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SECOIO ) EDUI < M . XiATEST FROM AMERICA , { From the Sun of Thursday . ) B y the jacket-ship , South American , which arrived at Iaverpool yesterday , we have received New York papers of the 20 th nit . —one day late * than those brought by the Liverpool steamer .. The report of a tbira fire having broken ont at Mobile , and destroyed a great deal of property , reached New " York as the South American was getting nnder -weigh for England , but the Captain could not wait for any details . Nothing was talked of but ihe suspension of the banks , and the probable conseqnences of that measure upon the trade and credit , domestic and foreign , of the United States . The banks at Boston continued firm on the 19 th , and the prevailing opink'ii among the conunercialiits of 2 Cew zork "was , that they would be able to maintain themselves without a suspension of cash payments . We quote from the Journals of the 20 in ultimo , the additional news received relative- to this most important question : — ' . . S"R ( lOTTn "F . TiTTTOT ^
SUSPENSION NEWS . PrrrsBTTRGH , Pesxstltaxia . —The banks , have only , it is said , 600 , 000 dollars in circulation , and may continue to redeem if they choose . Baltimore . —The second branch of the Councils has passed the ordinance for issuing 400 , 000 dollars of city certificates , so that it is now a law . Norfolk , Yulgixia . —The Exchange , or Mother Bank of Virginia , at tuis place , ha ? , notwithstanding the news of yesterday , suspended . PoRTSMonH , YiEGi ' xiA .: —The Branch of the Bank
of Virginia , at this place , has also suspended . Philadelphia . —Notwithstanding the conciliatory course recommended by - Governor Porter , a now edict has been issued by the Attorney-General , addressed to the Philadelphia Banks , thrtutening if tteyjrontinne , as is asserted , to issue cernn .-att-s under five dollars , the law will be rigidly enforced against thein-Peovidexce , Rhode Island . —The Bank-, since their suspension , oifer no more aecominudations , and have their runners here drawing specie .
Baltimore , Oct . 18 . Small Change . —The second branch of the City ConncI ' , yesterday afternoon , passed , with some Invmatenal amendments , the bill authorising the issne of 400 , 000 doLars of Corporation Certificates of small denominations . —American . Norfolk , Oct . 17 . Exchange Baxk of Vihgixia . —We regret to state iLat the Exchange Bank of this place has been compelled to suspend specie payments . The Portsmouth branch of the Bank of Virginia suspended yesterday . 4—Beacon . Pittsburgh , Oct . 15 .
The SrsPJENSiox . —The Advocate of Monday morning contains the news of the late suspensions . It observes— " In reference to the banks of this city , "jvehavebut-a few words to . say . It is generally understood that they will endeavour to continue specie payments . They are , it appears , as well prepared to meet the difficulty which ias occurred , as they couldbe , Trhilsidoinganybusnessaxall . Theircirculationisvery small ; -not we learn exceeding 61 ) 0 , 1 ) 1 ) 0 dollars , and of course their deposits are limited . Utuer these circumstances they may continue " to redeem their notes , while the eastern banks are suspended , but it must be a terrible cost to the merchant and manufacturer , and throngh them to the working man . Whether our banks suspend or not , i > a question that concerns themselves , ami their debtors , and the holders of their notes . Oar own opinion is fully made up as to the result , but we cannot perceive that any good "will follow conjectures on such a scbiect .
The specie drawn from one of our banks on Saturday lasi in favour of the Manhattan Bank , New York , was returned on Monday , and replaced in its former depository . The banks in this ciiy , we are well informed , are in the most sound and substantial = iiaation , aud In mo dagger of suspension until New Yurk sets the example . Our intimate connection with the great emp ' orium would no doubt render it expedient to follow in her footsteps . —jVeir Hacen Herald . " Moss Scb-Tbeaschebs . —Mr . Fritz , one of the Xioco Foco leaders of the Harrisburg mob , collector ef tolls in Philadel phia , is a defaulter to the amount of 50 , Wt ) dollars ! The collector of Colombia is also minus 13 , 000 dollars ! The ball is rolling .. Sattbdat Evexisg , Oct . 19 . —Stocks to-day have lather improved . United States Bank sroek c ' oseu , however nearly at the prices of Yesterday , '
All is quiet and confident in Wall-street . The ordeal is past ; and this may be pronounced , if the most difficult , certainly the most honourable , - week to Ne " w York , that our metropolis , proud as she justly is , has been called on in long years to pass through .
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THE CHA&T 1 ST RIOTS AT NEWPORT . ( From , ihe Morning Herald . ) Newport , Tuesday , Eight o'Clock . This morning the Court did not commence its Bitting untilI eleven o ' clock , when the evidence acainst the different prisoners was proceeded with . Mr . Manle , the solicitor to the Treasury- , attended and took minutes of the examinations , whieh were conducted by _ -. Husha , Esq ., solicitor , and J . Phillips , Esq ., clerk to the magistrates . The following list of prisoners already , disposed Of has been obligingly famished to the reporters : — Committed for High Treason and Sedition—John Prost , Charles Waters , John Partridge , James Aust Thomas DaTJSjUichard Benfield , John Rees , John IiOTell , Solomon Brittan , George George , William Jones . Committed for a Month—John Morris , John Ban-ait . ¦
Committed for Fourteen days—John James , W . Joses , Thomas Gibson . -Edward Frost and Charles Groves discharged npon finding sureties to answer any eaarge pre-Serred against them at the assizes . Admitted to Bail—Job Harris .
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Severally Discharged—John Bagan , Thomas Edwards , Wm . . Griffiths , John Geary , Arthur Parker , Joseph Walter , John Hugg , Henry Jones , Robert Hodges , Henry James Cautis , H . Cnarde 3 , Thomas Aurelius , Absalom Crook , Thomas Crook , William Purnell , John Thomas . The prisoners . remaining in custody are seven in numer , namely—Heury Frost , son of John Frost ; Henry Hazell , a Ja 4 ; Ebenezer Williams , publican ; [ Charles Jones , pnbiican ; John Bo wen , miner ; Stephen j Rees , schoolmaster ; Jenkin Thomas , miner . I With respect to the first prisoner the most lively ; interest prevails , and the court Was crowded to ex-| cess this morning , in anticipation of his examination taking place . Although scarcely sixteen years old , i the prisoner is known to have been , since the com-\ mencement of the Chartist agitation , one of the i most forward of its supporters . He is the Chairman ^^^^ ischaSed-J ^^ aB ^ nomas ^
i of thejuveiiile Chartist Association , and has been folly identified as having , on the morning of the riot , j led on one detachment of the rioters . His relative , j Mr . Geitch , solicitor , of Pont-y-pool , has arrived I this morning , for the purpose of acting as his legal adviser , and it is reported that an eminent counsel will defend him , should the magistrates not- object to that course . The second prisoner , Henry Hazell , is about the same age as J ? rost , and is stated to have been an equally active aider and abettor of | treason , he having acted as Secretary to the Soj ciety of ¦ which Frost was President . With regard ! to the prisoners Williams and Jones , they are the ; landlords of the Prince of Wales and Royal Oak I beer-bouses , at which the Chartist lodges have been 1 held . In addition to the above , there are several inow at large , including- "Jack the Filer , " for j whose apprehension large rewards have been i offered .
