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cf-the soatherp Mahratta country and Coimbatore Lad beea ameliorated . The important question was , wby British capital and intellect had not been applied to the cultivation of cotton , as of opium , indigo , and sugar ; and upon that point the committee did not agree : they thought it accessary to enter into the vexed qu estion of the land assesinent and its operation upon the cultivation , and upon that point the committee rightly came to no decision . Toev , however , did the Cerapany the justice to state that the assessment was now taken upon the character of the soil , not upon the nature of the produce , and that they had abolished the inland duties . He very much doubted whether such an additional quantity of cotton , and of such an
improved kind , ever would be brought from India as would enable it to compete with . America ., Dr . Boyle said , the great mass of cotton produced in India was unfit , from the shortness of its staple and its dirty state , to sustain a compe ition with the American . Besides this , 120 , 000 , 000 of natives -were clothed with cotton , and after they were anpplied the surplus was not likely to be very great . Tho manner in which Mr . Bri ght had spoken of the condition of the people of India "induced him to think ho was not well acquainted with this part of the subject . The ryots were not serfs , as he seemed to > uppose , and they were disinclined to cultivate cotton ; nor were the assessments levied as he represented . He had charged the Company ' s government with neglect in regard to roads and irrigation ; but he ( Sir John ) showed that large Bams had been expended and were still laid out
upon canals in India Proper , especially the great Ganges Canal , and in the Putijaub . tic likewise read documents proving that a material improvement had taken place in the social condition of the people of India . With respect to the commission , ¦ who , he asked , were to be the commissioners ? and what were they to do more than the Company had dene or were willing to do ? The Manchester Commercial Association , to which Mr . Bri ght had applied to assist him in his object , had declined to do so , and doubted the expediency of a comraig . sion . There was an entire dissimilarity between the commission of 1833 and that now " proposed , which would supersede the East India Company and their Governor-General , who was a Royal Commissioner . It was from a firm conviction that there was no ground whatever for the motion that he urged Mr . Bright " not to press it to a division .
Sir T . E . CoKBnooKB was favourable to the appointment ef a commission , which , if composed of Company ' s servants , would be highly serviceable , there being circumstances in the condition of the Indian provinces which urgently demanded attention . Mr . Newdeoate declined to support a motion which was an undeserved attack upon the East India Company . Mr . G . Thompson said , if indigo , opium , and sugar had succeeded under European management in India , there could be no natural impediment to the improved cultivation of cotton . The evidence before the committee of 1848 proved that , if the native cultivators were emancipated from tha money lenders and relieved from the burden of the land assessment , we might look for a large and constantly increasing supply of Indian cotton .
Sir J . Hogg observed , that the East India Company had as strone an interest as Manchester in encouraging the cultivation of cotton in India ; but this motion was repudiated at Manchester , where toe Commercial Association were convinced thatthe East India Company had done everything that was practicable . There was nothing to prevent the gentiemen of Manchester from sending a commission of then- own to liidia or establishing a local European agency m the cotton districts . Sir James explained the different systems of land assessment in India , pronounced by Mr . MM to be the perfection of taxation
— which was the sfittinsr apart a certain portion of the rent of the soil for the state to meet the exigencies of the public service . He likewise corrected some misapprehensions respecting the internal communications in the cotton districts of Broach , Candeish , and Dhar war . Besides the large demands of the Indian population for their ' own cotton a large quantity was taken to China , and these regular markets were preferred to the uncertain demand of Europe . Upon the subject of public works in India , he show ed that , exclusive of the Ganges Canal , which had cost £ 1 , 000 , 000 , the i £ SiS ! L eXDended «» roads and bridges , £ 2282891 — -6-i
,.. Mr . W . Patten had thought that tho deficiency of internal communication had been the cause of the dirty state of the Indian cotton , that this was the great impediment to the investment of capital in its cultivation . F Mr . Maxgi . es explained the evidence he had given before the committee of 1 S 4 S , and defended ha theory respecting the land revenue of India , which he considered to be the best system of taxation that had ever existed , when property admini-StCKtL After a few canstic remarks from Colonel Sibthobp , and a brief reply from Mr . Bright , fie motion was-negatived .
Thaxsmissios of Letters on Sunday —Mr Fobster moved for leave to bring in a bill to repeal the prohibition contained m preceding acts , against transmxttingj letters otherwise than through the post on Sunday afternoon . The prohibition , he argued , was designed to protect the revenue , and as the Fost-office intended to give np carrying letlers on Sunday it would save perpetual iniruifementsof the law to allow correspondence to pass through other channels . F Colonel Thompson seconded the motion J ? Cn cfiMRof the Exchequer admitted his belief that the vote of the house on a previous ni » tat respecting Sunday labour at the Postoffice had been unfortunate , and would lead to much evasion and many inconveniences . But having adopted that vote , he could not consent to the present motion , which was an indirect mode cf rendering it nugatory .
Mr . Aquosbx wished for some direct opportunity to reverse the vote alluded to . *^ w Mr . HEAtB pronounced that resolution a fair test EaMT ° * & house > and beliCTcd ifc had » ecn ratmed by the public voice . Mr . 6 . Thompson claimed the right of individual iSSffiSSST " to decide hm he **« Lord J . Rcssell apprehended that the bill would create a private post-office , which must prove practically very inconvenient . He had advised the preparation of a measure founded on the resolution of the House of Commons , though without sharin g in the opinion it expressed . But while he regretted that resolution he recommended the withdrawal of the present motion . After some conversation the motion was put and negatwed without a division . v lm
JES ^™*™ " ° I - ~ C 0 l 0 nel SlBTHORP moved for a return of all the trees cut down or to be c « down to make room for the buildings deigned for the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations The gallant member had seen ten trees narked for destruction , and having seen so many previoas marks of extravagance wished to inquire into the extent of , and authority for , this robbery of the public . ' Lord Seyhodbexplained thatthe trees had been marked la planning out the edifice , but there was no official statement that they were to be cut down at all . The motion was afterwards withdrawn . The amendments of the Consrr Courts Extes-K 0 N Baa were brought up and considered , and the house adjourned at a quarter to two o ' clock .
