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      night he had been pressed by varlon « numbers to stai ^ distinctly and definitively if he would go on to nignt , Ho re li « d that at all hazirds ho should exercise hi right . He had pledged bU honour that ho would do 60 ana ha iboajhthe snould best consult Ms own viemi of propriety by adhering to that pledge . TfcObon . member ^ StfS ^ ZZZZ * « Id :-If the hon . member ao-s proceed he must clearly understand that he doeB so to direct oppasitSoa to . he express with of the house . I ilullult nothing for mjfislf , tat it is right that I should call tha attention of the hon . member , whs is less boouaiated , perhaps than others , with our usages , to the fact thdt it is generally coundi'red ( or tho pufelic couveaisnce that a debato wLicti has oace been begun should be permitted to proceed . Ur C A . vST £ r said he was perfectly aware o ; tha rulei of the hoase ; but he thougtic he should be able to show thj nuble lard biffore he sat down tbat he had good

      ground for considering this case an exception to their ordinary customs , f le was about to ask for more than p-. p rs . " His present motion was merely preliminary to auoih-. r of a much graver kind ; and when ho said that that motion woa . d perhaps uff : ct the enure government as well as the nolle S . cretary for Foreign Affairs , he was sura that the noble lord at the head of the Treasury , would be ths Ust person to press for a postponement . He did not undervalue or deny the importance of tho measure before the house , but he would undertake to satisfy ihein before he sat down that his motion was one of iuflniteJy gris : er importance . Tne subject he had to bring before them was , loreign aggression from abroad , and mtersal treason at home . He could not conceive bat that the government would be most anxious for him

      to press these questions . Ode of their own members , the preseat L . rd Lieutenant of IrelenJ , had declared lhat he who promoted discussions oa foreign affaitS 111 that house

      s > promoted by the policy of the noble lord , that they Tr-rc tioir on ine point of being realised , unless tho bouse , by a vigorous decision on the present occasion , stepped in to stay the Autocrat ' s further progreis . In Poland the Czar had acquired a territory as large as Austria ; in Turkey In Europe , a teiritory as large as Prussia without the Rhenish , provinces ; in Tuikey , in Asia , a territory aa large as all Gsraanj ano tos Rhenish pronto b . He had extended bis frontier a 1000 miles nearir towards Calcutta , a 1000 miles nearer towards Lahore , and 859 nearer towards the capital of Eoathern Europe . He referred to the steady determinatiaa with wfcicn Rusiia bud , during the pa 6 t cdntury , beea using every possible mean 6 , by fraud and foree , to extend her power ; and then intimated his intention of tracing ,

      siep by 8 tep , the progress of the noble lord ' s mo » t mischievous policy , prepared , unless 2 ae prosecuted the noble lord to conviction , uj the adduciioa of the direct proofs of the noble luri ' s guilt , tj undergo the castigatioa he should then nust justly deserve . The honourable and learned gentleman assured the house that Esglaad was ia the worst possible refute abroad , and that Lord Faluierston had done it all , her previous good character being utterly incompetent to save her irom the scaudal entaiied upea htr by the noble lord ' s administration of her foreigu affairs . It was high titae » that the noble lord was thoroughly overhauled , his multiplied traiiigressions having lein the sheer result of long and unmerited impaniiy . He had acted long enough without

      auh . rity abroad , and without fear for his person at home , and it whs to inspire him with salutary dread that the honourable and learned gentleman now proposed to expose his infamy to the country . With thii view , having stated the main object o £ hi * Spetch , ha proceeded to its d tails , but the more deeply he got into them , tae thinner grew the house , nnsil at length empty bcncics were substituted for an overflowing attendance . At this critical moment , an hoa . member whs thought the subject of teo much importaiiCs to be listened to by Jtes tbsa a quorum , with an evident intention of feavlug it on some future i-ccasien submitted to a . full house , ir . o . ed a count of the houte , which was thereupon Hot only lounted , - but counted out , at . ten minute * past E . rin , there being only thirty-nine members present .

      WEDNESDAY , F ^ bs uaby 9 . HOUSE OF COilMOSS . —The SP £ AKEB took the chair at twelve o ' clock . Tbe Cjcsx-Oct . —Mr Akstet bigged to say , in referencs ; o his motioa , as to the manner of dropping wnicb be would net thea speak , ( a laugh , ) that he would move it again , by way of amendment , on the next motion far going int > a committeeof 6 upply . ( A laugh . } The Bishop of ilEHEFoBD . —Mr Uesghait observed iisat He had on a previous occasion presented a petition fr « m the Major o £ Stafford , praying that the- spiritual pritilegcs of tneHouse of Peers should not ds impeded . He wished to ask , therefore , if it were the intention of tke government to app-y fora seat for the Bishop of Hereto rd im the House of L jrdi . S * G , Gret said au act hud passed last sess ' on ¦ wkicu provided that the number of spiritual peers should ziot stf increased .

      £ f r Usquhabx asked if it . was the intention of golernment to call the BUhop of Hereford to the Upper Horjsc ! Sir G . Gan said it was not tea intention of ministers to advise her Majesty to summon the Bishop of Hereford to P * -liament . CosoinoiJ of Ieelasd . — The order of the day Lav . lug £ ) es& moved , Mr 1 \ Sc&ofe rose , pursuant to notice , to asfc the Secretary of State lor the Home Department whether nay ana what legal proceedings have been taken against such boards of guardians tr relieving officer * as hava ue ^ lecied the duties imposed on them by tho Act of 10 and 11 Vic , c . 31 , fur affording due rtlitf to the destitute puur . Tbe hon . member read tome statements to

      thoiv tisat hundreds , and , in some parts , thousands were Etill djiug of want , in constquence of being refused relief under ike Act . The people or' Ireland were not aware TTHether the law nas compulsory or not , and he hoped the government would make some statement to set their douots at rest . It was Elated that 3 , 0 l' 0 persons had bceurclused relief in Gal ^ -ay alone ; and the same naw ofttiiiip bMu occumd ia Kildarc aui ia other part :, ilacu of tbi < > arose from tho non-payment ef Vie pour-raU-s . lu Mayo alone , four months after the laak ' -ug uf the rate , man ; pereunb < . £ the highest rank in raecouuty were still defaulters . In the fifth month cfter Vr . e rate wni made in Ballina , Bom * of the guard . izm of the poor had not paid their rates , and yet evictions and clearances were being tn \ ctedDy the land . l ? rcs or : beir agents , on tbe largest scale . Aud this was going ua at s . time when thecharliy of the whole world

      igras being extended towards the starving Irish . Iu the baroay ofErrl ? . 110 families were ejected on the jropeny of one person al .-ne , their houses destroyed , and KicmseiTes , to the number of COO or TOO persons , turned cstuutbe road at the commencdHent ot winter , with . oat fjL-d or residence ; jet tnis very landlord was a deihalier to the paor rate to the extent of £ 59 . ; and , at the snin-i timt , the board of guardians ac Balliua refused to receive a single pauper in the workhouse from the barjuj of Erns _ Theconstqueuce was tuatseveral < £ sd , VV ^ y , U appeared from » uo Blue . Chjuli tin : many « fiBein tverc In 3 utate of absolute stari'atiou , nhils other * d : edon c : eir way to iialliBa , nk .-re they were goicg to seek for rehtf or work . In this district there Had oeen no eauh ih : Ui as an outrage committed , and it was disgractful to find inch a state of things as this existing xsic

