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      of tha southern Mahratta country and Coimbatore had been ameliorated . The important question was , why British capital and intellect had not been applied to tbe cultivation of cotton , as of opium , indigo , and sugar ; and upon that point the committee did not agree : tbey thought it necessary to enter into tbe vexed question ofthe land assessment and its operation upon the cultivation , and upon that point the committee rightly came to no decision . Tbey , however , did the Company tbe justice to state that the assessment was now taken upon the character of the soil , not upon the nature of the produce , and that they had abolished tho inland duties . He very much doubted whether such an additional quantity of cotton , and of such an

      improved kind , ever would be brought from India as would enable it to compete with America .- Dr . Boyle said , tbe great mass of cotton produced in India was unfit , from tbe shortness of its staple and its dirty state , to sustain a compe ition with the American . Besides this , 120 , 000 , 000 of natives were clothed with cotton , and after tbey were supplied the surplus was not likely to be very great . The manner in which Mr . Bright had spoken «/ the condition of the people of India induced him to think he was not well acquainted with this part of tbe subjeet . The ryots wero not serfs , as be seemed to _' snppose , and they were disinclined to cultivate cotton ; nor were the assessments levied as he represented . He had charged the Company s government with neglect in regard to roads and _Jrrirafihnr bnt ha _iSir John ) showed that large

      Snm 3 had been expended and were still laid out npon canals in India Proper , especially the great _Ganges Canal , and in the Panjaub . He likewise leaofdooaments proving that a material improvement had taken place inthe social condition of the people of India . With respect to the commission , who , he asked , were to be the commissioners ? and what were they to do more than the Company had -dene or were willing to do ? The Manchester Commercial Association , to whicb Mr . Bright bad applied to assist bim in bis object , bad declined to do so , and doubted the expediency of a commission . There was an entire dissimilarity between the commission of 1822 and that now proposed , which would supersede the East India Company and theu * Governor-General , who was a Royal Commissioner . It was from a firm conviction that there was no ground whatever for the motion that he urged Mr . Bright not to press it tb a

      division . Sir T . E . Colkbsooke was favourable to tbe appointment ef a commission , which , if composed of Company ' s servants , would be highly serviceable , there being circumstances in the condition of the Indian provinces which urgently demanded attention . Mr . _Newdegate declined to support a motion which was an undeserved attack upon the East India Company . Mr . G . _Thompson said , if indigo , opium , and sugar had succeeded under European management ia India , there could be no natural impediment to the improved cultivation 'bf cotton . The evidence before tbe committee of 1848 proved tbat , if tbe native cultivators were emancipated from the money lenders and relieved from the burden of tbe land assessment , we might look for a large and constantly increasing supply of Indian cotton .

      Sir J . Hobo observed , that tbe East India Company had as strong an interest as Manchester in encouraging the cultivation of cotton in India ; but this motion wa 3 repudiated at Manchester , where the Commercial Association were convinced tbat tbe East India Company had done everything that was practicable . There was nothing to prevent the gentlemen of Manchester from sending a commission of their own to India or establishing a local European agency in tbe cotton districts . Sir . James explained the different systems of land assessment in India , pronounced by Mr . Mill to be the perfection of

      taxation — which was the setting apart a certain portion of tbe rent ofthe soil for the state to meet the exigencies of the public service . He likewise corrected some misapprehensions respecting the internal communications in tbe cotton , districts of Broach , Candeisb , and Dkarwar . Besides the large demands of the Indian population for their own cotton a large quantity was taken to China , and these regular markets were preferred to the uncertain demand of Europe . Upon the subject of public works in India , he showed tbat , exclusive of the Ganges Canal , which had cost £ 1 , 000 , 000 , the Company had expended in roads and bridges ,

      £ 2 , 232 , 891 . Mr . "W . Paties had thought that the deficiency of internal communication had been the cause of tbe dirty state of the Indian cotton , that this was tbe great impediment to the investment of capital in its cultivation . Mr . Maxgles explained the evidence be bad g _' ven before the committee of 1848 , and defended s theory respecting the land revenue of India , which be considered to be the best system of taxation that had ever existed , when properly administered . After a few caustic remarks from Colonel Sibxhobf , and a brief reply from Mr . Bright , tie motion was negatived .

      _Traxssibsiox op Letters ox Scxdat . — Mr . Forster moved for leave to bring in a bill to repeal the prohibition contained in preceding acts , against transmitting ! letters otherwise than through tbe post on Sunday afternoon . The prohibition , he argued , was designed to protect the revenue , and as the Post-office intended to give up carrying letlers on Sunday- a * would save perpetual infringements of the law to allow correspondence to pass through otber channels . Colonel Thompson seconded the motion .

      The _CnAXCSLLORof the Exchequer admitted his belief that the vote of the bouse on a previous night respecting Sunday Labour at the Post-office hid been unfortunate , and would lead to much evasion and many inconveniences . But having adopted that vote , he could not consent to the present motion , whicb was an indirect mode of rendering it nugatory . Mr . Agliokbt wished for some direct opportunity to reverse the vote alluded to . Mr . Heals pronounced that resolution a fair test of the opinion of the house , andbelieved it had been ratified br the public voice .

      _^ Mr . G .. _Thompsos claimed the right of individual judgment for every man to decide how he should keep the seventh day . Lord J . Bussell apprehended that tbe bill would create a private post-office , which must prove practically very inconvenient . He had advised the preparation of a measure founded on the resolution of the House of Commons , though without sharing in the opinion it expressed . But while he regretted that resolution he recommended the withdrawal of the present motion . After some conversation the motion was put and egatired without a division .

      The Exhibitios of 1851 . — Colonel ' _Sibthorp moved for a return of all tho _^ trees cut down or to be cut down to make room for the buildings designed for the Exhibition of the Industry of all _Hations . ' - Tbe gallant member had seen ten trees marked for destruction , and having seen so many previous marks of extravagance wished to inquire into the extent of , and authority for , this robbery of the public . Lord _Sevuocb explained tbat tbe trees had been marked ia planning out the edifice , but there was no official statement that they were to be cut down at all . Tha motion was afterwards withdrawn . The amendments ofthe Coukiy Courts Extbxsios Bill were brought up and considered , and the house adjourned at a quarter to two o ' clock .

      WEDNESDAY , Jr / xE 19 . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-The _honso met at twelve o ' clock . Greece . _—Tas Ministerial Deeat . —Mr . Roebock . —I beg to give notice , that to-morrow I shall ask 3 question of the noble lord at the head of the government respecting the course whicb the government intend tc pursue after the event of last Monday . I hope tbe bouse will not be unwilling to take the state of the country into consideration tomorrow with reference to this subject , notwithstanding the forms of the house , which do not permit one to make a motion to that effect without the consent ofthe house . Lord J . Russell . —What question is it which the hon . and learned gentleman intends to ask ?

