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      6 The Northern Star. February 7, 1846 |

      6 THE NORTHERN STAR . February 7 , 1846 |

      A * Afol Murders Is Ireland. Ja'asotueh ...

      A * AFOL MURDERS IS IRELAND . jA'Asotueh TirpsiunT Mukdsr . —A man was found rarurdcred , on Thursday , in a grove near Borrisolane Ihehe ma :. ' s name is said to be Madden . He was aonot m a plantation belonging to a gentleman named tortoncy , midine at Portland , near Borrisokane . ntMher onurtutes have been reported at thc Castle and imro proclamations issued , from one of which it an-Kaears taai , a man named John Pate , herd to Mr totohertLwnies , was fired at on the evening of the afcitbi uit . as he was returning from the stable to his . wlwellir ^ -Heuse . The shot , however , missed its aim . LLnLncisecuitt proclamation refers to a dreadful attack nnm Tippeniry ) made by an armed pariv . alsoonthe insight of the 25 th nit ., on' John Cawlev , his wife , round son , who were beafcn severely ; the ' same party dithen proceeded to attack the house of Ellen Siattcry , arand issued their mandate to give up her land , under tthflie usual penalty in case of non-compliance . Kcnvavardi : of £ 00 have been offered in both cases for thc ajapprebeasion ofthe offenders .

      A- wrci . Mchdeb sear Poktumxa . —Oil "Wednesday ewJven ' ng week , about five o ' clock , » 3 a roan named J & Maddeu . -who was in the employment of Mr . Stoney , < olof Portland , was goins home from his daily labour , Ihihe was shot bv some assassin in a grove convenient to rtlthe entrance-gate to Mr . Stoney ' * . house , near Porti tumna . The assassin , not satisfied with shooting his T Trictim through tie body , literally dashed his brains 0 Out with his own spade . —Ballinasloe Advertiser . Asother Mcro **** . —Shhubl , Jax . 27 . —A most b barbarous and unprovoked murder was committed in tlthis Joc-djty on Tuesday , the 20 th ult . The victim * fl was a ;* oor unoffeading man , who was returning from 11 the market of lleadford , where he had been to puridc-hase potatoes for his family , consisting of six small

      icichildren . He was attacked at a short distance from IBallhinsSoi * hy five or six men , who beat him so se-V Tere ' y that lie died on ihe foilowin ** Thursday . An i inquest was held on the body on the following Friday a and Saturday , and was further adjourned to Thnrsi day . It appeared from theevidence given before the ( coroner , that the party who committed the murder \ were beaten hy another faction , when they hastened 5 in the direction for the purpose of taking vengeance , i and this poor man being the first thev met they murt tiered aim without any provocation whatever . One < or two other persons are likewise said to be lying in i a dangerous state from wounds inflicted by the samo 1 party . Mckoes neak Galwat . —An inquest was held at

      ] Ballinauiana on Thursday last , by Thomas Walsh , ] Esq ., coroner , assisted by T . N . Redington , Esq ., ' M . P . ; Thomas Lynch , Esq ., Lavaily , J . P . ; Sub-] Inspector Gavin , of Gort , and Sub-Inspector Lynch , < of Gaiway , on the body of James Comber , of Baliinsaoourty . Several witnesses were examined , and by i their evidence it appeared that the deceased with ( Others was drinking in Mullin ' s public-house , at ( Clarenbridge , oa Tuesday ; that a quarrel arose be-1 tween the parties in consequence of some old dispute , I but so injury was done at the time . Shortly afterwards deceased , accompanied hy three other men , left < Clarenbridge , and proceeded towards the village of

      ' . Ballinaconrty , whtre they resided ; on reaching the I bridge of Ba'iinamana they were attacked by a numi her of men , armed withspades and pitchfork handles , by whom they were struck . The three men tbat were in deceased's company ran away , and deceased was found scou after lying on the road speechless He was then removed to a house , where he died at about one o ' clock the next morning . Head Constable Rowan succeeded in arresting four of the accusednamely , Michael-Monagkan . Patrick Davock , Patrick Flanagban , and Thomas Flanaghan . After a very lengthened instigation , the jury returned a verdict in accordance with the facts above . —Soitvay Mercuru .

      Alleged Incest And Child Murder. Coroner...

      ALLEGED INCEST AND CHILD MURDER . Coroner ' s Inquest . —This extraordinary inquest was resumed ou Monday , at thc Morden Arms , Brand street , Greenwich , before Mr . Carttar . Mr . Wood , of Bridge-street , Southwark , deposed to his attendance at the birth of the child on the morning of the 16 th September , and subsequently in its illness , in a medical capacity . He described the cause of death as arising from miasmus , whieh means a general / wasting away ; it is by some termed atrophy . The inflamed state of the mouth and throat did not excite suspicion , having seen children in that state before .

      Henry Beaumont Lee . -on , physician at St . Thom-s ' s Hospital , and lecturer on chemistry , deposed that on Saturday last he received a scaled jar containing the remains of an infant . In the intestines , brains , and viscera , decomposition had taken place , and had become a pasty mass , lie took the whole of this mass which he boiled in distilled water , having previously ascertained that the water was perfectly pure . After boiling it for some time , ho acidulated it with pure muriatic acid , and again boiled it , conducim ? the operation in a porcelain vessel , and then filtered it through new calico . Witness then submitted it to various tests , the principal made use of being Reinsche ' s test , that being the most delicate test for arsenic . A portion of thc liquid

      witness then mixed with au equal portion of muriatic add , and taking a similar quantity of muriatic acid , mixed it with an equal quantity of distilled water as previously made use of . He then took two pieces of bright copper which had been carefully cleaned in nitro sulphuric acid . These two pieces he then boiled , the one in the distilled water and muriatic acid , and the other in the liquid in which the body had been boiled , the effect of which would be that ' if arsenic be present it would give to tbs copper a dark colour , similar to iron , but if no arsenic be present tho copper would remain comparatively clean and bright . ( Dr . Leeson produced the two pieces of copper , according precisely with the appearances stated above . ) This experiment witness

      repeated several times , Witsess then took a piece of the copper so treated , and having cut it into slips , placed it in a tube of hard German glass , heating the tube and copper to a red heat . Under these circumstances witness expected to sublime the arsenic from the copper , and found it did so , obtaining on the glass tube that peculiar dark stain , indicating the presence of metallic arsenic . The heat was then continued , and as a small cuvrentof air waa allowed to pass through the tube , by so doing the metallic arsenic was oxidated , and thus converted into arsenious acid , or the common white arsenic of the shops . Witness then examined the white arsenical crust through a microscope , and ascertained that it consisted of small octohedral crystal , peculiarly characteristic of arsenic

      and confirmatory . Witness then took a small portion of distilled water , and boiled it in the tube to distil to dissolve the arsenious acid . Having thus obtained a solution be applied the usual liquid tests . Made use of ammonia nitrate of "sHver , which gave a light yellow precipitate , characteristic of arsenious acid . To another portion he added ammonia sulphate of copper , which gave a green precipitate , also characteristic of the presence of arsenic , and termed " Scheeie's green . " Through a third portion passed a stream of sulphurated hydrogen , which gave a yellow precipitate , also confirmatory ofthe presence of iron . Witness then took a third piece of copper , coated as the last , which he placed in another glass tube , and heated it as before , and whilst so heated passed over it pure hydrogen gas , which he ignited at one end of the tube ,

      inflamed it , holding over the flame a small vessel of white porcelain , on which was deposited a black spot , as in making use of Marsh' s test , of which this is a modification . Witness also applied his nose to the end of the first tube , and smeit the characteristic smell of arsenic . Witness also subjected a pordon of the liquor to the action of a galvanic battery , having a pole of platinum attached to the copper end ofthe battery , and a piece of clean copper to the zinc extremity , wliicb obtained asilrery deposit of arsenic . Witness ' s impression was , that in the poison he examined something like ten grains of arsenic were present , more than sufficient to cause death . Witness judged the quantity from the facility with which he ^ obtained the results . All the remains had been boiled down , except the legs and arms . It was impossible for the child to survive after tho quantity of arsenic he had detected .

