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      TILE LETTEUS OF A SEXAGENARIAN . LETTER II . m past and the present . Some tliinjs worth laoming . 3 Iv Dear Son , —In your letter to me , 1 perceive an oiid admixture of buoyancy and dejection , cf hopefulness s . r . d disainwiutuicut . 1 van very well understand this . 3 l } ii-ucecils from the ardour cf jouth , withoni the lnatc-Tr . ds which csitrirncc suj » J < lies to coirsci aud clieci it . Y-jU Claim fv » r ilie " eye , " as vou express it , U ! 11 > KC 0-deirtvd ad vancement ; and ycJ you are dissatisfied with its rate of pi-u . gn .-ss—particularly political progress—you are disai'ioiimd because it is not more rsnid . Your era

      is that ol" die steam and the rail ; hut ^ -au cannot apply the ijups-tus o : physical *>» invijiles in j-j ' . siics—you cannot advzoee agitation in any j-hape , or forsiiy object , or urge OU measures of luw and lesulanou xriih the propulsive Speed of these new viewers . Xay , I am nut sure if thenar * : not iu the uicastinie a ciiuse-ef abated progress ia these mutters , .- . Uhcugh , of course , they are destined to hecoase the agents of Irresistible progress , even i-: c a Jiulhical point of view inesirfUAc ; and with respect to the ohstract ;« as-cIi .-areU , the uljj . icis embraced , au . l the gcoinetricjilicaciioiaiui , ofiasduecirable change is the future .

      Another ef She failings o ? . youth , which however is one " lliat leiiHS to virtue ' s -side , " is very marked si your eharacui" " •' vou wear \» ar heart on your cost-ileeve , " Jon hciievc everyCiiag t « at- « vc-ryl ) ody says , atnl v « u tahe cvvry nit *! ut his osvu valuation . If an individual professes -i . « jwpaihy ijr tiie people , you at once give liiai credit fur s 5 nc « ri ; y- and this uUpusnioa Seads you to give all sorts of jieeple the merit of goad intention , and x «» Kttac'u imjn > rtaas =. to ilieir own lej . Msuntations of the t-BVeis to he prr , daced hy tliiar measures . "Neither their . motives , their -ehxraeter , their position , their capacity , go for luuci : vviih you , } irovided tiler professions are large and liberal . "Y ou must question , investigate , and fiiiuk more . I -was much of tlie sa » : » e disposition

      sityeurage , and thecouseijutuce was , I found , as years rolled on , Uiat iiiaxy-aieii whom I believed disinterested , an < J insjilred hy «« c loftiest thoughts -sijid principlbr , wess hollow at heartland had all along been ai . hisated hy motives of tlie auosi sordid and grovelling clraraeter—nieu who sleuthed phrases and jtUecled patristisia merely to acquire the popularity which was iiiiiis-IMasaUe tu tlick-selfisli jmrposes . 13 ut I must not be Unjust ; nor do I wash you to be unnecessarily wary or incredulous . If-njj-experience suggests to my thoughts the names of smhs nitn who have practised on public credulity , it refers i : ic to others whose conduct through life proved them-all that they professed to he—men who were animated by the purest motives aud the loftiest agjfralioas .

      Another Of your failings I must rotice . Ton indulge too freely in scKr ^ ontu ' iations . Yon have Often bitten by the current east < if tlie day . You arrogate for your generation a larger measure of wisdom , and all the wther high qualities of being than fell to tlie lot of any that fcava preceded it . This is the intellectual Sin of youth , and more or less the characteristic of all young generations in their incipient stages , sometimes aeecnipauying them into their middle age ; "but it so peculiarly distinguishes the present lime as to make the contemplative man wouder , and the charitable smile . This vaunting has become an absolute vice , aud like everything puslicd to a limit , it lias produced its opposite extreme—an undue aud extravagant admiration of tilings old and obsolete . A half-bantcriug , half-serious demand has even been made to restore the heptarch y and the coi relative state of things ou which time has set his seal , and which have disappeared iu the natural order of events .

      On what has-the young generation to plume itself and What is the nature of the advancement claimed fur the age ? There are two views in which , for the sake of simplicity and clearness , this subject may be considered—the political and tlic social . Let us take the last , though scarcely the least iurpirtaut view of the subject , first . "What social advantages are enjoyed by the young generation which were unknown , or but partially Jaiuirn , to that which immediately preceded it ? There are some of an educational character , or in one way or another relating to intellectual progress , which are not to be despised . Mechanics' institutes , reading-rooms , lecturerooms , cheap publications , and so fotth ; these are the tilings of which young intcUigeut people boast , and - which naturally present theaisJvuS tOlMV thoughts ht'l ' e . I hare nothing disparaging to say in reference to these things . They cannot be too highly estimated . They are among the thiugs which connected themselves nicdiately witli the struggles with which the great names who led the people in the uastare associated . We looked forward

      to these things in my daysofhope and rigour , audindulgtd very flattering notions of the benefits which wc expected our childreu lo derive froai thein—those times when Pitt was minister , when Wilkes was an agitator , and every year "brought fresh accessiuus of talent to fight in an apparently hopeless causi—when Hunt became a patriot , and Cobbett having ended his campaigns in regimentals , entered upon and evinced a giant ' s capacity to work n a field cf nobler exerlion . In these things you enjoy some of the fruits of the labours of men of large hearts , generous sympathies , and worthy aspirations among your fathers . You have a right to estimate these tilings highly , and let mc trust you have profited by them ; but you must not forget the share which tlie men of the jiast generation had iu tlie achievement of these advantages . And iu proportion as you estimate them aright such will ha the measure of your zaal aud slncerity iu endeavouring in whatever capacity you may ha serviceable , aud with whatever means are placed at your command , to realise corresponding advantages for your own children .

      JJut sn » estimation of the simple power of these things is qualified . I am notsure that there is more intelligence among tlie young people , who were intended to be chiefly benefited by these things , than was possessed by those of a former generaiicn . Has their general effect upon society been what was prognosticated ? What has become < if the high-toned morality which was to How from these things ! " Educate tliepcoph ' , " was the cry of the Whigs , and one of the boons tlie promise of which helped them to office— " educate the people , aturSfou will have no need of Poor Laws , for they wilt become provident in their habits—your prisons will have fewer inmates—there will he less work for your judges—and less occasion for the services of a large police force "—and so on . Xow , though this scandalous aud mean party had not enough of the leaven of sincerity among them—though they had

      not the heart to co « . template , or tlie nerve to propose or accomplish any one object , even allied to greatness , education is not so difficult a matter as it was within ray remembrance ; facilities of instruction exist now , which were not heretofure available—the press is not now trammelled -with so many of those petty provisions by which legislators chose to deem it ought to ha restricted to be compatible with public traisgirillity , and the inecliauics'iustitntes , and reading-rooms , and lectures have all had time and room to operate a measure of theprognosticated good . "W here , then , is it to be found—and echo answers where ! Late parliamentary reports , with tli c contents of which you are no dmibt acquainted , furnish painful evidence that

      Ae morality—the varied jrood effects which should flow from increased facilities of instruction of every kind , are net realised : and why ? Because something has been neglected . Tiiei % «« rZ requirements of the people hare received no corresponding degree of attention . How can a high State of public morality be co-csisteut withaphysical condition , which throws people of all ages , and both sexes , promiscuously together , in numbers of sis or seven , Into oue confined sleeping apartment . ^ as I ha ve with my own eyes lately seen , —particularly in England ? All right feeling is outraged ; all the decencies—all the nstinctiie proprieties of life are set aside In these places . This is tlie dark side of the picture . There is little ground for boasting of advancement here .

