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      a ght he hud been pressed by various mtoiDe" to stat distinctly and definitively if he would go on to Bight He replied that at aU haz . rds he should exercise bi right . He had pledged his honour tbat be would do so and be thought he should best consult bis own ™ w . oi propriety by adhering tothatp ledge . Tuehon . member do ^ . pro ^ d he must clearly understand that he does so ia direct oppultbm to the « p » ss wi . hof he house Sail ask nothing for myself , tat It « right that I shoald call the attention of the hon . member , who ts less acquainted , perhap ., thrnn other ., with our usages to the xUtthttitU generally considered for the public con-Tenience that a debaU whieh has oa « e been begun ihonld he permitted to proceed .

      ilr C . Akstev said he wag perfectly aware o ! the rules of the house ; but he thought he should be able to show the nob le lard before he » at down that he had good ground for considering this case an exception to their ordinary customs . He waa about to ask tor wore than pip ia . His present motion was merely preliminary to another of a- much graver kind ; and when bo said that tiat iKotion would perhaps afftct the entire government as well as the noble S .-cretary for Foreign Affiirs , he TT 8 I sure that the neble lord at the head of the Treasury , would be the last person to press for a p . tenement . He did not undervalue or deny the importance of the measure before the house , but he would undertake to satisfy tham before be sat dowa that his motion was one of infinitely greater importance . The subject he had to

      bring before them was , foreign aggression from abroad , and internal treason at home . He could not conceive but that the government would be most anxious for him to press these question * . One of their own members , the present Lird Lieutenaut of Ireland , had declared that' he who promoted discussions ot » foreign affairs in that house did good service to tbe state , for it was lamentable how much , indifference was m-Mvifcrtetl by 6 , 11 classes ia England to our foreign relations aud foreign policy . ' The question , however , lay in a nutshell . He denied that there was anything personal in the motion TThich he Bought to bring forwar d . He proceeded entirely upon a princip le of pablie duty , ia vindication ot a great nation , whose happiness , whose prosperity , whoio very existence was imperilled by the conduct of

      the noble member for Tiverton . Ha was prepared to establish that the designs of our natural enemy , the Czar of Rossi ? , had been , from 1330 to tbe present time , bo promoted by the pelicy ot the noble lord , that thej Wjre now on the point ef being realised , unless the "house , by a vigorous decision on the present occasion , Stepped in to stay the Autocrat ' s further progress . In Poland the Czsr had acquired a territory as large as Austria ; in Turkey in Europe , a teiritory as large as Prussia without the Rhenish provinces ; in Tuikvy , in Asia , a territory as large as all Germany and the Raeniib . provifit a . He bad extended his frontier a 1000 miles nearer towards Calcutta , a 1000 miles nearer towards Lahore , and 850 nearer towards the capital of southern Europe . Hereferredto the steady determination

      with which Rutsia had , during the past century , been using every posiible means , by fraud and foree , to extend her power ; and then intimated his intention of tracing , step by step , the progress of the noble lord ' s most mischievous policy , prepared , unless he prosecuted the noble lord to conviction , by the adduction of the direct proofs of the nobis lord's guilt , ts undergo the castigasiou he should then mostjustly deserve . The honourable * nd learned gentleman assured the house that England ¦ was in the worst possible repute abroad , and tbat Loid Pulinerstoa had done it all , her previous good character Toeing utterly incompetent to save her from the scandal entailed upon htr by the noble lord ' s administration of her foreign affiirs . It was high time that tho nolle lord was thoroughly overhauled , his multiplied transgressions having been the sheer result of long and

      nuxaerited impunity . He had acted long enough without an hority abroad , and without fear for his ptraon . at home , and it was to Inspire him with salutary dread that the honourable aud learned gentleman now proposed to expase his infamy to the country . With this view , having- stated the main object of bis speech , he proceeded to its details , but the more deeply ho gut in'o them , the thinner grew the house , until at length empty benches were substituted for aa overflowing attendance . At this critical moment , an bon . member who thought the subject of too much importance to be listened to by less than a quorum , with an evident intention of having it ou some future occasien submitted to a full house , moved a count of ths bouse , which was thereupon not only counted , but counted out , at ten minutes past seven , there being only thirty-cine members present .

      WEDNESDAY , FiuaruBv 9 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Speaeeb took the chair at twelve o ' clock . The CoctT-OGT . —Mr Ahstet . begged to say , in reference to his motiea , as to the manner of dropping which he would net then speak , ( a laugh , ) that he would move it agaia , by way of amendment , on the next motion for going into a committeeof supply . ( A laugh . ) The Bishop or Hebefobd . —Mr TJb « ubae . t observed that be had on a previous occasion presented a petition fwrn tbe Mayor of Stafford , praying that the spiritual privileges of the House of Peers should not be impeded . He wished to ask , therefore , if it were tbe intention of tbe government to apply for a seat for the Bishop e . f Hereford ia tbe House of Lirdt . Sir G-, Gbbt said an act had passsd last sess : on which provided that the number of spiritual peers should not be increased .

      Mr UstjCHABT . asked if it was the intention of go . vernment to call the Bishop of Hereford to the Upper House ? Sir G . Gser said it was not tks intention of ministers to advise her Majesty tosumaion the Bishop of Hereford to Parliament . Conditioh or Ibelahd . — The order of the day fcav . ing been moved , MrP . ScBoPE rose , pursuant to notice , to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any and what legal proceedings have been taken against such boards of guardians or relieving officers as have seglected the duties imposed on them by the Act ol 10 and 11 Vic , c . 31 , for affording due relief to the destitute poor . Ihe hon , member read some statements to

      ihow that hundreds , and , in some parts , thousands wera Still dying of want , in consequence of being refused relief tinder tba Act . The people of Ireland were not aware whether the law was compulsory or not , and he hoped the government would make some statement to set their doubts at rest . It was stated that 8 , 000 persons had beeurefused relief in Galway alone ; and tbe same state of things had occurred in Kildare and in ether parts . Much of this arose from tho non-payment cf the poor-rates . In Mayo alone , four months after the making of tha rate , many persons of the highest rank in the county were still defaulters . In the fifth month after ttae rate was made in Balling , some of the guardians of the poor had not paid thtir fates , and yet evictions and clearances were being effected by the landlsrds or their agents , on tbe largest scale . And this waa going on at s time when tbe charity of the whole world

      -was being extended towards the starving Irish . In tbe barony of Erria , 140 families were ejected on tse property of one person aline , tbeir bouses destroyed , aad themselves , to the number of 609 or 700 persons , turned ontonthe road at tbe commencement of winter , without food or residence ; yet this very landlord was a defaulter Co the poor rate to the extent of £ 50 . ; and , at the same time , the board of guardians at Ballina re fused to receive a single pauper in the workhouse from the barony of ErrhT The consequence was tbat several died . Way , it appeared from the Blue . book that many Of them were in aatateof absolute starvation , while others diedoa Hieir way to Ballina , wficr <; they weregoitg to r > e « k for relief or work . In this district there bad been no each thin ; as an outrage committed , and it was disgraceful to find such a state of things as this existing iait .

