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RE-ORGANISATION OF CHARTISM . MEETKG IN WESTMINSTER . A public meeting vas held in the Temperince SJE& We 3 tmin 8 ter '^ Mouday evening , Mr . John Arxott was unanimousl y called to the chair , and in brief and suitable terms , opened the inwinessoftheeTening . F . <*• - * £ Reynolds , Esq ., moved the first resolution as follows : — " That this meeting , being convinced of the truth and justice of the principle * contained in the document called the People's Charter , and believing that its recognition as the oasis of society -would affect not only the political emancipationbut also the social
ameliora-, tion of the toiling masses , we therefore hail with great satisfaction the prospect of a renewed , peacenil , and energetic agitation for its enactment . "Mr . Reynolds was greeted with loud applause , and laid , the persons presznt were doubtless determined on the adoption and carrying out of the principle ! contained in thatresolution , and to make prosel y tei to their cause . He was sure that the people of England did not like the idea of Russian serdom but that they were determined to have rights to exercise for themselves . They stood there ° not to talk of pikes and guns , but in peaceful , legal , and constitutional terms to demand their rights . ( Cheers . ) Badas their institutions were , there was enough to enable them to wrest their righteous
demands from an unwilling government . ( Loud cheers . ) The Press was not yefc put down , and they would proclaim their thoughts to the world . He should go to the Conference witha determination to do hi 3 duty boldly and fearlessly , yet should any One act illegally , so as to endanger the cause , ha should be one of the first to leave the Conference . ( Hear , hear . ) This agitation would act concurrently with / that of which Sir J . TFalmesley was at the Lead—standing at its back and pushing it onwards —but still , as of days of yore , demanding the whole , and proclaiming in a voice of thunder that this moral , peaceful , and legal struggle , should never cease until the Charter became the law of the land . ( Loud cheers . ) He had frequently put the
question to the middle classes " is not universal suffrage the right of man V and invariably elicited answers in the affirmatiTft : and so with the other points of the Charter . ( Applause . ) As regards the Property Qualification , he had pictured a mendicant physically and mentally , miserable and wretched , then imagined ft shower of cold to have accidentally descended on him , and Behold his power of mind and body are restored as if by : magic , and he has all the qualifications befitting a high and mighty legislator . ( Loud cheers . ) Take the other side of the picture ; behold Sir JRobert Peel , great in wealth and intellectual requirements , a panic comes—his wealth is swept away—his intellect remains—but alas , he no longer
possesses the qualification , simply , because that wealth created T > y him has ehanged hands . ( Loud cheers . ) Oh , preposterous legislation ? ( Cheers . ) After cool and deliberate reasons and reflections , the middle-class men were constrained to admit that the People ' s Charter contained principles which were the very beau ideal of political perfection . It was the beauty of its truths , and the sublimities deducible therefrom , that had caused a lase press to attempt to run it down , knowing well , that let it once succeed , all the abuses on which their employers battened would cease for ever . ( Great applause . ) Give but the Charter as the means to a Bocial end , and England might then become the very paragon of plenty and happiness
( jj ouacneers . ) Mr . Reynolds here entered into a statement of the mode of action proposed for the revised association , and said : Atthemeeting of the Conference the provisional committee would be prepared with a plan of organisation , to submit for its consideration . Society at present was in a most vitiated state , made so by the so-called upper classes . At the present time we had only about one million of voters , and on an average , it would make the price of a seat about £ 1 , 000 . Rotten boroughs became a good investment ior capital , and in this way was a million of capital expended at a general election , and another million on registration , Ac . Thus , on such an investment of two millions of capital did fathers send their sons into tho House of Commons to hang on the tails of the ministry , to grasp at emoluments arising from places , sinecures , and pensions that are wrung from the very vitals of the working , classes .
( Loud cheers . ) Ko measures likely to benefit the wealth producers could be expected from them ; rather expect labour to be still more down-trodden and oppressed . ( Hear , hear . ) Hence it was that when a man lifted his voice in favour of the rights of the masses , whether continental or British , he was sure to be cried down . He asked the working classes to unite with all that would unite ¦ with them for any portion of their just rights . He was fully aware of the interested motives of the middle classes . They ( the middle classes , ) had seen the effects of convulsions on the continent , and they wished to avert similar storms here ; hence , they said , let us avert the catastrophe , by granting concessions : but , whilst going with them , it was their ( the people ' s ) duty , to state that they were no longer willing to be the mere producers of all the secesseries , luxuries , and elegancies of life , but that they resolved also to become partakers of that which they produced . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . D . Wauord , in seconding the motion , said , he wa 3 much pleased to see an attempt made to resuscitate the Chartist agitation . He thought the besetting sin of drunkenness had much to do with failures of political agitations . He believed that had the masses demanded their rights in a proper spirit , there was no power that could long withhold them . He would like to see the temples now dedicated to " gin " converted into Mechanics' Institutions , and their gilded " rum " and " brandy " tubs into library shelves to hold Paine ' s " liiahts of Man , " Tolney * s " Ruins of Empires , " ancl Voltaire's " Philosophical Dictionary . " Mr . Walford here paid a well-merited compliment to T . S . Dancombe , Esj ., M . P ., and his brother Chartists , for their exertions in throwing out the atrocious " Master and Servants' Bill ; " and complimented his brother Teetotallers on having paid down the sum of £ 500 , and thus secured the magnificent Hall in
which they were now assembled . Teetotalism had secured that Hall to them for the next fourteen years , and he entreated his brother Democrats to do likewise . Mr . "Walford here drew a picture of the benches of the House of Commons during an important debate , affecting the interest of the wealth producers . Ought they not to obtain the Charter , and send men to that house who knew their wants , and had the knowledge and courage to apply the social remedy to their social grievances ? ( Loud cheers . ) He wished the delegates to press those matters on the attention of Congress . By his sobriety he had become possessed of the franchise , and he wished others te do the same . He had also witnessed with delight the progress of the Forty Smiling Freehold movement , set in motion by that glorious Teetotaller , Mr . James Taylor , of Birmingham . ( Loud cheers . ) In conclusion , in the words of the immortal Milton , he invoked them to "Awake , arise , or be for ever fallen . "
Mr . T . Cuek in supporting the motion said , in wishing for liberality for thomselves they should be prepared to desl out a little to others , and lie cared not how many persons might he present from her Majesty's government , in fact , he should like to sec a vast number of her Majesty ' s officers , of all descriptions , present , to listen to dissertations on their broad humanising principles . He was sure that previous speakers could only have intended to denounce those base spies who had come amongst the people under false colours for the purpose of entrapping their fellow men . ( Repeated cheering . ) The House of Commons , so called , was composed of 653 men , who made the laws over which they ( the people ) had not the least control ; but he contended
that these men had no more right to take away the people ' s money than any strong man had to meet a feeble one on the highway and take his , as might did not constitute right —( hear , hear )—let but the Charter prevail and then their property could not bo taken without prior consent . Although thev had no paper constitution , he was ready to maintain that they had more practical liberty than had France under her Republic , with Universal Suffrage . ( Hear , hear . = ) Yet with aU their practical liberty they had great social wants , misery , and wretchedness—a 3 ¦ was truly illustrated in the pages of the Morning Chronicle . Even this was but a speck as compared with the miseries , wretchedness , and degradation of Ireland , as his own eyes had recently an
opportunity of witnessing . ( Hear , hear . ) It was to bo hoped that Ireland had seen the worst , and that her circumstances would now mend . He was happy to say that the more democratic the sentiments uttered last week , at the Music Hall , Dublin , the more enthusiastically they were received . ( Loud cheers . ) "What the working classes wanted was a proper control over their own labour , and he ( Mr . Clark ) had much pleasure in calling their attention to a philosophical work , just published , on the subject by " Sidney Smith . " They asked for representation as a means of protecting their property—not as a means of destroying the property of others—simply wishing to carry out the great moral doctrine of St .
