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    sent movement , as . one tending not only lo a lessening of their burdens , but also to a transfer ence oif tbem from the shoulders of those not able to bear theni to those who were . The speaker then pointed out the necessity of relieving the poorer _classes irom heavy taxation , _» n order to enable them to educate their children without the intervention of the state .. By the present system _avery poor -woman who paid Is . apound for tea , paid more than one-half of the sum as taxation ; and wh y should not such a state' of things be remedied , and immediate relief g iven to the people . ( Hear , bear . ) He ¦ was himself satisfied tbat this was a question which ought to be taken up , and he hoped that it would , without delay , be taken up and decided by the great body of the people . ( Cheers . ) 3 Ir . "W . Leaf seconded the resolution .

    Mr . Feakgus O'Coxxoh , M . P ., then stood forward to address the meeting , and-was received in a most enthusiastic manner . After the applause had subsided , he said—hc looked upon this , not only as a new year ' s gift , hut as a cheering and most satisfactory new year ' s gift ; and at the very outset he begged to tell them , that he stood there , not to give the slightest opposition to tho gentlemen now assembled—and "with whose views he entirel y agreed— -but , onthe contrary , he stood there to brave all the insults of foolish men , many of whom ! had taunted him with giving his cooperation to the present movement . ( Immense

    cheering . ) He thought at least nine-tenths , if not more of these present -were labouring men , and that circumstances led him to believe , that one of their chief objects was achieved ; for , if this had heen a meeting , not of _halfstarved working men hut of parties whose attendance had been procured by those who had influence « ver prices , it wonld probably have heen attended by the Iron Duke and his staff , instead of by the press and its staff ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) There was onl y one thing in the speech of their hon . president in -which he differed from him , and that was when he told them that many earnest men had

    hitherto laboured in this cause , all but in vain , and that they , the financial reformers , were now the pioneers . The people had not latoured in vain . They , had knocked down obstacles which stood in the way of this movement , and they had heen the pioneers ¦ who had opened the road and paved the -way for those who were ; now marching in it . ( Loud cheers . ) They rejoiced at the cc-ope-iation they were receiving , and they heartily wished it success . ( Hear , hear . ) As their chairman had told them , the hull-frogs ¦ were beginning to croak , and they-would have their assistance at popular meetings , and it would all go unwell until they came to the question of whe was to he voted for , and then they would find that the voice of the few would

    out-vote the voice of the many . ( Hear . ) This protection cry had not as yet come home to the sister island , hut its voice was beginning to he heard there , and Irish protectionists , with the Earl of Glengall at their head , were teaching the people to look forward to protection as the means of attaining civil and religions liberty . But when they had secured protection for their own feudal power , iniquities , Lord Glengall and the Irish protectionists would turn round npon the people and sav _, ( as Lord Charlemont said , in 1 _| 80 ) , "Ivow we are satisfied , we have got all we want , and if you go any further we will aid the government in putting you down / ' ( Hear , hear . ) The chairman had referred to the colonies , hut he - wished that he had come nearer home , and referred to the state of Ireland—his

    unfortunate country . ( Hear , hear . ) "Was it hot a fact , that all weak governments had ever made the state of Ireland their strongest point ? They had traded upon the foolish antagonism "between Gelt and Saxon . ( Hear , hear . ) The Tories had always done so , and the "Whigs would be glad to do so to a still greater extent if they dared . ( Hear , hear . ) _TThenever the government was weak at home , it pointed to Ireland , and said to the Tory party ,

    "If you come into power we will make that country too expensive for you to govern , " and the Tories getting afraid that their power in Ireland would he destroyed , allowed the * Whi gs to remain in office . That sort of thing would not do any longer . He looked for snch a scene in the next session of Parliament , as neither this country hor any other had ever witnessed . He expected the next Parliament wonld witness such a contest between the Protectionists and

    Pree Traders , as had never before been seen in that Honse ; hut for his part he cared not whether Peel or Russell , or Disraeli was Prime Minister , or what may be the faction fights in that House , so long as the people were excluded from it . His own endeavour would , at all times , he directed to securing for the great majority ofthe people , that control over its proceedings , which was the only guarantee for public and universal justice . ( Cheers . ) He expected to find all the great parties bidding for popular support . ( Hear , hear . ) As to . Sir Kobert Peel what did he care about Sir Robert Peel ?

    ( Cheers and Laughter . ) No doubt he lite the others , would base his power upon the aristocracy around him , and to put a garter upon the leg of a marquis would take the stockings from a poor man . ( Tremendous cheering . ) As to the Throne , he did not care who was upon tbe Throne , provided the power behind tbe Throne was greater than the Throne itself . They talked about reducing taxation , but if ten millions oi taxes were taken off it wonld be of no benefit to them ( the working classes ) . But let tbe law-maker be made the taxpayer , and they might take his word things wohH ue speedily put right in this country . ( Ilcar , hear . ) Had the association confiued itself to the reduction

    of taxation it would never have had his co-operation ; but when be saw who was its chairman , when he saw such men as Lord "Nugent , Lord D . Stuart , Mr . G . Thompson , Mr . _Lushington , Mr . Charles Pearson , Mr . Hall , and Mr . "Williams—men who had no interest in the reduction of wages- —joining the association , ho felt that it was on the right tack . ( Cheers . ) He had been reviled for twenty-ei g ht years ; and , in fact , he was the reviled of all parties . ( Laughter . ) ' Bat he rejoiced In snch abuse . He " had seen that morning in the organ of this movement , a resolution passed by the Aberdeen Parlia mentary Association with reference to the £ 10 , 000 fnnd . He conld not do the work of ten thousand

    men himself , bnt this he would say , that if one . of the resolutions agreed to by that association -was adopted by the Chairman and the 3 fation . il Association , he would be happy to give £ 100 himself towards tbat fnnd . That resolution demanded that every man of sound mind , and full age , should possess the sufirage . ( Hear , hear . ) Bnt mark his esteem for the order of the _unDnfranehisad classes . Did they suppose that if he thought that resolution could be carried that day in that meeting ( even if be conld carry with him nine-tenths or even nineteen-tweniieths , ) at the cost of destroying the union which now existed between the middle and working classes , that he " would propose it ? . No . His great

    object was to secure this suffrage for their order as soon a 3 possible , and though he would never give np tbe principle for which he had so long contended , le believed that by going along with this movement he was takmgthebestand speediest method of attaining that end . Until that was secured he cared not who were in power . He had seen iri the Jj mes—be did not p lace much faith in what appeared ! there—( cheers and _laughterj-rbut however in this case it -was an extract from " a paper which was now the organ ofthe government , and had formerly been the organ of Mr . "Ward , —( oh !)—which announced that during the hext session of Parliament an enormous extension was to be made in the suffrage , and

    that the measure would be mentioned in the Queen s speech at the opening of Parliament . ( Hear . ) It was au very well to say this , but he would not recommend tbem to place-much reliance upon it . Let tbem mount the watch-tower and keep a look-out , and prevent the people _beingimposed upon . ( Hear . ) "Kow , he did not hesitate to tell them that Lord John Kussell—tbe minister who had refused to assent to the abolition , of the rate-paying clauses—( hear , hear)—Lord John Russell , Mr . Disraeli , and Sir Eobert Peel , the leaders ofthe three great parties in the House of Commons , would propose anything to enable tbem to preserve their own power .

