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bring forward this subject again when the right hon . the Chancellor of the Exchequer introduced Iua measure on savings banks . Mr . Campbell objected to this measure , first , because it went to create an unpaid commission , and the working of such commissions had not been at all favourable to them . The subject would be much l ) 6 tter accomplished by a paid commission . Last autumn a searching inquiry had been instituted into the condition of the working classes by the proprietors of the Morning Chronicle ; the result had Seen the collection of more valuable information than could ever have been brought together by an nnn . ild commission . The hon . member proposed to ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
exclude political changes from the inquiry proposed . In bis opinion , such inquiry ought necessarily to -embrace an improvement of the franchise . New franchises had heen suggested by the hon . member for Montrose , but the materials on which to found them were yet to seek . There was a prevailing impression that this was not the time for any general amendment of the franchise , and in that view it might be of advantage to have an organisation whereby facts and information bearing on the necessity of any such change might be collected . Were such a commission appointed , individual members would be debarred from continually suggesting such changes .
Mr ; Siasfohb said lie bad long taken an interest in improving the condition of the working classes , and he felt that it was impossible for any individual to urge on this house measures of improvement ¦ with such an effect as might be done by a commission duly appointed for the purpose of drawing np such " measures . On two subjects , public baths and washhonses and model lodging-houses , some legislative measure was highly desirable , especially in the metropolis . He regretted that tbe house had not listened with greater attention to the proposal of the hon . member for Shrewsbury . Social questions were surely as much entitled to attentionas those purely speculative political questions which occuoied the house for nine or ten hours night after
night . The lower classes were continually robbed by what were called loan societies ; these , and many other questions , might fitly be brought under the inquiry of a committee or commission . If the government was sincerely desirous to benefit the working classes , they would find it a great advantage to have the advice and assistance of such a body as the one proposed . Be believed that any independent member might as well attempt to jump over St . Paul ' s as to pass a bill through that house , ( laughter . ) He hoped the motion would be pressed to a division . Lord EJ . Gbosvexob thanked tbe hon . member for Shrewsbury for the way in which he had introduced the subject . He believed the working classes
to be suffering from tbe most psinful social evils ; but , looking at the results of late commissions connected with the condition of the working classes , including those labouringin mines and others , he did not ' anticipate all the benefits which bis hon . friend hoped from this inquiry . Still he believed that good wonld result from the more frequent discussion of these subjects . Highly approving of the motives -which had actuated ihe hon . member in submitting this motion , he thought it would not be advisable to pres 3 it to a division . Mr . Slasbt said that after tbe expression of opinion which he had elicited from the government , he would not press his motion to a division . ( Hear , hear . ) The motion was then by leave withdrawn .
The Franchise . ~ In reply to an appeal from Lord J . Busseu , urging that the subject had already been xery amply and recently discussed , Sir Ds Licr Evass consented to withdraw his motion for conferring the franchise on every payer of rates and taxes . He , however , declared his intention of bringing tbe subject before the house on the first opportunity after Easter . ' Postal Route betwebn England and France . — Me . Mackix . von moved for a select committee to ascertain the best postal route for communication between London and Paris . Contrasting the time required for letters sent by the general post to reach Paris via Calais with the rapid transit frequently accomplished by tbe newspaper expresses which travelled , by way of Boulogne , the hon . aember strongly advocated the adoption of the lastnamed route .
Tbe Hon . W . Cowpeb offered no objection to the appointment of the committee , but observed that the chief object to be secured was , not so much the greatest possible rapidity upon certain occasions as the attainment of a regular and certain means of communication . . After a short conversation tbe motion was agreed to . " Pixeb asd Stamp Duiies on Freemen . — Mr . Alderman Sidney moved for leave to bring in a bill to abolish tbe fines and stamp duties paid on the admission of freemen into corporations in England and Wales . . The Attornet-Geseral opposed the motion ; which after " talk , " was negatived without a
division . Duties ox Foreign Timber . — Mr . Mitchell moved for a committee to inquire , with a view to their total repeal , into the duties levied upon timber used in shipbuilding . The loss to the revenue from the remission of those duties he calculated at £ 35 , 000 per annum , at the utmost ; while tbe relief to the British shipbuilder and timber merchant would be considerable and just . Mr . Labourchehe would not enter into any controversy upon the principle involved in this motion . It would , he said , be a derelication from his duty if he allowed his speech to convey to any member of the house any distinct idea of the intentions of government with regard to these duties . Be urged the postponement of the discussion until after the financial statement had been kid before parliament . - After some remarks from Mr . Cardwell and Mr . H cue , in favour of the motion ,
Mr . Heklet said that the evils of competition were now beginning to be discovered . He wondered where the discoveries would end . Every interest was pressing forward their claims to have a mbble out of the surplus anticipated in the Exchequer . Ayes 43 Ifoes 32 Majority against the government —13 The 19 th inst . was fixed for the house going into committee . Railwat Audit . —Mr . Stanford , in announcing his intention to withdraw his bill for establishing a railway audit , took occasion to lay down the principles on which an effectual audit Ought to be based , and promised a conditional support to the bill introduced on Monday night in the upper house . The lion , member was proceeding when the house was counted out at ten o ' clock . WEDNESDAY . Mjsbch 6 .
