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      ~~~ ' XfXTSHASZ . GREAT PUBLIC MEETING . —THE MAYOR IN THE CHAIR . ( Abridged from the Durham Advertiser . ) The Worshipfal the Mayor of this city having promised the Chartists , at the meeting held in the Council Chamber to address the Queen en the . birth ^ t the Prinee of Wales , that he would call a meeting to consider the distress of the country , if a proper requisition vra 3 Bent to him for that purpose , a "requisition was last week presented to the Mayor , who called a meeting for Monday last , at ten o'clock . Shortly after tkat hour the body of . the Town Hall wa ? pretty well filled , and the bench , also hid a considerable number of occupants . The Matob , -who occupied tnechaU , observed that

      the meeting bad been convened in pursuance of a requisition Bent te him , and signed by forty-eight inhabitants or householders of this city ; and the object of that requisition vaa to take into consideration the cause of the distress -which at present existed in this eowitry ,- and the propriety of petitioning Parliament for relief from that distress . ( Heat . ) He need scarcely inform many of them that thin meeting had ~ Bprang oat of that held not long ago for the purpose of eeBgratniatmg oar gracious Sovereign on the birth of the Prince of Wales . At thai time observations -were made with regard to the distress which affected the country irrelevant to the subject for -which that meeting had lieen called , and which had sot entered into the consideration of the requiaitioniats who called it ; bat still

      their sympathy vras excited , and a decided feeling expressed on every hand thai that distress should be folly considered , and as folly met and relieved as possible . ( Applause . ) It was in vain to say that it was only one class , or one neighbourhood of this country , or one interest , that was labouring under distress : it was in vain to say that the distress might be partial and net universal . This country was so constituted , and the ramifications of society—its business and commerce , were so nrmly 'woven , toge&xet , that ii-was impossible at one extremity or the other that distress could be felt which should not more or less affect the whole of this vast community . ( Applause . ) ' It was therefore , the wisest plan to investigate it and attempt to remedy it If distress existed amonr the " higher

      classes they might depend upon it that the poorer classes -would presently feel it ( Hear . ) Tte working classes full soon experienced that there was some defect in the general system ; and therefore , whenever that distress existed in the commercial , manufacturing , or working classes , he repeated again that the wisest plan-was to attempt to diffuse a general relief to that distress . It was therefore , for them , as requMtionuts , to consider -what could be done , and what relief could be proposed . It was for them , properly and in order to approach the legislative bodies of the country , to ask for that relief ; it was for them , also , to expect that their prayers would be listened to , and that the remedy which they proposed , so far as it was founded in propriety , would , in some degree , be adapted to the

      case of necessity , and procure that relief which they desired , t Hear . ) It "sras not for him to give advice , or to attempt to lead opinion ; but they would allow him one suggestion , that as there might be a difference of opinion as to the cause of distress—as the causes might be various , and as the relief which must be applied to that distress might be difficult 11 find out , they ought to desire that species of relief which could be most easily and speedily obtained . ( Hear . ) He would advise them , therefore , not to be led away by fancied topics of relief which might at some future period , and after the present race of men were reposing in their graves , come into use and be adopted ; but that they ¦ would let it be some species of relief which miiht be laid before Parliament on the 1 th of Febraary , ~ 1842 ,

      and which might be the means of producing an immediate and proper measure of relief . If they did their dory , therefore , let their measures be so constitutedtheir resolutions so framed , that ; hey might be adapted to present relief—that they might be bo wise in their arrangement , bo consfctant and orderly , that it might be a relief that Parliament could grant , and that without -mush delay ; and tnen he trusted that the distress which was felt more in the South than in this neighbourhood , might be remedied—that Parliament migfit remove tiat distress , that its sources might be < ried np , and that universal harmony , frirujppM , and happiness , might once -more cheer the happy homes , the

      hearths , and the altars of our own beloved England . { Much applause . ) He ghould , therefore , only say , in conclusion , that as he had met the requisitionists in a spirit of candour and conciliation , so he believed that they -would not introduceauy topic merely inflammatory , or not in consonance -with the language of the requisition ; and as he had met them in this spirit of candour and consideration , he trusted the remedy they asked -woute be such as Parliament might grant—that they would meet him in the same kind spirit , and that their united object -would be te procure relief and see the community happy . ( Applause . ) He should therefore call on the gentlemen -who had resolutions toprqpo » now to tender them .

      Mr . Motfbrat then came forward to move the first resolution . He said , though young and inexperienced , yet he considered it a dnty which be owed to his country and to his God , to come forward and advocate those principles which he considered would best contribute to the happiness and welfare of his fellow men . ( Applause . ) They were called together to consider the causes of the PYinHTig distress which afflicted the working classes of this country . Th&t distress did exist was a . fact well known to many whom he saw around him ; but how

      much mere severely mutt it be felt by the manufacturing classes of Spitaifields , -where 19 , 500 people were at that time out of employment , and thousands in the werkhouse of Bethnal Green , while a number of others were receiving out-door relief ? lhere were various opinions as to the causes of this distress . Some -attributed it to the irreligion or immorality of the people ; others to the over-ran state of the population ihearj ; others to the Corn Laws ; and some said it was the ¦ will of God that man should be such as he is . But he did not believe it -was the will of God that there

      should be six millions of slaves in this country—be did not believe it the will &t God that , where he had sent plenty of food , there should he thousands starving . ( Applause . ) He did not think it right that one class should live in idleness and luxury , whilst others had not the necessaries of life . ( Hisses and cries of " Where ' sthat ?') Baton the contrary , he believed th * t peace and plenty should be the lot of every man , for it -was intended at the creation that man should reap the fruits of labour , and enjoy the fruits of the earth . He would now read the resolution which he -was about to propose . TThe resolution affirmed that

      there-was great and general distress existing in the country . ] He believed that this resolution was conceived in terms which conld not meet -with the opposition of any man , however much he might be prejudiced against the political opinions of tie person from whom it emanated . ( Hear , hear . ) It must be to all a source of unfeigned regrttto learn the distress which did actually exist in the country—to think that thousands were turned on the world to sink beneath the summer ' s sun or -winter ' s blast , or to face the tender mercies of the Poor Liw Cosimissi oners . He would now move the resolution .

      Hx . Andrew white seconded the resolution , -which "was put by the Mayor , and carried "with four or five dissentient voices . Mr . Thomas Claree , a currier , then came forward , and said that he stoo ? i there in the place or a better man to propose the next resolution . 2 Jen ol all parties now admitted that distress did exist , and to & greater extent than -was ever known before ( Tumult ) One party attributed the distress -which existed to the Corn Laws , but he did ^ iot believe that ita existence -was caused by any one law : it wa « caused by class legislation . ( Hisses , and cheers . ) I ; they thought they coald put him down by hissing they were deceived . But as there were men to" follow him possessed of a greater amount of talent , it would bt presumption in him to address them at any greal length ; and he should theiefure simply move the resa lution .

