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London, England, 1848-11-16 00:00:00

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BAISILIT, Nov. 16.-Thore was a good attendance of
Barley at this market tailor/47ms samples of Wheat and
Barley were assamons of dry Wheat barely
reached the prime of last It but damp samples were
folly 6d. per 3 bushels lower. Barley was sold at fully Is.
per qr. below the rates of last week.
Dooms, Nev. 16.-We bays bees IEO4 liberally suplie4bat
with Wheat Way, with the emdition mach immoce
mks weremaile dimly at Is. to 2s. per qr. decline. No sue
twig alimm is Osis. Blass in limited supply, and fully as
dear. is•a. rod, 46e. to 615.; whits, his. Oats, 16s.
to 23a. Isms, 40s. to 42a. per qr.
One p, Nov. 16.-The supply of Wheat at our
market le MN vary moderate, but amply sufficient for the
isesisi. did' was very dull today, at a decline of folly
b. per v. idly and Osta were each Is. cheaper. No
altoostlna la Bum or Pees. Wheat, old, 68e. to 625. • sew,
46e. to 56. Indey,2os. to 355. Oats, 19s. to 224. limns;
38a. to 425. Peas, 40s. to 42a. Flom, 41s. to 42a.
ll.u.sew, Nov. 1.4.-A fair show of Wheat sad Bar-
-2.71 a desemeastast trek is both ; sales mat aat be
save at • lodine of ls. her par qr. Dem mad
Per saareo, nod iIIIVIN. The we cootinues uniattled,
sad Wheat swing thaw. Wheat, white, 60s. to 661..; red,
401. to 61s. liselay, ISs. to 345. Beans and Per, 30a. to
Xs. per quarter.
Nawsax, Nov. 16.- The sapply of Wheat and Barley at
market wsa exurbs this day, the condition generally good,
atawithstandian *an et sash were 2s. per qr. Wyse.
Bens sad Pees bs. Taros for sowing in demand. Oriwt-
lag Imelay mot IWO= Beans without alteration, and for
sash Mee inquiries.
Nawcarris, Nov. 14.-The weather is now dry and
=sad, shoe* with
mithsuld it matins' We, our formers will be
to mes s peer
which, which, hitherto,
with a few anowther, have bean einpktely saspeaded.
At oar Market its thieulag we bed • good =SY of
Wheat from the kr Wok • stsadimmulern
at Ow ; !Wag, , a
Miggales4e heaa abroad, to make peers, It
was atheraary to mobthfi to • rebuilds's of ls. re wr., upon
which Isms, Wimp Wises el ressipts ken the monfli, aped
(must of basin= um demo, ileasburg red earawarennilta
66.4 Brisk. new, 66a. to Ids., mishits, dna.
4:Mgrk= OC Nods& Flour war market Is bare, mai we
gala liwaollblek anthimall the Name as ea Saturday. sge
sankL Per Nal& there were frequent kiwi
spa
ries, end With sasilig are likely to find a fair dir
sand upon tbs dint *swift to hand. Persian, WES
In WIZ* ran le. par qr. cheaper, this thaw
ties e al Ilto owe tithe to &Ming and 'West
sorts. Mak without Way k wh.
to mak Mr
seas, bat our ninfembetwills Pats Wks biased, absentia'
Oa
tio pouthsted by arositie. a WI of le. to 2s. per qr.
Oats Were essassly se weathtd.
Rourosp, Nov. 16.-We have an Wirers of sonigtas al
Wheat and Barley, witk a dull Isle, at Is. t• Is. re qr.
lower than last week. Wheat, 40s. to 68s. ; Barley, =a. to
Xs.; /Men, 275. to 101. OVA, Se. to 275. Baas, 27a. to
NM. Per, Us to Ws. Bye, Ns. to 29a.
Spar moo, Nov. 14.-At market *day we hays to repel
a reammaabie supply al Wheat-by as smear heavy. nib
, anis was at a dribs el la. tapas dry Wilms ; la. to
ls. was tka mad WNW maniples. Oats sad
Isms telliont Wboat. fa, per 17si, 44t. to
475.; whits, Na ts Us.; red, per 1114., ths to 61s ; white,
60s. to NIL New Oats, 10d. per den; old, 114. Y li.
ell War, 411. Wits. emimy any new Beane Wirth&
Daises, Nov. 14.-Thers was rather an Insprairad
Who ea the dry's market Wheat tally usialminoltbe
oneway of PAW, mad Oats sad Nal* were id...r.b21.
imptheed. In Woe thiagswenasken~ no
see the prams prime: What, while, Ms. to 39/....'''isa.
245. to 2b.
.i. per NNW. Our. A. fid. to 111. 9d. per
&rim 11a Id. to lb. Id. re =Obi. Bate, Ils. a to
I_2a. et. per. filth& Wien Osen„ Ns. to 375. par Was.
oaths" 11.a.th 12a, per swt FINN, ssouris, las. to Ith.

