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      ^ Tutt Nftutflurn Star. December 15, 184...

      ^ TUtt NftUTflURN STAR . December 15 , 1849 ,

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      chartist / coxference : « ~ J Co , ttinM < lfrom ( lie Mi » twe . J iir . O Coxxon thought it his dnty to answer Mv SSs ? 'f ft ^ T Rcfom Si ^ e meetings t bad been his habit to tell them tint though lingto assist thcnii ttgetti n'XTnoiS people a free , full , and fair representation in the tw * ° t ; Coaim f s . He had attended six of SS ^ Srf *? lt ,, at ™ tho principle he had S w , ca ? - Be » K had n ^ ^ d Sugent admitted the whole of the ( People ' s Charter at Drury I / vae Theatre ? ( Hear , hear . ) Had not Anompson Pearson and otherat the head of the

      , , s Mciorm League , voted for the whole Charter when ne introduced it in die House of Commons ? If he nan not voted for Mr . Hume ' s motion , he should have stood alone in the House , as he generally did ; hnt he should always go for the future with any body of men whom he thought were sincere in their desire to benefit the working classes . He would go wth them to gain what they wanted , and then he ¦ would never rest till he had obtained thc whole Of the Charter . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Towksexd said , that the greatest possible amount of good would result from their attending thc parliamentary meetings . De was present at one at Hackney , when he proposed an addenda to their resolution—and that addenda was the " So

      Property Qualification " clause of the Charter . It was agreed to , and he had since learned that the League had taken that point of thc Charter in addition to those they formerly advocated . ( Cheers . ) He had great faith in the good that mi ght be effected by Chartist leaders attending these meetings , and he would vote for thc resolution of Mr . Clark . Mr . Kexxolds replied to Mr . Harney , that he hncw of no instance in which any leader of the Chartists had gone to Reform meetings representing himself as from the Chartist body offering their co-operation to the Reform Association . He himself , however , was not only a member of the Association , but he bad paid ten guineas for tbe present year , and ten guineas in advance for the next year , in order to enable him to become a member of their

      Council . He bad introduced into that Council the points of the Charter , which they ( the Council ) did rot recognise . He had forced them to append another point—Xo Property Qualification for Alembers of Parliament—to their bill of rights , and lie would agitate in the Council , and at their public meetings , till he made them adopt the whole of the principles contained in the People ' s Charter . ( Cheers . ) He would accept for the present , the modicum of Reform offered them by tbe Reform League , as it was the stepping-stone to the accomp lishment of all that the working classes of this country wished for . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought it necessary tbe leaders of the Chartist movement should go to the meetings of the League to instruct the middle classes as to what tbe real principles of Chartism were .

      Mr . Colliss thought , as Mr . Reynold s was a member of the council of the Reform League , he should agitate for the abolition of the immense premium , in order that working men might get on that council . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . IIetsoid ' s had laboured to that effect ever since he had been on the council , and he should continue to do so . ( Hear hear . ) Mr . Davis said , be had been invited to attend one of the meetings of the Reform Associationthe first meeting called by that body in the Tower Hamlets . He attended . and addressed that meeting , and be was sure he represented tbe Chartists of the tower Hamlets npon that occasion , when be avowed his intention to take the modicum of reform offered first , and then to work firmly and laboriously for the interest of the Charter afterwards . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Eattbssos agreed with Mr . Harney . He would not obstruct the meetings of the Association , hut he would not co-operate with them . Men bad gone to tbe meetings of the Reform League , and represented themselves as from the Chartist Association , deputed to make a junction between the two bodies . After a few words from Jlr . Bnowx in favour of attending the League meetings . Mr . Peaucev moved , and Mr . Laxgok seconded , the following amendment on the resolution of the Provisional Committee , under discussion : — " That the Conference discountenance all opposition at the meetings of the Reform League , or any other body of men seeking any portion of political reform , SO

      long as thc Chartists were allowed a fair and impartial hearing . " Mr , SiiLLwocn thought great good had been done hy Chartist leaders attending the meetings of tbe Parliamentary Reform Association . He was one of several persons who had had an interview with Sir Joshua Walmesley , after that gentleman had held a meeting at Hammersmith , when he declared to him ( Mr . Stall wood j" That he was a whole hog Chartist himself ; but that there were so many prejudices to be conquered in the minds of the middle classes , that the best thing they could do , was to get a portion of' points' first , and go for the jrest afterwards . " Mr . Allsctt could bear witness to the good done at the Sadler ' s Wells meeting , by the attendance of Messrs . Clark and M'Grath , and the attendance at tbe League meeting in Finsbury had converted many of the middle classes to the cause of Chartism .

      In fact , one gentleman who attended that meeting had since sent £ 1 to the "Victim Fond , and other sums varying from 10 s . downwards , for other Chartist purposes . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Haexev begged to be understood , that be did not object to Chartist leaders going to the meetings of the Reform League ; but that he did deny the light of any man to go and say he represented the Chartist body , and that his mission was to unite the two parties . " ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Drake had no faith in the promises of the middle classes . If they looked to the past , they would find an instance of their treachery at the time of their agitation for the Reform Bill . They had heen deceived by them then , and he would not give them an opportunity of deceiving them ( the Chartists ) again . ( Hear , hear . j Mr . M'Grath conceived that an immense amount

      of good would he done to the cause of Chartism , by Chartists co-operating with the middle classes for their modicum of reform . ( Rear , hear ) . The middle classes wnre all electors , and he thought , therefore , that no deception was to be feared on the part of the members composing that class , when they were in full possession of that franchise which , he thought , they sought conscientiously to confer upon the working class . ( Hear , hear ) . The middle class composed the House of Commons , and it was therefore to that class they ( the Chartists ) must look for tbe enfranchisement of themselves . ( Cheers ) . He was odposed to class denunciation ; and cared not whether he joined with a cotton lord , or any other man , so long as tbe and sought was the enfranchisement of the people .

