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      Eilsios . —The members earnestly invite all who consider themselves honest- Char lists to pay off the printers * bill , & c Xotiixgiiam . —The Council met on Sunday afternoon at the Golden Fleece . —Mr . Hall in the chair ; when 3 Ir . John Skerritt was elected secretary for one month . —A resolution was unanimously passed pledging the members ofthe council to use their utmost exertions , in their localities , to raise subscriptions towards paying Mr . O'Connor ' s costs in the Macnamara . action . —On Sunday morning this subject was brought before tbe members ofthe Colonel Hutchinson locality by their delegates to the Council . A very good collection - was made , and it -was agreed the subscription should stand open until that night fortnight , and that daring that time every exertion should be made for the above object . JonssiosE . —A concert got up by a few of the democrats of this place , was held in the Black Bull

      Assembly Booms , on the 17 th ult ., in aid of the political victims . We are much indebted to the following gentlemen for their valuable services : — Messrs . Maxwell and Ilart , of Kilbarehan ; Mr . Robert Dickenson , of Elderslie ; and Mr . Hugh H . Gibson , of Paisley . After defraying expenses , we have £ -3 , to be distributed as follows : —Costs of Macnamara ' s Action , 10 s . ; for the Widows of the 1 ite Sharp and Williams , 10 s . ; for Wives and Families of Victims , 10 s . ; "Victim Fond , 10 s . ; to exempt E . Jones from Oakum * picking , 5 s . : Dr . M'DoualTs Testimonial , 5 s . ; Remitted to Paisley for Printers * Debt , 10 s . We remit the above £ 210 s . to Mr . W . Rider , aud deeply regret that Mr . O Connor should be put to so much expense and trouble ; but we hope our brother Chartists of Scotland will bestir themselves , and replace the money in the hands of Mr . O'Connor , that his word may not he forfeited hy their negligence . Signed in behalf of the Democrats , A . HoSBiSD .

      BocnuAtE . —Two lectures were delivered in the Chartist room , on Sunday last , by Mr . J . West , of Macclesfield , on the union and duty of the working classes . Mr . West took a view of the various political parties at present biding for the people . The intention of the Financial reformers was to bring the taxes to the same level as in 1 S 35 , or perhaps to repeal the income tax , but the working classes would receive very little benefit from that . He should like to see them take up a question which ¦ was a working man ' s question , -viz . the national debt . The lecturer was warmly cheered during the delivery of his lectures .

      Southward. A Public Meeting Was Held At ...

      SOUTHWARD . A public meeting was held at the Shi p and Mermaid Tavern , Snow-fields , Bermondsey , on Taesday evening last , for the purpose of electing four delegates to represent tha Borough of Southwark in the forthcoming Chartist Conference . Mr . Laxger was unanimously called to the chair . The chairman having stated the object of the meeting , Mr . G . W . M . Reysoids rose to move the first resolution : — "That this meeting views with extreme pain and regret the awful amount of destitution and misery at present existing in this country , and believing the same to be caused chiefl y by class legislation . We hereby declare the only remedy consistent with reason and sound national

      policy , to be the adoption of that document known as the People ' s Charter , whole and entire , as the law of this land . " Mr . Reynolds said , that England iras differently situated to continental nations , and required different means to be adopted to effect tbe necessary remedy . Time and circumstance demanded that we should confine ourselves to what are called constitutional means , so as not to embarrass our cause , or get our leaders into a dilemma . Mr . Reynolds entered into a clear and satislactory justification of the present middle-class association , and commended it to the working classes as a ladder which they might ascend to their own rights as contained in the People ' s Charter , amidst considerable cheering . The Prime Minister and aristocracy had

      dared affirm that the working classes were ignorant ; while it was their intelligence they dreaded , knowing weU that the moment they achieved the Charter , down -would fall the colossal pyramid of abuse , which was the mainstay of their existence . ( Loud cheers . ) They were told that Universal Suffrage bad been tried in France , and found wanting . Since the revolution there had been three opportunities of testing it , namely , the election ofthe Constituent Assembly—the election of the President—and the legislative Assembly . But be it remembered , prior to the revolution the constituency of France numbered only 200 , 000 , whilst the minister held in his possession 60 , 000 places , and the reversion of as more , making a control over 120 , 000 ; and

      many when the priests and press was—with few exceptions—in the minister ' s favour , it will be clearly seen that the government monopolised the representation . Whenever the few liberal papers dared insert an independent article , they were immediately seized either at their office or in the post-office , consequently it was almost impossible that the people of France should understand the best mode of exercising the franchise . When they were suddenly called on after the revolution of February , JSIS , to exercise the rights of citizens , that glorious citken , Ledra Rolliu —( great cheering)—had perceived this , and bad sent bis circulars into the provinces , to give tbe necessary instructions , which had called down on his head the wrath ofthe Times

      and Chronicle , and the underhanded opposition of those wolves in sheep ' s clothing—Messrs . Lamartine , Gamier Pages , & c . ( Hear , hear . ) But after all did Universal Suffrage fail ? ~ So ; for did not the Constituent Assembly bring forth a constitution as far superior to ours as a sovereign was to a brass farthing . ( Loud cheers . ) Then let us take the second test—Why was Louis Napoleon elected ? Not for his great name , but because he declared he was a Republican and a Socialist , and declared he would stand by the constitution ; and as a proof of his Socialism pointed to his work on Labour . Well , then , in this case Universal Suffrage had not failed ; if anything had failed it was Louis Napoleon , who had failed to keep his word . ( Hear , hear . ) The

      third test was , perhaps , more difficult to handle , tut he ( Mr . Reynolds ) did not hesitate to approach itn-the difficulty was , that there were 650 to elect , when there were not so many known public men in Prance , and consequently they had to judge men by their promises—and be it known that the Orleanists —such as Odillon Barrot , Leon Faucher , & e ., after the revolution , said , " We accept the revolution , and wBl maintain it ; " and be it further remembered , that in the first or Constituent Assembly , the Red Republicans numbered only 150 , whilst in the second or Leg islative Assembl y , they miutcred 25 S , and if the men of promise had kept their word the Leg itimists would have been in a minority of 200 : —hence , Universal Suffrage has not failed in

