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      JrEW POOH T . AW . —SERIOUS AFFBAT ?

      AT DEWSBUBY . The second adjourned meeting of the Dowsbnry Board of Gu ardians took place on Monday last , when John Beswicke Greenwood , Em , ihames Police Magistrate , f ho is on a Tiat to hwfether at Dewsbury ? took his seat for the first _ tnne as an Ex-Qficio ' Member of the Board , and strongly supported Mr . Ingham , the Chairman , in his determination to enforce the law . A large concourse of peop le had assembled before eleven " o ' clock , to hear the proceedings , who "were with very great difficulty restrained from . interrupting them , during their -whole-progress frequently expressing strong marks of disapprobation ' at tie obstinate refusals of the Chairman-to put any motion submitted to him by who

      those members ^ jfihe Board ¦ were known to entertain ; a strong-objection to the law . On emotion for the appointment of a Treasurer , Mr . Brooke begged to caUthfi attention of the Board to a memorial ^ to ~ Lord John Russell , which he ¦ wished to submit to them , having a reference to the arbitrary conduct , of the Chairman at their previous meeting , showing the decidedfeeling of hostility to the law which was entertained by . a very large proportion of the' inhabitants of this , district . This memorial , after detailing to his Lordship the pro--ceedings of previous meetings , concludes as follows : - " Your memanalisfcsbeg to snhmil this .- account of -the tyrannical and unconrteons proceedings of their Chairman to your Lordship , and to ask your Lordship if it be the intention of the Government that a Board of popularly elected Guardians shall be forced to submit to the dictation of one Ex-Qfftcio member

      thereof , who takes npon himself to . determine what is law and what is not law ,- and who hbsolutely refuses to put a motion of adjournment when that is proposed in accordance with the ninth clause of the Commissioners' orders , and who threatens the Board with ruling in this district by a minority of three , against a majority of twenty-three . ' Your memorialists beg also to assure your Lordship that the feeling of a very large majority of the inhabitants of this district , is most strongly opposed to the introduction of this law , and that if it be the intention of the Government to support a Chairman who thus arbitrarily determines to rule the Board , dissatisfaction willmost certainly increase , and ^ rourmemorialists are of opinion that it would be wiser altogether to dispense with the future attendance of the Guardians , and leave the management of the business with the Chairman alone .

      The Chairman , however , frequently interrupted Mr . Brooke in the progress of his remarks , and positively refused to entertain any motion on the subject , and he at last gathered a few gentlemen around Mm , and without any show of hands , or the majority of the . Board "being at all aware what they were doing , he declared that Mr . John Wilson , manager of the West Riding Union Bank , had been chosen the irea * tirer . The nest process was the iixirig upon the number of relieving officers for the Union , when Mr . Penny rose to submit a motion , which he contended was in strict accordance with the 32 nd section of the Poor Law Act , which gives the power to the Commissioners to dissolve any Union which may have been ibrmed , or may hereafter be formed , on an application from , two-thirds of the members of anv Board of

      Guardians , and after maMn ? some judicious objeryalions on the improbability of the affairs of the different p arishes being so well managed by the Board as their ovm Select Vestries , and the interests of the poor being very seriously neglected inconsequence of the probable non-attendance of the . Guardians from the different townships , and the business of any one or more township being left solely to the representation of the relieving offic-r of such township , and the members of the Board who could not be expected to know anyt&ing respecting the cases of the applicants for relief , he proceeded to put a motion to -ike effect— " That a memorial be presented by this Board to the Poor- Law Commissioners , expressing their conviction and reasons why in their opinion the Act -wiYald not work in a district so densely

      populated as the Dewsbury L nion , and praying that the Commissioners would revise their determination to carry out the law , dissolve the newly-formed Board . ' and leave the different town--ships to manage their own affairs- as heretofore . And thai this meerinjr do adjourn to the } 3 zh inst . for the consideration of the above proposition , and that in the interim between now and the next me-ting , the Guardians do call meetings in their respec-- ^ Cre townships to submit such intended proposition for their approval of disapproval ; " and * that , if the meetings so convened , think it necessary , each township be canvassed to ascertain the opinion of the whole townships in the union upon the said proposition ; and that each Guardian come prepared to state sucli opinions to the board at its next meeting . " ilr . GnzEswooDhere observed that the board had . nothing to do with public opinion ; therefore that j > art of the motion could not b _ e relevant lo the proceedings of the board .

      Mr . Pexxy said that if the board was of that opinion , of course it was competent for any member to move that that part of the resolution be expunged . 3 Ir . Pennv amoce other observations in snpport of iis modem said tkai it ~ zxro £ t be quite evident , to all who nad . paid any attention whatever to town ' s business , that the local boards must be better calculated to manage the affairs of their several townships than it waspossible for a Board , of Guardians to 5 o . That then , the select vestry being called from the different parts of the township made them perfectly acquainted with the local circumstances of their own poor , and therefore , much more likely to know who were the really deserving , than it was possible for a Board of Gnardians to do . That it

      was not in the nature of things but that the Board of Guardians , who were men of business , must necessarily be weary of attending meetings at so great a distance from their homes ; and , that , consequently the whole affairs of 70 , 000 inhabitants must neces--sarily fail into the hands of two or three Guardians , or perhaps into the hands of paid officers ; who , lie would have the board be aware , wer ? irresponsible officers . He would have the board be aware that T ^ aen they appointed officers , they appointed masters : for let " their-delinquencies be " what they might they have no power of dismissal . _ That power being lodsed in the hands of the commissioners ; for proof of which , he referred the board to the 4 th page of their instructions . He made an appeal to the

      Guardians of Badey , and asked , how , in case of their unavoidable absence , he , as Guardian of liversedge would know any filing of the poor applicants from Batley , and that therefore the poor applicants must " necessarily depend upon tlie representation : ? of the paid officers , or , which was full as likely , be unattended to at al ] , thereby perpetrating acts- of the -greatest injustice and inhumanity . He ( Mr .. Penny ) had cliufen this time for bringing forward his motion , that , if it could be carried , it would prevent the future breaking up of contracts and interests , and all the ¦ coufruion taat must necessarily follow , if it was done after the officers -were appointed , and the L nlon at fnli -R-orfc . With Aese observations , h - hesced to

      nioca tka ra ? olntion . Mr . J . Brook , in a short bnt powerful address , seconded iIip ^ notion . But Mr . Ingham positively refused to put it . [ It was with great difficulty here that the people could be kept within due bounds . ] But , however , Mr . Penny was not to be got rid of in "this summary wr > y , but insisted , as his motion was ¦ clearly contemplated by the Act , that it should be put . " This called into fail play the part which Mr . Greenwood had come to perform .. He asked Mr . Penny which part of the law it was upon which he grounded his motion , when Mr . P . referred him to the latter part of tbe 32 nd section of the Poor La ^ v Amendment Act . Mr . Greenwood having read it , said " , " Oh , tbat is one of the five points that have . been before tha Qseen ' s Bench , which had decreed ' thaiit referred only to Unions " under Gilbert ' s Act .

