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      _Bilstox . —Tho members earnestly invite all who consider themselves honest Chartists to pay off the printers ' bill , Ac . _Xotti-vgham . —The Council met on Sunday afternoon at thc Golden "Fleece—Mr . Hall in the chair ; _whau Mv . MuiSkcmttwas elected _secietary for one month . —A resolution was unanimously " passed pledging the members of thc council to use their utmost exertions , in their localities , to raise subscriptions towards paying Mr . O ' Connor ' s costs in the Macnamara action . —On Sunday _morning this _subject was brought before the members ofthe Colonel Hutchinson locality by their delegates to the Council . A very good collection was made , and it was agreed the subscription should stand open until tbat night fortnight , and that during that time every exertion shoulu be made for the above object . _JotrxsroxE . —A concert got up by a few of the democrats of this p lace , was held in the Black Bull

      Assembly Rooms , on thc 17 th ult ., in aid of the political victims . We arc much indebted to the following gentlemen for their valuable services : — Messrs . Maxwell and Uart , of Eilbarch an ; Mr . Robert Dickenson , of Elderslie ; and Mr . Hugh H . Gibson , of Paisley . After defraying expenses , we have £ 3 , to be distributed as follows : —Costs of Macnamara's Action , 10 s . ; for the Widows ' of the late Sharp and Williams , 10 s . ; for Wives and Families of "Victims , 10 s . ; "Victim Fund , 10 s . ; to exempt E . Jones from Oakum-picking , 5 s . ; Dr . M'Douall ' s Testimonial , 5 s . ; Remitted to Paisley for Printers ' Debt , 10 s . We remit the above £ 310 s . to Mr . W . Rider , and deeply regret that Mr . O'Connor should be put to so much expense and trouble ; but we hope our brother Chartists of Scotland will bestir themselves , and replace the money in the bands of Mr . O'Connor , that his word may not be forfeited h y their negli gence . Signed iu behalf of the Democrats , A . Husband .

      KocnDALE . —Two lectures were delivered in the Chartist room , on Sunday last , by Mr . J . West , of Macclesfield , on the . union and duty of the working classes . Mr . West took a view of the various _poetical parties at present biding for the people . The intention of thc Financial reformers was to bring the taxes to the same level as in 1835 , or perh a ps to repeal the income tax , but the working classes would receive very little benefit from that . He should like to see them take np a question which was a _working man ' s question , viz . the national

      debt . The lecturer was warmly cheered during the delivery of his lectures . Sotrrn Loxdo . _v ILux . —Mr . Ky dd delivered a hi ghly instructive lecture on Sunday last , on the subject of the _French Revolution of 1793 , in which he g a ve a grap hic description of the causes which produced it . After a vote of thanks had been given to the lecturer , a collection was made towards defraying the expenses of the forthcoming Conference , and the meeting adjourned till Sunday next , when Mr . Kydd will resume his lecture . The Chartist Prisoners is Newgate . —At a

      meeting of the Cri pp legate Locality , held at 23 , Golden-lane , on Thursday evening—Mr . Brown in the chair—it wa 3 unanimously resolved to send letters of thanks to Aldermen Sidney and Humphrey , for their just and humane speeches at the Court of Alderme _" , in favour of the Chartist prisoners . Also that a deputation wait on Alderman Ch a llis , to convince him of his errors , and to request him to present a memorial to the Queen , signed by tbe residents of the ward , for the liberation of all Chartist prisoners .

      10 The Editor Of The Xortherx Star. Sir,...

      10 THE EDITOR OF THE _XORTHERX STAR . Sir , —Enclosed are three shillings towards the _expences incurred by 3 ur . O'Connor , and four shillings and sixpence for Mrs . Jones , collected from a few friends in the Finsbury locality . I have seen Mrs . Fussell , and found her in very distressed circumstances . I determined upon getting up a Benefit , to cheer ber and her large f amil y this Christmas , and I hare procured the large room at the Crown Tavern , Clerkenwellgreen , the use of which thc propr i etor ha s kind l y given gratis . Mr . Day will conduct the vocal part , gratuitously . I named Tuesday , December lltb , for an harmonic meeting , at ei g ht o clock , tickets sixpence each , and bad hoped that by that time the Conference would have been _sittias : the

      postponement , however , caused a little inconvenience . Some fears are entertained—though I have noneof its being a failure , in consequence of the meetings clashing together . Those who ca « inot attend can take tickets . Persons opposed to us in politics have shown the example , therefore , I think I need say nothing further to induce tbe Chartists to assist this deserving woman . Tickets can be bad of me , as below ; ot Mrs . Fussell , Bagni ge-wells-road ; "Mr . _"Brittain , Bowling-green-lane ; Mr . Cameron , Mount Pleasant ; Mr . Blake , Leather-lane ; City locality , 28 , Golden-lane ; or at the doors of the Crown TaTern , on the evening of the entertain ment . - JLP . las . 19 , _Albermarle-street , Clerkenweli .

      Southward. A Public Meeting Was Held At ...

      _SOUTHWARD . A public meeting was held at the Shi p and M e rm a id Ta v ern , Snow-fields , Bermondsey , on Tuesday evening last , for the purpose of electing four delegates to represent the Borough of Southwark in the forthcoming Chartist Conference . Mr . La-vcek was unanimously called to the chair . The chairman having stated the object of the meeting , Mr . G . W . M . _RErsotDS rose to move the first resolution : —" That this meeting views with extreme pain and regret the awful amount of destitution and misery at present existing in this country , and believing the same to be caused chiefly by class legislation . We hereby declare the only remedy consistent with reason and sound national

      policy , to be the adoption of that document known as the Peop le ' s Charter , whole and entire , a s the law of this land . " Mr . Reynolds said , that England was differenlly situated to continental nations , and required different means to be adopted to effect the necessary remedy . Timo aud circumstance demanded that we should confine ourselves to what are called constitutional means , so as not to embarrass our cause , or get our leaders into a dilemma . Mr . Reynolds entered into a clear and satisfactory justification ofthe present middle-class association , and commended it to the working classes as aladder -which they mig ht a scend to their own ri ghts as contained in the Peop le ' s Charter , amidst considerable cheerin £ _. The Prime Minister and aristocracy had

      dared affirm tbat the working classes were i gnorant ; while it was their intelli gence they dreaded , knowing well that the moment they achieved the Charter , down would fall the colossal pyramid of abuse , which was the mainstay of their existence . ( Loud cheers . ) They were told that Universal Suffrage had been tried in France , and found wanting . Since the revolution there had been three opportunities of testing it , namely , the election ofthe Constituent Assembly—the election of the President—and the legislative Assembly . Bnt belt remembered , prior to the revolution tlie constituency of France numbered only 200 , 000 . whilst the minister held in his possession 00 , 000 p laces , and the reversion of as man y more , making a control over 120 , 000 ; and

