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      favour of the working classes . The people of this c ountry , he observed , had no animosity against the aristocracy , \ rtrich , on tlic contrary , had a strong liold uptra ' tUcir opinions and affections . The aristocracy of to-day was the democracy of fifty years ' a « ro , and lie lamented that , upon such a subject aa tfus , 3 Ur . Brig ht and his party exhibited a narrowness of mind . He then showed that , in addition to measures of great public utility passed by the reformed Parliament , a large amount of taxation lad been taken off , which pressed mainly upon the working classes . "With regard to the gist of the motion to admit every male of full age to a vote , he frankly avowed that he objected to the proposition , because , although lie gave credit to the great bulk and

      of the working classes for virtue and integrity , believed that the sufirage might from time to tune te enlarged , he thought at present they would be liable to be misled bv artful and designing demagogues , and a House so formed would not conduce XO the welfare or good government of the ¦ *»« " ££ His lordship thus concluded : ^ ^ A ^ Tto SJtSZSSiSS'S ^^ ' ^ SSsis s ^ tKHS » JW ^ = S « S opposite pole , the empire of Russm , where the law is fix ed by the sole will of the monarch , but where order is preserved and general security for life and

      property afforded under the strict means adopted ty the supreme authority ; the third is the constitutional monarchy of Great Britain —( cheers)—and , so far as I can see , the people of this country are as much attached to the constitutional monarchy as the people of any country have ever been attached to the constitution of their own state . My belief is , that it is the form of government suited to this people . My belief is , that not a balance of forces , but a combination of powers brought about by monarchy , aristocracy , and democracy acting together , produces as much of liberty and happiness , as < reat a development of talent , as great encouragement in the practice of religious and moral duties , as anv constitution the world ever exhibited has

      produced . My belief is , that if you adopted the scheme of the * hon . member for Montrose , as it is explained by the hon . member for Manchester ( Mr . Bright ) , you would risk all these blessiugs . ( Cheers . ) I do not think that you , the House of Commons , chosen by Universal Suffrage , in eqpl or nearly equal districts , would long have peace in this House ; and , if you had peace in this House by anover-¦ whelming majority carrying measures of a democratic nature , you could not keep harmony with the other two powers of the state . In framing and proposing the Reform Hill , as I stated at the commencement , whatwewished was toadapttherepresenfcition of this House to the other powers of the state , and keep it in barniony with tho constitution . That

      object , I think , after seventeen years' trial , we have attained . We have obtained a gradual progress of measures of reform without convulsion , without iear , or risk of bloodshed . If you "o on in the same course other measures will he adopted by Parliament , other measures which , being in harmony with the opinions of the people , will pass into law in a constitutional manner , and without nterruption to that constitution . I pray you , . therefore , in the same of that constitution , not to adopt the measure sow before the House , but to give it a decided negative . I believe you will be consulting the interests , and I am firmly convinced you will be consulting the wishes and opinions of the people . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Osborxe thought it could not have escaped

      the observation of the House and would not of the people , that the opposition to the motion had come , wita one exception , not from the hereditary enemies of reform on the other side , but from the gentlemen who now occupied the Treasury bench . They lad c'imled into power on the credit of what had been done by the lion , member for JUontrose and those who had been stigmatised as men of narrow and confined minds . It was time that those who expressed so narrow and confined ideas should be thrown over by those whom they stigmatised . The most remarkable speech uf the evening was that made from the vicinity of the red box by the hon . member for Cambridge . His whole argument was drawn , like a specialjeonstable ' s , from the 20 th of April . The hon . and classical member , when he referred to Aristotle , forgot that Aristotle had been persecuted by the Conservatives of his day for his

      new doctrines . The hon . member's speech would have been more appropriate on the Miscellaneous Estimates . With respect to the speech of the Secretary for the Home Department , there had , since the days of Julian the Apostate —( laughter)—been no such conversion recorded in history . It was true , he said , that in 1312 he had voted for the Ballot , but he had been converted the other day by the argument of the lion , member for Oldliani 2 Julian the Apostate had assumed the garb of a monk at first , but when he reached the Imperial throne—• when he took his place on the Treasury bench of bis day , he voted against Christianity . The speech of the noble lord was a melancholy failure , lie appealed to the Conservative fears of the old women . 3 fot content with referring to the state of foreign countries , he brought in the subject of the Xaiional Debt . In the book on the English constitution—that curious hook wherein he said the

      constitution to which he now appealed had never been fixed—he stated that the national debt had been the great cause of the taxation of the country ; and , therefore that if despotism were to be established in England it must begin by destroying the national debt , the people , possibly , being willing to part with their liberties in exchange " lor a diminished pressure of taxation . How did such views tally with those now expressed by the noble lord ? The attempt to terrify those sensitive persons the iundholders was a weak invention of tho enemy . The Whig party were notoriously more aristocratic at all times , more anti-liberal in reality than those who avowedly opposed liberal principles . In the words of Swift , they "Porget the dunghill wnere they grew , And think themselves the Lord knows who . " ( A laugh ) The noble lord said—and the right hon . member for Tamworth cheered him at the

      timethat half the capitals of Europe were in a state of siege . Was the noble lord so satisfied with respect to his own government , was he so confident that he could point to Ireland and say that at present it was not in a state of siege ? The Habeas Corpus Act was suspended ; the Alien Act had been renewed ; and at tills moment there were actually more soldiers in Ireland than voters . "Was it not notorious that four prosecutions had been instituted against one newspaper , and that the Attorney-General could not possibly get a conviction against Mr . Duffy ? The more any plan was pressed the more did the noble lord recede . He would propose none of his own , and'therefore hon . members were obliged to vote for the plan of the hon . member for Montrose . If he ( Mr . Osborne ) mi < rht offer any advice to those men of Barrow and contracted minds , the Free

