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    favour of the working classes .- The people of this country , he observed ^ had no animosity against the aristocracy , which , on the contrary , had a strong hold upon their opinions and affections . The aristocracy of to-day was the democracy of fifty years ' aa ( , , and he lamented that , upon such a subject as tfi ' s , jlr . Brig ht and his party exhibited a narrowness of mind . He then showed that , in addition to measures of great public utility passed by the reformed Parliament , a . large amount of " taxation had been taken off , which pressed mainly upon the working classes . With regard to the gist of the motion to admit every male of full age to a vote , he frankly avowed that he objected to the proposition , because , although he gave credit to the great bulk

    ofthe working classes for virtue and integrity , and believed that the suffrage might from tune to time be enlarged , he thought at present they would be liable to be misled by artful and designing dema-• rcues , and a llouse sb formed would not conduce to the welfare or good government of the country . "His lordship thus concluded : So far as I see , there are but three great countries which appear to Stand , each according to its constitution , in a firm and unmoved position—the one where is a complete democracy , namely , United States , where none of the people wish to change their constitutionwhere it is evidently suited to them ; another in the opposite pole , thc empire of Russia , where the law is fixed bv the sole will of tffe monarch , but where

    order is preserved and general security for life and property afforded under the strict means adopted by the supreme authority ; the third is the constitutional monarchy of Great Britain —( cheers)—and , so far as I can see , the people of this country are as much attached to the constitutional monarchy as the people of any country have ever been attached to thc constitution of their own state . My belief is , that it is the form of government suited to this people . My belief is , that not a balance of forces , but a combination of powers brought about by monarchy , aristocracy , and democracy acting together , produces as much of liberty and happiness , as great a development of talent , as great encouragement in the practice of religious and moral duties ,

    as any constitution the world ever exhibited has produced . My belief is , that if yon adopted the scheme of the hon . member for Montrose , as it is explained by the hon . member for Manchester ( Mr . Bright ) , you would risk all these blessings . ( Cheers . ) I do not think that you , the House of Commons , chosen by "Universal Suffrage , in equal or nearly equal districts , would long have peace in this House ; and , if you had peace in this House by an overwhelming majority carrying measures of a democratic nature , you could not keep harmony with the other two -powers oi the state . In framing and proposing the Reform Bill , as I stated at the commencement , what we wished was to adapt therepresentation of this House to thc other powers of the state , and

    keep it in harmony with thc constitution . That object , I think , after seventeen years' trial , we have attained . We have obtained a gradual progress of measures of reform without convulsion , without tear , or risk of bloodshed . If you go on in the same course other measures will be adopted by Parliament , other measures which , being in harmony with the opinions of the people , will pass into law in a constitutional manner , and without ! nterruption to that constitution . I pray you , therefore , in the name of that constitution , not to adopt the measure now before the House , but to g ive it a decided negative . I believe you will be consulting the

    interests , and I am firmly convinced you will be consulting the wishes and opinions of the people . ( Great cheering . ) Mr ! OsBonxE thought it could not have escaped the observation of the House and would not of the people , that the opposition to the motion had come , with one exception , not from the hereditary enemies of reform on the other side , but from the gentlemen who now occupied the Treasury bench . They had c'inlel into power on the credit of what had been done by the hon . member for Montrose and those who had been stigmatised as men of narrow and confined minds . It was time that those who

    expressed so narrow and confined ideas should be thrown over by those whom they stigmatised . The most remarkable speech of the evening was that made from the vicinity of the red box by the hon . member for Cambridge . His whole argument was drawn , like a speciaFconstable ' s , from the 10 th of April . The hon . and classical member , when he referred to Aristotle , forgot that Arisfotle had been persecuted by the Conservatives of his day for his new doctrines . The hon . member ' s speech would have been more appropriate on the Miscellaneous Estimates . With respect to the speech of the Secretary for the Home Department , there had , since the days of Julian the Apostate— - ( laughter )—been no such conversion recorded in history . It was

    true , lie said , that in 1842 he had voted for thc Ballot , but he had been converted the other dayhy the argument of the hon . member for Oldham ! * Julian the Apostate had assumed the garb of a monk at first , but when he reached the Imperial thronewhen iie took his p lace on the Treasury bench of his day , he voted against- Christianity . The speech of the noble lord was a melancholy failure . He appealed to the Conservative fears of the old women . Sot content with referring to the state of foreign countries , he brought in the subject of the National Debt . In the hook on the English constitution—that curious book wherein he said the constitution to which he now appealed had never

    been axed—he stated that thc national debt had been the great cause ofthe taxation of the country ; and , therefore that if despotism were to be established in England it must begin by destroying the national debt , the people , possibly , being willing to part with their liberties in exchange for a diminished pressure of taxation . How did such views tally with those now expressed by the noble lord ? The attempt to terrify those sensitive persons the fundholders was a weak invention of the enemy . The Whi g party were notoriousl y more aristocratic at all times , more anti-liberal in reality than those who avowedly opposed liberal principles . In the words of Swift , they

    " rorgct-the dunghdl where they grew , And think themselves the Lord knows who . " ( A . lavjh ) Thc noble lord said—and the right hon . member for Tamworth cheered him at thc timethat half the capitals of Europe were in a state of siege . Was the noble lord so satisfied with respect to his own government , was he so confident that he coulu ;) uint to Ireland and say that at present it was not in a state of siege ? The Habeas Corpus Act was suspended ; the Alien Act had been renewed ; and at this moment there were actually more soldiers in Ireland than voters . Was it not notorious that four prosecutions had been instituted against one newspaper , and that the Attorney-General could not possibly get a conviction against Mr . Duffy ?

    The wore any plan was pressed the more did the noble lord recede . He would propose none of his own , and therefore hon . members were obliged to rote frr the p lan of the hon . member for Montrose . If he ( Mr . Osborne ) mi ght offer any advice to those men of narrow and contracted minds , the Free Traders , it would be that they should make a stand , separpfe themselves from that party which had proved it-e'f an iicubuson the country , and ta ' : e the I'ifSirjiju which their talents would command . Thc noble lord would be left to declaim to empty benches while they were carried into power on the shoulder * ofthe people . ( Cries of " Divide . " ) Mr . P . Wood said , they ought to pay some attention u « the present subject , which was a most

    important one , and excited considerable attention amongst a large portion of the people . ( Hear . ) "Whether they had got four or five millions presenting petitions ornotonthis subject , they could not ignore their existence . ( Hear . ) lie did not mean to say thai this questionexcited intense interestamongst every one of these four or five millions ; but he knew—and'they had formidable proof of it—that many hundreds of thousands had feelings far too sensitive not to feel their inferior condition , and minds far too acute to take impatience or a sneer for argument . ( Cheers . ) It was most remarkable that none of those who spoke against the motion of his hon . frieud had grapp ' ed wnh his arguments . ( Hear , hear . ) The argument used by the ri g ht hon .