      when the priests and press vas—with few excep taons—in the minister ' s favour , it -will be clearly seen that the government monopolised the representation . Whenever the few liberal papers dared insert au independent article , they were immediatel y seized either at their office or in the post-office , consequentl y it was almost impossible that the p eop le of France should understand the best mode of exercising the franchise . When they were suddenly called on after the revolution of February , ISIS , to exercise the rig hts of citizens , that glorious citizen , Ledru Rollin _^ - ( great cheering)—had perceived this , and had sent his circulars into the pro vinces , to givo the necessary instructions , which had called down on his head the wrath ofthe Times

      and Chronicle , and the underhanded opposition of those wolves in sheep ' s clothing—Messrs . Laroartine _, Gamier P a ges , & c . ( Hear , hear . ) But after all did Universal Sufirage fail ? 2 _* b ; for did not the Constituent Assembly bring forth a constitution as far superior to ours as a soverei _g n was to a brass farthing . ( Loud cheers . ) Then let us take the second test—Why was Louis Napoleon elected ? Not for his great name , but because be declared be was a Republican and a Socialist , and declared he would stand by the constitution ; and as a proof , of his Socialism pointed to his work on Labour . Well , then , in this case Universal Suffrage had not failed ; if anything had failed It was Louis _Napoleon , who h a d failed to k e ep his word . ( Hear , hear . ) The

      third test was , perhaps , more difficult to handle , bnt he ( Mr . Reynolds ) did not hesitate to sipproach it—the difficulty was , th a t th e r e w ere 6 3 0 to elect , when there were not so many known public men in "France , and consequently they had to judge men by their promises—and be it known that the OrieanistS s nch as Odillo n B a rrot , Le o n F a ucher , < " : _& , after the revolution , said , " We accept the revolution , and will maintain it ; " and be it further remembered , that in the first or Constituent Assembly , the Bed Republicans numbered only 150 , whilst in the second or Legislative Assembly , they mit 3 tered 25 S , a nd if the men of promise bad kept th e i r word the Leg itimists would have been in a minoritr of 200 : —hence . Universal Suffrage has not failed in

      Ranee . ( Loud cheers . ) If Home , Hungary , & c . , iad been overthrown , their overthrow was not attributable to Universal Suffrage , but to the _eangrene left behind by monarehichal institutions Universal _Suffice had not failed in France and lad proved g loriously successful under all the three experiments that Lid been made—but _Englishmen possessed much more political information than their French neig hbours , and hence he declared it a scandal and a shame " that they should be kept for one day from thai suffrage to which _thov worn so fully adapted . ( _GreafcchleriV ) J _° J _£ * Th . S L ? raD ir in see 0 Ddi , ° g the resolution , » id : The Reform Movementof _IsJO-32 was carried by auuu , a of tae mim and worimg _elassi SJ 2

      Southward. A Public Meeting Was Held At ...

      leaders were the most liberal of the aristocracvthey advocated power for the people , but tlieir measure failed to give that power . The " second _™ _S _?" n 1 _"Mfcatedby the unstamped press I m « 5 » * _"" _! _* ° P le ' Charter soonassumed da _^ _neHOT _™ feature _' an 1 d t ,, en these middle hack _teklJ iL T _" ' ¥ _^ Sn _™* _* _intr _hlrl _ThT Y _* g C ksses t 0 themselves . { Hear , hear . ) The third move was that of the Anti-CornLaw League ; atfirst , their meetings were o p en , _^ _tTw _' H d J SC 0 Ver that th _« _PeoRre _l _ferred the suffrage to what tbey ( the _agistors ) were pleased to call cheap bread , then their halls were only v > he gained by ticket admission , _vlthad a hireling press decared public opinion to be in favour

      Of this measure , when the working cl a sses w ere shut out , and one side alone was allowed to be h eard , ( Hear , hear . ) Well , the middle classes were again in the field , and the working classes were again most generously lending their support , notwithstanding the insults and wrongs they had received at their hands —( cheers)—but he ( Mr . K ydd ) did not regret the part taken by the working men in the past—they had g a ined experience , their friends had been imprisoned and banished , and Wellington had covered the Bank with sand bagsa truly sand y foundation for a British constitution . ( Laug hter . ) Well , whilst he would not counsel direct opposition to any middle class movemen _^ he did see the necessity for a good and

      throug h organisation of the working classes , in order t o direct public op inion . ( Loud cheers . ) As far as regarded the question of Republicanism he ( Mr . Kydd ) thought it impossible that " three estates " could exist with coeval powers , and hence we had found the princi ples of monarchic and aristocracy prevail over the commons ; and here it was that he now desired an extension of the suffrage to strengthen the power of the people . ( Loud eheers . ) He ( Mr . Kydd ) had no fear for the future in France ; neither had he in England — ( loud cheers)—but they must do something more than talk ; they must act , and effect a real organization . The resolution was then put , and adopted . Mr . T . Clark rose , amidst applause , to move the second resolution as follows : — " That this meeting elect four delegaces to the forthcoming

      Conference to assemble in London , for the purpose of drawing up a new plan of organisation for the obtainment ofthe Peop le ' s Charter . " What that resolution asked th e m to do , was a miniature of Universal Sufirage . He trusted that the people would see the necessity of supporting this movement . It was not the gullibility of Peel or Russell that kept them from their ri g ht , but tbeir own want of moral courage . ( Hear , hear . ) Sir F . P o llock had said , " that when the people had made up their mind , that mind faithfully expressed was law . " He held it to be a credit to be a Chartist—he held it to be a sign of intelli gence , that a Chartist knew that his fellow-men did not come into the world with a right to rule . ( Cheers . ) He trusted they would select four persons who would faithfully carry out the objects in view . ( Loud cheers . )

      Mr . M'Geatii , in seconding the motion , said , the resolution was to elect four persons to aid in the propounding a plan of organisation , which , he trusted , would result in the adoption of their princi ples as law . That the Charter would do something for the working man , there could be no question—that was one reason for his agitating for it ; but the principal reasons were : it would elevate man in his own esteem—he would he at once ennobled ; whereas , now , too many looked up with a species of a « _-e to the man who had a better coat

      than themselves . In the forthcoming Conference they did not want orators , but good , sterling , practical , persevering men . ( Loud cheers . ) After a few words from the Charman , the resolution was unanimously adopted . The following persons were nominated by Mr . Hewitt , and seconded by Mr . _Knapxey : —Messrs . _Langer , Percy , Wilkins , and Pearcy ; and no others _being nominated , they were declared to be duly elected . A vote of thanks was then given to the deputation , and also to the Chairman , aud the meeting qui e tl y dissolved .

      City Of London. The Seventh And Last Mee...

