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      KEW POOR LA ^ . -SEBIOUS AFFRAY - ATDEWSBUEYThe second ^ onmed meeting of i £ Dewing 1 ^ S ' j&r of the Board , and singly supped Mr . Ingham , the Chairman , in his determi-StoerfSfte law , A large amcourse of People had assembled beforfreleven o'clock , to hear the proceedings , who were \ riflfct very great difficult restrained from interrupting them , ' during their whole progress frequently expressing strong marks of disapprobation at the obstinate refosals of the Chairman to put any motion submitted to him by those members of tie Board -who were known to

      entertain a strong objection to the law . On a motion for the appointment of a Treasurer , Mr . Brooke "begged to cslltiie attention of the Board to a memorial to Lord John RnsseB , which he ¦ wished to submit to them , having a reference to _ the arbitrary conduct of the ^ airman at their prenons meeting , and showiDg the decidedfeeling of hostihty to the law which was entertained by ^ ajery large proportion of the inhabitants ^/ this distact This Memorial , after detailing , to bis . Lordship the proceedingsof preriomsmeetmgs , conchidesas follows : "Your memorialists beg to submit thu account of the trrannical and uncourteous proceedings of their Chairman to your Lordshiprand to a « ¥ 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-Qffictomember * Jiereo £ who takes upon himself-to determine what

      is law and what is not law , and- who absolutely 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 twentr-three . ' ^ our memorialists beg also to assure your Lordship that the feeEn ? 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 will most certainly increase , and your memorialists 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 prosrres * of his remarks , and po-dtivelv refused to entertain any motion on the subject , and he at last gathered a few gentlemen around him , and without anv show of hands , or the majority of the Board beiug at all aware what they were doin ? , he declared that Mr . John Wilson , manager of the Vest Riding Union Bank , had been _ chosen the treasurer . The next process was the fixing upon the number of relievins officers for the Union , whf > n Mr . Penny rose to submit a morion , which he contended ¦ srasin 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 heeu formed , or mar hereafter "be formed , on an

      application from two-thirds of the members of any Board of Guardians , and aftermaVirig some judicious observations on the improbability of the affairs of the- different parishe s being so well managed by the Board as theii own Select Vestries , and the interests of rhu poor being very seriously neglected in consequence 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 officer of such township , and tie members of the Board who could not be expected to jojow anytMng respecting- the cases of the applicants for relief , he proceeded to put a motion to the effect— "That a memorial be presented hx rhi < Board to the Poor Law Commissioners , expre-siui : their conviction and reasons why in their opinion tlu *

      Act would not work in a district s © densely populated- as the Dewsbury Union , _ and ^ praying that the Commissioners "would revise taeir determination to carry out the law , dissolve the nawly-formed Board / and leave "the different townships * to manage their own affairs as heretofore . And that this meeting do adjourn . to the J 3 th inst . for the consideration of the above proposition , and that in the interim between now and the next meetin ? , the Guardians do call meetings'In their respective townships to snbmit such "intended proposition for their approval or disapproval ; and that , if the meetinffs so convened , think it necessary , each township he canvassed to ascertain the opinion of the whole townships in the union upon the said proposition ; and that each Guardian come prepared to state such opinions to the board at its next meeting . ' "

      Mr . GREE-vsFoopliere observed that the board hnd nothing to do with public opinion ; therefore that part of the motion could not be relevant to the proceedinss of the board . Mr- " Pxxxt said that if the board was of that opinion , of course it was competent for any member to move that that part of theresolutiop be expunged . Mr . Penny among other observations in support of his motion said that it must " be quite evident , to all who had 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 wai ' possible for a Board _ of Guardians to do- That then , the select vestry being called from the different parts of the township made them

      perfectly acquainted with the local circumstances of thpjT o-vra poor , and therefore , mncli more Hke 2 \ - to iaow who were 1 he really deserving , than it was possible for a Board of Guardians to do . That it -was not in the nature of things but that the Board of Guardians , who were men of business , mustnecessarilv be weary of attending meetings at so great a distance from their homes ; and , that , consequently the whole affairs of 70 , 000 inhabitants must necessarily fall into the hands of two or three Guardians , or perhaps into the hands of paid officers ; who , he ¦ wouldhave the beard be aware , were , irresponsible officers . He would have the board be aware that when they appointed officers , they appointed masters ; for " let their delinquencies be what they midit foev have no power of dismissal . That power being lodged 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 Batley , and asked , how . in case of their ' unavoidable absence , he , as Guardian of lirerseige Trould kroT any thin ? ofthe poor applicants from Batley , and that therefore the porr applicants must necessarily * depend upon the representations of the paid officers , or , which was full as likely , be unattended to at all , thereby perpetrating act ? of the greatest injustice " and inhumanity .- He ( Mr .. Penny ) had chosen rfiiq time- for brinsing forward his motion , that , if it could be carried , it would prevent the future breaking up of contracts and interest * , and all the confession that must necessarily follow , if it was done aner the officers were appointed , " and the Union at full -srork . With these oDservations , he begged to move the resolution .

