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TO THE ELECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS OF THE WEST RIDING . " Our merchants are in the gnlf of bankruptcy , and our labourers have eaten tbeir beds . "—Lord John RttsseU . Fellow Coustbtmes , — When I last addressed yon upon the opinions of the ttro candidates "which the " -virtuous Whigs * are bringing forward to represent your interests in parliament at the present " great-commercial cadi , " I could only make inferences from Si * part conduct of the mas -who is a "lord by the accident of Ma birth , " aad upon the other from the opijdonavbich had been avoired by the " ' great statesnan * -who was to be the mentor of his future career .
Since that address was -written , both the parties , whosa opinions , and the tendency of -whose opinions , I endeavoured to analizs , hare published their political creed is an addreo to the electors ; and , therefore , all surmise as to what is likely to be their future political course is completely set at rest ; and as the ™> m ¦¦ who iB a lord by the accident of his birth " has made no retractions , -we are fairly -warranted in taking the whole of his previous political life , in company with his bow published address , as containing the line of politics which in future he will pursue . And as he also of the " other house" has fairly spoken out , w » shall now be enabled to refer to himself , as the chronicle of tis own opinions .
Well , then , gentlemen , you will recollect , as I before stated , that a first xiinister of state had stated in his place in parliament , that " our merchants were in the gulf of bankruptcy ;** " our men of property unable to obtain any rents ; " " our shopkeepers were ruined ;" " our labourers living seventeen in five yards sqnart ;" " our pawnbrokers * shops filled with the clothes and furniture of our artisans . ; " and " that our roanufactnring labourers had eaten their beds . " I beg you , Gentlemen , to keep this statement particularly in mind ; put it over your mantelpiece , and engrave it on your hearts , that Lord John Russell , in his capacity of a- firs : minister of state , proved the above to be the condition of the " envy of surrounding nations and the admiration of Che world ' . "
These facts are worth a thousand speeches ; there is no disputing them ; they have authority stamped on their front . None of the random assertions these of * 'Feargus O'Connor and his wild associates , " made for the purpose of lighting up the torch of revolution ! These are not brought forward by " wild Chartists , " to place in joxt » -position with all the extravagance of those who luxuriate upon the public purse . ' Nsr has the " physical force" advocate placed the roan who ftuM « eaten his bed , " by the aide el the splendid parks , the superb mansions , or the pompous train , for the purpose of inducing him , though he has created all tbeae things , to fight for an equal division of property ] 2 f » , they are none of these ; but sober statements , made in sober moments , for the purpose of inducing the legislature to pass certain measures .
Well , then , such being proved to be the state of the country , the man who " is a lord by the accident of bis birth " in the address published in his name , says , A deficiency exists in the public income ; the national Eo > "Ot ; a , faith , and safety require that it should be supplied ; the only practical choice aeems to lie between two modes of effecting this object . " Bravo ! But what is the " obje « t " ¦ which there are only two modes of effecting ? The supplying the " deficiency in the pobiio income , " to be sure . No talk about reducing the expenditure to the income -, no talk about reducing or lopping off all useless pensions ,
places , and sinecures ; no talk about reduction of the army ; not a word about the reduction or destruction of " the regiment , " as the apostate Burdett called the whole affair ; nothing about grappling with that monstrous debt , which has been rendered doubly burdensome by Peel ' s famous bill , and which has " reduced our merchants to the gulf of bankruptcy , and caused our labourers to eat their beds . " . Not a -word about any of them . 2 fo , theonly practical course seems to be the supplying the deficiency in the public income . That is to -wring more money from those "merchants who are in the fraif of bankruptcy , and from . those labourers who have eaten their beds . "
But what does this " Lord by the accident of his birth'" mean by national honour , faith , and safety ? "What are tie meaning of the words as they are here applied ? In wiat does the " safety" of a nation consist ? It cansot mean the safety of th « people in their individual capacity , because without such individual safety there would be no nation . It means , if it means anything , the safety or preservation of the institutions by which a ration are governed ; and ¦ without ^ fhich safety , the nation , neither in its aggregate nor individual capacity , would be secure either in person or property . Then what are those institutions which the labourer , who has " eaten his bed , " is to be further taxed to preserve ? Is it necessary to our safety that the labourer who has " eaten his bed" should toil
to pay the interest of a debt which , to say the best of it , was contracted for the purpose of preserving the rich man ' s property ? Is it necessary to our safety to nave an immense standing army in time of peace ? Are all the pretty lords and ladies on the pension list ; iB « ar enormous , monstrously enormous civil list ; are a frightful array of retainers in the House of Commons ; are game laws , are rural police ; are these individually or collectively necessary to our security is person or property ? Is the gross misappropriation of the revenues of the CTO-wn lands ; is it necessary that we find revenues for two or three foreign kings ; is an overgrown hierarchy without congregation ; are scenes like those at Kithconnac , —are these , any or all of them , necessary to our " safety in person sr property ?
Come , good , my Lord , tell us , are these the , things which the " man who has eaten his bed" is to be taxed to preserve ? Or , my Lord , if these things are not suited k > the delicacy of your refined taste ; is that law which was designed to make the labourer " live on coarser food , " and which , according to Lord John Russell had been reduced " to eat his bed ; " that law , which to be carried into effect , requires , according -to the commissioners * orders , firm men—men not to be moved by distress , whether feigned or real ; that law which consigns , after a life of toil , the labDurer , who bas " eaten his bed , " to the horrors of abastile , which gives his emaciated frame to be cut up for the benefit of science , and his last remains as feod for the dogs ; is this one of the things which is neevssary to our safety in person and property ? Or , as fhi « " Lord by the accident of hi 3 birth , " is Secretary for Ireland , and must ,
therefore , be conversant with the scenes—are , I -say , the . half-naked houseless wanderers , in the streets of lioblin ; or the ias it was proved in the House of Commons , ) wholly malted , andlumper-fedlabourcrs , -who have no beds to eat , of the interior ; are these the things to be preserved ? No , as this Lord is cf practical temperament , and as he has " framed to the harp many an English ditty lovely well , "' nothing probably , but what is " sublime and beautiful" can arrest his ardent imagination . Irish labourers half nakid and houseless , or wholly naked and feeding on sea weed ; periodical famines and Rathcormac butcheries are but prosaie , every-d » y occurrences—are too eanhiy to fill the poet's mind . "Well , then , let us turn to scenes of a more stirring kind , te something which contains the poetry of those institutions for the " « afety" of wh : ch tho&e who are in the " gulf of bankruptcy" and have " eaten their beds" are to be further taxed .
