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      Mr . O'O 93 f 50 K . replied , that woulddepend entirely upon th ' e ' aavicehereceiv ^ d'froin those who knew more Of such matters than he professed to do himself . , He was new . in communication with ; one of the ablest lawyers upon the subject ; and he had no objection to take the advice of the hon . member for Oxfordshire . ( Laughter . ) As he took so much interest in the matter , perhaps he would favour him with that counsel . _ Coal Pit Expiosiov . —Mr . Wtm > inquired if any commission had been instituted to inquire and report on the late coal-pit explosion , by which thirteen lives had been lost ? Sir < J . Gket said no official representation had been made to him on the subject . Duchies of Cornwall aud Lancaster . —Mr Tbeiawst moved fora committee to inquire into the management of the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster ; with regard to the former , where its accumulations are invested , who is the heir of the persenai estate of the Prince of Wales , and with respect to other matters relating to the Duchy property and its management . He stated that the object of his motion was twc-fold . as regarded , first , public econmy ; secondly , private security . Disclaiming , in the Strongest terms , any intcr . iion to invade the rights of the Crown , which hs considered , under the arrangements made , would be dishonest , he stated various grounds for believing that thig property— which was private property for public purposes—was not likely to be economically tended nnder the existing mode of management ; and anticipating certain objections to his motion , he endeavoured to obviate them . The Smjcitor-Gexeral considered that no

      ground whatever had been laid for granting a committee of inquiry . The house had no right to interfere with property that was not of a public character—this property was purely of a private character , an objection which had induced thp house to refuse this motion last year . The property was in the Crown daring the time when ihere was no heirapparent ; as soon , however , as there was an heir apparent , who was not created , but born Duke of Cornwall , the property vested in him exclusively , and he had the absolute right ¦ of disposing of the revenues of the Duchy up to the time of his

      succeeding to the crown . The Solicitor-General explained the system under which the estates were now managed , and stated the great diminution of the charges which had taken place , and the net revenue now received by the Prince of Wales , showing that a verj material improvement had taken place in the management of the property . He then went everthe several grounds upon which Mr . Trolawny had rested his motion , which included matters not ft for Parliamentary inquiry , and he contended that those grounds did not warrant the intervention of that house .

      ifr . BoavERiB denied that this was private property—it had been created by act of Parliamentthe Prince had no right to it except by act of Parliament ; it stood , therefore , in the same position as other property belonging to the public , and he saw no real distinction between the Crown lands , which were dealt with by Parliament , and the estates of the Duch y . A somewhat lengthened discussion ensued , which terminated by the motion being negatived , without a division . Supmt : Okdxaxce Estimates . —On the motion of Colonel Assos the house went into Committee of Supply , and granted several votes on account , far this department , amounting in the aggregate to £ 600 , 000 . ° ° Chief Justices * Salary Bill . —On the order ior going into committee upon this bill ,

      Sir . Christofheb , referring to a notice given in an early part of the evening by Lord John Russell , of his intention to more for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the salaries , pros'pectively , of certain public functionaries , judicial and diplomatic , recommended that the further progress of this bill shoul . l be suspended -until that committee had made a report . Lord J . Russell said , the reason for pressing forward this bill was that , as a new Chief Justice had been appointed , it was desirable that a permanent arrangement should be made upon the subject of these salaries , which at present rested solely upon a Treasury minute .

      Mr . Mullixgs considered that the bill was unnecessary—that the act of George IV . did not fix the Chief Justice ' s salary at £ 10 , 000—that the country was therefore sufficiently protected—that £ 3 , 000 was too much— . ind that this bill would obstruct further reductions . Mr . SrooxER moved a- > an amendment , that the house resolve itself into committee on the 12 th of April . After a protracted discussion this amendment was lost , the numbers being For going iuto committee 100 For the amendment 51—19 The house then went into committee on the bill . A proposition , made in committee by 5 Ir . I 1 k . vi . et , to veduee tbs salary ef the Chief Justice from £ 8 , 000 to £ 7 , 000 , was negatived , upon a division , by SG to 33 . The bill was then reported .

      The house then went into committee on the Brick Duties Bill , to which a clause was added , allowing a drawback on stocks in hand of a moiety of the duty . Another clause , relating to an abatement of prices on contracts , was withdrawn , in order that another clause might be substituted on bringing up the report . The School Districts Contributions Bill and the Pirates ( Head-money ) Repeal Bill were read a third time and passed . Sir W . Soxierville obtained leave to bring in a bill for the better distribution , support , aud management of medical charities in Ireland . The Solicitos-Gexebai moved for leave to bring in a bill to provide more simple and effectual securities for advances to purchasers of encumbered estates in Ireland , the object and technical provisions of which he brieflv explained .

      2 ir . Fuexch opposed the introduction of the bill ; and Col . Duxse moved that the house be counted , which was done , and only twenty-four members being present , an adjournment took place at one o ' clock . TUESDAY , March 26 . HOUSE OF COMMON'S . — The house met at twelve and transacted some busies , chiefly of a routine character , preparatory to adjourning for the Easter recess . Several unopposed returns were ordered , and two or three bills advanced a stage respectively . TJpon a motion for papers by Lord Dcscax some conversation took place respecting an encroachment upon the confines of the Green-park , arising out of the erections around Lord Bllesmerc ' s sew mansion , known as Bridgewater-house .

      Lord J . Russell and Mr . Hatier stated that according to tbe original design the boundary wall of the gardens of BriJgewater-house might have somewhat damaged the contour of the park at that spot . Upon a representation of this circumstance by tbe office of Woods and Forests , Lord Elles mere bad altered his plan , and ibe building , as now in progress , would be unobjectionable . The papers were ordered . Mr . IIuitE moved for a return of the receipts and expenditure of the Royal Academy for some years fast , and stated his objections to a continuance of the privilege members now enjoyed , of being lodged , rent free , in a national edifice , while they inflicted a charge upon the public for admission to their gallery of paintings .

      The motion was opposed , and after sonic remarks by Lord J . Russell , Mr . Ewaht , Sir B , IIall , and other members , w : vs negatived , upon a division , by a majority of 47 to 19 . The house rose at three o ' clock , until Monday , April 8 . ( From our Second Edition of last week . ) THURSDAY' , March 21 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — The Committee on the Factories Bill wa 3 moved pro forma , in order to the introduction of some amendments , and the farther progress of the bill was proposed until alter Easter . Trasbfkr of Landed Property . — Mr . Locke

      Else moved that , considering the eomplamts winch in . many parts of the Kingdom had proceeded from the owners and occupiers of land , mA considering also the benefits which had arisen to all other classes from recent legislation promoting Free Trade , it was expedient to adopt measures for dimlnisbin * the existing restrictions on the free transfer of landed property , and for distributing such property , in cases of inte 3 tacy , according to the same rules which prevail in respect of personal property . He contended at some length that our present law of primogeniture had found its derivation under the feudal system , and was unsuited to the present state of society . But he was not disposed to enforce tbe distribution of landed property among all the children , as in France , but simply to enact it- in case of parental intestacy . He argued in favour of his motion from the inherent injustice of the present system , ami its practical illchildrenbut

      consequences , not only to younger , to the country , upon whose resources the influential classes sought to cast the maintenance of their younger offspring . Mr- Ewabt seconded the motion , remarking tli . il - he had himself brought in a carefully prepared bill outfce same subject fifteen years ago , and that lie : would place it at Mr . King's disposal . Mr . Kiwbegate opposed the motion , which , he ; said , was au abstract proposition with an ulterior object , and was the precursor of a comprehensive mo sure directed against the title to" the landed = property of the kingdom .-. - M . Home supported it , and adduced instances of . - . the mode in which the children of aristocratic , a » miUes were forced into public situations . - ~ - . * - ' -Til ^ OSCKT « Milxes , as a landowner , sup-& .- # > id ^ S ^ -- e motion : tart said that there was no such ^ V& S lSi ** l ' * of primogeniture , " but that the T ^^^ fg ^™******™

