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      sition . The government—the Whig government—( groans and hisses )— opposed parliamentary reform ; but parliamentary reform the meeting "were pledged to their consciences and to their country to stand by and promote ; and , therefore , they could not act with the government . The government opposed financial reform ; hut the meetins Wm < r pledged to stand by and promote it , could not hold communion with such a government . The government resisted judicial reform and colonial reform ; but the meeting being pledged to pavliamentavy reform , which included within it both -judicial and colonial reform , could not hold anything but distinct opposition to a eovcrnracnt that was pledged against everything

      that came under the category of parliamentary reform . There was one member of thc government , however—Lord l _' alincrston—of whom he must be allowed to speak in terms of great respect , and who at least had kept the character of the government above thc disgrace and degradation of becoming an accomplice to the tyranny of the rest of Europe in its foreign policy . ( Hear , hear . ) ne had never allowed hunself , by mistake , in haste , or in any other way , to call the " most glorious struggle that had been made in the world for centuries past , " an insurrection ; " but hc had called it" thc war between Hungary and" Austria . " ( Loud and continued cheering . ) And were they aware that at this very moment an intrigue _\** _as going on , fostered by the

      criminals who were ejected from their own country through the revolution which their own oppression bad produced—fostered by the Metternichs of Europe —( groans)—an intrigue—hc would not say among Lord Palmerston ' s colleagues , directed to undermine his influence with his colleagues , for the purpose of substituting some other foreign minister of a "Metternich choice—( renewed groans and hisse _*;)—and whom , therefore , the Mettcrnieh class might think fitter to administer the foreign department in a Whig government than Lord P ; dmerston . no might be asked why , then , did Lord P . -iluicrsion not throw himself upon the British people for support . The time was not come yet ; but if Lord Palmerston was what he ( Lord Nugent )

      hoped and believed him to be , the time was not far distant when they would see the result of the struggle between that able and enlightened statesman and other individuals of a very different character ( Cheers . ) And in the meantime , in that confidence , he would say , " Up with Lord Palmerston and down with the intriguers . " ( Loud and continued cheering and waving of hats . ) Letthem not forget the cause in which they had met that night , when they Teturned home with the din of cheers in their ears , bat let them recollect -that that was but the beginning of a great combination wliich they must carry on with an eve that never slumbered—with a heart that never quailed , and a determination that never paused till they had obtained an entire , radical , nnd universal reform . ( Cheers . ) He was not one

      of those who was afraid of seeing the venerable institutions of the country overthrown by revolution . ( A laugh . ) But there was a class which he feared much more than the most ardent of reformers—hc alluded to the _claes of alarmists , which often did more to obstruct tbe prosperity and even endanger thc safety ofa free country than any other section ofthe community . An old friend of his , Mr . Walter Savage Landor , in one of his beautiful imaginary dialogues between Newton and . Lockeupon the panic _fc-u-s _^ of men , had the following : —Newton said , "ilr . Loeke , after all , men Save their panic fears like children . The answer of Mr . Locke is , " Yes , Sir Isaac , but with this remarkable difference—children fear to be led into the dark , but men fear to be led into the light . " { Cheers . ) Now , somcthin *** bad been said about the natural

      aristocracy of a country . There was an aristocracy which le revered ; and that was the aristocracy of character , of reputation , and ability , and of honesty—{ cheers)—ay . and of wealth , too , combined ; and / these ¦ were the real strength and glory of a country . The House of Commons should represent and exhibit the feelings ofthe people . Formed it was in the ancient times of the constitution , reared it was in the soil . Its roots sprung from the soil , and were nourished by it , and it would yet grow up the glory and the ornament of thc soil on which it stood . It ¦ wanted now to spread out its toots ; if it were confined and cut off from the soil from which it springs

      the plant would wither and die . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . E . "Miam , considered that every subject ofthe realm , _contributing to the _su-ouoxt of its civil -asd political institutions , was entitled at least to an elementary share of political power ; and he therefore gave in his humble but hearty adhesion to this -movement . After a few other observations , which wero delivered in a low tone , and were inaudible to the great body of the meeting , the impatient interruption of the audience in the upper boxes and galleries preyented "Mr . "Miall from proceeding ; and , after expressing his warm conenrrence in the objects ofthe association , he resumed his seat .

      Mr . Feahgcs _O'Cosxor oa rising , was received with loud and rapturous applause from aU "parts of the house . He said that the noble lord ( Nugent ) had reminded them , of the old proverb , " That when bad men conspire good men combine . *" And that night ' s meeting would teach the few _conspirators , -who had so long trafficked upon their dis-¦ union , that there was now such a combination of good men as would compel the conspirators to yield to their just demands , ( Loud cheers . ) He presumed that that was tbe bespeak of Lord John Hussell —( hisses)—for developing that pressure from -without by which alone the noble lord could be

      compelled to make those concessions which the progressive mind ofthe age demanded . ( Cheers . ) But the greatest delight that he derived from that gathering was , because it afforded him and his Chartist brethren , with whom he had so long cooperated , and would still co-operate —( loud cheers)—because it afforded him and them the best opportu--oity of dissipating those prejudices -which had so long and so injuriously placed mental and "manual labour in deadly antagonism ; and he desired to impress upon the chairman , the council , and the meeting , that if this movement had been got np for the mere purpose of creating a union between the money-lord employer and thelabourer , he should have opposed it with all his might , because ,

      whatever might he the consequence to himself , he never ¦ would be a party to a deception , and because he -was convinced that no just alliance could be established between the employer and thc employed till hoth were equally represented , and each had the power of making laws for the benefit of both by the better developement ofthe resources of the country . He * was more than proud to find that their Chairman and the other members ofthe association had seen the prudence of adopting the greater portion of five points of the People ' s Charter , and he hoped that they would at last discover that every one ofthe six points were so dependent upon each © _iher that they would adopt it whole and entire . ( Loud and protracted cheering . ) Tes , he would

      show the impossibility of plucking a single bristle ¦ from the animal if their object "was to harmonise legislation . For instance , they were opposed to the payment of members , while the noble lord—the member for Marylebone—expressed a hope that he would one day see labourers sitting in the _Hoase ot Commons to represent their own order . ( Cheers . ) Well , but how could that be accomplished without paving those labourers , who would otherwise become paupers ! ( Loud cheers . ) And thus he thongbt he had snfficienfly proved the inefficaey , nay , the folly of attempting to adopt any principle short ofthe People ' s Charter , to which they must eventually « ome , while he would look upon himself asa traitor if he offered any opposition to a

