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THE ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE AND FREE TRADE . TO JOSEPH STCBGE , ESQ . Sib , —Ton have said a great deal lately abont the great advantages which the industrious classes will derive from the lew prices of corn , to say nothing about low prices of other kinds of food- I I will assume that the price of wheat for the last I three years has been 60 s . per quarter , which , I think , is somewhere about the mark . I will then admit what I yon seem to believe would be the case , that free trade ! would reduce the price of wheat to 40 s . a quarter on an f average . ]
Now , the taxation of this country amounts , is round numbers , to about fifty millions sterling per annum , all Yirtully and ultimately paid by the labour of the industrious classes , for without their labour , neither taxes , nor rent , nor any other income could be obtainedcapital witheut labour prodncing nothing . Well , then , these fifty millions of taxes have been drawn from labour , at 60 s . per quarter , about seventeen millions of quarters of wheat per annum , for the last three years , to discharge them , or an equivalent thereto in some other productions of labour . At 40 s . pet quarter , they will draw about twenty-five millions of quarters per
annum . What advantage , then , will the industrious cla * 8 « deiivefrom this , supposing even that new wheat is all grown iu America and other foreign countries , instead of in England ? Besides this , there are the increased burdens which labonr will have to sustain , by paying the difference in the increased number of quarters of wheat at 40 s . per quarter , instead ot 60 s . per quarter , in the shape of tithes , rents , tolls , and the endleas list of fixed charges which labour cannot shake off in the present state of society , and which increase in burden exactly in the same proportion that the prices of the productions of labour falL
I wiih , then , you would explain b » w the furnishing of twenty-five million ! of quarters of wheat , to discharge the taxation of the country , or an equivalent in other commodities , can be a less burden on the industrious classes , than the furnishing of seventeen millions only for the same purpose , is . I will admit that the Russians , Prussians , Americans , and other foreigners , will take goods , and net gold , in exchange for their corn , though it is as notorious as the sun at noon day , that the Americans , in particular , are in as much want of our money ai we are of their corn , and that the Russians and Prussians , and most other nations , will not take our manufactures at all , except to a very limited extent , upon any terms or conditions whatever , and that they will not give us their com for our goods , though , like Bonaparte , all through the war , they will glod ! y give it for our gold . For my part , I cannot see what advantage the industrious claiass of this country are to gain by giving lower
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priced goods in exchange for lower priced corn , if they are to discharge their rents , debts , tithes , taxes , &c , in the produce of their labonr , lowered , as it infallibly must be , in the same ratio as you and your party say corn will be , viz , from 60 s . to 40 s . per quarter , or 50 percent . I am , sir , Your humble servant , Thomas Smith . Birmingham , Sept . 6 , 1842 . P . S . —It is Terr singular that during the late
disturbances , except on the part of a few corn merchants and a few manufacturers , who are said to make goods chiefly for foreign markets , instead of a cry for " free trade , and no corn laws , " we have heard nothing but a cry for " more wages , " that is to Bay , for more money ! Where one mouth was opened to demand no corn laws and free trade , a thousand were opened to demand more wages . How was this , sir , if low prices are such a wonderful benefit to the industrious classes ? I cay nothing abou t the other classes , knowing full well the benefit low prices of all articles , as weil as of corn , is to them . T . 8 .
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ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF MR . H . MOULE FOR TENDERING BAIL FOR THE NOBLE WHITE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —That the leaders , or any one who boldly steps forward in toe cause of humanity , are to be assassinated , is demonstrated in the following instances . The facts are these : —While standing in my garden on Saturday last , an old rabid Tory came up , and shamefolly abused me . I resented the insult by telling him that which he will not soon forget . However , next day brought to light the hellish conspiracy . While in the back garden alone , this man ' s son pounced upon me with the ferocity of a madman , he being a powerful fellow , and I , vice versa , tript my heels , and while
down kicked me severely . One kick in the small of my back gives me great pain . Now not content , [ he seized me by the throat , and verily life must have been extinct , had not Mrs . Moule and others been brought to the spot through my cries of murder . With the assistance of the above persons , I was released from the assassin ' s grasp , and orawled , as well as I could into the house , where I had not been more than a moment , when he came to the door , with the intention of following me ; but I was prepared . Another step , and he would have paid dearly for his temerity . Seeing me thus , he quickly retreated . But this was not sufficient ! life still remained ! Little did I think that another deep-laid " plot ' was laid for me . however while Bitting in the bar of a respectable inn in
this village , last night , this same coward , with a posse of Corn Law fellows , commencing with d g my eyes , for offering bail for that b y White , as they termed him . One shabby , mean shopkeeper , commonly known as " Tommy Shop Billy , " a kind of bully for the Cheap Bread men , was the first aggressor ; not content with abuse , raised a glass and wonld have smashed it in my face had it not been for a gentleman stepping before me . This was the signal , aud never could bell present such a picture of demons , my former assailant foaming at the mouth like a mad dog , again made a plunge at me and had it not been for the kind assistance ot the landlord and a respectable working man , my life would not have been worth a moment ' s purchase . With their kind assistance I escaped unhurt .
Working men , what think you of this picture ? what think you of the men we are called upon to join ? does this not show us middle class sympathy with a vengeance ? away with the glimmering thonght—perish , I say , for ever , the idea of union . Who are our real friends ? By giving insertion to the above you will much oblige Yours , In the cause of humanity and justice , Mount Pleasant , Henby Moule . Redditcb , Friday night
P . S . I was in Shrewsbury some three weeks since , and accidentally fell into company of Finnigan , of Stevenson ' s-square notoriety , and during our conversation ( this was about the fourth or fifth day of the insurrection in Manchester , ) he stated in great glee that they had at length commenced in right earnest ; that stopping the mills at a given time was the only earthly change , they , the Leagne , bad of getting a repeal of the Corn Laws ; that the Government must now yield ; that labour should not be resumed till they , the Government , had given them free trade . He also told me he left the second day of the outbreak . Now ! who are the men who mislead their dupes and run away from that they bo richly merit ? Answer this .
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?¦ TO THE CHARTISTS OF LONDON . My Friends , —I left the town of Chard in Somerset , early on Saturday morning , having to travel about eighty mues , partly a cross-country road , to get back to Bradford , in Wilts . Lectured in the democratic chapel on Sunday morning , August 21 st ; in the afternoon and evening at the democratic chapel , Trowbridge . In the evening It was put to a show of hands if a public meeting should be held in that town on the Monday , and carried . I returned to Bradford that evening to be ready for action the next morning . I and four friends , by the desire of our brother Chartists , took out cards to enable us to attend the North Wilts Reform Association ; the farce that gentlemen , who ( call themselves Reformers , weni through on that day , will ever render them despicable in the eyes of just men . The points of their resolution ran thus : —
" That every man have the Suffrage , if a tenant in one spot twelve months—he and his family not to have received parish relief during that time . " "Vote by Ballot . " " Triennial Parliaments . " Mr . Esan moved as an amendment , toe six points of the Charter , and I secortfed it ; in so doing I respectfully and firmly informed the gents there present , that never again would the working men assist in any movement unless all the rights of cit ' zanship was acknowledged—their just due . I showed them the folly of again attempting an agitation for selfish class benefits . Still the blind lead the blind—they carried their resolutions , and fell in the slough of unjust selfishness together . I started in the afternoon to Trowbridge , for the out-deor evening meeting , and a most glorious one it was ; I doubt not you read the account in the Star of the 17 th .
