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Bhistou—On Sunday afternoon , Mr . F . W . Simeon will deliver a lecture in Bean Laae Chapel , to commence at three o ' clock . Rcchdalb . —Mr . Cartledge lectures next Sunday ( to-morrow ) at half-past two in the afternoon , and at six iE ihe evening . BixGiiT . —A special meeting of delegates for the "Bin ^ I er district will be held in the Foresters ' Court , on Sunday next ( to-morrow ) at a nine o ' clock in the forenoon , on business of importance . Keighlbt . —A Chartist camp meeting is intended to be held at ths Long Lee Gate , near Keighley , on Sunday next ( to-morrow ) at hall-past one , in the afternoon , when Mr . B . Rushton , from Halifax , and ether friends will address the meeting .
Mica-rSFiELD . —A County Delegate Sleeting wiU assemble in the Chartist Association Rooms , in the ¦ Watercoies , on Sunday , the 29 : h icst ., aad it is hoped that no locality will fail sending a member , a 3 important business will be bronght before them , which must be settled , and all tho differer t localities are required to take particular notice of the appeal of the finance committee in the Star of last Saturday , and see to their accounts being settled immediately . Ox Scmut evening nest a lectnre will be delivered in the Star Cofee Bouse , Golden-lane , by Mr . Tergusson , at hilf-past six o ' clock . Mast-ls-Bone . —Mr . Wai . Benbow will lecture at the Working man's Hali , 5 , Circus-st ., "New-road , ! Marr-le-b ; xne , 012 Sunday c&st ( to-morrow . )
Dr . M'Docaix will lecture on Sunday evenirg at the Queen ' s Head , Cambridge-read , Mile-end . ' ' Mr . Fvssell will lecture at the Goldbeater ' s-Arr s , Old S-iiai Pancrai' -roac , on Sunday evening nexi . Ma . Asbebsos will lecture on Sunday evening at the Clock House , Casiie Street , Leicestersqaars . Ma . Rouse will lecture at the Star Coffee House , Golden-lane , ox Sunday . Ms . Parker will lecture at the King and Queen , Foley-place , 03 Sunday evening . Mi . FzKGrssos will lecture at the Albion , Shorediteh . oiiSii-dav ,
Me . Ridley vriil lecture at the Archery Rooms , Baih-piace , on Suuday evening . Me . Aoteeso . n will lecture to the Chartists meeting at the Prices of Wales , Leader-st ., Chelsea , on Monday evening . Mr . Wheeler will lecture at the Victoria-, "" No . 3 , Colt-street , Limehouse , on Wednesday evening . Gxdham . —Mr . Storer of Sialey-brid ^ e , will lecture iu tae Chanist rocom , Greave-s ; ., Olcham , next Sur-day evening , at six o ' clock , and 3 t Water- , head 2 . 1 : 11 , a : iivy in the afiersoon on the sunns day . Hetwood . —> Ir . M . Roberts Trill lectuTe in tho Assoc . ia . tioa Roots , H-ircler-st ., on Sunday , ( to-mcr-TOTr" ) at six o ' clock in the evening . 5 c > T ) ERi _ k > : D . —Oa Sunday afternoon , at half-psst two o ' clock , Mr . Williams vriii Ie » Vuxe on the town mcor . Oa Monday evening at eight , a iectnre will be delivered in Bridge-st . Chapel . On Tuesday eveniEe , at the sams hour , there vrill be a meeting at th-j Briranaia , Thames-st . "Monswearmouth . Mesjr ? . Chspp ' e , Taylor , and others will be present 10 address it . * Bradford . —Mason ' s Ahjis . —A lectcre weil be delivered " ry Mr . George Felix , this evening , subject Is The Repe-a I of the Uuioa . " Kcili . vgwood . —Mr . E -ward Clarke , of . Manchester , will kcture hers on Sunday evening next at six o ' clock . -
Stocspobt . —On Sunday night ( to-morrow ) Mr . Jarnrs -Leacb , p-re ? iden : of the Executive , will iee : ure in ihe Association Room , Bomber ' s Brow , a : six o'eioek . The Chartists of Holliagworth intend having ja tea partv this day , " 21 st of . May , a : six o ' clock in the evening , at the New Inn- Mr . D . Danivan , from Manchester , is espec : ed to address the company , and h ? vrili lecture at the Association Room on Sunday , ihe 22 ad , at half-two . Bolto>\— Mr . Isaac Barrow will preach in the As ^ ei&iion Room , HoTreil Croft , a * half-past six o ' clock en Sunday evening ncxi . Belfast . —A public meeting will bo held in the larte Baji Room , ia the rear of 14 , Mill-street , on Alonday next . 23-d iu = t . Hugh Carlile and others will address the meeting .
"Nott . i > gha : h . —Mr . W . D . Taylor ' s ' routs for ihe ensuing week : —Stmdsy , May 22 . 1-3 , vnli preach on "Noitinshsm Forest , at two o'elock and cix o ' clock in the aiursoon ; Monday . Old Bisford ; Tuesday , Arnold ; Wednesday , Calverron ; K-ng George , Saturday evonirg , at dgh ; o ' clock , and twice on the forest . DswsBuav . —Oa Sunday , ( to-morrow . ) Mr . M . 2 ? ortn wul preach two ^ sermons in the-large room oveT the Co-cp ^ raiive Strxes , for the beneii ; of C Wood , now confined in Roihwel : Gaol , for another mairs feats , and unable to raise the money to file his petition . Serviea to commenca s » half-pass two o ' clock-in the afternoon , and six o ' clock ia ilie evening . BrLWEii Forest . —Mr . Brophy wDi lecture here on Sunday nexr , at half-past two o ' clock in the afiemc-011 .
As 5 old , —j » Ir . Brophy lectures iiere on Sunday evening , en total abstinence . Mr . Bropht will lectni-e at Newark on Monday , the 23 rd , and Tuesday , the 24 th instant ; at Gainsborough on Wednesday , the 25 ; h j and at Hull on Thursday , the 2 St * h , Saltoed . —In consequence of Mr . O'Connor ' s visit to . Manchester on Monday nJght ] & < -t , the public meeting given notics of in last wetk ' s Star , was postpone :: until next Monday nijjht , at h ^ lf-past seven o'clock , when it is intended to pass ihe memorial to the Queen , as proposed by the Convention . Mr . D . Ross will lecture at Astky Bridge on Sunday next , at three o ' clock in the afternoon ; a $ Eccles , on Monday evening next , in the open air ; and in the Chartist Meeting Room , Delph , Saddleworth , on Saturday evening next . Fliham Road . —On Wednesday evening Mr . Anderson will lecture at the Stag .
R : 6 Hmo . m > -Street . —AJecture will be delivered at the Three Crowns , on Sunday evening . - 1 , Ceixa Walk , Lambeth . —The shareholders of the above placa are earnestly requested to attend a meeting , on Monday , May 23 , at ivght o ' clock precisely , on business of great importaa ^ a . White Slavest . —We are not aware that any of tha oiaciating clergy of the poor man ' s church tave taken any pains __ to discourage the working ¦ of yours j children of both sexes in . the mines , ci thl ? country .
