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      FIEtD-GARDEN OPERATIONS , For the Week ending Monday , Feb . 26 rt , 1844 . - nEbcfaactedfroma DiiBTcf actual operations on a number of small farms in Sussex and Yorkshire , published by Mr . John Nowell of Farnley-Tyas / near Huddersfield , Torkshire , as a guide to other pos-5683018 of field-garden farms to the labours which ought to be taken on their own lands . The farms jdectedas models , are—First . That of thelilffing . don school , five acres in extent , conducted by G . Cr uttenden . Second . The Eastdean school , also five acres , near Beachy Head , conducted by John Harris .

      jlird . That ot Jesse 1 ' iper , consisting of four acres , at Cruttenden . Fourth . That of John Dumbrell , a fcnn of six acres , at Jevington , near Beachy Head , fifth . An industrial school farm at Slaithwaite , near fluddersfie ld . Sixth and Seventh . Two small model fjnns at the same place , occupied on tkeestate of the Earl of Dartmouth , by Charles Varley and John Bamford . The consecutive operations " in these reports Trill enable the curious reader to compare the climate snd agricultural-value of the south with the north of jcirland . The Diary is aided by " 2 ? otes and Observations " from the pen of Mr . Lowell , calculated for tie ihac and season , which we subjoin . ]

      ^ SUSSES . } , Iosday . —Willaigdon School . Boys diggingthe second time for white carrots . Eastdean School . Boys treading clover , removing stubble and roots , and turninsamixen . Piper , Gathering up flints for draining . BumltrcU . Rainy day . Tcesdat . —WiRiagdon School . Boys digging , as before stated . Eastdean School . Boys digging for potatoes , picking out the roots , and covering a niixcn with mould to keep the heat in . Piper . Top dressing seeds . Dumbrell . "Wheeling out

      manure . Wedxesdat . — Wfflingdon School . Boys digging the Second time for white carrots . Eastdean School Boys emptying tank , and spreading the contents on mangel wurzel ground , breaking clods , and mould carrying . Piper . Removing turnips to the byres . JhanbreU . Digging , and spreading manure . TflTHsnAT . —WUIingSon School . Boys clearing away stubble from the clover . Eastdean School . Boys digging , lioeing tars and rye , and treading the same ; small boys picking stones . Piper . Hoeing amongunderground onions , —don ' tlmmlliem . Dum-Irttt , Digging , and spreading manure .

      Fihdat . —nuUngdon School . Boys removing Swede turnips from the heap . Eastdean School . Boys widening road , ncmoviiigmonld to the land , gather ing stones , and turning a " urban . Piper , lioeing among the onions , —always hoe your seed turnips , and carrots as well . DumlreU . Planting early potatoes , drilling tares . Satcrdat . —VlUingdon ScJiool . Wet weather ; boys in school all day . Eastdean School . Boys cleaning out pigs , and portable pails , abouttlmplace , and school room . Piper . Cleaning out the pigs , mixing dung with mould . Dumbrell . Digging , and hammina wheat .

      YORKSHIRE . Slaidwmie Tenants . Jofoi L ' amford , digging for spring wheat . "Weather fine , but frosty . Cow-feemxg . —Wifluigdon Sdiool . Cows fed on oat straw and turnips . Dumbrell . One COW StftU-fcd with turnips , mangel wurzel , and straw . A cow and heifer fed with turnips , carrots , and straw .

      XOTES AXD OBSERVATIONS . Take Hoeixc—The lioeing of winter tares must n & i be neglected . A iopAressing ofSewt . of gypsum will be beneficial . All leguminous or pod plants re quire it , as animals require salt , or fowls require lime . Sieet roa LtGraisors a > t » other Seeds . — - The Mowing steep has been found to answer well for tare , rye , or other seeds . It tends to start the young plants * iuio quick and vigorous growth , upon which frequently depends the success of the future crop . Mix in a vessel equal parts of tank liquid and urine ; dissolve or macerate in it a few pounds of pigeons ' dung , or the dung of fowls , or guano , well pounded , and an equal quantity of common salt ; stir well together ; put your seed in a wicker basket , and pour the fluid through it several times , letting it drain back into the vessel , for future application . Use gypsum , not quick lime , to divide tne seeds , and sow immediately . ..,. .

      Srarxc Tares . —[ Seed sown , four bushels to the acre , in drills . ]—From the 1 st to the 8 th of March , if the weather will permit , sow portions of spring tare seed , ia succession , till May * as one crop appears above ground , sow another . Let your drills be six inches apart . Use five bushels of mould manureto the rod , if you can spare it . You may safely use the leguminous steep described above ; and if you add a little saltpetre , or sulphate of ammonia ( gas salt ) , it will be all the better . In the north of England the spring tare is generally sown broadcast , using a sixth part of oats to support the plant .

      Cabbage Seed Bess . —[ One pound of seed will produce plants for an acre . ]—Sow on beds , about four feet broad , successive portions of cabbage seed to supply plants to " cut in winter . Select ground , rich , dry , and well sheltered , and manure it moderately . Sow in drills four inches apart , and if your seed be good , rather thin . The Early Hope will answer better than any other kind . They may be transplanted from April up to June . Planting Cabbages . —If you wish for a supply at the latter end of autumn , it is time 32010 to transplant them from the beds sown before last August .

      Red A 5 » "White Cabeois . —[ Seed sown , "Red Carrots , 4 * he ., White , 3 llb & , per acre . ]—The carrot loves a deep , sandy soil , free from stones or other obstruc tions . As soon after Michaelmas as possible , the ground having been digged two spits deep , receives a Messing of tank liquid , which is immediately digged in and well mixed with the soil ; this repeated three times , will be-found to answer better than solid manure . Select seed grown the previous year ; and it has been recommended that it should be mixed well with plenty of sand , and watered with tank liquid

      for some days before sowing . The time of sowing red carrots must be early in March , either in drills or broadcast ; in the former case , the distance of the drills is about twelve inches , the seed is scattered in by hand and covered slightly ; then follows very careful hoeing , after the plants appear , not appiroacbing too near them ; they are afterwards weeded , and set out at a distance of three or three and a half inches . The white carrot may be sown at the sometime , era Uttlelater ; thcsameprecautionsmust befollowed . On light land , when the manuring has been followed up , a succession of turnips , potatoes , and carrots , has often been beneficial to the fanner as well as to the

      land . The Allotment System . — "We are happy to learn that from the success which has as yet attended the carrying out of the allotment system by the benevolent and patriotic Earl of Dartmouth , at Lingards and Almondbury , near Huddersfield , and otherplaces , his lordship has determined on a farther extension of it to the village of Eirkburton . His lordsliip ' s agent , FrederickThynue , Esq ., has issued a noticeto the agricultural and operative labourers in that vicinity , inviting them to take a rood or more of land , to be brought under cultivation by the spade . The land is offered at 40 s . the acre , without ike usual taxes and imposts on Hie land . The applications to be

      made before the 1 st of "March ; and a statement as to the applicant ' s family , its number , respective ages , and other particulars , is to he made . We hope the applications will be numerous and successful , and that toe wholesystem , as promulgated and supported by the generous minded and noble Earl , will be generally carried , out through the length and breadth of the land by every wealthy and large landholder , as this would tend most materially to dimmish pauperism , decrease the amount of poor rates , and elevate the mind and ^ characters of the English peasantry to the state in which it formerly was pictured , ' when every rood of land maintained its Tn »"— Leeds Intelligencer .

