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      Thc December Sessions Of The Central Cri...

      which drove it downwards , and it made its exit at thc back ofthe neck , close to the collar-bono It -was a most dangerous wound , and witness did not expect the prosecutor would have lived the _ni-ht our . __ WIineosdI 3 coveredthe h all in the novterlor opening , and he produced it ; and he said , froui tlie appearance of the wound , be was of opinion thatthe pistol could not nave been discharged at a irreater distance than two feet from tbe prosecutor _^ Jf- " . UTOHD , tbe regular medical attendant of _thefemiiy , _gavesunihr testimony , and also stated that the prosecutor was now perfectly recovered , except 13 a slight measure in his voice , from the eaects of the wound Fifteen rears ago witness attended the prisoner for delirium tremens .

      This was the case for thc prosecution . Mr . DallasiisE then addressed the jury , and called the following witnesses for the defence : — Mr . F . T . _JIoskhocse deposed that he was a younger brother of the prisoner , and he was in company with him on the afternoon of thc 4 th October . They went to an oyster shop , where the prisoner had some oysters and bread and butter , and thc prisoner behaved very strangely by interfering with the customers who came into the shop , and he also spoke to the passers by . After they left the oyster shop the prisoner went into several public houses , and drank from twelve to fourteen glasses of brandy . Witness tried to restrain him from

      drinking , hut was unable to do so , and the prisoner beeuno very much intoxicated . At witness ' s request the prisoner went to a coffee shop to get some tea , and while the tea was being prepared , thc prisoner leaned bis head upon the table , and seemed to be in a state of stupor , nnd when witness roused him np his face appeared ofa deep crimson colour , and witness was quite terrified at his appearance . When they left the coffee shop , thc prisoner staggered and appeared unable to walk , and witness wished him to go home and sleep with him ; but he refused , and said he would sleep at a public-house , called the Three Crowns , and witness left him about half-past five o ' clock . At that time thc prisoner was extremely drunk .

      Lewis Soiomoxs , an outfitter , in East Smithfield , deposed that he knew the p risoner , and remembered his purchasing a cap of him on the 4 th of October . This was about six o ' clock , and at this time he considered he was soher . lie saw him again at seven o ' clock , and he was then very drunk and violent Witness advised him to go home quietly , and the prisoner called him ont of his shop and presented a pistol at him , and pulled the trigger . The pistol was not loaded . _IIeset Thomas Powem . deposed that he knew the prisoner , and saw him at thc Black Horse public-house , near Wellclosc-3 quarc _, about dusk in the evening of the 4 th October . lie bad a pistol in his band , and wa 3 very violent .

      RicnsroxD Lnow . v _, the barman at the Black Horse public-house , KnightBuridge , deposed to his remembering the prisoner stopping there with a cab on the night in question , and also to the fact of his being very drunk and excited . Wjluam Watsox proved that he saw the prisoner at Ealing about half-past ten at ni ght , on the 4 th October . Ife was realingabout in the road with a pistol in his hand , which he said was loaded . Fbaxcis Fcrxden deposed that at half-past nine the same night he saw the prisoner in the Coach

      and Horses public-house , at Turnham-green , and he observed a pistol in his hand , which thc prisoner presented at him , and asked if he was frightened . Witness told him he was not , and the prisoner then pulled hack thc hammer , and he saw there was a . percussion cap on the nipple . The prisoner afterwards let the hammer fall gently upon the nipple , and replaced the pistol in bis pocket At this tune he appeared very wild and excited . Mr . W . _AnoExr , tbe landlord of the Red Lion at Ealing-also spoke to the excited appearance of the

      -prisoner . M . R . M . Piper , the uncle of the prisoner , deposed that he had known him for several years , and he considered he was a humane young man , and not at all of a vindictive disposition . Mr . _BiiiAxiiXE said this was the case for the prisoner . Mr . Bodkix having replied , Mr . Justice Coleridge summed np . He said ( hat , it being admitted that tbe prisoner had committed the act of firing the pistol , and that he must at all events be convicted of an assault , the only question that remained was , -with what intent had that act been committed ? The ordinary rule of law was that a man was supposed to intend to do that which

      was the natural and inevitable resnlt of bis own acts , and if under ordinary circumstances a man were to discharge a loaded pistol at another at a distance of two feet , the only reasonable conclusion that could be come to in such a case was , that his intention was to destroy that person . This would apply to the case ofa sober man in his . sound senses who committed such an act ; but it would of course he widely different in the case of an idiot , and the law likewise admitted a distinction where a man , from the effect of drink , had reduced his mind to snch a state as to render him unable to know what he was about , or to form any conclusion as to the consequences of the act he was about to commit . Drunkenness in itself was in law no excuse for a

      crime , and it was the duty ofthe person accused to make out io the satisfaction of the jury that the effect of drink had been to render him in such a state of mind as notto be aware ofthe consequence of his actions . The question , then , for the jury to decide in this case was whether tbat fact bad been made ont to their satisfaction . If they thought it had , it wonld be their duty to find the prisoner guilty of an assault only ; but if , on the other hand , they should he of opinion that it had not , then they would say hy tbeir verdict to which of tbe other charges contained in the indictment the prisoner had rendered himself amenable . The jury retired at a quarter to three o ' clock , and were absent about half an hour , when they

      returned their verdict _finding the prisoner " Guilty upon the count charging the intent to be to de _previous bodily harm to the prosecutor . They at the same time said they strongly recommended him to mercy , on the ground that the act had been committed by the prisoner while nnder the excitement of liquor . The prisoner was then removed ; and just before the court rose he was again brought up to receive sentence . Mr . Justice _Cozekidge _, addressing him , said that the jury had found him guilty of firing a pistol at the prosecutor with intent to do him grcvious bodily harm , and had acquitted him of the more serious charge . They had at the same time recommended him _stronjlv to the merciful consideration

      ofthe court , and Ke w . 13 always glad to attend to such a recommendation when it was founded upon a proper ground . In this case , however , the jury had given the recommendation upon the ground thathe had committed the act while under the influence of liquor , and his duty compelled hiul to say that tbe court could not allow that fact in any way to operate as an excuse , and that they could not for a moment permit it to he thought that it was any palliation of an offence that it was committed under the influence of drink . He could not help thinking that iu the present case the prisoner , haying formed the desperate design which to some extent he had carried out , had endeavoured to fortify himself to commit it by the excitement of drink . He had now , therefore , to answer for a

      grievions crime . Upon some real or imaginary grievance he had deliberately armed himself with two loaded pistols , and having gone to the house of his father at a time when he " knew he shonld find him helpless and unsuspecting , he had discharged both tbe weapons at him ( the father , ) and had left him npon tbe ground bathed in his blood and apparently dead . Human nature shuddered at each an act , and it was one which could hardly lie considered possible unless proved , as in the present instance , by tbe clearest possible testimony . Under these circumstance ? , theconrtfeltithad no alternative bnt to pass upon him a sentence that -wonld remove him from this country , and for a very long period . The prisoner was then sentenced to be transported for fifteen years .