Behold , then , fellow-conntrymen , the Irish aristo crat in the full exercise of the gloriaus privilege of deing what he likes with his own . See him cleansing His land of its encumbrance ; behold him turning out "his fellow man , " the image of his God , andths haUsaked emaciated partner of his woes , hung round by the famine-stricken pit dges of their love ; the child of their age clinging to its empty teat ; all this group turned from the shed of their fathers , to bear the pelting of the pitiless storm , to stand against tae deep dread bolted thunder in such a night that my very enemy ' s dog , though he had bit me , should have stood against my fire j all this done to gratify the avarice of some lord of the soil , or " viler still" the whim of cold calculating " political philosophers . " And in order to heighten the excitement of ths scene , to render the whole worthy the " poet ' s eve in a finephrenzy rolinz , "
behold tha heavens all on " fire , " with that ^ cot which has sheltered them and their forefathers for generations ; hear the wild shrieks of agony uttered by the wife and mother as she madiy hugs her helpless infant to her burning bosom , overwhelmed by the foil co nsciousness of her utter hopelessness , destitution flashing on her maddened brain ; see the wild eye of a father , beheld bis clenched fist ; mark his heaving bosom bursting with emotion ; see bis uplifted arms ; hear his agonising prayer to the " poor man ' s God" to grant him power of revenge ; see all this , and then ask , are t he « things part of the institutions wbich are necessary fo « our safety ; and which the " natioral honor " and fait ! demand that those who are in the guif of bankruptcy , -Sad those who have eaten their beds , shall " be taxed View to maintain ? Gracious God ! are these things to continue for ever ?
But I feel I am running too far , and that I shall bf trespassing upon the valuable space of the Star . I hac intended saying something to the " scion of the othe : ioase" , but the other theme was so fertile , tnat I ecnlc Hot crowd half what I wanted to say into the space ' . dmit venture to ask for ; but , by your permission , Mr "Editor , I will renew the subject at another time . But before I conclude this epistle , I must say a word or two to my brother freeholders . I cannot help point ing out to them that all these things are the nature xeaolt , and inevitable result , of the aristocracy havin / the whole legislative power of the country * vetted h it $ hands . T « o know that they commenced and car SMd on a tonid and expensive war , to prevent yoj saving your dee share of the making the laws bj ' which you mb to be gorexaed ; you know that th ' ej
• ceeaUd ourenanaoaa debt , for the purpose of preventing you having that ahase ; and yon also know that th « y have managed the n \ atter , to that without you flan obtain that share in the- Jegiidation , you and your children ' s children will have to . labour to pay the interest of the debt , and all its t wneomitants ; you knew tbatthey bare been the author of that system which baa brought o * r merchants U tL * g * U of bankruptcy , aad compelled our labourers to «** their beds ; and , knowing all these things , will yo " ¦ cactinne to return aea to the , H&use of Commons wh ° * Be decidedly interested Jn tbe safety and eontinua « c * ° U" > above * ystea »? TelTme not | that yon have oomea who are competent to the task of legislation ! M * ly they ace f * competent as boys ! And , besides , . ** lking of com * gfeqrv lave yon no men who are as eompeteat to aegMttelor yoor good as tbe bub who V * reduced
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our " merchants to the gulf of bankruptcy , and our labourers to eat their beds . " Worse than the hereditary legislators have done , it is impossible for men to do . It is impossible for men to do worse than reduce our peasantry to go naked , and feed on sea-weed . It is impossible for men to heighten the picture drawn by Lsrd John Russell , when he says " our merchants are in the gulf of bankruptcy , and our labourers have eaUn their beds . " Yours , 4 c , A Freeholder .
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HOUSE OF LORDS , Tubsdat , Jcne IS . A great number of petitions were presented against any alteration in tbe Corn Laws . On the motion of Lord Whakncliffe , a bill was introduced , and read a first time , for the purpose of altering the law relating to marriages within certain degrees of affinity . The Lord Chancellor moved the second reading of the Charitable Trusts BiO . Lord Ltsdhu&st opposed the bill , on the ground that tbe question of which it treated was full of difficulty , and of such great importance that it should not be brought forward at the present period ef the session , and in the existing state of both Houses of Parliament The Noble Lord concluded by moving that the bill be read a second time that day three months .
Lord Bkougham was quite astonished at the course pursued by his Noble and Learned Friend . The evil to be redressed was a great one , and surely his Noble Friend might have introduced a clause excepting a particular species of property , or in some way obviating his objection , without seeking to defeat the bill altogether . After some discussion their Lordships divided , and the bill was lost by a majority of 52 to S » . Their Lordhhips then adjourned .
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? HOUSE OF COMMONS , Tuesdat , June 15 The Railways ( Ireland ) Bill ) was brought in by Lord Morpeth , and read a first time . On Mr . Scholefield rising to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice on the subject of the distress so generally existing throughout the country , Mr . Godson rose and claimed precedence for tbe motion of which he hod given notice relating to the petition of Edw&rd Kilbean Cox , as it related to a matter of privilege . The Speaker did not consider that the petition of Cox could be considered as relating to a question of privilege , and therefore the Honourable Member for Kidderminster could not bring on his motion out of its regular order . He therefore called upon Mr . Scholefield to proceed .
