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      'actions design or feeling wnatcver , but solely by the desirs to promatethe highest interests of thecouutry . «* oranght forward this motion with no vague desire ot easting blame on tlie government-much of "h' * " *; compWned being incident , almost necessary , to the way iu which the business of the country «*• cond f " His solo object was -o eather wisdom from tbe past , to prevent , if pMs , ble , « ie - ^ £ ^ 2 * 1 *« tion ever . gam oe ^ umng . H - would ft * : * w actual bills which had passed-be w « s K «» * t ( happily bnt a very limited ** "f ^ 'JLfor worse hehadtopasent ; »*?* "X 2 ffi tarrf-V mantes than *» *** J ^ KI to Ireland , had land , especially three "" gffiXt ¦ # * » never passed many preno « . esfwn call these measure * cstau «« . «* ^{ adar Ju since perience . bat from the results w * £ * ^?^ p Sas ' ^ r ™ P tedb 5 a ConferenCe With ^ frro ^ Ut of which was shortlyafterwards

      tX Selud ^ rnedlordsaidtbat wh * u interrupted » ,. «« about to state shortly what were the substantial neasnres which had passed , and which really formed the whole produce of the session . In the first place , there was the English Poor-law Bill , upon which he had already g iven bis op inion , and , therefore , would not now trouble their lordships with a sinKle word beyond the expression of his bone tbat tbe measure might work well In this respect , much depended upon the appointment that was m » de to tbe office of chief commissioner . Hi ; trusted that the individual who wonld be appointed to that responsible office would be possessed nf two qualities —first , firmness to carry into eff-ct tbe great principles ofthe law , andofbeineutterlyincapable- of beingdetemd by clamour , raised either by the press or in parliament ; and next , that he would have the capacity to explain and defend the measures and orders originating in tbe department of which he was to be the head . The next measure of substance whieuhadbeen passed had relation

      to the sister kiagdom . By that measure this country had taken upon itself the duty of leading tho peop le of Ireland for a time , which was undefined . It was said that the distress In Ireland was Incal . but seeing the Bffitvintof relief which was now afforded in six counties of Ii eland , it seemed that somewhat more than one third something between one-third and one-hslf of the whole population of Ireland were iu a destitute condition ; and that , at the present moment , 2800 . 000 and oddpersens were receiving the means of sustenance doled out to them from the coffers of the Treasury , by paid officers appointed for that purpose . "When *« this system of relief to cease ! He ( Lord Brougham ) looked with deep alarm to its cessation . That was the most perilous part of tbe question . It was said that in a month

      or two the system was to cease , and that the people of Ireland were to be thrown upon their own resoirces . If so , when he prayed God to help these poor people , he must add to his prayer , that peace and tranquillity would be miiatamed . Tht evil had been commenced by training the Irish population to become beggars , and much was to be feared if the eleemosynary assistance which had in their destitution been afforded , them wassud . denly withdrawn . Of the £ 10 , 000 . 000 lent to Ireland , bur never to be repaid , according to the odious and despicable doctrine of repudiation imported across the Atlantic into another place , not more than from £ 300 . 000 to £ 400 , 000 was now available , acd yet with all the probabilities of distress and destitution -continuing to exist ia Ireland , a vote of credit had net been asked for . H < -

      contended that having begun this system of relief , the government ought , as was the case during the war , to hare asked for a vote of credit to be applied to tbe contingency which might arise . In fact the government had provided for the months of April , May . June , July , and August , but " worser' ' m 0 'iths were to come , and for the coutiugandeB to which they might give rise , he ( Lord Brougham ) contended that , before the session closed , the government ought to take a vote of credit . The next measure of substance wbicb had been passed was the Factories Bill , a measure , in his opposition to which he had received the support of the Lord Chancellor , ofthe First Lord ofthe Admiralty ( tbe Earl of Auckland ) , and of his uoble friend the now Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland ( the Earl ef Clarendon ) . Within the

      la't three days , events had happened which showed a result that did not require % prophet or a seer to foretell , namely , that if tbe hours of labour were reduced , the reduction of the wages of labour must follow . The hours had been reduced from 11 to 10 hours , and wages had been consequently reduced from 12 d to lid . These were the great measures which the legislature had passed in the course of the session about to expire , and without wishing to say anything disrespectful to thair lordships , he must wish them joy of the three very worst measures that ever received the sanction of parliament . He had now disp- 'sed of measures which had a substantial existence , and he now came to deal with the puny infants which had been abandoned almost at their birth . The first of these was

      the contemplated provision by the state for Roman catholic clergy . The abandonment of that measure he deeply lamented . He desired , unpopular as the seati meat might be , not only that such a provision might be made for the Roman Catholic clergy , but also , that there should be established amicable relations between this country and the See of Rome . Another measure , which had nut passed tbe threshold of the legislature , was the Falling at Elections ( Ireland ) Bill . That measure only saw tne light ou the tilth of June , and its premature fate could not be doubted . The nest measure was tbe Parliamentary Electors Bill , containing provisions which were highly equitable and most appropriate to be passed now that the country was on the ere of s general election . This measure , importantas it was , had

      beenabandoned by its unnatural parents Then , again , the Incumbered Estates ( Ireland ) BUI had shared the same fate ; and , lastly , there was the Railways Bill . Tbe reason why parliament interiered with railway concerns and not with others , was , tbat the country was scored with a network of those undertakings ; in thenextplace tbat tbe old mode ot travelling had been done away with , besides which , the great risk of accidents , so fatal in their extent , made a police superintendence absolutely nece > s : ry : and lastly , because the legislature granted a monopoly to railway companies which were expending miliionsof capital , and taking away people ' s property ia a compulsory manner , which the legislature alone conld grant . When a railway undertaking had the power ot going in a straight line , that could only be done by

      compelling persons to allow them to go through their land , and this gave parliament an admitted power to interfere with them . Accordingly a bill was brought in , which had been put off till next session—that morrow which might never come , because the mxt session would be the first of a railway parliament ; and if there was no chance of carrying ttich a measure now , what would there be tfcu ! There would be no hope that it would pass next session ; and he lamented that it was put off till then . He now came to another subject , which had been recommended in the speech from the throne , in which parliament was recommended to adopt measures for improving the means of guarding against pestilential disease , and Generally to consider the subject of the Health of Towns . ( Hear , hear . ) A bill was brought in on the

      subject , and very early . 5 ow of all the towns in Eng . lnn . l , the < -ne which most required this , aud called most imperatively on parliament to accede to the recommendation in a speech from the throne , and which felt most the effects of close packing , filth , stench , aud pestilence , and which ought to have been tbe most thankful for the recommendation from the throne , and for its adoption , was the City of Xondun . What was the first thing that was done ? His noble friend at the head of the government , beiJg member far the City of London , withdrew that city from the bill ; and although London was the original cause of the bill— of the appointment of a committee and a commiceion to inquire into sanitary reform—itescaped from this bill . But still , the omission of London from this bill

      was no reason why it should not have been applied te Other towns . However , the bill , after lingering in a state of exhaustion , and then of suspended animation , euffere i a death-struggle , and went the way of all the bills of this session , except those which were not good , and which had a pernicious vitality about them . He had a great esteem for his noble friend who had charge of that bill , and be was sorry to see him so roughly handled ; but ho believed he only yielded to the necessity of his situation . Then there was another bill of great importance tbe Thames Conservancy BilL It was one almost of national importance , for it concerned the navigation of that great river , which was of such great importance to our mercantile interests . That bill also was withdrawn , as was the Prisons' Bill , and two bills

      of less importance , the Scotch Marriage Bill , and the Bill for the Registration of Births , Deaths , and Marriages , in Scotland . He had now come to the last , and be found bimself surrounded by a whole troop of tbe { -hosts of bills . All these shades of bills gave a painful recollection of what they might have bees had tbey lived . It was most unfortunate that this wholesale impotency should exist , and be thought that a strong government which one did not like very well would be better than such a weak one . The constitution was not to be charged with this defect and weakness- It was related by llishop Burnet , that William tbe Third said to him that he doubted whether a monarchy or a republic was the best form of government , tbat there were excellent arguments on both sides , audhe could not make up his mind on tbe subject ; but of one thing he was sure , that anything was better than a monarch without power . So he ( Lord Brougham ) said of a ministry tbem from

