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      8 The Northern Star , July 26, 1851.

      8 THE NORTHERN STAR , July 26 , 1851 .

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      Stood , for j'Oliiis . tl prisoners wera not a distinct c ' ass . Thi-y cuuM o :-. l y ask for the regulations of all "he gaols in the country ; there were none having :-pe- ; ia ! ic-k-reiice to po'itical prisoners , for there were no piisoners known as such . Lor-l D . C . Stcakt proposed a verbal amendment to l-i * m-itioii . The CiiAscELion of the Exchequer said that did not nieud the matter , as there was no distinction between political offenders and other misdemeanants . Mr . CuRisioriiEn suggested that the noble lard should move for the prison regulations in the case of mUucnver . n-uits- . Mr . C . Lewis said that the motion could not be presst-d iu its present form .

      Mr . Bbigiit suggested that the noble lord might make out a list of ten or dozen prisons where these prisoners had heen confined , and then ask for the rules and regulations of these prisons . That would probabl y be granted as an unopposed return . After a conversation , Lord T > . C . Stcaivt withdrew his motion , on the understanding that such a return would be consented to by the government . The report of tbe Comiuittee ' of Ways and Means "Was then hi ought up , and tho resolutions were agreed to . The house then adjourned till six o ' clock .

      Admission of Jews . —Lord J . Russell moved a resolution that , " Mr . Salou-ons is not entitled to vote in this Jiouse or ro sit in this house during any debate until he ah Jl lake the Oath of abjuration iu the form appointed by Jaw . " lie observed that this matter had been fully debated last year , when he had specified the statutes which rendered it incumbent upon the house to require that the portion of the oath excepted to by . Mr . Salomons in the oath of abjuration should be taken befoic a member could take his seat . Some had made it a question how a Jew should be excluded when a Quaker had heen admitted ; but there was a very great distinction in point oi law bet-veen the case of a Quaker , when Mr , Pease was admitted , and the case of a Jew when B iron Rothschild came to take his seat . He regretted and complained of the state of the law ; but as that distinction " existed he was bound to move the resolution . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . AXaTET moved , by way of amendment , that Mr . Salomons , having wit and voted witbouj ; iaving taken the abjuration oath in the words contained iu the form tendered at the table , the Attorney-General be ordered to prosecute him at law for such default . The drift of the argument by which Mr , Anstey sustained his amendment tended to show , like his argument of the preceding evening , that Mr . Salomons "'as entitled to take his Beat . At the recommendation of Sir B . Hall the amendment was withdrawn , to admit of another by

      Mr . Bethel , who moved that , " Uaron de Rothschild and Alderman Salomons , having taken the oaths of allegiance and supremacy , and also the oath of abjuration , in the manner in which this house is bound by law to administer the same , are eutit'ed to lake their seats as members of this house . " This question , he observed , bad not yet been fully discut-sed . The 9 th George I . threw upon all subjects ofthe realm , Jews included , tha obligation of taking the oath of abjuration , and that obligation was to bo discharged by the Jews in the form and manner laid down in tbe --tatutes 1 st George I . Tbe Legislature , by 10 th George I ., declared that the rule adopted in courts of justice , in

      administering oaths to Jews , should be followed in other places with r-ference to the oath of abjuration , which was a political or civil oath—a mere creature of t' -e Legislature , not known to the common law . In the case of Mr . Pease the house had taken upon itself to modify this oath , and it had no authority to mould an oath except by giving a construction to the statute ; yet , having admitted Jews to take the oaths at the table , it refused to adapt this oath to the circumstances of Jews . If the house declined to follow this precedent , he intreatcd it to consider whether it was not fit to appoint a committee to take tbe Jaw upon this particular point into consideration .

      The AuoBXi-r Gen-era * -, briefly explained theriew he took of the question , which was not a question of policy , but of law ; the house was bound to act judicially , after ascertaining the true sense and construction of the act of Parliament . The simple point was this—the legislature having imposed a certain oath to ho taken by a member before he took his seat in thathou-e , and that oath containing a certain form of words , did it , when it imposed the necessity of taking this oath , intend these words as a formal incident , or as an essential part of the oath ? lie admitted that this point was not free from doubt ; but those -who contended that this oath mi gbt be modified had misapprehended the history of this oath , which S-r Alexander traced from the statute 3 rd James L , and from which he drew the conclusion that the legislature intended the words in question to be a Mibstantiul part of the oath . The precedent of Mr . Pease had heen pressed , bat . there was a wide distinction between the cases . From the 7 th and Sth William III .

      there were precedents for the relief of Qmkers in regard to this oath . He freely acknowledged that Roman Catholics were the object of this oath ; that it was never intended to apidy to Jews ; but , unfortunately , the enactment was general , - no subtlety of construction afforded an escape from it . The law was anomalous and unsatisfactory , and there - was abundant reason for altering it ; but however grievous the state of the law , that house could not assume the ri g ht to alter it b y its own authority . Mr . J . Evass disputed the positions of tho Attorney-General , arguing that the words in question were not of the substance of the oath—which had gone before—but merely a formula , which might be adapted to the circumstances of the party taking the oath .

      Mr . Xapibb concurred in the view of this question taken hy Lord John Russell , and put forward in the unanswerable speech of the Attorney-General , with whom he maintained that the words , "uponthe true faith of a Christian , " were of the matter ofthe oath ; and though the modus jurandi might be adapted to circumstances , not so the juramentum . A statute of the land had required that this part of the oath should to token , except by Quakers , and what right had that house , by a resolution of its own , to omit it , and thus to make the law ? Mr . Agliosby , after hearing the arguments of members of the legal profession , adhered to those who held thai Mr . Salomons had taken the oath as required hy law . Until a court of law had decided otherwise , the house should put its own construction upon the act of Parliament—that these were words of form , not of substance .

      Mr , Hesrt Dbummond , though no lawyer , felt assured that ic could not be law that any person taking a statutory oath , might omit as many words as he pleased . He had always objected to Jews sitting in that house upon principle ; but he could not take advantage of a law never intended to apply to Jews , in order to carry out his principle . If a motion were made to exclude Jews eo nomine , he would vote for it ; but he would not fight in amhush against them , behind a dyke raised to keep out a . Sardinian prince .

      Mr . AXSTET . supported the amendment in another laborious legal argument , replying , as he proceeded , to the Attorney-General and Mr . Kapler . If the oath was not , as he held it to be , illegal , the question , he said , was nevertheless settled and concluded hy the statute 1 st and 2 nd "Victoria . Sir K . IXOLI 3 contended that , even admitting that the words in question were introduced into the oath by accident , there never was a time in which the oaths were not administered upon some symbol that would exclude members of the Jewish

      persuasion . Upon , a division , the amendment was negatived by 113 against 71 . Mr . Bright requested the noble lord not to call for a vote upon his resolution that night , which might prejudice Alderman Salomons' means of enforcing his claim to a seat , but to afford him time to consider whether he wished to be heard ; and he recommended the adoption of Mr . Bethell ' s suggestion , that the question should be again referred to a committee . He moved , therefore , that the debate be adjourned .