      Mr . Roebuck . —I have already stated the question , namely , what is tbe course that the government mean to pursue after tbe event of last Monday , I Lord J- HrssBM , almost immediately afterwards left ha seat and crossed over the floor of the house to speak to the hon . member for Sheffield , with whom he was for a few moments engaged in conversation . ] School Establishments ( Scotland ) Bill . — On the order ofthe day for the second reading of this bill being read ,

      Lord _Melgpsd gave a history of tbe ancient system of education in Scotland , and described the present condition ofthe parochial schools , aud the qualifications of tbe masters , whence be concluded tbat the state of education there was very far from what it ought te be . He then showed that the taxation , bv which the parochial system is supported , was " unequal ; that the wealth of Scotland was taxed much less than it used to be for education ; and that the masters were unpaid . He stated the reasons why he had founded his bill upon the denomina

      old principle of a territorial instead of a - tional system ; he observed that , as tbe religion of all the denominations in Scotland was essentially the same , there was no real obstacle on tins ground to a united education , and to the teaching of religion in tbe schools , and he proposed to abolish tests . . Sir G . Clebk _, opp < Hed " the bill , and moved to defer the second reading for six months , He commended the ancient sys _' em upon which the parochial schools were founded , and thought Lord _Melsund had overstated tbe deficiency of education in _Scotland , which arose from other causes than want

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      cf schools . Inthe manufacturi » gand mining dis : tricts , the labonr of children of twelveaud thirteen was so profitable that parents neglected their education , and as this bill did not propose to compel tbem to send their children to school , it would no _t-remedy tbe evil , while it manaced with _totaPdestraction the ancient system which had been so beneficial to Scotland . He denied that there was any P _™ tical grievances which called for so sweeping a _^ changein an integral part ofthe parochial _w _}*^^ of Scotland : and for conferring _absolnite _W _™ m a government board und „ . i paid _., _-missioner . The principle and object of tow _fiT i e g ihP _sfv rat of the connexion between £ _O _^ _HSE _ert- , _" * the parochial tne _t-hurcn J _» _^ t _& Bre were e „ i in the _prSt _sSen _^ K required a remedy , but the _SttiS should not be made with a rash

      ha Somc further discussion ensued and upon a division , the bill was rejected by 100 against 91 . _Fbiexdit Societies . —A number of petitions , for and against the abova bill , were presented by several honourable members . Mr . _Sotueros moved tbe second reading , which he characterized as of great importance to the working classes of tbis country . The very large proportion of tho adult male population above twenty years of age , whe were enrolled in one or another of these societies , was not generally know , and if tbe house would permit him to read the figures tbe importance of the matter would become more apparent . Tho number of friendly societies enrolled and registered under act of parliament in

      England , amounted to nearly 11 , 01 ) 0 ; the number of members of those sooieties was 1 , 600 , 000 ; their annual income amounted to £ 2 , 600 , 000 , and their accumulated capital to £ 6 , 400 , 000 . The total number of Societies in England , Scotland , Wales , and Ireland was 33 , 000 , and the number of members 3 , 032 , 000 . The total number of societies in England , Wales , Scotland , and Ireland , was not less than 33 , 232 , and the aggregate of members which they included amounted -to 3 , 032 , 000 . The annual revenue of these societies was £ 4980 , 000 , and the accumulated capital from the savings of these poor persons , was no less a sum than £ 11 , 360 , 000 . ( Hear . ) According to tbe last census , the male population ofthe country above the age of

      twenty years , was only 6 , 300 , 000 * It followed , thereforethat one out of two of the [ male population , according to these returns , was either enrolled or in somo way' or other interested in benefit and friendly societies . The subject , therefore , was one of great interest and importance to this numerous class . The bill embodied two important points . It embodied and consolidated the existing law relative to enrolled friendly societies ; and . it gave legal protection to that very large mass of societies whicb , at tbe present moment , justly complained tbey were not allowed the common privilege of Englishmen , namely that , if cheated or ill-treated , they might appeal to the laws of their country for * protection and lelress . ( Hear , hear . ) He

      asked the house to give to these societies no privilege but that which tbe committee of last session , after full inquiry , said tbey ought to have . He only asked the house to give them a _legal character , so that when they went into a court of law for their own protection , tbey might not be met , as hitherto , by the question , " Are you enrolled or are yon not ? " At present they were obliged to say , in answer to this question , "We are not enrolled ; " so that , however _stronglmight be the opinion of the judge or the magistrate tbat morally the decision ought to be . in their favour , ihe answer to this question was fatal to ther rights . The practical , result of this state of things was that every year , especially among the Odd Fellows and others , thousands were lost to these associations from their want of a legal character . ( Hear , hear . ) It w . i 3 proposed in the bill that

      unenroUed societies should go through the same process , as a means of security , that all other societies of the same description were required to undergo . They would be required to send to the registrar _copied of tbeir rules , returns of their numbers ,. with other information ; but the bill would not require , as in the case of enrolled societies , that their tables should be certified b y an actuary . In tbe case of all branches of sooieties a fee of half a crown would be required for _registration ; and these provisionally certified societies would be required to appoint trustees , in whom their property would be vested ; an officer , whose business it would be to keep accounts ; and a board or committee of management . On tho other hand .

      he proposed to give to such provisionally certified societies the privilege which , for many years , had been conceded to Freemasons , namely , tbatalthoagb they used secret signs , and were divided into branches , the provisions of the Corresponding Societies Act should not be applicable to them so long as the ; were duly enrolled and certified by the registrar . He did not think that Parliament , in its wisdom , wonld hesitate to grant this simple privilege to so large a portion other Majesty's subjects . The bill had relation a \ s © to burial societies , and he considered that it effectually provided against the abuses to which those societies were exposed . It would require that no money should be paid for the death of any child under ten years of ago ; a

      certificate must be given that the whole amount had been expended upon tbe burial , and at tbe same time the surgeon or coroner would be required to certify the cause of death in each case . These requirements , he believed , would afford the largest guarantee which it was in the power of Parliament to enact , against evil practises and _mal-administration . He might , in the next place , be asked what guarantee was afforded by the bill that it would not be used for the support of a'vast number of unsound , bankrupt , and . objectionable societies . That was reasonable question , and ho was happy to say he was prepared with a satisfactory answer . It was , that the bill required , in return for the advantages it gave , ' the great security given by publicity .

