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      Monday, Mabch 13. House Op Lords. —The E...

      Mr _Esisar thought he w «« able to discover aa - creased interest in the _dUcuEslo _' _o on this subject within tie h ; _use , and he thought he could venture to say that there was a very greatly Increased interest in it out of _dDor « . They bad not bsen charged , on this occasion , with ' morbid feelings' and' sickly sentimentalities . ' t seemed to him that this punishment of death proceeded on an _erroueoH _* idea of what were the _feeliDgs of peapie like ' y to _wnmit crimes . The threat of eternal _nunishm-. nt which wis sounded every week from 20 , 000 pulpits in this country did not < ieter from the commission of crime- how much less , then , could the threat of

      punishment by death dotsr ! ( Hear , hear . ) Let the house reallv _irsk themselves what tbe threat was . If they looked over new * paprrs nt the time of the assizes tbey found people condemned to dea'h for very unequal ofienc s . They _woulJ also find that people were Some _Uibweivn at Quitted on the _Biouiid of th « harsh nature ofthepuni-hmeBt . There were several cage ? in proof of his Inst _position . The _caie uf tbe two sisters , Seeley , tried at Taunton , for poisoning their own relatives , was strongly in point , In another rase , that of a man who THUrdered his frllow-servant at the Guildhall Coffeehouse , sheriffs and aldermen came forward to intercede _ior the murderer

      . Alderman Hohphebt , —No . No alderman , ( Much aughter . ) Mr Bright . — He wss not " * exiling in question the justice of exercising tbe royal _prerogative iu these cases ; Be looked on every respite that i 6 sued from the Homeoffieo as a fur . her _iudicatkn of the power of the people upon this subject . Even with respect to the most recent ca > e in which the prerogative had been exercised , be bad only tbat morning received a litter from the brother-in-law of tbe murdered soldier , who declared

      tbat among tbe friends of that _unh-ipp _* man there w * 8 the strongest _deling that the lnstpunishment of the law ought to be averted from the culprit , and that they were most ready to siga a petition to the crown , praying for a mitigation of the penalty , ( Hear , hear . ) Well , then , it was _cleir that it was quite impossible for the government to carrv ont the laws . It was in the power of any single juror to defeat the law ; it was in the power of any humane _iadividual to arouse eo much public feeling inany particular case as to place any Home Secretary who carried out the " law in awfully responsible

      position . Mr _O'Coxxor said , Sir : Having had much experience in criminal matters ( laughter ) and having devoted considerable attention to the subject under discussion , I feel myself called upon to make a few observations . The hon . member for Manchester had told the house tbat there was no question upen which so much popular excitement existed as upon the abolition of the punishment of death . He ( Mr O'Connor ) admitted the fact , but he would also state that there was no class of the community more trulv

      sensitive upon the subject than the working classes . ( Hear , hear . ) And the very fact , as stated by the hon . gentleman himself , as to the shouts of _execration and indignation with which the really virtuous assailed tbe cold-blooded murderer , who from vengeance or from the hope of profit or gain conspired to take away the life of a friend , nay of a relative , was confirmation of the fact . ( Hear , hear . ) Again , the hon . member for Manchester told the house that great discrepancies appeared in the criminal calendar at different assizes , inasmuch as the reader or casual observer could discover no difference in the shades of the guilty , upon whom , however , very different sentences were passed ; the hon . gentleman did not seem to understand that this apparent discrepancy in the sentences was measured b y the clemency of the jury or

      bv the sagacity of the judge , who having heard the whole case , passed sentence according to the extenuating or aggravating circumstances . ( Hear , hear . ) Again , the hon . gentleman ' s speech appeared to be one continuous parallel of extenuations and aggravations , thus showing the absolute necessity of gome line of demarcation between the punishment for murder committed under feelings of strong excitement or provocation , and murder premeditated , —cold-blooded murder—the result of vengeance , premeditation and conspiracy . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) What ! would any hon . member in tbat house , or any man out of the house , tell hira that the ruffian who conspired to take away the life of an innocent , unoffending , and unsuspicious fellow creature , should he dealt -with by the same rule as

      one who under severe provocation had committed the same act . ( Hear , hear . ) No ; and as some votes had been based upon the popular feeling out of doors , he ( Mr O'Connor ) representing the virtuous feeling of the working classes , and for their protection against premeditated assassination , would vote for the first reading of the hon . gentleman s bill , taking care in committee to guard the innocent and unsuspecting against the machinations ofthe cold-blooded and heartless . ( Hear , hear . ) The opinion of Mr Justice Coltman had been cited to the effect that death had no terror for the coldblooded murderer ; but let the house test this by common sense and see what the conclusion of the

      learned judge would lead to , presuming for a moment that the cold-blooded murderer is not deterred from the commission of the act by a dread of the awful consequences ; in that case the commission of murder is confined to that narrow class ' of miscreants , ( hear , hear , ) but once remove the terror which has no effect upon the worst class , and you let in a more sensitive class who are chary of life . ( Hear , Bear , and cheers . ) Where there is a demand there is a supply , and once remove the terror of ignominious death for an ignominious crime , and then the artful , the designing , and the speculative will have no difficulty in suborning instruments to do their bloody work . ( Hear , hear . ) He questioned

      the conclusion at -which Mr Justice Coltman arrived _, and npon these grounds , because it was an admitted fact that man clung with great tenacity to life , and the veriest murderer , who had evinced the greatest brutality iu the perpetration of the act , and the most perfect disregard of its consequences , was the very man who looked for a reprieve and a commutation ci his sentence to one of the most degrading nature ¦ with the most longing hope . ( Hear , hear . ) This fact he reconciled to himself upon the belief that the most cruel mau was always the most cowardly . ( Hear , hear . ) A great change had been already made in the criminal law ; thus , in former times , there was as great a difficulty in convicting the accused

      of murder as there is now , and the law was altered so as to enable a jury to acquit of the crime of murder and to convict of the crime of manslaughter . ( Hear , hear . ) While the law stood in its original form the murderer escaped punishment altogether , but as soon as tbe law was altered the crime of murder became less frequent . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr O'Connor ) would now give the house an illustration , from his own knowledge , of what might have 6 een some addition to the catalogue of innocent sufferers , as shown by Sir F . Kelly , but he mentioned the instance , firstly , to show the last resource of the innocent man who may be condemned , and , secondly , —begging pardon ofthe hon . and learned

      Attorney-General , —ta prove the profligacy , the depravity and prostitution of the legal profession . It was a fact which he regretted being compelled to admit , that professional vanity overcame all moral and religious obligations , and that the advocate who prostituted himself to the indiscriminate support of right and wrong was swayed by professional vanity rather than by moral obligation . He ( Mr O'Connor ) was once engaged to defend two prisoners charged with murder ; there were four charged in the indictment . Mr Freeman , his senior , and the leader upon the circuit , was counsel for the two innocent men ; he ( Mr O'Connor ) was counsel for the two guilty men . Mr Freeman , in his