      Lord J . Russell said , if Mr . Salomons had wished to be heard in his own person at the bar , he might hare applied that day , so that it was unnecessary to adjourn the debate upon that ground ; nor did he see the necessity , after the subject had been referred to a highly competent committee last year , of appointing another committee . Sir B . Haix was of opinion that , if Mr . Salomons asked to be heard at the bar , he would lower his position ; bat his constituents mi g ht desire to he heard . He urged the appointment of a committee .

      Mr . G . Thompson condemned the manner in which the question had been dealt with by the government , and insisted that puWio opinion was in favour of admission of Jews mto parliament ; he supported the amendment that the matter might be referred again to a committee . 6 Mr . Axstey . argued in favour of a committee . A division negatived the motion for adjournment by 190 to b 9 . AIr : - T = 0 MP 30 » ™>™* another amendment , pledging the house forthwith to cause such altera- ' tints to be made in the form and mode of administering the cartas should enable > ir , Salomons to take and subscribe the same . Mr . J . A . Smith pressed for an adjournment of the debate , stating that on Thursday a petition would be presented to tho house from the electors Of Greenwich , praying to be heard at the bar by cou :: $ ' - -l in support of the claim of their member to i \ Ua parliament .

      Mr . Reynolds took several objections to the oath of abjaration itself , which he said was absurd and insulting . He supported the amendment . Mi * . -issiEY presented himself once more , and , encountering strong manifest ^ ijns of impatience , moved ihat | ue d . gbaM be adjourned .

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      Mr . Bright again earnestl y intreatcd the noble lord not to deny the electors of Greenwich the opportuni ty of being heard , nor to drive the house to a premature decision . Lord J . Russell complained of the manner in which the latter part of this debate had been conducted , and repelled indignantly the attacks which had been made upon him . It appeared to him , he said , that the house was fully competent to decide the question before it , and was bound to do so . Ho considered that the emancipation of the Jews from

      all political disabilities was a great public cause connetted with relig ious liberty , in which ho meant to persevere , though in a duo and regular course , by asking the house next session to assent to a bill , believins that if there was a considerable majority of the house in favour of such a bill , and the voice of the country supported that opinion , they would not have to wait long before , in duo course of legislation , a bill would be passed ; but he would not vote that to be law which he believed to be contrary to law .

      Mr . Bethell urged the house not to adopt the resolution , which contained a wretched truism , deciding nothing , and which would make the house ridiculous in the eyes ofthe country . The motion for adjournment was negatived , upon a division , by 207 against 59 . It being now nearly one o ' clock , Lord J . Russell , advening to the character which the debate had assumed , " said he would no longer oppose an adjoumnient of the debate , which was accordingly adjourned until Friday . The remaining business having been disposed of , the house adjourned at a quarter to two o'clock .

      TfEDNESDAT , JULY 23 . HOUSE OP COMMONS . —Mr . G . F . Young who was introduced by Mr . T . Baring and Mr Fresbfield , took the oaths and his seat for the borough of Scarborough . A new writ was ordered to issue for Limerick , the late member , Mr . J . 0 'Council , having accepted the Chiltern Hundreds . The Attornies' and Solicitors' Certificate Duty Bill , which stood for the second reading , was

      postponed ; the Sale of Beer Bill ( second reading ) withdrawn . Tbe County Rates and Expenditure Bill , the Enfranchisement of Copyholds Bill , and the Administration of Criminal Justice Improvement Bill , which had respectively advanced to the stage of committee , were also withdrawn . The sitting was afterwards chiefly occupied with the discussion , in committee , of the clauses of the Valuation ( Ireland ) Bill . The house adjourned at six o clock .

      THUKSDAr , July 2 i . HOUSE OF LORDS .- —The royal assent was given by commission to a long list of public and private bills . Tho Civil Bills ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time on the motion of the Marquis of CtAXKiCAitDE , and , after a short discussion , Lord Beeners presented several petitions from fanners in Leicestershire complaining of agricultural distress , to which the noble lord appended some remarks , and enforced the

      necessity of providing a legislative stay for tbe depreciation which the landed property and industry of the country were undergoing . Their lordships adjourned at a quarter to eight o ' clock . HOUSE OP COMMONS .-During the early sitting the Consolidated Fund ( Appropriation ) Bill went through committee . ' The committee on the Medical Charities ( Ireland ) Bill was afterwards resumed and some progress made with the clauses of that

      measure . Resuming at five o ' clock , Sir B . Hall , after stating that he should ou Friday present a petition from the electors of Greenwich relative to Mr . Alderman Salomons , arranged , in consequence of an offer from Lord J . Russell to bring on a substantive motion , a resolution declaring that the prayer of their petition ought to be granted . Lord J . Russell thought the hon . member would do better to bring the question forward as a substantive motion rather than as an amendment on his own . On the motion for the third reading of the Customs Bill ,

      Mr . Hbreies moved as an amendment that an address be presented to the Queen , praying that proper steps may be taken to give effect to the provisions of the act for the repeal of the navigation laws , by which her Majesty is empowered to adopt towards any country that refuses reciprocity such measures as may seem calculated to counterbalance the disadvantages to which British trade and navigation may be thereby subjected . In supporting his amendment the honourable member cited at much length the petition , in which complaint was made , aud the returns from which the proofs could be drawn of the gain to the foreigners

      and the growing depreciation of the British shipping interest since the act for repealing the navigation laws came into effect . The severity of the struggle to which our native shipowners were exposed entitled them to come to parliament for help ; and he contended that the case he had made ont fell precisely within the intention of the provisions in the act referred to in his amendment . Power had been especially reserved to the Queen-to withdraw the advantages of equal treatment from the vessels of every power that -would not reciprocate them and on this power he called upon the house to advise her Majesty at once to act .

