Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 19th June 1841, Edition 1 of 4, Page 8, Untitled Article

Page 8
Page 8
8 of 8

On this page

  • Departments (6)
    • Itnpm'al iBarKamim
    • FROM OUR SECOND EDITION OF LAST WEEK.
    • C$w^ 3Et^l^^ ¦- ,.. , ¦ ¦ :* ¦ . .- ..,-.. ' ,... -
    • ^^ _ - 3local attir iKroeval XntiHtgintf.
    • LOCAL MARKETS. ' : . ? ¦ .
    • Uwbi:--Printed for the Proprietor, *?** __-
  • Text (20)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      Untitled Article

      TO THE ELECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS OF THE WEST RIDING . " Our merchants are in the gulf of "banirnp t c y , and oar labourers haTe eaten their beds . "—Lord John RusxiL . ... . P « ii . ow Cocktbtkbk , — When I last addressed yon npon tbe opinions of the two candidate ! itfiieh the " virtaou » Whigs" an Waging , forward to represent yocr interests in pi """"** " * at the present " great eom-«^ fr > f * i erisia , " 1 could only make inferences from th » ps ~* conduct of the man who is a " lord by the acci dent of bii birth , " and npon the other from the opi-Bions which had been aTowed by the " great statesman * who irac to be the mentor of his future career .

      Sine * that address waa written , both the parties , whose opmioni , and the tendency of whose opinions , I endea-Toured to analire , hare published their political creed in an address to the electors ; and , therefore , all snrnri * e *» to what i » likely to be their f atore politieal « aras is completely set at rest ; and as the man " -who is a lord by the accident of his birth " has made no retzactions , we an fairly warranted in taking" the whole « f his previons politieal life , in company with hi « sow pabliahed address , as containing the line of politics which in future he will pursue . And as he also of the " other house" has fairly spoken out , wa shall « ow be enabled to refer to himself , as the chronicle of bis own opinions .

      Well , then , gentlemen , yoa will recollect , as I before stated , that a first Minister of state had stated in his place in parliament , that " our merchants were in the gulf of b&nfcrupbc ;; " " our men of property uiable to obtain any rents ; " " our shopkeepers were ruined ;" " our labourers living seventeen in fire yards square ;" " our pawnbrokers' shops filled with the clothes and furniture of our artinns ; '" and " that our manufacturing labourers had eaten their beds . " I beg you , Gentiemen , to keep this Btatem « nt particularly in mind ; put it OTer your mantelpiece , and engrave it on . your hearts , that Lord John Russell , in his capacity of a first minister of state , proved the above to be the condition of the " envy of surrounding nations and the admiration « £ the world I "

      These { acts are worth a thousand speeches ; there la "Bo disputing them ; they hare authority stamped on their front . None of the random assertions these of " FeargBs O'Connor and his wild associates , " made for the purpose of lighting up the torch of revolution ! These are not brought forward by " wild Chartists , " to place in jsxta-position with all th « extravagance of Mtoae who loxuriate upon the public purse ! Nor has ffce " physical force" advocate placed the man who lias " eaten his bed , " by the side # f the splendid par k s , the superb mansions , or the pompous train , for the purpose of inducing him , though he has created all these things , to fight for an equal division of property ! J >» , they are none of these ; but sober statements , made in sober moments , for the purpose of inducing -the legislature to pass certain measures .

      Well , then , such being proved to be the siate of the country , the man who " is a lord by the accident of his birth " in the address published in his name , says , "A deficiency exists in the public income ; the national hoxottr , ? aiih , and safety require that it should be supplied ; the only practical choice aeenis to Ee between two modes of effecting this object" Bravo ! But what is the " object" which there are only two modes of effecting ? Tne supplying the deficiency in the public income , " to be sure . No talk about reducing the expenditure to the income ; no talk about reducing or loppine off all unless pensions ,

      places , and sinecures ; no talk about redaction of the army ; not a word about the reduction or destruction of " the regiment , " as the apostate Burdett called the whole affair ; nothing about grappling with that monstrous debt , which has been rendered doubly burdensome by Peel's famous bill , and which has " redueed our merchants to the gulf of bankruptcy , and caused our labourers to eat their beds . " Nut a word about any of them . No , the only practical course seems to be the supplying the deficiency in the public income . That is to wring more money from those " merchants who an in the gulf of bankruptcy , and from those labourers who hare eaten their beds . "

      . But what does this " Lord by the accident of his fcirUT * mean by national honour , faith , and safety ? What are the meaning of the words as they are here Jfeplied ? In what does the " safety" of a nation -consist ? It cannot mean the safety of th » people in their individual capacity , because without such individual safety there would be no nation . It means , if it means anything , the safety or preservation of the institutions by which a nation are governed ; and ¦ without which safety , the nation , neither in its aggregate nor individual capacity , would be secure either in person or property . Then what are those institutions Which the labourer , who has " eaten his bed , " is to be further taxed to preserve ? Is it necessary to our safety that the labourer who has " eaten bis bed" should toil to pay the interest of a debt which , to say the best of

      it , waa contracted for the purpose of preserving the » ch man's property ? Is it necessary to our safety to bare aa ^ immense standing army in time of peaee ? Are all the pretty lords and ladies on the pension list ; la or enormous , monstrously enormous civil list ; are a frightful array of retainers in the House of Commons ; are game laws , are rural police ; are these individually or collectively necessary to oar security in person or property ? Is the gross misappropriation of the revenues of the crown lands ; is it necessary that we find xevexnes for two or three foreign kings v is an over--grown hierarchy without congregation ; are scenes like those at Ritheormae , —are these , any or all of them , necessary to our " safety" in person cr property ? Come , good , my Lord , tell us , are these the things which the " man who has eaten his bed" is to be taxed to preserve ?

      Or , my Lord , if these things are not suited to the delicacy of your refined taste ; is that law which was designed to make the labourer "live on coarrer food , " and which , according to Lord John Russell- had been reduced " to eat his bed ; " that law , which to be cartied into effect , requires , according to the commisafcmer * ' orders , firm men—men not to be moved by d istress , whether feigned or real ; that law which consigns , after a life of toil , the labourer , who h&s " eaten Mb bed , " to the horrors of a bastile , which gives his emaciated frame to be cut up for * the benefit of science , and his last remains as feod for the dogs ; is this one of the things which is necessary to our safety in person and property ? Or , as this " Lord by the' acciient of his both , " is Secretary for Ireland , and must , therefore , be conversant with the scenes—are , I m ,

      the half-naked houseless wanderers , in the streets of l > ublin ; or the ( as it was proved in the House of Commons , ) wholly naked , andlumper-fedlabourers , who have no beds to eat , of the interior ; are these the thing * to be preserved ? No , as this Lord is of practical temperament , and as he has '' framed to the harp m an y an Eng lish ditty lovely well , '' nothing probably , but what is " sublime and beautiful" can arrest his ardent imagination . Irish labourers half naked and houseless , or wholly naked and feeding on sea weed ; periodical famines and Rathcormac butcheries are but prosaic , every-day occurrences—are too earthly to fill the poet's mind . Well , then , let us turn to scenes of a more stirring kind , te something which contains the poetry of those institutions for the " « afely" of which those who are in the " gulf of bankruptcy" and have * ' oaten their beds" are to be farther taxed .