      whose impotency incapacitated performing the duties of a government . A weak government which could not carry a s ingle measure of itself could not possess tbat power of giving protection to the people which was the essence of their allegiance . He sincerely hoped that he mig ht never live to see such another session , or to see bids mee t with such a fate as the Railways' Bill , tbe Land Incumbrance ( Ireland ) Bill , and tbe Health of Toevos * Bill . He heped he might never see bills so treated , and . specially one of sueh importance as that which had been recommended by the dueen m her speech from the throne , and which her Majesty's representative at Pario hurried ov « r to this country to support . He hoped the n-xt election would see the government strengthened by the voice of the people , enhanced by Iu merits in the affections of the people- , a nd backed by such ( hajorities in both houses , that the * e should be no doubt .. f their power—tbat they may be a governmrat st > xnsported as to tkake clear their responsibilities

      as a government , responsibilities which did not now rest upon them , bnt were divided between them and the people . His hop ! and trust was that that want of reiponsibili-y would cease for ever when parliament was restored to iu fuscrioat by an election , and that they

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      would never see again , and have to lament over , a Mls . on so dissppoineins : and so ruinous to the character of the ministry and hurtful to the reputation of the country at large . He begged to move that " an humble addr * ssbe presented to her Majesty , expressing the deep merest which this house felt in the objects which bad been recommended to the attention of her Majesty : hat it was with pain that they admitted that the whole « f the subjects which had be » n contained in her Majesty's recommendation , and which were of the highest importance , had not been so successfully dealt with as to produce Initiative measures to which the royal asient could be given : that it was painful for the house to reflect that other subjects of importance which had been -ubmitte-1 to parliament hal been abandoned , without au » thing effectual having been done : that ' the house ^ pressed an hope that no other session will pass without more having been done to improve tbe institutions

      ¦> f the country , and for tbe benefit of ber Majesty 8 tubjrOU , than it had been found possible to accomplish iu the session which was now near its close ; and that the hou-e now , as always , willingly and gratefully acknowleeed her Majesty ' s paternal care for ber people . " TheMarquessof Lihsdowne defended the administration , or which he formed a part , from the charges of incompetency and feebleness , and fell back upon tbe precedents ot many other sessions whose results had been as camp etely blank as those of the one just closing . After alluding to the defunct bills nf tbe session , and particularly to the One for regulating the health of towns , his lordship ree-rred once more to his precedents , and adduced the celebrated examples of tbe Test and Catholic Relief Acts , < m showing how important bills might be protracted and delayed , without proving the present weakness of a ministry or the final failure of the measure . The noble marquis concluded by meeting the motion with « negative .

      Lord Bkoccbax nrieBy replied , and , the motion bavins been negatived without a division , the bouse adjourned at a quarter past eight o ' clock . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Bibles in Lvdia . —Sir R . H . Inolis inquired whether there was any truth in the report that the home government had discountenanced the introduction of bibles into the native schools in the presidency * f Madras f SirJ . C Hoiaooss said that orders for their introduction had been issued by the Marquiig of Tweeddale . but the . Court of Directors had considered that the natives might be alarmed under the idea that preselytiim was to be encouraged . The kate CoLtresY Exrtoiieit . — In answer to a question from Mr Hindlii , tbe purport of which was not heard .

      Sir 6 . Gset said he very much regretted that the suggestion some days ago for a competent person to at . tend on behalf of the government at the coroner ' s inquest , to which his honourable friend alluded , had not been ac-ed upon . The usual course was for Sir Henry De la Brche to attend himself , or to order a competent peT & on to attend for him , on the occasion of accidents in mines , and at bis ( Sir G Grey ' s ) request , his noble friend , tbe First Commifisicner of the Woods and Forests , communicated with Sir H De la Brche on tbe tub . j- ; ct . Owing , however , to that gentleman having been ab < ent in Wales , tbe communication was not acted upon . With rrgwd to the accident , he might state that he now held iu bis band the letter from tbe magistrates to which he had aludedon a former dar , but which he did not

      then read , as tt might be considered that hie doing so would tend to influence the inquiry then pending . The inquest having now terminated , he might now state that the document , which was signed by five magistrates , who had inquired into the matter , stated that tbe explosion was the result of a workman—who was one of the suf ferers—having , contrary to the express orders of the proprietors , used gunpowder in the mine . That a search wascomme ce-d five hours after the accident , and continued until all hopes were abandoned of tbe persons in the mine surviving , and that it was not until the people were convinced that none o < the sufferers could be alive that the mine was closed . He believed tbe case bad been thoroughly investigated , and that the result showed that the explosion had been caused by the carelessness of one of thervictim * .

      Dismissal or a Lettex Cabbies . —Mr T . Duncombe rose to bring under tbe notice of tbe hon « e tbe petition of Robert Grapes , complaining of dismissal from hit office » f letter carrier ; and he was sorry to find that certain returns on the mhject , which he had moved far a fortnight ago , had not yet been furnished . The petitioner complained that he had be-n dismissed , not fur misconduct , but because he hail been instrumental in producing certain re orms in the Post-office , and exposing some d shoaest practices in reference to the ' Post-office Directory , " and other matters . He ( Mr Duncombe ) had received a great deal of tbe information which he bad laid before the house as to the malpractices at tbe Post-office f . om Grapes , and that man had been p < r-. ecuted ever since , until finally he had b en dismissed upon a m st trumpery pretext , after having been seven years in tbe establishment , without a fault having been found with him . The hon . member conclude d by moving that an inquiry should be made into the allegations of the petiti -n .

      Mr Pabkeb regretted that from inevitable delay the returns to which the hon . memb- r alluded were not yet ready . With reference to the dismissal of the petitioner , it appeared that the Postmaster General , hav < a-- instituted an inquiry , had good reasons to be ratified that Grapes bad prevented a man called Watts from givinc bis testimony against some men whet had been tried at the Old Bailey for the embeMitnitnt of 1- t'ers . and for that reason he had been discharged The papers which the hon . member had moved for w-uld , how . ver , shortly be before the house , and the facts of the case would thru be more fully known .

      Mr Pjuithekoe thought that the management at tbe Post-t . ffice must have been very faulty , when tt appeared that the authorises there bad not come to any decisi-n with l-espeet to an Inquiry which had commenced in No vembtr . He would pi onounce no opinion respecting the charges which bad been brought by Grapes against tbe Post-office authorities ; but it it was true that be had been dismissed without knowing fur what reason , tbe parties who dismissed him did notpmss . s tbe commonest sense of ordinary justice . A great deal of mismanagement arose from the carriers being obliged to collect information for Mr Kelly ' s book . That was now . however , divorced from the Post-office , and the carriers were no longer obliged to hawk . It about . He thought that Grapes was entitled to kaow for what reason be was dismissed .

      Mr Hume said that it was a most serious question whether a poor man was to be ruined for doing a service to tbe country—for exposing abuses . Any man who would inform against his superiors ou . ht , instead of being paieyned , to ke liberally rewarded . Sir D . L . Evass objected to this doctrine . Mr Moffatx believed Robert Grapes bad been useful in exposing many abuses , and that he had not be-n lairly tried by tbe Post office authorities . The Post office altogether was most oppressively and obnoxiously managed , and no one who complained could get any redress . He hoped , during the recess , government would direct inquiries into these matters The Chancellor of the Exchi « uek denied that Grapes had not yet had a fair hearing , but begged the house to forego discussion till tbe papers nets before them .