      Mr . Labotjchere remarked that the late changes were too recent to afford proofs whereby to negative the assertions of depreciation and decay so positively made . He found , however , that after some analogous measures of Mr . Huskisson passed in 1833 , similar statements of distress were made , and equally positive predictions of ruin hazarded . Those prognostics were happily falsified hy the event , and were combatted at the time by Mr . Herrios himself , in a speech which he ( Mr . Lahouchere ) might fitly take as a model for his own on the present occasion . Addressing himself to the facts and arguments now offered , the

      right boa . member accumulated a large mass of results and tables to establish three successive positions—that the repeal of the navigation laws had been followed by a great extension in the general commerce of the country ; that British shipping had enjoyed its fair share in this extension ; and that the British ship builder had received no injury thereby . Mr . Labouchere then referred to the results experienced by other nations , who had doubtless partaken in the benefits resulting from our liberal policy , but without damaging our trade , the prosperity of all parties being equally promoted . As for reciprocity , he contended that the restrictions maintained by some of our allies ,

      interfered with their own commerce , and hindered the development which they would otherwise have experienced . Adverting to the terms of the resolution before them , he deprecated a proceeding which would , in effect , compel the government servilely to imitate every absurd impediment that any foreign power might think proper to enact . It was , he added , unworthy of the British parliament to assent to a proposition which implied that our seamen and ship builders were unable to compete with the world upon their own element , and in the employment wherein their skill had reached the loftiest pitch of excellence .

      Mr . < x . F . Young denied the facts on which Mr . Labouchere had based his argument . Mr . Wilson , in a speech consisting chiefly of arithmetical statements , controverted the arguments of Mr . Young . Mr , Disbaeli said no one would attempt to assert that tbe shipping interest of this country was not in a state of suffering from the recent legislation of parliament . Under-Btanding , however , that negotiations were now pending which might be interferrcd with if the motion should be acceded to , he hoped his right hon . friend would not press his motion to a division .

      Col . Thompson believed that the retaliation suggested against , the foreign shipowner would injure the executioner quite as much as the victim . Lord J . B . USSBU rejoiced to discover the signs of repentance among the party opposite . The motion of that night had been long anti-

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      cipated and very eloquently introduced ; but the discovery , though tardy , was now made , that its effect was injurious , aud the argu . meats on which it was based had thoroughly broken down . Ostensibly intended to foster reciprocity , they acknowledged that tho desired object was attaiued iu many quarters , and had a good prospect of attainment in others . The whole question was now conceded , and the success of the government policy admitted by their opponents themselves , whose ratification he would be too glad to see placed on record in the journals of the house . After a few words from Mr . "Wawn ,

      Mr . Muntz inquired why the free . trade policy was not carried out consistently , and the import duty upon tin abolished . The gallery was cleared for a division , but none took place , the amendment being withdrawn . Sir J . PAkington having moved the adjournment of the debate , the house divided—For the adjournment ... 50 Against 158—108

      The motion for adjournment was however insisted upon , the object being to allow Sir J . Pakington to bring forward , ou another evening , a motion respecting the sugar duties . Another division was called , and the motion being again negatived , the bill was read a third time and passed . The house adjourned at three o ' clock .

      FRIDAY , July 25 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The house was occupied with the Ecclesiastical Bill , which after several amendments had been proposed and negatived , was passed through the committee . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-The Consolidated Fund ( Appropriation ) Bill , as amended , W _ as agreed to , and the bill was ordered to be read a third time on Saturday . The Coalwhippers ( Port of London ) Bill , " the Land Clauses' Consolidation ( Ireland ) Bill , and the Steam Navigation Bill were severally passed through committee . The house then adjourned .

      In the evening sitting , Sir B . Hall presented a petition from the electors of Greenwich , praying to be heard by counsel , in support of the claim of David Salomons , Esq ., one of their representatives , to sit and vote as a member ofthe house . Mr . R . Cubrie presented a similar petition , with respect to the Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild , from the electors of the City of London . Both petitions were ordered to be taken into consideration on Monday next . The Attorney-General moved the second reading of the Patent Law Amendment Bill . After considerable discussion , the bill was read a second time .

      The Emigration Advances ( Scotland ) Bill passed through committee . The remainder of the evening was chiefl y occupied in committee on the Metropolitan Interment ( Advances ) Bill .

      Thr Accueskd Pooh Lmv.—A. Correspondent ...

      Thr Accueskd Pooh Lmv . —A . correspondent informs us that application was lately made to a guardian ofthe Billingsgate Ward for relief for a poor man , his wife , aud four children , who were all suffering from English cholera . The relieving officer visited this sick family , and allowed them sixpence per day—a penny per day for tbe sustenance of each individual . The parish doctor 8 ilV 3 they want nourishment , but where ( asks our correspondent ) is it to come from , out of sixpence per day ? The man is a freeman and liveryman of tho city , and has resided in the parish twelve years The docks for shipping and the railroads are taking the work from the labouring men along the waterside , and they are driven to desperation when they think of parish relief . The only remedy for this state of things is union for the obtainment of the suffrage , which would give the working classes the power of making laws for the protection of their own interests .

      Police Intimidations . —wealthy politicians may avow the most extreme opinions on matters of general government , and yet escape the meshes of the law , but if an association of the unenfranchised bo formed for the purpose of educating themselves by means of lectures , discussions , « tc , their schoolrooms are entered by the police , and the landlords are threatened with tho loss of their license . A number of working men , calling themselves the Washington locality of the National Charter Association , have been shut out of four meeting rooms iu the parishes of St . Pancras and St . Marylebone within the last few months , through the police intimidating the landlords , and also threatening them with the suspension of their licenses .

      As the law compels tradesmen to part with their customers , the law ought to pay their rent and taxes , otherwise it is indirect legal robbery . We would ask tho privileged classes , and the whole British people , how such conduct squares with the law , after the mosteminent judges of the land have declared their willingness to sanction the fullest expression of opinion upon questions speculative , or practical , relating to morals , politic : ; , or science —to things known of this world , or things supposed of in another—provided always such opinions are expressed in a calm , truthful , and argumentative temper . If this means anything it means the legality of expressing our opinions on the usefulness and abuses of the laws , and institutions of this

      or any other country , and to point out a remedy founded on justice to all . The People ' s Charter , accompanied with a knowledge of social rights , is our remedy , We seek that knowledge through lectures , readings , and discussions . All good men will agree with Sir Ashley Cooper , who said , " Let but the search go freely on , and the right measure of justice will soon be found . " Signed on behalf of the members ofthe Washington Locality of the National Charter Association , II . Mathkson , sec . The Refugebs . —Mr . Townsend delivered a very able lecture on the 17 th instant on ' * Hungary , " in the Horsleydown Institution , which had been kindly given for tbo occasion . After the lecture , Mr . Brows thanked the working classes for their

      kindness , asked for work for the Refugees , and stated that it funds were sent , twelve of them would leave for the Continent . After votes of thanks to the lecturer and the committee , 19 s . Id . was collected , and the meeting terminated . George III / s Afplx-woman . —We are glad to perceive that the case of Mrs Ann Hicks , who has been so cruelly deprived of the means of earning her bread is meeting with public sympathy . Subscriptions of £ 1 10 a . and 2 s . 6 d ., have been forwarded by different individuals to the magistrate at Marlborough-street for her . There can be no doubt she had a moral if not a legal right to the site upon which she built her cottage in Hyde Park , * and it will redound little to tbe honour of the humanity of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests that

