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TO THE ELECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS OF THE WEST RIDING . " Our merchants are in the gnlf of bankruptcy , and oar labourers have eaten tkeir beds . " —Lord John JlussdL Fellow Cocststmek , —When I last addressed you upon the opinions of the two candidates -which the " virtuous Whip" are bringing forward to represent yoar interests in parliament at the present " great commercial erMs , " I could only make inferences from tb « past conduct of tbe man who is a " lord by the accident of his birth , " and upon the other from the opinions which had been avowed by the " great statesman" who was to be the mentor of his future career .
Since that address was written , both the parties , whose opinions , ""* the tendency of whose opinions , I endeavoured to aoaliza , hare published their , political creed in an address to the electors ; and , therefore , &U surmise as to what is likely to be their future political course is eoapletelyset ' at rest ; and as the man " who is a lord by the accident of his birth " has made no retractions , we are fairly warranted in taking the whole of his previoas political life , in company with hh now published address , as containing the line of p > litics which in future he will pursue . And as he also of the " other house" has fairly spoken out , tra shall now be enabled to refer to himself , as the chronicle of bis own opinions .
well , then , gentlemen , you -will recollect , as I r > efore stated , that a first minister of state had stated in his place in parliament , that " out merchants were in the gulf of bankruptcy ; " " our men of property unable to obtain any rents ; " " our shopkeepers were ruined ;" " our labourers liTing seventeen in flTe yards square ;" " our pawnbrokers' shops filled with the clothes and furniture of our artisans ; " and " that our manufacturing labourers had eaten their beds . " I beg you , Gentlemen , to keep this statement particularly in mind ; pnt it OTer your mantelpiece , and ent ? ave it on your hearts , that Lord Juhn Russell , in his capacity of a first minister of state , proTed the above to be the condition of the " enyy of surrounding nations and the admiration of the world ' . "
These facts are worth a thousand speeches ; there is ' no disputing them ; they have authority stamped on r their front . None of the random assertions these of i " Feargus O'Connor and his wild associates , " made for j the purpose of lighting up the torch of revolution ! These are not brought forward by " wild Chartists , " i to place in juxta-position with all the extravagance of ' those who luxuriate upon the public purse ! N » r has j the " physical force" advocate placed the man who j has " eaten his bed , " by the side ef the splendid parks , ! the superb mansions , or the pompous train , for the J purpose of inducing him , though he has created all J tbese things , to fight for an equal division of propertjTj Ji » , they are none of these ; but sober statements , | made in sober moments , for the purpose of inducing j
the legislature to pass certain measures . j Well , then , such being proved to be the state of the j country , the man who " is a lord by the accident of ; his birth " in the address published in his name , says , i ** A deficiency exists in the public income ; the national HO . Norfi , faith , and safety require that > it should be supplied ; the only practical choice ' seems to lie between two modes of effecting thisJ object" Bravo ! But what is the " object" which : there are only two modes of effecting ? The supplying the " deficiency in the public income , " to be sure . Xo talk about reducing the txpenditure 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 I cf '' 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 . No , the only practical course seems to be the supplying the deficiency in the public income . That is to wring more money from those "merchants i ¦ who are in the gulf of bankruptcy , and from those l » bonTers ¦ who have eaten thrir beds . " ;
But what does this " Lord by the accident of his birth" mean by national honour , faith , and safety ?" What are the meaning of the words as they are here applied ? In what does the " safety" of a nation consist ? It cannot 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 nation are governed ; and ' without ^ hich safety , the nation , neither in its aggre- gate 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 farther taxed to preserve ? Is it necese&jy to ou * sa / ety 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 Tith man ' s property ? Is it necessary to our safety to ' have an immense standing army in time of pe&ee ? Are all the pretty lords and ladies on the pension list ; is « ur enormous , monstrously enormous civil list ; are a frightful array of retainers in the House of Commons ; see game laws , are rural police -, are these individually or collectively necessary to our security in person er property ? Is the gross misappropriation of the revenues of the crown 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 Ritheonnac , —are these , any or all of them , necessary to our *• safety" in person ir 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 to the j delicacy of your refined taste ; is that law which was j designed to make the labourer " live on coarser food , " i and which , according to Lord John Russell had been j Tednced " to eat his bed ; " that law , which to be car- 1 xied into effect , requires , according to the eommis- \ skmerV orders , firm men—men not to be moved by distress , whether feigned or real ; that law which con- i signs , after a life of toil , the labourer , who has " eaten ' his bed , " to the horrors of a bastile , which gives his ema- ; dated frame to be cut up for the benefit of science , and ; his last remains as feod for the dogs ; is this one of j the things which is necessary to our Bafety in person ] ana property ? Or , as this " Lord by the accident of bis birth , " is Secretary for Ireland , and must , " there- i fore , be conversant with the Beenes— are , I say ,
the half-naked houseless wanderers , in the streets cf Dublin ; or the < as it was proved in tbe House of Commons , ) wholly naked , and lumper-fed labourers , who lave no beds to eat , of the interior ; are these the things to be preserved ? No , as this Lord is of practical temperament , and as he has " framed to the harp many an English ditty lovely well , " nothing probably , bat what is " sublime and beautiful" can arrest his ardent imagination . Irish labourers half naked and bo-useless , or wholly naked and feeding on sea weed ; periodical famines and Rathcormac butcheries are tut prosaic , every-day occurrences—are too earthly to fill the poet's mind . Well , then , let us turn to scenes of a more stirring kind , to something which contains- the poetry of those institutions for the " afety" of whch those who are in the " gulf of bankruptcy" and have " eaten their beds" are to befnrther taxed .
