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      CAS £ WTHXjQLASGOW COTTON SPINNERS ; " COMQiENATION COMMITTEE . « BK * TlDB ^ niKO AT ASHTON-TTNDER-I . TNB . _

      One of the mo « t crowded and attentive pnblic : -nweiinpt ire bare ever had the pleasure to witness , - * ook juace in the Charlestown Meeting Room , on TCednesday evening , the 7 th instant , to hear the adfeeaes of Messrs . M'Nwh , Campbell and Cuthiextsos , from . Scotland , on behalf of the above ^ 7 f frm « of tyranny and oppression . The meeting commenced at eight o ' clock , and continued "with sadiminished interest until neatly twelve . Mr . JDeegan , of Stalej Bridge , was called to the chair , aad opened the meeting by remarking " upon the Treasure be experienced in h&ringthe honour of intro-« adng to the meeting the three gentlemen present , -who had undertaken to be missionaries to the people of Englandon behaK of the five Glasgow Cotton

      , SptHTBflwr The people of Ashton ,-he doubted not would promptly and energetically respond to the + aj \ -which wouH . that night be inaae upon them for "for tfffl « t * TKs > in the patriotic mission in -which these -gentlemen were engaged . The case of the fivemen ¦ under consideration , was that of every operative of - « wrr ttade , and craft , not only in Great Britain and Ireland , but throughout the whele world ; and the « Hking dawes would be neglecting their most valu able and sacred interests it they refused to assist 4 kese men in their laudable exertions , or were they to treat with Indifference the < sse of lie abore victims -of unrelenting tyranny . These men were innocent oft-very charge preferred against them , save and except one , to which he was sure every working man

      in the kingdom , who had not the slightest claim to independence , or the most remote desire to better hit condition , would exnltingly plead guilty—namely , that of endeavouring to prevent a reduction of his ^ rages . Yes , the only allegation that could be pipped against these men , was that they desired to nava soch . a remuneration for their labour as would enable them to Tngfritain themselves and families in decency and . comfort , and to enjoy their due share of the bounties which a beneficient God prepared and intended for all his creatures . The chairman then introduced Mr . M'NisH , who entered into a history of the < jriginof the Cotton Spinners' Association , in G lasgow The first union of which he was acquainted , was

      -formed in the year 1808 , when the Cotton bpinners « f Gla >« DW united . At that time they had no secrets , they printed their articles for thexise of the members , -conducted their bean ess in opra meeting , and sne--oessfuHv resisted two or three reductions of wages , which Had been attempted by individual masters . This so enraged the masters , that the combination laws were brought to bear upon the men , the committee of the nnion were taken and cast into prison . The men did not however desist from uniting . Being deprived by the combination laws from uniting -openly , they were compelled to form secret associations . Their unionswere not as had been endeavoured i » be shown , formed to injure any man , or to damage any property . They were united to -enable

      themselves to protect each other against the tyrannyjoi the masters . He did not deny that there were a great -anany-henourablfl men amongst the employers—but ¦ whibt-admitting that he could not refrain from say-Ting there wa * a large majority of selfish and avari-: ims ones . These men , Whenever they saw a inan . active in the cause of his fellow workmen , or in defence of his trade , were sure to deprive him of employment , and that ^ as one reason which induced -fi » e men to secrecy . jThey wished to protect them-¦ selves from , proscript ion and starvation "and consequently were compelled to form secret unions for self-defence , or be reduced to the state of the handloom weavers . The meeting had heard a great deal about the mischievous objects for which they were

      combined . He could mention them , and then they ¦ would be able to judge for themselves . Their chief objects were to protect themselves from reductions of wages , and to bury such of their members as died respectably . The combination laws they were all aware were repealed in 1824 , and the men could hare their unions open . The first great charge brought against the spinners' nnion was the case of-fcTQuarry , who was shot at in 1819 . Mr . M'Nish here enteredlinto details" fully acquitting the spinners of all blame in that transaction . The sextcase was that of the widow M'PhearsoQ , who was said to be murdered instead of one of her Saughteraat the instigation of the Cotton Spinners ' Society . The facts' of the case were these—one of ihe masters , Mr . Dunlop , was discharging all his

      men and supplying their places with women wlio would do the work cheaper . Several of these sromen lodged with the widow , and on the pay xight some of lie young men incautiously went to regale themselves with that bane of his country , * whiskey . A scuffle occurred one night when they iiad been drinking and some of the parties fell upon the old ¦ woman , ( whohad lain in consequence of being bedridden for three years near the kitchen fce , ) and crushed her . He had no doubt bnt that It hastened her death . He was anxious to impress upon the meeting the following fact ; that no accusation was preferred against anybody at the time ,- and yet after elapse of nearly twenty years , the spinners' association was charged with having hired persons to

      Murder her . { Great sensation . ) They had also heard of No . 60 . It was insinuated that there was SQmethingmysterious and awfulin fins number sixty —that under that mystical figure they concealed the \ IIlains , who were ready to bum or assassinate for iire . Whereas the simple truth , was this .. Their Enion comprehended fifty nine nulls or shops and its members in their finance and other books otreference , were classified according to their factories ranging from tme to fifty-nine . -Men , who were out of work , and who were assisted in their temporary distress by their brethren , having no shop , had of course no number—and were , therefore , ¦ entered in the books as number sixty—the next fieureto fifty-nine , of which their shops consisted

      This was the explanation of thi 3 horrible mystery . The next charge was the emigration-one . He would espladn-to them what that wasl It was customary for the Spinners' Society to allow every good , honest , sober man ten pounds to enable him to emigrate , and . if he returned to this country within the space of three years he was bound to refund the money . Thus the money which was said to be spentin midnight assassinations and noon-day murders , was given-iosome of their most laborious and industrious working-men , who by emigrating would endeavour to better their condition . The greatest utility he could discover in Trades' Unions , was to prevent reductions of wages by individual masters . It was complete madness to attempt to oppose a general

      reduction , when all the masters were combined He then detailed the circumstances connected with the late strike , which he said lasted for eighteen ¦ weeks , snd the average allowance for that time was only eighteen-pence ^ week for each family .. The masters joined ma bond of £ 500 each , not to commence their tutTIs unless their terms were acceded to . It was a time of great stagnation in trade . 50 . 000 people were thrown out of employment and exposed to starvation ; yet the Shenff complimented the Spinners of Glasgow on their peaceable demeanour . * The Committee had even agreed not . to . pay any member of the Union a angle farthing , wh 6 was guilty of the slightest breach of the peace . After thus assisting the Sheriff to preserve the peace , the

      very act was construed into a grave accusation against them to prove the formidable and tremendoos power they possessed . In conclusion he Would say , why did not the authorities of Glasgow , apprehend the three Committees that were in existence at ¦ &e time . Smith had been shot—afoul murder had been committed—it was the province of the local authorities and the magistrates to probe into the matter—it was a praiseworthy duty—bnt why did they not apprehend all the Committees ? The men were on the eve of an amicable adjustment of their rdifferencei—they had agreed to have a " meeting withthe masters—the new hands in the ttiTTIs -were well aware that if the men and masters agreed , the greater part of them would be displaced . ~ Thev had

