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Monday, May 21; House Of Lords.~Finixgat...
from a hig h authority , he would not compromise the constitutional demand for Triennial Parliaments . The rig ht hon . gentleman concluded h y niovino- for leave to bring in a bill . Lord P . Stuart said , he had great pleasure in seconding the motion of his ri ght hon . friend . He considered the subject as one of the most important that could be discussed in that House . There were few subjects which had been more frequently discussed , or upon which more able arguments had "been addressed to the House ; "but it had never been discussed precisely under the same circumstances " as at present , and therefore he hoped that , although it had not been carried formerly , it would now "" find favour with the House , and * if the House should pass it he was sure it would find' favour with the j
people at large , ( near . ) He did not know what might be the state of opinion upon this subject in the _saloons and ball-rooms of this _metropolis but he believed that on railroads , omnibuses , and stcanihoats , and in other _pnlilie places , the opinions would be found pretty unanimous in its favour . Alter _glaucin" at the historical facts of the case , the noble Ford proceeded to _observe that though the term of seven vears had been enacted to meet an emereencv , _Vliich had long since passed away the people had never ceased to require short Parliaments . The proposition before the House was not , like the ballot , open to the assertion that it was un-English , for it was known to our laws . If the noble lord at thc head ofthe government only reflected on what had passed for the last year and a half upon the
continent , lie would see of what , importance it was that thc legislature should be thc fair representative ofthe people . One trembled to think what mi g ht happen if they were not so . In a moment Louis Philippe _lost his throne because the legislature of France was but a mockery , a delusion , and a snare . Although the expenses of elections had increased so much under the Septennial Act as to have ruined noble families , he did not advocate the repeal of that statute so much on the grounds of economy , as that it would be impossible to obtain a fan-, full , and efficient representation of the people without it . Hon . gentlemen often forgot tbe promises they made on the hustings , but short parliaments would make them less likely to neglect or violate their duties ; undoubtedlv corruption did not exist to such an
extent as formerly , but no one could be ignorant of the immense power possessed over members by the increasing pa nonage of the government . Some persons urged that _nhort parliaments would interfere with the prerogatives ofthe crown , but it appeared to him tbat thc theory of tbe exercise of the prerogative was not that thc crown should have the means of intimidating parliament when it pleased by the threat ofa new election , but that when the crown doubted if parliament represented the people , it might ascertain the fact by a dissolution . He was equally satisfied that short parliaments would not interfere with the influence of the House of Lords—an institution to which he looked with no degree of hostility , and which often , he believed , had exercised a salutary power on our progress .
With respect to the motion before the Mouse , all those who thought the present duration of parliament too great should vote for it , whether they believed Quinquennial or Annual Parliaments the best , lie did not know what course government would take with respect to it ; indeed the noble lord had altered Ids opinions so much on this question , that lie might he fairly said to hare " boxed the compass " npon it . ( Hear . ) First he was in favour of Triennial Parliaments ; when the Reform Hill was introduced he expressed himself in snch a way as to hold out an invitation to any independent member to propose such a measure ; then in 1833 the npble lord opposed the _mstion of his right lion _, friend iu the most violent terms ; ia 133 A he gave a silent vote against the proposition ; in 1837 he said lie thought thc country did not require it ; and last _vear , when it was made bv the lion , member
for Montrose , hc declared that , sooner than have Trieiiii-d he would have Annual Parliaments . [ Lord _« . SiissEU .: But I said I was against both . ] Yes , JiritJie noble lord ' s declaration , * _tiiough he had no _dou-. t it was made in debate , aud that the noble lord would vote for the longer period , had had a great effect on the country . He appealed , in conclusion , to every _Reformerjii thc House to vote for the repeal of tlie Septennial Act , which had been demandeu by _thcj-eopU' for Upwards Of 100 years , and which bail been always understood to form a part of _cve-y scheme of reform which had been advocated by Cliarii . _* _iui , Pitt , Fox , Romilly , and Mackintosh ; and wliich , while it interfered with no other measure of reform , more than any other secured thc House , and _tentj _.- d to promote the happiness of the nation by _bringing the legislature into harmonious co-operati-ii with the people . ( Hear , hear . )
_Lt-rd -I . Russell considered that the effect of the _motk-ii was to shorten the duration of parliaments to three years . In _dealing with the historical part of trie subject , he observed that the grievance agaiii ?* which our ancestors were anxious to _provide - -v . -: » ihe suspension of parliaments , and the _Triennial Act contained a clause requiring that a parliament should he called within three years . Twenty-one , years after the passing of that act , those who hud licea most instrumental in framing it coniplaifevd ef its evii ea * e :-ts , whieh were enumerated iu the preamble of the Septennial Act , namely , the cnor . _lOi . _a and continual expense io which it subjectoJ the elected , and the violent and lasting aminos : ' les which it engendered amongst the e ' _eetors . _The-ja-j . ' -tion , therefore , was not _ini-reiy one of
abstr . » , i _reasoning aud theory , hut had been tested by _the'i-Aperi-mct ; of our ancestors , who had , after a trial , demanded a change of the law . There were other considerations of very great weight . If _parli-uc . » _tts w . jrc triennial , it would be found tliat mush time _» _- _- _* ould he lost _ilu- ough the inexperience of new inci _.-ii-ers , and in the third year there would be an ind _' . _rvos'tion on the part of the House to decide upo : * giv . it qiie _.-tions , which mig ht exert an effeut _upoi : j ! _ireiicral election ; so that two out of the tlms .- years would be disturbed by _tlieac causes . He .- 'liiiiued that the advantages attending the _yrc-r-.--: ? law would be dearly bought if the opinions of _i :- - _t-o'isiitueiiey and of the public did not _Ifiiiuenc-.- tha _conduct of die members of that House ; but " -ss opinion was , that since the Reform Act
_gencs- _** ' _; * _iU-iiii- _* n had been paid to the wishes and opi :.. _>*; s of the constituency and the public on tha pari < if ihe representatives , upon whose conduct aud vote- *' : n * y had as much _iiiflut'iice as they ought to Lav .-: for If the _hiHueaee were carried to a greater _exii'i . s , in too i :: a « Y _lii-fCnnces members would sacrln-- ¦ -- tlieir hottest conviction *" , and defer to the trai .-sSut passions of their _constituents . He uisputi- > the position th . it the inlluenee of the Crown wou ' _-i in : less felt in -short parliaments than in long one .- : a-id upon the whole he had come to tiie _conclur _' _-. n ( ii . 'it ihetv was no ivasou why the _pi-vacni law - -v ihe dur :. ; ioii of p .-. rliuineiits should he _distus-h' _-i . "Whether , if the question were open , it won- - 5 \> e wise to settle six years ( the practical peri ! " !) ns the precise term for the dmiifion of
_parlian-: il ? it irAs linnecesKiry to . inquire - he had at one rime thought that five years would be better thp _:-. - _"i-veu , as a . general question ; . but he did not thin . " -. eve was _-tsiv _sitiS-riciiv reason for making a clini ; - that would after all merely -iiiiiiiibh ihe tcr ' : - •_"• " vneyeai _* . Froaj _I 8 _"i * ' lo 1-341 , the _avc-i-ajrc du :- - ¦ >* ¦ of the P . _-iriiani .-j : is had beer , less than tin .-, years . ( li . - .-ar , hear . ) The noble lord conci _«' ' -: in tho following genuine Tory style : — My / = / := * hon . friend remarks that wc have a _differed _-i'lrati ' _- _.-. i of parliament from other countries . miil f _i-it _, _lnoKiflg into oilier constitutions in _Europe , we < -- - _»¦ - 'Ot find any one which provides for a _dunifio " _i-- * i .- - . tch rears hi tiie case of n ix *} _-re : _* _- * j _* r _* iii »" ts ass ; -: '" ' _i , and that live and four years are iiic more _freqtic . ii * limits proscribe ! for lhe duration cf