    ( Hear , hear . ) Bnt they ( the Assoeiation ) would be on the watch . As to" the talk about protection , it was all moonshine . -They " might a 3 well , talk of going back to the old jog-trot system of pack-horses or wapons ;* frdmVthe present railway , as . talk of going _tackxtojprotection . Tint merely tp prevent going back was not enough ., They must go forward , aiid : as _^ far _^ _Aejwas jconcerced i or had any _! power , _xth _^ Hou _seyof ' _(^ om ' mons _^ _sTiould never be ' . used for ia _^^ nrp _^ _T _^^' fo _' rtbe promotion of the general _^ P _^ _P- % ( c _$ _^ 7 i : _$ f _jMevents , ™ power what-. ' _ejer-t <» nld _^ s _^" -e ; -ip «) tection .. - . ( Cheers . ) The : _acns | bc * - _^ - satic _^ 1 aU _" their _^ _^ engagements , aU-their provisions

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    for the younger children , , by . protection ; -. _< ( Cheers . ) Protection was not the only evil nnder' which the country had laboured , and . which ' ought : to-be destroyed , theymust dc ' stroy . the enormously bloated church . ( Cheers , and laughter . ) Let there be no talking about the people being too ignorant to possess a vote as long as those black slugs were living upon what ought to be spent in educating them . ( Laughter . ) Ten millions a year paid to tbe church for what purpose ? Ten millions a year , one fourth of which ought to be devoted to the education ofthe people . If education were made the test of voting , the minister would send a brain-irauger round amongst the people , and then tell them they were sufficiently enlightened to

    exercise the franchise . ( Hear , hear , and laughter . ) He did not blame Lord . John Russell or Sir It . Peel for this . Xo , he had the manliness to tell them that he blamed themselves . It was their own apathy , and their own disunion which enabled the privileged classes to override them . ( "Hear , hear . ) United they stood , divided _thsy fell . ( Hear , hear . ) It had been his great object through life to organise the public mind , and he trusted he mi ght now look upon the chairman as the director of that mind . Ho had no respect for the millowner or the money lord , any more than for great landlords , for one and all of them lived on the blood and sinews of the poor ; but he wanted to see an honest and faithful representation of . the people in the House of

    Commons : because he believed that that would make the rich richer , and tho poor rich . ( Cheers . ) Don't talk to him about their rubbishing 40 s . freeholds —( cheers and hisses )—there were always" a few geese to be found everywhere ; but ho repeated don't talk about the 40 s . freeholds , what he wanted was the vote to be given to the man , and notto property . ( Hear , hear . ) Look at the present state of the representation in Ireland . A striking fact had just occurred , which would illustrate it . Mr . Dillon Browne having received an appointment to a situation under the government , a vacancy in the representation of the county of Mayo had been caused . Row there were only 300 votes in the whole county , out of a population of 400 , 000 , or

    about one individual in every 1 , 250 . ( Shame , shame . ) Now if these 1 , 250 individuals went to the nomination , and shouted for a popular candidate , the one voter would overpower them all—the 300 votes would neutralise the feeling of 400 , 000 . Now they wanted no revolutions . He had always been against them , and had suffered more through the insanity of the people than almost any man alive . ( Hear , hear . ) He did so in 1842 , when the millowners threw their hands idle , and if the bull-frogs were to throw their workpeople idle for the same purpose , they would stop , short the moment thev frightened the government—they would never agree to give votes to the people , but in such an event some would continue to live at ease whilst others

    were sent to a dungeon or convict ship . ( Hear , hear . ) He felt the greatest confidence m the conductors of the association , He had never known Sir Joshua "Walmsley , or the party with whom he was connected , give a vote opposed to the interests of the mass ofthe community . They did not speculate in labour , nor could he place confidence in them if they did . He wanted to see the labourer living upon his own homestead ; in his own castle , " no man daring to make him afraid , _* " and were there one or two millions of men in that position , Russian , or Turk , or devil —( laughter)—mightinvade the land , but he would defy them to do any harm , for in that ease , every man would fly to his own castle , and become a soldier in defence of his native

    soil . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) But the privileged classes were afraid to give the people the vote , because they were afraid that if they did so the people would do as they had done , ' and take the lion ' s share ofthe good things of society , but it was because he . believed that they would be ready to use their power justly that he advocated their being invested with it . ( Hear , hear . ) What he wanted to see was a full developement ofthe national resources . He wanted to see all classes more comfortable , and he was sure they ( the working classes ) would be . gratified to see the rich man richer , if they were themselves rich enough , and that they would luxuriate in the independence of the wealthy , if they were not themselves in a state

    of serfdom and slavery . They were informed that a meeting was to take place on Wednesday next at Aylesbury . Mr . Cobden was to be there , and Mr . Disraeli was to be there , and , -with God ' s Messing , he ( Mr . 0 ' Connor ) would be there too . ( Cheers . ) He thought he knew something more about agriculture "than M . Disraeli . He thought if they examined " Baron Munchausen" and the " Arabian "Sights' Entertainments , " and whatever the fancy of the most fanciful writer could produce on the most fanciful subject , they would not be able to find a more fanciful author or declaimerthan Mr . Disraeli . He would give him 100 acres , or 1 , 000 acres , and unless he could live ; like "Nebuchadnezzar , npon grass , he would be bound he could not support

    himself . ( "Hear " and laughter . ) He begged to tell tbem that they had as yet done nothing , but they must soon be stirring , for his firm conviction was , that if there was a general election to-morrow , the protectionsts would have an overpowering majority in the House of Commons ;—( hear , " Eelr , ) —and if they once obtained the majority there they would not only Seep up the present amount of taxation , but increase it still further , in order to be able to make provision for their younger children _,, whilst the eldest continued to perform in his usual character of the dissipated gentleman . ( Hear , hear . ) Li conclusion he would say , that believing

    the extension ef the people ' s power was essential to just and good government , he would ask those with _wbjjm and for whom he had laboured to give up any idft * of opposition to this movement . ( Hear , hear . ) He asked them to unite their own efforts , and endeavour , with those of the other classes , in one grand effort against the oppression under which they suffered , and especially to give their chairman and his colleagues that support they asked , as long as they pursued a straightforward , honest , and unswerving course . —( The Hon . Gentleman , who was frequently applauded during his speech sat down amidst loud cheers . )