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      Kossuth And The Lying « Times. * (From T...

      KOSSUTH AND THE LYING « TIMES . * ( From the Daily News . ) Our readers will recoiled the indignant protest lately addressed by an aide-de camp of Kossuth ' s against the calumnies of the' Times ' * Vienna correspondent , who charged bim with carrying chests of treasures and with Heaven knows how many peculations . The aide-de-camp ' s letter , though indignant , was a plain statement of facts , and an appeal to a great many witnesses . Instead of answering such a protest , as the correspondent of a London journal ought to do , the person who fills tbat office for tha ' Times' at Vienna , responds as follows : —

      ' As one of Kossuth ' s aide-de-camp ' s has lately addressed a letter to the ' Times , ' complaining of the unjust attacks which have been made on the ex-Dictator , 1 extract _fsr the benefit of your readers the following ' positive / act' from the « _Consiitutioielle Matt aus Bshmen : '— ' Kossuth , who _pvac tised in the Zempliner County as a lawyer , was , as ose of the leaders of the opposition , already most obnoxions to Ihe conservative parly in 1 S 31- They ttok advantage of the circumstance of Kossuth

      having gambled away a sum of mon ° y belonging to some orphans , which had been deposited in his " _oandg . ¦ At this took place while tbe county meeting _« Bs assembled , it reached the ears of some of the _oearvative party , aid they on the following day guided in the country court that the missing Jm should be produced . Being in ibe majority , itiey ri _» ordered that a fiscal suit should be inst ' _ifci _' . ed against Kossuth , notwithstanding that , with _tft f _faelp _tf bis Kinds , he had bun enabled to pay rfteawiay Iwfore _tfaiuirt rote . ' _Thepaptrii

      Kossuth And The Lying « Times. * (From T...

      _qiiestson adds , _though whether ironically orseriousl y I know not , tbat Kossuth ' probably never intended to wrong the orphans . ' This defence of one calumny b y the reckless and joealsrputting forth another from a Bohemian print , we leave to the appreciation of every reader .

      I» Chartis T Conference. Friday Evening....

      i _» CHARTIS T CONFERENCE . FRIDAY EVENING . The delegates met at eight o clock , and the Ciiairmax having taken his seat , Air . Ct . mK secretary , read the minutes of the previous meeting , -which were confirmed . -Mr . Abxott then moved : — " That this Conference earnestly recommend to the Council or Committee of every section of trades to forthwith call meetings of their several bodies , in order to impress on them the imperative necessity of adopting , as their political creed , the principles of tho People ' s Charter , and energetically agitate for its enactment , and thereby ensure their social amelioration . " Mr . Uttjxo seconded the motion .

      Mr . Arxott wished to make the following addenda to his motion : — " That a deputation of three be now appointed to wait on the Conference of the _National Association of Trades , to solicit their co-operation . " Mr . Tow . vsE . vn seconded the addenda . Mr . Clark said , they must be cautious as ' to what union they made with the trades , ( _liear , hear . ) He recollected , in 1312 , thatthe trades of Manchester got up an agitation , and after obtaining the adhesion of the Chartists of that place , they deserted the cause they had espoused , and left the Chartists to be prosecuted and put in prison . ( IIcar , hear . ) However , though he did not expect a deputation would do much good , the enrolment of some ofthe members of the trades waited npon might assist , in some measure at least , to carry on the society under its new organisation . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . 0 _'Cox . von said , they ought to solicit tho cooperation of these very parties whom they did not think would join the assoeiation . He , too , recollected that in Manchester , in 1 S 42 , himself and fifty-nine others were prosecuted for an agitation got up by the trades of that town ; but let them be wary in future , and gire no class of men the opportunity of betraying their _ndvocates _, or of compromising their principles . ( Hear , hear . ) There were two classes of trades—the aristocratic and the lower class . As to the first , they wero men getting enough to keep them and tbeir families in comfort , and therefore would not join any political movement , bnt the lower class of trades , would be with them to a man . He thought the motion of Mr . Arnott a very shrewd and a very timely one , and had much pleasure iu supporting it . Mr . _Stauwood said , he knew that much good

      might be done by sending to the trades . "Wh y , one of the rules agreed to by tho late Trades Conference , was in favour of Univeraal Suffrage . ( Hear , hear . ) That Conference represented upwards of 17 , 000 of the trades of London . Besides , they had at least two good Chartists at their head—he meant Walton and Delaforce—who would advance the cause of Chartism among the trades as much as possible . Mr . Milse supported the motion . Mr . Lee said , the trades of London were now in a very . bad position—so disunited , in fact , that he really did not know where a deputation would be able to meet them . It had been ascertained that there were only 4 , 000 united for the protection of wages , while the number of those who worked for any price offered by masters exceeded 30 , 000 individuals _, lie would , nevertheless , vote in favour of the motion .

      Mr . Brown was convinced tbat great good might be done by tbe deputation . The shoemakers had contributed no less a sum than £ 23 to the Victim Fund . ( Hear , hear . ) The Chairman did not think much good would be done to the cause by the adoption of the motion now submitted to them . He had invariably found the trades of London in favour of -Chartist principles , but would not assist in obtaining their adoption . They believed they had political rights , but were content that some other parties should endeavour to get those rights for them , ( near , hear . ) G-. Julias _Harsbt thought the remarks ofthe chairman bad shown the necessity of agreeing to the resolution . They must wait upon the trades , and show the necessity for their joining in a struggle for their rights , that those rights which they agreed they ought to have might he the mere speedily obtained . He was convinced that most

      of the shoemakers , at all events , would join them . ( Hear , hear . ) The deputation would do well to impress upon each trade the necessity of calling meetings of their different bodies , for the purpose of expressing their belief in the principles laid down in the People ' s Charter . This done , and he was sure that , with such men as Mr . Walton and Mr . Delaforce at their head , they would soon find a majority of the trades of London marching in the front ranks of Chartism . It was not for mortals to command success , but they might _^ do more —they might deserve it . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . _Uttlvo supported the motion . After a few words from Messrs . _Anxorr , Towx-SE . ND , and Dotle , the motion was put , and carried unanimously . A deputation , consisting of Messrs . Kydd , M'Grath , and Dixon , was then appointed to carry out the spirit of the resolution .

      G . Juliax Harxey . then moved : — " That the patriotic and praiseworthy sacrifice made by Mr . Kydd , in renouncing his claim to the sum of £ G 0 due as salary for his services as Secretary to the late Charter Association , entitles him to the special thanks of the Chartist body . At the same time the delegates constituting this Conference must add their thanks to Mr . Kydd for his services , from the commencement of the Chartist agitation to the present time . " He said he had known Mr .