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MAWS.
Mr West brie Mega excluding draw* Num, Mine.
WOW Wear, aad Medal, ark reludre those for
=llt. Jerdeallearedwer New Granada, Chili, awl rus, will
be orb up ea dr aseralle
lite MOD lir kes. or= i
ilike. laiidelra, Cadr, sad Gibraltar
will be ark up ea the al dr 17th Nov.
el the 17th Nov.
as ride Or Order Aredr, art tie United States,
. Jibe orb ast ware via at the 171 k Nev.
The ~bre mks Steikomar, Mk% Gram% the Imam Ward,
Aare. Myles, lailis, IlrgAing. sad alas, rio tiouthaar-
ta.tl be eras up an the wianded eitlr Seth Nov.
The evertsrd dried reds, ale Nwlethall. to tie Idedlterrsesaa,
ad" Wm, ladr. lisig-Kaaa, ha, wOl be sure ap ea Ur
If 1110 Ilk Sm.
The kik Sir llow ink Wake, yea theessa's Lead, sad New
reread will be usile ad MI the wears of the 10th Nov.
Ifs lair he the Weal Omit id Atria sad Merin will be rude
yr ea the resin if the 10th Nov.
The vials itMailetra, the Brasile, sad lures Ayres, will be
rads sp as the wears of the 4th Dea

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LONDON, THURSDAY, NO V. 16.
Wwernxit the extension and equalisation
of the
franchise are to be conoeded soon, or long withheld. de-
pends very much upon the number of friends to these
reforms who can be mastered within the pale of the
elective franchise. There is no surer way of accelerat-
ing further parliamentary reform than by making the
most of that modicum we have already got. Every
non•elretor who sincerely believes that the peace and
prosperity of the country depend upon an increase in
the number of voters ought to endeavour at least so
far to increase them, as to get himself enrolled
among the number. The truth is, that even the exist-
ing qualification for the franchise (in at
England
least) is within the reach of every intelligent me-

chink.
The possession of a 40s. freehold gives a right to
the franchise in all our countio4. By very moderate
savings foe a very few years any man may earn
enough to purchase a 40s. freehold, and a 40.. free-
hold may be purchased for a price that makes this
mode of investing money as profitable and as secure
as any that can be had. This plan for extending the
franchise in the counties was first struck out and
acted upon by the Anti-oorn-law League. Their
method of proceeding, however, has been greatly im-
proved by the Freehold Land Society, now actively
and successfully at work in Birmingham, under the
presidency of Messrs. MUNTZ and SCIIOLEVIELD; and
through the vigorous and judicious exertions of its
secretary, Mr. TAYLOR, the gentleman to whom, in-
deed, it owes its existence.
The Anti-Corn-law League were at an expense (ex-
clusive of deeds) of from 501. to 701. in qualifying
their members; but the Birmingham Society puts its
members in possession of the lots which entitle them
to the franchise for 191. This mum may be repaid in
less than five years, by subscribing ls. 6d. a week;
and conveyance and mortgage deeds have been exe-
cuted by the society's solicitor, at 30s. each, exclusive
of stamps. This is no mere arithmetical theory :
what the society has accomplished since its institution
(and its rules were not finally certified till the 27th
of December last) shows that the scheme is easily

