the defendant beyond tho mere rejection , but he thought the principle of "first come first served" ought not to , be transgressed in such a manner , and although he was subsequently offered the accommodation he required , he would not accept it , except as a recognised right . —Alderman Humphrey : We know , it is frequently the case that gentlemen who reside in Camberwell , and who are accustomed to leave the City at a certain hour , and in the habit of considering that the conductors will keep places for them in
preference to strangers , who may , for what they know , only require to go the short journey , and , therefore , only pay the small fare . A gentleman ¦ who regularly takes a seat in the defendant ' s omnibus stated that tho defendant was certainly expected by his regular " whole of the way " customers to keep seats for them , especially in wet weather , during which alone the passengers to Wai worth or the neighbourhood of the Elephant and Castle were disposed to ride . The expectation was a very reasonable one both as regarded the Camberwell passengers and the proprietors of the carriages ; and if some rule of the kind were not acted upon , very great inconvenience would be inflicted upon those who had the-most unquestionable claim .
—The conductor said , as had been stated , that the gentlemen who were in the habit of favouring him certainly looked to him for the security of their places ; and gentlemen who resided at only half the distance shunned the omnihus in fine weather and eagerly seized the seats when tho rain was pelting . He had acted upon the feeling that the " whole of the way" passengers were entitled to the first consideration , but he never attempted to oppose the entrance of a person who was going the half-fare distance if there happened to be room . —Alderman Humphrey : The conductor is certainly in the wrong , although his defence is the most reasonable that can be made . He cannot refuse to allow an unexceptionable person into his omnibus , provided
that person do not object to pay the amount announced inside the vehicle . This is certainly hard upon the gentlemen who are accustomed to go all the way , and upon the proprietors too , who are obliged to accommodate a casual passenger , probably to the great inconvenience of an established customer ; but there is no doubt as to the law upon the subject . —Several of the regular Camberwell passengers expressed surprise and regret that the accommodation which they thought they had a right to expect was liable to be- seriously diminished by the intrusion-of a threepenny or fourpenny fare . They wished to know what they were to do if in wet weather the short passengers should monopolise their places ?—Alderman . Humphrey . You must do as I do . When I want to go to Wandsworth , which is a shilling fare , I run for . it , and
get into the omnibus about five minutes' before the timo . and roften get ' a seatfjust before aipaaaehger , to Yauxhall arrives . ( A laiigh . J I admit' ! that what you complain of is a very disagreeable alternative , but to ^ give to an omnibus conductor such a power as that which has been in this case assumed would be productive of much more serious evil . As the conductor has not been uncivil , and as I am convinced the complainant does not wish for the infliction of a penalty , I shall- merely require the conductor to pay tho expenses of the summons . — The Comnlainunfc : I do not by any means wish for the infliction of a ponalty . I am quite satisfied at the decision of the alderman , who full y admits the prinoiple for which Ioontend , and I shall not take from the conductor the amount of the expenses incurred by the examination of the case .
Personating a Policeman . —Stephen Welch was charged with having falsely represented himself to be a policeman . —The son of Mr . Monument of Austin-friars , said , on Tuesday , at about half-past one o ' clock , the dofendant oame up to me in Bishopsgato-street , and told ' me lie -wanted mo to give an account of myself . I asked him what he meant , ' and'he said , "Do you seo that station house ? " and Isaid " yos i" and told him I lived at ¦ No . 2 i , , Austin-friars , believing him to be a policeman in plain clothes , lie said ,, he \ vas obliged to look alter those things , and he asked who my emi Joyerwas . , I said ^ would not satisfy him , and told him ho had better conlo home with me When we jjot to the door of my father ' s house , ana tuesor-
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. varit'openod'ii ?^ thenoamie out andquestiohed Hini .-r-Mr . Monument said ; when my ion " came to tne do ' or of the house , the yefendantjput Bun-aside ;;' arid said to me ;'; ' I wish to ascort aintliopharacterof this shop ; I am a ponce-: man . " I said / "You Beem to' be a strange character yourself . 1 should ' like ' * to know whither you . really are a ; policeniari ?" "Oh , yes , " said he , "lam a policeman . Someiofus goin disguise , and my number , is 56 ., '' ¦ " Very well , said I , ' we shall " see that . ' - If you are a policeman , Tshall introduce you to one of your brotnerofficers before we part ; ' ' and I accordingly determined to learn ; the exact state of the case . As we went along he i met a cab ? man , to whom he referred me , but ' the cabman'