      The resolution , which attributed the distress of thi country to the " monopoly of political power by thi privileged classes , " was seconded by Mr . Thos . Cleg horn , and carried without opposition . Mr . TaTX-OS , of Sonderland , then stoo 4 up , anc said , some ascribed tte distress to a want of commerce and-contended that , when trade was ia a flonrishini condition , it promoted the employment of the workini classes . In the abstract that might be -true ; but i they looked back to the past history of commerce , the ; found that in the exact proportion that commerce ha < bees extended , the working classes had been doome < to a firoportionate degtee of misery . They found tha as iba -wealth of a to wo increased , so had the coadi tion « f the working maa been deteriorated . fHeai

      hear , -and applause ) Compare the condition ef Gias gow ia 1841 , with thecendition of Glasgow fifty year ago .- * ad they would find that in the sameproportioi as the population had increased—in the saae proper tion Ua . t the wealth and -commerce of Cssgow -iia ( increased , in the very same proportion had the phjfii cal condition of the people -been deteriorated . < Hesr hear . ) A . \ what time in tie history of England wa . there snefe a vast amount of wealth produced * b &t pre sent ? and * t what time did lie working population o England ax&n so-much ? It was evident , theo , tha there was do want of resources in the country—it wa clear that there was now a greater amount ot weiiti produced thsa was necessary ta supply the physka want * of the whole globs . Ysaom remedies had beer proposeed for this distress . Some told them that the remedy was a repeal of the Corn Laws , and the May «

      had said that it was best to proiaete measures of ia mediate relief . There might be ^ i < r ^ fm «» . of opinion a to what those measures were . Some said the repeal o the Corn Iaws woali most likely remove the evil under wh : ch they suffered , but if they were to examim inta the constitution of that house from" which thi repeal of tbe Corn Laws was to be expected they woulc find that there existed in that House a prejudice h favour of those laws . Were they likely to obtain i repeal of the Corn Laws from the House of Common as at present constituted ? And even should they di so were they confident that the effect of that repea would be to better their condition ? ( Hear , hear , hisses and cheers . ) Did they expect If the Com Law was re pealed , and camm&ree extended , that they would-b benefited in any degree ? They were told in 1832 tha if they but arslsted the class which then possessei political power to attain th&t power , they would obtaii

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      every advantage necessary for themselves . Ten years ' experience had shewn them the fallacy of such expectations . The explosion of their hopes had taken place , and they had a duty to perform to their children and to their country , to see that they were not again deluded —to see that , -whatever changes might be effected , such changes and remedies were well calculated to benefit them , ( Lomd applaute . ) Their -worthy Mayer had done himself credit by calling them together ; and if the wealthy classes of saciety -would act towards them as the Mayor had done that day , the prejudic * which now existed against them would soon be removed . He acknowledged that he vua Charttsfc—( hisses and cheers)—but he was so because he believed the principles of the Chartists to be consistent with every thing reasonable and just He was a Chartist because he believed the principle * of the Charter calculated to remove every evil which existed . Trusting that they would pass the resslatton , he would not detain them any longer . . .

      _ Mr . George "Weston contended that political matters should sot be Introduced Into that meeting ; and that as they were met to address Parliament to remove the distress in the country they ought to confine themselves to that object . The motion -was then put and carried without further opposition . Mr . Mowbrat then briefly proposed the third resolution , -which affirmed that the only remedy for the distress was the adoption of the People ' s Charter . Mr . Clarke britfly seconded tbe motion . The Mator objected to put the resolution as containing nothing specific—nothing to remove the distress which existed . He begged to interfere in order that there might be something specific added . ( Applause and hisses . ) The simple question was whether It was in order ornot . ¦

      Mr . Williams—Will you allow me to offer a word or two respecting the resolution ? iCriea of u no no , " " yes , yes . " ) The Mator amidst a great noise came ferward and said the simple point was this— they had already kindly and attentively listened to one individual who -was not an inhabitant of the town , and he would candidly Btate- to them that he h ^ no such intention as to confine the requisionists to speak for themselves if they wished to have one or two advocates to speak for them . ( Cheers and hisses . ) There , therefore , need be neither heat nor vehemence about it . There was a point in the proceedings at which it was his duty to make a stand , and that they would find he would do . The resolution as moved was that the Charter was a specific for all these evils . ^ Some interruption . ) He objected that this was not a specific remedy according to the terms of the requisition . ( Cheers and hisses . )

      Mr . Williams and the Mayor here held a conference on the terms of the resolution . Mr . Williams then rose and said , —According to the strict letter of the requisition he was not entitled to speak te them because he was not an inhabitant of Durham ; and when he was first applied to to attend , he had declined to come . He told them he had made it a rule never to attend public meetings called in any othtr town than that in which he lived , and t ike part in them unless by the special approbation of the parties who got up the meetincB ; for he thought the inhabitants of the town being called together to consider any public quastion ought alone ti conduct toeir own proceedings ; or if strangers did come forward , that they should not either move or second lesolutions , but only deliver

      observations with the consent of the meeting . He had made it a rule in his public life never ta attend a meeting unless he csuld attend it according to the strict terms of the requisition , and never to introduce topics not within the scope ox object of tha meeting , and he trusted the resolution now before them would , in the cp nion of their excellent chairman , be deemed in order , and meet with their unanimous approval . They , then , were willing for him to address them for a short time as one of their countrymen—for they -were not met to consider the distress which existed in Durham alone , but which pervaded the whole of England , Scotland , and Ireland . Every man lamenting this distress , and wishing to see it removed , could have no objection to hear the opinions of one who was a stranger to them ,

      because he apprehended they were there to receive all the knowledge they could , and if it was in his power to convey to them any knowledge , or to do aught to remove ignorance , or extirpate error , and to advance the interests of truth , then he was sure they would give to him a fair hearing and receive his observations in that fair and candid spirit that he submitted them to the meeting . ( Loud cheering with slight interruption ) He conceived then that the resolutisn was one strictly in order , and that it embodied a remedy , and the only efficient remedy , for those evils muter which they all now suffered . The existence of that distress was undisputed ; and it was important to know that that distress was not local , but extended throughout the whole of Great Britain and

      Irelandthai it was not of recent origin , and that it appeared to be increasing . That distress had been attributed to various causes ; and people differed both as to its origin and remedy . He need not , therefore , harrow up their feelings by the details of that distress . He agreed with the Mayor , that this distress was nothing in Durham and ^ the North of England to what it was in other parts of the country . They were met , then , not alone in regard to their own interests but ont of sympathy for their fellow countrymen , and he felt bound to notice the leading opinions entertained , and which bad been promulgated , regarding the causes of this distress . There were some who promulgated the belief—held conscientiously by some , and promulgated for sinister purposes by ctoerB—that the distress arose from immorality and irreligion . However he ( Mr . W . )

      thought that the existing distress was not , as thought by those gentlemen , a visitation of Providence ; and he did not conceive that the remedy forthat distress would be found in the erection of additional churches , or the establishment of additional curates . ( Hisses & cheers ) He did net think that this would be found an adequate remedy , for though desirous of having true religion extended , yet he did not think the existing distress bad arisen from any want of moral principle in the people , lrom a want of religious principles or feelings , or from a want of the machinery for dispensing religious truth , but from a want of energy on the part of those -whose duty it was to diffuse it . ( Hisses and cheers . ) There were others who thought that the distress arose from a superabundant population . This was at variance with

      his own opinion , and at variance with the opinion of the most enlightened men and the most careful observers . He could give them in the spirit of the statistics of Mr . Alison—a gentleman who held Conservative epinions , and a gentleman of unbltmished reputation , and of unblemished integrity—a proof that tfecse who held this opioion were in error . He < Mr . Alison ) was o £ opinion that the population of Britain was as nothing to what its existing resources could sustain . ( Applause . ) He could also give them other statistics to shew that the resources of Great Britain were capable of Bnstaining twenty times the population that now exists in this country . There was at the present time a productive power in this country equal to the labour of 600 , 000 , 000 of human beings . Fifty years ago it was only equal to

