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      present swelled the attorney ' s bill of costs in suits tried in the superior courts . Mr . Williams also approved of the motion , on ¦• Meli leave was given , and the bill brought in . Labourers' ComaBS . —Mr . Hcmb then rose to propose the following resolution : — " That thw home taking into consideration the condition of the cottages of the labourers of this Kingdom , and the want of adequate accommodation for their families , is ofopiuion that a drawback should in futuro be allowed on the bricks and timber

      employed in the construction of cottages , the rent of which shall be under SA per annum , as a means of lessening the expense of their erection . " He hoped that the name unanimity which had prevailed in the house with regard to the two last resolutions -would be extended to his motion . Those who had been in Parliament some time knew that when there was a surplus in the Exchequer a great number of appeals were made to the government for relief from pressure . He had stated on the first night of the session that he conceived some relief for the labonrer was more called for than

      any other , and urged npon the house the necessity of adopting some measures for the amelioration of the condition of the labouring classes , and more particularly as regarded the improvement of their habitations . He had alluded to the strong desire which had been manifested by the higher classes during the last two or three years to increase the . comforts and promote the health of the labouring classes . "With this view also , thpy had establishet boards of health , and had directed the removal of nuisances , and had passed Acts of Parliament to promote to a very great extent the carrying out of similar objects . Among other improvements they had effected , was the putting a stop to the making cellars in Liverpool , and other places , human

      habitations . A great number of reports from all parts of the country had been printed as to the manner in which the labouring classes were lodged . He -would not trouble the house by reading extracts from these documents , for he hoped honourable members had made themselves acquainted with these papers . Up to very lately the condition of thelabouringclasseshad been shamefully neglected , and above all by the government . It appeared from statements received from various quarters , that the expense of building cottages for the labouringidasses was so much increased by the duties on timber and bricks as to operate in many instances ¦ as a posi'ive prohibition to their erection . These duties then operated directly as a positive check on the social comfort and happiness of the labouring classes . He had recently visited several cottages , and was much struck with one in which , -were a

      man and his wife and eleven children , and they ¦ were huddled together without regard to decency or comfort . He was convinced that the great impediment to the erection of comfortable cottages for the poor which the high duties levied on timber and bricks . The consequence had been , that the - proprietors or builders of these cottages had been prevented from using foreign timber . It was almost impossible to estimate the effect produced by the brick duty upon the erection of these cottages , but he had been informed that ten per cent , on the cost was about the average increase of cost . There was no one who would not regret the uncomfortable state of the homes of those classes upon "which so much of the welfare and prosperity of the country depended . One effect of it might be traced in the consumption of spirituous liquors and in the resort of those classes to public-houses , which offered those comforts and relaxations of which

      their dwellings were destitute . ' Discomfort alienated a man from his home , and it was probable there wonld not be snch a consumption of ardent spirits by the population if the dwellings of the poor were 1 > etter adapted for health and comfort . Mr . Labouchere repeated the objection with which the motion of Lord It . Grosvenor had been met , namely , that it was desirable to suspend questions of remission of taxes until the Chancellor of the Exchequer had made his financial statement ; but , independent of this he objected to the resolution on its own merits . Mr . Decmmosd , in supporting the motion , explained the unjust way in which he considered the tax on bricks operated . After some discussion , Mr . Hume withdrew his motion .

      Mr . Lacy asked leave to introduce a bill for intramural interments , by which railway companies -would be empowered to form cemeteries , but , after some discussion , withdrew his motion in order to see the measure of the Board of Health on the subject . The house adjourned at twelve o ' clock .

      TyEDKESDAY , Feb . 27 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Marriage Bill . — Mr . Stuart Woetley moved the second reading of this bilL This bill he stated to be nearly the same as that proposed last session . He had , however , withdrawn the cause compelling clergy to solemnise marriages between a man and his deceased wife ' s sister , leaving that question to the individual conscience of every clergyman . Another clause , by which marriages with a deceased wife ' s niece was legalised , had also been removed . The ton . member proceeded to argue that the measure ¦ was necessary for the preservation of morality ; was not contradictory to the injunctions of Scripture , and was designed to rescind laws which had

      only stood about fifteen years on the statute book . The marriages which it was now inteaded to legalise ¦ were not prohibited before 1335 , and up to that year were frequent , especially among the lower classes . No interference with these unions was recorded during the first 300 years of the history of the Christian church ; and even then the prohibition was based upon considerations of discipline , and without any allegation of scriptural doctrines . Of the painful , and , in many cases , immoral consequences resulting fromJthe existing state of the law he adduced many instances , selected from a mass of evidence that had accumulated in bis hands He called on the legislature to interfere , both for the sake of future relationships , and in order to place upon a proper basis those connexions which were now placing many innocent parties in a false position in the eyes of society . Sir F . Thesiger opposed the bill by a motion that it be read again that day six months . The measure

      lie characterised as having been prompted by the wishes of a few individuals of high rank , and fostered by motives of professional interest . The hon . and learned member entered largely into the precedents afforded by ecclesiastical history : and controverted the positions assumed by Mr . Tvortley by a multitude of arguments fonnded upon the legal , the moral , and the social view of the case . He appealed to the church to pronounce a definite judgment on a question that rested entirely npon the doctrines of religion . Col . Thompson supported the measure , Mr . Headlam placed the question upon the broad basis whether there did or did not exist any scriptural prohibition to the unions referred to in the measure . He argued that no passages could be found prohibiting them in positive terms , and it was fitting to ascertain the interpretation of texts . . - .

      Mr . P . Wood believed that scripture directly prohibited these unions , and that the prohibition was re-inforced by a variety of other considerations , and the example of the most enlightened among the heathen nations . Mr . HorE moved the adjournment of the debate , on We Speaker ' s account , whose duties required his presence elsewhere , which was agreed to ; and the house rose at a quarter-past four . ( From our Hard Edition of last week . ) THURSDAY , Fjsbrcakt 21 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Dbke of Richmond again called attention to the subject of the medals granted for actions on land and sea between 1794 and 1814 .

      After a discussion and explanation from Earl Grey and the Dnke of Wellington , the subject dropped . The Earl of Dbsart then moved certain resolutions , condemnatory of the principle of out-door ¦ relief in Ireland , which he declared had produced bankruptcy and ruiu , driven capital out of the country , and paralyzed the . efforts both of landlords and farmers . TKie Marquis of Laxsdowne felt it his duty to oppose the resolutions . On a former occasion he had defended the adoption of the principle of outdoor relief as an inevitable necessity , and he saw no reason to alter his opinion . A long discussion on the state and prospects of Ireland ensued , which was terminated by the withdrawal of the resolutions , and the adjournment of the house at ten o ' clock .

