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RADICAL DEMONSTRATION IN SHEFFIELDSheffield , though late in the fieW , tauotjeen 5 te in her deioaud for justice . The men of Hal-Sm ^ e h ave nobly P roved that they know their Mto , and are determined to have them granted . ttSTday was very unpropitious , a great quantity of aa . having fallen during the morning and m the a * z * e of the forenoon , but by die time the chairman asd- the deputation from Birmingham reached the zmnd in a carriage drawn by four horses , it cleared ^ >» httle and continued fair while the proceeding !? tetreL On account of the heavy state of the ro&jg , -&& jr atkmen from Birmingham did not arrive so
ran * a was expected , which delayed the commencea * a t of tie proceedings for nearly two hoars . The itsu feeling and the utmost good nature , however , g raded- all classes , and with the arrival of the lud * of magic and the flags , the assemblage « a « dfcd together in front of the bastings . Owing 1 » tfee entrance side of- die hustings not being aaStkntly provided with supports , it gave way with A » i » mense pressure , but sinking gradually and » g » larly , we are happy to add , no one received any Btat * rial injury . At thu time there could not be ikwrtkan 20 , 000 persons present in the field of awrtxag , more than eleven-twelfths of whom were vadnog menand unrepresented . This afforded a
, traiBphaot argument against the 'Whigs and Tories , -mWfcave jyophesied that the Sheffield Demonstratatf would be a failure , ' Among those on the hustisf * we observed Willoughby Wood , Esq . of Camp-« JfcHall , the deputation from" Birmingham , conristsg- 'W Messrs . Edmonds , Salt , and Ptarce ; Mr . 2 aAard * on , from Manchester ; and different mem-1 >» * f ti > e "Working Mtn * Association . "We - * o « l 4 JB * t add , that the procession was received ¦« Ji enthusiastic cheers throughout the whole route . IS ? . Eb » mE 3 BR Elliott having been Voted to tfis-thair , exhorted the multitude to be peaceful , and ^ i * 6 oarage any speaker who might advocate nteace . He then gave cut a hymn , which wax
Msg > y tiie assembly , accompanied by the band . 3 h « words and tune being both exceedingly -solemn , ywfcaeei a fine effect . After which , the chairman , « fc . 9 » me length , combatted and refuted the , lies of & * "Whig and Tory press about the number of the Ssrtisg in Palace Yard , to which he had been Srpwed by the people of Sheffield last week . He &m went on to say —it won ' t do now , and shan ' t i *^ . *» sing the old song of the Corn Law * , which 5 »» have laughed at for more than twenty } ears ; ** -Oo 1 " you said , " it is only the mad poet ! " 1 bexM rather be mad , than see you lose your trade ; IHrould rather die in a workhouse than see you withwCwagw , for there would be sorrow in heaven , if
jaw wive * , by thousands , and your -children , ' by aae » f thousand ? , went clamming with them . Steers . ) But after having been mocked for years so tke subject of the Corn Laws , and told by Corn iaw Russell that the robbery shall be eternal , it is 3 >» fead and too late , to throw the Corn Law dust i , « or vyya . Then , let me * ay , that the strongest a ^ ament iu favour of Universal Suffrage , is fur-3 i * bW by the facia , that the authors of those laws esereise the whole power of the British Government , &b £ the King > ° r Queen , for the time being , is only Jtofir signing clerk . It is notorious that they never * B the Thames on fire by any dL « coverie 8 in science j
3 » doobiful whether they- ever originated one useiU idea - it if certain that they never added a single **^ v to the publi c stock , but that , on the contrary s iiet have been enriched by the progress of commerce , wJsWa ; contributing in any way to that progress ; 3 » od eternal Tecord , that tbey kave devoured ocriwtrojod during the last fifty year ? , in ware *»\ . Kbcrty , and by their food-monopoly , more ± nn five thousand millions sterling- -say twice as 3 i 3 eb as all the estates are worth ; and no man in ii » reuses doubts that they are of all men the very zitx vLoio-the eommnaity could best spare—for if iBrj .-sere ali . missing . to-morrow , they would only WWiAiw } as a . naisanpe is when removed—Cheers .
—let they talk as if they were the land that God JBE& ,. as if they were God himself , and not the 3 P * , wbo have converted the land into a . curse for bKl While , then , such men make your . laws , shall T « s * e told by the Times , the Herald , and " Wha 'mvasaMercury I" that you must Bot-agitete for the itftehast ? " The most sacred of all property " a « 5 * tbe . greatest of living poets— ( Wordsworth)—" -is-the property of the poor . " What property Sar « -yo » bat your labour ? "And what proportion Sfttehe ^ sajB the same great poe t , "between the 3 »» e , of . your . labour and the price of your food ?" 3- * U ) iHAinsnlt you by answering the question . ~ Swx failing wages in spite of railroad employment ,
Dcs ** &r itj the price of bread answers it ; the de-• jarsore of your trade would give it a last and treseadous answer , if you don t soon acquire-the power - * f aaking good laws , that you may prevent the AiwtocTiicy from" using bad ones . God showers "bitting * ob jou , -whicn tbey eonvert into jlaguwi ; iwf > oq doff your hats to them , forgettingyourselves , aai * that in " saying , yoo forget God , . who wastes BotSniig , and will not furnish you with opportunities , 3 Cji ? Q throw them away . "What hope , then , have jasy bet in yourselves ? "Will yonr enemies help jwi ? From the time of the first murderers they lx >? r"been what they are . They poisoned Socrates—A « 7 enicifi « 3 Jesus—and would they help you ?