      _Cross-examinat _ion of witnesses , attempted to save his clients by saddling all the guilt upon his ( Mr O'Connor ' s ) clients , who were really the guilty party . He told his colleague that he saw his way to a complete acquittal , but his colleague answered , ' Mind your own business , and I'll mind mine . ' ( Alaugh . ) Well , spurred by professional vanity , and uninfluenced by any moral obligation in the cross-examination of the next two witnesses , he ( Mr O'Connor ) fastened the guilt upon the two innocent men—thejury acquitted his clients , and found Mr Freeman's clients guilty . ( Hrar , hear . ) Ay , but wait till yon hear the result ; the two guilty men had the benefit of your proposed clemency , and the two innocent men were pardoned upon " a representation of their case to the executive government . ( Hear , hear . ) The Attorney-General

      shakes his head in dissent , but that was not of much importance , —[( a _laugh s ) —as he ( Mr O'Connor ) would give him time and place and fac : s to prove his assertion . The men were tried in Cork , in 1834 , for a marder committed near Cork . Mr Freeman was counsel for two of the prisoners , and he ( Mr O'Connor ) was counsel for the other two prisoners . There was one other subject to which he ¦ wou ld advert before bp sat down , he meaut the system of _secret murder , recommended by the hon . member for Middlesex , and the hon . memh < . for Manchester . God forbid tbat he should ever see the day , when such an iniquity should be perpetrated , as a man to he torn from the doek . hurried mto the assassin ' s room , and then disposed of as the _zssasnns thought proper ! ( Hear , hear , and cheers . )

      Monday, Mabch 13. House Op Lords. —The E...

      Upon the popularity or unpopularity of this question , he was satisfied to take his _staud , being _convinced that the duty of the house was to protect the lives of the innocent from the machinations of the guilty , and feeling assured that inasmuch as the working classes themselves met the cold-blooded murderer with shouts of execration and horror , that they would not tolerate his return to society which he had disgraced , while they could feel , and do feel for him , who under strong excitement and provocation , had heen led to the commission of a crime , of which his better reason would cause him torepent . ( Hear , hear , and cheers ) For these reasons he would vote for the first reading , and for these reasons if the bill was allowed to go into committee _, resardless of all consequences , he would he prepared to take the responsibility of protecting thousands of innocent men , by the sacrifice of one cold-blooded ruffian . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr Bkight rose to explain that the honourable member for Nottingham had mis-stated his views , when he supposed that he was for secret assassination , in cases of conviction for murder . He begged to assure him that he had not expressed , nor did he entertain , any such opinion . Mr O'Connor begged to express his regret for having misinterpreted lhat portion of the hon . gentleman ' s speech . Mr G . _Thohpson and Mr Bbothebton supported the motion . Mr Deuhuond and Mr Napier opposed it .

      Mr Mdntz remarked that the very worst use jou could make of aman wastoharghim . ( Alaugh . ) He was influenced by no morbid sympathies . If he found a man breaking into his house he would shoot him . ( Much laughter . ) But that waB a very different thing from hanging a man in cold clood . To justify hanging you must prove that it prevented crime . And there was no proof that that was the result . It was far better that one thousand guilty men shonld escape thsijj- that one innocent man should be hanged , and they also knew how fallible juries were , and that innocent men hsd often

      been cenvicted on circumstantial evidence , Except in the case of punishing by death , they might in some de gree remedy the injustice of a false conviction ; . but if they hanged a man they could uot unhang him . He knew what Itwas to be tried by a jury . He had boon once tried by a jury for an offence of whieh he was as innocent as the Speaker of that house—( hear and a laugh)—and yet that jury bad determined beforehand to convict bim , and would have done so but for the charge of the judge . Mr EivAtr shortly replied , and

      The house divided—For the motion 66 Against it . 122—56 Kiliisq op Hibes ( Scotland ) Bill . —Mr Mackenzie obtained leave to bring in a bill to enable owners aDd occupiers of land in Scotland , _having a right t _» kill bares oa that land , to do bo themselves , or by each persons authorised by tbem , without being required to take out a game certificate . Redcction op Salaries in the State _Dspahthenti _Appointhekts . — Mr Hume moved an address to her Maj-sty _, that she will be graciously pleased to direot that in all appointments to office , in every department , of the state , both at home and abroad , the appointment ! be made subject to a reduction of salary and allowance , and even to the abolition of offices , if such be deemed necessary , after a carefal inquiry into the state of the finances of the country , in order that in eases where such reduction of salary or emoluments , or suoh abolition of office be made , no claims for compensation be founded tbereon .

      The Chancellor ef the Exc-ht . qceb , did not think it advisable to address ber _Majesty en the _rubject , although he admitted that the spirit of the resolution was good , and ought to be carried out . He could only say that the rule in granting _appointments in tbe Treasury was , that In any change which might result from any pending inquiry no compensation should be given . Mr HnHE said , he would withdraw hiB motion if the government wonld promise that that rule should be general _. The CflAKCELtoa of the Exchequer could only speak of the department with which he was connected .

      Mr Laboccue & e caid that tbe government did not at all object to the principle of tho honourable gentleman ' s motion , as tbey considered it would be extremely improper of the government so to use their patronage as to cause the least obstruction to any pending scheme of economy ; bat to its present form he could not _consent , Mr Henley approved of the motion , but _thought that the best courts would bo to postpone it until the noble lord at the head of thc government should bs present . Mr Hums said be would withdraw it for tbe preBent , reserving to himself the power of reviving it on a future occasion . _—Hotion hy leave withdrawn . After disposing of the other business on the paper , the house adjourned at a quarter past _twelve . WEDNESDAY , Mabch 15 .

      nOTTSE OF COMMONS . —Habwich _Election . —Mr Bagge renewed his motion for a new writ for the borough of Harwich . Itwas opposed by Mr Blackstone on the same grounds as oa Tuesday night . Tbe house , he contended , was bound to wait nntil the _evidence taken hefore the Harwich Election Committee was printed . He , therefore , moved , that the Speaker do not Issue his writ _uF . til that evidence wa * in possession of the bouse . Sir G . 6 * B 7 objected to this course , because the pre . sent opf ctJ . Uon to the issuing of the writ was founded on tbe report of Mr Roebuck ' s committee , and not on the report of the last Election Committee .

      Ifr _Hcme expressed his surprise at the speech of Sir G . Gr * y , wbich wac apparently int . nded to cover the abuses which had taken place in tbe representation . The same scandalous proceedings had taken plnce at Harwich at the last as at the preceding election , and the reason was because the former proceedings had been allowed to pass with impunity _. The motion led to a protracted debate , which threw a good deal of l ' ght upon the way in which bribery is looked upon by' hon . members , ' and a little personal skirmishing . Lord _Pilheebtow hoped that ths motion woald be withdrawn , as that course would afford time for the due consideration of the question . Oa the statement of Mr S . _Wonley he Bhould he perfectly ready to vote for the issue of the wiit ; but bribery struck so vitally at tbe reot of _everythiag which involved character , respect , or usefulness , that the house ought at all timea to extend the opportunities for inquiry .

