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    • FROM OU.R SECOND EDITION OF LAST WEEK.
    • iw Leeds :--Print«i for the Proprietor, FEABG^ 8 O'CONNOR, Eaq., of. Hammerinaith, Count*
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      BIRMINGHAM DELEGATE MEETING . ( Concluded from our seventh page ) Mr . Moseuet stated that WolyerhamptOD , Bi ! ston , and "Wtdnesbury , would contribute their share in r-pport of a lecturer , aad wonld want one eTerj fcnuigat . Mr . Kxight said Coventry and Foleshill would pav their quota , and wanted a lecturer very much . The Chairha * delivered a statement with regard to Sionrbridge , aad agreed to pay , on their behalf , Whatever was deemed necessary . Mr . Whitb said that a great number of his constituents were present . He bad no doubt that . Birmingham would pay their share of ihe lecturer ' s extkeuees . . ....... .

      It was then determined that a lecturer should be appointed as bood as possible , and that the secretary should correspond with the Tarious towns , re-S * u : H ; i < them to forward their money as soon as pos-Rbie . A conversation then took place as to who the lecfanrer Rhottld be . The delegates wished Mr . White to mention the Hsjie ? of parties who might be applied to for the parjH . se . Messrs . Mason , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , B ^ Jriow , of Derby , and Martin , of Bradford , were fc . rn -evtrally proposed , and as it was doubtful whether they were disengaged , it was determined that * uy o : ihe three who could attend , should be app-.-iDT d , fe -ifingthem priority as they stood in order or 3 oni : a&th > n * TV :- , oLiowing persons were then appointed by the deic-ti - . es to act as a committee for the management of : hr lecturers' fund—Messrs . Hopkins , Nisbett , Cr « - \ vclL Corbett , and White .

      M ; Oharltos then moved the foliowice resolute -u : - * That the delegates pre&ent recommend to it- - ; tos in this distric ; the propriety of holding fcioiLer meeting on that day month , and regret that Bo Ciuj places have neglected u > 6 * nd a delegate on 5 Bi-h -. a important occasion as the present . " Mr . Khght seconded the motion , which was wcairimously agreed to . . Mr . Coebett was appointed treasurer to the lec-Inr-r ' s fand , and Mr . White secretary . After Which Mr . White propossd and Mr . Chorlton seeonit-J a Tote of thankd to the chairman , for his praiseworthy conduct on liat and former ocdsums . The Chaxbhas returned thanks in a neat and effective manner , afier which the business conefrided . 1

      JL . ! lowna re-quiring the xssistance of a lecturer ¦ re requested to take particular notice of the iolkw ' u < -Arrangement : —Such places as Brom .= grove , -&ouibridge , and Walsall are expected w pay 2 s . 6 < i . Wft't-y , as their associations are not numerous . B . nr ^ n . eaam 5 j . weekly , and other places are ex--ptct q : o pay as their circumstances will admittak-. r ;^ Birmingham as the largest , and the other to ^ s- a ? the smallest sum ? . The lecturer will be CXpfv :-d to publish his route in the Xorthern Star % week previous , and connect the towns he means to visit , so as to avoid heavy travelling expences . Each lown will be pleased to send a fortnight ' s mo ; ey in advance as soon as possible . Ai : ietcers to be addressed to the secretary , M \ Geoi ^ e While , 3 , Court , Essex-street , Birmingham .

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      PrsLic Meeting . —A public meeting was held in the CijjTtist Rocm , Freeman-street , on Monday evening last , Mr . J . Williamson , in the chaix . The- m « XiDg was additsseii by Mr . George White oh the struggles fchat had taken place in all countries in favour of liberty , and tee t&ci and cunning resorted to by the middle classes to render their exertions of no effect . He traced the conduct of the middle classes of Great Britain , tnce the passing of the Reform Bill , and shewed how they had injured the cause of liberty by their

      tiniewniig policy . He tfcen pointed out the bad use which bad K-en made by the Wcigs of the power with which the people invested them , and shewed the imperw . nt position which the Chartists would hold whtn tiie Whip should have lost their hold on the public purse , and exhorted ill present to work incessantly to augment tLeii numbers and extend their princ : p : es . The meeting was afterwards addressed by 3 Jr . T . P . GrecE . and Mr . Wiliinfon , the sub-Secretary , after which several persons enrolled their names as members ¦ at the Association .

      RiPEAL op the usioif . —The nsnai meeting of . parties favourable to a repeal of title unholy alliance between Grest Britain and Ireland was held at Mrs . © at' -ity ' s large room , in Old Meetia £ - * treet , on Sunday / evening list . The room was crowded -with a body of TTeli-Jrsssed E « giish And Irishmen . Mr . Stone was appointed chainoin ; after which the meeting was addressed in eloquent speeches by Mr . Murray , and several other iuleUigeat Irishmen , whose language ponrtrayed the i ^ .-vid love they held towards the land of their birth . After the Secretary had read the names of the

      members , Mr . George White enrolled his name as- one ol tt-e advocates of rcpc * l . and addressed the meeting on the wrongs of " green Erin . " A discussion , which was i-nndncted in perfect go . > d humour , afterwards took place , in which the Chartists , Feargna O'Connor , and Daniel O"Connell were the chief topics . The company afterwards separated in a friendly manner . The meeting i ? held every Sunday evening , when all persons favotu-a-ble to a Repeal of the Legislative "Union t * - twee ^ Great Britain and Ireland , are requested to -attsi-i : it commeiices about eieiit o ' clock .

      G ? . a > 'D Tea . Pasttt a > d Ball . —It has been de"term : . eu by tlie Council of the National Charter Assoeiatioa of Birmingham , that a tea party snd bail shall be provided to honour the members of tee Executive on their arrival in Birmingham . Tickets will be printed this -week , and there is every reason to hope th&J it wiil i > e the most numerous gathering of the description ¦ whica has been witnessed in Birmingham for ' some time . Further notice will be given next week . Fr . NDAT Etemxg ' s Meeting is Fkeeilln ' ssteeet . —Mr . White addreseed a meeting at tht Chartist-ioom , Freeman-street , on Surday evening last , " on vsrions tepics connected with the Chartist movement The aaeeting ^ was well attended . An address is delivers i every Sunday evening at half-past six o ' clock-F 2 , ; si , "Win-iAns , i 5 D Jokes . —At the usual irabt ' y meeting of this committee held on Tuesday evfeniM last , at the National Charter Association