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      Thb Chancellor . ; of . the Exchequer , though anxious to do anything which could facilitate ; the transfer of . property , thought there were ; so . many practical difficulties in the wayof the proposition of Mr . King / that he should feel it his duty ! to oppose a motion whioh could lead to no practical good . . Mr . Bright and Sir H . Tkrsey having briefly supported the motion , . . . ¦ Jlr . Locke Krae said a few words in reply , and the houso divided , when the . numbers were—For the motion ? .... 52 AgainBtit 110 Majority against —¦—58 . Sir Edward Cowbrookb rose , in pursuance ot notice , to move for a select committee to " >< l uire into the rights and succession of the allied ana dependent pnnces of India , but he had made apparently but brief progress in his address when lie became exceedingly unwell , and ultimately , at the suggestion of Sir J . C . Hobhouse , postponed his

      U 1 VUUU , - " . « . !! ,. Tbe Pirates' Head-money Repeal Bill and the Judgments ( Ireland ) Bill then went through committee , and the business of the evening terminated very early , with the nomination of a committee on the County Rates and Expenditure Bill , after some angry discussion . ( From our Hard Edition of last week . ) FHIDAY , March 22 . HOUSjE OF LOEDS . — On the subject of the Great Industrial Exhibition of 1 S 51 , an animated altercation arose between Lords Brougham and Stanley ; which was seasoned with many piquant personalities , and seemed to afford much amusement to the few members present . Lord Mobsicasiibi . 1 ., in moving for some papers relative to the emigrant ship Sobraon , recapitulated many of the statements he had already brought more than once before their lordships " , touching the il-conduct of certain officers in that vessel .

      But , after a long discussion , the papers were refused . Their Lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Mr . Bersal Osborne gave notice that , shortly after Easter , he should bring forward a motion for assimilating the law in England and Wales to that now in force in Scotland , aa regarded the qualifications of members of > arliament . Australian Colonies Bill . —The howse then resolved itself into committee on this bill . On the second clause , enacting that the number of the Legislative Council of New South Wales may be varied ; that there shall be a separate Legislative Council for Tictoria , and that one-third of the members of each Council shall be appointed by the Crown , Mr . Mowait moved the omission of the words which gave to the Crown a power of nomination .

      The amendment was resisted by Mr . Labouciiere , on the part of the Government , and gave rise to a long discussion , Mr . Gladstone and Mr . Cobden being amongst its supporters , and Sir R . Peel opposing it . Upon a division , the amendment was negatived by 16 a against 77 . Mr . Wai ^ olb then moved the omission of the elause , in Order to substitute a provision that there should be two Chambers in each of the two colonies , namely a Legislative Council and a Representative Assembly ; intending , if this proposition should be adopted , to move other clauses , providing for the constitution and composition of the Chambers . Air . IIawbs opposed the amendment , and explained the reasons which had induced the gOTcrnment to prefer the scheme of a single to that of a double Chamber for the Australian colonies . Upon a division , the amendment was negatived by 198 against 147 . The Chairman- then reported progress . The house adjourned at half-past one o ' clock until Mondav .

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      THE LATE MEETING AT THE JOHN STREET INSTITUTION . The following is the speech of Mr . Wahd , a Barrister , delivered at a recent meeting in John-street ; and as he has stated that his speech was mis-reported in the kst week ' s " Star , " and as I wish the " Star" to be a fkir and just reflex of every man ' s opinions , no matter what they may he , I couaider it an act of justice to ill " . Ward to comply with his request , hy giving the fair version of his speech . Feargus O'Cohnok . Mr . W . J . Ward was introduced to the meetisg hy the chairman , as being desirous of speaking as to the policy adopted by the association . lie commenced by saying that , when he had requested the privilege of addressing them , he had never

      entertained the idea that he should he called upon at so early a period in the evening . He deeply regretted to have to speak before Mr . Harney , and other leaders of their body , whom he saw present . He would not feel himself justified in imputing any unworthy motive to Mr . Harney , but would only tender to that gentleman his sincere thanks for his courtesy in suffering him to take precedence . ( Hear , hear . ) The position which he then occupied was by no means an enviable one , and it was only a sense of duty , and a firm reliance upon their justice and liberality , that sustained him in its discharge . He had before announced himself as a full believer in the political efficacy of the People ' s Charter . ( near , hear . ) nc believed , not less firmly than any

      of them , in the universal political equality of man . . The great Creator never branded any man with the stamp of inferiority . We were all of one great family . We occupied the same position in the scale of bciug ; we had kindred instincts , passions , and perceptions ; and there was nothing in the economy of nature , or the decrees of Providence , that marked one man out for the enjoyment of political rights , to the exclusion of his fellowcreatures . ( Cheers . ) With the other provisions of the Charter—which were to protect the exercise of the suffrage—he fully agreed . The Charter , as he understood it , was a certain body , or code of political rights . It asserted principles which they believed to be fundamental truths .. Ivo one was less

      disposed to undervalue the assertion of just prm ciples than he was . Every principle discovered was fresh intellectual territory , subjugated to the dominion of the mind . A principle was—if he might be permitted the figure—the latent spark which only required to be fanned , by some favourable breeze , into vital action , to illuminate the world . ( Hear . ) It was the discovery of principles which had given society its religion , England its Reformation , and Europe its successive revolutions . Political truths were , in their nature , immortal—though crushed by the heel of despotic power , they yet survived , and , like the Phoenix , rose from their ashes to a renewed and more active existence . ( Hear , hear . ) It was well , howevpr , to guard

      against looking too much at the justice of political truths , and not sufficiently at the practicability of their realisation . Known and recognised truths might be dormant for centuries , and a darkened world has often smothered in its bosom the sparlt capable of suffusing it with light . ( Hear , hear . ) The dreamer and enthusiast arrives no sooner at his political convictions than he thinks that , by ¦ w ishing , they will become laws ; but the wise man reads the book of political science , by the silvered light shed over its page by the lamp of reason , and there he reads that principles and theories are of no benefit to man until called into action . ( Hear . ) It is nothing to you that you possess abstract natural rights unless you are permitted to enjoy

      them . You must have power to convert those rights into laws , or else they will do nothing to improve or ameliorate your condition . ( Hear , hear . ) The great object of this association is , to convert tho theories embodied in the Charter into facts , to change them from the " airy nothings , " which at present they are , into permanent institutions of the country . The great question then is , how shall you make the Charter the law of the land , how oppose and obtain a victory over those enemies of the people , who are linked together by the golden chains of corruption , to delay , as long as possible , the emancipation of t \ ie . British people , while we ire bound to keep in view the great end for which we are striving , it is no less a part of our duty

      deliberately to reflect upon the means by which we can accomplish this desirable object . ( Hear , hear . ) Though it is no uncommon tiling in this hall to he . 'ir talk of the most extensive—I will not say extravagant—social changes , as to the distribution of wealth , the rights of property , and the payment of labour —( oh ! oh !)—which are to be carried after the Charter , we loso sight too much of the fact , thai in this association we are simply Chartists . We are too much inclined to forget that all our energies will be required , for some years to come , in obtaining the Charter , without venturing , for the present , to consider what alterations of the laws may be subsidiary to that great measure . The question is , how do you proposo to carry the Charter ? Is it by physical fore * ? No ; it was to he regretted that the gentleman who occupied tho chair the last