On Tuesday walked to the village of Melksbara , with the old veteran Radical John Harden , —again no meeting . All are not patriots who would be thought so . On Wednesday got to Cirencester . Lectured in the market-place in the evening . Oh , if you could have Been the preparations for war made on a grand scale by the magistrates—by the yeomanry , they having their horses bridled and saddled and their accoutrements ready , wardsmen out for action , and to bring up the rear a waggon load of bluebottles , with cutlasses and bludgeons , —I was informed that these came from Cheltenham , —I say to have seen all these mighty preparations you would indeed have thought something of moment was pending , big with the fate of liberty and Cirencester . This prodigious mountain in the pangs of labour brought forth its progeny at seven o ' clock , p . m . ; and what was it forsooth ? To guard the Chartist lecturer , Ruffy Ridley , and by their
agitation gain him a good audience . Thanks to the worthy gentlemen , yeomanry , wardsmen , bluebottles , and all their small fry : they did this to the Tory letter . There is a noted bullying , blustering , dissipated disciple of the meek and lowly Jesus , belonging to the Established Church , residing near this place , famed for pulling down Chartist bills and laying a bunch of nettles between the hind leg * of a poor hone , the dumb beast kicking and plunging with pain from this horrible torture , broke the gate it was fastened up to . This disgrace to man—let alone the Church of God—was heard to say , " He did not care a d n about it , only he had to pay 2 s . Gd . for mending the gate . Behold the wisdom , juBliee , and mercy of this clergyman-magistrate ! I know not if bis father and brother , who , are M . P . ' s , consider him a disgrace to their house . It is evident the good people of Cirenceatai consider . ' him a a pest to their borough . On Thursday evening I lectured in the beautiful village ol Chatford , in the open air ,
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On Friday , at Stroud . This lecture was cried for the Market-place . When I arrived at the said Marketplace , I was informed that wa « private property . I then adjourned the meeting to opposite the Chartistroom . I must here state , that in-door lectures , when out-door can be obtained , appear to me valueless . The dogberriea and despotic powers of the day care naught for our principles , so long as we keep them hid under a bushel measure . In this place I with sorrow heard that a man of the name of Evans , whose conduct , to say the least jf it , is disgraceful , had palmed himself on our friends . I hope the mention of his name will be sufficient to put Chartists on their guard . Further information , if any locality requires it , can be had of Richard Workman , at Joel Waiting ' s , shoemaker , Chatford Hill , near Stroud .
Left Stroud on Saturday morning by day-break , with William Ind , of Stroud Hill ; be accompanied me ten miles on the road , carrying my luggage . I can only return my heartfelt thanks for his kindness . Crossed Newnham Ferry ; got to the top of the height to a still property named Pleasant Still . Here , indeed , was labour repaid . The grand view of the noble Severn with its attendant scenery , for miles distant , was truly a sight worthy some pains . Arrived at the Forest of Dean in the afternoon ; was welcomed by Mr . Morgan , hesfc ot the Green Dragon . On Monday afternoon , the 29 kb of Augosfc , delivered the first Chartist lecture in this place on Cinderford ' s Lump ; waa honoured , if honour it may be called , with the presence of six magistrates ; they had their bluecoated gentry , numbering aboat sixty , hid in the weod . I announced a second lecture for the Friday next .
On the Wednesday , posters of cautien were out from the said magistrates . By-tne-bye , I perceive wisdom and magisterial lore runs in their families I suppose the fathers are endowed with the magic power of getting magistrates on the same eoale that our crowned heads get kings and queeaa , I will give you their names generally , according to the scrip : — T . Pyrke , magistrate and father . D . Pyrke , magistrate and son . E . Jones , clergyman , magistrate and father . E . O . Jones , magistrates and son . There , good people , yon have them according to the scroll .
When the inhabitants of the Forest saw the said caution , they took means to make the meeting on Friday legal . They sent a requisition of householders to one of the magistrates , and not receiving an answer , called it themselves . At this meeting I was elected delegate to the Sturge Conference . The magistrates on this occasion did not show front , yet they took the piecaution to double the blue-bottle force of reserve in the wood . After this meeting I was arrested in tlw most kind and gentlemanly manner by Superintendent William Henry Lander ; passed tho night in durance vile ; the next morning had before the same identical father and son magistrates , with adddition . The kindness paid me by these gentlemen was astounding and overpowering ; they gave me all tho accommodation my position would admit of , yet was determined to commit me to the Gloucester Assizes for sedition—heaven save the mark .
Those most worthy gentlemen obliged me by accepting bail ; myself in £ 100 and four securities in , £ 25 each . I give you the names of these kind-hearted men , Thomas Roberts , Ed word Lewis , Philip Russell , and William Poynton . Thanks to you , my countrymen ! rest assured , whilst I ' ve breath to draw no injury shall result to you from my present position . To concludge , the good done in my late tour is the opening of four new locations ; 100 cards , entrusted to me by the Executive , taken up by new members—the money now in the hands of the Executive ; many fresh members added to standing localities . I left the Forest of Dean with fifty-six members , on Tuesday morning . Arrived in London on the Wednesday . Yours , truly , Ruffy Ridley . Sept 16 th , 1842 .
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yea * old queys for £ 7 each ; this kind of Btock brought £ 8 x 2 s . 6 d last year . A lot of Kinross-sbire breed sold at £ 14 a-head ; they were good-conditioned . Messrs . J . andD , Macdonald , braes of Balquidder , sold the toppriced Highland heifers , 148 in number , at £ 8 10 a . a-head . They-were four year olds . Mr . Cameron , of CorrychotUe , sold eighty West Highland heifers at £ 7 7 a , TLiey fetched £ 8 10 s . last year , were good beasts , and were bought by Mr . Coull , Middleaton , Northumberland . Horses a very poor show to-day .
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NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL . LEEDS . Mr . Elijah Lord , mechanic , 3 , Denton-st . Mr . James Cook , ditto ., 3 , Thackray-st . Mr . Francia Jackson , ditto , Broughtou-st . Mr . John Chatterton , ditto , 5 , New-road-cnd . Mr . John Firth , oloth dresser , 20 , Marlborough-si Mr . James Hague , ditto , School-street .