      15 , 000 , 000 . During the last fitty years , owing to the du-coyeries of Watt and cf Arkwright , our productive power ha 4 increased to the extent of the labours of 600 , 000 , 000 of human beings . Obviously then the distress arose not from the -want of materials for producing ¦ w ealth ; still less from the want of natural richness in tba soil . Perhaps no country possessed a finer soil tban Great Britain—notwithstanding the opinion of thoie gentlemen -who vrere in favour of a repeal of the Corn Laws . The number of acres , according to the report made to the board of pnblic -works , which were cultivated in Ireland , was 12 . 125 , 000 ; and of uncultivated , but capable of cultivation , 4 . , 000 acres . Then there -was a total of cultivated and cultivatable land in Great Britain , of

      61 , 025 , 2 S 0 acres , and the number of acres in cultivation was only about half of what -was capable of cultivation . ( Hear , hear . ) It was also an acknowledged fact-that those lands already in cultivation , were capable of a much higher degree of cultivation ; and that the science of agriculture , as a science , was capable of very great improvement indeed . The labours of many gentlemen in establishing home colonies had callod out this cheering fact , that a very small portion of land was capable of sustaining a labourer and his family in comfort aad independence . It had been proved by experiment that about five acres were capable of furnishing sustenance and comfort for a working man and his family , and placing him not only aboTe the fear of want , b » t absolutely of securing to him independence

      as long as life existed , for the" cultivation of the soil was not like manufactures ; it was not connected with the financial system , or dependent on transient circumstances , giving at one time great prosperity , and at another plunging into great distress , for cultivation would ever yield a sure return for the labour expended npon it . He thought , thea , that the evil arose net from super-abundant population ; and that , therefore , the remtdy was not to be found in an extensive scheme of emigration—in limiting marriages , among the people , or in other matters of a disgusting character , which had been promulgated by those -who thought that England was too dtnsely populated . ( Hear and cheers . ) He was of opinion , iherefore , that in emigration was cot to be found asBfficieat remedy . ( " Ko , " •• no . " ) It appeared

      that there ve * e now enly half of the people employed ; and the other half were only half employed . Only two or three years ago they -were all in full employment Hai the population doubled « ince that period ? If not , then the distress could not arise from the superabundant populadion . If they were to admit that England -did possess a superabundant j >» pulation , what followed ? Why , thaS one-half of the population ought to be raaoved ; and if one-half of these were to be removed , what a heavy sum of money would be required to transport them from their happy stores , to the wilds aad wildernesses of foreign climes . ( Hear and applause , with a few hisses . ) If the capital requkiis to carry on

      an exteasiwe scheme of this sort were te be employed in increasing the cultiraUoa of your own laads , it would be attended with infinitely better effaet * . ( Interruption . ; It would not be necessary for the people to be removed from those opportunities of mental and social improvement , which existed nowhere to ae great an extent as in Great Britain , and to go to other lands to seek for a home and an asylum , and to seek an existence from their own proper labour . { Applause . ) Having , then , said sufficient to show that tha evils did not arise from a superabundant population , and that therefore , they were not to be remedied by a system of emigration , and still less by the immoral and degrading plans of Malthas , he must now pus to the view entertained

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      by a very large and and a very influential class of Reformers . There was then a very large class of Reformers -who were of opinion that the chief cause of the existing distress were the lavs restricting the importation of food , and the immense value of food decreasing the price of labour . While agreeing that the existing Corn Laws were unjust in principle and iniquitous in their character , and most pernicious in their operation , still he dissented from them in the belief that in a repeal of those laws would be found a remedy for the existing distress . When did the present law come into existence ? By what means did it come in £ o existence ? Not merely through ignorant public opinion , because It was carried in utter opposition to the expressed wishes and will of the people . ( Cheers and hisses . ) The existing Corn

      Laws were passed because the individuals who passed them had powers which the people had not . He did not here allnde to the sliding scale system , but to the Com Bill of 1815 , which was passed at the point of the bayonet ; and the people were coerced into submission to that law , which they knew would be productive of Isjury to them . It was passed by the aris tocracy , and for what purpose ? To advance the interests of the labouring class of people ? To advance the interest of trade and commerce ? To advance the interest of those engaged in the cultivation of the soilof the farmer or the farm labourer ? No such thin ?; but to increase the rent roll of the landlord . That was the object which they had in view , and bitterly to their cost the object had been achieved . Having seen that

      this measure was passed in opposition to the people , because those individuals had unlimited power , they discovered at once that it was in consequence of those individuals having that which they ( the people ) had not—viz . political power , and it was that power which enabled them to set at defiance the wishes and interests of the people . ( Hisses and cheer *) Since that period , but especially for the last two or three years , a very powerful agitation had been carried on to obtain a repeal of these laws , and with that agitation the Chartists occupied a very curious and singular position . The Chartists had been unahle to co-operate with the Corn Law repealers , but were compelled to take an apparently antagonistic position , not from fac tious feelings but from a conscientious feeling that the

      opinions of the repealers were wrong . The reason why they had not been able to co-operate with the Cora Law repealers was that they ( the former ) believed the numerous evils under which they now suffered arose entirely from the monopoly of pow . er by the privileged classes and from their not being amenable to the will of the people , and that therefore the oniy remedy for these evils was the enfranchising of the whole people , and giving them equal power with these who now enjoyed it ( Hear , hisses , and cheers . ) Man was said to be selfiish by nature , aad if that were so , they ought not to give to any individual political power which would enable him to enrich himself at the expence of others . He would assert that it was unjust and unwise to give to any class unbounded political power ,

      because they would use it to promote class interest at the expence of the interests of others , and on that princirle was based the People's Charter . He contended that all being equally interested as citizens in the welfare of the state , all ought to be in the possession of equal political power to secure their own interests and to prevent others injuring them . All parties acknowledged the justice of that principle , but some differed from them and said that the principle was correct in the abstract , but that the time had not ce » i 9 for the exercise of the principles of justice . Now he ( Mr . W > said that it was never too early to begin to do justice , and that no good whatever was to be obtained by maintaining institutions which were not founded en justice . ( Chartist cheers . ) What was the

      argument used for the immediate emancipation of the negro slaves ? It was said by the opponents of emancipation that they ought to wait until the negroes were enlightened and knew the benefit of religion . To this it was answered that the ignorance of the slave was not the result of native want of talent , bat that in the state of slavery and degradation in which they were placed was in vain to attempt to improve their minds or morals , and that until the cause which occasioned that state of ignorance , immorality , and irreligion was removed it was totally impossible to remove these defects . " Therefore , " said they , " strifee off their fetters bow and make those men who are slaves free . ( Hear , hear , and loud applause . ) Then they will receive the ministry of the gospel in the spirit of the