      Mr HrjHE rose to order , The honourable * gentleman hsd given notice simply of a question , and he put it to the good sense of the honourable gentleman whether it was fair to go into such a statement as this in tbe absence of any previous notice . i £ r S . O'Bbiek said the matters which the hon gentlezbos . was bringing under their consideration were of aa urgent nature and he hoped the hen . gentleman would not allow himself to be persuaded to delay his Statement to a future day . Sir G . Gasx did not viish the honse to imagine that government were no ; prepared to answer the statements of the honourable gentleman , out he put It to the bon . geatleman whether , considering that several hon , gen . tiemen had given notice of substantive motions npoa this subject , It would not be better to postpone his statement till one of those motions came beiore the house , Besides , an important question bad been fixed for discussion to-day , and it would be inconvenient to many hon . members if it were not gone into at once .

      Mr Agliokbt must also join his entreaties to those of the r ight ben . tbe Secretary of Stats to the boa , member , sot to allow his statement to delay the discussion on the New Zealand Bill , as many boa . members had come oown to tbe house felly prepared to go into that question . Mr P . ScaoPS said that , having gone so iar into his statement , which was one of great importance to the country , he hoped the house would allow him shortly to complete it , aad he would premiss to detain the house but for a very few rninu - es longer . ( Hear , hear . ) There was one other anion to which he mast be allowed

      to refer . It was the Cavan union , whieh had a valuation of £ 150 , 080 , and yet , during the last few trying moaths , the rate collected did not amount to mure than lid . in the pound . The distress in the district was most appalling , and many deaths from starvation had occurred , and yet many of the landed proprietors had made default in pajing the rates . But he had to comp lain more of tbe conduct of the board of guardians than tba rate-payers , for they had allowed many poor creatures to die ef starvation by their neglect of duty . In one case the child of a poor woman died of starvation , aad npon a coroner's jury returning a verdict to

      that effect , the Pco *| Law Commissioners commanded the board of guardians to inquire into the case . The hoard , however , neglected to do so , and in less than a month afterwards the woman herself died of starvation , and what he wanted to know was , whether the law they had recently passtd was to be carried out in this negligent manner ! Had such cases as thete occurred in this country the overseer would hare been liable to Bevera punishment as a criminal offender , and he ¦ wished to ask tbo government whether the same law " Vrtvailedin Ireland or not ? ( Hear , hear . ) Why did < hey not make allowances for . the poor ( with whom the

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      prisons of Ireland were now filled ) far crimes which poverty and distresshad urged them to commit ? And he would ask why measures had not been taken against the board of guardians and relieving officers for tbe neglect of the dutlej impoied upon them by the Act ot Parliament for the relief of tbe poor , for the want of which relief so many bad d ' ed within the last few months , and were now dying ! Sir W . Sohekvillb , in reply to the hon . member , said the government were resolved to leava nothing undone to enforce the payment of the poor-rates , and that they had already taken effective measures fer that purpose . They had divided the union * . which wera too large , and appointed fie para te inspectors for each division , aud separate workhouses , and they had no doubt that those proceedings upon the part of the government would tend to a better state of things in Ireland ; and most likely the reports which he should next lay on the table woald show that the Poor Law system worked more satisfactorily .

      Mr O'Connor : Sir , there is no member in tlua house , who is more ready to do justice to the kindly feeling , and good intentions of the right hon . Secretary than I am , but I cannot acquiesce in the argument of the hon , member for Montrose , who appears to consider the interests of the New Zealanders of greater pressing importance than the preservation of the lives of millions of famishing Irishmen . Nor do I think that his charge of the government being taken by surprise by the hon . member for Stroud , is tenable , as the right hon . Secretary appears not only to be in possession of all the evidence upon which that honourable member grounds his appeal , but , as an ingenious advocate , the right hon . Secretary has extended the evidence , by reading what he terms the

      sequel of that information , upon which the hon . member for Stroud has relied to make out his case . ( Hear , hear . ) It was rather hard that those who advocated the cause of Ireland should be perpetually taunted with their inability or indifference to propose practical remedies , and that an English member , who appeare 1 to have given deep thought and great study to tbe subject , should be stopped when he was pourtraying the poverty of the people , the injustice of the law , and the iniquities of the landlord class . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr O'Connor ) was aware of the great difficulty of bringing so complicated a machinery as the New Poor Law Bill into perfect operation at once ; the more especially when in its operations it had to encounter the legitimate

      and honourable prejudices of his countrymen ; but , as he had told the right hon . the Secretary for the Home Department , when so triumphantly relying on the Coerci on Bill , he now repeated that that measure having failed to arrest famine , that the next step taken by that house must he , to coerce the Irish landlords into the performance of their duty , as it was not to be supposed that a nation would tamely starve . It was evident that the government having once stopped the course in which Irish patronageformerly ran , and having now very properly thrown the landlords upon their own resources , that chaos must ensue before order could be restored . And he told the English landlords , that they would presently discover that the question of Irish distress was one

      materially affecting their interests , as the infection could not be so near their doors without entering their houses . Irish poverty was sure to press upon English industry . ( Hear , hear ) And he admitted , with regret and with sorrow , that the English landlords were more considerate of the Irish peasantry than the Irish landlords were "; and though a member of an English constituency , he would never lose an opportunity to bring his experience of his countrymen and their condition before the House of Commons ; and he was sorry to admit that the present qualification for an Irish member was not to be found in his fitness or his willingness to serve his country , but iu his disposition to serve himself * ( Hear , hear . ) There were two sources , however ,

      from which he derived great pleasure ; the one was from the announcement in the Times of yesterday , of the intention of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland lo establish the Small Farm System upon the co-operative principle , in shares of twenty pounds each ; and in the event of government aiding this first practical attempt of any Irish Lsrd-Lieutenant to develope the national resources of the country for the benefit of the indus . trious classes , crime would soon bide its head in very shame , and the affections of a generous people would soon render Poor Laws unnecessary , as , when able , the Irish would desire no relief for their friends or relatives . ( Hear , hear . ) As an Irishman , though an English member , he again tendered his best thauks to the member for Stroud ; and he would remind the hon . member for Montrose , who

      thought the debate irksome , that the first step towards the correction of abuse was its exposure . The other consideration which gave him pleasure was , the promise of the early developement of the Tenant Right Bill , by the right hon . the Secretary for Ireland ; and as that waa shortly to be submitted to the consideration of the house , he would reserve his observations upon this head until its merits were propounded . He should not anticipate one of its clauses , as nothing was more difficult than even to guess at the embryo conceptions of a Whig Minister . He ( Mr O'Connor ) could not sit down without remarking that the taunt of the hon . member for Cockermouth , levelled at the hon . member for Limerick , was unprovoked and uncalled fer , as he was sure the house would agree with him ( Mr O'C . ) that not a word of unfair or unusual stricture

