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      C ^ B ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ M ^^^^^™^ ^^^^ " — RADICAL DEMON STRATION IN SHEFFIELD . a&Seta , ftougb late in the field , kas Bot _ been ISmn Wawnand for justice . The men of Hal-3 feL nobly proved that they know their ~ jjrt . and are detennined 40 : have them granted . iaT&r was Tery -unproptioug ,. a great quantity of i- ^^ liTing fallai daring the morning and in the : 33 BW *© f the forenoon , hut by the rime the chairman « £ ^ e dentation from Birmingham reached the . ncsdin a carriage drawn by four horses , it cleared » # <* Jitiie , and continued fair while the proceedings j ^ p £ . On account of the heavy state of the roaos , -dg » wtrtlemen from Birmingham did sot arrive so

      naKsft was expected ) which delayed the ceminence-. juafe gl the proceedings for nearly two hours ' . The Hbtf fceling and the utmost goodnature , however , -3 Kpr » drf ail classes , and with the arrival of the ffca& . # music and the flags , the assemblage esomdtitogether in front of the hustings . Owing &&t entrance side of the busting * aot being ¦ tSEsratly provided with supports , it gave way with Saiamense pressure , hut sinking gradually and T 9 gab * fyy we are happy to aid , no one received any ^ BGBbl injury . At thi s time there could not be & ¦» aban 20 , 000 person * present in the field of jmt&agy more than eleven-twelfths of whom were ¦^ Liymenand unrepresented . " This afforded a

      , , g »^ g fc »» t argument against the Whigs and Tories , *§*« 6 * Te prophesied that the Sheffield Demonstra-? fe » TMBld be a failure . Among those on the hust-S ^ r e-ebserred Willonghby Wooo , Esq . ofCampmZ £ B& 1 } , the deputation from Birmingham , consistisy o # Messrs . Edmonds , Salt , and- Peirce ; Mr . 35 b 5 ar& « i , from Manchester ; and different mem-3 «» at the "Working Men's Association . We ¦ WKati j » st add , that the procession was received ^ wAtathusaastic cheers throughout the whole route . " ^ v Ebexezbr Elliott having . been voted to d&n&as- , exhorted the multitude to he peaceful , and SS » i » eoQrage any speaker who might advocate - ^ S » 3 « e . He then gave . out a hymn ,. which was

      saagi \ j the assembly , accompanied" by the band . -Sfenwras and tune being both exceedingly sol emn xz&xd a . fine eSeet . After which , the'chairman , afauae length , comb&tted and refuted die lies of t 9 ^ 1 % g and Tory press about the cumber of the jHwtii ^ in Palace Yard , to which he "had been v 3 geBwi by the peop le of Sheffield last week . He dtat-wecton to say —it won ' t do bow , aDd shan ' t i& 3 . i » sing the old song of jthe Corn Laws , which 2 «* -5 ave laughed at for more than twenty years ; * - "Sbt * you said , "it is only the mad poet ! " 1 wwS rather be mad , than see you lose jour trade ; 3 a > ooJirather die in a workhonse-than see yon with-MSwaets ; far there wonld be sorrow in heaven , if

      ^ arcririTes , by thousands , and your children , by as * sf thousands , were clamming with them . C £ ^* re . ) v But after having been mocked for years -six ^ ir subject of the Corn Laws , and told by Corn I 2 »* Jtossell that the robbery shall be eternal , it is : SR * b » i , and too late , to throw the Corn X . aw dust ^ s ** r * ye s . Then , let me say , that the strongest «^ ssaentTn favour of Universal Suffrage , Is fur-3 * is ^ by the facts , that the authors of those laws esesaisethe whole power of the British Government , saPr&s ^ Xjng , or Queen , for the time being , is onlv &bst iflgning clerk . It is notorious that they never 5 sf < jfe ? Thames ob fire by any discoveries in science ;

      ISBtebofetful whether they ever originated one use-^ & 5 &s -y . it is certain that they never added a single 2 KB ? to the pnblic steel , but that , on the contrary , iS-rWre been enriched by the progress of commerce , ¦ dggxxs . contributing in any way to that progrwjs ; ft » sb eternal record , that they have devoured as ? &s * royed during the last fifty year ? , in wars **>^* erty , * nd by their food-monopoly , more &s » ire thousand millions sterling- -say twice as 3 Ks ^» v > a ll the estates are worth ; and no man in 3 > 3 eases doubts that they are of all men the very sa&r&ixa the community could best spare—for if t 5 sj were all missing to-morrow , they would only jfe-aiowid as a nnisanee is when removed- —Cheers .

      — "Srf they talk as if they were the land that God := adr . as if they were God himself , and itot the sn&vrbo hare converted the land into a curse for = 9 ^ "Wfeile , then , such men make your laws , shall ^ aas s % feM by the Times , the Herald , and " Wha v ? 323-2 Ssr cury ! " that you must not agitate for the 3 uBe&p % ? "The most sacred of all property " SBj-trSe greatest of living poets —( Wordsworth)—* 29 £ ^ iS * " Moperty of the poor . " What property » a >«* 3 H ? 8 but your labour ? " And wnat proportion » t 2 itr , " Bays the same great poet , " between the see ^ j our rabour and the / price of your food ?" 2 ^* 35 s& t insult you by answering the question . "&bf faHing wages in spite of railroad employment

      , jkswwt it ; the price of bre ^ ad answers it ; the dei * ttatc : of your trade would giTe it a last and tre-3 »? sdoo 8 answer , if you don ' t soon acquire tbe power -5 * smiing good laws , that yon may prevent the Siiprei-iacy from using bad ones . God showers 5 t ? s £ og * on you , which they convert into plagues ; 3 s £ » aa doff jour hats to them , forgetting yourselves , TKtd ' &At in * saying , you forget God , who wastes spgg& g , and w ill not furnish you with opportunities , 2 j « e&row them away . What hope , then , have jesy ^ bst in yourselves ? Will your enemies help p »»? From the time of the first murderers they Is * ¥ $ « b what they are . They poisoned Socrates—S » t ssacified Jesus—and wonld thty help you ?