Paul— "The labourcrshallbethefirstpartakcrof the fruits ; " and if they did not obtain speedy remedial measures , he thought no man could be responsible for the convulsion that would inevitably follow . ( Loud cheers . ) He would take this meeting as a fair average specimen of intelligence , and yet he would venture to say that not one in ten had the franchise . ( A Voice—not one in twenty . ) A friend said not one in twenty ; well , he would like to know by what right the twentieth person made rules to govern the other nineteen . He would conclude bv seconding the resolution , hoping , after the Conference , to meet them again in that Hall freouentlv Loud cheers . ) u
mou 3 y tiOn W ' 1 S thCn pUt and ewnalunani-Mr Charles IJinxcmoved thesecond resolution - « That approving of the objects and fataSS of
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^——^^—————the proposed Metropolitan Chartist Confer * a 30 , we hereby resolve to elect four delegates to represent the meeting in such assembly . " Mr . Uinso said other associations and their leaders had been alluded to , but the good men on the councils of these associations were like the good men in another assembly—they were in a minority and wanted support from without . Capital had hitherto been legislated for , whilst Labour had been neglected . Westminster herself was an apt lUustration of this : look at her , with her mean miserable , dirty hovels on the one hand anT £ splendid ^ magnificent mansions and palaces on the other . . The wealthy told us to improve our mental ffiaa ? -=
calm h'L C ( !? neTer ^ Pect to see England S * V T ? u py '« and contented , until she shallhave SSft ^ ' ( Cheers- > ^ Palmerst on nad 8 aid Opinion was stronger than armies " but ? e taew m applying this to present circumstances , he was propagating a fallacy . ( Hear , hear . ) If it were true , why dif Rome and Hungary fallt-whv of ?! riu army 5 ? ecial eatables on the 10 th ? n Trl ! . Vr ^ y ^ an a ™ 7 of 40 . 000 men ! nJw d ? ( L ? 5 « . ) He joined with them in tueir peaceful and moral crusade for their political rights feeling convinced that political rights once gained , social rights must follow . ° Mr . Towxsexd , in an eloquent speech , seconded tne motion .
- Mr- -. M' 6 haih said he had much satisfaction nJt ?? his meed of su PP ° rt t 0 the resolution , iie would recommend every working man to read the revelations of the Morning Chronicle , and if it ( lid not make them take steps for the obtainment of X * i meas « es , he should be compelled to say they had neither hearts nor souls amongst them . The Charter was to them what the swoFd was to the soldier in battle—the means to an end ; and until they obtained it , never would they get" a fair day s wage for a fair day ' s work . " What they wanted was , such a change as would prevent the overreaching landlord from getting too much rent , and the grasping capitalist too much profit . He called upon them to look at their own order , and sura he was they would say , they were not what they ought to be . He ( Mr . M'Grath ) was not one of those who thought that a man should be
content in a coarse hovel , and with a crust of bread , they were told the people of France had committed blunders . He had faith that with Universal Suffrage those blunders would yet be corrected . ( Loud cheers . ) He had heard it said , democracy would nave been in a better condition , had its adherents taken off a few more tyrants' heads when they had them in their power ; but he repudiated such doctrines , and thought their moderation was their greatest glory . The resolution was then put , and , like the former , was unanimously adopted . The following persons were then placed in nomination , the names being greeted with loud applause : —G . Julian Harney , J . Grasaby , J . Arnott , and John Mime . No other nomination being tendered , they were put to the vote , and declared to be unanimously elected . —A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting dissolved .
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TOWER HAMLETS . A public meeting for the election of delegates to the ensuing conference was held at the School Room , Princes-square , St . George ' s in the East , on Tuesday evening , November 27 th ; Mr . Stiles in the chair . The Chairman having briefly alluded to the busiof the meeting , introduced Mr . Cube , who moved the following resolution : — " That , in the opinion of this meeting , the circumstances of the present times are eminently favourable to the establishment of an energetic , determined , but peaceful and temperate agitation for the accomplishment of those fundamental principles of an equitable constitution which are contained in the People ' s Charter , and upon the realisation of
which depends the future well-being and liberty of the industrial classes of the united kingdom . This meeting , however , declares that the establishment of such a movement is net intended in any way to interfere with , or impede the progress of , agitations for minor reforms , but simply to obtain , in the shortest time possible , the complete representation of the whole people in parliament . " Mr . Clark said , it was intended to carry the Chartist agitation from end to end of England . He saw around him the active , intelligent men who had conducted the Chartist agitation in that borough for years past , and it was to such intelligence that the guidance of their future movements must be entrusted . He believed that all present understood the
principles contained in the People ' s Charter , the resolution was drawn so as to interfere with other existing associations as little as possible . Chartism was that great all engrossing principle without which they neter would be satisfied . It was alike their duty and interest to obtain such a representation as should embrace the whole people—and right happy he was to think that the people of the three kingdoms seemed equally bent on effecting that object . At the Edinburgh meeting , over which the Lord Provost presided , and at which the honourable member for this borough ( Mr . George Thompson ) made such an eloquent and excellent speech , Mr . Tait , one of the greatest of Scotch literati , had complained , not that the Parliamentary Reform
Association went too far , but that it did not go far enough , and demanded the principles advocated by the Chartists . In Dublin , too , it was pleasing to know that at the " national" meeting , held in the Music Hall , they went for " a full , free , and fair representation of the people ; " and at the numerous meetings held in this metropolis , of a kindred tendency to the same object ; hence it was but a fair deduction to say , that the metropolises of the three kingdoms were unanimous in calling together for universal liberty . ( Loud cheers . ) Let them press onward then , and engage and absorb the whole mind of the country in the great truths of Chartism . It was only necessary to indoctrinate the people with their faith in order to obtain
that which was required ; because their plans of organisation had failed in one or two instances that was no reason why the proposed one should fail ; what they wanted to iosure-its success was an active , intelligent propaganda , that should persevere in a peaceful legal manner , and keep up such a state of organisation as must ultimately win the Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) He believed it perfectly practicable to link the working classes of England , Ireland , and Scotland together , for this great object . He thought this was illustrated by the brilliant and enthusiastic reception Mr . O'Connor recently met with in Dublin . ( Loud cheers . ) Merchants , bankers , and shipowners , could not have a common interest with the wealth producers . It was their interest to get labour as cheap as