WEDNESDAY , Jdkk 19 . HOUSE OP COMMONS .-The house met at twelve o ' clock . Grkcb .-The Ministerial DEEAT .-Mr . Roebock . —I beg to give notice , that to-morrow I shall ask a question of the noble lord at the head of the government respecting toe course which the govern-3 _ f " ? ^ ^ T e after -, * went of last Mon-2 & £ 1 Tt l H ^ on £ e ^ be twilling to SSSfw 5 . i T & int 0 consideration tor * Xfia K fTT tbs 8 nb J - notwithstanding the formsof the house , which do not permit one 0 fSfw : ° tttOtliateffect ^ houuKnsent Lord J . Russrai . -What queBKon is it which the hon . and learned gentleman intends toast "
Mr . KosBucK-Ihave already gtatea the quwiion , namely , what is the course that the govern ment mean to pursue after the event of last Monday lLord J . Russell almoit immediately afterwards left his seat and crossed over , the floor o f the house to speak to the hon . member for Sheffield , with whom he was for a few moments engaged in conversation . ] School Establishments ( Scotland ) Bill . — On the order of the day for the second reading of this bill being read , Lord Melgdkd gave a history of the ancient iystem of education " in Scotland , and described the present condition of the parochial schools , and the qualifications of the masters , whence he concluded that the state of education there was very far from what it ought te be . He then showed that the taxation , by which the parochial system is supported , was unequal ; that the wealth of Scotland was taxed such less than it used to be for
education ; and that the masters were unpaid . He stated the reasons eh ? he had founded his bill upon the eld principle of a territorial instead of a denominational system ; as observed that , as the religion of all its denominations in Scotland was essentially tae same , there was no real obstacle onthisgronnd to a uoited education , and to the teaching of reli-& ™ W ™ schools , and he proposed to abojish tests . Mr y . Uebk opposed . the bill , and mored to de" ^ - A *] " > ^» reading for six months , Us corner ? t ^ & toe zv ^ ntwtem upm which the parqe , ' 3 dnal EAooWrefoanaea , and thought Lord MeJ-^ i ]* id : ; tadWBistatad die deficiency of education in - i iggjtUmd / vawb arose from other onuses than want r- ' -T*— - * : it ' s-- * ' -- = ; ** * ¦ - ' ' ^ £% * 5 * ¦ : ?• - ¦•/¦¦ : " - :. - ¦ ¦¦¦ . ¦ - .-52- - - ' * ¥ ' i * . H * ' = ¦ - '¦ ' - ¦ ' - .. ' - ¦¦ ¦ - : ¦•
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of schools * In the manufacturing and mining districts , the labour of children . of twelve and thirteen was so profitable that parents neglected their education , and as this bill did not propose to compel them to send their children to school , it Would , not remedy tho evil , while it manaced with total ' destruction the ancient system which had been , to beneficial ta Scotland . He denied that there was any practical grievances which called for so sweeping a change in an integral part of the parochial ecclesiastical polity of Scotland , and for conferring absolute pawer upon a government board , under a paid commissioner . Tlie principle and object of this bill—and it . was upon th ' s ground that he objected * to it—was in a few words the severance of the connexion between the Church Establishment and the parochial schools . lie admitted that there were evils in the present system which required a remedy , but the modifications should not be made with a rash
hand . Some farther discussion ensued and upon a division , the bill was rejected by 100 against 94 . Fiuendly Societies . —A number of petitions , for and against the above bill , were presented by several honourable members . Mr . SoinERON moved tbe second reading , which he characterized as of great importance to the working classes of this country . The very large proportion of the adult male population above twenty years of age , who were enrolled in one or another of these societies , was not generally know , and if the house would permit him to road the figures the importance of the matter would become more apparent . The number of friendlv societies
enrolled and registered under act of parliament in England , amounted to nearly 14 , 000 ; the number of members of those societies was 1 , 600 , 000 ; their annual income amounted to £ 2 , SOO , 000 , and their accumulated capital to £ 6 , 400 , 000 . The total number of-Societies in England , Scotland , Wales , and Ireland whs 33 , 000 , and the number of members 3 , 052 , 000 . The total number of societies in England , Wales , Scotland , and Ireland , was not less than 33 , 232 , and the aggregate of members which they included amounted to 3 , 032 , 000 . The annual revenue of these societies was £ 4 , 9 SO , 000 . and the accumulated capital from the savings of these poor persons , was no leas a sum than £ 11 , 360 , 000 . ( Ilear . ) According to the last census , l
the mae population of the country above the age of twenty years , was only 6 , 300 , 000 . Itfollowed , thereforethat one out of two of the " male population , according to these returns , was either enrolled or in some way or other interested ¦ in benefit and friendly societies . The subject , therefore , was one of great interest . and importance to this numerous class . The bill embodied two important points . It embodied and consolidated the existing law relative to enrolled friendly societies ; and it gave legal protection to that very large mass of societies which , at the present moment , justly complained they were not allowed the common piiriiege of Englishmen , namely that , if cheated or ill-treated , they might appeal to the laws of their country
for protection and lelress . ( Ilcar , hear . ) H » asked the house to give to these societies no privilege but that which the committee of last session , after full inquiry , said they Ought tO have . He only asked tbe house to give them a legal character , so that when they went into a court of law for their own protection , they might not be met , as hitherto , by ' the question , "Are you enrolled or are you not ? " At present they Were obliged to say , in answer to this question , " We are not enrolled ; " so that , however strong | migut be the opinion of the judge or the magistrate that morally the decision ought to be in their favour , ihe answer to this question was fatal to ther rights . The practical result of this state of Chines
wa 3 that every year , especially among the Odd Fellows and others , thousands were lost to these associations from their want of a jegal character . ( Hear , hear . ) It was proposed in the bill that unenrolled societies should go through the same process , as a means of security , that all other societies of the same descri ption were required to undergo . They would be required to send to the registrar copies of their rules , returns of their numbers , with other information ; but the bill would not require , as in the case of enrolled societies , that their tables should be certified by an actuary . Io the case of all branches of societies a fee Of half a crown would be required for registration ; and these provi sionally certified societies
would be required to appoint trustees , in whom their property would be vested ; an officer , whose business it would be to keep accounts ; and a board or committee of management . On tho other han <* he proposed to give to such provisionally certified societies the privilege which , for many years , had been conceded to Freemasons , namely , that although they used secret signs , and were divided into branches , the provisions of the Corresponding Societies Act should not be applicable to them so long as they were duly enrolled and certified by the regisirar . lie did not think that Parliament , in its wisdom , would hesitate to grant this simple privilege to so large a portion of her Majesty ' s subjects . The bill had relation also to burial societiesand he
, considered that it effectuall y provided aeainst the abuses to which those societies were exposed . It would require that no money should be paid for the death of any child under ten years of age ; a certificate must be given that the whole amount had been expended upon the burial , and at tho same time the surgeon or coroner would be required to certiiy the cause of death in each case . These requirements , he believed , would afford the largest guarantee which it was in the power of Parliament to enact , against evil practises and mal-administration . lie might , in the next place , be asked what guarantee was afforded by the bill that it would not be used for the support of a vast number of unsound , bankrupt , and objectionable societies . That was
reasonable question , and he was happy to say he was prepared with a satisfactory answer . It was , that the bill required , in return for the advantages it gave , the great security given by publicity . ( Hear . ) Every society , whether certified absolutely or provisionally , would be required to furnish au annual balance-sheet to the registrar . It would be part of the registrar ' s duty to require and enforce the delivery of these annual balance-sheets , and the registrar would be required to lay them before parliament every year in such a shape , that honourable gentlemen could immediately see the nature of the transactions of every society in the kingdom during the preceding twelve months . ( Hear , hear . ) He considered that the publicity thus secured' would be an effectual check upon malversation , mal-administration , and abuse . On
the whole , he hoped the House would agree with him , that a measure founded upon the principles he had indicated , would be the means of p lacing these in * stitutiona , which were so beneficial to the working classes ; upon a sound and healthy basis . He was not aware of any intention to object to the Becond reading of the bill ; but a number of suggestions had been made for the improvement of the details , which were worthy of consideration . If , therefore , the bill was read a second time , he would takethe earliest possible opportunity of moving its committal pro forma , in order that amendments might be introduced into it ; and that , when next discussed , it might appear in a more perfect shape , though , at the same time , he was far from admitting it required any very great improvement . The hon . member concluded by moving that the bill be read the second time .
