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      "KESTO&ED TO THE WORLD A 2 JD TO M& . " TO • • AST thon lost , then , for tret , fairest flower of th ttWlJUIj ^; Whoa * atsn k « tfll we * en tie ¦ aow-covnvd lea ? Kb ; the winter is passing , the spring ia advancing ; Thoashalt fee restored to the world aad tone . Thy bud shall ret open ; thy leaves shall yet sparkle Like the golden beams of the cub © b the sea ; ¥ * t ttaagb . tempest * jnay rage and tlxragh whirhrindi may 4 hr * eaten , Thou chalt be restored to the world isi to i » e . Mr « y » shall yet gass « a thy bemty vaiolded—Tayodonr my greatett delight tieftihill be ; From th v dear trembling lip the sweet d * w I will gb Wb * n thott art restored to iae world a * a to me .

      Fear net , ? r « Uv fiower , though ret ia . thy prison , — Though envious worms Tent their spleen-against thee ; The tine may soon come when , despite all their eBbrta , ' Thon ahaAtbt restored to the wvrldaoi to kb . True , the spring may be late , and the ran may not shut * , . As * the sir for thy growth tmcoage&ial Bar he : Bnt weep not sweet fiower , the spring will stiU eome , ' And tboaskalfbe restored to the wsrid and U me . lsd when the spring comet—Oh the joy of my heart To-m «* inTsweetfiower , and never to part , Bat , whSe 13 * shall rwnaia , erer joyful to he That ay flower is restored to to * world and to Be . Leeds , Teh . 4 th , 18 » . T > T "

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      THE RETOLT OF THE BEES . London : Loagaan , Bees , Orme , Brown , and Co . ; Cleave ; HetheringtoB . Manchester : Heywoed . Le « da : Hobson , Star Office . This is a Tery pleasing and well wntteo allegory , in whiek the domestic economy ef a bife of Bees is wpposed to have been modelled upon the present eompetidTe system of kuman society , in compliance with the hnwmr of some would-be Befonners ; the am « ual of misery consequent upon this alteration of

      their ancient community system is made pointedly to exhibit the superierity of the community over the competitive principle . Tail mode of conveying in . formation ba > a great advantage over the ordinary didactic style , inasmuch , as it tends nuea more forcibly to rivet tie attention . A good proof of the estimation into which "the Berolt of-the Bees " lias already risen with the thinking and reading public is foand in tie fact , that though recently pub ^ Iished , it has reached three editioas .

      THE NATIONAL ; a Library for the People . Part I . This is the T « y best of the cheap periodicals that we hare yet seen . Its object is thus briefly stated is the introduction : — " The grandest and profonndest thought * of dor master intellects are as yet utterly nnk » own to a rast majaritj . of the people . We would remedy this by presenting to them , at a price within the reach of all , choicest gens Jroia the treasure-house * of our best authors , giving to the millions , for a snre possession , the thoughts and opinions of the noblest spirits of the world , more especially those of ow own eonntry , whether of the bygoae or of th * present time . Iaadditkm to these , Hie Na& > n * l will contain original articles in prose aad Tense—Tales , Essay * , Poetry , History , political and theological Criticism

      and Kenew * of literature and n « . We shall « dea-Tonr is . all cases to speak the troth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth : considering ae subject above inquiry—nothing too sacred for investigation . • • • We trust to render the Natmwl interesting to the millions , net oiJy by introducing them to a companionship with the brightest geniuses of the world—not only by fil ^ y g their homes with the purest and most ennobling delight * —the mighty aid * and comfort * of a beneficent intelligence , but also by our thorough identification with them , the at present degraded class , in all their hopes and exertions for the attainment of liberty and happiness . " . ¦

      We can only express « ur opinion that these expectations are in this part fully verified . The selections are judicious and valuable , and is the original articles a large amount of Talmable instruction is eoBveyed through a variety ef elegant asd pleasing mediums . "We sincerely hope that the Hatfaml may fnlly realise the latter portion of its title , the becoming " a library for the people . " Among the poetic selections are the following beautiful stanzas by Ebeneztr Elliott : — THE PRESS . GOD saU , " Let there be fijht !" Grim darkness Celt his might , And fled away - . Then startled seas , and mountains cold Shone forth all bright in blue and gold , And cried , " Tu day , ' tis d » y !" " Hail , heir light ! " eidaim'd * The thundenxts cloud , that fia&'d O ' er daisies white ; And , lo ! the rose , ta crimson dress'd , Leaa'd sweetly on the lily's breast . And blushing mnrmur'd , " Light h " Then was the skylark horn ; Thea rose the embattled corn ; The stream * of praise Tlow'd o ' er the sonny hills of noon ; Asd when night eaine , the pallid moon Pecr'd forth her penxrrt rays . Lo , hearen ' s bright bow is glad ' . Lo , trees and fioiren , all dad In glory , bloom ! An 3 shall the mortal sons of God Be senseless as the trodden dad , And darker »^ th fh f Ujib ? No , by the MlXD of Mas ! By the swart Artisan ! By God , onrSir «! Our seals hare holy light within , And ererr form of grief and kin Stall see and feel its fire . By earth and haO and heaven , The shroud of soak is riven ; Jdind , mind alone lsljj ; ht , and hope , and life , and sewer ; Eanh ' * deepest night , from his bless'd hov , The night of " «""*» , is gene . The second Ark we bring : ^ The Press ! " all nations sing ; VThat can they leas ? Oh ! psHiiwant ; oh ! lab » nistaik : Behold , we bring the second Ark—ThePrtss ! thePrea . th « Press ! HwneurBlliott ; One of the Peeple .

      GUEST'S EAIL"WAY DIRECTOEl Guest , Birmingham ; Cleaxe , Tendon ; ¦ Hetherington , London ; Hejw » od Manchester ; Hobaon , Siar-OJice , ~ Lttfa . This is tfee ehespest foorpeTany-wortn of book stuff we hate s * en for some time . It is really a muitvm in parvo— % tort' of iaiispensable for the waistcoat pocket on a joorner . Its eootents are exceedingly various , and all-of that precise character which everybody wants . ~ We have an Almanac—a Table of Stamp Duties—Hackney Coach

      Fares-Interest Tables— "Wages Table *—List of Fairs—a variety of other useful Tables—and an Abstract of the r » eently passed * ' Beeovery of Tenements Act " in addition to what the title indicates , all manner of necessary direction relative to the Lender asd Birmingham , the Liverpool and Manchester , the North Union , and the Manchester , Bolton and Bory Bail ways . There are &leo two neat Maps of the Grand Junction and of the London and Birmingham Bailway . To all who travel , the Railway Director is a raluable acquisition .