      true religion—then you will believe them to be what they pretend to be . " If , then , the argument of the emancipationists were sound , his ( Mr . W . ' s ) was equally sound , because it was based on the same principle . ( Cheers . ) Those who were opposed to the immediate emancipation of the people—those who were opposed to the immediate giving to the people political power , said that the people of England were ignorant That ignorance he admitted , and was endeavouring to remove ; but they would not be enlightened unless by exertion—they would not be enlightened as to what men were if they did not tell them what their rights were . The people were not born more ignorant than the richer classes . They bad the same natural powers ; and notwithstanding the disadvantageous position in which they

      were placed , men had sprung up among them of the noblest character , such as Watt , Arkwright , Burns , Elliot , and many other illustrious men . No one could deny tbat in intellect all classes were brethren ; and if the iua-8 es were ignorant , it was not because they were naturally inferior , but , on the contrary , it was a strong proof that the existing institutions of the country were unjust The more completely they proved the ignorance and immorality of the working classes , the more completely did they prove the mischief of the existing institutions and the necessity of a change . People wovking fourteen hours a day inacattonmill , or in the deep , deep mine , had do time for mental improvement Children were compelled at the age of five or six to go down the deep mine for fourteen or fifteen hours a day ,

      and were thus deprived of all the mea . ua «( good education , and of all things useful to them at that time of life . Still less could factory children be expected to receive aRy education ; and it was no wonder to find in them such physical debility and moral depravity as were described in the reports of the factory inspectors . He who created us was not a partial father . He did not dole out blessings to one class , and deny them to others . But it was said that the people had nothing at stoke . If the time should come when their shores were likely to be invaded , and the property of the aristocracy and the millocrats were likely to be endangered they should then hear nothing of the people having no stake in the country . They would be astonished to be told what a stake tUey had then . ( Hear , laughter , and

      applause . ) If they had to come forward in defence of the throne , the altar , the institutions of the country , and theirhomes , they would then find that they had most important interests at stake . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , if they bad these interests at at ike , it came with a very ill grace from those who had had their assistance if the day after the battle they came forward and told them that they were ignorant and had no interest in the country . But the peoplo had an interest not merely as strong , but greater than the wealthiest in the land . A man ' s interests vitally depended upon his relations to t ! ie state ; and any alteration in the law had a tendency vitally to affect bis condition . If there were a law which would enhance the cost of food and diminish the price cf laoour what became of tho working man .

      It reduced his supply of brtad and of clothing alse . But if there were an amelioration of the law which reduced the value of property generally it would only be necessary for the rich to retrench their luxuries . Tney might retrench a bottle of wine a day—keep a couple of horses -where before they kept four ,. or a couple of servants where they had perhaps six , but they did not feel the pinchings of -want . ( Loud cheera . ) The poorer classes instead of having a le « s , had a greater stake in the conutry than the rich ; because , if danger did occur , those who had wealth could sell their lauded possessions , and become voluntary exiles ; but poorer people were chained to the soil on which they were born ; and he therefore said that as men , aa husbands , and as fathers they bad an equal interest , but , as

      citizens , they had a greater interest than those who claimed an exclusive interest in the country . ( Interruption , and criea of the " Remedy . ' ) Well , then , now for the remedy . He had been speaking to the remedy all along—it was that to do jnstice to all was the surest means of promoting the interest , the honor , and the happiness of alL He held the opinion that the charter embodied these opinions which were based on justice to all , and what were they ? That the electoral power of the country should not be vested in a body of men , who had property merely , but in the whole adult people—in all those who had come to maturity , and who had , therefore , the capacity to judge what was for the general interest The present system vested the electoral power in the hands of the owners of property ,

      or the occupier of a house of the value of £ 10 , and the inefficiency of that constituency to effect beneficial changes or to remove the evils of the country , proved , most clearly that the present system was wrong . Tbe franchise was now vested in the middle classes . If they had chosen men ignorant of the principles of justice , they must have done so in ignorance or knavery ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) If through ignorance then , they were unqualified to do their duty ; and if through knavery they were equally disqualified . But if the whole people were enfranchised and should commit blunders they would only have themselves to blame , and the higher classes would be released from the odium which was at present attached to them . If they granted to the people their just rights , moreover , the higher classes would have an interest in weaning them from their ignorance , because their best security would be found in enlightening their minds and improving their morals . If , then , the men of Durham had enteitained

      prejudices against the Peoples Charter , he trusted that thoee prejudices would be now removed . They now knew what those principles were , and what they were set . If they were lovers of justice they Would support those principles . ( Hear , hear , hear , and cheers . ) They attributed to the representatives of the whole T ? eopla the remedy of those evils . It was offered , as aa « fcctive remedy and also as a speedy remedy The Chafanan very probably thought the Charter was not a reouufj of that description . He must tell him ( the Mayor ) that . mother was tbe repeal of the Corn Laws . Sir Robt . Feel's A > lan bad become known , and it was not in consonance Vith the views of the repealers . But did they expect to . < arry a repeal of the Corn Laws sooner than the Chartu *** could carry the Charter ? He should say decidedly m ^ an d in that opinion he was supported by the most inu ^ igent portion of their own prett , such as the Spectator i "nd the Nonconformist , The Charter was a broader meaning of J » tice than the repeal

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      of the Corn Laws . The Charter was a comprehensive and sufficient scheme for improving the legislative power of the country . It was embraced by a larger number , and , therefore , was more likely to be sooner carried . The repeal of the Corn Laws originated with the middle classes , but it eould never be carried without the support of the people ; O'Connell had Been this . And at Manchester expressed a wish that the people should back him in order to frighten this aristocracy Lord Melbourne had declared that to obtain a repeal of the Corn Laws would con vulse the country from end to end—that it would bring the country to the very verge of a . revolution , and it bo why should they be called upon to pass through so terrible aa erdeal as that to remove one evil when the system' which had called that evil into existence was to be suffered to last ? The middle classes , therefore , should unite themselves to Chartists . ( Cheers . ) Let the middle and working

      classes join together to procure a broad measure of justice . It was with no light feelings that he appeared there that day , and if he bad littered any expressions cf an improper character he most sincerely regretted It He desired that good and kind feelings should exist among them , and if they could not agree in opinion let them agree to differ . ( Applause . ) That meeting was one of the moat cheering signs of the times . There was a period when the people Were really treated as the V Bwinisb multitude , " when their still feelings felt ho utterance on the public platform . But they now lived in times of a very different character when the working people had acquired knowledge , and when men In whom they bad the fullest confidence were publicly heard to express their sentiments and expound their views . He thanked them far the patience with which they had heard him , and the Mayor for allowing him to apeak . :