      Boon-, in Freeman-street , Birmingham , Mr . Blake in the chair j it was unanimously resolved , " That as no ans-wtr has been received to the Memorial sent by this Coiciuittee to the Home Secretary of State , the Secretary of this Committee be requested to -write to his 1 / or-ii-IAp requiring an answer to the same . " The balance sheet being eomp eted was ordered to be printed as eirl > as possible ; the Committee as Chartists and Refumiers , being taught by d « ir-i > ought experience to place iuore confidence in actions than professions , and beinc asrare that ! his feeiin ? prevails generally among tht-ir- 4 ,-sm order . fh « ¦ working people of this country , tLeitf"ie conceive that an account of their swtrardship trill be the best guarantee for the purity of their mouY-= s and the integrity of their actions By order oi the Committee ,

      All commuBicatioas for the Committee to be addres-« ed to Mr . Gutss , bookseller , Steelhouse-lane , Birminxhim . BRADPOB © . —The weekly meeting of the females took place on Monday evening hist , in the room over the Chartist Provision Sbop . Thre&dneedle-street , Goodman&end , Mis . Smitli in the chair , "wixe alter the business of the meeting had terminated , read a portion of HoTltts History of Priestcraft . The Chabtists of this place met at the house of R . Carrodis , North-street , on Sunday last , Mr .

      Clarklan in the chair . The committee appointed to inquire respecting the Victim Pnnd gave in their report , stating that on inquiry at the Post-office , they found that Henry Bumttt , of Reform-street , had received on the Seth of May , £ 2 19 s . 6 d ., and on the 30 th of June , 19 s . 9 A . from Peter Shorrocks , of 70 , Gun-street , Manchester ; and on applying to Burnett for the same , be denied receiving the money . He af tenvarda left Bradford , and his uaroe ins ordered to be txpuugei . Mr . John . > rmTi -was appointed to represent Bradford at the delegate meeting to be held at Hebden-Bridge .

      Paddock . —Mr . Hamey lectured here on the evening oi Thursday weet-Rippom ) ES . —Mr . Hamey visited this place on Friday ; he delivered an excellent address , and the "Chartists there fenaed an Association ; tha following vrt-re named on the General Council : —Thomas Hughss , Jogfcph VFrigley , Isaac Simpson , James Crossley , and "William Mackerel . Sub-Treasurer , Joseph Richardson ; suVSecretary , William Barrett—Address , William Bs'ratt , spinner , cara of Mr . Platt , Co ^ opera-Uve-svore , Rip ponden . Lcdde > "Des Foot . —Mr . Harney addressed a nume-TOUB meeting here en Saturday last , from which txcellant results are anticipated . Sctton i > -Ashfield . —Mr . Dean Taylor visited Bus place on Wednesday , where he delivered an excel lant lecture .

      Midbletos Fields . —A meeting was held &t the Three Pigeons last we * k , for the purpose of forming an association for this district . Several names were enrolled , and a committee appointed to superintetend the afiairs of the association . Bowuxa—A meeting of the females of this township took place in the Chartist meeting room , on Monday last , Mrs . Holt in the chair . There was a good attendance , aad the following resolution was put and tarried : " That it is the opinion of this meeting that though it is essential that Local Associations should be

      formed , yet U is expedient that we should act in conjunction , with oar titters in Bradford for the attainment of out objects , which are to < io honour to our wrered patriot Feargus O'Connor , Esq . aod to compel the aristocratic and middle class legislators to adopt the People's Charter , we therefore propose that two delegates be appointed by this Association to represent this tevnfbip ia -jie General Committee at Bradford , and that JJn . Heal ? aad Mrs . Byrnes be the delegates . " A Tote « f thinki having been moved to the Chairwoman for her a&te cow net in the chair , the meeting adjourned to Monday next .

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      QUEESSHEAD . —On Tnesday evening , August 10 th , 5 lecture was delivered in the School Room , Amblertliorn , by Mr . W . Bell , from Manchester , upon exclusive class legislation and its dire effects upon the working portion of the community . The kcturer , from historic facU , showed that just in proportion as the people of this country exercised their physical power * in the production of wealth , in the same proportion bad the government taxes , the rent of the laud , aod the exactions of the middle cl&st been augmented . The lecturer was listened to throughout with marked attention , and gave general satisfaction .

      White Abbet . —Lectueb . —On Tuesday evening last , a public meeting was held in the Chartist Meeting Room , Grace church-street , for the purpose of hearing Mr . Martin lecture . Mr . Sutclifie having keen called to the chair , was surprised that working men did not act together in the present advanced state of society more than they had done . He had been told by some of the mediocrity that the people were not prepared for the Suffrage ; but it was not to be wondered at that such expressions should fall from men whose interests were directly opposite to theirs—when working men were bo bast and hypocritical as to unite with them for a repeal of the Com Laws and Household Suffrage . Where were their Household Suffrage Associations now ? Ask oot that question in Leeds ,

      and tell it not in Bradford . AU honest men would get rid of their rrotcaeta , and go the whole hog for the Charter . He believed that the combers , who were not members 0 -. the Charter Association , would see the necessity of joining , tor , if a change did not take place , soon many of them would be combing in the workhouse . He would take up no more of their time , as he was aware they were anxious to hear Mr . Martin , itr . Martin , in rising to address them , observed that his object in coming there that evening was to create a good feeling among the working men of that district . He knew there were many obstacles to the diffusion of political knowledge ; they arose from the circumstance of so many men existing who derive wealth , who possess power—aye , and even claim infallibility in

      consequence of the notions they are in the habit of disseminating among the people ; but if the industrious class would act together , they could soon remove those obstacles ; if they would but take a view of the several orders in society , they could Dot fail to become Chartists . Let them go to the must important branch of legislation—to the most important limb of this branch , the Con > titutiou , ( that which determines who shall make , apply , and execute the I&wb ) , and thfey will find it eviry where in the possession of a parcel of mountebanks , who will admit of no reasoning , whose whole support and neTer-varying reply is , it " is establishedit is the Constitution ; we have power , and like any other pirates , we'll keep what we have as long as we can . " On the utility of the powers which these men

      exercise , they will permit no discussion . Sometimes they publish their will in the shape of an edict or law , ( as in the case of the poor fellows who are imprisoned in Northallerton and Waketield , ) consigning to torment those who point out the evils arising from their sTetem of rale , He would ask , had not men as great a right to dUcuss freely the utility of a political existtnee of a jury , a king , a lord , a member of parliament , as of the eulinary convenience of a copper kettle ? Suppos ? , said the lecturer , that ppople were liable to be thrown into prison , tormented to death with cold , damp , and privations , bereft of the earnings of their industry , because they endeavoured to convince as many aa they could , in all possible ways , that copperkitchen utensils were pernicious to health and