      TATT'S MAGAZINE FOB TEBBTJABY , 1839 . Tait is gooi , M usual . The first article in the present Number if a long notice of Mrs . Jamieson ' s Winter Studies and Summer Rambles is Canada . After whieh comes an able article on our Eastern and Indian affaire and connections . The " Opium Eater ' s" trashy " Bennmseencet" are continued ; bo is the Story of Blanche Delamere . There is also an article on the ralae of the "Wisdom « f our Ancestors . worth attention , from which we extract the following >—" Before therise of the UtiBtarisajpiiUsofky , »* " »«» °

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      tnunot mek valned . by the electors ; nor was . he task » f *^? S . \ ^ tonater , to drive the bargain , much £ SS 5 ? * , ^! - * The man of their choice * sometimes fortified hiB » elf from theretamiat ; officers , by a formidable array of cross-bows and mangonels displayed on his battlements , and soaetuaes betook timself to fiiht or hid himself aTdg ^ CI 5 nterB H ? ndreds < **™ theTCiog ' swrtSd nptbease * . Let us » u * t take a momentary glance of Sir Kranas Palgrave ' s wleture of a county election , in that ""¦ Big sai too much neglected little Work , ' The Merchant and the Friar . ¦ ^ i ^ ™ 8 *** f ^ o ^ ation , aeveral nods and winks or intelligence passed between Trafford and a well-moonleS knight ; and , while the former appeared to be settling the business with the suitors , the latter , who had b « a dose to St . GDes , csnunned padnaUy hacking and sideling away throug h the group of / shiresmen ; and , just as he had got ci

      -ar o « o ? tfie ru » fc , John Trafford declared , in a mwt wnoroui voice , ihat the suitors had chosen Sir Riehard de rof ey « aa one of their representatives . "The sheriff , who , keepbg his eys fixed upon Sir Richard a * he receded , had eviderHl y suspeeted some maiweuvre , ordered his bailiffs to neeore the bodv of the member—this is rather an HiberaUB phrase , b » U u 1 cannot depart from mv authorities , I do not know how it can be ameodtd—and , eontin-ned he , with much vehemence , ' Sir Richard must b « for&with eomraitted to custody , unless he give good bul two gahrtantial fnseholdi »—that he will duly attend in his plac * among the Commons , on the first day of the Session according to the laws and usages of Parliament . ' " All this , however , was more easily said than dene ; far , > ef ¦!*> the verbal precept had proceeded , from the lips of the &uerif . Sir Richard was gsllopmjr awavat foil spred across

      the fields ; eff dauhei the bailifR after the member , amidst the shouts of the surrowtding crowd , whs forsvt all their gnevasces in the stimulus of the chaw , which they contemplated with the perfect certainty of receiving some satisfaction from its _ termination—whether by the escape of the fugitive , in whieh case the common enemy , the sheriff , would be liable to a heavy amercement : or bj the capture of the kni ght , a result which would give them almost equal Selight , by imposing a disajrreeable and irksome duty upon an individual who was universally disliked , in consequence of his overbearing harahneui and domestir tyranny . " Or the rough-handftd class of men who were thus sent along to grant aids and tillages , and dtmand redress of gri * vfcnees , and of the reswet vaid to diem , we mav form mnw from an of the

      ^ amate anecdote foarteenth century . The Parliament had no » artieular place of meeting ; and never ol ?? * * to ** y castle , jail , church , abbey , palsce , or other uffioently large building that chance threw in the way . Once on a timo , havine got the use of the chapter-house in W « gt"JBnter Ahbfy , the members crested so mighty a disturbance that the stout abbot , growing indtgnant , collected a suBcwnt force , and drov » oat the representatives of th * people , pell-mell , protesting he would never let his house he entered by sueb . guests -gain . ' This was called th « Parlia . ment of B » ttes , sap Stows , of th « Pitliament of 1426 , ' because men being forbidden to bring swords , or other we * pons , bromght great batte * and stares on their necks ; und when those wea pons were inhibited them , th » y took itonej andplomi > w ofJead . ' Saeh is a chirarterwtie specimen of ths legislative wisdom of our ancestors . "

      KINGS , THE DEVIL'S VICEROYS AND REPKESENTAT 1 VES ON EARTH . By Geobgb Merry-weather . Entered accerding to A « of Congress , by George Merryweather , in the Cork ' s Office of the Northern District of the Sure of New York . This is a well written and spiritedly executed deeuneiauon of royal domination . "We owe sore apology to the patriotic gentleman by whom it was forwarded from the United States , for our notice , several months ago . "We are sorry to have to long procrastinated our notice , but the volume i « large , an 4 our malutadinoas engagements have prevented the possibility of readiDg it with that close attention which we thought it deserving of . We are scarcely able to express the fall amount of the gratification we experienced in reading through the book . It is elegantly written , though the illustratjonn of the argument are sometimes a little quaint ; but it is chiefly valuable for its historical notices of the

      Guflph family , whose drones have so long fattened thomsetre * , and all their beggarly dependants , on the honey of the British hive . The work is divided into a variety of chapters , of which the chief are : — 1 . " The Sacred Scriptures , the unerring volume of Pohtieal Instruction . " 2 . 3 . " Holy Alliances . " 41 " Courts and Courtiers . " 5 . " Politics . " 6 , " , and 8 . " Taxation . " 9 . " House of Brunswick . " 10 , U , 12 V and 13 . " Taxation , as affecting the Manufacturer , the Agriculturalist , the Operative , and thfe Tfoang Men subordinately engaged in tbe xrpper branches of Manufactures and Commerce . " 1-3 . "The Goelpb * . " Besides the . * e , many other subjects are handled , and well handled , too in the fortr-seven chapters ef which the work consists . We wish we could place a copy of this book in the hands of every workiog man in the three Kingdoms . We had prepared several extracts but our * pace compels us to omit them for the present . We shall however , in future numbers , draw largely on this valuable work for our literary columns .

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      j i ' , ' , ' ¦ r . ' I .. == Sir , are preemptive evidence that this Rev . Gentleman is capabk of making mistakes , and that , ke requires a little more of that charity which thinketh neevil . . , * : We are convinced , Sir , that yon have Ven naginformed about the distribution of tickets , and we can conceive it possible that , in the coarse of yonr lone and arduous taur , yon may have forgotten some trifling matters , not having time to take note *; but we cannot sit still and hear him declare your narrative a compound of exaggeration and fabrication without giving onr testimony to the truth ef the principal facts so far as we are all concerned . WllMAM PATTEB 80 N . James Jaktib . OsADrAaxBunmr . Janes MmmiL . PETEfV-LoOA ^ Jun . P « ter LonuaSen . < , WlLLIAW gdp ^ Robert Anirkl ; - ' James Smith ^ James Onn . Paisley , 30 th Jan . 1839 .