      Mr Waklet was glad to bear the virtuous indignation of the noble lord against bribery . He should not be _sur . prised some of tbese days to sea the noble lord at tho head ofa Radical Administration . The noble lord would find there wag a vast deal of corrnption in the _representatioa of that house . If the writ were issued for this most corrupt and rotten of all corrupt and rotten boroughs is the kingdom —( a cry of ' Oh ! ' )—to whom would the right hon , gentleman ( Sir G , Grey ) send it ? Hs would hut add to tbe number of Attwoodiau members in that house . ( Alaugh ) The right hon . gentleman , the Secretary for the Home Department , was the Minis ter of _Justice In this country ; and what did he believe would ba tbe remit if the very sources of legislature were to be corrupted ? If such practices were carried on

      with Impunity the reformed parliament woald be worse than the worst _boroughmoagering parliament iu the most corrupt times . Never did larger sums oeera to have been expended on elections than now . The hon . member for Essex ( Sir J . Tyrrell ) thought large constiiuencies deficient in _discriminttion . But did not the hon . gentleman himself represent a large constituency , and bow then conld he doubt their ssgacity and discernment ? ( Laughter It was singular that he did n » t eee an answer to his objection ia his own person . ( Laughter . ) The reason , why thera was eo much corruption was Because Parliaments were septennial and tbe _cenetituencies were so small , Tbe remedy was to shorten Parliaments and _extend the suffrage . The people whom they

      bad educated and taught their rights demanded that they should be represented in that house . ( Hear , hear . ) The course they were pursuing as to what was called the representation of the people was leading to suoh dissatisfaction out of doors that the people were becoming in same cases enraged — ( cries of ' Oh , oh ! ' and laughter)—and in others sullen , bnt they refused to make any applications to that house , because tbey believed they were not represented there , and that the house was determined they should not be represented there . It was , however , his opinion that if they allowed these profligate scenes to continue without punish . ing the parties concerned in them , tho institutions of the country wonld be endangered , and anarchy would be the result .

      Sir G . Obex , said , the bon . geatlemaa had expressed a ureal deal of virtuous indignation upon his ( Sis ? S . Grey's ) conduct , and at the same time said that he had taken a phrenological survey of his cranium—( laughter ) —and tbat he noticed a large development ef the organ of justice . He ( Sir G . Grey ) trusted that there was nothing tu the course he bad taken on this occasion that would throw any discredit on the hon , gentleman ' s phrenological skill . ( Cheers . ) He thought it was but just that all boroughs charged with bribery should bo dealt witb equally . They bad altogether _paased over othrr esses iu wbich bribery had been proved the same as at Harwich ; aad , npon the principle of justice , he adopted his present course . ( Cheers . ) Mr Kowatx said , be considered the avowal whioh had just beea made by the right bon , baronet tbe Heme Secretary was shameful . ( Load erles of ' Order , order . ')

      Lord _PAtMEBsrojr rose to order . He waa sure , that his hon . _ft-ieud would , on reflection , withdraw the word * shameful . ' ( Cheers . ) Mr Howatt said he would most readil y withdraw the phrase ; but he understood the right hon , geatleman to avow himself the advocate of the present system of corruption . ( Cries of Oh , oh ! ' ) Sir G . _Gbet , who was loudly cheered as he rose said he felt extremely indebted to the house for tbe assurance they had given him , aud which made it unnecessary for him to say one word ia answer to the observations of the honourable geatleman . ( Loud cheers frem all parts of the house . ) Several other members spoke in favour of the amendment , and iu praise of Sir G . Grey ' s personal character , and the debate closed hy the adoption of the amendment .

      Monday, Mabch 13. House Op Lords. —The E...

      THURSDAY , _JUiton 1 g , HOUSE OF LORDS —Thc Passengers Bill went through committee without amendment , and was reported . HOUSE OF COMMONS _.-MEMCit Relikf Bim ..-Lord Ashley moved the adoption of a series of _resolutions , for the attoa < ianeo of a medical officer on females in certain cases . Mr Waklex seconded the motion .

      After some discussion the house divided—For the resolution , 37 ; against , 50 ; majority , 13 . On tho appointment of medical Inspectors , the houso again divided ; for the resolution 13 ; against , lol ; _ma _' _ori'y , 82 , Oh the third resolution , * the appointment of _inudicai officers of unions to be permanent during good _behaviour , ' the house divided for tho third time , when the resolution was negatived by a majority of 62—the numbers 08 to ZG . Lord Ashley then withdrew the remaining resolutions .

      ENROLMENT OF THE LAND COMPANY . Mr O'Conkor , after a splendid speech of an hour and a half ' s duration , obtained , leave to bring in a Bill to extend the law of Friendly Societies to embrace the National Land Company and the Odd Fellows . Sir George Ghey treated the subject in a fair and dignified manner assuring the honourable member for Nottingham that he was in error , if he supposed that there was any indisposition upon the part of the Government or the House to refuse legal protection to the savings of the poor ? man .

      FRrDAY , March 17 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Passengers Bill was read a third timo , and passed . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Mr B . _Oobobne gavo notice of his intention , on an early day , to movo for leave to bring in a bill for the total abolition of Church Rates . Col . Sibthobp gave notice to move , after the Baiter receis , that the salaries of all persons holding office under the Crown be reduced . The house went into committee of Ways and Means , when Sir Benjamin Hall moved , ' That towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty , the respective duties levied on property , profits , _professions , trades , and offices in Great Britain , be levied on property , professions , aud offices in Ireland for a time to be limited . '

      Mr J , _Williaks seconded the motion , which was also supported by Sir J . Tyrell , Mr Horsman Col . Muir , Mr Bankos , Mr Newdegate , Mr Wakley , Mr Hume , and _« rMunta . Tbe motion waa opposed by Sir _. II . W . Barron , Mr Moore . Me Pagan , Mr Hamilton , Mr Napier , Col . Cona'l y , the Chancellor of the Eschequer , Mr Roche , Col , Dunne , MrMoasell , Mr Reynolds , and Sir A Brooke . The mt jion being negatived by a majority of SO ; tbe numbers 188 to 218 . The Law of _Entail ' ( Scotland ) Bill was read a second and the Queen ' s Prison a third time , and the house adjourned .

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      Metropoutam Delegate Committee . —Mr Luoaa in the chair . Minutes read and confirmed . Delegates reported progress . Credentials were presented from Marylebone in the name of Messrs Phillips and Christie . Messrs Child and Clark were deputed to Wait On the trade delegates , desiring their cooperation . ™ the presentation of the National Petition . Proposed by Mr Allnutt—seconded by Mr Taylor—* That each locality nominate three candidate ? for the Convention , and that each delegate bring the naraeB of candidates to the Delegate Committee . —That the whole of the names be returnable te the localities , and the votes taken . —That the names , with the number of votes for each locality ,

      be laid before the committee , and those three candidates having the majority ofthe votes be the names submitted to the publio meeting for election . ' . Carried . Proposed by Mr M'Grath , and seconded by Mr Allnutt : — 'That eaeh locality send its nomination to this delegate meeting on Thursday evening next , and that no nomination be received after that date . ' Carried . Messrs Tapp , Allnutt . and Fennell , were appointed to seek a place for the election of delegates , Carried . Messrs Tapp , _Bassett , ' Lucas , Fennell , and Allnutt , were appointed to assist the Executive Committee , in getting up a festival on the

      presentation of the National Petition . It was arranged that the committee meet on Wednesday and Thursday evening until the petition is presented . Whittington and Cat , 5 s . W . Tapp , secretary . Great Meetins at Salford . —An immense meeting of Chartists has been held in Salford , to congratulate the French republicans , Mr Leach and others delivered excellent _addresses , and a touching mark of respect waB paid to the heroes who fell at the barricades of Paris , bj the entire meeting uncovering at the mention of their names . The followiug is

      the—Address of tbe inhabitants of the townshi p of Salford , a township of tbe Parish of Manchester , _containing nearly 100 . 090 human beings , who for the greater part aro haid _. worked and poor , and who are consequently ill-fed and clad , and also badly houBed , TO THE BRAVE , THE VIKTDOUS , THE MAQNAHIMODS