      sea 22 nd Geo . III ., cap . S 3 . " Mr . Penny objected to tits , and called for proofs , and . observed that 'rhenever any . part of tae law related to Gilbert ' * Act ix piRTicrLAP ., it referred to it ; and that the . first part of the Act clearly proved that it referred to tbis , as well as Gilbert ' sj for it ran thus— "That it ¦ shall be lawful for the said Commissioners , from dme to time , as they shall see fit . by order under their *> ands and seals , to declare axy Uxiox , whether formed before or after the passing of this Jet to be ' -ntsrdci-d . " Mr . Penny also cited the opinion of John Tidd Pratt . Esq ., the barrister , who drew up the r . TJI , who says—" Under this clause any parish dis-= sa&sgei with being pari of an Union , may , if it can iriike its case good before the Commissioners , and obtain the cos font of not less than two-thirds of the Guardians of fee U » on , beseparated . from it . Other ^ parishes may be aJded with like consent , and in--&ed the -wh ' ole Union may be dissolved , on complying with the same provisions / ' Mr . Penny also referred to li » » tV st spmnn of the Poor Law

      Amendmsat Act ,-to prove that when the Legislature contemplated the Coif missioners interposing their au" xhonty on Gilbert's Act alone , it had specifically provided for such int ^ rooduon . Mr . Penny here -read the clause which ^ ves the power to the CommissIoncTS to govern the \ 1 nions , formed under Gilbert ' s Act . This posed th > e man of law , and made cim . hang "his ears like a ne ^ -beaten cur . But all ^ vdnld not do . Air . Ingham > "as jn the chair , and - ^ itiyely refused to put the m . 0 tl 0 n > te " ™ g tfle ¦ Guardians they might take their -i .- ^* course , and bimhe would

      ftat if two of them would Tote with , - carry the Act isto force in spite of b /? » t ^ ugh at the risk of Ms life . This uncaHed-ic declaration aroused the feelings of the assemble " i ? ? P to complete fury , and it was evident to * . ^ tliat witnoat great discretion it would not bepossL ° i T ° keep tnem in order . After begging of the peop . l ° T be -peaceable , and allow them to proceed witho ^ iptemrp&on , Mr . Penny said that it was now hi ^ i . ^ nae to know the situation in which , thev , as a . BoardofGuaxQiws jaadilr . Ingham , as a Chairman ,

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      ? w k ^ * ° Boara & * " Previous meeting that he would dtUho motion Tmless it "had-a reference to thanseires &mb * eiin& . im conduct might retire filmlhe meeting if thej pleased ^ smd if only two other gentlemen Banld remain wili Mm , they would canyit out .

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      stood . With' the -new of arriving , at a knowledge of that situation he should propose the following resolution . Mr . Isgham here . demanded to know if it was connected with the choosing of officers ; Mr . P . observed , it - would develop its connexion as he read it ; he then read to the following effect , — " That in consequence of the Chairman of the Board of Guardians of the Dewsbury Union having repeatedly refused to put motions submitted by members of the said ward , the Poor Law Commissioners be most respectfully requested to particularly define the power and duties of chairman ; and that they will be pleased to be very explicit in the definition of the words 'legal ' and 'illegal . ' as relative to such powers and

      duties . And that this meeting do now adjourn to the next day of weekly meeting ; and that the clerk alone do attend on that and each successive day of meeting , to adjourn the same until such powers and duties De defined . And upon receiving such definition , the clerk do supply each . Guardian with , a copy of the same . " During the whole ef the time this was reading , Mr . Ingham and a small knot of guardians , were transacting business connected with the Union , without consulting any but themselves . Mr . P . again insisted that ias motion should be put , but Mr . Ingham positively refused , and again gathered around him the few parasites who are ever ready to do "hi * bidding , and proceeded to &t upon the number of relieving officers in dumb

      show as before . Finding what they were about , Mr . Penny implored the chairman to adjourn the consideration of this question for a fortnight , pledging himself that as the chairman seemed determined to reject every attempt , however constitutional , to attempt to supersede the aet j to come prepared on that day with such a proposition on the subject as would , he thought , be for the interest of the Union to be adopted , and also would contribute to render the act as mild as possible in its operation , begging of him , the chairman , to grant him this one request , even were it for no other purpose but to say that he had conceded something . But no ! the chairman

      said , that however much he might have been disposed to make concession , an attempt had been made to intimidate him ( certainly not by any of the Guardians ) , and he was determined not to be overawed , but would enforce the law at the risk of his life , if necessary , but if Mr . Penny would name a definite number of relieving officers , to be prepared to appoint at the next meeting , ne would adjourn for thatpnrpose . Mr . P . not being prepared to do tliis , declined it . Mr . Penny then said thelaw itself had provided ' that they might put off the orders for thirty days ; and , therefore , he moved kithat the fixing of the number and duties of officers be delayed to that day fortnight . "

      Mr . Ellisox seconded the motion . This roused the mun of law and he demanded which section it was that gave the power of delaying orders for thirty davs ? Mr . Pexxy referred Mm to the 52 d sec . which empowers Overseers or Guardians to delay the execution of orders for thirty days . " But , continued Mr . P ., I admit that we have not complied with one formula of the law , as he would see if he read farther ;/ or it there required that the Guardians ; d : c , delaying orders should give twenty days notice of their intention to delay them ; but he Loped , and thought , that theprocpi'd ' iugs of tbat board would be a court of equity as well as law . Mr . Iugham replied , *• No , we should be only a court of law . " The otli-r man of law , Mr . Greenwood , arose with all the importance of a sage who has found a notable ward ' s uest , and said , " We lawyers , take tbe whole law : true , the first part gives you thepower to delay

      tue operation of orders for thirty days ; but having failed to comply with tLe conditions , you are bound lo proceed . " " Very well , " said Mr . "Penny , ** if you take the whole law , we are still right ; for tbe latter part of the same section gives us power to delay thv'iu without notice , provided we give notice within JifIt-en days of having delayed them . " Here Mr . Greenwood was quite chop-fallen ; hut Mr . Ingham stepped in to his relief , by positively refusing lo put the motion , although so clearly founded on both law and reason . At this stage of tbe business , one of tiie forms on which the people were standing in the school-room ( the place of meeting ) gave way , wnicli threw the people into confusion , "when Jlr . ( ireeinvood immediately and in great agitation , said he would read the Riot Act . He was implored not to do so . as it would . only tend to make matters worse , but he immediately , and without further consideration commenced—O yes , O yes , O yes , and proceeded with tbe reading thereof .