      ( Hear . ) Erery society , whether certified absolutely or provisionally , would be required to furnish au annual balance-sheet to the registrar . It would be part of the registrar's duty to require and enforce the delivery of these annual balance-sheets , and tbe registrar would be required to lay them before parliament every year in such a shape , that honourable gentlemen could immediately see the nature of the transactions of every society in the kingdom during the preceding twelve months . ( Hear , bear . ) He considered that the publicity thus secured would be an effectual check upon malversation , mal-administration , and abuse . On the whole , be hoped the house would agree with him , tbat a measure founded upon tbe principles he had

      indicated , would be tbe means of p lacing these institutions , which were so beneficial tb tho working classes , upon a sound and healthy basis . Ho was not aware of any intention to object to the second reading of the bill ; but a number of suggestions bad been made for the improvement of the details , which were wortby of consideration . If , therefore , the bill was read a second time , ho would take the earliest possible opportunity bf moving its committal pro forma , in order that amendments might be introduced into it ; and that , when next discussed , it might appear in a more perfect shape , though , at the same time , he was far from admitting it required any very great improvement . Tbe hon . member concluded by moving tbat the bill be read the second time .

      Tbe motion was seconded by Mr . _Cockburs , who said the object of tbe bill was to secure the rights ofthe members of these excellent institutions , who were now subject to frauds . ' After a few words from Mr . _Addeblkt , tho bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed on Monday next . The Borough Bridges Bill was read a second time . The house adjourned at a quarter tb six . . THURSDAY , _Jusz 20 . nOUSE OP COMMONS . —Voir of _Confidence i . v Government . —Mr . Roebuck , thinking tbat our double chambers ought to act iu concert , each

      portion with the other , or tbat tbe public should clearly understand the reasons of difference , and feeling that usder existing circumstances the government was crippled , and the honour of England could not bo sustained , gave notice that he should , on Monday , bring forward a resolution of confidence in the foreign policy , of Lord Palmerston . The second reading of tho Mercantile Marine ( No . 2 ) Bill was moved by Mr . _Laboucherb , and committed pro forma . The Metropolitan * Interments Bill was read » third time on the motion of Sir < J . GRBT , and passed .

      Thb _Facioribs Bill . —Sir G . Grey moved that th " i 3 Bill he read a third time . Mr . O ' Connor said that , as so much sympathy had Just been expressed for the dead , he trusted tbat the house would exhibit a similar feeling for the living , ne was aware of tbe folly of an independent member , belonging to no party , undertaking to advocate any cause in that house . He , however , at all risk and hazard , would oppose the third reading of that atrocious Bill . Machinery came upon tbem with a hop , step , and jump , and so rapidly did its owners acquire power that the government were afraid to legislate honestly for the sufferers . Let him call their attention to the different feeling which those millowners had for their own children ,

      and those little children upon whose 3 weat and marrow , and blood , they fattened and became rich . If one of those millowners bad a child to bo educated , he would take care tbat thfl school was in a healthy situation , and that playhours wero sufficient for recreation . And then , ho w- could tho government attempt to base its power upou t » _e _Igaorance of a people , whose time , that should be devoted to instruction , was devoted to slavish and exhausting toil . Ministers stated that they proposed this bill lest , after the recent decision of the judges ihe mill-owners should return to tbe old system , but he would ask the house and the government how tho dignity of tbat assembly could bo maintained , if a legal quibble was capable of nullifying an Act of

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      [ Parliament . By _auoh a course they would stultify I themselves in tbo eyes of the nation ! and tbey now based their policy upon the Buppprt of men who sat behind and around them , who had jumped out of their clogs into Spanish leather , boots , and out of dung carts into carriages . ( " Ob , oh ; " and laughter . ) They may laugh , he would not rebuke them for that , was it not that tbey cared nothing for the health or strength of those womon and little children , so long as they could live and luxuriate upon their very marrow and blood . Although he was not a mill-owner , yet , perhaps , he had visited more manufacturingtownstban any manufacturer in that house ; and as be passed through the slums and back lanes of thoso towns in the depth of winter , it _^ . „ . _^ nv „« 0 h a course stultify

      made bis blood run cold to see little girls , seven years of age , with a baby tied upon her back , hobbling through the mud , while the mothe r of tbat baby was obliged to obey the summons of that dread curfew , to drag her sucking babe from her breast , and throw it to a stranger ; and having established such a system themselves , which compelled a child of ninety-six months old to work SIX hours a day , and of thirteen years of age to work ten hours and a half a day , they would now base their powor upon the presumed ignorance of those when they grow up . Did it not' destroy all domestic feeling . Did it not sever all connection and union between man and wife , parent and child ? It had been urged that

      there were no petitions in favour of the Ten Hours Bill , be , however , asserted that there were many , and if there had been none , he could assign substantial reasons . Firstly , the people felt that petitioning that bouso was useless , and secondly , the masters who held the tyrant power over their slaves , would perhaps discharge them , if they dared to make their grievances known to that house . Bnt , notwithstanding this allegation , nearly-all , if not all , the masters of Preston and other towns , did petition in favour of . the Ten Hours Bill , but their voice was silenced in this house by the cupidity of tbe government supporters belonging to the same class . In the good old times when men , worked at their own loom , and in their own cottage , when the sterling stamp of labour , as well as the brand of capital appeared upon the fabric , then the employed and the employer were co-partners , and if the master was drivon to complete an order , he went to his labourer and told him that if he corar

      pleted it before tho prescribed time , he should havp a gratuity , but now ao powerful have they become , and so great is the competition for labour , that they had reduced wages to . the mere existence point . Let not that house or the government however , imagine that publio feeling was asleep ; they , the government were slumbering on a voloano , whioh sometime or other would burst , about their ears . He was sorry to seethe hon . member for Manchester not in his place , as in the last discussion upon that bill , that gentleman had had the audacity and impertinence to call bis ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) speech—( " Order , order .- ' ) The Speaker intimated that the honourable member had committed a breach pf order in calling the language of any other honourable member _«' audacious and impertinent .- ' ¦ '¦ ' < .. .

      Mr . _O'Cohnob recalled the expression and resumed . He would tell her Majesty ' s ministers that if thoy succeeded in passing this bill , be would do his utmost to raiso a feeling against . it out of the house ; and bo wished them to understand that although as . an independent member his speech and his voice had no power in that house ; yet , be could and would exercise a power , out of doors which would bring that house to its senses . He held in his hand an extract from the report of an Inspector who bad visited Mr . Bright ' s factory , and which he would read to the House . Mr . O'Connor then read the following document .

