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TO THE ELECTORS ASD NON-ELECTORS OF THE WEST RIDING . " Onr merchanta are in the gnlf of barJcrnpt / jy and out labourers lure eaten their beds . "—Lord John ¦ BssseS . Fellow Cocxtrtmb * , —When I last addressed you upon the opinions of the tiro candidates ¦ which the virtuous Whigs" are bringing forward to represent your interests in parliament at the present " great commercial crisis , ' * 2 could only Bake inferences from the past conduct of the man "who is a " lord by the accident of his birth , " and upon the other from the opiaions -which bad been avowed by the " great statesman" -who yna to be the mentor of hi * future career .
Sisee that address nt written , both the parties , whose opinions , and the tendency of Whose opinions , I endeavoured to n-mtiigai , hare published their political creed in an address to the eleeton ; and , therefore , all surmise as to what is likely to be their future political coarse is completely set at rest ; and as the man " who is a lord by the accident of his birth " has made no retractions , we are fairly warranted in taking the whole *< his previous political life , in company with his published addreas , &s containing the line of powhich in future be will pursue . And as he also the " other house" has faiiiy spoken out , we shall sow be enabled to refer to himself , as the chronicle of
u own opinions . Wfell , then , gentlemen , you will recollect , ar I before stated , that a first sinister of state had stated in his place in parliament , that " our merchants were in the gulf of bankruptcy ; " " oar men of property unable to obtain any rents -, " " our shopkeepers were ruined ;" " our labourers living seventeen in fiTe yards square ; ' " our pawnbrokers' shops filled with the clothes and furniture of our arvz&ns ; " and " that our Tmiiufacturing labourers had eaten their beds . " I beg yon , Gentlemen , to . keep this statement particularly in mind ; put it over your mantelpiece , and engrave it on your hearts , that Lord John Russell , in his capacity of a first minister of state , proved the above to be the condition of the " envy of surrounding nations and the admiration of the world !"
These licts are worth a thousand speeches ; there is bo disputing them ; they have authority stamped on - "their front None of the random assertions these of ¦" Feaiyas O'Connor and his wild associates , "" made for the purpose of lighting up the torch of revolution ! These are not brought forward by " wild Chartists , " to place in juxta- position with all the extravagance of those who luxuriate upon the public parse ! N # r has the " physical force" advocate placed the man who has " eaten his bed , " by the side « f the splendid parks , the superb mansions , or the pompous train , for the purpose of inducing him , though he has created all ttese things , to fight for an equal division of property ! 2 i « , they are none of these ; but sober statements , made in sober moments , for the purpose of inducing the legislature to pass certain measures .
Well , then , such being proved to be the state of the country , the man who " is a lord by the accident of his birth " in the address published in his name , says , ** A deficiency exists in the public income ; the national hokour , TAixn , and safety require that it Bhoul 4 be supplied ; the only prsctical choice seems to lie between two modes of effecting this object . " Bravo . Bat what is the " object" which there are only two modes of effecting ? The supplying the " deficiency in the public income , " to be sure . No talk about reducing the expenditure to the income ; no talk about reducing or lopping off all useless pensions ,
places , and sinecures ; no talk about reduction of the araay ; not a word about the reduction or destruction ct ' the regiment , " as the apostate Burdett called the whole & 2 aii ; nothing about grappling with that monstrous debt , whieh has been rendered doubly ^ . urdensome by Peers famous bill , and which has ¦" reduced our merchants to the gulf of bankruptcy , -and caused our labourers to eat their beds . " Not a word about any of them . No , the only practical course seems to be the supplying the deficiency in the public income . That is to -wring more money from those " merchants who axe in the gulf of bankruptcy , and from those labourers who have eaten their beds . "
But what does this " Lord by the accident of his birth" mean by national honour , faith , and safety ? What are the meaning of the words as they are here applied ? In what does the " safety" of a nation consist ? It cannot mean the safety of th « people in their individual capacity , because without such indi-Tidnal safety there would be no nation . It means , if it means anything , the safety or preservation of . the institutions by which a nation are governed ; and "without which safety , tie nation , neither in its aggregate nor individual capacity , would be secure eitber in person or property . Then what are those institutions ¦ which the labourer , who has " eaten his bed , " is to be further taxed to preserve ? Is it necessary to our safety that tiie labourer who has " eaten his bed" should toil to p&t the interest of a debt which , to say the best of
it , -wj 3 contracted for the purpose of preserring the rich man " * property ? Is it necessary to our safety to have an iKmense standing army in time of peace ? Are all the pretty lords and ladies on tie pension list ; is « ur enormous , monstrously enormous elvil list ; are a frightful array of retainers in the House of Commons ; -are game laws , are rural police ; are these individually or collectively necessary to om security in person or property ? Is the gross misappropriation of the revenues of the crown lands ; is it necessary that we find revenues for two or three foreign kings ; is an overgrown hierarchy without congregation ; are scenes like those at Rathcormac , —axe these , any or all of them . necessary to our safety" in person » r property ? Come , good , my Lord , tell us , aw these the things "Which the " -who has eaten his bed" is to be" taxed to preserve ?
Or , my Lord , if these things are not suited to the delicacy of your refined taste ; is that law which was designed to make the labourer " live on eoaraer food , " and which , according to Lord John Russell had been reduced " to eat his bed ; " that law , which to be carried into tffect , requires , according to the commissioners' orders , firm men—men not to be moved b > distress , whether feigned or real ; that law which consigns , lifter a life of toil , the labourer , who has " eaten Ms bt . iy" to the horrors of a bastile , which gives his emaciated frame to be cut up for the benefit of science , and his last remains as f » od for the dogs ; is this one of the things -which is necessary to our safety in person and property ? Or , as this "Lord by the accident of his birth , "is Secretary for Inland , and must , therefore , be conversant with the scenes—are , I say .
the balfiiaked houseless wandtrera , in the streets of Dublic ; -r the ( as it was proved in the House of Commons , ) wholly naked , and lumper-fed labourers , who have no beds to eat , of the interior ; are these the things to be preserved ? No , as this Lord is of practical temperament , and as he has "framed to the harp many an English ditty lovely well , " nothing probably , bat -what is " sublime and beautiful" cau arrest his ardent imagination . Irish labourers half naked and houseless , or wholly naked and feeding on sea weedj periodical famines aad Rathconnac butcheries are but prosaic , every-day occurrences—are too earthly to fill Afl poet ' s mind . Well , then , let us turn to scenes of a diore stirring kind , te something which contains the poetry of those institutions for the " « afety" of which those who are in the " gulf of bankruptcy" and have •* eaten their beds" are to be further taxed .
