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      The Present State Of Great Britain. Chap...

      THE PRESENT STATE OF GREAT BRITAIN . CHAPTER JJ . Qf the vutaMito ofthe British syttmof mercantile . conoueet . For some time the eves of the world have been attracted towards thu political system ; and to deride how far its structure was * tahle , has employed the talents ef the most odebrated orators and writers ; ia proportion as ber millions are lavished by hundreds , her debts increasing without ««*«"' 1

      and her taxes accumulating beyond aU ^ P ^ ^ BrhiBhministry . audthosewh . ^ i-taU ^ think with ministers , have been lo ^ w ^ lhng British resources as inexhaustible ; the » r opponents WbeenSloud iu denouncing the present come rfGreat Britain askading to inevitable and speedy deSuldon ; whilethe public * g « eral , wh ^ re notdeeply versed hi theahstruse science of polifacal economv , Wearied with hearing premature predictions ef impeding destruction , know not what opinion to form ofthe iHexhauxtmty of British

      resources . Hitherto the subject has been treated , as if some millions aore or less in the sums borrowed , in the produce ef tbe taxes , or in ( he imports and exports , decided the question ; bnt assuredly to bring the proof home to a convictien , it is necessary to take a more enlarged view oi the subject , not to confine our enquiry to the examination of the Elate of the resources of Britain , but as she has thought fit to

      erect her system in direct opposition to the interest of the rest of the commercial world , extend her con * quests in every quarter of the earth , appropriate the produce of the mast favoured and fertile countries in the world , —erect a monopoly , and impose her taxation , on the independent nations of Europe , — assuredly tbe relative state of these nations must enter for much in tbe discussion , of how far England shall be able to triumph , and bew far tbe nations of Europe shall be forced to submit .

      It is usual with those who treat of the resources and finances of Great Britain , to take her peace establishment for the basis of their enquiries and calculations ; but from the view we have taken of ber system , and of tbe principles upon which it is founded , it is obvious , that'its nature is essentially a svstem of war , so truly so , that tbe peaces she has made since 1688 , cannot be regarded but as so many truces * to enable ber to resuscitate her means and

      ber force to recommence war . As the independent nations of Europe have ad . vaaced in power and wealth , and as Great Britain has extended ber system of mercantile conquest , in an exact proportion has her defence become more difficult , and her wars more expensive . The history of Great Britain since tbe revolution of 1688 , is in perfect conformity with these consequences , which so naturally flow from the principles upon which the system is founded . Since tbe American revolution , tbe defence of the British dominions , and the expense that attends them , have been greatly extended , and since the French revolution they have been in * creased in a still greater proportion .

      In the eighty-seven years which followed the revolution of 1688 , during which period England was engaged infonr wars of thirty-seven years' duration tbe debt she contracted was hut 139 millions f and the interest bnt £ 4 , 400 , 000 , whereas in the remaining twenty-six years to 1801 , though she was engaged bat in two wars of sixteen years' duration , the debt bas been increased to 560 millions , and the interest to twenty-five millions ; an augmentation so enormous aud rapid , that after the largest

      allowance which can be taken for tbe increase of ber riches , there must remain a vast disproportion between them and her expenses ; and in the last nine years , the late minister has expended 340 millions , and loaded tbe nation with sixteen millions te pay the interest . One naturally asks can any nation support such an expenditure ? Does it not inflict a mortal wound on her industry ? Must it not prove fatal in its consequences to her future prosperity ? To answer these questions , leads to a serious enquiry .

      When the late minister expended 223 millions § ofthe national capital in tbe short space of nine years , he took this vast portion of the sacred fund which paid the wages of the industrious , who reproduced the whole capital annually , together with a profit of fifteen per cent ., to exnend it in war , not only without reproducing one shilling of profit , but without leaving a trace of the 223 millions behind ; capital and profit equally , irrevocably squandered : —when we consider that this national capital is the

      fund which gives bread and employment to all those classes who live by reproductive industry ; tbat tbe produce of agriculture , manufactures and commerce , is all in exact proportion to the amount of this fund ; and tbat it is tbe state of this fund , abundant or scanty , which regulates the happiness or misery , the industry or idleness , and in an essential degree the national morals , we may form some idea of the depth of tbe wound Grear Britain bas received by the expenditure of 223 millions of her national capital

      Taking the profits produced by this capital at fifteen J per cent ., the ordinary rate , while employed productively , before it fell into the hands of the minister , this second evil forms a loss of more than thirty-three millions annual profits , to he deducted from the income of England . To pay the interest of these 223 millions the minister has entailed on the national wealth , diminished by these 223 millions , diminished by these thirty-three millions of profits , sixteen millions of taxes to pay the interest , making in all 223 millions capital , thirty-three m-llions profits taken irrevocably from the national capital and from the national profits , and sixteen millions of taxes imposed for ever npon the remaining diminished wealth of Great Britain .

      As it is the proportion which the national capital bears to tbe . number of the reproductive industrious which regulates the rate of wages ; bythesudden expenditure cf so vast a portion of the capital as 223 millions , it is obvious that tbe whole of tbe reproductive tradesmen of Great Britain , that class on whom her wealth and prosperity depend , must experience a serious reduction in tbe state of tbeir ¦ condition ; several thousands have been thrown out of employment , while those who remain must feel their wages diminish at both ends ; diminished in the money price , and diminished in the quantity of subsistence tbat money will produce , fiem the rise in tbe price of every article from the diminution of thirty-three millions of produce , and from the imposition of sixteen millions of taxes .

      ft ts the superiority of capital over tbe rest of tbe world which gives Great Britain a decided advantage in agriculture , in manufacture and in commerce By the extent of her capital she has been able to ; give longer credits , to establish a more complete di-^ rision of labour , to construct more perfect machinery ; while the low rate of profits , the necessary consequence of great capital , enabled her to undersell all nations where capital was less abundant and protits were higher ; if these be the vast benefits which arise from abundant capital , tbe expenditure of this rest portion has struck at tbe root of them all

      no man versed in political economy will dispute these consequences which I have deduced from the ¦ expenditure of these 223 millions , and tbe loss of these thirty-three millions of profits ; but it may be imagined , npon a superficial view of the effects resulting from tbe increased sixteen millions of taxes , that it causes no loss , or , as it has been sometimes erroneously reasoned , tbat it is an exchange of property from oue set of men to another . The taxes paid hy the mass of the people are the only ones that are considerably productive . It is sound in finance , that the rich are too few in number te famish a great contribution : it is therefore

      that the taxes on commodities in general use with ajie people which form the bulk of taxation . Porter , beer , sugar , spirits , tobacco , tea , soap , salt , candles , leather , and such like , are the taxes which fall txiost heasifc * upon tbe lower and middling people ; bat it is neither the lower nor middling classes that are in a state to make loans to the government Thus these sixteen millions are torn from the hard band of thepsor and the industrious , to be paid over to the rich annuitants : it is a weight superadded to an already overcharged burden , on the backs of tbe heaviest loaded people , of which the world has ever bad an example .

