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SAWYER, at the Wine and Spirit Vaults, No. 2, HIGH STREET, where may be had also, Reid and, Co.' s Brown Stout PORTER, Burton and East India PALE ALE, & c. British WINES in every variety, at 13s. per Doz.; the smallest quantity Sold on the same Terms, High street Wine and Spirit Vaults, Sheffield. SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM INDEPENDENT, OCTOBER 2, 1841. KECEPTION OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR, AT SHEFFIELD. The Chartists had a high day on Wednesday, to receive Feargus O'Connor, who seems determined to make amends for his long rest in York Castle, by talcing abund- ance of air and exercise. The party mustered in Paradise square at two o'clock, with a band of music, a carriage and four greys for Feargus, and several of the more active Chartists— as Mr. Oiley, Mr. Gill, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Marsh, Mr. Harney, and a number of females in hackney coaches. They had a good display of banners, mostly green, but several In- coloured. One large banner was black, and bore the words—" Tories, behold and tremble. Manchester Massacre, 1819. Poland. Rathcormac and death's head and cross bones. A green banner had the in- scription, " Less Parsons and more Pigs," and attracted general remark. The other mottos were—" Union— Eng- land expects every man to do his duty;"—" Doncaster Charter Association ;"—•'• Rotherham Charter Associa- tion ;"—" Universal Suffrage, Annua! Parliaments, Vote by Ballot/' See ;—" The greatest happiness of the greatest number, for the longest period of time." Mr. OTLEY was called to the chair, and on the motion of Mr. HARNEY, an address to Mr. O'Connor was voted. To wards three o'clock, the procession passed on Queen street, Castle street, and Waingate, to the Railway Station. Those who actually joined in the procession were not very numerous, but the road was thronged with multitudes, eager to see the liberated Champion of the Charter. Af- ter waiting at the Railway Station half an hour, during which time severaloiher hackney coaches joined the party, and the multitude who thronged the streets continued to increase; the train arrived about half- past three, and O'Connor entered the carriage prepared for him, amid loud applause. It had been announced that Col. Thompson and his son would be present. We had our doubts whether this announcement would be realised, and it turned out that O'Connor came alone. We did not hear it explained on what ground Col. Thompson's coming was announced, or why he did not come. The procession moved slowly to Paradise square, O'Connor standing up in his carriage, to gratify his admirers with a sight. The appearance of O'Connor on the steps was the signal for renewed applause. Mr. OTLEY called upon Mr. Harney to read the address which had been agreed to. Mr. HARNEY then read the address, which referred to Mr. O'Connor's exertions in the House of Commons, and on the platform, in which they had seen nothing to con- demn, and much to honour and admire. His exertions on behalf of the Dorchester labourers and the Glasgow cot ton spinners, entitled him to the thanks of his country, whose liberties were invaded His successful exertions to save from the bloody sentence of the law, the virtuous and betrayed Frost, and his companions, merited their warm- est approval. They sympathised with him, on account of his incarceration, and congratulated him on his release. They honoured him, because he was incorruptible and honest, and while faithful to his trust, but no longer, would he enjoy their undiminished confidence. They urged him to go on in his noble cause, fearing no enemies, for they would support him. On behalf of the artisans of Sheffield, they pledged him their aid until every unjust law should be abolished, and their country's greatness established on the equal rights and happiness of all. Mr. O'CONNOR—( loud Sheers)— then proceeded to de- liver a short address. He addressed them as Brother Chartists, and said, he had stood on those steps when it was more dangerous than to day. They had had to encounter the united strength of opposing factions. But, now, one of them was fallen, and with its fall, its enmity must cease. He thanked them for the address. He wished it to be un- derstood by the working men, that, though coming from the aristocratic ranks of society himself, he was so mixed up with their cause, that he required the Charter as much as themselves. Since Monday, he had been addressing working men day and night. He had addressed a million of them, and now he had begun his labours here, and ex- pected to continue them till an early hour in the morning. He had been the prisoner of the franchise ; buthe saw in that meeting the glorious fruit of his incarceration. They had had an election since he was among them, and those who now misgovern the country, boasted not of what they would do, but of what the confidence they imagined they possessed would enable them not to do. The great quack Peel, who set up for the state physician, told them the disorders of the country were so complicated that, with- out medicine, they must labour under them for six months to come. ( Laughter.) When the people were fighting for mock reform, they didnotknow what they were about. They were fighting for moonshine, and were led by wild- geese. ( Laughter.) Now, they knew what they were looking for, and how to acquire it. No man had ever mounted to power but by the aid of the working classes. But the Whigs having done so, were discomfitted, because they ill- treated the people, placed tyrannical acts on the statute- book, and beginning with the coercion of Ireland, ended by starving England. And now, in their weakness, they said, " Open your months, and shut your eyes, and see what God will send you." ( Laughter.) They said now, that the people had entirely mistaken the character of their acts, and that their Poor Law meant the large loaf, plenty to do, and high wages. The Whigs now hoped to displace the Tories by a clap- trap, without giving the people anything worth having. He had hitherto, at great expense, with some danger, and at the cost of some slight punishment, led them on when others were afraid to come among them, and, with the blessing of God, having saved them from the wolf once, he would do so again. The Whigs raised the cry of Free Trade. The Chartists were not opposed to Free Trade. But they would have a real, and not a mock Free Trade. The people were the mountain, and it was easier for the Whigs to come to the mountain, than for the mountain to go to them. Let not the people budge from their demands. Let them not be humbugged by mere administrative changes. They saw what consistency could do, and what they bad done by a concentration of political knowledge, and by union. Seven years ago, when he came among them, they cried, " Arrah, Pat, what brought you here ?" But now the cry was, " Welcome, Irishman, welcome among us!" They had before preserved the peace of the town, and would still do so, disappointing those who wanted a job to do. Let every man, when he left the meeting, go home quietly, peaceably, and orderly. Let angry feeling, and talk about physical force, give way to moral rectitude and moral power. They met to advocate their rights in the face of day. There was no one to op- pose them. He did not advocate the cause of the people by slander and invective. Whatever might have been stated by the Sheffield Mercury, and that thing called the hxde- pendent, those two rapscallions of the press, who had denounced him in his absence, and had left on him the slaver of physical force, he looked with contempt on the poor hacks who wrote leading articles, and probably had not even coats to their backs. ( Laughter.) The shop- keepers now began to find, that when the people could not consume, they had empty tills on Saturday night. It had been said that he denounced the middle classes, and would not allow them to join. It was not so ; but he said the principles of the middle classes were undefined, while theirs were defined. Let the middle classes, there- fore, come to them. At Manchester, he was warned he should be assassinated by the repealers. But lie had there met 600,000 people; the Irishmen, had sent a depu- tation to him, declaring their adhesion to the Charter ; and in the Hall of Science, 1750 people sat down to tea. In Birmingham, they had had a large meeting in the Bull ring, and the members of the Chartist church had declared to their pastor that they would leave him, unless be joined the Association, for they found that fasting and praying would not gain the Charter. The trades of Manchester, each under its banner, had joined him, and the trades of Sheffield must join too, for if the people could not con- sume, the trades must starve. Distress prevailed in those trades which were not directly affected hy machinery, for if a portion of the people could not occupy houses and buy clothes, the masons, the carpenters, the tailors, and the shoemakers must also suffer. They wanted the Charter that the people might have more to spend. Let no man lead them into secret societies. Let there be no physical force displays— no angry excitement. Let them remain firm to their principles, and he defied all the powers of earth, backed by both Whigs and Tories, to prevent the ultimate success of their cause. The last time he came there, the Magistrates were assembled, as he dare say they were now. Yet now he saw all sorts of people mixed together— red coats and black, with fustian jackets. But let them beware of the blue coats, for they would soon do the soldiers' work. The Whigs gave them, but they might he sure the Tories would not part with them, for, as he had often said, though the Whigs were the devil, the Tories were the devil in hell. ( Cheers.) Mr. O'Connor next urged the possibility of raising sufficient corn at home. The people had been too much regarded as the producers, but they should be considered chiefly as con- sumers. He must leave them now, and though he had not seen them for two years, yet, if he should be absent for five years longer, he should return the same as they saw him now. He had never travelled a mile, or eaten a meal, at their expense,— he had spent thousands of his own money,— and while helived, he would never accept a farthing from the working classes for any service he could render them. ( Cheers.) He had worked eighteen hours on Monday, and thirteen yesterday, and he supposed his good friends here expected him to come among them with undiminished strength. They saw that his voice began to fail, but the principles he advocated could not fail, and so many voices were now united in the glorious strain of liberty, that if his voice should for ever fail, he thanked God, there would be no failure in the principle. ( Loud Cheering.) Three cheers were then given for O'Connor, three for Frost, Williams, and Jones, and three for the Charter. The meeting then quietly broke up, and the procession proceeded to the Theatre. Preparations for dinner had been made upon the stage, but as about four hundred and fifty tickets had been taken, they were compelled to dine in two different parties, in succession, and we suppose that some of the second party experienced the inconvenience of being last at a feast. The dinner was a very protracted affair, and the public, instead of being admitted at half- past six, according to the announcement, were kept waiting in the street, in considerable numbers, and with much impatience, until seven o'clock. They then found that the luckier dineis had taken possession of the boxes, and half an hour more elapsed before the second party of the eaters had done. About half- past seven, Mr. O'Connor appeared on the stage, and was received with the loudest and most enthu- siastic cheering. The place was densely crowded in every part. Mr. OTLEY came forward, and in answer to the cry to have the gas turned on, explained that the condition of the pipes would not allow a better light. He expressed his hope that they would maintain their peaceable and orderly conduct, and that their enemies would have no pretext to reproach them. The sentiments to be proposed he was sure, would be approved. He concluded by call- ing on Mr. Gill to propose—" The Sovereignty of the People— the source of all legitimate power." Mr. GILL—( Cheers)— admitted himself to be incapable of doing justice to so important a sentiment. He would not occupy their time inputting forth excuses. The people was his toast— they who had carried British armsinto every part of the globe, who had erected at home monuments which former ages never dreamt of, yet this splendid people was rotten at the core. They had not secured to themselves the sovereignty that should belong to every independent people. Look at the statements in the House of Commons, as to the misery of the people at Rochdale, multitudes existing on Is. each per week. They were the source of power, but their careless recklessness deprived them of the mastery that properly belonged to them. If they were resolved to stand erect in the dignity of man, would a base faction be permitted thus to triumph over them ? He divided the people into the aristocracy of land and money, the shopkeepers, and the labouring classes. The aristocratic class had debased themselves in body and mind, by luxury, and had no desire to promote human happiness. As to the middle classes, he affirmed, that during the last 20 years, half the traders of this town had become bankrupts, insolvents, or had compounded with their creditors. And they might depend upon it, while the present system lasted, the classes next to the labour- ing must suffer next in proportion. But as to the labour- ing classes, their sufferings were unparalleled. The system oflegislation in this country, instead of raising, tended to debase the people, and if the people would use the energies given them by their Creator, they would emancipate themselves from despotism. He implored on them to emancipate themselves— to elevate, not to destroy, was their object, and let them persevere till every man was made free and happy, and then the people would be really the source of power. ( Cheers.) Air—" Rule Britannia." " Enquire about that shoe." " Thatshoe!" ( Laughter.) Mr. OILEY : Some lady, in entering the place has lost a stuff shoe. (" The watchman has it." Laughter.) - Then I hope the watchman will restore it to its owner.— ( Laughter.) A Deputation from Chesterfield then read an address from the Chartist Association of Chesterfield and Bramp- ton, to Mr. O'Connor. Mr. OTLEY then claimed the indulgence of the meeting for a deputation representing the female Chartists of Shef- field. The deputation were— Mrs. Ward, Mrs. Clayton, whose husband died in prison; Mrs. Foden, and Mrs. Holberry, whose husbands were still in prison. ( Loud cheers.) Mrs. WARD read the address with loud applause. A request was made from the gallery that it should be read again more audibly, but it was objected that it would take up too much time, and might be read in the Star.... Mr. O'CONNOR said, let them imagine all that should be said in an address from the female Chartists, and it was that. Mrs. WARD addressed a few words of apology, for having been inadequately heard, eulogised their glo- rious champion, O'Connor, and exhorted all to read the Star, from which she had derived much instruction, and which was the chief enjoyment of her life. ( Cheers.) Mr. OTLEY then said, a duty devolved on him which he should discharge with the greatest pleasure, and which would be responded to by every Englishman and woman present. Some men were honoured because they were the tools of tyranny,— some because they prostituted body and mind to the vilest purposes,— some had sought honour hy betraying the trust confided to them by the people. Many had been raised to the Peerage who deserved ra- ther the treadmill or transportation. The middle classes honour, reward, and pay well, those who promote their interests. The aristocracy honour those who support their order. And would the labouring classes be un- grateful to the men who sacrifice life, talents, and money in their cause ? No, the people were not ungrateful, though they were too often deluded by pretenders to pa- triotism. They had present the unflinching and uncom- promising advocate of the rights of the working classes. His name had been wafted from shore to shore, and they would never desert him while faithful to their cause. Many had been his labours. He had given his time, his talents, and all he possessed, to their cause; while his calumniators had heaped on him all sorts of calumny, and he was said to be in the pay of the Duke of Buckingham and the Carlton Club. (" Shame.") Not long ago, at a meeting in this town, a charge was publicly made that the leading Chartists were in the pay of the Tories. Where now were the Ibbotsons, the Elliotts, and the Bay- leys P ( Loud cheers.) If they wished to confront } he gentleman, as they said they did, let them come forward, and they should have a fair opportunity. But he knew they would not. Why was their friend so hated by those who had wealth and power ? Was it because he pleaded the cause of right and of the poor,— that he advocated the claims of the Dorchester labourers,— or because he de- sired to restore Frost and his companions to their coun- try ? No : their chief ground of hatred was his demand that every man, of age, free from crime, and of sound mind, should have his representative. Mr. Otley called their attention to Lord Howick's eulogium on Mr. Binns, of Sunderland, who would not take the Tory sovereigns ; and he hoped they had many more like him. [ Loud cheers.] Lord Howick expressed his regret that Mr. Binns was the advocate of an impracticable system. Why was it im- practicable ? Because it must overthrow the present system ; for justice and injustice were imcompatible. They knew it would raise the people to the dignity, com- fort, and happiness, that was their right, and therefore they called it impracticable. It was practicable, as was proved by America; and, because this was the object of Mr. O'Connor, they hated and persecuted him. He proposed—" Feargus O'Connor, the incorruptible and unchanged advocate of Universal Liberty: may he live to see the rights of the people established, and the prin- ciples of freedom triumph throughout the world." [ Loud cheers.] Mr. O'CONNOR rose, amid vehement and universal cheering, several times repeated. Hesaid: Could the chair- man inform him whether the comely vigour he now saw before him was the living frame of Whiggery, or the dead body of Chartism? He asked the question, because he was led to suppose, while absent, that the portrait of Char- tism was torn from the wall, and that of Whiggery sub- stituted. This night answered the question. What would the Whigs, the falling Whigs— what would the Tories, the rising Tories, give for such an exhibition? But nei ther of them could have such an exhibition. They had tried it, by promising advantages to the people, but the people, willing to believe, were deluded, and now often- broken confidence was entirely destroyed. He returned sincere thanks for the address from Chesterfield. He hoped he should still merit their confidence, and, when he ceased to merit it, that he should cease to exist. Still more gra- tifying was the address from the ladies of Sheffield ; and it would be impertinence on his part, if he added a word to the vindication which the lady who presented it had given of the rights of her sex. The address was the more va- luable, because it came from one widow and the wives of others incarcerated. They were his brother prisoners— they suffered for the same cause; and when at liberty, they would again co- operate for the same cause. And as the character of a public man was dear to himself and the public, it was his duty, as an honest man, to meet any ac- cusation that might be made against him. Mr. Otley had asked for the Ibbotsons, Elliotts, and Bavleys; and it was but right, if they had taken liberties with his name, and made charges against him, that they ought to have been present; as they were not, he now became his own defender, and their accuser. He had been charged as a Whig spy. When his conduct contradicted that, he was said to he in pay of the Tories. All those accusations were so vague, that he only said, if ever he received, di- rectly or indirectly, any favour or reward for any single service, done covertly or openly for any individuals or body, Whig or Tory, might he cease to live this moment! ( Loud cheers.) In his country, the law allowed barris- ters to take large fees at elections. The general fee was 300 guineas, and they were sometimes as high as 6Q0 or 1000 guineas. Yet he had conducted more Irish elec- tions than any other man living, and had never received even his own expenses. ( Cheers.)' That was done with. He now addressed himself to the subjects which would render it unnecessary for him to make sacrifices, and for them to make demonstrations of this kind. Chartism, they had been told, was dead in. Sheflield, and no party here, but the Corn Law repealers, could make a demonstration. If they could make a demonstration better than he saw to- day, the population of Sheffield must be enormous, for he thought they had left nothing worth having behind them. When they wanted lo make a case forthemsi'lves, they said Chartism was dead. But when they wanted to account for their own fall, they said they were killed by the Chartists. The present Governmentwas said to be his. If so, he could dismiss them, and he only waited the people's preparedness to do so. The Reform Bill promised to destroy Toryism, yet this was the strongest Tory Parliament that had been known for 130 years, and this was because the Whigs had played into the hands of the Tories, rather than fall back upon the Chartists. Seven years ago, he addressed about twenty- four persons in the Music Hall; but he, confident in his cause, predicted a time would come when they would be prepared to receive him. Since that time, he had been coming and goitfg, till he now thought there would be no necessity for him to come again till he brought the Charter with him. ( Loud cheers.) There were many questions forced on public attention at present. But he wanted to do good service at once, as far as he could, to England, Ireland, and Scotland. Their oppressors told them never to mind their own land, but to look abroad for food, while they were making clothes for the foreign- The political economists supposed that they had the start in machinery. But they had drugged the world with goods, and now o. her countries were manufacturing on their own account. They would not give it up, and it was for us to put our own house in order, and see what we could fall back upon. Being defeated in the design to become the workshop of the world, let them look back on the land at home. It was extraordinary, that while they had land at home crying, " Who'll come and till me," that they should be looking abroad for bread. Suppose it required fourteen millions quarters of wheat for consumption, and only twelve millions were produced. Suppose that two millions were imported, reducing the home prices. They wanted two million quarters. Let them give him 500,000 acres, and he would grow the whole two millions, thus doing all that the foreign merchant could do, and producing also con- sumers at home. They had now two sorts of tyrants, the land and the steam aristocracy, and they must take care that those men should not lug them into their own disputes. The manufacturers said there was too much taken out of the labourer by the landlords, and not enough left for them. They said the landlords were tyrants ; so said he; and let them remember that the titles of all the present electors were based on land. The landlords would not let them have the land because it would give the vote. Then let them get the vote, and they could get the land at the same time. The aristo- cracy divided among themselves, derived from the people, 200 millions a year. The shopkeepers supported this system on account of the profit they made on the indirect taxation. But the shopkeepers found that unless the people could consume, they could get no profit at all, and even they were coming over to the people. It was much to have reached this position. Out of 500 incarcerated Chartists, there was not one traitor. There was, therefore, the less praise to him; and when he spent £ 10, it was a less sa- crifice than when a working man sacrificed a day's la- bour. Men wondered that he, a gentleman, belonging to, the higher orders, should be spending, in the cause of the people, his thousands of pounds— often spending £ 30 a week ih travelling expenses; which, thank God, he was well able to to do; and he hoped that his indiscretion would never deprive him of the means. ( Cheers.) He was charged eight years ago, with being a trafficking poli- tican. Then, they said he got money from other parties, — then, thai he did not spend it,— then they would hang him,— then they tried him,— then they put him in prison, — and here he was. ( Loud cheers.) Sir Robert Peel was now in power, and said he had the people at his back. Peel regarded the houses and the farms as the people, but he looked on the men as the people; and it could not continue, that a partial body should rule, the poor becom- ing poorer, and the rich more rich. Class legislation had deprived the people of trade, because they had this ano- maly, that a manufacturer employing 1000 hands, who might reduce the wages of each Is. a week, put into his own pocket .£ 2600 a year. If he took off 2s. in the pound, he put £ 5200 a year into his pocket. (" Who gets it ?") The manufacturer gets it. (" No, no.") If not so, the la- bourer must have il. Then there were 2s. taken from the labourer, and the labourer got it. ( Laughter and cheers.) Supposing the reduction of a shilling, the reduction would take £ 26,000 a year from 10,000 operatives ; who, if they had it, would need no provision for their education, and have no need to fear bastiles. But they first starved, and then gave for the education of the people half of what they paid for her Majesty's horses. Did the present wages of the working men suffice for them all to live on comfortably ? How was it, that while the aristocracy in- creased in luxury, there was a constant falling off in the condition of the working classes ? But the manufactu- rers now wanted not to employ more labourers, but more slaves. What had prevented all from joining their ranks ? It was the cursed aristocracy in the trades. Men were satisfied with comparative comfort, so that the man who earned £ 2 a week looked down on the man of one, and spurned him of 10s. He did not want to pull down the aris- tocracy to the level lo which they had reduced the peo- ple, but to raise the people. The people were to be re- garded, not chiefly as producers, but as consumers. The effect of the present system was, that all the teal capital was going out of the country— valuable men,— each carry- ing with them from £ 40 to £ 300 each. His object was, to equalise all under the law, because each man was a greater tyrant to the man immediately below him, than were those ten times above. But let every man have a vote, and each man would rest on his character. They were not destroyers and levellers, but preservers and ele- vators. They destroy property !— they had the greatest interest in preserving property. He defied anything to stop the Charter, and the best proof that he had not been a bad general was, that as the Government could not catch him beyond the law, they took him within the sanctuary of the constitution. They had imprisoned him for a small paragraph copied from another paper, on which paper they did not chose to lay hands. The progress of the cause which he now saw, was such as he would have borne sixteen months, or sixteen years imprison- ment to secure. He had never recommended physi- cal force, but others had done so, and had thrown the blame on him. But he could beai it; for, notwithstand- ing open and concealed foes, he defied anything hut dis- union to stop the cause. ( Cheers.) He had told them, in the Square, that the Irish at Manchester had come over to the Charter. Now, the Irish were beginning fo see that they and the English had not opposite objects ; and the Irish were now thanking them for tacking the Char- ter to the repeal of the Union. What would a £ 10 House of Commons do for the Irish ? Only one in 68 was re- presented in Ireland, and one in 18 in England. What the Irish really wanted, was a House of Commons elected by themselves, and that was just what the English wanted now. He dared say they should be told by the Mercury and Independent that the procession consisted of half women. He wished they were all women ; for the grey mare was the better horse. ( Laughter.) Mr. O'Connor proceeded very humourously to anticipate the account that would be given of the proceedings of the day; but to- day the people had looked at the procession, and when they saw the misrepresentations of the press, they would say— This is humbug; we'll take this paper no long- er. The Leeds Mercury, in 1839, had stated that a pro- cession of 300,000 people consisted of only a few hundreds. That was what Neddy Baines had done ; and the young ones in Sheffield had followed in the same train. Last night, at Leeds, they had a town full of people. The conductors of those papers were the victims of their own lying— they had persuaded the higher classes that the Chartists were weak. But let them calculate this:— If, when the Chartists were neutral in the lale elections, no party could stir without them, what would be the effect when they acted for themselves ? He denounced physical force as a means of carrying the Charter. When mo- ral force failed, physical force came like an electric shock; but the men who marshalled destroyed it, and the man who recommended it was a traitor. For ten years, they had been without a real opposition ia Parliament. They had now got one, too large for a faction, and too small for a party. They would see, before next April, a most rabid opposition of hungry devils out of employ- ment,— and they would have such an opposition as the country never saw,— who, finding the people firm to their demands, would say, we have tried delusion long enough, and the question for us is, whether we will have the Charter in Downing street, or continue in hungry opposi- tion. The people were to be marshalled for that by union and perseverance. They would have a petition, with four millions of signatures, and a million men to present it. Then they would have delegates in London ; and, with a hungry opposition in the House of Commons, if they did not succeed, it would be hard to carry the Char- ter. If there was to be physical force, it must be in the House of Commons. The two cocks must fight in the cock- pit: they would have no more burnings at Bristol and Nottingham. For four years before 1839, he spent many thousands of his own money, and no man was brought before the Magistrates. But in 1839, when he was joined by the Muntz, theJSalts, and the Douglases- then they introduced physical force, and Muntz offered muskets for sale in Scotland, and became the president of a rifle club. Yet Muntz became the Mayor; and he ( O'Connor) was called the destructive. He would take care that if they prosecuted him again, it should be for something. ( Cheers.) It should be for such a moral force demonstration as must prevail, unless it were re- sisted by physical force. Did not Henry George Ward promise to support Universal Suffrage ? ( Loud cries of " No, no!" with some of " Yes!"—" Appeal to the Chairman, he knows!"—" Mr. Ward declared for the extension of the Suffrage !") At all events, there was great difference of opinion about the matter. He believed Mr. Ward did promise to support Universal Suffrage.— (" No, no.") However, if Mr. Ward did not say it, he ought to have said it, because no man could have the sup- port of the people of Sheffield, if he would not support Universal Suffrage. Yet, when Mr. Sharman Crawiord proposed bis amendment on the Address, Mr. Ward de- clared that was not the time, and left the House. That was always the way with men of this sort. Their time was never come. He had it from some of the leading Corn Law repealers, that if they failed, ( as they would,) then they would join for the Charter. Then he urged that the Chartists should not stir a step towards the repealers. He was for free trade all over the world— but for free trade in politics first; and he was not for depending on the fo reiguer for his food, while they only depended on us for clothing, and would only buy our goods when [ they were cheaper than their own slaves could make them. The real object of the repealers was to have greater power of gambling in labour. If there was a greater demand for goods, it would soon be supplied by machinery, and the people would be dispensed with altogether. If they were all lo starve, let there be a scale of starvation, from the Queen to the lowest of the people. The Charter would not leave a poor man in the country, nor a bastile he needed. It would make every poor man's house his sell- try box ; it would render unnecessary the army and the clergy, and would set aside the rural police, for every man would be a part of the posse comitatus. He was a great friend to emigration, and would send the clergy and bi- shops abroad, saying— Joy be with you, and a bottle of moss, And if you never return, ' twill be no great loss. ( Laughter.) He urged that they should stick to the Charter, — stick to that real reform that could only be obtained hy the Char- ter,— then Ihey would deserve the name of freemen,— then would England deserve the name of their country, aud then would they with pride and honour call her " their own, their native land." ( Tremendous, long continued, and frequently reiterated cheering.) A person in one of the side boxes, who had denied Mr. O'Connor's statement, that the manufacturer got the 2s. he might deduct from a workman's wages, here attempted to speak ; but Mr. OTLEY announced that the proceedings would be suspended for a short time, at the close of which, he called upon Mr. George Julian Harney, to propose — " The Charter: the only remedy for the distress of the people. May it speedily become the law of the land."