      they have driven her from her humble tenement , to become after a few months the miserable inmate of a workhouse . The case reminds us of another instance of irregular tenancy which happened many years ago in this very park . A fruit woman had established her stall on the site of where Apslcy House now stands ; George III ., always eccentric , frequently hought a pocket full of apples from this woman during his walks in Hyde Park , declaring that he could nowhere get such fine fruit , Eventually tbe King gave his humble fruitress permission , under his band , to erect a cottage on the spot . Some years after the site was granted by the government to the then Lord Chancellor Apsley to

      build a house upon , and the fruit woman received notice to quit . She , however , waited on the Chancellor , related the manner in which she had become possessed of the ground , and produced the King ' s written permission to her . Lord Apsley took a just and equitable view of the case , and having satisfied himself that the woman ' s story was true agreed to pay . her annually the sum-of £ 300 a year for her Interest in the ground , although he was not compelled by law to do so . This annual sum is , we believe , still enjoyed by the descendants of George III . s apple-woman . We should like to see Lord Apsley ' s example imitated in the present case . —Sunday Times .

      A numbee of Poles engaged in the Hungarian revolution , and who have recently arrived in -this country from Turkey , left Southampton for Havre on Tuesday night . The expense to the English government of those Hungarians . and Poles who have been recently released from captivity in Turkey through the interference of Sir Stratford Canning is about £ 2 , 000 . This expense has been incurred in preeerving the refugees from starvation while in this country and in shipping them to America . Many of the refugee officers have not been under the necessity of receiving assistance from the British government . Two more batches of Hungarian refugees are shortly expected from Constantinople . Amongst tho last party will probably be Kossuth and his family . Geneiul Sir U . Sheafie died on the 17 th inst ., at Edinburgh , at the advanced age of eighty-eight

      years . The Danish Ministry has been reconstructed under the presidency of Count Moltfce .

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      JEWISH HISABILITIES . -BARON KOTIIS-¦ - -- CHILD " AND THE CIT ? . . a „ ublic meeting was held on Thursday at . the Tninn Km , in compliance with an invitation rrom Baron Roth . ohfld to his constituents . . Shorlv after one o ' clock Mr . Baron Rothschild euSedthe rooni . accompar . iedby his supporters , and Ss loudly cheered . Mr . Alderman Salomons , who subsequently made his appearance on the SatformVwas received with similar demonstrations 0 f ^ £ Roinscnn . D , after some preliminary remarks comp lained that the Bill of the Government had been introduced at so late a period of the sessions ; whether that was , er was not mteniouaUt had the effect of preventing a demonstra-Son of the people ' s feeling or , the subject before the close of Parliament . ( Hear . ) This Bill , ¦ Hn „ h reeled by the Lords , had been passed no

      less than five times by the Commons , and the question now for consideration was , whether they should bow to , and obey that decision , or go on exertine themselves untd they succeeded m attaining the eroat object the electors had in view . ( Cheers . ) After intimating that his seat was entirely at tho disposal of the meeting , he concluded by moving that Mr . Raikes Currie should be requested to take the chair . The resolution was adopted , and after a few remarks from the chairman , Mr . Dillon proposed the first resolution ; - That the House of Peers by interposing their mere privilege to reject measures five times introduced into Parliament with the sanction ofthe Crown , as expressed by

      Ministers and affirmed by large majorities , and peculiarly concerainK the qualifications ofthe House of Commons , have strained the powers of the constitution to an unexampled and dangerons extent , * that as Ministers have reneatedlv declared that these measures are identified with a irreat public cause , and that it is only by takingadyantage of ' tke accident ofthe letter , in defiance of the spirit ofthe law that the oath of abjaration is made a religious test ; they can only entitle themselves to the confidence of the reformers of the United Kingdom by being prepared to stand or fall by such measures , and that this meeting calls upon the Prime Minist-. 'i-, as member for London , forthwith to introduce into the House of Lords as a Cabinet meas-ire a bill for the total aboUtion of thepresent oath of

      abjuration . . The resolution was seconded by Mr . Tbayebs , and carried with applause . Mr . . B . Osborne , M . P ., who was loudly called for , riext addressed the meeting . It had been said the House of Commons was a judicial assembly , but if any distinguished foreigners now present in London had been present when Alderman Salomons took his seat and heard thecrowing of cocks , the braying of donkies , and the hisses of geese , they at least would have been much puzzled to discover what the judicial assemblies of this country were composed of . ( Laughter and cheer * - . ) But he denied that the house had ever acted in a judicial capacity , hecause thequestion had been prejudged by the Prime Minister . Out of the ablest lawyers in the House of Commons , eight entertained one opinion and five another , and the Prime Minister was like Captain Maeheath in tbe Beggar ' s Opera , with tho Attorney-General on one side of him , and the

      Solicitor-General on the other , both differing in opinion , and dividing in separate lobbies . ( Hear , hear . ) The Prime Minister was , in fact , unsupported by any legal assistance , He ( Mr . Osborne ) wiia of opinion that whatever a man ' s reli gious opinions might be , whether Mahommedan or Hindoo , as long as he was a good subject and paid the Queen ' s taxes , was as much entitled to sit in Parliament as the most professing Christian . ( Cheers . ) He did not despair of the House of Lords , because he thought many of their lordships , more especially the bishops , were made of such squeezable materials , that if the people spoke out boldly , they would put their principles into their pocket with many other things , and pass this and many other useful bills of which they now disapproved . They would follow the course adopted on former occasions , of absenting themselves from the house , and quietly allowing the question to be decided in accordance with the wish of the country . The resolution was then put and carried .

      Mr . S . MoRiiBr proposed the next resolution , which was to the following effect : — That impressed with the opinion that the cause to which the electors of London stand pledged by the return of Baron Rothschild at two elections , will be best served by his retaining hie seat , this meeting call upon him to do so ; and the citizens of the metropolis rely with confidence upon the support and co-operation of the provincial constituencies for the firm assertion and maintenance of their common electoral rights . The resolution was seconded by Mr . Bennoch and supported by Lord Dudley Stuart , Mr . Bateman , Mr . Anstey , M . 'P ., Mr . Aglionby , M . P ., and others . Wr . Scovell moved as an amendment that Baron Rothschild be requested to take his seat at once in the House of Commons .

