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      ST 7 SHAU * GREAT JPUBLIC . MEETING . —THE MAYOR ! .. / IN THE CHAIR . ' . ¦ . . , ( Abridged f rom , the Durham Advertiser . J . - . The Worshipful ibe Mayor of this city having promised the Chartists , at the meeting held in the Gooneil Chamber to address the Queen © a the birth rf the Prinee of Wales , that he would call a meeting to consider the distress of the eonntry , if a 'proper requisition was sent to bfm for that purpose , a reqdsition was last week ^ reseated to the Major , who called a cseeting for Monday last , at ten o ' clock . Siortly after tkat hour the body of * he Town Hall -was pretty well filled , and the-bench also had a considerable number of oocspants .

      The Mayor , who occupied the doit , observed , that tie meeting had been convened in pursuance of a requisition seat te him , and signed by forty-eight inhabitants or householders of thia city ; and the object . of that teqoisitioa w&s to take into consideration the eaose of the distress which at present existed in this country , and the propriety of petitioning Parliament for selitf from that distress . ( Hear . ) He seed scarcely inform many of them that this meeting had sprung oat of that held not long ago for the purpose of cengrstnlatmg our gracious Sovereign on the birth of the Prince of Wales . At that time observatlens were made with regard to the distress which afiected the country ferelevant to the subject for which that meeting had toen called , and which had not entered into the

      consideration of the requisitionista who called it ; but still their sympathy was excited , and a decided feeling expressed on every hand that that distress should be fuHy considered , and as fully met and relieved as possible . ( Applause . ) It was in vain to « sy ttoat'it was only one class , or one neighbourhood of this country ; or one interest , that was laboaring under distress : it was in vain to say that the distress might be partial and net universal / This country was « o constituted , ' and the ramifications of society—its business and commerce , were bo firmly woven together , that it was impossible at one extremity or tie other that distress could be felt which Bhould not more or less affect the whol ^ of this vast ' -eommwrity . ( Applause . ) It was therefore , the wisest plan to investigate it and . attempt

      to remedy it If distress -existed among the higher classes they might depend upon ife that the poorer classes would presently feel it - ( Hear . ) Tre working classes fall soon experienced that there was some defect in the general system ; and therefore , whenever that distress existed in the commercial , manufacturing , or working classes , be repeated again that tbe-wisest plan was to attempt ta diffase a ^ gwerat relief to that distress . It was therefore , for ttem , as requisitionists , to consider what could be done , and what relief could be proposed . It was for them , properly and in order to approach the legislative bodies of the country , to ask for that relief ; it was far them , also , to expect thattnelrprayers would ba listened to , and that the remedy which they proposed , so far as it was founded in

      propriety , would , in some degree , be adapted to the case of necessity , and procure that relief whieh they desired . ( Hear . ) It was not for him to give advice , or to attempt to lead opinion ; but they would allow him one suggestion , that as there might be a difference of opinion as to the cause of distress—as the causes might be various , and as the relief which must be applied to that distress might be difficult to find out , they ought to desire that species of relief which could be most easily and speedily obtained . ( Hear . ) He would advise them , therefore , not to be led away by fancied topics of relief which might at some future period , and after the-present race of men were reposing in their graves , come into use and be adopted ; but that they would let it be some species of relief which mi * ht be

      laid before Parliament on the 4 th of February , 1842 , and which might be the means of producing an immediate and proper measure of relief . If they did their duty , therefore , let their measures be so constitutedtheir resolutions so framed , that they might be adapted to present relief—that they might bo so wise in their arrangement , so consistent and orderly , thai it might be a relief that Parliament could grant , and that without much delay ; and then he trotted that the distress which was felt more in the South than in this neighbourhood , might be remedied—that Parliament might remove that distress , that its sources might be ried up , and that universal harmony , Unri ^^ n ^ and happiness , might once more cheer the happy homes , the

      hearths , and the altars of our own beloved England . { Much applause . ) He should , therefore , only aay , in conclusion , that as he bad met the requisitionista in a spirit of candour and conciliation , so he believed that they would not introduoeany topic merely inflammatory , or not in consonance . with the language of the ' requisition ; and as he had met them in this spirit of candour and consideration , he trusted the remedy they * sked would be such as Parliament might grant—that they would meet him in the &am 6 kind spirit , and that their united object would be to procure relief and see the community happy . _ ( Applause . ) He should therefore call on the gentlemen who had resolutions to propose now f ) teuaer them .

      Mr . Mowbrat tfcen came forward to move the first resolution . He said , though young and inexperienced , yet he considered it a duty which he owed to his country and to bis God , to come forward and advocate those principles ¦ which he considered would best contribute to the happiness aud welfare of his fellow men . ( Applause ) They were called together to consider the causes of the existing distress which afflicted the working classes of this country . That distress did exist was a fact well Jmownto many whom ke saw around him ; but how much mare severely muit it be felt by the-manufac ' - taring classes of Spitalfielda , where 19 , 500 people-were at that time out of employment , and thousands in the werkhouse of Betbnal Green , while a number of others were receiving out-door relief ? ihere were various

      opinions as to the causes of- this distress . Some attributed it to the irreligion or immorality of the people ; others to the over-run state of the population ( hear ); others to the Corn Laws ; and some aaid it was the will of God that man should be such as he U . But he did not believe it was the will of God that there should be six millions of slaves in this country—he did not believe it the will ef God that , where he had sent plenty of food , there should he thousands starving . ( Applause- ) He did not think it right that one class should live in idleness and luxury , whilst others bad not the necessaries of life . ( Hisses and cries of " Where ' s that ? - ) But on the contrary , he believed th * t peace and plenty should be the lot of ererj man , for it was intended at the creation that man shnnlrf

      reap the fruits of labour , and enjoy the fruits of the earth . Ho would now read the resolution which he was about to propose . [ The resolution affirmed that there was great and general distress existing in the country . ] He believed that this resolution was conceived in terms which could not meet with the opposition of any man , however much he might be prejudiced against the political opinions of the person from -whom it emanated . ( Hear , hear . ) It must be to all a aeurce of unfeigned regret to learn the distress jrhich did actually exist in the country—to think that thousands were turned on the world to sink beneath the summer " * sun or winter ' s blast , or to face the tender mercies of the Poor Law Commissioners . He would now move file resolution .

      Mr . A > DS £ W Write seconded the resolution , which was put by the ilayor , and carried with four or file « ii «« gnti « -Ti » Toices . - Mr . Thohas Clarke , a currier , then came forward , and said that he stood there in the place of a better man to propose the next resolution . Men oi all parties now admitted that distress did exist , and to a greater extent than was ever known before . ( Tumult . ) One party attributed the distress -which existed to the Corn Laws , but he did not believe that its existence was caused by any one law : it was caused by class legislation . ( Hisses , and cheers . ) Ii they thought they . could put him down by hissinj , they were deceived . Bat as there were men to follow him possessed of « greater amount of ta' . ent , it would be presumption in him to address them at any great length ; and he should therefore simply move the resolution .