      CITY OF LONDON . The seventh and last meeting for the election of Delegates to tbe forthcoming Chartist Conference , was held at the Hall of Science , City-road , on Thursday evening ; the hall was crowded , and as the honourable Member for Nottingham entered the hall he was received with great cheering , and was immediately called to the chair . Mr . O'Cossor congratulated the meeting ou the crowded state of the hall , and said , th a t a lthoug h there were no reporters for the press there , there were plenty present from the Home-office . ( A person from the body of the hall here proposed , in honour of the honourable member for Nottingham , that the whole of the audience should take off their hats ) . No , no , said the hono u r a bl e gen tlem a n , I

      recognise tbe people as sovereign , and , therefore , cannot allow t h at , keep on or take off your hats at pleasure . ( Great cheering . ) He then entered into an able dissection of the House of Commons , showing the gross inequality and corruption of the present state of the representation ; congratulated the meeting on the union of sentiment now existing between ' tbe people of England and Ireland , and declared that ' his reception by the people in the latter country was at least equal to any he had ever received from the brave sons of Britain . He had gone with the Parliamentarians , because he believed their leaders honest and disinterested . He had joined the Chartist cause from vanity and ambition—his vanity consisted in a desire to leave the

      world better than he found it—and his ambition was that when he died he should have done so . Twenty millions of money would not cause him to desert the cause of the people . Mr . O'Connor resumed his seat amidst the most tremendous cheering . Mr . G . W . Remolds , in a speech replete with argument and sound sense , proposed the following" That the political aspect of the present time presents * fovourable opportunity for an extended peaceful promul gation of the princip les of the People ' s Charter , and with the view of aiding in the establishing of an efficient organisation for this purpose , it is desirable that four men of tried political integrity bo appointed to represent the city of London in the forthcoming Metropolitan Conference . "

      Mr . P . M'Gratu seconded the resolution , and in an excellent and eloquent speech showed the great advantages which must flow from the adoption of the princi ples contained in the resolution . Mr . O'Connor being compelled to leave the meeting , Mr . T . Clark was called to the chair , and Mi Sirs O'Connor , Reynolds , and M'Grath , left thc meeting amid enthusiastic cheering . Mr . S . M . Ktdd , in his usual eloquent strain , which elicited much applause , addressed the meeting iu support of thc resolution . Mr . Doyle who was warmly greeted on his reappearance , also ably supported the resolution in his usual energetic manner and resumed his seat

      amid much applause . The resolution was then unanimously adopted . Mr . Utiixg , at the request ofthe committee , put in nomination Messrs . Stallwood , Brown , Bently , and Fowler . Several other persons were also put in nomination , bnt on the vote being taken , Messrs . Stallwood , Br o wn , Bently , and Fowler , were declared duly elected . After a vote of thanks to the Chairman , the meeting separated . The following persons constitute the forthcoming Conference : — _Mabtleboxe . —Messrs . Feargus O'Connor , M . P . ; T . Clark , W . Dixon , and C . Utting . Lambeth . —Messrs . E . Mills , W . Collins , Pattin-5 onand Hobden .

      , Finsbcrt . —Messrs . Townsend , Allnutt , Lee , and Blake . WESTHixsTKR .-Messrs . G . J . Harney , J . Grassby , J . Arnott , and J . Milne . Tower Hamlets . —Messrs . G . W . Reynolds ,. P . M'Grath , W . Davies , and W . Drake . _SooiHWABK . —Messrs . Laugor , Percy , Wilkins , and Pearcy . Cut of _Loxdon _* . — Messrs . Stallwood , B r own , Bently , and Fowler .

      The Fate Of Sir Jchx Fkaxklis. — The Arc...

      The Fate of Sir Jchx _Fkaxklis . — The Arctic officers have just been summoned to the Admiralty to offer their oint advice as to the course which it seems most proper to pursue under the present condition of things with reference to the fate of Sir John Franklin . Sir John Richardson , in his reportto the Admiralty , presents strong grounds of hope that the missing expedition may be shut up under circumstances that are compatible with its reappearance . According to him , the lands in the neig hbourhood of which the lost expedition should most probably be looked for , abound in animals which might supply the failing stores on board the ships ; and he thinks that should Sir John Franklin ' s provisions become so far reduced as to be inadequate , rb i * u ai t ' _~* inte _*"' consumption , it is not JiKeiy that he would remain longer by his shipshut rather , it is probable , that in one body , or in

      several , the officers , and crews — with boats cut down so as to be li ght enough to drag over the ice , or built expressl y for that purpose - would endeavour to make their way eastward to Lancaster Sound , or southward to the main land , according to the longitude in which the ships were arrested . Great stress was laid on the fact , that no trace of a wreck , or of any misfortune to the expedition , is lound on any part of the path wbich they must have passed . For ourselves we think this argument tells both ways . We rejoice to know , however , that the search after the missing adventurers is to be renewed . The Enterprise and Investi g ator are to be immediatel y re-equipped and despatched at once to the Sandwieh Island—there to await further orders . For this it will he seen that the route by Behring ' s Straits is to be explore *" , and the westward coasts of Banks ' s and Parry ' s islands will , we presume , be carefully examined . —Adtenmnn . . j

      National Reform League. ; ' /' ; ' . ' ¦...

      NATIONAL REFORM LEAGUE . ; ' _/' ' . ' ¦ ' Mr . J . B . O'Brien , 'the president of this association , lectured , as usual , on Friday Evening last , at the John-street Institution . Mr . O'Brien main ? tained that the late revolutionary experiences on the continent had added five hundred per cent , to the moral power he formerly possessed while advocation- those principles of National Reform for _whieff he had so long contended , under so many , and such various disadvantages . He stated bis conviction , that with as limited means as ever any association had w herewith to' work upon the public mind , the doctrines of the National Reform League were makin g real progress in society . As one

      proof of the truth of this assertion , ho adduced t h e fact , that the main proposition of the League—the nationalisation ofthe land—has recentl y been publicly discussed in that hig hl y respectable institution , the Whittington Club , as would be seen from No . XLII . of their Gazette , which reported that on the 19 th of November the Discussion Class of the Club was occup ied with the following question : — " Has man a ri g litto property in the soil ?"—it being contended by the mover that the ri ght was merely conventional ; that the same power which created the ri g ht could abrogate it ; that the interests of society demanded that the land should again become public property ; that man had naturally an equa l r ig ht to the elements , earth , air , and water ; th a t tbe y had an individual ri ght only in the

      produce of tbeir labour ; thatthe rent of land should form the revenue of tho state , thereby superseding the necessity of taxation , —developing the resources of the country , —and relieving an over-burthened labour market ; and concluding , by p roposin g a plan by which , in a g iven number of years , the present proprietors of land would be reimbursed their purchase-money , and the soil become the property ofthe state . Now this was an evidence of progress in the right direction ; and contrasted strong ly with the state of public opinion when by what is called the Spencean Act , it was a penal offence to advocate the doctrine of S p ence , that" the land ought to he the people ' s farm . " Twenty years ago the doctrine of making land public , property would subject thc man who held it to the

      imputation of being either a fool or a rogue ; " aud even Cobbett could find no better excuse for poor Spence than that he was half-cracked . But now , thank God , the doctrine' had ceased to be considered either knavish or ridiculous . . Only the other day , the same question had been discussed atthe Belvidererooms , in the New-road , in meetings comprised almost exclusivel y of the middle class ; and had been carried , after two ni ghts debate , by a majority of one only , which proved the interest the company had taken in the question . At the well known discussion hall , in Shoe-lane , an overwhelming majority had recently assented to the proposition , that no permanent prosperity can accrue to the country without a radical reform in the present system of landed tenure , currency , and