Wgxdzstci ., ip Tsce , —On Monday last , aboy in ihe service of Mr . Robert Grange , of WiBgrove , in Kent , who was employed in tendicg sheep on the wa ^ ts lands bordering on a rather extensive Irict- of Tfoc-Qlands , knovra as the " Fells , " came nmning in a s : ate of breathless haste and alarm to the-residence of Ms master , and gave the following extraordinary account : —Hewao ljing on the ground , ho said , watching the sheep , near to the hedge which separates ihe wood from the waste , when his attention was attracted by hearing a crsckiiag noise in ihe hedge , ar . d immediately afterwards a lar- ; e snake darted oat , and made a spring at one of ihe Jambs . The lamb , however , according to the boy ' s Etatexaeut , gave & jump and ran awav , and the snake
then coiled itself op and lay at the i ' ooi of the hedge . Th = lad described the reptile as baiiig as long as a hop-pole , u = ua : Jy from tea to fifteen feet , a 2 d he thics ? a stlsk . at tha snake , npon which it retreated to the wood and rwined itself round the stem of a sapling oa the borders of the copse . On hearing the boy 3 accouct of ihe repdta Mr . R / Dtit Grange , Jan ., although somewhat sceptical or ihe accuracy 0 ! ' the statement , accompanied him to the 5 ? o-, asi to his great surprise he beheld tw-. ned round the tree at the place pointed out by the Izd a luga brcwn-loo ¥ w % snajce . Mr . Grange threw a hedge-stake as the reptile , and which evidently struck the snake , for it ius ;> ndy uncoiled itself and Eiids for the recssse 3 01 the wood . Mr . Grange
tn = u sen ; the boy to the house for a gun , and on tfce lad ' s return , accompanied by two ct the workurea , the party entered the vrood , when the Enake was sgain discovered endeavouring to make its way tcroug ' i the underwood , upon wiiich Mr . Grange Sred , when the reptile twined , itself round the trunk ci a tree , writhing as though in agony . ~ A discuL . r ^ . i from the second barrel of the gun , directed at tne creature ' s head , brougto it down to the ground , where h commenced a series of violent straggles , wrr . hing and twisting itself into a variety of positions , and crashing the decayed underwood , and even green branches of a considerable thickness , with / earful violence . At length the straggle of the reptile being Boiaewhit abated , ths party ventured to approach the spot , whea they discovered the snake lying with its jaws distended and quite dead . It was
immediately drawn from the close cover to an open place , and on being exposed fully to view , its size excited the astonishment of the c&ptorsj the creature measuring six feet / oar inches in length , and beiug neariy a foot ia circumference at the thickest part . -The saake ha ? since been pronounced by a gentleman who has had frequent opportunities of examining the species to be a young boa constrictor , but by ^ " ciiance ^ reptile became a denizen of the _ . belis ^ remai ns a mystery . The most probable conjecture 113 mat the creature made its escape from some travelling exhibition . No visible remains of food were found in the snake ' s viscera , on being examined after the skin nad been stripped off , preparatory to the process of sinning , it being the iateniion of Mr . Grange to preserve a resemblance of the make for the inspection af the eonoos .
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TO THE EDITOfi OF THB KOBTHEBN STAB . Sir , —I hare recently received my share of the slander and abuse , As a tradesman my bread depenas upon my character , I am therefore bound to protect It if seriously assailed . The current and mischievous reports against me caused me to solicit the council to institute an inquiry touching the matter in qaestion ; a time was fixed npon in order to investigate the validity of the evil accusations . The affair was patiently listened to by the Council . Their decision terminated in my absence , however they have kindly sent me the result of their deliberation , whieh ia in their own words as folloWB : — " At a meeting of the General Council of toe National Charter Association , held in Brown-street Room on Tn ^ ay evening , May fce 10 th , 1842 , some charges h ' - -.: ; - ^ b een preferred against- Mr . H . Smith , a member cf the association : the C-uncil after duly considering the case , unanimously agreed to the following resolution , namely : —
" That we , the raembsr 3 of the General Council 01 the National Charter Association having iuvestigated the case of ilr . G- H . Smith , and judging from the evidence which has come before us for and against him , do exonorate that individual from the charges brought against him . " By order of the Council , " ' Abthub O"Niel , Secretary . " 3 JaylO £ h . Ui 2 . " Sib , —If you will be kind enough to insert all the above in your widely-circulated journal , you will not only telp to defeat the enemies of truth and justice , t-nt will also confer an essential favour npon Yours , respectfully , Qeokge Hexrt Suith . Chefiter-sh-eet , Holme , 17 : h May , 1 S 42 .
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( CIBCCLAB , ) Sydney , October the 2 Sth , 1841 . ihe boot axd shoe makers of sydney , new south wales , to the boot and shoemakers of great britain and irela : nd . Fellow Covntrtmen , —In consequence of the ma > Ur boot rvnd sbonialiers of Sydnfy hsfing seut to England a fluttering circular rtated tbe 27 th cf October , 1 S 40 , one of the copies cf -which wa have received from London by one of our tr . -. de , Robert Mattews , late of ihe Old Biiley , London , pur-¦ corting to be a statement of the wages given for closing and making boots and shoes in this colony , who was there f-jra induced to emigrate in order to better his condition . On the arrival of Mathews ne nppiied fir work to Mr . Sloman , who was at teat time secretary to the society of master boot acd shoemakers , tut was toH by him that he could not find wo ? k for the man assigned to him . Mathews toM Mr . Sioman that he brought a ststemect cf the Sydney -wages with him . Sloman laurfced and toJd him that vaa one ot the statemc-i . t * Le had sent home , ami thai he had sent them to all the grindery shops ho could thinfc of ia Engkud , Ireland , and Scotland . The Government here are perfectly aware of the snperabimuaiica o ! boot ancl shoemakers in this colony and TFi'l not pay passage money for any to coma out belonging to the trade . The shopmates ara probaVly noi a-ware of tha extensive importation of boot 3 an > i sh .-es of all kinds—tho quantify is sufficient to supply tht > v ? ants of tbe inhabitants solely . We have therefore to contend ¦ with t ' ae imported vrork and the exorbitant demands of the landlord . TVe have left tnr native homes whf-ra we had the s . ciety cf our frienis to sympathise with us in ocr distress or sfflicMons . bni the blessing of sympathy is a stranger to the shores of New Holland , and the greater number of emigrants complain after tlieir airiva ! h ^? e tbs . 1 they have been deceived by the flattering accounts thtt arc circulated at home respecting tuis colony .