      A host of witnesses were subsequently examined , but their evidence was merely confirmatory , without tending to throw any additional light on this most mysterious affair . The room was then closed after the jury had sat upwards of eleven hours , and , after a short consulta tion , the inquiry was adjourned .

      Suicide With Oil Of Almonds.—On Monday M...

      Suicide with Oil of Almonds . —On Monday Mr . W . W . Carter held an inquest at the Queen Charlotte , MiUpond-hridge , Bermondsey , on the body of Lucy Rebecca Bondon , of 3 , Millpond-strect . The deceased ' s mother stated , that on Sunday forenoon last deceased came down from her bedroom into witness ' s shop , and appearing greatly excited , said , " I have often said that I would do it , and now I have done it at last . " Her eyes immediately afterwards became swollen , and she foamed at the mouth . Medical aid was immediately sent for , but deceased

      died in about twenty minutes . Mr . Clayton , apothecary , Millpond-strcet , said he had known deceased for some time past , she having been a regular customer of his . On Thursday last he sold to deceased some rati fa , which contains essential oil of almonds , and Jon Sunday he sold her two small quantities of the same article . He had served her with some of the same preparation several times during the last three months , aud he always understood that she wanted it for flavouring sweetmeats . Verdict" Temporary mental derangement . "

      Fatal Accident . —On Sunday afternoon , between the hours of four and five , a fatal uccident occurred on the river , nearly under the centre of Hunsrcrford suspension-bridge . Captain Williams , ofthe . Northfleet , belonging to Grays , whose vessel is at present lying off Edwards and Bennett ' s straw-wharf , Belvidere-road , Lambeth , got into a small boat , for the purpose of proceeding up the river , and having set the sail , a sudden gust of wind blew the boat on one side , when it filled and overset , precipitating the unfortunate man into the river . Two young men instantly rowed towards the spot , and succeeded in saving the boat , bat Captain Williams was carried asray by the force ofthe current , and perished .

      Crates' J-Hoitfroents

      Crates' J-Hoitfroents

      FRAMEWORK KNITTERS' MOVEMENT . Leicester—A riublic meeting of framework knitters was held in the market-place , on Monday week ; Mr . Chawner in the chair . The meeting was addressed bv Messrs . Weston , Buckley , Lucas , Winter ' s , and Watts . Tlie following resolutkms . and memorials were unanimously adopted : — Proposed bvMr . Weston , seconded by Mr . Lucas : — "That this meeting authorises the committee to take such steps as they shall deem best for the abolition of the present system of frame-rents and cliargts , either hy carrying the case into the Exchequer Chambers before the judges , or before Parliament . " Proposed by Mr . Buckley , seconded by Mr . Lucas : —

      "That a memorial be addressed to Sir James Graham , Baronet , Secretary of State for the Home Department , setting forth the grievances of framework knitters , the combination of musters , the refusal of certain magistrates to conform to thelaiv . and also tho conduct ol the general body of magistrates within the borough , in refusing to act where men work on the manufacturers ' premises . " Mr . Winters proposed , and Mr . Brawn seconded , the following memorial : — To the Ri ght Honourable Sir James Graham , Bart ., Sect efciry of State for the Home Department . The Memorial of the framework knitters of Leicester , in public meeting assembled ,

      Humbly Shewet ' n , —That your memorialists have been subjected , for a series of years , to a most unjust and oppressive system , not practised in any other trade or department of British mauufactu < e , having to labour underseeond . bandmas ; ers , usually denominated bagmen , middlemen , or undertaken , who have been accustomed to keep secret , in many cases , to whom the goods manufactured by the workmen belong ; and further , that they hare geu » rally divided a small amount of work amongst a larger number of workmen than they were authorised to do by the manufacturer , in order to exact moro money from tlie workmen ' s wages than the master manufacturer was acquainted with ; and further , the workmen were not enabled to know who their real employers were , or how much the manufacturers gave per dozen , thereby enabling the undertaker to reduce the real wages ofthe workmen to auy extent , under one pretext or another , which is so ably shewn in the report of R . M . Muggeridge , Esq ., conuniEEioncr appointed bj her Ma * , < -st * j to inquire into thc condition of the framework knitters .

      Your memorialists beg to remind you tbat the Legislature , during the late session . ' of Parliament , were so far convinced ofthe necessity of destroying a system so much at variance with justice , tbat they unanimously passed an Act to put an eud to the evils under which your memorialists labour , entitled , " An Act to make further regulations respecting the Tickets of Work to be delivered to persons employed in tlie manufactures of hosiery , iu certain cases . " Sec . Sth and 9 th Vict ., c . 77 , provide , "That when any manufacturer of hosiery , or the agent of any such manufacturer , gives out to a workman the

      materials to be wrought , such manufacturer or agent shall , at the same time , deliver to such workmau a printed or written ticket , signed by such manufacturer , containing the particulars of agreement between such manufacturer aud such workman , as ia thc schedule to the Act annexed , and such manufacturer or agent delivering sueh ticket shall make , or cause to be made , and shall preserve , until the work contracted to be done shall have been completed or paid for , a duplicate of sueh note or ticket . The 4 th clause provides for penalties and costs ; the 9 th is the interpolation clause .

      Your memorialists beg further to inform you , that the masters have entered into a combination not to comply with the Act , and further state , they set it at defiance , and that no man shall be employed in the town who is determined to carry the Act into execution . They further represent to you , that Thomas Stokes , John Biggs , James Hudson , Richard Harris , and John Moore , manufacturers of hosiery , and magistrates of this borough , are not complying with the Act , and evince a determination not to do so , therefore setting a dangerous precedent to your memorialists , for breaking any law with impunity . Your memorialists farther represent to you that the borough magistrates have decided they will not grant summonses where the workmen labour on the premises of the manufacturer ; thus setting at nought the laws of the land .

      Your memorialists , therefore , pray you will institute an enquiry into the decisions of the said magistrates , by referring the case to her Majesty ' s Solicitor-General , and that you will be pleased to dismiss from office the aforesaid Thomas Stokes , John Biggs , James Hudson , ltich-. rd Harris , aud John ' Maore , magistrates of this borough . Your memorialists further represent to you the usefulness of the said Act by informing you , that in one case where the ticket was delivered , a fraud of 7 s . 4 d . was detected , which , heretofore , -has been a custom with tlie bag-hosier to take the said amount from the wages of the workman , without the consent or knowledge of the manufacturer .

      lour memorialists , therefore , pray you will take this memorial into your consideration , and your memorialists , as in duty beund , will ever prav .

      Important Meeting Of Masons At Liverpool...