      Mr . J . Brook , in a short but powerful address , seconded The motion . But-Mr . Ingham positively refused to put it . [ It was with great difficulty here tha : the people could be kept within due bounds . ] BeL however . Mr . Penny was not to be got rid of in this summary way , but insisted , as Ms motion was clearly contemplated by the Act . that it should be put . " This called into fall play the part which Mr . Greenwood tad come to perform . He asked Mr . Penny which part of the law it was npon which lie grounded his motion , when Mr . H . referred Km to the latter part of the 32 nd section of the Poor Law Amendment Act . Mr . Greenwood having read it . said , " Oh , that is one of the five points that have been before the Queen ' s Bench , which had decreed that it referred onlv to Unions under Gilbert " * Act

      see 22 nd Geo . HI ..-cap . 83 . " Mr .- Penny objected to this , and called for proofs , and observed that whenever any part of the law related to Gilbert ' s Act ix pakticulaB ; it referred to it ; and that the first part of the Act clearly proved that it referred to this , as well as Gilbert ' s , for it ranahns— " That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners , from time to time , as they shall see tit , by order under their hands and seals , to declare ant Uxios , whether formed before or after the passing of this Act to he dissAcedJ' Mr . Pennv also cited the opinion of John Tidd Pratt . Esq ., the barrister , who drew up the BIU . who says— "Under this clause any parish dissausfiel with being part of an Union- may . if it can make its case 200 I before the Commissioners , and

      obtain the consent of not less than two-thirds of the Guardians of the Union . be separated from it . Other parishes may be added with like consent , and indeed the -whole Union may be dissolved , on complying with the same provisions . " Mr . Penny also referred to the 21 st section ofthe Poor Law Amendment Act . to prove that when the Legislature- con--templated the Commissioners interposing tbeir authority on Gilbert ' s Act alone , it had specifically provided for such interposition . Mr . Penny here read the clause which gives the power to the Commissioners to govern the Unions , formed under Gilbert's Act This posed the man of law , and made him Jiang bis ears like a iie-w-beaten cur . But all

      ts-ould not do . Mr . Ingham was in the chair , and paatirely refused to- put the motion , telling the Guardians they might take-their own course , and that if two of them would vote with him , he would carrr the Act is to force in spite of them , thongh at the risk of his life . This uncalled-for declaration aroused the feelings of the assembled people to complete fury , and " it was evident to all that withont great discretion-it would not be possible to keep them , in order . After begging of the people to be " peaceable , and allow them to proceed withont interruption , Mr . Penny said that it was now high time to know the situation in which they , as a Board of Guardians , and Mr . Ingh ' am , as a Chairman ,

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      a ? Mr . Ingham had tola the Board at their previous meeting iiat he -would put no motion titiTp «« it had a reference to earrjins out the law , and that those gentlemen -who expre » e < l themselves dissatisfied with his conduct might retire from the -meeting if tbey _ pleased , and if only two other gentlemen would remain wiui him , they \ rtroli carry it oat .

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      stood . With the view of arming at a knowledge of that fdtuation he should propose the following resolution . . - Mr . IxtiHAJi here demanded to tnowif 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 iheDewsbury 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 mB be pleased to be very explicit in the definition of the words ' legal' and ' 31 esral . ' as relative to such ¦ powers and

      duties . And that this meeting do now adjourn to the next day of -vreekly 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 T > e defined . And upon receiving such definition , the cleri do supply each Guardian with a copy of the same . " During the whol e 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 his motion should be put , but Mr . Ingham positively refused , and again gathered around him the few parasites who are ever ready to do his bidding , and proceeded to fix upon the number of relieving officers in dumb

      ^ * i _ i _ ^ B ^ V 4 » V ¦ _ « V l V - _ 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 seemeddetennined to reject every attempt , however constitutional , to attempt to supersede the act , 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 , out would enforce the law at the lisk 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 , he would adjourn for that pnrpose . Mr . P . not being prepared to do this , declined it . Mr . Penny then said thelaw itself had provided' that they might put off the orders for thirty days ; and , therefore , he moved "that the fixing of the number and duties of officers be delaved to that day formi-rht . ' '

      Mr . . Ellison seconded the motion . This roused the man of law and he demanded which section it was that pave the power of delaying orders for thirty days ? 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 further ; for it there required that the Guardians , Arc . delnvins orders should give twenty days notice

      of their intention to delay them ; but he hopeu , and thought , that theprowvuiiiss of that board would be a court of equity as well a _ s law . Mr . Ing-ham replied , " Xo , we should be only a court of law . '' The oth = r man of law , Mr . Greenwood , arose with all the importance of a sage who has found a notable mares nest , and said , " Y \' e lawyers , take the whole law : true , the first part gives yon the power to delay the operation of orders for thirty days ; but having failed to comply with the conditions , you are bound to proceed . - ' " Very well , " - < : iid Mr . Penny ,- " if roa rake the whole law . we are still right ; for

      fae latter part ofthe same section gives us power to delay rliem withont notice , provided we give notice within ffleeii days of having delayed them . " Here Mr . Greenwood was quite chop-fallen ; but Mr . Ingham stepped in to his relief , by positively refusing to put the motion , although so clearly founded on bothlaw andreason . At this stageof the business , one of the forms on which the people were standing in the school-Toom ( the place of meeting ) gave way , which threw the people into confusion , when Mr . Greenwood immediately and in great agitation , said he would read the Riot Act . He was implored not ro do so , as it would only tend to make matters worse , but he immediately , and without further consideration commenced—0 yes , O yes , O yes , and proceeded with the reading thereof .