possible , and it was the interest of the workers to sell their labour as dear as possible . ( Hear , hear . ) Under a despotism like that of Russia , such a monstrous amount of taxes could not be exacted as is taken from the masses in this country under the fiction of the English constitution . Such a system as the present could not , and did not , obtain the moral snpport of Englishmen . ( Cheers . ) Aristocracy was a traitor , and would , ore long , bo arraigned for high treason by an intelligent democracy , who must , and would be the rulers of Britain in the future . ( Great applause . ) Mr . Towxsksd seconded the motion , and thought it would require but little exertion to set agoing a moral and peaceful agitation for the Charter . Thomas Carlylo had said , — " This which they call
the organisation of labour , is the whole question of the future ; " and he thought working men the most capable of handling this question , because they best understood it . Those whose chief occupation consisted of killing hares , p heasants , &c , could know little or nothing about it . Their deliverers must come from the loom , the spindle , the last , and the bench . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was put , and carried unanimously . The Chairman said he had four persons to nominate ; they were : —G . "W " . M . Reynolds , P . M'Grath . W . Davies , and J . J . Ferdinando . ( Loud cheers . ) Of course , these were only nominations ; any one else was at liberty to put others in nomination , if they thought fit , and the election lay with the meeting .
Mr . W . Drake was then nominated in addition to the foregoing . The candidates then proceeded to address the meeting , in order , a 3 they were nominated . ¥ F- Retsolds said : From the earliest moment he had been enabled to form an opinion for himself , he had been a consistent Eepublican , and , therefore , a thorough advocate for the Charter , as a great means to a grand social end . ( Loud cheers . ) He looked around him and saw six millions of persons ? v ?™ ° the barrier of political power , and thought 1 . 1 Sft- IT tbat S 1 ? cl 1 an organisation should be ShSm ™ as , would bring about a change . He S T ° * T ? th ( j y wished t 0 stand behind than ft " H bj ? thren > wh 0 M f ° more Srni / v . l CDJOyedaRe P uWican form of fS , ? . J « tf ttoy desired to be behind that
SI ** " $ was only twenty-one miles from wTfflhW ^ WWcl i COntalned glorious nien > nuVhtv w i \ ° J ultorethronef-prostrated hp £ 7 P otentates-and raised up such glorious cWr ^ Tf K + f SUt 1 ! ' f * F > and others ? ( Loud he SuY Uey el ( l Cted him t 0 that Conference , Ind ™!? * . v i , the ^ gacity , wisdom and prudenceol which lie was the master-with a rew to achieve the mighty end they had in view , lie should not recommend physical force ; but , in tue event of any-such recommendation being given , repel it ; for although he did think force necessary to expel the miscreant holders of continental tin-ones , he thought such things would be entirely misplaced here , and that moral force alone would bo effective . Mr . Reynolds then expatiated in his usual e loquent manner , in the same spirit in which he had done on several previous meetings on politi-
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cal matters—and resumed his seat amidst great applause . Air . P . M'Grath said it was not the first or second time h e . had . stood before the men of the Hamlets as a candidate for political honours ; The men of the Hamlets had conferred on . him his first political distinctions , and he had been ever since then , their devoted , friend and servant in the good cause , and should he be elected he would bring his whole powers to perfect a good system of organisation . He was delighted to hear that an opportunity now presented itself of effecting an union between veritable democrats of England and Ireland , as all knew the thunder that used to be hurled at the Saxon by the old Irelanders under Daniel
O'Con-; nell , and tho slanderous and gratuitous untruths these thunders contained against the working people of England . ( Loudcheers . ) He ( Mr . M'Grath ) wished them to work contemporaneously and concurrently with all other political and social reformers , but still to work for , and keep before them , the great principles of Chartism . There were many even in this metropolis who did not understand the principles of Chartism , and it would be the duty of the Conference to take such steps as would bring the knowledge home to them ; and sure he was if they looked around their housesat their larders—and their wardrobes—you would at once see that things are not as they should be , like MeBsrs . Reynolds and Townsend , ho was
opposed to violence , and believed that if the Chartists only became propagandists they must succeed . Marylebone , Lambeth , Finsbury , and Westminster , had done their duty , and he believed to . night the men of the Tower Hamlets would do theirs . Let these examples be followed , and then the chains would be removed from their limbs , and they would be freemen , as God intended they should be . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . W . Davis said , his candidature was not of his seeking , he was put forward by the committee , but if better men could be found he would « till make himself useful . Mr . Cobden had told them they must get forty shilling freeholds before they could obtain the franchise , but if they waited for this it would be thirty years , and the present gene ' ration would be in their graves before the Charter
would be obtained . He agreed in the doctrine , not to rely solely on leaders , but to trust implicitly to themselves . If elected he would discharge his . duty by a punctual attendance , and a faithful advocacy of the principles of Democracy . ( Loudcheers . ) Mr . Ferdinando said , he had been for . the last eight or nine years amongst them , and knew their wants and wishes . He was alike opposed to aristocracy and moneyocracy . ( Cheers . ) He was not offering opposition to the parliamentarians , neither could he join that body , seeing that they fell short of the People ' s Charter . He believed if the people acted with moderation and firmness the parliamentarians would yet be induced to make the Charter their polar star ; should he be elected he would be as he ever had been , faithful to the cause . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . W . Drake said he had been for twenty-one years amongst them . The new organisation should be one of watchfulness , taking care that no one deceive the people . If elected he would do his duty fearlessly and honestly . The Chairman proceeded to put the candidates to the vote—for MeBsrs . Reynolds , M'Grath , and Davis ; the shew of hands was unmistakeable , but the contest was close between Messrs . Ferdinando and Drake . The chairman believing the shew of hands to be equal , a division to the left and right side 3 of the room was determined on . The cliairman ultimately decided that the election had fallen on Messrs . G . W . M . Reynolds , P . M'Grath , W . Davis , and W . Drake . A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman , and the meeting quietly dispersed .
