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In all , for miscellaneous expenses , from £ 315 , 000 to £ 70 S , _* i' «» , or 143 per cent . In 1 S 17 the total amount had _rir-t-r ; io £ l , 2 < Jd , O 0 Q , being an increase of seventyfour } . - ;•¦ cent , since 18 * 33 . Parliament had relieved lb ; -counties of charges formerly paid out of ihe rates to the amount of £ 3 , 532 , 000 . Some _counties had appointed finance committees to attend to their expenditure , which was all very well , hut would not satisf y ihe ratepayers . _3 Ir . 31 * . _BituAiuo-VD , though entertaining some doubt as to the means b y which the bill was propesed to he worked out , seconded the motion that it be read a second time .
Sir J . _PAKnfGTOJf was not opposed to the principle of county boards ; but . believing the bill to be an Impracticable one , he trusted it would not receive the support of the government , and moved as an amendment that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the expenditure ofthe county rates with the view of ascertaining whether a more effective and economical system than the present could not be adopted . "Mr . Hubert Palmer , preferring the appointment of a committee of inquiry , rather than sending the bill to a select committee , seconded the
amendment . ,, , Sir G . Ghetw 3 S favourable to the appointment Of financial county boards , into which thc principle of representation should enter , not meaning any slur upon the magistracy , who had exercised a -watchful control over the expenditure , which , as ratepayers , they had a direct interest in keeping down . Bat they were only one class of ratepayers , and if the princi p le of admitting other classes io control the expenditure had been the whole ofthe
bill , he should not object to the second reading ; but to the details he had almost the same objections 3 S Sir -J . Pakington , and , in its present state , he could not support the bill . If it were to be referred to a select committee , the powers of the committee must be enlarged to the extent of that proposed by the amendment , so that practicaBy , there was no _difference between the two propositions , and he _thougbr the preferable course was to appoint a select committee to inquire into the whole subjeet . The discussion afterwards diffused itself over
matter * chiefly of detail , or connected with the choice ni the alternative courses of proceeding ; 3 dr . Hexlet . Mr . "V . Smith , Sir . Patten , Mr . Packe , Mr . C . Lewis , Mr . Miles , Mr . E . Bexisox , and Other members taking part in it , most of them approving _ilr * principle of representation in the ad"ministnuioii of county finances . 3 £ r . _fitiiE in his reply said he asked no more than to establish the principle of representation . He considered he had been deceived by the government . The Home Secretary ( Sir G . Grey ) and the First Lord of tne Treasury ( Lord J . Russell ) had been asked io bring-in this bill , but although they expressed their approval of its principle , they declined to _inti-oduee it in the House . He ( Mr . Hume ) had _undertaken that duty , and now—to use a common expression—he found he was sold . ( Laughter . ) The Ilouse divided , when there
were—For the second readmg , 96 Against it ... 153 Majority against the bill ... —57 -The _liuc-idon was then put on the amendment , when Mr . _MiisER Gibson moved an amendment to it , to the effect that the inquiry of the proposed select committee should embrace some mode whereby the control of the rate-payers over county expenditure might be made more effectual . After swim discussion , the gallery was cleared for a _division , bnt none look place ; an adjournment- of the debate was moved , in order that the amendment , as proposed to be amended by Mr . Gibson should be printed . The House divided , and the numbers were—For adjourning the debate ... ... S 3 _Al ! _f _& ili- > L ... ... ... ... ... 1 * 31
Majority against —4 S lord fl _;; . » . jKE then moved that the Ilouse do now adjourn . The d .= " _-cu "* siou on this motion was progressing , when six o clock having arrived , the House adjourned amidst great laughter . THURSDAY , Jose 14 . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The State Prisoners in _Ibelakjj . —Lord Campbell laid on the table a bill for the purpose of removing any doubts as to the power of her Majesty , in the exercise of her prerogative of mercy , to commute the punishment for high treason hi Ireland , as well as m England . In so doing he _rt-i-apitulated the circumstances attending the trial of 'V JJrien and his associates , which had led to the introduction ofthe present measure , and in _sodvui-i paid a well-deserved compliment to thc _integrity and profound ; learning- of the judges by whom these persons had been tried .
After some remarks from Lord Brougham , the _larlof i" _« c- - - _.-x , and Lord Desman * the bill was jead a first lime , with the understanding that it should be forward _' .-d another stage on Friday . _Protectk'X of "Women * . —The Bishop of Oxford then mort-fi ihe tliird reading ofhis bill for the Protection « f Women , and , in spite of Lord Campbell ' s _opposiik-v . , succeeded in carrying it "upon a division by a _mr'i & niy of four . Their Lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Canaba . — On the order of ih =: dav for the consideration of the report of the Committee of Supply on Colonial Service ? .
Mr . Gmdstgxe called thc attention of the House to certain parts of thc recent act to provide _compensation for _rebellion losses in Canada , and after a long speech lie said he did not ask the government to disallow the act , but for an assurance tbat , under the act rebels should not be compensated , and that reasonable prima facie evidence should be given , before ' parties receive any public money , that they liad nor v-Hca part in the * rebellion . If this assurance could cot be given , the mildest course would be to suspend the final ratification of the act , that the colonial Legislature might have an opportunity toameiid it .
Lord -1 . _RrssEu _. complained of thc tendency of Mr . Gladstone ' s speech to aggravate the dissensions _inCanaib , _-iii-l to embitter the feelings of hostile parties , a : » l tiiat he had stated the case of one _party—ii- _* u in opposition—supplying them with argument- ; -awl mending their case . Paying a warm tribute _t-. » the talents of Lord El g in and the spirit of his administration , he avowed that it would be the duty of ths government to leave this act in operation , _iruati-i- j that its opponents , whom he believed to he jyy . _-d men , would , when the present excitement - . -a * " over , endeavour to avert its evil consequences . Mi-. _lsSRniKS feared that Lord J . Russell was not prepared io _dc-clare that the act would not be
carried into _sffs-et so as to indemnify parties concerned In rebellion , -nid the act was so worded that no other power I * -- -. \\ k government of this country could prevent _tliax result , for the instructions of Lord Elgin co *"' - -. * not do so . The blame of all that had _liappeiu" ! i ;* i f-inada , hc contended , was imputable , not to Lord Ll gin , but to the home government , whose proceedings with reference to the colony lie severely - * . r * -.- . _i"ned . He concluded by moving an _address ¦ _?_ > * .-cj- _Afcijcsty to withhold thc royal assent to the _ai-i u--i . il her Majesty had received satisfactory assuran : _--. * . s that no persons who had been engaged in , or ha-I _xnlvl or abetted , the rebellion should be admitted io _-nirtieipate in the indemnity . Mr . ' - ; - - -2 _ii * AVEsecouded the amendment .
After t - .-r . ii . - further discussion the debate was adjourned . io Friday evening . ExcL _*> j < : s of Strangers . — On the motion of Lord J . _ISi _' _-saLL , a select committee was appointed to consider'the present practice of this Ilouse in respect u _» " _*)* . exclusion of strangers . Several bills were forwarded a siage , and , the other or ,:- !* - -- : * -ing disposed of , the House adjourned athalf-j-:: _*! _t-ne o ' clock . FRIDAY , _Jhn-2 15 . The Staie PmsoxEns ix Ireland . —The Transporiatio ;* for Treason ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second _ii _« KV . the Standing Orders suspended , Com"mittcc _l-. ' _-uaiivcd _, and Bill read a third timej and sent to tue Commons .