      Hr Huhe rose to order . The honourable gentleman Jaa given nofice simply of a question , and he put it to tte good sense of the honourable gentleman whether It Tree / air to go into snch a statement a 3 this in the ab . gtBce of any previous notice , Mr S . O'Bbien said the matters which the hon gentleman was bringing under their consideration were of as urgent nature and he hoped tbe lion , gentleman R-ouU not allow himself to De persuaded to delay hit Statement to a future day . Sir G . Gbes did not wish the house to imagine that government were not prepared xo answer the statements cftke honourable gentleman , but he put it to the hon . geatleman whether , considering that ( several borj , gen . tlsmen Had girensoticeof substantive motions upoa this eai-jict , it would not be bitter to postpone his state , iseut Ull one of those motions came before tbe house . Besides , an important question had been fixed for discussion to-day , and it would bo inconvenient to many fton . members if U were not ggae into a : wee ,

      Mr AGLUMur must also join his entreaties to those of tko right hon . the Secretary of State to the hoe , mem-6 er , sot to allow his statement to delay tho discussion aa the New Zealand Bill , as many hon . members had coma cofl ' n to the house fully prepared to go into that £ a ? £ iiou , ' Mr P . ScaoPE said that , having gone so far into his tatement , which was one of great importance to tbe eooatry , he hoped the house would allow him shortly to complete It , and he would promiia to detain the iou . se bat for a very few minuses longer . ( Hear , hear . ) XBere was one other union to which he Eiust be allowed to refer . It was the Cavan union , which had a valua . Can of £ 150 , 000 , and yet , during the last few trying Eoatbs , the rate collected did not amount to more th * n lid . in tha pound . Ths distress ia the district w ^ b most appslling , and many deaths from starvation had ( scarred , aud yet many of the landed proprietors had

      Bade default in pa ) ing the rates . But he had to com-Trfein moreoftbe conduct of the board of guardians than tba rate-paycrs , for they had allowed many poor ercatur . s to die « f starvation by their neglect of duty . In one case the chUd of a poor woman died of starvation and upon a coroner ' s jury returning a verdict to iKat effect , tht PooJ Law Commissioners commanded tteboirdofgnardianB to inquire into the case . Tho Txard , however , neglected to do so , and in less than a sewnAa afterwards the woman , herself died of starvation , end what he wanted to kQOff was , whether the law they iad recrntly patstfl was to be carried out in this negll-£ cnt manner t Had Vach cases , as thete occurred in tt » U country the ovefieer would hare been liable to Rttero yonkament as a criminal offender , and he * i : bedtoa ! fc tho government whether the same law prevailed in Ireland or not ? { Hear , hear ) Why did th » j ? not make allowances for th . poor ( with whom the

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      ^^^ a ^^^ o ^^^^^^^ s ^^ Q ^^^^^ Bm ^ QBt ^ ' ^^^ S ^^^^ 'B ^^ CSS ^ DE ^^ K ^ EflEBBB ^ &i ^ SSSE ^^ S ^ SSSSQS ^ E ^^^^ ESEQ ^ XI ^^ BSSSi ^ S prisons of Ireland were now filled ) fer crimes which poverty and distressed urged them to commit 1 Andhi » would ask vrhy measures had not been taken against tho board of guardians aud relieving officers for the neglect of the duties impoied upon them by the Aet of Parliament for . the relief of the poor , for the want ef which relief so many had died within the last few months , and were now dyiDg I Sir W . Somekville , in reply to the hon . member , said ths government wore resolved to leave nothing undone to enforce the payment of tbp poor . rate » and th » tthey had already , taken effective measures for that purpose . They had divided the unions which were too large , end appointed se jarRte inspectors for each division , and separate workhouses , and they had no doubt that those proceeding * upon the part of the go . vernmant would tend to a batter gtata of things in Ireland ; and most likely the reports which he ohould next lay on the table would show that the Poor Law system worked more tatisfactorily . ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ B ^^^^ tJ ^^^ P ^ B ^^^^^^^ H ^^^ H ^ TMff ^^^ fr ^^ Mi ^^^^ WBWW ^^ flS ^ E ^^^^ P ^ EW ^^^^^ Wff ^ Sff ^ WJ

      Mr O'Connor : Sir , there is no member in this house , who is more ready to do justice to the kindly feeling , and good intentions of the right hon ; Secretary than I am , but I cannot acquiesce in the argument of the hon , member for Montrose , who ap . pears to consider the interests of the New Zealanders of greater ptessing importance than the preservation of the lives of millions of famishing Irishmen . Nor do I vhink that his charge of the government being taken by surprise by the hon . member for Stroud , is tenable , as the right hon . Secretary appears not only to be in possession of all the evidence upon which that honourable member grounds his appeal , but , as an ingenious advocate , the right hon . Secretary has extended the evidence , by reading ^ Yb . at he terms the

      sequel of that information , upon which the hon . member for Stroud has relied to make out his case . ( Hear , hear . ) It was rather hard that those who advocated the cause of Ireland should be perpetually taunted with their inability or indifference to propose practical remedies , and that an English member , who appeare 1 to have given deep thought and great study to tbe subject , should be stopped when he was pourtraying the poverty of the people , the injustice of the law , and the iniquities of the landlord class . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr O'Connor ) was aware of the great difficulty of bringing so complicated a machinery as the New Poor Law Bill into perfect operation at once ; the more especially when in its operations it had to encounter the legitimate

      and honourable prejudices of his countrymen ; but , as he had told the right hon . the Secretary for the Home Department , when so triumphantly relying on the Coerc on Bill , he now repeated that that measure having failed to arrest famine , that the next step taken by that house must be , to coerce the Irish landlords into the performance of their duty , as it was not to be supposed that a nation would tamely starve . It was evident that the government having once stopped the course in which Irish patronageformerly ran , and having now very properly thrown the landlords upon their own resources , that chaos must ensue before order could be restored . And he told the English landlords , that they would presently discover that the question of Irish distress was one

      materially affecting their interests , as the infection could not he so near their doors without entering their houses . Irish poverty was sure to press upon English industry . ( Hear , hear . ) And he admitted , with regret and with sorrow , that the English landlords were more considerate of the Irish peasantry than the Irish landlords were , '; and though a member of an English constituency , he would never lose an opportunity to bring his experience of his countrymeu and their condition before the House of Commons ; and he was sorry to admit that the present qualification for an Irish member was not to be found in his fitness or his willingness to serve his country , but in his disposition to serve himself-( Hear , hear . ) There were two sources , however ,

      from which he derived great pleasure ; the one was from the announcement in the Times of yesterday , of the intention of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to establish the Small Farm System upon the co-operative principle , in shares of twenty pounds each ; and in the event of government aiding this first practical attempt of any Irish Lerd-Lieutenant to develope the national resources of the country for the benefit of the industrious classes , crime would soon hide its head in very shame , and the affections of a generous people would soon render Poor Laws unnecessary , as , when able , the Irish would desire no relief for their friends or relatives . ( Hear , hear . ) As an Irishman , though an English member , he again tendered his best thauks to the member for Stroud ; and he would remind the hon . member for Montrose , who