      movement which , of aH others , was capable of accelerating bis progress . ( Cheers . ) _Nothing antagonistic to their cause had been uttered by any speaker in ihat assembly throughout the night , and ne should take care that hc should not be the first to provide a horse for iheir enemies to ride away on to their discomStnre . He was delighted with the evidence of _fratenueation between the middle and tbe workin" * classes , which that meeting disclosed ; and he believed that fie more it was carried out , the greater would be the facilities for removing the obloquy _whiea had been so unjustly attached towards ihe latter . ( Hear , hear . ) He himself would have carednothingtohare -fraternised with mere wealthy money-mongers , or with autocrats , but he rejoiced

      m the opportunity permitted him of joining a combination of JEdnstry and intelligence . ( Hear , hear . His object was tbe diseeuragement of the plunder of ihe poor and -the rich , _"bj carrying out the _princijles of this association , as laid down by Lord Sugent . ( Hear , bear . ) The true path of onward progress was that by which the intellect of the people was de-sloped and their , store of knowledge increased , and * f the movement which had these ends in view lord . John Busseti was not a little afraid ; for it would . now go forward to the world that the "ism " of oae « et of Liberals was as good as the " Ism" of another , . and that there was no difference of opinion or _purpose between the middle and working classes . ( Cheers . ) He had laboured long for the people ,

      and he bac _siuch experience iu movements like tiie present , and he told them that if they obtained the "reforms sought for by _thiu association they would ne certainly _aHs to carry more . From the gradual -Fusion and fraternisation of parties which was going on . he believed that great legults wonld spring _, ¦ _yeraaps as he stood upon Hie boards ofa flieatre , nemigkt _^ _niuitod to indulge in atheatrical anec-« , _« _£ - _^ nstrative of the position of different parties _ar t IT * _^ S gentleman -came from _America , Tnv ; _l « _*« _-, _mtTO * " * ion to Sheridan Enowles . Anxurasto have a ghmp 8 e of English politics , he _~ w _* ¥ i _? - _^ _fS _*? _Oown _anV Anchor , whera he heard of nothing but "Whigs , Toriesand _-ww * _£ ? _* _£ to _Sheriasm l _& _wWs house , _^• fe _tbrt great author was _concludin _ff his _ceb-4 _bratod play of thei * ,- Chose , and whose _mmdwas

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      of course absorbed in theatricals . " Mr . Knowles , " said the Yankee , " What ' s the difference between Whigs , Tories , and Radicals ? " " Not much , my dear fellow , " replied the author , still continuing bis work , " all the difference is , that the Tories go to the boxes , tho Whigs to the pit , and the Radicals to the gallery I" ( Loudcheers and laughter . ) And so perhaps it might be to-night , but still , notwithstanding this difference of situation , there was a co-operation of mind and an identity of object , and that object was that the privileged few should no longer " live upon the plunder ofthe many . ( Loud cheers . ) There had been a dark cloud o'er the destinies of England , but in the distant horizon he saw the dim shadow of liberty and his heart gladdened . " In his ecstacy he exclaimed—Can it he 1

      And a voice responds—Union and Liberty . " ( Loud cheers from all parts of the house . ) Were thev , the tainted , odious Chartists , not more than proud to find that their Chairman ; the hon . member for Westminster ; the noble lord Nugent , the memher for Aylesbury ; and . George Thompson , member for tbe Tower Hamlets ; had all voted for his motion upon the Charter ? ( Renewed applause . ) Yes , hc too was glad to find them tber- _** _- that night , and as their Chairman said , he ( Mr . O Connor ) was delighted to see so many ladies present . This movement ought to be dear to their hearts , because one of its results would be to savq their sex from degrading and oppressive labour which should * . „ _™ rf _« rm _^ % v _m _™ alonewhile tbe wife and

      _, mother should attend to her domestic pursuits . _WhatcoHld be more galling to the mind ot man , than the reflection that while your pporhouses were full of unwilling idlers , tender mothers were comnelled to drag their sucking infants from their breasts to attend the summons of the factory bell , and commit the little infant to the tender mercies ofthe hired nurse . ( Loud cheers . ) And yet the children thus reared and trained , were charged with ignorance as a justification for withholding the vote when they arrived at full age ; but as in every other country in the world , the enlightened mind of the age was developing itself . lie should not . mention Hungary for fear of _causinff too much excitement , and

      diverting their minds from thc object before them , but as he had often told them before , it was the knowledge and not the ignorance of the people they dreaded . Political parties in this country have held their power by the odium created in the mind of the mental labourer—the shopkeeper—against the manual labourer ; but the shopkeeper had at length discovered , that no diminution of taxation could recompense him for the loss of a good customer , transformed from a free labourer into a pauper whom he was bound to maintain . ( Loud cheers . ) That class had now discovered that the labourer earning a pound , or thirty shillings , or forty

      shilliDgs a week , was a better customer than the man whose wages was reduced to five shillings or six shillings a week , in consequence of an idle comfietitive reserve ; whereas , if that well-requited abour was profitably applied to the developement of our national resources , it would create peace and plenty , and make the rich richer and the poor rich . ( Loud cheers . ) He was rather astonished that not a word had been uttered about our Church Establishment , and our gormandising bishops —( great cheering)—but the day would como when the nurses or the children of those ladies whom he then saw around him would amuse their infants with the

      ghost stories , the fairy tales and romances of the present day . He could picture to himself- —and at no distant time—when a nurse may amuse a child with a representation of pur present system of Church and State . She will show the child a picture in the story book , and the child will say , " Who is that old woman , nurse , with a white petticoat and bi g sleeves ? " " That ' s a bishop , my dear . " ( Tremendous laughter . _)^ " Well , nurse , who is that tall man with the red coat and coalscuttle upon his head ? " " That ' s a soldier , my dear . " ( Renewed laughter . ) "And what is that in his hand , nurse ?" " That ' s a musket , my dear ? " "And what is that upon tbe top of it f * " " A bayonet , my dear . " "And what aro they for , nurse ? " "To shoot

      people , and stick people , my dear . ' " Oh deir mo , for what , nurse ? " " For a shilling a day , my dear . " ( Roars of laughter . ) " Well , nurse , who is that nice little man so beautifully dressed ?" "He is an officer , my dear , " "Why is he an officer ? * " " Because he is fit for nothing else , my child . " ( Loud and continued laughter . ) " Well , nurse , and what makes him so small ? " " Why , my dear , because he belonged to the aristocracy , and they confined thebreed to their ownblood , which was not pure ; and , my dear , like spaniels , from breeding in and in they run to fools . " ( Tremendous laughter . ) Now that is the description that the nurse would give in times to come of the Church and State .