      escaped the lips of the hon . member for Limerick . ( Hear , hear . ) Ifr O'Bbiejt and Mr Retkoids also thanked Mr Scrope for bringing the subject forward . The latter honourable member said , it appeared to him that tho New Zealand cobbling might be pat off for soma time , and tbat there ought to bo some extension of indulgence in reference to the subject of distress in Ireland , and be felt so strongly on this point that be did believe that he or any other Irish member , whose feelings , from day to day , were harrowed by tbe sufferings of the Irish people , would be justified in calling the attention of the bouse to the state of Irish destitution at least once a week . He felt tbat this was a question of Ufa or death . ( Hear hear . ) The people were dying by thousands , and the bouse ' was leaning npon that which be feared would

      be found to be but a rotten reed , viz ., the working of the Irish Poor Law . { Hear , hear . ) He had already declared , at the outset of bis entry into the , house , tbat he was favourable to the principle of tho Poor Law , but he believed that her Majesty ' s government and the majority sf the gentlemen composing the house , placed too much reliance on its good effects in Ireland ; and he thought it was time that her Majesty ' s government should Immediately direct their attention to the profitable employment of the people . ( Hear , hear . ) He wished to remind the bouse tbat tbe waste lands remained to tbat hour unreclaimed , her mineral resources remained undeveloped , and so did her fisheries , although it was to these resources that ber people looked for relief ; for the ablebodied people of Ireland wished not to be fed on alms , but to work for their bread . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr Dbdmhond and Sir B . Hall deprecated the introduo tion of the subject as untimely . Mr S . Ckawfobd intimated that he had gives notice of a motion for Tuesday week , when he trusted that tha whole of this question would be fairly gone into . The whole question of the Poor Law , he hoped , would be fairly discussed . It was bis intention to bring in a bill to repeal that law . The subject then dropped , Epiphany Qcaeteb Sessions Bill . — Mr Packe moved the sscond reading of this bill , the object of which was to p-stpone the Epi p hany Quarter Sessions until after the C . iristmas hoidays , so as , however , tkat they Should not be held later than the 8 tb January . At pre . sent they were most frequently opened on Hew Year ' s Day , to the great inconvenience of a large and most useful body , the unpaid magistrates .

      Sir G . Obey objected , pointing cut that the removal of the inconvenience referred to in the bill would be more than counterbalanced by others to which it would gi ve rise . The bill was ultimately withdrawn . New Zealand Govebnment Bill . —Tho questien of going into committee on the New Zealand Government Bill led to a protracted discussion , in tbe course of which Lord Lincoln , Mr Scott , Mr Adderley , and Mr C , Anstey , urged tbe postponement of the stage of tho bid , tho latter Lon . member moving it be adjourned to that day week , which proposition , however , being devoid of a seconder , fell to tbe ground .

      Mr Gladstone thought the simplest , wisest , and most practical course for the Government to pursue relative to New Zealand , would be to declare that the time had not yet arrived for establishing the new constitution , that Parliament was in error in sanctioning the old constitution , and that they bad it in contemplation to propose a new constitution ; but tbat they would wait for mature and experimental knowledge before they would attempt to settle Its particular forms and enactments . Tho right bon , gentleman urged upon the Government the necessity of giving tba most liberal construction to the treaty of Waitangi , and of carrying out in the fairest spirit every engagement made with the natives relative to the pos . session of lands . Hefeared , judging from the instructions sent ont by Lord Grey , that injustice would he done to the New Zealanders .

      Mr Labodchebe , after passing a high encomium upon the natives of New Zealatad , observed that he did not regard the apprehensions of Mr Gladstone as : n reality juatifiei by the facts of the case , He could assure the rj-ht honourable gentleman that Lord Grey was aa disincliaed as any man could be to depart from the terms or tha spirit of the treaty of Waitangi ; but tha noble lord thought , and in that he agreed with him , that nothing could be more inexpedient , for tbe sake of the natives themselves , than absolutely to affirm tha proposition that the proprietary right to the whole surface of the Islands existed , either in collective tribes , or in individuals connected with these tribes , He did not be-

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      livethatthore was anything In Ea ilGrey ' s despatch inconsistent with tbo terms or tbe spirit of tho treaty of Waitangl , or with the interpretations which had been put upon it . Nor was there any difference of opinion between the noble lord and Governor Grey as to the modo in which the treaty should be carried out . He himself believed tbat tho treaty should bo strictly , scrupulously , , and even I » rgely interpreted , and that every bona fi de claim of the natives under it should be at once conceded by tbe government ; butfor tho soke of thenatWoBthemselvea , care should be taken that immense tracts of land whic h could be of no advantage to them , should not be so appropriated as to de ' oat the purpoios to which the colonists had every right to anticipate that they would bo

      applied . Tha right honourable gentleman then proceeded to meet the objections which Mr Gladstone had raised to the suspensive provision * of the bill , after which he briefly recapitulated the course pursued by the Bishop of New Zealand , Lerd Grey ' s censure of whom he thousht fdlly justified by the imprudence of which ho had been guilty . Tbe principle of the bill was , for grave and urgent reasons to suspend the constitution of the colony for a term of five y .-ars , but at tbe same ti-ne to enable Governor Grey to introduce it within that time , either in whole or in part , whenever he should deem it advisable so to do ; and be trusted that no unnecessary obstruction would be thrown In the way of the progress of a measure which circumstances bad rendered so urgent .

      Sir E . N . Buxton , Mr Aglionby , Mr Cardwell , Lord Lincoln , Mr Scott , took part in tho discussion on the merits of the bill , after which the house went into com mittee . On the first clause being put , suspending the constitution for five years , Mr Humo moved , as on amendment , that the period of suspension be limited to three years . Some debate arising , and as the hour of adjournment ( six o ' clock on Wednesdays ) had neany arrived , Mr Laboucbere moved that the chairman shouH report progress , which Mr Bem & l did accordingly , and tho further proceeding with the bill was adjourned to afatureday .

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      Thb Pboplb ' s Edition op the Lithographic PtAiEB of O'Consob , from the painting of that celebrated and far-famed artist , T . Martin , Esq ., has just made its appearance . It is exactly the same as that which had so extensive a s & le at 2 s . Gd . for plain copies , and 6 s . the coloured , and . is an exact likeness of the great ordinal , as he appeared addressing the people of that ' home colony , ' O'Connorville , the production of his own fertile , pnilanthropio , benevolent , and brilliant genius . The plate reflects the highest credit on the artist , nnd from its own intrinsic merits , to say nothing of the unrivalled popularity ot the subject , cannot fail to have a much more extensive sale than ever fell to the h > t of any person ' s work of art . We perceive the plain plates are selling nt Is . each , and coloured ones at 2 s . 6 d . They would alike do honour to the cottage , tbe mansion , or the public hall . They can be obtained , by order , of any bsokseller in the British

      empire . Camuerwull and Walworth . —At the meeting ef this locality , held at the True Temperance Ccflwe House , East-street , Walworth , on Monday evening last , Mr Sellers in the chair , a letter was read from Mr Burrows , thanking that locality for the assistance they had rendered him . It was also resolved : — ' That a subscription be opened for tbe defence of the seat of tho honourable member for Nottingham ( Mr O'Connor ) , and that books lay at tho place of meeting , and that all the members of the local committee be empowered to receive subscriptions for the same . '

      Citt and Finsbirt Localitt . —Good Intent , Backhill , Hatton-garden , February 6 th . Mr Elijah Nobbs in the chair . Minutes read a * -. d confirmed , Messrs Allhutt and Fennell gave in their report from the Metropolitan Delegate Committee . Report received . Report of the council read and received . Mr Cater then gave notice tbat he should lay before the council , at their next meeting , a plan for obtaining a hall for our locality to meet in , suitable to our increasing numbers , and w ' ith the view of advancing tho cause . The meeting adjourned to February 13 th , when Mr Thomas Clark , of the Chartist Executive , will lecture in the evening . Subject : 'The Progress and Extension of Chartism . ' Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock .

      Bilston . —A numerous meeting of the Chartists and Ltnd members took place at Mr Linncy ' s , Malt Shovel Inn , on Sunday evening last . The reading of the Siak commenced at six , and continued till eight , after which important local questions were ably discussfd . It was resolved to defend Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament . Tho propriety of opening a new Company was entered into , but a definite resolution is reserved until the directors shall have been heard . Sheffield . — A meeting was held in the Demo cratio Reading-room , 33 , Queen -street , on Sunday eveninalast . After the financial business was

      disposed of , the following persons were elected council of the National Charter Association - . —Messrs Hugginbottom , Jackson , Dyson , Burkinshaw , Otley , Seward , Carter , Nay lor ( senior ) , G . Smith , II . Smith ; Thomas Briggs , sub treasurer ; Henry Tay lor , aub-aecretary ; William Cavill , librarian ; G . Cavill , corresponding secretary . All . persons who hold the subscription books in connexion with Mr Clark ' s election , are specially requested to forward them to the committee ; likewise persons who have library books out , are requested to forward the same . The meeting adjourned to Sunday evening , February 13 th .

      Witney — A public meeting of the inhabitants of this place was recently held in the late Temperance Rooms , Brielge-street , to take into consideration the propriety of adopting the principles contained in the People ' s Charter . The chair wan taken at seven o'clock by H . Ross , who , after a short introduction , called on Mr C . Doyle to address the meeting . Mr Doyle then came forward amid the hearty cheers of the fustian jackets , and commenced his address by referring to the origin of governments , and ably showed that they were instituted for tho mutual protection of the community at larye , so they ought to bo under the control of the whole people , which could not otherwise be accomplished than by the possession af the franchise , and the free and untrammelled

      exercise of the right of voting for the appointment of those who make the laws by which our labour , our liberties , and our very lives , are so materially affected , in other words , by the People ' s Charter becoming the law oftbe land . Mr Djylethen took a rapid view of class legislation , and said—That it unfortunately happened through the apathy of the popple themselves , that a few unprincipled men had usurped the functions of government—abrogated the rights of their fellow men , and constituted themselves thesole arbitrators of the destinies of the industrious millions , who were thus made to contribute two-thirds of the proceeds of their lab > ur to uphold in splendour and luxury , a useless and mischievous aristocracy ; a greedy , grasping , and insatiable church

      establishment ; a pamiered and gilded bauble called the Crown ; and , in fact , said the lecturer , independent of your having to support all ttuse cumbrous iustitu lions over which you have not the least control , you are compelled to maintain immense military and naval armaments , for the express purpose of not only enforcing your compliance witb all these unjust demands , but also of crushing the rising spirit of liberty in every quarter of the world . ' Such , ' exclaimed Mr Doyle , ' are the baneful effects oi class legislation ! and there is no other way of remedying the evils of which we complain , than by the restoration of those rights and immunities of whica wo have been so unjustly deprived , and which are so simply and so fully set forth in the People ' s Charier . And what are the

      principles of Chartism ? Why that every man ot mature years , of sound mind , and not suffering tbe legal penalty of criminal conduct , shall have a vote for his representative in the legislature of his country ; that he shall be protected in the exercise of that vote by the Ballot ; that there shall bo no money qualifications for members to serve in parliament ; that the term of service shall be for . one year only ; that he shall be paid for auoh aervioe ; and that . there shall be Equal Electoral Districts . Now what can be so simple , ao easily understood , and at the same time so comprehensive as these propositions ? And where is the man bold enough to deny their justice or utility ? But there aro thoae who would withhold tho poor man ' s rights on the plea of expediency . They say he

      is too ignorant to be trusted with the exercise of his common sense . Now , for the sake of argument , suppose we admit the plea of ignorance , we would ask why he is so ? and with the fact staring us in the face of a church establishment , receiving from nine to ten millions a year , wrung from the labour of the masses ; a church whose chiel business it ought to be to instruct the people in all the social duties , and in every branch oi useful education ; we ask again , who is to blame for the ignorance which is trumpeted forth as the plea for the deprivation of the rights ol citizenship ? Let the parties more immediately concerned answer the quealion , * but we emphaticallj deny the assertion , that the working people of this country are ignorant , or at any rate , that they are more so than that class who lord it over them , through the instrumentality of the vote . Will any man tell me that tho man who can make a pair of boots to adorn the legs ot bis lordship , is too ignorant to give a vote as to the fitness of

      the man who is to make laws for him ? Is the ingenious weaver whose delicate fabrics are so much prized and praised by the wives and daughters of our aristocratic legislators , too ignorant to be trusted with the vote ? Is the engineer who constructs the mighty steam engine , or his brother mechanic who conducts and regulates its progress in its speedy flight through the length and breadth of the laud , and to whose knowledge and skill is entrusted the lives of all classes of the community , and even that of royalty itself , in its gay wanderings from one scene of pleasure to another , are those men , I ask you agaio , incapable of performing so simple a duty to themselves and their country ? No , no ; it is . not our ignorance , but our intelligence of which they are afraid , for thoy well know that if the vote enables the aristocratic and trading clauses to reap the fruits of other men ' s toil so would the vote put the labourer in possession of the meaBS whereby the proceeds of hia industry

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      would be secured to him ; the land be mado te yiei in abundance the necessaries of life ; and peace ' p lenty , and happiness , reign triumphant throu eh tbe land . ' Mr Doyle concluded a powerful speech by an earnest appeal to hia attentive hearers , to unite and rally for tbe Charter , and resumed his seat loudly ant ) deservedly applauded , as , indeed , he was throughout his " mstiuctive and spirit-stirring address . Tho following resolution waa moved , seconded , and unanimously adopted : —• That this meeting having beard the principles of the People ' s Charter fully explained , are of opinion that tbat document is well calculated to form the basis of a system of ? legislation which

      would speedily remove the distress under which the labouring popuhvion are periodically doomed to suffer bv class-made laws , anil eventually lead to the establishment of a government more in accordance with the spirit of the age—a government of the people—thereby giving full proteotifin to tbo just and legitimate interests of every portion ol fsociety ; and we , therefore , pledge ourselves never to rest satisfied until that great measure ol justice and universal riyht becomes the law of the British empire , ' Votes of thanks to the lecturer and chairman were then unanimously passed , and the meeting , which was one of the most orderly we ever aaw , separated , highly gratified with the evening ' s proceedings .