      Mr T . Dchcohbe replied . It was wholly false that Grapes had tampered with witnesses . The- charges ngainstthemanwerealtogether trumped up by K Hy , who had openly said he would give £ 1000 to secure the man ' s dismissal , and whose anger and vindictive feeling G i apes badincurredby endeavouring to expoaehls tieiii . qtieni-ies . Grapes was dismissed to gratify that man ' s mali ce . Kelly was tha bane of tbe Post-office , and as longaihsremaited nothing would go on well . There had been nothing hut jobbing during his administration , and he was the greatest tyrant that ever presided over a public office . ( Hear . ) Next session he should certainly move an inquiry into Post-office management , and particularly into Kelly ' s department . The motion wag then , hy leave , withdrawn .

      Whilst this debate was going on , it was interrupted for a short time by the necessity df sending a reply to the House of Lords , which has negatived some of the clauses in the Passengers Bill . This lead to a very dull and , save to tha parties themselves , a very uninter- sting squabble between Lord G . Bentinck , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , and Mr Hawes , in consequence of Lord Ch Bentiuek complaining that by an amendment which Earl Grey , as Secretary of the Colonies , had made on that bill in the House of Lords , a compact formed between himself , the Under Secretary of the Colonies , and the Chancellor of the Exchequer in tbat bouse , had been violated and set aside without any notice having been given to him . The Chancellor of the Eich . o » er and Mr Hawes denied that any such compact as Lurd G , Beutiuck bad represented had been made , and pretested against tbe language employed by Lord G . Beminck . Sir R . Inglis interfered asa peacemaker , and after some remarks from Mr W . Browne , Mr Hudson , and Mr Henley , the conversation dropped .

      Scidde . —Mr Home , after referring to the manner in which our possession of Scindehad been acquired , which be said was unjust , and to tbe expenditure for its retention , which was useless and unnecessary , inquired whether that country was to be hereafter assimilated with the other provinces of the East India Company , to be a Queen ' s colony , or to remain under military

      government . Sir J . C . Hobhocse vindicated tbe conduct of allthe parties who were implicated in the conquest of Scinde , lend Stated that after tbe return of General Kopier Scinoe would he annexed to the government of Bombay . Amebicah Cohteibdtions to Ibisb Relief . —Mr Bbothixtoh moved an address for a copy of tbe letter from the Secretary of State for foreign affairs to her Britannic Majesty ' s minister at Washington , acknowtedg . ing the donation in in food and money ofthe iegislature and citixens ef the United States of America for the relief of the famine in Ireland , Mr Blows seconded the motion , and mentioned that part of the contributions came from the Indian population of the far west .

      Viscount PALiimioji passed a warm eulogiam upw the prompt munificence exhibited by the people of the United States towards tbe distressed population of Ireland— a benevolence not only most valuable ir . its inmediate results , but which was calculated t » increase kindness and good will between the two countries . lis at once acceded to tbe motion . Viscount Mobfeth gave his personal testimony to the warmth of fraternal feeling evinced by the people of the United States ef America , towards tbe childrta ot the old country . Whatever occasions of momentary auaoyance

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      aroie from time to time , let but the voice of distress be raised by the men of England , whether on their own soil or as emigrants to the western continent , and the hearts and purses of the men of America were at once opened by the appeal . ( Hear , hear ) The motion was then agreed to . Bsakdino or Desxbtebs . —Mr Home moved for " o return of tho number of soldiers of her Majesty ' s loud forces , cavalry and infantry , that have been marked as deserters , stating tbe number in each regiment ill cacti of the last three years ; also , a copy of any general orders by the commander of the forces respecting branding ,

      now iu force ; similar return for the marine forces ( if any ); similar return for tha navy ( if any . " The hou . member said he did not know until recently that the practice of branding—not burning , but markingdeserters existed in the amy ; but it appeared that an order had been issued by the Horse Guards directing that they should be branded or punctured with the letter "D" indelibly inpresscd , He was aware that it was very important to discountenance desertion in the regular army , at the same time he thought it wry discreditable to mark men as beasts were marktd . H <* did not know whether the practice existed in the marines and navy .

      Mr F . MiULE said , he had expected that the returns , to which there was no objection , would have been moved by his hon . friend without any observation , but as he had not done so , he ( Mr P . Maule ) would mako a short statement to the house upon the subject of marking deserters . Nodoubt , many years ago there did exist a very improper practice of branding men for desertion , that was , after a man deserted a number of times ; but this was never done without a sentence of a court-martial , never at the discretion of the commanding officer . The house would see that it was absolutely necessary

      that some means should exist by which a man practising desertion should be known again , and no other means bad been discovered , especially since the lash had been discouraged , but of marking the man wiih the letter "D" which was nothing more than a kind of to-tooing , which sailors voluntarily underwent . The deserter was tattooed with the letter "D" by the point of a needle fixed in cork . He had no objection to the returns moved for , and a copy ef the order from tbe Horse Guards should be included , The motion was then agreed to .

      The Retinue . —LordG . Bemtimcx , moved forcer , tain '' returns showing the comparative receipts or re . venue' in tbe years ending tbe 5 th day of January 1812 and 1847 from those items on which redu .- . tiont . of duty hare , and haw not , iu tbe interim taken place , and distinguishing any increase of revenue from the lust alteration ofthe sugar duties . " Ho said within a few days a state paper had been issued to the electors of Tamworth by Sir R . Peel , in which a statement was made as to tbe effect and operation of those measures which he had recommended during the last six years . An that statement , if left unrefuted , might have a very dangerous tendency at tbe coming election * , he conceived it necessary to meet it with a direct contradiction , He then took a long and very complicated review of the Peel system of finance for the purpose of sbowing tbat it was based in false principles , and had not produced the flattering results which its founder boasted of .

      The Chancellor of tbe Exchequer followed briefly and ader a few words from iome ] otker hon . members , the returns were ordered . The Bankrupty and Insolvency Bill was passed with some alterations , aad the bouse adjourned at twelve o ' clock .

      WEDNESDAY , Jolt 21 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Their lordships sat for a short time to dispose of some routine business . HOUSE OF COMMONS —The Speaker took the chair at twelve o ' clock . BisHorsic of Manchester , etc ., Bill . —On the order ofthe day for the third reading of this bill being read , Mr Home said he was opposed to the bUl because it was , hi his opinion , a violation ofthe agreement entered into in 1836 ; and although the bill had been greatly modified , it was still of so objectionable a character that he felt bound to oppose it , and he should move that it be read a third time tbat day six months . Sir J . Gbahak explained the reasons which induced him to support the amendment of Mr Hume , Lord 3 . Rossell repeated his former arguments in favour of the present bill , which he thought a better measure than tbe old plan which Sir J , Graham advoeated .

      A long discussion ensued , and Mr T . Duncombe concluded the debate by offering a little advice to members opposite , and to the government below him . To members opposite , who supported the government so strenuously now , he ventured to recommend tbat they should show their sincerity by assisting tbe noble lord in his contest for the City , To the noble lord be would say , that ho hoped he would gather a little experience by the course of this debate , and beware how he burnt bis fingers a second time by meddling with a bishop . ( Laughter ) Tbe house theu divided . —For the bill ..... 93 Against it 14—79 The bill wa * then read a third time , and after some other business of no public importance , tbe house adjourned at half-past five o ' clock .

      THURSDAY , Juli 22 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Commons ' amendment to tbe Poor-law ) Administration BUI , prohibiting the separation of man and wife above sixty years of age in union workhouses , was carried on a division by a majority of 29 to 11 . —Tbe other subjects discussed were , the Commons' Amendments to tbe Bishopric of Manchester Bill , which were agreed to , and the New Zealand Bi 1 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Sir 0 . Gset , in answer to Mr T . Duncombe , explained the new regulations which wete intended to be eft" cted in the Millbank Prison , and in the treatment ofc-. nvicts at the several outports . —Lord Palmerston , at the instance of Sir De L , Evans , trade & statement with reference to the progress of affairs in Portugal . The house then adjourned .