Mr . Matthew Garbutt , weaver , 28 , Windaor-st . Mr . Thomas Fraser , carver , Cumberland-buildings . Mr . Edward Carter , mechanic , Leathloy-lane . Mr . James Ambler , ditto , Cross John-st . Mr . William Craig , butcher , Templar-st . Mr . Joseph Jones , shoemaker , Wheat-st . Mr . Nicholas Dunn , Coffee House keeper , Kirk-• gate . Mr . William Baron , tailor and draper , George'sat ., sub Treasurer . Mr . William Brook , tobacconist and tea-dealer , 21 , Kirkgate , Vicar-lane , sub-Secretary . STAFFORD . Mr . Henry Harris , Eastgate-street . Mr . John Boyle , Broad-eye . Mr . James Capper , Friar-street . Mr . Humphrey Spanton , Sash-street . Mr . Wm . Leo , Eastgat > street . Mr . Wm . Ambrose , Showbill . Mr . George Brian , Red Lion-street . Mr , Samuel Ward , Friar-street , eub-Treaaurer . Mr . Alfred Hunnibell , Foregate-street , sub-Secretary .
BARNSLEY . Mr . Robert Garbutt , weaver , IndleVfold . Mr . James Noble , basket-maker , New-street . Mr . Benj . Bailey , weaver , Kingston-place . Mr . Wm . Hilton , ditto , Old Town , Mr . Geo . Haigh , ditto , Burton . Mr . Thos . Lingard , news-agent , New-street . Mr . John Pettett , weaver , Theatie-yard . Mr . John Awnitage , ditto r Pail-mall , sub Treasurer . Mr . Patrick Bradley , ditto , Wilson-piece , sub Secretary .
NEW LEKTOW . Mr . William Horn , lacemaker , New Lentoa . Mr . James Coxon , ditto , ditto . Mr . Thomas Browning , ditto , ditto . Mr . John Brown , ditto , ditto , Mr . Richard Mellows , dittoJditto . Mr . Jacob Brown , ditto , Blopmsgrove . Mr . J . Bostock , framework-knitter . New Lenfon . Mr . Wm . Roe , lacemaker , ditto , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Thomas Smith , tailor , diito , sub-Secretary . ALBION COFFEE HOUSB , CHURCH-STREET , SHOREDITCH . Mr . George Goddatt , coppersmith , 11 , Club-road *
Shoreditch . Mr . Thomas Parrot * , chair-maker , 32 , Grey Eaglestreet . Mr . John Sheen , silk weaver . Mr . Henry Watson , bricklayer , 5 , Barton-court , Kingsland-road . Air . James Davis , dyer , 16 , John-street , : ' * Mr . John Staff , shoemaker , 4 , Lower Queen-street . Mr . J . M . Jones , weaver . Mr . George Martin , clookm . ak . er , 3 , Church-street , sab-Treasurer , Mr . T . J , Crowtherx dyer , 10 , Nelson-street , sub-Secretary .
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BHUTFORD . —A numerous and spirited meeting of the inhabitants of this Tillage was held on Sept . 15 tb , when , after a most able and excellent address tad been delivered by R . K . Phllp , the following resolution was unanimously passed : — " That this meeting hereby records its abhorrence of the despotic acts of the Tory Government , in endeavouring by military force , unconstitutionally , to suppress the expression of public opinion , and to arrest by despotic means the progress of reform ; and this meeting pledges itself to persevere in all legal and peaceful means , until the People's Charter is enacted by the legislature . " After a vote of thanks was given te Mr . Philp for hta Instructive lecture , and to the Chairman , for bis impartial conduct in the chair , the meeting separated .
WEDNESBTJRY . —Mr . Wm . Thomason lectured in the Caartiat Association room here on Sunday last ; be preached two sermons in the afternoon and evening , to two very respectable audiences . On Monday nfght , Mr . Tnomaaon lectured to a -very attentive audience in the room , on the evils of class legislation , and the enormous expences entailed upon the people to support it . HAMILTON . —Mr . Lowery , from Edinburgh , leetared here last Monday evening , in the Rev . John M'Fariane ' a Chapel , Saffron Hill Subject— The present slate of the country . KIRH . HEATON . —On Thursday week , Mr . David Ross delivered an eloquent lecture here , when twenty new members were enrolled ; and on Sunday , the Chartists held their usual weekly meetings , when some business was transacted .
BRADVORD . —On Sunday Mr . Hammond preached a sermon to the Chartists of Bradford in the large Room , Butter worth-buildings . The meeting was well attended . The . Chartists of Bowling have commenced collecting for the Defence and Victim Fund ; they meet on Sunday at six o ' clock in the evening . A Meeting of Chartists was held in Georgeisstreet , when several persons were appointed to collect for the Victim and Defence Fund . All are determined to persevere and redouble their exertions to cause the Charter to be made law . The Chartists o ( Thompson ' a-boilding meet every Sunday morning at tea o'clock , when subscriptions will be received for the Defence and Victim Fund .,
The Chartists of New Leeds met on Snnday in their Hwm , when resolutions were unanimously passed never to cease their exettions until the Charter be made the law of the land . The meeting adjourned to Sunday next , at two o ' clock . The . Chartists of Mannlngbam met on Sunday and resolved to renew their agitation for the Charter . They meet every Sunday , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . On Saturday evening the Chartists of Mason ' s ) Arms held their ' usual meeting , when a interesting discussion arose on the best means of cbtaining the Charter . The discussion was adjourned to Saturday next , at eight o ' clock in the evening .