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      ANTI-CORN LAW AGITATION . TRIUMPHANT DKFBA . T OP THE HTJDDBB 8 JIHD WHIQ 8 . A meeting was convened in the Philosophical Hall , Huddersfield , on Tuesday afternoon last , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for a repeal of the-Corn Laws . Considentble anxiety was felt throughout the town , by all parties , as to the result of the meeting ; and , notwithstanding the various attempt * on the part of the . Whigs to fill the Hall with their own party , the woiking meaof that digtrict were so alert aa to be at the place of meeting considerably before the time , and thus to defeat the Whig tkket'tyttem of admitting the inhabitant * Several attempts were made to prevent parties , by physical force , from entering the Hall , but inmost cases without effect , the inhabitants knowing fall

      well their right to be at the meeting . Business was to commence at half-past two o clock ; but a considerable body of Whigs having made their way into the Hall , at about tuxnty minutes past turn , they proceeded to nominate a chairman , evidently ia the nope of carrying everything their own way . The nomination of a Mr . Willans was moved and (< ecended , amid loud cries . of " Na , no , no , " and groans ; whereupon it was afterwards moved and seconded that Mr . Wm . Stocks , Jun ., take the chair , which was crimed almost unanimously , aud amidst the monr deafening cheers . The Chairman , on taking his seat , had to wait abont seven minutes before the time for commencing business arr . ved . AU seemed exceedingly anxious for the commencement of business , and , en the moment of its being half-past two o ' clock ,

      The Chairman roue , amid loud cheern , to open the proceedings . After stating the objects of the meetiug , and reading the requisition , he iiaid—On entering on the but < ineM of the day he must say that he felt himself disappointed in being pat into the ritaation which they had chosen him to fill , because he bad intended to make many observations upon the business which they were now called upon to consider , and in consequence © f his being put into the chair , he would naturally be curbed in the observations he had to make . But he had in some measure condensed them and drawn them together in as small a form as possible , and he therefore would not detain them very long in the observation * he had to make . H « considered the business of that

      day of the most serious importance , and , therefore , such as required their serious consiceration . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) it was stated in aacred history , "In the time of prosperity rejoice ; but in the time of adversity consider ; " and if eveT a nation was at that point when consideration was necessary it wag the British nation at this present moment . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) It way therefore necessary that every man sheuld seriously look into his public conduct , andpondeT well the advice he might give on the present occasion . ( Hear , hear . ) They were all interested in the welfare of the couutry ; they were all in the same ship ; and it had lately been observed in that place , that the ship was at sea , and without a rudder , left to the tossing of the winds and

      waves . ( Hear . ) But still , as true men , and an «> od Englishmen , they wanted to bring the vessel back into harbour , and to have her well-trimmed , so that she might sail at the command of ths man at tie helm . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) It was with feelings of this nature that he addressed them on that occasion ; and he had brought together in fiffnrea what might be of great uernce to them in considering the qnention which they would that day be called upon to decide . ( Hear , hear . ) It had been stated that the manufacturers were the largest body of men in the kingdom —( a voice , * Aye , the biggest rogues "—cheers;)—in the term manufacturers be included the labouring men , as well as the master manufacturers ; and he hoped they would

      that day show their good sense by throwing out nothing of invective , but , by sousd argument , would take thf » matter into their serious confederation . He was about to read to them the population of Great Britain , with a view to set them right altogether upon this great qnestion . He would lay before them the population of the empire , as stated in returns made and published by Governmen t in 183 ] . After reading the returns , which shewed the manufacturing part of the population to be the smallest in comparison with the bulk of the empire , he said tbe question of the Corn Laws was one which involved the question of importation and exportation ; and to enable them to judge accurately upon fee position of the exports of this country , he

      had selected from the same official documents what wonld giv ? them a clear light into the true situation in which we stood in that respect . He had before him a comparison of the value of the exports for tbe years 17 i * 8 and 1836 , which wan the closest to which he could come , Government having published no information since that period . ( Hear . ) The official value of the exports for the year 17 ^^ was £ 19 , 672 ^ 03 ; the declared value was £ 33 , 148 , & > 2 . The official value , as it now stood , simply meant admeasurement or quantity ; but the declared value was the record of the merchants' invoices in the Custom House when they shi pp ed their goods . In the year 1798 , the quantity by admeasurement which we sent abroad , was £ 19 , 672 ^ 03 , for which the

      merchants declared by their invoices to have got £ 33 , 148 , 082 . In i 836 , tbe quantity of goods which we sent abroad had increased from £ 19 , 672 , 603 to £ 83 , 114 , 000 . He must remark that this last sum was taken from a speech delivered by Mr . Spring Rice in that year . Whether the Government thought that the people got to know too much by their exposing these statistics , he could not tell ; but instead of Mr . Spring Rice simply stating what was the amount of exports that year , he took the average of the four preceding years , and that average was what he had last stated . Now , the money which tbe merchants received for those exports was £ 41 , 053 . 707 ; therefore , we had sent four times the amount of goods abroad , and had only received £ 8 , 202 , 025 for the other three parts . ( Shame ,

      shame . ) Now , from the same records he Would give them the prices of weaving . In 1798 , the wages for weaving a six-fourths cambric muslin was lps ; in 1831 , it was Is . "id . ! ( Shame , shame . ) -Now , in 1798 , the three per cent , consols were selling in the Slock Exchange at £ 50 12 s ., for which the Government paid £ 3 , per year interest . The last accounts that came from London , these same funds were selling at £ 92 and upwards , for which the same interest was only paid , ( Hear , hear . ) Now , he had shown that in 1836 , we had sent four times as many goods abroad for the same amount ef money , or four pieces for the price of one . Now , this £ 50 in the runds of 1798 was now worth £ 92 :

      aadif they multiplied £ 92 by four times , the £ 60 of 1798 was now made to purchase £ 368 worth of goods at thepreseut day . ( Hear , hear , and shame , shan e . ) Tba amount of taxes in 1798 was £ 23 , 492 , 159 in the time of war . In 1831 , the taxes were £ 46 . 444 , 514 in a time .. of peace . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Stocks proceeded with a variety of other statistics , all tending to the same end , namely , to show the ruinous situation of the country brought about by unrestricted labour . He concluded by saying , that , alter these observations , he would sit down and receive any proposition that any gentleman might have to submit to the meeting . He sat down amid enthusiastic cheering .

      Mr . Batley then rose , and was received with several rounds of cheers and groans , the latter over , whelming the cheers . - He said he came to the meeting with the intention of offering one or two remarks ; but he would cheerfully appeal to the meeting whether he was to be heard or not . ( Several voices "We'd rather not hear titee ; " " sit down , jdt down ; " "houd thy noise , " and " putit to the meeting . " Here the confusion ,, hissing , cheering , and groaning was very great ) He claimed from that meeting , as an honest and upright man , which he trusted he was .,. ( Much laughter , hissing , and cries of " Query . " ) He claimed no courtesy , no patience , and no generosity , which he was not willing to give to hu mast bitter opponent ( Hear * hear , and great uproar . ) He would read the resolution . Resolved —( groat uproar , . mingled ' with

      hisses , greans , and clapping of hands )—Resolved , —( continued uproar . ) . Hoaohed , That this meeting views with alarm-toe unprecedented success which has attended our continental competitors in the production of those articles of manufacture , which , until within those recent years , were almost entirely supplied by this country . That , notwithstanding every advantage which we have possessed in locality , mechanical arts and sciences , the oppressive nature of those laws which deprive us of cheap bread is felt to be undermining our entire manufacturing interests , and our national prosperity . ( A voice , "Aye , thous nobnt just fun it out . " Loud cheers , and laughter , and great npronr , which lasted for several minutes . ) He proceeded to say , that had that meeting been « onvened merely for making a party demonstration , he could assure them that

