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      Monday, July 9. House Of Lords.—Lord Bro...

      froge to the working classes . He wanted to know wh y the noble lord did not bring forward a _proposal which he believed would be useful to the _com--munity . There were millions of men , on whom tbe prosperity ofthe country depended , who ought to be brought within the pale of the constitution . ( Hear , hear . ) At present they were excluded from it , and it would be a most dangerous , a most blind , and a most improvident proceeding to continue that course too long . Mr . Huskisson went out of the cabinet because the government ofthat day determined to refuse two memben to the town of Birnuugbani . A very short period followed , when a -wholesale reform took place , and which was in danger of going still further than it did . The House ought to encourage every man to persevere who _brought forward a measure founded on a right

      principle . If his right hon . friend would take his advice , hc would depart from the " Ministerial side of the gangway , and leave the Ministers to the mercy Of the Protectionists , or any other party , it ap-. peared to him that the time " was come when they must march onwards ; and whatever might be done this session , he was sure that those who were out of doors would bestir themselves upon the question . _Three-years was , in his opinion , a fair period for the conduct of a representative to be judged of by his constituents .- "With regard to pledges , ho agreed that they ought not to be given upon any particular act ; but pledges as lo the general conduct of representatives were a very different ; thing . "While all the world was on the move , we ought to go forward also ; and he was anxious to see this measure adopted as an instalment of reform . I

      • Sir . H . DRUMMosn . —Oh , oh , here s mutiny in the camp . ( Laughter . ) Hon . gentlemen over the way are ready to take office . But let hon . geritlemen be sure that the readiness to undertake the burden of government was almost always in inverse proportion to the capacity to sustain it —( hear , hear )—the capacity to rule was one of the rarest gifts of God to man . ( Hear , hear . ) As to the motion before the House , he was going to take an opposite course to that which he haa heretofore taken . Before the Reform Bill he advocated the propriety of returning to triennial parliaments , but having taken the liberty of exercising his own eyes and ears , he had come to the opinion , looking at the state the House had been brought to since the passing of the Reform

      BiH , that it would be impossible to conduct the public business properly if" parliaments were reduced to three years in duration . He was of the same opinion as * the hon . gentleman who had just sat down—that the franchise ought to be extended . He was quite decided upon that ; but he confessed he looked with exceeding suspicion upon those who advocated the charter , because he found its advocates represented the persons who were ready to imitate that counter revolution in France , of which they had heard so much , and sympathised with the disturbers of peace all over Europe . It wonld be -impossible to have a House , of Lords , and an hereditary Sovereign , if the principles were to prevail that the whole power ofthe government should repose in that House alone .

      Mr . Bbighi said , that the last man to whom the "term , " pulling atthe Treasury bench , " could apply , was . the hon . member for" Bochester _, who had got into so needless an excitement about the matter _, liis right hon . colleague , however , was perfectly justified in the suggestion that the Treasury exercised a very important influence upon the House , in one- way or another j not in direct bribery , he would admit , but in the distribution of favours and of honours which" answered the purpose . Itwas not at all likely that thc Treasury exercised the patronage of an expenditure of thirty millions per annum besides honorary distinctions , which , in the eyes of some were worth as much more , and of so large an amount of church benefices of various kinds and . degrees , without influencing a body whom it

      was so useful to a government to influence as the House of Commons , and as a matter of fact , it was perfectly well known that this influence was exercised . ( Hear , hear . ) It was equally futile to say that a parliament of seven years gave no more occasion and opportunity for the exercise of this influence than a parliament of shorter duration . ( Hear , hear . ) The hon . gentleman quoted in favour ofthe motion a passage of a letter in 1720 , from Swift to Pope , m which Swift laid dowu the principle that parliament ought to imitate tbe wisdom of that gothic idea , which made parliaments annual . Sis hon . colleague had alluded to pledges ; there could be no doubt that to give what was generally understood by pledges , was not wholly to be approved : but what he himself understood by

      hustings pledges was--imply that the candidate therein expressed his conviction ofthe justice of particular principles , and his intention to act up to them . If parliament sat for seven years , it was additionally -necessary for the constituencies to take this sort of inventory of their representatives' principles . But It was desirable and proper that the representatives ofthe people should not be shackled by what ¦ were _generally called pledges . ( Hear , hear . ) One thing . was certain , that pledges did not answer the design of those who exacted tbem ; there had been -notable examples within the last few -rears of _memigrs of that House turning round ant . voting in the very teeth of the principles they had started with . ( Protectionist cheers . ) The security against such

      conduct as this was that memhers should have to appear more frequently before their constituents . ( Hear , hear . ) As it was , the system of influence in operation in tbat House had rendered it an appanage , a tool , to a large extent , ofthe influence predominant in the other chamber . ( Hear . ) He earnestly entreated the Bouse to take steps to remove tbis crying evil ; for he could warn the House that , unless the remed y were speedily applied , the feeling which was growing- up in the country against the misgovcrnment of that Houso would , inthe excitement of its inevitable triumph , not only destroy the abuses which had created it , hut might prove dangerous to the long-existing institutions of the country _.

      Mr . _WitLiiMs supported the motion . As to pledges , he considered that those who exacted , and those who gave , them , should be alike deprived of the franchise . Captain BekeelivV called upon thc leaders of the opposition to explain their views on tbis subject . Be especially desired to know from the hon . member for Bucks , whether he adhered to the address -which , some years ago , he issued to the electors of "Wycombe , and in which he warmly advocated the propriety of returning to what he called the " good

      old fashion" of trienn i al parliaments . Por himself , he ( Captain Berkeley ) should most cordially support the motion . Lord D . _Stdari supported the motion . The spectacle presented by her Majesty ' s ministers on this occasion was melancholy in the extreme . ; he urged them to lay aside their vacillation , and to carry out the reform prhciple which , when in opposition , they had insisted upon , or they would find the public voice passing final condemnation npon them .

      Colonel Sai . wev , who spoke from the opposition benches , said that the contrast between the former professions of the ministers , and their acts as a government , was , indeed , - deplorable . They had abandoned their . principles and the people ; aud , for himself , distasteful as to him were the principles of those among whom he had now taken his seat odious as Toryism wasto him ; still more detestable io _" bim . was the miserable , spurious Whiggery of the men on the Treasury benches , who , in their fancied security _. cast to the winds all principle , all heed to public opinion . ( Hear , hear . ) In his opinion , no honest Liberal should continue to sit even on the same _sLJe of the House with tbe _^ Whigi _* . ( " Hear , hear , " -and laughter . ) If he were asked why , entertaining these sentiments , he had not voted the other

