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leaders were escorted back to Glossop, and were put into the lock-up
bones. The workmen separated and went back to their respective
home'. Thiday following justices of the peace met at the vestry-room,
Glossop, when the bend were bound over to appear at the next quarter
sessions.
The consumption of coal In the appear enteldephoualts, iron fur.
noes, and tin plate work of South Wales, "mounts to 1,000,000 tons.
The quantity of iron manufactured in Gnat Minis mom= td o nearly
700,000 tons, of which about one-third is made at Morthyr-Tivil
its vicinity, and about See tons and a half of coal are consumed in the
manufacture of one ton of iron. In addition to the quantity ameassed
in the iron and copper works, there is a yearly increasing export of
coal from South Wales to Bristol. and other ports of the British eh's.
nel. so as torender the consumption of Coal from the Welch coal-
fields upwards of two millions of tons per annum..... The Comlnions.
There are at present in manufacture in England 600,000 stand of
arms for Francs, 000,000 for Russia, and 900,000 for Ptuesin. At a
moderate estimate, one million and a hell sterling.
DIED.—At Brammiogton, Robert Milllngtoo, Gent. aged 61. sons,
time Captain Commandant of the 4th linsdngton Volunteer Infantry
—Fanny Anne, daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Gossip, of Thorpe-Arch
Hat—On the eeth ult. Dorothy, wife of Mr. W. Ahoy. of Stramshan,
near Uttozeter, in her Seth year. And on the 7th inst. Mr. W. Atop,
her husband, in his eta year.
SHEFFIELD MERCURY, JAN. 15.
The Evangelicals of this town are petitiooing fue a generallass
On Tuesday Lat. the mambas of the Sheadd Typographical So-
ddy established in connexion with the Northern Typographical Union,
blether anniversary dinner. Mr. John Bridgeford presided, assisted
Ms. Wild,as Vice-President. After the cloth was drawn, a number
desists and lendments wese ; some embracing the profession,
ead tee she Inaeased intelligence of the people—the advantages
lad matin= of a free press—the downfall of tyranny—and the ame-
' lisstles st Not condition of mankind.
SA billawat was prepared by the Overseers of Tickhill, at the late
i___Maces via die Overseers and Constable of a neighbouring pa.
eld. It append that seine time ago a poor man and woman went to
the Ovossem. and the man said his wife was very ill. The O
Theverseers
Old him the Omtable would relieve them, and they went to him.
Osestable died them 3d. but the man said 3d would be of no use—
sbe waned medical assistance. The Constable then put her into a
met, aid task has to Tickhill ; but when be got there the Overseers of
Main veined to take her in without an order of ?email The con.
usable, however, threatened that if they did not take her in, he w
ould
shoot her up Lleave her. On heating this, the Overseen of Tic
look her in, old obtained medical assistance, and it was three weeks
Ulan the pose woman was able to peace= on het journey. The de.
fendents were head guilty. The Ovaseers were fined 51. end the
Deniable is.--Dies this satisfy justice in such a case ?
Lest night a Oak meeting was held at the Court House, in Rothe!.
haus, to provide to the instruction of the children of the poor popula-
tion ROMANO med neighbourhood. Henry Welke; Esq. in the
ask. A Abed was determined on, in connection with the British and
Assign Scheel Sedely, for instructing the children of the poor without
amiCyto pity or deesmination.
on Saturday night, Mr. Lye% farmer, of Hatfield, on his re.
tees frees Dencester, was attacked near Park-lane, by three men, who
bosubedlihm tibia bone and dreadfully abused him. It appears that
what Weed the attack was the circumstance of Mn Lyall giving in-
fants*, which led to the committal of one of them foe stealing corn-
The system of turning out for wages is now becoming pretty general
in this town, such is the increased demand for the various articles manu-
factured ; and in one or two instances the wothmen have obtained their
prices.
Mr. Watt, of Birmingham, has, through the medium of B. Sayle,
Esq. and Mr. E. Rhodes, presented a bust of hie father, manufactured
from marble by our celebrated townsman Chantey, to the Sheffield
Mechanics' Library.