      # Mb O'Cosnob ' b Seat in Pahuamest . —The Chartists and Land membera of Coventry , Hyde , Bermondsey , St Helens , Gloucester , Hull , Doncaster , Islington , Crayford , and Leamington have commenced collecting subscriptions to defend Mr O'Connor against tho conspiracy of the Nottingham Whigs . Stockpobt . —On Sunday last Mr Wild , of Mottram , delivered a powerful address on ' Priestcraft , and its effects upon society , ' to a numerous and attentive audience . Aesbmblt R'Iom-, 83 , Dean-street , Soho . —On Sunday evening , Feb . 6 ck , Mr , Cuffay in the chair , Mr E . Gill delivered a lecture on ' Justifiable and unjustifiable war , our national defences , dec ; ' after which the following resolution was proposed and

      earned unanimously t— ' That it is the opinion of this meeting that the cry of onr' national defences ' is gstup with the view of first rinding lucrative situations for the relatives of the already too numerous and useless aristocracy ; and secondly , to destroy the fraternal spirit now developing itself throughout Europe , and ultimately to stay the march of liberty ( n our own country . This meeting is therefore of opinion that the only true defence of our country is to be found in tha complete enfranobisementof the entire male population , and removing the surplus population from tbe overstocked cities and towns , to the labour field , where man will have something worth defending , and , if needs be , die in its defence . ' Thanks being given to the lecturer and chairman ,

      the meeting was dissolved . Warrington . —On Tuesday evening week , a public meeting was held for the purpose of adopting the National Petition . Mr John Hargreaves was called to the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings , and ' called upon Mr B . Dromgoole to read the petition praying for tho enactment nf the People ' s Charter . Mr William Lawrinson rose to move the adoption of the ' petition , and , in a speech replete with . 'ound sen ? e and good argument , described , in their true colours , the present state of society , and asked could it have bet >» worse if the people had been in possession of the vote ; no . it coula not have been so bad . Mr P . Young briefly seconded the motion . The chairman then introduced Mr D . Donovan of Mancheater , who in a lengthy and eloquent speech , supported the prayer of tho petition , in the course of

      which he proved , in a very argumentative style , the right of the people to the possession of the Charter : showed the injustice and absurdity of the minority keeping the people in tbeir present abject state of bondage , and asked how long would this be submitted to . Mr Donovan then explained at considerable length , the details of the Land Plan , the advantages of the Land and Labour Bank , and concluded amidst the plaudits of the meeting . After a vote of thanks to Mr Donovan and the chairman , the meeting separated , Brwioi—The Chartists meeting at Nichci ' a coffee-rooms , Rosemary-street , have nominated the following members on the council : —Henry Fink , William Henry Hyatt , Felix Wiliam Sitnion , Wm . Force , William Rooke , William Coorabe , Robert Nicholls ; Charles Clark , secretary ; P . W . Higman , treasurer .

      Uetwood . —Mr Thomas TaUeraall recently delivered two lectures in this town to crowded audiences . The lectures were highly applauded . A subscription was commenced in support of Mr O'Connor ' s Beat in Parliament . IIanlet . and Shbltom . —At a meeting of this branch it was resolved to send £ 3 . 6 " j . 4 d . te the directors , in defence of Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament . SouiHAMProtr . —Mr J . Kemp recently deliveied a lecture at the Burton Ale House , Orchard-lane , on ' the baneful effects of class legislation . ' Hastings . —A meeting was held at ' he house of Mr Mortimer Guy , 123 , All Saints-street , on Sunday , January 30 th , when a branch of the National Charter Association was formed . Glasgow . —Mr Ribert Brough , No . 86 , White Vale , has been appointed agent for the O'Connor tartan .

      Elland . —Mr George Webber , of Halifax , lee tured at this place on Sunday last , to a numerous and respectable audience , which gave general satisfaction . Halifax . —Mr James Leach , of Manchester , lectured at this plaoe on Sunday last . The Working Man ' s Hall was crowded to suffocation , and much enthusiasm evinced . Croydon . —At the weekly meeting of this branch on Monday evening last , it was agreed : ' That as the democrats of Croydon fully recognise the principle that' All Men are Brethren , ' and earnestly

      desiring its practical realisation , protest against the wicked attempt now being made to embroil this country in a war with France ; and assure the people of that country , that they do not participate in the anti-Gallioan mania of their rulers , and those rulers " , that wo regard a happy and contented people as the best National Defences . ' I : was the expressed wish of the meeting that the most complete succesamightattendtne efforts of the patriots of Sicily aud Naples . The < Muncil of this town are actively preparing for a vigorous agitation of the Chartist principles , and entertain hopes of being able to obtain a large room for a succession of public meetings and

      lectures . Nswoastlk-upon-Tynb . —Mr J . West commenced his mission here on Monday , January Slat , and was well received by a very large and attentive audience . Mr W . gave a very clear and lucid explanation of the People's Charter , and clearly proved to the satisfaction ot the meeting , that the Chartists were the only real constitutional reformer * of the present age . At the close of his address Mr M'Carthy , a teetotal lecturer of this town , attempted to force his party nostrums upon the attention of the meeting , bat Mr W . gave him such a dressing

      for his want of courtesy , that made his cheek blanch ; and the meeting were decidedly of opinion that Mr M'O . ' s opposition was uncalled fer , and vexatious in the extreme . Mr West again lectured on Tuesday evening , February 1 st , to a very attentive and increased audience , and showed the necessity of the whole people demanding tbe enactment of the People )' a Charter and also clearly showed the duty of every man signing the National Petition for that objeet ; and Mr W . ' s labours at these meetings will doubtless be the means of gaming us a vast amount of signatures to the National Petition , in this town and neighbonra od .

      Mk West's Route for the next week . Monday , February 14 th , North Shields ; Tuesday , February 15 th , Sunderland ; Wednesday , February 16 th , Shiney Row ; Thursday . February 17 th , Easingtonlane . AH branches ot tbe National Charter Association in Northumberland and Durham , who wish to have the services of Mr J . West , to deliver lectures , are respectfully requested to correspond immediately with James Nisbett , No . 10 , Gitaon-street , Newcastle upon-Tyne . Nbwcasti < e-vfon- ' ' tne , — The membera of this branch and others who are wishful to join the Na tional Co-operative Benefit Society , are informed that a mooting for the entrance of members will be held in tho house of M . Judo , on Wednesday evening , February l ( Kh , at eight o ' clock . The council of this branch of the National Charter Association are requested to meet in the house of M . Jude , on Sunday afternoon , February 13 tb , at four o ' cleck .

      Brighton . —A general meeting of the Chartists and Land members was held at the Artichoke Inn , on Tuesday evening , February 1 st . Mr Henry Yuletin the chair . On the proposition of Mr Williams , seconded by Mr Giles , three shillings were voted to the Executive . Mr John Page proposed , and Mr Harvey seconded : — That the sum of £ 2 be sent to defend Mr O'Connor's eeat in Parliament , and that the subscription list remain open fbr further subscriptions ; ' which having been ably supported by Mr Flower , Mr Giles , and several others , was unanimously adopted . A vote of thanks was awarded to the chairman , and the meeting separated .