      * evening of debate —( oh ! oh !) — no doubt led on by rhe temporary excitement of the moment to an expression , which his better judgment wouM not hare sanctioned , made tbe slight allusion which he did , to the people , asserting their rights by armed force . One would have thought that the bitter experience of past times , and the sufferings of many of their leaders , would have taught tho salutary lesson , that no reform was to be achieved in this country , by any but moral and peaceable means . ( Hear , hear . ) It is the suasion of reason , not the stern dictates of brute violence , that can h : » ve any influence over the legislation of this country . ( Hear , hear . ) We have lost all reverence for the men who recommend the argument ot the ; sword , or who reason with the poiufc ol the bayonet . In this country although our liberties are circumscribed , ; yet , if the majority of the people resolutely determine

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      to have a change in the electoral systenvwe know , by : past precedent , ' thatrth ei'legislature dare not resist the . mandates' of the public voice . ' ( Hoar , hear . ) -lAnyreeourse to violence , would irreparably injure your , just cause ; postpone , indefinitely , the bestowal of your rights ; it would bo the 80 m ) W Of yourbeafcfriends , and give theencmies of tho popular cause the coverted opportunity , while rejoicing in your discomfiture , to declare that you ; with some appearance of reason , are not fit for the exercise of the liberties to which you aspiro . ( llear . ) Oneofyour speakers , declared from this platform , that , with the arrival of another continental revolution , "A great . change must speedily occur at home , " a"d that the government dare no longer refuse the

      concession of the unarter . He ( Mr . Ward ) condemned making the liberty of Englishmen continent , upon the efforts of foreign nations . ( Hear ; hear . ) He strongly deprecated such an anomalous mixture of home and foreign politics . We were , by our position , isolated from other nations ; and though we should ever show a lively interest in the noble efforts making abroad by people to acquire their independence , while we should individually raise the shout of triumph at their victories , and drop the tear of sympathy over their heroism and misfortune : yet we ought not to make their conduct the rule for our own country , nor subserviently avow that . After they have first obtained their rights we shall have ours .. He appealed to the

      patriotic sentiment which swelled every Englishman's heart , and asked , whether it could be conceived that our countrymen were willing to owe tlioir liberties to other nations ? ( Hear , hear . ) He would venture to assert , that uuless we could by our efforts acquire the reforms that we sought , that we should be quite undeserving of them . The establishment of Hed Republicanism in Prance had no sort of connexion with obtaining the Charter in England . ( Oh !) Continental revolutions had rarely , if ever , improved our condition . The great revolution had furnished the pretence for taking from us many constitutional rights that we before enjoyed , and bad inspired people with opinions adverse to liberty . It was true that the revolution of 1830 had , in some

      measure , aided us in obtaining the Reform Bill , but it would have been of no advantage unless public opinion in England had been well formed and matured upon the subject , Had not that revolution in Franco been distinguished , most eminently , fov its moderate and constitutional character , it Would , by inspiring the timid with awe , have furnished to the legislature the best pretext for refusing to pass the Reform Bill . Not long since we . had a Provisional Government installed in France , but it exercised no beneficial influence in the country . They had Republicanism in France , but wo did not obtain the Charter in England . It was , then , he felt sure , utterly futile to base the expectancy of our liberties upon the conduct of our continental neighbours .

      ( Hear , and " oh ! " ) Another observation of the gentleman to whom he before alluded , was , that Lord John Russell '' had acknowledged tho superiority of tho People ' s Charter , and appeared to bo courting the voxpopuii . " If by this assertion it was meant that any hopes were to be entertained of Lord John Russell proposing the People ' s Charter , he believed tRat there was no foundation ior them . Lord John Russell had praised tbe Charter at the expense of Mr . Hume's motion , in order that by confounding the two together , and giving the preference' to Mr . O'Connor ' s plan , that he might deter a certain section of the House of Commons from voting with Mr . Hume . Mr ; O' Connor had placed this in as clear and strong a light as was possible , when he said ;

      When Mr , Hume made his motion for Parliamentary Reform , both Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey complimented him upon the fact , that the definition of the suffrage and the equalisation of electoral districts , was more candid , ingenuous , and better defined , than that of the . hon . member for Montrose ; but , neither his candour or ingenuousness , had induced the noble lord , or the right hon . baronet , to vote for his proposition . But he was too old a soldier to be caught in such a trap . " ( Cheers . ) Was it not then absurd , to assert that Lord John Russell was inclined to grant the Charter , when lie openly declared before the house , and in the face of the country , that the people of England were unfit to exercise tho suffrage , and that if they had it , they would be mi 3 led , and abuse

      the trust reposed in them ? The popular cause had nothing to hope from Lord John Russell , unless it hecame too powerful to be resisted . Lord John Russell , when obliged by circumstances , was the advocate of the people ; but in the hour of danger he forsook and persecuted them , while in the moment of their triumph , he generally managed to deprive them of all the legitimate fruits of their victory . ( Hear , hear . ) The worst enemy to the cause of progress and reform in this country , is the present premier . He well-knew the art of courting tho people , when by doing so he could secure to himself and his family the emoluments of office . The small still voice of reason never found a reception in his mind , but he could , as well as any man , understand

      the vox popuii , when it became tbe thunder of an indignant people . He will offer up the liberties of the people at the shrine of aristocracy , when he can do so with personal impunity ; but , at the last crisis , he will sacrifice his order with the patriotic desire to save himself . It was not by any dependence upon faithless ministers that the Charter , was to be expected , but by self exertion , moral energy , and by educating the public mind to an appreciation of its rights . ( Hear , hear . ) How then could they best succeed in giving strength to this moral mov . emenfc ? The groat object in public agitations , was to secure the greatest possible concentration of public opinion upon some given period . Their first duty was to sink all minor differences , and to agree in

      demanding : together some measures of reform . ( Hear , hear . ) They should have a principle of union imparted to ' their proceedings ; and however opposed upon general matters they might bo to one another , tuey should combine , to secure for the people their legitimate and constitutional influence over the democratic part of the legislature . There was an association , seeking a large portion of the People ' s Charter , possessing within itself wealth , influence , talent , and all the attributes of moral power . Need he say that it was a primary duty of all sincere Chartists to offer that association every assistance in their power , to hail them as fellow workers in the good cause , and ' to show them tho fraternal spirit which they professed ? Ho