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THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OP THE LATE JOSEPH WILLIAMS AND ALEXANDER SHARP . A public meeting to consider the best means of supporting theBe bereaved families was held at the School-room , Cowper-street , City-road , on Wednesday evening , November 28 th . Luke James Hansard , Esq ., was called to the chair amidst loud cheers . The chairman said they had met to sympathise practically with the widows and orphans of Williams and Sharp . They were Chartists widows and orphans , and their husbands and fathers had been convicted by a jury t . of their country , but we were in duty bound to . censider the circumstances under which they were convicted . ( Loud cheers . ) These men , the one a baker j- and the other a copper plate printer , had suffered , ereat
privations , had seen their wives and children want , —not from any inherent vices which they ( tho husbands and fathers professed ) but because they could not find that employment they were ' so willing to obtain . They were of-honest i n dustrious repute ; they saw that property was riot distributed as God had ordained it should be , they desired a change for the better ; they , in conjunction with their fellow men , met and humbly- petitioned ; but their petitions were unheeded , their wrongs unredressed , whilst their grievances were accumulating . ( Hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . Hansard ) had been an eye witness of two of their quiet peaceable meetings in Lincolns Inn Fields ; and so truly haggard nnd wretched were their condition , that it had prompted
him ( Mr . Hansard ) to do what he could to elevate the condition of his wealth producing fellow men . ( Loud cheers . ) He could not forget that his ( Mr . Hansard ' s ) revered grandsire , who had a heart to feel , and a hand to relieve , was a working man , and that he possessed like these departed men , the enabling sentiment to elevate his co-workers condition . ( Great applause . ) What were the crimes these oppressed men had committed ? Goaded by their accumulating burdens they had met , their complaints became louder and louder , they became what was called seditions , their proceedings were said to be dangerous to the ruling powers , they were arrested , and tried under the peculiar exciting circumstances of the times , found guilty ,
and sentenced to two years' imprisonment . Their prison treatmenfappeared to have induced cholera , that fearful pestilence of which they had died . Had not the present Prime Minister set them the example , by the agitation for the Reform Bill ? Did not he talk of the men of Birmingham Coming to London and walking down to the House' five a breast ? Did not men who were held in great esteem , and who had the confidence to a very large extent of their fellow men , constantly tell them that if they wanted a bad . law repealed , or a good one enacted , that they , ( the peoples ) only chance of obtaining it was by agitation ? ( Cheers . ) It Should be remembered that the lordly and wealthy agitators were learned educated men who knew the
application of words , and kept within the pale of the law . Williams , Sharp , ' and their corn-patriots were uneducated , and were ground down by want , contumely , and oppression ., Surely these wore mitigating circumstances ? and he , ( Mr . Hansard , ) could only look at these men as " self-sacrificing devoted patriots . ( Loud cheers . ) He held in his hand the prayer issued at the recent thanksgiving to the Lord and giver of life , for the deliverance from pestilence , and he perceived from that that wo could only expect forgiveness by forgiving others ; hence he inferred that wo should forgive and release the prison-bound , whom he ( Mr . Hansard , ) considered had sufficiently suffered . ( Loud cheers . ) Embucd with these convictions he had felt it his duty to
preside at this" meeting , and to sympathise with the unfortunate widows and orphans of Wijliams and Sharp . He regretted it was not in' his power , ! to give more , but he freely contributed five pounds , and trusted that every philantrqpist woujd bo' induced to contribute something to this benevolent object . ( Greatcheering . ) „ ' The following resolutions were then moved , so conded , and supported in excellent speeches , by Messrs . G . "VV . M . Reynolds , T . Brown , T . Clark , J . B . Maskell , Bishop , W . » DavieSj Pettie , Stallwood , and P . M ' Gratn : — . . . " That this meeting expresses its mingled sorrow and grief at the fact that in civilised England , and in the middle of the nineteenth century , it could
have been possible for two English citizens to experience in gaol such a treatment as rendered them ready and easily accessible victims to a malignant pestilence , instead of receiving that care and those attentions , which common humanity at least dictated as the only means of saving their lives . " " Thatthis meeting , deeply sympathising with the widows and orphans of the late Joseph Williams and Alexander Sharp , in the sad bereavement which they have experienced , -consider the case of those unfortunate families to be well deserving the attention of the benevolent of all classes of Society . " "That this meeting recognising the power which disunion amongst the oppressed gives to the oppressor , to single out and strike to the earth tho men who urged by philanthropy , or goaded by despair and suffering , dare to remonstrate against
tne evil administration oi a vicious , unnatural and unjust system of laws and government , deprecates such disunion , and pledges itself to support anv movement , having for its objects the fraternal union of all reformers in this country , and the extension of that bond of fraternity to the reformers of all nationj' wll 0 , are alre £ » dy linked with us in the bond of Suffering . A vote of thanks was then , on the motion of Messrs . lownsend and Pettie , g ven bv acclamiH ™ to Luko James Hansard , fo ° r presiding at lu meeting , and for his philanthropv in "eneral iJ £ e G ™ T * ' j ,, resPonding . eloq uently alluded to the "fraternal" resolution moved bv Messic Pettie and Stallwood , and declared ftTafiSnd a ^ n 7 £ Sr ^ H ?^^ S * jfe $ » G . W . M , Reynolds , Esq ., Sir J . WalS ' -M . ' ? . "
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Lord D . Stuart , M . P ., W . Williams , Esq ; , M . P-, TffArietor 8 0 fthe ? f e % ^* and [ flg « J friends had liberally contributed to the proposed fund .