Bsarrizuv Port 7 teat. Uxictu.—On Monday last, a meeting
convened by circular, and sent to fifty of those who took a promi.
nent part in the paid= for the extension of the elective fran
entering
Leary arrange nee for holding a public meeting to establish a
Cld Union in MAIM.
The RoElAddHaleadar ter 1831, just published, under the
head of " 's Heasehold," gives as King's Cutlers, J. lied
and Sous,
Mr. Gough, a draper, at Kidderminster, whose property was injured
by the late riots, has received from the hundred 20001. die amount of
his los.
DlED.—Suddenly, MI, Mr. Joseph Hancock, Arundel-street.—
At Stonecliffe, Insley Dale, William Holehouse, Gent. 77.—At Ash.
bourn, Hannah, relict of the late Joseph Leeson, Gent. 76.
DURHAM ADVERTIZER, JAS. 14.
The cicadae of the his Aurora Borealis from the auth's surface
IMO have bees Nry wasidwahle, as it was at may! periods partially
lisesselsd by des lasenseisa of oirroseasall NA oirroolraeoe, *hi&
as Mown to Seat la ihe higher legion st
ar the wssiootheee. The biro.
seen was we" loolionag duds( die ab& as 20.430 (400 feet
above high wear meek.) The therewsmeer semi at about 32. A very
sensitive ongeede ammo an tabs wombed ening the occurrence of
I this phillSllllll.l4but dli net NSWa any systoles of being affected.
On the 1111-alt. RAO MBA Fag. "dies Park, distributed a
large fat es ad a swim of hbakets among the poor of that neigh.
bombes&
1 Oa Christmas Eve, 0. P. Hutchinson, Esq. of Eggleston, according
to his mutual custom, killed a fat oz, the greatest part of which be the.
ape= to his Lbws= as& other poor people ; and on New-year's
I Day. gave *dim of beef rod plumb-pudding to 86 boys and girls,
edeseted Ileghsese NANA.
JKLICRIED;—At Delis, Mr. William Palmer, Lieut. R. N. to
Miss Illeshoth Ovessuell, loth dMookereanuouth.
I DIED.—At Hezhans, egad SI, Mr. J. H. Charlton, ourgeoo.—At
soddenly, in bh 53d year, Win. Hutchenson, Esq.
THE DUBLIN WARDER, JAM. 15.
(In justice to our observation of Tuesday, that some of the Dublin
Editors dip their pens in blood, we quote the following paragraphs
Rem this Aati.O'Coatiell peps: If such a tone of an interested AN
do b encouraged, what smischlds await Ireland, and through WI
Asahles what a prospect for legend ! Of what use is the study ell
the glorious examples of classical history, if a man who stands formed I
with unquestionable ability to represent the wishes of his country, and I
who at the moment is receiving s mleadid voluntary reward, is
thus to be blackened with such epithets as miscreant. gang, desperado, 11
Ispoleseit.stardy beau, &c. &c. It is in bad taste, to say the very
Meet Olt.]
Deana a OUNTOVIDia.—Tbe Chief Secretary has addressed a
circular to the magistracy of Ireland to be cautious in granting lioness
to rural public bosses. In tide respect the maghtney cannot be too
careful. They should in the country to a pestilent degree, and form
the very hot-beds of Ribbonisnt. Rothiteism, and sedithin— they are
the Rowed hedge-se:Metals* of every descriptive of popular crime and
disorder, and it behoves the ernment to choose at last between a
demoralizing =tine of Matte
nd the peace of the country.
Tim O'Comons. Tanven—From every account hitherto received,
the mendicant 'speculation of the " Sturdy Beggar" has miserably
failed of its expected produce. The thousands contemplated in "the
alas eye " of the Agitator, have in fords, we learn) dwindled down
to bee than hoodreds ; or, in other w " his oobles are come to
Naapsase." We hope his delusions will keep pace with his character,
and Aldine in the same degree. With respect to the political charity
seramons, a paint suggests itself. If, which is not impossible, that
those simultaneous chapel collections were destined sot to go lame.