      Fork Husbasukt . —At the last meeting of the Boyal Agricultural Society , Mr . Henry Dixon , of Witham , in Essex , favoured the council with the following communication in reference to the employment of asricultural digging forks : — Witham , Dec 12 , 1844 . 3 fy experience in the use of agricultural forks , which are verv much used here , leads me to believe thai i * the application of Qua implement was more generally known , H would become extensively and profitably applied to agricultural purposes ; and , as it is a substitution of horse labour for that of man , itis of no common importance . I am indebted to "Mr . IBtcheU , of Wymondham , for its

      Ultrodueiion here ; and last year as weUas this fifty or sixty of our men have been engaged in the work , who Otherwise would have been for the major part unemployed The fork I send jouis intended for the first operation Upon the soil : for subsequent forking and for seeding the land they may oc made lighter and shorter , and used with a proportionate diminution of expense . "We use it in two Ways ( thinking it necessary to preserve the cultivated soU "fljpennost ) . Take a wheat stubble , for example : the plough opens thefurrow , and theforker follows ; andwhen he has forked up the subsoil ( turning it over as in spade work ) , the plough succeeds and covers itover—succeeded as begun by the forker . The depth we require under the filrrow-Suce is from ien to twelve Indies . About sixteen

      men are required to keep a plough in constant nse ; and * bey will fork an acre per diem , if it be a tolerably free ^'" V We give the men from 2 M . to 3 d . per rod for this WOrk . 1 Lave this year practised another plan , which 1 very much prefer , as any number of men may be kept at Work without any inconvenience as to the plough . Take the example of my field wheat stubble , five acres . I had ibciana ploughed tolerably deep into ridges ( two furrowslices meeting each other ) about twenty-four inches wide . 1 set four men to work in this field to fork the furrow opened by the plough , and then the plough followed , splitting the ridge , ivhich left the remaining portion ready for the completion of the work . I had not quite finished ^ snddwhen the frost set in , and suspended the work . This method is c-quaUy efficient with the former , and the « oour is easier to the workmen . These fonr young men " * ni earn 13 s . per week , at 2 id . per rod . This labour is ftTere , aufl rsqnires strong' vcung men . It may be

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      necessary m all cases to open the soil by the plough ; for , if the staple be good to the depth of the fork , it nm be done from the surface ; at all events a second forking will require no plough . It is not necessary for me to trouble you with the theory which indicates the advantage of deepening sofls , nor to state that the land must first ( where required ) be properly underdrained , as these matters are sufficiently obvious . Our experience during the last four or five years has fully tested the value of the process , especially upon thin soils , resting upon a hard gravel pan ; but perhaps not more SO than upon one of good deep rich staple , altturagh they were productive before . "We commonly begin this character of cultivation for carrots , turnips , or other root-crops . In the late dry

      summer , the carrot and turnip crops by ilr . Hutlcy and Mr . fieadel , of this place , were doubly remunerative for the extra expense . To return to the five acres of my own . The method of farming which I intend to foUow is—to harrow down the ridges , use the cultivator to more the soU , and in no way again to use the plough , except to form ridges and cover in manure for mangold wurtzel , Swedes , or potatoes , as the case may be . The root-crop wiUbefoUowed by wheat . For wheat I shaU probably not plough the land at aU . Our smiths make these forks for 4 s . 6 d . to 5 s . each , and they may be made by any workman having a specimen before him . Should , however , any doubt occur , I shall readily attend to the inquiries of any of our members who may wish to apply to me on the subject . Hexhy "Dixon .

      The SnB-PuLVEHiSEn . —At the same meeting , Mr . Parkes , the consulting engineer to th e society , favoured the council with the following observations in reference to the operation of the sub-pulveriser as an implement of tillage . Air . Partes concurred with several of the members present in their opinion that the foi-ks just spoken of were very heavy , and would require a strong man to use them ; he observed , however , that the operation described was one that demanded the use of a strong tool . It appeared to him that the cost of the work , as stated by Mr . Dixon , was fully double that effected by the sub-pulveriser of Mr . Keid , of No . 35 , Regent-circus , Piccadilly , to which a prize had been awarded at the Southampton Meeting ; a decision in favour of that effective

      implement which had been amply confirmed and justified by subsequent experience . From -what he bad himself witnessed and heard from farmers who had used it , he considered the quality of the work done by this implement to be fully equal to forking . It was , he observed , so handy and manageable as scarcely to require holding or guiding ; and he had recently been inlormed by a farmer , that he hadfirand three horses , drawing in line , quite able to follow the Kentish turnwrist plough with this implement , sub-working each furrow six or eight inches deep ( after draining ) , and completing ah acre per diem . The same party had stated to him that far more harm than good would have been done to his land ( the Wealden clay ) by the tramplimr of the six horses on it . which would

      be necessary to drag the common subsoil plough . Mr . Read ' s plough so effectually shivered and lightened up the subsoil as -to elevate the furrow-bottoni from three to four inches deep . ' so that when the next slice fo , eight inches was laid upon it in the maimer peculiar to the Kentish plough , the whole bed lay light and open to atmospheric influence , and without the impress of a horse ' s foot upon it : while another gentleman , who had extensively used the implement in a compact gravelly subsoil , using four horses in line to avoid surtace-poacliing , also expressed his entire- satisfaction with its performance . Mr . Parkes further stated , that in order to obviate the evil arising from the treading of a powerful team of horecs in subsoilinsr clays , and to obtain more

      complete pulverisation than is effected by the common subsoil plough , a friend ofhis , the manager of alarge estate in Scotland , near Hamilton , informed liim that the practice was in vogue there of digging with the spade 10 inches deep ; then following with forks 14 inches length of tines . The top-soil was kept uppermost , the forks merely loosening and breaking up the subsoil . The cost was stated to be £ 4 per Scotch , or £ 3 6 s . Sd . per statute acre . It appeared that Mr . Dixon ' s plan of forking the furrow after the plough , required " sixteen men in a tolerably free soil to keep the plough going , and do an acre per diem , " the cost of which was at least 32 s . per acre . This plan was therefore cheaper than the foregoing , but not nearly so cheap as by using Mr . Read's

      implement , which enabled the agriculturist to avail himself of horses' power , and without injury from their tread in plastic soils . Mr . Miles , M . P ., confirmed Mr . Parkes ' s statement of the easy manageableness of Mr . Read ' s implement , from his own use of it . The only difficulty be had . found was to prevent the ploughman from weighing on the handles , and to induce him to leave it alone . Being carried on four wheels , it was subject to very trifling irregularity of action , and but little guidance was required . Tub Nature and Use of Artificial Sons on Mutches . —There is no subject upon which informa tion is so much required by farmers as upon the nature of manures . Everywhere the most absurd opinions and practices prevail , and everywhere we

      find the ground loaded with applications , without any regard to the materials which its condition actually requires . It is time that such conduct should cease ; for , is it not the same kind of absurdity which the quack commits , who attempts to cure a disease , of the nature of which he is totally ignorant , and applies his remedies at random , for the farmer to cover his fields with lime , or marl , or guano , without having the least idea either of the nature of the remedy which he applies , or of the wants of the soil ? Hence , it naturally follows , that scarcely two farmers have formed the same opinion respecting the value of these applications . Ton will find one man praising them to the skies , while another laments the money he has , as he conceives , thrown away upon them .