refuaea to have anything to do with him . 1 then saw a policeman , who said ho was not the official he pretended tb : be , andj I gave him into custody . — Alderman Gibbs : You acted with much propriety . Well , defendant , what have' you to say to this charge?—Defendant : I had been lushing all day , and I did riot khdw : what I did . I dare say it ' s all true that he says . —The Alderuifin : My sentence is that you pay for this very serious offence the penalty of £ 5 , or go to prison for one month—The prisoner said he must supmit to the latter , and ho was accordingly committed . . GUILDHALL . — Robbery by a Solicitous Clbb ' k . —Alfred ' William Smart , living at No . 23 ; New C hurch-court , Strand , was charged with systematicall y robbing his employer . —Mr . W . Greshany solicitor , of No . 3 , TCastle-street , Holbornj said , that
having , some sufpioion the prisoner was acting dishonestly , some marked money was placed inapr ^ ss , to which the prisoner had access , and : when he was searched subsequently a portion of it was found on his- person . At his lodgings some duplicates referring to property'belonging to his employer were found . He was remanded . r : BOW STREET , —Determined Attempt at Suicide on WATERtop-BKipoE . —A young married womanr named Jane Gosling , who carried an infant in her arms , was charged with attempting to destroy herself and her child . —A ; police-constable stated that , on Tuesday evening , he was on duty at Waterloo-bridge , when he observed , the prisoner with the child in her arms pass the toll-gate , on the Surrey side , in a very excited state . As she did so . he heard
her say to the child , " Kiss me for the last time . " The constable's BUBpiciona were aroused , and he determined upon watching her . ; She crossed , the read on the unfrequented : side of the bridge , arid ou reaching the second recess , she jumpedupon the seat . The . constable . quickly followed , and as she was precipitating herself over the bridge , ' he succeeded in gaining a ; firm hold of her . The prisoner wa ? nearly over the bridge , andher child was suspended in the air ,-and if it had not been for the timely assistance of * the -witness ; the next minute she would have been struggling in the water . The corstable said he found thatsne was the wife of a shoemaker , residing at 4 , Pearl-row , Blackfriars-road . The husband promised to attend that moraine , but
he failed : to do , so . —rMr . Henry : Did he say anything labout hig - wife ' s conduct ?— The constable uaid , the husband informed Him that his wife attempted to destroy herself ' a few days since , ; but was . prevented . Last week she threatened to murder her infant . The husband also added that the prisoner was much addicted to drinking , and wag scarcely ever gober . —The prisoner , who was crying all the time she was in the dock , said her husband was constantly ill-using her , and that he beat her . shamefully yesterday without any cause . —The constable observed that the landlord told lim that Mrv Gosling was a very , quiet and industrious man , and his ¦ wife , on the contrary , wag a most noisy woman , and came home nearly every
night drunk . —Mr . Henry remanded her . CLERKENWELL—House Robbery . — Charles and Mary Thompson , who have several aliases , were charged with haying been concerned in a robbery in the dwelling-house of Mr . Cox , of South Bank , St . John ' s Wood ; The means by which the robbery was . effected were precisely similar to those employed by the same persons in an attempt to plunder the house of Mr . Hyde , of Guildford-street . The male prisoner obtained an entrance to the house by p ttf iding to " make love" to a servant girl who u » the service of Mr . Cox , and availed himself of an opportunity to admit the woman Thompson , when property worth upwards of JE 300 was carried off . The possession of a large quantity of the' stolen
property was clearly traced to the prisoners , and they were committed for trial . SOUTHWARK . -- Street Robbert . —J . Evason and Mary Drummond were charged with stealing a silver watch and chain from James French . —The prosecutor stated that about twelve on Monday night he was going home from a friend ' s house in the Cornwall-road , Lambeth , and when near the corner of Wooten-street he met the prisoners coming out of a public-house . The male prisoner made a snatch at his watch , and broke it from a portion of the chain which went round his neck . Hoth prisoners decamped , but were afterwards taken into custody . In defence the male prisoner said that complainant must have made a mistake .
inasmuch as he was not in the Cornwall-road on Monday night . He had some recollection of seeing the prosecutor drunk in a public house in the neighbourhood , in company with prostitutes and thieves . The female said she knew nothing of the affair . — \ Tr . A'Beckett said it was a very suspicious affair , and to give time for the constable to make further inquiries he should adjourn the hearing of the case . Robbing Furnished Lodgings . —Ann Freeman , a respectable-looking young woman , was charged with robbing her furnished lodgings . —It appeared that she worked at slop-work , and being unable to obtain the necessaries of life by her work , she pledged the articles to purchase food . —The constable stated that there were other cases against her , when Mr .