      This appeared to be the signal for a complete row ; and the magistrates [ Mr . Ingham and Mr . Greenwood , ] we "understand , in retreating from the school-room , were very ill treated , stones and misiiles of every description flying about in all directions . Mr . Greenwood retn-ated into the New Inn , but vras pursued by one section of the mob and dragged out with great violence , but eventually obtained refuge at Mr . Fletcher ' s , grocer , while Mr . Ingham was followed by another section to the George Hotel . The scene of contusion occurred about halfpast twelve o ' clock , and the attack ^ seemed entirely directed to the two Ex-Offlclo Guardians , who had so obnoxiouslv determined on carr ^ -in ^ out tlie law , while Mr . Hague , the other Ex-QlHcio Guardian , passed among the people without molestation .

      About half-past two o ' clock , after the excitement had subsided , an express was sent to Leeds for the soldiers , and a troop of the lancers arrived about five o'clock . Their arrival caused another gathering of the people from curiosity ; and on Mr . Ingham proceeding to Ms residence at Blake Hall , he was followed by a large concourse of people and hooted oat of town , receiving al * o , we have heard some severe blows . The great body of the working classes seem considerably excited by this law , and many show a most savage and revengefnl feeling towards its supporters ; and we cannot avoid expressing our deep regret that the magistracy , the natural guardians of the people , should be called npon to enforce a law which will depr ive them of that proper respect and deference , without which , tbe office they nil , instead of being beneficial , must be the verv reverse .

      ! Tis a poor exchange to lose thuir natural support and protection , founded on the confidence and good will of all men , and have to fall back upon die protection of the army . We are sorry to learn that an attack wa- ? made on Monday night , on the house of tbe father of J . B . Greenwood , Esq ., and that the military had to be called , before the Tiotous proceedings could be suppressed .

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      HULSii Ui- LUKL » . — Tuesday , Au % . 7 . The subject of Lord Dqrl-anvs ordinances relative to some of tbe Canadian insurgents was again referred lo by Lord BROUGHAM , who stated , we tliink with perfect truth , tbat though tbe power given to Lord Durham was very great , yet that no povrer l > ad been bestowed on him by net of Parliament , to inflict pains and penalties . on individuals who had not previously been brought to trial . The NoLle Lord was empowered to issue ordinances for the good government of the province—to make general laws for the good government and welfare of tbe colony ; but from the beginning to tbe end of the bill by which he was intrusted with this power , there was a grand exception—which exception tied up the Governor of Canada from altering any act of the British

      Parliament . The defence set up by Lords GLENELG and MELBOURNE was totally destitute of argument , and a sort of appeal to the indulgence of the House . It is , however , a matter of paramount dnty in a case of such importance tbat there should be at once a clear and precise understanding as to the powers delegated to Lord Durham . If there be any doubt on the ^ abject . Jet a short declaratory act be passed . If the statute already passed be one about which no perfect lawyers can disagree , let tbe opinion of such lawyers be at once promulgated ; but let not a subject of such vital interest be left to the discretion of Lord Dnrhani and the two or three briefless barristers whom he has appointed to be his "lawuuthorities . " We can onlv say , tbat if the enormous powers claimed by Lord Durham be really assigned to him in the act under ¦ which he governs Canada , it is an act that ought to be rescinded .

      The subject is , we see , to be solemnly discussed on formal motion . Lord WHARNCLIFFE laid upon tbe table tbe report of tbe select committee appointed to inquire into the operation of the New Poor Law Act . He moved that it be printed , together with tbe evidence . We hope we may assume that tbe evidence will be printed without any omissions . Therest of the evening was occupied in " considering the amendments made b y the House of Commons in the Irish Corporation Bill ,- and the reasons for dissenting from their Lordships' amendments . A division took place on the qualification clause , and the Lords adhered to the clause altered by them , and defeated tbe Commons' amendment by the large majority of 77 . The clauses relating to the charitable trusts was discussed at some length , but there was no division ; and , in fact , all the material amendments formerly introduced by the Lords were agreed to .

      Lord LYNDHURST then carried the appointment of a committee to manage the conference with the House of Commons . Lord MELBOURNE postponed the consideration of the Irish Tithe Bill till Thursday . The House then adjourned .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tuesday , Aug . 1 . After the presentation of several petitions by dif-. -ent Members , Mr . P . Scrore brought up the Iei x rtofthe Poor Law Committee , repo FIELDEN said , he could not let this report , Mr- -T Ut Up without saying a few words as to the be brou - * -which the Committee had conducted the manner u - ana UpOn taat document which was investigative . His proposition was , that the Comthe result of it . ^ }