      their Committee at the time , how mind hedid not say they caused the death of Smith ; but he would put it to the meeting whether it would not be more ^ their interest to do so than that of the turnout spinners , who were expecting to resume their work in a few days , and whose interest it was therefore to prevent any such occurrence . The masters had their Committee also . ( Hear , hear . ) A minority joI the masters had Towed vengeance ^ against the - working men , from the commencement of the strike . Now he did not input * to them any participation in the death of Smith- —yet he could not help thinking that tie authorities of Glasgow being anxious for impartial justice , ought to have arrested them all . There were some circumstances connected with the

      apprehension of the Spinners' Committee that ^ wonld clearly establish their innocence in every unbiassed and unprejudiced mind . The Committee had plenty of money in their , possession , upwards of a hundred pounds . They knew that they were to be apprehended , and he would put it to the meeting whetherit was reasonable to suppose , that if these men had connived at the death of Smith , they would have remained in tke meeting room and waited to be arrested . They kept all their books , and they had some" very large ones , although they had plenty of time to nave burnt them to tinder . Would they hav » left all their documents" exposed , had there been anything in them calculated , to criminate them npon their trial , or to substantiate After

      the allegation * urged against them . some farther observation * , Mr . M'Nish concluded amidst load cheer * . Mr . Campbell , the Secretary of the ^ Glasgow Trades , then presented himself to the meeting , an < * arai received with loud cheers and clappings of thands . ¦ He said , Mr . Chairman , men and women of -Aahton , » fbxA and malignant stigma has been attempted to be cast on the cotton spinners of jGla » - ^ ow / -TlieyhaTe been assailed from every quarteribe judgesliijhe bench— -Sbe House of Common **—4 ^ »» © 8 H 5 £ cs © ftfce Grownr-have . reiterated the % jy * mm ! maEoouacalumnies heaped npon them ; -aadthe Vile mercenary press of- the -whole country , ^ fitoWJ tr two honourable cxceptionBj has attackec

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      the character of the operatives of Glasgow , and through them the character of every working man in the kingdom . I have come to plead the cause of the five industrious cotton spinners , fathers of familiesinsbands of wives—and brothers of brethren , who have been sentenced to transportation , for resisting the effortstod thwarting the schemes of men , whone objects are to make money dear and labour cheap . I wish to impress upon the minds of the rising generation the necessity of struggling for their rights , and maintaining their unions . Have not the working class as much right to unite as any other society ? I am prepared to prove that it is the combinations and illegal unions of the higher classes of society that have rendered it necessary , and indispensable for

      the working people to unite &r their own protection . The Qoeen and the House of Peers unite for the protection of what they term their rights—the landholders for protecting their estates and keeping up their rente—the clergy combine to maintain then * ecclesiastical revenues , and the tithes—the lawyers strictly unite together and will not allow above a certain number of apprentices—the employers are leagued together to protect capital , and is it not preposterous to imagine that with all these examples before them , the working classes should not unite to protect themselves ^ Charges of the foulest and most slanderous description were made , the most glaring and unblBshing perjury and bribery have been committed to enable the public prosecutor to obtain

      us ends . Compliment * have been bandied about from the sheriff to thejudges on the bench , the most flattering eulogiums were bestowed upon Captain Millar , superintendent of police , for arresting a few poor cotton spinners , as if he had saved , the nation rom some awful destruction . The men had been dragged from their committee room , like convicted felons—crammed into cold , loathsome , and solitary dungeons at midnight—part of them stripped almost naked , although he believed , and was convinced , of the innocence of these injured men . The base press of Glasgow , exulted at their treatment , and told the people that the authors of all their misery were at last apprehended and lodged safely in prison . They were charged withinstigatinr

      the people to commit assassination . Every means was taken to prejudice the public mind , and to pave the way for obtaining an easy conviction . One magistrate declared , at a dinner party of people of quality , that he would rather see them all hanged than sit down to the mo « t sumptuous entertainmeuU Indeed , such had been the basely malignant , and dishonourable means resorted to , that it gave him the greatest surprise , that the : five-men . were not gibbeted , as examples , to deter the working men from ever after attempting to defend themselves against their oppressors . At the commencement of the imprisonment of these men it was considered highly dangerous to speak in their behalf . Any man who dared to vindicate them , was designated an

      assassin . He then alluded to the murders mentioned by the previous speaker , and said , that it had never been proved that Smith was murdered . It was true , the man lost his life—that he was killed . But there were a great many ways of killing a man now-a-days , that were not accounted murder . Our present Government thought it no murder to kill imndreds of the Canadians for endeavouring to obtain their rights—it was only killing them . The man Smith might have been niurderea from a pr ivate pique—for there were numbers of people -who said openly they would have revenge of him for the injury he had caused their families . The evidence given upon oath by Moat , that he naturally supposed the secret select committee was formed for the

      destruction of life and property , would neTer gain a moment ' s credence witu any rational being . Such a committee would be advocated only by a lunatic , or some ignorant , besotted , and malevolent wretch He then related the case ef some persons purchasing bullets—and the person who sold them , upon being examined as to the appearance of the purchaser , said he believed he was like a cotton-spinner . The same was said by the parties who sold the tin canisters—which were beheved to be intended to burn down the houses of the managers and mastersthat they thought the persons buying them were like cotton-spinners . He then stated the improbability of the combustible packets found in rlussev ' s iactorv , having been thrown in from

      without . The panes of glass in the factory windows were small ones , and the size of each packet was eight inches long—four in diameter and twelve in circumference . Now , did it not look extremely improbable , that a man in the streets , who would naturall y be in a hurry , should throw one of these exactly through a pane of glass , the window being fourteen feet from the ground . He then described the * inanner in which the witness who was clerk of the mill , and who said he found the packets three or four yards from the window , gave his evidence ; the dreadful shriek he gnve as he fell down in the witness-box , and the impossibility of prevailing upon Lim to re-enter the wituess-box and resume his testimony . He also pointed out to the meeting the difference between an iuglish . and a Scottish Jury . In England the Jury had to be unanimous in their verdict , or the prisoner

      was discharged : in Scotland a majority was sufficient ; and in the case of these five men a majority of one found them guilty , —not of mpideT , or assassination , or mill-burning , but of trivial assault , and of conspiring to raise their wages ; and for these offences they were sentenced to seven years' transportation . Lord Brougham , in the House of Peer * , proved that if the some crimes had been committed m England , the maximum of punishment would have been three months' imprisonment ; and in Manchester , where three men had been taken for rioting at Guest ' s mill , they were only sentenced to nine months' imprisonment . 3 Jr . Campbell concluded a very able and eloquent speech , by calling upon the men of Ashton to assist jn liquidating the heavy debt incurred in defending their brethren , the men of Glasgow , and sat down amidst loud cheers .