      He believed that he had suffered more odium , slander , persecution , and prosecution , than any mortal man that ever advocated popular principles ; but , God forbid that his vanity , his ambition ,-or his wounded feeling , should induce him to be a stumbling block in the road of progress . ( Loud cheers . ) No , he would rather abandon public life , and see the cause of democracy progress , than work actively in it , and be the means of arresting its progress . ( Great cheering . ) And ifc was because he discovered in the combination now formed , and still to be strengthened , the foreshadowing of his fondest hopes , tbat he would offer no opposition , but , on the contrary , his most cordial support to the present movement . ( Here the cheering and

      waving of hats was indescribable . ) But , Sir , continued Mr . O'Connor , turning to the Chairman , although I have every confidence in your honour , in your devotion and integrity , I will not abandon my post , I will still remain upon the watch-tower , and will , _learlessly _, give the signal upon the first indication of desertion . ( Great cheering . ) His object was notto desire that the poor man should fee placed in a position to plunder the rich , nor that the rich should plunder the poor ; and if he could help it that should never be the ease . ( Hear . ) He supported this movement because it did away with all motives for the use of physical force , and because it was calculated to develope the power of the country through the medium of a union between the working and middle

      classes . ( Hear , hear . ) Thc Chartists bad been stamped with the odium of physical force—while it was Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey who created alarm through their spies , their detectives , and informers , for the purpose of passing coercive bills and arousing the fears of their lickspittle supporters inthe House of Commons . ( Tremendous cheering . ) He stood there that night as the acknowledged leader ofthe Chartists to repudiate the charge , and again to assert that it was the fabrication of their enemies in the hope of arresting that progress which the mind of the country was now making , and which could not be arrested by all the physical force at the command of the government , for they would soon discover that the voice of

      knowledge would silence the cannon ' s roar , ( Great cheering . ) What he wanted was , that a Bmall party in the state should not have the power to rule the overwhelming large party in it . ( Hear , hear . ) And he wished to see this earned out by peaceable means , and hc trusted that the Association wonld not lose sight of the vital question which was now revolutionising Europe , he meant the proper solution ofthe Labour question . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor then , turning to the Chairman , said , " Sir ; to your honour , you ate the promoter of this holy alliance between the mental and the manual labourer ; and when your bantling has arrived at a giant strength , mark my words , that those who have not now the courage to ioin it from apprehension of

      defeat , will then endeavour to supplant you ; but they shall- not pluck a feather from the wing under which you have fostered it , nor a single leaf from your wreath of laurels , when you have accomplished it . " ( Great cheering , and waving of hats and handkerchiefs . ) This theatrical exhibition was not opened with a prologue , but he would conclude it with an impromptu epilogue : — " This land presents a state distressed : Though brave , yet vanquished—and though great , oppressed ; Its debt , its taxes , and its parsons' store , _ Have paralysed your commerce , and devoured your poor ; But England's day may come again , When you give the vote to each free-born man . Up , then , Britons ! let your watchword

      be" Union—the Charter—and Liberty _!*" JMr . O'Connor resumed his 6 eat amid the most deafening cheers and waving of hats and handkerchiefs . ] Mr . Thomas Clark , who was loudly cheered , spoke at some length in praise of this union between the middle and working classes , and of the sentiments expressed by Lord Nugent . It was the first time , he said , in the history of England when so many different elements bad been combined for objects so altra in their character , but it was this combination which ensured the success of the association . He called upon the working classes to render it iheir support ( Cheers . ) Mr . G . Thompson , M . P ., had tho satisfaction of informing tbe meeting that he was the " last man . " ( A laugh . ) He had beea merely called upon to prothe benediction

      nounce , after the solemnisaiion of tbis alliance between the working classes and the middle clataesin the cause of national reform . ( Hear , hear . ) Heeouldonly repeat what had beea -said by the last speaker . He congratulated his hon . friend ( the chairman ) upon presiding over what be must describe as the most- unprecedented assembly within the United Kingdom . No such exhibition of the cohesion of elements hitherto estranged had ever been made . ( Hear , hear . ) Having expressed these opinions , he must ask permission to retire from the platform without delivering a speech . ( Cries of "No . " ) What must he say ? ( A voice , " Hungary . " ) Why , the exhibition of feeling with respect to Hungary , must have demonstrated to their Hungarian visitors that there beat in _erery British bosom the most perfect sympathy iriththose who , in Hungary , were struggling ' for their rights _.

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      In the cause of liberty we could not help sympa * thisin" with all in every clime who wero contending for the same object : — * ' There is a voice on every wave , A sound on every sea , The watchword of the brave , The anthem of the free : "From steep to steep it rings Through Europe 8 many climes , A knell to despot Kings , A sentence on their crimes . Where ' er a wind is rushing , Whore ' er a stream is gushing , The swelling sounds are heard Of man to freeman calling , Of broken fetters falling , And like the carol of a _cageless bird , The bursting shouts of freedom ' s rallying word !

      ( Loud cheers . ) Let us , however , inthe midst of the commotions of Europe , congratulate ourselves thai we were not obliged to resort to weapons for the purpose of vindicating our rights . Let us , in our aspirations after a larger measure of political power , not be unmindful of the substantial blessings we enjoyed . We are thankful that we live in a country where such a meeting can be held , whence , at least , those rulers could be rebuked who had not sympathised as they ought with the people they governed . He hoped , too , that the effect would follow from this movement in our colonies , where the people wero struggling to maintain their rights , that they would dismiss from their shores those who had been billeted upon them to-the exhaustion of their resources . ( Hear , hear . ) The Whigs , he ventured to predict , would be prepared with some

      measure of reform next session ; and if he were not very greatly mistaken they would have to make room for better men . ( Hear . ) The hon . gentleman then proceeded at considerable length to refer to the late election at Reading , and from it to urge the necessity of further reform in the representation . - He granted that the franchise was an important trust , and ought to be used wisely and uprightly ; but whilst it was held that the people-were too ignorant to possess the power of voting for a member of parliament once in the course ofa number of years , they were allowed , day after day , and year after _yeai * , to exercise an influence in society compared with which the power of recording an occasional vote was insignificant and contemptible Whyif the unenfranchised were as ignorant and