The motion was seconded by Mr . Cockbuhn , who said the object of the bill was to secure the rights of the members of these excellent institutions , who were now subject to frauds . After a tew words from Mr . Adderlet , the bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed on Monday next . The Borough Brid ges Bill was read a second time . The house adjourned at a quarter to six . ( Frotn ourSecond Edition of last weehj THURSDAY , Joke 13 . HOUSE OF LORDS .-TJMVERSITT Commission . —Lord Monteagle moved for copies of letters and communications relating to the intended University Commission . The noble lord hoped the government would he disposed to falter in their ceurse , and wait until parliamentary interference was asked for by the Universities themselves .
After some discussion the motion was agreed to , and their lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — County Coubts Extkssion BiH ,, —The houae went into committee on this Bill . A division took place on the appeal clauses proposed by Mr . Crowder , which were negatived by 108 to 25 . The bill passed through committee . PCBLIC i LlBBABIES AND MUSEUMS BlLL . —Mr . EwART moved the going into committe on this bill . , Colonel Sibthokp opposed tho motion , considering that it was better to provide the people with tqod and with manly amusements than with rubbishing reading . After a discussion , in which Mr . Hume , Colonel ™ i A y f - Mh Sroos « B and othermemberstook «^™ Sl o 2 ivided and Mr . Ewarfs motion ^^ V 21 : bat tho'comraittee waa a fe ± adjed to Wednesday next
. n ° " ™ . nAThtif ^ " —^ e house wentinto committee on this bill . Clause 3 being put , Mr . Rodsdell Palmer moved the insertion of words to prevent any member of the churches affected by the bill , who should contract marriage with a wife ' s sister , from being exempted , by tie bill , from any . spiritual or ecclesiastical censure or punishment to which he mi g ht otherwise bo exposed by reason of such marriage , and to prohibit any sentence for restitution of conjugal ri ghts from ocingjronounced by any ecclesiastioal court in any suit between the parties to any such marriage . After a lengthened discussion Mr . R . Palmer ' s amendment was negatived by 145 to 103 ; maiority , 43 . .. ; \ ' , /
Colonel Chattebtos moved an amendment to the effect , that Ireland be excluded from the operation Qfthobill ,. : . ¦ ' :. 1 After ; considerable discussion the . committee di-
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^—I——pJMWW vided , whenthe amendment was- negatived by i 32 to 114 ; majority ; 18 . -- -. — .-,.. « ... ¦/ .,.. - ¦• The bill was then reported ... . ¦ The General , Board of Health Biil went through committee . ' . The other business haying been disposed of the house adjourned at twenty minutes to two b'ciook . ' ( From our Third Edition of lasiiveek . j FRIDAY , June 14 . ' " HOUSE OF LORDS . - The Committee on the Australian Colonies Government Bill wa § then resumed . Lord Stanley ' s amendment , expunging the 30 th and feur following clauses , relating to the establishment of a federative government in the Australian colonies was negatived b y a rhaiority of one the numbers being - Contents , 23 ; ion-con-C 6 nt > s } aa ( ' .. ¦ ¦
After some further discussion , the remaining clauses wero agreed to , and the house resumed Their Lordships adjourned at twenty minutes ' HOUSE OF COMMONS .-The consideration of the amendments to the Factories' Bill bavins been moved , ; s Lord Ashley brought forward the motion of which he had given notice designed to render the restrictive provisions of the measure as regarded the hours of factory labour more stringent in prohibiting the employ ment of children . . Sir a . Grey , believed that the act as it stood provided sufficient protection for the younger operatives against any undue amount of labour . This amendment , he added , would result in a highly injurious interference with the employment of the adults and the availability of the motive powers .
Sir G . Grey , Mr , Bright , Mr . Tatton Egerton , Mr . Eliot , and Mr . Hume opposed the motion and Mr . Aglionby , Mr . Sharman Crawford , Lord It . Grosvenor , Mr . Edwards , and Mr . W . J Fox supported it . The house then divided , when Lord Ashley ' s amendment was negatived by 160 to 159—majority , one . Immense cheering from the supporters of Lord Ashley's Motion followed the announcement of the numbers . : . Lord J . Manners then brought forward his postponed motion to amend ttie act by inserted naifpast five , instead of six p . m . , as the appointed time for leaving off work in factories . The noble lord enlarged ; in a prolonged address , upon the valuable boon which this additional half hour of leisure
would confer upon the operative ' s . Mr . Hornby seconded the motion , and enforced the propriety of making the bill in reality what it was in name—a " Ten Hours " Bill . ' A long discussion ensued , when the house divided —For the amendment , 142 ; against , 181 ; majority , 39 . The report of the bill was then brought up and agreed to . Metropolitan' IsiERUENis Bin . —The committal of this bill was then resumed and concluded , several additional clauses being added after some miscellaneous discussion . The clause by which the salary of the principal secretary was allotted formed the subject of some lively debating . Ultimately the allowance was fixed at £ 1 , 200 per annum . The house then resumed , and adjourned at one o ' clock . . ¦
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THE TEN HOURS BILL . - MEETING OF DELEGATES . A numerous meeting of the factory delegates was held on Monday , at the Cotton Tree Tavern , Ancoats , having been convened by the central committee , " To take into consideration the present critical state of the Ten Hours question . "—Mr . Paul Hargreaves took the chair ; and delegates were present from Manchester , Preston , Stockport , Bolton , Blackburn , Astley Bridge , Padiham , Staleybridge , Droylsden , Prestfield , Duktnfleld , Wigan , Belmont , Gorton , Hazelgrove , Pendleton , Salford , Worsley , Heywood , and Enfield ; while letters had been received from Bradford . Warrineton . Hebflen .