      Mr . CrTHBERTSox was received with great applause , and congratulated the men of Axhton upon the noble assembly which he saw before him . It convinced him that they felt a deep interest in the cause of thennfortUEate men , to arouse sympathy for whom , and to obtain the means of supporting their distressed families , he and his coadjutors had left their homes and travelled hundreds of miles . He ¦ was preud to see the women of Ash ton assembled to adorn their meeting , who by their smiles and encouragements cheer us on in our difficulties ; and by their affectionate attachment , ease and smooth our way through this world . It cost them no less than £ 3 , 000 to defend these men . The meeting would be surprised to learn that they were put to an enormous expense to force on the trial of the men immured ingaoL j £ 1 , 600 had been received towards defraying the expenses of the trial , which left them indebted in a balance of £ 1 , 400 . They would like

      to know how this money had been collected , and who were the subscribers . £ 500 had been received from an anonymous source : £ 100 of it came enclosed , signed " Free Men of the West , " and he fervently prayed to God that they might long enjoy their freedom . The second £ 100 came in the same manner , signed " The unrelenting enemies of tyranny and oppression ;'' and the remaining £ 300 came from " The friends of humanity and justice . " Three of these unfortunate men had wives and families ; one had a wife , and the other had aged parents . In the name of these unfortunate wives , helpless children , and aged and infirm parents , he implored their assistance . He knew that he should not make hi * appeal in vain—he felt confident that it would be warmly responded to . They would have , in return , all that these persons could give—their heartfelt thanks and grateful prayers .

      Mr . Stephexs next addressed the meeting , and was greeted with tremendous cheering . He said—Sir , who can rise after these men have spoken , aud trust himself to say ever so little without diminishing the force and weakening the impression of their artless and convincing story . I would much rather leave untouched the simple , but stately edifice of truth and fact , which their master hands have reared , than any additional remarks of mine should injure the cause which all , with equal sincerity , though not with equal power , are so anxious to promote . Much rather would I go home , and there alone and in silence call up slowly to my mind each individual statement they have made , and think of it and brood over it , until 1 becoaie master of the whole subject ,

      in itself , in its relation to the rights of labour , and in its connection with the social history of our doomed and devoted country . But the part I have taken in the public discussion of this important question , having , I believe , been the firstwho came forward in these parts to lay the case before the people ; and having in Edinburgh and in Glasgow , as well as in Manchester , spoken the truth so boldly as to run some small risk of myself becoming the victim of the same conspiracy which ha * torn there innocent men from their homes and sent them to herd with felons at the hulks—may lead yon to expect to hear from me to-night what I now think of the course I have taken , and in what fight 1 now regard a case which has excited attention throughout all Europe and America , and , which 13 without any parallel in the annals of the criminal courts in thia country . I ara free to acknowledge , sir , that when I received the

      first communication from Glasgow , I was not altogether without my misgivings as to ^ the . conduct of these martyred men , in connection with the Association of which they were the responsible office-bearer * My long acquaintance with the demoralizing and unnaturaUnng' tendencies of the factory system , having now , for some years , attentively and impartially watched its workings npon society—having seen with my own eyes ten thousand instances Of the most cruel , vindictive , and implacable tyranny exercised by the masters in combination against the defenceless operatives , this punctual acquaintance with the operation of tile system prepared my mind ; for corresponding instances of re-action . 1 knew it was possible , and I thought it not by any means unlikely that the working men of Glasgow , subjected as they had been to a series of wrongs and injuries on the part of wealthy conspirators , should at kit have bgen goaded to , madness , and . Lashed intofiiry , should "Have ' sprang Hke the wounded hon in the agonies of its death-throe , upon , the fiends who had

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      accomplished their destruction . I was prepared Tor all this—and had eren more than this been the case —had every mill in Glasgow Wen burned to the found—and every tyrant shared one common fater ^ should not have been surprised . Deeply , as I should have sorrowed over the scene of slaughter , it would tare awakened no wonder . I leave it for others to declare the amount of guilt—the height of atrocity such deeds would indicate , and when their estimationis made , I will be prepared to prove atrocity and guilt ten thousand-fold on the part of the rich conspirators against the poor . ^ With jtheie apprehensions , or if you will , with these fear * that the men might have oeeh betrayed ot hume <| into some act ^ which all ; . miist have deploreir-np niatter what the provocation might have been- ^ -J still determined to obtain for them , as far as > my -humble

      efforts could obtain it , a fair trial—an impartial investigation of the / whole ca « e . I knew it most tend to ulterior enquiries , and that it was necessary in the first instance to make a clear stage for the five imprisoned spinners , and let them fight their own battle at the bar of this country . It was no ordinary case this—no common crime—had it been crime—it involved questions , interests , consequences , of the highest national importance . I behold an oppressed , injured , infuriated slave-population , struggling for their very existence—driven to the brink of starvation—obliged _ at the best of times to eke out their wretched livelihood by "the unnatural sals of the labour of their wives and little children —and after all tantalised and mocked like

      Sampson of old , shorn of their strength and sightless , first made to grind in the mill and then brought out for the sport and derision of their Philistine oppressors . I forbear to follow this prophetic illustration to its close ,, and yet the proud and naughty men who hold their weaker brethren in bondage , ought not to go unwarned . I teu them that so surely as they persist in their present course , so sorely will the gorgeous temple of their Mammon deity be lifted from its base , and bury them in one undistinguished grave—Sampson will have his strength again , though but for a moment , and though he himself should perish with the oppressors , ne is commanded to destroy . This was the state of Glasgow , alid not of Glasgow only . Our manufacturing districts in

      general present a most appalliug aspect to the politician and the patriot . A more artificial , viciousj and dangerous state of society never existed—resulting from the same cause—growing gradually worse year after year—and only to be ameliorated and restored to something like health rigain by an entire change of principle in the regulation ot our social economy . We all did what we could to bring this question fairly before the public , though in advocating their cause , even to thislimited extent , we were ourselves aspersed and vilified as companions aiid abettors of incendiaries and assassins . But in the face of the foulest calumnies which a corrupt and venal press vomited upon < us , we have succeeded , and have to-night a two-fold satisfaction—a

      twofold triumph . We were the means , as these Gentlemen have told you , of saving your brethren from the ignominious death to which they were to be devoted—and we hiive assisted in rescuing the character of the operative population of the empire from the still more ignominious fate , to which this trial was expected to baud them over for ever . On no single portion of my public career do I reflect with more satisfaction than on this— -the honour of being associated with my noble friend ' s , Oastler and O'Connor , in this struggle of the weak against the strong—in this defence of ^^ the poor oppressed against the rich oppressor . At every successive step 1 took in the vindication of labour , assailed in the persons of these five victims—fresh light broke

      in upon my path—and now , Sir , iu this rbpinj where I first opened the subject to an astonished' and incredulous multitude , you are convinced to a man , not only that I was right in doing all I could to bring the cause of labour before the country , by assisting these men in obtaining the fairest trial which , under existing circumstances , could be got for them—but that the association , whose officers they were , was guiltless of the designs and objects attributed to it , and that the men themselves , independently of every other consideration , were worthy of the assistance and the sympathy of a patriotic public . Yes , Sir , they are here to-night , iw reprw-* ented by Campbell , Cuthbertson , and M'A'isn , and you hail them as men who , after being thrown into