      The Town Clerk then read the resolution , which was to the effect that the meeting was of opinion that the most speedy and efficient remedy for class legislation , and the numerous evils arising from it , would be found in the adoption of the People ' s Charter . Mr .-FniNcis McCarthy , a carpet weaver , ascended the bench to propose an amendment . He said that much as he agreed in what had fallen from . Mr . Willirms , yet he considered that the obtaining of the Charter would be at such a distant period , that it would be long ere they felt the beneflt of it ( Hisses and cheers . ) Being convinced of this , and at the same time considering that a repeal of the Corn Laws would sooner produce good effects— ( much hissing ) ' —he rose to propose a resolution to that effect . ' Mr . Wm ; Alexander , another carpet weaver , seconded ths amendment

      The amendment was put , but not twenty hands Were held up for it . It was negatived by a very large majarlty . Tbe original motion was not put , the Mayor declaring it to have >? en carried . Mr . Mowbba y moved that petitions to both houses of Parliament be drawn up founded on the resolutions , and sent to Mr . Granger and Earl Stanhope for presentation , which was carried without opposition . Three cheers were given for Frost , ¦ : . Williams ,, and Janes ; forthe . Northern Star ; andjor Eeargus O'Connor-- ¦' .: ' ¦ ¦ ¦' . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' " . ¦; . ; ' ¦¦ ¦ , •" ' "; . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ , . ¦ ¦ ' . V'V ¦ - ;; Mr . W iLtiAMS moved a vote of thanka to the Mayor , which was cirried , and the Mayor haying returned thanks , the meeting was dissolved .

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      NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL . ' ¦ ¦ SEtBV . ¦ Mr . John Edson , flax-dresser , New Lane . Mr . Joseph Steels Jordan , i ditto , New Lane . Mr . Joseph Prunt , ditto , New Lane , Mr . John Wellis / shoemaker , Mill Gate . Mr . William Butler ; tailor ; MUl Gate . Mr . Thomas Watson , ditto , New-street . . Mr . George Woodall , ditto , Andus street , Gowthorpe . Mr . John Wood , address Mr * William Sutherby ' s , Gowthorpe , sub-Treasurer . Mr . William Sutherby , shoemaker , Gowthorpe , sub-Secretary .

      CHELSEA . Mr . Buffy Ridley ; dyer , 19 , D'Oyley-streefc , Sloanestreet . ' '¦ ¦ '¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ' . . ' . . v Mr . Thomas Martiu Wheeler , reporter , 7 , Mill's Buildings . Mr . John Dowling , bricklayer , Royal Hospital Ro \ V . ¦ ¦ -. . • - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' : ¦¦•¦ : ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' - ' . ¦ ¦ ' Mr . Samuel Ford , shoemaker , 23 , High Bow , Knightsbridge . Mr . James Budding , painter , 1 , Union-street

      Chelsea . ; Mr . James Warmington , grocer , No . 9 , Blenheim Terrace . ¦ . '¦¦ ¦ ' ¦"¦ ' ¦ : *'¦' . " ¦ ¦ Mr . John Bamber , smith , 6 , Robert-street , Chelsea . Mr . Wa Daliban , smith , Manor-street , Knightsbridge . '¦ ¦¦ ¦ - " ' ¦ : '¦' ! ¦ ¦ - - '¦'¦¦ ¦ " ' ¦ ••¦ '¦' ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ . ' '• ' Mr . William Heath , carpenter . Phoenix Place , Knight&brWge , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Thomas Guthrie , smith , 1 , Buasell-street , Chelsea , sub-Secretary .

      LIMEHOUSE . Mr . Thomas Gilroy , engineer , Alfrcd-street , Millwall , Poplar . Mr . William Bassage , bootmaker , No . 3 , Cottagestreet , Poplar , Mr . Alexander Fletcher , boiler-maker , No . 8 , Gillstreet , Limehouse . Mr . John Garbutt , engineer , No . 5 , Gill-street , Limehouse . Mr . Samuel Squires , bootmaker , No . 3 , Limekiln Hill , LimehoHsie . sub Treasuier . Mr . Josiah Hornblowerv engineer , No . 18 , Margaret-street , Commercial Boad , Limehouse , sub-Secretary . |

      B 0 LTON . Mr . Wau Barton , Nile-street . Mr . John Hurley , Kay-street . Air . John Kerr , IndepeJident-etreet . Mr . Richard Pondleburjr , Cannon- street . Mr . Wm . Parrot , Howel-croft . Mr . James Whitehead , Back Noble'Street . Mr . Henry ; Gilmoor , Mayor-street . Mr . James Smith , Commission-street . Mr ; John Pcarceall , Dearisgate . Mr . James Entwistle , Bridge-street . Mr . James Lord , Maudsley-street , sub-Treasurer Mr . William Baird , 4 , Flash ^ street , sub-Secre tary .

      UPPER WARLEY . Mr . William Mitchell , weaver , New Laith , sub-Treasurer . Mr . William Sutcliffe , shoemaker , High House , sub-Secretary . i , HALIFAX . Mr . Ely Dyson , wire drawer , Range Bank . Mr . George Buckley , shoemaker , Church-street . Mr . Thoma , s Story , * carver , Great Albion-street .

      Mr . Joseph Barker , mechanic , Shakspere-stveet . Mr . Charles Kelding , tailor . High Road Well . Mr . John Redman , woolcomber , Charles Town . Mr . William Wilkinson , ditto , ditto . Mr . Thomas Lever , twister , King Cross . : Eeargus-- O'Connor , Esq , Hammersmith . Mr . John Illingworth , overlooker * Barn Top , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Joseph Thornton , broker , Blackledge , sub-Seeretary .

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      IWERT 3 YR TYPVIIi . — -At a full meeting of the Association on Monday last , it was resolved that this Association is of opinion that no advance should be made , or any approval expressed of any movement made towards joining the Anti-Corn-League , as this Association is of opinion that the leaders of the League are fully hostile to the principloof Universal Suffrage . : NEWPORT—( MoNMQBTHSHiKE )—On Sunday ^ Mr . Biaok , of Nottingham , delivered two sermons ;

      one at three o ' clock , the other at six in the evening . He has made such a good impression on his hearers , that the females offered to enter into a subscription among themselves , in the hope of having him every Sunday , but Mr . B . could not attead . If possible he will lecture here next Sunday again , in the Chartists' Now Room ; at the houso of Mr . James Homer , the Queen Adelaide , at the bottom of the Market ^ on Monday . Mr . Thomas Jones proposed the National Petition in a > very neat speech , which was seconded by Mr . Cronin , and carried .

      MANCHESTER , —On Wednesday eyemng * the members of theTen Pound Loan ; Society , held at Mr . Allen ' s , Woodman Inn , Oldham-road , took snpper together . The roast beef , &c . was served iip in excellent style . When justice had been done the good things , Mr . Roberts was called to the chair , and avery happy evening was spent . OAKENSHAW . —On Tuesday night week , the Rev . Mr . Bayley delivered alecture on the Corn Laws , in a room occupied by the Primitive Me ^ thodjsts , Stock row . When the lecturer concluded , Mr . Beesly got up and asked the Chairman leave to speak half an hour , but oh , no , that would not be allowed ; the Chairman Baying , I am not the Chairman of this meeting ; I was only appointed until Mr . Dixon arrived , and if he would give leave he had nothing to do with it . Mr . Beesly said , if he could not allow him to speak , might he ask the Rev .