      IMPORTANT MEETING OF MASONS AT LIVERPOOL . On Tuesday evening , the 20 th ult ., a meeting of the operative masons of Liverpool , was held at the Concert Hall , Lord Xelson-street , pursuant to a notice by placard emanating from the Gtneral Committee of Management of the Friendly Society of Operative Masons , to take into consideration whether it would be better to seek a rise of wages or a reduction iu the hours of labour . At eight o'clock the galleries presented a goodly assemblage of respectably-clad mechanics , and there was also a tolerable muster in the body of the hall . Altogether , there were between 600 and 709 persons present . Mr . G . Dodson was elected to the chair .

      Mr . Carter , the C . C . secretary of the society , in rising to propose the first resolution , said— -The question to be asked this evening is , I believe , whether au advance of wages or a reduction of our hours of labour will be ef tlie most permanent benefit to the masons of Liverpool , ' I hold in my hand a resolution which proposes that a reduction of our hours of labour to nine hours per day , will ha of the most permanent benefit . The first point for consideration in this great question is the present system , and how that system affects the trade generally . Mj opinion is that the great grievance of our trade at the present time is that of surplus labour . What I mean by surplus labour , fellow workmen , is that we have too many of our trade travelling iu search of employment ; and we have to make provision for those that are so travelling ,

      aud to support them during the time they are out of employment , Yi'hen I tell jou that the provision we have had to make for this object alone , during the last seven years , has nearly averaged £ 1000 per year , it must be plain that some alteration is necessary . There are somewhere about 8000 masons in England ; of that number 2000 are only partially rmployed throughout the year . Let these GOOD masons , that we suppose may he regularly employed , give up one hour per day , and constant employment would be realised for 600 of those now only partially employed . The grand question now is , are you , the masons of Liverpool , prepared to give up this one hour per day for the benefit of your less fortunate fellow-men , or whether you intend to demand more wages than you receive at the present time and work tho same hours ?

      By giving up one hour you will be conferring a benefit upon a class of men that arc only partially employed , and from time to time wandering fwu place to place . Employment they ought to have , food they must have . By demanding an advance of wagos and working the same honrs , you leave them in the same state , aud it is a state that few would like to occupy . The best way to raise the price of labour is to reduce the hours of labour ; for if you get as much for nine as you now have for ten , you realise an advance on your labour . The practicability of the plan I shall propose is a matter that requires to be considered . I have not the least doubt but few employers will be found who will not raise objections to the reduction of the hours of labour , but will they tell you these objections ? Certainly not . We may listen to a demand

      for more wages , say they , during the summer , whereas if we allow you to have your hours reduced in the summer , we have no chance to lengthen them in the winter , the only time we cau take advantage of you . Now this should be known to every mason , that in winter , when the days are short , m have all our battles to light , by way of protecting those principles we have at other times established ; and if we can succeed in reducing the hours of labour in summer , it must be a permanent benefit to the tr = de from generation to generation . Now , iet us take another view of this question ; let us consider how the present long hour system affects the health and constitution of the mason ; and let us see whether , by shortening these hours , some improvement will not be made in that direction . It is a well-known fact that the average age of regularly employed masons does not exceed forty years , the average duration of life in other out-door

      employments is from fifty to sixty years , if we wont one hour a day less we shall certainly escape a certain amount ol injury to our constitutions , besides having more time for recreative exercise aud the improvement of our mental faculties . Wherever any trade or labourproduces a bad effect on the health aud constitution of man , it ought at once to demand the attention of those who have it in their power to alter such a grievance . Mr . Carter coneluded by moving the following resolution : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting , the condition of the masons of England is such as requites considerable improvement , both-morally , mentally , and physically ; and we are ot opinion that a reduction of the hours of labour in thc summer months to ninehoursperday , is better calculated to effect such improvements , than au advance of wages ; and pledge ourselves to use our utmost exertions to carry it into effect . " f JIuch applause . )

      Mr . John Armstrong seconded the resolution . He said : We are mere machines ; wc toil from sunrise to sunset , we go to sleep , we rise again to toil , aud then go to sleep again ; this , fellow workmen , is a fact that no honest man will attempt to controvert . To secure thc most permanent benefit , ktus have a reduction in the hoars of labour . Employers would rather give us au advance of wages during thc summer , but at the back end of the year they come and stop the work , saying , in tlie summer the days are long , and we can get as manv * men as we want . Some parlies of an avaricious disposition might wish to grasp the extra pay , but by reducing thc hours of work in thc summer , we shall take away this pita from the employers , and thereby secure plenty of employment ia the winter . It has been stated by the last speaker that the lives of masons arc shorter than the

      Important Meeting Of Masons At Liverpool...

      lives of men iu other trades , I am aware it pi the case . I have seen youngmengo off . very quickly . What is the cause ! The cause is hard labou r , lor one thing , tramping about the country looking for employment but the most predominant cause is disease of the chest . When a mason comes to about forty years of agr , he wgenerally troubled with a cough-he-goes to a medical man and tells his case—the doctor shakfS his head and saj » , welLroy man , ! have had several cases of this sort , it ia the masons' disease ; all I can do for you is to give you some temporary relief—something to ease your breast .

      Three-fourths ofthe masons die about their fortieth year , leaving their wives and families in poverty . Another thing ; this shorteing tlie hours of labour wi = l , of course , raise the labour market . If the labour is equalised properly , you would nearly all be fully employed , and when employed , would got good wages . When wages fall , it is because labour is too abundant : make labour scarce , and wages rise . It is an indisputable fact that when any article gets scarce it risis in value—so it will bo with the labour of masons ; and not only with masons , for if other trades would do the same , the like results would

      follow , Mr . Steadman said : What body of men administered more generally to the comforts of society than those of the building department ; and , therefore , when we coinpare the remunerating prices which arc given to that do-: > artment with the remuneration given in the government departments , as the excise < tc , where those employed work only from eight till four , receiving at the very lowest estimate 4 s . per week more than any mason Arho works ten hours per day—more than you who have administered so much more by your efforts to the comforts of society . In France , the hours of labour , I am credibly informed , are much fewer than we have to work here . I have also beeu informed that artizans in France have better cultivsted minds ; that they are better workmen

      at their business , as the structures which they erect in France testify ; nor is there any country in the universe where they work so many hours as in Great Britain . "It must be very praiseworthy that we aro so very fond of work—that it never tires us—that we are quite willing to work as many hours as we do ! But if you go to Germany , to Hussia , to France , to Spain—there you will find cleverer working men than iu England , with all our Mechanics' Institutions ; and why ? Because working men in England hars not sufficient time to gain the knowledge they ought to have . How few of us go to Mechanics ' Institutions ! how few in this assembly ! We have no time after our day ' s labouris done , but forsleep . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Davis ( a compositor ) being called upon by the chairman , said— -Whei any person , not a mason , not a

      mechanic of any sort , casts his eyes around him , and news the stately buildings which everywhere meet his gaze , what roust be the reflections of his mind ! I conceive they should be something liko this , " Surely , if tho promoters of this question—men born in God ' s own image—are the erectors of these buildings , surely they are worthy of our consideration , forthcir works command our admiration . " But it is a source of regret in my mind , that when these monuments of your skill are being viewed and descanted upon in all their beauties , a thought for the actual rearers of them is seldom excited . There is no person of rank or wealth comes forward now , as was the case when thc shopkeepers' assistants held their meetings here and iu the metropolis for the same object—to shorien the hours of labour . There , rank and fashion