      ~ 5 *_»! 9 jTon must help yourselves . —Loud cheering . 3 L-. Beal , in moving the firet resolution , said , — S&asf ITallam ^ hirel there are the times for testing i 2 » prkj « ple 3 of men . This is the first great effort ¦ if ibe- toiling million * , to break down the strong '¦ 36 ®* . of oppression and secure to themselves the - **§* : * aud privileges of freemen . "'Tia liberty iSjbp , " says Cowper , " that gives the flower of A * t "» 3 g life its lustre and its perfume ; we are ¦ jw *^* Without it" The government of this country aiailHS ^ erti > been chosen by the property classes out sP &p Aristocracy , who have held the reigns of ¦ Bosses in defiance and contempt of the nation ai ¦ Ktvtt » - Under this irresponsible system , the nation

      jta *>> ee-n drained of its wealth to carry on unne-TUfsrjyrzss ; wars ofstggression and exterminarion , he- -w-iach the flower of our yonth , the pride and ^ jfj . of our country , were hurried out of being in a ¦ srsrr of carnage and blood . —Cheers . —Under this »?^ in which the intelligence of wealth held = ssr >< c& ? d sway , the nation has been loaded with a &h ?« f £ 800 , 000 , 000 sterling ; a debt , which if we ¦** ro- si ) sold up stock and pin to-morrow , could not srpisri off—the property law-makers have , there-£ & ; , bronght the eonntry to a state of Ti-tual = » a » 7 nprcy . —Hear , hear . —The rich law-makers 5 i 3 » &icii * r taxed us beyond endnrance ; they have jiKsBe partial and exclusive laws for their own private

      z 3 n * n K » e , which are driving our trade to foreign 38 &Ji and starving our workmen at home . The £ «¦ & Law abomination was enacted for the purpose , i 3 ts 31 a » been the means of sheltering the landed ^> cwTacy from all taxation ; and you are all aware / Sfiassocceedcd te their heirts' content . ( Cheers . ) 13 sra * thought by many that the Reform Bill which ¦ aw ^ cbtained in 1832 , would put an end to our pro-3 « £ vt * system of misrnle ; but six years experience » t * proived that the Reform Bill is a complete politig ^ sWdoD . Oar only - remedy is the extension of ^ fefrSSSrage to all classes , and I can assu . e you on iSr 2 sccb «) riry of Dr . Bowring , that in all countries - * &ee Pniver « al Suffrage is in practice , there the

      5 ? r . fJe are the most contented and happy . I canno : Jttiof detaining you much longer , as diere are gen-2 &flftfsrfrom Birmingham and other places to address r 5 *« 5 a * ang , but diere is oneor two objections raised iaclie middle ela « 3 against -as having the franchise , •^ tia ^ t . propose to notice . It is said we are ignorant «^ Me f oul language in seeking for our rights . The Sccbmner newspaper , in noticing the j » roceedings « fcick = took place at the Town Hall a week or two &Pi wlb me " a bully" and " a grossly ignorant * 5 s » . " Tbis w- the blackguardism of intelligence . Sawy be ignorant , but I would scorn to use the 5 a « ¥ r > a 5 je , if I Snew it , which would disgrace the xhiAar and the gentleman . Bnt it is said oar

      jp ^ soce would lead us to choose improper persons &-&w-raaker 3 . Are we not as capable of choosing so * few-makers as oar doctors or lawyers . We 5 j * ' ^ P re about right and wrong than we * do of &K * Kbgv , Pathology , or the Theory and Practice rJUfttidne , or the statntes atlarge . The fact is , Sy « her know if we had political-power we should aase&op tar pockets . L * t the rich pull the mote Tsn&rf ^ beir own tye before they tegin to yick at the sk& £ d ours . Let them reform the Waldegraves , S « -IteRoose » , aud&e Waterfords . But intelli gent disease

      - £ p «« aee i * an obstinate , if I may be j& >« 7 ed suca a paradoxical expression . The speaker o ^* ti » led by moving the adoption of the fim resoaiiaQ ^ via . r » ' That the nources of the national j *»*? rnty are failing , —That our -Legislators , in asse ^ ience of their selfishness , tiieir ignorance , a ^ sheir covert bankruptcies , are unwilling , —and caar ?? ectoT 8 , in consequence of therr small numbers « # cfepeudent condition , are nnable to help us , — S&str ac * it is necessary that the universal people dfcsao- ^*^ power of voting in the election , of mem-B «» tor serre in Parliament . "

      5 » Isaac Iroksidb . —Fellow-conntrymen , —I sns ^ 'forward to second the resolution which has Jieed ^ red fey Mr . Beal , whom I " am prbod to call jbP&shhJ ; who U in himself a triumphant refnta-3 feBofth « calumny , that the working-classes are ifcackNifr of intelligence . I am told bj some of my jfeaii ^ jimr who se opinions I entertain a high regard , Ju / i t * > ct ? agn Hke ^ the present will retard the pro-3 »« sV of rational and practical Reform , by causing

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      the Moderate Reformers to become Conservatives That die bold positien we are taking may frighten some of the waveren ^ who , never move uiless com * pelled , may be true , but to suppose that their conduct will at all influence Reform , iii monxtrous and absurd . Eight years ago , the , rational and practical Reformers of Sheffield met in Paradise sqnare , to petition for Reform . Having read and studitd the plan propounded by the immortal Jeremy Bentham , and being thoroughly convinced o f the utter inefficiency of any plan which went short of Universal Suffrage , I attended that meeting , supported by a few friends , and moved a Radical petition as an amendment to the rational one . The

      same arguments were there brought forward ; we were told that we should do everything to take the Moderate Reformers along with us ; the unstamped press had not then appeared ; political knowledge was not so well spread then as it is now ; the people believed their old leaden , vAo are absent to-day i and the Radical petition was lost by a small majority . Since that time , the Radical Reformer ! have had nearly all their own way . Aided by the people , they passed the Reform Bill ; they have had the reins of government in their own hands nearly the whole time . ( Cheers . ) For fifteen months , that is since the death of the late monarch , the Court has been decidedly favourable ; and what has been the result ? How have the poor felt tht influence of the rational and practical Reforms

      which hare been earned ? The answer is given by a reference to the last two jean , daring which time , although the harvests have been plentiful and abundant , the sufferings , privations , and miseries of the poor have been unparalleled , and let it not be forgotten that in that period , the most shameful and abominable civil list was passed that history records . Ay ? by whom ? the Tories ? No ; the Rational and Practical Reformers . 4 b far as my own experience goes , then , nothing has been done by taking the moderate Reformers along with us ; can we do less by going alone , standing on our superior position ? Certainly not . But when the late distress i * pointed out , we jtre told that it arises from causes over which Parliament has no ctmtroul .

      Now . this statement is either true or false ; if it is true , then are our legislators , by their-own cunfession , ignorant and incapable of managing our affairs ; if it is false , we charge the whole of the misery to their account . Oh "i but they say it is easier to point out evils than to remedy them . Give ns the People ' s Charter , or at all events Universal Suffrage , and we will soon elect a Parliament that will control the destinies of this great empire , in such a manner , that the people shall have sn abundant supply of food . "What say they , you have ulterior views have yon ? ( Yes , from the chairman . ) Yes , we have . Universal Suffrage is not a mere

      bauble with us ; it is the means to an end ; the lever of Archimedes . I hate mystery of all kinds , and therefore these are some of my ulterior views in supporting Universal Suffrage . The abolition of the Corn Laws;—loud cheering , —the establishment of a thoroughly efficient system of National Education , of which good diet should be the foundation : the severance of the Church from the State , and the appropriation of the wealth of th « Church to the use for which it was originally intended , namely , a great portion of it to feed the poor : the abolition of all private and Joint Stock Banks , and the establishment of a National one : and last though not least , butin my opinion the most important , although we are not all agreedupon it , affording the greatest facilities to the establishment of co-operarive