. HOUSE OF COMMONS—The Lord Advocate obtained leave to bring in three bills—one for &cilitating procedures in the Court of Session in Scotland ; another to make more effectual provision forregulating the police of towns in Scotland , and for paving , cleansing , and lighting the same ; the third was for providing sanitary improvements and regulations throughout Scotland . , ILabriaoe Bill . —The adjourned debate on Mr . Stuart Wortley ' s Marriage Bill was then resumed . Mr . Hope opposed the aecond reading of the bill , chiefly on the ground that it « vould afford a precedent under which the legislature would hereafter be forced to legalise a variety of marriages , under degrees of affinity now prohibited . bill
' Mr . S . Herbert consented to support the , not because he was convinced by the arguments that had been adduced in it 3 favour , but for the sake of the members of those religious communities who did not believe that such marriages were forbidden . Mr . Spoonsr , Mr . M . Mtlnes , Mr . Cockburn , Mr . Anstet , and Mr . Cobden supported the bill ; and Mr . Roebcck , Mr . Kohsdeix Palmer , Mr . Shxil , and Mr . Goulbohrx opposed it , when the house divided—For the second reading 182 , Against it ' . 132 Majority for the second reading —52 ' . The house then adjourned . ( Front our Second Edition of last week . ) THURSDAY , Ffbrdart , 28 ,
HOUSE OF LORDS . —The Party Processions ^ Ibelasd ) Bill was then read a second time , after a short discussion . The house then adjourned . " HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Parliamentary Reform . —Mr . Hume moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the national representation , by extending the elective franchise to resident occupiers Of houses , or lodgers , for a year , rated to the poor ; and bv enacting that votes shall be taken by ballot ; the duration of Parliaments limited to three years ; and the proportion of representatives made more consistent with the amount of population and property , lie began by urging the importance of the subject as regarded the peace of the country , the duty of the house to do justice to the people , and bur ' finaueial situation , the excess of the expenditure having grown up for want of due Parliamentary checlTand control . The representation , it was
admitted , required amendment ; ihe only question waas to the extent and mode . Universal Suffrage was demanded by a larje part of the community ; he thought that representation ought to be co-extensive with taxation . Instead of universal suffrage , his scheme , which was tangible , easily carried out , and which need a ' avm no one , based the franchise np n taxability to the poor , whereby no trouble , or expense would be incurred , a registration bring altyady framed : and taking the population at 16 , 000 , 000 ( the number in 1811 , ) instead of a constituency of 800 , 000 , there would be 3 , 232 , 702 ejectors in England and Wales alone . lie invoked the aid of the government , who in their ParliameL tary Voters Bill for Ireland , and in their colonial jpolicy , had recognised the right of the people to ^ representation upon aliberal basis—at the Cape the ' auflrage would be all but universal . The Reform
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BUI had not fulfilled iti object , which was to bring back the Constitution to . its original theory , and that was the object he now aimed at by means of a principle which was at once simple and uniform . He concluded by observing , that whether this was a question of right , of reason , or Of policy and expediency , all were in favour of reform . He wished to add to the terms of his motion that there should teno qualification for mombers . Sir JosnoA Walmslby seconded the motion . The people , ho said , were growing more and more' alive to the necessity of altering our representative system , and it was "ood policy to make timely concessions . The represented a « well as the unrepresented believed that it was only by a reform of that house the burdens which pressed upon the industry of the cpun ^ r could be relieved , and the time would come when the demands of the people could not be resisted
. _ . Sir G . Grkt complimented Mr . Hume on his consistency and the patriotism of his motives , ne nevertheless called on the house to ^* ^ hS ™ by an immediate negative . The question' now Jeftre tfiem was not limited to an extension of the suffrage , a revision of the details , or a denial of tie finality of the Beform Bill . On this point he would pronounce no definite opinion on the part of the government But what was now proposed was a sweeping C ^ nge in the constitution as established in 1832 . At that era the principle of
representation and taxation was adopted , accompanied by certain checks to prevent abuses . Those checks they were now asked to remove without providing any sufficient substitute . Tie electoral body had been understated at 800 , 000 . It amounted last vear to 940 , 000 , without including Ireland . Altog ether the changes now advocated were separated by nothing but an invisible distinction from the Charter asked for by Mr . Feargus O ' Connor . He lenied that it was correct to represent as slaves and bondsmen all those individuals who did not
enjoy tbe franchise . The inequalities in the electoral bodies the hon . baronet did not believe to be injurious , and at all events questioned the possibility of their removal . The ministry had proposed large measures of reform for Ireland , and a variety of remedial bills for England , all of which would be stopped if the country were now to be disturbed by an agitation lor a new Beform Bill . Mr . F . O ' Connor said that the right honourable gentleman , like all members of government , admitted the justice of the motion , but said that the time was not yet come for granting the demands which it put forth . He ( Mr . O'Connor ) defied that house to continue as it was then constituted . Here on the bench which he then occupied sat the right hon . baronet the member for Tarn worth ,
surrounded by the members of his party , who based their support on wounded feelings . At the opposite side sat the noble lord at the head of her Majesty ' s government , supported by his . retainers ; whilst the bench to the res > r was occupied by Irish gentlemen , who , whenever their service * were required , or when the ministry was in danger , rushed in to the rescue , heedless of the consequences to their country provided they secured to themselves or friends places or patronage . ( A laugh . ) That was the present constitution of the house ; and he told those hon . gentlemen who referred to the period of 1832 and the passing of the Reform Bill that there had taken place a greater progress in the mind of the country within that period and the
present than there had in the previous century . ( Hear , hear . ) He asserted that there prevailed more knowledge amongst the working classes of England than among the operatives of any other country . When the hon . member for Montrose insinuated that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) in his advocacy of the People ' s Charter had urged it too far , and excited tbe people to violence , he defied him to point to a word said or a line written by him ( Mr . O'Connor ) that encouraged the people to violence or insubordination . On the contrary , the greatest difficulty he had to encounter was to oppose those advocates who countenanced violence and revolution . He had ever supported the People ' s Charter , and ever would continue to support it , whether the measure of the hon . member for Montrose should be
successful or otherwise . But though he ( Mr . 0 Connor ) was the reviled of all revilers , and though persons generally formed their opinions of his character from the writings in the pubjic press , he would nevertheless defend that character , and stand by the principles of democracy to the last . The year 1842 had also been referred to ; but it should be recollected that though he ( Mr . O'Connor ) had been made the scape-goat , it was the manufacturers that turned out their hands in that year , to carry by coercion the measure of free trade . He could not easily forget it , because he had been put on trial before a special jury for eight days , for having resisted an appeal to violence—at tbe end of which time he was unanimously acquitted '; and the gentlemen who sat on his jury , magistrates , after his
acquittal invited him to dine , and declared that though they went into the jury box prejudiced against him , every single prejudice entertained by them previously had been dissipated . ( " Ilear , hear , " and laughter , ) lie considered the Reform Bill as nothing * , it was merely a " mockery , a delusion , and a snare . " What he wished to see was , that house constituted , as it ought to be , by the free will and choice of the labouring and toiling people . ( Hear . ) However content hon . gentlemen may be to see the house constituted as at present , yet , they might believe him the day would come when the people would appeal with something more formidable than a petition . If they looked at the manufacturing districts , they would find the neoDle nossessins more knowledge , and a keener
sensitiveness of the inequality they were made to feel , than in any of the continental towns , where unfortunately the people were never as well prepared for the reception of the changes which they sought , as were the people of England . ( Hear , hear . ) Much as had been laid to the charge of him ( Mr . O'Connor , ) It could not be said of him—as could of the noble lord at the head of her Majesty ' s government , and also of his partythat he it was who inverted the portrait of tho sovereign , with the executioner following armed with an axe , to terrify majesty into a compliance with the demands of the people . ( Hear . ) Neither
was it he who recommended ihe burning of Nottingham or Bristol ; but it was easy to justify violence and crime when they were committed to uphold a powerful and influential class . ( Hear , hear . ) It was not his intention to have spoken a single word , but to have voted on the question . He thanked the hon . member for Montrose for having introduced the measure ; and , however that hon . member might revile him , or abuse him and his party in that house , he would ever continue to vote for his motion , stand by the Charter , the whole Charter , and 2 Jo Surrender . ( Laughter and " Hear , hear . " )
Mr . Page Wood complimented Sir George Grey upon the adroitness with which he had sought to prejudice Mr . Hume ' s motion by confounding it with the demands of the Chartists , whereas it was diametrically opposed to thom . He pointed out with reeret the conduct of governments in offering a premium to agitation , but never yielding reforms except to violent pressure from without ; and he asked whether the house thought that three millions of grown-up non-electors were unfit to be trusted with tbe franchise , or , if they were fit . that they would not soon manage to obtain it ? Deprecating all policy which forced men into antagonistic classes and " orders" he supported the
motion . Mr . Drummond said that the antagonism complained of had been chiefly produced by itinerant professional agitators . He should have supported Mr . Hume had he separated the extension of the franchise from the other subjects of his motion , every syllable of which , he prophesied , would nevertheless one day be carried by the Whigs , who cared not so they reigned whether it was by the craceof Brookes ' , or by the grace of Manchester , and who had adopted the murder of the King and Queen of France , the mutiny at the Nore , and every other atrocity in modern history . The promoters of the motion were attempting to confound , intojone great chaos , the system of degree and order which existed throughout all creation , downwards from the celestial hierarchy .
