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GZ 3 ~_ tAZi COKBIITTEE FOB Sm ~ US _~ DIRG THK HAHOHaL PEDTI 05 . SATURDAY , Mat 22 . Mr . Ska"sx , in the chair . The minutes of the last meeting ¦ were read and confirmed . Letters were read from T&rious places respecting the petitions and their number of signatures . „ _ A letter was read by Mr . Skevmgion , from T . Fletcher , respecting the Nottingham election , and the mores of the Whigs , who , it was said , were trying to wheedle the Chartist party over to Aen ; parposes . A second letter was also read from William Bilbie , of the same place , asking the following ques-Son ? : — __ . _ 1 . Would yon rote Whig or Tory !
2 . If Sir John Hobhonse and Mr . Larpent were to pledge themselves to rote for the return of Frost , Williams and Jones , within twelve months ; and Mr . Waters and Roworth , both Tories , would not bare anything to do with the matter , and would not interfere at all ; which would you vote for 1 3 . Would you rote for Hobhouse and Larpent if they were pledged to use their influence with the Government , not to persecute the Chartists , so long is they did not threaten to carry the Charter by physical force , while the Tories say they would send the Chartists to the devil , and further , if possible , send the Convention to the shades below , within six inoaths of their being raised to power , if they attempted to sit for the purpose of getting back Frost and his companions ? D . M'Douall read the following from M . O'Connor , which was listened to with the deepest attention by the committee and strangers .
TO THE PEOPLE ' S REPRESENTATIVES IN
CONVENTION ASSEMBLED . York Castle , May 21 , 1841 . Gkstlkmek , —Emboldened by your appeal to your constituents , and having the honour , as a jtrisoner , to be one , I address you . Never in the whole course of my life have I been so delighted as by the perusal of your proceedings I always said that the errors of the old Convention would ever act as beacons for any succeeding one . But to the point . I find that you have resolved yourselves into a committee—an army of observation to watch the enemy . Had the Whigs dissolved , I think your presence in London would have been supeifluous : but as the enemy is still in front , I
hold ihat your dissolution would haTe been a triumph to them , and almost an in « ult to the country . In my opinion , you Lave adoptsJ the wise coarse . I have had letters , which I preferred not replying to , from individuals , although complimentary to myself , highly creditable to yos , and honourable to the members who did me the h .-nour to write , I have written to the Executive for instrnctions . how to act as j . 'int-treasurer of both furds— £ 60 for your use , and balance for their use , but not having received _ _> dssisive answer further than properly allowing the country to decide , 1 be ^ to remit to your ase the whole of tbe balance , ad interim , thinking i i unfair to hold it till the decision would render its rece ipt useless .
ShouM : he country decide against the step I have taken , I ¦ pall r ^ tand it for its original use : and if I now liad enough , 1 would pay you all £ 5 a week each , to continue your noble exertions . I am rejoiced you hare left me to fight my own battles , but I cannot avoid receiving the communications relative to my treasuTership , which I learn have been 3 ent to tou , and a full reply to which you will see in Saturday ' s Star . The person who has sent those communications has been a working man , l > ut ceased , from time to time , and 13 now sore that the people will not supply the means of idleness ; you , however , will have the goodness to remit a receipt through your treasurer , for the £ 20 now sent , making £ 80 , with the £ 60 previously sent to your
former treasurer . I remit this sum through my agent , Mr . Cleave , between whom and yourself I rejoice to find the most cordial understanding subsists a man , I believe in every way most worthy of publie confidence , and entitled to public support . Gentlemen , I have also directed the sum of ~ £ l to be paid in aid of your forthcoming meeting ; pray get the very largest room . I know a person who will cualify Dr . M'Douall . By God you are shaking their old bones in great style ; stick to them , and present your memorial in person , and get 20 , 000 if you can to accompany your petition to Mr . Duncombe . I rejoice to find a good understanding creating between you and Mr . C . B . 'lr ; thieve me that he is the most democratic man in tbe House of Commons , as well as the most talenred and "brave , always excepting our old friend , Mr . Thomas Duncombe , My opinion is , that you should remain
in London as long as the enemy is in fr « " > nt , and 1 make ne doubt but the country vriU cheerfully support you . Gentlemen , before I clcs \ allow me to suggest ihe importance of selecting four of the most eloquent of on body to oppose Lord Resell at Strond , Lord Palmerston at Tiv . nou , the Attorney-General at Edinburgh , and above all , Fox Maule at Crieff . iir . Cullum m \ j suggest two for the Whai say you to Vincent for Stroud , and Dr . M'Douali for Tiverton , or Northampton , or Halifax , where he would make a tremendous impression ! Have ai least 300 good men thtre as the balance of power . You must choose eloquent men , and determined men , not afraid of physical force . Bn ; you will thiuk of it again . Congratulating the country upon the success of my first act of , and rejoicing that you have given such unmeasured and overflowing satisfaction to , your friends , and such a taste of your power to your enemies .
