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      A April 25. 1840. . The K0rthern Sta£ ?

      A _April 25 . 1840 . . THE _k 0 _RTHERN STa _£ ?

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      " " India. Ocgupation Of Lahore-*—T , Hv...

      " " INDIA . OCGUPATION OF _LAHORE-*—T , hv extraordinary _ex-K _^ atc _* he 5 _bavebeen-receivea " f m 0 TCrlanu pras torn Marseille * f _^ _S % h . idiil from Bombay off _^ _^ Lahore to the 1 st , Ac _^ unts liad _l _^ n _^; d te j jah _toolaub The Qneen-motJier _W _*^ rcraor-General ' s earop , Sing h , the minister , w _^ fle sikh army iu tucir to acknowledge _w - _^ { crr - wry , and to solicit late atfaek _« n d that _Aicf appeared Iu me _^ TtiTcsZ tne Sof February , and forthwith 2 _& 3 on _^ execution of Ms mission . e Ato » tv * was agreed toby him oa behalf ol the M fharajati , the conditions of which were , the cession _Ja portion of territory to us , and an mueinnity j £ l 5 _M , m to meet the expences of tie war . It tituwe been in _& fa-d on . and conceded , that every _^ n ' brong ht into the field agaiust us should oc _surged , and ihe Kbaisa army disbanded . , e T _T Maharajah himsdi joined the Gavernorr _^ _ncral on thVlStli . After a long consultation , he _, bv consent of the assembled chiefs , acknow-35 Rul er of fhe

      _iL _^ _-j Jfunjaub , and on ins _retire-Zmi was saluted with a saivo of twenty-one guns . _^ _. _-if tMinpaniedourarmy to Lahore , whereit arrived pa the - dih . Oh thc same day he was escorted to his ! fllaec in the citadel by a _brigade of cavalry , _com-Sin > fcd or Colonel Cureton . _ilr . Currie , Secretary _jj ( _rtvcrumeiit in the Foreign Department , taking _^ _rge of the l-riaee and his " suite . A large party of _jriusii _aides-de-Cauio accompanied ihe procession _, rye Maharajah was < _"scorted to , and taken leareof at _jjie inner gate of his palace . Onr artillery fired a _joj j salute , aud the troops returned to camp , _raisin-, ' acircnit ofthe walls ofthe city . A _regimeni _pf native infantry and a troop of horse artillery in the _ _, _ean time took possession of the fort . in led

      On the 22 nd , Sir Hush Gough , person , a _jriiion of onr troops to tiie town , of winch and the fl tjdcl tbcT possessed themselves . A proclamation _asissued declaring hostilities ataa end , and de == ir-• m the peonle to resume their usual occupations Shout fea _^ The town of Lahore was tnled with cMi soldiers , who are said to amount ta upwards ol _ojflllj in number , and whom the least encourage" _^ t would raise in arms against us . The first _jj . _Talment of the indemnity wis shortly expected to h zpsid . The guns to be surrendered were daiiy * _# _£ brought in—evidently "very reluctantly . The _j-ji" army was about to be disbanded : want of ¦ fillers , rather than a want of will to coutiuue the _jffitcjt , haviu _? shown them the _uselessness and jgauity of striving longer against us . They are to _rteave * their arrears of pay , and be allowed to

      dis' Sir Charles "Napier had not reached camp on the it March ; nor had . he been heard of at Ecrozepore . jt _ij said he is to be left in command ofthe _tniops in ; ie l _' _unjaub , a new governor b » in . sr appointed in 5 ; icae i" his room . Tbe army expected to leave lak'ie about the lO . 'h March , and to be back : n _jnda b « the 22 nd . The troops from Scindc were _jtiU _maring upwards to Bahawulpore . The whole sfi _' ac district known as " Young Egypt" continued _trjnqail and health y , save Kurrachee , where cholera jjad broken out in rather a severe form . With the ex _«*> iion of the _Xizsai ' s dominions—that hoibed of _jmnrliy and misrale—thc whole of India continues _ijasqaii , the weather being _agreeable and healthy . Msjor-Geuerai Sir . J . K . _Lutnley , _Ailjutant-Gesewl of the Beusal arcay , died at Ferozepore , on flic 1 st of March , of an illness brought on by tbe _feikues endured in the rapid march of the army to

      _thelnrntier . The _Freuch envoy to China , M . LagKue , had _startedfrom Madras for _Poadieherrr , whence he proceeds for Suez , on his way home . On eaterius Lahore tiie following general order _was issoed by the Governor-General : — EEXEEiL _OKDEB BY THE BIG 1 IT BOX . IHE G 0 VER 50 RGE . VERAL OF INDIA . _Foreign Department , Camp Lahore , F _« b . * 22 . Tke _BriiL-h army has this day occupied ihe gateway of air _ri-aJel of Lahore , the Badshahee Mosque , and the _BffM-ji'teeBa-h . Th _< remaining part of the citadel is the residence of 1 ns _EkStaess Hie Maharajah , and also that of the families fifths Ute Mabar . y * _aU Ituajeet Singh , for so many years he faithful ally of the British _government . Iu _consi-Jeraaou of these circainstinees , no troops will be posted nitiiia the precincts of the palace gate .

      Thc army of the Sutlej has now brought operations in ae field to a close by the dispersion of tue SikH army and ae military occupation uf Lahore , preceded by a _series d the most _triumphuit successes ever recorded in the Binary history of India . The British government , _sastiiu to the faith of treaties and to the _long-subsstiug fr iendship between tlie two states , had limited _rEitary _preparations tu the defence of its own frontier . _Compelled suddenly t < i _assume thc _( _iffeadve by the _uurrovekad invasion of its territories , the British army , _aier the command of its distinguished _leader , has in _sitv div * defeated the Sikh forces ia tour general actions ,

      ia ; captured 220 pieces of Seld artillery , and is now at _aecjpual . _dictating to the Lahore Durbar the terras of a treaty the conditions of whicli will t « ud to secure tht Brit :-li provinces from tiie repetition ofa similar outrage . The Governor-Genera ! being determined , however , to marl- with reprobation the perfidious character of the tot , lias required and -will < xact that every remaining piece ' _-f Sikh artillery whieh bas _betm pointed against the British army during this campaign _shall be surrendeied . The -Sikh army , whose _insubotdinate conduct is one ol the chief causes of the anarchy and misrule which have brouzbt the Sikh state to the brink of distraction , is ab-rat to be disbanded .

      The soldiers ofthe army ofthe Sutlej have not only proved their superior prowess in battle , but have on every otc _& _ion with subordination and patience endured the _iangQts and privations inseparable from a state of active operations iu the field . The native troops of this army have also proved that a faithful attachment to their colours and to tbe Company ' s service 3 au honourable feature in tlie character ofthe British Sepoy . The Governor-General has repeatedly expressed , on his 0 « n part and that ofthe Government of India , admiration and gratitude for the important services which the army has rendered . The Governor-General is now pleased to resolve , as a testhnony ofthe approbation of the Government of India ofthe bravery , _discipline , and soldier-like bearing of the snny of the Sutlej . that all the generals , ofiieers , _non-Ki-ninisMoned ofiieers , and privates , shall receive a gratn - vof 12 months'bafta .