      Traders , it would be that they should make a stand , separate themselves from that party which had proved it ; e ' . f an incubus on the country , and ta \ e the position which their talents would command . Tlie noble lord would be left to declaim to empty benches while tiey were carried into power on the shoulders of the people . ( Cries of " Divide . " ) Mr . P . Wood Eaid , they ought-to pay some attention to the present subject , which was a most important one , and excited considerable attention amongst a large portion of the people . ( Hear . ) "Whether they had got four or five millions presenting petitions or not on this subject , they could not ignore their existence . ( Hear . ) Hedid not meanto say tfcat this ones tioE excited in tenseinterestamonjrst

      every one of these four or five millions ; but he inew—and they had formidable proof of it—that many hundreds of thousands had feelings far too sensitive not to feel iheir inferior condition , and minds far too acute to take impatience or a sneer for argument . ( Cheers . ) It was most remarkable that none of those who -spoke against the motion of Ms hen . friend had grappled with his arguments . ( Hear , hear . ) The argument used by the right hon . baronet ( Sir 6 . Grey ) and-others -was this , that the motion of bis hon . friend was identical with the six points of the Charter , whereas the fact was that they were net only not identical , but were directly and diametrically opposed , and it was that difference which led him < £ & support therfxae , and to oppose the

      other . ( Hear , hear . ) Tne Boble lord did not take precisely the same line , but he pursued a similar course , for he took some particular passages in the speech of his hou . iHend the meiabsrfor Manchester , and so distorted -them that he nsade it appear that the object of his fcon . friend and « f £ he hon . member for Nottingham teas Ms same . The language attributed by the noble Jord to his hon . ifrjend was that " he had no respeet for the constita&ien . " But the words of his hon . friend .-srere that- he had no respect for such a constitution as ^ ould not paaeeed without the aid of force and yiolenee . The tso statements were , therefore , entirely . different . ( Sear , hear . ) At one time complaints were made that petitions were not presented ; atanojher , that petitions were presented ; and that their presentation was the result of agnation . 2 fow , he was not an agitator . He differed from the hon . member for Manchester

      as to the sgeessity of adopting agitation , except Buch as each njan mi g ht legitimately and constitutionally exercise in his own immediata locality ; bnt * ? ^ l a PP « of itinerant agitatujn . Still , the Whig government oflate years had done all they could to convert him upon this subject , for it was the poli&cal unions which had earned the Keform iMll . lie always believed the agitation in Ireland ^ Krl ^ cmev . ° « vand yet it wastbat agitation which had earned Roman Catholic Emancipation S * a * % Sh r re L ^ erable for agitation wno had passed ^ &thoIic ^ Emancipatum and other measures awwedljr on ttegtouni of the action which was going onin different parts of the country ( Hear ) Were questions of the present kind to be kept back by telling the people at one time that they were reasonable and at another that they were violent ? B 3 believed that the present was a most opportune

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      moment for settling the question of parliamentary reform . At a time of peace and quiet at home , and when demonstrations had been afforded « the fidelity and loyalty of the great masses of ^ thei peo" M ple ; <« nnt was the time to interpose , andI not-when there were lowering clouds abroad j ! & Mm knewnofc how soon those clouds would ^ uist . inere S ^^^ lttM S

      best moment for doing ; so . would haveM > eei immediately after the demonstration on the 10 th of April but the next best time was now , because one of the strongest reasons for bringing forward a measure of the kind was furnished by the tranquillity of this country compared with that of Trance . Why were we tranquil ? Should we have been tranquil in February last , if we had not passed the Reform Bill ? Should we have been tranquil if the corn laws had not been repealed ? ( Hear , and cheers . ) But were there still no dangers ? Were there no large classes of disaffected persons in the country ? JS ay , more—were there not some ranged on the side of order last February and March who sympathised with the disbelieved there

      affected ? There were . He were hundreds of workmen , employed not far from that House , who declared at that time that they would protect property , but that they would not be sworn hi as special constables—that they would not act against their class . ( Hear , 'hear , ) This was a formidablefact . One gentleman had brought 500 men , friends of order , who declared that the people were of their class , and that though they would not join them , they would not move against them . He wished the House to take these things seriously to heart . He desired , by supporting the present motion , to diminish the influence of the hon . member for Nottingham over the masses , because he did not think that influence beneficial ; and the way to do that was to admit these masses to the enjoyment of constitutional privileges , not for the purpose of over-awing parliament , but simply

      for the purpose of enabling them to take their proper place as constituent members of society . ( Loud cheers . ) The fact that there were no petitions this year in favour of parliamentary reform was , in his opinion , a dangerous symptom . It showed that the people took no interest in the proceedings of the House , and that danger might arise if present evils remained unredressed . There was not the slightest ground for supposing that if the institutions of tho country were permitted to expand freely , in order to meet growing emergencies , and to enable a large portion of the people to enjoy then ? political rights , any danger was to be apprehended . The House having divided , the motion was negatived by 268 against 82 . The otherorders were disposed of , and the House adjourned at half-past twelve o ' clock .

      WEDNESDAY , Juse 6 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Insolvent and Baskkwpt Membebs Bin . —Mr . Moffatt moved the second reading of the Bankrupt and Insolvent Members Bill . —Mr . Mackinnojj supported the motion . —Sir W . Clat . moved , and Mr . Bernal seconded , that the bill be ' read a second time that day six months . After some discussion , the House divided , and the numbers were —For the amendment , 45 ; against it , 55 ; majority against , 10 . The bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed on Wednesday next .

      Affirmation Bill—The debate on the third reading of this bill was resumed by Mr . Law . On a division being made , a majority of twenty-two were for the third reading . The bill was read a third time . On the motion that the bill do pass , Mr . Latv persisted in again dividing the House . The numbers were—For the motion , Y 7 ; against it , 73 ; majority for , 4 . The announcement was received with loud cheers . Mr . Aglionbt tlien moved the second reading of the Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill . After some discussion the House divided , when there was a majority of twenty-five in favour of the second reading . The bill was read accordingly . , ,

      Mr . MacKinnon then moved the second reading of the Smoke Prohibition Bill . —Mr . Williams moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months . —A brief conversation ensued , after which the House divided , and the numbers were—For the amendment , ' 37 ; against it , 72 ; majority against , 35 . The biil was then read a second time . Yestilation of Minkb . —Mr . Aglioxby , in the absence of Mr . Thomas Duncombe , obtained leave to introduce a bill to provide for the better ventilation of mines and collieries , for the protection of the lives of the persons employed in and abont the same , and to make other provisions relating thereto . The House adjourned a few minutes before six o ' clock .