I am , your faithful mend , i Feaugcs O'Cojwok . I P . S . —The trick of not receiving deputations upon i the subject of criminalsi 3 paltry . I have , upon many i occasioaj , attended deputations , and had long discus- ! sons about the Dorchester Labourers and other prisoners , whose sentences 1 have had commuted-. Bat dien I was only a Radical not a Chartist , they : snppose ; and , gentleman , observe , this ev « n after 1 j ceased to be an M . P . The tyrant should have said i there was an excep : ion to Political offenders . ' One \ word more ; I find by the Times , that I had a ' peti- '¦
tition from myself inserted praying the House to : liberate me . This , is an error . 1 have not sent any i petition since the batch last met , not one , nor . written to mortal to say a word for me , I think I it woiild be highly necessary to direct public atten- > tion , to the reeeii : judgment of Lord Abinger , rela- ' tive to the liability of candidates toelection expenses , ; in the case of the Returning-offieer of Birmingham , i Starges c . M-ontz . He decided that no candidate \ was liable to any expenses who did not go to a poll . ; I contend for the same at ; he election at Manchester , on behalf of
O'Brien-F . O'C . Mr . Ro 3 e said that he had an interview with Mr . Haw = s , who told him that he was asked at a public meeeting if he was a Chartist . Mr . Hawes expressed great anxiety to know if the communications between him and the convention had been published . ( Hear . ) He ( Mr . Rose ) was afraid that he was about turning bis coat . Mr . Hawea said that they would never obtain their object by intimidation , as the Government , who was favourable to them , would not accede to their prayers if it were supposed th _ t they did so from intimidation , He did not see how he could assist them . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Rose then allade-d to General Etsjos and Mr . Humphrey's conduct , and told Mr . Hawes that he was inclined
to think that he would nave a poor chance at the next election , if he deserted the people . Mr . Hawes replied " I must take my luck , for I am getting tired of these things . " ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Rose observed to him , how miserably situated the working classes were , Mr . Hawes replied that they could get plenty of work abroad . ( Oh , oh . ) Mr . Rose concluded by tellb . g Mr . Hawes that it was a sad thing that a man could not obtain his livelihood in his own native land—but what he could do , and will be enabled to do , as soon as they got rid of the bad laws that harassed them , ( Hear . ) At tbe next election , they would endeavour to devise means by which they would be enabled to effect so desirable an object . ( Hear . ) Chairman—Well done , Whigs . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr . Martin wished it to be understood that his &lln-iOTi 3 on a previous day to the cruel treatment of Brout-erre O'Brien , had no reference to the Governor of Lancaster gaol , who wa < a most humane man , but to the despotic Government who placed Mr . O'Brien in that gaol . He ( ilr . M . ) had ' , been most kindly treated by the governor . This explanation ha made lest his remarks which appeared in tbe Northern Star might be misunderstood . Upon the motion of Dr . M'Douall , the Secretary was directed to enclose to Mr . John Cleave , the two resolutidfcs appointing him Treasurer to the General Committee . Mr . Ridley enquired if the Committee had prepared the document respecting the number , situation , and term of confinement of the prisoners . Dr . M'Douall—There is a printed return .
Chairman—They ought to attend to that . They were in honour bound to supply that-document to Mr . Duncombe . Mr . Martin—Peter Foden ' s name is omitted in that list . He was sentenced to twenty months in Wakefield , and also to solitary confinement . ( Hear , hear . ) Dr M'Douall—Individual cases of hardship should be specified . Mr . Ridley—The document can be prepared on Monday . The Chairman—Oh 1 oh ! no , no ; a moment should not be lost in preparing it . ( Hear , hear . ) They ought to set about it immediately . Mr . Williams said his constituents wrote him , expressing a strong wish to be furnished with a list of the divisions during the session . ( Hear , hear . )
Dr . M'Donall said it was their duty to set the public right regarding their position with the deputation . They should be also anxious to "remove the opinion ( if such existed ) of the Birmingham Committee that a division existed between the Committee and the deputation . ( Hear , hvar ) He therefore moved— " That while the Convention regretted the eparation of the Frost , Williams , and Jones' deputation , by direction of the Birmingham Frost Com-
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mittee , who appointed them , from tbe Convention , they still proffer their services to forward the objects which the deputation bad in view . " Mr . Martin seconded that motion , and expressed a regret that any private communication had been carried on between the members of the deputation and the Birmingham Frost Committee . He , however , trusted that all would push forward with unanimity , and look to , nothing but the great cause of humanity , in which they were embarked . ( Hear , hear . ) He took that opportunity of stating that he would press that day the resolution of which previous notice had been given , directing the Secretary to write to the Marquis of Normanby to ascertain when he would b « ready to receive a deputation from their body . ( Hear , hear . ) If he refused to receive the deputation , then they should adopt other methods of attaining their object . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Cullen moved as an amendment that the members of tbe Petition Committee are satisfied
that every effort was made by the Birmingham Frost deputation , and the members of the Committee , to present the memorials to her Majesty , and discharge all their other duties ; and that their want of success in obtaining an interview with her Majesty did not arise from the want of exertion on the part of the deputation , or of the Convention . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Barmby most heartily seconded the amendment . There was no clashing between it and the original motion . Indeed , the amendment ought to be a substantive motion . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Ridley—There was only a partial separation on the part of the Birmingham deputation ; although two seceded , he was inclined to think that they were still ' with them .
Mr . Cullen never parted from the body , ( Hear , hear . ) He hoped that no man would be for a moment so foolish as to suppose that there was a division amongst them . ( Hear , hear . ) Dr . M'Douall approved so highly of the amendment , that he withdrew his motion to come in the form of a resolution . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Cullen ' s motion waB then put , and carried
nem . con . Chairman—I am delighted at the course pursued , for I am sure that no man could have departed from the amendment . ( Hear , hear . ) Dr . M'Donall ' s original motion was then pnfc and also carried . The Chairman—Nothing could be so good or satisfactory , as to have a plain understanding between the two committees . ( Hear , hear ) Mr . Martin—The were all bound to acknowledge the services of Mr . Cullen . He hoped sincerely that he should remain until then . ( Hear , hear . ) He , therefore , moved a vote of thanks to Mr . Cullen , of Glasgow , with an expression of hope that he would continue with them so loDg as they were a Convention . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr . Cmien was always anxious to cooperate with ; he Convention in every act calculated to forward their great and grand obj-rcts , —( hear , hear , )—bnt he most respectfully bc-gged that they would not confer upon him so signal a mark of their favour for merely iiaring done his duty . Dr . M'Douall seconded the motion . The Chairman expressed his deep regret for the hasty conclusion to which the Birmingham Frost Committee had come . There could be , however , but one opinion regarding the conduct of Mr . Cullen . ( Hear , hear . ) He most cheerfully proposed the resolution . The resolution having been carried with every mark of esteem for Mr . Cullen , that gentleman again said , that it was a mark of attention to which he had no right .
Mr . Martin moved , and Mr . Rose seconded , that a copy of the above resolution be forwarded to Mr . Cullen's constituents , at Glasgow . —Carried . Mr . Cullen made a vain effjrt to prevent that resolution being carried . He was proud in being the associate of men who were superior to the temptations of filthy lucre , and who only had in \ iew their country ' s good , which was dearest to their hearts , and for which they would even face death . ( Hear , hear . ) He was proud to say of his constituents that they were ready to give to the Convention every support in their power . He was in justice compelled to acknowledge the immense assistance he received from Mr . Morgan Williams , whose services were as indefatigable as they were sincere in the cause . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Morgan Williams wished to give an explanation for the course which he pursued .