    baronet \ Sir G . Gray ) and others was this , that the motion of his hon . friend was identical with thc six points of the Charter , whereas the fact was that they were uot only not identical , bus were directly and diametrically opposed , aud it was that difference which lei him to support the vne , and to oppose the other . ( Hear , hear . ) The noble lord did not tike precisely the same line , but he pursued a similar course , i-n * he took some particular passages in the speech of his hon . friend the member for . Manchester , and so distorted them that he made it appear that the object of his hon . friend and of thc hon . member for Jfottiii g ham was the same . The language attributed by the noble lord to his hon . friend was that "he had no respect for the constitution . " But the

    words of his hon . friend were that he had no respect forsu-jh ' u constitution as could not proceed without the aid of force and violence . Thc two statements were therefore , entirely different . ( Hear , hear . ) At one thsie complaints were made that petitions were not presented ; at another , that petitions were presented , and that their presentation was the result of agitation . 3 Tow , he was not an agitator . He differed from the hon . member for Manchester as - to' the necessity of adopting agitation , except such as a-ica man might legitimately and constitutionally exercise in his own iminediatt localitv ; but he did not approve of itinerant agitation . " Still , the Whi

    " g government of late years hail done all they could to convert him upon this , subject , for it was ir ?! * « ' unions w , Hch had carried the Reform JJilI . He always believed the agitation in Ireland to be misch ievous , and yet it was that agitation which had carried Roman Catholic Emancipation . Those men were answerable for asitation who had pissed Catholic Emanci pation and other measures avowedly on the ground of theagitnion which was going on in di Jerent parts of the countrv . ( Hear ) Were qua dans of thi present kind to he kept back by telling the people atone time that they were reasonable and at another that they were violent ? Hi believed that the present was a most opportune

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    moment for settling the question of pariimentary reform . At a time of peace and quiet at home , and when demonstrations had been afforded of the fidelity and loyalty of the great masses of the peop le , that was * the time to interpose , and not when there were lowering clouds abroad , and when they knew not how soon those clouds would burst . There were , indeed , vast quantities of inflammable matter in the country at present . Therefore , let hon . members be wise in time . Let them not wait for agitation , but let them carry ' their-reforms into effect without delay . ( Hear , hear . ) The noble lord at the head ofthe government admitted that he was prepared to produce an extension of the suffrage ; but why not produce it now ? ( Cheers . ) The

    best moment for doing so would have been immediately rafter thc demonstration on the 10 th of April , but the next best time was now , because one of the strongest reasons for bringing forward a measure of the kind was furnished by the tranquillity' of this country compared with that of France . Why were we tranquil ? Should we have been tranquil in February last , if we had not passed the Reform Bill ? Should we have been tranquil if the corn laws had not been repealed ? ( Hear , and cheers . ) But were there " still no dangers ? Were there no large classes of disaffected persons in the country ? Nay , more—were there not some ranged on the side of order last February and March who sympathised with the

    disaffected ? There were . He believed there were hundreds of workmen , employed not far from that House , who declared at that time that they would protect property , but that they would not be sworn in as special constables—that they would not act against their class . ( Hear , hear , ) This was a formidable fact . One gentleman had brought 500 men , friends of order , who declared that the people were of their class , and that though they would not join them , they would not move against them . He wished the House to take these things seriously to heart . He desired , by supporting the present motion , to diminish the influence of the hon . member for ^ Nottingham over the masses , because he did not think that influence beneficial ; and the way to do that was to admit these masses to the enjoyment of constitutional privileges , not for the purpose of over-awing parliament , but simply

    for the purpose of enabling them to take thenproper place as constituent members of society . ( Loud cheers . ) The fact that there were no petitions this year in favour of parliamentary reform was in his opinion , a dangerous symptom . Itshowed that the people took no interest in the proceedings of the House , and that , danger might arise if present evils remained unredressed . There was not the slightest ground for supposing that if the institutions of tho country were permitted to expand freely , in order to meet growing emergencies , aud to enable a large portion of the people to enjoy their political rights , any danger was to be apprehended . The House having divided , the motion was negatived b y 268 against 82 . The otherorders were disposed of , and the House adjourned at half-past twelve o ' clock .

    WEDNESDAY , Jusb 6 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Insolvent and Bankrupt Members Bun . —Mr . Moffatt moved the second reading of the Bankrupt and Insolvent Members Bill . —Mr . Macktnnon supported the motion . —Sir W . Clay moved , and Mr . Bernal seconded , that the bill beread a second time that day six months . After some discussion , the House divided , and the numbers were- —For the amendment , 45 ; against-it , 53 ; majority against , 10 . The bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed on Wednesday next .

    Affirmation Bill . —The debate on the third reading of this bill was resumed by Mr . Law . On a division being made , a majority " of twenty-two were for the third reading . The bill was read a third time . On the motion that the bill do pass , Mr . Law persisted in again dividing the House . The numbers were—For the motion , 77 ; against it , 73 ; majority for , 4 . The announcement was received with lou-l cheers . Mr . Aglionbx then moved the second reading of the Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill . After some discussion the House divided , when there was a majority of twenty-five ia favour ofthe second reading . The bill was read accordingly .

    Mr . MacKinnon then moved the second reading of th « Smoke Prohibition Bill . —Mr . Williams moved that ihe bill be read a second time that day six months . —A brief conversation ensued , after which the House divided , and the numbers were—For the amendment , 37 ; against it , 72 ; majority against , 35 . The bil was then read a second time . Ventilation of Mines . —Mr . Aglioxby , in the absence of Mr . Thomas Duncombe , obtained leave to introduce a bill to proride for the better ven'ilation of mines and collieries , for the protection of the lives of the persons employed in and about the same , and to make other provisions relating thereto . The House adjourned afew minutes before six o ' clock .

    THURSDAY , Juxb . 7 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Bankrupt Law Consolidation Bill was read a third time , on the motion of Lord Brougham . Certain amendments were brought up and added to the bill , which was then passed and ordered to be sent to thc House of Commons . The Bill for the Protection of "Women passed through committee , on the motion ofthe Bishop of Oxforo , and the third reading was fixed for Thursday next . Some other business was then disposed of , and their lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Only thirty-four members being present at four o ' clock , it stood necessarily adjourned to this day . ( From our Third Edition of last week . ) FKIDAY , Juxe 1 .