      Behold , the n , fellow-countrymen , the Irish aristocrat in the full exercise of the gloriaus privilege of deing what he likes with his own . See him cleansing His land of its encumbrance ; behold him turning out * ' his fellow man , " the image of his &od , and th « halfnaked emaciated partner of bis woes , hung round by the famine-stricken pledges of their love ; the child of their age clinging to its empty teat ; all this group turned from the shed of their fathers , to bear the pelting of the pitiless storm , to stand against the deep dread bolted thunder in such a night that my very enemy ' s dog , though he had bit me , should have stood against my fire j alj . thi * done to gratify the avarice of some lord of the ami , or " Tiler stall' the whim -of cold calculating " political philosophers . " And in order to heighten the excitement of the scene , to render the whole worthy the " poet ' s eye in a fine phrsnzy roling , "

      behold the heavens all on "fire , " with that | cot which lias sheltered them and their forefathers for generation *; hear the wild shrieks of agony uttered by the wife and mother as she mStily bngs her helpless infant to her burning bosom , overwhelmed by the lull co nsciousness of her utter hopelessness , destitution flashiBg on her maddened brain ; see the wild eye of a father , beheld ids clenched fist ; mark his heaving Bosom bursting With emotion ; see his uplifted arms ; hear his agonising prayer to the " poor man " s God" to grant him power of revenge ; see all this , and then ask , are these things part of the institutions which are necessary for « wr safety ; and which the " national honor" and faith demand that those who are in the gulf of bankruptcy , and those who have eaten their beds , shall be taxed anew to ™» JTit »< n ? Gtaeious God ! are these thingB to . continue for ever ?

      But I feel I am running too far , and that I shall be trespassing upon the valuable space of the Star . I had intended saying something to the " scion of the other house " , but the other theme was so fertile , that I could not crowd half what I wanted to say into the space I dsnt venture to ask for ; but , by your permission , Mr . Editor , I win renew the suhjee ^ at another time . But before I conclude this epistle , I must say a word or two to my brother freeholders . I cannot help pointing out to them that all these * h' » g « are . the natural Zasolt , and inevitable remit , of the aristocracy having the whole legislative power of the country vested , in 3 te hands . You know that they commenced and carx ) bd on . a horrid and expensive war , to prevent yon latviaf yonr doe share of the making the laws by vfefchyoa are to be governed ; you know that they

      « BMtod our enormous debt , for the purpose of prevent-Jbj job having that share ; and yon also know that Ch »? have managed the matter , so that without yon 4 tm ' obtal » that shanin the legislation , you and your *~ . 4 &ftinA cMldren will have to labour to pay the in-^ enai « f $ be debt , and all its concomitants ; you knew k fjut they h » a been the attthon of that system which ^ - * at b « Ki ^ j » oor merchants U the gulf of bankruptcy , ^ MMA gMfitilkrt oar labourers to eat their beds ; and , ^ SfMtagitRifcese things , will you oontinne to return ~;' itel | 4 ^ tbe House of Commons who are decidedly in-- rttXMfeidin the safety and continuance of the above - ^ jpitipf- -gell me not | that you have no men who an - * < wipstoinl to the task of legislation ! surely they an . apKMbpetsBt as boys ! And , besides , talking of com-* V * mef , ban 71 m no men who an as competent to SMatotayov nodw ttw M who bait reduced

      Untitled Article

      " merchants to the gulf of bankruptcy , and oar labourers to eat their beds . " Worse than the hereditary legislators have done , it is impossible for men to da It is impossible for men to do worse than reduce our peasantry to go naked , and feed on sea-weed . It is impossible for men to heighten the picture drawn by Lsrd John Russell , when be says " our merchants are in the gulf of bankruptcy , and our labourers have eaUn their beds i" - - Yours , " kc , . -. A Freeholder .

      Itnpm'al Ibarkamim

      Itnpm ' al iBarKamim

      Untitled Article

      HOUSE OF LORDS , Txjkdat , June 15 . A great number of petitions wen presented against any alteration in the Corn Laws . On the motion of Lord Whabkclipfe , a bill was introduced , and read a first time , for the purpose of altering the law relating to marriages within certain degrees of affinity . The Lord Chancellor moved the second reading of the Charitable Trusts BilL Lord Ltndhubst opposed the bill , on the ground that the question of which it treated was full of difficulty , and of such great importance that it should not be brought forward at the present period « f the session , and in the existing state of both Houses of Parliament The Noble Lord concluded by moving that the bill be read a second time that day three months .

      Lord Brougham was quite astonished at the course pursued by his N oble and Learned Friend . The evil to be redressed was a great one , and surely his Noble Friend might have introduced a clause excepting a particular species dt property , or in some way obviating his objection , without seeking to defeat the bill alr together . After some discussion their Lordships divided , and the bill was lost by a majority of 52 to St . Their Lordships then adjourned .

      Untitled Article

      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Tubsdat , June 15 The Railways ( Ireland ) Bill ) was brought in by Lord Morpeth , And read a first time . On Mr . Scholefield rising to bring forward the motion of which he had given notice on the subject of the distress so generally existing throughout the country , Mr . Godson rose and claimed precedence for the metion of which he had given notice relating to the petition of Edward Kilbean Cox , as it related to a matter of privilege . The Speaker did not consider that the petition of Cox could be considered as relating to a question of privilege , and therefore the Honourable Member for Kidderminster could not bring on his motion out of its regular order . He therefore called upon Mr . Scholefield to proceed .

      Jlr . Scholefield said he had to apologise to the House for his ewn inability to do justice to the motion he had to make . He could assure the House there was vast and extensive suffering in the manufacturing districts of the country , although the word distress was as seltiom heard within those walls as was the mention of the national debt , yet it was doubtless owing to the national debt that so much distrets existed . Not only had the distress been extensive , but it now affected the home trade as well as the foreign . In fact , so much money was required to procure food at the present high price of corn , that there was little left to buy clothes with , and , consequently , the demand for the home trade was proportionately curtailed ; nor was the foreign trade in a better condition than the home trade . We

      h ad cow co m petitors i n e v e r y m arket with w hich we traded , and unfortunately were undersold in too many of them . The German manufacturers of hardware ccnld tike their goods to all parts of the globe , and there undersell the English ; they could even introduce articles of cutlery at Sheffield on lower terms than our own manufacturers could supply them . And what gave the advantage to our foreign competitors ? We had equal industry , equal skill , ' -ud as much capital as foreigners possessed -, but our industrious artisans could not buy their bread and the necessities of life so cheaply as they were sold in other countries . Whilst our workman had to pay 3 d . for a loaf that was to be purchased fer 5 d . or ( d . on the continent , and while be had to pay more than half for tax on his tobacco , tea , and beer , and