      Mr . Cluik rose for the purpose of disabusing tiie minds of that Conference against what had "been said by Mr . Barney , with respect to leaders of the Chartist Association , representing the members of that Association at the meetings of the Reform League . He really thought it unfair that such insinuations should be thrown out . He took them to himself . He had not the most remote wish to take the gentlemen who had introduced this matter , in bis own peculiar way , as his model . Mr . O'Coxxor said , he had taken it to himself as well ; but really he did think that Mr . Harney had not cast reflexions upon any individual member of the Association . Be thought it very true that " When a cap into a crowd is thrown , The man who wears it claims it for his own . " . ( Laughter . ) Air . Cuss would take the matter to himself . He

      had attended Reform meetings , and , he had done more—he had become a member of-ihe Reform Asssoeiation . ( Hear , hear . ) But at their meetings he had always maintained the firmness and dignity of the Chartist body , by granting Chartist co-operation with them , and demanding hi return their co-operation with the Chartists , finally to obtain the whole sis points of the People ' s Charter . ( Cheers . ) More good had been done to Chartism by Sir . O'Connor's attendance at the Priacess ' s

      Theatre meeting than would have accrued from his attendance at forty ordinary Chartist meetingss ( Hear , hear . ) It was good to obtain any portion of . their rights , as a guarantee for the accomplishment of the rest . Why it was well known , that in Birmingham alone , hy the repeal of the rate-paying clauses 10 , 000 persons had been added to the municipal registry of that town ; and if the Reform League gained their objects they would enfranchise from four to five millions of the people of this country- ( Hear , hear . ) ...... he ob to

      Jfr IttsxEV said , the only thing jected was this—men went to Reform meetings and married Chartism and Parliamentary Reform , without the sanction of the Chartist body . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Gok-Vok said , he went to Norwich , Brighton , Aberdeen , and to the Princess ' s Theatre , and Drury-lane Theatre , and he was quite sure that when he said he represented the Chartist body at « 11 those places , he was speaking the whole truth , / Hear , bear . ) He appeared at Brighton in the character of the Duke of York , whenhe was Bishop of Osnabuvb , and his intention was to solemnise a marriage between ihe two classes . ( Laughter and

      ft 1 A * J"S ) Jfr , Hibxev protested against ihe marriage . After some further discussion the original resolution was pat and carried , only three hands being held up for the amendment . Mr . Clark then proposed the fourth resolution of Provisional Committee , which was * - ' . ' That the Conference do agree that an address be issued to the Irish people , approving of their efforts to achieve aationalitT , and equality of political rights . " He sa 3 , he had accompanied Mr . O'Connor to Ireland on the occasion of the "Alliance" Conference in Dublin , and be was surprised to see the good spirit Jjjcb evinced itself in that , Conference towards Mr :

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      0 ' Connor . He was most enthusiastically received and he understood , that at the present time there was a Democratic Committee , consisting of about one hundred stern young Democrats of Dublin , from whom an invitation had been received by Mr . O'Connor to go to Ireland , and explain the principles of Chartism there , as they were desirous of forming a junction with the English Chartists . ( Hear , hear . ) The Irish people wished not only a Repeal of the Union , but a representation of their interests in the British Parliament . Ma . O'Coxxor rose to second the above resolution . He had been invited to attend' thc late Dublin Conference by one of the old friends of Chartism , who had lately suffered nine months imprisonment for havimr had concealed in his house a

      large quantity Jof guns and pikes—he meant Patrick O'Hi ggins . ( Cheers . ) The Saturday before he went to Ireland , thc Nation newspaper was filled with articles of a roost scunilous nature against him . Yet , in defiance of the fallacy which those articles were intended to create , and in spite of the promise the late Daniel O'Conncll had made , that he should be ducked in the Liffey if ever he appeared in Dublin again , he resolved upon going , but at the same time of remaining quiet in the Conference . He went—and no sooner did he enter the Hall , than the Conference cheered him in a most enthusiastic manner . On the second resolution being put , loud cries for him to speak proceeded from all parts of the Conference , which was composed of seventy delegates—for him to speak .

      He did so , and he never met with a warmer reception in England than he met with at that Conference . So much , then , for the 500 , 000 fighting men whom Daniel O'Conncll said were ready to pour upon the English Chartists if they endeavoured to introduce their doctrines into Ireland . ( Cheers . ) He should go to Ireland after Christmas , and then he should commence a tour through Great Britain immediately afterwards ; and his efforts should be directed towards establishing a firm union between the people of England , Ireland , and Scotland , and to go forward , peacably and constitutionally , under the new organisation for thc speedy accomplishment of the " Charter and no surrender . " ( Cheers . l Mr . Onus , then read the following address , to the people of Ireland : —

      AX ADDRESS FROM THE METROPOLITAN CHARTIST CONFERENCE , TO THE DEMOCRATS OF IRELAND . " Oppressed FEtww Subjects . —Having assembled together for tbe promotion of the cause of Radical Reform in the House of Commons of the " United Kingdom , " with a view , thereby , of securing a real and efficient representation of all classes of the people in Parliament , and sympathising with your desire for separate and independant nationality , founded as that desire is upon the

      inalienable ri g ht of self-govcrument , which belongs to all nations , and of which no nation can divest itself , we avail ourselves of this opportunity of soliciting your attention to matters which appear to us to he of great moment to all persons on both sides of the channel , but especially to those who ave anxious for the obtainmenfc of full and complete justice to the people of both countries , and which we interpret to mean , distinct Parliaments for each nation , and both founded npon a suffrage , embracing the whole male adult population of the respective kingdoms .

      Democrats of Ireland ! "V 7 e think it must long ere this time have become apparent to yon , that the industrial classes of England , have little more reason than yourselves , to venerate the laws and constitution of the empire , and that your own impatience for an alteration , is equalled by their own . It is true , that added to the horrid and indescribable social barbarism under which you live , you have the galling and humiliating reflection , that the hind of your nativity is but the garrison of the stranger , and that the fruits of your industry are borne upon tbe waters of the ocean , to be consumed by' aliens in language , religion , and blood , ' and so far is your condition worse than our own . But we too have to

      complain of ill-requited toil , and hateful political servitude ; and although our oppression does not come from the foreigner , it is not the less keenly felt , becanse it springs from a native source . It is a great mistake to suppose , that all in this nation either shave the spoil of Ireland , or participate in its oppression . The same oligarchical power , that in the name of British rule , has so often deluged the rich plains of Erin , with the blood of her noblest children , has also deprived ns of our property and our liberty , and continues to impose upon us such injustice as it were shame to mention here . "We havejails filled with ignorant and neglected criminals—our workhouses are inconveniently crowded , our streets swarm with wretchedness and prostitution , and everywhere in this boasted land

      of freedom , oppression and starvation , are reducing the " Bold Peasantry" once its pride and support , to beggery and ruin . In this latter respect there is a fatal similarity in the cases of both countries . Democrats of Ireland ! you seek the Repeal of the Legislative Union , between tbe two countries , and to us such a course appears fraught , alike with justice , reason and sonud policy . The manner of effecting that " Union , " and the means by which it was consumated , we regard as models of perfidy ; dishonour , sbame , and scorn belong to the memory of the enactors of that dark and damning chapter , in the history of England , but it was the act of a government / as hostile to the interests of the one country as the other . And in its consequences has been rubious to both .