Mr . Roebuck said that government was bringing against Mr . Hume the very charge that had been made against Lord John Itussell in the Beform times , namely , that of violating the spirit of the constitution , by creating a property test for voters . He believed that the house represented a great deal too faithfully the feelings , ignorance , and passions of the nation , and he also believed that vast benefits accrued to every man in England from the institutions under which we lived ; bnt there was a feeling among the people that they were wrongfully deprived of certain rights , and therefore he would accord them . It was the fashion in that house incessantly to praise the labouring man , but when he atked for political power the house ¦ was frightened at him—frightened most needlessly , for he was worthy of all trust .
Lord John Russell assailed the inconsistency of the promoters of the measure in describing all men without votes as slaves and serfs , and then leaving . « o large a mass in that condition by the restricted franchise they proposed , a franchise which would make tbe case of the excluded even still more galling . He agreed with Mr . Hume on the theory of the constitution , but differed from him as to its practice , considering Lord Camden ' s constitutional maxim , that "taxation without representation was rvranny , " meant that the Sovereign could tax only
with the consent of Parliament , the direct shave of every man in electing that Parliament being quite beside the question . He , therefore , deemed thut ho had not departed from constitutional principles in framing the Reform Act , which did not a ' . ier the great outlines of tbe constitution , but only supplied what had become defective , and in the redistribution of representation , at that time , all l : e had sought was to preserve tho just balance of interests He conceived that the admission of voters proposed by Mr . Hume would lead to jnnu
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morahle frauds , and he # a »; ata 16 ss to separate its ESS ¦ 2 X . tW or theJCbartist proposal ; :, The conduct of the working classes in England was de-Sing of ihigh praise , and he believed in their moral and social improvement . But he could nntbelievo in their political wisdom , nor think them altogether fit to be trusted with political privileges On the contrary , he believed that the working men would be misled by demagogues , whose misstatements as to taxes , institutions , and laws , they had no means of correcting . But he appealed to the Irish Franchise Bill , now in * progress , to show that he had no hostility to extending the franchise . In reference to the equalisation of districts , he exposed the inconsistent character of the proposed remedy ,
and said that if alterations were to be made , popuous counties which returned no more members than towns of a smaller population would have a right to claim additional representation . Ho conceived that the plan would increase the feelings of collision between the agriculturists and he dwellers in town . He indignantly denied the serfdom said to exist among the non-electing classes , and pointed to the liberties and privileges they enjoyed , and to their being permitted to rise to the highest station in the state . But he did not look to the £ 10 franchise as a limit that must always and necessarily be adhered to , though it had been the opinion of himself and his colleagues that it was not expedient in the present
session to re-consider the franchise , other matters being of more pressing importance . He alluded to recent continental events , as having afforded salutary lessons , and had especially shown liberty endangered by those who affected to come forward as its friends . Pronouncing a panegyric upon the constitution , asserting that there was no popular demand for an alteration in the franchise , and reminded the house that if wo weighed our anchorB and set our sails during a perfect calm , we might be driven upon the rocks , he said that when a new measure of representation was brought forward , it ought to be not a substitute for , but a supplement to the Reform Act . Mr . Beknal Osbornb said , that as Lord John Russell would not put to sea either in a storm or a calm , he supposed his lordship was waiting for a breeze—that of a general election , when , no doubt , a bill for extending the franchise would be laid by the ministers upon the table of the house . His
lordship ' s speech of to-night would , however , produce more ofa gale than he could desire . He read extracts from evidence taken before committees , to show that this boabted Parliament had been brought together by desperate bribery . He maintained that the power of the aristocracy had increased , was increasing , and ought to be diminished . Alluding also to Treasury influence , he said ( amid the roars of the house ) that the emblem of the Treasury was riot a " whip " but a " fishing rod , " with which the parliamentary Isaac Walton bobbed for patriots , and hooked country gentlemen ; and he described Lord Melbourne as having once , upon a critical occasion , made a " miraculous draught" of baronets . He concluded a long and humourous speech , abounding with personalities , which were excellently received by the house , by declaring that he supported this motion because he was a true Conservative . ¦ : . ¦ The house then divided , when the numbers were— For Mr . Hume ' s motion ... 96 Against it ... 242 Majority against ... HO
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MR . HUME'S MOTION . " MIHORITT . —AYES . Adair , H . E . Kershaw , J . Adair , R . A . S . King , Hon . P . J . L . Aglionby , H . A . Lushington , C . ATcock , T . M'Cullagh , W . T . Anderson , A . M'Gregor , J . Armstrong , R . B . Meagher , T . Bass , M . T . Marshall , J . G . Berkeley , Hon . H . F . Milner , W . M . E . Berkeley , C . L . G . Moffatt , G . Blewitt , R . J . Molesworth , Sir W . Bouverie , Hon . E . P . Mowatt , F . Bright , J . Nugent , Lord Brotherton , J . O'Brien , Sir T . Brown-Westhead , J . P . O'Connell , M .
Caulfield , J , M . O'Connell , M . J . Clay , J . O'Connor , F . Clay , Sir W . O'Flaherty , A . Clifford , II . M . Osborne , R . Cobden , It . Pechell , Sir G . B . Collins , W . Peto , S . M . Cowan , C . Pilkington , J . Currie , R . Power , Dr . Devereux , J . T . Reynolds , J . D'Eyucourfc , Rt . Hon . Ricardo , J . L . C . T . Roebuck , J . A . Duke , Sir J . Sadleir , J . Duncan , G . Salwey , Colonel Duncombe , T . Scbolefield , W . Ellis , J . Scully , F . Evans , Sir De L . Smith , J . B . Evans , J . Strickland , Sir G . Ewart , W . Stuart , Lord D .