      Every r . giiaeat which , in obedience to its orders , may h & ve remained in posts or forts between Loodiana and Ftrozepore , and was not present in action , as in the case 01 the _troojs ordered to remain at 3 foodfcee to protect the wounded , and those left in the forts of Ferozepore and _Loo _& ma , shall receive the gratuity of 12 months' batta . Obedience to orders is the first duty of a . soldier , and the Governor-Gencial in affirming tbis principle can never admit that absence cau-ed by the performance of _indispensable : _duiits , on which the success of the operations in the fifld greatly _d-pund _, ought to disqualify any * oWicr placed in these circumstance ? from participating in the gratuity given for the general good conduct of the snny in the field . All regiments and individuals ordered to the frontier and forming part ofthe army of the Sutlej , which may hive reached Loodiana or _Busseean before the date « f litt order , will be included as entitled to the gratuity .

      By order of the Bight Hon . the . Governor-General of _toahu F . Cceme , Secretary to the Government of _Indiji , with the Governor-General .

      STATE OF LAHORE . Tej Singh , the commander of the Sikh army , and ! * 02 arl y ; he whole of the chiefs , hare tendered their _sabiaissiuu and come in to Laaore . The city is full of "soldiers out of employment , and clearly only awaiting the departure of our troops to commence their old game . _Upwards of twenty thousand arc said to In congregated in thc place , so that there is small cause for wonder at the Ranee ' s apprehensions . Tiiere can scarcely be a doubt that oh oar army leaving the country , civil war in its worst shape will desolate this unhappy country , and that , ere any long period elapse , the Punjaub mist be ours . They lave had their warning , and must abide the _consccnences it thev compel us again to interfere in their

      ftfficerfis . Prince Waldemar and suite were to leave fie camp about the beginning of March . Tbe first instalment of tbe indemnity had not , up to the date * f oar latest intelligence , beeu paid over to as , but "fas expected to be so immediitely . The Sikh , guns * cre daily brought iuto our camp , and given up , but "fit * ! very evident dissatisfaction . The troops were being paid their arrears of pay , and would , it was ttiought _, quietly give up their arms and disperse . If * « ey will really do so remains to be seen . Our army _Reefed to _breik ground on their return about 10 th _^ « rc _! i , and by thc 22 ud would be on this side ot the -atlrj . A large force is to be left in our newly-acjjaired territory , and is , it is said , to be commanded jf Sir Charles Xapier . Generals Gilbert and Sir harry Smith have also been named as likely to

      obtain the appointment . Bj next matt the appointment will probably be announced . Sir C . Napier left _isthawalpore , on the 22 ud of February , and had not been heard of on the l _* t of March , although the distance from that place was only a little over 200 mile * -. He is accompanied by the Scinde Camel corps as an _escort . Tents had been pitched for him in the camp at Lilmre , so that probably he has pushed on at once for that place instead of _proceeding to Ferozepore . The IvtbLaucersand _Jllst Foot are to proceed to _"England immediate ]* -, the _rolasteering order having already been issued . Some of our officers had been into the city of Lahore , and described it as a dirty ? lacc , presenting scarcely anything worth looking at . t is surrounded by a double line of lofty walls , a wide aud deep ditch and ma _^ _niUceut looking but weak bastions .

      The _Affgbaus arc reported as being about to seize oa Peshawar , _thinking ihe yn sent a favourable opportunity of _re-posscjsimr themselves of that province , captured from them bv the Old Lion of Lahore—the Mte _Jlunject Singh . ' Should thev make the attempt they w _. ii ] _ijjeir ! jfJ ai < j _^ U y the population , who are _^' ¦ iS _yyiusulmsns .

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      A Sikh Saxuritjlv . —Among the officers of her Majesty ' s 9 th Foot severely wounded at Ferozeshah , aud who subsequently died , was a Mr . S . There is a , story connected with his wound , poor fellow which , if true , as 1 believe it to be , is quite romantic He was wounded in the leg on the evening of the 21 st , and while lying on the ground alone , _" his regiment having gone on to the attack , a Sikh came up to him and said , " Sahib , my people are killing all the wounded , and if you remain here you will be killed , too ; but come with me and I will save you . " S replied , " liow can I come to you ? my _' leg is broken , and I canuot even stand . " " Oh , " said the man , " I will take you on my back , " which wa $ accordingly done ; and off he set with him in tho

      direction ot Ferozepore . After going for a considerable distauce , when they were quite out of reach of the enemy , he stopped to rest and wait for davlight , paying every attention that circumstances " would admit of to his charge ' s comfort . As the day broke , a party of our cavalry came up , on their way from Ferozepore to the _fieid , and the officer with them stopped to see if he could do anything for S , aud , after giving him some brandy and water , asked him what he intended doing ; to which he replied , " I shall mount my good Samaritan again , and go into Ferozepore . " The Sikh once more took him on his back , and carried liim till he

      they fell in with a litter for the sick , into which got , and was taken to the Ferozepore hosp ital , liis friend , however , would not even leave him , but walked bv the litter all the way , and , after they had reached the hospital , remained by his bedside 111 close attendance upon liim until the flay of his deatli . it is also stated that thc story reached tke ears of the Governor-General , who after poor S- — -s death made the man a liberal present , and took him into the puhHc service . Such are the heads of this singular incident , as current in camp ; aud though there may be some _trifling inaccuracies in the details , I believe it correct iu the main .

      The Attempted Assassination Of Louis Phi...

      THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF LOUIS PHILIPPE . "We _jave in our last number an account of this attempt . We subjoin the account as given in some of the Frencn paper ? , and some other particulars which have come to our knowledge . Towards five in the afternoon on Thursday , the King was returning from a long drive in the forest of Fontainbieau . The first c / iar-o-6 ancs contained The King and the Count de Montalivet , who were sittingeu the first seat ; on the second were the Queen and the Princess of Salerno ; on the third , Madame Adelaide , the younger _Pri-iec Philippe , and the D . _ieliess of _Nemours ; and on thc fourth seat the Prince of Salerno . At thc moment the carriage was turning at the spot called the Faisauderic , two shots were fired f rom ihe little enclosure o Avon ; between the two shots there was an interval of two or three seconds .

      At the first discharge , two bullets cut the fringes and lodged in the roof of the carriage ; at the second , a bullet and some slugs crazed the head of the King . The Queen , much moved , picked up a wadding , which fell between the King and M . dc Montalivet . The _assassin had fired at about eight or ten paces from the _can-ia-re . He was standing on a mound of earth , at the other side of tiie wall , and leaned his gun on the wall to take a steady aim . He was concealed in such a manner as only to be seen at the moment of firing . He was immediately arrested , and taken to prison .

      The two shots were aimed in a straight line , and the gun is an excellent one . According to the opinion of an eye-witness , the King would have been killed , beyond a doubt , if the carriage had been in the middle of the road , instead of near thc wall . _^ The persons of the royal household recognised Lec « met immediately , who gave his name , and added , " I was in toogreat ahurry . " __ ThcfoUowinjr area few notices of his life : — He entered the service as private in 1 S 22 . __ He _distiaiuUked himself by his courage aud intrepidity ia the Spanish war of 1823 , when he was made a uon-comraissiiined officer , and afterwards raised to the rankofofliccr ; he was decorated atthecioseof the campaign . At a later period , he entered the

      Royal Guards , where he formerly served _nsnon-commissioned _olficer . Having entered the service of the house of Orleans iu 1829 , he was successively grade a pied and grade a _chcvsl and subsequently grade general of the forests of the Crown . In these different situations , he had every year accompanied the _Kingr , whilst staying at Fontainebleau . Owing __ to his bad conduct he was deprived of his situation about eighteen months ago ; and had often been hc _^ rd to _uttc-r threats _against M . de Montalivet ¦ wd M . de Sahune , _co'Kmrafair ofthe royal forests . Owinsi to his threats , M . de Saliune was under the necessity of applying to the police , and Lecomte was

      placed unaer strict surveillance . It is presumed that , weary of this _scrveillancc , he resolved to satisfy his revenge in a higher quarter . He left Paris for Fontainebleau on the evening of the 15 th . On being _questioned by the authorities , he avowed his Srm _resolution to kill tlie king , lie was reckoned oue of the best shots by the keepers , as he rarely missed a buck at 150 paces _, l _^ ecomte is farty-eight years of age , and wears the decoration of the Legion of Honour . Louis Philippe and his family returned to Paris at ono . o clock on Saturday , and shortly afterwards the members of both _Chambers repaired to the Tuilerics to congratulate him on his providential _escape .