      Irishmen . thcrejisscavcelyagrievanceofwhichyou complain , for which the industrious classes of England cannot find a parallel : at least in principle . You have a church establishment , which by Law , yon are constrained to support , even although you repudiate its doctrines and teachings . We are similarly cursed ; and notwithstanding that in the case of Ireland , the fraud is more apparent and invidious , yet the difference is merely hi degree . The crime against conscicucefand property is the same in both cases . You are born down by enormous taxation—local and general , and so are we .

      The monopoly and mismanagement of the sou of Ireland is one of the principal causes of the social miseries , which prevail there ; and here the land remains in the hands of the few , and is so controled as to be made to conserve the political purposes of a faction , instead of the wants of the nation . The parliamentary and municipal franchise . in both Ireland and England are confined within thc narrowest limits , consistent with thefaie ' : y of the ruling power , and in every way the mass of the people in both countries are designedly excluded from all direct influence in the state .

      Irishmen , heretofore , your causehasbeen pleaded as Ireland against England , and our purpose in addressing you is to remind yon that the Democratic Nationalists of Ireland , and ourselves have one object in common , as we are enslaved by the same hand , and have the same enemy to conquer . We wish to impress upon you the importance of united action , as the easiest , nay , only road to victory . Be proclaim the sovereignity of the people , without which , parliaments are mockeries , and governments are tyrannies . It is surely not in tbe land of Emmett , Tone , Fitzgerald , O'Connor ,. O'Brien , Mitchel , and Meagher , that this doctrine will meet with repudiation . Who will deny the sacred right of domestic government to the Irish people ? It

      is denied ; but by whom ? Attend , Irishmen , to the answer . Your right to a parliament of jour own is denied l y thc aristocracies of England and Ireland unitedly ' , who in thc Imperial Senate , tramp le npon both your rights , and those of the English people . To this same united power , we owe the perpetuation of those wrongs under which we bleed , and which we pant to remedy . It is obvious , therefore Irishmen , that as we have common ground of complaint , that to succeed we must have . United Action , The cause of truth is no more . celtic than Saxon . It is the interest of all in England , the aristocracy and their dependents , alone excepted ,

      that the Irish shall have Ireland , to their own independent management , and to that end the Democracy of England will strive , Irishmen ! In the name of the Democracy of this metropolis , we offer you congratulations , and in the name of the same power proclaim the justice of separate and independent government of Ireland by the Irish people . Mr . O'Coxxor moved thc adoption of thc address , which being seconded by Mr . Allsvtt , was carried unanimously . The following gentlemen were then' elected to serve on the Provisional Committee for the first three months : —Messrs . Reynolds , M'Grath , Clark , Harney , Dixon , Grassby , Stallwood , Arnott , and

      Kydd . Mr . Doy-Lr begged to be allowed to read a letter he had received from Manchester , opposing anv junction with the middle classes . * Several notices of motions having been giren in , ,., r ™ Chairman declared the conference adjourned till Thursday evening . THURSDAY EYEXISG . The Conference assembled this evening at the Wheat Sheaf , at S o ' clock , The Ciuirjiax ijaving taken his seat , Mr . Claiik proceeded to read thc minutes of the previous evening ' s proceedings , which were con-. Mr . Refolds then proceeded to read the following address : — -

      [ THE AlETIlOPOLlTAIv - CONFERENCE TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE TJX 1 TED KLNGDOM . FpJEXDS AXD BREIHltEjf , The . time for the resuscitation : of the Chartist movement has now arrived . That spirit which for upwards of a year past has seemed to languish , and which a foul calumny dared to represent as altogether subdued—ia manifesting its vitality again , and will shine forth

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      with greater brilliancy than ever ; and it will he the fault of those who have ri ghts to claim and wrongs to redress , if tho torch of truth be for over extinguished until it shall have lighted the votaries of progress to tho consummation of all their hopes , and the achievement of all their aims . Too long have tbe oppressed millions of these realms languished in serfdom , penury , and wretchedness ; too long have their claims been disregarded altogether , or treated with a

      haughty defiance and a stern refusal ; too long , likewise , have the pampered few revelled iu an indolent luxuriousness at tbe expense of the many . The beneficence of heaventhe voice of jnstice , and the dictates of common sense , proclaim an indignant antagonism such a system ; and , therefore , must the oppressed take a determined attitude in front oi the oppressor , and the slave assert his di gnity , and his ri g hts as a man iu the teeth of the enslaver .

      Cheated in bygone yoars , by mock reforms—and deluded by the promises of selfish , mistaken , or nan-ow-minded men—the working classes of this country must lay themselves open to the results of such deception or treachery no more . While assisting every class of reformers , and aiding every movement progressing in the right direction , they must keep constantly and steadily in view the grandest of all aims—the attainment of the

      PEOPLES CHARTER ! By this means alone can they hope to recover the reins of power from the hands by which it has been usurped so flagitiously and misused so vilely : by this means alone may they expect to secure the full enjoyment of their national ri g hts and just privileges . Fbaends and Bkethben , we will not ask you whether you be desirous to assume your proper standing in the social sphere : we will not mock : you by inquiring whether you are contented and happy in your present condition ; and we will not insult your intelligence as men , and your feelings as sentient beings , by demanding whether you wish to exchange serfdom and misery for freedom and

      prosperity ; for we know—alas ! too well knowthat the position of even the most fortunate amongst you , is far below the standard of what injustice it ought to be , and , in point of fact , it might be ;—while , on the other hand , human language is too poor to depict all the hedious wretchedness in which the kast fortunate of you are dragging on a wearisome existence . There is not , then , a single individual amongst the working-classes of this country , who has not some right to claim , and some wrong to redress , —some measure of justice to demand , or some grievance to proclaim : —and therefore are the sons and daughters of toil , each , and all , interested in the establishment of the People ' s Charter as the law of tbe land .