      happiness , and suppose that the makers of these utensils had the power of punishment in . their hands , would there be much chance of the improvement of culinary vessels ? Yet , such is exactly the case with the holders of political powei in these countries . The lecturer then proceeded to shew that the advocates of the corrupt systems which existed in the world were the boi za , the mufti , and the European priest , and lawyer ; all vt those became indignant when any part of their systems are called into dispute , and they all are ready to unite ( as in the case of the last war against the Frecch ) for the purpose of staying the progress of democracy . Ho then referred to the morals and habits of the rich and the poor . Do they ( said he ) ever associate together—the very rich with the poor J For what purpose should they associate . ' The pursuits and the conduct of the rich man , if followed one day

      by th" poor mia , would involve him in ruin for life ; while to the rich it is but a day ' s pastime . If it were not for the present unconstitutional mode of legislation , such a state of things could not exist It then behoved every man to exert himself for the attainment of the Charter , which was the only basis upon which the happiness of society could be built The lecturer concluded bis address with an appeal to the females to use their exertions in that locality , for the purpose of giving Mr . O'Connor a good reception in Bradford . Mr . Reily having moved a vote » f thanks to the lecturer , which was carritd amidst thunders of applause , the meeting separated , highly pleased with what they had beard . It was announced that a meeting of the females would take place on Sunday next , in the room , Gracechurch-BUeet , to form an Association . Mr . Martin will attend .

      STOCXPORT .-On Monday evening , Mr . R . K . PLilp , from Bath , member of the Executive Council , delivered a leeture in tke Chartist Association-room , Bombtx'B Brow . The worthy lecturer having , explained the principles of the People ' s Charter , made a powerful appeal to the audience en the alarming condition of the country . After a vote of thanks being given to the lecturer , and cheers for O'Connor , J . B . O'Brien , and all political victims , the meeting broke up . Several persons were enrolled as members .

      • TAXES OP THE COMMITTEEMr . George Broadburn , shotmaker . Mr . Charles Davis , beerseller . Mr . John Conway , shoemaker . Mr . Charles Rogers , stripper . Mr . John Ellison , weavtr . Mr . James Proucllove , weaver . Mr . Win . Williamson , weaver . Mr . John Mansfield , Sub-Treasurer . Mr . Joseph Carter , Sub-Secretary , residence , Water strt-et , Portwood .

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      FROM OU . R SECOND EDITION OF LAST WEEK .

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      . ¦» . THE TEN HOURS' FACTORY BILL . On Thursday evening , a very numerous and respectable meeting , composed principally of the working classes , was held in the Picture Gallery of the Music Hall , Albion-street , called by the following notice , which was only issued three or fonr hours prior to the time fixed for the meeting : —

      " THE TES BOTJKS BILL . " Lord Ashley will meet the Short Time Committee , and othei Friends of the Ten Hours' Factory Bill , at the Music Hall , this evening , at eight o ' clock . The Working Classes are respectfully invited to attend . " Jos . Hobsoh , Sec " Soon after eight o ' clock his Lordship entered the room , and waa cordially greeted . He ¦ was accompanied by B , Jowett , Esq ., B . Sadler , Esq ., Wm . Walker , Esq ., of Bradford , and several other gentlemen . Mr . Joshua Hobsos , publisher of the Northern Star , was called to the chair , and briefly introduced the business of the evening .

      Lord Ashlet after having been introduced by the Chairman , made a few observations , in which he paid he had come amongst them far the purpose of hearing from them their opinions , their grievances , and the evils under which they laboured ; as well as what they proposed as the remedy . He knew that if he wanted a knowledge of themselves he must go to them for it , and not take it at second hand . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Wherever he had sought information from the working classes , he had never been dsfeeived , never misled , and their demands he had always found reasonable ; and he entreated them to give him their opinions with candour , and to deal with him in the spirit of frankness . He would ftrat hear what they had to say , and then give them a detail of his plans .

      Mr . G . A . Fleming was then called upon by the Chairman to move the first resolution , and was greeted by cheers . He said it was only since he entered that room that he had had the resolution which he wa 3 about to propose put into his hand , and . if he felt any difficulty on account of the shortness of the notice , how must that difficulty be enhanced after having heard the remarks of the Noble Lord . The Noble Lord said he came amongst them for information , and he expected them to speak the truth ; he wished them to state to him the " evils under which they laboured , and to tell him what in their opinion would remove them ; be wished them not either to mislead or deceive him . ( Hear , hear . ) He was happy to find that the legislators of this

      country were thus inquiring—that a nobleman who ranks high , and who had the ear of influential persons , had taken this method of ascertaining what the opinions of the working classes really were—( hear , hear)—he wished that others of the same class would take the same method . There would then be less of jealousy , less of distrust , and less of the alienation of feeling and interests amongst the different classes . ( Hear . ) His Lordship agreed with them in the justice of their claims ; he observed and admitted the patience and good temper with which they endured their distresses , and ihe calmness with which they argued thsir cause . Mr . Fleming , after a few other observations , read the resolution which he had to propose , and which is as follows : —

      " That thi * meeUcg is fully convinced that a great portion of the distress , disease , vice , and immorality , so prevalent in the munafacturing districts , has its origin in the abuses of the fsctory system , which loudly call for an immediate reformation . " He then proceeded to say that the resolution stated as a general principle , that distress , disease , vice , and immorality , were the results of the abuses of the factory system , and that suoh a state of things demanded as immediate remedy , leaving it to the meeting to declare their opinions as to the nature and extent of that remedy . The object of his Lord-Bhip waa to consult then how far the Ten Hours '

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      Bill would meet the wishes and improve the eon . dition of th « people in the manufacturing districts . That the passing of that measure would , to a certain extent , have a beneficial effect . thereeonld be no doubt , bat it would not now produce the results which its bestowal ten years ago would bare re<aed . The boon had been too lon / j deferred . ( Hear , hear . )—The reasons for this opinion were , thai in the interval new elements had been introduced , new circumstanoea created , which totally altered the aspect of the country and the question , and materially added to the difficulties which originally beset it . He would take the liberty of briefly alluding to a few of the more prominent of these circumstances . According to reports laid on the table of the House of