      regretted that Mr . Reynolds had , from that platform , declared his intention of moving an amendment at the Reform Conference , that he had proposed , and carried , a resolution of " indignation and disgust " against Mr , Hume ; and above all , that he had given utterance to his belief , that " tho middle classes hated and detested their worli ing fellow-countrymen . " ( "Oh ! oh ! " Interruption and cheers . ) Without discussing the . truth of these sentiments , he could not but think that they were inimical to tho interests , not only of those who were designated " the middle class Reformers , " but likewise to the success of the Chartist movement . ( Hear . ) Conciliation and peace was a policy dictated to them by the truest wisdom . He had a deeply rooted dislike

      to violence ; and ho believed , that while it would have the effect of sowing the seeds of disunion among those who ought to go hand in hand to tho battle against the giant abuses which fettered industry—which resigned the government of the country to the rule of a corrupt oligarchy—and which , unless soon checked by thevirtue of the people , would involve our beloved country in the ruin which had befallen nations , who . in power , wealth , extent of territory , or in any quality which is contributory to national greatness , were not once inferior to ourselves . ' 1 'here was a unity of interest as well as of principles , between all Parliamentary Reformers . Tlie course of union had been one recommended by all the wisest and best men of the Chartist party .

      Who was that man who had more than all others endeared himself to the people ? He had consecrated the best energies of his life to their causehad grown old in their service—had suffered persecution and calumny for their sake—who had watched the Charter in its infancy—had aided in imparting to it the full proportions of manly strength and vigour—who was prouder of the appellation of " the Father" of the people , than of his royal lineage and noble-blood , ( Hear , hear . ) This man —he need not say , —was Feargiis O'Connor , to whom he referred —( loud and general cheering ¦ which lasted some time)—was the last person who would recommend to them anything injurious to their interests . If the Chartor was not obtained .

      the life of O Connor would have been without an aim or an object . ( Hear , hear . ) Did they not think , then , that he had at _ least as great a stake in the Charter as any man in the country ? Yet , we find he implores , " in the name of God , of juBtice , and common sense , and in pity and mercy to your suffering and unprotected families , not to foolishly throw away such an opportunity as may never again occur , of fixing the stepping-stones firmly in that fovd over -which we have been so long endcavourin ? to cross . " ( Hear , hoar . ) Again he says— " Would you suppose mo base eno' to cater for popularity by denouncing the only means by which the desired consummation can be arrived at . " ( Hear , hear . ) "It was upon this disunion that ministers relied to uphold their power . Neither vanity , ambition , nor ministerial laudation should

      induce him to be a stumbling block in the road to progress . " Noble sentiments , worthy of tho man by whom they were uttered , and the actions of lliS past life . He looks with the eyes . of ^ sage experience , upon the question of reform , and nobly sacrifices all little personal feelings to the welfare of his country .. ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Connor says" There , must be no more Chartist amendments , upon the schema offered by the-Reformers . '' . Bow , Mr . Reynolds declares his . intention of moving a Chartist amendment , at the next Conference . It would not bo a question whether yoar decision will be in < favour . - of the policy recommended' by the veteran leader ' of your party , and that suggested by Mr . Reynolds .... ( Hear , ihear . ) That they are opposed is clear . We must adopt ; the- . wise : and sagacious course of Mr . O'Connor . : Mr . Reynolds was a man of great talent and weU * mcritedMtt <

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      ence ' ib ' utYt ^ must'iiotWforgotteh- ' thafcnis'p ' olitical being , aa a Jeaderof the ' people , had no earlier date than the never-to-be-forgotten day at Charing-cross , Mr ; Ward then proceeded , ; amidstcoritinued inter / ruptions : even Mr . Reynolds , at as , late , a period as th&reform ' meeting . at" Sio > Chapel , ' had announced himself as " favourable to-the association ( of the council of which he was a member , " ) deserving the support of all Chartists . " Not only Mr ; Reynolds , but likewise the hon . gentleman beside him ( Mr . IlMney ) had enforced the necessity of unity , and had , in the Democmlie Review , '' invoked the cooperation of all the true friends of Labour not to oppose the new movement- ^ not to combafc'any existing popular organisation . " Thus the opinions of Mr . O Connor were , and those of Mr . Reynolds and Mr . Harney had been , in favour of an union among Reformers . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . Ward j them the

      had succeeded , he trusted , in proving to necessity of offering the beat assistance they could to the other reform movement . ( Cheers and interruption . ) He then concluded by a protest agamst the interruptions ho had received in tho expression of his opinions , and tendered to all those who had protected , in his humble person , the rights of free discussion , his sincere and heartfelt thanks . ( Loud cries of " Oh , oh , " confusion , cheering and counter-cheering . ) Mr . Davies here stepped forward and attempted to address the meeting , but was received with cries of- " Spoke , " " Sit down , " " Chair . " The Chairman endeavoured to obtain silence . Order having been at length restored , the Chairman said he thought it was wrong of Mr . Wavd to attack Mr . Reynolds when not there to defend himself . (; C , ries of " Mind your own business , " cheers , 'VCh ' air , " " Order . " ) ' Mr . Harhey here spoke , and asked the meeting to give Mr . Ward a hearing . ;

      Mr . Ward challenged any one to convict him of having aspersed tho conduct or . character of Mr . Reynolds . He had only referred to Mr . Reynolds ' s public conduct , as reported in the newspapers , and as it affected the policy of the association , and he submitted , with all deference to the chair , that he was strictly in order .

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      GRAND CHARTIST MEETING CONVENED BY THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE . The Literary and Scientific Institution , Johnstreet , Fitzroy-square , was crowded on Tuesday evening , March 26 tb , to discuss tho proceedings in Parliament , and to promote the agitation for the Charter . • ¦ . - ¦ - ¦ ¦ Mr . William Davies , on being called to the chair , said , he , as chairman , was anxious that all who presented themselves should-have an opportunity of expressing their opinion , and if the matter was left in his hands order would be better obtained . ( Hear , hear . ) Many who attended their meetings were , doubtless , habitual readers of the daily papers , but still vast numbers liked to hear the proceedings of tbe legislature recounted and handled by the honest , sterling , and able Democrats from that platform . ( Loud cheers . ) He trusted that the object the Provisional Committee had in yiew , namely , the discussion of public questions , not persons , would ba rigidly adhered to on this occasion . He ( the

      chairman ) was much pleased to see the renewed and determined attempt the people were making to resuscitate the Chartist movement . ( Loud eheers . ) Every one must admit the great benefits which must flow to the people , in « a . social point ef view , from tho obtainment of that groat means to an end—the People's Charter . He had offered no obstruction to any party , as he held every man had a right , as an individual , to belong to any association , or promote any progressive movement ho thought fit , and he might do so without injury to the general cause . But if the mass of the people , or any large association , as a body , went over to any of those short comers , nnd declared themselves satisfied with those things in discharge of their whole debt , then he did think they would inflict great injury on the just cause of the People ' s Charter—of universal enfranchisement—of true and veritable political and social justice to the people . ( Great cheering" )