— ( Cheers.) Mr. HARNEY proceeded to say that the distress was ad- mitted by all; the only dispute was about the remedy. He then went on to ridicule the remedy of the Corn Law repealers. He adverted to Ihe exhibition of the big American loaf, price 8d., with wages at 4s. per day, and the small English loaf, price 8d., wages 2s. per day. He accounted for this by the fact that America had no debt, no state church, no standing army, no Queen, but a Presi- dent, with £ 6000 a year. Let not him be charged with talking republicanism ; it . was not him, but the loyal re- pealers, who, by the device of the big and the little loaves, preached republicanism, and the downfall of the monar- chy. ( Cheers.) The following sentiments were afterwards given:— " The Welsh Martyrs— may the united people restore to their fatherland the exiles in liberty's cause:" by Mr. Parkes. " Justice to Ireland, by the repeal of the legis- lative Union, and an independent Parliament, based on Universal Suffrage :" by Mr. McKetterick. " Bronterre O'Brien, and all who have suffered to achieve the people's deliverance— may they have their reward in the speedy triumph of the principles they have nobly advocated :" by Mr. Marsh. " The sacred memories of Tyler, Wallace, Washington, Paine, Kosiusko, Tell, Emmett, Fitzgerald, and all the patriots, of all nations and all ages, who have struggled and died to establish the rights of man :" by - Mr. Hollyoake. " The " Northern Star, and the rest of the Democratic Press— may the people, enlightened, win their rights, and ^ ave the knowledge to maintain them:" by Mr. Buxton. The meeting broke up about twelve o'clock. ft WESLEYAN METHODIST ASSOCIATION MISSIONS. Special services on behalf of these Missions were held on Sunday and Monday last. The Rev. T. Pennock, missionary from Jamaica, preached in Stanley street Chapel in the morning, and at Surrey street Chapel in the evening; and on Monday evening, the missionary meeting was held in Surrey street Chapel, G. Turton Esq., in the Chair. The meeting was addressed by the Rev. J. Handley, the Rev. C. Larom, the Rev. Mr. Davis, and other gentlemen, after which The Rev. T. PENNOCK came forward. Hesaid, there was something in the present meeting peculiarly interest- ing to himself. He had been informed, since his arrival, that the annual services for this circuit had beenheld only a few months before, and that the present effort was a spe- cial one. Such zeal on the part of a small body like, the Association in Sheffield did them the highest credit, and augured well for the success of the cause in which they were engaged. After remarking on the appalling fact, that there are still 600 millions of our fellow men destitute of the knowledge of the truth, and taking encou- ragementfrom the increased zeal and enterprize manifested in the cause of missions, the Rev. Gentleman congratu- lated the Wesleyan Association that it was, though an infant religious body, putting forth its energies in that noble cause. He trusted, before he had done, he would be able to make it appear that the island of Jamai- ca, now fully identified with the Wesleyan Methodist Association, was not the least important of its missions^ He had been a missionary in the West Indies 23 years, 12 of which he had laboured in the island of Jamaica, and to that island it was his intention speedily to return. It was the largest of the islands of the West Indies be- longing to Great Britain, containing 600 thousand inhabi- tants, one half of whom were originally involved in a state of the most degrading slavery. But an end had been put to that horrid gloom, and the coloured race could now stand erect in all the majesty of British liberty. He had seen slavery in its darkest shades and gloomiest horrors, and could bear testimony to the patience of the negro, in the endurance of suffering. H e had beheld the wife torn from her husband, the husband from the wife, and the children from their parents, and sold like beasts in the market, to be conveyed to distant parts of the world, for ever to be separated from their dearest relatives. He had seen them lacerated and loaded with chains, had vi- sited their dungeons, and witnessed their pain, and in the poets language, " their iron entered into his soul. " The negroes were sensible that it was to the Christians of Britain that they owe their liberty, and they did not forget to be grateful to them- for their exertions on their behalf. He should never forget the day on which the Act of Emanci- pation came into operation in Jamaica; all nature seemed to rejoice when the clang of their chains ceased to be heard. His Baptist brethren, who were present, had no doubt heard a narration of the proceedings on that day. It was the 1st of August 1838. On the 31st of July, the evening previously, the members of the Wesleyan Metho- dist Association assembled in the chapel at Kingston, to hold a watch night for the purpose of ushering in the glad dayin prayer and praise to God. A few minutes before 12, he directed the people to kneel down in silent devotion, but on the first stroke of the midnight hour, one poor ne-' gro man rose and said, " That massa, is the death- bell of slavery." He ( Mr. Pennock) proceeded to pronounce the funeral sermon, and consigned the monster to eternal oblivion. The doxology, " Praise God from whom all blessings flow, " was then sung, and the day was kept up in the praises of God. The negro race formed a great proportion of the people of Jamaica, and all that was wanting now to constitute them a happy people, was the Gospel of Jesus Christ. One of the most visible effects from the emancipation was the increase of matrimony. Formerly, they exhibited the greatest reluctance to enter into that alliance, on the ground that the husband could not call the wife his own, the wife her husband, or the pa- rent the child. As an instance of this increased readiness to marry, he would mention the fact, that in connexion with the infant church of which he was the pastor, he had married threeorfour hundred couples inthe city of Kings- ton since the emancipation, and he believed every Christian church was making rapid progress in that particular. Among the population of Jamaica are more than three thou^ sand Jews; and he had ascertained previous toleavingthe island, that among them the present year is regarded as a most important one, since hy calculations of some of their most eminent Ilabbis, it is the one in which their Messiah is expected to appear; and on his non- appearance this year, they will admit that Jesus, " to whom bear all the prophets witness," was indeed the true Messiah. But much remained to be done in the island of Jamaica. A • great majority of the people were destitute of Christian truth. To come more particularly to the section of the church of Christ to which he belonged. It originated in the island of Jamaica, he believed, in his conscientious se- cession from the Wesleyan Methodist body. He said con- scientious, because attempts had been made by the Con ference Methodists, in the island of Jamaica, to misrepre- sent his motives, and he believed the same attempts had ~ been made at home. But in the island of Jamaica where he was well known those attempts had not the least effect; and feeling that, the step he had taken was in accordance with the word of God, so long as he had the testimony of a good conscience, and his efforts were crowned with success, he did not regret. The commencement was on the 24th of June, 1837, when at a meeting he developed the nrinci--, pies of the association. He announced that he would take down the names of any who thought proper to unite with him in church fellowship. At that meeting, about 100 who were convinced of the rectitude of those princi- ples, gave in their names ; hut he had never at any time given a personal invitation to any member of the Wesley- an society to join them. On the 24th of June, then, the association was formed; and ever since, they had gone on and prospered. They had had to contend against severe trials, every means had been employed to impede their progress, but quarter after quarter they had increased in numbers and pecuniary strength, and also in spirituality and undefiled religion. They hadbeen four years in exis tance, and despite of all opposition, not a quarter had pass- ed without an increase in their numbers. They now num- T bered near five thousand in the island of Jamaica, about half 1 of whom had from time to time seceded from the Metho- dist body, and the other half it had pleased God to convert from darkness to light, through his feeble instrumentality and those in connection with him. They had only turned I their attention to Sunday- schools during the past year, but had already near 900 children in their schools. They had i three large circuits, with 19 chapels and other preaching places, and 10 missionaries had hitherto been entirely sup- i ported by theii- own exertions, without any pecuniary as- sistance from England. They had 11 missionaries when he left J amaica, but he had received the mournful intelli- gence to which his resolution referred of the removal to his rest of his respected colleague, Mr. Fullagar, who, after an illness of a few days, had fallen a victim to the yellow fever. He had married a Jamaicalady; and as aninstance of the ravages of that dreadful malady, he might mention that Mrs. Fullagar's mother, two brothers, and a sis- ter, had all been swept away by the yellow fever in the course of three weeks. This might seem appalling to an English ear, hut it was of common occurrence in Jamaica. J With the exception of himself, they were all natives of the island; two of them were white men, one of whom a cof- fee planter, possessing three or four hundred acres of land, was about disposing of his estate forthe purpose of devoting himself entirely to the work of the ministry; and the other was a converted Jew, who was engaged with great ability and clearness in demonstrating to his fellow- countrymen that Jesus was the true Messiah. The, rest were all men of colour, but could speak English correctly, and were ae- 1 ceptable to the people wherever they went. In addition > to the 10 chapels they had already erected, there were 11 4 other places ready to receive them if they possessed the f means of occupying the field. In his remarks on slaveu^ a^ p. he had omitted to state that there was one class who hac^^^^ suffered from the emancipation, - that was the old and de- crepid, who had spent their best days in slavery, and ^ whom, previous to the act of emancipation, the planters ' were obliged to maintain. Jamaica was a field where na- tive agency might be cultivated with advantage. There was jl the adjoining island of Cuba, where slavery still reigned, J and where the people were involved in Popish darkness J and superstition. There was also the large island of St. ' Domingo, long since freed but still under the trammels of the Popish religion ; and also the vast continent of South America, with long injured Africa, where the Gospel might be sent from the island of Jamaica. The fields i were white already to harvest, but the labourers few. He I was himself about to return to Jamaica, with not the slightest prospect of visiting his native country again. As the land receded from his view, he should use the * words of the poet if not in accents yet in thought, " My na- tive land good night! " He had undergone persecutions of a I very painful kind and had been in danger of death often. < He had many times been given up as irrecoverable of the fever by the medical men, but the language of Dr. Clarke i had been verified in his experience, that a minister is J immortal till his work is done. His wife possessed the ; same missionary spirit as himself, and though death is now j raging in J amaica, nothing could induce him to remain j here. The Rev. Gentleman concluded by assuring them J of the untiring zeal he felt in the cause, and asking the J. assistance of their contributions and prayers. • F NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. The following are the Hours of Departure from the SHEFFIELD STATION. H. M. DOWN TRAINS, NORTH. 6 : 0 A. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to York, Leeds, Manchester, and Hull. 8: 45 A. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Leeds, Manchester, and York. 10: 45 A. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d ClassTrain to Leeds, Manchester, York, ^ Darlington, and Hull. 2; 0 P. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Leeds, Manchester, Yolk, I Darlington, and Hull. 4 : 30 P M . 1st and 2d Class Train to Leeds, Manchester, York, f and Hull. 5 : 30 P. M. 1st, 2nd, and 3d Class Train to Leeds and Manchester. 7 : 30 P. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Leeds. ON SUNDAYS. 8 : 45 A • M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Leeds, Manchester, Yorkj and Hull. 4 : 30 P. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Leeds, Manchester,& York. 1 8 i 12 P. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Leeds. UP TRAINS, SOUTH. 7 : 30 A. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Derby, Leicester, and | London. 8 : 45 A. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Derby, Birmingham, i Gloucester, and London. 10 : 45 A. M. 1st, 2d, aud 3d Class Train to Derby, Nottingham, Birmingham, and London. 2 : 0 P. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Derby, Nottingham, Birmingham, and London. 3 : 45 P. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Derby and Nottingham. 5 ; 30 P. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Derby. 8 : 12 P. M. 1st and 2d Class ( Mail) Train to Derby, Birmingham, j Gloucester, Leicester, and London. ON SUNDAYS. 3 : 45 A. M. 1st, 2d, and 3dClassTrain to Derby, Leicester, & London. 8 : 20 P. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Derby, Nottingham, and Birmingham. 6 ; 30 P. M. 1st, 2d, and 3d Class Train to Derby. „ 8: 12 P. M. 1st and 2d Class ( Mail) Train to Derby, Birmingham, Gloucester, Leicester, and London. The 8h. 45m. A. M. and 5h. 30m. P. M. Down Trains, and 7h. 30m; A. M. and 5h, 30m. P. M. Up Trains, call at all the Local Stations on 1 the Line. SHEFFIELD & ROTHERHAM RAILWAY. SHEFFIELD TO ROTHERHAM. Every Morning, ( Sunday excepted,) 8 30 i 9 30; 1030i 11 30 i 12 30. Every Afternoon, ( Sunday excepted) 130; 2 30; 3 30; 4 30 ; 5 30 i 6 30 ; 7 30; 8 30. Sunday Trains, 8 and 10 Morning; I 30 ; 2 30 ; 4 30 j 5 30 ; 6 30 ; • 7 30; 8 30 Evening. ROTHERHAM TO SHEFFIELD. Every Morning, ( Sunday excepted,) 9 0; 10 0 ; 11 0 ; 12 0. Every Afternoon, ( Sunday excepted,) 10; 2 0; 30j 40J 50j 60; 70; 80; 90. Sunday Trains, 9 30 Morning; and 1 0 ; 2 0; 4 0 ; 5 0; 6 0; 7 0 ; 8 9 0 Evening. On Monday Mornings, an early Train will leave Sheffield at 1 SI) and return from Botheiham at 8 o'clock. SEPTEMBER 25, 1841. SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM INDEPENDENT. TOWN- HALL. TUESDA v.— Before HUGH PARKER and J. C. ATHORPE, Esqrs. Henry Lofthouse, Charles Banker, and Samuel Allott, charged with robbing the warehouse of Mr. Wm. Wild, in Coalpit lane, on the application of Mr. Dixon, were re- manded, Mr. Parker hairing looked into the depositions, being of opinion that there was sufficient evidence to de- tain the prisoners, if not commit them. Wm. Dickens, a file grinder, was charged by Mr. Tur- nell, on behalf of the overseers, with neglect of family. It was stated that he could earn good wages, but would not work. He had already been, committed four times for this offence, the last time on the 16th July, and Mr. Tur- nell said, the overseers pressed for the full punishment... Dickens said he had not been able to get to work since he came home, but he had work promised for Monday week, " and begged to be tried again... - Mr. Parker said, there were good reasons for committing the man again, but he was unwilTing to send him so soon after his return, if he would get into work, as he promised. He must, there- fore pay the costs, and be tried again. Jph. Johnson, formerly a printer, was committed for a month, for neglecting his wife and family, whom it was stated he had left, to live with another woman, and his family had been half- starved. Elizabeth Greenwood, was charged with stealing a hearthrug, on Saturday morning, from the premises of Mr. Jones, draper. The hearthrug was placed by Wm. Foulds, Mr. Jones's porter, in the morning, in the pas- sage leading to the show room, and in the course of the forenoon it was missed. Mr. Whitworth, manager of the pawnshop of Messrs. Whiteley and Schofield, Hartshead, proved that, about 10 o'clock on Saturday morning, the prisoner offered the rug to him to pledge, and said it was her own. Doubting her story, he detained the rug, but let her go, knowing where she might be found. She was afterwards taken by Dove, a policeman Mr. Baynor stated that she had returned from Wakefield only a week ago, having been committed for two months for several _ felonies. Committed for trial. Richard Day, late a workman [ for Messrs. Booth and Co., and occupying a cottagc of theirs, was charged with having carried away, when he left, a quantity of shelves, the fixtures of the cottage. Mr. Palfreyman, for the complainant, and Mr. S. W. Turner for the defendant. Mr. Parker doubting whether there was the design to steal in what the man had done, ordered that he should pay the costs, 17s. 6d., making good the fixtures. Joseph Barker was charged with an assault upon Joseph Matthews and Joseph Sellars. On Sunday even- ing, the defendant and two others were passing the premises of Mr. Shaw, surgeon, of Attercliffe, when Mr. Shaw's yard dog slipped his collar, got into the road, and attacked a dog which was with the defendant and his com- panions. The dog was followed out by Joseph Matthews, Mr. Shaw's farming man, and his waiting boy, when the defendants had got Mr. Shaw's dog off, and were beating him. They found, on taking the dog back to his kennel, that he was stabbed in the neck. They therefore fol- lowed the men to ascertain who they were. As they went, they obtained the assistance of Joseph Sellars, as- sistant constable, of Grimesthorpe. They overtook the defendant and his companions in Blast lane, told them they had stabbed the dog, and said they should follow them till they ascertained their names. The defendant and his companions said they would serve them the same, last, the prisoner applied to him for relief for himself, wife, and three children. Mr. Sykes knew him by the name of Wm. Holliday, and believed him to belong to Brightside, where he had relief before. The prisoner went before the guardians in December, and obtained a note for work. He received 3s. 6d. in money,, and 4s. 6d. in bread, and the prisoner worked on the road for twelve weeks. He continued to receive the relief up to last Thursday.— Committed. COURT HOUSE, ROTHERHAM. PROVINCIAL NEWS. MONDA Y.— Before Colonel FULLERTON. William Fox, who had been apprehended on suspicion of stealing lead, was discharged. Charles Hanson was charged by the police with as- saulting an officer in the execution of his duty. It ap- peared that Hanson and several other workmen of Mr. Watson, boulder setter, of Sheffield, were engaged in street setting at Botherham, and one evening last week, a man named Kellett, one of their number, was taken into custody by Darnally, policeman, who was taking him to the gaol. When he got him near to the BailWay station, Hanson came up, and asked him what he was taking him for. He then knocked the policeman down, and rescued Kellett, who had not since been seen in the town. About half- past ten the same evening, the policeman was going up VVestgate, and took Hanson into custody. He had been bailed out by Mr. Watson next day.— He was or- dered to pay 40s., including expenses. Martha Walker, the wife of John Walker, of Greasbro', was summoned by Mary Butterfield, publican, for an as- sault. ... Mr. J. Badger appeared for the defendant. The two women are neighbours, and it appeared that a win- dow looks out of the complainant's pantry into the defend- ant's yard. Walker had reared a door against the win- dow, which Butterfield said shaded the light from her pantry. She therefore got a stick, and put it through, and pushed the door away. It was replaced, and Butterfield pushed it away two or three times. This raised the ire of Walker, who threw some water on her, which consti- tuted the assault.— Ordered to pay the costs. John Bagshaw, publican, Whiston, was summoned by the police, for having his house open at irregular hours. Bland said, that in consequence of a complaint from the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Howard, of houses in his parish being kept open during divine service, he sent two men on Sunday morning, who found two men drinking and smoking in defendant's house, aild nine or ten men about the door The offence was proved by Womack and a man who accompanied him, and Bagshaw was fined 20s. and costs. Joseph Murfin and Charles Murfin, father and son, were charged with assaulting John Peters, gamekeeper to the Earl of Effingham Mr. Whitfield appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Joseph Badger for the defen- ant. It appeared, that on the 13th September, defend- ants were mowing in a field belonging to Mr. Wing, near Scholes, and Peters went to them to see if they had found any nests, as a shilling was allowed for every nest they found. Peters had been shooting in the park, and had a gun in his hand. He told Joseph Murfin he had been informed that he and his son had a poaching dog between them, and asked if it was true. Murfin denied it, and the provocation gave rise to a quarrel, ending in a scuffle and blows, during which, the gun was broken in the A separate information had been taken out for stock. and throw them over the palisades, and began to beat I malicious damage in breaking the gun- stock.- The defence Sellars and Matthews with their sticks. One of them | was, that great provocation was used by the complain- made a stab with a knife at Sellars. The men were severely beaten, but other persons coming up, the de- fendant's two companions ran away, but the defendant was taken and brought in custody to the Town Hall. Committed to the Sessions. Andrew Blackwell, who has been in custody some weeks to await the result of the injuries he inflicted upon two children, by running over them with a horse and cart in Effingham street, on the 13th instant, was brought up. It was stated that the children's lives were now out of danger, though it was apprehended that they were permanently injured. The accident arose through the wilfully careless driving of the prisoner, who was riding in his cart— Ordered to pay a fine of £ 5, or be committed for six weeKS. SUNDAY SHAVING.— A barber named Firth, residing in Water lane, appeared to answer the charge of Mr. Holmes, churchwarden, that on Sunday week he had un- lawfully exercised his vocation. The case was laid be- fore Mr. Athorpe; the Vicar being seated on his right, . and the Rev. T. Best on his left Mr. Holmes proved that, at a quarter before eleven o'clock on the Sunday morning, he found Firth with six persons in his shop, two of whom had been shaved, and the four others ap- peared to be waiting for the operation Firth said it was only half- past ten o'clock, and you came running down the street like a race- horse.... Mr. Holmes said, he did not leave the Church till half- past ten, and when in the church- yard, turned back to put a friend into his pew Firth said, when customers came into his shop, he could hardly say nay to them ; and if he did, they would come no more. How, then, could he live ? He was an advocate for closing on the Sabbath day, if others would do it Mr. Athorpe said, any tradesman exercising his calling on the Lord's day, or any part thereof, was liable to a penalty. This law the Magis- trates were bound to enforce in every case that came be- fore them... . The Vicar produced a requisition addressed to him by a meeting of hairdressers, and signed Robert Stanyon, chairman, requesting his countenance to efforts to cause all the hairdressers to close their shops entirely on the Sunday. With the requisition, there was a list of 16 hairdressers, who already do no business on the Sun- day ; of 38, who would willingly follow their example, if the rest would do so, among whom was the defendant, Firth; and of 10, who would not comply except on com- pulsion. . Mr. Athorpe said, the only way would be to com- pel the unwilling to close also by fining them.... Mr. Holmes said the defendant had been warned before.... Firth said that was on an occasion when he did not know the time, and was a year ago.... Mr. Athorpe : " Its an easy thing to keep a clock in your shop" Frith : " Not, if we can't afford to buy a clock.".... Mr. Athorpe: " You must afford to pay a fine, then. You had better shut up on the Sunday; we all know the barber's shop is a very gossiping sort of place.".. . Frith: " I believe, if the Magistrates enforce the law, all the shops will be closed on Sunday." Mr. Athorpe said, defendant must pay a fine of 5s., and he should fine any against whom the same thing might be proved.... Mr. Holmes said, he did not wish that any fine should be inflicted .. The Vicar said, he thought there was a good feeling among the hairdressers on this subjept, and he thought it a hard case that any class of men should not have Sunday to themselves. What sort of men were they that came to be shaved on Sunday P... . Firth: " Some are those who are shaved two or three times a week; some are from ( he country, who can't get shaved on Saturday; some are those that got drunk on Saturday night, and lay in bed late on Sunday morning" Mr. Athorpe remitted the fine, but ordered the defendant to pay expenses... . Stan- yon represented the difficulty felt by those who were wil- ling to close on Sunday in consequence of those who were unwilling ... Mr. A. Smith advised him to close, irre- spective of others, and set a good example, and he would find benefit from it. Joseph Norman and John Horner, two boys, caught robbing the garden, in Harvest lane, of Mr. Taylor, sur- geon, were ordered to pay expenses. Joseph Taylor was charged with stealing several pieces of brass, the property of Mr. W. Parker, of the Soho Boiling Mills. On Thursday afternoon, in consequence of suspicion, Mr. John Parker examined the prisoner's coat, and found several pieces of brass, his father's pro- perty, in it. Dove, policeman, was fetched in undress, and remained until the prisoner left work, when he fol- lowed, and brought him back, and found the brass in his pockets... Ho admitted that he had taken the brass from the shop, but said he had never taken any before, though he had taken steel. — Committed. Francis Price, alias fVrn. Holliday was charged with obtaining money under false pretences, from Mr. Turnell, relieving officer of the Sheffield Union. The prisoner's place of settlement is at llufford. He has been relieved at Sheffield, and the money repaid by Rufford. In De- cember last, the prisoner's wife applied for relief, saying that her husband was ill, and the surgeon had reported him incapable of working. On the 25th December, Mr. Turnell paid her 5s. in money, and 3s. 6d. iu bread, as relief for herself, her husband, and her children. She received the same for ten weeks, till on. fhe 25th Feb- ruary her husband was reported capable of working. The overseers of Rufford were debited for the amount of re- lief. The prisoner had always been entered in the books as Francis Price, but on Thursday, he told Mr. Turnell his name was William Holliday Mr. George Sykes, relieving officer of Brightside, proved that in December ant; that he commenced the assault, by striking the elder Murfin with the butt end of the gun; that Charles Mur- fin only interfered by taking the gun from the keeper, to prevent any body being shot, and to part the keeper and his father; and that no damage was done to the gun. When going away, Peters stated, that he saw John Mur- fin, another son of the elder defendant, with a cart in the lane, and shewed him what was done at the gun, saying " Somebody must pay for this." Peters stated the da- mage done to the gun at 35s.; and on the two informations, the defendants were ordered to pay that sum and 28s. costs. Mr. Joseph Badger appeared on behalf of the over- seers of the township of Wombwell, in support of an in- formation against Charles Whitham, for disobeying an order in bastardy. The instalments, at Is. 6d. per week, had amounted to £ 3. 3s. 6d. since the order was made, and on his refusal to pay that sum, a power was vested in the Magistrates, to commit him to the Sessions, or to call upon him to enter into recognizance to appear, and answer to an indictment to be there preferred against him. .... The man said he was not the father of the child, and would not pay He was therefore bound over to appear at the Sessions. Henry Oxley, who, it will be remembered, was sum- moned a fortnight ago, on an information which was dis- missed on account of the name of G. S. Foljambe, Esq., being misspelled, was again called, a fresh information having been taken out against him. He did not appear either in person, or by his attorney, Mr. Broomhead Mr. T. Badger appeared for the complainant. He was about to proceed with the case, when Mr. Oxley advised him to be cautious that his proceedings were legal in every point. He informed Mr. Fullerton of the clerical error in the previous information, and was apprehensive, from the absence of Mr. Broomhead, that there was some informality here. He was not quite certain whether a fresh information would lie or not. Mr. ~ Lord Howard was the only Magistrate present a fort- night ago, or he believed the case would have been gone into at that time, as the defendant was within call, and would, he believed, on conviction, have paid the penalty without further trouble... . Mr. Oxley said, Lord Howard was only acting legally in dismissing it. No Magistrate could safely have issued a distress warrant on such information... . Mr. Badger said, he was acting on behalf of Mr. Newman and Earl Fitzwilliam, and should proceed in the regular way of proving the service of the summons. He called H. Womack, who stated that he left a true copy of the information with the defendant's wife, at his house at Wath, on Friday, the 24th of Sep- tember The information was then read, and it being stated on the face of it, that the complainant was prose- cuting on behalf of Earl Fitzwilliam, Mr. Oxley produced the form, and said that if it had passed through his hands, it would have been worded differently... - Mr. Bland said, it was the form they commonly used... . After some further conversation, Mr. Badger called Joshua Crawshaw, gamekeeper, who stated that on Sunday morn- ing, the 22nd of August, he was on his round, and saw Oxley and three other men in a fallow- field. They had three snap dogs with them. He did not know the other men, but spoke to Oxley, whom he had known eight years. He said to Oxley, " I have thee now, Harry; I will certainly make thee pay." It was on land belong- ing to Mr. Foljambe, in the occupation of Wm. White, in the liberty of Rawmarsh.... Some further conversa- tion took place as to the form of the information, but the Magistrate at length convicted Oxley in a penalty of 40s. and costs. Wm. Jenkinson and Wm. Waller were charged with a trespass in pursuit of game, by Joshua Crawshaw, Earl Fitzwilliam's gamekeeper Reuben Booker, assistant keeper, stated that about five o'clock on the morning of the 13th September, he was on duty, and saw Jenkinson and Waller on land belonging to Earl Fitzwilliam, with a black terrier dog. Jenkinson had also a gun with him. ... For the defence, an alibi was attempted.— The de- fendants were ordered to pay £ 1. Is. 6d. each. George Simpson and Joseph G- unson were charged with a trespass in pursuit of game, by George Maw, a tenfer of Earl Fitzwilliam, in the township of Tinsley. On the 29th of August, Maw heard the report of a gun, and on making towards the field whence the sound came, he saw the two defendants. Simpson, whose father is one of Earl Fitzwilliam's wood tenters, seeing he was detected, came up to him, and wanted to make it up, stating that the reason he was there was, that Gunson came to borrow his ( Simpson's) dog, but it would not go with him, and he was obliged to go himself. Gunson began to make his escape, but Maw shouted, and told him that he knew him. Simpson was convicted in a penalty of 40s. and costs, but Gunson was discharged. CIRCULATION OF SHEFFIELD NEWSPAPERS. Number of Stamps issued to the Sheffield Newspapers for the years 1839 and 1840, and for the first quar- ter of 1841. ( Official Return. J 1839. 1840. Independent, 108,500 118,500 Mercury.... 90,750 90,000 Iris 44,000 39,500 Patriot .... 29,000 ...... 24,000 1841. Jan. to Mar. .... 25,500 22,500 8,500 STATE OP TRADE IN MANCHESTER.— There was not quite so much demand for yarn yesterday as on the preceding Tuesday, owing, perhaps, in some de- gree to the non- arrival of a Russian mail which was expected. Prices, however, were perfectly steady. Goods were much the same as last week; the prices steady, but the market entirely without animation. — Guardian, Wednesday. ROCHDALE FLANNEI, MAKKET, MONDAY, SEPT. 27-— The market has been thinly attended to- day, and there has been a great falling off in the demand for flannels. In prices there is no change. The wool market has also been very dull, but prices steady. LEICESTER TRADE.—- The demand for goods is dull for the season. The hosiers complain of the difficulty they experience in obtaining the smallest profit on their sales; and, in some cases, sacrifices are submitted to with the view of clearing off stock. Business is far from being in a healthy or satisfactory condition ; but the wool is firm, without alteration in price.— Leicester Chronicle. STATE OF TRADE AND COMMERCE.— There was a very good business in cotton last week, and although no advance of prices was established, yet a continu- ance of business on the same scale could scarcely fail to produce one. It is still, however, uncertain whe- ther the improvement will be permanent or not, as this is a time of the year at which there is generally a good business doing in anticipation of the winter, even in the dullest seasons. We have been informed, however, that the stock of cotton held by the manu- facturers is unusually small, and from thelimited ex- tent of the sales of cotton during the whole of the pre- sent year, ( which have only amounted to 19,817 bales per week,) as well as from the great number of mills which have been working short time, or not working at all, the production of goods must have fallen off very much. The course of the markets during the next month will be very interesting, and will decide whether the approaching winter shall be one of tole- rable comfort or of wretchedness to millions. It may now be considered certain that the price of bread, potatoes, and of all kinds of provisions, will be high, so that nothing but a good flourishing business can save the mass of the people from great suffering. We are glad to learn that there has been a very consider- able improvement in the woollen business for some time, and that the sales at present are very brisk, though a friend of ours who has just returned from the West Riding, informs us that the manufacturers look to the coming winter with great doubt and un- easiness. The present state of the corn market, which has scarcely declined at all in the face of the liberation of upwards of a million and a half of quarters of wheat, renders it quite certain that bread will continue dear throughout the winter. Great as is the quantity poured into the country, it seems to have produced scarcely any effect on the markets. It is going rapid- ly into consumption, the general quality of the Eng- lish and Irish wheat being very indifferent, and re- quiring the mixture of good dry grain to grind it. We are informed that a considerable quantity of the wheat just liberated has already been sent to Ireland, which instead of furnishing us with from 8 to 900,000 quarters of wheat ( as it did some years ago,) has just now become decidedly an importing country. This circumstance, which would have had a great effect on prices in this country even in a good year, is felt doubly in a season like this, when the crop of grain is deficient, and when the potatoes are rotting in the ground. Although the events of the last fortnight have confirmed the general belief that the harvest is deficient, yet the operation of the sliding scale will either this week or next raise the duty on foreign grain to a price which will exclude it. The duty is now 2s. 8d., and it is generally believed that it will be 10s. 8d. before the end of the present week, and still higher before the close of another. Supposing the averages to settle during the winter at about 67s. or 68s.( which is very likely to be the case,) the duty will be from 18s. 8d. to 16s 8d. per qr. In the present ex- tremely restricted state of the currency, the price of 67s. or 68s. a quarter is equal to 80s. a quarter at the time when the currency consisted principally of irredeem- able one- pound notes. It is very remarkable that the importation of upwards of a million and a half of quar- ters of foreign grain, which cannot have costless than from three to four millions sterling, should have pro- duced so little effect on the exchanges. If it is already paid for, the slight derangement of the currency pro- duced by the transaction shows how soon a trade pos- sessed of even a temporary regularity creates the means of carrying itself on with safety. This is now the fourth year that we have required large supplies of foreign grain from abroad, and already the purchase of grain seems to have become to a considerable extent a mat- ter of barter, as all regular trades must be. If this is really the case, the present would be a particularly favourable time for placing the trade on such a foot- ing as would secure a regular importation of grain at all times. One or two good harvests would put an end to the trade for a year or two, and it could not then be recommenced without the same kind of shock to the currency as that which drained the Bank two years ago, and nearly stopped it. It is interesting to see how commerce is every year supplying new means of increasing the produce of the soil in this country. In addition to nitrate of soda, large quantities of the new manure called Guano have begun to arrive in this port from South America. From the experiments which have already been tried with it, it is believed to be the most powerful, concentrated, and portable of all manures, and to be not merely a stimulant like nitrate of soda, but to be full of nourishment for plants, tt has succeeded with turnips, grass, and wheat. Some hundred tons have already arrived, and we understand that the Peruvian Government has granted an ex- clusive right of collecting it along the whole coast to a company of Liverpool merchants. By the same ship, which brought some hundred tons of Guano, were received a number of Alpacas, aspecies of Lhama, remarkable for the length and fineness of its wool, and which, it is believed, may be naturalised in this coun- try with great advantage. The Earl of Derby has had a number of them for a considerable time, which have done very well.— Liverpool Times. THE POTATO CROP.— The disease in this very valuable and important crop, which we mentioned last week, is quite general in the south of Lancashire, and inconsequenceof it, the price of potatoes is becoming very high both at Manchester and Liverpool. In many ot the finest looking crops, two- thirds of the tubers are rotting, and the rest are very watery^ snd bad. In open and well drained lands, the damage is much less than in heavy soils.— We have ascertained that the disease exists in the neighbourhood of Liver- pool, Manchester, Warrington and Ormskirk, and also in the county of Carlow, Ireland. We fear that it will soon prove to be universal.