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      neither a gense of dntyner hi , indiaation ,. w « ald have brought him ttere . ( Great up * par , ) For the la s * two or ^ hreejears , the w « w-. xjT weits in this country had Jed h « a to , look , won- contents for political aswndaucj with feeluag » of disgoafc ( Renewed uproar . ) He ^ thought $ gjtfjfagpftfa h ^ j nal Parliament a species of stn ^ wiich appeared to him tohave > crushed everypajriptfc * u& good feeling ; and . he hoped there wbh good sense enough i » that meeting to form a determinafiotttibiitt th » t *« w . ston should not ^ e made the arena pfpolitical strife . i& ^ V' ^^ Wt- WfaW with ; tuqmmoA ground It had beendeemeti a matter of aorprise that agreat body , or merchants and manufacturer * of th » Y country should allow their minds to be diverted frum an

      objector the moat vital importance to their interests . It was with regret that he / nadwten the attention ** tbe people exceed and divert ^ - from oneliung to another . ) Here a loud cry wa ^ set " up for | Jpi « 2 r « al Snffrage , which resounded throngh the meetini , and theuproar was not quieted for a cpn « derab ) e Sm 4 It mattered nothing to him whatopinion theynualit form about the speaker , this subject-KRenewed WS * - ; * . nes ot" ¦ J ' ukaiy , ? ^ bastile , " « wpara , tion ,. ofc . ) ,. .. .. _ . , . - ¦ ' ¦ . , ' : the meeting , Speak o the Reporteks , Sfkms to TME RjEPOIrtVERS ,. . ' . V Mr . BATtEV .-T-Itb . a ( a long been his opinion that a free trade in every thing had long been essential to the prospenty of this country . He Sad freauentlv '

      Been asfcea tiie question , and he thought the wortman had a / ight to pufe ifc . « tf the tax on bread , injures pur foreign trade b y . xaising the cast of our productions above those of foreign nations , will the repeal © f the Corp Lawn reduce It , and will it not also produce a corresponding reduction ia wagqe ?" ( Here the uproar became ujdeucribable , , and tba speaker was obliged to sit down amid renewed groaning , hooting , hissing , and other signs of disapprobatiou . ) Mr . SwJiNN , an auctioaeer , then rose and said he was web-tooted and not cloven-footed . ( Groans and continaed interruption . ) Well , they might groan as they pleased : there he wag , and there he intended to remain till he was heard . ( Continued

      uproar , and . cries of "UniversalSufirage . " ) This meeting was called to petition for a repeal of Uie Corn Laws . He hod to bar bread for hw . children . No man cohW make hiin believe that he ought to give 3 s . 6 d . a stone lor flour , when he could get it for 28 . 6 d . ( Great interruption , which continued for some fame . ) This was a belly qnestion , as a man had said at Leeds . In the course of the observations he had made during the last few years— - ( Renewed groaning , and hissing , and shouting . ) He had come fer the mere purpose of telling them hin omnions . ( Cries of u Cabbage , cabbage / ' and roars ot laughter . ) ITiey would all go to the place where

      t&ey could get cheap bread . ( Renewed uproar . ) He was not an appointed speaker , but he hoped , as a townsman , they would grant him permission . ( Great interroption . ) They did not know what he was aoing to say . ( Continued groaning , and cries of 'Sit down . ) Well , if they would not hear him , he would tay a few words to the reporter $ . ( Laughter . ) He was interrupted throughout his . whole address , and sat dowB at last , wearied with his efforts , and amidst the most horrible groans . He was asked if ke seconded the motion ; to which he replied , he had merely risen to make a few observation * , and that he would second nothing .

      Mr . John Robinson , of Honley , then rose , and was greete i with the most hideous noises . He endeavoured several times to speak , but the meetine positively refused to hear him . Mr . Punt— "Never mind them , never mind them ; speak to the reporters . Mr . Robins"a th « n placed himself at the corner of the reporterc' table , and in defiance of the meeting , was commencing a regular harangue to the gentlemen of the press , amid roars ef laughter and great interruption . One of the reporters , however , objected to the proceeding , and stated that it waa altogether unfair to address them , as they did not constitute the meeting , but were mere witnesses of the proceedings . : ' ' Mr . Plint continued his cry of " address the reporters : " when ., '; . - The Reporter for this paper stated that it they attempted such a proceeding he should certainly report them , and they might take the consequences of their vanity . r . . '

      Mr . Robinson at length sat down , after merely seconding the resolution . During the whole of his attempts to speak the meeting continued in the greatest uproar . Mr . John Hanbon then rose , and was received with tremendous cheera , and continued clapping of hands . He said—When he considered thd quesnon of the Corn Laws , he considered it neither aa a Radical , a Tory , nor a Whig question —( hear , hear , fr om the Whigs)—but as one of political economy that affected the nation in general ; and as the chairman had laid before them sufficient documents , of which he could have produced similar , but which were uow rendered unuecesijary ; he had now no occasion to go over those ground a ^ again , thiukintr

      o < at the statements laid before them by the chairman would clearfy prove the state of the country and tho progress we were making downwards by competition . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) It appeared that we were produciug four times the quantity which we produced at a former ante , and were only receiving about nine millions more in money . ( Hear , Ut » ar . ) There was no donbt that those who were interested in this question would say that it was j ustice to repeal the Corn Laws . Those who cam e into court snould try to come with clpan hands . ( Cheers and cries of " 9 Uttstion" from the Whig * . ) Had they riot been seeking justice in reference to the New Poor Law ? ( Continued cheers mingledwitha few hisSOf ) . ) Had theV not henn SAAlcina inafino Inr

      the Ten Hours' Bill ( continued cheers and hisses , and crie 3 of Question " from the WhigsJ to prevent this direful competition ? ( Hear , hear , hpar , and cheers in which the gronas aud hisies . were com pletely drowned . ) They had not done justice u . pou those qneitions ; and as they cried Question he ' would tell them what he thought about the Corn Laws ; This measure was merely agitated to prevent tbe peopje from looking after Universal Suffrage : ( Tremendous cheers , and cries . of "It i « , it ia . " ) They merely wanted the people to hunt down the game ; and when they had appropriated the profits to themselves they would say * dogs , dog 8 , youhare done what we wanted \» n to do , eet into vour

      kennels , get into your keiinels . " ( Tremendous cheers . ) Now this was just the Whig process ; they wanted the people to obtain measures which they conceived would be for their own benefit ; and then the people had done it the Whigs wauld . reaptne advantage . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers ) Now , if , they wanted to do justice to the people , let them go for Universal Suffrage ( tremendous cheering ); let the peoplehave a voice in the legislature , and then they could have a Ten , t Hours' Bill , and a repeal of the Corn Laws , and the New Poqr Law altogether . ( Deafening cheersi ) ; There . was one thing he could do t help making a remark upon in reference to the nrotioii made by the othec party . They viewed with alarm the progress makinfir by other

      nations in manufactures . He was not alarmed at all ( hear , bear , and cheers ); he intended that they should work for themselves' ( continued cheers ); and it was a known fact that if we had a repeal of the Corn Laws it would do more mischief to the agricultural interest than it would do good to the manufacturing interest ( Lpud cheers . ) Now he was for a' repeal of the Corn Law * , but he wanted other things to go along with that repeal , and therefore he would move the follpwiug resolution as , an amendment ( hear , and continued cheer <) ' : 4-Re 8 olye " d--r That this meeting is perfectly aware * f the dire eBecte of the Corn Laws , and fully alive to the dreadful consequences which may be the result of a continuation « t them . At the same time we feel it