      Thc Paris journals of Sunday , like those of the _preceding day , are filled with particulars relative to the regicide Lecomte , wlio had been transferred to Paris , and occupied the cell in the Conciergcric , allocated formerly to Fieschi _, Alibaud , and _Dariaes .

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      * _////^//////« yM _«^ _Hw - '/ - '/ - '' ' _^ - ' * THE INSURRECTION IS SPAIN . Letters from Madrid of tlie 12 th . inst . state , tbat on tbat day the new Cabinet being completed , the Ministers , Isturitz , Mon , Pidal , Armero , DiazCaneJa , and General Saenz , took the customary oaths at the hands of tlie Queen . Notwithstanding the declarations of the Spanish Ministry , that the riots in Galicia are wholly put down , there appears a general opinion tbat this is not thc case , bnt tbat risings have _ been mads in other districts beside Lugo , and tbis is confirmed in some _de-ree by the fact ef the political chief of Madrid having issued orders to tbe journals of the capital " not to spread this alarming news . " The Eco del Comercio states thus : —

      ' The political chief having suspended to-day our publication , and a police officer having laid hands upon the numbers already printed , we inform our subscribers of this prohibition by a small detached slip , that they may not attribute t » negligence a suspension which we are the first to deplore . To-morrow , continues the Eco , with a mixture of piety and sarcasm , "by the grace of God and the authorities , we hope to continue our labours . " El _Tittnjw alludes to the constraint p laced on them liy the political chief , saying that they comply , and will on the next day publish the information they have respecting Galicia . El lkraldo of the same date , announces the samefact , adding , with its usual pomposity , " Wc believe that M . Sabatcr will do us the justice lo suppose that

      for men of order as we are , such an injunction was by no means necessary . " Tke Siecle hae a letter from Bayonne , which declares "that it was the progress of the revolution in Galicia whicli compelled Christina to allow Isturitz to form his ministry . But it is believed that this permission was accorded too late . The movement is spreading in other provinces of Spain , and _Zauiora . nnd Ciudad Rodrigo are mentioned . It is asserted that General Imte has returned to Spain with tut Esparteroists who had emigrated to Portugal ; and . it is added , that the corps of Carabineers , of which he was inspector , had joined him . There was a rum . ur of a fierce encounter between them and the troops in garrison at Corunna , in which the Esparteroists were _successful ; and General Vilialom-a wa * -hut up in the castle , with a battalion . "

      El Clamor Publico relates that " General _Leimerii and Colonel Gurrea have landed at Corunna , and ( bat that place had been abandoned by the authorities . " It continues to state— "It appears , from various rumours tbat the city of Santiago and its garrison have seconded the revolt of Lugo , and although there is no official courier from Galicia we are _assured that the rebels are triumphant in all the provinces , being joined in many places by the _refugees from Portugal . It was reported yesterday ( 11 ) that General ViH . ilen . ga had been compelled to save himself on board a boat , and had gone to Santander . _( jreat agitation was said to pervade Zampourdanand other places . We do not guarantee the authenticity of this intelligence . "

      The French journal , Lt National , declares that General Iriarte had entered the province ol Zauiora with 500 men , aud it was not doubted iu Madrid but that he would be joined by the garrison of Tarragona . A _seneral ferment prevails throughout Catalonia , and the Captain-General , having learned that armed bands had beeu scon near Girona , had advanced in that direction at the head ofa strong brigade . " At Madrid a great uneasiness prevails . They had learned there of the revolt at Orense , Villalonga ' s flight , thc advance of Iriarte ; and couriers had arrived from Valladolid aud Burgos demanding reinforcements in the names of the Captains General : Similar applications had arrived from other district ? , and the authorities were afraid of diminishing the I force iu the capital .

      " Such , " concludes Le National , " is a brief summary of our private information : and wc need not point out its importance . We have but one word to add to this information ( which reaches us from a source on which , wo klieve , we may fullv rel y ) , and that is , that these revolts havejiot _takenplace without bloodshed , and some functionaries marked down for their devotion to _N-.-rvatz , and * bv their brutalities , have paid with their lives for violence and abuse of power , of whicli the populace have preserved a hitk'jv cmembrance . "

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      | The following letters from Messrs . Coo p er an- * ILvRXErwere in type last week , but excluded from our last number through want of room : they refer to a "Review" which appeared in this naoer of April llth . _l -t > v . »

      To Tue Chartist Body. My Friends And Bro...

      TO TUE CHARTIST BODY . My Friends and Brothers , I think the attack upon me in the last Star , contained in Julian Harney ' s notice of my humble " Orations , " demands a brief remonstrance . The writer _savs , " Mr . Cooper is our friend , but no tie--of friendship shall prevent us doing our duty . " I can only express my regret that Julian Ilarney should have had so strange a misconception of his duty . How any one can feel warranted in representing a' friend' who happens to differ from him , and because of that difference , as a man who " was trying how far he could humbug bis audience , " and who " had a newly-manufactured theory . " and because "his audience proved good-natured , " therefore " taxed their swallowing capabilities to the utmost , " I cannot understand . I trust that all of you who have watched my course , believe me utterly incapa ble of playing the part of a public juggler and deceiver ( 1 ) .

      A more unfair notice ofa pamphlet , than this bv my ' friend , ' I have never seen . Not a line , not K syllable has he quoted of my brief exposition respecting the true nature of Moral Resistance . And after an imperfect quotation of the passages , in wliich he conceives the germ of my errors is to he found ( 2 ) , he thus , mosterroneously , interprets my theory - . " That is to say a man _seeing his wife and children assailed by pitiless ruffians is to check the' impulse' to defend them , and reason himself into a covmrrdhiparlicioation in the guVt of the villains who outrage the honour and lives of those whom he is bound to protect . Now I beg that iny * friend' will , for a monieBf i _ireigh the _meaning of the followinir sentence ? in my pamphlet : "If you were to act under the no tion of yonr right to take human life , < tc ., would not you lie likely to ask yourself whether vou arc sur ; -

      that you had used all the moral means you mi .-ht have done , —or all the physical weans you might have done , short of inflicting lasting injury , —in order to prevent a man s accomplishment of his evil intent to murder ? " Is it possible , fairly , to argue that my theory proposes a " cowardly participation" in a villain ' s guilt , from this passage ( 3 ) ? I might adduce other passages ; but I will , instead , ask Julian Harney to read my pamphlet through , and find them . for himself . He has so utterly misrepresented me that I can only conclude he has run his cy < very hastily over my pages , disliking thc employ because of the strength of his own prejudices , liis use of such words as ' absurd , ' ' slavish , ' and ' crotchetty , ' confirms me in 'this belief , since 1 _alwaj's find prejudiced men must apt to use thosi words ( i ) . My doctrine , he says , he '' cannot doubt ,