      ( From our Second Edition of last week . ) THURSDAY , May 31 . The House then went into Committee of Supply ; the votes being those for civil contingencies . On the first vote being proposed , Mi . B . Osborxe drew attention to the excessive amounts that were granted for miscellaneous estimates . Altogether they amounted , to about £ 3 , 000 , 000 , but as compared with the grants of 1843 there was a reduction of ' £ 20 , 000 , though upon the grants of 1847 there was an increase of £ 5 , 1 ) 00 . . The first item was for special missions , foreign and colonial ; a sum of £ 600 was put down as expenses incurred in settling the terms of the American boundary question ; a similar vote wa 3

      proposed every year , and altogether there had been expended by the Commission ho less than £ 29 , 000 , and he wished to know how long that vote as to be continued . There was another charge of £ 2 , 000 for the expense of Lord Minto ' s mission ; last year there was a similar charge of £ 2 , 000 , and he wished to ask whether it was to be continued , and what was the total amount that had been paid . The next item was £ 595 , for the expedition of Colonel Wilde to Portugal , but there was a vote last year for £ 15 , 000 , and the year before ( he believed ) there was another vote . The expenses of passagesfor bishops was only £ 166 ; that , he thought , was a matter of great congratulation , for last year it amounted to £ 1 , 209 . There was au item of £ 1 , 1000 , for Mr . Seutheron ' s expedition to Buenos Ayres ; and Item of £ 100 to the new President of Liberia . Now , he was not a sufficient geographer to know where Liberia was . ( Laughter . ) On looking to the map he

      could not find it , and if he had not seen it in the votes he should not have known that such a place existed , or that we had there established a Republic . ( Laughter . ) Then there was an item of £ 445 for triennial trumpets ; and it wasa curious fact , that though the trum pets were triennial the votes were annual . ( Laughter . ) There was also £ 500 for the travelling expenses of the King of the Belgians ; it Vfaa a bad principle that any royal person or any private gentleman should call upon the people of this country , or the Commons , to pay such travelling expenses . There was £ 580 for thanksgiving for the famine . Then there was a larger sum for the Sultan of Johanno . "Who was tne Sultan of Johanno ? They might poke in any body for £ 1 , 000 . ( Laughter . ) Colonel Sibthorp had always observed a very thin attendance whenever a money vote was under discussion .

      A brief conversation ensued , during which Mr . Gladstone took exception to the item for the expenses of the commission appointed to inquire into the constitution and management of the Mint . He thought that tho Master of tho Mint could have instituted and conducted that inquiry himself , and thus have saved a considerable expense to the country . . Mr . Sdeil justified the course which had beep taken in the appointment of the commission . If it had entailed an expense a little upwards of £ 2 , 000 , it had recommended a yearly saving to a much greater ameunt . He strongly urged upon the government the adoption of the recommendation of the commission , as a saving of not less than £ 15 , 000 a year would thereby be effected . Some further conversation took place , embracing a great variety of topics , after which the votes were agreed to , the House resumed , and the Chairman reported . The Defects is Leases Bill then went through

      committee . The Passengers Bill then went through committee , and was reported , with some verbal amendments , to the House . . The Police of Towns ( ScoiLAsn ) Bill was next committed , some of its clauses being agreed to and others postponed for recommittal . The Clergt . Relief Bill was "then committed , afier which it was reported , with some amendments , to the House , . . the other business wasdisposed of , and the House adjourned at a quarter past nine . ( From our Third Edition ofltut viedc . ) FRIDAY , Jwnb 1 .

      HOUSE OF COM 3 ! OXS . — Alleged Caste op Cannibalism in Irelasd . —Lord John Russell then referred to a statement which had been alluded to before the recess by Mr . H . Herbert , to the effect that a dead body , which bad been cast ashore in Sligo , had . been devoured by the starving people . The revolting rumour , he was happy to say , was entirely without foundation . It arose out of aii incident which had occurred last November , 6 f which it wasnot only an exaggeration but a perversion . The noble lord then gave notice that on Friday , June 15 , the Chancellor of the Exchequer would lay &efore the House his general financial statement for the year . . j

      Committee of Supply . —The House then went into committee of supply on the miscellaneous ( civil services ) estimates . - p a one of the votes for the salaries of the principal officers of state being put , - l -

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      Mr . Henley moved an amendment , to the effect that the salaries of the chief officers of the . Treasury be reduced by ten per cent ' . He would ' begin with the Treasury , in order to establish the principle of reduction . He thought , considering that the price of articles of consumption had fallen , and that the amount of profits generally had decreased , such a reduction should be effected as he now proposed . Colonel TnoMrso ?? said that when something like a national jubilee was taking place because people had now to pay less for the articles they consumed than they used to do , he could not see why her Majesty ' s servants should be obliged to give up their chance of participation in the benefit of cheaper prices ; and , therefore , he could not support the hon . member for Oxford ' s motion .

      Mr . F . O'Coxson would ask what the people out of doors would say , when they saw that those who , like the honourable and gallant gentleman who , last spoke , were most enthusiastic on the public platform as financial reformers , were the first in that house to object to beg in retrenchment by cutting down the salaries of her Majesty ' s Ministers ? In his ( Mi-. O'Connor ' s ) opinion her Majesty ' s Ministers were the fittest cases to commence the system with ; and he should vote with all his heart with the honourable member for Oxford , to whom he felt bound to pay this just tribute of commendation that the working-classes of this country had not a better or more sincere friend iu that House , or one whose measures generally , if carried out , would tend more to their benefit . Some further conversation ensued upon this amendment , after which the committee divided , and the amendment was rejected by a vote of 84 to 33 .

      The votes which , after this , elicited tho liveliest discussions , were those for the government of Labuan , for the Mixed Commission Courts , and for Consular Establishments abroad . Several other votes were agreed to , after which , on the motion of Mr . J . B . Smith , the Chairman reported progress , and asked leave for the committee to sit again . The other business was disposed of , and the House adjourned .

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      mm THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES .

      This Association , which amidst the ivreck of so many unions , whereby tho working classes have endeavoured , but up to this period in vain , to protect themselves from the oppressive influences of ill-regulated capital , still exists , and it appears is yet destined to lead the way to that extended confederation of Labour which has now become an imperative national necessity , as the only means by which Capital can be kept within reasonable and legitimate limits , has just finished its fifth

      annual Conference , a report of which will be found in another part of our paper . It will be seen by the judicious Report issued by the Central Committee , that having weathered the difficulties and obstructions of the late commercial panic , there are the strongest symptoms of a healthy , and it is to be hoped permanent , improvement in its position . Already have several large sections of the working classes either rejoined the movement , or signified their intention of doing so at an early period .

      The alterations suggested in the laws by the Central Committee were all adopted by the Conference , which , throughout the proceedings manifested the most undimmished confidence in their Executive , to whose steady perseverance through a protracted series of difficulties they attributed the existence of the movement . ¦ But the most encouraging and important feature in the proceedings is unquestionably the excellent letter of its popular and patriotic

      President , Mr . DuJsrcoaiBE , so redolent of hope and confidence , and which ought to inspire similar feelings in those whose interests that honourable gentleman has given such repeated proofs of a desire to promote . Mr . Duncombe fully recognises the principle of an extensive confederation of Labour , as being a necessity of paramount importance ; and we think his opinions and advice are deserving of the serious consideration of the industrious classes , and should stimulate them to immediate action .