      HOUSE . OF COMMONS . —Mr . M . Milnes obtained . leave to bring in a bill for the correction and reformation of juvenile offenders , and the prevention of juvenile offences . Bubdess tjpos Land . — -The debate upon Mr . Disraeli ' s motion , adjourned on the 19 th , was resumedbx ' ' . " - ' . Mr . Stafford , who supported the * motion , am ' assured the Free Traders that the question of protection was not settled , as they assumed it to be . Sir JitUEs Gbahasc made an elaborate speech againBt the resolutions , wbichhe contended involved no less than the reversal of the whole policy of the - last five years ; a transfer of not less than eighteen or twenty millions of taxation to the Consolidated J ? und , and the overthrow of the government . A ot Deing prepared to concur in these objects , and te iewng that land was exempted from many burdens that pressed npon other classes , he should oppose the motion . . ¦ ¦

      -J ^ ° U ? ? B sai (! . ' if he thought the results predicted by Sir J . Graham , would follow the adoption of the resolutions , he would vote against flemjout , on the contrary , he considered the laun was ajust one , and he would vote for them , ., . nd against his honourable friend with . whom he : ; ad jojed eFersinee the ^ dissolution " of the Go , . " . ¦ ¦ erameat Of which ! they were members !{ This " de-- laratJOO-eJieiJed load and protracted cheers from

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      the Protectionists . ) At the same time . ' h ' e ( lid / not mean his discretion to be fettered by any' of I Mr . Duraeli ' s subsequent proposals . ; . . '' . "¦ Mr . WosON produced a mass of statistics , to pioVO that the farming interest was suffering under exceptional circumstances , and that there was no reason for assuming the present prioes would be the permanent prices in this country . After speeches from Mr . Buck and Mr . Grantlbt Berkeley ; : . Sir , R . Peel , in an exceedingly full and attentive house , delivered a lengthened and eloquent speech , in defence of the policy he had inaugurated m 18 U and which he exhorted the house to maintain and extend . In the course of his speech he defended himself against the imputation of bad faith and personal motives , cast upon him by the Protectionists

      . . . .. Lord J . Russell opposed the resolutions , on tho ground : firstly , that the surplus revenue was not yet before the house ; and that , if it were , they ou » ht not to pledge themselves to give remission to the landed interest to the exclusion of industry . Mr . Disraeli made an able reply , and on a division tho numbers were : —Against the motion , 273 ; For the motion , 252 ; the majority being only 21 . The result was hailed with loud cheers . The house rose at half-past one o ' clock .

      { From our Third Edition of Last Week ) FRIDAY , February 22 . HOUSE OP LORDS . —The house met yesterday at five o'clock . The royal assent was given , by commission , to the Gounty Cess ( Ireland ) Bill . On the motion of Lord Brougham , the Criminal Law Consolidation Bill passed a second reading . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Party Processions ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third time and passed . Parliamentary Voters ( Ireland ) Bill . —Mr Napier objected to the alterations effected by the measure in the qualification of county voters , and explained how , under its clauses , the franchise would devolve upon parties having no beneficial interest in their nominal holdings . Mr . Hume contrasted the liberal franchise accorded at the Cape with the high qualification still required in Ireland . An £ 8 rating in that countrv

      as enacted by the new bill , was equivalent to £ 30 in England . He wished the amount to be largely reduced in every quarter , of . the United Kingdom . Mr . Rxynolbs approved of the bill , put announced his intention of moving in committee to reduce qualification to a £ 4 rating . The hon . member proceeded to illustrate his argument by a narrative of the celebrated Dublin election petition , which held its tedious progress during ninety-four days , and not only cost £ 15 , 000 , but exhibited , he would not say perjury , but a considerable " economising of truth" among the witnesses . Sir J . Walsh and Col . Taylor opposed the bill . Mr . M . J . O'Connell said , that this bill would much diminish the household suffrage in boroughs . We ought to make concessions , not to democracy , but to the increasing enlightenment and increasing social virtues of the working classes * Col . Rawdon supported the bill .

      Mr . Fearous O'Connor approved of this measure as most opportune and necessary . He looked upon it , not as a measure of principle , but of policy ; because it was said it would considerably increase the electors in the rural districts , but considerably decrease the number in the towns and boroughs . The promoters were afraid that , unless the county constituencies were enlarged , Ireland would return a majority of Protectionists ; but they felt perfectly secure of the towns and boroughs . ( A laugh . ) When the hon . member ( Sir J . Walsh ) talks of the rapid strides of democracy , he must tell him that the landlords of Ireland had always measured their property by the standard of political power , rather than by the public necessities and state

      requirements . It was to the resistance of the landlords to the developemeut of the generous mind of the people of Ireland that had driven the peopte to a wild democracy ; and he would tell the landlords , that until the present system of quibbling government was done away wifcn —( a laugh)—we should never see the only proper and sound system of government established—a system of pure democracy . The Landlords of Ireland could not say they were in the same position as the landlords of England —the English landlords were gentlemen , the Irish landlords were tyrants . He accepted this measure because he believed that shortly the same measure of justice must be dealt out to the people of England . Talk of a £ 25 rating for Ireland ! Did

      the hon . member for Dublin ( Mr . Taylor ) know that 36 , 000 voters were the whole constituency of Ireland ? Why , the West Riding of Yorkshire alone had a constituency of 36 , 000 persons , and returned only two members ; so that the same number as sent to that house two members in one case , sent 105 members in another . Was there ever a greater anomaly ? The Irish landlords always made themselves tools to a government ; and he would ask , did they ever know anything more absurd and anomalous than the paltry subserviency to a minister which the Irish government had shown last night , when they refused to relieve Ireland with £ 500 , 000

      out of the Consolidated Fund at the same time that they accepted a grant of £ 300 , 000 ? ( Laughter and cheers from the Protectionist benches . ) The Irish landlords came with weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth , and yet said they would not take what -their country wanted , merely because they wished to support the government . ( Renewed laughter and Protectionist cheers . ) He thanked the government for this measure . He had not much certainly to thank any government for —( a laugh )—but he regarded this bill as a step in the right direction . Lord Claude Hamilton said the landlords of Ireland were more successful with their tenants than Mr . O'Connor was with his tenants at Snig ' s

      End . Mr . O ' Connor said that his tenants did not pay any rent . Mr . Bright objected to certain restrictive clauses in the bill , and declared that as a new . Reform Act will soon be demanded by England , Ministers had better place the Irish franchise upon a basis upon which they could take their stand ,: and arrange a franchise for England , besides giving Ireland the ballot . After some further discussion the bill was read a secoud time . The Estates Leasing ( Ireland ) Bill and the Commons Inclosure Bill were then read a second time and ordered for committal .

      Woods and Forests . —Lord John Russell gave notice of a bill for the better management of the Woods , Forest ? , and . Land Revenues of the crown , and of the Public Works in the country . This measure the noble lord briefly explained to . consist of a proposed separation of the Woods and Forests from the Public Works department . Three commissioners ( one being unpaid ) were to undertake the administration of the Wood ? , Forests , and Land Revenues . The Public Works were to be erected into a political department , at the head of which would be placed a commissioner , who was to

      be a member of , and responsible to , the House of Commons . The receipts and outlays of the Woods and Forests were to be included among the item 3 of the public revenues , and the Commissioners of Public Works were to draw their supplies from parliament in like manner with the other branches of the public service . No increase in the gross amount of salaries in the offices would be occasioned by the proposed measure .-Much economy and an increased revenue from the crown properties were anticipated from the change . After a short discussion leave was given and the bill brought in . The house adjourned at half-past nine .