      If the purely intellectual wants of tlic people have received a measure of attention aud concession , how much of either has been accorded to those wants , of a not less mportant , and certainly a more imperative character , which arise out of physical necessities , and which are connected with the means of supporting life t Alas ! this ¦ view of the subject has been altogether overlooked in the engrossing attention which has been given , by design mere than accident , I am inclined to think , to matters cf nferior interest and importance ? If society is realty advancing , there ought to be a-visible improvement in the social condition of tlie people , for human happiness is the object of society .

      The physical condition of the people is very much trorse now than at any period within nvy remembrance . SuSVring from want of employment ; deprivation , to a greater or le ? s extent ^ of tlie conveuiencits , comforts , and absolute necissariesoflife ; have been of late j ears more general , auJ exieiisicily j * rman « i < , than at any pjliod wi-. hin my knowledge . Wages have been lower—employment of every kind more greedily sought after , n . ore difficult to procure , m . ire thankfully received , and more precarious when obtained . I have witnessed the recurrence of periodical distress—for a periodicity of general

      gloom and suffering appears to be Hie inseparable and contingent cause of a vast and complicated manufacturing system ; but I do not a ' . lude to distress of this nature —to that suffering produced by the action of tangible causes , such as currency derangements ; the failure , misdirection , or in supplication of national schemes of £ uauce ; to commercial embarrassments , or to distress tesulting from any ordinary causes ; hut to an amount and intensity of Suffering amazingly general among a class ur portion of tlie people at all times , and possession , in my judgment , an alarming character of

      perauineitcir . Travelling at stated periods in England , Scotland , and Ireland all my life time , conversing with an sorts of people , and having always taken a . deep interest ia the condition of those forming the uud « r stratum , so to speak of society , I have haluntqualled opportunities of forming juvt judgments . Jly knowledge is accurate and minute , aud not sot at second-hand , from casual aud supeificia ! observations , or for interested purposes , as a great amount of the information is procured which goes to the composition of statistical tables , and which tonus the ba * is « f parliamentary reports—those curious Ivgislativc / rtnj ' , wbtch never get beyond a certain stage ofveaetation , and which furci .-b . a . atvrhds for legislation meant to l * over-n ci nei t or never actually attempted , until tin-People-nut the « etio » j-are in a potion lo tun , tht-ii l . now * e . ? ge to at * . va « taSe , and a serious purpose . Wiih these opportunities au . 1 this cxptrk-nce , I conceive mv-Klfrey competent , a :: d 1 d « it ri ^ ht io til vr . u s « ne tuin £ sv . ] i : rhy . nnifli : ! . i « Bdjn Lwk « , niUi a-eWen- ol adnunUterhig , niih a £ tn ! ie hand and a good intention

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      a corrective to that disposition which you have , in common with many intelligent persons of your own age , of taking too one-s'ded , or at least not a sufficiently discriminating view of the past and the present . 1 assert then , that the social condition of the peoplein the physical aspect I have referred lo—is worse now ihau at any period within my remembrance , and has been Of late years setting worse gradually . My mind wanders orcr several periods of public depression for a parallel to sjmeibiug like the present condition of the masses of the people , under a state of things which has existed for years , which at the present moment is deemed prosperous , and which the abolition of the Corn Laws will not improve—but 1 can recall nothing resembling it . ; One particular period of suffering occurs to me early in the prest nt century . The distress of this period was very

      general and unusually severe . It was , as far as may be , unconnected with political causes , and the ministers of the day were not presumed to he taxable with unusual want of wisdom or sympathy for the people . Of course , wise legislation could , as it can at all times—or of what earthly use is it ?—have provided a remedy , or prevented the mischief , by being prepared for the evil ; but the acts of ministers were not immediately chargeable with the distress . The harvests iu many parts of the world hadbeetrdeficient , and the doings ot Napoleon—then the imperial idol of the French people , whom , in their extravagsinoeand vanity , they v .-ouid have dotlicd with the attributes « f Deity , and then done sacrifice to him—this man ' s doings on the continent in his career of empire , for he was then ( lie Emperor , had their share in producing the distress 1 allude to . I was travelling in the north of Enrland at that time , and it was appalling to see the food

      that was eaten and tho price at which it was sold . A palpable irloom seemed to hang over all the country ; everywhere its iuiluencc was visible ; a great grief had taken possession of men ' s hearts , and gave a universal expression of sadness to their countenances . I witnessed much and intense suffering at this time ; hut it passed away like a morning mist—men became cheerful once more—the bad unwholesome food was not so generally seen , and at last it Seemed to have totally disappeared . Years passed away , and I can recollect the time when the precise description of food , deemed bad at a time of dearth aud scarcity , appeared to be becoming the chief consumption of a considerable portion of oue class of the people , until at last I have seen it becomeso common as to attract no particular notice , while everything relating to household comforts and persoual clothing among the class referred to , has been for years , and is now , in process of rapid and rtermancnt deterioration .

      If in certain places , iu my young dajs , I witnessed in my jonmeyiugs distress during , one visit , it had disappeared when my visit was paid a second time . Uut latterly , when I visited a . place this year , as it were , and found a number of people in circumstances of hardship aud suffering , I fouud tlie same people , with additions to their number , as bad the next year ; and from year to year they grew gradually worse , and their numbers increased apace . They were growing old in reality , but they looked older for their wretchedness . Years and natural causes alone did not give men of forty thelooksand appearances of extreme age , and impress a hue of sickly squalor on the faces of theyoung of both sexes . It was the daily struggle with difliculties unknown to former times and classes ; the daily endurance of misery which had become an abiding evil , a permanent oppression , and an inheritance .

      I have , however , exceeded my limits , and must break oft abruptly , promising to return to the subject . I am < fcc ., Jacob Thusty .

      Major Beniowski And Tee Polish Cause. In...

      MAJOR BENIOWSKI AND TEE POLISH CAUSE . In justice to Major Heniowski , wc insert the fol lowing letter : —

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE SORTHEnN STAK . 8 , Bow-street , Sept . 1 , 1845 . Sir , —In answer to an article of tlic last number of the Acrfficro Star , headed , "The Democratic Supper aud ilujor Ucniowski , " allow me to state , that I shall " treat with utter contempt the anonymous attacKs on my character on all occasions ; but most particularly so iu the case of " A Democrat;—a Polish Democrat . " X Polish democrat , in London , besides myself , is a curiosity—a being scarcely imaginable . Until a Polish Sir James Grahara-pensioned-democrat gives his own name , and the name of the party whorefused to shake hands with me , on account of my having turned a Polish aristocrat , I shall treat the matter with contempt . But when he publishes these names , I shall give to the English democracy a categoric , full , explicit , democratic answer . I have the honour to be , Your obedient servant , B . Besiowski .