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      mittee should examine those who nobody could doubt were the best witnesses ^ -the labouring-people and the rate-papers . He proposed- atthe first meeting of the Committee , that they should procure certain returns from those Unions in which the rates had been reduced 50 per cent . Thi 3 was objected to , pn the gronnd that the returns would be too elaborate and too difficult to procure . He then proposed that they should take those Unions in which the reductions had been 60 per cent , and the first three on the list of this description being Ampthill , Bedford ,-and Woburn , the Committee ordered the returns from those Unions . He ( Mr . Fielden ) sent two men down into Bedfordshire , to make inquiries as to the condition of the neoole whom the returns showed to be

      deprived of parochial relief under the new law ; and . he was in hopes that the Committee wonld have gone into a full examination of the rate-payeirs and labourers of those Unions , as well as into the examination of Commissioners ^ Guardians , and officers of the new law . But he had been grievously disappointed . The House would find by looking at tbe evidence , that the Committee ha 4 been engaged no less than 36 days and a half in examining Commissioners and Guardians . Indeed ,. the- Commissioners alone had taken 20 days out of the 52 days that the whole examination had taken up . Four days had been allotted to the medical inquiry , leaving ten arid a half iays for the examination of witnesses against the law ; and thisj notwithstanding nearly half a

      million of persons had petitioned against it , stating their reasons . The Commissioners , and the Guardians too , were persons actually upon their trial . They were persons who had been complained of ; and the Committee was originally appointed for the purpose of ascertaining whether those complaints were just . "Would the House be satisfied , would the country be satisfied , that this Committee had conducted an impartial examination , when it was found that 36 days and a half out of 52 had been allotted to the examination of persons who were on their trial ? ( Hear , hear . ) His ( Mr . Fielden's ) main objection to the law was founded on his firm conviction that it would reduce the wages of the labouring people , and if he had nothing more than even the

      Assistant-Commissioners to satisfy him upon that point , their evidence had shown him that that had already been the result . The House should have foreseen this before it passed the law . When it-affected to throw men upon their resources , it should have been certaia that they had these resources y butthe cruelty-of this law was now becoming obvious in all times of depression of trade , and in the intervals between the different harvests in the agricultural parts of the country . This report stated , in contradiction to what was the fact , *' ¦ that the real interests of all classes of the community have been con > ulted in the . operation of the law . " He ( Mr . Fielden ) was so thoroughly satisfied that this was unfounded—he had seen such strong proof thatit

      had broughtinisery upon the labouring classes , that he hadthoughtit his duty to move an amendment to this part of the report . Hon . Members would perceive that it was stated on the authority of Mr . Overman , vice-chairman of the Ainpthill board , that the wages of the labourers in his neighbourhood bad been raised since thelaw came into operation . Indeed j in illustration of the fact , he ' stated what he h . nis ' elf paid upon his own farm in 1834 , and what he paid in "ifiJZ—that wastosay , he gave . tliem a table containing fhe weekly payments for every week in those years to Ms labourers , and the totals showed an increase in the gross amount in the year 1837 . So far Mr . Overman made out the ca » e very well ; but in bis " previous examination he had stated , not only that

      wages had been raised , but that many more ineii had been employed on the land . And here Mr . Overman had failedto establish his whole case , but had completely succeeded in establishing the point which he [ Mr . F . ] aimed to prove—namely , a reductionin wages . Mr . Overman , in 18 . J 4 and 1835 ,-employed 20 men and 13 boys , and the gross amount which he stated he paid to them in the year was X / 75 6 s . Id . He stated in 1 S 37 and 1 & 5 S * his gross payment in wages was £ > ' 70 8 s ., which was doubtless u , considerable increase in the money spent in'wa ^ es ; but he employed in the latter year 11 boys and 26 men , which , as any one would find en calculating it , proved a reduction of lid . per week inmoney wages . A > Mr . Overman and his table were cited in the report as the proofof an advance in wages , he [ Mr . Picldcii ] proposed an amendment to that part of the report , which he would read to the House . It was as

      follows : — ' That so far from the real interests of all classes having beep consulted by the administration of the Poor Law Amendment Act , as expressed in page 25 of this report , the interests of the poor have suffered by the withdrawal of relief and reduction of wages , as appears by the evidence [ 15 , 305 , 15 ,. J 18 , Jo . oo'l . Ceeley ; and 10 , 472 and 10 , 474 , Rawson ; and 14 , 345 , 14 , 349 , 14 , 353 , 14 , 354 , 14 , 370 , 14 , 479 , and 14 , 480 , Overman ] . The stateraejit of weekly wages paid for farm labour during four years , by ' 1 W . ' Overman , accompanied by the list of labourers in "his employment , from July , 1834 , to July , 1835 , and from July , 1837 , to July , " ] £ 3 S , in the former of which years he bad 20 men and 13 boys , and in the latter 26 men and 11 boys , shows the following result . In this calculation 5 s . per week only are allowed for ike boys in both yeara , although Mr . Overman , in his evidence [ 14 , 378 , 1 says boys' wages had been advanced . , " 1834 and 1835 . £ . s . d . " 13 boys , each 52 . weeks , or 1 > 7 G weeks for ' one boy , at 5 s 169 0 0 t ; 20 men , each 52 weeks , or 1 , 040 weeks one man , at lls . 8 d ' . COG 13 4 £ 775 13 4 ¦ ' Amount paid , as T ? Mr . Overman's statement i' 775 6 4 " 1837 and 1838 . " 11 boys , each 52 weeks , or 572 weeks for one boy , at 5 s 143 0 0 " 2 G men , each 52 weeks , or 1 . 352 weeks for one man , at 10 s . 9 d 72 G 14 0

      £ 869 14 0 Amount paid , as " $ ?* Mr . Overman ' s statement .. £ 870 4 0 A reduction of labourers' wages' in money , of from 11 ? . 8 d . per week , in 1834-5 to 10 s . Dd . per week in 1837-8 , or eight per cent ., is thus shown ' by Mr . Overman ' s statement ; and 11 s . 8 d . would buy the labourer 129 ] pints of wheat , at the average price of wiieat per quarter ( 40 s . 2 d . ) , during the year 1834 : whereas , 10 s . 9 J . would purchase him only 99 . pinjs of wheat at the average price of ( 55 s . 9 d . ) during the year 1837 , being a decline in his command over wheat of 25 per cent ., and , taking wheat at the average price of the week ending 5 th July last , his command over wheat then , as compared with 1834 ,

      is reduced 371 per cent ., and this has been going on nuder the operation of the New Poor Law , notwithstanding Mr . Overman stated in" his evidence that there is an increased demand for labour ( 11 , 336 and 14 , 337 ) . no scarcity of work ( 14 , 132 and 14 , 467 ) , that wages have been a . ivanced but the men do more work ( 14 , 183 , 14 , 185 , and 14 , 209 ) , and that fanning has not been so prosperous for many years as in 1837 ( 14 , 507 . ) '" lie' had moved this resolution , when complaining in the committee of the whole report , and he asked whether he had not a right to complain of such a delusive . statement being sent forth to tbe country as that which he bad just pointed out ? ( Hear , hear . ) Such a delusion might deceive the House in some measure , but the country , which

      knew tbe truth , would not be deceived b y it , and would only look with the more dissatisfaction on the proceedings of the committee . Before lie had bocome a member of this committee , he had imagined that the handloomweaversaiidsomeothersinthe north weie the most miserable of all the English labour ing peop ? e , but he had heard enough , he confessed , in the committee to show him that if the people of the . south were not now as badly ofl ' as theliandlooin weavers , it would take but a short time to bring them to the condition of those miserable people ; and he begged to remind the House that when the destitute condition of the handloom weavers was spoken of , it was attributed . to- machinery Had machinery produced the misery on the land ?