      , vicious as those who supported a < circmscribed suffrage represented , society could not hold together . Not all their policemen _, their bayonets , multiplied ball cartridges and sand-bags , would be able to preserve the peace of the country . But he contended that there never was a society in the world so prepared for unlimited suffrage as the society to which we had the privilege to belong . In what relation was a man of most importance as a member of society—in the relation merely of the voter in connexion with the State , or as a father and a neighbour in his family and locality . ( Hear , hear ?) Why , if there were millions in this country not fit for the franchise , there were millions not fit to be at large . To tell him that the man who was a trusty porter , an honest shopman , a discreet and upright foreman , an

      ingenious mechanic , a toiling and thrifty weaverto tell him that such a man was not competent after the candidates had g iven every publicity to their principles , to say which of them he would have to represent him iii parliament , was a libel on the intelligence of his fellow countrymen . ( Loud cheers . ) But the real secret was , that the aristocracy were not afraid of the ignorance of the unenfranchised classes ; they were afraid to appeal to their intelligence . ( Cheers . ) A man was never ignorant if he had a vote . ( A laugh . ) See the candidates go round amongst the " chaw-bacon" men —( laughter)—and then how intelligent and independent they were . Their wives were angels , their children cherubs , and the fawning candidate would court the man to-day

      whom he would not condescend to spit upon tomorrow . .. The audience that one of these men disliked most , was any audience that they might gather , if they allowed the people at large to attend the meeting , and let them have but confidence in the man who spoko , and know that thoy had an equal right to judge of the candidate's political . principles with any individual in the assembly j and he ( Mr . Thompson ) was able to declare , from twenty years ' experience of the working classes of this country , that they constituted thc very bean ideal of an audience for an honest man to address . ( Cheers . ) He was glad the council had resolved upon making that a national association , and he foresaw for that society the honour of leading the honest and uncompromising reformers of this country . He was sure

      if they put their shoulders to the wheel during the recess , they should have the country with them . That great movement was but the means to an end . Whether it was that they wanted to remove that stupendous abuse—the Established Church of Ireland , or very largely to reform our Established Church at home ; whether we wished to reduce our taxation or equaliso our imports—all those in favour of any ono of these reforms would come to that association which sought to procure a House of Commons willing to discuss and deal with all these questions on then * own merits , and not leave them to depend upon a costly agitation of ten or fifteen years to carry them . He rejoiced to see such a remarkable amalgamation of reformers of different

      opinions as the present- meeting displayed ; and he congratulated the council on the fact that , with ono or two exceptions , all tho gentlemen of the highest rank on the platform had manifested the most hearty concurrence in the hitherto despised principles of universal and unlimited franchise . Let all continue zealously affected in the good work ; let them sow their seed in the full assurance that in due time they should reap , if they fainted not . ( Cheers . ) The _CniiKMiN then declared the proceedings of the evening at an end . Mr . Williams , late M . P . for Coventry , proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman for his conduct in presiding over the meeting , which was carried b y acclamation .

      The CnAiBMAN briefly acknowledged the compli ment , and the assemblage then dispersed .

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      Newcastle-upon-Tyne . —At a meeting of this branch , held on Sunday evening , the prooedings of the Conference held at Snig's End , were read from the Nortltern Star , and the members of this branch were much astonished at the report ( as published ) given to the Conference by Mr . Halliwell , that " The parties who conducted the opposition were men who had bought their shares for thirty shillings , and they , acting on Mr . O'Connor ' s statement , that he would give twenty shillings in the pound , and were anxious to receive their money , and receive so much profit . " After a very lengthy discussion how Mr . Halliwell could make such a statement , it being no part of his instructions , to the Conference , the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : " That the statement of Mr . Halliwell to the

      Conference , regarding the men who conducted the opposition in this branch , is untrue , inasmuch as those members were the first who paid up their shares in full in this branch , and the members trust thai Mr . Halliwell will make the amend honourable , or let us know from whom he received such information , as we believe that statement has tended to mislead the Conference in their deliberations . " The entire proceedings of the Conference not being published at this date , the meeting was adjourned to Sunday , August 19 th , afc five o'clock . Merthtr _Ttdvil . —To the members of the Merthyr branch ofthe National Land Company : Having no channel of communication with the great number of members residing afc a distance from Merthyr except through the columns of the Star , I

      _wisb to apprise them that the sight of Snig ' s End and Lowbands is truly delightful , and the crops far exceeded my expectations ; in fact , they are double the quantity produced by the old farmers on the name land . I have brought home samples o £ the different produce , which may be seen at my residence by any of the members . On my return home I exhibited them to a number of farmers at Cardiff , and they were ashamed to call themselves farmers when tailors and shoemakers could outdo them in the first year , without the least experience . A great deal of hardship has been endured by the allottees during the last two years , in consequence of the failure of the crops , but they will be in a noble condition this year if the potatoes escape the disease : there is not the _slie-htest symptom of it now , and all

      the green crops are trul y luxuriant . I trust that all will disabuse their mmds , that the allottees are idle or lazy , for a more industrious set of men cannot be found . The grievances the allottees have to complain of must be remedied in . future , that is : the land must be cropped in future , and thc allottees go on their allotments about the beginning of July . If this is adopted , every man will be able to pay his rent on the day : however , nothing can arrive at perfection at the commencement . — -D . It . Morgan . Nottisgham . '—On Sunday evening last Messrs . Sweet and Bostock delivered in their report of the proceedings of Conference to a numerous meeting of the member ** of the Land Company , in the lar-re

      | room at the Seven Stars Inn . At the conclusion of their address several questions were put and replied to , and a request made that they would visit Carrington on Sundaj evening next , with which they promised to comply . A unanimous vote of thanks was given to them for their services . The _following resolution was proposed by Mr . Smith , and _secondeS by Mr . Wooley : " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that Mr . O'Connor should be requested to give the allottees notice to quit , on or before the 29 th pf September next , in order that the allotments may be , on Lady-day next , let to other members of _the-Land Company , m case the rent of the several allottees should not be paid . "

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      _" _^ _Xtional land conference . THURSDAY , August 9 iir . Morning Sitting , The Committee met this morning at nine o ' clock . _^¦ fK _^ S ? _to ' the ' « B of Mrs . Watson £ 3 ffi 5 _fctJS _* _^ her home on the St _flSS _SF * the subject the matter i « . _£ > rti » disrretion ofthe Directors . * _$ _? B stock _% 5 _StoU fenfion t ° the case of Joseph Foster , _"" _ttjSftS _amS named chased a three-acre _^*™ _fL _XSsion to that _sssi- _'i- _^^^ aASs

      IfeCuH _. an ¦ Mr . Swum * thought _ttattterc waB here no claim for compensation , - _*** 1 , *• ™ . ° be founding a most dangerous piceetaft for u » future Thomatter was referred to the Directors . Reports of thc Directors—Allottees . _^ * The Committees appointed to make an inspection of the different allotments on the estate now proceeded to give in their several reports . It would be only ministering to idle and impertinent curiosity to record the struggles , the unwearied patience , the untiring perseverance , and the unabated hone , that carried the allottees through the years 1 _^ 7 and 1848 . Everything was calculated in the outset to their ies

      try their courage and to cramp energ . There had been great faults committed by some of the persons whom Mr . O'Connor trusted to carry into effect his p hilanthropic schemes . The land was in thefirst ' place broken into huge masses , which the sun dried into a brick-like consistence , and the ¦ seed which had to support the allottees m the first instance , was dropped in here . The consequence may be well imagined—a total failure . Then came the potato blight to add to the distress . Yet , notwithstanding all this , with an energy and fortitude which heroes may not parallel , they set themselves to recover these reverses . They were confident in the truth ofthe principles on which tho Land Plan was founded , and in the support of its framer ; and tn

      assisting each other where they couw , ey struggled through a season of extraordinary depression , enduring sufferings not exceeded by any person in any part ofthe country , and to their , honour be it spoken , enduring them uncomplainingly Assertions had been hazarded in some journals that the allottees had been compelled to ask fpr parish relief ; this is untrue . That during the height of the depression many of them did work for the neighbouvin" farmers is true , but was there shame attached ° to this ? They had now , however , recovered the effects of bad seasons and original mismanagement , and with the aid of greater experience in agricultural affairs ( the world should remember that a great many of the allottees when they first came on the estate had never used a spade before ) , they were blessed with abundant crops , or in the language of one of them , " they had been tried severely—they were now about to reap the fruits . "