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      BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH , New Koab , Losdoh . " _; fallacy op anatom ? as regards the core of diseases — the burking system — doctors buying dead bodies with their shirts !!! OX ! J As persons are continually disappearing no one knows how , it may not be out of place to consider whether the burking system is not still carried on to a great extent Had it not been for the terrible discoveries made on Burke and Hare's trial , there can be no doubt that thousands would have been sent into the next world in order to feed doctors with human flesh , so that they ( the doctors ) might fill their pockets at the expense of suffering humanity . This dissection our readers should know , forms one of the tery lucrative emoluments proceeding from 'hospitalpractice . ' For instance , the professor of anatomy pays we will gay , eight or ten guineas for a dead body , and then makes fifty or sixty out of it from the medical students who have paid their money in order to find out , as they are told , the cause of disease in a dead body ! ! Was there ever a more infamous fraud ? Where is the doctor who knows how to cure a disease from dissection ! They all know it to be a shameful piece of humbug , and they are not a bit the wiser from dissection , as tar as regards the cure of disease . It is all to make money ! money !! monev !!! that the rasca .

      lity is kept up ; dust is thrown into the eyes of the public , and doctors tell the lie ( the wicked lie !} that anatomy ; is requisite to understand the cure of diseases . The only anatomy really required is BONE SETTING , in case of accidents , which might be learnt by designs ; the Vegetable Universal Medicine will then do all that is necessary , by keeping the blood ^ ure and healing the parts—operations for stone , cataract , cancer , &c . are perfectly useless , which is proved by the disease always coming again , because its seat is in the bm > od !!! Burke , the murderer , found Barking' the best trade going—he used to smother people , and then take them to the doctor alraosihot , some even with their SHIRTS ON , " and used , without the least difficulty , to get his £ 8 for each body . Now there can be no doubt that the doctors most h ave ksows that the victims had hot come fairly by their deaths ; yet they blinked at the whole business in order that they might eh * theib pockets . Talk after this about the ;• honourable " profes sion , the 'liberal' profession , and such humbug . We « ay , read the confession of the burkers here given , ami if > j » u can believe that these doctors did not know at the time thatthe parties had been murdered , why then you must have more credulity than we give you credit for . ' :- The deadly chemicals of the doctors anS-ihefr ! burkings ar $ both , on a par , only the first is not so easily , detected bj . the * Read the official confession of Burke made in the gaol to behadof all the Hygeian Agents . Oh ! oh ! th ' e Guinea Trade 11

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      ' nubile is ' the other jbut ' that ' a' day of retributioii' will come we make no doubt . We understand that ' poor people will no longer ' -allow < their ? relatives who' die In the hospitals to be mangled by the knife of the human butchers . No wonder . ¦ - ¦¦ .. '¦ ¦ ¦;¦ ¦ - ¦ ' "• . ¦ ¦¦ : : <>{¦ , ' :- . -. . ,, ¦ . > ¦ ¦ , /; : ¦

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      \ ,, THE FACTORY QUESTION , i ... THE TEN H 0 UBS ACT AND WAGES . Sir Robert Feel has diligently studied Cooker . The right hon . baronet is : a clever arithmetician , He has not studied human nature . Consequently , the late Prime Minister is not a " safe" statesman . During the debates on the , Tea Hours Factory Bill , Sir Robert Peel argued . thus— "If you reduce the hours of labour in faotoriesfrom twelve to ten , you will necessarily reduce the wages from twelve to ten . " And then , with an air of triumph , the selfsatisfied statesman asked— "Are you prepared to make such an enormous reducticn from the earnings of a large portion of the working population , whose wages , even at twelve hours per day , are not more than their necessities require ? " By such sophistry many members of parliament were deludtd ; nay , even now , the economists , follow in the wake of Sir Robert , rest their opposition to the Ten Hours Act on similar assertions and questions . Fortunately , experience contradicts Cocker . HaDuilv facts Drove the folly of Sit Robert Peel ' s

      philosophy . Take the following . I record it for the especial benefit , of the right hon . baronet and his disciples—the Economists . My kind friend , Mr . Wm . Walker , has just placed a very important . document in my hands . It is the record of . the wages paid by a millowner , in Bradford , for the working of thirty-two power looms , during the year 1848 . The table is drawn up by the overlooker who superintended the working of those thirty-two looms , during the . whole period . The speed , the . looms * the , wages , per piece , the quality of warp and weft , and the workpeople were the same , and during the whole period the bands had full employment . The only . difference was the time of working , and the amount received by the workers . During the first quarter those thirty ? iwo looms were worked eleven hours per day . During the following three quarters they . worked only . ten hours per day . ' ' / ¦ ' _ '/'" ' ¦ . "' _

      Now I will state the result . To that result I respectfully , but earnestly , call the attention of Sir Robert Peel and the Economists . First quarter wagea paid' for eleven hours per day , £ 177 3 s . 6 d . . ¦ . f Second quarter , wages paid for ten hours per day , £ 183 5 a ., being £ 1 ls . 6 d . more than for eleven hours per day ; and £ 22 3 s . 7 id . more than the amount assumed and asserted by Sir Robert Peel , according to Cooker . - ' Third quarter wages paid for ten hours per day , £ 1914 s . Od ., being £ 14 Is . more than for eleven hours per day ; and £ 30 3 s . lid . more than the amount assumed and asserted by Sir Robert Peel , according to Cocker .

      Fourth quarter wages paid for ten hours per aay , £ 187 12 s .. 9 d .,. being £ 10 9 s . 3 d . more than for eleven hours per . day ; and £ 2611 s . Hi . nwre than the amount assumed and asserted by Sir Robert Peel , according to Cooker . ; ' : The account before me gives me the name of the overlooker and the mill . I am not authorised at present to publish names . If Sir Robert Peel doubts the statement , I have no fear : of being able to satisfy him that there is " no mistake . " And how is this apparent contradiction to be accounted for ? Sinroto on this truth—human beings

      are not machines ! That is all . Cocker would be correct if nature did not tire . Sir Robert Peel would be right if human beings were not needed to guide and . watch the operations of machinery . I asked an overlooker to account to me for this result . He said , " Under the system of long hours , 'the hands' were never fairly rested . Under the system of ten hours per day , they are never exhausted . " . " Ay , " said I , " my friend , you know more about it than Sir Robert Peel . " It is well to teach the overlookers logic ( logic proved by experience ) now , when the law is defied which is working so well . Richabd Oastler .

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      THE TEN HOURS ACT . The factory operatives of Lancashire held another delegate meeting on Sunday . The central committee deemed it necessary to call a second meeting on account of the unfair means that had been adopted to pack the meeting held- on the previous Sunday , by a few persons not at all connected with factories , and who appear to be dividing the workmen with a view of prolonging the agitation . The meeting , as on the former occasion , was held at the Cotton Tree Tavern , Manchester , and was very numerously attended—at least so far as the number of . towns are concerned . The point for discussion appeared to be to whom should be entrusted the care of the . bill in the House of Commons . Mr . Grant said ; as

      soon as it was ascertained that there was a desire on the part of a few of the factory operatives to have Lord John Manners and Mr . Bankes united with Lord Ashley in the conduct of the measure through Parliament , the central committee agreed that Lord John Manners should be incorporated in the resolution requesting Lord Ashley to take the conducting of the bill through the House of Commons , but they could not see what benefit would result from the addition of the name of Mr . Bankes , And if there was to be a division , he ( Mr . Grant ) did not hesitate to say he would , and he knew the workers generally would , rather forego the suppoA and assistance of Mr . Fielden than the aid and co-operation of Lord Ashley , in whom they had implicit

      confidence . Ultimately the following resolutions were passed unanimously " : — " 1 . That this meeting of delegates from the manufacturing districts of the West Riding wishes to record its tribute of gratitude to Lord Ashley and all other supporters of the Ten Hours Act ; and thereby also to express its enr tire confidence in the noble lord and the other tried friends of the factory workers , to adopt such measures as shall secure the integrity and efficiency of the Ten Hours Act for all young persons and women , by putting an end to the odious modes of working by relays and shifts in some parts ' of the country . 2 . That the delegates and factory workers of the West Riding are ready to co-operate with their friends in Lancashire , and in expressing their regret that there should have been any