Behold , then , fellow-countrymen , the Irish aristocrat in the full exercise of the glorieu 3 privilege of deing whit be likes with his own . See him cleansing His land of its encumbrance ; behold him turning oat " his fellow "" hi , " the image of his Q-jd , and the hahxuked emaciated partner of his woes , hung round by the famine-stricken phdges of their love ; the child of their age dinging to its empty teat ; ail this group turned from the shed of their fathers , to bear the pelting of the pitiless storm , to stand against tfce deep dread bolted thunder in such a night that my very enemy ' s dog , though Jie hod bit me , should have stood against my fire ; 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 hfigritfm the excitement of the scene , to render the whole worthy the " poet ' s eye in a fine phrenzy roling , "
behold the heavens all on fire , " with that * cofc which has sheltered them and their forefathers for generation ?; hear the wild shrieks of agony uttered by the wife and mother as she madly hugs her helpless infant to her burning bosom , overwhelmed by the folio i nsciousness of her utter hopelessness , destitution flashing on her maddened brain ; see the wild eye of a father , beheld Ms clenched fist ; mark his heaving bosom bursting wife emotion ; see his 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 these things part of the institutions which are necessary for oar safety ; and which the " national honor " and faith demand that those who are in the gulf of bankruptcy , and those who have eaten their beds , shall be taxed * anew to maintain ? Gracious God < are these things to continue for ever ?
But I feel I am running too far , and that I shall be trespassing upon the valuable space of the Star . 1 had intended saying something to the " f ck > n of the other house " , but the other theme was so fertile , that I could not crowd half what I wanted to say into the space I dnrjt Tenfcore to ask for ; but , by your permission , Mr . Bditor , I will renew tbe subject at another time . But before I conclude this epistle , I must say a word or two to my brother freeholders . I c&nno ; help pointing oat to them that all these things are tfie natural result , and inevitable remit , of the aristocracy having the whole legislative power of the country vested in its bands . You know that they commenced and carried on a horrid and expensive war , to prevent you fcftri&g your doe share of the m « . irmg the laws by which yoa are to be governed ; yon know that they
eeated our enormous debt , for the purpose of preventing you having that share ; and you also know that they have managed the matter , to that without you can obtain that share in the legislation , you and your children ' s children will have to labour to pay the intorort of the debt , and all its concomitants ; you knew that they hare been the authors of that system which baa brought our merchants t * the gulf of bankruptcy , sad compelled our labourers to eat their beds ¦ and , knowing all these things , will you continue to return men to the House of Commons who are decidedly interested in the safety and continuance of the above system ? Tell me notjthat yon have no men who are ompetent to to * task of legislation ! surely they are a « competent as boy »! And , besides , talking of comjwtwer , have yon no men who are as competent to wpaiato te tow nod as the men who have reduced
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our " merchants to the gulf of bankruptcy , and oar 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 Lard John Hussell , when he says " our merchants are in the gulf of bankruptcy , and our labourers have eaUn their bed&i " Yours , &c , A FB . EKHOLDXB-
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HOUSE OF LORDS , Tttrsdat , Jxtke IS . A great number of petitions 'were presented against any alteration in the Corn Laws . On the motion of Lord Wharkcliffe , a bill was introduce ^ and read a first time , for the purpose of altering tbe law relating to marriages within certain degrees of affinity . Tbe LOB . D Chascellos moved the second reading of the Charitable Trusts BiH Lord Ltxdhubst opposed the bill , on the ground that the question of which it treated was full of difficulty , and cf 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 Brocgham 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 par ticular species of property , or in some way obviating his objection , without Beeking to defeat the bill altogether . After some discussion their Lordships divided , and the bill was lost by a majority of 52 to 3 # . Their Lordships then adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Tuesday , 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 tbe distress so generally existing throughout the country , Mr . Godson rose and claimed precedence for the metion of which he had given notice relating to the petition of Edward Kilbean Cox , as it relaUd 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 . Scaolefield to proceed .