Behold , then , fellow-countrymen , the Irish aristo-¦ crat in the full exercise of the gloritus privilege of deing -whit be likes with his own . See him cleansing Bis land of its encumbrance ; behold him turning out ? ' his fellow man , " the image of his ftjd , and th « haU"naked emaciated partner of his woes , hung round by the famine-stricken pltdges of their love ; the child of their age dinging to its empty teat ; all this group tamed from the shed of their fathers , to bear the pelting of the pitiless storm , to stand against the deep dread bolted thunder in such a night that my very enemy ' s dog , though he had bit me , should have stood agains my fire ; ail this done to gratify the avarice of some lord of the soil , or " viler still" the whim of cold calculating " political philosophers . " And in order to ieighten the excitement of thi scene , to render the whole -worthy the " poet ^ s eye in a fine phrtnzy roling , "
Behold tte heavens all on "fire , " with thatjcot which has sheltered them and their forefathers foigenerations ; hear the wild shrieks of agony uttered by the wife and ¦ mother a ? sbe madly hugs her helpless infant to her burning bosom , overwhelmed by the full consciousness of her utter hopelessness , dettitution flashing on her maddened brain ; see the wild eye of a father , beheld his clenched fist ; mark his heaving 'iosom bursting with emotion ; see his uplifted arms ; hear his agonising prayer to the " poor man ' s God" to grant him power of revenge ; see all this , and then ask , are these stings part of the institutions which are necessary for our safety ; and which the " national honor" and faith demand that those who are in the gulf of bankruptcy , and those who have eaten their beds , shall be taxed anew to maintain ? Gracious God ! are these things to continue fat . ever ?
But I feel I am running too far , and that I shall be trespassing upon the valuable space of the Star . I bad intended saying something to the " scion of the other house" , but the other theme was so fertile , that I could not crowd fry * -what I wanted to say into the space I durst vetiUire to ask for ; hut , by your permission , Mr . Bdhor , I will rea » w the subject at another time . Sot before I conclude this epistle , I must sty a word car two to my brother freeholder ! . I cannot help pointing out to than that all these things are the natural thoU , and inevitable result , of the aristocracy having "fine whole legislative power of the country vested in "it » hands . Ton know that they commenced and c * r-Tied oa a horrid and expensive war , to prevent yon lavfasg your doe share of the making the laws by Wfcfch you are to be governed ; you know that they
Hutud our enormous debt , for the purpose of preventtotg yon having that share ; and you also know . that ttiy have managed the matter , to that without yon « aa obtain that than in the tegiilatiott , 70 a aad your children ' s ehUdrea "will have to labour to pty the intarat of the debt , and all its concomitants ; you knew that they have been the authors of that system which taf brooght cur merebtoto t # the gulf of bankruptcy , sad compelled oar labourers to eat their beds ; and , ftaowiBg all these things , -will you continue to return nee to the House of Commons who are decidedly inti imI 1 ii m the safety and continuance of the above qntea ? Tell me not that you have bo men who are © mpeteot to the task of legislation ! Burely they are •¦ competent as boys ! And , besides , talking of com-Mtaecy , hare yon no mm who are as competent to MlhkUrn j food a * the men who hare redseed
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our " merchants to the gulf of bankruptcy , and our labourers to eat their beds . " Worse than the hereditary legislators have done , it ia impossible tot men to do . It is impossible foi man to do i » o » e than reduce our peasantry to go naked , aad feed on sea-weed . It is impossible for men to heighten the picture dawn by Lsrd John Russell , whan he says " our merchants are in the gulf of bankruptcy , and our labourers hare eaten their beda . " ' Yours , && , A Freeholder .
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HOUSE OF LORDS , Tuesday ,. Jume 15 . A great number of petitions were presented against any alteration in the Corn Laws . Ob the motion of Lord Whabkcliffb , a bill was introduced , and read a first time , for the purpose of altering the law relating to marriages within certain degrees of affinity . The Lobs Chancellor moved the second reading of the Charitable Trusts BiH . Lord Ltndhcrst opposed the bill , on the ground that the question of which it treated was fall of difficulty , and of such great importance that it should not be brought forward at the present period » f the session , and in the existing state of both Houses of Parliament . The Noble Lord concluded by moving that the bill be read a second time that day three months .
Lord BBOKGBAM was quite astonished at the course pursued by bis Noble and Learned Friend . The evil to be redressed was a great one , and surely his Noble Friend might have introduced a clause excepting a particular species of property , or in some way obviating his objection , without seeking to defeat the bill altogether . After some discussion their Lordships divided , and the bill was lost by a majority of 52 to 3 » . Their Lordships then adjourned .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Tuesdat , Junk 15 The Railways ( Ireland ) Bill ) was brought in by Lord Morpeth , and read a first time . On Mr . 5 CH 0 LBFHLD rising to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice on the subject of the distress bo generally existing throughout the country , Mr . GODSON rose and claimed precedence for the motion of which he had given notice relating to the petition of Edward KilBean Cox , as it related to a matter of privilege , . The Speaker did not consider that the petition of Gox could be considered as relating to a question of privilege , and therefore the Honourable Member for Kidderminster could not bring on his motion out of its jregular order . He therefore called upon Mr . Scholfcfield to proceed .