    Tbe resolution was then put and carried unanimously , with cheers . Mr . Howard , Secretary of the Southwark Eeform Association , begged to announce a new year's gift of £ 30 to the fund from the parishes of St . Olave , St . Thomas , and St . John . ( Cheers . ); Bethought that another £ 100 would be obtained from the other side of the water towards the £ 10 , 000 fund . ( Cheers . ) The _CuAiRsrix announced the following subscriptions : —Mr . S . Morley , £ 50 Mr . "WL Joynson , £ 50 j Mr . Cobden , M . P ., £ 10 ; Mr . A . Anderson , M . P ., £ 50 : Mr . Leaf , £ 50 ; Mr . T . Prout , £ 50 ; Mr . "W

    Williams , M . P ., £ 50 ; Mr . "TC _^ _Wilkinson , £ 50- ; Mr _^ W . J . Hall , £ 50 ; Mr . H . G . Robinson , £ 50 ; _Sir- _'Ji Duke , M . P ., £ 10 ; Mr . "Wilcox , M , P „ £ 50 ; Mr . G , Thompson , M . P ., £ 10 ; Mr . J . P . Smith , M . P ., £ 10 ; Mr . G . "W . M . Reynolds , £ 10 ; Mr . D . "W . "Wire , £ 50 ; Messrs . Mather , Liverpool , £ 50 ; Mr . Kershaw , M . P ., £ 10 ; Mr . Hume , M . P ., £ 10 ; Mr . A . Pellatt , £ 10 ; Mr . G . Pouncey , £ 50 ; Mr . 6 . Lusbington , M . P ., £ 10 ; Lord D . Stuart , M . P ., £ 10 10 s . ; Sir J . Walmsley , £ 50 ; the _Norwich Fund , £ 100 ; Southwark , £ 30 ; making nearly £ 1 , 500 already sent in . ( Cheers . ) ' .

    _-..-Mr . W . Wiixiams ( late M . P . for Coventry ) , thought the present meeting might he regarded as aflat denial to the assertion of ono of the members ofthe city of London ( Lord J . Russell ) , that the people ot this country wanted no more reformthat the working classes did not want the reforms proposed by Mr . Hume , nor the working classes the Charter , or any other reform to that extent . ( Cheers . ) Another declaration that the same noble lord was supposed to have made was , that the Reform Bill was to be a final measure . Bnt had the Reform Bill accomplished any one of its objects ? _JTot only had it not done so , but many things were infinitely worse now than under the old boroughmongering system . It had ,, he really believed , created a more corrupt system than formerly ex-1

    isted , and bribery-was more rife than ever . There were 7 , 000 , 000 of adult males in this country , "but the actual constituency had been brought down to less than 850 , 000 or about one in eight of the male population of the country . ( "Shame . " ) How had the Reform Bill dealt with the , citizens of London ? It had given to fifty-seven boroughs ninety-seven members , who possessed altogether a constituency equal in numbers to the constituency of London , who returned four members . ('" Shame . "") Lord J . Russell had made one of the voters in these rotten boroughs equal to twenty-three of bis constituents in the city of London . Thc borough of I Harwich , in the year 1841 , with ninety-four voters , returned two members to Parliament . ( "Shame . " )

    And how much did they think it was proved these voters had received among them ? Why £ 8 , 300 , or about £ 70 a man . ( "Shame . " ) And ; yet one of these bribed knaves , their noble representative told them , was equal to twenty-three of the citizens of London ! Was that a condition of things which they were content should be final ? Had the public expenditure been lessened since . thc Reform Bill ? Why we were now brought down to tho government ofa standing army and a police . ( Cheers . ) Comparing the last year of the unreformed Parliament , when the Duke of Wellington was Prime Minister , with the present , the number of the army and their auxiliaries was 105 , 000 more last year

    than in 1830 , and It cost the people £ 4 , 000 , 000 more in their maintenance . _(' - ' Hear , hear , " and ' " Shame . " ) And this was called a good and cheap government , produced by the Reform Bill . .. He called upon them , if they-were not content ; with these fruits of reform , to come forward and support this association . To . show the largo _propor-. tion of taxation raised from the middle _andworking classes , he would take a few articles _oVtaxation principally consumed by them , upon which- not less than £ 20 , 500 , 000 were raised .. Rum paid 300 per cent . ; gin and whiskey . five , times more than the value of the article ; malt , more than 100 percept . ; tea * , * 300 per cent ' . ; sugar , * a trifle less than 100 per cent , ; tobacco , no less than _I , 2 QQ per cent ,

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    ( "Shame . " ) .-As a proof that tlie-Beform'Bill'had -ivenus a worse and more extravagant government than we had before , he would remind them that the Queen had surrendered : the vast estates of . the Crown for a . civil list of £ 385 , 000 a year . " - ( "Oh ; oh ' " ) These : Crown lands had produced during the last three iyeavs £ 1 , 187 , 000 , - only £ 313 , 000 of which went into the public Treasury . ( "Shame ! " ) In 1843 be endeavoured to unravel this great mystery , and ho found that in 1812 there'had been expended on twelve Royal palaces , eleven Royal parks , stables , gardens , dog-kennels ) & c , £ 151 , 000 out of this money . And let them ' riot blame the Queen $ > r this . ( Cheers , and cries of " "No . " ) He would be bound to say her Majesty had never seen the half of these Royal palaces . But they were kept

    up as a means of finding sinecures and comfortable asylums for the aristocracy . Many of them were entirely occupied by swarms ofthe friends and relations of the aristocracy . The apartments of the palace of Hampton-court , for example , were lent , : ax and rent free , to decayed members of the aristocracy . ( A laugh . ) The keeping up of that palace cost -67 , 000 a year . Such a system was kept up by the bribery , corruption , and undue influence at elections , which had been proved to exist by numerous electon committees of the House of Commons . And the object of this association was to do away with such farces in the representation , and return to the ancient constitution ofthe country . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Williams concluded by proposing the following resolution : — " That this meeting earnestly recommends to the friends of