      commercial exchanges . ( Cheers . ) Another proof that the National Reform doctrines were making progress , was derived from a late work of Robert Owen . Owen had formerly expressed bis belief th a t th e changes , he proposed for society would be accomplished by the voluntary acts of all partiesthat cap ital , skill , and labour would cordially amal gamate , aud go at once into community . The lecturer here paid a warm tribute of respect for the labours of Owen , who , in try ing to work out the p roblem of comm u ni s m , had enunciated many truths of great benefit to the world : like the alch yraists of old , he had not found his " philosopher ' s stone , " but , like them , he had made known to the public some valuable discoveries . Well , Robert Owen , in his last book , had proposed that

      the government should buy up land as fast as possible , for the benefit of the people . Even Mr . Feargus O'Connor , h a d l a tel y , fro m the m a nner i n which government had treated his Land Society , been led to confess himself a convert to the same doctrine ; he had publicly made that confession on the very p latform on which he ( Mr . O'Brien ) then stood . Mr . O'Brien then alluded to tho effects of . the Free Trade experiments , and quoted the Standard of that evening iu vindication ofthe truth of his prognostications of the effects of that measure . The Standard , in reference to Ireland , had shewn that Free Trade , by reducing the prices of agricultural produce , had diminished the profits _« f the producer no less than 25 per cent ., which tho Cork Reporter had stated to be equal in amount to the whole

      rental of Ireland , _l'he result was that farmers found it more difficult than ever to pay their rents or employ labourers , and bankruptcy and pauperism overspread the country . As he had predicted , the landlor d s , to avert some portion of the ruin which they saw approaching them in the shape of an overwhelming stream of poor-rates , were determined to get rid of tlie pauperised people by wholesale hence their determined opposition to the Irish Poor Law ; hence their inhuman evictions of their wretched tenantry ; and hence the lamentable amount of death from famine in that miserable country . The lecturer then contemplated the effects of partial Free Trade on Eng land and Scotland ; and maintained that the agricultural interest could not sustain itself by the present prices . He

      forcibly contrasted the difference of power possessed by farmers to meet the enormous weight of the public and private debts of the country at present , when wheat was selling at only 40 s , a quarter , and when the same corn fetched 80 s ., and which , of course , necessitated the farmer to double his sales before he could realise the same amount of money for his produce : just as aBirming bam button maker had now to sell three gross of buttons in order to get the same amount ofgold currency which one gross would havo brought in twenty years ago . Not long since the Timis had stated that a soverei gn would now command nearl y double the amount of food , clothing , and other necessaries and luxuries that it would thirty years ago ; and yet the Times pertinaciously held the

      doctrine of a gold standard of value , Into which all currency must be convertible . It was easy to perceive what an unjust and unfair _poirer this gold standard bestowed upon capitalists and usurers . He then alluded to the anomalous system on which the Bank of England was conducted : and amusing ly illustrated the privilege which the government had f ranted to it of issuing eleven millions upon a debt ue by the State to the Bank . In fact , that was the princip le of the banking-system—to issue paper " promises to pay , " and get interest upon those promises in hard cash . The present stato ofthe national circulation showed the stagnation of commerce and trade : at this moment the Bank of England could , by their charter , issue thirty millions ; but they had only eig hteen millions afloat ;

      —and why ? — because no man knew how to apply cap ital to produce a profit—and therefore the notes of the Bank were not wanted for loans and discounts : and so they could not be forced in circulation . The lecturer here urged upon his audience the desirability of their giving their attention to public questions , so as not to be deluded ; into tho belief that England was making rapid progress in political aud social amelioration . He was sure , that for these last sixty years—ever since the time when Home Tooke and others broached the idea of Universal Suffrage—the people hadmade no actual progress in the possession of their just rights . On the contrary , they had lost many of their rightsth a t of Commons l a n d , for instance , which was now bein g gradually taken away from them . The law had been made more stringent—many acts formerly held venial , were now classed as penal offences ; and the right of trial by iury had been

      curtailed—magistrates having the power of punishing without the sanction of a jury . In short , the power ofthe people had decreased , while the p ow e r a nd numb ers o f the privileged classes had increased . Luxury had been augmented , and so had poverty and destitution . Our leg islature , instead of keeping to their leg itimate duty of acting as the protectors of property , had become the nefarious creators of property for tho benefit of the privileged - classes , by granting them exclusive monopoliesr-suclr as those to railways , gas companies , water companies , & e ., by which the public were deprived of the benefits of having these improvements at the cheapest rate , because they had to pay all the taxation in the shape of profits which these monopolists could by any means levy upon the ' eonsumers . ( Hear , hear . ) We understood in the room , that a donation of £ 5 towards the funds ofthe League had , that week , been received as the produce of a raffle got up by a few friends to the cause .

      The Iavixoites. —A Somewhat Interesting ...

      The _IavixoiTEs . —A somewhat interesting case was ad judicated upon a few days ago . A maiden lady left an annuity of £ 100 per annum for the benefit of the poor ministers of thc churches founded upon the "Apostolical doctrines" of the late Edward Irving . The validity ofthe bequest being disputed , it was referred to a Master in Chancery to report whether or not there were churches coming within the presumed object ofthe testator . The Master reported that the Irving ites haven seven churches in London , and in all thirty-five in _England , having 4 , 000 communicants . The validity of the bequest , as a charitable endowment , was sustained .

      _Maltuus at a Discoavr i . v Russia . —A numerous famil y is quito a treasure to a Russian peasant . The number of his sons increases the ; number of acres of land which he farms , and his daughters are married off hand . He is not asked to provide them with a marriage portion ; nay , he is sometimes even paid for them , The lower classes , in almost every part ofEurope , think ita curse to have many child ren ; in Russia they arc a royal road to wealth Hence the population increases very fist -inri would do so much faster if the children were ' not killed by ovor-feedmg . Ten ov twelve children are what one might call the usual allowance " of _aCarried couple in Russia , but one-third of them die hi their infancy . The extraordinary " _abundancei of tlJ ncessaries of life is a powerful SSment o marriage , and old _bachelorshi p and _oldSshS a _^ tiungs one scarcel y ever _WS-SSt ? B

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      " ' GREAT MEETING LV PERTn . The reformers of this city having sent a request to Sir Joshua Walmsley and Mr ; George Thompson to pay a visit to their locality , and tbose grotto *** having consented , a numerous and hi g hly respectable requisition-was presented to the Lord Provost , to convene a public meeting . His lordship lmmediately complied , and also consented to preside . The meeting took p lace on Thursday evening week ) on which occasion , about 2 , 000 persons assembled in the City Hall . His . lordship having introduced the de p utation , the two hon . gentlemen addressed the meeting at great length , and were heard with the deepest attention"Nothing occurred to disturb the

      . harmony ofthe proceedings , save some unmannerly interruptions by the agent of the Right Hon . Fox Maule , M . P . This person , however , was speedily elected by the hearers in his vicinity , and his compulsion was hailed with loud acclamations . At the conclusion ofthe addresses of Sir Joshua Walmsley and Mr . Thompson , resolutions cordiall y approving of the objects of the "National Association , and appo i nt i ng a comm it t e e to ' carry them into effect , were proposed , and carried unanimously . Thanks were voted to the Lord Provost ; and , af t er three cheers for the speedy reformation of the House of Commons and tho reduction of the national burthens , the meeting separated .