      thought the debate irksome , that the first step towards the correction of abuse was its exposure . The other consideration which gave him pleasure was , the promise of the early developement of the Tenant Right Bill , by the right hon . the Secretary for Ireland ; and as that was shortly to be submitted to the consideration of the ' aouse , he would reserre his observations upon this head until its merits were propounded . He should not anticipate one of its clauses , as nothing was more difficult than even to guess at the embryo conceptions of a Whig MiniBter . He ( Mr O'Connor ) ceuld not sit down without remarking that the taunt of the hon . member for Cockermouth , levelled at the hon . member for Limerick , was unprovoked and uncalled for , as he ¦ was sure the house would agree with him ( Mr O'C . ) that not a wnrd of unfair nr unusual stricture

      escaped the lips of the hon . member for Limerick . ( Hear , hear . ) Sir O'Bbien and Hr Reynolds also thanked Mr Scrope for bringing the lubject forward . The latter ho . nourable member said , it appeared to him that the Ken Zealand cobbling mifht bo put off for some time , and that tbere ought to be some extension of indulgence in reference to tbe tuf > ject of distress ia Ireland , and be felt 66 * lrong ] yon thia point that be diu belkvft lhat he or any other Irish member , whose feelings , from day to day , were harrowed by the sufferings of the Irish people , would be Justified in calling the attention of the house to the state of Irish destitution at least once a week , He felt that this was a question of life or death , ( Hear , hear . ) The people were djing by thousands , and the house' was leaning upon that which be feared would

      be found to be but a rotten reed , viz ., the working of the Irish Poor Law . ( Hear , hear . ) He had already declared , at the outset of bis entry into the house , that he was favourable to the principle of the Poor Law , but he believed that her Majesty ' s government and tbe majority f the gentlemen composing the house , placed too much reliance on its good effects in Ireland ; and he thought it was time that her Majeity ' s government Bbould imme . dlatelj direot thtir attention to the profitable employment of the people . ( Hear , hear . ) He wiBhed to remind the house tbat the waste lands remained to that hour unreclaimed , her mineral resourcea remained unde-Teloped , and so did her fishtriei , although it was to these resources tbat her people Icoktd for relief ; for the ablebodied people of Ireland wished not to be fed on alms , but to work for their bread . ( Hear , hear . )

      Hr Dsuhuond and Sir B . Hall deprecated the tntroduc tion of the subject as untimely . Hr S . Cbawfobd intimated tbat he bad given notice of a motion for Tuesday week , when he trusted that the whole of this question woald be fairly gone into . The whole question of tbe Poor Law , he hoped , would be feirJv discussed . It was bis intention to bring in a bill to repeal that law . The subject then dropped . EriPHAHT QUABTEB SESSIONS BlLt . — Mr PACKE moved the second reading of this bill , the object of which was to postpone the Epiphany Quarter Se 6 eionB until after the Curistmas holidays , so as , however , tkat they should aot be held later than the 8 th January . At pre . sent they were most frequently opened on New Year ' s Day , to the great inconvenience of a large and moat useful body , the unpaid magistrates ,

      Sir 6 . Gset . objected , pointing out that tlie removal ol the inconvenience referred to in the bill would be more than counterbalanced by others to which it would give rise . The bill was ultimately withdrawn . New Zealand Goyerhheht 3 iLii . «< -The quoBtien ol going into committee on the New Zealand Government Bill led . to a protracted discussion , in the course of which Lord Lincoln , Air Scott , Mr Adderley , and Mr C , Anstcy , urged the postponement of the stage of the bill , the latter hon . member moving it be adjourned to that day week , which proposition , however , being devoid ef a second * , fell to the eround .

      Mr Gi&dsione thought tha simplest , wisest , and moBt practical course for the Government to pursue relative to New Zealand , would he to declare that the time had aot jet arrived for establishing the new constitution , that Parliament was in error in sanctioning tbe old constitution , and that they had it in centemp lation to propose a new constitution ; but that they would wait for mature and experimental knowledge before tuej would attempt to Bettle ita particular forms and enactments . The right hon , gentleman urged upon the Gove' nm jnt tbe necessity of giving the most liberal coEStruction to the treaty of WaitBBgi , aad of carrying out in the fairest spirit every engagement mado with the natives relative to the possession of lands . He feared , judging from the instructions sent out by Lord Grey , that injustice would be done to the New Zealandcrs .

      Mr Labocchebe , after pasBing a high encomium upon tbe native : of New Zealaod , observed that he did uot regard the apprehensions of Mr Gladstone as in reality justified by the facts of the case , He could assure the right honourable gentleman that Lord Grey was as disinclined as any man could be to depart from the terms or tbe spirit of the treaty of Waitangi ; but ths noble lord thought , and in that he agreed with him , that no . thing could be mere inexpedient , for the sake of the natives themselves , than absolutely to&mrm the pjoposl . tion that the proprietary right to the whole surface of the islands existed , either in collective tribes , or in individuals connected with theee tribes . He did not be-

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      live that thero was anything in Earl Gray ' s despatch inconsistent with the terms or tbe spirit of tho treaty of Waitangi , or with tbe interpretations which had been put upon it . Nor was there any difference of opinion between the noble lord and Governor Grey aa to the mode in which the treaty should be carried out . He himsolf believed that the treaty should bo strictly , scrupulously , and even largely interpreted , and that every low , fide claim of the natives under it should be at once conceded by the government but for tha sake of the natives them-BeWei , care should be taken that immenBo trnctg of land which could be of no advantage to them , should not be to appropriated as to de'eat tho purposes to which the colonists bad every ri ght to anticipate that they would be

      applied . The right honourable gentleman then proceeded to meet the objections which Mr Gladitono had raised to the BUBpenBlvo provisions of the bill , afW which he briefly recapitulated the course pursued by the Bishop of New Zealand , Lord Grey ' n censure of whom he thought ftilly justified by the imprudence of which he had been guilty . The principle of tbe bill waa , for grave and urgent reasons to suspend the constitution of the colony for a term ef five years , but at the same tieio to enable Governor Grey to introduce it within tbat time , either in whole or ia part , whsaever ho should deem it advisable so to do ; and he trusted that no unnecessary obstruction would ba thrown in the way of the progress of a measure which circumstances cad rendered so urgent .

      Sir E . N . Buxton , Mr Aglionby , Mr Cardwell , Lord Lincoln , Mr Scott , took part in the discussion on the merits ot the bill , after which the house went into committee . On the first clause being put , suspending the constitution for fire yoBi's , Mr Hume moved , ob . an amendment , that tbe period of suspension be limited to three years . Some debate arising , and as tbe hour of adjournment ( six o'eloak on Wednesdays ) had nearly arrived , Mr Lubouchero moved that the chairman should report progresa , wbieh Mr Bornal did accordingly , and tho further proceeding with the bill was adjourned to a future day ,

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      Thb People ' s Edition of the Lithographic Plates of O'Connor , from the painting of that celebrated and far-famed artist , T . Martin , Esq ., has just mado its appearance . It is exactly the same as tbat which had so extensive a sale at 2 b . Cd . for plain copies , and Oa . the coloured , and is an exact likeness of the great orginal , as he appeared addressing the people of that 'home colony , ' O'Oonnorville , tho production of his own fertile , philanthropic , benevolent , and brilliant genius . The plate reflects the highest credit on the artist , and from its own intrinsic merits , to say nothing of the unrivalled popularity of the subject , cannot fail to have a much more extensive sale than ever fell to the lot of any person ' s work of art . We perceive the plain plates are celling at Is . each , and coloured ones at 2 g . Cd . They would alike do honour to tho cottage , the mansion , or the public hall . They can be obtained , by order , of any bookseller in the Britioh

      empire . Cambbrwbm , and Walworth , —Afc the meeting © f this looality , held at the True Temperance Coffee House , East-Btreet , Walworth , on Monday ereninglast , Mr Sellers in the chair , a letter was read from Mr Burrows , thanking that locality for the assistance they had rendered him . It was also resolved : — ' That a subscription be opened for the defence of the seat of the honourable member for Nottingham ( Mr O'Connor ) , and that books lay at the place of meeting , and tbat all the membera of the local committee be empowered to receive subgcripiions for the flams . ' ack