Eeer- -- ' -i _' _'FS . —The Earl of IIaiirowbt , after _referriDgio s '•<• - : 31 = ; ged evils arising from thc greatnum"berof _h-.-v -. _iaops _throushout the country , moved for a seh _-i-i committee , In order to obtain " evidence on the _Si-bicei . which mig ht lay the ground for leg _islative : _*• u-rferen . ee . HOU-5 E OF COMMONS . —Canada Rebellion Losses Ad . —The adjourned debate on this bill was resumed by Dr . _"SicnotL _, who after reviewing the enactments contained iii the act . expressed the opinion that Lord Elgin must liave sanctioned thc act under the mistake *! idea that he had the power of imposing further Vnn « : _^ tions as to the recipients of compensation , whi ' _-li did not appear to be the case ; and , therefor-. ' , tor the sake of the loyal subjects of Canada , hc _ir-Kted the act would not be confirmed . The _ArK- _* -- -Er-G £ N- £ RAL declined enterinsr into the
merits . ? _5 . t » w question at issue * , but , m the discharge ; - * fe duty , placed before the House his _constructici : , _'f - _*!•« act . In answer to questions put the _previous _croiiing , the hon . and learned gentleman replied thru the Crown could not qualify the act , it must eitWr jive its assent or negative the act by _withhol'Vingit : and that Lord Elgin , deriving his authority from an act of the legislature confirmed by the s . i _:-ciiou of the Crown , his instructions must follow Ir- ; - „ _- . vcr _, and the power must be strictly executed . Having a delegated authority with certain _qu-ilifie-itions , he could not exceed that authority nnd usurp to himself a control or exercise of po .-er which could not be exercised by the Crown .
A long _d-.- _russion ensued between Mr . H . Dbcmmoxd , Mr . V . Smith , Mr . Heme , and Sir W . Molesworth , against Mr . _Herries _' s amendment ; and by Mr . Newheoate , Mr . Axstey , Mr . Basses , and-Mr . Disraeli , in favour of it . Sir It . Peki , said that he could not become a party to a _pro-xwition which he believed would be _destrnjtivt of the principle of representative government , ov _:- . . _consent to an interference in the affairs of the culouy , aad with those local concerns with
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which the Ilouse must be imperfectly acquaintedan interference whieh mi g ht cloud the prospectof a long , a permanent , and a cordial connexion with a colony , in thc welfare and prosperity of which Eng-1-tud ought to feel tbe deepest interest . ¦ Lord J . Russell , combatted the arguments adduced hostile to the views of the government , and called upon the House to vote against a proposition which would damage the connexion between the mother country and this noble province , and endanger their future relations with every colony in which Great Britain was interested . On a division , tbe amendment of Mr . Hermes on the report of supply , tbat being the form in which the question was put ,-was negatived by a majorit y of 141 , the numbers 291 to 150 , and the resolution of the grant for colonial service was agreed to . The Transportation * for Treason ( Ireland ) Bill was read a first time and after a question from Mr . Reynolds on the subject of the bill , the House adjourned .
Northampton Couxty Court. ' Gubbix3 V. F...
_NORTHAMPTON COUXTY COURT . ' GUBBIX 3 V . FEARGUS O ' CONNOR . This was an action brought by the plaintiff , a shoemaker , living in Elm-street , in this town , to recover two sums of £ 2 10 s . each , paid by the plaintiff in April , 1846 , and March , 1847 , to "William Munday , of this town , and agent to the defendant , for shares in a scheme called at different periods the "Chartist Co-operative Land Society , " and the " _National Land Society . " Mr . Becke appeared for the p laintiff , and Mr . Roberts for the defendant . Mr . Becke stated that he sought to recover the sum paid in April , 1816 , as money paid on an illegal
consideration , the Company not having been registered at all ; and so much of the sum paid in 1847 , in excess of 10 s . in £ 100 , when the Company was only provisionally registered . He also sought to recover on the ground that the money was paid on a consideration which had wholly failed , the Company having failed to obtain complete registration within a year , and the provisional registration not having been renewed _fi'om year to year , and the Company having therefore exploded . These were the legal grounds on which he rested his caso . In support of the alleged facts , the learned gentleman called
Eliza Gubbins , who said—I am the wife of Charles Gubbins , the plaintiff . My husband is a shoemaker , and cannot either read or write . I used to read to him the Northern Star and prospectuses ofthe Land Company . He sent me to pay to Mr . Munday £ 3 10 s ., which I did , nnd 2 s . -id . I was to pay for rules and other expenses . I received at that time a card , and a little book , the rules of-the Society . The certificate was sent a few days afterwards . — Cross-examined by Mr . "Roberts : My husband was an active friend of the Company until he found ho was not likely to get any benefit from it . It may be three months ago since he ceased to be so . Ue did not attend every meeting of the Company . I believe he attended one or two . Don ' t know that he voted for a delegate . —By the Court : I paid the money to "William Munday , in Silver-street , in this town .
Charles Gubbins : I am plaintiff in this cause . On 5 th March , 1847 , 1 went to Mi ' . Munday , at the Temperance Hotel in this town , and paid him £ 2 10 s . for a share in the Land Company , and 2 s . 4 d . Expenses and Rules . I have never received any benefit or advantage of any kind from the scheme . Never consented to the purchase of land , nor was ever consulted about it . Sever heard ofthe change of name nor of amount paid for the shares . Never attended any meeting in London , nor ever saw Mr . O'Connor . —Cross-examined by Mr . Roberts : I first became dissatisfied about four months ago . I became hostile to the Company becauso it made a failure ; they could not go on with it . They did away with the balloting for the land . Why , 1 can't say . I heard in the Northern Star that it was
so . I did not hear that a committee of the House of Commons had said that the ballot was illegal . My wife read thc Northern Star to me about once a fortnig ht . If the ballot had continued , and I saw any prospect of getting my four-acre share , I might have gone on ; but the prospect is very different now from when I subscribed . Working men can ' t get their living on the allotment . —By the Court : I did not see any prospect of getting the land , and if I got an allotment . now , I wouldn't go . Several working men have come feack from them . —By Mr . Roberts : I don ' t believe the seheme could be carried out , and if it could , I wouldn ' t have anything to do with it . Mr . Driver has come back . I don ' t know any one else in this town who has . I don ' t know any other , but I ' ve heard in the Northern
Star thai a good many had come hack . When 1 gave my money I expected I was to have four acres of land and £ 30 . —His Honour : You couldn't expect four acres of land and £ 30 for £ 5 ? Mr . Fcarus O'Connor said so . —Mr . Roberts : Did you believe it ? Yes , I did . Did you believe anybod y else ' s money was to go towards buying the land ? Yes . Did you expect the land would be bought by your money and the money of others ? Yes . And to be divided into lots of four and two acres , and a ballot then to take p lace to see who should have them ? Yes . Then I believe it was part of the plan that the rents should he mortgaged , and the money go to buy more land ? I can't say as to that . There was to be a rent ? Oh yes ; I was to pay a rent of £ 5 a year for the two-acre share . The tract of land to be bought with the first money would not be enough to locate you all , would it ? I believe not . Can ' t say whether Driver soli his share . Have not attended above two meetings , one was on thc
19 th _November . There was so much confusion , I couldn ' t hear half what was going on . Heard nothing about a change of name or ballot . _Uever heard of anybody selling an allotment . If I'd got an allotment I should have sold it . I should have advertised it and sold it for £ 30 , if I could have got it . I don ' t think that would have been too much , because I was to have £ 30 in money . I have never heard anything about registrations . —By Mr . Becke : I have heard of a great many people coming back . — [ Mr . Becke then read from the Northern Star , as the organ of the Company , several very unfavourable accounts of the condition of the allotments and the tenants . One man said hc could not get on , for his ground had not been cultivated since the days of Adam . Another that all his potatoes had quite failed ; another that his land was not of good quality , and that hc was without food or clothes . ] The witness Gubbins said that itwas hearing such statements as these read that made him think the scheme impracticable .
