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A GRAND BALL and CONCERT will take place in the Marylkbonb and Paddinoton Working Men ' s Hall , No . 5 , CifiCirs-STRBET , Marylebohe , on Whit-Mon » ay , May 31 , 1841 , in Aid of the Funds of the above Hall , which has been taken at a very great expense by the Members of the National Charter Association , for the purpose of holding their meetings in ; when the Committee pledge , themselves that no exertion Bhall be wanting on their part to render the Evening ' s amusement as effective as possible . In the course of the Evening , a selection from "Wat Tyler . " Mr . Tipvbr , a Chartist , will sing the favourite Song of "The War Cry ,- " and several Comic Songs in character , by Mr . Thomas . Double Tickets , to admit a Lady and Gentleman , Is . 6 d . ; Single Tickets , Is . ; to beW at the following places : —Mr . Christopher , George-street , Foley Place ; Mr . Savage , Mechanic ' s Institution Tavern , Circus-street ; Mr . Ford , 17 , High Row , Knightsbridge ; Mr . Murray , 18 , Fitaroy Place , New Road ; Mr . Lunn , New End , Hampstead ; Mr . Ross , 20 , Regent-street , Eennington Cross ; and Mr . Lovett , Sec , Pro . Twn « 18 , Shouldaavrtreet .
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FROST AND THE CONVENTION OF 1833 . Now Publishing , Price One Halfpenny , rpHE ENGLISH CHARTIST CIRCULAR , No . A 18 , containing a DECLARATION of RIGHTS ( in Thirty-nine Articles ) " of the People of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , according to the , Ancient Laws aud Customs of the Realm of England : ' B The above valuable document , the monument of our ancestral rights , was presented by its author , Julius L . Schroder , Esq ., to the Council of the General Convention , on Friday , the 9 th of August , 1839 , to be by them approved aud executed to the utmost of their ability , in furthering the great cause of national and rational freedom , and resouing both frpm the accumulating wrongs of oligarchical , aristocratical , aud monarchical tyranny . It is now re * printed from a corrected copy supplied by the Author for the " English Chartist Circular . " At a Meeting of the Members of the General Convention , held the 9 th of September , 1839 , John Frost , Esq . in the Chair , the " Thirty-nine Articles" were unanimously adopted , with | an earnest call upon every constituency in the kingdom to reprint and circulate this important document among the people . This recommendation was signed by all the members of the Convention ( twenty in number ) who happened to be in London at the time . The Circular also contains a great variety of interesting Articles on Law Making and Law Breaking , Private Property , Corn Laws , America , National Debt , &c . &c . London : Cleave , ( Proprietor and Publisher , ) Shoe-lane , Fleet-street ; and all Newsmen and Booksellers .
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. Just Published , Price Two Shillings Cloth , PAPER AGAINST GOLD , containing the Hi .. L : tory of the Bank of England , the Funds ti » Debt ; the Siuking Fund , and the Bank Stoppiee ' also showing how Money is raised or lowered in value by alterations in its qualities ; and the evil effects of the whole upon the Community . By Wil Cobbett ' , condensed by Margaret Chappelskith . Price One Shilling , GASKELL'S POPULAR COMIC SONGS Complete . This Edition contains the whole of the Songs that were published in five former Numbers at Sixpence each . Price Three Halfpence , RULES AND PRINCIPLES OF AN INSTI . TUTION FOR THE FORMATION OF COMMUNITIES BASED ON CHRISTIANITY , £ tended to be known as the Christian Co-operative Joint Stock Society , instituted in Manchester , Set ) - tember , 1840 . r Price Sixpence , BRIGHAM ' s REMARKS on the Influence of Mental Cultivation and Mental Excitement upon Health . Every man who values his health ought to be ia possession of this Book . Price Fourpence , CHANNING'S LECTURES on the Elevation of the Labouring Portion of the Community . Price Sixpence , THE ORIGIN AND NA TURE OF GHOSTS , DEMONS , AND SPECTRAL ILLUSIONS , Generally , fully , and familiarly Explained and Illustrated . By R . Buchanan . Price One Shilling , Originally Sold at Five Shillings , MUDIE'S EMIGRANT'S POCKET COMPANION . To those who are about to Emigrate , this book contains much Information that is highly useful and important . Manchester : Heywood , Oldham-street ; and may be had of Cleave , London ; Hobson , Market-street , Leeds ; and all the Agents of the Northern Star .
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THE ILLUMINATOR . NEW OHABTIST PERIODI CAL . THE MIDLAND COUNTIES' ILLUMINa TOR , Price IWfaalfpenee , i , pffi every Saturday ^ Morning , by MV . Seal . of KKS and . may be had of Mr . Cleave , Shoelane iS ^ J of Messrs . Sweet , ( Nottingham , ) Skevington mJ Ereleigh , ( Loughborough . ) Weal / ( Derby , ) * V&kS 2 ( Belper , ) Burgess , ( Hinckley , ) and all BoofflS in the Kingdom , b y application to Mr " < Sj ? London , or to the Publisher , Leioester vI' ? . Illuminator we ^ hesitate not to prononne * infinitely superior m style , matter , and compSoSI to mo 3 t , if not any , of the high-priced DeriodilJS "We lately received a small weekly ChjS publication from Leicester , entitled the IUuminator We are pleased to find , it is a well oanduSTSS talented paper , containing much useful matter ami many interesting extracts from the best social and political writers . In the number before us ( No m is inserted an article on the 'Wicked Law A Primogeniture . ' It contains sentiment of the richt sort , and speaks weJ « for the intelligence and s « S sense of the mitet ^ -New Moral World . 8 W u £ ?• 15 , ( published Saturday , May 22 . ) contains . " The Whigs at their death-struggle-the forthZn * ing battle ,- » " Mr . Wm-Biggs ' srenegadisovW ; attempt to unravel a local mystery . " Addressof the Convention to the working-men of Britain ani to Chartist Electors ; CoL Thompson ' s letter A Chartist Missionary ' 8 Record , No . 1 , ( bainir tha first of a series of journalising letters from Mr Bairstow , Chartist Lecturer for Derbyshire Let ters from Mr . Smart , Leicester Delegate to Ik-Convention ; " Thinker ' s Note-Book : " "Matt »*? Fact Man's Note-Book ; " &c . &c . ^" Copies of Nos . 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 . 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , m 13 ; and 14 , may be bad on application . ^
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JuVOTHIB LESSON FOR THB ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE . 6 IORIOT 7 S TRIUMPH FOR COMMON- SENSB AND EQUAL JUSTICE . Wit ? League here commenced their Ministerial campaign most inawpicioaaly . They choose their own battte ground , selecting sach spots for a « imurtaneoua demonstration as appeared morally certain from a variety of genenl causes and local cirenmatanoes to aEbrd a guarantee far an easy &nd decisive victory in th ^ ir favour . Edinburgh , as the metropolis of Whiggery , was called on to aSbrd them aid in this awful Crisis . She indignantly refused . Snnderland wm ¦ e ' . ected far a demonstration which if saocessful -was expected to give the tone of feeling to Newcastle , Gatesbead , and the neighbouring countn .