      Cur ASDFiNSBURr I-ocalitt . —Good Intent , B * hill , Hatton-garden , February 6 th . Mr Elijah Nobba in the chair . Minutes read and confirmed , Messrs Allnutt and Fennell gave in their report from the Metropolitan Delegate Committee . Report received . Report of the council read and received . Mr Cater then gave notice that heshouldlay before the council , at thoir next meeting , a plan for obtaining » hall for our locality to meet in , Buitable to our increasing numbers , and with the view of advancing the cause . The meeting adjeurned to February 13 th , when Mr Thomaa Clark , of the Chartist Executive , will lecture in the evening . Subject : ' The Progress and Extension of Chartism . ' Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock .

      Bilston . —A numerous meeting of the Chartists and Land membera took place afc Mr Linney's , Malt Shovel Inn , on Sunday evening last . The reading of the Star commenced at six , and continued till eight , after which important local questions were ably discussed . It was resolved to defend Mr O'Connor's seat in Parliament . The propriety of opening a new Company was entered into , but a definite resolution is reserved until the directors shall hare been heard . Sheffield . —A meeting was held in the Demo cratic Reading-room , 33 , Queen-street , on Sunday evening last . After the financial business was

      disposed of , the following persons were elected council of the National Charter Association : —Messrs Hugeinbottom , Jackson , Dyson , Burkinshaw , Otley , Seward , Carter , Naylor ( senior ) , G . Smith , H . Smith ; Thomas Brigga , sub treasurer ; Henry Taylor , sub-secretary ; William Cavill , librarian ; G . Cavill , cerresponding secretary . All persons who hold tbe subscription books in connexion with Mr Clark's election , are specially requested to forward them to the committee ; likewise persons who have library books out , are requested to forward the same . The meeting adjourned to Sunday evening , February 13 th .

      Witney . A public meeting of the inhabitants of this placa was recently held in the late Temperance Rooms , Bridge-street , to take into consideration the propriety of adopting the principles contained in the People ' s Charter . The chair was taken at seven o ' clock by H . Ross , vrho , after a short introduction , called on Mr C . Doyle to address the meeting . Mr Doyle then came forward amid the hearty cheers of the fustian jackets , and commenced his address by referring to the origin of governments , and ably showed thai they were instituted for the mutual protection of the community at large , so they ought to Se under the control of the whole people , which could

      not otherwise be accomplished than by the possession of the franchise , and the free and untrammelled eserciso of the right of voting for the appointment of those who make the laws by which our labour , our liberties , and our very lives , are so materially affected , in other words , by the People ' s Charter becoming the law of tbe land . Mr Doyle then took a rapid view of c ) as 3 legialatioD , and said—That it unfortunately happened through the apathy of the people them * selves , that a few unprincipled men had usurped the functions of government—abrogated the rights of their fellow men , and constituted themselves the sole arbitrators of the destinies of theindUBtriouBimUions , who were thus made to contribute two-thirds of the

      proceeds of their labour to uphold in splendour and luxury , a useless and mischievous aristocracy ; a greedy , grasping , and insatiable church establishment ; a pamfered and gilded bauble called the Crown ; and , in fact , said the lecturen independent of your having to support all those cumbrous institutions over which you have not the least control , you are compelled to maintain immense military and naval armanfents , for the express purpose of not only enforcing your compliance with all these unjust demands , but also of crushing the rising spirit of liberty in every quarter of the world . ' Such , ' exclaimed Mr Doyle , ' are ihe baneful effects of clasB legislation land there is no other way of remedying the evils of which we complain , than by the restoration of those rights

      and immunities of whicn we have been so UDJustly deprivad , and which are so simply and so fully set forth in the People ' s Charter . And what are the principles of Chartism ? Why that every man of mature years , of sound mind , and not suffering the legal penalty of criminal conduct , shall have a vote for his representative in the legislature ofhia country ; that he shall be protected in the exerciBe of that vote by the Ballot ; that there shall be no money qualifications for members to serve in parliament ; that the term of service shall be for one year only ; that he shall be paid for such service ; and that there shall be Equal Electoral Districts . Now what can bo so simple , so easily understood , and at the same time so comprehensive as these propositions ? And where is

      the man bold enough to deny their justice or utility ? But there are those who would withhold the poor man ' s rights on the plea of expediency . They say he is too ignorant to be trusted with the exercise of his common eense . Now , tor the Bake ot argumcut , suppose we admit the plea of ignorance , we would ask why he ia so ? and with the fact staring us in the face of a church establishment , receiving from nine Jo ten millions a year , wrung from the labour of the masses ; a church whose chief business it ought to be to instruct the people in all the social duties , and in every branch ot useful education ; we ask again , who is to blame for the ignorance which is trumpeted forth as the plea for the deprivation of the rights ot citizenship ? Let the . parties more immediately concerned answer the

      question ; but we emphaticallj deny the assertion , that the working people of thin country are ignorant , or at any rate , that they are more ao than that class who lord it over them , through the instrumentality of the vote . Will any man tell mo tbat the man who can make a pair of boots to adorn the legs ot his lordship , is too ignorant to give a vote as to the fitness of the man who is to make Jaws for him ? Is the ingenious weaver whose delicate fabrics are bo much prized and praised by the wives and daughters of our aristocratic legislators , too ignorant to ba trusted with tho vote ? Is the engineer who constructs the mighty steam engine , or his brother mechanic who conducts

      and reeulates its progress in its speedy flight through the length and breadth of tho land , and to whoBe knowledge and skill is entrusted the lives of all classes of the community , and even that of royalty itself , in its gay wanderings from one scene of pleasure to cnother , are those men , I ask you again , incapable of performing so simple , a duty to themselves and their country ? No , no ; it is . not our ignorance , but our intelligence of which they are afraid , for they well know tbat if tne 'vote enables the , aristocratic and trading classes to reap the fruits of other men ' s toil so > ould the vote put the labourer in possession of the meaes whereby the proceeds of his industr J

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      would bs secured to him ; the land be made to yie \" in abundance tho necessaries of life ; and peace olentr , and happiness , reign triumphant throu gh the and . ' Mr Doyle concluded a powerful speech by an earnest appeal to his attentive hearers , to unite and rally for the Charter , and resumed his seat loudly and deservedly applauded , as , indeed , he was throughout his instructive and spirit-Btirring address . The followin g resolution was moved , seconded , and unanimously adopted : — 'That thiB meeting having heard the principles of the People ' s Charter fully explained , are of opinion that that document is well calculated to form the basis of a system of legislation which the ^^^^ WW ^^^^ , . ^ M ~^~^^

      would speedily remove the distress under which labouring population are periodically doomed to sutler b y Claws-made laws , and eventually lead to the establishment of a government more in accordance with the spirit of the age-a government of the people-thereby giving full proteotien to the just and legitimate interests of every portion ol Jsociety ; and we , therefore , pledge ourselves never to rest satisfied until that great measure ot justice and universal right becomes the law of the British empire / Votes of thanks to the lecturer and chairman were then unanimously passed , and the meeting , which was one oi the most orderly we ever saw , separated , highly gratified with the evening ' s proceedings .