      This appeared to be the signal for a complete ros- ; and the magistrates f Mr . Inghajn and Mr . Greenwood , ] we understand , in retreating from the school-room , were Tcry ill treated , slones and missiles of every description flying about in all direrliorjs . Mr . Greenwood retreated iuto the New Inn , but was pursued by one section of the mob and dragged out with < rreat violence , but eventually obtained refuge ax Mr . Fletcher ' s , grocer , while Mr . Ingaara was followed by another section to the George Hotel . The scene of confusion occurred about lialfpast twelve o ' clock , and the attack seemed entirely directed to the two Ex-Officio Guardians , who had so

      obnoxiously determined on carrying out the law , while Mr . Hague , the other Ex-OJjicio 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 ofthe lancers arrived about five o ' clock . Their arnval caused anothergather . n < : of the people from curio-ity ; and on Mr . Ingham proceeding to his residence at Blake Hall , he was followed by a lanre concourse of people and hooted out of town , receiving also , we have heard some severe blows . The great body of the working classes seem considerably excited bv this law . andmanv show a most

      savage and revengeful feeling towards its supporters ; and we cannot avoid expressing our deep regret that the magistracy , the natural guardians ofthe people , should be called upon to enforce a law which will deprive them of that proper respect and deference , without which , the office they fill , instead of bein ^ beneficial , must be the very reverse . "Tis a poor exchange to lose their natural support and protection , founded on the confidence and good will of all men , and have to fall back upon the protection of the army . We are sorry to leurn that an attack was made on Monday night , on the house of the father of J . B . Greenwood , Esq ., and that the military had to be called , before the riotous proceedings could be suppressed .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS . — Tuesday , Jug . 7 . The subject of Lord Durham ' s ordinances relative 10 . some of the Canadian insurgents was agrun referred to by Lord BRt ) UGHAM / who stated , we think with perfect truth , that though the power given to Lord Durham was very great , yet that no power had been bestowed on him by act of Parliament , to inflict pains and penalties on individuals who had not previously been brought to trial . The Noble Lord was empowered to issue ordinances for the good government of the province—to mnke general laws for the good government and welfare of the colony ; but from the beginziing to the end of the hiM by which he was intrusted with this power , there was a grand exception—which exception tied up tke Governor of Canada from altering ; any act of the British Parliam .-nt .

      T ^ he 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 duty in a case of such importance that 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 subject , let a short declaratory act be passed . If the statute already passed be one " about which no perfect lawyers can " disagree , let the opinion of such lawyers be at once promulgated ; but let not a subject of such vital interest be left to the discretion of Lord Durham and the two or three briefless barristers whom he has appointed to be his "law authorities . "' We can only say , that if the enormous powers claimed by Lord Durham be really assigned to him in the act trader which he governs Canada , it IS an act that on ? ht to he . rex .-iTiri ' prl .

      The subject is , we see , to be solemnly discussed on formal motion . Lord WHARSCL 1 FFE laid upon the table the report of the select committee appointed to inquire into the operation of the New Poor Law Act . He moved that it be printed , together with the evidence . U e hope we mav assume that the evidence will be printed without any omissions . The rest of the evening was occupied in " considering the amendments made by the House of Commonsin 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 the Commons' amendment by the large maioritv 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 formerl y introduced by the Lords were agreed to . Lord LYXDHURST then carried the appointment of a committee to manage the conference with the House of Commons . Lord MELBOURNE postponed the consideration of tlw I rish Tithe Bill till Thursday . The House then adjourned .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tuesday , Jug . 7 . After the presentation of several petitions by different Membere , Mr . P . Scrope brought up the re ?? rt ? fI £ r e £° ™ Committee . Mr . riLLDEN said , he could not let this report be Drought up without saying a few -words as to the manner in which the Committee had conducted the investigation , and upon that document which was tie result of it . His proposition was , that the Com-

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      mittee should examine tbose . \? ho nobody , could doubt were the best witnesses—the labouring people and the rate-payers . He proposed , at the first meeting of the Committee , thatcheyshonldprocure certain returns from those Unions in which the rates had been reduced 50 per cent . This was objected to , on the ground 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 oer cent , and the first three on the list of this description being Ampthfll , 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 ofthe neople whom the returns showed to be

      deprived of p arochial relief under the new law ; and he was in hopes that the Committee would have gone into a full examination of the rate-payers 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 the evidence , that the Committee had 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 ' . ' aai a hah * days for the examination of witnesses against

      the law ; and this , notwithstanding nearly halt a million of perepBs 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 '?) 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 certain , that they had these resources ; but the 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 contra . diction to what was the fact , " that the real interests of all classes of the community have been con ^ nlted in the operation of the law . " lie

      ( Mr . Fielden ) was . « o thoroughly satisfied that this was unfounded—he had . seen such strong proof that it had brought misery upon the labouring classes , that he hadthought it 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 ofthe Ainpthill board , that the wages of the labourers in his neighbourhood had been raised since the law catne into operation . Indeed , in illustration of the fact , he stated what he h . mself ptiid upon his own farm in 1834 , and what he paid in 1837—that was to sav , he gave them a table conuiiuiiiif tlie weekl y payments for-every week in tliosi ? year . s to his labourers , and the totals showed an incre ; vst in the gross amount in the year 1837 . So far Mr . Overman made out the case * very well ; but in his previous examination he had stated , not only that wages had been raised , but that inauy iuote men had been employed on the land . And here Mr .

