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MANCHESTER ATTEMPTED MASSACRE . LETTER FROM THE WHIG VICTIM , WHEELER , TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , " The -world it my eonntry , and to do good my religion . " PAIKB . My DeaB Fbargcs , —Owing to the various reporti in circulation , methiniayou will like to have the plain fe ; t * from old Wheeler himself , which are as follow : — About b&lf-past one , on Saturday , Jane the 5 th , ret ' . mini home to dinner , I found our friends from Oia :. am , waiting in Tib-street , and in a few minutes I prjcseded with them to the place of meeting ,
intending so soon as thinp were settled to leave them in the Hall , and return to my labour . On amiTing at tie end of Oldham-street , a procession of Forresters "we : e going , by , and which , of course , delayed our proce .-si- ^ n for ten or fifteen minutes , during which time as Irishman , whom I do not know , often urged us to push forward ; but myself and a man by the name of JutrLSon , and Mr . Smethuwt , of Oldham , determined af-. e ; the affray on Wednesday , that nothing should be o £ t-re-i on the part of the Chartists to serve as a VTsiexl to disturb the peace . j
Wcile the procession remained , I Btepped into Piccadilly , and was hailed by some of our friends that asked me , " who were the parties that had taken the Hill ? " for they believed the money had not been paid . A person replied " Mr . Mahon had taken it , but did not pay for it . " They then asked me to go back and boirow the money from some friend , as they had not then wherewith to psy for it . I told them I had promised to accompany Mr Smethurst and his men to the C ^ . -r ^ tier ' s Hall , and I could not think of going back w ; - _ " at first performing my promise . The answer was , " v-. ' hrcier , you can go and open the Hall , and ; he man will take your word nntil such time as you fetch the money , which will not be more tban half an hour . " TLU 1 agreed to do . The Forrester ' s procession had
by Jiis time all moved by , and we proceeded along . PiccsJiliy and Portland-street , at the end of which we ¦ were stopped by reports that the brutes were at the i end of Carpenter ' s Hail , and had been running ' Ciu ? jes Connor , no doubt to bludgeon him . After a fe ^ r minutes halt , during "which Mr . Mahon came up , ; ai ^ . i I wished Jehnson to go with him to open the : Hail , but hesiid stop till we get a littie further We i aga-n proceeded until we came near the canal bridge , \ in I > ivid-street , where a number of people was returning : frori the Hall with various reports that caused an I ini ^ iat halt , —seme of the reports went to state that : rpecial care must be taken of the band , as the villains ¦ wer = determined to break eveiy iastram rut . They , tkt--for » , deemed it adTisab ; e to withdraw the band .
and : kewise the females who formed a part in the piv ? -. ' < sion . Daring ihe confusion , occasioned by the ab v ^ report * ,, mjsdf and a few fr ends made the b ? st of j . t way towards the Hall , leaving the procession bel . iud . We were again stopped by the crowd , and ¦ wLUe there pausing , an individual said " If the Hall "wa ^ opened , ail would be right . " I then perceived Nanon at my elbow , who 3 aid to me " come on . " We proceeded along the pavement but a short distance wt -i I saw the infuriated scoundrels flourishing their blu ^ eona in a firnd-like manner , over their heads ; and in the next moment 1 saw a villain whom I beheve to be Finna ^ an , pointing to myself and Mahon , I said " Do you see that Finnagan pointing us out . " Mi . Mahon said " Never mind him , come on . " Mahon
bad now stepped six or seven yards in advance of me , and was in the next instant attacked by six of th ; ruffians who stepped out of the main road for the purpose . It was but the work of a few seconds when I again distinctly saw the same villain whom I beiitve to be Finnagan pointing from Mahon to myself , HO duubt a signal for thai * attack upon me , for no sooner waa it given than three of those "who were belabouring Mahon , left him and came to me , when tht-y . with six others which had come ont of the ifiain road , asking nine in number , fell upon me , ud in aa assassin-lite mannar aimed several blows
at me , when one stepped from amongst the rest , and ¦ with a blow felled me to the ground . The moment I was do * 2 , ene of the brutes exclaimed , " Pull off his hat , and let us have a fair slap at the old b * s bare head " Thia they did ; and having taken it eff , they thre-v it in the air , shouting at the time , as if in tr iumph : they began to beat me over the head and body , which did not end until they considered 1 had a sufficiency to deprive me of life . I attempted to regain nry walking-stick , which fell from my band when I was first knocked dewn ; but one of the villains saw me , afid kicked me over the elbow , and by that means Wre-ch- ? n it from mv grasp .
Having finished me , as they thought , one of tte monsters exclaimed , He'll tell no more ta ' es in the Star ; - one , more fiendish than the rest , while I lay bleeding on the ground , gave a jump and upper-cut Wita it , which inflicted a very deep incision in the back part of my head , at the same time exclaiming , " , ki ma dhoul , " of whick words I have since learnt ¦ the meaning to be , " Tour soul to tbe Devil . " After iiiis , I -iras taken from tbe ground , tut by whom I know not , for it waa dangerous for any person to so far ' sympathise for me ; and I was therefore transferred from one friend to another , until we arrived in Granby Bow , the blood flowing copiously from my head all the while .
From this time I have but a slight recollection of * hat took place , until I reached the Infirmary , where there were several more waiting to get their wounds dressed- * The surgeon immediately came t * me , and said , " This man mast not go home to-night , " and ordered me to be washed , dressed , and put to bed , which was done accordingly . Too much praise cannot be given to Mr . Furniford , the house surgeon , for his kind attention to me night and day , and to whom my wife and four helpless children owe a debt of gratitude , for the Baring of my life It was net until the Friday following tbat he pro-Bounced me out of danger , and on Saturday he kindly offered me to return home , which I readily accevted .