1 anrsorry to state that the accounts from the hills are not quite so favourable as irs hoped they would have been , as it is stattd that some of tie more violent of the physical force men' still remain away from their work . 11 was rumoured here last night that some disturbances were expected at Merthyr ; and although I :: u Lappy to say there are no very strong grounds for the apprehension , yet the circumstance of Colonel Consimneitbc military commander of the district ) having gone to thai town last night , for the purpose of making arrangements to strengthen the garrison there , proves that the country around us is not altogether in a very satisfactory ^ tate .
A gentifinan from jlerthyr states that there are ringleaders thc ^ e "vvlio stiU alarm ~ tlie timid aml"well- ( lisL > oseil , but that they dare not attempt to apprehend them , until they have a reinforcement of soldiers ; and so great is the terror "which even now prevails , that a « omnierciul gentleman of this town , having been called uyion to give evidence against one of the rioters , has abandoned a profitable journey through the minicg arid iron districts rather than incur the danger to ¦ which he conceives he would "be exposed . George George -was charged with riot and conspiracv .
Moses Scan ! examined—I am a police-officer at Newport Was on duty on Monday the 4 th of- Xovember , at the "Westgate HoteL At about ten o ' clock I Trent into Mrs . Harris ' s , at Stow-hill , adjoining the Catholic CkapeL 1 was in danger of my life here from having on my police clothes , and I went in there to change them . I changed my clothes , and while 1 was in the house I saw a man with his arm bleeding go into Margaret Jones ' s , in Bakehouse-lane . After that I sa-w the prisoner throw down a pike , and then go into the sain-. ; house . He was running at the time , and came fram the direction of the Westgate . The pike was a sharp pike of about fourteen inches long , and was on
to the end of a stick about five feet long . 1 followed him , after < uine little time ; I -waited five or six minutes , being afraid to go out at the time . I then -nx-nt to Martin t Jones ' s house and found the prisoner there . I am certain he is tlie same man -whom I saw throw down the pike . Do not Tecollect having seen him before I asted him what business he had there , and he said he was made to—forced to come . Ibis was after the firing had taken place . I picked up the pike with others that 1 found in the road . 1 picked up ten or twelve pikes there , but altogether I picked up more than 100—near Io ' j 1 should say . I don ' t know the pike I picked up from the prisoner . 1 did not mark any of them , but I think I could swear to some of them .
- by Prisoner- —Took you up at Margaret Jones ' s , in Bakehouse-line . Saw you throw ihe pike do-rn at the comer of that lane . Margaret Jones sworn—I am a ¦ widow , and live in Bukehouse-lane . 1 saw a man with a wounded arm come into the house on Monday morning . I could not know that the prisoner is Ihe man . The prisoner said he had no witnesses , and Mr . Coles , the magistrate , considering a case of high Reason and sedition had been made out against him , committed him to t&ke his trial . James Morgan ana James Needs -were then charged on suspicion . There being no evidence agaiust them , they Wtje admonished and discharged . John Bowen and Lewis Thomas were charged on snspicion of having been conct-rntd in the Chartist conspiracy and riot .
Two witnesses ( special constaV . es ) were examined , but their evidence was not material , and there being no other witnesses in attendance , the magistrates , after a hhort consultation , remanded them for further examination . John Jones was next placed at the " bar . There being no evidence against the prisoner , he was admonished and discharged . Absalom Crook , Thomas Crook , " . and-William Purnell , were charged with n&Ting a lock of a gun in their possession , and not satisfactorily accounting for theniselvea . The magistrates did not consider the evidence sufficient to detain them , and discharged them with an admonition . John Thomas was then charged on suspicion of having been concerned in the Chartist conspiracy and riot-He was then discharged , the magistrate 3 thinking the case insufficient .
The Marquis of Jiormanby , in reference to this lamentable aflair , has addressed the following letter t » the Mayor of Newport : — " Whitehall , Not . 9 . " Sir , —The Queen has 'been pleased to command me to express ier Majesty ' s high approval of your conduct , and of the conduct of the magistrates acting -with yon , on the occasion of the outrage recently comniittea . in the town of Newport . /
_ ¦ * . ' To the resolution and courage ef the magistrates , sad of the small military force which supported ihem , in ¦ withstanding fhe unexpected and daring attack of nnmerous bodies of armed men from the mining districts , her Majesty ascribes in " great measure the preservation of the lives a < sd property of the inhabitants . " Her Majesty , is deeply concerned that any one of ner faithful and loyal subjects should have Buffered personal injury in the discharge of his public duty , and in defence of the peace of the town against lawless aggres sion . And , while her Majesty cannot but recret " that
any loss of life Bhonld occur , it ib a satisfaction to her Majesty to know that this loss , which , under the circumstances , was unavoidable , has been confined to those ¦ who-were foremost in making the attack ; and that the loss was not . greater or more indiscriminate , her ilajesty attributes to the judgment evinced by the Magistrates , and by the officer in command of the troops , and to the exemplary forbearance , steadiness , and good conduct of the soldiers . "Ihave , &c ( Signed ) Nokmasbt . " The Mavor ut Newport , Monmouthshire "
Monmonth , Tuesday , Tior . 12 . We are still tranquil here . Since last I wrote nothicg of any consequence has occurred . The guard still continues at the Gaol , and all the authorities . There exists in many quarters a sort of smothered ap . prehension about the Chartists making another attempt No more prisoners have as yet arrived , but I think it liiely that another batch "will come in to-day . The following letter was received last night by the Mayor , Thomas Dyke , Esq ., from the Marquis of 3 formanl > y : —
: " Sib , —It being considered expedient , under existing circumstances , that an officer of experience should be " stationed in command of the troops in Monmouthshire and the adjacent districts , I have the honour to acquaint you that lieutenant Colonel - Considine has been selected for the ' service . He will leave London to night ( Monday ) to assume the command , and I beg to make him known to yon , and to request that you will afford him all the information in your power with respect to your town and neighbourhood . ISigned , ) TS ohmanbt . "
The mayor has also this toy received a Tetter from lieut-CoL Conrndine , stating he will behere to-morrow . Heisat present at Newport , suggesting the propriety of having some temporary barracks fitted np for the troops to avoid the inconvenience , and perhaps liability , to surprise in their being stationed about by billet at different houses through the town . In compliance with this suggestion , the mayor haa given orders that the borough court , a large and spacious building , and well adapted for such a purpose , should be fitted up for the occasion . I have not heard how many men are to be sent here .
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Coach Accidest . —On Friday evening last , as Mr . Bairstow ' s coacn was returning from Wakefleld to this town , it ran over the body of a man laid across the road in a drunken state , on Hartshead Moor ; what amount ; of bodily harm he received" was not known as the coach n&d to pass on . ScDDEjf Death . —Mary Kiley , aged 62 , an old woman , who lived in Jail-lane , in this town , was Beized suddenly ill on the Friday last , in an upper room add died immediately .