      onethird tax on the little sugar he ceuld obtain , he was unable to live so cheaply as those in other countries who had nut such heavy imposts to pay . He was not able to say how far the pressure of taxes bore upon agricultural labourers , but , doubtless , with their very limited wages , they could not spare money for scarcely any other object than for the necessaries of life . There is one feature hi the existing distress , as it affects the commerce and manufactures of the country , which is that distress has fallen cpon the shopkeeper and the master manufacturer , on T ? hom it presses almost as severely as it has done , and now does , upon the workmen . He would read to the House TWne letters which had been transmitted , to him In } B ^ h | l etui'St his constituents , showing how prevailing the aittrea ? 4 i trade was in the borough

      of Birmingham : — "The condition of the inhabitants of Birmingham is intfre deplorable than ever . Cruel mortgagees are disposing e . property on which they have advanced money for less than one-third of its value , or rather , I should say , they are purchasing buildings at any rate . In consequence of trade being so bad , and leTiea and taxes so hish , mortgagees have not been able te be punctual in the payment of interest ; their property has been advertised to be sold , and bo sale being practicable , a legal process has been gone through , and the property been transferred from the legitimate owner to the mortgagee , and this has been the ease lattely in a great many instances Trade is daily getting worse . Whilst the number of Bankrupts is less , the number of insolvents is greater ,

      in all the manufacturing districts , and the poor debtors are crying ' make room , the prison is too small for ub . ' This was actually the case in Birmingham tnly a few weeks ago , when the Commissioners held a Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors , and those miserable men have been sent forth into the world pennyless , and nothing but an alteration in trade can prevent their coming to the workhouse . Although it was bo recently emptied of its inmates , there is a fresh succession of unfortunate debtors , many of whom have lived respectably , and contributed largely to tae payment of taxes and poor-ratts , to the benefit of the community , but who are now about to parish in obscurity Tradesmen , with very few exceptions , are in jeopardy every hour .- They apply to the pawnbrokers in vain , for these

      have granted loans till they have no money to lend , and the consequence is , all the heads of families are in ill health , and medicine is of no avail . 'Hope deferred tiaketh the heart-sick , and one need not be skilled in phjsiognoujy to be able to discern , by a man ' s countenaace , that he considers himself standing on a quicksand , and , unless he is unexpectedly supported , that he must shortly Bink . " The working classes were sustaining a most painful degree of suffering , and the description of those unfortunate persons who had recourse to the fid of the pawnbroker is truly affecting" W orkmen , with large families , are receiving from 6 s . to Us . per week , and would be able , if they could wor k full ti me , to earn from 15 s . to 30 s . per week . How those poor families live and pay rent can only be

      answered by the poor creatures themselves . I know they we obliged to crowd together in dwellings not fit for hogs to live in . I know places called chambers wherein different families of both sexes , and of all ages , are compelled to pass the night at the same time . Is nut this enough to make Chartists ? Is not this enough to demoralise the people ? At the Board of Guardians , yesterday , a young woman applied for relief , whose husband bad been three weeks in prison for a debt due for provisions ; he has nine weeks longer to remain ; himself and * his wife are steady people j they have two small children . The Guardians thought the woman appeared almost lost for want ; they allowed her 3 s . and two loaves per week for nine weeks , not stfflelent , after paying for lodgings , to keep body and soul

      together ! More could not be allowed to her , as levies are so high , and many persons who pay them stand in need of parochial relief . Last week a young wife died in child-birth ; her time was come , but for want of strength , she was not able to bring forth ; a physician was called in , bnthis assistance was unavailing : he said he had no doubt her death was occasioned by deficiency of nourishment" "A list of one week ' s pledge s , at one shop , containing sixty-five pledges , out of which only two lots exceeded 3 s . each . Upwards of thirty pled ges are gowns , shifts , women ' s petticoats , and c hild r en ' s frocks ; the rest are shawls , men ' s waistcoats and jackets , a bed cover , a pillow , a wedding ring , and other small articles , the whole averaging only Is . 9 d- each in value . Birmingham contains

      94 pawnbrokers , and if each has 65 pledges per week , the weekly number of the town cf small pledges , not exceeding 3 s . each , exceeds C . tGt . A former statement sent me , shows that ths master manufacturers had s * many goods in pawn already , that the pawnbrokers are unable to find further money to advar . ee upon them . " a A wetk bu passed , and you have vouchsafed us no reply . Nine weeks have gone since the committee concluded its labonrs , reporting that they had found above 40 , 00 * individuals so miserable as to be grateful—yes , humbly grateful—for a donation of less than a l ^ d . per head per week . Nine weeks have passed since that report ; trade during that period baa actually grown worse . a nd nothing has been done ! No attempt has been made to relieve ! We pray you to consider how ill such poverty brooks delay ; bow many miseries and anxieties , crowding in each successive hour , have made each week an age .

      Some victims of our neglect have in that period found a refuge in the grave . No ministration of earthly comfort soothed their last mortal agony ; the aid for which affection yearned , a necessitous poverty denied ) they rest , bnt to the living i » left the undying regret , that the thousand appliances which might have restored health or softened pain wen all denied . The productions of every climate , tributary to our industry and plastic to onr skill , fill every store with the means of enjoymant , and yet English poverty i « as unequalled as English wealth . " An Honourable Baronet lately said to ** " » ( Mr . Scholafield that he had never been paid his rents better than at present He ( Mr . Scholefield ) replied that pnut to the merchant and manufacturer was the same as rent to the landlord , and he as&urtd the worthy Baronet that profit bad long fled from the tradesman . He was told that no sooner was a farm vacant than a tenant applied for it How different waa the situation of the

      Untitled Article

      owner of dwelling houses and roanufaetoffai , too ttaay of which were empty and . profitleat to their owaert ! He would remind the House of an mttn new state © f things with regard to the conduct of persons eonttitotr ing public meetings . They , too , had their motions of " no confidence " in either party . The j * disliked bbttx Whig and Tory equally , but would prefer voting for the Tory now , and would doubtless dalv n | ect them when their own proper time dame . At a ( Mfst meeting at Birmingham , a resolution was paaud-wt to vote for the abolition of the Corn Laws . The nv ^ Jority preferred a very different measure : they © &n * lde *« a the Com Law question delusive , and would be satisfied with nothing less than Universal Suffrage , Exactly similar was the result of a meeting a % BhtXBeld .