    _Parliamentary reform , throughout Great Britain and the colonies , to furnish prompt and liberal assistance to the Council of the National Association , by the holding of public meetings , the passing of resolutions , the formation of committees , the employment of local agents , and the contribution of funds . " ¦ Mr . Hall seconded the motion . He most cordially concurred in every word said by those who preceded him , but as that meeting was a meeting fov business , he could not but say that the sum of money asked for was perfectly insignificant in amount to carry out the great objects they had - in view . It appeared , by what was published in tlie newspapers , that tho Protectionists'were determined to have a fight '— - ( a laugh ) . — and the Free Traders were to prepare for and give them enough ofit . ( Alaugh . ) If they didnot . do ' , so , they deserved to have a Custom-house officer in their

    kitchen , an exciseman m their cellars , a soldier in their parlours , to look after their domestic affairs—( a laugh)—and a policeman to seethat . he took no advantage —( laughter)—and a poor curate to pay forthe whole . ( Laughter . : He hoped and trusted that no apple of discord would bo thrown among them in that greatmovement . Mr . Feargus O'Connor had said , in his very eloquent speech , that not one word was said of Ireland . But they had an eye on Ireland , and would bave gone there , except that they saw it was perfectly useless until England was set to rights . ( A laugh , ) Let the-Chartists accompany them as far as Holyhead , and he would be bound to ' say the better they were acquainted , the more they would like each" other—they would

    then cross over in a steamer , and soon settle the affaivsof Ireland . Although ho thought £ 10 , 000 much too inadequate , yet it was the first point put into the wedge of corruption , and he doubted not it would soon splinter it into lucifer-matches . ( Cheers and laughter . ) . Thateau only be done by their aid , and if tney gave it , no doubt it was possible to do it with the proposed ten thousand pounds . He tbeught they must have 250 men of business , independent men , who were ready to sacrifice some _^ thing , and to enrol themselves as candidates to represent the people . From each of these 250 gentlemen , he expected £ 1 , 000 —( laughter and cheers ) —and then he would be prepared to appeal to the country for £ 500 , 000 . The intellect and talent engaged , in the contest would be worth another , -6250 , 000 ; and thus with a large capital equal to

    £ 1 , 000 , 000 . they would be able to join heart and hand in promoting the great cause in which they were engaged . ( Cheers and laughter . ) He hoped the press would not keep this scheme a secret . It was one he meant to propose ; and though he had no ambition to go into Parliament , as he thought he was more useful out of it , he would , if necessary , be one of the first to sign that round robin .. ( Cheers and laughter . ) As the aristocracy had drawn the sword , Jet the people resolve to make them , sheath it . The House of Commons was the castle ofthe people , and , by the oath ofa Spartan , no power on earth would cause him to desist till it was rescued from the hands ofthe aristocracy , and restored to the people . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Mr . Hall concluded , after some other remarks , by seconding the resolution .

    Mr . E . MiAin said he feared he coold not give them so interesting or so exciting a speech as his predecessor , but this he could promise them at least , that his speech should be a short one . ( Hear . ) The House of Commons , as at present constituted , was a gross fraud . ( Hear , hear ;) It professed to be the organ ofthe people of these realms , while in fact it was no more than the instrument ofthe aristocracy .. ( Hear , hear . ) Of the- three estates of the realm , two were realities and one was- a pretence , The monarchy had its sphere , _ita rights , and its duties ,, and her Majesty the Queen kept her sphere , enjoyed her rights , and performed her duties . ( Loud cheers . ) The Houseof Lords , which was constituted with a view identical with the

    elevation of the order , did—as no one eould denyfulfil to the utmost the intention of its institution . ( Cheers . ) The representative branch of our legislature was but _asham , a fiction , a pretence . ( Hear . ) The House of Commons professed tobe born of the people , but it was in reality the child of the aristocracy , having only the slightest possible tinge of popular blood in its veins . ( Hear , hear . ) If alt thc nomination members were set aside ,, and those who were returned by similar irregular influences , and having counted them up you would find that you had a majority of the House of Commons ; . ( Hear , hear . ) It might be said that although this was an anomaly , yet the system worked well . Fbivwhom did it work well ? ( Hear- hear . ) For the people or the

    aristocracy ? ( Hear , hear . ) If it worked well for the people , why surround it with pretence ? Why not give the nobles openly the power of returning ninety . members ,, and let the- boroughs at once be exposed-to open sale . But they know better , that John Lull would not bear it _^ for a moment ( Hear > hear . ) Everyone was aware that it was only by maintaining the semblance of representation such a system could be carried on . He believed that if during the last year the sympathies of Great Britain had been , properly known on the continent of Europe , the- reaction would never have taken place , but the people , instead of writhing under the soldier ' s heel , would now be ' rejoicing in the blessings of a constitutional

    government . ( Hear , hear . ) But let tliem look at home _,, and they would see that this semblance was doing mighty wrong . The British House" of Commons , under its semblance of nationality ,. darcd to do what no despot would attempt . Did anyone think tliat such taxation' as the people groaned under- at present couldi ever be levied by a single desgot ? ( Hear , hear . ) . This proved to him that the somblance of representation with the reality of nomination , was-doing an infinity of * ' mischief . ' . _Foa-the people ' 3 best social interests , because ho wished to see their industry raised to that position which it ought to oeeupy ; for their moral interests , because he wished that every man might bo ablo towalk abroad in the face of God ' s-sun independent and

    self-reliant ; for the sake of tho happiness of posterity—he was most anxious , that the present system should be put an end to ,, and that some l'eality , be it of what kind it might , ! should bo substituted for it . The reality which he should prefer was that which would place unlimited confidence ia his fellow-countrymen . ( Cheers . ) He would have none excluded who did not exclude themselves . But inasmuch as it was absolutely necessary' that they should all unite in order to achieve ultimate victory , he was willing to unite with that association and to pledge himself _£ _o do his utmost for the- accomplishment of its QpectB . He rejoiced in th & wise moans which the council were employing for the attainment of their end ;

    Mr . G . W . M . _Reynolds , who was received with great and prolonged cheering , said that he could not allow this resolution to pass without sayin" a word upon the subject . It was a positive _scandal to the civilisation ofthe country , and . the age , that there should exist , any necessity in England for calling a meeting to demand from an usurping aristocracy , and a reluctant ministry , those rights , and privilege ! whieh by nature belonged to the wbikin _" classes as well as to auy other class , but which an infamous , tyranny , withheld from theni . ( Loud cheers . ) Indeed , the very fact of their being assembled thero to-day , 'to vindicate their rights , was a proof . that tbey had laid in' abeyance _tinjougk the I oppression and tyranny of the upper classes . The

    aristocraoy bad usurped all power , government , place , : _and pensions , and laid violent hands upon the church , and the army aud navy , and then , perhaps , next session , they would tell them tbat the people wore not intelligent enough to exercise thefranchise properly . ( Hear , hear . ) But what had the vaunted intelligence of the aristoer . icy done _ifrr the country ? What were the effects of tho administrative wisdom of the upper classes ? Why , the people were dissatisfied—thowhole land was covored with the hidoous signs of pauperism—and political agitation was the patent and undeniable- proof oi

    widely-spread discontent . And to show further how infamous was tho system of aristocratic government and class-legislation , let it bo observed , that there were actually more paupers than voters '* ( Hear ,-bear . ) There ! were , only 850 , 800 Voters , ' whilst the number of panpers exoeeded one million and . the ' Times told them on Christmas Day that 100 , 000 person s in the city of London were indebted to eleemosynary charity for their Christmas dinner . ( Cries of « . ' shame . ' ") "The-Morning Chronicle had also told them that there , were thousands of honest and well-intentioned women in this metropolis willing to earn their bread by labour _^ tho needle