      Public Meeting In Greenock. Sir Joshua W...

      PUBLIC MEETING IN GREENOCK . Sir Joshua Walmsley , M _. P _., and George Thompson Esq ., M . P ., finished their preseat _toar on Friday week b y addressing one of the largest and most respectable meetings which have been held in Greenock for many years on any political subject . The deputation * did not intend to pay a visit to Greenock at the present time , but a requisition having been presented to them from a large body of respectable'inhabitants ; they were constrained to acce pt of . the invitation . The meeting ia Greenock

      was held in Blackhall-street Chapel , and never , we may say , have we seen assembled in town a moro orderly , respectable , and interested audience . The platform was occupied by the hon . gentlemen of the deputation , Bailie Hamlin , Councillors Macfie and Martin , A . Dennistoun , Esq .,, « fcc . Throughout the meeting there was a goodly sprinkling of the influential classes , as well as a large bod y of our mest industrious , sober , and intelli gent artisans—and among them many who havo battled for reform principles , steadily and cons i stent ly through life ; . •;'

      . On the motion of Councillor Martin , Bailie Hamlin was called to ocoupy-the chair . The Chairman said -Gentlemen , you do me a hig h honour in calling upon me to fill this chair on such an important occasion , and over such a respectable audience . I am always proud to servo my fellow-townsmen , and promote the great constitutional objects on which the deputation , Sir Joshua Walmsley , M . P ., and George Thompson , Esq ., M . P ., have kindly consented to come here and address to

      you . The deputation that are to aauress you - nig ht have been well received in every town which they have visited on their tour . This meeting , I am sure , 13 one that will sympathise deeply in their mission , and will not suffer them to go away from Greenock with an evil report , My friends will excuse me for not making a long speech . I am not accustomed to make long speeches , and I am g lad that 1 cannot , on the present occasion , serve the meeting better than by introducing Sir Joshua Walmsley .

      Sir Joshua Walmsley was received with loud and continued cheering . He said he came there to promote an agitation in favour of tbo rights of their fellow men of all classes , creeds , and conditions , and to ask them by all means in their power to aid the national association in putting an end to class leg islation . ( Applause . ) Tlieir object was to promote a union between the middle and the working classes—classes who had been too long divorced , and who had onl y to unite honestly and energetically together in order to carry any measure of reform , however sweeping , if at the sime time just and constitutional . ( App lause . ) He desired tbat these classes should know each other better , that they may appreciate each other better . ( Cheers . ) And

      was it not right that thoy j should make an effort m recovering , to the labouring classes of this country , their just rights , of which they have been so long deprived ? He maintained that the man who had not his rights was not a man if he did not feel discontented . ( Cheers . ) Sir Joshua Walmsley then proceeded to explain , at considerable length , the principles of the national association . G . Thompson , Esq . then came forward , amid loud and long continued cheering . He said , they were learning by degress the truly divine power of moral force—mountains could not resist it in its course , standing armies could not grapple with it , the sharpest sword could not cleave it down , the widest mouthed bellowing cannon that ever sent a

      fortyei ght pound shot through ranks of human flesh , could not hinder the demand of the humblest man who used the divine faculty of speech in the cause of justice and truth , and who took his stand upon the immovable and impregnable rock of right . ( Loud applause . ) Mr . Thompson entered at great length into the question of county freeholds , and said I like the scheme , as far as it goes , because of its practical character . It points out to the thriving and thrifty artisan how he may do something for himself , i n depe n d ent of the government ana the legislature . ( Cheers . ) I like the scheme , because it brings in its train a host of advantages of & personal , domestic , social , and moral , as well as of a political kind . There is no labour in vain

      connected with it ; there is no sowing without reaping ; it is a speculation without risk , an adventure in which all must sooner or later draw a prize . ( Cheers . ) If tho funds be but honestly and wisely administered , not only is the sum put in safe , but the sum drawn out must be more than that put in , since it is buying at wholesale , and divided that bought thus cheaply ( because at wholesale ) at retail prices amongst the members . ( Cheers . ) I like the schem e , bec a us e , in addition to its social advantages in begetting prudence , ' economy , and forethought , it gives the ivorking man a stake in tho soil , respectability , station , aud political independence . ( Cheers . ) I like it above all , because I have the best authority for say ing that two thirds of these freeholds are in the bands of men who

      have obtained them by their savings from the disuse of intoxicating liquors . Having said this , I must express my deep regret that there are indications in certain quarters of a desire to make freehold land societies the beginning and the end of the movement for Parliamentary Reform . I cannot consent to this . Is the universal desire for reform—for the extension of the suffrage—for the immediate purification of the House of Commons—and for the making atonement to the politicall y wronged millions of Great Britain , to take no other shape than this recommendation to the working men of a section of the kingdom , to save their money and become county voters ? ( Criesof " no , " and loud cheers . ) Why , say that you could enfranchise such men for £ 30 a piece ? When fifteen millions of money have been earned , and saved , and _annliod .

      and the estates are purchased , divided , allotted , and the title-deeds made out and delivered , you have but added , at the end of ten , fifteen , or twent y years , 500 , 000 to the electoral body of Eng land ; and what security ia thero that these votes will remain in tbe same hands ? To do anything really of service to the country or of political benefit to the people , the artisans and operatives must be the persons enfranchised . ( Cheers . ) Tho suffrage should be made contingent on no such matters hut demanded by the people as a ri ght . ( Apilause . ) Mr . Thompson concluded a brilliant oratioii . amid the most defening and repeated shouts of applause Councillor Macfie moved a resolution embodying a . vote of thanks to the gentlemen ofthe deputation Arciiibau ) Dennistoun , Esq ., begged to second the resolution .

      Mr . R . Burbeix -wished to express his views before the resolution was adopted . He was glad that a large and influential party wero willinn- to go so far for political justice . He believed , however , that no extension of the suffrage would prove permanentl y beneficial to the labouring class , unless payment to members was adopted ; and he was sorry to say that was no part of the scheme proposed by the deputation . In his opinion , none but working men were capable of properly representing the condition of the working class , for no others understood their condition . Mr . Burrell sat _luXfe _^ _*^^ _M _^ s _Sr _^ resolution ' _* hich to cai

      -Sir Joshua _Walmsiei ' , in a few remarks urnposed a vote of thanks to the chairman HeJ _gh tell then ; friends who had spoken , that they wire all working men . _Jj e ( Sir J . ) had raised himself The motion was carried by acclamation . proceSngs _!^ ** the cause con _^ dcd the

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      b _^ Ln _- _t _. Lmi , I , 00 L _' _~ A fe Hours bejoie the Devonshire steamed up to our quay , thc old company charged 7 s . 6 d . a head for _pSngers to Liverpool ; but no sooner was the enemy descried _nownfbJf _^ u than the _> _V _strack their coloursdown the freights come . -First to 2 s . Cd . ; then to Is . ; then to id . ; next to 2 d .: and now "W gratis for nothing , " as the saying g _^ We _hllc steamers going to Liverpool now Slfcrowded This time last _j-car we had but one .-Waterford News Fn _* _Ll _nTV aboufc t 0 _^ it the west of t T ? ; _^ 1 has been _enounced to appear three to Air . Davis , of " _Newcastle-on-Tyne .