William Munday stated that he was Branch Secretary to the Land r ompany , appointed by the body in Northampton . H- communicated to the Directors in London . H _« i attended two meetings as a delegate , one at Low Lands and one at Birmingham . Mr . O ' Connor was present at these meetings . The society used to be called Mr . O'Connor ' s Society by those who didn ' t understand it . The meet - ing at Birmingham was October 23 , 1843 , the business being to get ihe Company registered as a Joint Stock Company . "Witness was also to vote for the abolition of the ballot , which was declared to be illegal by the House of Commons , and the adoption of a bonus instead . On the 19 th of "November hc attended a meeting in this town , and gave a report ofthe proceedings ofthe Birmingham conference . There was only one oppositionist . Witness bought his share . He sold it under price . Thc general feeling
of the allottees on the Company s estates was , that they had suffered a severe struggle from the failure of the crops , but they did not blame tile Society . Witness bid £ 20 for a three-acre allotment at Lowbands , three weeks ago . and could not get it . The name ofthe oppositionist was Lightwood . Hc said the report proved that the thing was a failure , and that he would advertise his share in the Northampton papers . It was then witness bought it for nineteen shillings . Lightwood had paid £ 2 10 s . for it . The name of the Society has heen altered two or three times . There were delegates who said the allottees were in an awful state of destitution , and others contradicted it . There was a feeling amon <* some of the members to get what they could , and go . The abandonment ofthe ballot was to get the Society legalised . It would have been re-adopted if parliament had proved to be wrong in its opinion as to its illegality .
Mi * . Geor e Dean , an officer in the office of the Registrar of the Joint Stock Companies , stated that the Company was originally reg istered on tlie 24 th of October , 1816 , as the Chartist Co-operative Land Company , and its object was alleged to be the purchasing of land , erectiug dwellings and schools , « 6 c . On the 17 th of December the name was changed to the National Cooperative Land Company , and the business was said to be to purchase land , to erect houses , - to allot the same to _shareholdei's , to make advances of money to allottees , and raise money for the purposes aforesaid . On the 17 th of December a return of the provisional officers of thc Company was entered , signed by Feargus O'Connor , whose naniea ppeared at the head of the list of Directors . —By Mr . Becke ; On the 5 th of March . 1847 , when Gubbins-took a
share in the Chartist Co-operative Land Company , and received a scrip certificate in that name , there was no sueh society in existence . On thc 23 rd of October , 1847 , the provisional registration ought to have been , but had not been , renewed . The Company had never been completely registered . —Crossexamined by Mr . Roberts : Alterations in the titles of companies are frequently made , but tbe majority decidedly retain the same name to the end . It was impossible for him to say whether the circumstances he had described would ov would not vitiate thc concern . The effect ofa provisional registration running out without renewal at the proper time would be that it would be registered as a new society . * It frequently happened that such was the case . The renewal ofthe certificate of registration was refused by the Registrar . Does not know why .
James Driver : I am a shoemaker , at Northampton . Inl 84 G . I took three shares in the Chartist Co-operative Land Company . I ; paid the money to Munday , and received scrip certificates : I had an allotment at Lowbands , in Worcestershire . Wont therein 1847 . Saw Mr . O'Connor there many
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times . He frequently spoke to me about the mode of cultivation . I sold my allotment , and we went to _Bromsgrove to transfer it . Mr . Doyle said he could not act without the sanction ofthe co-directors , but Mr . O'Connor could do tho whole business . Mr . O'Connor did the business by himself in a few minutes , I didn't find the allotment answer my expectations . I could have made a living at it with my own trade in addition . The generalit y of the tenants were not satisfied . The last report I had from them was very bad .
By Mr . Roberts : If a man has got capital he may get a living on the allotment ; if not , he can do better at home . With capital and industry he may do well , but he may do as well at home . I subscribed in June , 1846 , thinking it would be advantageous , but I didn ' t find it so . I have heard that all the tenants wanted to sell , but couldn't get customers . They wished they could have got out as well as I did . I sold my share for £ 90 , from which there was to bo deducted £ 22 10 s . aid money , £ 15 loan money , £ 12 rent , and 2 J or three bushels of wheat . I received the balance . I believe if I had stopped I could have got a living , for I believe I could get a living anywhere . My wife didn ' t like it . 1 stopped there twelve months . While I was there , there were a good many complaints . I saw none doinr well .
Mv . Roberts , for the defence , said it would have been desirable that this case should have been decided by the hi ghest tribunal instead of by this Court . Large sums of money were involved in it , and Iar _^ e numbers of individuals were deepl y interested m the result , and it would have been far better that the points of law upon which the decision depended , should have had the benefit of that argument and research which they would have received in the highest court of judicature . Whichever way his Honour s decision might go , it would not prevent an adverse decision on precisel y the same case in other courts . Addressing himself next to the evidence before him , he contended that there was no evidence connecting Mr . O'Connor with the
plaintiff , excepting that certain certificates' had been produced which were not sworn to be in Mr . O'Connor s handwriting , and which in point of fact were not really signed by him . Then , as to the jurisdiction of this court . He understood the case with respect to the first payment to be , that the society was an illegal society . Now he contended that a payment to the agent was not a payment to the principal when a crime is charged , and in this case , therefore , the cause of action arose in the place where tho mosey was received . Then as to the failure of consideration . If the failure lay in the non-registration , that arose in London , and not here . They were told that the payment was illegal —the payment that is of more than 3 d . per share .
He contended that it was perfectly legal , but if illegal , the parties were in pari delicto , and tho p laintiff could not recover against the defendant . He denied that the scheme was abandoned . The non-registration was no fault of theirs , but consequent on the report of the House of Commons that they were an illegal body , and they had since gone to the Queen ' s Bench for a mandamus to register . Therefore it was again desirable this question should not have been raised till the other had been decided . [ His Honour , interposing , said if that were the only question he should reserve his judgment until after that decision , but it did not at all appear to him to be the only one . What pressed upon his mind was that the defendant had no right to take more than 10 s . in every £ 100 . ] lie denied that the non-registration had anything to do with
the case . There was at first no idea of registration , and no attempt at it till October , 1846 , so that there could not be a shadow of illegality with regard to the first payment . The change of name and purpose he looked upon as nothing . But . the principal observation upon whicli he relied was , that as far as Mr . O ' Connor was concerned , the transactions of the society were eminently characterised by good faith . A committee of thc House of Commons had recognised a bona fides throughout . It stated that Mr . O Connor had expended money of his own to a large extent beyond what he had received , and if it should turn out that this society was not registrable bylaw , it was Mr . O'Connor s intention to go to the Ilouse of Commons for an Act , either to go on in another form or to wind up the concern . His Honour deferred judgment till the next Court day .