A Cofpis asd Child Discovered in some Bl-bbish- —On Friday forenoon , as some persons w ere employed in the removal of gravel which had- been thrown up near the new bnildings erecting by J , E . Morris . Esq ., in Hough Shaw-lane , they perceived a coffin , and onopening it , the wsnainsof a yonnginfant m a state of decomposition was presented to view with grave clothes , ic . , abontit Mt Fraser , the constable was sent for and it vraa finally removed to the Fountain Inn , where an inquest sat on tie body .
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AN Awfuji Suddek Chai » ge . »—On Satnrdajryraek , Mr . John Smith , aged fifty-one years , a rag raerchant , who had been out in the neighbourhood of Bipponden receiving his rents , was found dead at the bottom of High Field , on bis returnhome , but byr "what cause did not appear ^ as . his mnoey was found upon him . . ¦ - ¦ . •• :. "¦ -. ¦ HiGBwat = Robberv ;—On Thursuay , the 7 th inst ., Mr . Samuel Blackburn , of Sawood House , was stopped by four men , on the road between Shelf and Brighouse , who robbed him of . a £ 50 Bill . A reward has since been offered for their ^ apprehension . ' . '¦' . '" Roebery . —At Riding Head , near Luddenden , on Sunday afternoon , during divine service , the house of Mr . Joshua Woimald was entered , and a £ 5 note , twenty sovereigns , six half sovereigns , and £ i 17 s . in silver was taken therefrom . A rewird basbeen offered for the detection of the thieves . ¦ ¦ -.. . . d ^^
Suicide at Sowerby Bridge , near Halifax . — William Firth , a poor man who for a lon ^ time back hashadvery little to depend upon , to . procure the necessaries of life , left his home on Tuesday morning , the 12 th instant , aa we understand to go to the old connection Methodist chapel , of which he was tho grave digger . He entered the chapel ; locked the doors , and hung himself behind one of the doors , andit was not known where . he was for a number of hours . Search was made for him , and his son went to the doors of the chapel and found thena fastened . On looking in , he saw the key in one of the lock holes , and was struck instantly that he had put an end to his existence ; the door was broken open a , nd the poor man was found upon Tiis knees quite dead . He has been a member at the same place many years , and we are informed a class leader , and highly respected by that body of religionists .
HULL . Joint Stock Peusion CoiapAMY . — -This society met at the Eoyal Oak , Biackfriar Gate , on Thursday week , when a commiUee , and ueasurer and secretary were elected . The committee are to meet for the transaction of business appertaining to tne society every Wednesday evening , at half-past seven o ' clock , and two of their . number attend every Saturday evening , at the Royal Oak , to receive subscriptions and depoiits . ' ' . LoviL and Independent Order of
Shbpherds of the Hull Unity .--The firstquarterl y distriet meeting was held at . the housa of Brother < reorge Allison , "Witbam , sign of the Shepherd and Doj , on the 23 rd ult . , when the delegates and different officers deputed to . ; attend the meeting sat down to an excellent tea . After tea , the meeting adjourned to Brother' William Pinkney ' s , when the members of the different Lodges' assembled together to bear the acceunta of their respectiTe Lodges read unto them ; and a vote of thanks , and a present of £ 5 waa given to the Chief , Mr . "W , Cole , for his valuable services .
Barrow . - Lodges of the Loyal and Independent Shepherd Order of the Hull Unity have been recentl y opened at the houses of Mr . John Armston , Barrow , Mr . Bullard , Koyal Oak , Barton , and Mr . Bell , Goxhill . The officers celebrated the opening of tte above Lod ges by attending divine service at Barrow , when the Rev . G . G . Egermant preached a sermon for the occasion . The organ loft was crowded with vocal and instrumental performera , who performed some splendid piece- ) of sacred music . After divine service , the officers and brethren sat down to an excellent dinner , provided for the occasion at Host Armston's .
TROWBRIDGE . Chartist Meeting . —Great excitement has taken place in this town during the last week . On Tuesday evening , November 5 , the Chartists held a pub ? lie meetiug at their Chapel , for the purpose of ascertaining the truth respecting affairs in Wales . The Tories took the alarm , the specials was called out , and tho soldier * were to be under arms during tho night . Several parties were stationed at dinerent parts of the town to prevent any strangers coming in . On Wednesday morniDg , about four o ' clock , the Chartists held a prayer meetiig , and prayers wero offered up on behalf of Mr . Frost . Tho constables
now took the alarm , thinking the Chartists were going to rise . Tho masters were called up , and , with the specials , marched to tho chapel , for the purpose of taking them into custody ; but they found that the party was too strong . The masters now waited till it was over , for tilo purpose of ascertaining who was there ; ono man was discharged , and several more wero threatened , public meetings have been held every night during the week ; . the Tory party are parading tho streets every , night , committing acts of violence upon the people ' s property , in hopes to get the police established here . DEFENCE FUSD . £ . * s . d . Get . 11 ^—Mr . Dallimore 0 3 0 Evans & Marchant ... 0 7 7 13 By Bradford Committee ' ... 3 2 7 i 14 Carpenter and Moore 0 5 11 Pease and Kilson ., 0 3 6 J Wm . Hayward 0 0 9 JamesHartin .... 0 0 10 . } — Shipway .-.... ¦ 0 0 l " 29 James Marchant ............ 0 4 0 ' James Roberts 0 0 9 J . Lister 0 10 John Berret 0 1 U Samuel Lashbury 0 0 7 s F . Harrise .................. 0 0 8 | Your most obedient Servant , Joseph Knowles . BRIGHTON .
The Southern Star . —An instrumental and vocal concert for the benefit of the fund for establishing the above-named journal , was holden on Monday evening last , at the Brewers' Arms Inn , Churchstreet , Brighton . The large Assembly Room was densely crowded by an attentive auditory . The walls were tastefully decorated with appropriate devices , and banners inscribed with the names of Peargus O'Connor , Bronterre Q'Brieri , Lovett , Collinsj Frost , and other celebrated patriots . The admirable Hove amateur band patriotically afforded their services oh this occasion , and delighted tho company with a selection of music .