— Liverpool Times. THE MARKET FOR METALS remains without the ap- pearance of any real improvement; nor does the very low price o( bar iron lead to speculative business of any mag- nitude sufficient to reduce the stocks in Wales. In British copper there is no movement of any importance, and the prices remain nominally the same for East India tin. NOTTINGHAM AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE BANKING COM- PANY.- - The agency of the Nottingham and Nottingham- shire Banking Company has at length been accepted by the London and Westminster Bank, and it is said they will resume their ordinary operations at Nottingham and the branches. This arrangement is believed to have been made by the shareholders, and not by the directory of the company, the former having lately come prominently forward in endeavouring to arrange affairs. They lately held a meeting, when a call of £ 5 per share was made, ivhich will increase the paid- up capital of the bank from £ 8000 to £ 120,000, and the more opulent ot the share- holders have also advanced above £ 100,000, to meet any casual demands. These contributions, it should be ob- served, completely change the state of affairs, and were, no doubt, the chief reason that the London and West- minster Bank has undertaken the agency. Indeed, as the proprietary are known to be so wealthy, it is to be regretted that they did not come forward sooner, and be- fore the stoppage occurred, rather than have given their former London agents the task of supporting their credit while they would not support it themselves. The wealth of the proprietary was 110 reason for the agents to come forward, while the bank itself was deficient; and the cau- tion with which they acted, under the circumstances, de- serves great approbation.— Times. FEARGUS O'CONNOR'S VISIT TO MANCHESTER.— Monday being the day fixed for the public entree of the Chartist leaders into Manchester, their followers began to assemble at an early hour in Stevenson's Square, the appointed place of rendezvous. The pro- cession amounting to not less than four or five thou- sand in number proceeded to Cross Lane, where they they met Feargus O'Connor, W. Benbow, and the Rev. VV. V. Jackson, seated in a barouche, drawn by six horses. Feargus was dressed in a fustian jacket and trousers, in order that he might appear as much as possible to be a " man of the people." After the cheering, usual on such occasions, had been com- pleted, and Feargus had shaken hands with, and given the eeadh mille a failte to some two or three dozen of his fellow- countrymen, the procession returned to Manchester, went up Market street and on to Ard- wick Green, from whence it returned by Ancoats- street to Stevenson's Square, where it arrived shortly after five o'clock. At this time the Square and all the approaches thereto, were densely filled; the roofs of the houses, the windows, and every available resting place from which a view could be obtained, not even excepting the lamp- posts, were occupied with specta- tors. The patriots were welcomed by a cheer, which was certainly loud, though not prolonged. The vast- ness of the assemblage, mostly drawn thither by curiosity, and notat all identified with theproceedings, was regarded by the speakers as a " glorious demon- stration" in favour of Chartism. Feargus O'Connor first addressed the meeting, in a remarkably temperate speech, in which he deprecated physical force; and in- sisted, that it was by moral means alone the Chartists should seek the attainment of their objects. " If," said be," I should advise you to join me in physical aggres- siorr, or secret associations, then say, ' Feargus O'Con- nor is going to sell us.' The moment I have political secret with any man— the moment I would attempt to turn you from your own righteous, onward course, then say,' Feargus O'Connor is going to make mer- chandise of us.' He would not trust to Tory clemency — if they were prepared to give Sir Robert Peel a fair trial, he ( Feargus O'Connor) was not. He would not trust the politician who was nursed in Toryism while secretary for Ireland. Tory clemency depend- ed on Chartist strength. What Chartists allowed the Tories to do, they would do; and what they were not allowed to do, they would leave undone. He be- lieved the Whigs would soon join the Chartists, for the sake of place and power. He was opposed to the introduction of foreign corn as long as there was any land uncultivated in England and Ireland. He in- tended to visit Leeds and Sheffield; and after that, he hoped Dr. Cooke would invite him to discuss the question of repeal." He then announced that B. O'Brien, who was unavoidably absent, was going to start a Chartist newspaper, and hoped the Chartists would support it.— Mr. Benbow, the Rev. W. V. Jackson, and the Rev. Mr. Schofield, afterwards ad- dressed a few observations to the meeting, and a re- solution of confidence in Feargus C'Connor, as a leader, was adopted.— The meeting dispersed about six o'clock, and no disturbance of any kind occurred during the day. The Chartists had a tea party in the Hall of Science, in the evening.— Manchester Guard. PUBLIC MEETING TO' CENSURE FEARGUS O'CON- NOR.— At a meeting of the Loyal National Associa- tion, held in Dublin on the 13th instant, certain reso- lutions condemnatory of the proceedings of the Chart- ists were adopted, and directions were given to the secretary of that association to write to the advocates of the repeal of the union, in Birmingham, Manches- ter, and other large towns in this country, " to have no connection whatever with Chartists, and to exclude all known Chartists from their body." In pursuance of these instructions, a meeting of " the repealers of Manchester" was convened by placard in Carpenters' Hall, 011 Saturday evening, for the purpose of express- ing their want of confidence in Feargns O'Connor as a leader. The placard contained the following queries addressed to working men:—" Who has been the uniform opponent of any alteration of the unholy bread tax? Feargus O'Connor. Who counselled the chart- ists to meet Mr. O'Connell at Leeds—( for what pur- pose may be easily guessed) Feargus O'Connor. Who said the repeal of the union would be of no service until the people's Charterwas obtained? Feargus O'Connor's paper, the Star. Working men, if you want cheap bread and free trade— if you want the repeal of the union—- if you desire to see the people's Charter carried, attend the meeting in Carpenters' Hall and prevent your cause being destroyed by sham friends. The war is now between the people and the aristocracy. Feargus O'Connor has uniformly supported the latter, by backing the accursed corn- laws : if the people are to conquer, let them be united; united they can never be while O'Connor leads," & c. Placards were also posted in various parts of the town, addressed to Chartists and repealers, denouncing the proposed meet- ing as not only unauthorised, but actually condemned, by the repealers themselves; calling on " the Chartists and the good men of all parties, not to attend it," and representing it as an attempt of " a factious clique of hired tools, to create disunion between the Chartists and repealers, with a view to disturb the procession and meeting of Monday."— In consequence of these adverse statements, a considerable portion of the working classes were attracted to Carpenters' Hall on Saturday evening. At half past seven o'clock, Mr. James Duffy was called to the chair ; and, having explained the ob- ject of the meeting, he read the placard issued by the Chartists for the purpose of contradicting it.— Mr. Fin- nigan, an anti- corn- law lecturer, then addressed the meeting at great length on the disadvantages of the legislative union, eulogised O'Connell, denounced Feargus O'Connor as a traitor, and concluded by mov ing the following resolution :—" That this meeting of the working men of Manchester desires now publicly to declare their sympathy with and adhesion to the cause of their fellow workmen in England and Ireland ; and to publicly warn the people against being led away by specious promises to support and assist Feargus O'Connor, who has shown by his foul abuse and de- nunciations of O'Connell, ( the great leader of the people of Ireland), that he merely espouses the repeal for the purpose of undermining the influence and paralyzing the efforts of a much wiser, much more patriotic, and much more honest man." Mr. Edward Watkin seconded the resolution, and it passed, six Chartists only holding up their hands against it.— Mr. Frederick Samuel Warren then moved a resolution to the effect that Feargus O'Connor had done all in his power to impede the progress of those principles which, if car- ried out, would be the means of bettering the condi- tion of the people. Mr. Morris seconded the resolu- tion, and it passed.— An address to the working men of Great Britain, warning them against having any connexion with Feargus O'Connor, was then agreed to; and the meeting dispersed about half- past ten o'clock. — Manchester Guardian. UNITED STATES.— The packet- ship Cambridge, which arrived at Liverpool on Sunday, has brought letters and papers from New York, to the 1st instant ( being one day later than the previous advices;) but they are entirely devoid of interest. LORD MORPETH.— We understand that it is in con- templation to hold a meeting of the inhabitants of the West Riding of Yorkshire in the course of the next month, to take into consideration the best mode of testifying their respect to Lord Morpeth, their late representative, and their sense of the loss that the country has sustained by the result of the late election, which deprived them for the present of the public services of that patriotic and enlightened statesman. — Leeds Mercury. PROLIFIC EWE IN THE MENAGERIE AT WENT- WORTH HOUSE.— There is an ewe, three years old, in one of the paddocks connected with the menagerie, which is cross- bred between an ewe of Jacob's flock and a half- bred Demerara ram. The ram was bred at the above menagerie by an ewe of Jacob's flock and a ram brought from Demerara. In February, 1840, she had three lambs; and in September in the same year, two more. On the 8th of February, 1841, she had two lambs; and on the 15th ult. she had another; making eight lambs which she has yeaned since Feb. 1840; most of which have done well. ^ PROJECTED LIGHT ON THE GOODWIN SANDS.— The Lords of the Admiralty and the Board of the Trinity- house have finally arranged with Mr. Wm. Bush, the engineer, that the cast- iron caisson, which he has now nearly completed at Deal, shall, on the 15th inst. be floated to its place on the north- east end of the Goodwin Sands. This lighthouse is to be sunk and firmly fixed to the chalk rock which Mr. Bush calcu- lates on finding about 30 feet below the surface of the sands. The caisson will then form a base upon which a lofty column of stone will be raised, sur- mounted with a light, and from its position and gene- ral usefulness toall maritimecountries, it will be called " The Light of all Nations," which will be inscribed on the column. This new Goodwin light is not only designed as a beacon to warn the mariner off these sands, which have been so fatal, but is also intended as a guide from the North Sea, through a swashway, hitherto, from its danger, impracticable. This chan- nel is about half a mile wide, and leads into a capacious bay within the Goodwin, having from 30 to 40 feet water, and being sheltered from every quarter, ships will there ride in safety. The caisson was made at the Chapeltown Iron works, near Rotherham. PERILOUS ENCOUNTER WITH A PIKE.— On Mon- day, as Mr. James Briscoe, of Barking, in Essex, was trolling for pike in the piece of water termed the Gulf, in the marshes near Dagenham, he hooked a fish which apparently was of large size. The rapidity of the " run" quickly consumed the whole extent of line on the reel, and the strain on the tackle became so great that had not the fish taken a course parallel* with the bank of the Gulf, it wouldjhave broken away. With considerable difficulty the angler managed to keep his prize in play, and he was congratulating himself on the relaxing struggles of the fish, when unfortunately he lost his balance and fell headlong into the Gulf, which at the spot is upwards of twenty feet in depth. Fortunately for Mr. Briscoe, who cannot swim, his cries attracted the attention of some men afwork in the marshes, who, after considerable difficulty, succeeded in extricating him from his peril- ous situation. Shortly afterwards, the fishing rod was observed floating along the water, and from its move- ments it was evident that the fish still continued hooked. One of the men who could swim, stripped and succeeded in seizing the rod, and after a variety of desperate struggles the fish was landed. It proved to be an enormous pike, measuring nearly three feet in length, and weighing upwards of 16£ lbs. FLEETWOOD ON WVRE.— Extracted from the po- pulation return for Fleetwood, the remark being in the hand- writing of the enumerators. The popula- tion is stated to be 1500:—" Five years ago there was not a soul abiding in the district, it being a rabbit warren." A verdict of manslaughter was returned the other day at Newton, Cheshire, against a railway excavator for causing the death of another man by offering to pay for as much rum has he could drink. The deceas ed drank three gills of rum, fell into a stupor, and died in a few hours. The prisoner was committed to Chester Castle for trial. Cured India beef of the first quality may be bought at Hamburg for £ 5. 15s. the tierce of 336 lbs. ; for the same quality £ 8 is charged, in London. The best cured beef is, therefore, 39 per cent, dearer in Lon- don than in Hamburg, and a merchant victualling a ship in Hamburg may buy 5,843 lbs. of the finest cured beef for £ 100, whereas in London he can only buy 4,200 lbs. for the same money. Mess beef, a secondary quality, but much more generally used for victualling ships, costs £ i. 7s. 6d. the tierce in Hamburg, and £ 6. 7s. 6d. in London. India pork costs £ 5. 6s. the tierce in Ham- burg, and £ 7. 17s. 6d. in London. Mess pork costs £ 2. 8s. the barrel in Hamburg, and £ 4. 5s. in London. The fixed importation duty on cured meat is 12s. per cwt. The best fresh beef is retailed in Hamburg at 4£ d. per pound, in London at 9J. The best fresh mutton is retailed in Hamburg at 4d., and in London at 8d.; but it must not be forgotten that the mutton is of an inferior quality in Hamburg, which is not the case with beef. The best fresh poik is retailed in Hamburg at 4jd. a pound, and in London at 9d. The importation of fresh meat into England is totally prohibited. In New York, the prices of fresh meat, though in general somewhat higher than in Hamburg, are considerably lower than in London. The best beef at New York costs 12 cents, or 6d. per lb., and the best mutton 5d. Pork is retailed in New York at 6 cents, or 3d. per pound, which is less than is charged for it either in London or in Hamburg. An ox; in London, fit for making into India beef, and weigh- ing about 700 lbs. without the offal, will cost about £ 25; the same description ot ox, fattened in Holstein, would cost in Hamburg about £ 12 in autumn, and about £ 15 in spring. The'people of England, however, can derive no advantage from the comparative cheapness of cattle in Hamburg ; for let the price in England be ever so high, the importation of live stock is at all times, and under all circumstances, positively prohibited. A TORY'S OPINION OF DELAY.— 1 am also asked, " If I approve of the delay, which has been proposed by Sir Robert Peel, for five or six months, before the state of the nation is to be considered ?" Unhesitatingly I an- swer, " No." Delays are always dangerous— delay, un- der our present circumstances, will be ruinous. The inconsistency of Sir Robert Peel's first proclaiming the national affairs to be in a most ruinous condition, and then demanding the immediate expulsion of those who had mismanaged them, and his own call to office, before he would propose a remedy; and now, when in office* refusing to attempt any restoration of the national health, until he has received two quarters' pay, as his prescribing fee, can meet wjth no defence from me. It may, or may not, be considered good diplomatic generalship, by mere partisans ; that is a question to be settled between the two parties, and, as parties, I shall not interfere with them. Sir Robert was justified in keeping silence while ' the Whigs retained office; since then, his silence appears to me to be indefensible.— Oastler's Fleet Papers. The Journal dcs Delates, of Tuesday, contains a re- markable article, the purport of which is, that France will not reduce her navy. The fine speeches of Sir R. Peel have, therefore, been thrown away, as, notwithstanding his friendly assurances, and the treaty of the 13th of July, France has really no confidence in the pacific pledges of a Tory Government. The King of the Belgians, accompanied by the Queen, the Duchess of Kent, and the fashionables at Brussels, assisted, on Monday, at laying the first stone of a branch railway, connecting the southern, northern, eastern, and western lines which intersect Belgium. A pawnbroker, on the information of a common in- former, has been fined 20s. and costs, at Queen square police office, for exacting more than the interest allowed by law. It appeared that certain articles had been pledged two months for 8s., and on being redeemed, the shopman demanded 8s. 3| d., which, we believe, is about one halfpenny more than is allowed by the Act. MODERN GOTHS.— The lazy and! very dirty practice which we are sorry to see extending in England, of dis- guising the countenance with hair, though introduced from the continent, lias lately received a cutting censure from a continental monarch. It is stated, in a recent let- ter from Berlin, that the King of Prussia, during a re- view, was so much displeased to see numbers of the spec- tators with bushy beards, that he turned towards one of these civilized imitators ofsavages, and said, with a very significant gesture, " Sir, do me the pleasure to go ana get shaved, for here you are in danger of having your beard singed." Had our ancestors possessed the means of cleanliness afforded by our Sheffield razors, they would not have disgraced humanity with moustaches, favoris, and barbes. SHEFFIELD AJSD ROTHERHAM INDEPENDENT. OCTOBER 2, 1841. SALES BY BARDWELL & SONS. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY T. N. BARDWELL & SONS, Next TUESDAY, October 5, 1841, at Twelve, opposite the Corn Exchange, in Sheffield, AN useful BAY MARE, a very neat PHAETON, with Head and Driving Seat; a set of Harness, a good Cart, shaft and sling Gearing, & c. High Street, October 1, 1841.-. COLLEGE STREET, ROTHERHAM. Grocer's Stock, Fixtures, Horses, Gig, Carts, and Wag- gon, Drug, Milch Cow, Gears, a portion of Household Furniture, New Dinner Services, & e. & c. SALES BY SCHOFIELD AND SON. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY T. N. BARDWELL & SONS, On Monday, October 4th, 1841, on the Premises of Mr. Townend, ( who is giving up Business,) in College Street, Rotherham; — APOWERFUL Brown Draught Mare, 9 years old; a well- bred and useful Brown Mare, 5 years old ; a tilted Waggon, with Ladder; an excellent new Cart, a tilted Cart, a capital Drug complete ; a Milch Cow, in Calf; Shaft and Sling Gearing ; a capital Stanhope Gig, with patent Axles ; excellent Saddles and Bridles; Horse Covers, & c. Also, GROCER'S STOCK and FIXTURES, Coffees, Soaps, Rice, Brown and Coloured Papers, Stock of Brush- es, Ginger, Seeds, Sulphur, Chocolate, Blue, Black Lead, Fuller's Earth, Rosin, Peppers, & c.; capital Counters, Flour Bins, excellent Weights and Scales ; Malt Mill, Coffee Mills, Sack Barrows, Oil Cisterns, Corks, Mea- sures, Nests of Drawers and Shelves; a Crane, Tea Can- nisters, Currant and Raisin Sieves; Chains, Candle Rails, Landing Gantries, Ladders, Casks, and Tubs, & c. & c. Also, a portion of HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS; Five new blue Dinner Services; an Eight Days'Clock, Oak and Mahogany Tables, Churns, Carpets, Kitchen Requi- sites, & c. The Stock, Fixtures, & c,, will be Sold at Ten o'Clock; the Horses, Waggon, Gig, Carts and Cow, will be Sold at Twelve precisely. Sheffield, Sept. 24th, 1841. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MESSRS. SCHOFIELD AND SON, At their Auction Mart, in the Music Hall, in Sheffield, on Friday, the 8th day of October next, at Six o'Clock in the Evening, by order of the Mortgagee, under a Power of Sale: — k LL those Four MESSUAGES or DWELLING- J\. HOUSES, situate adjoining Roscoe Place, on the Road leading to the Infirmary, one of which was built and intended for an Inn, with the vacant Land thereto ad- joining and belonging. The Site of the Premises contains 1231 square yards, and is held for the residue, of a term of 800 years, com- mencing at Lady Day, 1840, at a moderate Ground Rent. For further Particulars, application is requested to be made to MP.. K7ALLS, Solicitor, North Church street. Sheffield, September 17th, 1841. SHEFFIELD LITERARY1 & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. LECTURES ON PAINTING. THE Proprietors and Subscribers are respectfullv in- formed that a COURSE of SIX LECTURES', on PAINTING, will be delivered by B. R. HAYDON, Esq., in the Music HALL, on the Evenings of the 4th, 6th, 8th, 11th, 13th, and 15th of October, 1841. HENRY BOULTBEE, \ Secretaries WILLIAM LUCAS, J oecretar, es- September 24th, 1841. CHURCH STREET, SHEFFIELD, ELEGANT ROSEWOOD & MAHOGANY FURNITURE, For Drawing, Dining, and Lodging Rooms; a brilliant toned Cottage Cabinet Piano Forte, by Collard and Collard; China and Glass; valuable Brown Mare; fashionable Cab Phaeton and Harness, Hackney and Side Saddles, and other Effects. T. N. BARDWELL & SONS, Are directed by W. C. RUSSELL, Esq., ( who is leaving Sheffield.) TO SELL BY AUCTION, WITHOUT reserve, at his Residence, in Church street, Sheffield, on WEDNESDAY, October 6th, 1841, precisely at 10, on account of the great number of Lots; A DRAWING ROOM SUITE, of solid Rosewood, covered with Drab Damask, and per- fectly modern, including Eight Chairs, Couch, Loo Table, Pair of Card Tables, lined with Drab Cloth ; A HANDSOME CHEFFIONERE, with Statuary Marble Slab, and Gilt and Crimson Silk Door; splendid Brussels Carpets, Occasional Tables; COTTAGE CABINET PIANO FORTE, by Collard and Collard, of most brilliant tone, new from the Makers, very recently in mcst perfect condition; Rosewood Music Stool, handsome Fender and polished Irons, Cabinet Ornaments. DINING ROOM FURNITURE, comprising a Set of Spanish Mahogany Patent Telescope Dining Tables, 12ft. long, and 5ft. 4in. wide, on Carved Legs ; a Set of Ten and Two Armed Mahogany Chairs, with Hair- cloth Covers ; Paper Tea- Trays, Fenders and Fire Irons, Japan Plate Warmer, Mahogany Supper Tray and Stand; MAHOGANY LIBRARY TABLE, with 11 Drawers, fitted with Bramah's Patent Locks; complete Oak Pattern Oil Cloths, Entrance Hall Furni- ture ; RICH GLASS AND CHINA, Stair and Landing Carpets, Brass Rods, Printed Linen Cover. LODGING ROOM FURNITURE includes lofty Four- posted Spanish Mahogany Bedsteads, with Dimity Hangings; complete French Bedsteads, with Chintz and Dimity Hangings; Prime Feather Beds, with Bolsters and Pillows, Hair and Wool Mattresses; Spa- nish Mahogany Wash and Dressing Tables, with Drawers, French Polished ; very complete Painted Tables, Cham- ber Services, Mahogany Cupboards, Child's Crib, with Mattress, & c., very complete ; a small French Bedstead, with Mattress, & c., for an Invalid's Room; Mahogany Chest oE Drawers, Cane- seated Chairs, Floor Carpets, Witney Blankets, capital Quilts and Counterpanes, Ma- hogany Night Table. WING WARDROBE, Painted, with Drawers and sliding Shelves, Mahogany Box and Swing Dressing Glasses, & c. A CAB BODIED PHAETON, remarkably light, with a moveable Seat behind. A VALUABLE BROWN MARE, Seven years old, 15£ hands high, by Hetman, perfectly quiet in harness; a Set of capital Gig Harness, a new SideJSaddle, several Hackney Saddles, Double and Single- Reined Bridles, Horse Clothing, & c. IN THE KITCHENS. Capital Dressers, with Drawers; Washing Machine, Tubs, Brass Pans, Saucepans and Steamers, Copper Helmet Coal Pan, several Sets of Ivory Handled Knives and Forks, and the usual Culinary Vessels, and other Requisites. The whole of the above Furniture, & c., has been very recently purchased, and is in the best possible condition. Catalogues, with the order of Sale, will be published, and may be had on and after Wednesday, the 29th inst., on application at the Auction Mart of T. N. BARDWELL and SONS, High street, Sheffield. September 24th, 1841. TO BE LET) AT the Corner of Church street, several SHOPS, suitable ^ different Trades, with or without Houses. VALUABLE FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD PREMISES. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MESSRS. SCHOFIELD & SON, At their Auction Mart, in Sheffield, ( by order of the Devisees in Trust, under the Will of the late Mr. Jos. Senior, deceased,) on TUESDAY, the 26ih Day of October next, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon, in Two Lots, subject to Conditions of Sale, LOT I. 4 LL that Freehold DWELLING- HOUSE and L GROCER'S SHOP, with the Warehouses, Cellars, Stable, and Appurtenances thereunto adjoining and be- longing, situate at the bottom of Carver sheet, and fronting into South street, Sheffield moor, and now in the occupation of Messrs. Sampson, Grocers and Spirit Dealers. These Premises are well adapted for the above, or any other Retail Business, being situated in one of the best Thoroughfares in Sheffield. Part of the Purchase Money may, if required, remain on Security of the Premises. LOT II. All those Nine Leasehold TENEMENT S, or DWELLING- HOUSES, situate in Hollis croft, Shef- field, as the same are now in the respective occupations of Thomas Tebah, Gillott, Jenkins, and others. « The Ground Plot contains 348 Yards, and is held under Lease from the Trustees of Hoflis's Hospital, for a Term of 800 Years, at the Yearly Rent of £ 1. Is. 8d. For further Particulars, application jto be made to the AUCTIONEERS ; or MR. COPE LAND, Solicitor, Harts- head, Sheffield. Sheffield, 30th September, 1841. BIBLE . SOCIETY. THE ANNUAL MEETING of the SHEFFIELD AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY, will be held in the CUTLERS' HALL, on THURSDAY, October 7th, 1841. The Doors will be Opened at Half- past Ten o'Clock, and the! Chair to be taken at Eleven. A PUBLIC MEETING will also be held in the NA- TIUNAL SCHOOL ROOM, Carver street, on the Evening of the same Day, at Six o'Clock, to afford the Labouring Classes, and the Contributors to the Bible Association, an opportunity of hearing information respecting the pro- ceedings of the Parent Society during the past year. The Rev. ANDREW BRANDRAM, A. M., one of the Secretaries, will attend on behalf of the Parent Society. Collections will be made after the Meetings. THOMAS BEST, / S„ cretaries JOHN MACLEAN, ?& ecretaues WEST- RIDING MEETING, TO ADDRESS THE RIGHT HON. LORD MORPETH. REQUISITION. WE, the Undersigned, deeply impressed with the feeling of Regret for the Lo< s this Country, and the West- Riding of Yorkshire in particular, has sustained by the Failure in the Attempt to return Lord MOKPETH as a Representative of that Division of the Empire, and at the same time highly sensible of the Value of his Pub- lic Qualities, as well as the excellence of his Private Vir- tues, respectfully and earnestly invite the INHABITANTS of the WEST- RIDING, who entertain similar Sentiments with ourselves, to meet at the COURT- HOUSE, in WAKE- FIELD, on WEDNESDAY, the 27th October, at Twelve o'Clock, for the purpose of taking into Consideration, the best mode of testifying our Respect for his Lordship, and our Regret for the Loss of his Services:— COMMODIOUS AND CONVENIENT PREMISES, in Arundel Street, TO BE LET, with Immediate Possession, part of the extensive WAREHOUSES, STABLES, and Premises, situate in Arundel street, Sheffield, now in the occupation of Mr. Gamble, Carrier, namely, the Ware- house and Stables, with Hay Lofts over the same, situate on the South East side of the Yard, together with one- half of such Yard; and also two large Cellars under the Ware- house, with entrance thereto out of Arundel lane. The Premises are well adapted for a Carrier, ( the Busi- ness having been carried on therein for a great number of years,) or for a Merchant, or Manufacturer, or any other ' Business requiring much room, and possess the advantage of being near the centre of the Town. A Tenant may be accommodated with a Dwelling- House and Cottage, if required. Mr. Gamble will shew the Premises ; and for further particulars, apply to Mr. SAMUEL LAYCOCK, Hair Seating Manufacturer, Millsands ; or to MR. WATSON, Solici- tor, Norfolk Row. Sheffield, September 24th, 1841. HOWARD, Chairman for Rotherham Polling District ED WD. M. VAYASOUR, Chrmn. for Aberford Dis. F. H. FAWKES, Chairman for OtleyDis. THOMAS WILSON, Chrmn. for Barnsley Dis. GEORGE ANDERTON, Chairman forBirstalDis. H. LEAH, Chrman. for BradfordDis. JOHN SEDGWICK, Chairman for Dent Dis. JOHN ASPINALL, Chrmn. for Gisburn Dis. JAMES HODGSON, Chairman for Hebden Bridge District. JOSH. LITTLEWOOD, Chrmn. forllolmfirthDis. FRDK. GREENWOOD, Chrmn. for Keighley Dis. RAWDON BRIGGS, Chrmn. forKnaresbro'Dis. JAMES G. MARSHALL, Chairman for Leeds Dis. JAMES LEES, Chrmn. forNewDelphDis. GEORGE METCALFE, Chr. forPateleyBridgeDis. C. E. ARMSTRONG, Chrmn. forPontefractDis, JAMES IIAMERTON, Chairman for Settle Dis HUGH PARKER, Cbrmn. for Sheffield Dis. JAMES B. GARFORTH, Chairman forSkiptonDis. CHRISPHR. PAVER, Chairman for Snaith Dis. M. J. NAY LOR. Chrmn. forWakefieldDis. The Right Hon. EARL FITZWILLIAM will take the Chair. TEA. MANY Families finding it difficult to obtain good Tea, B A L L A N S and CO. beg to inform them, that their Warehouse is established for the Sale o! TEAS, COFFEES, and SPICES only,- that their whole attention is devoted to the selecting and procuring the Finest and Choicest Flavours that are imported into the London, Liverpool, and Bristol Markets; and Fa- milies may at all times depend upon obtaining, at this Warehouse, the Best Qualities of Teas and Coffees, on the most reasonable Terms. Common TEAS .... 4s. 2d. per lb. Good Family TEA 4s. 8d. per lb. Much Finer Ditto 5 0 „ Rich Full- flavoured 5s. 4d. per lb. HOWQUA'S MIXTURE 6s. Od. Imperial GUNPOWDER 6s. Od. Finest Small Leaf GUNPOWDER .. 7s. Od. Good Family COFFEE .... Is. 8d. Rich Full- flavoured Ditto 2s. Od. Best TURKEY 2s. 4d. COCOA.. Is. Od. per lb. | CHOCOLATE.. Is. 4d. EM1AHS & CO., TEA WAREHOUSE, ANGEL- STREET. TO GROCERS. TO BE DISPOSED O F, an Old Established BUSINESS. Stock and Rent moderate.- Applv at No. 99, Carver street. Sheffield, Sept. 27th, 1841. LESSONS ON WRITING. THE Styles in which Professor HEIGHAMS teaches are beautifully clear and legible. The moderate Terms for which he undertakes to complete Pupils, and his giving Lessons, not limited in number, but according to their capacity, he anticipates he will meet with a libe- ral share of encouragement from a discerning Public. It is Twelve Months since he visited Sheffield. ForTerms, & c., see Cards at his Apartments, at Mr. NAYLOR'S' Painter, Wicker. BANKRUPT'S EFFECTS. Valuable LAW LIBRARY, large Wing Book- case, and Bracket Clock. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Messrs. SCHOFIELD & SON, At the MUSIC- HALL, Sheffield, on MONDAY, the 4th Day of October, 1841, at Ten in the Forenoon; SELECTION of Valuable LAW BOOKS; also, a handsome Mahogany Bookcase, with Cupboards and Drawers ; Bracket Clock, and other Effects. The above may be viewed on the Saturday ( this Day,) preceding the Sale. Tc A VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Fixtures, Mangle, Counters, Pump, Brewing Vessels. £ jc. 8jc. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MESSRS. SCHOFIELD & SON, At their Auction Rooms, Music Hall, Sheffield, on TUESDAY, October 5th, 1841, under an Assignment, and without Reserve; THE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE and Effects, comprising Mahogany Chairs, Chamber Chairs, Bedsteads, Beds and Bedding, Pictures, Deal Dresser, Mahogany Drawers, Mahogany Stand. Carpets, Mangle, and a variety of other Effects. Also, Shop Counters, Fixtures, Brewing Utensils, Pump, Deal Boards, Lathes, Stone Plinths, Heads and Sills, Packing Boxes of various sizes, and about 5,000 best Pressed Patent Bricks, and sundry other Articles. tt^ Sale to commence at Ten in the Forenoon. KNOWLES HILL, CROOKES MOOR. O BE SOLD BY PRIYATE CONTRACT, all that Plot of Valuable BUILDING LAND, ad- joining the Road from Sheffield to Fullwood, opposite the South Sea Hotel, and fronting Nile street and Peel street, containing 1763 superficial square yards, with FOUR MESSUAGESorDWELLING- HOUSESerected thereon, not quite finished. There is an excellent Bed of Clay in the Land, and the Owner is desirous either to sell the Land, or to Let it on Building Leases, with the privilege of getting and making Bricks. The Price, and all other Particulars, may be known on application to Mr. JOHN GREAVES, Marble Mason, Fitzwilliam street, Sheffield; or to MR. BADGER, So- licitor, Rotherham ; or ( any Tuesday,) at his Offices, 12, Bank street, Sheffield. September 23rd, 1841. SALE OF HORSES, CARRIAGES, HARNESS, Working Tools, Coach Materials, fyc. fyc. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MESSR8. SCHOFIELD & SON, On the Premises of Mr. F. Stead, Coach Maker, Stanley street, Wicker, Sheffield, on TUESDAY, the 5th Day o£- October, 1841, n THE following valuable EFFECTS :- Two Capital Horses, several Sets of Coach and Gig Harness, One Britzka, several Gigs, Two Phaetons, Hackney Coach, New Cab, Black Hearse, and Omnibus; Coach Materials, Working Tools, and other Effects. Sale to commence at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon. S1 R A W M A R S H. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE TREATY, EVEN very substantially built and comfortable DWELLING- HOUSES, in Chapel street, in Raw- marsh, near Rotherham. LOT 1.— FOUR several TENEMENTS or DWEL- LING- HOUSES, with Garden Ground adjoining, now in the respective Occupations of Thomas Stones, Thomas Ward, George Smith, and Joseph Hoult. The Site of this Lot contains about 480 superficial square Yards. LOT 2.— THREE other TENEMENTS or DWEL- LING HOUSES, with Garden Ground adjoining, now occupied by George Yeardley, Henry Nicholson, and Charles Kitson, respectively. The Site of this Lot contains about 350 superficial square Yards. Part of the Purchase Money may remain on Security of each Lot, if an accommodation to the Purchaser. Apply to Mr. HARROP, Builder, Wath; or at the Offices of MR. NICHOLSON, Solicitor. Wath, September 23rd, 1841. — RICHARD CHRIMES, LEAD 8? GLASS DEALER, 38, PINSTONE STREET, SHEFFIELD; AND MAKKET | PLACE, ROTHEKHAM, RESPECTFULLY announces to his Friends and the Plumbers of Sheffield and its Neighbourhood, I that he has recently entered to the above Establishments, where he is always prepared to furnish every Article of the I Trade, on the shortest notice and most reasonable terms. He has always on hand a Stock of Milled Lead and I Pipes, Wrought Iron and Brass Tubes ; Crown, Cylinder, Fluted, Coloured, and Enamelled Glass; Block Tin, Sheet and Perforated Zinc, Zinc Heads and Pipes, Putty, Tools, & c. Every description of Plumbers' Brasswork made and repaired on the Premises. R. C. respectfully invites the attention of Plumbers I and Architects to his improved Basin Cocks, a specimen of which, and the manner of fixing, may be seen on appli- cation. MESSRS. P. AND E. CHRIMES PLUMBERS, GLAZIERS, & GAS- FITTERS, 38, Pinstone Street, Sheffield; and Market Place, Rotherham, RESPECTFULLY inform their Friends and the Public of Sheffield and its Neighbourhood, that they have Removed from South street, Sheffield Moor, to more commodious Premises, in PINSTONE STREET ; where they hope to receive a continuance of that patronage that CHESTERFIELD & BRAMPTON MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. BAZAAR, To be held on the 5th and 6th of October. LADY PATRONESSES. LADY LOUISA CAVENDISH, LADY SITWELL, MRS. BOWDON, MRS. BARROW, MRS. EVANS, MRS. HAMILTON GRAY, MRS. SHORE, MRS. M. STOVIN, MISS STOVIN. THE following LADIES, who have also announced their intention of patronising the BAZAAR, have kindly consented to act as a COMMITTEE to make the necessary Arrangements :— MISS J. BARROW, MRS. COKE, MRS. CHARGE, MRS. CROMPTON, MISS CROFT, MISS. MAL KIN, MISS M. STORRS, MRS. W. H. THOMPSON, MRS. WALLER. The Public is respectfully informed, that the Bazaar in aid of the BUILDING FUND will be held in the As- hrs already been conferred on them. ' " I Rooms> A,; GELr INN> Chesterfield, on TUESDAY Messrs. P. and E. C. are in immediate want of two an? WednES » AY, the 5th and 6th of OCTOBER, when the respectable Youths, as APPRENTICES, & Ti? ge , ? Ladles, and Gentry of the To< ™ and 1 Neighbourhood is earnestly solicited. The Assembly Room will be thrown open to the Pub- lic at Eleven o'Clock each Day, and will close at Four in the Afternoon. Admittance, from Eleven to Two, 1 s. - from Two till Four, 6d. each. Such Articles as may remain unsold at the close of the Second Day, will be offered in the Evening, between tbe hours of Six and Eight o'Clock. Contributions will be received by any Member of the Bazaar Committee. Any work not completed before the 4th of October, may be sent in to the Assembly Rooms on that Day, between the Hours of Eleven and One, when it will be received by some of the Ladies of the Com- mittee. ALFRED TURNER BLYTHE, J Honorary CAPITAL HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Sec. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MESSRS. SCHOFIELD & SON, On the Premises of Mr. F. Stead, Coach Maker, Stanley street, Wicker, Sheffield, on WEDNESDAY, the 6th Dav of October, 1841, THE valuable HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Four Post and Camp Bedsteads' Feather Beds, Bedding, Cheffioneer, Mahogany Chairs, Secretaire and Bookcase, Card Table, Loo Table, Mahogany Sofa, Brussels Carpets, Hearth Rug, Oil Cloth, Chimney Glass, Wash Tables, Chamber Chairs, and other Effects. Also, the Kitchen Requisites. Sale to commence at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon. At the Corner of Howard street and Eyre street, a re- spectable HOUSE ; with three- stalled Stable and Gig- House : would suit a Surgeon, A WAREHOUSE adjoining the whole : would suit a Merchant. Apply to Messrs. BARDWELL and SONS. 1st October, 1841. TO BE LET, AN Old- Established HOUSE, with Dram Shop, Spirit Vaults, Brewhouse, Stabling, and entire Yard, well situated in Sheffield. For Particulars, apply at the Offices of Messrs. BARD- WELL and SONS, Auctioneers. October 2nd, 1841. FOR CHILDREN CUTTING THEIR TEETH. BALL PUBLIC- HOUSE, With DRAM SHOP and STABLE, Campo Lane, Sheffield. TO BE LET, and may be entered upon immediately, the above PUBLIC- HOUSE, with Dram Shop, in which a good Business has been carried on for many years. The Household Furniture and Effects to be taken at a fair Valuation. Apply to SCHOFIELD and SON, Auctioneers and Valuers, Music Hall, Sheffield. FREEHOLD ESTATE, At Handsworth Woodhouse, in the Parish of Handsivorth. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, ( IN ONE LOT,) ALL that MESSUAGE, DWELLING- HOUSE, or TENEMENT, with the Barns, Stables, Cow Houses, Folds, Yards, and Out- Buildings thereto belong, ing, lying and heing in Handsworth Woodhouse aforesaid; and also, all that COTTAGE HOUSE and GARDEN, thereunto adjoining ; which said Premises, including the Ground on which the said Buildings stand, contain together, by estimation, IR. 6p., or thereabouts, more or less; and also, all that ORCHARD and GARDEN situate near thereto, containing IA. 3n. 39P., or there- abouts, more or less; and also, all that Close, Piece, or Parcel of LAND, or GROUND, situate, lying, and being in Handsworth Woodhouse aforesaid, also adjoining the before- described Premises, anciently called or known by the name of" Upper Croft and Bank," and now or lately of " Top Croft," containing, by estimation, 6A. 3R. 32P., or thereabouts, be the same more or less. And also, all that other Close, Piece, or Parcel of LAND, or GROUND, adjoining the before- described Premises, anciently called or known by the name of the ' Great Croft," but now or lately the " Bottom Croft. ' containing, by estimation, 12A. 3R. 1P., be the same more or less. The Buildings are in good repair, and the Land is of a very rich and productive quality, tbe whole commanding beautiful prospects of the surrounding Neighbourhood. There are Beds of excellent Coal beneath the whole of the Land, capable of being worked to great advantage. Early Possession may be obtained. To view the Property, apply at the Residence of the Misses Hodgson, upon the Premises ; and to learn the Price and other Particulars, to Mr. WHEATLEY, or Mr JAMES HODGSON, both of Rotherham, the Devisees; to Messrs. BARDWELL and SONS, Auctioneers, Sheffield ; or, to MR. C. L. COWARD, Solicitor, Rotherham, at whose Office a Plan of the Estate is deposited. Rotherham, Sept. 22, 1841. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. AT a General Meeting of the HAIR- DRESSERS of Sheffield, held on the 28th Instant, it was unani- mously Resolved to Close their Shops on the Sabbath, and attend to no more Business on that Day; and that this Resolution be carried into effect the First Sunday af- ter the 10th October next; and they most respectfully in- form the Public, that the above Resolution will be most strictly adhered to. Signed on behalf of the Trade. C. W. COOPER, Chairman. September 28, 1841. MURFIN & CO.' S Assignment!" NOTICE. — All Persons having Claims on the joint I and separate Estate of WILLIAM MURFIN and JOHN DRIVER, carrying on Business at Sheffield, un- der the Firm of " Murfin and Co.," are desired to execute | ( if they have not already executed,) the Deed of Assign- ment, now lving at the Office of MESSRS. VICKERS | AND JERVIS, Solicitors, Market Place, Sheffield, on or before the 16th October instant, or they will be ex- cluded from participating in any benefit arising from the I same. Given under our hands this 2nd October, 1841. WILLIAM MARTIN,? Assignees ABM. HOWE, {- to the above THEOPS. SMITH, J Estate. MRS. JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP.— This infallible Remedy has preserved hundreds of Children when thought past recovery from Convulsions arising from painful dentition. As soon as the Syrup is rubbed on the Gums, the Child will be re- lieved, the Gums cooled, and the inflammation reduced. It is as innocent as efficacious, tending to produce the Teeth with ease; and so pleasant, that no Child will re- fuse to let its Gums be rubbed with it. When infants are at the age of four months, the Syrup should be rubbed on the Gums ; and Parents should never be without the Syrup in the Nursery where there are young chil- dren ; for if a Child wakes in the night" with pains in the Gums, the Syrup immediately gives ease; thereby preventing Convulsions, Fevers, & c.— The great success of this Medicine during the last Twenty- five Years has induced unprincipled persons to imitate it, under the name of American Soothing Syrup, and copying parts of Mrs. Johnson's Bills, & c. Parents will, therefore be very particular to ask for JOHNSON'S AMERICAN ' SOOTHING SYRUP, and to notice that the names of BARCLAY and SONS, 95 Farringdon Street, London, ( to whom Mrs. Jobn6onhas sold the recipe,) are on the Stamp affixed to each Bottle.— Sold by LEADER, Independent Office, Sheffield. OLD ESTABLISHED FREE PUBLIC- HOUSE; PINSTONE STREET, Sheffield. TO BE LET, and may be entered upon immediately, that capital and well- accustomed PUBLIC- HOUSE, known by the Sign of the BARREL, Pinstone street, Sheffield, occupied by Mr. Luke Ellison, jun. The Household Furniture and Brewing Utensils to be taken at a fair Valuation. Apply to SCHOFIELD and SON, Auctioneers and Valuers, Music Hall, Sheffield. October 1st, 1841. ROSE AND CROWN, HOLLY- STREET. TO BE LET, that excellent PUBLIC- HOUSE, with Dram Shop attached, called the ROSE & CROWN, situate in Holly street, at present in the occupation of Mr. John Littlewood. Valuation moderate. Rent low. For particulars, and to treat for the same, apply to Mr. GREEN, Neepsend Brewery. Sheffield, Oct. 1st, 1841. OLD- ESTABLISHED SHIP- YARD, At THORNE QUAY. TO BE LET or SOLD, this well- known SHIP- YARD, in which Ships of 500 Tons Burden have been Built. It is situated on the River Dun, 10 miles above Goole, and the very large traffic of Vessels through that Navigation presents a favourable opportunity of obtaining Business. The Ship- Yard contains an excel- lent Dry Dock. The Stock, which is small, to be taken at a Valuation. Apply to Messrs. RICHARD PEARSON & Co., Thome. September 30th, 1841. SALE BY MR. JOHN WOOD. FREEHOLD COTTAGES, In the Crofts, Rotherham. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION BY MR. JOHN WOOD, At the Butchers' Arms, in the Crofts, in Rotherham. THURSDAY, the 7th Day of October next, at o'Clock in the Evening, subject to Conditions of Sale L L those Eight COTTAGES, with the Yard and Out- Buildings thereto belonging, situate in the Crofts, in Rotherham, now in the several occupations of Widow Broadhead, Thomas Arundel, and others. Further Particulars may be known on application at my Offices, in Rotherham. J. W. POTTER, Solicitor. Rotherbam, 22nd September, 1841. A1 W ATH- UPON- DE ARNE. TO BE LET, with immediate Possession, advanta- geously situated in the principal Street of the popu- lous and thriving Village of Wath, a HOUSE and SHOP, with WAREHOUSES, Stable, Garden, and every other Convenience. These Premises have for upwards of Twenty Years been occupied in the Grocery and Drapery business, and present a very favourable opportunity to any one wishful to commence in that line at Wath. Application to be made to Mr. JOHNSON, Wine and Spirit Merchant. Wath, near Rotherham, 23d Sept., 1841. HENRY ADAMS, Sept. 16, 1841. Secretaries. RELIANCE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE, Immediate and Deferred Annuity, And ACCUMULATION FUND SOCIETY, 71, King William street, Mansion House, London' TRUSTEES. Alex. Leslie Melville, Esq. I Vernon Abbott, Esq. John M'Kenzie, Esq. | William Robinson, Esq. DIRECTORS. Vernon Abbott, Esq. R. W. S. Lutwidge, Esq. Lieut. Col. Abdy Wm. Phelps, Esq. George Ashlin, Esq. Wm. Robinson, Esq. John James, Esq. Geo. Whitmore, Esq. John Ledger, Esq. Edward Wiuslow, Esq. AUDITORS. James Clark Crespin, Esq. I Thomas O. Powles, Esq. Harry Phipps, Esq. f | William Quilter, Esq. Bankers, Messrs. Williams, Deacon, & Co., Birchin lane. Medical Advisers— Thos. Waterfield, M. D.; Anthony White, Esq. Solicitors— Messrs. Heathcote & IIolman, 47, Coleman st. THIS Society combines all the modern improvements, I and the whole of the Profits are divided among the Assured. The Age of the Assured is admitted on every Policy ; and a party having an interest in the Life of the Assured will receive the full amount of the Policy, al- though his interest shall have terminated before the death of the Assured, provided the Premiums shall have been regularly paid up until the decease of the Assured. The policies of this Office thus become imchaUengable and indisputable, at the period when they become payable. Parties desirous of becoming Agents will apply, Post paid, to the Actuary. PREMIUM for the ASSURANCE of £ 100, for the whole Duration of Life. SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Incorporated by Royal Charter, 26, ST. ANDREW SQUARE, EDINBURGH. AT 1st March, 1841, when this Society completed its tenth 1 ear. the Directors, after settino- aside a large amount of Profit for future Division, declared a BONUb, varying according to the duration of the Poli- cies from TWELVE to TWENTY PER CENT, on the SUMS ASSURED, as a vested addition to all Po- licies then of five years' standing; besides contingent Prospective additions of TWO PER CENT PER ANNUM upon the increased amount of such of them as may become Claims before 1st March, 1844 A BONUS of TWO PER CENT. PER ANNUM from their dates, was also declared upon such other Po- licies, as may, after being of five years' standing, become Claims before 1st March, 1844. The whole Profits of the Society go exclusively to the Policy holders. The Division of Profits takes place every three years. The next Division falls to be made at 1st March, 184- 4. Copies of the Report to the Tenth Annual General Meeting of the Society, and every information, may be obtained at the Head Office in Edinburgh, or from the Society's Agents. TABULAR VIEW OF ADDITIONS TO EACH POLICY OF .£ 1000. Age ... 20 30 40 50 60 £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. Premium 1 17 7 2 9 4 3 5 10 4 14 2 6 18 6 PREMIUMS for the ASSURANCE of .£ 100, upon the Ascending Scale. Age. 1st Period of 5 years. 2nd Period of 5 years. 15 20 £ 1 £ 1 13 3rd Period i . Remaindr of 5 years. | of Life. £ 1 13 10 £ 1 18 6 £ 1 £ 2 AGENTS FOR SHEFFIELD : Messrs. JOSEPH PEARCE and SON, Booksellers. MEDICAL ADVISER, Dr. BARTOLOME. Agent for Leeds Medical Adviser Agent for Halifax Medical Adviser Agent for Huddersfield.. Medical Adviser Mr. G. F. Chantrell. Dr. Chadwick. Mr. Charles Rawson. Dr. Inglis. Mr. Alexander Jamieson. Edmund Smith, Esq. Agent for Wakefield. Mr, Henry Clarkson. Medical Adviser .. Wm. Dawson, Esq. Agents for Whitby Messrs. Horne and Richard- son, Booksellers. Medical Adviser .. J. H. Yeoman, Esq. ALEXANDER JAMIESON, Actuary. If effected. £ 3 - a — to 00 - 0 Amount payable, if claim emerge in the Years from 0 S c . N OJ M > ' JS a = s s 1st March. S- s .2 a § " rt a O a S I2 3 £ 1841 to 1842 to 1843 to e j a » O - a —< < s 1842 1843 1844 rvA^ n £. £. £. £. s. £. s. £. s. 1 1832 1000 200 1200 1224 0 1248 0 1272 0 2 1833 1000 180 1180 1203 12 1227 4 1250 16 3 1834 1000 160 1160 1183 4 1206 8 1229 12 4 1835 1000 140 1140 1162 16 1185 12 1208 8 5 1836 1000 120 1120 1142 8 1164 16 1187 4 6 1837 1000 .. 1120 0 1140 0 1160 0 V 1838 1000 1120 0 1140 O 8 1839 1000 • • .. .. 1120 0 VIEW OF THE PROGRESS AND SITUATION OF THE SOCIETY SINCE ITS INSTITUTION. Amount Assured. Annual Revenue. Accumu- ' ated Fund. At 1st March, Do. Do. Do. 1832 1835 1838 .... 1841 .... £ 67,200 325,611 824,275 1,494,331 £ 2,032 11,364 30,208 55,536 £ 1,898 24,661 71,191 153,329 Amount Assured as in Table .. .. .. £ 1,494,331 Add vested addition to Policies, equivalent to £ 35,432 of present value .. .. 75,239 Amount Assured, including vested addition £ 1,569,570 ROBERT CHRISTIE, LOCAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR SHEFFIELD. CHAIRMAN. William Frederick Dixon, Esq., of Birley House. DIRECTORS. John Fawcett, Esq., of Broom Hall, Merchant. John Machin, Esq., of the Hirst, Manufacturer. Wm." Fawcett, Esq., of Hanover Villa, Manufacturer. John Preston Cutts, Esq., Optician. AGENT. John W. Smith, Esq., Solicitor, East Parade. MEDICAL REFEREE. Henry Thomas, Esq., Surgeon. ... OCTOBER 2, 1811. SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM INDEPENDENT. WANTED TO BORROW, THE Sum of ^ 1600, at per Cent., on Mortgage of Freehold Houses and Shops, in one of the central Tboroughfares? of Sheffield. Apply to MESSBS. SMITH AND WIOHTMAN, of East Parade, Sheffield. Willi. BE PUBLISHED, NEXT WEEK, PRICE Is., ASERMON on the Death of the late Rev. JAMES BODEN, who, for upwards of Forty Years, was the beloved Pastor of the Congregational Church in Queen street, Sheffield. Preached in Queen street Cha- pel, on Sunday Evening, June 20th, 1841, by the Rev. J. H. MUIR. Sheffield : R. LEADER, Independent Office. Sold [ by all Booksellers. IN THE PRESS, And shortly will appear, AN INQUIRY into the MORTALITY and SUF- FERINGS of the FORK GRINDERS. Price 6d. By G. CALYERT HOLLAND, M. D. BURNGREAVE SEMINARY. THE Quarterly duties of Mrs. KETTLE'S Seminary will commence on TUESDAY, the 5th of October. Pitsmoor, October 1, 1841. RED HILL ACADEMY. JEADON respectfully informs his Friends, that he , hopes to be quite prepared to meet his Pupils on MONDAY next, the 4th inst., on which day the Second Quarter will commence. N. B. The last Fortnight, unavoidably lost to his Pupils, will be cheerfully deducted from the Christmas Accounts. Sheffield, 174, St. George's hill, Oct. 1, 1841. WANTED, A PARTNER, by a Manufacturer and Merchant; \ one who can advance £ 1,000. to £ 1,500 ; also, to take an active part in the Business. The Avertiser has a good and respectable connexion. Address W. G., Mercury Office. STEAM POWER. TO BE LET, several ROOMS, ill Duke's Wheel, 52: Rockingham lane, with the convenience of smal1 Store Rooms adjacent.— Enquire on the Premises. WILLIAM ROBINSON, Change Alley, ( Opposite the King's Head,) RESPECTFULLY announces that he lets out Hack- ney Coaches, Patent Safety Cabs, Phaetons, Gigs, & c., either with or without Horses. N. B.- PATENT SAFETY CABS, at 9d. PER MILE. West India, and a fair demand prevailed. The sales of West In- dia are 650 hhds. and trs. Foreign— There are still few buyers, and 600 boxes Havannah, at auction, sold at 18s. to 22s. 6d.; Brown and Yellow being rather lower.... Coffee.— The market is dull, and the public sales of Coffee went offat easier rates. 220 packages West India were sold, Jamaica low to middling, 102s. to Ills.; 2000 bags St. Domingo, 40s. 6d. to 4! s. per cwt Cocoa.—- West India is steady. At auction, 300 barrels, & c., Trinidad, were sold at 42s. to 49s. for low to middling red.... Tea.— Prices are firm, but the demand dull for all sorts. Company's Congou, Is. lOd. cash.... Tallow.- There was a fair business done to- day, and P. Y. Candle produced 48s. on the spot. J. WEBSTER, DRUGGIST and Dispensing Chemist, South street, Sheffield Moor, is in want of a respectable YOUTH, as an APPRENTICE. HOUSE OF LORDS. THURSDAY.— The House sat only for a very short time. Before it adjourned, Lord BROUGHAM called the attention of the House to the bribery, intimidation, and other bad practices, which prevailed so extensively during the last election. He undertook to propose a com- mittee on the subject next session. WANTED, ASAW MAKER, fully competent to take every de- partment. He must be a Sober, Steady, Active Man. None others need apply. N. B.— Apply to the PRINTER. A CARD. ROBERT S. TAYLOR, M. R. C. S., L. & c., 103, Devonshire street, Sheffield. N. B.— Not connected with his Father's Surgery, Nor- • folk street, after September 30th, 1841. WANTED, ASTEADY, Active SMITH ; one who has been ac- customed to Mill and Engine Work will meet with constant Employment, on applying to Mr. GEORGE GREAVES, Jun. New Meadow street, Sheffield, October 1st, 1841. TO BE LET, AN old- established HOSIERY and LACE SHOP, in one of the principal thoroughfares, with or without the Stock. Fixtures to be taken at a Valuation. Enquire of the PRINTER. To MERCHANTS & Manufacturers. ANTED, a Situation as TRAVELLER. The Advertiser has had many years experience in the Country Trade. Address, X. Y. Z., pre- paid, care of the Editor. Mr. LUKE ELLISON, Junior's, ASSIGNMENT. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That LUKE ELLISON, the Younger, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Licensed Victualler, hath, by Indenture, bearing Date the Twenty- ninth Day of SEPTEMBER last, Assigned all his Estate and Effects to Mr. JOSEPH HIBBARD, of Handsworth " Woodhouse, in the same County, Maltster, in trust for the equal Benefit of such of the Creditors of him, the said Luke Ellison, as shall execute the said Indenture within Three Calendar Months from the Date thereof; and that the said Inden- ture may be inspected and executed by the Creditors at our Office. HAYWOOD & BRAMIEY, Solicitors. Paradise square, Sheffield, 1st October, 1841. FAMILY ENDOWMENT, AND LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY. 12, CHATHAM- PLACE, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. CAPITA!. ,£ 500,000, TRUSTEES. Wm. Butterworth Bayley, Esq., H. Porcher, Esq. Martin Tucker Smith, Esq. DIRECTORS. G. A. Muskett, Esq., Chairman. W. B. Bayley, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Henry Bowden, Esq. Alex. Colvin, Esq. John Fuller, Esq. Edw. Lee, Esq. W' THE COLONIAL TRADE. APERSON who has acted as Agent in the United States and British America, for a House in the Birmingham and Wolverhampton Trade, and also for a House in the Sheffield Trade, wishes a similar Engage- ment in any of the British Colonies. Or any House having a Branch abroad, who would require a competent Person as Manager or Asssistant, will please address Mr. HARDWARE," at 134, Nelson street, West Bir- mingham. FOUNTAIN INN, Chesterfield. TO BE LET, with immediate Possession, the above old and well- accustomed Inn, with Stabling for Six Horses, Skiitle Alley, Piggeries, and other requisite Pre- mises, situate at the Top of Glueman gate, Chesterfield, now in the occupation of Mr. David Britt. Rent under ^ 10. The Furniture, Stock- in- Trade, and other Effects, to be taken at a Valuation. There are several Societies' Clubs held at the House. Personal application to be made to the Tenant in Possession. LATEST NEWS. Colonel Luard. T. W. Muskett, Esq. James Stewart, Esq. Major Wilcock. K. L. S. BY a feature peculiar to this Society, a couple may secure to every child to be born of their marriage a stated sum at a given age. Ttie Contract defines the premium to be paid, which does not increase, however numerous the children may he. Endowments may also be effected for existing children, or for one sex only, and for any given age. To secure to the future offspring of a marriage, ( HOW- EVER NUMEROUS) ;£ 100 each at 21 years of age, the age of the mother being 25, £ 8. 3s. 7d. must be paid an- nually. And, to secure to a child just born £ 100 at the above age, an annual payment of £ 2. 19s. 2d. will 6uffice. Life Assurances and Annuities of every description may be effected on terms equally advantageous. Reversions purchased and Loans granted. Prospectuses may be had of, and business be transacted with, any of the following Agents of the Society in this district:— AGENTS. SHEFFIELD . - MESSRS. RAYNEK & THOMPSON, Solicitors. Wakefield . . G. Diston Barber, Jun., Esq., Solicitor. Leeds Mr. James Purchen, East Grove' street. Halifax Mr. W. Cooke, Corn Dealer. Huddersfield.- Mr. W. Dewhirst, Bookseller. The usual commission to Solicitors. Agents are Wanted JOHN CAZENOVE, Secretary, WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY. Our arrivals are very large of Wheat. The quality of New gives it little favour with the Millers, and this description is slow sale, at about last week's prices, whilst Old finds plenty of buyers, at an advance of fully 2s. over the rates of this day se'nnight. Barley does not meet with much attention ; rates are rather lower of the little New which appears. Oats and Shelling fully as dear. Beans in limited request, without material variation in value. IMPERIAL AVERAGES OF GRAIN. Wheat. •• Barley... Oats. •• Rye. " Beans.. Aug. 19.. 72 Aug. 26.- 74 Sept. 3.- 74 Sept. 10.. 44 Sept. 17.. 64 Sept. 24. .63 Aggreg. - Aver.... .70 d... s. d... s. B.. 35 11.. 23 7-. 37 0.. 24 1.. 39 1.. 24 2.. 39 10.. 23 8.. 39 2.. 23 4.. 39 5.. 22 d.... 6.. 36 7.. 38 3. .40 6.. 39 6. 5. d... s. 3.. 42 3 .44 1.. 44 1.. 44 Peas. d... s. 1.. 43 3 46 0.. 45 8.. 48 37 11.. 44 10.. 47 9 3S 5.. 45 2.. 45 11 8.. 39 0.. 23 9.. 38 11.. 44 2.. 46 6 Duties .. 10 3 4.. 12 3.. 12 6.. 3 1 0 WEST- RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL ADJOURNED SESSIONS of the Peace for the WEST- RIDING of the County of York, will be holden at the COURT HOUSE, in WAKEFIELD, on WEDNESDAY, the 13th Day of October next, at TWELVE O'CLOCII at Noon, for the purpose of taking into consideration the Report of the Finance Committee presented at the last Pontefract Sessions ; and also a Memorial from the Barristers at- tending the West- Riding Sessions, respecting the Removal of Knaresbrough Christmas Sessions ; and a Petition from certain Inhabitants of the Wapentake of Claro, relating to the same subject, and on other Special Business. And Notice is also hereby given, that at the same Ses- sions, at the hour of One o'Clock of the same day, the Report of the Committee appointed to select a Site for the proposed New Gaol, or Mouse of Correction, will be taken into further consideration, and such Orders for the , Grant of Money out of the County Stock or Rate made - thereon, as the Justices then present shall deem ex pedient. C. H. ELSLEY, Clerk of the Peace. Clerk of the Peace's Office, Wakefield, 27th September, 1841. MONEY MARKET, Thursday.— The tight demand for money has been felt to- day on the Stock Exchange, and several parcels of stock have been thrown on the market, which have produced a decline of j for the Account, and of 5 for Money, Consols for the Account having closed at 89 to i, and at 88| to 9 for Money; New Three and a Half per Cents., 98 j to f. Exchequer Bills have also given way Is., being lis. to 13s. premium. The duty on foreign Corn has now risen to 10s. 8d. per quarter, the average for the six weeks being 70s. 8d. per quarter. It has been reported that the Bank broker was a seller of Stock to- day, and that the market was unfavourably in- fluenced from that cause. It is very possible that the rumour is correct, and that the ease which the directors gave to money yesterday, by lending on Stock at 86, was done purposely as a feeder, to enable it to bear the pres- sure resolved upon to- day, consisting of a portion of the new Stock issued by the Chancellor of the Exchequer as a last resort to make up the deficiency of his funding. LATEST AMERICAN NEWS. WEST- RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. MICHAELMAS SESSIONS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Michael- mas General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the West Riding of the County of York, will be opened at KNARSBROUOH, on Tuesday, the 19th Day of October next; and by Adjournment from thence will be holden at LEEDS, on Wednesday, the 20th Day of the same Month, at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon of each of the 6ame days; and also by further Adjournment from thence, will be holden at SHEFFIELD, on Monday, the 25th Day of the same Month of October, at Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon, when all Jurors, Suitors, Persons bound by Recognizance, and others having business at the said , . several Sessions, are required to attend the Court on the several Days and at the several Hours above- mentioned. ORDNANCE SURVEY. And Notice is hereby further given, that application will be made at the said Sessions, or Adjourned Sessions, to the Justices there assembled, to nominate and appoint one or more fit or proper Person or Persons, to aid and assist any Officer appointed by the Master General and Board of Ordnance, in examining, ascertaining and, marking out the reputed Boundaries of the West Riding of the County of York, and of each City, Borough, Town, Parish, Extra- parochial and other Place, District and Division of, and within the said West Riding, pursuant to the provisions of stat. 4 and 5 Vict., c. 30, intituled, " An Act to authorise and facilitate the completion of a survey of Great Britain, Berwick- upon- Tweed, and the Isle of Man." C. H. ELSLEY, Clerk of the Peace. Clerk of the Peace's Office, Wakefield, 28th Sept. 1841. The Royal Mail packet, Britannia, Captain Alden, arrived at JJverpool on Thursday. She left Boston on the 16tji, and Halifax on the 18th, and has thus performed the voyage in less than twelve days. By this conveyance, a single copy of the New York Herald is received, of the 16th ult., and Boston papers of the 18th. The former brings an account of the resignation of the Cabinet at Washington, except Mr. Webster, in conse- quence of the veto of the second Bank Bill by the Presi- dent, and of the adjournment of the extra session of Congress on the 13th, after having passed the land and revenue bills, and other measures. The following new appointments have been made :— Edward Everett, minis- ter to London; Walter Forward, secretary of the trea- sury ; John M'Lean, secretary at war; A. P. Upsher, secretary of the navy; Charles A. Wickliffe, post- master general. The New York Morning Herald of the 16th, contains the following statement as to the present posture of affairs with England:—" Our relations with England are peace- able as yet, hut look squally. The retention of Mr. Web- ster in the state department, and the appointment of Mr. Everett as minister to London, together with the known wishes of the President, will, we hope, lead to an amicable settlement of all controversies with England. On the 27th of this month, M'Leod will be tried at Utica, and great hopes are entertained that he will be acquitted, and kicked out of the country. We are ready, however, for peace or war, and our Government is making every pre- paration to put our forts in a state of defence, and our navy on a strong footing." A Capt. Alden Partridge has been delivering lectures, at New York, on the probability of a war with England, and the measures to be taken in the event of the breaking out of hostilities. Part of his scheme, to be accomplished at the outset, is the capture of Canada; another, the an- choring of all the large ships in harbour, as incapable of coping with those of Great Britain, and the despatch of privateers, to harrass and cut up our commerce. The subject has attracted large audiences, and is said to be highly popular. The report that Mr. Fox has demanded the immediate release of M'Leod, or his passports, is repeated. The rate of exchange on England, at New York, for bills, by the packet, was 9 to 9 j. Serious anti- abolition riots, which lasted several days, had occurred at Cincinatti. The negroes were attacked by the mob with fire- arms, and all sorts of weapons,— their houses and furniture destroyed. Several persons were killed and wounded, and nothing would satisfy the mob but the expulsion of all free negroes from the city. The news from Canada, in th? se papors, is unimportant. HOUSE OF COMMONS. THURSDA Y.— After some routine business, Sir RO- BERT PEEL, in reply to a question from Mr. Hawes, intimated that it was intended to constitute a commission, selected by the Crown, for the purpose of considering to what extent, and in what manner, the aid of the fine arts, — especially of the higher branches of art— should be re- quired for the decoration of the new Houses of Parlia- ment. In that commission, his Royal Highness Prince Albert had consented to take a part. Dr. BOWRING moved for copies of correspondence between the Home Office and the Poor Law commission- ers, on the subject of distress in Bolton, and in doing so, entered into the subject. He had, on a former occasion, make a statement that an inquest had been held on the body of a weaver who had been found dead at his loom; but this statement turned out to be erroneous. But the gentleman on whose authority he had made the statement, bsd not been guilty of an intentional misrepresentation. The substantive fact of a man perishing from want, and having been been found dead at his loom, was still borne out by irrefragable evidence. Dr. Bowring then entered into a general description of the distress existing in Bol- ton, and, adverting to the savings' banks' relurns, took up the accounts of the Devon and Exeter Savings Bank, which gave the professions of its depositors, from whence it appeared that but a small portion of the working classes were amongst the number of those who deposited savings. He then referred to the last report of the registrar gene- ral, as proving the mortality which existed amongst the manufacturing population; and concluded by moving for the documents. Mr. BROTHERTON seconded the motion, but the SPEAKER remarked that there was a technical difficul- ty in the latter portion of it, as, by referring to a former debate, it interfered with the privileges of the House. Sir JAMES GRAHAM would have seconded the mo- tion, but for the technical difficulty. He, however, sug- gested a mode of obviating it. Sir James Graham then reviewed some of the cases of distress in Bolton, and he quoted the authority of Mr. Mott, the assistant Poor Law commissioner, for the assertion, that the grossest exaggeration prevailed in the statement of these cases. The same Gentleman had also reported that 3,4^ 6 houses had been built in Bolton more than the population re- quired, which was the cause of so many houses being empty. Sir ROBERT PEEL admitted the existence of dis- tress, but cautioned the House against aggravating dis- content by incorrect statements. Dr. Bowring had re- ferred to the report of the registrar- general, as proving an increase in the rate of mortality in the manufacturing districts ; but that report also stated, that in the large manufacturing towns— those which were peculiarly the seats of our manufactures, the mortality had decreased. Sir R. Peel then produced returns of the savings banks for the last four years, and in the course of his observa- tions was interrupted by Mr. MILNER GIBSON, who rose to order. It was disorderly to allude to a former debate; and as Lord Stanley had declared that no one could better dress up a statement for the House than Sir Robert Peel, he thought that notice should be given to those who were attacked. Sir ROBERT PEEL was surprised that he should be called to order. He appealed to the House whether a Minister of the Crown should be stopped on a technical point, when correcting such alarming statements as that thousands were dying in this country from typhus fever, produced from want of food. Sir Robert Peel then re- ferred to the annual returns from the Manchester Fever Hospital, in order to show that there was a delusion in such a statement. Mr. GIBSON said that Sir R. Peel bad misunderstood him. He did not wish to enforce a technical rule, but he objected to statements being made without notice to the Members, whose previous statements were thus unexpect- edly contradicted. So far from shrinking from investi- gation, he courted inquiry, and would be happy to meet Sir R. Peel on the subject. Mr. Gibson then explained, that he had not spoken of virulent typhus fever, but of typhoidal cases, arising from insufficiency of food, and which, though often fatal, were not of that infectious cha- racter as to give them a claim for admission into the Fe- ver Hospital. Mr. COBDEN commented on the inference which had been drawn from the number of uninhabited houses in Bolton, as compared with the population, and said that the population of Bolton was unfairly compared with that of Liverpool, where fifty thousand people lived in cellars, and where a greater mass of human beings were huddled together than in any other part of the kingdom. He en- treated Sir Robert Peel to abandon mere nibbling at de- tails, and to apply himself to the great questions involving the happiness of the people. Lorn SANDON rebuked Members on the Opposition side of the House, for indulging in exaggerated state- ments. Mr. AGLIGNBY objected to the exclusive applica- tion of the lecture of Lord Sandon. Mr. HARDY attributed the existing distress to over- production, and said it would cease when the manufactu- rers ceased to speculale. Mr. ALDAM stated that the woollen manufacture was in a very unsatisfactory state. The value of woollen ma- nufactures exported in 1840, was less by a million than the exportation of the previous year. On the motion for going into committee on the Exche- quer Bills Funding Bill, Mr. Williams made some obser- vations, to which the Chancellor of the Exchequer replied. Sir CHARLES NAPIER called the attention of Sir Robert Peel to the danger of Mr. M'Leod, and hoped Parliament would not be prorogued without means being taken to protect him. Sir ROBERT PEEL could not give Sir Charles Na- pier any assurance on the subject. Mr. YORKE made some further remarks on the same subject, to which no reply was given ; and after the Ex- chequer Bills Funding Bill went through committee, and the Population Payment Bill was passed, the House ad- journed. ME. SWIFT'S CONCERT. Mr. Swift's concert, on Tuesday night, was very fully attended, notwithstanding the wetness of the evening. It commenced with Bishop's " Tramp Chorus." which was well done, and seemed to give an enlivening spirit to to all that followed. The song—" I'll not beguile thee from thy home," was sung by Mr. Ryalls in good style, and was much applauded ; but his " Tom Topsail" was was decidedly a superior display of pathetic ballad sing- ing. " Return blest days;" this charming composition, by Stafford Smith, was sung by Messrs. W. Gilbert, Ryalls, Gill, and Flint, in a masterly style, and seemed to give great pleasure to the audience. Miss Saunders, a pupil of Mr. Swift's, next sung " Should he upbraid," with good effect, and was rapturously and deservedly en- cored. She also sang the Scotch ballad, of " Auld Robin Gray." This young lady possesses a fine voice, and good intonation ; if she perseveres in her study of mu- sic, there is little doubt she will make a very efficient singer. , The madrigal of " In the merry month of May," by Dr. Cooke, though a very difficult piece of music, was very correctly sung, and much applauded. Mr. Seale, our highly talented townsman, next gave a violin solo, by De Beriott. Th- s was a splendid display of the very superior ability of this excellent artist, and was frequent- ly and most deservedly applauded. Miss Saunders gave the song—" Oh ! when in life's fair morning," by Nicolini, in her usual excellent style ; but we could fancy that she was not so much at home in it as she would have been, had she given it in the original words. While speaking of this lady, we must say that, in the song, " Sweet bird," by Handel, she was all that could be desired. This song, with a violin obligato by Mr. Seale, was a rich musical treat, and may fairly be called the gem of the evening. The old madrigal, " Soon as I careless strayed," com- posed by Constantius Festa, in 1541, for four voices, the parts doubled, was given with precision and good effect, and was rapturously encored. Mr. Gilbert then gave us a song, " Home of my Fathers," by Purday, in his usual good style, and with good effect. The catch, " Would you know my Celia's charms" was well done, and seemed to delight the audience' very much ; it was encored and greatly applauded. This concluded the first part. After a short interval, the second part commenced with the glee, " Bold Robin Hood." The first solo was given by Mr. Ryalls, in a style that would have delighted Robin Hood himself, could he have heard it. The second solo was sung by Mr. Inkersall, and though it was his first ap- pearance in public as a solo singer, we must congratulate him on the success of his first attempt, and have no doubt, if he be industrious in his studies aud practice, but he will be a considerable acquisition to the already excellent na- tive talent of this town. The chorus parts of this glee were certainly a great treat of chorus singing. It was loudly encored, and left us nothing to wish for, except that Robin Hood could have been present to accompany them with his horn. This was succeeded by a song, " The Wolf," sung by Mr. Flint, in a style that reminded us ol " men of other days;" and was warmly and deservedly applauded. The glee, " When winds breathe soft," was sung by Mrs. Sunderland, Messrs. W. Gil6ert, Ryalls, Inkersall, and J. Gilbert. This glee was decidedly the best; it has been termed " the King of Glees." It was sung in good style. Miss Jones's fantasia upon the piano- forte was a splen- did display of juvenile talent. Her composed, free, and easy style, evenness of touch, and good taste, seem to presage a most excellent performer, and are a great credit to her father, whose care and attention to her musical edu cation must have been very great. The duet, " Haste, my Nametto," was well sung, and deservedly applauded. Several glees were omitted in consequence of the many encores, a pleasing proof of the excellence of the perform- ance, and of the satisfaction of the audience. The whole concluded with the " Laughing Glee," and nearly the whole audience joined in chorus. Mr. Jones presided at the piano- forte, and as an accompanist to songs and glees, we must in justice say that he is very excellent. Thanks are due to Mr, Swift for his excellent taste in the selection for the evening's amusement, and to all par- ties concerned in the performance. TOWN- HALL. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.— It has been stated about the Houses of Parliament, that all the business of the session will be despatchedby Thursday next, and that on that or the following day, Parliament will be " pro- rogujd,'" but without naming the day for its re- assem- bling " for the despatch of business," as an intermediate prorogation will be requisite. At such intermediate pro- rogation, the day for opening the next session will be named— not till then .— Ministerial paper. [ The Post of Friday says the prorogation will take place on Thursday.] LONDON TRADE REPORT. THURSDAY EVENING.— There was not much life in the markets to- day tor produce, but prices were steady. The imports were to a fair extent.. .. Sugar.— Prieet were fully supported for | but was quite dead,- INQUESTS BEFORE T. BADGER, ESQ. FATAL ACCIDENTS. — An inquest was held on Tues- day, at the house of Mr. Broomhead, the Norfolk Arms, in Granville street, Park, on view of the body of John Hobson, aged sixteen years, an apprentice of Mr. Fowler, moulder, New Haymarket. He was sent a few days ago to a field in the occupation of his master, along with Mr. Fowler's servant, to fetch some clover. The man was picking, and the boy loading on the cart, when a quantity of pigeons flew up from behind the hedge and frightened the horse, which ran away towards the gate of the field. The wheel came in contact with the gate post and overturned the cart, which fell on the boy. He was taken home and attended by Mr. Wright Wilson, surgeon, till his death, which took place on Monday.— Verdict— Accidental Death. Another inquest was held on Wednesday, at the Inn, near Midhope toll bar, on view of the body of Matthew Thickett, collier, aged 52. He was killed while at work by the falling in of the roof at Shepherd's Wood pits, in the parish of Penistone. The rubbish was removed and he was got out as quickly as possible, ~~ ' L- J" J Verdict— Accidental Death, ( For Tuesday's Town- hall, see Third Page.) FRIDA Y.— Before H. PARKER, and J. C. ATHORPE, Esqrs. A middle- aged woman named Harriet Dean, was charged with stealing a roll of ribbon from the shop of Mr. Samuel Bagshaw, of Westbar, draper. The prisoner, and two other women, went to the shop on Wed- nesday evening, but one went out directly. The prisoner and the other looked at a variety of ribbons. He missed from one of the drawers a piece of ribbon'. He said there was a piece missing, and the prisoner said she had not got any. She, however, dropped it on the floor, and was de- tained, Mrs. Gladwin, of Westbar, proved that, on the same evening, the prisoner and two others came into her husband's shop, and looked at some net. Mrs. Gladwin saw that a quantity of worsted had fallen off the counter at the feet of the prisoner, and suspected she had something else under her shawl. The woman bought a small quantity of net, and went out, and Mrs. Gladwin saw her and the woman with her rejoin another woman, who had entered the shop with them, but had gone out, She saw them go into Mr. Bagshaw's shop. She had a quantity of stockings loose on the counter. She had no" doubt that those produced were some of them. Dove re- ceived the prisoner into custody, and found on her the stockings and socks spoken to by Mrs. Gladwin. Mr. Palfreyman urged the good character of the woman, from whose employers he produced a very good character. She was employed in the hair seating business, and had been in Messrs. Laycock's manufactory for fifteen years, and in another for seven years. Mr. Athorpe, in consequence of her good character, discharged her, on giving bail to appear again if called upon; giving her a serious caution as to her future conduct. Ann Smith was charged with stealing bedding from a furnished house, which she rented of Mary Andrew, of Love lane, and a variety of other articles, entrusted to her by Jane Bridger, a neighbour, to wash, and which she had pawned at Mr. Eaton's, Westbar. She was re- manded. Henry Lofthouse, Samuel Allott, and Charles Zanker, were charged with the robbery of the warehouse of Mr. Wild, of Coalpit lane, on Monday se'nnight. Mr. Pal- freyman for Mr. Dixon, for the prosecution; Mr. Broom- head for Lofthouse. Mr. Wild proved that, on the day in question, he left the warehouse soon after five in the even- ing, and a boy named Shaw, having shut up the ware- house, brought the keys to his house, about six o'clock. The next morniug, he was sent for about six o'clock, and on going to the warehouse, found that the door of the ware- house had been attempted, but that it had been entered by the cellar window. He missed several dozen of ivory handles, three pairs of scissors, and a razor, several pieces of ivory, and a ham and chap, in cotton bags. He knew Allott, who lives in the street opposite to the warehouse. .... James Baker, of Coalpit lane, said, that on the night in question, he passed the warehouse between eight and nine o'clock, and saw Lofthouse and Allott with another youth about the size of Zanker standing. In about § of an hour, he was going on the street again, and saw Lofthouse, Allott, and the other, at the same place. He crossed the street, and stood in an entry. In about twenty minutes he saw the three go up Mr. Wild's yard. He then crossed the street, followed them up the yard, and getting upon a privy overlooking Mr. Wild's, saw them about the door and the grate. He heard a great crack as if they were breaking in, and then he dropped from the privy slates, and went to Loft- house's house, and stood at the door talking to his wife's sister. In a short time, the three whom he had seen came from the direction of Mr. Wild's warehouse. Lofthouse went into the house, and then came out and spoke to the other two. His wife called her sister in, and sent her for Mrs. Wragg. Mrs. Wragg or her daughter came to the house, and soon went away with something under her apron. He could not identify Zanker... . In cross- examination, Baker said, he did not see anything the three had got. When he heard of the robbery, he said he could let somebody into it, and he told in conse. quence of the reward offered.... Jas. Webster, of Chapel yard, Coalpit lane, living at the back of Mr. Wild's warehouse, proved, that on the night in question, he went to the privy, and heard a noise about Mr. Wild's ware- house. He called out, Harry, thinking it was Henry Blake and three young men about Mr. Lofthouse's cellar window, answered, " Its not Harry." He went into the privy, and a person came to the door, and called out, " Look sharp." When he came out, he saw Zanker standing there. Webster went home to bed, and the next morning saw that the warehouse had been broken into... Astwood, policeman, proved he apprehended the prisoners on Thursday night.... Mr. Broomhead submitted there was no case against bis client. He called Geo. Mappin, who swore that on the evening spoken of, Barker was with him, and a youth named Brammall, singing songs in Loft- house's yard, and Barker was teaching Lofthouse's sister- in- law, the soner of the Weaver's Daughter... . Joseph Brammall and Eliz. Hudson swore the same thing, with some discrepancies .. Mr. Athorp, after consulting with Mr. Parker, said, he thought there was not evidence to commit the prisoners, and discharged them. Robert Woodcock was charged with obtaining property on false pretences. Mr. Thomas Jackson, of Cheney square, scale presser, proved that his warehouse and work- shops are in Pinstone street. On Wednesday afternoon, the 22nd Sept., the prisoner came, and said he wanted some comb- top hoof pieces for Mr. Jessop. When asked what Mr. JesSop it was, he said it was Samuel Jessop, of Doctor's field. He furnished the prisoner with the quan- tity he asked for, and pat them down to Mr. Jessop, one of his customers. The next day, the prisoner applied for more, which also he obtained. On Monday last, Mrs. Jessop brought her husband's pass- book, in which Mr. Jackson entered the pieces which the prisoner had had. On Monday evening, the prisoner came again for more, and said he had forgot to bring the book. The next morning, a girl came from Mr. Jessop's for a gross of pieces such as the prisoner had had the night before, and Jackson went with the girl to Mr. Jessop's. The pri- soner, when taken into custody, said he had disposed of them to Mr. Geska Charles" Geska, of Arundel street, proved that he had bought of the prisoner, at different times, a quantity of hoof pieces now produced... . Mr. Jessop proved that the prisoner was the son of one of his out- workers, and had never been sent by him to Mr. Jackson for the hoof pieces.— To be whipped and dis- charged. Wm. Marsh was charged with stealing from the house of George Crooks, of Wadsley, shoemaker, a pair of men's half- boots. On Tuesday, the house was left shut up, and the next morning the boots were missed. They were found at Staniland's beerhouse, Shales moor, where it was proved that the prisoner brought the boots, and told Mrs. Staniland that he had met her husband, who said she was to let him have 5s. on them till the next day. When ap- prehended by John Bland, constable, of Wadslev, the prisoner admitted that he took the boots to Staniland's, and he now said he found them on the court wall, by Crooks's house.— Committed for trial. A hackney coachman, named Wright, was formed against by Mr. Raynof, having, on Tuesday last, violated the regulations under which they are permitted to occupy the stands appointed. The defendant went to the Market place stand, while the full compliment of coaches was there, and drove to and fro between it and the Church street stand... . The defendant denied the charge, but was convicted in a penalty of 10s. and costs; and Mr. Raynor warned him, and some others who were present, that he should enforce a more strict compliance with the regu- lations. NEWMARKET MEETING. THURSDAY.— The Duke of Bedford's John o'Gaunt ( Robinson) beat Mr Treen's Una ; 8st 71b each; Ab. M.; £ 100. 10 to 1 on John o'Gaunt. Won easy by two lengths. Lord Albemarle's Minaret, 7st ( Chappie,) bt. Mr Good- man's Belgrade, 7st 81b ; last half of Ab. M.; 50, h ft. 7 to 4 on Minaret. Won by a head. Lord Exeter's Scutari beat Lord Lichfield's The Cor- sair, 8st71b each; D. M. 200, h ft. 7 to 4 on the Corsair, who was beaten by half a length. The Town Plate of £ 50; for three years old colts, 8st 71b; and fillies, 8st 31b. D. I. Duke of Grafton's Florence J. Day.. 1 Mr Batson's Barbara. 2 Lord Orford's Young Quo Minus 3 Mr J, Day's Benedetta 4 Mr Pettit's Langolee 5 The RutlandlBtakes of 30 sovs each, 20 forfeit; for two years old colts, 8st 7) b; and fillies, 8st 31b. From the Turn of the Lands in. ( 12 subs.) Lord Bruce's c by Glaucus .. . « J. Day., 1 Mr Thornhill's Sister to Perseus 2 Duke of Rutland's f by Bizarre .... 3 Mr Portman's Endymion, by Emilius ............ 4 Duke of Bedford's King of the Peak, 8st 91b ; receive from Mr Gardnor's Monops, 8st31b. D. M. 100, h ft. The Queen's Plate of lOOgs ; for three years old, 9st 21b; four, lOst 71b ; five, list; six and aged, list 41b. R. C.- Mr Pettit's St Francis .... walked over. LATEST BETTING. CESARWITCH STAKES.— 5 to 1 agst Iliona and the Ruler, 5 to 1 agstOrelia, St. Francis, and Iliona ( taken;) 12 to 1 agst Mr Edison's The Ruler ( taken;) 35 to 1 st Lord Exeter's Bosphorus ( taken.) DERBY.— 2000 to 1000 against Colonel Peel's Hester colt ( taken;) 5000 to 50 against Mr Connop's Oneida Chief ( taken.) Alderman Pirie was on Wednesday elected to be Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. " He had little thought,"" he said, " forty years ago, when he came up to London, a poor lad, from the banks of the Tweed, that so high an honour awaited him." BIRTH. On the 1st October, Mrs. Henry Vickers, of Sharrow Head, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. On the 24th September, at Rotlierham, by the Rev. Frederick Rogers Blackley, Mr. John Bolton, of this town, wine merchant, to Mary Boyes, only daughter of Mr. James Lord, late of Liverpool, merchant. On Thursday, Mr. Samuel Redfearn, sen., joiner and builder, to Mrs. Elizabeth Hampshire.. Mr. Charles Ibbot- son, farmer, to Miso Elizabeth Hallam... Mr. James Wil- kinson, cutler, to Miss Elizabeth Machin. On Wednesday, Mr. Henry Arnold, cutler, to Miss Ann Wood. On Tuesday, Mr. George Elliott, scissorsmitb, to Mrs-. Lydia Pounder.. Mr. George Holmes, scissorsmith, to Miss Elizabeth Cowlishaw.. Mr. William Mallender, cabinet maker, to Miss Mary Hadfield. On Tuesday, the 28th September, at the Catholic cha- pel, Mr. Michael Barrett to Mrs. Elizabeth Kenney. On Monday, Mr. George Bradley, gardener, to Miss Elizabeth Meek.... Mr. Henry Jubb, farmer, to Miss Harriet Smith Mr. Joseph Mount, farmer, to Miss Ann Hutchinson Mr. Edward Robinson, weaver, to Miss Elizabeth Wragg. On Sunday, Mr. Wm. Walker, farmer, to Miss Sarah Smith.... Mr. George Bryan, brickmaker, to Miss Ma- tilda Waller. On Tuesday, at Rotherham, Mr. Joseph Butcher, pro- fessor of music, and organist at Wath Church, to Miss Ann Emerson. On Monday, at Rotherham, Mr. Jno. Jeffcock, optician, to Miss Mary Smith.. Mr. John Potts, miner, to Miss Hannah Oldfield-. Mr. Joseph Osborne, cooper, to Miss Hannah Smith.. Mr. James Webster, grinder, to Miss. Elizabeth Ward.. Mr. Thomas Hird, moulder, to Miss- Maria Brightmore. On Saturday last, at Campsall, S. Smith, Esq., scholar of University College, Durham, to Frances Anne, second daughter ofThomas Oxley, Esq., M. D., of Askern. On Tuesday week, at Newcastle, Sir Matthew White Ridley, to Miss Parke, daughter of the Right Hon. Sir J. Parke, Baron of the Exchequer. DEATHS. On Tuesday last, after a short illness, Mr. Chas. Rhodes, sen., of Workhouse croft, aged 78. He was the surviving partner of the firm of Mnrfitt and Rhodes, coopers; the partnership lasted for 45 years, and the only agreement that ever existed was a verbal one— a circumstance almost unprecedented. He was a regular attendant at Lee croft chapel for more than forty years. On the 28th ultimo, Joseph Smith, a member of the Society of Friends. On the 24th ultimo, the infant daughter of James and Elizabeth Turner. On Wednesday, the 29th instant, John Clement, the infant son of Mr. Charles Clement Farnsworth, of Suf- folk road, aged 21 months. On Thursday week, Mr. Joshua Dawson, Waingate, aged 31. At Atterclife, on Monday, Clarissa, daughter of the late Thos. Bagshaw, publican, of Upper Heeley, aged 21. At Eyam, on Thursday, the 24th ultimo, of consump- tion, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. John Slinn, King's Arms Inn, of the above place, aged 20 years. At Killamarsh, on the 20th ultimo, in the 96th year oi. his age, Mr. John Mallender, cordwainer. On Monday last, at Doncaster, Mr, Scholfield, registrar of births and deaths, aged 45. Lately, at Gringley- on- the- Hill, in the 90th year of her age, Mrs. Ann Spencer. On Friday week, in the 55th year of his age, Mr. Wm. Pardoe, for twenty- three years superintendent of the York police. SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM INDEPENDENT. OCTOBER 2, 1841. RAMBLE AMONG THE MOUNTAINS. BY JOHN CRITCHLEY PRINCE. Dark Kinder! standing on thy whin- clan side, Where storm, and solitude, and silence, dwell. And stern sublimity hath set his throne,— I look upon a region wild and wide, A realm of mountain, forest- gloom, and fell. And fertile valleys beautifully lonei Where fresh and far romantic waters roam, Singing a song of peace by many a cottage home. I leave the sickly haunts of sordid men, The toil that fetters and the care that kills The purest feelings of the human breast, To gaze on Nature's lineaments again, To find amid these congregated hills Some fleeting hours of quiet thought and rest,— Tread with elastic step the fragrant sod, Drink the inspiring breeze, and feel myself with God. Like heaven- invading Titans girt with gloom, The mountains crowd around me, while the skies Bend to unfold them in their azure sheen; The air is rich with music and perfume, And beauty, like a varying mantle, lies On rugged steep, bright wave, and pasture green,— On stony hamlets nestling far below, And many a wildwood walk where childhood's footsteps go. It is the Sabbath morn,— a blessed hour To those who have to struggle with a lot Which chains the mind, and wears the languid limb I From yon low temple bosom'd in the bower. Which seems to fancy's eye a hallowed spot, Soars in the air the peasant's earliest hymn ; And as the sounds fall sweetly on my ear, They say, or seem to say, that happy hearts are near. Pray Heaven they are so, for this restless earth Holds much of slavery, and want, and crime,— Much to awake our sympathies indeed : And though eternal blessings spring to birth Beneath the footsteps of advancing time, Myriads of mortal hearts in silence bleed ; Vain is the hungry mourner's suppliant cry;— Oh, Justice! how is this ?— Let Pride and Power reply. Away, away with these reflections now, The natural colours of a pensive mind Yearning for liberty and human love ; For standing on this hill's majestic brow, Breathing the healthy spirit of the wind, Green lands below, and glorious skies above, I deem that God, whose hand is ever sure, Will rend the rankling chain that binds the suffering poor. I look again, and lo ! how wild a change Hath come upon the scene ! Yon mountain wall Wears a vast diadem of fiery gloom ; A lurid darkness, wonderful and strange, Spreads o'er the face of heaven its sultry pall, As though we trembled on the verge of doom ; A fearful calm foretells the coming fight, For tempest is prepared to revel in his might. It comes at length i for the awakening breeze Whirls with a sudden gust each fragile thing That lay this moment in a state of test; The storm's first drops fall tinkling on the trees, Heavy and few, as though ' twere hard to wring Such painful tears from out its burning breast; And now alow reverberated groan Is heard amid the span of heaven's unbounded zone!. The lightning leaps from the disparted cloud, | i Vivid and broad upon the startled eye, Wrapping the mountains in a robe of fire; The voice of thunder follows, long and loud ; Hot rain is shaken from the trembling sky; The winds rush past me with tremendous ire ; And yon broad pine, which braved the wintry shock, Bows his majestic head, and quits his native rock. Flash hurries after flash, with widening sweep, And peal meets peal, resounding near and far. As though some veil of mystery were rent; The headlong torrent boundeth from the steep, Where I enjoy the elemental jar, Nor fear its rage, nor wish its passion spent: But now God reins the lightning, stiils the roar, And earth smiles through her tears more lovely than before. How sternly fair, how beautifully wild, To the sad spirit, seems the war of storms! For thought and feeling mingle with thestrife. Nature, I loved thee when a very child. In all thy moods, in all thy hues and forms, Because I found thee with enchantment rife; And even yet, in spite of every ill, I feel within my soul that thou art glorious still ! ( Odd Fellows1 Magazine for Oct.) % mpev( nl parliament* HOUSE OP LORDS. MONDAY.— Lord BROUGHAM called attention to the manner in which the prisons of the realm were ma- naged, and to various matters contained in the Sixth Re- port of the Inspectors of Prisons. He alluded particular- ly to the cases to which Mr. Pigou first drew attention in the Morning Chronicle. In noticing the defence of the Rochdale magistrates, that the persons, under the law against not attending Church on Sunday, were really pu- nished for something else, he contennded that that was an aggravation instead of being an excuse. The Noble and Learned Lord said he had been informed that the informa- tions had been laid against those persons by a magistrate, and he should expect that inquiry should be made into the subject at the Home Department whether this was the fact or no. ( Hear hear. ) He had before observed, that the justices were not to blame in this matter, for if an in- formation were laid before them and proved, the law was imperative, and they must act upon it; but if it were found that one justice had laid these informations before other justices, for the purpose of having this law carried out, the execution of which was imperative upon them, then he would say, that the magistrate laying the infor- mation was not without blame. There was the greatest variety of treatment in different prisons. In most cases the chaplains did their duty well; but there were many exceptions, and it was remarkable that these occurred where the prisons were most numerously filled, and the salaries most ample. There was the greatest variety in the number of punishments for breaches of prison discip- line ; the difference being as great as 27 to 1. The noble and learned lord animadverted on the confining untried prisoners with convicts, and the subjecting the former to the prison dress. The Noble and Learned Lord thought that the Home- Office onght not to be without a solicitor, and that Mr. Vizard ought not to have resigned his office. He concluded with moving an address to her Majesty, praying her to direct that at the commencement of every session of Parliament, there [ should be laid on the table of both Houses a report of the proceedings that had taken place, founded on the report of the Inspectors of Prisons for the previous year. The Duke of WELLINGTON thought the case ought to be thoroughly investigated. So far from oppo- sing the object of the motion, he should be very glad to give every information to the House on the subject. After some verbal amendments, the motion was agraed o and the House adjourned. TUESDA Y.— The Frogmore Lodge & c. Bill was read a second time. The Duke of WELLINGTON moved the second read- ing of the Roval Gardens' Bill. Lord BROUGHAM trusted that no further calls for palaces would be made. He could not forget the strong feeling out of doors at the motion for granting £ 70,000 for the building of stables at Windsor. Lord MELBOURNE observed that any one who had seen the old stables at Windsor must be ready to admit that they were utterly disgraceful to a royal residence, and the time had arrived when it became necessarv to re- build them. The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. THE LATE MUKDER IN EASTCHEAP. ArPREHENSION, EXAMINATION, AND COMMITTAL OP BLAKISSLEY.— MANSION HOUSE, Monday.— A few mi- nutes before eleven o'clock, a post chaise and pair drew up to the Mansion House, and it was immediately discovered that it contained Blakesley and two police officers. As the wretched man was handed out of the chaise, the assem- bled crowd gave one general yell of execration, loud and long- continued. He appeared very feeble, and was obliged to be supported. Robert Dunn, a constable in the Hertfordshire consta- bulary force, said, he and a policeman named Pillgate, apprehended the prisoner on Saturday night last. The witness then gave the following account of Blakesley's apprehension:—" We ( Pillgate and myself) were sta- tioned at Hitchin, between II and 12 o'clock on Satur- day night last. I was ordered by Inspector Albyn to pay particular attention to the lodging- houses. About one o'clock in the morning, I was in the Market place at Hitchin, in company with policeman Pillgate, when we observed the prisoner loitering about the Market place. We thought he was up to no good, and as he still con- tinued to loiter about I went up to him, and said,' It is a fine night.' Prisoner replied, ' Policeman, I am almost mad.' I asked him if I could render him any assistance. He said, ' You must take me into custody.' I asked him what for. He said, ' I suppose you have heard of that circumstance in London.' I then said to the prisoner, ' I suppose you mean, stabbing the landlord and your wife V " Blakesley here nearly fainted, and it was with the greatest difficulty that the police could support him. The Lord Mayor ordered a glass of water to be provided, and also a seat. It was evident the prisoner was labouring under the greatest mental agony. After a short pause the examination proceeded. The Lord Mayor: Well, what did the prisoner then say?.... Witness: Prisoner replied, " Yes, that is right, for stabbing the landlord and my own wife." The Lord Mayor: Did anything else pass between you ? .... Witness: Yes, my Lord. He added, " I do not wish to say any more." I replied, " I do not wish to ask you any questions." I then took him into custody, and con- veyed him to the station- house at Hiichin. I afterwards searched his person, and found a number of letters, which I now produce; some of them are written by the prison er's mother, and the others by his wife. During the Sa- turday night, and at different times, whilst the prisoner was at the station- bouse, he repeatedly called out, " Oh'. that shriek! Oh! that shriek! I think I hear it now;" and then went on to say, " I did not mean to hurt Burdon or his wife. I intended to murder my own wife, and then liill myself; and if Burdon had not come between us, he would not have been hurt." , The Lord Mayor; Robert Blakesley, you have heard the statement made by the officer who apprehended you; if you have anything to say. for yourself, now is the time. Prisoner: " No, my Lord, I have nothing to say now; I have nothing to say until the day of trial, and then the truth will come out. It is not as Mrs. Burdon has stated." The prisoner here became very weak, and whispered something to the policeman. The Lord Mayor: What does he say?.... Policeman: The prisoner, my Lord, expresses a wish that he may not be left alone in prison. The Lord Mayor: His wish shall be affended to. The Lord Mayor fully committed him to Newgate, to take his trial at the next Session of the Central Criminal Court, for the wilful murder of Robert Burdon. We understand that Captain Meynell, R. 0. Gore, and Captain the Hon. Alexander Hood, the new. Grooms in Waiting to the Queen, replace the Hon. James Ho- ward, M. P., General the Hon. Sir William Lumley, G. C. B., and Major the Hon. George Keppel. Mr. Ho- ward resigns in consequence of having a seat in Parlia- ment, but Sir William Lumley and Major Keppel throw up their appointments, to avoid being identified, in the smallest degree, with a Tory Government. LOVE'S TELEGRAPH.— If a gentleman wants a wife, he wears a ring on the first finger of the left hand; if he be engaged, he wears it on the second finger ; if married, on the third; and on the fourth if he never intends to be married. When a lady is not engaged, she wears a hoop or diamond on her first finger; if engaged, on the second; if married, on the third ; and on the fourth if she intends to die a maid. The last is seen about once in an age. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. FRIDAY, Sept. 24.— The motion to go into a Com- mittee of Supply gave occasion to an animated and in- teresting discussion on the state of the country. Mr. P. M. STEWART rose to call the attention of the House to the petition presented from the county of Ren- frew, on Tuesday. Mr. Stewart proceeded to describe the state of horrible distress to which the manufacturing population of Renfrewshire was reduced. The inhabitants of that county had, in consequence, felt themselves com- pelled to send three memorials to draw the attention of her Majesty, of the Government, and of the Legislature to their case, in order that it might be taken into considera- tion before Parliament was prorogued. Within these three months the failures in Renfrewshire had involved a sum of upwards of £ 700,000, and the cause assigned was the contraction of the markets for the labour of the ma- nufacturers. The heads of families now out of employ- ment amounted to 650, and the petitioners asserted that disease, suffering, and death, was increasing to an appal- ling amount. The source of this was stated by the medi- cal authorities to be the entire want of food, or the bad quality of that which they were able to procure. The pe- tiiioners stated that 120 loomsteads were untenanted, and 200 workshops shut up ; that all private quarters from which relief was to be expected had been frequently ap- plied to, and as frequently exhausted; and that they had no alternative but to come to the Legislature and ask it to consider their case before the doors of Parliament were closed. Mr. Stewart proceeded to read extracts from let- ters received from two inhabitants of the principal towns of Renfrewshire, Paisley, and Johnstone. The details given were of a horrifying description: —" As regards cases of individual suffering, ( said the letter from John- stone,) let the worst be imagined, and it cannot go be- yond the truth. I could tell you of mothers dividing a farthing salt- herring and a halfpennyworth of potatoes among a family of seven; of others mixing sawdust with oatmeal in making their porridge, to enable each to have a mouthful; and of families living for ten days on beans and peas, and ears of wheat stolen by the children from the neighbouring fields." Such representations as those which had been sent to the House deserved more serious consideration than they had received. Sir Robert Peel had said tivo much or too little : he said he had a secret to relieve the commercial embarrassments of the country, but he would not disclose it. Lord Stanley's long speech at Lancaster was equally uncommunicative; and Sir Jas. Graham, at Dorchester, said that he could not violate the reserve under which he accepted office. Mr. MILNER GIBSON said that Sir Robert Peel appeared to be in the condition of a barrister, who, having a bad case, was instructed to hold his tongue. If the access to official documents was of such importance, why did he not pay more deference to the conclusions of the late Government ? Mr. Gibson followed up Mr. Stewart's accounts with statements of the distress in Manchester. In Manchester there were warehouses piled up with goods for which no profitable sale could be found ; insolvencies and bankruptcies were daily occurring, and thousands were actually suffering from the want of food. In the district of Manchester there were 8000 persons living on the miserable pittance of 15d. per week. If he turned to the agricultural interest, did he witness the prosperity which high prices and the Corn Laws ought to give to the farmer now, if they ever could give it to them ? No such thing: he saw the greatest competition for farms, and a general complaint that there was no getting them but as a favour from the landlords, and under conditions which reduce the occupants to the situation of serfs. The farmers com- plained, that in consequence of the blocking up of all channels of employment, they were unable to get their sons started in business. The agricultural labourers, too, were earning a miserable pittance. Where, then, were the signs of agricultural prosperity ? When the distress of the people was spoken of, Hon. Gentlemen opposite al- ways referred to over- production as the cause of it. The cause they assigned for the people wanting employment was, that they had always been employed too much. They recommended that the manufacturers should com- mence the system of employing fewer hands, and then, they said, their workmen would be much better off. After the lapse of a short time, and no one on the Mi- nisterial side rising to address the House, Mr. J. PARKER said that in the whole course of his parliamentary experience, he had never known a gentle- I man representing such important interests to be allowed, after the delivery of so impressive an address, to sit down without eliciting some reply in explanation of the views which it was the intention of the Government to a- dopt. [ Hear], Lord Melbourne's Government had fallen not by one attack, but by a series of attacks; and the gentlemen who had been parties to those attacks had now attained power. Was it not fair, then, to expect that those gentlemen would now afford some development ot their views ? And if they declined to do so, did they ex- pect the country would be satisfied with such a non- deve- loping policy ? He ( Mr. Parker) did not believe they would. The people believed that a great share of the pre- sent distress arose from the laws respecting food. Those laws might not be the cause of that distress, but that was the subject for inquiry, and it would not do for gentlemen so well versed in the interests of the country as the Right Honourable Baronet and his colleagues, to act as if they had been suddenly called to power, or as if their minds were mere blank sheets of paper. The country was en- titled to know something more of the opinions of the Right Honourable Baronet [ hear]. This called forth Sir ROBERT PEEL. He doubted the expediency of partial revelations of his views, and made his customary plea for time to mature his plans. He had distinctly stated, at the close of the last Session, that if called to power, he would not bring forward any premature declarations as to the intentions of her Ma- jesty's Government. This declaration he had made re- peatedly ; and the sense of the country had been taken at the general election under the distinct announcement that such was his intention. The declaration of the country, as given by the elections, was clearly in favour ofthe course which he proposed to take. [ Mr. HAWKES: " Yes, the counties."] " The counties!" exclaimed Sir Robert; " this is always the mode of attack resorted to." But there had been thirty re- elections since the change of Government, all without opposition, except that formid- able opposition which he and Lord Stanley had encoun- tered from Mr. Acland. He had not been silent, when Mr. Gibson spoke, from any individual disrespect, or in- sensibility to the importance of the subject; but it was an unusual course, to raise a discussion on going into the Committee of Supply, which could lead to no result. He sympathized with the distress; but surely it was most im- portant to consider the causes of that distress, with a view to laying the foundation for a remedy. Those who had been most active at Corn Law meetings, attributed it to the same causes whch he was ridiculed for ascribing— overtrading and the excessive issue of bank notes. The Chamber of Commerce of the very town which the Hon. Member ( Mr. M. Gibson) represented, had declared that the misconduct of the Bank of England and the Joint- Stock Banks had led to the apparent prosperity of 1836. An extravagant stimulus was given to trade by large ad- vances made to manufacturers. Mills were built and machinery erected, and the mills and machinery were as- signed as security for the money advanced. Then came the revulsion of trade. While corn was fcow at Is. a quarter duty, would Mr. Gibson be satisfied if he ( Sir Robt.) came forward and proposed a fixed duty of 8s. ? He did not deny the distress, but he did not despond. He was not indifferent to the allegation that friendly societies had failed to afford relief; but against that he set an account of monies paid into savings' banks, to show that the state of the country did not exclude all hope of its being able to re- establish its prosperity. By this account, then, he found that, in the course of June, 1841, there were paid into the savings' banks £ 66,422, and there were drawn out £ 86,664; so that the sums drawn out exceed those paid in by nearly £ 20,000. In the month of July, £ 125,917 were paid in, and .