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      Uir tir _regarded as a favourable augury for the hon . ] ur _> _ir -net ' s return . As the polling places were widely iw _W-. and intelligence could not be got from them 11 _t-ilt-ir two hours , tbo state of suspense as to thereilk -di w-is kepfcup _in"Chelmsford . At length , tbe aggrente ite state ofthe poll was announced to be—Buxton , ' 721721 : Bramston , 2 . 152 ; Smyth , 1 , 694 . The _an-DMHuuncBm _ant was received withloud cheers . Tt Hie triumph which Liberalism has thus achieved irer rer Toryism in South Essex , heretofore regarded ss ob one of the Tory strongholds , is considered one of nepe greatest whRU has taken place during the _preiintmteleoti'ins .

      YORKSHIRE ( WEST RIDING ) . Ss Saturday last was the day appointed fer the eleciionion ot knights of the shire for the West Riding , rritbith its million inhabitants , and its 30 , 000 electors _, _"hetfie proposition to _mminate Mr Cobden , announced It _» t so late a period , only three days ago , waB at first inppppased by many to be scarcely made in earnest , mtmt it was soon perceived that his cause _wasespoused » y > y men who meant anything but trifling , and who irewere working wife vast spirit and energy . I I « - _-r & \ Wpetli and Mr Denison , tne late members , _itnond Mr Cobden _. haviug been respectively nominated ,

      I Lord _MosPEia addressed the electors in a _lengthtenened speech , characterised by hia usual heartiness _itncnd eloquence . The leading questions ofthe day _iwwercgcoauected with religion , public education , publliclic hea : tb , and free trade . Upon each of these topics Ihi & b Lordship spoke—first premising the spirit in im in which he viewed them on the hustings , as _comipapared with hia feelings in the house . A higher or _istatrongcr testimony to the value and importance of iththe _principles of the Charter , _which would bring 'ththe _peopfe an I their representatives more frequently fafaee to " face , cannot be fonnd than the following _Btstatemeat by Lord Morpeth :-1 own , gentlemen , I hi _iwve sometimes allowed myself to feel that the imtt sortanee which has always been attached to the

      electi tion * for the county of York , and for your district d of Yorkshire especially—the imposing character of m iho audiences who , at one time or another , have h Been gathered on these occasions—and the weight * which their opinions have obtained in the public c councils tsf the united realm , occasionally have given I Bean opportunity which the ordinary runofbusix xtess in Parliament , and the common-placed strife e of parties there engaged , might seldom have snpj plied , of carrying the range of view beyond the imi mediate demands of the hoar , and of speaking as if 1 from an enlarged area to the natioual feeling and 1 the national heart . There is an old fable of a comi batmt _who , if worsted , always got fresh force and ' . life every time he touched his mother earth ; and I

      feel , gentlemen , that although I pay have shared , although I may have incurred mishaps or failures elsewhere , yet as soon as 1 have been brought front to front with a West Riding constituency , and within the heartr ringing of West Riding cheers , I have regained tbe full measure oi my stature , and have obtained a full warrant to speak , ay , even with authority to all my countrymen . ( Cheers . ) I then venture here to tell them , that I think one of their prominent dangers at the present time—I do not say their only danger—I do not say there may not be even opposite dangers which they ought to guard _against—bnt one ef their present _dangers is a revival of religions bigotry . ( Uear . hear . ) I do not mean that we are in any danger of seeing bigotry re-illumining its extinct fires , or

      whetting its blunted sword—its weapons are not now of that coarse temper . ( Hear , hear . ) I do not ex . pect to hear it even talking of coercive restrictions or arbitrary exclusions . It may now and then try to banish a _Jesuit or unseat a Jew —( _lauahter and _chters)—but these are rather rare exercises of its _caprices ( Hear . ) I do not either quarrel witb persons who say , ' We will not endow . ' I think that Er _soiis and denominations , not endowed themselves , ve a positive right to object to any enlargement of the endowment we already have—( cheers)—though I may not think that Churchmen can insist npon the principle of absolute resistance to all further

      endowment with a very good grace . ( Hear . ) However , I belitve endowment is not now in even the remote contemplation of any person , or of any party . ( Hear , hear . ) Bnt , then , I think it necessary , for my own consistency , to make some reservation when I hear it said that the State shall not educate —( hear)—when I hear it said , * We will not be privy to promote or disseminate error—we will sanction nothing but the teaching of truth . ' ( Hear . ) Why , gentlemen , ' truth * and error _*—what word j , what mockeries , are these in the lips of snch as ns and of all like ns' ! Truth and error , which , perhaps , may escipe the accurate discernment of even angelic natures , —

      • Of the rapt seraph that adores and bnrns 1 ' I _dsubt whether , even if we could gammon before us some bright inhabitant of the upper sphere , he _Blight not bs the foremost to tell us that the Almighty has made alt his creatures to love Him , and none to comprehend Him . ( Hear . ) At all events , man has been distinctly told that the sum ef his re ligion consists in two points—unfeigned piety to his _Jlafcr , aud unbounded love to his fellow-man . ( Cheera . ) And then , with respect to snch a _question a » endowment , for instance , though I am not prepared to consent to any endowment of the Roman Catholic clergy—though I believe that no person or party is prepared to bring forward such a proposal , yet I must frankly say , that bringing forward

      snch a proposal , wonld , in my humble judgment , be a folly — be an insanity — but it wonld not be a crime —( bear )—and while no one is more ready than myself to object to such a proposal being made at the present time , or at any time which I conceive likely to occur , yet my objection does not rest , like that of many well-meaning and _excellent people , npon religions grounds . If I _thought that the recognition or endowment of the state could impart the _c haracter of truth to any denomination _, to any form of belief or mode of worship , I shonld hesitate before I stamped it with that character ; but that character of troth is one of a highermattc-than states or legislatures candeal with . So with respect to education . I think it quite a fair

      ground for those who object to government grants and to state assistance to contend that voluntary effort is a far mere efficient and powerful agent than state effort , if I may so term it—and that state effort would displace to much of the voluntary effort as to give ns less of the article and a less good article than it we left voluntary _effart to itself . This , 1 say , ib quite a fair ground for tnem to take ; I am not myself disposed to concur with it . I am disposed myself to think , that if the state comes forward , where there is a manifest demand which cannot be otherwise supplied , and wherea corresponding exertion ia made to meet it , —if it adopts the most useful method ? , and supplies the best apparatus at itg command _, then , in addition to what'it does itselfit is more