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      _-=- MIDDI _^ SE _^ SESS _^ The _Decer nhev Geueral Session- of the ewe the Countv of Middlesex . _™«™™ Z mc \ l , before £ rnS atthe B _^^^ ft _^ . _JnTseven _^ _- _'JS _^^ _TU _*^ J * The learned judge _W _™™ l and they _Mr . Ballantme , _addw w _* g t „ Ihe q ce „ an app lication to make m _tue t onthe Proaecutmn rf _* g _™« prose Cution of an William w » tson'JIwhafc extraordinary _circumassault u _« _to _K _^ i " * ifa , htehly respectable stances . Mr . _M'Doujpl wis a Mg J _^^ gentleman , a solicitor , _wsidmg , _^ street , St . James S _' s c' _^ ins with the _de-?*>^ _SSd ff I very unpleasant manner _. m ... „ "T „ _r Z _^ _**** . . _SESSION-

      actions l' _"''"" ' _^„ _"Vuiiar line of con duct pursueu _Sftheffifint to this court for trial ; Jut , in to _iSriffiffii * had been made . by -to friends , he eulUf wfiich would , ho _^^ f ' _jtlr the court from the necessity of trying the case , for most unquestionably Mr . Watson was « i lunabo . nnr i _™ his _imnrisonment in the House of Detention

      Dr . Sutherland , and Mr . Wakefield , the surgeon , had examined him as to his state of mind , and they were satisfied that he was insane . He was under most strange delusions with respect to various members of his own and the prosecutor's family , and he was under the impression that Mr . M'Dougal was engaged in an intrigue against him , but ho was bound to say , in justice to Mr . M'Dougal that Mr . Watson ' s friends were thoroughly convinced that the reflections thrown upon his character by Mr . Watson were unjustifiable and entirely devoid , of truth Dr . Sutherland and Mr . Wakefield had given a certificate that Mr . Watson was insane , and that certificate Mr . Watson was now confined

      upon in a lunatic asylum . Under these circumstances , he apprehended there would be no obstacle to the immediate discharge of the recognisances ofthe defendant ' s bail . —Mr . Payne said heappoared on he half of the prosecution , and he consented to the application being granted . The prosecutor s recognisances might be discharged at the same time , and he might say that the prosecutor was perfectly satisfied with thc withdrawal by the friends ofthe defendant of the offensive assertion he ( defendant ) had made . —The court granted the application . Robbery with Violence . — Louisa Levain , 18 , convicted of felony at the last session , was brought

      up for judgment . — The learned Judge told the prisoner that she had repeatedly been in prison , and on one occasion in this court she had been sentenced to nine months'hard labour , for a robbery from the person , of precisely the same character as that of which she was now convicted . She and several other women , accompanied hy "bullies , " accosted the prosecutor in the street at night , and having pulled him about in a very indecent manner , robbed him , and thc other women and the " bullies " were watching , in order , in case of alarm , to maltreat and use violence towards him . These were very serious cases , and tbe sentence ofthe court was that she- be transported for ten years _.

      Robbery is a _Dwelling Eovse . —James WCormack was convicted , upon his own confession , of a very impudent robbery in the dwelling house of Dr . Charles Mackay , No . 21 , Brecknockcrescent , Camden-town . — Sentenced to three months' hard labour . ¦ Wednesdat . —Thicks of Dog Stealbbs . —H . Cole , a dog-fancier , pleaded guilty to an indictment , in which he was charged , under the 6 th seotion of the Dog Stealing Act , with a misdemeanor , in having wilfull y and corruptly taken three soverei gns from Lieut . Montague James white , upon pretence ofrestoringavery valuable bloodhound which had been stolen from him . —Mr . Parry and Mr . Mellor

      appeared for tho prosecution , and , addressin | the court , Mr . Mellor said that about the 10 th of November , the dog in question , which was an exceedingly fine and valuable animal , was stolen from the residence of Colonel White , Lieut . White ' s father , in Gloucester-gardens , and on the 24 th the prisoner went to Lieut . White ' s servant , and said he knew where the dog was , and could restore it to the owner , but unless he were paid M to bring it back , it would be poisoned by himself and a person named Taylor , in whose custody he represented the dog then was . At an interview that subseqeuntly took place between the prisoner and Lieut . White the man Taylor was introduced b y tho prisoner , but ,

      althoug h there was a police officer in attendance , unknown to the prisoner and his friend of course , they were not apprehended ; and the prisoner having repeated the threat that unless money waa given the dog would be poisoned , Liout . White , really fearing that the threat would be carried into effect , gave him three sovereigns , and that same evening the dog was returned . The prisoner complained that he had not received sufficient recompense for the trouble he had had ; and Lieut . White told him that if he would call on the . following morning he would g ive him more money . According ly on the ensuing day the prisoner called upon Lion * Whitewhn _aoxn him twn _mnvtoil _Vi « _If _ — iiu _6 _iviiui _jiau

      , . vuv . _.. u . vv , n _»« . . n . u _uuurcu - crowns ; and an officer having witnessed this transaction , the prisoner was taken into custody . —The prisoner had nothing to say for himself . —The court sentenced him to four months' imprisonment in the House of Correction , and to pay a fine of Is . Robbery . —Daniel Jones , a blacksmith , lately employed at the _Euston-square Station , and John _Quinlan , formerl y stoker on board H . M . steam-ship O cean , were indicted for having stolen some silver coin . —The prosecutor was the landlord of tho

      Oxlord Arms , boymour-place , Camden Town , and the prisoners having presented themselves at the front of the bar , and called for a pint of beer , they availed themselves of the momentary absence of the barman to sweep a quantity of silver from a shelf about four feet behind the counter . Quinlan saw that their movement had caught the eye ofthe barman , who was in the parlour , and g iving a whistle to apprise his companion of the circumstance , they decamped . Jones was taken with the money in his pocket . —Jones was sentenced to six , and Quinlanto three months' hard labour . j '

      Robbery and Fraud . —Thomas Bramhall , an attorney , and most respectably connected , was irdicted for having faudulently obtained by false pretences from William Augustus Ham 10 , 000 gold leaves , of the value of £ 27 10 s ,, with intent to defraud Christian Henry Augustus Brake , and also four watches of the value of £ 50 ., the property of Samuel Hopp , Gass and another . —Tho prisoner p l e aded guilt v to the first indictmeet , and not guilty to tho second . —The evidence was briefly this . It appeared that the prisoner went to Mr . Drake ' s shop , in King-street , Soho , and represented to _Uam , the shopman , that he was Mr . Wilday , of the firm of Wilday and Co ., of Holland-street .