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CABHSLB .-The advocates of Democracy in this city contemplate holding a Democratic Festival on Christmas Day ; in fact , a committee has already been formed , and the large room at Mr . Clarkson s . Royal Oak Inn , has been secured as the place oi meeting . A considerable number of the 1 nends ot Progress have already subscribed their names ana aid to the project , and a very numerous company is expected to be present . It is a good step towards advancement when men , on holiday times , meet together to exercise the mind and reason for the progress of liberty and justice . Let our Christmas be held as a holiday , and let those feast who can ; but while doing so let them think of means to remove the poverty which afflicts others < iud let them also
, remember that there are men who have served them suffering persecution within the limits of a dungeon , to whom such a time can bring only pain when the joys of the days of liberty are presented to their m ' inds . Tickets can be obtained by applying to the secretary , Joseph Smith , 75 , Unienstrect , Botchergate ; John Gilbertson , CaWewgate ; and of any of the Committee . Brighton . —The Political Prisoners . —A public meeting was held in the large room of the Artichoke Inn , 'William-street , on Friday Evening , November 23 rd , "to take into consideration the propriety of memorialising her Majesty to grant an amnesty to all political prisoners . Mr . Giles was unanimously voted to the chair . Mr . Woodward , in an able
manner , movod , and Mr . Nieas . s seconded , the following resolution : — " That this meeting is decidedly of opinion that tho imprisonment of men for expressing their honest conviction upon political mbjects is directly at variance with that spirit of freedom said to bo inherent in the British Constitution , and contrary to that liberty of speech in the expression of political opinions which is considered to be the right of all British subjects . This meeting considers that an enlightened public opinion is the safest and most effectual way to attain tho nation ' s rights ; and that the expression of thought on all questions of religious and civil polity should be free and unfettered . This meeting is also of opinion , that the tyrannical and persecuting spirit of our
undefined sedition laws calls loudly upon Parliament for their liberal revision or immediate repeal . " Tho resolution having been put was carried unanimously . Mr . John Page , in a brief speech , moved the adoption of a memorial in accordance with the resolution , which was seconded by Dr . Marriot in a soul-stirring and eloquent address . Mr . Kydd , upon rising to support the same was received with rounds of applause , and after delivering one of his powerful orations he resumed his seat amidst the plaudits of the meeting . The resolution was carried without a dissentient . Mr . Sinnook moved , and Mr . Wright seconded : — " That the Chairman , and such influential electors as seem fit , sign the memorial on behalf of this meeting . "— Carried . Proposed
by Mr . Holmwood , and seconded by Mr . Dean : — " That Sir G . R . Pechell be requested to present the memorial to her Majesty . "—Carried . A vote of thanks having been given to the chairman the meeting broke up . Greenwich . —At a meeting held at the Earl Grey , on Sunday , November 25 th , it was moved by Mr . Cooper , and seconded by Mr . Brown : — " That the Chartists generally be requested to attend at the above place on Sunday evening , December 2 nd , to take into consideration the necessity of holding a general public meeting for the purpose of thoroughly ro-organising tho Chartist Association of the borough , and other business of importance . "
Birminoiiam . — On Tuesday evening , Mr . A . G . O'Neil delivered , in the public office , a lengthy and instructive lecture on the People ' s Charter , which gave great satisfaction . Goroie Milm . —A soiree got up by a few of the Democrats of this place , was held on Wednesday evening , November 21 st ., in the Gorgie Mills , school room , for the benefit of the widows and orphans of the political martyrs , Alexander Sharp and Joseph Williams , on which occasion we received the invaluable services of Messrs . Frazier , Crybies , and Wallace , from Edinburgh , whoso songs , recitations , and sentiments , were the chief attraction of the night .
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THE LABOUR QUESTION . Mr . S . Kydd , of London , delivered a lecture in the Town-hall , on Thursday , the 22 d ult ., to the members of the Working Man ' s Institute , on " Labour—its nature , tendency , and influence on civilisation . Mr . Good in the chair . After a few prelitninaiy observations , the lecturer commenced by stating that the subject he was about to introduce was of vital importance to all classes of society . Labour was the producer of wealth and of all social and domestic comforts . " Man shall earn his bread by the sweat of his brow " was a lesson taught by , and a great law of , nature . Ihe love of action was so implanted within us , that we could not be healthy and happy without
obeying it . Labour , both physically and morally , conduced to happiness-Idleness to discontent and misery ; and all this proved that labour was natural to man . But , like other things , it had its limits ; it should not be carried to excess , or it produced mental and physical prostration , and converted life into a curse instead of a blessing The labourer was a worthy and an honourable man , the producer of that wealth which often caused its possessor to despise those by whom it was obtained . The labourer was worthy of his hire ; " and it was an honour to a man , and not a degradation , to say I earn my bread by " the sweat of my brow . " There were two kinds of labour—the mental and physical but all labour was the exercise of power for the
service ot utility . The writers of books , newspapers , Ac , the teachers of their fellow-men , and all who strove to improve and better the condition of others , were as worthy , if not more so , of the appellation of labourers as these who held the plough , sowed the seed , and reaped the harvest . The value of mental labour was highly esteemed , because much more rare than that of physical . There were many men of limited intellects to be found in society ; but men of extraordinary genius , who brought others to think , and felt and acted as their pioneers to the temple of knowledge , were seldom met with . This was why tho mental was preferred—and justly , too -to the physical . But he would not contemn physical- labour ; it was this that produced tho
iruits ot the earth , and sustained life , under the guidanco of the mental . They should go hand in hand-one inventing , the other putting that invention into practice-for the benefit of Tiumanity The practical utility of labour was , as yet , ill under-Stood by the working classes themselves . They had long slumbered in ignorance , and were now but iust awakening to this great truth— "that if there were not men who would be slaves , there would be no tyrants to make them such . " The lecturer next adverted toGuizot ' s celebrated work , " On European Civilisation "—passing a high eulogium on it . Feudalism had been valuable , becauso it localised man ; it taught him to cultivate the soil under tho protection of the feudal lord : villages and towns thus
originated , in consequence of which man progressed in the . social scale . Labour was the great producing power , without which the earth would be a barren and desolate waste indeed ! Look at the soil of A . merica-200 years ago the aboriginal Icings of that gjecat continent were physically in no better condign'than are the peasants of our own country at the . present time . But what wonders had not the European . labouvers achieved by their mental and ^ manual skill ! Cities had arisen , canals and railways have been constructed , immense f orests cleaved , the soil rendered productive , commerce has flourished , and the sea teems with both wind-impelled and steam-impelled ships , bearing and brin ^ n ? cargoes to and from every country of the hnsni&wt
world . And who had effected this great and mighty change ? Why , the labourer , who had also laid the foundation-stone , and built the superstructure of his independence ! The history of tho rise and progress of America , as a nation , was but that of the whole world . Man , by labour , has attained his present position and-by labour would ultimately reach a higher degree of perfection . The present age was characterised as the Age of Industry , by its wonderful discoveries in the sciences , and the application muf M T ° ? ^ ° fioo A o fal L In the reign of Elizabeth , England depended upon the Dutch for w !?™? 2 K ? V V f at len sth snatched tho tndent from Holland , and was soon able to produce & ^ && $ * . $ }«?** !»*» tiJ ! English labourersby hed and handhad
, a , done this work and had given her the command of that mightv ocean over which her ships ride triumphantly . B what was the result ot all this ? Why , that our father-land had become tho leader of modem civilisation ; fOl . America , though a great and mighty nation , was still but a partof our own . The Anglo-American was still but the child of England-the offspring of those sturdy men who left our shores for conscience sake , and turned the still wilderness into the populous city , teeming with life and activity . Who had written the songs of our country , tae choice lays , spirit-stirring and mind , refining ? with few exceptions members of tho middle and working classes . All our poet labourers-our Burns and Wordsworth-had done the most towards building the mighty fabric of IndeiwrnW .