      , likely to arouse and to guide voluntary effort ( ' No no / 'Ye 3 , yes , ' )—more likely to act in the way of _stimulcB and snggestion (* No , no , ' Yea , yea' ) than if it left voluntary effort to its own laudable but unassisted and uncontrasted energies . [ 'No , no and * Hear , hear . ' ) I am assuming that we cannot attain that which I myself should prefer—that is schools to which all shonld resort , aud by which all shonld be benefited in common , without distinction of sect or worship ( cheets ); to attain which desirable end I am ready , as I have stated to all the audiences X have addressed on the subject , tp forego the giving any specific religions instruction in connexion with the ordinary business ofthe school ; and to leave that to their own pastors ( hear , hear ) , to their own

      parents ( hear , hear ) , to the Sunday-school ( hear , hear ) , to their awn sanctuaries ( hear , hear ) , and to the not less precious altar of the family hearth . ( Loud applause . ) There is one topic , gentlemen , which I have just mentioned , which has occupied much of my own attention , which I cannot refer to without some feelings of pain and regret , bnt which never theless , I could hardly avoid making a short reference to on the present occasion ; I allude to measures fer the improvement of public health ( Hear . ) I do not tbink it wonld be to oar present purpose , if I were toenter intoany explanation ofthe causes why the Health of Towns * Bill did not passim thelastsession of Parliament If any blame attaches _tomysalf , 1 must accept it . I will frankly own that

      on looting back upnn all that is passed , I think perhaps one mistake was made in the Parliamentary campaign . I found at a comparatively early period that there was a very general impression that a _subject so important and so complicated could not be undertaken with success in the last sM-ion _, and towards the close of an expiring Parliament ( hear heart ; but , so anxious was I to effect something in the way of a beginning , tbat I was led to _propose the omission of those parts ofthe bill which seemed most likely to meet with general opposition , in order to , secure ; the ie 3 t . ( Hear , hear . ) Unhappily we have not beenableto secureanything ; and , nodnubt it might have worn a better appearance and we might have avoided theimputation of having shown

      symptoms of vacillation or of truckling , if , instead ofthis course , we had at once postponed the measure bodily . But I was willingto incur thus much of _impntation _. as I hope I shonld be willing to encounter many things more , if I could thereby have hope of effecting any real amount of practical good . ( Hear hear . ) Let m y countrymen , however , condemn me as thej may , only do not let them hold me— ' do not let them hold the new Parliament—do not let them hold themselves absolved , if they da not either In their places as members of Parliament , or as _eonetit-ients _keeping their representatives to their doty , insist upon early and efficient legislation on tho subject . After referring to _Frca-trade , and slightly

      touching on the merits of Mr Cobden and his late colleague , the noble lord then concluded an excellent address : —With respect tothe issue of the clectiin , as I h & "e intimated . I hardly think it respectful for the candidates to offer you an opinion . I trust that yon will return the representatives who will most embody your opinions and best promote your interests . ( Lond cbeers . ) And , extending onr view to a still larger _horia-m , I trust that the Parliament now about to be called together , te take counsel forthe good of the realm , may so advise and so act as to preserve peace without and coacord withia ( cheers ) , as todeepen the springs ofthe nation ' s health , wealth , i and _strength , to develope the free _interchange of _tumaoditiesaad ef foed _eSoceasHKur si ! the fora *

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      tries of the earth ( cheers ) , to make the world ' s exuberance our own , —to improve the comfort , to refine the habits , and to raise the character ofthe great bulk of our whole community ( cheers )—and , in a word , to keep onr people as great as they are , and to make them happier than they ever have been before . ( Loud and general applause . ) Mr _Dknisok next addressed the meeting After briefly referring to the measures passed last Parliament , be enumerated his own votes . He had voted forthe bills to prohibit the working of females and young children in collieries and mines , for the bill which provided for the boxing off of maohinery in factones- ( Ay , and we'll box you off , ' _laughter ) - by which accidents in factories had materially decreased ; for a bill to prevent females and children

      working in print works , Ac . ; and lastly , for the Ten Hours Bill He had given to all these measures his cordial support . In the spring of 1842 not only were thc duties upon corn reduced one-half , but those on sugar , coffee , and many other necessaries o f life were reduced . Then as to the moral condition and religious instruction of the working classes , a bill was passed to _divide large jiarishes into smaller ones , and to enable the commissioners to build churches . ( ' Oh , ' and a cry of * More to eat and less churches . ' ) The present government deserved the thanks of the country for bringing forward their education measure . ( Hear , hear . ) You could not educate the children of the working classes of this kingdom by the voluntary principle . The first duty of a parent

      was to educate his children in religious principles ; aud if he could not do it , then theQueen _. thegoyernment , and the Parliament were bound to do it for him . He had shown himself an independent member by voting _against Sir R . Peel on two questionsthe corn-bill and the Maynooth grant . He was more disposed to congratulate than to condole with the electors on the flattering prospects of the country . Iu wealth and power would go on increasing , but faster or slower according to the manner in which working classes were relieved from the burdens whicb pressed upon them , and theextent to which they were raised in the social scale . If the money spent in keeping prisoners in that place ( the Wakefield House of Correction ) had been spent on the education ef the people , many a man whom he ( Mr

      Denison ) , as a magistrate , had been under the painful necessity of sending there would have been a usefnl and meritorious subject ofthe Queen ; therefore , he would beg that they would do all tliey could to give assistance to the noble lord and the government with reference to the education scheme . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Let no jealousies step in to prevent them ; but let them consider how much good there was to be done beyond what could be done by voluntary effort . He concluded by expressing his conviction that England was destined to carry Christian troth to the end of the eartb . ( A voice : ' The Navigation Laws . '! He regarded that as a most difficult and intricate subject ; and defied any man living to express a competent and wise opinion till the whele evidence before the committee had been gone through and their report was before the world .

      Mr Bright , M . P ., addressed the assemblage as the representative of Mr Cobden , and said that he ( Mr Bright ) was not only an elector ofthe West Riding , but from a recent happy change in his domestic circumstances , he could scarcely consider himself a stranger in Wakefield . ( Laughter and applause . ) He need not there utter any words of praise on the past services of Mr Cobden ; he was proud to live in a conntry that had produced such a man . ( Cheers . ) Born of parents in the rank of the vast majority of those present , he ( Mr Cobden ) had , by his own exertions , ability , and the _honestfollowing out of his own convictions , made himself what he is , and had been of great and most distinguished benefit to the country which was proud to own him as a

      citizen . ( _Applause . ) After referring to the double election ot Mr Villiers for Wolverhampton and South Lancashire , and to the election of Mr Cobden for Stockport , if he ( Mr Bright ) might be allowed to give an opinion he shonld say that the great probability was that Mr Cobden would also be elected for the West Ridinc of Yorkshire . ( Great cheering . ) Almost every man distiguisbed for his free trade labours , and who had solicited the honour , and some who had not solicited it , had been returned to Parliament at tbis election . After naming Mr J . B . Smith ( stating that Mr George Wilson had been solicited to stand for various places ) , Colonel Thompson , Mr W . J . Fox , and Mr George Thompson , he

      said the whole world would lose its faith in the system of popular representation if the electors of the West Riding were to send Lord Morpeth to Parliament to say' Aft' and Mr Denison along with him to say'No . ' ( Hear _. ' and cheers . ) The show of hands was then taken . There were probably 4 , 000 people within sight of the Sheriff ; about four-fifths of them held up their hands for Lord Morpeth , nearly one-fifth for Mr Denison , and above faur-fiftbs for Mr Cobden . The result was , of course , declared accordingly ; and some persons who stood between the Sheriff and Mr Denison gave way , in order thathe or one of his friends might make the usual demand of the poll . After a few moments _.