So , no , you must help yourselves . —Loud cheering , Mr . &bal , in moving the fiat resolution , said , — -Sen of HaJlamshire ! the ^ e are the times- for testiDg ii * - > riDciples of men . This is the first great effort af the toiliDg million * , to break down the strong aoJ ^ s of oppression and secure to themselves the ajVs = nd privileges of freemen . u > Tis liberty a& » r , " say * Cowper , " that gives the flower of 5 # * t ; Bg life its lustre and its perfume ; we are ** vi * without it . " The government of this country is *!* bitberto been chosen by the property classes out dt -ih *? Aristocracy , who have held the TeignR of "pr > tv- « - in defiance and contempt of the nation at large . Unier thU irresponsible system , the nation
is ? Wtra drained oF its wealth to carry on unne-^ teaoarj wars ; wars of aggression and exte rmination , 2 ? 5 which the flower of our youth , the pride and jgnrv of our country , were hurried out of being in a career of carnage and blood . —Cheers . —Under this ij-siem , in which the intelligence of wealth held ¦ ssJindtrd sway , the nation has been loaded with a is * - ? of £ 800 , 000 , 000 sterling ; a debt , which if we - writ alV sold up stock and pin to-morrow , could not s ? paid off—the property law-makers have , there-Arey brought the country to a state of vi-tual Ifcairnptey . —Hear , hear . —The rich law-makers iirfc further taxed us beyond endurance ; they have : su& partial and exclusive laws for their own private
attorn age , which are driving -our trade to foreign i * ad « and starving , our workmen at home . The Curb Law abomination was enacted for the purpose , * ai bus bten the means of sheltering the landed Jtijteeracy from all taxation ; and youare all aware It ) sas succeeded t » their ne dirts' content . ( Cheers . ) If *** thought by many that the Reform Bill which ~ . * a *' ubta . med in 1 ^ 32 , would put an end to our proigat *; jtystem of misrule ; but gix years , experience ii * proved that the Reform Bill is a complete politi--s £ "&bortion . Our only remedy is the extension of tas-Saffra ^ e to all classes , and I can assu . e you on £ 2- > ubarity of Dr . Bowring , Aat in all coanrries -atWre Universal Suffrage is in practice , there the
? c » p ! c are the most contented and happy . I cannot ihrak of detaining you much longer , as there are geniJti * jD from Birmingham and other places to address ibeHaeemig , but there is one or two objections raised 3 y fix middle class against us having the franchise , * b > t& I propose to notice . It is said we are ignorant xvd * se foal language in seeking for our rights . The Hixinuner newspaper , in noticing the proceedings ^ cb , took place at the Town Hall a week or two ¦ S ^ . ealUme " a bully" and " a grossly ignorant jersoa ; " This is the blackguaroism of intelligence . &iuy be ignorant , but I would w > rn to use the aa % f .-a £ e , if I tnew it , which would disgrace the sebjiar and the gentleman . But it is said oar
sgaofdnee would lead us to choose improper persons &r Jaw-makers . Are ire not as capable of choosi ne 3 ^ r 'ii - r-makers as our doctors- or lawyers . We Jjkm" more about right and " wrong than we do of Paedology , Pathology , or the Theory and Practice of Meliciue , or the statutes at large . The fact is , >» ry they know if we had political power we should StidehO'Up' our pockets . . Let the rich pull the mote as « T their own eye before they begin to pick at the ! Seo 2 B 4 n ours . Let taem reform the "Waldegraves , ix- 'De Sooses , and the Waterfords . But intelligent is an
^ . joraoee obstinate disease , if I may be aii »» ed ' « iea a paradoxical expression . The speaker « oo ^ uied by moving the adoption-of the first reso" 5 aiv 3 u v& .: " That the awarces of the national 5 n >* i > crity are failing , —That our Legislators , in ivwtseq . ience of their selfishness , their ignorance , saiitbttir covert bankruptcies , are unwilling , —and * £ * electors , in consequence of their small numbers aad depeudeat condition , are unable to help us , — * Kr ? ore . » t « necessary that the universal people »^_ iij &e power of voting in the election of-mem-. Jwr » to- serve in Parliament . "
Mt ^ Isaac Ikonsidb . —Fellow-countrymen , —1 : e « w forward to second the resolution which has WamveJ by Mr . Beal , whom lam proud to call «* fn * od ; whou bimself a triumphant refatatuaof th « calumny , that the working classes are ^ T ^ r ^ Jf g % - ^ - Iva toW 5 wme of my % Bd « , forswfc » e opinions 1 entertain a high regard s » i meeting * like the present whl retard the pro-35 r «! ..,-of < r * tioBal and practical Eeform , by causing
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the Moderate Keformers to become Conservatives . That the bold positisn we are taking may frighten some of the wavererf , who never more unless compelled , may be true , but to suppose that their conduct will at all influence Eeform , is monstrous and absurd . Eight years ago , the rational and practical Beformers of Sheffield met in Paradisesqoare to petition for Reform . Having read and studitad the plan propounded by the immortal Jeremy Bentham , and being thoroughly convinced of 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 ratitnal 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 , who are absent to-day . ; ¦ and the Radical petition was lost by a small majority . Since that time , the Radical Reformers have had nearly all their own way . Aided by the people , fliey passed the Reform Bill ; they have had the reins of government in their own hands nearly the whok 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 have been earned ? The answer is given by a reference to the last two years , during 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 . As 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 is pointed out , we are told that it arises from causes over which Parliament has no controul . Now this statement is either trne or false ; if it is true , then are our legislators , by their own confession , ignorant and incapable of managing our affairs ; if it is false , we charge the whole of the misery to their account . Oh ! but they gay it is easier to point out evils than to remedy them . Give us the People ' s Charter , or at all events Universal Suffrage , and we will soon elect a Parliament that trill control the destinies of this great empire , in