£' 87,000 were drawn out; and in the month of August i£ 100,000 were paid in, and only £ 50,000 were drawn out. The House would, therefore, observe, that while in June the monies drawn out exceeded those paid in by £ 20,000; in August, on the contrary, the money paid in amounted to double the sum withdrawn from the banks, exceeding it by £ 50,000. This might partly be owing to the confidence inspired throughout the country by the change in the administration. ( Laughter, and loud Ministerial cheers.) But even if the Honourable Gentleman should think that he took a partial view of the case, still he must say that this account strengthened him very much in the belief that the state of the country was improving. If it did not directly indicate the condition of the working classes, it did that of the small retail dealers, who derived their gains from trade with the work- ing classes. Even in Manchester, during the same period the payments into the savings' banks amounted to £ 25,555, the withdrawals to only £ 22,740. Sir Robert again made his oft- repeated claim to time for consideration. Mr. MARK PHILIPS implored Sir Robert Peel not to allow the winter to pass without applying his mind to discover some remedy for the distress. Mr. EWART was willing to allow him time ; but the question was, how much time could be allowed ? There was no more dangerous source of popular disorder than uncertainty as to the measures of Government. Mr. R. WALKER urged the claims of the people to consideration. Sir JOHN EASTHOPE said, that Sir Robert Peel was not pressed to state the details of his measures, but only the general principles upon which he should act. Mr. YlLLIERS said, that the people would have less ground for complaint if Sir Robert's reserve had been more strictly adhered to; but he had developed a little too much, or not enough. The distress was universally admitted to exist; but Sir Robert pointed to the proba- bility of its blowing over, and told of the state of certain savings' banks, to show that the working classes were re- covering. Hence it was to be inferred that he did not believe the details of distress which were known and ad- mitted by so many ; and that was all the insight which he allowed the people to have into his future policy. Mr. COBDEN asked why Sir Robert had not extended his review of the savings' banks back to 1835, 6, 7> 8, and 9 ? The comparison would have shown a very dif- ferent result as to the condition of the people, according to his own test, fallacious as it was. Then Sir Robert had misrepresented the report of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce ; for it made a special reference to the Corn Laws as the eWe/ cause ofthe fluctuations in the currency, which had such disastrous consequences. After a few sentences from Captain CARNEGIE on the Ministerial side, Mr. THORNELY, Mr. BROTRERTON, and Mr. AGLIONBY corroborated the statements ofthe previous speakers of the opposition. On the report of the resolution fixing the retirement pension of the new Equity Judges at £ 3500, Mr. EWART moved to reduce it by ;£ 500, After a short debate, the motion was lost by 150 to 36. QUALITY OP THE ARMS SUPPLIED TO THE NAVY. On the House going into a Committee of Supply, a short discussion arose on the ordnance estimates, which was enlivened by the blunt, hearty, and sailor- like man- ner with which Commodore NAPIER took part in the discussion. He dwelt strongly on the evil of not having a naval officer at the head of the board, and gave a mar- velously ill character of the ordnance stores supplied by the navy. They were, he said, of the worst description. The muskets mostly went off at half cock ; others would not go off at all; " as bad as a ship's musket" was be- come quite proverbial, and the gun carriages were so bad that it was difficult to depress the guns properly; there were many other things just as bad ; and the whole arose from the navy not not being represented by a naval officer in the Board of Ordnance. Recently, in Syria, the quality of the arms was so bad that even the mountaineers would not accept the use of them. Sir R. PEEL could not quite go along with the gallant officer in the observations he had made. Captain PEC HELL denounced the arms supplied to the navy in much the same off- hand and sailor like style. The cutlasses, he said, were no better than so many iron hoops. They were only fit for barter on the coast of Africa. No opposition was, however, made to the votes, and the House adjourned. try. The late Government had been thrown out on a fi- nancial question, yet the present Government confessed its ignorance of any plan by which to remedy permanent- ly the difficulties of their financial position. Mr. WILLIAMS considered that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had taken the easiest mode he could adopt of getting rid of his financial difficulties. Large additions have been annually made to the funded debt; and it was unjust for one generation to throw burdens on a future one. Col. SIBTHORP said, the Opposition was attempting to bully the Government, but it was too strong for their attempts. Mr. HAWES entered into a review of the conflicting opinions of the Government on the subject of the Corn Laws, and contended that the existing difficulties pre- cluded any hope of there being an agreement on any plan of relief. It was not unreasonable to ask Sir R. Peel for the general principles of his policy; the demand was war- ranted by precedents, such as that of Mr. Pitt, in 1784, and Earl Grey, on his accession to power. The financial embarrassments of the country had led to a very general expectation that large measures of fiscal and commercial reform would be adopted; but these hopes had been blighted. The first act of the new Government was the vulgarest contrivance that could be adopted— that of an addition to the debt, instead of attempting to augment the resources of the country. After producing authorities on the subject of the Corn Laws, he considered that he had shewn good reasons for calling on the Prime Minister to state the intentions of the Government; and quoted from a speech of Sir Robert Peel's, from which he ( Mr. Hawes) had been led to expect a comprehensive measure on the Corn Laws. After Mr. EWART and Mr. SCOTT had addressed the House for a short time, on the Liberal side, Sir R. PEEL hoped that the Members who had spoken would not deem him disrespectful if he adhered to his resolution of not entering upon the present consideration of the sub- ject of the Corn Laws. Referring to the charge which had been brought against the party which supported him, of not having, while in opposition, checked the expendi- ture which had caused the deficiency now complained of, he contended that an opposition could not dictate the foreign policy of a Ministry, and therefore could not be responsible for its expenditure. Mr. Williams had affirmed that the entire deficiency could be made up by economy. If that were the case, it was a reason for time to allow of a complete review of the expenditure of the country. He pledged himself to all proper economy; whatever reductions could be made, with a due regard to the dignity of the country, would be made. He did not deny the existence of great distress in the country; but he would cause investigation to be made in all cases brought before him, and he hoped that exaggerated state- ments would be avoided. Lord PALMERSTON said that if the Government did not think fit to enlarge trade and commerce by remov- ing restrictions, then there was no other course to be adopt- ed, than to add to the burdens of the country. The late Government had been displaced in pursuing a course of policy, on which the present Government should have made their minds up, and be able to state their intentions to the nation. The present Government was accountable for the deficiency in the revenue; for while in opposition, the party which had supported it had, year after year, urged the late Government to increase " its military and naval expenditure. He would not believe that Parlia- ment was about to be prorogued, without any indication of the policy of Government on the Com Laws. It was its duty to stand on the Corn Laws, if it was determined to uphold them, and give the agriculturist some security as to their intentions ; or if not, then, in the present state of the country, they were bound to allay the suspense, by indicating what they meant to do. After Mr. FIELDEN had addressed the House, Mr. CHARLES WOOD entered into a lengthened compari- son of the financial projects of the late and the present Governments. No one cause had been the special cause ofthe existing distress; but though no one cause in parti- cular had led to the present state of the couutry, an exten- sion of our foreign trade was the only remedy. The pre- sent Government was now adopting a course which Sir Robert Peel had said, a year ago, he would have opposed, if it had been proposed by the then Government, namely, a loan. Mr. Wood then entered into the subject of the Corn Laws, and expressed his satisfaction that Lord Stan- ley had thrown overboard the fallacy of the connection between the price of food and the rate of wages. The statements of Mr. Charles Wood raised a conver- sational discussion between himself, the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer, and Mr. Baring ; after which the resolutions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer were passed, and the Speaker resumed the Chair. POOR LAW. On the motion for going into Committee on the Poor Law Commission Bill, Mr. YORKE proposed an in- struction to the committee to insert clauses prohibiting the Poor Law commissioners from enforcing indiscrimi- nate separation between man and wife, and that in no case should separation be permitted, when the application for relief arose from inability to work, and not from idle- ness or vice. Sir JAMES GRAHAM stated the course which the Government intended to pursue. Thev merely wished to continue the Poor Law commission till'the end of July, 1842, in order to give time for an entire review ofthe en- tire Poor Law. If there were defects in the law, they were prepared to remove them, or to introduce whatever improvements might be considered expedient. Under those circumstances, he was unwilling to enter on a dis- cussion at the present time, and should therefore oppose this and any other instruction. The Hon. J. STUART WORTLEY was placed in a difficulty by the instruction proposed by Mr. Yorke, and begged him to withdraw it. It would be very repugnant to his feelings to vote against it, because he was in favour of its principle; but if this question was raised, they should go into the entire subject. The Government were justilied in taking time to consider the law by the exam- ple ofthe Whig Government, which had taken two years before it passed the measure. The House divided on Mr. Yorke's instruction, when there appeared 187 to 36 against it. The consideration of the bill was then adjourned til! Wednesday. MONDAY.— On the motion for going into a committee of ways and means, Sir CHARLES BROOK VERE called attention to a statement which had been made on Friday night, by Mr. Milner Gibson, respecting the man- ner in which the Queen's health had been received at the Agricultural Association in Suffolk. A somewhat ani- mated discussion followed, in which Mr. GIBSON, Mr. EWART, Sir C. BURRELL, and Sir E. KERRI- SON took part. FINANCIAL MEASURES. In the Committee, the CHANCELLOR of the EX- CHEQUER rose, in conformity with the usual practice, to state the means by which he proposed to meet the sup- plies granted by the House. The total amount of supplies recently voted by the House was £ 1,727,432, and the de- ficiency to be provided for was £ 2,467,432. He proposed to fund £ 5,000,000 of Exchequer bills, one- half of which, £ 2,500,000, he expected to raise in money, for the pur- pose of providing for the deficiency. The total amount of the subscription was £ 3,545,000, and he proposed that the House should give the Government power, either by the sale of Exchequer bills, or by the sale of stock, to make up the deficiency. Situated as he was, he could not be so presumptuous as to lay before them a scheme of taxation to make up the deficiency in the revenue of the year, and he therefore adopted this temporary provision to enable the Government to meet it. He regretted that he was called upon to add to the existing debt; but he hoped, at a future period, to be able to show, not merely how a temporary deficiency could be provided for, but how the expenditure and the revenue could be permanently equa- lised. Mr. P. T. BARING was disposed rather to comment on what the Chancellor of the Exchequer had omitted, than what he had stated. After commenting on the de- tails of the financial plan proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he reminded the House that Mr. Goul- burn had, on a former occasion, indignantly disclaimed the imputation of going to let things alone, yet his plan resolved itself into the easy one of borrowing money. He expressed his surprise that the Chancellor of the Exche TUESDAY.— Mr. THORNELY gave notice, on the part of Mr. Vill iers, that he would, early in the next session, move that the House resolve itself into a com- mittee of the whole House, to take into consideration the act of the 9th George IV., which regulates the importa- tion of foreign grain. On the motion for the third reading of the Administra- tion of Justice Bill, Mr. WARD said, the House would recollect what passed on a former occasion, when its attention had been called to the peculiar position of the Honourable Member for Horsham. It was not the first time that the House had to deal with a similar case, though by a singular omission the case had not been referred to on a former occasion. The case to which he referred did, however, add so much strength to the arguments which he then ventured to offer to induce the House to consider the step it was about to take, that he could not help now calling the attention of the House to it, and reminding Honour- able Members opposite of the line they had taken with regard to it. In 1832, Mr. William Brougham was ap- pointed Registrar of Affidavits to the Courts of Chan- cery— an office which the Lord Chancellor had expressed some intention of abolishing, without mentioning any definite period. No distinct proposition had been made, however— no bill brought in— nothing had been done to give the public a claim to the abolition of the office. The moment the appointment was known, the Honourable and Learned Member for Ripon, now Lord Chancellor of Ireland, lost not a moment in calling the attention of the House to it. He then sat on the opposition Benches, and that might account for the different views which were taken then, and now of similar cases. The Honourable Member for Ripon then complained of an appointment being made to a sinecure office, which was to be abolished. He said that Honourable Members on the Ministerial side, who were formerly severe in their comments on such proceedings, appeared to have no objection then, when the money was received by different persons. Such was the line of observation pursued by the Right Honourable Member for Ripon in 1832, and it was curious to see how completely, in the course of nine years, the tables had been turned. On the same occasion, Sir Robert Peel said it was impossible that the appointment could be other than provisional, and the present Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, from whom it was difficult to extract an opinion the other night, expressed a similar opinion in the guarded terms which he always used. The place to which Mr. W. Brougham had been appointed was not, as had been as- serted, a sinecure. Lord Eldon asserted that it was an office to which duties were attached that required it to be filled up immediately. This was precisely the argument of the Honourable the Attorney and Solicitor- Generals the other night, who asserted that it would be impossible quer had not alluded to the foture prospects of the coun- i £££ Me, nber 9f tl"': b- Kr ' 9 fil--"- e SitUati-°" I a security of retaining the £ 2000 a year for the term of his natural life. Every argument which ap- plied to the one case was applicable also to the other. If he could expunge the clause which involved the case of the Honourable Member for Horsham, without affecting the rights of other parties, he should certainly take the sense of the House on the subject. He found, however, that he could not now oppose that clause without opposing the entire bill, which, he believed, would be one of great utility to the public. At all events, he thought it right to call attention to the very different manner in which two cases so similar had been treated by Honourable Mem- bers opposite. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not consider the cases adduced by Mr. Ward to be analogous to that of Mr. Scarlett. Mr. EWART considered the cases produced to be pa- rallel, but Mr. Pemberton contended that in the one case, that of Mr. Scarlett, a sacrifice had been made, as he was obliged to quit the bar, which was not the case in the others. Mr. BARING did not think any claim for compensa- tion existed in the case of Mr. Scarlett, as he accepted the office with due notice that it was about to be abolished. This was the grossest case of compensation improperly granted he ever heard of. Sir JAS. GRAHAM did not see the parallelism of the cases adduced to that of Mr. Scarlett. Mr. CHARLES BULLER thought that the humble persons in the department of the Exchequer which was ' about to be abolished were as much entitled to compensa- tion as the more important. The copying clerks, some of whom had been in their occupation for thirty years, had no compensation provided for them. After Mr. HAWES and Sir JAMES GRAHAM had spoken, the Attorney- General ( Sir F. POLLOCK) de- fended the compensation to be granted to Mr. Scarlett, on the grounds of his legal right to it. Sir CHARLES NAPIER observed, that when gentle- men of the long robe came before the House for compen- sation, it was always very liberal to them. He then gave instances from his own profession, in order to shew the very different treatment which officers received who were entitled to compensation. POOR LAW. Before going into Committee on the Poor Law Com- mission Continuance Bill, Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD rose to move two instructions to the Committee, the pur- port of them being that no new unions be formed under the commission, and that out- door relief be disallowed by the Commissioners, when ordered by Boards of Guar- dians. He supported his motion by adducing various cases of alleged hardship under the operation of the pre- sent system. Mr. Sharman Crawford then moved his first instruction, which was seconded by Colonel SIBTHORP. Mr. FERRAND condemned the Poor Law, on the grounds of its harshness and injustice. The Poor Law originated in a deep- laid scheme between the cotton spin- ners of Lancashire and the Poor Law Commissioners; and the rich manufacturers had made their immense for- tunes out of the sweat and blood of the poor. They had therefore no right to bring charges against the landed pro- prietors ; for it was not the Corn Laws, but the factory system, that caused distress. Sir JAMES GRAHAM rebuked the declamatory style of Mr. Ferrand, and declared that he ( Sir Jas. Graham,) was pledged to the principles of the Poor Law. He only asked, in the bill before the House, for a continuance of the Poor Law Commission during six months of next year, in order to give the Government time to bring for- ward the Poor Law Amendment Act, with such improve- ments as might be thought desirable, in a new bill, to be introduced early in the next session of Parliament. Sir James Graham also defended the Poor Law Commission, and resisted the amendments of Mr. Crawford. Mr. MARK PHILIPS would not imitate the warmth and vehemence of Mr. Ferrand, but could not permit his accusations of the manufacturers to pass without notice. Mr. Philips then gave some statements to rebut the charges of cruelty and selfishness brought against them by Mr. Ferrand. Mr. WAKLEY drew from the declaration of Sir James Graham, that the Whig and Tory aristocracy of England were pledged to the Poor Law. He ( Mr. Wakley) had been led into the mistake of thinking that the present Government would have taken a different course on the subject. After explaining how he had been led into the mistake, Mr. Wakley reviewed the history and nature of the English Poor Law, and contended that the principles of the Poor Law Amendment Act were opposed to the rights of the poor, and expressed himself fearful of the consequences if it were maintained. The poor were not placed under law ; and he proposed the erection of a Poor Law court, with a judge and an advocate to plead the cause of the poor. Mr. Wakley's speech was a very long one. Mr. WARD would make no apology for troubling the House, after the most extraordinary speech just delivered by the Honourable Member for Finsbury; for he ( Mr. Ward) was not one disposed to sit down quietly under the Imputation of giving a vote or pursuing a course, being actuated in so doing by what the Honourable Member termed the foulest feelings that could disgrace the human mind. He was not disposed to submit calmly to the ac cusation of having wilfully supported a bill, framed, as the Honourable Member was pleased to say, in the spirit of wickedness, and fraught with injustice and cruelty. He ( Mr. Ward) would say nothing of the taste of the Honourable Member for Finsbury, who was as auda- dacious in his language in that House, as he was coward- ly in his political acts, for he never carried out his words by his votes. Nevertheless, the speech of the Honoura- ble Member had surprised him, because on a former occa- sion he had told the House he had arrived at the conclu- sion that the subject was one of deep importance— one with respect to which no exciting language ought to be used, but which should be discussed with sobriety and calmness ; and yet the Honourable Member had thought proper to taunt and vilify those who had supported the bill . from the most conscientious motives, and upon the honest convic- tion that it was a good bill for the working classes of this country — nay, they knew it was a good bill, and they were prepared to defend its principles against the attacks of the Honorurable Member. The Honourable Gentleman had said that the supporters of that bill were prepared to grind the bones of the poor and use them for manure, if they thought it would enrich the soil. Mr. WAKLEY : I made use of no such terms. Mr. WARD : I appeal to the House. Mr. WAKLEY had spoken of the doctrines of the Utilitarians. Mr. WARD : The Honourable Member had said that the Poor Law Bill had originated with an Utilitarian So- ' ciety, of which the Bishop of London was the head— ( hear, hear)— and said that all who approved of that bill, who concurred in its principles, were men who were pre- pared to grind the bones of the poor, if they thought it would answer their own unworthy ends. What had been the Honourable Member's ground of attack P He had said that the effect of the law was to take from the ratepayers the management of their own funds. No such thing— the effect of the law had been to institute a better system of management of those local funds, which heretofore had been most miserably mismanaged, and to restore the true meaning of the noble act of Elizabeth. Did not the Ho- nourable Member know that the administration of that law of Elizabeth had been characterised by the grossest absurdity and most miserable fatuity ? And to talk of the better condition of the poor under the old law! Had the Honourable Member never heard of men being harnessed to carts, and of women being forced to drag loads up hills, under that system he so highly eulogised P Under the old administration of the Poor Laws, every motive for bad conduct had been given, for then the idle and the disso- lute argued that when their means were expended, they had nothing to do but to fall back upon the parish. The Hon. Member had chosen to assert that the New Poor Law had put the poor out of the pale of constitutional ri ght. No such thing— it put them under a system of administration they had never had before— a system which established a direct system of responsibility. The Poor Law Commis- sioners were directly responsible to the Government, and the Government was responsible to that House. In every discussion, it had been shown that no abuse could be com- mitted, no act of oppression perpetrated, under the power of the law, without being quickly bronght to light. Few knew the mystery of iniquity that was in daily practice under the old system, which was converting the popula- tion of this country into the most demoralised in the world. The Honourable Member had spoken of the power of the Commissioners, and, objecting to that con- centrated power, he had contended that the resident guardians would be the more fitting persons to wield it. He ( Mr. Ward) was as little inclined to closet theories as the Honourable Member himself; he ( Mr. Ward) had mixed much with the world in all classes. He repre- sented a manufacturing constituency, and he resided in an agricultural district, and he could speak from experi- ence as to what was the feeling on this subject of local responsibility. There was a general anxiety that the Legislature should not interfere with the law in that respect— that it should not repeal or spoil by crude and hasty measures, a bill which was admitted to be the best that had passed since the Reform Bill. Such was the general feeling without distinction of party. At the time when that very question of local responsibility was under ... OCTOBER 2, 1811. SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM INDEPENDENT. r discussion, there were certain guardians, clever men, men perfectly conversant with the working of the law, who had said to him, " Put no responsibility on our shoulders. We have an onerous and difficult task as it is, hut then we have certain fixed principles laid down which we can administer." One of the guardians had told him ( Mr. Ward) there was. a feeling of horror in re- ference to the Member for Finsbury and his proposals, and had said, " If you give boards of Guardians absolute power to act, we should be worse off than under the old system, for we should have a Wakley at every board, and have our houses burnt down if we did not go along with him." ( A laugh.) Those . were the very words that were used. They were not very respectful to the Honourable Member for Finsbury, ( Mr. Wakley,) but they showed how much that Honourable Member mis- took the feeling of the agricultural population of this country. They did not wish for more responsibility— they had a dread of it; they wished to have the power of dealing calmly and deliberately with the question brought before them, and of applying their conscientious attention to the task which the law imposed upon them— and a very onerous task it was. Less onerous, however, than it was some years ago, because the ameliorations which the operation of the law had introduced into the habits and condition of the labouring poor in many districts of the country, and especially in the southern districts, where the provisions of the old law were more particularly abused, we^ e so marked, so decided, and so unequivocal, that he did not think the Honourable Member for Fins- bury himself womld question them if he had the means of witnessing them. Then the Honourable Member talked of medical relief; and he invoked the shade of Sir Astley Cooper, to prove that there was no provision made under the present law for immediate parochial relief. The union workhouses, he said, were obliged to send seven or ten miles for a medical practitioner, at times when a delay of five minutes might end in the death of the sufferer ; and inhumanity, he asserted, was the rule of the law in this respect as well as in all others. Had the Honourable Member read the 52nd clause of the act? Did he not know that there was at the close of that clause, a special provision for every casuality that might occur ? Was he not aware that the 52nd clause em- powered every guardian in a rural parish ( for it was in those parishes only that the emergency could arise,) in- stantly to have recourse to any medical practitioner on whom he could lay his hand, and to make a separate charge for the expenses incurred in such emergencies ? He ( Mr. Ward) apprehended that that provision of the law was amply sufficient, if properly administered by the guardians, to provide for every case of sudden emer- gency. The Honourable Member then alluded to the dietary tables, and contrasted the table of the city of Lon- don with that of the rural districts. The dietary table of the city of London, which the Honourable Member so much applauded, was not one that he ( Mr. Ward) would undertake to defend. It might seem harsh to say so, but in his opinion, a workhouse dietary which gave to paupers a greater amount of food than the independent labourer could command by the utmost exercise of his assiduity, was indefensible. The natural standard to take of these things, was the amount of comfort that the in- dependent labourer could procure by the work of his hands. The comforts afforded by the London diet table were greater than could be commanded even by the infe- rior ratepayer. He ( Mr. Ward) had no wish to introduce again into this discussion any of those party allusions which were made in a previous stage of it. He had the less wish to do so, because he had had the pleasure of hearing from the Right Honourable Baronet, ( Sir James Graham,) the Secretary of State for the Home Department, one of the most manly, rational, and plain- spoken speeches, in reference to the bill and all its provisions, that he had ever listened to from the lips of any person charged with the government of this country. The Eight Honourable Baronet, as it appeared to him, ( Mr. Ward,) took the perfectly prudent and practical course. He did not pledge himself to all the details of the bill. It had now been seven years in operation, and it was not only proba- ble, but certain, that there were many parts of it in which, with the general concurrence of those who approved its principle,- considerable changes might be made. Any change made without impairing the principle of the act— any proposal to humanise and soften the severity with which some of its provisions were made to bear upon in- dustrious and deserving men— any such proposal he ( Mr. Ward) was satisfied would meet with the general concur- rence of that House. ( Hear, hear.) He had listened to the intimation made by the Eight Honourable Baronet, ( Sir James Graham,) that such would be the course of the G ccvjjwunent, with as much pleasure as to that part of his speech in which he announced that it was the intention of Ministers to adhere to the main principles of the Act. After the statement made by the Eight Honourable Ba- ronet, he ( Mr. Yifard) should consider himself unworthy of the seat which he held in that house, if he did not fair- ly take his share of the responsibility of stating his entire concurrence in the principle of the Act, as well as in the course which Government proposed to pursue in reference to it. To that course he should give his cordial support. There was one other point to which he must be allowed shortly to refer. The Noble Lord, the Member for Liver- poo], had said that they ( the opposition) had accused him and others with having used the subject of the Poor Laws as a means of agitation out of the House. What they had accused Hon. Gentlemen opposite of, was, that there was no apparent consistency between the language they held out of the House to their constituents, and their statements in the House with regard to this law; that they were un- like the Hon. Member for Knaresborough and some other Hon. Gentlemen, who had honestly stated their opinions out of the House, and were prepared to back them in the House by their votes, and when, although he could not but condemn their opinions, he was compelled to admire them for their honest and manly assertion of them. Some of the theories put forth by the Hon. Member of Knares- borough were certainly most extreme, and he would ask the Hon. Gentleman to consider for a moment what would be the consequence if they should ever be worked out ? With regard to that manufacturing interest which the Hon. Member appeared to think so injurious to the coun- try, what, he would ask, would be the value of the Hon. Member's Yorkshire acres, if the population at present employed in manufactures were thrown back upon the land, as it must be ere long unless our commercial policy were guided by a more liberal spirit than at present seemed to govern it. He ( Mr. Ward) must differ from the Hon. Member in his statement that all inhumanity was in one class of employment, and all humanity in the other. He believed that good and evil were much more equally dis- tributed than the Hon. Member for Knaresborough seemed to suppose. He ( Mr. Ward) believed that there was as much of happiness and comfort in the manufacturing dis- tricts, with quite as much morality, and a great deal more intelligence, as in the agricultural, and that there was as much distress and destitution to be found amongst the agricultural labourers of Wiltshire and other counties, as there was amongst the hand- loom weavers or any other class of manufacturing labourers of this country. All they wanted was fair play, and that they must have, or no Poor Law could be sustained. He ( Mr. Ward) should give his cordial support to the course that Government in- tended to pursus, and when the Bill should be brought for- ward next year, he trusted that the House would, for the sake of its own credit and character, enter upon the dis- cussion in a calmer spirit and with better temper than had characterised many of the speeches which they had heard during the discussion on the present Bill, and if some ame- lioration in those clauses of the original Bill which bore hard upon the poor, especially with regard to relieving widows with young children, and of people who had been induced to marry under the old law, and had now large families to provide for, were introduced, they would find as much readiness to support such alterations on the part of those who defended the Bill, as of those who professed so much of humanity. _ Mr. STUAET WOETLEY thought that the instruc- tion proposed by Mr. Crawford, that no unions be formed, was not an unreasonable one, at least until the Poor Law Act had undergone reconsideration. He could not, how- ever, vote at present for the second instruction, that of al- lowing out- door relief when allowed by the Boards of Guardians. - Mr. Wortley entered into a vindication of himself from the charge of inconsistency. He expressed the pleasure with which he had heard the judicious and conciliatory observations of his Eight Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, upon the subject of the Poor Law Commissioners. Not that he entirely concurred in the view taken by his Eight Ho- nourable Friend. His Eight Honourable Friend talked of adhering strictly to the principle of the Act. He ( Mr. Wortley) should give some reasons for dissenting from that view. He owned, however, that he had listened with great pleasure to the encomiums passed by his Eight Honourable Friend upon the conduct of the commission- ers, in instances where they had paid deference to public opinion, and introduced ameliorations into the adminis- tration of the law. He ( Mr. Wortley) took these enco- miums, on the part of the country, as an earnest from his Eight Honourable Friend that he felt it to be his duty to watch over the operations of the Act, and to see that it was carried into execution in a manner consistent with the dictates of humanity. ( Hear, hear.) His Right Ho- nourable Friend had gone as far as it was possible for one in his situation to go. He had gone to the very brink of that caution which it was his duty to preserve. He stated that he approved of concessions to public opinion, and that he was anxious to promote the relaxation of rigid rules. He ( Mr. Wortley) took his Eight Honourable Friend at his word, and, upon the assurance that he ob- jected to the rigid enforcement of rigorous rules, would consent to take the bill now proposed upon trust for the interval that must elapse between the present time and the period at which the amended Act would be brought forward. He was using no exaggerated expression when he said that he hoped they would approach this question with tenderness for the feelings of those classes for whose interests they were called on to legislate, and to make improvements in the law. When Honourable Gentlemen opposite accused him of taking up this question merely for election purposes, they were casting an imputation on him which his conduct did not by any means justify. He said, and he repeated it, that he hoped they would legis- late on the subject in a spirit of humanity towards the poor; and if they erred at all in their legislation, it was better to err on that side than on the side of rigour. ( Hear, " sir. YORKE and Colonel SIBTHORP made some observations; and the House divided on the first instruc- tion, when there appeared 131 to 49 against it. The second instruction, relating to out- door relief, was then proposed. Mr. WAKLEY had nothing more to say upon the subject; but if the House would have the boards of guar- dians discharge their duty to the poor, they would throw upon those boards some legal responsibility, and would subject them to penalties if they did not discharge their duties honestly. Mr. WARD felt that, after the observations made by the Honourable Member for Finsbury, the House would excuse him if he occupied its attention for a few mo- ments. ( Hear, hear, hear.) In the first place, he would say, that if, in the warmth of debate, he had used an im- proper and unparliamentary expression, and if the word " cowardice" was too strong a term, he was perfectly willing to retract it. But this he begged distinctly to say, that he would not apologise for nor retract one par- ticle of the charge which he had made against the Hon. Member, but that, on the contrary, he would, under the same circumstances, reiterate that charge. ( Cheers.) That charge was, that the Honourable Member had used language elsewhere whioh he was not prepared to follow up in that House; and he ( Mr. Ward) drew a contrast between the boldness of the language so used by the Hon. Member out of doors, and he ( Mr. Ward) would not say cowardice, but the diffidence of his course when he came to vote in that House. ( Hear, hear.) The Honourable Member had told the House that he was better acquainted than any man living, with the habits and condition of the poor — that he knew more about the working of the Poor Law than aw other man, and yet, when the question came before the House, the same Honourable Member ( Mr. Wakley) not only declined to vote, but declined to express any opinion upon the subject. ( Hear, hear.) With regard to the charge made against him ( Mr. Ward) on reference to his conduct on the motion of the Hon. Member for Eochdale, on the address respecting the ex- tension of the franchise, he had only to say that on that occasion his opinion was distinctly expressed that the subject was in itself of vast importance, but that he thought it ought not to have been brought forward when the question before the House was an address in answer to a speech from the throne. To this opinion he still ad- hered. The conversation alluded to by the Honourable Member, as having been held by him ( Mr. Ward) with a member of the board of Guardians, of which he ( Mr. Ward) was an ex- officio member, was as had been described. He was not himself able to attend regularly the board, and he knew of no practice that would be so detrimental to the well- working of the law as for ex- officio guardians to attend the boards of unions to over- rule the decisions of the working members of the board. ( Hear, hear.) His friend did not express to him any fear as to any responsibility which might fall upon him as a guar- dian, bnt he expressed a fear lest the House should de- volve upon the board of guardians that duty which ought to devolve upon the commissioners. After a few words from Mr. DARBY, the House divided. For the Amendment, 32 ; Against it, 146; Majority, 114. The House went into committee; and the first reading of the bill was ordered for Friday. The House then adjourned. SPORTING- INTELLIGENCE. EUFFORD BOUNDS.