      OLnnAU . —On Sunday last a splendid meeting took place in the large room of the Working Man ' s Hall , to hear an address on 'Emigration and Home Colonisation , ' by Ernest Jones , Esq . The large hall was well filled by a respectable audience . In the course of his lecture he was frequently interrupted with bursts of applause . His remarks and arguments brought with them " conviction to ] the minds of his auditory , and there ia every probability it will have a good effect in this locality . Votes of thanks were unanimously passed

      to the lecturer and chairman , when the meeting separated highly delighted . —On Monday ovenin » a public meeting took place in the above hall , for thi purpose of petitioning Parliament to pass into law the document known as the People ' s Charter . Mr Thomas Lawless was called on to preside , who briefly opened the meeting by reading the placard , and then called upon Mr Crowther , to move the first resolution , which was seconded by Mr White ;— ' That we , the inhabitants of OJdbam in public meeting asassembled , deeply deplore the misery and destitution

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      existing in the united kingdom . We are fully convinced tbat the monopoly of political power by those who live on labour , to the exclusion of those who live by labour , is the true cause of such terrible effects . ' Moved by Mr T . Wild , and seconded by Mr Cooper : — ' That this meeting believing it is the inherent right of every man of mature age , sano mind , and untainted with crime , to have a vote in electing the makers of the lawa by which he is governed ; and fully agreeing with every principle contained in the document known as the People ' e Charter—we , therefore , pledge ourselves to use all legal and constitutional means to obtain its speedy enactment / Ernest Jones , E < q ., was called npon to sapport it . He spoke for ona hour and a half in the most

      eloquent and masterly manner , and in the course of his address alluded to the democratic movement abroad , and the intended eongress of nations at Brussels in September next , putting it to the meeting whether they would wish delegates to be sent by the Chartists of England , a proposition which was unanimously carried amid great enthusiasm . The National Petition wat then moved by Mr Miller , and seconded by Mr Cfrjmshaw , when it wan unanimously adopted by the meeting , with three hearty rounds of applause . It was then moved and seconded . — ' Tnat Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., be requested to present it in the Housa ol Commons . ' A vote of thanks was

      p 9 ssed to Ernest Jones , E ? q , for his able address , and to the chairman for his impartial conduct in the chair , when the vast assemblage went away highly sati-fied . i Norwich . —At the quarterly meeting of the Chartists of this locality , on Saturday evenisg , February oth , the following resolution was moved by Miles Dabbage , and seconded by 0 . Springall : — 'That £ 1 be taken irom our funds , to aid and assist Mr O'Connor in defending his << eat in Parliament , and that the collection be kept open to give time to all to come forward in rendering him that pecuniary assistance which will enable him to fight his foes with their own weapons . '

      Leeds . —Mr Brook delivered an address on Sunday evening to a numerous audience in the Baziar , on * the past and present position of tbe Chartist body . He reviewed the proceedings of thelast ten years , and showed the bright prospects of the Chartists ior tbe future . Hepointed to the feelings of the people in different nations of Europe , and that tbe day was not far distant when Universal Suffrage would becarried , and in other kingdoms besides England . -At tbe conclusion , he made an eat nest appeal for subscriptions towards defending Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament , and likewise in favour of procuring signatures to the National Petition . This was answered by a collection forthwith . ^ and books ordered to bo issued for the different districts in the town ; and a new council waa appointed , with instructions to attend to both questions immediately . Mr Harris was appointed chairman ; Mr Henry Thompson , treasurer ; and Mr Brook , secretary of the council .

      Robskndale . —Mr A . Tomlinson lectured at the Swan , on the 1 st inst ., on the' Charter and the Land , in connexion with the commercial prospects of the country . Mr Shackleton was called to the chair . It has seldom been our lot to hear a more eloquent address than was given by Mr Tomlinson . A vote of thanks haying been given to the chairman , the meeting separated . Metropolitan Delegate Comuittsr . —Mr Turner in the chair . Mr Lucas brought up a report from Somers Town , respecting Frost , Williams , and Jones . Mr Clark proposed and Mr Lucas seconded — ' That & committee bf five persons be appointed to attend to their case . ' Messrs M'Grath , Clark , Shaw , Tapp , and Lucas were appointed . The committee adjt-urned to Thursday next for dissolution . The new Delegate Committee will assemble on Thursday next , at No . 144 , High Holborn , at eight o ' clock . —Wm . Tapp , secretary .

      DR M'DOUALL'S TOUR . TO TUB CHABTISTS OJ OKEAT BBITAIt * . Friends , —Having been appointed aa one of the lecturers whose duties are , to endeavour to meet the wants and wishes af thousands , who long once more to rally under tho old flag , I present you with a report of my proc-iedinga during . the past week . I reached Glasgow on Sunday , 30 th , and having met with a few . friends , I ascertained my route , and started for Paisley , on Monday the 8 ih . I did not anticipate a yery large meeting , but I was most

      agreeably disappointed for the large room was crammed to excess . The meeting when Collins and I were there , was nothing compared with the recent one in regard to number and enthusiasm . 1 made a lengthened speech which was well received , but as I never report myself , I may merely state that the council expressed their entire satisfaction . The usual resolutions were passed , and the meeting separated , resolved to have another active agitation for the Charter , and canvass for support ' and signatures to the petition . I have doubt aa to Paisley doing its duty .

      My next place was Greenock : subject the same , and the meeting enormous . I was astonished at the number of young men present , who must have been boys when the last great agitation was at its height . They will give the movement a vast supply of new energy . Our old veteran , Burrell , was of conr ? a active , enthusiastic , and vigorous . The great remedy , the Charter and the Petition , formed prominent subject ! 1 , and were received with unanimous applause and approval . The second meeting , on tbe Land and Land and Labour Bank , was not so numerously attended , except by those most interested in receiving information as to the principle of action , basis , and mode of working . Tho greatest interest was dis played in the Bank , and a discussion arose as to its

      securities for deposits , ( fee , which terminated in tbe adoption of a resolution , approving of the same , and declaring it to be , aa far as the meeting knew , the safest bank in the three kingdoms . I proceeded thence to the Vale of Leven , where , although the weather was adverse , I addressed the largest meeting which has been held according to the authority of the committee , during the last sevon years . The petition was adopted , aud the Charter , as well as resolutions carried adverse to a militia I ' dree . Mr Rogers contended that it would be better to come out for the pure principle , instead of adopting the humbug > y of 'No vote , no musket ; ' but gave credit for the policy and tact of such a movement . I replied that the cry was no clap-trap , but a really sonnd and rational expression of principle .