      Commons by tno inspectors 01 lactones , showing what number of horse-power was in work previous to March , 1836 , and its increase to February , 1839 , it appeared that in the first case the number of horse power was 52 , 703 $ , and in the second return it was stated to be 102 , 073 ^—an increase in the number of horse power in a period of about three years of 93 per cent . Another fact of equal importance was the small increase of bands which had been required to work tba great increase of machinery . According to the first return , the number of hands employed with 52 , 703 | horse power , waa 355 , 373 , and according to the second return , the number of hands employed with the 102 , 073 J horse power , was 423 , 636 , being an increase

      of 63 , 263 hands , or 19 per cent . This great increase of mechanical productive power had materially added to the complication and difficulty of the question ; and if for its regulation a ten hour ' B bill was necessary previous to the introduction of these new powers , he left it to the meeting to Bay what description of a bill would now be an efficacious remedy ! ( Hear , hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) It wa 3 not alone , however , in our own country that circumstances had arisen to increaso the difficulty of legislating upon the subject . Within the last few years , manufacturing ingenuity and machinery had increased abroad as well as at home , so much so , that many markets formerly supplied by us , were now entirely taken away from us by

      the supply of home manufactured goods ; and a still farther diminution of these markets was in progress by thft competition now going on between us and our former customers for the possession of neutral markets . ( Hear , hear . ) A third cause of difficulty , of as much weight as any to which he had alluded , was the rapid developement of manufactures in America , more especially in cotton . According to the evidence of Mr . Montgomery , an intelligent practical man , who had for some time been superintendent of factories in Maine , and who afterwards devoted oonsederable time to acquire a correot knowledge of ma .-nufacturing industry , in the United States , it appeared that , notwithstanding the greater cheapness of labour , the superiority of machinery , and the

      greater economy in management , in this country , which gave , at starting , to the British manufacturer , an advantage of 17 per cent ., that the American manufacturer , in consequence of having the raw material grown at hiB own door , and as abundant supply of water power , had an ultimate advantage of 3 per cent , over the British manufacturer in all the lower description of fabrics . The increase of the population , the improvement of machinery , and the ftrtater economy of management which would naturally and necessarily take place in the further development of American manufactures , would have a constant tendency to leBsen the existing disparity between us and the Americans in these respects : while it was impossible that the British

      manufacturer could ever overcome the permanent and natui » l difficulty of having to bring the raw material from tbat country to this , and re-transport it for eale in its manufactured state at the price the Americans could manufacture it . ( Hear , h < ar , hear . ) Our manufacturing system was thus , it would be seen , menaced alike from within and from without ; and it required no prophet to predict , looking at the facts to which he had briefly alluded , that unless comprehensive and radical measures were speedily adopted , the manufacturing supremacy of Great Britain was drawing to a close . Mr . Fleming here rapidly alluded to the present condition of the people in the manufacturing districts , in support of the statement in the

      resolution , that distress , disease , and vice emanated from the abuses of the system . He then proceeded to enquire what these abuses were , and pointed out the long hours of labour , the effects of which were , in connection with machinery , to produce more goods than could be disposed of , and reduced , at on = e , the rate of profit on capital , and the rate of wages for labour . ( Hear . ) He next alluded to the separation of families , by which the dearest ties of nature were completely broken , and their order reversed , the children having to labour for the support of the parents , instead of the parents for the children . The consequences of this unnatural state of things was to produce a general recklessness of mind and conduct , to lower the stand » rd of moral

      feeling , and prevent the growth of intellect . With respect to the physical effects of the system , Mr . Sadler had shown that the average duration of a generation in the manufacturing districts was twenty years , while in the agricultural districts it was forty years . —( hear , hear J—and according to tho returns of Dr . JohnB , the super in tendant registrar of Manchester , it appeared that one-half of all the children born in Manchester died under the age of five year ? , while in Birmingham , on tke contrary , where the labour was less monotonous , exhausting and continued than in the cotton factories , one-half of the children died under the ag ? of IG . Here was an immense difference between two manufacturing towns : and the greater mortality in Manchester

      could only be mainly attributed to the existence of that evil which that meeting sought to remove ; and it was further proved , by medical and statistical data that but for the infusion of fresh blood from the country districts , the unchecked operation of the system would , in three generations , reduce itB victims to idiocy . ( Hear , hear . ) He could tell his Lordship that the working classes had been thinking upon this Bubjoct , —thinking long and anxiously ; they had been led to sift the question thoroughly : aud although they would have accepted of the Ten Hours' Bill before with the best bow which their deficient accomplishments in that respect would permit them to make , yet they were now looking for more , and would not be satisfied until

      they had accomplished a total , radical , and fundamental change in tie entire system —( tremendous cheering )—a change which would not injure either one party or the other , but would benefit all ; a change which would strike at the root of their distresses ; and at the root of the diseases of the entire system . ( Hear and cheers . ) The Conservative Member for Leeds had found out only onehalf of the truth when he stated that over-production was a cause of their distresses , because along with this over-production , the wealth-producers were not half fed , half clothed , nor were their . houses properly furnished : some means must therefore be devised by which a beneficial , equitable , and profitable distribution of the products of labour could be assured to them . Mr .

      Sbarman Crawford and Mr . Feargus O Connor had proposed a plan by which this could , to a considerable extent , be effected , and by which agriculture and manufactures could be united , with equal benefit to landlords , capitalists , and labourers ; and by which the latter would be ensured a plentiful and cheap supply of the first necessaries of life . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Mr . Fleming then turned to his Lordship , and assured him that they would go with him to get the Ten Hours' Bill , but they would not promise to stop there ; and they hoped that as they should have his company so far , that when they got to that point he would not desert them , but accompany them still further . Mr . Fleming concluded a long and eloquent speech , of which the preceding are only the leading points , amidst loud and repeated cheering .