      The reader will judge whether this be a » answer to the averments of " a Polish Democrat . " Surely the alleged facts could have been denied , had they not been true , without the implicated Major waiting for the name cf the party who quotes the Major ' s own language , and narrates the Major ' s own acts . It is'thc fact as to whether the statement of facts be thee or not , that the public have to do with , more than with the name of the narrator of them . As we explained last week , when insertinff the letter of" a Polish Democrat , " the writer communicated his name to ns : and we believe him to he , from his

      public acts , a sincere "Polish Democrat . " Major Bcniowski will , of course , take his own course ; but we venture to tell him that the matters of fact contained in the letter of a Polish Democrat will not afford of his treating them " with utter contempt , " if he would retain his own modest designation— " the only Polish Democrat in London ! " Indeed this letter of the Major ' s is a proof that he himself knows that " utter contempt" will not do . " Utter contempt" would have taken no notice of the matter it despised : the Major has been obliged to take sonic sort of notice ; and he has , in our opinion , attempted to get out of a " decided fix" in a not very creditable manner .

      To The Emtott Of The Nobtdebs Stab. Slb,...

      TO THE EMTOtt OF THE NOBTDEBS STAB . SlB , —Do me the favour to insert the copy of a letter , in reply to an objection made to my name being retained on tlie list of voters for members of Parliament , and thereby endeavour to stem that abandonment of principle which is now so prevalent . When bad men conspire to injure those who advocate Christian doctrines , good men ought to unite in support of each other . At any rate , when m jn become so debased as to sspire to , and boast of being , common informers , It Is time for those who admire the good old principles of honest John Bull to look about them . Should you comply with my request , I shall feel grateful to you , " and remain very respectfully , sir , Your most obedient servant , Leadenhall-street . James Wiekissos .

      138 , leadenhall-street , August 25 th , 1 S 15 . To Mr . MlUiaa Endell Luckett , Kb . 220 , Belhnal-green-road . Sir , —On Saturday evening last , at six o ' clock , the postman delivered to me an open paper , of which the following is a copy , viz .:

      —" ( StEVICE ) . " Notice of objection to parties inserted in the list of the Livery . " To Mr . James IFifttiuon , 138 , LeadenltdO-streel . " I hereby give you notice , that I object to your name being retained in the list of persons entitled to -vote , as freemen of the City of London and liverymen of the company of Upholders' in the election of members for the said City . "Dated the twelfth day of August , one thousand eight hundred and forty-fire . "Wihiam ESDEtl ICCJETT , " 220 , Bethnal-green-road . " On the list of voters for the company of lorincrs . '*'

      And pray , sir , who are you that dares thus to take such a liberty with a Liveryman of nearly forty years ' standing ? I say again , tc / i £ > are you ? What are you ? Or , what have I done to you ( a perfect stranger to me ) that calls for such a penalty as will render me unfit to vote for a Member of Parliament ? If I have injured you in any way whatever , it is more than I either know or intended , for I never saw your person to my knowledge , and certainly never heard of your name or existence before ; then why attempt to deprive me of my long-enjoyed and paid-for right ? At any rate jou might have stated why you object to my name being placed on the list of voters - —nay , the murderer or thief are charged with the acts committed , and proof adduced before conviction ; but you go boldly to pass sentence on me before trial , and

      procouuee me unqualified to vote for a Member of Parliament . I have exhibited your " Notice" to me to several of my friends , and ma informed by some of them that tfitybare also received notices ; so that , it appears , you are a Commox Ixfobmeb , an agent of the enemy of mankind . That , possibly , you may have fouud my name ( in all past elections ) in favour , of those candidates who have professed those principles which I profess , namely , equal rights aud equal justice to all my fellow countrymen , and that , yon being opposed to those principles , think it your duty to oppose all who advocate them . However , should I be alive and in health at the next election , I will exercise my bight , regardless of your objection ; and Lobiner as you call yourself ( which , I am told , means bridle-bit maker ) , you will find some difficulty in forging a Cobb strong enough to restrain me from doing my duty .

      What a lamentable state society must have arrived at , when persons recklessly persecute tlieir neighbours without shame or remorse , and that too , regardless of the Divise Law which they profess a belief in , and which forbids persecution—to see them make a mockery of that Jieligion which teaches kindness and goodwill towards each other—nay , to see tlujn bold and willing imitators of the wicked Jezebel , Auab , and . the Soss of Belial , who persecuted the Patbiot KABATithmerely for . refusing to sell his inheritance—to see thenv imitate the infamous J cd as Iscabiot , and Common Infobmebs , shows how much tlie character of England has fallen in this mercenary age from what it was in olden times .

      However , it is never too late to repent , therefore let me implore you to reflect on what you have done—then attend the morning worship in Si . Paul ' s Cathedral , and listen attentively to the sublime prayers and thanksgivings to tue ALiHonis Creato »—and then open your IIible and read attentively the twenty-first chapter in the first bj « k of Kings , and see whatbefel Jezebel and her Cjabjptors—then turn to the Sew Tt-siamcnt , to the gospel according to St . llattlietv , chapter the twentysixth , verses fourteen to . sixteen , forty-seven and forty-. - ight , andUienlookatehapler tuvnty-jerc-n , verses tlirt'e jo eight , and you will sec uhat befe ! Judas , and when i ou

      To The Emtott Of The Nobtdebs Stab. Slb,...

      have seen all that , you will thank me for directing your attention to such valuable information . That you may profit by this , and become a true penitent and a practical Christian , is the sincere wish of Your intended victim , James "Wilkinson-.

      Odd Fellowship

      ODD FELLOWSHIP

      TO THE EDIT 0 B OP THE NOBTHEES STAB . Ratcliffe ' s Plate Again . Meeting at Gray ' s once more . 2 ' radesmcn ' s dinner repeated . The " unmitigated lie " about the " llcfonned Pace Banner" proved to he " £ 00 true . " Dear Sib , —The " Old Odd Fellow" was at a lodge in Eecles , near Manchester , last night , August 80 th , and there he was informed that the London Journal of that date contained a letter from Director Ashdown , the Stepney dinner orator , denying the assertion made in in your paper hy the "Old Odd Fellow" relative to

      KatcJiftVs being at Jfewton races betting with all around him ; and the comment on Ashdown ' s foolish talk at Stepuej-, about his friend " having left off betting for ever . " By mere chance the " Old Odd Fellow" got the loan of the Xondon Journal for less than five minutes , in the lodge-room , and saw the said letter , wherein Ashdown avers that the assertion alluded to is an itniiviti . gatedlie . He also Bays something about a correspondence he had passed with Ratcliffe , which gave him authority lor so saying , with a long tirade of froth , amounting to nothing , except to show the gullibility of Ashdown when imposed upon by so artful a dodger as llatclilVe .

      And . now , without caring what Ashdown may sny about unmitigated lying , the "Old Odd Fellow" will go to proving . He once moro begs to re-asscrt that his letter was true , and Itatcliffe knows it ; so do tens of thousands that live nearer to Ratcliffe than either Stratford cr Stepney . Green . The plate affair was a complete humbug . Will Mr . Ashdown mitigate his wrath , and tell us how that presentation was got up ? Will he tell us whether there were eight or ten subscribers ? Will he give us a list of their names and amount of subscriptions 1 Will he enlig hten us as to whether they were " tradesmen to the Order" or not ? And , if so , how much Ratcliffe had paid each of them for goods supp lied to the Order for the last seven years ?