such a manner , that the people shall have an abundant supply of food . "What say they , you have ulterior views have you ? ( 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 the Church to the
u » e 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 , but in my opinion the most important , although we are not all agreed upon it , affording the greatest facilities to the establishment of co-operative communities . "Will these measures benefit the country ? ( Yes , yes , from the crowd . ) Reason , justice , humanity , answer yes . Our present Parliament says no ; and whilst it exists not one of them will be carried . "Wh y ? 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 most elect the men who distribute them . In your sick societies , your money club * , and all other institutions you join , you elect the committee of management : why not in the far more important institution of the State ? Because the working classes have no education , they are void of intelligence ; this i > now become the fashionaWe doctrine : ont upon such miserable sophistry 1 "What is Education ? can one in twentv who bold the doctrine
answer ? Take one of them who has been to some College , and has learnt a little Latin , and less Greek , audit therefore 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—be hax not been educated ; ask him to make the commonest knife in our cutlery ^ manufaeture : he is too ignorant ; ask him to do a thousand every- « ay things , and yon find that his education is quite deficient ; you then discover that when he says yoa are not educated , he means you are not l > ook-learnerf . Neither is be educated in yoor trade ; you possess sufficient
education to enable yoo , with proper law « , 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 is spread out for all , where the mountains , the hilli , the riven , streams , valleys , hirds , beasts—all , all , so many leaves in that book , written by the finger « f 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 the truth of this , 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 humanity—what more is required ? Authority ? We have that , too . "We have the United States , and we point to that great nation as a proof of its 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 ; but he alone is sufficient . Let the rational and
practical Reformers show us higher authority—let them answer Bentham , and we will join them . ( Cheer ? . ) In conclusion , allow me to give you a little advice . Be clean and temperate in your 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 yonr 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 rears its head ; like the Himmalaya mountainsit
, bidi defiance to the portentious storms that assail it on every side , hurling and exhausting their fury upon it;—for a time the 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 , its stupendous majesty—and with a single glance-withering the paltry arguments of the selfstyled 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 aud misery of the labouring classes his 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 bjund to exclaim , "The cause of the people shall not periBh . " ( 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 the middle classes had not come amongst them . He wondered wh y they stood aloof .
amd what they could say to justify themselves . Let them inquire . Had they attempted to bring down wages , and whs their plea that their profits were gone ? If their trade and profits were good , why attempt to touch the wage * ? If they saw the condition of the labouring classes , did not common humanity , common patriotism , prompt them to stand up for them and give themVead , having , as they must have , recollections of this country ' s ancient glory and hononr ? But they stood by to see a great country perish , and tbey gave no aid . In Sheffield
they had suffered less than many other places , because they had had Trades' Unions , 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 shall . " ) He wait told they never should ; bat he would tell them how toprevent it . They had conspired against Trade * ' Unions , and had turned them all out ; but the way to prevent them was by
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Universal Suffrage , that which they were met this day to demand , and which , by perseverance , vigilance , and always being ready at their post , they must and most assuredly would obtain . Now , the moderate classes who atood 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 labouring classes , by telling them they were notXfit for the Suffrage . ( Hear , hear . ); Would the labouring classes submit to that Insult ? No ! that very insult ought to make them more and more determined to have it . They would not fit for it ! they were not educated ; and what plunder if they had it 1 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 Tyler ; but who was it that first plundered Wat Tyler , and insulted hii daughter ? ( Cries of " the Tax-gatherer . " ) Aye , aye , he it was who first plundered the fatherland mother , and then insulted the virgin modesty of the daughter . But these men talked to much of plnndsr , that it always made him ( Mr . Salt ) suspicious . They § aid , "Now , what would you hare ? " 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 classes no good , because they would go and be idle and drunken . Now here was another