And now , my dear Feargus , I am in a fair way of TfccoTcry , trusting it will not be long ere I shall be able to take my part with my fellow-labourers in the great cause of democracy , and to convince lie tools that " club" law cannot alter truth and justice , is the sincere desire of The Oid Veteran , ( As M'Douail calls me , and I now will adopt it , ) And yours truiy in tie cause , J . WHEEiJEa-9 , Whittle-street , Manchester , June 2 tth , l « 4 l .
P . s > . I hear the villain Finnagan does not deny having told me to " Prepare to meet my God , " but said it was but a joke- Such jokes had nearly deprived me of hie , and left my wife without a husband , and my children withsut a father . Aud as my labour is their only support , I fear the 2 » ew Poor Law Baslile would have been their lot , which I dreaded more than meeting my God . J . W .
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MR . O'BRLEX OS THE ELECTION MOVEilEXTS . Lancaster Cistle , June 22 cd , 1841 . MT DEAB Bo"WMa >\—1 see by the Sori } : frn Siar . ot Saturday last , that the Editor has promised " to reason tciih Mr . O ' Brien , " &c &c , in his next number , —with a view , no doubt , of reasoning you , and me , and all who think with us , out of our opposition to the new pro-Tory Chartis " . heresy . I hope he will not do so . I hope he will better employ his valuable time and talents . I hope , instead of vainly endeavouring to convince me that black is white , and that Chartism is not the antipodes of Toryism , he will endeavour to get the country to act , at the approaching elections , the part we have both recommended—the part to which we all stand pledged by the Manifesto of tbe first
Convention—and which has already received the sanction and promised support of innumerable public meetings , at no one of which did any Chartist leader , great or rwall , erer dare to propound Vie infamous policy tfchain-KO ! ht Chariisi hody U > the chariot teheeU of either faction Whig or Tory ) to sweU their triumph at the expenct of our own degradation , and , as it were , in mockery of our own political impotence and ncnentiiy . By following up his own excellent advice , and the country ' s excellent resolve , to create a national representation by the show cf hands' suffrage at the coming elections , the Editor of the Star may even yet effect a world of good for us . By reasoning with me in favour of pro-Tory Ciiartism , he will effect none at all ; for I promise him before band , through you , that his reasoning will have no more weight with me , than mine has had upon
In Ma mode of dealing with my letters , and in the few comments he has . appended to them , I see much to admire , and much to regret I admire tbe fwmytuwo and promptitude with which he has given insertion to opinions adverse to his own , ( and that too , at great length , and involving the inconvenience ot a second j edition , ) I admire this unequivocal manifestation of his ' love of fair play ; I al » o admire his deferenee . to public \ opinion in subjecting his own dogmas to that tribunal , and consenting to abide by its award . I admire the ' complete abeence of egotism , personality , and dictation , which characterizes his few remarks , and , above all , I admire tbe friendly feeling and spirit of good fellowship with which ha has net my opposition . All those are goodly features not often found in editorial controversy , and for which the Editor of the Stir ( however be may have behaved towards others ) is
entitled to my best thanks , at any rate , as regards the present subject in dispute . But I regret teat , in estimating tbe comparative merit ! of my opinion and bis own , be should affect to regard mine as only that of aa individual , and his own as that of the great majority of the Chartist public . To this I demur in tote I deny that his opinion on tbe point at issue between us , is tbe opinion ef the Chartist public . 1 deny that what I call the new " pro-Tory Chartist heresy" is the established faith of the Chartist body in general ; and I most vehemently protest against his covert attempt to isolate me from tbe congregation I claim communion with , by not only exhlbiting my opinion as that of an individual separatist , but also making me appear in the invidious light of dogmatising to my brother Chartists . Tis tm » , my opposition to the policy of supporting Tories at the elec- Sobs , fyr O * mere sake of turning out Whig * , ismy-owni
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independent opinion , but I know that it is also the independent opinion ef thousands of tbe best Chartists all over tbe country—of men who are as incapable of being dictated to by me , as I am of taking my opinions on tmst from them . : I will bet the Editor of the Star what be likes , that he could not get five Charter electors in Brighton to vote for a Tory , merely to put out Captain Pechell , although almost every man of them woald support a Chartist candidate against even Captain PechelL There is aa example in the South . Now , take one in tbe
North-There are four candidates in the field for Preston , two Tories , viz : —Parker and Swain , and two Liberals , viz : —Sir G . Strickland , and Sir H . Fleetwood . About a week ago , tbe four gentlemen were waited upon by a deputation of four persons from tbe Chartist Association , to be tested aa to their opinions , touching extension of tbe Suffrage , release of Chartist victims , recal of Frost , Williams , and Jones , ic &c Well , the result was , that the Tories would give no pledge in fav « ur any Chartist demand—they thought the
Snffrage " ioo much extended already !"—that Frost , Williams , and Jones , wer e " justly punished , " to . —and the other Chartist victims " treated as they deserved , " 4 c , 4 c . The Liberals promised to go as far as Household Suffrage , the Ballot , Triennial Parliaments , &a , and to vote for the liberation and restoration of the Chartist victims . Upon this a public meeting was instantly held , at which 13 , 000 people were present , including all the principal Chartists of Preston , and their opinion taken as to the course to be followed . The result was an all but unanimous vote of both the
eltctorsand non-electors present , to support the Liberals and keep out the Tories , if possible ! ! What will the Star say to this ? I will bet the Editor what he likes , that not ten Chartist electors will support the Tory candidates at tbe Preston election , although there were a good Chartist candidate in the field , he would have all the non-electors , and a very respectable minority , if not a majority , of the electors . Here are two striking instances of the error of the Editor of the Star , in supposing that the policy he recommends is sanctioned by the Chartist body , in general . I have eiven him two ; but _ 1 could as easily give him twenty . His other errors 1 shall notice next week , when I have seen what he has got to say . Yours , &e Jahes B . O'Brien .