    HOUSE OF COMMONS . Alleged Case of Cannibalism in Ireland . —Lord John Russell then referred to a statement which had been alluded to before the recess by Mr . H . Herbert , to the effect that a dead bod y , which had been cast ashore in Sligo , had been devoured by the starving people . The revolting rumour , he was happy to say , was entirel y without foundation . It arose out of an incident which had occurred last November , of which it was not onl y an exaggeration but a perversion . The noble lord then gave notice that on Friday , June 15 , the Chancellor of the Exchequer would lay before the House his general financial statement for the year . Committee or Supply . — The House then went into committee of suppl y on the miscellaneous ( civil services ) estimates . On one of the votes for the salaries of the principal officers of state being put ,

    Mr . Henley moved an amendment , to the effectthat the salaries ofthe chief officers ofthe Treasury be reduced by ten per cent . He would begin with the Treasury , in order to establish the principle of reduction . He thought , considering that the price of articles of consumption had fallen , and that the amount of profits generally had decreased , such a reduction should be effected as he now proposed . Colonel Thompson said that when something like a national jubilee was taking place because people had now to pay less for the articles they consumed than they used to do , he could not see why her Majesty ' s servants should be obliged to g ive up their chance of participation in the benefit of cheaper prices ; and , therefore , be could not support the hon . member for Oxford ' s motion .

    Mr . F . O'Connor would ask what the people out of doors would say , when they saw that those who , like the honourable and gallant gentleman who last spoke , were most enthusiastic on the public platform as financial reformers , were the first in that house to object to begin retrenchment by cutting down the salaries of her Majesty ' s Ministers ? In his ( Mr . O ' Connor ' s ) opinion her Majesty ' s Ministers were the fittest cases to commence thc system with ; and he should vote with all his heart with the honourable member for Oxford , to whom he felt bound to pay this just tribute of commendation that the working-classes of this country had not a better or more sincere friend in that House , or one whose measures generally , if carried out , would tend more to their benefit .

    Some further conversation ensued upon this amendment , after which the committee divided , and the amendment was rejected by a vote of 84 to 33 . Tiie votes which , after this , elicited the liveliest discussions , were those for the government of Labuan , for the Mixed Commission Courts , and for Consular Establishments abroad . Several other rotes were agreed to , after which , on the motion of Mr . J . B . Smith , the Chairman reported progress , and asked leave for the committee to sit again . The other business was disposed of , and the House adjourned .

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    Fatal Accident on the River . —An inquest was hold on Thursday , before Mr . Baker at the Black Boy , High-street , Wapping , on the bodies of John Cold and Charles South , fislermen , who were drowned in the river under the following circumstances . It appeared that on Tuesday , the 22 nd ult ., the deceased men left IJillings'jatc in an empty peter-boat . On their arrival off the Tower a large East Indiaman was being hauled out of the St . Katharine ' s Dock , and was directly afterwards taken in tow by the Unity steam-tug . * There were several barges and tu < r boats hanging upon tho stern ofthe ship , and tne deceased fastened their boat to the stern , in between the barges . On the ship reaching the centre of the river , one of the barges let go and caused the peter-boat to upset . The deceased were seen struggling in the water for several minutes , but they disappeared before any assistance could reach them . Search was made for their bodies , but they were not recovered until Mmlayhst . Verdict " Accidental death . "

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    THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE .. -OF -THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION'O * . UNITED TRADES .

    This Association , which amidst the wreck of so many unions , whereby the working classes have endeavoured , but up to this period in vain , to protect themselves from the oppressive influences of ill-regulated capital , still exists , and it appears is yet destined to lead the way to that extended confederation of Labour which has now become an imperative national necessity , as the onl y means by winch Capital can he kept AYitMu reasonable and legitimate limits , has just finished its fifth

    annual Conference , a report of which will be found in another part of our paper . It will be seen by the judicious Report issued by the Central Committee , that haying weathered the difficulties and obstructions of the late commercial panic , there are the strongest symptoms of a healthy , and it is to be hoped permanent , improvement in its position . Already have several large sections of the working classes either rejoined the movement , signified their intention of doing so at an early period .

    The alterations suggested m the laws by the Central Committee were all adopted by the Conference , which throughout the proceedings manifested the most undiminished confidence in their Executive , to whose steady perseverance through a protracted series of difficulties they attributed the existence of the movement . But the most encouraging and important feature in tho proceedings is unquestionably the excellent letter of its popular and patriotic

    President , Mr . Duncombe , so redolent of hope and confidence , and which ought to inspire similar feelings in those whose interests that honourable gentleman has given such repeated proofs of a desire to promote . " Mr . Buncombe ' full y recognises the principle of an extensive }' confederation of Labour , as being a necessity of paramount importance ; and we think his opinions and advice are deserving ef the serious consideration of the industrious classes , and should stimulate them to immediate action .

    The Central Committee are , we understand , determined to proceed with redoubled vigour in their endeavours to realise the results anticipated b y the founders of the movement . The almost uniform success which has attended their efforts when engaged in the settlement of disputes , negociating between-master and workman , speaks powerfully in favour ofthe soundness of the principles of the Association , and the temperate and judicious manuer iu which they have been carried out .

    It is deeply to be lamented that many of the plans proposed for improving the condition ofthe working classes fail to realise the anticipated results , in consequence of the fickleness or apathy of these classes themselves . We believe that an attentive examination of the proceedings of this Association , since its commencement , will show a greater number of important victories for the trades , at an infinitely smaller cost than can be shown to have been achieved by any other association in the ' history of this country . It is difficult , therefore , to see why its Executive should have been left to

    face so many difficulties . The trades may depend upon it , that the old proverb of "A roll ing stone gathers no moss , " is peculiarly applicable to the measures intended to promote their permanent interests . Those who have heretofore acted in concert with the Association should consider seriously the necessity for resuming that connexion , while tho present fitful burst of commercial prosperity exists ; and those who have held aloof from it should ask themselves seriously , what other organisation offers similar means of attaining the object aimed at . All reflecting men in every station have come to the conclusion , that more local unions

    are inadequate to effect these objects—and that in future their efforts , to be efficient , must be national . This Association ori g inated in this feeling , aud its machinery was carefull y constructed by experienced persons with that view . It has now been perfected by successive conferences of experienced practical working men connected with the leading branches of industry in Great Britain , and may , therefore , be fairly assumed to be as perfect an-organisation as ever was constructed for the purpose in view . Its great value , as we understand it , consists in the full and free developement it allows to local action , and tho simplicity b y which the combined energies of the whole of

    the trades are concentrated . The more fact that it has weathered the storms which have proved fatal to so many other societies , says much in its favour . The smallness of the contributions , in proportion to the benefits it confers , is another argument ; and last , not least , the immense advantages which the Association possesses in the unreserved and continuous exertions of its President ( Mr . Duncombe ) , when the blessing of health shall have been fully

    restored to that gentleman , and he shall be enabled again to devote that attention to its affairs , and its advocacy , ( either in or out of Parliament ) , he formerly did , cannot fail to elevate the Association into a position from whence it can nationally and effectually improve the condition ofthe working classes aud at the sametime secure the respect , or neutralise the opposition , of every other class in the community .