llr . Scholefield said he had to apologise to the House for his ewn inability to do justiee to the motion he had to make . He could assure the Bouse there was vast and extensive suffering in the manufacturing districts of the country , although the word distress was as seldom heard within those walls as was the mention of the national debt , yet it was doubtless owing to the national debt that so much distress existed . Not only had the distress been extensive , but it now affected the home trade as well as the foreign . la fact , so much money was required to procure food at the present high price of corn , that tkere was little left to buy clothes with , and , consequently , the demand for the home trade -was proportionately curtailed ; nor wasthe foreign trade in a better condition than the home trade . We
had now competitors in every market with which we traded , aud unfortunately were undersold in too many of them . The German manufacturers of hardware could Uke their goods to all pa ^ ts of the globe , and there undersell the English ; they could even introduce articles of cutlery at Sheffield on lower terms than our own manufacturers could supply them . And what gave the advantage to our foreign competitors t We had equal industry , equal skill , and as much capital as foreigners possessed ; but our industrious artisans conld not buy their bread and the necessities of life so cheaply as they were sold in other countries . Whilst our workman had to pay fld . for a loaf that was to be purchased for odor « d . on the continent , and while he bad to pay more than half fur tax on his tobacco , tea , and beer , and
onethird tax on tbe little sugar he ceuld obtain , he was unable to live so cheaply as those in other countries who had not such heavy imposts to pay . He was not able to say how iarthe pressure of taxes bore upon agricultural labourers , but , doubiless , with their very limited wages , they couM not spare money for scarcely any other objtct than for the necessaries of life . There is one feature In the existing distress , as it affects the commerce and manufactures of the country , which is that distress has fallen upon the shopkeeper and tbe master manufacturer , on whom it presses almost as severely as it has done , and now does , upon the workmen . He would read to the House gome letters which had been transmitted to him from several of his constituents , showing how prevailing tbe distress of trade was in the borough
of Birmingham : — "The condition of the inhabitants of Birmingham is more deplorable than ever . Cruel mortgagees are disposing © property on -which they have advanced money for less than one-third of its value , or rather , I should say , they are purchasing buildings at any rate . In consequence of trade being so bad , and levies and taxes so high , mortgagees have not been able te be punctual in the payment of interest ; their property has been advertised to be sold , and no sale being practicable , a legal process has been gone through , and the ptoptrty been transferred from the legitimate owner to tbe mortgagee , and this has been the case lattely in a great many instances Trade is daily getting worse . Whilst the number of bankrupts is less , tbe number of insolvents is greater ,
in all the manufacturing districts , and tbe poor debtors are crying ' mak :. room , the prison is too small for us . ' This was actually the case in Birmingham only a few weeks ago , when the Commissioners held a Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors , and those miserable men have been sent forth into the world pennyless , and nothing hut aB alteration in trade can prevent their coming to the workhouse . Although it was so recently emptied of its inmates , there is a fresh succession of unfortunate debtors , many of whom have lived respectably , and contributed largely to the payment of taxes and poor-rates , to the benefit of the community , but who are now about to perish in obscurity
Tradesmen , with very few exceptions , are in jeopardy every hour . They apply to tbe pawnbrokers in vain , for these have granted loans till they have no money to leud , and the consequence is , all the heads of families are in ill health , and medicine is of no avail . 'Hope deferred iiiaketh the heart-sick , ' and one need not be skilled in physiognetny to be able to discern , by a man ' s counte nance , that he considers himself standing on a quicksand , and , unless he is unexpectedly supported , that he must shortly sink . " The working classes were sustain ing a most painful degree of suffering , and the description of those unfortunate persons who had recourse to the fid of the pawnbroker is truly
affecting" Workmen , with large families , are receiving from 6 s . to Us . per week , and would be able , if they could ¦ wor k full time , to earn from 15 s . to 30 s . per week . How those poor families live and pay rent can oDly be answered by the paor creatures themselves . I know they are obliged to crowd together in dwellings not fit for hogs to live in . I know , places called chambers wherein difl-rent families of both sexes , and of all ages , are compelled to pass the night at the same time . Is not this enough to make Chartists ? Is not this enough to demoralise thb people ? At the Board of Guardians , yesterday , a young woman applied for relief , whose husband Lad been three weeks in prison for a debt due for provisions ; he has nine weeks longer to remain ; himself and his -wife are steady people ; they have two
small children . Tbe Guardians thought the woman appeared almost lost for want ; they allowed her 3 s . and two loaves per week for nine weeks , not sufficient , after paving for lodgings , to keep body and soul together ! More could not be allowed to her , as levies are so high , and many persons who pay them stand in need of parochial relief . Last week a young wife died in child-birth ; her time was come , but for want of strength , she was not able to bring forth ; a physician was called in , but bis assistance was unavailing : he said he had no doubt her death -was occasioned by deficiency of nourishment" " A iiss of one week ' s pledges , at one shop , containing sixty-five pledges , out of which only two lota exceeded 3 s . each . Upwards of thirty pledges are gowns , bhifts , women ' s petticoats , and
children ' s frocks ; the re&t are shawls , men's waistcoats and jackets , a bed cover , a pillow , a wedding ring , and other small articles , the whole averaging only Is . 9 d . each in value . Birmingham contains 94 pawnbrokers , and if each has 65 pledges per week , ; the weekly number of the town of small pledges , not : exceeding 3 s . each , exceeds S , » 09 . A former state-I ment ' sent me , shows that the master manufacturers : had 59 many foods in pawn already , that the pawn' brokers are unable to find further meney to advance upon them . " * A week h . "vs passed , and you have I vouchsafed us no reply . Nine wteks have gone since , the committee concluded its labours , reporting that I they had found above 40 , 00 * individuals so miserable ; as to be grateful—yes , humbly grateful—for a donation ! of less than a 1 Jd . per head per week . Nine weeks i have passed since that report ; trade during that i period has actually grown worse . a nd nothing has been
done * No attempt has been made to relieve ! We pray you to consider how ill such poverty brooks delay ; how many miseries and anxieties , crowding in each successive hour , have made each week an age . Some victims of our neglect have in that period found a refuge in tbe grave . No ministration of earthly comfort soothed their last mortal agony ; the aid for which affection yearned , a necessitous poverty denied ; they rest , bat to tbe living is left the undying regret , that the thousand appliances which might have restored health or softened pain were all denied . The productions of every climate , tributary to our industry and plastio to our skill , fill every store with the means of enjoyment , and yet English poverty is as unequalled as Fpgli * h wealth . " An Honour * able Baronet lately said to him ( Mr . Scholefield ) that ha had never been paid his rents better than at present He ( Mr . Scholefield ) replied that profit to the merchant and manufacturer was the B&me as rent to the landlord , and be assured the worthy Baronet that profit had long fled from the tradesman . He was told that so sooner w&s a / arm vacant than a tenant applied fox it How different was tbe situation of the