      _Blackfmrs-road , whose card he presented , and thathe had met Mr . Drake at Birmingham , and had arranged to do business with him . He produced a card of Mr . Drake ' s , and having asked the shopman _1-, , woro ? want of a _"y of thc articles Messrs . Wilday manufactured—to which question tho shopman replied in the negative—the prisoner requested that 10 , 000 of gold leaf _mhjht be made up for him and left at the Scotch stores , _Burlington-street . these statements were utterly untruo , hut , believing them to be genuine , the shopman made up the gold leaf and delivered it as requested . The second case was this : Ue went to the shop of Messrs Gass , 116 , Rogent-strcet , and handed to Mr ' Samuel Gass a noto which purported to havo

      emanated trom Mr . Reid of Rose Villa , Hampton , Messrs . Gass ' s landlord , and in that note was a request that two gold Geneva enamelled watches might be forwarded on approval to Mr . Reid Mr Cass made up four , watches , ofthe value o f £ 50 * m order that Mr . Reid might have a good choice ' and an approbation bill , into a parcel , and gave it to the prisoner , who stated that the watches not approved of would be returned on the _following Wednesday . Thc note was a forgery , and on thS prisoner being apprehended at 91 , Morton-street , twoof the watches were found upon him , and the other , two had been pawned bv him .-Before the examination of Mr . Gass was concluded , the S soner said ho wasia awry unfortunate position , having no legal adviser , nor tho means to ™ - ™

      one-nor had he any friends who would , if applied to , provide him with such means . He was not " _inTa situation to meet the charge ; and , therefore i t to *» te the time of the court he Cd , with " his lordship ' s permission , plead guilty to botl _7 indiet -Mr . Collard , the superintendent of the Grea Western Rai way police , was then examined He proved that in Jul y , 1848 , the prisoner was at till Old Bailey upon five indictments for railway robberies and he pleaded " Guilty" to two of S In consideration of his having given _infolS

      ™ Z V u 1 ' eCOm ' y of m ° «* than . £ 200 worth of property , he was sentenced to a year ' s hard Smi -Ihe learned Judge said he very , well knewTi f did not like to . say ,-who the piWr _? H had no doubt but that the position of the SkonZ was a heavy affliction to his aged and worth ? S ? h _? be £ r h / , ° ! _*¦* _that > ' « 2 eW ho be kept to hard labour for nine , and for til raud six calendar months , maltin _* fifteen J _£ _ras told that he had heen struck off the rolls

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      CORN . Makk-uine , Monday , December 3 . — We had a better show of samples of new English wheat at market tiiis morning than for some weeks past , and this , with a large arrival from the Continent , caused a dull market at a decline of Is to 2 s per or . upon last Monday ' s quotations The sale of foreign wheat was in retail , and prices Is per qr . lower . In flour little doing . Fine malting barley went oft" slowly at Is to 2 s and grinding and distilling Is per quarter reduction ; for the latter , however , there was a fair _salo . Beans without alteration . Peas Is cheaper . With a large arrival of Foreign oats . New corn was difficult of sale and fully Is per quarter lower than on Monday last , good and old met with buyers for consmnp . tion at about last week ' s rates . Rye without demand . Linseed cakes unaltered . For both red and white _cloverseed we continue to have speculative inquiry , and holders ask au advance .

      Bmiish . —Wheat—Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , new 38 s to « s _, ditto white 40 s to 48 a , Lincoln , Norfolk , and Vorfc . shire , red 35 s to 38 s _> Northumberland and Scotch , white 32 s to 37 s , ditto red 3 ts to 38 s , Devonshire and Somersetshire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 21 s to ' 26 s , barley , 2 Cs to 30 s , Scotch 22 s to 24 s , Angus—s to _-s _. Malt ordinary , —s to —s , pale 50 s to 54 s , peas , grev , new 2 Cs to 28 s , maple 28 s to 30 s , white 24 s to 2 Cs , _boUers new 28 s to 31 s , beans , large , new 24 s to 2 Cs , ticks 25 s _to-J 8 s , barrow , 27 s to SOs , pigeon , 30 s to 32 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , 15 s to 20 s , ditto Poland nnd potato , 19 s to 23 s , Berwick and Scotch , 17 s to 21 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 22 s , Irish feed , and black 15 s to 20 s , ditto potato , 17 s to 23 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 62 s , rapeseed , Essex , new £ 27 to £ 30 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new 26 s to 30 s per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 410 s per ton , Unseed , £ 9 10 s to £ 10 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 2801 bs , ship , 28 s to SOs , town , 38 s to 40 s .

      Fobeign . —Wheat . — Dantzig , 44 s to 52 s , Anhalt and Marks , 3 fito 43 s , ditto white , 40 s to 44 s , Pomeranian rod , 38 s to 42 s , Kostock 42 s to 48 s , Danish , Holstcin , and Friesland , SOs to 35 s , Petershurgh , Archangel , and Higa , 32 s to 34 s , Polish Odessa , 32 s to 38 s , Marianopoli , and Her . dianski , 32 s to 35 s , Taganrog , 33 s to 34 s , Brabant and French , 33 s to 38 s , ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , Salonica , 30 s to 33 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 2 fis , rye , 20 s to 22 s , barley , Wismar and Rostock , ISs to 22 s , Danish , 18 s to 23 s _, Saal , 20 s to 24 s , East Friesland , 15 s to 17 s , Egyptian , Us to 15 s , Danube , 1 4 s to 15 s , peas , white , 25 s to 27 s , new boilers , _, 2 Ss to 30 s , beans , horse , 24 s to 30 s , pigeon , 30 s to 32 s , Egyptian , 22 s to 24 s , oats , _Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , f eed and black , lis to 15 s , ditto , thick and brew 15 s to 22 s , Biga , Petershurgh , Archangel , and Swedish , Us to 16 s , flour , United States , per _lUfilbs ., 21 s to 23 s , Ham . burg 20 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin , 20 s to 23 s , French per 2801 bs ., 32 sto 35 s . ' _Wednesday , December 5 . —With a continued good supply of Foreign wheat , flour , barley , and oats , to tins market , as well as to most of the _outpoi-ts , our trade is extremely heavy for every article at declining rates .

      Mark-lane , Friday , Dec . 7 . —Th « r _« was very little Eielish wheat fresh up for market , but scarcely sold so well as oa Monday . The arrival ! of foreign wheat , barley , and oats , _haie again been _larje . Barley _dsclined fully Is per q _.- ' oats ar _» Hot cheaper . leans maintained their _ralue ; but peas could not be sold so well as at th » beginnim ; of . the week . ° Arrivals this week : — Wheat-English , 1 , 020 quarters fore | gn , 8 , 670 quarters . Barley-English , 3 , 050 quarters fovcign , 10 , 510 quarters . Oats-English , 50 quarters Irish , 4 , 380 qrs . ; foreign , 11 , 720 quarters . Flour— l , m sacks . Richmond ( Yorkshire , ) December 1 . — We had a very heavy market of grain this morning , the prices were much the same as last week . Wheat sol _< from 4 s Cd te « s «< l _,-oats , 2 s Od to 3 s Od ; barley , 3 s Gd to is Od ; Leans , 4 s Od to 4 s Cd , per bushel .