The Chairman inquired if it was the wish of the committee that Mr . Williams be heard . 3 Ir . Barmby moved that Mr . Williams be allowed to give the explanation , which was seconded by Mr . Skevkurton , and carried . Mr . Williams assured the committee that he did not refuse taking an active part in the proceedings of the committee , from the slightest disrespect to a single membsr of that body . He highly respected them as men fully capable for the work they had undertaken , and of fulfilling the objects of their mission . ( Hear , hear . ) His reason for not joining the committee was , because he deemed himself the servant of the Birmingham committee , who had deputed him to discharge a certain and specific duty . ( Hear , hear . ) When the time allotted to him for discharging that duty had transpired , he considered he could not any longer take a part in the proceedings ,
without be : ng appointed by the committee so to do . ( Hear , hear . ) His position was quite different from that of Mr . Cullen , who had been elected by the men of Glasgow to sit in the Convention . ( Cheers . ) He bad beep only elected to present the memorials to her ilajesty . Ho attended the full time that he was directed to remain . Although he took no part in the discussion of the committee , yet he approved of every thing that they had said or done . He was also satisfied that the prisoners were equally well pleased with the committee . ( Hear , hear . ) He was ready to obey any further call that might be made upon him by his country . If he had authority so to do he wonid most willingly co-operate with the committee , but in the absence of such order he had no other alternative than that of waiting further instructions from the Birmingham committee . He again repeated his respect for , and bis confidence in , the general committee . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr . Cullen bore testimony to the exertions of Mr . Williams who was late and early at his po 3 t , and did all in his power to have the memorials presented . His whole conduct was characterised by an independence worthy of the cause . ( Hear , hear . ) He was of opinion that Mr . Williams was perfectly justifiable in the course which he pursued . Mr . Rose testified Mr . William ' s indefatigable exertions to obtain the objects of the Convention , and to present the memorials .
The Chairman—My opinion is , that so far from considering it a favour , they should demand the release of the prisoners as a matter of right . ( Hear , hear . ) I would not accept it as a favour ; I demand it & 3 a right . Favour indeed ! shall it be called a favour to do justice ! Oh , no , no ! ( Hear , hear . ) A deputation consisting of Messrs . Barmby , Cullen , and Dr . M'Douall was appointed to draw from Mr . John Cieave , their treasurer , the amount of Mr . O'Connor's order .
Mr . Smart said that it was he , and not Mr . Skevington , as reported in the Star , who read the letter from Northampton , asking Dr . M'Douall to stand as candidate at the next election , and that it wo 3 he who made the observations on that letter , which observations were , in the Star of last week , also attributed to Mr . Skevington . He likewise wished that his exact words respecting the Members of his county should be correctly reported . The Star stated that he had said , "That he knew it would be useless to call upon the Members who represented him ; " whereas he said , " That he knew that it would be useless to call upon the Members who represented Leicester . " Mr . Smart—It was upon the Members for Derby that he ( Mr . S . ) waited , and not upon those of his county .
After some further business , the Convention adjourned . It may be well to correct a clerical error in the Star of last Saturday . It was to Mr . Balls , and not to Mr . Bates , to whom , in company with Mr . Parker , a vote of thanks was passed for having accommodated the delegates with the room for holding their meetings . Saturday Evening . In the evening the delegates again resumed their sitting . Mr . Smart was in the chair .
Mr . Hogg said that he was deputed to wait upon the Convention , to solicit that nine delegates be appointed to draw up the resolutions and make the necessary arrangements for the public meeting to be held on Monday next . He wa 3 also directed to suggest that twenty minutes be allowed each speaker . He had the pleasure to inform the Committee , that the large room at the Crown and Anchor waa engaged for the meeting . ( Hear , hear . ) MONDAY , Mat 24 . The General Committee assembled at ten o ' clock for the despatch of general business . A great number of letters were read from various places , stating that petitions had been forwarded . Mr . Roland , of Hackney , handed in is . collected by a few shoemakers at Hackney , in aid of the General Committee .
A letter from Jackson-court , Postern-gate , to Mr . Cleave , enclosed £ 1 , being the second subscription from that place . The Secretary read the following letter from the Marquis of Normanby : — Whitehall , 22 nd May , 1841 . Sib , —I am directed by the Marquis of Normanby to acquaint yon , in reply to your letter of yesterday , that he is not able to appoint any time for the interview with you respecting the case of any prisoner ; but that if you wish to submit any written statement respecting any prisoner for bis Lordship ' s consideratien , he will consider it . I am , Sir , Your obedient Servant , S . M . Phillips . Mr . Thomas Wall , M , Old Bailey .
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The reading of the above was followed with the most marked symptoms of disapprobation . Mr . Smart moved that Mr . O'Connor be respects fully Bolicited to direct the balance in Mr . Pitkethly ' s hands of the funds for the Convention to be forwarded to Mr . Cleave , the Treasurer of the General Committee . Mr . Martin seconded the motion , which was carried . The report of the Committee , appointed to draw up regulations for the groat meeting , was read , and on the motion of Mr . Wall , whioh was seconded by Mr . Rose * , adopted .
The Committee were engaged daring the day answering letters , preparing the petitions , and devising the best means for securing a satisfactory presentation of the National Petition . A letter was read from the Executive , stating that they could not give np , as required by the Convention , the letters , or correspondence , that passed between them and individuals . The latter stated that they addressed the country in behalf of tbe Committee , and could do no more . A letter from Queenshead announced that the petition from that place had the signatures of 523 men , and 361 women .
A letter from Warwick stated that the people there had forwarded two petitions , one from the males and one from the females . A letter from Kennoway , Fife , stated that the petition from thence had 220 signatures . A letter from Sunderland announced that the petition from Bishop and West Auckland had 789 , and that from Sunderland 8 , 558 signatures . A letter from Dorking stated that the men of that district had forwarded a petition . The General Committee then adjourned .
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TO THE PROPRIETOR OF THE " SUN . " Sib , —In a recent number of your paper you publish a letter from yourself to yourself , under the signature of A . Why not add the double SS , Sir , and give to your readers all that confidence which the authority of your real signature and name roust carry with it ? In your letter you would impose a belief upon your readers that Chartism was •¦» the wane in Manchester ; and you would support ytmi- . issertion by the assurance that not more than 300 Northern Stars were now circulated in that district . Sir , you were quite right to couple Chartism and its organ ; and allow me to place before yeu , under the signature of a hard-working man , the pressnt position of the cause and its organ , in answer to your two asssertions .