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    hut - who , With the lank ; lean ; visage of famine staringthem hi the " fac 6 _i were , ' . obliged .. to . go into the streets' to earn a subsistence ' . by _^ prostitution . ( Hear , hear ;)'! Tliese females prayed to God . to give theta strength to resist temptation : in the anguish —the _burningiangiiish—of their souls , they : raised their hands to' Heaven aiid implored that mercy _, which should save them from the precipice yawning at their feet . ( Hear , hear . ) They , besought the Almighty to continue them in the paths of virtue , that they might be enabled to'look their husbands , their parents , and their children , in the' facq , with- , out shame ; atid without a _hliislu But , no _: famine was there- _^ the wages of , prostitution were thereand the former irresistibly impelled the poor crea- ;

    tures to clutch at the latter . ( Profound . sensation . ) Such was the ' system' which aristocratic intelligence had established in this unlm ' ppy country , ilow dared this insolent aristocracy , then , to tell tho millions that they were too ignorant to exercise the franchise prudently and properly ? , ( Hear , hear . ) For his part , he ( Mr ; Reynolds )! would boldly , proclaim to the aristocracy from that platform that the sterling common sense , the sound judgment ; - and the true intelligence of the ; country resided in the industrious classes . ( Loud cheers . ) There was as much difference between the aristocratic mind and the working class mind as there was between the frippery of a fashionable milliner ' s , show-room and the stupendous though rugged grandeur ofthe

    Alpine mountains . ( Cheers . ) The peoplo well deserved what they asked . _> Yas English humanity , English love of order , inferior to that displayed on the continent two years ago ? At that period the people were tho masters of every city in Europe--kings and emperors fled . But did the people turn round on tlieir oppressors and erect the guillotine for their destruction ? ( Hear , bear . ) .-No . ; . put when the oppressors returned to . power . by the aidoftthe soldiery , they let loosp the bloodhounds of war against the people , and even lacerated innocent women . ( Hear , hear . ) This was tho third time that he ( Mr . Reynolds ) had stood upon the platform ofthe London Tavern within the last nine or . ten months . On the first occasion , he had declared

    that _Lnmartine would deceive the people of France ; and that unloss Ledru Rollin . and the glorious leaders ofthe Mountain party were raised to power , the cause of freedom would be betrayed and crushed in , Europe . ( Hear , 'hear . ) And the result had verified the presage . On the second occasion he had declared that mere verbal sympathy , with Hungary was a detestable farce , ; , and _, that unless England proclaimed war in _ordeivtO ; assist the-gallant Hungarians , ' the cause of this bravo ; people would b ' e betrayed and crushed , likewise . ( Loud cheering . ) Ana this prediction _vras , also fulfilled . Whore were the brave ! _Kossuth- _^ loud

    cheers)and the glorious Maz ' zini-r-- ( loud .. cheers)—now ? He heard one voice bawl but" question r " . but it was all to the question . ( Cheers . ) For he would venture a third prophecy . ; which was , that if the middle classes , remained faithful to the pledges made in the _programmefof the Reform Association , and if the Working classes gave them _theirsupport , stiil . mairitaihing ,. however , a ' vigorous concurrent agitation of their own , the speedy result must be a large measure . of reform . Tnen _. ttie working . classes would continue their own glorious lhovement ; until thePeople's Charter became the lanr . of the land . ( Immensecheering . ) " V ; .- , ' . ' : . ' .. ; : ¦ ..

    The resolution was thenputand carried ; Mr . D _.-W , Winn proposed the following resolution : —¦ _'" That this meeting regards w ' th feelings of great satisfaction the proposition -of holding a National Conference in " London , during the month of March next ; and _i calls upon tlie-friends of the movement in allparfcsof the country , to assist the council by selecting earnest reformers to represent theis at that important' meeting . " ¦ He said'the gentleman , who had preoeded him had talked of classes . He ( Mr . Wire ) _hated-this word . He liked the name " people . " ( Hear ; hear ; ' and cheers . ) It was to the people thattlie council-was about to address itself in all parts of the country . They wanted to unite all for the accomplishment of a

    great object . What was the object of that' association ? Why , to increase the number of those who returned members of Parliament , or rather the object was twofold—to purify the representation , arid to bring within the pale of the constitution the unrepresented masses . At present two members were returned by ninety-four voters , and tSvo by ! 16 , 000 , and it was only by the two latter that the interests of the people were truly represented . ' What was the constitution of the House of Commons ! ' Every class was well represented—the people alone were unrepresented . If a captain in the navy presented ! himself , let him be told to take care of his ship . If a captain in the army came forward , let him be told to look after the discipline of his troop , with the

    visw ' of preventing the outbreak of a mutiny like the recent one at Nottingham , by looking after the comforts of his men , and treating them as rational beings . ( Hear , hear . ) Let a lord- be treated with all imaginable courtesy , but let him be told that he had got his own house , and was nofc wanted in the House of Commons , and that - the lower house should no longer be made a place- of jobbery for the aristocracy . ( Hear ,, hear . ) An . extension of the suffraga would be followed by a reduction of taxation .. - They would not then see- fifty-three ofthe finest colonics in the world—colonies-which ought

    to be increasing the strength of the mother country —on tlie eve of rebellion .. ( Hear ,, hear . ) , Why were the colonies in that position ? . Ask- the irresponsible House of Commons-. - Who were sent out as governors ? . ( A voice ,. " Ward . "' ) ' Were not ' the colonies-made homes for decayed members of the aristocracy ? ( _Heaiy- 'hear . ) . Would that be permittedby a pure Houseof Commons ? : With such a housethe colonies would be governed at a vast deal less-expense . Lord John . Bussell and his' colleagues eould no longer govern this country ,, if the people only said they should not do » _sOi . Mr . R / . Taylor seconded the resolution .

    " Mr . 1 i . tdd ; in _responding toa _call'of the meeting , . ' said , that having been called on he-felt bound ; , as one of the electors and unprivileged of the English community ,, to state hisreason . why he thoughtthe intelligence of the people shoul & rulo paramount in the senate .. He would not _airgue the question of an extension , of the suffrage as for or against thearistocracy , but on tho-broad and comprehensive _iground that the weal , of : _the _^ different members of the community was inseparable , _^ and that the increased responsibility , of every , member of the state gave power and strength to government . What-! ever opinion ; might be entertained as to the value of . increasing the-suffrage , _all-poi-sons were-agreed that the intelligence-of England _. must rule England ,

    and that _tlie-House . of Representatives ought to be the reflex : of ; that intelligence . ( Hear , hear ;)} Now , ( although he was ready to admit that _thahi g her iclasses had _. abetter school eduoation , he maintained that the appreciation of right ; the discrimination of worth ,. and the * application . of the ! mind to know what was judicious and injudicious wasascommon to tlie labourer in the streets _^ as to the member of the House of Commons ; or House of Lords ; . ( Hear , hear . ) As long as the people were not represented , they _would'ha-ve- to fight ths battle over-and over again . It-wa & alibel _tosay that the working classes did not care-forthe suffrage ; it was they , in fact , who kept it before the public mind for a great number of- years . The working men of England

    were as moral as the majprity . of the other classes ; they had their property , too , in ihe . labour of their- hands , and . if ' any derangement of the commercial affairs of tho country , took place they _w-ere the first to-ieol it .. They had ,, therefore , a real and serious interest ia- good . legislation \ i why , then , should they not be enfranchised so as to make the House of Commons the reflex of tho" entire community .. ( Hear , hear . ) Let thorn unite the intelligence and rights , of the people against the ascendancy of faction in the first instance , and when the * middle classos had fought out their bottle , they ( the Chartists ) would fight theirs till they obtained the Charter aad the legitimate representation of t * lo democracv .. ( Loud cheers * . )