      ( From , our Third Edition of Ust week . ) FRIDAY , Jolt 16 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tbe business transacted in this house was of no importance . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Lord J . Russell , in answer to Mr B . Osborne , stated as was understood , that the decree issued by the Queen of Portugal , for the susp nsiou of the liberty of the press , and the guarantee of liberty to individuals , would only continue in force until permanent arrangements could be made . Tbe noble lord inti-nated with respect to tho Poor Law Administration Bill , that he should on Monday , in moving the consideration of the Lords' amendments , propose to m insert the clause preventing the separation of man and wife iu workhouses , evhen above CO years of age , bnt not that which had also been struck out by the Lords , pro . viding for tho admission of ratepayers to the meetings ofguaidians . 'iheanjourneddebate on the question of goinn into committee on tbe

      BisBopaic if Manchestjk Bill was then resumed , upon nhich question the house at length divided , when the motion was carried by a majority of 63 to 18 , In committee , the preamble of tbe bill was taken first instead of last , according to precedent , at the suggestion of Sir J . Gr .-ilmtu , who moved the ommission of the words having reference to tbe three additional bishoprics , A somewhat lengthy and strong debate ensued , the committee dividing , when the amendment was lost by a majority of 132 to 33 . Various mo . tl-ns lor impeding the progress of the hill followed , upon one of which , for reporting progress , the committee divided , wh-n the motion was negatived by 129 t » 18 . Atlength tne house resumed , when the further proceedings nith the bill , ia which ne progress had beenmaoe , were adjourned to Monday .

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      Brighton.—A Uener.Il Meeting Of The Char...

      Brighton . —A uener . il meeting of the Char lists and members of the Land Company , held at the Antichuke Inn . Thre shillingss was ^ oted to the executive . A resolution was passed strongly writing all Chartists and Land members to gire their pecuniary aid in assisting to return Mr O'Connor and Mr M'Grath to the Commons' House of Parliament . One pound was voted to the Central Election Committee . Dundee . —An Election Committee has been formed in tbi .- town . I he secretary is in attendance each Monday evening , in I'ullar ' s Close , Murraygate , to receive subscri p tions f < r ihe defrayal of expenses incurred in bringing forward a candidate at the ensuing e-hction . If finally this should not he deemed advisable , the money will be transmitted to the Central Election Committee , to assist the return of Chartist candidates in other places .

      Cambero-klland Walworth . —At a full meeting of the Chartists id this District , held at Harrison ' s Assembly Rwim ? , East-lane , on Monday , July 19 th , Mr John Simpson dolivereda report from the Central Election Cotnmjuef , stating the good prospects at tbe coming electiun , which raised fervent hopes , and it was uiianini ( ni > ly resolved : — "That a subscription list be forthwith opened to aid the same . " National Victim Cluuittee . —At a meeting of this committee held at the Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Suho , on Tuesday evening , July 20 ih ,

      Mr John Simpson in the chair , the case ufMrMoonoy was Mibmitt * d . and twenty sbilJi'iga voted to him ; am ) ten shillings eaeh was also voted to Messrs Smart , Richards , and Preston , and one pound to defr . iy the expense of the memorialising for Frost , Williams , and Junes . Thee committee then adjourned until Tuesday evening , Auuust the 3 rd . ' CanLieLK . —We have received tlie following address : — I Wfhy do not the Carlisle Chartists bring forward a Chartist candidate , if only to practically assert the principle ol Universal Suffrage ?—Ed . N . S . ]

      TO THE ELECTORS AND NOiV . ELECTOR ^ 'OP CARLISLE . Ftitow TowKtKEH , —The time has at length arrived whou the persons who have to represent you in tho nexi parliament have io be chosen ; and , as public officers , we consi . ier it our duty to lay before you lairl y nnd candidly our view * nnd opinions on the same . On general political principles emr sentiments are well known , we contend that the Elective Franchise is the natural , inherent right of every male who is of geiund miud , untatoted with prime , and at tlie age ot twenty-one . yium tbefactofenwniietfie ; anm we consider he has

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      a right to the privileges of man , and tbat ho pow » r on earth has a right to deprive him . Wo believe that the Bdlot is equally as essential as the Franchise , because instances are on record of men having crept to the seats of power by bribery , intimidation , and fraud , ml so long as this Is the case , so long as wealth can secure political power , there cannot be proper security for the purity of elections . We mtintnin that intelligence and honesfy « re the principal necessary qualifications which ought to be required of » candidate for tbe suffrages of the people . W « have seen men , honest as the day is clear , as poor as the night is dark , while we have seen others rolling In wealth n-iiicti th-y ubtained by the most dishonest of practices ; thus proving that honesty can exist independent of we nlih or poverty , and that riches are no guarantee fer virtu « .

      We consider that Parliaments ourht to be Annual , because if your representative be a good one you can reelect him ; if not , the sooner you disconnect yourselves nith him the better , We contend tbat there ought to be an equality of representation ; we consider it unfair that the borough of Guildford , with a population , of scarcely 4 , 000 , should send as many members as the Tower Hamlets , with a population of 300 , 004 ; that Evesham , with a population nearly the same as Guildford , should return aa many members as Manchester with a population of 250 , 000 ; while such enormous inequalities exist as these , it is impossible that there can be a fair representation of the country . We contend that the ' * labourer is worthy of his hire " —that your representative is yemr public servant , and as such Is entitled to remuneration . In other words , we advocate the People ' s Charter without mutilation or curtailment .

      Fellow Townsmen , we have thus stated our opinions , bi ieffv , but explicitly ; the man who will not support those opinions , who is not witling to concede the Charter , shall Hotfcaittour'iutfport ; we will support neither Whig or Tory , i . e ., Liberal or Conservative , having found by exptritoee that they are equally opposed to the principles eve have set , forth . The man who helps a faction to power is morally responsible for the actions of tbat faction while in power , and to support a man in whom you have no confidence , and from whom you expect nothing really beneficial , is folly the- most gross , absurdity the most glaring . We would recommend you to refrain from all violence , —do not during the contest let your passions gain the mastery over your reason -, eurry would we be were such a catastrophe to take place as thai wbicb took place last election ; the ebullitions ot rage have seldom a good effect , in this instance it was most it jurioai .

      In conclusion , rn > would say , support neither partyremain neutral . Let the cundidutrs know ( hat ymi are patriots and as such you wish to see every male adult enfranchised—that you are philanthropists , and as such you with to Bee your country und all classes in it prosper—that you detest and abominate slavery , and as such you wish to see yourselves and posterity free and unfettered ; and that you love liberty , and as such you will not support any one who w not willing to grant nnd defend it . By order of the Council of The National ChsBTH Association . Council Room , July 12 th , 1817 . Halifax . —At a general meeting held on Saturday , July 17 , the following persons were elected to serve on the council for the ensuing quarter;—Wm , Cockrol't , Simeon Sptake , David Lawsun , Joseph Howorth , David TeropeV . , William Maude , treasurer ; George Webber , secretary , 7 , Ranee Bunk , Halifax , to whom all communications must be addressed .

      Leeus— Tbefollowing resolution was unanimously adnped at a meetina of Chartists , held on Tuesday night , in the back-room of the Bazarr , Mr Joseph Jones in the chair : — " That this meeting have seen with great surprise , two letters in the Star , bearing thejdgnature of Wm . Rider , reflecting ou the conduct of the Leeds Chartists in their endeavours to return Mr Sturge to parliament . " " Tbat the said letters misrepresent the principles of Mr Sturge , and take a very limited view ofthe position of parties who are now endeavouring to

      return him to parliament , and that the conduct ot Mr Rider in his attempt to divide the strength ofthe Chartists in this town , does not prove him very anxious to see men returned to the House of Commons , who will extend political justice to all classes of society . " " That Mr Sturge has openly declared at several meetings ^ his . entire concurrence witli every point contained in the People ' * Charter , and this has been expressed in such a manner , as leave ; ho di , ub > but that he will , if returned as member , faithfully attend to the interests of the working-classes . "

      " That this meeting puinto with pleasure to the enthusiastic reception of Mr Sturge by the Chartists of this borough , us a decided . answer to all the in sinuations of those parties who would wish it to be believed , that he was insincere in his professions , and that this ireeting would call upon all toraliy round him , and endeavour to prewent these men being gratified by him being rejected by the town ol Leeds as " its member . " NhWCASTtEUPON-TTSE . —All persons holding col Iecting books for the geneial election fund , are requested to return the same to the committee on the 25 th instant . Paiblkt . —National Petition . —All districts are requested to send in thei « - petition sheets with any monies collected , to Peter Cameron , 9 , Store-street , or to Robert Cochran , stationer and newsagent , three doors east of Ahey Gate , immediately .