      It is not the intention of the reporter to go through the whole of the list of the allottees . It would be difficult to select where all had done well , and to individualise the struggles ofthe past , even for the purpose of showing the heroism which conquered them , is denied to the reporter . He was almost universally requested notto mention former privations in connexion with their names . " You see , " tliey added , " that the Plan will do ; judge for yourself—and let every man ivho doubts come here and examine for himself also . We can earn a comfortable and independent living from the land , and while the fear of starvation is banished from our eyes , we are blessed that we call no man master . " In every case the allottee was determined to stop , and in the greai majority of cases they only craved a little patience in the matter of rent , which , in consequence of tbe failure in the creps in tho former years , they had got behind in .

      Mr . Munday , after delivering in one of the reports from Lowbands , called the attention of the Conference to the fact , that on several of the estates there were empty houses , while not less than 390 _mmbm _vfftvft balloted for , and yet unlocated . Why should theso houses not be supplied with tenants ? By drafting a lot of the balloted members on to them they would bo making a move , and restore confidence to thc country . He did not blame Mr . O'Connor for these things , but from all he could learn there had been much left . Ho was free to confess it could not be otherwise ; there had beon a great deal left to local agents , who , in too many eases , had retarded instead of advancing- the good work . ( Hear , hear . ) After the enumerating of other charges , he ( Mr . Munday ) he felt strongly

      on this point . He should like to see these things remedied and removed , while ho affirmed that thero had been great mismanagement on the part of Borne persons \ vho had been honoured with the confidence of Ml ' . O'Connor ; he was sorry to give offence , but he could not resist giving expression to the convictions of his honest mind . They could not to on the estate without noticing these things , and aving noticed them , he , for one , would have courage to tell them of it . These things ought never to have existed ; but as unfortunately errors had been committed , it was time they should be remedied , and it was for this purpose absolutely necessary that the Directors should remember that they were the servants , and that the Conference stood to them in the position of masters .

      Mr . Smith reported from Snig ' s End . Generally speaking the crops were ofthe very best description . The allottees wero cheerful and contented , and tho only thing required was a little patience to enable them to bring up the arrears consequent upon a bad harvest . He for one would be very sorry if any attempt were made to harass men who had shown themselves so determinedly industrious , and he thought that a little encouragement only was required to enable these men to show the world that the National Land Plan could could do all and more

      than its founders promised . After reading tho list of allottees on whom hc had called , and their prospects for the future , Mr . Smith continued , "I now crave the attention of the lasses present . The next name I haye got is Robert Brande—he i 3 a bachelor . ( Laughter . ) He has spent £ 50 on his land already . This allottee is cultivating flowers ( laughter ); and judging from all appearances I think it is evident he is laying himself out for a wife . " ( Laughter . ) He ( Mr . Smith ) was sorry that complaints were heard from the allottees of tho manner in which their land

      had been cropped at first . Mr . Morgan : Some of them say that when the potatoes were planted , they cut out all the middle and only left the eyes . ( Laughter . ) Mr . Cleland , an allottee : Oh , that is nonsense ( laughter ); but it admits of explanation . The land was only roughly ploughed , and when the potatoes were put in , the ground , being quite hard , prevented the potato expanding , and gave it the appearance described to the delegates . Justice was done in the matter of the potatoes , but the fact was that the ground was not properly prepared . Mr . _Skevinoion thought it was a matter of importance that this should be brought forward , because to it were the struggles in the first instance

      to be attributed . If the allottees had been properly secured in the matter of the potatoes , they might have been enabled to live on them . The great evil seemed to have been that the persons in the management had too much confidence in agents , who abused it . The allottees had also to contend with the neighbouring farmers , who sought by every means to injure them . Mr . Dowling went into some points a little further than did his friends who had preceded him . Tbe delegate gave in his report . There was one case to wliich he wished to call particular attention . It was that of Mr . Grey—he was the tenant of Mr . Millov , _anothsi '' allottee , and be feared that as Mr . Miller stated his inability at the next term of satisfying all the demands ofthe company , that he ( Mr .

      wey ) might be awkwardly placed . Mr . Grey had agreed with Mr . Miller for -612 rent , and to pay the taxes besides . He had taken possession without consulting the Directors . His land was in excellent condition , and he was quite willing to pay all the liabilities if Mr . Miller would not , the company taking him as the immediate tenant . After a few words from Mr . Grey , he was instructed to communicate with the Directors . Mr . Dowling continued : . The impression on thc minds ofthe committee , after a careful examination of all the circumstances , is , that the reports that had

      got abroad ofthe idleness and drunken habits oftho allottees were false and slanderous , and altogether unworthy of credit . ( Hear , hear . ) The Chairman : And I may add , that the whole of the delegates acquit them of idleness or drunkenness , or any other of the foul charges which have been brought against them . A more industrious and moral set of men I believe never existed . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Morgan also presented a report , which , in its mam features was a counterpart of the others . _ Mr . Yates and Mr . Oliver having presented similar reports , on the motion of Mr . Wheeler thev were received and adopted . The Conference then adjourned .

