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    • theTqueens speech.
    • The following appeared in our Second Edition of last week.) FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,
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      208 The Star Oe Freedom, [November 6,

      208 THE STAR OE FREEDOM , [ November 6 ,

      Thetqueens Speech.

      theTqueens speech .

      My Lords And Gentlemen, It Affords Me Gr...

      My Lords and Gentlemen , It affords me great satisfaction to meet you on the present occasion , anticipating as I do that although your labours may be of short duration they will greatly conduce to the welfare and happiness of my "i onare aware of the causes which led me to dissolve the late House of Commons . With anxious solicitude I watched the progress of the proceedings consequent upon the issue of the writs for the re-election of the second but not the least important branch of the legislature . I

      • witnessed with much pain that in England and Scotland many constituencies repeated the mal-praetices which in former times brought so much distcredit on our constitutional system , and I learn with regret that numerous instances of bribery and corruption are likely to be substantiated before committees of the lower House . Ireland was the theatre of still more distressing occurences . The elections were stained by scenes of violence and bloodshed . I have directed that those outrages shall be rigidly inquired into , and that those proved to be guilty , whether servants of the Crown or members of the public shall be dealt with as strict and impartial justice may command .

      Gentlemen ojf the House of Commons , It would be useless to deplore or punish the misdeeds of the past without seeking a remedy adequate to provide against their recurrence in the future . Convinced that the great cause of these evils consists in the defective state of the representation , combined with the ignorance of a portion of the people , and that the remedy will be found , in calling into action the patriotic feelingof all classes , and by affording every faculty for the diffusion of usefusion information , I have instructed and commanded my ministers to lay before

      your honourable House a series of measures , designed to extend the elective franchise to every adult male of sane mind , not undergoing punishment for crime ; to afford to each voter the protection of the ballot ; to more equally apportion the electoral districts ; to abolish the iniquitous property qualification heretofore required of English and Irish members of your House ; to provide that members as servants of the public , shall receive a reasonable fixed sum for their services , and lastly , to enact a return to the ancient usage of this realm , by the restoration of annual in lieu of septennial

      Parliaments . And , furthermore , I have directed my ministers to lay before your honourable house , a brief but very important measure , providing for the abolition of the stamp on newspapers , the duty on paper and advertisements , and all other taxes on knowledge and restrictions upon the spread of general information . My Lords and Gentlemen , In common with my people , I have observed , with painful interest , the gradual extinction of those popular liberties , achieved by the people of Europe at the expense of much bloodshed and suffering , in

      he memorable year 1848 . Especially I have lamented the sight of a neig hbouring and gallant nation despoiled of its liberties , reduced by treason and violence to a state of abject slavery . The late advances of military despotism on the continent , command that England should be prepared for all contingencies . The most effectual defence against foreign agression will be found , not so much in our regular organised forces , as in the arms of a free people . I have , therefore , instructed my ministers to propose the abrogation of all

      laws against popular training and drilling , and restricting the ancient and constitutional right of the people to bear arms . They will also submit to you a measure , extending and improving the late Militia Act , and providing for the enrolment of volunteer corps , for the defence of the country . I have ordered the strictest investigation into the management of the navy , and I trust to your loyal co-operation to place that important arm of the national defences in a state of the most thorough efficiency .

      With sorrow and indignation I have witnessed-the atrocities of which Italy has been the theatre for some time past , and I have directed my Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to negotiate with the governments of France and Austria , for the amicable withdrawal of their forces from the soil of Italy , so that that country may be left to the free developemeut of its national life and the enjoyment of a better future . While it will be my earnest wish to preserve peace , I shall consider it my duty , relying upon your cordial support , to give aid and succour to all peoples straggling against tyranny , and aiming at the establishments of free and progressive institutions . My Lords and Gentlemen ,

      Many weighty and pressing measures demand the attention of the British legislature ; amongst others , Revision of Taxation , ' —Reform of the Established Churches , —a popular remodelling of the army and navy , —National Education , —the Abolition of Pauperism , —thorough Sanitary Reform , —and complete justice to our colonies and dependencies . But these measures will be best considered when the House of Commons is a thorough reflex of the nation ' s will . Be it your mission , in this present session , to radically reform our representative system , and to restore to the people their rights as men and citizens . So doing , you will win for yourselves the nation ' s gratitude , and the admiration of posterity , and make this island a home of freedom , an example to all peoples , and a terror to all oppressors .