      Kydd from the commencement of tho agitation ; and he had ever—both whilst in his own locality , and since he had become a leader of the Chartist body—done that which entitled him to the best wishes and thanks of every lover of liberty in the country . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Kydd had earned a name second to no one in that movement . ( Hear , hear . ) He had no desire to flatter that gentleman , but he would say , that tho sacrifice mado hy Mr . Kydd was most generous , and he therefore moved the above resolution . ( Hear , hear . ) .

      Mr . 0 'Co . _vxon rose for the purpose of seconding the motion . Ho wonld rather , at tho same time , the resolution had expressed thanks to Mr . Kydd for having suffered the £ 60 to remain in abeyance . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Kydd was a very talented man : and he was , therefore , sorry tbat his talent should have been thrown away upon a people who had shown tho greatest ingratitude in return . He hoped , however , they would have the assistance of Mi-. Kydd under thc new organisation ; as he was a man calculated to do much good amongst the middle classes , in making converts to Chartism without any abatement . He surprised the middle classes of the West Hiding of Yorkshire , by his speech on their hustings at the last general election . He repeated , he had rather that Mr . Kydd had placed the matter in abeyance ; but as he last night so generously gave np tbe sum for the good of the cause , he felt it to be his duty to second the motion of Mi * . Harney .

      Mr . Uttivo thought Mr . Kydd had acted a very generous part , and should vote for the motion , not wishing that the sum bad been left in abeyance as a clog upon the new organisation . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Tow . vse . vd thought some testimonial should be got up to Mr . Kydd . Sir . _Cwkk thought the best testimonial that could be given to Mr . Kydd was the money due to him —( hear , hear)—hut he would support the resolution , as that gentleman had so willingly given up his claim to the £ 60 . Mr . Bhowx thought Mr . Kydd had no right to give up the money . Mr . _Hobde . n- testified his knowledge of Mr . Ky dd ' s abilities , and regretted very much that he should have been obliged to gire up so large a sum

      which so justly belonged to him . Upon the motion of Mr . O'Coxxor , it was then agreed that Mr . Kydd be allowed to say a few words to the Conference on the subject . Mr . _Kvnn then stepped forward and said , he did not care one jot for thc money itself . He gave up his claim because he thought if it were fastened to tbe legs of the new movement it would prove a great clog to its progress . ( Hear , hear . ) He thanked the Conference for the kind feeling they had expressed towards himself ; and to make that matter quid pro quo , he would thank them for their kindness . He would just sa v , that if they paid him , or placed his debt in abeyance , thev should do tho same with others who could bring long bills against the Chartist body , among whom , ho regretted to say , were Mr . O'Connor , Mr . Clark , and Mr . Doyle . ( Hear , hear . )

      The motion was then put , and carried unanimously . G . JfLiAx HARXEr , moved : — " That the delegates constituting this Conference hereby call upon the Chartists of tho British empire to release Mr . O Connor , M . P ., fram the onerous obligation of meeting the demand enforced by the attorney who defended certain of the Chartist victims in tlie trials of ISIS . -Mr . Harney said , this question had boon so often brought before thc Chartist body through the columns of the Northern Star , that , with lew remarks

      from him , every member of tbat Conference would see the necessity of coming to some resolution wbich might influence the Chartist bod y to make an effort to re-pay that money which Mr . O'Connor bad been compelled to pay on their behalf . If , when the matter had heen tried , law had been fairly nnd impartially administered , the case would not have been , decided against Mr . O ' Connor , ( Hear , hear . ) He hoped tho money would be re-funded , that Mr . O'Connor might not be made tho 8 oape- _» o » t any looser _.

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      Mr . John Abxott seconded the motion . Mr . 0 'Co . nsor then rose . He said if £ 200 was all he had spent in the cause , it would not be too much but when he looked back , and saw that he had spent between £ 60 , 000 , and £ 70 , 000 he though thatthe people ' s ingratitu chad not been a sufficient reward . When the Northern Star was bringin _* in £ 13 , 000 a year , nearly the whole of that money was spent in the cause . There was no law for him—no matter what evidenco he brought forward—no matter how clear the case was in his favour , —he was always sure to lose the day , and made te pay enormous sums of money . In no single action ever yet brought against himin this countryhad a verdict in his

      , , favour been returned . Look at the immense sum ho had paid to keep tho Chartists in prison from performing the degrading task of picking oakum ; yet the Chartist body allowed him to pay that , without ever sending a farthing for the purpose . No single individual in the world , besides himself , would have stood the immense expense wliich be had been put to on behalf of the cause . And it was a notorious fact , that whilst he was paying £ 25 per week for the support of the families of Chartist prisoners , he was charged , —and by some of those prisoners themselves—with embezzling the funds of Chartism . ( "Shame , " " shame . " ) And whilst upon this subject ho might as well tell them , that some of the villains on the Land Company ' s

      estates , who had been located at the _« xpense of the poor fellows who had paid tlieir money , and who had no prospect of being located for some time to come—had , well-knowing that he was now £ 7 , 000 out of pocket by them , maliciously charged him with robbery and fraud . ( "Shame , " " shame" ) Ik thanked Mr . Harney most cordiall y for the kind spirit he had shown in bringing forward this resolution ; and he could assure them that , though he had no hopes of ever getting a patch upon what he had paid m support of the cause , yet , as regarded this sum , which he had to borrow to prevent the Northern Star being seized by the sheriff ' s officer , he had no intention of being so magnanimous as Mr . Kydd had been , in _relinquishing his claim to

      the £ G 0 so justly due to liim . ( Hear , hear . ) At thc time that great political humbug , Daniel O'Conneil , was gulling tbe people of Ireland with his froth promises , he could have raised £ 10 , 000 , from tho impoverished people of Ireland to meet an emergency , sooner , than he ( Mr . O'Connor ) could raise the small sum due to him on account of Macnamara ' s action . ( Hear , hear . ) But he cared not if the people owed him ten millions , he would not abandon tho cause which he had so much at heart . ( Cheers . ) In no age or country had any man been subject to so much persecution from a government , or so much ingratitude from the people , as he had been made the victim to ; but , nevertheless , were _evory single man to abandon the cause , he would

      hold up the glorious banner of Chartism and stand alone , braving tho danger , and bidding defiance to all his enemies , until he obtained for tbe whole people that full , free , and fair representation in Parliament , to which they were so justly entitled . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Kvdd , having again obtained permission to say a few words , condemned tho verdict given by the jury as being contrary to truth ; but he thought if Mr . O'Connor had sent for him to give evidence in the case he might—having been present when Macnamara was engaged to conduct tne defence of the Chartist victims—have told that jury that Mr . O'Connor did not make himself responsible for payment of expenses , but positively told Macnamara that he should pay no money besides what came to

      him through the Victim Committee . Mr . O'Coxnob said , it did not matter ; for if an angel from heaven had given evidence on bis behalf , the result would have been the same . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Lee was anxious tbat tho money should be refunded to Mr . O'Connor , and ho looked with contempt at the beggarly answer wliich was made to that gentleman s appeal in the Northern Star . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Clark announced that Mr . Reynolds had just handed him an order for two guineas , as that gentleman ' s quota towards the liquidation of the sum due to Mr . O'Connor . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Uttiso thought that if the Conference made an appeal to the people , they would soon liquidate the debt .