bridge , and Macclesfield . Mr . Grant gave a detailed account of his proceedings in London , whilst performing the duties which the delegates had imposed upon him at their last meeting , namely , to endeavour to impress upon parliament the claims set forth in the resolutions of that meeting , for a uniform and efficient bill of nfty-eighe hours per week , and to take every possible means in his power to obtain the insertion of the " children , " m the limitation of the factory day , as proposed by the government . Mr . Grant complained of the want of cordiality which was displayed towards himself and those who acted with ( Mr . Walker and Mr . Balme . ) by the delegates in London representing the Lancashire and Yorkshire
committee . In the circulars which the latter issued to the members of parliament , there was not one word urging them to vote in favour of children being included m the limitation ; and when he and his friends , two or three days before tho division , endeavoured to obtain interviews with these delegates m order that a joint circular might be issued , such interviews were repeatedly refused . If they could only have been united in their efforts ho haa no doubt at all but that instead of having a majority of one against them they would have had a large majority in their favour upon this particular point . ( Hear . ) Even after the division was over on Friday night he suggested to Mr . Walker that they might hit upon some plan to work
harmoniously tor a week or ten days , and try . to improve the measure . They waited upon Mr . Fielden at his hotel on Saturday morning , but he refused to tell them what course he intended to pursue , saying that he would consult some of his friends and meet them again at three in the afternoon . He did not do so , however ; and therefore all hope of effecting a reconciliation for this purpose was now ' out of the question . With regard to the introduction of the question into the House of Lords , Mr . Grant stated that they had seen Lord Fcversham , who was anxious to do all he consistently could to meet the wishes of the operatives , but he had told them that to press Lor d John Manners ' s motion upon the Upper House would be a waste of time ; heoause if
even they carried it , which he very much doubted , it would again be rejected by ministerial influence in the House of Commons ; and , in tbe scramble , the bill would be lost for the session . His lordship thought , however , that the limitation with regard to children could be easil y gained in the House of Lords . They had also consulted with the Bishop of Oxford and Lord Wliarncliffe , who gave them the same advico . Mr . Grant , in conclusion , advised the operatives , seeing , as he said , that it would bo folly to pursue a course which there was no chance of accomplishing , to direct the whole of their attention to the inclusion of the children in the limitation , reserving to themselves the right of applying next session for that full measure to which they were undoubtedly entitled .
A Pbeston Delegate asked Mr . Grant to explain a remark which he had made at the last delegate meeting , to the effect that Sir G . Grey had promised Lord Ashley that the word " children" should be inserted in the bill . Mr . Grant said his observation was this ; when Lord Ashley came to him in the lobby and represented that Sir George Grey was unwilling to include the children , he ( Mr . Grant ) stated to his lordship that he for one would go down to Lancashire and endeavour to rouse the hostility of the operatives against it . Lord Ashley again went into the house , and the division took place . Lord Ashlev oir
ana ueorge voting m the same lobby , On Sir George learning what he ( Mr . Grant ) had said , after a further consultation , said that he had no disinclination himself to include tho children in the limitation of the factory day . Ho ( Mr . Grant ) had never stated that Sir Georgo made any promise to do so but that there was flinching on his part , in taking by surprise and not holding to . an honourably understood agreement , he did not hesitate to declare . His conviction was , however , that up to the present hour Sir Georgo Grey was in favour of children being included in the bill , but that he had found himself hemmed m by his colleagues in such a way that he was compelled to act contrary to his own
Resolutions wo re then agreed to , imploring the government and the legislature to secure ™ e til [ imitations of ten hours per day and fiftyignt hours per week , without shifts and relays ¦• stiemat v , ? fusa of f House of Commons K elude children in the limitation of the Cor ? dav as evidence of an intention to continue tKelw ayatem by the aid of children of very tender veS faith with the factory operative , and pledrinc the meeting to petition the House of Peersto affitthe amendments proposed b y . Lord John Manneifand % L $ ! V and T * - Grant to proceed to London to make the necessary arraneements with reterence to the passage of the bSSK * the Upper ^ House . The . last resolution disowned &m n i A n - ? P « nlaJ-yassistance madeto the National Association for the Protection of Native Industry , by some parties representing themselves as delegatea from the factory worker inemselves
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INIBRESIINO C 0 RRESP 0 NDENCE .-. Ifc may { , „„ . membered that Goethe , in 1827 , had delivered over to the keeping of the government of Weimar I quantoy . of his p apers , contained in a sealed SSet 17 th of May being fixed for breaking the ^ alsi thn authorities gave formal notice to tho hmhv of Goethe , that they would on that day delivSK papers , as directed by the deceased poet The de scendants of the poet Schiller also received an inH mation that , as tho papers concerned theSmtor likewise , they had a ri ght to be present TheSet was opened with all duo form , and was found tJ pimsa to TeSf ? W V f VT 0111 *' about to Proceed « W iexaeat the head of five hundred emigrants .
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• ¦¦ -THE ^ M IN E RS OF THE NORTH . The meting of the miners of , this district , which took pface on " the Black Fell , Newcastlcupon-Tyne , on Saturday last , . was . well attended , ' and the spirit of the men . was of first-rate order . The proceedings were conducted with the greatest harmony , and there , seemed but one sentiment to actuate the body present , and that was , to persevere with the organisation that their health and lives might be preserved , and a more liberal remuneration be got for their labour / ¦ ' ¦ A ! t a little after twelve o ' clock the prdceedinga commenced by a call being made for Mr . William Bird to preside over the meeting , which being unanimously adopted that individual bravely stood forth to occupy the chair .
Mr . Bird briefly alluded to the subjects of the meeting and pertinently obseived , that they ought to be termed gentlemen , seeing that by their exertions the whole machinery of society was kept moving , yet ,, from a want of proper appreciation of their own value , they had sunk into a state of veritable slavery . Mr . Henderson Fawcett was called on to move the first resolution , which he did as follows : — ' That , as in almost every instance of k « of life by col . liery explobions , &c , the coroner ' s jury returned a verdict , exonerating from all blame the owners and managers of such colleries , that this continuity of exculpation from all blame may be ascribed more to
the form and manner of conducting such inquiries ihan to the absence of all neglect on the part of those managers ; therefore , thia meeting resolves to memorialise her Majesty ' s government to revise , alter , and amend the law of coroners' courts , so as to ensure a more stringent inquiry into the causes of those fatal calamities than has hitherto been practised in such courts . ' What , said Mr . Fawcett , is the practice that now occurs in taking cognizance of those fearful " events ?! . ; Why , the first , thing is ' to summon a jury , and the parties who are thus empowered to dispose of the lives of the miners are generally what may be termed the middle class of the colliery village . The head viewer ,
and one or two of the resident owners , who , perhaps at the same time are magistrates , forming the aristocracy , and the . pitman forming the council , or vulgar class , and , as a matter of course , the middle class bad a great deal more sympathy and connexion with the higher class than with the lower . These men are selected as jurymen , and the first thing done , ii for the viewer to detail the excellent arrangements of the pit—the superior management of that pit ; 'See . ; this is corroborated by the overman , the deputies / and , to give a little colour of fair play to the farce ; a hewer or two is called upon . to give evidence ( the coroner calling out , 'Let us have some of
the workmen . ) The workmen are there , ready , having been already drilled by a previoug examination , to give such evidence as will please the master , and then the finale is . ' Accidental Death . ' Nay ! continued Mr . Fawcett ; it is always known before the jury meet what the verdict will be—either that a bag of gas . had broke out , or that the thing was the will of God , and could hot have been prevented . For example , look at the summing up of Mr . S . Reed , at the Wallsend inquest—* The fiat of God had gone forth , says Mr . Reed , and one hundred human beings are launched out of time into eternity . ' Mr . Fawcett concluded au able speech by proposing the resolution .