A Beckett remanded her until Monday . Stbeet Robbert . —Helen : Hurley and Hannah Sheen , who have been in custody no less than twenty times for robbing gentlemen , were charged with stealing a . valuable gold watch and chain from Mr . William Beddow , a merchant , residing in theNeckinger-road , Bermondsey ;—Prosecutor stated that he dined with some friends in the City on Tuesday afternoon , and left them ; a little after eleven to proceed home . As he was passing the Town-hall the prisoners accosted him , and one of them dexterously snatched his watch from his fob , and put it away , but neither of them attempted- to escape , which made him think "it was all a lark . " He
accordingly asked for a return of his watch , when they laughed at him , and denied all knowledge of it ; Dut feeling confident that they must have stolen it , he called a police constable and gave them into custody . Witness added that he was a "little in liquor , " but his watch was safe prior to his meeting with the prisoners . —Sergeant . Brandford , 12 M , said he took the prisoners into , custody , and had them immediately searched , but no watch or chain was found on them , He had known them for some years as thieves , but their mode of committing robberies was performed upon such a % stem as to defy detection . They generally looked out for drunken men . The prisoners were remanded , ,
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¦¦ ¦ , ' ! ' :. ' ' ¦ ¦¦ / A ' j -- ' ' ¦ ' , * ' ''¦' ¦ ' -,,,- > •; -:: - ^ . i Old toi £ 9 W ? UW--llAHK LANE , -Monday , Jan . 28 . —The quantity of wheat offerhirfjfrom the neighbouring"counties ; this morniug was small ; and during . the past week the supply of forei gn haa been-moderate , ' , but foreign flour , continues to arrive th ' oagli to a smaller extent than ofl ate .: iEnglish wj , MJ was taken slowly at ! a reduction , of . Is . per qr- upon last Monday ' s prices , and in foreign we had httle . dpnig , though freejy offered at previous rates . Flour slow sale , and easier to buy . Maltirig barley . Is . ' eheaiier , and other de . sdriptioiis difflcult to quit , unless sweet and dry . In beans and peas little doing . Of- oats the arrival was moderate the trade inactive , thoughfine corn was notcheaper . Lin . seed cakes went offslowly . Cloyerseed nominally the same as . lastwek , but vrithoutmuchinquii 7 ,. _ r s ' -BamsH . —Wheat . —Essex , " Suffolk , and Kent , red . new 3 ff «
to 40 s , ditto white 4 Qsto ; 4 Gs , Lmeota , Norfolk , and York , shire , red 32 i'to 39 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white 82 s to 36 s ,. ditto red 32 s to 38 b , Devonshire f Somerssu shire , red , — -s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 21 s to 23 s . barley , 22 s to 24 s , Scotch 22 b to 24 s , Angus-s to ~ g Malt ordinary , —s to . —s . pale 50 s to Ois , peas , grey , new 23 s to 24 s , maple 26 s . to 27 s , white 23 s to 24 s ,. boilers new 2 Cs to 29 s , beans , large , new 22 s to 23 s , ticks 24 s to 25 g harrow ; 25 s to 2 Gs , pigeon . 26 s to 28 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , 15 s to 18 s , ditto Poland-and potato 17 a to 208 , Berwick and Scotch , 17 s to 21 s , Scotch " feed , 17 s to 18 s , Irish feed and black , Us to 17 s , ditto potato , 17 s to 19 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed Essex , new £ 27 to £ 30 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new 26 s to 303 per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 110 s per ton , Kn . seed , £ 9 10 s to £ 10 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 2801 bs ship , 2 Ss to 30 a , town ; 38 s to 40 s . . .: '
Foreign . —Wheat . — Dantzfe , 42 s to 48 s ; -Anhalt and Marks , 36 to 40 s , ditto white , 40 s to 42 s , Pomeranian red > 40 s to 42 s , ltostock Us to 4 Gs , Danish , - Holstein , and Friesland , 30 s to 34 s , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Kiga , 32 s to 34 s , Polish Odessa , 32 s to 34 s , 3 farianopoli , and Ber . dianski , 32 s to 95 s , Taganrog , 92 s to Sisy ¦ Brabant and French , 34 s to 369 , ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , Salonica , 30 s to 33 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 2 Cs , rye , 20 s to 22 s , barley , Wigmar and Rostock , ISs to 21 b , Banish , 18 s to 22 s , Saal , 20 a to 24 s , East Friesland , 16 s to 17 s . Egyptian , 15 stolGs , Danube , Ids to 16 s , peas / . irJiite , 23 s to 2 is , novf . toilers , 2 , ? 3 to 26 s , beans , horse , . 22 s to 23 s , pigeon , 24 s to 25 s , Egyp . tian , 22 s to 24 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , ami Friesland , feed and black , lls to 15 s , ditto , thick and brew , 15 s to . 22 s , Riga , Petcrsbui-gh , Archangel , and Swedish , lfs to 16 s , flour , United States , pet 1961 bs ., 22 s to 24 s , Ham . burgh 20 s to 22 » , Dantziff and Stettin 20 s to 23 s , French per 2801 bj ., 32 sto 34 g . ;' Mabk Lase , Wednesday , Jan . 30 . —Our trade is to-day very quiet , although tho supplies of grain fresh in are but moderate ; but the te . nor of the letters from all our coun . try markets is , that the farmers are thrashing freely—coasequently . m'e look for yet declining prices , i