      Will Ashdown deny that there ever were " Tradesmen's dinners" held at Gray ' s , to which the Executive were invited , and whereat the most shameful scenes of debauchery ensued , leading to corruption ? Peihaps Ashdown will deny these things , especially if Ratcliffe send him another letter . But , unfortunately for Ashdown , he lives too far from the nest of infamy for his denials to go far ; and not all the Ashdowns nor London Journals that ever existed , can have any effect upon thousands of Odd Fellows in Manchester and Saiford , before whose eyes , and upon whose very thresholds , these disgraceful things have nnd do take place .

      And . now we coma to the gist of the matter , viz . — What Ashdown really did say at Stepney-green . To begin then : Ashdown said , at a dinner at Stepney , on the 28 th of July , 1815 , according to the loiidon Journal of August 2 nd , 1815 ; "C , S . Ratcliffe had made many enemies by his attention to the interests of the Order as a body , in preference to a mere section of its members . As a consequence , unfounded calumnies , emanating from that nest of iniquity , the betting ring , had been industriously circulated to ruin hiin , if possible , in the estimation of those who knew little of him , except through the

      office he held , and consequently had no opportunity of judging the truth or falsehood of the assertions . Mr Ratcliffe had narrowly escaped from ruin , through the instrumentality of men purposely bribed to entrap him ; but , acting under the advice of his friends , he had long since studiously withdrawn himself from all connection with the turf or its transactions . He had inviolably adheretl to this resolution ; and it was too had , after these things had been canvassed , explained , and consigned to oblivion years since , to have them again raited out and brought forward . "

      That's what Ashdown said at Stepney , according to tho Zontfou Journal ;' and now for what the " Old Odd Fellow" said relative to it in the Northern Slav . 'Last week but one , tlie London Journal gave an account of a dinner at Stepney , whereat a speech was made by a Mr . Ashdown , one of the Board of Directors , and subeditor of the Journal , lie is there made to say that ' friend Ratcliffe has left off betting for ever ; he has buried all his turf transactions in oblivion , and become quite moral . ' WiU It be credited , that while Ashdown was spouting this balderdash at Stepney , Ratcliffe was actually on fiewton race-course , with a roll of notes in his hand , calling and betting with everybody around him , as can be proved by scores of witnesses . So much for Ashdown's veracity and his reformed friend ' s ' improved morality ! ' "

      There , now , we have both accounts ; and Ashdown says min » is an " unmitigated lie . " Of that the reader will judge . As for friend Ratcliffe bein ^ injured in the estimation of those who know little of him , it was well put that ; for thousands upon thousands who know a great deal of him are the persons I appeal to as my witnesses . As for those Odd Fellows who know " little of him , " the sooner they find him out the better ft-r the preservation of their own interests and the interests of the Order . Again , I assert that "Ratcliffe was at Newton , with a roll of notes in his hands , calling and betting with all around him . " To the proof . On the 30 th of August , at the Humanity Lodge , in JEceles , a place between Manchester and Newton race-course , and within a mile from Monton , where Ratcliffe das rracnASED a , country seat ,

      Ashdown ' s tale in the Xondon Journal about the "unmitigated lie" was told , amid laughter at his credulity and indignation at Ratcliffe ' s impudent audacity ; and there , among upwards of fifty-Odd FeUows , an individual stated that he himself had lost several pounds on Newton race-course with Ratcliffe ; and scores in Manchester can be found who saw him not only there , hut heard him hooted off the railway train when it stopped at the station , near his house . Before a room full of Odd Fellows on the above occasion , several letters were read in Ratcliffe's own hand-writing , negotiating bets to a large amount with an Individual in Manchester , one of which letters Batcliffe wrote while at Carlisle , offering to bet £ 00 to £ 15 against Idas for the last Derby ; and in that letter he states that "he stood to lose a heavyamount if the horse won . " This letter was actually penned when he was on his way to the Glasgow A . M . C ,

      where he met friend Ashdown . Another letter was written a day or two after he returned from Glasgow , offering another large bet ; and his messenger on this occasion was his own brother Henry . Curious enough , Henry ' s signature is written on the back as witness to the transaction . In addition to all this , plenty of stories were narrated , which Ratcliffe understands well , and which will , ere long , come fully to light . Now , these statements were made , and these letters read , before a very large room full of his nearest neighbours ; and let him deny them if he can . He is shamefully deceiving Ashdown ; for not only was he at Newton race-rourse , but at Liverpool also : and he who wants proof of that , let him enquire of the present G . M . of the Order , John Dickenson ; he was there with him . ' Yours truly , An Olp Odd PblL-. W .

      To The Editob Of The Northern Star. Sir,...

      TO THE EDITOB OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —In your last week ' s Star , you very kindly stated your intention of aUowIng the Board of Directors of the Manchester Unity an opportunity of speaking for themselves ; may I , therefore , as a member of that body , intrude upon your columns , and possibly upon your patience , with some few observations upon a letter from an anoiunnous correspondent in your paper , Who signs himself " An Old Odd Fellow . " Thank Heaven he is not a young one . ' as it affords some ground for hoping the rising generation may be wiser and better than the preceding one . In reference to that portion of your correspondent ' s letter personal to myself , I have only to observe , that from beginning to ending it is neither more nor less than an " unmitigated lie ; " that I never made use of tlie expressions he imputes to me ;

      and I further defy him even to find the words he has chosen to place in my mouth in any portion of the printed report of what I did say at the anniversary of the Stepney district . As regards my being sub-editor of a newspaper , I am not aware whether he intended it for a compUment , a stroke of wit past finding out , or a charge of offence ; but , in either case , a more barefaced fabrication , for a dishonest purpose , was never attempted to be palmed upon an unsuspecting tradesman at his counter . I have for years followed a business demanding imperatively my own personal labour , both of head and hand , in conducting it as a means of livelihood for a large family . The only pretension I have for any grade in a printing establishment is my connection with my present colleagues in the directory which it would appear has elevated us to the rank of "devils . " At all

      events , 1 here publicly deny having any interest whatever , either directly or indirectly , in any newspaper , or other publication ; that I have never received one sixpence in any shape for any " balderdash" I may have contributed ; and that my only connection with the paper to which your correspondent alludes is the lucrative one of stamp-office security tor , freedom of opinion and expression in its columns , I need , I am suie , say no more upon this head , as you are well a ware of the pleasant contingencies thereto belonging . As to my veracity j perhaps yuur nameless correspondent will amend his own . Those who know mc best have better reasons for confidence than anonyms us diatribes : and to those who know me not , it can be of small consequence whether I outvie " Ferdinand Mender Pinto" or no . So far from being " made to say" anything in defence of Mr . Ratcliffe , I would assure your correspondent that it was

      a spontaneous effusion , called forth by a remark of the chairman ; and all the "Old Odd Fellows" that ever had , or may have existence , shall never prevent me from defending even a bitter enemy from unjust , revengeful , and anonymous calumny . M y knowledge of Mr . Ratcliffe is confined entirely to those matters which have come under my own personal observation , in connection with the business of the society , to which ( I was going to say )" -1 have the honuur (!) to belong ; but let that pass . I here unhesitatingly aflii'in—and let his scoundrel traducers disprove the affirmation— -a move correct ,. indefatigable , and uncompromising public servant no body of men ever possessed . I neither know , or desire to know , more than this ; for other matters , "let him ui . hout sin throw the first otone . " Three days after my "balderdash" 'had boon uttered , I l ' . ceivid a letter from Mr , R ., thanking me for so " unexpected" a compliment . This letter enclosed another ,

      To The Editob Of The Northern Star. Sir,...