    The _CnAiRMA !* said that he had received a note from Mr , Jones saying that he . would be glad _oo the part ofthe social , reformers to offer a few observations in favour of the association . Now , they were not there to discuss socialism- ~( hear , hear _^ but if this gentleman , would confine- himself to tho- object oftlieassociatientheywoiild . be glad to hear him ; if he spoke oa socialism he would feel it ;" us duty to stop him . ( Hear , hear . _)> Neither couldi he allow any gentleman to address liini fromthe body of the meeting . ¦ _- . _-. ' . ; h - ;;; Mr . Jokbs having ascended the platform , said , that if the-chairman had . made no allusion to what he intended to say , but few could ha _. ve discovered what his . opinions _woro-apart from the business

    ofthat ' association . ( liear , hear . ) ib > spoke _becausohe thought that men , who agreed inj the two bb _^ _eota this association had _. ih view ought to unite in giving _thcirsupportto th . _eee two objootis , but whilst doing so , ; they should _guardthemselves against _comprbmising those opinions which _tbsy held out 3 idethese c-bjects . ( HeM _* 4 He was there iis the _representative of opinions whieh _. whatever _' might _bs-thought of them in this country , w « yo agitating European society at that moment . He felt -boiihd _; to say that he did ; ' _noi think a _reduction of taxation was tho most' k & povtani thing . ' He thought that the people suffered more through an excessive _compe-i

    tition than through taxation . ( Hear , hear , and " Quesfcidn . '") " Ho did not expect to find an agi ; ee _^ moafe in his opinions any move than others _should expeoi him to agree in theirs —( hear;)—but hi this they all agreed , that the people of this country should have the control of their own destinies placed in thoir own . hands . ' ( near , hoar . ) Let them , therefore , unite in . effecting that -object , - and' each party' could ; _propagate ; his owii . ' opinion' at the ' proper time and _, place . ( Hear ,, hear . ) ' With that reservation he had great pleasure , in _' _givitig bia adhesion to the resolution , which . ma then put' mid carried unanimously . ; ' ' •¦ •¦¦< - On the motion ofthe _^ v'T ; S _^ _oBaVtluiiisuai vo e of thanks to the chaw was a gVeed . to ; and , at , half-paafe four o '« _lQQk . * v ' M '

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    - , Sir _JoshuatiWALMSCBff'returned _thanks ; saying that ; tho only object of the association waS _ty-mako property ;; safe , r the ; country . prosperous , and ' the people contented andhappy . ( Loud cheers . ) '; The vast assemblage then separated . - ¦'

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    '• ! TRIUMPH OF CO-OPERATION , j 7 ? - TO IHE EWTOROF TIIE _KORinERN _BTAB . Sir , —A soiree and ball , ; to celebrate the success of " The Galashiels Co-operative Provision Store , " ciimo off with great eclat in the Bridge Inn Assembly Room , on the evening of New Year's Day . The room was densely crowded , and harmony and « ood feeling prevailed throughout . - As it may be . interesting , and perhaps profitable , to many of your readers , to know the plan and principle on which this association is conducted , I here subjoin a brief outline : — ¦¦ , Any person may become , a member _; on depositing one or more shares of five shillings each . Each _mpmh _,. r _knnns a nass-boolc . into which is marKed

    all the goods ho purchases ; the shopman also keeps an account of what each one gets . When the value of his'purchases reaches to thc amount of the snares he has deposited he is allowed no more goods on credit till he pays what he has already received . At the end of tho year the books are made up , and , after deducting expenses of . management , each member is allowed .. profits according to the amount of his purchases for the year ; and where there are no purchases thero are no profits , so that the . mere capitalist has no encouragement here . What we call getting the profit , is not profit as the worn is understood commercially , it is merely getting back what was overcharged on the goods while

    undergoing tho process of distribution ; so that it we have been paying too high when we get the goods , it is roturned to us at the . end of the year . Thus Sve have our provisions at wholesale prices , with the slight addition of paying men for dealing them out to u « , and other incidental expenses ; and although we have been getting our goods at the same rate as we might have had them at private shops , the profits tor the last quarter is sixty . pounds . ; so thata private dealer doing the same amount _ofbusincss as is done at the "Store" ; would have cleared , sixty pounds , which by combination and proper : arrange' _ments can be made to flow hack into the pocket of the purchasers . ' . -- .:: ;'

    Henceforth , let not working men-complain : that they are imposed on by their grocers , or their bakers , or any with whom they , have , to deal , as they have the remedy in their own hands . ! ! ' . To show you that our principles are becoming appreciated in this locality _Iz / may _" . state that , between the two shops ( we have an eastern . and a western branch ) there is sold goods to the amount of one hundred and . forty pounds every week . We have also abakingestablishment in connexion with the " Store , " which supplies it with bread , and in that establishment there is baked every week , on an average , fourteen hundred quartern loaves . ' That will give you an idea of the extent of our operations ; . and I would advise all who think they are paying too high for their provisions to go and do likewise . " I will furnish any who may desire it , with

    a copyof our rules , or what other information they may require on the subject . - When the " Store" was first , started , it was carried on on the principle of distributing the profits in proportion to the amount of money deposited , independent of purchases made by the depositors ; That system had the effect of keeping down the price of provisions in the town for some time at first ; : but , ultimately , those who had much money deposited began more to look at having a higher intorest than keeping down provisions _^ while the poorer section of the members took an opposite course . Wrangling and disputes arose in consequence , whieh would soon have wrecked -the whole affair , had not the present system been adopted . Now , however , a more flourishing concern does notexist . : ,.: . Me . _Sauxdessv "¦• 1 , Johnstone ' s-close , Galashiels . . ¦ ' . _" _-.--

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    Redtjotios of the Navy Estimates . —> We . have good reason to believe thatthe reduction in the navy estimates for 1850-51 will be considerable _, amounting to more than a _qjuarter of a million . The reduction , it is said , will hot effect seamen , but 1 , 000 mariners less will be voted , and the savings ; will be in their provisions and pay ; aiid in the decrease of stores , < fe . — . United Service Gazette