      Staffordshire . —At an adjourned meeting of the Midland Counties Agitating and Electioneering Committee , held at tbe house of Mr Had ley , Shakes peare Tavern , Mill-street , Dudley , the following persons were present ;—John Richards , Thomas Davies , and Thomas Almoi-d , BiKton ; Wm . Runkin , VVm . Dunn , and S . Cook , of Dudley ; John Chance , Mr Copely , and William Nixon , of Stourbridge j Mr Williama , and Mr Brinkworlh , Smethwick ; Mr Newhbuse , Ship , Birmingham . Mr Chance was unanimously appointed to tho chair , and the following sums were banded in : —W . Nixon , 5 s 8 Jd ; Mr Copely , 10 s 3 d ; Mr Dunn , 3 s ; Mr BrinKworth , 6 * 3 d ; T . Davies , 3 s lid ; Mr Rankin , 2 s ; Flourishes ; MrBee & ly , 3 >; MrWillisero »' t , 2 . < . Several resolutions , arranging for the camp meeting , were agreed to . A committee meeting will be held at the Shakespeare Tavern , Mill-street , Dudley , at 12 o'clock on Sunday next , previous to the camp meeting taking place .

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      FURTHCOMING MEETINGS . A South Lancashire delegate meeting ; will be held at the house of Mr W . Dixon , 93 , Great Ancoats-street , Manchester , un Sunday , ( to-morrow ) , July 25 th , at nine o ' clock in the forenoon . The following localities are expected to be represented : — Liverpool , Warrington , Wi » an , Bolton , Bury , Oldham , Lamberhead green , Rochdale , Hyde , Ashton , Salford , Stot-kport ) Bacup , Burnley , Todmorden , and Manchester . Brighton—A special epneral meeting will be held at the Artichoke Inn , William-street , on Wednesday evening next , July 28 th , when tho merits of the various candidates for this borough , will be discussed . Radford—On Monday evening next , a public meeting will be holden in the Denman-street Chapel , to adopt the suggestion of Mr O'Connor in last Satuvday ' s Star .

      Halifax . —A district delegate meeting of the Chartists ol this locality , will be held on Sunday , July 25 th , in tbe Working M m ' s Hall , Bull Closelane , Halifax , to commence at 2 o ' clock in the afternoon , when Stainland , Greetland , Rippnnden , Queenshead , Elland , lllingworth , Midglcy , Warley , Sowerby , and every other place in tin ' s locality is expected to send a delegate . Business of importance will be brought before tho meeting connected with the general election . Hull . —The Chartists will meet at the Ship Inn , Church Lane , ou Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock . ' ' ¦ ' . Manodesieb—Mr John Shaw ; of Leeds , will deliver a lecture in the People ' s Institute , Hey rodstreet , Ancoats , on Sunday , July 25 th . Chair to be taken at half-past G o ' clock in the evening . RocHDALu . —Mr John Nuttal will lecture in the Chartist-roem , Yorkshire-street , on Sunday next July 25 th , at six o ' clock in tbe evening .

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      A Few More Words To The Members Op The L...

      A FEW MORE WORDS TO THE MEMBERS OP THE LAND COMPANY . Fbibnds , —A few months since I addressed you on several important subjects , and I have been gratified by the knowledge that my suggestion , relative to the co-operation of the allottees at O'Conuorville . in pur-Chasing groceries , coals , dsc , has been carried into effect . I am thus emboldened , at the near approach of Conference , to offer my opinions upon our present and future operations . The giant strides which the Land system has made durine the last twelve .. ^

      months is a proof that the working-classes are becoming alive to the fact that therein is their only true salvation from the miseries of the present oomraerciaUnd manufacturing system ; and tho money p .. ured into the Land Fund , though trivial in comparison with what it would be if the system was more generally understood in the agricultural districts , is a proof that they can appreciate the principles , when we look upon the stagnation of trade , and the const * , quent dearth ot means among tho etas whom thev are intended to benefit . The few observations I am about to lifeto attention

      r your might be addressed to the Directors ; but , as their appointment rests 27 ; £ . "vour . own fault if theTr action " „ the reflex of your opinions . liretly , —Tliero are two powerful rpannnp » i , „ each e » uto „ i « 2 ' ,, u dmthc neiehbourhood of imm . l ! ^ alre dy urch * We > l , each estate beiJ an ^^ izi s ^ E ^ v ^& iffi 22 V «** i by a . be « ST S h wou nat be tbeoBgeu there were a community ia ( £ Z

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      county , while the objection W ^ Lff ^ S Land Plan , if the estates are not equally «¦« " ¦»«« There are men who , like , myself , can say , Ihe world is my country , " and can J" ^ the , r o h , ™ n ' any green spot ; but for one such » " « ¦« twenj who are wedded by old associations to the scenes ol their childhood . . z .. i ,. „„ i „ r I have devoted much attention to the subject of Education , and the schools to be established on your estates , in which the science of agriculture is to be made a branch ofthe instruction to be given . I cor - dially agree with the necessity for disseminating a knowledge of chemistry and geology , and their practical application to agricultural purposes , but I aporehend a difficulty in procuring school superintendents who are practical , scientific agriculturists , ami at the same time capable of omducting the other de-«_ i :- « „ .

      partments of education . Even at Harmony nail this difficulty was found to he insuperable , and a distinct maater had to be provided for the agricultural department . It is intended to give a sound education to the children ofthe allottees . If they are to be trained as beings having moral and intellectual faculties to be developed by the tutor , the same difficulty will be found at O'Connorville , at Lowbands , and everywhere else . The only means which presents itself to my mind at present is , for the directors to abandon the design of having agriculture taught in the schools ; let tbe allottees invite practical scientific agriculturists to lecture upon the science , Jet thera form a co-operative library of scientific and other useful works , and then leave the teaching ofagnculture to the allottees , combining theory with practiceon their own allotments .

      , .... With regard to the sale of allotments , it being the opinion of Mr O ' Connor that such sales cannot be prevented after the allottee has received his conveyance , I think that if the allotment is sold within such a time as . would place it beyond a doubt that the seller took the allotment solely as a speculation , the bonus of £ 15 , £ 22 VJi-, or £ 30 should be given to the purchaser , inasmuch as he is bound by the same regulations as the seller , and should , therefore , receive , the > ame advantages . Mr O'Connor has seriously expressed his intention of confining the operations of the Company , so far as he is concerned , to four sections , the last of which is now rapidly filling up ; but that is no reason why the Land Plan should be abandoned . Taking the

      average number of shares held by each member at three , \ ten will remain ag . OWabareaaftw tbcfowflh section is filled , which , at the same average , would supply upwards of 7 , 000 members . Another director must , therefore , be chosen to supply the place ot Mr O'Connor , when the present section is filled up , and the fifth commenced immediately . When the whole ofthe 100 , 000 shares have been taken , I should recommend the formation of anew company ; the objects we have in view are too great and glorious to be relinquished . In vain shall we look to Parliament to take up the Land Plan , until that _ Parliament icoraposed ofthe people ' s representatives , fairly and truly chosen by the peop le—representatives of Lahour , not of Caoital .