      the furnace of mahgnnnt persecution , have stood the fiery tegt , and come forth unscathed ;—without a * much as the smell of burning upon their vestments . Innocent and much injured men . Your couutrymen welcome you already in anticipation from the honourable exile to whichyou have been condemned , but to which you shall not be sent unaccompanied by the villains and murderers 1 , who would fain niak « you the scape-goats of their own infernal crimes . Whilst listening with you to the disclosures liiade to us by the respectable delegation froni the trades of Glasgow—men of whom you have much reason to be proud—I have not been unmoved , though I have forborne to express my feelings by any outward token of emotion , I have sat abstracted , and in

      deep meditation . I have said to myself , as at one time the blood boiled within ine , and at another ¦ pulsation " was almost suspended , shall all this bt ) j and shall all this be borne—shall the poor be thus visited , and shall their oppressors go unpunished r Shall the most industrious , the most virtuous , and the most patient race of men in the whole world be thnu denounced , degraded , and doomed to banishment abroad , to death at home , whilst their idle , selfish , luxurious , and tyrannical , mouster-masfern to remain untouched by man , and uiidainned of heaven . It is so for the present , but so it cannot be much longer . The tbiug is winding Tip full fast enough . Tell me not of the trash rud trumpery swept together for this solemn trial , and exhibited

      at second hand in the House of Commons , by such political night-men as deaths-head aiid bloody -bones ' O'Connell . Talk not to me of rotten eg ^ s aud cabbage stalks , of cats and chucky-stones , of tin canisters so scientifically filled , so scientifically thrown . Tell me not about oaths by the dozen about men like cotton spinners being watched here and seen yonder . All this , is worse than trifling . The day is coming , Sir , when all these fabrications will be awful ' -realities . ' . ' .- ( Hear , hear . ) When the scenes which the bungling . cotton masters . of Glasgow have turned into farce will be performed as solemn tragedy . Ties hatched up conspiracies are not forgotten . The recollection of these survives , and the moral is handed

      down to children ' s children . In your own neighbour-. hood , sir , the same kind of game has been employed , some once or twice too often . The box of combus < - tibles which never exploded , and the poor man who was hanged upon a policeman ' s oath , as to the print of a naif in his shoe , a large reward having been offered as in the case of Smith , at Glasgow . These awful facts are fresh in the memory here , and here as weD as in Glasgow they may have their reward , when the day of retribution comes , and it reems to be coming apace ; other weapons will be . used than turnips and cabbages , other victims will be required than poor men like Smith , whose death lies , not at the door of the ^ associated operatives , but on the heads of the guilty Glasgow mas tern anu the Moloch

      system which they continue to feed on the life ' s blood of their fellow creature . What madness to accelerate that day of doom ! It seems as though they were resolved to hasten it . If this be their object , they cannot more effectually accomplish it than by enacting the tragedy of the Glasgow theatre , upon every stage throughout the manufacturing districts . Foohi and blind ! to teach the people the canister trick , and to shew them how easily your fire-proof mills miiy . be burnt to ashes , how . soon your fire-proof bsdies may be brought to bite the dust at the bidding of a bullet bought by any one who looks like a cotton spinner J Will you teach theni to laugh and jest at yonr blundering and botched conspiracies , and at the same time sting them to madness by the

      spectacle of their brethren slaughtered in hecatombs to glut your vengeance , until they ^ are determined to mete out to you , the wealthiest and the proudest of you , the same measure you have so often measured out to them . These scenes at Dorchester and Glasgow are nerving many ' ah arm , and steeling many a heart against the day of retribution . The people of this country are a patient people , but patience like every other quality , has it * limits . It has been sfaretched too far already , . and yet the rash men of the land will not take the warning . The Government will not pause even for a single moment , but seems resolved to plunge the country into all ihe horrors oi anarchy and reiblution . And because due or two indi \ iduals like myself , knowing what is afe worfc

      and ibreseeing the evil that must come , have stepped forth from the retirement of private l&e , with no other end in view than to preserve the institutions of the State , bv defending the cause of the poor , and maintaining their right to live at home and at liberty , on flie condition of laborious industry , they are stigmatised as madmen and incendiaries , and singled out as proper victimsfor the vengeance of our inhuman Government , as if the fact ot pur madness , or the sacrifice of out liberty and We would at all alter the case ! In one scene it would alter it * the end that cometh would come sooner and more suddenl y ; that is all . Let the renowned fiftyrtwo , the combination of masters , execute the menace they have thrown out and do the job for Stephens , orlet the respectable and intelligent Home Secretary surround me with spits

      and lnionners , and men of blood ; let him bring uie to the bar or to the block . Here are my limbs , confine them ; here is my head , strike it from mj shoulders , for declaring that " the labourer is worlhj of his hire" —and should be '¦¦ ¦** first partake of the fruits , —^ and what then ? Why , as with the holy meu of old—who spoke those words fromGodhimself , so with the , weak and unworthy man who now repeats them , it would be found that * he blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church EwTcmason drop that spirted from the headless ^^ "t ^ ^^^ P ^ f 11 ^ righteoutnetsnf Gorf would ; bespnnkle , and baptize ten thousand fame * ten thousand . Bntwh spirits . Where one Was slain a mynad would rise and march forth to avenge ¦ hJ f ^^ u ^ H ^ t or wnm ? a « it may be deemedby others , I win disharge mj duty as a man and a freeborn citizen of a christiaa country ; Once more I

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      ten the legislature and the ministers of ; the Crown , ttiat the people of England have madenp their minds on the subject They are weary of asking , praying , uniting and snfferiug . ; Th mote , wiey will not ask again , nor is it ^ likely'they should wait much longer . They see in the working of the New PoorLaw , ^ and ofthepresent agricultural and manufacturing systems , that everything has been calculated to effect one ' : and the same end—the degradation and misery of the whole labouring population , ead that has been accompanied by the most savage ^ torture ^ ever devised by ; Devils , or inflicted upon man . This they will not endure . They may be slaves , but they will not be ens ) ayed . They are already beginnine . and I think verv

      nroyerljr to put themselves into i position of defence in ^ this neighbourhood ; andit is . ' . no ^ ^ secret ^^ unleM to . the noble Lord , they are providing themselVM with fire arms , and have sworn , each man for himself , to die a thousand deaths rather than be poorlawed , and combination-lawed . It will be an awful day when Lord John Russell declares lus determination to put it . to the proof . As tb the combination eommittee , it is all a farce . Of whoinisit composed . Ineednot say . Youlfnow ^ one 6 f ; theni----14 ni 8 elf a couspiratpr- ^ -one of thfe ^^ ^ renowned fifty-tvcol But 1 spare that traitor to the class from which he sprang , and which hie no w think s honour able to oppress and persecute ; You know him and that m enough ; Never again will I ask you to petition th » House of Commons . You have had enough of that ., But