      Mr . Attsuir wished to make a remark upon the circumstance mentioned by Mr . Kydd , which was , that he and another gentleman , besides Mr . Kydd , were present when the arrangements were being made with Mr . Macnamara ; and they were witnesses upon the trial : but , though they swore to the fact as to the Victim Committee being answerable for any expense incurred , the case was decided against Mr . O'Connor , and would have been , whatever evidence might have been offered . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Reynolds said , when tho Chartists were apprehended , and he heard of the affair , he immediately sent Mr . Davis , his own solicitor , who conducted the examination ; and that gentleman

      caused him the greatest surprise when he received his bill at the end of the year , and found not ono single penny was charged for the expenses of tliat examination . He thought he was in order in men tioning this fact to tho honour of Mr . Davis . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Hobdex supported the resolution . Mv . Brows had been one of the men who had assisted in slandering Mr . O'Connor on previous occasions ; but he now begged that gentleman ' s pardon _, after hearing what he had just told that Conference . Ho also wished to convey to Mr . Reynold ' s the best thanks of Mrs . Mullins , who had , on her departure from England , entrusted him to convey tho same for his gentlemanly and patriotic exertions on behalf of her son .

      After a few more words from Mr . narney , the motion was _puti and carried unanimously . G . Julias Harxey then moved : — - "That the delegates constituting thisConference , without pledging the newly-constituted association to any debts contracted by any former association , or other Chartist body , nevertheless consider it necessary to remind the Chartist body tbat there is a balance of £ 26 10 s . 7 d . due to the printer who printed the documents of the Convention and Assembly of 1848 ; and the delegates hereb y remind the Chartist body of the duty of discharging the said debt—a duty enjoined both by justice and a proper regard for the honour ofthe Chartist name . " He was a member of the National Convention which sat in

      John-street , Fitzroy-jquare , in 1848 , and this debt was contracted partly by that body , and partly by the National Assembly , which sat in the same place a short time afterwards . The people ought _' to havo paid that debt ; bnt , despite the numerous appeals which had been made , there still remained a balance of £ 26 16 s . 7 d . due to the printer . His own constituents , who were also the constituents of Dr . M'Douall , tho good and true Chartists of Nottinghamshire had paid up their share of the debt . An example which he trusted would be generally and immediately followed . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Clark seconded the motion , which , ou being put , was carried . O . _Ji'UAX Harney then rose to move another resolution , as follows : — " That thc members

      of this assembly recognising the paramount importance of a Free Press , both to guide the people in the struggle for their political franchises , and to aid them in securing and making a wise use of those franchises when achieved , hereby earnestly advise the Executive Committee ofthe re-organised Chartist movement , to make every effort in furtherance of that most necessary reform—the total abolition of the taxes on knowledge . " Mr . Harney said , that although he was well assured that a Chartist parliament would at once repeal the taxes on _knowledge , nevertheless , he considered it of vital importance that those taxes should be abolished even while they were yet struggling for the Charter . The proletarians of this country had no daily organ , and but

      one weekly . True , they might occasionally see an article in the Sun , or the Daily _Xews , favourable to the cause of progress , on the part of their neighbours on the continent , but in the next sheet of those journals there was usually a flat contradiction of principles , or , at best , a cowardly equivocation . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought as little of their affected sympathy for liberty abroad , as ho did of those mock philanthropists who held meetings and made long speeches in favour of Hungary and Poland , when thoy would not even advance one step for the freedom of their own country . ( Hear , hear . ) In 1848 , when they held the Convention in John-street , _Fitzroy-sounre , the press of London most foully misrepresented that

      body , asserting that the delegates designed to wrap London in flames and deluge tlie country with blood ; although those calumnious writers well knew that the only object of the delegates was to have a peaceable and quiet procession through the streets of LoadOH . Then did the infernal influence of a monopolist press display itselt in the arming ofthe whole of the middle classes of the metropolis , against tho working classes . The resolutions and declarations ofthe Convention , announcing the veritable designs ofthe delegates , were published in vain . But when the Convention abandoned tho procession , and held only the meeting on Kcuiiiiigtoncommon , then the _Tfm «» scoffed at , and ridiculed the Chartists , for not trying physical force . ( Hear ,

      hear . ) Now , if they had had tho stamp tax , the paper dutv , and advertisement duty repealed , they would have had daily papers of their own , and would have been able , through those papers , lo have successfully combatted thc falsehoods ofthe _monoy-niongering journals . ( Hear , hear . ) Turn to the continent , aiid look at the patriots Kossuth , Ledru Rollin , nnd Mazzini , who , whilst nobly rtrug . _glmf for the freedom of their respective countries , were branded by the base London press , aa traitors , anarchists , and enemies of society . In France , an unstamped press which had existed since tho _Involution of February , had m ade millions _of couvcrts to the principle * of veritable Democracy . So well the enemies ef freedom k « ew tho importance to the peoplo of an unshackled prws , Uwt ttey wm

      I» Chartis T Conference. Friday Evening....

      i n _« t to introduce a bill into tho Assembly to reabout to _a » w »<• h . urMi 8 It was calculated _aW _X _* _^ e multitudinous S Son of pV _« which had for their objects , p » , _mnwwon of tyranny , let it como from a K b le Republic . ( Cheers ) The abolition of hi taxes on knowledge in this country would _in-SfcS advance popular intelligence accelerate _^ hiumph of Chartism , and ensuro the wise use SthisSK when achieved . He had taken his _fiL / nolitical lessons from tho unstamped papers , first poli tical j * H

      S STn boy tt « 7 tai boy though he was he had suffered imprisonment thrice for circulating cheap untaxed , democratic knowledge . ( Cheers . ) He w _^ hed to see the spirit of that time revived He believed there were men ready and willing to , if need be again brave persecution in the cause ofa Free Press —( hear , hear)—and for himself he considered no sacrifice too great to achieve so glorious in object , believing it to be a necessary first stop towards the establishment in this country of truly democratic institutions . Mr . Harney , in resuming his seat , was warmly applauded _.