      will be repudiated by the great mass of thinkmi men . " I beg leave to remin 1 him that * thinking men' are not in the habit of using such words as those I have just referred to , since they know well that the use of them implies argument . Tke fact is , that whether the doctrine I advocate be right or wrong , it is attracting the closest attention from _tome of the most distinguished intellects of the _age . both in foreign countries and in our own ; and it is of two important and profound a nature to be settled in the rash and abusive terms that , I am sorry to observe , Julian Ilarney supposes it can be settled ( 5 ) . When Julian Ilarney differs from me I do not abuse him . He cannot sav that I have ever displayed an unkind act towards him ; and yet this is not tlie first time that I have had to remonstrate against his rashness and unkind usage ( 0 ) . I trust , on reflection , he will see cause to retract the defamatorv terms in

      whicli he has spoken of me , —and then , let the wuale transaction be forgotten , as it is already 'freely forgiven , by "four ' s , my Brethren , A sincere foe to the taking away ot human [ life under any circumstances , _Timhms Cooper , the Chartist . IO ! , Blackfriar _' s Road . P . S . —My " nopes , as . i Chartist , " led me to avoid thc Crown and Anchor meeting—if 1 must be compelled to answer thc question , " why 1 did not take a part in it ? " That the Poles have been fighting to recover freedom 1 utterly deny , for neither they nor their fathers ever had it . That there either is now , or has been lately , a truly patriotic struggle in

      Poland , I have yet to learn . I read of peasants slaughtering their countrymen , and expecting a reward from the Austrians for it—but that seems to me strange patriotism . A " manifesto , " promulgating Communist doctrines , is also related to have been issued at Cracow by a small number of men , no doubt desirous of establishing those doctrines , and connected , it is quite evident , with Poles , Germans , French , « fcc , professing the same doctrines in Paris and London ; but the inhabitants of Poland seem so very far from heartil y espousing their views , and tht means they had at their disposal were , manifestly , so disproportioned to their enterprise , that I wondered to find even advocates for physical force crying up their rash undertaking so loudly ( 7 ) . As a sincere foe to the taking away of human life , under any circumstances , as one convinced , from every page I have read of history , that the toiling class have nevei

      derived political freedom , and elevation iu the social scale , from physical force revolutions , in any age or country ; as a sincere believer in the great truth , that knowledge only can prepare men to win freedom and to hold it securely when they have won it : as a man who has loved Chartism through obloquy aud suffering feels it thereby endeared fo him , and regrets to see his own injured class led aside from vigourous attention to thc suffrage , and effort to place members of iheir own class in Parliament , by anj new wild-fire scheme that happens to be got up—1 avoided the meeting at the Crown and Anchor- My strongest wish resiiectiugthat meeting is , that every other Chartist had avoided it likewise . I malign no man s motives for attending it . I only claim the liberty , without abuse , to say that 1 think Chartism was in no wise benefitted , but injured , by that meet-« V ( 8 ) . . . ...

      _ Julian Harney talks of my " false posit on . " If 1 am to judge by the approval tendered mc by _working men , publicly and _^ privately , and by my own conscience , I can only conclude my position to be a true one . As long as I have that conviction , Julian Ilarney , and all men who differ from me , may rest assured that , although I shall neither misrepresent nor abuse them , their misrepresentation and abuse will never drive me froiH a manly and determined maintenance of my conviction . T . C .

      To Me Re A Der S O F The " Northern Star...

      TO ME RE A DER S O F THE " NORTHERN STAR . " "If I might give a short hint to an _imp'irtinl writer , it would be to tell hira his fate . If he resolves to venture upou the dangerous precipice of telling unbiassed truth , let him proclaim war with mankind , —neither to give nor to take quarter . "—De Foe .

      Brother Democrats , —I think it will be admitted that , during ithe two years and six months I have b-. cn connected with the _Nortltcm Star as one of its 41 conductors , " I have not sought to obtrude myself personally upon the notice of its readers ; if 1 do so now it is because I am ready to take upon myself the responsibility of every syllabic I write , and as Mr . Cooper has deemed it fit and proper to charge me witli thc authorship of the notice of hi _> "Orations , "

      published in the *? rar of the 11 th instant , I hesitate not _toadmU the charge . The good taste of addressing his letter to "the Chartist Body , instead of " the Editor of the Nortiiern Star , " is Mr . Cooper ' s aftair . 1 cannot _suppose that in addressing '" tlie Chartist Body" he de » ircd to make my commentary a sulgect lor discussion and resolution-voting , and yet , il" he did not desire this , it appears strange that he should not have addressed his letter to " the Editor , " the usual course when any one feels himself aggrieved by comments in a newspaper .

      I might content myself by replying to Mr . Cooper , " what I have written , I have written , _* " but out of deference to him 1 will make my reply somewhat lcu _^ thier . The _figures introduced into Mr . Cooper ' s letter I have _inserted , simply to prevent the repetition of " Mr . Cooper says this , " " Mr . Cooper says that , " Ac . 1 . —I never supposed that Mr . Cooper was " a public juggler and deceiver , " but neither could I suppose it possible that Mr . Cooper could act as he was advising others to act in thc event ef his own wife-being _ass-. iled by an intentional murderer . I wish

      I could still believe that he was only joking I should think him not t ic less a sincere man , but Mr . Cooper will be in earnest to the full extent of his theory , be it so lam sorry I misconceived him , sorry that I used language iu accordance with th . it misconception ; but let me add I am also sorry to find my friend so much at war , as I conceive , with common sense and the noblest feelings of our nature . 2 . —Let the reader turn to Mr . Cooper ' s pamphlet , or read the extract I shall give presently , and he will sec that , as far as I did quote , thc quotations were correct , word for word _.

      3—Mr . Cooper has charged me with " imperfect quotation " of his theory , and in proof of this l : c lu « s in a certain pa-sage whicli the reader will see in his letter , using it as though it was part and parcel of his argument on thc subject of _defendiug wife ant ! child . Now , I assure the reader , that thc quotation introduced by Mr . Cooper has nothing to do with tbe " wife and child" argument , which _argument will be found in the / _irst" Oration , " at pages 211—30 , whereas thc quotation he has introduced is a passage in the second " Oration , " nagc 401 To prevent all mistake 1 will here quote at length Mr . Cooper ' s " wife and child" argument : —

      But in Uie cave of a wife , a child , _biin- threatened with i nstant death—does not my duty , then , dennmd that I sliitld tiiem , save them , bj ,- _laying the intention , - )] mui devcv dead at my feet ? Does not Suture prompt me to it' ifust not I unnaturalize nature as t were , ere I can act as you recommend me ?

      To Me Re A Der S O F The " Northern Star...