      Mr . Alderman Salomons , who was again warmly . greeted , said there was this distinction between his case and that of Baron Rothschild—that the Baron whs at the head of a great commercial establishment , and possessed great influence in the city of Loipion , as well as in other parts of the country . He ( Alderman Salomons ) had taken his seat and voted , being determined to do whatever became an Englishman who sought to assert the rights of his o » -n and other constituencies . ( Cheers . ) Two actions at law were now pending against him , writs having been served upon him for two separate penalties incurred by sitting and voting in the house , and very few could be awaro of the danger in which be stood . It must not be understood , however , that he looiied with any degree of fear at that fate . He was ready to meet any number of actions , and whether he forfeited £ 500 or more for

      every vote be gave , was to him a matter of little consequence . ( Cheers . ) But if he were found guilty , he would become , in the words of the statute , " a Popish recusant , " and would be disqualified from making a legacy , becoming a guarrliari for any child , or voting for a member of Parliament ; and be compelled to give up all his public offices , lay down his alderman ' s gown , and g ive up his commission of the peace , and , like a political Cain have to walk through the streets of London a beggar and a fugitive . ( Cheers . ) Could any one suppose that the people of this country would allow a punishment of that Kind to be inflicted ? ( "No . " )

      So said he , and he was glad that he had been enabled to bring the question to such an issue . He would be quite content to act the part of a Sydney , a Hampden , or a Russell , and throw himself on the sympathies ofthe English people , for the piirpoae of getting rid of a state of the law which was a disgrace to the country , and the age in which they lived . ( Cheers . ) If they remained firm and united , and did not carp and cavil on minor subjects , they would carry terror into the camp of tbe enemy , and finally accomplish the object which every true Liberal had at heart . ( Cheers ) Baron RoinscHitn opposed the amendment .

      After some discussion the amendment was lost , and the original motion carried by a large majority , A petition to the House of Commons , praying that the resolution excluding Baron Rothschild mig ht be rescinded , or that he might be heard at the bar ofthe house , was agreed to . After a vote of thanks to tho Chairman the meeting separated .

      Fire At Spitalfields.—Sevbrai, Houses De...

      Fire at Spitalfields . —Sevbrai , Houses Destroyed . —Between three and four . o ' clock . on Thursday morning , an extensive fire broke out in the most densely populated portion of Spitalfields —Bacon-street , Brick-lane—and unfortunately resulted in the destruction of several buildings , most of them the habitations of industrious families . Erom all that has since transpired in respect to the origin of the fire , it is riot improbable but that it will become a subject of investigation before the magistrates . When first observed , it appeared to have commenced in a kind of double house , one portion occupied by a clothier , named Bateman , and the other by a green-grocer , of the name of Williams . Almost immediately on the alarm being raised , the flames hurst forth from every window in the premises ; and there being no party wall to protect the adjoining buildings , they quickly caught tire . The position of the inmates waa

      extremelv perilous , but through the prompt relief afforded by the police , no Uvea were sacrificed ; tho distress and excitement among tho poor creatures were most painful ; they rushed , -ibout the streets almost frantic . By the time the engines arrived the fire had reached to a vast extent ; those houses mentioned were on fire from tbe ground to the roofs , and the fronts of lialf-n-dozo . n houses on the opposite side of the street were in a blaze . Every expedition was used to bring the engines to play effectually on the burning property ; it was some time , however , before the fire was subdued . The official report of the brigades on the damage done by the conflagration ui'scnbcs ten houses burned and damaged . With the exception of two parties who were insured , the loss will fall heavily on the inmates , some thirteen er fourteen families , they having lost every article of furniture they possessed .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , July 22 nd . BANKRUPTS . Snmpson Clay Ucaftal ! and William Matlii-r , IIi |* 1 i-{ Asee ' :, Kensington , Httendi-aiw-m—Samm-l Dixon , I . ccdf , Yorkshire , drapei—Adolf Hcill-roim and John Harrison , Ore-it St . Helen ' s . City , dry-salters—Joseph Mitchell , Cittnden-streel , C-iiiidt-n Town , builder—Xachnriiih U ' uirin , Artllcip-b , Essex , miller—Ge < 'i * i ; c Edwin Deeley , Itnmswick-terrace , Trinity-street , Uoyor-roml , iron I ' nmider—Gaors ; e Keiv . pson , Clifton , )> L-ul ' ui-ilsliirc .. pm-lc Ijniclicr—Joseph Itoyce , Notiiii |; liaiii nuTJ--r-TI |( j | tui ! i I ' limlM ' . Ol-cliainp - on , Devonshire , builder- —S ydenham Vine-Mil Hume , T- > tint < iii , S ' oilieisetsliire , saddler— William 1 ' i ^ lilry and Francis I'asb' . ey , Shemild , lnhlu-1-irir-t nmntil ' iieliinm —WU-iam Munr . ey and Thnimis WiUnn , l , ivei | 1 , rum mcre . har . ts— (' onion John . lames ( Irani . I . i \ c-i | i , n , i . i „ t , u , v ,, iiroker—Thomas Ilrovm , Sunderland , shipniMicr , HCOTttll Sl'Hllir . STlUTlONH . i \ i-u- and Cniuuron . l'dlnlnirj-li , entile dealer . ! .

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      Guildhall.—Assabw Bv A Bahristkr. —Mr. V...

      GUILDHALL . —Assabw bv a Bahristkr . —Mr . Vaughan Lovell , of the Middle Temple , barrister , was charged with assaulting Mr . Lanis-an , also a barrister of the same inn . —It appeared that tho complainant had for soma time hoim labouring under the impression that the defendant had been the cause of the estrangement between him and his wife , from whom he was living apart , and also that he had been charged with forcing a bill for £ 3 , 000 in the name of Wilson and Co ., nnd the consequence was a strong feeling of hostility had sprung up between the parties , and on the defendant meeting the complainant , he repeated the charges , which led to the defendant striking him over the head with a stick , the assault complained of , —After a variety of recriminatory statements , the Alderman said he was of opinion the wisest course was to bind both parties over in their own recognisances of £ 50 to keep the peace . —The parties having complied with these terms , the case was disposed of .

      WOItaiUP-STREET . —A PotiCE Ruffian * . — Mr . S . Derine , a trimming manufacturer in Huntstreet , Mile-end , was charged with disorderly conduct , and with having assaulted and resisted policeconstable Harrington in the execution of his duty . —The constable stated that while on duty in Hunt-Street , his attention was attracted to a noisy altercation between the defendant and several other persons , and , on requesting him to desist , he refused to do so , and demanded upon what authority he presumed to interfere with him . The defendant then commenced a violent attack upon him , and having repeatedly struck at him , he at once took

      bim into custody , but as an immediate attempt at rescue was made by several of the bystanders , he sprung his rattle for assistance , which brought up another officer , with whose aid he was forced on a short distance , when ho renewed his struggles , in the course of which they both fell heavily to the ground . On recovering his feet , he observed that the defendant was bleeding profusely from the head , and he was ultimately rescued by the mob , but re-captured in a few minutes by two other policemen , who conveyed him to the station-house . —Another police constable corroborated the statement of the last witness as to the violent resistance