On Monday Evening the council held their meeting , when it waa agreed that each council man should exert himself in collecting , and pressing on others to collect in their locality , subscriptions for the Defence and Victim Fund . One shilling and niuepence from Crosaley hallewas paid to the Treasurer . The meeting adjourned to Monday next at seven o ' clock in the evening , when business of importance will be brought before the council . Every council man is required to attend . COLCHESTER . —At the usual weekly meeting of Chartists in this town , an extract having been read upon the extreme misery and suffering which attends transportation , a resolution was put and carried unanimously , " That . this meeting sympathise with the Welch patriots who are banished from their native country , and we plsdge ourselves not to cease agitation for their return , and for the Charter to become the law of the land . "
DERBY . —Mr . West delivered a lecture to a crowded audience , at the Association Room , Willow-row , on Monday night , on the present crisis . He was listened to with breathless attention for upwards of an hour and a half , and delivered a very able and argumentive address . ' At the close , Mr . Fraser , of Leeds , addressed a . few words to the meeting . A vote of thanks waa given to Messrs / West and Fraser . Several new members were enrolled , and a small sum collected for the Defence Fund . » STAFFORD . —The Chartist shoemakers held their quarterly meeting on Sunday evening last , at Mr . Harris ' s , Eastgate-sfcreefc , Mr . Henry Harris in the chair ; on the minutes of the last quarter being read and confirmed , and officers appointed for the ensuing
quarter , the following resolutions were brought , fur ward and carried with the greatest unanimity . Proposed by Mr . Samuel Ward , and seconded by Mr . William . Ambrose , " Tisat we do view with horror and disgust the dreadful havoc committed upon an unarmed , innocent , and unoffending people by the self-constituted authorities of this country in the employing of an armed force of murderous ruffians , in the shape of police , and a well-disciplined soldiery to force the people into a base submission at the point of the bayonet , and stifle the cries of hunger by the cutlass and the bludgeon , and that we do enter into a solemn protest against the base , cowardly , and contemptible spy system , which is carried on for the purpose of entrapping and swearing away the lives and liberties of those brave and virtuous
patriots who have stood so firm upon the reck of principle , and braved the threatening storm of persecution , and in the very teeth of tyrants , -have proclaimed the rights of man . " Proposed by Mr . John Boyle , and seconded by Mr . William Lse , " That this meeting : views with Indignation and disgust the brutal and inhuman prosecutions commenced upon our honest and uncompromising leaders , for the purpose of breaking tip our present agitation , but that we do pledge ourselves to render them every assistance in our power , and seeing that they are the victims of class legislation , we are determined to redouble our exertions in the destruction of that' cruel and hideous monster , and the establishment of a temple of real liberty upon its ruins by the enactment of the People's Charter . " Proposed by Mr . Alfred Hunnible , seconded by Mr . John George , "That the thanks of this meeting are due and hereby given to that bold , brave , and indomitable champion ef the
people's rights , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., for the part he has taken in the late movement , and for the wealth , time , and talent that he has expended in the cause of suffering humanity ; likewise for his able management of that powerful luminary , the Evening Star , which ia sailing above the horizsn of corruption , blotting out the minor satellites of faction , diffusing light and hope into the hearts of British slaves , and preparing the way for their political salvation ; and that we do place implicit confidence in Feargua O'Connor as a leader , and the Stars , za the acknowledged organs ot the people : and so long as he continues in that noble , straightforward , and honest course that he has hitherto dono , we are determined to stand by him , and heed not his vile , sneaking , ambitious , and cowardly calumniators , who are only fit objects for the scorn and contempt of every honest man , and wbo , we believe , ere long will kick themselves out of existence , and be known no more . " Twelve shillings wore voted to the Defence Fund , and the meeting broke up .
NEWCASTLE . —Mr . Gammage , of Northampton , delivered a lecture on the six points of the People ' * Charter at West Muir , Colliery , on Friday afternoon ; after which many of the Pitmen expressed a determination of forming an association in conjunction with the Chartists of Newcastle . Mr . G . delivered another lecture on the same subject in the Chartist ' s Hall , Goat Inn . Cloth-market , on Sunday evening , with Rood tnvict . Mr . Vincent delivered a lecture on the six points of the Charter , for the Complete Suffrage Union , in the Lecture Room , Nelson street . After which , a vote of thanks was proposed to the Mayor , for not acceding to the request of the magistrates to sanction with his name the suppression of the last rights of the people to meet in public to discuss their grievances and petition for
redress , drawing a contrast between him and that renegade the hero of the Spital fight in 1 S 3 U , who , for a beggarly knighthood betrayed his former companions ! and backed by a cavalcade of hired assassins came out against them with muskets , with swords , and with staves . The resolution was agreed to by a great majority . It was proposed by Mr . Sinclair and seconded by Mr . Matthew Robson . Mr . Vincent delivered another lecture in the same place on Wednesday evening , in which ba a' ^ ly answered the variona objections raised by tue enemses of liberty to the doctrine of Chartism , aud the conduct of its advocates , after which Mr . Gammage proposed the following resolution , which being sscondt-oY was
carried With three dissentients , viz : —" That tbis meeting being convinced of the utter hopelessness < , f ever obtaining justice from the miscalled House of Cuinmons , inasmuch as that House only represent * a section , instead of the great mass of the people , do pledge itself never to relax in « ur exertions until the Peoples Charter , as it now stands before the world , shall be placed upon the statute book , » 3 the law of these realms . " The Chartists ot Newcastle held their weekly business meeting on Monday evening as usual , Mr . Smith in the chair ; after confirming the minutes of the previous meeting , and transacting some local business , resolutions , denunciatory of the tyrannous and miachievous conduct of the police were agreed to .
CARUSttB . —A meeting of the Chartist , Council took place on Sunday evening last , at the Council Room , No . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate , Mr . John Armstrong in the chair . The following resolutions were passed : — MoTed by Mr . William Blytbe , and seconded by Mr . Thomas Roney , " That tne ^ uartetly meetin g of toe Chartist Association befeeld aext week . " Amendment moved by Mr . J . B . Hanson ,, and seconded by ^ Mr . Jm . Arthur , "That the quarterly meeting beheld a fortnight hence , which is the proper time . " Carried by a majority of six te two . Moved by Mr . J . B . Hanson , That thisCoundl
and seconded by Mr . James Arthur . " fdriu itself into a ; Committee of ways and means , to meet the necessary expecoes which may be incurred np to the end of the quarter . " Carried unanimously . Moved by Mr . Jomes Arthur , and 8 econde »; by Mr . James Hurst , " That the collecting-books ie obtained from the old collectors . " Carried . It was then resolved , " That the quarterly meeting be held iu the Theatre , and the Secretary give notice of the same in the Northern Star , and write a full report of ttw proceedings of the Council during the quarter . "
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THE LATE STRIKE , ITS CAUSES AND EFFECTS . BKISO THS SCBSTAKCE OP A LECTURE DELIVERED IN lexr / off bt joHir watktks . ( Concluded . ) Who is there that hears of the lives of bis fellowcreatures being taken by the command of those who Jiad before deprived them of the means of living who that hears that working-men , with large families dependent upon them , have been shot , and their brethren prevented from meeting to express pity for their fate—who that hears of these things , but must afchor the system under which they take place—but must gweaz that ha will not be stopped from crying aloudthat be will spare not until one general voice of indignation ring throughout the land , and Bound the deathfcnellof faction ?