      Exeter . —At a meeting held on Saturday evening lost , at Mr O'Brien's , 49 , llolloway-street , the defence of our noble champion ' s seat was taken inte consideration , when the sum of £ 1 Gt . 6 d . -was collected fer that purpose , and over £ 14 for the Bank ( of the people . ) Stockpobt . —On Sunday last Mr Wild , of Mottram , delivered a powerful address on' Priestcraft , and its effects upon society , ' to a numerous and attentive audience . Aishmblt Room , 83 , Dean-street , Soho . —On Sunday evening , Feb . 6 th , Mr jCuffay in the chair , Mr E . Gill delivered a lecture on ' Justifiable and unjustifiable war , our national defences , < fco ; ' after which the following resolution was proposed and carried unanimously : — ' That it jb the opinion of

      this meeting that the cry of our' national defences ' ia g * t up with the view of first finding lucrative situations for the relatives of the already too-numeroua nnd useless aristocracy ; aad secondlyt to destroy the fraternal spiritnow developing itself throughout Europe , and ultimately to stay the march of liberty in our own country . This meeting is therefore of opinion that the onlj true defence of our country is to be found in the complete eafranohisementof the entire male population , and removing the ssrplus population from the overstocked cities and towns , to the labour field , where man will have eomething wottb . defending , and . if needs be , die in its defence . ' Thanks being given to the lecturer and chairman , the meeting waa dissolved .

      Warbih « ion . —On Tuesday eveniag week , a public meeting was held for the purpose of adopting the National Petition . Mr John Hart ; reave 3 was called to the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings , and oailed upon'Mr B . Dromgoole to read the petition praying for the enaotraent of the People ' s Charter . Mr William Lawrinson rose to move the adoption ol the fpetition , and , in a speech replete with sound sense and good argument , described , in their true colours , the present stale of society , and asked could it have been worse if the people had been in possession of the vote ; no , it could not have been so bad . Mr P . Young briefly seconded the motion . The

      ohairman then introduced Mr D . Donovan of Manchester , who in a lengthy and eloquent speech , supported tbe prayer of the petition , in the course of which he proved , in a very argumentative style , the right of the people to the possession of the Charter : showed the injustice and absurdity of the minority keeping the people in their present abject state of bondage , and asked how long would this be submitted to . Mr Donovan then explained at considerable length , the details of the Land Flan , the advantages of the Land and Labour Bank , and concluded amidst the plaudits of the meeting . After a vote of thanks to Mr Donovan and the chairman , the meeting separated ,

      Bristol—The Chartists meeting at NichoS fl coffee-rooms , Rosemary-street , have nominated the following members on the council : —Henry Fink , William Henry Hyatt , Felix Wiliiam Simion , Wm . Force , William Rooke , William Coombe , Robert Nieholls ; Charles Clark , secretary ; P . W . Higman , treasurer . Hbiwood . —Mr Thomas Tatiersall recently dalivered two lectures in this town to crowded audiences . The lectures were highly applauded . A subscription was commenced in support of Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament . Hanlb * and Shbltoh . —At a meeting of this branch it was resolved to send £ 3 . 5 s . 4 d . to the directors , in defence of Mr O'Cennor'a seat in Parliament . Southampton .--Mr J . Kemp recently deliveied a lecture at the Burton Ale House , Urchard-lane , on ' the baneful effects of class legislation . '

      Ha&tihgb . —A meeting was held at ihe house of Mr Mortimer Guy , 123 , All Saints-street , on Sunday , January 30 th , when a branch of the National Charter Association was formed . Glasgow . —Mr Robert Brough , No . 88 , Whito Vale , has been appointed agent for the O'Connor tartan . Ellahd . —Mr George Webber , ot Halifax , leoturedat this place on Sunday last , to a numerous and respectable audience , which gave general satisfaction . Halifax . —Mr James Leach , of' Manchester , lectured at thiB place on Sunday last . The Working Man ' s Hall was crowded to suffocation , and much enthusiasm evinced .

      Crotdon . —At the weekly meeting of this branch on Monday evening last , it was agreed : ' That as the democrats of Croydon fully recognise the principle that' All Men are Brethren , ' and earnestly de-Biring its practical realisation , protest against the wicked attempt now being made to embroil this country in a war with France ; and assure the people of that country , that they do not participate in the anti-Gallican mania of their rulers , and those rulers , that we regard a happy and contented people as the best National Defences . ' It was the expressed wish of the meeting that the most complete success raightattend trie efforts of the patriots of Sicily and Naples . The council of this town are actively preparing for a vigorous agitation of the Chartist principles , and entertain hopes of being able to obtain a large room for a succession of public meetings and lectures .

      Nbwcasile-opon-Tynk . —Mr J . West commenced bis mission here on Monday , January Slat , and was well received by a very large and attentive audience . Mr W . gave a very clear and lucid explanation of the People's Charter , and clearly proved to the satisfaction at tbe meeting , that the Chartists were the only real constitutional reformers of the present age . At the close of his address Mr M'Carthy , a teetotal lecturer of this town , attempted to force his party nostrums upon the attention of the meeting , but Air W . gave him such a dressing for his want of courtesy , that made hia cheek blanch ;

      and the meeting were decidedly of opinion that Mr M'C . ' s opposition was uncalled for , and vexatious in the extreme . Mr West again lectured on Tuesday evening , February 1 st , to a very attentive and in-Creased audience , and showed , the necessity of the whole people demanding the enactment of the People ' s Charter ; and also clearly showed the duty of every man signing the National Petition for that object ; and Mr W . ' s labours at these meetings will doubtless be the means of gaining us a vast amount of signatures to the National Petition , in this torrn and neighbours od .

      Mr West's Route for the next week . Monday , February 14 th , North Shields ; Tuesday , February 15 th , Sunderland ; Wednesday , February 16 th , Shiney Row ; Thursday , February 17 th , Esflingtonlane . All branches ot the National Charter Association in Northumberland and Durham , who wish to have the services of Mr J . West , to deliver lectures , are respectfully requested to correspond immediately with James JN'isbett , No . 10 , Gibson-street , Newcastle-upon-Tyae . Nbwca 8 H , eupon-Ty « b . — The members of this branch and others who are wishful to join the National Cooperative Benefit Society , are informed that a meeting for the entrance of membera will be held in the house of M . Jude , on Wednesday evening , February 16 th , at eight o'clock . Thecouncilof this branch of the National Charter Association are requested to meet in the house of M . Jude , on Sunday afternoon , February 13 th , at four o clock .

      Bbighton . —A general meeting of the Chartista and Land members waa held at the Artichoke Inn , on Tuesday evening , February , let . Mr Henry Yulet in the chair . On the proposition of Mr Williams , tseooudod by Mr Giles , thvee shillings were voted to the Executive . Mr John Page proposed , and Mr Harvey seconded . ;— ' That the Bum of £ 2 be sent to defend Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament , and tbat tbe subscription list remain open for further subscriptions ; ' which having been ably supported by Mr Flower , Mr Giles , and several others , was unanimously adopted . A vote of thanks waB awarded to the chairman , and the meeting separated .