      Overman had failed to establish his whole case , but hud completely succeeded in establishing the point which he [ Mr . ¥ . ] aiinud to prove—namely ,, a reduction in wages . Mr . Overman , ^ in 1 834 ; md 1 & > 5 , employed 20 men aud U boys , " and die gross amount which he stated he paid to them in the year was £ 77 $ . (« . id . He stated in 1837 and 1 SJ 8 ' hisgross payment in wages was XS 70 Ss ., " which was doubtless : i considerable increiiii .- in the money spent in wages ; but 1 r > employed in the htter yea r 11 boys- and -21 ) men , which " as any one would find en calculating it , proved a reduction of lid . per week in money wages . AsMr . Overman ; tnd bis table were cited in the report as the proof of an advance in wages , he ( . Mr . Fiddwi J proposed an amendment to that part of the report , which he would read to the House . It wa ! s as follows : —" That so far from the real ink-rests of all classes having been consulted by the administration , ofthe Poor Law Amendment Act , as expressed iu page 2 r > of this report , the interests of the poor have ^ nffered by the withdrawal of relief and reduction of

      wages , as appears by the evidence { 1 . 7 , 30 a . 15 , J 18 , 15 . 301 . CeiAey ; and UK 472 and I < i ,-1 M , Riuvsoii ; and 14 ,: 545 , 14 , 349 , 14 , 3 . 13 , 14 , 354 , 14 , 370 ,, 14 , 4 7 « J , and 14 , 480 , Ovi'nunn ] . The statement of weekly waees paid for farm labour during four years , by ' 1 W . " Overman , accompanied by the li * t of labourers in his employment , from July . 1834 to July , 1835 , and from July , l&i ? , to July , " 1 ^ 3 ^ , in tUe . foriner oi which years he had 20 men and 13 boys , and in the lUter 2 G men and 11 boys , shows theiollovyiugresult In this calculation 5 s . per week only are allowed for t ! ie . boys in botliyurs , although Mr . Overman , in his evidence [ I 4 .. 'J 7 f , J says boys' wages had been advanced .

      vl 834 and 1835 . £ . s . d . ' 13 boys , each i > 2 weeks , or 676 weeks for one boy , at 5 s 10 T ) 0 0 " 20 men , each > 2 weeks , or 1 , 040 weeks one man , at lls . Sd . 60 U VJ 4 £ 775 13 4 ' Amountpaid , as V Mr . Overman s statement ,.... £ ' 773 6 4 " 1837 and lttfc * . ; i 11 boys , each b-1 weeks , or o ]' l weeks for one boy , at Ss 143 0 0 " " 2 ( 3 men . each 52 weeks , or 1 , . ' 552 weeks for one man , at 10 s . 'Jd . 726 14 0 £ . tm 14 0 Amount paid , as 1 * -Mr . Overman ' s statement .. C $ 70 4 0 '

      A reduction of labourers' wages in money , of * from ] ls . Sd . per week , in lt > 34-5 to 10 s . Od . per week in 1837-8 , or eight per cent ., is thus shown bv Mr . Overman ' s statement ; aud lls . 8 j . would buy the labourer 129 J p ints of wheat , at the . average price of wheat per quarter ( 10 s . 2 d . ) , during the year 18 X 4 : whereas , 10 s . 9 J . would purchase him only 99-pints of wheat at the average price of ( oos . 9 d . ) during the year 1 *' J 7 , being a decline iu his command over wheat of 25 p er cent ., and , taking wheat at the average p rice of the week ending uth July last , his command over wheat then , as compared with , 183-1 , is reduced 37 i per cent ., and this has been goini , on under the operation of the New Poor Law ,

      notwithstanding Mr . Overman stated in his evidence that there is an increased demand for labour ( 14 , 330 and 14 , 337 ) , no scarcity of work ( 14 , 132 and 14 , 4 ( 17 ) , that wages have been advanced but the men do more work ( 14 , 183 , 14 , 185 , and 14 , 209 ) , and that fjinnhij , ' has not been so prosperous for many years as iu 1837 ( 14 , 51 ) 7 . ) ' He 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 the country a ^ that ¦ which he had just pointed out ? ( Hear , hear . ) Such-a delusion might deceive the House in some measure , but the country , which knew the truth , would not be deceived by it , and would only look with the more dissatisfaction on thj

      proceedings of the committee , lk-i ' oiv he had become a member of this committee , he had . imagined thatthe handluomweavers and some others in the north were the most miserable of all the English labour ing peop : e , buthe had heard enough , he confessed , in the comraiUee to show him that if the people of the south were not now as badly -off as the handloom 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 haudloom- weavers was spoken of . it was attributed to machinery . Had machinery produced the . misery on the lnud ? He would pause , in order to ask the House

      whether it was not both cruel aud impolitic to continue this wicked and obnoxious law , when it , is working such resnlts 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 Irom Aylesbury . ( whose evidence , by the by , was well worthy of being read ) , stated that lie was in considerable practice ; that he-was well acquainted with the neighbourhood of Aylesbury and the labouring people in its vicinity , " and he 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 , aud they had told him that they sold now less provisions to this class of persons than they did before the newlaw . If this were a fact , he would ask whether anything could be morecomincing ? ( 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 , w ?^! not the conclusion forced upon us , that the new law had deprived the labouring man of the means that lie

      had before it passed ? ( Hear . ) In the reports of the committee it would be found , that Mr . Weaje , the assistant-commissioner , had made a statement of the wages of the agricultural labourers in Somersetshire , Glocestersbire , and 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 id . per day Mr . Rawson , a manufacturer at Leicester , stated , 011 his own experience , that wages had been reduced one-third since the new law came into operation , and he apprehended a continued reduction . -1 He ( Mr . Fielden ) had sent two men down into the neighbourhood of Ampthill , to make inquiries in that nei ghbourhood , and they had token a survey