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owner of dwelling houses and manufactories , too many of which T # ere empty and profitless to their owners ! He weuld remind the House of an entire new state of things witji regard to the conduct of persons constituting public meetings . They , too , bad their motions of " no confidence " in either party . They disliked both Whig and Tory equally , but would prefer voting for the Tory now . ^ nd would doubtless duly reject them when their own proper time came . At a recent meeting at Birmingham , a resolution was passed not to vote for the abolition of the Corn Laws . * The majority preferred a very different measure : they considered tbe Com Law question delusive , and would be satisfied with nothing less than Universal Suffrage . Exactly similar was the result of a meeting at Sheffield ,
at which the " no confidence" in either party was the prevailing feeling . A meeting had recently taken place at Liverpool , which proved how well-informed the persons were who were present on the occasion : a working man , of the name of Jones , addressed the meeting in a manner which testified atrongaense , and shewed how much he felt the hardship of the severe suffering himself and persons of his class were subject to from { as he said ) the oppressive effects of the Corn Laws . What Mr . Jonea spoke wai so much to the purpose , that he should take the liberty to read it to the House : — " At a late meeting at Liverpool , of the working classes , the Chairman said that the next speaker , Robert Jones , though a man well able to express his views on this
great question , was unable to read , and he , the Chairman , would therefore move the resolution for him : ' That these laws , which wring from the wants of the poor , in order to support a monopoly to the wealthy , are cruel , unchristian , and unjust ; alike opposed to the Word of God and the happiness of man . ' Robert Jones , in moving the adoption of this resolution , said , that , like some hundreds , if not thousands , of those present , all the property that he had in the world he had with him—all the estate that God and bis father had left him on the earth , and that English landlords would allow him , he held up to them ( holding up his hands ) . These were all his property ; and he found that , in consequence of the Corn Laws , and other wicked laws , he was robbed of so much of the produce of his estate
that ha and his children bad to rise many a time front the table with half-filled bellies . ( Hear ) This was not a cause of party or faction ; it was the cause of the whole human family—it was the caue of justice and truth , of God , and of humanity . A tax upon bread 1 a tax upon life itself—a tax upon the very existence of the working man—a tax on Eternal Justice , and on the Providence of God . tHear , hear . ) God sent untaxed rain to water the earth ; God brought untaxed corn out of the earth ; God had spread a bountiful table for the whole family of man on the face of the earth ; but man put his avaricieus hand on the bread , and snatched it from the hungry lips of the people of England . " It had been said that poverty had made philosophers of tba suffering artizm ; and the speech of Mr . Jones proves
how intelligent an uneducated man may be . To show how general is the interest felt by all classes and sexes , he would mention the petition from 450 females of Bridgenorth , presented by his Honourable Friend the Member for Ludlow , describing the severe distress which their husbands , fathers , sons , and brothers were undergoing from want of employment and low wages . How great is the contrast between the splendid appearance of Hyde-park , Regent ' s-park and street , and such like places of fashionable resort , and the miserable abodes of the distressed manufacturers ! Trnly was it said by the writer of the letter to the Rev . Mr . Garbett , of Birmingham , " English wealth is as unequalled as is English poverty . " How just is the observation ! how paiuful the reflection that arises from it ! Tbe question which naturally arises in considering this striking contrast of splendour and the most squalid misery is , what remedy can be applied to so mighty an evil ? Doubtless , where wealth is so
abundant as it is in this country , it would be no difficult matter to spare eut of their superfluity rather than require a portion ot tbe poor man ' s means . of existence to be taken from him . A property tax would relieve this cruel oppression upon those who are unable , under their great privations , to pay taxes at all . This would at once be an act of justice and of mercy . He bad been told that the present motion could lead to no practical good ; but ho felt satisfied that , if it excited an expression of sympathy for the poor sufferers , it would not be without its use : if it did no more than keep hope alive in the breast of the afflicted , it would at least do some good . He should conclude by moving " That the extreme suffering of the industrious classes , from want of employment , low wages , and high prices of provisions , renders it the imperative duty of Parliament to devise means for the alleviation of tbe great misery which now pervades aU the manufacturing districts of the country . "
Mr . W . Williamb seconded the motion , and contended that the rapid advance of manufactures in Germany was to be attributed to the cheapness of provisions in that country , Mr . Hisdlet contended that the burden of taxation in this country fell chiefly on the poor , and concluded by moving , as an addition to Mr . Scholefield's motion , that it was tbe opinion of the House that the present system of taxation and the Corn Laws were peculiarly unjust to tbe middle and lower classes of the community . Sir F . Burkeit deprecated these attacks upon the upper classes of society , more particularly as it waa under the circumstances impossible to reply te them . It was , he contended , mere delusion to attribute to the Corn Laws the distret&ses of the manufacturing population .
Mr . Brines addressed the House , bat while speaking , an Hon . Member moved that it be counted , and there not being forty members present the House was adjourned .
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SIR JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE . TO THE EDITOR OF TEE NORTHERN STAR . SIR , —Perceiving that the Whigs are bringing forward , as a candidate for the town of Nottingham , to represent , or misrepresent them in the coming Parliament , that renegade Cim Hubhouse , I deem it my duty , through the medium of your columns , to let them know bow he acted in reference to tbe Petition Convention . It fell to my lot , with Mr . Smart , to wait on him ; we did so twice without being able to see him . We left a circular for him , and as 1 was a native of Nottingham , and at that time in
communication with the friends there , i put on the circular to that effect , but be bad not the courtesy to reply , either good , bad , or indifferent If , therefore , the electors and non-electors can , by aay sophistry that the Review can use , be induced to support him , they will deserve all tha misery the Whigs can inflict , to have their petitions disregarded , and their real representatives treated with contempt . But trusting they will act a nobler part , and teach the renegade a lesson , 1 am , A native of Nottingham and a Chartist , John Skevingion . Loughborough , June 16 th , 1841 .
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XiSEDS . —Reopenikg of Spitalfield 3 Chapel . —On Sunday last , tbe members and friends of the Christian church , worshipping in Spitalfidds Chapel . Bank , having previously announced by placard , and made the other necessary arrangements for iis reopening , were highly delighted by listening to two most eloquent , scriptural , aud truly useful sermons delivered to them by the Rev . W m . Hill . Considerable ill feeling had been evinced by certain halfseeing folks , of little influence , to prejudice individuals against attending on this occasion , on account of the Chartist principles of the leading members of the church ; but the well filled seats , and the collections afier each service , afforded abundant proof of the better knowledge of the people . A few more
such soul stirring appeals to the rationality of the human understanding , to the plain and obvious meaning of the Word of God , the universality of its application , and the necessity of its being immediately reduced to practice in society , will aohieve great things . In the afternoon of the same day , a teetotal lnvcfeast was held , at which Mr . Hill presided , when interesting speeches were made by Messrs . Parker , T . B . Smith , from Hull , Shaw , Buckton , Lockwood and others . On Monday evening , an excellent temperance sermon was preached by Mr . T . B . Smith , after which it was announced that meetings for the advocacy of temperance principles would be continued regularly every Monday evening . The friends of the cause are respectfully invited tor attend and lead their assistance . — Correspondent .
Robber ? . —On M « nday last , a silver placed pint , marked T . & S . C , was stolen from the house of Mr . Yates , tbe Groves ins , Kirkgate .