London has done nobly—though not the scene of thes 8 outrages—though not suffering from the distress which provoked them , yet have the men of London jhewn their sympathy—shewn that they would make common cause with the oppressed against the oppressor . The sutward determination of their feelings has been eatcied , but their hearts will burn all the warmer within , and determination become more determined . The men of London heard the cry of the turn-outs , whose reeking blood cried to them from the groundit knocked at their hearts—their hearts opened , and the power of tfeeir minis , will unite to form a mighty
torrent of public opinion that shall arise and sweep from the land all lojalty to a Queen who knew of the distressed condition of her subjects , and yet offered £ 50 , not for their relief , but for their blood per Kan — i £ l obedience t # a Government that cculd express sympathy frr the sufferings of the people , and then send soldiers to shoot them—all respect to a Parliament that , pretending to represent the people , ref oses to listen to then- prayers , or replies with mockery and insult . A sullen calm has succeeded the storm—the silence , not of submission , but of fixed passion holding its breath , —
" Until the hour which Ehall atone for years . " Oh , when will that hour come—when will liberty be here t I say to myself , Kunnymede ! and the word is like the sound ct a trumpet to waken my heart—it beats with renewed ardour in the cause ; but when ¦« riil our Bunnymede come—the day of our Grreat Char , ter ? It oometh—it casts its shadow before—the late strike is the precursor ol a greater strike—the deeds of the tyrants are hastening their own downfall—but let ua be wary—let not our enemies succeed in throwing on us the odium of their deeds—in shifting on us the indignation due only to themselves—in charging ns with their crimes—nor let us expose our lives needlessly , useteriy .
I deeply deplore the blood that has been shed—I should much deplore the shedding of more blood , and therefore in the hope of deterring rash , inconsiderate , or superficial thinkers from attempts which common loresight would show must , in the present unprepared state of the people , and in fatal failures , I will briefly state what is necessary to physical-force success . In tie first place each man must not only be wellarmed , well-trained in the use of those arms , and a great number weft-mounted ; but , in the second place , they must know bow to act in masses , as well as individually , in a body , at once : all this done , they will require artillery and store of ammunition , uniforms , Ac They would not be in want of a leader—they should not be in want of one . An army of the people
that had beaten the first force which Government had « ent against tkem , would have nothing to do but march np to London , receiving fresh numbers as they came along , and welcomed into the metropolis by hundreds of thousands . The Charter would be granted at once : but what then ? If the people dispersed , it would be a * soon revoked ; and if they kept np their force , they would find it necessary to establish a military despotism of their own , and freedom would Btill be a stranger to the country . All the middle classes—all that portion of the working men that ooold be coerced or bought—all the aristocracy and such numbers of foreign troops as th « continental kings would glvlly send to their aid , —all these would be arrayed against ; the p 39 ple , and when would civil war cease ?
But what do I talk of ? are not the people unarmed , nndrilled , untrained , undisciplined ! Will they be allowed by those who have unarmed them , and who have armed , trained , drilled , and disciplined both red-coats and blue-coats on their side ? -will the pecple be suffered to fit themselves indi-Tidually , numerically for the encounter ? Are there not spies in the land employed to entrap all true men , who betray them for a word , —for the tyrants wait not for deeds ? Let our
physicalf orce boasters bear in mind what time it takes to drill a nan , and how small a force of disciplined men can put to the rout a large body of concertless rioters . I grant that not & working man but would be a match for % soldier in boxing or wrestling ; but could he with fists fight the other with a sword , or equal armed , if sot equal skilled ? The pike , to be sure , may do much , —the musket more . Strength is sot all that is needed , nor skill neither—calculation is required , but this is the leader ' s part—judgment in the eheice of ground and in the conduct of a battle or a retreat .
We often hear it said that nothing bnt physical force or the fear of it will ever get the Charter . I leave the people to judge of the probability that the Charter -will be gained by force , or that the Government wiD fear it , while they have the aray at their devotion , and what chance there is that the army will wheel round to the side of the people . If the people see no such probabilify , no such chance , would it not be better for them to leave physical force to those whe are bo fond of using it—to those who are prepared with itto those who make it the business of their lives to learn it—who study it as a science—who glory in its exercise —I § 3 Te it to them , and let us stick to moral force — they cannot beat us there—we have beat them in every moral encounter—at every public meetice , or
discuslion . They cannot defeat us morally until they can refute our arguments , and they have not been able to answer them yet Let ns despise and detest physical force ; we have nobler ground to stand on Their cause requires the gun and sword ; ours but the tongue of truth . Morally we are strong . "Be not overcome of physical force , but overcome physical force by moral force . We shall yet disarm them ; we stall turn their swords to sickles , and their spears to pruning hooks . I deny sot the justice of physical foro = —it is a right of nature to repel force by force , and surely it is Bore just to employ force in a good cause than in a bad one . All things are just , as St . Paul says , but all things are not expedient Physical foree is not expedient : it
is not just until moral means have been tried ; and exclusive dealing , if folly carried out , would carry the Charter . Physical force never did succeed on the part of the people more than temporarily ; it always fell again , because power , gained by force , must be maintained by force , whereas a moral revolution , by turning the whole system on its axis round with it , keeps it so —but constraint will ever back recoil . Therefore , it is not desirable that the Charter should be won by physical force , if it can be won without ; because of the blood that must be shed and of the unctrtainty of snch & foundation . The force required is a force that would compel the middle classes to return men to Parliament pledged to the Charier as they were formerly to the Reform BilL
If physical force never succeeded in England ' s former days , when the people were armed and there was no standing army—when every citizen was a soldier—how can it succeed in sazh an altered state of society ? "Waste no time , therefore ; injure not the cause by physical outbreaks ; but , from their failure , from the impossibility cf their success , learn a lesson for the future ; let us turn all our thoughts to moral means . Physical force succeeds better in the hands of tyrants , than ef the people—it is better adapted to bad than geod ends . Whenever did liberty succeed by physical force in this country ? You will instance the time when Magna Charta was gained , which ought to be a precedent for ns . But the barons in thoBe days had all the power of the kingdom in their hands , when they chose to combine , and yet , having compelled the king to sign it , he revoked his signature the first opportunity , levied an array , and wonld probably have punished the barons , had not a great flood swept away his power as he was passing along the wash .
The barons were ae afraid of him that they offered the erown to a son of the French King , on condition that he would deliver them , just as the Lords Who compelled King James II ., to abdicate , crowned and styled William III . their deliverer . You may instance the time of the Commonwealth , but see the difference between our time and that Parliament then took up the cause of the people , led them on , and supplied them—now it iB against us . Cromwell at the bead of a veteran and victorious army like Cesar of old Bad Bonaparte in modern times , used his power not to bee the nation , bnt to establish his own dominion over
it . You may instance America—but America is a country far distant from the eountries of kings , and a nwral reroludoa had first carried the cause there ; Physical force was needed bnt to maintain what moral force had already effected . It was a foreign yoke which tt » Americans had te cart off—and their better knowledge of the statistics ef their own country was a great advantage ia their favour . There was a time in Eng-** && when the apprentices of London could torn the ¦ fata of faction ; but thoae times have gone by ; and it jta natter comparatively easy to torn the scales of two Bodies equally poised such as Whigs and Tories ; bat &ofc successfully to oppose their united force .
let not those who have built their hopes on physical foree be disheartened—there are ways and means of miking it greatly assistant at times to moral force , as was done in the agitation for the Reform Bill , and I leel convinced that the late Btrike , though it might feQ of immediate effect , will have made an impression on the country will have prodnced an excitement that will ultimately prove highly beneficial to the cause . It ahows the spirit that it abroad—a spirit unconquerable , that cannot be crushed . That strike was an electric shock , and many will be awakened by iU The bloody acts of the tyrants will cause a reaction , which ^ tittir subsequent conduct will confirm . Universal will be the spirit that will uiher in Universal Suffrage .