      [ The above , or something like it , will be her Majesry s speech a week hence , if , in the mean time she should dismiss her present ministers , and call to her councils true and . faithful patriots . ]

      The Following Appeared In Our Second Edition Of Last Week.) Foreign Intelligence,

      The following appeared in our Second Edition of last week . ) FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ,

      France. Abeuel-Icader Was At The Opera L...

      FRANCE . AbeUel-ICader was at the Opera last night , and visited the President in his box . The Emir is staying at 50 , Hue Rivol ) . The Sardinian Minister in Paris has presented his letters of recall . PRUSSIA . Berlin , Oct . 26 . Yesterday the election , not of the members , but of the electoral colleges , who are to elect the members of the Second Prussian Chamber , took place . No interest whatever was shown on the oction . Scarcely half Ihe number of persons entitled to vote made their appearance ; and those who did appear passively voted for the persons whose names stood on printed tickets put into their hands , after the fashion in which Moses and Son distaibute their handbills . Of course the persons elected are exclusively governmental . In the

      provinces the apathy was still greater . In some divisions of Stettin , for instance , the election could not take place , because nobody came to vote ; and if it were not lor the fear , which so many yeole have of making themselves obnoxious to the government b y withholding their vote , it would be impossible to get up anything like an election at all . The great majority of people here would be g lad to be rid of chambers , which , as long as the executive has half a million of bayonets to overawe them , must always be powerless for the support of popular right , and onl y serve to give the semblance of popular sanction to arbitrary measures .

      At A Few Minutes Before 12 O'Clock, On T...

      At a few minutes before 12 o ' clock , on the motion of Mr . Itobert Potter , M . P ., seconded by the Rev . Mr . Quaid , the chair was taken by Mr . Geo ^ e H . Moore , M . P . Dr . Gray and Mr . Lucas , M . P ., were requested to act as secretaries . The report of the committee was read and adopted . Resolutions disclaiming any intention of demanding any portion ofthe revenues of the Established Church for the Roman Catholic Church , and requiring that the liberal Irish members should continue independent of , and in opposition to , any government that will not concede perfect religious equality , were subsequently moved and adopted . Some other resolutions having been passed , and thanks voted to the chairman , the meeting separated .

      THE " RELIGIOUS EQUALITY" CONFERENCE , Dublin , Thursay Evening . This assemblage , which has been so long talked of , took place to-day , the meeting being held in the concert-room of the Rotundo . At 11 o ' clock , the hour appointed for the meeting , there were but few in attendance , and these were chiefly Roman Catholic clergymen ; and at no time in the course of the day could the meeting be called a numerous one the persons present being , in fact , exclusively those one might expect to find on the platform of a general meeting .

      Law And Police. Forgery.—At The Central ...

      LAW AND POLICE . Forgery . —At the Central Criminal Court , yesterday , Lewis Yates Coleman , and Joseph Gurney , who were convicted on the previous day of forging and uttering a foreign bill of exchange with intent to defraud , were sentenced to fifteen years transportation . Manslaughter James Phillips , 26 , was indicted for the wilful murder of Anne Matthews , otherwise Brown . The facts of the case have been given very recently in the police reports , and it will therefore be unnecessary to give evidence in detail on the present occasion . The jury found the prisoner Guilty of manslaughter , and he was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years .

      The late Robbery in the Strand . —Yesterday Jacob Castleberg , watchmaker , of 23 , Newcastle-street , Whitechapel , and Reuben Hart , who descrrbed himself as a tailor , were p laced at the bar of the Bow-street Police-court , before Mr . Jardine , charged on suspicion of being concerned ^! stealing gold and silver wa tches from the shop of Mr . Jones , 308 , Stroud , in the night ofthe 9 th of October last . They were both remanded .

      Britannia National Freehold Land Society...