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LEICESTER . —The election fever rages here . Since the withdrawal of O'Connor ' s and Colonel Thompson ' s names aa candidates , the Whigs , guiltily conscious that they have outraged every feeling of humanity in their soarnfal and cruel treatment of the Chartists , are looking , with fear and trembling , to the appearance of two Tory candidates in the field , knowing that the union of Chartists with Conservatives will be fatal to the return of Easthopo an < L Ellis , the Whig saxviles . The agitation kept up by Chartists inoreases these fears . Last Sunday evening , Mr . Cooper , editor of the suppressed Illuminator , preached a political sermon in Illuminator , preached a political sermon in
the Market-place , to a large audience , and the Whigs are so mortified with the home truths then delivered , that they are threatening imprisonment . In spite of these silly attempts at intimidation , Mr . Cooper again assailed the ramparts of Whig deceit on' Tuesday night . The meeting , unluckily , was prolonged too far beyond twilight ; and at its conclusion , a gang of the "Bloodies " rushed forward , and attempted to throw the lecturer on the ground , and it was not until a reiuforoemeat of Chartists came up , that danger was averted . Reports of police interference , to be displayed next Sunday evening , are rife , through the town ; but Mr . Cooper intends to take his stand in the Marketplace again , notwithstanding .
HAUPAX . —The Chartists here met on Saturday evening , and passed a strong resolution relative to the bloody Whig doings at Manchester , ROCHDALE . —The excitement and indignation which the brutal conduct of the Manchester Whigs has given rise to in Rochdale is excessive . At a meeting of some thousands , at tbe Butts , on Thursday , Bairsttw and others denounced the dastardly affair in energetic language . On Saturday last , at tbe meeting held after Shaman Crawford ' s public entry , some of the speakers likewise racurred to the subject ; and last night a great open air meeting was
held on Cronkeyshaw , to denounce this second Peterloo . A band of music , with banners , and an effigy of Daniel O'Connoll , promenaded the town , and led a procession of some thousands up to the place of mectiug . The people were addressed in eloquent spoechea by James Taylor , J . Taylor , and others , aud after the meeting olostd , the effigy of Dan was elevated on a rising ground , and burnt amidst the cheers of the assembled multitude . Cheers were then given for the Charter , O'Connor , and Frost , and groans for the Whigs of Manchester , and the meeting formed in procession and returned back to Rochdale .
i LEEDS . —At a meeting of Chartists , held at Mr . Josh . Oldroyd ' B , Quarry Hill , it was unanimously agreed that a People ' s Tract Sooiety be formed immediately , for the purpose of more effeotually spreading information among all classes on the great political truths contained in the People ' s Charter . A committee was chosen , oonsisting of Messrs . Hutton , Parker , Oldroyd , Lapish , Hicks , and Turner , with power to add to their number . Mr . Joshua Hobson , having been previously requested to act as honorary Treasurer to the society , kindly consented , and was duly elected to that office . The committee earnestly desire the co-operation of their Chartist friends in the town and neighbourhood—feeling certain that if working men will put forth their energies there
will be no bounds to tbe good that must ensue . Properly authenticated books are now ready , and will be put into the hands of individuals who are approved of by the committee , for the purpose of obtaining subscriptions . Application to be made to Mr . Wm . Hick , secretary , at No . 6 , Market-street , by whom all money will be received until further notice . The society ' s accounts will be published in thg Northern Star . The following resolution was introduced and carried : — " That this meeting begs to congratulate the brave Chartista of Manchester on their forbearance and discretion while suffering under the unlawful attack made upon them by the tools of the * base , bloody , and brutal Whigs ; ' at the Bftme time , this meeting would affectionately warn them against acting on the advice given , no doubt , in the heat and spur of
the moment , by the speakers at the Tib-street meeting , to arm themselves for the future when they might have occasion to attend public meetings . This , it is feared , might furnish a pretext to the base factions to unite and attempt to put down public meetings altogether ; or , at least , to seize upon our best friends , and cast them into prison . This meeting is decidedly of opinion that further forbearance and renewed moral exertion will achieve a thousand times more , just now , for the cause of Chartism than any physical force demonstration we are capable of making . -Such insults are hard to bear ; but they must be borne until the time shall arrive , which is not far distant , when we may count our rUht arms with safety , and push forward the standard of freedom . This meeting also begs to recommend the immediate adoption of exclusive dealing for electioneering and other purposes . "
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MANCHESTER . —Grand Procession of the Ancient Order op Foresters of the Manchester Djstrictj—The above procession of the Aacient Order of Foresters and Shepherds took place on Saturday , June 5 th , and the turn-out on that occasion exceeded any thing of the kind which has taken place in this part of the country for some time . LEEDS . —Sudden Death . —On Tuesday last , an inquest was held before John Blackburn , Esq ., at the house of Mr . Holmes , tbe Beckett ' s Arms inn , Kirkstall-road , on the body of Wm . Woodhead , of Bramley , aged 66 years . The deceased has been for a great number of years well known in Leeds and
the adjoining townships , particularly Bramley and Arm ley , as a hawker of cloth j in other words , as obtaining a livelihood by carrying ends of manufactured goods round to the warehouses for disposal . He was coming to Leeds , on Monday morning , when he was seized with illness , and stopped at the house of Mr . Frankland , on the Kirkstall-road , to rest himself ; here he only stayod a short time , and then proceeded to the Beckett's Arms , where he asked for some gin , but before he could be served with it he had dropped down , and expired shortly afterwards . Medical aid was sent for , but it was of no avail . The jury returned a verdict of " Died by the visitation of God . "
Meeting ' o * th « Unemployed Operatives . — A meeting of ¦ tha unemployed operatives was called by placard to be holden in the Vicar ' s Croft , misnamed the Free Market , on Monday last , at eleven o'clock . About that time , a number of operatives had assembled on thespot , and shortly after the parties who had been nominated as a committee proceeded to the lower end , and when their fellowoperatives had congregated around them , one of the party , Mr . Joseph Best , proceeded to announce that the Lessees of the market had just informed the Committee that they would not be allowed to hold a meeting unless a sovereign was paid for -the U 6 e of the market , although they had given permission to them on Saturday to hold the meeting free of
expense . ( Signs of disapprobation . ) It was then agreed to proceed at ouce to Richmond Hill , where , after the meeting had fairly assembled , there must have been a thousand present . Mr . Stead was called to the chair . Mr . Joseph Bast moved the first resolution : — "That this meeting contemplates the distress which at present prevails , and which is daily accumulating , with heartfelt sorrow , aad is ol opinion that some measures are necessary to stay the appalling calamity . " He traced the influence of machinery from its introduction down to the present time , and showed that the distress of the working classes was owing to the unlimited use of maclriner v which deteriorated the value of human labour . He stated that he did not desire to see the unemployed
operatives living by the subscriptions of the wealthy , but that they should live by their own industry . Samuel Brown seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . , Michael Lee proposed the next resolution : —That this meeting considers monopolies of every description injurious to trade , but that the repeal of those duties will not have the effect of benefitting the working classes permanently without a check is placed upon machinery , through a restriction upon the hours of labour . " Having been eeuonded by Mr . Jeremiah Murphy , it was carried unanimously . Mr . John Ellid moved" That this meeting appoint a committee to represent the views of the meeting to the candidates of the borough . " Mr . John Bramham haying
seconded , and Mr . Joseph Best having supported , the resolution , it was carried uuanimously . Mr . Andrew Gardner then m ade a few remarks in reference to what a previous speaker ( Mr . Michael Lee ) had urged , respecting the Chartists refusing to get the bread because they could not get the butter , or , in other words , opposing a repeal of the Corn Laws because they could not get the Suffrage . He said the Chartists wished to get Doth , and also the key which would open the stores of bread and butter , and everything else they wanted . He concluded by moving a vote of censure upoa the authorities of the Vicar ' fl Croft , for th « r tyranny in refusing the use of the Free (!) Market to the people , unless the j
would pay a sovereign , which was seconded , and unanimously agreed to . It was further resolved that a committee of four , consisting of Messrs . Joseph Best , Andrew Gardner , Michael Lee , and James Stead , be appointed to carry the objects of the meeting into effect . Thanks were voted to the Chairman , and a collection was made to defray the expense of printing the bills , when the meeting quietly separated about one o ' clock . The sentiments of the whole of the speakers were , that machinery in itself waa good , bat that its advantages should be extended to the whole people , and that it should be checked and limited in its application , so as not to deteriorate human labour .