      communities . Will these measures benefit the country ? ( Yes , yes , from the crowd . ) Reason , jostice , humanity , answer yes . Our present Parliament says no ; and whilst it exists not one of them will be carried . Wliy ? Because " our legislators , in consequence of their ignorance , selfishness , or covert bankruptcy , are unwilling . " What , then , must be done ? Why , the Universal People who pay the taxes must elect the men who distribute them . In your sick societies , your money clubs , and all other institution * you join , you elect tbe committee of management : why not in the far more important institution of the State P Because the working classes have no education , they art * void of intelligence ; this i > now become the fashionable doctrine : out upon such miserable sophistry ! What is Education ? can one in twenty who hold the doctrine

      answer ? Take one of them who has been to some College , and has learnt a little Latin , and less Greek and is there f ore educated , into that manufactory ( Roscoe Place ) : there show him a stove , grate , or fender of exquisite workmanshi p , and ask him to make one like it : he cannot—he has cot been educated ; ask him to make the commonest knife in our cutlery manufacture : he is too ignorant ; ask him to do a thousand every-day things , and you find that his education is quite deficient ; you then discorer that when he says yoa are not educated , he means you are not book-learned . Neither is he educated in your trade ; you possess sufficient

      education to enable jou , with proper laws , to earn a good living , and to pay your taxes ; what more does he do towards the maintenance of the State , with his book-learning ? How would the booklearned argument have told in those ages and countries where there were no books but the great and glorious book of nature , which i » spread out for all , where the mountains , the hill * , the rivers , streams , valleys birds , beasts—all , all , so many leaves in that book , written by the finger of the Deity for the instruction of man . Admitting this book-learning to be of the importance required for it , -why do not the rational men support Mr . Wyse in his endeavours to establish a national system of education . ( Cheers . ) 1 am perfectly content to let a certain amount of book-learning be the standard

      for obtaining the franchise , as I have the greatest confidence in the result . But it is idle to suppose that it is now the standard;—if any one doubts tbe truth of tbis , let him be actively engaged on the canvassing committee of any candidate at the next election , and he will doubt no longer ; for I am strangely mistaken if his opinion of human nature will not be much lower than it now is . ( Cheers . ) Our claim then is founded in reason , justice , expediency , and suffering hamanity—what more is required ? Authority ? We have that , too . We have the United StateB , and we point to that great nation as a proof of it ? rational and practical character . Is the authority of intelligence required ? We point to Jeremy Bentham ; and if more names were wanted , I could adduce a host ; hat he alone is sufficient . Let the rational and

      practical Reformers show us higher authority—let them answer Bentham , and we will join them . ( Cheers . ) In conclusion , allow me to give you a little advice . Be clean and temperate in yout habits ; by this means you will add much to your happiness and comfort ; you will become more thoughtful and inquiring , and consequently better acquainted with your social and political condition . You will then be far more powerful than mere numbers can ever make you . Brute force may be overpowered—mind cannot . Fixed on the eternal and immoveable pillars of truth , high and majestic it rearsits head ; like the Himmalaya mountains , it

      bids defiance to the portentious storms that assail it on every side , hurling and exhausting their fury upon it;—for a time lie clouds of i gnorance may hide it from view , but ever and anon its outline may be shadowed forth , struggling to pierce the mists which envelope it;—suddenly itbreaks into full sight , looking lovelier than before , rejoicing in its superior strength , its pristine splendour , its surpassing beauty , ite stupendous majwty—and with a single glance withering the ' paltry argbmerits of the self , styled rational and practical Reformers . I beg most heartily to second the resolution . ( Great cheering . )

      Mr . Salt , of Birmingham , commenced by stating that sometimes when he saw the poverty abd misery of tbe labouring classes hi * spirits drooped , because he thought that their case was hopeless , but that at any rate their success was far remote . But when he saw such meetings as this—when such a port on of the population were standing true to their order , his spirits felt refreshed , and he was biund to exclaim , " The cause of the people shall not perish . " ( Cheers . ) The men of Sheffield had vindicated their honour this day : and if there was a stain upon the people of this

      town , it was that tbe middle classes had not come amongst them . He wondered why they stood aloof , aad what they could say to justify themselves . Let them inquire . Had they attempted to bring down wages , and was their plea that their profits w « jre gone ? If their trade and profits were good , why attempt to touch the wages ? If they aaw the condition of the labouring -classes , did net common humanity , common patriotism , prompt them to stand up for them and give them bread , having , as they must have , recollections of this country s ancient glory and honour ? But they stood by to see a great

      country perish , and they gave no aid . In bhemeld they had suffered leas than many other places , because they iad had Trades' - " Union * , which had maintained and kept up wages ; but they were bound to assist others also , and to look forward to the institution of a real Parliamentary Reform . They had found that Trades' Unions kept up wages ; but look at O'Connell and others in Parliament who were seeking to put down these Unions by law . ( " They never 8 hall . " ) He was told they never should ; but he would tell them how toprevent it They had conspired against Trades' Union * , and had turned them all out ; hut the way toprevent them was by

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      Universal Suffrage , tfiat ^ hich tiiej were met this day to demand , and which , by perseverance , vigilance , and always being ready at their po * t , they must and most assuredly would obtain . Now ^ the moderate clasps who stood aloof taunted him with coming among them : they said that . Universal Suffrage was a dangerous thing . Not content with keeping them-poor , they would insult the ^ abooring classes , by telling them they were not fit for the Suffrage . ( Hear , hear . ) Would the labouring classes submit to fhat insult ? No ! that very insult ought to make them more and more determined to have it They would not fit for it J

      they were not educated ; and what plunder if they had it ! He should like to know who it was that said the labouring classes would plunder . Where was there in history an instance ? They told them of Wat Tyl er ; bu $ who was it that first plundesiid Wat Tyler , and insulted his daughter ? ( Cries of " theTax-gatherer . " ) Aye , aye , he it was whbi firet plundered the fattier and mother l and then insulted the virg in modesty of the daughter . But these men talked so much of plunder , that it always made him ( Mr , Salt ) suspicions . They said , 'VNow , what would you have ?_ He replied , better wages for the labouring classes , and less taxes . They said

      again , but that would be ruination —( a laugh)—and how could they ( the . middle classes ) get on if they were to pay double ; and besides it would do the labouring cusses no good , because they would go and be idle and drunken . Nowhere was another insult , and another reason why they should insist upon it Let them take care lest the " poisoned chalice return to their own lips , " and that ^ by plundering and teaching plunder they have not at length the measured which they have meted to others meted out to them . But they had been » o long rolling in rank and wealth that they bad forgotten the sympar thies of human nature , and thought that the

      labouring population could only employ what they wished tobadpurpo 8 e 8 . Why , ( said Mr . Salt ) have you not sympathies and affections like theirs ? Have you not wives and children to be fed , clothed , and educated , as well as they have ? But mark what out doctrine is . I preach no . disunion among the middle <() tas , 9 es , but I beg them te come and aid us . Ij > reaeli ^ tBipn , on this condition , that they do their duty anfl act like men and Christians . If they will be tfileves and plunderers , and plunder the poor man of bis meal by taxation , we then say why we must treat them like plunderers . And I call upon those of ihe middle classes that are just and upright , to come