      Prance . ( Loud cheers . ) If Home , Hungary , < fcc ., had been overthrown , their overthrow was not attributable to Universal Suffrage , but to tbe gangrene left behind by monarcbichal institutions . Universal Suffrage had not failed in France , and had proved gloriously successful under all the three experiments that had been made—but Englishmen possessed much more political information than their French neighbours , and hence he declared it a scandal and a shame that they should be kept for one day from that suffrage to which they were so folly adapted . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . S . M . Ktdd , in seconding the resolution , said : The Reform Movement of 1 S 30-32 was carried by a union of the middle and working classes , whose

      leaders were the most liberal of the aristocracythey advocated power for the people , but their measure failed to g ive that power . The second step was mainly instigated by the unstamped press The agitation for the People ' s Charter soon assumed a most prominent feature , and then these middle classmen , if not in a mass had one by one shrunk hack , leaving the working classes to themselves . { Hear , hear . ) The third move was that ofthe Anti-GomLaw League ; at first , their meetings were open , but ne > sooner did they discover that the people preferred the suffrage to what they ( the agitators ) were pleased to call cheap bread , then their balls were only to be gained by ticket admission . Tet had ' a Hireling press declared public opinion to be in favour

      of this measure , when the working classes were shut out , and one side alone was allowed to be heard , ( Hear , hear . ) Well , the middle classes -were again in the field , and the working classes were again most generously lending their support , notwithstanding the insults and wrongs they had received at their hands —( cheers )—but he ( Mr . Ky dd ) did not regret the part taken by the working men in the past—they had gained experience , thenfriends had been imprisoned and banished , and Wellington had covered the Bank with sand bagsa truly sandy foundation for a British constitution . ( Laughter . ) WeU , whilst he would not counsel direct opposition to anv middle class movement , he did see the necessity for a good and throug h organisation of tbe working classes , in order to direct public opinion . ( Loud cheers . ) As fir as regarded the question of Republicanism he ( Mr Kydd ) thought it impossible that "three

      estates " could exist with coeval powers , anu nence wb had found the princip les of monarchic and aristocracy prevail over the commons ; and here it was thatThe now desired an extension of the suffrage to strengthen the power of the people . ( Loud cheers . ) He ( Mr . Kydd ) had no fear for the future in France ; neither had he in England — ( loud cheers )—but they must do something more than talk ; they must act , and effect a real organization . The resolution was then put , and adopted . Mr . T . Clahk rose , amidst applause , to move the second resolution as follows : — " That this meeting elect four delegaces to the forthcoming Conference to assemble in London , for the purpose of drawing up a new plan of organisation for the obtainment ofthe People ' s Charter . " What that resolution asked them to do , was a miniature of Universal Suffrage . He trusted that the people would see the necessity of supporting this movement It was not the gullibility of Peel or Russell that kept I

      Southward. A Public Meeting Was Held At ...

      tbemfrom their right , but their own want of moral TOP i , ( , Ie JL ' hcar - ) 5 Lr F - IMlockbad said , fh , ? m ; ^ -J f I 1 pcople nad , ma ( le "P their mind , that mind faithfull y expressed was law . " He held it to be a credit to be a Chartist-he held it to be a sign of intelligence , that a Chartist knew that his fellow-men did not come into the world with a ri ° ht to rule . ( Cheers . ) He trusted they Would select four persons who would faithfull y carry out the objects in-new . ( Loud cheers . ) ' JS ; J !; ' G *"" ' . in ec iin tn motion , said , the resolution was to elect four persons to aid in the propounding a plan of organisation , which , he trusted , would result in the adoption of their principles as law . That the Charter would do something for the working man . there could he no

      onesturn—that was ono reason for his agitating for it ; but the principal reasons were : it would elevate m j s 01 ffn estcem-nc would be at once ennobled ; whereas , now , too many looked up with a species of awe to the man who had a better coat than themselves . In the forthcoming Conference they did not want orators , but good , sterling , practical , persevering men . ( Loud cheers . ) After a few words from the Charjias , the resolution was unanimousl y adopted . The following persons were nominated by Mr . Hewitt , and seconded by Mr . Knaplet : —Messrs . Langer , Percy , Wilkins , and Pcarcy ; and no others being nominated , they were declared to be duly elected .

      __ A vote of thanks was then given to the deputation , and also to the Chairman , and the meeting quietly dissolved .

      City Of London. The Seventh And Last Mee...

      CITY OF LONDON . The seventh and last meeting for the election of Delegates to the forthcoming Chartist Conference , was held at tbe Hall of Science , City-road , on Thursday evening ; the hall was crowded , and as the honourable Member for Nottingham entered the hall he was received with great cheering , and was immediatel y called to the chair . Mr . O'Connor congratulated the meeting on the crowded state of the hall , and said , that although there were no reporters for the press there , there were plenty present from the Home-office . ( A person from the body of tbe hall here proposed , in honour of the honourable member for Nottingham , that the whole ofthe audience should take off their hats ) . No , no , said the honourable gentleman , I

      recognise the people as sovereign , and , therefore , cannot allow that , keep on or take off your , hats at pleasure . ( Great cheering . ) He then entered into an able dissection o the House o Commons , showing the gross inequality and corruption of the present state of the representation ; congratulated the meeting on the union of sentiment now existing between the people of England and Ireland , ana declared that ' his reception by the people in the latter country was at least equal to any he had ever received from the brave sons of Britain . Me had gone with the Parliamentarians , because he believed their leaders honest and disinterested . He had joined tbe Chartist cause from vanity and ambition—his vanity consisted in a desire to leave the

      world better than he found it—and his ambition was that when he died he should have done so . Twenty millions of money would not cause bun to desert tbe cause of tbe people . Mr . O ' Connor resumed bis seat amidst the most tremendous cheering . Mr . G . W . Re t sou b s , in a speech replete with argument and sound sense , proposed thefollowing" That tho political aspect of the present time presents a favourable opportunity for an extended peaceful promulgation of the principles of the People ' s Charter , and with the view of aiding in the establishing of an efficient organisation for this purpose , it is desirable that four men of tried political integrity be appointed to represent the city of London in the forthcoming Metropolitan Conference . "

      Mr . P . M'Grath seconded the resolution , and in an exceUent and eloquent speech showed the great advantages which must flow from the adoption of the princi ples contained in the resolution . Mr . O'Connor being compelled to leave the meeting , Mr . T . Clark was called to the chair , and Messrs O'Connor , Reynolds , and M'Grath , left the meeting amid enthusiastic cheering . Mr . S . M . Ktud , in his usual eloquent strain , which elicited much applauee , addressed the meeting in support of the resolution . Mr . Doyle who was warmly greeted on his

      reappearance , also ably supported tbe resolution m his usual energetic manner and resumed his seat amid much applause . The resolution , was then unanimously adopted . Mr . Utiejg , at the request ofthe committee , put in nomination Messrs . Stallwood , Brown , Bently and Fowler . Several other persons were also put i n nomination , but on the vote being taken , Messrs . Stallwood , Brown , Bently , and Fowler , were declared duly elected . After a vote of thanks to the Chairman , the meetmg separated . The following persons constitute the forthcoming Conference : —

      Marykbone . —Messrs . Fcargus O Connor , M . P . ; T . Clark , W . Dixon , and C . Utting . Lambeth . —Messrs . E . Mills , W . Collins , Pattinson , and Hobden . FrssBUBY . —Messrs . Townsend , Allnutt , Lee , and Blake . WEsiMixsiER .-Messrs . G . J . Harney , J . Grassby , J . Araoit , and J . Milne . Tower Hamlets . —Messrs . G . W . Reynolds , P . M'Grath , W . Davies , and W . Drake . Sooihwabk . —Messrs . Longer , Percy , Wilkins , and Pearey . Cjtv op loxoo-v . —Messrs . Stallwood , Brown , Bently and Fowler .