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BRAVERY OF BRITISH TROOPS . It has been fashionable of late to make the grievance of a standing army a principal feature in the harasses of " Chartist demagogues , " and the sufferings of our brave soldiers , who have nobly risked their lives in Central Asia for the preservation of OUR authority against the intrusions of the northern tyrant have bees made subject of merriment , if not of rejoicing . The acknowledged character of the British troops for valour and chivalry , however , can well sustain itself against the taunts of the " coward and the traitor . " It is the fate of men to auffar defeat as well as to achieve
victory . And who will venture to say that our English army , when fairJy matched or even over-matched , has failed to uphold the national character ? We admit the triumphs of fate or circumstances . We can well account for the bravest falling before climate , sickness , or hunger ; but all casualties removed , what force can stand OUR charge ? \ chat skill resist OVa science ? When interested demagogues thus sneer at our reverses , and mock the sufferings of our guardians , we are well pleased to direct public attention to acts of valour which none can dispute or undervalue . Let , then , the reader turn to our copious report of the victory gained by OUR troops over the women of Manchester when the Bhrieks of the enemy only tended to inspire our heroes with loyalty to that crown , in
whose service they had enlisted , and in the defeiace of which they were alike regardless of tattered petticoats , dishevelled hair , naked feet , and tender entreaties , presented in such force as might well have scared the stoutest heart , and even made the " victor in a hundred battlee" to hesitate . It is not matter of surprise , that the machinations of our free traders should have deprived the female character of all those fences which its many virtues had thrown around It . When we read ot women iu breeches , chained to carts , and living underground , treated worse than the Squire's horse , to famish fuel fer the Squire ' s comfort;—when we read of English mothers taking off their harness to give birth to English Freemen ; when we hear of chains being passed between their legs , and waggons of coal being their
burden , while they creep under gronnd;—when we hear these things , and find their masters contending that they are necessary for the purposes of " free trade ; " and for the preservation of British ascendancy ; —when we see our " hell holes" full of mothers driven from their homes , to make profit for Englishmen ;—when we hear of their training in infancy , and treatment in maturer life;—when we know that the overseer ' s knout is the soft language of remonstrance;—when we know that they are thrown into situations with the male sex which are calculated to destroy that veneration , with which Englishmen of old were taught to look upon the fair eex;—• when we know these things , and that our rulers have sanctioned the abomination , — it is scarcely to be wondered at , that the female
character should have lost much of that respect which it has commanded in all times , save the present " free trade" age of chivalry . When the law declares that it is no crime to separate those whom God has joined together , how cau those who execute the law , be censured or held responsible for dealing with the weakest and least protected in such a summary manner , as shall carry the principles of "free trade" into full and immediate effect ? The triumph over the Cbartist females ot Manchester leaves Waterloo in the shade ; and let those veterans who wou their laurels upon the plain , and -whose fame is to be perpetuated and handed down to future generations in the bequest of "the Waterloo medal , " —let them , we say , tear the bauble from their breasts , and in its stead wear lockB cut from the heads ef the varqnished , which will no doubt be furnished by order of Uie gallant Mayor to his gaolers . O how our " brave Queen " must rejoice at this more than compensation for our
disasters abroad ! our defeat at Afghanistan and the Cape will now be forgotten ! The laurels of M : ncliester float triumphant over the cypress , and the heroic Lady Sale will look with calm contemplation on the sufferings of our prisoners in posaession of the Savage , whom we would have plundered according to law , and murdered In accordance with the established rules of civilized society , when the news shall have arrived that OUR character is retrieved , and our position rendered more equal , by a capture of female prisoners at home , who may , perhaps , serve as an exchange for those in thehandsof the Barbarian abroad , wbo brutally defends himself and bis territory by strategem and courage , against our repented invitations to be scientifically butchered , or HONOURABLY BETRA . YED . The British arms have triumphed over British women : and npon their ruin no doubt , the principles of free trade will be established , a fitting foundation for such a superstructure , built by such architects . — Evening Star .
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- WATKiNS' LEGACY TO THE CHARTISTSIXTRODUCTOBY LECTURE . PART III . The Queen is most imperatively called upon to be a Chartist , because , as the nursing mother of England , it is her bounden duty to succour her subjects as her own children—to save and protect them . She ought to reign not for a faction , but for the people—to rnle righteously , not selfishly andTain-gloriongly . She ought to issue her royal proclamation , not to offer £ 50 for the blood of any of the distressed operatives , but to declare that their rights shall be restored—that the Charter shall be made law . The Peers ought to be Chartists , for they call themselves the " pillars of the State ; " and they ought to uphold the Constitution by justice and truth . The Commons ought to be Chartists , because they say they are the representatives of the people ; but the people are not represented , nor can be until they are
allowed to vote . The Bishops ought to be Chartists , because they «• profess and call themselves Christians ;" and Christianity and Chartism are convertible terms . The Judges ought to be Chartists , because it is their duty , above all men , to be just , else do their robes and furred gowns hide iniquity—their ermine is spotted , and they are without wisdom , if not without virtue . Naval and military men ought to be Chartists , because arms are for the recovery or defence of liberty . All men of rank should be Chartists , because there can be no real honour where there is no honesty . All men of property ought te be Chartists , because " property has its duties as well as rights . " Ladies and gentlemen are not ladies and gentlemen unless they are Chartists , — the word lady is of Saxon origin , and means a " server of bread : " gentleman is a word that speaks its own meaning ; and what gentle i « there—what manly in oppoaicg the oppressed ? what ladylike in being uncharitable ?