A small hocse , conbiining three cpartments , the weekly rent -will not be less than £ 1 5 ^ . Od ; "with fc . ur apartments , £ l 15 s . ed ., and it must be borne in mind that the market is liable tc great fluctuations , as vre dtpend lis muoh on foiti ^ n produce fcr tlie staff if l ifo as we do on the produce cf this coI-jev . The rate of the market is as iolloTTs : — s . d . p . d . Bread , the 21 b . lo-vf 0 6 Sugar per 1 b . ... 0 4 B : ef and Mutton Coffe-J pi ; r ib . ... 1 4 p = r lb ,. 0 5 PotitDes per lb . ... 0 3 i Port per Ib . 0 10 Cabk ' . ^ e per head Butter fresh per lb . 3 6 from ... ... Ito 3 Chrese per ib . ... 1 6 P < , as per peck ... 3 0 j&atmeal per lo . -.. 0 G All other vc « e-Miik per quart from JtoS tibies tquaiiy Tea per lb 3 0 high
Coming to a new colony , to a n : an -who b& 3 a fatuity in order to make a provision fur them is , "we mus ^ allow , a ytrj commendable ol jrct . Tna emigrant leaves his hcise with a view afttr a few year ' s hard labour ¦ with the nccuiii ^ itioa of iiis Trages to purclia ?^ a portion of lana , th ^ t he may s ? t down and tnd his days ia ease and c . nifort , and sec fcis faciiiy placed 111 fcJt-peudence areund him . Alas ! how grt-at hisuiap ^ uintment ; instead of buying land he wil ! Sna tbe c :-lU if his family in providing them with food , raiment , v . r . d shelter , inure than what his ear ::: r . g 3 wili amount to , not to fpsak of education , which U iiigh in proportion "with other things . There are shoemakers at this time in Sydney who have large famines , ar . d frbo csnnot ? . t a scat of v / o ; k . Tne unemployed single men ara by far more numerous , and tue satne system of vraiting the pleasure of the employers in . getting work out is practised htre as much as in Eagiand .
We have therefore thought it out indispensible duty to guard you from being duped , as cthtrs have- beea fcy the specious encoursgeuii-iits that are published at home . Trusting that this will be a warning to all shopmates , We remain , respectfully yours , The o ? ehati \ e Boot . cnd Suoemakeh * of Sydney , new Solth Wales . PAiaicu white . ) , Thomas Wood , { -U - £ ates .
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A few Mobsisgs ago , about 300 tons of reck , on the south side of the rirer Wear , above the bridge , ftll down into tho river , and now assumes a very dangerous appearance . Providentially no injurious effects resulted to life or property , as no vessels of any kind were near the place at the time . —Neiecas * tie Journal .
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UNITED STATES . By the Great Western , which arrived at IaTerpool , on Wednesday , in twelve and a half days , from New York , briaging twenty-eight passengers , New York papers , to the 28 th int ., inclusive , hare been received . The news they bring is of a cheering character . The negotiations , it is eaid , with England , were making a rapid progress , and everything indicated that all the subjects in dispute would be satisfactorily arranged . The weather was fine , and the season spoken of as remarkably promising . Trade had began to revive , prices y ? ere looking up , and it was the general opinion that the worst was passed . The disputes in the State of Rhode Island , relative to the formation of a new constitution , continued , and a volunteer corps had been formed to protect person and property against the revolutionary party . Tne little State was quite in a turmoil , and excited considerable interest in other parts of the Union . -
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Wednesday , May 11 . Sir J . Graham asked leave to bring in the longannounced bill for the continuation and amendment of the Poor Law . He shortly adverted to the statutes preceding the present law , and to the practice which arose under them of making up wages out of rates . Earl Grey ' s Government met tl at evil by the now subsisting act , which w&s founded on the report of a committee , and was permanent in all its provisions , except the authority for regulating the administration of the system . The Commission had since been prolonged by act of Parliament until the 31 st of July next ; and the Government now intended to propose that it phould be further
continned for five years from that day and until the end of the Session succeeding . In support of the principle of the commission he cited a g peech of Lord Brougham , purporting that the variety of the casesto bo admiDstered required a discretionary power somewhere . He himself believed that the same necessity existed now which existed when the Commission was coHstituted . The Duke of Wellington also had expressed hia concurrence in Lord Brougham ' s opinion , when the measure was first adopted ; and Sir James Graham himself saw nothing in the experience of the bill which should induce him to change his own persuasion of its necessity . If the old power were restored to the Magistrates , they must cease to be
members of the board of guardians : and jf the board of guardians were to be broken up , you must dissolve your , unions : so that the discontinuance of the Commission would be the abrogation of the law . He believed that the board as now composed was such as to possess and to deserve general confidence . The number of its members had varied ; at present there were ten ; but he proposed to ask , henceforth , for only nine , the experience now acquired having increased the facility of transacting the business . Regulation by general orders had not at first been practicablp . ; but he and tho Commissioners had -thought that the time was coma when general orders might usefully be issued ; and such orders had accordingly
been prepared , and would be laid or the table , affecting the principal questions upon which difference of opinion had arisen . On one of these questions , that of out-door relief , there had been much error . In only very few of the manufacturing districts had it been absolutely prohibited . Upwards of one million persons had received relief during tho last year : and moro than half of these had received it at their own homes . The general rule against out-door relief , which had been represented as so inflexible , was subject to no fewer th 3 n seven fixed exceptions , vhich he enumerated ; and the Board of Guarviian 3 had , besides , a discretionary power to give out-door relief in special cases , even though not within any of these exceptions . It
was intended to abolish by this bill the Gilbert Union 3 . He believed the existing act had intended to do fo ; but as there seamed to be some embi ^ uity , he now proposed to effect euch abolition in express terms , the principle of thor > e unions being wholly inconsistent with the principle of the general Poor Law . The Gilbert principle was to relieve tho ablebodied at their homes , and tho infirm in the workhouses ; whereas the principle of the general law was to relieve the infirm at their homes , and apply the workhouse test to the able-bodied . It was also proposed by the Dew Bill to prevent the enlargement of Unions already containing 20 , 000 persons ; but to allow combinations of parishes for the purpose of district schools within such short distances as would
leave the children easily visitable by their parents or friends , and with such regulations as should allow the access of the ministers of ' aD religious denominations . Local Committees would be appointed in large Unions for those parts of them which should be inconveniently remote from the place of the Guardians' meeting . Poor persons , having been long re ? ident in any parish far distant-from , their pieces of settlement , would in ca ^ es of sickness be relieved without incurring the liability to be removed as persons chargeable . With ret-pect to bastardy , ft remedy against the putative father not maintaining his child would be given in the sV . ape of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months . These were the main outlines of the Bill ; &ad he assured the Honca hn would not have undertaken
the responsibility of it , had he not been persuaded that it would conduce , not only to the comfort of the sick , aged , and infirm , but to tho advancement of honest industry and the increase of its just remuneration . Mr . T . Du . vcombe regretted to hear that the Ccmmjpfcion was to be continued six years longer . He wished to see a body of guardians , du ^ y elected , and invested with comp ' ie-e powers . Ho protested against the abolition of the Gilbert Unions . Mr . Wakley accused tho Government of acting uncandidly in these temporary renewals of a Cosamif sion , which it was plain that , they meant in reality to make perpetual . Some of the present proposals were certainly very good 01 . es , but he believed they
wtre contained in that , Bill oflast year which gentlemen opposite had 60 resolutely obstructed . To the general principle of the measure he was decidedly opposed . If a discretion was to be exercised on the subject of out-door relief by any body , by whom eould it be exercised so properly as by the local guardians 1 He advised the people to pour in their petitions against the Bill . Captain Pechell would do his utmost against the measure . He particularly objected to the dissolution of the Gilbert Union 3 . ? ilr . F . Ma vle praisfd the tone of Sir James Graham , and ^ ave him credit for the deliberation which his speech denoted him to have bestowed on this important , subject . Hje eulogized several of the propostd regulations .