      Mr . O'Cossor rose to second the motion . If the imnicnso tax was taken off newspapers , they would have those selling now at fivepence , reduced to fourpence . Ho bad moved very strongly in this matter before . In 1830 he was one ofa deputation who waited upon Lord Monteaglo , for the purpose of inducing him to agitate for the repeal of the obnoxious stamp duty . He assisted in establishing an evening paper , ( the Evening Star , ) some few years a _< ro , and acted as the unpaid editor of that journal , for two months of its existence , and wrote five columns of leading matter everyday , a comment upon what appeared in the morning papers of tho same day ; and when , at one time , its destruction seemed inevitable , he paid £ 150 to preserve it . He

      _travelled through the whole country , telling thc people to take that paper in preference to the Northern Star ; and when his editor wrote to him to tell him he was ruining tbe latter journal , he wrote back to say he cared not for the Northern Star , as one weekly Chartist paper was not sufficient , and ho would sacrifice anything in the world so that he could establish a daily journal , to lead the Chartist movement . ( Cheers . ) After all these great exertions , however , when the Evening Star promised to become successful—what was his surprise , on returning from the country , to find the paper sold to the Tory party , and advocating Tory polities I It was necessary that thc price of newspapers should be reduced , and hcheldittoboindespensable , under the new

      organisation , that they should do all they possibly could for the achievement of so great an object as the repeal of the duties on newspapers . ( Hear , hear . ) Take theso taxes off , and the popular feeling would soon be in favour of democracy ; and then the Times , which ever went with tho most fluctuating party , would be selling at threepence , and advocating Chartist principles . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Staliwood said , he had woreed with Mr . Harney for an unstamped press , and , like his friend ho had borne a long imprisonment , and suffered heavy fines , for publishing a newspaper without a stamp . He believed , that at the timo of tho unstamped papers , the principles now denominated Chartism were more prevalent that they were at

      the present time . The good resulting from a cheap , and well conducted newspaper _prsss , was _unmistakoahle , and he should be ready to take part in tho renewed agitation lor that purpose , even at tho risk of heing again placed under Colonel Chestertons care at " Mount Pleasant , " or being immersed'ia heavy fines . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Reynolds was fully conscious of the immense amount of good that would be done in the enlightenment of the people , if even the paper dut y were taken off . That duty was three halfpence per pound ; but if he had no paper duty to pay , he would be enabled to sell his own publications at half the price at which they wero now selling , or give double the quantity of information . They found , at the present time , that cheap newspapers were the

      best supported . The News ' of the ' World , sold 58 , 000 copies ; Lloyd ' s Weekly Newspaper , sold 35 , 000 copies ; and the Weekly Times sold about 21 , 000 copies , weekly ; while the 11 eekl y Dispatchdouble the price of the others—was the only dear paper which could compete against them . Take only the stamp duty off , and they would havo all their threepenny newspapers selling at twopence ;—take , at the same time , the tax off paper itself , and they might inundate the country with tracts and periodicals , carrying with them the truths of Chartism ; and which would , in a very little time , work such a cliango in tho minds of the middle class of this country , as would shake their prejudices , and obtain that for the intelligence of the people which was withheld from that people ' s ignorance . ( Loud cheers . )

      After some further discussion upon the matter , tho motion -was put , and carried unanimously ; with an understanding that : —* ' It should he a duty on the part ofthe Provisional Committee to draw up a petition to parliament for a repeal of the taxes complained of , " Moved by Mr . Clark , and seconded by Mv . _Aua'utt : — " That this Conference tenders its hearty thanks to Feargus O'Connor , M . P ., George Thompson , M . P ., Sir Joshua Walmsley , M . P ., Richard Cobden , M . P ., William Williams , Esq ., and If . T . Atkinson , Esq ., for tbe patriotic

      endeavours which thoy have made to procure the liberation of the Chartist victims . " Carried . Upon the suggestion of Mr . _Buowff , it was agreed that thc names of Alderman Humphrey and Alderman Sidney he added to thoso inserted in Mr . Clark ' s resolution , as a communication had been received _"from Alderman Sidney , stating that the Chartists now confined in Newgate , had again been placed under that system of discipline which they were subject to when they went to the prison at first .

      Moved by Mr . _M'Gratu , and seconded' by Mr Drake : — "That this Conference , considering the untiring and unparalleled exertions of Mr . O'Connor , and the great monetary sacrifices made by that gentleman during a long political life , in furtherance of the popular cause , hereby tender to him , in the name of their constituents , their most cordial thanks ; and at the same time they express an ardent hope that he may live long to witness the happy consummation of the glorious cause to whieh his life has been devoted . " Mr . Clakk announced that Mr . Reynolds bad volunteered to pay for the room in whi ch the Conference had beon sitting , and that that gentleman had printed the new " constitution" at his own

      expense . ( Cheers . ) He would therefore move : — " That the thanks of this Conference are duo , and hereby given , to Mr . Reynolds for his magnanimous conduct on the present occasion , and for his services ill the causo generall y . " Tho resolution having been seconded , was put , and carried unanimously . On the motion of Mr . Dotlk , seconded by Mv . Arxott , a vote of thanks was unanimousl y passed to the Provisional Committee , who had drawn up tho new plan of organisation . A vote of thanks was thon given to thc chairman for tho impartial manner in which ho had conducted the proceedings throughout . The Ciiairmax having briefly replied , declared the _Contereiicc dissolved .

      Constitution Of The National Charter Ass...

      CONSTITUTION OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION AND I _JB-Ol _GA-£ _K I 0 N 0 _P _™» CHARTIST' MOVJE . l .-The object of those persons who signify their adhe . siou to thc _pivictiilos and p _/ a . is set forth hi this document oVK _™ _^ 2 .-The persons thus uniting their opinions and their moral _energ . _os , du . im . ii . mtc tfienwW _eolleetiv- | y -Th _National Charter _Amoeijitioii . ' < _- < _- "' . 'y mi 3 ; * _T i " , f S _* "ci ? ! _^ mUu uU individuals who take _outcards of membership a „ d subscribe to the fund of the society * 4 .-Thc principles to be promulgated by tha _Issoci-iiion are those contained i » tl „ document known " , thf £ l , " s Charter , and which may be thus summed up : _ l Uni yersalSuftrago . 2 . Votoh _ylMU . 3 . Annual Purlin icnt "

      D .-The government of the Association is vested ma „ executive committee consisting of live members : rcceivC salaries for their services . » " . nunj , fl .-The executive committee appoints the secretary who receives a salary for his service * . i « _Murj , _iw _. o 7 .-A 11 members of the Association aro entitled tOYOtM ( personally , and not by proxy . ) u , 0 TOte 8 _& -A card of membership is granted fur one _venvunnn payment of one shilling The contribution nly _& lX instalments of not les than one penny „•«•! Iv the -m ber not to receive bis card nor bo _eliriluV t , TL « ,,. I , ? _oftheexeeutivocommittee , until _thfeontrlla tb \ Tp nihil ; but any person subscribing to he Ss „ V Association wi be ent tied to vote in , 11 LI ,- "" 0 .-A yh . dividunl _^ ecasos to be a member of th » _Assorl-itln ¦ h .. ,,,... . ' unless ; hi , arrear , be _previousl y paW IT' ° " UMOt TOtc 10 . _—lliemudi ) of propagating tlie wrincinles _. _ifii . _n a < o „ means which the . ex _^ _il _^ hilSi Wo ? _^ 1 _.-AI tha public _mcctlnga called bv , m \ at tl e in _^ _ann ,. of this _Wmtam , the most perfect tVecdo ., JFsZvh h _rccognped ; _, ave and except ' with »« , w _, l _tolanpK , " c „ ated 0 cause a breach of tha peace or _othev _^ onue