      ' National Reform League. Mr. J. B. O'Br...

      ' NATIONAL REFORM LEAGUE . Mr . J . B . O'Brien , the president of this association , lectured , as usual , on Friday Evening last , at tbe John-street Institution . Mr . O'Brien maintained that the late revolutionary experiences on the continent had added five hundred per cent , to the moral power he formerly possessed while advocating those principles of National Reform for which he had so long contended , under , so many , and such various disadvantages . He stated his conviction , that with as limited means as ever any association had wherewith to work upon the public mind , the doctrines of the National Reform League were making real progress in society . As one proof of the truth of this assertion , he adduced the fact , that the main proposition of the League—the nationalisation of the land—has recentl y been publicly discussed in that hi g hl y respectable institution , the Whittington Club , as would be seen from No . XLII . of their Gazette , which reported that on the 10 th of November the Discussion Class of the Club

      was occupied with the following question : — Has man a right to property in the soil ?"—it being contended by the mover that the right was merely conventional ; that tbe same power which created the right could abrogate it ; that the interests of society demanded that the land should again become public property ; that man had naturally an equal rig ht to the elements , earth , air , and water ; that they bad an individual right only in the produce of their labour ; that the rent of land should form the revenue of the state , thereby superseding the necessity of taxation , —develop ing the resources of the country , —and relieving an over-burthened labour market ; and concluding , b y proposing a plan by which , in a given number of years , the

      present proprietors of land would be reimbursed their purchase-money , and the soil become the property of the state . 2 fow this was an evidence of progress in the ri g ht direction ; and contrasted strongly with the state of public opinion when by what is called the Spencean Act , it was a penal offence to advocate the doctrine of Spence , that" the land ought to be the people ' s farm . " Twenty years ago the doctrine of making land public property would subject tbe man who held it to the imputation of being either a fool or a rogue ; and even Cobbett could find no better excuse . for poor Spence than that he was half-cracked . But now , thank God , the doctrine had ceased to be considered either knavish or ridiculous . Onlv

      the other day , the same question had been discussed at the Belvuiere rooms , in the New-road , in meetings comprised almost exclusively of the middle class ; and had been carried , after two nights debate , by a majority of one only , which proved the interest the company had taken in the question . At the well known discussion hall , in Shoe-lane , an overwhelming majority had recently assented to the proposition , that no permanent prosperity can accrue to the country without a radical reform in the present system of landed tenure , currency , and commercial exchanges . ( Cheers . ) Another proof that the National Reform doctrines were making progress , was derived from a late work of Robert RW ?? L ? wen ha < 1 formerl y expressed his belief that the changes he proposed for society would be accomplished by the voluntary acts of all partiesthat capital , skill , and labour would cordiaUy amalgamate , and go at once into community . The lecturer here paid a warm tribute of resort fnr

      the labours of Owen , who , in try ing to workout the problem of communism , had enunciated many truths of great benefit to the world : like the alchemists of old , he had not found his "philosophers stone , " but , like them , he had made known to the public some valuable discoveries . Well , Robert Owen , in his last book , had proposed that the government should buy up land as fast as possible , for the benefit of the people . Even Mr Feareus O'Connor , had latel y , from the manner in which government had treated his Land Society been led to con ess himself a convert to the same doctrine ; he had publicly made that confession on the very platform on which he ( Mr . O'Brien ) then stood . Mr . O'Brien then alluded to the effects of the Free Trade experiments , and quoted the Standard of that evening in vindication ofthe truth ofhis prognostications of the effects of that measure . The Standard , in reference to Ireland , had shewn that Free Trade , by reducing the prices of agricultural

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      produce ^ had diminished the profits of the producer no less than 25 per cent ., which the Cork Reporter had stated to be equal in amount to the whole rental of Ireland . " The result was that farmers found it more difficult than ever to pay their rents or employ labourers , and bankruptcy and pauperism overspread the country . As he had predicted , the landlords , to avert some portion of tho ruin which they saw approaching them in the shape of an overwhelming stream of poor-rates , were determined to get rid of the pauperised people by wholesale : hence their determined opposition to the Irish Poor Law hence their inhuman evictions of their wretched tenantry ; and hence the lamentable amount of death from famine in that miserable '

      country . The lecturer then contemplated the effects of pa rtial Free Trade on England and Scotland ; and maintained that the agricultural interest could not sustain itself by the present prices . He forcibly contrasted the difference of power possessed by farmers to meet the enormous weight of the public and private debts of the country at present , when wheat was selling at only 40 s . a quarter , and when the same corn fetched 80 s ., and which , of course , necessitated the farmer to double his sales before he could realise the same amount of money for his produce : just as a Birming ham button maker had now to sell three gross of buttons in order to get the same amount of gold currency which one gross would have brought in

      twenty years ago . Not long since the Timis had stated that a sovereign would now command nearly double the amount of food , clothing , and other necessaries and luxuries that it would thirty years ago ; and yet the Times pertinaciously held the doctrine of a gold standard of value , into which all currency must be convertible . It was easy to perceive what an unjust and unfair power this gold standard bestowed upon capitalists and usurers . He then alluded to the anomalous system on which the Bank of England was conducted : and amusingly illustrated the privilege which the government had granted to it of issuing eleven millions upon a debt due by the State to the Bank . In fact , that was the princip le ofthe banking-system—to issue paper

      " promises to pay , and get interest upon those promises in hard cash . The present state ofthe national circulation showed the stagnation of commerce and trade : at this moment the Bank of England could , by their charter , issue thirty millions ; but they had only eighteen millions afloat ; — and why ? — because no maa knew how to apply capital to produce a profit—and therefore the notes of the Bank were not wanted for loans and discounts : and so they could not be forced in circulation . The lecturer here urged upon his audience the desirability of their g iving their attention to public questions , so as not to ue deluded into the belief that England was making rapid progress in political and social amelioration . Ho was sure that

      for these last sixty years—ever since the time when Home Tooke and others breached the idea of Universal Suffrage—the people had made no actual progress in the possession of their just rights . On the contrary , they had lost many of their rightsthat of Commons land , for instance , which was now being gradually taken away from them . The law had been made more stringent—many acts formerly held venial , were now classed as penal offences ; and tbe ri g ht of trial by jury had been curtailed—magistrates having the power of punishing without the sanction of a jury . In short , the power ofthe people had decreased , while the power and numbers of the privileged classes had increased . Luxury had been augmented , and so had poverty and

      destitution . Our legislature , instead of keeping to their legitimate duty of acting as the protectors of property , had become the nefarious creators of property for the benefit of the privileged classes , by granting them exclusive monopolies—such as those to railways , gas companies , water companies , & e ., by which the public were deprived of the benefits of having these improvements at the cheapest rate , because they had to pay all the taxation in the shape of profits which these monopolists could by any means levy upon the eonsumers . ( Hear , hear . ) We understood in the room , that a donation of £ 5 towards tho funds ofthe League had , that week , been received as the produce of a raffle got up by a few friends to the cause .