popular _---i-ail-llcs . " iVIi . Ii " .-oat _di-fcrence to my ri g ht : hoi . -. -., .-id , 1 am not dispose . ] to quarrel with those new -. _j . _siUutions of other countries . We have seen _iaoii . * _---ci : v in Prance overthrown . "W e have seen the .. ' visits of the Crown in that country exposed to • •• _h-f-t popuhir disapprobation , and the throne its > _i'ir perish beneath the ruins of ihat general courui- - si . But wc have seen , _likewise , that the form of _« .. - -.-rnment which has succeeded has not establish . -. 1 itself in popular opinion , and that those who , with ir . c most brilliant talents and the most uuqtu ?> _-- ' _- * iable fiitegrity , have declared themselves favourers of the form of government thus _cstablisii' _-i . have fallen themselves within these few days un ««* ihe displeasure of the same popular opinion _wliL-ii overturned the monarchy When in other
_collieries we see all government disturbed and brok-n—constitutions voted which are never put in force—constitutions which have long existed overthrown , and cast in the dust—men seeking for some form ... f government to which they em attach themselves—for some leader who is worthy to guide them —I Hod no fault with those who , exposed to such storm * , are seeking for better forms cf political _goveriU ! i' _* nt ; the imperfect forms under which they have- ion ? lived may have rendered necessary such _Strii'cU- ' - _* - ' —may have awakened doubts—may have _ma-iV _sii-jii lamentable con _&* s « Inevitable ; but I r _<* _ioH-e that w * c ourselves have long ago passed ttirou _' _ -h suc _* ii contests ; and I for one am not prepared to imitate-any part of those constitutions whu _* -i I see so little , trusted—which are still so _imcert-im—which are still so littic likely io endure . Par from me be the sentiment that it is _a-iree .-. bie to
stand on the shore , and see others _Iaboiuing m the depth- * , to behold the storm without having any part i-i the danger :. bat , on thc other side , when I sec inns _sicruTvising , when I see other barks labouring under the effects _ofthewi-id _,-uid waves , I am not prepared to launch my vessel into tlie same _Oce-iHty be exposed tothe suiie _pcti ' s . My right ho ::. fr 5 <* nd _ innst , _therefor , excuse me if I am _disposed _atahv-tiiue , whatever 1 might he at another , rather to cling to the security and to . the advantages we _jiavejthaa be caughs by the pitis _' peut he holds out t « nH _* i- ; Wlien lie tells mt- tliat _otlariiationa have « o 1 .. ' ~ _5 : sr . _iiilir tt > those which lie wishes . us lo Cusv *!' _-- *} _.. I coaclude ., as I _e-inciuded < m a former oci , i iii- ? . bjc _. _o'qiOiSR'iJii . v right li » _i-. i ' -ie ; .-d ' s . _m-.. tion . I < l ..-. r _?_ t . ! jH ! K th- _'" sir-Hion o : ' _-a : ' a : ; _-r-ii _* as nr _prebeiii _*" _x-.-i ! , .- o ' o : i _^ _' . 1 _i-ii- ! : k ; " ; . t j : 'ji = iic opinion !• _---a ve . ; - y ca . --. hu a _suSlci _.-nt _iiiilucuce on member . *
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of this House , and that if you made elections so _exceedingly frequent as my right hon . friend proposes , you would lose much on the ground of public security—much on the ground of habits of businessmuch on the ground of stability of counsels and due deliberation on me asures ; and you would not gam , in respect of public liberty , anything to countervail-the disadvantages I have stated . ( Loud cheers _) Jlr " s . Ckawfokd said , that in discussing this question it was right to know what the constitution w as—whether that House was to represent tho people . If that was the constitution , then this House on"ht to be under the control of the people . But the people complained tbat this House did not fairly
represent their wishes and feelings , and one ofthe causes why it did not was owing to tho duration of parliament . He did not deny that evils might arise and did arise from all forms of government , but the question they hud to determine was , whether the public good would be best promoted by keeping thc House of Commons uuder the control ot the people . He maintained that it could not be under their control as long as parliaments continued for seven years . It had been observed that this measure had not excited any popular feeling out of doors . The reason ofthat was , that t lis was but one of a series of measures which the people believed to be neces-Siry for the amelioration of their condition . The principal of those measures was the extension ofthe
suffrage , which they looked upon as the prime means of placing the House in the position of their real representatives . ( Hear . ) it was said that the frequency cf elections would increase the expenses . What those expenses were he could not tell , unless they were expenses forthe purposes of corruption ; and that was one of the reasons why he maintained that parliaments ought to be more frequent , for persons would be less likely' to spend much money in corrupt practices when they knew they would be elected for only a short _pcrio- _' . ~ Agai . i , it was said that the representatives ofthat House should not be under the control of the people . If that was so , then they ought to have recourse to that which was the practice formerly in Ireland—namely , elect the representatives for life . But tbat would be the
very reverse ofthe constitution . He did not think that frequent elections would give rise to frequent changes in the persons elected . On thc contrary , he believed that those who did their duty would liave a better ehauce of being re-elected than under the present system , ana that greater harmony and good feeling would exist between the . representatives and the represented . ( Hear , hear . ) But he did not think it would be worth while to promote a change , for the purpose of establishing a five years ' duration of parliament . Indeed , he hardly thought it worth while to promote a change for Triennial Parliaments but at the same time , as Triennial Parliaments was the principle of the old constitution , he was willing to take that step . ( Hear , hear . ) The House then divided . Thc numbers were , —
For the motion 46 Against it 41 majority —5 The announcement of the numbers was followed by loud cheers . The _Workixg Classes . —Jlr . _Slaxet then moved the appointment of a standing committee , or unpaid commission , to consider and report from time to time on practical measures ( unconnected with political changes ) likely to improve the _condition of the working classes , to encourage their industry , aud increase their contentment . He had not to " apprehend opposition or contradiction from the House _, at that moment . "What he had rather to dread was , that hon . members would quietly and silently steal forth from that House , and leave him with so small an audience that he should be counted out . If
such were to bo his fate , he trusted a good cause would procure for him a hearing on some future occasion . But , if he were permitted to proceed , he should observe that the improvement in the condition of the working classes had not kept pace with the improvement in the condition of the more opulent classes . _ATith respect to the peasantry , the parliamentary committees of 1 S 17 and of 1 S 10 reported that abuses prevailed in many of the southern counties . And the same result was shown from the proceedings of tke committee of 1824 on labourers * wages , over wliich . the noble lord at thc head ofthe government presided . He then referred to the reports ofa parliamentary committee of 1 S 30 and a commission of 1 S 33 for additional
evidence of the unsatisfactory and neglected condition of thcagricultural labourers , wliich lie said Jed them to commit acts of outrage in the southern counties . Then was passed the stringent law of 1 S 35 , which had slowly effected some improvement in the agricultural districts . The evils which that law was intended to remove had been admitted to exist for twenty years before the remedy was applied . That could not have happened if there had existed some government department whose duty it would have been to watch over the condition of thc working classes and endeavour to improve it . What now was the condition of an agricultural labourer ? "When he attained the a « e of seventv all he could
hope for was to be able to eke out a miserable existence by means of parochial aid . " The hon . member then proceeded to the case of ths population of largo towns , of those _engaged in manufactures , mines , and railway construction , and read extracts from a report of a parliamentary committee _oflSlO , of the Poor Law Commissions of 1813 , of a commission issued under the govern ment of Sir It . Peel in 1813 , of the Mining Commission of 1843 , ofthe Handloom Weavers Commission of 1 S 41 , of thc Committee on Hail way Labourers in 1 S _10 , and of thc Sanitary Commission of 1 S 4 : 3 , to show that , as regarded the sanitary , moral and reli g ious condition of those classes , improvement was imperatively demanded .