      _^ . -Lecturer , , vili bo appointed by tlle executive com-13 .-Tho National Clmn « v > , omuon _}>»• bean founded and exists . ndepen _. U _. _ul _ywfai , other institutions _^ ever , whether poht . _eii or social ; ami it isto bchopeV itnmj become _aralljmgpoint for aU » k « mocra « c sect 1 and popular interests . _oiniunj ll .-An office will be taken in London _tosvrvon . l the head quarters 01 the _AwociHlion : and this utile ,, will be « _kS eoluly to lire b » siu » 6 » ol thu institution

      [ Weaccidontall yomitted _inowronorl , U » tw _« ek to mention , tnat a letter wiu read from All- O Cllrk ' Bristol , whioh _siatod _, that tha _ClurtUVs ' of _tW City were _dwirous of purguing nlly prMUc _, » v _nlt 3 optT UYTh , Cl ' _* _™* * _W *! £

      Constitution Of The National Charter Ass...

      THE LATE CONFERENCE , TO THE EDITOR OF TnE _NOBTnEUX STAR . _ Sin , —In the report of Wednesday's proceedings of the Conference , it is stated that 1 moved the following amendment to the 3 rd resolution proposed bv Mr . Clark : — " That this Conference discountenance all opposition at the meetings of tho Reform League , or any other body of men seeking anv portion of political reform so long as tho Chartists were allowed a fair and impartial hearing . " This is not correct ; the amendment I moved reads as follows : — " That this Conference discountenance all factious opposition at public meetings , but at the same time recommend the workin <* classes to attend and maintain the right of free

      discussion at all meetings called lor political reform . " Allow mo to state that in thus acting , 1 represented not my own opinion only , but also the o pinion of those who sent mo to tbat Conference ; and for the information of those gentlemen who seem so smitten with the middle classes , I be £ to sav that if the National Charter Association is to be based on the principle of Mr . Clark ' s resolution , that it will gain very little support from the veritable democrats on this side of the water . How the men of the country will act remains to be seen . The fact is , the people are beginning to look for something more than the Charter , aa for any thine short of that they deem to be moonshine . The Chartists are told not to mar nor obstruct ; I beg to state , that they never haveso acted ( towards any honest body of reformers . The Chartists have always asked for , and are determined to have fair n ay . believinif that any body of men denying

      that , are diahoneit in their profession , _t may just rnentton that every public building in Southwark is barred against deraocacy ; and that the publican , at whose house the meeting was held for tho election of delegates , has been waited on by the police authorities , and through the fear of losing his license , has denied us the usg of Im house for other meetings , Now , I ask , under such circumstances , how is public opinion to be agitated in favour of democracy ? There is only one resource , that is to attend all political meetings , and advance tho Charter by all fair and honourable means . I intend so to act , and advise my brother democrats , throughout the country , to do likewise . I am , yours in tho cause of democratic nnd social progress . John Pkaucey , Junr . P . S . —There were four who voted for tbe amendment , not three , as stated in tha report . —J . P .

      Gfyuttot Enttjitpiw ,

      _Gfyuttot _EnttJItpiw ,

      Bbadford.—On Sunday Last, Two Lectures W...

      Bbadford . —On Sunday last , two lectures were delivered in the Democratic School-room , Croftstreet , by Air . It . G . Gamngc , of Northampton , the first , " On the condition of the ncople , past and present ; and the necessity of political freedom , as a means of _improving their social condition . " The _aecond was , " The past Democratic movementscause of their failure—and advice to tho people as to future operations . " Tho lecturer gave general satisfaction . Rochdale . —A lecture was delivered in the Chartists' room on Sunday last , by Mr . J . Leach , of Manchester . Mr . L . took an examination of the various Emigration Schemes at present agitating the country , fov the purpose ( in his opinion ) of deludinfir the people ; and concluded by reading a

      letter from a friend of his who had been sent by the Potters' Emigration Society , fully showing that it was a complete delusion . The lecturer was' warmly applauded during the delivery of his lecture , and tlie meeting separated highly satisfied . CmrrLBoATE Locality . —At a meeting held last week a memorial to the Queen was adopted , praying for the liberation of Messrs . Shaw , Bezer , and all other political prisoners . After tho memorial has received the signatures ofthe inhabitants it is to be presented by Alderman _Challis , the Alderman of tbo Ward . _Newcastle . —At the weekly meeting on Sunday evening—Mr . John Hudson in the chair—the report ofthe Chartist Conference was read from tho Star , and appeared to give general satisfaction . The

      following resolution was proposed , and carried : — " That a full meeting of the Chartists of this branch be called for Sunday evening , December 23 rd , at seven o ' clock , in the long room at the Cock Inn , Dead of the Side , for the purpose of adopting the new plan of organisation , proposed by the Conference . " GnKENwrcir . —At a meeting held on Sunday evening , at the Walter ' s-arms , Church-street , Deptford ; Mr Morgan in tho cjiair ; the letter of Mr . Bligh was read from the Star ; Mr . Robinson being present , stated his willingness to meet Mr . Bli gh any evening . Mr . Floyd moved , and Mr . Paris seconded : — " That the meeting take place at the above house , on Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock ; " to which Mr . llobinson assented .

      Monument to the Memory of Williams and Sharp . —At a meeting of the Cripplegate locality of Chartists , held at 28 , Golden-lane , on Wednesday evening . — Mr . Slocome in the chair—it was unanimously resolved— "That all persons holding cards for monument purposes , be requested to _makean immediate return to the secretary ( Mr . T . Brown ) in order that the sculptor may complete the work . "" That the best thanks of this meeting are due , and hereby given to Mr , James Harris ( late editor of the Chartist Circular ) for past and present labour rendered gratuitously in engrossing memorials on behalf ofthe political victims . " After the transaction of some business connected with the forthcoming Fraternal Festival , to be held at John-street , Institution , on New Year ' s Eve , the meeting terminated .