insult , and another reason why they should insist upon it L « t them take care lest the u poisoned chalice return to their own lips , " and thathy plundering and teaching plunder they have not at length the measured which they have meted toothers meted out to them . But they bad been so long rolling in rank and wealth that they bad forgotten the sympathies of human nature , and thought that th « labouring population could only employ what they wished to bad purposes . Why ; ( said Mr . Salt ) have you not sympathies and affections like theirs ? Have you not wives and children to be fed , clothed , and eduoatedj as well as thev have ? But mark wbati our doctrine
is . I preach no disunion among the middle classed but I beg them te come and aid us . I preach union , on thia condition , that they do their duty and act like men and Christians .. If they will' Be thieyes and plunderers , and plunder the poor"inatt of h » meal by taxation , we then say why we must treat them like p lunderers . And I call upon those of ihe middle classes that are just , and upright , to come and shew themselves amongst us , and do their dnty . Be true to yoar order , feaid Mr . Salt , ) others are true to their order ; follow their example , and be true to yours . Look what the wealthy have done . They lifted the property tax from their own
shoulders , and put the corn tax upo ;/ those of the poor man . Now we want to put the burthens upon the shoulders of those who can best bear them . We want to send po « r men to Partiliament , who would do these things for us . We were now taxed for everything ; and to give an idea of the relief which would be obtained ; let them remember the high price they used to pay for salt before the tax wai taken off . See how comfortable they might be . To promote the honour and glory of this eountry , 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 friendl y , 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 be 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 , but devote a day to their country and attend to that duty first . They bad 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 . Tbey would then go to Parliament wihtsuch a voice as was never heard before ; the whole of the people of England demanding justice , and they would be obliged to give
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 this without the murk of Cain , but in a peaceful , meek , and humble manner . Theirs was the cause of the great God above . ;^ He 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 teed to secure the happiness of the whole mass of the community . He proposed that every individual in that immense ^ sembia ^ e , and through the country , having the power conceded to him of voting for members of Parliament . ( Cheers . ) Was there an individual before him , whose dwrlling or apparel was ever so humble , that did not conai 3 er 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 he had such a right was a self-willed slave , an alien to the constitution—a disgrace to humanity—and a curse to all hia children and to posterity . ( Cheers . ) In order to carry into effect this noble principle , it was necessary that the ri ght should be protected by the Vote by B * allot . It was absolutely necessary , for the purpose of securing an honest election , that the votes should be taken by Ba )' ot ; 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 pos-sess 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 lives . It was advisable that men should be 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 b y proposing the resolution , viz . — " That the ^ People ' s Charter ' containing the principles of Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliament ? , No Property Qualification , Equal Representation , and Paid Members is a practical measure calculated to secure honest repret * entation ; it is therefore solemnly 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 the objects they contemplated . ¦ Willouohbt Wood , Esq ., of Campsail Hail ^ supported the resolution , and vindicated the claims ; of the working classes to a fair share of the : intelligence possessed by the other classes of society , and 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 troops were 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 apian which bad been proposed by the great Jeremy Bentham wbicn would produce the greatest happiness to the greatest number , and to do unto other men as you would wish them to do to you . They had been told , the working classes being the most numerous would , by means of "Uni ? . versal Suffrage , swamp the power of the other classes ; he would ask why it should not be « 6 ? He then shewed the injustice of the charge of ignorance which had been levelled at them , when , at the same time , the means of education had been deniedthehi , declaring bis b * lief , that if a bill was brought into Parliament for this purpose , it would be defeated on some religious pretence , although the parties cared no more about religion tbanbishat ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . Buchanan also ably skewed the claims the working classes have for intelligence , as exhibited in the machinery of the manufactories and the goods produced b y them , whilst the rich had saddled the country vmh debt , to put down liberty in France , and had , thereb y , enriched the Jews and Stockjobbere . He then reviewed the conduct of the Rev . formed Parliament and Minwtry , condemning their measures from the Insh Coercion Bill , to the Poor Law Bill , and stigmatised the Aristocracy M gamblers and debauchees . He exhorted them to unity , to be peaceable and firm , and then no power could prevail over an united people ; the sword of know-
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ledge being the strongest power . Ho then moved rhe third resolution , viz .: — " That the ^ National Petition , ' now readj Embodying the principles of the 'People ' s Charter , ' be adopted by this meeting . ( Cheere ;) v v Mr . Parker , jl member of the Association , seconded the resolution .