Mr . J . Fawcett seconded the resolution , and stated as . his opinion , ( and he could bring experience and observation to bear him out in such opinion , ) that the exceeding laxity exhibited in investigations Sf thiB kind was calculated to induce further care-Sssness on the part , of the managers of mines than otherwise . Did not the fact astonish them when it was announced , that outof the hundreds of inquests held ou mine accidents not one bad been attended with any other result than a verdict of accidental
death } Could it be conceived that every one of these were pure accident ? No ; he could assure them that many , \ ery many , indeed , of the so-called accidents were due to wilful neglect . A . paor man had been killed this week , at Ludworth Colliery , by the falling of a large stone from the roof . This stone had been known to be dangerous for along time , and was stated to have been so at the inquest , yet the verdict was " . accidental death . ' Let them frnk at the manner in which coroners' inquests were c inducted in other cases . This week an
unfortunate young woman had been murdered at Nev \ » castle , or , at any rate , supposed to be so ; welb they had the police on tbe look out ; they were flying about in all directions , taking persons on the least suspicion and having them examined . Not a stone but what was turned up , lest it should conceal any circumstance connected with ( he ' foul d . eed . Of this he did not complain , it was as it ought to be , but why observe a different mode when colliers were
murdered ? . Why , instead of apprehending thei manager of the colliery , and calling for evidence to establish his guilt , he was the first person examined upon oath to exonerate himself ; he bad always the first chance of giving a cue to the proceedings , and paved the way for the other witnesses , equally as implicated as himself , to afford them an opportunity of perfect exoneration . Mr . Fawcett having seconded the resolution , it was put ( rom the chair and carried unanimously .
The Chairman then called upon Robrrt Archer to move the second resolution as follows : 'That as every officialinqiiiry made into the causes of those fearful colliery accidents , are attended with proper remarks relative to the ignorance of the mining population , this meeting , agrees to petition the legislature to pass a law providing that no boy shall be kept longer at work down any pit on any day , thaH eight hours , and also that pro . per schools be estaoUBhetl in every colliery , that the rising generation may receive a suitable education , and be thus instrumental in diminishing the great loss of life in the pits of this country . ' He said , that no doubt the miners were very ignorant ;
there was so much truth in that , that he believed , but for such ignorance , they would not have been placed in their present slavish and degraded condition . At the same time he could uot but think the charge came with an exceeding bad grace from their superiors and the government , for they were not able to emancipate themselves from such ignorance . How could they , when in the days just gone by , the young boys had to remain down the pit fourteen and sixteen hours , a-day , never in the winter season seeing daylight , except on a Sun . day ? It ii true the miners had acquired know .
ledge ; they were somewhat advanced at present , to ^ what they were in years ^ bygone , but still they were far short of the other classes of the community ; and thus by contrast the miners were still ignorant . It had been said , that those fearful and serious accident ! were due to tbe CEtC " lessness , and consequent ignorance of the minerg well be it so , but to obviate those dreadful events let us become educated , give us schools , and time to attend them , and then he for one would not be afraid of the advancement of the miners in the state ofsocietr . He most cordialiy moved the resolution .
; Mr . T . Bku , seconded the resolution by observing , that from his own experience he knew how . hard a task it was for the young miners to get any education . Why , they were all perhaps aware that even if they went to a night school , no sooner were they seated than sleep overcame them , and down went their head on the desk or table , and it made no matter however anxious they were to do otherwise exhausted nature would have its course ; and thus not one of twenty among the miners got education
any at all . The government had legislated in respect to the education of the factory children , and hid provided that they should not work longer than six hours and a half per day , and that two hours at least should be devoted to school in that time ; why then should not the miners' boys be privileged with a short time act , to enable them to get education , and to be thereby instrumental in preventing the great loss of life among the miners of this country ?' The resolution was carried .
Mr . S . Pratt moved the third resolution—1 That from the knowled ge of the fact that competition among the proprietors and the workmen of collieries has recently assumed a form and character calculated ¦ -to alarm all parties concerned ; that this attempt to produce coals at a low rate naturally engenders the causes of explosions and other accidents iu mines , and will , if not checked , at no distant date , lead to the closing of many of them altogether , ' thereby " producing misery and wretched " ness among : large numbers of the population .