Fagan , W . Sullivan , M . Fox , W . J . Talbot , J . H . Gibson , Rt . Hon . T . M . Tancred , H . W . Grattan , H . Tenison , E . K . Greene , J . Tennent , R . J . Grenfell , C . P . Thompson , Colonel Hall , Sir B . Thompson , G . Hardcastle , J . A . Thornely , T . Harris , B .. Villicrs , Hon . 0 . Hastie , Alex . Wakley , T . Hastie , Arch . Wawn , J . T . Headlam , T . E . Wjlcox , B . M'G . Henry , A . Williams , J . Heyworth , L . Wilson , M . Horsman , E . Wood , W . P . Uumphery , Alderman tellers . Jackson , W . Hume , J . Keating , R . Walmsley , Sir J .
ANALYSIS OF THE MINORITY . In 1 S 49 the vote on Mr . Hume's motion stood : — ayes , 82 ; noes , 268 ; majority , 18 C . In 1850 it stands : —ayes , 96 ; noes , 242 ; majority , 146 . The supporters of reform in the House of Commons , as indicated by this vote , are more numerous this year than they were last , its opponents fewer , and the majority against reform reduced by 40 . A scrutiny of the division list shows that 29 members have voted for the motion in 1850 who did not vote ou the question in 1849 . It also appears that 18 members who voted for reform in 1849 did not vote for it on Thursday night . But not one of the 18 voted against it , and with one exception all of them are still in the house . We are therefore entitled ( including the tellers ) to estimate the minority " in the House of Commons , friendly to Mr . Hume ' s plan of reform , at 115 .
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THE TEN HOURS FACTORY BILL . RE-ASSEMBLING OF ~ FACTORY DELEGATES AND IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS AGREED TO . A very numerous and important meeting of the representatives of the workers in mills was held in the Music - hall , Garratt-road , Manchester , on the 3 rd inst ., in pursuance of a circular issued by Mr . Samuel Fielden , under circumstances the urgency of which will best appear from the documents and details of business which follow . Upwards of one hundred delegates responded to the call , from Manchester , Ghorlton-upon-Medlock , Oldham , Crompton , Ashton-under-Lyne , Preston , Rochdale , Heywood , Todmorden , Bury , Padiham , Stalybridge , Hyde , Hebden-bridge , Dunkinfield , Droylsden ,
Littleborough , Newton-moor , Cuerden-green , Dewsbury , Bacup , < fec . The Messrs . Fielden , Rev . ' Mr . Stephens , Mr . Pitkeithley , Mr . Mallilieu , and several other friends of the Ten Hours Bill were also present on tho occasion . Mr . Philip Knight , of Manchester , was called to the chair , and opened the business by reading the advertisement convening the meeting : ho regretted the grave necessity which required their attendance , but had no doubt the delegates would deal with it in a manner befitting its importance , and at once worthy of the cause and of themselves ; so that henceforward unity of sentiment and uniformity of action might
characterise their public proceedings . The meeting being now open for business , after certain preliminary matters had been gone through , Mr . Stephens stated that their faithful friend and advisor , Mr . Samuel Fielden , who was then in Manchester , and would personally address them afterwards , if the delegates wiBhed him to do so , had requested him to lay before them a written communication of very great importance at the present critical juncture , whioh by their permission he would read forthwith , and then leave the consideration of its contents to their calm and deliberate judgment . The letter waa as follows : —
" To the Factory Operatives in Delegate meeting assembled : , ? ' Circumstances have recently transpired in connexion with the renewal of the agitation for the Ten Hours Bill , which compel me , however painful it may be to my own feelings to do so , to put you in possession of some facts not fully known , I believe , to any of you , and , where known at all , very much misrepresented , and , consequently , very muoh misunderstood . . " When I was called upon at my father ' s death to take an active part in this agitation , I thought there
was no difficulty to overeomo hut that of powerful and determined opposition ; I supposed that tho working people had a Central Committee , elected by and from amongst themselves , thoroughly acquainted-with the matter in hand , and in whom perfect confidence might be placed * I anticipated , therefore , that everything would be fully explained to me by that body , and , that 1 should then have only to place myself amongst the rest of your friends and ,, in conjunction with them and the Contral Committeo , do all ' in my powey for yoiir servioe . Judge , then , of my astonishment , wJwn I found , all things
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Vj > e ihe ' reveT 8 e o ^ tbisl ! Ut was difficult , even , to find out . who and what the Central . Committee * was . Mr . Grant , ( who , I understood , was not a member of that Committee ' , ) I met at every turn , acting for it' and in' its ' name ; but , otherwise / I had some difficulty in ascertaining that the Committee had a material existence ; indeed I have still some doubt if it has any existence distinct from Mr . Grant , for when I have had meetings and discussions with the members of that body ( or somo of them , ) they have declined to say anything on their own account , replying to my addresses that what Mr . Grant said they said . This was , to my mind , anything but satisfactory conduct on the part of persons elected by the working people to represent them . So far — , ,. .. » ** a * tr - ^ irl * « _*« * i ^ # ' * * n »* *
from finding any definite course of proceeding chalked out , or a readiness to fully explain and discuss the state of affairs bo as to arrive at a decision upon which all could act , I found nothing definite done or proposed to be done ; nothing was explained ; there was impenetrable reserve and mystery hanging over tho Committee and all its proceedings . I tried to make some arrangements with them , but I continually found that they deceived and misled me ; that which I understood they would do , they did not do ; other things which I understood they would not do , they did . In short , I found myself thwarted and perplexed at every turn . And this was not the case with me only ; your oldest and best friends were treated in the
same way , and I heard complaints and doubts expressed from all quarters . " Tho first great difficulty we had to meet was Lord Ashley ' s unfortunate suggestion of a compromise . You all know , I believe , the history of that event . Your friends were divided in opinion , not as to the fact itself , but as to what was to be done with Lord Ashley . Some , myself amongst the number , were of opinion that as the whole question between us and our opponents was virtually one of compromise or no compromise , we , who opposed all compromise , could never take , for our parliamentary leader , the man who was the first to propose a compromise . Others , on the contrary , so much dreaded the loss of a leader whose name had been
so long identified with our cause , that they thought it best to pass tho matter over , upon the noble lord pledging himself to stand fast to the Ten Hours Act for the future . On this subject the Central Committee appeared , to have no doubt or difficulty in . deciding . They were co-compromisers , of course , but the fact that Lord Ashley had proposed a compromise seemed rather to increase than to abate their confidence in him ; whilst towards those who doubted the wisdom of their opinions , towards even the most valued of your friends , they behaved , with such utter disregard of temper and common civility , as at once convinced us that they must be actuated by motives they did not choose to avow . "Shortly after this the committee put out an address , which we all thought calculated to cause a