      attempt to create disunion amongst them , they now earnestly implore all the delegates and factory workers of Lancashire to unite with each other most heartily for the speedy , attainment of their common object . " Bradford . —On Friday the 22 nd ult . a meeting of the clergy , of the rural deanery of Bradford , Yorkshire , was held , on the summons of the Rev . the Rural Dean , to consider the critical position of the Factory Act . An address was unanimously agreed upon , to be forwarded by the Rev . Dr . Burnet , vicar of Bradford , to tho Ven . Archdeacon'Muscrave ( brother of the Archbishop of York , )

      requesting him to convene chapters of all the deaneries in the archdeaconary of Craven , to take into consideration the best means of securing a Ten Hours Factory Act . As soon as the ruri-decanal chapter had been dissolved , the clergy of the two parishes of Bradford and Calverly assembled respectfully under ' , the presidency of their vicars , and adopted and signed petitions to both houses of parliament , and a memorial to the Queen , in favour as a declaratory act which will secure to the poor women and children engaged in factories the benevolent intentions ; of the three estates of the realm—namely , a Ten Hours Act , giving no sanction to the relay oi- shift system . . .

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      ~ Z > THE MINERS' OF LANCASHIRE AND / : ¦ :--M "! - ! i / ' ^ - ;^ qHB 8 HlRE ;;;;;; ' ;\\^ i . ; :..:, ; , : ¦ ¦ ' ' ' TO THK EDI&R OF THE NORTHERN STAR . _ . -igiB . ^ -Th ' e last county meeting was ^ held , OT we He ? wood ArmS , Miles ' ^ tti ng ^ MMiohejp ^ -g I » # fi § at several Sgs ; at all of which , adesiwwas Lffflfea i s St see that Mr . Duncombe is so far recovered Sortly to attend his Parliamentary duties again ; and as he has hitherto pleaded our cause so BUCceasfully in the House of Commons , the miners of those districts are desirous , ( if his health permit ) that he should continue to be their ohampion until th"have proper protection for life and health .

      ey I wag instructed at the previous county meeting , to a scertain whether his health would permit him to take charge of our Bill again . Here is the noble and generous reply :- ?¦ ' " .. ¦ 5 . Palace Chambers , St . James ' , February 8 th , 1850 .: BEtaSin , —Many thanks to jou&r your kind inquiries respecting' my health , which , I am happy to inform you , has lately much improved ; and although prudence forbids my giriiig a very constant attendance at present to the House of Commons , yet I hope at the time you mention , — viz ,, after Easter , —to be able to reeume my Parliamentary duties as formerly , when I shall be happy to give the miners and colliers any assistance in « iy power ; in the meantime you are ot full liberty to add my namo to the committee of members , whom you say we equally disposed to support legislative interference in the better conducting and safer management of mines and collieries .

      I am , dear'Sir , yours faithfully , Thomas S . Duscombe . Mr . David Swallow , Bolton . : . Another letter was also read , in answer to one sent to the chairman of the coal proprietors' association of South Lancashire , with a view to both parties coming to a proper arrangement as to what kind of a . bill would best suit the interests of the employer and the employed ; but he declines to meet me as a deputation from the colliers in the following' terms : — " He understood the Government intended to take the matter in hand ; in which case , it would do no good meeting the deputation , " : It isi all very fine to put us off with such an answer , but , I trust , that the miners of Yorkshire ,

      and every other county in England , Scotland , and Wales , will better themselves , and take the matter in hand , and not leave the battle to be contested arid gained by a . few counties ; let all give a helping hand—then the work will be light—let every district begin immediately to get petitions signed , holding meetings , < fco . On account of having five collieries on strike , it was considered impossible that two men could be sent to London to press the matter on the attention of the legislature , along with the deputation from Durham and Northumberland , out of the present levy ; therefore the following resolution was agreed to ; to be taken back to the districts for conside ration : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting ,

      that it is highly desirable , that a levy of twopence per member should be paid to the county board ( for once only ) for the purpose of defraying the expenses of a deputation of two . men to London , as above referred to ; and that every delegate be very particular in laying the matter before his district , so that each delegate might come prepared to state at the next county meeting , whether their districts are prepared to pay the extra levy of twopence or not , for the above purpose . " After the other busineaa , which was only of a local nature , had been transacted , the county meeting was adjourned until Monday next , March 4 th , to be held at the George Inn , Lamberhead Green , near Wigan .

      At three o ' clock m the afternoon , a public meeting of the Bradford , Clayton , Moston , and Tinkerbrow Collieries , was held at the above plaee , Mr . Hibberfc , a working collier , in the chair . The meeting was addressed by Mr . J . Price , Mr . H . ' Dennett , and others . The meeting was an excellent one , and a very enthusiastic feeling prevailed throughout the whole of the proceedings . PoTNTON- ( Cheshire ) . —I held a good meeting on the Thursday previous , at the . house of Mr . Peter Clayton , " Midway , " Poynton , Mr . Bramall occupied the chair , and opened the proceedings in an excellent speech ; after which Mr . Francis , the district secretory , read a copy of a very excellent address , and bye-laws for their own local government , drawn up by him , which was unanimously agreed

      to , and ordered to be printed . I then pointed out to the meeting , at considerable length , the evils of rash turn-outB—showing the difference between strikes and unions , which some people considered synonymous—to the satisfaction of all present . I anticipate that this colliery will soon be in a far better state of organisation than it is at present . I have also held a good meeting lately at Hindley , amongst Strangeway s men . - Mr . Price has held some good meetings in and around St . Helen's ; lam pappy to say that the union has been successful fn obtaining a general advance of about sixpence per day on the colliers ' wages in those districts , during the last three months . Such are the benefits of union in this county . Yours respectfully , D . Swaiaow .

      ¦ 25 , Sidney-street , Bolton , Feb . 25 th , 1850 . P . S . —Any person who may wish to write to me , upon any subject conneoted with our society , can do so as above . ¦•• • ¦ W . S .

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      THE MINERS PETITION . TO THE UONOOIIADLE THE CaMMOSB OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GKEAT ' BBITAIS ' AND ' IBE 6 ANI ) ' IX FABHAMENT ASSEMBLED , . - The humble petition of the undersigned Coal Miners of Northumberland and Durham , \ n public meeting assembled , on the sixteenth day of February , 1850 . ReSPECTFDW , Y SHEftETil , — . That jour petitioners are coal miners , who , in pursuit of their avocation , are continually exposed to numerous dangers and accidents , such as falls from the roof , breaking of ropes , chains , itc , and more especially to those frequent and disastrous events , colliery explosions , whereby many hundreds ' of lives are annually destroyed , entailiug ruin and wretchedness upon numerous widows and orphan children . That in addition to those fearful calamities which injure , maim , and destroy so many of the relatives and fiiends of your petitioners , tho . v are dailv exDoscd to the iniurious

      effects of badly ventilated mines , which being partly free from the . explosive gas , engenders carelessness and disregard to the ventilation , and thereby ensuring the presence of carbonic acid and nitrogen gaaes the constant breathing of which , 'for a long period each day , - necessarily impairs the health of your petitioners , ( many of whom at the present tinie are obliged to work where a candle or other light will not burn , except placed nearly , in a horizontal position , ) and which in a brief period brings them to a premature grave . ' Your petitioners would respectfull y intimate , that in 1835 , the serious loss ' of life in coal mines attracted the attention of Parliament , who appointed a committee to examine into , the causes of auch accidents , ' and which committee , after a long and patient investigation , made their report , from which we make the following extracts : — . ' Your committee do riot hesitate to express a conviction , that whilst some mines , equally foul , are materially freed from large accumulations of gas , by the

      approximation of tho seams of coal to the surface of the earth , others , . where the seams lio horizontally or nearly so , require more shufls , additional opportunities for the injection of pure air and the rejection of foul , than are ordinarily afforded , A less parsimonious system in this respect , either in the original design of those mines or in their subsequent working ,, would ; have rendered ea 9 y—otherwise—difficult ventilation , and saved many valuable lives : the absolute necessity of . greater attention to this point has been fully es-; tablished . ' The committee further report , — ' That the practice of placing wooden partitions or brattices in' the ventilating shafts is deservedly- reprobated , the slightest explosion removes thorn , thus , the whole system of ventilation is destroyed , and no timely aid can be rendered to the temporarily surviving sufferers : to this point the committee . attaclfrm importance inferior only to the provision of a sufficient number of up-cast and downcast shaft * . ' . ¦