Mr , WoRTLEY moved the 4 th resolution , viz .: — - . "That William Gill be appointed by this meetiug to meet the delegates from other towns in London , to superintend the presentation of the National Petition , ''—which was seconded by Mr . CRabtreb , in his most energetic style , deprecating the Hmall sum they received for the large amount of labour they had to perform ; whilst the powager Queen received more money yearly than the working population of . a neighbouring tpwn , containing 14 , 000 inhabitants . . This wouldi nioi ^ be the case if they were represented : but as they could not be admitted to the House of Commons , they would have a house of their own in the shape of a National , Convention
, where the members ' would not quote Greek and Latin to make up the absence of common dense . Mr . Pierce , of Birminghamj 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 order , it was now time that they should stand b y theirs . He then mentioned several measures' that had been before Parliament , '' w . hich would have ameliorated their condition , none 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 arisemblies taking place through the country , which were very different in Major Cartwright ' $ time , when only two or three attended to listen to an address delivered by him in the Market-place , at Nottingham ; He then described the magic effect an address they issued had upon the people of Scotland , who were aroused from one end to the other . Their convention ,. he said , would meet when Parliament did , deliberate aa it deliberated , and knock at itfl door until it opened to them . A quarter of a million : of . men had joined them in Lancashire , and' tbey were certain of ultimate , and final
suc-. ' S ^^ - - ¦' ' ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ " ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' \ *! Mr . Lomas moved the fifth resolution , viz . : — , *^ hit *' - ' inis " meeting do pledge itoelf to support the Jpitiontil Fund , for the purpose of carrying the foregoing resolutions into effect , " "; He said all the Whigs had done since being in office , was to keep the Tories out , this they had effected , as well as keeping the people out teo . Mr . Richardson , of Manchester , in supporting the resolution , stated that they had a meeting yesterday at Manchester , which had amply made up for the deficiency in Palace-yard , on Monday last , inasmuch , a » near 300 , 000 persons attended there with forty-one bands of music , and more than two hundred banners , declaring their determination to be free , lndeed . it was a elorious day , it was really and
truly a demonstration of popular feeling in favour of Radical reform . The labouring population of this great empire had been top long overtaxed ^ overworked , under-paid , under-clothed , and under-fed . --Loud cheers .- ^—From their labour alone , £ 60 , 000 , 000 in taxes were ' drawn for the purpose of enconraginfr idleness and luxury among those who were how fattening 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 tor tne current year . Under the bead of civil contiDgencies 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 . The amount as expended is equal to the whpl « of the poor-rates for the counties of Westmoreland , Rutland , Monmouth , Huntingdon , and Caermartnen . There waa another item of £ 77 , 710 p aid to our consuls abroad , for the purpose of regulating our commercial intercourse :, which all knew was not properly regulated , and which ram . is equal to f the poor-rates of the county of Cornwall . Another item more scandalous thap all the rest , was one of £ 35 , 000 paid for secret service money , — 8 hann * r—which Was equal to the poor-rates for the county of Derby , and how was this money expended ,
by whom and for what purpose ? It is a notorious fact that when the late Mr . Cobbett presented to the House of Commons the petition of the men of Cambrrwell , a committee was formed , and Mr . Cobbett actually traced secret service money from the hands of Lord Melbourne , the p rime minuter , downwards to the hands of Papay the spy—such was the purposes of the secret sendee moneV then , and _ he nad no donbt , but some of the hired Bourbon police 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 Commissioners 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 they ask for relief . The sum thus villanouBly employed , is annul in th » poor-ratas nf the ftgricuitural county of Hereford . The last item he would trouble them with , wai one of j £ 83 , 212 paid for retired allowances , one recipient from this grant was no less a person than Lord Brougham , who had Op enly 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 * ' institutes , —who strode from the House of Commons to the Woolsack , has dared
to taunt you with ignorance aad say you were not qualified for want of education , to weild Universal Suffrnge 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 nre too ignorant to pay them . If we are too ignorant to make laws , we are too ignorant to obey them . "—Loud 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 sam p le of the manner in which tbe taxes were expended , and so long as we have to pay a standing army six millions to curb the discontented people , and collect the taxes and
gabels , so long as we have to pay the navy more thahi * now paid to the poor , so long as we have to support a church who are bloated with the spoils of thepoor , so long shall we have just cause , and every r eason to demand Universal Suffrage as a remedy for the many grievances under which we labour . — Cheere . —But the time is come , when these demonstrations of the people were no idle assemblies , but they marked the steady , deliberate , determined mind , — they were the portentiourt harbingers of liberty , and he hoped the next time they met in thousands , it would be simultaneously throughout the empire , demanding in a voice not to be misunderstood , Universal 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 ot rectifying the wrongs of / his country ; one entire week mustjbe 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 hitbe people , was the willingness with which they cpntribu ted from the breeches pocket in support of the cause he advocated . He then recommended that every man do also lay by sufficient funds to maintain himself or his family du ring the holiday week , for without money , which , as
Q'Connell 8 aid , wa 8 the sinews of the war , we neyercan maintain bur stand , or achieve the glorious triumph we anticipate , or even mitigate the sufferings of the people . —Cheers . Three cheers were then proposed by the Chairman for . Birmingham . —Thanks were then voted to ifee Chairman for his services , which was carried amjdist Idud acclamation , . rjrhe ai'sembly then . quietly dispersed . v . 'Iu thief evening ,, a numvTous party of ladies and gentlemen partook of tea , &c . at the Bath Saloon , Mn Ehenezer Elliott in the chair . The meeting was addressed by the Chairman , Messrs . Wood , Salt , &C / &C .