      -night with the hon . memher for Bucks , his reply ¦ was , that he had not . voted with the hon . gentleman amply because the hon . gentleman assailed tbe principles of free trade . Had the hon . gentleman attacked-the government on any otter ground , he should have voted wlthhim .. ( Hear , hear . ) As to the Septennial Act , he considered it one ofthe most daring crimes of usurpation that had ever disgraced this country—asa measure which waa at the root of all the bribery and corruption which dishonoured the parliamentary annals . ( Hear , hear . ) - - . ' Mr Kershaw expressed his conviction that the opinions of the peop le were growing stronger and stronger in favour ofthe general principles of Kefonn , and that the House could not much longer refuse to accede to their reasonable demands . He _represented a constituency consisting , in round _numbers , of 60 , 000 people , of whom only 1 , 300 were upon the registry ; and he wished to know whether

      an electoral principle of which that fact was an example could he called justice and honesty to the people of England at large . Some ten years ago he believed that the country was disposed to place , con--fid-mce . inthosewhonowformedthegovernment , but how many of those who had been willing to support them would not cross the floor to serve them , believing tbat they had deserted their . principles , and -were one thing-at one time and another at another . ( Hear , hear , ) There had been a period when he thought that the government had made some _sacrU flees for the principles they professed , and he was nevermore surprised than when , upon becoming a member of that House , he found he could not rely upon them for the honest support of any one principle thev had ever professed . ( Hear . ) He advised the ' House to assent to the principle of this "bill , and to leave the consideration of details to the _TOmmittee . * - ¦ _ _.--.

      Mr . Campbell , as an independent member , denied ihat the members ofthe government had ever given apretext . for _identifying themselves with Triennial _Parliaiaent- _i _or-. _yitu the Charter . . Mr . T . _B- _'E-nrcomiT , who was very-indistinctly heard , said that the question now before the House * was not whether the duration of Parliaments should be no more than three years , but whether it should or not be'less than seven years . The simple repeal of the Septennial Act would leave the " specific term of duration open for future decision in committee Ue concurred in much that had been alleged regard ins "the extreme disappointment which prevailed in

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      the country , caused by the course taken by her ' Majesty ' s government . He had hoped better things of thein . ( Hear , hear ) . When it was remembered that the Reform Bill passed seventeen or eighteen years ago ; that the First Lord of the Treasury had more than once stated his conviction that the _suffnige ought to be extended more largely among the workinn * classes ' of the country ; that the same noble lord , on a former occasion , in 1837 , had expressed the opinion that five years would bo a proper period of duration for parliaments , it was astonishing to * _-ee him and his government sitting witli tlieir arms folded , and saying that they had no measure of reform , or any notion ofthe necessity of such a measure . The argument of his right honoui-ablc friend thc Home Secretary , as to the duration of parliament having- been practically short ,

      inasmuch as . there had been six parliaments which had determined hi _p-jriods of two or three years in each case , was no argument at all in favour of tbe system of septennial parliaments , butonthecontrary told against it ; for if some accident cut off the duration of a parliament before its proper termination , the evils , if any , of short parliaments , were incurred without any of their advantages being secured . He thought the government would do well , when moderate propositions of this kind were made in the House—propositions sanctioned by the usages of parliament , and not alien to the constitution ofthe country—not to treat tl em in that flippant manner which had been displaced by his right hon . friend ; for such a discouragement of fair and practical measures tended to lead the minds' of the people astray after strange and wild fancies . The House then divided , the number j

      were—For ehe second reading ... ... ... 57 _Against it ... ... ... ... ... 132 Majority against the second reading 75 The bill was , therefore , thrown out . Smoke _PuonrniTio-w Bit--.. —rhe question of going into committee on this bill having been put , Mr . Roebuck , on the ground that the effect of the measure would be to harass manufacturers , and to interrupt trade , moved that it be committed that day three months . Mr . Alderman Copeland seconded the

      amendment . After a somewhat protracted discussion , in the course of which Mr . Bright pointed out in detail the impracticability of carrying but the measure , expressing the opinion that the House was not . consulting its dignity by legislating on . matters of this nature , the House divided , when the original motion was carried by a majority of 19—the numbers 83 to 64 . The House then went into committee , when a further discussion ensued , ending in smoke , for the chairman reported progress without haviug made any , and the committee was ordered to be resumed on Wednesday next . The County Hates and Expenditure Bill , on Sir J . PAiuxorox having stated that it was not his intention to persevere in his opposition , was read a second time .

      The House then went into committee on the Protection of Women Bill , Mr . Spooneb , its conductor , ' submitting several amendments to meet the objections raised to the measure , but their consideration was postponed until Wednesday next . Other bills on the paper were advanced , and the hour of six having arrived , the House stood necessarily adjourned . THURSDAY , . July 12 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —A Bill for digesting the Laws respecting Homicide and Offences against the Person was read a first time , on the motion of Lord Bi-. o-jGn .-LM .

      Some other business was disposed of , and their lordships adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —At the morning sitting Mr . Labouchere explained the details of his measure ( which is uot to be ' pressed this session , relating to Light Dues and Pilotage , and other matters affecting the mercantile marine . At the evening sitting Lord John Russell announced that the Marriage and Registration of Births ( Scotland ) Bills were not to be proceeded with during the present session . Ordnance Estimates . —Tbe House then went into Committee of Supply upon the Ordnance Estimates * but , upon the first item , Mr . Hume , supported by Mr . Cobden , Mr . Herries , and several members on both sides , objected to proceeding until

      thc House was in possession of the report of the Select Committee , and he moved that the Chairman report progress , which motion was negatived on' a division by SO against 43 . The motion was repeated by him , and was again negatived by 90 against 21 . The motion was renewed again and again , with a still decreasing minority , and its repetition , attended by a debate of some warmth , left the committee no time for entering upon the estimates - at length , it being twelve o ' clock , Lord J . _Bussell , administering a temperate rebuke to the minority , consented that the chairman should report progress . Several bills were advanced a stage , and the other orders having been disposed of , the House adjourned at one o ' clock .

      FRIDAY , Jult 13 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —Thei Poor Relief . ( Ibki _> a _* si >) Bui . was read a second time , and ordered to be committed on Monday . Their lordships shortly afterwards adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The House met at twelve o ' clock . The Estates Leases ( Ireland ) Bill went through committee . The Jcdgmests ' ( Ireland ) Bill was then , after some discussion , read a ' second time . The nouss then adjourned till five o ' clock , and at that hour it re-assembled . ; Lord John Russell intimated that it was his intention to proceed with the Lords' amendments to the Encumbered Estates ( Ireland ) Bill , on Tuesdav next , at twelve o'clock , and with the Australian Bill on Thursday next , at twelve o'clock .

      Supply . —On the motion that the House resolve itself into Committee of Supply , Mr . John _O'Cosnell moved as an amendment , for the appointment ofa select committee to inquire into the fiscal relations between Great Britain and Ireland . The Chancellor of the Exchequer objected to the amendment , which , after a few words from Major _Blac-rall , Mr . French , Colonel Bonne , and Mr . Fagan , was negatived without a division . The House then went into committee of supply . The British Museum estimates , ihe militia estimates , and the remaining estimates and commissariat excess , 1847 , were severally agreed to . The House then resumed , The other business was disposed of , and tho House adjourned .