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      of the parish of \ yestoningiH particular ; they ; had 'obtained : the name , v number , in family , and : earnings of nearly every labouring man within the parish for ; the years 1834 and 1837 , and the result , which he iwpuld state as short as possible , was an average reduction of : ' 16 per cent , on their means of living . The tables -. establishing these matters had been put in by Mr . Turner , one of the ^ persons \ fhom he had sent to make the inquiries . One of JMr . Turner ' s tables , describing the condition of 48 labourers in Westoning , was adverted toin the report of the committee , page 4 , as a proof of the good working of the new law ; Du t * while the committee were discus . sing this part of the report , he ( Mir . Fielden ) had inoved this resolution : " That although the labourers have

      more money paid in 1837 than in 1834 , as stated in the report , page 4 , yet the table put in by Mr . Turner showed thatthe income of those labourers and their families had bonn reduced , from .-Is . lOJd . per head per weekin 1 ^ 34 to Is . Gd . per week in 1837 . " These tables had been attacked in the committee , and Mr . Pierce , chairman of the VVobnrn board , had been brought up to the committee to refute them , and according to M r . Pierce , these labourers were in the receipt of much more money than Mr , Turner had made out inhis tables ? But how was it ? Why , Mr . Pierce found that the earnings of the families of the labourers , that was , the earnings of the wives and children of the labourers in \ Festoning , at straw plaiting , made an important difference -in the total

      earnings of the fatnilj 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 ready , and amongst them the names of persons who could have spoken from experience and with authority upon the subject —( hearj hear , hear , and loud cheers)—but these witnesses he could not get before the committee . In the absence of them , however , the Houw might find by turning to Mr . Pierce ' s evidence , that

      when it was the object of the different Boards of Guardiansin Bedfordshire to send families into the north of England to the factories , then the earnings ofthe 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 . ( id . only per week , whereas Mr . Pierce stated that young women in 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 thi'ir earnings as they were stated by Mi . Pierce himself , the House would find that they were abetting no more than would all ' . > rd 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 tlutt it was necessary to keep a watchful eye on the condition ofthe agriculturallabourers . He had received letters from all parts of the count'y , 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 him by magistrates , clergymen , Guardians of Boards , and by tradesmen- , all-com p laining of the operation of this law , and nil stating it to have the effects which he had anticipated with . - dread , and which he had often stated to the House . ( . Ilear ^ . hear . ) It was only yesterday that lie had received a communication out of Devonshire , m which , amongst other things , iirent

      complaints wore-made of the enormous size oi the Unions , causing wh : t was equal to a denial of relief to all but those who were able-bodied enough to w ; dk fifteen or twenty miles to wait upon a lioard of Guardians ; and . -this brought him to page sixteen of the report before the House . A compliment is there paid to the Commissioners for the " skilful mid judicious" arrangements which they had made , and for the great discrimination which they had shown in adapting their operations to ' local peculiarities . But this compliment wns not 111 unison with an opinion given in page fourteen , where the report said , "' Your committee are 0 } opinion , _ that it dues- appear that the size of the medical districts , in many instances , is

      inconvenieutly lnrge ; ' while , in the 24 th . page of the report , the House would find a specif ic recommendation to it to give the commissioners powers to reconstruct , their own unions ! [ Hear , hear . ] This he [ Mr . Fielden ] apprehended-wouldrequire n-statute ; so that these ; ible and judicious men had farmed a set of union * so inconvenient even to themselves , that they were alread y appl y ing 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 ( i ' . nardians' to deny out-doir relief to ablebodied labourers , however much it lhiirht affect and

      distress the objects of the order , and those who are their neighbour * , 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 mid discrimination ; but these persons had shown that it was not 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 m one page on the very subject on which , in another page , it condemned them . At the same tiins that the report recommended that the commissioners . should have the 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 nullify all provisions of

      local acts all . over the country relating to the relief ofthe poor . lie [ Mr . Fielden ] hoped that the Gilbert I ' iiions , and those places where th « relief ofthe poor was now administered under local acts , would watch t ? iis subject well . He hoped that . the . representatives would be reminded of ttieir duties , and that the country would not be thrown into additional confusion by additional powers being given to those persons who were obliged by their application for al ' resh act to confess their incompetency . 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 cmne up to Parliament in the next session prepared to negative iiiiy proposition- that might be made to Parliament tor continuing the powers that they at present had .

      lh : j statements of the Honourable Member being of a somewhat unpalatable character , a manoeuvre was here had recourse to , to get rid of them . Lord G . SOMERSET rose to order , on the pretence that'Mr . F . was going into a discussion of the merits of the report . The SrKAKUn , though he admitted that he knew nothing about what Mr . F . had been saying , coincided with Lord G . that he vv . is out of order , and must hold his tongue . After some altercation , Mr . F . desi . sHd from further remark , and Mr . P . Scropk endeavoured to make an apology fpr a most lame and impotent defence . On the motion of JYIivSh ^ u ' , leave was given to bring in si Hill to provide- compensation for certain ul'ficers of the corporation of Dubliu .