Firstly , then , allow me tell you on behalf of Chartism , that the National Petition has been signed in u too brief space to admit of full justice being done to it , by 67 , 000 PERSON , or one-fifth of the whole population . Now , Sir , in what terms would you announce , in long primer , the fact of such an array of names on behalf of your " anti-monopolist ' ' cry ? So inuch for Chartism ! They , Sir , not wishing the people ' s paper to te judged by ft single week's or month ' s circulation , but , in order to show vou the steadiness with which it has
weathered the greatest poverty ever known among its supporters , 1 beg leave t > furnish you with the numbers ordered by one agent alone , for Manchuster and immediate district , whi ' e many other agents in the same district receive over 300 -weekly . The following is a correct list of the number of Stars furnished to Mr . Abel Heywood for each month of the last nine months , from June 1 st , to March 31 st inclusive ; being the latest period to which Mr . Heywood could furnish hia quarterly account , the last quarter having terminated in March : —
June , 4 weeks month ... 15 , 073 July , do . ... 15 , 432 August 5 do . ... 19 , 061 Sept . 4 do . ... 14 , 876 Oct . 5 do . ... 17 , 965 Nov . 4 do , ... 14 , 000 DdC . 4 do . ... 13 , 891 Jan . 5 do . ... 18 , 000 Feb . 4 do . ... 14 , 038 March 4 do . ... 14 , 448 Total for nine months , ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN THOUSAND , SIX . HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ; being a "weekly average , to one agent , of 4 , 043 , something , I imagine , beyond the whole circulation of the Golden Sun . I can corroborate this fact , as I pack every paper , and keep an account of all sent
Now , Sir , what say you to your authority for the past ? while I assure you , upon tbe honour of a hardworking man , that the number of papers printed , published , and sold at the usual price with no returns of unsold copies , for the quarter ending the 31 st of M . vch , exceeds the number printed , published , and sold during the previous quarter , ending in December , by 8 , 070 papers . Now , Sir , what say you to the simultaneous increase of poverty and of ChartiMii ? Don't yuu wish you had not made an ass of yourself ? I am , Sir , A Working Man , and South Shields Chartist , " bristles and all , " William Rid eh . Leeds . May 2 t ;' : h . 1 S 41 .
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XtXn&DS . —The number of unemployed operatives was Ecaicely ever known to be so great in Leeds and its neighbourhood at this season of the year . We believe they inteud holding a public meeeting on Holbeck Moor , on Wednesday next , between the hours of ten and eleven o'clock , for the purpose of considering what means can be taken for bettering their condition . Wo deeply sympathise with these poor industrious rac ;; , but something more must be done than barely expressing pity . We hope the
whole of the unemployed will muster , and that tho " friends of the poor' will take care to evince , by their attendance at this meeting , and their readiness to carry fully out whatever good and efficient means of present amelioration may be suggested , that their sympathy is something more than words : while we give our decided opinioD , that whatever may be done for present relief , no permanent remedy can be had for the accumulated distresses of the labourer , but from an entire change of the whole aspect of society .
Leeds Police . —On Thursday afternoon , a pair of large blocks , one " with three sheaves , " and the other with two , were ta&en , by Sergeant Mundell . from a suspicious character , named Nathaniel Gilchribt , seemingly a navigator ; they are suspected to have been stolen ; and we are desired to mention the fact , that it may meet the eye of the owner , should our paper fall into his hands . The blocks are very ^ ocw ones , worm from £ 3 to £ 4 , and Gilchrist was offering them for sale for a very low price , wuen he was apprehended .
Election Pbocezdikgs at Leeds . —During the past week the factions have been busy in making their arrangements for the forthcoming election . The Fox and Goose Club met on Monday night , and after some squabbling amongst themselves determined to support a Whig , in case the Whigs would support their man . On Tuesday night both parties met , and after a good deal of talk , in which the " Geese" cackled most lustily against the dose the Whigs proposed to give them in the shape of a hybrid Tory-Whig , named Aldam , it was agreed that that gentleman , along with " Brown Bread Joseph" for the " Fox and Goose Club , " should be put in nomination . The Whigs loudly accused their allies of treachery , for the objections they raised against Aldam . On Thursday night the Tories met and
agred upon putting Mr . W . Beckett and Lord Jocelya in nomination . The greatest unanimity prevailed at this meeting . Since then , placards have appeared upon the walls calling upon the " liberals" to reserve their votes till a requisstion could be prepared to Mr . George Goodman . Mr . Goodman is too Bhrewd a tactitian , and cried " sa 7 e me from my friends ! " in time—he "declines the honour , " so that the Hybrid and the " brown bread" patriot eeem to be still the " Hobson ' s choice " of the Foxes and Geece . Meantime , the people , whose opinion neither party seemed inclined to ask about the matter , have thought proper to poke their finger in the pie , and will in all probability make it too peppery for one , if not both factions . A placard , of which the following is a copy , has been plea til ully distributed
Radicals of Leeds—Electors and Non-Electobs , —The adherents of the two factions who have for so long grossly abused the faith of a patient and long-suffering people ; who have for so long bandied between them the Bweets ot power and place ; and who have , between them , reduced this country and its inhabitants to a pitch of destitution and misery , unparalleled in the world's history ; the adherents of these two factions in Leeds have been holding " Ticket Meetings , " for the purpose of selecting fit and proper persons to become Candidates for the representation of " the people" in the Commons House of Parliament . But neither of them have appealed to you ! They have held quiet little snuggeries of their own , conceiving it unnecessary
to ask the " people , who are to be "represented , " anything about the matter ! This is not right . This is not as it should be 1 This is not as it shall be ! The " people" shall have tome say in the settlement ; and , to enable them to begin to speak , a meeting will be held on Tuesday evening next , June 1 st , 1841 , at s ' x o ' clock , on St . Peter ' s-hill , bottom of Park-lane , Leeds , for the purpose of determining upon two men , to be put in nomination , as Candidates for the suffrages of the electors of Leeds , at the next election . — Radicals of Leeds ! attend in goodly numbers , and choose such men as will pledge themselves to
Universal Suffrage and no Surrender ! " Shew both factions that yon will not compromise your principles by voting for either , but that you will have men of your own choice . Radicals of Leeds ! the eyes of the world are upon you ; your country requires that you act a consistent part . Attend precisely at six o ' clock . Chartist Association Rooms , Shambles , May 27 th , 1841 . At this meeting it is most probable that Mr . George White and Sir . George Julian Harney will b « started . A fair field and no favour for the people . The latter they do not seek ; and the former they will either take or make . God help tho poor
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" bloodies ! " Let them look ont 1 We advise them to make the most of their brief little hour for strutting on the Btage . 'Tis the last they an likely to have , for some time at least , in Leeds . Poor , poor Mr . Baines ! Will he introduce his friend Joseph t We suppose it probable . 'Tis a pity they are not co-candidates , though probably the hand-loom weavers may quite as soon get fat upon brown bread as upon herring soup . At all events , let not the procession be forgotten , and let the emblems of | "Liberalism" —the brown loaf a very wee one—the rotten herring , and the mutton boned—be oared for , that the people may do honour to their friends . We calculate that if they should dare to show their faces , the " brown bread" household god—the mutton bone and herring soup
kingand the Queen groaning pink of gallantry will get as pretty a bellyfull of popularity as their stomachs can digest for some time . Hurrah for White and Harney ! or whomsover else the people may" determine on . Let the ' election be taken care of , and the talk about qualification will of course come afterwards . At all events , let the " ¦ Bloodies" have a kick behind , to aid thorn iu their backward progress . Leeds has been long enough the bond-slave of whiggery ; the hour for its emancipation has now come , and the "brutal " faction shall learn a lesson of behaviour . They have the " dog ' s notice" now ; we guess it will speedily be followed up in a consistent style .