At this time notice was taken that forty members were not present , and thc House thereupon was adjourned , at a quarter past eight o ' clock .
THURSDAY , Mat 24 . HOUSE OF LORDS . _—Xavigatiox Laws . —The House went into committee on this bill . Amendments moved hy the JSarl of _Ellkxboi-oug / _i and Earl Waldegraye having been negatived on a division , by a _majority of 13 in one instance and 12 in the other , Lord Staxl- _**; declared , that after what had taken place , and the extraordinary-measures resorted to by the government to secure a majority , he would no loager oppose the further progress of the measure . Lord WiiAn . _vcLirFE also withdrew an amendment of which he had given notice , and the bill went through committee , and is ordered to be reported this day .
Ai » joi ;** . "fME . \ x of the JiousE . —Thc Marquis of _Laxskowxk gave notice that he should move that , at its rising this day , tlie House do atjourn to Mondav , the 4 th of Juno . HOUSE OF _COMMONS . —Yotf . _ivr Ballot . — Mr . Hour _Bc'skeley moved for leave to bring in a bill to enable the votes of parliamentary electors to be taken by ballot . After adverting to ths success whieh bis motion hail jr . _e-i with hist year , he urged upon the House the propriety of following up its vote on that occasion by now permitting him to introduce a measure to carry that vote into effect . In support of his proposed measure he recapitulated the arguments with which he had last session supported his motion , and quoted Conservative as well as Liberal authorities in support of the ballot .
Mr . _Joiix Williams seconded tlie motion , illustrating the necessity which existed for tlie adoption ofthe ballot , by describing the system of intimidation practised upon tenants by their landlords , upon traders by their customers ' , and upon workmen by their masters . Mu . GnAxiLET _Beukelet supported the motion , and read a great number of letters from tenants of Lord Fitzhardingc , to show thc intimidation under which they su & ered , and from wliich tlie ballot would rescue them . Amongst those who . voted for the ballot in 1842 were Sir G . Grey , Captain Berkeley , Lord Marcus Hill , Mr . TufnclL Admiral "Dundas , Mr , Shell , and other occupants of the Treasury bench . He trusted that the motion would have the support of the same honourable members on this occasion .
. Mr . Fox supported the motion with reluctance , thinking it unfortunate that a matter _-hicli formed but- a mere branch ofa greater scheme should be brought forward alone , instead of in combination with those other measures which were all necessary for the purification of our representative system . He trusted , however , that the House , for the sake of its own consistency , would not refuse to receive the Bill . After a few words from Sir IlAinn' _Vkuney , and from Mr . H . Berkeley in reply , the House divided , and the numbers were—For the motion ... S 5 Against it ... 18 ( 1 Majority against 51 So the motion was negatived . GovEnxMEXT of Coloxiks . —Mr . _Roebuck then
in a speech replete with 'historical details respecting the princi ples of colonisation , moved for leave to bring ia a bill for the better government of . certain of her Majesty ' s colonial possessions . Mr . Hawes followed in reply , stating his reasons for opposing the introduction bf the measure , which were ground-id on no desire to resist a change , when any change . should be found necessary , but on the ground of the impracticability of the plan , propounded . Exclusion * : of _SinAxcEKS . ' —Col . Tqompsox , after a short discussion , at tiie suggestion of Sir G . _Giiey , withdrew liis motion on the subject of the exclusion of . _strangers' from the House , the proposition being that the ri ght " of exclusion should rest with the I House , and cot with an individual member ..
_TkiexxialPaiili amux ' ts _.-Mi-I _D'EvxcoruT brought ia the bill for s ' _lortciiit-g the duration- of . _parlia-HU-i . tr _, ' _-vhich _wpsi ' , da first ' , n ; _ul ordered to bc-vead . i _-C--i : ] _i--l -imc on the 27 th of June . The House then adjourned ,
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FRIDAY ; May 25 . HOUSE OP LORDS . —Tlie Bill for the Pbotect . on of Women was read a second time on the motion of the Bishop of Oxronp . Their lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Parliamentary Reform . —Sir J . Waimsley , in reply to Mr . Campbell , stated that it was the intention of Mr . Hume to bring forward his motion on the subject of parliamentary reform on the 5 th of June . Navy Estimates . —Colonel SiMiionp called the
attention ofthe House to the salaries of the principal officers of the adriiiralty . He proposed to "knock off" two ofthe lords , and to reduce the salary of the first lord by £ 500 a year , and the salaries of the secretary and other officers , making a reduction in the aggregate vote of £ 3 , 550 . Sir F . Barixo defended his own salary modestly , the other salaries with more confidence , and resisted the reductions , showing the diminution which had already been made in this item of expense .
Ultimately , the motion was withdrawn . The report having been agreed to , the House went into a Committee of Supply on the Army Estimates , when certain supplementary votes were passed after discussion . The House adjourned at half-past nine o ' clock until Thursday next . -
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TIIE VICTIMS ON WHIT-MONDAY . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dbar Sir , —It gave me pleasure to observe in the Star , of Saturday week , another appeal to the Democrats of this country from an Old Chartist of Nottingham on behalf of the victims and their families , in which he states that one halfpenny per week from the Chartists of that county would be more than is subscribed throughout the country . As the Whitsuntide holidays arc approaching , ¦ I hope an effort will be made by all good men and true to cheer the captives in their dungeons , by not only sympathising with them in their imprisonment , but by a firm resolve henceforth to do what each one has the power to do , always bearing in mind that the widow ' s mite- is as acceptable as others from tbeir abundance . Let every Chartist makf * a
calculation what he can do by so small a sum aa one halfpenny . I will take the true and decided Chartists , those who are fully convinced in their minds that the objects sought for in the People ' s Charter are for the benefit of the whole people , at 100 , 000 , and surely it is a small number , when we know that millions have si gned a petition for that object ; one hundred thousand persons subscribing one halfpenny per week each , would amount to £ 208 6 s . 8 d ., and at tho end of the year would amount to £ 10 , 833 , which sum , applied to the purchase of tracts and lectures , would disseminate our principles in the minds of thousands who have not begun to think for themselves . My present purpose in addressing yon , sir , is that you may endeavour once more to impress on the minds of the veritable Chartists that it is their duty to make an effort to
obtain a sum for the relief of those who are suffering for their cause and I can see no fitter time than on Whit-Monday . The plan I would propose is that one or more , if the place required it , should take upon hiinselfto collect one penny each from all who are friends to the cause , and let the whole be forwarded to the office ofthe Star immediately . And now , brother Democrats , let the enemies of mankind see you are uiiited to support the oppressed , and firmly resolved to emancipate yourselves from lie thraldom in which you are held . Show them tliat you still are true to the cause of justice and humanity by subscribing throughout every city , town , and village , through the length and breadth of the land . Don ' t forget it on Whit-Monday , and you will then cheer the hearts of the oppressed , and make the oppressors tremble . A Chartist of Twelve Years Abiding .