      The Exchequer Bills' Bill , the Exchequer Bills ( Public Works ) Bill , and the Four-and-a-Half per Centum Duties' Bill , severally went through Committee . The Lords ' amendments oh the Royal Exchange Rebuilding Bill were considered mid agreed to . The Slave Trade Treaties' Bill was recommitted , and the 1 louse having resumed , the report was ordered to be brought up to-day . The Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster'Bill was passed through Committee , and ordered to be reported without amendments : to be read a third time to-day . Lord MOIIPKTH obtained leave to bring iu 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 Comity Treasurers' ( Ireland ) Bill , the Coal Trade ( -London ) Bill , and the Church Building Act Amendment Bill , passed through Committee . On the motion of Lord Moupeth , it was ordered that the House , at its rising , do adjourn to two 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 a quarter before So ' cloek . The Earl of Shaftesbury presided , in the absence of the Lord .. Chancellor ' ; - The Bishop of LONDON presented petitions against the encouragement of idolatrous worship in India , from •¦ Lou ' thy in Lincolnshire j from "VYesleyan Methodists of Newcastle-bn-Tyne ( 2 ); from Clitheroe and several other places . Lord REDESDALE presented petitions from Leeds , agreed to at a public meeting , and another place , in favour of a Ten Hours' 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 Bill , and the Ecclesiastical . Appointments Suspension Bill , went severally through a committee . Report to-morrow . The Customs Bill , tKe Fines and Recognizances ( Ireland ) Bill , the County of Clare Treasurer Bill , and the Constables on Public Works Bill , were severally read a third time and passed . Lord BROUGHAM presented a Bill for declaring the extent of the powers granted to the Govemor-Generai under the Act of the second of Victoria , for the Government of Canada , The Noble and Learned Lord said that he would tomorrow explain the nature of the measure .

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      Read a first timey and ordered to be printed . Lord WHARNCIilFFE presented a petition from Dundee , in favour oif the Sheriif ' s Courts ( Scotland ) Bill . , V Adjourned . HOUSE OF GOMMONS—WEDNesoAy , Augv 8 . TheSPEAKER took the chair at two o ' clock . The Duchies of Cornwall and JJa ' ncasler- . Uill was read a third time and passed , Mk HARVEY moved that the order for committee of leave for committee on St . Saviour's ( Southwark ) School Bill sitting on Thursday be discharged . Agreed to ; On the motion of Mr . RICE , the Consolidated Fund Bill was reported .

      The County Treasurers' ( Ireland ) Bill was reported . The Coal Trade ( London , & « ., >¦ Bill was reported . The Corporate Property ( Ireland ) Bill went through Committee . The Duchy of Cornwall ( Tin Buti-es ) Bill was reported . On the motion of Mr . AG-LIONBY , -a return of the gross annual payments during ten years in respect of coinage duties ; and' also a return , of all the costs , charges , and' expenses to officers and others , in each year during such period , incurred in and incident to the ascertaining , managing , and collecting of such coinage duties , were ordered . The other orders of the day having been disposed of , the House adjourned at . half-past two o ' clock .

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      : .. ¦ W . GOODWOOD RACES , i * w . ( Continuedfrom our hi .-tt . ) . THURSDAY , August •_ ' . The Racing Stakes , of 50 sovereign .-- ea .-lj , for 3 year olds . One mil * -. . Lord G . Bentinck ' s GrayMoinu * J . Day 1 Lord Exeter ' s Romania ' .... . ; 2

      Duke of Beaufort ' s Inuendo 3 Lord Chesterfield ' s Industry 4 3 to 1 on Gray Momus . Won by two lengths . The Gold Cup , value 300 sovereigns , by -nbscriptious of 20 sovereigns each , Nvith 100 u . ddcd . ( . ' np course . Second to receive £ 100 . Mr . Ferguson ' s Harkaway ^' iWtivld 1 Lord- Rxeter ! s Adrian ; 2 Mr . Worrall ' sDermouse . 3

      1 he following were not placed ;—Duke of Richmond ' s Mus ; Dukeof Bejiufbvt'i Cetus ; Lord G . Bentinck ' s D'Egville ; Mr . I-Sobertson ' s Berwickshire , Colonel YVyudbaui ¦¦• Prestonjee Bomanjee . Betting—Even , and G to 5 agaiji-f Hark-away ( taken ) , . 7 to J ag . iinstD'Egville ( taken ) . . "> fo'l . against Berwickshire ( taken ) , G to lagn . iti .-t DoniKUjse , and 10 to 1 ajjnin . st Adrian . Won bv t > vi > I ^ n ^ ths . The Queen ' rf Plate of 100 guinea .- -. Tlirv xiiiies and five furlong * . Lord Sufiield ' s St . Luke , I ' ayis 1 Mr . Osbaldeston ' s Mic Mac ¦ . .. 2 Lord-G . Bentinck's Mulberry Wine ... ' ..... 3 Captain Berkeley ' s Bullion ...... 4 Duke of Itichmond ' s Beggarmun •' . . 5

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      TATTERSALL'S , Momi . iv . Tin ! sellYing-Ior the Goodivoocl Races took jil : > . » i ivsterthiv , and occiipwd a con . sidt'rable part of the uf ( .-i iki . hi . it went oil woU . TUii St . Leger betting coinniuiici ' tl : < \ m \ e before live o ' clock , and bositlus being tolerably bri-k . !•' "nr , irl *\ although backed , in much favour . The last prices w-r- . is . tVvJlinv : — UONCASTER ' ST . LE ' - . Ktl . .. 7 to 2 agst Colonel Peel ' s Ion . i to 1 ,, Lord Chesteriield's Don Jolm -rk-0 to I ,, Mr Parkins ' s Liiriercos * . tk 9 to 1 ,, Mr Coombe ' s Cob'h nin 10 to 1 ,, Lord G Bentinck ' s Gnu' > i"nms 15 to 1 „ Mr Bowe& ' s Appleton l ' .- . i . < l ' -fk yO * i > 1 Lori ! Wpslininster ' s AlbiMiiarl * - —tk