      The Central Committee are , we understand , determined to proceed with redoubled vigour in their endeavours to realise the results anticipated by the founders of the movement . The almost uniform success which has attended their efforts when engaged in the settlement of disputes , negociating between master and workman , speaks powerfully in favour of the soundness of the principles of the Association , and the temperate and judicious manner in which they have been carried out .

      It is deeply to be lamented that many of the plans proposed for improving the condition of the working classes fail to realise the anticipated results , in consequence of the fickleness or apathy of these classes themselves . "We believe that an attentive examination of the proceedings of this Association , since its commencement , will show a greater number of important victories for the trades , at an infinitely smaller cost than can be shown to have been achieved by any other association in the history of this country . It is difficult , therefore , to see why its Executive should have been left to

      face so many difficulties . The trades may depend upon it , that the old proverb of " A roll ing stone gathers no moss , " is peculiarly applicable to the measures intended to promote their permanent interests . Those who have heretofore acted in concert with the Association should consider seriously the necessity for resuming that connexion , while the present fitful burst of commercial prosperity exists ; and those who have held aloof from it should ask themselves seriously , what other organisation offers similar means of attaining the object aimed at . All

      reflecting men in every station have come to the conclusion , that mere local unions are inadequate to effect these objects—and that in future their efforts , to be efficient , must be national . This Association originated in this feeling , and its machinery was carefully constructed by experienced persons with that view . It has now been perfected by successive conferences of experienced practical working men , connected with the leading branches of industry hi Great Britain , and may , therefore , be fairly assumed to be as perfect an organisation as ever was constructed for the purpose in

      view . Its great value , as we understand it , consists in the full and free developement it allows to local action , and the simplicity by which the combined energies of the whole of the trades are concentrated . The mere fact that it has weathered the storms which have proved fatal to so many other societies , says much in its favour . The smallness of the contributions , in proportion to the benefits it confers , is another argument ; and last , not least , the immense advantages which the Association possesses in the unreserved and continuous

      exertions of its President ( Mi . Duncojibe ) , when the blessing of health shall have been fully restored to that gentleman , and he shall be enabled again to devote that attention to its affairs , and its advocacy , ( either in or out of Parliament ) , he formerly did , cannot fail to elevate the Association into a position &om whence it can nationally and effectuall y improve the condition of the working classes , and at the same time secure the respect , or neutralise the opposition , of every other class in the community .

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      The delegates representing the trades connected with this Association held their annual conference last week in the Brunswick Rooms , Byrom-streefc , Liverpool . Mr . Frederick Green ( one of the Central Committee ) was called to the chair , in the absence of Mr . T . S . Duncombe , the President of the Association . ... . . , . The Chairman briefly opened the proceedings by expressing his regret that he was again called upon to aesupy the seat whieh he , and all present , would have pejoiced to see Mr . Duncombe fill , it was gratifying , iiowever , to know that his absence arose from D 0 . « Mnwution of interest in the cause in which they were etabarked . Mr . ' T . BASRAH ( the Secretary ) then read the following letter : f-.-- " . < Palace -chambers , St . James ' s , May 26 1849 ' GBfTHSMEN , —it wouWfiaveeivenme sincere pleasure to take the stair at your aanuai Conference this year , but my

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      lioolth tiioueli I hope steadily improving , - is still not suffi-^ flvrtfflushi tb Jdlw A taVUwnW vcw nebvo lfertSB £ Sip ^ slSS ^ t --anassiSSi interval the wisdom of the course marked out by Uie Asmteiyai , uib « ia ofmtu ; nt constitutional and construe sociatioivforitself , ^ P ™ ^ ° t of the condition of the lahave ofeSredi ' n other countries . It is only necessary to continue the same course in order to insure creation of a SZafenlirfitened opinion , not only among the trades ,

      hut the other classes of society , and wlien mat is enectca , Sur political institutions are of such an expansive character u " atthey ; vUl readily give effect to the expression of the P T n the attempt to carry put the important objects for which the Association was established , it is butnatural to expect ebbs and flows in the tide of public opinion , and fluctuations in the nmourit of support it may receive , ansinir from causes altogether extrinsic to its own merits and capabilities , for attaining these objects . I observe by thi annual Report of the Central Committee , that the past year has been less prosperous in a financial point of view , than previous years , but the reasons assigned for tins by the committee must satisfy the friends of the Association , that it betokens no real or permanent decline in its influence among the working classes , and that when the temporary but severe pressure which has compelled the trades to cease

      active co-operiition , is removed , we may confidently expect that they will resume their former support . - The Committee in the report so fully explain the present position of the association , the causes of that position , and its future prospects , that it is unnecessary for me to detain you by any comments upon these points . They have wisely , in my opinion , proposed a reduction in the number of flie Committee , and in its working expenses . Such reductions are no doubt required by the present state of the nnances , but while aiming at economy in expenditure you must not effect that at the cost of efficiency in management . I am doubtful as to the prudence of electing five members of Committee to give only occasional attendance at the office ; I fear the division of attention and energy which must arise from such an arrangement , will not conduce to vigorous

      management , and I should prefer a permanent committee of three members . Upon one point my mind is made up , namely , that you must have , at least , a secretary constantly in the office . The alteration in the constitution of the association by the efforts which have been made during the past year towards winding up the affairs of No , 2 Association , in terms of the resolution of last Conference , will , I feel confident , when completed , tend to promote the future prosperity of- the association . It will allow of more prompt and concentrated action , and the Central Committee mil still have the power to employ labour where tney may see fit to adopt that principle . The great strength of the association , however , lies in its mediatorial capacity , and I trust that this important branch of it » business will continue to receive the attention it merits .