      Mr . G . W . M . Rey . nolds , in coming forward to move the following resolution , was hailed with a right hearty Chartist welcome : — " That this meeting is of opinion that there is neither statesmanship in her Majesty ' s Ministers , or patriotism or wisdom in the . House of Commons , and that this was fully shown on the production of the 'Brick-dust Budget / and the miserable potty reductions of taxation ; whereas , had either statesmanship or wisdom prevailed , a graduated property tax would have been substituted in lieu of all other taxes , and then tho taxes on knowledge , on tea , on windows , on malt , and all other noxious imposts , would have heen instantly repealed , and hibeur would have been found for tho unwilling , and compulsory

      idle . " —Mr . Reynolds said , betore he proceeded to discuas that resolution , he wished to be permitted to allude to a circumstance that took place during his abseuce on a democratic mission last -week . Mr . Ward had made some allusion to him personally . He wished to know if Mr . Ward was in the meeting , if he was , he should like that gentleman to come on tho platform , as an arrangement might be made to prevent the necessity-of his . ( Mr . Reynolds ) being compelled to engross their tinie with a second speech [ Mr . Reynolds here paused to give Mr . Ward an opportunity of coming forward , but it appearing that Mr . Ward was not in the meeting . j Mr . Reynolds proceeded , and said , should Mr . Ward make his appearance at a later period of the evening , it would be for the Chairman to decide what

      course should be pursued . It appeared that- Mr . Ward had charged him with "jumping into ; the movement at ( Sharing Cross . " He did not Know that it mattered when or where a man attached himself to tho movement , provided he did so ' sincerely . ( Loud cheers . ) It was perfectly true that , at the great meeting , convened hy Mr . Charles Coobrnnc , in Trafalgar-square , in 1848 , he was on the steps of the National Gallery , looking on as a spectator of the proceedings , when some working men , who knew him , came , . and said , " Is it not a shame that such a vast number of persons should be called together , and then tho projector of the meeting not to come to carry out its object . " It will be remembered , too , that men were perambulating the

      square and neighbourhood with boards , bearing placards , setting forth that the " Commissioners of Police had declared the meeting illegal , and that , iu tho event of Mr . Cochrane presiding , he would be arrested ; " under these somewhat perilous circumstances , the working men to whom he had alluded , had asked him to preside over the meeting , and ho had consented . ( Great applause . ) Was he to be censured for that ? ( " No , no . ") It was true , that up to that period ho had taken no platform part in politics , but , nevertheless ; his wide spread writings had , for a long period , exhibited his devotion to Republicanism . ( Loudcheers . ) From that period to the present , he had thrown himself heart and soul into the vortex of politics ; with what sincerity and zeal , ho left it for the

      meeting to say . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Mr . Ward seemed to affect , that he ( Mr . 'Reynolds ) was desirous of being iff collision with , Mr . Feargus O'Connor ; so far from this being the case , he had always looked upon , and spoken of Mr . O' Connor , as a man of the most severe and rigid political integrity . ( Loud cheevs . ) That there was an avowed and honest difference of opinion between him and Mr . O'Connor was true—he ( Mr . Reynolds ) always avowing himself to be a . Republican , whilst Mr . O'Connor declared himself in favour of monarchy ; but , in the matter of non-obstruction of other pnrtios , or tho advocacy of the People ' s Charter , he begged most distinctly and emphatically to Bay , there was no difference whatever . ( Great cheering . )

      Did they Rot travel together , and join most heartily in the promotion of the organisation for the People ' s Charter , at Bradford , Halifax , and Sheffield , and that too with great success ? ( Cheers . ) He would now proceed from personal to political matters . That the ministers were not statesmen , he thought a ? reat truism ; and it was equally true , that there was neither wisdom or patriotism in the House of Commons as a whole . ( Hear , hear . ) The Chancellor of tho Exchequer in an eloquent speech , had . brought forth his budget , declaring a surplus of two millions , - and ended by the mountain bringing forth a moat ridiculous mouse—the repeal of tlio brick duty . ( Laughter . ) It was quite just that , where taxes were necessary , property should beav them , seeing that property was but accumulated labour . ( Loud cheers . ) . Mr .

      Reynolds entered into a history of the National Debt , showing that it had been paid a thousand times over in the shape of interest , and that , too , bv persons who had no hand in contracting it . ( Hear , hoar . ) This debt was contracted forwhat ? —to fight and slaughter men who were their best friends . ( Loud cheers . ) But he was . happy to find that the English people at length acknowledged their French neighbours to be tho best , bravest , onerous , and gallant peoplo ; on the face of the oarth ( Prolongedcheering . ) Happily , the illusion had vanished from our ejes . \ Yo no longer believed our Gallic neighbours to be a set of miscreants who wore ready to suck our . . blood , This could be palmed upon us no more . Wo are also fully aware that the Red Republicans of France are the most

      glorious p ioneers of liberty . ( Cheers . ) The Times w « 8 the champion of the party of order , and was a gvoat advocate of the French " Gagging Bill , " which , it averred , would becarrlftd by a largo majority in tho National Assembly , but should the piopnecy of the Times be verified , he had ni > fear for the Republic , as there was one thing certain , that neither ., empireI nor monarchy could be ever again established in that country . ( Laud oheers . ) This question of the press had upset Charles X . and Louis Philippe . The Tones , a year and a half ago , said Franco was a Republic without a single llopublican in it . If it were so . then , it certainly was not sp , how . ¦ - . Louis Napoleon was looked on as an ape and impostor , and had failed to command tho respect of any party . His fall was hear j , but , nn-UKe Louis . Philippe , U ytqwW » oti H ' piidst the

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      crash' of thrones , but he w ' ouid b ' e ' waJke ' d pfiv ' ai ii were , between t \ yo sheriffs officers . ( Laughter , and cheers . ) On the mbtion ' n ? Mr .. ' Hutt , . the question of the African Squa ' dron and the ' . African ' Slave Trade ; . . had been broughVbefore the house , and it appeared iho minister ' -wa ?' 'determined , at the sacrifice of all principle , . to uphold this great hypocrisy , « nd still continue to squander a million per annum of the people ' s money . ( Hear , hear !) This African slave trade was nothing more or less than a . tnonstroua' humbug-, There was also a question before tho house of paying £ 20 a head for pirates on the coast of Borneo . Now , it might so happen that these -were not pirates at all , but patriots , defending their native villages ajjainsfc the

      brutality of the British intervention in their affairs , as many places dreaded the approach of the English fleet . Mi \ Locke King had brought forward a good motion in its wny , one that would tend to destroy the . law of primogeniture and entail . ( Cheers . ) He had sometimes taken occasion to censure Mr . Hume for his abuse of the Chartists ; biit on this occasion , Mr . Hume merited well at their hands , for he had boldly put the question in the house "Of what good are the aristocracy ? " and as boldly proceeded to answer his own question , by showing their disunion . ( Loud cheers . ) He had also produced two wills from Doctors Commons , showing that aristocrats had left property upon condition that it should only

      continue until such times - . 'is its recipients were provided for by the government . ( Hear , hear . ) Now if we only had a few men in that house who would boldly enunciate plain truths , a great good would ensue . We had too frequently members of Parliament come on our platform nnd declare themselves Chartists , but when they got elsewbere they proved themselves to be anything but Chartists . He had never advised obstruction , and was well pleased to hear their chairman say — " Support all progressive movements , " as he believed by so doing they had opportunities of advancing their own cause . But ho wished to know if the Parliamentary Reformers gained all they asked , did they intend to turn round and say to the Chartists ,