      Tue Chartists in Newgate , AXD Mn . ALDERMAN _Sidsky , M . P . —Mr . Alderman Sidney lias sent the following reply to a YOte of thanks to him from the Cripplegate locality , for espousing tho cause of Shaw and Bezer , before the Court of Aldermen : — " Ludgate-hill . —Sir , I beg to acknowledge , your favour , accompanied by v , copy ofa vote of thanks passed at a Chartist meeting in Cripplegate . I am always pleased if my conduct merits tho good opinion of my fellow-citizens . On the ocoasion alluded to I very conscientiousl y expressed my feelings . Your obedient servant . Tuomas Sidney . — Mr . T . Brown . "

      Westminster . —On _Tuesday evening last a meeting of tho Westminster Chartist Locality was held at the Two Chairmen , Wardour-street , Soho ; Wm . Shute in thc chair . Messrs . Grassby , Arnott , and Milne gave In their report of the proceedings at tho late Conference . The report was received . It was then agreed that this meeting adjourn to Tuesday evening , January 1 st , 1850 , and that tho members of this locality be requested to attend and take into consideration the propriety of joining the new organisation . _Bebmondsey . —At the weekl y meeting of Chart ' _vste held at the Ship and Mermaid , Snow-fields , it was moved by Mr . French , seconded by Mr . Wilkins , and carried unanimonsly : — " Tbat a vote of thanks bo given to Messrs . _Langer , Drake , Feavcey , and Percy , for supporting the ri ght of free discussion , in opposition to tho third resolution proposed by Mr . Clark , at tho Chartist Conference . ' '

      Literary Institution, John-Street Fitzro...

      LITERARY INSTITUTION , JOHN-STREET FITZROY-SQUARE . 0 AttWl 1 ' In consequence of severe illness , Mr . B . O'Brien President of tho National Reform League , was not able to give bis usual Friday evening lecture last week ; and Mr . A . Campbell undertook to _" ivean injpromptu address to the parties assembled " —Mr Campbell stated that ho was not awaro at what _s age Mr . O'Brien had arrived in tlmTeid _^ ion o tho principles of National Reform advocated bv tint gentlcnmn , and therefore would not pretend to follow Mr O'Brien on the present occasion The subject ho should commoiico with had iust been do term-nod by seeing a letter in tho Weeklv TribZ ' wmcii

      nc mnisclt had written in reference to th ? origin of the forty shillings freehold scheme . Cobden had stated that that idea had originated with a Mr Walker , of Rochdale ; whereas , t \ e fact was as be , ( Mr . Campbell , had clearly shown in the letter alluded to , that it had been suggested by lnmsclf so _ongago as September , 1 S 3 S in a di scussion which oofc place [ between him and Mr . W . P . Roberts in the _Guildhal Bath . A report of that diSio n lad boon printed ; and the extracts cited proved that , not only was tho forty _shilling freehold _nln

      putiort . then , totally independent of Mr . _Cobuen ¦ ™ lL » i » hBt S _*™* . _" ! _" " . _*» d at the time , positivoW re i sod to entertain tho idea , repudiating i alS Bother . Mr . Campbell endeavoured to show tl 5 b > s . plan for getting tho freehold vote , was far 8 _u-FwZ , ° _° P _^ _^? system advocated b y Mr . Ubden and the Financial Reformers ; inasmuch as t was proposed to unite labour and cSJ , " largo form giving to each proprietor the ri _» ht \ _J the _franchwe _, _. at tho same time enabling lfm £ conibmo with it the advantages of _corporation wi h h s fe lows , by producing and consuming in _comS and thereby escape all tlie evils resulting from _S ' poti on and i _^ ti _™ . Ho contended _EtKn d _ofi 1 reform should he the elevation ofhumStvto hat grand o _, rt cvc f _. _^ _u _-g _^ _gZ

      the proper _knowledge howTo _2 t : _SSrSSfif knowledgo was _dainrerons « n _, i _- „ _* . ' _- 1 u ' _" . _* _" lw' © ut tbe course of _omoSi _^ uno n V *™*) _° - In the- people of the _Un'S _Stated w mm LT _*^ ° only just awakening to I sc £ olte ° - _'V - Mr . Campbell _roaaV _fcnJtSSM _*^ _opeotns of tho National n „ fft ™„ T x tho i > vo _' that it was not o _% _^ on paper , but to take Z \ wZ _{^^ _^ mg them out in wactie _* > C measures for carrybut , > n practice , the gownmieK rfalI men > Mtal n direct _opnonff f _^* w ° _v " countr y Canipbell _concluded bnvilL r °° _^ rine ' W ,

      Literary Institution, John-Street Fitzro...

      Mr . M'Neill made a few remarks relative to the American Constitution and to the prospectus of the National Reform League : he considered the American Constitution defective , inasmuch as it had not enunciated tho principle that the land should be held by the state , and not made individual property of , this principlo was the main proposition of the National Reform League and Mi Campbell had prejudged the League , in supposing that it had not made provision for the laws and institutions ideauate to carry out tho principles it bad pro

      pounded . To carry out the great principle of tho nationalisation of land , the League had propounded a s ystem of state credit for the people ; and to enable tho producers of wealth to exchange each other ' s produce without being cheated by tbe present system of shopkeeping , and the fluctuating prices caused by a gold standard of value , they had proposed a system of equitable exchange ,, similar to that formerly advocated by Mr . Owen ; and they had also proposed a just system of general currency , together with national education , and financial

      economy . , Mr . Campbell briefly replied , and said tho evening had too fiir advanced to admit of the discussion being further continued at that time , and thc meeting separated .

      Standard Theatre. We Havo Been Favoured ...

      STANDARD THEATRE . We havo been favoured with the plot of tho new Christmas pantomime which will bo produced afc this theatre next week , entitled ' Harlequin and the Mag ic Teapot ; or the King of thc Golden Pagodas , " and much regret that want of room prevents our giving it insertion this week . For thc information of our readers , we may say that ; the distressed needlewomen of the metropolis form tho principal feature of tho p lot . The comic business is crowded with tricks . Among the best of tho

      mechanical effects , which aro very elaborate , may be mentioned a Central Californian Railway , which changes to a view of the " Diggings " in tho Gold Country—a Coal Shed , which is transformed into the Coal Exchange , and a grand pictorial and accurate Tableau of the Civic Procession by water—and last ( though not least ) , the Interior of a Coffeehouse , which changes to two streets , with upwards of twenty shops lighted with real gas . The pantomime is very splendidly produced , and embraces upwards of twenty-four new scenes . Its success is certain .

      Bradford, Friday.—Mr. Cobden, Last Night...

      Bradford , Friday . —Mr . Cobden , last night , paid a visit to his constituents iu the Bradford district , facilities being afforded by special railway trains for parties coming to the town from Skipton , Bingley , and the surrounding polling districts . In the evening a meeting was held in the Temperance Hall , the largest and most capacious edifice in the borough . Notwithstanding a price was charged for admission , tho hall was filled to its utmost limits , and the proceedings passed off with great spirit and enthusiasm . Henry Forbes , Esq ., the present mayor of Bradford , presided .

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      Corn. Make Lane, Monday, Dec. 17.—We Had...