      The wea of an invasion might ba clap-trap , but the fact of a government compelling a man to perform a duty , whilst denyingjhim the exercise of a right was a physical wrong , which ought to be morally resisted . That right was the suffrage , and until it was granted , we were justified in refusing to forma rampart around the property and persons of our oppressors . Ultimately all opposition was withdrawn , and the meeting terminated peacefully . The influence of auch a meeting will ba felt in the Vale , and ought not to be allowed to slumber . Scotland will exceed herself if a constant agitatiou is maintained , and I havej no doubt , if I am followed by other * , that a larger number of signatures , will be procured than ever yet were recorded in the * land of mountain and of flood . '

      I will continue to report progress ; and I hope the future may he as cheering evidence of revival . I am rejoiced to see the demonstrations in England , and I sincerely hope all differences will cease , all jealousies be buried , and all past animosity be forgotten and forgiven . I am prepared fur one to enter manfully on my duty , and , as O ' Connor said , * buckle on my Chartist armour again , 'although , God knows , I ougbt to bo at my own profession . I have sacrificed much valuable time , and feel keenly the frequent and long separation from my family . Still I never yet shrunk back on any consideration , and 1 shall not do so now . I will try the wetal of the people once more , in a peaceful but powerful agitation . If they make a response worthy of themselys , I shall

      feel my reward , if not , I can but then seek the ejuiet duties of my profession . We shall see what the ides of March , and the Conference of May will produce . As a proof of my sincerity . I condemned two bad habits , and threw my pipe into the fire ^ firat , and finally I have sent tho glass after it . I did not do so to please Teetotalers , for I consider there isa great deal of humbug , much arrogance , and an increJible amount of tyranny , spying , anil impertinence about teetotalism . I did not do so on pecuniary grounds , because temperance hoases are as dear , if not more expensive , than public houses . I did not do so btcause 1 imagined I was a bad Chartist , and neoneeould be a good one who was not an abstainer . On the other hand there are publicans

      whom I respect , and know to be not only excellent men , but thorough Chartists , and thousands who drink , who are in every respect sound as truth . A man might ns well be a bad Christian , who drank sacrament wine to purify his soul ; tho clergjraen worse , whofinis-L the fragments at the after-sacrament dinner ; and the founder of Christianity worse than all , because he converted water [ into wine , tbat served at table . being bad . I adopted the course I have done because I felt , and havo long felt , that much valuable time , which might have been better employed , was idly spent . But we often see an error before we remove it , and although neither argument nor interest prevailed with me , a sense of duty did , I felt that I was called upon , and expected to take an active part in the present movement that is heaving amongst the masses like tbe swell of the ocean . I

      removed the clog from my fjot , and prepared myself to perform that duty with perfect freedom . I can now direct the full ei orgy of mind to the cause , and devote my whole time to its advocacy . Time and some little talent may do good , if the former is well employed , and the latter well-directed . They aie both , my old friends , at your disposal , and you are heartily welcome to them . I shall go on in fraternity with all who are with us , and I most sincerely trust that our combined efforts may not only gladden the hearts of thousands , but eventuate in the emancipation of millions . Gad speed the Charter ! lours faithfully , P . M . M Don all . Waiilei . —Mr Clajton will lecture at Una ptoo , on Sunday , February I 3 ; h at six Q ' ciock ia the evening .

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      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . « ° ^? , ^ HILI > 0 , ' —A 8 "H P iJon fortho defence nf Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament has beencJ menced at thi * place—Mr John West will Tem ^ here en the 21-. t and 22 nd inst . CtUre Halifax . —Mr Clissett will lecture in the ttv . u 13 lh , » t t . n o ' ota * . . 1 An tiZ » £ . ?; hi k ' sgBK ^ iS ^^ - tet-a

      Bury . —A public meeting will be held in ti , Court-roora , behind the Albion Hotel , Ag * r . * treet on Thursday ovemn- Feb . 17 th , for thepurpo e 0 adopting the Nation ^ Petition , when Me srs Leach and Dunovaii of Manchester , will address the meet in ? . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock . Sooth Lmdox Ciunngi' Ihu -Mr O'Brien *;•• lecture in the above hall , on Sunday evenine nex Feb 13 th , at eight o ' clock . Subject :- ' The pS ceedinga in Parliament , and cunent events . ' V ? bw b R " T M , a coarse of lectures on th rrench Revolution . ' in the above ha / 1 , on Mondav OI ] 0 fflng Monda 7

      'JSKSST S at « Roc'iDAi . E .-The Chartists and Confederates of thw town will meet id the Chartist-room , Yorkshire , street , on Sunday , the 13 cb . ' A Manchester Me . ctiamc and MrTraynorare expected to address the meeting . Chair to be taken at six o ' clock in the

      evening . Noitisoham —There will be a Free-and-easy at Mr Addeock * , the Marquis of Anglesey , St Jameg ' street , of the admirers of Mr O'Connor . Chair to be taken at half-past seven o ' clock , on Saturday evening , February 12 th .

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      CORN EXCHANGE . Monday . —During last week the arrivals of all kinds of grain of home produce , coastwise , " as well as by land car . riage and sample , were on a very ljniited scale . From Ireland and Scotland the receipts were confined to a few parcels of oats . The foreign importations compriseei ! only •* , 555 qrs . of wheat ; 100 ditto of oats ; 100 ditto of Indian corn ; and 100 barrels of flour—the latter from New York . The receipts of wheat , fresh up today from Essex , were moderately good ; those from Kent , Cambridgeshire , etc small . The number of land varriage samples was by no m » ans heavy . f he actual supjly of foreign wheat on the market was not larpe , and the bulk of it was greatly out of condition Selected parcels mostly sold at full currencies , but all oth-r kinds commanded very little attention . Beans were aslow sale , and the turn lower . Peas moved off heavily at a reduction in value of fully 2 s per or .

      The best parcels of flour was in steady request . Couu . try markets were neglected . Indian corn and meal were very dull . Bainsii . —Wheat : Kent , Essex , and Suffolk , old red 50 s to 5 » s , new red 45 s to 52 s , old white 55 s to 58 s , new uhite 4 Sa to SUs , Norfolk ar . d Lincoln , old red , * 5 s to 48 s old white , 48 s to 51 . —Rye 32 s to 35 s . —Barley : grinding 27 s to 313 , distilling , 27 s to 3 ls , malting , 32 s to 33 s Chevalier 33 s to 33 s—Malt : Brown 44 s to Sis , pale 56 s to * 58 s , Suffolk and Norfolk 5 os to 58 s , new pale Ware 5 Ss to 59 s , old—s to—s , Chevalier 59 s to 60 s . —Beans : Tick 3 ls to SOs , pigeon 35 s to 49 s , Harrow new 38 s to * 2 s old 45 s to ' 5 s . —Peas : white 43 s to 46 s , grey and maple

      42 s to 45 s . —Oats : English feed 20 s to 22 s , Poland 21 s to 23 s , Scotch feed 24 s to 2 fis ,. —Potato 27 s to 29 s . Irish : Limerick and . Newry 22 s to 253 , Cork and Youjjbai IBs to 20 s , Cork white —sto-sper qr . —Flour : Town made 43 s to 48 s , Essex and Kent 37 s to 41 s , Norfolk and Stockton 36 s to ids , Suffolk -s to —s per 2 S 01 bs . Foreign . —Free Wheat : Dantzic and Konigsburg 52 s to 56 s , Mecklenburg 48 s to 52 s , Russian 42 s to 50 s . — Barley : grinding 2 ls to 28 s , malting 29 s to 3 ls . —Beans , Egyptian 28 s to 34 s , Mediterranean —s to —s . —Peas : White 46 s to 43 s . —Oats : Russian 16 s to 19 s , Mecklen . burg 20 ( i to 25 s per or . —American flour 24 s to 28 s per l'Jlbs .