      ye have now obtained all that was needed , -ou mnst be quiet : and use every means in their power to put us down —( hear , hear)—or would hey assist us to obtain our rights ? ( Hear , hear . ) A fortnight since he had stated his intention to move an amendment at their Conference to test them . He did not do this in an antagonistic spirit , It Was a very different thing to move an amendment at their own Confefencp , to moving an amendment at a mixed public meeting such as they had been in the habit of holding in the London Tavern . ( Loud cheers . ) If the Conference was merely to meet to pass , without discusion , resolutions already prepared in black and white—whv it would be a mere miserable ,

      contemptible farce indeed . He had been with the association from the commencement , and had been anxious to support everything in the shape of progression , but he did feel at the same t ' me that the working classes should stand firm to their own principles and their own association ; and he was happy to tell them that , letters were pouring in from all quarters in support of the Provisional Committee , and the Chartist organisation under their direction ( Applause : ) He saw before him signs of the coming times , arid he felt assured that they wouM soon have a . stronger agitation than they had in 1848 ; and with a better organisation and a steady adherence to principle , the Charter could not fail to become the law of the land . ( Tremendous cheering . )

      Mr . Thomas Brown , in seconding the motion , aaid ho had no notion of pushing himself forward ; ho had no ambition to appear as an orator , but would not give place to any man in his devotion to the People ' s Charter . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Reynolds s attention appeared to bo so engrossed in the Lower House , that he appeared to have lost sight of an incident which took place in the Upper Ilouse last Friday . There the time was taken up with a discussion—or rather play—on the words " volatile " and "frivolous , " between my lords Brougham and Stanley . He would tell those noble lords that such scones would hasten on he period when tlie people would ask in a voice of thunder , " Of what use is a House of Lords ? " ( Great cheering . ) After

      this , my Lord Overstone made his maiden speech , and had dared to allude to working men as "tho inferior classes " What did he mean ? Did net the workmen make his clothes—his watch—his shoos—build the house in which he lived—grow the corn on which he fed—and furnish forth the delicacies in which he delighted to luxuriate—drag from themetalic pore those ccins he had exchanged for paper—also the production of their lands ; and by tho use or abuse of which he had now become a noble lord ? ( Loud cheers . ) Then why the interior classes ? The time is fast coming when the good sense of the working classes will teach them to produce and consume what they do produce— -when labour will only ho exchanged for mutual labour

      and who will , then be the " inferior , classes ?' ( Great cheering . ) He ( Mr . Brown ) looked at the " great industrial exposition , " as it was called , as a great humbug , intended , if possible , to distract the attention of the working classes from their own wellbeing ; and tbe base Press was ever ready to aid in this course . Look to France , for instance : there they tell you in one column , that the recent elections had destroyed trade , and caused all the orders to be Jcountermanded , and in the other , that trade never was so good . ( Laughter . ) But his reply to the falsities and verbiage of tlie Press was , if the Republic was so bad , how comes it that the people make such great sacrifices to uphold it ? ( Rapturous cheering . ) ... .

      Mr . WALTEn Cooper was now called on to sup port the resolution , and was greeted with a perfect hurricane of applause . He said he need scarcely tell them . he . had no confidence in her Majesty ' s ministers or in the parliament , as at present constituted . ( Hear , hear . ) He hail been much amused lately by the speeches of the Bishop of Manchester and the Earl of Carlisle , at tho Mansion House ; the former had discovered that the working classes were " the basis or superstructure of society ; '' and Carl We , that " The people were very respectable . " ( Laughter . ) He said , go on , Right ' Rev . Bishops and Noble Lords , preaching the respectability of the working classes , -while we will aid you by quoting the working man ' s poet , Bpbb y

      Burns" Ye see yon birkie , ca'd a lord , Wha struts , and stares , and a' that , Though hundreds worship at his word , He's but a coof for a ' that ; For a' that , and a' that , His riband , Btar , and a' that , The man of independent mind , He looks and laughs at « i' that . Ah ! my lord , the " respectability" of the working men will soon abolish the useless tinsel , the glittering gew-ganse , called aristocracy , and all other humbugs . " The Times , " in alluding to the producing powers of England , and our mercantile splendour , said—" Louis Blanc is come to visit our country : let him walk down Regent-street and

      witness the commodities produced by our mechanics . " But what would Louis Blanc * 3 answer be ? Yes , I see the wealth produced by labour , I see tho textile fabrics piled up in the palaces of your merchant princes , but I also know that the producers of that wealth , the weavers of Spitalfields and Lyons , are perishing by thousands of hunger . Our country abounded in wealth , and -we had not been deficient of great men , most of whom sprung from the ranks of labour ; as instances of this , Franklin was a printer ' s boy , Arkwright a barber ' s clerk and Bobby Burns was a ploughman . Then why did wo remain in the gutter 1 "Wliy were we eanmile ^—because we were ignorant . When Thomas Paine was writing and publishing his glorious

      Rig hts of Man , and Common Sense , what were we doing ?—shouting " To hell with the Pope , " "Long live the Ring and Constitution , " and burning Paine in effigy . ( Hoar , hear . ) A great movement was at hand , and the tyrants were desirous of driving every useful man from amongst them . Let no man stop in the movements unless he feels that he could throw his heart into it . At the period of the American revolution , John Adams said to Franklin— " Wemustall hanjr togother . " "Yes , " rejoined Franklin— " By God if wo don't they will hang us separately . " ( Laughter , and loud cheers . ) Ho did not advise them to go forth and pull down altars and thrones , because if they did , in all probability a stronger force would be found to build them up again ; but if they diffused knowledge widely , they would undermine their rotten

      props , and down they would tall , and no one woulu be found to build taem up again . ( Cheers . ) Charles Dickens has presented us with n certain Lady Beaufoy , who was the very beau ideal of vu \ lage teachers . She taught the peasantry to read and to sing , and even ventured to become poetess , and had her poetry set to music ; the burden of her song was " Let each keep to their station , the rich their wealth and titles , and the labouver be content with the lot to which he was called ; " but she complained that the poor were so dreadfully ignorant that they would not sing it . ( Loud laughter ,, and great applause . ) Thomas Carlylo had rejoiced that the rich were subjoct to disease as well as tho poor ; : and in a U&ppy vein , velata the stwy of a poor Irish widow , who applied to the hospitals

      m Edinburgh for admissionku « it was repulsed &y the officials , with . " youaro IrisKwearo full . " ( Shame , shame . ) Well , the poor woman died of inalignanfc foyer ; the- plague spread ^ and nineteen Tic-h . people died of it . Was not thi » a lesson ? He had his hopes raised highly by attending the ajawtfersary of a young man's menta ) improvement society ; they were only seven last year , now they "were one hundred , and better still , all teetotallers ,. Oh , if they could only aee and hear those youths .: it was an indioation of the " Good . time coming . " ( Groat applause . ) He had faith in that Good time , " anil iiorsuadeij himself that he heard . « ' the , watcher on the wail proclaim the goodtidiDgg of Liberty , Fra'tiOrftUy , and" Equality , " - Mr . Walter Cooper res . « mod . his sent amidst tke- Wost enthusiastic bursts , ofapptouao :.- ¦ ¦ ¦ • :