      crowded thc elevated seats ; but we , on this occasion , hard-working individuals , meet with no sympathy from the upper and middle classes . It is all very well for them to say , " we have promoted the formation of Mechanics ' Institutions for your instruction and recreation , " but it appears to me to be idle folly to talk about the benefit of Mechanics * Institutions to mecltanics , when the working man cannot have the time allowed him to attend them . I have little doubt that if the question of shortening the hours of labour should ever succeed , it will be productive of bringing about the social regeneration of society ; and I look forward confidently to the time when a more suituble intercourse shall be establi-bed between man and man . A great deal has been said respecting the advantages of union , and truly , as I can confirm and testify ;

      aud you will find , that unless you are united in persevering for the object you are now met for—to shorten the hours of labour—unless you attend to this fact , you will be unable to conquer the difficulties that surround you ; but if you will only become anti . nionopolists—if you will not monopolise too much labour yourselves—you will have more thus for intellectual pursuits , and afford work to numbers of your body who may be in want of tlie necessaries of life . Too much monopoly of labour exists in my own trade : many exerting all their physical ensrgies to satisfy the caprice of a master , and leaving to others a very small amount of labour indeed ; men , per . chance , as cleverthough not as fortunate—men labouring under tlie severest privations , having , like themselves , affectionate wives and tender children . In conclusion , I

      offer this remark for your consideration , and I hope every man will let it constitute the primary and chief elements of his being , —From this night , and from henceforth , wo ar » determined to signalise ourselves in Liverpool by our endeavours to shorten the hours of labour . ( Cheers . ) The resolution was then put to the meeting by tho chairman , and carried unanimously . Mr . John Carlylerose to propose the second resolution : — " That in order to carry out the spirit of the resolution just pa * sed , effectually , it is necessary that a good understanding should exist between every member of the trade ; and to effect this , it is essential that all who are not members of the Masons' Society should enter it as early ns possible , and that a committee be appointed hy that society to convey our intentions to the employers of Liverpool and its vicinity . " The previous speaker has alluded to the attention bestowed to the claims of the shopkeepers ' assistants by persons of rank and wealth . We have them

      not her * to back our demand ; perhaps they think we can advocate our own point , because our sun-burnt faces and sinewy anus shew that we are the true sons of toil ; they leave us to ourselves—they have not the least doubt but we can fisht the battle nobly . We have began w » ll and let us go on . We are progressive beings . If any fall iu the struggl * . to uso a military phrase , the others must close up . The battle it hegun , and must not be ended without a glorious victory ; and I now appeal to thoss who are not members of our society iu support of my resolution , and I wish to gain it all the support I possibly can . I know there ar » some here who are not membvrs of our society , but I exchanga the hand of friendship with them . ( Cheers . ) Now let us take one another by the hand , and assist in the goodly work to carry out tho principles of the resolutions you hava passed . To effect this , it is essential that all here who are not members of our union , should enter it as spon as possible .

      Mr . John Seaton , in seconding this resolution said , — I see by this great meeting of fellow-workmen , that we are prepared to protect ourselves . There are men here that , no doubt , bafore the union was established , recollect the position which masons were in , in EngUnd . You will recollect the system of persecution puvsued by masters If one employer discharged a man , another refused to employ him—not because labour was scarce , but for fear we should get from them that power which had so long confined us in chains—that power that dragged the poor Dorchester labourers from their home * , from their wives and families , and sent thetn from their native land , because they dared to raise their heads and unite tog < ther as men—because they daMd to seek their own protection , and refu-ed to become th » willing slaves of tyrants .

      Mr . John Gibson : Mr . Chairman and fellow-workmen , much has been said about the hard labour of masons ; other countries hare been referred to ; and it is plain that we , the people of Great Britain , are the hardest worked and worst paid of any people on tho face of the globe . Some talk of the necessity of legislative enactments . —I differ from this opinion altogether . No good will be got by the working man from any Masters' or Servants' Bill . It would be just th « sort of a bill , that if you overslept yourself a quarter ot an hour , they would just very pleasantly tell you , you had lost a quarter ; and if you neglected your work , th « y would just ( end you for thrse months into quod , or for any other misbehaviour . But I could never find out what was misbehaviour , there are so many sorts of it . ( Laughter . ) With respect to some of the benefits of union , I will just tell you , that from tlie latter end of 1839 to the close of 1815 , we paid for accidents to members of our society , £ 1014 19 s 6 d . ; and let mc tell you , that we should have had five times that

      amount to pay to widows of masons killed by accident , if all had belonged to our society . Only a few necks ago , a mason iu Yorkshire was smashed to atoms by sheer accident ; that man had just been too latu in joining our a ? - Bociatinn , and the consequence is , he is not entitled , and he has left a wife and sevin orphan children who must go to the workhouse . We know not what a day nor au hour may bring forth , and it is best to bugin at once . In the i-elief of tramps , for the last ten years , we have paid just £ 10 , 000 ; but in one year alone , when the distress in the country was great , we paid near £ 2000 to our members who were in search of employment . For sick asvl funeral expenses , we have paid £ 6000 since the amal gamation of our funds in 1810 . Now , when we consider these advantages , it becomes every mason to join our union it becomes every mason in Liverpool to attend their lodgeroom * , to discuss tha value of their association , to declare with bold front , that they are determined to be great , glorious , and free .

      The Chairman having again read the resolution , it was put to the meeting and carried with acclamation . A vote of thanks to the Chairman was then passed , and the meeting broke up in the most peaceful manner

      The Spitauiuds Weaver*. — Opposition To ...

      The Spitauiuds Weaver * . — Opposition to the Tauim * of Sib It . Pekl . —On Saturday night , at eight o ' clock , a numerous meeting of the Spitalfields hand-loom wearer * union was held at the Crown and Anchor , Waterloo Tavern , Bethnal-green , in coniequence of the proposed measures of Sir K . Peel in reference to the silk trade , when a report was presented from the council , recommending th * propriety of a general meeting of the trade to petition the legislature against the plans of her M-ijestj ' s government , Mr . Gurnell having taken the chair , read the circular which had been issued by the council of the union . It was as follows :

      —Fellow-workmen , Sir Robert Peel intends to reduce the duties on foreign-wrought silk , nt au average of two-thirds ofthe present duties . Ho will give the foreigner every opportunity of ruining your trade by the removal of your protection . The reduction of silk contemplated by government is a deadly blow aimod at our vital interests . Tons weight of foreign silk , of every description , will inundate the British market , and ihe consequence must be the ruin of the silk trade of the country . Your prosperity or your destruction is now in youv hands . Use every exertion as becomes men in desperate circumstanses , and you are saved . Be apathetic , and pover ty , wretcheduuis , and slavery will be your doom . Suffer not yourselves to ba deluded hy the cry of " Ch » ap bread ! " Kcmember that

      The Spitauiuds Weaver*. — Opposition To ...

      white bread Is batons halfpenny per lb . in Saxony , yet the poor . weavers of that country tastes it only as a luxury . Judg » for yourselves . Protection , comfort , and prosperity , or free trade , continental wages , and the infernal bastile . —Mr . Bury ; on the part of the council , stated that the members seeing the scale or duties intended to be put on the importation of foreign silks , were convinced that the-rnduction was so serious ns to call for some immediate steps to be taken by the weavers to offer the mwt strenuous and determined opposition to the mensums of the government . He had no hesitation in saying that if the plans of Sir ft . Peel should be carried into effect , the trade of Spitalfields would be destroyed ( hear , hear ) . Tho coimcil have , therefor * , come to the determination to call the trade together as soon as possible , to show to Sir It . Feel and thc free-traders that the propositions ofthe government would tend to their irretrievable ruin ( bear , hear ) . It would be impossible for them to

      compete with the foreign manufacturers until the weavers were reduced to the diet of tho Germans and Saxons-Mack bread , hsrrings , and potatoes . They had now a chance of support , as the landed interest were at length looking Out at the danjjtr of lha slate of the country ( hear , hoar ) . The trades throughout the country ought to come forward while there was a hope . Their cause was that of labour throughout the world . He trusted that when the trade met they would come to some spirited resolutions , and get a petition , numerously signed , to show to the government that they will notyield without a most determined struggle ( bear , hear ) . Several speakers followed , who dwelt on the distress that must ensue if the English artisan had to complete with tho foreign producer , without being protected by duties ; and the meeting concluded , by adopting the sug . gestions of the council , the members of which were authorised to take thu necessary steps for the attainment ofthe object in view .