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THE LiyERPOOL DINNER . It was announced in placards that a public dinner would , on Tuesday evening , be given at the Queen ' s Theatre , Liverpool , to Mr . Attwobd and the other orators of the party . Mr . Attwood did not attend either the Liverpool or Manchester demonstration , but in accordance with the announcement the dinner took place at six o ' clock . The circle of the theatr e was boarded over , a scene was closed in across the stage , immediately behind the proscenium . In front ot 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 thus formed—the boxes forming three sides , and the scene above-mentioned the fourth . The tickets ,
price 3 a . 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 similar 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 bearings , were suspended round the front of the lower tier . ' The dinner did not consist " of the delicacies 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 provision spread before them . The principal supply was of roast beef and plum-pudding , and ale in abundance . ;¦ . ¦' .. ¦; ; . ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ : ; : : '¦ ' .. ' :: ¦' : " : ¦' . The chair was occupied b y Mr . John Clarke , who was supported on his right by Mr . Feargus O'Connor , and on bis left by Mr . Edmonds . At the cross
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table were also Mr . Cobbett , Mr . Thomas Smith , Mr . Gpodfellow , Mr . Bussey , 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 strJgglewbich bid forits object restoration of a right which they once possessed , that of choosing the individual who tfhould represent diem in Parliament , that of choosing the men who were to guard their right * - and property : in the House of Commons . They ^ were now at that time . pf ^ ^ day struggling for the restitution of what they had been unjustly deprived ¦ oft- It was a natural and constitutional ^^ right , wbich could iiot : be alienated . It was constitutional because' it was declared in an act of Parliament , and because , accdrdinff to constitutional law ,
evenman was supposed to be present , 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 this kingdom who were not allowed to vote . —An individual here started !^ p and made some . observation . We understood him to denv what was advanced by the speaker . Some confusion occurred , but the individual who caused the noise was prompdy turiied out . —The chairman proceeded . It had been askedjon 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 book 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 , tinder the pretence that they exercised it injuriously , and by the act of 8 th year of Henry VI ., the prayer of this 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 for bis 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 . Why should -tiiey not persevere in attempting to regain that which tbey had always a right to enjoy ? Another ! objection made to the extension of the suffrage was , that it would cause corruption , and that the humbler orders had already showed a propensity for corruption . Corruption at
once gave the idea of a corrupter , —for there could not be corruption without a corrupter . And who had been , and who would still endeavour to be the corrupters ? The wealthy and the great landholders 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 m their labour , without which all other sorts of property were valueless , and citing the opinion of Mr . Sbarman Crawford , in support of his assertions . He concluded by telliag an anecdote of three brothers in Scotland , tenants of the Duke of Moutrose , which brothers voted , in spite of the threats of his grace ' s 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 . The Chairman gaye , as a finish to his speech , the first toast , 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 exercise of our political rights become the polar star of every lover of his country , "—Ciieers . Mr . COBBETT rose , and was received with loud cheer * . After some apologies for his inadequacy to the task which had been assigned him , he said—the peculiar situation of capi ta ^ and the influence which it possessed , was the greatest evil which existed iu this country . This was an evil Which could
only be removed b y that Reform in Parliament which-thev were now seeking . It was capital , in land 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 up property what they had begun , this grievance they would succeed in removing . They had , almost dail y , 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 they _ ought to enjoy , but it went the horrible length of confining men , women , and children , in pridonsof the most unhealthy description , where their livea were in daily danger , and where they were so worked that they were deformed in their persons , their sex almost changed , and their lives shortened . ( Hear . ) He did not hesitate to say , though this had not , in outward appearance , all theslaverr
in this country that appeared in some others , that , virtua lly , no slaves on the face or the earth were so infamoualy tyrannised over as the people of this country . He did not hesitate to aay , that the labourers and handloom 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 Altherp , once proposed to levy & tax , a very light one—half-a-crdwn iin . the pound he believed , on all transfers of stock . They knew very we }} that the Whigs ; cou ) d carry out the measure if they pleased . What did Lord Althorp do ? A banker got up and taxed him with a breach of national 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
kingdem , 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 Honse of Commons in respect to the Factory Labour Question . They passed an . act to reduce the hours oflabourin factories and never enforced it . They said it was so complicated , and he would remark it was of their own framing , that it could not be enforced . ( Hear . ) But they could enforc the Poor Law Bill at the ppintof the bayonet ; yet they never sent any body but one paid commissioner to enforce this act of redncing the hours of labour . ( Cheers . ) It was ridiculoos then to suppose that they could ever get . any good from this House . They would never do any good of their own accordthey would never io 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 willhaveit ui ours .- " As they were entering into a straggle 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 their path . The mode which had 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 recommended , they were asking for that to which they weft entitled by the very laws which those from whom the demand was made professed to love arid uphold . They were entitled to Universal Suffrage and Annual Parliaments by law . These were all he asked for . The jothers were but the details . They had Magna Charta , which said that Parliaments were to bo 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 hii it down that there was no law upon which the punishment of crime ' could be justified but | this : that the man had by his representatives in Parliament , made the law under which he was punished . He contended , if that law were correct , that a man executed to-morrow for a crime which was passed by a House not so constituted , as they contended it ought to be , was jadicioualy 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 constitutionallaw . justified rebellion . He liked , on legal questions , to have legal opinions , and he appealed to the . gentleman next but one od his left , if he was not right .. [ Hear , hear , and assentinirs from