genoral turn out . It was impossible for any man , conversant with the then state of the manufacturing districts , to believe that that paper could have any other intended effect , or that any greater misfortune could befall our cause than that such effect should be produced . Mr . OiS'brsaw the danger with great alarm , and published a powerful address td prevent the mischief . The Cental Committee published an answer to Mr . OaBtler , and had they contented themselves with any attempts at justification the matter might have been suffered to rest there , though I think it ought not . Just at that time Mr . Oaitler had been in this neighbourhood , stricken in years ; broken in health ; suffering bo dily and mentally under the effects of a long life
of excessive toil , and not a little persecution , en * countered and manfully endured by him in struggling for the liberty and welfare of the working people of the manufacturing districts—he , to whom the ease and care of a homo and family had become a daily necessity , was again amongst us , at the risk of his life , going from place to place , and meeting to meeting , to cheer up and encourage by his presence and the sound of his voice , those for whom he had already sacrificed so much , and for whom he was ready to sacrifice all . Surely this was a spectacle to command the respect of all men ! It did command the respect of all men , except that of the Central Short Time Committee . It was at this moment that a body of men , professing to be the chosen representative ! of tho working peeple , and because Mr . Oastlerhad most properly reproved
thom for a folly ( at the least ) calculated to injure , if not ruin , tho caus * in which all were engaged ; it was at this moment that this body thought proper to publish an official letter , seeking to wound Mr . Oastler by attacks on his personal character , and replete with pitiless and vulgar insult . " The course of things after this was such as might have been expected . The Central Committee called a delegate meeting , which assembled shortly before the trial in the Court of Exchequer . The delegates , distrusting the Central Committee , resolved that if it should become necessary to introduco a Bill into Parliament , the question ns to the management of that matter should be determined only by another delegate meeting , to be called for that purpose , and to which the old and tried friends of the cause should be invited . It
became necessary to introduce a Bill ; the Central Committee called the delegate meeting , but did not invite the old friends . The delegates , however , assembled , and some of the old friends attended . The meeting lasted the whole day , and , after full discussion and consideration , the two following resolutions , tht ' first being proposed by Mr . Grant Itimself ( though in what capacity I do not know ) . I have not the resolutions at hand , but I believe the following to be substantially correct ;—1 . — " That Lord Ashley , Lord John Manners , and Mr . George Bankes should be requested , jointly , to take charge of the Bill in the House of
Commons . 2 . — " That the Central Committee should be reconstructed on a more equitable and tatisfactory basis , so as fairly to represent the opinions and views of the factory workers . " This result was hailed by us all as most satisfactory . Those who were anxious for the service and influence of Lord Ashley , were satisfied to find him placed at our head ; those who doubted his strength ( after his consent to compromise ) were relieved frem fear by tho association with him of two gentlemen in wliom my father was known to have placed implicit confidence , and who were known to be free from all taint ofa leaning to compromise . Our opponents in the House could not
now say that we have ourselves abandoned ine principle of the Ten Hours' Act , for we were represented by three gentlemen , of whom two , at all events , had never yielded a point . _ The Central Committee had no reason to complain ( and I am told that they did not ) , for the very act of reconstructing that body would have given them the opportunity of clearing their characters , and , no doubt , would have brought forth some public testimony to their worth , if they merited any . " The delegates did not proceed to carry out the second resolution , but left the CentralCommittee in power to carry out tho whole of their resolutions , and , amongst others , the reconstruction of thenown body in due time . Instead of doing this , and without any intimation at the time that they would not do it , but leaving the contrary to bo inferred , they suddenly got togetiier a meeting of ( so called delegates ) collected by tickets , under their immewhich
diate supervision , and at that meeting , I came down from London to attend to protest against their proceedings , after many divisions and protests , resoinded the resolutions of the former meeting ; thus sitting at defiance the only legitimate authority under which they could act , breaking up the harmony and unanimity which the wisdom of the former meeting had established , and throwing our proceedings into a state of confusion , from which you alone , IbelieAe , have the power to rescue them . "The state of things then is this . The people have a nominal head . jwhich ' sets them at defiance , disobeying their instructions and insulting their friends . In the mean time all proceedings are in confusion , your friends know not what to do , and the '' cause suffers . I have ' called you together in order to lay the facts before you , and to urge upon you the necessity of some stops being taken by you o arrest the evil . .
; _ .. " Before I thus called you together I considered very carefully whether I had any right to interfere with that which is purely the business of the workinir people . I have come to tho conclusion that I havo not only the right , but that it is my duty . I believe , that , had my father been now with us , he would not have shrunk from any effort to shield tho factorv workers from harm or danger , and that seeing their cause , as I now do , placed in great peril bv the utter incompetence of persona , who pkced in power by the people , have usurped- their authoritv an « betrayed their trust , he would have appealed to those working people , whose good sense and fidelity to a good cause , he ever relied upon , at once to take their affairs into their own hands , their
• ind in defiance of petty intrigue , carry on struWle for the health of their wives and children , the comfort of their homes and thenr moral and relieious welfare . ' «« I adviso you , then , not ag « in to part till you have found the means of carrying into effect theresolutions whioh you passed on tho 17 th of Fob ,. Jasf- and , in conclusion , I promise you that , whatever may bo your determination , I will not < jeaae in my efforts , however littlo their value may be , to frustrate the fraudulent attempt to deprive women and children of the very limited protoctisa which the factory acts were intended to give , « I am gentlemen » Your faithful friend , 11 Contre Vale , Todmordon , "SamumiFielden . " 2 nd March , 1850 . '
The letter was receivod with mut « h applause . The following resolutions weiQ then severally oQn ^ sidorud-and adopted , all except tho third , unanimously , and that one with only fivo dissentients : — " That Mr . Samuel Fielden . was fully justified , under the olreumstanceSj w convening this meeting •" " T hat the-moluttvu'tf-tho meeting of the 17 th ult , he confirmed . " a
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"That the Central Short-Time Gommmittee , having disobeyed , the instructions-heretofore given them by the delegates now ; assembled f having set at defiance the resolutions / unanimously , agreed to at the former meeting of these delegates ; and , having otherwise so conducted themselves as to seriously injure the , cause _ they were , . elected to promote , that Committee has ceased to possess the confidence of the working people . " * ' . . " That the people employed in factories , and this meeting , have perfect confidence in the ability and integrity of Lord Ashley , Lord John , Manners , and Mr . Georgo Bankes , jointly to conduct through the House of Commons a Bill to abolish the working by shifts or relays ; and that the working people in the monnfaotiirincr Hiflfrir > f « will Iia crriovnnslv riiftiin-. - * - __ . _ _ . _ .