      Lord Morpeth and Mr Bright having acknowledged their victory , The Hon . £ . Lascelles said , —I perceive by the gentlemen on the opposite side ofthe hustings , looking in the direction of my friend Mr Denison , that something was expected to be said either by him or on his behalf , with aview to demanding a poll . It is necessary , I find , that Bomebody shonld say that , a 3 far as we are concerned ou this side of the host ings , we do not intend to do anything of the sort . ( Immense cheering . ) I think it right just to state on behalf of my bon . friend , the ground upon which he thinks it right to retite from this contest , and not to put tbe riding to the trouble or the confusion of a contested election . The conjunction ol parties which has now taken place has come upon ns

      with a strength and surprise that have rendered us powerless to meet it . ( Cheers . ) An election of this kind cannot be carried on without previous arrangement , without overcoming many difficulties before wo could come to the poll . I think it due , therefore , to the candidate 1 proposed , and also to the peace of this riding , tbat we should not enter into this contest , where I think there is not a fair chance of success . ( Cheers . ) How far snch a _proceeding as has taken place is consistent with proper respect to the electors of the riding is matter for you , not forme . ( 'Allright . *) The Hioe SflEBiFF then declared Vi'count Morpeth and Mr R . Cobden duly elected . The announcement was received with several rounds of cheering .

      Lent _MonrsTE moved the usual vote of thanks to the Sheriff . Mr £ . B . Denison stood forward to second it , and said—I bow with perfect respect to your verdict . ( Cheers . ) I retire from the service of the West Riding with a clear conscience and a light heart . ( Hear , hear . ) May all the blessings tbat human nature has any right to expect be showered upon yon , and those connected with you . ( Loud and general cheering . ) NORTHUMBERLAND ( NORTH ) . The nomination of candidates for the representation of the northern division of Northumberland took place at Alnwick , on Saturday . The candidates were Sir George Grey , her Majesty ' s Secretary of State for the Home Department .

      Lord Lovaine , and Lord _Ossulston . Some time bef ore the appointed hour of eleven a large crowd had collected in front of the hustings , the vast majority of which consisted ofthe supporters of Sir George Grey . Amongst the banners and devices was a large placard , having inscribed npon it the number of votes given by Lord Ossulston in the Honse of Commons from 1841 to 1847 , by which it appeared tbat on a total of 610 divisions , the noble lord had voted 41 times . Sir G . _Grev made a rery losg speech in defence of the Whigs and their policy . He avowed himself a Whip , and he gloried in the fact when he remembered , that amongst those who had dignified and

      adorned the name by wbich that party was distinguished , there had been men—and , without going so far back as the noble lords who had proposed him , there were men—living men , whose nameB must be _imperisbably associated with all those great social improvements which had of late years been effected by acts ofthe legislature . ( Cheers . ) Not to mention Negro Slavery , or the Test and Corporation Acts , he stood before the electors as one ot that party whose efforts , aided and supported by the people , had passed the Reform Act , and conferred upon many he now saw gathered before him that right ot exercising the franchise , which they had not before possessed . ( Cheers . )

      On tho show of hands , the sheriff declared it to be iu favour of Sir George Grey and Lord Lovaine . The majority of Lord Lovaine over Lord Ossulston appeared to be very small ; but tho preponderance of hands in favour of Sir G . Grey was overwhelming . A poll was demanded by Lord Ossulston . WARWICKSHIRE ( NORTH . ) The nomination tookplaceat Coleshill _. on Tuesday . Or Dngdaie was not put in nomination , as had been anticipated . The assembly at the hustings was somewhat riotous , and _thesheriff could with difficulty preserve order during the proceedings . The candidates were Messrs Newdegato , Spooner ( the defeated of Birmingham ) , Leigh , and Bracebridge .

      Mr _Newomate , in hia speech , denied he had , by endeavouring to promote Mr Speoner _' _s election , sought to monopolise both seats . As a proof of this , he asserted , that he had always refused to point out a gentleman fitted to succeed Mr Dugdsle , although he materially differed with the opinions that gentleman entertained . The hon . gentleman proceeded amidst great nproar to eulogise Mr Spooner for ' his talents and consistency , ' and declared his intention to support him . ( At this moment Mr Newdegate and Mr Spooner exchanged colours with each other amidst shouts of laughter , in the midst of which a wag in the crowd reminded the latter that he changed his colours before , referring to the hon . gentleman's conversion from radicalism to _ultra-toryism . ) The speaker next adverted to Sir R . Peel's speech at Tamworth ; and it _decwd tfcat tho pntwtiORiati 2 nd deprived him ef

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      the power of carrying on the governmeut ; and aa a proof that tbey had not been actuated by factious motives , he cited the faot of their having supported the honourable baronet in repealing a large amount of import duties—in revising the corn laws , and in his measure respecting the importation of Canadian oorn . He went on to deolare his satisfaction that the reins of government were in the handsof Lord John Russell rather than Sir Robort Peel . He eulogised Lord G . Bentinck and his measures , and declared his abhorrence ofthe new poor law . He censured tho conduct ef the Anti-Corn Law League , and of Mr Cobden ,

      respecting his return for the West Riding . The last _sentence of his speech was an emphatio declaration never to again support Sir Robert Peel . Mr Spooner spoke next . lie declared that he agreed with everything Mr Newdegate had _sjiid ; he denied that he had been concerned in any plot to turn out Mr _Dugdale , the late member ; and at the conclusion of a characteristically inflated harangue , lie declared that he was for * our glorious _protestant constitution of church and state ; and for the protection of native industry . '

      the other candidates having spoken , the show of hands was then taken , and declared to be in favour of Mr Newdegate and Mr Spooner . A poll was then demanded on behalf of Mr Leigh and Mr Bracebridge . MONMOUTH ( COUNTY . ) The nomination of candidates for tho representation of this county took place on Saturday , atthe Town-hall , Monmouth . Ab may have been expected , party feeling runs higher than is usually the case even at contested elections , aRd tbe friends of Lord Granville Somerset , and those of Captain Somerset and Mr _Octaviua Morgan , mustered in great numbersTho

      . cause of the excitement is that the head of the _Somerset house bas taken offence at Lord Granville Somerset for supporting Sir R . Peel , and brought forward a young scion to supplant the member who for 30 years has done the bidding of the Ducal head ot the house , but who , having at the end of that period found a will of his own , can bono longer tolerated . The candidates having been proposed , Sir T . Phumfs ( of Temple ) came forward , and said he had to call the attention of Captain G . A . Somerset to the provisions ot tbe _Qualification Act , and to ask him in the legal form if he had the necessary qualification to represent a county in Parliament ?