      The only cure For all this is a proper chemical examination of both the soil and the manure . It may seem strange to the farmer who begins to reflect upon these things , bow plants establish themselves-along our ditches , andthnvefor years with undiminished vigour , though totally neglected by man . It is only , however , where the soil is adapted to the growth of the weed , that it springs up spontaneously , and flourishes . There is nothing which , to a careless observer , appears so irregular and uncertain as the distribution of plants . But chance has nothing to do with the growth of even the meanest weed . The winds of autumn pass over our fields , carrying with them the seeds of a thousand different plants ; but only those which find a resting

      place containing the inorganic substance required for their development come to perfection . Hence , every soil has its peculiar Mnd of vegetation—its own weeds . The salt wort or the bent are never found growing along the shores of the inland lake , nor the white clover or the buttercup on the sands washed by the tide . Thus , the beautiful scarlet poppy springs up only where the soil is calcareous , or where lime has been applied ; while , in a pure limestone soil , wheat perishes , and the quicken is never found as a weed . In the streams which flow through our marly valleys , the water-cress finds its proper food , while the valleys themselves are covered with the broad leaves of the colts-foot . The reed and the horsetailrequire adiffcrent Mnd of food , and we find than thriving luxuriantly in the clay marsh , the waters of which are rich in silicate of potash . How ,

      you will ask , do the wild plants of the wayside and the moor grow , yeai \ after year , on the same spot , without exhausting the soil ? Who cares for them ? The reason is plain . They are not cut down and carried away every harvest like the crops of the farmer , but they bring their seed to perfection , decay , and restore again to the soil the elements which they had removed from it ; so that , after having treasured up the seed in its bosom during the winter , the soil is again able to supply it with the Inorganic substances required for its growth , when the soft voice of the young spring awakes it to new life . — -Here nature gives us a lesson . It should be a golden rule to the farmer to restore io tie field the elements withdrawn by his crops , for it is only in proportion as he is successful in accomplishing this result that he can maintain the uninterrupted fertility of his farm .

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      Mb . D'Israeli and Mr . Bonham . — The following extract from the Annual Register of 1801 will show the grounds for the rumour to which Mr . D'Israeli adverted on Thursday night , and explains the mistake into which he , as well as others who perused the statement , might very innocently fall . The Mr . Bonham mentioned in the Annual Register was the half-brother of the gentleman who now holds the office of storekeeper at the Ordnance-office : —March 2 . —The State prisoners , who have for a considerable time past been confined in the Tower , the House of Correction in Coldbath-fields , Tothill-tlelds Bridewell , Shrewsbury , and other county gaols , were brought up

      to the Duke of Portland' s office , when most of them were liberated on their own recognisances . Among these were Lord Cloneurry , Mr . Bonham , & c . One or two persons refused to enter any bail , insisting upon -unconditional release and were of course remanded . Such of them as had been brought from the country were allowed £ 5 each to defray the expenses of their journey home , and the whole were treated with civility and attention . Colonel Despard , Galloway , Lemaitre , and Hodgson , who refused to enter into recognisance or give bail , were committed to Tothill-fields , as they insisted upon being delivered unconditionally to freedom , or brought to trial—Times .

      The Islaxd of Barbadoes axd IIollowai ' s Pills axd OrvTMExr . —Thceth of Dec . last , William Gassctt , agrooin , of Bridgetown , Barbadoes , solemnly declares that for two years he suffered with fearful ulcerations , which no medicine or treatment in that island could cure . That he was in the service of Mrs . M'Caskcy , who caused him to be attended by Dr . John Brant , whose skill of healing wounds is well known , but railing to cure him , gave up the case . He , as a last resource , used Holloway ' s Pills and Ointment , which have completely cured him , to the astonishment of all : the cure being so astonishing and extraordinary , that J . Yonng Edgwell , Esq ., proprietor of the West Indian Neivspaper , caused the particulars to be advertised in all the papers of Barbadoes . The Mail to Edinburgh is to be accelerated two hours chiefly by the letters-and newspapers being sorted on the line of railway . The whole Oi the north of Scotland partakes in this benefit .

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      To Mr. William Lovett. Sir,—In That Most...

      TO MR . WILLIAM LOVETT . Sir , —In that most consistent opponent of abuse and denunciation , LhycVs Newspaper , of last Saturdav , an address to the Chartists of the united kingdom appeared , subscribed with your name . It purports to be a review of the rise and progress of the Ghartist movement , and the opinion of your Association as to its future prospects . On reading the first sentence o , the address , I was led to expect a lucid retrospect ot the past ; a cahn but impartial exposition of past errors—errors to which all human action is liable ; and candid counsel and advice as to the best course to be pursued in order to realise man's rights—to elevate the prostrate millions , and to secure to them an equitable share of God ' s blessings , of which classmisrule has made a clasa-mononolv . However , on

      wading through the address , I foundmy expectations disappointed ; for , instead of realising my idea as to what such a document should be , I found a conglomeration of the grossest falsehoods , the vilest abuse and denunciation —denunciation secundum arton—denunciation a la Lovett . The most malig nant charges , couched in the bitterest language , constitute the materiel of this production . The shafts are apparently shot off at random , but it requires little exercise of mental vision to discern the objects at which they are levelled . As a member of the national Charter Association—as an admirer of the general policy of that body , I feel it to be an imperative duty upon me to vindicate that procedure which you impugn , and of which I approve ; and to repel those base and unfounded imputations which youin

      , the plenitude of your charity and toleration , would fasten upon them . Having given an account of the embodiment of the principles in the document called the Charter , you proceed to inform the public that ' a few active emissaries , under the guise of Reformers , commenced their career , to undo , by violence and folly , what good had been thus effected , that you may judge how far they were friends to our cause , they began by ridiculing all mental and moral reformation , and boasted of their victories over all those who sought the attainment of their political rights by moral means . They industriously sought to break up the associations formed ; maligned , calumniated , and . devoured , all who disapproved of their projects . They showed what was their Democratic apivitby seeking to insnire the working classes

      with feelings of hate and deadly hostility against the middle classes of society . They exhibited their spirit of toleration in endeavouring to putdown , b y conspiracy , force , and clamour , all individual opinion , all free discussion , and « IJ public meetings , except such as administered to then sinister interests . In short , no despotism ( wanting the power of life and death ) coidd have evinced a more persecuting , intolerant , and revengeful spirit than that shown by those professed friends of popular rights . " There is no denunciation here ! oh no ! abuse becomes salutary reproof , genuine patriotism , when it passes through the alembic of William Lovett ' s brain . If such a paragraph appeared in the Northern Star in reference to the heal fomenters of discord , the undisguised assassins of Chartism , with what exclamations

      of horror the ominous words would be scanned ! We should then see the mild , moral , and intellectual members of the "National Association with elongated faces and upturned eyes , wagging their-tongues in virtuous reprobation of the tyranny and denunciation of the " Northern Star . " But who , sir , are these few active emissaries of whom you write ? You say they are still among us , sowing the seeds of discord ; What is an emissary ?—a messenger , a spy , a secret agent . You , sir , know those spies , those secret agents : why notnnmask them ? Surely you cannot reconcile silence upon so grave a subject with the dictates of your tender conscience ! Do you not deem yourself guilty of a gross dereliction of duty , guilty of treason to the cause , in not giving to the world this knowledgeof ivhich craniumis the ii ^ vi iriuu i VllVIUUIIt 10