      NEweASTiE . r / poN-TT . NB , Saturday , Feb . 5 . —The weather , this week , has undergone a total chanre ; since Tuesday it has bien extremely mild , with occasional falls of rain . The trade , during the week , has exhibited rather more firmness , a fair business having been done in wheat , flour , and other articles , at about previous rates . Manchester , Saturday , Feb . 5 Business here during the week has been restricted to the retail sales for the supply of current consumption ; and at Liverpool and Wakefield yesterday , but little was done . MiNOHESTEB , Saturday , Feb . 5 . —Meal , 28 s to 29 s flour . 233 to 31 b per 2 J ( ilbs . Lebds , Tuesday , Feb . a .-Our arrivals of grain are not large , yet quite adequate to tbe demand . Wheat slow sale , and barely brings Friday ' s rates . Barley does not alter . Oat ? , shelling , aad beans 3 teady in prices . Other articles as before .

      Hull , Tuesday , l ? eh . 8 . —The frost , which we notieed in our last circular as h iving returned on the Monday evening , was of very short continuance ; a decided thaw set in on Wednesday , and continues to the present time . The same appears to have been quite gesernl , and attention is now directed to a speedy resumption of business with the near ports , where from the last accounts , winter appeared to be leaving .

      SMITHFIELD . Since this day se ' nnight , the arrivals of live stock from abroad in the port of London have been on a very limited scale , or as under : — From Whence . Beasts . Sh p . Lbs . Cal . Pigs .

      Nieu Dieppe 49 49 — 13 Schereniugen ......... 83 218 — lo — Total 133 298 — 23 ~~ — Scarcely any stock has bsen received from tha continent at the northern outports ; but we learn that , should the weather prove favonrable , the importations will be larjre within a few weeks from this time . The numbers of sheep were smaller than wo ever remember at this period ot the year ; hence the mutton tradq was active at a rise in value of from 2 d to , in soma instances , 4 d per 8 ft > 3 , and the whole was disposed of without difficulty . A few of the primest o d downs produced 5 s H , but the more general top quotation for them was 5 s 2 d per SIbs . Calves were in short supply and steady request at 2 d per Slbj more money . The pork trade was inactive , yet prices were well supported . Coarse ani inferior beasts 3 a ti to 3 s 6 d , second qua . lity do os 8 d to 3 s lOd , prime largo oxen 4 s to 4 s 4 d , prime Scots . < te ., 4 s 6 d to 4 s 8 d , coarse and inferior sheep 3 s 6 d to 3 s lOd , second quality do 4 s 2 d to 4 s 6 d , prime coarse woolled sheep 4 s 8 d to 5 s , prime southdown do 5 s to 5 s 2 d , large coarse calves is id . to os , prime small do 5 s 2 d to os 6 d , large hogs 4 g to 4 s 6 d , seat small pjrkers "sSdto SsperSRM tj sink the offal ; suckling calves 2 is to 29 s , and old quarter store pigs 19 s to 26 s each . Beasts 3 , 069 , sheep 14 , 670 , calves 89 , pigs 210 . NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL . The arrivals of country-killed meat for these markets , since our last report , have been on a fair average scale , and of average quality . The supplies on offer this morning , slaughtered in the metropolis , were truly good . As the weather operate' ! against large purchases , thu demand of most kinds of meat was in a sluggish state , at our quotations . Inferior beef 3 s 2 d to 3 s < d , Middling ditto 3 s id to 3 s fid , prime large , ditto 3 s Od to 3 s 8 d , prima small ditto 3 s lod to 4 s 2 d , inferior mutton 3 s 4 d to 3 s 6 d . middling ditto 3 s 8 d to 4 s 6 d , prime ditto 4 s 2 d to 4 s 4 d , veal 4 s 2 d to os 4 d , small pork 4 s 8 d to 5 s 2 d , per SIbs by the carcase . BOROUGH AN 1 > SPIrALriELDS . Any further advance in prices has been checked by somewhat large arrivals of potatoes coastwise and by railway . Prime sam ples are in good requ-st at fully last week ' s quotations , but all other qualities are a slow sale . Ware parcels are becoming very scarce . York regents , 130 to ltirts ; Scotch cups , 130 s to I 40 s ; Kent and Ess x regents , 120 s to 160 a ; do kidneys , Mils to l 7 (/ s ; do shaws , 120 s to 140 s ; do blues , 120 s to 140 s ; Wisbech regents , l 2 os to 130 s ; Co blues , llOs to 120 s . Livkbpool , Monday , Feb . 7 . —The supply of fat beasts to day was larger than last week , with better quality than of late . The sheep were scarce , ansl sold very high . Beasts , from 6 < i , to OJd ; 'sheep , 7 ^ d to 8 d per B > ,

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      ( From the Gamte of Tuesday , Feb . 8 . ) BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED Feb . 2 . H . Leatham , Liverpool , slater . BANKRUPTS . Edward Thomas Andrews , Southampton , ironmonger —Samuel Bardslfy , Manchester , agent—Thomas Bate , TJu-muiKham , better-William Farmer , Creat Suttoustreet , Clerkenweil , engineer—John Frayne , North Melton , Devonshire , draper—Richard Fuller , Cambridge , innkeeper—Thomas Sharp Hail , Milford , Hampshire , brewer—Francis George Klingalhoefer , Old Broadstretit , City , merchant—William Lodge , Birmingham , stonemason—Thomas Marsden and William Marsden , Manchester , wharfingers—Thomas Morris , Maidu-hill , Middlesex , dealer-Joseph Netting , Poole , Dorsetshire , currier-Robert Parker , Ludgate hill , woollen draper-Samuel Stephenson Pollard , Cross-street , Islington , grocer—Thomas Charles Sta .- . brouxh , Berners-street , Oxford-street , wine merchant .

      SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . Lawrence Adamson and William Adamson , Perth , merchants—Archibald Alison , Glasgow and Montreal-Robert Minnie , Oralmmston , Falkirk , merchant—David Brash , Leith , grocer—Andrew Duncan , Tow , Zetland , formerly sheriff snbsSitute of Shetland — Alexander M-Phail and Angus MThail , Glasgow , power-loom cloth manufacturers—Richard Rennie , Edinburgh , banker-John Sinclair and William Sinclair , Edinburgh , commission agonts—John Shanks , Glasgow , commissioa merchant-Thomas Smith , E iinburgh , cabinet uiaker-R . Stuuder , Auchterharder , manufacturer—Robert Watsou , Lochgilphead , Argyleshlre , rope manufacturer .

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      . „ , DEATH . On Monday evening last , after a short illness of About flya days , John Green , mechanic , of Green street , Keighley , a veteran Chartist , who has purcha /; ed the Star paper on his own account from its comuieti cement , and has taken an active p : ert in every Chartist meetitiS for the last twelve years . His loss as a musicU , 11 , will ba severely telt by the Chartists ot Keighley in their Sunday school and other meetings ; and as a consistent and thorough going democrat , a / . dan hones t , upright , and mdu-trious working man . " he has left tibial htm no superiors , aud few equals . ?

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 12, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12021848/page/8/