      offered by the defendant , in which he was actively assisted by the mob , but stated that he was not present at tho commencement of the disturbance ! and could not tell how it originated . —In answer to the charge , the defendant , who exhibited indications of severe recent ill-usage , one of his temples and a portion of his face being covered with adhesive plaister , stated that at the time in question he was proceeding quietly home with his wife , and had almost reached his own door , when the policeman came up , and after an indelicate observation , insisted upon inspecting the contents of a small basket which she had in her hand . On refusing to submit to such a scrutiny , the policeman immediately caught his wife round the waist , and swung her completely round , at the same time knocking

      off his ( defendant ' s ) hat ; while he was endeavouring to release her from his grasp , and before he had time to recover it , the constable hastily pulled out the rattle , and struck him -with all his force on the head , inflicting a frightful wound , from which lie must have lost more than a quart of blood . After subjecting him to further outrage and maltreatment , although he expressed his perfect readiness to proceed quietly to the station-house , two other constables at length arrived , and he voluntarily surrendered himself into their custody . — -Mr . Joel Reeves , an umbrella maker , living in Hunt-street , was then called , and stated that he was roused from his sleep at one o ' clock in the morning by loud cries of " murder " in a woman ' s voice , and on looking out of the window , he saw the defendant , whose

      wife was clinging to him , struggling with the policeman , who forced him back against the wall , and struck him with his rattle three heavy blows in rapid succession over the head . Several of the bystanders expressed their indignation at his brutality , upon which the constable turned round and declared , with an oath , " That if either of them came near him he would serve them in a similar manner . " Witness immediately dressed himself and hurried down into the street ,- where he found the defendant , whose faeo was streaming with blood , in the charge of two other constables , with whom he went quietly to the station-house Rowland Hill , a silk weaverj fully confirmed the evidence of the preceding witness , and stated that , in the first instance , the defendant and his wife were about entering their own house , when they were followed and seized by the policeman , who dragged both into the road , where he relinquished his hold

      of the woman to enable him to get at his rattle , with which he struck the defendant in the violent manner before described . —Sergeant Ram stated that , on reaching the station , the defendant , Who was perfectly sober , complained that he had been brutally attacked by the constable , and he had evidently sustained such serious injuries that witness lost no time in placing him under the care of the divisional surgeon , —Mr . Arnold at once ordered the defendant to be discharged , and directed the sergeant to report the case to the Police Commissioners , as he was decidedly of opinion the policeman had grossly misconducted himself , and that no reliance wliatever eould be placed upon his evidence . He desired that bis observations upon the subject should be conveyed to the oommissioriers , with an intimation of his desire that the case should undergo the fullest investigation , and that ho considered that the constable who preferred the charge should be indicted for perjury .

      SOUTH WARE . — " The Knife Again . "—Robert Thompson , alias ( Smith , was placed at the bar before Mr . Seeker , charged with stabbing two policemen . —The prisoner , who declined saying anything in answer to the charge , was committed to the Central Criminal Court , Mr . Seeker remarking on thepolico sheet that he considered , from the serious nature of tho case , professional assistance would be required to conduct it on the part of the prosecution . MARLBOROUGH-STREET .-A BnurK .-John Cannon was brought before Mr . Ilardwlck , charged with beating , insulting , arid otherwise ill-treating several respectable women while walking in the public streets . Two of the persons maltreated were domestics in the establishment of his Grace the

      Duke of Wettington . —Hannah Sheppard said she was housemaid at No . 149 , Piccadilly . About ten o ' clock on Sunday night she was going home with a fallow servant , when the prisoner passed her , and then turned round and demanded something to drink . She told him to go away , or jhe would call the police . The priaoner instantly struck her a blow with his clenched fist between the eyes and ran off . The blow was so severe that she reeled and fell to the ground . The prisoner was quite a stranger to her . —Mary Williams fellow servant of the above witness , said they were going homo together , when the prisoner came up and gave her a blow . He then went to her companion and demanded something to drink . Instantly on receiving a repulse he struck her companion and knocked her

      down . The prisoner then aimed a blow at her , which took effect at the aide of tbe head , and raised a swelling . The prisoner then ran away , but was stopped almost immediately afterwards by a person who had witnessed his conduct . The otheer young woman who was assaulted was rendered insensible by the blow for a short time . —George Phelps , car . penter , 18 , Hosken-strcet , Chelsea , said he saw the prisoner on Sunday night insult women in the street . He saw him kick one young woman , and . then go up to the last two witnesses , one of whom he saw in the act of falling . On hearing the cry for assistance ho ran after the defendant and

      stopped him . The prisoner struck him a . violent blow on the nose . r-Police-constable Bannister saw tbe prisoner assault Phelps . The prisoner appeared not to be sober . —The prisoner gave a general denial to tho charge . —Mr . Hard wick said the prisoner's conduct was atrocious . The prisoner bad , as it were , run a-muck through the public streets asfaulting respectable women , and the only way he could meet such a case was by inflicting the heaviest penalty the law gave him power to inflict . The prisoner was fined £ 5 for tho first assault , or two months '; £ 2 for the second assault , or one month ' s ; and £ 2 for the third assault , or one month ' s ; together £ 9 , or four mouths'

      imprisonment . WANDSWORTH . —Throwing a Lad in * the Riveb . —Charles Cobb , a free waterman , and one of the proprietors of the steam-boat pier at Putney , was charged with assaulting William Webb , a lad about sixteen or seventeen years of age , by throv--ing him into the river Thames . —On the 15 th inst . tho complainant ' s master moored his bar-r to one side of the p ier , whilst ho went to get something to cook for dinner , and before the captain oi the owe had got out of sight , the defendant called to Robinson , another waterman , and part owner of the pier , to throw the « rarp overboard , and ho did so The captain or lighterman then called to tho bov to ' make the ropo fast again , and lie was ill the act of tog so whor . dofcndni , t caught him under tho and threw

      nm » him into tho river , which s . tthr jdaco . bout eight feet deep . Had the lad not u ' g hold of a chain , used to steady tho pier tho wash from one of the paddle whelh offix " L " would have drive ., him out into the stream or '" dorthe ihit duumHi-a . , d „ - ) ,, „ t ) wZv Iml ton got on t i «> .. or said that if ho had bo UuMv-, i ,, Mv , th tho lad ho * | 10 « l , l „ ot v ni out so H . K .,, . _ Tho del ' ,,,, ! ,,, ! got up ., -a nl Ihi " Z |;«« o » -Iho ri ght , nf tlS , piJr , nnd it fcing ¦ Hi-gal lor Imrgos to moor or m .-. lu- f .-. sr .-Mr . ¦•¦'/•¦¦¦ ' ' "" i d ho | , nd i , o | , || j , 1 ( 1 , |„ wll | , ,, illhu 01 , I'm- ! .----- * ii „ W 0 Uhl not permit Lynch law to hi-| iUi ! li 8 ril l , y tho d .-IVmlant or any other of his class , » -ven thoiigh ) iih privilcgo h .-ul l . nn interfere- ! with . Ho Mould pay a lh , 0 of . IT . or be imprisoned for two ¦ nonlliM .