      The resolution was seconded by Mr . Hutton , and on being put was carried nnanimously . Mr . T . B . Smith rose to move the second resolution . He said that he was sorry that he was not more conversant with the details of the important question they were met that night to discuss . He had spent nearly all his life in a seaport town , where little was known of the factory system ; but the men of Leeds had taught him some most important lessons , and aa he now entered the field of factory strife , he would take care to make himself acquainted with the whole question . In his resolution , he found the system proclaimed as inhuman , unjust , impolitic and unchristian ; and surely a system of which such things could be said and proved , called

      aloud for a speedy and an efficient remedy . Mr . S . then spoke at considerable length , and with much feeling on the various atrocities of the factory system , showing that it was inhuman , inasmuch as it destroyed the physical , mental , and moral powers , upon the proper culture and developement of which depended the physical , mental , and moral well-being of generations yet un-born . But the resolution declared the existing state of factory labour , not only inhuman but unjust ; and , indeed , this would follow of course as whatever was inhnniau must , in the very aature of things , be unjust , because all the rights and claims of humanity had been stamped upon it by the Creator , and to deprive it of any of these rights , must be , therefore , an act of the greatest injustice . But the system was also impolitic To whom were we to look for the future strength and

      glory of the country , but to the young persons of the present generation ! and if they became , as under this system they must become , physically and morally degraded , the consequences might be of the most disastrous character . Mr . S . then proceeded in a clear and forcible manner to demonstrate the unchristian character of onr factory arrangements and concluded by showing that a return to a sound and healthy state could only be effected by removing onr young men and maidens from the factory hells and suffering them to breathe the pure air of he 4 venae wished them to become locuted upon the la . nd and thus to be enabled to enter into the nuptial state with a fair prospect of enjoying the comforts and joys of domestic life . He would support the Ten Honrs' Bill to the utmost extent of bis ability . He concluded by proposing : —

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      " That this meeting considers it inhuman , unjust , impolitic , and unchristian to work the immature portion of our species beyond their natural strength , as is now the case In the mills and factories of the United Kingdom ; we , therefore , pledge ourselves to support , to tn * utmost of our power , a bill restricting the operation of the moving power to ten hours per day . " Mr . Hutton , Jun ., fleoond « d tha resolution , and like its predecessor , it was unanimously carried , as were also the whole resolutions of the evening . The Chairman then called upon William Rider to move the next resolution . He commenced by saying that he waa glad ihe Chairman had called upon him to move the resolution , without expressing any desire that he should address the meeting upon the

      subject-matter thereof , as the elaborate and argumentative observations of the preceding speakers were Buoh as to leave little ground tor him to tread upon ; however * there was one or two points to which he would direct the attention of the meeting , which , though not expressed in the resolutions , were , nevertheless ^ remotely connected with the business of the evening . Drowning men were wont to catoh at straws , and , no doubt , now that the question was again agitated , the opponents of the measure would attempt to injure or retard the progress of the cause by pointing to the present meeting , and exclaiming , " Behold another coalition of Chartists and Tories . " Now , for his own part , he denied the existence of any , the slightest ,

      coalition ; for vrere they met on political matters , he would tell the Noble Lord , and those who professed like political notions , that he , as a Chartist , detested _ their creed—( hear , hear , hear ) —and , as a faction , should ever war against them ; while , on the other hand , he should ever be their co-worker in the cause they were then met to advocate . ( Hear , and cheers . ) He bad fought side by side with one now no more amongst them , the immortal Sadler ; he had fought side by side with one now entombed within the walls of the Fleet , at the instance of an aristocratic master , to whom he had been a good and faithful servant—he alluded to the Kiug of the factory children , Richard Oastler ; and to the honour of both , as Tories , he

      would say , that in no one instance bad they broached their political opinions in his presence , muoh less evinced a desire that he should subserve , directly or indirectly , the colitical party to which thoy were allied . He would tell the meeting that , on the present occasion , he knew not Chartism , though an ultra Chartist ; they were met to promote a Cause in which all parties and sects could and ought cordially to unite—the cause of humanity ; that wa 9 a focus in which the feelings of every right thinking man would be concentrated . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) With respect to the resolution he had to move , he would , in reference to the former part , adopt the very apposite remark of Mr . Fleming , tbat " the records of our hospitals and infirmaries furnish suffioieat and irrefragable proof of the many and severe accidents which occur under the present Factory System . " He then adverted

      to the necessity of the mill-owner being made responsible to the laws of the country for all accidents originating through a negligence of not having their machinery properly boxed ; it being his opinion that where life was sacrificed , the employer , under such circumstances , ought to be indicted for manslaughter , if not for wilful murder , and dealt with accordiugly . Their ill-gotten gains ought not to shield them from the arm of the law , as the life and limb of a factory worker were no less valuable than were those of the idler who lived in affluence at the expence of such sacrifices . He concluded by coDJuring the meeting to use every possible exertion to accomplish the manumission of the victims of that hydra-headed monster , the steam giant , and to unite hand and heart with all who in sincerity advocated the cause , regardless of the cuckoo cry of " coalition . " The resolution

      was" That this meeting is aware that many severe and fatal accidents occur in mills and factories , through the parsimony of the employers , who , to avoid , a trifling expeuce in fencing their machinery , jeopardise the lives of the employed . It is , therefore , the opinion of this meeting that the owners of all mills in such condition ought to be made amenable to the lawa of the country for such wanton neglect . " Mr , Temple seconded the resolution . Mr . Wh . Hick moved the fourth resolution , which was neconded by Mr . Dyson : — "Tbat this meeting is of opinion that no females ought to be employed in mills and factories who have entered the marriage state . " Mr . MATTHEw CaABTREEand Mr . Robert Peering moved and seconded the last resolution : —

      " That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Right Hon . Lord Ashley , for his disinterested and indefatigable exertions in promotion of the interests of the productive classes . " Mr . Moseley then , in a few worda , expressed his fears that Lord Ashley should go away with a false impression on his mind ; he thought his Lordship ought to be told that they wanted something further than tho Ten Houre' Factory Bill—that they wanted tho Charter ; and he therefore put it to the meoting whether they would not have the Chartor iu preference , calling upon them for a show of hands .

      The Chairman immediately interfered , and was supported by the bulk oi the meeting . Ho said Mr . Moseley was clearly out of order in the course he waa then pursuing , he was at liberty to speak , and to say what he pleased ; and was also at liberty to move auy thing he deemed proper , either as an amendment or as a resolution , and it should be submitted to . the meeting . But he demanded that order and regularity should be observed in all their proceedings . Mr . Mosley therefore withdrew . Lord Ashley then proceeded . He alluded in the first place to the expectations he had formed in his first address—he had asked them for information , and he had not been disappointed ; he would confess thai ho wis struck with the regularity with which

      they conducted their proceedings , the beautiful manner in which they expressed their sentiments , the extent of their information , and the simple and hearty eloqumce in which they enumerated their propositions . ( Cheers . ) They had met not so much to discuss questions which were remote , as those which were immediate . In the assembly were men of all opinions , and in , the expression of those opinions they had all thrown some light upan the subject ; they had done this with much iorbearance- ^ had stated their differences of opinion with great judgment , and in a good spirit , so that it was impossible their observations should not have their due weight . ( Hear , hear . ) The question on which they had more particularly met , had now attained a