      PEOPLE OF PBANCE . We , the people of Salford , in public meeting assembled , in the open square belonging to the hall of the peepie of Salford , in the presence of the Oreat Disposer of Events , most heartily tender you our sincere congratulations upon the event which you bave so admiritbly achieved _, and which we doubt not will be as admirably worked out iu its various details , giving to the world a model republic , iu which tbe interests of tho operative workmen will occupy , as they ought , tbe most promi . nent position . We beg aide to' thank you most _ferrentl y for the admirable manner in which you have effected this desirable revolution , respecting property , preserving the public peace , maintaining order where all your enemies predicted nothing but anarchy and the _widelt confusion , Above all , we thank you because you bave virtue aud the nobleness of soul wbich dares to do right to all classes ; tn doing so you teaoh all clergy , whose especial

      duty it is to protect the poor , who have so long abandoned the puor to tbe _oppreesion of the rich , tbat they are useless—they do not attend to the necessities of the poor . Your embracing , as the basis of your great and admirable republic , the whole of those princi ples which the Chartists of England have long Boaght to _oata . blish . it indeed an act of such great promise , that we may fairly hail it as the first realisation iu praotiee of any nation of the true principles of Christianity , which affirm that' We sheuld do unto others as we would have them do unto us . ' Believing your deeds will be as much for our good as for your owb , we do most sincerely wish you may be able to maintain peace with all ths world , thus affording an opportunity of consolidating a Bound , wise , and truly moral government , forming a polar star for the guidance ef surrounding nations . We are yours , Brothers in the great struggle of right against might , Thb _Peopie of Samobp .

      _Mixesdbh Stones —A public meeting was held at this place en Sunday last , for the purpose of adopting the National Petition , and ta thank the Democrats of France for their courage and patriotism during their late straggle . Globe asd Fbiehds . —At a numerous meeting of the Globe and Friends looality , Morgan-street , Com . _mercial-road , on Sunday evening , March 5 , the Addrees Committee laid before the members the address to the Hamlet 3 , which was approved of , and resolved _unaBimously to be gent te the Norshriw Star for insertion _.

      AN ADDBESS TO TDK CHARTISTS OF THE _lOWEtt HAMLETS . _Bbothess , —Time and experience have proved to us that mere declamatory harangues without practical measures , are but vain aud empty means to redress , the grievances which the working _clatses are continually and very justly complaining of , or effecting any permanent good for the people of this country ; hence , has arieen tbe Land Company , wblca . _ls spreading Its ramifications throughout the length and breadth ofthe land , carrying with it the glorious truths of Chartism—truths which make the tyrant quail , and the despot sink Into nothingness ; truths which will ultimately render working and tolling millions that whieh God and Nature designed they should be—labourers for their own , and fellow men's benefit—not ns how , labouring and toiling on a subsistence so scanty , that death is its many instances sought for as a Westing , to rid thera of their misery and degradation , to support a bloated and pampered aristocracy , who , while revelling in all kinds of wealth and riches ,

      heed not tho want and _destitutlau which surround them , uatil the poo ** , starved , miserable slaves , goaded on by class-made laws , whioh session after session are passed , pressing on and _burdeuing them more heavily , beoome enraged and infuriated , demanding their rights in such a _determined manner , that thea , and not till then , are tbeir distresses known ; than , and not till then , do their vile oppressors avow an inclination to remed y those _evlle which they have been instrumental in producing , Thc obtaining a Central Hall in the metropolis for the Chartists to hold tbeir meetings in , is a desideratum wbich has been looked for witb anxiety , and will fill a void In Chartist history , whioh has long been greatly felt ; a means of obviating the apathy which comes over us at certain periods as a plague spot . In London , all other parties have a central place to meet ia and agitate , while tha Chartists— -the most numerous of all parties ™ - have not where to put their heads . Brothers , take shares in this great undertakings , and no longer be wanderers tossed to and fro without a resting place .

      Brothers , while you are assisting to forward those practical measures , you must unite to agitate for the Charter . Remember the martyrs who have lost their lives in agitation . Remember thoso who have been exiled for agitating . Will you sacrifioe those men , and then sink into apathy and cry enough . Is that the spirit of Chartism In the Tower Hamlets—if eo , Heaven keep ns from such Chartism 1 It cannot be . The genuine spirit ef Chartism cannot , nor ever will , ba extinguished io the Hamlets . ' Wo bave hitherto advocated with

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      _earuestnenB , and W us show to tho world wo are as _LlouB in the cause as wo ever have been . We did our _S ; ,. „ nohtv at tho late election , aad returned , by one J le _grioot _' victories , G . Thompson , a Chartist M . P to represent us in tho _Commons House of Parliament . Letua not forsake him . Brothers , _ehall wo disgrace ourselves by neglecting our duties , while our chnmpion S ' Connor , G . Thompson , T . S . Duncombe , Wak ey , and several of our friends are doing our work in Parliament . NO , it cannot _be-must not bo . Let m to our work , then . n ° time | B t 0 be le 8 t * ° * _" _^ _V t ™ « fipld Let us have fl general meeting of the council _Lt u « _loo" * o tbe _"g _i 8 t' _-atlon - Let _»^» J "" , meeting ' , _« nd _obuln signatures to the 5 , 000 , 000 National _^ Sllere , Ag itate ! Agitate !! Agitate !!! Let your motto be— i The Charter and No Surrender ; j h _Knowxes J . Shaw

      j . H . _Shepherd N . Cannon J . Taylor . MANOn-ESTBR _-Pl-OPLR ' S INSTIJUTE _. -Oa __ Sunday _evenine last , tbis _Bpacious hall waa crowded in every part , while hundreds had to go away who could not obtain admission . Mr Wm . Grocott occupied the chair , and opened the business by reading from the Stab Mr _O'Connor ' _a letters , the editorial remarks , the report of the splendid reception given by the Provisional Government of France to thedeputation from the Chartists of England and the spirited letter of Mr Mitchel to Lord Clarendon , from the United _iKisnMAN-all of which elicited the most rapturous _annlause . The Chairman then introduced Mr J . R . Cooper , who delivered a powerful and impressive leetare upon the effects likely to accrue from ths recent revolution in France . Mr Cooper was listened to with the greatest attention , and on resuming his seat was loudly applauded . The meeting was subsequently