      BRITANNIA NATIONAL FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY . A Public Meeting to promote the objects of the above Society , was held on Tuesday , the 26 th inst ., at the Belvidere Tavern , Pentonville . The chair was to have been taken by VV . Cunningham , Esq ., who was prevented from attending by indisposition . His place was occupied by Mr . Birchmore , who briefly announced the objects of the Society . Great and unprecedented had been the success ofthe movement , but still a large number were beyond the pale of their operations . The small sum of one shilling per week was beyond the pockets of many men anxious to Share its

      advantages , they therefore reduced their subscriptions to 6 d . per week , with the additional advantage that a member b y an extra weekl y payment could secure a house on the land when obtained , thereby increasing the value of the allotment , but a member could take any number of shares he p leased . Their course was simple , they proposed when the united subscriptions of the members amounted to a sum sufficient to advance it on the security of an estate , to be divided amongst their members . Each division conferring the right of a county vote . Large profits invariably attended the sale of small p ieces of Land so acquired . Its political advantages were

      also great . Many object to buy the political right . The answer was simple : " It is agitation without expense . It does not require a large annual subscription for the support of a political union . It is ar » investment , giving above the interest—r-political power . ' And the man who can thus afford to possess it shortens the baillefon the part of those who can only acquire it by a conquest over those now monopolizing it . " Messrs . Mills , Young , and Kemp , moved and J . A . Nicho / ay , Esq . and Mr . D . VV . Ruffy the Secretary ably supported the following resolution : —

      "That in the opinion of this meeting , the Freehold Land Societies are powerful adjuncts in working out the Political , Social , and Moral elevation of the industrial classes of this country ; and that the Brittania National Freehold Land and House Society is worthy their marked attention and support . " The Resolution was Carried unanimously . Many enquiries were made , and numerous shares taken . A vote of thanks to Mr . Birchmore concluded the meeting .

      From , The London Gazette.—Friday, Oct. ...

      From , the LONDON GAZETTE . —Friday , Oct . 29 . BANKRUPTS . KEELEY , JAMES , and WILLIAMS , EDWIN , Strand , and Fleet-street , City , tailors . JONES , STOPFORD THOMAS , King William-street , City , and Upper Groundstreet , Lambeth , coal agents . NEWBOLD , ALFRED , and NEWBOLD , EDWARD , Birmingha m , drapers .

      NICHOLLS , EDWARD , Stourbridge , Oldswmgford , Worcestershire , licensed victualler . KINDLE ; EDMUND , Denholm ' e , Bradford , Yorkshire , manufacturer . SPENCER , JOHN , and PULLAN , JOSEPH , Thornton , Bradford , Yorkshire , top- makers . WOODWARD , THOMAS , Liverpool , butcher . NANSON , JOSEPH , Jun ., Seaham-harbour , Durham , ship broker .

      BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED . JACKMAN HENRY , Birmingham , builder . PROSSER , WILLIAM , Shoreditch , draper . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . GALLIE , JOHN , Edinburgh , type founder . M'ALPINE , WILLIAM , Aberdeen , draper .

      From The London Gazette.—Tuesday, Nov. 2...

      From the LONDON GAZETTE . —Tuesday , Nov . 2 . BANKRUPTS . FYFFE , EDWARD , jun ., Calcutta , and Howford-buildings , Fenchurch-street , merchant . OLLIVIER , CHARLES , New Bond-street , music seller . WARREN RICHARD , Nelson-place , City-road , coach-maker . WARE , BETHEL , Tottenham-court-road , straw bonnet manufacturer . LOADER , FREDERICK , Berkhampstead , Hertfordshire , tailor .

      BICKFORD . JAMES , Brighton , silversmith . ATMORE , ROBERT , Gaywood , Norfolk , miller . MENON , JOHN GRANT , Birmingham , stationer . CROSS , CHARLES WHITE , Birmingham , surgeon . MITCHELL , ALEXANDER , Cardiff , Glamorganshire , draper . M'LINTOCK , JOSEPH , Barnslty , Yorkshire , linen manufacturer . BEDFORD , JOHN , Wakefield , Yorkshire , cloth merchant . RICHARDS , ROGER , Wrexham , Denbigshire , chemist .

      SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . SHIRREFF , ALEXANDER , Leith , merchant . CRICHTON , JOHN , Dnndee , baker . BELL , JAMES , Glasgow , boot-maker .

      ~~ Markets. "^

      ~~ MARKETS . " ^

      Corn.—Mark Lane, November L. The Supply ...