Aseriesofconcertsforthesameobi ect will follow in rapid succession ; . The committee of the Radical Association have adopted an address , earnestly » appealing to the democrats of Great Britain , to exhibit their attachment to the warm-hearted Bronterre O'Brien , by raising a national tribute to enable liim immediately to establish the Southern Star . The amount contributed in the several localities . to be ; entrusted to their committees , or other respectable parties / until the day for the appearance of the first number of the journal is announced . W « are requested to repeat that all communications relativetc ^ the Southern Star should be addressed ( post paid ) to Mr . O'Brien , Aruhdel Coffee House , Strand , London , or to Mr . J . Harris , Brewers' Arms Inn , Church Streetj Brighton . "•¦ .: " - ' ¦ £ ON 1 >* X * . ; ';¦ • ¦'¦ ¦' * ' - ;; ¦' - Chaster Association . ——At the usual weekly meeting of the Bloomsbury Charter Association , held at the Magnet Coffee Rooms , No . 48 , Drurylane , London , on Monday , Nov . ilth , 1839 , which was most numerously attended , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — "That this Association deeply sympathise "with theiT bietnijen in Monmouthshire , relative to the cruelty exercised towards the patriots now suffering imprisonment for boldly advocating the case of liberty ; and , though regretting , as they must do , the metiticholy events of the past week , they are firmly convinced that but for the tyrannical conduct of the Government , in imprisoning these men , backed by the tillahous treatment of them by the prison authorities , suoh scenes would never have b « en witnessed . "
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GORBALS FKMALH ASSOCIATIOW . The Female Universal Suffrage Association of Gorbals met on Monday evening ,- in their rooms Bedford-street , Lawrieston ; Miss Agnes Lennox having been called to the caair by acclamation , MrJ Walter Curriej the Secretary , proceeded to read the minutes of former meetings ; . and the meeting pro * , eeeded to the election of office-bearers , when ilm Buchanan was elected Secretary for the females , and an Assistant Secretary from the males , together with a number of individuals as Guardians were appointed . After some ordinary routine businessy the lady president rose and addressed the meeting as follows :- ^ : ; . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• .
Sisters !—I will not . apologize to you at present for th » liberty I am aboHt to take of addressing a few words to you on the 8 ubjebt that intimately concerns your welfare , neither will I offer an excuse for my boldness im rising to address and attempting to advise those who are years my senior . ( Applause ;) The present is a momentous period in the history of oar country , and E strange things hate oome to pass . " The time has now arrived when it becomes the daty of every one who wishes well to the country that gave her birth , to come forward jand casfc ing aside allthose feelings wMck false defioacy and mock modesty gives rise to—to take a prominent part in the great movement for Reform . ( Loud oheera . ) Oar fathers and broitisrs , the oppressed and degraded operatives , call earnestly upon us . They appear to think that our countenance and
assistance can be of service , and they tell of what our sex has done in times pa Jt , and they appeal to us by all that onr sonls held dear to us , to aid them in their righteous struggle for a veice iH the making of these laws by which we and they are governed , and taxed to support . Your presence here to-night will undoubtedly be taken as an earnes of your willingness to aid them in the great work . If curiosity or any idle ; motive has alone broaght joa together , be honest and straightforward I pray you , and do not deeeite those who , 1 am conviBoed
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are acting for our good , and the good of the country . Do not hold up your hands for resolutions which yoij do not intend to lend your aseistahce to carry into eijEect . ; ( Hear , hea ^) Make no piomiaes if yon think you cannqtperforjn them ; and , although oar ; Sex . geta \ cr ^ U :- for ' ' jSpklWess , ' - ' . da ' iiioti '' 'i ' : b ^^^ you , be fickle in this matter , ( toad cheering . ) I am pot versed ; in politipa , neither do I think that politics Ought to form any great portion of feinale education , yet , thoughyoung ? in yeirs , 1 cai per-Oeire that society is divided into certain classes—all of whom have interests ' separate yet dependent upon eaeb other . The wprkingr clans is looked upon by the others as the lowesi in the scale , and treated
a 9 \\ they'were beasts of burden , ^^ which are tolerated , because tfeey cannot be put cpnvenientiy put of the way , or beoause it is thought that the giyiog them employment is an act that redounda to ttte credit of the employer , to his . honour , or to the gratification of his Vanity . But low ; and degraded aa they are conBidered to be , they are a class upon which all the other * depend , and without which they could not exist ; as a state : or society for if all were fine ladies and gentlemen , who would till the ground , sow the eeedweave the clbthv or
, produce any of those nece 83 aiie 8 of life without which the upper classes could not hafe a being . ( Cheers . ) These then were in reality the prop and stay of a country , and , as history testifies , its only true defendera in thfj hour of danger ; ( Cheers . ) In the time of "Wallace , whieri the noblts would basely sell this-country to King Edward ; he , with the tillers of the soil , said no ! it shall not be , and the battle of Baunockbura waB the result of their high resolve , a result which settled the ^ independence of Scotland . ( Applause . ) The devotion of the humble
hushandmen to the causa of the unfortunate Charles , in 1745 , in which they spent oceans of blood , and braved danger and death in a thousand forms , en ' title taem to the admiration of the world , aud demonstrate * which class is mast worthy to be palled the defenders of , their country , while they are the best promoters of its pro « perity . For these and for other reasons ^ I consider the working class a ? the most ' ntsefulf the most honourable of all . They could exist as a state , as a society , w ithoilt the others-. ( Hear ) They are the basement— : the pillars upon Which rests the whole social fabric , and yet we are gravely told that they are not entitled to equal rights and privileges with all ; It becomes , I think , a matter
of some importance to know whether they themselves will much longer submit to be treated as they feave hitherto been , and I thitk , it ought t < j . be mattier of the deeuest coasideration witb . our iuWb whether they may ' riot one day rouae then ! from their lethargy , and , shaking off the fetters that so long have beund them , take by violence what ; they have been 1 unable to obtain b y prayer and remonstrance , ( Applause . ) To avert so dire an event , J [ tbink our legiBlatpra ought to reflect whether they should not look a little more closely to the interests of a class having superior claims to right , which is their might —to worth , which is their wealth . ( Applause . ) The wprking classes are beginning tp profit by their
experience of the past . They wrought hard lor the Reform Bill , and they oarried that measure , not , however as it has turned out , for any benefit to themselves , bdt as a boon to the middle clashes , who now affect to despise them , but they are now showing a determination to work for themselves , to pay little attention to laws which , although they obey , they have no reverence for / as they have no voice in their making , and to care little for a Government which they are taxed to support , without receiviqg any benefit in returiu This systtm must be changed , and how is it to be effected P Sisters , to do
thisto obtain their rights—we must assist our fathers and brother * to carry the People ' s Charter . ( Cheers . ) We can assist them greatly they say , and I am disposed to say so too . We can undoubtedl y be of some service , and for the members of the GorbaW Uiiiversal Suffrage Association Xinaynay , However small our influjinee , however little the assistance ; Ve can afford , I believe it will be given with heart and soul . ( Cheers . ) And I trust that before leaving this place , I yhall be enabled to aay , that we have a host of other kiirdred spirits enlisted to act along with us . ( Applause . ) I know that we are and will
continue to be j < iiered at . -b y our enemies , and chided by pretended frieeds for pur conduct—I kaow that they who care not fpr us , pr our interests , will say lhat we are spehding our strength for nought and in vain , and lenditig our assistance to carry on a movement Which will never benefit us or our relatives ; but heed them not . Sisters ! the good , the grieat , and the wise , havt ^ baght and bled in defence ef these principles for - " . Which we are contenidiDgr—the honest and the talented are now suffering imprisonment fcr their advocacy of them , but , blessed be Heaven , we have / still leader * left , we have truth and justice on our side , arid though faction war against factipn , for placeypension ^ and the s ffeets otoffice , still let pur rallying cry her"Equal righta , and equal laws , The
people , and the people ' s cause , " and w « must prevail . Miss Lennox sat down amid muoh cheering . ; The meeting was afterwards addressed in cheering terma by Mi sirs . M / C . Pattisori , W . Currie ^ and Me Leod , after which thanks were tendered to the Lady President , to Mr , Pattison , and the reportera of the Northern Star and the Scottish Patriot , and the meeting dissolved , tiNXITHGOWSHIRE—tlNLITHGOW . On . Thnr « day , the aistult ., Mr . O- ' # eil fromGlasgow , delivered a lecture in the Town Hall , a place situated iaot three hundred yards frdm the . famed and favorite residence of the Kings and Qdeehs of Scotland , presenting iibw but a mass of romantic rnws , beautiful even itt their decay . It was expected that there > rould have been some difficulty , in
pro curing the use of the hall , aa the > '' magistrates had told Mr . Fraser of the True Scotsman , who "¦¦ was the last that ldctured there , tttat ho more Radical iniseting 8 . shonld ever be held in that hall . N ' atheless Ternporamutantur ieinos mutamuriii illis , said the magistrates , and the doors of the Bpacioua room were forthwith thrown open . Mr « O'Neil was Ustene 4 ; tb , witb . marked attention , and vraa J ' requently interrupted by ; the most lively , bursts of applause . A very little agitation would organize the whole of this cpuntry } and as Mr . O'Neil is at present lecturmg to the Scientific Association , at Hthgow Bridge , teintendij to devote a night or so ^ weekly in yiai ting and lecturing at the various towns and villages , until the organization of Linlithgowshire is completed .