      It is a vain delusion—a delusion which crushed the enthusiastic disciples of Robert Owen . They , too , replied upon governraent aid , and sank beneath their exertions to force their plans upon the ministers ' attention . The working-classes must achieve their own salvation , rely only upon themselves , and success will attend their noble endeavours . 1 am sorry to see the emallnc > s ot the weekly amount of money invested in the National Land and Labour Bank ; why will the wovking-claarea continue to supply their enemies with the sinews d war ? why will they continue to support the

      Juggernaut which is crushing them ? Brother-workers ! invest your savings in this Bank —iigitaie the question in all your benefit societies ; by so doing , you will receive additional benefit your selves , and give an increased impetus to tbe operations of the Land Company . What other bank offers land and houses as security for your deposits 1 What other bank applies its energies to tho amelioration of your condition ? Withdraw from societies tbat will nut invest their funds in this bank , and apply your savings to the redemption of your allotments ; thus you will receive 4 per cent , interest , and the certainty of receiving back your principal .

      Remember the reply of Hercules to the waggoner , ' God helps those who i * , elp themselves . " The Land question resolves itself into a unity ot interests among all working men , whether they are shareholders or not . Think ot this , my friends , and -upport your own order ; not the factory ogres and corn-jobbing cannibals that feed upon you , Croydon . Thomas Faosx . Camdkrwsli , and Walworth . —At a meeting of the members of the National Chartist Association , held at the ab » ve place , it was resolved : - That a subscription bo opened to aid the Election Committee . After a very able address by Mr John Sewell , twelve shareholders were added to the Land Com puny , and twelve , members to the National Charter rVi-soi .-iittiun ;

      FiNKBORr . —At a recent meeting of this branch , a vote of thanks was passed to Mr O'Connor for his able de-leaice of the Land Plan , in reply to the attacks otiis and his enemies . Ipswich . —At a meeting of the members of this bnnuii , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — That we , the members of the Ipswich branch of the N » ti » na > Land Company , view with disgust theattempti of the time-serving scribblers in the Wcthty Dispatch and . Lloyd's Newspaper , and the anonymous grumbling ipii ri » i 8 , to caul ouhiquy en the character of Mr O'Connor ; we fueling confident that every action of Mr O'Connor has been guided by a profound senas of horn ur and Kimd faith towards the members of the Land Compan . i . and ti . v the highest feelings of patriotism towards oar

      ccromon country . Ma . nche'T ^ r—A general meeting of the shareholders of this branch will be held in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday mornim * next , July 25 tb , the chair to be tuken at 9 o ' clock in tha morning . The shareholders are particularl y requested to attend . Nottingham . — The secretary , treasurer , and scrutineer * , will sit from 8 to 9 o ' clock every Sunday evening . t '» receive deposits for the National Land and Labour Bank , at the Seven Stars , Barker ' s Gate . VVioan . —The fourth section—so far as . weare conceriieii—is filling rapidly . We enrolled f 2 new memlim last week .

      Wkst RiDi . vo .-In consequence of the near approach of the general election , the West Riding delegate meetini ; wi , l be held at Bulldce-lane , Halifax . at one o ' clock , p . m ., ou Sunday next , July 25 th , and not on the ht of Augtut , as previously an . nounued . Del-gates from all parts of the Riding are requested to ait cd .

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      BiB . ii . soiiiM .-At a meeting of the members ol No 3 branch of the Co operative L : md CompaHV it w ^ resolved , " Tnat Mr John Pare is a fit and proper person io represent the branch in the eiisuiiKConfuren .-e . " fe bLscKBfB * ,. —The secretary will wait in the Ternperance-hottd , Wimiicy . bauk , on Saturday next , the 24 th mst ., from 5 tilt fulf-paat f o ' clock , to enrol members tor the 4 th section , aBa reCeive subSerip . turns ; and on Sunday iitternonii , from 2 to halt-past 4 . tor tli « Bank , and from 5 to 8 for the Land Com .

      pany . i - give an opp rtuuity to those who wish t 0 pay up tor the ballot , tlm secretary will wait in the 'lemperance-hoielon Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday and'lliursduy night , from half-pant 0 tin half past 8 . BtiTTKRLBT . —The next meeting of this branch will be held at the Bridge Inn , Codnor Park on Sunday , July 25 tii , at s-x o ' clork . BiHMuousM — Tne shareholders meetin" at the Cross Ivoys , b ,. ring lliil , have formed an election coiiiiiiiuei ? . 1 he monies e -Heeled will be forwarded to tho London Central Committee .

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      COIW , djB . fl & SsJ ?^^ E * « ami K « nt , bit ttoSt % nT" ° ' . hcat fryln cm , iii w . „ u-, i . » . j . , n " " oincT quarters went iH ^ tbS ^ T ^ ^^ """ U , tid 0 " «> eXivXt , ?» m & Past wu , k > . » ht * actual quantity of w tl . siver , iIV U ^' r Wa 8 SmalL Thh fl , ct < K ' """' I im , ' , S 0 J » ° »' -hat unfavourable accounts iTuvinu ~ - i ' „ . ^ , " " ' uur ! ar P » MeuUural districts , Sf » SfU ? I'P ?« ' - « nceof the growing wheat , and tlu interior condition in which the foreign supplies are now ,. mi \ w t . 0 ,, a " 'i , rot ) u ,: ' 1 i > ie > reiiieiuirytt ) r wheat of homo pi oduru tu . duy , at an advance , i „ u , J quotations of frZ JaMslapurpr . In oiio oi-t » oiii , t , i . ces per qr more money was paid for very superior Mrwa . of konsGhTi

      » i .. . {"' i ""? ! - ffhM 0 was » »¦*>« upply of fureun ! wheat on offer . Selected qu . duioa both red niidI win * ! I were in steady request , at an advance iu the ~ c ' s BBSSBsJ ^ t ^ " ^^ sBr ^ " ^ " " - ^ £ 5 HS ?' fr ^ = sdsKKl 3 !™ l ! " = - from all quartos , the „ it t -ui u . . * , *? val of " iltt notice noimpro-jem ' nuu f ? u » ea ,, y ; but wc vm shortlyeapi-eW VIJl ^' ™ ***& ™ Wlhat arc snoniy expi-eted . lf-eans woni » " . i . Vl" »* live

      . ,.., s ^ istivs'Hir "?;^ ' - price of the town m ,, i 1 ? < "" ' , u , ld lllu mmii »'' flour wMmaauded \ v ^ tt u ? l ^ * M ) bs ' * " ¦•* " «• lSKITISu .- ^ vh " „ t . K , n ^ ^ n ml 7 : 1 s iohIs . cw „ -i £ - l " ' " Suffo , k ' " ew rc <* old ml 7 as to ' so . " , V teu , a , » i Nwadkaud Uncut .. . -toirlcv- ^' , ? , K , oU whlt " 7 *» tu » i 8 .-Kje « fls to ( ills . ' ton , , - S ,, S Chevalier ais to . 2 * .-Malt : Hrow . , ' 1 . vlu ' ee- ' ' '' 7 iis ' Su" ' olK n " No ,,, ' ' « sto 7 SS . new p , iUs S \ m- o ? Ss to 73 s .-lic .-ins : Ticks U * to •»•* pigeon uOsto 55 s , Harrow now 17 s to 18 s .-Penis : white Uitt to Con , ( rri-y and maple Ms to S 7 s , —Oats : Ei . trlish lecd i'Hs to S ; s , Foiiiud -i \) 6 to 31 a , Scote'h feed a 3 * to 3 us . —1 ' oe ' atO 8 ( i-e to 'lOs . U-ish : Limerick » nd Ncivry 27 :- t »