Mi . Scholefield said he had to apologise to the House for his ewn inability to do justice to the motion he had to moke . He could assure the House 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 cf 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 borne trade as well as the foreign . In 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 was the 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 tike their goods to all parts of the globe , and there undersell the English ; they could tven introduce articles of cutlery at Sttffield on lower terms than our' own manufacturers could supply them . And what gave the advantage to our foreign competitors ? We had equal industry , equal skill , and as much capital as foreigners possessed ; but our industrious artisans could not buy their bread aud the necessities of life so cheaply as they were sold in other countries . Whilst our workman had to pay 9 d- for a loaf that was to be purchased for 5 d . or sd . on the continent , and while he had to pay more
than half for tax on his tobacco , tea , and beer , and onethird tax on the little sugar he could 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 gay how iar the pressure of taxes bore upon agricultural labourers , tut , doubtless , with their very limited wages , they could no ; spare money for scarcely any other object iIim for the necessaries of life . There is one feature In tho eiiiting distra&s , aa it affects the commerce and manufactures of the country , which is that distress has fallen upon the shopkeeper and tbe master manufacturer , on whum it presses almost as severely as it has done , and now dots , upon the workmen . He would read to the House some letters which had been
transmitted to him from stverxil of his constituents , showing how prevailing th « distress of trade was in the borough of BirmingLaai : — "The condition of the inhabitants of Birmingham is more deplorable than ever . Cruel mortgagees are disposing e ^ property on which they have advanced money fur less than one-third of its value , or rather , I should say , they are purchasing buildings at asy rate . In consequence ot tratle being so bad , and levies and Uxes so bi ^ b , 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 property been transferred from the legitimate owner to the mortgagee , and this has been the case lattely in a great many instances ...... Trade is daily getting worse . Whilst the number of kankrupts is less , the number of insolvents is greater , in all the manufacturing districts , and the 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 Relifcf of Insolvent Debtors , and those miserable
men have been sent forth into the world pennyless , and nothing but an 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 porish in obscurity Tradesmen , with very few exceptions , are i n jeopardy every hour . They apply to the pawnbrokers in vain , for these have granted loans till they have no money to lend , and the constquence is , all the heads of families are in ill health , and medicine is of no avail . 'Hope deferred maketh the heart-sick , ' and one need not be skilled in . physiognomy to be able to discern , by a man ' s
countenance , that he considers himseif standing on a quicksand , and , unless he is unexpectedly supported , tbat he limst shortly sink . " The working classes were sustaining 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 Ga . to lls . per week , and would be able , if they could werk full time , to earn from 15 s . to 30 s . per week . How those poor families live and pay rent can ouly be answered by the peor creatures themselves . I kuow they are obiigtd to crowd together in dwellings not fit for ho ? s to live in . I know places called chambers ¦ wherein different 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 demuralise tile people ? At the Board of Guardians , yesterday , a young woman applied for relief , whose husband l > ad been three weeks in prison for a debt due fur 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 app-. ared almost lost for want ; they allots ed her 3 s . and two loaves per week for nine weeks , not sufficient , after paying fjr loggings , 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 ; h « time was come , but f jr want of strength , she was not able to brine forth ; a phjsician
was called in , but his assistance was unavailing : he said he had no doubt her death was occasioned by deficiency of nourishment" "A Us * , of one week ' s pledges , at one shop , containing six ^ y-ave pledges , out of which only two lots exceeded 3 s . each . Upwards of thirty pledges are gowns , shifts , women ' s petticoats , and children's frocks ; the rest are shawis , men ' s waistcoats and jiciets , a bed cover , a pillow , a wedding ring , and other small articles , the whole averaging only Is . 9 cL each in value . Birmingham contain : 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 « , « 00 . A former statement sent me , shows that tbe master ^ manufacturers had e « many goods in pawn already , that the