      addressed by Messrs Clark , _O'liea , and Wheeler ; and after passing a vote of thanka to the lecturer and chairman , quietly dispersed . Chartism ia progressing with rapid strides in this city ; we have had an accession of sixty-seven members within the last fortnight . The National Petition has received a great number of signatures , and the utmost unanimity prevails among us . Hurrah forthe Charter * ;! Bradford . —On Sunday evening last , a pubhe meeting was held in the large room , Butterwortkbuildings , to hear a report of the proceedings of Peep Green meeting . Several members of the Land Company and Charter Association spoke warmly on the attempt made to move a resolution at Peep trreen , having for its object the setting aside the Executive flmmciJ . which was . happily prevented by tbe _ good

      sense ofthe men of Leeds , Bradford , and other places . The following resolution was unanimously adopted'That we , the members of the Chartist Association and Land Company , have full and entire confidence in the Chartist Executive Council , and Direotors of the Land _Campany ; we , therefore , pledge ourselves to follow oufc . their _inatruefcions , and be guided by tbem in the agitation for the People ' s Charter . ' Several Irishmen joined the National Charter Association . The meeting adjourned to Sunday next at six o'clock in the evening-Ipswich . —The mayor has contemptuously refused the use of the Town-hall for a public meeting in honour of the Freneii , though the requisition was signed by a great number of rate-payers . The people called an immense meeting , and passed a vote of censure on him . it is now said they will have the use of the ball .

      Bath On Monday evening last , one of the mos important public meetings ever held here , took place at the Bazaar-rooms , Quiet-street , to adopt an address to the people of Paris , and aho to adopt the National Petition . Long before tbe time stated in the bill for the chair to bs taken , the splendid building was crowded in every part-, and there were from three to four thousand persons remaining on the outside , unable to gain admission ; the street fronting the place of meeting was also crowded with human beings . On the motion of Mr G . Cox , our veteran general of the Bath division of Chartists , Mr S . Bolwell was called to the chair . Mr G . Cox , a highly respected gentleman of the middle class , and an old reformer nnd Bincere Chartist , came forward to move the address to the people of Paris , which he

      did in a very able speech , which was responded to by a tremendous round of applause . The address was seconded by Mr Punter , in a speech of great ability , in which he entered at great length into the history of France . The Chairman then put the address , which _wascarried unanimously . The Chairman then introduced Mr C . Bolwell , to move the National Petition , who , on coming forward was received with great cheering , and in a speeoh of thrilling eloquence , defended the People ' s Charter , and gat down amidst the vociferous cheers of the vast assembly Our old Chartist viotim , Father Phillips , seconded the address in one of his humorous speeches , amid the cheers of the meeting . After three times three cheers for the Chairman , the Mayor , the Charter , and the French Republic , the vast assembly dispersed , amid the cheers of the assembled thousands outside .

      Islington and Pentohville , March 14 tb . —Mr Wright in the chair . Minutes read and confirmed . Mr Coventon reported from the Metropolitan Delegate Committee . Mr Thome moved , and Mr Coventon seconded , the following resolution : — ' That the conduct of Mr Cochrane with reference to the Trafalgar-square meeting is worthy of grave censure , since his non-appearance on that occasion proveB him to be a man of neither stability nor consistency ; and we further repudiate all connexion with him : and whilst deploring the wanton destruction of property subsequently , consider that it was to be principally charged to his weakness , indecision , or treachery on _that-Joccasion . ' Carried . After some further business the meeting was adjourned to the 23 rd March , when erery Chartist in the neighbourhood is expected fo attend .

      South Shields- —On Wednesday evening last one ofthe largest meetings that has been held here fer a long time , took place in the Market-place , to adopt the National Petition . Mr John West was announced to be present on the occasion . At seven o'clock Mr Waithman was called to the chair . Mr Thomas Richards moved the first resolution in a very excellent speech . Mr _GilfUIan moved the adoption ofthe petition , Mr Morton seconded it , and Mr West supported it in a long aud argumentative speech amidst the most rapturous cheering . The petition were carried unanimously by acclamation . Cheers was then given for the French Republio , and the Charter , and , after an announcement that another meeting would be held on Friday night to address the French people , the vast assemblage dispersed .

      SECOND MEETING . On Friday evening a monster meeting was held in the same place to adopt an address to the brave people of Pan ' s , the large square waa crowded , there being from 8 , 000 to 10 , 000 persons present . At seven o ' clock Mr Waithman was again called to the chair . Mr _. 'Giiailan moved the first resolution , eulogising the gallant Parisians , which was seconded by Mr Morton , and supported by Mr William _Byrse , of Newcastle . The resolution was carried unanimously . Mr Thos . _Riohards ( son of Old Daddy Richards ) moved the adoption ofthe address , which waa the same as that

      adopted at Newcastle , which having been seconded , Mr WeBt came forward to support it . Mr West's speech occupied one hour and a half in tbe delivery , and will not soon be forgotten by the people of Shields ; it would be impossible to give even an outline ; the address waa carried unanimously amidst great cheering . Three times three cheers were then fiven for the French Republic , for the Charter , ' eargus O'Connor , and Mr West , and the vast assemblage quietly dispersed . It is expected that we shall _eot three thousand signatures to the National Petition .

      The Wbst Ridiwg _Delegate Mebti *« j was held on Sunday , March Sth , at Wakefield . Delegates present : Wakefield , ThomaB Lazemby ; Bradford , William Clark ; Dewsbury , John Fox ; Halifax , John Bates , William Fox in the chair , ft was then resolved , —1 st . ' That the minutes of last meeting be passed . ' 2 nd . ' That it is the opinion of the delegates present , that all lecturers sent by the Executive to labour in tho West Riding , ought to be under the control ofthe West Riding delegates , and that no established locality not sending their quota to the Executive have such lecturers' services , unless at the rate of his daily salary aud other necessary expenses , and

      that the said monies be sent by the West Riding secretary to the Executive . ' Srd . ' That it is the opinion of the above delegates , that one member more be added to the present Executive , in capacity as secretary , solely to keep the acoounts and conduct the correspondence of the Chartist movements , and that a co py of the above resolution be sent to the _Convention for their adoption . 4 tb . ' That a levy of one penny per member be laid and handed in at the next delegite meeting for the Riding expenses . ' The secretary said his term of office wa 3 just out , it would be necessary at the next meeting to elect a West Riding secretary . The meeting was then adjourned to the first Sunday in May , to be held at Dewsbury .

      To the People of Biruin _6 ham . —At a meeting ofthe Committee of Management of the People ' s Hall , it was resolved , * That the institution be thrown open every night , this week and next , to the publio , free of oharge , at half-past seven o ' clock , for the purpose of reading news , and discussing politics ! ' Now let the shopkeepers ask the reason of empty tills The manufacturer without orders and cash ! I The operatives without his miserable wages !!! And the people without liberty , equality , or justice !!! I On Sunday morning , from nine till one o'elock for reading , & o . ; also the National Charter Association meet every Sunday evening . Come and take out petition sheets for the National Petition .