On two former occasions the League attempted-to eSki a breach to carry by storm the people ' s fort in Sunderland , but they signally failed ^ So decisive was their defeat that it was generally thought they would never rally again . They did , however , as last week ' s struggle proves . For a long time we regret to say that the organisation amongst the friends of the Charter has been extremely defective , meetings have been held irregularly and not well attended when held—trade too has been awfully bad : availing themselves of this state of tbincs the anti-Corn Law Association have been inces santly distributing pamphlets % nd tracts , about the advantages of a cheap loaf , and the great spar to trade which Corn Law Repeal would give . It was attempted V > ascertain tiie effect of this extensive machinery by
• a&vossing the sentiments of the workies—the men of eorn ^ e assented to the advantages of eheap bread and good wages—the prospect therefore appeared good . It was therefore resolved to try once more the fortunes of war with the Chartists , tie anti-gammon and hambug party . A requisition for a meeting , most numerously sigr . ad , was got up , presented , sod the meeting fixed to takr place on Wednesday evening week , in the Arcade long room . Ko effort was neglected to insure a triumph for the Bepealers , tie whole of the men connected with the B -hopwearmouth IroH Works , BuTlinson " 8 Foundry , a ' i 4 Lambton's Coal Works and Staiths , were indi-• viona ^ y canvassed , and all compelled to promise to * tt- ? nd and support the movement . A meeting was held the evening before at which returns were presented , and
it ayy-eated from the paper documents that there was no uir-6 t of success . The Chartists , however , though ? ppartnt-Iy quiet , were by no means idle—they resolved to giTr the leaguers battle ; although they could not call to their aid the powerful influences of the Leaguers , they hsd an unwavering faith in the integrity of the pe- -- \! e . in the justice of their cause , in the power of truth ., and the generalship of common sense logic . On WfrdiK--lay nothing was talked of but the meeting ; groups - •{ Whigs , Tories , respectables , and workies mfch ; r-i -een all along the streets , c . nvassing the prospects o : ihe evening ' s struggle . When six o ' clock me , uie -whole of the men engaged in leading coals at T . _ r . ; Durham ' s staiths were ordered to leave off , many ships were therefore actually detained a tide which wtre waiting-far their cargo ** , and the . men marcifc-j vloirn to the meeting . The doors were opened
at Laif-poct six , and almost immediately the immense room - * tls filed ; we went about a "quarter to sevei ) , and to our wtonishnient found the platform occupied with tfct- L-a . ra . ers . Five minutes before seven , the tug of war crarncaced , by a Chartist rising from thebody of thr uii-.: ir . g and proposing Mr . Williams to the chair ; this -was seconded by another , when the respectables Immediacy came forward and proposed Dr . Brown ; issue -vrxs here joined ; on its being put to the-meeting the B' -u , bers appeared equal , and again it was put , and finally Jccided to have been carried in favour of Dr . Bro'srn : this gave the Leaguers confidence ; they were uproarious in their cheers . Poor fools , they had not the discernment to see that the event was just what the majority of the Chartists wanted . They did not ¦ vote for Mr . Williams , knowing that he could be more aervice&ble to them in another capacity .
Dr . Baowjc then came forward , aud , amidst considerable interruption , repeated the usual quality and quantity of " League" matter , which the " lads " received amidst hisses , cheers , and loud laughter . BSKSAB . D Ogde * , Esq . next moved a resolution , embsdyicg the opinions of the Repealers , deprecating the existing Corn Laws as tod in principle , injurious in operation , dec A . J . Moobe , E 9 q . seconded the motion , and trarelled again over the ground already traversed by Dr . Brown-Tie Chjlibkas having enquired if any other gentleman wished to address the meeting en the motion ,
JOHif jpseph Weight , Esq . presented himself , and was received with a burst of applause , intermingled with hisses and groans . The real tumult of the very crowded meeting now began ; for though it was evident Mr . Wright had a great majority in hifl favour , " a considerable numher of perssns were so vehement and persevering in their efforts to drown his voice , that only a few broken sentences reached the body of the room . Even Mr . Wiliiams endeavoured to get the speaker 3 quiet hearing in vain ; and in order that his words might not be wholly lost , Mr . Wright sever *; times turned right round with his back to the Chairman , vis-a-vis , and once or twice , we thought , personally ; whilst he flung his body backwards and clasped his bands , as if under great excitement ;
but when he ever and anon turned round to -the heaving and shouting assemblage , a larking smile furtively glanced across Ms features , betokening that he hz-3 a perfect relish for the scene before him . — The crush at the high , end of the room , in front of the platform , was tremendous during his address ; and all parties gave vent to terms of impatience before its eonclnsion—the natural consequence of total inability to hear . For ourselves , we are constrained to a-lmit—such was our unenviable position in the melee—that even if Mr . W . had been perfectly audible , we could have given no connected report of his speech ; our reporting arm being engaged , during nearly the -whole time , in staving off the " pressure from within " against the window frame , if the strength of which had
once been overcome , some half dozen of us . must have been precipitated into the street , where hundreds , attracted by the noise , seemed waiting to break our falL In all our experience , we never endured a tighter jamming ; and it is rather strange that our two severest reminiscences in thia way are both of them associated ¦ with elections in the borough of Sunderland . Pinched and crashed a 3 we were , however , we could not refrair from laaghing at the scene presented on the platform , over the excited gentlemen occupying which was the venerable figure of Father Mathew ( many of our reader * will have sesn it ) raiding his arm , and pleading th « cause of temperance in Tain . But to return to Mr , Wrigit , and what he said , as well as did , on the occasion . We understood him to remark , that whatevej