      The resolution , which attributed the distress of the country to the " monopoly of -political power by the privileged classes , " was " seconded by Mr . Thos . Cleghorn , aud carried without opposition . Mr . Taxloe ., of Sunderlsod , then stooi up , and said , Borne ascribed -the distress -to a want of commerce , and contended that , when trade trig in a flourishing condition , it promoted £ he employment of the working classes . Ib the abstract that mi ght be true ; but if they looked back to the past history of commerce , they found that in the exact proportion that commerce had been extended , the woikixg classes . had been doomed to a proportionate degree of misery . They found thai as the wealth of a town increased , -so had fee condition of the woiking man been deteriorated . . ( Hear , hear , and applause ) Compare the condition ef

      Glasgow in 1841 , -with , the condition of Glasgow fifty years sgo ; and they would . find that in the sasae proportion as the population iad increased—in the eame proportion that tie wealth and -coamerce of rirlasgow had lacreaaed , i » i ^ e ^ ayiame proportion had the physical condition of tbe people been deteriorated . ( Hear , f * a * - ) At what time in the history of Sqgland was tnere sueh a tut Moat of wealth produced as at pre- - aent ? and at * i » t time did the working population of E * gW snflW » bh ^ . It was evident Tfeen , that T * ?** . no »«* of resources in the eounte-it was SS » Sf £ ** * " * S ***** amountrfwealth produced than m Beceeaarv to « . rmiv u « *** . ;«>

      , a ^ s ^ sr = r £ sn £ srst £ under which they suffered , bat if they were b / examlne ^ W tf ^ t 11 Of ¦ *** - *»• from : which the ! SfT . * ^ _ CoH 1 . ^ . * " . be expected ttey-would ' End that there existed in that

      H ^ rTSSloTtafavonr of those laws . Were they likely to obtain a repeal of tie Com Laws from the House of Commons as at preterit eonstitntal ? And even should they do so were they confident that the effect of that repeal i would be to better their condition ? ( Hear , bear , hisses and cheers . ) Did ttu-y expect if the Corn Law was r * I pealed , and commerce extended , that they would be bentiitted in any degree ? They were told in 1832 that if they but a * sisttd the cIses which then possessed political power to attain tbftt power , they would obtain

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      every advantage necessary for themselves . Ten years * experience had shewn them the fallacy of snch _ expectJfe tions . Thenspiostor of their bupa had-taken-place ; and they . had , * , doty to pOTorja ^ ttoeU children and to their country . , to ** that fcbey pere ^ iojiagate deluded —to see that , whatever * « hange * . mi « ht-4 > fe ;« ffeet © d , saeb . changes and ^ remedies wew ;! f"eUt « ataila * ed to benefit : them . ( Lood-applanw . ) Tbeir worthy Mayer had done himself credit by caltes 4 ben * tpgettw * j -and if . the wealthy dasses of society w . oald- * ct towards them as tbe Mayor bad done O » V day ,-. tbBp * ejiuiie « whichnowfixistedagainst them would soon be removed . Mb acknowledged that he wa » a Charttstr-tbi » s 8 B and cheers )—but he was so because he believe * the principles of the Chartists to be consistent with . every ; thing reasonable and just He was a CharUst because he believed tbe principles of the Cbartar " calculated to remove every evil which existed . Trusting that they would pass the resolution , he would not detain them ¦

      any longer . . ' . .. Mr . George Westom contended that political matters should sot be introduced into that meeting ; and that as they were met to address Parliament to remove the distress . ia the country they ought to confine themselves to that object __ ., _ - .. * . ' Tbe motion was then put and carried without further opposition . _; - . . Mr . -Mowbbat then briefly proposed the third resolution , whieh affirmed that the only remedy . for the distress was the adoption of toe People ' s Charter Mr . Clarke britfly seconded tbe motion .

      The Matob obj ected to put the resolution as containing nothing specific—nothiBg to remove the distress which existed . He bagged to interfere in order that there might be something specific added . ( Applause and hisses . ) The simple question was whether it was in order or not Mr . Williams—Will you allow me to offer a word or two respecting the resolution ? ( Cries of " no , no , " " yes , yes . ") - - . -.- ¦ . . The Matt or amidst a great noise came far ward and said the simple point was thU—they had already kindly and attentively listened to one individual who was not an

      inhabitant of the town , and he would candidly state to them that he ha-ri no such intention as to confine the requisionista to speak for themselves if they wished to have one or two advocates to speak for them . ( Cheers and hisses . ) There , therefore , need be neither heat nor vehejoeoee abott it There was a point in the- proceedings at which it Was bis duty to make a stand , and that they would find he would do . The resolution as moved was that the . Charter was a specifio for : all these evils . ( Some interruption . ) He objected that this was Dot a specific remedy according to tae terms of the requisition . ( Cheers and hisses . ) - * Mr . Williams and the Mayor here held a conference on the te-nna of the resolution . ¦¦"_ - ¦

      Mr . Williams then rose and said , —According to the strict letter of the requisition he was not entitled to speak fce them because he was . sot an inhabitant of Durham ; and when he was first applied to to attend , he had declined to come . He told them he had made it a rule never to attend public meetings called in any other town than that in which he lived , and t ike part in them unless by the special approbation of the parties who got up the meetings ; for he thought the inhabitants of the town being called together to consider any public question ought alone to conduct taeir own proceedings ; or if strangers did come forward , that they should not either move or second lesolutions , but only deliver observations with the consent of the meeting . Ho had made it a rule in bis public life never to attend a

      meeting unless he could attend it according toy the strict terms of the requisition , and never to introduce topics not within the scope or object of the meeting , and he trusted the resolution now before them would , in the op-nion of taeir excellent chairman , ba deemed in order , and meet with their unanimous approval . They , then , were willing for him to address them for a short time as one of their countrymen—for they were not met to censider the distress which exis ted in Dnrham alone , but which pervaded the whole of England , Scotland , and Ireland . Every man lamenting this distress , and wishing to see it removed , could have no objection to hear the opinions of one who was a stranger to them , because he apprehended they were there to receive all the knowledge they could , and if it was in his

      power to convey to them any knowledge , or to do aught to remove ignorance , or extirpate error , and to advance the interests of truth , then he wa » sure they would give to him a fair hearing and receive his observa-. tiona in that fair and candid spirit that be submitted tfeem to the meeting . ( Loud cheering with slight interruption . ) Ha conceived then that tbe resolution was one strictly in order , and that it embodied a remedy , and the only efficient remedy , for those evils un

      to various causes ; aad people differed both as to its origin and remedy . He need not , therefore , harrow up their feelings by the details of that distress . He agreed with the Mayor , that this distress was nothing in Durham and ^ the North of England to what it Was in other parts of the country . They were met , then , not alone in regard to their own interests but out of sympathy for their fellow countrymen , and be felt bound to notice the leading opinions entertained , and which bad been promulgated , regarding the causes of this distress . There were some who promulgated thfe belief—held conscientiously by some , and promulgated for sinister purposes by others—that the distress arose from immorality and irreligion . However he ( Mr . W . > thought that the existing distress was not , as thought by

      those gentlemen , a visitation of Providence ; and he did not conceive that the remedy for that distress would be found in the erection of additional churches , or the establishment of additional curates . ( Hisses & cheers ) He did not think that this would be found an adequate remedy , for though desirous of having true religion extended , yet he did not think tbe existing distress had arisen from any want of moral priuciyle in the people , Irom a want of religious principles or feelings , or from a want of tbe machinery for dispensing religious truth , but from a want of energy on the part of those whose duty it wu to diffuse it . ( Hisses and cheers . ) There were others who thought that the distress arose from a superabundant population . ThlB was at variance with his own opinion , and at variance with the opinion of