      degree of importance which it never attained before . ( Hear , hear . ) They were not told now , as they formerly were , that their interposition on behalf of the factory slave had not the sanction of the lawon the contrary , it was now shown to be sanctioned by every principle of . law and justice , that they had a right to interfere to limit the hours of labour . It was not necessary to prove now that a child should not work twelve hours a day ; they had only to prove that ten hours were better than eleven , not that eleven were better than twelve—that ten were better than either , and by ten he would stand . ( Cheers . ) One of the speakers ( Mr . Smith ) had remarked , that when they began to plough the soil , they must expect to encounter great trouble and difficulty

      before they reaped the perfect crop ; they had had their inconveniences , and had on former occasions being met by difficulties at every turn ; but it was now his firm opinion tbat henceforward nothing but benefits could accrue . ( Cheers . ) His Lordship contended that what would benefit the mass would never be deterimental to individuals—that no man would deny twelve hours uninterrupted labour would not tend to lower and degrade the physical condition of the species , to say nothing of the moial effects which must be produced upon females by their plunging into a vortex where they ltavncd nothing but vice , by being compelled to spend the best portions of their life , from twelve years of age to twenty-six , in a manner which

      totally unfitted them for maternal duties , and for all the most endearing ties of nature . Children , in their earlier years , w « re but too frequently left to the care of hirelings , iu many cases little older than themselves . He had been told of an instance where a mother , shortly after her confinement , had been hurried to the mill , -whtre in order to find support for herself and her family , she was doomed to toil for twelve hours a day in an upright position , which she had not strength to support ; whilst her child was deprived of its natural protector , of her who alone could administer to its wants ; and after being dandled for hours in the arms of its idle father—necessarily but not wilful ly idle—was carried to the mill to

      receive from her that support which she would gladly have given if she could . / Hear , and cries of bhamo ) The Ten Hour ' s Bill would , if it accomplished nothing else , give the mother two hours more for her duties at home . The present system reversed the order of Providence ; it turned man into woman , and woman into man ; it placed them in tho way to produce an offspring , but neglected to provide the means for bringing them up . His Lordship went into statements as to the religious and moral education which ought to be provided for the factory children ; and went on to inquire what they could possibly learn , either in the way of domestic duties or otherwise , while they

      were confined as at present . He had learnt recently , in a Sunday School , while inquiring as to the absence of the scholars in the forenoon , that several of tho girla were kept away by their mothers , in order that they might learn to cook . It was unnatural that children should be deprived of the benefits of early lessons from their mothers . In Lancashire , parents were maintained in idleness by the earnings of their children—a reversal of the order of nature , by which they were taught tbat it was the duty of the parents to lay up for the children , and not the children for the paren ts . ( Hear , ho * - ) Fiom the official returns laid before Parliament of the number of deaths in the manuiaoturing

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      districts , it waa Bhown that there were as many died under twenty yean of age as under forty in any other part of the country . ( Hear , hear . ) The scheme he proposed had . no political object ; they could unite on neuti »\ ground for the purpose of carrying out a great rational question . His own political opinions were "Blue . " or Conservative ; but bis Conservatism taught him to look upon station and property as not given to him for himself alone , but as a trust reposed in him for the benefit of his fellow-men ; and if station and property were not thus used , he would say let station and property go down to the level of the working classes . ( Hear . ) The Noble Lord proceeded to an analysis of the intended Bill , embodying

      several amendments upon the present system , which he expected would be laid before the House of Commons , at tha earliest opportunity , and to the preliminary enquiries in which that measure had originated—the report of the committee on the factory question which he had moved for , and whose labours had been drawn to a close by the dissolution of Parliament . The first of these was that it would be advisable to extend the protected age from eighteen years to twenty one years ; that was , that parties from thirteen years of age up to twenty-one , should not work more than a prescribed number of hours per day ; and that the master should have no power to compel the making up of lost time by accidents to

      machinery—a power which had been greatly abused . ( Hear , hear . ) The number of hoars would be altered ; at present the mill might be set a-going at half-past fire in the morning and continue running till halfpast eight at night , a period of fifteen hours , out of which the master , deducting two hours for meals , could work the hands twelve hours ; but this made the "factory day , " as it was called , fifteen hours long . Itiad been proposed tolimit the hours of running from six to eight—a period of fourteon hours . But he intended to propose an amendment on this clause , and to engraft on it a limitation to ten hours . Then mills would be opened at seven in the morning , and closed at seven in the evening , whioh with two hours for refreshment , would leave

      ten hours for work—as much as any employer had a right to ask , aud as much aa the labourer had a right to give . The advantages of this to the children would ba that they would not have to leave their beds in winter before half-past six , instead of halfpast four or five . With regard to accidents in mills there were degrees of difference , from the slight laceration to the loss of life and limb . ( Hear . ) There was a difference also between the poor and the rich , one might live as usual after losing a finger or an arm , while the other it would deprive of the means of obtaining a livelihood ; and the neglect of fencing of the machinery should be punished . ( Hear , hear . ) He mentioned the case of a young woman at Stockport , twenty years of

      age , who was caught by the machinery in a mill iu which sne worked , and , after being whirled round , was dashed to the groand , with her ancles dislocated , and ons of her thighs broken . He would not say all that he heard about her employer , though it might be well enough known ; but this he would state , that her wages were due on the Wednesday , aud the accident happened on Tuesday ; it might be supposed that he paid her her wages , and several weeks in advance to support her under her distressing circumstances—( hear , hear)—but did he do so ? No ; he calculated what the time would come to from the accident to her wages being due , and deducted eighteen-pence from her earnings . He ( Lord At-hley ) knew that the

      principle of the law was favourable to the workman ; and , determined to shew that it was so , he instituted a prosecution against the factory owner , and he had the pleasure of recovering for that poor girl £ 100 damages , besides which the man who refused 4 a . to box his machinery off , had all the expeuoea on both sides to pay , amounting in all to nearly £ 600 . ( Cheers . ) It was now proposed that it should be directed by law , that all machinery should be fenced or boxed off , or raised so as to prevent injury ; if this was neglected it was the duty of the Inspector to see that it was done , or to subject the offender to heavy penalties . ( Hear . ) If any man were to refuse to do this , and an accident were to occur from it , it was proposed