      Captain _Somerset did not make any reply at the moment , and Sir T . Phillips then handed the requisition for the candidate to make the necessary declaration of his qualification to tho High Sheriff , who presented it to the gallant officer . Mr _Buksmobb , M . P ., rose to . explain to tbe court ( wbich was a scene of great confusion and anxiety , as to the formula ; that were going on in the sheriff ' s box , ) what the nature of the proceedings were ; but tho honourable gentleman ' s explanation only made the people more anxious , and he sat down with the

      warning that all their votes would be thrown away if the gallant officer had not the necessary qualification . Captain Somerset now came forward , and handing a parchment to the high sheriff , said , I beg to state I am duly qualified to sit in Parliament , and here is the document to prove it [ tremendous cheering , aad loud < ries of * What ' s the date of it- ? where did you get' ?] Does any one doubt my qualifiation ? I am prepared to prove it [ renewed cheers and uproar . )

      The proceedings , which occupied several hours , were of a very boisterous description , the 'lie' frequently passing among the ' gentlemen' on tbe hustings . Lord G . Somerset , like Mr Grantley Berkeley , made a capital expose of the manner in which the people are overawed by aristocratic influence , and now hollow a mockery the so-called representative system still remains in large districts uf the country , where the members are merely the nominees of the the titled owners of tbe soil . Lord G . Somerset ' s explanations of tbe manner in which coercion waB bronght to bear on the voters , was met with a cry of' give us the ballot , ' which the meeting followed up with cheers , but it drew no response from his lordship . His lordship contributed the

      fallowing facts to political biography ; speaking of the Peel ministry , he said : — ' The cabinet with which he was connected felt that the question was one which bad not been before considered in a light in which tbey fell bound to consider it , and Sir Robert Peel and his followers resigned their offices into the hands ofthe Queen . He ( Lord G . Somerset ) then left town , expecting that Lord John Russell would be able to form a government . He knew tbat Lord Stanley would not undertake it , forhe heard him say so . ( Hear . ) He continued out of London till he waa Bent for . Sir Robert Peel told him that her Majesty had been disappointed in Lord John Russell ' s efforts to form a government , had called upon bim to re-form his , and he asked him whether he

      would resume his office ? He told Sir Robert that he was convinced , looking upon the state of affairs —looking at the pressure on the country , and taking the whole matter into consideration , he felt bound , as a public man , to give his consent to a total repeal of the corn laws ; but he told him , at the same timo , ihat as to his resumption of office be must take time to consider . He consulted only three persons—time did not admit of his consulting more ; he consulted them separately , and told them the case , and each _> f them said he could do no otherwise than resume office . He then made up his mind to resume office _, and he was very much gratified at receiving , the morning before he sent to Sir R . Peel to tell him he was willing to resume office , a visit from an

      influential gentleman of that county , Mr Bailey , who approved of the course he intended to take . ' —Mr Bailey denied that in the interview with Lord Granville , ui December , 1845 , he admitted him to be right in joining Sir R . Peel ' s cabinet . On the contrary , he recapitulated to him what had passed since 1811—told him that the country was in a prosperous state , and that corn ought not to be admitted duty free when only at 55 s . per quarter . The interview ended in hia ( Mr Bailey ' s ) saying , ' I conscientiously tell you , I think it is uot for the good of the country , and I , with my principles , must desert you . '—Lord G . Somerset reiterated his statement that Mr Bailey said he thought he ought to join Sir R . Peel . He

      _aboaaid , 'Your agricultural friends , probably , will be very violent against you , but you will have tho manufacturers with you . '— Mr Bailey : I deny that intoto . The last words I said were , 'If yon will sever yourself from Sir R . Peel and those opinions I would go down on my knees to you . ' Captain Somerset retorted the charges of coercion —these things were as much on one side as the other . ( Cheers , groans , and laughter . ) A great majority held up their hands for Lord G . Somerset , next came Mr Morgan , and after him Captain Somerset , for whom a poll was demanded . CAMBRIDGE ( COUNTY ) . The election of three members to serve in

      Parliament for the county of Cambridge and Isle oi Ely , took place ou Monday . The candidates were the old members , the Hon . E . Yorke , and Mr Towneley , and a brother of Lord John Manners . Mr E . _IIicxs asked the candidates as to tbe propriety ofthe introduction of the Jews into a Christian Legislature . __ ( Uproar , and cries of 'Three cheers for Rothschild . ' ) These were given so heartily as to make the building ring . Mr E . Yobke replied that it was now admitted that persons of all religious opinions were eligible . Mr Rothschild was elected , and it now only remained to decide whether or not he could sit . To the question whether he approved of Mr Rothschild ' s sitting , he replied that he should vote against it .

      The majority , however , would doubtless vote for Mr Rothschild , and he would get in . Mr Yorke in the course of his speech remarked , the new Parliament would comprise amongst its members that many new faces , _maiay men of notoriously democratic opinions , and many who entertained similar opinions , but who , from a knowledge of the law , knew better how far they could' carry the proper claims of the people . It appeared to him tbat the removal of protection bad not given them all that they required . What , he asked , __ was the state of the poor in the manufacturing districts , and generally , since its removal ? It had been said that the blessings would descend npon mankind on its removal . Where were they ? ( Cry of' Ask Fox , Cobden , or Thompson in the House of Commons V ) No , ho wanted them to answer it , as he supposed they had as good appetites

      as any oue else . The Protectionists had been stated to have neither aims nor ends , head nor tail , and yet they had been christened ' the rump . ' ( Laughter . ) He thought that a bad name , as it was meant to apply to tbeir small number . Let it be recollected that from a small number of persons Bprang the ' great fact , ' the League . What a Bmall number of persons originated the agitation on the subject of Catholic claims ! If it meant to allude to their principles , years and centuries ago out of' a rump ' grew the greatest political genius of this country , although hiB path te eminence was tracked in blood . Even though the nucleus should be small as a grain of mustard seed , if their principles wero good they would spread . There was an inherent principle iu a rump which , if kicked , led it to kick again . ( _Lauahter . ) 6

      One wound behind hurts honour more Than fifty thousand wounds before . ' _^ Laughter . ) So that it would be dangerous to jneddte with them , and it it was intended to identify _theirprinciples with the celebrated Rump , the sooner the name was dropped the better . Lord G . J . Maskers addressed the meetin « at some length , amid much interruption . He should _, he said , be returned untried , unpledged , and . he feared , unknown ; he knew too well ' to Aa influence of Rutland ) Quite right-to legitimate and honourable _fannly influence , and not that of pro perty or wealth ( 'Pshaw' ) , to the result of a long and honourable confidence between the electors of Cambridgeshire and tbe Isle of Ely and _thefaSify to which he belonged . His Lordship _entcS \ Sll

      Z ;„ rfw 7 _K ° pnce ? _Provisions on wages , £ ? _£ _* _# _5 r b ? y . neTCT _™™* " » amount in equal ratio , to the detriment of the poor man . He said , that although protection was said to be dead , free trade vras not yet alive in aU its members : the Wood