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GUBBINS V . O CONNOR . Manchester , June 7 th 1849 . Memorandum of Mr . Roberts . The following iamy recollcotion of the principal points of argument . The case was tried yesterday , at Northampton . Mr . Beck , solicitor , of Northampton , appeared for the plaintiff , and I for the defendant . ' The short substance of Mr . Beck ' s opening was , that he sued the defendant , who was ono of the Directors of the "National Land Company , " for two sums of £ 2 10 s . each , - one paid to the company by the plaintiff ( who held two shares ) in April , 1846 , and the other in March , 1847 , betweon _the-e two periods the Company had been
provisionally registered . Thc plaintiff did not ask the return of the entire of these sum 3 ; he allowed a sum of 3 d . on each share , the full sum which the Directors of the Land Company were legally entitled to receive . Under the 23 rd clause of the Joint Stock Companies Act , the directors had no right , until the company was " completely registered , " to take more than ten per cent on each share . The shares were £ 2 10 s . each , and all that the Directors had taken beyond that ten per cent ., the persons who had paid the excess , had a right to recover as money had and received for their use . In the present instance , the Directors had taken the whole amount due on the shares .
Mr . Beck also contended that the plaintiff was on two other grounds entitled to recover . First , inasmuch as the scheme for which he had paid his money , had , on several occasions , been altered in its name and purpose , and that , therefore , thc consideration for which the money had been paid had failed . And secondly , because the promise of " complete registration" jiad not been fulfilled , and even the provisional registration necessary to keep the scheme alive had not been taken out . This was the plaintiff ' s case ; and it may as well be stated here , that the " ten per cent . " was through the argument recognised as the strongest point . The evidence in support of tlie plaintiffs case , was thc payment of money at the times stated to
Munday . —Munday admitted the payments , that he was the secretary of the Land Company ; not , however , appointed by defendant , or the Company , but by the body of shareholders at Northampton ; that he sent the money to the Board in London , never to Mr . O'Connor ; and that he was in the habit of receiving back cards which he delivered to the members . Two of those cards he had given to plaintiff . There are several signatures to these cards . The name of "F . O'Connor" was one of them , but witness could not swear to the handwriting , nor could he swear who sent the cards , nor whether the two produced by p laintiff * , were those which witness delivered to p laintiff *—but they were of the same sort .
The next witness for the plaintiff , was a clerk from the Registration Office : He proved the Joint Stock paper , wherein the defendant appeared as a Director , and in one of which , signed by him , was tbe plaintiff ' s name as a shareholder . The defendant s signatures were admitted . The clerk also proved that the time for provisional registration had expired , aud that the Company was not " completely registered . Driver , a witness , proved that at some of the Land meetings , Mr . O'Connor had taken an active part , and was recognised as the head of the concern . Gubbins , the plaintiff , swore to the payment ofthe money—had received no benefit—never had notice of a ballot . He first became dissatisfied at the time that the Ballot was given up , about November last . He attended thc meeting on the return of the Delegate from Birmingham m November last . Made no opposition or complaint of what had been done at the Conference there . He about the same timo
became convinced that a man could not get a living upon four acres , and he did not see any prospect of being located . These were his only complaints . Had he been successful in the ballot , he should have sold tis share , and would have taken £ 30 . ( Most of this was got out , and with much difficulty , by crossexamination . ) He had paid his money to bo put with the money of the other shareholders—tbe whole to be expended in the purchase of land , which was to be divided and allotted amongst those fortunate in the ballot ; these were not to be absolute owners , but were to pay a rent of £ 5 , ( he did not understand " five per cent ., " ) for their allotments . He admitted having attended two meetings , and never having made any complaint or opposition . ( It was sworn b y Munday , that the p laintitfattended all-the meetings , certainly as many as ten , and made no complaint . ) He ( p laintiff ) knew that Driver had been fortunate in getting an allotment , and had "been forced to leave—could not make a living of it . " Did not know that Driver had sold his
allotment . Driver , on cross-examination , said he had got an allotment and sold it for £ 90 , out of whicli was deducted some money he had previousl y received , and £ 12 rent . He spoke strongly of the dissatisfaction of the allottees ; still he thought a man might get a living if he tried ; but he must have , a little capital . He admitted as p laintiff bad done , tbat he had paid his money to be joined with thc money of the other members for the purpose of paying expenses , _nnil \« iit />! i' _. c * nfv Ion . I j \ r \ _valyinU _flin t , _inmllfM'S _U'fP (» tti
, be located , the rents then to be sold or mortgaged , and otberjands purchased , & c . ' The thing had not answereu as well as he ( Driver ) had expected , but so far as hc could judge , the promises held out by Mr . O'Connor had been performed . In explanation of plaintiff's not having received notice ot" ballot , it was afterwards admitted oil the part ofthe plaintiff , that . Gubbins was ballotod the same as the others , and had the same chance under the ballot of obtaining an allotment us . any other member , It was
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proved by Munday , that the alteration from ballot to " bonus " was only to be made if it should turn out that the ballot was illegal . That all the chiuiges had boon sanctioned by the members , and that all the meetings were open to all thc members . Thc Clerk of Mr . Whitmarsh , on cross-examination , admitted that , it very frequently happened that provisional registration was not applied lor till after the expiration of the your , and that when apnliedfor it had never been refused , except m the instance of the Land Company—that the refusal in =
that case was in consequence of doubt as to thc legality ofthe Company ; that Whitmarsh had been served with a mandamus to register , * that changes in name and purpose were very frequent with companies ; that the constitution of the Company was eventually determined by the Deed of Settlement , which was obliged to be in conformity with the purposes expressed in the papers sent in ; and that the Land Company draft had been regularly sent in to Mr . Whitmarsh , and , as he " now saw by his certificate , " approved of by him .