      I HAMI- . 8 . —Isnun-x'r Ass . un . t . —Rhtiise Pn-ih-rio I'luim , . " ¦ „' , u Ci'i-mnn , ilm-ribi-d on tho sheet as a men-hunt t . f llnuihiirg , was finally oxHiuincd ,

      Guildhall.—Assabw Bv A Bahristkr. —Mr. V...

      charged with indecently assaulting Hannah Bridn-o servant at " the Ship , Stepney-green . —The offence was proved , and the prisoner sentenced to pay a fine of £ 3 or be imprisoned for one month . The monev was paid .

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      Corn. Jiabk Lane, Monday, July 21.—There...

      CORN . JIabk Lane , Monday , July 21 . —There was but a Small Show of wheat samples from Eesex and Kent to-day , and the greater part went off to millers at lpst Monday ' s price * . Although tho arrivals of foreign wheat and flour were more moderate , the weather being fine for the growing crops , u- 'th articles sold slowly to-day in retail . Barley fully as dear . Beans and peas unaltered . The arrival of oats having been checked by contrary winds , holders asked an advance of Gd to la pov qr . up & nlast Monday ' s quotations , and at this rate business was done to some extent . Wednesday ; . — y \' c have had some six or eight lumr &' heavy rain in this neighbourhood this morning , which , if ceneral , can hardly have failed to have done more or less injury to wheat crops where previously laid . Our market , nevertheless , was entirely without animation , and the few transactions which took place were at Monday ' s rates . Flour sold slowly at former prices . Barley in short supply , and quite as dear . The arrivals of oats being short , factors had no difficulty in obtaining the extreme quotations of last market day . Beans and peas unchanged in value or demand

      Huix , July 22 , —Though a good deal of rain has fallen at intervals during the past week , yet being followed by dryinjr winds and warm weather , we do not apprehend , anv injury has been sustained by the crops in this locality . With the exception of wheat , we have small imports of grain , owing to the prevalence of westerly winds . The trade has been very inanimate , but without any quotable alteration in value . To-day we had n ^ ain a moderate show of wheat from our farmers , who were very unwilling sellers at any concession upon last week ' s rates , and the business dene was very limited . The foreign market was very tarn *' . A good sale for grinding barley at our quotations . Oats dull . Not much doing in beans or peas . Indian corn goes off at about 29 s per qr . of 4 S 0 lbs . The linseed market is quiet , with moderate importations . Consumptive sale for ¦ akes . No change in rapeseed ; for cakes a moderate demand . A cargo of superior Saldanha bay guano is now on the market . Itic'istoxD , Yorkshire . July 19 . —Wo had a tolerable supply of wheat , which advanced a little on last week ' s prieei * . Wheat sold from 5 s lOd to Gs 4 d j Oats from 3 s Od to 3 s Gd ; Uarlbvfroni ' 3 s Cd to 3 s 9 d ; Beans from 4 s to 4 s Gd per bushe ! .

      Birmingham , July 24 . —At Gloucester and Worster markets , E-iglish wheat was held for some advance , which buyers would not generally submit to , consequently very little changed hands . Barley in demand , and rather dearer . Oats tho turn cheaper , with moro sales . Beans and peas nominally unaltered . During the present week the weather has been unsettled , and a fair business has been doing in wheat , with the turn in favour of the seller . Barley scarce and inquired for . Oats 3 d to Od per quarter lower . More duing in b' ans at former currency . At this day ' s market there was a inir supply of wheat from the farmers , and notwithstanding tbe wet weather , no advance could be obtained ; hut the trade , was firm at the currency of this day se ' nnight . Barley unaltered . Oats maintained their value . Beans were quite as dear , Peas dull , and less inquired for .

      Bhistol , July 24 . —The weather , with the exception of a showery day or two , has continued favourable for the gr . lirt harvest , and the reports represent the wheat generally as looking well . The market to-day was sluggish , buyers only taking enough for their present requirements at about the currencies of this day se ' nnight Foreign wheats of prime quality maintained their value , but inferior Danubcs gave way , and were sold ar . a decline of Is , to Is . ( id . psr quarter from the last quotations . Plour was of slow sab- at the late currencies . In grinding parcels of barley there was some business doine at a shade of improvement . Oats and beans remain as before .

      CATTLE . SsuthfieIjD , Monday , July 21 . —To-day ' s market was again somewhat heavily supplied with foreign stock , espe-I ciatl * - sheep aud calves ; but Us ^ ewev al quality was by no I means first rate . Prom our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were not so large as those reported on Monday last , nevertheless , they were seasonably extensive . The attendance of buyers being larger , he demand for the finest breeds ruled steady , and , in some instances , the quotations were a shade higher—a few of tbe best Scots having realised 3 s 3 d per 8 lbs . In the middling and inferior qualities of beef , only a moderate business was doing , at late rates . Although there was a material falling oil' in the supply of sheep , the number was ill excess of many former pe > Sods , and in full average condition . On the whole , the mutton trade was steady at last week ' s decline in prices , the highest figure for the best old Downs b ; ing 3 s lOd per S lbs . The half , breds Were selling at from 3 s Gd to 3 s 8 d per 8 lbs . We were again well supplied with lamb ' i for which the inquiry was somewhat inactive , at unaltered quotation ; viz ., 4 s to Ss per 8 lbs . Cnlvcy , the supply of which was good , met a slow sale ; but we have no decline to notice in their value . In pigs , a moderate bus ' m * sss was doing , at late

      Beef , 2 s 4 d to 3 s Cd ; mutton , 2 s Cd to 3 s lOd ; veal , 2 s Gd to 3 s 6 d ; pork , 2 s Gd to 3 s 8 d , —Price per stone of 81 bs sinking the offal . ' * NEWGATE AND JjEADENHALI ., Jlonday , July 21 Inferior bsef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d : middling , ditto , 2 s Gd to 2 s 8 d ; prime large , 2 s Hid to 3 s ( Id ; prime small , 3 s Od ' toSs 2 d large pork , 2 s Gd to 3 s 4 d ; inft-rior mutton , 2 s Gdto 2 s lOd ; middling ditto 3 s Od to 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto 3 s Gd to 3 s 8 d ; veal , 3 s Od to 3 s 10 d ; small pork , 3 s Gd to 3 s 8 d ; per 81 bs by the carcase .