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The length at which tr « have given the important Leeds meeting , the eectiens , and immense inAiur cf Chartis . ' and otter juries , has shut out , this iceeV , a large : nas < of most interesting mailer , much of which we tcou- 'd have n ' uidly given , but are intahle to cram it in . 0 ! jor cur daily paper ! Our readers have no jd « i 0 / ikr misery of having but one wetkly paper for the whole people . Mr . O'Connor , will cheerfully accept the offer of his Bmnlcy fustian fi tends , but only upon one condition , that is , that he shall be allowed to pay all
the cxpence . Mb . u'Coskob and the Barnsley Iri .-h Char-Tisrs . — We feel cuuvincxd that the state of our columns this tcerk , and Ihe recollection of the fact that the elections are all but on , will plead our excuse for the non-publication of their address and signaluies this week . It shall be attended to upon the very earliest opportunity . Erratum . —In Mr . O Connor ' reply to one of the u fustain-jacket and check-shirt Chartists , comical men of Marylebone , " inserted in enr last , for " comical" men , read conncilmen .
G . Grant , Banbury , map obtain Hill's Lectures on ' English- Grammar , through the medium of any bookseller , from Mr . J . Cleave , of London .. Mr . W . Hill has not yet published his New System of Short Hand Writing , but intends doing so shortly . P : W . Buchanan . —Si * verses are declined . J . Blunt , HaDFIeld , has sent us a letter about some religious mountebank , called Slater , for the chronicle ' mg of whose pious mendacity we cannot find room . Johs Mullolloi * . — We have given notice hrenty times over that we never preserve rejected communications : parties who wish copies must keep them .
P . VaLantine . — We are sorry he is angry , but cannot help it . J . W . Parker , London , writes thus . — " We have 2 i " i 0 , 000 working men in ( h < s wen of corruption ; and if the so-called leaders would but unite upon principle , and principle alone , I am persuaded we should , in a very short time , have the massive portion with u > ,- as the late great meeting at the Crown and Anchor proved that ( he great mass are essentially democratic , but unfortunately we have been destroyed by dissension . I implore the active Chartists to unite , and in this , the eleventh hour , to give our enemies a drubbing , and SCOUt every man from their ranks who would attempt to destroy Hie influence of each other in the good , ' cause . Xow is ihe time for every good Chartist to prepare himself for the coming struggle ; and when the elections are over , we shall be able to turn our attention to the liberation of Messrs .
0 Connor and O Brxen , and escort them into London with at least 150 , 000 men—not so much forthempersonally ^ astoshow the attachment of the people to the principles for which they have suffered : if so , we shall soon have the Charter . I hope the Chartists of London will at once unite , and carry out the above objects , as well as to assist the patriots , Vincent and M'Douail , and srnd their mites to Mr . J . Cleave , treasurer to the Metropolitan Election Committee . "A Foe to the Bastiles . "—There is no laic against his having his verses printed and posted on the walls . P . t > . Snipp . — Yes . G . M ., Southampton . —His verses are declined . W . Swatton . —His verses are declined . T . Lording . — We have no room for his letter to "Pubicola : " the proper vehicle for it is the Weekly Dispatch .
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John Robinson , Hfossley , is entitled to the Plates . S . U ., T . C , & E . R ., Carrington . —The Plates were sent wrong directed . Messrs . Shearman and Co ., carriers by railway , were applied to some time ago , and they then promised to forward them from the place they had been sent to . J . D ., Portsea . —Send Is . 6 d . A Chartist and Commebcial Traveller , Nor-• wich , is very much mistaken tcith respect to the agency for the Star in other lotcns . Our rule is , . to supply any person tcho pays in advance according to the terms we give them .
J . A . Hogg . —Call upon Mr . John Cleave , Shce-lane , London , for the Plates wanted . W . Edwabps , —If the papers are addressed to Pontypool , they wiil be there with the others . The papers for both places leave Leeds at the same time . Charles M'Kay . —Srnd the account in full , including this week ' s number . G . White . —Cannot be acknowledged till received . M . Wilson , Wrexham . — The error in Mr . France ' s Papers was at the office . J . SiiiTH , Pi / ncotrrH . — Ten , from Feargus O'Connor to Attwood , inclusive .
FOR TH ! WIVES A * D FAMILIES OP THE INCARCERATE CHARTISTS . £ . S . d . From the Loughborough Chartists 0 5 0 Collected by a few friends at the Bell and Bear Inn , Shelton , Staffordshire ... 0 i 6
FOR HK . HOET . From a few friends in Alnwick 0 13 6 POLITICAL PRISONERS' AND CHARTER CONVENTION FUND . From a few friends in Aberdeen , per J . Legge 0 l 8 FOB MRS . FROST . From J . Radford , of Willand , Devon ... 010 FOR THE GENERAL EXPENCES OF CHARTIST CAN DIDATES AT THE NEXT ELECTIONS . From a few constant readers at Parkfield , Middleton , near Manchester ... 9 3 6
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Covextet . —A handbill was pretty freely distri bated about this city , &nnouiicinj ? that the Righ Hon . E . Eiiice would address the olectors of thi city at six o ' clock this ( Monday ) evening . Th Honourable Gentleman made his appearance froi the balcony of the Craven Anns Hotel , at tbe tinn specified , accompanied by a good muster of shopo cms and manufacturers ; and we should thinl . here coold not be less than two thousand workinj men present . This Poor Law Whig Member mad three ineffectual attempts to address the people and , while so doing , bis friends in the room held . secret conclave , and advised him to rally the town to drive his opponents before them . This , bowevei was more easily talked about than effected . He wa from six o ' clock till nine makiug innumerabl efforts to speak ; but only able to articulate , audibh
j j ¦ i j ' ; : I j I the word *• Gentlemen" each time . ! Mbetihs of Electors , —A meeting of elecwi [ called by placard , was held ou Tuesday last , : j Bindley ' s ( late Beardsworth ' a ) Repository , for tl ' purpose of hearing Mr . Spooner state bis politic creed . He was closely questioned by Mr . Tbomso ! on the suffrage question , and declared himse | opposed to any further extension . Alderma - Weston , Messrs . Douglas , M'Donnell , and othei : who are fsvourable to the return of the prese ; members also took part in the business . Mr . Georj ; White addressed the meeting also , although tl : chairman , Mr . Alston , at first refused him an hea ; ing . He denounced both factions , and showed th : whether a Whig , lory , or * ' Liberal" was returne [ thej woald equally oppress the people , and expos ; I the foliy and deception of those who talked about t i extension of tbe suffrage .