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    The delegates representing thc trades connected with this Association held their annual conference last week in the Brunswick Rooms , Byrom-street , Liverpool . Mr . Frederick Green ( one of the Con fcral Committee ) was called to the chair , in the absence of Mr . T . S . Duncombe , thc President of the Association . The Chairman briefly opened the proceedings by expressing his regret that he was again called upon to occupy the seat which he , aud all present , would have rejoiced to see Mr . Duncombe fill . It was gratifying , however , to know that his absence arose from no diminution of interest in the cause in which they were embarked . Mr . T . Barkatt ( the Secretary ) then read the following letter ' . — Palace-chambers , St . James ' s , May 26 , 1810 . .

    Gentlemen , —It would have'given me sincere pleasure to take the chair at your annual Conference this year , but niy health , though I hope steadily improving , is still , not suffi . ciently re-established to allow of ray taking any very active part in public affairs , llomembering as I do , with high gratification tiie occasion upon which I had the honour of presiding over the deliberations of the delegates ofthe United Trades Association , I can assure you that my ' enforced absence is a source of deep personal regret . The circumstances under which you assemble this year are of less exciting character than those b y which you were surrounded at your last meeting , though nerhaus not less

    pregnant with important influences on the future . In the interval , the wisdom ot the course marked out by the Association for itself , of patient constitutional and constructive efforts for the improvement of the condition ofthe labouring classes , has been demonstrated bytheevents which have occurred in other countries . It is only necessary to continue the same course in order to insure creation of a sound and enlightened opinion , not only among the trades , but the other classes of society , and when that is effected , ' our political institutions are of such an expansive character that they wUl readuy give effect to the expression of the popular will .

    In the attempt to carry out the important objects for which the Association was established , it is but natural to expect ebbs and flows in the tide of public opinion , and fluctuations in the amount of support it may receive , arising from causes altogether extrinsic to its own merits mid capabilities , for attaining these objects . I observe byth j annual Iteport of the Central Committee , that the past year has been less prosperous in a financial point of view , than previous years , but tho reasons assigned for this by the committee must satisfy the friends of the Association , that it betokens no real or permanent decline in its influence among the working classes , and that when the temporary but severe pressure which has compelled the trades to cease active co-operation , is removed , we may confidently expect that they will resume then- former support .

    The Committee in the report so fully explain the present position ofthe association , the causes of thatposiam , and its future prospects , that it is unnecessary for me i 0 detain you by any comments upon these points . They have wisely , in my opinion , proposed a reduction in the number of the Committee , and in its working expenses . Such reductions are no doubt required by the present state of the finances , < £ i aumn at economy in expenditure you must not effect that at the cost of efficiency iu management . I am doubtful as to the prudence of electing five members of t / omimttee to give only occasional attendance at thc office ; I fear the division of attention and energy which must arise from such an arrangement , will not conduce to vigorous management , and 1 should prefer a . permanent committee of three members . Upon one point my mind is made up , namely , that you must have , at least , a secret-irv con ^ " ^¦ SS ^ f * ' ^ 6 alteration . to the constitution of the association by the efforts which have : been matte during the past year towards winding , » , the affairs of No Tl'l «™ £ U C V \ £ COmp cted > tend w Promote the future prosperity of the association , a wm allow of more

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    in-ompt and concentrated action , and the Central Committee will still have ihe power to employ labour where thev nuiV sec fit to adopt tlwt principle . The great strength of tiie association , however ; lies in Us mediatorial capacity and trust that this important branch of its busmess will continue to receive the attention it merits . The Central Committee have most judiciously refrained from nronosinc any unnecessary or uncalled tor alterations SeStTmtio ^ I believe it well adapted for the purposes in view , and deprecate all changes , not imperatively " in conclusion , Gentlemen , permit me to assure you of my unfeigned and unabated interest in the success of the Association . My sympathy with the honest and honourable efforts of yourselves , and those you represent , to elevate the condition of the working classes , and to repeat my determination whilst life and health is spared to me , to give all the aid I possibly can , whether in Parliament or out of it . to so noble and so put e a cause . I have the honour to be , Gentlemen , Ever yours , faithfully , T . S . Buncombe . == . r 7 ^^ . . ?\ , mr : nnnnnnrrated action , and the Central Com-

    The address was received with great applause . The Secretary next proceeded to read thc annual report of the Central Committee , which was as follows : — '¦ , ' . ' " the Central Committee , m presenting their usual annual report to the delegates of the Association in Conference assembled , regret their inability to congratulate the conference upon the same successful progress during the past year as upon former occasions . ' •* IS would be useless to attempt to conceal the fact , that the continued existence of those depressing influences which have acted so injuriously upon all the trading and commercial interests of this

    country , have fallen with more than corresponding severity upon the impotent and unprotected artisan . 'Deficiency of employment and constant and steady depreciation of the wages of labour , have been the marked characteristics of the past year . That our Association should have passed through trying ordeal unscathed , would be beyond tho limits of reasonable expectation ; that it should have maintained its existence amidst the signal failures and general wreck of similar institutions , is , indeed , a subject for exultation , and the best eulogium which its warmest admirers could pass upon its principles , and must secure for it at no distant period that general support from the trades of this country , which is ' alone wanted to constitute it a lever of such

    irresistible power , as to effectually overcome all opposing forces , and gradually , but surely , to elevate the order of British labour to its just and natural po sition . It is admitted by the most reflecting and judicious-men of all parties , thai , the present tendencyof capital to erect itself into an independent and uncontrolled supremacy , is pregnant with the most formidable dangers to the safety and wellbeing of society ; and thatai counteracting confederacy of labour in a legal , judicious , but active combination , is a necessary desideratum , as a means of maintaining that order and harmony which should exist between the different grades of men who constitute that complicated machinery called society . It is not possible for the working classes

    uncombined and unorganised to effect this essential requisite , or to offer the slightest obstruction to the inordinate ambition of capital , or to the unscrupulous employment of means , destructive not only to the growth , but to the very germs of manly feeling and independent action . Indeed , it may be safely affirmed , that such a confederation ofthe labour interest , as the founders of this Association originally contemplated , and for which it now presents an admirable nucleus , can alone prevent the rapid deterioration of the working men of Great Britain , to a condition as degrading , as wretched , and as hopeless , as the unhappy people of Ireland .