      Gentleman a few questions ? After consent being obtaiaed from Mr . Bayley , Mr . Beesly proceeded to ask a question ; but before he had finished asking it , Mr . Bayley , finding that he would not be able to answer it , interrupted the speaker and desired him toebme to tb . 5 queatioh . Mr . Beesly , not to be put down , promised to be brief , and put to htm the following : as Mr . Bayley had stated in his lecture that if a repeal of the Cora Laws took place it would cause a greater quantity of manufactured goods to be wanted , and would consequently find more employment for the labourers , and labourers would become scarce , and the masters would give more wages to obtain them , how was it that as we had increased in the manufacturing of cotton goods for foreign markets , we had decreased in , the payiag of wages 1 Mr , Beesley entered into some observations , and Mr . Bailey failed in his reply . A long discussion Bucceeded , Mr . Beesley completely routing tha " Leaguera . "

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      LEEDS BOROUGH SESSIONS . The Christmas General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the Borough of Leeds , were held test week , at the Court House in Leeds , before Thomas Flowee Ei . l / i 3 y Jan ., Esquire , Recorder ; , The foU « wing Gentlemen were sworn of ; ¦ V ; >; \' ' ., ^ --. ^ THpE ^ BA . Nl >; JURY . ; / . ; . •' : ? . ' , : ] ¦ : Mr . Robert Dennis Chantrell , architect , Foreman , Mr . Thomas Barlow , hatter . : Mr . Wm . Bowes , stuff-merchant . Mr . Wni jjrowh , staff merchant . Mr . Robert Cadman , centleman . - Mr . Benjamin Clark , farmer . Mr . John Clark , architect . Mr . Thomas Craven , cornfactor . " Mr . Thomas England , comfactor . Mr . Wm . Crraveley , farmer . " Mr . Richard Harrison , timber merchant . : Mr . W m . Hunt , gentleman . ' - Mr . FrederickKlrby , merchant . ' . ¦¦ . - Mr . Wm . Perkin , architect ¦ ¦ ¦ Mr . James Sanderson , cornfactor . Mr . John Scott , comfactor . Mr . George Smith , merchant The Recorder , in charging the Grand Jury , said that although the calendar was : rather heavier in point of number than usual , it presented one very gratifying feature , namely , the almost total absence of cases of stealing , with anything like violence . At the last sessions there were four or five cases of that nature , but on this occasion , so far as he had perused the depositions , he had not found one . There were only two or three cases with respect to which any thing that he could say would be of use to them * In one or ; two cases the excuse of drunkenness might beset up . Upon that he might observe that if there was drunkenness so great that a man did not know what he was about , or whether he took his own property or that of his neighbour , ; then there was no crime , because there was no

      malice ; but that degree of drunkenness which merely blinded a man to the impropriety of the act he committed , was no excuse , but an aggravation of the offence .: Therefore , in no case , unless the drunkenness had proceeded to a length which he thought it scarely ever did , of making a man unable to distinguish between his own property and that of his neighbour , could it be any excuse for the commission of a felony . There were other cases in which servaiitB or agents were charged with embezzlement In such cases it was not sufficient to prove that the accused bad received the monty , and that it had not come to the hands of the master , nor been entered in ; bis master ' s books , because it might happen that the servant bad forgotten to enter it ; but the general proof was that tbe servant bad

      designed to make the master believe that all was clear between them , when in point of fact he had misappropriated his monies to his own use : There waa one case in which the defence would probably be that the article , a mackintosh coat , was borrowed not stolen , to protect the taker from the rain . If the Grand Jury should be of opinion that it was originally taken for that purpose , and not with a view to appropriate it ultimately to his own use , they would not send the bill down to the Patty Jury , as the offence would amount only to a trespass , and not to a felony . After some observations on cases of uttering base coin , the Recorder said , that there was a casd of personation under the Municipal Act , the person charged having voted in the name of a person whom he was not The 34 th section of the act enacted that only three questions could be put to a burgess at the time of voting . ; the first was whether the

      person who tendered a voting paper was the person whose name was signed thereto ; and an affirmative answer to that might be a correct one , although it was not his own writing . The second question was whether the person who tendered tbe voting paper was the person enrolled on the burgess roll for the qualification described at the foot of the Voting paper handed in ; and it was probable that the indictment Would turn upon whether a false answer had been given to that question . Now if a person ofc the name of John Styles banded in a voting paper purporting to be signed by John Styles , and yet was not the John Styles who was registered , he was guilty of a crime in personating the true John Styles , in addition to the offence created by the statute in giving a false answer . The statute was framed to guard against one person voting for another ; and if a person was ill at home he could not send another person to vote for him .

      THE SMOKE NUISANCE . THE QUEEN V . GEORGE NUSSEY AND GEORGE NUSSET ¦ ; ' : ' ' ¦ ¦• . .. JUNIOR . ' . '' . ' .:. ' . ' . . - . ' Mr . Hall said that this case was an indictment found at the last sessions against the defendants for nuisance in not consuming their smoke , and that since the indictment bad been found they had made experimentswhich they hoped would succeed in effecting the object the prosecutor had in view ; and as the prosecutor had no wish to press hardly upon them , but was willing to abandon the prosecution , he had to move that the indictment be discharged . After some conversation between the Recorder and the Learned Counsel , A verdict of Not Guilty was taken and recorded . We underfltond that the remaining two of the three indictuients for smoke nuisance , found at the last sessions , have been traversed till the next sessions .

      Transported Seven Years—Mary Ann North , 22 , an old offender , for stealing three printed cotton dresses from Benjamin Pollard . Henry Bottomley Hargreaves , 23 , for having feloniously received several pairs of boots at Leeds , the property of Benjamin Jackson , well knowing them to have been stolen . ISIPRISONED One Year . — -Joseph Butferfleld , stealing boots from Dennis Topham . John Craven Fielding , stealing brass piping , &c . from John Cookson . Margaret Gollagher , stealing a purse containing £ 40 in bank note' , from C > Bell . Imprisoned NiN £ Calendar iMoNXHs . —Mary Thesh , alias Can , stealing money from James Crossley . James Chad wick , stealing £ 7 IDs . in money , a cashbox and other articles , the property of Messrs . Wm . Prichard and Company of Burley MilL Harriet Marshall , 22 , stealing money the property of Christopher Hunter .

      Imprisoned Eight Calendar Months . —Mary Ann Brook , stealing a purse and half-a-crown from Wm . Gledhiil . ( The prisoner on leaving the bar , Boid , * 'I think ye might a « well mak * it twelve . " ) Imprisoned Eighteen Weeks . —Robert Boynton , stealing from three different places of worship , hymn books , &c . from Thomas Wood , Wra . Walker Wilson , and Wm . Wilkinson WorralL Imprisoned Six Calendar Months . —Ann Stotfc stealing a driuking glass and an iron spitting box from Mr . Thomas Jubb . Wm . Farrer , stealing a canvass cover from . John Kitspn . John Edward Chambers , feloniously receiving boots , the property of Benjamin Jackson , well knowing them to have been stolen . Jane Mountain , 27 , stealing bacon , the property of Thomas Fowler . Elizibeth Mellor , 19 , and ElizabethCundall 19 , stealing wearing apparel ; the property of Wm ; Hey and others . Wm . Brayahaw and Ann Green , uttering counterfeit coin .