      Rut usurpation surrenders nothing of its own accord : might concedes nothing to right , unless the demand be made . Experience has , moreover , taught us , that such demand must be proclaimed in a loud voice and a determined manner—without ceasing , and without yielding , until the object be iron . '—and thus is it , that the haughty assurance of an oligarchy , and the stern opposition of an aristocratic government , can only be moved by a vigorous , general , and continuous agitation on the part oi the masses , To such a movement do we now invoke you . Bub mark our meaning well—and let us not be

      misunderstood . It is to a legal and peaceful agitation that we now claim your adhesionours is the war of truth against falsehood—of justice against ' tyranny—the pressure of a mighty moral influence brought to near upon barbarous institutions , hemmed in with physical defences of every threatening description . Therefore , as our weapons are those which intelligence supplies , so shall our triumph be bloodless ; and surely this becomes a cause which it is a virtue , a duty , and an honour to support—a shame and a dishonour to abandon—a crime and an atrocity to oppose .

      Fbiesds Ajio Bbetimen , —will you , then , rear once again the glorious banner of the Charter , and write the words "No Surbrekdbk" not only upon that standard , but likewise on your own hearts ? We , the representatives of the metropolitan democracy , proffer our aid to the provinces , and invoke the provinces to assist us in return . We have prepared a plan of action and a mode of administration which we shall immediately submit to the

      great community of Chartism , in the full hope that our labours will be approved , and their results accepted . For ourselves , we need only say that we are resolute in the employment of all moral and legitimate means to obtain our rights : — we will be slaves no longer—we will not suffer a curse to rest upon our heads and a spell to weigh upon our hearts , without a mighty effort to throw off the incubus . And ye , brother Chartists!—will ye not be with us ? From every town and every rural district—from the remotest nooks and farthest

      corners of these islands—we hear echoes wafting back the thrilling affirmative to our ears . Rise , then , in the power of your moral iufluence , ye hereditary bondsmen—rise in the fullness of your unarmed strength , and in the glorious light which the torch of Truth sheds around you;—and in the presence of an attitude thus imposing , the most stubborn Aristocrat and the most reluctant Minister must eventually g ive way . Signed on behalf of the Metropolitan Conference James Grassby , Chairman .

      Moved by Mr . Urnxo , and seconded by Mr . O'Coxxor , and carried unanimously . The amended programme was then read , and Mr . Clark moved the adoption of the programme , Mr . Davis seconded . Mr . Arxoti then moved : — " That the Amendment on the 14 th clause in the printed programme , issued by the Provisional Committee be rescinded , and that the said clause stand as part of the " constitution" of the Association , with the addition of the words , " The Subscriptions for the cards to be at once forwarded to the Executive Committee . " He might be thought inconsistent-Mr . Stallwood interrupted Mr . Arxott , and moved " that the motion be not received . " Mr . Pearcky seconded Mr . Stallwood ' s motion . Mr . O'Cox . von thought Mr . Arnott ' s motion very unwise .

      Mr . M'Grath would like to see the matter reconsidered by the Conference , as due reflection might have altered the opinions of many of the delegates . Mr . O'Coxxor said , at all events he had not altered his opinion by reflection , and if they sometimes [ stultified their proceedings in the House of Commons , let not that Conference imitate so bad an example . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Coluss submitted the question was out of order , and though he had voted against Mr . Harney ' s amendment on the clause , as submitted to that Conference by the Provisional Committee , he would not now agree that that amendment should be rescinded . Mr . Davis thought that thc matter might be reconsidered .

      Mi . Reyxolds submitted that Mr . 0 Connor was wrong in saying that they would stultify their proceedings hy rescinding Mr . Harney ' s amendment ; if that were the case , why was the drafts of the organisation again introduced at all ? ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Townsesd would not agree to the re-consideration of the question . _ - ; _ Mr . Bextley supported the motion of Mr ; Arnott . Mr Doyle thought Mr . Arnott ' s motion should be taken into consideration by thc Conference . Mr . O'Coxsoh urged that the question be put . The CiuiRMAS then put thc amendment of Mr . Stallwood , which was carried by U to 12 . Thc "Constitution , " as amended by the Conference , was then put , and carried unanimousl y . Mr . Urnxo . suggested that the Conference proceed to adopt apian for local organisation .

      Mr . Clark said , they proposed to leave that matter to the localities themselves , or to leave it ill the hands of the Provisional Committee of 9 . Mr . Urnxo thought their business would only bo half-ended if they went back to their constituents in the different localities they represented , without some plan of local organisation to give them . ( Hear , hear . ) lie would , therefore , move— " That the Conference do now proceed to lay down S 01110 plan of local organisation . " Mr . Tow . nsesd seconded the motion . Mr . Davis thought they could not make laws at that Conference , which was not elected by the provinces , for the government of provincial localities . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Coxxon fully agreed with Mr . Davis . The laws for tho government of one localit y would not suit every locality . They could not pretend to legislate at that Conference upon any other but general matters . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Pattensox wished to know if each locality were independent , whether thoy would not he violating thc Corresponding Act ? Mr . O'Coxxor assured that gentleman that thoy would not infringe any law by tho plan laid down . Mr . Clark confirmed Mr . O'Connor iu liis opinion , by what had transpired at tiie Chartist trials at the Old Bailey . Mr . Brake considered they must , at all events recommend some plan of local organisation . '

      Mr . Tow . vse . vd thought tlic plan of organisation should be given to the localities h y the Conforwiw in order that the whole country might act upon one general plan , and thug prevent the organisation oi one locality from being at logerheads with another ( Hear , hear . )

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      Mr . Hobden thought any general plan of local org anisation would be productive of much gOOU to the cause . Mr . Dixon did not object to the Conference recommending a plan of local organisation , but it would be impolitic in them to lay down a plan for the government of tho whole country . Mr . Hauney would leave to tho Provisional Committee , the advising of tho localities , as to thenlocal organisations . The localities would require advices in consequence of tho important alteration in the new plan of organisation compared with the old p lan . The election of the local Councils was a question which demanded serious consideration . The Chairman said , his opinion was , that the local Councils in tho country districts should direct the local organisation , and that a Metropolitan Council should be formed in London to direct thc affairs of its localities .