      - The Central Committee have most judiciously refrained from proposing any unnecessary or uncalled for alterations in the constitution . I believe it well adapted for the purposes in view , and deprecate all changes , not imperatively required . In conclusion , Gentlemen , permit me to assure yo » of my unfeigned and unabated interest in the success of the Association , Sly sympat hy with the honest and honourable efforts of yourselves , and those you represent , to elevate the condition of the working classes , and to repeat my determination whilst life and health is spared to me , to give all the aid I possibly can , whether in Parliament or out of it , to so noble and so pute a cause . I have the honour to be , Gentlemen , Ever yours , faithfully , T . S . Duncombb . The address was received with great applause . The Secretary next proceeded to read the annual report of the Central Committee , which was as follows : —

      " The Central Committee , in presenting their usual annual report to the delegates of the Association in conference assembled , regret their inability to congratulate the conference upon the same successful progress during the past year as upon former occasions . ' I ; would be useless to attempt to conceal the fact , that the continued existence of those depressing influences which have acted so injuriously upon all the trading and commercial interests of this country , have fallen with more than corresponding severity upon the impotent and unprotected artisan . 'Deficiency of employment and constant and steady depreciation of the wages of labour , have been the marked characteristics of the past year . That our Association should have passed through

      trying ordeal unscathed , would be beyond the limits of reasonable expectation ; that it should have maintained its existence amidst the signal failures and general wreck of similar institutions , is , indeed , a subject for exultation , and the best euloghun which its warmest admirers could pass upon its principlea , and must secure for it at no- distant period that general support from the trades of this country , which is alone wanted to constitute it a lever of such irresistible power , as to effectually overcome all opposing forces , and gradually , but surely , to elevate the order of British labour to its just and natural position . It is admitted by the most reflecting and judicious men of all parties , thai the present tendency of capital to erect itself into an independent and uncontrolled supremacy , is pregnant with the

      most formidable dangers to the safet y and wellbeing of society ; and that a counteracting confederacy of labour in a legal , judicious , but active combination , is a necessary desideratum , as a means of maintaining that order and harmony which should exist between the different grades of men who constitute that complicated machinery called society . It is not possible for the working classes uncombincd and unorganised to effect this essential requisite , or to offer the slightest obstruction to the inordinate ambition of capital , or to the unscrupulous employment of means , destructive not only to the growth , but to the very germs of manly feeling and independent action . Indeed , it may be safely affirmed , that such a confederation of the labour interest , as the founders of this Association originally

      contemplated , and for which it now presents an admirable nucleus , can alone prevent the rapid deterioration of the working men of Great Britain , to a condition as degrading , as wretched , and as hopeless , as the unhappy people of Ireland . " These serious and . important considerations have encouraged and sustained your Committee in contending with the obstructions and disappointments with which their attempts at progression have been so much impeded . It is , at the same time , in the highest degree consolatory to find that a universal opinion in favour of this movement exists amongst those trades whom the lengthened and unprecedented pressure of distress nave prevented from continuing their payments ; this fact is amply proved by the reports furnished to your Committee

      by their correspondence , and by those of its members who have recently visited the localities which have hitherto furnished the greatest numbers of the Association . ' ¦ ' Another circumstance , still more encouraging , and one which should ' stimulate every friend and well-wisher to the movement to increased and continued exertions , is tho fact that the necessity for a national organisation of Labour to prevent the condition of the highly skilled and better paid operatives of England being brought down to a level with those less favourably circumstanced , is now the established opinion of the most intelligent and influential men to be found among the trades of England . It may , therefore , be fairly inferred that the time is approaching when this Association will

      assume that important position originally predicted for it by its founders , as the prop , and sustaining buttress of the rights and privileges of British industry . " Your Committee , while descanting upon those causes which may have conspired to retard the progress of the Association , and to such as lead us to anticipate a more cheering future , cannot omit referring to the great loss we have suffered from the long-continued indisposition of our esteemed and honoured President , T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P . It is impossible adequately to calculate to what extent that honourable gentleman ' s deprivation from that active surveillance of the Association ' s affairs , which , when in health , it was so much his delight and pride to bestow , may have contributed to

      impair its influence and usefulness ; for although your Committee have , upon most important occasions , and when that gentloman ' s health would > permit , sought his opinion and counsel , which has always , and upon every occasion , been given with that promptitude and urbanity for which he is so well known and appreciated ; still they feel that the public notoriety of that fact was not so calculated to inspire that confidence and satisfaction in the public mind j as would have been the knowledge that in the full vigour and freshness of convalescence that honourable gentleman was , as heretofore , the real and active leader in the cause in which be had

      a faith so strong as to embark his name and public reputation as its acknowledged Patron and President . Your Committee have , however , to congratulate the conference and the working classes of England , that the most sanguine expectations are entertained of Mr . DuncombVs speedy restoration to health , and to that position in the Legislature which he so much , honoured by his presence , and from which his long absence has been so sincerely ami univemlly deplored , and in the event of these expectations being realised , your Committee are authorised to say , that the Trades of England may ever reckon upon the continued and active services of Mr . Duncombe , both in and out of Parliament .

      ' , ' The operations of the Central Committee have , during the past year , been necessarily confined within those limits prescribed'by the first resolution of the last conference , which very properly prohibited them from sanctioning any fresh application for support until a reserve fund of £ 1 , 000 had been created , which sum was deemed no more than was necessary to ensure the punctual and regular remittance of the alimentary allowance to those who had been pronounced entitled to it . The balance sheets for the past year will show thai the receipts have not been sufficient for this desirable purpose , and the Committee felt themselves bound in honour ; primarily to meet , as far as their means , permitted , the claims of those who remained on the funds of the Association , and those that were in arrears of their allowances at the last conference .

      "Your Committee have been called on in numerous cases since the last conference to act as mediators in casei tf dispute—ibey are frapp ? in being

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      able to state that the utility and the success of-this department of their duties have : suffered no diminu-Si- whenever this mode . of dealing roth , trades dhputes Saa capable of being employed , an almost uXill success has attended its adoption , and in many instances ' with the marked approval ant thanks of the employers- * fitting and deserved homage to a principle which for its excellence and efficiency should be adopted and enforced by a law of Parliament / The Central Committee woult strongly recommend that as soon as the health of Mr . Duncombe is iufficiently established to resume his legislative duties , that he be solicited to bring the subject of local boards of trades , and an amendment oi the Tyuck Act before the House of Commons , and that the trades be recommended to get up local petitions in favour of these measures without dolay .

      " The Central Committee have to regret that their attempts to carry out the expressed wishes of the conference , in reference to the publication of a weekly report of proceedings , have not been responded to by the members and the working classes generally . The labour League , or Journal of the National Association of United Trades , was published shortly after the conference , and has been continued to the present time , but your Committee are sorry to add that the publication of that , journal , although from its price perfectly within the means of the poprest of our members , has not met with the support contemplated .

      " Your Committee during the past year have spared no energies in seeking to extend a knowledge of the principles of the Association in quarters not previously acquainted with them " The balance sheet which will be submitted to you shows that there has been a considerable diminution of the income of the Association as compared with former years . This , however , is amply accounted for by the facts to which your Committee havo already referred in this report . The number of members has also fallen off , but the symptoms of renewed interest in the Association and the growing feeling among the trades in faveur of national over

      mere local organisation , induce your Committee to believe that the number of members will shortly be largely increased , and of course the income of the Association proportionately augmented "Having thus referred to the principal subjects arising out of the proceedings of the last twelve months , it may be expected that your Committee should record their opinions upon tho . present position and the future prospects of the Association . " In drawing conclusions as to the probability of future success from the impressions which our present position may create , it will be necessary that we form a . correct estimate as to what our existing position really is .