      Before this capital fell in the hands of tbe minister ^ was productively employed , and the owners were paid their interest from a part of the profits which pressed npon no one ; bat when the minister spent it , the 223 millions of capital and the thirty-three millions of profits vanished for ever ; but now tbe

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      owners receive tbeir interest from taxes on the retwining produce of tbe national industry ; by which additional taxes tbe price of ill sorts of manufactures are raised , producing tbe same effect as tbe inclemency in the seasons or tbe sterility of the soil It may be asked , if these are tbe inevitable effects of these evils , why have not the . consequences been more rapidlv fatal ? I answer , the day of the wound is not the day when it stiffens . A great part of these industrious productive hands thrown out of employment have enlisted in tbe army and navy , in the dock yards , fortifications , or some of those

      several unproductive employments , to which war gives occasion . For tbe rest , if we would know tbe mis . erable condition to which this destruction of so much of the national capital bas reduced them , we must not only read the volume which contains the long list of British taxation , to which the imagination ef man cannot conceive an addition , but we must follow the tax-gatherer into the heart of their dwellings ; we must accompany these myrmidons in their maraudings ; we must see them snatch the moiselfrom the band ofthe mother ; we must see tbe looks which pass in a family where famine has taken its place at tbe board .

      To those who , adding insult to injury , talk of tbe prosperity of Great Britain , and of her inexhaustible resources , I answer , go like ae and visit these scenes of distress ; like me witness every thread that links tbe hearts of families tore to agony * , like me draw the source of your knowledge from these tax-gatherers ; see these men , yes , even these men , whose hearts have been steeled with calosity , shed iron tears in recounting the horrors to which their employment gives rise to every hour . With these melancholy proofs indelibly fixed on my heart , to those advocates of the ruin and misery then * conduct bas brought on their country , I answer , there is more real distress and misery in England , than in any other nation in Europe . I knew her when ber people enjoyed more ofthe

      comforts of life than bad ever fallen to tbe share of any other people that ever existed ; audit is that which redoubles the poignancy of her siiffenrigaloiir ; the comparison of what she is , with tbat which she was ; that comparison , which is the true measure of human adversity , sinks deep in the heart . Alas ! the proofs are too many , and the voice is too loud that attests it : witness the fund for the poor rates , now at the enormous amount of . € 6 , 000 , 000 * , which is wholly insufficient to maintain the distressed of this once happy people , iu even the humiliating condition of paupers ; witness those numberless private subscriptions ; witness the descriptions given in tbe public papers by those benevolent men who have attempted to stop the torrent of suffering and misery tbat has overwhelmed this once prosperous nation .

      Let ministers attempt to disguise how tbey may ; let them try to drown theories of an afflicted people by the mercenary shouts of mock exultation ; the man who in nine years squanders 223 millions of that sacred fund which cherishes industry , thirtythree millions of profits , and imposes sixteen millions of taxes , inflicts a wound ia his country , no art can heal in the rankling of these times . The sombre and melancholy effects of dissipation may for a moment be brightened by the meteor blaze of tbe enormous expenditure which the war

      has occasioned ; bnt itis on the return of peace , when tbe glare from tbe expenditure of these millions shall be extinguished for ever ; when tbe half million of soldiers , sailors , etc . who are now employed by the war , shall have returned to demand employment ; when they shall find the wages fund squandered ; when tbey shall find the whole nation converted into an alms-house , and the industrious into beggars ; while the price of every necessary of life shall have been doubled ; it is then they will see tbe horrors of tbeir situation .

      Hence it has been found , that tbe return of peace after those vast expenditures ofthe national capital , far inferior to tbe present , bas been attended with the most poignant distress . But there are circumstances peculiar to this war , which I shall notice hereafter , that must make the return of peace distressing to the people beyond all example , and more than difficult for the government ; circumstances which will perhaps account for tbe renewal of the war more satisfactorily than all ministers have published .

      If , however , not a single one of these fatal consequences had flowed from such an unexampled expenditure of the national capital , in such a short space of time , there are others which more than sufficiently disprove the indecent vauntings of tbe inexhaustibility of British resources ; among the foremost of which must rank tbe failure of tbe Bank ofFnglaid to pay its notes in cash when presented ; which , generalised as it has been by Act of Parcament . is now to all intents a national bankruptcy .

      This bas been a delicate subject for all those who have taken the side oi inexhaustibility : a subject which , it is clear from f what has fallen from the the late minister , be did not undeittand . Such a capital omission may suit those who think that to skin over a wound is to heal it ; but to those who think that to judge how far it is mortal , it should be probed to the bottom , a more serious investigation must appear indispensi le .

      * Read The Debates At The Late Peace In ...

      * Read the debates at the late peace in the House of lords , when the members , who were ministers , declared , that they made peace for tbe purpose of husbanding the resources until a favourable opportunity skould offer of renewing the war . f The amount of tbe debt and interest at 1775 . § I prefer stating the sum he really received in sterling value to the greater sum in which it was funded of & Q million * . % This is the rate at which Mr Pitt has valued profits » htn he imposed his incime tsx .

      • Sir Morten Eden Estimated The Amount O...

      • Sir Morten Eden estimated the amount of the poor rates at £ 0 , 000 , 000 in 1793 . I have taken it at that sum , though it it well known that it has been considerably augmented since tbat period . f When Mr Pitt in his speech on the 27 th November , 1809 , stated that Exchequer bull bearing a premium , were a proof that the paper currency was not at a depreciation , what can we think of his knowledge on this subject ?

      The Irish Confederation. The Frith Confe...

      THE IRISH CONFEDERATION . The frith Confederates of London held their usuaweekly meeting at the Green Han , Berwick-trtrett , Oxl ford-street , on Sunday evening last . The large room was crowded long before the appointed hour of meeting , ( eight o'clock ) . Mr Richard Hutcey in the chair . Among the papers on the tables was the Nobthebk Bras , which w « eagerly perused by several persons du . ring the evening . After the reading of several articles irom the Irish papers , and the report of the first meeting of the Desmond Confederate club , Cork . It was announced that Confederate clubs would shortly be opened in Wapping , Chelsea , the City , aad Westminster , and that several other localities throughout London were only waiting for instructions to commence proceeding ! .