      CORN . Make Lane , Monday , Dec . 17 . —We had a very _middling supply of wheat to-day from Essex and Kent , but a fair arrival of foreign since this day se ' nnight . The best dry qualities of both English and foreign were taken off pretty readily at fully last Monday ' s prices , but secondary and inferior sorts met very few buyers . . Malting barley firm , but foreign grinding or distilling dull , and Is cheaper . Inmalfc but little doing . White peas sold heavily and fully Is cheaper , owing to _thelru _^ e foreign arrivals , and grey were rather lower . "Sew beans were more plentiful , and seld at Is to 2 s decline . The oat trade was not brisk , but good qualities maintained last week ' s prices . Rye dull sale . Good fresh flour , both French and American , was held more firmly . Linseed cakes slow sale . In _cloverseed not much

      doing . The current prices as under : — British . —Wheat . _—Bsaex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , new 3 Sg to 42 * , ditto white iOs to ISs , Lincoln , _Norfolk , and York shire , red 35 s to 38 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white 'iis to 37 s , ditto red 34 s to SSs , Devonshire and Somersetshire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 21 s to 23 s , barley , 2 _Gs to 30 s , Scotch 22 s to 24 s , Angus—s to—s , _Slalt ordinary , —s to —s , pale 50 s to 54 s , peas , grey , new 25 s to 27 s , maple 27 s to 29 s , ; white 23 s to -24 s , boilers new 26 s to 29 s , beans , large , new 23 s to 24 s , ticks 24 s to 26 s , harrow , 25 s to 26 s , pigeon , 28 s . to 30 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , 15 s to Ws , ditto Poland and potato , 17 s to 2 t ) s , Berwick and Scotch , l _' s to 21 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 22 s , Irish feed , and black 15 s to 20 s , ditto potato , 17 s to 23 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 » to 52 s , rapeseed , Essex , new £ 27 to £ 30 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new 20 s to _SOa per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 4 10 s per

      tonHn-, seed , £ 910 s to £ 10 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 2801 bs , ship , 28 s to SOs , town , 33 s to 40 s . _Pobhgn . — "Wheat — Uantzig , 44 s to 50 s , Anhalt and Marks , 33 to 40 s , flitt * white , 40 s to 42 s , Pomeranian red , 40 s to 42 s , Rostock 44 s to 46 s , Danish , llolstein _, and Friesland , 30 s to 34 s , Petershurgh , Archangel , and Uiga , 32 s to 34 s , Polish Odessa , 32 s to 34 s , Marianopoli , and _Bevdiitnski , 32 s to 35 s , Taganrog , 32 s to 3 is , _JSrabant and French , 34 s to _SGs _, ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , Salonica , 30 s to 33 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 20 _' s , rye , 20 s to 22 s , bavley , Wismar and Kostock , 18 s to 21 s , Danish , 18 s to 23 s , Saal , 20 s t « 24 s , East Friesland , 10 s to ISs , Egyptian , 14 s to 15 s , Danube , 14 s to 15 s , peas , ' white , 23 s to 26 ' s , new boilers , 26 s to 27 s , beans , horse , 22 s to 24 s , pigeon , 25 s to 2 C 3 _, Egyptian , 22 s to 24 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and

      Friesland , feed andblaek , lis to 15 s , ditto , thick and brew , 15 s to 22 s , Riga , Petershurgh , Archangel , and Swedish , 14 s to 16 s , flour , United States , per _1061 b 8 ., 22 s to 24 s , Hamburg 20 s to 22 s , Dantag and Stettin , 20 s to 23 s , French per 28011 ) 3 ., 32 s to 34 s . _Wednesday , Dec . 19 . —Since Monday there is scarcely any grain up by a vessel ; and _having a slight improvement ia some of our country and provincial markets , the trade here may be considered as tending to improved prices . Mauk-lane , Friday , December 21 . —The arrival of both English and foreign wheat have been moderate since Monday . English bavley was tho turn dearer , whilst Foreign could not be purchased eheapei than at the beginning of the week . Notwithstanding small arrivals of oats , former prices' could not be exceeded . Beans dull . Peas more inquired for , at late rates , flour unaltered in value and demand .

      Arrivals this week : — Wheat—English , 320 quarters ; foreign , 1 , 720 quarters . Barley—English , 140 quarters foreign , 2 , 930 quarters . Oats—English , & 10 quarters ; Hour—410 sacks .

      CATTLE . Smithfield , Monday , Dec . 17 . —The annual cattle show took place to-day , aud both in quality and number exceeded almost any previous exhibition . Notwithstanding the extensive number of boasts brought forward , the beef trade , owing to the numerous attendance of buyers , and to Cliristmas-day falling early in next week , was steady . Comparatively speaking , however , prices were low j the top figure for the best Scots and Ilcrefords , including afewot the shorthorns , being 4 s 6 d per 81 bs , ffe Were tolerably well , 'hut not to say heavily , supplied with sheep . Large heavy qualities , were a slow inquiry . Iu all other breeds of sheep a steady business was transacted at fully Friday's quotations , 10-stone Downs realising 4 s 4 d per Slbs . without difficulty . Calves , the supply of which was small , were in moderate request , aud last week ' s prices were well maintained . Prime small pigs supported late rates , otherwise the pork trade ruled dull _. Head of Cattle at Smithfield . —Friday . —Beasts , 2 , 300 ; sheep , 5 _. S 580 ; calves , 294 ; pigs , 200 . Monday . —Beasts , 5 , 635 ; sheep , 24 , 193 ; calves 103 igs 240

      , ; p , . Price per stone of Slbs . ( sinking the offal . )—Beef , 3 s 4 d to 4 s Cd ; mutton , 3 s 2 d to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s U to 4 s Od ; potk , 3 s 4 dto 4 s 2 d . Smithfield , Friday , December 21—There was a good supply of beasts , but an exceedingly small demand . There were very few sales effected , and those nt lower rates : The number of sheep was by no means large , yet it was far greater than the demand . There was also no sale for calves and pigs at lower rates , indued this may be almost termed a holiday market . Newgate and _Leadenhall , Monday , Dec . 17 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 4 d to 2 s Gd ; middling ditto , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; prima large , 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; prime small , 3 s 4 d to Ss Sd ; large pork , 2 s Gd to 3 s 4 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 3 d to 2 s lOd ; middling ditto , 3 s Od to 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto , 3 s Od to 3 s lOd ; void , 3 s ' M to 3 s lOd ; small pork , 3 s Gd to 4 s 2 d ; per Slbs . by thc carcase .

      HOPS . Borough , Monday , Dec . 17 . —Our market during the past week has remained in a very languid state , and the few sales effected have been at about last week ' s quotations _:-Sussex pockets , 1265 to 135 s , Weald of Kent , 140 s to 160 s , Mid and _EistKent , 150 g to 240 s ;

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 22, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22121849/page/8/