> lr . Scholepield said he had to apologise to the House for his ewn inability to do justice to the motion he had to miike . He could assure the House there was vast and extensive suffering in the manufacturing districts of the country , although the word distress was as si Mom heard within those walls as was the mention 1 f the national debt , yet it was doubtless owing to the national debt that bo much distress existed . Not only had the distress been extensive , but it now affected the home trade as well as the foreign . In fact , so much money was required to procure food at the present high price of corn , that there was little left to buy clothes with , and , consequently , the demand for the home trade was proportionately curtailed ; nor was the foreign -trade in a better condition than the home trade . We
had bow competitors in every market with which -we traded , aud unfortunately were undersold in too many of them . The German manufacturers of hardware could take their goods to all parts of the globe , and there undersell the English ; they could even introduce articles of cutlery at Sheffield on lowei terms than our own manufacturers could supply them . Aud what gave the advantage to our foreign competitors ? We bad equal industry , equal skill , and as much capital as foreigners possessed ; but our industrious artisans coald not buy their bread and the necessities of life so cheaply as they were sold in other countries . Whilst our workman had to pay 9 d- for a loaf that was to be purchased fer od . or 6 d . on the continent , and while he tad to pay more than half for tax on his tobacco , tea , and beer , and
onethird tax on the little sugar he ceuld obtain , he was unable to live so cheaply as those in other countries who had not such heavy imposts to » ay . He was not able to say how far the pressure of taxes bore upon agricultural labourers , but , doubtless , with their very limited wages , they could not spare money for scarcely any other object than for the necessaries of life . There is one feature In tbe exuting distress , as it affects the commerce and manufactures o £ the country , which is that distress has fallen upon the shopkeeper and the master manufacturer , on whom it presses almost as severely as it has done , and now does , upon the workmen . He would read to the House some letters which had been transmitted to him from several of his constituents , showing how prevailing the distress of trade "was in the borough
of Birmingham : —" The condition of the inhabitants of Birmingham is more deplorable thin ever . Cruel mortgagees are disposing ef property on which they have advanced money for less than one-third of its value , or rather , I should say , they are purchasing buildings at any rate . la consequence of trade being so bad , and levies and taxes so high , mortgagees have not been able to be punctual in the payment of interest ; their property has been advertised to be sold , aud bo sale being practicable , a legal process has been gone through , and the property been transferred from the legitimate owner to the mortgagee , and this has been the case lattely in a great many instances ...... Trade is daily getting worse . Whilst the number of Bankrupts is leas , tbe number of insolvents is greater ,
in all the manufacturing districts , and the poor debtors are crying ' make room , the prison is too small for us . ' This was actually the case in Birmingham only a few weeks ago , when the Commissioners held a Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors , and those miserable men have been sent forth into the world pennyless , and nothing but an alteration in trade can prevent their coming to the workhouse . Although it was so recently emptied of its inmates , there is a fresh succession of unfortunate debtors , many of whom have lived respectably , and contributed largely to the payment of taxes and poor-rates , to the benefit of the community , but ¦ who axe now abont to parish in obscurity
Tradesmen , with very few exceptions , are in jeopardy every hour . They apply to the pawnbrokers in vain , fur these have granted loans till they have no money to lend , and the consequence is , all the beads of families are in ill health , and medicine is of no avaiL 'Hope deferred m&kfcth the heart-sick , ' and one need not be skilled in pljjsiognemy to be able to discern , by a man ' s countsnance , that tie considers himself Blinding on a quicksand , and , unless he is unexpectedly supported , that he must shortly sink . " The woiking classes were sustaining a mcBt painful degree of suffering , and the de-Bia-iption of those unfortunate persons who had recourse to the fid of the pawnbroker is truly
affecting" . Workmen , with large families , are receiving from 6 s . to' lls . per week , and wonld be able , if they could work full time , to earn from 15 s . to 30 s . per week . How those poor families live and pay rent can only be answered by the peor creatures themselves . I know they are obliged to crowd together in dwellings not fit for hogs to live in . I know places called chambers wherein different famjlies of both sexes , and of all ages , are compelled to pass the night at the same time . Is not this enough to make Chartists ? Is not this enough "to demoralise the people ? At tbe Board of Guardians , yesterday , a young woman applied for relief , whose husband had beea three weeks in prison for a debt due for provisions ; he has nine weeks longer to remain ; himself and his wife are steady people ; they have two
" small children . The Guardians thought the woman appeared almost lost for want ; they allowed her 3 s . and two loaves per week for nine weeks , not sufficient , after paying for lodgings , to keep body and soul together ! More could not be allowed to htr , as levies are bo high , and many persons who pay them stand in need of parochial relief . Last week a young wife died in child-birth ; her time was come , but for want of strength , she was not able to bring forth ; a physician ^ was called in , but bis assistance was unavailing : he said he had no doubt her death was occasioned by deficiency of nourishment . " "A list of one week ' s pledges , at " one shop , containing sixty-five pledges , out of which only two lots exceeded 3 s . each . Upwards of thirty pledges are gowns , shifts , women ' s petticoats , and
children ' s frocks ; the rest are shawls , men ' s waistcoats and jackets , a bed cover , a pillow , a wedding ring , and other small articles , the whole averaging only Is . 9 d . each in value . Birmingham contains 94 pawnbrokers , and if each has 65 pledges per week , the weekly number of the town of small pledges , not exceeding 3 s . each , exceeds 8 , » 0 » . A former statement sent me , shows that the master manufacturers had as many goods in pawn already , that the pawnbrokers are unable to find further money to advance . upon them . " ' A week has passed , and you have vouchsafed us no reply . Nine weeks have gone since the committee concluded its labours , reporting that they had found above 40 , 001 individuals so miserable as to b % grateful—yea , humbly grateful—for a donation
of less than a l £ d . per head per week . Nine weeks have passed since that report ; trade during that period has actually grown worse . a nd nothing has been done . ' No attempt bas been made to relieve ! We pray you to consider how ill such poverty brooks delay ; how many miseries and anxieties , crowding in each successive hour , have made each week an age . Some victims of our neglect have in that period found a refage in the grave . No ministration of earthly comfort soothed their last aortal agony ; the aid for whieh affection yearned , a necessitous poverty denied ; they rest , bat to tbe living is left the undying regret , that th « thousand appliances which might have
restored health or softened pain were all denied . The productions of every climate , tributary to our industry and plastic to our skill , fill every store with the means of enjoyment , and yet English poverty is as unequalled as English wealth . " An Honouiable Baronet lately said to frim ( Mr . Scholefieldi that he had never been paid his rents better than at present He ( Mr . Scholefield ) replied that profit to the merchant and manufacturer was tbe same as rent to the landlord , and he assured the worthy Baronet that profit had long Sed from the tradesman . He was told that no sooner was a farm vacant than a tenant applied to it . How different was the situation of th »
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owner of dwelling bouses and manufactories , too many of which were empty and profitless to their owners ! He w « uld remind the House of an entire new state of things -with regard to tbe conduct of persons constituting public meetings . They , too , had their motions of " no confidence " in either party . They disliked both Whig and Tory equally , out would prefer voting for the Tory now , and would doubtless duly reject them when their own proper time came . At a recent meeting at Birmingham , a resolution was passed not to vote for the abolition of the Com Laws . Tbe majority preferred a very different measure : they considered the Corn Law question delusive , and would be satisfied with nothing less than Universal Suffrage . Exactly similar was the result of a meeting at Sheffield ,