- . . •_ DUMBABTON 8 H 1 BE—ALEXANBHIA . On Sunday , Mr . O'Neil preached in the rhorning and evenungi , in Alexandria . Long before Mr . p Neil had reached '" . the church it was craifinied in every corner , thevery . passages beiflg crowded ^ and as the hour of service arrived so ea / rer wero the people , ^ that the yard wte so densely filledi . fhat approach to ^ taeaoor was impossible , and the preacher was obliged to make his entrance by a window fpllpwed by the preceitdr . The sermon wr . a devoutly listened to , and the congregation dispersed much edified and appreciating in high , degree the talente of the preacheri
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SEIfTENCES ON THE LEIGH CHARTISTS . ( Frorn the Times . ) ^ The itirkdale petty sesslonsj adjournod from luesday week ^ : werev resumed on Monday last , for the purpose " = of passing sentence' on the Chartists > rb . > ^ w 0 re at the commeiicemcnt of last week tried and found guilty of riots and assaults in the parish of Leigh . .. ¦• .: . •¦¦•• ¦ . . - ¦ ¦ .. . ¦ . ¦" ¦ ¦ .... . . ¦ ¦ .. ¦" ' ' ;¦ ¦ . '¦' ¦ - ¦ : ;¦ ¦ . -: . ¦ Amongst the magistrates present were the Rev . Jon . ^ Brookes ( Chairman , ) tlip Rev .- 'jBinniBrmby , betore whom most of the ; prisoners were tried , Peter ^ Bourne , Esq ., Richard Edwards , Esq ., John lormby , Esq ., Adam Hodgsonv Esq ; , Thomas Rawsthorne , Esq ., and Thomas Rodick , Egq . ¦ W Magistrates had a terylone consultation •{«
tne private room as to the punishments to beawarded to tne prisoners . It was consequentiy nearly two o clock before they made their appearance on the bench . The result , of their deliberations was the classification of the prisoners according to the degrees of guUt proved against them by the witnesses oa their respectiye trials . ¦ ' ^^ P ^ ton , Jonathan Brooks , Matthew Starkie , and John Charlton , wero first called up . The Chairman said the Bench had given profound attention to : the several cases , and had been caretul to allot sentences proportioned to the deerees of crime proved . They ( the prisoners at tfie bar , ) appear to-haye been the least culpable , and Dutton
ana brooks had pleaded gvulty . IThey ' had all had good ) characters given , them ; and he hoped , when they ^ were set at -liberty , after the short imprispn-™ eQt whict would be awarded , ; they would / make the pest and oulr compensation in their power by beharingyell fot the future , setting a goodexample obeying the laws , and inculcating the value of peace antfjrood order , i The ; prisoners wetesentenCed * tobe imprigoned one month s and to enter into their own personal sureties of £ 25 each , for their future good i behayiourduringtwelve months ; , , " / William WilBOck , Thomaa Massflv . John CaIiw hn
Jx » i ^ ckbnm ^ Joto : Battej 8 by , RcUd . MetBly ' SSJrft ^ Brooks ^ JpbV ' Baiehdalo ; lofin bhuttlewprth , Thomas Dean , Joseph Webster 'George Smtth . R ^ hard ^ attp ^ and Lulke WbSl were next piaced ^ t the bar . The sentence S Wilcock , Mawey , O ) Uier , and Blackburni was two months' imprisonment i and upon the ¦ ¦ ¦ tmZ fioSt three months imprisonment . / At theexpiratiS their times . of confinement , they were & £ Sh e bound m their own recognizances of ^ 25 Schfand tw ^ sureties pf iiaeach ; tp be-tf gpod be& £ s ^ sap tobe ^ prisone ^ ^ m ^^ mm ^^
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thebar . This prispnera were sentenced to four months' imprisonment , and to enter into sureties themselves in f 25 each , and two of jElO eaph , to be of good behaviour for twelve months . * Richard Harrison , John Hurst , Alexander Cross , Robert Williams , George Hunter , arid William Moss , were placed at the bar .. The prisoners were sentenced to six month ' s' imprisoninentj at the expiration of which they were to enter into their own recognizances of 430 . each , and to find two sureties in . £ 15 each ; for their gopjd behaviour twelve months ; to be imprisoned till such bailbe given . The prisoner Harrison , with tears in his eyes , pleaded hard for a shorter term of imprisonment . He said he had aged parents , and a wife and family dependant upon him ; and had b / eon unwittmgly led into the commissipn pf offences fpr which
he expressed greatcontrition . He --promised aineridr mentTfor the future . On a review of the evlderice against him , and in ; cpiisideratipn of the coritritibn expressed , that hehad already ^ suffered three ' months , imprisonmenty he was placed in'the second class of bffenders , and ordered to be imprisoned three months with the same amount of security as those in the abpveclass . / James Finney , George Smifh , George Bollamy , Jeremy Rigby ,- ; » nd Ketei' Hilton , were placed at the bar . Hiltoii ; , Rigby , Finney , and Smith , were sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment in Lancaster Castlei , Bellamy was sentenced to eighteen months ' imprisonment ia Lah ' cas ' tor Castle . The prispnersj at the expiration of their terms of imprisonment , to be bound , themselves in £ 50 ; each , and two sureties in £ 25 each , to be of good bphaviour for twelve inonths , and to be imprisoned till the security is fount ] .