      at which the " no confidence ** in either party was the prevailing feeling . A meeting had recently taken place at Liverpool , which proved how well-informed the persons wen who wen present on the occasion : a working man , of the name of Jones , addressed the meeting in a manner which testified strong sense , and shewed how much he felt the hardship of the seven suffering himself and persons of his class wen subject to frem ( as he said ) the oppressive effects of . the Corn Laws . What Mr . Jones spoke waa so much to the purpose , that he should take the liberty to read it to the House : — " At a late meeting at Liverpool , of the working classes , the Chairman said that the next speaker , Robert Jones , though a man well able to express his views on this

      great question , was unable to read , and he , the Chairman , would therefore move the resolution for him : ' That these laws , which wring from the wants of the poor , in order to support a monopoly to the wealthy , an cruel , unchristian , and unjust ; alike opposed to the Word of God and the happiness of man . ' Robert Jones , in moving the adoption of this resolution , said , that , like some hundreds , if not thomsands , of those present , all the property that he had in the world he had with him—all the estate that God and his father had left him on the earth , and that English landlords would allow him , he held up to them ( holding sp his hands ) . These wen all his property ; and he fotad that , in consequence of the Corn Laws , and other wicked laws , he was robbed of so much of the produce of his estate

      that he and his children had to rise many a time from the table with half-filled bellies . ( Hear ) Thiftwasnot a cause of party or faction ; it waa the : cause of the whole human family—it was the caase of justice and truth , of God , and of humanity . A tax apos bread ! a tax upon life itself—a tax upon the very existence of the working man—a tax on Eternal Justice , and on the Providence of God . ( Hear , hear . ) God sent untaxed rain to water the earth ; God brought untaxed corn out of the earth ; God had spread a bountiful table for the whole family of man on the face of the earth ; but man put his avaricicus hand on the bread , and snatched it from the hungry lips of the-people of England . " It had been « aid that poverty had made philosophers of the suffering artizan ; and the speech of Mr . Jonea proves

      how intelligent an uneducated man maybe : To show how general ii the interest felt by all classes and texts , he would mention the petition from 450 females of Bridgenorth , presented by his HonouraWe Friend the Member for Ludlow , describing the seven distress which their husbands , fathers , sons , and brothers were undergoing from want of employment and low wages , How great is the contrast between the splendid appearance of Hyde-park , Regent's-park and ; street , and such like places of fashionable resort , and the miserable abodes of the distressed manufacturers ! Truly was it said by the writer of the letter to the Rev . Mr . Garbett , of Birmingham , " English wealth is as unequalled as is English poverty . " How just is the observation ' . how painful the reflection that arises from it . ' The question which naturally arises in considering this striking contrast of splendour and the most squalid misery is , what remedy can be applied to so mighty on evil ? Doubtless , where wealth is so

      abundant as it is in this country , it would be no difficult matter to spare eut of their superfluity rather than require a portion of the poor man ' s means of existence to be taken from him . A property tax would relieve this cruel oppression upon those who are unable * under their great privations , to pay taxes at all . This would at once be an act of justice and of mercy . He had been toU that the present motion could lead to no practical good ; but he felt satisfied that , if it excited an expression of sympathy for the poor sufferers , it would not be without its use : if it did no more than keep hope alive in the breast of the afifc ' eted , it would at least do some good . He should conclude by moving " That the extreme suffering of the industrious classes , from want of employment , low wages , and high prices of provisions , renders it the impWstive duty of Parliament to devise means for the alleviation of the great misery which now pervades all the manufacturing districts of the country . "

      Mr . W . Williams seconded the motion , and contended that the rapid advance of manufactures in Germany was to be attributed to the cheapness of provisions in that country , Mr . Hindley contended that the burden of taxation in this country fell chiefly on the poor , and concluded by moving , as an addition to Mr . Scholefleld ' s ntotion , that it was the opinion of the House that the { mart ayatem of taxation and the Corn ' Laws wen pecui « iy * DJugt to the middle and lower classes of the corumufiitft . Sir F . Burpeit deprecated these aUaclcsJ&Mfihe upper classes of society , more particularly 5 a t $ * was under the circumstances ' impossible to reply te them . It was , he contended , mere delusion to attribute to the Corn Laws the distresses of the manufacturing popula t ion .

      Mr . BiiNES addressed the House , bat while speaking , an Hon . Member moved that it be counted , and then not being forty members present the House was adjourned .

      Untitled Article

      SIR JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE . TO THE EDITOR OF TUB NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Perceiving that the Whigs an bringing forward , as a candidate for the town of Nottingham , to represe n t , or misrepresent them in the coming Parliament , that renegade Cim Hobhoosa , I deem it my duty , through the medium of your columns , to let them know how he acted in reference to the Petition Convention . It fell to my lot , with Mr . Smart , to wait on him ; we did so twice without being able to see him . We left a circular for him , and as I was a native of Nottingham , and at that time in

      communication with the friends there , I put on the circular to that effect , but he had not the courtesy to reply , either g ood , bad , or indifferent . If , therefore , the electors and non-electors can , by any sophistry tbat the Review can use , be induced to support him , they will deserve all the misery the Whigs can inflict , to have their petitions disregarded , and their real representatives treated with contempt . Bat trusting they will act a nobler part , and teach the renegade a lesson , I am , A native of Nottingham and a Chartist , John Skevinqion . Loughborough , Jane l « th , 1841 .

      Untitled Article

      FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Wednesday Evening , JunelBUi . Formation op a London Gknbral Election Committee . —Oa Sunday evening last , a ntesfc numerous meeting of the friends of Chartism was holden at the City of London Rooms , 55 , Old Bailey . The meeting having been called by cireular , Mr . Sannders was called to the chair ; and , after considerable discussion , it was resolved— "That a committee of twenty-four be appointed , with power to add to their number , and that the same be called the Metropolitan Election Committee , for the purpose of bringing forward Chartist candidates in the boroughs and hamlets of the Metropolis , and the cities of London and Westminster , and returning the same by show of hands . "

      Untitled Article

      ¦ y . PEwa . —Reopening of SpiTAUiELDa Chipkl . •—On Sunday last , the members and friends of the Christian church ,, worshipping in SpitalBelds Chapel , Bank , having previously announced by placard , and made the other necessary arrangements for its reopening , were highly delighted by listening to * wo most eloquent , scriptural , and truly useful sermons delivered to them by the Rev . Win . Hill . Considerable ill feeling bad been evinced by certain halfseeing folks , of littlg influence , to prejudice individuals against attending on thi 3 occasion , jon account of the Chartist principles of the leading member ? of the church ; bnt the well filled seats , and the collections after each service , afforded abundant proof of the better knowledge of the people . A few more such soul stirring appeals to the rationality of the

      human understanding , to the plain and obviouB meaning of the Word of God , the universality of its application , and the necessity of its being immediately reduced to practice in society , wi ll achieve great things . In the afternoon of the same day , a teetotal ionfeast was held , at which Mr . Hill presided , when interesting speeches were made by Messrs . Parker , T . B . Smith , from Hall ] Shaw , Buckton , Lockwood and others . On Monday evening , an excellent temperance sermon was preached bj Mr . T . B . Smith , after which it was announced that meetings for the advocacy of temperance principles would be continued regularly every Monday evening . Ths friends of the cause are respectfully invited to attend and lend their assistance . — Correspondent . Robbery . —On Monday last , a silver placed pint , marked T . & S . & , was Bfcolen from the house of Mz . Yate * , the Groves inn . Kirkgate .

      Untitled Article

      . . XiEXCS&TSXU—The election fever rages here . Since the withdrawal of O'Connor's and Colonel Thompson's naraes . aa candidates , the Whigs , guiltily conscious that they have outraged every feeling of homanity in their scornful and cruel treatment of the Chartists , are looking , with fear and trembling , tt > the appearance of two Tory candidates in the field , knowing that the union of Chartists with Conservatives will be fatal to the return of Easthope and Ellis , the . Whig seiviles . The agitation kept up by ChartiBts increases these fears . Last Sunday evening , Mr . Cooper , editor of the suppressed Illuminator , preached a political sermon in the Market-place , to a large audienceand

      , the Whigs are so mortified with the home truths then delivered , that they are threatening imprisonment . In spite of these silly attempts at intimidation , Mr . Cooper again assailed the ramparts of Whig deceit on Tuesday night . The meeting , unluckily , was prolonged too far beyond twilight ; and , at its conclusion , a gang of the "Bloodies " rushed forward , and Attempted to throw the lecturer on the ground , and it was not until a reiuforcement of Chartists , came up , that danger was averted . Reports of police interference , to be displayed next Sunday evening , are rife , through the town ; but Mr . Cooper intends to . take his stand in the Marketplace again , notwithstanding .