Arrivals this week : — Wheat—English , 810 quarteriforeign , 3 , 740 quarters . Barley—English , 970 quarters ' foreign , 5 , 680 quarters . Oats—English , 4 , 790 quai-tera ' foreign , 3 , 730 quarters .... Flour—1 , 280 sacks . ' Richmond ( Yorkshibe , ) Jan . 26 . —We had a tolerabla supply of grain this morning . Wheat sold from 4 s to 5 s Od oats / Is 8 d to 2 s lOd ; barley , 3 s 3 d to 3 s Gd ; beans , 4 s jj to 4 s 6 d per bushel . ' . :
BKEAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis ars fro » 6 d . to 6 } d ,-. of household ditto , 5 d , to 6 d , per libs , loaf , 1
. CATTLE . SmtThfield , Monday , Jan . 28 . —The supply of forei gn stock here to-day—among which were- twenty oxen from Spain—was very small , and of middling and inferior quality . The receipts of beasts fresh , up from our own grazing districts were on the increase ; butatleasta moiety of them were greatly out of condition . Owing to the large supplies of meat on offer in Newgate arid Leadenhall markets , the attendance of buyers this morning wa 3 limi . ted ; hence tlie beef trade ruled extreihely inactive , and , iu some ingtances , the quotations had a downward ten . dency . The top figure for the primest Scots was 4 s per 8 lbs . Notwithstanding the numbers of sheep were a ^ ain ' small , the demand for that description of stock was ing very dull state , and some of the inferior breeds sold with difficulty on easier terms . The primest old Downs were almost nominal at 4 s to 4 s 2 d per 8 B > s . ' ¦ Scarcely any calve * were-on offer ; nevertheless , the sale for them was heavy , at barely -stationary prices . In pigs , the sup . ply of which was small , next to nothing was doing , atlate rates . ¦
Head of Cattle at Smithfield . —Friday . —Beasts , 7 H < ilieep , 3 , 310 ; calves , 110 ; pigs , 290 . Monday . — Beasts 8 , 524 ; sheep , 46 , 850 ; calves , 85 ; pigs , 210 . ' Price per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offal . )—Beef , 3 s Od to 4 s Od ; mutton , 2 s lOd to 4 s 2 d ; real , 3 s 4 d to 3 s lOd pork , 3 s 4 d to 4 s 2 d . : , Newgate and Leadenhall , Monday , Jan . 28 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 6 d to 2 s 8 d ; middling ditto ,: 2 s 10 ( 1 to 3 s Od ; prime large , Ss 3 d to 3 s 4 d ; prime small , &s 4 d to 3 s fid ; lai ^ a pork , 2 a 8 d to 3 s 4 d ; hiferior miittbh , 2 s 8 d to 2 a 10 dmiddling ditto , 3 s Od to 3 s 4 d ; prime" "ditto , 3 s 4 d to ) 3 j 6 d ; veal , 3 s Od to 4 s Od ; small pork , 3 s Gd to 43 2 d ; per 81 bs . by the carcase . ; '' ¦ ' . "' ' '
pRoyisips . ;¦ . ;¦¦; . London , Monday . —During last week there . was a percep . tible improvement in the tone andeharaeter of our market , and the prospect for most articles were encouraginj . —Of Butter : The dealings in the moderate and low-priced Irish were liberal , and for such Is to 2 s per cwt . above pre . vious rates were obtained . The line kinds in steady request at full prices . Foreign : The best Friesland sold at 90 s to 94 s ; Kiel at 90 s . For bacon a healthy demand pre . vailed , American and Irish singed sides were saleable oa slightly better terms , and so were hams and lard . Esglbh Bdtteb Mabket , Jan . 28 . —Our market is with , out change , and prices are stationary . Nearly the whola of our stock here being of a middling description , is diffi . cult to move . Dorset , fine , SBs to 90 s per cwt . ; ditto , summer-made , 56 s to 80 s ; fresh , 9 a to 13 s per doz . lbs .
POTATOES . Sodthwark , Waterside , January . 28 . — , We have had very few arrivals since our last report , which has en . abled salesmen to effect a clearance of stored potatoes to a certain extent . The following are this day ' s quotations : —Yorkshire Regents 90 s to 130 s per ton ; Wisbech ditto , 70 s to 100 s ; Scotch ditto 70 s to 80 s ; Ditto Common Whites 50 s to 60 s ;• French Whites 60 s to 80 s ; Belgian 60 s to 70 s . .