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      might be oircling round its heart , bnt _hwlnotye _*! reached tbe extremities , as malt , tea , Ac . He pledged himself to press for a gradual repeal of the malt tax , and stated himself opposed to the Catholic endowment . His lordship was loudly called upon to express his sentiments on the game laws , but _toeK no notice of the request . ¦ Mr S . Wms , registrar of the Bedford Level Corporation , who had intended to move some resolutions relating to the currency , but wat _preventedJjy the Sheriff , returned thanks to the electors who had proposed his name . ( Laughter . ) Had the Sheriff called for a seconder , he had no doubt he should have displaced one of the three members . His political principles were the same as they were forty years ago . He was for giving the poor man a 6 d . quarten loaf , and an opportunity of getting drunk for ls . ( Roars of laughter . )

      PRESTON . Doings at _ihbEucctiok . —Mr Billington has made affidavit of the injury done at the Bull Inn , and to his furniture , by the rioting at the late election , to recover the amount from the hundred of Amoundercess . The damage is estimated at upwards of £ 200 . The Preston Pilot gives the following illustration of the same contest . The editor says : A specimen of the doings of those independent _oleotors who carry their votes , to the best market now lies before us , in the shape of a tattered note , left at home to be given to the canvassers , by a small shopkeeper . It runB thus : — I will not vote for Mr Parker for less then Un pound—Yours , truly , '—It appears that he had promised one vote to the coalition for £ 3 10 s ,

      trusting to their honour for payment ; but he was Arm in refusing Mr Parker a vote under' ten pound . ' Oue of the adreit _electioneered , therefore , at the time for polling , finding all attempts vain to beat dowu the price , pulled out , somewhat reluctantly , a bank note , whioh he faithfully promised to give him after polling . This was enough forthe independent elector , who hastened to the booth and polled for Strickland and Parker . The note was given to him , and he departed . It was not long before he examined his prise , and found that it was drawn upon the Bank of Elegance . —So . 310 . —1 premise to pay on demand the sum of fivo pounds , if I do not sell articles cheaper than anybody else in the whole universe . —For myself and Co ., Q . Gilbebi . —2 , Green Arbour . court ,

      Old Bailey . The dupe , unwilling to lose theprice ; of his double dealing with the precious vote entrusted to his care , had the foolish audaoity to carry this note to one of the parties to be exchanged for a good one ! He was advised to hold his tongue , being liable to be apprehended for having a forged note in his possession , and also prosecuted for bribery . This admirable specimen of honesty and consistency having thus sold his vote to both parties , has been paid by neither , having hunted in ram after the' three pound ten . ' He bow gets , what be richly deserves by way of reward , the contempt and derision of all the neighbourhood . GLOUCESTER ( WEST ) . The official declaration of the poll took place at Dursley .

      The High Sheriff declared the numbers as follows : — R . B . Hale 4 , 240 Grantley Berkeley 2 , 744 _Grewille Berkeley 2 , 123 The Hon . Grantley Berkeley , in addressing the electors , handed in to thc High Sheriff a paper , which had been presented to him , signed by two electors , named Sage and Ueadford , of Euston , near Bristol , calling upon him to make a declaration of

      his property qualification . He designated it as another infamous and unconstitutional attempt to interfere with the free choice of the electors ; and said the Lord-Lieutenant had mistaken his man . He had met bis enemies in the election , and would meet tbem , if necessary , elsewhere ; for he bad taken good care , before exposing his friends to risk and expense , to see that his qualification was perfectly safe . Mr Hale also addressed the electors , and both members were chaired round tho town amidst great cheering .

      There has been a most extraordinary eleotion . On the side of Mr Grcnville Berkeley have been ranged Earl Fitz ' aardinge , Earl Ducie , and all the Whig gentlemen . Mr Grantley Berkeley had neither money , organisation , or agents ; but the public feeling ran strong against the Castle ; and the independent Whigs , aided by many o f tho Conservatives , have enabled Mr Grantley to triumph over the odds against him . Some serious disturbances have taken place during the contest , and in the Forest of Dean some houses have been wrecked . On Friday evening Mr Grantley Berkeley was attaoked by a collier at Coleford , but fortunately escaped injury . Soon after , while looking from the window of the Roebuck Inn , he perceived his assailant in the crowd , and went out to secure him ; when he was set upon , thrown down , and severely kicked . Some friends came to bis reecue , or he might have been killed , NOTTINGHAM .

      Mr Walter ' s Reception . —On Tuesday , Mr J . Walter of the Times , one of the _newly-elected members for Nottingham , made a public entree into tbe town , and met with a most enthusiastic reception . Shortly before eleven o ' clock , horsemen , carriages , and pedestrians , in immense numbers , with flags and bands of music , set out to meet Mr Walter on his way from _Chitnell , a village about five miles from Nottingham . At twelve tbe oalvacade entered the market-place , amid the vociferous cheering of the assembled multitude , the bands playing' See , the conquering hero comes ! ' The new member , with his nominators ( Mr Bowley and Mr Sedgate ) , and the chairman ef his committee ( Mr T . H , Smith ) , occupied a splendid open carriage , gaily decorated with

      laurels and evergreens , and drawn by four beautiful greys . After parading some of the principal streets , the procession again entered the market-place about two o ' clock , and Mr Walter and his friends proceeded to the Exchange hall , where Mr Bowley read a congratulatory address to Mr Walter , who then presented himself at the window , and was greeted with a burst of applause from the dense mass of human beings congregated beneath . He delivered a somewhat lengthy address , avowing himself the supporter of similar principles to those advocated by his late father . Speaking of that gentleman , _hesaid : —There has been no public man in the present century whose name will go down to posterity with so much approbation from his fellow-men for ths disinterestedness

      and simplicity of his motives , the soundness of his political opinions , and the pure benevolence of bis heart , as he for whose sake , and in acknowledgement of whose merits you have placed me in the position in which I now stand . ( Loud cheers . ) Gentlemen , it has been truly stated in the address which has just been read , 'that my father ' s political connexion with this borough was severed by no act or fault for which the electors oould be held responsible . ' ( Loud cheers . ) It migbt have been added , that he was unfairly ousted from Parliament on account of those very principles and opinions for whicb you sent him there . ( Loud cheers , and cries of ' We are quite certain he waB . ' ) I have no hesitation in saying , v fc 11 believe every one ol y m

      is convinced of that it was my lather ' s determined and persevering hostility to that most atrocious of all laws . —the New Poor Law ,... which cost him his seat in Parliament , and deprived you of his services . ( Cheers . ) He was ousted by the decision of a committee whose chairman was the familiar friend of his bitterest opponent ; a decision which made the whole country ring with cries of shame ( cheers ); and in which in no place was received with greater disgust and indignation than in this very borough . ( Loud cheers . ) Yet , gentlemen , he had the satisfaction of seeing that , although his voice waB silenced , and he himself excluded from Parliament , the cause whioh he se manfully and warmly espoused found other and _younuer champions than himself . ( Cheers . ) He had the satisfaction of seeing . the deathblow

      given to the Poor Law Commission , by the accumulated weight of evidence of the incapacity , cruelty , and neglect of those persons , which was embodied in the report of the Andover Union Committee ' . ( Loud cheers . ) Ue lived to see more than this ; he lived to see some advance at least made towards a more humane and generous system ( cheers ); for his last hours were cheered by tho announcement-that at least one class in behalf of whom he so Jong had struggled , —the aged and infirm married paupers , — should no longer be rudely torn asunder whenimmured within the walls of the workhouse ( loud oheors ); but that , when unfortunately they were driven to seek refuge within its walls , they should at least hare the consolation of ending their days together in peace . ( Loud cheers . )

      BANFFSHIRE . Considerable excitement was created inconsequence of a ' report that Sir Andrew Leith Ilay waB to bs proposed for the representation of the county , in opposition to the late member , Mr James Duff . Sir Andrew havirg been defeated in the contest for the Elgin Burghs , by Mr George Skene Duf _& brother to the late member lor Banffshire , it was considered exceedingly probable that he would _sland for the county ; but circumstances , we believe , occurred which prevented the knight from coming forward . The _election was proclaimed at 12 o ' clock , in the presence of an immense concourse ef people , the hustings being crowded .