Mr . Stuart Wobtley rpjoiced to find from Sir James Graham ' s speech that the impracticable notion of uniformity was at length fairly abandonded . Mr , BonTH-svicK . expressed his disappointment at the proposed measure . Mr . fc ' iiAKMAN Crawford declared his hos-tility to the principle of the whole law . Sir James Graham , in answer to a question from General Johnson , intimated his intention to movo the second reading on Monday so ' nuight or Friday fortnight . Mr . Haudy wished for longer time . H 9 strenuously condemned the general system ; and , though he "was jjlad to find there wera likely to be some valuable akexations , he strongly objected to a law which took away from the ratepayers the discretion of applying their own money .
Mr . Gkimsditch objected more particularly to the laive extent of many of the unions . Mr . Munts thought peculiar injury was dono by the interference of tho Commissioners where local acts were in force . He believed-the real object oi the present and of former Poor Laws was to spare tbe pockets of the r ; ch . Formerly few were paupers but the idle and profif ^ ato ; but now great numbers of respectable persons were driven to seek parochial relief . Lord-Sandon thought it important that a considerable discretion should be lodged wiih the boards of Kuardiaus , independently of the Commissioners , whose lease he was desirous to shorten as much as possible . Sir James Graham and Mr . Grimsditch exchanged a lew words ; and leave was given to lKtroduc- tho bill . The other or-Jars of tho day were then disposed of , iuid tho House adjourned .
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HtJDDEKSFIEkD — A Runaway Hus . band . In ihu month of February last , Joseph Bocikroyd , tai ' -or of Cowchff , left , home in search of employment , and has cot since been heard of by histriends . His dress at tbe time consisted of black coat , blue waistcoat , tky-blue trousers , and black and -white handkerchief ; five feet five inches high . Any person or persons having seen him , or knowing where he is , and would write to his wife , Nancy Boothroyd , No . 83 , Cowchff , near Huddersfield , would confer a great benefit on his disconsolate wife .
Popularity of the New Poor Law . Pkoof that it works satisfactorily . —On Friday in last week , the Huddersfield Board of Guardians were engaged in an important discussion , which shows , perhaps more completely than anything else , the odious nature of the accursed law , and the harah nature of its workings , eyen when applied in its mildest form . The majority of the Board of Guardians have been hitherto decided friends of the Whig measure ; and yet , strango to say , the Board , at the meeting referred to , were engaged in a discussion as to whether they should apply t > the Poor . Law Commissioners to dissolve the Union , and allow the ratepayers to return to Ihe old system . The motion tor this ^ dissolution was placed on the books by a strenuous Whig , and up to this time , a great
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stickler for the New Law . Two amendments were moved upon the original resolution ; one that the Board should wait to see the nature of the measure about to be proposed by PEEt ; and the other that they should petition the two Houses of Parliament to Repeal the Law put-and-but , and that meetings should be convened in every township in the Union , to back up the petition of the Board . When the votes were taken , there appeared four in favour of the teait-to-see amendment ; and twenty-one in favour of the petition for a Repeal Of thelayir 1 The law is doomed ! Whatever steps Peel may take to
modify the harsh nature of its workings , he cannot succeed in fastening it upon the people . When its own friends turn against it , and petition for its abrogation , how is it possible for its enemies to relax in their endeavours to sweep away the very memory of its existence . This decisioaof the Whig Board of Guardians must be very gratifying to the working people of Huddersfiald , who have all along manfully-.. opposed the inhuman enactment ; and who have now had their opinions and feelings coincided in by those who were seemingly determined to think well of it , spite of every consideration ^ Again we aay i the law ia doomed .
The Convention Delegate , and the Huddebsfield Chartists ^—Mr . Pitkethly , the delegate for the . West-Riding to the Convention , having arrived at home on Tuesday last , attended a meeting in the Association Room the same evening , to report progress as to the sayjngs and doings of the body of which he has been a member . His statements were listened to Tvith deep attention ; aud his replies to the several questions put to him , seemed to give the greatest satisfaction . This portion of the business over , a subscription was commenced to aid Mr . Christopher Wood , of Honley , now in prison ; a place of which he has become an inmate through his having nominated one of the Chartist candidates
at tho la ^ -t Wes :-Rlding Election . For so doingi he was discharged from his employment , and this led him into difficulties , which have landed him in a debtor ' s gaol , where he is at present starving < j ' . and where ho must reoiain , unless the efforts of triends enable him to regain his liberty . He has memorial ised the "Thatched House" twice for aid to enable him to prosecute bis petition through the Insolvent Debtors' Court ; but because he has been reported to that Society to be a Chartist ; , ? ict ' aid can be afforded . A Committee was formed to manage the subscription , of which Mr . E . Clayton was appointed Secretary ; and the donations of friends will be most "hahkfuliy received .
BRA 3 ? FOR 3 > . —— Unemployed Operatives . — The adjourned nieettng of these unfortunate men was held oh the vacant piece of ground ' in front of the Odd Fellows' Hall , on Monday laat , at three o ' clock iu tne afternoon , to hear the ' , report' of the deputation who had been appointed to wait on the magistrates with the memorial that had been adapted at their previous meeting , on Thursday week . The deputation waited on thorn on Friday last , but there being only three of them present , they requested them to wait on them again on Monday afternoon , afc half-past- ; one o ' clock , when there would ba a full attendance of the magistrates . According to agreement , they waited on them , and had a very long conference with them on the
subject of a subscription . They expressed their deep sympathy at the condition of the working classes . 'ihe deputation stated that several had made application to tho relieving officer . and were grosslyinsulted by that functionary ; the reply of the magistrates was , that if the officers did do so they must report them to the Board of Guardians , and they would take steps to remove them from their offices . Tho magistrates requested that a comtnutee should be formed-out of that meeting , for the purpose of ascertaining the condition of the people ; a committee was elected for ihat pilrpose , consisting of nine persons , with powerto add to their number . The cojimitteo already numbers more than twenty . It was thought advisable that a completo and searching inquiry ought to * be made-into the condition of the people of
Bradford , to ascertain tho amount of tneir earnings , the number of workers , of those that were without work , and those that wore unable to work . If funds could be found for that , purpose , such a mass of misery and distress would bo exhibited as would appal the hearts of a great many of those who had been the principal cause of it . The magistrates requested that asmany cases of extreme distress as they could find by Wednesday night might be brought to them . and fey would see that they were relieved . i > lr . Brook waa appointed chairman of the meeting , as Mr . Clarkson was absent . Tho above report was given 10 the meeting by Mr . Dewhir&t , one of the deputation . The meeting was more numerous than that on the Thursday prev . iou ? . A vote of thauks was given to the Chairman , when the meeting separated . The committee met -at . 'the-: 'Odd'F ellows '
Hall , to make arrangements . A great many poor fellows went to the Committee to give in a statement of their sufferings ; some of them had been out of work four or five mouths ; somo had families , and nothing to support them br . t the wages of one or two little factory children . Mr . Edwards was appointed Chairman to the ' Committee , and Mr . Dew hirtt , Secretary . "Wi . bsf . y- Low Moor . —Friguiful Accident . — On Saturday afternoon a fatal -.-accident occurred at a new paw mill , lavely erected by the Low Moor Iron Works Company . . Tliornad Hanson , better
known l > y tho name of William Rhodes , aged thiriy-fivo , who had the cite of the engine , was killed upon the spot . It is supposed that ho was in tho act of oiling some part of the engine , when hia feot slipped from under him , and he was struck by one of the governor balls on the back of the head , which was completely broken in by the violence 01 the blow . Ho was thrown amoDgst the machinery and broken to pieces ; the moyement of the engine was stepped by his becoming entangled therewith . Au inquest was held on the body on Monday , and a verdict of " Accidental Death " recorded . He has left a wife to lament kis untimely end
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SH . EFFXEIil > ,- WpoDiiousE . An open-air meeting was held at this village on Wednesday evening , the 4 th of May . Mr . Thomas Dale presided , and the meeting was addressed by Mr . Julian H&rney , and Mr . Edwin Gill , from Sheffield . The best feeling prevailed—the good cauce iz progressing . Lectuke . —Mr . Edwin Gill lectured in the National Charter Association room , Fig Tree-lane , on Sunday evening last , on "The natural equality of mail . " Tho lecturer delivered a very able and eloquent discourse , and received the thanks of the meeting at tbe close .