      incumbent on ourselves to state that there is no probability of the Corn Law * being repealed until the people are-fully represented in the Commons Housa of Parliament : —( tremendous and long continued cheering)—and that this meeting , therefore , deems it useless , on that subject , to petitipn that house as at present constituted . ( Renewed and deafening applause . ) Mr . jHanson begged to move that resolution as an amendment . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Wm . Cannaghan , an lrwh eperative , then tttood forward to address the meeting , and was received with considerable cheering , Alter regretting ttat there had been bo much confusion , he said they had met to determine on the propriety of petitioning Parliament foe a repeal of the Corn Laws ; and he wished . to make a few . remarks , on ; the subject He reminded them , however , that cheering and clapping of hands would not add auth to bis remark !** or force

      to his reasons .. Jf Radicals coaldj not avoid cheer ing at the mention of . Universal . Suffrag * , they Wisre . unworthy of the name of Radicals ; and if tHo Whigs determined to hiss « t the mention of Uoiveraal Snffraje , they were , still more ignotaut . ( Tremendous cheering . ) The Corn Law repeal agitation had n become very popular of late . ( Hear , hear , bear . ) . It seemed as , if it had beea ushered into notice by soiw marip spell . He would consider Lord John Russell and the whole of the Whig Cabinet together as the magicians , combiaed with tha capitalists of the country , to . divert the attention of the people of England , Wales , and Scotland , fromtbe qowtiou of UniTewal S » iflbge * ir /

      ^ lremenaous ana aemeuimj . « ue «» . ;• *»« s w » u * Ba not tkeir " applause ; he wanted not their clapping . « tiands ^ nor their hissing , nor their cheering .: , He had-come there by . mafie WcWej ^; but coondernig himself a British suBiect , he demanded Ju * nglt to speak in any public meeting coovened , for ; anational purpose . ( Cheew . ) If they approved bl bis sentiment )) let them show their approbation at another stage of the proceedings , and in another way ;¦—( cheen >—and U they diaapuroved of what he had to say , let them act in a similar manner . Tbe question of tbe Com Laws had become , the magic spell of the capitalists ; and one of their principal arguments was , that wo could not compete with foreigners unless they were repealed . And why ? That they might have labour cheaper , ( Continued

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      fiSl g # ) , Th ly ° b jw wan to getcheap bread rr ^ P ^ PM that tbey aright thereby obtain the n * Z ? & f !*** clawes at « cheaper rate . ( lleaF , ^ nd loud cheers . ); Now , ha « oul * try them upon tbflir pwn argnraent * . They said tbat tber cpu ^ wfcoompete witb foreiKMnaiwfwtarenrBiiles ' s S-SSi ^™ TT ? S 4 ' BIid ' if theyr were not repealed , capital woal 4 be token to otheif ^ oun-¦ J ^ v Spmecraedout foe ; a , fixed duly , becaw ) it would give those infernal robbers * the specnlatoniin corn ,. * better opportuniQr of buying . » p com . wd aad cbeeru , ) Though , ae v » opposed to tha Corn l * w « or to any , . taxation uponi our agricultural « comroercial produce—( hear , heas : mni < r ) nM «) -h .

      wuhedit * ^ see the law * ; « f the- country se . ragulawd tb * t the ^ peal- « f UiDfle laws w © nl / conduce to the-benefit o / all . ( Cheei& > Was it Ukely tha ^ the CpiiB L « vi » . would be repealed by a House of Co » mwj ™ tita ^ the present ? ( No , no . ) He w « uld jgfigo his reason why it was , not likely ; If the Corn Lbws were repealed , thetithes and lands f fte parson , must fall ; and how . meny were there m tbe House of Commons that hadt fnends in the Chnrch , au 4 waa it to be . supposed that they would I ?*?' * ** ^ t *^ ? ( No , no . ) Did they suppose ttiftt . Lprd JohifcRuaseU would mpportaweal of tbe Corn Laws ? If they ; did , they were- grossly mi * , . tekep , fer that would diminish bisrent-wU . ( Hear , hear , and chee » . ) Toia agitation wa » got up p « r ^

      pp sely to ^ yert tfaev attention from the obtaining of Unwersal Suffraae . Th « Wbigs and Tories knew well that a largeloaf had a tempting influence to the working man , m& by holding « ut thin temptation they thought ^ tbey could draw * e people from lookwg after their rights , and win them over to their conclave , that they migat serve them as they did in ¦ « ? ; " ^ ey joined in tke cry of Parliamen tary Reform . ( Hear , hijar , and cheers . ) The Corn Laws were a great evil , and he would not care if they w « re repealed to-morroir- < bear)—because if they . wer » repealed , it would set , the aristocracy and the manufacturers , at , loggerhead * , and the * knew that if they fell out , the people woSdWieS between them and 8 B y « N « w boys it is my day :

      « na oyxae eternal powers I will have my share . ' ( Tremendous cheering . ) He was , there , a poor Irishman , an alien in language and in . blood , a&d an outlaw according ip the fiiw # of England , but nevertheless he would not cease to raise his voice in opposition to the ruUng power * of Whiggery . ( Renewed cheanng . ) The speaker made some other very energetic ak- « crvaHanjj , aad concluded amidst loud cheers . . Mr ., Stephen Diceenson then rose and was received with cheers . He delivered a very energetic speech of som « length , in which he spoke of the injunqua effecUi of the Corn Laws . He referred te the agitation of 1817 and 1819 , and auked how it watt that those very gentlemen who massacred th * people assembled at Peterloo , who were merely vt-—^ ivi iv ( ic « i vv m » o / unt

      - > -.. — v . ijuws—now wax it that those . very gentlemen ^ were now b < sinoing to see the necessity for their repeal ? ( Tremendous cfeer" *' , ¦ The ,. WlMgs profeaged togD ^ Wagi with tha . people before the Re / orm Bill was catried ; they formed part of the political unions and waociations ; but no sooner was the elective / franchise ) conferred upon them Oiaa they deserted . thet ranks « f f the people * and ; declared that after the . Reform B $ l , if the . , people wanted any more , they were , revolHbonwk . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) From all these things he could not but conclude that the agitation of . ? 1 Com Lawsswas anything but a . mere hypocritical triok , and tbat the agitators had nothing real in view . They professed to be greatly alarmed at foreign competition . Why , there were manv

      indiviauau who were now joining in this agitation who , a few years ago , were sending abroad warps and weft , and slays , aud everythiag thatcosIdQuable the wwgner successfully to compete with ourselves ; and all this had been done while thousands of eder weavers were starving for bread , and they and their wives and children obliged to go about the streets Moging and begging a bit of bread . . ( Heari hear , and loud cheers . ) He wished every inan to look at the thiug an it wag . They had begnn theNgoo A work m their pohucal asHeciation , and , they were determined neither to be moved by the Cora Laws , the tactery Agitabon , or the Poor Law Bill , but would press straightforward to poll down the strongholds of oppression ; ( Loud cheers . ) ¦

      , Mr . Thos . Punt , of Leeds , then rose , and with a degree of assurance , which we seldom remember to have seen equalled , began to chastise themeetinjr fer its disorderly conduct . He said he threw himself with perfect confidence (!!) upon the meeting . He began a string of ahsurd ' anecdotes , ' and was endeavouring tointdnuate himself into the good graces of the meeting . Hi » object , however , was discovered , and he was met with the most horrible noises . Notwithstanding all the noise , however , he continued to " address himself to the Reporters : " and the more noine the meeting made , the louder and faster he talked . In a short time , he began to 'let fly at some of the preceding speakers , and with ' perfect confidence' could show them that they were eeregionsly inconsistent . He took a part of a senteuce Jrom Mr . J . Hanson ' s speech , which was , that he was in favour of the repeal of the Corn Laws , and yet he had proposed an amendment !!