pointed should those three gentlemen , or either of them , refuse so to take charge of the aaid Bill . " " That Mr . R . B . B . Cobbott , Solicitor , be instructed to prepare a bill necessary' for the above purpose , and to consult such counsel thereon as he may think proper . " - ; "That Mr . Oastler be invited , if possible , to attend the , public meetings iibout to take place , and that the Rev . J . B . Stephens be invited to attend them also , together with such other of our friends as it may be found can attend . " " That the electors of the various boroughs and counties in the manufacturing districts be urged to use their influence with their several representatives in our favour ; and that in tho event of any
election or elections in the manufacturing districts , care be taken that every candidato bo questioned , and , if possible , pledged to support our cause , and that if he refused to do so , every effort be made to prevent his return . " " That a provisional committee of five be now appointed to carry into effect these resolutions , With power to take charge of all mattel' 9 affecting our cause until a Central Committee be appointed by the people of the respective factory districts in public meeting specially called for that purpose , the said provisional committee to issue instructions for that election in time to enable tho members then chosen to meet in Manchester on Good Friday next . "
11 That copies of these resolutions be immediately forwarded to Lord Ashley , Lord John Manners , and George Bankes , Esq . " " That this meeting cannot separate without expressing its reverence for the memory of the late John FieWen , the man who , as a factory master , set an . example , to masters , and who successfully used , in Parliament , the influences of his upright character and his station , to procure for the labouring women and children in factories the Ten Hours'Act . " " That this meeting returns thanks to Lord Ashley for his valuable services to the cause , and to Richard Oastler , Esq ., and the Rev . J . R . Stephens , the men who . fought our battle against the powerful in their most powerful days . " " That this meeting acknowledges with gratitude the services i endered to the cause by Mr . Samuel
Fielden ; that it thanks him especially for having come forward to rescue the factory workers from their jeopardy on this occasion ; that the delegates present pledge themselves to him to do their utmost effectually to perform the duty he has called upod them to discharge ; and they beg he will permit them always to look to him in their hour of difficulty and danger as their friend , adviser , and leader . " The Provisional Committee , as soon as the meeting , which lasted several hours had broken up , immediately proceeded to the transaction of business . Tho following extract of a letter from Mr . Oastler in reply to an invitation to attend a public meeting at Asnton , which arrived too late to be read to tbe delegates , has been handed to us for publication , as expressive of the views of that venerable champion of the Ten Hours Cause on the subject under discussion : —
" I do not think my absence from your meeting , and from the series of meetings now in progress , is of any moment . I foresee that this is only the beginning . Soon an agitation of a much more serious character will take place : then , if spared , I hope to be in the front rank . The cunning foes , arc , I see , watching events . They were ready with an Eleven Hours' Bill , but having discovered a little disorder in our ranks , they now wait , expecting it will be an easy matter for them to obtain their own terms when we are divided . We must not suffer them to conquer ; nor will we . Our present disorder is but the prelude to firmer and stronger union . When the whole case is brought before the public , as soon it will be , if those who arrogate to themselves the power to ride rough-shod over a properly coustituted Delegates' meeting , persist in the course they have ( if I am correctly informed ) begun , then , I am sure , every real friend will rally
round the standard which has never been tarnished , and resolve on no surrender , either to false friends or open foes . I cannot write on the present position of affairs ; because I cannot believe what I hear—that a knot of unauthorised men should have dared , at the bidding of an individual , to declare the most numerous and most important meeting of delegates , a faction ! and to pronounce its resolutions void !! constituting themselves into a delegate meeting—and passing what they call counterresolutions ! I repeat , that although I am told that such is the case , yet , really , I cannot give credit to such reports . My course is plain—I promised to abide by the resolutions of the delegates' meeting , and I will keep that promise . I recommend the same course to others ; and , with kind remembrances to every true friend of the Ten Hours Bill , " I remain , dear Sir , " Yours most truly— ' The Old King , ' " Richard Oastler . " Broadstaira , Kent , March 2 nd , 1850 .
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Carlisle . —An adjourned meeting was held on the 24 th ult . The secretary read the statements of William Smith , ( one of the allottees on the Minster Lovel Estnte who have refused to pay their rent , ) and the answer of the Directors to them . His statements were considered to be of such a character as not to merit publication . The following resolution , which was passed , will show the estimation _ in which they were held : — "This meeting is of opinion that the allottees on the several estates who . have refused to pay rent for the places on which they have been located by the subscriptions of the rest of the Company is a base attempt on their part to defraud the other members of their chance of being located . And we would recommend tho Directors
to take advantage of every means in their power to thwart them in their dishonest attempts to injure , and , if possible , break up the Company ; and to eject every one who will not fulfil the conditions upon which he took possession ; to place others on who will fulfil them ; and by all means make the property reproductive as promptly as possible . " The trial for libel on the character of Mr . O'Connor was brought before the meeting , and the feelings of all were manifest by their expressions of indignation at the injustice done to him . It is another proof amongst the many which we have had before , that the man who steadily advocates the rights of the working classes will bo annoyed and persecuted by all classes of men . A subscription was opened to defray the expense of the trial , and it is hoped that every Land member and Chartist will do his duty , and that within a month a sufficient sum will have been subscribed to meet all the demands of the case .
Bradford , Yorkshire . —At a meeting of members held on Sunday , March 3 rd , great surprise was expressed at the decision of the jury on the late trial for libel . The ' members havo commenced paying one shilling each , and they call upon their brother members to do the same . Herewith we send £ 1 2 s . 4 d . as the first instalment to the " Honesty Fund . " Tower Hamlets . —At a general meeting of the Whittington and Cat branch of the National Land Company a discussion arose upon the propriety of
dispensing with the Directors , seeing that the expenditure exceeded the income , and also blaming tho Directors for not issuing a balance sheet since June , 1849 . It was then moved by Mr . Drake , and seconded by Mr . Hitt : — " That seeing tho injustice practised to Mr . O'Connor , we call upon all Land members of the metropolis to meet at Mr . Fowler ' s , Golden-lane , on Sunday , the 10 th , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , to take the necessary step * to support Mr . O'Connor . " The resolution was carried . ¦ .
Birmingham . — The folio-wing resolution was passed unanimously by a "few" paid-up members of the Land Company moetiag at Mr . Starfcin ' s , on Sunday evening , March 3 rd : — "We call upon Messrs . Clark , Doyle , M'Grath , and Bixon , to resign their situations as Directors os the Land Company , and wo hope-dhey will be as prompt in this as they were in gixing up their Chartist Directorships , to which no pay was attacked , and if they deciine to do so , w » call upon Mr . O'Connor , as . the Land steward , to- stop their wages ; we being of opinion they should have resigned long ago , as for some timo past they have had n&thing to do for their > ay . We , at tl * e same tim ^ beg to thank Mr . Ilarney for his manly defeat at all timea of the working mea , **
Geobgik Mills . —At a meeting of this branch of the National Land Company , held for the special purpose of taking into consideration tho conduct of Mr . Ghvk and his other colleagues , Mr . W . Somervillo in the chair ; the following motions were unanimously agreed to : —Moved by J , Chalmers , and seconded by W . Micham : — " That tills branch has lost all conndenco in Mr . Clark and his three oolleaques , namely , Dixon , Doyle , and M'Gratb , and it is onv opinion that the rest of our brother ntcmbm of the-country should unite and make a determined and special call for thoir removal from offico , seeing that they are no friends to the true advocates of Labour ; and that wo also recommend 'Mr . Clark to condosoend to us , and resign his office in the Land Company , ' as . he did to the small " knot" of Chartists in Birmingham ( arts termed
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them } , as we shall be vqryMppy to : h 3 nd- 'him > over . M * a , flresent ; > to-t ^ Simmon , seconded "by James Chalmers '~ "Th 7 after taking iritouonr * due : consideration the sWa that the Company is in , we ; think that two DirpJi tors , with Mr . , O'Connor , will be Quite sufficien t tn conduct its affairs , and the two Directors be chosen . by-universal , suffrage , ' and that Mr . O'Connor ei » instructions to all the brandies , ' through the jL to that effect . " The ; business of the branch bei n ™ over , Mr . W . Somerville vacated the . chair , and thf persons present formed themselves into a Chartiaf meeting , when it waa moved by W , Sommen-iii ! and seconded by John Lemmon : — " That thi meeting highly approves of the course pursued hi .. ¦ -- _* - _ - ^ „ a . ^ . ^^^^*** tM ^^*^^
the Chartist delegate meeting in accepting t \ i . resignation of Mr . Clark and his colleagues and w also approve of the choice they have made ' in thw'S places , and particularly G . Julian Harney thaf true and honest advocate of the rights of th people . " It was also agreed to enter into an imttir diate subscription in behalf of the Honesty Fund t assist in defraying the expenses incurred by Mr O'Connor in prosecuting the proprietor of V £ Nottingham Journal . cne Salford . —At a members meeting , held at \\ r Leo ' s , Temperance Hall , Irwill-street-ilr . £ Millington in the chair-the following resoluHnn was carried unanimously :- " That it is tbe opinion of this meeting , that the affairs of the comni !