      " Let us first inquire where are the great and powerful confederation of trades which existed in 1846 ? Where , for instance , is the Cotton Spinners ' Union of Lancashire ? Where , the Power-loom Weavers' Association , consisting of from 14 , 000 to 20 , 000 members ? Where , again , the Builders of Manchester , and the great Carpenters and Joiners ' Union of Great Britain ? Where , the Block Printers of Lancashire and Yorkshire ? These were powerful confederations affiliated in various towns and localities . Where are they ? The history of one is the history of the whole . They were dependent f « r their resources upon contributions from their own trade exclusively ; and when the bulk of trade is thrown out of employment for any lengthened period , the existence of a society of that trade , exclusively dependent upon contributions to be drawn from its members , will depend altogether upon the extent and duration of the depression from which they are suffering .

      " But there are circumstances , having relation to the future , much too important to be passed over without observation . That general depression which in its progress has left its blighting influence bahindit in every department of industry , combined with the fatal theories in favour of , at all hazards , cheapening the costs of production , a theory which is now the chosen and . adopted of government and parties , entirely unmindful of the consequences likely to ensue , upon the well being of more than a half of the population , has found its road into" some

      of those trades , heretofore deemed impregnable to any adverse attack from any quarter . In these trades professing a greater amount of education than is generally found among the working classes , strong also in their local unions both in numbers and money , the inefficiency of the one and the insufficiency of the other is seen and admitted by the most intelligent and influential of their leaders , as means by which the threatened dangers may be averted or conquered . It is in a National Association of Trades alone that they can perceive safety or protection .

      " Your Committee , m forming their judgment upon the present position of the Association with rcferenco to the past , and to the general condition of the labour interest through every department of industry , so far from finding any sufficient reasons for looking despairingly to the future , are strongly impressed with a conviction that there is now in a far greater degree than at any former period , the most well-founded reasons for anticipating a speedy addition to our numbers , strength , and importance . They believe that when one or two of the better paid trades shall have pronounced in favour of the national movement , a moral influence will be imparted to it that will rapidly attract within its circle the great body of the industrious classes throughout the kingdom . " These considerations impel your Committee to

      an unbounded confidence in the future , and justify them in calling upon you to pledge yourselves in behalf of the bodies you represent , to proceed with renewed vigour , with a trustful and unshrinking perseverance to strengthen , consolidate , and perfect the woi'k you have in hand ; to present an example to your fellow-workmen of firm and faithful adherence to the principles and policy of this Association , the advantages and superiority of which all our past experience has tended to confirm and establish ; to extend far and wide by all practical and legal means , a knowledge of its principles , whereby this Association may be made in reality , what it assumes to be in name , « The National Association of United Trades for the Protection of Industry . '"

      The report was unanimously adopted . In the subsequent sittings , tho Conference was principally occupied by the transaction of the ordinary and routine business laid down by the constitution of tho Association . Past experience has shown the practical adaptation of that constitution to the purposes in view , perfected as it has been by the labours of preceding Conferences , and the alterations made in it were few and unimportant . The subscription to the fund for the relief of persons who may be thrown out of employment for giving evidence under the Truck Act , or the Ten Hours Act , was raised from Id . per quarter to Id . per month . A reduction in the number of the paid officers of the Association was also resolved upon . The

      recommendation of tho Central Committee was , that in future a President , five members , and a Secretary should be elected , who should attend to the business occasionally . Mr . Duncombe , the President , on the other hand , recommended the appointment of a permanent working Committee of three members and a secretary . After considerable discussion and deliberation as to tho mode in which efficiency could be combined with economy in the management , a compromise between these two opinions was effected . It was unanimously resolved that the committee ihould consist « f five members exclusive of the President , and that one of the members shall act as secretary . This will effect a considerable reduction in the expenditure of the

      Association . Messrs . Green , Robson , Peel , Winter , and Humphries were unanimousl y re-elected as members of the Central Committee , Mr . William Peel being selected to fill the office of secretary On Wednesday several complaints and appeal cases were heard and determined to the satisfaction of all parties concerned . The resolution of a previous Conference , by which the Central Committee was precluded from giving suppo rt to any turn-out when tho funds were below £ 1 , 000 was rescinded , and the question of relief in such cases left to tho discretion of the Central Committee . Mr . T . S . Duncombe , M ; P ., was unanimously re-elected the President of the Association amidst hearty and enthusiastic applause ; and the following resolution having been proposed and seconded , was adopted with acclamation and every mark of respect : — " Resolved , —That this Conference begs to offer its grateful thanks to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., for

      his energetic and disinter , sted efforts to elevate and improve the condition of the industrious classes of this country . The severe and long protracted illness produced by that constant and unwearied attention to his public dutieS , so peculiar and honourable a feature in his character , and which has for so long a period deprived this country of his eminent services , has been the subject of universal regret . His restoration to health and that distinguished position in the national legislature which the gratitude and esteem of a numerous constituency has secured him , is equally the subject of general satisfaction . We , the delegates ofthe . United Trades of England , acknowledge the obligations we owe Mr . Duncombe for his continued , and gratuitous services as President of this Association , and venture to hope that ho will conunue his generous and invaluable advice to a movement which owes its origin to his anxious desire to sasass ^ ¦* *•*»• " » i 3 B

      . rK'J \ 6 hebn > the Chairman , returned thanks nn b f fw th , Central Committee , for 2 ^ confidence which had been again placed in them bv their rP turn to office } and al J ackn owledged - thSmiT meat ofa vote , of thanks which wafpa ^ d to £ m ^ ss % itsivt& s is £ S

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      Ascoi- Races . —Frauds ox the Revenue . —The commissioners of inland revenue have just adopted the most efficiontmeans for tho prevention of frauds by the proprietors of vans and other vehicles attendirnr races . Bars have been , erected , by order of the Commissioners , on all , the roads leading to Ascot , in tlie vicinity ofthe heath , where tickets for horses let for hire are to be collected , and the exchange tickets inspected ; and where all coaches , omuibuses , &c , conveying passengers at separate fares , are also to be checked ? Orders have likewise been issued by of all

      the commissioners for the apprehension persons plying for hire without ( being duly licensed , or " specially authorised , " and for the seizure of all horses and carriages so employed . The adoption ot this plan will be an effectual means of putting a stop to the calling ofthe unlicensed , " and of protecting the licensed tradesmen . # ¦ Garibaldi , the Roman commander , is described as a most picturesque warrior , the ideal of . a brigand—eminently handsome , with a red blouse , broad belt full of pistols , dark wide-brimmed bat , and

      3 . _ « *» M « a \ 1 ^ t * . _ . T /^* . __ * - 1 MAMnAwlrn « ' TT / int Dr John Webster ) Medical Times ) remarks :, Hovr frequent is lunacy iu Paris . During the last revolution a great number lost their reason ; the boulevemment produced a most lamentable effect ; and the same thing happened in former times . In . Napoleon ' s reign there were at one time fifteen Louis Eighteenths iu the BicStre .