at which the " no confidence" in either party was the prevailing feeling . A meeting had recently taken place at Liverpool , which proved how well-informed the persons were who were present oa the occasion : a working man , of the name of Jones , addressed the meeting in a manner which testified strong sense , and shewed how much he felt the hardship of the severe suffering himself and persons of his class were subject to frem ( as he said ) the oppressive effects of the Corn Laws . What Mr . Jones spoke was so much to the purpose , that be should take the liberty to read it to the House : — " At a late meeting at Liverpool , of tbe working classes , the Chairman said that the next speaker , Kobert Jones , though a man well able to express his views on this
great question , was unable to read , and he , the Chairman , would therefore move the resolution for him : ' That these laws , which wring from the wants of . the poor , in order to support a monopoly to the wealthy , are cruel , unchristian , and unjust ; alike opposed to the Word of God and the happiness of man . ' Robert Jones , in moving the adoption of this resolution , sa d , that , like some hundreds , if not thousands , of those present , all the property that be bad in the world he had with him—all the estate that Qoti . and his father had left him on the eatth , and that English landlords would allow him , he held up to them ( holding up his hsnds ) These were all his property ; and he found that , in consequence of the Corn Laws , and other wicked laws , he was robbed of so much of tbe produce of his estate
that hto and his children had to rise many a time from the table with half-filled btllies . { Hear } Thia was not a cause ' of party or faction ; ii was the . cause of the whole human family—it was the cause of justice and truth , of God , and of humanuy . A tax upon bread ! a tax upon life itself—a tax upon the very existence of the working man—a tax ob Eternal Justice , and on the Providence of God . ( Hear , hear . ) God sent untaxed rain to water the earth ; God brought antaxed corn out of the earth ; God had spread a bountiful table for the whole family of man on the face of the earth ; but man put his avaricisus hand on the bread , and snatched it from tbe hungry lips of the people of England . " It had been said that poverty had made philosophers of the suSering artisin ; and the speech of Mr . Jones prove *
howiatelligentan uneducated man maybe . Toshowhow general is tbe interest felt by all classes and sex-8 , he wculd mention the petition from 450 females of Bridgenorth , presented by his Honourable Friend the Member for Ludlow , describing the severe distress which their husbands , fathers , sobs , and brothers were undergoing from want of employment and low wages . How great is the contrast between the splendid appearance of Hyde-park , RegenVs-park and street , and such like places of fashionable resort , and the miserable abodes of the distressed manufacturers ; Truly was it said by the writer of tbe letter to the Rev . Mr . Garbett , of Birmingham , " English wealth is as unequalled as is English poverty . " How just is the observation ! how painful the reflection that arises from it ! The question which naturally arises in considering this striking contrast of splendour and the most squalid misery is , what remedy can be applied to so mighty an evil ?' Doubtless , where wealth is so
abundant as it is in this country , it would be no difficult matter to spare eut of their superfluity rather than require a portion of the poor man ' s neons of existence to be taken from him . A property tax would relieve this cruel oppression upon those who are unable , under their great privations , to pay taxes at all . This would at once be &n act of justice and of mercy . He had been tol 4 that the present motion could lead to no practical good ; but he felt satisfied that , if it excited an expression of sympathy for the poor sufferers , it would not be without its use : if it did no more than keep hope alive in the breast of the afflicted , it would at least do some good . He should conclude by moving " That the extreme Buffering of the industrious classes , from waat of employment , low wages , and high prices of provisions , renders it the imperative duty of Parliament to devise means for the alleviation of the great misery which now pervades all the manufacturing districts of the country . "
Mr . W . Wjlltams seconded the motion , and contended that tbe rapid advance of manufactures in Germany was to be attributed to the cheapness of provisions in that country , Mr . Hindley contended th . it the burden of taxation in this country fell chiefly on the poor , and concluded by moving , as an addition to Mr . Scholefield ' s motion , that it was the opinion of the How * that the present system of taxation and the C- > rn Laws were peculiarly unjust to the middle' an < l lower c ' a'sss of the community . Sir F . Bt'EPEiT ik-jiretaU-d these attacks upon the upper classes of society , more particularly as * it was under the circumstances impossible to reply te them . It was , he contended , nitre de . usion to attribute to the Corn Laws the distresses of tbe manufacturing population .
Mr . B . A 7 NES addressed the Houre , but while speaking , an Hon . Member moved that it be counted , and there not being forty members present the House was adjourned .
Wednesday , June 16 . The House met at the usual hour , and was ocenpied with the reception of petitions on various questions . The Ecclesiastical Commissioners Bill was read a third time and passed ; and the Administration of Justice Bill was read a second time , shortly , after which the Houae adjourned . Thund . it / , June 17 . No business of importance occurred , and the House adjourned before six o ' clock . i ^ fc
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FHOM OUK LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Wednesday Evening , June 16 tt . Formation or x Lo . vdo . v General Election Committee . —On Sunday evening last , a mest numerous meeting * f the friends of Chartism was holden at the City of Lindon Rooms , 56 , Old Bailey . The meeting haviug been called by cireular , Mr . Saunders was called to tbe chair ; and , after considerable discussion , it was reived— " That a committee of twenty-four be app .-inted , witn power to add to their number , and that the same be called the Metropolitan Election Committee , for the purpose of bringing forward Chartist candidates in the boroughs and hamlets of the Metropolis , and the cities of London aud Westminster , and returning the same by show of hands . "
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MR . O'BRIEN AND THE ELECTION MOVEMENTS . We received the following letters frosi Mr . O'Brien to James Arthur on Thursday , too late late for insertion in our first edition , which was preparing for the press . We now make room for them at considerable inconvenience , in order that they may reach Newcastle , Carlisle , and their districts this week : — Lancaster Castle , Juue 11 th , 1841 . Ml bear Arthur—I write to you upon a most important subject , to which I claim your prompt and serious attention , aa also that of our brethren , the leading democrats of Carlisle .
Now or never , Arthur ! is the time to strike an effec * tive blow for the liberties of England . If the Tories obtain an overwhelming majority at the approaching General Election , we shall have the bloodiest and most remoTBaless Government England or the world has ever seen . If the Whigs get a majority , we shall sot be much better off . Nothing but a large infusion of ' chartism into tbe new House of Commons can save us , « r , failing that , the election of a Great National Council , clothed with the publicly-declared eonttdence of at least Sve-aixtbs of the population , tbe said Couucil am siding of all the Chartist candidates to be put in nominution , and carried by show of hands at all the elections throughout Great Britain ! ! ! It is to bespeak your co-operation and that of the men of Carlisle towards effecting this object , I now address you .
I have received a letter from Newcastle-upon-Tyne , inviting me , in the name , and by the authorisation , of a large public meeting , to become a candidate for the representation of that borough at the coming election . The letter states that the intention of the men of Newcastle is to put my plan ( which you have so often heard me recommend ) into successful operation—namely , to oppose both factions at once , by putting two men of our own in nomination , and carrying them by a show of hands . The letter also states that hundreds of the electors have promised to support a Chartist candidate , so that I have every prospect of an overwhelming majority on the day ef nomination ; and even a good chance ef being returned on the poll , provided a coalition can be effected with one of tbe two ' factions , on the principle of giving as man for man—namely , one Chartist Member for one Whig or Tory Member , no matter which .