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      13 iis , Cork and Youithnl black 27 s to ? 9 s , —Flour - ~ V ~ ' made " 08 to i ' . Os , Essex and Kent 55 s to 60 s . Ni » . r , T ** Wn Stockton 54 s to 60 s per ilSOIbs . Mk and c ' oanaii . —Freo Wheat : Dantzie and Koniesl ,,, to 77 a , Mecklei . burg 61 s to 7 ts , Russian 65 s in J 8 8 Barley : grinding 35 s to Ms , malting 4 ' s to t «< i t , ' - ^ Epyptian 3 ts to » 8 s , Mediterranean 35 s to •> , ¦ J *"' : Russian 26 s to 28 s , Afcekleiiburg 28 s to 28 s lJ" ^ American flour 3 ls to 30 s per 198 lbs . v r If-Wednesday , July 21 . —A very limited supply of , produce was on offer here to-day ; hence the di-man , i ?• all kinds was steady , and Monday ' s quotatie ,.,, „ firmly supported . With foreign wheat we were ^{[^ plied , but the quality being superior , selected s-, lnT moved off readily nt extreme currencies . In the ?!? dh ' ng nnd inferior kinds next to nothing was doin . "' Richmond ( YorkshireUuIy 17 .-The supply b }\ , in our market this morning was only thin , which ) Ji quick sale at a little advance on la ^ t week ' s Jl * Wheat soldfrom 10 s to lis 6 d ; oats , 4 sto 5 s L ' r * ( is 6 d to Gs 9 d : beans , 6 s fid tti 7 s per bushel . ' "" JLiverpool , Mnndtiy , July 19 —Since last Tuesday m ,, haves been large arrivals t , f flour and wheat fr „ m .. "' United stateand Canada , and fair of Indian corn 0 ... 7 3 iis . Cork and Youuhal black ? 7 s to 29 s v \ ~~

      , ¦ I it .. I . ' aa »¦ * . * ( trill liwilfnrl Tl ... U * 01 home produce the supplies are still limited . The Weath 01 on the whole has been favourable , and is forci .. , crops rapidly to maturity . Harv st-work will scion " c ™ mence in the early districts . There has been a ttll i * business pausing during the week , but with the exctrMji of beans , prices have dedin . d . Wheat has been Kidq r reduction of : id pi-r bushel , and flour Is 6 d per barrel , jr , ' the rates of last Tuesday . Western Canal flour has fog ? se > ldat 3 t » ed to Hfts , choice Camidisen 34 s , VWafldiHiii and BaltimoreS 3 s and 33 « "d per barrel , and 0 hi «; ' 3 os per barrel . Onts arc Id and Barley Vd p r bush i lower . The bean crop is unfavourably spoken of , large sales of Egyptian have occurred at 3 Csper \^ which is an improvement of 2 s to as per qr . Indian Com ' commands the full p . ices of Tuesday last ; the best , sam % pics of yellow has brought tts and white l *» i to 4 t »« ( , 480 lbs . Fe-eding parcels of indian corn have been sold % 300 sperl 80 lb « .

      POTATOES . Bobopoh sun SpmiTiELhs , Monday , July 19 -. y 6 ( - lnrge supplies of new potatoes have been oni oiler in thes « markets since Monday list , nevertheless the demand » active , at from 7 s to Ms per cwt . CATTLE , etc . The following imports of live stock have taken p | a into London during thv past week : — From Whence Oxen Cows Calves Bneep Unit Rotterdam . ; .... 401 - M i > «» Boulogne .... 35 — — — Antwerp _ — 7 — - Hamburgh 32 — — * - Harlingen 224 - 178 531 185 Sieudiep 72 — 6 e > iOi

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      Total . 724 - Z 423 2 . 312 m Smithfiemi , Monday , July 19 . —There was on ofter tliii morning about mo oxen and cows , l , « 2 o sheep andfiimfs , and 40 calves from abroad . Some of the former H- fI > tremely well made up , but the general condition 0 f the foreign supply was inferior . Still , however , a total clear . unce was effected , at fully Ins- week ' s quotations . With home fed - easts we wcre , the time of yeor cotisidtrti scantily supplied , and we have to report a great deg . cicneyin their quality . The scarcity of really prime w the favourable change in the weather for slaughtering and the increased attendance of country buyers ( niosift from the West of England ) produced a very itcaitv though not to say brisk , inquiry for the be-st Sroij HetefOTtls , tuuVs , Devous . and shorthorn " , at fully \\ t currencies obtained on this day se ' nnigbt , the former breed selling at from 4 s led to Ss per 8 fl > , but the mid .

      dling snd inferior kinds of beef met a slow sale , yet late rates were mostly supported . Our advices from tin large northern graEins : districts ar » to the effect that vert moderate droves of shorthorns will be received hither during the next three or four weeks ; hence the prices o ( beef are likely to be fully supported during that p- Hod . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , it ; received about 800 Scots , humebreds , and shdrthunu ; from the Western and Midland districts 800 Hereford' ! runts , Devons , etc . ; from other parts of England , : ! 50 of various breeds ; and from Scotland 20 ( 1 horned atid yoiw Scots , the remainder of the bullock supply being deiirej from abroad , and the neighbourhood of the metropolii . On toe who e the supply of sheep was limited , mvin- » which the mutti-n trade was steady , at prices quite equal to those paid on Friday last , being 2 d per 8 ft > hi-.-lier tliaa on Moudoy . Thu best old dowus sold at 5 s id , : md » u . perior half-hreds quite Ss per . Sib , at which rates a tlwr .

      ancewaf effected with difficulty . The number of Junta was tolerably good , but ot very middling quality . Oi ^ . pared with that experienced on some previous marketilajs , the lamb trade was very firm at Friday ' * advance iuth ' . quotations of id per 8 fb , the best down qualities reaiisinj ( is 4 d per 8 tt ) . With calves we were but modt-rate-lysup . plied , while the trade washe-vy at late rates . In j . issnn ! to nothing was doing . Course inferior beasts : is sd to Ii , second quality do 4 s 2 d to 4 s 4 d , prime larg ,- ., «» 4 s 6 d to 4 s 8 d . prime Scots 4 s lOd toSs , coarse and infirior sheep 4 s 2 d to 4 s 4 d , second quality do 4 s 6 d tots -d , | . rime coarse woolled sheep 4 s lOd to , 1 s Od , prime aouthdu-rado 5 s 2 d to 5 s 4 d , large coarse calves 4 s to 4 s Cd . prime sntaB do 4 s 3 d to 0 s , large hogs 4 s to 4 s Gd neat small jmrten 4 s 8 d to Ss , Iambs 5 s 2 d to 6 s 4 d per SB ) sinking otTal , met ling calves 18 s to 28 s , and quarter old store pigs Ifert 22 s each . Beasts 2 , 9 fi 8 , she « p and lambs 26 ' . 2 S 0 , i-alvee 827 , pgs 220 .

      BUTTER , BACOiY , PORK , % C , LivEnroot . —The demand for the finest descriftions «{ butter during the past week was good , but towards the close the dealers bought sparingly , at a reduction of Is to 2 s per cwt . on our former quotations . -Scare-iy an inquiry for Irish bacon ; hams and lard without change in vaiw . American bacon is in good request , but stocks bcim : large a decline of Is to 2 s pur cwt . has taken place in the uki of this article . s . d . s . d . Butter , Belfast .. „ 88 0 -00 » - Biinbridge ... .. Si 0 — So o — Berry .. .. 80 0 —84 0 - Culettlilie .. .. 84 0 — 8 B 0 - Newry .. .. 80 o — 00 o - Kilkenny .. .., 86 0 —87 0 Sligo .. .. SO 0 — 84 0 - Curlow ,. .. 86 0 —87 0

      Wnterford .. .. 86 0 —88 0 - Carrick .. .. 86 o — 00 n - Dublin .. .. 80 0 —85 0 - Limerick .. .. 82 0 — 84 0 - DundalV .. .. 82 0 —00 0 - Cork , dry thirds .. 0 « 0 — 00 0 - Do . fourths .. .. 00 0 — uO 0 — Beef , Prime Mess , Atner . now .. 90 0 —95 0 per tirltt „ „ Irish .. HO 0 — 00 Pork , Prime Mess , American > 7 « 0 — 76 0 per barrel ,. ,, Irish .. 60 0 — 00 0 - Bacon , long middles , free of hone 68 0 — 70 0 per cwt . „ short middles , do . .. 68 0 —71 0 - flams , short cut .. .. " 4 o — 76 0 - „ long cut .. .. 74 0 —76 0 - Lard , bladdercd .. .. 74 0 —76 0 — „ firkins and kegs .. 66 0 —68 0 -

      WOOL . LONDOK , Monday , July 19 . —Last week the import ! ef wool into London were composed of 258 bales from fto burgh , 82 ditto from St . Petersburg , 78 ditto fio-i Monte Video , 700 ditto from Sydney , and 500 ditto fro ; n Aljoi Bay . On the whole , there is more firmness in the ilmiand by private contract , and , in some few instances , a trift more money has been realised for selected qualities tl English .