The above gives the plaintiff's case and the evidence ofthe witnesses ; there was some sparring as to the good or bad condition of the allottees—but to this the Judge said he gave no weight , For the defendant , I contended that no case had been made out against Mr . O'Connor—no proof that Munday was his agent , or tho agent of the Company , or that the money ever reached the Company . Then I contended that the Northampton Court had no jurisdiction , for that the cause of action had not arisen in Northampton ; that the receipt ofthe money must , for criminal purposes , be taken to be by Mr . ' O'Connor where he was , and not by the agent at Northampton ; and that the non-registration & c ., must also be taken as occurring in London . The
Judge stated , that 'in a late case of a bill made in one place , and notice of dishonour given in another , ifc had been held that _| the cause of action arose where the bill was made , and not where the notice of dishonour was g iven . I replied that there the whole cause of action was , in effect , the debt—the bill ; the notice of dishonour being merely a result whieh was necessary for other proceedings ; while , iij this case , the non-registration was the special act which alone , and of itself , constituted the claim . I don't know whether now or then I succeeded in making myself understood : but I fancy that I perceive a difference in the two cases , and I endeavoured to exp lain it . I contended that there was no proof of the abandonment of the
scheme—that in the " Walstal and Spottiswoode " and " Wontner v . Sharp" cases , the abandonment had been complete , and before any progress made , I relied on the mandamus and the cross-examination of Mr . Whitmarsh ' s clerk , as a proof that wc were proceeding as fast as we could . I put very strongly the fact , that the case was one which ought to be tried in a superior court , where judgment would have general application throughout the kingdom ; and 1 showed that this very question would oe decided by the return of the Registrar to the mandamus and tbe argument thereon . The Judge asked how this question would be raised on tliat argument , seeing that the money paid on shares did not appear in the returns to the office . In reply , I
stated that Mr . Whitmarsh , in an argument which had already been before the court above , had relied in his affidavit upon the Ilouse of Commons report , in which these payments appear ; and that it was clear that every objection which that report exhibited would be raised ; for that one of the objections raised by the Attorney-General , was the connexion of tho Company with the Bank—an objection which did not appear in the returns , but only in tho Committee report . In confirmation , I read the Tiiiies newspaper report of the argument—particularly directing attention to the Attorney-General ' s" Bank" observations . This latter seemed to have some weight with the Judge ; but he appeared most of all to be staggered by what follows :
I contended that the question of whether the Company had ever been a company at all , was now in abeyance to be decided on the mandamus argument—that if it should appear to be illegal from the holding of land—from its connexion with the Bank , or froni the allotments being by ballot , it would then have been illegal , ab initio ; and , consequently , all "'Joint Stock Company" connexion between the plaintiff and defendant—the "Director and shareholder "—connexion , by which the defendant was inferred to have received the money ofthe plaintiff , would cease , or rather would never havo existed ; the onl y proof that the defendant had received thc plaintiff s money , was that the defendant was a Director ofa company to which the plaintiff
had paid ; if the directorship were destroyed , all " receipt" and " agency" were destroyed , and thc p lain tiff and defendant became merel y members of an ordinary partnership , and stood each in exactl y the same light towards the other . That if registration were eventually denied , the whole thing became an ordinary partnership . I referred to the judgments and remarks in the late railway cases , and particularly to the remarks in " Nockclls v . Crossby . " In the cases where it had been decided that there was no partnership nothing had been done ; , here the land had been purchased and allotted . As a partnership the case would not be cognizable in the County Court ; and if it were no partner would have—the whole money being
expended generally—any special right against another . I also contended that the plaintiff had received part of the consideration for his money . That consideration was the chance of obtaining an allotment ; he bad that chance ; he might have got an allotment ; Driver bad ; it was the same as if the defendant had divided the whole land into the number of shares , and given to each member his £ 2 10 s . worth . I referred to " Hunt v . Silk , " " Beed v . Blandford . " I also relied on the lapse of time—thc sanction by Alderson in " Lovell v . Hicks , " ofthe position that lapse of time operated generally as a bar—the coal case , " _itichardson v . Dunn , " also supported this . I pointed out that the ground of complaint—the ten per cent . —was not taken by the plaintiff himself ,
and quoted his evidence and that of Driver ; and I alluded to the poverty of the plaintiff ) and the vast expense of thc contest beyond what could be allowed as costs by the court , as a proof that tl * . e action was that of others , and not that of the plaintiff . I also contended that the " ten per cent . " argument would not apply to the first £ 2 10 s ., as that was paid before __ tbe registration under the Joint Stock Companies Act was contemplated ; at that time , indeed , we were trying to be enrolled under the Friendly Societies Act . In reply to the ten per cent , argument generally , I contended that if the payment was illegal , thc plaintiff was in pari delicto , and cited " Anurco v . Fletcher , " " Clough v . Ratcliffe , " and some others . The Judge did not consider that tho in pari delicto argument applied .
It was lawful for the p laintiff to pay , though unlawful for defendant to receive . But he seemed to think that the argument mi ght apply if it afterwards appeared , -that tho Company from the "Bank , " the " ballot , " or the " holding of land , " had been illegal , ab initio _. The Judge appeared from thc first , and throughout , to consider thc " more than ten per cent . " to be the strong part of the plaintiff ' s case ; and what most appeared to shake him was the fact that the case was already before the Queen s Bench ; and thc argument that the agency of Munday and receipt of the money by defendant , were only proved by the defendant being a Director of thc Company , the _Icality of which was now in contention ; and tbat
thus it mig ht eventually appear that thc Company had never had any legal existence . But this ten per cent , position is much shaken b y considering the strength of the argument , that the p laintiff had had what- he paid his money for , and that having had it , he has no-ri ght to have his money back ; this may be put rather strongly . That he has had what he paid for , it would be difficult to deny . Ten persons employ A to purchase a hundred partridges , and they subscribe £ 1 each ; A procures the partridges , and each subscriber takes his share : tlie same persons subscribe the same sum for a watch ; A purchases it for them , and they decide thc ownership by ballot . In the latter as in the former case , each subscriber 1 ms had his money ' s worth , and having had his money ' s worth , can it . be contended tliat he may also have his money again ? ' Yes , " it may be rpplied , " where the transaction
( as in the Land case ) was contrary to . law . In tho partridges case tliere was no violation ofthe law . " But this distinction may be questioned . Suppose , for instance , that A had bought the birds ( the time of buying might be either with or without the cognizance of the subscribers ) , a day before ( 31 st _August ) they might legally be bought—would the partridge caters have a right to their sovereigns back again ? " Owens ' *** . Denton , " incidentally illustrates tbe question : there an " illegal measure" was held not to vitiate a settlement of accounts . In " Taylor v . Hare the purchase of something that the defendant had no right to sell—a patent which did not belong to him—was not allowed to recover his money after he had for some time received the benefit ot " the patent . Thc _argument was not placed before tlie Judge so strongly as I have here put it , but it was alluded to several times .
The cases as to racing sweeps and lotteries would throw some light upon the question . The cases " Jaqucs v . Withy " and " Jaques v . Golightly _/' at first sight appea r to be in favour of the plaintiff ; and many others to much the same effect iu "Addison on Contracts , "]) . 234-5-6 . But in none of _thcsiis it clear that there " was the same amount of bona fides , _together with the same consent , and sanction , and delivery , and receipt of the consideration . In the judicial observations , and the reasoning of these ' cases , tliere is much to support tho view ,, -ihat if thc receiver of the money actually expended it for the payer ' s benefit and with his sanction , the latte » would not be sanctioned in his attempt to get his money back again . " Hastelow v . Jacksoa , " " llodson . ii . Torrill , " and the oth & r stakchoUing cases , in this view , support the defendant .
In" Cundcll v . Dawson , " 4 _< c . b . 37 G , it was held tliat the neglect to deliver a coal ticket ( 1 and 2 Vict . o . 101 . sec . 3 . ) might be pleaded in bar to an action for the price of tho ccals ; ' but it does not worn necessarily to . foUow from this , that if the
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_^ ho could _aftofWMds _^^ _TSd _^ aWfor hc ? ww ? ds E SS his money ; this caso seems very Si c _^ " _^ S Sher , . Stokes and \ , . » _"ivnntntv Elliott , " and " Farmer v . are strongly in favour of defendant , indeed they go to the full extent of bis case .