      HALIFAX , —The Chartists here met on Saturday evening , and passed a strong resolution relative to the bloody Whig doings at Manchester . ROCHDALE — The excitement and indignation which the brutal conduct of the Manchester Whigs has given rise to in Rochdale is excessive . At a meeting ofsome thousands , at the Butts , on Thursday * BairsUw and others denounced the dastardly affair in energetic language . On Saturday last , at the meeting held after Sharman Crawford ' s public entry , some of the speakers likewise recurred to the subject ; and last night a great open air meeting was

      hem on Lronkeyahaw , to denounce this second Peterloo . A band of music , with banners , and an effigy of Daniel O'Connell , promenaded the town , and led a procession of some thousands up to the place of meeting . The people were addressed in eloquent spoeches by James Taylor , J . Taylor , and others , and after the meeting closed , the effigy of Dan was elevated on a rising ground , and burnt amidst the cheers of the assembled multitude . Cheers were then given for the Charter , O'Connor , and Frost , and groans for the Whigs of Manchester , and the meeting formed in procession and returned back to Rochdale .

      > r tf £ l > S . —At a meeting of Chartists , held at Mr . Josh . Oldroyd ' s , Quarry Hill , it was unanimously agreed Ahat a People ' s Traot Society be formed immediately , for the purpose of more effectually spreading information among all classes on the great politioal truths contained in the People ' s Charter . A committee was chosen , consistine of Messrs . Hutton , Parker , Oldroyd , Lapiah , Hicks , ind Turner , with power to add to their number . Mr . Joshua Hobson , having been previously requested to act as honorary Treasurer to the society , kindly consented , and was duly elected to that office . The committee earnestly desire the co-operation of their Chartist friends in the town and neighbourhood—feeline certain that

      if working men will put forth their energies there will be no bounds to the good that must ensue . Properly authenticated books are now ready , and will be put into the hands of individuals who are approved of by the committee , for the purpose of obtaining subscriptions . Application to be made to Mr . Wm . Hick , secretary , at No . 5 , Market-street , by whom all money will be received until further notice . The society ' s accounts will be published in the Northern Star . The following resolution was introduced and carried : — "That this meeting begs to congratulate the brave Chartists of Manchester on their forbearance and discretion while suffering under the unlawful attack made upon them by the tools of the base , bloody , and brutal Whigs : ' at the same time , this meeting would affectionately warn them against acting on the advice given , no doubt , in the heat and spur of the momentby the speakers at the TibBtreet meet iuvu

      , - - vuv * wuv | •*¦ waaw biwww ?! O mv fcUV llU'DviOv * aUvUK " ing , to arm themselves for the future when they might have occasion to attend public meetings . This , it is feared , might furnish a pretext to the base factionB to unite and attempt to put down public meetings altogether ; or , at least , to seise upon our best friends , and cast them into prison . This meeting ia decidedly of opinion that further forbearance and renewed moral exertion will achieve a thousand times more , just now . for the cause of Chartism than any physical force demonstration we are capable of making . Suoh insults are hard to bear ; but they muBt be borne nntil the time shall arrive , which is not far distant , when we may count our right arms with safety , and push forwutd the standard of freedom . This meeting also begs to recommend the immediate adoption of exclusive dealing for electioneering and other purposes . "

      Untitled Article

      MANCHESTER . —Grand Procession o ? the Ancient Oupek of Foresters of the Manchester District . —The above procession of the Amcieut Order of Foresters and Shepherds took place on Saturday , June 5 th , and the turn-out on that occasion exceeded any thing of the kind which has taken place in this part of the country for some time . LEEDS . —Sudden Death . —On Tuesday last , an inquest was held before John Blackburn , Esq ., at the house of Mr . Holmes , the Beckett ' s Arms Inn , Kirkstall-road , on the body of Wm . Woodhead , of Bramley , aged 06 years . The deceased has been for

      a great number of years well known in Leeds and the adjoining townships , particularly Bramley and Arm ley , as a hawker of cloth in other words , as obtaining a livelihood by carrying ends of manufactured goods round to the warehouses for disposal . He was coming to Leeds , on Monday morning , when he was seized with illness , and stopped at the house of Mr . Frankland , on the Kirkstall-road . to rest himself ; here he only stayed a short time , and then proceeded to the Beckett's Arms , where he asked for some gin , but before he could be served with it be had dropped down , and expired shortly afterward ? . Medical aid was sent for , but it was of no avail . The jury returned a verdict of ** Died by the visitation of God . "

      Meeting of thb Unemployed Operatives . — A meeting of the unemployed operatives was called by placard to be holden in the Vicar's Croft , misnamed the Free Market , on Monday last , at eleven o'clock . About that time , a number of operatives had assembled on the spot , and shortly after the parties who had been nominated as a committee proceeded to the lower end , and when their iellowoperativeB had congregated around them , one of the party , Mr . Joseph Best , proceeded to announce that the Lessees of the market had just informed the Committee tbat they would not be allowed to hold a meeting unless a sovereign was paid for the use of tho market , although they had given permission to

      them on Saturday to hold the meeting free of expense . ( Signs of disapprobation . ) It was then agreed to proceed at once to Richmond Hill , where , after the meeting had fairly assembled , there must have been a thousand present . Mr . Stead was called to the chair . Mr . Joseph Bast moved the first resolution : — "That this meeting contemplates the distress which at presont prevails , and which is daily accumulating , with heartfelt sorrow , and is of opinion that some measures are necessary to stay the appalling calamity . " He traced the influence of machinery from its introduction down to the presont time , and showed that the distress of the working classes was owing to the unlimited useof machinery

      which deteriorated the value of human labour . Ho stated that ho did not desire to see the unemployed operatives living by the subscriptions of the wealthy , but that they should live by their own industry . Samuel Brown seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Michael Lee proposed the next , resolution : —That this meeting considers monopolies of every description injurious to trade , but that the repeal of those duties will not have the effect of benefitting the working classes permanently without a check is placed upon machinery , through a restriction upon tho hours of labour . '" Having been seconded by Mr . Jeremiah Murphy , it was carried unanimously . Mr . John Ellis

      moved" That this meeting appoint a committee to represent the views of the meeting to the candidates of the borough . " Mr . John Bramham having seconded , and Mr . Joseph Best having supported , the resolution , it was carried unanimously . Mr . Andrew Gardner then made a few remarks in reference to what a previous speaker ( Mr . Michael Lee ) had urged , respecting the Chartists refusing to get-tne bread because they could uot get the butter , or , in other words , opposing a repeal of the Corn Laws because they could not get the Suffrage . He said the Chartists wished to get Doth , and also the key which would open the stores of bread aua butter , and everything else thciy wanted . He concluded by moving a vote of censure upoa the authorities of the Vicar's Croft , for their tyranny in refusing ( he

      use of the Free (!) Market to the people , unless they would pay a sovereign , which was seconded , and unanimousl y agreed to . It waa further resolved that a committee of four , consisting of Messrs . Joseph Best , Andrew Gardner , Michael Lee , and James Stead , be appointed to carry the objects of the meeting into effcsct . Thanks were voted to the Chairman , and a collection was made to defray the expense of printing the bills , when the meeting quietly separated about one o ' clock . The sentiments of the whole of the speakers were , that machinery in itself was good , bnt that its advantages should be extended to the whole people , and that it should be checked and limited in Us application , go as not to deteriorate human , labour .