opinions they might individually hold on the Con Laws , as doubtless , in that Lirge assemblage , difference * must prevail on so important a subject , he thought there could be but one feeling as to the time and th < circumstances in which this question was now brongbJ before the country . He denied that any man with e particle of common sense , unless he did so wilfully could resist the conviction of his own mind , that ii promoting the present movement her Majesty ' s grasping Ministers had no other intention than to be able U retain their bold of office . ( Loud cheers and hissing " That ' s the truth , " " Down with the Tories . " ) There fore , be said the question before that meeting was ne whether the present Corn Laws should be continued o : abolished ; but the question was this ( It was im possible to catch the words during the uproar , bu the puroort will be understood . ) Tie subject ha < been brought forward to gull the people . ( " A > e but tt- ^ v -want" ) It was thought thit by it thi
wretched Ministry might remain in office , an < longer plunder the revenues of the ceantrj [ Great cheering and uproar ; every body that coulc do so having now mounted the forms that were to wards the head of the room ; and thus blocking uj the view of those behind , the latter pressed forward and caused the extreme crush above referred to . Ii one of the " swayg , " so well known to those . wb have mingled in large masses at public meetings , twi or three individuals fell under-feet , and were got uj with difficulty . And we fear " mine host" of the Tern perance hotel would find sundry articles of bousehelt furniture not quite so shapely after , as before the meet ing jf any frith is ts be put in the probable effects o the crashes which occasionally , about this time , reachec our ears . ] The question was ( said Mr . Wright , whei we next caught a sentence ) not whether the Con Laws should be repealed—though as to the severa subjects of corn , sugar , and timber , it was Tery desii able to have an amicable , honest , and . permanent Bet
tlement—but whether the people would continue to duped by the present ministers—by the most worthls and incompetent ministry that ever held the reins government , iGreat « heering , hissing , and number ! t sounds , for -which we are aware of no vocabulary ti would furnish us with names . ) He asked them , that ministry had not truckled to every party , & basely deserted them all ? X ot content with oppr ting , they had insulted the poorer classes ; first tui ing them out of their homes , and then immuring them in Union workhouses . ( Cheering and cries of " Oh In reply to some question from the platform , we und itood Mr . Wright to say , that he did not come there a friend of the present Corn Law , but as one favour
U a moderate fixed duty . He concluded by moving amendment , of which we gathered the following to be 1 robBtanoe . Believing tint tba Administration hi put forward toe proposed alterations in the duty foreign corn , in connection with the sugar and Urn duties , for the sole purpose of raising an excitement the country to enable them to remain in office , and Ktist them in keeping their places ; and that they hi proved themselves incapable of carrying on the basin of the country , with advantage to the community Urge : therefore , this meeting , though anxious to i these important questions speedily and equitably s Hed , decline taking any step , by petitioning or oth vise , on the present occasion .
Mr . Potts ( we understood ) seconded the amendme and did his best to keep up the excitement which J Wright begun . He said , he « ame there to defeat hu bog to he felt convinced that nothing else was at t bottom of this meeting , as well as all throughout 1 proceedings of the present Government Mr . P .-lool TatBy indignant ¦ whenever he met with any intern Hon . Daring * i » speech ( far , not being able to bi » uoh from tbe platform , our attention was rat ! amkesed to the bye-play of observation going
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around , ) a little Irishman—whe at first swore he would give a shilling to get out of the row ( so hot-pressing was it even to Paddy ) , and at last ' shouted most bountifully in praise of Binns and Williams—made a remark which we think worth noting . Some one was crying oat against Mr . Potts as a Tory ; when the Irishman quietiy exclaimed—*• By the powers , honey , if you want to make a Radical of him , take all the money out of his pockets ; and if you have any notion of malting us Tories , give us plenty of money . " We pledge ourselves to the accuracy of this statement Mr . Potts having concluded , -
Mr . Binns next came forward , and was welcomed with a tumult of approbation , which continued for some minutes . The well-known theatrical cries , " Down in the front , " " hats off , " now resounded from the back settlements ; and Mr . Binns having waved his hand , with delicacy and gnoe , down sunk the mass , and remained as still as if it had never been in a ferment We were reminded of Scott ' s description of the silent dismissal of his moantain force that so suddenly and alarmingly bristled-up in arms before the knight of Snowdon , and vanished in a moment at a wave of their leader's hand , leaving nothing but a bare hill-side to to the view . And so each Chartist might say of Binns , as was of old said of Coriolanos , that he «• Dismiss'd me Thus , with his speechless hand . ' "
The meeting was now cool and comfortable , and Mr . Binns proceeded at length to address the company . The gist of his argument was , that every Chartist admitted the evil of the Cora Laws , and wanted them abolished ; but they wanted , further , to have a security that when they were removed from the statute book , they should remain removed : and this was only to be effected by giving the people a voice in making the laws—in short by adopting Universal Suffrage , and allowing the Charter to supersede the Corn Laws , as part and parcel of the law of the land . He proposed , as a second
amendment , — " That this meeting is of opinion that the Corn Laws onght to be totally and immediately abolished ; but that it is nevertheless convinced there is no possibility of getting these Corn Laws repealed , except by the means which are laid down in the People ' s Charter -. that we will pledge ourselves to unite with those good men and true , who have unfurled sach a glorious battle-nag among our masses ; and that , on every occasion , we will enforce the sublimity of our principles , and struggle for them to the end . " The conelusion of the resolution was received with tremendous cheering .