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MONDAY , June 11 . The June session of the above court commenced this morning before the Rig ht Hon . the Lord Mayor , the Recorder ; Aldermen Lawrence , Carden , Sir C . Marshall , and Sidney : the Sheriffs , Under-Sheriffs , and the other civil officers . Unlicensed Music and Dancing Rooms . —Charles Woolff , Richard Pridmore , and Thomas Ottey , surrendered to take tlieir trial for misdemeanour . — Mi- Ciarkson and Mr . Ballantine conducted the prosecution , and Mr . Parry was for the defence . — Mr . Clarkson , in opening 'the case , said that the misdemeanour imputed to the defendants was , that thpv had kent and maintained an establishment
called the Walhalla , in Leicester-square , for the purpose Of public music and dancing , without a licence , and by so doing had rendered themselves amenable to the charge of keeping a disorderly house , which amounted to a misdemeanour , lhe nrosecution was brought forward , nominally , by a person named Stowell , of whom they had all probabl y heard , and they were no doubt aware that lie was a common informer ; but he would adm it * Wat the real prosecutors were persons who felt or believed that they were injured in their own-business by establishments of this description , and the jury would , therefore , understand the motives with winch the proceeding was instituted . --. The Recorder asked the learned counsel what punishment
he understood to be applicable to the offence?—Mr . Ballantine said he supposed the ordinary common law punishment of fine and imprisonment , which was _gcnora'ly awarded for _thcoffence of keeping a disorderly house . In the present case , the object , was not to inflict any punishment upon the defendants , but to obtain the op inion ot the court with regard to the law . —The Recorder said he did not remember such an indictment as this having been preferred before . There had been several actions for penalties , but they had mostly failed . Itwas the £ 100 penalty which generall y set informers in motion ; but hero it was alleged that the indictment was preferred solely upon public grounds . —• James Peachey _, who described
himself as having been formerly a clothes salesman , was then examined . He stated , that he went to the Walhalla upon two occasions , and each time paid ls . for admission . The first time ho went was on the 2 nd of January , when he saw about 150 persons present . There was ni _, usic and dancing going on upon both occasions ; He saw Pridmore and Woolff each time . The latter was inthe refreshment room , and Pridmore appeared to be superintending . The words "Thomas Ottey , free vintner , " were over the door , and Pridmore ' s name was by the side of a bed belonging to the house . Stowell was present upon one of the occasions , aud he broke some glasses , and was given in charge by Pridmore , and when the matter was investigated by the
magistrate Pridmore represented himself to be the proprietor ofthe establishment . —By Mr . Parry : Stowell was fined 28 s . as the value of the glasses he had broken . Witness was paid by Stowell for attending the Walhalla and giving his evidence , and he had received £ 10 from him at different times . Hc had only laid three informations of this description since Christmas . In one case two of the defendants pleaded guilty , and entered into recognisances not to commit the offence again . —Mr . Ballantine said this was all that was required now . —Tho Recorder asked if any ofthe cases had been compromised ? —The witness said that one had been compromised . Evidence was then g iven to show that music and dancing went on every evening , and some questions
were put by thc council for the prosecution with a view to show that many of the females who were present were loose characters , but the witnesses could not speak to thc fact . —The Recorder wished to know whether it was desired to be shown that the house was disorderly in fact , or whether it was merely " Disorderly" according to act of parliament . ( A laugh . )—Mr . BalUintinc said hc believed tliere was no pretence that the house was conducted in an improper manner . All they said was that the proceeding was illegal , and if his lordship entertained the same opinion , it would no doubt put a stop to it , Some evidence was then g iven to show that the defendant , Woolff , supplied pastry to the Walhalla , and engaged a waiter . —Mr . Drew , a clerk
in the office of the clerk of the peace for Middlesex , proved that the Walhalla had not been licensed by the magistrates as a place for public music and dancing . —Thc Recorder wished to know whether rooms or places where certain balls were held were considered to be subject to a licence ?—Mr . Ballantine said , that thc Hanover-square Rooms always had a licence—Mr . Parry said , that in the case of a dancing master , who occasionally gave public balls in his own rooms , Lord EUonborough decided that a licence was not necessary . —Mr . Ballantine said , the distinction was a place " kept" for the purpose . — This was the case for the prosecution . —The Recorder said , it appeared to him that the evidence against Woolff and Ottev was so verv slight that he
did not think they ought to be called upon for their defence . —Mr . Parry then addressed the jury for the defendant Pridmore ; and ho contended that the evidence was not sufficient to justify them in finding that person guilty of keeping and maintaining the house in question . —The Recorder , in summing up , said hc had felt himself called upon to decide that this place of amusement was of such a character as required a licence , and not having one it came within the definition of a disorderly house , and the only question that remained was , whether thc defendant Pridmore had been proved to have taken any share in the management of the concern . It appeared to him that the evidence to that point would have been very slight but for the artifice
that had been resorted to by Stowell , the prosecutor , in breaking the glass , which had the effect of compelling the defendant to come forward and avow himself to be the owner of the property . If thejury were satisfied with such evidence , although tliey might feel that the defendant had not been guilty of any moral offence , it would be their duty to return a verdict of guilty , but if they considered the evidenpe unsatisfactory , it would be equally their duty to say that the defendant was not guilty!—The jury , after deliberating for somo time , said they felt compelled to return a verdict of ' * Guilty ; " but at the same time stated , that although they could not help coming to the conclusion that the establishment in
question came within the provisions of the act of Parliament , there was no ground for believing that it had in any way been improperly conducted ; and they therefore desired to recommend tho defendant to the favourable consideration of the Court . —A verdict of " Net Guilty , " was then recorded with regard to Ottey and Woolff , and Pridmore was or . dered to enter into his own -recognisances in £ 40 , with two sureties in £ 20 each , to appear and receive the judgment of the Court , if he should be required to do so . —In another case of a similar description against a person named Boteler , Mr . Clarkson said he should withdraw from the prosecution , and a verdict of " Not Guilty" was _accordingly-
_returneu . WEDNESDAY , June 13 . Robbing a _Clehk . —W . Arnold , aged 17 , a clerk , was indicted for stealing a half crown , three shillings , and one _fourpenny piece , the property of Joseph Rudd . The ju _* y , after a long _con-ultation , and miring for some time , found the prisoner "Guilty . " —The Common Sergeant sentenced him to six months' _imprisonment . Stealing a _Paiii of Stays—Mary Ann Margaret Langham , aged 25 , described ns married , was convicted of stealing a pair of stavs , valued at 16 s ., the property of Mary Ann Brid geman , a staymaker
living at Woolwich . Tliere wa _$ also another indictment for stealing twenty handkerchiefs from another shop in the same town , The pr soner , a respectable looking young country woman , who had an infant in her arms , handed in a written statement , in which she _staied that distress had driven her to ihe act , and that an officer in the army was the father of her _Ciiild . —In answer to the court , the officer said the prisoner was a known character . She had been apprehended with the property on her , shortly after taking it . She was delivered of the child she then had in her arms as soon as she got to the statiou house . —She was sentenced to six months'
imprisonment . THURSDAY , Juss 14 . ( Before Lord Chief Justice Wiude , Mr . _Justice _Patti-son , and M . Baron Rolfe . )
TRIAL OF HAMILTON , FOR FIRING AT THE _aiTEEN . i Thtir lordships took their seats this morning at ] ten o clock . The prisoner William Hamilton , was placed in the dock a few minutes before ten ,: and , as a matter of course , attracted a great deal of njticc ; he was described in the _caleadar as a brieklayer . of the age of 23 . He was dressed in a flannel jacket . Hois rather a good-looking man , about five feet nine inches is height , with a sill y expression of _counteuaace . —The Attorney-General y Mr . "Wilsby _, Mr . Clarkson , Mr . Buiikin , and Mr . Clark appeared for the Crown . The prisoner , who . was undefended _, _plaited " Guilt y , aad was sentenced to be transposted for thc term of seven years .