This meeting therefore resolves to use its utmost endeavours to establish a general union amone tbe proprietors and the working miners for the purpose of so regulating the trade that a moderate richt of profit may accrue to the former , and a proper remu deration be accorded to the latter , and the condition of the pits thereby be rendered more hnalthy and safe to work , n . ' -Mr . Pratt said he was fully con vmced that the competition which had P eVaTd alarming evils-rm fact , low wage * and extremely
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long hoursi had emanated from this foolish ' cystem of competition , arid ' not only was it productive of low wages ; but it was undoubtedly to be ascribed to the parsimonious spirit of the proprietors that so riiahy' accidents ' took' : place . ^' Why was it but to a spirit of saving that prevented the . employers putting brathies into every place in the pit . Where he had worked there was scarcely any bratbies put in the boards at all ; they had to work in places thirty or forty yards'before tbe air which was so weak a current as not to turn the flame of a candle—indeed , the candles would not burn without being placed in a horizontal position , and when they blasted the coal the powder smoke stood there all day , half suffocating the people who worked among it , and yet
the government refused to grant them inspectors to visit , and oblige their employers to keep up a better current of air . Was it not a ebame that the supply of' pure air should be so stinted when they had the unlimited source of the atmosphere to draw upon without charge—without rent—and with but little cost . Some people Were pleased to say inspectors would not mend the system ; but he could tell them that at the Sherboum Hill Colliery—where no pains whatever jjwere taken to give the men pure air— -last year , when it was rursoured that the preliminary inspection had to take place , the master set- to work many extra hands to go through the air ways ( and he himself had to creep half double through them , they wore so strait ) to ' make them larger , and
every exertion was used to put the pit in a proper state . They even commenced to build a long chimney on the pit to increase the draught ; but ne sooner did it become known that the inspector would not trouble them , than all those proceedings were suddenly dropped , and have remained in that state ever since . There is no doubt but that competUion among tho employers had a most pernicious tendency , for when coals ' were low in price ; tho employers fell back upon the wages of the workmen , and the latter had always to suffer ; but if they were firmly united , they could easily manage those things , and prevent the downward tendency of wages , Behold what union had done for them at the colliery where he worked . They had sot
weighing machines put up ; and since that had taken place , their wageB had increased from 4 d . to Is . 4 d . per score , which amount had before gone into the . pockets of the employers , and thuB Eerved to eiirich therm He would now call their attention to a circumstance which showed the villany of the masters at these weighing machines . Each party had a man—eaoh paying their own man ; but now the master has assumed the tyrant so far as to refuse the workmen to choose their own weigher , and had driven the same off the pit-heap by the police . However , they were about to try the case at law , and he hoped they would pour in the needful for that purpose . The case was an important one , for several other employers had attempted the
Name at their collieries . If this was not put a stop to , their only remaining privilege would be swept away , and the proceeds of their labour be at the mercy of tbe employers , wnich past experience demonstrated to be characterised neither by justice nor fair play . He would conclude by moving the resolution : ¦ . - ¦ -. ¦ :. Mr . J . Sunn said he had great pleasure in secondmg the resolution , arid would briefly hint that their ewfety lay in their complete organisation ; and he trusted that this meeting would lead to a better understanding among them and their employersthat a state of harmony and concord would be brought about , and the nefarious practices hitherto prevalent amongst them entirely cease . This cnnld
only be expected when the miners became powerful through being thoroughly united amongst themselves—then , when their masters could no longer pluck down their wages , they would seek to , obtain a higher price for their coals , and protect that price by a proper regulation of the whole trade . Trusting that the excellent spirit displayed to-day would lead to the best results , and that at no distant day they would meet again in numbers that would unmistakably set the question at rest . An to their organisation being complete , and co-extensive with the great body of miners , he would second the resolution , which , being put , was unanimously agreed to . Mr . B . Hodgson moved the fourth resolution which read as follows :- " That in the oninion of
this meeting , the only great and practical security for the miners against the fearful mine ' accidents , is an improved system of mine ventilation , guarded and sustained by a Well-organised system of government inspection ; and that the government ( from some unaccountable cause ) in so long resisting the generally . expressed convictions of the viewers and miners of all parts of England are the indirect cause of the continued senea of misfortunes and acoidents that are perpetually bringing misery and desolation amongst minerg . " Mr . Hodgson stated that his experience went to show that nothing short of a good and efficient system of inspection could be a safeguard against the tremendous sacrifice of human life in our pits and collieries , and it would appear , that from all the investigations that had been made into the subject , that all parties agreed that such inspection should take Dlaoe j the
miners bad long agreed upon it , and had petitioned for it time after time , but their petitions had been unheeded . From the evidence given by the viewers and managers before the Committee of the House of Lords last year , they were all agreed that inspection should be granted , and would be attended with benefit and advantage to all . Why was it that the government , who had taken the bill , as it were w u * AT - « three years a « ' from Mr Wyld and Mr . Hume last year-why was it , he would still ask , that it was still delayed ? There was , no doubt , some counteracting influenco at work , some special difficulty to contend against but , whatever it mi ght be , he had no hesitation in saying , that after so generally an expressed conviction of its utility , that all future loss of life by carelessness and neglect should be due to the responsibility of the government . He moved the resolution .
. Mr . Wm . Hammond , a veteran miner , upwards of seventy years of age , stood forward to second the resolution . He began by congratulating the miners Tn bia ^ iB p i f res 8 1 be . ] nade on this question . JuwSiT « s-pl ° « ons frequently occurred , and although it was then , aa it is now , a verdidt of Accidental death , " yet such matters did not find their way into the Houses of Parliament . No , no Shin ldf-ave ended all connected therewith and KM Urthei' 8 aid aboufc it ? therefore , although the government seemed to delay tbe measure unnecessarily , yet he hoped the agitation of he question would not cease , until an Act of Parliament-was got which would eive t . lm mino « ,
S 3 ? o fi ? H ] rat ^ pect ! . of mines - He wa « g ad to find that their good triends , in different places , had spared no exovtiona to put this question h £ h ? S WJ 3 T' and amon S 8 fc the foremost and hfdM ? J . ° P ^ Ple of South Shields , who had beyond a doubt , done the work of a Hercules itV .- H V J ' howeyer . ^ t trespass upontheir time any further as the day was wearing away / andjnany of them had a long way to S therefore he would conclude by observing , that if £ n iirr enfc - negleoted doin 8 ^ y ^ « thi »^ _ then let the miners arouse themselves ° to another 2 nnrr ? f ^ . P aign ' . with the tell lution and determination of a Wallace , resolve to Sf » t or perish in the attempt . He ' would cor SamT resolut 1 « n » which was carried with
ft was then announced that the reason of Mr u tonnor not being present , as expected he would have been , was owing to a letter requesting his oresence m London on the Factory Bill . The explanation gave every satisfaction , for immediately atter a vote of thanks was accorded that gentleman for his intention to be with them , had it not been for the circumstances just stated . Avote of thanks was given to Mr . M'Cree , of Newcastle , for the loan of his waggon on this occasion , and for which he refused to make any oharge . . The business being now ended , the bands struck up a merry tune , the flags were unfurled , and each colliery of men took the road to their respective homes , having first made tho welkin ring with cheers for the progress of the cause .
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THE MINERS . Worthy Sra -Exouse mo from addressing you in my simple , humble , and unlearned strain ; knowing ^ IKa TT- ^ r - l ' afriend t 0 the workhlttelf * hm M 2 hfc that you should know that the greatest grievance of the miner is , if he ri « V \^ comrar y ^^^ ^« as ? i » .-SE trAs
as could LZ « T r rewa 8 an inoffensive man K in a W « KT ? at ShincUff C ° "i « y . »«» cff and ^^ % bel 0 nglng t 0 the own « 's of Shin hgh ' Sni irr \ , " one d « y extraordinarily wfthih fi ?!! ft ? V 8 wllld ° w shutter close S wS ? J 5 , i i U hr - * en squares of glass . the vieweS f f ? ° VleWer to send a ? Uwi < * ' of mendW K * - Owners wm at ™> W ^ e 2 w ?« n "S'he ;*?« low » * should be for some one a week IS' ? , "?* " Went ^ ™ ™™* wentt 2 ftnH g i ? M m t 16 wind 0 * » ^ d then be SR told fc , ho Vlewor that he would pay Shtf fb - ° htaMl i »«»« than have LJ 3 d £ i lT r gavohim a mnWa notice , and discharged him from tho colliery Wishing you health and liberty , t « w »¦« ¦ I remain , Ac , " - . " lo Peargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P .