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Child Dbopping . —On Saturday morning , as a working man was proceeding along Barley-lane , he was attracted by the appearance of a bundle in the hedge bottom , and a gentleman coming up at the moment , he directed his attention towards it , saying that it seemed to move . The twO immediately opened the bundle , when to their astonishment a new born male child quite naked and unwashed , was exposed to view . The gentleman had the little foundling immediately removed to the house of his mother , and the neighbours without delay proceeded to suppy its wants ; it was afterwards taken to the workhouse . A strict search was instituted after the unatural mother , but hitherto without avail , no trace having been discovered to lead to her .
KIANCECESTER . —Repeal of thb Union . — The Election Committee met in the Tib-streetroom , on Friday evening . There were about thirty present . After transacting the business for which they bad met , the following resolution was passed ; ¦—• ' * That , in order to ascertain how many Members of Parliament will vote for a Repeal of the Legislative Union , this Committee recommend the electors of every town , borough , or county , in England , Ireland , and Scotland , to put the following question to every candidate , whether he b © Whig , lory , or Radical— " Will you , in the event of your being returned to Parliament , vote or move for a Repeal of the Legislative Union ! ' After which every town shall send the answer to the Star—the names of those who will do so to be inserted in a list—thus showing what strength there is in support of the measure , and whether it can be obtained by moral means or not . "
Dr . Sleigh the agent of the Agricultural Society , who came down from London to the Stevenson'ssquare meeting , but whom the * bloody" Whigs dare not allow to speak there , delivered a lecture in the Corn Exchange , on Wednesday evening last . The place was crammed , and a precious whacking the "bloodies" got . Wheeler , the Whig Victim . —Our correspondent has inquired after poor old Wheeler , who was so brutally treated at the massacre , and is informed that he is not at all likely to recover . Two Men , in a state of intoxication , turned out of a public-house , near to the Market-place , to fight , on Tuesday morning . One of them struck the other a blow on the juglular vein , and he fell dead at his- foot . The survivor has been held to bail to appear at the Assizes .
WHITEH 1 IX , BRADFORD , ( Wilts . )—At Bradford fair last Monday , a policeman was illusing a horse very much , when a respectable farmer ' s son remonstrated with him , and desired him to desist . He immediately turned round and seized the young man , and attacked him with his bludgeon , when up rau from twelve to fifteen of the force , headed by Mr . Foley , an inspector , and they beat the man very severely , and locked him up . The conduct of the police was thoroughly brutal , and all in the crowd who murmured against it were treated in the same manner . The young man obtained a hearing with the magistrates , and was bound in a £ 40 bond to keep that which the police had broken—the peace . So much for the tyranny and vexatious interference of the " blue bottles ''
BRADFORD . —The late butchery at Manchest er has excited one universal thrill of horror and indignation through this part of the country . Woe to the Whigs ; woe to the assassin Corn-Law repealers ! Their villanous hypoorisy is now by themselves revealed . Let the Manchester assassins know that their Manchester game cannot be played elsewhere . Let them remember Calthorpe-street , and beware ! Let them remember that the dagger was there found as efficient on the side of right as was the bludgeon on the side of might ! and that the ruffian who struck down the defenceless man , the timid woman , and the infant child , was sent by the patriot ' s hand to " meet his God" with something less than ten minutes to prepare him for his final account . " Let tyrants and slaves think of that , and , let all who stand on the wrongs of men tremble to think of it . " What has been , may be again !
NEWCASTLE . —The town of Newcastle was thrown into considerable contusion on Tuesday , by a fight between the blue devils and the red ones . A few soldiers of the 87 th being on the " spree" in Sandgate , were attacked by the police , and the result was a brutal fight , which continued several hours , to the great alarm of the peaceable inhabitants ; eventually , several companies of the 87 th made their appearance with fixed bayonets , and after dispersing the blues , captured their recusant comrades , who , to the number of seven , were brought before the magistrates , two being liberated , and the other five mulcted in various sums .
RIPPONDEN . —A Charitable Pastor . —A correspondent has forwarded to us a statement relative to the conduct of the Rev . Mr . Bay field , Incumbent of Ripponden Chapel , which shows the utter contempt with which the well fed , well paid , higher classes treat those wnom they deem their inferiors . On Sunday last , as the children of the parish were proceeding to church , the Reverend Gentleman above named made up to the gates and blockaded them , and in an imperious tone demanded " Why do ye bring those children here ! Are we to have the pews of other people crowded with them ? Ye shall not enter this place , except by the consent of the Churchwardens . " Such an outrage upon public feeling , as this could scarcely have been expected in the nineteenth century . It created such disgust , that numbers who were going to church returned home , and vowed never to enter the church again . The solution of this conduct lies in this , that the children belong to a Sunday school , and were formerly attached to the parish chapel , but as they would not give up their writing on the Sunday , they were not permitted to have a collection in the chapel for their use . Such is the ground upon which this intolerant minister of religion (?) forbids the children to worship in the parish chapel . His conduct speaks for itself .