All the abpye terms of imprisonment include hard labour . ¦ '' ¦ ¦ . John Smith , who was tried at the last assizes in Liverpool , and sentenced to six . months' imprisonment , was included in one of the indictments against the above prisoiiersj and found guilty . He was sentenced to one month additional imprisonments .
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TO THE EDITOn OF THE NORTHERN STAR , Si » ,-In the Star of November , 9 th , 1839 , I find an articlefroni Bury ; yith nine names appended to it ; and said ' to . be signed by them all- perhaps to supply the place of proof to support their false assertions ; Puulic liars , are a public nuisance , and ; ought . to lie exposed After mivkinx an attack upon your paper , they then inform you , that the letter from Hey wood , published by you , which was / signed Thomas Slater , hi which , Fletcher , of Bury , ' - was exposed , was a tissue of falsehoods , fabricated by myself and T . Grimshaw . -No * Sir- I deny having either wrote , or dictated-one single s cntence of that letter . It is not Decause of the contents of the letter , that I make this denial ; but to let the world know , that the men whoso names are annexed to the paragraph alluded to * are like the Doctor , who is
their patron , guilty of charging men falsely , to gratify their swinish desires . And such stupid dolta are they , that they they seem to think that assertions made by them , need no proof , if sonic half dozen of tiatnes lire affixed to their bungling lying jargon , jf I was , what in the Guardian ( to which they compare the Star ) and other papers , I lmvo been represented , I should be l . ke thecameliou ; but I am not like . tlicnisel ' tes , ' blown round by the wind of avarice , that they know . F 6 r when I was on the district committee of management ,. I had to stand with the whi p of honesty and truth in my hand , and flog the political vennin , to prevent them devouring the peoplfc / s stuff . Tn conaequence of wliich , no doubt , I stand charged by themwith having
, abused , and condemned all the political leaders , which acensationis a base lie- They say I have condemned Feargus O'Connor , also : I snppbse they nlean that to be a stop-gap , to prevent a repl y to their base falsehoods . I , Lave condemned him , for he ought with his political inftueuce , to have blown such , political apostates as Fletcher of . Bury , out of the people ' s i-ariks . If I condemn any man , J . " willmeet him . before the people ; and if he proves himaejl . clear , I will make , a public atono ^ ment , that is as mucli as any man . ought to wish for . They know that , I have proposed tp meet both them , ' and the Doctor in the Working Men ' s Hall at Bury ¦ but as in the case of Fletcher , anil Feargus , they knew better than conie before the public ,:
Now for the letter : —I say , and ; they themselves know , that it was true . Did not the men of Hunsworth confirm the princi pal , cliarge agaiiist . the Doctor ; and that ,, without either Oriinaliaw , or me knowing ifctni we saw it in the Stun' Bnt half of the Doctor ' s baseness has not beeu told . When disputing with roe at Reywood , tho first time lie came from the Convention , he declared the reports in the Star were lies , and yet at the same time professed to be friends with Feargus . ; Horrid hypocrisy ! ! Onefact , toproyehc isnottrust--w 6 rtny , and I have done . Hewas instructe d togiveia £ 3 q for National Rent , but of his own accord gave in jglOO , and like Whig and Torj Lorda , sent down this palliation : '' it makes Bury stand h igh . " Oli Fletcher , and thy Crew of base ones , hide jour guilty heads for sname , or , in a manly manner meet men before the public , whom you dare , wickedly to slander . JOB PLANT ; A Xover of Truth and Justice . Hejwood , November 12 th , 1839 .
P . S . —Sir , by inserting the- above , and stating whether or not you are in possession of facts , which prove that the letter signed T . Slater , was a string of falsehoods , you will oblige the honest Radicals herei and benefit the public cause . > . " ¦ ' ¦ . ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ' ' . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ . J . ' . p ' ¦" [ We give insertion to the above . letter as the ' only atonement we can make for having unintentionally made the columns of the Star the yehicie pf personal slander . We received , the week before lastia letter from .. ' spine David Greemcood , assorting ^ that the letter sighed Thomas- Stater , published by US , haci not been written by htm , but by Messrs ' Ptdnt and Grimshaw ; : asserting also that Slater ' s name had been affixed to it without his knowledge or consent , and containing a great mass of scurrUons abuse of Plant and Grimshaw :, but no attempt at a single word ef reply tp the charges againsfKletcher , cpntaihed in Slater ' s letter . This ¦ we , of course , refused to / publish t because if Slater's name had been affixed without his knowledge , and if he felt aggrieved thereby , it was natural to suppose that he would have ivritten to state that fact ; and because , as the letter was a commentary on the public conduct of . a public man , ifc was a matter of but secondary import by whom it was written ; the main question being ' the truth of its allegations ; of which no disproof was offered by Iflr . Greenwood . Oiw refusal to publish this infamous and libelloua letter was followed by the letter which appeared as an advertisement in last- week ' s Star , and to which the nine names appended were all in the saihe hand . We were not a Uttle surprised at the impudence pf the parties , in supposing that We should publish as an advertisement , for profit , that we had rejected ofl pr inciple ; and we had certainly np : inte ntion of printing the scandalous advertisement It happened , however , to . be acoidentally put do ^ h near some other copy , and was carried with ii into the printing office , without ; our being awaxe until We saw it in the paper on Monday . This is our excuse tp Mr . Plant for ^ the circumstance that reS dered his letter necessary ; and now that we have made the aviende honourable to him , by insertinK his contradiction , we must havei done with tlus disgraceful business .- We shall insert nbtblnfe more from any aide or party about it—Ei ) N SI
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GREAT MEpING AT ASHTON OnThursday week , Mr . 6 Connor addressed the working men and women in the CharlestoWn chapel , at Ashton . . The large building was full to over ' flowing , , al -hough the sumof tw ^ penie SchaSd to defray expenses . Mr . O'Connor spoke at ereat length , ^ nd gave the . inpst unbdunded satisfacticn . i ° vvS - a' »* aud Judicioi > s speech hasgone far tp heal the ditferenceg so long / and so unhappily existing ampng us . and already we find the benefit , by an increasing , desire , upon the part of all , to merge tprmer differences , and once mere work united for Universal Sufirak ? ^ ^ ° ^