      Parliamentary And Financial Reform. Grea...

      PARLIAMENTARY AND FINANCIAL REFORM . GREAT MEETING IN PERTH . The reformers of this city having sent a request to Sir Joshua Walmsley and Mr . George Thompson to pay a visit to their locality , and those gentlemen having consented , a numerous and hig hl y respectable requisition was presented to the lord Provost , to convene a public meeting . His lordship immediately complied , and also consented to preside . The meeting took place on Thursday evening week , on which occasion about 2 , 000 persons assembled in . the City Hall . His lordship having introduced the deputation , the two hon . gentlemen addressed the meeting at great length , and were heard with the deepest attention . Nothing occurred to disturb the

      harmony of the proceedings , save some unmannerly interruptions by the agent of the Ri ght Hon . Fox Maule , M . P . This person , however , was speedily ejected by the hearers in his vicinity , and his compulsion was hailed with loud acclamations . At the conclusion ofthe addresses of Sir Joshua Walmsley and Mr . Thompson , resolutions cordiall y approving of the objects of the National Association , and appointing a committee to carry them into effect ; were proposed , and carried unanimously . Thanks were voted to the Lord Provost ; and , after three cheers for the speedy reformation of the House of Commona and the reduction of the national Burthens , the meeting separated .

      Public Meeting In Greenock. Sir Joshua W...

      PUBLIC MEETING IN GREENOCK . Sir Joshua Walmsley , M . P ., and George Thompson , Esq ., M . P ., finished thou * present tour on Friday week by addressing one of the largest and most respectable meetings which have been held in Greenock for many years on any political subject . The deputation did not intend to pay a visit to Greenock at the present time , but a requisition having been presented to them from a large body of respectable inhabitants , they were constrained to accept of tbe invitation . The meeting in Greenock

      was held in Blackhall-street Chapel , and never , we may say , have we seen assembled in town a more orderl y , respectable , and interested audience . The p latform was occup ied by the lion , gentlemen of the deputation , Bailie Hamlin , Councillors Macfie and Martin , A , Dcnnistoun , Esq , , < fcc . Throughout the meeting there was a goodly sprinkling of the influential classes , as weU as a large body of our mest industrious , sober , and intelligent artisans—and among them many who have battled for reform principles , steadily and consistently through life .

      On the motion of Councillor Martin , Bauie Hamlin was called to occupy the chair . The C h a i rman said-Gentlemen , you do me a hi g h honour in calling ' upon me to fill this chair on such an important occasion , and over such a respectable audience . I am always proud to serve my fellow-townsmen , and promote the great constitutional objects on which the deputation , Sir Joshua Walmsley , M . P ., and George Thompson , Esq ., M . P ., have kindly consented to come here and address

      you . The deputation that are to address you tonig ht have been well received in every town which they have visited on their tour . This meeting , I am sure , is one that will sympathise deepl y in their mission , and will not suffer them to go away from Greenock with an evil report . My friends will excuse me for not making a long speech . lam not accustomed to make long speeches , and I am g lad that 1 cannot , on the present occasion , serve the meeting better than b y introducing Sir Joshua Walmsley .

      Sir Joshua Walmslet was received with loud and continued cheering . He said he came there to promote an ag itation in favour of the ri ghts of their fellow men of all classes , creeds , and conditions , and to ask them by all means in their power to aid tbe national association in putting an end to class leg islation . ( Applause . ) Their object was to promote a union between the middle and the working classes—classes who had been too long divorced , and who bad only to unite honestly and energetically together in order to carry any measure of reform , however sweeping , if at tho same time just and constitutional . ( Applause . ) He desired that these classes should know each other better , that they may appreciate each other better . ( Cheers \ And

      was it not right that they should make an effort in recovering , to the labouring classes of this country , their just rights , of which they have been so long deprived ? He maintained that the man who had not his rig hts was not a man if he did not feel discontented . ( Cheers . ) Sir Joshua Walmsley then proceeded to explain , at considerable length , the princi p les ofthe national association . G . Thompson , Esq . then came forward , amid loud and long continued cheering . He said , they were learning by degress the truly divine power of moral force—mountains could not resist it in its course , standing armies could not grapple with it , the sharpest sword could not cleave it down , the widest mouthed bellowing cannon that ever sent a fortyeight pound shot through ranks of human flesh .

      could not hinder the demand of the humblest man who used the divine iaculty of speech in the cause of justice and truth , and who took his stand upon the immovable and impregnable rock of ri ght . ( Loud applause . ) Mr . Thompson entered at great length into the question of county freeholds , and said I like the scheme , as far as it goes , because of its practical character . It points out to the thriving and thrifty artisan how he may do something for himself , independent of the government and the legislature . ( Cheers . ) I like the scheme , because it brings in its train a host of advantages of a personal , domestic , social , and moral , as well as of a political kind . There is no labour in vain connected with it , - there is no sowing without reaping ; it is a speculation without risk , an adventure in

      Public Meeting In Greenock. Sir Joshua W...

      • bicli' all ' musf s ' ooher or lateY' ^ raw ' a " prize . ( Cheers . ) Jf the funds bo but hones ly and wisely Xinistcred , not only is the sum put m safe , but Sum drawn out must be more than that put in « ince it is buying at wholesale , and divided that bought thus cheaply ( because at wholesale ) at retail orices amongst the members . ( Cneers . ) I like the scheme , Because , in addition to us social advanta ges in begetting prudence , economy , and torethought , it gives the working man a stake in the soil , respectability , station , and political independence . ( Cheers . ) I like it above all , because I have the best authority for say ing that two thirds of these freeholds are in the hands of men who have obtained them by their savings from the disuse of intoxicating liquors . Having said this , I must

      express my deep regret that there are indications in certain quarters of a desire to make freehold land societies tbe beg inning and the end of the movement for Parliamentary Reform . I cannot consent to this . Is the universal desire for reform—for tho extension of the suffrage—for the immediate purification of the House of Commons—and for the making atonement to the politically wronged millions of Great Britain , to take no other shape than this recommendation to the working men of a section ofthe kingdom , to save their money and become county voters ? ( Criesof " no , " and loud cheers . ) Why , say that you could enfranchise such men for £ 30 a p iece ? When fifteen millions of money have been earned , and saved , and applied ,

      and the estates are purchased , divided , allotted , and the title-deeds made out and delivered , you have but added , at the end of ten , fifteen , or twenty years , 500 , 000 to the electoral bod y of England ; and what security is there that these votes will remain in the same hands ? To do anything really of service to the country or of political benefit to the people , the artisans and operatives must be the persons enfranchised . ( Cheers . ) The suffrage should be made contingent on no such matters , but demanded by tbe people as a ri ght . ( A pp lause . ) Mr . Thompson concluded a brilliant oration , amid the most defening and repeated shouts of applause . Councillor Macfie moved a resolution embodying a vote of thanks to the gentlemen ofthe deputation . AncniDALn Dkskistoun , Esq ., begged to second