The people have determined , also , on starting , at least one candidate for the West Riding ; and if they possess half the spirit , consistency , and nerve , for which we give them credit , they will not only start , but carry him . Let the effort bo , at all events , made ; lot it be made energetically and determinedly ; and let the next purpose of the people , to the carrying of their own men , be the ousting of the Whigs . Return Tories , fiends , or devils , but return no Whigs ! O'Connell once said , " The next best thing to being right yourself is to put your e . e ny completely in tho wrong . " We have uo fear that this election will prove to his " base , brutal , and bloody" allies that the people fully understand and can practically exemplify this
maxim . BABNS 3 LB 7 . — Weaveu ' s Turn-Out . — We have before noticed that the oppressive and dishonest conduct of the Messrs . Taylor , has forced out a large number of the miserably ill-paid workmen , who . at the best of times , are scarcely able to obtain bread ; but whom these gentlemen have thought fit to rob—we use the word deliberately—to rob of a considerable portion of the miserable pittance which the state of trade and of society has left to them . The facts of the case we understand to be these . For some time back there has been , and very properly , a uniform rate of wages paid to their weavers by the Barnsley manufacturers ; the Messrs . Taylor have thought fit to violate this uniformity in respeot to one
particular kind of work , by making their pieces ten yards longer without giving any additional wages . This , of course , gives them a dishonest advantage in the market over all the other manufacturers ; several of whom "iu consequence'' informed their workmen , that unless some means were taken to pst an end to this robbery , the result must be the forcing of all the other manufacturers to a like trenching upon the weavers' rights . Meetings of the workmen were holden , and resolutions passed , that the weavers employed on this particular branch of trade by Messrs . Taylor , should strike work , and that so many of them as might not be able to find employment under other firms , should be supported until the Messrs . Taylor should
be taught a lesson of honesty . A great number of worthy and industrious families have been thus deprived of their means of living ; and the public cf the town and neighbourhood have been appealed to in a very moderate and well-written circular , signed by a number of individuals , who have been appointed a committee for the turn-out weavers , and soliciting from their fellow workmen of that and other towns , and from tho public generally , such support as shall 6 ustain them in this struggle against oppressive might . We think this a case that recommends itself strongly to the sympathies of working mea throughout the whole country . The interests of producers are at all times identical ; they are " one body . " and no member can be injured without injury to all . We differ greatly from those who would rely on " strikes , " and struggles of isolated bodies
of workmen against employers , as a general means for the improvement of their condition . But , while we hold , as . we have ever held , that the only real protection , the only social salvation of the working man is to be looked for in tho possession and exercise of legislative power , we yet trust that particular cases , and especially of so flagrant a character as this , will at all times call forth the present energies of the people into such activity , as shall c onvince rascally middle-men that there is a bond of sympathy in ( he Erops by whom their houses are upholden , which olds them too firmly together to permit any one of these props to be absolutely brokon . We understand that several individuals , duly authorised b y the Weavers' Committee , are now engaged in soliciting contributions from the public for the sustenance of their oppressed fellows . We trust that they will be liberally supported wherever they may
come . NOTTINGHA - rl . —Tho Board of Poor Law Guardians have resolved to dissolve the Union ; to stop tho clerk's salary , aud set the Commissioners at defiance ! Bravo 2 Nottingham !
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On Monday evening , Col . Thompson , who is a candidate for the representation of Hull at the next election , met the members of the National Charter Association , in order to lay before them the principles on which lie came forward to solicit their suffrages . The meeting took place in the Freemason s Hall , Mytongate , which was crowded to excess , notice having been given , by placard , of the gallant Colonel ' s intention , and there would not be fewer ? than 1 , 500 persons present , including of course , several of the supporters of tho Colonei at former elections . On the motion of Mr . Samuel Healey , Mr . Worsdell was called to the chair .