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CHAnGk op iNFANi : icipB . ^ W ( B have rarely known 5 i ? iJ )^ p instance of the ; effects pf female frailty than the following , in which a womanformerly giving in Bristol is ^ implicated : ~ -The wife of an industrious mechanic , named Gittins ,. was induced , more than a : year ago , tp' take the situation of housekeeper in the family of a man iii HetewUh several children . ; Abput Beven , weeks a « 3 re ^ ne 4 home encein ^ Her husband , pr ^ ably nduced by ^ n exp anation / riven below' S 3 her . theugh greatly shocked ,. tiU ¦ she Vna 4 Svln bjrtb . ta a boy , and was . ^ ble : a « ain io ^ oS tnait
It a > - m % > *» hough . he could " forffive the offence of which she had Seen guilSSld npt cpnS « nt ; to b ^ chargeable / fbr tffSn ^ Sce g £ » 5 fn&nt ^ ano ^ insisted upon ^ her « oin «™ TS ° S ? " eads in Herefordshire , and gettiW theni « j ^ y » suppprt the child , or '; to / c 4 She % ther of ! t tP xlo so . He wrote : a letter to herini hK ^¦ ¦ K : ' ^ that tia ; wifeMf SS that her master had compelled her to submit to his wishes ; and he urges- her family to SnLJtl SW 53 g ; tssiaa 2 afi i ^ j ^^ s ^ &sii
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WAKEFIELD CORj ^ ^ AJRICE ^ ^ , ¦ ¦;•! - ¦ . . . - ' ¦¦ ¦ - ¦¦ ( BT jEXPRESS . ) ' " ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " ' - ¦ ¦ ' / ' ¦ ' ^^^ tM ^ sis ^ m ^ m ^^ ms very unsaleable ; for old there . is- no ; & 2 « give way ^ the stocka are ; so much reduced ° - . The quality aadHJOnditiqn pf the shipments north of the Number are very inferipr to expecSn ftw weeks ago . ; More ^ Barley is offering and ¦ S , * rates of last week are not obtained by inllv u Z& ojiiarter . ; / - /> : . '¦ ' . - . ' ^ Oats and Shelling ; each slow sale at about fprmfli . gtgy Beans fully as dear . Little doing hj ^ g vXem ^ o ^ Mabket , Nov . 12 .-The supply of ^ heat , Barley , and : Beans tp this day ' s market ^ ro smaller ^ thanlast week ; ^ atslarger . ^ ine Sy new Wheat has-been sold on the same terms as last wS ¦ but-aU-other descriptions have been heavy * ak ' Barley has been in gbpd demand and Is . per qiiS ifn ^ l ^ r ^ P *™* F * ^ one , and Sfa Is . per jpad higher . Beans fuU as well sold . ^
TO Sw T u 9 LDTH MAket , Hov . 12 ch . ^ -0 up market to-day has been in a most depressed state - scarcely anjr business -doing in anybranch of tha woolleu pr r&ncv trade , V Weihad very fe * buyers ij the market , and the purchases that wore made Wera only few to order . / Nothing is doing in til warehouses , and all the manufacturers are workS up ^ ^ numbers of workmen are . daUy falling : out of employ , the manufacturers not being able to sail and dare npt speculate , further . The XJloth Hall had a novel appearance , many of the manufacturers presenting their gppds in a finished state , which if * 5 * . i s dp npt meiid , to all appearance the Cloth Hall . will becoine a mart for finished goods , which would be a great advantage to tHe home trade . Tha Wool market is ma most depressed state : nothing scaji ; ely ; doing in any kind . / Prices may be quoted at from Id . to M . per lb . lower since our ia ^ report . ; / / ¦¦¦ : ¦¦ ¦ '¦ : ¦ .- - // - . ¦¦ . ¦"¦ - * ° ^
: RichmondGornMarket , Nov . 9 . —We had a very thm supply pf Grair fin bur market to-day . Wheat sold from 6 s , to Us ., Oats : 3 s . to 4 s : 9 d . Barley ^ , to 5 s . Sd ., and Beans 6 s . to 7 s : per : busliel . ; Daulington Corn Market , Nov . 11 . —At our market , this day , we had a gppd supply of Wheat , whieh sold at from 13 s . 6 d . to ^ l 6 s . perbpll . ^ Ki raox CATTtE Market , Nov . ; 11 . —Gut : supply of fat Cattle was not large , but it was equal tp th « demand . Well fed Stock was no lower , but that of inferior quality was on the decline . :
. / , State of TRADE .- ^ There was np material chana « m our market yesterday ; the prices of yarn generally ; continue to droop , and lower rates" were in many , instances submitted to . £ > ome inquiry for printing cloth manifested itself during the daj' ; but we believe it was chiefly frpm speculators , who wer « tempted by the low prices ; and the business done was not tp such an 1 extent as to produce any improvement ia the current rates . Oiie or two additional failures have been announced ; but they are not pf ^ nature to cause mush sensation in the market . — Manchester Guardian of Wednesday . : Liverpool : Corn Market ; Nov . 12 . — At onr market this morningwe had but a slender attendance pf buy era , and the Wheat trade was dull at areduction of ; 2 cL to 3 d . per bushel . ; Oats ld . / per bushel cheaper , 4 s . 2 d . beinff a top price fpr the best mealing . Np change in the value pf Beans pr Peas .
LiVERPopL Cattle Market , Nov . 11 . —The supply pf Cattle ; at market to-day lias been rather larger than that of the preceding week , but comparatively small to the number we have had for several previous ; market days , and the quality for the season of tha year only middling . There was a full attendance of buyers and dealers , and good stock in brisk demand , which has caused a slight advance pf prices , and the greater part , pf the Cattle , was sold np at a tolerable early hour in the afterndon . The number of Sheep has also been somowhat larger thaa last quoted , aud of but very middling quality , but Mutton not being so much indemand as Beef , the prices appear to be stationary . The best ; Beef realised fully 6 d . second
quality 5 | d . ordinary ; 5 d . and a few of a very iudiffereiit description a a shade less , but principally at the antecedent . Tarice 8 i . V . ' ^ Wether >'" - 'Mut ' ton ,-. may b » quoted at from 6 jd . down to 6 d . with some ordinary quality : ' at ^| d . I -Eweai at from 5 d . to 6 d . ) per lb . agreeable to quality , sinking the offal . Number of Cattle at . market—Bcasts / 1457 . Sheep 6 iO 2 . / Liverpool Wool 1 ^ rket .- ^ 0 m business i Sicotch wppls has : been affected by the unfavourable accounts received lately : from Ameriba . : A few lots of laid Highland changed hands at last week ' s prices , but in : any other sorts acarcely a sale was effected . Owing to the limited quantity of inferior foreign , wools on hand at present , those descriptions have not-undergone any alteration in Drice . but tha
basiness transacted in any class was extremely light , and the better sorts were rather lower . Jin-^ SotavX ^? ^ 1 \^^ y /^ year , : _ LoNpoN ; Wobn Market . —A considerable falling bff ^ must benpted in the demand fpr ^ 11 kinds of British- -Trool , ; , and the prices are barely maintained . The present heaviness in the trade is chiefly attributed tp the unfa . vpurable impression created by the news from America ; / whilst several large orders for wpoli len . ' goods , have been countermanded . —The presemV state of the foreign ¦ wool trade ; is anything but satisfactory , so-Httle business passing that the prices are next tp npminal . During the week the importa have been light . / / : - ¦ .