      the resolution . . , Mr . R . BeRREM wished to express his views before the resolution was adopted . He was glad that a large and influential party were willing to go' so far for political justice . He believed , however , that no extension of tho suffrage would prove permanently beneficial to the labouring class , unless payment to members was adopted ; and he was sorry to say that was no part of the scheme proposed by tho deputation . In his opinion , none hut wnvkinfr men were capable of properly

      representing the condition of the work i ng-class , for no others understood their condition . - Mr . Burrell sat ? lown by intimating that he would support the resolution so far as it went . The C h a i rman put the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Sir Joshua Walmsley , in a few remarks , proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman . He might tell their friends who had spoken , that they , were all working men . He ( Sir J . ) had raisbd himself up from humble life to the station he bow occupied . ( Great applause . ) The motion was carried by acclamation . Three hearty cheers for the cause concluded the proceedings .

      Middlesex Sessions. The December General...

      MIDDLESEX SESSIONS . The December General Session of the Peace for tbe County of Middlesex commenced on Tuesday morning , at the Sessions House , Clerkenwell , before the assistant judge and a full bench of magistrates . There were sixty-nine p risoners charged with felony and seven with misdemeanour , for trial . The learned judge very briefly addressed the grand jury , after they had been sworn ; and they having retired , the court proceeded with the ordinary business . The Queen v . Wiuiam Watson . — Assau lt . — Mr . Ballantine , addressing the court , said he had an application to make in the case of " The Queen on the Prosecution of Alexander M'Dougal against William Watson , " which was a prosecution of an assault under somewhat extraordinary

      circumstances . Mr . M'Dougal was a highly respectable gentleman , a solicitor , residing at No . 3 , Charlesstreet , St . James ' s-square , and he had , some time ago , had some pecuniary transactions with the defendant , who was a wine-merchant , and those transactions terminated in a very unpleasant manner , in consequence of the peculiar line of conduct pursued by Mr . Watson . On the day named in the indictment , he believed tho 8 th of November , as Mr . M'Dougal was leaving the Parthenon club , the defendant rushed at him and used a whip , with a considerable degree of freedom , about Mr . M'Dougal's shoulders . The defendant was taken into custody , and of course was examined upon a charge of

      assault before a magistrate ; and in answer to that charge tbe defendant made some assertions respecting the transactions he had had with Mr . M'Dougal of a most unwarrantable and , he was instructed to state , utterly groundless nature . The magistrate sent the defendant to this court for trial ; but , in the interim , inquiries had been made by his friends , the result of which would , he apprehended , relieve the court from the necessity of trying the case , for most unquestionably Mr . Watson was a lunatic . During his imprisonment in the House of Detention Dr . Sutherland , and Mr . Wakefield , the surgeon , ' bad examined him as to bis state of mind , and they were satisfied that he was insane . He was under

      most strange delusions with respect to various members of his own and the prosecutor ' s famil y , and be was under the impression that Mr . M'Dougal was engaged in an intrigue against him , but he was bound to say , in justice to Mr . M'Dougal that Mr . Watson s friends were thoroughly convinced that the reflections thrown upon his character by Mr . Watson were unjustifiable and entirely devoid of truth . Dr . Sutherland and-Mr . Wakefield had given a certificate that Mr . Watson was insane , and upon that certificate Mv . Watson was now confined in a lunatic asylum . Under these circumstances , he apprehended there would be no obstacle to the immediate discharge ofthe recognisances ofthe defendant ' s bail . —Mr . Payne said he appeared on behalf of the prosecution , and he consented to the application being granted . The prosecutor ' s recognisances mig ht be discharged at the same time , and he might say that the prosecutor was perfectly

      satisfied with the withdrawal by tbe friends of tho defendant of the offensive assertion he ( defendant ) had made . —The court granted the application . Robbery with Violence . — Louisa Levain , 18 , convicted of felony at the last session , was brought up for jud gment . — The learned Judge told the prisoner that she had repeatedly been in prison , and on one occasion in this court she had been sentenced to nine months' hard labour , for a robbery from the person , of precisely the same character as that of which she was now convicted . She and several other women , accompanied by " bullies , " accosted tbe prosecutor in the street at nig ht , and having pulled him about in a very indecent manner , robbed him , and the other women and the " bullies " were watching , in order , in case of alarm , to maltreat and use violence towards him . These were very serious cases , and the sentence ofthe court was that sho be transported for ten years .

      Robbery in a Dwelling House . —James M'Cormack was convicted , upon bis own confession , of a very impudent robbery in the dwelling house of Dr . Charles Mackay , No . 21 , Brecknockcrescent , Camden-town . — Sentenced to three months ' hard labour . Wednesday . —Tricks op Dog Stealers . — H . Cole , a dog-fancier , pleaded guilty to an indictment , in which ho was charged , under the Gth section of the Dog Stealing Act , with a mi sdemeanor , in having wilfully and corruptly taken three sovereigns from Lieut . Montague James white , upon pretence ofrestoringavery valuable bloodhound which had been stolen from him . —Mr , Parry and Mr . Mellor appeared for the prosecution , and , addressing the '

      court , Mr . Mellor said that about tho 10 th of November , the dog in question , which was an exceedingly fine and valuable animal , was stolen from the residence of Colonel White , Lieut . White ' s father , in Gloucester-gardens , and on the 24 th the prisoner went to Lieut . White ' s servant , and said he knew where the dog was , and could restore it to the owner , but unless he were paid £ 3 to bring it back , it would be poisoned by himself and a person named Tay lor , in whose custod y he represented the dog then was . At an interview that subseqeuntly took place between the prisoner and Lieut . White the man Taylor was introduced by tho prisoner , but , although there was a police officer in attendance , unknown to tho prisoner and his friend nfonnvso

      they were not apprehended ; and the prisoner having repeated the threat that unless money was given the dog would be poisoned , Lieut . White , really fearing that the threat would be carried into effect , gave him three sovereigns , and that same evening the dog was returned . The prisoner complained that he had not received sufficient recompense for the trouble he had had ; and Lieut . White told him that if he would call on the following morning he would g ive him more money . Accordingly on the ensuing day the prisoner called upon Lieut . White , who gave him two marked halfcrowns ; and an officer having witnessed this transact

      ion the prisoner was taken into custody . —The prisoner had nothing to say for himself . —The court sentenced h t m to four months' imprisonment in the House of Correction , and to pay a fine of Is RoBBERY .-DanielJones , a blacksmith , lately employed at tho Euston-square Station , and John Qu i nlan , formerl y stoker on board II . M eam-shin S ^ STrS ^ ^ V * stolen some siB forST ™ . E , osecutor , « s tho landlord of the Ox-^ u ~\ ° y » -P lacc , Camden Town , and the prisoners having presented themselves at the front of the bar , anl called for a pint 0 f beer thov availed themselves of tbe moment . ™ T absence Jf h if T *?} ° 8 wee P a quantity of silver Sm a shelf about four feet behind the count * Sffial