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      ; CORN . Mabk Lane , Monday , March 25 . —We had «„« . ouppljof English wheat to-day , wl . ic howW t er 9 r proved condition , was taken Off readily hTli * " 8 in rather Improved prices . The bestqualiaeM ^ O ; . were held . more firmly , but not muoh snM S' » " » C more inquiry after foreign flour at kst 3 J here *» arrivals of foreign barley and oats have ho » P"ces- Th ! declined 6 d to Is per qr . sneeMonday lart !' VS ?* C t . on , however , - pretty large sales have been ' JL ' , s r «* & sold heavily and rather cheaper . Beans 3 ' - i& slow sale and on rather lower terms . LinteeVn , " * U read . ly . In tares very little doing . CloCSelWlies ^ demand , and at somewhat reduced Dries , ri ? niBt fat prices as under . Our market will not be open on V 4 Beitwh . —Wheat—Essex , Suffolk , and Kent rJ a *

      shh ^ Tre ' di ^ Zv : NorZ ^ Si fift F 9 32 t 0 379 . dittoed 32 s to Sfls , DevonsWrf * $ '' ' « 3 shire , red , -s to -s , ditto white - to -s « S t" " ^ barley , 20 s to 23 s , Scotch 19 s to 2 i 3 l ' l '" Is ' " ' € Mult ordinary , -s to -s , pale 46 s to 49 S npV ~ S to -H Us to 23 s , rnaple S 3 sto 25 s , nMte s ^ fc gftjjSr , ij 24 s to 25 s , beans , large , new 20 sto 21 s , tSte * ***»«» harrow , 23 s to 26 s , pigeon . 25 s to 2 Gs , oats n ^ h Yorkshire feed , 15 g to 17 s . ditto Poland ' a ? ^ 17 s to 2 O . s , Berwick and Scotch . 17 s tn on Mai feed , 15 s to 17 ., Irish feed and black , U ° ft . *» 5 potato , 17 s to 18 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 52 ? . - < % Essex , new £ 30 to £ 34 per last , carrawayseed V ^ 26 s to 303 per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ t los I ^? « » 5 2 ? f £ , J ° " . ^ P ^ kO ^ floui- . percS ; : j . ) i ? shi 24 to 283 town

      p , s , , 35 s to 87 s , ' * " ""^ *>\\ Fobeion . —Wheat . — Dantzig , 42 s to 44 « a i Marks , 3 fi to 40 s , ditto white , 40 s to 42 s , Pomelnf ' a »* 40 s to 42 s , Rostock -12 s to 44 s , Danish S " H Friesland , 308 to 31 s , Petersburg ! , ArchanJ , - ^ 'M 32 S to 34 s , Polish Odessa , 80 < to 35 s , Martfti n , > diansln , 32 s to 34 s , Taganrog , 32 s to 31 s Bralt B ^ French , 34 s to 3 Gs , ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , SaS ^ 33 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 26 s , rye , 19 s to 21 s , barlev »• "" " » and Rostock , lfis to 19 s , Danish , 16 s to ' " g sfti >* 19 s , BnstFrieslandj 13 s to Hs , Egyptian , 12 sto ' lsV ii ' " 12 s to 14 s , peas , white , 22 s to 23 s , new boilew J . K 25 s , beans , horse , 20 s to 23 s , pigeon , 23 s to 4 ' 1- *» tian , 19 s to 21 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen ^ Friesland , feed and black , 10 s to 14 s . ditto , hiS , ( , * 15 s to 18 s , filga , Petersburg !! , Archangel , and sSi fr to 15 s , flour , United States , per lDfilbs ., 21 s u > l % ] i 13 « burgh 19 s to 218 , Dantzig and Stettin 20 s to''lq Fv , m u "' 28011 ) 8 ,, 80 s to 31 s . " - 'S . Jriench pe ,

      Mark Lank , Wednesday , March 27 . —Sine * . Von . h have had a good supply of oats , but not much of ¦ < a grain . ulaei ! The trade to-day is very , firm for every article , withnnf much closing . ' ° i « Arrivals this week : — Wheat—English , 1 , 120 ( , » . * , „ : foreign , 2 , 2 » 0 quarters . Barley-English , 630 quS * foreign , 1 . 5 T 0 quarters . Oats—English , 1 , 710 quartan ' foreign , 10 , 810 quarters . Flour-1 , 550 sacks . m > Richmond ( YoHKsniRE , ) March 23 . —We only had a « . !„ supply of grain this morning , yet there was n * advance on last week ' s prices . Wheat sold from 4 S « to 5 s od ; oats , is 8 d to 2 s 0 d ; hnrley , 3 s Od to 3 s m , beans , 3 s fid to tz Gd per bushel . m

      BEEAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6 d . to Id . ; of household ditto , 4 d . to 5 id . per ilbs , loaf ,

      CATTLE . SMrnrnetD , Monday , March 25 . —The supply of foreim beasts on offer , to-day , was good ; that of sheep and CaC very moderate . From our own grating districts the Aifbj of beasts fresh up were seasonably extensive , and of C average quality . The primest Scots , Ilerefords , 4 c , KZ in somewhat improved request , at prices quite equal to those obtained on Monday last , the highest figure for beef being 3 s 6 d per 81 bs . ; but all other breeds moved off heavily , at barely late rates . However , as the weather wat very cold , a clearance was effected , though at a late hour There was a further decided increase in the number Of sheep , at least a moiety of which were out of the wool All breeds met a very inactive demand . The primest 0 ! j Downs were mostly disposed of , at atiout stationary pricesbut allother sheeps declined in value 2 d per 81 bs . " Lambs ' were in good supply , and sluggish inquiry , at late rates ^ viz ., 5 s to Gs per 81 BS In calves comparatively little busu ness was transacted , at about stationary prices . 'CKetmvi ; trade was heavy , but we have no change to notice in tha

      currencies . Head op- Cattt . e at Smithfield . —Friday . —Beasts , 850 sheep , 3 , 010 ; calves , 240 ; pigs , 310 . Monday - beasts * 3 , 395 ; sheep , 22 , 050 ; calves , 108 ; pigs , 184 . ' Price per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offal . )—Beef , 2 S fid to 3 s 6 d ; mutton , 2 s lOd to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 s 0 . 1 to 3 s lOd pork , 3 S 2 d to 4 s Od . ' IdswGATE and tEABENnAtL , Monday , March 25 . —Inferior bGOf , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , ' 2 s 4 d to 2 s frl ; prim * large , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; prime ' small , 3 s 0 d to 3 s 2 d ; hm pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 8 d ta 2 s lOd ; middling ditto , 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; prime ditte , 3 s 4 « l tnSsfid < veal , 3 s Oil to 3 s lOd ; small pork , 3 s Grl to 4 s Od li \ nil ) 3 . 45 lOd to us lOd ; per 81 bs . bv the carcase .

      PROVISIOxVS . Londos , Monday . —No beneficial change has occurred in the state of business since our last . The transactions in Irish butter have been few and unimportant . Prices slightly cheaper , Foreign sold to a fair extent , at from C 8 j to 94 s per cwt ., as in kind and quality . Bacon—the demand for Irish singed sides was limited Prices according ta size , quality , and freshness , 40 s to 47 s ; American , 30 s ta 40 s per cwt . Middles , hams , and lard , nearly stationary ia value and demand , E . vcwsn Butter , March 25 We notice a further vedut . tion in the price of new-milk Dorset butter , to the extent of iibout 4 s per civt . The small stock of old bu : ter leftij quite neglected . Dorset , fine weekly , 100 s to 102 s per cwt . do ., old , nominal ; fresh , 8 s to 14 s per doz . lbs .