      addressed t 6 "the"e'ditors" of those " sporting" papers , in which the calumnies of anonymous correspondents had be . n published to the worid . It contained n denial of the charges , and challenged his opponents to meet him openly , honestly , and fairly , and prove the truth of thtir assertions . I was green enough to imagine that the press , the god-like press , would be as prompt to cure as to inflict a wound : but no ; Mr . Ratcliffe ' s reputation was only to be salved hy payment for the letter as an advertisement ; and according to the scale of payment usually charged for tlie beastly notifications of quack and murderous compounds , fifteen shillings or a pound would have been sufficient compensation : but , as I am a living soul , three guineas was the price demanded , aye , and paid , for the insertion of ft . letter of S 0111 C tWUllty lines containing a simple demand for justice and fair

      hearing , on the part of an individual whose accusers have never yet had the manliness or honesty to avow their names . These transactions have only taken place within the last month , and yet your unknown correspondent coolly asks us to believe , upon the faith of a score of witnesses as unknown as himself , that Mr . RatcUffe , whilst his letter was being st-t in typo , was openly calling upon " everybody around him" on Newton racecourse to bet with him . It wont go down . " You cannot call liiin fool us well as villain . " Again , the " Old Odd Fellow" charges the executive with meeting at a tavern to hear appeal cases ; he says , they have motives for it , or vatlu > r lie imputes motives of the most unworthy hind . I agree with him . that the practice is highly objectionable— 'lis a great pity , with his long Standing in the Order , he has but just awakened to a

      sense of its enormity—because it is not true that the board room will afford anything like accommodation for witnesses or parlies waiting J the greater part of the premises being occupied as ware-rooms for goods , for which Mr . Ratcliffe is personally responsible . So far as my own personal observation has gone , it appears necessary to meet at some other spot for the hearing of appeals . Perhaps the Meal-house might be found more eligible than Mr . Gray ' s , and the penny charged at the door to defray expenses , as it is allowable to gain instruction even from an enemy . However , this evil , together with some others adverted to by your correspondent , are certainly not chargeable upon the present directors ; they have but just commenced to tread the flowery maze of office , aiid this system has been in operation long , very long , without any attempt , on the part of our

      Manchester friends , for its rectification , although they have had possession for twenty-five years ; and it may be as well to observe that si large proportion of the present board are individuals who have long been foremost in contending for a change .. It would be useless to burden your columns with financial or statistical details to prove the necessity for a proper apportionment of contribution to an anticipated and prospective expenditure . Your labours have been ever directed to the one great end of teaching the working classes their absolute dependence upon their own exertions alone , for the realisation of any ultimate good , and , therefore , I feci assured you can have no sympathy with Mr . Frolic ' s illogical attempt at placing charity and independence in the same category . The sooner charity and such like phrases are discontinued as inapplicable to the working man , either in relation to his

      own or any other class , the sooner will he approximate to something like a just estimate of his own importance ; and the Manchester Unity , so far from a positive good , Is , to my mind , a positive nuisance and an obstruction in the path of the working man if it be used as a means for fostering the rile and degrading notion , that charity should usurp the place of that ennobling feeling of high independence which take ' s as a right its fair and legitititnate proportion of those accumulations of prudence and forethought which it has been instrumental in procuring . The great vice , in my opinion , and a very serious drawback it is upon the utility of secret societies generally , is the enormous expenses of their government . I will be bound to prove that every annual committee costs our Order thousands of pounds ; and I should muchlike to see an equivalent for this enormous outlay in legislation .

      IIpw much better would Mr . Probe and his coadjutors be employed in devising some practical remedy for this evil , than in coining nicknames for men seeking the same objects , but employing more reasonable means for their accomplishment . I believe the best means ever suggested for fair representative government to be hut a bungling contrivance at the most , and merely a rount ' -about way of arriving at that which might he-move cheaply and effectively obtained from the fountain head at once . I hare always maintained that every member of a community has a right to a fair voice cither in making or altering the laws by which that community is governed . I do not contend that every individual ought to be consulted in questions of government , because he is hound to use proper discretion in the choice of members for the government ; but nothing , I am certain , can give ouch weight

      to laws as the consenting voices of those who are called upon to submit to them . I can speak confidently as to the excellent working of this system , because I have two years since introduced it in my own district—every member uses his own discretion freely , and unbiased by any other influence ; and , I believe , most men , when a fair and dispassionate statement is clearly placed before them , can much better speak tlieir own sentiments than any representative can do for them . I am truly sorry to find my working brethren have not yet had sufficient experience of the evils arising from dissension among them-Selves ~ liUc the Spartan boy , they will cherish and conceal the fox that is tearing out their vitals ; but so far as division amongst the members of secret societies is concerned , I apprehend only good results can follow . Any change must be for the better ; but I see no benefit likely

      to arise from substituting one form of tyranny for another , The Manchester Odd Fellows have made out as pretty a case against themselves as need be wished ; they have demonstrated tlieir total unfitness to be entrusted with the government . Manchester has now the sole power of sending candidates for the highest offices of the Order ; and , will it be credited , out of their boas ed nine thousand members , they could not furnish the Unity with a choice ; every Lodge of eighty had the privilege of sending a candidate ; tha - whole number sent one , and now they blackguard him in pamphlets by Probe , aud songs by some other gentleman , with an expressive " alias , " although I dare maintain a more estimable man never existed either in-his - public or private relations . There can be no question that the sooner the government

      of the Odd Fellows is removed from Manchester , the sooner will peace ensue in all their borders , and useful and effective reforms be carried out ; for as to the necessity of reform all parlies are agreed ; but I do not con . ceive any good end can bo attained by anonymous slanders , unfounded assumptions of bad motives , exaggerated statements , or senseless nicknames ; such things bring discredit upon a good cause , and when employed to bolster up a bad one , arc indications of a bitter , malignancy of feeling in the party using them ; and a separation under such circumstances is far the better course for securing the peace and welfare of the opposing sections of a body which nature intendfid , but man lias prevented , becoming one flesh . I remain , yours respectfully , Stratford , Essex . C . Asudown .

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      London. City Locality.—Mr. Cooper's Lect...

      LONDON . City Locality . —Mr . Cooper ' s lecture on history , last Sunday night , being the fourth of the course , was well attended , and was heard , with very great interest . The crimes of Constantino , —the celebrated parent of modern State-religions , —were unflinchingly depictured ; and the changeable views of his no less murderous successors were amply detailed . Tlie incursions of Alaric , Attila , and other Gothic , Vandal , and llimnish conquerors , —the legislation of Justinian , -and his ingratcfuL-cruelty to the heroic Belisarius , with the achievements of Nurses , the eunuch , were next set forth ; and then the picture received its most attractive tints from a rapid sketch of the career of Mahomet . Mr . 0 . defended the position of the philosophic Gibbon—that the Arabian

      impostor was , in tiic outset , a sincere enthusiast , and only became hypocritical , like Cromwell and others , by the seductions of power . The Saracen conquests , their dominion in Spain , and overthrow in France , by Charles Martel , or , "the Hammer , " were lucidly narrated ; and then Charlemagne , the great marvel of the middle ages—the munificent encourager of infant literature , who could not himself either write or read— -was graphically drawn . Curious Monkish stories , —limnings of tlic Popes , and especially of the energetic Hildebrand or Gregory VII ., —tlieir contests with tlieomperors , —the armies of the Crusaders , —the persecution of the Albigenses , —and other subjects of high interest , which formed portions of the lecture , we cannot dilate upon . , The lectures should bo heard to be properly estimated .