pawnbrokers are unable to find farther meney to advance upon them . " # k A week has passed , and you have vouchsafed us no reply . >> ine weeks have gone since the committee concluded its labours , reporting thai they had found above iO , 00 » individuals so mUerabh as to b « grateful—yes , humbly grateful—for a donation of less than a l ± d . per head per week . Nine -week ) hare passed since that report ; trade during thai period has actually grown worae , a nd nothing has beei done ! No attempt has been made to relieve ! W < pray you to consider how ill such poverty brooks de lay ; how many miseries and anxieties , crowding ii each successive hour , hare made each week an age Some victims of our neglect have in that period founc a refuge in the grave . No ministration of earth } comfort soothed their last mortal agony ; the aid fa
which affection yearned , a necessitous poverty denied ; they rest , bat to the liTing is left the undying regret , that the thousand appliances which might hare restored health or softened pain were all denied . The productions of every climate , tributary to our industry and plastic to our skill , fill every store with the means of enjoyment , and yet English poverty is as unequalled as English wealth . " An Honoui . able Baronet lately said to him ( Mr . Scholefield ) that be had never been paid his rents better than at present He ( Mr . Scholefield ) replied that profit to the merchant and manufacturer was the same as rent to the landlord , and he assured the worthy Baronet that profit had long fled from the tradesman . He was told that no sooner was a farm vacant than a tenant applied fox it How different was the situation of tbe
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owner of dwelling homes and manufactories , too many of which -wereempty and profitless to their owners ! He weuld remind the House of an entire new state of tUsgs with regard to the conduct of persona - constituting public meetings . They , too , had their motions of " no eonfidenoe " in either party . They disliked both Whig and Tory equally , but would prefer voting for the Tory now , and 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 . Tbe majority preferred a very different measure : they considered the 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 , whioh 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 strong sense , 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 . Jones spoke was 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 : 1 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 tbe happiness of man . ' Robert Jones , in moving the adoption of this resolution , said , that , like some hundreds , if not tbomsands , of those present , all the property that he had in the world he had with him— all the estate that God and his 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 Com Laws , and other wicked laws , he was robbed of so much of the produce of bis estate
that ha and his children had to rise many a time from the table with half-filled btllies . ( Hear > This was not a cause of party or faction ; it was tbe cause of the whole human family—it was the cause of justice and truth , of God , and of humanity . A tax upon bread ! a tax upon life itself—a tax upon the very existence ot the working man—a tax on Eternal Justice , and on the Providence of God . ( Hear , heat . ) God sent nntaxed rain to water tbe 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 ; bnt man put his avaricious hand on the bread , and snatched it from the hungry lips of tbe people of England . " It had been said that poverty had made philosophers of th # suffering artizMi ; and the speech of Mr . Jones proves
how intelligent an uneducated man maybe . To show how general is the interest felt by all classes and sexes , he wculd 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 , Kegent ' s-park and street , and such like places of fashionable resort , and the miserable abodes of the distressed manufacturers ! Truly 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 painful the reflection that arises from it ! The question which naturally arises in considering this striking contrast of splendour and the most squalid misery iB , 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 « ut of their superfluity rather than require a portion of the poor man ' a 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 had been toH that the present motion could lead to no practical good ; but he 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 Buffering 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 the great misery which now pervades all the manufacturing districts of the country . "
Mr . W . Williams seconded the motion , and contended that the rapid advance of manufactures in Germany was to be attributed to the cheapness of provisions in that couatry , Mr . Hindley contended tbat the burden of taxation in this country fell chitfly on tbe poor , and concluded by moving , as an addition to Mr . Scholefield ' s motion , tbat it was the opinion of the House that the present system of taxation and tbe Corn Laws were peculiarly unjust to tbe middle and lower classes of tbe community . Sir F . Burdett deprecated these attacks upon the upper classes of society , more particularly as it was under the circumstances impossible to reply to them . It was , be contended , mere delusion to attribute to the Corn Laws tbe distresses of the manufacturing population .
Mr . Baines addressed the House , but while speaking , an Hon . Member moved tbat it be counted , and there not being forty members present the House was adjourned .