      After a few words from Mr . Utiing m reply , the resolution was put , and carried by thirteen to six . Mr . Clark said , probably the Conference would trust to the Provisional Committee for an efficient plan of local organisation , which would be published in the Northern Star . Mr . Utting moved : — " That the Conference on its rising do adjourn for one month , and that they should meet at the expiration of that time for the purpose of receiving any plan which ; the Provisional Committee might , in the mean time consider practicable . " Mr . Hoddex seconded the motion . ¦

      Mr . Bextley then moved as an amendment" That the matter be left in the hands of the Provisional Committee , and that the Conference do not meet to consider the same , but that it shall bo made public through the columns of the Northern Star . Mr . Stallwood seconded the amendment . Mr . Brown supported Mr . Utting ' s motion . The Chairman recommended that any member of that Conference might send in his opinions to the Provisional Committee iu writing . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Coxxor said , one of the duties of the Provisional Committee would bo to establish a system

      of local organisation consistant with the machinery which they had made , and which machinery they must set to work in as practical a way as possible . If any member of that Conference had a particular system of organisation to propose , let him send it to the Provisional Committee in writing , and they would , no doubt , pay every attention to it . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Brown supported the amendment , which was put and carried by 15 to 1 . Mr . M'Grath moved : — " That the members of the Conference pledge themselves , individually and collectively , to use * heir utmost exertions to enrol members , and recommend the localities to elect a Metropolitan General Council . "

      Mr . Dixon seconded the resolution , which was put and carried unanimously . . Tho next subject for discussion was tho wages of the members of the Executive Committee . Mr . Utting moved : — " That the salaries of the members of the Executive ( including the secretary ) should be £ 2 per week . " Mr . Reynolds begged to second the resolution . Mr . Harney moved as an amendment : — "That the secretary should receive £ 2 10 b . per week . "No seconder .

      Mr . O'Connor said , that £ 2 was more than the people of Lancashire and Yorkshire , whe worked in rattle-boxes for 5 s . or 6 s . per week would give . ( Hear . ) The other executive had received only 30 s . per week , and it was quite enough in his opinion , and as much as the people would pay them . ( Hear , hear ) He had been on the old Executive , and had never received anything at all for his services , and if he was elected again , he should give his services gratuitously , as he had ever done . ( Cheers . ) He would therefore move an amendment to the resolution for £ 2 , to the following effect : — " That the whole , of the five members of the Executive be paid 30 s . per week . " Mr . Allnutt seconded the amendment .

      Mr . Doyle begged to tell Mr . O'Connor that £ 2 per week was not too much for a member of the Chartist Executive . Mr . O'Connor must know that men engaged on public business were always psid bettor than mechanics . He should like to know how much would'be left in a man ' s pocket who was continually travelling about , and had a wife and family to support , out of £ 2 per week ? ( Hear , hear . ) Any man who left his business and became a member of the Chartist Executive , let bim leave that Executive , and what would become of him ? Could he go back to his employment ? No . His master would not receive him again . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Connor might bdast of not

      having been paid in the Executive . He was glad he could afford to do without it . Ho ( Mr . Doyle ) had also worked fourteen hours in a factory , and then , after he had done , talked at a Chartist meeting till twelve o ' clock at night . 30 s . to a member of the Chartist Executive was not better than 20 s . per week to the labouring man . ( Hear , hear . ) Ho considered the proposition of Mr . O'Connor extremely objectionable , and he did not think that the Conference would get good and efficient men to act in their Executive if they only resolved upon a weekly wages of 30 s . ( Hear , hear . ) The' late Executive only had 30 s . per week , and they co d not live upon it .

      Mr . O'Cosnor said , Mr . Doyle bad answered himself , in saying that the late Executive only had 30 s . per week . They must make the wages according to the circumstances of those who had to pay the money . ( Hear , hear . ) Messrs . Langor and Townsend supported Mr . O'Connor ' s amendment . Mr . PArrB . vso . Y supported the amendment for 30 s . but would like Mr . O Connor to havo the following added to it;— " That second-class fare , and 2 s . Od . per day extra , be allowed any member of tho

      Executive who might be called upon to travel . " Mr . Davis would vote for the original resolution , as £ 2 was little enough for any man placed in so important and laborious a position . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Reynolds said , that because the wages of former executives had not been paid , it was no argument that , when the new organisation was developed , the Chartist body would not be able to pay their future Executive . Really , he thought that they ought not to be so very ready to prognosticate an effect , the reverse of which he was convinced would bo the case . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Clark did not intend to vote upon this question at all ; but he would bear his testimony to the fact that 30 s . was not enough for a man who had a wife and family to support , and , at all events , it would not allow bim to appear respectable enough to go among the middle classes for the purpose of carrying out thc object of the 3 rd resolution at the bottom of the programme . The sum proposed by Mr . O'Connor was a meaft and beggarly sum , and though there were men that could be got to do tho business for that sum , they were men noon whom

      no dependence could be placed , and in whom tho Chartist body generally would not have confidence . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Drakb agreed with Mr . O'Connor , that according to present circumstances , 30 s . was enough ; butlet this now organisation succeed as well as he . for onc aiiticipated it would , and he should then have no objection of voting £ 5 per week to the members of the executive . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . M'Grath moved " that as the old executive had been alluded to as not having been paid , Mr . Kydd should be allowed to address a few words to the Conference . "

      The motion having been seconded by Mr . U'mxo was put and carried . Mr . 1 £ ydd . then came forward and said , as ho had boon called upon to speak , ho would just tell them what he did out of 30 s , a week " when he could "eft it , " When in Manchester it cost him -is . od . per day to live , and left him 7 d . per day in his pocket . ( Laughter . ) The Chartists owed him £ G 0 for his . services as a member of the last Executive , and though he should not offer himself as a candidate for fresh honours , he should make them a present of that small sum of money . ( Laughter . ) Though Mr . J Couuor had spent so much money and somuch mic , yet he ( Mr . Ivyddhnust say , that " to take £ 00 from a man who had a hundred was more

      charitable than to take £ 00 from a man who had nothing . " ( Laughter . ) Mr . llAUXEv said , that , although bo should have preferred to have seen tbe secretary paid ton shillings more than the other members of tho Executive , yet , as his amendmen t had not been seconded , he should vote for the original proposition of two pounds . He had personally known the members of every Chartist Executive , but never knew one of them that saved money by serving the people , but , on the contrary , lw h au known several who had been paced in difficulties in conscquen 0 of their hospitality and the unceasing demands made upon them for subscri ptions to all kinds of funds , and for the relief of unemployed Chartists It 7 ?? , a . Pnwwpto »» uch insisted on last night that Chartist leaders ahouhl attend the nice . nigs of Parliamentary Reformers . How wero Imv i