      Your petitioners state with regret , that those excellent and proper recommendations of that committee have had practically but little attention from the proprietors of colleries , and that very recently shafts have been sunk , having wooden partitions dividing tho ventilating shaft , in direct cbntravertion of the reprobation of that committee , thus exposing - to danger the lives of many hundreds of the working colliers . That , despite the expressed anticipations of that committee , — ' That the mass of . valuable evidence thus publicly exhibited , would , by its circulation , enlist the aid of . science and humanity in the , future working of coal mines , bo as to ensure a diminution of such frequent and extensive loss of life . ' Your petitioners have , to state thatthe loss of life by accidents have ' greatly increased since the report of the committee was made , and that within the last few jeara a still further increased fatality , has obtained in that respect . ' ¦ ..--.. ; ¦

      That in corroborntion of the above , we would refer to the parliamentary report of 1840 . A committee of which therein stated , that from fifty-five mining districts the number of violent deaths in the year 1838 , were 349 . That the census of 1841 , represent the number of males , twenty years of age and upwards , employed in the mines ,, to be 124 , 660 , and that amongst men of this class , the violent deaths in 1640 , were 498 , which is very nearly the same ratio as that of the nary and merchant service at homo , and as compared with agricultural labourers as 3 , 939 to 1 , 221 , and as 3 , 932 to 940 ' of men of the same age in the community at large . That the following list , copied from the Mining Journal , exhibits by contrast the increasing number of violent deaths in coal mines ' : — Number killed by various accidents , in the year 1838—349 . Ditto ditto ditto 1840—498 . Ditto ditto- ditto 1845-562 . Ditto ditto ditto 1847—462 .

      Ditto ditto ditto 1848—570 . ditto ditto ditto , 1849—70 * . Thus affording conclusive proof of the iacVeMng fatality among the miners of this country . , Your petitioners sincerely believe that such increased fatality has arisen from the want of a due inspection of aiines ,- and . that in . the opinion of your petitioners the timo Jma fully nyriveu when such inspection should be adopted , which opinion has "been 'fully comfinnedby tlie reports of several scientific and official examinations int » the causes ofpni ' tioular explosions , one or two of which your petitioners will specify . Sir H . De le Beche and Dr . L yon l'lay fair , who reported upon the Jarrow- colliery explosion in 1845 . Hhevehs fifty lives were Iost . state as follows ¦ . —• ' we lire lad to consider that the evils might be atleastmiti cated by fcke < eareful aud judicious inspection of convenient dis tricts , ! by competent persons , rmd we believethattho cause of Iiuonauityand . the interest of the coal owners would be alike Itfluefited by a well considered legislative onactmont

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      of this kind . " Again , Sir H . Dele Beche and Mr . W . Smithe , officially appointed to investigate into the cause ot the explosion ' at Ardslev MaincolUe ' ry , in . 1847 , referring to the ' subject of inspection ; jnadetkefoilowingdeclaraUon :-' . 'We believe that this inspection , if-rightly conducted , would be alike important to the employers ; and employed J and when we reflect that the men who labour in pur collieries iupply the great mass of fuel which not only contribute to the household comforts of so large a portion of the inhabitants of this country , 'but also to the means by which it * wealth and resources are to greatly advanced , we cannot but conceive that arrangements for the safety o their lives forinB a fitting , subject for National care and Legislative provision . " ' Your petitioners further submit , that in addition to the ,,,,, „ ,

      above official reports and evidence , they have to present an extract from the valuable report of the South Shields committee , who examined personally several of . the pits in this district relative to this subject , as follow * : — "Ihe advantages derivable from an enlightened public jurisdiction in a well organised system of government inspection , are clear and indubitable . That such inspection and jurisfoctjon for securing the fullest protection in the public interest are perfectly compatible with the private rights of property and the freedom of trade , and that the principle has already been acknowlodged by the Legislation with regard to railways the professions , the manufacturers , and some of the trade ' s , anct is peculiarly applicable to mining , unlike the former , far removed from an enlightened public Investigation ' . " . their

      Your petitioners beg also to state , that besides exposure to those dangers above enumerated , they are subjected to the abrupt inundation of water , arising In many nstanees from want ofa proper register of plans , dsc of the old and previous workings , such as occurred in Heaton colliery , in 1815 , and by which seventy-five lives were lost ; and also at Workington colliery , where tmrty-sa persons were drowned , and were , despite the mony warnings and ssmptoms given of the apprehended danger , the self-will and obstinacy of the agent prevented him from taking heed thereof , as will be seen by referring to the evidence of ifatthins Dunn , Esq ., given before the recent committee of : ie House of Lords , on accidents-in mines , and also from an extract of a letter sent by Mr . Browness , one of the under agents at the colliery to that gentleman . Extract : — Unless some interference can be made , a very few days or weeks will most assuredly bring in the water of the sea , and that opinion is now so generally expressed , that men are lenvine the colliery every day . " Notwithstanding such

      warnings , the workings were continued , and the sea broke in , destroying thirty-six lives , and ruining the property . And your petitioners would intimate , that a similar cage to the above occurred at Landshipping , in Pembrokeshire , where , by working under the bed of the river , forty persons were drowned , both of which cases exhibit that sufficient warnings were given , but there being no authorised parties to compel attention to tho 6 e warnings or to stop the works , the destruction followed as a matter of course . Your petitioners would represent that none of the bodies . of the persons drowned being recovered , no i nquest could be held thereon , so that the carelessnes of the managers went without punishment , thus exhibiting a great defect in the law of coroners ' courts . ¦ ' ¦ ' Your petitioners enlist the attention of . your honourable house to the tardiness of the colliery proprietors in introducing any of the a ids of science to benefit and advantage the working colliers , and would refer , as in illustration

      thereof , to the well-known and ingenious invention of G . Gurney , Esq ., as detailed by him to the Parliamentary committoe , in 1835 , but which invention had not been practically applied until July , 1849 , when it was partially adopted at Seaton Delaval colliery , Northumberland , and from the evidence of T . B . Foster and J . Mather , Esqrs ., ai given by them to the committee of Lords , it was proven , that double the quantity of air had been got , by the application of high pressure steam , to the ventilation ; and although now that luch experiment has been , before tbe country for nearly twelve months , there are none of the other . collieries making any efforts , at far as your petitioners know , to call in such aid , although at very many collieriei the workmen are almost suffocated for want of wholesome air . Again , Mr . Fourdrinier has produced an apparatus for the saving of life by the immediate suspension of the cage in the shaft , should the rope or

      chain break ; and although its efficiency hat been tested in the presence of a large number of colliery managers , who signed a certificate of such efficiently , yet but two or three collieries have put up such apparatus , notmthstanding the expenses is not mor « than from 201 . to 301 . In conclusion , your petitioners beg leave to implore your honourable house that for the several reasons given , and from the experience of your petitioners themselves , that your honourable house will , without further delay , ( a « dtlay in this case is death , Jproceed to enact that inspectors of mines be appointed ( the same being practical men , ) with similar powers as belong to factory inspectors , inspectors of railways , Ac , that the frequent and extensive loss of life in coalmines may be . diminished , and jour petitioners ' hitherto unhealthy employment be improved , and the condition of jour petitioners and their families have a like consideration as other classes of her Majesty's subjects . And your petitioners , as in duty bound , will ever pray , iiQ ,