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SIR JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE . TO THE ED 1 T 0 B OF THE 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 coining Parliament , that renegade Cim Hobhouse , I daetn it my duty , through the medium ot your columns , to let them know how he acted in reference to tbe Petitiun 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 I was a native of Nottingham , and at that time in
communication with tbe friends there , I put on the circular to that effect , but he had not the courtesy to reply , either good , bad , or indifferent , if , therefore , the electors and non-electors can , by any sophistry tbat the Rtview can use , be induced to support him , they will deserve all the misery the Whigs can inflict , to have their petitions disregarded , and their real representatives treated with ( ontempt . But trusting they will act a nobler part , and teach the renegade a lesson , 1 am , A native of Nottingham and a Chartist , John Skevi . ngio . n . Loughborough , June l « th , 1811 .
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FEOM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Wednesday Evening , June \ 6 lh . Formation op a London General Election Committee . — On Sunday evening last , a Wast numerous meeting « f tbe friends of Chartism was holden at the City of London Rooms , 55 , Old Bailey . The meeting having been called by circular , Mr . Saunders was called to the chair ; and , after considerable discussion , it was resolved— " That a committee of twenty-four be appointed , with power to add to their number , and that the same be called the Metropolitan Election Committee , for tbe purpose of bringing forward ChartiBt candidates in the boroughs and hamlets of the Metropolis , and the cities of London aud Westminster , and returning tbe tame by show of Lauds . "
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LEICESTER . —The election fever rages here . Since the withdrawal of O'Connor ' s and Colone Thompson ' s names as eandidatesjthe Whigs , guiltily conscious that they haye outraged every feeling of humanity in their Bcorafnl and cruel treatment of the Chartists , are looking , with fear and trembling , to the appearanoe of two Tory candidates in the field , knowing that the union of Chartists with Conservatives will be fatal to the return of Eswthops and Ellis , the Whig swvilea . The agitation kept up by Chartists increases these fears . Last Sunday evening , Mr . Cooper , editor of the suppressed 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 waa not until a reinforcement of Chartists came up , that danger was averted . Reports of polioe interference , to be display ^! next Sunday evening , are rife , through the town ; but Mr . Cooper intends to take his stand in the Marketplace again , notwithstanding .
HALIFAX . —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 riise to in Rochdale is excessive . At a meeting of some thousands , at the Butts , on Thursday , Bairsttvr and others denounced the dastardly affair in energetic language . On Saturday last , at the meeting held after Sharmau Crawford ' s public entry , some of the speakers likewise rtcurred 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'Connell , promenaded the town , and led a procession of some thousands up to the place of meeting . The people vrete addressed in eloquent spoeches by James Taylor , J . Taylor , and others , and after the meeting closed , 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 .
LEEDS . —At a meeting of Chartists , held at Mr . Josh . Oldroyd ' s , Quarry Hill , it wa 9 unanimously agreed that a People ' s Tract Society be formed immediately , for the purpose of more effectually spreading information among all classes on the great political truths contained in the People ' s Charter . A committee was chosen , consisting 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 sooiety , kindly conseuted , and was duly elected to that office . The committee earnestly desire the co-operation of their ChartiBt friends in { he town ana neighbourhood—feeling certain that if working men will put forth their energies there
will be no bounds to the 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 do made to Mr . Wm . Hick , secretary , at No . 5 , Market-street , by whom all money will be received until further notice . The society ' s accounts will be published in the Northern Star . The following resolution was introduced and carried : — " That this meeting begs to congratulate the brave Chartists 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 same time , this meeting would affectionately warn them against acting ou the advice given , no doubt , in the neat 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 publio meetings . This , it is fearod , 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 aohieve a thousand times more , just now . fur the oause of Chartism than any physical force demonstration we are capable of making . Such insults are bard to bear ; but they muBt be borne until the time shall arrive , whioh is not far distant , when we may count our right 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 A > ciknt Okder of Foresteks of the Manchester District . —The above procession of the Ancient 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 . —Sudben Death . —On Tuesday last , an inquest was held before John Blackburn , Esq , at the house of Mr . Holmes , the 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 Armley , as a hawker of cloth , 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 stayed 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 . mceiing of the unemployed operatives was called by placard to be holden in the Vicar ' s Croft , inisuamcd the Free Market , on Monday last , at eleven o ' clock . About that time , a number of operatives had assembled on thespot , andshortly 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 use of the market , although they had given permission to them ou Saturday to hold the meeting free of
expense . ( Signs of disapprobation . ) It was then agreed to proceed at once 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 Best moved the first resolution : — "That this meeting contemplates the distress which at present prevails , and which is daily accumulating , with heartfelt sorrow , aad is of 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 workine classes was owing to the unlimited use of machinery which deteriorated tho value of human labour . He statedthathe did not desire to seethe unemployed
operatives living by the subscriptions of the wealthy but that thay should live by their own indutstry . Samuel Brown seconded the resolution , which wa 3 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 dutios 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 seconded by Mr . Jeremiah Murphy , it was carried unanimously . Mr . John Ellis moved" That this meeting appoint a committee to represent the views of the meeting to the caudidates of the borough . " Mr . John Bramham having secondedand Mr . Joseph Best having supported ,
, the resolutiou , it was carried unanimously . Mr . Andrew Gardner then made 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 upon the authorities of the Vicar's Croft , for their tyranny in refusing the use of the Free (?) Market to the people , unless they
would pay a sovereign , which waa 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 maohinery in itself waa good * bnt that its advantages should be extended to the whole people , and that it should be checked and limited in its application , ao as not to deteriorate human labour .