      The nomination had scarcely concluded , when down fell tho hustings with such a crash as to excite the greatest alarm for the safety of thoBewho had still remained on them . Most providentially they had not f ar to fall , and the space below being dear , no serious injury was sustained by aHy one . This ia the second time we havo had the fall of hustings in Scotland on the present occasion , and , as the same thing ocourred frequently at the last general election , it is high time some legal provision we re made to insure the safety of those who must be present on such occasions .

      KINS ALE . At the close of the election , Mr Guinness , the Con _servative candidate , was at the head of the poll bv a majority ef 18—the numbers being , — For Mr Mr Guinness 104 Mr Watson ( # g Majority io

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      Theresultappeared tobe unexpected on the part of Mr Watson ' s supporters . A good deal of , _exciteraent _Sried in the town during the day . The voten . of Mr Guinness were in several instances followedIon leaving the booths , and were assailed wa most ™ ,-lent manner , and where immediate personal violence was found difficult to inflict , in consequence of tne check which the presence of a strong party of po ce imposed , the mob attacked the houses of the parties and smashed the windows of their opponents , a gentleman , named Lewis , a half-pay omcer , was knocked down and his head nearly fracturedin con-™ ——i

      , MIUIIVI . _V uun u _»»» - - . . _»» sequence of interfering to protect a supporter ot p GuinneBS , on whom the mob were wreaking their _vndignation , and the olerk of the church received so dreadful a beating thathe was supposed by some bystanders to have been killed . Tbe disturbances would probably _haveassumedamore serious aspectbut for the presence and intervention of two companies of the 54 th and Sth regiments , and a troop of the 1 st Royal Dragoons , a part of which waa drawn up opposite the Court-house . A large party of police were also stationed in the vicinity of the Court-bouse , and near the committee-moms of the candidates .

      DUBLIN ( CITY ) . The Sheriff has declared Messrs _Grogan and Rey nolds returned . The numbers were as follows : — Grogan 8 , 353 Reynolds 3 , 229 Gregory ••• 3 , 125 Majority over Gregory 104

      DUNGARVAN . Mr Sheil triumphed over his Repeal Antagonist , who , considering the late hour at which he took the field , made a close and manly struggle to add the Master of the Mint to the list of the rejected officials . At the close of the poll the numbers stood thus . — Sheil ... ... ... 161 Maguire 135 Majority 16 Mr Sheil , when the numbers were declared , de .

      clined addressing the electors in consequence ofthe unmannerly reception he had met with on the day of nomination , notwithstanding that Mr Maguire had Btrained every nerve to procure a hearing tor the right hon . gentleman . One paper states : There were from twenty to thirty of Mr Shell ' s friends and supporters who were anxious to vote tor him kept-back by tbe terrorism of an organised mob , who , in many instances , used violence to Mr Sheil ' s agent , and prevented the freedom of election by intimidating the electors—so much so , that the military wero obliged to escort some of the voters to the hustings .

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      Alva . —Mr Wm . Archibald has been appointed delegate to the forthcoming Conference to be held at Lowbands . Banburt . —John Bussell has been put in nomination as delegate to the forthcoming Conference . _BuMmmii . —At the weekly meeting held at the Temperance Hotel , Whalley Bank , William Hall and Henry Marsden were elected scrutineers . The members ate requested to bear in mind that the secretary and scrutineer sit at the Temperance Hotel , Whalley Bank , every Sunday afternoon to enrol new members and receive deposits , even as low as one penny per week . The members are also requested to come forward and give their support to the election society ; the contribution is only oue penny per week . Basford— Rejoicings took place here for the election of Mr O'Connor as MP . for Nottingham .

      Banbuet . —A meeting of the scrutineers of this district was held at the Butcher ' s Arms , on Tuesday evening , when , after examining the number ofthe votes of the several candidates , it was declared that John BuBwell ( 236 votes ) was the successful candidate for this district at the next Conference at Lowbands . Busbt . —A committee has been appointed to draw up an address to the inhabitants of Busby , directing their attention to the elections new going on in the country .

      _Bauhslev . —On Monday night the largest and most _enthusiasticmeetingever hold in the town of Barnsley took place on the eve of the departure of Mr ThoB . Acklam to his estate at Lowbands . Every room in the house was crowded to suffocation , and hundreds could not obtain admission . Mr Peter Iloey presided . The following toasts were honoured : — 'The People—the producers of all wealth—may they speedily triumph over despotism , and achieve their righ ts , as set forth in that glorious document entitled the People's Charter . ' Mr Michael _Segrava responded , and delivered an excellent address , and Bat down warmly applauded . 2 nd toast _; ' F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., f ather and

      founder ofthe Land Plan ; the greatest benefactor of the human race , as demonstrated by his disinterested and untiring exertions , and noble advocacy of the people ' s rights—may ho live to see his labours crowned with success , by the restoration of the land to its rightful owners—tbe people . ' Mr John O'Leary responded , and delivered an eloquent address on the power , talent , and honesty of Mr O ' Connor , and sat down amidst the plaudits of the meeting . 3 rd Toast : ' Thomas Duneombe , Esq ., M . P . ; may he long live and enjoy health to advocate the rights of the industrious millions . ' Mr Joseph Wilkinson responded in a brief , but sensible speech , and was warmly cheered . j