Female Association . —At a meeting of this Association on Monday evening , Sarah Bhrks in the chair , Mrs . Ward moved , seconded by Mrs . Harrison , the following resolution , which was adopted unanimously- — "Thai this rneetiris ; vish to express their unbounded confidence in Feargus O'Connor , Esq . ; and their most unequivocal admiration of tin ; manly spirit and talent of the EJitorof the Northern Star , and this meeting will stand by them so loug as they -fearlessly continue to cdvocato the priuciplos of the Charter , name and all . "
Mr . Wm . Jones . —This gentleman visited Sheffield , for the second ti ; no on Monday last , and that evening delivered a lecture in tho Town Hall , on " tho sufferings of the people and the remedy tor their wronR 8 . " Tho lecture '• vas a , brilliant eSusion of truth-inspiriug eloquence , arid . called . - forth tho repeated and enthusiastic checi-d of tho patriotic band assetnbkd together to listen to this deservedly popular champion of the people's rights . Tower Hamleis . —We had an ammated and eloquent lecture , to a most respectable audience , ivoia ourworthy advocate , Mr . Bairstow , at the Q't 'eu ' s Head , Dog Row , last Sunday evoaing . At tha close we enrolled eight new members . Preston . —A numerous meeting of Chartists from Chovley , Blackburn , and ; Preston , was held on Dr-nhatn Hill , on Sunday last , at which several exoelleut addresses were delivered . Tiie meeting was adiourned to Sunday next ( to-morrow . )
Mr . Jones delivered his second lftituro in the Town Hall , on Tuesday evenirg , Mr . Ludkm in the chair . The hall was well filled by an enthusiastic audience , who testified by ' th-sir . repeated and rapturous cheers their admiration of the elof | aence and sterling ability of the lecturer . At the close of Mr , Jones ' s lecture , Mr . Harney proposed the adoption of the following resolution , * ' That this meeting is of opinion , that the House of Commons , by the insulting and contemptuous manner in which they received tho late petition signed by nearly three millions and a half of the people , have , to say the least , forfeited all claims to the respcuD and coiifidence of the working classes ; and this meeting being of opinion thai where protection is denied by the Government , allegiance is not due from the governed , regard the legislature as at
present constiiuted to be an odious usurpation ; arid this meeting pledges itself to rehewed exertions to make the People's : Chatter the law of the land . '' The resolution , was seconded by Mr . Buxton , supported by Messrs . Holyoake and Jones , and carried unanimously . Mr Havuey moved the following resolution : — " That tho warmest thanks cf this meeting are due and are her * 'by given to that excellent friend of the people , Tv S . Puncombe , M , P . for Finsbury , for his noble and gent'roUs advocacy of the people ' s rights . Also to J . T . L eadbr , M . P . tor Westmicstor , for the able support he rendered to the cause of the people , iri seconding the caotion of Mr . Buncombe ;" Mr . Parks seconded the resolution , which was also carried unanimously . ThaiikB having been , voted to Mr . Jones and the Chairman ; , the meeting dissolved , first giving three iremendoua cheers for O'Connor , and three for the Charter ' -arid n Surrender .
Morley . —On Friday night , Hay 6 th , Messrs . John Smith and Beaumont , lectured to a crowded meeting ia the Town ' s 1 School . ^ . Mter ' the lecture , twenty-two new members were e ^ oUed , Anti-Corn Law humbug is falling here fasu
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Redditch . —A public meeting was held on Wednesday night , in the Chartist Hall . Mr ; G . Newel was called to the chair , and made a few excellent and pointed remarks upon the present miserable condition of the wbrkijog ciasses . Mr . Greorge Evens delivered a most eloquent address , and concluded by exhorting all to orgauize themselyes , tor the purpose of banishing tyranny from the land , and speedily causing the Charter to become law . Bbadford Cowcit Mbbtino . —Thi ? body held their weekly meeting in their room , Butterworth ' sbuildings ; the Address of the Convention , Memorial to the Queen , and Remonstrance to the House of
Commons , were read , and resolutions adopted accordingly . A committee of seven were appointed to make arrangements for the public meeting to be held on . Tuesday . The Secretary was authorised to invite Mr . O'Connor , Mr . Pitkethly , and Mr . West to attend . A resolution was unanimously adopted , recommending Mr . P . M . Brophy to the Chartists as a leoturer ; he having suffered in his native land for the advocacy of the principles of the Charter . The meeting adjourned to Sunday , at two o ' clock , p . m ., when business of importance will be brought forward . . ¦ ... ¦' .: ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ . '" : ¦ ¦'¦'• ¦ .-. - ¦ ' ¦ . .
Sowehby . —On Monday , Mr . Whiteley , auctioneer delivered a lecture on " brotherly love , ' ' at Cottonstones , in Sowerby ; after which Mr . John Greenwood , of Burn-Moor , in Soyland , gave a supper to his neighbours .
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TO THE THREE MILLIONS THREE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWO PERSONS ¦ WHO SIGNED THE GREAT NATIONAL PETITION . ' My Dear Friends , —I am . of opinion that every man who enlists in the public service is amenable to tho people for his every acl ; and under that impres 4 sioti I feel myself called upon to puo you in possession of all the facts connected with the denunciatory portion of Mr . Roebuck ' s speech , delivered in the discussion oh Mr . Duncombe ' s motion . The Convention appointed a deputation to demand an explanation from Mr . Roebuck ; and although most auxfous to bo among you , I yet resolved upon remaining in
town to see the finish . No man is above slander , however ho maybe above suspicion ; aud therefore I considered , from my enviable position , that in the course of esplanation I was just as likely as any other , (" though I did not draw up one word of the Petition , or see it till io was in print , ) to have bepu the object of Mr . Roebuck ' s spleen . I know , and Mr . Roebuck knows , and every man in England knows , that I am not a coward , and that my position in the Chartist rauk could alone suggest the supposition thai I . might have been the individual hinted at , but not named .