TALIiO W , HIDES AND OILS . Monday , Jan ; 28 . —Our market for all kinds of tallow rules heavy , at drooping prices :.: -To-day rery little business is doing in P . Y . C . on thespot , ; at 38 sCd : to 39 spercwt . For forward delivery , say up , to the end of March , the nearest quotation is 38 s 9 d ;; arid new" talloSv " may he had uptotheclose of the year at 48 s 3 d per cwt . ' Town tallow , 38 s Gd per cwt net cash ; rough fat , 2 s 23 per 81 us . Letters from St . Petersburgh state that 5 , 000 casks of tallow had changed hands , at 106 roubles , with 10 down . Leadenhall . —Market hides 5 Glb . to Gitb ., lid to lid per lb . ; ditto 64 fti . to 72 B > , ljd to ljd ; ditto 721 b . to * S 0 fl ) ., 2 d to 2 § d ; ditto 801 b , to 88 n > ., 2 $ dto 3 d ; ditto SS 16 to 9 filb ., 3 d to 3 id ; ditto 963 b . to 1041 b ., 3 Jd to 4 d ; ditto 1041 b . to 112 ft ) . 3 . Jd to 4 d ; calf-skins each 2 s to 3 s Od Horse hides 5 s 6 d . = - : Linseed per cwt . 32 s Gd to —s ; rapeseed Englisk refined 42 s Od to —s ; brown 41 s Od ; Gallipoli per ton . 481 . ; Spanish 4 St , j Sperm 83 { . to ' -I . ; bagged 8 SJ . j South Sea 312 . 0 s to 33 ? .,: Seal pale 391 . 10 s to -4 .
r WOOL . Citt , Monday , Jan . 28 The imports of wool into London last week were 2 , 618 bales , including 1 , 203 from Kussia , 680 from New Zealand , 240 from Sydney and the re = t from France , Peru , Egypt , tic ; The mrM is firm . Liverpool , Jan . 26 . —Scotch . —There is only a moderate demand still for laid Highland wool , but as stocks are light prices are well supported . White Highland is more inquired for . Good crossed and Cheviot are still in good de . mand ; inferior of both descriptions are still nelected Foreign . —We continue to have a good demand for all kinds at full prices , and were the selection larger and better we should have more doing . . A public sale of 500 bales Ea 3 t India wool took place on the 22 nd ult ., which went with spirit at full late rates , and all sold ; since which several parcels have been sold at full prices . Imports for the week , 135 bales ; previously , this year , 5 , 137 bales .
COAL . Monday , Jan 28 . —Market very heavy , at a reduction of 3 s 6 d from this day se ' nnighfe Tees 19 s ; Brnddyll ' s ISs Od ; Kelloel 8 s 6 d ; Hetton ' s 19 s ; Lambton ' s 18 s 6 d ; Wylani 17 s . . Fresh arrivals 430 ; left from last day 4 . Total 434 .
COLONIAL PRODUCE . London , ' Tuesday evening . — -The markets ' generally ban worn a dull appearance to-day , and the amount ofjbusiness done has been much below the late average . SUGAB .-T-320 hhds . only 9 f West India sold , of which ltal £ consisted ot Barbadoes , in public sale , which went off steadily . 3 , 500 bags of Mauritius , were offered in publie sale ,, and nearly two-tliirds were bought in by the importers to sustain prices . Also , out of 5 , 600 bags Bengal offered in public sale , fully 3 , 000 were bought in ; but last week ' s prices were generally paid for the portion sold . Refined has been dull , and a further decline of 6 < 3 Uhas been established on brown lumps , which sold at 45 s < 5 d : good t * fine , 50 s to 52 s ...
Coffee . —We had but one small public sale of 350 bagi plantation Ceylon , which sold at rather lower prices . We are without transactions to report in good ordinary native Ceylon to-day ; prices remain nominal , Gls to 62 s . Cocoa declined Is in public sale . Trinidad sold , 42 s to 46 s ca . •" . ¦ ¦ - Saltpetre . —Low . qualities gave way 6 d to Is . In public sale , refraction , 7 Jd toSd , sold at 2 Cs to 2 Cs 6 d refractiOHj Hid to 14 d ; 25 s 3 d to 25 s 6 d . UlCE . —1 , 200 bags very good white Bengal were offeredid public sale , held for a full priee . and bought in at lls Od . Rom has been steady at last week ' s prices : proof , Is »}<* to Is 7 d , according to quality . . Spelter has advanced to in 15 s to 18 ! . Cotton continues inactive ; 200 bales only sold , Indigo remains steady ; 13 , 300 chests are now declard for sale on tha 12 th of February : ¦ ¦ ¦ : -:-.. . Taliow continues dull at 38 s Cd ^ . '
Tea , —The market has been inactive / but it wears a te 11 appearance , ' ' . Sdndries . —Minilla hemp , partly sold , 82 f Minilla cordage , bought hi at 32 tl 0 s to 4315 s . —Jute sold at 10 I 2 s 6 itO 111 7 s 6 d ;—Coir yam sold at 26 J 10 s . —Cowries , partly wWi 30 s to 7 os . —Sapan-wood sold atlOJ 17 s 6 d to I 2 { 2 s fid . In other articles no material alteration .