      4 th Toast ; ' The health , happiness , and prosperity ofour friend and brother , Thomas Acklam , his wife , and family ; may they succeed in their new _occupation at Lowbands . ' Mr Frank Mirfield _responded , and paid a high compliment to Mr Acklam . Ilis remarks excited much applause . Sth Toast : ' The Northern Star , and the Democratic Press ofthe world . ' Mr Bayno Gill responded . He delivered the most powerful and eloquent speech we ever heard , and was loudly cheered . It is utterly impossible to describe the enthusiasm manifested on the Tuesday morning . By half-past f our o ' clock , the capacious new street was filled , but at the departure of Mr Acklam and family it was literally crowded from top to bottom . To show to the

      world the estimation in which Mr and Mrs Acklam were held , all-parties , high and low ( so called ) , offered to him , and his amiable wife and family , their congratulations ; but when the open carriage , with four beautiful greys , and two postillions , made its appearance , decorated with the Chartist evergreen rosettes and ribbonB , theacclaraations weredoafeningt The church bells announced in merry peak for hours , the first fruits of the Chartist Land Redemption Society . Mr Aoklam being a middle class man , all the unbelievers believed now that the Land Plan was practicable . The celebrated Barnsley brass band , with the committee of thirteen of the bravest advi « _oatea ot the Charter and Land Plan , preceded the carriage and four of Mr and Mrs Acklam and family ,

      followed by two other carriages of the friends and admirers of the cause . The procession could not be less than 8 . 000 peoplo . After the arrival at tbe station , to which hundreds accompanied the proeession rear four miles , a short , but sweet adieu took place , Messrs Hoey , Mirfield , Gill , . and Valiance , speakers ; and at the departure of tbe train , the band of music playing , with the shouts of the people , overpowered our excellent brother and sister , and all returned to their home , none envying , but all wishing their tot to be the next , with shouts for the brave father and founder of the Land Plan—F . O'Connw . Esq . The long tried and untiring advocate of the people ' s rights , Mr Frank Mirfield , was unanimously elected to represent the Barnsley branch at the ensuing

      Conference . BinMisoHAM . —A crowded meeting of shareholders took place at the public office on Tuvsday last , for the purpose of electing a delegate to the Conference , when Mr Fussell was declared duly elected . N . B . —The meeting for receiving subscriptions at 111 , _Rca-street , is put off till Friday _evening next , in consequence of tbe _Redmariey demonstration . _Caovnos . —On Monday evening , August 9 th , after the books of the Lund Company were closed , and those ofthe Charter _Asiaciation for tbe last quarter

      had been audited and reported correct , the polling for delegate to represent the Surrey district in Conference commenced . Mr Frost was returned , as lar as this branch is concerned , by an overwhelming majority . Conversation followed on the subject of the Land and Labour Bank , . md it being determined to commence operations in this important department , the following officers were appointed : Henry Clark , scrutineer ; Thomas Beare , secretary ; _Thonisw Frost , treasurer ; William Hodges aud Samuel Loveday , auditors .

      CiiEMfiSEAU . —Mr William Leech , of Cheltkcnham _. has been duly elected the . delegate for _Chelthenham district for thc ensuing Conference , by a majority of 121 votes . _Dbyospobt . —Mr E . B . Newcnmbe bas been put iu nomination for the forthcoming Conference . _Grbbswich . —Mr Samuel Kydd has been put in nomination as delegate for the Surrey district . Go 3 pcbt . —At a meeting of the members of thc _Gospavt branch Mv William _Westlake was elected delegate to the Conference . _Hudoerbfikld . —This branch of the fourth section is now closed , and consists of 120 members , holding Huu ~ _-At the weekly meeting of the memberaof the National Land Company , it was unanimously

      That in consequence of no other person having beon put in nomination as a _delegate to tho Conference in this district , Mr _Stephens is hereby duly elected to represent the Hull district . Also that a special meeting bo hold on Wednesday evening , to give bim his instructions . _IIaslsi Poiierikh—Mr Jeremiah Tates has been appointed delegate to the Conference . _Loueniiouoi ) an .-The return of F . O'Connor , E » q .. as M . P . for Nottingham , has afforded great delight to the sons of labour .

      Liverpool . —Members and friends of this locality will meet at Mr Farrall ' s , No . 4 , _Cszneau-strcet , on Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock , io make the necessary arrangements for ths Camp meoting at Newton , on the 22 nd of August .

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      _LirrwxowH . —At a general meeting _okT ~ ~ holders the following officers were duly elect . !** serve for tbe next six months : committee fl _^ Fisher , William Mortimer , Thomas Naylor p * Ainsworth , William Cordingley , Wilson Aroh ' pr ' _** John Lister ; president , Wilmot Firthe -nA _W Joseph _Broskorn and William Lacy ; _^ . ; _. _'B , John Fearnley ; John WUiteley _reelected _solb _^' surer ; Henry _Summersktll , cooper , MarkeUr Heckmondwick , wag re-elected sub-secretary . _^ Mktrofohtak DiBTnicia . —The following am A clared duly elected members to serve in the en » * Conference : -Westminster , Mr J . Grassby sZ , " _* MrS . Kydd ; Somers Town , Mr . G . Hum phry _^> Northampton _Distbict . —Mr William _!& _,.,, has been duly elected the _delecate for this _distfu _* O ' Conrobvillk . —Mr John Hornby , formerly u ' surer and secretary to the Somers Town Locaii * _*" has been elected our delegate to the _ConfererJ ;'

      . I _ IJ _ 4 l _>_ l .. _> Ja " _U be held at Lowbands . « Petbbborough . —On Monday evening last , Mr w Bunton , of Lynn , delivered a lecture in this eitv u upwar . Is of 400 people , _on'fhe Origin , _Progl _, and Advantages of the National Land ComL _'' , During the delivery of his lecture , he was listentdt with great attention , interrupted only by _Z plaudits of the meeting . Mr B ., in our e stimation promises to be a very talented and useful advn . ' and if , as we are informed , he has onlv been in thi habit of addressing _publjcmeetingsfor _thelast month or two , wo pronounce him to be one of thc best we have ever heard . At the close of the lecture , tiln ! cheers were given for Mr O'Connor , three lor th » Land Company , and three for the lecturer .

      _Stonkt SlBATIOM ) . —Dean 8 han _« eb . —A 1 Ccw was delivered hereon Thursday evening last , on tha * Condition of the People , and the Objects and A ( _j . vantages of tho National Land Company , ' by jj . " Gammage . The serfs of the soil flocked in i arg e numbers to the meeting . The room being too small to accomodate the people , an adjournment took p | ac 6 to the open air . Mr Downs , of Stratford , was _unani _. _raously called to the chair , and , in a neat speech , _5 n . troduced the lecturer , who addressed the mee _ting for an hetir and a half , during which time he _Waij listened to with the strictest attention , save when interrupted by the applause of the meeting . An ex . cellent spirit prevails in this villlage , numbers having already joined the Land Company , Mr G , promised to pay another visit .

      Stalybbidgb " . —On Saturday last , a soiree and ball was held in the Town Hall , in honour of Mi _Churleg . worth , about to leave the town , to take possession of his farm at Lowbands . Mr Wild , Mr West , and other speakers addressed the meeting . A very happy evening was passed . _Salihbprt . —Mr John Sidaway has been nomi . nated as delegate for this district . _Swinbox . —Mr David Morrison has beon nominated as delegate for this district . _SHKrmiJt _) , —The following persons have been put in nomination for the Sheffield district : —Sheffield James Sampson ; Doncaster , John Grimsb & w . ' Stockport . —Mr T . Webb was duly elected , on Sunday last , to represent Stockport in the coming conference

      Tower Haulms . —Mr John Shaw has been duly returned for the Tower Hamlets , to sit in _tjjg ensuing conference . _Woroestbb . —Mr James Harding , of tho City Arms , bas been elected to represent this district in the forthcoming Conference . Wooiion-undeb-Edge . —The shareholders rf the _Woottuu-under-Edge branch bave nominated Mr Rowland Lacey , as delegate to the Conference .