      the most enlightened men and the most careful observers . He could give them in the spirit of the statistics of Mr . Alisjn—a gentleman who held Conservative opinions , and a gentleman of unblemished reputation , and of unblemished integrity—a proof that tfeose -who held this opinion were in error . He ( Mr . Alison ) was of opinion that the population of Britain was as nothing to what its existing resources could sustain . ( Applause . ) He could also give them other statistics to shew that the resources of Great Britain were capable of sustaining twenty times tbe population that now exists in this country . There was at the presett time a productive power in this country equal to the l » bour . of 600 , 0 * 0 , 000 ofliuman beings . Fifty years ago it was only equal to 15 , 000 , 000 . During the last fifty years , owing to the

      discoveries of Watt and of Arkwright , our productive po-wer bad increased to the extent of tbe labours of 600 , 000 , 000 of human beings . Obviously then the dktress arose not fr&ni the want of materials for producing wealth ; still less from the want of natural richness in tkeaoiL Perhaps no country possessed a finer soil than Great Britain—notwithstanding the opinion of those gentlemen who were in favour of a repeal of tbe Cum Laws . The Dumber of acres , according to the report made to the board of public "works , which were cultivated in Ireland , "was 12 , 125 , 000 ; and of uncultivated , but capable of cultivation , 4 900 , 000 acres . Then there "was a total of cultivated and cultivatable land in Great Britain , of 61 , 025 , 280 acres , and the number of acres in cultivation

      was only about half of what was capable of cultivation . ( Hear , hear . ) It was alBO an acknowledged fact that those lands already in cultivation , "were capable of a much higher degree of cultivation ; and that the science of agriculture , as a science , was capable of very great improvement indeed . The labours of many geDtlemen in establishing home colonies had called out this cheering fact , that a very small portion of l and was capable of sustaining a labourer and his family in comfort and independence . It had been proved by experiment that about . five acres were capable of furnishing sustenance and comfort for a "working man and his family , and placing him not only above the fear of want , but absolutely of securing to him independence as long as life existed , for the cultivation of tbe soil

      was not like manufactures ; it was not connected with the financial system , or dependent on transient circumstances , giving at one time great prosperity , and at another plunging into great distress , for cultivation would ever yield a sure return for the labour expended upon it . He thought , then , that the evil arose net from enper-abuiidant population ; and that , therefore , tfaereffiedy was not to be fonnd in an extensive scheme of emigration—in limiting marriages among the people , or in other matt-era of a disgusting character , which had beea promulgated by those who thought that England was too densely populated . ( Hear and cheers . ) Ha was of opinion , therefore , that in emigration was not to be found asnfficient leiuody . ( " No , " " no . " ) It appeared that there were now ecly half of the people employed ;

      and the other half were only half employed . Only two or three years ago they were all in full employment Had tbe population doubled since that period ? If not , then the distress oosld » ot arise from the superabundant popnlitioo . Uthey were to admit that England did poetess a superabundant population , what followed 1 Why , that one-half of the population ought to be removed ; and if one-half of ti ^ eee were to be removed , what a heavy sum of money would be required to transport them from frho » r happy si tores , to the wilds and wildernesses of foreign eliates , { Ht « and applause , with a few hisses . ) If the capital require to carry on an extensive Bcheme of thiB sort were to I « employed in

      increasing the cultivation of your own laiuU . » t would be attended with infinitely better effects . ( Interruption . } It would not be necessary for the pe opte to be removed from those opportunities of mental i ud social improvement , which existed nowhere to so great an extent as in Great Britain , and to go to other h . " -n 08 to seekfor a home and on asylum , and to seek an exL ^ tence from their own proper labour . ( Applause . ) Ha ™* 8 > then , said sufficient to show that the evils did not a ** from a superabundant population , and that thereto ^» they were not to be remedied by a system of emigratloi \ and still less by the immoral and degrading plans . oj * Malthas , he must now pass to the views entertained j

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      by a very large and and a > ei ? lanoential . 'iBlaSS of m « - formers ^ There was thenji very large class of Reformers who were of opinion that the chief cause of the existing . dlstvesa were the lawa ^ estricttog the importation of food *^ aad tlia immense vatecfttod decreasing the pride , © f laboufc White agreeing Uss * the existing Corn Laws were unjast in principle and iniquitous in thdr character , and moat pernicious in their operation , still he dissented from mem to tbe belief that in a repeal of those'raws would be found a remedy' for ther existing distress . When did the present law come Into'ttlatenoe ?; 'By what means did it come into existence ? Not merely through ignorant puhMc opinion , because it was carried in utter opposition to the expressed wishes and will of the people .: ( Cheers and hiBseao Th 9 existing Corn

      Laws were passed because the individuals who passed them had powers which the people bad not He did not here allude to the sliding scale system , but to the Corn Billof 1815 , which wss'passed at the point of the bayonet ; and the people were coerced into submission to that ; law , which they knew would be productive of injury to them . It waa passed by the aristocracy , and for what purpose ? To advanoe the interests of the labouring class of people ? To advance the interest of trade and commerce ? To advanoe the interest of-those engaged in ' -ihe cultivation of the soilof the fanner or the farm labourer ? No such thing ; but to increase the rent roll of the landlord . That was the object which they had in view , and bitterly to their cost the object had been achieved . Having seen that

      this measure was passed in opposition to the people , bttanse those individuals had-unlimited power , they discovered at once that it was in consequence of those individuals having that which they ( the people ) bad not—vis . political power , and it was that power which enabled them to set at defiance the wishes and interests of the people . { Hisses and cheers . ) Since that period , but especially for the last two or three years , » very powerful agitatisn had been carried on to . obtain a repeal of these laws , and with that agitation the Caartista occupied a very curious and singular position . The Chartists had been unahle toco-operate with the Corn , Law repealers , but were compelled to take an apparently antagonistic position , not from factions feelings but from a conscientious feeling that the

      opinions of the repealers were wrong . Tbe reason why tkey had not been able to co-operate with the Corn-Law repealers was that they ( the former ) believed "tbe numerous evils under which they now suffered arose entirely from the monopoly of power by-the privileged classes and front their not being amenable to the will of the people , and that therefore the only remedy for these evils was the enfranchising of the whole people , and giving them equal power with those who now enjoyed it . tf £ ear , hisses , and cheers . ) Man was said to be selfiish by nature , and if that were so , they on ^ ht not to give to any individual political power -which would enable him to enrich himself' at the expence ef others . He would assert , that it was unjust and anwise to give to any class unbounded political power ,

      because they would use it to promote class Interest at the expem e of the interests of others , and on that princirlewas based the People's Charter . He contended that all being equally interested as cit ' z 9 ns in the welfare of the state , all ought to be in the possession of equal political power to secure their own interests and to prevent others injuring them . ' All parties acknowledged the justice of that principle , but some differed from them and said that the principle was correct in the abstr act , but that the Aims had not ceme for the exercise of the principles of justice . Now he ( Mr . W ) said that it was never too early to begin to do justice , and that no good whatever was to be obtained by maintaining institutions which were not founded en justice . { Chartist cheers . ? What wa » the

      argument used for tbe immediate emancipation of the negro slaves ? It was said by the opponents of emancipation that they ought to wait nntil the negroes were enlightened and knew the benefit of religion . To thU it was answered that the ignorance of the slave was not the result of native want of talent , but that in the state of slavery and degradation in which they were placed was in vain to attempt to improve their minds or morals , and that until the cause which occasioned that state of ignorance , immorality , and Irreligion was removed it was totally impossible to remove these defects . " Therefore , " said they , " strike off their fetters now and make those m 9 n who are slaves free . ( Hear , hear , and loud applausa ) Then they will receive the ministry of the gospel in the spirit of the