; HOPS . : Bobocgh , Monday . Jan . 28 . —Thero has been rather mow demand since our last report , particularly for fino Weald of Kent samples , ' and the currency of last week is foUJ supported . •¦ ,.., ; .
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: ;; r- ; ;; MEETiira .. ^ T ; YARMo ^ ra ] ^^ l '' - On Monday evening last an ' . import ' iiiit ineeting ' ,, of the inhabitants iof tho borough " : of Great' iTarmouth assembl ed in , the Corn Excliarige , to receiVea depu-. tation from the council of the ^ Natiohal ; , Reform Association , and to hear from ; those gentlem en a statement of the objects which that Association has in view , and of the means to be adopted for their accomplishment . . The deputation consisted of "W . A . Wilkinson , Esq ., H . , T . A . tkingon , Esa . ; and" Sir . Fi , Knowles , Bart . The v spacions . ' bunding ; was , densely crowded in every part , and hundreds were nnable to effect an entrance . t ,,
The Mayor , having taken the chair amid considerable applause , dbservedthat oneof the principal subjects which would he brought before the meeting during the evening was the question of taxiition . This was a subject , he said , which they-yrere positively obliged . to some extent , to understand , for it ivas a subject that would form acquaintance with them / in spite , of their will to the contrary . Taxes met them as they entered the world—stuck to them through life—and followed them to the grave . He was happy to find that an Association nad at . last sprung up for the purpose of forcing upon the government the adoption of something like economy . ( Great applause . ) : , Mr .-Alderman Hammond moved the first resolution : — " That the present excessive taxation of the
country paralyses commerce , depresses agriculture , and impoverishes the labouring classes . " He was surethatthey must all be perfectly satisfied that the enormous taxation under which this country laboured was one of the principal causes of the paralysis of commerce in Yarmouth , and that the shipping and fishing interests of the town were also extremely depressed from the same cause . ¦ . "With respect to the dopression of agriculture ! he must confess that the prices which the farmer obtained for his produce were exceedingly low ; ^ but he maintained that" the farmer could grow his wheatat 20 s . a coomb if the taxation , of the country were reduoed and equitably adjusted , and if the landlords reduced their rents in the same , proportion . ( Hear , hoar ,
and applause , in the midst of which a voice ,, was heard , "And the parsons ; top . " ) -, Yes , and . the clergy too , ought to dojiheir . pa . rt , and . then ; the farmers might live well enough with flour at the -price it , was . As to the fact that the labouring , classes were greatly ' impoverished by the . presentl'ate . of taxation , he thought it was self-evident that the poor could not live with comfort and convenience to themselves , while they paid so doarly < to . , keep" up the sinecures and pensions of the rich ,: ( Cheers . ) Mr , Hammond then , ' concluded by moving the resolution which he had read . ¦ : ; -.- ' ¦¦ - ;; ¦ ,
Mr . Jaceson expressed his conviction that the measures proposed by the National Reform . Association were eminently calculated to promote the interests of the , whole community , for if the expenditure of the nation were reduced ten millions , he should like to know if any man would , have the audacity and the impudence to tell him that it would confer no benefit on the labouring classes . ( Applauso , ) Mr . Jackson entered into a brief exposition of the evils of indirect taxation , and concluded by advocating the rights of the people to a fair representation in the Commons House of Parliament . . , - .. ¦
Tf . A . Wilkinson ; Esq ., supported the resold tion . He proceeded to state the object of the Reform Association , "to obtain a cheaper and better government . " He showed that "amongst the population of this country there existed at tne same time the two extremes of the greatest affluence and the greatest poverty in the world , and concluded that although no act of parliament could be passed that would make all the poor people rich , it was nevertheless quite possible for the legislature to put them in a condition to help themselves , by taking off the statute book many of the obnoxious laws that now existed . ( Great applause . ) With respect , to the taxation by which the country was oppressed , he remarked that they all felt the weight of the
burden ; but there were some evils attached to the system which they might not hare observed , because they were not so patent . Amongst these he mentioned the effect of tea duties , which not only restricted the home consumption of that article , but also prevented our sending to China a larger share of our manufactures . The duty on tobacco , he observed , was attended with tho same evil consequence . In allusion to the window taxes , he stated that an association in London , for . improving the dwellings of the labouring classes , had erected a large building for their accommodation , but was prevented from further carrying out this benevolent object in consequence of the weight of this tax , which fell as heavily as it could do on any of the