      Middlesex Sessions. The December General...

      saw that their movement had caught the- eye ofthe barman ,. who was in the parlour , and giving a whistle to apprise his companion of the circumstance , they decamped . Jones was taken with the money in his pocket . —Jones was sentenced to six , and Quinlan to three months' hard labour . Robbery and Fraud . — Thomas Bramhall , an attorney , and most respectably connected , was indieted for having faudulently obtained by false pretences from William Augustus Ham 10 , 000 gold leaves , of the value of £ 27 10 s „ with intent to defraud Christian Henry Augustus Brake , and also four watches of the value of £ 50 ., the property of Samuel Hopp , Gass and another . —The prisoner nleaded truiltv to the first indictmeot , and not guilty - ... . - - ,..,,., . Z ^^^^^ i ^\ :

      to the second . —Tbe evidence was briefly this . It appeared that the prisoner went to Mr . Drake ' s shop , in King-street , Soho , and represented to Ham , the shopman , that he was Mr . Wilday , ofthe firm of Wilday and Co ., of Holland-street , Blackfriars-road , whose card he presented , and that he had met Mr . Drake at Birmingham , and had arranged to do business with him . Ho produced a card of Mr . Drake ' s , and having asked tho shopman if they were in want of any ofthe articles Messrs . Wilday manufactured- ^ which question tho shopman rep lied in the negative—the prisoner requested that 10 , 000 ofgold leaf mig ht bo made up for him and left at the Scotch stores , Burlington-street . These statements were utterly untrue , but ,

      believing them to be genuine , the shopman made up tho gold leaf and delivered it as requested . Tho second case was this : He went to the shop of Messrs . Gass , 110 , Regent-street , and handed to Mr . Samuel Gass a note which purported to have emanated from Mr . Reid , of Hose Villa , Hampton , Messrs . Gass ' s landlord , and in that note was a request that two gold Geneva enamelled watches mi g ht be forwarded on approval to Mr . Reid . Mr . Gass made up four watches , ofthe value of £ 50 , in order that Mr . Reid might have a good choice , and an approbation bill , into a parcel , and gave it to the pr i soner , who stated that tho watches not approved of would be returned on tho following Wednesday . Tho note was a forgery , and on the

      prisoner being apprehended at i > l , Morton-street , two of the watches were found upon him , and the other two had been pawned by him . —Before the examination of Mr . Gass was concluded , the pr isoner said he was in a very unfortunate position , having no legal adviser , nor tho means to procure one—nor had he any friends who would , if applied to , provide him with such means . He was not ra a , situation to meet the charge ; and , therefore , not to waste the time of the court , he would , with his lordship ' s permission , p lead guilty to both indictments .-The plea of " Guilty " was then recorded . —Mr . Collard , tho superintendent of the Great Western Railway police , was then examined . He

      proved that in July , 1848 , the prisoner was at the Old Bailey upon five indictments for railway robberies , and he p leaded " Guilty '' to two of them . In consideration of his having given information that to led the recovery of more than £ 200 worth of property , he was sentenced to a year ' s hard labour . —The learned Judge said he very well knew , but did not like to say , who the prisoner was . He had no doubt but that the position of the prisoner was a heavy affliction to his aged and worthy father . The sentence ofthe court was , that , for tbe felony , he be keptto hard labour for nine , and for tbe fraud six calendar months , making fifteen months together . —Whilst standing in the dock the prisoner was served with a notice that he had been struck off

      the rolls . ' Music and Dancino . —The Argyll Rooms . — In the course ofthe day the grand jury brought in a true bill against George French Bryer , Robert Bi gnell , Emilo Laurent , Charles Dursin , Alfred Calkin , Joseph Calkin , and Richard Moxey , for keeping a public place for music and dancing , called the Argyll Rooms , in Windmill-street , Haymarket , without being licensed to do so . —Just before the rising of tho court Mr . Rosson , a solicitor , said that three ofthe parties named in the indictment were then in attendance , accompanied by several persons who were anxious to become their bail , and he hoped his lordship would admit them to bail at once , so that they might not be subjected to

      the annoyance of being taken into custody on a bench warrant . —The learned Judge asked who the defendants present were?—The Solicitor replied Messrs . Bryer , Laurent , and Dursin . —The solicitor trusted that his lordship would accede to his request , for he was convinced , from the character of tbe parties who were instituting these proceedings , that one object was to get the defendants into custody until bail was procured The prosecutor was not an unknown individual — Mr . Thomas Sfcowell , —The learned judge said he expected so , and that simp le fact told him not only what sort of a prosecution it was , but the peculiar manner in which it would be conducted . He full y understood the character of such proceedings , and if the

      magistrates ( addressing Mi" . Witham ) would not grant more licenses to such establishments , who could wonder at such proceedings being taken ? The public required a greater amount of entertainment than the licensed p laces afforded , and if illegitimate p laces ' afforded what there were not legitimate places to provide , wh y of course people would go to to the illegitimate establishments . If the parties did their best to conform their houses to the law , arid were refused the permission to do so , it was not their fault , and he could not think otherwise than that the greater number of such establishments there were licensed the better . He felt convinced that tho system at present pursued was

      wrong , and he certainly hoped it would soou be changed , and the change he was certain would be productive of good results . He sbould say nothing of this present prosecution on that occasion , but a ? to the app lication , he had no hesitation whatever in granting it , and the order of the court was , that the defendants , Bryer , Laurent , and Dursin , enter into their own recognisances in £ 40 each , with each two sureties of £ 20 , to appear for trial at the adjourned session , and the solicitor for the defendants must undertake to give the parties prosecuting notice that the trial would then tako p lace . —The required sureties having been entered into , the parties left the court .

      The Embezzlement On The Rochdale Savings...