Mr . Williams seconded the motion , and was honoured with an equally warm reception . He began by trusting they would recognize no party there , but discard from their minds every sectarian feeling and prejudice , and consider the question solely with reference to ita bearings on the interests and prosperity of the whole people . The original resolution , he observed , affirmed that the existing Corn Laws ought to be repealed . In that all men agreed . But if this -was to be accomplished how could it best be done ? and if done , what regulation , any or none , ought to be substituted ? These were questions which ought then to be answered . There was no necessity for , no ad-vantage to be derived , from delaying , till a future occasion , the consideration of the means . In proportion as a case
was made out against the Corn Laws , in that proportion did the anxiety increase respecting the best means of securing their repeal . This question must then be be entertained . Mr . Blnns ' s amendment embraced both the evil and the remedy ; there might be a difference of opinion respecting the latter ; if so , that was the strongest reason why the subject should be discussed , to remove the difference . So long as a division so extensive as at present existed upon this subject , meetings and petitions for Corn Law Repeal could be productive of no effect Only by unity of action could they succeed , and this unity of action must spring from unity of opinion and common principles . He asked what were the remedial means ? That was the practical , pressing question . Their original resolution was
silent upon this subject Mr . Wright ' s amendment expressed opinions respecting the motives of the Ministry in their present reforming motives , in which be entirely and unreservedly concurred . ( Hear , hear . ) He could cordially assent to every word of Mr . Wright ' s resolution ; because he felt certain the existing Administration had brought forward the measure , not to promote the welfare , or to redress the grievances of the people—not to secure the working classes eheap food and good wages , but simply to hold place and power a little longer . ( Great applause . ) These acclamations preyed that such was almost the unanimous feeling of this meeting . He was convinced that not a former friend of the ministry on that platform would dissent from the terms of this resolution . ( Cheers , and laughter . ) He only wished he had Lords Melbourne , Russell , and Norm&nby there that night , that they might
see hew their early admirers no longer held connexion or boosted affinity with them . If this would not prove to them how , by their systematic abandonment of all principle—by their treacherons treatment of the people —by their defiance of every principle which they came into oS . ce pledged to support —( loud cries of " Question , " " Order , " hissing , and . cheering loud and long , followed by the remarks , uttered in a tone of great satisfaction— " The pride of Sunderland "— " Had away , my canny lad ; " )—if , he said , this was not sufficient to convince them that their glory was gone , that their power was departed , and that a plundered , an insulted , and an outraged people had for ever uttered the flat of their condemnation , and washed their hands of them entirely , he really did not know what could bring them to » sense of their degraded condition . He wonld now undertake to show that Mr . Binns ' s
amendment was the only one deserving their support . It was the only terms of union which the masses would recognise , the only condition on which they would tender their support , and without their unanimous and enthusiastic support Corn Law repeal could never be carried . When they ithe Corn Law repealers ) came forward with what they called the question of questions , and submitted that to the people , what did they mean ? did they net by such an act recognise the ability of the people to understand it ? If the people were not able to understand it , why did they waste their own time , talents , and money , in addressing them , or in circulating their publications amongst them ? Were they performing a farce before the people , or engaged in an honest , rational agitation ? If the people had the
| ability to understand the question of questions , surely i they would be quite capable of understanding and settling the minor questions . He asked them to come i forward and tell that meeting which they had called I together , what reason they had for refusing them their j franchise who had the ability to understand the Corn I Laws , and were willing , on fair terms , to aid them . j They could not—they dare not tell the assembled thoui sands that they were incapable for , or unworthy of , ! politi « al freedom . What did they mean , then , in call-; ing them together ? Did they merely want their aid to i sustain a physical contest with the aristocracy— " to ¦ speak to the fears" of the latter , as O'Connell had un-I blushingly avowed . That might be the object of some , I perhaps of many , be hoped not of all of them . But he
; could assure them that the next time the people did i that , they would alBO do « ome business for themselves i —they would assert and secure their own right * . The j speaker then went on to enquire why he missed ! tha wards "total and unconditional repeal" from I the resolution ? This most assuredly might , he said , be j accidental , bat it looked suspicious . Let the meeting beware , he said , that this was not a cunning trick to make it an instrument for propping up the doomed I Whigs . The Corn Law Repealers had said repeatedly i that nothing short of total repeal would satisfy , or onght to be accepted ; why did they not stick to that i now ? Was it because the ministry proposed a fixed i duty ? Who were the ministry , he asked ? What I confidence could be placed ia any measure emanating I from them in their present desperate dilemma ? None i whatever . Lords Melbourne and Russell , he said , had j declared it would be madness to repeal the Corn Laws : ! and then read the well-known extracts from Lord
Mel-I bourne ' s speeches , in which he describes the struggle ^—i the agitation of society to its foundation , and so forth , j that the country would have to undergo , before these j laws could be repealed . He said he could quote similar i passages from speeches by Lord John RusselL The i ingenious application made by Mr . Williams of Lord j Melbourne ' s remarks was—that if Lord Melbourne theught the struggle he had himself sanctioned to be : now commenced , would have these consequences before ' the question could be settled , why were he ( Sir . Wil-: liatns ) and Mr . Binns , and nany others , imprisoned for the little agitation they indulged in a year or two : ago ? Either Lords Melbourne and Russell muat be mad for proposing it , or they have wrongfully punished ' men for attempting to gain their ends by the same means which they were now themselves about to carry ; into operation . And if , he asked , as Mr . Binns had asked—if all these exertions were to be made—these
; divisions to be encountered—and these agitations of the bases of society to be undergone , and the people to be called on , as they had been , and would be , to aid in ; the work ; why should the people not , at the same , time , and without a second struggle , demand their own , rights—me > re particularly when Universal Suffrage > would make it certain tbe Corn Laws could never be reenacted , nor the people be again subjected to the mercy of a bloody aristocracy . ( Loud and continued cheering . ) 1 . Russell and Melbourne were no youngsters ; they were 1 i men of mature age . If , then , they were of sane minds 1 i two yean ago , it was clear , from their own showing , 1 : that they must be mad now . Had the natio&al affairs , i : then , been in the hands of madmen , who only now 1 had received their sense *—or were we now , he asked , about to resign ourselves to the leadership of madmen 1 other must beif either
' or knaves ? One or the they — , ' i they were unworthy of countenance or support If the 3 ' former , the lunatic asylum was their fitting place ; if I j the latter , they ought to be committed as rogues and vagabonds . ( Loud laughter , and cheers . ) It , said the > ' speaker , to carry Com Law repeal requires that society ' should be agitated to its foundations , that class should ' be arrayed against class , and man against man ; if i there is to be so much ill blood , that the peace of the , ! country will be perilled , I ask the gentlemen on the , j platform , the men of property , the lovers of peace and j order—the society of Friends , many of whom he saw > I on the f lafeform , whether they as members of the i j TJuiversal Peace Society , were prepared to join ina I 1 straggle , tbe appalling consequences of which Lord . | Melbourne had to strongly depicted ? ( Hear , hear , and ¦ no , no . ) No , no ! aaid Mr , Williams ; if it will not require thi * . then Lord Melbourne would deceive m—J and yoa can do tbe busineaa quietly without the people
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It would reqmire it , and therefore I ask , whether in that solemn crisis yoa wonld stand or fall by the people ? Will yoa ( the middle clasiios ) abandon them as yon have done before-, or with the people brave ( he fury of tie storm ? Bat , he observed , if these classes identify their cause with ours , the struggle will be short and . peaceable , and victory secure . I am here ( said he ) to offer yoa the terms of onion , he would that night sign their petition , and bring them gtM supporters , if they would then sign the document he held in his hand , which was a petition for eqwax rights , and the liberation of imprisoned victims . He was proceeding to make some remarks , in anticipation of the Chairman refusing to pat the Chartist amendment , bat Dr . Brown at once said he would do so ; and Mr . Williams then concluded a lengthened , and in many parts very adroitly managed address , amidst great cheering .