      COTTON . I Liverpool , Monday , July ly , _ Tho business , thoup 5 not large to-day . has yet be-en curried on with tirHiiif '' and steadiness , sales being reckoned at 50 # bales , cdrf ! to the trade , and the prices unchanged from r ' riuX'' ( rates . ° i

      STATE OF TRADE . Manchester , July 20 .-.-Our market to-day is ver ; quiet , but prices , nevertheless , arc firm , and shows little disposition to make concessions , which , iudeie-d , i" *' present state of the cotton market , is a thing not tot ' expected . There is not the same inquiry for either pw or yarn as there was last week . Yanu for export are- vflJ flat , and although we cannot report any actual s vicf way ot prices , they are scarcely so firmlv sustained a- " * I uesday lust Yarns for home-trade maiiufae-tui ii * F ' poses are firm , and indicate no tendeW to gin- « a . - In som e * descriptions of goods , of which stocks an- r « th < r Io , v , prices are well maintained , and some salts have art ? effected atthefnii prices of last week . Upon the ivli' -lr , ' may bC Said tllllt the general features of to-lav ' s m . "k , are quietness of demand , with firmness on thepart "I | " * duci . rs ! , indicated by u dispoBition rather to h » M daw make the slightest concessions . The cotton market , * i »« 1 nday , has been qui t , and prices steady . , lii . KOS . —We have nothintrnartiiuilnrlv . i « w i » loniat '

      the state of our cloth market this week . There- ha-1 " - '* ' « a greater qamity of goods delivered off tlto market to-. laj . g and the country mills are doing rather more than » f ' •! " M in the warehouses business lms been rather dull . * M DUyers at this season visiting the town . The genera ! im- m pressitm is that there will soon bo a martial inti-i ««' 1 ment in our staple trade , particularly as the ste «* s » f § ™ l W Hi > " * maU and with the present clio-.-rMf M prospect oia good grain harvest . 1 MruM-OKD ... . Pieces : The continued favou rable harvest m weather is acting Iv-iu-ficially on our market . A verja tolerable amount of business has been done , and a 1 tii <»> E ; f prices remain the same , yet , as stocks arc upon the "liol « ^ oyno means heavy , a sliuht advance iu some sen ' s * ffl goods would bo b y no means unlikely should the pi ' ^ M prospects-of ii good supply of food continue . Th « -r » * || more activity in our wool market , and late pri .-e > M < m readily obtained . The high prices asked by the gro « « i || prevent much increase in thequantity coming to nniike ' -lf Varus continue steady , for , notwithstanding the liuW $ houses are doing a considerable business and the »« ' ?• | pers more than of late , yet prices do not iropruve : j 1 KociiDiiK ,- -We have bud rather more busines- il « ht $

      _ m flannels , but no improvement ill prices . S en flannels , but no improvement ill prices 1 Huddekskikld . -The maikot has not ' maintain . d *§ character of Inst week , nevertheless , we have IweUfwffl amount of business doing . « Halifax . —In . manufacturedgoods nnd iu vnrn there ' §< tZ ^ lT " " T ' ciUh * 8 « nand or pri " U . •< # S viv'Jim f xwc *» tt «> of «» « arly improve-.,,. »<»| Wr . y ' t , Ie iV *> ' no l is c 0 » ' *« g to market . 1 trteSS . A . " - --The tonuiti «» of the cotton h- ^ f tiadc isthe same as previously reported . The .: r » -- ««' . p . gr «««»« l » rt brand , is m C state f ..:.. . * & tvovt 8 n !? V uftlctuw * Th « «» k KIOTO trade- >• - '' f ' K ' ret ,, ? .. ™ ' tll "S heon for several weeks past , lW * b « u ici an improved condition to what itwas inf ..- " » , , ^ •>™ spring months . Tlw bonnet trade is in a w ..- *> f ? i-i . . ^ tnuslinl'iee . has for tbo present rc « 'i >' -l ' . * -i ' s » t , lit cheek : bnt there- is an extension of the sill : (> . ¦!*>» *?»' lace trade , the article being made on then , cl , in .- "Vf , dyed state , it „„ , wrrj t 0 ll ( llt tluit Uw 1 : ll , u' »( i «|( i ' anon s but feeble indications of miieudiueut . '' ' """ — £ ' .

      ¦ Tiiiimiuekuitlciiuso Uiseasr ? •N . .. Deaths. .H , 1 He Death Ot Sh- David Pollock Is Tho Chief«». -«»; £»' Honibay. Sn- Duvtii Died In His Siity-E-Ighth Yiw, *« ; ; *« Unlay Tlw 2s„D Of May. A Very Diseased State «I »• &Gt;* Hi'extiii... . Tl...'... . ». . * - . •* . •• ...Iltl •.Jitl

      ¦ tiiiimiueKuitLciiuso uiseasr ? n . .. DEATHS . . h , 1 he death ot Sh- David Pollock is tho chief «» . - «»; £ »' Honibay . Sn- Duvtii died in his siity-e-ighth yiw , *« ; ; *« unlay tlw 2 s „ d of May . A very diseased state « i »• >* hi ' extiii ... . tl ... ' ... . » . . * - . •* . ... iltl . jitl

      • -.. ".Ig- - Of Death. Tlio >:>»- . »• ...

      • -.. " . ig- - of death . Tlio > : >» - . have-been of Imigst-indiug . i ~ ; 1 no llev . Dr Shepherd died on Wednesday atln » « ff- ; f . deuce Gateavi-i ) , n « ir Liverpool . He was onu »• "" .. " ' loundci-s of the ' ! , ve-i-pnol Atlieneeuni . " Wc have to announce the de-cease ofthe Right Hi ^ ' j able Dennis O'Ce-uoi ' . coiumo . ilycalled The OVeM " ' " ¦ ' emc of the Lords of Iho Treasury . His death ex ; - - « r f ou Thursday lnornitu ; at seven o ' clock , at hisre .-i'i" f " * il , I ' aJl Mmt Wiht The deceased was horn in " *• ' )' that hit was in his Uftj -third vciu-. r «

      Frintcd By I'Uihui; Ai'duivan, Of 16,-Ureal T" !'"' /" Street, Lia . Niiarket, Iu The City Of Westinim-Tvr. &Gt;']•' &Lt; Ouie-C, In The Sium* Street And Parish, For I He" * , • ¦ *

      frintcd by I'UIHUI ; AI'dUiVAN , of 16 ,-Ureal t" ! ' "' /" street , lia niiarket , iu the City of Westinim-tvr . > ' ]• ' < OUie-c , in the sium * Street and Parish , for i he" * , ¦

      Pnetor, Feaiigl's O'Coxnok, Use,., And L...

      pnetor , FEAIiGl'S O'COXNOK , Use ,., and l ' " ' '" " ,, ,. hyWiLUA . il Hewitt , of So . 18 , Charles-stri-i * . ™* . *' don-street , Walworth , in tho parish of St . Mar . -- * , 6 ' A ngtuu , in the- County of Surrey , at th . i Otltcv , ' - ¦ •• .. '; - . O ' rcat Wiiiilinill-sire-et , !' aviiiarket , in ittc . Citv '•' '' minster . ' t S Saturday , July 21 th J -17

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 24, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24071847/page/8/