should be immediately wound up by our most Hi . voted , but persecuted , and insulted father , Fearm ., O'Connor , Esq . ; M . P ., and viewing the late triafto be the case of every member belonging to the com pany , it is the duty of each member to rally around him . That a subscription be immediately opened for the expenses accrued on the trial . The sum of ten shillings and fivepence was collected for the Honesty Fund . Mr . James Ashworth , Treasurer The meeting was then adjourned to the 7 th March ' Hetwood s ^ -At a meeting of members held at Mr . James Evenson ' s , 49 , Manchester-street , on bunday Jasfc , it was unanimousl y resolved : —1 st " That a subscri ption be entered into towards the Honesty Fund . " _ 2 nd . " That Mr . James Evenson be the collector
of subscriptions . —That the presen t amount , 3 s . Gd ., be sent to Mr . W . Rider . James Evenson Is ., Thomas Wrigley Is ., William Wrielev Is ., RobertClegg 6 d . " -3 rd . " That this meeting seeing the scandalous manner in which Mr . O'Connor has been treated by enemies , public and private , feel indignant at such conduct , and at the same time sympathise with him , knowing well that no ordinary man could bear the abuse and persecution which he has had to contend with , in his endeavoui' 9 to elevate the working classes to their proper social and political sphere . We duly appreciate his motives , and consequently place unbounded confidence in him . " —4 th . " That the shareholders in this and every other locality should forward their first subscription immediately , be it ever so little and use their utmost in raising the fund to such a standard as will strike Mr . O'Connor ' s enemies
dumb . "—5 th . " That we adjourned until this day fortnight , March 15 th , at two o ' clock in the after » noon , when we hope members will come better prepared than they ever have done . Macclbsfikld . —A meeting was held on Monday night , at Mr . Thos . Jones ' s , Silk-street , Mr . ? aml . Weston in the chair , when it was unanimously agreed " That a subscription be entered into to defray the expenses incurred by Mr . O'Connor , in tho recent trial for libel . " The following were collected , and are herewith inclosed : —Mr . E . Place , Is . ; Mr . E . Dean , Is ; Mr . W . Smith , Is . ; Mr . S . Weston , 6 d . ; Mr . J . Stubbs , 6 d . ; Mr . T . Jones , Is . ; Mr . J . Dean , Is . ; Miss J . Blessington , ft . ; Mr . J . Ward , Is . ; M . II . Bargreaves , 6 d . It was . also announced that a meeting of members would be held on Monday night next , at the above ] named place .
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CORX . Mark Lane , Monday , March 4 . —The show of sampleaof wheat was small this morning , and the supply of foreign moderate , but having further arrivals of English and French flour , the sale was slow , at last week ' s prices . la foreign there was little doing , but we do not alter our quo . tations . Flour met with very little inquiry , though offered on lower terms . Barley dull , unless for fine malt , ing ; grinding and distilling qualities sold slowly , and rather chenper . Malt neglected , having a rcry large sup . ply . Beans and peas unaltered . With a small arrival of oats , prices were maintained , and the trade quite as gotd as ou Monday last . Linseed cakes without change . The demand for Foreigu tares is only in retail , small selling at 2 ? to 28 s , and large at 30 s to 34 s . Cloverseed sold at much tho same rate as last week . c British . —Wheat . —Essex , Suffolk , and Kent , red , new 36 s
to ; 405 , ditto white 40 s to 46 s , Lincoln , Norfolk , and i ork . shire , red 32 $ to 37 s , Northumberland and Scotch , white 32 s to 37 s , ditto red 32 s to 36 s , Devonshire and Somersetshire , red , —s to —s , ditto white — to —s , rye , 21 s to 233 , barley , 21 s to 23 s , Scotch 20 s to 22 s , Angus— sto —» , Malt ordinary , —s to —s , pale 47 s to 50 s , peas , grey , new 2 is to 23 s , maple 23 s to 25 s , white 22 s to 23 s , boilers new 2 is to 25 s , beans , large , new 2 is to 23 s , ticks 24 s to 25 s , harrow , 25 s to 2 Gs , pigeon , 26 s to 2 Ss , outs , Lincoln and Yorkshire feed , lus to 18 s , ditto Poland and potato , 17 s to 20 s , Berwick and Scotch , 17 s to 21 s , Scotch feed , 17 s to 18 s , Irish feed and blnck , 14 s to 17 s , ditto potato , 17 s to 13 s , linseed ( sowing ) 50 s to S 2 s , rapesee ' 3 , Essex , new £ 28 to £ 32 per last , carraway seed , Essex , new 26 s to 30 s per cwt , rape cake , £ 4 to £ 4 10 s per ton , linseed , £ O 10 s to £ 10 10 s . per 1 , 000 , flour , per sack of 280 Hj » , ship , 26 s to 2 Ss , town , 36 s to S 8 s .