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      THE LAND SCHEME , ' ( Continued from the eighth page . ) Poor Law . It now became the interest of landlords and large farmers to elbow as many poor as possible out of the parish , in order to keep down the poorrates . Thousands of little farmers had now disap . peared , and their houses were in some cases filled with labourer-paupers , and mothers pulled down . Great difficulty was felt by the labourer-pauper to get a cottage at all , and the young husbandman , whom Goldemlth called the " country ' s pride , " and whom the malt-tax drove out of the farm-houses , had to seek a lodging in some small old cottage filled with half-fed and half-clothed children . There was Jittle warmth or comfort to be obtained hereof a cold winter ' s night , and so the young husbandman sought refuge in the comfortable " settle" by the

      blazing fire of the " Tommy-shop . " Here conversation flowed : freely . There was no master ' s eye upon his men . ; . no mistress to keep the blasphemous tongue in . check . The village beer-shop is theresort of all the scamps in the neghbourhood ; the delight of the poaoher , and the paradise of the uncaught felon . - This is the school in which immense numbers of our rural population receive their education and get prepared to enter college , which is sometimes the county-jail , but more frequently the union workhouse . " Repeal the sale of beer bill , " says the clergy and others . We say , repeal the malt-tax , and thousands of young husbandmen will be taken back into farm-houses , and resume , their seats under a master ' eye by his kitchen fire , instead of being frequenters of the beer-shop , - , But we must return to the consideration of the

      possibility of enabling poor men with a small capital —say £ 100 or £ 200—to obtain land and to cultivate it themselves , so as to be a burden to no one . Great doubts are entertained as to the policy of letting a poor man have a small bit of land , to cultivate it oy spade labOHr . We . know that ' in some places it has been rejected by the- labourers themselves , especially since the failure of the potato . Lord Willoughby d'Eresby thinks that it would be better to let the labouring husbandman have three or four acres of meadow land—a small part to be used as a kitchen garden , the chief part for a cow , Ac ., hut none to be used as plough land or for spade labour , except the kitchen-garden . A poor man . would be able in this way to reap the advantage of cow's milk and occasionally have a calf t « sell . He would also be able to raise some pigs , a little poultry , some bees , some flax , and if the cow would permit , some hops , and even tobacco , and all his vegetables ; and with such advantages his labour-wages need not be increased . :. ' .- . _ .. .

      But this is a state of things which , however desirable , we are not sanguine enough to expect to see extensively carried' out , though it has , we understand , been adopted in some places . Under such a plan , the husbandman would be better off still as a abourer to the farmer than he would bo obtaining a few acres of land and depending solely upon it for his maintenance . ......... . Still there are many persons residin g in towns ready enough to return to the country if they could obtain a fevr score or a hundred or two acres of land on reasonable terms , and who have sufficient capital to embark in such an enterprise . But they will not be tenants-at-will ; nor tenants at all if they can help it . They want to possess the land in fee simple , as the lawyers call it . They wish to buy

      it out and out , to make it their own . But there are legal difficulties in the way . Our laws are made as if there . were no persons in the Kingdom desirous of becoming small landed proprietors and . cultivators . ' ' The transfer of landed property , thanks to our noble '' laws and constitution , " is a very expensive affair , and in the ' smallest purchase there is frequently a glorious picking to be made out of it in making , or seeking out , and in the examination of , titles , or leases , and mortgages , " releases" and " redemptions of the fee simple , " and all the jargb of Westminster Hall , which comes into full play the moment a man talks of buying or selling real property of any . kind and especially land . One of the tirat things , therefore , that are required to be done is to simplify the tranfer of real property ,

      and to render such transfers as cheap as possible , and with as little interference of the law as possible . We believe there is a notice of motion to accomplish something of this kind on the books of the House of Commons , and we are not sure that a bill has not been prepared by some member with this object . . We do hot know how it is , or why it is , but so it is , that at the commencement of every session , notices of bills , and bills themselves , are brought hofore thei house , many of them seeming to be well calculated to promote many practical social reform ' s ; but , somehow , before the session closes , most , if not allof those bills slip out of sight , like the Copyhold Bills , and little or nothing is done , or , if done ; is so badly done that next session halfa-dozen more bills are required to explain or amend or to repeal parts or the whole of such acts . Such

      is the tinkering for ever going on under , tho " pranipotency" of . Parliament , that the country has long ceased to expeofc any wide , sound ; practical measures from it ; arid it ' is this conviction—thait Parliament either cannot nor will not do anything ofa really useful kind / so as to recall the confidence of the nation—that has ' compelled thousands reluctantly to admit that something must be done to br ing the people and-Parliament more into harmony ' . Neitheremigrationnorcolonisation wil be found a remedy for the present social condition of tho country . We want more people to bo encaged in producing for their own -wants by the cultivation of the 8 oiL flofc half the pepplo who now keep-shops , dsc , are wanted in the towns . How the change is to be , if it can be , ' brought about , is one of the great problems of the age . Delay it as wemayi . it . willbe . ftffeed . onpublip attention nt ash—Brighton Herald .

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      ' : : :: ¦ » ' ' . ¦ ¦ ' : PORN . ; , : ' ; ; / ; .: , ... = Mamc Unb , Monday ,: February 25 . —The arriralj of English wheat were small this ^ morning , and of foreign the chief partwas from Odessa . Fine English sold rather more readily at last Monday's pnees ; but in forei gn m » cannot note any change , though prices are firm . Forei < m flour Is per sacls nnd barrel cheaper . Barley Slow salP and malt dull and 2 s cheaper . In rye nothing doing . Beam ! met with little inquiry . Peas went off heavil y at lsred uc tion . The supply of oats was moderate , and good fresh * corn fully as dear ; other descriptions without alteration linseed cakes ready sale at previous rates . For red clover * seed there-was more demand at last week ' s prices imi white dull and cheaper . * VW | Dat