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Carlisle . —A very active canvass is now going on for the Eastern Division of the county . In addition to the old Members , William James , Esquire , of Barrick Lodge , and Charles Howard , Esquire , son of the Earl of Carlisle , and brother of Lord Morpeth , there is a William W . Stephenson , Esquire , of Scaleby Castle , who it appears is a high Tory . The general opinion is , that Mr . James will be rejected by tbe freeholders of tbe Eastern Division , as he ia looked upon as the enemy of the farmer , beiDg in favour of an alteration in the Corn Laws , and a thick and thin supporter of the present Government . He is , moreover , a cold-blooded
Malthusisua , who would starve the people to death by the accursed New Poor Law . On Saturday last , the present Members for the borough , William Mar * shall . Esquire , and P . H . Howard , Esquire , issued addresses to the electors , calling upon them for a continuation of their support . A Sergeant Goulburn is talked of coming forward in the Tory interest . The Chartists are actively engaged in forming committees , and using every exertion to bring forward a Chartist , who will legally contest the borough . Should a coalition take place between the Tories and the Chartists , there is a great probability ef pulling out one , if not both , of our present Members .
Hawick , June 22 . —John E . Elliot , brother to the Earl of Miuto , our present county member , has this day , after canvassing the county , declared the contest hopeless , and that he retires , leaving the field clear for his opponent Francis Scot ? , the nominee of the Duke of Buccleugh . J . E . Elliot was one of those very liberal gentlemen who voted against the relaase of the political prisoners . Worcester . —Mr . Robert Hardy is in the field here on Universal Suffrage principles . We give the following from his excellent and manly address : — " In announcing myself a candidate for the representation of the City of Worcester , I do so without having consulted any person , or having been solioited by any party . As I have always considered
canvassing disgraceful to the candidate , and insulting to the electors , I shall neither degrade myself nor insult you by asking any of you which way you mean to vote ; and as I shall not expend one shilling more than the law oompels , 1 sha'l laavo the choice entirely in the hands of the electors , which is where it ought to be . I shall now give my opinion on some of our national offairs , both in Church and State . My religion I take from the Bible , and that alone , therefore my Church is never in danger ; and I cannot find , in any part of cither tho Old or New Testament , any authority for man to make a religion for himself , or a Government to mako a religion for the nation . I , therefore , consider all national religions anti-Christian in principle , and all history
proves them to be decidedly so in practice . My politics I take from the same source as my religion . The BibJe tells me I should lovo my neighbour as myself , and to do unto every one as I would wish them to do unto me : this command is as binding in all national transactions as it is in the affairs of private life ; therefore , he that professes to believe Christianity , and denies his neighbour the same right in making those laus he is bound to obey equally with himself , only proves that he disbelieves what ho professes , or does not mean to practise it . I say , the right is , or ought to be , in the man , and not in the property ; I , therefore , wish every man that has
not been found guilty of crime to have a vote . I object to all wars , and to standing armies , as the working tools of tyranny and oppression : one-half of what is expended to keep up these hired bauds for the purpose of destroying their fellow-men would be sufficient to give the whole of the rising generation a good moral and scriptural education . I am opposed to all taxes on articles of consumption ; property alone ought to bear all the burdens of the state . " The Chartists of this place have determined that the Solicitor-General , late Sergeant Wilde , shall not go unopposed , and have invited Mr . George White , of Birmingham , to tell him some of his evil doingu .
Newcastle . —At a publio meeting of the electors and other inhabitants of Newcastle , held on Thursday , the 17 th , Mr . Byrne , in a very eloquent speech , moved the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Sinclair , and carried unanimously , namely , " That the present weak but wicked administration being no longer able to govern the oountry , it behoves the people , when thus appealed to , to mark their sense of the tyrannical , foolish , and hypooritical course pursued by the Whig government , and to use their best exertions to thrust them from their bad empeum , and to prevent their returu to power until it becomes useful te the people . " Mr . Mason moved the second resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Crothers , and carried , nam « ly , M That Jas .
O'Brien , Esq . is a fit and proper person to represent this borough in Parliament , and that the Chairman be authorised on behalf of this meeting to request Mr . O'Brien to become a candidate for the suffrages of this borough at the ensuing election . " Mr . Mason very beautifully eulogised upon the talents of Mr . O'Brien , and his attachment to the cause of trnth , and showed the benefit which would be derived by the middle classes and industrious classes in sending such sterling characters as Mr . O'B . to represent them in Parliament . Mr . Fain lough moved the third resolution , which was secouded by Mr . Bruce , and carried with two dissentients , " That the meeting cannot find epithets sufficiently strong to repudiate the cowardly , brutal , and bloody conduct of
the Whig ministerial clique in hiring bludgeon-men to enforce their unreasonable and treacherous arguments at the recent meeting in Manchester . " Thanks and three cheers being given to the chairman for his conduct in the chair ; three cheers for the Charier ; three cheers for O'Connor , O'Brien , and all the incarcerated and exiled patriots , the meeting separated about half-past ten . The Council of the Charter Association meet every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , in their own Room , Chancellor ' s Head Yard , Newgate-street , instead of Tuesday evenings , as formerly . Mr . Turnbull , of the firm of D . France , and Co . booksellers , foot of Butcher Bank , was duly elected treasurer for the election fund for the return of Mr . O'Brien to Parliament .