      Hull . —At the meeting of this branch , on Monday evening last , a committee was formed to get up a tea party in celebration of the allottees taking possession of their allotments at Minster Lovel , to be held on the 27 th of March ; also that the Edinburgh Weekly . Express be taken by this branch for one quarter . _Chown and Anchor , _^ _iHNAL-onBEi _* . —Mr Ernest Jones delivered a leoture here on Sunday evening last , to a crowded audience . His remarks were admirably adapted to tbe crisis , and , it is believed , they will affirm the resolution , and concentrate the efforts of the looality .

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      National Victim Fond Committee . —The secretary , Mr John Simpson , _acknowledges the receipts for Mrs W . Jones . Mr John Moss , Darlington Land branch , Ba . ; Mr Crabtree , from the Chartists ot Rochdale , 8 s . ; Mr Stroud , from the C hartists of Portsea , Hants . £ 1 . ; P . W . B ., 6 d , ; Mr Thompson , 23 . 6 d . ; Q . B . Crews , 6 d . ; J . Elms , 6 d . ; _U . Coombes , 6 d . ; E . Coombes , 6 d . ; W . V 7 ., 8 d . from Mr T . Clark , _Ashton-under-Lyne , 10 _i . ; Old ham , Mrs Wm . Warner , from the new Land branch 6 s . ; _Washall , Staffordshire , from a few friends , Is . Mr Joseph Perkins , 4 _= s . ; Mrs White , Birmingham , 6 d . _; Mr Laurie , Somers Town , 6 d . The Victim Committee is adjourned to meet on Tuesday evening next , March 21 st .

      New _Nonm-noAD —A public meeting took place on Saturday evening , the 11 th inst ., on a piece field , near the New North-road , which was respectably attended . Messrs _Frazer , Hogg , Lowry , and Sims , made very excellent speeches , and commented on the recent movements in France , paying high compliments to the people for their bravery and _eirnestnegg , which were loudly cheered . Mr H . Minder May then addressed the meeting . The _< Marseillaise' was Bung in good style . Hackney . —On Thursday evening , the 9 th inst ., a meeting was held on . the waste building ground ,

      Cambridge Heath-road , and was addressed by II . Mander May , Esq ., a gentlemen of great ability , and Messrs Frazer , Jones , Carter , and Martin , who Btrenuously advocated union , peace , and democracy , A congratulatory address was then adopted to the brave people of France , amid loud and protracted cheering . The meeting separated quietly at _h-ilfpast nine o ' clock . —On the same evening , another meet _' ng was held in the field near London-lane , which was excellently attended , and in conclusion gave three cheers for the People's Charter , the French Republic , and speedy reforms in England .

      CoMMebcial-boab . —On Friday evening , the 10 th inst ., a meeting was held near the Institution . About 2 , 000 to 2 , 500 people attentively listened to the speeches which were delivered by Mr H . Mander May , J- W . Ross , _Ei-q , and Messrs Rutherford and Douglas . Resolutions were adopted , calling on the ministry to resign the reins of government . Three cheers for Feargus O'Connor , the French Republio , and II . Mander May , and three groans for Louis Philippe , tbe income tax , and ministerial . humbug , were then given . Mr May subsequently addressed the people in the open air .

      Stockfokt . —A public meeting was held on the Oth inst . in the hall of tbe Lyceum , to petition Parlia . ment for the Charter . Long before the hour of meeting the hall was crowded to excess and inconvenience , and the yard and large lobby were also so crammed that it was found necessary to close the doors , and it was with difficulty the reporters—who upon this occasion condescended to notice us—and the committee , could make their way to the platform . At seven o ' clock Mr James Wragg was called to the chair . Mr T . _Woodbouse moved the first resolution , declaratory of the rights ot the people to theCharter , which was seconded by Mr James Forkington . Mr D . Donovan supported it , and entered into an _ablo speeoh in its defence , during which Be

      was warmly cheered . The resolution was unanimously carried ; as was also the National Petition , which waa moved by Mr W , Herbert , and seconded by Mr W . Brown . Mr T . Webb moved , and Mr J . Bennett seconded , an address to the French people , congratulating tbem upon their recent victory . The manner in which the address was received was a signal proof of the _estimatioa in which the Stockport people hold republican principles , for never was there an address more unanimously and warmly received , nor carried with greater enthusiasm . A vote of thanks was awarded the chairman , and three hearty cheers were given for the Charter , three for

      Mr O'Connor , and three for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; after which the meeting separated peaceably , although it created the greatest alarm in the minds ofthe authorities , who had dispatched their minions—the police- —ic search of the placards convening the meeting ; , copies of which were sent to the Lord-Lieutenant and Seoretary of State ; their alarm however was groundless , as the people are determined jto waste none of their strength upon fruitless , criminal , and unmeaning disturbances ; but are resolved to direot the whole of their energy to the obtainment of the Charter of their rights , and the Land of tbeir birth .

      Sseffielb . —On . Moaday last , at one o'clock , an open-air meeting was held in Paradise-square , in tbis town , ' to consider the propriety of adopting a congratulatory address to tbe French people on the present position of their affairs . ' Prior to the public announcement ef the " meeting , a memorial was presented to the Mayor ( Edward Vickers , Esq . ) , signed by more tban two _hundred inhabitant householders , including half-a-dozen members of the Town Council , requesting bim to convene the above meeting' but his Worship thought proper to decline , assigning as his reason that government having refused to interfere in any way with the internal affairs of the French nation , the people of tbis country ought to follow that example , and he recommended the re *

      _quisitionists to abandon their project . The authorities were much alarmed , and tbe yeomanry were ordered to be in readiness . Amongst the speakers announced to be prcaent were Mr Councillor Brook of Leeds , and Mr S . M . Kydd . Half an hour before the time announced for the meeting to commence the various avenues leading to tbe square were filled with large numbers of artisans thronging to the place of assembly , and atone o'clock , Mr Councillor Ironside was called upon to preside . He opened the proceedings by reading the placard convening the meeting , and which was headed ' Glorious Revolution in France . ' Mr Ironside also read an address from the inhabitants of Sheffield assembled to the people ot

      France , congratulating them upon the success of their late movement , and giving an outline of the policy which it would be well for thera to pursue under pref ent circu instances . The address having been moved and seconded , it was carried by acclamation , and Mr Councillor Ironside was appointed to proceed with it to Paris , and to present the same to the provisional government , now sitting at the Hotel de Ville . After _some _^ truly eloquent speeches , it was agreed to hold a Bimilar meeting next Monday , to memorialise government for an extension ofthe rights of the people . There were from twelve thousand to fifteen thousand _persTns present , and the whole of the proceeding ** were conducted in a peaceable and orderly manner .

      _Souebs Tow . v . —An oveiflowing audience attended on Sunday evening last , at Mr Duddridge ' _s Rooms , 18 , Tonbridge-street , _New-road . Mr Weeks in the chair . A committee was appointed , consisting ef _Messro Turner , Arnott , Lucas , Child , and Uinton , to superintend the signing of the National Petition , and upwards of twenty persons volunteered to take petition sheets to get them signed . Mr Lindon delivered an able , energetic / and instructive lecture on 'the Union of the Working _Ciasaes , ' wbich waB leceived with great enthusiasm , and a unanimous vote ef thanks was awarded to Mr Lindon for his services .

      The London Confederalists. The Greatest ...