uenius , lite sunshine , lighted all classes of society' and tho working class had given its share Look ? f 0 U rnL riT' statesmen-the ^ els the Cobdens , the Brights , and the Humes-of our ° 7 ^' ' ° , uv mechanics ; and those who in time Effi ¥ ? wafts
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mm SSSSlSKs iasssB ^ gg E and £ result has ' been to raise them i « , the ^ iJ ^^ BS ^ KJ ^ BSff-S tiful language , that the Saxon s aves were > now emancipltedVthat they had 1 tterty now to die of . ** . « £ nnil that the working classes suffered TZ
, „ more now than they did formerly . - But it must be remembered that labour had produced more wealth , and if this wealth had not increased , power would not be in the same condition as at present , increase of wealth , then , on the one hand , and intelligence on the other , must have bettered the lot ot all . What is the use of being well fed and a dayei Man had higher rights to aspire to , which , in this 1849 , he was fast obtaining — civil and constitutional rights . In the past , all was involved in shade and mist , through which the mental eye of the slave could not discern one ray of light to guide him onward . But the emancipated > live had now future greatness in prospect , and
mental guides towards its attainment . But the physical condition of the peop le must be cared for ; their bad dwellings , huddled closely together , and in which they inhale impure air , must be improved . We must bring back all the good of the past , and cast . away the evils of the present . Look at the late sufferings and deaths of the ill-clad , ill-fed labourers from the nivage of cholera , which had been more fatal to their class than to the other two . The duration of life to the labourer during the ravages of this fatal epidemic was seventeen years ; that of the members of the middle class , thirty-two years ; whilst that of the rich was forty-five years . Death , you see , knocks twice at the poor man ' s door , to
once at the door of the' rich . Something in the physical condition of the working classes must be wrong . The labourer of old inhaled fresh air in the open fields , the same as his descendants in the rural districts at the present time , whose attacks from cholera had been but comparatively small ; but it was in the dirty , densely-crowded , ill-ventilated alleys , gloated on , filth and poverty , where this disease loved to dwell . Remove the cause ; give the labourers better constructed dwellings and purer air ; good food and clothing ; and you would eradicate these plague spots , and the plague itself would cease . The late visitation was a lesson—and an awful one—which should be treasured up and
acted upon in future . The aristocrat depends upon the labourer for his dwelling , his furniture , clothes , and his food , and even for assistance to equip himself in his peacock plumage ; strip him of these borrowed plumes , and of this assistance , and he would be more helpless , and in a worse condition than was Robinson Crusoe on his uninhabited island . The producers of wealth have given him riches and comforts , and what has he bestowed upon them in return ?—habitations of tho vilest descriptions , packed together , and excluding the free air and light of Heaven , gquallor , wretchedness , and poverty ! whilst he reigns lord-like in his domicile , surrounded with every blessing that earth , bv
labour , can bestow—removed to the aristocratic west end of the town , free from the dire contagions that poverty engenders ! Now , if the upper classes will not attend to the physical comforts of their poorer brethren in providing for them better homes , all the teachings of the professors of religion will be useless . Let them club their money to provide them better homes , and much of the discontent , as well as typhus and cholera , will disappear . Nature has stamped certain laws upon this world , which are inviolable , and if infringed , punishment is the result ! This punishment , though inflicted first upon the poorer members of society , will , in the end , reach , and fall heavily on those whose hearts are
callous to the cries of suffering humanity . Would that genius , —that precious gift , bestowed but upon a few of Nature ' s more favoured children , —did oftener sing of the joys of home , . the domestic hearth , around which the little family , doomed to figure in the world ' s future history , and become useful members of society , receive their first lessons from the lips of those who gave them birth . The immortal Burns had done this in his " Cotter's Saturday Night , " a poem which describes the joys and sacredness of home in such language that hallows the feelings of every one who reads it The working man loves home ; but if that home be wretched and cheerless he resorts to the alehouse d there imbibes
an those habits which degrade and ruin him . The erection of good and well-ventilated homes for the working classes would do more towards the removal of those evils , which now beset them , than all the theories of the philosopher , the orations of preachers , or the speeches of legislators upon this subject . The educated class of society know little of the wants and feelings of the working men , They gaze at ttem through their quizzing glasses , and then write novels , andexaggerate every thing they have seen . But after all , they are lilco othor men , pure flesh and blood , ihe rich bedecked in their borrowed plumage hiding nature's exquisite piece of workmanship , and the hand with their kid glovos , loss the sun's bright rays should mar its beauty ; strip them of this clothand
ing , they are like the poor . Mr . Kydd next alluded to the organisation of labour , referring to two remarkable books upon the subject—that of Louis Blanc , and Chevalier ' s reply toit-bothof which have obtained universal celebrity for the writers ; tho fundamental idea of the first being that the physical comfort of man must be cared for ; and the writer lifts tho veil , and shews the true state of society , arguing that man is a physical as well as a spiritual being . The lecturer expatiated on tho theory of Louis Blanc , at some length and stated that the oiaxt competition was tho ruin of this land ; the man of £ 20 , 000 ruins thp tovT ffS&tf S '' agai - > th one ' * & \ 2 iS 5 but £ 6 000 ; and so on , in a descending scale , till hundreds of the industrious classes wire driven upon thowide world , to prey m > on somW . v „
starve ! t the man be honest , he is forced to ako refuge m the Union , and is obliged to subsist upon a diet worse than that of the vilest criminal " Cheyaher , in his reply to Louis Blanc , admits an existing evil m society , upon the question of labour but denies capital to he the enemy of it , and which he considers the child produced by it ! ThiTwis illustrated in a clear and succinct manner Tho working classes had been greatl y belied as the destroyers of property -they constituted the most trustworthy servants in banks and of-. W „«'"