      CORN . —MARK LANE , November l . The supply of new English Wheat moderate this morning , but the arriv i foreign Wheat and American Flour have been large . llval s o Barley generally sold readily , and choice malting samples brought is money than this day week . ° ' more The arrival of foreign Oats is large , and sold slowly at the rates of this d week . ay Grey Peas and Beans fully as dear as last Monday . PRICES OF BRITISH GRAIN AND FLOUR . Shillings per Quarter . Shillings per Om . Wheat , Esses & Kent , Oats , English feed ... iG „ 19 T „ " o r ; white , new 34 to 42 up to 46 Ditto Potato ... J 9 g . -J Ditto old 43 „ 47 „ 54 Scotch feed SI ' i ! £ ?* Ditto red , new ... 32 „ 87 „ 40 Ditto Potato ?» „ U T t Ditto old ' 40 „ 44 „ 48 Irish feed , white ... 17 „ 1 B JJJ f Norfolk , Lincoln , and Ditto Black \ q m 18 fine ; Yorksh ., red ... 42 „ 44 „ 45 Rye 27 29 old % Ditto ditto new ... 30 „ 35 „ 40 Beans , Mazagan ... 31 „ 32 32 ^ Ditto ditto white new , none Ticks 32 „ 33 " 330-Ditto ditto old , none Harrow ... 32 „ 30 '' ^ Malt , Essex , Norfolk , Pigeon 3 ( J ? j 40 " ' and Suffolk , new ... 54 „ 55 extra 5 S Peas , white boilers ... 38 „ u " ? , Ditto ditto old ... „ 54 „ 50 Maple 83 » i 8 « " 8 _ 3 o Kingston , Ware , and Grey - 31 „ 33 " 33 35 town made , new 59 „ 60 „ 64 Flour , town made , per " Ditto ditto old ... 58 „ 59 „ 63 sack of 2801 bs 88 s . to „ fe Barley , malting , new 31 33 Households , Town 35 s . Country-vi Chevalier 33 35 Norfolk and Suffok , ex-shi p 29 a J FOREIGN CORN .

      Wheat— s . s . Barley— g > Dantzig 42 to 53 Danish 24 to 28 Anhalt and Marks — ... — Saal 27 . 09 t Ditto White - — .. - — East Friesland 21 !! 2-3 Pomeranian red ... .. .. 47 Egyptian ... . « 19 .. . " 0 Rostock »» 4 A . „ 49 Danube 20 " 01 Danish and Friesland ... 36 ... 38 Peas , White " 34 .. 30 Petersbh ., Archangel & Riga 38 .. 40 Boilers . ' 33 ^ 40 Polish Odessa 30 .. 38 Beans , Horse 28 ... so Marianopoii & Berdianski 40 ... 42 Pigeon 32 . ' .. 34 Taganrog ... ., 41 Egyptian , , 29 ' ... 80 Brabant and French .. ,. 40 .. 48 Oats—Ditto White 46 .. 48 Groningen , Danish , Bremen Salonica .. 30 .. 32 & Friesland , feed andblk 16 ... 17 Egyptian 30 .., 32 Ditto thick and brew 18 " . ' . 20 Rye 2 S .. 30 Riga , Petersburg , Archangel and Swedish 18 iiJ 9

      COMPARTIVE PRICES AND QUANTITIES OF CORN . Averages from last Friday ' s Gazette . Av . Averages from the corresponding Gazette Qrs . s . d . in 1851 . Qrs § ° „ ' . Wheat 117 , 026 .. 38 8 Wheat 106 , 335 .. sc

      Quantity Of Foreign Grain Entered Free F...

      QUANTITY OF FOREIGN GRAIN ENTERED FREE FOR HOMF CON SUMPTION DURING THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 30 , 1852 . Wheat , Foreign ( qrs . ) 14 , 097 Beans , ( qrs \ j qjq Barley 2 , 550 Peas '" . „ ' i ! o 55 Oats 13 , 958 Flour ( ewts ) ,, 33 , 137 PRICE OF BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the meti'opolis are from 6 £ d . to 7 hl . of household ditto , 5 d . to 6 d . per 41 bs . loaf .

      Cattle.—Smithfield, Nov. 1. For The Time...