Practicable.
The central society in Birmingham consists of 991
members who hold 1,442 shares, and are subscribing
5001.1 month. They have already been instrumental in
forming six independent societies in neighbouring
towns, containing 1,117 members who subscribe fur
1,395 shares. During the last five months the com-
mittee of the Birmingham Society have allotted to
members 195 lute of freehold land in South Stafford-
shire, and they have no
estates, w under co
of idera
tithe
purchase of two large one nswhich, if
tamed, will qualify aboot 400 persons to become
electors for the northern division of Warwickshire. The
secret of the society's rooms is this : whereas the
League bought individual qualifications at a retail
price, the society purchase a large quantity of land,
and retail it to the members at wholesale prices.
By following out this plan, Birmingham, standing
on the borders of three counties, might win all three
single-handed. Aided by the Coventry society the
task will be easy. The societies already instituted in
Worcester, Dudley, and Stourbridge, with the aid
of similar amociations in Redditch, Bromsgrove, and
Weill Heath, might take possession of East Wor-
eater ; and the societies in Wolverhampton and Staf-
li
ford, if reinforced b 7 societies in Walsall, Hands-
worth, West Bromwich, and Wednesbury, may com-
mand South Stafford. The oommittee of the Birming-
ham society are at present in correspondence witk
Nottingham, Derby, Walsall, Cheltenham, Lon-
don, Oldbury, Leicester, Birkenhe,d, Leeds4Sheffieldsl
Manchester, and Liverpool, and have good reason to
expect that similar societies will soon be established
in all the principal towns of Lancashire and York-
shire under the auspices of Mr. COBD6N.
The movement is a most legitimate one, and cannot
fail, if perseveringly and energetically followed out, to
confer on any county in which it is made an extended
and healthy constituency. The qualifications are
bond fide qualiteations: and the parties who obtain
them must be loth:skim:a and saving, two great
guarantees for honisty and independence. The
tradesmen in every village, the tradesmen and
mechanics in every town, may, by becoming mem-
bers of such societies, make at once a fair investment
of a portion of their savings and acquire the
franchise. The industrious classes may thus effec-
tively diminish the mischievous preponderance
of the landed aristocracy and its allied or
subservient dames in the legislature. The party
in the House of Commons, desirous of extending and
resdistribating the franchise, may thus be strength-
ened; and the party opposed to them will at the same
time have their motives for opposirg such a reform
weakened. Thismode of augmenting the pmular power,
by increasing the wealth of the people and confirming
their habits of industry and foresight, is liable to
no captious objectioes, and will prove irresistible.
London has much in its power to aid this move-
ment. There is scarcely a middle-class family, in
londonthat, in this ege of railroads, does not contrive
to enjoy part of the summer in the country. What
cheaper method of insuring this enjoyme can nt be
thought of than by acquiring in full property a mode-
rate piece of ground, on which a modest dwelling
may be run up at small cost if not already there?
Aloes six great Nasser railway, any partof the country
within forty miles of the metropolis may be reached
with ease after business hours, and returned from
before they commence. The Londoners have it in
*sir power to reform and liberalise the constituencies
MiUlmex, Essex, Kent, Surrey, Buckingham, and
imierially to aid the liberals iu the counties which
Ms a semi-circle round this central territory. And
thug SOS do this by simply making a fair and secure
favaimg at • portion of their profits; and with
advantage to the health and rational en-
royuutriti themselves and families.

Via Globe takes us to teak far having smarted that
the late revolutions in Europe have " worked the
mast unalloyed good to the agricultursl clams gene-
rally, and enriched and emancipated farmers and
labourers by merely cutting down the pride and
monopoly of the landed proprietor."
The Globe meets this assertion by declaring itself
" not aware that the Prussian revolution of March
had enriched or emancipated farmers or labourers."
We see sorry for the Globe's utter ignorance of all
that the Berlin National Assembly has been doing
sinus it AM sat. It may be irksome for our contem-
n' read ar make itself acquainted with Prussian
• ' or debate. Bat it might have found infor-
mation on the eobject nearer home. And had the
writer in the Globe read the Express of October
94 he would have there ism in a leading article, a