      THE LONDON CONFEDERALISTS . The greatest anxiety is displayed by all classes for the _Buccessof the glorious fraternity that iB now being accomplished between the English and the Irish people , and which has been met witb a hearty response by a late meeting of the Confederation in Dublin , presided over hy Mr W . S . O'Brien . The conduct of the late Irish leader in severing the knot tbat existed beiween the people of tbe two countries at the dirty bidding of the Whigs , because their darling nominee , Phil Howard , was rejected at Carlisle , has ever been regretted not only by Englishmen but by Irishmen . It is now well understood by the Irish people that the Chartists are to a man Repealers , and that Repealers—to get the Irisb land —must and ought to be Chartists . Patriots rejoice , _tyrams deplore—Faction and feud ore passing away , " Twas a low voicp , but ' tis a _le-ud roar , Repeal and the Charter will carrj the day .

      Greenwich . —On Sunday evening last , a large meeting of the expatriated sons of Erin resident in thia borough , was held at the Ship and Last , near the Church , for the purpose of establishing a club in accordance with the rules of the Irish Confederation . The chair was taken at eight o ' clock by Mr John Ward—wbo , in a brief speeoh detailed to the meeting the purpose for which they had assembled—and said , he felt proud to find himself in a position in which he could serve his suffering country . Several articles in favour of Irish nationality , were read from the various

      journals in the room , and MesBre Daley and Looney ( who had attended from London ) , addressed the meeting at some length on the beneficial results that would flow from the revolution that had been successful on the other side of the Channel ; and that Ireland could only look for happiness and prosperity to a domestic legislature—based on the widest principles of democracy , and urged on those present renewed exertion for fatherland . —A committee having been formed the meeting then separated .

      The O'Connell Club —A large meeting ofthe Confederates of Marylebone was held on Sunday evening atthe Victory , Newenham-street . Edgewareroad . —Mr Tracy in the chair . —Several articles on the late French Revolution wereread from the newspapers , | whioh were received with deafening cheers . — Several _Boul-stirring _addressea were also delivered and the greatest unanimity pervaded the meeting . The Ci / rran Club . —A crowded meeting oAhe members and friends of this club waa held on Sunday evening , at the Green Man , Berwick-street , Oxford-street . —Mr James _Morrisay in the chair .- _' - Mr J . Campbell read articles from the Irish journals , and Mr _Hussey read the speech of Mr T . Meagher at the late election at Waterford . The late declaration of the Irish . Confederates to the Irish people was then read . — Mr _T . Reynolds then rose and addressed the meeting , during which he said : It

      ought to be known that Mr _Anntfiv _. sn _Vn _^ i _. _-. h n _„ ought to be known that Mr Anstey , an English Cathohc . representing an Irish borough , and professing so much for Ireland had voted for the quarter acre _fSiT * nf- ° / v Sha \ _< _&» ° uld not ail to tell him of it and to denounce such conduct Ho ( Mr R ) had greatpleaBure to pay a tribute of

      The London Confederalists. The Greatest ...

      respect to the English people who were evT _~^^ to assist Ireland , against the treachery of tl _*^ T professed to serve her . He ( Mr R _. _> _wouiri - _* h instance of their conduct to that country T lVe ° 8 a a league was entered into with Burdett O _' n 18 ; H and Plunkett , to carry Emancipation ' _ir , i . nel _( . franchise the Irish 40 s . Freeholders' I * ° > ' was held in _Covent-Garden market , and a r _„ . _- ' _8 to that effect was proposed . Mr Henrv 11 ' at 'ou true and bold friend of the _peonle-attend _/** _^ meeting , and moved an amendment in _d- _-. " _i _^ sition to the resolution , which was triumnha fi p P ° - ried by the people , and Burdettand his g _? n ar " defeated . He had always agreed with thn r » * ere Doyle : _« Perish Emancipation , than the lih Dr the subject . '—Mr Glass , in an able speech y ° _* the policy of Messrs Mitchel and Reilly a i , i . _^ _Ptald that the late jflorious events in France _woul _/ _ii _^ the downfall of monarchy all over the ww \ a _^ Crow , inun elaborate speech , referred tn , Mt number of the _Spectator , in which was the ni * _iifc iwi

      ing am , L _.. , » _nu _» s uaa not as yet b ° cn a ¦" - « That ttVO great statesmen , the hea < iB of i _^ * pective parties , had met for the purpose of ™ I- - a definitive line of policy _regarding _Ireland " Wo they had agreed to starve that count ? hIT tbat to carrying out an extensive policy of _amelS * towards her . ' ( Cries of shame , ' and S _& The meeting then adjourned . _^ _™ on . ) _^ DAyrs Club . —On Monday evening a _pi-a-j , meeting of thia club was held at the 463 rooms , _Dean-street . Mr _Fitzgibboninthe cna _T Looney read , amidst loud cheerB , an article _$ Rights oi Labour ' from the United _IrishmS -Tu Chairman , in addressing the _meeting on the Jl and determination that was bow _taking 0 _!^ evinced in Ireland , referred to the _patriotic condmJ 01 the _ConnauahtRangersand the 61 th R £ uient

      _. , e X who fraternised with thH ir ;< , h n » nni _„; _n - • > who fraternised with the Irish people in _gWmiZt to their feelings on the receipt of news of the £ . t _« h hshment of the . French republic , and they had ton removed from their present quarters ,- and that thA same thing _iranspired in Dublin , where another regiment had been supplanted by the Enniskillen Dragoons , fhe government would be compelled to grant the Irish people all they asked . ( Cheers ) - Mr _1-. Looney in referring to the conduct of the _VYhigs said , that if the government should slaughter the Irish people m their attempt to sain their free .

      aom , tnat the _hish people in the English towns were thoroughly determined not to be idle on such an occasion , —Mr T . Daly looked with pride at the present position of affairs , and he could say with pleasure that tbe Irish people had the democrats of England with them . —Mr T . R . Reading said that he had just arrived from Birmingham , and he was . most happy to state that the Repealers ef that town had dropped their differences , and now that they were united -they were determined to work together for Ireland . He ( Mr R . ) attributed thia great change not only in Birmingham , but alio in Ireland , to the late glorious events in France . ( Cheers . _'—Messrs O . Mahoney , Dwaine , and Lindsay addressed the meeting , which then adjourned .

      Farrihgdon Hall . —A glorious meeting has been held by the gallant Confederates in London , at the above ball , to sympathise with the French . Truly eloquent speeches were delivered , and the Marseilles hymn was sung in good style . An address wag passed to the French , amid great enthusiasm .

      The Fraternal Democrats . ' ^Lll Me N Ar...

      THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . ' _^ lll Me n are Brethren , ' The above society held its weekly meeting on Mon . day evening , March I 3 tb , at the German Flail _Wafta Hark , Drury-lane , Mr Hyland in tbe chair . Charles Keen read several nrticles from the United Ibishsah amongst which was the sentence of three personi in Ireland to seven years' transportation , for taking a few turnips and parsnips from a' fidd to satUfy tie cravlngB of nature ; the prosecutor sitting on tbe bench with the magistrates . Tbe meeting was then addressed by _Messrs T . Bainsley , Child , Robinson , Fei , Nolan Lucbb , Scharvael , snd several otber persons , urging upon the people tho _necessity of organising and prepar . ioK themselves for tbe coming struggle .