      Another Meetino of the Broad-silk Handloom Weavers ov Spitalfields was held on Wednesday even , ing , at seven o ' clock , at the French Chapel , Browii ' s-lnne , Spitalfields , for the purpose of considering the ruinous tariff of Sir Kobert Peel , and of agreeing to a petition to Parliament against that measure , Mr , De la Force In the chair . Mr . Poyton moved the first resolution , and observed that the proposition ofthe government would tend to redueo the wages of the silk operatives both in England and in France , { llc'i " ' ' ) He saw no aiternntiro but the entire ruin of thc working classes , as it would be impossible for them to earn a livelihood . An argument for the proposed tariff was , that in consequence of the high duties smuggling is encouraged ; but he did not believe that there were foreign silks , contraband , imported

      into this country to the extent stated . But if Sir K . Feul has that kindly feeling towards the working classes tlir . t he professes to have , why does he not repeal the duty upon tlibso articles in which ho knew there was avirylargo smuggling trade carried on . ( Hear . ) Why docs he not take thc duty off tobacco , which is extensively consumed by the working classes 1 and it was well known that many tons of tobacco every year were smuggled , by which the revenue was defrauded ? ( Hear . ) But he will not do that . Thuy might , therefore , look upon the measure against the silk trade as one pregnant with the greatest misfortunes to that neighbourhood . ( Hear . ) Mr . Bury , who seconded the resolution , said that not above one-fourth of the silk produced iu France was manufactured in that country . It was well known that since the tariff of Sir Kobert Feel had been announced ,

      some of thc manufacturers had begun to lower their wages ; aud be had beeu informed that a few had already gone to France for the purpose of purchasing the manufactures of tbat country . He then referred to the tariff , and concluded by expressing a hope that the meeting would give their unanimous suppjrt to the resolution , ( Cries of "No . " ) Mr . ilaclnnun moved an amendment , "That this meeting do not feel it necessary to interfere in the proposition before Parliament . Mr . Mulpress seconded tlie amendment . Messrs . Vandome , SherrarJ , Gale , Moore , Jbc , < fco ., addressed th « meeting , when , on the question being put , thu amendment was lost . Theother resolutions were severally moved and seconded , which , with the petition , Wire adopted . The following aro copies of the resolutions and petition : —

      " 1 . That we , the operative broad . silkweaversof Spitul . fields view with alarm and indignation the sweeping , unjust , and injurious reductions proposed by Sir It . Peel in his new tariff , relative to the duties on foreign wrought silk , and having had already a long and direful experience ofthe want of proper protection , we feel assured vhat the contemplated reduction will be attended with the most ruinous consequents to the silk manufactures of this country , therefore we feel it our duty to resist the same by every legal and coustitutwiul means in cmpower . " 2 . That as one of the means for preventing Sir Bobert Feel ' s intended reduction , we resolve to petition both Houses of Parliament to allow the protective dutiea on foreign wrought silks to remain at least as they now are , and to render tho punishment of smuggling more

      severe . " 3 . That as decreasing wages and increasing rent render cheap food desirable , yet stern duty and justice forbid us to join in the present silly and crafty cry of' cheap bread , ' because unerring experience convinces us that that cry is got up for the purpose of delusion , and that the working classes of this country may be reducvd to thc miserable asd disgusting level of the continental labourer ; therefore , as another means of resisting the diabolical intentions of Sir It . Peel , we resolve Io obtain , if possible , by the assistance and co-operation of all classes , the just protection of British industry . " Tlie following is a copy of the petition : — " To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , in i'cirltanient assembled . " Th * petition of th « operative bro » d-silk handloom weavers of Spitalfields ,

      " Humbly showeth—That your petitioners view with alarm and apprehension , not unmingled with dctp regret , the sweeping , and to their minds injurious , reductions proposed in the now tariff , relative to the duties on foreign wrought silk . That jour petitioners beg to remind your honourable house that they have for a period of twenty years too frequently experienced severe distress , arising from a want of greater protection to trade . . That it has as frequently , boen their painful duty to apply to the go . vermm-nt and the Parliament on the subject . That the very long an' direful uxperionco ofthe past may well cause your petitioners to apprehend that the contemplated reduction will be attended with the most distressing aud ruinous consequences to the whole of tlie operative silkweavers in the United Kingdom .

      " That fearing these consequences , ihe common sens * of your petitioners will not allow them to put any faith in the reckless and cruel assertion that tho reduction of the amount levied on silk duties will not interfere with any domestic interests . That the admission which has been made by high authority , relative to the facility with which the immoral practice of smuggling is now carried on in the United Kingdom is , in the opinion of your petitioners , a fruitful cause of much of the distress which is often experienced by them , and that they humbly conceive that common justice demands that tho punishment of the detected smuggler , thu delinquent revenue officer , and the highway robber should be equally severe . That , as the present decreasing wages and the increased rental of the miserable hovels in which very many of your petitioners reside , render cheap food desirable , yet saei-ed justice forbids your petitioners to join in the empty cry of

      ' cheap bread , ' because experience has convinced them that bread never can b « cheap to those whosa wages are rondared by tho cupidity of capitalists inadequate to procure it in sufficient quantities , and because they believe that the cry for untaxed food has been got up by the grasping portion of the master manufacturers , merchants , and shopkeepers for the purpose of deluding the public , en . riching themselves , and reducing the working classes to the miserable and disgusting level of the continental labourer . Therefore your petitioners humbly pray your honourable house to regard the . pray « r of their petition , and prevent , by the exercise of your wisdom , thc distresses and tears " of your petitioners , by making a law which will greatly prevent , by more severely punishing , the immoral practice of smuggling , and by not passing into a hw the rigorous reductions proposed in the new tariff relative to the duties on foreign wrought silks , and your petitioners , as in duty bound , will ever pray . "

      Thanks were voted to the chairman , and tho meeting broke up . National United Association ov Trades roa the Protection ov hiDUSTitv . —The Central Committee met at thc Trades Office , 30 , Hyde-street , Bloomsbury , on Monday , Febiunry 2 nd ; T . S . l ) uncombe , M . P ., in thochair . Letters were read from . Mr . Dickinson , Orrell , Derbyshire , giving in thc adhesion of thc nail makers of that district , amounting to 200 men . From Mr . Brown , con . taining the adhesion of the block priutcis of Paisley . From Mr . Blundcll , Wimslow , containing the adhesion of 45 S hand-loom weavers , and tho first month ' s contribution . From Mr . Goulding , of Manchester , announcing tho

      determination of the small-ware weavers of Midilleton to join the Associated Trades . From Mr , Xaylov , Halifax , announcing the determination of the woolcomber * of that district , 5 , 000 iu number , to join the United Trade * . FromiMr . Tcer . on behalf ofthe drcssersand dyers of Man . Chester , 700 in number , containing thc following resolution pmsed at a general meeting of their body : — " That this meeting fully approve the judicious course taking b y the Central Committee ofthe Association for tho Protection of Labour , with reference to supporting strikes , and hope that the same wisdom will guide their future efforts . " From the block printers of Lancashire , & c , announcing the adhesion of the entire bodv .