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Chim > DbopmH 6 . —On Saturday morning , as a working man was proceeding along Burley-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 toward ? it , saying that it seemed to mote . 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 .
SHAMCOESTSR . —Repeal of the Union . — The Election Committee met in the Tib-streetroom , on Friday evening . There were about thirty present . After transacting the business for which they had 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 be 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 ho 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 feet . The survivor has been held to bail to appear at the Assizes .
WHITEHILI ., 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 ran 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 tbat which the police bad broken—the peace . S 3 much for the tyranny and vexatious interference of the " blue bottles . "
BRADFORD . —The late butchery at Manchester has excited one tsniversal thrill of horror and indignation through this part of the country . Woe to the Whigs ; woe to the assassin Corn-Law repealers ! Their villanous hypocrisy 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 . —Tho town of Newcastle was thrown into considerable confusion 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 .
RXPPONDEN . — A Charitable Pastor . —A correspondent has forwarded to us a statement relative to the conduct of the Rev . Mr . Bayfield , Incumbent of Ripponden Chapel , which shows the utter contempt with which the well fed , well paid , higher classes treat those whom they deem their inferiors . On Sunday last , as the children of tbe 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 . BARNSIiEV . —There have been three large meetings of the weavers held during the week , on
May Day Green , where soul-stirring speeches wero delivered to the assembled multitudes , by Messrs . Sykes , Alexander , Shaw , Moulds , Terry , &c . The statements made 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 .
From Our Second Edition Of Last Week.
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FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Thursday Evening , June \ Oth . 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 , haB Btarted on pur © Whig principles , unwilling te go for even a small extension of the suffrage . Opposed to him will be eldoot 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 they came out , by Col . Fox'a supporters .
From an explanation given in the House of Commons this 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 . Schofield , 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 tbe 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 of the Britannia . —Liverpool , Wednesday . —The Britannia has , at last , arrived safe and sound—just when the anxious were beginning to prognosticate evil tidings she has arrived to set the fears of all at rest . We learn that the oause ot 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 vary 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 she again Bailed , with about 90 passengers , and has made the very rapid passage of eleven days . Her detention has caused her dates to be no later than the 15 th of May , and consequently there is no news of importance that has not been previously known . The President Steamer . ——Hopes are again raised that this steamer is safe . Captain Burgess , of the Osprey , Waterford Steamer , reported © n his arrival at Bristol , that he had seen a large steamer , disabled , about mid-channel between the Scnalls and Saltese . It is said that the Lords of the Admiralty intend to despatch two steamers in quest of the large vessel seen by the Osprey , o » iM way from Waterford to Briatol .
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American News . —Liveb * ool , Saturdat ¦—W « hare an arrival at this port to-day from New Y ork with : papers to * days latex than tfao 3 e previoud ? received by the Rosooe . They are to the 16 th nit and were brought by the Stephen Whitney , wtid ! has made her passage in twenty days . She has fort * passengera ontoard . By this arrival we have no . thing satisfactory respecting the President steamer These papers contain a long examination at t £ l British Consul ' s office of Captain Bowman and mate of the British bark Recovery , who had reported th 2 t they had seen the wreck of the steamer on the » »» Z
aage from Bristol to New York . The evidence dou not , however , bear oat the opinion previously enteT tained . ' There is a much more probable report made by the Captain of a vessel from Havre to New York who states , that on the 16 th of March he nassad several fragments of a wreck about which ere * quantity of chains , such as are used in the rieeinir Z a steamer . The case of M'Leod was to « K upon the day the Stephen Whitney sailed . & •* cited the most intense interest at New York ami would probably occupy some days . —Sun .