      Imprisoned Five Calendar Months . —Elijah Routh , stealing a number of cow ' s tails , the property of Messrs . Nickols and Rhodes , from the Aira and Calder Navigation Wharf . Ana Wood , stealing money , &c . from Thomas Burnell . Frederick Giibertson , stealing money from Margaret Harland . Win . Conroy , stealing coals from Messrs . Brandling and Co . Imprisoned Four Calendar Months . —Mark Kidgwell , stealing cow ' s tails from Messrs . Nickols and Rhodes . Byrom alias Bryan Hughes , stealing a pair of shoes from Christopher Atkinson . Thomas Kelly , stealing brass castings from . Messrs . Maclea ami March . William Edwards , stealing money from Thomas Barrett William Matthew , stealing a Wash-handstjnu , &c . from William Baxter . Sampson Speader ,

      stealing from Thomas Hebden . Esq ., Wm . Ambrose Jackson , stealing silver spectacles from Bridget Cropper , and a silk handkerchief from Mary Ellis . Jane Kilroy , for feloniously receiving a muslin apron and other articles , the property of James Thompson , well knowing them to have been stolen . Ann Simpson , stealing money from George Spencer . Robert Gooke , obtaining money by false pretences from George Constantino , with intent to defraud him of the same . William Nerthcrp , and Thomas Hemingway , stealing band and other articles , the property of Wm . Edward Ellis and another . James Holmes , stealing a quantity of tartar , the property of BenjaminMusgrave . Joseph Rathmell , and Robert Richardson , stealing a top coat , the property of DavidPawsbn .

      Imprisoned Three Calendar Months . —Mary Tempest ' , stealing gingham from Jehn Dalby . Paul Lockwpod , stealing a fender from Jane Barker . Martha Megson , stealing a merino apron from Rachel Greenwood . Elizi Little , stealing a printed dress , &c ., from John Barrow . Abraham Stead , stealing a coat and waistcoat from Wm . Kaberry , James Brook , stealing a woolsheet from Joseph Lister . John Parker , stealing beef from Thomas Higgins . George Woodhead " , stealing a box from Benjamin Sharp . Thomas Homer , stealing beef from Elijah Law . Mary Hargreaves , stealing a silver plated pint from Abraham Castelow . Wm . Loiigbotiom , at a portmanteau from

      Robert Fool . Samuel Broadbent , stealing silk handkerchiefs from Diyid Hay wood . Thomas Longstaff , stealing beef from Wm . Harrison . Margaret Begg , stealing printed cotton , tha property of David Butters . Gideon Galtress , stealing ham , the property ef David Brotherton . John M'Ginnijs , stealing money , the proper ty of Matilda Shutt Isabella Wise , Bteallng a coat and cloth , the property of John Snowden . Ann Spence , stealing shoes , the property of Isaac Cheetham . Thomas Longstaff , stealing beef . Edward Jackson , stealing a coat : John Land , obtaining a watch and other articles by false pretences , with intent to defraud Philip Lewin and another . . . '•••¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ' , ¦ -. . •¦¦ :- ¦ . ¦ . .. ¦ . ' : ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦¦'¦> .. "

      iMPHisoNED Two Calender Months . — -James Balmforth stealing caps from Ann Hudson , ilizabeth Redfearn , Stealing shoes from : Isaac Cheetham . Wm . Wright , stealing a hat the propeity of Benjamin Holroyd . ; - ¦ - ; .: - :- ,, ; : ^ - -v ; : ; / , r" ,. ¦ ¦ ; : ¦ IMPRISOBED SixWeeks —Elizabeth Lynch , stealing wearing apparel ,, the property oil John Lee . Imprisoned One Calendar Month . — Mary Smith , atealing wearing apparel the property of James Brom ^ Eaa .

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      iMPRisojJEp Ten Days in Leeds , qaql- j Catherine Welsh , stealing a top coat from Michael ¦ C pnlson . ^ . " / ' .. '• ¦" . V . - ¦ / ¦ •¦ . ' : ' - v ;¦ : ¦ ¦ - ' :- : v : ¦•; : ¦ ¦'¦• ¦"' . ; V .- ' . ¦'' No Bill against Elfza Roadhoose , stealing money from Rd . Parkin . Henry Jackson , charged stealing a fowl from Thomas 'Barker . WSUiam Mayfleld , steal ing ham , the property of David Brotherton . James Hawkes , and John Ashworth Lister , stealing wearing apparel , the property of James Curtis . Maria Marshall , stealing money , the property of Jane Emmeraon Robert Corker , atealing a . maclritosh , the property of Robert Cross . ¦ -:-, " ; '; : -: ' : r ' 'l ^ ' \ . : - ¦ ' . ; - ., ;<¦ - . ¦ ¦ ' -. ¦ •;; - -V . : Respited Till next ? bssi 6 ] s $ . — -Patrick Bo * goyne , personating a voter at the Leeds Municipal Election . ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ - : -r ¦ ' ¦•• .. ¦; - . ; :-v > - ¦ : ' ' .- - . ¦ . ; ., ¦ ¦ -:.- ¦ ¦ : '

      Not Guilty . —John Slikstone , charged et « allnj beef from Elijah Law . Caroline Kay , charged stealing three printed cotton dresses from Benjamin Pollard . Wm . Broadbent , charged stealing fowfs from J . Fleaher . Thomas Broadbent , charged stealing silk bandkerchiefa from David Haywood . Daniel KUrby , charged with receiving stolen property belonging to James Thompson , knowing it to have been stolen . John Kermon , steal ing a hand-barrow from Robert Ward . John Cooper , charged stealing a coat from Thomas Walton . Sarah Askham , stealing money , the property of John Draket John Robinson , stealing money , the property of Wm .

      Tetlow . Mary Bums , stealing wearing apparel , the property of Wm . Hey and others . Benjamin Illingworth , stealing money , the property of Wm . Rhodes . Joshua Brook , stealing cloth ; John Broughton , steal ing wearing apparel , the property of John Burnett Ann Lumb , stealing a shawl , the property of J . Grower , and another . William Smith , obtaining goods by false pretences , with intent to defraud John Walgha . Elizabeth Blackburn j uttering coonterfeit coin . George Brierley , obtaining goods by false pretences , v ^ ith intent to defraud George Piatts . Adam Lyon Hagineaur , attempting to defraud Wm : Johnson .