After a few words from Mr . Thompson , solicitor , in favour of the Charter , and in condemnation of the interruption which the earlier speakers had received , The Chairman took a show of hands on Messrs . Binns and Williams' amendment , which was carried by a very large majority . Thanks were voted to the chairman ; three cheers given , on the motion of Mr . Binns , " for our leaders in gaol and out of gaol ; " and sundry groans for we did not watch what or whom—and the meeting then separated .
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Daisy Hill , near Bradford . —A Chartist Temperance meeting will be holden on Sunday , the 23 rd , at two in the afternoon . Accrington . —Mr . George Julian Harney will lecture here , at the Wheat Sheaf , bottom of the Abbey-street , on Wednesday evening , May 26 th , at half-past seven . Bolton . —Mr . Leech will lecture in the Oxfordstreet-room , on Sunday evening next . Ashton-iwder-Ltne . — -An important meeting is to be holden in the Chartist room , on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . Stroudwater . —Tiio tea-party has been deferred till Whit-Monday .
Mrs . Frost . —In consequence of the unsettled stato of this lady ' s affairs , the committee , appointed to gel up a Social Tea Festival and liall , at the Johnstreet institution , Tottenham-cour ; -road , on Monday , May 24 th , ia honour of Henry Hetherington , on his release from the Marsualsea , have publicly announced their intention of appropriating the whole of the proceeds to Mrs . Frost and her family . The friends of this persecuted family will , therefore , do well to make immediate application for the remaining tickets ' , which may be had of Messrs . Lovett , Cleave , Hetheringioii , &u ., aud ' at the Social Hall , John-street , at the iollowmg prices : —Tickets for lea and ball , Is . 6 d . ; double ditto , 2 s . 6 'd . ; tickets for ball only , Is . ; double ditto , Is . 6 d . Tea ou the table at tive precisely . Ball to commence at niue . An efficient band will be in attendance . Men of London , the voice of your martyred hero , John Frost , echoes across the water , * ' Attend . ' "
Working Men ' s Hall , Circus-Street , New-RfcAD . — The Rads of Marylebone and Faddington , ( two glorious hot-beds of Cnartism , ) intend having a ball and festival in their New Hall , on Whit-Mouday , ( May 31 st . ) A bumper is expected . Chartist Meeting . —Mr . Binns will deliver an address at the Life-boat House , Sunderland , next Sunday afternoon , at half-past two o ' clock . On Sunday evening Mr . Williams will commence the first of a course of four lectures to be delivered in the Golden Lion room . Tne first lecture will be on morals , politics , and religion .
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CONTINUATION OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL . WOTTON-UN D ER-EDGS . William Bennett is to be added to the General Council . ASHTON . Thomas Stover . Richard Pilling . James Jackson . Erring Platt John Shater . William Wilson , sub-Treasurer . George Roberts , snb-Secretary .
BRISTOL YOUTHS . Thomas Whiting , St . Michael's Church-yard . George Powell , sen ., Cherry-lane . George Powell , jun ., Narrow Wine-street Henry Cooke , Denmark-street . William Davison , Horse-fair . Frederick Gibson , Charles-street Thomas Haimes , 13 , Lower Maudlin-street CITY OF LONDON . William Wilkinson , mason . John Wilson , do . Charles Young , toolmaker . " William Waters , shoemaker . James Sanders , do . George Wyatt , wheelwright , sub-Treasurer . Tkomaa Salmon , sub-Secretary .
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BIRMINGHAM . —Legal Murder op the Poor . —A monster in the shape of a man , named Hickman , who keeps a pawn-office in William-street North , and also follows the business of a brassfounder , has had two orphan boys apprenticed to him to learn the art of brat-sl ' oundering . The mother of the lads ( whose names are Steventon ) agreed with Hickman that he was to learn them their trade , allow them a fixed weekly wage , and pay them for over-hours . Time rolled on : the old mother died , and left her children to the protecting care of this tender-hearted profit-monger . No over-work was given to them : at length the younger lad remonstrated with his master , stating that his wages were insufficient , and requested to be allowed to work
over-hours . The master agreed , and furnished the boy with some brass locks to finish . The boy finished them ; but when pay-day came , his master refused to pay him . The lad , finding that he had worked over-hours in vain , determined to absent himself the same number of hours which he had laboured for nothing , and remained at home . He received a summons from his master for neglect of work , which so terrified him that he told his cousin "it would break his heart if he had to appear before a magistrate . " He went to his work , and the summons was overlooked ; but , irr consequence of a quarrel with hi 3 master ' s son , it was put into force , and he was ordered to appear on the following Saturday . The lad attended the Public Office , and remained until half-past two o ' clock , when nobody
appearing against him , he was told by the officer of the Court that he might go to his work . He had scarcely left the Court before his master made his appearance . An officer was despatched in search of Steventon , who brought him handcuffed to the Public Office . When they arrived , the magistrate had left ; and the poor fellow was locked up until Monday . He was visited on Sunday by some of his friends , and he told them that he should never work more , as he knew the treatment he had received would break his heart . He was tried on Mouday , and defended by Mr . George Edmonds : the magistrates dismissed the case , and the boy was discharged . He went home , and died on the followino Saturday ! But it is quiie legal ! God help the poor !