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Leeds Corn Market , June 15 . —The arriv al * <* all kinds of Grain to this day ' s market arTsKiw than last week . There ^ has Been a fair demand f £ Wheat , and Is . per quarter higher . There haK more inquiry for Oats and Beana , and last weak ? prices supported . w * THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNK 18 th , 18 < 1 . Wheat , Barley . Oats . By e . Beans . P ea . & % - a ? *¦ < & ¦ •* fSfinV * ftt ( tt fiSS ' . tf Leeds Cloth Markets . —There has been no per ceptible inprovement in the demand for goods dnrine the week . The election struggles are the engrossin ! topic of interest ; the merits of monopolists and anti-monopolists are freely canvassed , and if Wa may judge from remarks made by the clothiera a desire seems to be very decidedly in favour of th « latter class . "
H . UDDERSFIELD CLOTH MaRRET , JcNE 15 . —Our market appears to be in the sa me languid state as for some weeks past . We can report no alteration either in quantity sold or the alteration of prices . The wool market is in the same state but rather higher prices asked , owing to the advance in the foreign markets , Richmond Corn Market , Junb 12 . —We had a tolerable supply of Grain in our market to-dav Wheat sold 8 s . to 9 s . 3 d . : Oats , 2 s . 9 d . to 4 s Barley , 33 . 6 d . to 4 s . 4 i . ; Beans , 4 s . 6 d . to S 3 . 3 d ' per bushel . ' York Corn Market , June , 12 . —For the last tea days we have had cold winds from tbe north with frosts at night—and there is a general report that vegetation is completely checked . Wheat is in good demand to-day at an advance of Is ., and Oats of 6 d . per quarter . In other articles no variation .
MAlton Corn Market , June 12 . —There was only a very short supply of all kinds of grain to thi 9 day ' s market . Wheat of fine qualities was very scarce , and fully Is . per qr . higher . Barley nominal ; Oats H d . per stone higher . Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , June 14 . — The receipts of British Grain , Flour , and Oatmeal intp this port since this day se ' nnight , are of very small amount , and the arrivals from abroal , oonsistingof 6 , 888 quarters ef Wheat and 540 quarters of Beans , are for the present placed under bond . Throughout the week we have had a moderate demand for free Wheat for consumption , and ( under the small influx of supply ) recourse to our granary stocks having been necessary , prices , especially for fresh parcels offoreign , bave crept up : 5 j . 8 d . having been paid for Stettin , and 83 . 6 d . to 83 . 8 d . per 701 bs , for Odessa soft , being 2 J . per bushel more than
could be obtained at the date of our last report . The market has been similarly situated as regards Flour ; United States dutypaidisnowheldat 353 . 6 d . or for an advance of Is . per barrel , and home manufacture is also Is . per sack dearer . In the early partof the week , holders of Oats submitting to ( a decline of Id . per bushel , two or three parcels were taken for the country , but the general demand for that grain has still been languid , 2 s . Sd . to 23 . Hd . per 451 bs . the present quotation for Irish . Oatmeal has met avery dull sale ; and must be quoted fully 6 d . per load cheaper . Barley , Beans , and Peas have moved in retail only at previous rates . A cargo of Odessa Wheat has been sold in bond at 4 s . 8 d ., and one ofWismar at 6 s . 2 d . per 70 ] bs . ; with regard to-the former it must be remarked , that through the quarantine regulations , it was admissible for home 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 , and the quality , on the whole , middling . There waa a good attendance of buyers and dealers , and Stock of good quality in fair request ; good Beef fully maintained last week ' s prices , but Mutton and Lamb were a shade lower than last quoted ; good Beef realised fully 7 d ., varying from that down to 53 d ., but those of the latter price were of a very inferior quality . - Wether Mutton may be f uoted from 5 jd . to 6 id ., clipped and wool Sheep at 7 d . per lb ., sinking the offal , and Lambs at about 8 d . per lb . There were a few Beasts and many Sheep and Lambs left unsold at the close . Number of Cattle at market t —Beasts , 570 ; Sheep and Lambs , 9 , 267 .