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FOUNDERING OF MORE EMIGRANT SHIPS ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST . Advices received on Tuesday from Quebec state that at midnight on the lOtli of last month , tbe Mann from Limerick , an old vessel , ¦ manned bv a crew of ten hands , with Ul passengers , when -within ntty miles from St . Paul ' s , raniritoan iceberg with _tsn-ihc force . The whole of her hows were stove in , and the next moment the sea was rushing into thc
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hold with thc violence almost of a cataract . A piercing shriek was heard from below , but it was onlv ofa few moments duration , as the -ship went down almost immediately . It was the mate s watch , who , with one seaman and a cabin boy , succeeded m saving three lives by one of the boats which floated from the wreck as she foundered . About twenty of the passengers managed to reach the deck just before she went down , some of whom jumped oil to tho ieo , while othsrs clung to the floating spars . Nine only , however , could be preserved , six men , two women , and a boy , who had got on to the ice . _Nothing was seen of the master or the rest of the crew ; they all perished with the remainder ofthe passengers . Exposed m the boat to the most inclement weather , the help less survivors remained the whole of the following day . Eventually a barque , named the Roslin Castle , and the Falcon , a brig , approached and took them on board . The cold hold with the . violence almost of a cata ac j
poor creatures had suffered severely from thc , and their condition was most heart-rending . Their names are given as follows : —Michael Cussack , Joseph Lynch , Bridget O' Gorman , spinster , — Conners , William Brew , John Hogan _, and Patrick _M'Toque ; the survivors of the Maria ' s crew are : William Collins ( mate ) , John Pickering ( seaman ) , and Michal Tague ( cabin-boy ) , making m all , out ot the 121 souls on board , only twelve saved . In con-Sequence of tho brig Falcon being short of water , those who were picked up by her were transferred on board the Roslin Castle , which proceeded direct toQuebec , and arrived there last Saturday fortnight . In addition to the loss of the Maria , the Hannah , another emigrant ship , foundered near the same bearing . The master and a portion of the crew left the ship when she was foundering with the two hundred passengers , many of whom were snbsequently rescued , having been picked up four days after the _moiancholv event , and had been landed at Quebec .
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CORN . _MABK-LAffB , Monday , June II . — Our market continues very thinly supplied with all English grain , but we have had good arrivals of foreign since this day se ' nnight , particularly of oats . Fine English wheat sold pretty readily to-day and _fuUy as dear , and we had more buyers of foreign at last week's prices . Tliere was likewise more demand for fresh French flour , at is per sack advance . Barley for grinding sold fully as dear . In malt but little doing , _lleans and pea ; maintained former prices , without much demand for either . Most of the Foreign oats coming more or less out of condition , tliey were taken off very slowly by the dealers at fid to Is reduction , but good fresh corn was quite as dear to-day . Foreign rye would find buyers . Linseed cakes dull sale . The current prices as under : —
Bhitisii . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , 38 s to 45 s , ditto white , 40 s to 0 ' 2 s , Lincoln , Norfolk , and Yorkshire , red , S 7 s to 44 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white , 87 s to 41 s , ditto red , ! 35 s to 42 s , Devonshire and Somerset _, shire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , _Ws to 24 s , barley , 24 s to 80 s , Scotch , 24 s to 28 s , Malt ordinary , —s to —s , pale 52 s to 56 s , peas , grey , new , 2 Ss to 31 s , maple 2 tls to 83 s , white , 24 s to 2 ( 5 s , boilers ( new ) , 28 s to 30 s , beans , large , new , 23 s to 26 s , ticks 24 s to 27 s , harrow , 26 s to 29 s , pigeon . 28 s to 32 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire , feed , 16 s to 18 s , ditto Poland and potato , 18 s to 21 s , Berwick and Scotch , 18 s to 22 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 20 s , Irish feed , and black , 15 s to 18 s , ditto potato , 17 s to 22 s , linseed ( sowing ) SOs to 52 s , rapeseed , Essex , new , £ 26 to £ 28 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new , 2 Ds to 293 per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 4 10 s per ton , linseed , £ 9 10 s to £ 10 10 s per 1 , 000 , flour per sack _ot' 2801 bs . ship , 31 s to 32 s , town , 40 s to 42 s . Wednesday , June , 13 . —With Foreign oats we continue to be well supplied , whilst of all other grain , particularly wheat , the supply is very limited ; but the weather being on the whole favourable for the growing crops , the trade in every article is very quiet—the demand being confined to immediate consumption .
June 15 . —There was very little English wheat fresh up at market , and the arrivals of foreign during the week have been but moderate . Trade steady nt about . Monday ' s rates . Barley sold slowl y , at former prices . Really fine sweet oats being scarce , could hardly be bought so well as at the beginning of the week ; secondary and out-otconditioncd cargoes were a heavy sale , but cannot be quoted cheaper . Beans and peas much as last quoted . Flour without alteration .
CATTLE . Smithfield _, Monday , June 11 th . —The arrivals of foreign stock at the various outports have been small . From Ireland , 127 beasts , and 152 sheep have come to hand , by sea , for our market . Fresh up this morning , the receipts of home-fed beasts were seasonably extensive , and of full average quality . Tlie attendance of buyers was small ; yet , as the weather was favourable for slaughtering , the beef trade was steady , at prices fully equal to tiiose obtained on Monday last . The general top quotations for beef was 3 s 8 d per Slbs . In extreme cases rather more was paid . With all breeds of sheep we were fairly supplied . Generally speaking , the mutton trade was in a very sluggish state at barely last week ' s quotations , and at which a total clearance
was not effected . The number of lambs was large ; while tlie demand for that description of stock was heavy at a decline in value of quite 2 d per 81 bs . Calves—the supply of which was good-sold slowly at the late decline iu value . The sale for pigs was heavy at barely late rates . Head or Cattle at _Smitiifield . Beasts .. .. 3 , 8061 Calves .. .. 200 Sheep .. ,, 29 , 640 1 _l'igs ., _.. .. 250 Trice per stone of Slbs . ( sinking the offal ) . Beef .. 2 s 4 d to 3 s 8 d I Veal .. as 2 d to 4 s Od Mutton .. 3 s 4 d .. 4 s Od I Pork .. 32 .. 42 Lamb .. .. 4 s Sd to us lOd . 1 _' er Slbs . by the carcase .
_Newgate and Leadenhall , Monday , June 11 . —Inferior beef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s Gd to 2 s 8 d ; prime large , 2 s lOd to 3 s Od ; prime small , 3 s 0 d to 3 s 2 d ; large pork , 3 s 2 d to 3 s 6 d ; inferior mutton , 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; middling ditto , 3 s 4 dto 3 s Od ; prime ditto , 3 s 8 d to 3 s lOd - veal , 3 s Od to 3 s lOd ; small pork , 3 s Sd to 4 s Od ; lamb , 4 s 8 d to 5 s lBd . June 15 . —The market was tolerablv well supplied with beasts ; the trade was not quito so active as on Monday , but , the weather being favourable , very little alteration hi price was discernible . The number of sheep and lambs was again large , and trade exceedingly heavv . A few ot * the choicest kinds made nearly as much as * of late , but middling ones were lower . Manv second-rate lambs remained unsold . Although tho number of calves was less than on Friday last , it was still large . Trices remain about tlie same as on Mondav .