      My brother , do you know what yon mean by this word —Nature ! Do jou n fleet to what ruinous excesses you might be led by assi gning something so undefined as thi * nord may be in your mind , and by leaning upon it for excuse , whenever you hurry to a rash act ! Do you _reflect that your nature is not wholly made up of tmptirsef that you are endowed with a higher power—with ileason—and that that is also your nature t Do you call to mind that Man , the microcosm , or little world , like the macrocosm , or great world , around him , is an existence if incorrectness and imperfection , but yet , is a thing of progress—a thing having capability of emendation ! that as ' we have to subdue the earth and cultivate it , so we i . ust also subdue and cultivate ourselves ? Do you not

      know , in a word , that all impulses can be subdued and _regu-Utedby reason— that is , by that beneficial renewal of Its -. cts called rcfle- tion ? Plead not , then , this plea of tlio necessity of yielding to unchecked impulse—to _mistaught and iiiisirained impulse . Plead not the impossibility of resisting Nature , until you reflect what Nature is . Be sure that it is Nature that governs you . Remember that . ' _' _eiispiits nature ; and thai it is to its dictate * , and . not to unchecked , mistaught , _mistrained impulse you , are to attach yourself as a guide—if you seek to make a full justification of your acts . _^ nd HOto , what would Reason reply to the query you put ? — "Does not my duty deuiaud that I sine my wife , my _elii'ld . by laying the intentional murderer dead at my feetV _*

      Would their death be nn injury to you ? Then , if you be truly filled with the spirit of that brotlierhood you wish to ae established , you are lo suffer _tltat injury , rather than inflict an irreparable injury on another , as the means of prewiluig _**• " Hut lias not my wife , my child , " say you , " an undeniable claim on me for my protection ? Have they not a right to look up to me as their uatuial shield and defence ? " 0 yes 1 and you are a traitor to the covenunt - . villi the wife of your bosom , —you are a guilty deficient in yonr duty to your own _offspring , —if you do not seek

      to protect them , to shield them , to defend them , to happily them—a 6 the Americans say . But mark ! however severe it may sound in your ears , - you . owjht never io have taught them , nor ought they ever to demand from you , that you were to protect them by inflicting an in eparable injury on anyone . You ought , by your own example of endurance , to have inculcated upon them the great paramount lesson •¦ f _brotherhood— That they ought to be _toiUing to suffer < t li ( S « _iujurj-, rather tlian i'l / h ' c : one that they ought lo delight —aye , to delight , in suffering much , rather than inflict suffering : that they ought not to seek to shun even an irreparable injury by tlie infliction of an irreparable injury onanolher .

      Mr . Cooper will not assert that the above is an imperfect quotation . I imagine there are but lew _cadei-softhciVortAcm Star , who , having read the _tbiive extract , will not feel _disposed to use at least s strong language as any 1 have employed , in delouiicing Mr . Cooper ' s most extraordinary theory . 4 . —Mr . Cooper should 'f bring in a bill" to amend the English language , by providing for the omission ¦ f these words , " absurd , " " slavish , " ifce ., from all future editions of Johnson and Walker . I hope he -vili at thc same time expunge the words " rash , " and " abusive , " which words he applies to my •' review . " "

      5 . —I do not profess to number amongst my acquaintance " the most distinguished intellects of the .: g 3 , " but , despite my unfortunate vocabulary , I have tne happiness to enjoy the friendship of not a few ' thinking men , " belonging both to " foreign countries" and to " my own . " and lean assure Mr . Cooper , that he would not ' eel himself at all'flattered if he heard their opinions concerning his theory . C . —1 am not conscious that I have ever given occasion to Mr . Cooper to _remonstrate against any

      " unkind usage " on my pa t towards himself , unless he alludes to my speech - A the " Exiles meeting " it Westminster , when I opposed his " amendment , " ami when , in my humble opinion , if I had not _oppo-.-ed him I should have been guilty of" unkind usage " towards the exiles . 1 admit that Mr . Cooper never displayed an unkind act towards me , quite tke conirary _. but I must add , that , so far from uoing him any unkindiicss , 1 have repeatedly defended him from ihc assaults of his opponents , both in public and private .

      7 . —The mere surface view ofthe Polish question uiken by Mr . Cooper , rather surprises me . For _o bvious reasons , it is mv duty to abstain from entering on the question of the " means at the disposal of the Polish _juitriots for freeing their country . S . —I must express my regret , that Mr . Cooper " should have had so strange a misconception of his duty , " as to write the concluding portion of this paragraph . I would fain believe that he is not in earnest , and timt he is now _trying thc " swallowing capabilities " of " the Ciianist body , " hut I dare not believe this , for if I do [ may expect another "

      remonstrance . I avoided the Crown and Anchor Meeting , " says Mr . Cooper , and " tny strongest wish espccling that meeting is , that every other Chartist had avoided it likewise" ( i !!) I can only understand this as an exhibition of that " old Knglish " _selfisliness whicli has created so much inured against _EngL-iiid , on the continent . Because an Englishman is born on this side of a ditch , and a Pole on the other , therefore the former snotto assist the latter ! " Ourselves , and the devil take the rest , " appears to be Mr . Cooper ' s idea if " Chartism . " I must say such ' * Chartism " has not my sympathy .

      Mr . Cooper assert . < snat I have ' misrepresented " liim . In reply 1 will only repent what I said in the lotice of his " Orations , ' that" I hope his book will he extensively read , that the public may see for themselves that I have not misrepresented his doctrine , and that the condemnation I have passed ¦ in it is well deserved . " In taking leave of this _subject 1 beg to inform my friend Cooper , and iili '» Uier personB , that I shall not allow his " _remonstrance" against " my review , " and my reply , to stand as a precedent for the introduction of similiar personal ities hereafter . In the course of my

      connection with the Star I have steadily set my face against personal discussions , and that-1 shall continue to do . I have hitherto , in all I have written , regarded not the fear nor favour of auy man , and no appeals to " the Chartist body " shall prevent me continuing in the same course . In the future , as in the past , I will zealously work with , and for , Mr . Cooper , when I think him ' in the right , but I will fearlessly oppose liim when I think him in the wrong . Let all others expect the same . "When I took up my pen I determined to act on the advice of De Foe , " neither to give nor to take quarter . "

      6 . Julian ILuine y Northern Star Office , April 15 , 1810 ,

      Tiie Oregon Question.

      TIIE OREGON QUESTION .

      It Is The General Impression That The Ne...

      It is the general impression that the next news from England , in a political point of view , will be of the most unfavourable character . The effect of this anticipation is already showing itself in thc financial and commercial circles . It cannot be disputed but that the government and people of Great Britain have cause to complain of thc course pursued by our government , in relation to this question . The refusal to arbitrate , ; because an acceptance of that offer would amount to an acknowledgement ef the claim of Great Britain to a portion of the Oregon territory , cannot but create a feeling not only in England but throughout Europe , very unfavourable to the position anil

      claims of the United States . The position taken by thc President , in all his public documents , gives us to understand that our title to the whole of Oregon is indisputable ; and the last letter of Mr . Buchanan , in the last correspondence , gives us to understand that the government will not in any way admit that Great Britain has the slightest claim to an inch of the territory south of oi 40 . Every act of the administration . since it came into power , in relation to this question ( if we except thc offer made to compromise on the 49 th degree , which was made out of respect to thc previous president , and withdrawn immediately after its refusal ) , has plainly pointed to 54 40 , and nothing less . Notwithstanding these things , senators , pretenditm to be in the

      eonfidence of the Executive , state that he does not claim thc whole ol the territory—that ho is in favour oJ compromising the matter , and that he will continue to make every effort to settle the question amicably and satisfactoril y . It is impossible to reconcile these things . Either Mr . Polk is opposed to giving up a single foot of the north-western territory south of 54 40 or his public documents , and thc letters ot his Secretory of State , are intended to humbug the people of this country . He has committed himself on the whole of Oregon , nnd cannot consistently compromise in any way . The claim of the United States to the whole territory may be , in the mind ol the President indisputable—his public documents say so ; but as senator Haywood

      , says , the President does not say in his inaugural , or in his message to Congress , that he intended to claim thc whole , or that he should not acknowledge or admit thc claim of Great Britain to a portion—but he says , through his Secretary of State , more than that . Mr . Buchanan , in Ids last letter to Mr . Pakenham , refuses to admit the claim of the English government in any shape , and refuses arbitration , principally because it might be construed into an acknowledgment thnt Great Britain had some shadow of a chum upon the territory below 54 10 . If the messages of the President were not perfectly explicit upon this point , thc correspondence between tho Secretary of State and t ic British Minister has committed tho Government , und Mr . Polk stands before the world an

      uncompromising advocate of the American claim to the whole of Oregon . Wc cannot see any loopholes by whicli he can escape from that position . Ho cannot , after taking such a stand , submit to compromise . If the _President conscientiously considers our claims so clear and indisputable as his public documents assert , and avoids so eagerly every movement calculated to weaken onr cl _.-iims , thei * is no alternative . Concessions must he made on the part of our government , or the peace ofthe two countries is not of long duration . The Executive is certainly placed in a very peculiar and delicate position , nnd it will without doubt , 1 ) 3 a great rclicl to him if the Senate assume ( he _rcsposibiliiy of compromising thc matter . —Alto Fork Jkntld .