      British . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , new " «• to 41 s , ditto white 40 s to 47 s , Lincoln , Norfolk , and YnrV » hlre , red 32 a to 37 s , Northumberland and Scotch whita 32 s to 37 s , ditto red 32 s to 36 s , Devonshire and Somerset ! ahlre , red , —s to —8 , ditto white — to —s , rye , 21 « to 2 ^» barley , 22 s to 24 s , Scotch 28 s to 22 s , Angus —st 0 l ! , Malt ordinary , —s to —s , pale 48 s to 51 s , peas , grey n 75 21 s to 238 j maple 23 s to 25 s , white 22 s to 23 s , boaeran «! 21 b to 25 s , beanB , large , new 22 s to 23 s , ticks 24 s to 2 S . harrow , 2 Ss to 26 s , pigeon . 26 s to 28 s , oats , Lincoln •>„* Yorkshire feed , 15 s to 18 s . ditto Poland and DCtat « 17 s to 20 s , Berwick and Scotch , 17 s to 21 s , Scom ! feed , 17 s to 18 s , Irish feed ana black , 14 s to 17 s , S potato , 17 s to 19 s , linseed ( sowing ) SOs to 52 s , rap eseed Essex , new £ 28 to £ 32 per last , carraway seed , Essex n » w 26 s to 303 per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 410 s per ton lia seed , £ 9 lOs . to £ 10 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 28011 w ' ship , 26 s to 283 , town , 3 Gs to 38 s . ' Fobhon . —Wheat . — Dantzig , 42 s to 48 s , Anhnlt- aai Marks , 36 to 40 s , ditto white , 40 s to 42 s , Pomeranian re * 40 to 42 Rostock 44 to 46 Danish

      s s , s s , , Holstein , aai Friesland , 30 b to 34 s , Petersburg !) , Archangel , and Ife 32 s to 34 s , Polish Odessa , 32 s to 34 s , Marianopoli , ojid B » dianski . 32 s to 35 s , Taganrog , 32 s to 34 s , Brabant an * French , 34 s to 369 , ditto white , 38 s to 48 s , Salonica , 30 si » 33 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 26 s / rye , 20 s to 22 s , barley , 'Wisma r and Rostock , 18 s to 21 s , Danish , 18 s to 22 s , Saal , 20 s to 24 s , EastFriesland , 16 s to 17 s , Egyptian , 15 s to Us , Danube ISs to 16 s , peas , white , 22 s to 23 s , new boilers , 24 s £ 2 S > , beans , horse , 21 s to 23 s , pigeon , 24 s to 25 s , Ejrp tian , 21 s to 22 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , 11 s to 15 s , ditto , thick and brew , lGs to 20 s , Kiga , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Swedish , Ita to 18 s , flour , United States , per 19 Glbs ., 22 gto 23 s , Ham . burgh 20 s to 22 s , Dantzig and Stettin 20 b to 22 s , French mc S 801 bs ., 31 s to 32 » . ' Wedxesday , February 27 . —The arrivals of grain this week are short , particularly of wheat , but again , fair of flour . . In our trade we have a continued dullness for every article , without variation in price . Most of the country and provincial markets held yesterday were also verv dull . ¦

      Arrhals this week : — wheat— English , 1 , 220 quartewj foreign , — quarters . Barley—English , 4 , 690 quarters ; foreign , 1 , 140 . quarters . Oats—English , 6 , 330 quarters ; foreign , — quarters . Flour—4 , 510 sacks . Richmond OToiureinitE , ) Feb . 23 . —TVe only had a thin supply of wain this morning . "Wheat sold from 4 s 3 d te 5 s 6 d : outs , is 6 d to 2 s 6 a ; barley , 3 s Oa to 3 s 6 d ; teanB , 3 s 3 d to 3 s 6 d per bushel . BREAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis arefron i 6 d . to 7 d . , of household ditto , 4 Jd . to 5 Jd . per 4 fcs . loaf .

      CATTLE . SMiTHFreu ) , Monday , Feb . 25 , —Although the suppl y of foreign stock here to-day was but moderate , the demand for it ruled heavy , at drooping prices . There were forty oxen on sale from Spain . From ' our own grazing districts , the arrivals of beasts fresh up . this morning were considerably on the increase . In their quality a decided , improvement was noticed . Notwithstanding that the attendance of buyers was tolerably good , the beef trade ruled exceed , ingly heavy , at a decline in the quotations obtained on Monday last of 2 dper 8 lbs . The top figure for the best Scots was 3 s lOd per 81 bs . At the close of business several droves left the market unsold . For the time of year , the supply of sheep was moderately good , and in fair average condition . AU breeds were a slow sale , at prices barely equal to those paid on this day se ' nnight , yet a clearance was effected . The extreme value of the best old Downs ia the wool was 4 s 6 d per 81 bs . Those out of the wool went at 3 s 6 d to 3 s lpd per 81 bs . Calves were in moderate supply and heavy inquiry , at barely . Friday ' s decline in thfl quotations . In pigs next to nothing was doing , and price ? gave way 2 d per 81 bs .

      Head of Cjlttle at SMrr / tFretD . —Friday . —Beasts , 930 ; sheep , 3 , 210 ; calves , 244 ; pigs , 300 . Monday . _ Beasti , 3 , 922 ; sheep , 19 , 490 ; calves , 108 ; pigs , 185 . Price per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offal . )—Betf , 2 s IMt * 3 s lOd ; mutton , 3 s 2 dto is 6 d ; veal , 3 s Od to 3 s lOdj pork , 3 s 4 d to 4 s Od . JNewgate and Lbadenhall , Monday , Feb . 18 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 4 d to 2 s 6 a ; middling ditto , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; prims large , 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; prime small , 3 s 2 d to 3 s id ¦ . lurgt pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd : middling ditto , 3 s Od to 3 s 4 d ; prime ditte , 3 s 6 d to 3 s lOd ; veal , 3 s Od to 3 slOd ; small pork , 3 s fid to 4 s Od ; per 81 bs . by the carcase .

      PROVISIONS . London , Monday Since our last report the stock of Irish butter has diminished , the tone of the market improved , and holders more coufident . Dealers from the north were again here , and purchased a further quantity of about 5 , 000 firkins . Prices have advanced fully 2 s to 3 s for nearly all kinds except the Jfinest , which were for the most part stationary in demand and value . Foreign : The arrivals were limited , demand good ; prices for the best ; 6 s to 8 s per cwt dearer . Bacon : There was no activity in either the demand for Irish or American singed sides ; the dealings were therefore comparatively trifling , and prices the turn in favour of buyers . Hams and lard rather more saleable . . English Bctter , Feb . 25 . —Our trade for old Dorset butter is very sluggish , whilst a good inquiry continues for fine new milk , at full pr ices . Dorset fine weekly . 104 s to 108 s per cwt , ; ditto , fine old , 56 s to 75 s ; fresh , 0 s to 13 s per doz , lbs .

      FEUIT , VEGETABLES , &o . Covest Gardem . —Vegetables are plentiful , but many kinds of fruit are scarce Hot-house grapes are over aaa pine-apples ave anything but plentiful as are pears and apples . Filberts , walnuts , and chesnuts are abundant , and oranges and lemons are sufficient for the demand . Amongst vegetables , turnips- and carrots are good , and there is some fine Cornwell broccoli in the market . Totatoes are unaltered since our last account : foreign ones fetch from 50 s to 70 s per ton . Lettuces and other salading are cheaper , and so are mushrooms . French beans , asparagus , seakale , and rhubarb , may be obtained at last week s prices . Out flowers consist of heaths , pelargoniums , bignonia venusta , primulas , camellias , cinerarias , Christmas roses , azaleas , lillies of the valley , epacrises , acacias , and roses .

      POTATOES . Soothwabx Watebside , Feb . 25 . —We have had many arrivals this last week both costwise and continental , and a large supply by rail , which , with mild weather , h ? s tended to lower prices in nearly every description of potato . The following are this day ' s quotations : —Yorkshire Regents 80 s to 110 a per ton ; Wisbech ditto 70 s to 90 s ; Scotcli ditto 70 s to 80 s ; Ditto Cups 65 s to 75 s ; French Whites 70 s to 80 ; Belgian 70 s to 75 s . ; Rhenish G 5 s to 70 s .