      We must discharge our duty to the Glasgow Trades , who have so nobly mode themselves responsible for the expenses incurfedby the defence of ybur fellowworkmen . ; Youhayeheard this appeal , and Iknow you will respond to it in a way worthy of yourselves and the cause . Would to God that the employers , by their honourable- and straight forvrard condacl to their men , would render their appeals unnecessary , How miserabl y infatuated they must be , hot to perceivethei ineffable happiness they ^ would enjoy , and the blessiugs their riches would confer upon themb y liv ^ ng on tenns of peace ^ and friendship with thenwork people , instead of living as at present in a continued state of strife and contention with'thein . How much better would it be for good masters aiid . good men to unite for mutual protection j leaving bad masters andhadmen toehdiire thetortnreaoftlieir

      upbraiding consciences , and to sufler the penalt y of of their disunions and unnatural warfares . -It the masters even resolved to perish in their present ruinous and deplorable career—should they still be insensible to tlie dictates -of reason— -of brotherly love- —and of Christian charity—then it would be the bounden duty of every working man to preserve his unions—to defend his ri g hts—to fight for his liber ^ r and his Ufe ^ -t 6 restent his oppressprs—and to persecute with rigour that moral war against slavery and ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' - lA ¦ L ¦ ¦ 1 1 - .. ¦ . ' ¦ ¦• : ¦ L » ' ' -V * ' 31 ¦ -.-.. ¦ - 1-inat wouiuterminatein uiooaiess

      ' oppression . ,, a ana triumphant victory . Mr , Stephens concluded amidst ! oud and repeated cheers . .. ¦' . JMx . HioQiivs raqved oiid 'Mr--. Taylor seconded the following resolution which was agreed to , That this meeting after hearing the exculpatory evidence adducud by the Scottish delegates , acquit the ' . 'five Glasgow Cotton Spiunerai of every crime laid to their ohargeV and pledge themselves to do eveiy tlurig in their power to procure a remission of their cruel and ? ava ^ e sentence ; and to support th eir wives and families . " ¦

      ¦' -. Three cheers having-been given for the delegate * , three for Mr . Stepheiis , > arid thanks voted to the Chairman , the meeting separated . A very hiindsome collection was made at the door as the people dispersed .

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      Staxey BKiptiE . —A similar meeting to the abpre was held in King-street Chapel , on Saturday evening last ,- when Messrs . Stephens ^ M'Nish , L ' ampbeU , Clark , and Deeganf attended and addressed the people , Avhoednaid a deepintereot in the statements of the delegates . A collection was made at the conclusion of the proceeding / Si

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      SCOTCH DELEGATES' MEETING '¦ ¦ . - . : ! AT LEEDS . ' On Thursday night , a public meeting was held iri the Great School Room , York-street > for the purpose of hearing Messrs . M'Nish and Campbell , delegates . Mr . Geob (? e White was called to the : Chair , and opened the business of the meeting by int , r « d « cing Mfi M'Nish . In addition to what those worthy men have laid before the public relative to the irhportantl ! trial of the Scotch martyrs , 3 VIr . M'Nxsh asked the meeting , liovr a secret committee ^ who icci'e openly appointed by ballpt , could secretly expend the funds of the association when the said secret committee were answerable to any one of

      1 , 000 members for every penny expended . ( Loud cheers . ) Hf showed that the well-disposed masters were borrie dpvvh by the tyrants , and that selfdefence compelled the good to fall into the ranks of the bad , machinery having equalised the profits on labour . He successfully proved , that of the three parties opposed at the period of the strike , namely , the minority ^ of the mast ^ -s , the three hundred nobs , or black sheep , and the spinners , anxious to return to their work after seventeen weeks starvation , that they , the Cotton spinners , were much the most interested in peace aud accoinmodation with the masters . M'NlSHinade an admirable speech , and that of Campbell was not less ¦ effective . ' . He

      explained the evidence of the chemist with reference tq the inflaminable rope to the entire satisfaction of the meeting ^ fully proving that the infernal machine was cast into the mill with the entire knowledge of the witness , who thought the Devil ivas coming for hiin , when pressed -b y the Lord Chief Justice . respecting the knowledge of the transaction . Mr . Campbell also very clearly explained the advantage which the law-officers took of the power which the lawr gave them , of wasting time and harrassing the prisoners b y delay . H [ e assured the meeting ;; that had it not been for Mr ; O'Connor , and some others , that the men jyould have been hanged . M'Nish observed , that after an interview of two hours , with Diiiiiel O'Connejl , that they were unable to remove his prejudice ; and , that he said

      that he believed the Committee guilty ofi the murder of Smith , and would continue to do so till they , the Committee , discovered the murderer . ( Groans ^ hisses , ; and damn him . ) Mr . Feargus O'Cqnnob was then received with loud cheers . He commenced b y promising to turn an overseer out of the room if he continued to inteirupt the meeting , atid iafterdetailing the whole case of the spinners , he pledged himself to establish the great Northern Political Union in Leeds , iri spite of the rotten rabble House of Commons . Each meiuber , he said , ' should be distinguished by > medal , and see > vho would be a deserter . (( Immense cheering . ) He addressed the meeting at great length , and concluded amidst loud applause .: A vote of thanks was then given to the cbairinan , who briefly returned thanks , and ! th # meeting separated . :

      Leeds SociAtisTs .- ^ We understand that Mr . Green , from the Miinchester Social Institution , will lecture in Leedrf , in tlve afternoon and evening of to-morroW ;

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      London , Thursduy Evening . ELECTION COMMITTEES , —This ± ) av . "\ Yalsali * . ^—The Committee were occupied the whole of ; the rnornihfr with the questionas to whether they Would admit the evidence of a witness named Healey , who was ope of the subscribers to the fund fer pros ^ cutirig the ^ ^ petition * The -ConMnittee decided that Healey wag '' ¦' 'disqualified from giving ^ evidence , he having a pecuniary interest in the matter . ; E VESHAM . — -TJbe Committeemet this morn ing at the usual hour , but immediately on taking their seats the room was ordered to be cleared , and tht ? Committee remained in deliberation for nearly three quarters of an hour .

      Dublin . —The Committee assembled to-day at two o'clock , Lord Seymour in the chair . The Committee adjourned shortly before four to eleveni o ' clock to-morrow morning . Cablow . — -The Committee met to-day at twelve o ' clock , but were obliged to adjourn to eleven o ' clock to-ihorro \ v morning , iri consequence of the illness of ^ Lord Robert Grosyenor . ¦ ; v YdUGHAl ,, —At the rising of-the Cemmittee the parties s'tood on . an ' ; - ' equality in ; -point of numbers on the poll . ' , - " ¦ •' . ¦ v :: ' v ' - -.:: ; . , ;;; . ¦ - : ' - : : ; - . ¦"¦' - '• ' :: . " '¦ : ¦¦ IReaping . ^—The parties were here also on an equality when the Committee aajourned , JlEADiNGi- ^ At one o'clock thet sitting Member was in a majority pf one on the scrutiny , met this

      YpT ^ GHAL ^ The Committee morning at eleven o ' clock , and proceeded with the scrutiny . ; At one o ' clock the sitting member , was in a Dttajority . ¦ . ' ;; v : ¦ " [ : ¦ - . '" ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' : ¦ ¦ . '¦¦'¦ , ;¦ ¦