Hasty into O'Connell's pocket, but into the military chest of pros-
pective reheat*. it would be an obvious polity to deceive the public
alike to the am= as to the object of the collection. The suppression
of the Catholic Association baying taken away the pretext of a Ca-
tholic Rent, the O'ConnellTribute may be bat another name for the
assn thing.
Cameos or Coteresscr...—Never was contempt more legitimate
than that which we are told met the Areb.Agkator on visiting the
I Camber of Camara this last week, Ms sages of the Ledger
belted on him sod avoided his contact as if he were a mad dog, and
this was a just and proper manifested= of feeling, as the stable and
felectias members of that Institution must know that the Aati.Uelen
Wooden is labouring at an object which would mainly extinguish
the Demeterce of Ireland.
In deism of the Vice-Regal Proclamation of yesterday. 'Mr.
O'Omesll, and about eighty of his gang, assembled this mooing, at
Hayes's Tana, Daweinoseet, for the alleged purport of eleseing a
Committee to mks peeped= fora genial Anti-Union meeting ;
but, in an Wass& to animate a kind of permanent Board, which
:Diggituit nem= the prohibited Association, and act as a sort of Esau-
ee 1 Peace Mow attended the meeting, and speedily coa-
led by Mr. Farrell, and two
to the Head-dice of Police. Two Magistrates (Al.
emilliMVl4.llllllslllaraninjudimmelittwielthEkrayntelPilusr. 0117dCalolertrthelpanle, ptolaceld hofimmeetthaintgiboAlmede=l:
was an illegal "be, end Weird the persons present to separate volume-
My. Mr. O'Connell denied that the meeting was illegal, and said that
it the Magistrates attempted to disper:e the assembly they would do so
at their peril, s>f the act would be an illegal one. Loud cries of " Damn
the Misuse floverookent !" were uttered by some of the gang, and
there weft for-some thne anent • of an Intention to resist the
audio* attire Magistrate,. n Dooley read a petit of the Act
of Parliament under which he tilted, to show that the intervention of
the Maglinates was consonant .with the law. Mr. O'Connell said,
" Well, it all events, we hive _fifteen minutes allowed us by Act of
Pullman ii*ve we can be diseased." Alderman Dailey assented
and bob the Negisrate oisd, she Agitator pulled out their watches,
thttes"saltadneezpired,ll " heels:id:4l" sThael:e igr
men (the Magistrates) are merely acting under the orders of their su-

periom, and are not to be blamed; I think, therefore, that we had better
"
separate.
LintisTOlSTSEL2.—This fellow has, at length, been distinguish.
ed by a notice, which, we must say, would be better directed to his
Master-Agitator. la consequence of a speech delivered at the last
public breakfast, and printed by himself, none of his co-operative Jour-
** venturing en ha insertion, he was arrested no Thursday, in College
=by that efficient peace-officer Hartley, and brought to the Head
office. Having been apprised of the charge preferred against
bass be was ordered to find bail to stand his trial, Mad( in 2001. and
leme sureties in 1001. each. Mr. Reynolds was In attendance as one
Safety. but another was wanting. The Arch- Agitator, the prisoner's
Amer friend,
was applied to, but like' Wouski in the play. " sot liking
to see a friend in distress." be refused to place any of the O'Connell
Tribute at hazard—be declined the ' invitation'—" he was
married and could not come"—and, like the Devil his prototype, be left
the victim of his seductions in the lurch. At length, after raking the
kennels of rabble agitatios.—for none other are engaged to it—he got a
person named Dolbrd,a publican, on Cork-bill, to offer himself, who
was accepted, and the.Liberater was liberated. The prosecution is in-
stituted by the Attorney-Geneta, and the informations returned tithe
King's Bench, where the accused is bound to appear on the first day of
next Term. We have read Steele's speech—it is $ rhapsody, display-
ing as much want of sense as of loyalty. O'Connell every day speaks
speeches and writes letters much more worthy, in our opinloe, of the
attention of the Attorney-General We suppose the Government are
waiting until he commits an offence for which it can bang him. It is
very desirable that it any net be very long before the occasion occurs.