      Tha chairman then informed the meeting that the committee had taken the roemt lately occupied by the National Land Company , 83 , Deanatresr , Soho , for tbe purpose of holding their meetings and to transact business , and tbat it was the intention of the committee to change their night of meeting from tbe Sunday to the Monday evening , and tbat oa Wednesday and Friday evenings they intended to open a reading room , and to give lec tures , and tbat their first publie meeting would be held oa Monday evening , September 2 » . E , Kennedy , Esq . ., Barrister-at-Law , then addressed the meeting . He denied tbat they had met , as had been stated , for tbe purpose of abusing tbe late Mr O'Connell , they had

      something else and better to do . He ( Mr Kennedy ) extremely regretted that persons who professed an attachment to the principles of Conciliation Hall should come to their meetings for the avowed purpose of creating a disturbance . They , the Confederates held out the band ot friendship to all . Mr Kennedy then drew the attention of the meeting to the evil effects likely to result to Ire . land , If they far one moment supported the place-hunting policy of Conciliation Hall . He deprecated , in strong terms , the unholy alliance that bad taken place between tbe Old Ireland party and the Whigs , and said , that there was no word in the English language too hard to be applied to the conduct of the Whigs ,

      During the time of this gentleman ' - address a party of Old Icelanders entered , and endeavoured to create con . fusion , but the good sense displayed by the Young Irelanders convinced them of their error , and they departed in peace . Mr M'Carthy ( Golden-lane ) , in an able speech , re . viewed the extraordinary and vacillating conduct of Mr John O'Connell from 18 * 3 to 1816 . Several persons having enrolled themselves , tbe meeting then separated . THE OreHIHG . OF THE CMS . On Monday evening the first meeting of the Club was held at their roams , 83 , Dean-street , which were crowded to suffocation ; among those present were several memberg of the National Land Company , Mr T . O'Vahony iu the chair . Mr T , Daly , is a brief speech , stated tbe object of the club , which was to be of a purely educational nature , and that Mr C . Anstey , M . P ., wa « to be the inspector-general , but upon quite a different rooting

      to tbe late one appointed by the party on the other ride of the channel—he was not to be paid . No person waa tobe excluded on the score of polities or religion ; the freedom of opinion would be observed , and no favouritism would be allowed , —all men would be looked upon alike . For he was sorry to say that it was on account of the tyrannical conduct exercised by the committee in Dublin that had ltd to the breaking up of the old movement in this metropolis . Mr Daly then alluded to the duties of the club , which would give those who -visited it something more than a superficial knowledge , not only of Irish but European history generally . Mr E . Kennedy , in an eloquent speech , which we are obliged to omit through want of room , drew tbe attention ofhis crowded auditory to the foreign aud domestic policy ot England , and its probable results aa regards Ireland . He recommended tbat they should adopt the following names for tbeir clubs , as they were formed , —the Bn . rtau , Flood , MoJyneux , and Theobald Wolfe lose .

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      Several other persons , addressed * the meeting during the evening . Several books were gratuitously presented totheclubtot the use of the library , About forty p er . sons having enrolled themselves , the meeting then separated . > ' , , .-On Sunday evening next , September 26 th , a meeting will ha held at the Charter Coffee House , Struttonground , Westminster , for the purpose ot establishing Youag Ireland club la that district .

      The Irish Democrats Held A Crowded And H...

      The Irish Democrats held a crowded and highly respectable meeting , «> n Sunday evening ; at Carti-right's , over which the vice-president , Mr D . Dvtaim , presided , and explained at great length , tbe policy which the Democratic Confederates intended to pursue , and alto the causes which led to their secession from the seceders . Tbey would watch closely the acts and professions of public men . He did not approve ofthe conduct of Mr Cbisholm Anstey . On the hustings he declared ho was cot an advocate for an alteration injthe Established Church of Ireland ; consequently Mr Anstey would not lend his aid to do away with the system tbat robbed the poor peasant of his only pig ; the poor widow of her only blanket . ( Cheers . ) That was tbe Inspector General they were to have in England , he wished them joy of him . ( Laughter . ) One object ot this society would be to watch tbe press of England , and expose its fallacious statements relative to Ireland . They would be ever ready to assist and forward the cause of human liberty in any part ef the world .

      Mr Cuncr next addressed the meeting at great length , in support ofthe position tbey had taken up , and on the advantages to Democracy , from the spread of a voluntary press ia Ireland . He believed it was tbe only means of saving Ireland from the grasp of parties . Why was it . that the press of Ireland dared to treat their cause with such contempt ! Because they well knew that no Democratic press , as a speculation , could live against the opposition that would be opened against it in that country . He had waited mUret of paper in endeavouring to get ene particular senteace Into the Irish papers , but in vain . Tory , Radical , Whig , and Repealer , all had agreed to the exclusion of this one sentence of simple truth ; namely , that three millions five bun dred thousand of the English people petitioned for the Repeal of the Union ! There was not one out of every five thousand of the Irish people knew this simple fact . The press had duties as well ai rights , and the people should insist en the fulfilment of the former , as they would guard and protect the latter , ¦¦ , . __

      Mr Q . MiKfox next addressed tbe meeting . He had been a member of five Repeal wards in London , be had remained with them till circumstances made it imperative on him to leave . Ha felt great pleasure in hearing the explanation that had been ' glven to-night ; he believed tbey were beginning a great era inthe history oiDomocracy . Liberty was making progress ; Italy 1 young , glorious Italy 1 with all the ardour of tbe old-Roman Republic , led on by her neble Democratic Pope , Pius IX , wbem all men must admire , There was the Grand Duke of Tuscany , too , onthe move , Lucca had spoke , OUt ; evenNaples and the people of Sicily were riling , and demanding their rights , France , too , was dissatisfied ,

      and but for her Small Farm System aha could never have been so long quiet . England bad done Us duty at tbe late elections , and he was convinced , that Ireland would not be far behind . They would have some neble spirits in tbe new House of Commons . Tbey had O'Gorman Mahon and Sharmah Crawford , who , with Georgeand Colonel Thompson , and W . J . Fox he had no doubt would be found following in the footsteps of O'Connor and Duncombe . He believed there was no hope for Ireland but in a native parliament . For himself , he would at all times be ready to assist either by book * , by newspapers , or by money , as far as lay in bis power . Br M sat down amidst much applause .

      Mr Mlitin rose to move a vote of thanks to the proprietor and editor * of the Northern Star . Tbe Northern Star had doae much towards elevating the character of tbe working classes of England , he hoped it would lire long enough to do goad service' for Ireland , tod . The * voluntary press' would show the people of Ireland that tbe working classes of this country were their best and warmest friends ; he believed if it was vigorouily carried out , it would effect a speedy and effectual moral rcvolation in that country . He moved the thanks of tbe meeting to the editors and proprietor ofthe Northern Star , for their stem advocacy at all tunes ofthe principles of Democracy .

      Mr Bzseb wonld with pleasure second the motion . There was no occasion for him to praise the Star , it would find its own reward , in tbe great truth that honesty waa the , heat poliey . The resolution was passed unanimously , ' Mr Williams and other speaker * followed Jn approval of the principles ofthe Democratic Confederates , several joined the society and paid in the subscriptions , and the meeting broke up . Chair taken every Sunday evening at 8 o'clock . [ These reports must be sent to this office beiere Thursday . —Ed . N . S . ]

      The Confederates Again Assembled At Oart...