      Afternoon Sitting . t Tlie Chairman took hi s seat at half-past two 0 ClOciL _. Mr . M-GRArnrose to reply to the comments made bysomeofthe .. _delegates . The reports were ? he acknowledged fair , _ust , and dispassionate ; and in dealing _wAth the complaints made by the allottees and m some degree chargeable te the Directors he Z _^ _XAr _* - _^ _, wowld ' _^ _« dmit _it-fchat _theBoardef _Hanagetvjent was not _iefoiiible-they

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      were all liable to error . But while he admitted all this , he denied that they were guilty to the extent sought to be established by Mr . Munday . Many of the charges brought forward by them werenotfairly _attributable to the Directors . Itwas the easiest thing in the world to find fault . with mon who _^ had public duties to perform , and this should be borne in mind by the delegates . One of the first chaiges made by Uv . Munday , was to the effect that on several of the estates houses were to be found unoccupied—that these were neglected to be supplied , while people were starving in the manufacturing districts . This was all very true , but , unfortunately , it was not in the power ofthe Directors to prevent it . These vacant allotments had all been assigned h _~ i ii iii I

      by the ballot—they all had proprietors , althoug these proprietors did not choose to reside upon them . He would , for the purpose of illustrating this fact , take the case of Mrs . Watson , which hail been before them that morning . They had by a vote ofthe Conference given Mrs . Watson possession of an allotment on the Lowbands estate ; but , then , Mrs . Watson was going to Edinburgh ; suppose she remained there for the next two years , paying rent and taxes for her land here , what remedy could the Directors have ? What would or could be the conduct of the Directors , under such circumstances ? They could positively do nothing , Now this was the case with reference to one or two houses at Lowbands ; one house , he believed , at

      O'Connorville * and three or four houses at Minster Lovel . Mr Munday said , that the houses were going out of repair in consequence of the neglect of these parties . Well the time would come when they ( thc Directors ) ' could demand , that the necessary repairs should be made ; and then , if the demands of the Company were not satisfied , the Directors would be iustified in assigning the allotments to other parties . He hoped that this explanation would exonerate the Directors from all blame in this particular . But Mr Munday said , that some of the houses were going to rack and ruin . He ( Mr . M'Grath ) was sorry to acknowledge that injury had been done to some ofthe houses . It was always the case , that when numbers of men were brought together some

      exceptions could be found to general good conduct , lhe privations oflast year had been attended with one good effect —it had purified the allottees ; those remaining . through good and evil times who were thoroughly convinced of tho justice and truth of their cause , and those seceding who were lukewarm , or had not energy sufficient to bear up against difficulties . The Directors knew that some of the latter class had been guilty of outrages , such as cutting down the young fruit trees , and making firewood of them , and similar offences—the Directors knew this—they did not attempt to deny ifc . But were they in justice to be blamed because certain men—from whom thev were now haoDily relieved—had been

      improvident ? Mr . Munday said that the Directors had not to experience the heart-burnings which the local secretaries felt from the reproaches of their members . He could assure Mr . Munday that the Directors had also their heart-burnings—heartburnings arising from the conduct of the members themselves . Another charge was that there was a quantity of wood , ifcc ., on one of theso estates , which ought to be sold off at once . He ( Mr . M'Grath ) contended that it should not be sold off , unless it were also intended that the company should be wound up . There were materials within the shed , to which Mr Munday referred , for the completion oi forty houses in window-sashes , doors , panels , and so on . Another complaint was that the allottees had never

      been told the amount of rent they were expected to pay . This was certainly a novel complaint . The Conference were of course aware that there were many questions to be determined before the rents of the allotments could be severally decided . In an estate of any size , tho quality of land greatly varied , and , without a positive survey , it would be impossible to say what the rent for such portion should be . There could be no arbitrary rule on the matter . But the allottees might obtain , if they desired it , an approximation to the rental , by calculating four per cent , upon the outlay . The leases had not been made out , because , as the Directors were aware , the company had no legal existence yet , and Mr . O'Connor did not desire to grant leases in his own name , beeause if he did so , the press of this country—which found all to condemn and nothing to desire in his public life—would say _: " Oh !

      there , the rascal has thrown aside the mask , he is making away with the property . " ( Ironical cheers , and cries of " We can trust him . " ) But ifc might be said—and was said by one of the delegates , he believed— " If _j'ou value the land somo timo heneo , it will not give the allottees fair play for their improvements . You should have valued the land as it was . " This , ho begged to assure thorn , would be taken into consideration , and no man would have it in his power to say that his industry had been overlooked . ( Cheers . ) With reference to the charge of cutting out the hearts of the potatoes , he could only say that it was a deliberate falsehood . With regard to the matter of rent , the circumstances ofthe allottees would be considered , and no unnecessary harshness would be used in enforcing it . He trusted that what he had stated would show the delegates that the Directors were notfairlv chargeable with neglect of duty .

      Mr . Dixon called attention to the caso of John Kay , who was rated for three acres , although his property did not quite amount to that . lie would bring the matter under the notice of the Directors , with a view to remedying the inequality . Mr . _WiiEEtEU said , that he had made notes from the reports of the committee _, and found thesereports most satisfactory . Several delegates having expressed a similar opinion , Mr . Cleland rose for the purpose of explaining how it was that a concatenation of circumstances , over which neither the Directors nor the allottees could exercise any control , had , in the first instance , marred their exestions and rendered their industry fruitless . He trusted that these days were over , and that the abundant promise this year would be the forerunner of many more abundant harvests . ( Cheers . )

      A conversation arose about the advantages of a practical agriculturist . Mr . Doyle explained that his time was fully occupied . He was seldom at home on the Snig ' s End estate , his duties leading him elsewhere . He could boast of but few leisure minutes for the enjoyment of domestic quiet , and , therefore , so far as he was concerned , his position was no sinecure . While on his , legs he mightbe permitted to ask them distinctly to understand—that it had been over and over again stated by Mr . O'Connor , both through the columns of the Northern Star , and afc former Conferences , that the rent would be regulated to the tenant according to tho wholesale price ofthe estate . Mr . Edwards had a -little to say about the rents .

      lhe allottees on Lowbands had already been two years in possession , the allottees on Sni g ' s End had not . If thoy bore so long with the people at Lownands , he thought they ought to bc consistent and to give equal grace to the people at Snig's End If they pressed for rent now they would only drive them back into the state from which they had just emerged , and , aa they admitted , their industry and perseverance , he did not see that the company would be benefitted by forcing such men to quit the estate , taking the chance of obtaining others as good in their stead . He would wish to have thc rent , but of two follies he would choose the least . Mr . Bostock wished to know why it ' was that the Directors had seen fit to change the place appointed

      tiie - oonierence from that originall y appointed ? _^ _CIu _™^ . ! » the Peculiar circumstances in which the Directors were placed , with the question as to going on or being wound up before them , and the reports that had gone abroad with respect to the condition of the estates , "had induced the Directors to call the Conference at Snig ' s End , so that the delegates might have an opportunity of seeimr and judging for themselves how far these report were deserving of credit . Mr . _Skevington thought the explanation not too satisfactory , and , as far as he and others were concerned , the reasons adduced were not so valuable as Clark

      _M-r . appeared to think them . Many of the delegates were not sufficiently experienced in the price of land to say what the value of the estates were , and so far as this was concerned , they mi _<* -ht _SLhSSS 8 m 6 t at Mn § llam ' So f _^ _^ his o _° wn _gratincation was concerned , and , perhaps , so far as the intercourse between the delegates and the _allot-Sf / hf _,. r Cerned ' th mj ght hav < - don ?* some good , but he was no advocate of doing evil that _& , _*^ V COme ' / _u nd _? e . _before _condemned the departure from the decision of last year . He 2 _r ? t _* _* T ? ° f bei _^ Called the _*« ** the law the Directors ought to be called the violators of it , and he trusted they would in this respect at least sm no more .