      He would pause , in order to ask the House whether it was not both cruel and impolitic to continue this wicked and obnoxious law , when it is working such results as he had stated ? He could point out good , honest , and industrious labourers , in Bedfordshire , men whose characters were not ' disputed , who , with their families , were living now upon 3 d . per head per day . Mr . Ceeley , a surgeon from Aylesbury ( whose evidence , by the by , was well worthy of being read ) , stated that he was in considerable practice ; that he was . well , acquainted with tbe neighbourhood of Aylesbury and thelabourrilig people in its vicinity , and lie gave it as his opinion that , sickly and distressed as they were before , their lot had become considerably worse

      since the new law came into operation ; that he had inquired in what he deemed the best sources of information , the tradespeople , those who sold to the labourers the food on which they live , and they bad told him that they sold now less provisions to this class of persons than they did before the new law . If this were a fact , he would . ask whether anything could be more convincing ? ( Hear , hear . ) If the baker , and the grocer , and the cheesemonger , were now selling less food to the labouring man than they did before the new law , was not the conclusion forced upon us , that the new law had deprived tbe labouring man of the mean ' s that he

      nad beiore it passed ? ( Hear . ) In the reports of the committee it would be found , that Mr . \ Veale , the assistant-commissioner , had made a statement of the wages of the agricultural labourers in Somersetshire , Glocestershire , arid Worcestershire , and the average rate of wages per day labour in a considerable number of the unions in those counties is stated to be Is . 5 | d . to Is . 5 ! d . ppr day . Mr . Rawson , a manufacturer at Leicester , stated , on Ms own erperience , that wages had been reduced one-third since the new law came into operation , and he apprehended a continued reduction . He ( Mr . Fielden ) had sent two men down into the neighbourhood of Ampthill , to make inquiries in that neighbourhood , and they had taken a swtey

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      of the-parieh of-, Westpi ) irig m particular ; they had bbtamed' ^ 4 he ; :. i ( H ^^ V ' - ' ^' mbeir ' - -i-n--. T * twlT ,- and earnings of nearly every 'labouring , man . within the parish for . itheyeM 3 ; 1834 : au # ^ would state as short ti « possible , was an average reduction of 16 per cent , on ^ heir means of living . The tablei e ^ tablwhing : these matters had been put mby- 'jMr . Turner , pne pf the v persons whom he had seritto make the inquiries . One of Mr . Turner ' s tables , describing the condition of 48 labourers in Westoning ; ' vfas adverted tP in the report of the committee , page 4 ' , as a proof of the good" working of the new law ; but , while the committee were discussing this part of the report , he ( Mr . Fielden ) had moved this resolution : * ' That although the labourers have

      more money paid in 1837 than in 1834 , as stated in thereport , ^ age 4 , yet tbe tabjepr it in by Mr . Turner showed that the income of those labourers and their families had been reduced frpia Is . lOJd . per head per week in 1834 to , l . Si 6 d . per week in 1837 . " these tables had been attacked in the committee , and Mr . Pierce , chairman of the Wobiira board , had been brought up to the eonimi ttee to ; refute them , ar id ac ^ cording to Mr . Pierce , these labourera were in the receipt of much more money than Mr . Turner had made out in his tables ? But how was it ? . Why , Mr . Pierce found that the earnings of the fainilies of the labourers , that was , the earnings of thie wives and children of the labourers in Wfestonin ^ at ' straw plaiting , made an important difference in the total

      earnings of the family during the year : Mr . Pierce found little to dispute as to the wages of the labouring men . All the difference that there was between his table and Mr . Turner ' s consisted in this , that Turner had stated the -- 'earnings ' : of the families at ; too little , according , to Mr , Pierce's account . He ( Mr . Fielden ) was prepared to dispute the truth of Mr . . Pierce ' s statement . He had the names of the witnesses read y , and amongst them the names of persons who could have spoken from experience and with authority upon the subject-e ( hear , hear , hear , and loud cheers)—but these witnesses he cpuld not get before the committee . In the absence of them , however , the House might find by turning to Mr . Pierce ' s evidence , that

      when : it was the object of the different Boards of Guardiansiii Bedfordshire to send families into the north of England to . the factories , then the earnings of the wives and children were set down in Mr . Muggridge's returns as amounting to little or nothing . The -earnings' of a , mother and all her children were stated in one instance at 3 s . fid . only per week , whereas Mr . Pierce stated that young women m , Bedfordshire , of from thirteen to nineteen years of age , could earn from 5 s , to 7 s , a week at straw plaiting . As to the men taking their earnings as they were stated by Mr . Pierce himself , the House would find that they , were getting no more than would afford Is . lOd . per week per head for themselves and their families . He ( Mr . Fielden ) thought

      he had stated enough already , citing even the authority of Commissioners and Guardians , to prove to the House thatit was necessary to keep a watchful eye on the condition of the agricultural labourers . He had received letters from all parts of the country , from so far west as Barnstaple , and so far east as Norwich , from Carlisle , and from many places in the interior of the ' country , addressed to h ' im by magistrates , clergymen , ( iiiardians of Boards , and by tradesmen , all complaining of the operation of this law , and all stating it to have the" effects which he had anticipated with dread , and which he had often stated to the House . ( Hear , hear . ) It was only yesterday that he had received a communication out of Devonshire , in which , amongst other things , great

      complaints weremade of the enormous size of the Unions , causing whs . t was eqiinl to a denial of relief to all but those who were able-bodied enough to walk fifteen or twenty miles to wait upon a Board of ( Juardians ; mid this brought him to page sixteen of the report before the House . A compliment is there paid to the Commissioners for the " skilful and judicious" arrangements which they had made , and for the g , mat discrimination which they had shown in uiliiprilig their operation * ' to * local peculiarities . But this compliment wji . s not in unison wi . th--. au opinion given in page fourteen , when ; the report said , " Your ' committee are of opinion , that it does appear that the size of the Tnydical districts , in many instances , is incon-¦ ¦