Manche&teb Corn Market , Saturday , June 12 . —The imports of all articles of the trade into Liverpool aud Runcorn , both Irish and coastwise , continue exceedingly light ; but from abroad there are again' fair arrivals of Wheat , which , however , are all placed under lock . There was a steady inquiry tor good samples of English Wheat at our market this morning , and we advance our 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 from E « sex , but only a limited supply from Kent and Suffolk , whilst the samples of Barley , Beans , and Peas , offering from all tbese 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 a good supply of this article on sale to-day . The imports of foreign Grain during the past week havo been to a moderately fair extent . Cold and unseasonable weather has prevailed since this day se ' nnight ; this morning a favourable change has taken ' place , being warmer ; but still without rain , which is much wanted for the crowing crops of
Grain . There was a fair steady demand for Wheat , the choicest qualities commanding an advance of full Is . per qr . ou the currency of last Monday , whether English or recently liberated foreign , and that in bond being held for more money , checked the business therein . The sale made at the close of the week were about Is . per qr . higher than those effected on Monday last . Flour wa 3 without alteration in value , good marks ex-ship meeting a steady sale . Grinding Barley was in request , and being scarce , must be quoted 6 d . to Is . per qc . dearer . Malt was without alteration in value , with-a merely retail . demand , and that confined to good samples . Beans and Peas realised full as much money , wita a moderate inquiry for each article . There was only a slow sale for Oats , the business transac ^
being principally to the consumers . Fine ne » vy Corn ^ brought last week ' s prices , aud there was no quotable difference in the value of midd" ^ ana light qualities . London Smithfxeld Market , Monday , Jt ' * r —From the whole of our grazing districts the arrivals of beasts up to our market to-day were on tne increase , owing to which , and the moderate attendance of country buyers , the beef trade ruled > je » » and , in order to effect a clearance , a decline of from 21 to 4 d per 81 b was submitted to in the currencies . Ah hough we were , on the whole , heavily supplier with sheep , the sale for them was tolerably steaoj » at the , currencies noted on this day se ' nmKh * . v ? primest old downs producing 5 s . Lambs w ^ e good supply , and heavy demand , at a decline 01 iro 2 d to 4 d per 81 b . In calves , a limited amount 01 business was passing at drooping rates . Pigs nw »
off slowly , at ihin quotations . Thirsk Corn Market , Jukb 14 th . —A very moderate supply . Beans were in request , an " little higher . Wheat and other Grain as last wees in price , with a good demand . Wheat , 7 s w » 8 s 6 d ; Maslin , 6 s 3 d to 7 s 6 d ; Beans , 4 s 6 * » 4 s 9 d per bushel . Oats , I 83 to 23 a per quarter . .
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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 Gosford-street . Richard Harlop , weaver , New-street . William Hew ; ns , weaver , Jordan Well . Thomas Fletcher , weaver , Cheylesmore Well , Samuel Knight , watch-maker , Spon-street , Secretary . David Buckney , weaver , Mill-lane , Treasurer .
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ZiESDS . —Reopeni . ng of Spitalfields Chapel . —On Sunday last , the members and friends of the Christian church , worshipping in Spitalfields Chapel , Bank , having previously announced b y placard , and made the other necessary arrangements for its reopening , were highly delighted by listening to two most eloquent , scriptural , aud truly useful sermons delivered to them by the Rov . Wm . 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 after each service , afforded abundant proof of the better knowledge of the people . A few more
; such bouI stirring appeals to the rationality of the I human understanding , to the plain and obvious I meaning of the Word of God , the universality of its application , and the necessity of its being immedi-! ately reduced to practice in society , will aohieve [ great things . In the afternoon of the same day , a teetotal lov = feast was held , at which Mr . Hill presided , when interesting speeches were made bj iVIessrs . Parker , T . B . Smith , from Hull , Shaw , L ' -uckton , Lockwood and others . On Monday evening , an excellent temperance sermon was preached by Mr . T . B . Smith , after which it was aunounced that meetings for the advocacy of temperance princ iples would be continued regularly every Monday e vening . The friends of the causa are respectfully i . ivited to attend and lend their assistance . — Corresi vndent .
RoBBt "Br . —On Menday last , a silver placed pint , marked x - & S . C , was stolen from the house of ' Mr . Yaies .- ihe Groves inn , Kirkgate .
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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-ncseproduct554/page/8/
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