      to make it the duty of the Inspector to bring the subject , not before the magistrates , but before the judges of the land , and to prefer a bill of indictment before a jury of his countrymen ; to pay the expences out of the Government funds , and to give the penalty , whatever might be the amount recovered , to the injured party- ( Hear , and cheers . ) He had called this novel legislation , and it was so ; but it was only an earnest of what they would yet get . He then called attention to the friends by whom he had been assisted in his endeavours , and enumerated Mr . Sadler , Mr . Oastler , Mr . B . Jowett , the Rev . G . S . Bull , Mr . John Wood , of Bradford , and Mr . Wm . Walker , of the Bame place ; and amongst those Members of Parliament whom he had ever found sincere friends of the working classes he mentioned the names of Mr . John Fielden , of Oldham , Mr . Brotherton , of Salford , and Mr . Hindley , of Ashton , men who ,

      though differing with him in politics , he admired and respected . His Lordship returned thanks for the patience and kindness with whioh he had been heard , and retired amidst great cheering . At the close of his Lordship ' s spesch , a deputation from Bradford presented an address to him , which was read by Mr . Matthew Balme ; his Lordship accepted tho address , and made a suitable reply . Referring to the latter paragraph in the address , in which it states that they had heard with pleasure the declaration of his Lordship , that under whatever changes of administration , or otherwise , he would never desert the cause he had espoused , his Lordship , in an emphatio and pointed manner , said , " Never . " He thanked them for the address which they had done him the honour to present . After a vote of thanks to the Chairman bad been proposed by Lord Ashlet , seconded by Benjamin Sadler , Esq ., and supported by William Walker , Esq ., of Bradford , and oarrisd by acclamation , the meeting broke up at nearly midnight .

      This was the fifth meeting of the kind which Lord Ashley has attended : one at Manchester ; one at Bolton ; one at Ashton ; one at Huddersfield ; and the one at Leeds . At all and each of them was the same hearty feeling for the cause of the infant factory slave evinced ; and at all of thein was Lord Ashley told the truth respecting tho condition of the working people , and their proposed remedies for existiig evils . On Friday morning several members of the Short Time Committee had an interview with Lord Ashley , at his hotel , when they again pressed upon his Lordship ' s attention the fact , that remedial measures of far greater scope than the Ten Hour ' s Bill , were required by the present condition of the operative

      population ; though their opinion as to the necessity and beneficial operation of that measure , for the protection of the infantile and adult female factory workers , had undergone not the slightest change . They informed his Lordship , that the agitation of the Ten Hour's Factory Bill , had been of the most essential service to the working classes themselves ; for it had opened up to their view the whole question of labour and capital ; and they had attentively considered tha subject , thought deeply upon it , and arrived at conclusions which they deemed just , because they were based upon first principles . The result of those inquiries were , that they were satisfied that the only mode of saving this country , and rescuing the people from

      their present misery and degradation , was by giving a new direction to the industry of the producers , by getting them upon the land—to produce a " big lost " and a " cheap loaf" for themselves . They further told his Lordship , that while there were 15 , 000 , 000 acres of waste lands in this kingdom , and so much unemployed labour ; and while the union of the two would produce food and comfort in abundance , it was the height of folly not to so unite them . It was also intended to make a formal demand on this head , to the proper parties . The intentions of the working people were , to ask for a grant of some millions of money , either to be raised by direct loan , or in Exchequer bills , for the purpose of drafting the unemployed out of the large towns ; to locate them

      under proper arrangements upon the land , ( either waste or reclaimed ); furnish them with the means of existence for one year , and & small capital to enable them to farm their land ; and thus give them the means of working outtheredemption of themselves and the country . A grant of £ 20 , 000 , 000 had been made for the emancipation of the black slaveswhich £ 20 , 000 , 000 had been raised from the working people of this country ; surely it would not be too much for these same working people , now that their conditi on vraa declared by the Ministerial Leader in tho House of Commons to be worse than that of the black slaves , to ask for £ 20 , 000 , 000 , or so , for their own emancipation . They also thought that their reasonable demand would not be refused .

      Lord Ashlet expressed himself in a friendly manner respecting this " new move , " and said that in many of the points alluded to in their conversation , he should be happy to render them every aid in his power . The Short Time Committee , in explanation of their views respecting the question of the Land , handed to his Lordship Mr . O'Connor ' s letters to the Landlords of Ireland , as far as they have been published . They also took occasion to oall his serious

      attention to the horrible revelations contained in this day ' s Star , respecting the operations of the" silent system" in Wakefield House of Correction , with a view to moving for a Select Committee of the House of Commons to inquire into the truth of the statements contained in the letter we this day publish , aud into the effects and operation of the ** silent system'' generally . His lordship promised to give the case 1 his best attention ; for it was one of the most difficult and important questions that could be considered .

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      Leeds Cork Market , Tuesday , August 10 There is a large arrival of Wheat to thia da ^ u marke- , other kinds of Grain smalL The weat& » has been rather showerj since Friday . WheatSt . been Is . per quarter higher , but the demand ratbZ limited . Oats have been | d . to id . per stone . aM Beans Is . per quarter higher . ^^* THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE \ VEB » BWDINQ AUG . 10 , 1841 . ' Wheat . Barley . Oat $% Ry 9 . Beam , pe Qrs . Qra . Qj-s . Qrs . Qrs . qJ 5299 . 73 612 , -- 249 < gf £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ . *» 312 9 * 1 14 H 15 4 * 0 00 220 ££ % Leeds Clo th M aekets . —On Saturday there wu a good share of business done at the Cloth Halls * Z Tuebday rather less , but still not a bad market The demand is principally for heavy low-priori goods . r ™ .

      Brabford Market , Thohsdat , August 12 ^ Wool— We regret to notice a continued dullness f « the higher sorts of English Combing , and in sonu instances prices are slightly reduced ; but in S snaftier sorts there is no alteration . Farn—' W . regret we cannot report more favourable doings i ! this article . The demand is about the same as f « some weeks past . It is distressing to hear thai some spinning houses have further reduced th . hours of labour in their mills , which will necessa ! rily cause an augmentation to a large number of unemployed operatives . Piece—We have had a fair attendance of merchants at market to-day , and the amount of business done is fully equal to several weeks past . Orleans , Figures , and Saxony Cloth are mostly in demand . Plain Merinos are not muck in request . No alteration in prices since our laM report .