      and shew themselves amongst us , and do their duty . Be true to yoar order , / said Mr . Salt , ) others : are true to their order ; follow their example , and be true to your ** Look what the wealthy have done . They lifted the property tax from their own shoulders , and put the corn tax upon those of tbe poor man . Now we want to put the burthens upon the shoulders of those who can best War them . We want to sebd poer men to Partiliament , who would do these things for us . Yfe were now taxed for every thing ; and to give an idea o f the relief which would be obtained ; let them remember the high price they used to pay for salt

      before the tax was taken off . See how comfortable they might be . To promote the honour and glory of tbis country , so boasted of , the people must be fed , clothed , and lightly worked , so that they would rise in splendour and dignity , having a due leisure for education . That was the splendour , the honour , and the glory which they called upon the meeting to insist upon being restored to England . These were the great political results . Hostile nations would then become friendly , and there would be mutual interchange between all countries . They would then really reap the blessings of peace . Never let them forget Universal Suffrage ; it would not he refused if ,

      following up the meeting of this day , they followed the example of the wealthy , and stood by their order . Let them do so ; they had good and able men among them , who would do their best . People talked of their loosing their time and their work . Never mind them ; let them take business when it was required , hut devote a day to their country and attend to that duty first . They had elected him to go to London as one of a deputation , and they must appoint another to go with him ; but if they refused to support them when there , he should not call it fair play . Let them but obtain Universal Suffrage , and they would then resign * all their power up which a zealous devotion to their interests had conferred upon them . They would then go to Parliament wiht such a voice as was never

      heard before ; the whole of the people of England demanding justice , and they would be obliged to g ive an answer . By a moral power , if they would for a time obey him and others with him , they would compel the wealthy class to surrender , but without shedding blood . ( A voice in the crowd : " Death or Glory ! " ) They should not wait three or four Sessions , but should obtain their wants , and thin without the mark of Cain , butin peaceful , meek , and humble manner . Theirs was the cau * e of tbe great God above ; Hti made them brothers , but they were not treated as such . They were called low , uneducated , and vulgar ; but they would be acknowledged as men and brethren , and should be respected as such by one another . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . Gill then proposed the next resolution , which embodied those principles , and those principles alone , which would tend to secure the happiness of the whole mass of the community . He proposed that every individual in that immense assemblage , and through the country , having the power conceded to him of voting for members of Parliament . ( Cheers . ) Was there an individual before him , whose dwelling or apparel was ever so humble , that did not cnnaiJer that he had a right , as an Englishman , to have a voice in the making of those laws which controlled him at everv moment of his life ? The man who did

      not consider be had such a right was a self-willed slave , an alien to tbe constitution—a disgrace to humanity—and a curse to all his children and to posterity . ( Cheers . ) In order to carry into effect this noble principle , it was necessary that the right should bs protected by the "Vote by Ballot . It was absolutely necessary , for the purpose of securing an boDest election , that the votes should be taken b y Ballot ; and it was their duty to send men to Parliament who should possess the same inalienable rights . It was a notorious fact , that there were boroughs which sent twenty members to Parliament which did not possess th * amount of population which was now in Birmingham . He then went on to advocate there being no Property Qualification . This qualification had enabled owners of property to

      consign thousands to misery during their Jives ; It was advisable that men should he sent who should be paid for their services ; for if the electors were bought with a price , how could it be expected but they would soon be sold again and consequently deceived ? He next spoke in support of Annual Parliaments , as being , the most' convenient term . If a servant was a bad one , a year was quite sufficient ; and if good , he could easily be reinstated . With these remarks he should content himself by proposing the resolution , viz . — "That the ¦ ' People ' s Charter ' containing tbe principles of Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , No Property Qualification , Equal Representation , and Paid Members is a practical measure calculated to seenre honest representation ; it is therefore solemnl y adopted by this meeting . " \

      Mr . G . B . Elliott seconded the motion , and strongly recommended the peaceable and orderly exercise of moral force as the best means to accomplish tbe objects they contemplated . : Wixlouohby Wood , Esq ., of Campiall ^ Haii , Mpportid the . resolution , and vindicated diVciailBB of the working classes to a fair share of the intelligence possessed by the other classes of society , snd instanced the Corn Laws—the affairs of Canada , as proofs that the Aristocracy were not possessed of the exclusive wisdom they laid claim to . He did not feel with Mr . Ward , who rejoiced when the British troopsrwere victorious in Canada . It would not enable them to feed their wives and children a bit better . ( Cheers . ) The middle classes , he observed , did not know their duty , or they would have

      been there ; it was . therefore , left to the working classes to adopt a plan which had been proposed by the great Jeremy Bentham , whicn would produce the greatest happiness to ihe greatest number , and to do unto pther men as you would wish them w » do to you . They had been told , the working clauses being the most numerous would , by means of Universal Suffrage , swamp the power of the other classes ; he would ask why it shonl d not be so ? He then jhewed the injustice of the charge of ignorance which had been levelled at them , when , at the same tine , the means of education had been denied them * declarinR his Ulief , that if a bill was brought into Parliament for this parpose , it would be defeated caj some religious pretence although the parties cared no more about religion than bis hat ( Loud cheers . ) x

      Mr . Buchanak also ably sliewed the claims tne working classes have for intelligence , as exhibited in the machinery of the manufactorie 8 and the goods produced by them , whikt the rich bad saddled : the counfay with debt , to put down liberty inFrance , and had , thereby , enriched the Jews and Stockjobbers . He then reviewed the conduct of the Rev . formed Parliament and Minutry , condemning their measures from the Irish Coercion Bill , to the Poor Law Bill , and stigmatised the Aristocracy as gam . biers and debauchees , He exhorted them to unity , to be peaceable and firm , and then no power could pretaa over « i united people : the sword of know-

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      ledge being thevrstronges ^ cyer ^ thetftird resolution , viz ^ - ^ That the ' National Petition , ' now read , embodying the principles of the ^^* People ' s Charter , '; ¥ e adopted by' this meetlingv ( Cheerg . ) ¦ \^ . . V . ;\~ : \\ . - . ^ Sy- y '¦¦¦¦¦] _ ¦ " . - ; Mr . Parker , a member of the Association , seconded the resolution / - ^ V ¦ : ' - '¦¦¦ ¦ ' ¦' . : - . ¦ ¦¦¦ ' ' v ' , \ . '[ : - ¦ '• ¦ Mri WoRTLEY moved the 4 th resplution , -viz . \—^ ' That William Gill be appointed by this meeting to ^ meet the delegates from other towns in Londpn , to superintend the presentation < A ^^ the National