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Acis of Parliament . —Only twpnty-three public acts have been passed in tho present session , up to Monday ) commencing on the 31 st of January lasta period of moro than four months . '
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The Council , all of whom were * ,. their room , No . 5 ,.. Snow . hill , City P On t nt met ,, Mr M'Grath in the chair . The mC teS ^ ? meeting were read and confirmed s ! oft H (; memborsgave in reports favourable to tl eral tb . of the movement , and Buggestive of mi , pr ° gre mote . it . The . chairman laving oafe to pj the proceedings of the la te Scottish ^ m ^ l and the members having expressed thoi * erence the following resolution was proposed hJii ^ 'oas ' and seconded by Mr . Allnutt , aUi « & ' Sid ' mously :- «• That this Council have reaS 1111 ^ satisfaction the proceedings of the late o ^ which met in Edinburgh to organise a <^ H er enta tional party for the advanced ^ "iaC
Charter ; and that this Council hail » vm presage of the future , tho resolution nf . L ^ Op gates , condemnatory of an obstructive nni- ^ favourable to amit y and co-operat e ft ** i sections of reformers , such resolution Li other bodiment of the policy and princip , " JfJ ?* % on which the League is based . " -Mr * l 0 n « Pand Mr . Dixon seconded : — «« That Mri ? . ^ instructed to send a copy of the foregoing k ^ tion to the Secretary of the ConfenfiJ % ^ k moved by Mr . Tapp , and seconded bv VS and earned : _ «« That Mr . Fairchild be SA to make the necessary arrangements fm . * Bcte < l Lambeth branch of the Lcfgue" 5 pcni resolved :- « That the reportofthis iniulJ V ? contain the announcement , that parties JL- " ^ opening branches of the League , shall w U 8 of assistance of the council in so doing hv inni the letter addressed to the secretary ai tfi , m ^ room as above . " Some financial mat ets i , ° " been disposed of , arrangements wero nSJf&'i ? M'Grath ' s . lecture upon the Wronr a nf t , ilr which will be delivered in the cSc 1 S nd ¦ Sunday evening next . . The chair willTe £° ? eight o ' clock . Admission free . ° » taken at
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Adroitness and Gbatiiude . -a story vun , descriptive . of the rapacity and fidelity of Si * politicians , thatwe cannot resist chronidLi n the uncertainty of the impending sCSin » a Lords , the Earl of St . German ! is said In V ha waited on Lord Palmerston and asked fi fcS of his friends , some office in his gift J ' Zl ° time nothing was to be refused . L 5 rd St f '« l a therefore pocketed the paid « t £ 5 $ L f i ? relative ^ Elliott ) , and L » . S £ dSJSfi the division .. " « wuroiu What is the difference between a stubborn horn and a postage stamp ? -You lick one with a 3 ? and stick the other with a lick . K '
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cork : Mabk Lane , Monday , June 17 . —We had a very small show of English wheat this morning , arid the whole » taken by the millers at fully last Monday ' s prices , \ Vjifc foreign wheat we have been well supplied during the past week , but we do not alter our quotation * to-day , uii } the sales made were chiefly in retail . For flour we had a fair demand at previoug quotations , Barley quite as dear laat week . Beans and , ' peas without alteration . The arrivals of oats since our last having been moderate , fine fresh samples were the turn dearer ; light and inferior qualities , however , sold very slowly , though without change in price . In Unseed cakes little doing . The weather is fine for the growing crops .
British . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red nevr 36 i to 405 , ditto white , 36 s to 46 b , Lincoln Norfolk and York . shire , red 31 s to 38 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white 34 s to 38 s , ditto red 32 s to 36 s , Devonshire and Somerst ; . shire * , red , —s to —s ditto white , — to —s rye , 21 s to 23 > , barley , 21 s to 23 s , Scotch 19 s to 22 s , Angus-js to-s , Malt ordinary , —s to —s , pale 46 s to 49 s , peas , grey , new 22 s to 24 s , maple 23 s to 26 s , white 22 s to 23 s , boilers new 24 s to 26 s , ' beans , large , new 23 s to 25 s , ticks 24 s to 26 s , harrow , 25 s to 27 s , pigeon , 29 s to 31 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , 14 s to 15 s , ditto Poland and jiotato , 15 s to 17 s , Berwick and Scotch , 15 s to 18 s , Scotch feed , 14 s to 15 s , Irish feed and black , 12 s to 15 s , ditto potato , 15 gto 17 s , linseed ( sowing ) 80 s , to 52 s , rapesetd , Esses , new £ 30 to £ 34 per last , carraway seed , Essex , nev 27 s to 31 s per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 4 Ws per ton , lin . seed , £ 9 0 s to £ 9 10 s . per 1 . Q 0 O , flour , per sack of 2801 bs , ship , 26 s to 28 s . town ; 35 s to 37 s .
Fobhgs . —Wheat . — Dantzig , 428 to 488 , Anhalt and Marts ,. 36 sto 39 s , ditto white , 38 sto llB . Fomeranianred , 36 s to 38 s , Rostock 38 s to 44 s , Danish , Holstein , unit ErieBland , 32 s to 36 s , Petersburgh , Archangel , ' and Higj . 30 s to 32 s , Polish Odessa , 30 s to 37 s , Marianopoli , and Ber . dianski , 38 s to 34 s , Taganrog , 28 s to 32 s , Brabaniand French , 32 s to 38 s , ditto white , 34 s to 40 s , Salonica , 23 s to 32 s , Egyptian , 22 s to 266 , rye , 19 s to 21 s , barley , Wismar and Rostock , 16 s to 19 s , Danish , . 17 s to 21 s , Saal , lSito 20 s , EastFriesland , 13 s to 16 s , Egyptian , 12 s to 14 s , Danube , 12 s to 15 s , peas , white , 21 s to 23 s , new boilers , Us to 25 s , beans , horse , 21 s to 24 b , pigeon , 25 s to 27 s , Egyptian , 18 s to 20 s , oats , Groningen ; Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , 12 s to 14 s , ditto , thick and brew , 14 s to 18 s , IUga , Petersburg !! , Archangel , and Swedish , Us
to 15 s , flour , United States , per 196 lbs ., 20 s to 23 s , Han . burgh 19 s to 21 s , Dantzig and Stettin 20 s to 21 s , French per 2801 b 3 ., 27 s to 30 s . Mabk Lane , Wednesday , June 19 . —Since Monday we have been well supplied with foreign wheat , barley , and oats ; whilst of Eng'ish grain , and foreign and English flour , tho quantity fresh in is very scanty . The trade to-day is without any alteration frpm Monday . Arrivals this week : — Wheat—English , 1 , 100 quarters ; foreign , 11 , 120 quarters . Barley—English , 410 quarters ; foreign , 4 , 180 quarters . Oats—English , 130 quarters ; foreign , 8 , 410 quarters . Flour—English , 60 sacks . Richmond ( Tobeshbe , ) June 15 . —We had a fair sur > ply of wheat in our market tins morning : — Wheat sold from 4 s 9 d tu 6 s Gd ;' oats , 2 s 4 d to 3 s Od ; barley , 3 s Od to 3 s Gd ; beans , 3 s Cd tb 3 a 9 d per bushel .