    "These serious and important considerations have encouraged and sustained your Committee in contending with the obstructions and disappointments with which their attempts atprogrossion have been so much impeded . It is , at the same time , in the hig hest degree consolatory to find that a universal opinion in favour of this movement exists amongst those trades whom the lengthened and unprecedented pressure of distress have prevented from continuing their payments ; this fact is amply proved by the reports furnished to your Committee by their correspondence , and by those of its members who have recently visited tho localities which have hitherto furnished the greatest numbers ofthe

    Association . "Another circumstance , still more encouraging , and one which should stimulate every friend and well-wisher to the movement to increased and continued exertions , is the fact that the necessity for a national organisation of Labour to prevent thc condition of the liighly skilled and better paid operatives of England being brought down to a level with those less favourably circumstanced , is now the established opinion of the most intelligent and influential men to be found among the trades of England . It may , therefore , be fairl y inferred that the time is approaching when this Association will assume that important position originally predicted for it by its founders , as the prop and sustaining

    buttress of the rights and privileges of British industry . " Your Committee , while descanting upon those causes which may have conspired to retard the progress ofthe Association , and to such as lead us to anticipate a more cheering future , cannot omit referring to the great loss we have suffered from the longrcontinueuindisposition of our esteemed and honoured President , T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P . It is impossible adequately to calculate to what extent that honourable gentleman ' s deprivation from that active surveillance of the Association ' s affairs , which , when in health , it was so much his delight and pride to bestow , may have contributed to impair its influence and usefulness ; for although your

    Committee have , upon most important occasions , and when that gentleman ' s health would permit , sought his opinion and counsel , which has always , and upon every occasion , been given with tiint promptitude and urbanit y for which he is so well known and appreciated ; still they feel that the public notoriety of that fact was not so calculated to inspire that confidence and satisfaction in the public mind , as would have been the knowledge that in the full vigour and freshness of convalescence that honourable gentleman was , as heretofore , the real and active leader in the cause in which he had a faith so strong as to embark his name and public reputation as its acknowledged Patron and President . Your Committee have , however , to

    congratulate the conference and the working classes of England , that thc most sanguine expectations are entertained of Mr . Duncombe ' s speedy restoration to health , and to that position in the Legislature which he so much honoured by his presence , and from which his long absence has been so sincerely and universally deplored , and in the event of these expectations being realised , your Committee are authorised to say , that tho Trades of England may ever reckon upon the continued and active services of Mv . Duncombe , both in and out of Parliament . "The operations ofthe Central Committee have , during the past year , been necessarily confined

    within those limits prescribed by the first resolution of the last conference , which very properly prohibited them from sanctioning any fresh application for support until a reserve fund of £ 1 , ( 100 had been created , which sum wns deemed no more than was necessary to ensure the punctual and regular remittance of the alimentary allowance to those who had been pronounced entitled to it . The balance sheets for the past year will show that the receipts have not been sufficient for this desirable purpose , and the Committee felt themselves bound in honour , primarily to meet , as far as their means permitted , the claims of those who remained on thc funds of the Association , and those that were in arrears of their allowances at the last conference .

    " i our Committee have been called on in numerous cases since the last conference to act as mediators in cases of dispute—they are happy in being able to state that , the utility and the success of this department of their duties have suffered no diminution ; whenever this mode of dealing with trades disputes was capable of being employed , an almost universal success lias attended its adoption , and in many instances with the marked- approval and thjinks of the employers—a fitting and deserved ¦ homage to a principle which for its excellence and efficiency should bo adopted and enforced by a law of Parliament . Thc Central Committee would strong ly recommend that as soon as tho health of Mr . Duncombe is sufficiently established to resume his legislative duties , that he be solicited to bring the subject of local boards of trades , and an

    amendment of the Truck Act before the House of Commons , and that the trades bo recommended to get up local petitions in favour of these measures without delay . " The . Central Committee have to regret that their attempts to carry out the expressed wishes of the conference , in reference to thc publication of a weeldy report of- t rt-oceedings , have not been responded to by the members and the working classes generally . The Labour J , eague , or Journal of the Rational Association of United Trades , was published shortly after the conference , and has been continued to the present time , but your Committee are sorry to add that the publication of that journal , although from its price perfectly within the means of the poorest of our members , has not met with the support contemplated .

    "Your Committee during the past year have spared no onergiesin seeking to extend a knowledge of the principles of tho Association in quarters not previously acquainted with them " The balance sheet which will be submitted to you shows that there has been a considerable diminution ofthe income of the Association as compared with former years . This , however , is amply accounted for by the facts to which your Committee have already referred in this report . The number of members has also fallen off , but the symptoms of renewed interest in the Association and thc growing feeling , among the trades in favour of national over mere local organisation , induce your Committee to believe that the number of members will shortly be largel y increased , and of course the income of the Association proportionately augmented . .... . " Having thus referred to the principal subjects arising out . of the proceedings of the last tivelve months , it may be . expected thM your Goovmittee

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    § libu 1 ui ecorn ' their " opinions «)»« the present positioned the future prospects ot the Association . " -In drawjn "' conclusions as to the probability Ot future success ' from the impressions which our present position may . crcate , it will be necessary that wo form acorrect . estimate as to what our . existing position really is . , "Let us first inquire where are the great and powerful confederation of . trades which existed in 1846 ? Where , for instance , is the Cotton S pinners Union of Lancashire ? Where , thc Power-loom Weavers Association , consisting of from 14 , 000 to 20000 members ? Where , aeain , the Builders of « ni } PiiS ' Hi ^ 'thpi ^ - '' oninioiiS uitfn tho present posi-SllOlHlI rCCOl Cl tllCll OpmiOllb UJ ^ . Il

    Manchester , and the great Carpenters and Joiners Union of Great Britain ? Where , the Block Printers of Lancashire and Yorkshire ? These were powerful confederations affiliated in various towns and localities . Where are they ? The history -of one is the history ofthe whole . They were dependent f » r their resources upon contributions from their own trade exclusively ; and when the bulk of trade is thrown out of employment for any lengthened period , the existence of a society of that trade , exclusively dependent upon contributions to be drawn from its members , will depend altogether upon the extent and duration of the depression from which they are suffering . I

    " But there are circumstances , having relation to the future , much too important to be passed oyer without observation . That general depression which in its progress has left its blighting influence behind it in every department of industry , combined with the fatal theories in favour of , at all hazards , cheapening the costs of production , a theory which is now the chosen and adopted of government and parties , entirely unmindful of the consequences likely to ensue , upon the well being of more than a half of the population , has found its road into some

    of those trades , heretofore deemed impregnable to any adverse attack from any quarter . In these trades professing a greater amount of education than is generally found among the working classes , strong also in their local unions both in numbers and money , thc inefficiency of the one and the insufficiency ofthe other is seen and admitted by the most intelligent and influential of their leaders , as means by which Jhe threatened dangers r may bo averted or conquered . It is in a JVational Association of Trades alone that they can perceive . safety

    or protection . " Your Committee , in forming their judgment upon the present position of tho Association with reference to tho past , and to the general .. condition of thc labour interest through every department of industry , so far from finding any sufficient , reasons for looking despairingly to the future , . £ ir < o . strongly impressed with a conviction that there . is now in a far greater degree than at any former period , thc most well-founded reasons for anticipating a speedy addition to our numbers , strength , and importance . They believe that when one or two of the better paid trades shall have pronounced in favour of the national movement , a moral influence will be imparted to it that will rapidly attract within its circle the » .. « nl l . * wl .. Af il . A ... / I .. isltiiAttB aIaaisau thlmufuhr \ iit + Vin ttJVdt Ul l / UU IHUUO lUUa VUWaca BUlUUgllUUb