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      CORN . Mark Lane , Monday June 4 . —The show of English wheat samples this morning was on a very limited scale , and the best dry qualities sold at fully last Monday ' s prices , but inferior sorts met a very slow demand . The transactions in foreign wheat were quite in the retail , but good qualities ceuld not be procured on lower terms . Flour was ? ather more inquired after , at full prices . We had a fair retail sale for grinding barley . Malt duU , unle 3 snne . Beans and peas duller sale , and beans rather cheaper . The laree arrival of foreign oats last week , made the trade very heavy , and Gd to Is per qr . lower . Linseed cakes in less demand , owing to the fine weather . Foreign rye fully as dear . The current prices as under .

      British . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , 38 s to 45 s , ditto white , 40 s to S 2 s , Lincoln , Norfolk , and Yorkshire , red , 37 s to 44 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white , 37 s to 41 s , ditto red , 35 s to' 42 s , Devonshire and Somersetshire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 22 s to 24 s , barley , 24 s to 30 s , Scotch , SMs to 28 s , Malt ordinary , —s to —s , pale 52 s to 5 Gs , peas , grey , new , 28 s to 31 s , maple 29 s to 33 s , white , 24 s to 26 s , boilers ( new ) , 28 s to 30 s , beans , 'large , new , 23 s to 2 Cs , ticks 24 s to 27 s , harrow , 2 Gs to 29 s , pigeon , 28 s to 32 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire , feed , lGs to 18 s , ditto Poland and potato , 18 s to 21 s , Berwick and Scotch , 18 s to 22 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 20 s , Irish feed , and black , 15 s to 18 s , ditto potato , 17 s to 22 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed , Essex , new , £ 26 to £ 28 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new , 25 s to 293 pev cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 4 10 s per ton , linseed , £ 9 10 s to £ 10 10 s per 1 , 000 , flour per sack of 2801 bs . ship , 31 s to 32 s , town , 40 s to 42 s . Foreign-. — Wheat , — Dantzig , . 46 s to 52 s , Anlialt and Marks , 40 sto' 48 s , dittt white , 44 s to 48 s , Pomeranian red , 40 s to 44 s , Kostock 42 s to 48 s , Danish , Holstein , and

      Friesland , 3 Gs to 42 s , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Giga , 36 s to 40 s , Polish Odessa , 3 Gs to 41 s , Marianopoli , and Berdianski , 35 s to 38 s , Taganrog , 34 s to 38 s , Brabant and French , 3 Ss to 42 s , ditto white , 40 s to 44 s ,. Salonica , 33 s te 36 s , Egyptian , 24 s to 26 s , rye , 21 s to 24 s , barley , Wismar and Rostock , 18 g to 22 s , Danish , 20 s to 23 s , Saal , 22 s to 20 s , East Friesland , 17 s to 19 s , Egyptian , 16 s to 17 s , Danube , lGs to 17 s , peas , white , 24 s to 26 s , new boilers , 2 Gs to 28 s , beans , horse , 25 s to 2 « s , pigeon , ; 30 s to 32 s , Egyptian 21 s to 23 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friosland , feed and black , 13 s to 15 s , ditto , thick and brew , 16 s to 19 s , Riga , Petersburg , Archangel , and Swedish , Us to 16 s , flour , United States , jer lU 61 bs ., 22 s to 23 s , Hamburg 21 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin , 21 s to 23 s , French pec 2801 bs ., 31 s to 33 s . Wednesday , June 6 . —Of oats there is a good supply this week , wlilst of other grain and flour the quantity fi'fcsh in is but trifling . The weather being favourable for the growing crops causes the trade in most articles to rule heavily , but without alteration in prices ,

      Arrivals this week : —Wheat—English , 650 quarters ; Foreign , 1 , 970 quarters . Barley—English , 170 quarters ; foreign , 1 , 680 quarters . Oats-English , 2 , 520 quarters ; foreign , 11 , 400 quarters . Flour—English , 1 , 510 sacks . BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are fwjn * 7 d to 7 Jd ; of household ditto , 5 d to 6 ^ d per 4 fcs loaf . CATTLE . Smithfield , Monday , June 4 . —There was a considerable increase in the supply of beasts on sale in to-day ' s market Cimpared with that exhibited on Mondaylast . The quality of the stock was unusually prime . On the whole , the attendance of both town and country buyers was good , while the demand for the best Scots was steady at about last week ' s quotations . In all other breeds of beasts comparatively little business was transacted , at , in some instances , a decline in the prices of Monday last qf 2 d . per 8 » s , The supply of sheep was seasonably good ; yet the demand for that description of stock was steady , at fully last week's quotations . The primest old downs sold at from 3 s lOd to 4 s per 81 bs . AVe had a somewhat active trade for lambs at extreme currencies . In som *? instances the best 'down qualities realised 8 s Qd per 8 ibs . From the Me of WigUC we received 320 head . Calves—the supply of which was extemive—moved off slowly at barely the late decline in prices . The pork trade was heavy at barely late rates . Head of Cattle at Ssuthfield . Beasts .. .. 3 , 50 'C Calves .. .. 276

      Sheep .. .. 26 , 440 Pigs .. .. .. 240 Price per « tone of 81 b ? . ( sinking the offal ) . Beef .. 2 s 4 d to 3 s 8 d I Veal .. 3 s 4 d to 4 s 0 i Mutton .. 3 s 4 d .. 4 s Od I Pork .. 32 .. i . 2 Lamb .. .. 4 s lOd to 6 s Od . Per 81 bs . by the carcase . Newgate and Leadesiiaix , Monday , June 4 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s 6 d to 2 s Sd ; prime large , 2 s lBdtoosOd ; prime small , 3 s 0 dto 3 s 2 d ; lorga pork , 3 s 2 A to 3 s Gd ; inferior mutton , 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; middling ditto , 3 s 4 dto 3 s 6 d ; prime ditto , 3 s 8 dto 3 s 10 d ; veal , 3 s Od to 3 s lOd ; small pork , 3 s 8 d to 4 s Od ; lamb , 4 s 8 dto 5 sl 8 d .