      Untitled Article

      Child DEOPPiNG « --OnSatnrday morning , » s % working man was proceeding ajong Burleyrlane , he was attracted by the appearance ox a bundle in the hedge bottom , and » gentleman coming up at the moment , he directed his attention towards it , saying that it Beemed to move . The two immediately opened the bundle , when to their astonishment a new born male child quite naked and unwashed , was exposed to view . The gentleman , had the little foundling immediately removed to the house of his mother , and the neighbours without delay proceeded to suppy its wants ; it was after wards taken to the workhouse . A strict search , was instituted after the unatural mother , but hitherto without avail , no trace having been discovered to lead to her .

      MANCHESTER . —Repeal op thr Ukion . — The Election Committee met in the Tib-streetroom , on Friday evening . There were about thirty present . After transacting the business for which they had met , the following resolution was passed : — " That , in order to ascertain how many Members of Parliament will vote for a Repeal of the Legislative Union , this Committee recommend the electors of every town , borough , or county , in England , Ireland , and Scotland , to put the following question to every candidate , whether he be Whig , lory , or Radical—" Will you , in the event of your being returned to Parliament , vote or move for a Repeal of the Legislative Union ! ' After which every town shall send the answer to the Star—the names of those who will do so to be inserted in a list—thus showing what strength there is in support of the measure , and whether it can be obtained by moral means or not . "

      Dr . Sleigh the agent of the Agricultural Society , who came down from London to the Stevenson'ssquare meeting , but whom the bloody" Whigs dare not allow to speak there , delivered a lecture in the Corn Exchange , on Wednesday evening last . The place was crammed , and a precious whacking the " bloodies" got . Wheeler , the Whig Victim . —Our correspondent has inquired after poor old Wheeler , who was so brutally treated at the ma 3 sacre , and is informed that he is not at all likely to recover . Two Men , in a state of intoxication , turned out of a publio-houBe , near to the Market-place , to fight , on Tuesday morning . One . of them struck the other a blow on the juglular vein , and he fell dead at his feet . The survivor has been held to bail to appear at the Assizes .

      WHITEHIIi , BRADFORD , ( WiLrs . ) - At Bradford fair hist Monday , apolicemau was illusing a horse very much , when a respectable farmer ' s son remonstrated with him , and desired him to desist . He immediately turned round and seized the young mau , and attacked him with his bludgeon , when up ran from twelve to fifteen of the force , headed by Mr . Foley , an inspector , and they beat the man very severely , and locked him up . The conduct of the police was thoroughly brutal , and all in the crowd who murmured against it were treated in the same manner . The young man obtained a hearing with the magistrates , ana was bound in a £ 40 bond to keep that which the police had broken—the peace . So much for the tyranny and vexatious interference of the " blue bottles . "

      BRADFORD . —The late butchery at Manchester has excued one Kniversal thrill of horror and indignation through this part of the country . Woe to the Whigs ; woe to the assassin Corn-Law repealers ! Their villanous hypocrisy is now by themselves revealed . Let the Manchester assassins know that their Manchester game cannot be played elsewhere . Let them remember Calthorpe-street , and beware ! Let them remember that the dagger was there found as efficient on the side of right as was the bludgeon on the side of might ! and that the ruffian who struck down tho defenceless man , the timid woman , and the infant child , was sent by the patriot ' s hand to " meet his God" with something less than ten minutes to prepare him for his final account . " Let tyrants and slaves think of that , and let all who stand on the wrongs of men tremble to think of it . " What has been , may be again I

      NEWCASTLE . —The town of Newcastle ivas thrown into considerable confusion On Tuesday , by a fight between the blue devils and the red ones . A few soldiers of tho # 7 th being on the " spree" in Sandgate , were attacked by the police , and the result was a brutal fight , which continued several hours , to the great alarm of the peaceable inhabitants ; eventually , several companies of the 87 th made their appearance with fixed bayonets , and after dispersing the blaes , captured their recusant comrades , who , to the number of seven , were brought before the magistrates , two being liberated , and the other five mulcted in various sums . ' JtXPPOSfDElfi—A Charitable Pastor . —A correspondent has forwarded to us a statement relative to the conduct of the Rev , Mr . Bayfield .

      Incumbent of Ripponden Chapel , which shows the utter contempt with which the well fed , well paid , higher classes treat those whom they deem their inferiors . On Sunday last , as tne children of the parish were proceeding to church , the Reverend Gentleman above named made up to the gates and blockaded them , aud in an imperious tone demanded "Why do ye bring those children herd Are we to have the pews of other people crowded with them ! Ye shall not enter this place , except by the consent of the Churchwardens . " Such an outrage upon public feeling , as this could scarcely have been expected in the nineteenth century . It created such disgust , that numbers who were going to church returned home , and vowed never to enter the church

      again . The solution of this conduct lies in this , that the children belong to a Sunday school , and were formerly attached to the parish chapel , but as they would not give up their writing on the Sunday , they were not permitted to have a collection in the chapel for their use . Such is the ground upon which this intolerant minister of religion (?) forbids the children to worship in the parish chapel . His conduct speaks for itself . BARNSXJBV . —There have been three large meetings of the weavers held during tho week , on May Day Green , whore soul-stirring speeches wore delivered to the assembled multitudes , by Messrs .

      S ykes , Alexander , Shaw , Moulds , Terry , &c . The statements made by these workmen , who are members of the Committee , leave but little doubt of the successful issue of the contest of right against might , and we sincerely hope that Messrs . Taylors will see the necessity of conceding to the just claims of the workmen , their request being only to pay the wages which the other masters of the town are paying at present . They cannot expect that other masters will tacitly acquiesce in their monopoly of the markets , by underselling them , and depriving the weavers of their wages , that they may get a ready market .

      From Our Second Edition Of Last Week.

      FROM OUR SECOND EDITION OF LAST WEEK .

      Untitled Article

      FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Thursday Evening , June \ Oth . The whole of the metropolitan boroughs are now the scenes of election proceedings . In the Tower Hamlets , Col . Fox , ef Stroud notoriety aud Sandwich defeat , has started on pure Whig principles , unwilling to go for even & small extension of the suffrage . Opposed to him will be eldest son of Col . Thompson , who is expected to accept the invitation of the true and good men of the Tower Hamlets . At a meeting held last night in support of Col . Fox , and which terminated in a tremendous row , the polico were called upon to make an attack upon the people as they came out , by Col . Fox ' s supporters .