      , your , ..... »«» .,, u » , uv , JVIU , Mil / depositoiy , and thus aftbrd a betrayed people an opportunity of pointing the finger of execration at the traitors ! The information will not be forthcoming , and for the best of all reasons , because you have none to communicate . Talk of the denunciation of the " Star " indeed ; why it is as the gentle zephyr to the Borean blast , compared with this rabid effusion of your charity and tolerance . That there were violent speeches made during the Chartist agitation , as in all others , I will not attempt to deny . Enthusiastic , aye , and even intemperate language , is a very natural characteristic of the efforts of a people struggling to snap the chains of despotism . I am neither an admirer nor an apologist of violent harangues ; but in this respect Chartism has been out-done by Free

      Traders and Union Repealers . Yet you , consistent censor as you are , allow those to pass unreproved , while you unsparingly pour out the phial of your indignation on the devoted heads of the poor Chartists . The philosophy of physical and moral power has been eloquently and learnedly descanted on bymodern politicians , but for my part I am yet to be convinced of the impropriety or injustice of a nation resisting actively as well as passively , , oppression , whether practised by foreign or domestic tyrants . The moral power , however , of the enslaved millions of the united kingdom is more than adequate , if properly combined and wisely directed , toeffect theiremancipation . But moral power , to be productive of any beneficial effect upon the plunderers of industry , must not only

      be based upon the imperishable foundation of truth and ^ justice , but it must be backed by the p hysical energies of a united people , to command for it that deference which otherwise would never be awarded to it by the oppressors of the human race . I do not think that your denunciation , on the score of inflammatory language , will please some of your bosom friends . I remember something of a Convention manifesto , of which it is said William Lovett was the author , which was not the mildest emanation from the press at that period . Who , I would ask , were the most turbulent and vociferous among the physical force agitators ? Unquestionably Messrs . Vincent and Keesom , whom you would now hold up to the admiring gaze of the people as paragons of political probity and purity . Mark ; I

      am not impugning these gentlemen for the physical force predilections which once distinguished thembut I do impugn your consistency in declaiming against others ior conduct which you connive at in your friends . In the intensity of your hate , you sacrifice truth to your burning desire to blacken the " emissaries . " They began , you say , by ridiculing all moral and mental reformation . This charge is contemptibly puerile ; all are aware of its fallacy . I have heard every lecturer in the movement ; and , although the sonorous words . "mentality , " " rationality , " " intellectuality , " are not so frequently on their lips as on those of others who were once in it , the invariable object of their discourses has been the political enlightenment of the people , and consequently their mental reformation . But-what

      Chartist lecturer ever opposed moral reformation ? Come , candid sir , do not shirk the question : tell us when , where , and by whom ' was moral reformation obstructed—tell what species of vice was endeavoured to be perpetuated ? Do these things , sir , or let the odious stigma of insidious slanderer be indelibly fixed upon you . The " emissaries " ( whom I will how define , seeing that you have not done so , are all the active men in the movement , who will not bow with obsequious deference to the " sic volo , sic jubcb" of Mr . Lovett ) are charged with attempting to inspire the working classes with feelings of deadly hostility against the middle classes . True , the Chartists have not pandered to middle-class prejudice to ingratiate themselves in their favour ; they have not , with the glozing tongue of servility and deception , endeavoured

      to palliate the treachery of the middle classes to the people . Such conduct they feel no ambition te imitate ; they leave that to the more "tolerant" and " intellectual . " The agitators in connection with the National Charter Association have boldly proclaimed man ' s rights . They have , fearlessly exposed his oppressors , irrespective of class or party ; and if , sir , you can discern in middle-class hypocrisy , treachery , and fraud , objects for admiration , I for one envy neither your independence of spirit nor the keenness of your mental vision . The " emissaries " are next charged with putting down by force and clamour all public meetings ! all discussion ! Why , sir , you must have been demented when you wrote this sentence . It is to me perfectly astounding how a public man , who is eternally vaunting his

      toleration and consistency , can make grave , and serious charges against a party without adducing a single syllable in support of them , The falsehood of this accusation is so notorious that it is waste of time to attempt its refutation . You , sir , know that all meetings ' have not been putdown ; and you know that the Chartists are not the enemies of free discussion . You know that they always court inquiry on their own platforms { and demand it on tnose _ oi others . Away , then , with the insidious imputation that' the Chartists are the adversaries of free inquiry-Hot long since , you and the little disaffected knot of whom you are the leader , got this calumny advertised iu some of the morning papers . You , with a matchless contempt of truth , set forth that a Free Trade meeting in your hall was broken up by the Chartists , when it was notorious that the interruption was occasioned by League hostility to free discussion , and by the ruffianly conduct of a band , of bullies from Saflron-hill , specially engaged for the

      purpose . Sir , your love of lair play and tree discussion was then most strikingly exemplified . It will not be soon forgotten by those who were edified by witnessing it . Air . Doyle , with a view to calm the storm which was ragiiig in consequence of the ferocious conduct of the hireling bullies , came to the front of the platform , and having obtained the chairman ' s permission , attempted to address the meeting . You , sir—aye , with all your gentleness , toleration , and devotion to freedom of discussion—rushed on the platform to do what ? To use your influence in procuring Mi * . Doyle a hearing ? No ! but to ask the meeting , with an energy you are " seldom known to display , whether they would allow "that person to disturb the proceedings ! and then to turn round , and in the most uncourteOus manner to insist , as jmprietor of the hall , that Mr . Doyle should instantly quit it !! You then convoked a meeting of your ' " Association" in your committee-room , and concocted your mendacious and slanderous resolution

      To Mr. William Lovett. Sir,—In That Most...