Mr . O Connor . ] Mr . Cobbett proceeded to show how peculiarly well England was situated tor a struggle of this sort . He drew parallels between the situations of America and France at the commencement of their revolutions , and of England at the present moment , contending that the reason why France 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 firm , and persevere . ; . The CHAIRMAN proposed the healths of Thomas Attwood , Esq ., and John Fields , Esq ., and success to the Union of which they had been the promoters . Mr . Edmunds , of Birmingham , after complimenting the chairman on his speech , expatiated at some length on the
lmportancrof union . He did not know much of Mr . Fields , he said , but he eulogised him as a friend to labour and ah enemy of oppressive capital . He expressed his pleasure at seeing so many females present , and said in Birininham they had seen a Political Union composed entirely of females , from which ha predicted great consequences . Mr . O'Connell had been pocketing the money of ttie Irish people . ( Here the speaker was interrupted by cries of " O'Connell for ever , " and some expressions of disapprobation , mingled with cheers There was considerable confusion for some minutest ) Mr . Edmonds proceeded . He insisted upon his right to argue his own points in hia own way ; no one had any . right to dictate to him . He would always support Mr . O'Connell when he supported the cause of the people . The best way to get any duty well done was to pay well for it- ^ cheere)—rUie obiect of those who had duty to do was bv a perfect discharce
thereof to please those who paid them . He woiild hot hold out any alarm . While he . would not hold but any display of their physical power , he would arouse all the passions 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 he was a politician of forty years ' 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 were then serfs or slaves , wo 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 , so that they contended far the times that
were made by their Saxon ancestors before the time of the Horoughmongers . Mr . Smith informed the meeting , that eight individuals of the Birmingham Political Union , nyeof the Manchester Union , and two , himself and Mr . Whittla ; 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 to their own prejudice they would probably keep aloof . The Ministry , he said , had pondered over the demonstration on Kersal Moor , and . had at first ordered out the troops . . Afterwards . they ordered that they should be kept close in their barracks , in order that they might not be contaminated by the population . The CHAIRMAN next proposed , " Real justice to Ireland . "
Mr . FEARGU 8 O'CONNOR replied at some length , wp . « ; senting what he conceived the ' wretched state of thelrwn people , from coercion , taxation , and bad Qoyernment .. Me denounced the policy of Mr . O'Connell a » useless ^ s a mockery , ani recommended tliat the people both of England « nd ireland should stand up for themselves , when they would tod leaders who would be with them in the council and in me battle-field . ..,.. T . j ; oj » oini Mr . COLUNS , of Birmingham ^ proposed » the L » di « , ana ^ ' ^ Twilliam Cohbet ^ <^^ ffi Henry Hunt , and all the illustrious departed advocates 01 tne people , was drank in solemn silence . ^ „ __^ i _ i _ t ^ " The Great Northern Union , and success to it , WMdranR sir ? ^ sr ^^' - ^ v ^ . ^ sj Man ' s Association . "
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The meeting was addfesart By Kfl ' * Mnnay , the Rev M SlepheM , Mr . Robinsoh ; MdMr : 4 * tferr . ' ' " ^ ^ e r . Mr ThefeatmtiM were protracted to » late feonr .
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DBEiDFut Outrage . —At Marylebone Office , a middle-aged Inshwoman , named Sarah Wears , re . siding in Todor ^ conrt , To ttenham-conrt-r ad , LOn don , was charged before Mr . Hoskins with bavinthrown a kettlefull of boiling water over Ellen Hogan , a young woman living in the same place scalding her in Uuch a dreadful manner that sh » was ftbfiged-t 6 be taken ' .. to the Middlesex ; Hospital . The complainant , who 13 still an out-patient of the institution , was led forward between two constables in a state of great suffering , and accommodated with a chair . With considerable pain and difficulty she stated that on last Sunday morning se ' nnight the prisioner and a Woman named Crow drank so manv quarterns of gin together that they became intoxicated , when the prisoner , who was suffering from the gin fever , asked complainant to fetch hfirxomft snnnir watpr from tfm . namn tn . « k _ i
her thirst . Complainant fetched her three jugsfaD , which she and her companion speedily gulphed down . They then required more , and because corai plainant refused to go for it , the prisoner exclaimed , "Then I'll giveivou some , " and seizing a kettle fuU of boiling water from the fire , threw it at her with all her force , scalding her from head to foot in the most frightful manner imaginable . She was conveyed to the Middlesex Hospital in a faintulK condition , the skin hanging loose about her lew and other parts , and HotwituBtaHding 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 penalt y of £ 6 , and in default of payment , committed for two months to the House of Correction .
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~" YESTERDAY'S % AKEFIELD CORN ^"
MARKET . There is a very large supply .. ; ' 6 f Wheat here this morning , a considerable part of which is Fpieign , The best fresh Old and good dry New Wheat are in demand at rally the rates of last week . Soft samples of New are very unsaleable . # ; ' : Oats are without much variation . Beans go off at late rates . Since Sunday we have had broken weather , which has suspended Harvest operations the last 3 or 4 days—the weather to-day is fine . Leeds Cloth llAEkETS . —In the Coloured and White Cloth ) Halls during the past week , there has-been a fair average demand for every description of manufactured goods . The stocks on band are unusually limited , - and the labouring portion of the community is fully employed .
Rochdale Flannel 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 Tip . 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 . Oils no . alteration . 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 prices . In druggets and other goods , scarcely any thing was done .
Bradford Wool Market , September 27 th . — A check has been given to the late attempt to advance prices , which in some degree accounts for less busii ness 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 Yarn continues quite equal to what it has been for several weeks past , still the manufacturers purchasi with much caution , being anxious to obtaiaita 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 Piece Market . —There has been quite an average amount . of sales to-day m 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 price oLYam restrains . them from accepting prices whicFother wise they might feel disposed to accept . Meanwhile the merchants are cautious , and it is scarcely pro ; bable at this season of the year any thing approaching to afurther advance in prices will be obtained .