I understand that many , very many , nnsucces . 'iful attempts were made by the deputation during Friday , Saturday and Sunday , to procure an interview , with Mr . Roebuck . At length , Dr . M'Douall and Mr . Philp succeeded in finding him , on Monday night , in the lobby of tho House . On Tuesday , I saw Mr . Philp at Bolt-court , when ho informed me of what passed in the following words : — " We asked Mr . Roebuck to retract the ofiensive terms , and assured him that we were parties to getting up the petition ; but he commencfid by saying that ho had made a rule NEVER TO GIVE ANY EXPLANATION OF WORDS USED
by him in the house of commons ; but if we Tvere the gijtten-up of the petition , and ; if Mr . Duncombe ask < id him , in his place , to correct the mistake , aa ve ^ rarded us , he weuld do so . Dr M ^ Douall then asked him if he meant Mr . Feargus O'Connor ; to which Mr . Roebuck replied , ; ' I have nothing to do with Mr . O'Connor , or Mr . O'Connor with me . "' This is the substance of Mr , Philp's report . I then sent from Mr . Cie&ve's for Dr . M'Douall , and remained till ten o ' clock at night , but he did not come . I then requested Mr . Cleaye to ensure the Doctor ' s attendance at ten oii the following ( Wednesday ) morning .
I was at Clcave ' s at ten ; and shortly after Dr . M'Douall arrived , when I had a conversation w . ith h im , which induoed me to ; wait instantly upon Mr . Duncombe , and which subsequently led to the following note : — "King ' s Arms Hotel , "Palace-yard , Wednesday . "My Dear Sir , —Having learned from Dr . M'Douall , at , eleven o ' clock this morning , that Mr . Roebuck informed you that the offensive terms used iu his speech were intended to apply to me , I instantly went to your house , but you were apt at home > " Now , as I always wish to have my information from head quarters , may I rtquest to know whether or not I have been correctly inslructedi '" Yours , very faithfully , " FfiARGUS O'Connor . "To T . S . Dancombe , Eso . "
This note I sent from tho King ' s Arms by Dr . M ' Doual ) , who returned after having seen Mr . Unncombe , and said that Mr . D . wished to see me . Dr . M'Douall and I then went tot the House and saw Sir . Duucombe , who informed me that the facts were net quite correofc , as Mr . Roebuck had rather felt tho impression than given the inforniatibn . We then agreed that my note at once contained a direct question to Mr . Roebuck , which Mr . Duncombe should put into his hand , and in tha event of Mr . Roebuck refusing to answer , that then Mr . Dancombe should put the question boldly in the House ; and which course Mr . Duucombe did pursue like an honourable man . Upon my note being shewn to Mr . Roebuck , ho said I never did inform you . What followed upon the subject in the House , I here append from the Times : —*
"Mr . T . Du . vco jibe rose and said , —I wish to put a question to the Hon . and Learned Member for Bath When I had the honour of biuneiitig under the consideration of this House the National Petition ; on Wednesday last , tho Hon . and Learned gentleman stated ; to the House that the petition had been drawn up by a cowardly and malignant demagogue ( 'hear , hear ! ' and cries of ' Order . ' )—that he—( loud cries of Order . ') I only wish to make myself intelligiblo to the Houso . The Hon . and Learned Member used the words * cowardly [ and malignant demogogue , * and . said he would name the individual were not the reptile beneath his contempt . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , I wish to ask the Hon . 4 nd Learned Gentleman whether he has ascertained vilio were the real authors of that Petition , and the inriivWuals who drew out that Petition , and whether those terms were intended to apply to those individuals ? ( Loud cries of 'Order , ' 'Order , Chair . ")
"The Speaker said , the Hon . Member for Finsbury must be aware that his question was most irregular . " Air . T . Duncombe resumed—At the eame time , Sir , in explanation , I beg to say , that those very offensive terms were applied to certain individuals who were not here to defend thamselves—( hear . ) Those itarements . go forth to tho public , and tha characters of those individuals are maligned—( loud cries of 'Order , order /) I riso to order . ( Great laughter , and cries of ' Chair , cbair ^ ' 011 which the Hon . Gentleman resumed his seat . )
Mr . Roebuck—If I am psrmiited to answer the question of the Hon . Memoor—( cries of '' ^( o , ho ¦!' . " The Speaker said it was quite irregular for any Hon . Member to put any such question as had been put by the Hon . Member for Fiusbu y , -. ... "Lord J . Russell said he was &lad that the Speaker had interfered to put an end to so irregular a question—( cheers . ) If they beean in that manner to a&k questions , not of any M . muter oJ the Crown , but of Members , relative to proceedings not before Parliament , it- would lead to the fcreatesfc irregularity Jn their proceedings—( hear , hear . )"
Now , then , you have the whole case , and whatever you may think of Mr . Roebuck's declaration not to hold himself responsible for words used by him m the House of Commous , what must you think of that House , which , to screen its own Members , has the barbarity , brutality , villany , and cowardice , thus to shelter insult under tho cloak of privilege * As long as the conventional rulesi- . of" ciyilizod socie . y compel gentlemen to look beyond the law for satiafjctjon , it is . aii act of barbarous tyranny upon the part of the House of Commons to make that place a patent manufactory for . - slander , ;; ' itua giving to invective a force and power which , if elsewiiere circuited , would be comparatively harmless .
Now , I am of opinion that of all men living , Hon . Members should be held responsible for every word they _ utter , ; at least , such was the rule which I laid down and acted upon , during the three years that 1 had the misfortune to servefin the Honourable House . You will now see thai I could not , as a gentleman , do more ; and , aa your friend , I could not do less . I have suffered no damage ; Mr . Roebuck has achieved no triumph / But , howeyer , prepared I was to defend my honour , if assailed , at odds . Mr . Roebuck should bear in mind , —that is , if he did mean his abuse to apply to me ,--that I complained to him in York Castle when he did me the honour to visit me , that what I esteemed my greatest grievance was in first being grossly insulted by Lords Normanby and Russell and Mr . Fox Maule ; and then being bound over for two years in heavy recognisances to keep the peace .
In conclttsipn , as I ever have conformed ^ so I ever shall , in despite of legal bond and obligation , conform to tnoso rules which society requires for itB government . IndividuaUy I have no just cause of complaint against Mr . Roebuck ; while I unhesitatingly assert that the course pursued by the House of Commons is calculated to render its social character as : contemptible as its political fame has become . My friends , I am neither braggart , bully , nor coward . I never seek the battle , nor ehun it when it comes , ¦ '¦ ; . : ¦ . ¦"¦ ¦' . - ¦ . ,.. . ; . v ' ¦; . - -. . ; ¦ -. Ever your faithful friend , FBAJK 30 S O'CONNOB .