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      "WINCHESTER , _Jcxx 11 . _"Ma-nsiaugh-ter . —Mark Goff was indicted for the manslaughter of James Madden . Mr . Sewell conducted the prosecution . Mr . Edwards defended the prisoner . It appeared by the evidence , that the deceased had heen drinking in apublic-house in Southampton , with his son and some friends . lie left the house sober , and was walking across the road , when the prisoner put his feot hefore him , and tripped him up . He fell violently on his hands and

      _faci , On being taken up , he was found to be nearly insensible . He was removed to his house , but never rallied , and died about a week after . On a post mortem examination ofthe deceased , it was found that the death was caused by the rupture of a vessel on the brain , which produced effusion of blood , and death hy the pressure on the brain . For the defence , it was contended that the death of the unfortunate man was the result of accident , and was not caused hy ihe intentional act ofthe prisoner . — Mr . Justice "Williams having summed up , the -jury " acquitted" the prisoner . " --. ¦ "

      ' Guiiing and Wounding . —George Downer was indicted for having maliciously cut and wounded John Toomey , with intent to do Mm some grievous bodily harm . There were other counts in the . indictment varying the-tatent . ' 'MrrSergeant Manning and Mr . Poulden appeared for the-Crown ; tho prisoner was undefended . It appeared from ; the evidence ofthe prosecutor that he was a gunner in the Marine Artillery , at Portsmouth , and that on the night of the 12 th of February he went to visit a girl named Rutherford , at her lodgings , where an altercation occurred , between him and the prisoner . A scuffle took place on the stairs , when Toomey felt himself cut in the thigh . He got away into Rutherford ' s room , and then found that he had received two severe wounds , one on the . inside of the ri- _* _-ht thigh , and another on the outside of the left thi-rh . He remained there until the next morning ,

      when he went down stairs into the room where another marine artillery-man was . While there the prisoner came in with Toomey ' s cap , and said , " "Where ' s the man I fought with last night . " Toomey said , "lam the man , " upon which the prisoner challenged him to fi g ht . Toomey said , that after the way the prisonerhad used him he was not fit to fight , and showed him the wounds ; upon this the prisoner began to cry arid said : he must have been drunk when he did it , and offered- to make it up by paying anything if the ' prosecutor would not tell , Toomey was , however , taken to the infirmary , where he was under " medical treatment for some time , and getting worse , was sent to Haslar Hospi-¦ tal , where he remained under treatment for amonth . —Mr ; Justice Williams having summed _iip , the jury found tho prisoner " * Guilty , " and he was sentenced to fifteen months' imprisonment with hard labour .

      _Hjwpshibe . — " We regret to state that during the last few days the cholera has made its appearance at Southampton , Poole , Gosport , the island of Povtsea , Fareham , and the Defence , convict hulk , at Portsmouth . Inquests on several cases have been held in some of the places mentioned , and " Dea % _frojr , Asiatic cholera" has been returned .

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      THE ' CHOLERA _^ : " ' - ¦ _"*; _Cardift . — Mr . Baron Platt has been obliged to postpone the _Glamorgansbu'o assizes from the 11 th inst , to the 13 th of August next , on account ofthe cholera at Cardiff . ' ,.. . INQUESTS . _Limehouse .-On Saturday , an Inquest ivas taken by Mr . Baker , at tbe New River-head , adjoining Sir John Duckett ' s Canal , Limehouse , on view of the body of Rebecca Bliss , aged three years , who lived with her parents ( who aro poor in . circumstances , ) in Flower ' s-cottagcs , the property of the landlord of the house where the inquest was held , who died under the effects of Asiatic cholera . A few days ago the coroner held an inquest upon the sister of the deceased , and during the progress of the inquiry a brother died from the same malignant disease . Verdict — " Natural death from

      Asiatic cholera . Millbaxk Prison . —On Monday , Mr . Bedford held four inquests in the Millbank Prison , on the bodies of convicts who had died there . A verdict of " Death from Asiatic cholera" having been , returned in the case of one of the deceased , the coroner , addressing Dr . Baly , observed that this was the fourth time within ten days he had been called on to hold four inquests on each day ¦ could nothing be done to better the state ofthe prison and the prisoners ? Dr . Baly replied that tlie _* faiilt was not with those who had the superintendence of the prison , for the fact was that prisoners were brought in every state of disease , and they were then-kept until they were well before being sent away . —The Coroner : Then the average of deaths is to be placed to that cause ? — Dr . Baly said it entirely arose from the present system of removal of

      convicts ; the great mortality used to bo at Woolwich , but all the convicts were now sent to Millbank Prison . '— The Coroner : Has anything been done in consequence ofthe lato inquests on four persons who died of cholera in its worst form?—Dr . Baly observed that since then a communication had taken place with the commissioners of sewers , who had flushed the place , and the open sewer was directed to be covered . There are now five cases of cholera in the prison , four of which arc said to be very trifling . The other three inquests were , deaths from pulmonary consumption and erysipelas . - ¦ Crrr . —On Tuesday Mr . W . Baker held " six , inquests in various parts of his district , on the bodies of persons who died from Asiatic cholera , and verdicts to that effect were returned in every case . . It appeared that the deceased , without an exception , hadV been living when attacked by the- disease in districts where the drainage was bad ; :

      Camuerwkll . —An inquest was held by Mr ; 'W . Carter , at the Marlborough Arms , Cambcrwell , * on the body of John Willis , aged 47 , who had been an inmate of Mr . Aubyn ' s Paupor Lunatic Asylum- at Peckham . The deceased had been for upwards of three years in the establishment . He was occasionally excessively violent , and was _sufl ' eringfrom paralysis . ' He was " generally obliged to be kept in the refractory ward , and it seems he was in the habit of eating all sorts of filth and drinking water . On Sunday he was brought from the refractory ward to the infirmary , suffering under sickness and purging , Mr . Reeves and Mr . Paul were called in , and they administered the usual remedies . He was very much exhausted from the continual sickness .