Banbdrt . —The Whigs are quite chop-fallen , and are driven to their old trick of hurling calumny aud misrepresentation at their opponents . They are certainly " hard up , " when they have no other chance of making their way , except by representing Vincent as a physical-force man , a denouncer of the shopkeepers , traders , &c . ; whiie the whole country know that Vincent never either countenanced violence or offered tho least insult to the shopkeepers . Yet we have the pleasure to state tb&t Vincent stands unscathed , and can smile at the imbecility of the clique who oppose him . Men of Banbury , do your duty , and shew tbe factions that you are " up to the mark !"
SCOTLAND . E . UTHERGLE . N , . veaII Glasoow . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of this ancient burgh was called by tuck of drum , to be held in the 1 'own-hall , on the 17 th instant , at seven o ' clock , p . m ., for tho purpose of hearing Alexander Johnstone , Esq ., of Shieldhall , explain his political view * , and his reasons for soliciting the votes of the electors at the forthcoming election , for the Kilmarnock district of boroughs ; but from the vast concourse who attended , the meeting was held in front of the gaol , from tho balcony of which , the would-be M . P . addressed the surrounding throng . Protost Steel , a strange compound of Bhrewd simplicity and half-daft kindness , walked into the chair , and addressed tho meeting to
the following effect , in broad Scotch : — "Noo , folk , you'll be a' quit , here ' s Mr . Johnstone , a fine kind 0 ' a gentleman , wants to speak to ye aboot being a member 0 ' Parliament ; here he is , haud a' your toungs . " ( Loud laughter , in which the Provo 3 t heartily joined . ) Only two of the electors appeared on the balcony , the others kept peeping out of the gaol windows , like owls out of tho ruina of an old castle . Mr . Johnstoue spoke at considerable length against the duties on corn , timber , sugar , coffee , and other monopolies ; against lay patronage in the Church of Scotland ; in favour ot the Ballot , and shorter duration of Parliament . At the conclusion of his speech , Mr . James M'Cortuack , a Chartist , asked him if he would extend tho Suffrage to all male
adults of twenty-one years of age . Mr . Johnstone replied , that he was not prepared to do anything of the kind . He considered that the ten pound qualification was low enough in large towns , but in small towns liko Kutherglen he would reduce it to five . He had read the Charter and could not say much againbt its principles although he considered it unfit for the present age ( hissing aud confusion , in the midst of which the Provost was heard roaring at ihe top of his lungs , " Haud a' your tougues , haud a' your tongues ") Mr . Johnstone then made an attack upon physical force Chartists , ( renewed confusion , and cries ot the" Whigs are physical force men , look at Manchester , &c ") Mr . Dodds asked him if he would
support a bill for the abolition of the law of primogeniture ; he replied he would . During the time of Mr . Dodds' speaking , Nanny Maxwell , one of the elector ' s wives , cried out to stop Dodd ' s mouth with a cauld potato , upon which Mr . Dodds retorted " Ah , Nanny , the day is by when every kiBS was a guinea . " ( Roars of laughter . ) During which Nanny cut and ran . Considerable noise and confusion took place at this stage of the proceedings , when the Provost offered Alexander Gilles half-a-crown to go and drink , and take two or three of hi « noisy companions along with him , but which Gilles indignantly refused . ** A weil , " said the Provost , " that beats a '; once in a day they would have done onev
thing for a glass 0 ' whisky . " The Provost here caught sjme one speaking about the fall of the church , " A weil . " said he , u what about it , if it fa ' s , let it fa ' . " ( Long continued laughter . ) Mr . M'Nair then moved a reBolution , " That us they had no confidence in Johnstone their proposed , or Colquhoun , the present member , they should preserve a dignified neutrality . " On hearing this motion tbe party on the balcony seemed quite dumbfounded . " Dog out , " said the Provost , " when I brought forward Mr . Johnstono , I thought he would please you a '; if you are uo for him or Colquhcun , who are ye lor ; bring foret your am man ; where ' a your ain man ! " ( Laughter , in which the Provost
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joined chorus . ) The resolution being handed up the balcony , the worthies refused to put it to the meeting . Mr . M'Gaveaey , Chartist , from the north quarter of Glasgow , then commenced to address the meeting , when the following colloquy took place on the balcony . Mr . Allan one of the two electors leaning over the balcony remarked that he was a Glasgow man that was speaking . Provost—He ' s a Glasgow man that is speaking ; then he has no right here said some other person . Provost , he has nae right here , and the person then said it would be better to keep things quit to let him go on . Provost—It would be better to keep the thing quiet to let him speak on . ( Laughter . ) Mr . M'Gaveny then went on and cut up in detail the whole fabric of Mr . Johnstono ' tJ Whigified webof incongruity amid great cheering . The Provost then asked for a show
of hands from all those who were for Mr . Sandey Johnstone , when only five hands were held up ; the Whigs were petrified . Mr . Johnstone then attempted to get up a cheer for the repeal of the Corn Laws and the downfall of all monopoly , but it was no go , while he was assailed with cries of " you want to keep up the monopoly of the franchise . " Mr . Jobnstone , along with his party , then proceeded to leave the balcony , when the Provost seizing him by the coat tails , said "Stop a wee , Mr . Johnstone , stop a wee man and divert them a little longer , " but the whole body , Provost and all , went off amid the jeers and taunts of the meeting . Mr . Rodger of Bridgeton , then addressed the meeting at considerable length , after which the crowd dispersed . Thi 3 is tho first defeat ^ of the WhigH in their election movements in Scotland , and it was firm , funny , and decided .