      ' . . Oldham , May 6 . 1850 . Sib , —r was at Mr . Bright ' s mill on Saturday last , and received tho following information from the hands , The TroBle piecers have been turned out ever since January last against a reduction iu their wages , this being the third during the last three years ; the reduction offered was onethird their wages . The best hands were getting nearly eight shillings per week previous to tbe strike in fire per week . The weaver on two looms , best quality of work , will get about nine shillings per week—these are the best workmen . At Lane-side Mill ( Messrs . Lord and Brothers ) , _Backdate , for the same kind of work , they will get from twelve to thirteen shillings per week , ia fire days . Some of Mr _^ Bright ' s hands , in tlie weaving branch , are only earning about four shillings ahd " ninepenee per . week on two looms ; this is owing to the work being so very bad —and good workmen , too . This is a serious reduction ; indirectly he makes no recompense . This statement is from the Overlooker of power looms . - The Spinners statement : —

      They were reduced threepence per thousand hanks in January last The winders were reduced on the 19 th of January last to the amount of twopence per thousand hanks ; they are now _earning about thirteen shillings in six days per week : while at Mv . James King's , in the same town , winders are getting 19 s . lfd . in the same time . This statement is from the winders themselves , Both the workmen of Mr . Bright and the inhabitants of Rochdale generally , say that he ( Mr , Bright ) has always been the first to reduce wages ; b \ fact , there ia no end of ins reducing wages , both directly and indirectly . . Prom an Overlooker ' s statement : —He says that ho worked for Mr . Bright nearly twenty years , and the last four has not received on tlie average ten shillings per week , Two of the mills are totally stopped , and have lajn some time and another partially so ; this causes great distress among the hands , which you know as-well as myself . Do you remember them two young women begging at Royton _, when we were there ?—tbey were two cf Bright' s hands _.

      Sir G . Gret asked to be allowed to look at tho letter , ' and after glancing at it remarked that it had no signature attached to it . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Connor said that no name was attached to the letter , because if a person was known to have given such information he would be dismissed from his employment . Mr . Ellis asked whether the writer was a Government "inspector ?" Mr . O'Connor : No : there was no chance of getting just information from a Government inspector . ( Cries of "Oh I " - ) . Tho letter he had just read was from a person who bad been sent to inspect the condition of Mr . Bright's mill . Mr . _Retxolds asked whether the hon . member bad given Mr . Bright notice that it was his intention to read an anonymous communication against him . '

      Mr . O ' Gosmn had intimated that it was not from a government inspector . ( Renewed cries of "Oh , oh . " ) Was not the house aware that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was not likely to bo in communication with a government inspector , and was not every man in the house aware that the brand of poverty would be stamped upon the writer of that document ; but as he never fabricated reports , be would hand the original document to the right hon . baronet Sir George Grey , _and-he , ( Mr . O'Connor ) upon an important subject of this kind , had a right to complain of those frequent and indecent interruptions . Let bim remind the government , and honourable millowners ; who complained of the rents ofthe landlords of this fact , that if a master , employing a thousand hands ,

      reduced the wages of those handsby 2 s . a week , he made , without reference to ther price of the raw material and . the manufactured articlo , this made a profit of £ 5 , 200 a year , and if he reduced wages by 2 s . a week , and employed 2 , 000 hands , he made a profit Of £ 10 , 400 a year , and his tyranny and power increased according to his profit . Then , if they really entertained that feeling of kindness for the poor , which was so often expressed in tbat house ; let him romind them , that while the average of life in Dorsetshire , was fifty-three years , the average of life in the manufacturing districts was twenty-seven years ; and therefore , according to the principle of justice and humanity , the man who bad exhausted his life at the age . of

      _twentvseven , should have realised sufficient to have lived upon for tho remainder of his life ., ' A factory operative : re { . rasented the racehorse , who had lived an unnatural life , and bad run bis sweating race , the racehorse ' was as old at five aa the agricultural horse was at twenty , \ and the artificial labourer was as old at twenty-seven ,. as the naturally employed labourer was at fifty-three , ' But if tho house required a stronger proof of the value which tho slave employers attach ' to this _increased slavery of two hours a-week , it would be developed by the profit , that they calculated to make upon these two extra hours labour * In fact he could not furnish them with a more convincing proof , that they coined every sweat and blood into

      fold from that fact . Tho evils which shortened uman life would be perpetuated by this measure , and . be wished it to be known that -he gave it his most strenuous _opposition It was said that tho struggle was only for two hours a-week . but did not that prove how valuable to the masters was the labour of factory children ? He would not trouble the house further than by informing tbem tbat if they did not give justice to the people , the lattor would find a means of obtaining it for themselves . Mr . Kbinolds then made some impertinent remarks relative to _Snip's End , ahd ns to whether the letter relative to Mr ; Bright ' s factory , was signed .

      Mr . O'Connor would remind tbo Lord Mayor of Dublin , that bo stated that the letter was signed , and since ho concluded his speech he . had handed the letter to Sir Georgo Grey—who , ' however , returned it . With regard to the remainder of the hon . gentleman ' s speech he would not condescend to notice it , as the censure of slaves was adulation . ( Order , order . ) Tho galleries w ere then cleared , but thero not being a single member t 8 second Mr . O'Connor ' s amendment it was negatived without a division , and the Bill was read a third time _fifV ' ?/ ? _- i . ' iafc tfae _Bfll for the abolition of fi » ffl _? ' ls , dlctlon ofthe Court ofExchcquor W be wad a second time , hUK _r- ' _? friEBSP ? ke against the bill , bub reserved _ansStb _" _^ for a futuro 5 tag 0 , ll 0 _™ _JFfi Souc _on-GENERAt for Ireland , and tho bill was then read a second time

      . t _« " . f went int 0 committee on the Charitable trusts Bill , the discussion of whichioooupied tho greater part ofthe remainder ofthe night . On the third reading of the County Courts Extension Bill ,

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      Major BhACKALL moved the addition of a clause _enabling Irish barristers of seven years' standing to be appointed judges bf the English county courts . The clause whs , on division , negatived by 111 to 58 ; majority , 53 . The bill passed . The other orders were then taken . ¦ ¦ :. ¦¦ Major addition of a clatise

      ( From our Third Edition of last week , ) FRIDAY , June 14 . HOUSE OF LORDS , - The . Committee on the Australian Colonies Government Bill was then resumed . Lord Stanley ' s amendment , expunging tbe 30 th and four . following clauses , relating to the establishment of a federative government in tbe _Ausiraliah colonies was negatived by a majority of one , the numbers being — Contents , 23 ; Non-conten ts _^ . ' : . . ' ' After somo further discussion , the . remaining clauses were agreed to , and the bouse resumed . ¦ < Their Lordships adjourned at twenty miiiutes pas

      . . * HOUSE . OF COMMONS . —Tho consideration of the amendments to the Factories Bill haying been moved , ¦ , , . . Lord Ashley , brought forward tbo motion ot which be liad givbn notice designed to render the restrictive provisions of tho measure as regarded the hours of factory labour more stringent in prohibiting the employmentof children . Sir G . Gbet believed that the act as it stood provided sufficient protection for the younger operatives against any undue amount of labour . This amendment / ho added , would result , in a highly injurious interference with the employment ot the adults and the availability of the motive powers .