      FRUIT , VEGETABLES , &c . CoVEST Gardes . —English fruit Pine-apples 20 s to Hi , and hot-house grapes 12 s to 15 s per lb . ; pears 20 s to 30 s ; eating apples 5 s to 6 s per half sieve ; ditto for cooking : ' s to 4 s ( id per bushel ; filberts 70 s to 73 s per 100 lbs . Foreign fruit . —Black Hamburg ; grapes ( forced ) 3 s Oil to 5 s ; Portugal ditto 2 d to Is per lb ; Spanish nuts 4 s to 53 ; Brazil ditto 3 s to 4 s ; Barcelona ditto 5 s to Gs ; almonds 5 j to Gs ; and Spanish chesnuts 3 s to 3 s 6 d per peok : lcmoiu 5 s to 10 s , and oranges 3 s to 10 s per 100 ; Spanish onions 14 s to 20 s per box . Vegetables . —Cape broccoli 6 s to 8 s per dozen bundles ; turnips Is 3 d to Is ( ! d ; carrots 2 s 6 d to 4 s ; preens Is Udt » 2 s ; Ieek 3 Is to Is 6 d ; parsley Is 6 d to 2 s ; and sago 2 s 3 d to

      3 s per dozen bunches ; horseradish 2 s to 3 s per bundle ; onions , 3 s to 3 s Gd per bushel ; Savoy cabages ( id to 3 d ; red ditto 2 s to 3 s ; Red beet is to Is Gd ; parsnips 4 d to Gil pec dozen ; endives Is 3 d to Is Gd per score ; mushrooms M to Is per bottle ; Brussels sprouts Cd to Is ; spinach Is to la fid ; Jerusalem Artichokes Is to Is 6 d ; and common salad Is 3 d to Is Cd per half sieves * small salad 2 s to ' -s CM per dozen punnets ; shallots 3 d to 4 d per lb . ; potatoes 75 s to 100 s per ton . and 3 s to 4 s per bushel ; seakale Is tid to IS 9 d perpunnet ; asparagus 5 s to 7 s psy 100 ; rhubarbi $ t 9 6 s per dozen bundles ; Cornwell wbite brocoli Is 3 d to 2 s per doz heads ; celery 9 d to Is per bundle ; cucumbers 5 s to 7 s 6 d per brace ; turnip greens 6 d to 9 d per bushel ; French beans 3 s 6 dto 5 s per 100 ; radishes Is perpunnet ; early York cabbages , Is to Is 6 d per doz .

      - POTATOES . SooTmvARK Waterside , March 25 . —The arrivals , loth coastwise and continental , are very considerable , and mora than adequate lo the wants of the trade , and prices with difficulty maintained . The following aro this day ' s quotations ' . —Yorkshire Hegents 70 s to 100 s per ton ; Wisbeeh ditto 60 s to 70 s ; Scotch ditto 60 s to 650 s ; Ditto CupJ 50 s to 60 s ; Ditto Common Whites 40 s to 45 s ; French Wliites 50 s to C 5 s ; Rhenish and Belgian 40 s to 55 s ; Dutch 40 s to 45 s .

      HOPS . BoRoncn , Monday , March 25 . — Our market continue } without any alteration since our last report , ami in tl » absence of transactions , prices have undergone no change .

      COLONIAL PRODUCE . TOE 3 DAY Evening . —Sdgar . —The West India market la » been tolerably steady : 420 hhds . sold by private contract : without alteration in prices . Mauritius : 9 , 000 ba ;; s chitfiy found buyers in the public sales at prices which about ave . raged those of last -week ; brown 31 s to 33 s ; yellow 35 s Co to 40 s Cd . Bengal : 8 , 500 bags of this description were also offered ; the importers met the buyers , submitted to a slight decline , and four-fifths found buyers ; white Benares 37 s 6 d to 40 s Gd . 500 boxes of lowyellowHavannah sold in . bond at 19 s Gd by private contract . Refined ; A . fair amount of business done at fully previous rates ; grocery lumps 48 s to 30 s . Molasses . —150 puncheons Demerara were offered , ana bought in at 15 s . Coffee . —This article shows a slight improvement , liiers hare appeared buyers of good ordinary native Ceylon » s 47 s , without finding sellers ; and 300 bags fiue ordinary sold at 48 s .

      Cochineal . —150 bags Honduras silver fousd buyers in public sale , at last week's prices 3 s 8 d to 4 s . Rust . —This article remuius very dull , prices nominallj the same as last week . Cotton . —This article remains very dull , and scarcsiy * transaction to report . Tallow . —Dull of sale at 37 . Tba . —Without alteration in prices , but > the dcm »™ con ttnues limited . SphSes . —Kemain neglected , but we cannot quote any alteration of price ? . The markets generally have presented a dull appcarance

      to-day . TALLOW , HIDES , AND OILSv Tallow , Monday , March 25 . —Since our last report a faif average amount of business has been transacted in " talioff . In prices , however , no change has taken plac « . To-day , P . Y . C ., OB the spot , is selling at 37 s . ; and the-nearest quotations ef new for the last three months , ii S 8 a pei- cm . Town tallon 37 s per cwt , net cash , for- prime melted J : rough fikt 2 s Id per 81 b . St . Petersburg advices state tua > the market there was fiat . LEiMNiULL . —Market hides 5 CJb . to C 4 ab ., l } il to ty . S ™ lb . ;• ditto G 41 b . to Wlb , Ud to ljd ; ditto 7 ilb . to MMO ^ 2 d to 2 id ; ditto 801 b . to 881 b ., 1 'Ad to . Sd ; ditto ' So- !^ 0 Wb ,, 3 d ' to 3 id ; ffitto . UUlb . to 1042 ^ 3 $ d toiA ' , f » 104 ft ) . to 112 lb . S ^ d to 4 d ; c alf-s kiu » each 2 s 3 d toJ ^ «» . Borse hides 6 s Gil . _ , ,. Linseed per cw . lt . - 82 s Od to 32 s Sd j rapeseeA iW # ' » refineft 41 s Co . to . _ s ; farmm 4 te Od ; Galling « c «* 50 £ . ; Spanish 301 ; ; Sperm 82 * . to .-I . ; bagged & , J ; : wa » Sea 331 . 0 s to ftU . ; *» l pale Stf . 10 s to _ l . : do . coka * 3 : U . ; cod SDL to 31 / . ; cocoa nut per ton S& to 4 W . i palm 321 .

      , mnnT r ' -WOOL . Cm , Monday . March 2 a . - The imports of wool into Londoi list week wero very small , being 129 bales fnw » Germany , and 24 from Belgium . The easterly winds 1 « " * The market for wcol is dull , and prfcos are bards suP " Accounts of Deo . 2 from Svthiey . bv the overliisd i " " ' state that -wool had heen sold atvwy high prices , > * r vance compared with tho current value a few iw . » t ! ii P viou 3 ly was v « vy considerable .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 30, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1567/page/8/