      Masslauohtkb.—On Monday An Inquest Was H...

      Masslauohtkb . —On Monday an inquest was hold at Swalwell , a village near Newcastle , on the body of a youth named ltoutledgc , who had been killed ' by his uncle in a quarrel , on Thursday evening last . The quarrel arose out of some domestic diilcVCHCBS , and the deceased , thinking his mother likely to sufl ' er , struck his uncle two or three heavy olows . Tho uncle at length struck again , and hitting the deceased over the lett ear , fractured his skull , and caused almost instant death . Tho jury returned a verdict oi manslaughter , and thc prisoner was committed for trial at the next assizes . Fatal Accidknt . —At about one o ' clock on Wednesday morning last , as some men were at work upon a sewer in Broad-street , Bristol , the sides foil in , burying two of them . When extricated , one , named George LW > 1 » , was Sound to be dead , and tho other , Francis Lear , so much injured that his life is despaired of .

      At Leeds potatoes arc selling at Is . lOd . the weight of 48 lbs ., uhilsi last January they sold at Js „

      To The Friends Of-Native Industry... In ...

      TO THE FRIENDS OF-NATIVE INDUSTRY ... IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . [ From the Jforiiino Post . ] . Chcveniug . ' near Sevenbaks , Jan . 29 . Friends and fellow-countrymen , —On your conduct at the present crisis may depend tho happiness or the misery , the prosperity or the adversity , of our country ; and I therefore think it my duty to address you on the protection of native industry , which ii most interesting and important to all classes of tho community , and which eannot be secured without your energetic and united exertions . I reel the more ^ siitl tled to address you , as I belong to no political party , as I wish for nothing that any Minister could bestow , ns I have no motives of personal ambition , and as I am animated by au ardent zeal for fuepiblic welfare .

      Full and effectual protection to ou , ' native industry may most justly be claimed hy all those who ar * engaged in any of its various branches , and especially in agriculture , on account of the exclusive burdens which it bears , and of the paramount importance of providing food for the population withoutbeingdepondent upon foreign supplies . Under thu protection which was given to niirivul . ture , the produce of the soil has been very mush increased by extending and improvingits cultivation , and the maimfacturera have flourished ; for the home market is to them the most valuable , as well as the most secure . Thire aro still in these islands several millions of acres of waste land , which , if agriculture were sufficiently protected , might bo cultivated with advantage , and give much additional employment to labourers , but whieh must otherwise remain unproductive and unprofitable .

      If protection should be withdrawn from agriculture , this country would depend for the chief aecessarici of life on the supplies which foreign nations migh t be able or willing to furnish ; the cultivation of tho land would be discouraged ; the markets would be scantily provided with its produce ; and , in the event of unfavourable seaaoas , we mi ht bo exposed to all the horrors of autual famine . There is at present no reason whatever to appreiend « ven a scarcity , for althoug h there is in some diatricis a deficiency in the crop of potatoes , itis well known , and it has been proved by exact inquiries , that there « xi » ta an abundance of food in these islands , perhaps a greater abundance than is now to bo found in some foreign countries , If , however , this country experienced a scarcity of corn , th » prices would rise , and the duties on its importation would fall till they were reduced to Is . per uuart-r .

      The argumen's ( if such , indued they can be called ) which arc used in favour of a free trade in corn , would apply also to ovury article of general consumption , to the produce if pastures ns well as of arable land , and to manufactured goods , whether they are made by machinery or by manual labour , and the industry of our own countrymen , in whatever mode it is employed , would be much depressed , and , in many cases , utterly destroyed , while that of foreign nations would be encouraged . Great in . dignation would very justly be excited , if foreign labourer * or artisans were to be brought to this country , because they might work for lower wages , - and it is obvious that they would deprive of employment an equal number of our own countrymen . The same injury would be inflicted on our own labourers and artisans by the adoption of free trade , and the foreigners by whom wo

      should be supplied contribute nothing to the taxes which we pay upon so many articles of consumption . Tho eifect of free trade , as far as it has hitherto been ex . tended , has already been found to be most melancholy , by the impoverishment of so many of our artisans , whose skill and industry have become unprofitable to them , ns they are now undersold by foreign « vs in our own markets , and have thus been deprived of employment and of the means of subsistence . Tho adoption of free trade in its full extent would bring ruin ou all the industrious classes , many of whom might bo driven from their native soil , while others might be confined in Union Workhouses . Property of every description would be insecure , destitution would produce despair , disaffection might become universal , and the inevitable result would bo anarchy and revolution .

      It is your duty to consider whether you will allow this country to be exposed to such awful calamities and con . vulsions , or whether you will avert them by protecting thu rights and promoting the interests of all those who are engaged in native industry—whether you will tolerate the new-fangled and mischievous doctrines of free trade , or whether you will insist upon restoring the policy of our ancestors , which gave such prosperity and power to the British empire . If this country is to bo governed upon the principles of free trade , they must be applied in their fullest extent , for any exceptions from them would be an intolerable injustice , aud they cannot be thus ap . plied without reducing our taxation and our prices to thc level of even the poorest nations . The necessary effect of a free competition with foreigners in the home market would be to impoverish all classes of the community , and to lower the wages oflabour aa well as the profits ot trade .

      If , on thc contrary , you aro determined to discharge your duty by demanding full and effectual protection to all the industrious classes—if you will show any portion of that patriotism and public spirit which were displayed in former periods of our history , you will , upon this occasion , act without any reference to party politics , for you are aware that in both political parties there are to be found friends of native industry . You should not , how . tver , b * satisfied with vague and general professions , and you should not bestow your confidence on any individual who will not give those distinct and positive pledges which you have an undoubted right to ask , and which no honest man ought to hesitate in granting . You should confide only in those persons on whose integrity you can entirely rely , and you should , without regard to rank , or

      wenltl ) , or local influence , employ in your service those persons whose talents enable them to defend your rights , from whatever quarter they may be assailed . Act , us it is y « ur bounden duty to do , with energy and union , with the courage and constancy which are worthy of the cause , and your triumph is se . cure , for you will be supported h y immense and over , whelming majorities in all the industrial classes , all of whom hare a common interest in opposing the progress of free trade . I am firmly convinced that ou this question the greasiest possible unanimity prevails amongst all the labouring classes , who are not only th « most nutner . ou * , but alsc thv most useful and the most valuable to the statu , and they ought to ba fully represented in the House of Commons .

      That you may havft the happiness and honour of averting from our country the ruin and revolution which would be tlie results of fr « e trade , and that your zealous exertioui in the cause of native industry may be crowned with complete success , is thc fervent prayer of Your very faithful frimul , Stamiiopb .

      I-Tolut Fitielhgatce*

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      Londoj* Cons Excha.Vob, Monday, ¥Ko. 2.—...