      HQUSE OF COMMONS , iTH 0 to " : ' : ' ¦ : ¦ : ¦ ¦ '¦ -: ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ . ' : ' .: ;; ' : ; . CpRiS LAWS v ¦ :: - ' : " - ¦ . . "' ; ' . ¦'¦ ' , Mr . ^^ GtBOTEi presenttid petitions : from Ayr and other placesj , jn faVour of a . repeal of the Cora Laws . - :.. ;• '¦ ¦' . ... '¦ .. \' - ' . - ' - -. ''•' ..: ' V ' ' " . ¦ ¦ , > , ' , ' .. . - ' : ' : " . '¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ''• Mr . p . HARVEY presented petitions from two places in the county : of Essex , on the same Bubject .,, ' .: . ¦¦¦¦ . ' : ¦ .. ¦ . ';¦ '' . ' ¦ ¦ \ . ¦' ¦/¦ ' ¦;¦¦; : ¦' . . " ¦ ' ;

      = : ' : ¦ ' .. ; : ; ¦ CORtt LAWS . . , .- ' ¦ ... ' . ' . - . - " MvVILLIERS then rose to bring fotwatd his motion for the House resolving itself into a Committee of tbf whole House , to consider the propriety of repealing the Corn ^ Laws immediately , observirig that of all the wrongs perpetrated . He believed ;" ; ;' / . ; ,: ' a "; >( leit : ' s ? jbakin 6 . ) v ' , ^ '¦ " : ' ; . ;; . ' •¦! : ;¦ .. ( ; YHiat we gjve of the latest ParUamentary intelligence is not of wonderful importance ; however , we suppose our readers will look for a Uttle . A long

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      squabble took place m the House of CommonaF , relative to the withdrawal of Lora R 6 b ? rt Grosyenor , as Chairman of the Carlow Election Committee . , A doctor ^ was examined as to hisi' X ofdshj p's . ; he ' aHh '; but tie Hou ^ would not aUp ^^ h ^ the Noble " Xbr ^ s complainti was [ i- we apprehend he had not been in one of the ; Union "yyorkhoaaeSj at all events . Nothing of consequence took place ; indeed , nothing of consequenceeverdoes take place , except upon money nights . . ClTT , TTWELV E O'CLOCK . —The London line of packet sWp , from New Yotk , of the 20 tb nit ., lias arrived off Dartmouth , W * which vre haye xeceiyed "the Sew Yotk P » pei » of ihe 20 ih Febrnary , from which we extract the following from the ftbntier : — -. ' . '¦ "' . . ¦" '¦ "•¦¦ " ¦' . '• . ' ¦/ . ¦ . ' .. . ' : '¦¦ . ; -. ,: ¦ . ¦¦' ..- - ' .. ' •? General Scott has arrived here from Albany , on ha war to

      Washington . On learning by » pecial advices from Michigan , or by Waahington rievrspap « rs , that troubles had attain brok « n outoa the Michigan fronUet , he immediately changed his purpoue , to proceed thence hy Buffalo , by the most rapid conveyance . General Ward i « now at Plattoburg , and has , called out two companies of horse for the purpose of ifeconnioitenng the country . W » hear- ' of no movement , however , of importance ; nor do we belieye there will be an / . The Patriots hare undoubtedly a considerable amount of property stored on the frontier , which was intended for the Canadian market . " . . afPrivate letters sgeakof a deiperate attempt of the Patriots on the Lower Province of Canada . Our accounts a ' tate that the Province would be kept in a state of alarm until troops from England (? ot out . . . . The Qaebec papers of the 13 th ult ., receired thia morning , mention that Sir John : Colbourn had been sworn in . as a General Administrator of the Colonial Affairs in the place o ¦ ¦

      Lord Gosford . ¦ : ¦ ' . "¦' . . '¦ . ' ¦ . '" •• . ' . '¦ ' •¦ ' . ' , ¦ :,: . ¦ - . ' '¦' -. , - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦'¦ . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' » The family of Sir Francis- Bond . Head has arrived in the Wellington , from New York . ¦ ¦ In the House of Representatives a debate had taken place upon the subject of the war in Canada . Mr . Howard had moved the suspension of all other business ; to bring forward the subject of maintaining neutrality on the frontier . He laid before the House . » despatch relative to the proceedings of the . rebels , 800 strong , ' who . were commanded by yanrena-• elear : : A movement wa < to be made near the St . CIair river ; the despatch states further that the people on the frontier freely gave np their ; arins to the rebels ; twenty loaded waggons had passed to the frontier , with arms and ammunition ; the rebels had been joined by a great number of the Indians ; one statement is that the rebm mustered from 1 , 300 to 1 , 500 men . Mr . Howard proposed that a bill should be ' passed , Riving t <> the civil bower autnoritV to aid the military ia

      preserving neutrality . The bul was debated at some length , but it was afterwards adjourned in order to enable the . Alembers more accurately to obtain a knowledge of its contents . From the New York Journal of Commerce of the-l ^ th of February we extract ) the following : — » "Money AND Exchange . —Money is starce , though there is no great difficulty in obtaining good notes , being digcomtP $ ut 7 per cent . European Exchange fell a good deal ; the business of packet day was done chiefly at 7 } aowntoB } for good andprivate bills on England , but the ; psicket being detained , further sales were made , aud the price continued to drop , the last transaction being b % for prime bub , end 5 } for Southern bills of unquestionable strength . Some of the Banks were large buyers , and at the rate of their purchases they will procuTe returns in specie belovv par . In Stock the business was extremely small , but appeared ratbter better towards the dose . " "¦¦¦ . ¦' . ¦ ¦' ' ' - ' ¦¦•¦ ..: ';; ¦ '¦"' ..- . ¦ ' ¦ . . ' '¦ ' . ¦ . - ¦¦ : ¦ '¦ ¦ ' . '• ¦

      A Jamaica Mail haA arrived , sailed the 9 th Feb . j by the Goldfinch . 'The Jamaica Papers of 'the above date do not contiiin anything worth notice . . -. - . - ¦ .. ¦ THE FyNUS . —Consols which left off yesterday at 93 % for the Account , opened at the above price , and 92 $ , 93 forAioney ^ with little doing as yet . Exchequer Bills 64 66 ; India Bonds , 6 i 66 ; Bank and India Stock » hut . In the Foreign Market late yesterday afternoon a very sudden rise took place in the Spanish Active Boudgy but up ¦ ¦ to the present hour we cannot tind out the cause , and at the closing of the Murket they receded from 22 to 21 | }; Portuguese , 31 f ; Three per Cents ., 20 ¥ 21 j ; Mexican , 2 » j 29 ; Imtch Twoand-a-HalfperCent 8 .. 52 ^ 53 . ' ¦ HALF-PAST TWELVE , Later accounts from Canada state that Sir John Celbourn hod not been sworn in on the 13 th , owing to Lord Gosford having met with a slight accident by a foil on the ice . Southampton Dock Shares have been inquired for to-day . Half-past . Qne o'Clock .