      Mr . Hanson explained that Mr . Plint had given a garbled statement of what he had said , for he said that he was in favour of a repeal of the Corn Laws but he wonld have other things with it . Mr . Punt . —Oh the gentleman corrects himself . Mr . Hanson . —Oh no , 1 believe , Sir , I corrected the gentleman . ( Immense laughter , and confusion . ) Mr . Punt proceeded in bis harangue *• to the reporters' amidst the most deafening noises . We heard cnes of " get away to Leeds with thee , " ^ Hey for Jim Crow , " "Whig Loyalty , '' and ^ Three

      , Mr . Pxixr entreated the meeting to hear him , forhe-waaia Radical . ( Now the grpaning , hissing , and shouting was tremendoss , and cries of " Thou ' it a Whig Radical , and Ibat ' a f lwarst of all . ) The confusion at . length became intolerable to the speaker , and he cried out—would they allow him to ask themx > ne question ? , ( Loud cries of "No , no , no , no ; ttioas sai 4 enough to tell us what t' are . " ) And thw they called the courtesy , and reasoning , and intelligence of the working classes 1 He confessed that , though a Radical , nothing had staggered mm go much about the , propriety of extending the suffrage , than this kind ot courtesy and intelligence ftonv men who claimed the privilege of making laws or the whole nation . ( Long before the confusion Mid uproar . was immeuse and deafening

      He would only make about half a dozen further observations . ( Thou ' st Baid quite plenty . ) If the Corn Laws were not repealed , where would they get work for themselves aad families , and what could " ^ y w *™«> eir starrin g ch ildren ? ( Several TOices in thegallery , < ' Wemun smother ' em wi' gas . ) Jt they thought they could get Universal Suffrage , they might depend upon it they could not get it in time to save the country . ( Groan * . ) He continued addressing the reporters for a considerable time longer , but owing to the noise in tha meeting , it was impossible for him to be heard beyond the reporters ' table . He concluded by saying that the question was whether the Mole country would go ' for the Corn Laws , er' whether a few , becaase

      wiey coum not get tne suffrage , would not go and thus weaken the strength of those wlio went ,, and consequently bring on . a course of——— ( we did not hear what ) that would be death to t&e whole country . Mr . ' Plint sat down amid several rounds of the most horrible and long continued groaning . Mr ; Vbvbrs , an intelligent lobking old man then rose and delivered an address of some lengtb , which was full of excellent argument . He showed the absujrdity ef depending upph foreigners for a supply brthe staff of life , and . of making our country into wnat he termed a kind of manufacturing helL leaving © ur own soil uncultivated . ( Hear , hear . ) He 8 p 6 k » of th « folly of petitioning the present House of Commons on the subject , observing that they might as well enter into a subscription to buy themselves each a rope , and send up withit a petition

      praying them to hang themselves . ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) He had been amohgst than for forty years , and bad advocated their rights and his o * n ; and- though he was known to every gentleman , and to inany that would be gentlemen , hewrs seized by Billy Mobre —( Tremendous groansV-the postmaster , and Mr . Joseph : ' . ' . ¦¦ '¦ :- who laid bold of him , andwould not l «» t him come into the room . After a variety 6 f excellent observations , he concluded by aasunng them , that it was the greatest fo ] ly to petition the present House of Commons on the subject , fer , if they entertained the question at all , it woald only be by ike appointmenfof a coinniitteeof inquirj , which would « it forfferhapstwo years , and the Government living during that time upon the hopes •{ th » people , would at last forget that ever the question had been j&ooted at all ( Loud and continue * cheering . ) ' .

      , Mr » S | . BraNai Mt . Wiilans , and Mx . BtiVMftST subsequently addressed the meetiag . During tbe speeches of the two latter gentlemen the . uproar was tremendous ,. Atlengththe qHestionwaspu . ttothe vote , an 4 , toe amendment for th » soffxage wa * car ried by an . rarwhelming majod ^ « mid th « mriU enthus » s ^ . d » eennftM / , , - ;; . : ; - ; v ; , . ¦ , ~" . r . Three cheers were again given f <* Universal Suf . frage , three for Ricbatd Oastlcr * tare © for Feanm « O ^ pnoor , « £ toeeforMnStepb ^ ^^ g nbte n ^ j ^ Jb * n gii « i forfte WW ^ i ^ r their heads and lookmg as savage as ti « nit ^ T *

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      HBFOAT * AMDUWJJENttttL MARKliT 8 i , ltoroAr . ^ S& ^ iur lMt frooTt ; wtwithst . aa&g that th » anivaW of gssaftfc'fflssalSSsSSSssaasasattsSSffiSS i j ^ ' ^^ A SS ^ 'S ^ S- ^ bveorilatightfflfeihiiiTereaeljea hithfr ^ f ffiS nor «« aay ^ xpectea dirbg the M «« t mra ( £ ^ P ^

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      LEEDS CORN MARKET , Febbvart & Tb ?* rrirab of all Mads of Grain to thi » & » r ' s market « r moderate , on aeeoant of th « frost . Wheat hw beMi 2 » m qr lower , mt the deeline-nther mow boaiaew done tkaa o Ut « . Best BarU / hu Been dull aale other d < serjnti < ntt Is per quarter lower , pafai acd Shelling ia limited demand and wtUer lower . Beans Is psr quarter lower . WHJBATperQo » rt « r (> fKightBM » el » , 80 ftfc ^ Moto » to » Mid Cambridgrdo 66 « , 68 « , da W * & > 72 ^ 76 . ! & **• .... r . vio M ., ete do 6 fl » , do nirZ Foreign toWs , Wit , 46 10 * 7 * 0 3 « fc 78 b

      BARLEY perQ urterof B htImperi » l > BitsIieI *; SSfc ^ irtia P «^{ , * Bor < ra 8 llbrid »» ' <» «•» d . TSS Da ' a ™ — — •••••••? — ....... ( t » —•—• • # » » rev ,..- » ....... .......... „ m flt .. •—» . BB A ^ aperQBarteT » f 631 bsp « . Biuliel . ' SS ^ d pfe- — : ::: ^ S :: S : r t S& OATSujerQuarterofBi gli tlmperialBaihels * ^ fevri ^ d :::::::::::::-:: n : I : %% * £ § : Me , O w ^ -.. ^ -v .... » ew l 3 jd . tQ 24 d . pe r ^ e » fJ ^ ir 8 HBLUNG , per Loadof 2611 b .,..... ld 3 ( 5 . 38 s mew —to _ MALT » B « r L *» d « 1 ( J B « ah » ls , . 44 g . 4 fc t » iJW BAPK ^ BD . per LastoflO Quarter ., ^ . / . UwuZm-1