      Sir G . Grey , Mr . Bright , Mr . Tatton Egerton , Mr . Eliot , and Mr . Hume opposed the motion ; and Mr . Aglionby , Mr . Sharman Crawford , Lord R . Grosvenor , Mr . Edwards , and Mr . W . J . Fox supported it . ' The house then divided , when-Lord Ashley _s amendment was negatived by 160 to 159—majority , one . ' Immense cheer iu k from the supporters of Lord Ashley ' s motion followed tho announcement of the numbers . ; ' . Lord J . Manners then brought forward his postponed motion to amend the act by inserted ; halfpast five , instead of six p . m ., as the appointed time for _leaving off work in factories . " The noble lord bnlavged ; in . a prolonged address , upon , the valuable boon which this additional half hour of- leisure

      would confer upon theoperattves _^ __ Mr . Hornby seconded the motion , and enforced the propriety of making the bill in reality what it was in name—a "Ten Hours "Bill . A long discussion ensued , when the house divided —For the amendment , 142 ; against , 181 ; majority , 39 . The report of the bill was then brought up and agreed to ; . _MEiBOPcxiTAif _Istbbmests Biu . —The committal of this bill was then resumed and concluded , several additional clauses being added after some miscellaneous discussion . The clause by "which , the salary of the principal secretary was allotted formed the subject of some lively debating . Ultimately the allowance was fixed at £ 1 , 200 per annum . The house then resumed , and adjourned at * one o ' clock . ' .

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      THE MINERS O THE NORTH . The meeting pf the miners of this district , which took place on the Black Fell , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , on Saturday last , was well attended , and the spirit of the men was of first-rate order . The proceedings were conducted withthe greatest harmony , and there seemed but one sentiment to actuate the body present , and tbat was , to persevere with the organisation that their health , and lives might be preserved , and a more liberal remuneration be got for their labour . At a little alter twelve o ' clock the proceedings commenced by a call being made for Mr . William Bird to . preside over the meeting , which being unanimously adopted that individual bravely stood forth to occupy the chair .

      Mr . DiRD briefly alluded tothe subjects of the meeting and pertinently observed , that they ought to be termed gentlemen , seeing that by tbeir exertions tbe whole machinery of society was kept moving , yet , from a want of proper appreciation of tbeir own value , tbey had sunk into a state of veritable slavery . Mr . _flENDBBSONFAtvcETr waa called on to move the first resolution , whicb he did as follows . : ' Tbat , as in almost every instance of loss of life by colliery _explokions , : & c , the coroner ' s jury returned a verdict , exonerating from all blame the owners and managers of such colleries , that this continuity of exculpation from all blame may be ascribed more to

      the form and manner of conducting such inquiries than to the absence of all neglect on the part ol those managers ; therefore , _thU meeting resolves to memorialise ber Majesty ' s government to revise , alter , aud amend the law of coroners' courts , so as to ensure a more stringent inquiry into the causes of those fatal calamities than has hitherto- been practised in such courts . ' What , said Mr . Fawcett , is the practice tbat now occurs in taking cognizance of those fearful events ? Why , the first thing 18 to summon a jury , and the . parlies . who are thus empowered tof dispose of the lives of ; tbe miners are generally what may be termed the middle class of the colliery village . Tbe bead viewer ,

      and one or two of the resident owners , who , perhaps at the same time are magistrates , forming the aristocracy , and the pitman forming the council , or vulgar class , and , as a matter of course , tbe middle class had a great deal more sympathy and connexion with the higher class than with , tbe lower . These men are selected as jurymen , and tbe first thing done , is for the viewer to detail the excellent arrangements of the pit—the superior management of that pit , & c . ; this is corroborated by the overman , ' the deputies , and , to give , a little , colour of / air play to the farce , a hewer or two is called upon to give evi : dence ( the coroner calling out , 'Let us have some of

      the workmen . ' ) . The workmen are there , ready , having been already drilled by a previous eiamihfl _. tion , to give such evidence as will please . the master and then the finale is ' Accidental Death . ' Nay ' continued Mr . Fawcett , it is always known before the jury hieetwhat the verdict will be—either that a bag bf _gw had broke . out , ot that the thing was the will of God , and- could not bave been prevented . For example , look , at the summing up of Mr . S . Reed , at the Wallsend inquest— 'The fiat of God bad gone forth , says Mr . Reed , and one hundred human beings are launched out of time into eternity . ' Mr . _^ Fawcett concluded an able speech bv proposing tbe resolution . '

      ; Mr ;; J ; . _Fawcett sieconued the resolution , and stated as hia opinion ( and be could bring experience and observation to bear , bim but in such opinion ' , ) that the exceeding laxity exhibited in investigations of this kind was calculated to induce further carelessness on the part of the managers of mines than otherwise . Did not , the fact astonish them when it was announced , that out of the hundreds of inquests held on mine accidents not one had been attended with any littier ' resultf than a verdict , of accidental death } Could it be conceived tbat every one of these were pure accident ? No ; he could assure them that many , very many , indeed , of the so-called

      accidents were . due to wilful neglect . A _paotman had been killed this _Weekiat Lttdworth Cpiliery , by the falling ; of a large stone' from , the roof . This stone ban been known to be dangerous / or a long time , and was stated to have been so at the inquest , yet the verdict was ' accidental death . ' Let tbem look at the manner in which coroners' inquests were conducted in other cases . _TinYweek an unfortunate yoiing woman had been murdered at New * castle , or , at any rate , supposed to be so ; wellthey had the police on the look out ; they were flying about in all directions , taking persons on the least suspicion and having tbem examined . Not a

      stone but what was turned up , lest it should conceal any circumstance connected with the foul deed . O this be did not complain , it was as it ought to be , but why observe a different mode when colliers were murdered ? - Why , instead of apprehending the manager ofthe colliery , and calling for evidence to establish his guilt , he was the first person examined upon oath to exonerate himself ; he bad always the first chance of giving a cue to the proceedings , and paved the way for the other witnesses , equally aa implicated as himself , to afford them an opportunity , of perfect exoneration . Mr . Fawcett having seconded the resolution , it was put irom tbe chair and carried unanimously .