      The Embezzlement on the Rochdale Savings Ban k . —It is unknown how long a period these defalcations have extended over but it is said that a considerable number of years ago Mr . Haworth was in debt to his then bankers—theManchester District Banking Company—to the amount of between £ 10 , 00 ( 1 and £ 15 , 000—by which amount he had been allowed to overdraw his accounts , and that being suddenl y much pressed to repay the whole of th i s balance , ho was so straitened in his affairs as to be unable at once to compl y . He did wipe off the amount gradually , but by comparativel y small payments ; and it is thought that this mav have been

      the cause which drove him to the fraud on his own depositors in the savings bank , and that he may nave adopted it as a temporary expedient to cover a balance which his losses in business rendered him unable to meet in a leg itimate way , hoping that future more profitable speculations would enable him to retrieve his fortunes , and p lace himself ri » ht with the world . Be this as it may , those frequently coming m contact with him say that he has of late years appeared to bo much oppressed with some private sorrow or uneasiness , and that it has , in fact been the cause of a premature death , for he was till lately a man of robust health and unim ™; . ^

      , strength . It is a remarkable fact that his death occurred only one day before the date at which the bank circulars are usually issued to call in the books of depositors , for the affairs of tho bank to be aud i ted , and when of course it would be more likely that his frauds might be discovered . He was the secretary of the public dispensary at Rochdale , but it is not known that his acconnts either with that institution or with the parties for whom he acted as land steward , are deficient . A meeting of the trustees of the dispensary , to make an investigation , is summoned for the 8 th inst . Mr . Haworth was a member of the Societ y of Friends .. We take the

      following additional particulars from tho Manchester Guardian of Wednesday . Tbe fraud has been accomplished in the following way- : ' -Ihe actuary has kept two setsof books , in one of which he has entered the monies which he has taken to Mr Royds , as treasurer , while in the other set he has entered those deposits which he has anpvonviated o his own use ; so that Mr . Haworth has En the treasurer of nearl y two-thirds of all the depJs ts Mr . Haworth has picked the depositors , anKneraUy taken to his private book those who haf the largest sums invested , and who were irenerallv bringing m money and taking little out . CSS books are sentinto the bank on the 20 th of llvtt bar each year , and the interest is made un t « tw t i me and added to the princi pal I Ms Vltlt in the

      career previous day . His ohvsiei ™ tw ThomasHodgkin , of London , left HTgJk night , little expecting his death on the " f n \ u ^ morning . Many ^ « t ^ J %$ Mr . Haworth caused his death by Doisnr . in „ w self . As some of the depositori are 2 H « , '"" investments at 7 s . 6 d . in the pound \ 2 ^ posted iu the streets to dissuadTthe ' m from 1 l \" bo d out the hope that the whole of their ' dl posits will yet de repaid them . By tbe SJt iished report of the savings bank , there Sre * S accounts open on making up the booka -w . I Mr . Haworth ' s effects , which SonS ? st 2 , I factory situate at f ^ S ^^^ a mile from the Blue Pits station Ti ,-f ^ tors of of £ 3000 , and a sum of iaoOfl ? w % U e lnsui ™ ce sold , his ho „ sehold ™ urniture , n 5 llZ *^?' carriages and horses , wflra ^ ftS ? f \ seen . It s sunnosed thnf iini ! u l to be less than £ 20 , oW * aUthese ™ U fctcbasum S ^^ mSt-ts t > Mr . D , ™ , „ , KSKiSJ ^ b- lo—

      The Embezzlement On The Rochdale Savings...

      ^^ gissis British Museum-lmvi ^ die Continent , is the varions hospitas m Lon " t certainty of cure , every enabled to treat with the »~ ce tan y se - dentary variety of disease arxswg from s ° ' S ctions imu as habits , iudiserimniae . excises , anfl inw , , ^ » - » J ^^ 3 fl 5 * Onzr ^^ StT SS ' ^^^^^?^ 5 „ s dass ofdtoses by medical men in general is too well known and their attempts to cure by means of such danuerous medicines , as mercury , copaiba cubebs , & c , have nroducedthe most deplorable results . AH suftcrers are earnestly Invited to apply at once to Dr . Barker , as He guarantees to all a speedy and perfect cure , and the eradication of every sympton , whether primary or secondary , without the use of any of the above dangerous medicines —thus preventing the possibility of any after symptoms . This truth has been borne out in thousands of cases , and T ^ t ^^ a ^ Tss ^ m Tr ^ XT ^^^^ m ^ n > WHICH HAS NEVER

      as a further guarantee he undctakes to cure the most inveterate case in a few days , without hindrance from business , or any change of diet , & c . I t will cv * r he found that real benefit can only be obtained from the duly qualified practitioner , who ( departing : from the ordinary routine of practice ) devotes the whole ofhis time and studies to this much neglected class of diseases . Country patients must be minute in the detail of their cases as that will render anersonal visit unnecessary . Advice with medicines for ten shillings . Patients corresponded with till cured , females may with the utmost safety confide themselves to the care of Dr . Barker , as the most honourable secresy and delicacy are observed in every case . At home daily for consultation from 10 till 1 in the morning , and 4 till 8 in the evening—Sundays excepted . Post-office orders to be made payable at the Bloomsbury Office , to Dr . Alfred Barker , 108 , Great Itussell-street , Bloomsburyrisnuare , London . A cure effected or the money i-etui-ned . All those deemed incurable are particularly invited , and the strictest secresy may be relied upon .

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      Cons. Mark-Lane, Monday, December 3. — W...

      cons . Mark-lane , Monday , December 3 . — We had a hotter show of samples of new Englisli wheat at market this morning than for some weeks past , and this , with a large arrival from the Continent , caused adull market at adecline of Is to 2 s per qr . upon last Monday ' s quotations . The sale of foreign wheat was in retail , and prices Is per qr . lower . In flour little doing . Fine malting barlev went off slowly at , Js to 2 s and grinding and distilling * ls per quarter reduction ; for the latter , however , there was 3 fair sale . Beans without alteration . Pens is cheaper . With a large arrival of Foreign oats . New corn was difficult of sale and fully Is per quarter lower than on Monday last , good and old met with buyers for consumption at about last week ' s rates . Rye without demand Linseed cakes unaltered . For both red and white cloverseed we continue to have speculative inquiry , and holders ask an

      advance . Barnsn . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red . new 38 a to 42 S , ditto wWte 40 S to « 3 , Lincoln , tfortb £ W « fc ! shire , red 35 s to 38 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white » 2 sto 37 s , ditto red 34 s to 38 s , Devonshire and Somerset shire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s . rve " U tn Wc barley , 26 s to 80 s , Scotch 22 s to 24 s , Angus-s to _ s Malt ordinary , —s to -s , pale 50 s to 54 s , peas , urcr new 26 s to 28 s , maple 28 s to 30 s , white 24 sto 2 Cs , boileYsnew

      28 s to 31 s , beans , large , new 24 s to 26 s , ticks 25 s to 28 s harrow , 27 s to 30 s , pigeon , 30 s to 32 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , 15 s to 20 s , ditto Poland and potato 10 s to 28 s , Berwick and Scotch , 17 s to 21 s Scotch feed , 17 s to 22 s , Irish feed , and black 15 s to 20 s , ditto potato , 17 s to 23 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 52 s . rapeseed Essex , new £ 27 to £ 30 per last , carraway seed . Essex new 26 s to 30 s per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 410 s per ton ] in . seed , £ 910 s to £ 10 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 2801 bs ship , 28 s to 30 s , town , 38 s to 40 s . '