      SEEDS . London , Monday . —TVe can notice no improvement in the general tone of the seed trade , and so little was don ' e today that quotations must be regarded as nominal . Canary seed of fine quality was offered at 76 s to 78 s perqr ., and Spring tares at 4 s per bushel . HOPS . BonouGH , Monday , Feb . 25 . —We have a very restricted Inquiry for the better class of Kent and Sussex hops ; other descriptions command no attention . Prices are tolerably firm at the annexed quotations : —Sussex pockets 120 s to 135 s ; weald of Kent 147 to 170 b .

      TALLOW , HIDES , AND OILS . MondaT , Feb . 25 . —For all kinds of tallowthe demand is unuBunlly heavy , and prices to-day tire fully Is . per c » t . lower than on Monday last . P . Y . C . on the spot is ottering at SOs 6 d ; and for delivery during the last'three months . 37 s 6 d to 37 s Od per cwt Town tallow , 3 G » per cwt . net cash ; rough fat , 2 s lid per 81 bs . Letters from St . Petersburgh ,-dated the 9 th inst ., state thatthe trade there was heavy . 10 , 000 poods first common Y . C ., deliverable in August , had sold at 113 roubles , with 10 J down . Cash price 108 roubles , with very few sellers . Leadenkali ,. —Market hides 56 E > . to C 4 tt > ., ljd to ljd per B ) . j ditto 64 Jb . to 721 b , lid to ljd ditto 720 . to SOm . i 2 d to 2 Jd ; ditto 801 b . to 881 b ., 2 id to 3 d ; ditto 8 S » t « 9 Blb ., 3 d ' to 3 id ; ditto 961 b . to 1041 b ., 3 Sd to 4 d ; ditto lOlTb . toll 2 Jb . 3 . } d told ; calf-skins each 2 s 6 dto 3 s 6 & ; Horse hides 5 s to 6 s .

      Linseed per cwt . 32 s Od to 32 s 6 d ; rapeseed English refined 41 s 6 d to —s ; brown 41 s Od ; GaHipoh' per ton . 501 . ; Spanish 502 . ; Sperm 821 . to —I ; bagged 831 . ; South Sea 33 C . 0 s to 34 / . ; Seal pale 39 ! . 10 s to —1 . : do ., coloured , S 31 . ; cod 30 ? . to 311 . ; cocoa nut per ton 281 . to 401 , J palm , 322 .

      WOOL . Cur , Monday , Feb . 19 . —The imports of wool into London last week were very limited , comprising only 63 bale * of Cape , 608 of Odessa , and a dozen bales from France . ' and Belgium . 'The public sales have been progressing satisfactorily , and will-close this evening . Liverpool . Fob . 23 .-Scjoteh . —There is still a fairtrado demand for laid'Highland wool . Stocks nre light . Wbite is also in fair request . The stocks and selection of crossed and cheviot are anything but good ; if better , no do'ibt more would be sold . February £ 5 . —The market closed steadily and more cheerfully .: compared with Friday ' s rates . Prices of all kinds are without change .. The demand from the trade has been pretty general , but the buying has been in small quantities . The sales are from 4 , 000 to 5 , 000 bales , which include 200 Pernam and Maranhnm , from GJ to-7 d . ; 100 Egyptian , from . 7 d to 8 d ; and 200 Surat from i \ & to 5 gd . Imports for the week , 98 bales ; previously this year , 5 . 819 bales . ' ¦ '

      COAL . ' loNDON , Monday , Feb . 25—Before sales could be effected factors were compelled to submit to a reduction generally of Is . per ton . Hetton ' s , 18 s ; Haswell ' s , 18 s ; Stewart ' 18 s ; Wylams , 15 s Gd . Fresh arrivals , 79 : left from last day , 386 ; total , 465 .

      COLONIAL PRODUCE . Lon » Oi » , Tuesday Evening . —Sugab . —The market has ) een more firm to-day than for some time past , and a large portion of the quantity offered in public sale has been sold ; occasionally , the turn in price has been in favour of the buyer . G 2 O hhds . West India sold , brotro , 34 s tc 35 s Gd ; middlinu to fine , 35 s to lOs . 6 , 000 bugs Mauritius chiefly found buyers in public sale , brown , 28 s to 34 s ; 'yellow , 35 s to 39 » . . Bengal , 4 , 509 bags were offered , and about one-fourth bought in . Benores sold 35 s to 40 s ; brown 28 s to 33 s . SOO bags Madras , damp and washed , sold at 28 s 0 ( 1 to 33 s 6 d . There has been a full amount of business dons in foreign ; . say . 5 . 0 B 0 boxes _ of yellow , Havannah in bond , for exportation , ' at 20 s 6 d ; and 500 cases white Bahia at 23 s 34 . We have no alteration to quete in refined , grocery lumps remain quoted 48 s to 50 s 6 d . - .. Coeeeb—The puWic sales went offhoavily to-day , and a large povtion was bought in to sustain prices . Good ordinary native ; Ceylon was withdrawn at SOs , but there appeared to be buyers at 58 s to 5 Js . ¦ . Cocoa . —900 bugs Guayaquil were offered , and boucht in . at 30 « too 2 s . . - ...- -. .-. = .- ; , . Cotton . —This article remains inactive . Tai / Low remaina quoted at 38 s 6 d . " ¦ ' Tea continues ' steady , ¦ : ; j : -. .- -m .- ¦

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      .,. ! . ' OLDHAM . « - > On Monday evening ; a . numerous meeting took place in the Town-hall , at Oldham , to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament to pass an' Act to carry into effect the spirit and intention of the 7 ch Victoria , c . 15 . Mr . A . Taylor took the chair , in the absence of the Mayor . Mr . T . Mills , an operative spinner , moved the first resolution , emb ' odyi ing tho views of the meeting , and condemning the system of relays ; which was seconded by Mr Lear and carried unanimously . The second resolution , to tho effect that petitions to both houses of Parlinment should bo prepared , was carried in the same manner , after which a petition was agreed to ; and the thanks of the meeting having been passed for tho chairman , the proceedings terminated .

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      - — ^ i BRADFORD . A numerous and respeotable meeting was held on Tuesday m the Temperance-hall , at Bradford , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to pass » declatory act for limiting : tho time of working of young people and women to ten continuous hours for five days m the week , and to : eight hours on Saturdays . ^ . Mr . J . . Pollard presided , and hmtlZ addressed the meeting at considerable length was followed by the Rev . l ) r . Burnet , vicar of Bradford , who moved the first resolution , , to tho effect that the Ten Hours Act . having produced salutary effects both to the employers and the employed , the meeting rejected every proposal for , increasing the working hours of young people and women ; which was seconded by Mr . C . Harding , who recommended the coming forward and resolutel y demanding a clear and intelligible Ten Hours Act . The resolution was supported by Mr . Rand , an extensive manufacturer , and carried unanimously . The second resolution condemning the relay system , was proposed by Mr J . Bottomley , a factory overseer , and seconded by Mr . E . Foster , of Rawden , and carried in the same manner . Mr ; Forster observed he had come ei"hty miles to attend the meeting . Other resolutions for jearrying . into effect the wishes of the meeting were ittonoamed , and a petition to the . House ofOomniWB , to bO ; intrusted ; to Lprd ^ Ashley for preseBta-« on , v , propo . 8 edv-anfLadopted ; after , which , -a TOte ; ofth . 'UiKs , ; fOTithe chairman , and the bueJuaW concluded .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 2, 1850, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1563/page/8/