      The Chairman then called upon _ItonsuT Archer lo move the second resolution as follows : 'That as every official inquiry made into the causes of those fearful colliery accidents , are attended with proper remarks relative to tbe ignorance of the mining population , this meeting agrees to petition the legislature to pass a law providing that no boy shall be kept longer at woik down any pit on . any day , than eight hours , aud also that proper schools be established in every colliery , tbat the rising generation may _receive . a suitable education , and he _thiis instrumental in diminishing the great loss of life in the pits of tbia country . ' He said , that no doubt the miners were very ignorant ; _therewas so much truth in that , tbat he believed , but for such iguorance , tbey would not have been placed in their present slavish and degraded con-

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      dition . Atthe _saraa , time-he could not . but think the . charge came with , an exceeding bad grace from their superiors and the ; goveinment , for they were not able to emancipate themselves from such ignotince . ' -How conld tbey , when in tbe _dayajust gone by , the young boys had to remain down the pit fourteen and sixteen hours a-day , never iri the winter season , seeing daylight , except on a' Sunday ? Itis Irue the . _miners had acquired knowledge ; they " were somewhat advanced at present , to -what tbey were in-years bygone , but still dition . -. At tbe ' _same'li _the ; he could not . but think

      they were far short of the other classes of the community ; and thus by contrast the . miners were still ignorant . It had been said , that-those fearful and serious accidents were due to the carelessness , arid consequent ignorance of the miners well be it so , but to obviate those dreadful events let us become educated , give us schools , and time to attend _^ them , and then he for . one would not be afraid of the , advancement of the miners in the state of society . He most cordially moved the resolution .

      Mr . T _., Bell seconded , the resolution by _observing , that from his own experience he knew how bard a task it was for the young miners to get any education . Why , theywere all perhaps aware that even if they went to a night school , no sooner were they seated than sleep overcame them , and down went tbeir head on the desk or table , and it made no mat . ter . _hdwevOr anxious they were to do otherwise , exhausted nature would have its course ; and thus not one of twenty among the miners got any ' education at all . The government had legislated in respect to the education of the factory , children , and bad _provided that tbey should not work longer than six hours and a half per day , and that two hours at

      least should be devoted to school in tbat time ; why then should not the miners' boys be privileged with a short time act , to enable tbem to get education , and to be thereby instrumental in preventing the great loss of life among the miners of this _countrj ?• The resolution was carried . Mr .: S . . Pkatt moved the third resolution'That from the knowledge of the fact that competition among the proprietors and the workmen of collieries'has recently assumed aYdrm add character calculated !' " to alarm all parties , concerned ; tbat this . attempt to produce coals at a low rate naturally engenders the causes , of explosions and other accidents in mines , and will , if not checked , at no

      distant date , lead to the closing of many ef them altogether , thereby producing misery and wretchedness among large numbers of the population . This meeting therefore resolves to use its utmost endeavours to establish a general union among the proprietors and the working miners for the purpose of so regulating the trade that a moderate right of profit may accrue to the former , and a proper remuneration be accorded to the latter , and the condition of the pits thereby be rendered more healthy and safe to work in . '—Mr . Pratt said he was fully convinced that the competition which had prevailed among themselves had been productive of the most alarming evils—in fact , low wages and extremely

      long hours had emanated from this foolish system of competition , and not only was it productive of low wages , but it was undoubtedly to be ascribed to the parsimonious spirit of the proprietors that so many accidents took place . Why was it but to a spirit of saving that prevented the employers putting brathies into every place in the pit . Where behad worked there was scarcely any brathies put in the boards at all ; they had to work in places thirty or forty yards before the air which was so weak a current as not to turn the flame of a candle—indeed , the candles Would not burn without being placed in a horizontal position , ' and when they blasted the coal tbe powder smoke stood there all day , half

      suffocating the people who worked among it , and yet the government refused to grant tbem inspectors to visit , and oblige their , employers to keep up a better current of air . Was it not a shame that the supply of pure air should be so stinted wben they had the unlimited source of the atmosphere to draw upon without charge—without rent—and with but little cost . Some people were pleased to say inspectors would not mend the system ; but be could tell them that at tha Sherbouru Hill Colliery—where no pains whatever j ' . were taken to give tbe men pure air—last year , wben it was rumoured tbat tbe preliminary in . spection bad to take place , tbe master set to work many extra hands to go through the air ways ( and

      he himself bad to creep half double through them , they were so strait ) to make them larger , and every exertion was used to put the pit in a proper state . Tbey even commenced to build a long chimney on the pit to increase tbe draught ; but ne sooner did it become known that _; the inspector would not trouble them , than all those proceedings were suddenly dropped , ahd have remained in tbat state ever since . There is no . doubt but that competition among the employers had a most pernicious tendency , for when coals were low in price , the employers fell back upon tho wages of the workmen , arid the latter had always to suffer ; but if they were firmly united , they could _eaailv _manage

      those things , and prevent the downward tendency of wages . Behold what union bad done for them at the colliery where he worked . They had got weighing machines put up ; and since that had taken place , their wages-had increased from 4 d . to Is . 4 d . per score , which amount had before gone into the pockets of tbe employers , and thus served to . enrioh them . He would now call their attention to a circumstance which showed _thovillany ofthe masters at theso weighing machines . Each party had a uiari _^ aeh paying their own man ; but now the master has assumed tho tyrant so far as to refuse the workmen to choose their own weigher , and had driven the same off the pit-heap by the

      police . However , they were about to try the case at law , and lie hoped they would pour in the needful for that purpose . The case was an important one ; for several other employers had attempted the same at their collieries . If this was not put a stop to , tbeir only remaining privilege would be swept away , and the proceeds of their labour bo at tne mercy of the employers , which past experience demonstrated to be characterised neither by justice nor fair play . He would conclude by moving the resolution . : Mr . J . Smith said he had great pleasure in seconding the resolution , and would briefl y hint that their safety lay in their complete _organisation ; and he

      trusted that this meeting would lead to a better understanding among tbem and their employersthat a state of harmony and concord would -be brought about , and tbe nefarious practices hitherto prevalent _amongst them entirely cease . This could only be expected when the miners became powerful through being thoroughly united amongst themselves—theri , when their masters could no longer _pluok down their wages , they-would seek to obtain a higher price for theie , _coals _,-and protect thatprice by aproper regulation . of tbe _^ wholetrade . Trusting that the excellent spirit displayed to-day would lead to the best results _,,-aud that at no distant day they woiild meet again in numbers that would