      A letter posted at the North and South American Coffee House states as follows r— ¦ ¦ "The Patriots were collected with a determination ot / proceediug over to Canada , on the ice , and to attack sume ; of the towns in the Western districts ; but ; I '¦' . do not believe that * the Patriots will be able to effect any thing of moment ; still it will keep up a harrassing state of things . Mr . Papineau is said to be at Platsburgh , and I suppose will soon be joined by M'Kenzie . ¦ "¦' ¦ " , ¦¦ ¦"' . ' ;' •• Friday < Evening We have received a long report of an interesting meeting held at Bury by the trades . They have commeijced the peaceful agitation recommended-at the Delegate Meeting held during this -week at Manchester , an the following paragraph will evince . We give it ; and the whole report shall appear in our next number . ¦ '

      " The advice to run the banks has been acted upon . Q ' n . sSturday evening upwards of a thousand pounds was withdrawn ^ aiid more will be called in when the ¦ different societies have had meetings of their committees . " Our Bury friends will remember that * uch was the advice of Mr . O'Connor at a pnblic' dinner given to him in the mouth of October , 1836 . ¦'¦

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      TA TTERSJLU& , Thursday Evening . THE KlDBLiSWORTH . 7 to 4 on Cobweb colt—taken . ' ¦ ' ; THE DERBY . 6 to 1 agst Lord Jersey ' s Cobweb colt—taken 11 to 1 agst Lord G . Bentihck ' s Grey Momuitake 11 to I ; If to 1 agst Rlr . Armitage ' s If onplus Colt—taken 16 to 1 agst Colonel Peel ' s Ion—offered 11 to 1 agst Mr . E , Peers The Early Bird—taken 22 to 1 agst Mr . Bland ' a Yotrag Rowtpn-r taken 23 to 1 agst Mr . H . Copmbes ' s Cobham—taken 26 to 1 agst Lord G . Bentinck ' s B'Egville—offd .

      26 to 10 agst Lord Suffield ' s Bamboo— -takeh 30 to 1 ag . st Lord Westminster ' s [ Richard Roe—¦ ' ' . "' taken ; / ,. . . - ' ¦ - . ' ; , ;;¦ . " ¦ ¦ . •/ ., ¦ "¦" . ''¦ 28 to 1 agst Mr . Richardson ' s Monc Adam—pffd ! ^> to 1 agst SirJ . Milis ' s Vblunteer—bflered . 30 to 1 agst Lord Exeter ' s Alemdar—taken 33 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield ' s Bretby—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord . Chesterrield ' s Tranby ' tt dam colt—taken 60 to 1 agst Mr . A . Smith ' s Cracker-Coffered 28 to 1 ogst Captain Berkeley's Bullion—offered 1000 to 12 agst Mr . SoWerby's Caligula 30 to 1 agst MTi Worrall ' s Dormouse— -taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr . Bowes ' s Gonfalon—takex 400 to 100 agst Mr . J . Day ' s lot " . ' ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ; . '¦¦ ¦'¦ . '¦ THtVpAKS . . ' - : " . " ¦ . 7 to 10 agst Lord Jersey ' s Glenara Youiig Sam Day was 'fettled- by a fall from his horse . ...: " : ' . - . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : . - : : V " ' ^" . ' : ¦' •¦' . ¦ ¦¦ . . -. ' - ' -. . " . : . .

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      YESTERDAY'S WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . We have again a large supply of Wheat and Barley . Wheat is in fair demand for anything in Condition and Is . dearer . Oats are rather higher and scarce . Fine dry Barley is fully as-dear . Dry New Beans are in request at full prices . Leeds Gloth Markets , Tuesday , March 13 . In the Coloured and White Cloth Halls , during the past week , the demand has been unusually ' limited for-every ; , description of manufactured goods . The warehousemenj however , continue fully employed .

      Leeds CbRN Market , Tuesday , March 13 ; Wje are liberally supplied with Wheat anid Barley td-day , but of Oats and Beans the arrivals are scanty . There is a fair demand for Wheat ) and the best conditioned samplesi meet : free sale , at an advance of Is . per qr . while the damp qualities are , only saleable at the rates of lstat week . Barley is in fair request ^ but ; late rates are not exceeded . Oats are Ad . per stone , Beans ; Is . per qr . higher Amyals—^ Wheat , 15 ) 21 , 5 ; Barley , 8 ^ 551 ) Oats , 1 , 509 ; Beans , 952 ; Shelling , 60 ; Rapeseed , 1 , 710 ; Flour , 930 ; Malt , 80 ; and Linseed 40 quarters . : -: ' . -, . ' :., . ¦ " '¦ . ; . V . ' ¦ - . V ¦ -. ' . ' ¦ : : ¦ : . : ¦ - ¦ ; - '" '

      Leeds Fortnight Fair , Wednesday , March 14 .- —Therevyas a limited show of every description of Cattle at . this market to-day , which vfasj well attended by buyers , and consequently the whole of the Cattle exposed for sale were disposed of ait the following prices : —Beef , , 6 s . to 6 s . 6 d . per stone j Mutton , 6 d . to 6 | d . per lb . Number' of Cattle at market—Beasts , 209 ;; Sheep ,: 2 , 140 ; Pigs 50 . . Price of Hay in Xeedsj J ^ d , to 8 d : >;¦ Straw , 4 ^ d . per stone , ¦; , ; ' . ' -. ¦ ¦ . ¦' ; - '¦ . ¦ . ; ¦ .. ; ,.. '¦; , ; ' , : . ;>;; Tallow ; ---The price of this artible in Leeds fe 5 s . per stone , with an extensive demand . ,. '¦'¦ ' c : Bradford Wooi . Mabketj March 15 , — -The late ^^ high pricesi have again produced -a checkJin the demand ^ and although the ^ quantity ; of Wool brought into the market is pverrated , yet-a reduction in price ia submitted to . The stock pf rineMatchings is light cofiipared with other sorts , aiad ii is prbbar ble that they will not be much lower .