BARNSZiEV . —There have been three large meetings of the weavers held during the week , on May Day Green , where soul-stirring speeches wsre delivered to the assembled multitudes , by Messrs . Sykes , Alexander , Shaw , Moulds , Terry , &c . The statements mad « by these workmen , who are members of the Committee , leave but little doubt of the successful issue of the contest of right against might , and we sincerely hope that Messrs . Taylors will see the necessity of conceding to the just claims of the workmen , their request being only to pay the wages which the other masters of the town are paying at present . They cannot expect that other masters will tacitly acquiesce in their ' monopoly of the markets , by underselling them , and depriving the weavers of their wages , that they may get a ready market .
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FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Thursday Evening , June 10 th . The whole of the metropolitan boroughs are now the scenes of election proceedings . In the Tower Hamlets , Col . Fox , ef Stroud notoriety and Sandwich defeat , has started on pure Whig principles , unwilling te go for even a small extension of the suffrage . Opposed to him will be eldest son of Col . Thompson , who is expected to accept the invitation of the true and good men of the Tower Hamlets . At a meeting held last night in support of Col . Fox , and which terminated in a tremendous row , the police were called upon to make an attack upon the people as thsy came out , by Col . Fox ' s supporters .
From an explanation given in the House of Commons thia evening , it appears that the name of Mr . Law Hodges was inserted in the Division List on Mr . Duncombe ' s motion on behalf of the political prisoners , in mistake , instead of the name of Mr . Sohofield , the Member for Birmingham , who voted for the motion . This does not alter the numbers . Mr . O'Connell says , in a private letter which I have seen , that he paired off with Archdallin favour of the motion . Parliament will be dissolved on Wednesday next . Erratum . —The name of the gentleman from whom Mr . Martin received the money advertised in last week ' s letter should have been Randall and not Raynard .
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Arrival op the Britannia . —Liverpool , Wednesday . —The Britannia has , at last , arrived safe and sound—juBt when the anxious were beginning to prognosticate evil tidings she has arrived to set the fears of all at rest . We learn that the cause of her detention happened thus : —She left Boston , as advertised , on the 16 th , and Halifax on the 18 th , when , all being ready , she proceeded on her voyage . Shortly after leaving Halifax ,-and whilst-still in charge of a pilot , she very unfortunately got aground , but was got off at the next tide , and returned to Halifax , and , though she had not sustained any damage , it was deemed prudent by her careful as well as enterprising owners to send her to St . John ' s , where she was overhauled , and it was found that she might have proceeded on her voyage with safety .
This circumstance delayed her departure from Halifax until the 29 th , when ce again sailed , with about SO passengers , and has made the very rapid passage of eleven dayj . Her detention h « s caused her dates to be no liter than the 15 th of May , and consequently there is no news of importance that has not been previously known . The President Stkamer .- Hopes are again raised that this Bteamer is safe . Captain Burgess , of the Osprey , Waterford Steamer , reported « n his arrival at Bristol , that he had seen a large steamer , disabled , ' abont mid-channel between the Smalls and Saltese . It is . said that the Lords of tbe Adawrmlty intend to despatch two steamers in quest of thelfrge vessel seen by the Osprey , oft its way from W * tarfordtoBriitelt
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American News . —Liverpool , SATDBDAr V have an arrival at this port to-day from New'T 3 with papersfiTe days late * than those previ * 3 » received by the Rosooe . They are to the IsIkt ? and were brought by the Stephen Whitney » w 3 has made her passage in twenty days . She ha « < £ * passengere on board . By this arrival we haW thing BatwfaetoTy wapecting the President st «^ These . paperewnUte a ^ ng examination Ta British Consul ' s office of Ctptain Bowman and ¦ **• of the British bark Recowry , i # ho bidrSorti > they had seen . the wreck of the steamerS ^
sagefrom Bristol to New York . The evident !!! : not , however , bear ouVthe opinion previons ? £ B < 2 ? tained . There is a much more probable reoort ^' by the Captain of a ressel from Havre toKv ^ L who states , that on the 16 th of Marchf £ * S several fragments of a wreck nboot which ^ T quantity of chains , anchaa ate nsed intheri » w ? a steamer . The case of M'Leod was to iffi ** upon the day the Stephen Whitney sailed If cited the most intense interest at New Yq a ^ would probably occupy some days . —Sun . * ° *
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Leeds Corn Mabkbt , Jone 15 . —Thearri-i all kinds of Grain to this day's markrt al ? S , * Wheat , and Is ; per quarter higher . ThereKl more inquiry / or Oats and Beans , andSsVw ^? prices supported . ; .. »¦ " *»• * e « r THE AVBBAC& PRICES FOR THE Vm , ENDING June ifiTH , 18 * V WEE « meat . Barley . OaU < Rye , Beans . p . & . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ < & •; s- V- ¦ < & ¦¦ ¦ £ fi iu'f ti f ? tpt-fts-fti Leeds Cloth Mabkets . —Therehas been bo b * ceptibleimprovement in thedemand for goodsdnS ^ the week . . The election strugglesare tblS £ J& topic of interest ; the merits of monopolistsI » n 5 anti-monopolists are freely canvassed , and if may judge from remarks made by the clothiers V desire seems to be very decidedly in favour of ti , latter class . m
Huddersfield Cloth Market , June 15 _ n ,,, market appeara to be in the same languid oUtei . forsome weeks past . We can report no al teration either m quantity sold or the alteration of price ? The wool market is in the same state but ntw higher prices asked , owing to the advance inZ foreign markets , . ¦ . •»»« Richmond Corn Market , June 12 . —W « had » tolerable supply of Grain in our market to-dw Wheat sold 8 s . to 9 a . 3 d . - Oats , 2 s . 9 d . to 4 s ! Barley , 33 . 6 d . to 4 s . 4 d . ; Beans , 4 s . 6 d . to Ss a »' per bushel . . ¦ ""' . ' York Corn Market , June , 12 . —For the last im days we have had cold winds from the notfhiritj frosts at night—and there is a general report tha t vegetation is completely checked . Wheat ia in good demand to-day at an advance of Is ., and Oafa of 6 d . per quarter . In other articles no variation
Malton Corn Market , June 12 . Thewwu only a very short supply of all kinds of grain to jk day ' s market . Wheat of fine qualities was Terr scarce , and fully Is . per qr . higher . Barley nominal . Oats Hi ., per stone higher . ' Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , June 14-The receipts of British Grain , Flour , and Oatmeil into this port since this day se ' nnight , are of Terr small amount , and the arrivals from abroad , con . listing of 6 , 888 quarters ef Wheat and 540 quartets of Beans , are for the present placed under bond . Throughout the week we have had a moderate d » - mand for free Wheat for consumption , and ( under the small iuflux of supply ) recourse to our granary stocks having been necessary , prices , especialljfor fresh parcels offoreign , have crept up : 9 a . 8 d . Baring been paid for Stettin , and 8 s . 6 d . to 8 j . 8 d . per 701 bs .