      charging the Chartists with intolerant conduct , and a violation of the right of free discussion-. You complain of the conduct of the " emissaries , " "tools , " and "dupes , " in exposing that heterogeneous mass of absurdities and fallacies whieh forms the creed oi the Leaguers . Now , sir , you have both written and spoken to prove that Free Trade , or Com Law repeal , unaccompanied by other measures , would be productive of no benefit to the people . This is the Chartist opinion J and seeing that the trading middle and commercial classes have aforetime duped and betrayed the people , we are determined , if possible , that they shall never again be made tools of , for advancing class interests to their own injury . Hence our resolve to expose the inefficiency of League

      nostrums to realise the end which their advocates predicate of them . That pusillanimous party , conscious of its weakness , shudders at the voice of reason and common sense ; it shrinks abashed from tho keen eye of inquiry , and endeavours to hide its deformities in the mantle of silence . The party that pursues such a despicable policy , that will not submit its measures to the ordeal ol discussion , merits the contempt of all reasonable men . Judging from the tenor of your address , one thing may be confidently predicted- ^ that the day is not distant when the League will receive as an accession to its strength the National Association > J There is another accusation in this precious tirade which calls for especial notice . You say " all attempts to create an efficient

      union of the people have been marred , " «& c . Mere assertion again : your unsupported word , " Vox ctprceterea nihil . " Why not , sir , inform the public when and where the attempts to create an cftcctive union were mai-red ? Who were the Marplots to union and harmony at the Birmingham Conference in 1842 ? Who , on that occasion , manifested the Anti-Democratic spirit ? Tho intelligent complete suffragists ! Messrs . Vincent , Sturge , Spencer , 'Bcggs , "cum mrdtis aliis , " " who admire the justice of the Charter , but are constrained toplead the cause of equal justice under a name less objectionable" ! ! Were these driven from the Conference by the tyranny of the Marplots ? And after the Conference had sat five days , revising and amending the Charter , overtures of union were made to you—one member expressing a hope that the days of dissension were over , that harmony would henceforth characterise the movement , and that you

      would consent to become secretary of the United Association . ' You , in the fulness of your desire for union , informed the Conference that you had promulgated a plan of organisation , and when the people were prepared to adopt that , you would have no objection to become secretary . I have now , sir , noticed the leading features of your address . I have shown their repulsivcness ; I have proved the falsity of your imputations , and their inapplicability to theactive men of the Chartist movement . Iu conclusion , I would presume to suggest , that when you again attempt to call the Chartists " back to reason , you . will do so in tones less harsh ; that you will pay something like deference to truth , and that you will not make such a pitiful exhibition of your splenetic disposition to blast the characters of honest men , that you may have the pleasure of gloating over their ruin . PniLir M'GuAin .

      To Tiie Democrats Op Fife. Dear Friends,...

      TO TIIE DEMOCRATS OP FIFE . Dear Friends , —It is with feelings of the deepest concern that I have read in last week's Star , of the death of that sterling democrat , and prince of men , " honest John Duncan . " The Chartists of Scotland , and Fife in particular , owe a debt of gratitude to his memory , for , wherever his presence was required , there was he to be found advocating the cause of right against might . Moreover , at the last general election , John Duncan was chosen by you , and declared by the Sheriff duly elected as your representative to Parliament . Let this gratitude be shown in something more substantial than mere grief at his loss . By his death , Mi's . Duncan and family have been deprived of the most affectionate of husbands and the most indulgent of parents ; and if one thing distracted his mind more than another , it was the thought of leaving his wife and family to the tender mercies of a cold and selfish world . My object in addressing you is to make a simple appeal in behalf of the disconsolate widow , and to state that , at the

      suggestion of some friends , I have sent £ 1 to Mr . Kydd , of Dundee , to be ' appropriated for this purpose , being part of the balance of the county delegate fund still lying in my hands . The balance in my hands , as audited and found correct at the last meeting , is £ 1 18 s . lid ., so that 18 s . lid . will still remain . If the several districts in the county approve of this , or if I receive no announcement to the contrary , I will remit the whole of the money in hand , as 1 conceive it cannot be appropriated to a more benevolent object . If any of the districts should feel called on to collect a trifle for the same purpose , they can either send i # o me , or remit it to Mr . Kydd , 7 , Wellgate , Dundee ; a gentleman whose disinterested exertions in behalf of Mr . Duncan , while under indictment , and ever since , is beyond all praise . Trusting this appeal will not be made iri vain , lam , & e ., . - William Melville . Markinch , 24 th Feb ., 1845 .

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      TO THE TAILORS OF LONDON . Fellow Tradesmen , —As the time is drawing nigh when the Conference of the United Trades will be held , allow us to ask— " Is it right that such a large body of men should remain unrepresented ? Is it just for us to be so supine to our own interests , and so thoughtless in regard of the welfare of the working men of the other trades as to stand idlv by , not even expressing a wish to join that noble band , who are strenuously endeavouring to establish the rights of their order ? In looking over ' the list of Trades representatives , the question has arisen with us— " Where are the tailors ? what are they doing ? why are they not represented ? " Let us appeal to those who are in trade . Think of bur suffering brethren—think of their suffering wives and children , and then think

      that , ere long , it might be vour fate . Have we not innumerable and melancholy instances of the grinding system of the monopolists in our trade—the Ilyams ' , Moses ' , & e . ? There are plenty , Unfortunately , of those greedy monopolists in the provinces as well as in London ., To those men who have worked in the provincial towns , who have suffered by such a system , but have had the good fortune , when they came to London , to get a constant shop , we say , do not allow it to be said that you have turned the aristocrat of your trade fo keep the ruling power in your own hands , careless of the interests of their less fortunate brethren . Brethren in trade , we say up ! up ! and be doing . Labour ' s sons have a leader ; support himgiveyour aid—send in your delegates—and , in conjunction with the other trades , Labour ' s cause must be triumphant . J . B . Merry , W . A . Weller . Minerra-place , Hampstead , Feb . 25 , 1845 .

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      LONDON . Metropolitan District Council , 1 , Turnagainlane , Feb . 23 rd ; Mr . Milne in the chair . —Mr . Stallwood moved , "That this Council recommend to their metropolitan Chartist brethren the propriety of carryinginto execution that portion of the Executive address relative to a sixpenny levy , with all promptitude "seconded by Mr . J . Simpson , and carried unanimously . Mr . Stallwood moved , " That the absent members of this Council be specially summoned for Sunday next , and that all metropolitan and suburban localities , not being represented on tliis Council , be requested to send delegates on that occasion , to

      consider the best mode of electing delegates for the metropolis audits vicinity to the forthcoming Chartist Convention . " . Mr . Arnott seconded the motion , which was earned unanimously . Mr . Arnott moved , " That the best thanks of this Council are due and hereby given to the Manchester Council for the able , impartial , , and satisfactory manner in which they conducted the inquiry into the unpleasant affair between Dr . M'Douall and Mr . O'Connor ; and this Council is also of opinion that the former highly deserves our censure and reprobation , and the latter our full and / implicit confidence "~ seconded by Mr . Mills , and earned unanimously .

      Marvlebone . —An eloquent lecture was delivered by Mr ; T . M . Wheeler , on " The present and future prospects of Chartism , " before the Emmett Brigade , at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , on Sunday evening , February the 23 rd . Deputations were received from the Marylebonc and Somers Town localities , who have agreed to co-operate with the Emmett Brigade on the return of a delegate to the forthcoming Chartist Convention . Council having been received , on the motion of Messrs . Stallwood and Millwood , the sixpenny levy for the Executive was unanimously agreed to . Nominations were then made for the Executive Committee . Several persons were placed in nomination , but they declined the honour . The present members were then nominated . A vote of thanks being given to Mr . George for the great accommodation afforded by him to the Hammersmith locality , the meeting then broke up .