      Petitidn ; , '' -- ^ wbich was seconded b y Mr . CBAaTREiE , in his most energetic style , deprecating the small sum they . received for the large amount of labour they had to perform ; whilst the Dowager Queen received more money yearly than the working pppui lation of a neighbouring town , containing 14 , 000 inhabitants . This would not be the case if they were represented :: butas they coudd not be admitted to the House of Commons , they would have a house of their ^ own in 1 the shape of a ^^ National Convention , where the mrtnbers ; w'buld not quote Greek and Latin to make up the absence of common sense , ;

      Mr . Pierce , of Birmingham , detailed the proceedings of the people of that town , which had led to the present movement ; and declared that as Earl Grey had determined to stand by his drder , it was now ilime that they should stand by theirs . He then mentioned several measures that had been before Parliament , which would have ameliorated their condition , hone of which had passed into law ^ whilst others having a contrary tendency had received th « . sanction of the Legislature . The progress they were making was shown by the large

      assemblies taking place through the country , which were very different in Majpf Gartwright ' s time , when onl y two or ^ three attended to listen to an addresB delivered by him in the Market-place , at Nottingham . ILe then described the majgic effect an addrens they issued had upon the people of Scotland , who were aroused from one end to the other . Their convention , he said would meet when-Par Hament did , deliberate as it deliberated , and knock at , \ i * door until it opened to them . A quarter of a million of men had joined them in Lancashire , and they were certain of ultimate and final

      sue-« fffc : ' i .... - - . -.. ¦ .. ¦ ¦ : = ; , - ... - . -: ¦ ¦' ,. - . ' . , ¦ . - - . . ¦ . ¦ . Mr .. Lomas moved the fifth resplution , viz . : — " That this meeting do pledge itself to support the National Fund , for the purpose of parrying the foregoing resolutions into effect . " He said all the VVhigs had dene : since being in office , was to keep the Tories out , this they had effected , as well as keeping the people out too . Mr . RicHARp 8 ON , of Manchester , in supporting the resolution , stated that they had a meeting yesterday at Brlanchester , which had amply made up for the deficiency in Palace-yard , on Monday last , inasmuch , as near 300 , 000 persons attended there with forty-one bands of music , and more than two

      hundred banners , declaring their determination to be free . Indeed , it was a glpripus day , it was really and truly a demonstration of pppular feeling ini favour of Radical reform . The labouring population of this gren , t empire had been too long bvertaxed , ov 9 rworked , onder-paid , under-clothed , and under-fed , r- ^ lioud cheers .-- —From their , labour alone , £ 60 , 000 , 000 in taxes were drawn for the purpose of enconraging idleness and luxury among those who were now rattening upon and oppressing the poor ; and how he asked are these taxes distributed and on whom and for what purpose ? the answer will be found in the estimates for the current year . Under the head of civil conticgehcies there is ' one item of

      £ 120 , 429 paid for thirteen ambassadors and their suites to foreign courts , whose only duty is to foster court intrigues , and carry Messrs . Rudell and Bridge ' s gold snuff * boxes from one potentate to another . Theamount a $ expended is equal ' -to the whble of the poor-rates for the counties of Westmoreland , Rutland , Monmouth , Huntingdon , and Caermarthen . There was another item pf £ 77 , 710 paid to our consuls abroad , for the purpose of regulating our commercial intercourse , which all knew was not properly regulated , and which sum is equal to the poor-ratea ^ of the county of Cornwall . Another item more scandalous than all the rest , was one of £ 35 , 000 paid for secret service money , —

      shame- —which was equal to the poor-rates for the county of Derby , and how was this money expended , by whom and fprwhat purpose ? It is a notorious fact that when the late Mr . Cobbett presented to the House of Commons the petition of the men of Camberwell , a committee was formed , and Mr . Cobbett actually traced secret service moneyj from the hands of Lord Melbourne , the prime minister , downwards to the hand * of Papay tne spy—suchi was the purposes of the secret service money tken , and he had no 'loubt , but some of the hired Bourbon poUce were now in this meeting paid from the same source , to carry back to the minister a poisoned report of your proceedings . There is ; one item more of £ 54 , 000

      Voted to the use of the Poor Law Cominiasioners for the purpose of cramming the New Poor Law down the throats of the half-starved population , and locking them up in Bastiles , as a test of destitution , when tlify ask for relief . The sum thus villanouBly employed , is equal to the poor-rates of the agricultural county of Hereford . The last item he would trouble them with , was one of £ 83 , 212 paid for retired allowances , one recipient from this grant was no less a person than Lord Brougham , who had openly in the House of Lords taunted the people

      with ignorance , idleness , and guilt , —the same Henry Brougham whom you hoisted into Parliament—the Radical Brougham , founder and promoter of mechanic * ' inslitutesj- ^ - who strode from the House of Commons to the Woolsack , has dared to taunt you with ignorance and say you were not qualified for want of education , to weild Universal Suffrage so as to promote peace and happiness among all classes . But he would answer the hereditary lord in the words of the Birmingham banner , " If we are too ignorant to make taxes , we are too ignorant to pay them . If we are too ignorant to make lawsf we are too ignorant to obey them . "—Lond cheers . —The sum voted for retired

      allowances was equal to the whole of the money received by the poor in the county of Lancaster . These items were Only a sample of the manner in which the taxes were expended , and so long as we have to pay a standing army six niillionsto curb the discontented people , and collect the taxes and eabels , so long as we have to pay the nayy more than it now paid to the poor , so long as we have to support a church who ore bloated with the spoils of the poor , so long shall we have just cause , and every reason to demand Universal Suffrage as a remedy for the many grievances under which we labour . — Cheers . —But the time is come , when these demonstrationsof the people were no idle assemblies , but they

      marked the steady , deliberate , determined mmd , — they were ? he portentious harbinger * of liberry , and he hoped the next time they met in thousands , it would be amultaneously throughout the empire , demanding in a voice not to l > e misunderstopd , Univereal Suffrage as the means to universal happiness . —Cheers . ^ -At that time he hoped to see every shuttle stopped , every anvil silent , every soul engaged in the holy work of rectifying the wrongs of Ms country ; one entire week nrnditibe devoted to that object , when the people must lay themselves under the guidance of the National Convention , and contribute cheerfully to the National Rent . The best

      test of Radical spirit iu the people , was the willingness with which they contributed from the breeches pocket in support of the cause he advocated . He theu recommended that every man do also lay ]» y sufficient funds to maintain himself or his family during the holiday week j for without moneyiwhicB , as O ' Counell 8 aid , was the sinews of the war , we never can maintain our stand j or achieve the glorious triumph we anticipate , or even mitigate the aufferings of the people . —rCheers . Three cheers were then proposed by the Chairman for Birmingham . —Thanks were then voted to the Chairman for his services , which was carried , amidst loud acclamation . ; "

      Ofh e assembly then : quietly dispersed . Iff , the evening , a numerous party of ladies and gentlemen partook of tea , &c . at the Bath Saloon , Mr . Eheriezer Elliott in the chair . The meeting was addressed by the Chairman , Messrs . Wood , Salt , &c . &c . ;