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      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Blackburn , —A quarterly general meeting of the members of this branch will be held on the Old Aiie House , Chapel-street , on Sunday , the 22 nd August , at two o ' clock . The levies and share money will b « received at the usual time , six o clock , m the Temperance Hotel , Whalley Bank . _Bori—The members of the Land Company and tbe Chartist Association are requested to attend a meeting on Sunday next at two o ' clock , in the usual place , Clarke-street , when a delegate will be

      elected to attend Newton delegate meeting . Betiikal Green . —Tbe Globe and Friends branch will take their annual excursion to O'Connorville , on Sunday , August 15 th , in a splendid four horse vaa to start at six o ' clock trom the Globeand Friends , Morgan-street , Commercial-road . There will be no lecture on Sunday evening . METROr L 1 TAK DbLKGATE COMMITTEE .- In C 008 _( . quence of the ballot for the Land Company going on in the commit tee-room , the committee business was adjourned to Wednesday next , when all members ot the committee ate requested to attend ,

      . Shoreditch and _Uacksky-road Branch will hold a general meeting on Sunday evening next , at Mr Walker ' s , Green Gate , Hackney-road . Gaair to be taktn at 8 o ' clock in the evening . Tower _HAyLEis . —A concert , with daneiup , nill be heid at the _Whittington and Cat , _Churcli-row , Bethnal Green , on Monday evening , August SOtb , 1847 , for the benefit ot F . Lefever , sub-secretary , ia the Chartist movement for seven and a half years , and of the above Land branch from the commencement . The highest in the ballot will receive a handsome gown piece . -From Mr Lefever ' s punctuality and _iittention to the duties of his office , it is hoped that his Chartist and Land Friends will _support him on the occasion . - Tickets may be had at the branch , and of Mr Sully , at _the-bar .

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      CORN , & c . ~ Mark Lake , Monday , August 9 . —It is with deep r « - gret we have to announce the suspension of the payment * of the highly respectable firm of Leslie , Alexander , and Co ., which , with the failure of a large miller , threw great gloom over t e trade this morning . The show of wheat by laud carriage samples from the neighbouring counties was small , about 600 to 803 quarters consisting of new . Tlie quality ofthe latter was hardly so fine as expected , tho berry being small ; but the condition was excellent , and the _wcijrht boavj . There was a decidedly better demand for wheat , » nd fully as much money was obtained as on this day se'nnight . Tbe new brought 60 s to 696 per

      quarter . Tbe _transactibns in foreign were on rather * more extensive scale , aud increased firmness was exhibited by holders . No advance on previous quotations could , bowever , be established . The value of _Englitti flour remains much the same as before . American could hardly be boupht on such easy terms as last week . Tbere were two or three parcels of new barley exhibited , of good quality , which sold at 38 s to 40 s per qr . Wednesday , August 11 . —We had scarcely any _BngliBk grain fresh up to-day , but tlie supply of Foreign wlwatii large , being I 6 _, 57 o qrs . We have also an _arritsl of 36 , 28 u barrels of flour . The trade is very depressed for all articles , but what few sales _hava been made are at about _UoimVaj ' * _prices .

      Fbidat , Aug . 13 . —This week's _nrrital of Engliih wheat , almost wholly of this year ' s growth , has been small , and the show of samples here to-day was trifling . _Pre-riouely to the close of the market , a good _clearanc * was effected _i-t Monday ' s prices . Nearly 5 P _. 000 qrs . of foreign wheat have come in since Saturday last . Tbe best qualities were in moderate request , at full currencies : but all other kinds were ls per qr . cheaper .

      CATTLE , & c , Smithheld Maiiket , Monday , August 9 . —The arrivals of foreign cattle into thc port of London during the pa » t week havo been unusually heavy—6 S 3 oxen . 836 cows , 518 calves , 6 , 077 sheep , and 198 lambs , giving a total of 8 , 3 _J 2 head . The following statement of the imports of live cattle from the Continent into England during the present year is taken from an official source , correctcdup to Inst Saturday week . — From Jan . 1 to July 31 . Oxen , Cows , Sheep and pigs and Calves . Lambs _J-ondon .. ,. 21 , 657 .. 45 , 697 .. _« 7 Liverpool .. ., 32 .. 9 .. 1 * Hull .. .. 5 , 470 .. 1 , 987 ,. — Southampton .. 41 .. — ,. — Yarmouth .. „ 3613 .. 934 .,

      -Total .. 30 , 818 48 , 627 105 The supply ot meat at Smithfield this morning wan large , but moro particularly as regards beef . Owiug , however , to the limited supply during the past week to Newgate and Leadenhall murkets , and to tho colder stale of the weather , there was more animation in the trade generally than might have been reasonably _expecti-. d . Thc attendance of butchers was good . The current tone of prices was linn . Friday , Aug . 13 . —On the whole , the number of bca 6 (» were large hnt of very iuferior quality ; while the demand i ' or all kinds was in a very depressed 6 tate , ut , in some instances , a decline iu the quotation * of 2 d per Slbs . _Calvis _, sheep , and lambs were sold at about Monday ' s prices . BUTTER , BACON , _TOKK , ic , LmnTooi , Monday , August a . —The make cf fresh English must bave been increased by the copious rains ot last week ; _jind to this cause we would principally attribute the almost unequalled depression iu our butter market this week .

      s . d . s . d . per cwt Butter , Belfast .. .. 86 0 —83 0 — Banbridgo 84 0- —87 0 — Deny .. .. 86 0 —00 0 — Coleriine .. .. _S'j 0 — 88 0 — Newry .. .. 82 0 —84 0 — Kilkenny .. .. 86 0 -89 0 - Sligo ¦ .. .. Oil 8 —00 0 — Carlow .. .. 86 0 — 89 0 — Waterford .. .. 86 0 —90 0 - Carrick .. .. 86 0 —30 0 — Dublin .. .. 85 0 —00 0 — Limerick .. .. 00 0 —00 0 — Dundalk .. .. 82 0 -83 0 -.

      Cork , dry thirds .. 00 0 — 00 0 - l ) u . fourths .. .. 00 0 —00 0 - Beef , Prime Mess , Amer . new .. 00 0 -00 O pertterrt Irish .. 00 0 -00 0 - Pork , Prime Mess , American 00 0 -01 0 pev _banti „ Irish .. 00 l ) — OO 0 — Bacon , long middles , free of , bone .. .. .. 66 0 -71 Opcr _fflt . 1 , short middles , do . .. 66 0 — 6 'J U "" Hams , short eut .. _.. 76 0 —SO ll — „ long cut .. .. 76 0 -SO 0 - _Uvtl , bl » tMered .. .. 00 0 -00 0 - „ _iii-kiiis and kegs .. fid 0 - 70 0 -

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 14, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_14081847/page/8/