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Lord Ashley has consented to being put in nomination for Bath.
Mr. Grantley Berkeley has written another letter to the Liberal electors of West Gloucestershire, entreating them not to be deceived by appear- ances of amity at the Castle; which, he says, are deceitful. He urges them. to give no pledges, but to hold themselves ready to return him. A meeting was held in the Town-hall of Brighton, on Thursday week to promote an extension of the franchise. At the commencement of the proceedings about a couple of hundred people were present, but the num- ber subsequently increased to more than double. Chartist resolutions were passed in favour of universal•suffrage, vote by ballot, annual Parliaments &c. Captain Pechell being present, described his labours against the New Poor-law, and said that they had shortened his life by some years: it was absolutely necessary to get new men into the electoral body.
There was a Tei*hours Bill meeting at Oldham on Thursday week; at which Mr. Fielden was the principal speaker. The object of the assembly was to make arrangements for petitioning, and resolutions in furtherance of that object were agreed to.
Meetings have been held in Manchester and Doncaster in aid of the pre- sent distress. The Manchester subscription had reached 3,1701. in a fevi hours. A subscription was set on foot at Doncaster, to which the Corpo- ration contributed 301.
The inhabitants of Liverpool are undergoing a paroxysm of' disgait' and alarm at the crowds of Irish paupers, chiefly women and children who have come over from Ireland in the steamers, and are to be seen daily in front of the parish-offices in Fenwick Street. The Mayor has declined to call a public meeting on the subject of this distress, the evil being of too great magnitude to be grappled with in that way. But he has expressed his willingness to promote subscriptions.
Notwithstanding the high price of provisions some of the farmers of Bicester have recently reduced the wages of their labourers from 98. to 83-. per week; and, startling as it may appear, one of them is paying able- bodied married men but 7s. per week. Bread Sid. the four-pound loaf, and wages 7s. per week, ill accord. We believe that many persons around us are on the verge of starvation.—Bucks Advertiser and Ayksbury News.
The farmersat Bledworth, in Nottinghamshire, held a meeting last week, and agreed to advance their labourers' wages Is. 6d. per week, on account of the high price of provisions; and on Saturday last the men received 13s. 6d., instead of 128. as heretofore, for their week's labour. A further advance of 18. 6d. is promised, in case of a continuance of the present high prices.
Mr. John Riley, a tobacconist of Sheffield, carried on business in the town, but lived at Grimesthorpe, a little distance from it. On the night of Monday week, he left Sheffield a little after midnight; just as he had cleared the houses, two or three men rushed upon him; stunned him by a blow from some heavy weapon; beat him over the head and face; rifled his pockets; and made off. Mr. Riley remained for some time insensible; on recovering his senses he managed to re,ach home; but he died on Saturday morning. Up to that time no trace could be- discovered of the murderers; the only information that the victim could give was, that he thought he knew the voice of one of his assailants, and that he lived at Orimesthorpe.
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