      Oldham . —On Sunday last a splendid meeting took place in the large room of the Working Man ' s Hall , to hear an address on 'Emigration and Home Colonisation , ' by Ernest Jones , Esq . The large hall was well filled by a respectable audiunoe . In the course of his leoture he was frequently interrupted with bursts of applause . His " remarks and arguments brought with them " conviction toj the minds of bis auditory , and there is every probability it will have a good effeot in this locality . Votes of thanks were unanimously passed

      to tha lecturer and chairman , when the meeting separated highly delighted . —On Monday evening a public mooting took place in the above hall , for tiw purpose of petitioning Parliament to pass into law the document known as the People ' s Charter . Mr Thomas Lawlesa was called on to preside , who briefly opened the meeting by reading the placard , and ( hen called upon Mr Onwthcr , to move the first resolution , which was seconded by Mr White : — ' That we , the inhabitants of Oldham in public meeting asassembled , deeply deplore the misery and destitution

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      existing in the united kingdom . Wo are fully con . vinced that the monopoly of . political power by those who live on labour , to the exclusion of those who live by labour , is the true cause of such terrible effects . ' Moved by Mr T . Wild , and seconded by Mr Cooper . —• That this meeting Wiwing it lithe inherent right of every man of mature age , sane mind , and untainted with crime , to have a vote in electing the makers of the laws by which he is governed ; and fully agreeing with every principle contained in the document known as the People ' s Charter—we , therefore , pledge ourselves t * use all legal and Constitutional means to obtain ita speedy enactment . ' Ernest Jones , Esq ., was called upon to support it He spoke for one hour and a half in the most

      eloquent and masterly manner , and in the course of his address alluded to the democratic movement abroad , and the intended congress of nations at Brussels in September next , putting it to the meeting whether they would wish delegates to be sent by the ChartiBts of England , a proposition which was unanimously carried amid great enthusiasm . The National Petition W £ ) then moved by Mr Miller , and seconded by Mr Grimshaw , when it was unanimously adopted by tbe meeting , with three hearty rpunds of applause . It was then moved and seconded . — 'That Feargus O ' Connor , Esq ; , M . P ., be requested to present it in the House of Commons . ' A vote of thanks was

      passed to Ernest Jones , Esq , for his able address , and to the chairman for his impartial conduct in the chair , when the vast assemblage went sway highly satisfied . Norwich . —At tho quarterly meeting of the Chartists of this locality , on Saturday evening , February 5 th , the following resolution was moved by Miles Dabbage , and seconded by C . Springall : — 'Thftt £ 1 he taken from out funds , to aid and assist Mr O'Connor in defending Ma seat in Parliament , and that the collection be kept open to give time to all to come forward in rendering him that pecuniary assistance which will enable him to fight his foes with their own weapons . '

      Leeds . —Mr Brook delivered an address on Sunday evening to a numerous audience in the Bazaar , on ' the past and present position of the Chartist body . He reviewed the proceedings of the last ten years , and showed the bright prospects of the Chartists for the future . He pointed to the feelings of the people in different nations of Europe , and that tbe day was not far distant when Universal Suffrage would becarried , and ia other kingdoms benides England . At the conelusion , he made an earnest appeal for subscriptions towards defending Mr O'Connor ' s Beat in Parliament , and likewise in favour of procuring signatures to the National Petition . This waa answered by a collection

      forthwith , and books ordered to be issued for the different districts in ttio town ; and a new council was appointed , with instructions to attend to both questions immediately * Mr Harris was appointed chairman ; Mr Henry Thompson , treasurer ; and Air Bsook , secretary of the council . Rosshndale . — Mr A . Tomlinson lectured at the Swan , on the 1 st inst . on the' Charter and the Land , in connexion with the commercial prospects of the country . Mr Shackleton was ealled to the chair . It has seldom been our lot to hear a more eloquent address than was given by Mr Tomlinaon . A vote of thanks having been given to the chairman , the meeting separated .

      Metropolitan Dklboatb Committee . —Mr Turnor in the chair . Mr Lucas brought up a report from Somera Town , respecting Frost , Williams , aud Jones . Mr Clark proposed and Mr Lucas seconded — ' That a committee ef five persons be appointed to attend to their case . ' MesBre M'Grath , Clark , Shaw , Tapp , and Lucas were appointed . The committee adjourned to Thursday next for disso . Intion . The bow Delegate Committee will assemble on Thursday next , at No . Hi , High Holborn , at eight o ' clock . —Wm . Tapp , secretary .

      DR M'DOUALL'S . TOUR . TO TUB CBA&TISTB OS 6 BE . AT BBITAI 1 T . Friends , —Having been appointed as one of tha lecturers whose duties are to endeavour to meet the wants and wishes of thou&aads , who long once more to rally under the old flag , I present you with a report of my proceedings during | the pa 8 t week . I reached Glasgow on Sunday , 30 th , and having met with a few friends , I ascertained my route , and started for Paisley , on Monday the 8 th . I did not anticipate a very large meeting , but I was most

      agresably disappointed for the large room waa crammed to excess . The meeting when Collins and I were there , was nothing compared with the recent one in regard to number and enthusiasm . I made a lengthened speech which was well received , but as I never report myself , I may merely state that the coancil expressed their entire satis / action . The usual resolutions were passed , and the meeting separated , resolved to have another active agitation for the Charter , and canvass for supported signatures to tbe petition . I have doubt as to Paisley doing its dntp .

      My next place was Greenock : aubject the same , and the meeting enormous . I waa astonished at the number ofyouug men present , who must have been boys when the last great agitation was at its height . They will give the movement a vast supply of sew energy . Our old veteran , Burrell , was of couwe active , enthusiastic , and vigorous . The great remedy , the Charter and the Petition , formed prominent subjects , and were received with unanimous applause and approval . The second meeting , on the Land and Land and Labour Bank , was not so numerously attended , except by those most interested in receiving information as to the principle of action , basis , and mode of working .. The greatest interest was dis played in the Bank , and a . discussion arose as to its

      securities for deposits , Ac , which terminated in tbe adoption of a resolution , approving of the same , and declaring it to be , as far as the meeting knew , the safest bank in the three kingdoms . I proceeded thence to the Valoof Leven , where , although the weather was adverse , I addressed the largest meeting which has been held according to the authority of the committee , during the laBt seven years . The petition was adopted , and the , Charter , aa well aa resolutions carried adverse to a militia force . Mr Rogers contended that it would be better to come out for the pure principle , instead of adopting the humbugjeryof 'No vote , no musket ; ' but gave credit for the policy and tact of such a movement . I replied that the cry was no clap-trap , but a really sonnd and rational expression of principle .