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FRANCE . Paris , Wednesday . —To-day the National Assembly , after a great deal of noise and confusion , proceeded to divide on the motion brought forward yesterday by General Cavaignac , modified by a phrase proposed hy MM . Jolly and Bastille , to the following effect : — " To take measures necessary to preserve thc independence and liberty of nations . " General Cavaignac objected to this addition on tlie _groand that it went beyond what he wished or proposed . The motion of General Cavaignac was then put and carried _yiar assis et leve : The additional phrase was rejected by a majority of 34 G votes to ' 200 , and finally the ensemble of the order of the day , as proposed by General Cavaignac , was adopted , on a scrutin de division , by a majority of 43 G to 184 . The following is the text of General Oavaignac ' s motion , as finally adopted by the above division : — " The National Assembly calls the serious attention of the government to thc events and the movements
of _troops which are taking place in Europe ; and . pre-ddcupied by the danger of . that state of tilings , as well for thc welfare of liberty as for the interior and exterior interests of the Republic , it recommends to the government to take the measures necessary to protect them energetically , and passes to the order of the day . " Paris , Thursday . —Quantities of troops arc coming into Paris . The 6 th battalion ot Chasseurs a Pied left Strasbourg on the morning of tho ' 20 th inst . for Paris , being suddenly summoned thither . The battalion df the Mobile ' Guards which showed such a Socialist feeling at Blaye is about to bo disbanded , and the men draughted into divers regiments :. Nothing is yet positive about the formation of General Bugeaud ' - * ministry . Great efforts arc being made to join with him both Odilion Barrot and Dufaure ; no agreement , however , has been as yet come to .
The debate in the National Assembly to-day wandered very much from its original purpose—namely , an inquiry into the conduct of General Changarnier . M . _Ledru-Rolliii , in supporting his demand for a committee ol" inquiry , made use of strong language in reference to the President of thc Republic , and was replied to with great warmth by the President of the Council . _TiuTMinister of Public Instruction also spoke at some length , defending the government from the insinuations of Us having had _ncoupde-main in contemplation . Tlie discussion w ; : s adjourned .
ROMAN STATES . The Veloee , which reached Marseilles on the 22 nd inst ., brought from Civita Vecchia M . Forbiri Janson , French charge d ' affaires' at Rome , who probably _brings the terms of an arrangement which has boen como to between the Romans and the French . Meanwhile an armistice has been come to , and hostilities will cease , no doubt , not to be resumed .
AUSTRIA . YlKXNA , May 20 . —The Angsbnrgh Ga ' zette informs us that the master of the _ordnaiice , Weldeti , has dismissed a dozen generals from his army . Madejski , the superior of a convent at Cracow , having been convicted by a court martial of an attempt to suborn the Russian troops , was condemned to one year s imprisonment en the 10 th , and conveyed tn the fortress of Olm ' utz . Strzemecki , a village schoolmaster in the Cracow territory , was shot for seditious behaviour .
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Fatal Accident on tub Derby Night . —An inquest was held before Mr . Payne , at Guy ' s Hospital , on the body of Hannah' _Cronin , aged 60 years . '; It appeared in evidence that the _deceased and a relation proceeded on tho night of the Dert . y to witness the return of tho carriages from Epsom . _TUi'Ve were several thousands of persons congregated round the Elephant Castle Tavern for the same purpose , and whilst thc deceased was running across the road she was knocked down by an omnibus . Tiie driver endeavoured to stop tlio horses , hut before he could do so the oft fore-wheel passed over the deceased ' s body . She was takeii to the-above hospital , where she died from the effects of the injuries . —Verdict , " Accidental Death . " ¦ •;'
More Accidents o . \ Returning from Epsom . — Another accident happened to a boy named George Reed , aged .. 13 years , of Kensington-place , Westminster . The , unfortunate lad was on his way home from work , and while crossing the road . near the Victoria Theatre , lie ran between the legs of a gentleman ' s horse , which was returning at a fast rate from Epsom , and before thc rider could stop thc amimalthoboy was dreadfully injured about the face and chest , by being trampled upon , lie was scon by a surgeon , and aftenv < irds rumored to tlio hospital . —A serious accident occurred to Uenrv
Wilkins , aged 29 , . residing at Providence-place , Dockhead , Bermondsey . It seems that he was on the way home from Epsom on _the-topofafpur-horse stage coach , when lie by some means fell from the roof into the road , whereby ho received a compound fracture ofthe left leg , and such other irjurios that it was deemed necessary to take him to Guy ' s Hospital , where he was placed under the care of Mr . _L-uigford , the house surgeon . Several other casualties took place , and many wero admitted to ' . . the borough hospitals , but those aborenaincd are the principal .
Colliery Accident . —On Saturday morning last another distressing accident occurred at Lantwit _Vai-dre Colliery , near TrefoVest _, belonging to Thos . Powell , Esq .,. the " extensive . ¦ ¦ colliery-.. proprietor , when five men were killed on tho spot , aiid -others ' dreadfully injury . The men . wore descending about _To ' clock _, and were about ton yards down ,, w ' _lieii the engine lost all power over the fly-wheel ' , and the poor fellows wero . precipitatcd to the , bottom of . the pit , nearly .. one hundred _< yards deep .- The . heay ' v . chain which suspended the , carriage then fell with great force ou theni .- ' . " Every effort was then ' . made to assist the _sitlierers , and it was not ' until oim o ' clock tb : ; tall the bodies ' were taken but . - " Mo-lien ! aid was sent-for , and cvevv _af-tention paid !< < i . ' uo injured ,
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MANCHESTER VICTIM COMMITTEE FOR TI ( From the 31 st December , 194 INCOME . „ 1848 . £ ' s ' d < Dec . 31—Manchester , collections ... 1 8 11 IT _^
1849 . Jan . 2—Rochdale , per William Bake ... 0 10 0 3—Bury , Mr . Jones ... .. .. 0 2 0 7—Manchester , collections ... 1 19 0 $ 8—Hig her-lane , Pilkington , per J . Hcrstwood 0 9 0 8—Leagli _, p er James Cook ... 0 7 0 9—Borrowed of Thomas _Fildes ... 0 10 0 12—Todmorden , female Chartists ... 10 0 14—Manchester , collections ... 3 3 24 15—Ditto , collection in Corn
Exchange , at Mr . Barker ' s Lecture 2 14 10 21—Manchester , collections .... 2 0 3 "; 22—Bacup _, per James Wilson ... 0 5 . 0 28—Manchester , collections ... 2 8 10 Levensholm , per John Gaskill 0 2 6 30—John M'Rown ... ... 0 5 0 Chartists of Salford ... ... 0 15 0 Rochdale , per William Bake ... o 10 0 31—Leeds , per Mr . Brook ... 10 0 Todmorden , Female Chartists 0 5 0 Sutton-in-Ashfield , G . J . Harney 0 13 0 Feb . 4—Manchester , collections • ... 3 7 0 J 6—Coventry , per George Freeman 0 5 0 1 1—Manchester , collections ... 2 11 6 Levensholm , per John Gaskill 0 2 8
13—Rotherham , per John Turner l 0 o 14—Todmorden , per Richard Barker 10 0 Hull , per George Barrett ... 0 4 4 : 18—Manchester , collections ... 3 14 li 25—Roehdalo , per William Bake 0 10 0 Manchester , collections ... 1 10 4 J Mar . 4—Manchester , collections ... 2 13 3 o—Middleton council ... ... 0 6 0 9—Pilkington , per John Herstwood 0 14 7 11—Levinsholm , per John Gaskill 0 3 0 Manchester , collections ... 2 2 4 $ . _-. ' . " 13—Bacup , per James Wilson . ... 0 6 0 18—Todmorden , per Richard Barker 0 17 11 Manchester , collections * .,. 1 18 2 25—Manchester , collections ... 3 4 7 * ' Total income 47 5 7 Thomas _OitMusiiER , Secretary .