      M^Tt Inttiliptm

      M _^ tt _Inttiliptm

      Smithfield. The Past Week's Imports Of F...

      SMITHFIELD . The past week ' s imports of foreign stock for om market have been tolerably extensive , viz .: _—w ° _" and cows from Harlingen ; 120 oxen and cows , together with 300 sheep , from Rotterdam ; and 20 oxen from Hamburgh , in , for the most part , good saleable condition , especially as relates to the cows from Harlingen and Rotterdam . At Hull , about 80 beasts and 90 sheep liavecome to hand from Holland , but which have been rather deficient in quality . To-day we had on ' sale-hero about 220 foreign beasts and 400 sheep . Prime qualities were in fair request at full previous quotations ; but all other kinds ruled dull , I at barely late prices . ¦

      Irom our own grazing districts the arrival of beasts fresh up to-day were on the increase , and 0 ! very suporior quality . Although the attendance of both town and country buyers was numerous , the beef trade was in a very sluggish state . However , the _primest lots , Ac ., were mostly disposed of at lastweek ' s prices ; but most other kinds suffered a de' Jineof 2 d . _perSlbs ., and much difficulty was experienced in effecting a clearance . From Norfolk , Subscx , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , we received about 1 , 200 Scots , home-breds and short horns ; from the western and midland districts , TOO _llerefords , Devons , runts , cows , & c . ; from

      other parts of England , 400 of various kinds : and from Scotland , 300 horned and polled Scots . The number of sheep were again on the increase , and of unusually prime quality ; yet the mutton trade was comparatively steady , and previous rates were supported in every instance . From the Isle of Wight , 50 lambs came to hand per railway : while the arrivals of that description of stock from other quarters wero moderate . The lamb trade was steady , at last Monday ' s currencios . . Calves were in short supply , and sluggish inquiry , yet prices were supported . In pigs , very little was doing at our quotations .

      NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MEAT MARKETS . Compared with those of the previous week , the receipts nf country-killed meat up to these markets since Monday last have been very moderate , though tolerably extensive , tlie time of year considered . The supplies on offer killed in the metropolis have been seasonably Rood , and of very superior quality . Prime beef , mutton , lamb , and veal , have moved off steadily , at fully previous quotations ; but all other _kind- < have met a dull inquiry , at late rates . A bout 500 carcases of lamb have reached us from various quarters . A few carcases of foreign boasts and sheep have appeared on sale .

      _, BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS . Fair average supplies of potatoes have arrived at the waterside during the past week . The finest qualities have moved off steadily , at full prices , but all other kinds have met a dull sale on somewhat easier terms . York reds . 90 s . to 120 s . ; ditto Regents , nOs . to 100 s . ; ditto Shows , 40 s . to 60 s . ; Bides , & c , 60 s . to -70 s . ; Fifeshire reds , 65 s . to 70 s . , * Montrose buffi * , 75 s . to 80 s . ; Perthshire reds , 70 s . to 80 s .

      London Conn Exchan G E, Monday, April 20...

      London Conn Exchan e , Monday , April 20 . — Throughout last week this market was generally well supplied with grain , both English and foreign , oats forming an exception , wliich came to hand only in moderate quantities . The trade ruled steady ou the several _marketrdays _, and all grain of fine quality found a fair demand , and well supported late quotations . This morning there was a moderate supply fresh up of all grain , except beans , which appeared rather plentifully . The millers bought the finest white wheat at Is . per quarter more money , and the trade has ruled firm for other descriptions , except for the very superfine samples of barley , which bring as much money * , this trade is the turn lower for , anything second-rate in quality . Outs have met a / air sale , at Is , higher rates than on this day week . Beans dull . White peas in good demand , it ls . higher ; . grny and blue varieties are unaltered . Tares a very slow sale , at lower rates . In seeds there has onlj _^ been a moderate trade passing , at unaltered quotations . CURRENT PRICES OP GRAIN , "FLOUR , AND SEED

      IN MARK-LANE . BBITI 8 H GKA 1 H . Shillings per Quarter . Wheat .. Essex & Kent _, white new .. 49 to 63 .. 07 to 70 Ditto , red .. .. .. « 59 .. 53 65 Suffolk and Norfolk , red .. 47 57 white 49 62 Lincoln and York , red .. 47 57 white 49 62 Northumb . and Scotch ., 47 60 Rye .. 22 38 Barley ., Malting 30 34 extra 37 — Distilling 26 SO Grinding 23 26 Malt .. Ship .. .. .. .. 53 57 Ware 59 61 Oats .. Lincolnshire and Yorkshire , feed , 21 s Od to

      23 s « d ; potato , or short , 22 s « d to 20 s Cd ; Poland , ' 22 s Gd to 27 s 6 d ; Northumberland and Scoteb , Angus , 21 s Od to 25 s Od ; potato , 21 s Od to 25 s 6 d ; Irish feed , 20 s 6 d to 22 s Od ; black , 20 s Gd to 22 s 6 d ; potato , 21 s Gd to 24 s Gd ; Gulway , Ws 6 d to 203 6 d . Beans .. Ticks , new 32 36 old 38 * 4 Harrow , small , new .. 34 38 old 40 46 Peas .. White .. „ .. .. 37 43 boiler * 40 ii Gray and hog .. .. 3 S SG Flour .. Norfolk and Suffolk .. 44 49 Town-made ( per sack of 2601 bs ) 46 53 Buckwheat , or Brnnk i . .. .. 30 ' 62

      _UNGLISH SEEDS , & C . Red clover ( per cwt . ) 42 to 72 White clover ( per cwt . ) .. 47 7 fi Rapeseed ( per last ) ' .. .. £ 26 2 fc Mustard seed , brown ( per bushel ) 7 b tolls ; white , 7 s to IBs . Tares , ( per bushel ) , spring , fls . ; winter , 5 s . to Gs . Cd . Linseed cakes ( nor 1000 of 31 b eaeh ) £ 11 to £ 12

      _FOBElQN GRAIN . Shillings per Quarter . Free . In Bond . Wheat .. Dantsic and _Konigsberg 63 extra 70 .. 46 — 59 Ditto : ditto .. 54 — 61 .. 44 —52 Pomeranian , & c ., AnIialt 56 — 63 _., 44 — S 2 Danish , Holstein , & c . .. 51 — 61 .. 42 — 48 Russian , hard .. .. — Ditto , soft .. .. 55 — 58 ., 39 — 48 Spanish , hard .. .. — Ditto , soft .. .. 58 — 62 .. 44-61 Odessa & Taganrog _. hard — Ditto , soft .. .. 53 - 58 .. 39 -48 Canadian , hard ... — Ditto . fine ... .. 58—60