Now , I have written to Newcastle , giving my asseat to be put in nomination , upon the express condition that no compromise be made with either faction which shall bind me to give up one iota or hair ' s breadth of the Charter . And my a 4 vioe to my friends there is thisaud I have already given the same to several other Chartist towns throughout the kingdom—my advice is this : pray give it your immediate consideration . No coalition with either faction except on terms of equality , or perfect mutuality interest—i . &—unless on the condition that -we shall have man fox man . Whichsoever of tbe two will accept this condition , let us close with that factioa If the Tories will agree to give man for man , that is , will pledge themselves to help us to return a Chartist candidate , on condition that we help them to secure the return of their candidate , —let us close with tbe Tories . If the Whigs be the pwtv that
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will consent to our terms , let us , in that case , close with the Whigs . But if neither faction toiil agree to split their votes with ua , or coalesce with us on such terms as to ensure the return of a Chartist Candidate , ( aad this should be ascertained Immediately , ) let us in that case , wage "war to the knife ' against both—let us have two men of our own ready to be put in nomination— let us carry them by an overwhelming majority , on the show of hands—let tbe sucoesiful candidates then enter a solemn protest against all the subsequent proceedingslet tbe immense multitude of Chartist electors and nonelectors , declare the two men so chosen ( by show of hands ) to be their real , their only accredited representatives , and then let the whole of the immense multitude forthwith retire from the scene of action , as having no further interest or conetm ,. whatever in the election , thus letting the factions clearly see that the country regards them in the light of usurpers , and making them quake in their shirts at the consequences likely to ensue .
Now , Arthur , if the Chartists generally , throughout the country , will act upon this plan , they will strike a blow at the factions , from which th » y will never recover . Depend upon it ; rather than risk a complete severance of the millions from the recognisedauthority of the usurpers—such a severance as the creation of a new and distinct body of representatives Will imply—rather than risk that , you will find one or other of the factions but too eager , in scores of places , to recognise our just claims , by entering into the required coalition with us . Aud even should it be otherwise , it will not much matter , for we shall , at all events , have created a real national representation clothed with the confidence and authority tf five-sixths of the nation , ready at a moment ' s
warning to take the field for us , either as a great council of the nation , or as a petition body , according to the state or spirit of the country . And as to the power which such Council or Petitioning body , would have to" work out the ends of the Charter , I will not insult your understanding by treating the subject as problematical . In fact , a national representation , chosen in the way I have stated , by five-sixths of the nation , in presence of the constituted ( minorities of the realm , would be the de jure sovereign power of tba country , requiring only vigour and ability on their own part , to render them , -within three months of their first sitting , the de facto sovereign powers , as well ; aud that with the consent of Queen , Lords , and Commons .
Now , Arthur , I Wish you the moment you have read these few hasty suggestions , to send for Bowman and some of the other leading Chartists of Carlisle . I wish you to give the foregoing your serious consideration , and , if you approve of the same , ( as has already been done in several other places ) I shall expect you immediately to call a public meeting , and have resolutions and an address proposed to the same , with a view to giving my recommendation the weight ami sanction of the Chartist inhabitants of Carlisle . Mean-While I particularly request that eitber Mr . B * wman , or Hanson , or some other leading man amongst you , will write to Newcastle , by Way of spurring up the people of that town to carry out the work they have so nobly begun ; so that an example may be set to the rest of England before it is too late .
What I should best like would be an energetic resolution or two from the Council of your Association , to the men of Newcastle , expressing pour admiration their public spirit , thanking them for their glorious determination to carry the Charter practically into effect in their borough , and calling upon the rest of the country to fose no time in following so bright an example . You may say what you like of your humble servant , only let your culogiums be for tlw men . of Newcastle , and your expressions of confidence ( in my zeal and integrity ) be fcr me , —that Is , provided you are conscientiously of opinion that I deserve their confidence , and that I wonld sooner die at my post than betray it .
Now , Arthur , let not a moment be lost ! Brighton is up!— Newport { late of Wight ) ia up \—Northampton and Manchester are up!—the West Hiding ia on the move !—a score of other places , I might name , are in favour of my plan!—and preparing to glte it full effect at the coming election . Let not Carlisle be behind !!! Get your men ready for the scratch—and if neither faction will coalesce or split voles with you , return him by show of hands , to be oue of the great council of Vie great nation , that I hope will meet on the very day Parliament is opened .
Write off immediately to Newcastle : spirit the fellows up there : tell them , England looks to them for a bright example ; tell them , if the work is well done in Newcastle it will electrify the whole country ; tell them I shall stand by them to the death , either in the Commons House , or in the first National Council to be chosen by a show of hands , in the teeth of , and in defiance of , both factions ! Yours , &c , James Bro . nteure O'Brien . Lancaster Castle , June 12 th , 1841 .
Mt dear ARTHiyi , —I have just seen the Northern Star of 10-day , and rejoice to find that the Editor , at last , sees the necessity of acting upou the principle of meeting the enemy in practical gtyle at the general election . Had he done , or advised , three months ago , what he is now doing and advising , we should have 300 Chartist candidates now ready to take the field against both factions , and qualified to represent the pepple either in the Commons' House , or in another and better House , supported by five sixths , at least , of the whole nation . But better late than never ! Even now , at the eleventh hour , an effective blow may be struck for the liberties of the people .
Pray , let no , a moment be lost , then ! Have your two men ready to start for Carliale ! And if neither of the two factions will agree to split their votes with you , put your two Chartist men in nomination , and carry them , on the show of hands by an immense majority . I know Carlisle well enough to know you can do that if you like . L 3 t the men of Newcastle do the same , and pray do you , the men ofI Carlisle , keep up an active correspondence with them ; and , with their co-operation , endeavour to get every other Parliamentary borough in Cumberland , Northumberland , and Durham , to have Chartist representatives elected in the
same way . The men of Sunderland will , 1 know , give you every assistance for that purpose . Let Carlisle , Newcastle , and Sunderland , then , be your three great ceutres of operation , for the three great northern counties , land don ' t forget poor Westmorland , particularly Kendal , in your operations . There are some capital Chartists in Kendal , who will follow up your instructions and example . Pray , correspond with Kendal , and Wigton , and Ftmith—let them know what you are doing ; and get them up to the mark . The men of Newcastle will , I hope , do the same for Alnwick , Morpeth , North Shields , &c . ; and Sunderland for South Shields , Durham , aud the other boroughs in the latter county .