      At the tune Mr . Paul first saw bim , he was fearful it was an attack of cholera of a mali gnant character , and so it turned but to be , and he died the same night , at half-past seven . —In answer _to' the coroner , Mr . Paul said , the deceased had brandy ' and every thing that was required for his case . He was quite satisfied tbe disease arose from atmospheric influence , and not from any treatment in the house . —The jury returned a verdict of " Died from Asiatic cholera . " ¦ " ¦ _.- " ¦¦ '¦¦ _.,- ' _LAiUffiiu . —Mr W . _Cavtev- next proceeded with two inquiries at Christchurch-workhouse , Marlborough-street , Lower Marsh , as to the deaths of Edward Callon , aged 3 years , and Thomas Gallon , aged 7 years , who died in the above house , of Asiatic cholera . —Mary Callon stated she was the wife of

      Edward Callon , who was a dyer and scourer , living at 12 , Broadwall , Lambeth , but Ue had been out of work since November , and went into the country to seek for some , but was unsuccessful . During his absence she was daily obliged to part with what little property she had , for the support of herself and five children ; for she had a great dread bf going into the workhouse , although the relieving officer told her he would admit her whenever she applied . She was at last obliged to do so , on Wednesday three weeks . Her children were then in perfect health . On Friday Thomas was taken all but she was not at first alarmed ; as , however , he was sick a second time , she told the nurse , and Mr . Doubleday , the surgeon , and his assistant , verv

      promptly attended , and did all they could up to the period of his death , which took place at two on Monday morning . Edward was taken sick on Sunday , and turned very pale . This coming on again , she became frightened ; and Mr . Doubleday also visited him , but he died the same night . She was satisfied that everything that was proper had been done for her and her ehildren , and that they had not wanted for anything , either in that house or before she entered it . —The jury returned a verdict , ' Died from Asiatic cholera . " Holborn . —Mr . W . Wakley held an inqiiest at the Holborn Union workhouse on the body of Mary Carter , aged thirty-five years . Mary Pitts , a nurse in the above workhouse , said , the deceased was

      brought in about half-past twelve o ' clock Oil Monday night , and died about six o ' clock on the following morning . She was in a dirty and filthy state , and came from George-alley , Cow-cross . —Mi * . Gibson , surgeon , said he was sent for to attond the deceased , who was suffering from an attack of Asiatic cholera , at a house in George-alley , Cow-cross . She was removed by his direction to _' tho infirmary of the workhouse , and on his arrival he found her in a state of collapse , lie adopted the cold water and saline treatment , with which he had been very successful in other cases . —The Coroner said ; , that description of treatment would please the Hydropathic doctors . According to the witness ' s opinion , there was something in cold water after all . Mr . '

      Gibson said , in some places in Staffordshire persons were plunged into ponds for this disease with successful results . This was tho most rapid ea 3 e he had ever witnessed ; reaction did not take place , and the deceased died from Asiatic cholera . The locality was inhabited by the lower class of Irish , who were very dirty in their habit 3 , and he recommended tbat the place should be thoroughly whitewashed and cleansed . —The Coroner said , ho hoped the recommendation would be carried out by tho board of guardians . —Mr . Gibson said , another person had died from cholera in the same house . —The Coroner said , it was necessary that something should be immediatel y adopted to prevent tbo disease spreading . Verdict— " Death from Asiatic cholera . " ¦

      Sudden Death of Mr . Justice Coltman . —It is with great regret tbat we have to announce the sudden demise of Mr . Justice Coltman , for many years one of . tho Puisne Judges ofthe Court of Common Pleas . Tbe learned deceased judge had been in a weak state of health for some time , and had recently suffered from the effect of a severe fall from his horse . On Monday " night he complained of indisposition , which gradually grew upon him in tbe course of Tuesday , the symptoms being stated to indicate cholera , from which he but slightly rallied , and expired at his residence , 8 , Park-gardens , svt seven o ' clock on Wednesday morning . The deceased , Sir Thomas Coltman , it is understood was in his sixty-eighth year , , and _belonired to a family of

      high respectability in the north of England , but in no way distinguished from the class to which thev belonged . Thomas was sent to Cambridge , anil took away during his stay several prizes : Having evinced a predilection for the law , be was called to the bar about forty-four years since , and went the northern circuit . Although considered a slow be was looked on as a sound lawyer . As a black letter lawyer , he was considered the first in that department . In 1830 he was made king ' s counsel , and became one of the Benchers ofthe Inner Temple , and continued practising in tho superior courts at Westminster , and going the northern circuit up to the 2 _« h of February , 1837 , on which day he was invested with the di gnity of the coif , and upon that occasion he gave rings to the" bench and the Serjeants , bearing the following motto : — " Jus _suum CUiqUe . On tho * same day he was appointed one

      Oi _tuejuages ot the Court ot Common Pleas , in the room of Mi _% Justice Gaselee . Shortly after , the newly-made judge received the honour of knighthood . The last occasion on which he officiated as judge was at the Central Criminal Court last Saturday , m trying Prince Granatelli and his coadjutors for fitting out English steam-vessels to take part in the Sicilian insurrection . During the last day ofthat trial Sir Thomas Coltman appeared to be worn out with fatigue , and the confined state ofthe court . This appearance was only temporary , as on Monday the deceased attended at chambers , at Serjeant ' s-inn , where he remained from ten o'clock until five in" the afternoon . <« n the termination of the labours of the day ; ho returned home and took his dinner at soven o ' clock , and at eleven o ' clock retired to rest , at whicli period he appeared in his usual health . At twelve o ' clock he was attacked with the symptoms which terminated fatally . - .. •¦¦¦

      Cholera . —An inquest was held yesterday , before Mr . W . Carter , as to the death of Cecilia Davy , aged two years , who , as well as three other person ' s , had died of Asiatic cholera in Lambeth workhouse , where the inquiry was gone into . Evidence having been given that the deceased bad been in tho house for some tim 6 , Mr . Duke , the surgeon to the workhouse , stated . his opinion to be that the disease was infectious _ar-. d contagious , and that it bad been brough t on by tb ' e deeeased being in a ward where were cholera _patients . —The Coroner : Do you mean to say that _cb-jlera was in the ward 1—Mi' . Duke ; Yes , there Vere fifteen patients suftcring from cholera at the I time . —The Coroner observed that if the jury came _l-to the conclusion that cholera was _infection ? , lie

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      would so represent it to the Secretary of State , in order that further inquiries should not be needed , " ndthe bodies be at once buricd .-Thejiiry then returned a verdict of " Died of Asiatic cholera .

      Accidents In Mlises. . To The Editor Of ...

      _ACCIDENTS IN MliSES . . TO THE EDITOR OF TUB NORTHERN STAR . . Sir -The subject of tbe necessity of legislative interference to _protect the miners of this country from those aw J visitations ( explosions of fire damp ind other accidents , ) which occasion so senous a S of human life haVfrequently been Jn poprintod in your columns , yet tliere has been little w nothing done towards perfecting a _systematic measure calculated to insure a hig her degree of s _* W ™} _«* lives of so important a class of our fellow-sub ects It is due to Mr . W . P . Roberts , however , as being the first to call tho attention of the government to d special commissioners to visit the collieries

      sen where explosions . had occurred , with a view that the true cause might be elicited , as was exemplinea at Haswell , in the year 18 * 14 . Since that time the practice has been continued at all extensive explosions , until it was clearly ascertained that the subject was ripe for legislation , the report made by those special commissioners being generally conclusive ofthe necessity of some enactment to enforce a supervision of the mines continuously , and before explosions , as being preferable to any examination afterwards . That indomitable and persevering advocate of popular rights , T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., having been induced by a numerously signed petition of the miners , to bring in a bill to effect that nuraosoin June . 1817 . her Majesty ' s Secretary of