The Chaibman opened the business of the meeting in a short but appropriate address , in which he avowed himself a thorough going Chartist , not merely in uamo , but in practice , as an advocate of the glorious principles of liberty . Mr . Samuel Healey read the address , of the Petition Convention , from last week ' s Star . Colonel Thompson waa then introduced by the Chairman , and was received with tremendous cheering . When the applause had subsided , the gallant Colonel proceeded to avow himself a stanch and , as far as his humble abilities would permit him , a determined advocate for the principles of the People ' s Charter . He had been one of its first promoters and concootors . He was one of those
who attended at the first meeting at whioh it was mentioned , and which was held at the British Coffee House , Charing Cros 3 . There were a many members of Parliament there , but for tho life of him he could not tell whero BOme of them had been since . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) He was at the second meeting in JBridge-street , Westminster , at which the object was to discuss the measure ; but when he got there he found tho document ready " cut and dry" to their hands . He understood it had been drawn up by some working men , but it did not follow , therefore , that it should not be good . ( Hear , hear . ) Colonel Thompson then traced the Charter through its various stages of existence to the present time
when it h < id become feared by its enemies , and supported by its friends , to an extent unparalleled in the whole history of public documents : and though it was not for him to say when it would become the law of the laud , yet it required no spirit of prophecy to foretell that it would , that it must , ultimately be carried . ( Great cheering . ) It only required patience and zeal . He then alluded to the manner in whioh the Whigs were aoting , and said they were determined , it' possible , to deny the people the right of having even one representative of their own , while they ( the Whigs ) would , if they could , have two . This was a weak point for them , and therefore he hoped the people would advance , and that their efforts would be crowned with success . He was anxious that they should have as many Members of the right sort as possible . He
had learnt that their numbers exceeded three millions , and , therefore , they were surely entitled , in common honesty , to a fair share in the number of representatives . And , here , he should like to see the example Bet ; here , he should like to have something like a model election ; the example would be contagious , and would spread like wild fire through the length and breadth of the land . ( Loud and continued Cheering . ) The first ship was not built water-tight ; mauy were constructed before one was got to float ; let them but once get one , and they would soon have a 120 gun frigate to batter the enemies of universal right . He next referred to a sentiment uttered by the president , in his opening speech , who had pressed him rather hard , and said he ( Col . T . ) had not agitated for the Charter . ( Hear , hear . )
The Chaibman . —What I said was , if I might judge from the past , you would not agitate . Col . Thompson said he would take it in that way . He had a great notion that if a man wanted to keep a secret , the best way was to put it into the newspapers . ( Laughter . ) He had been there , he had written tor their principles , and he had published as much , and in as many papers as most men , and yet it was not known that he had done anything fur the Charter . But he was not agitating , as his friend thought usefully , and in the same way that he did . Men had sometimes different ways of accomplishing the same end ; aud he thought he had kept up a pretty continual fire . The present system enabled them to pass laws to keep the working classes out ; ha could find men amoigst the working classes worth a hundred of some ot the present race of legislators . Tho
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Colonel proceeded at some length in his remarks ; but our space has bo many demands upon it , that , though we had prepared a full report , we are compelled to lay it aside . He alluded to the colour of their banners ( white ) , and said some persons wondered what could have influenced their choice—he would tell them . White was the emblem of parity : it was the poor man ' s colour , because it was easily obtained —( hear , hear)—they could get plenty of it at any moment ; and even the ladies—if they happened to be pinched—would readily supply
them with a square yard at any time : it was the colour nearest to their hearts . ( Laughter and cheers . ) The Gallant Colonel in conclusion said , he was their candidate ; he hoped his past conduct would be a pledge for the future . If he were elected , he should be every body'e representative . He alluded to the crisis that had arrived in their affairs , and said that , however slowly they arrived at power , get it they must , as certainly as if they had it . The Colonel resumed his seat amidst enthusiastic cheering .
At the olose of his address , a working man in the hall , asked the Colonel ' s opinion of machinery 1 Colonel Thompson said , he thought the working classes had conceived an unnecessary alarm on that subject , because they must see that if machinery enabled a manufacturer to execute a larger amount of labour for less capital , he had that superfluous capital to pay the wages of workmen in other branches . The operative wished to go on with his queries , but the meeting thought the Colonel's address embraced all the points on which they required explanation .
Mr . Healey then moved a resolution to the effect that the members of the National Charter Association resident in Hull be appointed a non-electors ' Committee , for the purpose of securfng the election of Colonel Thompson . This was seconded by Mr . William Webster , and carried unanimously . The Chairman then introduced the Rev . William Hill , who was received with loud cheers , and who read the following letter from Feargus O'Connor , Esq . to Mr . Samuel Healey , in reply to one sent by that gentleman to Mr . O'Connor : — York Castle , 23 rd 13 th Month of Whig Salary . My Dear Healey , —You very kindly write and tell me all your local nows , and ask me for a line in reply . As the subjects you mention are the arrival of Colonel
Thompson and our position in Hull , I shall offer a few observations upon each . And firstly of the Colonel . I look upon Col . Thompson as a . man possessed of many , very many virtues ; he is one of the few of his order I have ever met who was not either proud or mean ; he is neither the one nor tho other : he is honest as the sun , and I believe brave as a lion ; he is very affable , a quality which I regret being compelled to praise , howbeit It is one eq rare of late , that in public men it is a virtue— nothing mere desirable iu a representative . You ask me about a coalition with the Whigs , to insure the Colonel ' s return . You mistake the term ; it is not a coalition up 9 n which we make any sacrifice ; it is one by which we achieve our very object , tho return of one of our own men . But let me be plain , and as blame
may be hereafter attached somewhere , let me saddle myself with my full share . I say , unite with the " Devil" or with the " Devil ' s Grandfather ' to Insure the Colonel ' s election . Our object is to make the most of passing events , that is to insure as goodly a number as possible in the House of Commons , who will constitute a real opposition and not a mere cog in the Whig wheel , only out of order when it wants greasing itself , and 'when greased , ready to grind max or malt . Can you , for our purpose , find a better cog than Thompson , or one who will be more particular as to what the machinery he turns is to grind ? I say not Wht-n it was proposed to return me for Leicester—foolish word , it slipped my pen—I should hive said to propose me , — it was mooted whether they could not better accomplish
their object with the Colonel . I was applied to , and at once desired that I should be used as a tool to insure his return . I proposed to form three committees , one at Leicester , one at Hull , and one general committee from the two bodies , and that they should offer the strongest party , who would coalesce , three of their choicest devils for the Colonel , but Colonel Thompson could sot make up his mind ; in fact , I look upon indecision as his greatest fault . I could not more deeply commit myself in the Colonel ' s parliamentary arrangements , and you will admit that it was " con amort , " when I tell you that not one line or message has ever passed between us upon the subject . Having said so much upon the simple question of the Colonel's return , let me now aay one word upon the compound of the Colonel