BARNSXiXjV . —This town and neighbourhood have been in great excitement , in consequence of Mr . Taylor persisting to make his drills nve yards per out longer than the other manufacturers , at the same price paid by them . The result has been ( hat Messrs . Lee , Jackson , Harvey , and others have told their workmen that they bhould be compelled to do the same , if they did not make Mr . Taylor gay with them . There was a great public meeting of the weavers holden on May Day Green , on Monday last , Mr . William Moxon iu the chair . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Alexander , Sykes , Mirfield , and others , when the following resolutions were carried unanimously : —1 st . " That we , the weavers of Barnsley , in public meeting assembled , view the past and present conduot of Mr . Taylor
with feelings of regret , seeing that he still persists in reducing the wages of his workmen , by making his drill bunts a mark longer than the other masters ; and on that account the other masters are about to follow his example , which induces this meeting to come to the determination to resist such infringement . " 2 nd . " That the motion just passed by this meeting do commence operation on Monday , the 17 th instant , at nine o ' clock , a . m . " 3 rd . " That we , the drill weavers of tbe other masters , do contribute the price of the mark in support of Mr . Taylor ' s weavers ; and all other work 3 d . for every 6 s . bunt , 6 d . for a 10 s . bunt , 9 d . for a 15 s . bunt , 1 b . for a £ 1 bunt , and so on in proportion . " 4 th . " That the town of Barnsley and its vicinity be divided into districts , and collectors appointed for the purpose of supporting Mr . Taylor's weavers . "
BEDAUB . —A host Horrid Murder , ATTHMrr to Murdir and Suicidk . —On Thursday afternoon , the loth inst ., this neighbourhood was thrown into the greatest consternation by the report of a dreadful murder at Newton House , the residence of Her Grace the Duchess of Cleveland . Inqueata were held before Wm . Dinsdale , Esq ., coroner , on Friday on the bodies of Thomas Robinson , the elder , ( head gardener to the Duchess of Cleveland , at Newton House , ) and bis son , Thomas Robinson . The facts are briefly these . Robinson for some yean past has been the gardener at Newton House , with excellent wages , but by some means or other which cannot be accounted for , he has been much embarrassed in his pecuniary circumstances . This the jury considered had so much excited him , as to drive him to desperation and insanity . On the afterneon of Thursday , he so far arranged his plans as to send the under gardeners into the pleasire grounds , at
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some distance from the hot-houses . He then sent his eldest son , seventeen years of age to work in the hot-house , to which place he followed , and there in the moat brutal manner murdered him , by a blow or blows so as to fracture bis skulli cutting his throat , and afterwards tying a rope round it to strangle him ; and In this condition he was found . Robinson then proceeded to his cottage in the gardens , where he made an attack on hia wife to murder her ; happily , however , by one of the younger children giving an alarm , his attention was diverted from his purpose , and the unfortunate woman escaped ; but lest he should be immediatel y detected before carrying his intentions folly into effect , ( which were , no doubt , to murder the whole family , ) he shot himself ! The Rev . George Mason , Rector of Scruton , was the first who witnessed these dreadful scenes , and who corroborated the abore account
on his examination at the inquest . After an examination of witnesses by the Coroner for the space of five hours , the Jury were clearly of opinion , that Robinson had murdered his unfortunate son in a state of insanity ; and they were further impressed that it arose frpm pecuniary embarrassments . They accordingly returned the following verdicts : — " We find Thomas Robinson , the elder , guilty of the wilful murder of his son , Thomas , being then in a state of insanity . We further find him guilty of shooting himself with a gun , in a state of insanity , which insanity , we believe , arose from pecuniary embarrassments . " During the inquisitions , the Rev . Richard Anderson , Vicar of the parish , the Rev . George Mason , Captain Peirse , Mr . H . R . Glaister , her Grace's solicitor , and Messrs . Buckle and Fothergill , the medical gentlemen of the household , were in attendance . We lament to stato that the recovery of the poor unfortunate wife is almost hopeless . — Abridged from the York Caurant .
BRADFORD . —Shocking and Fatal Accident . —An inquest was held on Monday , at the Star Inn , Westgate , Bradford , on the body of Ann Coop , who met her death in the following lamentable manner . On Sunday , Mr . Nathan Coop , flour dealer , Westgate , ( who had been a widower two months , ) and deceased , whose maiden name was Newell ( a mill girl aged thirty , ) started with some friends in a gig , or some such vehicle , for Tong , for the purpose of being married . After the ceremony they proceeded to Wakefield , and spent the day . On
returning home down Bowling , the horse took fright and ran away ; when it came to tke Wheat Sheaf Bar , the horse ran against a post , and fora moment stopped , when Coop jumped out , but the horse started again , when the bride jumped out also , and alighted with her head against a lamp post . She was taken up senseless , and expired immediately after in a neighbouring house . The wife of her brother , who was in the vehiole , was flung out of the gig , and sustained Buoh injuries , that at the time we are writing we hear she is dead . The Jury returned a verdict of" Accidental death" on Mrs . Coop .
Chartist Victim . —Mr . Clarkson , who has been in correspondence with that friend of humanity , T . S . Duncombe , Esq , M . P ., received on Wednesday last an official communication from the Home Office , for the release of Emanuel Hutton , of Bradford , who for a length of time has been an inmate of the " siok room , " in Wakefield House of Correction , caused chiefly by want of proper exercise , and cruel treatment . Coal Informer . —A common informer , named
Wheater , on Wednesday last , preferred several informations against persons in the neighbourhood of Bradford , " for selling coals by measure , and not by weight , ( contrary to law . " However , the fellow was not entirely . successful ; for , although Messrs . Foster and Lassey submitted to convictions in mitigated penalties , ! another case was dismissed for want of proof ; and , in a third , Mr . Clarkson appeared for John Sutcliffe , of Allerton , and by legal ingenuity succeeded in extricating his client from the fangs of his merciless antagonist .
ASHTON'UNDEE-LTNE . Boards of Health . —The annual meeting of delegates from various parts of Lancashire assembled at Ashtonunder-Lyne , on the 1 st May , have issued an address to the oountry , coatrasting the Board of Health system with that of tho Benefit Societies , contending for great additional advantages , and calling npon the people for the general support and establishment of Boards of Health . BOLTON . —Independent Methodists and Chartism . —On Sunday last , an individual connected with the Independent Methodists of this town , and who has bten engaged to procure signatures for the
Anti-Corn Law Petition , gave notice that after the evening service , he would propose a petition in favour of a Repeal of the Corn Laws , to the congregation for their adoption . This the Chartist members were determined to oppose , and procured a heading of the National Petition for the Charter , release of prisoners . &o , and , at the appointed hour , when the Repealer brought forward his petition , the Chartists also produced theirs , to the no small astonishment of the Repealers . A regular discussion took p lace , and after an hour ' s debate , the National Petition was , on a division , carried by a large majority .
More Falsehoods . —The Morning Chronicle of Friday last , contains an account ot an Anti-Corn Law meeting , said to be held in Bolton on the Monday previous . No meeting for such a purpose was held in this town on that day . A hole-and-corner meeting was held , convened by circular from the Mayor , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to adopt the propositions of Ministers relative to the import duties , &c . There were about fifty millowners , manufacturers , and shopkeepers present . The petition was all but unanimously adopted—the Corn Law Repealers thus virtually and meanly abandoning total repeal , by praying for a fixed duty . Town Council . —The quarterly meeting of this body was held ou Wednesday last , when a petition
to Parliament , in favour of the propositions of Ministers relative to the import duties , was read and proposed for their adoption . It , of course , received the support of all those sham-free-traders , and would-be Corn Law repealers , or anything else sooner than " let in the Tories "—those who regard no principle that does not quadrate with the support of Ministers . However , the really honest freetrade men in the Council were determined to ^ how fight , and stick to principle . Mr . P . R . Arrowsmith said " he believed they were all for free trale , " and proposed a resolution in which that principle would be recognised ; but this did not suit the Ministerialists —the professing cheap-bread and total-repeal men .