      to uo so i tiicy were not in a ll 0 ssition to aasumo a re poctahle exterior ? Thpy Inust romo „ [ SXt they lived m an age when Dmg < . Ilcs - m m tul ) VJ ^ not be respected , and even an A postle if walk J the streets in rags and utters , \ yovdd bo oi Si ui > oi a id punished as a vagrant . Ho bogged to remind them thai the paid Executive WOuW not take ofl . ee or thrco months . i „ mim of a t £ »™ hofatoo tlm prcsoiitattcinptat organisatio ; Wo j bo decided . ] , U , Mm would prevent tho " lee i 0 of any executive or success would furnish the uS to pay the members thereof . Hud thuv imii . told that middle class converts Zo ' Zo ^ Z tho Cbaiti . st standard ? tturolv dm ™ ir , »? , i b would not / bo content to civo nL-oJv ^ i , rJ V •/' ling a yonr ! Hardy iho ? i !„ SVSIf '" 1-jive guineas ! If oll jm , t , what ^ s ^ " 5 J » o MHiiiurii vawitwl middle * h m eonvmW , f the delegates act up to their 0 Wll , »!„ # "» U ' vote for a fair dav ' sUo f or a iJi " $ ? % ! '" Mr . Allnutt thought 30 n per \ m , k . mnimi . '

      Chartist/ Coxference: « ~ J Co,Ttinm<Lfr...

      all the year round , and he kept himself wd femUy well . Wt would those men in his ocality-Hnsbnry-who were only earning about t ) d per tiay , say to giving the members of the Executive U per \ YC 6 lv j * A ter a few remarks from Mr . Bbntly in favour of the amendment , and from Air . Milne m favour of the resolution , the question was taken , when the motion for 3 fls was carried by 10 to 9 . Messrs . Clark , M'Grath , Doyle , and Dixon declined voting . The Conference then adjourned till Friday next at 8 o ' clock . " rS" The constitution of the new Charter Association , as amended , will be given in next Saturday ' s Star .

      To The Chartists. My Fbiends, My Mind Ha...

      TO THE CHARTISTS . My Fbiends , My mind has been so occup ied this week in reading the generous and kindly ep istles of the unfortunate located members , in the numerous papers in which they have heen published , and in rep l y ing to them—and which repl y J trust you will all read attentively—that I have only time to write a rambling letter . A Metropolitan Conference is now sitting

      in London , and if lam to judge mental improvement by contrasting the manner in which that Conference is conducting your affairs as compared with the conduct of other Conferences , I auger well fbr the future . There is no noise , no nonsense , no dissension , no long speeches ; but all business . Those who do speak , speak briefly , eloquently , and to the purpose ; so that I trust , that the present Chartist machinery will produce one voluminous and united national mind , which will overpower all the united

      force of tyranny . Read the address to the Irish people unanimously adopted by tho Conference , and then say if the gulf which has so long sejpated you , is not about to bo bridged . Read the splendid , the noble , the independent , and patriotic reply of Dr . Gbattan , my old and honoured schoolfelldw , to the letter of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland , depriving him of tbe commission of the peace , for taking the chair at the meeting I attended in Dublin , and ask yourselves what your position would be , if you you had a few such magistrates to administer the law . Read the reply of Mr . . FtjlUM , the proprietor of the Irishman , to the accusations

      preferred against him by Mr . DuFFr , the proprietor of the Nation , and then ask yourselves whether Mr . Fuliam stands acquitted or convicted ; and whether or not , as a journalist , he is worthy of the confidence of every libertyloving man . Then , to show you that every dog will have his day , read the two following comments upon the superior value of Spade Husbandry , and say whether the " Worried Dog ' s" day is not coming . of industrial at

      Two agencies improvement are this moment receiving the most strenuous impulse in Ireland , and are , lam happy to state , fast taking hold on the country . These are spade husbandry and the cultivations of flax . As to the former , it is only strange how new the discovery of its value seems to be . Although a great deal has been recently said and written , chiefly by the practical instructors advocating its employment , still it would appear that the report of one of those most useful industrial missionaries , Mr . Quilt , has , in fact , been the first successful effort yet made to bring the subject under general notice . The Fermon Union Farming Society , upon which Mr . Quin ' s valuable

      services were chiefly bestowed , has passed a series of resolutions regretting the termination of his engagement , and stating some of the benefits derived from it . Among other things they say : — " We deem it right to put on record the fact that several members of the committee , and others who were at first strongly opposed to tho system of spade labour , have now become duly sensible of the value of it , and have carried it out practically to such an extent as promises by creating extensive additional eropioymant , to confer great benefit on the union . " — " That it has been proved by the experience of several members of the committee , and others , that land of average oualit y has been dug to thc depth of 12 inches , at an expense of Id . per perch , or 13 s . id . per statute acre ; and that the labourers

      employed under the superintendence of Mr . Quin , and using the improved spado introduced by him have , after the first few days , been able to earn from Is . to 2 s . 2 d per day ( working for 10 hours ;) and in the short days of the months of December and January , can , without difficulty , earn at least Od . a day each . " The subject of spade husbandry is brought every day in some shape , before the public eye . We hear , for instance , of deputations from one part of thc country to another , in which the system is practised , to observe how it works . Thus , a deputation from Dublin proceeded to Armagh for that purpose last week , and , it would appear , were well satisfied with the result . If this mode of agriculture had been better understood a few years ago , the calamities of thc country wonld have been greatly alleviated .

      Chartists ! a word , and I have done . Rely upon it , that however Whig papers and Governmental organs may speak slightingly of Protectionists , their meetings , their opinions , and resolutions , that you will see in the next Session of Parliament such a party breeze ^ uay , hurricane , as you never witnessed hefore . There is a rumour afloat that the Minister intends to return to Protection . Now see the elements that are afloat , Peel ' s natural vanity will induce him to join the Russell Cabinet , rather than surrender to the caprice and power of his former

      opponents ; the Free Traders will hack Peel and Russell , if Peel ' s natural pride induces Russell to resist the return to Protection ; and then the Protectionists in England and Ireland , and their representatives . in Parliament , will create such a flare-up as this country never witnessed : and although I have robbed the Land Company , you may rely upon it that , in the coming struggle , no power —not all the united power of all the parties shall rob Chartism of one of its feathers . Your faithful Friend and Representative , Feargus O'Connor .