      ARRITALB DUR 1 MO THB WBBK . Sr ! : t ::::::::::::: ^ - « S SfflibV------ . g *? . ' **> n «™ .. - »» i" . r / . u . Uesna ................ 773 Rspeseed .............. 209 Tares * " * ?••••••• L > n » eed . ^ .,....., # Ml i ^ THE AVBRACUt PRICES FOR THB ^ BKK , BNDIK 9 JAN . 29 , 1839 . , ; Whe » t . Qm * m . BmrUy . B « aaa . Rye . P « a » . 1517 4 tt 19 » 267 — M «« . iil . 28 * . 7 d . 4 W . 3 d . 49 s . 2 * . ~ t . 6 d . 41 s . 11 *

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      LONDON CORN EXCHANGE . Mask-Lank , Monday , Fbb . 4 t s There was a verj limited qnsntity of Wheat from £ aMx , » moderate supply frou » Kent , bat Marcel ? a . ample tromSoffolk , mth , howewr ^ a good show of Barley , Bean » , and Pew _ from the tvo former countie * , and a fair quantitv of-Barter from the latter . The arrival * of foreign Wheat « iaee tha day te nnight huve been , pretty good , and a few cargoes of . Barter and Date have also been rented . There was more finuheni m the Wheat this-morning , and fine dry samples of Bagluk commanded a fair wile w onr t »« ra millers , at fully an much , money , inMowiMtaneea for picked ldu of heavy red rather more iras attained , bat not Efficient to alter the enn-encr . Some ( . urchaaen were made this day for shipment to Ireland . All sorto of foreign : Wheat were held quite aa high , ami no disponition exkted t « press sale * , parricalarly for the chafcest

      quant / , wbich are rattier scarce on the market . The Floor trade continued , doll , but the best marka ex ship were not generally offered lower , whilot doubtlal qualities must b » quoUd ' Is to 2 s per sack cheaper . Barley was taken off sWly , and thi » artide was full la per ar lower , with som » quantity left unsold . Malt wm m glow request , at last week ' sprices tor prime samp le * , whilst the secondary aualities ^ wer * Is to 2 « jxn-qr cheaper . Beans were in slow request , and newsoft samples most be quoted Is per qr cheaper . Peaa commanded much the name terms as last week . There waaoalr a limited Mtle for Oats , and the supply accumulating , all sorts were , offered on lower terms , and muxtbe quoted Uper-Ar cheaper than fast Monday , with sone quantity left unsold . Linseed and Rapeaced were much the same as on this dar se'nnight . Cloweweed was taken slowly ; middling and secondary jwrts of red were again cheaper . There mnw thing of moment passing in grain under lock .

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      8 MITHFIKL 0 CATTLE MARKET , FEB . 4 . { Whenever the word stone occsrain these priMftthroughout this paper , it is to be < onsidered as the imperial stone of 141 as > andsuch only , no other being lawful . J 'In taking a view of tke proceeding in this market daringtn

      , wniut tne supplies ef both Calves and Pigs have not been equal to some former seasons . Notwithstanding , however , the exhibitions of all kinds ef fat stock have fallen con siderably short of the previously farmed anticipations , nofc only of tfee salesmen , but , likewise , most other freqeentera of the market , the existing demands , both of the metropolitan and provincial butchers ( many of the former having , under the supposition that they would find it beneficial to their pecuniary interest in purchasing more extensively than « sual in the dead markets ) have been amply provided hr . The « xi ensure quantity ot really useful meat shown in Newgate aoA Leadenhall markets , sent from distant quarters of the kingdom , have formed a great inducement for many , who arewont to procure the whole of their ueceswry supplies here , to deal m » re extensively in the above markets than , usual , whilst our readers will , we are assured , not express their at tne

      « urpnM tailing on or tbe trade m Smithneld , when cosnizant that nearly 400 carcases of Beef , 12 , 000 of MnttonL . 13 , 000 of V *» l , and 12 , 000 ot pork , in addition to the matterof-coursn . snpplies of meat , which , has , generally spealuns ' . come to hand in , considering the distance it > as been senttelerabty'fair condition , ha * letind a ready market ; yet tha prices ( though in some instances higher than last year > realised have not , with some few exception * , stifficienUy r « - munented . the shippers for the employment of their cawtal . With reference to prices , it is evident that th » short snppliea have acted favourably towards them , whilst it is very evident had the latter been extensive , the former mnst navesWfl » re « a material decline . On each market day , the currencies oT all stock , except those of veal , have ruled somewhat higher than those obtained during January last year ; for instance , we fiad the comparative ; value of stock to be as follows :

      Per 81 btbsink the offal : — J » n , lc 38 . 'Jan . 1839 . s . d . s . d . s . d . s . d . Beef . - .,. 2 2 to 2 4 .. 2 6 to 4 8 Mutton . ' . 3 6 to 4 t ... 3 ft to 4 10 Veal ... A 8 to 6 0 .. 3 10 to 5 4 Pork .... 8 4 to 3 A .. 4 o to 5 4 The abve comparison is decidedly in favour of our grauers , wh » appear to have had steadily * in mind the large ana increasing supplies exhibited in the dead markets . The holding back * for thn present that stock which will ultimately form a partof the supplies in this most important mart , dearly conveys the cheering , at the snme time , gratifying intelligence that th » quantity of available turnips and other pabulum , for the winter depastured stock , owing to tiie continuance . of exceedingly mild and open weather , is more than usaaUr abuhdanJt vrhil 8 t the conclusion we arrive at is . that ,

      tafcinamto our coiUiderabon the unimportance of tha past montlZ viewed wita respect to cattle brought here , all things haw passed off quite as well and satisfactorily as could have been reasonably anticipated , even by the most sanguine dealer . ' Those Beasts which arrived fresh up to this day's madcet from Norfolk , Suffolk , and Scotland , were of very superior quality , but those from most other quarters were by no means so prime as yf& have noticed on some previous occasions . There was a , fair attendance of buyers ; yet , owinir to tha Bullock being large , and the weather extremely nnfavouraale to slaughtering , tie Beet trade was very dull , it a depression on last week's currencies of 2 d per glba , the highest nrice realised for the best Scots being 4 s 4 d per 81 bs ! We had a . moderate number ef Sheep offering , for which the demand WM tolerably steady , at aa enhancement of 2 d per 81 ba , Tha

      veal trade was somewhat renovated , at advanced rates , with a shirt Bupply on sale . Piga wete fa geod supply , and sluugishinquiry , at Friday's quotations . . . Wf received fresh np to this day ' s market , 280 short herns , from Lincolnshire ; 100 short hornaand Deyon * , from fceicsstcrshir . ; 100 . Aort . horns , from Noithaqipton « hiie 50 O Seofe , from Norfolk ; 200 Scots , and . Devons , from Suffolkl « 0 Scots , Devon * , and Runte , from Essex ; 40 Derons and Runts , from Cambridgeshire i-40 9 * ota , Devons , Runts , aaj Irish Beasts , from Warwickshire and Oxfordshire ; 200 Hereford * , from Herefordshire ; 2 & 0 > Sevonsj from D « venshire 39 Oxen , Runts , and Heifers , from Sussex ; 30 Cows . Runts * nd Devons , fr «» Surrey : and . 30 Cows , Runts , and Devons from Kent . The remainder of tie supply was' chiefly derived from the neighbourhood of London . ¦

      Per stone of » lb « . to sink the offal . ¦ - ¦ ¦ . . s . d . s » 4 . ' . ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' •¦¦ ¦ g . j . g * Inferior Beef .... 2 4 to 2 8 PrimeBeef . ^ ... , » 4 U 4 ft Ditto Mutton .... 3 « .. 3 ; W DittoMutton .... 4 4 .. 4 * Middling Beef ... 3 0 .. 3 2 Prime 8 outhd «* i 4 10 .. 5 a DittoMutto »^ .. 4 0 .. 4 ¦* Veal ..... V . . ?^ 4 0 ; . 4 ;» LiyE 0 A 31 TLE AT MAWtBT Beasts , 3 t 20-3 heep , « , 700—Ctlres , « l ^ Pks S » .