      The idea of an invasion might ba clap-trap , but the fact of a government compelling a man to perform a duty , whilst denyiagjhim the exercise of a right was a physical wrong , which ought to be morally resisted . That right was the suffrage , and until it was granted , we were justified in refusing to form a rampart around the property and persons of our oppressors . Ultimately all opposition was withdrawn , and the meeting terminated peacefully . The influence of such & meeting will be felt in the Vale , and ought not to be allowed to slumber . Scotland will exceed herself if a constant agitatioa ia maintained , and I haveg no doubt , if I am followed by otter ? , tbat a larger number of [ signatures , will be procured than ever yet were recorded in the' land of mountain and of flood . '

      I will continue to report progress ; and I hope the future may be as cheering evidence of revival . I am rejoiced to gee the demonstrations in England , and I sincerely hope all differences will cease , all jealousies be buried , and all past animosity be forgotten and forgiven . I am prepared for one to enter manfully on my duty , and , as O'Connor said , ' buckle an my Chartist armour again , ' although , God knows , I ought to be at my own profession . I have sacrificed much valuable time , and feel keenly the frequent and long separation from my family . Still I never yet shrunk back on any consideration , and 1 shall not do so now . I will try the metal of the people once more , in a peaceful but powerful agitation . If they make a response worthy ofthemselvs , I shall

      feel my reward , if not , I can but then seek the quiet duties of my profession . We shall see what the ides of March , and the Conference of May will produce . As a proof of my sincerity , I condemned two bad habits , and threw my pipo into the fire ^ first , and finally I have sent the glass after it . I did not do so to please Teetotalers , for I consider there is a great deal of humbug , muoh arrogance , and an incredible amount of tyranny , spying , and impertinence about teetotalism . I did not do so on pecuniary grounds , because temperance houses are as dear , if not more expensive , than public houses . I did not do so because 1 imagined I was a bad Chartist , and no 0116 could be a geod one who was not an abstainer . On the other hand there are publicans

      whom I respsct , and know to be not only excellent men , but thorough Chartists , and thousands who drink , who are in every respect sound as truth , A man might as well ba a bad Christian , who drank sacrament wine to purify his soul ; the clergymen worse , YTho finhb . the fragments atthe after-saorament dinner ; and the founder of Christianity worse than all , because he converted water | icto wine , that served at table being bad . I adopted the eourse 1 have done because I felt , and have long felt , that muoh valuable time , which might have been better employed , was idly Bpent . But wo often see an error before we remove it , and although neither argument nor interest prevailed with me , a sense of duty did . I felt that I was called upon , and expected to take an active part in the present movement that is heaving amongst tbe masses like the swell of the ocean . I

      removed the clog from ray foot , and prepared myself to perform that duty with perfect freedom . I can now direct the full energy of mind to the cause , and devote my whole time to its advocacy . Time and some little talent may do good , if the former is well employed , and the latter well-directed . They are both , my old friends , at your disposal , and you are heartily welcome to them . I shall go on in fraternity with all who are with us , and 1 most sincerely trust that our combined efforts may not only gladden the hearts of thousands , but eventuate in the emancipation of millions . God speed the Charter ! YourB faithfully , P . M . M'Douail . Waulby —Mr Clayton will lecture at this pl » ca , on Sunday , February 13 th , at six o ' clock in tho evening .

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      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . " ^ ,, £ /? HILD 0 N ' ~ A 8 ubBOriPtion for the defence of Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament has been Son ? mencedatthi 8 Plaoe .-Mr John West will leotn * U M ^ r , ^ Cli 88 ett wili lecture i" the Work ing Man ' s Hall , 'on Sunday ( tc-morrow ) , at half-put two in the afternoon . v B Hamfax .-A special district delegate meeting wjji be held , n the Working Man ' s Hall , On Sunday ? Feb 13 th at ten o ' clock a . m . when those places which Si M * ts : r ™ of Mr Leach - « W « wtS QoBB » SHEAB .--Mr Shackleton will lecture at this place , onJSunday , Feb . 13 th , at six o ' clock in the oveninft . ' ' - ' ^^^^^^^^*

      Bury . —A public meeting will be held in the Courtroom , behind the Albion Hotel , Ager-street on Thursday evening , Feb . 17 th , for the purpose or adopting the National Petition , when Mefsrs ; Leach and DonoTan of Manchester , will address the njeet ing . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock . South London Charts Hall Mr O'Brien trill lecture in the above hall , on Sunday evening next Feb , 13 tb , at eight o'clock . Subject :- ' The pro ceedings in Parliament , and current events . ' Mr OBrien will commence a coureo of lectures on the French Revolution , ' in the above hall , on Mondav % BS ££ ^«^ " ^* m

      RocnnALH .-The Chartists and Confederates Of this town will mtet in the Chartist-room , Yorkshire rtreet . on Sunday , the 13 th . « A Manchester ut chanio and MrTraynorare expeoted to address the meetjng . Chalr to be taken at six o ' clock in th « evening . He NoiriMOHAM .-There will be a Free-and-easy at Mr Addcock ' s , the Marquis of Anglesey , St JanW street , of the admirers of Mr O'Conn or . Chair to * be taken at half-paat seven o ' clock , on Saturdav evening , February 12 th . 7

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      ( From tbe Qaeelte of Tuesday , Feb . 8 . ) BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . Feb . 2 . H . Leatham , Liverpool , slater . BANKRUPTS . Edivard Thomas Andrews , Southampton , ironmong « r —Samuel Bardsley , Manchester , agent—Thomas Bate , Birmingham , batter-William Farmer , Great Suttonstreet . Clerkeawcll , engineer—John Frayne , North Molton , Devonshire , draper—Richard Fuller , Cambridge innkeeper—Thomas Sharp Hall , Milford , Hampshire Drawer— Francis George Klingelhoefer , Old Broad ! street , City , merchant—William Lodge , Birmingham stonemason-Thomas Maraden aad William Marsden Manchester , wharfingers—Thomas Morris , Maida-hiU Middlesex , dealer—Joseph Notting , Peole , Dorsetshire , currier-Robert Pavker , Ladgate-blll . woollen draper-Samuel Stephenson Pollard , Cross-street , Islington grocer—Thomas Charles Stanbvough , Bernera-street Oxford-street , wine merchant .

      SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . Lairrsnce Adamson and William Adamson , Perth , merchants—Archibald Alison , Glasgow and Montreal-Robert Binnie , Grahamston , Palliirk , merchant—David Brash , Leith , grocer—Aaurew Duncan , Tow , Zetland , formerly sheriff-substituto of Shetland — Alexander M'Phail aud Angus M'l'hail , Glasgow , power-loom cloth raanufacturers-Kichard Rennie , Edinburgh bunker-John Sinclair and Wliliam Sinclair , ' Edinburgh , commission agents—John Shanks , Glasgow , commission merchant—Thomas Smith , Edinburgh , cabinet makar—R . Stauder , Auchterhardor , manufacturer—Robert Watson , Locbgil phead , Argyleshire , rope manufacturer .

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      DEATH . On Monday evening last , al ' tsr a short illness of about five dajs , John Green , meclianic , of Greeu . street , Keighlsy , a veteran Chartist , who has purchased the Star paper on his own account from its commencement , and has taken an active part in erery Chartist meeting for tua last twelve years . ' His loss as a musician , will be severely felt by the Chartists of Keighlcy , in their Sunday school and othev meetings ; and as a consistent and thorough going democrat , and an honest , upright , and industrious working man , he has left behiu'l bim no superiors , and few equals .