They said it would " embarrass Ministers ; " admitted that there was something inconsistent in " a total repealer applying for a fixed duty ; " but that they would " merge their little differences to support Ministers , " at present , and look for more afterwards . Mr . Arrowsmith hoped the Council were not willing to make a compromise , and give up their principle . As to damaging the Ministry , that was nothing to them ; let them adhere to principle . He was supported by Messrs . J . Lomax , Tong , Lawson , Haslam , &o . On a division the resolution was lost by a majority of two . This has caused the honest Corn Law repealers to reflect a little , and exclaim " How is this !"
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Thursday . DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT . The House met at the usual hour ; the presentation of some petitions , and the transaction of other routine business occupied some time . The House was crowded to excess . The Chancellor of the Exchequer rose and said —Sir , I give notice that , on Monday next , I will move that the House shall resolve itself into a Committee of Ways and Means , with a view to move the usual annual Sugar Duties therein . ( Cheers . ) Lord John Russell rose amidst the utmost silence , and said " Sir , I move that this House , at its rising , do adjourn till Monday next . " The House , which was crowded , and the if embers of the other House , who had congregated under the gallery , seemed lost in astonishment for a few moments , and , then burst out into loud cheers on one side , and laughter on the other .
The Earl of Darlington said , that after what had just taken place , he was relieved from all suspense as to the intentions of the Noble Lord , notwithstanding the division against him the other evening ; and he ( the Earl of Darlington ) might be allowed to add , with a tenacity unparalleled—( Loud Opposition cheers)—after the decision which the House of Commons had so unequivocally delivered against him—t ( cries of " Hear , " and "Order . ") he might , however , be allowed to ask the Noble Lord on what day he intended to bring forward the debate on the Corn Laws . ( Hear , hear . ) Lord J . Russell—On Friday , the 4 th of June . ( " Hear , hear , " from the Ministerial benches . ) The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned to Mondhy .
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GENERAL COMMITTEE . WEDNESDAY , MAT 1 J > . Mr . Martin in the chair . The Hall was this evening very muoh crowded with strangers . The minutes of the last meeting having been confirmed , Dr . M'Douall read a letter from Mr . Feargus O'Connor , in reference to tbe statement made by Mr . Ridlev respecting Mr . Frost ' s opinion of Mr .
Feargus O'Connor ' s sincerity in the cause . Mr . O'Connor stated in his letter that when he first heard of the charge made against him that he was much grieved ; but that , on consideration , he felt convinced that it originated in a conspiracy against him , that he could prove it , and that he would expose it as a foul libel npon his character , and a base attempt to stab his character . Mr . Rose said that he waited upon Mr . Hawes , in company with Mr . Skeringtoo . Mr . Hawes was
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anxunu to persist in seeing her Majesty . If , as he said , that he and Mr . Buffer would endeavour to have an interview with her Majesty , and present to her the memorials . He farther recommended that all documents referring to Mr . Bronterre O'Brien ' s health , should be furnished him . He Mr . Hawes further said , that the expenoe attending an interview with her Majesty would be enormous . Mr . Wall reported that he had an interview with Lord Teignmouth , who objected to pledge himself to support the petition . He declared himself friendly to Lord John Russell ' s new Poor Law Bill- : :
Dr . M'Douall moved , and Mr . Rose seconded , that the letter from the Birmingham Committee on Frost , Williams , and Jones be received . The letter of the Committee directed that the memorials should be brought back , unless an interview with her Majesty couldte obtained , and that they would not consent to their being left in the hands of the Marquis of Normanby . A letter was read from Mr . White , of Birmingham , stimulating and exhorting the Convention to renewed exertions , until an interview was obfained . Mr . Morgan said that be had met Mr . Walter at Mr . Oastler ' s , when Mr . Morgan asked him if he would support the petition . Mr . Walter stated that he would not vote against it . He also stated that Frost was sacrificed in consequence of his opposition to the New Poor Law Bill . Mr . Morgan was almost certain of Mr . Walter ' s vote and speech in its favour .
Dr . M'Douall said that being appointed to accompany Mr . Lovett to the ship Mandarin , for the purpose of ascertaining the accuracy of Mr . Ridley ' s statement , that he did so , and had an interview with Mr . Douglas , the steward , who was Mr . Ridley ' s informant . The result of the interview was positively nothing . He could elicit nothing from Douglas , beyond that he had a private communication to make to Mr . Lovett , the nature of which he ( Mr . M'D . ) could not learn . Mr . Morgan Williams said that he went on board the Mandarin with Mr . Ridley . The steward appeared to be very friendly with Mr . Ridley . He ( Mr . W . ) put the question to the Steward , and asked him if the statement made by Mr . Ridley was a fact 1 Tbe Steward replied , that it was a certain fact . Mr . Morgan—Order , order . After some further remarks , of no public interest , the subject dropped .
It was resolved that Mr . O'Connor ' s letter in reference to the balance in hand , be forwarded to the executive , and that they be requested to make a return of the communications sent to them on the same subject , df the names of the correspondents , and if possible copies of the letters . The following resolutions were adopted : — " That the Secretary be requested to v ? rite to the Frost Committee , requesting a copy of all correspondence they have had with different members of the Convention
regarding the Frost's Memorials , i- e . that all correspondence sont to the Executive Council , at Manchester , by members of the Convention , prior to the dissolution of the Convention , on Monday , 17 th , be transmitted to the Committee , that Messrs . Pitcethly , Cullen , and Morgan Williams , be requested to delay the transmission of the memorials until tomorrow ( Thursday ) night , that in the mean time a deputation be appointed to wait upon Mr . Buller , M . P ., and such other M . P . ' -s as the meeting thinks proper , to solicit their assistance and advice .