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TO THE EDITOR OF . THB HOBTHEBN STAB . Sir ,-You will oblige me by announcing throngi the Star that the Executive Committee summon two delegates from each locality , capable of sending them in the counties of Middlesex , Essex , Surrey , and Kent , to meet on Sunday , the 6 th of June , at tea o ' clock ia the forenoon , in the Star Coffee House , Grolden Lane , then and there . to form a Delegate Council , which shall meet monthly , and transact all business regarding the agitation and organisation ef tbe four counties . ¦; ' ;¦' . ' - ; ; ¦ ByorderofEkecutfTe , : ' v- -, ; : ¦ ¦ ¦ -- ' . ' ;¦; ' .- ; .- ; . : :- ;;' ' . - . ' . ;¦ - ¦; . '¦ - . ¦ p . m . M'Dovalu ' P . S . ^ -0 ne soverei gn has been received from Mr . Pitkethly , thereby lessening the deficiency in the balance sheet by one pound . . London , Wednesday , May 18 th , 1842 .
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Leeds Cohn Market , Mat 17 . —The supplies of all kinds of Grain to this day ' s market are larger than last week . ' -.- ( Stood fresh Wheats have been Is . per quarter higher , in the chambered samples there is very little alteration . Barley very little doing . Oats a farthing to a halfpenny per gtone , and Beans Is . per quarter higher . ; : : THE AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT FOR THE WEEK ENDXNOMAY 17 , 1842 . . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peas . Qrs . Qrs . Q , rs . Qxs . Qrs . Qrs . 4795 536 3 , 29 — 156 8 £ . s . d . jgs / d . £ s . d . £ b . d . £ b . d . £ s . 6 . 3 . 4 $ 1 7 61 1 2 61 0 0 0 114 3 117 3
Leeds Woollen Markets . —We are still without exciting cause to revive the drooping commerce of this neighbourhood , and the transactions in business , to any : extent , are very few and' far between , at least so far as the Cloth Halls are concerned ; but these , as wo have said before , we do not look upon aa . a correct index of the real state of trade . In the warehouses there is rather more animation , and perhaps there have been on the whole more goods taken , out of the Halls during the week , than was the case in tho week previous . ¦ ; Huddersfield Market , TrjESDAY , May 17 . — Little business was transacted here to-day , nor was there much looked for . The thought of having a s ; dod market appears to have aeserted the manufacturers altogether . The town was crowded all day ; with visitors to the fair , it being a rgeneral holiday , but the universal cry of no money was heard in every direction . :
York Corn Market , May 14 . — - We continue to be very moderately supplied with grain .- Fresh Wheat is in good demand , at an advance of Is . to 2 a per qr . Oats are also , ready sale , and ^ d . per stone higher . Barley nominal . Beans fully as dear . — Red Wheat 58 s . to 643 . ^ very fido 66 s . per quarter of 36 stones ; White Wheat 64 sr . to 683 ., very fine 703 . per quarter of 36 stones ; OatalOd . to lid . per stoae ; Beans lls to 13 sper load . Liverpool Cattle Market . Monday , May I 6 i—We have had rather a larger supply of Cattle at market to-day than last week , but prices . very high . Beef 6 * d , to 7 d . ; Mutton 7 d . to 7 | d . /
; Manchester Corn Market , Satdrday , May H . —The limited stock of prime English Floiir enables factors to effect a ready sale oh arrival of fresh supplies , which move off into consumption at improviHg prices as they come forward . For chambered parcels , of inferior quality , which for some time past have been neglected , an inquiry has taken place , and a few sales were made . A steady demand for Oatmeal has also been experienced , ar id suitable cuts have realised 283 . 6 d per load . At the market to-day choice ; qualities of English Wheat were . firmly * held for an advanco of fully 2 d . per 70 lbs . ; and on Flour we raise our quotations la . per sack : . this article , from its scarcity , commands a . " free sale . On Oatm ° al ah advance of 6 d . per load wa 3 demanded , but riot complied with to any extent . In Oats , Bcaii 3 , or ether articles thero was but little pasting , and prices unvaried . V
Newcastle Corn Market , May 14 . —We had a very short supply of Wheat from the country at market this mornings and the arrivals from the coast being also exceedingly light , the trade ruled brisk , and the whole was readily cleared off at an advance oi ; Is . to 2 a . per quarter on the prices of this day ss'iini ' ght ..:. For fine foreign Wheat there was a good demand at Is . per quarter advance . Bonded is held for more money . A cargo of Wolgast was sold tc-diiy , at ^ 5 ¦ 2 ^ . 6 d > per quarter , 62 Ibs . per bushel . There is little demand for Rye . Some retail sales of
Barley continue to be made for malting purposes , but they are very trifling . Grinding and distilling parcels are in . request . In Malt there is little doing . White Peas continue in demand at fall prices , but Beans are almost unsaleable . We had an exceedingly shortsupply of Oats to-dayj which were readily bought up on the terms of last Week . Our millers having come to the determination of raising the price of their Flour 3 s . per saok , we have raised our quotations for Norfolk and Suffolk households to 47 s ., at which price we may expect a fair demand nextweek . ¦ * ¦ ¦ ...:. " . - "¦ . - / > . .
Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , May . 16 ;—The impjit 8 of British Grain , Fiour and Oitmeal , into this port during the last seven days , are very light ; and the arrivals from abroad are comprised in 5 , 311 qrs . of Wheat , 1 , 750 qrg . of Besins , and 2700 barrels of Flour . At Tuesdaj ' s market there was a better sale for Wheat , and although some of the recently-imported Lower Baltic red was sold rather lower—say 9 . 3 . 3 d . per 70 lbs ., prices generally remained much the same as at the close oflast week . The buitmess in that grain has been on a moderate scale , without causing variation in the quotationg . The sales of Fiour have been very much in retail at 34 s . 6 d . to 35 a . 6 i . for Canadian , arid 353 . 6 d . to 369 6 d . per brl . for Unitsd States sweet ; Without
anything- like activity in the demand , the scarcity of fine Oats has put up their value id . to Id . per bushel , and secondary runs are also held for rather more money . Oatnieal is quoted 3 d . to 6 d . per load dearer , but little has been dono at the amendment . No change as regards Barley , Beans , or Peas , Cor isidera , ble transactions have occurred in the bonded market ; a cargo of Barle tta Wheat afloat has changed hands at 47 s . 6 d . per qr ., cost and freight ; two or three of Stettin red at 48 s . per qr ., free on board , and of fine white at" 8 . 9 . 2 d . per 70 lbs . delivered here ; Egyptian in store at 5 s . ; several parcels of common Odessa soft at 6 s . 3 d ,, and Polish Odessa at . 63 . lid per 70 lbsV A cargo of : Egyptian Beans has also been sold at 18 ? . per 480 lbs . in store .