From Our Second Edition Of Last Week.
FROM OUR SECOND EDITION OF LAST WEEK .
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MR . O'BRIEN AND THE ELECTION MOVEMENTS . We received the following letters from Mr . O'Brien to James Arthur on Thursday , too late late for insertion iu 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 , June 11 th , 1841 . Mi dear Arthur—I write to you upon a most important subject , to which I claim your prompt and serious attention , as also that of our brethren , the leading democrnta of Carlisle .
Now or never , Arthur I is the time to strike an effective blow for the liberties of England . If the Tories obtain an overwhelming majority at the approaching General Election , we shall have the Woodiest and most romorsaless Government England or the world has ever seen . If the Whig * get a majority , we shall not be much better off . Nothing but a large infusion of Chartism into the new House of Commons can save us , er , failing that , the election of a Great National Council , clothed with the publicly-declared sonfldenco of at least five-sixths of the population , the said Couucil consisting of ail the Chartist candidates to be put in nomination , and carried by show of hands at all the elections tlirortghovl Great Britain ! ! . ' It is to bespeak your co-oporation 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 . Tbe letter states that the intention of the men of Newcastle is to put my plan ( which you have so often beard 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 J have every prospect of an overwhelming majority on the day ef nomination ; and even a good chance of being returned on the poll , provided a coalition can be effected with one of tbe two factions , on the principle of giving us mem for man—namely , one Chartist Member for one Whig or Tory Member , no matter which .
Now , I have written to Newcastle , giving my assent to be put in Bomination , upon the express condition that no compromise be made with either faction which eball bind me to give up one iota or hair ' s breadth -of the Charter . And my advice 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 . e . —unless on the condition that we shall have man for man . Whichsoever of the two will accept tbis condition , let us close with that faction . If the Tories will agree to give man for man , that is , will pledge themselves to help us to return a Cuartist candidate , on condition that we help tbem to secur « the return of their candidate let us close with the Tories . If the Whigs be tbe party that will consent to our terms , let us , in that cast ) , close
with the Whigs . But if neither faction will agree , to split their votes with us , or coa ' csoe with us on suca terms as to ensure the return of a Chartist candidate , ( and 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 roaily to be put in nomination—let us carry them by an overwhelming majority , on the show of hands—let the successful candidates then enter a solemn protest against all the subsequent proceedingslet the immense multitude of Chartiat 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 , aa having no further interest or concern , 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 tho Chartists generally , throughout the country , will act upon this plan , they will strike a blew at the factions , from which they will never recover . Depend upon it ; rather thin risk a complete severance of the millions from the recognisedauthority of the usurpers—such a severance us 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 rocognise our just claims , by entering into the required coalition with us . And 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 five-sixths of the nation , ready at a moment ' s
warning to take the field for us , either as a great council of ihe 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 tbe ends of the Charter , I win 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 authorities of the realm , would be the de jure sovereign power of the 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 ; and 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 and sanction of the Chartist inhabitants of Carlisle . Meanwhile I particularly request that either Mr . Btwman , or Hanson , or some other leading man amongst yeu , will write to Newcastle , by way of spurring up the people of that town to carry out tho 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 your admiration their public spirit , thanking them for their glorious determination to carry the Charter practically intt rfeel in their borough , and calling upon the rest of the country to lose no time in following so bright an example . Ton may say what you like of your humble servant , only let your eulogiums be for tbe men of Newcastle , and your expressions of confidence ( in my zeal and integrity ) be f ct me , —that Is , provided you are conscientiously of opinion that I deserve their confidence , and that I would sooner die at my post than betray it
Now , Arthur , let not a moment be lost ! Brighton is up I-Newport ( Isle of Wight ) is up !—Northampton and Manchester are up ' . —the West Riding is on the move!—a score of other places , I might name , are in favour of my plan!—and preparing to give it full effect at the coming election . Let not Carlisle be behind !! I Get your men ready for the scratch—and if neither faction will coalesce or s plit voles with you , return him by show of hands , to b > one of the great council of the great nation , that I hope will meet on the very day Parliament it 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 tbe first National Council to be chosen by a show of htnIs , in tbe teeth of , and in defiance of , both factions ! Years , tec , James Bbontbrbe O'Bbibh . Lancaster Castle , June 12 ih , 1841 .
Mt dear Arthur , —I have just Been the Northern Star of to-day , and rejoice to find that the Editor , at last , sees the necessity of acting upon the principle of meeting the enemy in practical style 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 readv to take the field agaiust both factious , and qualified to represent the people either in the C om *
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mons House , or in another and better House , supported by five sixths , at least , of the whole nation . But better late than never 1 Even now , at the eleventh hour , an effective blow may be struck for the liberties of the people . Pray , let no 5 a moment be lost , then ! Have your two men ready to start for Carlisle ! 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 « t the men of Newcastle do the same , and pray do you , the men of 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 , I know , give you every assistance for that purpose . Let Carlisle , Newcastle , and Sunderland , then , be your three great centres of operation , for the three great northern counties , and don ' t forget poor Westmorland , particularly Kendal , in your operations . Thore are some capital Chartists in Kendal , who will follow up your instructions and example . Pray , correspond with Kendal , and Wigton , and Penrith—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 , and the other boroughs in the latter county .