      true religion—then you will believe them to be what they pretend to be . " If , then , the argument of the emancipationists were sound , his ( Mr . W . 'S ) was equally sound , because it was btsed on the same principle . ( Cheers . ) Those who were opposed to the immediate emancipation of the people—those who were opposed to the immediate giving to . the people political power , said that the people of England were ignorant . That ignorance he admitted , and was endeavouring to remove ; but they would not be enlightened unless by exertion—they would not be enlightened as to what men were if they did not tell them what their rights were . The people were not born more iguoraut than tha richer classes . They had the same natural powers ; and notwithstanding the disadvantageous position in which they

      were placed , men had sprung up among them of the noblest character , such aa Watt , Arkwright , Burns , Elliot , and many other illustrious men . No one could deny that in intellect all classes were brethren ; and if the ma-ses were-ignorant , it was not because they were naturally inferior , but , on the contrary , it was a strong proof that the existing institutions of the country were unjust . The more completely they proved tbe ignorance and immorality of the working classes , the more completely did they prove the mischief of the existing institutions and the necessity of a chang * . People wovking fourteen hours a day in a cotton mill , or i » tbe deep .

      deep mine , had no time lor meutal improvement . Children were compelled at the age of five or six to go down the deep mine for fourteen or fifteen hours a day , and were thus deprived of all the means ef good education , and of all things useful to them at that time of life . Still less could factory children be expected to receive any education ; and it was no wonder to find in them such physical debility and moral depravity as were described in tbe reports of the factory inspectors . He who created us was not a partial father . He did not dole out blessings to one class , and deny them to others . But it was said that the people had nothing at stake . If the time should come when their shores were

      likely to be invaded , and the property of the aristocracy and the millocrats were likely to be endangered they should then hear nothing of the people having no stake in the country . They would be astonished to be told what a stake tkey had then . ( Hear , laughter , and applausa j If they had to come forward in defence of the throne , the altar , the institutions of the country , and their homes , they would then find that they had must important interests at stake . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , if they had these interests at BUke , it came with a very ill grace from those who had had their assistance if the day after the battle they came forward and told them that they were ignoraut and had no interest in tha country . But the people had an interest not merely as strong , but greater than the wealthiest in

      the land . A man ' s i nterests vitally depended upon his relations to the state ; and any alteration in the law had a tendency vitally to affect his condition . If tliere were a law which would enhance the cost of food and diminish tbe price of labour what became of the working man . It reduced his supply of bread and of clothing Rise . But if there were an a melioration of the law which reduced tha value of property generally it would only be necessary for the rieh to retrench their luxuries . TUey might retrench a bottle of wine a day—keep a couple of horses where before they kept four , or a couple of servants where they bad perhaps six , but they did not feel the pinchings of want . ( Loud cheers . ) The poorer classes instead of having a less , had a greater stake in the country than the rich ; because , if danger

      did occur , those who had wealth could sell their landed possessions , and become voluntary exiles ; but poorer people were chained to the soil on which they were born ; and he therefore said that as men , as husbands , and as fathers they had an equal interest , irat , as citizens , they had a greater interest than those who claimed an exclusive interest in the country , ' ( interruption , and cries of the " Remedy . ') Well , then , now for tbe remedy . He had been speaking to the remedy all along—it was that to do justice to all was the surest means of promoting the interest , the honor , and the happiness of all . He held the opinion that the charter embodied these opinions which were basedon justice to all , and what were they ? That the electoral power of the country should not be vested in a body of men ,

      who had property merely , but in the whole adult people—in all those who had come to maturity , and who bad , therefore , the capacity to judge what was for the general interest . The present system vested the electoral power in the hands of the owners of property , or tho occupier of a house of the value of £ 10 , and the inefficiency of that constituency to effect beneficial changes or to remove the evils of the country , proved , most clearly that the present system was wrong . The franchise was now vested in the middle classes . If they had chosen men ignorant of the principles of justice , they must have done so in ignorance or knavery ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) If through ignorance then , they were unqualified to do their duty ; Mid if through knavery they were equally disqualified . Bat if the

      whole people were enfranchised and should commit blunders they would only bane themselves to blame , and the higher classes would be released from the odium which was at present attached to them . If they granted to the people their just rights , moreover , the . higher classes would have an Interest in weaning them from their ignorance , because their best security would be found in enlightening their minds and improving their morals . If , then , the men of Durham had entertained prejudices against the Peoples Charter , he trusted that those prejudices would be now removed . They now knew what those principles were , and what they were not If they were lovers of justice they would sup . port those principles . < Hear , hear , hear , and cheers . )

      They attributed to the representatives of the whole people the remedy of those evils . It was offered as an effective remedy and also as a speedy remedy The Chairman very probably thought the Charier was not a remedy of that description . He must tell him ( the Mayor ) that neither was the repeal of the Corn Laws . Sir Kobt . Peel ' s plan had become known , and it was not in consoa-uice with the views of the repealers . But did they expect to carry a repeal of the Com Laws sooner than the Chartists could carry the Charter ? He should say decidedly not ; and in that opinion he was supported by the mo . « t intelligent portion of their own press , such as \ ht Spectator and ^ the JfoneonfomUL The Charter was a broader measure of juslkftUlfta the repeal

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      of the Corn Laws . The Charter was a comprehensive and Buffioienfc scheme for improving the legislative power of the . country . It was embraced by ; a larger number , and , Ahe « fore , was more likely to oS soiraer carried ; Thefrepeal of ^ ^ tbiCom' ^ % sorlginaWd with the middle classes' , but it could never be carried without the support of . toeVpi ^ & ; ^ seen thls , and at Manchester expressed a wish that the people should back hira in order to frighten the aristocracy Lord Mel rjourae had declared that to obtain a ' repeal of the Com Laws would convulse the country from end to end—that it would bring the country to the very verge of a revolution , and if bo - Srhy should they be called upon to pass through so terrible an erdeal as thatj-taraV irioveone eiyil when the system which had called that evil , into existence was- to be suffered to last I The middle classes , therefore , should unite themselves to Chartists . ( Cheers . ) Let the middle and working

      classes join together to procure a broad measure ot justice . It was with no light feelings that he appeared there . that day , and if he bid uttered any expressions of an improper <* aracterbetoo 6 t sincerely regrettied it : He desired that good and kind feelings should exist among them , and if they could not agree in opinion let them agree to differ . ( Applause . ) That meeting was one of the most cheering signs of the times . There was a period when the ' people were really treated as the " swinish mnltitade , " when their still feelings felt no utterance on the public platform . Bat they now lived in times of * very different character when the working people had acquired "knowledge , " and when men in whom they had the fullest confidence were publicly beard to express ' their sentiments and expound their views . ; He thanked them far the patience with wbichtthey had heard him , and the Mayor for allowing him to speak . ' ; - ' , . - ; - '¦ ' '¦ \ ¦¦' : " "¦¦¦' : ¦'' - ' } . : ¦ ¦" .. - - ' ¦ - '¦'¦ ¦

      The Town Clerk then read the resolutioa , which was to the effect that the meeting was of opinion that the most speedy and efficient remedy for class legislation , and the numerous evils arising from it , would-fee found in the adoption of-the People ' s Charter ; - i Mr . FRiNcts M « CAB . Tay , acfctp « tweaver , ascended tbebench to propose an amendment . He said that much as he agreed inI what had fallen from Mr . Willlrms , yet he considered that the obtaining of the Charter would beat such a distant period , that it would be long ere they felt the benefit of it . ( Hisses and cheers . ) Being oonvinoed of this , snd at the same time considering that a repeal of the Corn Laws would sooner produce good effects —( much hissing )—he rose to propose a resolution to that effect . ¦ ; , '¦ "''' , '' , Mr . Wm . Alexander , another carpet weaver , seconded ths amendment . '