— The Rufford hounds, under the mastership of Captain Williams, commenced the season on Friday last, and after drawing Cockglode cover with- out success, a fox was found in Birkland, which, after a very pretty run, they succeeded in killing. Last Monday, the Captain tried Wellow Park; a fox was soon found, but in consequence of the extent and impenetrability of the cover, they did not succeed in forcing reynard to break it. BEE'S WING.— Mr. Orde, in returning thanks for his health being drank at the Northumberland Agricultural Society, on Thursday week, said—" For the manner in which they had mentioned the mare he also returned thanks. Bee's wing was the property of Northumberland, and she possessed all those beautiful characteristics which belonged to Northumberland. ( Loud cheers.) He be- lieved that no man who ever lived since the world began, had ever been in such a situation as he had been. He had been compelled to hire the very horse that the mare had to run against— they would not run against her without being paid for it. ( Cheers and laughter.) It was a proud thing for him to say, that he had to pay the Duke of Cleveland £ 45 to start a horse against his mare. But he had said that he would not pay the Duke the money, unless he would consent to pay it back again, in case he beat Bee's wing. ( Great laughter.) She was a Northum- brian- mare— she was their mare, and she had authorised him to tell them, that her last and best feat would be to win a Northumberland race." ( Cheers and laughter.) NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. TUESDAY, SEPT. 28. Captain Rous's Nicholas, 4 years, received forfeit from Mr Payne's Escort, 3 years. 50 sovs. The Buckenham Stakes of 3( 10 sovs each, h ft for two year old colts, 8st 71b; fillies, 8st 41b. T. Y. C. Colonel Peel's ch c by The Colonel Nat.. 1 Lord Exeter's ch c Albion, by Beiram 2 Won by six lengths. Lord Albemarle's Minaret, 7st 41b ( Chappie,) beat Mr Gardnor's Monops, 8st 51b. T. Y. C. 100, h ft. The Grand Duke Michael Stakes of 50 sovs each, for three year old colts, 8st 71b; fillies, 8st 31b. A. F. ( 14 subscribers.) Mr Batson's ch f Potentia, by Plenipotentiary.. Sly.. 1 Duke of Bedford's ch cJohn o'Gaunt, by Taurus .... 2 Mr Thornhill's ch c Eringo, brother to Mango 3 Chameleon, Oakley, and Abydos also started. Won by a length and a half. The Hopeful Stakes of 40 sovs each, h ft for two years old colts, 8st 71b; fillies, 8st 51b. Last half of Ab. M. ( 15 subscribers.) Lord Bruce'sb c by Glaucus J. Day.. 1 Mr Thornhill's Eusebia, sister to Egeria 2 Lord Albemarle's colt by Plenipotentiary 3 Filly by Clearwell— Chapeau de Paille, Ca- ira, and Proof Print also started, but were not placed. Colonel Peel's Gibraltar ( Nat) beat Lord Kelburne's Pathfinder, 8st 71b each. A. F. 500, half forfeit. rooms, Manchester; solicitor, Mr. James Stainbank, Manchester. James Parkinson, of Moorgate Fold, Lancashire, cotton spinner, October 19 and November 9, at the Town hall, Preston; solicitors, Messrs. Ainsworth and Son, and Mr. T. E. Swift, Blackburn. DIVIDENDS. October 21.— Thomas Wood, of Alnwick, Northum- berland, ironmonger, at the White Sivan Inn, Alnwick. October 26. — Richard Tilburn, of Doncaster, auc- tioneer, at the Guildhall, Doncaster. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Walter Bryant and Stephen Stringer, 7, I'addington street, St. Marylebone, coach ironmongers. Colin Campbell, Mungo Nutter Campbell, Thomas Campbell, James Campbell, Mungo Campbell, and Mungo Campbell, jun., of Glasgow, merchants, ( so far as regards Colin Campbell and Mungo Nutter Campbell.) SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William Stobo, in Laurleston of Glasgow, lock maker, October 4 and 29, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. Patrick Maclean Kennedy, of Glasgow, druggist, Oc- tober 1 and 22, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. Alexander Murray, of Leith, potter, October 4 and 25, at the writing chambers of Robert Deuchard, Edinburgh. David Millar, of Catcraig, Lanarkshire, farmer, October 6 and 27, at the Clydesdale Inn, Lanark. Charles Hutchison, of Brunstain Mills, Musselburgh, mill master, October 6 and 27, at the writing chambers of Richard Arthur, Edinburgh. George White, of Pathead, Fifeshire, shoemaker, Oc- tober 4 and 25, at the writing chambers of Messrs. Pearson and Jackson, Kirkcaldy. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. INSPECTOR'S WEEKLY CORN RETURN. An account of the Qiuntitiesand Prices of British Coin sold in Shef- field Market, from the returns delivered 10 the Inspector, by the Dealers, m the week ending Tuesday, Sept. 27, 1841, computed by the Standard Imperial Measure of a Gallons to the Bushel. Imp. Measure- Total Price Q Total Quant- Amount. Imp. Measr. qrs. bis- £. s. d. £. S. D. 289 1 960 2 8 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 4 100 10 11 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 13 0 2 4 0 WEDNESDAY.— Handicap Sweepstakes were won by Mr Pettit's filly by St Patrick, dam by Emilius, beating Monsieur Jabot, filly by Beiram The St Leger Stakes were won by the Duke of Grafton's Mosque, beating Sir Hans, Viola, and Abydos. £ 50 were won by the Duke of Rutland's Flambeau, beat- ing E. O. CHESTERFIELD MEETING. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29. A Maiden Plate of 60 guineas, for three years old, 7st 31b; four, 8st 61b; five, 8st 11 lb; six and aged, 8stl31b; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Two mile heats. Duke of Cleveland's Oxton, by Muley Moloch- Lye 10 1 Mr Howarth's Hull Bank, by Contest 2 2 2 Mr Heywood's Mr Whippy, by the Saddler 0 1 3 Mr Catton's Candidate, by Contest 3 04 Mr Foulis's Pillion, by The Saddler 0 d Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for three years old, 7sts four, 8st 41b ; five, 8st 111b; six and aged, 9st; mares and geldings allowed 21b. Two miles. ( 5 subs.) Mr Bowden names Sampson, by Cetus ....... Lye « 1 Duke of Devonshire names Kingston Robin 2 Wings, Hull Bank, and Marialva started, but were not placed. POOR LAW COMMISSION BILL. WEDNESDAY.— On the motion for bringing up the Report of the Poor Law Commission Bill, Mr. WAKLEY said', he was anxious to learn, on the present occasion, whether the Hon. Member for Sheffield was prepared to state to the House the name and address of the guardian of the union, with whom he had held the conversation to which he alluded last night P Mr. WARD said, he certainly was not prepared to state anything of the kind. The conversation had taken place six months ago, and he thought it was more than probable that the individual would not allow his name to be mentioned. Mr. WAKLEY had no objection to adopt the course, if the House allowed Hon. Gentlemen to state conver- sations they had with parties, those conversations casting calumnies on Hon. Members. But he thought the mat- ter was of so much importance, that without entering into any hostility with the Honourable Member, which he trusted he should never be charged with, he should sift this matter to the bottom. The character of the House, and the safety and security of Hon. Members was at stake, because, if conversations of this kind were to be related by persons under no responsibility, he would like to know where was the protection for debate? ( Hear, hear, hear.) As the Hon. Gentleman had refused the name and address of the guardian, he ( Mr. Wakley) would go through the board of guardians of the union, and ask every individual member whether it occurred or not. They should then know in whose mind the calumny and slander originated. ( Cries of " Order.") The SPEAKER begged leave to call the attention of the House to what he believed to be the rules of the House. When an Hon. Member stated anything in his place in that House, it was considered to be made on the honour of that Member. ( Hear, hear.) It was clearly out of order therefore, to make any allusion to what oc- curred out of that House. Mr. WAED said, that he could see nothing in the con- versation that bore on the Hon. Member's case. It was not fit that every Member should be left to interpret the principle of a new law, or to have a Mr. Wakley in every board to pronounce upon the principles of the law. He did not mean that what he had said should receive a per- sonal construction, and he did not think that it could be so received. Mr. WAKLEY said, he would bow to the decision of the Chair at once. The Hon. Gentleman had not quoted all the'words he had stated last night. The* SPEAKEE said, that the Honourable Member was again out of order, as it was not right to refer to a former debate. The Eeport was then ordered to be received, and to be read a third time on Monday.— Adjourned. HOWDEN GREAT HORSE FAIR.— The show was the largest known for a considerable number of years, and good prices were obtained for horses of first- rate quality, varying from £ 150 to £ 200, and several excellent brood mares were purchased by the foreign dealers, at prices varying Jrom £ 60 to £ 80. Many valuable horses left Hovvden for London, France, Germany, and various parts of the Continent, during the present week. On the 24tU and 25th, the stables attached to all the different inns of the town were crowded, and it was with difficulty that standings could be procured. The arrivals on the 27tli and 28th, from different part of the kingdom, were consi- derable, and the town presented one dense mass of men and horses on Monday and Tuesday, and we may venture to assert, that never, in the memory of the oldest inha bitant, was such a number of horses and men congregated in the town of Hovvden as during the present fair. The knowledge of the recent contract by Mr. Elmore with the French Government, for the supply of 3000 cavalry- horses, doubtless increased the show of sound and valu- able animals at this long celebrated fair. This export of horses to France will be the means of improving the breed in that country. PRICES OF METALS, & c.— London, Sept. 24. IRON, British— Bar.. .. ton 0 0 0 to 7 0 0 Do. Cargo in Wales ton 6 5 Hoops ton 9 15 Sheets, single ton 10 15 Pig, No. 1. ton 5 0 Do. in Wales 000 to 45 Foreign— f Swedes, cn. bd ton J Russian, com ton Duty 30s. " l P. S. i. ton per ton. {_ C. C. N. D ton STEEL, British— Blistered, ( various qualities) ton 25 Shear do. do ton 45 Cast do. do ton 45 Foreign— f Swedes in kgs. bd. Duty 20 -! Do. Faggots, bd. .. percent. I Milan COPPER, British— Cake .. 0 Tile 0 Sheets ft. 0 Foreign—( dy. 37s. cwt.) .. 0 TIN, British— Blocks Bars Banca, .. Straits, .. .. Tin Plates, i. e. ( box) i. x. do. ( Others in proportion.) • Pig 0 to 0 to 0 to .. ton .. ton .. ton 0 0 to 0 0 to o in to 0 0 to .. cwt. .. cwt. 0 0 0 to 0 0 0 to 1 10 0 to 1 16 0 to 12 14 15 18 45 84 84 18 10 BANKRUPTS. [ FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY, SEPT. 24.] BANKRUPTS. TO SURRENDER AT BASINGHALL STREET. James Hammon, of Great Portland street, Oxford street, plumber, October 2 and November 5; solicitors, Messrs. Harrison and Dobree, Hart street, Bloomsbury. Theophilus Gamauf, of Fetter lane, London, wholesale furrier, October 4 and November 5; solicitors, Messrs. Wood and Ellis, Corbet court, Gracechurch street. Thomas Iredale W'oodin, of New Cut, Lambeth, Sur- rey, victualler, October 1 and November 5; solicitor, Mr. George Ware, Blackmaa street, Borough. TO SURRENDER IN THE COUNTRY. John Hadfield, of Manchester, and of Bagguley, Che- shire, horse dealer, October 11 and November 5, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester; solicitors, Messrs. Atkinson and Saunders, Manchester. James Hulme, of Manchester, grocer, October 11 and November 5, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester; solicitors, Mr. Winstanley, Manchester. John Reed, of Newcastle upon Tyne, sail cloth manu- facturer, October 15 and November 5, at the Bankrupt Commission Rooms, Newcastle upon Tyne ; solicitors, Mr. John Brown and Mr. Allan, Newcastle upon Tyne. Henry William Hobhouse, Johnson Phillott, and Chas. Lowder, of Bath, Somersetshire, bankers, October 18 and 29, at the White Hart Inn, Bath; solicitor, Mr. John English, Bath. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Henry Lee and William Middleton, of Sheffield, table knife manufacturers. William Middleton, Francis Newton, and John Mid- dleton, jun., of Sheffield, merchants ( so far as regards the said William Middleton.) Henry Ibbotson and James Curtis, of Sheffield, joiners' tool makers. Crawford Davison and Charles Frederick Tilstone, Broad street, Loudon, merchants. SHEFFIELD PUBLIC DISPENSARY, Sept. 27. Admitted during the week, •• — •• >• •• • • ... fi8> Discharged, - " •• — • » •• « 30 Remaining on the Books, •• 693 Physicians, Dr. Harwood, Dr. Favell, and Dr. Bartolome. Surgeons, •••• Mr. Gregory, Mr. Wright, and Mr. Martin. Surgeons- Accoucheur, ••*. Mr. Walker and Mr. Turton, House- Surgeon, Mr. Law. ECCLESALL B1ERLOW UNION, Sept. 27. Inmates in Ecclesall Bierlow Workhouse, on last report, 196 Ditto in Nether Hallam Poorhouse 62 Admitted since • • • « » • « • 6 Discharged and died during the week . • 9 — 255 Number of inmates i n the corresponding week of last year, 248 PAYMENTS TO THE OUT— POOR I In money .-.-.£ 53 18 1 In bread « . 16 6 3— JO 4 10 Payments in the corresponding week of last year, in money-..-.... 78 16 8 In bread 16 10 0 — 95 6 8 SUGAR.— The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week end- ing Sept 21, 1841, is 33s. 4d, per cwt. [ FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY, SEPT. 28.] DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. September 28.— William Broome, of Oxford street, linen draper. BANKRUPTS. TO SURRENDER IN THE COUNTRY. Henry William Hobhouse, Johnson Phillott, and Charles Lowder, of Bath, Somersetshire, and of Brad- ford and Trowbridge, Wiltshire, bankers, October 18 and November 9, at the White Hart Inn, Bath; solicitor, Mr. John English, Bath. John Morrish, of Keynsham, Somersetshire, maltster, October 16 and November 9, at the Commercial rooms, Bristol ; solicitor, Mr. Henry Bush, Beach Bitton, Gloucestershire. James Little, of Stockport, Cheshire, but lately of Hulme and Ashton- under- Lyne, Lancashire, banker, October 11 and November 9, at the Commissioners' rooms, Manchester; solicitor, Mr. Hitchcock, Man- chester. Benjamin Rushfortli Broadbent, of Spotland, Lanca- shire, flannel manufacturer, October 11 and November 9, at . the Commissioners' rooms, Manchester; solicitor, Mr. John Alsop Petty, Manchester. John Richan, Thomas Richan, and James Blake, of Sunderland, and of Kingston- upou- Hull, tinners, October 22 and November 9, at the Thompson Arms Inn, Sun- derland ; solicitors, Messrs. J. J. and G. W. Wright, and Mr. C. T. Potts, Sunderland. Thomas Wilson, of Kingston- upon- Hull, joiner, Oct. 5 and November 9, at the George Inn, Kingston- upon- Hull; solicitors, Messrs. Peter and Robert Wells, Kings- ton- upon- Hull. Joel Morcom, of St. Ives, Cornwall, grocer, October 16, at Pearce's Hotel, Truro, and November 9, at Pearce's Hotel, Penzance; solicitors, Messrs. Lockyer and Bul- teel, Plymouth. Gales Atkinson, of Monkwearmouth Shore, Durham, hardwareman, October 14 and November 9, at the Bridge Hotel, Sunderland ; solicitors, Messrs. Young and White, Bishop Wearmouth. William Frederick Reuss, of Liverpool, merchant, October 19 and November 9, at the Clarendon rooms, Liverpool; solicitors, Messrs. Davenport and Collier, Liverpool. Mr. Pollitt, of Charlestown, Lancashire, fustian dyer, i October 16 and November 9, at the Commissioners' SHEFFIELD, Sept. 28.— Wheat in large supply, and old free sale at 6d., and new Is. decline. Oats also Is. cheaper. Nothing done in other Grain. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, Monday, Sept. 27.— Our market was moderately supplied with English Wheat, but the condition and quality of the new being very indiffer- ent, sales were somewhat difficult to effect. Last Monday's prices were nevertheless firmly supported ; indeed, supe- rior parcels were held at slightly advanced rates. For Foreign Wheat we experienced a good steady demand, having, in addition to a fair inquiry from our millers, a numerous attendance of country buyers; rather an exten- sive business was consequently done, and previous rates were steadily maintained. Flour met purchasers at quite as high prices as those realised on this day se'nnight. Of Barley, we had a fair show of samples, and secondary kinds were readily offered Is. per qr. below last Monday's currency. In the price of Malt, little or no change took place. With Oats we were sparingly supplied, as well from our own coast as from Scotland and Ireland ; still, the trade remained dull, and, in some cases, an abatement of 6d. per qr. was submitted to, without leading to much business. Beans and Peas were in very little request, and we quote each of these articles Is. to 2s. per qr. lower. Tares were plentiful, and 6d. per bushel cheaper. Im- ports from Sept. 20th to Sept. 25th inclusive:— Wheat, 90,170 ; Barley, 16,522 ; Oats, 19,977 ; Beans, 3674 ; Peas, 1928 ; Malt, 6120 ; Tares, 275 ; Linseed, 2214; Flour, 14,838 sacks, 1551 barrels. LONDON, Wednesday.— Our market was very sparingly supplied with English Grain this morning, nor have the arrivals of Foreign been large since Saturday last. In English Wheat scarce anything was done, and quotations remain nominally unaltered. Foreign was taken to a fair extent, for shipment coastwise, at last Monday's currency. Barley, Beans, and Peas moved off slowly, and prices of these articles underwent no change. The Oat trade was dull, but fine Corn was not cheaper than in the beginning of the week. DONCASTER, Sept. 25.— Having a very abundant sup ply of new Wheat to- day, the market was not quite so active as last week, and a reduction of about Is. per qr. took place. Old, which was very scarce, realised fully the rates of last week. Oats were not in very brisk de- mand, but no lower. Beans as before. We had a much larger supply of Barley, the quality of which is generally coarse; prices as before, except very inferior, which is the turn lower. LEEDS, Sept. 28.— We have a very large arrival of Wheat here this week, but there is not so much on the market this morning as might have been looked for. Old Wheat is firm at fully late prices, and the demand is to a very fair extent. New is dull sale except at Is. decline. Oats, Beans, and Shelling as before. We have now part new Barley offering, but maltsters are careless of com mencing yet. HULL, Sept. 28.— A fair business done in Wheat to- day at an advance of Is. to 2s. per qr. Oats rather cheaper. Beans and Barley as before stated. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday, Sept. 28.— A fair amount of busi- ness was transacted in Foreign and old Wheat this morn- ing, at about the prices of last Tuesday, the change, where any did occur, being rather in favour of buyers. Irish new must be quoted 2d. to 3d. per bushel cheaper. Old Oats were held firmly, but new, of which three or four cargoes were fresh up for market, were offering at a decline of Id, per bushel, and few could be sold. The dealers bought to a moderate extent of United States Flour, at last week's rates. Oatmeal, both old and new, sold rather more freely, but without change in value. LYNN, Sept. 28.— A fair supply of Wheat, and fine samples supported last week's prices; inferior unsafeable, Barley Is. to 2s. cheaper. Oats, Beans, and Peas un- varied. BARNSLEY, Sept. 29.— There was a good attendance of farmers to this day's market, and the show of Wheat was very considerable, and most of it in good condition. The demand, however, was not very brisk, and prices fell from Is. to 2s, per three bushels. There was a fair quan- tity of Barley shewn, but very little disposed of, as the maltsters are holding back in expectation of lower prices, In Beans and Oats little doing. BIRMINGHAM, Sept. 30.— At this day's market, we had an improved sale for old Wheats, at the currency of this day se'nnight. Damp new samples were again dull. Malting and Grinding Barley unaltered, the demand good for both. Very little doing in Oats or Beans, and the latter Is. per qr. lower. Peas a good deal enquired for. HAY, CATTLE, & c. SHEFFIELD HAYMARKET, Sept. 28.— The market was abundantly supplied with Hay, Straw, and green food this morning. The demand was rather flat, but good old and new Hay supported former prices, namely, £ 5 to £ 5. 5s. per ton; Straw, 35s. to 45s. do. PIG MARKET, Sepc. 28.— Pigs are still sold at very high terms, particularly those for feeding during the present season. Sucking Pigs, 8s. to 10s. each. Pork, 7s. to 7s, 6d. per stone. ROTHERHAM, Sept. 27.— We had a good show of fat Cattle to this day's market, of a superior quality; the attendance of buyers numerous, yet the market ruled rather dull until the latter end of the day, when most of the stock was disposed of. Beef, 7s. to 7s. 6d. per stone; Mutton, 6d. to 6jd. per lb. Cattle, 23,0; Sheep, 3000; Stock Sheep, 650. LIVERPOOL, Monday, Sept. 27.— The supply of Beasts at the market to- day has been larger than last week, but the price about the same. There was a smaller quantity of Sheep, particularly the best quality of wether Mutton, in consequence of which there was advance in price. The best wether Mutton, 7ld.; Ewes and inferior quality down to 6d.; the best Beef from 6jd. down to 5jd. Number of Cattle at market -.— Beasts, 1632 ; Sheep, 5788. Cattle imported into Liverpool from the 20th to the 27th Sep- tember, inclusive— Cows, 3607; Calves, 29; Sheep, 7461; Lambs, 294 ; Pigs, 1689; Horses, 20. SMITHFIELD, London, Sept. 27.— The supply of Cattle at market this morning was good, with a brisk trade; all sold well at the present prices. Of Sheep and Lambs the supply was moderate; the former were much in demand, and the latter more in request. Of Calves the supply was short, which occasioned a brisk trade, and all was soon sold off at an advance in price. Of Pigs the supply was very fair, the trade good, particularly for prime meat, and all was disposed of at higher rates. Beef, 3s. 8d. to 4s. lOd.; Mutton, 4s. to 5s.; Veal, 5s. to 6s. ; Pork, 4s. 4d. to 6s.; Lamb, 5s. to 6s. HOPS. LONDON, Sept. 27.— There was a fair business transacted in the Hop market this morning, and r ither higher rates were paid; the duty is estimated at £ 155,000. Picking has not proved so good as was expected; many parcels of new are at market. LEAD, British- Sheet Shot Red White ( dry) .. .. 0 Do. ( gd. in oil) .. .. 24 Foreign— Spanish ( dy. 40s. per ton) SPELTER 0 For delivery .. .. 32 English Sheets .. .. ton 41 Quicksilver—( dy. Id. per lb.) bd. , Due. 18 A. M.. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS, London, Birmingham, and-, Arrival Western Mail, Derby, 1 Manchester, Liverpool, I Belper, Alfreton, Ciies- f terfield, Rotherham, Bakewell, Buxton, he. Barnsley, Wakefield, Leeds, Dewsbury, Hud- dersfield, Halifax, Brad- ford, Rochdale, Man- chester, Liverpool, York, Hull, Selby, Scotland, Ireland, & c., & c J and Rotherham, Bawtry, Don-"] caster, Gainsbro', Louth, I Lincolnshire, and Nor- [ folk, & c., & c. J Dronfield and Chesterfield. ton ton ton ton 0 to 0 to ton 0 to 0 to 0 to 19 0 98 96 0 0 3 4 3 3 1 1 20 21 22 21 26 28 20 31 15 31 15 43 0 0 3 11 SHEFFIELD POST OFFICE. De parture. 8 : 0 P. M. 18 A. M. .. 7 : 0 A. M. . 4 : 45 P. M. -. 8: 0 P. M. 7 : 48 P. M. .. 5 : 30 A. M 0 P. M. 0 A. M. OFFICE Opens at 8 A. M., from November 6th to March 5th s and at 7 A. M., from March 6th to November 5th. OFFKE Box closed One Hour before the Dispatch of any Mail; but Letters, & c., will be taken in at the Window, on paying a Fee of Id. for the First Half Hour s 2d. for the Third Quarter; and Gd. last quarter. iC- j OFFICE CLOSED AT 10 P. M. MISCELLANY. NEW PROCESS FOR THE PREVENTION OF EXPLOSION OF FIREDAHP.— It has been found by experience, that Sir H. Davy's safety lamp, though in many respects an in- valuable discovery, hns failed in proving a preventive to the explosion of fire- damp in cBal- pits; and the frequent recurrence of accidents in the mining districts, evince the melancholy truth, that the precautions hitherto devised are incomplete. I venture, therefore, to propose a process for abating an evil so fatal to human life, which is at least worthy of trial. It is well known, that fire- damp explodes on ignition by an electric spark ; and on this principle it is proposed, that an experiment be made with an appa- ratus consisting of Professor Darnell's voltaic battery and electrical wires, for the purpose of firing the gallery of a mine charged with an explosive mixture. By means of this ingenious scientific contrivance, an explosion of fire- damp can at all times be effected with perfect satety, when- ever the gas is evolved in sufficient quantities to generate the destructive element: and as the wires can be convey- ed to the remotest chamber of the mine at a trifling ex- pense, the experiment may be repeated with great facility by the aid of a powerful battery, in a place where it indi- cates its appearance, or creates a suspicion of danger. The actual presence, quantity, and position of the fire- damp, can always be ascertained with precision and cer- tainty, through the agency of the safety lamp ; but care must be taken that the carbonic acid and azote remaining in the mine after the inflammation, be got rid of, either by decomposition, absorbtion or ventilation, before the work- men resume their labours. This formidable and treacher- ous enemy' will thus be effectually and instantaneously annihilated, that otherwise could be but slowly, and par- tially, and progressively consumed, combined with the advantage, that the health of the miners will cease to be impaired from respiration in a foul atmosphere.— Corre spondent of the Mining Journal. NAPOLEON'S MODE OF MAKING COFFEE.— The late Emperor Napoleon, who was a great amateur of coffee, of which, however, he made a moderate use, is said to have given instructions to his cook to prepare it in the following way :— For three or four persons, two ounces of recently burnt and ground coffee are put into an empty coffee- pot of the ordinary kind, with a small piece ot isinglass; this is held over the fire and shaken by the hand, so as to prevent the burning of the coll'ee ; when a smoke is seen to issue from the pot, water, at the boiling point, is poured upon it in a sufficient quantity to supply six breakfast cups, in the proportion of one third of coffee to two- thirds of milk; the coffee- pot is taken from the fire before the water is added, but being heated, the coffee boils gently as the pot is held in the hand; the ebullition is sufficient to bring out all the fine pro- perties of the coffee without carrying off the aronfa; a cup is then poured out and returned again to the pot, to allow the powder to precipitate, and in two or three minutes the coffee is perfectly clear, and is used with boiling milk. Some of the best families in Paris now adopt this plan, which is certainly superior to any other now in use.— From the Domestic Dictionary and House- keepers' Manuel, by Gibbons Merle. DKNTITION.— There is perhaps no part of the hu- man frame which more admirably exemplifies the wis- dom and bounty of the Creator than the structure and arrangement of teeth; for while among the ani- mal races, some tribes are endowed with teeth which allow them to live only on vegetable diet, others being furnished with an apparatus calculated only for animal food; man is provided with teeth, which render him omnivorous, and enable him to live either on ani- mal or vegetable substances, as either may be most conducive to his well- being. The embellishment, care, and preservation of these important parts oftha human economy are objects highly important; and, among the various preparations offered for the pur- pose, the " Odonto," invented by the Messrs. Row- land, of Hatton Garden, stands unrivalled as a denti- frice, excelling all others, in its capability of embellish- ing, purifying, and preserving the teeth and gums. — See Advertisement. Coals are cheaper at Liverpool by at least fifty per cent, than at any one of the ports in the British Channel, all of which receive their fuel either from Newcastle or South Wales. s SHEFFIELD AND ROTHERHAM INDEPENDENT. • OCTOBER 2, 1841. We ftnttqpittlrent* SHEFFIELD, SATURDAY, OCT. 2, 1841. THE CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION.— The events of Wednesday are of a very grave character. It is a serious enquiry, what is the spell that enables a man like O'CONNOR to wield so great an amount of demo- cratic power? Many circumstances were against his success in English agitation. As an Irishman, a se- cond- rate journeyman of O'CONNELL, discarded in his own country, it seemed very unlikely that he should win the confidence of the English masses. Nor has his management of the Chartist cause been by any means unexceptionable. It is very well for him now to repudiate physical force doctrines, to talk of reason and order as the weapons of his cause, but they must have very short memories indeed, who forget what very different language he and his confederates have held. Even if some forget the words, they cannot forget the fact, that the Chartist movement of 1839, lost much of the moral strength which it possessed at first, by the retirement, in Sheffield, for instance, of the ELLIOTTS, the BEALES, the BARKERS, whose places were sup- plied by the FODENS, the HOLBERRYS, and the DUFFYS. Why did the first- named men retire? Not because they changed their principles, but because they repudiated the modes by which the agitation of of those principles was carried on. The result of the errors and crimes faf that agitation, was seen in the imprisonment of O'CONNOR and of many of his friends and coadjutors. Since that time, Chartism has lin- gered on, but now we see it revivified. O'CONNOR emerges from prison, recommences an agitation more active than ever, is followed by applauding thousands, and though drawing boldly on the credulity of his hearers, by no means exhausts the stock. Why is all this? Is it because Englishmen like aristocratic leaders; and O'CONNOR boasts again and again that he belongs to the " higher orders"—" the aristocratic class ?" Is it because he tells them he is a man of property, who can more easily spend £ 10 than they can spare a day's labour; that he has la- vished thousands in their cause, and never has had, nor will have, a farthing from them ? Is it because he has been as he says, " the prisoner of the fran- chise ?" Or because he has got hold of the only lever that can move the masses? All these are subordinate and secondary causes. But the primary cause, we be- lieve to be, that the - uneasy and suffering people must have a leader— one who will devote himself to the work of agitation— one on whom their eyes and hopes may fix— whose opinions may guide their judgment, whose character may justify their confidence, and whose plans may direct their efforts. In short, we want an English O'CONNELL ; in the absence of such a man, the people follow an Irish O'CONNOR. We have no doubt that O'CONNOR will succeed in raising a most powerful agitation. In his statements, he does not stick at trifles. He cannot be better de- scribed than as Bouncing FEARGUS. We can hardly give more apt instances of his bouncing capacity than his venturing, before a Sheffield audience, to affirm that Mr. WARD had declared himself in favour of Uni- versal Suffrage; and his statement that he was im- prisoned for a paragraph of a few lines, copied from another paper into the Northern Star. O'CONNOR knows as well as any man how boldly and successfully Mr. WARD denounced the Chartist doctrines and pro- ceedings of 1839 and ' 40, and how he has argued against Universal Suffrage as the most unpractical of schemes. And with regard to his own punish- ment, Mr. O'CONNOR takes advantage of the offence of which he was convicted, in 1839, and not punished, to represent it as the cause of his imprisonment, in 1840. In 1839, he was convicted of the publication of a paragraph, stating that a child had been starved to death in the Warminster Workhouse. His defence was, that the paragraph was copied from another paper; and it so far prevailed, that though convicted, the AT- TORNEY- GENERAL declined to call upon the Court to pass sentence upon him. But when he was again con- victed, in 1840, for the publication of a speech made by himself, at Rochdale, and also of the speeches of other Chartists elsewhere, all bearing the physical force character of July, 1839, it was on that conviction that he was sentenced to imprisonment. Reflecting men cannot place much confidence in one who takes such liberties with fact as we have pointed out, but it does not seem that this great blemish will be any ma- terial bar to FEARGUS'S popularity. He is wielding an immense power. In every town, almost in every village, is found the Charter Associa- tion, as fully organised as the Methodist Society, with its contributions, and its regular meetings, so that the body is always prepared to act in combination. This organization of itself gives the Chartists great advan- tage, with which the unorganized portion of the com- munity can hardly grapple. All that was required to this organization was a presiding genius, a directing mind, and that FEARGUS supplies. From the tone of his speeches on Wednesday, we imagine that though he does not confess, he feels his former errors, and means now to avoid them. Like a cunning lawyer as he is, he casts upon others the im- putation of all his former misdeeds, and represents himself as the unlucky innocent on whose broad shoulders the blame of their faults has fallen. We can forgive all this, if he will guard himself and others against falling into the same errors again ; and such appears to be his present design. It even seems that, instead of putting the Chartists into the position of Esau, whose hand was against every man, and against whom every man's hand was consequently turned, he would teach them to treat other classes and their opinions with forbearance and respect, and trust not to threats and abuse, but to good order and reason to produce conversions. If he will but go a little further in this course, and teach his followers, while standing steadily by their own opinions, to promote and help on every practical measure for the amelioration of the state ofthe people and the improvement of society, that other persons may propose and support, we shall have very little quarrelling with the new Chartist agitation. The Chartists have the same right as any other portion of the community, to support by lawful and reasonable modes, their opinions. But to denounce all who can- not pronounce their Shibboleth— to oppose all good measures but the one measure on which they have set their minds— to refuse all improvement because it does not amount to their summum bonum, is the conduct of bigots or knaves, and not of reasonable and honest men. It is the conduct of tyrants, and not at all compatible with the pretensions of men who avow themselves the friends of universal liberty. This was one of the greatest errors of the first Chartist agitation. If it be avoided in the second, as we trust it will, the advocates of Universal Suffrage will thus supply one of the strongest possible argu- ments in favour of their claims, and will have their reward in witnessing the removal of prejudice, and the advancement of their principles among the various orders of society. The first Chartist agitation had very much the character of a levying of war in the name ofthe work- ing classes against all other classes, and particularly against the manufacturing and middle ranks of society. The natural result was repulsion instead of conversion — jealousy, alarm, and alienation, instead of sym- pathy, concurrence, and approximation. Let the Chartists remember that the interests of the middle and working classes are one. The middle classes are not the drones of society, but work as hard, and in some modes suffer as much, as their poorer neighbours. The same causes that cut down wages, destroy pro- fits too, and many a manufacturer's capital has gone In paying wages when his profits had ceased to supply a labour fund. The war of labour against capital is the most insane and suicidal crusade in which man ever engaged. It is like the farmer ploughing up his own seeds, or setting fire to his own stacks. Let the • working classes treat the manufacturers and the mid- dling classes not as enemies and tyrants, but as fellow- sufferers, and they will soon find that the sympathy arising from mutual interests and mutual wrongs will give them more friends and auxiliaries than years of vituperation and contumely could gain. We trust that the Chartists will remember that they have now to deal with Sir JAMES GRAHAM, in- stead of Lord JOHN RUSSELL ; with Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT instead of Sir JOHN CAMPBELL. The dis- ciples of CHARLES JAMES Fox are supplanted by PEEL, GOULBURN, and LYNDHURST, the apprentices of SIDMOUTH and CASTLEREAGH, who know the mysteries of the deep game their masters played, and may probably be tempted to reproduce the dark tragedy. Let the Chartists read the records of 1816 and 1819, and be upon their guard. It is evident that O'CONNOR feels his altered position. We advise his followers to be as careful as he has become. We may then reap from this second Chartist movement, the fruits of that wholesome operation of popular influence upon the minds of the aristocracy which wo hoped from the first movement, Torch light meet- ings, invitations to arm, threats of physical force, secretplots, and conspiracies frustrated that hope. But if the Chartists show that they have learned wisdom by experience, the present movement will befar more terrific to the aristocracy than was the last. TORY JOBBING.