London Corn Market . —Monday , May 16 . —The supply of wheat was rather limited . from Essex , moderata fair from Kent , but very small from Suffolk with only a limited show of barley , beans arid peas ; from all tho 3 e counties there were tfood fresh arrivals of oats , having several vessels in from bur own coast and Ireland , in addition to a largo supply during last week , a great portion of which remained over for this day ' s market . The importation of foreign wheat has been tolerably large sinco this day week . The weather kaa been variable during the ; past week , with occasional heavy showers , but nights cold , and the wiud is now to the r iprth-east . Tnere was a good demand for Eiiglish wheat this morning at an advance of Is to 2 s . pec
quarter on all fiao qualities , particularly those which were fresh thrashed , and a fair steady sale for ire © foreign at an improvement of Is pev quarter I that ia bond was held for full or even higher prices , and buyers are willing to take some quantity on former terms . Good marks of ship flour were quite as dear , aud in fair request . Barley brought iasfi wteii ' a currency for distilling and grinding purposes . —Malfc was _ without alteration iu value . Baans and peas realized full as much tnoney . Oata were held for last- week ' s prices ,, which the consumers gave for good corn , whilst the large dealers are trying to get into stock on lower terms , hiving a good choice of English to select from , but the , factors Seem pretty firra , arid have consequently checked sales .
London Smithfield Market , Monday ; May 16 . - ^ The supply of beasts in our market ot * to-day was , the time of year considered , moderately good , and , generally speaking of fair average quality—there being a great comparative improvement apparent in the condition of the Scots . Dsvons . runts , Korefords , shorthorns , and homebreds . From Norfolk and Suffolk , we received 1450 Scots and homebreds ; from others of ourgraz ng districts , 220 of various breeds ; from Scotland , by steamers , 300 Scots . Tha attendance of buyers : being not very numerous , tfie
beef trade was in a depressed state , and , in order to e . ftVot a . ' - " . clearance ^ '* a decline , in the currencies noted on Monday last , of quite 2 d per 8 Ib , was submitted to by the salesmen . The number of sheep was extensive , which produced much heaviness ia the demand for them , and the rates sufferod an abatement of quite 4 d per 8 lb ; the very highest figure obtained for the best Downs put of their wool , they being mostly all shorn , Was 4 s 4 d per 8 lb . From the Isle of Wight , 280 lambs came to hand by railway . The lamb trade was heavy , at an abatement of quite 4 d per 8 lb . ;
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Ing Offices , Nea . 12 aad 13 , Marketwtreet , Brig ^ gate ; and Published by the said Joshua HOBSOir . ' ( for the said Feakgus O'Connob , ) at hia Dwelling-house , No . 6 , Martet-stareet , Br ^ ate ; aa . . iateraal Commuai » ti 6 n existing between- ^ e Md No . 5 , Mar"ket-8 treet , and the said No& 12 arid , 13 , Market-Btreet , Briggate , thus consb'tuting the whole of the said Printing and Publishing Office one Premises . . ; . ¦ " -V : : ¦¦ . '¦¦' . - '¦ ;¦ ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ " :- ¦ .. AU Communications muafc be addressedf * lP 08 trj > aid ! to ' Bobsoh , Northern Star ^ Office , isedt Saturday , ; " M »* 21 . 1842 .
Blessings Of Emigration : Condition Of The "Workies" In New South Wales.
BLESSINGS OF EMIGRATION : CONDITION OF THE " WORKIES" IN NEW SOUTH WALES .
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( CIRCULAR ) OF THE OPERATIVE STONE MASONS . Sydney , New South Wales , Oct . SS ^ h , 1841 . At a meetirg hi delegates of all tbe trades held at tbe Crovra and Anchor , Tavern , G-eorgt-atrefct , Sjilney , on the 21 = t October , 1 S 41 , ii wm nna-imously agreed , that emigrants had bten deluded to this colony , by the Bounty Agtrnt 3 holding out Euch prospects to tbr-m , so as to causa many to emigrate here who are now \ : \ sieat distress , mom particularly ia other trades thau in oar owe .
There were not less than tairty out cf emplsy during the last six moaihs , out ( f five bundred masons . Our trade is not brisk at present , owing to tbe government pcViic -works being Gone by prison labour , which was formerly dona by government emigrants . But 5 iace effiigrants have come oui in bounty ships they have not betn employed in government works ,, but the day after their arrival they are left to perish in the streets , with their -wives and fauiilies . We , therefore , btg of you of the Trades' Union , to petition Pirlumeut to cause eiaigrunts to come out in government s ' tips , as on tiitir arrival they are cuijcloyed by Govemmeat and provided with houses to live in until they oriUia rther eiuploymtnt .
Bswatc cf bounty euiigratuiu . for it is only a delusion . Etnpioyi . 'itjit is scarce , Lsuss rents h ' , and provisions dear , as yoa will see fey tho foilovring statement : —Our wages are from eight to nins shillings per day for competent -workmen , -with precarious tEjplujnient . Thsio is no surety cf vrork more thin a week at a time , as the ¦ work here is so vary uncertain , cyapled as they are with very stringsnt laws between workmen and their empluyers , and entirely different to want ia enforced in Great Britain and Ireland , ns we haTe an arifitocraoy here who make lairs to suit their own priynte ends , to ¦ the deiriment of the working man .
We have nere sent you a plain statement of the state of tha Colony , wh ; oh we hope yea wi ; i taxe into your Eeriota considtratiou , and ihiu judge for yourselves ^ ¦ whe ther to remain at home or emigrate to taia Colony , bearinsj in iiiind that you have ta labour lor eight months ia the year uuder a Ttttical sun , - with the following aedactious irom jour wages , if you have employment , vi £ , . ' lousr ; rents for a man and his wife , tea KHilliug 8 per Woek '; crewocd , cantues , and provisions , will average two p , -iujiqs per we ^ k . Since men must psy at the raie of o ; is puund , tea sbiiiin ^ s per wetk . Thi 3 muit be far-iibL " --2 weekly , tsciusivv ; oi clothes &ud iozls , Ice &c . D = a ? brothers , we . \ * ave you to juoge the stnte of th 8 poor hibounog man , -wlu only gets tt the- r . 43 of four shillings per day , when 1 \ e i . a 3 etuplo ; . lueut ; what must be his condition , with the high rate &f living ?
We ¦ will continue 10 bo . ^ ti a moi-t ^ ly correspondence with you in future . Shou- d things j ; et bett-r , you wiil be made acquiiaied from lii . 'se to tmic . We wish you to circulate this r . atemeiit unionist the working cEases of Great Britain and Ireland , to prevent the sad occurrences We have already witness ed . We wish you to ba particular in cur correspondent "with you only ia this circular , as for the future we tball have a stamp , so that you will know it is from our socie ty , aa the masters are in the habit of not only writing , but getting printed circulars serjt from this colony to Great Britain and Ireland , with false statements of the colony , tiade , previsions , house rent , &c . which has cau ¦* eA many deluded emigrants to end their days on our she'es , who might have seen better days in their native laad . Thos . Tuk . ner , John Lyscyi . B . 1 CHAB . D ii&TJRB .
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Leeds:— Printed For The Proprietor Fearqub O'Connor, Esq., Of Hamaierimiltti * Count!/ Middlesex ^ By Joshua Hobsqk, At Hia Print*
LEEDS : — Printed for the Proprietor FEARQUB O'CONNOR , Esq ., of Hamaierimiltti * Count !/ Middlesex ^ by JOSHUA HOBSQK , at hia Print *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 21, 1842, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct890/page/8/
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