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3 SUPPOrvT OF TIIE KIRKDALE _PBISONEKS . _, to the 27 th of March , 1849 . J 1849 "'' _EXI' _-fiSWiOBK . . . -6 a . d . Jan . 2—Remitted to Prisoners Post-ofnce . : Order , and _Eighteen Stamps - 3 _•} - ; J Mrs . Loach , printing 300 Labels 0 4 0 9—Prisoners , Order i- op Thomas Roberts ' s Family ... 0 £ l > 15—Fifty Collecting Books , 2 Cash Books , and Minute Book .... 0 9 4 16—Thomas Roberts's Family ...... 0 2 6 Paid T . Fildes , Borrowed Money 0 10 0 Bad Coin ... ... 0 10 Relief to Prisoners'Families ... 16 0 Prisoners , Post-office Order ... 2 10 0 Mr . Barker , Cab Hire from Corn _TmT" _^^ .
Exchange ... ¦ 0 1 G To Visiting Families ... 0 10 Mrs . Leach , printing 112 double crown Addresses ... ... 1 13 , 0 23—Bill Posting .... ... 0 2 0 Thomas Roberts ' s Family ... 0 8 0 Prisoners , Post-office Order , and Eighteen Stamps ... 2 19 30-Thomas Roberts ' s Family .... o 3 0 Prisoners , Post-office Order , and _Eighteen Stamps ... 2 12 0 Feb . 6—Thomas Roberts ' s Family ... 0 3 0 Prisoners , Post-office Order , and Eig hteen Stamps ... 2 2 0 Cooking Utensils for Prisoners 0 18 1 13—Prisoners . Post-office Order , and
twenty-seven stamps ... 2 12 9 Thomas Roberts ' s Family ... 0 3 6 Twelve Victim Boxes , to Mr . Willake _. at 2 s . 9 d . each ... 1 13 0 20—Prisoners , Post-office Order , and eig hteen Stamps ... ... 2 19 Thomas Roberts ' s Family ... 0 3 6 27—Prisoners , Post-office Order , and eighteen Stamps ... 2 12 0 Thomas Roberts ' s Family ... 0 3 6 Mar . 4—Prisoners , Post-office Order , and eighteen Stamps ... 2 1 9 Thomas " Roberts's Family ... 0 3 G 11—Prisoners , Post-office Order , and eghteen Stamps ... 2 12 0 Thomas Roberts's Family ... 0 3 0 18—Prisoners , Post-office Order , and eighteen Stamps ... , 2 19 Thomas Roberts ' s Family ... 0 3 0 27—Prisoners , Post-office Order , and eighteen Stamps ... 2 12 0 Thomas Roberts ' s Family ... 0 3 0 In the late Treasurer ' s hands 2 7 0 To twenty-eight Meetings of the Committee _,,. ... ISO Postage of Letters received by . the Secretary 0 0 10 Stamps for the Secretary ... 012 10 Stationary ... ... ... 0 5 1 Balance in hand by Auditor ' s account ... ... ... 2 19 5 _ ££ 7 5 _ 7 _*** m _> mmmmi _^^ Msm Thos . OiWi _* sin * n , Secretary .
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ADDltESS OF TUE COMMITTEE FOB THE _PRISONERS . TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIX . We , tho members of the committee elected to protect our friends now incarcerated in Kirkdale Gaol , return our sincere thanks to all those who have tendered their assistance lor the support of our brethren , but we arc compelled to complain that subscriptions to a sufficient amount are no t forwarded * for thfir support in duo timo , and in accordance with the demand our brethren have upon us , and the Chartist body in general . Wo have also to complain that some localities have sent private donations to our friends , which has caused a difference amongst them . We , the committee , are of opinion that if any contributions can be spared , it
ought to come through the hands of the committee , who arc determined to support them to the last , if possible . We have Leach , West , White , Donovan , Rankin , Grocott , Clark , and Chadwick , and you will see by our balance sheet that we tire no respecters of persons , but do to one and all alike ; but unless the Chartists generall y render us their assistance and that speedily , w c must resign , as we cannot act without funds , and our friends will have no alternative but to subsist upon the prison allowance . Should this be the case , the blame must rest on thc whole body , and not upon us . There now remain nearly seven months for us to _stniia _& lc on their behalf , nnd wo hope sincerely that this appeal will not be made in vain . _AYo remain , yours in the cause of liberty , Thomas-Mai-docks , " William Daix '
Joseph _Boot-t , Fraxcis Haddocks , William Siielmebdixe , Treasurer . Thomas Mather , Chairman , Thomas _Omit'siiER , Secretary . All money orders must be sent and made payable to Thos . Ormesher , 52 ,-Bridgowatei _' -streot , Manchester . . Manchester Committee Rooms , May 15 th , 1840 .
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. _COiDITIOX OF THE PEOPLE . TO THE EDITOR OV THE _NonTHERJ- STAR . Sin—In my brief notice last week of the condition of Glasgow , I endeavoured to be faithful , and studiously guarded against over-colouring the picture . The poor and degraded inmates of . _' the houses I _describecL arc not themselves truly sensible of the wrongs tliey suffer , the miseries thoy endure . Wo arc all one family , chained together by common ties Of interest and association , but the links are small and the chain long , and those at tlie extremities have a difficulty in seeing each other . Let inc illus irate my meaning in my own way . A workman fully ' employed is not far removed from the workman half employed , nor is he at a - great distance
from thc small employer , lhe small employer can find access to thu merchant—tiie .- 'merchant to the extensive manufacturer—tiie manufacturer to the lord : but the lord cannot associate with or know the half employed man . Society is a sliding-scalo , and it sometimes happens that the rich slide downwards and tho poor upwards . The extremes , however , seldom meet There are two worlds , although ono univorso ; and many of those who are bom in thc poor world , live and die in their poverty , hunger , and dirt ; aud those who live in the rich world only examine thc inhabitants of tlio poor world through a telescope , as-they would the mountains in the _inoon .