    * UUU ^ U UHU kingdom . " These considerations impel your Committee to an unbounded confidence in . the future , and justify them in calling upon you to pledge yourselves in behalf of the bodies you represent , to proceed with renewed vigour , with a trustful and unshrinking perseverance to strengthen , consolidate , and perfect the work you have in hand , - to present an example to your fellow-workmen of firm and faithful adherence to the principles and policy of this Association , the advantages and superiority of which all our past experience has tended to confirm and establish ; to extend far and wide by all practical and legal moans , a knowledge of its principles , whereby this Association may be made in reality ,

    what it assumes to be in name , ' The National Association of United Trades for the Protection of Industry . ' " The report was unanimously adopted . In the subsequent sittings , the Conference was principally occupied by the transaction ofthe ordinary and routine business laid down'by the constitution of the Association . Past experience has shown the practical adaptation of that constitution to the purposes in view , perfected as it has been by the labours of preceding Conferences , and the alterations made in it were few and unimportant . The subscription to the fund for the relief of persons who may be thrown out of employment for giving evidence under the Truck Act , or the Ten Hours Act , was raised from Id . per quarter to Id . per month .

    A reduction in the number ot the paid officers of the Association was also resolved upon . The recommendation of the Ccntial Committee was , that iu future a President , five members , and a Secretary , should be elected , who should attend to thc business occasionally . Mr . Duncombe , the President , on the other hand , recommended the appointment of a permanent working Committee of three members and a secretary . After considerable discussion and deliberation as to the mode in which efficiency could bo combined with economy in thc management , a compromise between thesctwo opinions was effected . It was unanimously resolved that the committee should consist of five members exclusive of the President , and that one of the members shall act as secretary . This will effect a

    considerable reduction in the expenditure of the Association . Messrs . Green , Itobson , Peel , "Winter , and Humphries were unanimousl y re-elected as members of the Central Committee , Mr . William Peel being selected to fill the office of secretary . On Wednesday several complaints and appeal cases were heard and determined to the satisfaction of all parties concerned . Tho resolution of a previous Conference , by which the Central Committee was precluded from giving support to any turn-out when the funds were below £ 1 , 000 was rescinded , and the question of relief in such cases left to the discretion of thc Central Committee . Mr . T . S . Duncombe , M . P ., was unanimously re-elected thc President of the Association amidst hearty and

    enthusiastic applause ; and thc following resolution having been proposed and seconded , was adopted with acclamation and every mark of respect : — " Resolved , —That this Conference begs to offer its grateful thanks to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., for his energetic and disinter sted efforts to elevate and improve the condition of the industrious classes of this country . The severe and long protracted illness produced by that constant and unwearied attention to his public duties , so peculiar and honourable a feature in his character , and which has for so long a period deprived this country of his eminent services , has been the

    subject of universal regret . His restoration to health and that distinguished position in the national legislature which the gratitude and esteem of a numerous constituency has scoured him , is equally the subject of general satisfaction . Wc , the delegates ofthe United Trades of England , acknewledgc the obligations we owe Mr . Duncombe for his continued and gratuitous services as President of this Association , and venture to hope that ho will continue his generous and invaluable advice to a movement which owes its origin to his anxious desire to promote the well-being and happiness of the people ol Great Britain . "

    Mr . F . Gkeek , the Chairman , returned thanks on behalf of the Central Committee , for the confidence which had been again placed in them by their return to office ; and also acknowledged the compliment of a vote of thanks which was passed to him for his services as chairman ; and the Conference then broke up , after sitting four days , during the whole of which a very excellent feeling animated the members .

    Death From Starvation.—An Inquest Was He...

    Death from Starvation . —An inquest was held on Friday before Mr . Baker , at the London Hospital , on tho body of a female , unknown , who died from want and destitution . The deceased was known in the neig hbourhood of Whitechapel and Itosemarylane as a mendicant , and she appeared to have no relations , or any friend to assist her . She had no habitation , and went by the name of Gardiner . She was in the practice of wandering the streets all nig ht , occasionally obtaining a shelter in a stablri She was out all night on Monday , during the heavy rains , and in the morning she was found lvinw unon

    the pavement in Glasshouse-street , in a state of ex haustion . A police constable removed her to the station-house in Leman-street , where she soon afterwards died . —Mi-. Liddle , surgeon said he had found the deceased covered with old rags , which were completely saturated with water . He had opened the body , and found the stomach quite empty All the organs were healthy , and he had no doubt she had died from exhaustion . The body was in a most filthy condition , and covered with vermin . Verdict— "Death from exhaustion , produced by the want ofthe common necessaries of life . "

    Destructive . Fire at Liverpooi ,. —On Thursday night , about eleven o ' clock , afire broke out in the extensive iron foundry of Messrs . Pearson and Co ., of Liverpool , and was attended with a serious destruction of property . The premises are known as the Liver Foundry , and are situated in Parliamentstreet and Greenland-street , at the south end ofthe town , and very near the docks . The pattern room , together with the whole ofthe valuable patterns it contained , is entirel y destroyed . The loss b y this destructive conflagration is estimated at £ 5 , 000 , and we understand that Messrs . Pearson and Co . are not by any means fully insured , the sum for which an insurance is effected on the pattern room not exceeding £ 2 , 000 .

    Ihe Chomba in Paris . —The great heat of tho last few days has occasioned a considerable increasd of cases of cholera . Thc number of cases of persons attacked reached on Sunday to- a greater amount than has been seen siuco the commencement of the malady . On that day there were » . , v Case ? m tUe hos P K and 119 deaths . The Uotel-Dieu alone received ninetv-four on that and the two preceding days , and the- / Salpetriere f / ortvour . In tho nei g hbourhood of Paris , and particu-, lany at tho Batignolles , the malady is said to . be very severe . In the military hospitals also an augmentation is perceptible , but , not in the same proportion ^ 3 m the civil oaes . . ' * ' * .

    Death From Starvation.—An Inquest Was He...