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    IMMENSE SUC 8 ESS OF THE . NEW REMEDY , . _Whichhasnevevyet failed . — -A ewe effected or tlie ¦ '•;¦ ' money returned _^ . DR . _WALTER DE ROO * S , 1 , Ely-place ,. llolborn-hiU , London , from manysyears experience at tha . various llospitalsJn London aud on the Gontiuent , is enabled to treat , with > the utmost certainty of ; eure , eveiy variety of disease arising ' from' solitary habits , _idelusive , & c ., & ai , excesses , infection _^ such a gonorrhoea , jgleety stricture ,. syphilis , in all their varieties andstages / - ; which , owing toneglect or improp ( er treatment , invariably end in gravel ,. rliQumiitigin , indigestion , sextual debility , skin diseases , pains in tlie _kidiwjs , back and loins , deliciency of natural strength , and _Anally an agonising death . The lamentable neglect of these diseases b y medical men in general is well known , and their attempts to cure by the use of . those- dangerous meclieines — mercury , copaiba , eubebs , Are . _^ _r-liavG produced tho most digti'essiiig results .

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    CORN . Mask _Lake , Monday , Jan . 7 . —The shoivof wheat samples from tlie home counties was small to-fiay , and the stands w « ro nearly cleared at last Monday ' s price ' s . In foreign wheat we had little doing , although prices were fully maintained ; but having a large arrival of American and French flour , buyers rather held off . . The flour trade was dull . The demand for barley , was limited at our previous quotations . Beans and poas without alteration . The arrivals of oats having increased , the sale to-day was by no means active ; but prices remain much the same as on Monday last . liuseed and cokes sell readily . For _doverseed there was but little inquiry to-day , though holders continue to ask high prices . Mark-lane , Fridny , January 11 . —There _ivas very little English wheat on sale , and its value underwent no alteration . In foreign wheat prices remain nominally the same as on Monday last . Foreign flour was obtainable on rather easier terms . English manufacture was unaltered in value . Barley was in good supply _.

    British . —Wheat . —Ussex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , new 39 a to 43 s , ditto white 40 s to 483 , Lincoln , Norfolk , " and York _, shire , red 35 s to 38 s ; Northumberland' and Scotch , whit * 32 s to 37 s , ditto red 34 s t & SSs , Devonshire and Somersetshire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 21 s to 23 s , barley , 22 s to 24 s , Scotch 22 s to 24 s , Angus—s to —s _> Malt ordinary , —s to — s , pale 50 s to 54 s , peas , grey , new 24 s to 2 Gs , maple 26 s to 2 Ss _, white 2 Ssto 24 s , toilers nev 263 . 10 293 , beans , large , new 22 s to 24 s , ticks 24 s to 2 CSi harrow , 23 s to 27 s , pigeon . 28 s to 30 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , los to 19 s , ditto Poland and potato , 17 s to 20 s , Berwick , aud Scotch , 17 a to 21 s , Scotch feed ,. 17 s to 22 s , Irish . feed , and black los to 20 s , ditto potato ; 17 s to 23 s , linseed ( sowing ) 503 to 52 s , rapeseed , Essex , new j £ 27 to i' 30 ' perlast , carraivayseed , Essex , new 26 s to 30 s per _civt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 4 16 s per ton , linseed , £ 0 10 s-to £ 10 10 s . perl _. OOi ) , flour , per sack ot' 2801 bs , ship , 28 s to 303 , town , 38 s to 40 s .

    _Pobeign . _—^ AYheat . — Dantzig , 44 s to 50 » , Anhalt and Marks , 38 to 40 s , ditto white , 40 a to 42 a , Pomeranian red , 40 s- to 42 s , Rostock 41 s to 4 _Gs-, Danish , Holstein , and Friesland , 30 ste 34 s , _Petersbni-gh _; . Archangel , and Kiga _, 32 s to 34 Sj Polish Odessa , 32 s to 34 s ,. Mari ; uic-poli , and Berdianski _; 32 s to 35 s , Taganrog , 32 s to- 34 s , Brabant and Frenoh _, 34 s _to-3 Gs , ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , Salonica , SOs to 33 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 26 s , rye , 20 s to 22 s , _basley , _Wismar and Rostock , 18 _» to 21 s , Danish , ' 18 s to 23 _a , Saal , 20 s to 24 s , East Friesland , lGs to 18 s / Egyptian , 14 s tolas , Danube , 14 s to losj peas ; white , 23 s to 26 s-, new bailers , 26 s to _> 27 s , beans , horse , - 22 s to 24 s , pigeon , 25 s to 2 Gs , Egyptian ,. _^ to 24 s-,. oats , _Groningen , Danish , ! _foemen , and Friesland ; feed and black , lis to lass ditto , thielc and brew , IDs to 22 s , Eiga , Petershurgh , Archangel , and Swedish , 14 ? to 16 s , flour , United States , per IWlbs ., 22 s to 2 is , Humburgh 20 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin-20 s-to 23 s . Erenchner 2801 bs _; , 32 s to 34 s ..

    CATTLE . S . _MiTnsiEtD , - Jan .. 7 . —The number of foreign stock in today's market was very limited ; yet it was quite .- equal to the wants of ' ' the dealers . Freslu up this morning tha arrivals ofihome-fed _' -beasts were very limited for-the tim _* of year , and of middling quality ,. Notwithstanding the coldness of- tlie weather , - and the-increased number of buyers in- attendance , the beef trade was in a . sluggish state . . However , most of the . beasts-on offer-were disposed of at about last week ' s _quotations ; The extreme price for the best _Ssots was 4 s 2 d per Slbs . WitS ; Sheep we were _tolerablywell ,. biit not to say heavily , supplied . The general _qtsaUty of that description of'stock _was-good . On the whole , the demand for most breeds ruled steady , at last week > prices . The pvimest old : Downs _sold-. at 4 s 2 d to 4 s 4 dpet _* S 3 b .- Prime small calves-movedoft ' sloivlyat last Mondn » _y"S-quotations . Otherwise , tlie veal trade was heavy . _We-had . a . vei'y moderuta inquiry , for pigj , yet late rates were well supported in every , instance . Head of Cattle at Smithfield . —Friday . —Beasts , 750 ; sheep , 5 , 260 ' ; . oalves , 240 ; pigs ,. 245 . Mondaj _^ _r-lJeasts ; 3 , 070 ; slieep ,. 21 _, G 30 ; calves , 31 _Lpigs , 206 .