      Metkopomtajj -District Coraicih . —Sunday , August 30 th ; Mr . Mills in the chair . The Council , having fallen into some little arrears in the prosecution of its resistance to the Masters and Servants Bill , appeal to their brother Chartists of the metropolitan district for the means of liquidating the same . It was resolved that an aggregate meeting of the Chartists of London should be held in the Ball , 1 , Turnagamlane , Farringdon-strect , on Monday evening , Septcriiber 22 nd , at eight o'clock ; ' ¦ Victim Committee . —Chartist Hall , 1 ,

      Turaagainlane , Sunday , August 31 st ; Mr . SUllwood in the chair . —The secretary read a letter from Mr . O'Conlior , announcing the receipt of the statements of the present condition of the Victim Fund , but stating that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was just about to leave town at tlic time he received it ; and , consequently , he had not time to compare it with the vouchers , but would do so , and submit it to the next mcetiii " . A resolution was passed that the matters stand adjourned until Sunday next , when the whole of the members are desired to attend at hvo o ' clock precisely .

      SHEFFIELD . Lecture bt Mr . M'Grath . — On Tuesday even ing week , Mr . M'Graih lectured to a numerous audience in the Hall of Science , upon that all engrossing and vitally important subject " the Land , its capabilities , and the people ' s right to it . " In the course of his address , Mr . M'Grath entered into a full exposition of the Chartist Land -Co-operative plan for enabling the people to possess themselves of the Land . At the conclusion of the lecture a discussion commenced , which v . ; ts prolonged till a very late hour . Several frivolous objections urged by the partizans of O'llricn , such as the impossibility of purchasing land ; the inability of any but practical

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      a g riculturists to cultivate the land with advantage ; the possibility of an aristocratic confederacy being formed to buy up all land offered for sale ; thchkclyhood of a special law being passed tor tie suppression of the societv , were dealt with by the lecturer to the entire satisfaction of the great majority ot the meetin" A number of the rules were disposed ot , and several members enrolled . The society here is progressing Steadily in popular estimation , and weekly receiving accessions to its numbers . . _ uu ..... „„ . „„» .

      ROTIIEltllAM . The Last .. —Mr . M'Grath . addressed a large meeting of the inhabitants of this town in the marketplace , on Wednesday evening week , on "the Land , and the way to get ' it . " The lecturer's views were received hy the meeting with unqualified approbation . An adjournment to a large School Room then took place for the transaction of business , when a number of the rules were called for , and some members were added to the society . The people here , from experience , seem fully to aprcciatc the value ot the land ; they look upon its possession as the Ollly moans of social redemption'for the working population .

      BARNSLEY . The Land . —On Thursday evening Week , wc had a crowded and spirited meeting in the Odd Fellows ' Hall , to hear a lecture from Mr . M'Grath in elucidation of the Chartist plan for obtaining land . Mr . Koberson iras appointed chair / nan , who introduced the subject for the evening ' s encniiry in it speech remarkable for the conclusiveness and cogency of its reasoning . Mr . M'Grath ' s address elicited frequent bursts of enthusiastic applause . Barnsley is going ii-hcad well in the glorious labour-redeeming movement .

      The Pious and Pluxderi-vo Pnoj'iTOCiuCY . — On Monday last wc hada great gathering of the " pious , " to lay the foundation stone of a new chapel , belonging to what is called the " Old Connection Methodists , " and verily they arc both an old , cunning , and unholy connection . One contributor to the new edifice came an apprentice to Barnsley as a warehouseman , and got married to his master ' s daughter . The master and son . are both dead , and he ( the sonin-law ) is now carrying on the business himself . He has amassed a fortune out of the blood and bones of the poor Ilandloom Weavers , but he has given £ 500 to the new chapel . A fortnight ago , his daughter was married to the son of a Methodist parson , and he had the Church-yard covered with damask carpet

      for his daughter's and the parson ' s son ' s delicate feet to walk on ; and this % ucek , to crown his piety , he proposes to plunder his poor half-starvod skeleton Weavers of ten per cent , of the miserable pittance they arc at present receiving for their toil ; but , he may rely upon it , the Weavers will not submit quietly to be plundered . If the Weavers were to break into his warehouse and take every tenth web . of cloth , he would seek the police ofticers to bring ' the thie-ves to punishment ; but no officers can be forced to seize Mill for his robbery of his workmen ' s wages , for the reason , that the crew that make the law belongs to his plundering , heartless class . The Weavers ' . Union Committee meet nightly to take measures to prevent the success of this pious robber .

      LEEDS . Tub Land . —Notwithstanding the adverse circumstance of Halton feast , we had a most respectable audience in the spacious Bazaar on Sunday evening to investigate the practicability of the plan for obtaining land , and the benefits likely to accrue to the people from its adoption . Mr . Farrar being appointed chairman , Mr . M'Grath , of the Directory , addressed tlie meeting for upwards of an hour and a half , much to their satisfaction . At the conclusion of the lecture , several persons were enrolled as shareholders in the Society .

      MANOlIES'fER . The Land . — Owing to tho unprecedented and idiotic opposition offered to the Land plan by J . B . O'Brien and his partisans , the Council deemed it necessary to have their sophisms exposed , for which purpose " Mr . Thomas Clark , one of the Board of Directors , lectured at Carpenters' Hall on Sunday evening last . Mr . Clark took the objections of O'Brien seriatim , and replied to them to the entire satisfaction of the audience . O'Brien has asserted that , even if wc had the money , wc could not purchase the land , as the aristocracy would unite to prevent

      it . The fallacy of this objection is so apparent , that it carries its own refutation with it . Is it not a wellknown fact that the aristocracy never sell the lam ] as a matter of choice , but as a matter of necessity , in which case Chartist money would be as welcome to the ruined aristocrat as the cash of any Whig or Tory in the kingdom . O'Brien contended that we have jio right to purchase the land , whilst he himself has asset ted to Mr . Clark that , if he had money to spare , he would lay it out in the purchase of land Now , if O'Brien has a right individually to buy the land , surely the society has the same right co-operatively . The thanks of the meeting to the lecturer closed the proceedings .

      ROCHDALE . Co-operation-. —On Sunday evening last Mr . C . Doyle lectured to a numerous and respectable audience , in the Association-room . The lecturer , in his usual happy and eloquentstrain , pointed out the advantages of co-operation ; and gave it as his opinion that until the working men were prepared to carry out the plans laid down by the Convention , there was little hope for the success of the cause . Mr . Doyle ' s lecture gave much satisfaction .

      UEBDEN BRIDGE . The Charter and she Laxd . —On Tuesday evening last , Mr . Thomas Clark , of the Executive Committee , attended here , and delivered an energetic and interesting lecture on the Charter and the Land . He reviewed past political agitations , and contended that , though tho ultimatum of SUCll agitations had not yet been achieved , yet they had produced that improved state of public opinion which , at no distant period , . would force from the merciless grasp of tyranny those rights to which the working classes were so justly entitled . He conjured

      them , in the sacred name of truth , to remain banded together , even though they were few , as the time was rapidly approaching when those gallant bands of brave and sterling democrats who had so Ions fought in the ranks of freedom would find all their energies needed in the guidance of that movement to which the anticipated panic would undoubtedly give rise . Mr . Clark was listened to throughout with themost marked attention , and at the conclusion invited discussion , but no one taking , up the gauntlet , after the usual compliments to the chairman and lecturer , the meeting broke up .