      ; The amendment was put , but not twenty hands were held up for it . It "was negatived by a very large majerlty . The original motion was not put , the Mayor declaring it to ^ have b «> en carried . Mr . Mowbbay moved that petitions to both houses of Parliament be drawn up founded on the resolutions , and sent to Mr . Granger ; and Earl Stanhope for presentation , which was carried without opposition . Three cheers were given for Frost , Williams , and Janes ; for the Northern Star : and for Feargus

      O'Connor . ¦; , ;¦¦• :. ;¦ ¦ .- ; ¦ . - . •; - .:.. ¦ . ' ¦ .. .. . , . ¦' . . ' ¦¦ : ¦ ... V . . ... .. Mr . WIXXIAMS moved a vote of thanks to the Mayor , which was 'carried ;/ and the Mayor having returned thanks , the meeting was dissolved ;

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      TRIUMPH OF THE CHARTISTS . A vestry , meeting was held on Thursday last , at twelve o ' clock , to elect nineteen commissioners to execute the purposes of the Improvement Act for the ensuing year , in conjunction with the Borough Justices ; who act ex-officto . The meeting was very numerously attended , the vestry before the appointed hour being so full as to render an adjournment necessary ; the people being determined to be no longer gulled by either of the fantionsi Mn Councillor Kelsall moved that the chair shoajd be occupied by Mr . Charles Cummins ; whereupon , ¦ •'' Mr . William Hick , as an amendment , proposed Mr . William Brook to the office .

      Mr . James Green * Park Row , was also proposed ; but the majority in favour , of Mr . Brook was great * and he accordingly took the chair ; Mr . Naylor , the law clerk , ^ then read the notice convening the meeting ; after which , Mr . Hick moved that the veBtry meeting be adjourned to the Vicar's Croft , which was at once carried ; and to the Crofc the public repaired , where Mr . Naylor again read the notice calling the . meeting . " . -.-. . - , . ¦ :- ¦ : ¦¦ / ¦ ' ¦• ¦ ¦ ' - ; '; . ' . ' ¦ " ' ¦ . . The Chairman then called upon any one having persona to ' 1 propose to do so , and stated the regulationa in the event of a poll being demanded ^

      Mr . Kelsall then proceeded to read over a list of names * which he handed in to the Chairman , saying that in Ais opinion ( an opinion , by-the-bye , in which the public did not seem to join to the full extent , ) they / were the most likely men , and the best qualified of any in the borough , for the office . The names he proposed were : —Mr . George Howard , Mr . Horatio Wood , Mr . Robert Drury , Mr . Wm . Sellers , Mr . Edward King , Mr . George Morton , Mr . Joshua Metcalfe , Mr . Benjamin Hebden , Mr . Joseph Woodhead , Mr . Thomas Otley , Mr . Charles Cummins , Mr . Richard Bissington , Mr . H . Gresham , Mr . Thomas Anderton , Wr . Wm . Binns , Mr . James Vickerman , Mr . John VVhitehead , Mr . Joseph Raper , and Mr . John Wilson . ^ . This list was seconded by Mr . Thomas Morgan , the Whig man-of-aU-work ; and we believe that when the list was proposed , they thought in good faith , they would be able to carry it by a large majority .

      Several other names w « re then proposed separately by parties in the crowd , but without any idea that they would be carried . Some Tories were proposed by an operative ^ but the party , as a body , took no part in the matter . , j . Mr . Hick then proposed a list , embodying seven of the out going Comm issioners the moat liberal of the lot , and twelve others , all staunch friends « f the people ' s cause . This list was seconded by Mr . Michael Lonostaff , and was as follows ¦ . : ¦— ¦ Mr . Horatio Wood , soHoitory Hillfiouserplace , East-¦ ¦ ' . ' . street . ' v *' " . "¦ ' ' ' .. - '¦ ¦'¦¦¦ ¦ ' •• ¦¦ ¦ : . ' '¦ _ , ¦ , ' Mr . William Sellers , tallow chandler , 53 ,

      Portlandcrescent . , ¦' «¦ , '' ¦" Mr . William Binns , cloth manufacturer , SpnngfieJd-place . Mr . Edward King , woolstapler , Grove-terrace . Mr . Joseph Woodhead , builder , Spencer-placo , Roundhay-road . , " ¦ Mr . Joseph Riper , builder , HolbecK . Mr . John Whitehead , machine-maker , Holbock . M r . Joseph Pickard , machine maker , Kirkstall-road . Mr . Joshua Hobsonjprinter , Market-streeti Mr . William Hartley , broker , Kirkgate . Mr . Joseph Inglish , butcher . 4 , Ludgate-hilL Mr . John . Ardili , clerk , Burley-piace , Kirkstall-¦ ¦' '¦ '¦ road . - .. •¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ r- ' ¦ - . '' . ¦ : . ¦ •/ " . . ¦ ' '"¦ . ; ¦'¦¦ ' " . ; Mr . Thomas Otley , victualler , St ; Peter ' s-street . Mr . Gobrge Wood , gentleman , Woodhouse-lane . Mr . George Dufcorti gentleman , Richmond-terrace . Mr . Joshua Barnard , toll > bar keeper , George ' s-

      street . : . . ¦• , Mp . Henry Wilks , pawnbroker , George ' s-street . Mr . John Holroyd , victualler , Meadow-lane . Mr . Thomas Button , cloth finisher , St . Peters

      square . The seven names first on the list , were retiring Commissioners * ;¦¦ The Chairman , in order that there might be no mistake , and-: that justice" might be done to all parties , put each name separately to the meeting , taking one from each list in rotation . For each name propbsed by Mr . Hick , nearly every hand in the assembly was held up , while for " Morgan ' s list , " , ( the concoction of the Corn Law League and the Fox and Goose Club ) not above thirty or forty wefe htsld up for any one . . The Chairman therefore declared the election to have fallen on the nineteen gentlemen above-named , proposed by Mr . Hick . A tremendous cheer followed this announcement .

      The united Whig-Rads had no chance . With them " Othello's oceupaiion ' s gone" —clean gone . The people have left them far away behind , and it willj now be seen that they , having fairly taken their own affairs into their own hands , will manage toi conduct them to the credit and honour of the town . No poll was demanded , and thanks having been carried by acoiamatibn . to the Chairman , for his gentlemanly and impartial conduct in the chair , the meeting broke up . . Are the Chartists of Leeds generallyaware that the qualification for a Town Councillor is lower than for an Improvement Commissioner ? and have they asked themselves the question whether those who have power to carry the election of Commissioners may not be able to carry the election of Councillors if theyitry ? The thing is woXtb- thmkingof . :

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      Leeds . —The Enumeration Committee will hold a special meeting on Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock , attHe Old George , on important business . ¦ The Leeds lNtELtiGENCKH .- ^ Weuncler 8 tand that since the publication of the advertisement which appearecf in our paper of Saturday last , respecting the proprietorship of the Intelligencer , the matters in dispute between the parties have been put into a train of settlemeat . HoLBEqK . —Mr . Bronterre O'Brien addressed the Chartists of this place on Sunday evening last .

      for about three hours , in his usual excellent and effective manner ; he explainedhis viewB in lucid and comprehensive language , and created a sensation of pleasure in the breasts of his hearers bj the manly vigour ofhis ideas , and the satisfactory conclusions to whioh they led . The Chartists of this place have fitted up an excellent room , near the bridge , capable of holdiBg six or seven hundred , and it Was filled to suffocation . They are gaining a great accession of signatures to the "Great National , " and are steadily progressing in number and ; in importance .