      State , Sir George Grey , prevailed upon that gentleman to withdraw the same ( the session being late ) , pledging himself , on tho part of the government , to bring in a similar measure in the earl y part © f the session 1848 . The troubles ofthat period , together with the serious illness of Mr . Duncombo compelling his absence from the House , enabled the government to forget their promise ; and although explosion has succeeded explosion , and hundreds of valuable lives have boen lost , yet did the government hesitate to give any measure of relief . It is true , that whenever any questions were put to them , which was frequently the case , especially after an explosion had occurred , the invariable answer was , that they were preparing a measur : that parties

      had been sent to the Continent , where supervision of mines was practised , that the order and economy of such might be understood , with a view to its introduction here . They also frequently intimated their desire to legislate upon this important matter , but as invariably begged time to perfect their inquiries and investigations . . Early in the present year the public mind was aroused by an explosion of fire damp at the Darley Main Colliery . The manifest want of proper care on the-part of the managers , and the recommendation ofthe jury , that government interference was necessary and proper , led . to a resumption of tho debate in the nouse and out . of . it , as to some immediate steps being taken to protect the miners from these

      casualties . Again , did the government claim delay , as their measure was not perfected . The colliers feeling that such delays were only caused by the unwillingness of those in power to incur the displeasure of the Northern coal owners , ( who were sadly against positive power being given to inspectors to stop the working of a pit , which they considered dangerous , until proper ventilation was restored , ) urged Mr . Duncombe , who had so far recovered as to be able to attend his place -in Parliament , to again introduce the bill , or a similar one , that ho had , at the instance of Sir George Grey , withdrawn . This duty ,, however , was ably taken up by Mr . Aglionby , Mr . Hume , and others , who had made certain progress with the bill , when the

      Secretary of State announced that ho was prepared to lay before Parliament certain papers and propositions advised by the government to meet the urgency of the case , and . those papers and propositions have been put forth iii due course . It has become quite a proverb , that in all matters affecting the welfare of the industrious classes , government is but a " slow coach ; " but as it is generally expected that slowness onsures perfection , it was a very prevalent opinion that this measure would be commensurate with the great work to be done . Alas ! how easy to be mistaken . The Ministerial measure is simply the appointment of two inspectors for the whole ofthe mines of the country . Their powers are of no earthly use , inasmuch as they can only suggest to the managers of mines what appears to them necessary to be done , and report inattention to such suggestions to the Secretary . of State , and there the matter drops . The parties

      appointed—Professors Philips and Blackwell—have ( if it is intended that their inspectorships shall be productive of any results calculated to prevent or curtail the frequency of accidents , ) a most Herculean task to perform . There is in this district about 130 collieries , with ' an average of three pits to a colliery , making an aggregate of 390 pits . Threo pits per week will be sufficient for them to visit ( and that I am afraid they could not do continuously ); therefore , to go through this district , and to examine and investigate all tho peculiarities of danger , would occupy them two years and a half ; and a probable period of six years more in visiting the pits of Lancashire , Staffordshire , and other acknowledged dangerous mines , forming the period of eight and a half years , before this proposed measure can be productive of even investigating the causes of these dreadful calamities . , . It has been shown , by . proper data , that about -100 lives are lost yearly by those accidents .

      A lapse of two . years has taken place since the measure was taken up by the government , during which time many hundred lives have been sacrificed , and for which they are most assuredly responsible ; but giving them credit for delay , as being occasioned by their desire to provide an ample and comprehensive measure , they would only stand chargeable with having sacrificed the lives ofa few to insure the more extended freedom from danger of the many . We must necessarily conclude that now their miserable production has come forth ( in nowise _calcula ted to meet the case before them , ) that the British public will hold them responsible for all who may suffer in future' by such direful catastrophes . _Thope the miners themselves will stand forth in their numbers ,, and impress upon those in power that nothing short of a complete and systematic

      supervision of mines , with a proper and efficient staff of officers , and such . officers to be practical colliers , whoso experience will enable tbem io seek for danger ; who shall know where danger lurks ; and upon a representation of any such officer or miner to the chief inspector that danger exists , that they shall suspend the working until such danger is removed , or become responsible for the results . That something of the above nature is necessary , imperatively necessary , will , I repeat , be strongly impressed upon the Legislature by the mining body , aha that a generous and humane public will assist them in calling into existence a measure sufficiently extensive to meet the emergency , and with a view sincerely to provide adequate protection to that industrious class of operatives to whom I have the honour to belong , is the sincere wish of

      Yours , respectfully , Newcastle , July 2 nd . M . Jude

      Thelaxd! The Land !! To Tub Editor Of Tn...

      _THELAXD ! THE LAND !! TO TUB EDITOR OF TnE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Please to permit me , through the Star , to ask the members of the Land Company who havo paidup thoir shares , if they are willing to stand still and allow such bright prospects as a houso and from two to four acres of land to pass away . Surely not . 1 would suggest to all the industrious members in the Company to put stronger confidence in Feargus O'Connor , Esq _^ ., than everthey have yet done . Ho has proved himself to be an honest man , has given , good advice , and bestowed much labour for tho bettering the condition of the industrious who are willing to bettor themselves , and all without reward . The members who are _desirousthat the Company may go on , must bestir themselves ' . "Funds are wanting , and funds must be had , not from the rich members only , but from tho very poorest , so that all may have a chance . The rich man ' s pounds will wear to an end , the poor man's

      pence never , while health and strength remains . What T would suggest for the raising of funds is , that all the members who havo paid up their shares be called upon to advance Zs . 6 d . before a location takes places ; and that the names of all who may respond ( and their is no doubt there will he thousands ) , be put into the ballot box , and whoever may be the fortunate winner , whether there be thirty or fifty allotments ready , the money subscribed to be equally divided according to their number of shares , and by them to be payed into the _Company as their bonus ; interest to be payed by them tor the benefit of the subscribers ; this two shillings and sixpence to be paid before every location , until all the members shall be located , every one " sitting under his own vino and under his own fig-tree . " lam , A Shareiioidbr . Dunfermline , July 2 nd , 1849 .

      To Tne Editor Of The Northern Star. Dear...

      TO TnE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sin , —I shall feel obliged by your giving tho following few remarks a space in your , valuable paper , if you should thinE them worthy of notice . I was very much grioved a few weeks ago , hy _Yeadin- _* in . a paper called the Nottingham Review , such an unwarrantable calumny on the National Land Company and tho allottees especially thoso at O'Connorville . I was so much vexed > n reading tho account given of them that I determined to go to O'Connorville myself , and see if th _^ _^ any truth in the statement . . " ..