      . Bradford Yarn Market . —The Manufacturers finding they cahnot obtain an equivalent price for their goods ^ accprding te the price asked for Yarn , there baa not been so much business doing to-day—indeed - they feel indisposed to purchase , and rather wish to do less . ; : ; ; . ' , ¦¦ . ' -: * ¦ ; BradiFor » v , Pikce MAikET .---We have had another ^^ heavy qnirkefc to-day , and cpmparatiyelj little buMness has been done . " » HamfAx MAitKETj March 10 . —We have more business , doing in the Piece Hall to-day than for some Weeks past , and » t the full prices which have been hitherto obtained . There i ? also- more doing in the Wool market . / :

      HuDDEttSFlELp . — -r-Although : there is more , choice <) f goods in the market to-day , merchants Beein rather backward , the advance of price in Wool not being fceely ^^ giveu for plain : wppUe ^ bo tiiat we have had rather a gloom over the market . The fincy trade about as for Some weeks back . Some descriptionis of cotton backs are ¦ sought after . Merinos rather more in request , > ' v

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      ' Eochdale FlaSne ^ Mabket , " liirch i 2 .-L We have this day ; experiOTced another dull Market akhoopi ikespc vrta a g ^ i Soppijairf goodipJ all qualities .- Little busineaa was done at prices ei » ilar to the last feirwieeks . ; In Wools ^ ihere has been little " or no business done in any kindi The market altogether has beei ; one of the worst we have had for iseveral weekly both in ; raw and manafaetured goods . y -v , -. v / " ; . ' . > "¦ ; ; / ¦'¦ ¦ . ' . '"'"; - -- . ' ' v ' ; . ' ¦/' ' . ' - . ' ¦ :: '¦ ' ' ¦ - ¦' . Hpm , Corv Market , 3 tfarchlk--Tfae auo-- ^ - ^ ' & ¦ £ * - ' '¦ * 1 _ ~^ L&fl ^_ ^ " ' - -1- ' _ _ ' - ¦ . " m ' \ m - ¦ « ¦ - ' y if of farrierWheat

      ^ . _ ply ' s was very short to day , and the condition of a great many pf the samples . -onW middling j such as ^^ jtrere ; of Sue quality and dry obtained an advance of 2 s , per qr . " The trade generally must be noted Is . per qr . dearer . Not much Barley offeirng ,: and last -not ^ d prices were fuHy supported . New Beans for the most part come to ^ hand verj'tender , ^ and ' the fine hard samples ^^ were rather dearer . Oats come spiringly to market , and finequalities were Is . per qr . higher . Rapeseed dull Sale , and rather lower . Linseed firm at the rates of ¦' '

      la « jf ; week , ;; -. .:: . ¦ ' , ;; ; - - .- ' ; . -, ; - ;\; . ' , V ' . ; ; -.- ¦' " ' . ;¦ : ; Manchester . —rThe dullness which prevailed last week in the Yarn market ^ ^ still continues ; and purchasers , expecting a foirther ; decline in Cotton will not buy , exc « jt at very low prices , which / how ! ever ,: the spinner * were not quite so much inclined to accept on Tuesday as during the last week . In the goods market there is very little change to notice : business , considering the season of the year ,. is not brisk ; but that probably arises , in some degree from the great acramulatibn , of goods in the handg of the carrier ^ during the frostj which has prevented them from undertaking the conveyance of those recentl y delivered , and has thus had a strong tendency to prevent fresh purchases . V : '" '; :

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      On the 9 thinstan ^ the Lady of ' Henry Benypn , Esq ., of Rouhday Lodge , of a daughter . ' : On ^ 'the 8 th instant , at Heath Hall , the Hon . Mrs Smyth , of a daughter . ; ; ; ; \

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      • • ' . "' .- ¦ "' . ; ¦ ¦' XOABBIAOES . - ¦ : ' '¦ ' " " -:- :: - ' - OntheTth . instant , at the parish church , Bradford ^ Mr . JE ^ ward Salt , wc « lstapler , to Miss Maria Wade , daughter of Mr . Joseph Wade , Worsted spinner , all ofthatplace . ; Oh the lith instantv at the Collegiate church , Manchester , Mr . John Whitehead , machinist , to Miss Maria Dawson , daughter of Mr . Andrew Pawspu , farmer , of Wortley , near Leeds . Ou the Jj 2 th instant , at St . Crux church , by the Rev . J . Overton , Mr . R . H . Jowett , to Miss Mary Ann Hunter , both of York . ¦

      On the 15 th instant , at the parish church , HaUfax , Mr . William Moiris , wire manufacturer , cf Wheat ? ley ^ to Annef youngest daughter of the late Mr . John Hutchinsonj card maker , Halifax . On the 14 thinstant , at the parish church , Halifax , by the Rev . B . Bayfield , M : A . Mr . Henry Cupper , Churchyard , woolstapler , to Miss Ann Hojt , both of Halifax . ; - .. ' '' - ; ¦ : / . ' ;; ; . - ;¦ ' ¦ - ; ; --:- . '¦ "¦ ¦• ¦ .- ¦ : ¦; : ;• ' ,. ' On the 15 th instanty at the parish church , llanfax , by the Rev . B . Bayfield , Mr . David Drake , of Southowram , fanner , to Miss Sarah Wilks of the same place , , ' "¦ . - ;" . .. " . '¦ ' ; ... ' = ;¦ ¦ . . . ' ;; ; ' : ' . . ' On the 14 th instant , Mr . George Taylor , grocerj to Mary , the third daughter of Mr . John lnrdpE maltster , both of Bradford .

      On the 12 th instant , at the parish church , Halifax , Mr . William Sladden , of Ovenden , to Miss Martha Gledhill , of Halifax . On the 11 th instant , Mr . Joseph Brook , clotli . manufactnrer . Heaton , to Sarah , ; the daughter of Mr . Jeremiah Keighley , of Shipley . y

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      ' ¦ ¦' : ; y . ' : ¦ ' ;¦ ¦; : ? ¦ . /¦¦' . DEATHS . ; ; - ' ^> - ] ' \' . - . J ^ i On the 13 th instant , after a long and tedious illness , aged 34 , George , eldest son of Mr . John Littlewood , of Reuben Terrace , near Leeds ; : On the- ; 15 th-. nit ., at Oporto , where he had gone for the recovery of Ms health , Mr . John Flood ^ surgeop , late of the Broad Sanctuary ^ Westminster , eldest son of Mr . Floods surgeon . His urbanity of man-Hers and professipnal acquirements had endeared Mmto all around him , had procured for him the esteem . of- ' all ihe members pf the profession , and his loss will produce one tunyersalfeeUng of regret . Jit the interment of his remains every mark of respect was shewn him by ; the British Merchants of Oporto ., - :- ; :- :: :. - . '; ^ . ,. ;¦ ¦ - ¦"¦' ' - '¦'¦ - ;¦ -: '¦ ' . ; . - ; , ' ; :- , - ;

      On &e 12 th rn ^ feat , Elizabeth Rinton , aged 66 years , Meadow-lane , Leeds . ^ . On the 12 th instant , at Wakefieid , Mr . Benjamin Ferrand , pf the sign of the Dog , Wesfeate , Wake field . ¦ : - "'' . ;¦ - ,. ; " - . : ¦ ¦ ;¦ '" .. . . ¦ ;¦' . - . . - ., ' . ; ' >; : ; - : ¦ - . .... ' ;¦_ On the 10 th instant ^ universaSly ; respected by afl who knew him , at the advanced age oi 92 , Mr , Tho « . Kettlewell , sen ., of Pateley Bridge . .. '¦ " On- "the 13 thinstant , aged 73 , ^ r . Ri chard Misdate , of Halifax , formerly dancing master at the Hipperholme , and other respectable schools in the vidnirr of Halifax and Bradford . ; 4 Oa the 10 th instant , Mr . William Gagger , of the Ash Tree , in Shelf , farmer . , ^ i Same day , in his 90 th year , Mr . Wm . Sharp , d Landmer Syke ^ Northowram .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 17, 1838, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct343/page/8/