      CATTLE . Smithfield , Monday , Dec . 3—The number of foreign beasts and sheep on offer in to-day's market iras season ably extensive , but that of calves was limited . All _descrin . tions were very dull in sale . Fresh up this morning the arrivals of home-fed beasts were on the increase , and of taw average quality . The weather heing very unfavouvable for slaughtering , the attendance of buyers small , and the dead markets heavily supplied , the beef trade was in a very depressed state , at Friday's decline in the quotations of 2 d per Slbs .. and a total clearance was not effected . The highest figure for the best Scots was 3 s lOd per Slbs . There was a further increase in the supply of sheep . For all breeds the demand ruled heavy , and prices wert quite _^ d per Slbs beneath those obtained on Monday last Tiie top quotations for old Downs was 4 s per Slbs . _Althon-h tne supply of calves was limited , the trade for veal rul » d heavy to-day , at barely stationary prices . Pigs—the num . ber of which was limited—moved off slowly at late rates ci , i . _"S , ATS" » T , ' " ' _- _"' -Friuay .-Bcasts 1 790 j sheep , , 510 ; calves , 284 ; pigs . 310 . Monday—Beasts , t , aC 7 ; sheep , 27 , 170 ; calves 137 ; pigs 295

      , , . Price per stone of Slbs . ( sinking the offal . _jlBeef , 2 s G <{ to _SffiSHrf 10 dtols odJ veal - 3 s 2 d to 3 sl 0 d ; Wf T _^ T _. _^^^ ll _^ ' J _^^ ' _Nov- 26—Inferior Hrl I n w < . o , m , ddlln ( ' ' ditt 0 ' 2 s 8 d t 0 2 s 10 d ; prlnw brge , 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; prime small , 3 s 4 d to 3 s 6 d ; _Inrne _£ ?• £ _?¦ . _^ 8 d * infcl ' mutton , 2 s 6 d to 2 s Sd middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto , 3 s 6 d to 3 s Sd ; _ZtSnu _v _. u ° 3 s 10 d ' * * mM I' 01 ' 1 ' . 3 s 10 d to 4 s Od per bibs , by the carcase . Smithfieid _, Friday , December 7 . -The supply _« f beasts was by no means large , and the choicest qualities were ful ' ? nd these we _* _' <* _" _*« _% sold at fully 4 s per 8 lhs ; _hanii'ifu _V _? r ofshee * _*"' i , s small , they could not o _« all sod . Good calves were not plentiful , and lute rates r _^ . ft r * a iIe ( 1 for tMs _description . Trade was still very bad for pigs .

      _PROVISIONS . _i Monday-Fine Irish butter was rather more in Ml "TP * few / rosty oays _"«« t week , and in partial instances sold at an advance of Is per cwt . other sorts ia ESS" _n eTn < i ; Holdcvs not _Passing sales . Prices current :-Carlow 70 s to SOs ; Waterford 110 to GO ; Carrkk _KS _l _^ : Lime" _« k 60 s to COs ; Sligo 60 s to Gis ; Iralee 5 bsto 60 s per _eu-L landed , and in proportion on _^/^ . _tflKrtquattty _, 91 , to 90 s _peK ilaeon " inelt singed sides were in limite d demand ; thc sunplvin ffii _n ** . _" *> 48 s , _asinsizeandquaHtrS _Ktf _^ T , i , ' fTOmNe ' vYork . sold _atSSs to Ms _MstTlis ' o 5 Ss for bIi ' dd « red i" " S Km , ? c _" iT" JT i ' ; - ° ur traue for stale goods con . _^ L . _M v , 0 fg '' catdc P rcssi 0 I " > although the holders of it would readily accept lower prices to cftect sales . Thc supply of weekly Dorset is now almost at an end . Dorset , hneweeelj 92 sto 96 s per cwt . ; ditto , stale and inferior "top 80 s ; Devon , new made , SOs to 84 s ; fresh , 8 sto 12 s perdozlbs .

      SEEDS . London-, Monday . —Cloverseed was again held rather ¦ higher . Canary seed hardly sold so Well as on Monday " Other sorts of seeds were about the same as on this _d'iv r week . " ' BKiTisn .-Clpverseed , red 35 s to 40 s ; fine 45 s to 50 s- white 3 as to 50 s ; cow grass [ nominal ] _ s to -s linseed 1 ( per qr . ) sowing 54 s to SOs ; crushing 40 s to 42 s- linseed _d cakes ( per 1 000 of Slbs . each ) £ 0 0 s to no Os * _TrWcE r ewt . ) lis to ISs ; rapeseed new ( per last ) £ 28 0 s to £ 2 !) Os _;;

      . POTATOES . _? A _i _' u AIlK _^ T ' » Dec . 3 . _ Our market continues cs to be well supplied , particularly from the Continent all of of _S _" % s" ! Ume heavily , with the exception of choice ec _Yorkshire Bcgents , which are inquired after . TliefoUowins ns _^ _w- K ? _^ ations :- York K ( _« ents 80 s to 110 s v _« « TO _? ti _' n " _^ _- ' . d , tt 0 ' COs t 0 70 s ; Scotch < " _«<> 6 « s to 74 s * s _; Ditto Cups 30 s to 60 s ; French Whites COs to 70 s ; _Itlic tilli sli and Bel gian ditto 50 s to 65 s ; Dutch ditto 40 to 55 s . HOPS . _™» _wS ?* ° ? ' ' - trade remains withou _t _gs d of Kcnt - ms to ico ¦ _«« _fifSiaS £ pubUc

      WOOL . Cur , Monday , Dec . 3 . —The imports of wool lam _«•«! - _« _. _! - were 4 , 240 bales , including 1 , 350 bales from thnrV _^ _^ i < Go 9 _dUoPe , -l , 117 . fro , ii Uu & a _sAfsZX _* _* _^ ms _^^ _S _^^ A « , S 3 on _niursflay at tho Hall of Commerce , and 20 , 000 bales are are n o w to b e offered principally Colonial . TUeTttS * " _^ ° _w of buyers is verylarge , the biddings are h _& _tattdwffiv range higher . The series will last about a for , St _' Liverpool , Dec . 3 .-Scotch .-There still contuu . e _« tlm thai SS 3 _h . < _teS _^ _SdS a _^*" _? Hig , " _™ _K _andiS . hareth " _Krf , i roMerS - imXl _° US t 0 _»» . _» would no _doublouto . _K _2 _? _Stt _a _^ _T _lpnc _, _a _, As _^' _s the little doindoin _. & _£ !'« ih 0 Sa T _™ bB said of an "ax * «'"• • " _»' _^ _gSddSa _" beStdaSSOf _^ viots ; _whkhhkl , _niSSnftffrt *! : in . _^ , ' _^ ° U ' _* "pr asssHsg

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 8, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_08121849/page/8/