Glasgow lying contiguous to Ireland nnd thc Highlands , is inundated , with Irish and Highland misery . Irish misery , liko the cholera , is not confined to any particular locality ; it travels along the banks of our rivers , and finds a location in our cities . In Manchester" we have a district called . " Little Ireland , '' and almost every city and town has its " Little Ireland . " Our colonies , too , have their "Little Irelands "—largo nestlings of thc downtrodden children of Krin . Tims English , Irish , and Scotch misery are aU related , and Irish destitution reduces Scotch and English destitution to its own level . We must therefore expect but little relief , so long as Ireland remains the great difficulty ; and the continuance of the difficulty is destined to make England and Scotland great difficulties also . Tho illllUhitr . ilts of those islands have therefore one
common interest . I wi ! I not repeat scenes of wretchedness too common to be unobserved or unknown to your readers . I am anxious to notice what tho folk ' s in the rich world are doing for the folks in tho poor world . _Firit , there are the church building nnd bible-distributing astronomers ; and I give ' them credit for good intentions—they are to reform tiie poor world with bibles , prayers , and grace . Tho same scheme was tried years ago , in hopes that it would Protestantise _li'claml . The Irish got the bibles—sold ov pawned them , in many instances—and experienced
booksellers ot twenty years standing know that the most profitable branch of their business was buying up the Protestant bibles in Dublin and" elsewhere , aud selling them to their customers in England . Bibles are now low-priced , and the temptation to sell or pawn may not be so . great , but the necessities of the poor arc greater ; and those who will borrow one halfpenny on a bottle would bless you most heartily for even a cheap Testament . As ' for the prayers and the grace , I need say but little . The bills of mortality , and the return of annually-increasing pauperism speak out but too unanswerably .
Next come our park and wash-house reformers , for whom I have much sympathy . They seem to have discovered that man is a material as well as a spiritual being—a discovery which I wish to become moro general ; I have visited mo 3 t of their parks . Ill the forenoon they are deserted ; in the afternoon you find a-few nursery maids , . liring the - children of the . -middle classes . In the evening a few warehousemen and clerks , walking hurriedly along . A few- groups of shouting schoolboys , playin" cricket —not tho children of the poor , but ' ofthe rich .
The weary feet . of . tha . -poor toilers seldom tread them . Thoy are too far from thoir _dwellings , and they , havo neither-strength nordiabit to _walic so far even on > Sundays . They are-chiefl y the vouthfn ' l and . better-paid . operatives , that are . to be ¦ found within their gates . _Qtir parks are nearly non-effective Baths and wasu-houses are valuable , to those who have the requisite pence to spare , but- arc also .. _on-eneetiye solar as _inasses ofthe ooor . are oon-V u nod , It , mS oeeu we hinted , .- that- human misery is stronger than the ' . ' . Tale of a Tub "
.-1- chain * luernturo- and mechanic institutiontt . _„"*? f f _"f , ( _« " ¦ 'Special-notice . : Many _of ! _; . r : . '' . _i , ' ei 1 ot vast _rcsourees-iii _imdlce _' t _andpro-•* - " ¦> . uiey start from tho profound . _ravina-of r * , y 7 ' - _^¦' . •••¦• _S' - is pwciv " ., _* iiui . xiin I which ¦ ¦ _•» o | . e _, _o-v tamkmg men will dispute . Thev for . iiii ¦ ¦ o _ttitu _anaristoorniiep hilesopi-y _, ami thev resolved to popularise it by circulating libraries and a cheap
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literature . There was , however , a cold selfishness and haughty '' doctrinaire" philosophy distilled through the alembic of the useful knowledge teachers , which the more intelligent of our working men detested , and tlio less informed neither knew nor wanted to know . __ Tlie Malthusianism of Brougham had but little In common with the warm heart ofa generous parent . The mechanic loved his children and bated Malthus . Prudence and law arc very good things in their places , and every wise man practises them daily , but there is a law older and stronger than that taught by the useful knowledge school , and their dry teachings and preachings were uninviting . . Our mechanics' institutions are all "respectable , " and in this country
respectability is another name for property . If you are poor you may be moral ; and good and wise men may esteem you , that is the few such who know you , but the many will pass you by ; even if you bo an author of talent , poverty will often bo tho pretext of the rich for shunning you . In their shop'language they say , " He is a clover fellow , but very poor , " which simply me-iris , I must not meet him if I can avoid it . I am richer than he , and move " respectable , " Oh , cruel , cold , accursed vanity nnd pride , you have been a barrier to progress , and sent not a few of earth ' s best spirits hence , ere they havo reached even thc bloom of manhood . This " respectability" has closed the doors of our mechanics' institutions , and made them middle class Athenaeums . In the course of a week ' s stay in Glasgow , I visited a splendid reading room
in the Trongato daily , newspapers and magazines in abundance , admission cue penny , but 1 saw no mechanics there .. Shopkeepers , clerks , and monied men were thc constant attendants . Such places do not roach the necessities of the people , and the peop le cannot reach them . "Wo havo had the cheap literature , the penny magazine , and the three halfpenny journal , yet are wc not saved . Wlmt do or what can your halls and lecture rooms do for the starving , depressed and demoralised poor of our large towns , those colonies of want and death which but few enter ? and yet they fatten and flourish at your feet . They gasp for breath and you stuff their " mouths with tracts ; tbey ask for light nnd you open your rich saloons and tax their windows ; there is a knowledge surely to be found of more worth than your " useful knowledge . "
I pass over numbers of schemes for tho elevation aiid improvement of the poor . Each of which may deserve praise for good intentions , and not a few ol which are . patronised by rich lords , and speechmaking bishops . All these societies may do good in their way , bnt thoy seom to ino to be totally incoinmensur _.-ite with tlie evils they try to overcome ; and I confess that- I have a horror of a state of society , that aims at nothing more solid than stopgaps and charities . It ' cnilic at best a bankruptcy delayed by bills and promises to pay , and is not at ail consistent either with national security or tlie highest perfection of individual happiness .
We require a government strong enough and willing enough to put an end to this let-alone doctrine that has been practised for so many years . The Irish landlord says , "as a freeman I claim the right of doing with my own as I please , " and he is pleased to turn a huiiurcd families adrift , to starve , beg or tlio . The result is , the Irish landlord ' s love of liberty becomes the source of the misery and slavery of thousands . Bnt tho government cannot iiitort ' oro . It is not tho pi'ovinco of government to do so . What a miserable beggarly thing is this that wc call government . If the government want money , society must pjty it ; if rovorniinmt make law ' s , society must bo ' ruled by " _thym ; but if society require amendment , government ' cannot take the
initiative . Our workmen-require homes , good clean places of rest and enjoyment—a sweet word is home , but how few know or feel its full worth . It is home and home associations that keep alive a love of country and of rectitude . The dens and barracks o ; our poor arc not homo- ; , they aro hiding places , to be loathed and _shuuntd even' by their unfortunate inmates , and hence it is that the -jiu-shop ami tap-room are preferred . The owner of theso hovels pockets las . wretched money , and what caves he who live or who die ,-who drink or who are sober , God and tlio Devil are all one to him , if Ins rent be paid . Our workmen , too , require tlie opportunitv which every man ought to liave , of earning his bread by thc sweat of his brow . Labour is natural anil honourable ; but men , now-a-days , ' cannot live by labour . The labourer begs for ' leave to toil , anil steals , or dies , when ho cannot find-employment .