      Cljarttet Fimrtugnim

      Cljarttet fimrtUgnim

      In Itta S '7 Ameofcln G «F » Few Devoted...

      in ItTA ' 7 Ameofcln g « f » few devoted friends to the Charter took place on the Gth inst . , at the Golden Lion Inn , Wcstexo . Mr . RoNvcliifc " m unanimous y voted to the chair ; on taking which he adverted to the princi pal object of the meeting uz ., to set on foot a further subscription in aid of the expenses incurred in the action « Macnamara v . O Uunor-and in the course of a few appropriate remarks he said , " it was shameful to tl e

      Cliarhon / f ° - 0 C MV ' ° Connor ? ufc t 0 such peases ™ H * « ° - « PP ° t »» g hmi in his benevolent ann philanthropic purposes . Ho would give his mite towards the intended subscri ption . "—It was then Ittde lor the above ob ] ect , tfic previous week , be * the subscription of a portion of tho Chartists $ tins town theothcrs should be called on bypmons appointed for that purposc .-Tho subje ^ of ? 1 e 1 C f ; , tI 0 I , S for lh 0 Victims wm thro taiica up , aild several names entered—A vote of hanks was passed to the Chairman , and the meetseparated v *" vvlP

      mg . Wkst lUmso Delega te MEKiiso .-On Sunday December 0 th , a meeting was held in the Demo ! cratic fechool-room , Croft-streot . delegates present n \ Gcor £° Wobbor ' » ° mas I & U *^ 5 ( lorsheld Ws EinMl . Bni { M j £ ^ t „ f , n lh 1 I ( ? Ulcn of 1 Ialif "x in the chS James Emscl •• 'ThMlK ' . scco »« ed by tho Conference to SmS 2 f ^ ommend tb tho Financial iwbnnS Si " & 0 t to ° PP 0 S 0 t ^ f' ^^^ Se ^ Webber- "null ,. cock seconded by Oeoror cd

      »«« ' * wSk 'Gloved b *? , ^ "A ? flio Conference to allow no n « t . ™ * , ° recon » nend J ? hold any nftico i . tt KatSS St *™*®*' , Hon , who is „ ot a pay ,, « nS £ lllU ' ter M ^ months before s c offi W ° v , ilt ta « t three WMer . woondod ^ by George boerotnry writo to tho dSSnMn ^ " ' \ Tbat ^ requesthin- t | iem to y ' wont towns m the Ridim , >«•«•* ifcl eSto ^ i ^ S ^ gprt" to tfo next Yves ' bumbiy , December & t '" "' " bo imltl ° « « w \> ftuvi )« l lo Snndnv , rjL mJl 1 ? o 5 1 0 t , n ff , »« then cratw Schoolroom CiS ? 1 ; " \ 1 t ll Dome ™ o ' clock i „ Zfa $ J ^^ J » M & ro , at tlnossotl lo Thomas WiM \« AI ttora t 0 lw adfond , Bradford . im >> ^ s-ng ; it , Maii ^ W

      In Itta S '7 Ameofcln G «F » Few Devoted...

      Halifax . —On -Monday a general meeting of mem bors was held in the Working Man ' s Ilall , when tho following members were duly elected to serve as council for the next three months : —John Sherry , William Maud , Richard Mitchel , Thomas llolden ; John Sutcliffe , President ; John Edwards , Secretary ; George Webber , Treasurer and Corresponding Secretary . All communications to be addressed , George Webber , Corresponding Secretary , 7 Range Bank . Birmingham . —The Chartists , meeting at thc Ship Inn , Steelhousc-lane , call upon the active Chartists , in every locality , to wait upon all who are favour , able to Chartist principles , during the Christmas holidays , for subscriptions to the Victim Fund .

      Baunsley . —A meeting was held at the theatre of this town on Monday evening , December 10 th , to hear an address from Mr . George White , of Leeds , who has been recently liberated from Kirkdale Gaol . At eight o ' clock the chair was taken by Mr . John Shaw , late delegate to the National Assembly for BarasJey . Ho made a few brief and pointed remarks , and introduced Mr . "White , who was received with loud applause on presenting , himself in front of the stage . Ho delivered an address , which occupied two hours , on " the causes ef English and Irish poverty , and its remedy , —the proposed union of the middle and working classes ,

      and a defence of genuine democracy , as opposed to the shams and ck ^ -trap of the day , and concluded by a description of the brutal discipline of Kirkdale and other gaols . " He was warmly app lauded at the termination of his address , aim . on the motion of Mr . Michael Segrave , a unanimous vote of thanks was given to the lecturer . A number of the well democrats accompanied Mr . White to the large room of the Shakspeare Inn , and the evening was occupied by patriotic songs and recitations ; a brotherly feeling was evinced by all present , and thc company separated well satisfied with this democratic re-union .

      Biudfobd . —The Council met -on Sunday last , when the following committee was formed for the purpose of obtaining shaves to build a democratic hall . Edward Smith , John larrer , John Moore , David Lightouler , Annannias Kitchen , William Angus , and Thomas Wilcock . All letters must be addressed for Thomas Wilcock , care of Thomas Dhiplcby , Newspaper agent , Manchester-road , Bradford , Yorkshire .

      Effect Of The Change In Tub Navigation L...

      Effect of the Change in tub Navigation Laws . —It is stated that a new machine , has been invented or sawing ships' timbers , calculated to have an influence in cheapening construction , which will be of some importance in connexion with the repeal of the Navigatton Laws . It has boon introduced into tho ship building establishment t > f Mr . Wigram , where four of them are now being put up , and is alleged to have been found upon trial to produce not only a considerable saving in wages , but also in materials . Its construction is simple , and it cuts the floors , the futtocks , and nearly every part of the timbers required in a ship , so as to render them capable of being at once placed in their position without any operation of hand labour .

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      Com. Miak-Iase, Monday, Dec. 10,-The Sho...

      COM . MiaK-iASE , Monday , Dec . 10 ,-The show of wheat samples from Essex and Kent was moderate tills morning , and sales were effected at fully last Monday ' s prices , there was rather more disposition to buy foreign wheat , although the supply in the course of last week was good at previous rates . Flourslower sale . Fine qualities of barley were unaltered in value , but middling and inferior descriptions barely maintained last Monday ' s quotations . Beans and peas dull , und is psr quarter lower . The arrivals of oats have rather decreased , though still sufficient for the demand , we cannot quote any change in tho value of good corn since our last , but the trade is slow . In rye little doing . Linseed cakes without alteration . Clover seed rally as dear .