      .. 20 to 1 „ Mr Thompson ' s Talli-yraiMl 1 \' .. lt * .. ir . ! colt ) 30 to 1 „ air Fairlie ' s The Hydia 170 to 100 on ifye field against Ion ; ui * I l )» n Jnhii 4 * 25 to . ) 0 agstAlbemarleand Aupleton'Ludi—tk

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      London , Thorn , i ,,,, ly'rning . A Halifax mail has arrived , by wliivU ' . wt -have received the papers to the 20 th of Juh . brought-by the Lord Melville . , sailed on the 2-Jii'i < U July . ( From the adore P «/> t . v . i The harvest has commenced in thi . « - v . i , - * iiri ty , and is nearly over in the more southern oottfons of the

      State ; the weather has been most favourable , and from all qunrters we receive the ii )*> -t <* lv > i rii : g accounts of the crops of wheat . " Prince Edward Island Papers t » > M- . 11 ' / 1 July . The questi on of the disputed bound : ' ry hos beep pretty warmly taken up by the American Congress . The language of several of the Members ofthe Senate is decidedly warlike ; the iiirtifriu-e of the moderate party , however , seem v < have predominated .

      By accounts from Newfoundland »¦ < : Win that great distress had been experienced tin-re . luring the last winter and spring from a scarcity of [ irovisions . It had been ascertained that in some ai the small harbours in Conception Bay Severn 1 person * had died of actual starvation . The \ o > -a \ government have been called upon from all jiart- of the island , to furnish the poor seed potatoes . Severwl cargoes from Prince Edward Island hav > - \^ "n bnuijxht up for ( hat purpose . We have received Rio Janeiro . •• •( w y [ o ths 3 rd June . ¦ ' - . ¦ - They do not contain any political iiew-.- ' of importance , but publish the Revenue of the f ' u .-: toin » ' ; from which it appears that trade in the l- > ra , » . iV # -Uas considerably improved . '

      The Belgian papers inform us that , thr- itteaibers ofthe provincial' council of Luxemburg have gone to Brussels to obtain irom three of tbeir countrymen , who are ministers of Belgium , apo .-irive ri . s . surance that they will oppose , the treaty of t-Vm- ¦>* jirti .-le . s with , all their ' power . Hobart Town papers to the 7 th April -h : < ve come to hand ; they state that Capt . Swanstoii and other gentlemen were about to embark stock , and ro colonize King ' s Island , which is 35 mile .= Jong , and 16 broad , situated about 70 miles from the northern boundary of \ ; tn Pieman ' s Land . The climate is represented as beinir preferable to ! . h- * f of . the main land .

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      The boy . Ivirby , convicted at the I . inr *> lri assizes of the horrid crime of poisoning his nia .-ter , and on whom the extreme sentence of the law would have been otherwise executed to-morrow , hd . * received a reprieve , and he will be transported tor-Jiff . The youth of the criminal has in this ca . « t * suppticd the most powerful argument in urging the appeal-to the throne for mercy in his behalf , i ? nd to inrluee the Government to advise its extension . The Queen Dowager Summon ki > vok if . ^ ooRuates . —Her Majesty the Queen Dowager of these realms was summoned by the rate eolltetor .- 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 arid some shilling , due to the parish of St . Martin , as a quarter's -poor-rate for her residence , Marlborough-hpuse , Pall-mall , Her Majesty was willingtopay the sum demand t ; d as n , donation , but she objected to pay it as a rute . This they refused to accede to , and the present proceedings were instituted ; and on the opening of the Court , Mr . Sergeant Mereweather , her Majesty ' ,- Sdlieitor-Creneral , 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 WAKEFJEM ) CORN . MARKET The arrivals of all Grain are again short . Wheat has met ready sale at " an advance of fully 8 s . per qr . npon 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 Makkets . —In the Coloured and White Cloth Halls , during the p ast . iyeet , there has been a very extensive demand for every description of manufactured goods . The stock on hand is unusually limited , and is gradually diminishing . In the warehouses the individuals engaged are fullj employed ; and very few of the labouring portion of the community are out of work . . ¦ Price of Potatoes in Leeds , from I 0 < J , to Is . per score of 2 Xlbs ,

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      -i . Price of Hay 5 at iiEExts ^ Tfcto ig d ; ^ Sh * . " od . pergtone . ; . . ; ; : . ^ . - * a » . Bradfob ^ " Pi ^ cb MAUXET . ^ Tbe regolf 1-to-day ' s : inarket does not warrant any 3 . ° f alteration from our last week ' s report ^ n £ « 5 there has been rather less business done tdnJaT T ^ Merchants continue not only indisposed to efw further advance , but they are hot digpUed W even to purchase at recent -advances . iyJean w ^ the position of the Manufacturers is very TjeraiI ' ¦ ing , and ere two or three market days elapse rt must either purchase their Tarn lower ; ^ or It » l become imperative on them to limit thejir prod tion . . ¦ ¦ ¦ : '¦ . - . - ¦ : , . . ¦ ¦' . '' ..- " , . - : ' "¦ ¦ ' ; ' -.: .. ¦] : '¦ ' ¦ ¦ - ; : ^ ¦ ¦ ¦ Bradford Woot ilARK £ T > - ^ rherl has b ^ less business done iu this market . dTOB 1 >"' - tWf week . -Buyers are decidedly indisposed to give W prices , and wool is certainly easier to purchase