      Rye . Russian , Prussian , die . — Barle .. Grinding 23 - 26 Ditto , distilling .. .. 26 — 30 .. 18 - 26 Oats .. Dutch , feed .. .. 22 — 25 Ditto , brew and thick .. 25 — 27 .. 20 — 21 Russian 24 — 26 .. 19 - 2 fl Danish & Mecklenburg 24 - 2 G .. 18 - 21 Beans ., Ticks , 33 to 38 , email .. SS — 40 „ 28 — 86 Egyptian 33 — 35 .. 2 S — SO Peas .. White , 32 to 43 , gray .. S 3 — 36 Flour ., Dantsic and Hamburgh ( per barrel ) , fine 38 32 , superfine .. .. 32 — 34 „ 22 - 28 Canada , 30 to 33 , United States .. .. .. 32 — 35 .. 26 — 2 S Buckwheat . -30 - 32 .. _ 26

      FOREIGN SEEDS , & C . Per Quarter . Linseed .. Pctersburgh and Riga ( free of duty ) .. 42 to 43 Archangel , 40 to 45 , Heme ! and _Konigsberg 39 40 Mediterranean , 40 to 48 , Odessa .. 42 44 Rapeseed ( free of duty ) per last .. .. £ 24 26 Red Clover ( 188 per cwt . and 5 per cent , on tiie duty ) .. .. 42 64 White ditto .. .. .. 47 70 Tares , small spring ( free of duty ) 40 to 44 . large .. 44 Sn Unseed cake ( free of duty ) , Duteh , £ 6 10 s , £ 7 .

      French , per ton .. .. .. .. .. £ _< 0 , £ 7 10 Rape cakes ( freo of duty ) £ 5 10 £ 5 li and 5 per cent , on th- ; dutv

      Average Prices Of The Last Six Weeks, Wh...

      AVERAGE PRICES Of the last six weeks , which regulnto tho Duties from thi 17 th to the 23 rd of April . " Wheal Barley- Oats ., Rye . Beans _, _JPeas _. ~ .. I s . d . s . dJ s . d . ! s . d . e . d . s . r * Week mditig I ¦ Mar . 7 , _181 IS .. £ 4 10 20 3- 21 10 , S 3 G Jt U 33 8 Week ending 1 I Mar . 14 , 18167 . 54 3 29 4 21 9 ; 34 2 35 2 34 9 Week ending j Mar . 21 , ' 1846 ; . 55 1 20 io ! 22 0 ; 33 10 34 4 33 4 Week ending I M . r . _' 28 , 1846 \ . 55 5 30 2 22 1 34 0 35 0 38 3 Week ending ! April 4 , 184 = 1 .. 55 9 30 7 , 22 6 . 33 7 34 10 34 2 Week ending j { April 11 , 1846 .. 56 0 30 9 22 9 i 33 4 35 I S 3 8 Aggregate aver- J ace of the lust | _> six weeks .. 55 3 SO 0 . 22 2 33 9 34 11 33 9 London aver-Aprit lTS \ 61 10 30 10 23 4 36 2 S 3 3 36 10 Duties .. .. I 17 Ol 8 u ! 6 01 9 $ \ 8 6 91 PROVINCIAL CORN MARKETS . Livkrtool Cons Exchange , Friday , A run . 17 . — 'Che imports of American Hour are again followed up by upwards of 11 , 000 * barrels , and wc have to note a lew more cargoes of States and European wheatfresn up since Monday ; but of English and Irish produce the general arrivals are very limited , especially of oats , flour , and oatmeal , which , in consequence of the increasing consumption in Ireland , have fallen oil' considerably . At our Corn Exchange to-day , good useful samples of Enslish and Irish wlieat were disposed of to a fair amount at an advance of Id ., and fine qualities , which are rather scarce , were in partial instances 2 d , per 70 lb dearer ; inferior

      descriptions , however , of wlucu the bulk of the sunply is formed , were very unsaleable at late prices . Irish flour was in tolerable request on the full terms lustnoted ; and Canadian in good demand at an improvement of Gd . per barrel . Iu barley , malt , beans , and peas no alteration . Indian corn fully supported our previous quotations . Although since Monday last , we have had no fresh arrivals of either oats or oatmeal from Ireland , both were _difficult of sale this morning , and former prices barely sustained . A cargo of American wheat sold at 7 s . per 701 b , and a few hundred barrels of States Hour at 20 s . per 1901 b are the only transactions n ported to day in bond .

      Birmingham Corn Market , _Tuitrbdat , April 16 . At this ilny ' s market there was a short supply of wheat from the farmers , whicli in some instances realised Od . to Is . per quarter advance , but thc dealers were free sellers at the currency of this day

      Average Prices Of The Last Six Weeks, Wh...

      se nnight . _Barlev very dull , and ls . per q' _* a « fr lower . Oats in demand , ar , d fully as dear . Old beans higher , and new Jess plentiful . _Wakepiekd Cons _Exciia . _vok , _Fkidat , April 17 . —There is a fair arrival of grain to this day ' s market , and several samples from vessels near at hand , making altogether a good show of wheat , for whicli there is a steady trade , without alteration in prices from last week . Barley is slow sale at a decline of ls . per quarter upon the best qualities ; other sorts unsaleable . Beaiis slow sale , at barely last _week ' s prices . In oats no alteration . Shelling rather _dcArer . Richmond ( Yorkshire ) Corn Market , Arnir , 18 . —Wc had a large supply of grain in our market today but sonic of-the samples were very moderate . Wheat "old i ' rom 5 s . to 8 s . 3 d .: oats , 3 * . to 4 s . 3 d . * , barley , 3 s . 0 d . to 'lis . ; beans , 4 s . Od . to 5 s . 3 d . per bushel .

      State Of .'Trade. Manchester, Friday.-'I...

      STATE OF . 'TRADE . Manchester , _FRiDAY .- _'i'Iiere is an improvement in thc demand for yarn this week , with a corresponding tendency to hhjher prices . In some instances an advance of Jd . to id . peril ) , has been obtained , ami orders are readily procured f or the coarser numbers . All kinds of goods arc also more saleable at last week s prices , and on the better descriptions of" shirtings an advance of Hd , to 3 d . per piece has been obtained . - The increase of price both of yarn and goods , is however _, more than balanced bv the rise in the coat of

      the raw material . The alleged dencioney m the cotton crop lias produced a marked effect in Liverpool , although from the tenor ofthe private ail vices received from America , there is reason to doubt whether the deficiency is really so great as the diminution in the _iin-ivals at the American ports would lead us to suppose . _RocmnALE , Mondat , —We [ have had rather more doing in the flannel market to * day , merchants having bought more freely ; but there is no improvement in prices . Wool has rather a tendency upward ; and if there should be an _incrcni-cd demand for ; _goods , it is expected that the raw material will advance in

      price . lluDDKRSFiEu > , _Tuesdat . —Our market continues in the same state as that of last week ; and as the season is getting advanced , we are afraid there will not be any great alteration for the bstter before the autumn . Prices a little easier , particularly in light goods . Lkkus . —Business has oeen nearly suspended at onr cloth Lai ' s on Saturday and to-day ; the merchants continue to purchase as little as possible , and only to order . Prices are a little lower in fine and midd ; e qualities , although the genera ! stock in the market is much lower than usualatthis period of the year . Business has also been dull in the warehouses since this day week . Very few buyers have been in the town , and ( heir purchases have _taen light . The foreign houses , also , arc doing as little as possible until the _tariir bill is _finally settled . On the whole , there is less business doing " than has been the case for some years at the same period of the _season .