trust , and they had too much good 8 e nw 7 v £ to destroy the fund from which their labour was ™ id It is not capital that is at war with labour , bS It is ignorance which is at war with intelli gence for labour is captal itself , the labour of a man w-ui tint man's capital If a man was hired for twenW shillings a week , his labour was rented on the same condition , as he , on the other hand , vents a house This was il ustratcdhy tho oaSes of M . Le cLreTnd his men , the fishermen of Scotland , and from our own knowledge those of Brighton who shaw 25 share , alike ! This was shown to be the maS organisation of labour ; and if this wnlS , S £
adopted , the condition of England would Do different from what it is at present ; tho poor instead of becoming poorer , would have become richer The Poor Laws were spoken of as an inscrutable necessity a kindof organimtion . Theeld Poor Law agreed that-as God intended there should alwa }? b ? S ? r it was the duty of the rich to support them Lord Brougham , and the framers of the New P ™ or LaV on the other hand , argued , that if the poor weTe fl- l d bBd ^ *« y 'ould cease to be poor Tut this theoy had proved fallacious . Now this was I subject of vital interest , and required thorough I vestigation- both the old and neV had Sd-botn were yong-for the one argued that the riS tr . fetK s ^ h ;^ £° 3
nnoeen eminently successful . It had been mlri that ! f was Chartism that destroyed propeSv which was not true , it wa , hunger , it wSTOi and true saying , « that as hungry manS angry one" and if something wis not doS for t ^ starving thousands of our po ° or countrymen a re petition of the same bad conduct wouldiS ensuT He was sorry that the working classes didhS shew a sufficient degree of self-respect- thev K too long been the slaves of their own fe ' elffi ini honoured nohpodet ,, rather than wjsS- tho man of wealth had been their idol , before S tE had been accustomed to bow , but "knowfij ^ power , " and the only ose they 7 hould wrafc until they , the wording ekesL , Sained S gence they would not mend ther condTtion S had now the means , and had only to S nT - minds to tho task : nowor wn ,, lH II l , vW ? th
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, CORN . Mask Lane , November 2 G—The show of „ , English wheat this morning was small , but all bii ?«? t ° qualities sold slowly at is per qr . reduction 11 ° . Mondaj ' s prices . Ol foreign the arrival was lar ^ " , lait Bale in retail at barely last ' s week ' s quotations pi tlle dull . English barley was fully Is pei- ^ r . " hl iI 5 nr foreign grinding and distilling , notwithstanding the l , » arrival , sold pretty readily , with change in valSe l » g ' dull , but peas unaltered . Of foreign oats we have tol " port » large arrival ; though moderate of home RZ £ < } ooa samples of old corn maintained last Monday ' s aunt " tions ; but new were slow sale and « d to is X ^ cheaper . Bye without inquiry . Linseed cakes quite as dear . BBr « 9 H . -Wheat . _ Essex Suffolk , and Kent , « d , new » . to 44 s , ditto white 40 a to 503 , Lincoln , Norfolk , and York shire , red 35 s to 09 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white » 2 s to 37 s . ditto red 34 s to 8 / s , Devonshire and SomersS ! shire , red , -s to _ s , ditto white - to -s rye , 21 s to « . barley , 24 s to 32 s , Scotch 34 ii to 25 s , Angus-s to - Malt ordinary , — s to —s , pule a 2 s to bos , peas , grey , ' , new MitoSta , maple 28 sto 30 s , vrbitc 24 sto 26 s , toilers ne ; 28 s to 318 , beans , large , new 84 s to 26 s , ticks 25 s to 28 s , barrow , 27 s to 30 s , pigeon , 30 s to 32 s , oats , Lincoln and Yorkshire , feed 15 s to 20 s , ditto Poland and potato , 19 s to 23 s , Berwick and Scotch , 17 s to 21 b , Scotch feed , . 17 s to 22 s , Irish feed , and black 15 s to 20 s , ditto potato , 17 s to 23 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to 52 s , rapeseed , Essex , new JE 27 to £ 30 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new 2 fisto 30 sper cwt , rape cake , £ i to £ 410 s per ton , Ua . ¦ eed . JE 9 Us to £ 10 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 2801 bs , Bhip , 28 s to 30 s , town , 383 to 40 s . Foreign . —Wheat . — Dantzig , 44 s to 52 s , Anhalt anl Marks 36 to 43 sditto white , 40 s to 44 s ( Pomeranian red
, , > , 38 s to 42 s , Rostock 42 s to 48 s , Danish , Holstein , and Frieslana , 30 s to 35 s , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Kiga , 32 s to 34 s , Polish Odessa , 32 s to 38 s , Marianopoli , and Her . dianski , 32 s to 85 s , Taganrog , 33 s to 34 s , Brabant and French , 33 s to 38 s , ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , Salomca , 30 s t » 33 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 26 s , rye , 20 s to 22 s , barley , Wismar and Rostock , 18 » to 22 s , Danish , 18 s to 23 s , Saal , 20 s to 24 s , " East Friesland , 15 s to 17 s , Egyptian , 14 s to 15 s , Danube , 14 s to 15 s , peas , white , 25 s to 27 s , new boilers , 28 s to 30 s , beans , horse , 24 s to 30 s , pigeon , 30 s to 32 s , Egyptinn , 22 s to 24 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , 11 s to 16 s , ditto , thick and brew , 15 »! to 22 s , Riga , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Swedish , 14 i tolGs , flour , United States , per 1961 bs ., 21 s to 23 s , Hamburs 20 s to 22 s , Dantzijr and Stettin , 20 s to 23 s , French per 2801 bs ., 32 s to 35 s .
Wednesday November 28 . —Of foreign grain there i » a vesj large arrival this week , beinj f nearly 70 , 000 qr * . The business doing to-day is very limited , though a reduction in prices would be submitted to . Richmond ( Yorkshire , ) November 24 . —We had a large upply of grain in our market this morning . Wheat sold from 4 a Cd te 5 s 9 d ; oats , 2 s Od to 3 s Od ; barley , 3 s Od ' to 4 s Od ; beam , 4 s Od to 4 a 6 d , per bushel . Arrivals this week ; — Wheat — English , 550 quartern , ; foreign , 10 , 080 quarters . Barley—English , 460 quarters ; foreign , 24 , 450 quarters . Oata—English , 220 quarters * , Irish , 1 , 040 qrs . ; foreign , 32 , 610 quarters . Flour— 890 licks .
BREAD . The pricei of wheaten hread in the metropolis are from 6 id . to 7 d . ; of household ditto , 5 d . to 6 d . per 4 lbs . loaf .
CATTLE . Smithfieli ) , Monday , Novemb » r 2 G . — The supply of fercign itock on offer here this morning was seasonabl y good as to number , but of very middling quality . From our grazing districts a full average supply of beasts came fresh to hand to-day , and there was a decided improevment in quality . The attendance of both town and country buyers was tolerably good ; nevertheless , as the dead markets were fairly supplied , the beef trade was in a very sluggish state , at , in most instances , a decline in the quotations of Monday last at 2 d per 8 lbs . The hichest figure realised
for the best Scots was 4 s per 81 bs . There was a slight increase in the number of sheep , the general quality of which was tolerably good . Prime old Downs , which were scarce , moved off steadily , at full rates of currency , viz ., from 4 s to 43 2 d . per 81 bs . All other breeds of sheep sold slowly , at Friday ' s decUne in the quotations of 2 dper 61 bs . Calves , the supply of which was small , commanded a steady sale , at fully last week ' s prices . There was a slight improvement in the demand for pigs , at full currencies . HsiD op Cattw at SHrrnFiBLD . —Friday . —Beasts , 906-sheep , 7 , 950 ; calves , 120 ; pigs , 330 . Monday . —Beasts , 4 , 220 ; sheep , 25 , 759 ; calves , 10 C ; pigs , 290 .