Leeds Fortnight Fair , Sept . 26 . —There was an abundant supply of every description of Cattle at this market , there being alaTger number of Horned Cattle than was ever exhibited here , ( which was well attended by buyers , ) and tier exceeding the demand , a great quantity returned undisposed of , at the following prices >—Beef , 5 s . 6 d . to 6 s . per stone ; Mutton 5 ^ d . to 6 d per lb . Number of Cattle at market—Beasts , 396 ; Sheep , and Lambs , 3 , 80 Q j Pigs , 50 . State of Trade . —There is ho change in tie yarn market , which exhibits all the languor and depression that have marked it for some weeks past } and the demand for goods is not quite so active as if has recently been , but there is no alteration in prices .
Hull Corn Market , Sept . 25 . —Last week was favourable weather , and a great proportion of the crops of Wheat in the southern part of Holder , ness have been secured . In the northern partitii chiefly ia the fields . Yesterdayj we had a heavy rain , « nd norarther progress in carting can be made for the present . The deliveries of new Wheat since this . day week , are vtri : us in quality and condition , weighing from 56 to 63 | la . per bushel . The samples brought forward to-day are generally much better , and the farmers have been enabled to realize Is . to Ss . above the currency of last week , and some selected samples fit for sowing ranged above the highest
quotation . No English Old Wheat worth nonce . The importers of foreign have met a freer demand , and considerable sales took place at an advance of Is . to 2 ? . per qr . No alteration in the value of Old Beans j Peas Barley , or Oats . A 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— Our neighbouring millers having , for some time pas ^ been reducing their stocks , in expectation of purchasing at lower rates when the large quantity of
foreign Wheat was released from bond , and via , having- been the case during the last weeky there has been a very extensive business transacting ; and holders being by no means eager sellers , an adrance has been obtained of about 2 » . per quarter ; g «» Foreign Red selling from 58 s . to 64 s . ; and White as high as 66 s . per qr . We have but little of anj kind ofgraih offering to-day , the fanner « being wishful to take every advantage of the very fine weather . What samples are shewn , are in better condition , than those at market last week ; snd though it is difficult to give auy correct quotation ? , until we have better MU {> plies , p rices are follysn | - ported for evervthing . . \
Ne we ast le C orn Market , Sept 22 . —h « have had a good arrival of Wheat froin Norfolk ^" Suffqlkj and a considerable quantity of Fore ^ B j which latter , as well as all the foreign in the warehouses , has beeri cleared in at : It . per qr . duty . I *" day the duty has advanced to 28 . M . qr . and " will be 6 s . 8 d . to 10 s . 8 d . per qr . next Saturday . Although the breather continues as favourable tf possible , and the harvesthas been pretty generallj commenced in this district , the trade has becpiM much firmer since this day week , and a very eon ^ derable deal of business has been transacted ^ improving prices . At this morning ' s market , nw south country and fresh old Wheat met a brisk t >» at an advance of full 2 s . per qr ., but , owing to ^ rehnrtsfrom manv nartsof the countrv stating ""
yield of tl » e new crops to be deficieat , and the pr" * hererbeingatthis moment lower than in most of ^ leading cpuntry markets , the principal no W «» demanded in advance of 4 s . to 5 s . per qr ., ff £ and fresh ^^ Baltic red Wheat beingheld at < J 4 s . taW * per qr ., aid Danzig at 68 s . to 70 s . per qr 61 to 62 »* per bush . Fine Bye met a little more demand , f Oati there was a pretty hberal supply , p rices r * t » a lower . In Barley , Beans , " and Peas , not bi « J doing . Arrived dunngkae week , coastwise , 2 , I » qrs . Wheat , 40 qrs . Rye , 10 qrs . Barley , ; 3 W Jrs . Malt , J . 183 qrs . Oats , 36 fjrs . B eau ^ f 1 874 sacks Flour ; foreign , 7 , 845 qre . Wheat
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O ' Connor , Esq ., of Hammersmith , Com Middlesex , by Joshua Hobson , at «» Printing Offices , Nos . 12 , and 13 , Mar ** Street ,, Briggate ; r . and PnVKshed ; by » said Joshua Hobson , ( for the s « ud -rv * Gua O'CONSOR , ) at his Dwelling-heijse j ^ j 5 , Market Street Briwate ; an w ^ Gon \ niTii ) irrRtioTi > T » f » fo » g tmtween the . Bai" ^ , . 5 , Market Street , andlhe said Nos ^ 12 , * o * Z Market Street , Briggate ; thns corwtntiBg ^ whole of the said Printing anu FubhsW" * Offices , one Premises . . . ' ¦¦¦'¦ ' ¦/' ¦ ¦ & ' & AU CpmraonicationB mil ?* ^« ?^ ± ? f tM paid . ) to J . sioBMa , ^ J w ^ ni bta . , _ . (« P { S » titfd » J » Septembers ^ MJ » 1 -
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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-ncseproduct530/page/8/
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