Remember , the objects to be kept in view are :- - First—To get as many Cnartist candidates as possible elected to the House of Commons ; and- second—Failing that , to create a rcal national representation for the country , by the show-of-hands' Suffrage . If neither of the factions will split their votes with us , we Di : ist necessarily fail in the first object . But we cannot fail in the second and more important object , if tho people will only be true to themselves . Events are fast thickening upon us , Arthur > The times look most menacing i We know net the moment when necessity may call every man of us forth to defend our lives against the two murderous factions of thieve * , 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 tho millions will not prefer for their legislators men who have been chosen by Jivesimths of the nation , according to the old constitutional usage of the country , viz . by a shoio of hands—to a horde of infamous conspirators , abhorred by the vast majority of the peoplo—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 ; and 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 , have a veritable national Representation !!!! 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 ,
Aly dear Arthur , Your ' s , very sincerely , James B . O'Brien
POSTSCRIPT TO O'BRIEN'S LETTER To Mr . Bowman , of Carlisle , inserted in our 5 th page . V . S . I pray you again . Bowman , to discountenance the policy of voting for Tories , under any circumstances ! unless where they coalesce with the Chartists . The recommendation of that policy to the Chartist electors , by tbe Star and by the late Petition Convention has already done us much mischief . It has furnished a handle to our enemies to exasperate the poor deluded Irisb against us . It has been , in a great measure , the cause of the late deplorable events in Manchester . It has greatly neutralised the good which Mr . O'Connor's letters to O'Malley had unquestionably effected for us in Ireland . It lo » ks unprinefp ' td on the face of it , and is as ill-timed and impolitU as it is dissonant with our
principles . How , in Qod ' 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 commtnon decency , can any honest Chartist lend his support to a party that has supported the present abominable Ministers in their every infamous , truculent act , and whose grtund of quarrel with them now is , that that they have not beqn bloody enough ? that is , that they have not massacred when they impristned , and put down Chartism by martial law ? I tell you , Bowman , I have heard Peel ' s supporters , not less than twenty times , calling for the blood of O'Connor and O'Brien , and denouncing the Whig Government for not having " got rid of us long ago ; " that is , for not having hatched a plot either to assassinate us , or to get us judicially murdered under the shade of the law !— And we are , forsooth , to vote for these murderers!—only
two of whom voted in the House of Commons for our liberation , and even those two , only for party and selfish purposes ! 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 worse ( if so bad ) than themselves . I could have gained my liberty ( and more than that !) long ago , had I barely bumbled myself so fa as to beg for it in respectful language . But I shal rot in tbis 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 , truce , or alliance , with either , until either they have destroyed us , or we have rescued the natisn from their assassin-gripe .
Remember , Bowman , that the Chartist who , by his vote or otherwise , supports either 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 future 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 , aud " 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 tho 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 , vote for their candidate . We can do so , then partly because , while ostensibly voting for them , we are in reality vating for our own man , aud our own ptinciples , —but chiefly because the simple fact of either faction so recognising our claims , as to agree to split their votes with us , is , pro tantt , an abandonment of tho usurpation we charge them with , and does , therefore , entitle them to our approbation and support in return .
But no vote !—no support!—to either batch of usurpers , —till they first recognise our political claims < 1 ! J . B . O'Brien . Having apologised 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 be expresses a wish we 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 re-printed 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 how 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 iu 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-elector chairman . That done , let the 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 np 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 . Tbis 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 , he could not justify . We shall reason with Mr . O'Brien in our next upon some portion of his letters ; but in the mean time—To the work ! To your tents , men of the seven towns I To your terns , and prove yourselves the semen wise towns of the North ! Hurrah for Newcastle and O'Brien ! for Newcastle and O'Brien hurrah !—Ed ,
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West Riding . —Mr . George Julian Harney will lecture at the following places : —On Saturday , June 26 , at Hoddersfield ; Monday , June 28 , and Tuesday , June 29 ,. at Barnsley ; Wednesday . June 30 at Wakefield ; and on Thursday , July 1 , at Horbury . SuNDKELiND—Mr . Binns will lecture at the Life Boat House , on Sunday , in the afternoon , at halfpast two , and Mr . Williams in the Golden Lion , at half-past six in the evening .
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The Stbike of the journeymen hatters in Lancashire has , terminated . They have been out sixteen weeks , and at last have acceded to the masters ' terms . It is calculated that no fewer than 5 , 000 persons have been out of employment for the above peraiod , and that upwards of £ 40 , 000 in wages have been kept of circulation . A Pos . bfr or O ^ thoepists . —A gentleman recently received the following bill from a tradesman . We copy it verbatim el literatim for the benefit of the curious : — Mr . , Detr . to Jno . Smith b . d . AnO 3 7 6 Atekenonomtm 0 6
8 0 The following is the translation of this singular document— "An oss , " "Ataking on him home . " Who can say now that the schoolmaster has not been abroad to some purpose % —Bude Light . It has bsen announced that Mr . William Power the eldest son . of Mr . Power , the comedian , ( a passenger on board the unfortunate President ) has received a government appointment iu the Commissariat . The generous promptitude with which the office was conferred by Lord Melbourne is deeply appreciated by Mr . Power ' s family .
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The Armstrong Liver Pills are recommended as an Anti-bilious medicine , to every sufferer from bilious complaints and indigestios , or from an inactive liver , and are procurable at all Druggists , and at the Northern Star office . It is only necessary to see that the stamp has "Dr . John Armstrong ' s Liver Pilla" engraved on it in white letters , and to let no * iie put you off with any other pills . N . B . The Pills in the boxes enclosed , in marbled paper , and marked B ., are a very mild aperient , and are particularly and universally praised . They are admirably adapted for sportsmen , agriculturists , men of Business , naval and military men ; as they contain no mercury or calomel , and require neither confinement to the house , nor restraint in diet .