P 110 YISI 0 NS . London-, Monday , June 11 . —With no activity in markets , we have scarcely anything new to report . Of butter , nothing worth notice was done in Irish landed last week , ami prices ruled low . Limerick , C 4 s ; Waterford , G 3 s to «« s . Some few sales of Cork were elfected , at 04 s on board for tins and next month , and no free buyers for quantity at a price so apparentl y moderate . The best foreign was dull , at _Uis , and local supplies abundant and cheap . Bacon there was a limited demand for tiie Irish and American singed sides ; holders firm ; prices steadv ; tlie former _ots to ous ; the latter , 42 s to 48 s . Scalded middles sold slowly attfonio ( isto 4 as as in kind and quality . Hams a ready sale at from 50 s to 76 s per cwt . Lard dull ; prices nominal . Bladders , 4 bs to 02 s ; kegs , 30 s to 44 s . Esglisu Butter , June ll . _ Our trade continues dull , at previous rates ; but this day a disposition is shown to prevent prices going lower . The quantity of our butter being now inore regular , there is nut so wide a range fa price . M ?" 'f i , _!""" , webkl y , 70 s to SOs per cwt ; ditto middling , 1 , 0 s to i 0 s ; Devon ditto , Ms to 70 s j fresh Buckinghamshire , Ss to _li-s per dozen ; ditto West Country , Us to Ss .
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . Covent Gakden- . Monday , June II . —Asparagus ls Cd to us per bundle ; strawberries « d to Is per small pottle ; peaches 40 s per dozen ; cucumbers Sd to 3 s per brace ; green peas IsOd to 2 s 6 d , green currants as to 6 s . gooseberries 2 s Gd to 3 s , old onions -Is to Ss , and spinach -id to 6 _d per half sieve ; Summer _cabli-iires _, ( id to ls , ami horseradish Is Od to 2 s Gd per dozen heads ; Spring turnips 2 s to 3 s , carrots 5 s to Os , old carrots 3 s to 4 s , Spring onions Is to 2 s , turnip radishes Sd to lOd , and greens 2 s to 2 s Od per dozen bunches ; pine apples " is to 7 s , hothouse grapes 7 s to Ss , and new potatoes 2 d to ( id per lb ; oranges 0 s to lis , lemons as to Us , and fi _. rced French beans Is lid to 2 s Gd per hundred ,- mushrooms _Ud to Is per punnet ; rhubarb 4 d to lid per ' dozen bundles ; cos lettuces 6 d to lOd per score ; cauliflowers , 3 s to 5 s per dozen heads .
POTATOES . SOUTHWAUK Waterside , June II The supply of English potatoes is all but finished , and tiiose from tlie continent arc so lew tliat it will not be worth while to give auv re port after this until the next season . The following * are this daj ' s prices : —Yorkshire "Regents , 120 s to -iOOs ; Scotch whites , SOs to _UOs ; foreign , 50 s to _!> 0 s .
COLONIAL PRODUCE _Losnosf , Tuesday , June 12 .-TIie quantity of _su-ar _ifS * _, " _'! )* _* to-day , say 400 lihds . West India , 14 , 000 bags Mauritius , and D _. 500 ba s Bengal , exceeded the _dcmnml ; and although the importers bought in fullv _onethird to sustain the market , yet prices declined ( id . * _llarbadoes sold 3 Ss Od to 43 s Cd ; Mauritius ydlow , 37 s to 42 s : Bengal white Benares , 40 s . to 43 s ; crystallised , 43 s to 48 s ! In the private contract market about 201 ) Wills sold , _making-4- . 0 hhds , including the public sale . Thc refined market has been dull , and quotations are reduced Od . Grocery lumps , y 2 s to 53 s fid . *' Coffee . —A . further advance . upon yesterday ' s prices of Ceylon has been freely paid in public-sale to day ! _makiu-« _ST _„ Tr ; " lmbI * V I , Hces _<*** week ; about ¦ h _^ . f , \ _W _* X «« y good ordinary native , sold 33 s to oos hd . a few lots 34 s , _tuid about 1 , 500 bags are reported sold by private contract , 33 s to 33 s Od . L
COAL . n „« _nS ,.. _^) r _- - _- _*? u , ie U—The H _«» tM y return cirthe coal meters office shows that the total quantity of coals _andcokedelivcrea _iuMaywas 277 , 834 tons : 203 , 704 tons _mra delivered 1 « official meters , and 68 , 180 tons _bv-Mfrate weighers . An effort has lately been made to do away with the system of weighing coals by private meters . The auove return shews , however , that it has only _bw-u partially successful Tlio system _is-opon to much abuse , a „ d destroys tiie confidence inspired by an official _aiarantce The quantity short the delivwy for the _conespocdine month in 18 _« . is . 2 , 650 tons , aixl short the delivery of coali only , endingiiay , 1848 , 208 , 47 % tons . J „ _< _-- ' 7 _«? _*?? r ls I ' , er to " a * the close ot the _ssaritet . ) _F-PAtlW - _^ welM _^ 14 _^ ' _n ' U r _S _^ 3 IIflVt 1 _^ - _***** _^ il _ev 13 s ad- ( , i _° J _^ ' "' Wi _Nosfo _1-ercj-llart . v . - ' r , _lVwvrc « n n ? _K « _tt «« h , 12 s Gd ; fan-Held Moor , * Ua Id to 12 s'Jd ; Tantiel / i Moor Untes . M * i _; _. lt 'IWnl ,, !'
if Im . \? - , _* ' tl _<* _- v * _i" _* 3- _Wall _' s-cmt : _ Acorn Close * hsi Git ; _Kevvicce and &> ., 14 s Cd ; Uv _tmt * gas , 12 »; Oil * . ' iii ' _iT' _^ f _^ i »* _W ; iIotsimr _, 12 * _Dd ; _Killmgwc _*!*!' , ii _« ' ii M » _WVUs 9 d ; _LnnibtettPrimrose , 14 s , £ ) d ; _llc-lton , 16 s 3 d ; Uaswell , 16 s Od ; _iiftitton , 14 s Ud ; Ijanl . tea , lus Od ; _Hons-wii , 14 s Od ; riiu « i « er , 16 s 3 d ; _Russull's Hetton 15 s 9 d ; Stewart ' s , 10 s a * * , ; West _Belmont I 5 s ; : )) lutwell , 14 s ( iii Hartlopool . IGs , 3 d > _, Hough Hall , Us Gd ; kelloc , 15 s Od ; South _IlartlcwMil , 15 s ; Thorr _& v , 15 s : West _Hartlcjftol , 15 s ; Whitworth , l _* 2 s Od ; Adelaide Tec !? , las Gd ; Cuvrndun Tees , 14 s 3 d ; Denison , 14 s - . Sou ' . _UDur . ham , 14 s ud ; Tecs , 16 s 3 d ; West Comfort _!^ 14 s ; WvSt Hetton , Its ( id ; Anthraoitc , 20 s ; _Derwent-vKitev Ilavtlev _, 13 s Gd j Hartley , _I 3 _s ; Sidney ' s Hartley . 13 s V , d , Ships at market , 18 _i \
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 16, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16061849/page/8/
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