      Fkom an explanation given in the House of Commons this evening , it appears that the n&me of Mr ^ Law HoJges was inserted in the Division List on Mr . Duncombe ' s motion on behalf of the political prisoners , in mistake , instead of the name of Mr . Schofield , the Member for Birmingham , who voted lor the motion . This does not alter the numbers . Mr . O'Connell says , in a private letter which I have seen , that he paired off with Archdall in favour of the motion . Parliament will be dissolved on Wednesday nfixfc .

      Erratum . —The name of the gentleman from whom Mr . Martin received the money advertised iu last week ' s letter should have been Randall and not Raynard .

      Untitled Article

      Arrival op the Bsitannia . —Liverpool , Wednesday . —The Britannia has , at hurt , arrived safe and sound—just when the anxious were beginning to prognosticate evil tidings she has arrived to set the fears of all at rest . We learn that the cause of her detention happened thus : —She left Boston , aa advertised , on the 16 th , and Halifax on the 18 th , when , all being ready , she proceeded on her voyage . Shortly after leaving Halifax , and whilst still in charge of a pilot , she very unfortunately got aground , but was got off at the next tide , and returned to Halifax , and , though she had not sustained any damage it was deemed prudent by her careful as wellaa enterprising owners to send her to St . John ' s , where she was overhauled , and it was found that she might have proceeded on her voyage with safety

      This circumstance delayed her departure from Halifax until the 29 th , when she again sailed , with about 90 passengers , and has made the very rapid passage of eleven days . Her detention has caused her datw to be no kter than the 15 th of May , and ccaae quently there is no news of importance that has not been previously known . The PaEsiDENT Steamer . —Hopes are again raised that this steamer ^ s safe . Captain Burgess , of tho Osprey , Waterford Steamer , reported on bis arrival at Bristol , that he had seen a large steamer , disabled , about mid-channel between the Smalls and Saltese . It ia said that the Lords of the Admiralty intend to despatch two steamers in quest of the large vessel soon by the Osprey , oa itt way from Waterford to Bristol .

      Untitled Article

      American News . —Livkbpool , Satdbdat ~ W * have an arrival at this port to-day from New Yort ? with papers five daya later than those previoualw received by the Roscoe . They are to the 16 th ult _ and were brought by the Stephen Whitney , wbJdi has made her passage in twenty days ^ She has fori » passengers on boardf . B y this arrival we hare ul thing satisfactory respecting the President steam * These ^ papers-contain a long examinationTaHE British Consul ' s office of Captain Bowman and mat ! ^ i / i ^ ^ J ^ "Xv <> h « lwportedtffi wiev toe

      uau seen wncjt ox tne steamer on their naZ sage from Bristol to New York . ThVeviden ©* ££ not , however , bear out the opinion previously enth / tained . There is a much more probable report m * L by the Captain of a vessel from Havre to New C ? who BtateB , that on the 16 th of March he i > a « wf several fragments of a wreck about which « i quantity of chains , such as are used in the ruwdnir m a steamer . The case of M'Leod was to ewM upon the day the Stephen Whitney saited . it *? cited the most intense interest at New Yorktw would probably occupy some days . —Sun . '

      Untitled Article

      Lbeds Cobm Market , June 15 . —The arrival * . * allkradB of Gram to ' this day's market arTmSli than last week . There has been a fair demLffi Wheat , and Is . perquarterhigher . There htffi more inquiry for Oats and Beans , and last w « 2 ? prioes supported . wettB THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE Wfiw » ENDING JCNE 16 TH , 1841 . ^ Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Pea . 3 $ H ? - & V- < & £ fsfrft-t ffcS'tf ' &tist Leeds Cloth MABiusre .-There has been no Der ceptible improvement in the demand for goods dn ** n » the week . The election struggles are the enim > s £ ni topic of merest ; the merits of monopolists * nf anti-monopolists are freely canvassed , and ifW « taay judge from remarks mado by the clothiers a desire seems to be very decidedly in favour ofX latter class . ,

      Htodebsfield Cloth Market , June 15—a ™ market appears to be in the same languid state u for some weeks past . We can report no alteration either in quantity sold or the alteration of pricet The wool market is in the same statOnt ratW higher prices a 3 ked , owing to the adnnce iath » foreign markets , ¦ Richmond Corn Marker June 12 .--We hid a tolerable Bnpply of Grain in our market to-dtr Wheat sold 83 . to 9 a . 3 d . r Oats , 3 s . 9 d . to 4 s . " Barley , 33 . 6 d . to 4 s . 4 d . ; Beans , 4 s . 6 d . to Ss . 3 d ! per bushel . - York Cork Mabket , June , 12 . —For the last ten days we have had cold winds from the north with frosts at night-and there is a general report that vegetation is completely checked . Wheat feia good demand to-day at an advance ^ pf le ., and O » ta of 6 d . per quarter . In other articles no variation

      Malton Corn Maeket , June 12 . —there-was onW a very short supply of all kinds of grain to' this day s market . Wheat of fine qualities was very scarce , and fully Is . per qr . higher . Barley nominal ' Oats # d . per stone higher . Liverpool Corn Mabket , Monday , Jche 14-The receipts of British Grain , Flour , and Oatmeal into this port since this day se ' nnight , are of very small amount , and the arrivals from abroad , © on * sisting of 6 , 888 quarters ef Wheat and 544 quarters of Beans , are for the present placed under boni Throughout the week we have had a moderate demand for free Wheat for consumption , and ( under the small influx of suddIv ) recourse to our irrahirr

      stooks having been necessary , prices , especially for fresh parcels offoreign , have crept up : 9 s . 8 d . haTia * been paid for Stettin , and 8 s . 6 d . to . 81 . 8 d . per 70 lb £ for Odessa soft , being 2 d . per bushel more thu could be obtained at the date of our last report . The market has been similarly situated as refrnb Hour ; United States duty paid is nowheld at 359 . 64 or for an advance of Is . per barrel , and home marofactureis also Is . per Back dearer . In the early part of the week , holders of Oats submitting . tod decline of Id . per bushel , two-or three parcels Were taken for the country , but the general demand for that grain has still been languid , 2 s . 9 d . to 2 i , lid . per 451 bs . the present quotation for Irish . Oatmeal

      has met a very dull sale ; and must be quoted fully 6 d . per , load cheaper . Barley , Beans , and Peas hvre moved in retail only at previous rates . A cargo of Odessa Wheat has been sold in bond at 4 a . 8 J ., sad one of Wismar at 6 s . 2 d . per 701 bs . ; with regard to the former it must be remarked , that through iha quarantine regulations , it was admissible forhomt consumption at the duty of 23 * . 8 d . per quarter , which the purchaser paid . _ Liverpool Cattle Market , Mokdat , June H . —The supply of Cattle at market to-day hau been rather limited for the season of the year ; but of Mutton and Lamb there has been a larce number .

      and the quality , on the whole , middling . Them wm a good attendance of buyers and dealers , aud Stock of good quality in fair request ; good Beef fultt maintained last week ' s prices , bat Mutton and Lamb were a shade lower than last quoted ; good Beef realised fully 7 d ., varying from that down to 5 Jd ., but those of the latter pnoe were of a very inferior quality . Wether Mutton may be quoted train 5 jd . to 6 * 4 cf ., clipped and wool Sheep at 7 d . per lb ., linking the offal , and Lambs at about Bd . per lb . Then were a few Beasts and many Sheep and Lambs left unsold at the close . Number of Cattle at market : —Beasts , 57 » ; Sheep and Lambs , 9 , 267 .