      CATTLE . —SMITHFIELD , Nov . 1 . For the time of year , the imports of foreign stock into London last week were again extensive . The arrivals of Beasts fresh up from the northern grazing districts were seasonably extensive , though somewhat less numerous than on this day se ' nnMit The primest . Scots , & c , owing to their extreme scarcity , sold readily , at " an advance in the quotations of 2 d . per 81 bs . In all other breeds a fair average business was transacted , although tlie weather was unfavourable , and late rate were well supported . Price per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offal . ) St «• St ( Cm « , j ^ . 1 Coarse and inferior Beasts ... 2 0 2 2 Prime coarse woolled _ heep 3 10 4 2 Second quality do ... 2 4 2 10 Prime South Down Sheep 4 4 4 0 Prime large Oxen 3 0 S 6 Large coarse Calves 2 6 * 3 0 Prime Scots , & e 3 8 4 0 Prime small do . ' . ' .. ' .. .. , 3 8 4 0 Coarse and inferior Sheep ... 3 0 3 4 Large Hogs ........ 2 10 3 0 Second quality do ... 8 6 3 8 Neat small Porkers .. . '' . ' .. . ' 3 8 2 10 Sucking Calves , 18 s . to 23 s . ; and quarter-old store Pigs , 17 s . to 22 s . each . NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL . —Nov . 1 . These markets continue to be somewhat heavily supplied with each kind of meat , yet the general demand is steady , and prices are well supported . About 10 , 000 carcasses of meat arrived from the provinces last week . Per 81 ba . by the carcase . Inferior Beef 2 s . 0 d . to 2 s 4 d , Inf . Mutton 3 s . 8 d . to 8 * . 0 d . Middling do 2 6-21 Mid . ditto 32-38 Prime large 2 10 - 3 0 Prime ditto 3 g . 4 0 Prime small 8 2-34 Teal , 2 8-30 Large Pork 2 6 - 2 10 Small Pork ..... .. 3 8-40 PRICES OF BUTTER , CHEESE , HAMs " & e . Butter , per « wt . s . * . A A Frieslan ( 1 88 to 90 Cheese , per cwt ., Cheshire .... 50 to 70 i Kiel 86 „ 90 Chedder . 56 „ 68 J Dorset , new 92 „ 96 Double Gloucester , 52 „ GO ) Cavl ( W » 82 „ 85 Single do 44 „ 50 3 Waterford „ 78 „ 80 Hams , York 76 „ 8 M CovIt » 80 — Westmoreland ! . 74 ' , 80 0 Limerick „ 70 „ 74 Irish 60 ,. 70 0 S , i S ° » 78 „ 82 Bacon , Wiltshire , green . ' . ' . ' . ' .. 50 ' , CO 0 Fresh , per doz 9 , 116 Waterford 52 „ 5 _ i _

      Hops. We Have A Steady Demand For The Be...

      HOPS . We have a steady demand for the better sort of hops , at the currency of this is day week . Sussex Pockets 74 s . to 84 s . Weald of Kents 76 s . to 90 s . Mid and East Kents ..... V 90 s . to 150 s ' HAY AND STRAW . —Nov . 2 . At per load of 36 trusses , Smithfield . Cumberland . Whitechapel Meadow Hay ... 55 s . to 80 s , 56 s . to 80 s . 55 s . to 80 s . clover 75 s ' 97 s . 6 d . 72 s . to 95 s . 75 s . to 100 s . Straw 25 s . to 33 s . Gd 26 s . to 34 s . 25 s . to 33 s

      Coal Market.—Not. 2. S. D. D.D Wallsend ...

      COAL MARKET . —Not . 2 . s . d . d . d Wallsend Braddyll ' s 17 6 Wallsend Kelloe 17 9 i Do . Hetton ' s 28 0 Do . West Hetton ......... Do . Haswell ' s 18 3 , , Do . Tees 18 fl < Do . ' Lambton ' s 17 9 Do . Gosforth ' . ' .. , '""" .. ' . ' 16 i I Do . Russ . Hetton ' s 17 9 Do . Hedly ' . ' .. . " .. 7 . 16 f < Do . Stewart ' s 18 0 Do . Heaton " . ' . ' . ' .. 10 I ! Dp . Hough Hall 17 6 Tanfield Moor .... .. . 14 !

      Printed And Published At The Office, 2, Shoe-Lane, Fleet-Street In The Parish 010

      Printed and Published at the Office , 2 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street in the Parish 010

      St. Brides, London, By George Julian Har...

      St . Brides , London , by GEORGE JULIAN HARNEY ,. of No . 4 , Brunswickicl row , QueenVsquare , Bloorasbury , in the County of Middlesex . ' — Satuntoyjay November 6 , 1852 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 6, 1852, page 16, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06111852/page/16/