      The confederates again assembled at Oartwright ' a on Sunday evening . The vice-president inthe chair . Tbe secretary read some communications he had received from different parts of the country , cheering them on in the good work . Amongst tbe rest tbe following letter was read , which elicited much applause , * * At the conclusion of which the writer was unanimously elected au honorary member , and the letter ordered to be inserted on the minutes . * Mr Bszer brought up the following resolutions recommended by tha committee , which were unanimously adopted * — ' That we recommend our friends throughout the provinces to establish branches ofthe Irish Democratic Confederation , whenever practicable , as being the best means of attaining an efficient and effectual organisation . ' ' Tbat we recommend to all who are entered to aid in

      tbe formation of such an organisation , to elect , 'in the fir » t instance , local officers ot patriotic and persevering habits to form and organise each district branch . ' ' That the names of such local officers , with their pro . per addresses , be forwarded to the general secretary with as little delay at possible . ' 'Tbateacb local branch whenjproperlyorganiitdshould take advantage of our president ' s tour through England , Scotland and Wales , by inviting him to a publie meeting of each district branch . ' ' Tbat this meeting respectfully requests its president , F . O'Connor , M . P ., to advise , aid , and assist all district officers in carrying out tbe objects ofthe Irish Democratic Confederation , and that he be empowered to enrol members . For which purpose this meeting directs that a form of declaration be forthwith prepared , and trans , mittedto the branch secretaries of the Irish Democratic Confederation . ' The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr Broom , who was much applauded .

      Messsrs Martin , Sullivan , Tucker , die ., alio addressed the meeting . Thanks were voted to the contributors to the voluntary press for Ireland . Mestr * Clancy and Cartwright were appointed by the vice-president to post a batch of papers , which were read during the week . The meeting then broke up . p

      The Lath Dbbbi Etbciiokj—On Thursday Sep...

      The Lath Dbbbi EtBciiOKJ—On Thursday Sep . tember 16 th , the Whigs had their belly gorge given them by Struct and Goner , or rather part of them , for this was to have been the women's * blow out , ' of tea , sugar , and buns , including so much fer each of the family , above seven years of age . The stuff was taken round to their bouses . There was an attempt made to kick up astir , but it was ' no go . ' People don't mind eating the ' grub'because it comes cheap , but depend upon it there is not much feeling in favour ot Strutt or dower . At night balls were held in the different large rooms in the town , for which all the Whig voters and families had free tickets . lw here there was more ' grub' and 'drinkables' free of expense . The thieves thought it ought to be their

      * wakes' as well , so they made very free with hansels , shawls , tippets and bats , and then wasn't there some long faces ! I suppose the men are yet to have a dinnering , ' and those that don't like to go , 6 s . a piece instead ! That ' s the way they are bribing the electors for the next election . Well , never mind , it is onr turn next , and we mean to have a splendid tea part / * , to do honour to Philip M'Grath for contesting this rotten borough ; yes , and we shall have it when O'Connor and Jones come , and I'll warrant we have sucha stir in Derby , aa is out ofthe power of either "Whigs or Tories to raise . West Losdon Cenibal Ami-Enclosure . Association . —At the last weekly meeting of thisassooiation , at the Princess Royal , Circus-street , New Road ,

      September 27 to , Mr ratenden in tne chair , a warm debate took place as to vt nether the library of this association snould be conducted on a principle which would admit of persons joining without reference to enclosures , which ended in a committee of eight being appointed to frame such rules as will be calculated to meet with the approval of all parties . More books were presented , and one person , ( Mr Packer , ) promised that if the new rules for the library , met with his approval , he weuld place ia the library one hundred volumes . A great deal of business was transacted , and amongst the rest tbe enclosure of Holland Park was net forgotten . The meeting was adjourned till Monday , October- 4 th ,. at six for seven , p . m . The Meuncholt Domestic Affair in Cashhl . — Oa Saturday , Mr Francis O'Ryan , * sen ., who had

      been lodged m Bridewell for some weeks , was admitted to bail on a charge of firing at and wounding his son , Mr Francis O'Ryan , jun ., in the head , . the particulars of which have appeared in this paper . Mr Franek O'Ryan , jun ., we understand , has been pronounced oat of danger , and his physi cians entertain sanguine hopes of ha speedy recovery . The government of the canton of Friburg has decreed that all soldiers , either belonging to troops on active service , or to tbe land wehr , are to have their arms blessed hy the priests , and are to pay seven batz for each firearm , and five batz for every other weapon . The produce of this tax is to bo divided be * tween the government and efergy , fo the proportion of seven-twelfths to the former , and five-twelfths to the latter .

      Accident to Viscount Mohpeth . —The noble First Commissioner of Woods and Forests n ^ t with a serious accident last week by a fall from . " horse , which has since confined him to his room a ^ P * * - * Howard .

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      ' ASSBMBW RO 0 Mfl r 83 , DEAl ,. SlRWT , S 0 HO .-On Sunday evening next , October M , * .. ?* " ' . ? " men pre « , Mr Edmund Stallwood will deliver KblKcture ; subject :- ' Progression , Ragwtrafithe Charter , theWal ^ omp ^ ud Land and Labour Bank « msidMe 4 . ' -At seven Precisely , same place , same evening * " *? . WW «* IterSen of the Land Company ; , and , the locally ofthe National Charter Awociation will meet tor the dispatch of business . —On Monday evening tne Irish Confederates bold their weekly , aieeting .-On Tuesday evening the National Regwtratienana Central Election Committee will meet at eight o ' clock precisely .-The National Victim Committee will also assemble at the same hour . All localities not represented by delegates are requested to appoint some forthwith . / . , ... nnD « n » T « i * T . —At a ouarteriy meeting of this

      branch , the following officers were appointed : _ Messrs Irwich and Benjamin Kemplay , auditors ; Mr Chapman , scrutineer ; Mr Milward , treasurer ; and Frederick Jefferies , secretary . ^ Mr Bird was elected treasurer of . the Bermondsey branch ofthe National Charter ' Association , in the room of Mr Dyke , resigned . , Birmingham . —A public meeting was held at the People ' s Hall , on Tuesday evening last , for the purpose of enrolling members in the National Charter Association , when a considerable number enrolled their names , and decided upon taking the above place to hold their weekly meetings in , which will take place every Tuesday evening . A sapper , to commemorate the establishment of the National Land Cempany . and the return of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., as MP . for Nottingham , will take place in the liall on Monday , October 11 th , at five o ' clock . Tickets to be had ef any of the Land secretaries in Birmingham .

      Carlisle . —Chartism here assumes abetter aspect . The recent election has taught the people the necessity of being admitted within the pale of citizenship . The time was when Chartism was looked upon as a thing odious ; when a great many professed it , not through principle , but through fear , and those who were not intimidated were our most inveterate enemies . But , thanks to tbe spirit of progression , that time is past . Our former friends are now enthusiastic . Those who were our , foes not only admit the justice but the necessity of our claims , and others who still hold out are parting with their prejudices slowly , gradually , but surely . This , to say the least of it , augurs well . Our . association is beginning to

      recruit—its number is increasing .. Since 1842 we , have been very apathetic , but we have always managed to keep our . heads above , water . Come what might , we were determined , if possible , to keep the association in existence . We knew that it was necessary to have a rallying point—to have a centre . And knowing this the few who still clung to the' old hulk' were determined not to leave her . The pro * jected tour of Messrs . O'Connor and Jo es has caused no little talk in the neighbourhood . The beneficial result that would accrue from a visit of those two luminaries is almost incalculable . There is no time when their presence would have a better effect than the present , therefore , on no account must they fail to visit Carlisle .