    Price per atone of Slbs . ( sinking the offaL )—Beaf , 3 s Od to 4 s . 2 d ; mutton , 3 s Od to 4 s " 4 d ; veal , 3 s id to Ss 10 d ; pork , _Ssidto _^^ d . _^ ; Smithfield _^ Eviday , January ll .- _^ -The _supply of beasts was not large .-. The trade was dull , at a reduction of fully 2 d per , Slbs . Sheep was fully sufficient for the wants of the trade , whiclh are very limited . All kinds . oft ' stock met with a reduction of from 2 d to 4 d . per 81 bs . _ivewgate and _jJEADENiiALL _, iionda * . _- , Dec . 33 . —Inferior beef , 2 s ( id to-2 s 8 d ; middling ditto , 2 s lOd to 3 s Oil ; prime large , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d ; prime small , 3 s 4 d to 3 s 6 d ; lar » e pork , 2 s Sd ; to 3 s 4 d ; inferionmutton , 2 s 8 d . to 2 s lOd ; middling ditto , 3 s Od to 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto , 3 s 6 d to 3 s lOd ; veal , Ss Od to 8 s lOd ; small pork , 3 s 6 d < to 4 s 2 d ; per Slbs . by the carcass . •

    _PROVISIONS . ' London , Jan . 7 . —Eince our-last report the-demand for Irish butte-j . has been _slow-and limited . Some inferior brands of Limerick ; and other sorts , were offered on themarket towards the close oi * last week , on . easier _tei-ms , and met buyers ; and there was also _ratheiv more inquiry for other _flascriptions . Prices ruled—for Carlow C 8 s to 80 s ; : Waterfbrd . e 0 s to 63 s ; Cork-. 70 s to 72 s ; Limerick 06 s to 66 s ; Sligo 58 s to 62 s ; Tralee 56 s-to 62 spercwt . landed , and at corresponding rates on boaid . Foreign in , liberal supply .. Sales dull : ; prices 5 L ' s to 86 s per cwt ., according to kind _, and quality . Bacon—Irisa-singed sides attracted _triflingly more attention , and sold at 40 s to 48 s ; and American at 34 s to 33 s per cwt . as in siae and quality . Hams moderately dealt imat 62 s to 72 s per _< _-eirt . Lard in bladders at 40 _s-to 52 s , kegs at 36 s to 42 s _peiscwt . : Esgusu Bottek . _Markst _, Jan . 8 . _^ -Ou- * rtrade remains in about . the same state as-it has been foivsome time past viz ; , that fine butter is in . request at current rates , the 'proportion . of wliich quality is . very _smaUi ; Tho bulk oi the _stoclikfc being ofa stale and inferior , descri ption , becomes worthless and less moaey . Dorset , fiiie 84 s to 90 spcj cwt . ; ditto , middling , 5 Gs to 70 s , ; fresh , 8 _i to 13 s per doz . B ) S .

    POTATOES : SramnvAiiK _Waihisim :, Jan . 7—She _ai-rivals _shiee ftu » _last report have been moderate , which , with cold _^ veatlier , has enabled _salesmen to clear off roost of the heavy arrivals _, . the preceding weals without storing . The supply of best ; ' _Yorkshire Regents- is very limited ; consequently they _iiuake a higher _psice . The _rfirtlowing aro this day's _quotas ! tions : — _Toitauire _Eegents 70 * to 120 s pes , ton * Wis _* , 'bech ditto , 60 s . , to 70 s ; Scotch ditto 60 s to . 70 s ; Ditt _^ Cups 50 s to 80 s- ; French AY _& tes 56 s to 70 s _^ _nheiiishaii & Belgian ditto . 60 s to 65 s .-

    TiVlLOW , HIDIS ; AND OILS . _MosfD _^ . Jtan . 7 . —Our St . . Petersburgh letter dated : the 22 nd ult . , 3 $ ates that the demand for tnllawfor forward de . livery wa _^ in , a very iiiach > . e state ; yet prices we re . mostly supported ! Common _shipping sorts _ivwe quoted at 107 to 10 » ,. _aHdjftieUkrainellS-to 114 roubles , with 10 down . The estimated supply , for 1850 , was 140 , 000 casks , 80 , 009 of which , were left over . . from last year . The total imports into _London , in 1849 , _v _, « re 07 , 132 cusks , against 118 , 171 do . _mlSiS i and 89 , 824 ip _, 1847 ; Those from Australia and _Soufti . Americaincre . ascd-50 per qent . -The stock ' of _AustBalian tallow is now 4 , 000 , ancVof South American 7 , 500 e . asks . Since our last report ; the delivery of tallow has _, somewhat _increased : yet the . demand for- most kinds has . uuted inactive , and in some instances prices have had a , 'downward _tendsney . To OOiy P . Y . C . on tho spot is quotet " i at 38 s to 38 s Gdiper cwt . ; _,, and for foriiard delivery 3 Ss 3 d to SSs _Cdper-s-wt . Tow . _i _» tallow haa declined Is , the ' net

    cash price being 88 s 6 d per . cwt . _Kougli'fat has fallen to 2 s 2 d per S _& s ., with a * very moderate supply on offer . : ' .. Leadexbah . Mackct hides 3611 ) . to _Utlb ., _ljd to lid per lb . ; "ditto 641 b . to 721 & , ljd to _ljd ; ditto 7 ; i'b . to " 80 _"h „ 2 d to 34 d ; ditto S 01 D . to 881 b ., 24 d to 3 d j ditto 880 ) to 9 Glb ., Sd " to _iU \ ditto . 961 b . to 1041 b ., _JUd to 4 d ; ditto lOUKto 112 ft . 34 d told _; _oalf-sMns each 2 s 'to 2 s ' Od Hors » hides 6 aGd ., ¦¦ ' - - " . _linseed pev cwt . 29 s 0 d to —s ; rapeseed English refined 12 s Od to --e ; brown 41 s Od ; Gallipoli : per " ton . iii ; Spanish 43 ' . ; Sperm 82 " . to 83 ? . ; bagged" 82 * . _gouth Sea 311 . 0 s to 331 . ; Scnl pale ! 89 " . 10 a to _^ _-l ., ditto . _^ coloured SSI . ; cod 29 ! . to 39 _^ . ; cocoa nut per ton 38 " . to 40 f _.- ; palin . 30 " . _¦¦/ _ :. _-ffooi .: ; ¦ - ™ Gar , Monday , Jan . 7 . —The imports of . wool into London last week were only 1 , 379 bales'from Fort Phillip 502 from Sydney , and 68 from the . Cape of Good Hope . Ths market for the raw staple'is very fivm . ' '

    Printed By "William Nidbr^,Of No. ;5,-Maccles8eid-Street

    Printed by "WILLIAM niDBR _^ , of No . ; 5 _,-Maccles 8 _eid-street

    In Tne Pamii Oi Bt. Ami. . Westminster ,...

    in tne pamii oi bt . Ami . . Westminster , at the Friiiti _*** omce , 16 , Great Windinill-street , Haymarket , in the City ot _Westsumster _. forthoProprietor _. PEARGUSO'Cfe'NO l " , Esq . - M . P ., and published by the » ai « l _^ _YlXU am Ridse . at the Office , in the seme _atyeeuaai _jaBislu- ' iaturdwrl January Wthj U 30 , ,

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 12, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_12011850/page/8/