palaces of the nobility . ( " Shame ! shame ! ) If , however , they were to complain of this to the Chancellor of the Exchequer , the answer would be that he could not afford to rescind the tax , his expenditure running so closely on his income , But how was it , he asked , that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was in such a position as this ? Why , because of the shameful extravagance of the government . As an instance of this extravagance , he referred to the standing army of 30 , 000 men maintained in Ireland , merely to keep the people down ; but that , he said , would , not have been necessary but for the iong course of misrule to which that unhappy country had been subjected . ( Great applause . ) Mr . Wilkinson then concluded- with an earnest
appeal to the middle and working classes to unite in this movement , and to co-operate with the National Reform Association . He then sat down amidst loud and general applause . ; Sir . P . Knowes , Bart . ; rose also to support the resolution .. He said that parliamentary reform was needed as a means of obtaining financial reform , for the House of Commons was at present kept up by a system of corruption and patronage . He pointed out at some length the evils which resulted from the laws of primogeniture and entail , the only remedy for which , he said , would be found in the people ' s taking their-affairs into their own hands ; and concluded by a few words to the tenant farmers , observing that they must Look for an
improvement in their condition in a reduction of rents and taxation , and the granting of leases on . long terms . ( Cheers . )—The resolution was then put and carried—one individual only dissenting . _ ¦ Mr . Owles moved the next resolution . He said if they wanted financial reform , how many members of the House of Commons did they think would vote for it ? Only about eighty , although the house comprised between six and seven hundred . ( "Shame ! shame ! '' ) This resulted from the operation of tho qualification clause , which allowed property to be represented , but kept . out the industry by means of which that property had been accumulated . ( Great applause . ) The ( treasures
obtained by the energy and perseverence of tho industrious classes were heaped up in the coffers of the rich , and then , when their labour was done , they had nothing but the prospect of a union before their eyes ; they had no friends to get them a pension , as Lord Denbig h tried to do for the servants of the Queen Dowager . ( "Shame , shame . " ) Yes , it was a shame ! Was this the time , he asked , to begin feeding any more drone-bees at the expense of the public ? He should be sorry to say a word that would be disrespectful to the memory of the late Queen ; but he held that it was an insult to the people of this nation to ask them to provide for the servants when the mistress received no less
than £ 100 , 000 a year . ( Great applause . ) In conclusion , he would advise those whom he addressed not to seek parliamentary reform without financial , nor financial without parliamentary , and not to be content with both even without the ballot . ( Great applause . ) 'He begged most heartily , to move the following resolution : — " That whilst this meeting entertains the strongest conviction of the urgent necessity for a great reduction in the expenditure of the nation , and also for a revision of the system of taxation with a view to tho more equitable : adjustment of U burden , it is of opinion that these important objects , will not be permanently secured , or a good and economical governmentjbbtained , until such a measure of parliamentary reform ha » been effected , as ¦ shall give tho ¦ people a . direct
control over the taxes which thoy are called tipon to pay . ( Great cheers . ) . > : , v > ¦ „ , ¦ , Mr . C . BABnEB , seconded the resolution . Mr . T . Atkinson supported the resolution , and congratulated the meeting on having their ohief magistrate presiding on so important an' occasion . ( Three hearty cheers were here-given for-the mayor . ) Mr . Atkinson then made an " eloquent allusion to the part taken by the . ' town * of Yarmouth during the civil wars of Charles I . ; iand asked if the germ of liberty wa 3 fostered so ' well in Yarmouth in these days , what ought Yarmouth to do now to preserve the freedom which had at length been gained , and to help forward the i causo of the people for the future ? In reference ] to the inconsistencies which characterised our present system of parliamentary representation , he stated that in the borough , of Calne there were , in 1847 , 1 G 5 voters ,