Free trade and cheap corn mend matters but verv little indeed ; cheap labour and cheat neighbours neutralise even the expected trifling relief , that some but too fondly anticipated from such measures . The condition of the people will not be remedied hastily or easily , but man must bo roused to thought on the subject . , We have been mldiing with Rome in flumes too long . Our speech-making parliament aud pompous parish authorities have not governed too wisely . Our mathematical sneerers have had too much influence . We require more of heart and head than we have yet had . All honest and true men must speak out , and leave the makeshifts and smattcrer-j in the rear . If society be not moved , government will remain in statu quo , taxing anil talking , pensioning and killing , as of yore . To day a flatterer , to-morrow a tyrant . I do not wish to dogmatise , and submit that the condition of out large towns—ay , and small ones too—calls foi immediate attention . Samuel Kydd
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PuLriT _r-snsoNALiTY . —A curious incident reeentlv occurred atthe Old Church , Calcutta , durin _* -Divine Service . Tug night was a wet one and there was hv \ t a scanty congregation . Among thoso assembled , however , was-a jolly tar , who no doubt cither thought a church a very justifiable retreat fromthe ¦ _^• _'W-ntMtiorially went there to be benefitted . While the Hcv . Henry Thomas was pre ' _achino * and expatiating on thc duties of good . soldiers , Jack listened attentivel y till the rev . gentleman had ended ; when , starting up , and holding forth his hand in a _itutuHc
ucprccaung _, no doubt to arrest attention he exclaimed << And what do you say _fortlursaibis -do they not do their duty ? " The blood -rushed _Sthte «» ? T » tlie . Cl 0 l _' k _" _^^ _siS _onod uitnhpnoi _, tho whole- orchestra were in visible agnation , and it was feared the organisfwoiiW not beable topiaythc voluntary aftCi _' scrvice-tl ' econgregation stared-but . Tack eared not ' for the _wlrde _«^ _fc _*>' t _** _k- _^ _< " «• of _ind-gnant dofiancb _'^ Calcutta- Engmmanl s ! _-S _S _!^ | b 0 _" 1 a- _^ : H _^ on thc , Tyne . One * _Air t ha « j made of wood , tlie 6 _tiwr-0 f i _& tta _pcreha _t-iu-ja pereha " won easv . " ¦ -.- _* _-.- , _* ¦ _i" - —v
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HASUXODEX .-On Sunday last Mrs . Theobald oi Derby , delivered a lecture on the Rights of Man and the People's Charter , m the Chartist . room , whioh gave unbounded satisfaction to an overflowing aS £ _lXGHAM .-At a meeting of delegates hold at the Seven Stars , it was unanimous y resolved _:-« That t his meeting will redouble their exertions for the overthrow of despotism , and are determined to agitate for each and all of the _prmcipcs contained in the document called ' The People . Chartor' and further to support tho- Government-made victims to the uttermost of our power , and call upon the localities to declare _^ their in ten ions whether they will act with the Democratic body _o-enonl _/ y OV not . " " That we meet every Sunday , at three o ' clock , at t he Seven Stars , Barker-gate where all the localities are requested to send
_delegates . , ,, .. _Phbffikld . —Tho Chartists hold a meeting Oil Sunday last , in tho-Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Queen-street ; Mr . John Taylor in the chair ; when ; in consequence of the progress of Democracy on the Continent , and deeming the present a proper time for renewing the agitation for tlm Charter , it was resolved , "To hold a series of meetings _^ 1 or that purpose , due notice of which will he given . _BinMis-oiiAM . —On Monday week a public meeting was held in the Public Office for thc purpose of petitioning the Legislature for a full _rcpresentatior . of the people , as embodied in the People's Charter ;
Mr . Goodwin in the chair . Resolutions and the petition were moved , seconded and supported by Mcsssrs . Dalzcli , Ward , Connor , Blaxland , Biggins , Brewster , Rev . A . G . _O'ffeil , and Councillor Baldwin . The petition was signed by tlie Chairman , and forwarded to G . P . Muntz _, Esq ., M . P ., fer presentation to the House of Commons . Birmingham . —A public meeting was held on Sunday evening , m tiie People ' s Hall , Ml ' . Dalzios in the chair , when Mr . Ward delivered an excellent address on " Passing Events , " which gavo evident satisfaction ; after which , Mr . GOodwin read two letters from the members of the borough , _plcddns * themselves to support the Chartist petition to their
utmost ; . Carlisle . — -A meeting of the members was held at " * _*» o . 0 , John-street , Caldcwg . itc , at which the _following resolution was passed : — " That this meeting do adjourn until Sunday , June 3 rd , at two o clock in the afternoon , and that steps be taken to summons the members to attend , to decide _ upon tho best mode of putting in force the resolution passed by thc Conference at Birmingham , respecting members in arrears . " Edinburgh . — A public meeting was hold on Monday evening in thc ltcv . AVilliam Reid ' s Church , Lothian-road , for thc purpose of adopting the petition for the People's Charter . Mr . Slenzies iii the chair . The meeting was addressed by the
Rev . Mr . Duncnhson , the Rev . Mr . Shnen , and Mr . S . Kydd , and the petition and other resolutions wero carried unanimously . At the conclusion Mr . Muirhead moved thc following resolution , and that an address be drawn up in accordance with its tenor , and transmitted to the _pi'opoi" _quai'tei' !—" That wo congratulate the Roman people upon their enlarged views of civil and _religious freedom , and in having secured an Assembly ot representatives chosen by Universal Suffrage , ire rejoice that they havo boldly , determinedly , and irrevocably willed , that no priestJy power should ovei * interfere with their political rights . " The motion was carried unanimously , and the _following ; gentlemen were appointed to draw up the address : Mr . Menzies , Mr . Musket . Mr . _Muh- ' ie _.-d , Mr . Durkctt . After thanks had been moved to the managers for
the use of the church , and to thc chairman for his conduct , the meeting adjourned . _Bj-istol . —A public meeting was held in AlQin ' scourt chapel on -Wednesday evening , when the Chartist petition and other resolutions were adopted . _Cnirr-LEGATE Locality . —At a meeting of members ou Tuesday , Mr . Bentlcy in tho chair , it was resolved that this locality endeavour to circulate the forthcoming Democratic Review among tho working classes : also , that an excursion by vans to O'Counorville , take place on the first Monday in July , from 28 , Golden-lane . Thc tract committee reported , that ? , Ir . Bishop had presented another thousand tracts , making in the whole four thousand , which had been given to the public . Moved , That the rent of thc Theatre being required early , this locality will feel obliged for funds sent to tlie committee anv evening from nine to ten o ' clock .
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cony . . JI . uik-i . ane , Monday , May 2 ' 1 . —There was a small show of wheat samples from the " near counties this morning , and tlie stands were partially cle-ired liy the millers nt ls under last Monday's prices . Of foreign wheat and flour we had a good supply ; the former ' sold in retail Is cheaper , ruul the latter , unless ofiiiiest _quality , vcut oil" very slowly . Grinding barley meets with buyers at previous rates ; but limiting in less demand . Means scarce , and held at higher prices . Peas quite as dear . Ilye firm . Tlie arrivals of oats , principally foreign , were moderate ; sellers consequently asked rather more money ; but at last week's prices there was a good Side . Linseed Cakes unaltered . _Wednesda y , M :: y - * . " . —IVe r . re fairly supplied with u r . iitt this week , and the weather being favourable for the growing crops , our trade is very heavy tu-day . Trices without variation . BREAD . The prices of _ivhenteii bread in the metropolis aro from 7 d to 7 id ; of household ditto , y . _' . d to Old per 41 bs loaf .