BREAD . The prices of vrtie . at « vi bread in the metiop ' ofe areftwa 6 ld . to 7 d / , of household ditto , 4 £ d . to Gd . per ids . lvaf ,
CATTLE . Smitofield , Monday , June 17 . —Our fiiarket to-day was but moderately supplied with foreign stock , but the arri . vals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts ivere seasonably larg « , and of excellent quality . AUhouglUhB attendance of both tewn and country buyers was good , the beef trade ruled very inactive , at a decline in the quotations obtained on Monday lastof quite 2 d per Slbs . The extreme figure fer the best Scots did uot exceed 3 s 8 d per 81 bs ., and at which a total clearance was with difficulty effected . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , ana Cambridgeshire , we received 2 A 00 Scots , homebred , asu shorthorns ; from other
parts of England , 300 Herefords , runts , Devons , &c . ; and frotn Scotland , 300 horned and polled Scots . There was a further iucrease in the number of sheep , at least a moiety of which were above the middle quality . All breeds moved off heavily , and prices jjave way 2 d per Slbs , The top price for the best old Downs was 3 s Wd per Sibs . Wehad a / all average supply of \ ambs offering , and for which tiie demand ruled heavy atdrc-opine ; figures . From the Isle of Wight 120 head came to hand . In caWes on \ j a limited business was transacted at late rates . The supply on offer was large . The pork Uade was in a yery depressed state , but we have no change to notice in prices .
Price per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking the otTal . )—Beef 2 sCdto 3 s 8 d . ; mutton 2 s 8 d to 35 10 d : veal 2 s lOd to 3 s W ; pork 3 s 2 d to 4 s Od ; lambs 3 s lOd to os . Head of Cattle at SMiTHFiEtD . —Friday . —Beasts M »; sheep 16 , 800 ; calves 310 ; pigs 290 . Mondaj . -Leasts 3 ; 601 ; sheep 31 , 780 ; calves 339 ; pigs 315 . JtEWQATE and Leadenhall , Alouday , June h . —Interior beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s 6 d to 2 s 8 d ; prune large 2 s Od to 3 s Od ; prime small , 2 s Wd to 3 s Od ; large pork 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd , middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s 6 d ; prime ditte , 3 s Sd to 3 s 10 . ; veal , 2 s 8 d to 3 s 4 d ; email pork , 3 s 6 d to 4 s 0 d ; lambs , 3 s lOd to 4 s Od ; per Slbs . by the carcase .
PROVISIONS . London , Mondoy .-Of business in the past week we have no material change to report . For Irish butter , landed , the demand wai slow and limited , and prices the turn lower . Some sales of Cork were , rumoured at 64 s to 65 s per cwt . onboard , for three or four months forward , ana Limerick at 62 s . Foreign in better supply , and steady sale . Price of best Friesland 64 s to 66 s per ¦ owt . Irish bacon , of mild cure , met ready buyers at full prices ; tor hard salted , stale , and heavy tho demand was trifling ,. and the value irregular . American was more freely dealt in , at fair prices . Hums in good demand . Lard dull . English Bctteb Mabket , June 17 .-We do not note any change in our trade , and the price of most kinds is stationary . Dorset fine weekly 74 s to 76 s per cwt . ; ditto middling ' 56 s to 66 s ; Devon 60 s to 70 s ; Fresh 6 s to m per doz . lbi .
POTATOES . SooniwABi Waterside , Juno 17 . -The supply of English potatoes for this leason is finished , but the arrivals from the Continent are so large and traie so heavy , that less prices hare to be ' submitted to . The following are this day ' s quotations ' :- Yorkshire Regents 60 s to 100 s per ton ; Scotch Cups 70 s to 75 s ; Ditto Whites 50 » to W » Belgian 50 s to 60 s : Rhenish 70 s to 80 i .
WOOL . Cur , Monday , Juno 17 . — The imports of wool into London last week were 8 , 060 bales , including 5 , 904 irom Port Phillip , 2 , 147 from Van Diemen ' s Land ,, and 9 from Germany . The public sales commenced ou Thursday ! being the first of a series of 46 , 000 bales Colonial wool , and are numevously alteaded by home and foreign buyers , and tho biddings ( excepting for burry Sydney flocks , of which the principal portion from that port in the sale of this day consisted ) have been spirited . The rates of May laat have been fully supperted for all good and middting flocks . bad conditioned and burry may be quoted Jd . per fi > . lower ' a result not surprising considering the prevalence of these defects . . Liverpool , June 15 . — Scotch . — There is little demand for either crossed or Chevoit wool ; and consumers seem determined to wait the result of the fairs now uear at hand .
Import for the week 147 bags ; previously this year 2 , 242 bags . FuBHon . —There were offered by public auction here on the 18 th about 1 , 300 bags and bal « s Entre Kios aim Buenos Ayres . The fine qualities brought much the same as late sales ; the middle and inferior were uoun ™™ demand , and the greater part was withdrawn , about * w East Indian brought full rates : Of the other low-woois offered uost were withdrawn ; TALLOW , HIDES , AND OILS . LEADENmu .-Mnrket hides 501 b . to 041 b . lWWHd ver tb . ; ditto C 41 b . to 721 b lid to lfd ; ditto «^; i , o 2 d to 2 id ; ditto 801 b . to 881 b . ajd to 2 id ; ditto s . 3 ft » 3 GIb . 3 d to Sid ; ditto 9 « Ib . to . 1011 b . 3 ± d toSld ; i «« . 1041 b . to 112 lb . -d to 4 tl ; calf-skins each 2 s Od to os m > , Horse hides Gs 6 ( J . , i :, i , Linseed por ^ cwt 29 s 6 d to 29 s Od ; rapeseed E » g' »" refined 37 s Od to —s ; brown 8 Ds Od ; GallipoU per ^; . 421 . ; Spanish 411 . ; Spevm 831 . to 841 . ; bagged Si « . ; «>«* Sea 8 « . 0 s to -I . ; Seal pale 361 . 10 s to -t . : do ., «*? / .,, ' 33 J . ; Cod Sol . to — I . ; . Cocoa Nut per ton 38 J . to « ' Palm 321 .
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