and the Chartists . I have told you the Colonel ' s virtues , I now tell you his faults , I know of no vices . In doing this I must after the manner of " Plutarch , '' compare O'Connor aud Thompson . I am strongly of opinion , then , that while I am a whole hog Chartist , preferring the principle to a seat , that the Colonel prefers a seat to the principle . Thus if I were to select tomorrow between seat and Charter , no man doubts oa to how I should choose ; but I am strongly of opinion that if thequestion was proposed to to the Colonel , Charter without seat , or seat without Charter , that the Colonel would take the seat from a conviction , perhaps , thatit would bt tantamount to the Charter . The great fault that I find with the Colonel is , that he is very crotch etty ; hespeaksin parables , writes in parables , and I believe , thinks in parables ; however , he
writes and speaks sometimes in a manner and after a fashion which I cannot comprehend ; but tbe good man is at the bottom , and to that I refer as my key to his feelings . As to " physical force , " and the " now move , " always bear in mind that in your alliance with Colonel Thompson , for electioneering purposes , you have a double duty to perferm ; one to yourselves through the Colonel , by insuring his faithful representation of you ; and the other to the country . Should an attempt be made to injure Chartism , to slacken Chartism in its p ? . ces , or to weaken its mighty strength by the minutest part of a weak mind ' s weakest thought , in order to serve tbe purpose of Colonel Thompson's election , throw him over board without ceremony , scruple , or remorse . Physical force and the " new move " cannot be discussed with any other motive than that of creating a division in our ranks ; let no man persuade you that it can . Upon the principle of the " new
move , " the country has already decided ; and its successful propounding in Hull could only have tho effect of cutting you off from the great and mighty body of which I rejoice to say you have become of late so worthy a member . Let me toll you a story about " physical force . " In 1833 Mr . O'Connell enlisted me as an Irish volunteer , when I paid £ 1 Is . for musket and bayonet ; that is , in Irish phrase , I paid £ l Is ., but I never got my arms . Well , upon that evening Mr . John Lawless , better known and deservedly known , by the name of honest Jack Lawless , said to me , " O'Connor , so you have enlisted ? " " Yea . " " Well , by G—d , " said Lawless , " it is the funniest corps I ever heard of , all armed , and the colonel ( O'Connell was colonel ) to have registered a vow in heaven not to fight" Now I can well understand the objection of that orthodox dignitary , Dr . Wade , denouncing the force by which his living is insured ; but d—n me if I understand the denunciation of a man
who purchased a commission , the terms of which were to cut down and order to be shot down every mpn npon whom a Whig administration or a Tory administration looked with jealousy , suspicion , hatred , or dread . The Colonel made a sad blunder in denouncing the " physical force" Chartists at Manchester , near eighteen months since ; he lost all popular support by it ; but if injudicious and unfair then , how much more so now , when no parties save the " new move" men have mentioned the subject since August 1839 , nearly two years ; and they have only introduced it to make a split , while among themselves are the worst of all the physical force men ? I say the worst ; because thoy recommended it and then abandoned it , and then denounced their own monster .
Healey , it is not fair that I should be eternally dragged out upon these distasteful subjects , to explain the fallacies and inconsistencies of others ; but hear me upon moral and physical force . If moral force means passive obedience and non resistance and the surrender of all moral worth to hired physical force ; if it means that we are to stand in the market plaee and open our mouth and shut our eyes and see what God will send us ; if our prospects are to retrogade as our demands increase , and as we progress in union and knowledgethen "d—n all such moral force , " say I . If physical force means a determination to " Die a freeman rather than live a slave , " then am I an out-and outer . Bah what do the humbugs mean about moral and physical force ? Is not all popular energy and moral force held
in subjection by physical aggression ? Aro not Whig officers and Whig soldiers transformed as if by magic into the shape and physical form of every succeeding minister ? Thus , ' Col . Thompson is a Whig officer to-day and maybe ordered to fight for one side of a question , and to-morrow he may become a Tory officer and be ordered to fight for the very opposite side . Is that the principle of moral force ? Just see the exposition of Admiral Napier , who was compelled to wage devastating war against " Mehemet Ali , " while he comes home and canvasses the electors of Maryleboneupon the very principles of that Prince and praises him in all his actions ! Gall you that on honourable use of physical force ? But stop ; expediency perhaps may be pleaded . The Colonel will do for the Whigs upon Corn Law principles , for the Tories upon anti-Poor Law principles , and for the Chartists upon Chartist principles . But don ' t you listen to the stuff of " you must march on , or it will be done without you . " I tell
you that whatever is done without you , will be done against you ; and that you have nothing to hope for from any party but yourselves . Recollect that the Colonel has been the loudest in his praise of Nottingham ; and therefore he must approve , and that most devoutly what our friends did there . But to conclude . Strain every nerve to return CoL Thompson ; but should his part ; deem it prudent , necessary , or expedient to aim one single aide blow at the god Chartlam , in order to insure Whig support , throw them all overboard jurt as so much lumber in a storm , to save the vessel . And now , Healey , believe me , and I am a much more experienced electioneerer than the Colonel , that the constituency of Hull will never , never , never return Colonel Thompson . They would much rather prefer Hutt and James , and will leave " well enough" alone . The scoundrels are now talking of letting their victims loose , bat not far love of them . See what fear dec-I would rather rot here than owe my liberation , to auy compromise of mf fustian jacket * .
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In fine , tay Mend , let u * haw no cobbUn * bungling , surmising , Or conjecture about my oninlon . If the . meetlng is willing to hear my sentiments r « 5 my . letter from top to bottom ; but I will have ^ n guening , no mutilation—all or none ! So farewell with three damnations for the Whigs , and three times thiS cheers for God ' s and the People's Charter . Aye iH , God ' s ; for man is the work of his hand , and nothing short of the Charter can protect man . No compTOntfsTj no surrender ! no backsliding ! no side thrust at mi monster ! ' God , how I nursed the darling infant when few would look upon it ! and now to see thelovri * giant killed would break my heart , and send me ere . maturely to tho © old grave . F Ever faithfully your's , FEAEGU 3 O-CONNOE .
The Rev . William Hill then said it was not necessary at that time of the evening for him to add one word to Colonel Thompson ' s excellent addressL or to Mr . O'Connor ' s letter . So far as hia opinion could have any weight , he could asaure them that with every word contained in that letter , in favour of Colonel Thompson , he most cordially and fully concurred . He entreated them to be careful how thev suffered anything like a difference of opinion to sprini up among them . They had , as his friend MF O'Connor said , one great object in view—to lay hold of passing events , and to secure as large a share as possible of the representative power which belonged to them . On the subject of the coalition , he anew ? with the " cagedlion . " ^ TOsa Thanks were then voted to the Chairman , and the meeting broke up .