returning : one member to : parliament '; tho number of houses in the borough rated to the p ' oor was 1 , 003 , and the population 6 , 100 ; whilst Salford —a borough created at the time of the Reform Billwhich was , a . place of considerable wealth and a manufacturing town ' , had / 2 . C 02 voters , returning only one member to parliament , whilst tho number of houses rated was 14 , 807 , and the population no less than 66 , 624 . { " Shame , shame . ' . ' ) ,. The speaker then strikingly exhibited the . evils which resulted from this state of the representation of tho country , adverting to , the ballot , fistho only means to prevent ' bribery , intimidations : and corruption ; and concluded with an . earnest appeal to all . present to unite in endeavouring to accomplish the grand objects which that association had in view . : The resolution was put and camed . unanimously . Votes of thanks , to the gentlemen I who had promoted , and attended the meeting closed tuo proceedings . ' .. "; ¦ ; .. . ; . - , v : J . ¦ ¦¦ „ ' . -I . - ¦ ; ,-: , ,
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' ^ MESSRB ^ 6 fiDElf " . ANB $$$ ? ^ l , < . .... ^ mAaVUhoihiit ¦ : '! . ¦ ,, i , . r .,.. ; : t It ; .. ' j -Jl " . l : ¦ : ¦ . ' . al ' iiin ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ -.-. ¦ ¦ - - - . - ¦ ¦ ' - ' ¦ .. ¦¦ ¦ ¦; .. ¦ .: ' •• , ! - "^ MANC ! HBSTBB ' , 7 A } f , ^ W . —A ^ great meeting was hel d at the Free trade ' Hallthis evening , . "¦ upon the questions of Fihaneial and Parliamentary Reform , ana Richard Cobden , Esqi , , M . P ., \ and . John Bright , Esq . ; M . P ., having been { innounciBd to take part in the proceedings , great anxiety was manifested by all classes of tho publie to bo ! present . It TO 8 soon found that ' . tlie . 8 , 000 tickets ' at first ordered would by no mean s ineet the requirements of the case , and step s were taken to reduceI the . number ' of seats in " the bodv of the hall , so as to niake standing room
for an extra number . , The whole number ot tickets was then increased to 10 , 000 , including 8 , 000 for the body of the hall , and 2 , 000 for the galleries and platform .. Of these , no less than 0 , 000 were applied for on Monday ( the first day of issue , ) and to-day the . offices in NewaU's-buildings have been besieged by vast numbers of disappointed applicants , after the . 4 , 000 tickets forming the balance of the issiie had air been disposed of . . This being the principal market day . many of the merchants and' manufacr turers from the . neighbouring towns , who bad come to do business on 'Change ,. have been tempted to remain in Manchester , to be present at the meeting ; and the consequence has been , that the assemblage was of a much more influential kind even than tho 3 o meetings usually are . It was understood that on this occasion the Manchester branch of the
Freehold Land scheme was to be launched , and this also tended to give additional'interest to the meeting . The hon I member for the West Riding of Yorkshire and of the borough of Manchester , w ore most enthusiastically greeted on entering the hall , and for some moments after they had taken their seats . Mr . Georgia Wilson , chairman of the association , presided , and opened the business in a speech that was much applauded . \ ' .. ' , Mr . ' Archibald Preniice then stood forward arid moved a resolution to the effect that an expression of gratitude was due to the members for the borough for their past services , and requesting them to support a reduction of the national expenditure to at least the standard of 1835 , and to the motion of Mr . Hume for triennial parliaments , vote by ballotj a redistribution of seats , and household suffrage . . Mr . A . . Hknby , M . P ., seconded the motion ' , and it was agreed to with much cheering ; . ' "'< V ' : i ; Mr . Cobdkn was then called uponj and presented ^ himself amidst renewed bursts of oheering . The hon . member spoke for an hour and a half , and was frequently , interrupted by bursts of applause . ' ; ' ' Mr . Bright , who was also received in the same , enthusiastic manner as the hon . member for the West Riding , addressed the meeting : for-ninety minutes . ' . '¦ ¦'' . , The proceedings closed at half-past ten o'clock .
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BIRTH . ; On January the 30 th , was registered , Joseph' Maizinii second son of Martha and George "Williiun ^ Tieeler )* O'Connorville , Herts . . ^^ ; : t butiio 22 nd ult ,, Samuel Hodgson , qfFarkgato , ^ Rothetham . He was a staunch democrat of maiir jea « standing , and a most determined opponent of priestcra tti His loss is much lamented by a large circle of friends . Bbistol . —On the 19 th . ult .. AVilliam . Bright , age" % cutler , of Castio Mill-street . . He nominated the lamentea Heury Hunt as a oandidute for Bristol in 1812 , anil «* one . of the 238 supporters of . that gentleman . The poll ; 1 * lasted fifteen days . The funds of the Blue Club , amount" * to XiOO . OOO , wore expended in two elections contested . ^ Henry Hunt and his friends . . The deceased was " c 011 ¥ ent democrat : and CViartist , and a subscriber to H " NORTJiMS Swr from his commencenieiit until III * tleat '
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Immense Success Of The New Remedy, Which Has Never Yet Failed.—A Cure Effected Or The Money Returned.
IMMENSE SUCCESS OF THE NEW REMEDY , Which has never yet failed . —A cure effected or the money returned .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 2, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1559/page/8/
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