      Cur and FissBURT Locauii . —The members of the above locality met at the Good Intent Coffee-house , Back-hill , Batten-garden , on Sunday evening last , when the following persons were elected general councillors for the ensuing quarter : Messrs 1 ' . Coleman , W . Allnutt , E . Nobbs , J . Linesay . and W . Salmon ; after which Mr T . Clark delivered an excellent lecture . ' On the Influence ofthe Press , ' Jn the course of his lecture he alluded to the intended Democrat paper , wishing the members to form clubs for the purpose of giving it all possible support . The lecturer gave great satisfaction , At the conclusion , a subscription was made for tbe widow of poor Dodson . Derby . —At a general meeting of the members ef the Land and Chartist society , on Tuesday evening , September 21 st , at Mr Belfield's , Temperance house , 5 , Green-street , called for the purpose of considering the propiety of establishing a reading room , library and discussion class . It was resolved : —

      That this meeting is of opinion tbat it is essential to theprogms of Chartist principles in this town , that we establish a reading room , library , and discussion class . That a committee of nine be chosen to draw up rules and regulations for carrying the above reselution into effect . That the fallowing persons form the Committee : — Messrs Sharpe , Briggs , Bentote , Buxton , Benson , J . Qorse , H . Gone , Breokes , Chandler . That a report of this meeting be sent to tbe Star , Now , friends in Derby , favourable te our principles , come forward aad assist in all cays yen can , to carry out this laudable object . Do not let it fall through for want of properexer tion .. Come forward and show to the vile slanderers of us and our principles , that

      you are a reading and thinking portion of the publio . Let every member of this branch ofthe Land Company , who ean afford it , consider himself bound to give at least one book towards the raising of a library . Let every member of tbe Chartist Society endenveur to bring another to add to our muster roll , and thus go on increasing our forces , and be prepared for a hard fight and a glorious victory at the next general election , by returning . P . M ' Grath , as member for Derby . N . B—Any persons who may feel desirous of giving a book or two to the library , can send their favours to Mr Crabtree , Rotten Row , Derby , er te Mr Belfield , 6 , Green-street , where any book they may send will be thankfully received . Grbbhqck . —The friends of democracy and literature in this town , viewing with admiration the services of their townsman , Robert Burrell , in thecause

      of freedom and social improvement , services which enriching others , have impoverished himself , deem it their duty to make an effort to place him in a position of greater comfort than he at present possesses . With this viewa committee has been formed to obtain assistance for carrying the above object . All monies to be forwarded to Duncan M'Arthur , Mechanics' Library , East Black Hall-street , Greenock , or to Jehu Neilson , nail maker , No . 27 , Tobago-street . P . S—The committee consider that placing Mr Burrell in a bookseller ' s shop weuld be the situation best adapted to his inclinations and bis abilities . Hanlev . —The Election Commitee of theHanley and Skelfon branch are requested to collect ail monies that have been . ' promised for the late elections , and attend , with the same , on Monday evening , October 11 th , at seven o ' clock , at Mr Yates' , Miles ' - bank , Skelton ,

      Hackney . —At a meeting of the members of the National Charter Association , at the Green-gate , Hackney-road , on Sunday , September 26 , it was resolved—That an en masse meeting be called of the Chartists of the Tower Hamlets , for the purpose of supporting the forthcoming Convention . Halifax . —A district delegate meeting was held at Lower Warley , on Sunday , September 26 th . Delegates present : —Samuel Widoge , John Lawaon , Lower Warley ; David Tempest , George Webber , Halifax : John Walker , Midgley : James Parson ,

      James Atkinson , Sowerby ; Mr John Lawson in the chair . A number of resolutions in favour of organising the district , were unanimously carried . The meeting was adjrurned to Sunday , October 10 th , to beheld at the Working Man ' s Hall , Bullclose-lane , Halifax , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Liverpool—At the quarterly meeting of the members of the Chartist Association , held at Mr Farrall ' s , 4 , Cazneau-street , on Sunday evening , Sept . 26 , Mr Johnson in the chair , the following resolutions were

      passed—That Mr Smith be the secretory , Mr Farrall the treasurer , and the following persons be the council—Mr John , son Mr Costine , Mr Whitfield , Mr Gelling , Mr Royle . That the present system of collecting be abandoned . Tbat ail business connected with ( he Chartist Association be done at our weekly meeting , every Wednesday at eight o ' clock , when members' subscriptions will be received by tbe secretary . LouoHBoaocoH . —On Monday week , the Land members celebrated the return of F . O'Connor , Esq . as M . P . for Nottingham . A band was engaged , which , with a number of flags , < fco ., perambulated the town at different times . There was a very large attendance in the evening . The meeting was addressed by Messrs Buckby ( of Leicester ) and Skevington . Patriotic songs and sentiments enlivened the meeting till a late hour .

      LiMSHoosE . —A numerous assemblage attended at the Brunswick Hall , Ropemakert-fields , on Monday , Sept . » be 27 tb , to hear Mr William Diron deliver a publio lecture , on the subject of ' Progression . ' Mr Dixon on his arrival was greeted with an enthusiastic welcome . Mr Barnard was unanimously called to the chair . Mr Dixon delivered an admirable address which was en . tbusiastically applauded . Mr Stallwood followed , and his remarks were also loudly applauded . The usual votes of thanks were awarded to the speakers and the chairman .

      National Victim Committee . —At the meeting on Tuesday evening , September 28 th , £ 11 . 6 s . 3 d ., was reaeived per Mr Clark , being a portion ofthe Bilston tea tray ballot ; and from G . W ., 6 d . Newcastle-upon-Tyne . —A district delegate mee t ing of the National Charter Association , in the countiesof Northumberlandand Durham , was held in the house of Martin Jude , Cock-inn , Head-of-the-Side , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , on Sunday afternoon , September 26 , and the following resolutions were passed . Moved by Mr James Watson , seconded by Mr John Pratt : — That the counties ef Northumberland and Durham be formed into a district of the National Charter Association , to be guided by rules hereafter specified .