      Somers Town . —A meeting was held at the Bricklayers' Arms , " Tonbridgc-strect , on Sunday evening , February the 23 rd , Mr . Hornby in the chair , when the present Executive Committee were nominated to fill the office for the ensuing Chartist year . SoMEits Town . —A public mooting was held on Sunday evening last , at the Bricklayers' Anns , Tonbridgc-strcet , New-road / . Mr . John Hornby was called to the chair . 'The delegate to the district council having given in his report , and the letter of the . Executive read , Mr . Thomas Lqwrie moved , " That wc pledge ourselves to cany out the suggestion of the Executive by raising our full quota towards their support , " seconded by Mi * . John Arnott , and carried unanimously . The meeting then proceeded to put in nomination the Executive for the ensuing year , when Messrs . * , M'Grath ,. O'Connor , Doyle , Clark , and Wheeler were duly nominated .

      GREENWICH . The usual weekly meeting of the members of the above locality was held at the G eorge and Dragon ,

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      Blackheatb-hill , on Tuesday last , Mr . Biggin the chair . The Excccntive address was read from the Northern Star , when it was moved and seconded by Messrs Morgan and Floyd that a levy of sixpence be laid on all the members of this locality in aid of the Executive . The . Secretary was instructed to write to the Chartists of Crayford , Tonbridge Wells , and Lewisham , to know if they would co-operate in sending a delegate to represent Kent in the forthcoming Convention . It is particularly requested that those who have collecting books for the Duncombe Testimonial will give in the sums collected on Tuesday evening , next .

      SOUTH LANCASHIRE . Delegate Meeting . —The South Lancashire delegates met for the transaction of the county business on Sunday last , in the Association-room , Ashtonunder-Lyne . There were present , delegates from Manchester , Rochdale , Ratcliffe , Mossley , Water , head-mill , Oldham , Ashton-under-Lyne , & c . & c . Mr . Win . Aitkin was called to the chair . The minutes of the previous meetin g having been read and confirmed , the following resolutions were agreed to : — " That the accounts as audited are safcisfac toiy , andtliatthe samedopass . " " That the delegates eonie prepared to the next delegate meeting with the opinions of the localities as to the propriety oi bringing out the lecturers' planand also the names

      , of parties desirous of being placed upon the plan as local lecturers . " " That we , the delegates in delegate meeting assembled , do respectfully request , that parties who intend contributing productions towards the ' New Chartist Hymn-took , ' will send in their favours on or before the 21 st day of March , 1845 , to the secretary , Mr . Richard Radford , No . 8 , Violet-street , Welcomb-street , Hulme , Manchester ; and that the parties appointed to make selections' for the above purpose be requested to bring in their selections on or before the above date , in order that they may be laid before the delegates at their next meeting . " That the levy for the next month be one penny per member . " " That our Secretary ' s bill be paid . " " That as there are funds in the hands

      of a person belonging to the Victim Fund committee , which are withheld by that person , we recommend the county to instruct the delegates to the forthcoming Conference to take this matter up with a view to its immediate settlement . " " That we , the delegates , wish the district of South Lancashire to consider the- following question : viz ., 'Will they support the Executive Committee , or do they intend to give up the nurvement altogether V" " That the next delegate meeting be held on the last Sunday in March , at ten o'clock in the forenoon , in the Chartist Assoeiation-room , Mill-street , Rochdale . " " That we recommend to each locality the propriety of sending a delegate to the next meeting , or to correspond with the Secretary , showing reasons for their non-compliance

      with this request . " The following arc the sums received by the delegates for the Executive , from Nov . 24 th , 1810 , to Feb . 23 rd , 18-1 , 5 : —Manchester , £ 8 -5 s 8 d ; Do ., Missionary Fund , 5 s : Rochdale , £ 1 7 s lid ; Salford , 10 s ; Waterhead Mill , 12 s U ; Hollinwood , 3 s 4 d ; Mossley , 10 s ; Hevwood , 2 s Id ; Oldham , 14 s . Sd . Total— £ 12 lis 2 d . The following sums were paid to the ExecutlveVFund : —Manchester , £ 1 los 8 d ; Rochdale , 9 s ; OldMEm , 7 s 7 d ; Mossley , 5 s ; Waterhead Mill , 2 s Cd —« 2 19 s Od . County -Fund—Manchester , lis ; Mossley , 2 s Od—13 s Gd . The Secretary returns his thanks to those gentlemen who have already forwarded contributions for the Hymn Book . He wishes to hear again from Mr . AValpolc , of London , and Mr . Wilson , of Halifax .

      MANCHESTER . CAnrEXTERS Hall . —A lecture was delivered in the above Hall mi Sunday evening last , by Mr . William Jones , of Liverpool . The lecture was well attended by a respectable audience . ROCHDALE . Lectures . —Two lectures were delivered in the Chartist Associatio h-rooni on Sunday last , for the benefit of the Heywood turn-outs , by Mr . William Pixon , of Manchester . OLDHAM . Lecture . —On Sunday last Mr . J . K . Taylor delivered his second lecture on the life , writings , and genius of Robert Burns , in the Chartist-room , Greaves-street . The lecturer concluded by reading two poems , entitled "TheTwa Dogs , " and "The Cottager ' s Saturday Night . " At the conclusion a subscription was entered into for Mr . Duncan ' s widow , and Mrs . Ellis .

      BRIGHTON . A Special General Meeting , of the Chartists of this place was held on Monday evening last , Mr . Mitchell in the chair , when the followingresolution , proposed by Mi * . Lewis , and seconded by Mr . Flowers , was unanimously adopted ;— " That wc , the Chartists of Brighton , having read in the Northern Star the charges made by Dr . M'Douall against Mr . O'Connor , have waited patiently for the investigation of the same by the Manchester Council , and after perusing the whole proceedings with an unbiased' mind , we cannot but come to this conclusion , that the whole of such charges are utterly without foundation , and we , therefore , pronounce M'Douall unworthy the name of a patriot . And furthermore , we express our

      unshaken confidence in Mr . O'Connor , and beg leave to assure him that so long as he continues in that straightforward and undeviating course which he has hitherto pursued , he is deserving and will have the co-oporation and support of every honest Chartist and every working man in the kingdom . " Proposed by Mr . Hawkins seconded by Mr . Flaxman ,. " That the thanks of this meeting are duo and are hereby given to the Manchester Council for the praiseworthy manner in which they have cdnducted the investigation between Dr . M'Douall and Feargus O'Connor , Esq . "—On the motion of Mi . Giles , seconded by Mr . Page , Thomas Clark , Christopher Doyle , Philip M'Grath , Feargus O'Connor , and Thos . M . Wheeler , were nominated as candidates to the Executive Committee .