      O'Bribn ' s Press FuND . r-The Leeds Committee have received : ^; ; -fl . d .., ¦ ¦ ' From Mr . French , per Mr . Swain ... 0 6 From Mr . Earnshaw ... ... ... 10 Frfiia Mr . Westlake , collected in halfpennysubscriptions ... > .. ... 13 6

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      LEEDS BOROUGH SESSIONS . The Christmas General Quarter Sessions . of the Peace for the Borough of Leeds , were held last week , at the C ! ourt House in Leeds , befortf Thomas Flower Elli 3 , Jnn ., Esquire , Recorden The following dentlemen were sworn of v //;/'/ ' - ^ ' ;>; ;; THE m&JSTi JVBY . v . / Y - /' Mr . Robert Dennis Chantrell , axcbltedt , Foreman . Mr . Thomas Barlow , batter . V ; VMr . Wm- Bowes , stuff-merchant ... Mr . Wm . Brown , stuff merchant " Mr . Robert Cadman , gentleman . - ¦ ' . ' : Mr . Benjamin Clark , farmer . , ; -:. Str . John Clark , architect : : Mr . Thomas Craven , cornfactor . ¦' / ' % Mr . Thomas England , cornfactor . , Mr . Wm . Graveley , farmer . - : Mr . Richard Harrison , timber merchant-Mr . Wm . Hunt , gentleman . ¦'•• . ' •; . r . Mr . Frederick Kirby , merchant : v Mr . Wm . Perkin , architect ? ; Mr . James Sanderson , eornbetor .. '¦; . ¦ . . Mr . John Scott , cornfactor . V . Mr . George Smith , merchant ; ; r '

      The Recorder , in charging the Grand Jury , ; said that ' although the calendar was rather heavier in point of number than usual , it presented one very gratifying feature , naaigly , the almost total absence of cases of stealing with any thing like violence . At the last sessions there Were four or five cases of that nature , but on this occasion , so far as he had perused the depoaitlona , he had not found one . There were only two or three cases with respect to which any thing that he could Say would be of use to thern .: In one or : two cases the exense of drunkenness might be set up . . Upon that he might observe that if there was drunkenness s » great that a man did not know What be was ; about , or whether he took his own property or that of his neighbour , then there was no crime , because there was no

      malice ; but that degree of drunkenness which merely blinded a man to the impropriety of the act he committed , was no excuse , but an aggravation of the offence . Therefore , in no case , unless the drunkenness had proceeded to a length which he thought it scareiy ever did , of making a manunableto distinguish between his own property and that of his neighbour , could it be any excuse for the commission of a felony . There were other cases in which servants or agents "were charged with embezzlement In such cases itr was not sufficient to prove that the accused had received the monty , and that it had not come , to the bands of the master , nor been entered in his master ' s books , because it might happen that the servant bad forgotten to enter it ; but the general proof was that the servant had

      designed to make the master believe that all was clear between them , when in point of fact be bad misappropriated his monies to his own use . There was one case in which the defence would probably be that the article , a mackintosh coat , was borrowed not stolen , to protect the taker from tbe rain . If the Grand Jury : should be of opinion that it Was originally taken for that purpose , and hot with a view to appropriate i * ultimately to his own use , they would not send the bill down to the Petty Jury , as the offence would amount only to a trespass , and not to a felony ., After some observations on cases of uttering base coin , the Recorder said , that there was a case of personation under ; the Municipal Act , the person charged having voted in the name of a person whom he was not The 34 th section of the act enacted that only three questions could be put to a burgess at the time of voting ; the 'first was whether the

      person who tendered ; a voting paper wan the person whose name was signed thereto ; and an affirmative answer to that might be « correct one , although it was not his own writing . The second ; question Was whether the person who tendered the voting paper was the person enrolled on the burgess ro ll for the . qualification described at the foot of the voting paper handed in ; and it was probable that the indictment would turn upon "whether a false answer had been given to that question . Now if a person of the name of John Styles handed in a voting paper purporting to ke signed by John Styles , and yet was not the John Styles who was registered , he was guilty 6 i a crime in personating the true John Styles , in addition to the offence created by the statute in giving a false answer . The statute was framed to guard against one person voting for another ; and if a person was ill at home he could not send another person to vote for him . THE SMOKE NUISANCE . THE QUEEN V . GEORGE NUSSEY AND GEORGE NUSSEY ' JUNIOR . ¦'¦ . " ; - ; . . ' ; . ,. ' . ' Mr . Hall said that this case was an indictment found at the last sessions against the defendants for nuisance in not consuming their smoke , and that since the indictmerit had been : found they had made experiments which they hoped would succeed in effecting the object the prosecutor had in view ; and as the pr . secutor had no wish to press hardly upon them , but was-willing to abandon the prosecution , he had to move that the indictment be discharged . ¦; : \ : ¦¦ ' . '¦ After sorue conversation between the Recorder and the Learned Counsel , A verdict of Not Guilty was taken and recorded . We understand that the remaining two of the three indictments for smoke nuisance , found at the last sessions , have be ^ n traversed till the next sessioas .

      Transported Seven Years . —Mary Ann North , 22 , an old offender , for sbealiog three printed cotton dresses from Benjamin Pollard . Henry Bottomley Hargreaves , 23 , for baying feloniously received several pairs of boots at Leeds , the property of Benjamin Jackson , wel knowing them to have been stolen .. . Imprisoned One Year—Joseph Butterfield , stealing : boots from Dennis Topham . John Craven Fielding , stealing brass piping ; , &c . from John Cookson . Margaret Gollagher , stealing a purse containing £ 40 in bank notes , from O . Bell . Imprisoned Nine Calendar MoNTHS .--Mary Th esh , alias Carr , stealing money from Jauies Crossley . James Chad wick , stealing £ 7 10 s . in money , a cashbox and other articles , the property of Messrs . Wm . Prichard and Company of Burley MilL Harriet Marshall , 22 , stealing money the property of Christopher Hunter .. . ¦ ' ' ' "¦'¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ' . '¦ " "' . ' ..- " -. ' . ' . . . ' .:.

      Imprisoned Eight Calendar Months . —Mary Ann Brook , stealing a purse and half-a-crown from Wnu Gledhiil . ( The prisoner on leaving the bar , said , " I think ye might a » well mak ^ it twelve . " ) Imprisoned Eighteen WEEKS .- ^ Robert Boynton , stealing from three different places of worship , hymn books , &c from Thomas Wood , Wm ; Walker Wilson , and Wm . Wilkinson Worrall . Imprisoned Sjx Calendar Months . —Ann Stott , stealing a drinking glass and an iron spitting box from Mr * Thomas Jubb . Wm . Farrer , stealing a canvass cover from John Kitson . John Edward Chambers , feloniously receiving boots , the property : of Benjamin Jackson , well knowing them to have been stolen . Jane Mountain , 27 , stealing bacon , the property of Thomas Fowler . Elizibeth Mellor , 19 , and Elizabeth CandaI 119 , stealing wearing apparel , the property of Wm . Hey and others . Wm . Brayshaw and Ann Green , uttering counteifoitooin .