      unmistakably sot the quostion at rest . As to their organisation being complete ,- and co-extensive with the great body of miners , he would : second the resolution , which , being put , was unanimously agreed to . Mr . U ... _Hodoson moved the fourth resolution , whiehread as follows : — " That in the opinion of this meeting , the only great and practical security for the miners against tbo fearful mine accidents , is an improved system ' of mine ; ventilation , guarded and sustained by a welt _^ _rganisMsystem _ofgovernment inspection ; landthat the : government' ( from some unaccountable cause ) in so Ion £ resisting the generally-expressed ooriviotions of the viewers and miners of all parts of England ave tha indirect

      causo of the continued series of misfortunes and accidents that are perpetually bringing misery and desolation amongst miners . " Mr . Hodgson stated that bis . ' experience went tb show that nothing short of a good and efficient system of inspection could be a safeguard _againBt the tremendous sacrifice of human life in our pits and collieries , and it would appear , that from all the investigations that had been made into , the subject , that all parties agreed that such _mspeption should take _placo ; the minors had long agreed upon it , and had petitioned u _j"i tev time , bHt their petitions had been unheeded .- From the evidence given by the viewers nndmanagers before tho Committeo of the House

      of Lords last _jear , thoy wero all agreed that inspection should be granted , and would bo attended with benefit and advantage to all . Why was it that the government , who had taken tho bill , as it were from Mr . Duncombe , three years ago , and from Mr , Wyld and Mr . Humo last year —\» by was it , bo would still ask , tbat it was still delayed ? Thero was , no doubt , somo counteracting influenco at work , somo special difficulty to contond against ; but , whatever it might be , ho had no hesitation in saying , that after so generally an expressed conviction ofits utility , that all future loss of life by carelessness and neglect : should bof duo to tho responsibility of tho government . lie moved tho resolution . ¦ - »>

      Mr . YVm . _Hammoxd _, a veteran miner , upwards of soventy years of ago , stood forward to second tho resolution . He hogan by congratulating tho miners upon tho progress being made on this quostion . In bis early life explosions frequently occurred , and although it was then , as it is now , a vordidt of " Accidental death , " yet snch matters did not find their way into the Houses of Parliament . JS o , no ; the cold grave ended all connected therewith , and nothing further was said about it ; therefore , although the government scorned to delay tho _meabuvo unnecessarily , yot he hoped the agitation of the question would not ceaso _, until an'Act of Farliameufc was . got which would give the miners a

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      good and an effioient . inspection of min BH _TT _^ glad tO find that _theirgood iriends in ' dSN places , had spared no exertions to put thi « „ _^ before the country , and amongst the _foron ?„ ? _? ° a best , he boheidthe people of South sS _^ * had , beyond a doubt , done the work of a »« _^ in this respect ,: He would , however not tV _* ' upon their time any further as the day was w Sp ? away , and many of , them had a long wavu D S therefore he would conclude by _observing tl g 0 the government neglected doing anythin _* this l _* then let tho miners arouse themsel ves 1 oarmti ! ar and a more energetic campaign , and , with tb . Union and determination of a Wallace resol So " have it or perish in the attempt . Ho ' woul \ to dially second the resolution , which was carn _^ A C ? " acclamation . ueQ "ith good and an effioientinspection of mines . _uT ~ _~

      It was then announced that the reason of u O ' Connor not being present , as ex pected _hr-L , 1 havo been , was owing to a letter _requesting hi W sence in . London onthe _Factory Bill The _^ " nation gave every satisfaction , for " im J _^ after a vote of thanks was accorded that _wmif . * for his intention to bo with them , had it 2 l aa for the circumstances just stated . Deett A vote of thanks was given to Mr M _' _fVo _tfowcastle , for the loan of his wacoon ' on _tk ; ' _of casion , and for which ho refused to _mal-i oc ' charge . _aw any

      . me _uuamcaa ounig now enueu , the bands 9 _in , „ i up merry tune , the flags were unfurled , and 2 colliery of men took tbe road to their _Woeetfi homes , having first made tho welkin rinj wjl ? cheers for the progress of the cause s ttt

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      - _* _fc _v THE MINERS . Wonnir Siri _.-Excuse me from addressing v _;„ my simple , humble , and unlearned strain ; & _JJ £ you are , and ever have been , a friend to ho 3 mgc asses , I think it right that you should kSow that the greatest grievance of tho miner is , jf T speaks or looks conirary to the wishes of the viewi _* or any of the agents of the colliery where III working he receives a month ' s notice , and j , di ! charged from his employ ; and it is one of tie greatest detriments to our union . A short time since there was an inoffensive man as could be found working at Shincliff Colliery , and hying in _ahouse belonging to tho owners of Shin

      Clin , ana tue _wmcia rising one day extraordinarily high on a sudden , blew his window shutter close with such force that it broke seven squares of glass He went and asked the viewer to send a glazier but the viewer said _. 'if the owners were at the expense of mending the windows it should be for some one else , not him . The man went home and remained a week without glass in the window , and then he went again and told the viewer that he would pay one-half t ' j e expense himself rather than have any mischief ; the viewer gave him a month ' s notice and discharged him from tbe colliery . ' Wishing you health and liberty , I remain , & c , " — — . » To Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P .

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      COUItT OF EXCHEQrjER . _ _THunaDiv . O'Connor , M . P ., v . Bkadshaw . _—Nahoxah Land COMPANT . , Mr . Roebuck , at tbe sitting of tbe court , applied to their lordships to rescind the decision to which they had come lately on tho application of Mr . Serjeant Wilkins to defer the arguments in this case till the next Term . This was felt to be a hardship and an injustice by his client , and he might say that it was calculated to prejudice many poor people whose interests were deeply connected with this cause arid the Company . He was ready to make any personal sacrifice in order that this case might be disposed of at once , and he hoped that the court would reconsider its determination in this matter .

      Mr . Baron Parke said if the Chief . Baron could attend I see no reason why it should not be takea after Mr . Gorbam ' s case . Mr . Roebuck having in the meantime obtained the Chief Baron ' s consent , Mr . Baron Alderson _saidr then we will take it after the Bishop of Exeter ' s case , if we survive it .