for Odessa soft , being 2 d . per bushel more than could be obtained at the date of our last report . The . market has been similarly situated a ? regards Flour ; United States duty paid is nowheldat 35 s . 6 d . or for an advance of Is . per barrel , and home manufacture is also Is . per sack dearer . In the early part of the week , holders of Oats submitting to [ 4 decline of Id . per bushel , two or three parcels were taken for the country , bat the general demand for that grain has still been languid , 2 s . 9 d . to 2 s . lid . per 451 bs . the present quotation for Irish . Oatmeal ji a ^ met a very dull sale ; and must be quoted fully 6 d . per load cheaper . Barley , Beans , and Peas havs moved in retail only at previous rates . A cargo of Odessa Wheat has been sold in bond at 4 s . 8 d ., aad one of Wismar at 6 s . 2 d . per 701 bs . ; with regard to the former it must be remarked , that through th . « quarantine regulations , it was admissible for boms consumption at the duty of 23 s . 8 d . per quarter , which the purchaser paid .
Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , June 14 , —The supply of Cattle at market to-day has been rather limited for the season of the year ; but of Mutton and Lamb there has been a large . number , aad the quality , on the whole , middling . There wu a good attendance of buyers and dealers , and Stock of good quality in fair request ; good Beef fnlly maintained last week ' prices , but Mutton and Lamt were a shade lower than last quoted ; good Beef realised fully 7 d ., varying from that down to 5 Jd , but those of the latter price were of a very inferior quality . Wether Mutton may be quoted from b \ i to 6 Ad ., clipped and wool Sheep at 7 d . per lb ., sinking the offal , and Lambs at about 8 d . per lb . Then were a few Beasts and many Sheep and Lambs left unsold at the close . Number of Cattle at market : —Beasts , 57 * ; Sheep and Lambs , 9 . 2 S 7 .
Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Jhs 12 . —The imports of all articles of the trade into Liverpool aud Runcorn , both Irish and coastwise , continue exceedingly light 1 but from abroad there are again fair arrivals of Wheat , which , however , are all placed under lock . There was a steady inquiry for good samples of English Wheat at our market this morning , and we advance oar quotations Id . per 701 bs . Flour was likewise in fair request , and the full previous value was readily obtainable . Oats were rather more inquired for , and supported late rates ; but the trade in Oatmeal was confined to a limited demand for present use at barely so good prices .
. London Corn Exchange , Monday , June 14 .-There was a moderate quantity of Wheat froo Essex , but only a limited supply from Kent and Sufiblk , whilst the samples ' of Barley , Beans , sad Peas , offering from all these counties , were of the most trivial nature . Several vessels have arrived With Oats from Ireland , and a few are up from our own coast and Scotland , which , together , form * good supply of this article on sale to-day . Ths imports of foreign Grain during the past week hare been to a moderately fair extent . Cold and unseasonable weather has prevailed since this day se ' nnight ; this morning a favourable change fin taken Dlace . being warmer ; but still without Wk
which is much wanted for the growing crop « Grain . There Was a fair steady demand for WneaJ , the choicest qualities commanding an advance of full is . per qr . ou the currency of last Monutfi whether English or recently liberated foreign , anj that in bond being held for more money , checiea the business therein . The sale made at the closa of the week were about Is . per qr . higher thau tnose effected on Monday last . Flour was without alteration in valueVgood marks ex-ship meetinga steaay sale . Grinding Barley was in request , andI oemg scarce , must be quoted 6 d . to Is . perqr . dearer .-Malt was without alteration in value , with 1 a'meraj . relaiJ demand , and that confined to good samp ^ Beans and Peas realised full as much ojjw ^ '' ^™' a mtderate inquiry for each -article . T&ere w » only a slow sale for Oats , the business «*» " « - « ; y * J * J « OIVH 04 VAV * VA VHUO ) VUVi ¦ # - _ , ; Ui \ VV j * j
baing principally to the consumers . £ « a n <» Corn brought last week's prices , and therei wa , no quotable difference in the value of . middling . w light qualities . . London Smithfield Market , Monday , ^ i £ -rFrom the whole of our grazing districts tbe 1 air varsot beasts up to our market to-day were ™ ,: l increase , owing to which , and the moderate aw " ance of country buyers , the beef trade ruledi n . » j » and ,, in order to effect a clearance , a decline «»» 21 to 4 d per 8 ! b was submitted to iV ? IS Although we were , on the whole , hea « l * « bpW » with sheep , the sale for them was tolerablyj ™ at the currencies noted on thisdw »*; j » primest old downs producing 5 s . Lsmos w good supply , and heavy demand , at a dec line > « . f 2 dto 4 d per 81 b . In calves , a l ^ ted an 0 jj ? e ( i business was passing at drooping rates . r' 6 " * . - off slowly , at thin quotations . a rer ? Thibsk Corn Mabkbt , '' . Jow Hx «' -A d , moderate supply . Beans were ' in reqaess , *^^ little higher / Wheat and other Grain M ; ta » J in price , with a good demand . YVneM , 1 -j ^ 8 s 6 d ; Maslin , 6 s fld to 7 s 6 d ; Be * n a , to * 4 s 9 d per bushel . Oats , I 83 to 23 s per qp *™ '
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FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Wednesday Evening , JunelGth . Formation of a . London General Election Committee . —On Sunday evening last , a nfost * m . nitrous meeting sf the friends of Chartism was holden at the City of London Booms , 56 , Old Bailey . The meeting having been called by circular , Mr . Saunders was called to tbe chair ; and , after considerable discussion , it -was reBolvtd— " That a committee of twenty-four be appointed , with power to add to their number , and thut the same be called the Metropolitan Election Committee , for the purpose of bringing forward Chartist candidates in the boroughs and hamlets of the Metropolis , and the cities of Londoa and Westminster , and returning the same by show of hands . "
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CONTINUATION OF THE NOMINATION OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL . COVENTRY . John Eaves , weaver , Muck Park-street . David Haynes , weaver , Sherbourne-street . Wm . Sisserson , weaver . Well-street . Joseph Peters , weaver , Far Gost ' ordatreet . Richard Harlop , weaver , New-street . William Hewins , weaver , Jordan Well . Thomas Fletcher , weaver , Cheylesmore Well . Samuel Knight , watch-maker , Spon-street , Se « cretary . David Buckney , weaver , MilJ-lane , Treasurer .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 19, 1841, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct384/page/8/
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