      That each locality in the two counties , where there Is a branch ofthe National Charter Association do nay a sum of one penny per man per month , to bear the expenses of the district , aud such sums tobe sent to the district treasurer ( Mr Jude ) monthly . That a committee be formed . withfutl povrer to addto their number . and such committeeto have power to print counties , to rouse the working classes to a sense of their

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      duty , la regard to signing the National Petition for the Couvmwrt House . fWarliamtnt , for the People ' s Chwter . That the follewlng parsons form such committee , to meet in thecoma of Mr ; Robert Brown , Scarborough Anna , WestHolborn , Booth Shield * , on Sunday , October 11 , at two' o ' clock p . m . : Mr-Pete * Nicholson and Mr Joseph Mitchell , Tarrow Mr James Watson and Mr Stephen Blnns , Newcastle ; Mr Wm . Gilillan and Mr Thomas Mitchell , South Shields ; Mr John Rawltngi and Mr John Pratt , North Shields j UrJMattin Jade , treasurer ; Mr James Nisbett , district secretary . That Mr p , O'Connor and Ernest Jones be requested by this meeting to visit Newcastle , North and South Shields , Sunderland , and the other branches in these counties during their intended tour . Tha t the next district delegate meeting be held in tbe

      heuseofMr John Pratt , Magnesia Bank , Union Street , North Shields , on Sunday afternoon , October 2 Sth , at two o ' clock ; and it ia earnestly requested by this meeting , that those branches in the ' two counties that have neglected to send delegates to * this meeting , do send delegates to the meeting to be held on October 35 . The district sicretary is very sorry to inform the several branches tbat have applied to him for tbe services of Mr Thomas Dickenson of Sunderland , that that gentlemen is at present labouring under a severe indisposition , and is not able at the present time to deliver lectures in any locality , but aesoon as he is convalescent , he will do so with great pleasure . Timely notice will be given . Owham -On Sunday last , a very crowded meetin * took nlace in the school-room of the Working

      Man ' s HaU , to hear an address from an operative mechanic . The speaker commenced by stating that it ' was tbesecond timehe bad appeared on a plattorm to advocate Chartist principles , . but he did bo from & conviction , that aoBaething must be politically wrong , when so many thousands ofthe labouring classes were suffering from the wantofemployineiit . The speaker expressed his approval of the National Land Company , which he said was tbe best plan in his opinion tbat had been offered for raising the labouring classes from their present degraded condition . He next expatiated on the Land and Labour Bank , wbich ; he showed in a very argumentstire manner , to be the most secure investment , and offered a better rate of interest than any , other bank . The lecturer was listened to throughout with great attention , and the meeting concluded , by passing votes of thanks to the lecturer and chairman .

      Prkbioic . — A meeting was held on Sunday week , at the house of William Liddle , 10 , Russell-street , for the purpose of establishing a Chartist Association , when a few sterling friends to the cause of ; liberty assembled and enrolled their names . A large room , No . 1 , High-street , has been taken , where meetings will be held every Sunday evening , at six o clock , for the purpose of reading and discussing any question that may be beneficial to the ' association , and also to enrol members ; and as we bays got a room capable of holding upwarda of 1 , 800 people , we nope that the friends of democracy , wi'l not be backword to rally round the Chartist standard once

      more- ... „ ,,. L Rochdaw . —On Sunday evening , Mr Cbadwick from . Manchester gave a soul-stirring lecture in the Chartist room , Yorkshire-street , to a respectable audience on the Charter and the Land . He descanted on tbe principles of tbe People's | Chart « r in a manner tbat electrified hia hearers with pleasure and ^ astonishment . He ably explained the Land scheme , and spoke at great length en the evils of intemperance and the blessings of sobriety . Mr Chadwick is a promising young man , and we hope our friends in Lancashire will embrace tbe opportunity

      of securing bis services . . The members ef the Charter and Land associations have started a library in their room , Yorkshire-street , which is opes on Sunday and Wednesday evenings . Although only in existence a fortnight , a number of volumes have been presented by numerous iriends . Tbe committee feel confident that the friends of liberty and educatien in Radical Rochdale , will lend their kindly assistance to the goed work by presenting tbem with useful books er rendering them pecuniary assistaace . It is to be hoped tbat the good work will prosper , as it solely emanated from the working men .

      Brcurrs or the Beoisteatioh and Election Covsiittei from 23 rd September . —Tredegar , per Berfield , Is ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , £ 5 ; Girvan , per John Eadie , 12 s 8 d ; few friends at Crawford , 7 s ; W . E . Thomas , Chepstow , Is ; H . Johns Worcester , per Barnesley , 4 s ; Longton Potteries , per Amiion , lOd ; Derby , per Crabtree £ 6 ; Edward Blackware , / Is ; Mr Hall , It ; total £ 1117 s 3 d . Jahes Gbasbbt , Secretary . South Lambeth . —A publie meeting will beheld on Tuesday evening , October 5 , at the Jolly Sailor , Dorset-street , Clapham-read , for the purpose of explaining tbe principles ofthe Peple ' s Charter and the

      National Land Company , when the following gentlemen will address the meeting : Philip M'Grath , C . Doyle , and W . Dix , of Manchester . Mr Sewell will take the chair at eight o ' clock . Sokebs Town . — # n Sunday evening last , Mr John Fussell , delivered the second of a course of lectures on ' Democracy , '' Tbe Charter and the Land , ' at the Bricklayer ' s Arms , Tonbrldge-street , New-road . Thelectarer explicitly stated the Six Points of the People ' s Chatter , ably proved ice efficacy to remove the monstrous aad grievous burdens under which the toiling millions now groan , urged on his hearers the necessity of a renewed united and energetic agitation for its enactment , and resumed bis seat amid tbe cheera of an attentive

      audience , Tbe meeting was subsequently addressed by a young working man , in rather a lengthy speech , given with great fluency and ability , in which he noticed the leading topics tbat now agitate the political world ; stated that he was a staunch advocate of the People ' s Charter , being firmly convinced tbat it was only by the possession of political powers that tbe working classes could emancipate themselves from the degraded position in which they were new placed , and secure those just aud equal rights to . which they were now entitled , and concluded by saying , that if they would accept of bis humble services , he would deliver a lecture oa the Currency question on next Sunday evening . An animated discussion ensued , in which Messrs Lucas { tbe chairman ) , Farris , Arnott , Thurston and others joined , and after tbe usual vote of thanks , the meeting separated , highly pleased with what tbey had heard .

      T 0 E 0 . DAY . —At a meeting convened for the purpose a branch of the National Charter Association was formed , and resolutions passed of our ' concurrence with the suggestion of Mr Flood of Barnstaple , as to the necessity of holding a county delegate meeting for the furtherance of tbe cause of Chartism , tbe obtaining signatures to the national petition , for making the necessary preparations ior meeting the People's Champion , Feargus O ' Connor , Esq ., M . P ., in the tour he promises to make to the western counties We suggest Newtnn Abbot is the most fitted place for a delegate meeting for this county . With respect to our Tiverton friends , we perfectly agree with them as regards expenses . We also propose that ( if the editor of the Stat will permit ) the name of all branches willing to cooperate with us , be inserted in the next week ' s Star , so that we may know our strength in this county .

      Forthcoming Meetings. Bradford.- —A Camp...