Tradesmen ought to be Chartists , because they confess that they cannot live honestly under the present system , and do they prefer to live dishonestly rather than change it ? But of all men , all working men , ought to be Chartists , because they snffer most , and , in spite of Tradaa' Unions , find themselves sinking lower in the scale of humanity . In the first place , not having the franchise , they are slaves , victims of misrule . Honest men are forced to become the servile supporters of the tyrants that prevent their honest endeavours—that ruin industry—or are driven into the streets to beg , blushing at their own degradationwith wife and children , exposed to the uncertain chance of charity—lying at the doors of the rich like Lazuus , till sent to prison , or hospitals , or bastiles , that they may pine , or sicken , or die out of sight Working men can assign no reason why they should not be Chartists—none but what indeed are reasons to the contrary—and there are many excellent reasons
why they should join . A man ' s self—all that pertains to his being , his well-being are reasons—bis wife is a reason , hU children are reasons . Without liberty , he has no security for any of the blessings of life—without liberty he may dread all its curses . And can be see his fellow working men struggling for justice , and not help them—struggling for him as well as for themselves—struggling , and perhaps opposed by him as well as by the common oppressors of all ? Can he see his fellow working men taken to prison for taking his part—and know that it is owing to his criminal indifference , or know thathehadjoinedhiminthestruggle , they would together have been too strong tot the oppressor , and all would have been safe , successful ? Sorely he will turn indignant against the oppressor , and join his own order—join to make the labour lighter—the success all the more speedy—a labour ¦ which will ennoble him—a success which will enrich him . All men ought to be Chartists , for it is the duty and interest of all to stand up for justice all the world
over . But many of the working-men are diverted from their true aim by other projects , and I will anew that even as Socialists , as Teetotallers , as Corn Law Repealers , they ought to be Chartists . Socialists must know that while they float their little ark to swim on the agitated waters of the present social system—it will be affected by all the adverse influence of the deluge of sin and misery without and around it ; and probably will be swamped by them—that it is not on sand , but on a reck that they should choose to build—and that universal suffrage alone can clear them out a good foundation : else their land will be a Utopia ; their hall a castle in the air . ' and government can at any time suppress them , even as the Jesuits were suppressed . Teetotallers complain that government licences gin-palaces ; that it
patronizes drunkenness and debanchery ; and bo will it be until the Chartists reform the Government Corn Law B ^ pealers likewise complain that Government npholds a monopoly which prevents free trade in corn , and taxes bread . What will enable the people to press Parliament into a repeal of the Corn Laws bnt Universal Suffrage ? Socialist * , therefore , with Teetotallers and Com Law Repealers , if they wish success to their several schemes , will all be Chartists—will first get the Charter . Archemides said that with a lever and a fulcrum he could move the globe . The weight of class-legislation that obstructs the efforts of all good Reformers can be removed only by the lever of Universal Suffrage , with the fulcrum of No Property Qualification ; in other words , the Charter is the great engine of Reform .
Now , I would ask the working man who is not a Chartist , why he keeps aloof ? Possibly , he does not understand the Charter ; that is a reproach to him . Let him know it , and he will love it Bat possibly he is in fear of his master . Why does he live in fear ? If he had tha Charter , he would sit under his own vine and bis own fig-tree ( for mark ; God says they are his own ? he would sit under them , none daring to make him afraid . Tbose whom he now fears would then fear him—would respect him . But possibly he has good wages , and cares for none of these things ; that is a great « r reproach to him than ignorance or fear—for that is selfishness . He is no Hian if he do not vindicate the right ? of humanity ; if he do not feel for his brother if not for himself . But possibly he may say , the Chartists have damaged their own
cause , and may tell us to look at Newport . Well , look at Newport , and look at the provocationlook atbeth sides . When men are awakened by their wrongs and become alive to their rightswhen they are seeking only justice , and are opposed in the most brutal manner by their very oppressors , will not patience bolt sometimes—will it not break out ? It is hard to keep cool and see our best friends , men of the first station in society , of first-rate abilities , who could have earned for themselves all that the system has to give , but wbo preferred justice and the people ' s cause to all;—to see such advocates as these , who had sacrificed home , health , personal liberty , taken to prison only for speaking in our behalf . But look at Newport ; it is a rock to shun—avoid it , and we arrive Bafe into the harbour .
The people should resolve to ikunger no more—to thirst no more—to be slaves no longer , but to have and hold all the blessings they were created to enjoy . Not alone the living , but the very dead might riBe to join this cause , and revenge themselves for the wrongs that brought them to an untimely grave , for life to the poor is not life—it is a living death ; and if we have any afftsctions in ns—if we have feelings , senses—if we have hearts , arms , hanos—minds and souls—if we are human , we shall aid this divine cause—a cause which God himself might descend on earth to command—for it is his cause ; but let him not come In great humility as aforetime ; for he would again be scorned and rejected of men ; but let him come as he has promised , in freat power and glory , and gain us our Chartercur pledge of happiness here , and of joy hereafter . Battersea . J- W .
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LINNEY'S DEFENCE FUND . TO THE fiDITOR 6 F THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —There are at this present moment so many appeals to the Chartist public on behalf ot , not only the General Defence Fund , but of numerous local victims , that I scarcely dare call upon our numerous body for assistance in the case I would allude to , namely , a fund for the defence of Mr . Linney , whose incarceration in Stafford prison has been duly reported in the Star . To Llnney ' B able conduct may be attributed the peaceable condition of tbis district ThiB alone , I am aware , will be enough to cause a Jury to bring him in guilty of any charge that may be brought against him ; his only crime being his influence with the working ciass ; his zealous advocacy of their legitimate rights ; and bis successful exertions in protecting property and preventing outbreaks .
The friends of the cause here have been long out of employment ; consequently , have not the means of themselves to assist him as they would wish to do ; therefore ( though with reluctance ) are obliged to appeal to the friends of the cause , through your invaluable &n& widely circulating paper . Hoping that you will insert this , with a remark or two of your own , especially as Mr . Linney has , by his indefatigable labours , rendered essential service to the Chartist cause . 1 am . Sir , Yours , most faithfully , In the cause of freedom , John Cad ley , sub-Secretary . BUston , Sapt 19 , 1812 . P . S . Our distant friends may be assured that we do not relax in our endeavours , and are determined to exert ourselves to the utmost .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF HELTON , THORNLEY , WING ATE , AND NEIGHBOURING COLLIERIES IN THE COUNTY OF DURHAM . Respected Friends , —As there seems now to be a healthy Bpirit of revival growing up amongst you , no means ought to be neglected of cultivating and directing it . Lecturing is of all other means the most efficient in diffusing political knowledge and exciting the dormant feelings of the people . I have therefore great pleasure in being able to submit to you an arrangement , by which without any burden upon , or injury to yourselves , you may be able to avail yourself of the aid of a
talented and honest lecturer . Mr . James Taylor , clock and watch maker of this town , an old and esteemed member of out body purposes to visit the above colliery districts fortnightly , on business , and at the same time will be ready to lecture according to the appointment of the friends He will not receive any remuneration , relying on his businees for support , I trust that the friends ( if the cause in this district will remember that ; and tbose who may require bis professional services will find him well worthy of their support . I beg that this may not be regarded as a substitute for the services of other lecturers , but rather as a regular and valuable addition to their occasional services . I am , friends . Yours , faithfully , J . Williams .