    Mvstmious Death by Dnowxitffi . —An inquest was held before Mr . Carter , at the ' Sag ' s Head Battersea , on the body of Anne Arnold , aged 27 who was found in a water-course near to Creak * Bridge , Battersea . It appeared from the evidence that on Tuesday morning , about eleven o ' clock , tho body was found in a common sewer . From inquiries made by the police it appeared that the deceased had been engaged all day on Monday at a laundress ' s , and , on coming home at night found that her husband , his brother and his wife , and some MystMious Death by Dbowsin' 6 . —An inmiesfc , V , fnro M .. C ' nvt . * ,- ! , ( - . th « - \\ , „ ' „ ill V

    other parties , had gone to Wandsworth fair . U pon learning this , the deceased became much excited and declared she would go and seek her husband ' and would not return home until she had found himj She did not meet her husband , however , and , on his returning home at half-past two o ' clock tho next morning , and not finding the deceased there , he supposed her to have gone to her mother ' s , and this , he said , accounted tor his not inquiring earlier after her . Verdict— " That the deceased was found in a common sewer , but how she came there there was no certain evidence to show . "

    Garibaldi , the Roman commander , is described as a most picturesque warrior , the ideal of a birgand—eminently handsome , with a red blouse , broad belt full of pistols , dark wide-brimmed hat , and green feather .

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    Corn. Mark Lame, Monday June 4.—The Show...

    CORN . Mark Lame , Monday June 4 . —The show of English wheat samples this morning was on a very limited scale , and the best dry qualities sold at fully last Monday ' s prices , but inferior sorts met a very slow demand . The transactions in foreign wheat were quite h the retail , hut good qualities could not be procured on lower terms . Flour was rather more inquired after , at full prices . We . had a fair retail sale for grinding barley . Malt duU , unless line . Beans and peas duller sale , and beans rather cheaper . The large arrival of foreign oats last week , made the trade very heavy , and Cd to Is per qr . lower . Linseed eakes in less demand , owing ; to the fine weather , foreign rye fully as dear . The current prices as under .

    Bjutish . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , 38 s to 45 s , ditto white , 40 s to S ' - ' s , Lincoln , Norfolk , and Yorkshire , red , 37 s to 44 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white , 37 s to 41 s , ditto red , 33 s to 42 s , Devonshire and Somerset-Shire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 22 s to 24 s , barley , 24 s to 30 s , Scotch , 24 s to ' JSs , Malt ordinary , —s to —s , pale 52 s to 50 s , peas , grew new , 28 s to 31 s , inaple 2 !> s to 33 s , white , 24 s to 2 Cs , boilers ( new ) , 28 s to 30 s , beans , large , new , 23 s to 2 ( is , ticks 24 s to 27 s , harrow , 20 s to 20 s , pigeon , 28 s to 32 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire , feed , 10 s to 18 s , ditto Poland and potato , 18 s to 21 s , Berwick and Scotch , ISs to 22 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 20 s , Irish feed , and black , 15 s to 18 s , ditto potato , 17 s to 22 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 52 s , rapeseiid , Essex , new , £ 26 to £ 28 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new , 25 s to 29 s per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ i 10 s per ton , linseed , £ 9 10 s to £ 10 10 s per 1 , 0011 , flour per sack of 2801 bs . ship , 31 s to 32 s , town , 40 s to 42 s .

    FoitEic . v . —Wheat , — Dantzig , 46 s to 52 s , Anhalt and Marks , 40 s to 48 s , ditte white , 44 s to 48 s , Pomeranian red , 40 s to 44 s , Kostock 42 s to 48 s , Danish , Holstein , and Friesland , 36 s to 42 b , Petersburg !! , Archangel , and Iliga , 30 s to 40 s , Polish Odessa , 30 s to 41 s , Mari . iuopoU , and Her . dianski . 35 s to 38 s , Taganrog , 34 s to 38 s . Brabant and French , 3 Ss to 42 s , ditto white , 40 s to 44 s , Salonica , 3 : ) st « 36 s , Egyptian , 24 s to 20 s , rye , 21 s to 24 s , barley , Wismat and Kostock , 18 s to 22 s , Danish , 20 s to 23 s , Said , 22 s to 2 Gs , Bast Friesland , 17 s tolUs , Egyptian , 10 s to 17 s , limiube , 16 s to 17 s , peas , white , 21 s to ' 26 s , new boilers , 26 s to 28 s , beans , horse , 25 s to 20 s , pigeon , ; 30 s to 32 s , Egyptian , 21 s to 23 s , oats , Groningcn , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , 13 s to 15 s , ditto , thick and brew , 16 s to 19 s , Iliga , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish , 14 s to 16 s , flour , United States , per 1061 bs ., 22 s to 23 s , Hamburg 21 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin , 21 s to 23 s , French per 2801 bs „ 31 s to 33 s .

    Wednesday , June 6 Of oats there is a good supply this week , wlilst of other grain and flour the quantity fresh in is but trifling . The weather being favourable for the growing crops causes the trade in most articles to rule heavily , but without alteration in prices , Arrivals this week : —Wheat—English , G 30 quarters ; foreign , 1 , 070 quarters . Darley—English , 170 quarters ; foreign , 1 , 080 quarters . Oats—English , 2 , 520 quarters ; foreign , 11 , 400 quarters , flour—English , 1 , 510 sacks .

    BREAD . The prices of wheaten hread in the metropolis are from 7 d to "id ; of household ditto , 5 d to Old per 41 bs loaf .

    CATTLE . Smithfield , Monday , June 1 . —There was a considerable increase in the supply of beasts on sale in today ' s market compared with that exhibited on Monday last . The quality of the stock was unusually prime . On the whole , the attendance of both town and country buyers was good , while the demand fortlie best Scots was steady at about last week ' s quotations . In all other breeds of beasts comparatively little business was transacted , at , in some instances , a decline in the prices of Monday last of 2 d . per Slbs . The supply of sheep was seasonably good ; yet the demand for that description of stock was steady , at fully last week ' s quotations . The primest old downs sold at from 3 s lOd to 4 s per Slbs . We had a somewhat active trade for lamb j at extreme currencies . Iu som ° . instances the best down qualities realised 0 s 2 d per Slbs . From the Isle of Wight we received 320 head . Calves—the supply of which was extensive—moved off slowly at barely the late decline in prices . The pork trade was heavy at barely late rates .

    Head of Cattle at Sjiithfield . Beasts .. .. 8 . 3661 Calves .. ... 27 S Sheep ,. .. 26 , 440 j Pigs 240 Price per Htone of Slbs . ( sinking the offal ) . Beef .. 2 s 4 d to 3 s 8 d I Veal .. 3 s 4 d to 4 s Od Mutton .. 3 s 4 d .. 4 s Od | Pork .. 32 .. 42 Lamb .. .. 4 s lOd to 6 s Od . Per Slbs . by the carcase . Newgate and Leademiall , Monday , June 4 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s fid to 2 s 8 d ; prime large , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime small , 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; large pork , 3 s id to 3 s 6 d ; inferior mutton , 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; middling ditto , 3 s 4 dto 3 s Od ; prime ditto , 3 s 8 d to 3 s 10 d ; veal , 3 s Od to 3 s lOd ; small pork , 3 s 8 d to 4 s Od ; lamb , 4 s 8 d to 5 s led .