      \ viiip . 'ritly . large •'' -while , in the 24 th page of the report , the House would find a specific recommendation to it to jjive the commissioner ' s powers to reconstruct their own . unions ! [ Hear , hear . ] This he [ Mr . Fiel'le . n ] apprehended would require a statute ; so that these n hie and judicious men had formed a set of unions so inconvenient even to themselves , that they were already applying to Parliament , through this committee , for powers to undo their own work . Why . it appeared to him [ Mr . Fielden ] that these persons had shown a want of ability in the only part of their duties which required wisdom . It required little ability to send down an order to a Board of Guardians to deny out-doir relief to

      ablebodied labourers , however much it might affect and distress the . objects of the order , and those who are their neighbours , but to alter the established divisions of the country , and form a set of new ones that should be more convenient to the poor , was doubtless a matter which required judgment and discrimination ; but these persons l » : ul . '' .. shown that it u-aw nor . possessed by them in this particular at any rate ; and , therefore , he protested strongly against this part of the report , which paid them a compliment in one page on the very subject on which , in another page , it condemned them . At the same time that the report recommended that the commissioners should have tlie

      means given to them of reconstructing the unions that they had already formed , it also recommended that they should have power given to them to dissolve all the Gilbert Unions , and to-nuV'ify all provisions of local acts all over the country relating to the relief of the poor . He [ Mr . Fielden ] hoped that the Gilbert Unions , and those places where the relief of the poor was now administered under local acts , would watch this subject well . He hoped that the representatives would be ' reminded of their duties , and that the

      country would riot be thrown into additional confusion by additional powiji-s beinjf given to tho ^ se persons who were obliged by their application lor a fresh act to confess their incoinpetency . He [ Mr . Fielden ] , not only hoped that the commissioners would have no . further powers given to them , but he hoped that the representatives of the people would come up to Parliament in the next session prepared to negative any proposition that might be made to Parliament for continuing tlie powers tbat . they at present had .

      Th . i statements of tbe Honourable Member being of a somewhat unpalatable character , a mnmvuWo vrus here had recourse to , to get rid of them . Lord G . SOMERSET rpse to order , on the pretence that Mr . F . was going into a discussion of the merits of the report . The Speaker , though he admitted that he knew nothing about what Mr . F . had been saying , coincided with Lord G . that he was out of order , and must hold his tongue . After some altercation , Mr . F . desisted from further remark , and

      Mr . P . Sciiope endeavoured to make an apology for a most lame and impotent defence . On the motion 61 ' Mr . Shaw , leave was given to bring in a Bill to . provide compensation for certain officers of the corporation of Dublin . The Exchequer Bills' Bill , the Exchequer Bills ( Public Works ) Bill , and the Four-aiid-a-Half per Centum Duties ' -Bill , severally went through Committee . . The Lords ' amendments on the Royal Exchange Rebuilding Bill Wereconsidered and agreed to . The Slave Trade Treaties'Bill was recommitted , nud the House having resumed , the report was ordered to be brought up to-day . 1 The Duchies ot' Cornwall and Lancaster Bill was passed through Committee , and ordered to be reported without amendments : to be read a third time to-day .

      Lord MORPETH obtained leave to bring in a Bill to restrain the alienation of corporate property in Ireland . Mr . SHAW obtained leave to bring in a Bill to provide compensation for certain officers of the corporation of Dublin . The County Treasurers' ( Ireland ) Bill , the Coal Trade ( London ) Bill , and the Church Building Act Amendment Bill , passed through Committee . On the motion of Lord Mo it peth , it was ordered that the House , at its rising , do adjourn to tvro o ' clock to-morrow . The other orders of the day were disposed of , and at eight o ' clock the House adjourned .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS ¦ Wednesday , Aug . 8 . The House assembled at aquarter before 5 o ' clock . The Earl of Shaktesbury presided , in the absence of the Lohb Chancellor . The Bishop of LONDON presented petitions against the encouragement of idolatrous worship in India , from Louth , in Lincolnshire ; from Wesleyan Methodists of Newcastle-on-Tyne ( 2 ); from Clitlieroe , and several other places . Lord REDESDALE presented petitions from Leeds , agreed to at a public meeting , and another place , in favour of a Ten Hour * ' Factory Bill .

      The Transfer of Funds [ War-office ] Bill , the Stamp-dies Bill , the Slave Trade ( Tuscany ) Bill , the Slave Trade ( Sicily ) Bill , ^ the Bank of Ireland Repayment Bill , the Joint Stock Banks BUI , and the Ecclesiastical 'Appointments Suspension Bill , went severally through a committee . Report to-morrow . The Customs Bill , the Fines and Recognizances ( Ireland ) Bill , thje County of Clare Treasurer Bill , and the Constables on Public Works Bill , were severally read a third . tiiiie and passed . Lord BROUGHAM presented a Bill for declaring the extent of the powers granted to the Governor-General under the Act of the second of Victoria , for the Government of Canada . The Noble and Le $ . rne 4 Lord said that he would to « morrow explairt the nature of the measure , r

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      Read a first time , and ordered to be printed . Lord IBAENCLTFFE presented a petition from Dundee ; in favour of ; the iSheriff ' M Courts ( Scotland ) BilL ; v ! T ' Adjourned . , ^ • :-. " . ' fliOIJSE OF COMMON ^ - ^ iptiia DAY ^ Aag . 8 . The Speaker took the chair at two o ' clock . Thei Duchies of Cornwali and . Lancaster ^ Bill was read a third time anid passed . Mr . HABYEY moved that the order for cpmmittee of leave for committee on St . Saviour ' 8 , ( Southwark ) School Bill sitting on Thursday be discharged . Agreed to . . On the motion of Mr . BICE , the Consolidated Fund Bill was reported .

      The County Treasurers' ( Ireland ) Bill was reported . ' The Coal Trade ( London , &c ., ) Bill was reported . . ¦¦ - -. ¦ The Corporate Property ( Ireland ) Bill went through Committee . The Duchy of Cornwall < Tin Duties ) Bill was reported . On the motion of Mr . AGLIONBY , a return of the gross annual payments during ten years in respect of coinage duties ; and also a return of all the eoste , uharges , and expenses ^ to officers and others , in eacb year during such period , incurred in and incident to the aseertainingj managiDg , and collecting of such coinage duties , were ordered . . The'bther orders of the day having been disposed of , the House adjourned at half-past two o ' clock .