Remember , the objects to be kept in view are : — First—To get as mauy Cuartist candidates as possible elected to the House of Commons ; and second—Failing that , to create & real national representation for the country , by the show-of-hands' Suffrage . If neither of the factious will split their votes with us , we must necessarily fail in the first objeot . But we cannot fail in the second and more important object , if the people will only be true to themselves . Events are fast thickening upon us , Arthur ! The times look most menacing * We know not the moment when necessity may call every man of us forth to defend our lives against the two murderous factions of thieves , between whom the nation is being crucified . Should that moment arrive within
a few months , ( as most likely it Will ) it is of vital importance that the millions should have councillors to look up to in the crisis . Well , the Chartist candidates elected by show of hands will be their councillors , mayhap , their legislators !—for , should the factions drive the country to a Revolution , it is impossible that the millions will not prefer for their legislators men who have been chosen by fivesixths of the nation , according to the old constitutional usage of the country , viz . by a show of hands—to a horde of infamous conspirators , abhorred by the vast majority uf the people— openly disavowed and rejected at the hustings by that majority—
-representing only a contemptible fraction of the country , who , like themselves , live by robbing and murdering the poor ; aud who have no other claim or title to represent or make laws for us , than what they derive from hired assassins in their pay , and the ignorant fears of a part of the people . Down , down with both factions , then at the hustings ! and let us , for the first time in our history , hare a veritable national Representation 1 ! !! Hoping you will lose no time in getting the men of Carlisle up to the mark—nor that you will not fail to keep up an active correspondence with Newcastle and Sunderland , &c . &c , until the elections
are over , I remain , My dear Arthur , 1 Your ' s , very sincerely , James B . O'Brien
POSTSCRIPT TO O'BRIEN'S LETTER To Mr . Bowman , of Carlisle , inserted in our hikpag * . P . S . I pray you again , Bowman , to discountenance Mm policy ofvoting f $ r Tories , under any circumstances I unless where they coalesce with the CharlUU . The recommendation of that policy to the Chartist electors , by the Star and by the late Petition Convention has already done us much mischief . It has furnished a handle to our enemies to exasperate tbe poor deluded Irisb against us . It has been , is a great measure , the cause of the late deplorable events in Manchester . It has greatly neutralised the good which Mr . O'Connor ' s lettersto O'Malley had unquestionably effected for us in
Ireland . It locks unprincipled on the face of it , and is as Hl-Htmd and impolitic as it fc dissonant with out principles . How , in God ' s name , can any Chartist vote for a villain who abuses the Government for not having hanged our friends , Frost and his companions ? How , in eommmon decency , can any honest Chartist lend his support to a party that has supported the Dresent abominable Ministers In their every iofamoul , truculent act , and whose ground « f quarrel with theiA new is , that that they have not been bloody enough ? that is , that they have not massacred when they imprisoned , and put dewn Chartism by martial law ? I tell you . Bowman , I have heard Peel ' s supporters , mot 1 ms than
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twenty times , calling for the blood of O'Connor and O'Brien , and denouncing the Whi « Government for not having " got rid of us long ago ; " tbat is , for not having hatched a plot either to assassinate us , or to get us judicially murdered under tbe shade of the law!— And we are , forsooth , to vote for these murderers!—only too of whom voted in the House of Commons for our liberation , and even those two , only for party and selfish purpose *! No ! d——n me , Bowman , if I would not rather be hanged than incur the disgrace of voting for such villains , merely to put out another batch of villains , not one jot wont ( if so bad ) than themselves . I
could have gained my liberty ( and more thaa that () long ago , had I barely humbled myself so fa as to beg for it in respectful language . But I shal rok in this dungeon before I ever degrade myself by owing to the favour of either faction what belongs to me , by right , and what they were robbers for depriving me of . 1 shall yet have my liberty in despite of both factions , and my cry then shall be what it is now , —down with both factions alike , and no peace , trace , or alliance , with either , until either they nave destroyed us , or we have rescued the natisn from their assasain-gripe .
Remember , Bowman , that the Chartist who , by his vote er otherwise , supports eitber Whig or Tory at the coming elections , —does by such act at once practically sanction their past crimes , and make himself morally responsible for the futnre crimes of the factions he helps to put in power . It won't do to say— " My motive was this or my intention was that" A plausible motive can be alledged for any act , and " Hell is paved with good intentions . " No deubt , the advice of O'Connor and the late Convention , sprang from the best intentions , —but , in a case like this , it is to the act and its tendencies we are bound to look , —and not to the intention of the advisers .
If we vote for either Whig or Tory , we at once recognise the usurpations of the party we vote for , and disqualify ourselves morally ^ for future resistance to their domination . Ws vote for them , with a full and distinct knowledge of their acts and character , and therefore lose all right morally , of afterwards calling them to account for the same before the tribunal of public opinion . It is only , as I said before . When one or the other parties agrees to split their votes in favour of our candidate , that we can conscientiously or honorably ,
rote for their candidate . We can do so , then partly because , while ostensibly voting for them , we are in reality vating for our own man , and our own principles , —but chiefly because the simple fact of either faction ao recognising our claims , ns to agree to split their votes with us , is , pro tank , an abandonment of the usurpation we charge them with , and does , therefore , entitle them \ t our approbation and support in return . But no vote !—no support . '—to eitber batch of usurpers , —till they first recognise cur political claims > I !
J . B . O'Brien . Having apologized for want of space , it would ill become us to make any lengthy comment upon the above letters for the present . But we must regret that Mr . O'Brien only discovered in our last number the course which he expresses a wish wo had pursued three months sooner . We did not wait till within three months of the approach of battle ; we recommended it two years ago ; have since kept it prominently before the public ; and four months ago , at the hazard of being thought tedious , we reprinted a letter of Mr . O'Connor ' s , written in Sept . 1839 , furnishing details for carrying out our recommendation , which we again pressed , and which is precisely what Mr . O'Brien now approves of . We
shall do no more for the present than perform that duty for Mr . O'Brien which he has failed to perform for himself . We shall point the attention of our Newcastle friends to the machinery necessary for their work . Let a general election committee , consisting of seven electors and eight non-electors , making fifteen , be at once appointed in Newcastle . Let a non-elector be the chairman . Let committees of seven , consisting of three electors and four non electors , be appointed in Gateshead , Sunderland , North Shields , South Shields , Durham , and Carlisle , a non-elector chairman of each . Let a district committee of thirteen be then , formed , consisting of the six non-elector chairmen of the smaller towns , six of the electors of Newcastle , and their non-eleotor chairman . That done , let tbe Newcastle committee meet every night , and the district committee twice a week or oftener , if need be . Let exertions be then
made , and in order to insure O'Brien ' s return , coalesce with the Devil , and offer up the other six towns as willing sacrifices to the parts most capable of insuring success . This we call the balance of power ; and perhaps expressed in terms in which Mr . O'Brien will fully comprehend it . This we recommend in the case of Thompson ; this we recommend in the case of Vincent ; while in order to insure his unsuspected support for his friends similarly situated , Mr . O'Connor has refused numerous applications to allow himself to be returned at the expence of sacrifices which , in his own case , ho could not justify . We shall reason with Mr . O'Brien in our next upon some portio . n of his letters ; but in the mean time—To the work ! To your tents , men oj the seven towns ! To your tents , and prove yourselves the seven wise towns of the North ! Hurrah for Newcastle and O'Brien 1 for Newcastle and O'Brien hurrah !—Ed .
FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Thursday Evening , June 17 . Metropolitan Elections . —Col . Thompson ' s son will , there is little doubt , be returned . The people are enthusiastic in his behalft Now let us ask the men of London , and its environs , to do their dutyno backsliding—no fear may be allowed to mark their career . Onwards must be their course ; they must back the noble and strenuous efforts of the gallant men of the Tower Hamlets , and the noble band of patriots in Marylebone . In the one borough , men of London , you hare the fearless , the dauntless ad vocate of your rights—the uncompromising Sankey , whose learning adds dignity to his years , and whose
urbanity of manners disarms ms bitterest opponent , will you not employ bis talents in your cause 1 In the other borough you have the young but enthusiastic lover of liberty , Thompson , whose energies are untiring , and who will improve day by day , till no opponent will dare to stand before him . Are you ready to aid him , and engage him in your cause j You will soon have to determine . Virtue and love of country call upon you to be up and doing : back your brother patriots , and victory will crown your efforts / It will be a hard struggle , but nothing will , it is certain , deter the brave from doing their duty . Then hurrah for Sankey and Thompson ! and when the struggle comes ehew yourselves men .
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MaRYLEbone . —Decisive steps have been taken here . Sankey's friends are mustering for the purpose of " showing fight" and " no mistake . " A numerous and respectable meeting was held on Wednesday , when enthusiastic speeches were made by various parties , a requisition prepared for presentation , a finance committee appointed , subscription books opened , and arrangements made for a succession of public meetings ; at which the genuine patriot , the honest man , the true gentleman , Sankey , will unfurl the flag of freedom and benevolence , and open on the forts of faction a fire which , if properly sustained by the people , will make them toe hot for their occupiers .
SUMMER ASSIZES-Northebn Cikcuit . f Before Lord Denman and Mr . Jvstice Wightman . ) Yorkshire—Saturday , the 10 th day of July , at the Castle-of York . Durham—Saturday , the 24 th day of July , at Durham . Northumberland—ThnTsda . y , the 29 ih day of July , at the Castle of Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Newcastle-DPON-Ttne—Ths same day , at the Guildhall , Newcastle-upon'Tyne . Cumberland—Tuesday , the 3 rd day of August , at Carlisle . We&tmokelxhd—Saturday , theTth day of August , at Appleby . Lancashire ( Northern Division)—Tuesday , the 10 th day of August , at Lancaster . Lancashire ( Southern Division)—Saturday , the 14 th day of August , at Liverpool .
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BARNSIiEV . —Weavers' Turnout . —A meeting was held on Monday , the 14 ih inst ., to hear the report of the Committee . Every satisfaction was given by those men to their fellow-workmen . There appears every prospect of success , though it is entailing a great deal of distress upon poor workmen , who are only striving to protect their wages from the inroads of a tyrant . There has been a uniformity of wages ever since two of our noble minded patriots were transported in 1821 . There was also a great meeting of the weavers of Dod worth , on Monday afternoon , when eloquent appeals were made by Messrs . Shaw and Alexander , and all classes protested that they would support the weavers . !
MANCHESTER . —Borough Court . —In the case of Scholefield v . Woolfail , which came on at the Borough Court , on Tuesday morning , Mr . Maude evidently not wishing to go into the case , asked two or three times if there were no third party to whom it could be referred . Accordingly , Mr . Walter Clark , on behalf of Mr . WoolfaU , and Mr . AW Hey wood on that of Mr . Scholefield , were appointed , and after the effervescence of passion had in some measure subsided , an ample and satisfactory apology was made by Mr . Clark , and repeated by Mr . Woolfall , in the presence of several gentlemen .
Cob » Law Plaqcb . "—A discussion eameoffon Monday between Dr . Sleigh , the Tory champion and Finnegan ; the paid "Plague" man . The C « rn Exchange was filled , and the " Plaoae" people , with their usual good faith , secured a hearing for their own man , and then refused to hear his opponent , so that the "discussion" wag all on one side . . . ¦; . . ... ¦ . -. ;¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ Thb Butchkrt . —The committee of ehqnirj sit every night to collect evidence , for the purpose of transmuting all the authentic and important information they can obtain to Mr . Fielden , M . P ., who will brio * the mSjdx before Parliament in the ensuugMSSion .
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Hunt ' s Monumknt—At * meeting of the com . mittee for the erection of a monument to the me . mory of the late Henry Hnnt , E 3 q . on Thursdav evening [ last , in the Ear . Jas . Sohofield ' a School Room , it was nnanimoosly resolved , that subsorip tion books , for the accomplishing of the aboveobjeet be isauedj , and that parties be appointed to Heata } subscriptions : there being a great necessity for «* . ertion in order to finish , as soon as possible , tht monument-which is in course of erection . Subsorip tions will be received by the following personal
Rev . J . Schofleld , treasurer , Every-street , Mancbes ter ; Mr . J . Lomax , 9 ecreUry , 14 , ThompflonHBtr © et do-D . Appleton , hairdresser * Ashton-street , LondW road ; Ditto , Thomas Cook , shopkeeper . Great Ancoats-street , ditto ; Henry P . Bennett , Bradford Road r—— Naisby , shopkeeper , New-market Great Bolton ; or any of the managing committee . The committee meet every Thursday evening , in tu School Room , under the Her . Mr . ScholfieidJ Chapel . Resolved , " That the Editor of the wonK paper , the Northern Star , be requested to ttfe in 8 ertion to the above in that valuable journal thu week , if possible .
Sir John Cam Hobhouse.
SIR JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE .
TO TUB BDITOB OF THB NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —Perceivinj that the Whigs are bringing for . ward , as a candidate for the town of Nottingham to represent , or misrepresent them In tbe coming PatW ment , that renegade Cam Hobhouse , I deem it my duty , through the medium of your columns , to let them know how he acted in reference to tbe Petition Convention . It fell to my lot , with Mr . Smart , to wait on him ; we did so twice without being able to see him . We left a circular for him , and as I nn a native of Nottingham , and at that time In communica .
tion with the mends there , I put on tbe circular to that effect , but be had not the courtesy to reply , eithei good , bad , or indifferent If , therefore , the electors and non-electors can , by any sophistry that the Review can use , be induced to support him , they will deserve all the misery the Whigs can inflict , to have their petitions disregarded , and their real representatives treated with contempt . But trusting they will act « nobler part , and teach tbe renegade a lesson , lam , A native of Nottingham and a Chartist , John Skevingiok . Lougbberougb , June l « th , 1841 .
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CONTINUATION OF THE NOMINATION " ¦ OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL . COVENTRY . John Eaves , weaver , Muck Park-street . David Haynes , weaver , Sherbourne-street . Wm . Sisscrson , weaver . Well-street . Joseph Peters , weaver , Far Gosfordstreet . Richard Harlop , weaver , New-street . William Hewins , weaver , Jordan Well . Thomas Fletcher , weaver , Cheylesmore Well . Samuel Knight , watch-maker , Spon-street , Secretary . David Buckney , wearer , Mill-lane , Treasurer .
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Leeds Corn Mabkbt , Jonb 15 . —The arrivals of all kinds of- Grain to this day ' s market are smaller than last . week . There has been a fair demand for Wheat , and Is . per quarter higher . There has been more inquiry for Oats and Beans , and last week ' s prices supported .
THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 15 TH , 1841 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peas , Qr 8 . Qrs . Qrs . Qra . Qrs . Qit 4907 88 659 0 52 — £ s . d . £ n . d . £ s . d . jg s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . 3 3 11 J 19 0 135 00 0 1 19 6 i 0 00 Leeds Cloth Markets . —There has been no perceptible inprovement in the demand for goods during the week . The election struggles are the engrossing topic of interest ; the merits of monopolists and anti-monopolists are freely canvassed , and if we may judge from remarks mada by t he clothiers , a desire , seems to be very decidedly in favour of the latter class .
HUDDERSFIBLD CWTH MaKRET , JUNE 15 . —Our market appears to be in the same languid state as for some Weeks past . We can report no alteration eitber in quantity sold or tbe alteration of prices . The wool market is in the same state but rather higher prices asked , owing to the advance in the foreign markets , Bbadford Markets , Thursday June 17 . —Wool Wool continues in a . drooping and depressed state . The stock on hand is much more than at this period last year , which augurs very indifferently for the price 3 of the new c ' . ip . —Yarn . There is no
disposition on the part of spinners to increase their operations , and the present curtailment causes the supply of Yarns not tob&soabundont as some weeks ago . In prices there is no alteration . —Piece . The demand for . foreign goods continues very general , and no stocks on hand . In Saxony Cloths ana Merinos ( made from English Wool ) there are very few making , and the stocks that were accumulated are growing scarcer in the market , and are not likely to be increased until there be a very different prospect forthe manufacturer , which for a very long time past has been a losing game .
Richmond Corn Market , June 12 . —We had a tolerable . supply of Grain in our market to-day . Wheat sold 83 . to 93 . 3 J . Oats , 2 s . 9 d . to 4 s . { Barley , 3 * 3 . 6 d . to 4 s . 4 d . ; Beans , 4 s . 6 d . to 5 s . 3 d . per bushel . York Cork Market , June , 12 . —For the last ten days we have had cold winds from the north with frosts at night—and there is a general report that vegetation is completely checked . Wheat is in good demand to-day at an advance of Is ., and Oats of 6 d .-per quarter . In other artioles no variation . Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , June 14 . — The receipts of British Grain , Flour , and Oatmeal into this port since this day se ' n night , - are of very small amount , and the arrivals from abroad ,
consisting of 6 , 888 quarters ef Wheat and 540 quarters of Beans , are for the present placed under bond . Throughout the week we have had a moderate demand for free Wheat'for consumption , and ( under the small influx of supply ) recourse to our granary stocks having been necessary , prices , especially for fresh parcels of foreign , have crept up : 9 j , 8 d . having been paid for Stettin , and 83 . 6 d . to 8 s . 8 d . per 701 bs . for Odessa soft , being 2 d . per bushel more than could be obtained at the date of our iast report . The market has been similarly situated as regards Flour- United States duty paid is nowbe ] dat 35 s . 6 d . or for an advance of Is . per barrel , and home manufacture is also Is . per sack dearer . In the early
part of the week , holders of Oats submitting to a decline of Id . per bushel , two or three parcels were taken for the country , but the genera ] demand for that grain has still been languid , 2 s . 9 d . to 2 s . lid . per 451 bs . the present quotation for Irish . Oatmeal has met a very dull sale ; and must be quoted fully 6 d . per load cheaper . Barley , Beans , and Peas have moved in retail only at previous rates . A cargo of Odessa Wheat has been sold in bond at 43 . 8 d ., and one of Wismar at 6 s . 2 d . per 701 bs . ; with regard to the former it must be remarked , that through the quarantine regulations , it was admissible for home consumption at the duty of 23 s . 8 d . per quarter , which the purchaser paid .
Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Joke 14 . —The supply of Cattle at market to-day has been rather limited , for the season of the year ; but of Mutton and Lamb there has been a large number , and the quality , on the whole , middling . There wm a good attendance of buyers and dealers , and Stock of good quality in fair request ; good Beef fully maintained last week ' s prices , but Mutton and Lamb were a shade lower than last quoted ; good B eef realised fully 7 d ., varying from that , down to 5 Ji » but those of the latter price were of a very ' » & *!?? quality . Wether Mutton may be quoted from oW « to 6 £ d ., clipped and wool Sheep at 7 d . per N > . » * " *" ing the offal , and Lambs at about 8 d . per lb . There were a few Beasts and many Sheep and Lambs lett unsold at the close . Number of Cattle at market : —Beasts , 57 » ; Sheep and Limbs , 9 . 2 S 7 .
Thirsk , Corn Market , June 14 th . —A ifJ moderate supply . Beand were in request , and * little higher , wheat and other Grain as last wee * in price , with a good demand . Wheat , 7 s 6 d » 8 a 6 d ; Maslin , « s 9 d to 7 d 6 d ; Beans , 4 s 3 d w 4 s 9 d per bushel . Oats , I 83 to 23 s per quarter .
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . ( BY EXPRESS . ) Friday , Jdnb 18 . —In consequence of contrary winds , ourarrivals are but small ; millers p urchase Wheat cautiously , yet an advance of Is to 2 s per quarter is established . The Barley season ml now be considered over . Oats and Shelling do not vary in price , and the business passing is trifling Rather more inquiry for Beans , but these , with otb * articles , we quote as last wetk .
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