      Imprisoned Five Calendar Months ^—Elijah Routh , stealing a number of cow ' s tails , the property of Messrs . Nickols and Rhodes , from the Aira and Calder Navigation Wharf . Ann VVood , stealing money , &o . from Thomas Burnell . Frederick Gilbertson , stealing money from Margaret Harland . Wm . Conroy , stealing coals from Messrs . Brandling and Co . ; ' .. Imprisoned Four Calendar Months . —Mark Ridgwell ,. stealing cow ' s tails from Messrs . Nickols and Rhodes . ; Byroua alias Bryan Hughes , stealing a pair of shoes from Christopher Atkinson . Thomas Kelly , stealing brass castings from Messrs . Maclea and March . William Edwards , stealing money from Thomas Barrett William Matthew , stealing a wash-band-Et ? nd , &c . from William Baxter . Sampson Speader ,

      stealing from Thomas Hebden . Esq ., Wm . Ambrose Jackson , stealing silver spectacles fronv Bridget Cro ^ per , and a silk handkerchief from Mary Ellis . Jaiie Kilroy , ; for feloniously receiving a muslin apron and other articles , the property of James Thompson , well knowing them to have been Btolen . Ann Simpson , stealing money from George Spencer . Robert Cooke , obtaining money by . faJse pretences , from George Constahtine , with intent to defraud him of the same . William Nerthcrp , and Thomas ! Hemingway , itsaling band and other articles , the property of Wm ; Edward Ellis and another . James Holmes , stealing a quantity of tartar , the property of Benjamin Musgrave . Joseph Rathmell , and Robert Richardsphj stealing a top coat , the property , of David Pawson .

      Imprisoned Three Calendar Months . —Mary Tempest , stealing gingham from Jehn Dilby . Paul Lockwood , stealing a fender from Jane Barker . Martha Megson , stealing a merino apron from Rachel Greenwood . ElizvLittle , stealing a printed dress , &a , from John Borrow . Abraham Stead , stealing a coat and waistcoat from Wm . Kaberry . ) James Brook , stealing a woolsheet from Joseph Lister . John Parker , stealing beef from Thomas Higgins . George Woodhead , stealing a box from Benjamin Sharp . Thomas Homer , stealing beef from Elijah Law . Mary Hargreaves , stealing a silver plated pint from Abraham Castelow . Wm . Longbotiom , st . a portmanteau from

      Robert Pool . Samuel Broadbent , stealing silk handkerchiefs from David Hay wood . Thomas Longstaff , stealing beef from Wm . Harriaon . Margaret Begg , ttealing printed cotton , the property of David Butters . Gideon Galtress , stealing hath , the property « f David Brotherton . John M ^ Ginniss , steali ng money , the property of Matilda Shutt . Isabella Wise , stealing : a coat and cloth , the property of John / Sriowden . Ann Spenee , stealing shoes , the property of Isaac Che&tham . Thomas Longstaff , stealing beef . Edward Jackson , stealing a coat . John Land , obtaining a watch and other articles by false pretences , with intent to defraud Philip Lewin and another . ¦¦¦'¦ ¦ '•

      IMPRISOKE 0 TWO CAIBNDER MONTHS ^ -Jfanies Balmforth stealing caps from Ann Hudson , tlkabeth Redfearn , stealing shoes from Isaac Cheetbam . Wat Wright , stealing a hat the property of Benjamin 'Holroyd . ; , " . '' . ' . ¦¦; . ¦ ¦ , ¦ ¦; .. "' ;¦' " / ' ; ; . ' - ¦' ¦ ' . "¦ ¦ -- ' ¦ " ¦ ; ' . ' ' : ' '; : . iMPHisoNED Six ^ Weeks .-- Eli * abetb Lynch , « teaHng wearing apparel , the property of John Lee . Imprisoned one Calendae Month . — Mary Smith , stealiog wearicf apparel the property of James Brown , Esq . ' . : "¦¦¦ : ¦ ¦ , ' - ; ¦ ' ¦ ; ; . ; ¦¦ ' ¦¦ :. ;¦¦

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      IMPRISONED TEN DAJS IN LEEDS GAOL . ——Catherine Welsh , stealing' " a top coat from Michael Coul 8 pn . ; . ; ¦ •• . ; . U-. '; . . ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ' ' : ;¦¦ :-. rc- - ^ - ¦ ; -. ; :. ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' . - ¦ . - ' : , ' . ¦¦¦' No Bill ajrafrist Eliza Roadhouse , stealing money from Rd . Parkin . Henry Jackson , charged ateaHog a fowl from Thomas Barker . William Mayfleld , steal * ing harfli the property of David Brotherton . James Hawkes , and John Ashworth Lister , stealing wearing apparel , the property , of James Curtis . Maria Mar shall , stealing money , the property of Jane Emmereon . Robert Corker , iteaUig a macintosh , the property of Robert Crossi " ! :: ' '' v . ' : ' .: ¦¦] ¦^ . ' ¦ . ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ : : ' *} : ¦<¦ '' ¦ : ^ . -. ' ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ Respited Tii . l WKKt , SESSiON&--Patrick Bm > goyne , personating a voter at the Leeds Municipal Election .: ' : ;' . ' -r . ^ \ c ¦ ¦ ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' -r .: \ .- ' : ' -: ; ' ¦ : ;' : : . "¦ - ¦ ' "

      Not 0 UII . TT .--John i SiUtstone ; charged stealing beef from Elijah . Law . Caroline ; Kay ; charged stealing three printed cotton dresse 9 from Benjamin Pollard Wm . Broadbent , charged stealing fowfs f rom J . Flesher . Taomas Broadbent , ctargefl stealing silk handkerchiefs from David Haywood . - Daniel Kilroy , charged with receiving stolen property belonging to James Thompson , knowing it to nave been stolen . John Kermon , steal ing a hand-barrow from Robert Ward ^ John Cooper , charged steaUng a ceat from Thomas Walton . Sarah A 8 kham , stealing money , the property of ' John Drake . John Robinson ) stealing money , the property of Wm .

      Tetlow . Mary Barns , stealing wearing apparel , the property of ; Wm .. Hey and others . Benjamin llling worth , stealing money , the property of Wm . Rhodes . Joshua Brook , stealing cloth . John Broughton , stealing wearJDg apparel , the property of John Burnett . Ann Lumb , stealing a shawl , the property of J . Grower , and another . William Smith , obtaining goods by false ! pretences , with intent to defraud John Walgha . Elizabeth Blackburn , uttering counterfeit eoin .: George Biierlejr , obtaining goods by false pretences , with intent to defraud George Plattg . Adam Lyon Hagineaur , attempting to defraud Wm . Johnson .