      HAMILTON . At the usual weekly meeting of the Ghartist body here , the following motion was proposed by Mr ' . Archibald Walker , seconded by Mr . James Raet , and earned with acclamation— " That we , the Chartists of Hamilton , highly approve of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., in appearing before the Manchester Councilat Carpenters'Hall , to investigate the charges brought against him by Dr . M'Douall , and do feel satisfied , from the evidence givenlbefore that body , that he acted an honourable part . And we hereby express our confidence in the true and disinterested patriotism of that gentleman , and hope that he will continue to advocate the cause of the industrious classes , and that he will outlive the persecution of his professed friends and open foes . "

      BIRMINGHAM . On Sunday last , February 23 rd , we held an interesting meeting ; Mr . Saunders read Mr . Duncombe ' s speech , after which Mr . Candy gave an eloquent lecture . The following resolution was carried unanimously— "That in the opinion of this meeting T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., is entitled to our thanks for his manly conduct in defending the rights of the many . " Ship Tavern Locality . —At a meeting of the members , held on Tuesday last , the sum of £ 3 was handed in for the Duncombe Testimonial . The following resoluton was adopted— "That the best thanks of this meeting be given to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., for the honest and straightforward manner in which he has exposed the Post-office espionage , and we call upon him to proceed in the patriotic course he has hitherto pursued . " *

      BRADFORD . Lecture . —On Sunday a lecture was delivered in Buttorworth ' s Buildings , by E . Hurly . On Sunday evening the members of the General Council met in their Room , when arrangements were made to take the opinion of the members resident in the locality on the means to be adopted in respect of sending a delegate to the forthcoming Conference . It was agreed that the Observation Committee should immediately take steps to secure the election of Chartists to the Board of Surveyors , on the 25 th of March next . Chartist Coxstables . —On Friday last a vestry meeting was held in the Episcopalian Chapel , llorton , to make out a list of eighty able-bodied men

      between the age ol twenty-five and fifty-five years , such list to be presented to the magistrates in petty sessions , for them to select twenty-seven as constables for the ensuing year . The vestry-room was crowded principally by working men . Mr . Lumby was called to the chair . After the notice had been read con-r veningthe meeting , Mr . Smyth said he wished to put a question to the chair , Was there any clause in the Constables Act that excluded residents of the township from voting and nominating persons to serve as constables , provided such persons were not ratepayers ? The reason he wished this point to be decided was , that at all former meetings it was an understanding that none but rate-payers could take nartin the business for which they were now met .

      If there was a clause in the Act which confined the vestry to rate-payers only , ho would be thankful to have it road to the meeting . —The overseer replied , " The meeting was not confined to rate-payers , the qualification was , that the constables must be . rated at £ 4 per annum . " The constable ' s salary was next brought before the meeting , when Mr . G . White moved , seconded by Squire Auty , " That the resolution of last year , allowing the constable £ 20 tor jus services , be rescinded . " On being put , it was carried unanimously . Three lists of constables were then proposed , one by Mr . Crabtree , containing forty names , nearly all Whigs ; one by Auty , composed of lories , Whigs , and Chartists ; and one by White and Smith , composed of Chartists . The whole ol the Chartiste proposed were carried , and the meeting broke up satisfied at the selection .

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      Golden Hist to Tradesmen .- A man of the world , who keeps an early purl-house in lottenharacourt-road , assures us he has avoided serving on juries by the following snnpie method;—rle lent the beadle who came with a summons-five-years ago the sum of five shillings , and , strange to | say , he has never seen him since . — Fund ,

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      j London Corn Exchange , Monday ^ Feb ; 24 . —The' arrivals of wheat and oats from our . < o * a ' . « oast werfe , ' rather large during the past week ,: but of Enghsk barley the supply was only moderate . From Scotland a plentiful supply of oats and a' & ir , q * " * W : barley came to hand , whilst lrom- Ireland there-! ceipts of oats were abundant . Of beans and pej » the arrivals were principally from our own coastj > and of neither article were they large . From abrowl a cargo of wheat and one of beans , with a few small : parcels of barlev and oats , have c ome forward during the past eight days . > xAt this morning ' s market therewas a moderate show of wheat by land-c * mag *« am pics from the home counties ; not much barley frefefe .

      up , and few oats , beans , or peas from any « L ** J ; The weather has been mild since yesterday , and fieW labours are likely to :-, be almost ' immediately commenced . There was rather an improved demand for wheat , and fine dry qualities moved off readily at the currency of this day sc ' nnight ; secondary sorts did ' not sell so freely , but former terms were well supported . In foreign wheat there was not much passing , and Quotations underwent no change requiring notice . In bond there was nothing whatever doing . Flour was not much inquired after , but prices were not lower . Superior malting barley was more saleable , and quite as dear ; whilst the demand for other descriptions continues languid . The transactions in

      malt were to a limited extent , and the value of the article remained nominally unaltered . The oat trade was by no means active , the principal dealers being unwilling to buy except at reduced rates , whilst factors declined accepting lower terms . Beans were sought after , and nearly all cleared off early in the day at fully former prices . The operations in peas were on a restricted scale , and there is no improvement to note either in the demand for , or price of , the article . Clovcrseed moved eff tardily at precisely the same rates as last week . The proposed repeal of the duty on tares had not much effect on the business in that article , nor were other sorts of seeds influenced by the alteration in the tariff , quotations of linseed , rapeseed , & e „ remaining unvaried .

      CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN , PER IMPERIAL QUARTER . —British . s s SB Wheat , Essex , & Kent , new & old red 4 ' 2 48 White 50 54 Norfolk and Lincoln , , , , do 43 46 Ditto 48 50 JTortlium , and Scotch wftitc 43 46 Fine 48 52 Irish red old 0 0 Red 42 44 White 45 48 Rye Old 31 32 New 30 32 Brank 35 S € Barley Grinding .. 2 fi 28 Distil . ¦ 2 !) 81 Malt .. 32 36 Malt Brown .... 54 56 Pale 5 S 62 Ware 63 68 Beans Ticks old & new 30 94 Harrow Si 88 Pigeon 38 42 l ' eas Grey 32 38 Maple 33 34 White 3 G 40 Oats Lincolns & Yorkshire Feed 21 23 Poland 23 25 Scotch Angus i ' - ' 24 Potato 24 26 Irish White 20 22 Black 20 23 Per 28011 ) . net . s s Per 2 { f 0 lb . net . s s Town-made Flour ... 42 44 Norfolk & Stockton 33 34 Essex and Kent .... 34 35 Irish 35 3 C ? ro £ . Bond

      Foreign . s s s b Wheat , Duntsic , Konigsburg , & c 52 CO 3 G 40 Marks , Mecklenburg 48 54 32 35 : —Danish , Holsteiu , and Fricslawd red 44 47 28 30 Russian , Hard 44 4 fi Soft ... 44 47 2 G 28 Italian , Red . . 40 50 White ... 50 52 30 32 Spanish , Hani . 4 C 50 Soft .... 48 52 30 32 Rye , Baltic , Dried , . . . 80 32 Umlricd . . 31 32 21 22 Barley , Grin ( U *« g . 26 ' 28 Maltim ? . . ol 33 2 L' 28 Beans , Ticks . . 30 34 Egyptian . 31 32 26 = JO Peas , White . . 36 38 Maplo . . 33 34 28 30 Oats , Dutch , Brew and Thick 24 25 10 21 llussian feed , 21 22 ID 16 —Danish , Friesland feed 21 23 15 17 Flour , per barrel 25 27 19 20