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Leeds Corn Market , ; June 22 . —The arrival of Wheat to this day ' s market is larger than last week , other kinds of grain smaller . The demand for Wheat has been limited , and barely supported last week ' s prices . There is very little doing in Oats and Beans , and bo alteration in prices . THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEEK ENDING June 22 nd , 1841 . Wheat . ; Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peas , Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . 2479 Ml 701 9 185 4
£ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ a . d . 3 3 7 J 1 9 6 J 1 4 4 1 19 0 1 18 4 1 16 0 Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , June 19 . —The imports from Ireland with the exception of Flour , of which there are . 1 , 721 sacks reported , are again only , very limited ; those of Wheat and Malt coastwise are te a fair extent . The foreign arrivals consist of 9 , 905 quarters of Wheat . The attendance at our market this morning was moderate , and as there were few samples Of Wheat offering , holders were enabled to realise an advance of 2 d . per 701 bs . For Flour . we raise our . quotations Is . per 2801 bs . with a tolerable free sale . In Oats or Oatmeal the transactions were limited ; and we note a decline of 6 d . per 2401 be . on the latter article . Beans brought an advance : of Is . per quarter . No change in the value of Malt .
Richmond , Corn Market , June 19 . —We had a good supply of Grain in our market to-day . Wheat sold from 8 a . to 9 s . ; Oats , 2 a . 10 d . " to' 4 s . ; Barley , 3 s . 9 d . to 4 s . 9 d . ; Beans ; 4 a . 6 d . to 53 . 3 d . per bushel . Livebpool Cattle Market , Monday , June 21 . — The supply of stock at market today has been somewhat larger than the preceding week , and of middling good quality . There has been a pretty good demand for Beef , but for Mutton and Lamb the sales have been very dull , and a reduction in price on Mutton and Lamb was the result . Good Beef realized fully 7 d ,, varying from that down to 6 d . per lb . agreeable to quality . Wether Mutton may be quoted at from 6 ^< J . down to 6 d ., inferior 5 ^ d ., and Lamb from 6 d . to 6 £ d . per lb ., sinking the offal . The principal part ot tho Beasts were sold up , but a great number of sheep and Lambs were left unsold at the close . Number of Cattle at market -. —Beasts 614 ; Sheep and Lambs 9720 .
Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , June 21 . — The arrivals of British Grain , Flour , and Oatmeal into this port during the week are of very moderate amount . From abroad there are reported 9 , 900 quarters of Wheat , and 371 quarters of Peas ; but duties have been paid upon only 440 quarters of Wheat , and 125 barrels ' of Flour . With an inanimate inflax of supply , and a tolerable demand , we have to quote higher prices for most articles of the trade ; 10 s . has been paid for fine Rostock Wheat , 9 j . gd . 'to * ° 4 . lOd . for good Baltic red , and 8 s . 9 J . to 9 i . tor Odessa , being ^ d . per bushel above the rates obtainable at the close of last week . Of free Flour the stock is at a very low ebb , and 38 i . to 393 . per barrel
are the prices demanded for United States . In the early part of the week several parcels of Oats were cleared off to counry buyers , and at Friday ' s market there were few ottering ; best mealing held at 3 s . Id , per 45 lbs . Oatmeal has still met a ^ slow sale , and no material change has occurred in its value . Grinding Barley ha 9 been in more request than for some time past ; the middling qualities of free foreign have advanced 2 d . to 3 d . per bushel . Beans were also rather dearer . Peas unaltered in value . In bond there have changed hands from 3 , 000 to 4 , 000 barrels of United State 3 Flour , at 22 s . to 23 a . per barrel , about 760 quarters of fine Baltic jfed Wheat at 6 s . 4 d . per 701 bs .. an * two cargoes of Egyptian Beans at 22 s . per 4801 bs ., the latter
to arrive . Corn Exchange , Monday , June 21 . —There was a fair fresh supply of Wheat from Essex , but a moderate quantity from Kent and Suffolk , with a limited arrival of Barley , Beans , and Peas , from all these counties . A few vessels were in this morning , with Oats from Ireland , and a considerable proportion of last week * ? supply was left over for this days market . The- imports of foreign grain since this day se ' nnight have been to a moderate extent . The weather ^ during the past week was dry up to Friday , since then it has been showery and boisterous . — There was a fair steady demand for Wheat , but owing to the favourable change in the weather , and somewhat improved supply , no advance could be
established on last Monday ' s prices , lor the best descriptions of foreign free , a moderate eale was experienced , and quite a 3 much money obtained for such . Bonded Wheats were held for rather more money , which checked the business in this description . Flour was without alteration in value , good marks meeting a steady sale . Grinding barley brought fully the rates of last Moaday , aud suoa was in fair request . Malt was held for tormer prices , but there were few transactions in this » rtIC » to-day . . Beans and peas steadily commanded last week * s currency . The sales of oats were mostly confined . to the consumers , who gave about the rates of this day se ' nnight for good corn : the lighter samples were not generally offered lower , but 6 d . per Quarter decline submitted to in transactions to clear
vessels coming on demurrage . London Smithfield Market , Monday , June 21 . —Our market to-day was again , the time of yen considered , moderately well supplied with Beasts as to numbers , but there was a great comparative falling-off in their general quality . The attendanoe of buyers being pretty numerous , the primest Scots , some lew of which realised 4 s . lOd . per 8 ! b ., Devonfl , runts , and Herefords , commanoed a brisk inquiry , at fully last week ' s Quotations . In the m iddling
sorts little doing . The receipts from Scotland 010 not exceed seventy Scots . Tnere was exhibited tor ; sale oue , yof the largest supplies of Sheep within tne recollection of the oldest salesman in the market ; upwards of 10 , 000 more being shewn than at we corresponding period last year . The prnnest ora downs moved off readily , at full currencies , bw » large number , upwards of 12 , 0 « 0 , of the othet breed * was turned out unsold . Lambs were in good suppift and heavy demand , at late rates . In Calves and ltjP nextta nothing ' was doing .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 26, 1841, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct712/page/8/
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