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      Corn Exchange. M«Ndat.—The Arrival Of Wh...

      CORN EXCHANGE . M _« NDAT . —The arrival of wheat this morning was moderate , but of spring corn generally tbere was a large 6 upply . The trade opened with quite as much _firmDess for wheat , and picked samples readily brought an advance of one shilling from this day week , All descriptions vrere fully as dear , if we except low qualities of foreign . Barley may be quoted is . higher , with a fair sale at tbe improvement . The oat tradehfts been flat for oil descriptions . Sales were difficult , and at rather easier quotations . Beans and peas of all kinds were dull , and must be quoted 1 » to 2 s lower .

      SM 1 THFIELD . The arrival of continental cattle and theep into the port of London during the past week has been upon an increased scale . The attendance of town and ceuntry butchers _to-day was indifferently good , and a general indisposition to purchase was manifest . The trade for everything was dull , but meat of every descri ption remained dear , At the close of the market clearances were far from _being effected . The supply of beef was larger than for some weeks past , the number being about 3 , 300 head . The demand for beef was dull , but no reduction of price resulted from a decreased inquiry and a large supply . Scots maintained 4 s 8 d per stone , middling quality fetched 4 s 4 d , and in . ferior recovered to 4 s per 81 bs . Of sheep the supply was short , the number being under 13 , 000 heud . The mutton trade was likewise generally inactive . Polled sheep were currently disposed of at 4 s 6 _d , half-breds 5 s , and prime Downs 5 s 8 d per stone .

      _Richms-nd ( _Yobkshiri ) , March 11 th . — We had a tolerable supply of grain in our market to-day , the prices much the same as last week . Wheat sold from 6 s 3 d to 7 s 6 d ; oats , 2 s 8 dto 8 s 6 d ; barley , 4 s 3 d to 4 s 9 d ; beans 4 ( 6 d to 5 s 9 d per bushel . Tnere was far from being an active sale ia either veal or pork ; the former sold quietly ut from 4 s to Ss . Inferior pork went at 4 s , and small delicate porkers , 4 s Sd _pei * stone .

      NEWGATE AND LEADE SHALL . Since our last report the arrivals of country . killed meat for these markets have been very moderate , but of fair average quality . The supplies on offer slaughtered in the metropolis have heen tolerably extensive , if we except those of mutton . Each kind of meat has com . manded a very steady sale , and in some instances tbe quotations have had an upward tendency , while the value of other qualities has been well supported . Only about 200 carcases of foreign meat have been offering . Inferior beef 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d , Middling ditto 3 s 2 d to 3 s 4 d , prime large ditto 3 s 6 d to 3 s 8 d _, prime small ditto 3 s 8 d to 3 s lOd , inferior mutton 3 s 8 d ts 3 s lOd , middling ditto 4 a to 4 s 4 d , prime ditto 4 s Gd to 4 s 8 d , veal 4 s Od to 5 s Od , large pork 3 s 8 d to 4 s 4 d , small pork 4 s 6 d to 5 s Od per 8 * bs by the carcase .

      WATERSIDE POTATO MARKET ; [ The prices of this Market govern those ofthe Borough , Spitalfields , _Covent-garden , and all the other . Metropolitan Markets . ] There has been little or no variation in the supply or the state of trade since our last report ; but there is inferior stuff on tho market that will only fetch loner prices . York regents , l ? 0 s to 140 s ; do _shaws , 130 s to 140 s ; Scotch cups , 100 s to lids ; Kent and Essex regents , 110 s to 130 s ; d _« kidneys , 130 s to 148 s ; do _sbaws , 100 s to lies ; do blues , _llOsto 130 s ; _Wisbeach regents , 10 s to 130 s ; do blues , 80 s to _IQUs ; foreign , " 9 _^ s to 1006 .

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      (Prom The Gazette Of Tuesday, Mar, 14.) ...

      ( Prom the Gazette of Tuesday , Mar , 14 . ) BANKRUPTS . George Armfield and Robert Wright Barber , of Croydon , coach builders—Charles Miuors Collett , late of Millstreet , Lambeth , biscuit baker , now of Hammersmith , and Llncoln _' _s-inn-fields , attorney—Joseph Hosken , of Southampton , builder—James Baker , of 9 , _George-streer , Hanover . square , tailor—John Hope , of TunbrH _^ e-wells , grocer-John Mullett , of Shaftesbury , . tailor—Frederick Francis , of Polkstouc , furnishing ironmonger—John Neaves , of Coles-terrace , Islington , plumber—Jno . Porter , of Wormwood . _street , City , cheese factor—William Inwards , of Luton , straw plait merchant—John Parker , of Oxford , brewer—Jacob Ordoyno , ef 42 , Swan . place , Old Kentroad , hoop bender—William Fullerof 80 Hoxton

      , , Old-town , carman—William Dyne , of 7 , Rochester-terrace ,. High-street , stoke Newingtou _, corn dealer—Francis _Clementson , of Shclron , eartlienwaro mauiufacturc—Hebert Fye , of _Weston-under-Penyard , butcher—Benjamin Barber , of Nottingham , dealer in lace—William _I ' enny _, of Newport , Monmouthshire , brewer—William Dickinson of Clayton West , corn dealer—Edward Thompson , of Kingston upon-Hull , hosier — Christopher Morgan of Leeds , tea dealer-Richard Taylor , of Liverpool , soao manufacturer-Jonathan Beckett , of Liverpool . ironmonger—Thomas _ruttersall , of Liverpool , corn merchant —Edward _GooL-h Hone , of Liverpool , licensed victualler-John Sinclair , of Liverpool , tailor-William Benjamin Jones , of Liverpool , _hatters-John Smith , of Little Bolton and _Kearsley , roller muker-Jolin Hartley , of Burv machine maker . - "

      INSOLVENT PETITIONERS , Charles Bowen , of Cross Lethin , Monmouthshire , _builder—William Henrj Norton , of Hands worth , Staffordshire—Samuel Wheatley , of Erdington , Warwickshire , labourer—Thomas Hinks , of Aston , Warwickshire —John Heath , of Birming ham , journeyman press tool maker—Joseph Roberts , # f Birmingham , padlock manufacturer—Thonuis Goodwin Zoucli , of Lower Witton _, out of business—William Whisstock _. jum , of Ipswich , tailor-George Offord , of Ureeting , Suffolk , blncKSinith—Walter Ling , of Larkeiiliam , journeyman brush maker—Isaac John Murray , of St Margaret ' s Tillage , Kent , baker—William Terry , of Deal , carpenter—James Fowden , of Shaw-heath , Cheshire , innkeeper—Jno . Graham , of Ovington , journeyman shoemaker ,

      SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . David _Toung nnd Co ., of Paisley , groeer 6—ltobt . Mann , of Dundee , boot and shoe maker—James Kinlayson and Co ., of Glasgow , flax spiuuers—Mrs Agnes Crookston _. ol _Brewsterford , innkeeper .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 18, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_18031848/page/8/