      SOWERBY HELM . The Land . —Mr . Thos . Clark addressed a meeting in the Association Room , on Thursday evening last , on the question of the day—the Land . The lecturer , having laid down cleverly and distinctly the leading features of the plan , afterwards entered into an exposition of the benefits to be derived from the adoption of the plan . The superiority of the rural over the hell-begotten factory system was lengthily dilated upon by the lecturer , to the satisfaction of the meeting . At the conclusion , several persons came forward and enrolled themselves as members of the Land Society , being already members of the National Charter Association .

      YORKSHIRE .- . The Land . —This question is causing a great sen * sation throughout the county . On Sunday last , a most important meeting was held at the New Holland Small Farms , Wilsden , where there are four favmsi cultivated on Mr . O'Connor ' s principles , and a striking contrast is apparent between the old and new mode of cultivation . The land in question is the worst of any in Wilsden , the original soil not being more than three inches thick , and the opinion of the old farmers in the neighbourhood was , that no person could make it grow turnips or anything else . There are four farms , of four acres each , and each four acres is divided into four equal parts , and these arc planted with Swede turnips , potatoes , cabbages ,

      big , and oats , which will bear comparison both in quantity and quality with any on the best lands in Wilsden . The produce of one acre of lentils , which were cut and taken away , they told us was worth twenty pounds . Early in the day , groups of persons might be seen m every part of the iarms , examining the crops iind inquiring into the mode of cultivation . The general question was , if such inferior land as this can be made to yield such a . crop as this through the'means ' ¦ ' -of spade cultivation , what would good land produce under a similar mode ? Precisely at two o ' clock , Mr . B . Rushton was called to the cfiair , wlio commenced the proceedings by giving out that beautiful hymn " Britannia ' s Sons , " which was sung with gvpiit enthusiasm . After some remarks from the . chairman , the meeting was further

      addressed by Messrs . Alderson , of Bradford ; ' Baldwin , Cropland , and Glcdhill , of Halifax ; and Mr . Firth , oi ; Kei ghIey . A quantity of rules were sold and the following resolutions were carried . —• ' That this meeting adjourn to this day three weeks , to be held at ; the same time and place , and that Messrs . MlGrath , Doyle , and Clark be invited to attend . " " That the West Riding delegates be requested , at their next meeting , to make arrangements for holding a general camp meeting for the West Riding , on Wibsey Slack , being the most central place , and that Mr . O'Connor and others of the Executive be requested , to attend . " The thanks : of the niectiii " were given to the chairman , and the meeting dis ° persed highly delighted with the proceedings of the day .

      ASIITON-UKDER-LINE . The Laxd plan has been taken up with great spirit in this town . More than ninety shaves have been taken , and one hundred pounds paid to the society from this town only . IIASLINGDEN . The Land —Mr Tattersall , of Burnlcv , delivered aJectweon Jhnrsdar . August 28 th , in the Chartist room High-strcefc , Ilaslingdcn , on the Co-operative Land Society , which gav ^ general satisfaction . At tho conclusion hi the lecture six entered their names ior the Co-operative Society . The following Momter evening the entrance monev was paid when the members appointed a secretai y , steward ' , and president ; ; md it was resolved to meet cvervMoidav evening ( o enrol new members and receive their monies .

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      ~ wTcms- Exohaxoe , Mo sDAiy ^ " - ^ 77 will a continuance of extreme ^ J ^^ progress is being made mUi the htrve * t ,. ana saom * this week prove as line as the W ^ XhrdtfjSrt . nortion of the crops would be got m by Sataiiiay nca * . fSSSk andSn & lk , agi-eatbrtadtliJSCU ^ ut £ obSy not much above a fifth has a > Fjj £ j » J carted in the counties Hamed ,, whdst iurtheMioitu the proportion still abroad is , ot course greatei . Ihe reSoK asto . tlie yield and quality of the wheat ate of a more St Saetory character than from the extreme wetness of the summer might have been expected Still it is the general opinion that tielormcyull barely prove an average , and that the J ^ Jf bushel will be 21 b . less than the produce of las ' ycai . The iiuo weather has , nevertheless , had its usual m fluenceand the trade has recently become >

      cyue-, pressed . At most of the markets held on Friday and Saturday , prices of wheat gave way Is to 2 s ; per qi ., though , owing to farmers being bray in the UUOB . comparatively small supplies WOW ) , brought ioiw f , ' ' Tiic complaints respecting tliepotato crop have ratuci increased than diminished . To-day very uiifavouiable reports on the subject have reached us irom butfolk , from which it would appear that the epidemic is spreading to the eastward . Up io the present time tho-aeeounts from Scotland and Ireland arc , however , wc arc happy to say , of a satisfactory nature . lhe > arrivals of wheat coastwise into London were tolerably good during the past week , but the quantity fresh up for to-day ' s market was only moderate . A

      considerable portion of the samples exhibited on the Essex stands was of this year ' s growth ; part of the Kent supp ly was also new ; and on the whole there were at least 1000 qrs . The quality was very various , but the condition was belter than expected . Good runs sold at 48 s to 55 s per qr ., and one or two selected samples 5 Ss and even 60 s per qr . Old wheat weni with eompar / itircly Jiltlo alteration , and the trifling business done in the same was at an abatement on tiie , currency of Monday last of Is to 2 s per qr . In free foreign wheat there was scarcely anything passing ; to have made sales of importance less money must have been taken . Bonded parcels were wholly neglected , and quotations have become quite nominal . The arrivals from abroad exceeded 13 , 000

      qrs last week , but nearly the whole of what has re « ccntly come to hand has been landed under lock . Flour was very unsaleable to-day , and ship samples were obtainable at slightly reduced rates . The receipts of English barley were trifling ; one or'two small lots of " new were exhibited of coarse quality ; these sold at 32 s to 33 s per quarter . In foreign sorts there was too little doing to warrant alteration in quotations , but the turn was against . the buyer . Male was taken off in retail quantities at previous terms . English and Scotch oats were very scarce , and commanded fully former terms , The best descriptions of Irish were also quite as dear as on this day se nnight , but inferior kinds of the latter and almost all sorts of line foreign oats were Cd per quarter lower . Beans were more plentiful than last week , and certainly easier to buv . ' There were several parcels of new maple grey " and white peas at market . The best boilers sold at 39 s and 40 s , maples at 83 s to 39 s and hog peas at 3 Gs to 37 s per quarter .

      CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN , PER IMPERIAL QUARTER . —British . s s s b Wheat , Essex , & Kent , new « fc old red 4 G 56 White SO 60 Norfolk and Lincoln . ... do 49 05 Ditto 57 59 Northum . anu Scotch white 40 56 Tine 5 a 6 T Irish red old 0 0 Red 48 51 White 52 56 Rye Old 29 32 New 29 30 Brank 84 35 Barley Grinding .. 2 G 27 Distil . 28 30 Malt . 3133 Malt Brown .... 52 54 Pale 55 59 Ware 60 C 2 Beans Ticks old & new 37 38 Harrow 38 40 Pigeon 41 42 Peas Grey ...... 35 3 S Maple 37 SS Wlute 38 4 o Oats Linuolns & Yorkshire Peed 22 24 Poland 24 2 g Scotch Angus 28 2 & Potato 28 28 Irish "White ' 20 23 Black 20 23 Per 2801 b . net . s s Per 280 lb . net . s s Town-made Flour ... 51 53 Norfolk & Stockton SG 3 S Essex and Kent .... 38 42 Irish . 37 39 Free . Bond .