    PROVISIONS London-, Monday . —Business in the past week was again slow and limited . Butter—The transactions in Irish were trifling ; prices nominal . Foreign declined 4 s to Cs per ewt , and not freely dealt in . ISacon—Nothing of importance was done in either Irish or American singed sides , and no change worth notice iu prices . Scalded middles in moderate request , and the inferior sorts cheaper . Hams in demand , and the turn dearer . Lard—No alteration . English Bcttek Mauket , June 4 . —Our trade is in a state of extreme depression , with still declining prices . Dorset , tVne weekly , 70 s to 80 s per cwt ; ditto , middling , 50 s to 70 s ; fresh Buckinghamshire , 6 s to 10 s per dozen ; do . West Country , 4 s to o ' s .

    FltUIT ASD VEGETABLES . Covent Gaiiden , Monday , June 4 . —There was a good supply of fruit and vegetables with a moderate trade doing ! at the following prices : — Khubarb , 4 d to 8 d brocoli , b'd to Isiltlj mid forced asparagus , 2 s 6 d to 0 s per bundle . Strawberries Is , and green currants is to is 3 d per pottle ; cucumbers 8 d to 3 s per brace ; green peas 5 s to 10 s ; old onions , 2 s to 2 s 6 d ; gooseberries 3 s 6 d to 5 s ; spinach , 4 d to fid per half sieve ; Summer cabbages , lOd to Is 3 d ; horseradish , is Cd to 2 s per dozen heads ; carrots , 3 s Gd to 4 s Gd ; turnip radishes 8 d to 10 ( 1 ; Spring onions , Is to 2 s ; greens , 2 s fid to 3 s Gd per dozen bunches' ; grapes , Is 6 d to 2 s ; pine apples , 5 s to 7 s fid ; new irame potatoes , 4 d to Is per lb ; oranges , 0 s to 14 s ; lemons , 5 s to 9 s ; forced French beans . Is to Is 6 d per hundred ; mushrooms , Od to Is per punnet ; lettuces , Cd to lOd per score ,

    POTATOES . Southwark Waterside , June 4 . —We continue to he supplied with foreign potatoes more than equal to the demand , which has caused a considerable reduction in price to be submitted to ; the few Vorks here stiU command a high figure . The following are this day ' s quo . tations : —Yorkshire Regents , 160 s to 220 s ; Seoteli Whites , 80 s to 00 ; Foreign , 50 s to 90 s .

    COLONIAL PRODUCE . Tcesdav Evening , June 1 . —The large public sales of sugar have proved rather too heavy for the market , and prices have scarcely becn-supported , but a large amount of business has been done . 1 , 180 hhds . of West India sold , including 700 in public sale ; Barbauoessold 38 sto 42 s ; St . Lucia , low to fine , 35 s to 42 s , which established a decline of Cd ; 7 , 000 bags Mauritius sold in public sale a shade ill favour of the buyers ; yellow , 37 s 0 d to 40 s ; 5 , 000 bags of Bengal sold in public sale at previous rates ; white Benares , 40 s to 43 s Od ; and 1 , 500 baskets Penang , brown , 33 s to 34 s Od ; yellow , 35 s to 30 s . Hefined market firm : grocery lumps , 52 s 6 d to 54 s . Coffee without alteration . Good ordinary native withdrawn above the market value , and plantation kind sold at previous rates .

    WOOL . Cm , Monday , June 4 . —The imports of wool into London last week were only 130 bales , of winch U 8 were from Germany , and the rest from Russia . Liverpool , June 2 . —Scotch . —There is no improvement to notice in the demand for Laid Highland , aud price is sustained from the lightness of the stocks . White Highland is not inquired for . In crossed or Cheviot the only demand is for the best class , at prices in favour of the buyer . s . d . s . 0 . Laid Highland Wool , per 24 tt > s .. 6 9 to 7 l » White Highland do 9 6 10 0 Laid crossed do ., unwashed .. 89 10 6 Do . do ., washed DO 12 t > Do . Cheviot do ., univashen .. 0 0 Vi 0 Do . do ., washed .. .. .. 13 6 17 0 White Cheviot do . do 20 0 22 6 Import for the week 20 bags Previously this year .. .. .. 3 , 791 ,,

    Foreign . —There-was a public sale here on Tuesday , the 29 th ult ., when wore brought forward 350 Australians , which sold at prices scarcely equal to our last sales hero ; 1 , 090 Buenos Ayrcs , a great portion of which were fine kinds , for which there was a good competition , brought veiy satisfactory prices ; 500 bales East India sold from 4 d to id under late rates . Of the 3 , 000 Bollott ' s lVu . rians , 000 Turkey , Donskoi , and other low wool , they wort principally withdrawn . Imports for the week .. ,. 58 bales . Previously this year .. .. 23 , 205 bates .

    COAL . A firm market , at last Monday ' s prices . . Trash anirals / 47 ; old , 49 . Total , 96 . ( Price of coals per ton at the close of the market . ) Bates ' s West Hartley , 13 s 3 d ; Buddie's WestHartlev , 14 s ; Cavr ' s Hartley , 14 s ; Hastings Hartley , 14 s - , Holywell Main , 14 s Gd ; New Tanfield , 12 s 6 d ; Old Tanlifilu , 12 s ; Ord ' s . Redhengh , 12 s 0 'd ; South Peareth , 13 s ; , Tanfield Mow , 13 s ; Tanfield Moor Butes 12 s 6 d ; Townley , 13 s ; West Hartley , 14 s ; Wylanv I 3 s 6 d . Wall ' s-end - .-Elm Pa * , 14 s Gibson , 13 s 9 d ; . "Washington , 13 s . 9 d ; Eden JUain , 15 s Ml , 15 i ; Hatton , lGs ( id ; Hutton , lus ; MoW *> ' Used ; Pemberton , 14 s 3 d ; West-Belmont , 10 s ; U ' .-r-s" - Hall , 14 s 9 d ; South Hartlepool , 15 s 34 ; Whitwovth , r > < *\ ' Adelaide Tees , 15 s . Sd to 15 s 9 d ; Seymour Tees , H * ' Tees , lCs 3 d ; West Hetton , 14 s 6 d i Oowpen Hartley , 14 * i Hartley , 13 s Cd j Sidney ' s Hartley , 14 s ; Whitivorth Coke , 21 s : Elgin , 13 s ftd . " '

    Printed, By William Rider, Of No. 5, Macc Lcsfiehutreej.

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 9, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09061849/page/8/