      Forfeited his Recognizances . —Jonathan Fletcher , charged with having feloniously embezzled money the property of Mr . W . Middleton , TOlicit » r . / : The sessions terminated on Saturday night , a little before twelve o ' clock . . ; ' . ¦ ''

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      L « eds Corn Market , Tuesday , Jandary 4 . --There is a large > " arrival ' of Wheat to this day ' s Market , other kinds of Grain moderate . Wheat haa been quite a retail trade , and prices Is . to 2 s . per quarter lower . Fine heavy Barley full as dear , but ho improvement in other descriptions . Oats a halfpenny per stone , and Beans Is . per qr . lower . THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEEK : ' .. . :.- ; , ; ENDING Jan . 4 . 1842 . ¦¦"¦¦;' : ¦ Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . BeaiiSi Peas Qrs ; Qrs . Qrs . Qra . Qrsi Qw . 2610 1662 493 9 25 0

      £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . 3 , 7 0 1 12 9 1 3 7 | 119 0 118 5 f 0 0 0 Leeds Cloth Markets . —We are glad . to heat that a confident hope exists that trade in this district will in a very short time improve ; and that a stead ; demand for manufactured goods is anticipated . Stocks are very low , the merchants not haying for some time purchased beyond their immediate wants , so that the slightest extra demand would have the effect of causing more employment , the manufacturers having for some time limited their powers of production . The stuff trade is pretty brisk under all circumstances , thongh even here there are great complaints of want of demand in comparison with what there ought to be . ^

      HupDEHSFiELb Cloth Market . — -Our first market in t ^ he new year was as gloomy as the one ending the old year . There was no improvement in any one department . Wools , Gils , < feo . as usual . Bradford Mabket , Thursday , Jan . 6 . — Wool- ' Since bur last report we cannot learn that any material change has taken place either ia demand or prices . The deep stapled wether fleeces and matchings continue most in request . Colonial wools are still much neglected both in combing and clothing Botts . Yarn . —Th 9 inquiries for Yarns are rather on the increase , and perhaps on the whole quite as much done as for several wetks past , but withoufc any improvement in Wool , of which the consumptioa is chiefly upon , to produce the numbers of Yarn most in request , makes the condition of the spinners any thing but an enviable one , and without some very

      extensive change for the better , either by a reduction in the prices of Wool or an advance on the Yarnp , we fear it will be some considerable time before the spinners have either their idle machinery brought into operation , or the residue working full time . Piece . — We had a very numerous attendance at our first new market in the year , which is usually of a rather animated character . To-day has not been so much so as we could have wished , nor are the purchases made extensive , being in a great measure confined to Fancy Goods , made trom . Mohair and Alpaca Wool , the latter article having undergone an advance causes many to be eager buyers at old prices , which the Manufacturers state they cannot afford , and are seeking an advance commensurate . In other goods , six-quarter Merinos , Saxony , and Orleaas , the demand continues rather limited , but late prices are fully maintained , and the opinion , is still gaining ground that things hrve seen their lowest point .

      Thirsk Corn Market , Jan . 3 . —Supply large * wita a very heavy market . Wheat full 3 d per busnel and Oats from 6 d to 13 per quarter lower . Barley dull of sale , but best samples realized nearly former rates . Wheat 7 s 3 d to 8 ; i ; Beans 4 s to 5 s per bushel . Oats 9 d to lid per stone , or 16 s to 22 a per quarter . Barley 26 s to 3 ls per quarter . , Manchester Corn Market , Eriday , Jan ; 7 . — There is but little to notice respecting the trade during the present week , the general character being that of much inactivity ; and , in consequence of the holiday usual at the commencement of ihe year , our market was held this morning . In the absence of several of the customary attendants few transactions were reported , and no change can be made ia the

      quotation of any article . London Smithfield Market , Monday , Jan . 3 . — We had a very moderate arrival of beasts from the whole of our grazing districts , up to this morning's market , but the general quality of the bullock supply was unusually prime for the time of year ; indeed , nearly the whole of it was above the middle quality . The limited nature of the receipts , and the large attendance of buyersi produced a very fair inquiry , and an advance in the currencies noted on Monday last of from 2 d to 4 d per 81 b was readily obtained ; the primest Scots are going off at full 431 ' O . d per 81 b , and the market was cleared at aneariy hour . From Scotland , there were received about 125 Scots , and

      190 sheepi in excellent condition . Amongst the supply , we noticed five oxen and a heifer offering by Mr . Willoughby , and fed by Mr ; Hewisonj of West Keal , Lincplnshire , which were the-, admiration of all behdldiers ; in fact , fitter animals were seldom , if ever , eeen in this market , while they produced exceedingly high prices . The points werei extremely smooth , aad they would weigh extremely heavy . There was a i ' air average supply of sheep on sale » the inquiry for which was a firm , but without any improvemeat in their currencies . In calves , little was done , yet there was slight enhancement on Friday ' s rates . The pork trade was steady , at last week's figures . ; ¦ : ; : ' ;

      Liverpool Cork Market ^ Monday , 3 an . 3 rd . — We have this week had moderate supplies of British Grain , &c . ; but the arrivals from foreign ports amount to 5 , 530 quarters of Wheat , 1 , 076 quarters of Beansj 770 quarters of l , arid 9 , 940 barrels ^ of Flour -and from Canada there are reported 1 . 768 quarters of Wheat , 10 , 000 barrels of Flour , and 2 , 600 quarters of Peas . With very trifling exceptions , however , all these are for the present entered under bond . The rates of duty on foreign Wheat are advanced to 23 d . 8 d ., on Barley to 15 ? . 4 d ., on Peas to .. 11 s . per quarter , and on Flour to 143 . 3 d . per barrel . Since this day se ' nnight , a few parcels

      of free foreign have been taken for shipment to Ireland : but the trade in Wheat has been of a limited character , aud prices generally have declined Id . per bushel . In Flour there has been little done at barely previous rates . Oats and Oatmeal have commanded little attention , though both articles have been offered oa rather easier terms . Barley aad Beans hare sold only in retail , and must be quoted Is . per quarter cheaper . Some parcels of foreign boiling Peas have found buyers at 42 s . to 44 s . per imperial quarter . In the early part of the week , two or three cargoes of Mediteranean . Wheat to arrive changed ; hands at the previous currency . No further transactions have transpired .

      Livebpool Cattle Market , Monday * JaN - ^• ~" There has been » very fair demand for Beasts and Sheep at market to-day , and those of prime quality were eagerJy sought after . Best Beef from 6 ld » down to 6 d . per 16 ; Best Wether Mutton from 7 d . down to 6 id . per lb . Number of Cattle at market v —Beasts 1 , 415 , Sheep 2 , 964 .

      Richmond Corn Market , Saturday , Jan . 1 . — We tad a good supply of Grain in our market this week . Wheat sold from 63 . 6 d . to 9 s . 6 d . Oats 2 s . 4 d . to 3 d . 6 d . Barley 43 . 9 d ; to -5 s . Beans 53 . 6 d . to M . Od . per bushel .

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      Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at bis Printing Offices , Nea . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Brig' gate ; and Published by th « said Joshua Hobson , ( for the eaid Feargus O'Connor , ) at bla Dwelling-house , No . 6 , Market-atreet , Briggate ; an internal Communication existing between the said No . 5 , Market-street , and tbe said No& 12 and - 13 i Market-street , Briggate , thus cbnatituting to ¦ whole of tha said Printing and Publidiing Office one Premises . ¦ ' / : . ' . ' ¦ ¦ ' . ' - ' . ;; : '' ^/ -: . , . ¦¦ ¦ r- - ¦ ,.- ' All Communications must be addressed , ( Post-paid ) to J . Hobson , NorOiem Star Office , Xeedi ; Saturday , Januajut 8 , 18 « .

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      Leeds :— Printed For Toe Proprietor Fbargus O'Connor, Esq., Of Hammersmith, Count?

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 8, 1842, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct875/page/8/