CATTLE . Smitiifield , Monday . May 21 . —The arrivals of beasts fresh up for our market this _niurnin-r were seasonably good , and , for _thc-nu _.-st _pjirt , _ot ' _oxc-elk-nt _. _juality . Notwithstanding- that the . _ittt'ialaiice of buyers ivas _xomeivh _.-ifc extensive , the beef trade , owing to the unfavourable state of the weather for slaugliteiinjr . was in a very sluggish state , at IwreJy Friday ' s decline in the quotations . The primest Scots were selling at fii > : a Ks Od to : Js _tVi per Slbs—the latter being an extreme figure . The numbers of sheep were eonsiderably 011 tiie inert-use ; hence , aU breeds were very dull iu sale , imd pvices ruled quire HI per 3 ' ibs beneath those realised on this day se ' nnight . The primest old downs sold at 3 s lUd per Slbs . Lamb' -, the supply of which was good , sold heavily , anil the quotations were ' 2 d per Slbs lower . Prices ruled from -Is Sd to Us per SU . 15 , Tlie supply of sheep and lambs from the isle of Wight comprised 4 H head . In calves very little business was transacted , and late eurivneies were not supported . The pork trade was heavy , and last week ' s prices were barely maintained .
IIiud of Cattlk at . _S- 'iT ! _inr . r . T > . 1 " easts .. .. _-- _, 35 'j j Calves .. ' .. 171 . Sliwp .. .. . , 25 , 1 ) 711 ! Pigs 310 Price per stone oi ' _Klbs . ( sinking the oftiil ) ijeef _.- . is id to Ss S . 1 I Veal .. 3 s lid to Is 2 . 1 Mutton .. 8 s 2 d .. 8 s _iUd | l ' orlt ,. 3 2 .. 4 2 Lamb .. .. 4 s Sd to ( Is Od . Per _Slb _^ . by the carcase . _Kuwcate AS !> _LHAfiusiiAil , _MiMulav . May 21 . —Inferior _licui ; i ' s iM to i > s -J-d , - _D . _-j dilii . _'ig ditto . l > s 0 d to _L _' _sSil ; prime large , 2 s 10 dto 3 . s . 0 d ; prime small , _jjs OU to 3 s * _-M : brge [ _ioi-k , Us 2 d to 3 s ( id ; interim' mutton , 2 s 8 u to Ss 0 d ; middling ditto , 3 s 2 d to 3 s fid ; prime ditto . 3 s Sd to 8 s 10 , 1 ; veal , 8 s -Jil to -Is Oil ; small pork , Us Sd to -is - . _'d ; lamb , ¦ Is _lOdtoO-ilOd .
_visioys . Loxdox , Monday . —Without animation in market ::, business iu the past week was slow and limited . Of butter nothing worth notice was done iu old Irish . The arrivals nf new , _consisting mostly o ? _Lhiu-i-iek and of Cork low quulities , were nearly all cleared oft " : the former at 72 s to 74 s for firsts , thu latter at tiiis fur _thiitls ; 01 $ to 5 _fis tor fourths , and 43 s to -bjs per cwt fur fifths . Foreign was not IVcelv dealt in , and fur the best pvices d « clmcil to to Ss * wv cwt , Uacon . —There was no activitv iu the demand ibr liish or American singed sides , and the transactions accordingly _weru ot a moderate character , at steady prices , _"iikl _. _iles , ¦ lams , and lard presented no _nuitQi'iul t _'' uiii' » e in _viiltui or demand . °
Lnglisii _B- rnTR Makxet , May 21 . —Our trade rales very 1 _TVi ' i " _'*?''• _-, ? *' . - * _l- _^ sciit a downward _tendent-v ; » ie plentiful suppl y ol _torer-u butter , at twenty-live per cent _, under the rates of lust year , now operates much _iiitainst tiie sale ot _hughsli , which will occasion mar . v of our west country dairymen to hold back tlieirfuture make , although this course presents a poor prospect , as the article _iiill be worth less when maAo stale than if sent us in a fresh state . Oorset , _ nne weekly , 80 s to _S-is per cwt ; ditto , _mUUllin-. _** , i ;« sto _ < 0 s ; _ii-esh Buckinghamshire , !! s to Us _nerita'i ' _aittu I , est country-, 7 s (" thills . '
POTATOES . Soothwabk * _iVATEKStDi-, May 21 . —Tlie continental avrivaU contmue to be- mure than equal to the demand , which has ueen heavy the past week , and with some samples lower prices have been submitted to . The following are this days quotations : —Yorkshire Regents , 2 l ) i ) s to Sills ; _Scotch ditto , i 40 s to 150 a j Ditto "Whites . 90 s to WO ; bii i lJo ' t 0 U ' Js ; JLJel ! - kn 8 Us t 0 yils : DHtL ' '
COAL . , vir mii ! : _/ _- onaa ' _' _, i _y 2 | .-Tho market verv heavy , mw i ») C d 0 "lg' _keft-from last dav , 2 !) ; fresh arrivals , 0 * total , VI , * ' ' ( Price of coals per ton at the close of the market . ) _J _^ * _WS _i , Ui »? n- lls _M ; _Holywell Main , 1 _& _«¦» _» «« Jd , Oids _Kwilieugli , 13 * ; _llavonsworth We * «« f _* ley Us od ; _Imiiield Moor , 13 s ; Townlev , 12 s fid . 'Vall _' _S-? " : ; 7 _ii-iT , > _Jtow «««» a " * & .. _«*»' . a 0 ? - _Mm \ t ¦ lda , _-. _J _, 3 d ; 1 Icdlu - ' _M ; l ' ercy . 1 ** Utl ; If i . , f "\ . * ' Bel , no "t . ' 13 a _8 d ; Braddvll ' s Hello '' , fe _i 1 "" 11 , * _,- f , Gd Hetto » . _* " _n-A- _uoBweii , i & s , _»'•; it , _« u _, ! V ' ! - bwtol . 135 'Jil - _, WhitWCll . 1 5 s ; Cara * _f . Un , Od , If- _rt- opooi , IGs Sd-, Ilciwh HaU , Us M ; B « ' _» f ' _' lees , Us Od ; ( Jowmlon Tees , Us Go * ; Denison , U _* ' •' _"''t mour lees , Us ad ; Tees , IGs 3 d ; West Cornforth . Ms _" A \ est Helton , Us fid ; Cowpeu Hartley . Us ( id- . Grangemoutn , li ' s Ud ; Nixon ' s Murthvr , _iOs Cd ; V , * . E . i _" . _u- _"'
WOOL . Oity , Monday . May 21 . —The imports of wool into _Lond"' ' last week included l , ; _-Wl bales from South Australia . _^ from Odessa . * J « S from Spain , Wi ) from the Cape ov _^ Hope , and u few from Italy . Tho public sales of ' •< _' (•( _'' ' progressing . favourably a * , the Hall of Commerce , a" ' - " * prices have been realised , in some instances .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 26, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_26051849/page/8/
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