      Londoj * Cons Excha . vob , Monday , ¥ ko . 2 . — During last week the arrivals of English wheat , oats , beans , peas , and flour were on a very limited scale , but those of barley and malt were considerably on the increase . Of Irish and Scotch grain the receipts were unusually scanty , but those of foreign wheat were full average ones for the time of year . Fresh up to-day , a fair quantity of wheat came to hand coastwise from Kent , but the supplies from Essex , Cambridgeshire , and all other quarters , were small , and of very middling quality . The attendance of both town and country buyers being large , and the supply of wheat of home growth by no means equal to their wants , ' the demand for that description of produce was somewhat active , at an advance in the currencies paid on this day se ' nnight of from Is . to 2 s . per

      Quarter , and at which a good clearance was effected by the factors . Still , however , tho market did not close very firmly . The show of free foreign wheat was by no mean * , large . Holders were very firm , and would not sell in many instances except at higher figures . Those were submitted to in but few instances ; hence we cannot consider the quotations more than Is . per quarter above those of last week . Bonded wheat was very steady , yet we can make no alteration in the currencies . In all other grain under lock next to nothing was doing , yet we can notice no alteration in value . The supply of English barley being very large , the barley trade was extremely dull . The best malting quality was held at late rates ; but all other

      kinds suffered a decline of fully Is ., and , in some instances , 2 s . per quarter . We had a large quantity of malt on offer , owing to which the sale was very heavy , and prices had a downward tendency . Notwithstanding the l niited supplies of oats brought forward , that article , arising from most of the dealers refusing lo purchase in the absence of the supplies now on their way hither from Ireland , met a very dull sale at prices about equal to those of last week . The show of beans was not to say large , yet the demand was slow at late rates . White boiling peas steady , but all other kinds were a mere drug . In flour exceedingly little was doing , at last week ' s prices . The seed and cake markets were in a very inactive state .

      CUItRENT FltlCES OF GKA 1 X , FLOUR AND SEED

      IN MA . 11 K . LANE . BIUTISU GltAIif . Shillings per Quarter . Wheat .. Essex & Kent , wlute . new .. 50 to 64 .. 58 to 71 Ditto , red .. _ .. .. 41 ;(! 0 ,.. 54 HG Suffolk and I \ orlolk , red .. 48 58 white 50 6 : ) Lincoln and York , red .. i 0 58 white 40 6 o Northumb . and Scotch .. 48 Gl 5- ' , „ ;; . 2 D 3 i Barley .. Malting 3 u 33 extra S « - Distilling 2 ( . „ ,, Grinding 2 : l 20 Malt .. Ship .. . 53 57 Ware « 9 Gl Outs .. Lincolnshire and Yorkshire , feed , 23 s Od to 25 s Od ; potato , or short , 2 Us Oil to 23 s Od ; Poland , Ms Gd to ' 2 Ss tid ; Northumberland and Scotch , Angus , 23 s Od to ' 27 s fid potato , 25 s Oil to 27 s Od ; Irish feed , 22 s Od to 24 s Od black , 22 s 6 d to 24 s Od ; potato , 23 s Odto 2 « s 8 d ; Gaiway , 21 s Od to 22 s Od .

      Beans .. Ticks gg ^ Harrow , small „ „ 4 „ 4 C Peas .. White .. - 37 43 boilers 44 48 Gray and hog „ „ 33 3 - Flour .. Norfolk and Suffolk .. 45 51 ¦ Towu . made ' povsackof 2 bolbs ) 48 57 Buckwheat , or Drank jn g ,

      EN 8 L 1 SH SEEDS , iiC . Red clover ( per cnt . ) 40 to , fl White clover ( per cwt . ) „ „ j 5 7 , Unpeseed ( per last ) ., ., „ " " £ 05 2 g M to ns d seid ' blown 'per busliel ) 7 s * ' ° V 2 *' ' , vl ** le ' Tares , ( per bushel ) , spring , ( io . winter , 5 s . to ( is , Cd . Linseed cakes ( pevlOKQ of 31 b each ) £ 11 to & Vi

      Fobeiqn Cbain. . Shillings Per Quarter.....

      FOBEIQN CBAIN . . Shillings per Quarter . .:--... Free . in Bond . Wheat .. Dantsieand Konigsberg 63 extra 70 .. 48 - 61 Ditto ditto .. 54 — 01 .. 4 b — 52 PomeraniAii , & c ., Anhalt 56 - 63 .. 4 G - * 4 Danish , Holstein , < fcc . .. Oi - M » « - a » Russian , hard .. .. - Ditto , soft ** -So - 53 .. 41-50 Spanish , hard .. "„ *"" - „ ar m Ditto , soft .. »& 8 - 62 .. 46-63 Italian , Tit-can , d ; c ., red - Ditto , white .. .. 63 - 69 .. 49 - CO Odessao-Tagaurog . hard - Ditto , soft .. ** o 3 - 88 .. 41- 50 Canadian , hard .. . 58—60 Ditto , fine .. .. 58 — 60 Rye . Itussian , Prussian , & c . 28 — 30

      liarlo .. Grinding .. .. ** 23 - M Ditto , distilling .. .. 25 — 30 .. 18 — . 0 Oats .. Dutch , feed .. . «» - 26 Ditto , brew and thick .. 24 — 27 .. 20 — 21 ttussi ' an 23 - 25 .. 19 - U Danish J * Mecklenburg 23 - 26 .. 19 - 21 Beans .. Ticks , 33 to 38 , small .. 36 - 41 .. 28 - * , JJ"yptinn •• •• ° * — ' "" ** ° ""* ov Peas .. White , 36 to 50 , gray .. 38 - 40 Flour .. Dantsic and-Hanihurgh ( per barrel ) , line 31 : jtj , superfine .. .. 32 — 35 .. 2 u — 29 Canada , 33 to 34 , United States 32 - 36 .. 27 - 30 Buckwheat .. •• •• ~ 8 ** * ~* 26

      FOltEION SEEDS , < 5 fC . Per Quarter . Linseed .. Petersburg !! and Riga ( free of duty ) .. 44 to 47 Archangel , 40 to 45 , Meuicl and Konigsberg ' 40 *• Mediterranean , 40 to 48 , Odessa .. 47 o 9 Rapcsced ( free of dutyj . per inst .. .. £ 24 26 Ued Clover ( 10 s per owt . and 5 per cent , on the duty ) , 4 ? ^ White ditto , ;• •• **? ™ Tares , small spring ( free of duty ) 40 to 44 , urge . 44 50 Linseed cake ( free of duty ) , Dutch , £ 7 , 10 s , £ 9 French , per ton « , ' « 2 Rape cakes ( free of duty ) * 5 0 ia 0

      Avekagb Prices Of The Last Six Weeks, Wh...

      AVEKAGB PRICES Of the last six weeks , which regulate the Duties from the 29 th of January to the 4 ta of February .

      Wheat Barley Oats , Rye . Beans Peas . „ , , ,. 3 . d . s . d . s . d . s . d . s . d . s . d . woQtc end in *' Dec . 20 , 1845 ° 57 11 52 7 23 4 34 5 39 0 42 5 Week ending Dec . 27 , 1815 ° i 5 4 32 5 23 0 32 8 38 6 39 10 Week ending , I . . Jan . 3 , 1815 f . 55 1 31 11 22 8 33 6 37 9 39 1 Week endiii * : , Jan . 10 , 1815 " ; 56 3 31 10 21 9 ; 33 11 36 8 38 11 Week ending ! I Jan . 17 , 1815 .. J 55 2 31 11 22 3 34 9 36 9 39 3 Week ending ) I Jan . 24 , 1845 .. 155 7 31 8 21 10 ! 37 8 3 S 1 36 8

      Aggregate aver . ! | age of the last ! six weeks .. [ 58 1 32 1 22 5 34 6 37 6 39 4 London aver . ages ( ending ! Jan . 27 , 1845 )' . 61 5 32 1 22 5 34 6 37 6 39 4 Untie * .. .. lti 0 6 u 6 0 lK 6 56 36

      London Smitiifield Cattle Market, Monday...