      I went with a friend of mine on Wednesday week last , when , to our groat satisfaction and pleasure , we found thestatemenfc ' so be a complete fabrication of lies , calumny , _aiul nncharitableness . "We went to the dwellings ofthe following allottees : —Barday , Griffiths , _Iiamborn , Mitchell , Tawes , Wheeler , Ireland , _Nott , Ford , and , Merrick ; we would have

      To Tne Editor Of The Northern Star. Dear...

      fain visited the whole of them , but night camp on us too soon , and we were reluctantly obliged to leave ; wo could have spent another day with great pleasure . It was delightful to see the men , thenwives , and children , all who were able , busily engaged in cultivating and cleansing their little field of freedom ; nnd what is most cheering , they all declared thev did not in any way wish to change their prosent situation . They are all healthy , and happy ; thev need no doctor , and their children are fat and flourishing . Their crops are generally good and healthy ; tho slug has certainly made a little havoc in some parts of their wheat , owing to so much wet in winter , and also in their parsnips and carrots , which are a _ceiieral failure in many places . I

      picked strawberries off one of the little gardens as large as any I have 3 eei * . in Windsor this year , and I havo seen a great many . If the Lord will by his providence bless their endeavours , and bring their crops to maturity , they will be enabled to surmount every difficulty ; and though living by the sweat of their brow in a small , but heat and substantial cottage , they are as happy as princes , who live in _gorceous palaces . They all seem to breathe out gratitude to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for his great exertions in propounding and upholding the glorious Land Scheme , arid I would heartily join them in fervent prayer , that the God of all truth may bless and prosper him in all his undertakings . I _amanaid-upmemberofthe Land Companyfrom the

      _Teignmduth Branch , Devonshire , and I write this , not from hearsay , but as an eye and ear witness to every word I have expressed ; one of the allottees told me that last year he had from half an acre of land thirty-seven bushels of wheat , which I think ou « ht to convince the most inveterate enemy . to the good cause , that an industrious man may maintain his family in comfort on the produce of two acres of good Land , much more from three or four acres . Hoping this poor epistle will meet your approbation , as my heart ' s desire and prayer to God is for the further developement and prosperity of the good cause , and thc well being of my fellow man , I subscribe myself , yours very faithfully , Windsor . Thomas Blainey .

      The Weaving Trade—Improvement Of Ireland...

      THE WEAVING TRADE—IMPROVEMENT OF IRELAND . TO Till" EDITOB OF THE NORTHERS STAR . Dear Sin , —The following letter was sent to the editor of ThcBroghcda Argus for insertion , but Mi * . Kelly , the proprietor of that paper , true to his order , would not insert it , telling the men who signed it to send it to the Star ; and , also , that they did not know what they were doing . The letter was sent to hie with a request that I would send it to the Star . I remain , dear Sir , Yours obeaiently , Barnsley . _Puter Hoey .

      To The Editor Of The Drogheda Argus.. Si...

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE DROGHEDA ARGUS .. _Sin , _^—From the deep interest whicli you have at all times manifested in the condition ofthe working classes , as well as from your vast efforts to promote the welfare of our trade , we are induced to respectfully solicit insertion of the following remarks in your widely circulated newspaper . In the Drogheda Consei ~ vative Journal of the 16 th Of _^ December , 184 * 8 , there appeared a paragraph , which went the rounds of the press , and of which the following is a copy : — " MOW TO IMPROVE IRELAND . "Mr . John Rowland , merchant , of Collon , observing the distressed condition of the weavers ofthat town and district , commenced the linen manufacture , and now employs upwards of 600 loomsthree hundred of which belongs to this town . If we aye' ? age the families of these 300 men thus employed at five each , we find this enterprising

      gentleman affording means oi subsistence to 1 , 500 individuals , who would be otherwise destitute and a burden oh the ratepayers of this town . It is gratifying to learn that Mr . Rowland has increased not only the demand for Irish linen in the English market , but also its character for quality . " Now , Mr . Editor , as it is an universally admitted Christian principle , that the labourer is worthy of his hire , it becomes our duty , on the . part of the weavers of Drogheda , to show that Mr . Rowland ' s panegyrist vastly overrated that gentleman's benevolent usefulness as an employer . We are of opinion that the humble operative is prereminently entitled tp a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work . Rut hot so , Mr . Rowland , and we leave an impartial public to judge by the following facts ,: From Mr . ' Rowland ' s commencement as a linen

      manufacturer , he reduced the wages of the operative weaver upon every description of fabric , in sums varying from 2 si to 5 s . a piece ; and , on Thursday last , the 21 st ult ., he further reduced our wages 2 d . in the yard , or 18 s . 4 d . per . warp , upon one particular description of work , Cand that , too , of the heaviest kind , namely— -10-4 : and 12-4 sheetings . Again , the weavers of Drogheda have to complain that , generally speaking , Mi * . Rowland pays his workmen on tbe odious truck system , namely—with Indian meal , and _i-ice' < fcc , _< fec ., in place of

      permitting them to enjoy the many _Denc-hts derivable iram the free expenditure ' of their own hard earnings . These facts speak for themselves , and will enable s discriminating public to judge whether Mr . John Rowland , of Collon , altogether deserves tho high encomium pronounced on him , as an employer in the above quoted paragraph . Subscribing our names , as we have been duly authorised , on behalf of the weavers of Drogheda , we remain , Sir , your obedient humble servants , ' .., '' Patrick Mubphy . John Moore . John Wade . _Wiojcam Power . Denis _M'Gijr . N . Peter M'Cann . Juno 2 Gfch , 18-19 . :

      The Franchise. To The Editor Of Tub Nort...

      THE FRANCHISE . to the editor of tub northern star . Sir , —Much having been saidand written on the subject of extending the Franchise by small freehol ' , & c , I take the liberty of suggesting a plan , wliich , if it could be carried out , . would give the town representation into the hand's of thc working class , and perhaps be the means of carrying thc Charter . The plan I would suggest is , that £ 5

      occupiers—or at least all under £ 10 , should form an association , and then cast lots amongst themselves which of them should become tenant for two to make up tho qualification for a voter , and thus onehalf would become electors , A subscription might be entered into , supported by all friends of freedom in the town , to make up any loss that might be sustained by any one not paying the rent to the person beeoming responsible , to constitute him an elector . If you think the above worthy of consideration , I leave it in your hands to malte what use of it you may deem best , and remain . Yours for tho Charter , John Skevinotox .

      Loughborough , July 4 th , 1849 . P . S . —I send for your information , that you may see what I have been doing , a copy ofa petition I sent to Lord J . Russell for presentation , together with a copy of a letter . TO THE COMMONS OP GREAT BRITAIN Asm IRELAND IS-

      _PAUJMAMEST ASSEMBLED . The Petition of John Skevington , sh o pke e pe r , Market-place , Loughborough , in the county of Leicester : SllEwETli _, —That your petitioner has ' . arrived at the age Of forty-seven years , has had to pay direct and indirect faxes , and been required to obey the laws , yet has never been allowed to vote for those who impose the one , or enact the other . This he considers unjust , and contrary to the British Constitution . Ho therefore prays that tlie document known as the People ' s Charter may become the law of the land , and your petitioner will ever pray . John Ske \ _tkgton _* .