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      CORN EXCHANGE . Monday . —During last week the arrivals of all kinds of grain of home produce , coastwise , " as well as bj Jandear riage and sample , were on a very limited scale . From Ireland and Scotland the receipts were confined to a feyy parcels of oats . The foreign importations comprised only 2 , 555 qro . of wheat ; 100 ditto of oats ; 100 ditto of Indian corn ; and 100 barrels of flour—the latter from New York . The receiptsof vvbeat , fresh up to day from Essex were mederately good ; tbose from Kent , Cambridgeshire ' , CuC gmall . The number of land carriage samples was by no means heary . f he actual supyly of foreign wheat on the market wgg not large , and the Bulk of it was greatl y out of condition Selected parcels mostly sold at full currencies , but all other kinds commanded very little attention . Beans were a slow sale , and the turn lower . mSH Peas moved off heavily at a reduction in value offuUy 2 s per qr . The best parcels of flour was in steady request . Coun » try markets were neglected . Indian corn and meal were very dulU

      Bbiiibh . —wheat : h . ent , Essex , and Suffolk , old red 508 to 54 s , new red 45 s to 52 a , old white 55 s to 58 s , new white 48 s to 56 s , Norfolk and Lincoln , old red , 45 s to 48 s old white , 48 s to 52 . —Rye 32 s to 35 s . —Barley : grinding ' 27 s to 31 s , distilling , 27 s to 31 s , malting , 32 a to 33 s Chevalier 33 s to 35 s—Malt : Brown He to 62 s , pale S 6 i t « 58 s , Suffolk and Norfolk fits to 58 a , new pale Ware 58 * to 69 s , old—s to—s , Chevalier 69 a to Cos . —Beans : Tick 34 s to 60 s , pigeon 35 s to 49 s , Harrow new 38 s to 42 i old 45 s to 65 s . —Peas : white 48 s to 46 s , grey and maple 42 s'to 45 s . —Oats : English feed 20 s to 22 s , Poland 21 s to 28 s , Scotch feed 24 s to 26 s ,. —Potato 27 s to 29 s . Irish : limerick and Newiy 22 s to 25 s , CorJc and Youghal 16 s to 20 s , Cork white —a to —s per qr . —Flour : Town made 43 s to 48 s , Essex and Kent 37 s to 41 s , Norfolk and Stockton 36 s to 40 s , Suffolk —s to —s per 2801 bs . Foreign . —Free Wheat : Dantzic and Konigsburg £ 2 i to 96 s , Mecklenburg 48 s to 52 s , Russian 42 s to 60 s . — BarieJ ! grinding 94 s to 28 s , malting 29 s to 3 ls . —Beane , Egyptian 28 s to 3 < i , Mediterranean — b to —s . —Peas : White 40 s to 43 s Oats : Russian lGs to 19 s , Mecklen . burg 20 s to 25 s per qr . —American flour 24 s to 28 s per 191 bs .

      Newla « tle-upow-Ttne , Saturday , Feb . 5 . The weather , this week , hag undergone a total ehanja ; since Tuesday it has baen extremely mild , with occasional falls of rain . The trade , during the week , has exhibited rather more firmness , a fair business having been done in wheat , flour , and other articles , at about previous rates . manchesteb , Saturday , Feb . S . —Business here during the week has been restricted to the retail sales for tie supply of current consumption ; and at Liverpool and Wakefield yesterday , but little « ras done . IUnohebteb , Saturday , Feb . 5 . —Meal , 28 s to 29 s flour , 32 s to 34 s per 2 l 61 bs . Ljedb , Tuesday , Feb . s . —Our arrival of grain are not large , yet quite adequate to the demand . Wheat slow ssle , and barely brings Friday's rates . Barlej does not alter . Oats , shelling , and beans steady iu prices . Other articles as before .

      Hdll , Tuesday , Feb . 8 . —The frost , which we notited in our last circular as having returned on the Monday evening , was of verj snort eootlnuance ; a decided thaw Bet in . on Wednesday , and continues to tha present time . The same appears to have been quite ge « ernl , and attention is now directed to a speedy resumption of busine 6 « with the near ports , where from the last accounts , winter appeared to be leaving .

      SUITHPIELD . Since this day se'nnight , the arrivals of live stock from abroad in the port of London hare been on a very limited scale , or asunder : — ; From Whence . Beasts . Shp . lbs . Cal . Pics . Nieu Dieppa < 9 19 — 23 Seheveningea 83 248 — lo

      Total 132 298 — 23 — Scarcely any stock haB been received from the continent at the northern outports ; but we learn that , should the weather prove favourable , the importations will be large within a few weeks from this time . The numbers of sheep were smaller than wa ever remember at this period of the year ; hence the mutton trad « was active at a rise in value of from 2 d to , in somo instances , 4 d per Slbs , and the whole was disposed of without difficulty . A few of the primest o ! d downs produced 5 s 4 d , but the more general top quotation for them was 6 s 2 d per 8 Ibs . Calves were in short 6 upply and steady request at 3 d per 8 fl ) s more money . The pork trade was inactive , yet prices were noil snp . ported .

      Coarse and inferior beasts 3 s 4 d to 3 s 63 , second quality do 3 b 8 d to 3 s lOd , prime large oxen 4 s to 4 s 4 d , primo Scots , &c ., 4 s 6 d to 4 s 8 d , coarse and inferior sheep 3 s 6 d to 3 s lOd , second quality do 4 s 2 dto 4 s 6 d , prime coarse woolled sheep 4 s Sd to 5 s , prime southdown do 59 to 5 s 2 d , large coarse calves 4 s Id to Ss , prime small do Be 21 to 5 s 6 d , large hogs 4 s to 4 . 8 6 d , neat small porkers 4 s 8 d to 5 sper 82 > s tj sink the offal ; suckling calves 2 « s to 29 « , and old quarter store pigs 19 s to 26 b each . Beasts 3 , 069 , sheep 14 , 670 , calves 89 , pigs 210 . NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL , The arrivals of country-killed meat for these markets , since our last report , have been on a fair average scale , and of average quality . The supplies on affer this morning , slaughtered in the metropolis , were truly good , A » the weather operated against large purchases , the demand of most kinds of meat was in a sluggish State , at our quotations . Inferiorbeef 38 2 d to 3 s 4 d . Middling ditto 3 s 4 d to 8 » 6 d , prime large ditto 3 s fid to 3 g 8 d , prime small ditto 3 a lsdt « is 2 d , inferior mutton 3 s 4 d to 3 s 6 d , middling ditto 3 s 8 d to 4 s f d , prime ditto 4 e 2 d to 4 s 4 d , vaal 4 s 2 d t « 5 s id , small pork * s 8 d to 5 a 2 d , per fttos by the carcase ,

      BOROUGH AND SPlTALflELDS . Any further advance in prices has been checked by somewhat large arrivals of potatoes coastwise aad by railway . Prime samples are in good request at fully last week ' s quotations , but all other qualities are a slow sale . Ware parcels are becoming Yery scarce . York regents , 130 to 160 a ; Scotch cups , 130 s to HOs ; Kent and Essex regents , 120 s to 160 s ; do kidneys , 140 s to 170 s do shaws , 110 s to 140 s ; do blues , 120 s to HOs ; Wisbech regents , 120 s to 130 b ; oo blues , HOs to 110 s . LrvEBPooL , Monday , Feb . 7 . —The supply of fat beasts today was larger than last week , with batter quality than of late . The eheep were Bcarce , an * sold very hwh . Beasts , from ( Sd . to CJd ; ' sheep , 7 Jd to 8 d per lb

      Printeo By Dov'gal M'Gowan , Of 16. Great Winiiniik-

      Printeo by DOV'GAL M'GOWAN , of 16 . Great WiniiniiK-

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 12, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1457/page/8/