      '¦ : Forfeited his Recognizances . —Jonathan Fletcher , charged with having feloniously embezzled money , the projiertj ; of Mr . W , Middletonf solicitor . / The sessions terminated on Saturday night , a little before twelve o ' clock . ¦;' - - ' : i : ¦ - ' ¦ - ¦ . . -: .-. "¦¦ ¦¦ - ¦'¦;¦ ¦ .,

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      Xbeps Corn Market , Twbsdat , Januart :- - 4 i- » There is a large arrival of Wheat to this day ' s Marke ^ ptber ki nds of Grain moderate . Wheat has been ' quite a retail trade , and prices Is . to 2 s . per quarter lower . Fine heavy Barley full as dear , but ho improvement in other descriptions . Oats a halfpenny per stone , and Beans Is . per qr . lower . "¦ '"¦' THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEEK -:,. ; - ENDING JAN . 4 , ' 18 ^ 2 . . / ' . ; "' - ;;\> Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peas . -Grs ; Qrs . ' Qrs . ^ s . Qrs . Qw , ^ 2610 1662 : 493 9 25 '¦ ,- 0

      £ . b . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ a . d . £ a . d . £ a . 4 3 rTO 112 9 1 371119 0 118 5 J 0 0 0 ,. Leeds Cloth MA"RKBTs . ^ - We axe glad to hear that a confident hope exists that trade in this district will in a very short time improve j and that a steady demand for manufactured . goods is anticipated . Stocks are very low , the merchants not having for some time purchased beyond their immediate wanta , so that the slightest extra , demand would have the effect of causiDg more employment , the manufacturers having for some time limited their powers of production . The stuff trade is pretty brisk under all circumstances , though even here there are great complaints of want of demand in comparison with what there ought to be . HrjpDERSFiELD Cloth Market . —Our first market in the hew year was as gloomy as the one ending the old year . There was no improvement "in : any one department . Woolsj Oils , &o . aa tisual . :,

      Bradford Market , Thursday , Jif •¦ 6 ;—Wool—Since bur last report we cannot learn that any material change has taken place either in demand or prices . The deep stapled wether fleeces and matchinga continue most in request . Colonial wools are still much neglected both in combing and clothing sorts . Yarn : —Tho inquiries for Yarns are rather on the increase , and perhaps on the whole quite as much done as for several vveeks past , but without any improvemenu in . Wool , of which theconsumption is chiefly upon , to produce the numbers of Yarn most in request , makes the condition of the spinners any thing but an enviable one , and without some very extensive change for the better , either by a reductioh in the prices of Wool or an advance on the Yarns , we fear it will be some considerable time before

      the spinners have either their idle machinery brought into operation , or the residue : working full time . Piece . — -We had a very , numerous attendance at our first new market in the year , which is usually of a rather animated character . To-day has not been so much so as we could have wished , nor are the purchases made extensive , being in a great measure con ' fined to Fancy Goods , made from Mohair and Alpaca Wool , the latter article having undergone an advance causes many to be eager buyers at old prices , winch the Manufacturers state they cannot afford , and are seeking an advance commensurate . In other goods , six-quarter Merinos , Saxony , and Orleans , the demand continues rather limited , but late prices are fully maintained , and the opinion is still gaining ground that things hr ye seen their lowest point .

      Thirsk Corn - Market , Jan . 3 . —Supply large , with a very heavy market ; Wheat full 3 d per bushel and Oats from 6 d to Is per quarter lower . Barley dull of sale , but best samples realized nearly former rates ; Wheat 7 s 3 d to 83 ; Beans 4 a to 5 s per bushel . Oats 9 d to lid per stone , or 16 s to 22 s per quarter . Barley 26 s to 31 s per quarter . : . Manchester Corn Market , JFrip a * , Jan . 7 .- There is but little to notice respecting the trade during the present week , the general character being that of much inactivity ; and , in consequence of the holiday usual at the commencement of the year , our market was held this morning . In the absence of several ef the customary attendants few tran&actiona weTejepprted , and no change can be made in th ©

      quotation of any article . : London Smithfield Market , Monday , Jan . 3 . — We had a very moderate arrival of beasts from- { he whole of our grazing districts , up to this morning ' s market , but the general quality of the bullock supply was unusually prime for the time of year ; indeed , nearly the whole of it was above the middle quality . The limited nature of the receipts , and the large attendance of buyers , produced a yery ^ fair inquiry , and ah advance in the currencies noted oh Monday last of from 2 d to 4 d per 81 b was readily obtained ; the primest Scots are going off at full 43 l 0 d per Bib , and the market was clearedat an ear . yhour . From Seotiand , there were received about 125 Scots , and

      190- sheep , in excellent condition . Amongst the su pply , we noticed fire oxen and a heifer offering by Mr . Willoughby , and fed by Mr : Hewisoniof West Keal , Lincolnshire , which were the admiration of all beholders ; in fact , finer animals were seldom , if ever , seen in this market , while they produced exceedingly high prices . The points were extTetnely smooth , aad they would weigh extremely heavy . There was a fair average supply of sheep on sale , the inquiry for which was a firm ^ but without any improvement in their currencies . In calves , little was done , yet there was slight enhancement on Friday ' s rates . The pdrk trade was steady , at last week ' s figures .

      LivERpbot Corn Market , MoNBAr , Jan . 3 rd . — We have this week nad moderate supplies ot British Grain , &c . ; bat the arrivals I ' rom foreign ports amount to 5 , 530 quarters of Wheat ; li 076 quarters of Beans , 770 quarters of P ^ as , and 9 940 barrels of Flour ; and from Canada there are reported 1 768 quarters of Wheat , 10 , 000 ; barrels of Flour , and 2 , 600 quarters of Peas . With ; very trifling exceptions , however , all these are for the present entered under bond . The rates of duty on foreign Wheat are advaRced to 23 s . 8 d ., on Barley to 153 . : 4 d ., on Peas to 11 s . per quarter , and on Flour to 143 3 d . per barrel . Since this day se ' nnight , a few parcels of free foreign have been taken for shipment to Ireland : but the trade in / Wheat has been . of a limited character , and prices generally have declined Id . per bushel . In Flour there has been litite done at

      parely previous rates . Oats and Oatmeal have commanded little attention , though both articles have been offered oa rather easier terms . Barley aad Beans have sold only in retail , and must be quoted Is . per quarter cheaper . Some parcels of foreign boiling Peas have found buyers at 42 s . to 44 s . per imperial quarter . In the early part of the week , two or three cargoes ef Mediteranean '¦ " Wheat to arrive changed hands at the previous currency . No further transactions have transpired .

      WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . ¦' ¦; . ¦¦ .. '• - . ' . ;¦ / ( by express . ) . - '" . ¦¦ " ¦; ' : '" : ¦ Friday , Janpar * 7 . —Our arrivals of Grain are good this week . The Wheat trade remains in the most lifeless state , and we note prices Is . to 2 s v' per quarter lower for both New and Old . Barley dull , and Is . per quarter less money would be freely taken . Oats and Shelling have declined , the former id . per stone , I and the latter Is . per load ; New Beans are also very slow sale , and continue to recede ; Old are alsols . per quarter lower . No variation in other articles . . ¦' . ¦ . ¦ : ' . "¦ . ' ' ¦ " : " -. "V ¦¦¦' ¦ " ¦ . ' . '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ' " . ¦ \ ; . '• : ¦ . . ¦

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      O'CONNOB , Eiq ;^ Hammersmith , County Middiesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at hiB Printy ing Offices , Neg , 12 and 13 , Mukebstseet , Brig ^ gate ; and Publiahedi by thi ? said Joshua Hobson , ( for the said FearOus p"CONPOB , ) JA bis Dwel * Ung-hbwie , No . 5 ; Market-street , Briggate ; an _ internal ComninBication existing Detween the said No . 5 , Market-street , and ^ the ^ said Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , ¦ Briggate , thus constituting the ..-.. " . '' whole of the said Printing and Publiahing Office one Premises . . ¦¦ ' ; .. ¦ :: ' . ' : _ ¦ ¦ ]¦' . ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ ; ¦' . . ¦¦' : ' AU Communications must be addressed , tPosi-paidi t » ; . ' : X Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leed * . Saturdayi fanuaai 8 ; 1842 .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 8, 1842, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct412/page/8/