      Foreign , s s s s Wheat , Dantsic , Konigsburg , & c 53 03 43 4 S Marks , Mecklenburg 5 G 58 33 38 Danish , Holstein , and Friesland red 48 52 2 S 31 Russian , Hard 48 52 Soft ... 48 52 28 30 Italian , Red . . 50 52 White ... 54 58 32 29 Spanish , Hard . 50 52 Soft .... 52 52 31 35 Rye , Baltic , Dried , ... 28 30 Undricd . . 25 30 22 34 Barley , Grinding . 24 2 C Malting . . 2 S 30 1 !) 24 Kuans , Ticks . . 84 88 Egyptian . 34 35 ' 28 24 Peas , "White . . 37 39 Maple . . 3 d 37 28 ' i ' l Oats / Dutch , Brew and Thick 23 25 2 o 30 Russian feed , 20 22 14 22 Danish , Friesland feed 20 22 14 16 Flour , per barrel 28 30 21 27

      AVERAGE PRICES Of thelast six weeks , which regulate the Duties from tho 28 th of August to the 3 rd of September .

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      wheat Barleys Oats . Rye . Beans Peas . Week ending Sl d ' s > d " s > d - s - d - s - d ' s - d ' duly 19 , 1815 .. 50 0 29 6 22 4 32 8 SO 9 40 2 Week ending July 20 , 1815 .. 51 7 29 2 22 5 31 7 40 0 38 10 Week eliding Aug . 2 , 184 a .. 53 3 29 8 22 0 34 0 40 5 41 ' 0 Week endingi Aug . 9 , 1843 .. 55 3 29 7 22 8 33 10 41 0 39 0 Week ending Aug . 1 G , 1815 .. 57 0 29 4 22 2 34 4 41 2 39 T Week ending j Aug . 23 , 1815 .. 57 0 20 9 22 8 33 4 41 £ 38 11

      Aggregate aver , age of the last six weeks .. 54 0 29 9 22 5 33 5 40 S 39 7 London averages ( ending Aug . 26 , 1815 ) 60 11 20 11 2110 85 8 42 10 40 S . Duties .. .. 18 0 9 0 G 0 9 6 2 C 3 G

      Imports fkom August 25 to August 31 , inclusive . english scotch . 1 kish . foreign total Wheat .. .. 11 , 047 50 0 3 , 861 15 , 558 Barley .. .. 7 G 0 1 . G 25 1 , 850 3 , 051 OatS .. .. 1 * 0 20 , 034 11 , 951 31 , 979 Rye „ „ o oo o o Beans .. .. 304 0 0 0 304 Peas .. .. S 5 S o 0 53 41 G Malt .. .. 5 , 349 0 111 0 3 , 559 Tares ..... ' 0 o 0 0 0 Linseed .. 0 0 50 1 , 855 1 , 905 Rapeseed .. 20 0 0 27 47 Flour , sacks 5 , 540 0 100 II 5 , 040 Ditto brls . .. ooooo

      Lokdok Sjiithfield Cattlb Mauket, Monday...

      LOKDOK SJIITHFIELD CaTTLB MaUKET , MONDAY , Sept . 1 . —Since Monday last the imports of live stock for this market have been extensive , they having amounted to 22 oxen anil cows from Hamburgh , and 200 oxen and cows , together with 76 sheep from Rotterdam . To-day we had on offer 190 Dutch beasts in excellent condition , indeed they were some of the best animals we have seen for some weeks past . At the outports the arrivals of stock from the Continent have proved large , viz ., 220 beasts and sheep , all at llull ^ From our own grazing districts the bullock supplies received fresh . \ vp this morning were very extensive for tho time of year , while a decided improvement was noticed in their quality and condition . Although the attendance of buyers was rather numerous , the beef trade was in a very depressed state , at a decline in the currencies obtained last week of quite 2 d . per Slb ., the highest figure for the best Scots

      not exceeding Id . perSlb ,, and a clearance was not eliected . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , we received COO short-horns , Scots , and home-breds ; from the northern counties , 800 shorthor ns , & c . ; from the western and midland counties , 900 Uerefords . runts , Devons , < fce . ; from other parts ot England , 700 of various breeds ; and from Scotland , 200 horned and polled Scots . The number ol sheep were somewhat on the increase , though by no means large for the season . Prime old Downs supported previous rates , but all other breeds were 2 d . p er Sib . lower , - with , a heavy demand . Lambs were in fair average supply , and slusgish inquiry , at a decline in the quotations of 2 d . per Sib . The veal trade was in a sluggish state , yet prices were mostly supported . The number of pigs—182 of which came from Ireland—was moderate . The pork tiadc ruled steady , at full prices .

      By the quantities of 81 b ., sinking the offal . s . d . s , < i Inferior coarse beasts . . . % C 2 io Second quality . . . , 3 0 3 4 Prime large oxen . . . , 3 0 3 S Prime Scots , & c g lfl 4 < j Coarse inferior sheep , . . 3 2 s [' Second quality . , . . 3 8 4 - Prime coarse woollcd . , , 4 4 4 *• Prime Southdown , , , * s ' fl J ' '' >»» hs 4456 Large coarse calves . . . . 3 G 4 = Prime small 4448 Suckling calves , each , . . 18 0 80 0 Urge hogs 3 0 3 » * eat smull porkers , 3 10 4 * Quarter . old store pigs , each ' . ' . 10 0 20 v

      HEAD OF CATTLE ON SALE . ( From the Books of the Clerk of the Market . ) Beasts , 3 , 050-Sheep and Lambs , 28 , 140-Calves , USPigs , 309 . MAScitESTEn Corn Market , Satciuuv , August 30 . —During the week , the weather having assumed * more favourable and settled appearance , ihe tra « V has been of an inactive character , and sales ot " ' articles were limited to the immediate need on " dealer , with little , if any , variation in prices . J 1 ' market this morning exhibited a slender attend . ' " * of buyer ? , and wheat was offered 2 d . to 3 d . P 3 , j ! cheaper , with little disposition to purchase , ivii an exceedingly languid demand for flour a reuuen of fully . Is . per sack was made . There was buth "_ inquiry for oats and oatmeal , and a decline" ! Id . P 45 ibs . on the former and Od . to Is . per load on t » latter article must be noted .

      UiCiUio . vn Cons-Market , August 50 .-- 'N } 0 ^ ply of corn in our market to-day was S ™ ., ) f i .,, ^ season . Inferior samples were lower , but tne ^ maintained their prices . Wheat sold from v » - Ss , 3 d . ; oats , -88 . tois . ; barley . -Is . to 4 s . W- ; f ^ os . to os . Od . per bushel . The favourable « ' : m . ' ' ri * s weather has had a corresponding' cll ' oct on . "' j * 1 ' 0 , y of the 'farmers ; nevertheless the holder * ol . '" s and wet lands especially , still assert that tltcu n . tu-u injured beyond recovery .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 6, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06091845/page/6/