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      y THE LIVERPOOL DINNER . It was announced in placards that a public dinner would , on Tuesday evening , be given at the Queen ' s Theatre , Liverpool , to Mr . Attwood and the other orators of tljei party . Mr . Attwood did hot attend either the Liverpool or Manche . * ter demoustratiou , but in accordance with the announcement the dinner took place at six o ' clock . The circle of the theatre was boarded over , a scene was closed in across the stage , immediately behind the proscenium ; In front 6 t this was the cross , or principal table , which accommodated about seventeen or eighteen > Five tables , very nearly laid , extended from one end to the other of the apartment thu 8 * fordaed—^^ the boxes forminii three sides , and the scene above-mentioned the fourth . The tickets ,

      price 3 * . each , entitled a visitor to alady's admission . Accordingly ' 180 females assembled in the boxes , to witness the ceremony of despatching the dinner , and to hear the oratory . Over the chairman was suspended an union jack , and four smaller banners of a simflar description were placed ^ on ^ each side . A British ensign and two small union jacks were suspended from the boxes opposite to the chairman . Several painted representatives of shields , ornamented with armorial bearinga , were suspended round the front of the lower tier . The dinner did not consist 4 Vof ^^ tne . delicacieii of the season , " but of ^^ very good and substantial stuff , and the guests , who were in number about 220 , did due honour to the ample pro-: vision spread before them . The principal supply was of roast beef and plum-pudding , and ale in abundance . " . ^ ¦ : - - -- - v' / ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ..: V "' - The chair was occupied by Mr . John Clarke ; who was supported on his right by Mr . Feargus O'Connor * and on hie left by Mr . Edmonds . At tbe cross

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      table were also Mr . Cobbett , Mr . Thomas Smith , Mr . Goodfellow , Mr . Bnssey , Mr . Whittle , and others , whose names we could not learn . The Chairman said , they were assembled for the purpose of celebrating the commencement of a struggle which had for its object restoration of a right which they once possessed , that of choosing the individual who should represent them in Parliament , that of choosing the men who were to guard their rights and property in the House of Commons . They were now at that time of day struggling for the restitution of what they had been unjustly deprived of . It was a natural and constitutional right , which could not be alienated . It was constitutional because it was declared in an act of Parliament , and because , according to constitutional law , every

      man was supposed to bejjresent , by himself or his representative , when the laws were made : but how could a man be said to be there , when there were two thirds of the people of tMs kingdom who were not allowed to vote . —An individual here started up , and made some Observation . We understood him to denj what was advanced by the speaker . Some confusion occurred , but ; the individual who caused the noise was Promptly turned out . —The chairman proceeded . It had been asked , | on what authority could it be said that the people of this country at large once possessed the elective franchise ? The reply was on the : statute hook where it stood to this day . There was a petition presented to the King in Parliament , requesting him to restrain the powers of the people in choosing representatives in

      Parliament , under the pretence that they exercised it injurionsly , and by the act of 8 th year of Henry VI ,, the prayer of tius petition was granted . Before that , every man in England had a right to vote : and every man in England claimed the privilege with the proudest and most wealthy to vote for the return of those who made the laws foi his protection . That act told that the right- was one possessed , or how could it ever have been taken away ? The people had the right by custom , and by the common law of the land . VVhy should they not persevere in attempting to regain that which they had always a right to enjoy ? : Another objection made to the extension of the suffrage was , that it would cause corruption , and thatthehumbler orders had . already showed a propensity for corruption . Corruption at once gave the idea of a cornipter ,- ^ for there could hot . be corruption Vwithout a corrupter . And who

      had been , and who wonld still endeavour to be the corrupters ? The wealthy and the great landholder who gained by corruption . The Chairman went on to remark on the objection that was made to the working classes , because they were not men of property , arguing that they had a common property in their labour , without which all other ^ sorts of property were valueless , ^ and citing the opinion of VIr . Sharmap Crawford , in support of his assertions . He concluded by telliag an , , anecdote of- ' . three brothers in Scotland , tenants of the Duke of Montrose , which brothers voted , ii spite of ; the threats" of his graced steward , in opposition to his -wishes , and were in consequence turned out of their farms , but were by a gentleman in the neighbourhood , placed on farms double the value . TheChairman gave , as a finish to his speech , the first teasV which < was " The people—their rights , nothing less . "—Great applause . ¦

      The Chairman said , the next was an interesting toast : " The Queen—her rights and no more . "Loud cheers . The third toast was then given : "May the principles of Universal Suffrage , and all the essentials to the free exorcise of our political rights become the polar star of every lover of his country , " - —Cueers . Mr . COBBETT rose , and was received with loud cheer * . After aorne apologies for his inadequacy to the task which had been assignea him , he said—the peculiar situation oif capital , and the'influence which it possessed , was the greatest evil which existed in this country . This was an evil which conjd only be removed by that Reform in Parliament whichjthey were now seeking . It was capital , in laud and other things , which alone was represented in the House of Commons . Those who created the wealth were not represented . That was the

      grievance . If , however , the people followed upproperly what they had began , this grievance they would succeed in removing . . They had , almost daily , under their observation throughout the whole of Lancashire and Yorkshire , the horrible evidence that the influence of capital not only deprived the labourers of what thejr ought to enjoy , but it went the horrible length of confining men , women , and children , in prisons of the . most auhea ) thy description , where their lives were' in daily danger , and where they wer * so worked that they were deformed " their persons , their sex almost changed , and their lives shortened . ( Hear . ) He did not'hesitate to say , though this had notr ija outward appearance , all the slavery in this country that appeared in some others , that , virtually , no slaves on the face ot the earth Were so infamously tyrannised oV ? r as the people of this connirr , Me did . not hesitate to say , that the labourers and handlooin weavers of this country

      suffered more than had been , suffered by the blacks in the West Indies , for whose emancipation the humanity-mongers had made such a cry . If they turned their eyes amongst the manufacturing ; labourers they would find scenes which would harrow up their souls . ' The liberal Whig , Lord Althorp , once proposftd to levy a tax , a very light one—half-a-crown in the pound ho believed , on all transfers of stock : ' : They knew very well that the Whigs £ cbula carry out the measure if they pleased . / What did Lord Althorp do ? A banker got up and taxed him with a breach of . nationaV faith , and he immediately withdrew the motion . He asked him , if all the bankers , and , as opposite to them , all ; the honest men in the kingdom , could have induced the Whig Ministry to withdraw a tax proposed to be laid on the poor ! ( Cheers . ) He would refer them to the Poor Law Amendment Act , and the conduct of the House of Commons in respect to the Factory Labour