      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Bradford .- —A camp meeting will be held on Sunday , at one o ' clock in the afternoon , at New Holland , near Wilsden . Several members ot the Land Company from Keighley , Halifax , and Bradford , will address the meeting . The Chartists of Bradford will meet on Sunday , at two o'clock in the afternoon , in the Land office , Butterworth Buildings . The Confederate Repeal Clab will meet in their room , Temperance Hall , Leeds-road , on Sunday , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , and seven o'clock ia tbe evening . Bristol . —The monthly meeting ot the members

      of tho National Charter Association will be held at 14 , Rosemary-street , on Tuesday evening next , October 5 th , when parties holding petition sheets are requested te bring them in . Halifax , —A publie meeting will be held in the Odd Fellows Hall , on Tuesday evening , October 5 th , to adopt the National Petition . Doors open at halfpast seven , o ' clock . The business of tbe meeting to cemmenceat eight o ' clock . Halifax . —On Sunday , ( to-morrow , ) October 3 rd , Mr James Bawden , will lecture in the large roam , Bullclose-lane , to commence at half-past six o'clock .

      Huddersfisld—A meeting of the Chartists in this district will be held at Ibesoa ' a Temperatice-hotel , Buxton-road , on Sunday , the 3 rd of October , in tbe afternoon , at three o ' clock . Loughborough . —At a meeting of Chartist friends held at the Wheat-sheaf , last Sunday evening , it was resolved tore-organise the Chartist Association in this place , to meet at half-past six on a Sunday evening , at the above Inn , for discussion , reading the Northern Star , & o . ; to commence next Sunday evening , October 3 rd . Limehousb . —Brunswick Hall . —The members of this locality , are requested to attend a quarterly meeting , on Monday , October the 4 th , at eieht o ' clock . B

      Liv * BF 00 i ,.-Mr Edmund Jones will deliver a lecture on Sunday evening , October 3 rd , at Mr Fa £ rail ' s . 4 , Cazaeau-street , at seven o ' clock . LBAia » oiOK .-The friends of the National Charter Association held a meeting Sept . 28 th at Mr S « Tempemnce ^ ^^ ^ of forming a branch of the Assoc atio ^ Several Low ^ iiOWBAKDs . —At a meeting of occupants on the Lowbands estate , held on Monday evening Sent or hanvFerd , Graham , Tanner , & c , it was agreed AssoGktfnr w ° ' p ° K f tae National Charter wSSp 8 ra IUn ^ ' Ford « S - Glari -. Graham , and Tanner , were appointed as Council . Mr Bearman was elected treasurer ; and Mr Pettit secretary . ¦ *• «« . « , TO MAwuKSiEa .-MrG . Stanley , of Manchester , will deliver a lecture in the People ' s Institute , Ileyrod-atreet , Ancoats , on Sunday . October 3 rd .

      wjair to be taken at half . past six o ' clock in the evening . A members' meeting of the National Onanist Association will be held at two 0 ' slock in the same afternoon , in its above vkoe , -. un

      Forthcoming Meetings. Bradford.- —A Camp...

      Siocwobt . —A nesting of the BembM . 7 "" National Charter Association will be held A 11 * day the 8 rd of October , at the Lyceum , ? V o ' clock in the evening . Mr Donovan of Man . ! ^ t will lecture on Sunday , at six o ' clock . cae * ter , Shobmutch . —On Sunday next , a diica »! n take place at the Green Gate , HacknewS ' ^ ject ; ' Does the nation energetically itriv-. fr ! , nik corruptible press . ' Chair to be taken it B ' o ' clock . . " ^ ea Sbbmiud . — The various Municipal Flo m Committees are expected to send two of theit !!* bers to a meeting which will bo held in the r ? ea ' oratio Reading roam , 33 , Queen-street , oo CT * evenintt next , * eJRht tf & ek . ' S ^) ^

      o «™ . *»»¦* . •—vu ouuuoy evening next a w will be delivered by a working man , on the ' rw ' Question , ' at tbe Bricklayers' Arm , , Tonb rifc , ! ^ New . road . To commence at eight o ' clock precise !| - South Shields . — The friends of Mr Dickenson spectfully Informed thata dinner nnd testimonial suv ' * given to that gentleman , at the house of Mr r ^ CronKeyi , WestHelb 9 rn , on Wednesday , Ot ** ?' Tickets may be had at the following places -Mr T Market-place ; Mr Atkinson ' s , Grocer , W estoe-lMri ?* Brown ' s , Scarborough Anrs , West Holbora ., T . ' » w * Gilroy's , Cross Keys , West Holbora . Dm ' ™ , 7 table at seven o'clock . msr m *»

      Ashion.Ukder-Ltne.-A Quarterly Meeting O...

      Ashion . ukder-Ltne .-A quarterly meeting of the land members will be held on Sunday , October iT at two o ' clock in the afternoon , in the Charti » t *^ 2 ? Bentinck-street . wuatioom BiBMiHOHAM . — A branch of the National Land Company will commence at the St George ' s CofiV house , U , Little Hampton . street , Birmingham , Mr John Pare and other friends of the scheme will \ k tend to address tbe meetiB £ , —[ Our correspondent does not Bay when . ] * Bacdp . —A public meeting ofthe members and friends of tbe shareholders will be held in the Char , tisfc room , Rochdale-road , Bacup , on Wednesday

      night next , October 6 tb . To commence at eigU o'clock when Mr Thomas Tattersall , frem Burnley will address the meeting , Suhjeat : ' The Uni ' and the Proceedings at tbe late Conference . ' ' BoLioif . —The monthly meeting of this branch will take place on Sunday evening next , October 3 rd , at six o'clock . The secretary and scrutineer are in attendance every Monday and Thursday evening , from seven till ten o ' clock , for the purpose of entel . ling members and receiving subscriptions . All members , in arrears for local and general levies , are requested to pay up the same . Any member iu ar . rears on the 18 th of October , will not be returned to the next ballot .

      Blackbubk . •—The members of this branch are again reminded tbat the secretary attends at the Temperance Hotel , 13 , Whalfey Banks-, every Situr . day afternoon , from five till eight o ' clock , to receive share meney- and enrol new members for the Land Company ; on Sundays , from tvro till half-past four o ' clock for the Bank , and from five till eight o ' clock for the Land . Members , still in arrears with their local and directors' levies , are requested to pay up immediately ; . Baubax . —The members of the Land Company are requested to meet in the large room , Bullclose-lane , in the afternoon at two . o ' clock , when business of importance will be brought before them .