      TO LORD J . RUSSELL . Mr Lord , —1 have taken the liberty of forwarding to you a petition to he presented to Parliament on my behalf , which I trust you will have the kindness to present , aud at the same time-beg to assure your lordship , that I , for one , am dissatisfied with tho present system , as are thousands in t h i s nei ghbourhood . Their numbers" ave yearly increasing , Discontent and hatred to it , dwells in tlie breasts of the ¦ working class , which need not be wonsiered at , seeing their sufferings . The feeling is spreading to the middle classes and farmers , ; and if the petitions from this part are not so n u merous or n um er o usly sig n ed , it is because many believe it is labour in vain , . and wait for an opportunity to show their discontent in another way . Referring you to C . M , Phillips , and E . Dawson , Esqrs _., for my means of knowing the feelings of the working class , I am , my Lord , yours , & c ., _ ,, , _ . _, < J . SKEVINGIOJf . Loughborough , June 30 th ,

      Melakcnolv Occurbbsce At Camdex-Towjf. —...

      _MELAKCnOLV OCCURBBSCE AT _CAMDEX-TOWJf . — Two Liyes Losr . —Between soven and eight o ' clock on Thursday evening a melancholy occurrence took place at Camden-town . It appears that a poor man named John Emery , who is a blacksmith by trade , was passing over the bridge which crosses the _Regent ' _s-canal into the King ' s-road , when he observed a child fall from tho banks of the canal at Rawlings ' s wharf into the water . He instantly rushed round from tho bridge to the wharf , and waa passing to plunge into the water to save the child , when , ne was suddenly observed to stagger and fall close to the edge ofthe bank , People on the other side of the canal residing in St . Paul ' s-terrace , who , had observed the occurrence , at first supposed this to be an accident ; but perceiving tbat . the man was

      motionless , whilst the child who had fallen into the water was drowning , several ran round ; to tb ' wbavf to see what bail happened . Ifc was then < iig _. covcrcd that tho unfortunate man had been " S ' _-izod with a fit of paralysis , and in the meantin _. ie the . child had disappeared . An alarm was given , ' nd the poor man Emery being found to . be _totally insensible , and apparently in a dying _con- jition waa removed , and medical aid sent for . Tl \ e body of the child was got ' out , but life was _extinct , Emery was conveyed to the workhouse p , ' _/ _gt . Pancras workhouse , where he received the _. attention of Mi * H 0 . Bobinson , the parochial S' jvge 0 n , but expi ' _i-eshortly after his admission . The body of the chili was removed to its parents' residence at Rawlin"s ' wharf Mr Robinson _giyes it . aa his opinion tlia thedeath of Emery _resulted from cither a _suddei \ disease of the heavf _, _, OT a paralysis 0 f the entir

      Melakcnolv Occurbbsce At Camdex-Towjf. —...

      nervous system , caused by his fright at seeing _tht child fall into the water , and his anxiety to rescue it . It appears that the unfortunate man , who has in the attempt to perform so praiseworthy an action lost his life , has' left a widow now in her confinement , with four children totally unprovided for . Ax Amateur Steeple Climber . —For some time past workmen have been employed in repairing ths steeple of St . James ' s Church , Clerkenwell . On Thursday afternoon a man named Thomas Butler , a pocket-book manufacturer , ascended the ladder for the purpose of viewing the surrounding neighbourhood from the scaffold . He told some of the . workmen that he would come down much faster than ho went up .

      Upon reaching thc church steeple the unfortunate man laid hold of a rope which hung to the ground for the purpose of sliding down . He had , however , only descended a few fcet when the rapidity with which he descended caused thc rope to pull the flesh off his hands , and being unable to keep his hold of the rope any longer he fell to the bottom , a distance of sixty feet . He was picked up in a dreadful state of suffering , and removed to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital . Fire and Robbery at Islington . —Last night , between the hours of ten and eleven , a fire broke out in the linendrapery warehouse of W . Bent , or Barnes and Co ., No . 3 , Upper-street , nearly facing Islington Church . The flames were confined to that

      portion of the two houses where they originated , but still a considerable amount of damage was * done . The origin of the disaster is unknown . Whilst the fire was raging , a person was seen to enter the counting-house , and was taken into custody upon suspicion of robbing the cash-box . lie was taken , to the station-house , where several pounds , supposed to bo tho proceeds of the robbery at the fire , were found upon his person . - Distressing Suicide op a _Waiteis . —An inquest was held on Friday before Mr . W . Baker , at the Three Compasses , Dalston , on view ofthe body Of John Ball , aged 59 years , who had been waiter for 01 io

      _upwarus _xuny ye ; ua ; _juan-er s _-uonee-uuuoe , Change-alley , Cornhill . The deceased was discovered on Saturday night last , lying npon tho footpath in the _Middleton . road , Dalston , and blood was flowing copiously from an extensive wound in his throat , which he had inflicted with a razor which was found lying by his side . He was subsequently removed to the German Hospital , and lingered in great agony until Thursday morning last , when he expired . The deceased had been in a very desponding state for some months past , which was attributed to the death ofhis young master , to whom he was much attached . Verdict : — " Temporary Insanity . "

      Riotous Proceemngs at Ifcu . i . \ GwoRTii Colliery . •—On Monday _nfy'ht , some of the colliers now OH strike at thc Killingworth and West Moor Collieries belonging to Lord Ravensworth , disguised themselves , some being dressed in women ' s clothes , and others in masks , with their coats turned inside out , assembled at West Moor Colliery , and proceeded to destroy the works . They drove the men that were there away , threw the corves and materials on the surface down the shaft , gutted the houses of one of the men who had not joined in the strike , assailed tbe police , and . broke the windows of the colliery offices . Intelligence of these riotous proceedings

      having been conveyed to Newcastle , a large body of police , under Mr . Stephens , proceeded to the colliery , armed with cutlasses . On their approach the rioters fled , but were pursued , and six ot the leaders captured , who were brought in custody to Newcastle , and after undergoing a preliminary examination before the magistrates on Tuesday , were remanded till Saturday . The names of the prisoners are William Arnott , Matthew Teasdale _, William Puncheon , David White , John Baxter , and Henry Walker . A considerable number of tho Newcastle police have been sworn in as special constables for the county of Northumberland to meet the emergency .. ¦ - ¦

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      Corn. Mark-Lase, July 9.—Thc Supply Of E...

      CORN . Mark-Lase , July 9 . —Thc supply of English wheat and all other grain was very moderate to-day , and the'Foreign arrivals since Friday have been limited . The weather still continues fine , and bur millers bought cautiously this morain - _** . Fine fresh wheat , both English and Forei gn , maintained fully last week's prices , but inferior sorts met a very slow sale . Foreign flour , both in sacks and barrels , was fully as dear . Grinding barley sold pretty readily at the same prices . In malt , but little doing . Fine English beans were Scarce and rather dearer , but in _foreig-n no alteration . White peas in less demand . Good fresh oats were Gd to ls . dearer , the arrivals , both coastwise and from abroad , being only moderate . Linseed cakes heavy sale . The current prices as under . JUNE 11 . —We have td report a fair quantity of Foreign wheat fresh in this week , but not much of other grain . The weather continuing hne for the growing * crop of wheat , the demand for the article is confined to immediate consumption , Prices as ou Monday , in other articles no variation .