Foreign . —Wheat . — Dantzig , 42 s to 48 s , Anhalt and Marks , 36 to 42 s , ditte white , to 42 s , Pomeranian red , 40 s to 42 s , HostocU 44 s to 4 Cs , Danish , llolstein , and Frieslaud , 30 s to 34 s , l ' etersburgh , Archangel , and Kiga , 32 s to 34 s , Polish Odessa , 32 s to 34 s , ilarianopoli , oai Berdianski , 32 s to 33 s , Taganrog , 32 s to 84 s , Brabant and French , 34 s to 36 s , ditto white , 38 s to 42 s , Salonica , 30 s » 33 s , Egyptian , 23 s to 26 s , rye , 20 s to 22 s , barley , Wismar and Rostock , 17 s to 20 s , Danish , 18 s to 21 s , Saal , I 8 a to 22 s , East Friesland , 14 s to 16 s , Egyptian , Us to 16 s , Danube , 14 s to 16 s , peas , white , 22 s to 23 s , new boilers , 24 s w 25 s , beans , horse , 21 s to 28 s , pigeon , 24 s to 25 s , Egyptian , 21 s to 22 s , oats , Groningen , Danish , Bremen , and Friesland , feed and black , 11 s to 15 s , ditto , thick and brew , 16 s to 20 s , Kiga , Petersburgh , Archangel , and Swedish , 1 M to 16 s , flour , United States , per ll » 61 bs ., 21 s to 22 s , Hamburgh 19 s to 21 s , Dantzijj and Stettin 20 s to 21 s , French per 2801 bs .. 30 s to 31 s . Wednesday , March 0—We are but moderately supplied with grain and flour this week , nevertheless , such are the dull accounts from the provincial and country markets rereceived this morning , that the trade here is extremely heavy , with a tendency to further decline in prices .
Arrivals this week : — Wheat—English , 1 , 070 quarter *; foreign , 2 , 430 quarters . Barley—English , 4 , 240 quarters ; foreigu , — quarters . Oats — English , 2 , 710 quarters ; foreign , — quarters . Irish , 1 , 300 quarters ; foreign , 410 quarters , i'lour—3 , 820 sacks . Richuono ( Yorkshire , ) March 2 .-. We had a fair supply sf wheat in our market this morning . Wheat sold from 4 s 3 d te 5 s Od ; oats , Is 6 d to 2 s 6 d ; barley , Ss 0 d to 3 s 6 d ; beans , 3 s 3 d to 33 6 d per bushel . BllEAD . The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6 d . to 7 d . * , of household ditto , 4 Jd . to 5 Jd . per 4 tt > s . loaf .
CATTLE . Smitdfield , Monday , March 4 . —From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were somewhat less than those exhibited on Monday last ; nevertheless they exceeded the wants of the buyers , whole attendance was tolerably numerous . For the few prime Scots on offvr the demand slightly improved . In prices , however , no advance took place , the highest figure for beef being 3 b 8 d per 81 bs . The middling and inferior beasts moved off heavily , at barely stated prices . The general condition of the stock was good . The numbers of sheen were seasonably large . AU breeds were generally slow of sale , at Friday ' s decline in prices of 2 d per Stt > s . Ihe very primest old downs in the wool , sold at 4 s 2 d to 4 s id ; those without the wool , 3 s 6 d . ' to 3 s Sd per 8 fts . There were about 1 , 400 shearlings on offer . For tho few lambs in Ihe market the demand was in a very sluggi 6 li state , at from 5 s to 6 s per 8 tt > s , Calves were in short supply , and slow inquiry , at last week ' s currencies . The pork trade was heavy , in priceshoweverwe have no change to report ,
, , Head of Cattle at Shitjifield . —Friday . —Beasts , 725 ; sheep , 2 , 650 ; calves , li 50 ; pigs . 240 . Mondaj . — Ben »*« , 3 , 352 : sheep , 19 , 300 ; calves , 105 ; pigs , 1 S 2 . Trice per stone of Slbs . ( sinkingthe offal . )—Beef , 2 » 9 d W 3 s 3 d ; mutton , 3 s Od to 4 s 4 d ; veal , 3 a 0 i ) to 3 s lOd ; pork , 3 s 2 d to 4 s Od . Ikewgate and Leadenhall , Monday , March 4 . —Inferior baef , 2 s 2 d to 2 s 4 d ; middling ditto , 2 s 4 d to 2 s Cd ; pnma large , 2 s 8 d to 2 s lOd ; prime sinall , ; 3 s Od to 3 s 2 d ; lRrg « pork , 2 s lOd to 3 s 4 d ; inferior mutton , 2 s 6 d to 2 s Sd : i middling ditto , 2 s lOdto 3 s Od ; prime ditte , 3 s 2 d to 3 s , Gd ; veal , 3 « Od to 3 sl 0 d ; small pork , 3 s 6 d to 4 s Wdi per Slbs . b ; the caccase .
PROVISIONS .-London , Monday . —We hael not s& large a business UK ^ Sacted in Irish butter last week as ia the preceding . There were fewer buyers from the country . The dealer * here purchased merely to supply their , wants . Prices were ¦ nell supported . Stocks further decseased , and holdess were equally con&tsnt of a clearance on favourably terms , Foreign of best quality a ready sale at 106 s to 112 & per cwt . Bacon : Irish and American siaged sides slightly improved in demand .. No change in pikes . Middles were rather more sougjbtt after . Hams aa . d lard without alteration .
TALLOW , H 5 DES , AND OI&S . Taia&w , Monday , March 4 . — Our market to-day is & shade &mer for prime X :. G . on the spot , ttj * quotations 05 " which : are from 3 « stid ta 3 t $ s 9 d pa > ei * . t . For deliver during the last thre * three months , tiie price is 38 f ., j | 5 which there are very few buyers . Towi * tallow—the sujg'y of which is good—is . selling at 35 s 9 c \ to . 3 fis per cwU ««« qosh . RoughfataSiOAdperSlbs . Tfes-latest ccou ntsfeoia St . Petersburg statothat only n liaited business wfts . ao »« for shipment . VW casks soup ha <\ s . old at 100 roubles Wiuv hand money . ¦ ,. . Leadeshah , — Market hides UGIb . to C 4 B ., lid to l } d * tf 1 b . ; ditto 6 ilb . to 721 b , ljd to ljd ; ditto 7 a » . toibOB , 2 d to Wi tittO 801 b . to BSJ ) X , 2 idto 3 d ; d » tto 88 ft » 9 ( ilb ., 8 d tQ 3 Jd ; ditto 86 B > . to iu 41 b ., 3 id to 4 d j ditto 1041 b . toatt ft > . 3 Jd to 4 d i calf-skins each as 3 d to 3 s Od , "SUfpSSif SlOd to 32 s CdirapeseedEng K ^ refined 41 s ( id to -S ¦ : brown 41 s Od ; edkpota . per ¦ tan . SO / . - Snanish 501 . ; Suami 8 ^ . to -1 . ; b agged Sdl . : Sow * U w t » P Us to 34 $ ' Sonl pale 391 . 10 s to -I . : do ., colourtd , « af cod SW . Wfc ! cocoa nut per ton 38 ! . to ML ; pabn , 32 { .
COAL . Mosdat , Marcl » 4 . —We havo to note ' ft very heavy mfll ' - L-ct ' Further arrivals expected . —Stewarts 17 s Cd ; llettonS 17 si Cd ; Kellno 17 s ; Tees 17 s 6 d ; Wvlanis 15 s 3 d . Fresll arrivals 66 ; left from last day 255 . Total 321 .
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