      London Smitiifield Cattle Market , Monday-, Feb . 2 . —The past week's importations of foreign stock for our market have consisted of 80 cows , 51 oxen , 440 sheep , and 30 pigs , from Rotterdam , together with 13 oxen , 00 cows , and 219 sheep from ilarlingon . k . t the outports very few imports have taken place , while we had on sale here to-day about 50 beasts and 100 sheep from Rotterdam . Although this stock was by 110 means first-rate , the sale lor it was active , at higher currencies , and at which tho whole was disposed of . From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were very limited , but of fair average quality . The attendance of buyers being large , the beef trade was active , at an advance in the prices obtained on this

      day se'nnight of from 2 d . to 4 d . per 8 lbs ., the priraest Scots readily producing ds . Oil . per 8 lbs . The droves from Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , consisted oi 500 Scots and shorthorns . From the northern districts COO shorthorns , from the western and midland 700 Uereibrds , runts , Dcvons , io ., and from other parts of England 400 of various breeds came to hand . The numbers of sheep were unusually small , or about l'J . OOO less than were exhibited at the corresponding market-day last year . The mutton trade was consequently brisk , at a further improvement in the quotations of from 2 d . to 4 d . per 8 lbs . Lambs sold freely , at 7 s . per 8 lbs . for the best qualities . Calves was in short supply and ready inquiry , at very full prices . In pigs a full average amount of business was doing , at late rates .

      By the quantities of 81 b ., sinking tha offal . s . d . s . d Inferior coarse beasts . . . 2 10 3 Second quality .... 3 4 3 Prime large oxen ... 3 10 4 Prime Scots , ic 4 2 4 6 Coarse inferior sheep ... 4 0 4 6 Second quality . .. 484 Prime coarse woolled ... 5 0 5 2 Prime Southdown ... 5 4 5 6 Large coarse calves . ... 4 8 5 4 Prime small 5 6 5 8 Suckling calves , each . . . 18 0 31 fl Large hogs 3 10 4 6 Kent small porkers . .. 4852 Quarter-old store pigs , each , 16 0 22 it

      nFVD OF CATTLE ON S . UE . ( From the Books ofthe Clerk ofthe Market . ) Beasts , 2 , 450-Sheep , 16 , 080-Calves , 61—Pigs , 310 . Tallow .- —Prices in the London market during the week declined Gvi . to ttd . per cwt . for Russian . Home made in request at 42 s . 6 d . to 43 s . nett cash . Richmond Cobs Market , January 31 . —We had a large supply of grain in our market to-day , but some of the samples were very bad . \ V heat sold from 03 . Od . to 9 s . ; oats , 2 s , Sd , to 3 s , Cd . ; barley , 4 s . to 4 s . 3 d . ; beans , os . to Cs . 3 d , per bushel . Birmingham Corn Exciianoe , Wednesday . —During the present week the wheat trade has ruled dull , but farmers and dealers were not disposed to accept lower rates . Malting barley a slow sale , and secondary qualities rather lower . Oats and beans held for last week ' s priors . The announcement of the government measure caused no alteration in the value of wheatjat Wolverhampton this day .

      Manciikstek Coiin Market , Saturday , Jan . 31 . — Since our last report no material change has occurred in the state of our market , the business doing in flour throughout tins week having again been limited to the purchases made by necessitous buyers for the supply of their immediate wants ; whilst tor oats and oatmeal a moderate demand was experienced from consumers . At our market this morning few transactions occurred in wheat , and we repeat thc currency of this day week for all descriptions . Flour met a slow sale , and any but the very choicest qualities have been purchased on rather easier terms . There was but lit ; le inquiry for oats , and this article must \ ) o noted the turn cheaper . Oatmeal , on the contrary , being in steady request , fully supported the previous value .

      Wakefiblu Corn Maiikbt , Friday , Jan . 30 . —We hayo to report' good supplies of all grain . There was a disposition to do business on thc part of our millers , now that the intention of Ministers on the Corn Laws is known , and we had a good inquirv for all descriptions ot wheat , at fully last week ' s prices . Barley of heavy quality sold at a slight advance . Common sorts ni slow request . Beans scarce and a trifle dearer . Oats and shelling each met with a fair demand , without alteration in value . Malt firm , and easy sale .

      iM-w amLK Corn Market , Tuesday . —We had only a moderate supply of wheat at this dav ' s market from tlie tanners , as well as small arrival ' s coastwise , for which the trade ruled firm at last Saturday ' s rates . Barley met a very slow sale , although there was less ottering than ot late The inquiry for mait was entirely confined to the finest qualities . Rve barlsy supported its price . Oats were looking rather dearer Beans and other gram sold on similar terms to last week . Flour met very little attention , even at our late reduced quotations . < Hull Corn Market , Tuesday . —Owing to tho conturned uncertainty as to the proposed Ministerial measures , there has been little or no business passin * in any branch of the trade during the past week . iirnt y 5 mark S . ° . - ad only » s-nall farmers ' PP y ; and our mi . Ion being rather free buyers , we « heat held firmly . Insuring corn nothing . w » mV i

      -nweu , ami also linseed cakes , easier to buv Kara cakes are scarce . Wehavonext teno bSu ^ Si mg either m bones or guano . v

      Watletu S As > M Loc]*-J -W-On Monday, M...

      WatleTu S > m Loc ]* -J -w-On Monday , Mr . CofiS ' ¦ - « »;;' i ek a ^ . l " »* the University tollego Hospital , upon Vincent Laurence Noel a <* ed SeS toT ™ t , Cet ' Crty * ™* -. The deceased attempted , « d in J , - a *} roff « ft * A * < lge , drawn by one horse , and u so doing he fell between the girdons of the 1- . ' , w " » dragged somo distance before the «}« f i . l m ' ed •}» l , en *«» situation . Upon being released . it was tound that he had received no injurv beyond a lacerated wound whieh penetrated to the » j > ne ot the knee-joint . The wound went on favouraoiy , ami no bad symptoms betrayed themselves for a week when lock-jaw set in . The sufferer was reniored to the hospital on the 27 th ult ., where he expired in great agony two days afterwards . Verdict . " Accidental Death . " '

      Melancholy Death nv Fire of a Married Female . —On Wednesday morning , Mr . Waklev , M . P held an inquest at the George Tavern , G ' reat St ' Andrew s-street Swe « Dials , on view of the bodv ol Mni Anne layior aged fifty-three years , wife of a haberdasher , rmiding at No . 2 , Little St . Aadiew-strcet . Ann Harding , No . 30 , Churck-stroet , bono , deposed that she was nurse to thc deceased . About eleven o ' clock in the evening of Wednesday week deceased was sitting in her room reading by the candle , by which her cap became igi \" . ted , and m a few moments she was completely enveloped in flames . Her screams soon brought assistance , not , however , before she was so injured that she died on Friday . Verdict , " Accidental Death . " Dr , Watt estimates tho present . ponulation of Glasgow at 322 . 200 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 7, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07021846/page/6/