Price per stone of 81 bs . ( sinking the offal . )—Beef , 2 s 8 d to 4 s Od ; mutton , 3 s Od to 4 s 2 d : veal , 3 s 4 d to 4 s Od ; pork , 9 a Gd to U 2 d . ' 1 « ewgat « and Tjeadenhall , Monday . Nov . 26 . —Inferior beef , 2 i 4 d to 2 s 6 d ; middling ditto , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; prims large , 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; prime small , 3 s 4 d to 3 s 6 d ; lai ^ t pork , 3 a 4 d to 3 s 8 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 6 d to 2 s lOd ; middling ditto , 3 s Od to 3 s 4 d ; prime ditto , 3 s Cd to Ss lOd ; veal , 3 s 4 d to 4 s Od ; small pork , 3 s lOd to 4 s 4 d ; per 81 bs . by the carcase .
PROVISIONS . The arrivals last week from Ireland were 8 , 850 firkins butter , and 2 , 21 fl bales of bacon ; and from foreign ports 6 , 450 casks of butter , and 510 boxes and bales of bacon . The butter market generally remains dull , and the trans , actions passing pf little moment ; the finest descriptions are rather more inquired for , also low priced . Holders are tery firm . The bacon market also rules dull , and we can ' not yot notice an improvement in the demand . Prices have declined about 2 i per cwt . Stock and deliveries for the week ending Nov . 2 t : —
Bdtter . Bacoh . Stock . Delivery . Stock . Delivery ; 1847 .... 15 , 610 12 , 020 1 , 750 1 , 040 1848 .... 68 , 401 11 , 650 1 , 930 1200 1849 r . 7 , 710 10 , 000 1 , 710 1 , 390 Enolhb Bdtkh Mamxt , Noy . 26 . — Our tr « de generally is in a state of extreme dnlness ; nothing is inquired for except fine new made butter , which is now very scantily supplied to us . Prices of all stale butter is drooping . vK £ fi weely 92 st 0 94 s P ercwt ., ditto stale and middling . 60 s to 80 s ; Devon , new , 80 s to 84 s ; Fresh , 8 s to
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . . Covent Garden MABKET .-Hothouse grapes continue to be plentiful . Pineapples are hardly sufficient for the demanfj . Filberts and walnuts are abundant . Chesnuts plentiful . Oranges and lemons more abundant . Pomejranates may still be obtained at 4 d each . Among vegetables turni ps are good and plentiful . Carrots the same . Cauliflowers less plentiful . Potatoes have not altered since our last account . Lettuces and other salading are sufficient for the demand . Mushrooms fetch from Is to Is 3 d per pottle . Cut flowers consist of heaths , pelargoniums , garaemas . bignonia venusta , tropseoiums , chrysanthemums , tusehsias , primulas , camellias , cinerarias and roses .
POTATOES . SotmnvARK , Waterside , Nov . 26 . —The arrivals of the past week have been considerable ; particularly from the continent , which exceeds three thousand tons ; all potatoe have sold heavily the last week with the exception ofchoice Yorkshire Resents . The following are this day ' s quota-« £ ? ' " ^ « " 5 ? lt 8 9 Os t 01 OOs P er ton ! ™* 1 » ditt ° p , i ' wl COtC n h ( iitt 0 fiOs t 0 7 Os : Dltt 0 C « P * 3 fe to 60 s j French Whites 60 s to 70 s ; Rhenish ditto 50 to 65 s ; Bel ! gian ditto uOs to C 5 s .
SEEDS . HtH ? t ? l f Mon ? - ~ C i OTer , stcd has lately eMta <* some iSSSSTii v llt Wlt ^ 1 ««« W to business , and quota-SSSl rt ? st stl 11 be considered nominal . An attempt was made this morning , without suceess , to establish an adtalZZZT * H ° J buS > losing slow at about o tnr ' ,, HT ; l MuStardseed ,. \ 0 ved off tardily ; and hi other articles there was rery little doing . BMt e ^^ " * ' ? 5 S t ? 4 ° S ; fine * 5 s to 50 s = wlnte 34 s to 42 s ; cow grass [ nominal ] ~ s to -s linseed & ± ° ;^^* > P ™ W «?« to 42 V ; ! S 0 f aOll ) & 0 &
SSSW ° ^ ° , » »•« TrefbU ^ to * wtt F ™ f t 0 lls ; Colder ( JefcwtjiS bS ^ M f ^ ^^^ -nlUit ^ ateTJo ^ JJT ?•» £ 5 s i" * - > i > ev Cfft - Jiis to 40 s ; ditto white ( duty 5 s per cwt ) ner cwt . 24 s to 42 s ; linseed ( per qr . ) Baltic S 8 s to 44 s -Odessa 42 s kIUo" ™!^ ( PDI > tOn ) £ G t 0 £ 8 J Vcat oSStaO
HOPS . TiT& ^^ 'M ^ -O ^ m ^ tot oontlnues in a of conqumntmn ^ r !* e den } aiul » limited to the wants ot consumption . We noto no alteration In prices .
TALLOW , HIDES , AND OILS . J ! fi ^ at e ? 2 Si T , Ulon 8 htlloadlve « y last « cek was taZ ^ . -r ?? ' eask - > ho 1 ders < t 0 -da r < ver . v firm ; and . 2 7 t f MsmM P" * M # »« «> an ou cwt ¥ nr > - ? - 5 ,- thc s P ot bein S 1 uoted at 37 * P <* S » r T tor \ frA delivery wo have offers at 30 s 9 d per f , ™» % ? to 87 s 3 d per owl . net cash ; rough ;™ , r 8 Ibs - The shipping season at St . Petersburg may now bo considered at an end . The total cmantitr Ia ^^« ' - ' «« 3 S to Londo ,. 6 "" alloutl * . ° 0 casks on their Tb "S S ^ ^ l , i SG ! b - to « Wlb ., ljatoliapm li' « ssKE ^«^««» - »^ - i »? ' ^*^ , f «^ Horse hides 7 s 6 d ; Shearlings Is 8 d to 2 s 4 d . refines P n S J cwt 28 s 3 d t 0 -s ! P eseC ( 1 English refined 44 s 0 d to -s ; brown 38 s 0 d ; Gallipoli per ton . Sea wriii t pam ? i - , : SPerm 82 Uagged 821 . ; South loured ' 33 * t 0 7 i ' } paIe 3 % W « to-l , ditto , co . prim 301 ; * 38 /> ; cocoa nut P er ton ® l - t 0 401
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 1, 1849, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1550/page/8/
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