      PROVISIONS . Losdos , Monday . —Business in the past week was again slow and limited . Butter—Tlie transactions in Irish were trifling ; prices nominal . Foreign declined 4 s to 6 s per cwt , and not freely dealt in . Bacon—Nothing of importance was done in cither Irish or American singed sides , and no change worth notice in prices . Scalded middles in moderate request , and the inferior sorts cheaper . Hams in demand , and the turn dearer , lard—No alteration . English Butter Market , June 4 . —Our trade is in a state of extreme depression , with still declining prices . Dorset , fine weekly , 76 s to 80 s per cwt ; ditto , middling , 56 s to 70 s ; fresh Buckinghamshire , 6 s to 10 s per dozen ; do , West Country , * s to 8 s .

      FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . Covest Gardes . Monday , June 4 . —There was a good supply of fruit and vegetables with a moderate trade doing , at the following prices : — Rhubarb , 4 d to 8 d brocoli , Cd to Is Gd ; and forced asparagus , 2 s Cd to Cs per bundle . Strawberries Is , and green currants Is to Is 3 d per pottle ; cucumbers Sd to 3 s per brace ; green peas us to 10 s ; old onions , 2 s to 2 s 6 d ; gooseberries 3 s 6 d to 5 s ; spinach , 4 d to ( id per half sieve ; Summer cabbages , lOd to Is 3 d ; horseradish , Is Gd to 2 s per dozen heads ; carrots , 3 s Cd to 4 s 6 d ; turnip radishes 8 d to lOd ; Spring onions , Is to 2 s ; greens , 2 s Cd to 3 s Gd per dozen bunches ; grapes , Is Gd to 2 s ; pine apples , 5 s to 7 s 6 d ; new frame potatoes , 4 d to Is per ID ; oranges , Gs to 14 s ; lemons , 5 a to Vs ; forced French beans . Is to Is 6 'd per hundred ; mushrooms , 9 d to Is per punnet ; lettuces , Gd to lOd per

      score . POTATOES . Soutiiwabk Waterside , June 4 . —We continue to be sup . plied with foreign potatoes more than equul to the demand , which has caused a considerable reduction in price to be submitted to ; the few Yorks here still command a high figure . The following are this day ' s quotations : —Yorkshire Regents , IGOs to 220 s ; Scotch Whites , 80 b to 30 : Foreign , SOs to 90 s ,

      COLONIAL PRODUCE . Tuesdai Evening , June 1 . —The large public sales o £ sugar have proved rather too heavy for the market , and prices have scarcely been supported , but a large amount of business has been done . 1 , 180 hhds . of West India sold , including 700 in public sale ; Bavhadoessold 38 s to 42 s ; St . Lncia , low to line , 35 s to 42 s , which established a decline of Gd ; 7 , 000 bags Mauritius sold in public sale a shade in favour of the buyers ; yellow , 37 s Gd to 40 s ; 5 , 000 bags of Bengal sold in public sale at previous rates ; white Benares , 40 s to 43 s lid ; and 1 , 500 baskets Penaiig , brown , 33 s , i ; to 34 s Gd ; yellow , 35 s to 3 Gs . Refined market firm grocery lumps , 52 s Gd to 54 s . Coffee without alteration . Good ordinary native withdrawn above the market value , and plantation kind sold at previous rates .

      yfoojj , City , Monday , June 4 . —The imports of wool into London last week were only 130 bales , of which » 8 were from Germany , and the rest from Russia . Liverpool , June 2 . —Scotch . —There is no improvement to notice in the demand for Laid Highland , and price is sustained from the lightness of the stocks . White Highland is not inquired for . In crossed or Cheviot tho only demand is for the best class , at prices in favour of the buyer . Laid Highland Wool , per 241 bs .. o ' a ' to 7 * 9 * White Highland do . .. ,. 9 6 10 0 Laid crossed do ., unwashed .. 89 10 C Do . do ., washed .. .. .. 99 12 6 Do . Cheviot do ., unwashen .. 9 6 12 0 Do . do ., washed .. .. .. 13 6 17 O White Cheviot do . do . ,. .. 20 0 22 6 Import for the week 20 bags Previously this year 3791

      , Foreign . —There was a public sale here on Tuesday , the 29 th ult ., when were brought forward 350 Australians , which sold at prices scarcely equal to our last sales here ; , 090 Buenos Ayres , a great portion of which were fin * kinds , for which there was a good competition , brou » hfc very satisfactory prices ; 500 bales East India sold from idt to ^ d under late rates . Of the 3 , 000 Ballott ' s Peruvians , 600 Turkey , Douskoi , and other low wool , they wer « principally withdrawn . Imports for the week .. .. 58 bales . Previously this year .. .. 23 . 205 bales .

      COAL . 47 A o ™^ ' ™ : , at last Monday's prices . Fresh anivalc , ( Price of coals per ton at the close of the market . ) Bates's West Hartley , 18 s 9 d ; Buddie ' s WestHartley , Mi 5 . arrs Hartley , 14 s ; Hastings Hartley . 14 s ; Holywell ilain , i J ' ? ew Tanfieici , i 2 s 6 tt . Oul Tanfield , 12 s ; Ord ' s Kedheugh 12 s Gd ; South . Peareth , 13 s ; Taniield Moor , U »; Tanfield Moor Butes , 12 s Gd ; Townley , 13 s ; West Hartley , 14 s ; Wylam , 13 s Gd . Wall's-end :-Ehn l ' arir , 4 s ; Gibson , 13 s 9 d ; Washington , 13 s 9 d ; Eden Main , T . LBc , ' 15 s ; Hstton . 16 s Gd j Hutton , 15 s ; Morrison , l . ni . ?^"" ' Us 3 d ' W « st Belmont , IBs j Uwgb Hall 14 s 9 d ; South Hartlepool , 15 s 3 d jWhitworth , Ws » <" Adelaide Tees , 15 s 6 dto IDs 9 d ; Seymour Tees , Us adJ Tees , 16 s 3 d ; WestHetton , ' 14 b 6 d ; Cowpett Hartley , lf'J Hartley , 13 s Gd ; Sidney ' s Hartley , 14 s ; Whitworth Coke , 21 s : Elgin , 13 s lid . .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 9, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1525/page/8/