GLASGOW FREE PRESS, Jaw. 15.
At a meeting of the noblemen, freeholders, justices of the peace, and
commissioners of supply of the county of Dumbarton, called by
the convener, on requisition, " for the purpose of considering the pro.
ptiety of petitioning the legislature for an extensloo of the elective
franchise in Scotland." Capt. Smollett of Bonbill, proposed Sir Jas.
Coiquhoun of Lugs, the Convener, as Chairman, and Sir Arch. Camp-
bell of Succoth, moved, as an amendment, that John Buchanan, Esq.
of Ardoch, the Vice. Lieutenant, be elected Preddeat, but Sir James
Colquhsun was elected. The requisition having been read, Mr. Bon.
tine of Ardoch, moved ate following resolutions
That, in this part of the United Kingdom, the elective franchise is
confined, both in =anti= and burghs, to a very small class of indivi-
duals, a great part of whom have comparatively little interest in their
respective counties and burghs, and that, in consequence of this, the
sentiments of the great body of the respectable classes of the commu-
nity are not represented in Parliament,...much of the political influence
of Scotland is made subservient to the promotion of private interests,
and the attachment to existing institutions on the part of the people,
particularly the middle classes. in whom the strength of society
chiefly consists, is greatly weakened.
That in this county of Dumbarton, containing, according to the cen-
sus of 1821, a population of 27,317 inhabitants, the total number of
electors is at present 70,—that of these only 25 are proprietors within
the county, the property possessed by them not amounting to one•balf
of the land thereof ; and that the remaining 45 electors, who are en-
titled to vote in respect of superiority merely, held by them chiefly in
life-rent, to the exclusion of the actual proprietors, over whose lands
their superiorities extend, have—with the exception of about ten indi-
viduals, the sous or brothers of proprietors—no interest in, and little
connection with, the county, and are not even resident therein.
That, while this meeting is strongly opposed to she wild schemes of
change advocated by factious mentor factious purposes, they rejoice to
learn that his Majesty's Government have resolved to bring the sub-
ject of Reform before Parliament: and they confidently trust that such
an extension of the elective franchise will be conceded to the people of
Scotland as will, on the one ,band, remedy the evils experienced from
its too great restriction, and, on the other hand, limit it to a class pos-
sessing such an extent of property as may reasonably be expected to in.
sure that the privilege will be exercised with intelligence and honesty,
lea alike from the influence of corruption, and the arts of agitating
demagogues.
The resolutions having been read, Mr. Smollett, youriger, emended
the motion.
Sir Archibald Campbell seconded the resolutions, and moved, as an
amendment, that, in piece thereof, the following resolution be adopted
by the meedng, via.
That, as his Majesty's Government are pledged to the immediate
introduction of a measure for altering and extending the represente-
d= of the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament, this meeting
comelier it inexpedient at present to bring the subject before the Le-
gldsture ; and they reserve the expression of their sentiments until
they are enabled to judge of the precise nature and details of the in-
tended treasure.
Mr. Buchanan, of Ardocb, seconded the motion of Sir Archibald
Campbell. The meeting having bees addressed by Mr. Dunlop, Ad-
vocate Mr. Spars, and Mr. Yuille in support of the Resolutions
i
by Mr. Ilimitiae, and by Mr. Dennistoun, younger. in support
of the Ressladm awed by Sir Archibald Campbell, the question
was past, whin the arlikal Resolutions, moved by Mr. Boman, were
carried by a Ma= citas.estssmAlS having voted fur these Rasobduas,
and 21 for dr
Tbe gads. basks thereafter taken under their consideration cer-
tain re=tademt made to them, relative to the dudes DOW charge.
able es Calicoes,
Resolved, Ist. That calico printing is one of the staple manufactures
of this Calory, giving employment to a considerable proportion of its
population; and that the proportion and prove*, of the trade must
prove highly beneficial to the Landed Proprietors of the County.