      Foreign . —Wheat— Dantzig , 44 s to 52 s . Anhalt and Marks , 36 * to 43 s , ditto white , 40 s to 44 s , Pomeranian red S J . ? t 2 s Kosfock * 2 s t 0 « s , Danish , Holstein , and Fnesland , 30 s to 35 s , Petersburgh , Archangel , and ili » 32 s to 34 s , Pohsh Odessa , 32 s to 38 s , Marianopoli , and Ber ! dianski , 32 s to 35 s , Taganrog , 33 s to 34 s , Brabant and French , 33 s to 38 s , ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , Salonica , 30 s to 03 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 2 Gs , rye , 20 s to 22 s , barley , Wismar and Rostock , 18 s to 22 s , Danish , 18 s to 23 s , Saal " 0 s to 24 s , EastFriesland , 15 s to 17 s , Egyptian , Hs to las , Danube , 14 s to 15 s , peas , white , 25 s to 27 s , new boilers , 28 s to 80 s , beans , horse , 24 s to 30 s , pigeon , 30 s to 32 s Eovrr ban , 22 s to 24 s oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Fnesland , feed and black , lis to 15 s . ditto , thick ami brew 15 s to 22 s , Riga , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Swedish , Hs to 16 s , flour , United States , per JUGlbs ., 21 s to 23 s Ham 28 fflbs 32 s to 35 DantZi S an < 1 StCttin ' ° S t 0 23 S ' Prellcl , P «

      Wednesdat , Decemberji .-With a continued good supply of Foreign wheat ,- flour , Daviey , and oats , to this market , as well as to most of the outports , our trade is extremely heavy for every article at declinin g rates Arrivals this week : _ Wheat—Enrfish , Lot' 0 « uarter < :-foregn , 8 , 670 quarters . Barley-English 8 $ ffirter : JW JoV * < J uarters ' 0 at « -English , ' oO quarters ' Irish , 4 , 380 qrs . ; foreign , 11 , 720 quarters . Ftour- l l < i sacks . ' RiCHHONn OToBKsnmE . ) December l .-AVe had a vcrv ssKsaaa ' tfflsjasw- ^

      CATTLE . SmTHPnaD , Monday , Dec . 3 .-The number of foreiKn beasts and sheep on offer in to-day ' s market wis < iM «? n ably extensive , but . that of calves was iTmlteu Al d « S tions were very dull in ale . i YesJl u this XnV e arrivals ofhome-fed beasts were on the increase and of fair average quality . The weather being very i nfi vourthIdt d mtt l ? - tl if atten danceofb w , ui and the dead markets heavily supplied , the beef trade was in ™ Sl \ T ? « 8 Jbs-and a total clearance was not effected . S » t tf . *^ ' Scots was 3 s i « d per Bibs lhere was a further increase in the supply of sheen For d ne r r 8 t b P „ a ^ ^ ? * « ffi ™ 5 quite 2 d per 81 bs beneath those obtained on Mondav last . The naWtSX-if ^ h * \ / , m £ te < . the trade for veal ruled heavy to-day , at barely stationary prices . Piirs—the

      numf 507 - sheen 27 l 7 n * 2 , 84 ; ? 5 ' 310 - Mondaj .-Bcastt , ' * , < w , stieep , 27 , 170 ; calves , 137 : vks ° 35 8 s Wd mut £ n ° < f «« £ <** tast & offal . ) lBeef , 2 , Gd to Jq ^& mSEi ? is ° A' 3 * «* m > larci L Od J *? U Mhng ditto , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd : prime mmihZ ditto M ; J Ii ^ utton - 2 s 0 l 1 t 9 - "If « d ? A I in ^ ° 3 s ! , Prime «&«« . 3 s Cd to 3 s Si ;

      PROVISIONS . reSSrK ? Jr F ne r h butter was rather more in utstanccs sTr t nt n , f ew , frost y days last wc <* . "id in partial moderate dem „ n ^ ^ T ° ls ** cwt - ot , ier 6 OTts in current ^ oX &> ! ° £ " ot Passing ' sales . Prices Til- & rkfl £ ^ wl r " 80 s - , Waterford CO to 60 ; Carrick TraieS ?& *• JHSBi * SV *** V ° ° 2 S ' ' board ForeiVn of w , . ande (] > and in proportion on Irish sinSM «^ St q - } P * i t 0 9 Cs P « cwt . Bacon : Prime new AinMnW , r * w S ln " ^ e and (] uality . Some per cwt ^ \ trddnn n % i » 4 N ^ v York ' sol ( 1 a * *» t (>« s MsSIk UUsto 5 Ss for MwMerea nnd kegs tinSnashtf 0 R f i ? . V ^" . taUta f <> r stale goods con-KSfM ' ^ '" 1 . although tlie holders WfflS . ' ? f ' tllelfe ' sales - The fiMTOgjKSr * " ™ : i ? s to \ , ? , ? r ?>

      SEEDS h «^ ih ? wte ! IfIwe , was a S ain heW ™« ' « X ? w 5 » rf ^^ 'L , « 80 WcU as on Mondi * week * " - uswerc about the same as on this day sf & SKw . ^ -- *"" ' WS t 0 lbs > raPeseed new ( per last ) £ 28 0 s to £ 29 Os ; POTATOES . toteS * " T' >? BSIDE . Dec . 3 . _ Our market continues vhlh avi c UI ! Fr cd v Parf , icul ! ir , y from the Conti » " » of which are sellhng heavily , with the exception of choice lorissfiirp llegcnts , which are inquired after . Thefollowiwr are this day ' s quotations :-York Itegents SOstollOs ner ton ; Wisbech ditto , 60 s to 70 s ; Scotch ditto 60 s to 74 k Ditto dps 30 s to 60 s . French Whites fflta to 70 s' && and Behrum ditto 50 s to 65 s ; Dutch ditto 40 to 55 s

      FRUIT AND VEGETABLE S hardly sufficient foi " hedLw a ^ } ^ PPles are are abundant . Cliesnuts S n berts and > valmlts more abundant . Good tS ^ ' t , ges and lmons granates may sdll be obtoinV ^ , , Scarce - PolM - Ues , turnips are KoodS « lfrf *?!*• ^ ongvege-(^ l ^^ wer 8 a ^ Ial 5 ^ oSM ^ fc ??• < 2 ™! the samc toeBha « . notalto 3 R ^ Tl tteaeaeiBmid - Pota - othersatadlngSS riffiWh lccwll J , l Wuces an « is 3 d per pottle CuTflQS ^ Xn « etCh f' ' " - gardenias , bignoniarvenusta ^ h ths l m"Boniuras mums fusehsias , wimnW '„ " ^"" M . cl . rysanthu- , roses . ' Pumulas camellias , cinerarias and

      HOPS . Borough , Monday . Dec 3 n „« * j any variation sinc ^ KuTlasTrlZ vl «? J ^ s wit , 10 u fivmatthe amiexedquota ^ ns ^ Jcc ? pn co , ltim ! e 135 s ; Weald of Kent , 146 ° tolfil ^? f £ f ° ^ h t 0 150 s to 210 s . ' 5 t 0 160 5 Mld and East Kent

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 8, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08121849/page/8/