      Bbitisii . — Wheat .-JJssex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , new 38 s to lis , ditto white 40 s to 48 s . Lincoln , Norfolk , and York , shire , red 35 s to 38 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white 32 s to 37 s . ditto red 34 e to 38 s , Devonshire and Somersetshire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 21 s to 23 s , barley , 2 Cs to 30 s , Scotch 22 s to 24 s , Angus—s to —s , Malt ordinary , —s to -s , pale 50 s to 54 s , peas , grey , new 20 s to 28 s , maple 28 s to 80 s , v ; hite 24 sto-J 0 s , boUersnew 28 s to 31 s , beans , large , new 2 is to 26 s , ticks 25 s to i 8 s , harrow , 27 s to 30 s , pigeon , 30 s to 32 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , 15 s to 19 « , ditto Poland and potato , 17 s to 20 s , Berwick and Scotch , 17 s to 21 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 22 s , Irish feed , and black 15 s to 20 s , ditto potato , 17 s to 23 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to S 2 s , raposeed , Essex , wew & 11 to £ 20 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new 2 Gs to 30 s per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ i 10 s per ton , linseed , £ 910 s to £ 10 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 2 S 01 O 6 , ship , 28 s to 30 s , town , 3 Ssto 40 s .

      FoanoH . —Wheat . — Dantzig , 44 s to 50 s , Anhatt and Marks , 38 to 40 s , ditte white , 40 s to 42 s , Pomeranian red , 40 s to 42 s , Rostock 41 s to 4 Gs , Danish , Holstcin , and Friesland , 30 s to 84 s , Pctereburgh , Archangel , aud Kiga , 32 s to 34 s , Polish Odessa , 32 s to 34 s , Marianopoli , and Berdianski , 32 s to 35 s , Taganrog , 32 s to 34 s , Brabant and French , 34 b to 38 s , ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , Salonica , 30 s to Vis , Egyptian , 23 s to 2 Gs , rye , 20 s to 22 s , barley , Wismar aud Rostock , 18 a toils , Danish , 18 s to 23 s , Saul , 20 s to 24 s , EastFriesIand , lfis to 18 s , Egyptian , 14 s to 15 s , Danube , 14 s to 15 s , peas , white , 24 s to 26 s , new boilers , 2 Ss to 30 s , beans , ; horse . 24 s to 80 s , pigeon , 30 s to 32 s ,

      Egyptian , 22 s to 24 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , lis to 15 s , ditto , thick and brew , 15 s to 22 s , Riga , Petersburg !! , Archangel , and Swedish , lis toKs , ttour , United suites , \« r lOGlbs ., 21 s to 23 s , Hambuiw 20 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin , 20 s to 23 s , French per 280 ilis ., 32 s to 35 s . Mawc-une , Wednesday , Dec . 12—The arrivals of grain fresh in this week are more moderate than of late , and the weatlwv appearing inclined to frost , the wind being from the east , our trade is firm at the rates of Monday last . Arrivals this week : — Wheat—English , 010 quarters ; foreign , 7 , 030 quarters . Barley—English , 1 , 130 quarters ; foreign , C . I 70 quarters . Oats—English , 150 quarters ; foreign , 4 , 800 quarters . Flour—540 sacks .

      Richmond ( Youksiiike , ) December 8 . — i \ e had a tolerable supply of grata in o \ w market this morning . Wheat sold from 4 s 3 d tt » 5 s 3 d ; oats , Is 9 d to 3 s Od ; barley ,. 8 s Gd to 3 s 9 d ; beans , 4 s Od to 4 s 9 d , per bushel .

      BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from fiJd . to 7 d .-, of household ditto , 5 d , toGd . per libs . loaf .

      CATTLE . Smithheld , Monday , Dec . ' 10 . —The number of foreign beasts and sheep hereto-day were tolerably extensive , those of calves was very limited . Their general quality was by no means good . From our own grazing districts the receipts of beasts fresh up this morning wove comparatively small , and in very middling condition ; indeed , nearly two-thirds of the supplr were beneath the middle quality . As the attendance of buyers was considerably on the increase , the beef trade ruled somewhat active , at an advance in the currencies obtained on Monday last of fully 2 d . perSlbs ., and a good clearance was effected . The pvimest Scots sold at from -is to is 2 d per Slbs . The great Christmas market

      will be held here on Monday next . There was a considerable filllingoffin the number of sheep , owing to which thc mutton trade was steady , and the quotations improved quite 2 d per Slbs ., the primest old Downs selling readily at from 4 s to 4 s 2 d per 81 bs . We were very scantily supplied with calves . The veal trade was in a sliigggish state , yet late lutes were mostly supported . In pigs only a moderate business was transacted , at last week ' s prices . Head of Cattle at Smitjiheid . —Friday—Beasts , 708 j sheep , 8 , 140 ; calves , 140 ; pigs , 230 . Monday . —Beasts , 3 , 020 ; sheep , 22 , 980 ; calves , 101 ; pigs , 284 . Price jper stone of Slbs . ( sinking the offivl . )—Beef , 2 s Sd to 4 s 2 d ; mutton , 3 s Gd to 4 s 2 d : veal , 3 s 2 U to 4 s Od : pork , 3 s 4 d to 4 s 2 d .

      fiEwoATE and Leadenhaia , Monday , Dec . 10 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s Gd to 2 s Sd ; prima large , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; pr ime small , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ; large pork , 2 s Gd to 3 s 4 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s Cd to 2 s 8 d ; middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto , 3 s < Jd to 3 s 8 d ; veal , 3 ( 5 9 d to 3 s lOd ; small pork , 3 s Gd to 4 s Od ; per Slbs . by tho carcase .

      SEEDS . Buitisii . — Cloverseed , red 03 s to 40 s ; fine 45 s to 50 s ; white 35 s to 50 s ; cow grass [ nominal ] —s to —s ; Unseed ( per qr . j sowing 54 s to 5 Us ; crushing 40 s to 42 s ; linseed cakes ( per 1 , 000 of 3 lbs . each ) £ 0 0 s to £ 10 03 - Trefoil ( per cwt . ) 14 s to ISs ; rapeseed new ( per lust ) m 0 s to £ 20 0 s :

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 15, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15121849/page/8/