24. That the Excise duty of 3id. per square yard, at present levied
: Iti
upon printed calicoes of every description, appears to this meeting to
be partial and oppressive ill its nature, the consumption of ads
description of manufactured goods. and . by its operation, a
highly important branch of the costes
3d. That it appears that them ides sweat, oaf
an average of the
last five years, to nearly two millions of pees& sods. per annum,—
of which sum not more than one-fifth iamb mods MAO. to govern-
meat. The remaining four-fifths bag slam paid la drawbacks span
exportation or absorbed by the amass of
sallsadaa.
4th. That the repeal of this day would give a great sthnuhis to this
branch of industry; and would vexatiouse bemeScial to the macutse.
curer, by freeing him from the rammels to which be is sow
subjected, and to the consumer, particularly the lower classes, from
the reduced price at which the articles could in future be sold.
SOITESS AT ATOTRION'T UNITITSITTnItie agreeable meetings go
on with increasing interest. On Monday last, the President read a
paper en fossil plants, and gave a description, illustrated by drawings
and specimens, of a remarkable fossil tree in Craig-Leith Quarry.
Several of the specimens were sliced thin, and fixed upon plate glass,
according to the plan of Mr. Witham, and displayed the internal struc-
ture of the tree, which appeared to be one of the coniferous uibe.
The tree itself, although imbedded In sand-stone, is of black marble,
susceptible of a high polish. Observations were made by Mr. Black,
Dr. Sandler, and Professor Mylne. Mr. Grahame, Professor of
Chemistry, afterwards read a paper on some of the recent discoveries
'1 la physical science, particularly on Electro Magnethm, which be illus-
trated by beautiful experiments. The reading of these papers did not
excite any thing like a debate, but the information they conveyed was,
in our opinion, of greater consequence, and we hope these meetings
will afford the means of bringing before the Scientific Society of our
western metropolis the latest intelligence of discoveries in science.—
Tha President sirseunced that he would, at next Meeting (Monday,
the 24th), read a paper describing the subterranean forest at Balgray
Quarry, and that Dr. Heron, Professor of Natural Philosophv, would
also read a paper on the latest Improvements on railways.
It appears, that in addition to other evils, Ireland is threatened
with a severe famine. This will render her still more unruly, and
increase the difficulty of the parts that Ministers have now to act to-
wards her.
The burgh of Lanark, which has hitherto had a most dark and dis-
mal aspect in the gloomy nights Of winter, is about to be illuminated
with gas. It is wonda&l that this was was not thought of many years
ago, as Lanark Iles in the very centre of a coal country. Peebles, which
Is more than 20 miles from coal, has in a more spirited manna come
leeward, and despite of the expense, weed to the same proposaL La.
sat owes this to its worthy chief Maestrate, who has shown more libc.
sality of sentiment than any of his predecessors. It is calculated that
the apparatus, /Lc. may cost about 1,11001
. GLASGOW RETAIL MARKETS, JAx. Is.
sting Beef, per lb.. bd to 7; Scone Flour, im. p. Is 4d to 01
Soiling ditto • . 4d 3d Ditto, fine, do. do. Is 7d 04
Wed. Illutten, fore qr. 4d 51 Oatmeal, Irish . Is 14 Od
Ditto, hind quarter . lij 6, Ditto, English, im. p. Is 2d 0.1
Fed Veal . . . 6d 8d Potatoes, im. p. 171bs. 6d 74
Corporation qr. loaf . 10d Od Hay, per stone . . 7d B'l
DUNDEE MANUFACTURES, Jaw. 15.
1.15105 a. porter • . .bi a 6
Bleached Flax Sheetings, Flax Osnab. 24 porter .56 a 0
9-lithe WI porter .8a 84 Tow Ditto, 26 porter .44 10
Flax Dowlaa, 27 inch 32 SAILCLOTIII.
porter • . .5; a 6 Tow9l
Tow Ducks, 27 inch 30 Bleached No. 1 . 104111
DIED.—In Nicolson.strret, Edinburgh, the Reverend Jame.
Smith, senior minister of the Relief Congregation, College-street, in the
634 year alas age.
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