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      GOODWOOD RACES , 1838 . ( Continued from , our last . ) " THURSDAY , August 2 . , The Racing Stakes , of 50 sovereigns each , for 3 year olds . One mile . LordG . Bentinck's Gray Mbmus ..... J . Day 1 Lord Exeter ' s Romania — 2 Doke of Beaufort ' s lnuendo 3 Lord Chesterfield's Industry ...................... . 4 3 to 1 on Gray Momiis . Won by two lengths . The Gold Cup , value 300 sovereigns , by subscriptions of 20 sovereigns each , with 100 added . Cup course . Second to receive £ 100 . Mr . Ferguson's Harkaway .. Wakefield 1 Lord Exeter ' s Adrian ........ > .. 2 . Mr . Worrall ' s Dermouse 3 "

      The following were not placed : — . Duke of Richmond ' s Mus ; Dtijce of Beaufort ' s Cetus ; Lord G . Bentinck ' s D'Egville ; Mr . Robertson's Berwickshire , Colonel . Wyndham ' s Prestonjee Bomanjee . * : Betting—Even , and 6 to 5 against Ilarkaway ( taken ) , 5 to J against D 'Egville ( taken ) , 5 to 1 against Berwickshire ( taken ) , 6 to I against Dormouse , and 10 to 1 against Adrian . Won by two lengths . The Queen ' s Plate of 100 guineas . Tliree miles and

      five furlongs . Lord Suffield ! s ist , Luke ... ... Pavis 1 Mr . Osbaldeston ' s Mic Mac 2 Lord G . Bentinck ' s Mulberry Wine ............ 3 Captain Berkeley's Bullion .......... „ . 4 Dukeof Richmond's Beggarman a

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      TATTERSALL'S , Monday . The settling for the Goodwood Races took place yesterday , and occupied a considerable part of the afternoon . It went ofl ' well . Tno St . Leger betting commenced a little before five o ' clock , and besides being tolerably brisk , led to changes of some intercut to speculators . Ion was backed freely at 7 to 2 anl 4 to 1 , the iirst-nientioned price being the closing one . Dun John was also a better favourite , but was not in much demand . The principal alteration was in Lanercbst , whose friends were so sweet that he was confirmed as third favourite before the doors closed . Cobham and Gray Mpmus were on the decline , nor were Appleton Lad or Albemarle , ' although backed , in much favour . The last prices were aa follow : — DONCASTER ST . LEGEtt . : 7 to 2 agst Colonel Peel ' a Ion , 5 to 1 „ Lord Chesterfield ' s Don John—tk 0 to 1 ,, Mr Parkins's Lanercost—tk 9 to 1 „ Mr Coombe ' s Cobham 10 to 1 ,, Lord G Bentinck's Gray Momus 15 to 1 „ Mr Bowes'a Appleton Lad—tk 20 to 1 „ Lord Westminster ' s Albemarle—tk 20 to 1 „ Mr Thompson's Talleyrand ( Voltaire colt ) 30 to 1 „ Mr Fairliete The Hydra 170 to 100 on the lield againit Ion and Don John 425 to 50 agst Albemarle and AppletonLad—tk

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      A Halifax mail has arrived , by which we have received the papers to the 20 th of July , brought by the Lord Mctvitlc . sailed on the 22 nd of Julv .

      ( From the above Papers *) The liarvpst has oommenopd in -this vicinity , and is nearly over in the more southern portions of the State ; the weather has been most favourable , and from all quarters wfe- receive the most cheering accounts of the crops of wheat . " Prince Edward Island Papers to ( he llth July . The question of the disputed boundary has- been pretty warmly taken up by the American Congress . The language of several of the Members of the Senate is decidedly warlike ; the influence of the moderate party , however , seem to have predominated . .

      By accounts from Newfoundland we learn that great distress had been experienced there during the last winter and spring from a scarcity of . provision ? . It had been ascertained that in some of the small harbours in Conception Bay several persons nad died of actual starvation . The local government have been called upon from all parts of the island , to furnish the poor seed potatoes . Several cargoes from Prince Edward Island have been brought up for that purpose . We have received Rio Janeiro papers to the 3 rd June .

      They do not contain any political news of rimportance , but publish the Revenue of the Customs ; from which it appears that trade in the Brazils has considerably improved . The Belgian papers inform us that the members of the provincial council of Luxemburg have gone to Brussels to obtain from three of their countrymen , who are ministers of Belgium , a positive assurance that they will oppose the treaty of the 24 articles with all their power . Hobart Town papers to the 7 th April have come to hand ; they state that Capt . Swanston and other gentlemen were about to embark stock , and . to colonize King ' s Island , which is 35 miles long and 16 broad , situated about 70 miles from the northern boundary of Van Dieman ' s Land . The climate is represented as being preferable to that of the main land .

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      The boy Kirby , convicted at the Lincoln assizes of the horrid crime of poisoning his master , and on whom the extreme sentence of the law would haVe been otherwise executed to-morrow , has received a reprieve , and he will be transported for life . The youth of the criminal has m this ease supplied the most powerful argument in urging the appeal to the throne for mercy in his behalf , and to induce the Government to advise its extension . The Queen Dowager Summoned fob Poorrates . —Her Majesty the Queen Dowager of these realms was summoned by the rate collectors of the parish of St . Martin in the Fields , to attend at the Westminster Petty Sessions , in the Broad Sanctuary , Westminster , on Wednesday last , to answer for the

      non-payment of £ 104 and some shillings , due to the parish of St . Martin , as a quarter ' s poor-rate for her residence , Marlborough-house , Pall-mall . Her Majesty was willing to pay the sum demandedas . a donation , but she objected topay it as a rate . This they refused to accede to , and the present proceedings were instituted ; and on the opening of the Court , Mr . Sergeant Mereweather , her Majesty's Solicitor-General , was in attendance , but in- consequence of some arrangement which was entered into between the learned sergeant , on the . part of her Majesty , and-the representatives of the parish , the precise nature of which did not transpire , the further consideration of the case was by consent adjourned to Tuesday next , Aug . 14 .