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TO CAPITALISTS , MILLOWKEBS , PROPRIETORS OP MINa , AND GENTLEMEN OF SCIENCE . ^ A NEWLY-DISCOVERED WORKING ¦ POWER . That "he who causes two blades of Grass to grow where only one grew before , is so far a Creator , "is a sentiment which has received the stamp of public approbation . And , surely , he who turns two spindles where only one was turned before or who grinds two grains of Corn where only was ground before , or who discovers an Agent by means of which ton thousand tons may be lifted where none were lifted before , is as instrumental in serving his fellow-men as if he found means to sustain the People that would be required to perfornj the labour saved . Nothing but an ignorant impatiencs of improvement can prompt any man to deny this : although every new invention may be attended with
inconvenience to the persons who happen to be deprived of employment in consequence of the sudden and unexpected introduction of a new machine . It is hoped , therefore , that in adopting the New Method of producing Working Power oue caution may be employed , so that it may be an Immediate Benefit to all Classes of Society , without inflicting the least injury upon any person . The Rev . John Williams Morris , Minister of Deanrow Chapel , Wilmslow , Cheshire , and Honorary Member of the Liverpool Total . Abstinence Society , most respectfully begs leave to call the attention of Gentlemen of Capital , Millowners , Proprietors of Mines , and Gentlemen of Science , to this advertisement .- Having made such discoveries in the art of producing Working Power as can be made oiJyonce
ia the duration of a Planet , ( unlos 3 , indeed , the knowledge of these discoveries be lost , at the time of a general deluge , or by the whole race of rational being 3 falling into a state of savage life , or by some dreadful convulsion of nature of which there is no authentio record , ) Mr . Morris is desirous of making bis discoveries known under the privilege of Royal Letters Patent in every shade of the civilized World in which Letters Patent may be obtained , and wishes to receive proposals from Gentlemou of Capital in this very important undertaking . Mr . Morris is willing to show one of his Working Models to any number of gentlemen of capital ( not exceeding the number allowed by the laws relating to Royal Letters Patent j ) who will join in a bond not to divulge the secret by means of which the
Power is produced , until the Royal Letters Patent are obtained . He will pay all expenses attendant upon the negotiations , and the manner in which the profits arising from the Working Power shall be disposed of must be previously determined and agreed upon , and any of the gentlemen will be at liberty to withdraw from the undertaking , previous to the Royal Letters Patent being obtained , and without being at any expence : Mr . Morris being fully confident that so eligible an opportunity of obtaining a very large revenue from every state of the civilised world was never before offered to the public . Mr . Morris will then show the Working Model of a Dynamic Engine ( an Engine producing Working Power , ) so cheap in its construction , and produoing its- Power by means so economical , as has never been exhibited before .
Letters addressed to the Rev . J . W , Morris , Deanrow , Wilmslow via Manchester , ( pre paid , ) containing proposals for this very important undertaking , and stating the terms upon which Money will be advanced to obtain Letters Patent in various parts of tho world for this new discovery , will receive immediate attention .
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Morris's Dynamic Engine . —In another part of out paper will be found an advertisement of Mr . Morris ' s Dynamic Engine , to which we would direct the attention of all interested in such discoveries aud improvements . Wo certainly look with pleasure upon every new discovery , whether coming under the name of mechanics , chemistry , or science of any description ; and wo think that Mr . Morris ' s Dynamic Engine is worthy of attention so far , _ at least , as regards the cheapness of its construction and the economy attendant on its operations . Oar
objection is not to machinery , in the strict sense of the word , but to the abuse now connected with its operation . We wish to see machinery made subservient to labour , by being restricted within proper bounds in its working , and not , as now ia the case , made the curse of the industrious classes , and the pander of the avaricious capitalist . We do not cry ' " destroy the monster , " but we say , make it the servant of the operative—curb the giant—let it benefit the millions , and not the individual interests of a few grasping , grinding millocrats , as it now does .
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WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . ( . BY EXPRESS . ) Friday , May 28 . —Our arrivals of Grain continue very moderate . The trade this week has been slow , and to-day there is no animation ; but fresn Wheat sells fully as dear . Barley is nominal . Oata and Shelling have not varied in price , and the same applies to Beans and other articles . Leebs Corn Market , May 25 . —The arrivals of all kinds of Grain to this day ' s market are rather smaller than last week . The demand for Wheat has been limited , at the rates ot last week . Barley nominal . Oats and Beans continue in limited demand . THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEEK
ENDING May 25 , 1841 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peat Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs-4107 396 826 0 256 5 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . 3 2 11 | 1 10 22 13 63 0 00 1 17 91 1 . 17 0 Leeds Cloth Market , May 2 S—There was a rather improved demand for manufactured goods » both the Cloth Halls on Tuesday last , better , indeed , than there has been for some weeks past . It isnot often that the Tuesday ' s market is better than Saturday ' s , and that it is so this week is no proof « permanent prosperity . We should b « glad if it were so , or if we could at all congratulate ourselves on the present demand being certain of continuance . Speculations as to the prospects and results of u » anticipated general election are the prevailing topic .
tho bearing that this will have upon supply »» demand is pretty freely canvassed . „ , Bradfokd Markets , Thursday , May 27 .-w «« Market . —As the supply of Wool continues on a scaw beyond the demand , prices may be ¦ quoted . » snw » lower than our last reports , especially tne f « ° Down Combing Sorts , which are almost entiraj neglected . Yarn Market—The demand foi ' , *«» is still limited , and we regret to learn that dura ? the' week several houses have thought it P . uaei to commence working short time ; ? operating very extensively on the working ci * s « = ' aa many had only been partially emptojed igf to the recent curtailment being so generally' W » Piece Market . — There has been a good jttwJJJ of merchants at our market to-day ; . and »*»? " * £ goods , manufactured with Mohair ¦/ " * . * £ X Yarns , there is a good demand , ^ rh Ue . forthe * garticle , the old Merino , made of British Wool , tiw " .
" SSre lb » B , May 25 r There has jinore firmness exhibited during the past !«*«» Corn trade ; and some few parcels of bond w ^ have changed hands at . rather advanwd pn «* There was again a fair arrival of f ^^ ffSS which , with a fovr exceptions , is landing under w ^
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