      TVprospect 01 an unfavourable harvest has a detiime tal effect , and that coupled with ¦¦ ¦ an ' antili pated-, m ' portation of foreign corn , render the manufacture * very cautious in their transactions . ; j ¦ Bradford Yarn MAKKiT . —Theri has bee » an average amount of business done to-day and t >! demand continues good ; but there does Hot ap ^ to . be that eagerness to purchase largel y which wT vailed a short time back . Mannfacturers finjt difficult to sell goods without loss at he presem prices of-Yarns .- ¦ ' ¦ Manchester Catti ' e Market . -We h a verj- full market to-day , of all kind of Cattle aj a great jnany . remained unsold , at a reducti on ^ price . The following are the ; numbers 'ifieef 79 g from 5 d . to 5 | d . ; Sheep 3 , 898 , from 5 ld . to 6 id ' . Lambs 5 , 757 , from 5 id ? to 6 d . j Galfek 50 , fron 5 d . to 6 d . per pound . [ 7

      Halifax Market , August 4 . —No altera . tion in this market . ; j : Huddersfield Market / August 7 th ,-There has been a considerable quantity " of goods so' 4 to-day , particularly in fancy doeskins ' sin . d kersen suitable for the winter trade . Heavy . ' jjlqods of 4 descriptions are in good demand , and fair ] and r em ^ nerating prices maybe obtained . Business in ft « warehouses continues brisk . j Rochdale Flann-et , Martt-ct AnLof « t-w kochdale Flannel MarketAugust 6 th ^

      , . Our market to-day is much the same as laktweek is respect to demand , prices vary but little , in some kinds of goods we may quote a shade of an advaiice bnt nothing of consequence . Wools remain firm is price , demand is much the same as on tjhe previo-i market day . No change in the Oil ¦ trkde 1 of anT moment . ' I ' ¦ Kochdale Monthly Cattle FAik , Au ? 6 There has been a good shew of Cattle to-day aid a fairaverage of business done , particularl y in inil ^ cows . Prices have not materiall y altered since our last fair . BOROUGHBRIDGE CORN MARKET , August i WTieat , 70 s . to 78 s . per qr . ; Beans , 5 s . ° 6 d . » 5 s . 9 d . per bushel ; Oats , 12 d . to 14 ( 1 . per stone . ¦

      XI r \ *** * v ¦**» rf " l — TOP > ¦ ¦ * Howden Corn Market , Aug . 4 . Total Quantities , Bt . g r . Tot Amount . Imp . Measure . £ . s . d . £ . s . ^ d . Wheat 68 .. 3 10 7-... 24 CI 0 0 Oats .. 244 .. 1 1 0 .. .... 25 / i 8 0 Richmond Corn Market , August 4 th . — % had a tolerable su pply of Grain in our market toi day , the sale was -rather ' dull .- Wheat" sold-froa 10 s . Od . to lls . 6 d . ; Oats , 3 s . 6 d . to 4- » 4 d . ; Bar ley , 4 s . 3 d . to 4 s . 6 d , ; Beans , os . 9 d . to 6 s . » bushel . . r

      Darlington Markets . —At our Corn roarhj on rnonday last , the supply of grain was small Wheat , sold from 20 s . to 223 . ; Oats , 6 s . to 7 « * Barley , Ss . to , 0 s . ; Beans , 9 ? . to lls . per boll * Butter , lOd . per lb . . f ' ' ' Settle Fortnight Fair , Aug el— Wehii : an unusual large show of prime Fat Ciutfe anih very large show of Sheep and iambs atthis / daVs market , which met with moderate sale ; prica rather lower than last fair . ¦ . '' - ' . '

      Skipton- Cattle ' Market , August 6 .-We had a very targe supply ! of " all kinds , of lit Stock , and pleaty of buyers . Prime Fat Berf-irsj- .: ' - readily sold , but that of inferior quality kvashearf . Lambs and Sheep met with a ready sale j ; . We-cit not % upte any alteration in prices . ' . Hull Corn Market , August 7 ;—We lii a very limited supply of farmers ' ° Wheata

      ainteday , which met ready sale at an improvement of-M--3 s . per quarter : in some instances a -still ¦ greater'V advance was paid . A fine parcel of lied Wheat . obtained 79 s . per qr . aud 80 s . was refused fon superior parcel of White . No Barley offering . Beans must be noted Is . dearer ; the suppl y ™ small . Fery few Oats on sale ^ and rajther bete prices were made . Rape-seed fully maintains iu value . Linseed supports its price . i

      York Corn Market , August 4 .-4 We hat ; had a great deal of rain during the week , Ibut exeat those places Where heavy showers have fallen ,. it ll ? been productive of benefit to the trops , aliof wKci .. are progressing , —it is true rather -slowl y , — -but tot - sadsfaetorily . Very little business is now transacted in our market ; the supply , if . such it may be callei , being confined to the very few samples held by the more wealthy-farmers , who are determined to " hre very high prices for the little they hold . Wheat ' bit . be called 2 s ., Beans , Is . to 2 s . per qr ., . and 0 « fully -id . perstone higher .

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    • 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-ncseproduct528/page/8/