      Lkicestkr . —Business remains in much the same dull state as last week . There arc lew or no buyers in the market . The uncertainty as to thc future , as regards our relations with America , the present state of the money market , and the position of the cornlaw question , arc fully enough to account for the present general flatness . The latest news from America is a little more pacific , and the very latest accounts from London are to the effect that the business is a shade better there . Under these circumstances , we hope to be able shortly to report more favourabl y as to the condition and prospects of our hvcal trade .

      Halifax _.--Irade is very dull , and prices , as to piece-goods , yam , and wool , are declining . _Bhauford Market , TncnsiMT . — Wool . — Since our last report but few sales nave been made iu combing wools , although a greater disposition is manifested among the staplers to move off their stocks prior to new wools coming to market , but the reduction submitted to is no inducement to the buyers to increase their purchases . Short wools and * noils , from the small quantity making , command steady prices . —Yam : There is more inquiry by the export houses , - who , along with the home consumers , are obliged to give their orders to spin , as the stocks on hand of general usinc numbers , are much reduced . The spinners are unwilling to continue to spin to stock when they could only realise the low cost of the raw material , which still continues a barrier to the prospect of bringing the totally idle and partially

      employed machinery into more active operation , as the price of yarns still bears no relative proportion with any kind of combing wools . —Piece . There- have been fully more merchants at our market to day , and more business done ; notwithstanding the anxiously waited for intelligence lrom the West is not more pacific ; yet it is said that a considerable number of buyers arrived , and orders have been received by the last steamer . And we hope this fact will tell favourably on our market , whicli for some time past has exhibited but little animatiou . There is very great uneasiness and distrust prevailing among the smaller manufacturer ! -, owing to the non-attendance of a rather larger buyer , who has been absent both Inst Thursday and to-day , and whoso engagements have not been met ; yet it is said a 'ittfe time is only required to enable the party to resume business as heretofore .

      Glasgow . —Cotton Yarn : The demand for the home trade still continues limited , and prices are without change ; but in shipping yarns , owing to the excitement in the cotton market , there has been a large business done , and at rather improved prices . — Cotton Goods : The market is still without improvement . Wc hoped hitherto that the spring trade would revive , and g ive an impulse to business generally , but the time is passing over without much being done , and as the _senson is now far advanced , we fear that any transactions that may now be made will be very limited . —Iron : Prices are a 9 undernoted : —Pig iron , £ 3 10 s . per ton ; bar iron , -GlOper ton ; nail _l-ods , £ 11 per ton ; boilerplates and sheets , , £ 1310 s . per ton . —American Produce : Best sweet barrel 32 s . Od . nett per barrel ; best sour barrel flour ,

      32 * . nctt per barrel ; 1 st Montreal pots , 23 s . to 23 s- Cd . per cwt . ; 1 st Montreal pearls , 23 s . Gd . per cwt . ; butter , best quality , 75 s . nett per cwt . ; lard , common , 47 s . nett per cwt , ; lard , refined , 495 . to 60 s . nett per cwt . ; cheese ( States ) , 50 s . nett per cwt . There has been more doing in barrel flsur during the past week , parties being induced to purchase and bond , to take advantage of the alteration in duty . Tho price of flour is firm , but unchanged . As certificates now briij _£ IBs . Ci ) . and 10 s ., while the price of barrel Hour is-moderate , there is a strong inducement to bond thc article . Ajhes are very dull , and to sell in any quantity a reduction on the quotation must be tak _' en . The stock in Montreal is heavy , which will check advance here . American _cher-se , if of the very best quality , brings 55 s . ; if inferior , 52 s . to 53 i . Lard and butter are without change .

      English Dislike Of Foreigners

      ENGLISH DISLIKE OF FOREIGNERS

      We, The English, Hate Foreigners; And Ye...

      We , the English , hate foreigners ; and yet thero is no population in tho world whose blood is so mixed wilh- ¦ that of foreign nations as our owu . We hate foreigners ; and yet it i 6 to foreigners we owe ; our laws and privileges . Wehnteforeigners ; and yet our kings and nobility y spring from foreign stocks . We hate foreigners ; and yet it is to foreigners we are e indebted for Christianity , _whsthcr in the shape in which h St . Austin introduced it , or whether it came from Luther ir or Calvin , Armenius or Soeinius . We hate foroign- rs ; and yet it is to foreigners wc are , * e indebted for all we havo learned in the ai ts , whether of of music , sculpture , painting , or architecture . We hate foreigners ; and yet it is to foreigners wa are re indebted for our knowledge in the sciences , whether de- erived from the poor obscure Polish priest Copernicus , the lie rtah ' _nn Galileo , or the Sivcde Li ' _mimns .

      We hate foreigners ; and yet u large portion of the elite ife of the British nation prefer spending their fortunes es among foreigners . We hat « foreigners ; and yet tens of thousands of our ur humbler _artizaus go annually abroad to obtain a living ng among them , We hate foreigners _; and yet import hundreds of thi mi m annually to afford the most graceful amusements which . " ch . wc cannot complete without tiiem . We hate foreigners ; and yet it is to them we are in . indebted for a knowledge of the art of manufacturing _vel-velvet , silks , woollen cloths , tapestry , paper making , _drahvainiiiK , dyeing , pin making , needle making , coining ; anOani _*! evon the first steam-engine was invented by Citpl . _Tliomama-Savory , u refugee .

      We hate foreigiwrs ; and yet it was foreigners whewhe : established the silk manufactures in Spitalfields nnd DubDub i Un those for _mtinufucturing bombasins , & C _, at NorNor ' wicli , and for the introduction ofthe arts of pottery , oy , oi choice flowers , of plants , and vegetables for the tahlenhle _; and the artificial grasses for our fields , fruit for our on- on chards , and cattle for ouv pastures . We hate foreigners ; yet it is foreigners that , fhrougfougi ; exchanges , supply us with nearly all the wine we ubc _ubii and all tho gold , and silver , and jewels we possess ; fts ; fo : our soil produces none of the latter articles . We h » te foreign manner . * , customs , and fashions ; an ; anj yet we imitato them every day of our lives .

      We hate foreigners ; and yet there is not a nation iion ii Europe for which we have not fought , and Wed , and pait paitt nor is there a foreign nation but hu 3 fought nnd bled f ( cd fill us . As to the paying , we are so rich , that , notwilhstanistanm ing our Andover Unions , we never think of asking _foreiforehj nations for payment , except in a few recent instances ices China and India . Wo linto foreigners ; yet to hate foreigners wc mic mu hnte ourselves ; for there is not a family amongst _ngst which can tell whether its blood is not mixed up with tvith tt Danes , the Saxons , the French , the Normans , the Duti Dutci the Italians , thc Spaniards , the Germans , and even _tven 11 Russians .

      Tim Duncombe Tkstimosiai..—An Engraving ...

      Tim Duncombe Tkstimosiai .. —An engraving . ving ; Unit magnificent piece , of plate , the Duncombe Tese Tess inonini , engraved on stone , and which is a ueaiiticaiitu specimen of workmanship , equally adapted as as ornament for thc cottage , thc mansion , or the _priw p « la is now publishing by McGowan and Co ., W _, _M , Lri Wiiuimiil-strcct , at the very moderate price ol 6 * ol Cm

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 25, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25041846/page/7/