      Hull Corn Market , Tuesday Aug . 10 . —Th ar * is a generally prevailing opinion here that the duty on foreign Wheat will be in the course of a weefi come to a low , if not the lowest point ; this combined with the known and positive smallnesa of the stock of free Wheat throughout the kingdom , has c aused a good deal of excitement and speculation in bonded Wheat , and mauy parcels have changed handl during the week ; at daily advancing prices , fully establishing 4 * . and 5 s . per quarter more nunej than was paying last Tuesday . The weather also

      has beeu very unfavourable ; at intervals we havt had heary showers with very little sun , thus keepinr back harvest , which is not expected to be general of fully fourteen days from the present . Spring Cora , under lock , has met with more inquiry , but there ii little here of any description ; for prices , I refer t » my quotations . There is both a home and export demand for Linseed , and the advance noted last week fully supported . But little passing in Rape * seed , and the little old Seed here is held at high prices . The late accounts from the continent ar « unfavourable to the new crop .

      Liverpool Corn Market . Augusts . —We have this week had very small arrivals of Grain , &c , coastwise and from Ireland . Those from abroad are comprised in 2 , 245 quarters of Wheat , and 3895 qrs of Beans ,- all placed under the Queen ' s lock . Continued unsst tied weather , and unfavourable accounts from the agricultural districts , have kept our market for bonded Wheat and Flour in a very activ « state ; large transactions have occurred" daily at

      advancing prices ; 9 s . 2 d . per 701 ba . has been paid for Baltic ted Wheat , and 323 . to 33 s . per barrel for general brands ef United States Flour : as high as 34 s . has been obtained for a very choice parcel . The free market has not been influenced to the same extent , but we quote Wheat 4 d . to 6 d ., Oats 21 , Flour 2 s . per sack and barrel , and Oatmeal 2 s . per load higher than on this day se ' nnight . Barley has also brought more money , aud Beans and Peas are Is . per qr . dearer .

      Livebpool Cattle Market , Mondat , Ava . 9 . — The supply of stock at market to-day has been rery large for the season of the year , and the quality on the-average only middling . Good Beef met with a tolerable ready sale at 6 £ d . ; second ditto , 6 * d . ; but the middling and ordinary qualities were not muoh in request . Best Wether Mutton may be quoted at about 6 jd . varying from that down to 6 d . ; ordinary and Ewes from 5 d . to 6 d . ; aud Lambs , about froa . > i l . to 6 id . perlb .. sinking the offal . Although the market was tolerably brisk , there were many Beasts as well as Sheep and Lambs left unsold at the close , but those were of an inferior description . Number of Cattle at market—Beasts , 1 , 103 ; Sheep and Lambs , 9498 . ,

      London Smithpibld Mabket , August 9 . —The arrivals of beasts fresh up to our market this morning , from the whole of those districts whence tha principal portions of the bullock supplies are usuallj derived at this period of the year , being considerably on the increase , and the weather somewhat tut * favourable to slaughtering , the beef trade , notwith * standing the attendance of provincial dealers wm tolerably numerous , ruled heavy , at an abatement in the currencies noted on this day week of 2 d per 81 b

      and a clearance was not effected without difiicaUy From Scotland about 300 beasts and 320 sheep came fresh up by steamers . Sheep , which came freely to hand , experienced a sluggish inquiry at a depression of fully 2 d per 81 b ; the highest price obtained for the best downs being 4 s lOd . la lambs exceedingly little was passing , and the currencies declined from 2 d to 4 d per lb . The veal trade was firm , at a trifling improvement in the value of cakes . Pigs were unaltered in value .

      Manchester Corn Market , Satuhdat , Aug . 7 . Our import list this week shews only moderate arnvals of all articles both coastwise and from Ireland ; those from abroad , with the exception of 7585 quarters of Beans from Euypt , are also small ; and from Canada there are only 1638 quarters of Wheat . The duty on Foreign Wheat has again declined to 21 s . 8 d . per quarter , and on Flour to 13 s . per barrel . A moderate business was transacted in Wheat at our market this morning at 2 d . to 3 d . per 701 b . above the rates of last Saturday . For Flour we raise our quotations 2 s . per 2801 b . with a fair demand . Oats and Oatmeal were each free sale at an improvement of 2 d . per 411 b ., and Is . to Is . 6 d . per 2401 b . Malt , Beans , and other articles , were in moderate request at fully the previous rates .

      London Corn Market , Mondat , Adgust 9 . —The quantity of Wheat on sale this morning from Es 3 ez waa psetty good , but only moderate from Kent ana Suffolk , with a limited supply of Barley , Beans , and Peas from all these counties . The fresh arrivals of Oats were trifling for this day ' s market , as wall English and Scotch as Irish . The imports of foreign Grain have been only moderate during the past Week . Since this day week the weather has beea variable , mostly unfavourable ; rain yesterday , but fair this morning , with a low barometer and unsettled appearance . There was a fair steady demsnd for English Wheat , at about the rates of Frid » j being Is . to 2 s . per quarter above the currency of last Monday . The choicest qualities now left of free foreign obtained a similar improvement in value ,

      whilst all descriptions of bonded must be quoted full is . per quarter higher , with more disposition evinced to buy than to sell . The town millers have fixed the top price of Flour at 65 s . per sack , and good marks , ex-ship , were Is . to 2 s . per quarter dearer . Barley was rather higher than l » st week , with a moderate demand . Malt was held for more money , which checks business therein . Beans , from their scarcity , were again Is . per quarter dearer . Several samples of new Peas were offering , of moderately fair quality ; prices were much the same as last week for old , but scarcely fixed for new . There was a good steady Bale for all prime Oate , and last Monday's currency was consequently fully established .

      Richmond Corn Market , August 7 . —We had % good supply of all kinds of Grain in our market to-day . Wheat sold from 9 s to 1 Is ; Oats , 3 * to 4 s ; Barley , 4 s 3 d to 4 s 9 d ; Beaus , 5 s 6 d to 6 s per bushel .

      WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . IBY EXPRESS . ) August 13 —Although we have an unusually large supply of Wheat , it has beeu met by a steady demand , and an extensive business is done at fully last week ' s rates . Barley as before . Oats and Shelling do not materially vary much from last week . Beans are field for rather more money . York Corn MarketAugust 7 . —The weight of

      , rain which has fallen in this neighbourhood during the past week , has not been great , yet there has been little sunshine , and crops come forward slowly-The ew samples of Wheat shown to-day , command a ready sale , at advancing prices ; and for all aw * criptions of spring corn there is a better demwo , and priaes improving . White Wheat 72 s to 763 , finest to 78 * per qr . Red Wheat , 70 s to 72 s ; fines ! to 74 s per qr . Oats lid to 13 d per stone . Beans 38 * to 44 s per qr . Flour has advanced 3 s per sacfc

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