      Loxdox Sjuthfield Cattle Market , Mossay , Feb . 2 i . —During the week ending ou Saturday , the imports of foreign stock into London comprised sixtyfive head of beasts and ninety sheep , all from Holland . At the outports no arrivals have taken place from any quarter . " As to the general quality ol the above importations , there were sonic extremely well made-up beasts amongst tliem ; but the sheep were not in that good condition-we have before noticed . The whole of tbo above stock having been disposed of here on Friday , we had none on sale this morning ; but a large number of beasts and sheep may be expected in the course of a few days . The supply of beasts from our own districts being somewhat on the increase , and the attendance of both town and country buyers by no means numerous , the beef trade was extremely dull , at a decline in the currencies obtained on Monday last of 2 d . per 81 b . —the very highest

      figure for the best Scots not exceeding 4 s . per Sib ., and a clearance was not effected , Prom Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex ; and Cambridgeshire we received 1600 Scots and homebreds ; from the northern grazing counties , 300 short-horns ; from the western and midland districts , 500 Herefonls , Dcvons , runts , Ac . " from other parts of England , 400 of various breeds ; and from Scotland , 140 horned and polled Scots . The numbers of sheep were tolerably good , but not to say extensive . For most breeds the demand was very steady , at fully , but at nothing quotable beyond last week ' s currencies . Prime old Downs produced 4 £ 4 d . per 8 \ b . * W e bad a very limited number of calves on offer , yet the veal trade was heavy , on easier terms—the extreme quotation not exceeding OS . per 81 b . Neat small porkers were in fair request ; but all other qualities sold heavily . About 2000 shorn sheep and 200 lambs were on the market .

      By the quantities of . 81 b ,, sinking the offal , 6 . d . s . d , Inferior coarse beasts' . . . 2 6 2 10 , Second quality . . . 3 0 3 4 j Prinie large oxen . .. 3638 ; Prime Scots , & c . . . . . 3 10 4 0 Coarse inferior sheep . . . 2 10 3 2 Second quality .... 3 4 3 8 I Prime coarse woolled ... 3 10 4 0 Prime Southdown . . , , 4 2 4 4 . large coarse / calves . . . . 3 10 . 4 6 . Prime small 4 9 5 0 i Suckling calves , each . . . 18 0 30 O i Large hogs ..-,. . 30 38 ' Neat small porkers . . . . 3 10 4 4 Quarter-old store pigs , each . 16 o 20 O

      HEAD OP CATTLE ON SAIE . ( From the Books of the Clerk of the Market . ) Beasts , 2 , 003-Sheep , 26 , 340-Calves , 64-Pigs , 321 . Richmond Cons ^ Market , Feb . 22 . —We had a large supply of Grain in our market to-day , which , only had a dull sale , and the prices much the same as last week : —Wheat sold from Ss . to 6 s . 6 d . ; oats , 2 s . 2 d . to 3 s .: barley , 3 s . 8 d . to 4 s . ; beans , 4 s . 3 d , to 4 s . % , per bushel . Manchester Cobs Market , Monday , Feb . 22 . — During the week our market has varied very little , if any , from its previously monotonous character , nothing more than a limited retail business havine

      been transacted m any article , for tiie supply of the immediate consumptive wants of tho purchasers , for which lower rates have been generally accepted . The greatest inactivity prevailed in the demand for wheat at our market this morning , and wc repeat our previous quotations nominally . Flour was also in very limited request ; and the best descriptions must be noted fully Cd . per sack cheaper ; whilst on middling and inferior brands it was necessary to submit to a further reduction . Both oats and oatmeal met a very slow sale , at a decline of id . per 4 dHjs . on the former , and 3 d . to Gd . per 2401 bs . on the latter article . Beans were but little inquired for , and the turn lower .

      . Liverpool Cobw Market , Monday , Fj . ii . 24 . — During the last seven days wc have received about 13 , 000 sacks ofFlour from Ireland , but of grain and oatmeal tlic imports have been moderate . " The duty on foreign barley lias advanced Is ., say to 5 s . per quarter . Extreme dulness has continued to pervade the trade generally , and most articles have receded more or less in value . We have to quote best runs of Irish wheat Id ., secondary qualities 3 d . per bushel ; flour is . per sack , and oatmeal lid . . per load cheaper than- at the close of last week . Foreign , wheat has been much neglected , though offering on rather easier terms . The best mealing oats have been held at 3 s ., but a parcel or two of very good quality have been sold at 2 s . . lid . per 4511 m . One or two lots of grinding barley changed hands at last Friday ' s market at a small abatement from previous rates . Peas are quoted without change . Beans have declined from is . to 2 s . per quarter ; Egyptian" have been sold at 31 s . per 4 Mbs .

      Liverpool Cattle Market , Moxday , Feb . 24 . — We have had a fair supply of all kinds of cattle at market to-day , with a numerous attendance ot buyers . Prices much the same as of late . Anything good eagerly sought after , and readily sold at the following prices : —Beef , 5 id . to 6 d ., mutton , ' Old . 'to ' 7 d . per lb . —Cattle imported into Liverpool , from the 17 th to the 24 th Feb . i-Cows , 1277 ; calves , 24 ; sheep , 1842 ; lambs , 74 ; pigs , 7490 ; horses , t 5 . ILeeds Cloth Market . —There is not much variation in the state of . the cloth trade this week—if any , it-is a tendency to improvement .

      jLeeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Feb . 25 . —Our arrivals are moderate of all articles for this day's market , but there is a fair show of wheat , samples from vessels waiting below . The wheat trade re mains inactive , the millers only buy to meet their prc' -ent wants , and the demand , although steady , is not to any great extent , at last week's prices . The supply of fine barley is short , and late prices are in consequence pretty well supported , inferior qualities continue dull . New beans have declined in value Is . per quarter . Oats , shelling , and other articles without variation .

      York Corn Market , Feb . 22 . —We have a large supply of wheat , but small of other grain , we " note little alteration in the trade ; the former , however , manifest a disposition to resist any ^ fiittKOP * . ! reduction in price , and the business trps «' ct # jiran / * descriptions of grain has been at the ^ ric ^ -jpf . ^ - Malton ¦ Corn Market , Feb . 25 ^ -Me bA " v * C' ^^ good supply of wheat offering to tbi 3 ^ Ps ; inarIcet ^ but short of barley and oats . Whertt ^ jdavy ^ ale ' Z and rather lower ; in barley and oaM ^^ maWm .. alteration . Wheat , red new , 44 s . to Ife ^ Mteao ,- ,. ^ 4 Ss . to . 80 s . ; red do ., old , 49 s . to % ,. « tedo . ; / 1 52 s . to 54 s . perqr . of 4 fi stones , f Barky } fcto 308 /> | per qr . of 32 stones . Oats 9 Jd , to lOidNpeKBtone . - '" " )

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 1, 1845, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01031845/page/7/