— The Tory Government has al- ready commenced its jobbing career, and, to make the job as disgusting as possible, has chosen for its first protege the heir of a very wealthy peer, — the recreant Whig, ABINGER. It has been the custom of the Whig Government, when present- ing to any office which it was designed to abolish, to stipulate that the holder of the office should be en- titled to no compensation for the loss. LordBRODGHAM presented his brother to the Registrarship of Affi- davits, after his intention to abolish it had been declared, and consequently no compensation was given when the abolition took place. Last session, a bill was proposed to reform the Court of Exchequer, abo- lishing the masterships. While the bill was in pro- gress, one of those offices became vacant, and Lord ABINGER gave it to his son. The bill was lost last session, because the Tories feared lest the new judge- ships should be filled up by the Whigs before their accession to office. This session, the bill has again been proposed, and on Friday, Mr. WARD moved an amendment on the clause giving compensation for abolished offices, to confine it to appointments made prior to the 14th March, 1840, the date of Mr. SCAR- LETT'S appointment. The Attorney- General, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Sir ROBERT PEEL, stoutly maintained that Lord ABINGER had the legal right to appoint his son; that the son, therefore, had the legal right to compensation, to be fixed by his father and the Tory Lords of the Treasury, and to amount, it is expected, to £ 1400 or .£ 1500 a year. One of the pretences for the job, was that Mr. SCARLETT had relinquished other offices to take this. Mr. WARD then asked, would the Government agree that Mr. SCARLETT'S compensation should be determined by the emoluments of those offices, and not of this mas- tership ? Not so; the Tories were inexorable. Not a farthing of the pension would they abate, and they mustered 140 Members in defence of this scandalous mercenary job. We could have excused this, had the claimant for compensation been some poor and worthy man. But he is the incapable son of a rich peer, himself in receipt of a large income from the public. On Tuesday night, Mr. WARD recurred to the sub- ject, when Mr. BULLER urged the claims of the co- pying clerks of the Exchequer, comparatively poor and hardworked men, who have had from .£ 100 to £ 200 a year each, and will be deprived of their employment by the new bill. But the Tory Government had no consideration for them. To name them appeared to be a scandal. They are not the sons of Tory peers. They may take their chance of other employments, and live or die as they can. Such is Tory justice— such the spirit that pervades all the acts of this greedy party! been very much embarrassed this week. He finds it hard to steer between his hustings speeches, and his desire to have a good character with the dis- pensers of place and pay. He has been sorely pressed between the uncompromising Anti- Poor- Law motions made by honester men, his admiration of the wisdom and goodness of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and his knowledge of the bold course which his Anti- Poor- Law supporters in the West- Riding re- quire. He has tried to split the difference by talk- ing and voting on both sides. When the Reform Bill agitation grew strong, a sect of Tory Lords ap- peared, called " Waverers," of which select, but lit- tle honoured body, Mr. WORTLEY'S father and fa- ther- in- law were distinguished members. With regard to the Poor Law, he seems at present disposed to tread in their footsteps. We suspect, however, that next session, when the memory of his Riding pro- fessions shall have become rather more faint, Sir JAMES GRAHAM will find him to be as dutiful and docile an adherent as it is possible to desire. With regard to the distress of the country, Sir ROBERT PEEL'S game is the quintessence of craft. He admits it, and deplores it— nobody knows how deeply. But he disputes all the facts adduced to prove it. The skill in dressing up statements for the House, for which Lord STANLEY gives him credit, has been called into full exercise, to shew that much as he deplores the distress, there are no proofs of it. He is as much aw fait at statistics as Dr. Holland. Is it alleged that distress produces disease? He has his columns of figures to shew that disease is less than for many years past. Is it said that the people are suffering deep poverty? Out he comes with Sav- ings Bank returns, to shew that they are amassing money faster than ever. On Thursday, Dr. BOWRING made this appalling statement: — " If Honourable Members would look at a document lately issued, in the form of a report, from the Registrar- General, they would find that the mortality in the manu- facturing districts had of late increased very much. In the metropolis, in 1837- 8, the number of deaths was 53,526— in 1838- 9, the number was 46,768; in 1839- 40, it was 45,132, showing a decrease in the mortality of the metropolis, since 1837- 8, of 16 per cent. Taking the country at large, in 1837- 8, the number of deaths was 335,956; in 1838- 9, it was 331,007 ; and in 1839- 40, - it was 350,101, making a general increase throughout the whole of the country of nearly 4 per cent. But what was the return from the manufacturing districts of Lancashire? In 1837- 8, the number of deaths was 22,932 ; in 1838- 9, the number was 26,606; in 1839- 40, it was 31,911, show- ing an increase of forty per cent. ( Hear, hear.) Thus, whilst in the agricultural counties there was an increase only of 20 per cent., there was in Lancashire, which was a manufacturing country, the increase had been 40 per cent. There were certainly pestilential and mortiferous diseases in those districts, but these were the consequences and companions of distress." (" Hear, hear." Sir ROBERT PEEL had but to twist the figures, and with a conjuror's skill he proved, that in the great seats of manufactures, mortality is decreased. Thus does the juggler mock the suffering people. With hypocritical whine he deplores their sufferings; the facts of which he adduces his fallacious figures to dis- prove, and gravely lectures those who speak of the distress for their exaggerations. Such is the Tory Minister. THE DISTRE'SS OP THE COUNTRY AND THE POOR LAW.— The Government has been assailed, with great importunity, by two classes of persons, to as- certain its intentions. The representatives of the suf- fering manufacturing districts, have made the most forcible representations of the misery that prevails, and urged the Government to declare its plans for the relief of the people. Those pseudo- humanity mon- gers who scorn honest industry, but make great pro- fessions of sympathy for the pauper community, have also been urgent to know what remedy the Govern- ment would afford for the hardships of the Poor Law. The former party have been shuffled off with the plea for time to consider; the latter have got their answer, that the law is to be maintained intact in all its principles, but improvements of detail which ex- perience has pointed out, may be made. The con- trolling power of the commissioners, however, is not to be relinquished. On going into Committee of Supply, on Friday evening, immediately after the perpetration of the SCARLETT job, elsewhere noticed, Mr. P. STEWART and Mr. GIBSON made strong statements of the dis- tress of the manufacturing districts, and the necessity for speedy relief. The House then paused for the Premier to rise, but he refused to do so, till, goaded by a taunt from Mr. PARKER, he was compelled to get up. What then said this great statesman ? He jested about the desire of the public to know, as he said, " a bit of his mind ;" and then went on very candidly to say he would tell nothing, but that, as he was now the duly installed Doctor, he hoped the patient would re- cover without his aid; and he quoted some Savings Banks' returns, to shew that as, within a few months, more money had been paid into these banks than had been taken out, the people could not be quite so ill off as was represented. Then began the silent system, which the Tories so cleverly practised in the debate on the address. Eight or nine manufacturing Mem- bers spoke in succession, but not a syllable came from the Tory side, save a few words from Captains CARNE- GIE and FITZROY. There sat the men, who about SCARLETT'S job bad been all animation, treating as trifles below their notice, the most appalling details of the misery of the people, or answering them with laughter and jeers. These pretended representatives seem to consider that they owe no allegiance, but to their party leader. The Tory Members for Leeds, for Liverpool, for Hull, for Bristol, for the West Riding, for Lancashire, had not a word to say about the con- dition of the people. It was enough for them that Sir ROBERT PEEL bade them be silent, and silent they were. The same sort of thing was repeated on Mon- day, when the Chancellor ofthe Exchequer developed his borrowing scheme. Then, too, an effort was made to make PEEL speak out. He was told that he must know his own designs, and was implored to declare them. But he replied, with unaccustomed truth, " he did not believe the country would derive any satisfaction from a partial glimpse of his plans." No, verily; it could afford the country very little satisfaction indeed to know, that Sir Robert Peel's plans are just what the monopolist landlords please to impose. The great mistake ofthe Liberal Members of the House of Com- mons, has been to treat PEEL as if he were the master of the Government, and the controller of its move ments. Had they turned to Sir EDWARD KNATCH- BULL, and called on him to state what he and the Duke of BUCKINGHAM meant, they would have gone to the right source. They might as well tilt at a bag of sand, as attemptto force disclosuresfromPEEL, while his instructions from the landlords are to be si- lent. They are, indeed, almost making themselves parties to his fraud, by treating him as the soul of the Ministry. He is but its tool; and had the Liberal Members candidly declared— we turn from the tool to its masters, and call on Sir EDWARD KNATOH- BULL to say what the landlords mean, then they might have got an answer. The sham Anti- Poor- Law Mr. WORTLEY has THE PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.— Many towns have had large and spirited meetings, to peti- tion her Majesty not to prorogue Parliament until the Corn Laws have been considered. On general prin- ciples it is at all times desirable that the public senti- ment should be expressed, and it cannot be doubted, that among all classes and parties, the despicable shuffle of the Quack Doctor is regarded with disgust. But with such a majority as he possesses in Parlia- ment, it is not by isolated efforts that the people can accomplish much. There must be a regular organi zation throughout the country, directed to gj^ at and comprehensive objects, and until that be commenced, we shall have little hope of affecting the Tory majority. Many Members of Parliament have warned PEEL that it will be difficult to preserve the peace during the coming winter. The Times, offended at the neglect of its advice as to the Poor Law, now joins in the same warning. Bread will be dear, when, but for the Tories, its price might have been mode- rate. The Duke of WELLINGTON ignorantlv says, that the importation of 1,500,000 quarters of wheat, at Is. duty, will prevent distress from the dearness of food. He forgets that the condition of a Is. duty is a 73s. price, equal to 80s. in an ordinary state of the currency. The extensive failure of the potato crop will also add greatly to the misery of the poor. Sir R. PEEL and his masters may therefore look for a commotion that will stir up society to its depths. Let but the people preserve the peace, and beware of Tory spies, and they will foil the machinations ofthe monopolists and compel the Government to give relief. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. THE CORPORATION ENSUIRY.— The scrutiny of the petitions by the rate- hooks was concluded on Thursday, and though the exact result is not yet computed, we may state, that on no single sheet, so far as yet ascertained, have the Anti- Charter party a majority, and the result is expected to shew a majority for the Charter of 2 to 1. We understand, the agent of the opposition party makes this calculation— that, of the 12,000 names attached to the petition for a Charter, 9000, or three- fourths, are proved to be rate- payers ; while of the 15,000 who are alleged to have signed the Anti- Charter petition, there are but 5000 rate- payers, or one- third. " Where can all these people he ?" said an assistant of the Commis- sioners one day to the agent of the opposition party. " Really," was the candid reply, " I don't know— I am afraid they are nowhere hut in the fertile brain of Mr. George Douthwaite." After this result, were we not justified in designating the document of the opponents as a " clandestine petition ?" Captain Jebb is now engaged in completing his enquiries, according to the remainder of his instructions. It is not yet ascertained whether he will recommend that the township of Sheffield shall be divided into four wards, with six town councillors to each, or into three wards, each having nine councillors. As to the out- townships, it is probable that each will constitute a ward, Ecclesall having six councillors, and the other four townships three councillors each. We congratulate our townsmen on the successful issue of this enquiry, which has completely falsified the bold assertions of the opponents, and proved that the people of Sheffield do de- sire a good and economical system of self- government. POST OFFICE.— An order has been received by the Postmaster of this town, from the Postmaster- General, authorising him to refuse to receive and forward any packages which apparently contain knives, scissors, or other sharp instruments of a dangerous nature, however they may be packed. THE MICHAELMAS SESSIONS.— Our readers will observe, that the Michaelmas Sessions are fixed, and that the Court is called upon to make an appointment to faci- litate the Ordnance Survey of the West Riding. BOROUGH LISTS.— The Revising Barristers held their Court here on Saturday, to revise the borough lists. There were a few claims, some of which were allowed, and the rest struck off, not being supported. The business was done in about an hour and a half, so that the learned gentlemen earned their five guineas each very easily. LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.— At the monthly meeting of the proprietors, yesterday even- ing, the Rev. H. Farish read a paper on " Isometri- cal Perspective." The paper was illustrated by draw- ings, and was followed by some conversation. We understand that the Upper Hallam repealers intend to hold a soiree in Fullwood Chapel, on Mon- day evening, when Wm. Ibbotson, Esq,, has consent- ed to preside, and the Rev. R. S. Bayley and other gentlemen from Sheffield will attend. The spirit of liberty has always been strong in Hallam. Its Lord held out against the power of the Conqueror, and it vras the resort of the persecuted Nonconformists, who built Fullwood Chapel when the Five Mile Act for- bade them to hold public worship in towns. FIREWORKS AT THE BOTANICAL GARDENS On Monday last, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, a numerous and highly respectable com- pany attended this beautiful place of resort, to wit- ness the exhibition of the unrivalled Pyrotechnist Mr. Bywater, which commenced about half- past six and concluded about eight o'clock. We have not time to particularize the numerous and beautiful devices, every one of which elicited the applause of the company. Indeed there appeared to be a general opinion that our talented townsman has reserved his best productions until the last. The storming of St. Jean D'Acre was, indeed, splendid. We understand that another exhi- bition, which will be the last for this season, will take place on Monday week, when it is the praiseworthy intention of the directors to afford an opportunity to the labouring classes, by reducing the charge of admis- sion to sixpence each, and we doubt not but on that occasion the grounds will be crowded with a delighted company. SHEFFIELD MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.— We ad- verted last week to the design of the Committee of this Institute to attempt the establishment of a library for the benefit of its members. We cannot explain the grounds of this undertaking better than by quoting the following cir- cular, issued by the Committee: — 1st. The usual number of members ( or those who are above twenty- one years of age) is about 300; the usual number of apprentices ( or those who are under twenty- one years of age) is about 200. Out of the 300 members there are not more than 50 or 60 who are connected with any public library in the town; and out of the 200 apprentices there is only one who has access to a public library— the mechanics' and apprentices' library, in Watson's walk. It appears, therefore, that 500 individuals are occasionally brought together to hear lec tures on art, science, and general literature, and yet more than 400 of them have not the means to pursue the study of these branches of knowledge at their homes ; and that 200 boys ( nearly all of whom are employed in the staple trades of the town) regularly receive lessons, at the nightly classes of this Institution, in reading, writing, arithmetic, grammar, drawing, & c., and yet nothing is done to en- courage them to form a taste for social and domestic read- ing, or to pursue private study. This state of things is an absolute evil, and the Committee feel bound to make an effort to effect a change for the better. Few persons acquire reading habits and literary tastes unless favour- able opportunities for so doing are presented to their notice; but many by having good hooks put into their hands in early life, have been induced to devote a portion of their leisure time to reading, and, thus, not only secured pre- sent enjoyment, but increased their future usefulness.— 2nd. The founders ofthe Mechanics' Institution imagined that nearly all the same individuals who subscribed to the mechanics' library would also subscribe to the Institution; but the result, as shewn above, has proved the contrary; and the professed objects of the Institution cannot he fully carried out without a library. 3rd. It has been ascertain- ed that libraries are profitable ( even in a pecuniary sense) to the Mechanics' Institutions of other towns, and are the chief means of binding the members together. It is, therefore, confidently hoped that the same beneficial effects would be produced here. The Sheffield Mechanics' Libra- ry, in Watson's walk, has been established eighteen years, and is now in a most prosperous condition, and confers in- estimable benefits to the subscribers and their families : it circulates at this time between five and six thousand volumes. Without the remotestidea of injuring or rivalling that valuable library, it is believed that a library in con- nexion with this Institution would be productive of great good to the members, and, eventually, to the town and neighbourhood. LECTURE ON ORATORY.— The inhabitants of Rother- ham have, this week, enjoyed a highly intellectual treat, in attending Professor Calvert's Lectures on Oratory and Elocution, a treat we have not enjoyed since the last visit of Mr. Pemberton. We may safely compare these two eloquent speakers, without depreciating either. We could not avoid recalling some of those brilliant flashes of genius that so eminently characterised the gifted Pemberton, yet we turned with pleasure to the polished manner and easy grace of the finished gentleman. Mr. Calvert has not the sudden bursts of enthusiasm, or the sarcastic tone of scorn that chased each other like sun and shade over a land- scape, and indicated the wild imagination with which Mr. Pemberton was so highly endowed, yet he has more vi- gour of mind, and a more dignified manliness of bearing, a thorough knowledge of his subject, and a discriminating senseof propriety. His Dying Gladiator, and the Stanzas from Byron's Waterloo, were characterised by deep pathos, whilst his Dream of Clarence, Collin's Ode to the Passions, a passage from the Seige of Corinth, and his concluding Ode to Eloquence, evinced equal power; his action, illustrative of the grace expressed by the hand, was a study for a painter ; his purity of diction and clearly defined pronunciation, were admirable lessons for the young and untutored speaker, accomplishments, by the way, too much neglected in modern education, and his own remarks on the vast fields where eloquence can be displayed, and the lofty ends of the persusive. art, were eloquent and just. We trust that the inhabitants of Rotherham will testify their satisfaction, by attending Mr. Calvert's lecture, on his return from the north. FRIENDLY INTERCHANGE BETWIXT THE YORK AND SHEFFIELD MECHANICS' INSTITUTES.— A few months since, the present talented honorary secretary of the York Mechanics' Institute kindly came over, and delivered a lecture to the members of the Sheffield Mechanics' In- stitute, " On the Life and Writings of Charles Lamb." As a return for the kindness, and in answer to an invi- tation, Mr. Fowler, the honorary secretary of our Insti- tution delivered his lecture on " the Poetry of James Montgomery," at York, on the evening of Wednesday last. The audience, as we learn from a correspondent, was very respectable, deeply attentive, and appeared to enjoy the lecture as a rather extraordinary treat. At the close, a vote of thanks to Mr. Fowler was moved by Mr. Husband, and seconded by Mr. Newmarcb. The Rev. and truly Venerable Mr. Welbeloved, who was pre- sent, and whose duty it was, as Vice- President, to put the motion, took occasion, and he did'so handsomely, to compliment the lecturer, and to give some very pleasing and interesting reminiscences of his acquaintance with Mr. Montgomery, and of his visiting him while confined in York Castle during 1796, dwelling especially on the circumstances of their dining together at Mr. Welbe- loved's house, and enjoying a long walk on the banks of the Ouse, on the day of the breaking of the poet's bonds. Both the lecture and the Rev. President's reminis- cences elicited unbounded applause. Altogether, it ap- pears Mr. Fowler's visit to York has been no less in- teresting than was Mr. Newmarch's to Sheffield; aud we hope these friendly interchanges will not be the last. PARDON OF CONVICTS.— Joseph Turner and Wm. Housley, who were convicted at York Assizes for bur- glary, in the house of Mr. Dyson, of Ecclesfield, and sen- tenced to fourteen years' transportation, have received a free pardon. Their case was brought before Lord Nor- manby, immediatefy after the Assizes, hut his Lordship was of opinion that there was no ground to remit the sen- tence. The Rev. Mr. Bruce, of Wadsley, ; has since taken up the matter, and got together a variety of evi- dence, which, though perhaps not strictly of a legal cha- racter, tended to shew that the witness who was the only person to prove the identity of the prisoners, must have been mistaken. Under these circumstances, Sir James Graham has felt justified in granting a pardon. The 28th and 29th Lodges in the Sheflield district' of that highly prosperous Order, the Leeds Independ- ent Order of the Ark, have been opened this week ;— 28th, at the house of Mr. I. Sykes, the Miner's Tavern, Blast Lane, on Tuesday last, to be called the Sailor's Retreat Lodge, when upwards of twenty members were initiated;— and the 29th, at the house of Mr. Stevenson, Mermaid Inn, Orchard street, on Wednes- day last, tobe called the Prosperous Young Shepherds' Lodge, when upwards of 110 members were initiated. In both places a sumptuous dinner was provided, and the day spent in a manner which will long be remem- bered by all concerned. FIRE AT ROTHERHAM.— On Thursday morning, the small maltkiln adjoining the brewery of R. Bentley, Esq., Rotherham, was discovered to be in flames. The source whence it originated we have not been informed The engines ofthe feoffees and that ofthe Sun fire office, under the direction of E. J. Heseltine, Esq., their agent, were quickly on the spot, and great activity was manifested in subduing the flames, which they effected in the course of an hour. The damage is variously estimated, but we believe it will range from one to two hundred pounds. We are informed that the premises are ensured in the Leeds and Yorkshire Fire office. At the " OLD NO. 12" WINE AND SPIRIT VAULTS, opposite the Tontine Hotel, Haymarket, Sheflield, the smallest quantity of Wines or Spirits may be had upon the same terms as if purchased by the cask, gallon, or dozen. The proprietor invari- ably imports his own Foreign Wines and Spirits, the Queen's duties upon the same being paid by himself; and paying cash down for his British Wines and Spirits, enables him to take advantage of the de- pressed state of the markets, and sell to his very best friends, the public, Wines of the very first character, and Spirits of the choicest quality, gua- ranteed of the highest legal strength, by the full im- perial measure, at wholesale prices. To those who have so long patronised his establishment, the pro- prietor returns his best thanks, and at the same time solicits a trial from all those who have not yet fa- voured him, being satisfied that the quality and prices of his extensive Stock, will ensure to him their future Custom.— N. B.: To afford facility to carriers, coun- try purchasers, and others, Wines and Spirits of all kinds, are kept ready put up in all sized bottles, from a jack to a gallon, sealed and labelled. NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.— Weekly Return of Traffic.— The gross amount for conveyance of passen- gers, parcels, carriages, horses, and mails, for the week ending 25th September, 1841, ,£ 3427. 14s. 6| d. For merchandize, minerals, and cattle, for the same time, £ 1424. 7s. 6£ d. Total, £ 4852. 2s. Id. ACCIDENTAL POISONING.— A female named Hunt, aged 67, residing in the Sportsman's yard, Westbar, died yesterday in consequence of having taken a dose of laudanum. It appears that she has been subject to most distressing pains in the head, which have, sometimes, almost bereft her of her senses. Oa Thursday night she sent a grandchild for a pennyworth of laudanum, as is believed, to alleviate her pain, but the dose proved too powerful, and she died yesterday forenoon. On Thursday, a youth named George Speight, aged 16, was riding in a coal waggon on the tram- road in Tankersley park, when one of the doors of the waggon gave way, the youth fell out upon the line, and was run over by the waggon. He was severely hurt, and was conveyed to the Sheffield Infirmary, where he died early yesterday morning. ROTHERHAM BEAGLES.— A part of this pack met on Monday list, at the Race Common, Rotheiham, at nine o'clock in the morning. The number of pedestrians was considerably more than usual, and one of the finest runs took place that has occurred for some time. After trying about three quarters of an hour, a fine hare was started from her seat, in a field near Herringthorpe ; jshe ran di- rectly through that hamlet, and ascended the hill to the Stag Inn. Turning to the left of the above place, she made for Goodwin's Bank, and leaped into a quarry eight yards deep, in which she was followed by the hounds in full cry. She then took her way towards Her- ringthorpe Wood, but finding the dogs kept too close quarters, she turned up DaltonHill; she then made to- wards Dalton Parva, where she doubled, and crossed that fine valley called Dalton Dean. The hounds here had a check, buf through the masterly manner in which the huntsman managed them, after questing for a short time, the scent was regained, and puss was fain to trace her steps towards Dalton Magna. There she again doubled, and went in a direct line for Silverwood, but when about equidistant between these two places, she was caught and killed in very fine style, after a run of two hours and a half, the day being very unfavourable for scent. The great public meeting was held at Leeds, on Monday last in the Cloth Hall- yard, wa3 attended by 5,000 persons, and the only opposition experienced was from a few Chartists. An address to the Queen against the prorogation was agreed to. CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION AT LEEDS. — On Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Feargus O'Connor made his first entry into Leeds since his liberation from York Castle. He arrived from Manchester by railway at five o'clock, and proceeded to Holbeck moor, where the Chartists were assembled to welcome him, and where a carriage was in waiting to convey him through the town. On his arrival, he was received with great glee and cheering, there being several thousand persons assembled. A procession was at once formed, and accompanied by bands of music, flags, and banners proceeded to parade " the public streets, the immense crowd swelling as it went along, until, on its arrival in Briggate, that spacious street was densely filled by the moving mass. Such a pro- cession has not been seen in Leeds for some time. At seven o'clock, a very large and respectable party, to the number of seven or eight hundred, sat down to tea in the Music Hall, after which, Mr. O'Connor spoke for nearly two hours, on the usual topics ; there were also several other speakers, and the proceedings did not terminate till after midnight. HEREFORD ELECTION.— Mr. Hobhouse has accept- ed the Cbiltern Hundreds. Mr. Robert Pulsford, of Hyde- park- terrace, is canyassing with every pros- pect of success on the Liberal side ; in his canvass he is accompanied by those popular gentlemen— Sir Ro- bert Price, Mr. Kedgwin Hoskins, Mr. Bolton Clive, and Mr. Biddulph. We have every reason to thin that if Mr. Freshfield- ( Tory), who is mentioned as coming forward, having already failed in so many attempts to get a seat in Parliament, he will be left in a minority of at least 200. TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF KIMMEL HALL, THE SEAT OF LORD DINORBEN, NEAR ST. ASAPH.— ST. ASAPH, NORTH WALES, TUESDAY.— The elegant mansion of Lord Dinorben, at Kimmel- park, near St. Asapb, was totally destroyed by fire last night. We understand that soon after ten o'clock, on Monday night, it was discovered that her ladyship's dressing- room was on fire, and that the flames had already gained some height. Immediately after the discove- ry an alarm was given throughout the mansion, and happily none of the domestics had retired to rest, so that they all directed their efforts to quench the flames, but we regret to add without effect. The devouring element had obtained such an ascendancy as to baffle all the endeavours of the inmates, and from there not being any fire engines for many miles around, nothing could be done to arrest the fury of the fire, which continued its devastating ravages until five o'clock this morning, leaving the superb mansion and its costly furniture a heap of ashes. The fire appears to h^ ve originated through the carelessness of her lady- ship's maid, leaving a candle too near the furniture of the dressing- room, Their royal highnesses the Prince and Princess of Capua were to leave Rich- mond early in the ensuing week, for the purpose of staying several weeks with the noble lord and lady, and othervisitors were also invited. It will be a serious loss to his lordship, for it is said the whole of the pro- perty was uninsured, and it is computed £ 35,000 will not cover the damage. TO THE EDITOR OF THE INDEPENDENT. SIR,— In reading over the report of tbe Missionary meeting, held in Nether Chapel, on Monday, Sept. 20th, I find a mistake in one of the speaker's names. Instead of Mr. Hobson, it should he J. H. Hudson, who has come to be the resident minister of the General Baptists, at present worshipping in the Assembly Room, but who have purchased a plot of ground in Duke street, and are about to commence the erection of a neat chapel. A CONSTANT READER. SHEFFIELD POORHOUSE, Oct. 2. Paupers in the House last Report 422 Admitted since nj- 438 Discharged since 16- 422 PAYMENTS TO OUT- POOR, Oct. 1. Regular Ticket Poor, money .... £ 65 6 6 Do. Do. .. in kind-•• 21 3 6— 86 10 0 Casual Poor, Money •• ... 68 15 0 Do. do. .. in kind .. .. 67 10 6- 126 5 6 Total 212 15 6 Casual, week ending Sept. 3 122 0 6 10 121 15 6 17 125 17 6 24 118 10 « Printed by ROBERT LEADER, ( residing in Burngreave Terrace, in the Township of Brightside Bierlow, and Parish of Sheffield, in the County of York,) at his Printing Office, in Mulberry street, St Published by him at No. 41, High street, both in Sheffield aforesaid.— Saturday, October 2, 1841.