      After a conversation in which Mr . Dixon , Mr . Plood , and others took part , - _,, _^ - _Jm « d m «» ved , and Mr . Saunders seconded , ' That s the present board of Directors be reelected . ° The motion was carried unanimously Mr . Clark having on the part of the Directors returned thanks for this renewed mark of 3 " . Mr _^ _SMi-rn moved « That the Conference at its rising do adjourn till tho Company becomes _legalised orsome great necessity occur for caE gTt to _g ether again . "~ Seeonded and carried b B Mr . Sutton moved " That the best thanks of the delegates be given to Mr . Sweet , for the able and energetic manner in which he had presided over the Conference . " -Carried unanimousl

      y Mr . Wheeler : it had been promised for the last four times , thatthey should _meeUtNottingham He thought it time this were carried into effect , and he _houFd therefore propose " That the _neAConference beheld at Nottingham . " -Agreed to On the motion of Mr . Halliwell , a vote of thanks _wasgiven to Mr . O'Connor and the board S DirectorS _.---Ca-rried with enthusiasm , ' afoa ' which the Conference broke up . ' ** . * •*» _" _•« .. _wmcu

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —At a meeting of members ofthe Manchester locality of the National Charter Association , held at the I ' eople ' s Institute , August 5 th , the report of the committee appointed by the members to inquire into the dispute between the Kirkdale Prisoners and tho Manchester Victim Committee and Council was heard . A great many letters were read upon the subject , anu amongst the rest , one from Daniel Donovan , from which we take the following extract : — " You will see that I made my " calculation from the time I went to Liverpool , " and I found , according to Mr . T . Clark ' s state-• 'ment , that the sum sent would be about 3 s . 9 d .

      " per week ; but at that time I was labouring under "the impression that thc Manchester Committee "had stopped some money that was sent from "London , and that this money that I thought was " stopped would form part of thc sum total , I con . ¦ " sequently deducted something for that , which re" duced the above-mentioned weekly sum to _aboufi '' 3 s . Gd . per week , as I stated ifc in the Star . My " reason tor believing that . the money was sent "from London was , that I was informed that " Rankin ' s wife did receive for that week , and I " did not know how it was sent , I thought it came

      " from London . You must not blame me for this " ignorance , as I strove my best to be informed . I " wrote twice to the secretary of the Committee , " Thomas Ormesher , to be informed on this matter , " but I received no answer . I see from tho sums " inserted in the Council ' s famous letter that there "is lis . paid to my wife more than I inserted in . " my letter , but I did not know of ifc , and if tbo " secretavy had answered my letter no such mis" take could have occurred . " You will learn from tho above extract that a portion of the dispute has arisen through a misunderstanding , and in justice to Mr . Ormesher we must state that lie was ordered

      by thc Committee not -to answer the letters referred to . However , after a lengthened discussion the following resolution was passed : — " That the Victim Committee he requested to resign , and that their accounts having been audited are strictly correct . " " That we elect a new Victim Committee , and that the following persons form the committee : —Messrs . Joseph Mawdsley , John Grundy , John Nuttall * William Hemm , Thomas Fildes ; Thomas Ormesher , financial secretavy , and William _Shelmejdine , treasurer . " The Committee have held a first meeting , and appointed Thomas Fildes

      their chairman , and William Hemm as their corresponding secretary . On an examination of the finances we found that there was no money , and until some was subscribed the treasurer would have to advance money for the purpose of supporting the men in prison , or else allow them to go upon prison fare . 1 hope , sir , that you will uso your influence through your valuable journal for the purpose of raising funds to support them . All communications must be directed to Mr . Wm . Hemm , So . 49 , Canning-street , Bradford-street , Manchester . Yours fraternally , Wm . Hemm .

      TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHEIiN STAK . Dear Ska , —We have this day received a letter from the secretary of the Manchester Victim Committee , informing us that the Committee has been re-modelled , and as such is the case , and we find the new Committee composed of some well tried friends of the people , we take this mode of expressing our satisfaction at the change , and our thanks to the Manchester Chartists for their upright conduct . We trust that our various friends in Lancashire and Yorkshire will now co-operate with the Manchester Committee , a 3 before . We are , yours truly ,

      George White , James Leach , John West , Daniel Donovan * . P . S . All communications for the Manchester Victim Committee , should be addressed , Mr . William llemm , secretary , 49 , Canning-street , Bradford-street , Manchester . Kirkdale Gaol , August 14 th , 1849 .

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      . CORN . Mask-lake , Monday , August 13 , —We had a short supply of English wheat at this day ' s market , which was taken by the millers at Is per quarter lower on last Monday ' s prices . Of Foreign the arrival was moderate , but we cannot note any improvement in the trade , though tlie weather for the last day or two has been unsettled , and , indeed , sales to-day eould scarcely be eft ' eoted unless at rather lower rates . Harvest has commenced very generally in our neighbouring counties , and tliere were a few samples of new wheat showing to-day , but not in sufficient quantity to formally Opinion of the general qualltj-. Flour dull . Sal-ley slow sale , and Gd clieuper . Beans rather lower , ami n _«\ v grey peas 2 s to 3 s . cheaper . The supply of oats being mode rate , good fresh corn was readier sale at last Monday ' s quotations , whilst heated inferior samples sold with difficulty _, liye without inquiry . Linseed caJ-es quite as dear . Carraway seed and rapeseed without alteration .

      _Bmus-j . —Wheat . _—Mssex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , _3-lS to 4 ls , ditto white , 3 Ss to 47 s , Lincoln , _"Vorfoll-, and York _, shire , red , 32 s to 41 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white , 34 s to 40 s , ditto red , 33 s to 39 s , _Devonsliire and Somersetshire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 22 s to 24 s , barley , 21 s to 2 Cs , Scotch , 28 s to 25 s , Angus—s to —S , Malt ordinary , —s to —s , pale , 52 s to 57 s , peas , grey , new , 2 Gs to 28 s , maple 28 s to 30 s , white , 24 s to 26 s . boilers ( new ) , 27 s to 30 s , beans , large , new , 25 s to 28 s , ticks 27 s to 29 s , harrow , 29 s to 32 s , pigeon , 32 s to 34 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire , feed , lfls to 20 s , ditto Poland and potato , 18 s to 22 s , Berwick and Scotch , 17 s to 23 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 22 s , Irish feed , and black , 15 s to 20 s , ditto potato , 17 s to 22 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed , Essex , new , £ 25 to £ 27 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new , 27 s to 31 s per cwt , rape cake , £ i to £ 410 s per ton , linseed , £ 9 10 s to £ 10 10 s . per 1 , 001 ) , flour , per sack of 2601 bs _, ship , 29 s to 31 s , town , 40 s to 42 s .