London Corn Exchange ^ Nov ; II , —There was 0 °$ erate SQV 9 ^ :. pf Wheat from Essex , Kent ; and Suffolk ,, for this day'smarketv but an increased qi ^? *? - ean 3 in < i Parley from these counties , whilst . the show of all peas was still very trifling ; a few vessels : have arrived with oats from our own coast and Scotland , and ' about twelve have got in from Ireland since Friday , . wHich may bo considered « w ^ opening -Irish ? supply for the : season . The ^ imports _ or . foreign gram during the _ past week have only been tp . a trifling extent . From the recent damp and wet state of the weather much pf the new vyneat was m poor condition , such met a slow sale , at a decline of Is . to 2 s . per qr . ; whilst fine dry parcels commanded last Monday ' s , currency , and Ml descriptions of foreign were fully as dear , with : a moderate , and steadyT ) usinessi passing therein . Flpur was ; quite as dear , and gppd marks . exship met a iair sale
, lho chpicest malting barleybreiight abput Is . per qr ; aboye the rates of tfiis day se ' nnight , but not higher than those paid on Friday last . Grinding qualities mpre inquired for , and auch must be quoted Is , per qr . dearer also , whilst the inferior sorts have not imprpTed in-value . Malt . was much the same as last wieek . Beans realised last week's currency . . Peas commanded a fair sale , and maples were jathw higher . Therewas a moderately good Dusmess transacted in oats , and choice pld cbrn must be qupted fully untp last Mpnday ' s prices ; somep ? new from Ireland are tplerably gppd , whilst many cargoes are spft in cpnditipn ; the best met a fair deimand , and priced may be cpnsidered at frpm 32 s . down tp 27 s . for these arrivals . ' There was nothing oi moment passing in linseed ot rapeseed , but prices are unaltered . / Clorerseed as yet does not come torward , audcOnseqUently no oocurrtocestake place therein .: - ¦ : // - r
, LoN PON Smithfiexd Market , Npv . 11 —FTom the whole -of-. our great Nerthern grazing districts , the arrivals ^ beasts up to our market this inprbing ^ exceedingl y : gopd , and for the mest par ? Pf considerabl y unproved : quality , particularly ^ ^« ikf % if- t ? rt-aora from Lincplnshire , the - ^^! * & "' V ? hl ? , * edto nearly , pr quite , 1200 ; whilst the receipts from / the Western and Midland counties , vwere , even the time of year cpnsidered , very moderate , and they came to hand in by ho means first rate ¦ condition . Owing to the supera-^ . ^ a * ^ PPJy of pasture ierbage in mpst parts pf acpWanfl , aud the evident reluctance , from that circumstance i of the Scotch , grazers to send stock aitherin any other than very ffiie order , the * season ' tor tteasts from the above quarter by sea has been defered to a somewhat later peripd than usual ; but it is expected to commence very speedilv under the
most : favourable auspices . In all parts unusually nigh prices , nptwithstanding the near apprpach pf Wl" ™ r > are still ^ demanded for stbte tegs , cows , and neifers . those . offering here torday being speedily cleared off at full cnrroncieis ; : Although the attendance of , buyers was numerous , even the primest Scots experienced a heavy inquiry ^ at a decline on the rates noted on this day se ' nhight pf full 2 d per 81 b , and some of the middling and inferior beasts were unsold at the close of business ; The best old Devons supported their previous valiie , viz . > from 4 s € d / to 5 s per 81 b "; but otherwise the Muttontrade was in a sluggish state , and the prices tad a downwariten ? denoy ^ with a fair average supply en sale . In calves , the numbers of which were good , little doing , yet no decline was submitted tp in the quptatipns . The pork tride rr&a extremely dull ; on accpunt chiefly of the dead markets being heavily Btopked with 1 country carcasses . - " . '¦" .. ¦¦ ¦ ~ 'i- - ' : ¦ -: " : ¦ ~''; \ / -: V ' .- '¦ :
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SPECIAI , COMMISSION . A special commission , consisting of Sir 2 \ . Tin- ' < laV , Sir James Parkej . and Sir J . Williams , is 10 be ! sent do-svn to Netrp jts for the trial of the parties ; concerned in the late outbreak in that . neighbour- j hood . —Chronicle . -- 1
Repbesestaxios of EDiysrRGH . —We have reason j lo believe , on good amhority , that the electors of ! Edinburgh will be shortly called upon , not only to ! le-elect their representative , Mr- Mataulay , but to ! look out for a colleague to that gentleman , as it is now confidently sta ? ed , in quarters likely to be informed on such matters , that our other representsfive , the Learned and able Attorney-General , will j sulmnst rmTn « 3 rat . pl y gn to the llisil Bench "Kilfl a ' Peerage . —Caledonian-Mercury of Monday .
Mechanics' Association at Boston . —The Boston ( United JStaves ) Courier of the oih ult ., comains an interesting account of the triennial festival of the Mechanics Association of that city . Amongst the toasts proposed after dinner , one -which --was xeceived ¦ wi th the utmost enthusiasm ^ was "Our mother country , England / 3 After the band had played ' God save the Qneen , ' and'Yankee Doodle , ' Jdr . " Grattan , the Engiish consul , rose amid enthusiastic cheers and addressed the company . JTew Post-Qftick Arba ^ gement . —A decided step towards the establishment of ihe penny postage is to he taken on the 5 th of December next . From that day forward all letters are to be charged by ¦ p-ei ght ; a angle postage for half an onnee ; two postages for an ounce , four for two ounces , six for three
ounces , aad so on , and the maximum single Tate between all places "within the L ' niied Kingdom will be 4 d . This charge is however only temporary ; the universal penny rate is promised as soon as the preliminary arrangements are completed , that is , as soon as the stamps are : prepared . In the meantime , before any great increase of letters takes place , the post-office toll have effected the transition from the present mode of charge to that by weight . Half an ounce will carry an ordinary sheet of letter paper and a cover , or a small enclosure . Indeed , if rather thin paper be used , the half ounce mil carry t * o sheets ; so that the postage of even a double letter from one end of the kingdom to another ¦ will T > e but fonrpencej even during the transition state—Morning Chronicle . ¦ .
, Desperate Attempt of Prisoners to Escape tbom the City Comfteb . —On . Tuesday night , abont ten o clock , as the watchman of the intaaor of the Compter prison was going his rounds , he fancied a stronger light than usual was reflected from the skylight which 13 over a gallery that leads to a cell ¦ which contained about 50 prisoners , who were con-£ ced fur various offences , and raising Ms head discovered the skylight open . He raised airalarm , and information of the circumstance having been conreyed to the Giltspuf-street Police-station , Mr . inspector Turle , and Sergeant "Waller wereinstantly on the alert , and a number of policemen were stationed outside the prison walls ,, whilst some were
despatched to the interior ; and ongeing to the above cell it was discovered that the bar of the cell door had been wrenched off , which enabled the prir soners to get into the gallery , that" the hemp and jnnk w hich had been given to them to pick for oakum , and several old- strands of rope , had been twisted and knotted iogether , and ready at a moment ' s notice for the purpose of euabling . them to descend from the wall of the prison into the street , pponfuriher inspection it was discovered thai the iron bar upon the top of the skylight was also ¦ w renched 0 % which left-a « avity sufficient to admit a . man ' s body , and which led to the roof of the building . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 16, 1839, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1083/page/8/
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