      Question . They passed an act to reduce the hours : ot labour in factories and never enforced it . They said it was go complicated . - and he would remark it was of their own framing , that it could not be epforced . ( Hear . J But they could enforc the Poor Law Bill at the point of the bayonet ; yet they never sent any body but . one paid . commissioner to enforce this act of reducing the hours of labour . ( Cheers . ) It was ridicnlons then to suppose that they could ever get any good from this House . They woujd never do any good of their own accordthey would iiever do any . good till they were compelled . ( Cheers . ) Therefore it was absolutely necessary to tell them what was wanted by the nation , and that if they would not give it in their way—' we willhaye it in ours , " As they were entering into a struggle which was to end but with success it was proper to consider of the manner and of the difficulties which they would meet with in theu-path .: The mode which

      lad been hitherto used , and to . Which no dissentient voice had hitherto been raised , was to demand by petition . They claimed Vote by Ballot , Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , and Paid Members . ( Cheers . ) By taking the course recommunded , they Were aakinff for that to which they were entitled b y the very laws which those from whom , the demand was made professed to love and up hold . They were . entitled to Universal Suffrage and Annual Parliaments by law . These were , all he asked for . The others ; were but the details . They had Magna Charta , which said that ; Parliaments , were to be Annual , and that no man in England should be taxed without his own consent . They could not be represented Without Vote by Ballot , and without Paid Members they could not have their work properly performed . He had another piece of law to lay down to them , and he should quote the authority of Justice Blackstone , who had laid it down that

      there was no law upon which the punishment of crime could be justified bu ^ this : that the man had by his representatives in Parliament , made the law under which he was punished . He contended , if that lair were correct , that a man executed to-merrow for a crime which was passed by a House not so constituted , as they contendedit ought to be , wasjndicioualy murdered . He contended , that the judge acting for the Crown , who condemned a man by laws passed by such a House , committed an act , which , by sound constitutional law , justified rebellion . He liked , on legal questions , to haver legal opinions , and he appealed to the gentleman next but one on his left , if he wasnot right . [ Hear , hear , and assentinas from Mr . O'Connor . ] Mr . Cobbett proceeded to show how peculiarly well England was situated lor a struggle of this sort . He drew parallels between the aituations of America and France at the commencement of their revolutions , and of England at

      the present moment , contending that the reason why Kiance failed was , because' she had not . laws in support of her assumptions , while America had precisely the same laws which England has . He denounced the condnct of Lord Brougham and others , who , he said , had for years deluded the people with false hopes , and exhorted them to trust to themselves , to be nrnt , and persevere . The Chairman prop osed the healths of Thomas Attwood , Esq ., and John Fields , Esq ., and success to the Union : 6 f which they had been the promoters . Mr . Edmunds , of Birmingham , after complimenting the chairman on his speech , expatiated at some length on the importancrof union . He did not know much of Mr . Fields , he said , but he eulogised him as a friend to labour and an enemy of oppressive capital . He expressed his pleasure : at seeing so many females present , and said in Birminham they

      had seen a Political Union composwl entirelr of femalea , from which he predicted great consequences . Mr . , i 3 'Cdnnell had been pocketing the money of ttie Irish people . ( Here the speaker was interrupted by cries of " G'Connoil for ever , " and some expressions of disapprobation , mingled with cheers . There was considerable confusion for some minutes . ) -.-Mr . Edmonds proceedftd . He insisted upon his right to argue hia ownpoints in his ownway ; no one had any right to dic tate to him . He would alvray » support Mr . O'Connell when he supported die caosedf the people . The beat way to get any duty well done Was to pay well for it-- ( cheeni)— the object of those who had duty to do was by a perfect discharge thereof to please those who paid them . He Would not hold out any alarm . While he would not hold out any'display of their physical power , he would arouse all the pafisions of the people , if possible , in this great cause , and he would leave the

      rest to them . ( Cheers ^) : The Chairman said , the next toast was the health of Mr . Thomas Smith and Mr . James Whittle , the deputation of the Radicals of Liverpool . Mr . THOMAS SMITH said , though ho was a politician of forty yeafs' standing , he had never before seen so auspicious an opening . In allusion to the law which the chairman said had been : introduced in the time of Henry VI , he said a considerable portion ' of the nation wero then serfs or slaves , so that it could not be said the Suffrage was then enjoyed by all . Before the conquest all Were free , and then there was Universal Suffrage ,, bo- , that they contended for . the times that were made by their Saxon anc « iitors before the time of the Boroughmongers . Mr . Smith informed the meeting , that eight individuals of the Birmingham Political Union , live of the Manchester Union , and two , himself and Mr . Wbittla ,

      from the Radicals of Liverpool were to form a deputation to London in order to enforce attention to their claims . '; Mr . WHITTLE said , the opulent classes of this town had not felt ( the pressure , and io their own prejudice the > would probably keep aloof .: The Ministry , he said , had pondered over the demonstration on Kersal Moor , and had at first ordered put the troops . Afterwards they ordered that . 'they should Ve kept close in their barracks , in order that they might not be contaminated by the population . The CHAIRMAN next proposed , "Real justice to Ire : land . " .. - ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ¦ .-:. " . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . / ¦ ¦ - ¦ . - . - . ¦ ' . '¦ ¦ . - ' > > : Mr . FEARGUS O'CONNOR replied at some length , represetatincr what he conceived the wretched state of the Irwh

      people , from coercion , taxation , and bad Governineiit . - m denounced the policy of Mr . O'ConneU as useless j » s a mockery , and Mcommended Uiat the people both of Bngland and Ireland should stand up for themselves , when they would . ana leadere who wouldbe with them in thecouncil and in U 16 & Mr ! COLLINS , of Birmingham , proposed «^ the ladies , " and " ^ t ' n ^ nwT ^ uliam Cobbett , W ^ Henry Hunt , ana aU the illustrious departed advocates of the people , was drank in solemu « uence . ^ it , wa « drank ^ "The Great Northern Union , and sueeesB to it , WMaraaK and responded to by Mr . Bussejvc ^^ . __ * PoKtical Bimmzg kmmM Mau ' sAjsociatioD . "

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      c . ^ " ^ "g V » oaress « t VMr . Miiirray , tLVi Rev . Mr Stephens , Mr . Robinsoa , and M » . ' s 8 « ey . . Thefestiribea were protracted to a late hour .

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      Dreadful Outiuob . —At Marylebone Office , 9 imdfflMWd IiMOiwoman , named Sarah Mears , reading in Tudor-conrt , Tottenham-coort-road , London , was charged hefoare Mr . Hoskiiis with havin ? thrown a kettlefull of boiling ' water over Ellen Hogan , a young woman living in ti ^ e same place , scalding her in irach a dreadfol manner that she was bbBged to be taken to '' the Middlesexhospital . The complainant , who is still ah out-patient of the institation , was led forward between two constables in a state of great snflFenhg , and accommodated with a chair . With considerable pain and difficulty she stated that on- last . Sunday morning- se ' n > night the prisoner and a woman named Crow drankgomanj quarterns of gin together that they became intoxicated ,. When the p risoner , who was Bafierinsr from the em fever , asked comblainantta

      fetch her some spring water from the pBmp to cool her . thirst . Complainant fetched her three jugsralL which she arid ner companion speedily gulphed down ^ They then required more , and becanse complainant refused to go for it , tiie prisoner exclaimed * " . Then I'll give 1 yon some , " and seizinga ^ kettle feu of boiling wajtertrom the fire , threw it at her with all her force , scalding her from head io foot in the most frightful manner imaginable ; She was conveyed to the ; Middlesex Hospital in / a fainting condition , the skin hanging loose about her legs and other parts , and Hotwithstaading she had received every attention at ^ the institution , it would be some time before she recovered , if ever she did . The prisoner was fined in the highest penalty of £ 6 , and in default of payment , committed for two months to the House of Correction .