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GREAT FALL IN THE PRICE OF STOCK IN SCOTLAND . i ¦ ¦ ( From the Scotsman . ) FALKIRK SEPTEMBER TRYST—GREAT FALL IN PRICES . For many years heavy falls of rains have been proverbial at our great cattle market ; bnt this season the weather has been more delightful than is in the recollection of many of tbose who have long attended the market , bo that the immense stock never appeared to better advantage . The first great sheep market commenced npon Monday lost , and it is computed that about 60 , 000 shtep were upon the Tryst grounds , besides seven thousand or eight thousand that were
disposed of on the road to market . The first lot which left the grounds was sold by Messrs . Mitchell and M'Farlane , to Mr . Young , flesher , Edinburgh . They consisted of 350 black-faced three-year-old wedders ; they fetched £ 1 per head . A very fine lot , and by judges considered the top lot in the market , which belonged to Mr . Laidlaw , Stratbglass , Inverness-shire , consisting of 600 white-faced three-year-old Cheviots , were sold to Mr . Hebdon , Skipton , Yorkshire , for £ 1 4 s 6 < 1 each . It was remarked by judges , that a greater number of the white-faced Cheviots werein the market than was ever at any former period . Mr . Patterson , Sandside , Caithness , had 1 , 040 three-year-old Cheviot wedders , 500 were sold during the day at £ l 5 s . ; 900 at £ 1 4 ? . ; 140 at £ 143 ; 1 , 200 white-faced ewes , price
not fixed , but would range from 12 s . to 12 s . 6 d . Messrs . Mitchell and M'Farlane sold a very fine lot of one thousand white-faced CheriotB tor £ 1 3 s ., bo thai cfae average for this fine stock may be quoted £ 1 4 . ; and in tbis kind of stock most business was done . For crosses , prices from 12 a . to 14 s a head ; black-faced ewes varying from 7 s . to 12 s . There were about one hundred and fifty taps for sale . Mr . James Cowbrough , Auchendeen , Stirlingshire , sold twelve of the best , which brought £ 2 3 s . per head ; other lots sold at prices downward to £ 1 10 s . Messrs . Seller , Mendel , Gilchrist , Mackintyre , and others , disposed of large parts of stock at similar prices . As above stated , at the close
of Monday ' s sale a considerable quantity , chiefly inferior , were unsold . There were forty-three tents for refreshments , and five different banks transacted business upon the occasion . Tuesday afternoon sales continued very dull , as given in former letter . The best lot I heard of was sold by Messrs . Morton and Marren , Glasgow , there were twenty-seven in the lot , and brought £ 17 each . About twelve one-year old bulls of Ayrshire breed were sold at £ 7 . A number of small Highland queys sold at £ 2 . It is considered that the Queen ' s visit was the means of preventing the market going on as upon former occasions . Iu the horse market I consider but little business was done .
[ FROM THE EDINBURGH WITNESS . ] Mr . Alexander M'Donald , Moyes , Lochaber , effected a Bale of 600 black-faced wethers , at £ 18 per score . Last year the same kind of of stock bronght £ 22 . Mr . A . MDonald , of Lochray , Lochaber , sold 400 block-faced wethers at about £ 14 . Last year this stock bronght about £ 22 per score . Mr . Walter M'Farlane , Auhindarroch , sold about 200 black-faced ewes , at about £ 6 5 s ., which stock last year fetched £ 11 10 * . Mr . Thomas M'Denald sold Strone black-faced wethers at £ 18 10 s ., which last year fetched £ 22 10 s . Mr . Mitchell , of Invercaddle , seld a lot of black-faced wethers ( the first sale whioh had been effected to-day ) at £ 20 per score , which was one of the top-priced lots . Mr . Coll M'Donald sold a lot of Glenflnnan black-faced wethers at £ 18 , £ 19 , and £ 19 10 s . These were supposed by
Borne to be the best-conditioned black-faced wethers in the market . Mr . Stewart , Glenbuckie , sold 400 black faced ewes at £ 7 . These ewes were bought at last September Tryst for £ 15 per score , from Mr . M'Donald , Belquhidder , bnt had lambs this season , and bought today by Mr . Riobsrd Fcam , of Glasgow . Mr . Hector M'Kecr . ie , of Duntolm , sold a mixed lot of 900 Crosses and Cheviots , at £ 10 . Last year bis stock brought £ 16 , and they were better conditioned this year . Mr . M'intyre , from Sunderlandahire , sold Cheviot ewes at £ 14 10 a ., last year they brought £ 20 , and they were in a similar condition . It will be seen by the above that prices have suffered a very great decline from last year ; bnt we believe that holders of stock were prepared to part with it at » considerable reduction In price .
[ FROM THE GLASGOW CHB . OSICLE . ] Tuesday . —What abeep remained over from yesterday were parted with at prices fully as low as on that day , but a number left the market unsold . We have a great many sales of cattle to enumerate , but want of time prevents us giving all our quotations noted . We give , however , as many as will aufiMently show the decline in price our Highland breeders have , load to submit to . A lot of ten West Highland stots , from Fintry , Argyllshire , were Bold at eight pounds each ; they were purchased at Donne fair last November , for £ 7 a-head . Mr . Lewes M'Farlane sold a . lot of a 110 three
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IRELAND . The Holy Sisters . —The rapid progress which Temperance has made in Ireland , once the land of poteen , has been observed by every well-wisher of our race , and , more especially , of our country , with unmingled satisfaction . The name of Father Mathew will be revered as long as the Emerald Isle lifts her green breast above the waves of the Atlantic ; the obligations he has conferred on her children will be evidenced in their improvement in health , in comfort , aud in happiness ; and the ruins of a whiskey distillery will stand a monument to his honour . The only sound reason which we can perceive for doubting the stability of the Temperance Reform , lies in the circumstance that no general popular amusement has been hitherto provided as a substitute for that which is taken away . The
demand for pleasure , in one shape « r another , which is inherent in the human mind , must have a corresponding supply . This supply was , till lately , found in ardent spirits ; very often because no resource of a better description was attainable . The introduction of a simple method of imparting a practical knowledge of one of the most refined and captivating of the arts , affixes the stamp of permanency upon the reformation of the Irish people . Music and Temperance have met upon the shores of Cork , and from thence we hope those holy Bisters will proceed hand in hand , upon their peaceful march throughout the lovely land of thair adoption . With reference to this holy alliance , we might quote ( but changing the names of the interlocutors , which in the original are Death and Consumption ) Kirke White ' s lines : —
"I will pave the way for thee , Thou shalt furnish food for me ! Sfainzer ' s Musical Times .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 24, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct617/page/7/
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