      _Foueigs . —Wheat , —Dantzig , 40 s to 53 s , Anhalt and Marks , 3 Csto 43 s , ditto white , 41 s to 46 s , Pomeranian red , 37 s to 43 s , Rostock 40 s to 40 s _, Danish , Holstein , and Friesland , 32 s to 88 s , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Riga , 34 s to 46 s , Polish Odessa , 34 s to 40 s , Marianopoli , and Berdiansl-i _, 32 s to 35 s , Taganrog , 32 s to 35 s , Brabant and French , 35 s to 40 s , ditto white , 37 s to 42 s , Salonidl _, 32 s to 35 s Egyptian , 24 s to 26 s , rye , 2 _is to 23 s , barley , Wisinar and Rostock , 28 s to 23 s , Danish , 20 s to 23 s , Saal , 21 s to 25 s , East Friesland , IGs to 18 s , Egyptian , 15 s to 10 s , Danube , 15 s to 10 s , peas , white , 20 s to 2 Ss , new boilers , 2 Ss to 30 s , beans , horse , 25 s to 20 s , pigeon , 31 s to 33 s , Egyptian , 21 s to 23 s , _Oilts , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , 12 s to 17 s , ditto , thick and brew , IGs to 21 s ,: Riga , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish , 15 s to 17 s , flour , United States , per _ISOlbs ., 22 s to 23 s , Hamburg 20 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin , 21 s to 23 s , French per _2801 bs „ 32 s to 3 Gs . August 17 . — With but moderate receipts of English wheat , factors were enabled tomaintainlast Monday ' s quotations . In Foreign wheat very Uttle business was transacted , and the few retail sales were at former prices . .

      CATTLE . _SsnTUTOXD _, August 13 . —Thc arrivals from Ireland by sea direct for this market last week amounted to 31 oxen , and 278 sheep . For the time of year , the receipts of beasts from our various grazing districts fresh up this morning were but -moderate , and of middling quality . As the attendance ot both town and country buyers was good , and the dead markets were well cleared of their lato supplies , the beet " trade ruled steady , at prices quite equal to those obtained On Monday last . A few very superior Scots sold at 4 s ; bnr jS 10 ( 1 was the top general figure for beef . There was a considerable increase in the numbers of sheen _comnared with those

      exhibited on this day se ' ght . For all breeds the demand ruled steady , but not to say brisk , at full rates of currency . The primest old Downs sold at 3 s lOd to 4 s per 8 ibs . AV e were again well supplied with lambs , in but middling condition . Prime Down qualities sold steadily ; other kinds of lamb slowly , at last week ' s prices . Calves , the supply of which was good , moved off heavily , at unaltered quotations , In pigs scarcely any business was doing prices , however , were mostly supported . Heab of Cattle at . _SMi-rnFiixi ) . —Friday . —Beasts , 79 ( 5 * sheep , 13 , 280 ; calves , 498 ; pigs , 3 C 0 . Monday . —Beasts ' 3 , 306 ; sheep , 34 , 240 ; calves , 1 § 8 ; pigs , 240 . Pri stone

      ce per of 81 bs . ( sinking the offiil ) .-Beef , 2 s Sd to _^ _^ ' ?? 10 d t 0 4 s U _> vea ] - 2 s 10 d to 3 s 8 d j pork , 3 s 2 d to 4 s Od-, lamb , 4 s Od to 5 s ol August I 5 th . _ - \ y are but scantily supplied with fnd" ? _i _^ u _- veek , ! but . mth a continu _*™ ee of fine weather , _Sn . „ . _«* in- "SP " < " _* s _* nour country markets , the buyers here act with the greatest reserve , " so that the demand is verj limited , and prices without variation . , _i _»^ S * _f _- had a moderate supply of beasts , and the demand has increased ; _consequently , in most cases rather more money was obtained ; but there was not advance enough toadmit of higher quotations on the average . The number of sheen and lambs was smaller than of late trade for them was brisk , at about Monday ' s rates . There was a Zlt _^ ttw . " ° calves ; P _««*™ re stuTforthc Arrivals this week ;—Wheat — English 5 C 0 quarters foreign , 5 , 270 quarters . Barley-English 40 Quarters foreign , 480 quarters . _Oats-Englfsh _, * 430 SerS - foreign , 960 quarters . Flour-1 , 250 sacks _*" _-luaue-s _'

      FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . Coven * -- Garden _MARKET . -Hothouse grapes , _peache--and nectarines are plentiful . Pineapplls are chcaner _SreTufficSit _K _f _rS _^« esandcurS are _suflicient for the demand . Apricots are _nrottvwpTl supphed . Nuts in general arc abundant . " _OiS and lemons are plentiful , andthe market continues to be ovei " stoeked with melons . Amongst vegetables , _SpsmaJbe ob _ained at from 3 d . to Cd . a bunch . Carrots the _^ ame _SSE . ri _W _^ Green *¦ _" *» fetch from is Gd to ' 4 S per bushel . Potatoes are cheap . Lettuces and other salading are sufficient for the demand . Mushrooms fetch from is to ls Gdper bottle . Cut flowers _conskt _ofdeaths _carnSr _^ ' _&^™\> U _*™^ _* - _tl'OpaS , ' carnations , fuchsias , and roses .

      DEATH . The Chartists of "Preston , have to lament the _donth Of James Crook , who left his work ( being a _dTesseS about hve o ' clock on Thursday evening , 9 th ilst . / and _exnked about one on Friday morning , ofthe . Asiatic cholera ? le has left a wife and seven children to deplore his loss jU _~ eSim nd r ' ; t nder and induJ _« _SS _' none surpassed him . He had been a teetotaler twelve vears He was a paid-up shareholder in the Land Company , andw as well prepared for taking an allotment , having Vua il diistryand economy got four good mldi cows i _. _ie-s ic « i « Jr , , victims , oi _^ -for his sick brethren we could always ca culate on his full mite , lie died in lis Uth vear

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      Printed " by WILLIAM RIDER , of No . _& _,-Macdesfield-street . in the parish ot St . Anno , Westminster , at the Printing ,

      Ysit, ' ¦"• >.'•-' Reat Windmill-Street,...

      _ySit , ' ¦ _" > . '• - ' reat _Windmill-street , _Haymarket , in the City of Westminster , forthe Proprietor , _FEARWS _O'CONNOR , «! . ni' . P _uWished b J" tne said _WitLUM Rider , at the Office , in the same street « nd parish , —Saturday j August 18 th ; 1849 . ' -

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 18, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_18081849/page/8/