      July 13 . —Tho fineness of the weather tends to render miUers unusually cautious in their operations , nevertheless , owing to scanty supplies of wheat , prices were fully maintained . Barley and oats of fine quality being scarce , brought rather more money than at the beginning of the week . Beans and peas supported then- former value .

      CATTLE . SMrrnriEtD , _Jriv Dm—Our market to-day was fairly supplied with each kind of foreign stock , the demand for which ruled heavy , at drooping prices , The fresh arrival of "home-fed beasts was considerably less than those reported on this day se ' nnight , hut their general quality was toleraMy good . The pvimest Scots , Devons , & c , commanded a steady , though not to say brisk inquiry , at an advance in the quotations of 2 d per 81 bs „ the highest general fi gure for beef being 3 s lOd ; the middling and inferior breeds moved oil * slowly at fuU prices , and at which a good clearance was effected , Fov the time o ? yeav _, we were well supplied with sheep , all breeds of which met a very dull inquiry , and the currencies gave way 2 d per Slbs mcst

      . Thcpri old Downs sold at from 3 s 8 d to 3 sl 0 d per Slbs . Lambs , the supply of which was extensive , were dull iu the extreme , at a fall in value of from id to sd per Slbs ., the top figure fov Down qualities not exceeding 5 s per Slbs . The veal trade was in a very depressed state , owing to the large number of calves on sale , and prices were with difficulty supported . Figs ruled heavy , at almost nominal quotations . _JULI 13—The supply of beasts was small , and , owi n t o tlie morning being cool , there was more inquiry for best qualities ; and 4 s was obtained for choicest descriptions . Trade was more cheerful for sheep . We were abundantly Supplied with lambs , and the average quality was very middling ; trade was heavy , and late prices with difficulty maintained .

      _PROVISIONS . Losdon , July 9 . —Our markets in thc past week were not active . There was a fair amount of business done in Irish _, butter on board and landed , but the demand was slow and buyers cautious , mostly in consequence ofthe hot weather . Prices the turn cheaper -. —Carlow , 67 s to 71 s ; Carrick , C 7 s to C 9 s ; Waterford and Limerick , 65 s to 61 > S ; Cork , CSs to G 9 s landed , and in proportion on board . Foreign sold steadily , best quality 74 s per cwt . _Paeon—For Irish singed sides , the demand was limited at from 56 s to 73 s ; for American good , at from -14 s to 52 s per cwt ., as in size , quality , and condition . Scalded middles were moderately dealt in at from 31 s to 48 s , according to kind and quality . Hams saleable at from 50 s to SOs per cwt . Lard scarce'iy altercd in demand or value . English "Buctei" , July 9 . —Since our last report the sales of Dorset butter have been ofa retail character ; the heat ofthe weather checks consumption ; prices have a downward tendency . Prime Dorset 7 Cs to SOs per cwt . ; ditto middling , 70 s to 72 s ; fresh , 7 s to 10 s per dozen .

      _COLONIAL PRODUCE . London * . July 10 , —The large sugar sales , comprising 300 hogsheads "Darbadocs _, 7 , 500 bags Mauritius , 8 , 000 bags Bengal , and COO bags of Madras , have gone oft" fairly , considering the quantity . About half of the Darbadoe _' s were wero withdrawn by the importers to support prices . Nearly all of the Mauritius sold , the low qualities at fully Friday ' s prices , other descriptions rather under . The Bengal met the least demand ; about half sold , at fully Gd . decline , and the importers withdrew the remainder . 950 hogsheads West India sold in private contract market . The refined market 1 ms been dull , and prices are rather lower : grocery lumps fair to fine , 51 s to 52 s 6 d . Coffee has been dull to-day : the only sale of importance has been one of 1 , 000 bags of Plantation , which sold irregularly . Good ordinary native Ceylon bought in for want of buyers at 35 s Od . Rice . —3 , 000 bags _TniddWiig white "Bengal sold in public sale , 9 s Cd to 10 s which were last week ' s price 3 . CoriON , —No sales reported .

      WOOL . _Crev , July 9 . —The imports oi wool into London last week included 1 , 279 bales from Sydney ; 2 , 197 from South Australia ; 3 , 934 from Port Fhilip ; 1 , 276 from Gem-any lis from Peru , & c , The large public sales of colonial and foreign commenced on Tuesday , and it is . believed thafe nearly 40 , 000 bales will be put up—the arrivals lately as . noticed under this head , having been _so-. important X _*" a <* t not trade improved lately , such a quantity could nevei > have been offered without fcading to a serious depression in prices , but so far as ths series has . proceeded , theve is every reason to concluste that nearly the whole wm find buyers ; for the prices , obtained ave Id to 2 d per lb . higher in many-instances than those of tho last series , and the biddings have been brisk . The amount of money which changes hands now at these , periodical auctions must be immense , relatively to former years . _^ _iv-a-rooL , _JvJy 7 .- ! _- - tcb . — "We ave still without any change moil * market for 9 cotch wool ; all operations are t _^^ _S _^^^^^^ « i e fairs now taking place in nominal _^ ftv 0 ' - _*' _* _' < - _^ wn , consequently prices are .

      _-WhK _fe _^ ' _*** 241 bs _« » to 7 0 _Laid' _/ _'S _! _!]* ' .. ' . .. ¦ . 80 86 _£ _*"¦«• Crossed do ., unwashed :. 7 9 8 6 _nlr _S _' ' washed ••* -. 8 6 io 6 _" _« y . Cheviot do ., unwashed .. 9 0 11 0 ' Jo ., do ., washed .. .. .. 12 * 0 14 0 " White Cheviot do . do . .. .. 1 G 6 19 0 Imports for the week .. .. C 8 baps Previously this year- .. ¦• .. 4 , 631 bags . 4 702 Imports for the week , ' . ., ' 70 bale , *! Previously this year .. ¦ _- _.. 23 . 761 bales .

      -r _, ¦ „ . 28 , 831 Foreign . The series of public sales of colonial and other wools now progressing in London are going offat an advance on the toimer one , which gave a little more confidence in our market ; we had public sales of East India wool hers ou _Yicunesdaylast . .

      Printed By William Rider, Of No. 5. Macclcsfield-Street.

      Printed by WILLIAM RIDER , of No . 5 . _Macclcsfield-street .

      Mmeparishoest. Aiiiio, Westminster, At T...

      mmeparishoESt . Aiiiio , Westminster , at the Printuig , _biS- ' ' Gl'eat w"idmill-street , IIaymarket , in the City _ofWcstininster _. forthePi'op ' rietor _. _FEARGUSO'COMOH , Esq . M . P . , and published by the said William Hideb , at « i » Office , in tlie some streetvaa \ parish !—Saturday-Jtdyl 4 _Ui , _1849 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 14, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_14071849/page/8/