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      CtTRRBMT PRICKS OF GRAIN iti Imperial Quarter pAlN j MrlmwrttlQaikrterrsoliin tl * London Market ^^ TJ wee >; eridinf / aa ;» t- 'Wbeat , 5 , 880 m ? % uT ^ ll < & *** *•" , 1 , 444 : qn . 42 s ; il « . Eye ,

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      LONDON WOOL MARKET BRITIS * * FOREieS-Moifc _ The eirmimstaae * at most of the mark ** , in the N « 4 cst EMUnd b * ymfc 1 tef » ( at a time tdtta a " steady imd smwwhat extensive tananft foi most kino * of wool MBsually exQenenee ^ . l& ^ kMidon , ibr shipment to those quarters ' * bj ^ aKtnmlwa ^ lwi caused o « r trade still to be so bravr that rtecorrewM . are next to jaminal ; and smehjnd * ea , k »» pmty gemwOiy conridered , will b » the case , untQalanta portoonof *• wool oni sale ia moat tilrts oflhiTwkAini markets shall kave been etearMs ol ; iSfon on tpeeaUtlsa or fojritnmedial * « e , HowWer , ' M moM or tha bttem w » id » have arrW » 4 from our provinejat districta convey . O | e

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      TO F . O'CONNOR , Esc Dear Sir , —Having seen in the True Scotsman an article , signed P . Brewster , which we consider unjost » tji far aa regard * yourself , and nnworthy of him . We b «* g to make observations on it .

      CLERICAL BILLINGSGATE EXPOSED . "Tan wrrjnt of the I ^ o rd maB t not strive but be patient to all Bxea . " For years . Sir , we have beheld with admiration your uupaid and gigantic efforts in forming Radical Associations , whose objects are the increase of freedom , plenty , and happiness throughout our starving , priBSt-ridden , and " oppressed country ; bnt we feel sorry that yonr noble exertions have met , as is often the case , with bnt a base reward . One of your tradncers is the Rev . P . Brewster , of this town , a gentleman , from whose eloquence and standing we expected great thing * . He charges you with having propagated the most audacious

      falsehoods . Such an assertion ill becomes the man who made it , ( even if it wer « true which we deny , ) let us see how his own consistency is supported . He says he does not know the time when b « was not a Reformer , and vet he lias constantly voted for the opponent * of Reform , both in the Parliamentary and Municipal Elections . He charges yon also withwantof consistency , whilehe thu . « exhibits to the world his own great want ofit . Not long ago he published a pamphet against passive obedience ; but now he preache * the most abominable passive obedience that-everwas taught , declaring that although we were acting legally and were attacked by a military force , we ought not to resist but die as martyrs .

      This very meek and Rev . Geatleman , also charges you with want of manliness , trnth ,-and honour , while he him ?* lfhas for month « den oun ced yon in your absence , and yet refuiied to meet you here ; because , he * ars , the meeting was caUed by the friends of Mr . O'Coinor , who " went two by two through the several districts informing as many , or a « few , as ther pleased ; inr tead of calling the meeting , as i . « nsuaj on such occasions , by beat of drum . " Now , Sir , if this is not a tissue of falsehood , it is something like it . As soon as we ascertained that you Bad arrived in Glasgow , we got twelve large printed posters pur into windows , in conspicuous places ; we wrote circulars and sent them through a number of streets ; we applied to the tewn crier ; hfi would not act without an order from a magistrate , and Bailie James Mearthur was applied to bnt refused to grant such -an order . A fnend of Mr . Brewster was told to invite him and his friends to the meeting .

      and in every ctse of personal warning which has come to our knowledge , there was no distinction between parties . The Rev . Gentleman ' s objection to the lateness of the honr , will be properly appreciated when it is known , that several times in Paisley as well as in Glasgow and Airdree , he has thrown meetings into confusion and promoted dissension by urging bjg own fanciful opinions , orvenonaousresolutions on meetings till one , two , or three in the morning . He says you have imposed on the people of Scotland , but if the above is not an imposition , we know not the language . He declared you capable of . any treachery ; hut what are we to think of the man wbo calls O'Connell his friend—a -man who has bullied the Government more by threatenirig physical force , than anv man alive ; while he , ( Brewuter . ) calls you and " other British Reformer * , traitors or fools , thickheads , wild beasts , ferocious savages , tfce .

      Bat you have , according to this Rev . Gentlemen , " fabricated a serious charge , " by which , he says , yeu contrived at the Glasgow meeting , to excite the fury of two or three hundred miserable creatures , chiefly Irishmen so far as appeared , azainst him . " You had stated , he says , that" when Mr . Brewster was addressing me , he called me OConnell , whereupon the whole meeting hissed and groaned , " and now you said I nm about to recount the feelisgs of Darnel ' s coadjutor , with reference to Irish justice . " Aye , aye" said the serpent , " I mention O'Connell b name , he is a friend of mine ; but I am not for Irish agitation , as 1 am against Ireland being placed on equality with England , and England must always be in the ascendant . " Here fellows

      Mr . Brewster's versen of the matter : —Speaking of Mr . O'Connor , I said O'Conndtt by mistake , when one of the audience called out w You are speaking of an enemy . " No , I said , Daniel O'Connell is not am enemy , but a friend ; bpt a friend as I hold him te be , I will not join withhim in hi * peculiarly Irish agitation , which he says is to bring Ireland on a level with England . If he will not join in our movement , which win effect this by a shorter process , 1 will not cod sent to wait for lagging Ireland , bot will try to keep England a-tead of him , and give kim fresh work for agitation . This , if not the very vordv is ^ substance and meaning of what I saia .

      Mr . B . aiurwaids calls your account of this matter , " wily and disingenuous trickery . " Now , Sir , we were present in the hall when the words were utterred by Mr Brewster , and we solemnly declare that our impression is , that ybn have given a just report of Ms words and meaning , and farther , that the general feeling of the meeting at the time , shewed that yon are correct . At the commencement of thitt , which ba calls the most serious of your fabrications , and for which he has drawn largely from the abusive stores of his clerical vocabulary , he acknowledges saving made an errar , and at the conclusion he I says— " Tins , if not tne Tery words , " &c . These ,

      Mabkbts. ' — M ¦

      MABKBTS . ' — m ¦

      Zlittvaxutt Torn Ttebtihtf.

      ZLittvaXuTt torn ttebtihtf .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 9, 1839, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1044/page/7/