Dr . M'Douall , Mr . Morgan , Mr . Rose , and Mr . Ridley spoke to and supported the above resolutions . Mr . Cullen read the following letter from the Marquis of Normanby : — " Whitehall , May 19 th , 1841 . Gentlemen , —I am directed by the Marquis of Normanby to acknowledge the receipt of your letter ( without date ) , and to inform you in reply that it is not usual for persons to be admitted to Levees , for the purpose of presenting memorials of the description
mentioned in your letter , and that no person u ever presented at Court , except by one who has himself been presented to her Majesty . The usual and moat proper course is that memorials of the nature referred to in your latter , should be presented through the Secretary of State . " I am , Gentlemen , " Your obedient Servant , " S . M . Phillipps . " To Mr . Pitkethly , " Mr . Cullen , " Mr . Williams . "
The Secretary then read a communication from Dewsbury , stating that the petition-sheets from that place had been forwarded , having 2 , 000 signatures from Dewsbury , and 1 , 100 from Dawgreen . A letter from Chorley slated , that the Working Men ' s Association of that town forwarded a petition , with 2 , 950 signatures . Mr . William Pitfield complained that two letters , which had been forwarded last week , were not noticed in the Star . Mr . Pitfield also stated that the petition which weighed 197 ounces , and for which £ 1 was charged as postage , was sent in consequence of his having been told at the Post-office that it would go free .
A letter was read from the Chartists of Deptford to Messrs . Williams and Rose , begging their assistance in forming a Charter Association in that place , and stating that a publio meeting will be held at eleven o ' clock on Sunday next , at which they respectfully solicited the attendance and assistance of those two delegates . A letter from Mr . Charles Naseby , sub-Secretary of the Congleton Association , stating that a petition was forwarded with 1 , 090 signatures . A letter from Mr . David , Dumferline , stated stated that the cause was rapidly progressing there and that 4 , 543 had signed the petition . A letter from Mr . C . Clarke , Bath , approved of the Convention sitting in London , stated that the Chartists were so organised that they
could reject or return candidate * at the next election as they pleased . A letter from Dunshalt , Fifeshire , announcing that out of a population of 750 346 signed the petition . Mr . James Mackie , the writer , stated that the Chartists ofi that district wore quite on the qui vive respecting the National Petition and the memorials . Mr . Wm . Blackwood writes from Kinross , stating that the petition from that town contained 575 signatures . A letter from Mr . Joseph Vickers , of . Keighley , stated that the petition from that district had 4 , 409 , viz ., 3 , 480 men , and 1 , 920 women . Mr . Simpson , of Devizes , complained that the receipt of the petition from Devizes was not acknowledged . A letter from Mr . James Sinclair announced that the Newcastle petition had 15 . 674 signatures .
After some further routine business , the General Committee adjourned . THURSDAY , Mat 20 . The Committee assembled this morning at nine o ' clock . The attendance of strangers was very thin . Mr . H . Daniells wrote , stating that the men of Lass wade and Bonnyrigg were favourable to the Convention sitting another fortnight . They were also of opinion , that they should sit until the petitions were presented , and that the Convention , in which they baa the greatest confidence , should give instructions to the country how it should aot . Mr . William Tucker , of Wastebury , stated in his
letter that the petition from that town had 520 signatures . Mr . John Wilkinson , of Salisbury , in his letter , stated that the petition from Salisbury , had 663 signatures . Mr . Henry Pritohards , of Stroudwater , wrote , stating that the petition would be up next Monday . A letter from Mr . Wild , sub-Secretary of the Bermondsey Association , stated that the men of that district will support three delegates . Mr . R . Giffren , of Stratham , stated in his letter that he forwarded a petition with 1152 signatures . Mr . James Simmons , of SuHon-in-Ashfield , wrote up , stating that the petition from that place had 2 , 970 signatures , viz . 1 , 610 males , and 1 , 360 females .
Mr . Martin read a letter from Mr . William Gilly , of Sheffield , requesting him to wait upon the representatives of that place , and request their support to the National Petition , and the memorials . Mr . Martin read another letter from Mr . White , sub-Secretary of the Birmingham National Charter Association , recommending him to remain in London , and continue as a member of the Convention , until the men who were being slowly murdered in the Whig hells were released . Mr . Skevington read a letter from Mr . William
Russell , stating that the men of Nottingham would willingly contribute their portion of the expences of the Convention for another fortnight , and that they had adopted the plan of individual petitioning . The letter contained the following resolution , adopted at Nottingham , on Monday , at a public meeting : — " That the meeting highly appreciate the services of the Convention , daring their short time in London , and that no efforts be spared to raise funds to pay them for another fortnight . " The Committee then adjourned to five o ' clock . ¦
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WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . ( BY EXPRESS . ) Friday , May 21 . —Wheat is in request , at one shilling per quarter advance . Barley nominal , Oats as before ; but Shelling rather dearer . No alteration in Beans or other articles . Leeds Corn Market , May 18 . —The arrivals of Wheat , Oats , and Barley , to this day ' s market are larger than last week . Beans rather smaller . There has been a fair demand for Wheat , and rather more money has been made . There is very little doing in Barley , and prices are nominal . Oats and Beans slow sale , at last week ' s prices . THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEEK
ENDING May 18 , 1841 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peat Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . 4834 546 710 0 254 0 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . 3 2 &i 1 11 4 i 1 3 10 | 0 0 0 1 18 1 0 0 0 Leeds Cloth Markets . —The business at the Cloth Halls , on the two last market days , has been of an extremely limited character . The entire absence of speculation , and foreign demand , cause the greatest dullness to exist ; and though there is a strong hope that ere long a demand will arise one thing is clear , that the present home consumption is not sufficient to create employment for all . The arrival of the Great Western has not furnished any ground for hopes of better things from the New World , aud the warehousemen are consequently in a state of inactivity .
Bradford Market , Thursday , May 20 . —FToo/—In this article we have still to report a gradual de * oline in price , and until some spirited demand arises , we fear this dulness will increase . Yarn— We cannot learn that aay better appearance has manifested itself to-day or during the week for Yarns : we learn that prices " are not lower than last week . Spinners appear resolute to stop their machinery till there is some likelihood of obtaining such prices as will induce them to resume their avocation . Daring F 114 4 A 1 MUVV VUVIM ¦* *^ vw w ^^ b ** v »* v *« _^ m w v ¦»—*—— »—— - ¦ -
the past week several large bouses have adopted tne short time system , and others entirely BtoppedP " of their concerns . Piece—The demand _ is py . no means increased since our last report , and at tnw seasonof the year we have seldom known bo few goods change hands . Prices are exceedingly low , in fact ; so much below the cost of production , w »* most « f the manufacturers are fast reducing tne number of their wearers—this applies to powerloom as well as hand-loom establishments .
Bedale Fortnight Faie , May 18 . —We were well supplied with both Beasts and Sheep at uub day ' s fair ; the attendance of buyers was j ! W !] the market was heavy ; prices lower . Beef , ww » to 7 s ; Mutton , clipped , 6 d per 1 b .
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