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      —^ ... YESTERDAY'S WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET The arrivals of all Grain are again short . Wheat has met ready sale at an advance of fully 8 s . per qr . nppn fine fresh qualities , and 6 s . to 7 s . upon all other descriptions . Oats are 2 d . per stone dearer . Beans are in demand , and 3 s . per qr . dearer . Malt is in request at higher prices .

      Leeds Cloth Markets . —In tie Coloured and White Cloth Halls , during the past week , there has been , a very extensive demand for every description of manufactured goods . The slock' on . hand is uftusually ^ limited , and is graduall y ^^ diminisbing > In the warehouses the individuals engaged are fully employed ; and Tery few of the labouring portion of the community are out of work . pRic B of Potatoes in lieefls ,. from lOd ., to Is . pergepre of 211 bsi

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      ^^ Price of Hay ^ t ^ ebds , 7 d . to Sd . s Straw 5 d . per stone . , ' ^ ? : i j ;\ i i ; -XoU : ^ JL-: ^ T » to-dayjs market does not ; warrant , any Sial alterafaon ^ om : our last week ' s repok nnjeSt aereiaabeennwher ^ baslnesH ^ e ^ dS ffi Merchan | s ; continue not only indisposed tojthe't ^ further . advance , ; tut they are not disposed JS even to purchase at recent - advances . Meanwnif theposition of the Manufacturers is yen tiernW ing , and ere two or three market days elap £ tE must either purchase their Yarn lower orit * iii beepme imperatiYe on them to limit their prodot !

      -.: Bradford Wo 6 t MARKET . --There ha 8 been less businesa done in this market during the last week . Buyers are decidedly' indisposed to grre late prices , and wool is certainly easier to purchase . The prospect of an unfavourable harvestias a detriiaen tal effect , and that eoiapled with an antici pated im " portation of foreign corny render the mann&eturera very cautk ) us in their transactions . ¦ : .- ' -. " Bradford Yarn Market . —There has tee ^ an average amount of business done to-day , and the demand continues godd ; hut there * does not appear to -be that eagerness to purcha ? e largely which prg . mailed a short time back ; Manufacturers find ic difficult to sell goods without loss at the present prices of Yarns . : ' -, : ¦

      Manchester Cattle Marke t . —^ We had a very full market to- day , of all kind of Cattle and a great many remained unsold , at a rediiction in price . The following are the numbers : —Beef 798 from 6 d . to 5 | d . ; Sheep 3 , 898 , from 5 M . to 6 id .-Lambs 5 , 757 , from o £ d . to 6 d . ; Calves 50 . from 5 d . to 6 di per pound . Halifax Market , August 4 . —No alteration in this market .

      HubDERSFiELp Market ; August 7 th .--There has been a considerable quantity of goods sold to-day , particularly in fancy doeskins and kerseys suitable for the winter trade . Heavy goods of all descriptions arein good demand , and fair and remunerating prices may be obtained . Business in the warehouses bontinaes brisk . ^ ' ¦ ¦ '¦ ' -: ¦ Rochdale Flannel Market , August 6 th . — Our market to-day is much the same as last week , in respect to demand , prices vary Bui -little , " in some kinds of goods we may quote a shade of an advaiwe ; bntnothingof consequence . Wools remain firm in price , demand is much the same as ou the previous market day . No change in the Oil trade of any moment . *

      E . OCHDALE Monthly Cattle Fair , Aug . 6 . There has been a good shew of Cattle to-day , jand a fair average of business done , particularly in milch cows . Prices have not materially altered since our last fair . BOROUGHBRIDGE CORN MARKET , Augugf 4 . Wheat , 70 s . to 78 s . per qr . ; Beans , 5 s . 6 d . to 5 s . 9 d . per bushel ; Oats , 12 d . to 14 d . per stone . Howden Corn ' Market- , Aug . 4 . Total Quantities , Pr . Qr . Tot Amount . Imp . Measure . £ . s . d . £ . s . d .

      Wheat .... 68 .. 3 10 7 240 0 0 Oats ...... 244 .. 1 10 .... 257 8 6 Richmond Corn Market , August 4 th . —We had a tolerable supply of Grain in our market today , the sale was rather dull . Wheat sold from 10 s . Od . to lls . 6 d . ; Or-ts , 3 s . 6 d . to 4 s 4 d ;; Barley , 4 s . 3 d . " to 4 s . 6 d . ; Beans , 5 s . 9 d . to 6 s . per bushel . Darlington Markets . —At our Corn market on monday last , the supply of grain was small . Wheat , sold from 20 s . to 22 s . ; Date , 6 s . to 7 s . Barley , 8 s . to 9 s . ; Beans , 9 s . to lls . per boll . Butter , lOd . per lb . . ,

      Settle Fortnight Fair , Aug 6 . - ^ "W " ehaa au unusual large show of prime Pat Cattle and a very large show of Sheep and Lambs at this day ' s market , which met with moderate sale ; prices rather lower than last fair . ^ ^ Skipton Cattle Market ' , August 6 . — We had a very large supply of'all kinds ofFat Stock , and pleaty of buyers . Prime Fat Beef was readily sold , but that of inferior quality was heavy , Lambs andSheep met with a ready sale . We caanot quote any alteration in prices ,

      Hull Corn Market , August 7 . —Weliai a very limited supply of farmers' Wheat , . again to . day , which met ready sale at an improvement of fuD 3 s . per quarter : in some instances a still greater advance was paid . A fine parcel of Red Wheat obtained 79 s . per qr . and 80 s . was refused fof ' a superior parcel of White .. No Barley , offering . Beans must be noted is . dearer ; the supply was small . Very few Oats on sale , and rather better prices were made . Rapeseed fully maintains its value . Linoccd auupuiUi ita inicc .

      York Corn Market , August 4 . —We hare had a great deal of rain during the week , but except those places where heavy showers have fallen , it hi been productive of benefit to the crops , all of whici are progressing , —it is true rather slowly , —but veiy satisfactorily . Very little business is now transacted in our market ; the supply , if such it may he called , being confined to the very few samples held / by fie more wealthy farmers , who are determined to tare very high prices for theh ' ttle they hold . Wheat mar be called 2 s ., Beans Is . to 2 s . per qr . and QjtJ fully id . perstone higher . . . .. :

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 11, 1838, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct353/page/8/