      FliOYISIQffS , London * , Monday . —Our market presented a healthier tone and character last wee ' - , particularly towards the close . Irish butterattracted more attention , and was sold to some extent landed and for shipment . Prices ruled for Carlow , Currick , and Clonmel , at from 6 Ss to 72 s ; 5 Vati > rford , G 4 s to C 8 s j Cork , 70 s to 71 s ; Limerick , CDs to CSs , - Tralee , 60 s to G 2 s pe * r cwt . lauded , avid at corresponding rates on beard . The best foreign advanced to 82 s to 84 s per cwt . Bacon . —Prime singed sides , fresh and of mild cure , were in good dt-mand , but others were not readily saleable , prices of Irish ranged from 44 s to 57 s . and Hambro' from 44 s to 52 s per cwt ,, according to Size , contdiion , and quality ,. Ihims were rather easier to sell , at from 54 s to 64 s . In lard there was more doing , at 48 s to 58 s for bladdered , and at 44 s to ! Ss for kegs English Butter , London , July 21 . —Our trade is healthier at this time at rather improved prices , except for fresh butter , which is somewhat lower . Dorset , fine weekly , 82 s to 84 s per cwt . ; do . middling , GOs to 74 s ; Devon , 72 s to 71 s ; Fresh . Ss Od to lis Od yerdoz . iUSl

      BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 63 . to C ^ a . ; of household ditto , 4 id . to 5 . ld , per 41 bs loaf . COTTON . Livehpool , July 22—The market has been flat to-day , and closed with irregularity in prices . Compared with Friday ' s rates prices of all kind- are £ <} per lb . tower , the sales amount to about 4 , 000 bales , 1 , 000 of which are taken for export , and include 3 , 000 Americans : 400 Pei-nams and Maranhain ? , SJ to 7 ; 800 Sur-its , 3 J- to 31 . MANCHESTER , J uly ' 12 . —Both yarn and cloth are in better demand , hut prices have given way still further , and cops are Jd to Jd under the rates obtained last week . This description of yarn , however , had declined less in proportion to other kinds , and the rates obtainable leave a profitable margin for the spinner at the present prices of cotton . In long clothe and light mukos of other descriptions of fabrics there has been a good inquiry , and buyers are evidently disposed to execute orders now there are symptoms of prices having reached their minimum .

      WOOL . Citt , Monday , July 21 . —The imports 0 t W 00 l illtO London last week were about 213 bales from Germany . 100 from Egypt , 745 from the Cape of Good Hope , 977 from Van Diemen ' s Land , 1 , 387 from Port Philip , 2 . 151 from Sidney , 91 from Odessa , and 71 from Italy . The public Sales Of ( 50 , 000 Wales have commenced to a . full attendance at the nun of Commerce , and there has been good support given to the prices—much better than could have been expected . During the utcsent yeav l-ll , Us $ bates o \ wooV have been imported , and the stock on the 17 th instant was 68 , 724 bales .

      WOOLLENS . Leeds , July 22 . —There ha- been ii considerable demand for woollens in this market , and large quantities of goods have been delivered to order . The manufacturers are generally well supplied with orders , and the stocks on hand s are very low .

      State Op Tiiade. Kochd.-Ue, Jlonday.—We ...

      STATE OP TIIADE . Kochd .-ue , Jlonday . —We have had a more promising market to-day , and the merchants have purchased rather more freely , at prices much the same as those of the preceding week . Low-priced English wools are in good demand and scarce , and those of a finer quality can he purchased upon rather easier terms , Maccmssfiem ) , Tuesday—Our manufactured goods trade continues in the same position as that of last week ; the business doing is limited , and stocks of spring goods are known to be light , probably not move than two-thirds of the usual quantity having been made this season . Homethrown—This market has again relapsed into a State of quietness ; atocks . however , are light , and prices firm , foreigu-thrown—Considerable more doing , a fair business having taken place , at somewhat higher rates than the quotations of 1 st in . stant . _ IUufax Tuesday . —There is no perceptible alteration in the condition of the worsted trade since our last report ; r . or can we observe tint there is any improvement in the vara market , wlvfchfa greatly depresscdf Wool is very quvet , with the turn in favour of the buyer

      . IIuudebsfixld , Tuesday .-There has been an increased activ ty in our market to-day . In the Cloth Hall a pretty lively trade has been carried on . Goods of a better quality ^ . ^ i n ^ 'n ^ prnand than for the last few weeks . n ., c S , tnide t 1 S bwsk r - " deed - * Pre" * goo-i business has been done to-day , Most of the purchases have been trowi the stocks ; not much has been done to order . The shippers ure , if anything , rather busier than last week , though not much . The tra-Ie iu wools has been quiet , as IS UJUlll before and during the London sales . Leeds , Tuesday—The markets both to-day and Satur . aay last have biren brisk , and there is a good business doing- to order . The manufacturers are well employed , and prices continue firm .

      Manchester , July -ii —The character of the market has undergone little or uo chai-gc , either as regards cotton yarns or cloths , since Tuesday . There is less demand for lirintins cloth as well as shirtings ; but there is a good deal of activity in lon . u' cloths and T uloths , and prices ore held rather firmly . for both these descriptions of goods . The better kinds of T cloths hold tho rates of last month , and the lower 32 inch , at 411 ) . Soz . weight , which were last month at 3 s Od per •; . eo , are now < nly lid higher . Longcloths ( 3 ( i . ii ! ch , 81 b . wc g ' it ) , quoted last month atGsGd , may now be had atGs 4 Ad : 5-4 long cloths are also a shade lowrr ; but . u * . 4 are ti-lerah !} - firm , ; , nd . niust viu - fa jr re . turn n . tbe uiiiNiit-icturcr at tlio present pi-ice of cotton . I-or ID-inch shirtings the demand continues very languid , and prices are seaic .-ly remunerative , being 3 d to Hd per piece under the lowest price of last month . The same depi-i-ssinn exists in jai-cor . ets . The k . wtr counts of water twist continue in fU-iiuiiid at st , adv prices , but in other de-M !») -ti » iifl tin-re is :. tendency to give way with tin- price of Ihe I' W lllHtlTlill , 'I hiH < is mWli liC - ' - ¦ „ printed goods , and new styles maintain tkeirrates rather firmly .

      Mil In L-Inteil By William Ril'eli, Ofnoy, •Ocle.'F-Eld-Street,

      Mil in l-inteil by WILLIAM Ril'Eli , ofNoy , ocle . 'f-eld-street ,

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      u . -- pr . ne , w estminsttr , at the Frinting-( lllirc . l ( i , tin at Winiimill-slretl , llayn-iirhet , in rhe City of WvS ' w . wiU-r . ' . uv -he Proprietor , FEAHCVS O'COXNOK , K ; q ., M . l \ , ami yub-ished by the said William hiUEii , at the Oilice , in the s . i-ae street and parish .-huturday . July Stith , iSSl

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 26, 1851, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26071851/page/8/