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      YESTERDAY'S WAKEFIELD CORN ^ ' . \ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ . : MARKET ; 7 . : .. . ¦ . ^~ : C ; ¦ T ^ ere is a very large snpply of Wheat here thig morning , a considerable part of which is Foaeigni The best fresh Old and good dry New Wheat are in demand at fully the rates of last week . Soft samples of New are very nnsaleable . ' ¦"¦ .- ••• .-- •¦ < . ¦ ¦ '¦ > Oats are without much variation . Beans gooff at late rates . Since Sunday we have had broken weather , which has suspended ¦ Harvest dperatioim the last 3 or 4 days—tbe weather to-day is fine . Leeds Cloth Mabkets . — -In the Coloured arid White Cloth Halls , during the past week , there has been a fair average dernandfor every description of maHufactured goods . The stocks on hand are unusually limited , and the labouring portion o f the ebmtnunity is fully employed .

      Rochdale Flannei . Market , Sept . 24 . — There has been a good deal of business done to-day , particularly the middling and low sorts which have nearly all been bought up . Dyed goods have been in good demand , more so than for some length of time . Prices remain much as usual . The wool trade remains stationary . Ojls no alterationv Dewsbury Cloth Hall , September 24 th . To-day , business was nearly at a stand , and what was done was chiefly in the blanket line , without any advance in price ? . In druggets and other goods , scarcely any thing was done . .

      Bbabford WdoE MAkkEf , September 27 th . — A checi has been given to thelate attempt to advance prices , which in some degree accounts for less business having been recently done in combing wool ; there is , however , a prevailing opinion that prices will remain for some time comparatively steady . * Bradford Yarn Market . —The demand for Tarn continues quite equal to what it has been for several weeks past , still the manufacturers purchast with much caution , being anxious to obtain it . a little lower , they find that they are unable to advance their goods in the same proportion that Yarn has advanced , but there is not the least appearance of a decline in price . ¦

      Bradford Piecb Market . —There hai been quite an average amount of sales to-day as contrasted with the last four market days . Some are of opinion the market to-day has been rather heavier , whilst other manufacturers state they have sold freely . The continued high ^ rice of Y am restrains them from accepting prices which o&etwise they might feel disposed to accept . Meanwhile the inerchants are cautious , and it is scarcely probable at : this season of the year any thing approach ing to afurther advance in prices will be obtained .

      Leeds Fortnight Fair , Sept . 26 . —There was an abundant supply ; of every description of Catde at this market ; there being a larger number of Horned Cattle than was ever exhibited "here , ( which was well attended by buyers , ) and they exceeding the demand , a ^ great quantity returned undisposed of , at the- following prices : —Bee ^ 5 s . 6 d . to 6 s . per stone ; Mutton 5 £ d . to 6 d per lb . Number of Cattle at Iniarket—Beasts , : 396 ; Sheep , and Lambs , 3 , 800 , j . Pigs , 60 j State of Trade . —There is no change in tie yarn market , which exhibits all the languor and depression that have marked it for some weeks past ; aad the demand for goods is not quite so active as it has recently been , but there is no alteration in prices . . " .. ' , : . ¦ . ' ¦ ; ¦ . ¦ . . ' ., ; . ' - ' ¦ . ' ¦ . - . * ¦ ¦ " . ;¦ ' ¦ : ¦ .:- ¦ , ' .

      Hull Corn Market , Sept . 25 . —Last week was favourable i weather , and a great proportion of the crops of Wheat in the abuthprri part of Holderness have been secured . In the northern part it ii chiefly in the fields . Yesterday , We bad a heavy rain , find no further progress in carting can be made for the present . The deliveries of new Wheat since this day week , are vinous in quality and conditioD , weighing from 56 to 631 bs . per bushel . The samples brought forward to-day are generally much better , and the farmers have been enabled to realize Is . to 2 « .

      above the currency of last week , and some selected samples fit for sowing ranged above the highert quotation . No English ; Old Wheat worth notice . The importers of foreign have met a freer demand , and considerable sales took place at an advance of Is . to 2 s . per qr . No alteration in the value of 011 Beans , Peas , Barley , or Oats . i \ few samples of New Oats were sold at prices quoted ; they are good and heavy . The rain has caused a free demand for Tares for sowing . Flour is 2 s . per sack cheaper . No alteration in Linseed or Rapeseed .

      York Corn Market , Sept . 22 . —Oar neighbouring miliers having , for some time past > been reducing their stocks , in expectation of purchasing at lower rates when the large quantiwof foreign ; Wheat was released from bond , and this , haying been the case during the last week , there has been a very extensive business transacting ; and holders being by no means eager sellers , an advance baa been obtained pf about 2 s , per quarter ; good

      Foreign Red gelling from fi 8 s . to 64 s . ; and "White as high as 66 s . per qr . We have but little of any kind of grain offering to-day , the fanners being wishful to take every advantage of the very fine weather . Wbat samples are shewny are in . better condition , than tbose at market last week ; and though it is difficult to gi ve any correct quotations , until we have better > uj ) plies , prices are fully sdpported for everything .

      Newcastle Corn Market , Sept 22 . —Wj have had a good arriyalof Wheat froin Norfolk and Suffolk , and a considerable quantity of Foreign ? which latter , as weU as all the . foreign in the tvarehouses , has been cleared in at 1 » . per vqr . duty . l ° r day the duty has advanced to 2 s . 8 d . per qr . and it will be 6 s . 8 d . to iOs . 8 d . per qr . next Saturday . Although the weather continues as favourable a * possible , and the harvest has been pretty generally commenced in this district , the trade has become mrich firmer since this day week , and a very considerable deal of business has been transacted ai improvirig prices . At this morning ' s market new south country and fresh old Wheat met a brisk saw at an advance of full 2 s . per qr ., but , owing to tM reoorts from manv Darts of the country stating tne

      yield of the new crops to be deficient , and the pnea here being at this moment lower than in most or toe leading country markets ; the principal no 1 ^ demanded an advance of 4 s . to 5 a . per qr ., g ° ™ arid fresh Baltic red Wlieat heing held at 64 » . tp ^* perqr ., and Danaigat 688 . to 70 » . p * ''q « ' -, 6 I ff % perbii 8 h > Fine Bye met a little more demand . ^ Oato there was a pretty liberal snpply , prices r »« er lower . In Barley , Beanay and ^ Peas , not . mng doirie . Arrived during * oe week , coastwise , 2 , 1 » qrs . Wheat , 40 qrs . Bye , 10 qre . Barley *¦ W qrs . Malt , 1 ^ 183 qrs ; Oats , 36 qrs . Beau « , W 1 874 jacks Flour ; foreign , 7 , 645 qrs . Wheat .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 29, 1838, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct355/page/8/