      MANCUEfcTER CoRM MARKET , SATURDAY , JuNt 12 . —The imports of all articles of the trade into Liverpool aud Runcorn . both Irish and coastwise , continue exceedingly light ; but from abroad there are again fair arrivals of Wheat , which , however , are alt placod under lock . There was a steady inquiry for good Batijples of English Wheat at our market this morning , and we advance our quota * tions Id . per 701 bs . Flour was likewise in fair request , and the full previous value was readily obtainable . Oats were rather more inquired for . and supported late rates ; but the trade in Ofttmeal was confined to a limited demand for present use at barely so good prices .

      London Corn Exchange , Mondat , June 14 . — There was a moderate quantity of Wheat from Essex , but only a limited supply from Kent and Suffolk , whilst the samples of Barley , Beans , and PeaB , offering from all these counties , were of the most trivial nature . Several vessels have arrived with Oats from Ireland , and a few are up from our own coast and Scotland , which , together , form » good' supply of this article on sale to-day . The imports of foreign Grain during the past week have been to" a moderately fair extent . Cold arid unseasonable weather has prevailed since this day se ' nnight ; this morning a favourable change has taken Dlace . beine warmer : but still without rain .

      whioh is much wanted for the growing crops of Grain . There was a fair steady demand for WlieaV the choicest qualities commanding an advance or full Is . per qr . on the currency of last Mondayi whether English or recently liberated foreign , « w thatMfl bond being held for more money , chec * ea the business therein . The sale made at the eiose of the week were about Is . per qr . higher than tm » e effected on Monday last . Flour was without alteration in Value , good marks ex-ship meeting * ^ J sale . Grinding Barley was in request , and wing scarce , must be quoted 6 d . to la . per qr . dearer . Malt was without alteration in value , with ajmemj retail demand , and that confined to good "W ^; Beans and Peaa realised full aa much moW , ™™

      * .: i&edWfate- inquiry fox eaoh » tUcle . TMre w » only " * alow sale for Oats , the busine ^ . trausac ^ ed being principally to the consumers , f . "ff Cora brought last week ' s prices , and thereiw-u . no quotable difference in the value of middling < ina light qualities . - London Smithfield Market , Monday , June -From the whole of our grazing districts t «>«» £ vals of beasts up to our market to-day were onw increase , owing to which , and the modera ^ aueu ^ arice of country buyers , the beef trade ruled ne » j . and , in order tS effect a clearance , a decline ^ nm 2 d to 4 d per 81 b was submitted to in the . f f S AlUiough we were , on the whole , heavily iapgJJ . with sheep , the sale for them was totaablot ^ at the currencies noted on this day se am ^ hj .

      pnmect old downs producing os . lj , " / " f ttOn goodsupply , and heavy demand , at a . ? f ^" V * 2 d to 4 d p « 81 b . In calves , » lilted am ount ^ business was passing at drooping rates . * 'S off slowly , at thin quotations . -. Thirsk Corn Market , Jwb ¦ 4 ^ iBii moderate supply . Beans' were in ™ V fr ' r £ dt little higher . Wheat and other Gmtt a ? m j ™ £ in price , with a good demand . WneMs r -. 8 s 6 d . ; Maslin , 6 s 9 d to 78 6 d ; B **^* 4 s 9 i per bushel . Oats , 18 * to 23 s per quart er .

      C$W^ 3et^L^^ ¦- ,.. , ¦ ¦ :* ¦ . .- ..,-.. ' ,... -

      C $ w ^ 3 Et ^ l ^^ ¦ - ,.. , ¦ ¦ : * ¦ . .- ..,-.. ' ,... -

      ^^ _ - 3local Attir Ikroeval Xntihtgintf.

      ^^ _ - 3 local attir iKroeval XntiHtgintf .

      Local Markets. ' : . ? ¦ .

      LOCAL MARKETS . ' : . ? ¦ .

      Untitled Article

      O'CONNOR , Esq ., ef Ham » erin » w . -. ¥ iddleaex , by JOSHUA HOBSON . * 5 * rj £ l « f Office ., Nos . ii «* 13 , a tark « t ^^ 2 gate ; aad Pnbliahed by ? & « id j 9 » HO ^ T j 2 ( forthe aaid F « a *« o » O'Cobwo * . ) **?"* 7 # ling-ho «*« , No , * y Market-atratt , WT ^ I UternalConu » u « icatio « exiJtU « b « tTrM « »' ^ No . f » ' MarkeVrtreot , ia « 4 he ¦«» * ££ . IS , Market-street , BriftaU , '"" SSSi irhele of the aaid Priattaf « 4 ^^ M ¦'• onePremiMS . ¦ ¦ . ' •; . \ ¦ ¦ ' . : ¦ ¦' . ;¦ , "¦ _ * Jj jt All Communlcationa mart be addremd . ( F ^ H « % J . HfMOH . NarthewSte Oaw , " ** ^>| j

      Untitled Article

      - 8 : THE : ;" NOi | t : % p- -B ; B ; N-, , g ;^;^ , ; , . v ., - .. ; ¦ ¦ ¦ .: ^ ' ¦¦¦ ¦ ;[ -X —/¦ V . - ¦¦ ¦ ¦; : : ¦ .. . ¦• . , ' ¦;; ¦ - \ - " - ; , . ; : / l , _ " " " " * " - "— ~ - ¦ ' - '— ¦ ¦ - —¦ '" ¦ - ¦ ¦ - — ' ¦¦ " ¦—¦¦—¦ ' - ¦ - — ¦ ¦ * ¦¦¦ 1 . ¦ ' . ' . .. _> - ¦ - : ¦ ¦ i .- ¦ - ' , . . , ; .. _ . ' —' . ¦ l ' ¦ ' .. ¦ .. ¦ , '¦ ¦ . ¦¦ , ¦¦ . , . ¦ ' ... - ¦ ¦¦ - ...-. ' J- ' . ¦ _ '" ¦ ~— - ^^— . i

      Uwbi:--Printed For The Proprietor, *?** __-

      Uwbi :--Printed for the Proprietor , *?** __ -

      Untitled Article

      CONTINUATION OF THE . NOMINATION OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL . ' COVENTRY . John Eaves , weaver , Muck Park-street . David Haynea , weaver , Sherbournp-street . Wm . Sisscrson , weaver . Well-street , Joseph Peters , weaver , Far Gosford l Btreet . Richard Harlop , weaver , New-street . William Hewins , weaver , Jordan Well . Thomas Fietcher , weaver , CheylesmOre Well . Samuel Knight , watch-maker , Spon-street , Se < cretary . David Buckney , weaver , Mill-lane , Treasurer .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 19, 1841, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1114/page/8/