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      _NATIONAL CHARTER LEAGUE . The Council , all of whom were , present , met at their room , No . 5 , Snow-hill , City , on Wednesday . Mr . M'Grath in the chair . The minutes bf the last meeting were read and confirmed . Several of the members gave in reports favourable to the progres of the movement , and suggestive of means to promote it . The chairman having called attention to tho proceedings of the late Scottish Conference , and the members having expressed their opinions , the following resolution was proposed by Mr . Side , and seconded by Mr . Allnutt , and adopted unanimously . — "That this Council havo read with much satisfaction the proceedings of the late Conference

      which met in Edinburgh to organise a Scottish national party for the advancement of the People ' s Charter ; and that tbis Council hail as a cheering presage of ihe future , the resolution of the delegates , condemnatory of an obstructive policy and favourable to amity and co-operation with other sections of reformers , such resolution being an embodiment of the policy and principle of action upon whicli the League is based . "—Mr . Tapp moved and Mr . Dixon seconded : — " That Mr . Clark be instructed to send a copy of the foregoing resolution to the Secretary ofthe Conferrence . _'' It was moved by Mr . Tapp , and seconded by Mr . Side ,

      and carried : — " That Mr . Fairchild be instructed to make the necessary arrangements for opening a Lambeth branch of the League . " It was next resolved : — " That tho report of this meeting should contain tho announcement , that partios desirous of opening branches of tho _League , shall receive the assistance ofthe council in so doing , by applying by letter addressed to the secretary , at the council room as above . Some financial matters having been disposed of , arrangements were made for Mr . M'Grath ' s lecture upon the Wrongs of Ireland , which will be delivered in the council room on Sunday evening , next . The chair will be taken at eight o clock . Admission free .

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      . _CORtf . 3 Iais £ Lake , Monday , June 17 . —Wc had a very small show of English wheat this morning , and the whole was taken by ' the millers at fully- last-Monday ' s prices . With foreign wheat wehave been well supplied ( hiring tho past week , but we do not alter our quotations to-day , though the sales made , were chiefly in retail . For flour wo had a fair demand at previous quotations , Barley quite as dear last week . Beans and ; peas without alteration . " The arrivals of oats since our last having been moderate , fine fresh samples were tho turn dearer ; light and inferior qualities , however , sold very slowly , though without change in price . In linseed cakes little doing . ' The weather is fine for the growing crops .

      British . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red new 36 s to 40 j , ditto white , 06 s to 403 , Lincoln Norfolk and Yorkshire , red 31 s to 38 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white 34 s to 88 s , ditto red 32 s to 36 s , Devonshire and Somersetshire , red , —s to —s ditto white , — to —s rye , 21 s to 23 s , barley , 21 s ' to ' 23 s , Scotch 19 s to 22 s , Angus—s to _-s _, Malt ordinary , —s to —s ; pale 46 s to 49 s , peas , grey , new 22 s to 24 s , maple 23 s to 20 s , white 22 s to 23 s , boilers new 24 s to 2 fis , beans , large , new 23 s to 25 s , ticks 24 s to 26 s , harrow . 25 s to 27 s , pigeon . 29 s to 31 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire ; feed , Hs to Ida , ditto Poland and potato , 15 s to 17 s , Berwick and Scotch , 15 s to 18 s , Scotch feed , 14 s to 15 s , Irish' feed and black , 12 s to 15 s , ditto potato , 13 s to ITs , liuseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed , Essex , new £ 31 ) . to JE 34 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new 27 s to 31 s per cwt , rapo cake , JE 4 to £ 416 s per ton , linseed , £ 9 0 s to £ 9 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 28 _Mbs , ship , 26 s to 28 s , town , 35 sto 37 s . Foreign . —Wheat — Dantzlg , 42 s to 48 s , Anhalt and Marks , 36 s to 39 s . ditte white , 383 to 41 s , Pomeranian red , Holsteinand

      SGs to 38 si Rostock 88 s to 44 s , Danish , , Frie 8 land , 32 sto 36 s , _i ' _elersburgh , Archangel , and _% _»» 30 s to 32 s , Polish Odessa , 30 s to 37 s , Marinnopoli , and _Berdianshi , 30 s to 34 s , Taganrog , 28 s to 32 s , Brabantand French , 32 s to 38 s , ditto white , S _4 s to 40 s , Salomes , 28 s to 32 s , Egyptian , 22 s to 20 s , rye , 19 s to 21 s , barley , Wlsmar and Rostock , 16 s _tolfls _, Danish , I 7 s to 21 s . Saal , 18 s to 20 s , East Friesland , 13 s to 16 s , Egyptian , 12 s to 14 s , Danube , 12 s to 15 s , peas , white , 21 s to 23 s , new boilers , 24 s to 25 s , beans , _ltorso , 21 s to 24 s , pigeon , 25 s to 278 , Egyptian , 18 s to 20 s , oats , Gromngen , Danish , Bremen , ano Friesland , feed and black , 12 s to 14 s , ditto ; thick and brew , 14 s to ISs , Riga , Petersburg !! , Archangel , and Swedish , 13 s tolfls , flour , United States , per l » _01 bs ., 20 s to 23 s , Hamburgh 19 s to 21 s , _Dantzig and Stettin 90 s _lol'ls _, French per 2801 U 9 ., 27 s to 30 s . Mark Lane , Wednesday , June 19 .-Since Monday we have been well supplied with ioreign wheat , barley , and oats ; whilst of Eng'ish gvain , and foreign and English flour , the quantity fresh in is very scanty . The trade to-day is without any alteration from Monday .

      CATTLE . _Smitiifieia Monday , June 17—Our market to-day was but moderately _suyplwd with foreign stock , but _ths . arr _1-vals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts were seasonably large ; - and of excellent quality . Although the attendance _ofbotli town nnd country buyers was good , tne beef trade ruled very inactivo _, at a decline in tlie quotations obtained on Monday last of quite 2 d per Slbs . Hie extreme figuve for the best Scots did not exceed 3 s 8 d per Slbs ., ami at which a total clearance was with difliculty effected . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , we received 2 , 400 Scots , homebred , and shorthorns ; from other

      parts of England , 300 _Iterotoi-ds _, rums , Dovons , 4 c . ; ana from Scotland , 300 horned nnd polled Scots . Therewas * further increase in the number of sheep , at least a moiety of which rtcre above the middle quality . All breeds moved off heavily , and prices gave way 2 d per Slbs . The top pnea for the best old Downs was 3 s lOd per 8 ibs . We had a ton average supply of lambs offering , and for which the demand ruled heavy at _drooping _Ugures . Vrom tlie Isle os Wight 121 ) head came to hand . Iu calves only a _limits business was transacted at late rates . The supply oft offer was large . The pork trade wns in a very _denwesea state , but wo have no change to not ' _us in prices ,

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 22, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22061850/page/8/