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      CORN , Sic . Mabk-LAHE , Monday Sept . 27 . —Fresh up to-day a fair average quantity of English wheat came to hand eoast . wise , from Essex , Kent , and Cambridgeshire ; yet tbe stands were by no means well supplied with samples , By laud carriage very little reached us . Owing , however , to the increased importations of wheat and Sour from abroad , the demand for all kinds of wheat of home pro . duce was in a very depressed state , at a decline in t he quotations obtained on Monday last of from it to fully it per qr . and at which a clearance was not effected . The sap . ply of foreign wheat brought forward was very extensive ; hence the sales progressed heavily , at a fall in prices of from 3 s to 4 s per qr . The transactions for consumption were trifling , and scarcely any took place for export . With barley we were again scantily supplied . The aalt trade waa in a very Inactive state . There were feirer oats on offer than for some lime past . Tbe flour trade was heavy . Town-made parcels receded to iSs perSSbfbs , and American qualities were Is to 2 s per barrel lower .

      wednwdat , Sept . 20 . —A decided increase has taken place in the arrivals of English wheat for our market this week , coastwise , as well as by land carriage . The show of samples this morning was moderately gcod , and the demand for all descriptions was exceedingly heavy at barely Monday's reduced currencies . Nearly 20 , 000 quarters of foreign wheat have come to hand since Satnrday evening . As a large quantity was brought forward to-day , the sales progressed heavily , and , in some in . stances , the quotations were almost nominal . Kichkoko ( Yorkshire ) Sep . 25 . —We had a large sup . ply of wheat in our market to-day , but only a thin .

      suppiy or omer grain . —tvneat sold from 6 s 9 d to 8 s ; oats 2 s 9 d to is ; barley , it 9 d to 5 «; beans 5 s to 6 s 6 d per bushel . LiVEBroot , Monday , Sept . 27 . —The business since last Tuesday has been very moderate , which may be ascribed to the interior markets being more freely supplied by neighbouring farmers ; and our prices of wheat have been reduced 3 d to id per bushel on old , and id to 6 d per bushel on new wheat Flour has declined fully 2 s per barrel , and 2 s 6 d to 3 s per sack . CATTLE , & c The following arrivals of foreign stock took place in the port of London last week : —

      From Whence . Beasts . Shp . Lhs . Cal . Pigs . Harlingen 281 i , 981 — n _ . Nieu Dieppe ........ 22 692 — 25 — Hamburg 221 858 Rotterdam 418 2 , 735 63 139 ifl Ostend — 258 — — — Antwerp — — — 20 20 Total 042 6 , 422 63 275 30 * At the various outports the arrivals have consisted ol 3 , 700 head , chiefly from Rotterdam and Hamburg . A most contagious disease has been lately introducelinto this country by the Merino sheen imported from Germany . The disease has , we find , been communicated to large numbers of English jheep , and which has resulted in very serious losses to the graziers .

      Sbithwexd , Monday , Sept . 27 . —To-day we had on sale nearly 1 . 000 beasts , 4 , 000 sheep and lambs , 120 calves , and 40 pigs , with which the trade was in a very inactive state , at barely the . late depression in the quotations . Prom our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts were extensive . KAs the general quality of this description of stock was very inferior , the demand for the best Scots , & c „ was steady , and , iu some instances , the currencies paid on Monday last were obtained by the salesmen , the best beet realising is 6 d per 8 Ibs . At the close Of business a clearanee was not effected . The numbers of sheep were considerably on the increase ; yet , as the weather was somewhat favourable to slaughtering , tbe mutton trade was firm particulary for the best old downs , the supply of which was small , at the prices quoted oa this day se ' nnight , The best old downs sold at Js < d per offis . The inquiry for iambs was heavy . Calve * , though mfull average supply , moved off steadily at late rates . Prime small porkers commanded full prices . In other qualities of pork comparatively little business was transacted .

      BUTTER , BACON , & c . Livebpooi ,, Monday , Sept . 27 . —Our imports of butter are increasing , and wehadaifirm market , with a very good demand during the early part of last week , tbo highness of the stork causing holders to be careless oi selling . In the latter part of the week , however , there was but a limited demand , with but little offering . Bacon has had slow sale , and hams almost unsaleable , while lard continues to advance . '

      POTATOES sJT ? * , NI > s"T"Ftt « w * Sept . 27 .-Notwithstanding the supplies of potatoes are somewhat extensive , a very large business has been again transacted in tbem , and , in some instances , the best qualities have produced atitfn 8 Jto more mone ^ Pric « now rule from to 86 to * s 10 s per ton . T . „ WOOL . i „ Z ? V ° j' S £ pt' 27- ~ The past week ' s imports of wool frnm n ? f » ° c o T

      COTTON . 5 wVPf ! " *?*¦*•• Sep * - 27 ,-The sales are about 2 , 500 bales , done In a flat and dull manaer , at the quo-Sid » f ! i ! mF- Near , Iy f * one 8 eems 01 - » <> theart , and we are all doing as little as may be .

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      ( From the Gazette of Tuesday , Sept . 28 . ) Martin Buggeln , Liverpool , victualler-James Griffiths Davies , Manchester , glass dealer-Thomas ? Halstead . c ^& h " * o 'rand ' P ^ Kcan-WUliaSHenr , ' H ch-SSSil-Sir ^? ^ Ti ana „ jQ- »* Enoch Hitehcock , ^ Sin Sj 4 " 7 ?* - Bkckfriars-road , saw-mul StreetjKlmE * " ? Mo « f 8 vl 8 Wildbore , Newcastle w « b 1 * , S ? . ? rter of ornamental paper and foncy bom-Samuel Williams , Sloan-square , Chelsea , brush

      Births. At Kirkaldy, On Sunday, Septembe...

      BIRTHS . At Kirkaldy , on Sunday , September 19 , Feargus O'Connor Lessell , son of John wd Margaret Lease !! . The lather is local Land treasurer . 'Registered at Merthyr Tydvil , on Sunday last , Feargus O'Connor Wilson , sen of Henry and Catherine Wilson , tailor , of this town , DIED . At Clltheroe , on Sunday morning ; September 26 , Mr Robert Seed , a sincere Chartist , and one of the fortunate allottees of four acres in the C'aartist Land Company . The deceased was a very industrious , persevering , and sober man , aud highly respected by bis brother shareholders , and by ail with whom be was acquainted . His death i * lamented by all . His disease was the brain fever . Also , the same morning , Jane Hervey , a member of the Chartist Land Company . She had caught a malignant fever from a young man who bad lately come from Ireland , Her illness was of three days' duration , and the was interred tbe same day on which she died .

      Printed Iy Dougal M'Gowas, Of 16, Great Windmi '• Street, Haytnarket, In The City Of Westminster, At The

      Printed iy DOUGAL M'GOWAS , of 16 , Great Windmi ' street , Haytnarket , in the City of Westminster , at the

      Office, In Tho Same Street And Parish, F...

      Office , in tho same Street and Parish , for the lYipnew .. FEARGUS O'COSNOK , Esq ., M . P ., and published by WutiAM Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-sweet , Brandon-street , Walworth , in the parish of St . Mary , >*•»»'• ngton , in the County of Surrey , at the Office , No . 10 . Great Windtnill-street , Haymarket , in the City of «"¦ »• - miuster . Saturday , October 2 nd , 1 W

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 2, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02101847/page/8/